The Sunday Oregonian., July 25, 1920, SECTION SIX, Page 3, Image 67

THE SUNDAY OREGONIAJf. PORTLAND, JULY 25, 1920
FOREST SERVICE IS
BUILDING ROAD CHAIN
New Places for Oregon Tour
ist Being. Opened.
ELK LAKE IS VISITED
"HIT
First Trip by Autos Is Made First
reos or
moia
Week In June Work Done
.. la Cascades.
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BY LUCILLE SAUXDETRS.
In and out of the foothills and even
to the very base of the mightiest of
the Cascades there soon -will be com
pleted by the United States forest
service a chain of central Oregon
roads that will be a delight to the
camper or sportsman -who can spare
but a few days each year for his out
ing. This road system, particularly
as it relates to the Deschutes na
tional forest, is even now opening up
new places for the Oregon tourist
who would know his own state bet
ter. The first week in June saw the
first visit of autos to Elk lake, in the
mountains southeast of Bend. Hither
to a route had been open to the two
Lava lakej, but beyond this there
were only trails through the forest.
The lakes are some 50-odd miles out
of town and the new stretch of road
way is about three miles long.
Elk lake is situated at the base of
half a dozen mountains and its clear
surface reflects a marvelous picture
of snow-cappod peaks. A crew is now
at work, at Big Springs extending
the new Voad so that it will pass be
tween Tumalo mountain and Batch-
ellor butte, following Dutchman
creek. This will make possible for
the recreationist to stop his machine
at a point from which it is only a
iiiKe di a coupie 01 nours to me top
of Batchellor, which has an elevation
of more than 9000 feet, with perpet
ual snow and glaciers.
Loop Road In Building;.
In other words, the route will pro
vide a drive of an hour and a half
from town and bring the motorist
into the snow peak country on a sub
stantial and, in the summer months
a dry road.
bo that it will not be necessary to
traverse the same territory on the
return trip, the forest service has
mapped out a loop. Crews are work
ing at either end of it to rush work
to completion this year if possible.
From Dutchman creek the road
goes west down a 'gentle slope and
through the open draws to Lost lake,
a body of deep blue watei of many
springs, ideal for fishing. Natural
meadows surround it with excellent
:arap sites. The highway is to skirt
the nearby lava flow and go around
Soda hill to Sparks lake, cross Soda
and Fall creeks and proceed through
the divide to Sparks lake and Devils
lake. The latter point is one of un
usual interest, for It Is of this body
of water' that an Indian legend has
been woven. Mere on the rocks may
"be seen picture writing put there
many generations ago.
The road Anally swings around the
west side of Devils lake to Elk lake
following the west side of the latter
to Crane prairie, where one again
strikes the main road out of the for
est. This is a minor loop. The main
one, which will bring the tourist back
to Bend, begins near Bend on the old
Shevlin-Hixon .'logging road, which
Is now bein,? opened up to Lava
island and Tule's ranch. It will then
swing west to Big Springs, complet
ing the circuit, by joining the con
tinuation of the present Elk lake
road.
Auto Road ITp Broken Top.
One more feature has been out
lined. This will be a stub line from
Lost lake as far as Crater creek cabin
on the south side of Broken Top, a
mountain with its head blown oft,
which can be partially climbed by au
tomobile. These forest roads are narrow, but
during most of the year are firm and
dry. Careful driving is necessary by
reason of the many turns, lined on
either sld,e with jack pine. There are
few steep pitches.
A region of real beauty that has
for several years been accessible by
a good road out of Sisters is the up
per Metolius country. This has late
ly been dragged and put in fine con
dition through co-operative work
among the ranchers. Signboards
through the region are plentiful and
the road may easily be reached from
the central Oregon side or from the
Mackenzie highway. Unless one in
tends to camp a loop trip may be
made in a few hours to the Alllngham
ranger station, Camp Sherman, Hel
sing's resort, Allendale and Suttle's
lake. Blue lake is a short hike from
this body of water and is one of the
links in the chain leading to the Eight
lake basin and Square lake, high in
the mountains. The entire circuit
back to the town of Sisters by way
of the auto road is about 42 miles,
Racetrack In Mountains.
The first stop should be at the
headwaters of the Metolius, which
flows from a clump of willows near
the western side of Black butte. Here
are beautiful green mountain mea
dows, abundance of fish and every
thing to attract the vacationist. A
short distance further the forest ser.
vice has taken an old racetrack cov
ering from 10 to 15 acres and con
verted it into Metolius Falls camp
grounds. Brush has been cleared out
and replaced with rustic fireplaces
and camp tables.
The road follows the river, passing
through Camp Sherman, where there
are log cabins, a rustic bridge, wood
en power wheels and a general air of
contentment and seclusion from the
world. Six houses have been built
here and four others are under con
struction, besides many tents.
