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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (June 18, 1922)
THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND, . JUNE 18, 1922 VELIE DRIVER MAKES RUN TO PORTLAND OVER YELLOWSTONE TRAIL. ORTHWEST IS OPE m Motorists in Velie Here From Indianapolis. LOG OF JOURNEY GIVEN 6 ROUTE TO urn izrr wf w- v., . sn& . mi mjBnmm Highway Across Montana and Idaho in Fair Shape, Still Some Snow in Bitter Roots. That the Yellowstone trail Irom the middle west is now open and.m fair shape, and will show steady im provement as the season' advances is the word brought to Portland last week by George 8. Bannan of India napolis, who arrived here after mak ig the run from Indianapolis in his 1922 Velie model "58." Mr. Bannan, accompanied by his wife, made the run over the north ern route in 24 days, despite the fact that he was held up for several days on at least one occasion on account of storms, and made stops or sev eral days each at points of interest. The total mileage was 3011, and his total travel days was 10. A description of tire journey, se cured from Mr. Bannan, by the W. R. Delay Motor company, local Vcli'e reDresentatives, for the bene fit of those who may be planning the run eastward to Yellowstone park or points in the middle west, is as follows: Summary of Trip Given. "W,e left Indianapolis the middle of May. heading for Chicago. We found the roads very good to Dan ville, 111., and from there paved to Chicago. The total distance of 235 miles we made in nine hours. "From Chicago to Milwaukee we found the roads excellent and made good tim.e After a stop at Milwau kee with friends we continued on our way, making Fond du Lac, Wis., as our next stop. Roads continued good to this point, although we en countered a great deal of rain. From this point our route led aoross Wisconsin via Oshkosh, Stevens Point and Eau Claire. We found roads good clear across Wisconsin, and I was particularly impressed with the system of road marking in vogue, the markings being so fre quent that it was virtually impos sible to lose your way. All high ways are numbered and signs up every quarter of a mile. Even the detours we found thoroughly signed. "From Eau Claire our course led to St. Paul, and with rain almost continuously and some stiff grades, we encountered some bad going. However, we made everything in high gear with the Velie car. Drive Made Via Fargo. "After six days at St. Paul visit ing friends we resumed our journey, driving the first day from St. Paul to Fargo, N. D., a t.-tal of 345 miles, in 13 hours total time. As far as St. Cloud we found the road paved, and from there to Fargo via Alexan dria the going was fair. The next day's run took us from Fargo to Mandan, 277 miles. Here we fourra the roads not so good, mostly dirt roads and rough in places, but all safely passable. "Leaving Mandan after a stop of a couple of days with relatives we again set out, driving that day from Mandan to Glendive, a distance of 257 miles. We made the trip via Dickinson, and found some sections of the road in good shape, but points in between very rough. From Me dora to Glendive we entertained ourselves by running a race with a Northern Pacific passenger train and, despite some rough going man aged to cover the 66 miles in but four minutes less than the flyer. Roads Washed. Oat. "At this point we encountered the first road difficulty of the trip. Heavy rains west of Glendive had washed out a bridge and a portion of the road near Terry and we were forced to wait four days before the road was in shape for us to proceed. 'We finally were able to proceed, however, and getting an early start we drove from Glendive to Billings, Mont, via Miles City. At one point we were forced to lord a stream two feet in depth and roads were far from ideal, although passable, Rain has been unusually heavy in this section, the heaviest, in fact, for 12 yr-.rs, and the result is that roads are cut up in a number of places. "Leaving Billings we made the next stage of our trip to Butte, 277 miles, driving via Livingston. Roads were poor to fair most of the way, improving as we neared Butte and in quite good condition in the vicin ity of that point. Next day from Butte westward we encountered the first pavement in Montana -sutside the limits of a town, the pavement going for 10 miles. We drove via Missoula and found the roads very good, with the scenery wonderful, and managed to make Wallace, Idaho, that