THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN, PORTLAND, JUNE 4, 1922
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WHERE LAST PAVING IS BEING LAID ON COLUMBIA RIVEB HIGHWAY TO BRING SCENIC ROAD TO COMPLETION.
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Heavy Travel in Park This
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SNOW BLOCKS PASSAGES
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Oil Road Leading to Wonderful
Grasshopper Glacier - Will Be
Used Throughout Season.
TEUTAVSTONTE .PARK. Wyoming,
Juno t. Thousands of Inquiries re
garding touring conditions In Yellow
atone national park, indicating ex
ceptionally - heavy travel this year,
are pouring into the superintend
ent's ef floe, and prompts this an
nouncement that the park will be
open on time, despite an unusual long,
cold spring, and that the roads will
be la first-class condition tor motor
Ins from the very beginning of the
Season. ,
The autumn of 1911 was warm and
4ry. thus making It possible to ds
Mary hauling by trucks In connec
tion with construction work without
cutting up the roads. Thus, all of
the highways went Into the winter
In splendid shape, and under the
system of ranger patrol In the spring
to prevent washing by melting snow
water, they are bound to emerge
from their winter covering in prao
tloally the Bame condition.
The park will be open to private
motorists as soon as the passes are
cleared of snow, but travel by rail
can not be accommodated until June
to, when all of the public utilities
of the park are ready for operations.
On that date it Is expected that
every road in the park, with the pos
elble exception of the Mount Wash
burn road, will be open, and every
human effort will be put forth to
make accessible to automobiles this
spectacular and thrilling highway to
the summit of Washburn, 10,100 feet
above the sea.
Always advancing, Yellowstone
park will have many new features
available for its tourists to enjoy,
better facilities for their accommoda
tion and entertainment, and more op
portunities for healthful recreation.
Grasshopper Glacier Accessible.
The old Cooke City road, leading
from Camp Roosevelt In the direo
tlon of the wonderful Grasshopper
glacier, a road that haB been in dis
repair for years on account of Insuf
ficient funds to maintain it, will be
repaired this year and patrolled
throughout the summer. Camps at
Cooke City and Goose lake, and good
horses, will make Grasshopper gla
cier easily accessible Irora tamp
Roosevelt.
The road around Bunsen peak,
closed to travel since the admission
of automobiles to the park, will be
reopened this yeVr in improved con
dition, and will make accessible the
sensational Gardiner canyon, second
deepest In the park. In this canyon
is OBprey falls, 150 feet, one of the
park's finest water exhibits. .
The buffalo corral at Mammoth
Hot springs has been partitioned,
and htis year elk will be In reach
of tourist cameras, as well as the
most magnificent bulls of the buffalo
herds.
The YellowBtone Park Camps com
pany will conduct 14-day saddle
hone tours of the trails, which this
year will parallel every road in the
park. These tours will be under the
direction of Tex Holm, famous Cody
guide and horseman. Also, there will
be more saddle horses available at
Mammoth Hot springs, Old Faithful,
Grand canyon and Camp Roosevelt,
than ever before. New side trip trails
will make the marvelous scenic sum
mits of Mount Everts, Bunsen peak
and Sepulcre mountain, all near
headquarters, within easy reach of
the lovers of horseback riding. New
trails near the Grand canyon and
along Its rim will afford delightful
new horseback and walking trips in
that section of the park.
Facilities Are Improved.
By way of improvement of accom
modations and facilities for visitors,
the dining room of Old Faithful inn
has been enlarged in capacity by a
. new log addition, 60x61 feet a very
attractive and interesting room. The
Lake hotel will be enlarged this year
by an annex containing 121 rooms,
each with bath, but this will not bs
available for use until 1923.
The Camps company has enlarged
Its permanent camp oapaclty at all
points of Interest by erecting units
et attractive wooden cabins of a de
sign recently approved by the land
Mane department of the National
Park service. At Old Faithful' the
permanent camp has been further im
proved by the erection of a large
amusement nail, wnere a line or
rhestra will be employed to entertain
jruests and campers from the. nearby
automobile camp.
