THE STHSDAT OREGONIAX, PORTLAND, AUGUST 21, 1921
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WB1ERL1D FOUND
ON VISIT TD BEND
Beautiful - Country Revealed
' on Auto Tour. ;
GREAT WOODS INSPECTED
3IHIs, Lakes, TUvers and Peaks
Vorni I'oints of Interest
Enthusiastic Motorists.
for
BT J. D. THOMISON.
HOOD RIVER. Or., Aug. 20. (Spe
cial.) Every Oregonian with an anto
mobife should not consider his tour
ing knowledge of the great Common
wealth complete until he, has jour
neyed to the metropolis of central
Oregon, the flourishing city of Bend,
already nationally famed for Us
amazing production of lumber and
the excellency of its hostelry, the
Pilot Butte Inn.
Much has been written of Bend and
Deschutes county, of the fascination
of inspecting the mechanical perfec
tion of the city's great sawmills, than
which there are none larger any
where, of the world's last outpost of
preat pine forests, of the district's
prigantic irrigation and reclamation
projects. The casual reader may
think he comprehends the vastness of
the region and the enterprise of its
citizenry, but a journey Into the
.Juniper-covered desert, some of which
today, reclaimed by application - of
water, flourishes like garden spots
that the ancients recorded In their
historical lore, by automobile is re
quired before one can fully under
stand the true immensity of the cen
tral Oregon country.
Accompanying A. r. Moe, publisher
of the Hood River Glacier, and Mrs.
Moe, the writer motored from Hood
River to Bend. A choice of two routes
Is available after one leaves The
Dalles. The greater part of the traf
fic through central Oregon now goes
by way of Wasco and Grass Valley.
The worst feature of this route is a
bad stretch of the detour, around
a section of the Columbia river high
way under construction,, on the west
side of the Deschutes canyon.
Bad Road Encountered.
Our party chose to go by way of
Dufur, Kingsley and Mautfin over the
.route selected for the north end of
"The Dalles-California highway. The
road from The Dalles to Dufur is one
of the worst bits to be negotiated on
this route. Dust-filled ruts make
driving hard. The five-mile grade
down into Tygh valley should be
taken with care as turnouts are few
and the road In spots is rough.
The motorist wonders, as he travels
tip or down this long grade why coun
ty authorities- lo not expend a com
paratively small -sum and construct
more turnouts Points a-plenty, where
excaavtion would be easy, are avail
able, and a crew in a few days could
construct turnouts at frequent inter
vals. South of . Tygh valley a,cut-off
route through the Warm Springs In
dian reservation, the road intersect
ing the main-route again at Gateway,
is available. . This reservation road,
however, is avoided, as those who
have negotiated it declare it exceed
ing rough- and steep.- - - ' .
The road between Maupln, and An
telope and thence to Shaniko j In ex
cellent shape, although unsurfaced.
ine smooth earth surface is broader
than the paving of the Columbia river
highway and the motorist can make
Just as much speed as he-desires. We
left Hood Kiver on Thursday noon,
July 21, but were held up an hour by
paving operations between here and
Hosier, and in consequence did not
reach Madras, as we had scheduled.
Atfer a roadside lunch on the porch
of a deserted store on tho nntsiiin.
of Antelope, we proceeded down
through Trout creek canyon, where
the road is slightly rough and a little
narrow, traveling as long as daylight
lasted. At 8:30 o'clock we were just
120 miles from home and were pitch
ing camp in the shelter of poplars
beside a farm yard.
Camping- Out Is Plenaant.
