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DEDICATION IS NEAR
TTIE SUNDAY OREGONIAy, PORTLAND, AUGUST 21, 1921
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HIGHWAY
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Tourists In 1925 Can DriT 1767
Miles From Vancouver, B. C, to
Tia Juana, on Pavement.
TACOMA." Wash., Aug. 20. (Spe
cial.) The Pacific highway, a decade
g so a dream in the minds ot some
visionary men. today stands so ar
completion that it will hav its offi
cial dedication at Blaine, Wash., on
September
By 1924 or by 1925 at the latest
every foot of its distance will be
paved. Then a tourist can leave
Vancouver. B. C, and travel 1767
miles to Tla Juana, Mexico without
once driving his car from paving.
The dedication of the highway will
lay stress upon its Idealistic purpose
as a peace bond between Canada, the
United States and Mexico, rather
than upon its attractions as a scenic
thoroughfare and a business tie be
tween the cities It traverses. On that
account at its dedication a peace
portal will be unveiled emblematic of
more than a century of peaee on the
Canadian border and a harbinger of
the increased good relations that a
neighborly highway wUl effect.
Peace Portal at Blaine.
This peace portal stands at Blaine
on the Canadian boundary. Repre
sentatives of the United States, Can
' adian and French governments are
expected to Eee the dedication, and
men prominent in the good roads
cause from all over the coast are ex
pected to be present. On the four
sides of the portal are inscriptions
conveying the high purpose of the
road. They read: "Open for 100
Years." "May These Doors Never Be
Closed." "Children of a Common
Mother" and "Brethren Dwelling To
gether In Unity."
In the portal are implanted pieces
f wood from the Mayflower and from
the Beaver. The latter was a vessel
of the Hudson's Bay company that
waa the first steamship to ply in
the waters of the north Pacific.
The Pacific highway will be the
first' transcontinental road to be
paved throughout its extent. Of all
transcontinental automobile highways
It Is today the bst improved.
Ideal Dawns in 1910.
It was in 1910, when automobiles
were coming into general use, that
the Idea of a highway down the coast
first dawned. Far-seeing men saw
that such a road in the future would
attract thousands of automobile
tourists to the scenery of the "three
Pacific coast states.
The Pacific Highway association
was formed, and a route for the road
way was surveyed. Then the legis
latures of Washington, Oregon and
California were induced to proclaim
the route of the highway In their
states by statute, with the under
standing that improvement should
progress as rapidly as funds permitted.
The result is that at the end of this
year, when paving work now under
way is completed. 1412 miles of the
highway will be paved and 355 miles
will remain for hard surfacing in
subsequent years. Next year In
Washington only 43 miles will be un
paved, and in li2 this gap will be
closed with the exception of 19 miles.
This probably will be completed in
1923,-and Washington will probably
be the first state to have all the high
way within its borders hard-surfaced.
Millions Are1 Expended.
Paving in Washington which will
remain to be finished after this year
includes a streftch south of Belling
ham and another in the south end of
Lewis county and across Cowlitz
county. In Oregon there will remain
a stretch south of Albany and another
of considerable length between Eu
gene and Orants Pass, as indicated by
the map. California will have left to
finish a 176-nvile stretch from Red
ding north to the Oregon line.
Millions of dollars have been ex
pended on the Pacific highway, but
already much of that sum has been
returned by tourists. The road is
readily reached from the middle west.
as it connects with the Yellowstone
trail and the Evergreen highway in
Washington, the Columbia river high
way in Oregon, and the Overland trail,
the Lincoln highway, ths Midland
trail, the National Old Trail and the
Santa Fe trail in California.
All scenery peculiar to the west
coast is traversed. The highway
skirts salt water at places, it winds
over mountains, it plunges through
forests, it traverses the desert and
touches nearly all the important farm
lng regions and industrial centers of
the three states that built it. Spo
kane in Washington and San Fran
Cisco in California are the only large
cities not on its route, but good roads
extend to both of these centers.
Rich Districts Traversed.
