TIIE SUNDAY OREGONIAX, PORTLAXD, AUGUST 22, 1920
YELLOWSTONE TOURS
HOW'S THIS FOR A SOLUTION OF THE GASOLINE SHORTAGE, DIPPING IT UP FOR NOTHING
ALONG THE RAILROAD RIGHT OF WAY NEAR LA GRANDE.
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.Tourist Travel Expected to
Set Record.
EARLY OPENING IS MADE
Main. Road: of Park Cleared in
Spite of Obstacles or Snow
and Severe Winter.
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Tourist travel in Yellowstone na
tional park since the official opening-
of America's (treat wonderland on
June 15 is promising to establish the
present season as the best the park
has ever known.
Despite the unusually severe winter,
which caused much suffering among
the wild animals and for months de
fied the herculean efforts of the rang
ers to break through the great walls
of snow thrown over the automobile
highways, the main roads of the park
were opened up this year several days
in advance of the date they have been
made accessible in former years.
Heroic measures were necessary, of
course, but the indomitable spirit of
the two-score road crews engaged in
opening up the park road system con
quered all Impediments and on June 15
the famous American scenic wonder
land was officially proclaimed open
lor the present season.
The transportation of the thousands
of nature lovers who come from all
parts of the world is handled by the
Yellowstone Transportation company,
which is operating 150 busses over the
various park tours. Without doubt
this is the most extensive automobile
rassenger transportation project in
the country outside of the large taxi
cab companies of our big cities.
Park Has ISO Auto Busses.
Since the opening of the 1920 season
the 150 busses operating in the park
have covered 173.600 . touring miles,
currying approximately 11,000 visitors.
The service is under the direct super
vision of H. W. Child and his assist
ant, W. M. Nichols, who deserve great
credit for the highly efficient service
rendered.
All the busses are White cars, 125
of the 11-passenger type and 25 reg
ular touring cars. All the 1-passen-ger
cars are built on -ton "ehasses.
In addition to these 150 busses the
transportation company operates 12
trucks four two-ton, two five-ton
and six "4 -ton. The five-ton trucks
are gasoline tankers which supply
the four filling stations of the park
with their gasoline requirements,
while the others are used to transport
supplies to the various park hotels.
All of the 150 busses and 12 trucks
are operating on Goodyear pneumatic
tires, which have played a very im
portant part in maintaining the ex
cellent service for which Yellowstone
Jias become noted throughout the
country. The busses are equipped
with 36x6 Goodyear cords and the
trucks with other sizes, according to
load-carrying capacity.
The item of tire maintenance for a
bus fleet of this magnitude Is really
a matter to excite wonder. On the
various trucks and busses 648 tires
are rolling continually and 162 more
ere carried as spares. The tire In
vestment alone requires an outlay of
more than $100,000. Complete and
satisfactory tire service is rendered
ty the Goodyear branch at Butte,
IMont., under the direction of J. H.
Weiner, manager.
Auto Drivers All Reliable.
The services of 90 drivers are re
quired to take care of the tourists
who come by train to the Gardiner,
Yellowstone and Cody entrances.
These 90 men have been selected from
more than 1000 applicants from all
parts of the country. Many of them
are college men, using this means of
securing funds for defraying next sea
son's college expenses.
In the operation of hfs car each
driver is compeied to adhere to a
most exacting schedule and any viola
tion of this schedule is followed by
immediate dismissal. This intricate
schedule stipulates the speed which
must be maintained from one point
to another and even designates the
(rear in which the car must be driven.
strict adherence to all rules is re
quired in the interest of economy of
operation and safety to tourists. A
few days ago a driver checked In at a
park station with a load of tourists
15 minutes in advance of schedule and
was immediately dismissed for his in
fraction of the rules.
A total of 22,000 persons visited the
Tark during the 1919 season. Using the
Yellowstone busses, and based on the
attendance up to the present date,
fully 27,000 will see the park In 1920.
In addition to the tourists that tour
through the park in their own cars,
about 300 come in daily on the park
busses to take the four days' sight
seeing trip, so that about 1200 persons
must be taken care of daily. Often
this number runs up to 1700 when
special parties are shown through.
The park contains 350 miles of im
proved highway.
!VACUU3I FOR AUTOS LATEST
"Detachable Cleaner Attaches to Ex-
baust for Suction.
