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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (Sept. 12, 1920)
THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAN, PORTLAND, SEPTEMBER 12, 1920 TRIP TO S1LETZ BAY IT'S A HARD DRIVE BUT AN INTERESTING ONE TO TAFT ON SILETZ BAY. y Corduroy for Ten Miles on Road Over Mountains. MNY GOOD CAMP PLACES .Tiarles Krantz and Family Drive by Oakland six to Taft, Slle-U Bay Town. l iLS' ' ' " . . . r FO HARD DRIVERS ITT MRS. CHARLES KRAXTZ. A beautiful and interesting auto mobile trip for those who do not mind roughing it' is that to Taft. on iletz bay. Taft is a little more than 00 miles from Portland and is a avorite summer camping place for alem people, as Salem is only about 0 miles from there. To reach Taft from Portland take he main Tillamook road as far as the rand Ronde Indian reservation, and bout three miles past the Grand onde postoffice turn left, cross over vMllamiTia creek on a new bridge. hich starts you over the mountain. is a steep grade going up and up. Is rough, too, for about ten miles the road over the mountain is the ld-fashioned corduroy and poorly ept up. The west slope of the raoun- aln Is on a more gradual grade, but equlres very slow traveling. The road1 follows the beautiful Sal hion river for many miles. On the est slope of the mountain you oc aslonally see a farm, but the only owns are Rose Lodge and Otis. Be tween Otis and Taft, a distance of ten niles, the road passes on the west id of Devil's lake, which is 3ft niles long and a beautiful, body of ater. The favorite pastime of campers on Uets bay and Sllets river-is troll- npr for salmon and trout. A 45-pound umon was caught on a spoon this eason. Quantities of tomcod and erch were caught in the bay. and rab nets brought up an abundance crabs. Small eastern clams can be ug on the flats near the outlet of rift creek on the bay. Mussels and ock oysters are plentiful at the ocks along the ocean about a mile om Taft and these rocks also af ord good sea fishing for sea trout. erch and rock cod. Agates are found n the beach along the bay and cean. Many Camping Places. There are plenty of good camping laces at Taft, and there also are the egular camp grounds, where a fee of cents is charged to get in the reunds, and 10 cents a day there- fter. Driftwood Is plentiful on the each near the grounds. JNot many years after the first roads ere made through the mountains ome 50 years ago, a party of pioneers ur. .fatten. Judge P. A. Marouim. Ir. Rodgers and Mr. Holsapple and neir families took the trip to Slletz ay. going by teams. The writer's lother was then a little girt and she emembered seeing the Indians, who oma Drlng clams to trade for fresh read. At that time the Indian bun- is grounds were where now stands te tueti nay Trading company's ore and home of the manager of io store. This store is being en- vrgeoV Fred Robison, who bought the ore jn me Ian of 1919. Is taking reat interest in the building up of on. is aujng an ne can to make io piace interesting to ail who go lere to camp. He is Quite a snorts- lan himself and so understands what le campers want. Kow boats can be -ntcu iur a small sum and some impers take their outboard motors long to use. on these boats. Huckle erries are plentiful, the blue moun lin, pink and small blueshot or coast uckleberries, and the trails and roads ading to them pass through a falry ind. Schooner and Drift r-reek. n ne nearby streams. Groceries, fresh aik, butter and eggs can be bought s cheaply as in the citv anil asm nings are cheaper. Mr. Krantz made two trips from ortland to Taft and ba.ck this sea on. Autos can go there approxi mately three months In the year. The rst return trip was made by way of ewport, Toledo. Summit. Hoskins. ings Valley, independence and alem. a total of 175 mlieo tmm t Jo Portland. From Taft to ! miles, took four hours on account f the poor condition of the road, ome places being muddy .from fog ettling in the trees and dropping on tie road. In crossing the dry sand n planks our Oakland six ran off, aueing delay- The ferry charge to rnsR th Kflaktv - A - i- - . ! . - - a fi iur a 1X11& hinfl init 1 