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TnE STJXDAT OREGOXIAN. POTtTXANTr. AUGUST 1, 1920
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AMONG THE BIG TREES ALONG THE INLAND HIGHWAY TO ASTORIA.
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Washington Highway in Good
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HUPMOBILE LOGS THE TRIP
Only Rough Section to White Sal
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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
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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.
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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-
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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.
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In order to simplify the matter of
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Invented the satchel pullman, which
is a bit of hand baggage constructed
of heavy wire mesh and measuring SO
inches long, 18 inches wide and 20
inches high. The satchel weighs only
22 ounces complete, says the Chicago
Tribune, with its feather-weight mat
tress, pillow, blankets, etc On a
rainy day the satchel is provided with
a rubber cover. In this it is much
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