The Transportation company has
added SO 11-passenger busses and
several T-passenger touring cars to
its already very large fleet.
The National park service is en
larging its publlo automobile camps
at all points and will build several
more this summer. The new com
blned ranger stations and community
centers for campers at Grand canyon
and Old Faithful have been com
pleted by the government and will
be ready for use at the opening, of
the season. Another station will be
bollt this year at Lake Yellowstone
publlo automobile camp.
Heavy Travel Is Predicted.
At least 70.000 private motorists
are expected to visit the park in less
than 90 days. The rail travel is
bound to ba heavy, due to the very
low summer rates . quoted, by the
(rreat railroads serving the Yellow-
atone.
According to plans now formed.
while the National Editorial associa
tion Is visiting the park in July, the
SOth anniversary of the establishment
of 'the,, park will be formally cele
brated In pageant and other appro
prlate ceremony. Yellowstone was
the first National park in the world,
and the Idea that its dedication at
a national playground gave the world
in 1872, has been utilized as a con
servation principle by many nations.
The golden anniversary of the cre
ation of this great park Is there'
fore of world-wide significance, and
will doubtless be discussed where
ever the preservation of great scenio
regions, with their trees, flowers.
animals and birds, is the subject of
popular or scientific interest.
BUILDING ML HOOD LOOP
(ContfTicl From First Paga.)
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See This Demonstration in Your City All This Week f
-Visible proof that Lee Puncture-proof Pneumatic Tires are actually puncture
proof will be afforded car owners here and throughout the United States,
all next week. , - - '
Lee Dealers, everywhere, wul drive automobiles, fully equipped with Lee-Puncture-proof
Tires, over the up-tu'rned points of nails driven through
heavy planks. . . '
See this demonstration. Then you will know that Lee Puncture-proof Tires,
are actually puncture-proof. ( L
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Chanslor & Lyon Company
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Above View of picturesque loops running eastward from Rowena Point, 11 miles west of The Dalles, showing paving crews at work laying hot stuff.
Below at left Finishing the top dressing on the road at Rowena Point. Below at right Lookout at Rowena Point, one of most beautifnl spots on
entire Columbia river highway. , : - r - - y
The Hauser Construction company paving crew last week was on Its way down the famous Rowena loops, well started on the work of paving this
last two males to tne station of Kowena. within about two weeks It is expectea the work" will be wound up and uie last construction job on the
Columbia river highway from Portland to Pendleton will have been completed. This will mean an unobstructed road all the way from Portland to the
eastern Oregon metropolis, with pavement to Seuferts. 97 miles, and splendid macadam the rest of the 234 miles to Pendleton. The "wonder road" of the
west will thus have been completed. "
company are making rapid progress
on their stretches. It is anticipated
that all contractors will have com
pleted their units by early fail, and
tentative plans call for the beginning,
of surfacing of sections of the road
immediately the grading Is dona. !
' Valley Road Scenic
The new Valley Trunk, as Hood
River folk are prone to call the 23
mile unit of the Mount Hood Loop
road up through the orchard district,
is going to add new beauties to Ore
gon highways. From the standpoint
of scenio appeal, no short link of
any of the great system built in the
last eight years will be more sensa
tional than the flrsf three miles of
the unit lying Just south of Hood
River city. For over a half mile
the new grade, already cut winds
around the precipitous Hood river.
canyon. Native fir trees." with a
covering of wild shrubs around their
base. He below the grade for a por
tion of this, and the rushing stream
flashes among vistas of the vivid
green branches. The road will swerve
by a graceful curve, out of sight of
town and an expanse of the broad
Columbia, around a hummock of the
orchard of A. A. Schenck. South from
this curve may be seen a long stretch
of the silvery cascades of the swift
latter contract are 154,548.50. AT
though nearly 12 miles in length, this
last section utilises more of existing
county roads than any other section,
and the work Is largely an alteration
of grades ana common excavation.