Camping out is a pleasant venture
while on a central Oregon motor trip
Just try it and you will become an
enthusiast. By the use of adjustable
rods, something like the seats you
have seen on a bathtub, your cushions
and a large canvas, the latter tied
to the windshield and the rear stays
of the top, you can rig up a bed as
comfortable as the berth of a Pull
man car. A mosquito-bar canopy
can easily be draped over the top
of the car, and thus night-singing
insectsmay be eliminated. Mr. and
iirs. aioe naa their car
equipped in
such fashion. The
writer occupied
a folding cot
arranged beneath a
Juniper tree,
to keep out
A pup tent was pitched
the light cf the monn.
wnicn seems to shinp ftraeflliiv
brilliant in that central Oregon at
mosphere. We were up at daybreak Friday
morning, and after an appetizing
breakfast, cooked over sagebrush
branches, were on our way. From
Metolius on into Redmond, while
sections of the mighway, freshly
treated with loose crushed rock, bid
fair to be very inviting after they are
packed by the winter rains, they are
now difficult to travel and are wear
ing on tires. At some points this
rock surface was applied a year ago,
and here the hard-packed surface
is fine.
The 18 miles of highway between
Redmond and Bend, while compara
tively good now, will be better next
year. It is surfaced with gravel,
which remains unpleasantly loose
most of the distance. The winter's
rains will leave this section well
packed, and with a little maintenance
it will be like a boulevard. Despite
our delays we drew up to the Pilot
Butte inn a few minutes after noon.
Many Peaks to Be Seen.
As Hood, River, has become a hub
for activity in viewing scenic at
tractions of the mid-Columbia Cas
cade district, so has Bend become the
center of such movement on the part
of tourists who travel .' to see the
Cascades in the vicinity of those
beautiful snow peaks, the Three
Sisters, Broken Top and Mount Jef
ferson. Highland meadows and a
chain of lakes extends all the way
down the Cascades from Mount Hood
on to Crater lake. Odell. Klk and
Gold lakes are perhaps talked of most
around" Bend. The sportsman en
camped on their shores' is in a para
dise. Marvelous are the stories told
of catches of trout. While the fish
ermen from the outside visit Klk and
Odell lakes for the most part, the
Bend angler plays Gold lake as his.
favorite this year.
While the motorist crossing central
Oregon , and visiting Bend for only
a day or two can get an eyeful of
thrills, and feast on vast expanse
any way he turns, this empire of
natural resource and scenic attrac
tion deserves a more leisurely visit.
The mere.- brief stay whets one's
appetite for a return.
The Dalles-California highway pro
ceeds from Bend over logged-off land,
left in the wake of crews of the
Brooks - Sca.nlon. and Shevlin - Hixon
lumber companies, on into the virgin
forest, yet untouched by the ax, to
La Pine. - For 50 miles the way is
through these great trees. The un
derbrush is scant, and the traveler
can imagine he is - riding through
a, park. Since a .vieit of Steven a.'.
Mather, chief of the national parks
department of the government three
years ago. Bend citizens and civic
bodies have been working toward
the preservation of a strip of pines
the full length of the highway.
Robert W. Sawyer, county judge
and editor of the Bend Bulletin, has
been accomplishing gratifying re
sults, and the Brooks-Scanlon Lum
ber company has agreed to leave a
strip o.f timber 300 feet wide on each
side of the highway. Judge Sawyer
is a keen good-roads enthusiast, an
arch-booster for Bend and Deschutes
county, and sincerely imbued with
the preservation of the region's
scenic assets.
He is watching with interest a bill
that has been introduced in congress
by Representative Sinnott, providing
for the transfer, in part payment to
the government for ripe timber in
the national forest, of logged-off
land. The bill contemplates the in
clusion of portions of the logged
off area in the national forest and
its reforestation.
Timber Keser-rea Large. -
The Shevlin-Hixon company has a
tract of timber approximately 60
miles long and an average width of
11 miles, enough to run its big mill,
which has a capacity of 300.000 feet
daily, for the next iO years. The
Brooks-Scanlon company has suffi
cient timber to operate a like pe
riod. The latter mill, however, has
a capacity 50 per cent smaller than
the other.
A large tract of pine, privately
owned by another large syndicate,
lies off to. the northwest of Bend.
Huge areas of timber in the national
forest will ripen and be available
by the time the Bend companies have j
cut tneir last scumpage. iiiua
can look to at least a half century
of activity as one of the nation's
largest lumber centers.