Suttle's lake this season he-s been
a popular resort. The road goes to
the water's edge and if the sportsman
is not satisfied he may obtain a row:
boat and go even further.
FIRESTONE ADVICE OX TIRES
Stale Air Bad, So Pump .Them Tp
Three Times a Year.
Stale air may have a very deteri
orating effect on tires, according to
K. A. Price, Firestone representative
at 5 North Park street.
To offset this difficulty, he recom
mends that the tires- be filled with
a fresh supply at least three times
each year: In discussing the ques
tion of innation, tne iresttm. ren
resentative gives emphatic advice
about the common fault of automobile
owners In guessing at the air pres
sure. "We believe," he says, "the most
satisfactory inflation method is to
rump up the tires in accordance with
formula and then, if necessary, re
duce .the pressure slightly until it
ceases to cause excessive vibration
to the car or tfaction slippage of
the rear wheels. Make a record of
the pounds of pressure at this point
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In Every Locality It Now Holds the Coveted Records
for Every Type of Car Performance Economy, Speed,
Endurance, Acceleration, Hill-Climb and Reliability
iN A SERIES of the most dramatic tests ever made to prove
motor car efficiency, Essex cars in all parts of America
during the week of June 27th challenged and. took practically
every important record; ,
Six new cars, taken just as they came
out of production, were driven at top -speed
from Detroit to Chicago, 303 miles.
The fastest time was 8 hours, 8. minutes.
Time for the last car to 'arrive, 11 hours
and 3 minutes. An average for. it. of 27
miles per hour.
One owner who had driven his car
38,000 miles put his Essex over Wiscon-
sin dirt roads during a heavy rain, a dis
tance .of 90 miles in 2 hours, 4 minutes,
which was better than 44 miles per hour.
A Denver owned Essex with 22,000
miles to its credit proved its easy riding
qualities by carrying 288 crated eggs
strapped to the rear seat. The car trav
eled .3,828 miles over mountain roads
in a 6-day non-stop motor performance.
Only, 40 eggs were broken.
Owners9 Cars Showed
Economy and Speedy
Still another Essex that had covered
19,000 miles in automobile rental service
and on the original fabric tires from a
standing start, topped El Paso's most m
, difficult hill at 49 miles per hour. The '
best previous record was 36 miles per
hour. '
In Des Moines, 2 cars, one a privately
owned Essex that had. previously gone
7,000 miles, the other one, which had set
- a 24-hour record over country roads,
combined they traveled 4,816 miles in
144 hours of non-stop motor running.
During the six days the cars were
.stqpped 2,137 times and carried 1,602
passengers. r .
At Dallas, Texas, an Essex, which had
seen 12,000 miles of service, established
the world's dirt track record by cover
ing 1,261 miles in 24 hours average
52yo miles an hour. ... -
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An Essex Sedan, fully loaded, and on
original tires that had carried the car
V 15,000 miles, traveled 221 miles over
V Maryland hills, averaging 23 miles to?
'.' the gallon "of gasoline.
A Coluijibus, Ohio, owner drove his
10-months'. bid Essex, which had gone ;
16,000 miles to Washington, D. C, 403
miles in 11 hours, 4 minutes. The crack
Pennsylvania Railroad train requires 15
hours, 34 minutes for the trip. An Essex
traveled 80 miles in 88 minutes from Buf
falo to Rochester, N. Y. The roadway is
12 miles longer than by rail Essex
time 4 minutes longer than that of the
fastest train:
24 Cars in One
Economy Run
Economy was shown in Connecticut
by 24 owner-drivers, 12 going over the
Mohawk Trail and the Hoosac moun
tains. The other 12 traveled a coast '
route. The winning car averaged 24
miles to the gallon of gasoline. Average'
for all 24 over 216 miles of route, for
each was 18.7 miles to the gallon. One
car had seen 35,000 miles of service and
averaged 21.2 miles to the gallon.
. A Hastings, Nebraska, woman drove
an Essex from Hastings to Lincoln, Neb.,
109 miles, averaging 29 miles to the
gallon.
Four women drove from Los Angeles
over the coast route to San Francisco
and return via the Inland route with an
average of 22.3 miles to the gallon of
gasoline no stop for any mechanical
reason. A car starting from San Fran
cisco made the round' trip of 843 miles
in 33 hours, and averaged 24.5 miles per
gallon of gasoline. .
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Also Takes Famous
Hill-Clinib Records
The Rim o' the World record, in San
Bernardino Mountains; was taken by
Essex, climbing nearly 5,000 feet eleva
tion over 8.8. miles of difficult mountain
road in 17 minutes. An Essex defeated
IP other entries in the Sacramento, Cali
fornia, dealers' reliability run over the
Sierra Nevada Mountains distance 261
miles 24.25 miles per gallon of gasoline.