A vacuum cleaner for an automo
bile, which derives its suction from
the exhaust. Is the latest arrangement
lor keeping the car spotless. The
leaner is called the La France de
tachable, and is manufactured and
Bold by the Franklin Products com
panjr, Inc. Tle Braly Auto com
puny, local Franklin agents, have
received some of the advance infor
smatlon about the novel cleaner and
iwill act as agents in this territory.
The principle of the cleaner is the
came that is used in many water
pumps when a current of water from
a. hose of pipe ia used to create a sue
tion through an empty pipe which
joins the pressure pipe at something
like right-angles. The usual clean
ing brushes, such as are found with
electric vacuum cleaners, come with
the apparatus and are specially de
signed to fit to the cushions and floor
and draw away the dust and dirt of
the trip.
AUTO IXDXJSTRY HIRES 651,450
Amount Paid to Workers in 1919
Reached $813,000,000.
CHICAGO. Aug. 21. The automo
five industry of tne country now
employs 651,450 persons, an increase
of 663.2 per cent since 1909, when the
number was 25.359, according to
figures compiled for 1919.
In 1909 58.000,000 was paid In
wages to workers in the automobile
industry, but in 1919 the amount paid
to workers was $813,000,000. One
hundred and twenty-seven thousand
seven hundred and thirty-one vehi
cles with a total value of 249,000.000
whs the achievement of the indusfry
in 1909, while 1.974,016 vehicles, with
a value of $2,006,000,000. were pro
tluced la 1911,
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SCENES OF RECENT WRECK OF A FREIGHT TRAIN AT UNION JUNCTION, OIL, WHEN 20 FREIGHT CARS,
INCLUDING FIVE CARS OF GASOLINE, PILED UP.
LA GRANDE, Or., Aug. 21. (Special.) Residents of the La Grande section were able to help themselves lib
erally to gasoline as a result of an accident last Sunday at 1 P. M., when a freight train wrecked Itself at
Union Junction, 20 miles from La Grande, and 20 freight cars' were piled up.
The accident was reported to be due to a broken wheel. No one was injured, but six cars of merchandise,
coal and other commodities were scattered broadcast and, worse yet, five cars of gasoline In the train were
punctured and the precious fluid leaked out, a complete loss to the railroad company at least, if not to mo
torists who were able to rush to the scene.
The gas formed a large, deep pool In the field Just below the right of way, and the picture .shows passing
autolsts and nearby residents helping themselves. Trucks carrying empty drums were rushed to the scene to
get in on the free gasoline party. No limits about half a tank capacity or other regulations were observed.
The other picture shows the Union county people helping themselves from a break in the top of the car,
where the gas Is accommodatingly dripping out, just like 't used to drip from the old-fashioned spigot. Milk
cans, tubs, buckets and about every 4ther kind of receptacles were used. The big man holding up the five
gallon can and facing the camera Is Tom Johnson, one of the-blg hog raisers of the valley. Freight traffic was
held up until Monday morning as a result of the wreck.
TROUBLE OFTEN INSIDE
TIRE BREAK-DOWN- NOT
WAYS UNDERSTOOD.
All-
Robert E. Allen Tells How Diffi
culty Often May Be Avoided
by Auto Driver 8.
Nearly as much tire trouble comes
from a breakdown of the tire from
the inside out, where the motorist
does not realize there is anything the
matter until In some cases the tire is
too far gone to repair, as comes from
the wearing down of the tread otl the
autsid-e, according to Robert E. Allen,
president of the Allen & Hebard
company, local distributors of Ther-
moid tires. An advantageous feature
for tires, to prevent breaking down
from the inside, according to Mr. Al
len, is an extra layer of fabric, cov
ered with a non-porous tread that
prevents breaking down from the ef
fects of moisture. Needless to say
that Thermoid, which Mr. Allen han
dles, has such a feature.
"The external appearance of a tire
mounted on the wheel does not show
the strength of the tire any more
than your shoe shows the strength of
your foot," explained Mr. Allen.
A very large percentage of tire
trouble is due to the carcass breaking
down from the inside. The tread of
the tire is not put on to add strength,
but does protect the carcass, which Is
the reason why you should always
look for a tough tread and a well
built carcass.
"Hitting a street car track imbedded
in the pavement breaks down more
carcasses than stone bruises, but does
not show on the outside.
"Before going on a long trip it is
always economy to have some first
class tire man examine the Inside of
each tire and repair all weak places.
