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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (June 20, 1920)
'TnE SUNDAY OTTEGONTAX, TOHTLAXD, JUNE 20, 1920 PORTLAND 13 ALONE WORK PROGRESSING ON CANYON ROAD, WHICH WILL BE SHORT CUT TO BEAVERTON, HILLS- BORO AND FOiviSST GROVE. AUTO TIRE VALVES E Every Other Hamlet, Town or City on Coast HasOne. If Mistreated, It Will Cause Annoyance. OFFICIALS RUN IN CIRCLE DIRT HURTS MECHANISM Washington Towns All Go Strong on Auto Camp Projects and Here Is List of Them. Belief That Valve Cap la Unessen- tal Is 'Erroneous Valve Leak Is Likely. ' CH ' -3. WITHOUT AUTO CAMP FIEQU1R raiow & 'vs. nil While Portland is running around In circles, with one set of officials passing the buck 10 another set and nobody getting anywhere in the proj- ! ect to establish a real camp ground for automobile tourists, every town of any size in Washington not only has a good auto camp ground, but is tell ing the world about it. Seattle has a park large enough for 100 cars. Yet in Portland there is ac tually not one place where the visit ing motorist may camp over for the night. This, so far as known, is the only city, town or village on the whole Pacific coast without an auto camp. Commissioner Pier is supposed to be In charge of the aifto camp project for the city council, but the commissioner seems badly confused by his responsi bilities or something, for under his j direction the auto camp has got no where, is nowhere and has no pros pects. Tet the touring season is here and every night scores of motoring parties come to town and wonder what kind of a city it is that provides no place for them to camp. Public automobile camp sites in .Washington are enumerated and de scribed in a pamphlet just furnished by the chambers of commerce and commercial organizations of the cities represented in the leaflet. The com mercial organizations publishing the pamphlet endeavored to get every city and county in Washington having a public camp site to have representa tion in the booklet. A description of the camp sites follows: BcIIingham Bellinjrharn maintains two tourist camp sites, one adjoining Fairhaven Park, at the south end of the city, and one at Cornwall Park, at the north end of the city. These will lurnlsh ample ac commodations for approximately 40 ma chines, water, tables, camp stoves and fuel for the same, and comfort stations, all fur nished free of charge. Well equipped children's playgrounds are adjacent to both of these camp sites during the summer nion iha. Suitable signs have been erected direct ing tourists to theae camp sites. Any fur- j incr in i ur in lion ucbii :u tun ic umMirvi t the Belllngham chamber of commerce rooms, one block from the Leopold hotel. Centralia Riverside Park free camp site for tourists at Centralia. Road in formation, maps and pamphlets can be ob tained from the caretaker. Lovely wooded park on banks of Skookum Chuck river, just outside the city limits city lights, city water, camp stoves and free fuel, bath houses, plenty of tables and easy benches, all for the convenience of the tourist. Located on the Pacific highway, just west of the Skookum Chuck bridge; a safe, clean camping site, a joy of the road. Centralia is just half way between Seat tle and Portland, on the Pacific highway. It is a gateway to the Wlllapa harbor country and alao to Grays Harbor, and Pacific Beach, Moclips and other popular beach resorts. Tourists are invited to visit the Cham ber of commerce. Registration - is re quired. Good loathing Bearh. Ohehalls Alexander Park, on the Ocean beach highway, is four and one-half acres in ex tent, and is one of the most at tractive camp sites in southwestern Wash ington. The Chehalis river washes the southern boutulary. where there is a bath ing beach, the long stretch of said re minding one of an ocean beach. A new and much wider approach is to be built to this park Immediately; also bath houses and other conveniences. The auto camp site, on the Pacific high way, is at the corner of Market and Th lrtfrntn streets, near sou them limits of city. Fireplace, water, toilet and other mmlt'rn conveniences are provided. Uobsnn Park, at the head of Third street, with paved approach from Pacific High way, marked by road sign, is seven acres In extent and is furninhed in like manner with aM auto tourist necessities. Ellensburs The city of Ellensburg has purchased liO acres of land, the greater part of which Is being improved and is ready for tourists. The Yakima river forms the west boun dary of this tract for a distance of a quar ter of a mile. Among the Improvements will be spring water, plenty of shade, good fishing, free wood, brick - ovens, tables and chairs, electric tights, free telephone, several ladles' and gen tlemen's lavatories. This site is located on a hard surfaced road, west of Kllcnsburg two miles. The Kittitas county unit of the Auto mobile club of western Washington will be glad to furnish information. Hoquiam Hoquiam is a pioneer of the Grays Harbor district in providing