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MANY DEER THERE
that good; big. readable devour signs
have now been placed 'at all detours.
I belreve in giving credit where credit
is due. and every traveler will ap
preciate the new signs. They are so
big you can't miss them, of wood with
directions painted on them in black
letters.
"Also, some of the highway de
partment's new metal road signs have
been put up along the highway, giv
ing distances to various towns on the
highway, north and south. They are
fine signs."
CI1AXGKS IX JLAWS .NEEDED
I I ' TV
THEY'RE THERE YET
1921
1921
Portland Automobile Men Re
turn With No Venison.
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THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN, PORTLAND, SEPTE3IBER 19, 1920
u
IT RAINED AND RAINED
Amid Hie Downpour Peterson, Hays
nl Klinjt Climbed .Mountains
and Went IH-crle&ss.
There's no fiettinc? around it. mates,
deer liuntinc is a preat old sport. The
mountain ctimhini; is sm-h healthful
exerii.se. In wet weather, too. it is
astly exhilarating to climb around
all day in clothes soaked to .the skin,
and to sit in half attire before your
camplire at nif-'ht dryinff put the
cither half. You may he rewarded
hy seeing a deer, or at least a deer
traek. And then there are so many
other attractions, including poison
oak.
I'.ert Kling. manager, and Harry
Hays, sales manager for the Willys
Overland Pacific company, and Hollie
Peterson. Overland dealer at Van
couver. Wash., who went deer hunting
last week in D'ouclas county, sub
scribe most heartily to these senti
ments. In fact, they originated
them. While it was raining so hard
last week. KlinK. Hays and Peterson
were climhinp DoukIus county hills
Jookinc for deer, and at nipht as the
winds blew and the torrents descended
and pood people in Portland .were
sayint.'. "Just think of the poor fel
lows at sea." these three unfortun
ates were sitting half naked before a
fire. vain falling on their bare
Fhoulders, tryinK to dry out enough
cf their clothes so they could go to
leep. .
Ieer All There "Vet.
And then, when their deer hurt was
over, with the deer population of
Douglas county still intact so Tar as
sfiy or the three was concerned, they
Xhad one wild little ride north over
the Pacific highway in their v niys
Knight car. Any person desiring
first-hand information as to Pacific
highway conditions between Drain
and Hoseburg in wet weather is' re
spectfully referred to them.
They drove from Portland to Riddle,
south of Hoseburg, and got there!
just as the rains began. They had
arranged with Claude and Krnest
Riddle, two of the most famous deer
hunters in southern Oregon, to take
them out where they would be sure
to get some deer. There were deer
around there all light, for Claude
Riddle shot a spike and Krnest Kiddie
downed another deer which unfortu
nately fell into a canyon where they
couldn't get him, but Kling, Hays and
Peterson didn't even get a shot.
"Never before have 1 realized how
hich are the mountains of Oregon."
mournfully observed Mr. Kling as lie
rubbed some poison oak blisters on
his wrist. "We climbed at least two
of the highest mountains in the world.
It rained every minute of the time we
were out, and was raining when we
got back. As we hadn't taken our
suit cases into the woods with us.
the only way to get our clothes half
dry at night was to take 'em off and
Joe Knowles around while they dried
before the camp fire. It sure was
great sport."
lucking; Unmho Mud.
But after they got back to Riddle
where thev had left their car, they
found their adventures had only be
gun. From that point north to Drain,
they had a long struggle with mud.
"The worst place on the whole Pa
cific highway at present, in wet
weather, is one beautiful mud-hole
the better part of a mile long, at
Kdenbower. just north of Koseburg."
said Mr. Kling. "This mud-hole is one
fighting bear-cat.
"For some peculiar reason, nobody
down there knows why. the con
tractor on new construction work at
this point has plowed and torn up a
mils of what was first-class road, and
left it that way. No work is being
done on it. and from appearances, at
least, it is likely to stay that way all
winter unless someone gets busy in
an all-fired hurry and puts some rock
over it.
"Nobody should protest when roads
are torn up to good purpose, but at
this point the mud-hole is just left
as it is. without even a detour around
it.
"Th,i result after a rain is pure un
adulterated gumbo. The people around
there are all in arms about it, and
demand that the contractor at least
build a detour to make this mile of
highway passable during the winter.
Mont Detour Ciood.
"In Justice to other contractors, it
should be said that at all other points
where new construction work is un
der way north of Koseburg, excellent
detours have been provided. For in
stance, coming north from Wilbur all
the way to Oakland, where the higrh
wMv is still torn un. motorists are
routed east over a very good detour.
This detour passes around the town
of Sutherlin.
