THE SUNDAY OREGOJiTAN, -PORTLAND, JUNE - 4, 1923
MOUNT HOOD LODGE ON NORTH SLOPE OF OREGON PEAK OPENS 1922 SUMMER SEASON.
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Route to Mount Hood Lodge
Now in Good Shape.
BIG SEASON IS EXPECTED
With Snow Melting Fast Cloud Cap
, Inn Should Be Ready for
Guests by July 1. '
Complete In Every Detail
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MOUNT HOOD BOADS
IMPROVING RAPIDLY
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Despite the unusually lata spring
thisear, roads on the north side of
Mount Hood are opening in good snaps
and ths snow Is rapidly receding from
th lower flanks of the mountain.
Such Is the word brought to Portland
last week by motorists who made the
run from Portland to Hood River and
up the Hood River valley to Mount
Hood lodge, the leading hostelry on
- the north side of the mountain, during-
the week end. All roads In the
upper valley are now dried up in
good shape and the run to the lodge
can be made with perfect ease, it
vaa stated. From a hour and, one
half to two hours Is declared to be
ample time to allow for the run up
the Hood Rivw valley to the lodge.
- Resort Now Open.
Although Mount Hood lodge was
unable to open this year until fully
two weeks later than It has usually
opened on account of the weather,
the attractive resort is now running
full swing, and one of the best sea
sons in the long history of the organ
ization is beirrg looked forward to.
Plans for taking care of a larger
number of guests than ever are being
made, according to the announcement
of Homer Rogers, the proprietor, and
a number of added entertainment fea
tures In the way of recreational facil
ities and new trips over interesting
mountain, trails are being worked out.
It was scarcely three weeks ago
when the first car got through to the
lodge, after the place, along with the
rest of the upper Hood River valley,
had been snowed in for th,e winter.
And this was ondy made possible
when Mr. Rogers and a crew of men
hoveled a path through several feet
of snow which covered the last sec
tion of the road. So rapidly has the
snow melted, however, that last week
end a trace of snow could scarcely be
found on the road to the lodge nor
could snow be seen for several miles
beyond toward the mountain. The
roads were, in fact, perfectly dry and
in exce.Il.ent shape. '
Loop Hoad Not ta Interfere.
Construction work on- the Mount
Eood loop road in Hood River county
will not interfere with travel to the
lodge or to other points In the upper
valley during this season to any ex
tent, it is stated. While several de
tours are made necessary on the east
side road, these sections are in very
good shape and are easily negotiable.
Construction on the loop road is, in
fact, an added attraction for the mo
torists who make the trip up the val
ley. For those wishing to go by the
west side road that road is also re
ported in excellent shape, and this"
route eliminates practically all de
tours. One of the particular attrac
tions in the vicinity of Mount Hood
lodge this year will be the work on
"the loop road in the Oregon national
forest, where some striking road con-
truction is under way, and excur
sions out from the lodge either by
car or saddle horse will undoubt
edly be popular during the summer.
Among the improvements pian-ned at
Mount Hood lodge within the next
two or three weeks and which will be
all ready for the height of the season
in July and August are auto camp
grounds, a new road by easier grade
from the main highway to the lodge
Grounds and a new trail from the
lodge to the east fork of the Hood
river, where fishing is ordinarily
very fine during the summer season.
Camp Ground Attractive.
The auto camp ground promises to
be a particularly attractive feature.
It will be located within a short dis
tance of the hotel, Mr. Rogers has
announced, and will be fitted with all
the conveniences found in the up-to-date
park, including running water
and fuel. Also for the benefit of
motorists a garage is to be provided,
where cars of guests may be left over
night.
With the snow melting fast in the
upper sections, it is now expected that
Cloud Cap inn, the attractive resort
at the foot of Eliot glacier, from
which point parties begin the ascent
of the mountain, will be open by July
1 as usual, and already Mr. Rogers
is making arrangements for putting
the inn in better shape than ever to
handle guests. The road from Mount
Hood lodge to Cloud Cap inn will be
In as good shape this year as last
and efforts will be made to Improve
it as the season advances, it is stated.
While this road Is necessarily steep,
v It has been easily passable.
Road Improvement lip.
