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THE SUNDAY OltEGONIAN, PORTLAND. JUNE 13, .1920 3 ONLY HARD DRIVER y SHOULD TACKLE THIS Bui If You Can Gel Gasoline, It's Really a Great Trip. TO NEWPORT VIA SILETZ ONE OF THE TURNS IN THE ASCENT OF CLATSOP CREST ON THE LOWER COLUMBIA RIVER HIGHWAY. Journey Can. Be Made In Day, and Scenery Along Oregon Coast Would Inspire Anyone. BT JOSEPH PATTERSON. NEWPORT, Or.. June 12. (Special.) The spirit of adventure exists among automobile enthusiasts just as it docs among yacht owners, and here Is a trip which, though bordering on path flnding. offers many thrills within a day's ride of Portland. The fact that there is no connec tion on the coast road between Nes kowin, in Tillamook county, and Otis, in Lincoln county, except a foot trail. 6ver a distance of seven miles, has prevented many touring parties from attempting to connect by other routes. In addition, the road from Taft. at the mouth of the Siletz river, to Otis, and from the south side of the Siletz river at Millport to Newport, over which automobiles make trips almost dally. is not shown on state maps. Newport may be reached from Port land In a day over one of the most Inspiring itineraries offered in the - est. ' However, parties wishing to make an easy trip should not follow this route, but come via CorvaMa. The route in question is through the Willamette valley to Sheridan thence continuing to Rose Lodge, in Lincoln county, via Willamina: down Salmon river to Otis, near Its mouth: then, fallowing around the edge of devil's lake, nearly four miles on to TaXt. Kerry Acrotn the SlletK. Th motorist should ferry across Siletz river to Millport and continue first through the Siletz timber, a few miles to the coast, which is followed aouthward about 25 miles to Newport The fishing streams are numerous. and Devil's lake, named for a siuy fctory now miscalled an Indian legend. is a sheet of beautiful water. This lake has some farms on Its borders. , while in other places It is heavily wooded. It contains many trout, which are easy to catch. A binall ho tel offers accommodations and excel lent meals. The lake was once called Sheridan lake, in honor of Phil Sheri dan, who, as second lieutenant, estab lirhod an army post there when ho was in charge of troops guarding the Indians on the Grand Ronde Indian reservation. Siletz river is famous for its tcenlc beauty and Is a well-known salmon fctream. A launch runs from Taft to Mowry's Landing, about 20 miles, and at Mowery's there is a stage to Siletz village, ten miles farther. Many good trout streams flow into Siletz river, the better-known being called. Drift creek. Schooner creek. Cedar " creek and teuchre creek. The road along the coast south of Siletz river to Vaquina bay is re markably beautiful. Albert Hawkins of Portland, who, with Mis. Hawkins, walked from Seaside to Yaquina bay last September. pronounced it the most interesting part of his Journey. Coast Line Rugged Here. The rugged coast is followed after pdBblll a Miriuii, ui uuacii, vtavea lashing the rocks, to which cling mus sels, starfish, sea-anemones, sea urchins and the like. A bit of shell road about two miles long is followed to Depot-bay, a delightful little inlet connected with the sea by a small opening between two large rocks. Rocky creek is crossed on a bridge and Cape Foul weather is rounded. This is the most inspiring bit of the trip, with a view north and south of rugged rocks sticking up out of the surf a little way out to ea. Otter rocks, where there is a good country hotel, which serves good meals, is reached two miles south. This place is best known for the Devil's Punchbowl, a peculiar forma tion of rock due to erosion and the surf. At high tide the water enters a small opening and-rushes around like a maelstrom in Norway. Visitors may stand on the rim. 50 feet above, and watch the maddening torrent be low. There is a tunnel through the rock at a point through which the water flows with a strong current. Many forms of animal and vegetable life are to be found among the pools and rocks below, the place being acces sible by a good path. The punchbowl itself may be entered dry-shod at low tide. A little way out to sea are rocks on which seafowl have their nests and where occasional sea lions linger. In early days the rocks were the