SECTION SIX
Automobiles, Road Trips and
Northwest Highway News
VOL. XL
POKTLAXI). OREGON. SUNDAY MORMNCJ, NOVEMBER 27, 1021
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that the actual cost of the vessel here
will be more than that, but if (15,000
is assured the (tovernment will meet
aiy further needs. As the matter -now
stands advocates of the movement
arc asking- that $15,000 be raised by
popular subscription to keep the ves
r th first year and are urging
;'fin mosnbers of the state legislature
: -hility. of appropriating the
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Shi- sliip after the first year.
In it lit Veaarl Arranurd.
in thi- intorests of this movement
o l,rlnK the Oregon to Oregon waters
feu- hi-r final home, a pilgrimage t
i lie vessel at Bremerton was made re
cently under the leadership of the
Portland branch of the White com
pany, distributors of - White Motor
trucks, with members in the party
representative of the Spanish War
veterans, the local navy recruiting of
fice ami other interested organisa
tions. While representatives of the va
rious organizations were enthusiastic
for the trip, the White company of-
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Launching of the Battleship Oregon
SAMUEL L. SIMPSON.
(Reprinted From The Gold-Gated West, by Permission.)
O ship, lie cresicd Pallas armed;
O bride the hoary god hath charmed.
Leap to his proud and strong embrace.
In Freedom's squadron lal(c thy placet
VISIT IS PAID TO BREMERTON
AND OLD BATTLESHIP OREGON
White Party, Including Veterans, Makes Excursion' to Another Veteran
- of Spanish War Which May--Come to Portland: - 1
BY W. H. LTMAN. chartered for the excursion one ofithe
LTI.VG idle at Bremerton harbor In big White' auto 'busses now running
Puget sound, lifeless,' out of com- on a Columbia highway bus line. It
mission and,, ready .for the end,. v.as considered highly fitting to make
Is th old Oregon, historic fighting the trip trt a White bus; for -this Jnotor
vessel of the" American fleet, with a has an enviable irecord for war service
story of heroism, In the .Spanish war and did, Its duty or., the - mud-bound
which Is likened to the story of the fields of . France,-, as did the Oregon
old Constitution of the century earl- on the waters. of the Pacific and the
ler. The ve&sol. is, waiting, ,more like Atlantic kin- '98. For' "distinguished
a man condemned to ideath than one service" In the field of-battle the
In lila dotage, for the ship, although -White truck won the crolx de guerre. .
okl ae) warships go, is still seaworthy, with palms.
ETver since-. ;the Oregon "was brought (. Veterans Are ! Ps t
bock to Bremerton' and taken 'out of, -., ,;,'" , .' '"
commission, some two years ago now. tht' :
a movement has been on foot in-Port-, Imo-nV ik! J I ' . motor bus-
. , , Among the members of the Dartv were
land and elsewhere In Oregon to have. WjT p--w,. . , party were
w. h,.,hf . TiH,W4T'Perkll8'rcPreBent''8-the White
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here, where she could Vs one of the' Ssh Taf ran feu u"
interesting historical features of the. Commander ; R v L , "t."1-"1."
nse
oity. Thus far the feature or expo
of upkeep of the vessel ha4 prevented .
nit Inn Knf V. a HnHwMM.ns, I- . Ill
underway, with Indications of success. 'Cal nav '""'ting office, and W. W.
The government has offered the ves- enson-. brother of the late Governor
s.l. if $16,000 be subscribed annually wt??in!!i A"Pre?,e JUSUC Ben,n
for keeping her here. .It Is stated
. LleutenantTCommnnder -Andre E.-Lee,"
ana nier xeoman JL. T. Smith, of the
Northward, in sheen of crystal mail,
A scarf of cloud upon his breast.
Our mountain monarch. Hood, will hail
The mighty daughter of the west;
And hail, with broad, uplifted shield,
, The sea, thy home and battlefield,
While the vast hosts of phalanxed firs
. Swell the deep song of worsluppers. .
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Hood's brow of prescience, wreathed with'
- ' dreams, . '. "
,The mist through which his grandeur gleams
" 'In storm and calm, has brooded o'er
The hardy few that erstwhile came , ..'..
And wrought in tears and blood and flame,
That stripes might stream and stars might
soar.
And lustrous shine thy chosen name.
Launched on the golden-gated bay.
Be thine a royal bridal day :
And with the nn'es' exultant l(iss
Come dreams of olden Salamis,
When Crece was life's white morning star
Come, Welcome to a scene like this.
The memories of Trafalgar, '
And Erie's crash of thunder, telling
How Perry's warrior heart was swelling
Come, through the somber dustf of years,
Decatur's drum-beat in Algiers,
Come, echoing from a frosting lip,
That whisper, "Don't give up the ship I"
To greet thy nuptials here behold.
IVhilc o'er enchanted streams and Woods
October' misty splendor broods,-
Our forests lit with lamps of gold.