The matter of Improvement of this
road, which opens the way to on of
the most beautiful points on Mount
Hood, by the forest service is now
being considered and it is possible
that favorable action on the part of
the service may bring rapid devel
opment of road conditions' in that
region. It is pointed out by those
who are desirous of having the for
est service improve the roads in that
seetlon that feeder roads from the
Mount Hood loop road toward the
mountain will be highly desirable if
the full value of the loop road is to
be secured, and It is oontended that
be established on the mountain than
that to Cloud Cap. It is also pointed
out that the work of building a road
to the snow line of Mount Adams
is already well under way, while thus
tar practically no work has been
done by the forest service toward
opening a road to the snow line of
Mount Hood, despite the fact that
Mount Hood ;s much better known
and more accessible and is better
quipped with facilities for caring
for tourists than is the Washington
mountain.
Facilities to Be Expanded.
That facilities at Cloud Gapp inn
will be expanded to take care of all
guests as trade develops was the
declaration of Mr. Rogers, who has
announced a number of Important
improvements to the place for the
coming season, particularly with ref
erence to -plumbing and bath facilities.
The inn is this year beginning its
' Sth consecutive season, having been
established in 1SS3 and having ex
panded slowly but surely since that
time to Its present proportions. Road
conditions in the past have necessa
rily limited the number that have
vmited the place, It is held, but im
provement of the road is expected to
cause a rapid development, and the
organisation, Mr. Rogers stated, plans
to expand rapidly enough to amply
care for the trade.
Take htlis at the right side ot
ths road. Go over the crest carefully.
Avoid coasting or speeding around
curves at foot of hills.
MTfl DRIVEN UP STEPS
AHT KLEIN HALED INTO COURT
AS LAWBREAKER.
Sensation Caused When Durant
"Four" la Piloted Up Steps
of Courthouse.
SAN FRANCISCO, June 3. Art Klein
doesn't confine his driving to the
speedway, nor does the spectacular
Art do all his motoring behind the
wheel of the fast Frontenac . ,
While at Santa Rosa, where he com
peted in the recent speed test oa the
fast Cotati speedway, Klein created
a sensation by piloting a Durant
"four" up the steps of the Sonoma
county courthouse. The speed king
was accompanied on the ride by his
mechanician, Jimmy McAllister, and
by L. E. Rohlick, Santa Rosa Durant
dealer.
After making the climb up the
steps of the courthouse Klein was
haled into court, where he faced the
Judge as a breaker of the law. The
judgo happened to be a racing faa
and he was not as harsh as he would
have been had the driver of the tres
passing Durant been an ordinary in
dividual. Klein was let off with a
warning after he had promised to
keep on the highway and the speed
way in the future.
5nly once before had Art Klein
been arrested. Baok in 1915 he was
returning from San Diego,- where he
had completed In the Point Loma
race, to Los Angeles, from where he
was to ship Jiis racing car to San
Francisco for the Vanderbilt cup and
Grand Prix events. He was in a hurry,
and forgot to keep an eye- on the
speedometer as he passed through
Santa Ana. As a result he made the
acquaintance of the well-known
Judge Cox. ,
About six years later Art Klein
came back from Krance after serving
in the air service throughout the war
and he hurried to Los Angeles to
drive the French Peugeot in the open
ing meet on the Los Angeles speed
way. While in Los Angeles he had
occasion to meet Judge Cox a second
time.
He went out to Santa Ana to have
the famous anti-speed justioe. Judge
Cox, pronounce sentence upon him as
a married man. Judge Cox remem
bered the speed king and was glad
to offociate. But he warned him that
he would receive no mercy if he' were
caught speeding out of town on his
honeymoon.
Cleaning Lamp Reflectors.
The reflectors in any head lamp
will tarnish and turn black in time.
and if sot cleaned will begin to rust
soon. They can be cleaned properly
by lampblack, rubbed on by hand
until all tarnish is removed. Then
LATEST AID TO FAST LUBRICATION WITH ALEMITE SYSTEM.