While agricultural activity in the
immediate vicinity of Bend is negli
gible, because of topographic condi
tions, the center of irrigation activity
for the country to the north, because
of these same topographic conditions,
must remain around Bend. The water
has to be diverted from the Des
chutes to the south of Bend. Al
ready two large systems are supply
ing life-giving water and turning the
desert into productive fields of "al
falfa, grain and potatoes.
The region has gained a wife fame
the past few years for its potatoes,
which grow, to perfection in the
vicinity of Redmond and-Bend. Grow-;
ers are applying rigid inspection oi
seed and. because of the freeness of-l
disease of their tubers, they ' have
created a Pacific coastwise demand
for their output for seed purposes.
The potatoes of this section bring a
premium on the market, over those
of most other sections.
Bis Dlatricts Are Viewed.
The irrigation concerns of this
section cover areas of 100,000 acres,
figures gigantic in comparison with
the water systems of the Hood River
valley, the largest of which supplies
only 13,000 acres. A system larger
than any already in operation is
reaching the point where actual con
struction on a huge dam seems im
minent. This is known as the Ben
ham Falls project. It will water the
country around Madras.
The sheep Industry in. the immedi
ate vicinity of Bend reaches no small
proportions, and the traveler Is im
pressed by the great numbers of
herds grazing in the district. The
impression is not a favorable one
when he has to travel through a
blinding dust cloud raised by the-
woolies. The cattle industry thrives
in the sections off to the north of
Bend, and the O.-W R. &. N. com
pany recently began its annual Sun
day schedule, moving out traln'loads
of fat steers to Portland.
The motorists in the Bend country
wonder where all of the cinders used
in surfacing many roads are. ob
tained. They appear identical with
those drawn from the ash pit of a
locomotive or coal - burning boiler
The Deschutes county road building
material however, is derived from
butte to the south of the city. The
deposit was made by process of some
volcanic upheaval. Just south of
Bend, too. paralleling the Klamath
Falls highway for a short distance,
is a very wide deep cleft in the
earth's surface. It is explained
an earthquake fault. It 'extends far
down toward the California line.
Numerous evidences of volcanic
action and the flow of lava are ob
served In the country, and geologists
find objects of interesting study on
every hand. Benham Falls of the
Deschutes, it is said, resulted when
the stream was blocked by a flow of
lava across its course. A short dls
tance above the - falls Spring river,
only about a mile in length, flows
into the Deschutes. This large stream
flows from the earth in two or three
huge springs,, crystal clear and ice
cold.
Pioneer Spots Interest
In pioneer times homeseekers trav
eled across the sagebrush plains by
wagon train, to the present site of the
city of Bend. This was the only point
at which they could cross the Des
chutes, flowing at all other points
in a deep canyon. They were guided
by a large butte rising high above the
plains here, and this eminence became
known as Pilot Butte. The Des
chutes curves around the great butte
and the homeseekers, as they left
over the" McKenzie pass for the Wii
lamette valley, could look back to
the east and see the silvery thread
of the river's turn. They came to
call it Farewell Bend. Later it was
called The Bend, and pioneers of th
section today so term it.
The Big Bend country is not mere
ly interested in big spectacula
things, but its citizens are displaying
a thrift characteristic of a steadily
growing agricultural community
Dairying has gained ground in th
past few years, and the Central Ore
gon Farmers" Creamery associatio
is now doing a thriving business mak
lng butter and ice cream. Companies
have been formed, one at Redmon
and the other at Bend for salvagin
the juniper trees, really a species of
cedar, its height dwarfed by desert
aridity, for the manufacture of pen
cils. The juniper much resembles the
cedars of Tennessee, and it is de
clared that it is Just as desirable
in pencil making.
For a few weeks of summertime
outing in mountain camp, the motor
ist can seek no more pleasant place
in Oregon than the great outdoors
around Bend. The central Oregon
town, although one can easily travel it
In a day and a half from Portland, Is
considered fairly remote, but daily
the great hinterland is becoming near
er and nearer and its wonders more
accessible.
The completion of paving to The
Dalles and the grading and macadam
izing of The Dalles-California road
will bring it within easy and com
fortable reach of Portland. It may
be safely prophesied that this gate
way of a scenic wonderland will be
come Increasingly popular with each
succeeding year.