And many a leafy mountain shrine.
Dashed with the red autumnal wine.
For thee a symbol and a sign
Of fates serene and trust untold.
0, swift and strong and terrible,
Co forth to guard our cherished shore
Till all thy fated days are full
And War's hoarse call is heard no morel
Co forth. O warder of the free,
And peerless may thy vigil be.
Till cape and bay and cliff and crag
Flash with the glory of the flag
Triumphant yefion land and sea!
And, oh, guard Well the gleaming strand
Of this, our fair Arcadian land,
W on in the storms of years gone by
With drain of heart and wound of hand,
: When man could dare, and do, and die!
Be Worthy of the mystic name
These matchless vales and mountains bear:
That in the tents of sunset Fame
May twine a wreath for thee to Wear.
And when thy flag shall fci'sj the breeze
Of these, our blue northwestern seas,
Lo, white and strange and soaring high
In the vast temples of the sky.
The peaks our lisping children non
A welcoming to thee will glow! :
Helens lo Hood will pass the sign.
And Jefferson, with brow, benign.
Will signal lo the Sisters Three
That the long watch was not in vain; ' ' '
For, lo, upon the radiant main
The mailed patrol of liberty!
Here, at the mighty ocean gale,
Columbia, in his pride, will greet
The Boadicca of our fleet:
And from embattled heights the voice
Of cannon make the deep rejoice.
And festal sunshine gleam upon
The green, glad hills of Oregon,
Thine and our own decp-bosomed state.
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NO PENNANT NOW PROCLAIMS
OLD OREGON'S WAR MISSION
Now Crew of Valor Clears" Her Deck for Mars' Derision She's Wait
ing for the Voice That Yet Shall Call Her Home.
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. BY WILLIAM T. TF.RKIN'S.
(Vote Mr. Perkins, rcprMntlnr the
White company, wai the director of the
pilgrimage recently , nrranirol to the old
Orefton. i He given th foliowlnic errount
of the trip and of the visit aboard this
hero of the panlnh war, -which is now
lyln idle at the Pugst sound navy yard
at Bremerton, Wash.)
YOU, too, would have felt a leap
ing flame of love and pride, and
- then the rush of sudden tears; If
you- had come upon the old ship
as. we cam) upon her. lying silent
and alone, remote from the life
and the clamor of dry dock and shop.
Behind her bulk of deck and mast and
turret rose the low, wooded hills
that fringe the waters of the sound
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and turret-tnp, where Captain Clark,
disdaining tho snfety of the conning
tower, had stood at Santiago and
directed the blazing guns below that
flamod ctornal praco and freedom for
a people oppressed.
And then all at onco there ca.m
to us tho memory of that fateful day
in March, '98, when the OrcKon had
steamed out of this selfsame port,
and had turned hor prow- Into tha
wrack and surge of restless waters
on that eplo more than SOOO-leag-us
flight where
"ThrouRh troplo heat.
ThrouKh pnow and nit,
8he hastened onward tlll;'
a flight whcroln through tho anx-
hllls partly hid by trailing mists that lous da a nation's heart beat with
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Riley, who was in the naval service
during the war, was the driver.
The run to Br.merton from Port
land was made in two stages, the first (-.,.-
day being spent in driving to Seattle, and grading under way at several
and a couple of hours of the next points near Woodland make, the
morning being needed to reach Brem- Washington route disagreeable at this
erton by boat from Seattle. The big "me. From Kalama to Toledo the road
White bus was not to be denied the is !n Stood shape, as gravel and mac
honor of this concluding portion of adam roads go. with solid foundation
the pilgrimage, and was taken by and little danger of getting stuck,
ferry from Seattle to Bremerton. From Toledo northward, with a few
-,ieV,WJP9n-.''w-ML-''
landed at Bremerton and driven to
within . saluting distance of the
grlisled battleship. The return trip
was made in me day. the party leav
ing Bremerton In t s early morning
and arriving here in the earlv even'' t.
Roads In Fair Condition.
Little need be aaid of the condition
of the roads, as this is well known. In
making the run north the party went
via Vancouver and found the, road
from that point to Kalama In fair
minor sections. Is pavement to Seattle.
There is a direct route to Bremerton
from Portland, branching off from
Oiympia. However, this road is now
closed with construction work and
even if It were open it would not be
advisable at this time of year, on
account of its muddy condition.
Oregonians will find the pilgrimage
in in .--Oregon an inspiring trip and not
a difficult one. Three days will he re
quired, this leaving nearly a full day
land is erecting road markers on
highways that will not only inform
the traveler where he is, but. will give
him a map to guide him on the way.
The signs also call attention to dan
gerous places as well as explain the
Maryland traffic laws for the benefit
,f the stranger motorl3t.