Starting at Vancouver, B. C, the
highway is never more than a few
miles from Puget sound until it
passes Olympia, 234 miles from its
beginning. In southwest Washing
ton it traverses rich farming re
gions and after penetrating hills and
forests crosses the Columbia river
at Vancouver on one of the finest
bridges in the land. In southern Ore
gon it begins its ascent, which cul
minates in a passage of the Siskiyou
mountains in northern California at
an elevation of 4522 feet. This is its
highest elevation. It then , passes
through the timber of northern Cali
fornia, travels through the rich in
land valley between the Coast and
Sierra Nevada mountain ranges, drops
"into the desert of southern California,
and at San Diego again mets its
first love the salt water of the Pa
cific.
It passes within the shadows of the
snow-capped mountains of the west.
including Mount Shasta, in California,
and Mount Rainier, in Washington
The tourist can see from the highway
Mount Baker, Mount Adams and
Mount St. Helens, in Washington
Mount Hood. Mount Jefferson, Thre
Sisters and Mount McLoughlin, in
Oregon; and Mount Shasta and Mount
Lassen, in California. Roads lead
from it to Rainier, Crater Lake. Yo-
cemite and Sequoia national parks,
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, Garage Light.
A very satisfactory light for use' in
the garage may be made by cutting
the side out of an empty metal can
of the sort that metal polish comes
in. which has a screw top. A case o
this kind obviates glare and also af
fords protection to the glass blilb. By
running a layer of solder in the bot
tom of the can to give It weight It
makes a stand for the light, which
can be conveniently used on the work
bench.
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LAKE TROUT NOT BITING
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BUT F. W. AXSLEY FOUND MUCH
SCEXERY XEAB SSOW PEAK.
Trip to Lake Merrill Xear Mount
St. Helens Made Up Xortli Fork
ot Lewis River in OId3 Four.
Much is heard of the beauties of the
country about Mount Hood, Mount
Adams and Mount Rainier, but be
cause of its inaccessibility little is
said of the scenery about Mount St.
Helens. K. W. Ansley, salesman for
the Oldsmobile compajiy of Oregon,
with two friends drove last week to
Lake Merrill, a sparkling body of
water 12 miles southwest of Mount
St. Helens, and returned enthusiastic
about the scenery of that locality.
With Mr. Ansley were J. W. McCrea
and Dr. E. D. Hutchison, both of Port
land. They went to fish, but the
fish didn't happen to be biting that
day so they had to be content with
scenery instead. But there was plenty
of that and of the most picturesque
and rugged variety.
Merrill lake is 65 miles from Port
land by road, though much less by
airline. It is reached by a mountain
road that turns off the Pacific high
way at Woodland, Wash. Mr. Ansley
made the trip with an Oldsmobile
four car and it climbed the steep
mountain grades so handily and took
the rough roads so easily that his
total time from Portland to the lake
was only 3V4 hours. And that in
cluded half an hour for lunch' at
Woodland.
"The road follows the north fork of
the Lewis river to within three or
four miles of the lake," said Mr. Ans
ley, "and 'from Woodland plunges
quickly into the Cascade mountains.
From then on it is one climb after
another, much of the way through
beautiful forests.
"The road doesn't go quite to the
lake. About four miles from there we
had to leave the car and pack, up a
1000-foot ascent, too, and the sun was
good and hot. We had heard treat
tales of the big, gamey trout in the
lake. I guess they are there all right,
but as so often happens with lake
rout, they weren't receiving visitors
that day. Anyhow, we didn't catch
enough of them to make a string.
However, we ot-tur fishinz after
all. We returned to -the car and then
went a mile or two up the Lewis river,
wnere we got all the fat trout the
three of us wanted. The fishing in the
North Fork was fine that day.
-mere is no town at the'lake itself,
but at the end of the road, where we
left our car and took packs the three
or four miles to the lake, is the ham
let of Cougar, which consists of one
store and a few houses. It is 30 miles
from Woodland.
"Any person who sroes to this lako
will be repaid by the scenery, never
theless it is more of a camping out
irip man a pleasure tour. There are
no accommodations to speak of at
Cougar and none at the lake and the
roaa there is stiff mountain going."
LOW PRICES OX PISTOX RIXGS
McQuay-Xorrls Manufacturing Co.
Announces Redaction.