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.EW HH, LI -SPEED COMPRESSOR RECENTLY RECEIVED HERB BY
AXEMITK SERVICE STATION,
A new highspeed compressor is now being manufactured by the Basslck
Manufacturing company, manufacturers of tha Alemit lubricating system,
and several sets of the new equipment have been received here by the
Alemite Lubricator company ef the northwest. Tenth and Oak streets, local
agents. The photo above shows the compressor in operation at the local
station. The device is designed for shop use and Is claimed to develop 3000
pounds pressure, or sbout five times the pressure of the ordinary Alemite
hand compressor. The new system. It Is claimed, makes it possible to lubri
cate a car in seven minutes, this feat being accomplished in a recent test by
the Alemite distributors here with a Buick car with 41 fittings. Although
the compressor is a new equipment, it has already been Installed at the
Alemite service station, at ths Covey Motor Car company, the Howard Auto
comfiasy aad tb A. L. Campbell aereioa stAtion it is saouaeed.
Above View of Mount Hood from front porch of lodge. Below One ef ke new "Paige-built" Jewett cars "parked
in front of tbe lodge. Homer Rogers, proprietor of Mount Hood lrfdget'and Cloud Cap Inn and Bis father, Mr.
Rogers Sr., are shown in the photograph, tog-ether with two guests. Cloud Cap Inn will open July 1, as nsnal,
despite the late spring, it has been announced.
empty the lampblack. Any that re
mains In the reflector can be blown
out. Never rub a reflector with a
cloth or attempt to wash it, as it will
be scratched badly.
Why Oil Is Used.
The lubricating of the working
parts of an automobile is to prevent
any two pieces of metal, that are
working one against the other, from
touching. This is accomplished by
having a film of oil between these
two metals, and upon this film of
oil depends the life of all the bear
ings, cylinders, pistons, rings, etc.
304 Autos in Canadian Shipment.
What is said to be the largest
single1 shipment of freight for any
Individual automobile factory In Can
ada, consisting of 304 cars, valued at
$360,000, left Ontario for the Atlantic
Maboari! to h reahtatved tn foreiern
ports. Including Constantinople,
Egypt and New Zealand.
SECTION ILL EE III.
UfDIANA TO PROCEED WITH
HIGHWAY STRETCH.
Federa) Bureau of Public Roads
Approves Flans of State ,
Commission.
CHICAGO, III.. June S. Approval
by the United States bureau of pub
lic roads, which has under Its admin
istration the expenditur. of all fed
eral aid for highway construction, of
tha plans submitted by the ' state
highway commission of Indiana for
he "ideal section" of the Lincoln
highway to be built In Lake county,
near Chicago, now makes U possible
for ths state of Indiana to proceed
immediately with tha construction of
the section.
Part of the cost of construction will
be borne by Indiana, part by the fed
eral government, and three-quarters
lv the Lincoln Highway association.
Funds have been contributed by- the
United States Rubber company to
cover the association's share,.
Plans for the section have been pre
pared by a technical committee com
posed of the leading highway engi
neers of ths United States. The site
was selected with great care, and was
purposely placed near one ' of the
great centers of population In order
that It might easily be reached by
officials and engineers desiring to
make a study of its construction.
Lengthy negotiations were neces
sary with the companies controlling
the wires along the site selected; with
i he property owners where the
greater right-of-way was required
and with county, stats and federal
authorities. The participation In the
work by the county, stats and fed
eral government required that the
plans be passed upon by the engi
neers of each of these units.
The plans approved by the United
States bureau of public roads insure
tbe construction of ths finest stretch
of road In the United States. The
plans' call for 40 feet of reinforced
concrete paving, 10 Inches thick, laid
in the center of a 100-foot right-of-way.
Provision has been made for
the widening of the right-of-way to
125 feet, by options on ths abutting
property, which can be exercised later
If desired. The grade will be drained
without ditches; ths roadway will be
adequately and Ideally illuminated
for night traffic: all overhead wires
will be removed from tha right-of-way,
which will be beautified and
landscaped.
The design contemplates a traffic
within the life of the improvement
equivalent to 20,000 vehicles per 24
hour day and the paving width will
carry this traffic without danger and
with facility.
The state of Indiana lias already
let contracts for th pavement of ths
Lincoln-highway leading to each end
of the ideal section. It Is expected
1917 Liberty 6, 4 Pass.
Starting price. . . $575
Today's price . .$325
COVEY MOTOR
CAR COMPANY
Washington at 21st
that the -section wil be about one
mile and a half in length sufficient,
it is believed by the officials of the
Lincoln Highway association, to
demonstrate the road lesson - con-
veyed by the specifications and the
veneral olans. ' - !