for the convenience and comfort of auto tour ists who seek the invigorating sea breezes and surf attractions of the ocean beaches and the allurements of mountain scenery at ulnault lake, in ever Increasing num bers. " The Hoquiam Commercial club owns and maintains beautifully situated park grounds, comprising f-Ix acres, devoted to the use of auto tourists. It is known as Tourist Park, and is located on the Olympic, highway and the west bank of the Hoquiam river, two miles northwest of the city. The park is equipped with camp stoves, tables, benches and comfort stations and is provided with clear, cold, running water piped from an enclosed reservoir fed by mountain springs, and has several cleared spaces for tents, ail for the free use of ; the traveler and without restrictions, ex- ' cept a request to comply with sanitary re quirements. Pre Wood, Free Water. Mount Vernon Population 3500. City is located In Skagit county, on the Skagit river, and is also on tfie Pacific highway. The Mount Vernon commercial club main tains a free auto camping park, which furnishes wood, water, camp stoves, lights, telephone and electric stoves. A building Is also furnished, which can be used dur ing wet weather. The park Is situated on the Pacific high way, a short distance from the northern limits of the city. . A register Is kept at the camp, and a request is made that all visitors register, giving home town and number in the party. Descriptive litera ture will be found in the registry booth of Mount Vernon and vicinity, but should any visitor desire Any Information con cerning Mount Vernon or Skagit county, or want to know where good trout fishing exists, call up the secretary, whose tele phone number is "81 1, and full Informa tion will be given concerning the same. A tourist bureau is maintained at Mount Vernon by the Auto club, where full In formation will be given as to routes throughout the county. Olympia Priest Point Park is just a mile from the heart of the city of Olym pia. off the Pacific highway, consisting of LTtO acres, owned by the city and pro ided with every convenience for the auto mobile tourist. A permanent caretaker supplies wood, which Is plied by the side of the great atone ovens in which there Is pearly al ways a fire burning when the hungry and tfred- tourist arrives. Water is piped cold, artesian water to the many camp ing spots. There are electric lights, play grounds with swings and slides for the children, wild animals and birds, prettj flower beds, running brooks and natural scenery. There is no charge at all; this if you do not stay overlong. Then a small charge is made. Pasco Population. 4000. Location. Franklin county, at junction of the Snake and Columbia rivers, also at junction of the Inland Umpire and central Washing ton highways, on the Yellowstone trail and Evergreen highway. Free camp ground for auto tourists In City Park, opposite courthouse; water, fuel, camp stoves and general lighting furnished without charge. Ground is only four blocks from the central part of the city. Bathing beach at dock on Columbia river, but a short distance from the park. A register is kept at camp and all viti- tors are requested to sign name, giving date of arrival, home town, destination and number In party. The Franklin county auto club, member of the A. A. A., is located in the Chamber of Commerce building. Call there for in formation. Seattle Has Good Park. Seattle Seattle maintains an auto tour ist camp site at Woodland park. In the northern-central section of the city, on the shore of Green lake. Last summer accommodations were provided for ap proximately 100 machines. This summer the accommodations will oe considerably Increased, and the park board anticipates no trouble in caring for all machines that may appls. Water, fuei for cooking, and camp Ftoves are furnished rree of charge. General lights are also furnished. The length of stay is limited to seven days, but if a party, for good reasons, cares to stay longer, he may apply for a written permit at the office of the park board. The foreman of the park is allowed to lsue permit only for seven days. Near the site is a bathing beach, and the board has also arranged to allow tourists the use of showers provided for athletics in another part of the park. The women arc to have the use of the showers during the morning and the men in the afternoon on days not used by the ball teams. A rmall chance Is made for to v els and the use of the gas for instan taneous heater. The Pite i.s policed until midnight. A regular register system is in use In which are recorded dat.es of arrival and depar ture, number in party, name of owner, make of car. license number and state, place of residence of owner.' Central tourist Information bureau, 1211 Fourth avenue. Service is free. South Bend and North Beach, in south western Washington South Bend, a city of 3000, located on Willapa river, a tidal stream, 17 miles from the ocean. It Is on the Ocean Beach highway, and is distant about 1 50 miles southwest