"And the old slippery Rice hill
stretch over the Ooodrieh route,
which we had dreaded, we didn't have
to take at all. The contractors .here.
showing thoughtful consideration for
the difficulties of driving over the
old road when it is wet, open up the
new pavement now under construc
tion in rainy weather and let you
drive over it. This end of the Good
rich route, between the end of the
pavement and Yoncalla. is slippery
and muddy', but it will take quite a
continued rain to make it impassable.
"The same consideration is shown
tourists by the contractor on the new
nillard cut-off which eliminates
Roberts mountain south of Koseburg.
In dry weather cars still are routed
over Roberts mountain, but in wet
weather they are permitted to drive
over the new route, which is beauti
ful and well-built road. The pave
ment is not quite completed, but so
nearly so that it is only a matter of
weeks before it will be open to travel
at all times.
New Detour SllgnM Tp.
"South of Drain, between. that town
and Yoncalla, where the new high
way is not yet completed, the old
road is slippery in wet weather but
passable. From Drain north, except
for a couple of hundred yards of
rather slippery going on the Com
stocit grade, the highway is in ex
cellent condition.
"Now that the early ran is over,
motorists may expect at least another
month of good weather, during which
the highway will be in first class con
dition for travel. The effects of the
recent rains were not lasting, and
right now the highway is good.
"An enormous amount of new con
struction is still in progress on the
highway, but fast time is being made.
I lather suspect that the highway
in several places will still be impass
able after the fall rains and through
the winter, but this probably will be
the last season that this condition
will exist. By next year, virtually
all that part of the highway that is
not paved will be new grade with
rood rock surface on it.
"Another point to the credit of the
state highway department and con
tractor! should be noted. And that is
California Preparing to Modify Its
Trarfic "Code.
The legislative committee of the
California state automobile associa
tion, of which State Senator Arthur
H. Breed is chairman, has already
taken up its activities in contempla
tion of the forthcoming session of
the California legislature in Janu
ary. Indications are that there will
be more legislation pertaining to the
use of motor cars proposed in the
forthcoming session than at any pre
vious one. and the association is de
voting time and attention not only
to analyzing conditions and consider
ing various proposals, but also giv
ing much thought to various Im
provements which the association
may itself desire to see incorporated
in the state motor vehicle act.
The association is also participat-
in the drafting of the proposed
uniform traffic law considered at the
convention of the national traffic
officars' association. Percy E.
Towne. president of the association,
has been named one of the committee.
SEND OFF FDR DODGE MAN
JOHX XICIIOLS JI1. TRAXS
I'EKRED TO XKW YORK.
Dealers ' Give Banquet to Norlli
west Factory Representative
at Seattle.
Howard M. Covey, Oresron distrib
utor for the Dodfre and Cadillac, at
tended a banqitft in Seattle last week
in honor of Jn A. Nichols Jr., fac
tory representative in the northwest
for Dode Bros, since 1914, who has
been transferred to Xew York to take
charge of that division of the com
pany's territory. Some 150 Dode
dealers from Orejron. Washington.
Idaho and Montana were in Seattle
to Kive him an affectionate sendoff.
A souvenir card at fhe bifnquet con
tained the following" tribute to Mr.
Nichols:
"We'll miss you. John Nichols Jr.
We appreciate to the fullest the many
kindnesses you have rendered during
your stay of six years with us. We
appreciate your integrity, your loy
alty and your business ability but
aside from this, you have endeared
yourself to us in more ways than we
can express.
"We know you are going to a wider
field of endeavor. We know you will
succeed. We know you will be liked
and appreciated there as you have
been here.
"That makes your departure from
the Pacific northwest an event which
means a deep personal loss to us, but
one in which we rejoice with you for
the greater opportunities and bid you
farewell." m
Mr. Nichols was the original rep
resentative of Hodge motor cars in
this territory. .He tame to the north
west, with Seattle as headquarters,
even before the plans of his company
were made public. Since that time
he has seen the business In these
cars grow from nothing to second in
volume of all those sold in the Pa
cific northwest.
JW
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CJOfPERstur&mess and dependability
JL have been qualities of Buick Valve-in-Head
Motor Cars from the time that the
name Buick. first became linked with the
automobile industry. Today, in equal meas
ure as in the past, thet Buick. Motor Com
pany is dedicated to a continuance of the
policy that has caused the Buick car to occupy
the position it holds in the public mind.
To all that the name
Buick has meant in
twenty years of automo
bile history, the new
Nineteen Twenty One
Buick brings that grace
of "movement, that re
finement of every line
and feature, that sheer
beauty of design which
inspire a pride of owner
ship in a fine motor car.
Thenew Buick line com-!,
prises seven models, one
for every possible de
mand. Each has the
famed Buick Valve-in-Head
Motor, as rugged
and powerful as ever, yet
refined into a mechan
ism of unusual quietness.
The improved radiator,
hood and cowl Knes give'
a finished touch of trim
ness to the body, yet with
out any sacrifice of Buick
individuality.