Dry Bearings.
One cause of insufficient lubrication
In the bearings is found in obstruc
tions In the grooves in the bearing
holder. Sediment often collects in
these grooves so that they cannot per
form their appointed function of car
rying lubricating oil to the bearing
surfaces. An excess of graphite if
that be used with the oil sometimes
produces the condition.
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Epperson
Apperson Motor Car Co.,
Washington at loth
Phone Broadway 2668
4-Pass. Standard $3450
7-Pass. Standard $3700
4-Pass. Anniversary $4000
7-Pass. Anniversary $4250
4-Pass. Sedanette $5000
7-Pass. Sedan $5000
CoIeAero"8"
Northwest Auto Co.
. Alder at 18th
Phone Broadway 1460
7-pass. Touring $3195
2-pass. Roadster $2950
4-pass. Sporster $3095
4-pass. Coupe ., $4140
7-pass. Sedan $4450
6-pass. Sportsedan $4545
Franklin
N
Braly Auto Co.
14th and Burnside
' Broadway 901
Touring ;....$2975
Runabout '. $2875
Sedan $4025
Brougham ............... .$3925
Demi-Coupe $3175
Chassis $2550
Cord Tire Equipment
Lexington
Oregon-Lexington Co.
632 Morrison at 21st
Main 5878
Series S 5-Pass. Touring. . . .$2195
Series S 4-Pass. Thorobred. .$2325
Series T 4-Pass. The Lark. .$3175
Spcl. ST 4-Pass. Thorobred$2935
Series T 7-Pass. Touring... .$3125
Series T 4-Pass. Sedanette. .$4150
Series T 3-Pass Custom Built
Roadster $4900
Princess Sedan, 5-Pass $3125
Oakland
Sensible Six '
Automotive Sales Co.
475 Morrison St. at 14th
2-Pass. Roadster $1315
5-Pass. Touring .....$1365
4- Pass. Coupe $1875
5- Pass. Sedan $1975
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Northwest Auto Co.
Alder at 18th
Phone Broadway 1460
Touring car , $1925
Roadster .... '. ....... .$1925
Sedan . $2650
Coupe $2600
Speed-Wagon
Chassis only $1495
With express body and can
opy top $1685
All Prices Quoted Are
Cadillac
Covey Motor Car Co.
Washington at 21st
Main 6244
2-Pass $45
4-Pass. $4425
7-Pass $4520
Victoria , ......$5205
Sedan $5630
Suburban $5820
Limousine - $5925
Town Brougham ..$5925
Imperial Limousine $6030
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Dodge Brothers
Covey Motor Car Co.
Washington at 21st
Main 6244
Touring $1190
Roadster .....$1140
Sedan .$2060
Coupe $1830
Panel Delivery $1350
Screen Delivery $1240
1 and 3 Chassis $1065
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Gardner
Willamette Motors Co., Inc.
100 North Broadway
Phone Edwy. 4184
Touring $1195
Roadster $1195
Sedan $2050
Lincoln
Pragp Motor Car Co.,
Eleventh and Couch
Phone Broadway 3495
7-Pass. Touring $4695
5-Pass. Phaeton -, ...$4695
3- Pass. Roadster v. .$4695
4- Pass. Coupe ; $5475
5- Pass. Sedan .....$5875
5-Pass. Town Brougham. . .$6075
7-Pass. Sub Limousine $6550
7-Pass. Town Car.. .$6550
Oldsmobile
, Oldsmobile Company
of Oregon
Broadway at Couch St.
Broadway 2270 ,
Four-Cylinder
5-Pass. Touring ......$1595
Roadster $1575
4- Pass. Coupe $2190
5- Pass. Sedan J... $2550
Eight-Cylinder ,
4-Pass. Sport '...$1995
7-Pass. Touring $2145
4- Pass. Coupe $2550
5- Pass. Sedan I... $2750
7-Pass. Sedan $3145
Six-Cylinder
5-Pass. Touring $1650
Roadster ..$1625
Scripps-Booth
Willamette Motors Co., Inc.