of Seattle and about 115 milep from Tacoma, reached via Olympia or Teninc through Chehalis. which Is B0 miles by excellent highway to South Bend. Offers free camping site and accommodations to auto tourists en route to North Beach. Buildings, with cook stoves, fuel, electric lights, water, lava tories, toilet?, rest room. etc.. near busi ness district. South Bend to county ferry xgl? ---- -1 Approximately one and three-quarter mile) of the Canyon road, Trhlch lrada from the head of Jeffernon street In lurtlandf remains) to he hard-nur-faced from the end of the present pavement at the Multnomah county line to pavement already laid out from Heaver ton. The Warren Con struction company haw crews widening the grade and making ready to lay rock preparatory to pavement. As there Is still quite a little grading to do near the Multnomah county line, the work probably will not be completed for a couple of months yet. Completion of the Canyon road pavement Into Reaverton will cut a couple of miles Off the present Deaverton-Hlllsboro road, or the Tualatin Valley highway, as It la offi cially termed, which enters Portlaad over TfrwIJHger boulevard. The upper picture shows teams grading and widening u curve near the .Multnomah county line. Below Is a new rock crusher put In by the contracting company about a mile from the Multnomah county line. to visit in all directions, over good roads. A regular register system is in use. In which are recorded, dates of arrival and departure, number In party, name of at Nemah is 17 miles. CourUy ferry makes state' 'olace of residence of owner. daily trips to Nahcotta and return at S3 , Vancouver. Wabh. Prunarian park, a per machine and 50 cents per passenger free camp site for automobile tourists, at per trip. From Naeotta there is an un- tne northern limits of the city of Van broken stretch of ( miles of beach driv- couver. Wash., is furnished &;id main ng . hard as cement, as well as a good ; tain(1(i bv the Vancouver l'runarians. Inside highway. Privately conducted Parking jace is provided, both in the ferry from Chinook to Astoria. Or. For t open and in the wooded portion of the i prry nme caras or oiner imormaiion write or call on J. H. Henderson, secre tary Commercial club. South Jlend. park. City water is provided, together with stoves and fuel. . Road signs will direct . you to the place. Store whej-e supplies can be bought will be found one fourth of a mile south. There is no charge for these accommodations. Tourists traveling south should cross small creek at foot of hill two miles north of Vancouver, and proceed up next hill, where the site Is located on the riRht hand side. Running north, touritts will find a sign one-quarter jf a mile before camp is reached. It is at the intersection of roads. Shower Rath at This One. ' Walla Walla Walla Walla maintains a tourist camping ground, owned by the city and called Wlldwood park. It is lo cated in the heart of the residence dis trict, and yet is set off to itself by virtue of the contour of the land of the vicinity. It comprises about seven acres of naturally shaded ground lying adjacent to a stream of running water, and offers accommoda tion for about lOO machines. Stoves, tab ley, city water, sinks, toilets and electric lights have been installed. Shower baths are contemplated. A caretaker resides in the park, who furnishes wood at a reasonable charge. He also eells milk for the benefit of the campers. No other charge Is made. The Tri-State Automobile club main tains an information and registration bureau, both at the park and at their office In the Grand hotel, corner of Alder and First streets. Yakima The city of Yakima Is located in routh central Washington, on the In land Empire highway and Yellowstone trail, l5 milfs 'east of Seattle and ap Spokane Park Dovn Town. Spokane Spokane has opened a new free motor tourist camp only five minutes run from the business center of the city. close to an attractive residential district and Coeur d Alene park. Several street car lines serve the location. In rewpect to its central location, the camp Is unique among the larger centers. Guide books to Spokane and the Inland Empire may be obtained free of cost at the Central building. Not far from the Junction of Hangman Creek and the Spokane river Is a beau tiful concrete bridge, artistically lighted. On each side of the creek, which Is swift and clear, lies a stretch of natural park. From the east end of the bridge a road has been built to the water's edge, and here the tourist cam p has been laid out with every modern convenience. A care taker is constantly In attendance, shower baths for men and women, supplied with hot and cold water, have been built: running city water, electric lights, slot meter gas stoves and open hearths: sani tary toilet rooms, and grassy park are provided. The camp is eas'ly found. From the center of the city, drive east on Riverside avenue, the main business thoroughfare, and turn south at the end of the street to the Hangman creek bridge, which is in plain view. A charming location has been selected for the camps, booking down the creek through "Happy Valley, are green trees, small bridges and a neat residential sec tion. To tne east stretches the city, with Mount Spokane in the dlptance. To the north the foothills and Idaho ranges line tne horizon with ririVnt inl H i u t -;.