night at 10 o'clock. The total distance between Butte to Wallace was 325 miles. Snow Met In Bitter Roots. "On this section we encountered the real mountain road of the trip, crossing over the summit of the Bitter Root mountains. We found snow three feet deep- on the level, but the road officials and citizens had cut a pathway through the snow so that the road was easily passable. The Bitter Root pass meant aSout 12 miles up and some ten miles down, some of these grades running as high as 40 per cent, and much of it above 15 per cent. ' "Next day we made a leisurely run from Wallace to Spokane, 92 miles, with roads in very good shape. After a stop in Spokane we set out for Walla Walla, making that point in half a day and finding roads ex cellent. We made the run v'a Col fax and Central Ferry and found some 20 miles of pavement out of Spokane, and the rest of the road either macadam or dirt road in won derful shape. "Leaving Walla Walla next day we drove clear through to Portland, finding the roads in wonderful shape, with pavement from Walla Walla to Pendleton, excellent gravel or macadam to The Dalles, and pavement on to Portland, excepting for a short distance at Rowena." But 10 traveling days were re quired to cover the distance of slightly over 3)00 miles, according to Mr. Bannan, the rest of the time be'ng consumed in stopping at vari ous points to visit friends and rela tives and in stopping at Glendive" on account of road conditions, A summary of th'e trip, showing the stops made en route and the total distances covered each day, west ward from St. Paul, is as follows: Distances Bach Day Shown. Indianapolis to St. Paul, 745 miles, in two and one-half days. St. Paul to Fargo, 345 miles, in one day. . Fargo to Mandan, 277 miles in one day. Mandan to Glendive. 2'57 miles, in one day. . . . . . ' Glendive to Billings, 244 mlles in one day. 1 Billings to .Butte, 277 1 miles, in one day. f , Butte to Wallace, 325 miles, in one day. Wallace to Spokane, 92 miles, in half a day. Spokane to Walla Walla, 165 miles, in haif a day. vValla Walla , to Portland, 284 miles, in one day. . . . The total distance for the trip aggregated 3011 miles, but on ac of the traveling around done in the various cities in which stops were made the speedometer on the car when it arrived in Portland showed 3346 .miles since leaving . Indianap olis. The Velie car -consumed 185 gallons of gasoline and 14 quarts of oil during this time, according to Mr. Bannan, or an average of ap proximately 18 mile per gallon of gas and 240 miles per quart of oil. HEAT GENERATED BY TIRE FliEXINGAND BENDING CAUSE OF ItUBBKK GETTING HOT. Proper Air Pressure Necessary That Full Service May Be Received by Owners. "The heat that is noticeable in a tire after it has been run for a few hours is generated by the tire it self, due to flexing and bending of fabric aud rubber," says a bulletin from the Miller Tire & Rubber company to Fred W. Vogler, presi dent of the Northwest Auto com pany. Miller tire distributors of this section. "An overloaded or an under-inflated tire heats more rapidly than a properly inflated or prop erly . loaded tire. Similarly an old tire, due to weakness, is more sus ceptible to this heat producing action than a new tire. "The strength factor built into the standard pneumatic tires of to day is far above what the tire is ever called upon to deliver, except under most extraordinary circum stances. Experimental tests have shown that in order to blow out a new first-class tire by additional air pressure, it is necessary to exert a force of over 30 times the regular recommended pressure. "There is absolutely no reason, so far as a blowout is concerned, forj a reduction of air pressure before going out on long runs or during hot days. The maximum increase in air pressure that could be ex pected, under any condition, would not exceed 15 pounds the average would not be greater than six pounds. This small increase in pressure will not blow out the cas ing. . : "The motorist should not concern himself over making -inflation al lowances for changes in tempera ture. The important point , to re member is at all times to have enough pressure anji that it is very rare that one has too much. Proper air pressure is necessary that full service may be received." LONG TRIP IS TO BE TAKEN John A. Shaw, 70, Is to Cross ' Country in His Machine. ALBANY, Or.,' June 17. (Special.! Though he is more than 70 years old, John A. Shaw of this city, for many years associated with the Hammond Lumber company and one of the best-known lumbermen of the state, has started on an automobile trip to Boston and expects to drive his own car all the way.