ftr m u .. - vrai.u iaieQgrr. hetecenery is wonderful near Bald mountain and Otter rock. On five liles of beach good time can be made. being necessary to alow down onlv or small creeks crossing the sand. Kee Off It In Rain. , The trip from Taft to Newport can ot be made during wet weather. "rom Newport .to Portland the roads re fine compared to .that from Taft jsewport. it is advisable to go by ay or sioagett instead of bv Ho. ins, from Summit to King's valley, n account of the heavy grade to toskins. On the second trip into Taft. Mr Krajitz left Portland Saturday even- ng, August Zl, at 9:30 o'clock, with ix oi tne nrst section Sunday Ore onians, and delivered them in Otis na Tart, reaching Taft at 10 A. M. unaay. In Otis when he asked for tiilk the people did not have anv. ui wnen a cunaay- oregoTiian was roduced the milk appeared in short rder. This seems to be a record for arly delivery considering that the ame paper does not arrive there by egular mail until the following v eanesday. On the second return trip following eavy rains Friday morning and Sat Jirday night the trip was postponed rom bunday until Monday. We re urned this time by way of the almon river road. From Taft to 'rrand Ronde where the road joins the natn Tillamook road it is 88.6 miles. nd the distance was made in a little nore than four hours with no ma- hine trouble but stops to replace ome planks in marshy places.. It was ecessary to use chains as far as to he Tillamook road on account of the .eavy rains. iJELGIAX SCHOOI TRAVELS Vhole Class Boom on Wheels Sen to Farm Regions. The Belgian government has hit pen a novel scheme of teaching the irrafrs of the country better meth ds of farming. The idea of a school or farmers is not new, but the idea f taking the school to the farmer y means of a motor caravan is cer ilnly novel. The school building onsista of three units, one powered vith a gasoline motor; in short a uildlng section on a . motor truck, ays Motor. With this powered unit go two railars and the three rolled into .oeition and joined together make he commodious and convenient class oom. I . , ; ' , - y A f A ? v( V S . . . r .' . .- -v. v. - '. ..: ' ' ,,' .' 'tym ---- - ' ' g xL.-'' ':ry"&'?aeti4$$-y& WIITIs"" r'cT"' ' ' v - myii : 4 ' Photos by Charles Krantz. Sir. and Mrs. Charles Kranti of Portland are so enthusiastic over the SUeta bay country, north of Newport, Or, as m summer camping place that they made two trips there this summer In their Oakland six Taft. on Sllets hay. Is reached from Portlaad by talcing; the main Tillamook road via Mewbcrg, McIMInnvllle, Sheridan and Wlllamlna to Grand Ronde. at a point three miles beyond there turning; left across a bridge and headlag over the moun tains to the Salmon river country and Sllets bay. It is mountain road, sure enough, ten miles of It being cor duroy, but they say any good driver can make it in ssod weather and will be wonderfully repaid for the trip, both In fishing and scenery. The upper picture show s a part of Silcts hay, looking; toward Schooner creek The lower picture shows the Kraaii' camp at Taft. which Is 103 miles from Portland and 29 miles north of Newport. - TIRE FLAP IS IMPORTED IT PREVENTS RUST AXD THE PIXCHIXG OF TUBE. When Corroded, It Should Be Re placed by Xew One to Insure Long Life to Tubing. The flap is an important yet little considered accessory in the automo bile tire. As a protector between tube and rim, it is vital to the long life of the tube. .It prevents" deterior ation from the rust that invariably gathers on tho rim. It prevents the tube from pinching between the edges of the tire. Ordinarily, a flap is made of from three to four plies of fabrics. It is constructed to conform to the shape of the tire. Inserted, it should lie per fectly straight between the tube and rim without buckling. The long notch at the end of the flap should lie on top or next to the rim, in order to prevent the tube from creeping up and being pinched be tween the long groove. The end with the round hole, where the valve stem fits, should lie next to the tube, ac cording to H. H. Freeman of the Northwest Auto company. Miller tire distributors. If