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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 1, 1920)
2 TnE STJXDAT OREGOXIAN. POTtTXANTr. AUGUST 1, 1920 NORTH BANK ROUTE j AMONG THE BIG TREES ALONG THE INLAND HIGHWAY TO ASTORIA. E f 4 Washington Highway in Good Touring Condition. '. HUPMOBILE LOGS THE TRIP Only Rough Section to White Sal mon Now Between Tanoon ver and Camas. ww. v. t A ft; i PC r ... . w- (Continued Krom First Pay.)" Bank hijriway now is far more scenic than a year apo because the atmos phere is so clear. Last summer the whole Columbia porge was filled with smoke from fores fires. This sum mer the lat-i rains have prevented fires, and the gorge Is clear as a belL No More Ilomr Valley- Detoar. Last year, also, there was a rough five-mile detour, mostly up-hill over dirt road, between St. Martin's cprings and Home Valley, occasioned by the slidirg out of a section of sand bluff along the mala highway. -The main road is now In use along this section, and Id fine shape. From Cook's, at mileage 75.8, to the crossing of ths Little White Salmon, at mileage 81.7, the road, while .It would be greatly helped by a coating of the pea gravel that makes such wonderful surfacing' on much of the highway. Is good, though some of it is apparently of dirt. From the Little White Salmon crossing nearly to Grand View, on the Underwood bluff, mileage 81.7 to about S5,l. a little more than three miles, there is a good deal of red clay without top surface. Good at present, but bad in wet weather. But from mllease 85.1 on to XTnder wood, mileage 91.4, perfect gravel. Thence to White Salmon there is about two miles of rather rough going,, but nothing bad. Taken all in all, road conditions are excellent. In this summer weather no motorist will have reason to complain about road conditions on the North Bank hfcrhway, but rather will praise them enthusiastically, as a whole, with the sinsrla exception of that part from Vancouver to Camas. That is in a section that ought to have good roads, while Skamania county, with Its few people and mountain handi caps to overcome, would have plenty of excuse for a little bad road. Yet It has the fine road and Clarke county the poor road. Gravel at Wind Mountain. Another point to be mentioned Is that around Wind mountain, where last year the roadbed was of sharp crushed rock, there Is now a beautiful smooth surface of pea gravel. From Portland to White Salmon ever the North Bank -highway, with the present detour to Camas, is ex actly S7 miles. Th's is Just 19 miles further than to Hood River, opposite White Salmon, by Columbia river highway. To complete the North Bank-Columbia river highway loop back to Portland, Dean drove the Hupmobile down to Bingen, ths railroad station of White Salmon, and thenco another mile along the bluff to the White Salmon-Hood River ferry. The fare on this ferry, which is a large, roomy stern wheeler, is $1.03. including war tax, for an automobile and four pas sengeis, each additional passenger be ing 25 cents more. This applies to any make of car, from Plerce-Arrow to Ford. 1 From Hood River to Portland there is now paved highway all the way. The pavers finished up the last un paved stretch through Mitchell's Point tunnel last Friday, and the 68-mile run can be made in fast time. Follows a log of the North Bank highway tour from Portland to White Salmon and return by Columbia river highway from Hood River: I.ng of North Bank Highway. 000.0 OreKCnlan building, Portland. Drive to Vancouver across .Interstate bridge. t 8.0 Vancouver. Straight ahead to Eighth street, where turn right and proceed' throutrh army post reservation. .2 Out of reservation, turn left op road. 9.4 Now turn right, at sign "To Camas." Straight ahead. This road is fair, with a good many chuok holes, but reck bottom, to about mileage la, but then roughens up very badly with some dirt i-oad. This detour over ths back road to Camas is the rough est part of the North Bank high-ray trip. 1(5.7 etraicht ahead. 17.4 Turn right. 3S.-4 Straight ahead. Ths road Is now ex ceedingly rough and disagreeable for most pnrt. No wonder people of Camas are kicking at condition of dctmir rods while main river high way is being paved. 