-. n ' mn n A. w A cnn the foreground. The Down river camp kane. Population. 20,000. has been abandoned. The Commercial club and city park Tacoma The Metropolitan Park district board maintain a tourist camp site in the oi Jtt-juma uas provmea an automobile ; state fair grounds. In the southeastern section oi tne city, wnere accommodations E. M. C. GETS UN EXPERT S. V. XORTOX APPOINTED TO DE SERVICE M.WAGER. tourism" park at Manltou park, for camp in! en rouif. Manltou Park Half mile from the Pacific highway, at south Tacoma. Turn west at large alien at roadside. Here are free camping sites and free water, tables, picnic moves and fuel, and comfort sta tion. Street cars to and from Tacoma pans through the park. Grocery etores and supplies adjoining. Telephone serv ice and special delivery of needed sup plies. Capacity. 90 cars. Be our guest for. a few nights on your Journey. Sleep in the evergreen woods, under the mighty firs. Enjoy boating and bathing In the lake districts. Krom this vamp as jour neaaquaners, make dally excursions to mountain and forest and shore, over the beautiful prairie roaHs that are Tacoma's pride. Mount Tacoma and the National park are 56 miles to parK entrance; Moclips Beach, on the ! can be provided for 60 to 75 machines. Outdoor cooking ovenr. fire wood, water and lights for the grounds are furnished free to campers: also shower baths for men. It Is later expected to add this utility for women. The length of stay to any one party is limited to seven days, unless otherwise arranged with the super intendent of the camp. Playground apparatus will soon be in stalled for the children, and within 200 yards of the site is a good grocery store, where foodstuffs, eoft drinks and the liko can be had at reasonable prices. A registration booth Is conveniently placed, where the visitors are required to register their names, date of arrival, number In party, make of car. name of owner, license number and state, and place of residence of owner. Tourists entering Yakima should watch Pacific ocean. 112 miles In th nnnndl. - for I h. Hlrn. riirecHnflr fhem tA th tr.m direction; and counties?. Interesting places camp site In the Ftate fair groun d ?s Man Long With Goodrich Kubber Co. Has a Thorough Knowledge or Truck. Users Problems. Announcement is made of the ap pointment of S. V. Norton as servii.-e manager of the General Motors Truck company to fill, the vacancy caused by the resignation of H. L. Beckwitn. Mr. Norton comes directly from 15 years' experience with the B. P. Good rich Rubber company, with which he has become known as an authority on motor truck problems and as one of the best posted men in haulage questions in the automotive industry His selection for service manager of General Motors Truck company will brinr to that department experience in problems of motor truck users and an acquaintance with dealers, manu facturers and users not shared by any other man in the industry. For the last ten years Mr. No'rton has been manager of truck tire sales of the Goodrich company. In "that capacity he has been in intimate touch with the motor truck industry from the manufacture of the truck to its work in the hands of individ ual owners. He is also well known as an author on motor truck prob lems. His book. "The Motor Truck as an Aid to Business Profit." is i authoritative work on the principal problems of truck usage. He also originated the annual hand book, "Motor Trucks of America," now in its eighth year. In addition Mr. Norton has been a contributor to various publications o.i these questions and has been promt nently Identified with the good roads movement. He served as a member of the board of the Ohio good roads federation and on the Ohio State Council of National Defense. Radiator Cleaning. One of the simplest and most effi cient methods of cleansing the radia tor of the scale which forms in it is to fill the water system with a strong solution of washing soda and hot water, running the engine for about la minutes. The solution is then dirained out of the system and the scale will come with it. Do not race the engine while carrying out this process. One part of an automobile tire which comes in for too little attention is the valve. Treated properly, this inexpensive but highly important part of a tire s mechanism will function satisfactorily throughout the life of the tire, but when mistreated it often causes annoyance. When a valve begins to give trou ble it may be assumed in nearly every case as a practical certainty that dirt has worked into the valve and is the main cause for improper functioning, says the United States Tire company This being the case, the principal at tention a motorist need give