100 North Broadway
Phone Bdwy. 4184
Roadster
.$1535
Touring $1535
Coupe
.$2235
Sedan ..,.$2350
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Chalmers
Chalmers Motor Car Co.
Maxwell Motor Sales Corp.
Oregon at East Third
Phone East 531
Roadster ................. .$1755
5-Pass. Touring ...$1795
7-Passenger $2065
Sport Model $1965
Coupe ' : $2595
Sedan ...$2750
Dort
Northwest Auto Co.
Alder at 18th
Phone Broadway 1460
Touring Car $1190
Roadster .......$1190
Coupe $1875
Sedan '. $1960
"Own a Dort, You Will Like It"
Haynes
A. C. Stevens
529-531 Washington St.
Prices on New Haynes
1922 Models 55 and 75
MODEL 55
5-pass. Touring ....$2065
2-pass. Roadster ..$2100
5-pass. Sedan ..$3175
MODEL 75
7-pass. Touring $2800
4- pass. Tourister- $2800
2-pass. Roadster .$3000
5- pass. Brougham $3525
7-pass. Sedan $3875
7-pass. Suburban $3875
Marmon
Northwest Auto Co.
Alder at 18th
Phone Broadway 1460
7-pass. Touring .$4490
4-pass. Touring $4490
4-pass. Roadster $4490
2-pass. Speedster $4700
4- pass. Coup $5375
7-pass. Sedan $5875
5- pass. Limousine .., $6050
Overland
Willys-Overland
Pacific Company
Broadway at Davis Street.
Phone Broadway 3535
5-Pass. Touring '...$ 853
Roadster $ 853
Coupe $1195
5-Pass. 4 Door Sedan $1475
Willys-Knight
Touring $2145
Roadster ..$2145
Coupe '...$2850
5-Pass. 4 Door Sedan $3050
Stephens
Salient Six
Automotive Sales Co.
475 Morrison St. at 14th
2-Pass Roadster $2175
4-Pass. Touring $2285
6-Pass. Touring $2365
4-Pass. Sedanette $3400
6-Pass. Sedan $3490
Delivered
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Chandler
Twin States Motor Car Co.
601 Washington St.
Broadway 494
Touring $2095
2-Pass. Roadster $2095
Chummy Roadster $2095
Dispatch $2175
Coupe $3150
Sedan $3250
Cord TiTes, Standard Equipment.
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Elgin-Six
Weller Motor Car Co.
15th and Washington Sts.
5-Pass. Touring $1695
4-Pass. Scout .....$1850
2-Pass. Roadster $1850
4- Pass. Coupe $2695
5-Pass. Sedan $2695
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Hudson
C. L. Boss Automobile Co.
615-617 Washington St.
Marshall 867
7-pass. Phaeton ......... .$2692
4-pass. Phaeton $2692
2-pass. Cabriolet ..,......$3400
7-pass. Sedan ....$3800
4-pass. Coupe '. $3700
Touring Limousine $4050
Limousine $4500
The foregoing prices include
" Cord Tire Equipment
Maxwell
V
Chalmers Motor Car Co.
Maxwell Motor Sales Corp.
Oregon at East Third
Phone East 531
Touring Car $1035
Roadster $1035
Coupe $1685
Sedan $1785
Commercial Chassis $ 950
Packard
Portland Motor Car Co.
Tenth at Burnside
Broadway 521
LITTLE SIX
5-pass. Touring $3370
2- pass. Roadster $3370
5-pass. Sedan $4420.
3- pass. Coupe $4195
TWIN SIX.
Touring ........$5450
Phaeton $5450
Runabout $5450
Limousine $7400
Duplex Sedan $7550
Duplex Coupe $7300
Cnassis $4700
Sedan ....$7550
Studebaker
W. C. Garbe, Inc.
Broadway at Burnside.
Phone Broadway 616.
Light Six Road. 2-pass. .. .$1540
Light six Tour. 5-pass.... 1575
Special six Road." 2-pass .. . 1845
Special six Tour. 5-pass... 1895
Special six Club 4-pass.... 1895
Big Six Tour. 7-pass 2325
Light Six Coupe 2-pass . 1950
Light Six Sedan 5-pass.... 2275
Special Six Coupe 4-pass.. 2795
Special Six Sedan 5-pass.. 2895
in Portland
Chevrolet
Fields Motor Car Co.