The McQuay-Norris Manufacturing
company of St. Louis has announced a
reduction in the price of the McQuay
Norrls "Leak-Proof" piston rings, ac
cording to word received here. The
new price is $1.25 tor all sizes and
over-sizes up to i inches in diameter.
This includes practically all makes of
motor cars and trucks.
In revising their prices to car own
ers and the trade, the company calls
attention to the fact that the prioes
of its rings Were never raised during
the war. An increased use of their
rings enabled McQuay-Norris to hold
down selling prices during the high
priced war years, it is claimed; while
this year s sales the largest in the
company's history have made it pos
sible to pass on to the piston ring
user the saving that such quantity
production has developed.
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ABOVE CLASSY POUR-PASSEXGER SPORT CAR. BELOW COLUMBIA
. ROADSTER. MODEL E.
Among the recent arrivals along the row are a group of new ColumblS
models Just received from the Columbia factory at Detroit by the Russell H
Luwson Auto company, 3o4 East Broadway, which took over Columbia d:s
trlbution throughout this territory about two months ago. Two of the
classiest of the new creations are those shown above, the four-passenger
sport and thespont roadster. A recent sensational price reduction in the
Columbia has created great interest in the car, according to Mr. Lawson,
head of the local agency. The new "Challenger" model, a lighter and cheaper
Columbia but with the same standard units as the larger model, has "been put
out in response to demand, according to Lawson. The new model is made in
the touring car, the four-passenger coupe and the five-passenger sedan
Several of the touring., models have already been received and are being
demonstrated by the East Broadway organization. ,
DIRT ROUPS ARE TORN UP
WHEAT HAULIXG LX IXLAXD
EMPIRE HARMFUL.
The average for the 6,146.000 auto
mobiles in use in the United States is
valued at $1000 each.
Complaints Made by Tourists but
Hard-Surfaced Sections Make
Up for Discomfort.
WALLA WALLA, Wash., Aug. 20.
(Special.) Wheat hauling operations
in the inland empire are tearing the
dirt roads to pieces and are also rav
eling out the graveled roads, though
they are not so bad. Tourists are
complaining to some extent but there
are enough hard-surfaced roads in
the inland e,mpire : to make up for
the discomfort.
Road conditions in the inland em
pire are summarized as follows:
Walla Walla to Portland, via North
Bank highway: Good gravel road to
Prosser, thence good dirt road to
Goldendale, with exception of a short
stretch over Mabton hill; generally
good from Goldendale to White
Salmon, with one detour; good to
excellent from White Salmon to Van
couver. Walla Walla to Portland, via Co
lumbia highway: Paved to Pendle
ton; gravel macadam to Umatilla;
rough to fair from Umatilla to Des
chutes river; good to The Dalles,
mostly good to Mosier: owing to pav
ing work detour is necessary between
Mosier - and Hood River unless the
tourist goes through between 12:30
and 1:30 or 6 P. M. and 8 A. M.
paved from Hood River to Portland.
The Dalles to Bend, via Wasco:
Fair; avoid Tygh valley route; Bend
to Klamath Falls, via La Pine, dusty.
fair to poor: Bend to Lakeview, via
Fort Rock, fair to good; Bend to
Burns, via Millican, good, exception
of one. hill; Burns to Vale rough;
Bend to Eugene, via McKenzie Pass,
good, except about 20 miles on top,
which is fair; Bend to Medford, via
Crater lake, open, good,
Walla Walla to eastern points, via
old Oregon trail: Paved to Pendle
ton; graveled to summit; remainder
of road to La Grande poor; La Grande
to Baker, good; Baker to Huntington
fair with exception of detours and
some loose gravel; Huntington to
Hudson Super-Six $1895
Essex
- - $1375
Lake, via' Albion, good; all roads' out
of Salt Lake in fair condition. Twin
Falls to Yellowstone nark via Poca
rVllo, good; Mountain Home to Idaho
Fals. via Hailey, good dirt road; La
Grande to Wallowa, roads all open
ranging from poor to good; possible
to drive through from La Grande to
Lewiston via Enterprise, Flora, Ana
tone and Asotin: dirt road with heavy
grades generally fair condition; toll
gate road to Elgin open rough on
west side to toll gate, remainder fair
Elgin to La Grande, good.
