The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current, July 25, 1920, SECTION SIX, Image 74

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Newspaper Page TextTHE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX. PORTLAND. JULY 25. 1920 MOUNT HOOD LOOP LIKELY TO BE SOUTH HERE'S THE EIGHTH WONDER OF THE WORLD A DETOUR ROAD ACTUALLY BETTER THAN THE MAIN HIGHWAY FOR WHICH IT SUBSTITUTES! . ' C OA D L E 4 Famous For Its Marvelous Motor Highway Commission Not . Seeking .Scenic Route. TRAFFIC IS BELOW RIVER t 'c.. rrr:. w.w. X Road That Will Serve Public and Be of Most Benefit Will Win Favor of Body. BY JOHN Wi KELLY. It Is almost a certainty that the state highway commission will select a location for the Mount Hood loop road, between Gresham and Zigzag, on the south side of the Sandy river. If the commission desired chiefly a scenic road, the route would most likely be on the north side of the river,, where the Portland city, com mission has petitioned that It be placed. People who have traversed the north and south sides usually agree that there Is a more -wonderful vista on the- north side, and that along the north side there are In numerable ideal spots for outings. However, the state highway commis sion is looking for more than scenery, for in Oregon It Is practically Impos sible to build a road in any section without its being more or less of a ccenlc highway. ' Scenery is not confined to the Co lumbia highway, the Mount Hood loop or Mackenzie pass. There is some magnificient scenery on the Pacific highway; the Grants Pass-Crescent City road: the Coast highway, the Roseburg-Coos Bay highway and in fact, scenery will be found on all ides. Sonth Side Haa the Traffic. On the south side of the Sandy river there is a rich agricultural district whose possibilities can scarcely be realized. Into the Mount Hood road on the south side there flows the traffic and produce of a large section of, Clackamas county. If located on the north side the Mount Hood road would not be so convenient and this traffic and produce . would have to find another means of trickling into Portland. One of the main points the members of the state highway commission have constantly In mind when selecting a road is how it will serve the people. The location which will be of most general benefit has the favor of the commission. Thus, as the south side has Bcenery and, furthermore, will be of superior benefit to the producers, the odds are that the location will be on the south side. There may be no decision for some weeks, however. Commissioner Booth plans, next month, to go entirely around the mountain over the tenta tive route selected by the forestry people through the national forest. Commissioners Benson and Kiddle are expected to go to Government camp or father in the near future, al though both these commissioners have been over the ground before. May Start From Sandy. In a general way, there is an Im pression that the Btate highway com mission will make the location from Gresham to Zigzag, or from the Multnomah county line to Zigzag. It Is within the range of possibility, nevertheless, that the commission may make the location starting from Sandy to Zigzag. There is a good road from Gresham to Sandy, in fact a couple of them. By starting at Sandy and going toward the moun tain considerable mileage would be eaved in building a road. The present road from Sandy through Firwood, Cherryville and Brlghtwood is at this time in bad shape. There is no rougher road in Oregon, for it is a succession of chuckholes. Much of this distance was planked a year ago, but during the winter heavy trucks were run over the road, smashing the plank ing to kindling or knocking the boards loose. Now trafic must skirt along in the chuckholes at the edge of the planking and the driver , must be in low or intermediate gear enost of the time, which is a serious mat ter in these days of gasoline shortage. Engineer Scott, who made a survey for the state highway commission has followed the present road as a rule, but has avoided the heavy grades which develop here and