If it were possible to see and ex
amine the Inside of the tire as often
as the tread is examined it would
save many a disagreeable job on the
road, 60 or 100 miles after the blow
that did the actual damage.
"By looking more carefully to the
strength of the carcass when purchas
ing tires much cheaper mileage can
be obtained, although it will cost
more per tire.
HAMSTER IS SETTING RECORD
10,000- More Visitors Expected in
192 0 Than Any Trevlous Tear.
TACOMA, Wash.. Aug1. 21. (Spe
cial.) Fully 10,000 more persons will
visit Rainier National park this year
than last If present figures are an In
dication, T. H. Martin, manager oi
the Rainier' National Park company,
declared this week. Seven hundred
and seventy cars, carrying 3462 per
sons, entered the park August 14 and
15. breaking all records except for a
Labor day week-end.
A week ago 78C4 cars had entered
the park since the season opened.
This marks an increase of 1116 cars
over the same period last season'. Five
thousand more sightseers have
viewed the mountain from Paradise
valley this year than last. Mr. Mar
tin estimates that the number of
tourists to the park this year will
reach 65,000.
GOOD NEWS FOR MOTORISTS
California to Put Sacramento Can-
Ton Road in Good Shape.
The California highway commission
has authorized the highway engineer.
on his recommendation, to proceed
with the surfacing, widening and
super-elevating of curves, widening
the roadbed, providing better align
ment, and eliminating sharp, blind
curves on the state highway between
La Moine and the northerly boundary
of Shasta county. The length of the
road thus to be Improved is 21 Z-10
miles. The commission expects to
spend something over $4000 per mile
for the Improvement of this road, and
the work will be pushed under the su
pervision of Division Engineer Bed
ford. The commission has three crushing
plants available for this work. One
of them is now in operation at Mears
creek, one about one mile south of
Castella, and the third is now at Delta
and will be released and moved to
Gibson, a central location for the
work to be done.
Traffic demands on this Sacramento
canyon road are continually increas
ing, and the commission's purpose is
to maintain it in the best possible
condition that the available funds will
permit.
57,000,000 TIRES FOR TJ. S.
Year's Output Wil Show Big In
crease Over 1919.'
AKRON, O ..Aug. 21 Statistics com
piled by the Chamber of Commerce
show the peak demand for tires in
the United States will b 80.000,000 a
year for passenger cars and motor
trucks. The present tire output of
the country approximately is 45,
600,000. .
It is estimated at the end of the
present year the annual requirements
will be 57,000,000 tires. This estimate
is based on figures of automobile
manufacturers, indicating an output
this year of approximately 1,600,000
cars and between 375,000 and 450,000
trucks.
To Doll Up Fittings.
Apply regular silver polish to
brighten up the nickeled parts of the
car. Rub the polish on and off with
soft cloths and note the result.
HOTELS HELD BIG NEED
DR. B. E. MILDER SATS IN
DUCEMENT MUST BE OFFERED.
NARROW QUARTERS ON THE PACIFIC HIGHWAY IN SOUTHERN
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Lack of Camp Sites and Other Con
veniences Prevent Growth, of
Tourist Travel, Is View.
After a two weeks' trip through
Washington and into British Columbia
by automobile. Dr. Byron E. Miller
returned to Portland last week full of
ideas for tourist development in this
state. Oregon is letting all kinds of
opportunities fn this line slip through
its fingers, according to the doctor,
and is taking the dust of both the
sections to the north in this regard.
ur. and Mrs. Miller, accompanied
by Dr. and Mrs. D. O. Webster, made
the trip in a Stevens six, spending
two weeks on the road and visiting
Rainier national park and beauty
spots in northern Washington and
British Columbia, besides spending
some time in Seattle, Vancouver and
the other sound cities.
Oregon, first of all, should promote
tourist hotel development, declared
Dr. Miller. In scenery the state has
got Washington and British Columbia
coming and going, he declared, but
the fact that poor accommodations
face the traveler at the end of many
of the journeys prevents growth of
travel. A feature in British Columbia
mat was particularly aDD4a.linsr. he
said, was the polite ways of other
travelers, who seldom speeded or tried
to hog the road, and the steps taken
to provide motorist camp grounds and
other conveniences along the road. .
