THE SUNDAY OltEGONIAN, PORTLAND. JUNE 13, .1920
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ONLY
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DRIVER
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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.
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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
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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
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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. Closed cars
totaling 161.000.
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OFFICIAL FACTORY RECORDS
The complete set of official factory
records on Delco equipment - main
tained by each Branch of United
Motors Service Incorporated and by
each Authorized Distributor is posi
tive assurance that you will get the cor
rect, new, and genuine part for your car.
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325 Burnside St.
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DETROiTICHIQAN
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not a hit and miss design based
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Y0TT -who have never been -within nod
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only three-quarters pleased with other
makes you are the man to -whom we
recommend Sterlings. We guarantee them
to please jou wholly. Every ounce of these
sturdy fellows was builded for your service.
Freedom from tire troubles is assured you
once you purchase Sterling, Tires. Forget
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you didn't get. Give your old bus a treat ,
and your pocketbook a rest ask for Ster
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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
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PORTLAND, ORE.
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10,000 Springs Carried in Stock.
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MITCHELL. LEWIS & STAYER CO.
Broadway at Oak
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TOURING
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Franklin
offers more of "what you actually need and want
in an automobile."
BRALY AUTO CO.
Main 48S0. A 3881. 19th and Washington Sts.