the flap is a trifletoo short, it is better to buy a new one rather than to risk the holes to lengthen it. In emergency it is better to slit the long notch rather than the short one- The cut. however, must never be so long that the edges of the flap do not come together. If the flap is too; short, it works down, often to the sidewall of the casing. Here it cuts the.fabric like knife, when it is corroded from rim rust and the edges 'get ragged from wear, there is danger of pinch ing the tube and thus ruining it. The motorist should examine the condition of the flap at each tire change. If he fails to take care of this necessary accessory, he has only him self to blame when his tube goes flat. Often the price of a new flap will save several tubes. A poor flap is the source of constant annoyance. 3992 PACKARD S IN THE ARMY A. E. F. TTseti More of These Trucks Than Any Other Make. The tremendous part played in win ning the war by motor transporta tion, and particularly by motor trucks, is emphasized, by figures which have just become ava'lable. These figures show that two months after the armistice there were in service with the American expe ditionary force a total of 48,692 motor vehicles. This does not include tanks. The figures are from the records of the headquarters of the motor trans port corps at Tours. The records make no distinction be tween cars and trucks, but knowledge of the makes and uses to which they were put make possible a fairly ac curate division. The heavy emphasis, of course, is on the trucks. Alto gether there were 34.585 automobiles. and of these about 8000 were passen ger cars, leaving around. - zt,uuu trucks. Fords, naturally, take precedence in the number of automobiles in use ith a total of 8755 of these little cars on the records on uecemDer (, 1918. They were used for ambulances, for officers' cars and for light de livery, and at least 3000 of them were passenger vehicles. First place among the heavy ve hicles goes to the Packards, of which there were 3992 in service on that date. All but about 25 of these were trucks, mostly in the two-ton and three-ton sizes. ITALY TJSEVG MANY TRUCKS Four Hundred Lines Used as Feed- ers to the Railroads. Dae to the mountainous formation of its country. Italy is fast adopting the use of motor vehicles as feeders to the railroads. Railroad lines can only be built at considerable expense and labor, which accounts In a large part for the popularity of automotive transportation. The total length pf normal track railroad lines in Italy is 8700 miles, while the lengtji of routes over which motor services are run with a fixed time table is 8070 miles. There are 400 of these lines over which regular public services are run either as feeders to the rail roads or in order to open up country which has remained inaccessible to the railroad. These public automobile services for goods and passengers were begun in a small way ten years ago in order to meet the def iclencies of the railroad system. They Immedi ately proved popular and rapidly ex tended until the regular routes are now almost equal in length to the railroad lines. ROAD BUILDING IS VAST FEDERAL AID GIVEN WOULD COVER LARGE DISTANCE. Length Is Estimated at Xine, Times Distance From Xetv York to San Francisco. WASHINGTON. Sept. 11. The un precedented stimulus given to high way construction in the United States in the four years that have passed since the federal government entered its policy of aiding road improvemen is shown by the fact that road opera' tlons under the federal aid road act thus far initiated aggregate in length nine times the distance from New Tork to San Francisco. The federal government's share in this stupendous undertaking is great er than the cost of the Panama canal. The participation of the natjional gov ernment in highway improvemen marked a departure from a policy which had been followed for nearly a century. Federal co-operation with the states on approximately a "fifty fifty" basis has counted more than any other factor in initiating high way construction that is being carried on under adequate supervision and in accordance with a programme which co-ordinates