homes of sea. otter, now almost entirely ex tinct. the pelts being worth about 11500 each. Headquarters for Birds. Klve miles south and four above Newp6rt is Yaquina Head lighthouse often erroneously called Cape Foul- weather, this point Is worthy of a visit. The lighthouse is of the finest type used by the government. Fantas tio rocks- lie at the tip of the cape and one may stand and watch sea parrots, cormorants, seagulls and oth r birds feeding their young in the nests a few yards away. Small volcan ic pebbles on the beach below are called bounding stones, as they bounce and rebounce many times when thrown on 'account of their great weight and compactnes. The lighthouse, stands about one mile from the chore line at the end of the cape. At the shore end Is Agate beach, a resort containing an attract ive rustic hotel, not yet opened, and many cottages. A plankod road leads to Newport from there? "You forgot the spouting horn," saya one. "and Fogarty creek," adds another; and many other places of in terest have been omitted. This I a tour for persons wanting something different, who are not afraid to leave garages behind, cut away from the beaten paths, marked mile by mile In newspaper stories and carefully mapped. It is for those who have a i-Plrlt of adventure, self-reliance and an appreciation of the beautiful. 1 I CALIFORNIA Sl'FFEKS, TOO Lmergency Supply of Gasoline Sent for Tourists at Del Monte. DEL MO.VTE. Cal., June 12. The shortage of gasoline has been es pecially felt by the resorts In Califor nia. It has been estimated that 70 to 75 per cent of the visitors to Del Monte in the summer months make the trip by automobile. Business of other resorts is on about the same basis.. When the gasoline shortage first appeared much trouble- was caused visiting motorists. The. Hotel Del Mon)a management has now arranged for an emergency supply of fuel. Over the Decoration day holidays more than 800 gallons of gasoline were sup plied, which satfcsned the wants of Try fiiest. , 2ztt ' hhCA - -vX"- mi V. 'ff " 7 fa 9t ft S'(G&2? A paving r rf"v Is now sorfaclns the highway op Clatsop Crest, better known to old-timers as Bngby Point, lrhere the road climbs up TOO feet around the famous Wldly Loops. Clatsop Crest Is the Crown Point of the lower highway. Kron the top there Is a wonderfal view, vlelng with that from Crown Point, with -miles of broad Columbia and Its watershed in view. Clatsop Crest Is about 75 miles from Portland and the run there and back may easily be made In a day. The road around the loops will probably he paved within the next couple of weeks. The car In the picture Is a Franklin. TRIER REAL ECONOMY IT IS DECLARED SOLUTION OF MANY HAULING PROBLEMS. Cse Makes Possible Greater Truck Efficiency y Using Power Olhern-lse Wasted. It is of course essential to show economical advantage in the use of motor trucks and the greater the economy shown the more widespread and general will the sale and use of motor trucks become. One hundred per cent efficiency cannot be claimed for motor truck use In all cases, how ever, such as when there Is waste or non-use of available motive power. "It therefore becomes necessary to provide for the excess power or pull ing capacity of the truck motor, and the trailer is the solution of the prob lem," declares F. V. Parsons of the William L. Hughson company. "Pay loads that cannot be carried on the truck chassis or body can be doubled and in some cases trebled by use of trailers and this with slight additional increase in fuel consump tion and no additional labor expense. "If the truck owner has a trailer attached to his truck, thus giving large carrying capacity, he ' has less Incentive to overload the truck, as he knows he can haul twice the rated carrying capacity of the truck by dividing the load between truck and trailer. And by so dividing the load will place less strain on the -truck's mechanism than would be the case If he carried a 50 per cent overload on the truck. "Time is always important in trans- NEW MILLER THUS MAN FOR NORTHWEST ALTO COMPANV. poHatlOn and the material saving in this Important factor made possible by the judicious use of trailers has done much to prove the economical use of motor trucks. Increased ef ficiency necessitated more general use Of trailers and this demand In turn required the manufacture