A more resilient. spring
suspension gives these
new Buick models a rid
ing comfort as delightful
as their exterior appear
ance is pleasing.
Each of the seven models
has its own value particu-"
larly adapted to a distinct
class of service, AH pos
sess those inherent Buick
qualities that, assure the
ownerrhe uninterrupted
userof- his investment.
ANNOUNCING
THE NEW NINETEEN TWENTY-ONE
BUICK SERIES
Three Passenger Open Model
"Twenty One Forty Four"
Five Passenger Open Model
"Twenty One Forty Five"
Four Passenger Coupe Model
VTwenCy One Forty Six"
Five. Passenger Sedan Model
Twenty One Forty Seven
Four Passenger. Coupe Model
"Twenty One Forty Eight
Seven Passenger Open Model
"Twenty One Forty. Nine
Seven Passenger Sedan Model
"Twenty One Fifty.
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HOWARD AUTOMOBILE CO.
Largest Distributer of Automobiles in the World
SAN FRANCISCO OAKLAND LOS ANGELES
Portland 14th and Davis
AGAIN EMPHASIZING "WHEN BETTER AUTOMOBILES ARE BUILT, BUICK WILL BUILD THEM'
STUDKBAIvKR'S FIRST AUTO
Company Built Own Car in 11)13,
but Handled Others Previously.
SCAPPOOSE. Or.. Sept. 15. (To the
Automobile Editor.) Dear Sir: A bets
that the Ktudebaker people had a car
on the market before 190S. C bets
that they put their first car on the
market after 1908. Who wins? Yours
truly. SUBSCRIBER.
C wins. The first car marketed by
the Studebaker corporation was the
old Studebaker-Garford, which was
first sold in ,1908. but not before
1S0S. This was not a Studebaker-
built car. It was built by the Oar-
ford people, who had no distributing
facilities. Studebaker was asked to
handle the selling: of the car and
did so.
In 1909 appeared the E.M.F.. han
dled by the Studebaker people in
much the same way. This car was
built ori;crinally by a combination com
posed of Jveritt. Metzger and Flan
ders, hence the initials, K. M. F. The
Studebaker company handled the dis
tribution of the car through their
great vehicle organization, and later
acquired ownership of it. The first
Studebaker-built car sold under the
name "Studebaker," however, did not
appear until 1913.
IDAHO IXSISTS ON" LICENSES
Constabulary Arrest Auto Owners
Who Do Sot Comply With Law.
BOISE. Idaho. Sept. 16. (Special.)
Automobile owners who fail to take
out their state licenses in Idaho must
suffer the consequences. This is made
apparent by the action of the state
constabulary in the arrest of nine
auto owners who were found to be
without licenses.
Two cars were seized at Rexburg
because they were operating with a
dealer's license. The state officials
are determined to put a stop to this
and say that additional arrests, may
be expected.
ANDERSON G MAKES GOLD
CAR INTRODUCED ON' COAST
ONLY FEW MONTHS AUO.
and pour gasoline Into the opening;, j in the many years he has had the
All cylTnders are primed by the one bridge 4t has paid lrtm rich returns.
operation.
Factory Representative From Rock-
hill, S. C, Opens Branch in
San Francisco.
Overheating in Winter.
It seems rather anomalous that
overheating is one of the troubles
that often occurs in very cold weath
er. ' Sometimes this is caused by the
use of an anti-freeze solution having
a boiling point below that of clear
waler. lore often when a car is" run
with nothing; but water in the radi
ator some part of the water system
freezes enough to obstruct the pas
sage of the water, with the result
that boiling quickly takes place.
Although the Anderson six has been
introduced on the Pacific coast but a
few months it is already receiving
unusually favorable attention among
motorists, according to J. P. Vane,
factory representative of the company
who has been sent out from the plant
at Rockhill. to establish general west
ern headquarters for the company in
San r rancisco.
Mr. Vane arrived in Portland the
middle of last week to spend several
days here going over the local field.
Mr. Vane was in Portland about
eight months ago, at which time he
established agencies for the car in all
the larger cities. So rapidly has the
car established itself that it was re
cently determined to establish west
ern headquarters, and Mr. Vane was
named for the position.
The Anderson Motor company has
been in operation tor 33 years and in
an outgrowth of the well known
Anderson Wagon company. For many
years the company was known as a
great body builder, and about six
years ago began the manufacture
and assembling of the Anderson. The
car is of a medium weight six class.
Over 100 of the cars are now in
use in Seattle. Mr.tVane said, and
five of them are being used on
difficult stage line out of Chehalis
with much success.
On Thursday, shortly after his ar
rival here. Mr. Vane received word
by telegraph that a severe high gear
test for the car had' been success-
fufly carried out at Denver. A stock
car driven by the dealer there sue
ceeded in making the top of Pikes
Peak without shifting out of high
The company recently -established
an assembling plant at London to care
for foreign trade, Mr, Vane said, and
when business on this coast warrants
an assembling plant will be estab
lished in one of the big cities of. the
Pacific coast.
this bridge has from that day been
a gold mine in itself.