It Is not uncommon to find Knrine-s
and streams well, marked with signs
aim uucKeis nung Dy the road with
xne sign, "till your radiator." A
wasnington reature which he declared
should be followed in this utat is th
marking of roads, ana particularly of
the detours. All detours are plainly
marked, he said, so that the motorist
cannot lose his way.
A warning of what may come to
Oregon beauty spots if care is not
exercised in cutting- timber and burn
ing cutover land is s-iven hv t-n n
Lake Cushman he said. This lake in
British Columbia was once one of the
most famous beauty spots, but now is
nothing but a stamping ground for
mumps ana nan-burnt logs.
In regard to the road. Dr. Mill.,
ported the Pacific highway In very
bad shape from Kelso to Chehalis, and
otherwise in fair shane. British rv-
lumbia,, he said, is getting ready to
io me rigni-nand passing cus
tom for automobiles and street cars
ana nas passed a law to that effect,
which, will become effective soon.
17.1 MILES DONE ON QUART
Car's Performance Makes Gallon
Mileage About 68.4.
oruiiAMS, Wash., Aug. 21. All
Known inland JKmnire records for
oline economy were shattered last
ween on the Apple way east of Dish
man, when an Overland four stock
touring- car with one passenger was
driven by F. W. Lawton of the Willys
Overland Pacific company 17.1 miles
to a measured quart of commercial
gasoline, or at the rats of 68.4 miles
to tne gauon.
The car's performance wax ohsarvail
by A. R. Immisch, Spokane manager
of the Shell Oil company; R, W. Le
j-'ue. orancn manager of the Fisk
ituDoer company here, and John W
Stewart of the automobile department
of the Spokesman-Review, who was
appointed as observer by R. P. Black
well, vice-president of the Spokane
AuiomoDiie chamber of commerce.
jvir. Stewart rode with the driver
tnroughout the test.
TJ. S. HAS 21 MILION HORSES
Three to Each of 7,248,544 Farms
In, Country Estimated.
A monthly vehicle magaalne is
authority for the statement that there
are 21.555.000 horses In the United
States, or less than three horses en
each of the 7,248,544 farms In this
country. The number of horses In
Chicago fell off 29,000 la the last four
WITH an athlete's physique but in boulevard dress, the Oldsmobile
represents automobile adaptability of the highest order. Let
the owner's desire run to pride of appearance or pride of performance,
he finds it most completely expressed in Oldsmobile.
A mechanical masterpiece set back of a graceful radiator; brute
power masked by a smart hood; sheer ruggedness under a roomy body,
whose lines and appointments bespeak style and comfort.
The Oldsmobile "Six" is furnished as a 5 -passenger touring car,
convertible roadster, coupe and sedan. On the "Eight" chassis three
types are provided: Pthe 4 -passenger "Pacemaker," the 7 -passenger
"Thorobrea," and the Sedan.
Immediate Delivery on Touring Cars- Also Oldsmobile Economy Trucks
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four years, while in New York the
decrease for the same period of time
was 61,484.
At this rate, he points out, the
horse will soon be a curiosity on our
city streets. The decrease is attrib
uted to the - growing popularity of
the motor, truck.
MAINE NAMES HUMDINGER
Man Who Can Pronounce Them
Has Nimble Tongue.
TTnj. nAmnnrlntlirA of Maine trOb-
ably outdoes that of any other state
in furnishing memory tests in speu
Inr A mon or Its Indian named rivers
are the Penobscot. Kennebec, Andros
coggin, Allagaeh and Saco, and among
ik, ilca anil nonda Mooselucmeerun-
tlc, Sysladadobsis, Sebago, Schoodlc,
Cupsuptic, Caucomgomoc, Pamgood.-
kamocK. JasKenegan, ODooBseocon
tee, Chtmguasabamtacook, Molechunk
amunk, Pennesseewasee, Maranacook,
Amarlscogginv Shesuncoolc and Wole
kensobocook. Magneto Failure.
A common cause of poor magneto
action is dirt on the interrupter
points. When the points are suspected
of being dirty a few drops of kero
sene will remedy the trouble end re
store the parts to good working
order. -
Tractor Repair Bill Passed.
The Louisiana state legislature
passed what is to be known as house
bill No. 268, requiring all farm Im
plement companies operating within
the state to carry at least a year's
supply of all parts for tractors and
plows. This was done in the interest
of the farmers so as to avoid delays
necessitated by sending to the factory
for desired parts. Of course, this
includes bearin-cs.
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