Both ilr. .Webster and the Johnson
stream, lying far below in the bottom
of the canyon. Soon the motorist gets
the first glimpse of Mount Hood, the
snow fields of which will be the real
goal of thousands of motor tourists
as soon as the highway is completed.
This section of the Mount Hood Loop
highway will be the first road of easy
grade, built especially for motor traf
fic to open a way from the valley
lands into the wooded base of the
state's great snow-capped mountain.
For this reason alone, it will become
one of the most popular roads of the
tate. ". , - ; -
After a three-mile distance the new
grade will cross the canyon of Whisky
creek into the great Hood River
orchard section, whloh will continue
almost uninterruptedly to the remote
sections of the upper valley, where
the road will pass Bufidenly from the
magnificent orchards into the virgin
wilds of the Oregon national forest.
- Present Road in Good Shape.
Th$ - new road will be completed
without any serious blockades. The
worst detour of the entire route Is
that necessitated Just south of ; the
city, where a portion of the old east
side grade was destroyed by the new
road. The county court Improved
the old original wagon road over the
hill, and traffic has utilized it con-
HUGHSON COMPANY OFFICIALS ; MAKE PLANS FOR AUTO
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Left to Ha" lit F. Hugh Shaw of the Torberf a Academy of Practical Motoring,
who ts directing drivers' course here in co-operation with local Ford,
agency! W. G. Stoner, manager of the Portland branch .of the W. L.
Hughsoa company, and J. C Reynolds, sales manager.
"Learn to know your Ford" te the slogan of the Torbext's Academy of
Practical Motoring of Minneapolis, whicn Is to give a course Here shortly
through oo-operatlon with the local branch of the W. I Hughson oompany.
The course has been widely successful In the middle west and arrangements
were recently concluded to have the course given in each of the Pacific coast
oltles la which the Hughson organization has a branch. Registrations have
already started and as eooa as a class of 50 Is organized the course, consist
ing of ten weekly lessons, will start. A tuition, fee to cover th coat of the
veniently. Crews have begun the con
struction of a 900-foot tie-in high
Way. Long before apple hauling time
the new grade will be completed and
ready for trucks, and wagon. Some
detours, none of any serious conse
quence, have been necessitated in the
Odell section, and at present In the
middle valley it is necessary to make
a detour at the Barr place to avoid
the rebuilding of the old road.
The grade near the city is on a
solid rock formation. Several heavy
fills were made here, but the loose
rock of which they are built are
packed solidly and there will be no
settling, it is said.
The bond issue was proposed dur
ing the period when construction
coats were considerably higher than
at present The actual cost of the
road will be far less than was antici
pated, and Hood River county will
have left from the bonds authorized
at least $100,000, although rights Of
way, secured by the county, have
cost $31,363.64. " Road enthusiasts
have itched for the power of ex
pending this money on other roads.
Under the law, however, tne tunas
so raised can be expended only on
the road for which they were votea,
and the county will merely sell
enough bonds for this work.
; Other Projects Under Way.
In addition to the Valley trunk
road, the eounty is expending an ap
proximate $40,000 on general road im
provement ' and maintenance. Bids
have been asked for on a $30,000
market road Job. An approximate
mile of concrete paving will be laid
on the west side main trunk road
Just south of the city.
A crew of 20 men has begun work
on the Lost Lake highway without
the bounds of the Oregon national
forest where the county and United
States forestry service will each
spend $4000 in rebuilding old grades.
As soon as weather will permit, Stan
ley C Walters, chief forest ranger
of the district will begin the con
struction of a new half-mile of road
en the Bhore of Lost Lake and in
rock surfacing the four miles of new
grade within the forest bounds. The
sura of $11,750 has been appropriated
for the work. In the bounds of the
national forest six miles of the Loop
highway have already been com
pleted; as has been said, and J. E.