of trailers of a-more modern type than those of former years, as well as auxiliary equipment of suitable type and of time and labor-saving nature. At present trailers and auxiliary equipment of modern design are manufactured for use in nearly every conceivable line of business where transportation Is a factor. These are today being used to economical . ad vantage in such lines as road build ing and general construction hauling, transfer and freight lines, lumber, deliveries of coal. wood, ice, oil. briquets, etc., general farm products from farm to markets and many other industries. Orchardists and diversi fied farmers proclaim their value. "One of the largest 'manufacturers of trailers and auxilitry equipment Is the Lee Loader & Body company of Chicago, whose entire line is han dled on the Pacific coast by the Will iam L. Hughson company of Portland, the oldest motor car organization on the coast. Among the lines carried by this company are such units as four-wheel reversible trailers, drop- frame reversible trailers, non-reversible trailers, semitrailers, drop-frame semi-trailers, pole or logging trailers, bottom-dumping trailers, road build ers with end dump andi spreading body. automatic end-dumping bodies, sec tional end and side-dump bodies es pecially designed for road building. grading and concrete hauling, stake bodies, express bodies, industrial trailers and bodies' and loading plants." E FRANKLIN TEST ALL, INTERESTED -MAY HAVE FREE RIDES -THIS WEEJC. Purpose of "Show the Car" Week Is to Demonstrate Mileage From One. Pint of Gasoline. FORD RECORDS BROKEN PRODUCTION MARK IS SET IN MONTH OF MARCH. Total or 4256 Cars Sent Out Plant in One Day New Out- t put Made la Month. This will be "show the car" week with Franklin dealers all over the United States. In every city where there is a Franklin distributor Or dealer all persons interested In the Franklin are invited to call and take a ride in the car. The especial purpose of "show the car'" week ie to demonstrate the re markable gasoline -mileage (qualities or the FTanklin car. Each person in terested will be. taken for a ride in i Franklin and shown how far the car will travel on exactly one measured pint of gasoline and no more. So that there may be no doubt as to the amount of gasoline used, the Franklin company' has sent to all its distributors and dealers special glass containers made to hold exactly one pint of gasoline. The container is fatsened to the windshield frame of the car, a tube leading from the con tainer to the carburetor. A Franklin demonstrator has been equipped with one of these containers by the Braly Auto company. Franklin distributors here, and Lawrence IS. Therkelson, salcmanager of the com pany, is rarin' to go and show ha much mileage the car will make on the pint. One mightily interesting feature of the demonstration is that the person riding In the car can see the gasoline lower in the glass con tainer as it is consumed. On One demonstration of this kind last week Therkelson' made 4.1 miles on the pint of gasoline and his Frank lin averaged around four miles on several demonstrations. One reason the Franklin is so light On gasoline, aside from the light weight of the of i car, is that with the hand throttle in zero, the ordinary driving position. the engine coasts without gasoline whenever pressure is removed frem the foot throttle, as when going over street car tracks, rounding a corner. . . & mi) - v tm 30 ' ' 20 Power of conventional motor of same size as ESSEX - Wht. BftARf, HORSCi POWtR I00O 200O 3000 (JO I Essex Trebles Power Without Added! Size Thfc Essex motor controlled b3rpatents vs'tio larger than'lhenioiof used in the smallest and most widely known automobile. Yet Essex gives 55 horsepower, The conventional motor developsbtat 18 horsepower. - " Essex adds no size." It retains the "small car "advantages in fuel,oiland tire economy and it gives the big-car kind of performance. Patents make these qualities exclusive to Essex. And as for its endurance no car of any size or cost has ever travelled 3037 miles at top speed, as an Essex stock car did to prove its reliability.1 Is it any wonder more than 40,000 owners hail it the champion of all moderate priced cars regardless of its size or weight C, L. Boss Automobile -Co. 1 615417; Washington Street going down hill