the valve s simply to see that all dust and rt are excluded from the interior of the valve. There is a rather common belief that the valve cap is an unessential thing and that it makes little differ- nce whether a cap Is used or not. But this idea is entirely erroneous, and motorists who do not use the alve cap are in danger of valve trou ble. When the cap is not used there is a strong likelihood that dirt will work down into the valve and ultimately produce a valve leak. Dirt Sure Leak Canne. While a tire remains inflated this dirt in some cases may do no harm, but when a new inflation is made the air drives the dirt down into the valve and makes an airtight connection im possible. In addition to keeping out dirt the alve cap serves another useful pur pose in that, if the valve should begin to leak, the cap makes an airtight connection able to withstand a pres sure up to 500 pounds. If a cap is screwed on well a breakdown of the valve insldes need cause the driver no nconvenience, as the cap will prevent the tire from deflating. The one sure way to avoid valve leakage is to use he cap. All the large tire companies use the same make of valve, so that the ad vice given by the United States Tire company may be followed by prac tically all tire users. ' Valve caps on bicycles, motorcycles, automobiles and trucks are all of one size, so if one is lost it may easily be replaced. A common abuse of the tire valve occurs when removing the valve plunger. The user usually drops it in the dirt until he is ready to put it back in place. If. during this care less handling, dirt lodges on the red rubber washer, an uneven seating will result and a leak will follow. If dirt has worked its way into the plunger throw away the plunger'and put in a new one. Keep Rim Nut 1'lRht. The valve plunger should be screwed in as far as it will go. There is no danger of breaking the plunger if the pressure is only that exerted through the use of the cap as a screwdriver. Sometimes there may be a leak around the base of the valve stem. In that case the hexagonal nut should be tightened. This hexagonal nut should always be screwed down tight against the washer at the base, as this makes a satisfactory seal around the opening through which the valve stem enters tne tuoe. The rim nut must always be screwed tight, so that it closes the hole in the rim. If this is not done dirt will work in between the tire and tube and cause the tube to wear out. An inexpensive valve tool which has a variety of uses might well form a part of every car s equipment. This tool can be used for tapping the inside of the valve stem, for rethreading the outside cap thread of the valve stem and for reaming the top of the valve stem. It is at the same time a screw driver tool for putting in or taking out plungers and a deflating cap which, when screwed on the cap, wtll permit the deflation of the tire with out the removal of the valve plunger SPEEDEII MISSES SCEXERY Writer in Motor Says Fast Driver Loses All the Fun. "It seems a great pity that the pleasures of motoring should be wil fully sacrificed for speed. To be carried on a magic carpet of Bagdad over fairyland, haste should be no. must be discountenanced, for, to the slave of mileage, there is no fairy land. With one eye upon the speed ometer and the other glued to the NOTICE TO SHRINERS Portland streets are crowded with REPUBLIC TRUCKS Be sure to look both ways before crossing ROBERTS MOTOR CAR CO. Largest Exclusive Truck Dealers in the Northwest. VANCOUVER, WASH. PORTLAND, OR. BOISE, IDA. An Analysis of the "Road Speed of a 9? M AX W ELL is a tribute to its special steels Men driving larger cars have often wondered at the "road speed" of a Maxwell. True, in an open straight stretch they have run away from a Maxwell. But in any "piece of going" in which hills, turns, curves or rough roads enter into the general average, they do not outrun a Maxwell. The reason for this is the special steels in a Maxwell. They are made to Maxwell's own formulae, and make possible construction combin ing great strength with light weight. The lightness of the weight enables a Maxwell to take a turn with more ease and less slowing up. come down a hill under better control, ascend a hill as well, and Tnake more time over a rough piece of roadway. The strength of its steels enables a Maxwell to stand equally as well, or better, side strains, road uneyen ness, etc. In other words, a Maxwell makes speed when a larger car cannot, and thus evens up to a high average its "road 6peed" without breaking the speed laws. This ability in a Maxwell is one of many that is winning new friendships daily. Nearly 400,000 of them to date; in another year 500,000. C. L. Boss Automobile Co. 615-617 Washington St. ruts, one becomes a wonderful driver and a common mucker and all the glories of a nature-painted paradise are so much engine hum and exhaust snort." This is the perfect characterization of the complete speeder, offered by Chester L. 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