Walla Walla to Seattle; Good
gravel road to, Grandview; paved
from Grandview to Sunnj'Elde; de
tours between Sunnyside and Zllla,
owing to paving; Zillah to Selah
paved; Selah to Ellensburg fair; El
lensburg to Seattle excellent.
Walla Walla to Spokane via Cen
tral ferry: Paved to Dixie; goo
macadam on through Waitsburg and
Dayton to Colfax via Central ferry:
Colfax to Steptoe closed for paving,
detour is necessary; Steptoe to Spo
kane, good.
Walla Walla to Spokane, via Lyons
ferry: Good to ferry if trip is made
by Waitsburg and Starbuck, Ferry
to Washtucna is dirt road first seven
miles good, rest rough; Washtucna to
Cheney, good; Cheney ta Spokane,
paved.
Walla Walla to Lewiston: Paved to
Dixie; good macadam to Dodge;
Dodge to Pomeroy rocky and bumpy
dirt road; Pomeroy to Clarkston bad
to good.
Lewiston to Spokane, via Pullman:
Good; Lewiston to Grangeville, via
Walfa. rough to good; Lewiston to
Troy or Genesee, 'good.
Evergreen highway, from Lewiston
to Weiser, open; good to ten miles
south of White Bird; next 25 miles
to Riggins, poor to fair, mountain
roads, O. K. for good driver; from
Riggins on, good.
Spokane to points north and east:
Spokane to Yellowstone park, via
Missoula, mostly good, rough and
dusty on Mission flats; " Spokane to
Calgary, good; to Rathdrum. rough
to Klngsgate, good to Calgary.
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Gear Xoiss.
Most of the Ills of the mtor car
are indicated by audible symptoms. A
weaving noise in the differential case
may be taken as an indication that
the master bevel gear of the unit is
running out ot alignment. A slight
catoh, which occurs several times
during each revolution of the driving
wheels, is the sign of a chipped tooth
Twin Falls good; Twin, Falls to 'Salt in the drive shaft pinion of ring gear.
NEVADANS HERE IN COURSE OF LONG TOUR BY OLDSMOBILE EIGHTS.
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PARK AXD THE EAST.
En route from their home city of Eureka, Nev., to far places, two Oldsmobile Eights bearing T. F. Plummer
and L. T. Herchauer of that city and their families were in Portland last week. They had driven up the. Pacific
highway from Los Angeles and were on their way to Banff in the Canadian Rockies, whence they expect to drive
to Yellowstone national park, from there to Michigan, and then back home again, a tour that all told will cover
several thousand miles. The photos were taken In front of the Oldsmobile company of Oregon. Both cars are 1920
Oldsmobile eights that already have traveled several thousand miles, but are In prime condition. They have
averaged 16 miles to the gallon on gasoline so far. Mrs. Plummer, wife of T. F. Plummer (at the left in the pic
ture), was for a time district attorney at Eureka, Nev., and had the distinction of being the only woman district
fane said the first automobilexshe ever rode in was an old Oldsmobile curve dash car
Of the 2,500,000 miles of highway
In the United States only 6250 miles attorney In the country
are subject to ths demands ot heavy (of the early 1900s. Though she has had several cars since, sbs remarked, that she had, never really been satis-
duty tramc, ilea untu sue aaa anomer uiasmoDiie.
Prices F. O. B. Factory
Effective August 17
These Are the Lowest Prices at Which
These Models Have Ever Been Sold
You will understand something-of the value this gives to the Hud
son SuperrSix when you remember that at $2600 it was the world's
largest-selling fine car. Today's piace saves you $705.
Essex Further Leads All in
v Its Class
Everybody-has always classed Essex with costly cars in perform
anceendurance and appearance. It combines with those quali
ties the economy of light cars in fuel, oil and tires. Thousands of
owners report as high as 25,000 miles of service with scarcely any.
maintenance cost. .
More than 50,000 Essex cars are in service. For the performance
and endurance given Essex had no rival at its last year's price of
$1795.
What can approach it today with this saving of $420?
At lower 'prices than they have ever sold for, you can
get either a Super-Six or an Essex this year and have
the best months in which to enjoy it.
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