The utmost care will be used in the
construction of the section, the work
being under the constant inspection
of the Lincoln Highway association's
engineers and the highway engineers
cf the state of Indiana and; Lake
county, as well as the district engi
neer of the federal government. Only
the most approved modern practices
will be followed In the handling, mix
ing and laying of the aggregates.
Highway engineers and public off!-
Nash Leads the World itt Motor Car Value
ITwo
Rango
Transmission
2 Removable
Cylinder
Wall.
3 Radius
Rod
4 Pump and
Thermo-Syphon
Cooling
5 Removable
Valve Lifter
Assemblies
6 Pressure
Lubrication
7
Instantaneous
Governor
GENERALMOTORS TRUCK; COMPANY
Dipition of Ganaral Meter Corporation
PONTIAC, MICHIGAN
. . ... mf
WENTWORTH & IRWIN, Inc.
Second and Taylor Streets
1 Ton, '1295 2-Ton,2375 3flfc-Toii,'3600 5-Ton,'3950
CkammtM only At tho Factory Tax to b added
cials in every section of the country
Tcill follow this work with th utmost
interest. ' Motion pictures will b
taken of the construction. -
MEXICO ENCOURAGES MOTORS
Cars Exempted From Import Duty
by Presidential Decree. '
"The business man In Mexico, as in
the United States, has come to feel
that the automobile is a necessity."
This statement by the official organ
of the American Chamber of Com
merce in Mexico City appears to be
in line with the policy of the Mex-ioan-
government, which for quite
some time has regarded the automo
blls and motor truck as pre-requlsite 8tee downgrades of mountains in
to proper development of the coun- 1 sures safety, saves the brakes and
try's resources, says a bulletin from
THAT there is today a distinct trend of
preference toward the Nash Six
leavening the whole buying impulse in this
class must be plainly obvious. even to the
casual observer. .
The car possesses not only hardy endur
ance and mechanical competence in strik
ingly high degree, but it also has a beauty
of line and riding comfort that are distinctive
and unusual even in this day wnen more care
than ever before has .been expended upon
these qualities. ,
FOURS and SIXES
Prices range from $1175 to $2725, f,'o. p. Portland
Portland Motor Gar Co.
Tenth at Bumside
Every convenience and
refinement that will produce
better trucking has been
built into GMC trucks.
Electric lights, generator
and battery are standard on
all models. Pressure chassis
lubrication, conduit wiring,
provision for starting motor,
if desired.
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All these are among the little
things that go to make GMC
the World's Finest Trucks. -
the National Automobile Chamber of
Commerce.
This appreciation of the car's util
ity is emphasised by the suspension,
through presidential decree, of im
port duties, despite the general, need
for revenue. Similarly, governors in
certain provinces have urged that the
taxes on motor vehicles be kept low.
Even in matters of organising of j
automobile shows and fostering of
highway projects, official interest has
betm taken. As result, several shows
have already been held In Mexico
City and a national highway proposed
to traverse the entire country.
The Engine's Braking Power,
Using the engine as a brake on
cools the engine.
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Ml
(nmJ7.iHliifl
Inspect
Your
ears
Every 5000 Miles
The motorist will find it prof
itable to have his repair man in
spect tha differential gears- in
his car every 6000 miles.
Frequently they get crat of 1
alignment and the teeth crack
or break, which result in im
paired operation of the ' car,
costly wear and tear on the
motor and expensive repair bills.
When your gears need re
placing have your garage man
put in Double Diamond Differ
ential and Transmission Gears
which duplicate the original
gears in your car. He,can get
them at once by telephoning
our store.
Here's another suggestion:
Before you start on that long
summer tour get a set of these
gears and have them on hand.
You may not need them but
if you do, you will need them
badly. .
Parts Catalogue to the Trad
PATTERSON PARTS, INC
Wen. Paris for All Cars'
20-22 12th St Portland, Or
Telephone: Broadway 2751.
. i - Other Stores:
San Francisco, Oakland, Sacramentd
NO. D64 CHEVROLET
DALL
PISTONS
vary smooth running motor. Veryl
sxrongr a m Lei. Amwaiw n,,
not score. Takes very High pollshj
Ws carry more than 300 different
sized Dail Alstons in actual run
land stock. Ask for Dall Piston
and you get the best.
Motor Equipment Co.
T3 Sooth Broadway at Oak
Portland - - - OrcgoH
Phone Broadway XSSI
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