Distributors
Alder at Fourteenth
Broadway 240
490 Touring $ 775
490 Roadster $ 775
490 Sedan .' $1220
490 Coupe $1220
490 Delivery $ 780
F. B. Baby Grand Tour.. . .$1180
F. B. Baby Grand R'd'str. .$1180
F. B. Baby Grand Sedan.. .$1875
F. B. Baby Grand Coupe.. .$1875
F. B. 1-ton truck chassis.. .$1440
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Essex
C L. Boss Automobile Co.
615-617 Washington St. -Marshall
867.
Phaeton .$1695
Roadster 1695
Cabriolet 2275
Sedan 2635
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Hupmobile
Manley Auto" Co.,
11th and Oak at Burnside
Broadway 217
Touring ..." $1765
Roadster $1765
Coupe : .$2725
Sedan .$2810
All models equipped with
Cord Tires.
Mitchell
Mitchell, Lewis & Staver Co.
Broadway at Everett
Broadway 4675
5-Pass. Touring $1775
7-Pass. Touring $2110
4-Pass. Sport $2100
Coupe $2950
Sedan $3050
Paige
Cook & Gill Co., Inc.
Eleventh at Burnside
Broadway 3281
Glenbrook $1940
Ardmore $2210
44 Coupe $2800
44 Sedan $2925
66 Lakewood '. $3230
66 Larchmont $3330
66 Coupe $4175
66 Sedan $4275
Daytona $3700
Velie
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W. R. De Lay Motor Co., Inc.
58-60 North Twenty-third St.
Phone Main 780
' MODEL 34
2-pass. Roadster $1685
5-pass. Touring $1685
5-pass. Sedan $2385
MODEL 48
2-pass. Roadster $1885
5-pass. Touring $1885
4- pass. Speedster $2100
7-pass. Touring $2230
5- pass. Sedan $2785
Cord equipment all around
Cleveland
Twin States Motor Car Co.
601 Washington St.
Broadway 494
Touring $1595
Roadster $1595
Coupe $2550
5-Pass. Sedan $2650
With Bosch Magneto.
Cord Tires Standard Equipment.
Ford
Authorized Ford Dealers
of Portland
Touring $649.58
Runabout $602.73
Chassis $567.18
Coupe $842.21
Sedan $909.90
Truck (without starter). .$62354
Prices include electric starting
and lighting system and
demountable rims.
Jordan
Mitchell, Lewis & Staver Co.
Broadway at Everett -Broadway
4675
5-Pass. Touring $2575
7-Pass. Touring $2850
Play Boy 3-Pass $2575
Sedan $3725
Nash
Portland Motor Car Co. .
Tenth at Burnside
Broadway 521
SIX-CYLINDER
5-Pass. Touring $1835
2-Pass. Roadster $1815
4-Pass. Sport Model $1990
7-Pass. Touring $1990
4- Pass. Coupe $2730
7-Pass. Sedan $3045
FOUR-CYLINDER
5- Pass. Touring $1440
2- Pass. Roadster $1420
3- Pass. Coupe $2005
5-Pass. Sedan $2215
All models equipped with
Cord Tires.
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Peerless
W. R. De Lay Motor Co., Inc.
58-60 North Twenty-third st.
Phone Main 780.
7-passenger $3390
Roadster 3390
Coupe 4120
5-passenger Sedan 4400
7-passenger Sedan 4400
Sfdan Limousine 4710
Wescott
Weller Motor Car Co.
15th and Washington Sts.
' LIGHTER SIX
C-38 5-Pass. Touring $2150
C- 2-Pass. Roadster .-...$2130
C- 4-Pass. Coupe ..$3350
C- 5-Pass. Sedan $3350
C- 4-Pass. Sport $2275
LARGER SIX
C-48 7-Pass. Touring $2375 S
C- Sedan .$4023
C- Limousine-redan ....$4250