SECTION SIX
Pages 1 to 14
Automobiles, Road Trips and
Northwest Highway News
VOL. xxxix.
PORTLAND, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, MAY 16, 1920
NO. 20
PACIFIC HIGHWAY THROUGH OREGON NOW IN GOOD CONDITION
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Some Rough Places Yet and Much New Construction, but The Oregonian-Overland Sedan Scout Car for Ad Club Caravan Tour Easily-Made Run From Portland to Medford in 15'2 Hours
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Photos bx L. H. Gregory. I
Despite a fere rough places, any
good driver can non drive over the
P acific highway in Oregon without
difficult. These pictures, taken last
Week iV lhe automobile editor of The
Oregonian on a run in an Overland
sedan from Portland to the Califor
nia line to log the highway for the
Pacific northwestern Ad club's cara
van tour this Week, S'Ve a good idea
of road conditions. The key to the
photographs follows:
1 . On the cut-off detour road be
tween Myrtle Creek and Canyonville
in southern Oregon. Aside from its
extreme narrowness and sharp curves,
this road, which follows the scenic
Umpqua, is in excellent condition.
2. A newly paved stretch in the
Siskiyou mountains.
3. Al close quarters with a steam
shovel on construction work in the
Siskiyous.
4. Rough going over the Goodrich
route, between Yoncalla and Oak
land, and just north of the once
dreaded Rice hill, . which is now
paved. But donl let the picture
frighten you out of making the trip.
Road crews are scraping this stretch,
and it will be nicely smoothed out
when the caravan reaches it this week.
5. New highway bridge and cross
ing over the railroad tracks in Pass
creek canyon, north of Drain.
6. Digging a new grade for the
highway south of Roseburg. Cars are
sent over a detour road alongside,
which is good.
J. Rather a tight squeeze to get
past this rock crusher on the highway
near Drain.
8. One really rough stretch dried
mud, hard as rock nd futty, for a
quarter mile on the new highway
grade south of Oakland.
9. At the top of Clendaie hill.
The red clay grade up the north
slope out of Clendaie has been
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dragged and is smooth going, and
the sharp, dangerous hdl just south
of the summit has been replaced with
a fine new macadamized grade. .'.
Leaving Portland at 4:25 A. M.,
the Overland four sedan reached
Medford at 7:55, only 15xz hours
for the 313 miles. This is an aver
age of a little better than 22 1-3
miles . per hour, including all stops.
Harry Hays of the Willys-Overland
Pacific branch in Portland drove the
car the entire distance, and to the
Oregon-California boundary line in
the Siskiyou mountains next morning.
The Oregonian - Overland sedan
scout car found the highway generally
in excellent condition, despite a few
rough places. Of ilie 347 miles
from Portland to the California line
approximately 1 12 are now paved. .
Pass creek canyon is mainly in good
condition, though with some rough
going. Rice hill, between Yoncalla
and Oakland, another bad place in
the past, has been paved. Roberts
mountain is still on the highway, but
the road over it is in good condition
and requires only careful drrving.
Cow creek canyon is good, taken
as a whole, but with all variety of
roads; no difficulty to drive it. Glen
dale hill is now. in good condition on
both sides. The new paved highway
over Wolf creek hill is now open.
Smith hill, or Sexton mountain,
where many cars were stuck last win
ter, has been dragged, and the road
bed over it is smooth and good going.
Five of the 13 miles over the Sis
kiyous in Oregon are paved, but the
other eight miles are quite rough. ,
Full details of conditions on the
highway through Oregon' will be
found on page 2, this section.
A complete log of the Pacific
highway between Portland and ,the
California line will be found on page
3, this section.