According to George H. Himes, Ore
gon pioneer ana historian, it is built
some distance up the Deschutes from
the old ford at its mouth, where the
pioneer immigrants of the '30s and
40 and '50s crossed on their way to
the promised lands of western Oregon.
It is not quite clear in Mr. Himes'
mind whether this was the first or
second bridge across the Deschutes,
but in any event it was one of the
first bridges in Oregon. And since
its construction in the '60s many a
homeseeker has driven across it.
Miller Brothers owned It.
Several years after the bridge was
built It was sold to Charles H. and
Jeff Miller, brothers. Hence the pres
ent name, Millers bridge. They
kept it many. years and are reputed
to have gained wealth from Its tolls.
In 1884 it was purchased by the late
Zenaa P. Moody, former governor of
Oregon, and father of the present
owner. Malcolm A. Moody. Mr. Moody
inherited it from Governor Moody and
-One priming device easily Installed
on a- motor is a spring oil cover
screwed into a small pipe tap hole
drilled in the carburetor manifold
To prime, merely open the oil cover
LATEST FRANKLIN SEDAN AND MAN WHO-SELLS 'EM.
At present its revenues are estimated
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to run on occasions as high as (50
: per day.
DESCHUTES TOLL BRIDGEl The writer, accompanied by Fred
1. iwuiivukc, piuiui mi nitty hi not,
drove to this historic old toll bridjre
in a Chevrolet car one day last week.
we paid the gate man a dollar for
the experience of riding across the
bridge, through the gate and back
again. On that day a crew was work
ing for the state highway department
building a grade for the road across
the Moody property. But the same
evening the restraining order was
served on them.
The present road to the Deschutes
at Miller's bridge affords a truly
wonderful view of Celilo falls and
locks. This is a view'that the new
highway, which passes beside the
river, a little above its level, will not
have.
The old road is not in perfect con
dition at present, but neither is it
very bad. It is rough and considera
bly cut up by heavy truck travel, but
fairly good time can be made over it
As to Miller's bridge, let it be said
in conclusion that this historic tojl
bridge has in its day served a most
useful purpose, but its day has
passed.
to secure proper fuel feed, there is machines which nearly all. the lads
located a drain cock. Many owners, own are real baby motor cars, swarm
seem to think this is some sort of an
ornament, but it should be opened at
intervals, once a week or so. tlen
erally a little water and possibly
s-.tme rust will flow out before gas
cHne begins to come. In many cases
it will be necessary to .insert a bit
of w ire to clean out the drain cock
of an accumulation of foreign matter.
If this latter is permitted to remain
long enoughit will work its way back
into the carburetor and make trouble.
roads where there is heavy traf
at all times.
Vacuum Tank Needs Draining.
At the bottom of the vacuum tanks
which are now used on so many cars
CHARCOAL GOOD I'OJt VALVES
Powdered Material Puts Valves in
Good Condition.
It is not very generally known that
powdered charcoal mixed -with kero
sene oil makes a very satisfactory
valve-grinding compound in the ab
sence of the regular product. The
mixture is applied in the regular way
and the grin ding carried out just as
with ordinary grinding compounds.
The charcoal produces a very fine
surface and unless the valves are in
unusually bad condition requires little
more time than the regular compounds.
Society children, ages from 7 years
and up. of Southampton, L. I., are
running their own automobiles. The
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PERFORMANCE COUhJTS
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The picture abovra one of the late Franklin inclosed car models recently
received by the Braly Auto company. At the wheel ia Jay S. Sloltaaer,
who recently joined the Brmly organization ma aaleaman.
STANDARD EdIIPMEXT ON 138 PASSENGER CARS AXIJ TRICKS
WILL ARD SERVICE
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NINTH AND EVERETT
' EAST SEVENTEENTH AND SI'R.SU1K -
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Mack Owners
At this season of the year the av
erage truck owner begins to think
about "laying up" for the winter. He
looks upon truck operation as a tough
job, because of weather conditions.
Not so with the MACK owner,
though. His truck is equipped with
a steel all-weather cab. He is as im
mune to the cold and rains as is the
limousine passenger.
The MACK truck owner can put
the sliding doors of the cab in posi
tion, affix the curtains and he is
ready for anything. His driving
vision is unimpaired and the heat
from the engine keeps him warmed
comfortably.
If you have a trucking job for the
winter- or can get one, you need not
anticipate driving difficulties if you
own a MACK.
Let us tell jrou about other
features of MACK truck
construction. There are too
many of them to review the
entire list here.
MACK-INTERNATIONAL
Motor Truck Corporation
Tenth and Davis Streets
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