there The city commission now wants the highway commission to make another survey on the north side before ar riving at a decision. Whether the highway commission will go to the expense of the second survey is not known, but the sent! merit of the commissioners, as Infor mally expressed, is that they lean toward the south side, for obvious reasons. Progress Made Gradually. Even though the commission de cides on a location this year, the sea m it em. i en -j 4 L. lliiiiiTlintlimWn'lfrtflrflW A' 1. j 'A . art of the paved detour road by way of Rldgefleld, Wuh. naed during construction work on Vancouver-Kalama aectlon of Pacific Highway. Motorists bound for Seattle and way points will do better at present by taking the route from Vancouver to xvalama. Wash., in preference to driving to Goble on the Oregon side and thence ferrying across to Kalama. There Is pavement to Salmon creek, 15 miles from Portland, then a mile of rough road, and then a 15-mile detour around by way of Rldgefleld, due to paving work on the highway. But of this 15 miles of detour road, most is fine pave merit. From where the detour rejoins the highway this side of La Center the road Is good, and the Woodland' iilartin's Bluff section, so long a terror, is now in excellent condition. The detour via Ridgefield adds about six miles to'the distance to Kalama, which a Chevrolet FB touring car last week found to be 50.7 miles. son is so far advanced that no work can be preformed this year, even if the contract were let. , Little by little the Mount Hood loop Is being gouged Into being. The Zigzag-Government Camp section Is approaching completion and now the forestry people are planning to award a contract within a few weeks for six miles within the national forest on the Hood River side. ' The State high way commission has agreed to say for building a mile and a half in Hood River county which will connect with the six miles in the preserve. This work will be . let by the forestry people. The mile and a half which the state is to pay for, and the state ex pects Hood River county to share the cost, will be the most heavy construc tion on the loop. The mile and a half will be one of the most costly pieces of work in the state, but until this short strcftch is. graded, no work can be done on the . adjoining six miles in the reserve. COflST-GOAST IN 14 DAYS FAMED GOODYEAR TRUCK IS RECORD-BREAKER. PLENTY OF GAS IX CAXADA Motorists Given All They Desire, Says Hood River Man. HOOD RIVER, Or., July 24. (Spe cial.) Motorists obtain unlimited quantities of gasoline in British Co lumbia,' according to C. N. Ravlln, who with Mrs. Ravlin accompanied C. W. McCullagh, eales manager of the Apple Growers association, on a tour to the north. - - - "We had to pay only 31 cents per Imperial gallon, which is "25 per 'cent more than our gallon." said Mr. Rav lln,. "and you can get your tank filled at anv time. But the Instant one comes back across the border the I gasoline shortage presents a prob lem. The local party.- accompanied by Miss Naomi McCullagh of Seattle, niece of Mr. McCullagh, spent two weeks on the tour. They returned by way of Goldendale and The Dalles. They found the roads worst between Portland and Seattle, and between .Yakima and Hood River. . "I wouldn't advise any one to go to Seattle by way of Yakima." eaid Mr. Ravlln. "From Ellensburg to Yakima and thence to Hood River general road conditions are bad. On our first day out from Portland we made 236 miles, despite numerous de tours. . "We motored up throug'.i British Columbia and ferried across to Nanal mio on Vancouver island, traveling south to Victoria. The road, with a fine graveled surface. penetrates heavy forests and skirts many lakes. We crossed over to Port Angeles and thence from Crescent Lake traveled down the Olympic highway along Hood's canal, and to Olympia. Tacoma and -Seattle. The trip through to El lensburg over Snoqualrrie pass is a delightful drive. But from Jb.iiens burg on into Yakima the grades are bad and there r re many sharp curves." The highest priced automobile 20 years ago was the "Victoria" type, selling