CALIFORNIA TO BATTLE SNOW
Effort Promised to Keep Itoa
Over Sierra Nevada Open.
will be attached to Best tractors and
operated over the road following every
snow. The plow, Mr. Hoag said, is of
the rotary type, with blades eight
feet In diameter and Is designed to
operate either while the tractor is
moving Or while standing still.
Snow, he pointed out. is the great
est barrier to transcontinental travel
in the winter time, and if it .can be
successfully controlled, winter motor
touring will be greatly stimulated.
The Lincoln highway, he said, is
now hard-surfaced from the Atlantic
ocean to the Mississippi river and
from the latter point west is partly
swung in from the sea and dipped and
clung . to the somber firs,, leaving
them dripping silently, mournfully,
huddled In groups as if ' for protec
tion. Wo had come down many long
m'les to visit the Oregon, tho militant
mother of our later navy the mother
whose children proudly carry the
flag to every port on every sea. All
through the day our big car had
roared through the low fogs that
hung along the rivers, and against
the strong winds that came down
graveling It was let on September 19 from the high hills to greet us. Ad
and it will be completed this year." vlsedly, and with a high sense of the
Ienver-Auto Camp Is Model.
The motor tourists' camp at Denver,
Colo., has a 24-room clubhouse, with
a grocery store, meat market, kitch
en, lunch counter, harber shop, bil
liard room, shower baths and laun-
proprietles, we had chosen a White
for the trip, for we knew It as one
of the great land fleet of motor
trucks that carried an army to vic
tory through tho muck and mud of
Flanders a fleet that had earned
from the thrlcc-riscn republic over-
nt Rrpm.rlnn fn vinit I ho nlH hattl..
shape. However, at the present time it 8hip and to go over her from stem to
Is advisable to make that portion of stern.
the trip via the lower Columbia river
highway to Ooble and to ferry from
fioiala were the real Instigators, and there to Kalama. Construction work
Maps Erected on Roads.
The state road commission of Maxy-
OAKLAXI), Cal., Nov. 26. Efforts
will be made to keep the Lincoln
highway over the Sierra Nevada hard-surfaced, partly gravel-surfaced
mountains In California open all win- anj the balance Is good, natural dirt
tcr. Gael S. Hoag. field secretary of road. "The Lincoln highway through
the Lincoln Highway association, told Nevada is a good road," he declared,
members of the chamber of commerce ..aB good a road as any motorist
at a luncheon here several days ago. would wish to travel over. The 'dread
Several snow plows are being con- ful' Fallon sink is a sink.no longer,
structed by the C. - L. Best Tractor a road four feet high has been
dry. There. Is a filling station and seas the greatest honor it could be
stow the Croix de Guerre, with
palms.
Old Battleship Explored.
And finally we stood upon the deck
of the Oregon. We descended to
wardrooms, to engine room, to boiler
room and then peered down to her
very keel. We climbed up and wan
dered through deserted quarters, onco
the abode of keen-eyed officers;
through great, low-decked spaces
where husky, brown-cheeked young
motor accessory shop at the park
entrance. Tourists register at the
park gate and are given free permits
entitling them to occupy their as
signed camp lot for two weeks.
Way to Tell If Flywheel Is Loose.
When there Is a suspicion that the
flywheel is loose the way to deter
mine it Is to speed up the engine
suddenly and then quickly close the
throttle; If this procedure produces a
knock from the vicinity of the fly
wheel Just at the Instant the throttle
Is closed, it is pretty certain that
every stroke of her throbbing engines
when a nation listenod through tha
Ions', fearful nights a flight that
ended gloriously when Captain
Clark's laconio messatre flashed from
Jupltor Inlet on tho night of May 24:
"Oregon arrived."
Day Memorable One.
You of '98 remember that day, for
you woro thero! And you of 'CI, north
or south, remember It, for tho boys of
98 were your boys! And you of
'17-'1S havo been told of It, for your
deeds proclaim It!
No ensign floats today from the
mast-head of tho Oregon. No stream
ing pennant proclaims her a habita
tion of men of valor. A solitary
watchman, with lighted lantern,
gropes along her silent passai s or
peers down Into her network of pipes
and valves, or descends to nee that
all's well In ermine room find boiler
room. No barefoot blue-Jaeliet s pol
ish her metal work or holystone her
thick, oaken deck. Silent mo.jdy,
perhaps, yet uncomplaining cho
seems to listen through the dreary
days for a volco that yet sha'.l call
her home, when a proud common
wealth with full heart shall say to
her that
". . . ii II thy fated dnys are full
And war's hoarso cry Is heard no more.
And yet. from her appearance, the
Oregon might have been peopled only
company of Ban- Leandro, Cal., which graded over .it.. Th. contract . ior loose, flywheel Is. causing ths troubls.. mocks br nlgb Wa climbed to bridgs
sailors once were wont to congregate yesterday. She larks only tho hiss and
hv dav and swing their welcome ham- rush of steam, tho glow of elnctrlo
(Concluded oa Pag 2.)
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