51.1 Left. Down steep hill. 23.T Camas. Puper mill town. Take main road to Vashougal. This is broken macadam road, a little rough, but " much better than to Camas. 1 iS.S Weahougnl. Turn left here and cross railroad or overhead croasing. 17.0 Rod brid ire over Washoural river. Now for several miles road follows Wash ougnl river, picturesque stream, pretty drive, road macadam and very fair. 27.1 Ttight. 27.7 Pock crusher. !'.1 Hi glit. .32.0 Pass the chute from mountain down into river. . Srl.4 Str light ahead, nr. straight ah.-ad. 3U.7 Turn to right nnd cross red steel bridge. Here you leave 'Washouirnl river. Persons looking for good pic nicking pla-es will find them hv tak ing left-haid road up river, but keep on mis ii oouna lor vortn sank nignway. C7.8 R.-lcIge. Tlond pretty throueh mod erate Sized timber and luirierhrtiah 50.9 Kour cross roads at villege of Cape Horn. Keep straight nhend. Road now winds down from hump back of Cap Him to Columbia, river. Many snarn Turns, hut road In excellent condition. This is real beginning of scenic drive. 41.0 Now you come Vut on the Columbia river, at point nearly opposite Wah keena and Multnomah fai's. which are clearly visible across the river. Atmosphere remarkably clear this summer, giving wonderful view from this highway of cliffs along Colum Ma river highway and falls on Ore gon side. You see the upper canyons from which Multnomah, "Wahkecna, Hors.'tatl falls leap down. And ths road is good macadam. 42.0 Crush -d rock, but well worn down to 43.7. This replaces dirt sod dust road or last summer. Qood shape. Cross logging railroad. - 43.7 Now good maendam. - -- 43.S Pass somebody's fin country home nere witn Jttkelet and all city con venlences. 44 0 (Straight ahead. 44 Straight ahead . rt. Cloud ranch. Road fine. 'Beauti ful view of Columbia river and bat tiement.v! cliffs on Oregon side. o.u -wood brintre. Rood macadam now ends for about 2.5 miles. Dirt road but recently scraned and very rood nere. moutn getting misty. ' 4i.5 Skamatita station. Gravel .3 mile, then narrow, twisting road of dirt, 'ots of dust to 49 1, 1.5 mile. This is tne oin arau". not yet replaced, and mere isn i muon or n. s 41 1 Now fine gravel road. Ho O Beacon rock. "J ' 65.7 All fine road, gravel, to hera. NO' along Colu-nl la near Cascades. Two. plank road for short distance around' h'uffs to Gfl.3, or only .a of a mile. Then fin gravel-macadam again. 7.5 Pretty ake to "left, then succesloli - - - or laktia an Loth aiUea as road swliigs r- ..v,--"e- . le..-. , ... r-. . x j-J 4 - IV Itf? The Inland hleliTray to Astoria, by rcamn of tKe beantifnl timber thronsk vrhlca, 'it pmmnem tor moat of tta lengrtho Is one of the moat acenlc of Orsons many acemic rood. This Tlevr la one of many like It atoms; the plank road In the valley of the Nehalera, above Jewel. In a few years theae trees will arlve way to a desolate wilderness of stamps and snasrs and another scenic road will become a memory, unless aomeHhins: can be done . o save the trees along It.- All the timber la privately owned and will be eat to the last tree. lven now the lojrjrJna crews are drawing, nearer. - to left around wide curve of Colum- 1 bla at Cascades. 61 2 Bridgre. 617 Town of Stevenson. Straight ahead. Still fine road. 63.0 High wooden orldjye. , , 63.5 Fine grave, road nd beautiful vlen ahead up the gorqe, with Wind niountain to left. Shell Rock moun tain on Oregon-side to rieht. 61.2 Around curving bridge ana alonf : cliff near El3phant head. 65.1 Sawmill. 'j Ofl.O Carson hotel. 66.2 Town of Carson. Here turn right. All fine gravel toad. , 66.8 St. Martin's hot springs; turn off to left. North Bank highway straight : ahead. 67.2 Take right hand road. Jtoad to left is detour made necessary lart sum mer by tehailding of main highway - nround sand cliff where it slid out Detour now eliminated, main high ' way fine gravel. 67.5 Here is the sand bluff where road slid out a year ago, now in good share. 63.0 Road loops down In beautiful wind ing curves through the trees to Wind rivtrr and across high steel bridge. CS.4 Cross steel bridge over Wind river. 60.0 Home-Valley on the railroad, where old detour road came in- last year. Itoad fine gravel. 