from $2700 to $3200 Packard Motor Well Known, as It Took Part In Recent North west Caravan. . " A new world's record for a coast-to-coast trip by motor truck has been established by the famous Goodyear transcontinental truck, which made the 3451 miles 'from Los Angeles to New York In 13 days 13 hours and 15 minutes. The previous record of 17 days and 3 hours was held by a lightweight Maxwell truck. The three-ton Goodyear Packard, driven by Howard Sholder and Her bert Temple of Akron, O., made the entire trip on one set of Goodyear pneumatic tires without change. One of the most interesting things about the record is that the truck had not been especially constructed for the test and previous to this run had al ready rolled up 120,000 miles, having traveled from the Atlantic to the Pa cific four times since 1918. The same tiuck. also ran from Portland to Los Angeles in the Northwest Ad club's caravan in May. The big freighter rolled into the factories at Akron Just 12 days after leaving Los Angeles on June 7 and had made such good time over the 2900-mile course that It was decided to send ' It on to New York for a transcontinental record. Even with the low time, smooth running was -not experienced all the way. - At Seligman, Ariz., nearly four hours were lost while a tunnel was dug about 30 feet long and one foot deep in hardpan to enable the high truck to go under the Santa Fe tracks. ' Outside Albuquerque. N. M., high water of the Rio Grande made neces sary considerable detourlng, culmi nating in the breaking of a bridge over an irrigation ditch, taking 32 hours for -the 24-mile detour. Almost Impassable roads were encountered near Wagon Bend, N. M.. where tour ists advised the truck drivers not to attempt to get through. The truck was equipped with 44x10 pneumatic tires on the rear and 38x7 pneumatic tires in front. An extra set of tires, both front and rear, were carried, but were not needed. Other equipment included 120 gallons of gasoline, 30 gallons of oil, log chains, planks, axes, shovels, etc During the run the drivers relieved each other every six hours, one sleep ing in a comfortable cab behind the driver's seat while the other main tained the schedule. The truck was first used between Akron and Boston, hauling freight. In September, 1918, it made Its first trip to the west coast from Boston with a load of airplane tires. On the return trip It carried a load of cotton from Arizona to Boston. Extensive demonstrations have been made all over- the United States by this truck in commercial and farm hauling. -In July, 1918. it carried a band of 15 pieces from Baltimore to San Francisco in a government tour over the Lincoln highway. The truck left Los Angeles, Cal., on June 7. at 10 A. M. Its route was as follows: Needles, Cal., June 8, 5 A. M.; Kingman. Ariz., June 8, 1 P. M. ; Selig man. Ariz.. June 9. 8 A. M. ; Albu querque, N. M., June 12, 7 P. M.; Trini dad, Colo., June 14, 7:30 A. M. ; Dodge City, Kan., June 15, 3 A. M. ; Kansas City, Mo., June 15, 11 P. M.; St. Louis, Mo., June 17. 8 A. M.; Springfield. III., June 17, 6 P. M. ; Indianapolis, Ind. June 18, 8 A. M.; Springfield, O.. June 18, 5 P. M. ; Akron, O.. June 19. 8:30 A. M-: Pittsburg, Pa., June 19, 6 P. M. Chambersburg, Pa., June 20, 8:30 A-M.; Harrisburg, Pa., June 20, 12 noon; Reading, Newark, New York June 20, 11:15 P. M. SEW PLANT FOR CHEVROLET Retail Branch at Oakland, Cal., to Cost About $750,000. CHICAGO, Julv 24. Construction of the new Chevrolet retail salni branch in Oakland, Cal., -will cost between 8500,000 and 8750,000. accord ing to J. V. Phelan, architectural superintendent of the General Moiors ccrporatlon, who has just returned f .