local, state and national needs. Up to June 30, 1920, 2985 projects. The shackles or hangers of truck springs must be kept properly lubri cated. Rust often clogs up the small vents and keeps the oil from perform ing its function. The use of a little kerosene at Intervals will tend to keep these oil holes open. ONE OF THE HUGE CEDAR TREES IN SCENIC STANLEY PARK, VANCOUVER,. B. C V - - ' - , 6 r s Fresii ww tires from the fsctorie&wof the world's) moat famous rruinsi'a botignt at fnsros) price now-sold at $6 to $2S 'ander ins)kma pricoa. I J Xon-f Blsa lTatn ) Bhtd rrbes SSxa SU-SS I 2.ia sxs lavas 11.BS t.is SOxr IS.2 14. M til asxs is.? s.00 Hi is.es iijs Sv fi4 ia.es 2i. ss 13x4 1S.SO XX.7 S.6 Sx4 SSS Z3.1S I.R4 XSx4' X4.4S ttM 4.1 Sx4 !! t7Ji 4.M Szx44 Z8.SO MAS 4M x4Vi t9.SC S1AO 4.AS 4x4Vi SI. OS 4.S0 &Sx4Vi ZS.65 Sl 4.75 SSx4X M.l S3.1S SSxs S2.7S XT.SX C.S S7x 4.7S ! 4. S.00 1 Eagle Tire Company ravtland. Or. 1U. Mod eis on oispiay SIXES AND EIGHTS TTte Oldsmoblle Six C$linder Model It Made ' in the Folloming Models : The Touring Car a yery roomy, comfort able 5-passenger car. Convertible Roadster trim, business-like road ster, instantly convert ible to 4-passenger car. The Coupfr luxuriously appointed 8-paesenger closed car with auxiliary aeat fac ing forward. $1750 $1750 $2500 The Oldsmobile Eghl Cylinder Model It Made in the FoUoTvini Models: The Pacemaker graceful, lithe 4-passen-ger Sportster. The Thorobred standard 7-passenger touring: car. T7ie "8 Sedan a luxurious 7-passenger enclosed car. $2450 $2450 $3700 OLDSMOBILE ECONOMY TRUCK 77ie "6" Seda an elegant 5-passenger car, upholstered like all enclosed Oldsmobiles to harmonize with exterior. $2500 Immediate Delivery on AH. Models. Prices Portland Delivery T OLDSMOBILE Co, OF OREGON BROADWAY at COUCH Phone Broadway 2270 involving a total of 29,319 miles of road, had been approved by the secre tary of agriculture. The preliminary estimate of the cost of these projects is approximately $384,000,000, of wlflch approximately $163,941,000 will be ap proved as federal aid. On the same date 2116 projects, representing ap proximately 13,944 miles, had either been completed or were under con struction. The estimated total cost of these projects in various-stages of construc tion and completed is $200,000,000. The total cost of federal aid work ap proved by the secretary In the 19 months subsequent to the signing of the armistice and prior to July 1, 1920, which is approximately $330,000,000, exceeded by $63,000,000 the cost of all roads and bridge work done by states and counties in this country in 1915. The value of the work com pleted during that period amounted to $60,000,000. a rate of construction equalling that of the Panama canaL the outside chain will fasten an anti skid chain on the wheel so that there will be no danger of its coming loose in use and either winding around the brake drum or being lost on the road. Releasing the padlock will allow enough slack on the inside chain so that the long hook may be unfastened. A rather long hook on the inside chain and a small, sturdy padlock -on The slse of the tree may be Imagined from the fart that 'this Oldsmoblle eight, parked at the foot of it, Isn't quite as long as the base of the tree Is vride. The picture wss taken on a recent trip to Vancouver by Dr. and Mrs. B. E. Wright of Portland (at the left), irho were aecom , panted by Mr. and Mrs. Thomas B. Mllhurn Irlghtt. Dr. Wright's Oldsmobile eight, the hvabo he has owned, was virtually a brand-new car when he started on the tour to British Columbia, on which he droe about 12O0 miles, bat performed perfectly. STUDEBAKER "6" 1918, 7-passenger car in wonder ful shape, new paint," good tires. This car will be sold to the first person applying for same at our place of business Sot the sum of $950. Biggest Snap In Portland COVEY MOTOR CAR COMPANY uy'.a. a New attery When apparently worn out our repair department can re build a battery with an uncondit i o n a 1 guarantee of serv ice. Free Testing and Filling Service Allen Bros. Auto Electric Equipment Co. Broadway and Flanders . 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