60.3 Wind mountain just ahead. 70.2 Now swinging around front of Wind mountain, where road has been chis eled through deep rock cut. Shell Hock mountain on Oregon side Jus! opposite. Here where last year wai heavy crushed rock now has perfect surface of fine gravel. 71.7 Right. 72.6 Along railroad. 7:1.0 Supsecan cut. Road all fine gravel. 75.8 Cook's. Now you start on most scenic part of North Bank-Evergreen high way 75.0 PiKn: "Caution 3-mile grade, 6 to 8 per cent, sharp curves." Road be gins to climb. Not so good as that Just driven over, and without fine pea gravel surface, but still Quite fair. There are many very sitarp hairpin turns around projecting points, with, deep canyon alongside. Drive carefully. Sound horn for turns. 77.2 Bridge at head of first canyon. Still going up. 77.4 Water trough. Good drinking place for Fords. Road seems to be dirt, possibly some rock underfcotlng, but good. . Still climbing. turns very sharp. . Around timbered gorge-side. 77.9 Swinjy around a corner Into gorge of Little White Salmon. Road hih up. stream far down. Road quite good, though, gravel surface would help some. , 78.5 Now nearly on level, only slight climb. Road going back from river Into upper bench land of Little White Salmon. Some dirt, some gravel, some macadam, some dust, generally fair. 79.4 Straight ahead. 50.6 Right at barn. Macadam. Sl.l KiRht. Now down to crossing of Lit tle White Salmon. 81.7 Scenic spot. Bridge crosses Little White Salmon. Favorite place for campers. Now up again on opposite Bide or canyon This was dirt or crushed rock last year, now with stretch s of macadam, dust, red clav. two to throe miles of latter not yet Bunacea. K.?ep orr it in wet weather, but very good now. 84.5 First view of part of Colum bit river Korjre im down. S5.1 Now gravel, fine and smooth, 83.5 From high above the river, you now have wonderful view of gorge. Mount Hood and Hood river and its valley. But even fuller, grander view is to come. S5.8 Grand View summer home. AH the name Implies. Road fine gravel. 80.8 Hres the view of views, Columbia gorge in both directions. Mount Hood, Hood river valley sloping up to mountain, worth coming many mile: to see. Rond here Is 1000 to 1200 feet above Columbia river. 87.0 Fine gravel all along here. Road starts sloping down toward "White feaimon river. 00.2 Left. 80.5 Circle to right, now In canyon of v nue feaimon. Km lit to Underwood ana town of hite Snlmon, Wt Nbrth western Electric power plant ani short out for Mount Adams. 91.4 Underwood. Turn Wt for Whits Salmon. Bad fork and turn hare. 75 e careful. Rough down to bridge, fine gravel ends. . 91.7 Bridge across White Balmon. Road up from this bridge to White Salmon bluffs is rough and narrow, but for tunately not very long. 93.7 Turn right, now on main road to White Salmon. Fair, tome pot holes. 94.5 Now good road. Straight ahead. 95.3 Eyrie to rlht. White Salmon left. 97.0 White Salmon. To complete loop back to Portland by way of Hood River, keep straight ahead down hill on fine broirt gravel road. 98.4 Bingen. Turn risht at sign for Whits Salmon ferry. GravaL 100.1 Cross S. F. & S. railro.aa. 100.3 White Salmon ferry. Fare $1.03. In cluding war tax, for automobile and four pnssenvers. Good ferrv. 101.3 Hood River. Highway back to Port land nw open at all times of day and paved for entire distance. 169.0 Oregonian building, Portland, end- of loop. E FOtTR AXD HALF MILIilOX GAlj- LOXS LEAVE SAA- FRAX CISCO. Customs Figures Show Enormous Exports to Foreign Porta. Early in 1920. SAN FRANCISCO. July 31. More than four and a half million gallons of gasoline were exported from the San Francisco customs district last month, according to figures compiled by J. O. Davis, collector of customs. The value of the gasoline shipped out of the country was $1,401,731. Exports of gasoline for other months of this year in gallons were: January 1,030,306 l-eoruary l,4i:,u.u Marcn &u,4al Aoril SUT.GIiS May s,4J.2T0 The principal countries to which gasoline was exported during June were: Gallons. Value. Canada 2.ls:t.600 3TU,S2S Philippines l.