-. m Oakland, where he went over the ietatls. ch'tdtV'!"' if rid" 'kr-viztiS bSj perfectly and tie opinion ggj&S83$ -.ik44i Mlst? jr- f-TM g J of tho.. who We driven '.W! 1$ UiMWSt ' ham thm matt vtontimr- ''-S mnmutomobilm. Vry tru!yyor J APRIL 28, 19M MY recent pa rcliue of Chandler Six wa because I have already owned three Chandler. This car i my fourth Chandler, and I desire to comment upon theaounf form economy tdpmnd ability tmd efficiency of the marvelous Chmnd Irr motor of ail my Chandler car. Respectfully yean, G. Graham Hall. Houston, Texas. The Motor of Seven Years Ag'o and the Motor of Today The Chandler Six of 1920 is a refinement of that first Chandler Six of 1913. Seven years of . devotion on the part of jthe Chandler organi zation to tjiis one Chandler motor has placed it in the position of distinction which it holds today. Seven years of service in the hands of thousands of owners, seven years of skillful application by Chandler engineers, has brought the Chandler motor and the one standard Chandler chassis to approximate perfection. In these seven years many motors of many makes have come and gone. Chandler con tinues a leader among fine cars, because of the excellence of its performance. On the one Chandler chassis are mounted six handsome types of body. The Chandler Is the Most Fairly Priced Fine C SIX SPLENDID BODY TYPES Seven-Passenger Touring, S199S Four-Passenger Roadster, S1995 Seven-Passenger Sedan, 12995 Four-Passenger Coupe, $2895 (All Prices f. o. b. Cleveland. Ohio) Four-Passenger Dispatch, 42075 Limousine. S3495 Twin States Motor DISTRIBUTERS Alder at Sixteenth Streets CHANDLER MOTOR GAR COMPANY, CLEVELAND, O. KKEPLXG YOUR CAR IX SHAPE Here Are Hints the Motorist Should Paste Up In Garage. Whether you take care of your own car or employ a driver, keep these important reminders pasted up in your garage und insist that they De followed: 1. Storage battery, inspected every two weeks. 2. Grease cups turned up every 10C0 miles. 3. Springs oiled every week. 4. Oil and gasoline connections inspect ed every week. 5. Crank case drained and washed out with kerosene every 50O miles. 6. Universal joints packed with grease every lort miles. ! 'II T. Differential and transmi&sions packed with grease or oil every 1000 miles. 8. Spark plugs cleaned every 1000 miles. 9. Carbon removed from cylinders twice a year. 10. Valves ground each 5000 miles. 11. New piston rings every IS months. 12. See that wheels are in line once a month. 13. See that the water Is circulating every time the car is started. 14. Bearings on wheels inspected once a month. 15. Gasoline pipe and carburetor thor oughly cleaned every month. 10. Self-starter Inspected every month. 17.. Steering wheel and steering knuckles Inspected once a month. 18. Test brakes and equalize once a month. Cooling Hint. In the engines having the thermo eyphon system the owner should be careful always to keep the system filled, because if the water is allowed to fall to half or even to three-quarters of the full amount there will be impaired circulation and consequently overheating. Xew .Farm Tractors. Instead of logs and stones piled on the frame, hollow wheels which store sand or water ballast for additional weight are installed on the newer farm tractors. SO ROUGH GOING ON INLAND HIGHWAY FROM MIST TO OCEAN. t nAv H - a, nil! 1 Vv h r- "?' : ' 1 - : -. -iv f - - w i -. i " " -. t ", il- Slany motorist are refraining from drivlnjc to Astoria,' sow that the lower Columbia hltchwoy belovr Clatakanle la closed during; the day for paving operations, cars being; routed over the Inland highway via Mist ' and ' jewel. There la no reason to fear road conditions on the Inland hifth- - way. for they are fine almost all the way. The Only road that might he claused as bad la two miles on the Mist aide of the Clatakanle Mlat hill. It la rutted, but easily passable. From Jewel Into Astoria, 30 miles, most of the war is over smooth macadam lika that In the picture. So I' rata, b"m ' TIRES Standard Makes Cord Tires 8000 and 10,000 Miles 30x3 Non Skid $23.95 32x3 Non Skid $27.30 32x4 Non Skid ."..$41.70 33x4 Non 'Skid ....... $42.90 34x4 Non Skid $44.50 35x4 Non Skid 1$53.00 All Factory Firsts Fabric Tires 6000 Miles 30x3 Non Skid $13.85 80x3 Non Skid .$17.50 31x4 Non Skid $26.50 32x4 Non Skid ..$28.00 33x4 Non Skid ... $28.50 34x4 Non Skid $29.50 Mail Orders Given Prompt Attention MALCOM TIRE CO. Broadway and Everett Sts. Portland, Oregon . 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