and the like. The Franklin" starter isxso arranged that It starts the engine automatically whenever gasoline is again fed by pressure on the throttle. This is a mighty hand ythlng In these days of gasoline shortage. There is much rivalry between Franklin distributors, dealers and salesmen as to which shall take the most people for demonstration rides in "show the car" week. The fac tory has posted 36 cash prizes, rang ing from 1500 to ?50, for those taking the greatest number on rides. Stretched casings. After a casing has been long In use stretching sometimes results, so that It takes longer to Inflate It. A stretched tire should not be pumped too tight, and Incidentally it Is bet ter to fit such tires with an inner lining, as this will add many miles to their useful life. Information Bureau Established. GREAT FALLS. Mont.. June 12. W. B. Willey, district forest inspector, has established a bureau here for In formation for tourists using the Lewis and Clark and Jefferson na tional forests. Full jlata on the roads and their condition: daily weather re ports; help In selecting campsites; as sistance from forest rangers and other forms of service will be avail able. free. Many tourists visiting this section are expected to camp in the woods on their journey. H. H. Freeman has succeeded F. 1 Howland as manager of the Miller tire department of- the Northwest Auto company. Mr. Freeman is- an experi enced tire man, having been for the past several years In charge of sales for a well-known tire. Mr. Howland Is leaving the Northwest Auto com pany to engage in a new tire and. ac cessory brokerage business. March broke all production records ever made by the r ord Motor com pany. Detroit, both for the number of cars produced In one day and one month. March 27 4256 cars left the assembly lines at the home plant and branches, while the record for the! month was 94.299 cars. These figures represent production in the United States only and do not take into consideration the Canadian or foreign plants. Here's an illustration of the amount of railroad cars it would take to ship this vast swarm of Fords: Loaded six in a freight ear, with 60 cars to each train, it would tal-.e 314 trains to carry them and there would be enough left over to start a parade. Felt Washers. Most car owners Know that the use! of felt "washers under the iron wash ers in certain instances is a useful Idea. The felt washers give an elas-l tic hold, allowing for expansion orl contraction, and may keep the threads of an over-tight bolt from stripping. However, most of them do not know that the ordinary corn and bunion plasters make very acceptable felt washers and are always easily obtainable. There were 1,496,652 open passenger automobiles manufactured in the United States last year. 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Freedom from tire troubles is assured you once you purchase Sterling, Tires. Forget your past disappointments and the miles you didn't get. Give your old bus a treat , and your pocketbook a rest ask for Ster lings. There's a wealth of satisfaction in store for you when you carry Sterling Tires and a host of care-free miles. Manufactured lay STERLING TIRE COBPORATION, RUTHERFORD, N.J. Distributors for Oregon, Washington, Northern Idaho and. Western Montana ' ' ' Ray &c Smith Go. . 14th, and Burnside PORTLAND, ORE. AUTO ACCESSORIES AND PARTS .SPEEDOMETERS and "BIG TEN NECESSITIES" - They're More Than Accessories tUaiimftfy Official Service Genuine Parts product Service Station, 333 Ankeny Street David Hodes Co. Ill N. Broadway , AUTOMOBILE EQUIPMENT PARTS, GEARS, AXLES AND SPRINGS '.KER AUTO SFiS CO. 10,000 Springs Carried in Stock. Let Us Repair Your Springs Where You Get Service. 15TH AND COUCH STREETS Shock Absorber Recommended by a Million Ford Owners West Coast Distributors Corp, 435 Stark St. Phone Broadway 4564 AUTO DIRECTORY ' New Light Six, BlitchelL Seven-Passenger Jordan MITCHELL. LEWIS & STAYER CO. Broadway at Oak layers Savers-Pacific SIX Motor Car Co. Twenty-first and SAYERS A-uto Funeral v , Washington ? Equipment State Distributors JACKSON S3KSZS six TOURING FOUR WHEEL DRIVE TRUCK Twenty-first and Washington State Distributors Franklin offers more of "what you actually need and want in an automobile." BRALY AUTO CO. Main 48S0. A 3881. 19th and Washington Sts.