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-And in Utah 28 miles of mountain
' roads with heavy grades, climbing 4;528
, feet, an Essex carrying 3 passengers
: made the run in 52 minutes. The best
previous record was 66 minutes. An
other Salt Lake owned car with 10,000
miles to its credit in 1 hour 20 minutes
traveled 50.7 miles. The best previous
record for this route was 1 hour 37 min
utes. Through a blinding snow storm
over Tioga Pass-with an altitude of 9,941
feet and over grades of from 6"to 37
Essex traveled 432 miles, averaging 15
miles to the gallon, and using 3 pints of
ojLl. It ran several miles hub-deep in mud
and towed another car containing 5 peo
ple, itself carrying 950 lbs. of weight and
one passenger.
Essex is the first and only car to climb
35th Street Hill, Washington, in high
gear and the Tilden Street Hill from a
standing start. It crossed the top at 51
miles per hour. The same car towed a
loaded 6-ton truck 16 blocks up this hilL
49 Cars Average 18.9
Miles per Gallon
Gasoline records were kept on 49 cars
used in every kind of test from the dis
tance covered on a measured gallon to
the six-day non-stop performances. It
included hill climbs of the most sensa
tional character and inter-city runs in
all parts of the country over all kinds of
roads in all kinds of weather and at
speeds from 5 to 72 miles an hour. Some
were brand new cars. One had already
traveled 34,000 miles. The average was
18.9 miles to the gallon.
The above are but a few of the rec
ords made. Every locality now knows
Essex for the accomplishment of some
great feat. They know it for its speed,
its hill-climbing ability and its flexibility
and endurance.
In a thousand ways it has proved its
supremacy in every imaginable test
To list all records would require pages
of newspaper space. It would apply to
hundreds of cars. Some belong to own
ers who made the trials in a spirit of
sportsmanship.
Now, Is There Anything Left
For Essex to Prove?
Was greater proof ever submitted? Here in one week every
kind of performance ability has been established by Essex.
They cover not only the cars used in the hundreds of tests of
all descriptions, but ; their performance was so consistent that
they bespeak similar abilities for more than 40,000 Essex cars
as their owners know them.
Every question has been answered by Essex.
IVJen were long ago forced to recognize Essex performance.
It is a common remark that it is the speediest, quickest car on
the road; and now, in face of these performances, who can
doubt its stability? -
Can Essex be second choice to any who want tHe economy
which comes with light weight and the beauty, performance
and luxury which comes with costlier cars? The Essex can be
obtained at a moderate price.
No wonder its sales have also set a new record !
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HOW TO PUT IX XEW TUBE
Keep It Off the Ground, for Dirt
May Cause Its Ruin.
Trouble and annoyance will be saved
the motorist it he will examine his
casings after a puncture, before In
serting a new tube. A nail, fragment
of glass, or rough and broken fabric
surface, remaining over from the first
puncture, will often quickly ruin a
new tube.
After a careful inspection, of the
casing the tube should be slightly in
flated before being inserted, in order
to prevent its being twisted,, accord
ing to Miller tire and tube experts.
Where the tube is inserted flat, there
is danger that, due to a twisted con-'
dition, it will tear under high air
pressure; y
Anotherood rule is never to place
the tube on the ground. A porous con
dition is often a direct result of the
dirt and sand which adhere ta the
tube which has been laid on the road
beside the car. - '
' A fourth principle of tube conserva
tion is to. dust lightly the inside of
the casing with soapstone or talc
This prevents chafing and sticking of
tube and casing. Excessive use of
either talc or soapstone causes tube
blisters. --
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Track Wear.
One of the commonest fallings
among drivers of motor trucks shod
with solid tires is driving in the car
tracks. Only the outside edge of the
tire rests on the rail and consequently
only a small part of the tire sustains
the whole load. The result is that the
outside edge of the tire wears off,
while the rest is apparently in good
condition. In a five-inch tire constant
running on the tracks wear off one
and a half inches of the surface, re
ducing it practically to a three and a
half-inch. In this way a 3 -inch tire
is compelled to do the work of a five
inch tire, which amounts practically
to overloading. .This effect is more
pronounced where dual tires are nsed
on the rear wheels, a few inches of
surface on one tire being compelled
to endure the strain intended for the
entire surface of two tires.
The Oil Gauge.
The oil pressure furnishes a rather
accurate means of determining the
condition of the engine bearings. As
the bearings .wear the oil circulates
more freely and the pressure na
turally drops. If the oil gauge per
sistently shows low pressure it is
reasonable to assume engine bearing
wear, provided the regulator is all
right. .
With a membership of approximate
ly 125,000, the Automobile association
in England is the largest European
organization represented in ownership
of cars, light ca.ro and motorcycles