-iyj.UMT uj.Him New Zealand 377,700 liJ.SSj Australia 37J.00O 121,102 China, Oceania, South and Central America were the other sections which received smaller quantities. In addition to the gasoline, several million gallons of other oils were exported during June. The exports were: Gallons. .2t,H7,002 10,277,734 PROTEST FROM LEBANON BERT A. Mm,SAP BESEVTS NEWPORT ROAD ARTICLE. Fuel and eras Illuminating Gasoline Lubricating; . Othr oils ... 4,5Su,27 74T.0U2 1. 453.5U0 Value. $1,2Q.9:8 1,70.401 1.401.731 1U:!,151 143,440 . Flying on tlie Ground. Germany has developed a machine .very similar to the Ruggles Orienta tor, for simplifying the training of airmen. . It consists of a swing or see-saw on which both Instructor and pupils sit and is worked by an elec tric motor, which is controlled en' tirely according to the desire of the instructor. Being worked by a lever it can, at will, turn, dip on one elds or the other, swing ,or be brought out of balance. If one practices with bandaged eyes, the conditions of fly ing in fog, through clouds or la dark nw can be produced. Expert Driver Says, Barring Con struction "Work, He Considers 'Road Condition Splendid. From B, K. Jones, mayor of New port. The Oregonian has received a letter protesting against, the "in justice" done the people of Lincoln county by publication recently in the automobile section of an account of road conditions to Newport. Mr. Jones asks for publication of a letter received by him from Bert A. Mill sap, of Lebanon, commenting on The Oregonian's account. Here is Mr. Millsap's letter to Mr. Jones in full: Hon. B. F. Jones, Mayor, New Port, Oregon. My dear Sir Tou no doubt read the very unjust writeup which appeared in "The Sunday Oregonian" regarding the condition of the wagon road to your city. I say unjust and I mean it in that eense and I know whereof I speak for I had the good fortune to be abie to make the trip from my home town Lebanon to New Port on July fourth in my Dodge Car and I certainly found the road very dif ferent to what The Oregonian corre spondent represented it to be. In the first place I made this trip which is just 84 miles with four peo ple in our Dodge and a reason- amount of luggage in less than four hours an thirty minutes, which would indicate beyond a reasonable doubt that the road could not be in such a deplorable condition. Barring the new construction work now in opperation on the road I con Eider the condition splendid. The grades are wide and you would seldom find a place where cars could not pass with ease. The new work on your road will jf course inter fere to some extent with travel but this is not more serious than you will find it on many other public high ways in Oregon at this time. For my part I prefer driving on the New Port road to many of the vnlley roads and consider it an ex- & ' -TTTrvi ENTER: trteliiioi'jlaximiim Hconomig j OMsmobHe Co. r? nX(7silD chassis "730 ' of Oregon fljlgl .XX Broadway at Couch SJJ L" - 8o0 Phone Broadway 2270 Delivery ceptionally safe mountain road. The acenery is pimply grand and I can not imagine whata person could be like who would not enjoy a trip over this beautiful mountain road. The worst mountain to climb is the Lily hill between Wren and Blodgett and while this is quiet steep in places requiring low geer on your car I do not consider this a bad climb as the surface is smooth and the distance between a quarter and a half mile. Other than this I do not recall an other place that I failed to climb on high and Intermediate geer with my Dodge. : I feel that the Article as it ap peared in Sunday Oregonian was un just to you and I resent It for you. You have the most beautiful and attractive beach on the Pacific coast and the most convenient for the Wil lamette Valley people and such an article tends to deprive folks who would enjoy this trip of the pleasure and in noway farthers the interest of your beautiful summer resort. I predict for New Port and Nye Beach a very bright future end with the completion of the State High way which is now under construction it will bring within a few hours reach by auto the most beautiful ocean beaches on the Pacific. Sin cerely Tours. BERT A. MILLSAP. SATCHEL PCLL5IAX FOR BABY Vaudeville Actor Father Invents an Interesting Article of Travel. 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