- On this trip Mr. and Mr.s. Shaw expect o travel aDout iu.uuu mues. Last year Mr. and Mrs. Shaw drove to Yellowstone park and the summer before that into Canada. Mr. Shaw always drives leisurely and says he enjoys most a vacation in which he can do his own driving. - FIKST NEW JEWETT r i i "s 4 w3 -- Handsome new "PalKe-buiItM closed ear delivered last week by Cook & Gill company, Paige and Jewett dis tributors, to Mrs. T. G. Coleman. The car was held for a few days at the Cook & Gill showroom prior to delivery where It attracted great attention. It la built on 112-Inch heelbase,.and has the regular Jewett motor Aid mechanical equipment. The tiody Is refined to a marked decree. The ear sells for but $380 more than the open model and a goodly number of orders for the cars are already on the books, despite the lact that deliveries are hard to get from the factory, according to Roy Burnett, sales manager. 1 Above What the North Dakota "bad Beach. Below Crossing: the Snake river via the Central1 ferry on the road from Spokane to "Walla Walla. Center Velie "58" at the summit of the Bitter Root mountains In Idaho, Fourth of July pass. There was still plenty of snow in the mountains when this picture was taken, although the road had been opened. AUTO CAMPERS COMING TOURIST TRAVEL STIMULAT ED, SAYS AVALLA WALLA. Summary of Road Conditions for Eastern Washington and Oregon Is Given'. " WALLA WALLA, Wash... June 17. (Special.) Improving road condi tions have stimulated tourist travel and autos heavily laden wlth.camp ers and outfit are now common sights on all highways. ,. Road construction in this vicinity is making some detours necessary, but all are signed. Two of the ferries across the Co lumbia river have been out of com mission for several days because of breakage of parts, so travel between Walla Walla and the coast has. had to use the Timmerman ferry near Richland. In a few days the ferries at Hoover and between Pasco and Kennewick will be In operation. A brief summary of road condi tions out of Walla Walla follows: Walla Walla to Spokane via Ceiv tral ferry Roads good macadam ex cept for detour between Dixie and Waitsburg. Walla Walla to Spokane via Lyons ferry Good . roads except near Washtucna, where roughness is re ported. i - Walla Walla to Lewiston Good SEDAN ARRIVES IN CITY AND IS DELIVERED. ; .ww;w . : 1 vm mm III r lands" look like. The photo was roads except for about seven miles near Lewiston, where detour Is nec essary. : Walla Walla to Seattle Good ex cept for short detour from Zillah to Toppenish. . - - . Walla Walla to Portland via Co lumbia highway Good all the way. Detour at Rowena unless the driver strikes the place at the right time to get by construction gangs. Walla Walla to Portland via north bank Good to Goldendale, then best to ferry across, to Columbia high way, v , Walla Walla to points east, via Pendleton Good to top of Blue mountains, then rough, because of construction and detours. INTERNATIONAL SALES BIG Truck Factory Reports Big Busi ness Since First of Year. An interesting sidelight on busi ness conditions in general, and par ticularly in the automobile field, is fcjr.d in the figures shown by the International Harvester company of i- lerica on the sale and delivery of International motor trucks this srring. These figures "received from the factory iiy'the Portland branch of the big concern show that during the last three months a total of 1651 carloads c! International motor trucks have been shipped from the truck factories at Akron and Spring field, O., ,to be delivered to pur chasers. Of the total, 892 carloads wre shipped west of the Mississippi river and 759 carloads were for de- - " ''rail 2llr Itr taken on the Yellowstone trail near liver? east of the river. These car loads would make a single train 14 miles long or 33 average tramloads of 50 freight cars each. The freight charges alone approximate $247,000. 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Cord surprising how much easier the car rides when this is done. The car merely coasts over it instead of be ing driven, and so the shock is re duced. If there is room, it is well to approach such obstructions at an angle; then only one wheel strikes it at a time and the shock Is still further reduced. Road lor