Clarkson, contractor, has begun con
struction of the additional 19 miles,
whleh -by the end of summer will
connect the Hood River- valley by
highway with the old Barlow road.
An approximate $30,000 has been ap
propriated for construction of a
lateral road, to connect the Loop
highway and Cooper's Spur.
PHUT MAKES RECORD
FIRST TRANSCONTINENTAL
CAR ENDSRTTN AT OAKLAND,
Iowa has the largest number' of
automobiles (.177. 658) on farms.
1917 Haynes Touring
Starting price . . .$475
Today's price . . . $275,
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Motor Makes 20 Miles to Gallon
and Only Seven "Quarts " of
- Oil Added en Route.
OAKLAND, Cal., June 3. The first
transcontinental Durant car has ar
rived on the Pacific coast.
Driving a . Durant four" touring
car and accompanied by C. L. Rich
ardson of Racine, Wis.,' George P.
Robinson of Beaver Dam checked In
at the Durant headquarters in Oak
land, CaL, last Tuesday afternoon and
reported an excellent trip across the
continent. This is the first Durant
transcontinental trip of recrod, al
though a number of Durant owners
have come to the Pacifie coast from
Ariiona, Texas, New . Mexico and
Oklahoma points.
Robinson and Richardson carried a
supply of equipment totaling almost
300 pounds In weight, and at several
Automotive Ign. Co.
47 N. Ninth,
Portland, Or. .
Peterson, Dwlgfet
Shedd, Or.
Peters Bros.
Willamette, Or. .
Pilot Rocs: Auto Co.
Pilot Rock, Or.
Perret Bros.
Sandy, Or.
Patter, E. G.
Grants Pass, Or.
Peters, W. T. '
Portland, Or.
Quinn, P. J.
Portland, Or.
Reed, Martin
Heppner. Or.
Raymond Service
Portland, Or.
Ralstln EUec. Co.
Albany, Or.
Smith A Watklna
Salem. Or.
Springfield Garage
Springfield, Or.
Service Garage
North Bend. Or.
Seventh St. Garage
Oregon City, Or.
Sherman McCarter
Gresham, Or.
Silva Anto Co.
Clatskanie, Or.
Stoller Motor -Cev
Camas, Or..
Thornton, Ira W,
Portland, Or.
Toller Bros.
Portland, Or.
Union Garage
Roseburg. Or.
Van Auken, B. A.
Weaver A Valentine
Myrtle Creek, Or.
Welch U v
St. Helens. Or. ...
Zerba, F. L.
Athena, Or.
I nlon Ave, Tire A
Independence. Or. Battery Co.
Woodson, O. B. 488 Union Ave..
. Cottage Grove, Or. Portland, Or.
piinctore -Pgnn1l
Also Regular Fabric and Cord
tioms
points they camped along the way,
although they made hotels their
stopping places wherever possible
without Inconveniencing themselves
with long drives after nightfall,
tall.
According to the driver of the
"car, the gasoline mileage was al
most 20 miles to the gallon, and alter
starting with a full oil tank, only
seven quarts of oil were added
en route. The only mishap of the
entire trip was one punctured tire,
which hapened on the desert between
Florence, Arizona, and Mesa City.
- After a week Bpent in northern
California, the Wisconsin motorists
are to drive on north to Oregon and
then go on to Washington, remain
ing in the vicinity of Seattle until
August for the purpose of attending
the national encampment of ' the
veterans of foreign wars. -
Excessive Gasoline Consumption
Excessive use of gasoline Is due to a
faiiity carburetor adjustment, a poorly
designed carburetor or Intake mani
fold, or to keeping the engine cylin
ders at too low a. temperature be
cause the water in the cooling system
is too cold.
if &
uou can
secure onlu
iMwsJjenuitie
oeanngs....
We act asjthe
service depart
ment oi tne
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