THE SUNDAY OREGONIAX, PORTLAND, JUNE 25. 1922
MOTORISTS PRAISE
FIRST MITCHELL "WHITE STREAK" BEGINS LONG DISTANCE RUN.
USEFUL AVENUES
OLD 1911 STUDEBAKER IS FIRST CAR THROUGH SNOW AT GOVERNMENT CAMP.
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Tourists State Roads Now
Short-Haul Traffic Relieved
in Big Centers.
Surpass California's.
WEEKLY BULLETIN OUT
SPECIAL SERVICE GIVEN
Report by State Highway Depart
ment Tells Condition of
Main Thoroughfares.
Engineer Declare Machines Stay
Be Used for Auxiliary Work
to Subway Lines. -
OREGON
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. SALEM, Or.-, June 24. Oregon
highways are this season in a much
better condition than those of Cali
fornia, according to tourists who
are touring the western coast. Many
Shriners, on their way home from
the San Francisco convention, of
fered laudatory comment regarding
Oregon roads.
The weekly report o the state
highway department, relative to th
condition of the state roads, was
Issued here today. It follows: -Pacific
Highway.
Portland-Oregon City Willamette river
bridge at Oregon City closed tor construc
tl6n. Traffic from Portland for Oregon
City and points south should take east
ids route via Milwaukie or Eighty-second
street, both of which are paved
throughout. Traffic for Oswego and
West Linn should take west side route,
which it paved to Bolton and graveled
from there to 'West ,L,inn.
Oregon. City-Canby-Salem Paved.
alem-Jeff arson-Albany Paved.
Albany-Corvallls-Junctlon City-Eugene
Gravel Albany to Corvallis. Pavement
to Eugene.
Eugene-Drain Paved most of the
way. Short detour -around new concrete
pavement south of Goshen. Turn left on
Cloverdale road for about 1600 feet, then
south along a lane about 1000 feet, re
turning to highway about three-quarters
of a mile south of Goshen. Two short de
tours are necessary at Camas Swale; bal
ance of highway to Drain is paved with
the exception of a short section at Cot
tage Grove.
Drain-Roseburg Highway open and
paved or macadamized to Wilbur. Detour
from highway just south of Wilbur via
Garden Valley to Edenbower. Detour
graveled throughout, but first five miles
are narrow and require careful driving.
Return to highway at Edenbower half
mile north of Roseburg. Concrete paving
optrations now going on between Wilbur
and Roseburg. Section between detour
limits will not be open after working
hours.
Roseburg-Myrtle Creek Paved.
M yrtle Creek-Canyonville Construc
tion under way. Traffic detoured via
Riddle during working hours 7:30 A. M.
to 5:30 P. M., eicept Sunday. Detour
rough on south end.
Canyonvllle-Galesville Good macadam.
Traffic cautioned to look out for con
struction crews.
Galesville-Grave Creek Paved.
Grave Creek-Sexton's (Smith Hill)
Construction under way from Grave Creek
to south foot of mountain. Traffic de
toured over old road night and day. Good
dirt road. Steep grade averaging 10 per
cent. '
Sextons-Grants Pass Paved.
Grants Pass-Medford - Ashland-Callior-nla
state line Paved.
West Side Highway.
Portland-West Dayton Paved. Traffic
for McMinnvflle and points beyond will
find an all-paved route via Dayton and
Three-Mlle lane. Highway closed for
construction from West Dayton to St.
Joe.
West Dayton-Lafayette Graveled and
in good condition.
St. Joseph-McMlnnville PavedU
McMinnvllle-Whtteson Closed for pav
ing. Traffic for Whiteson and points
south take Booth-Bend road leaving Mc
Mlnnvllle via Grant street, rejoining high
way at Whiteson or Amity.
Whiteson-Amity New highway closed.
dition.
Amity-Holmes Gap Paved except 14
mile near Holmes Gap, which is graveled.
Holmes Gap-Rickreall Graveled and
tnostlv fair condition.
Rickreall - Monmouth - Independence
Paved.
Independence-Corvallls Take road via
Suver; graveled to jienton county line;
naved county line to Corvallis.
Corvallls-Junction City-Eugene Paved.
Columbia River Highway.
Portland-Astoria Paved except one
mile through Rainier.
Portland-Cascade Locks-Hood Eiver-
llosier Paved.
Mosier-The Dalles Paved, except one
mile of macadam. Contractors are pav
ing between Mosier and Rowena so that
travel will be compelled to adhere to the
following schedule in passing over the
new pavement: Road is ciosea -4:10 a. jh.
to 12:30 P. M. ; open 12:30 P. M. to 1
P. Jt.; closed 1 P. M. to 4 P. M.; open
after 4 P. M. A short detour has been
provided around paving operations. It Is
open at all hours for light traffic only.
Detour is steep and narrow In places;
careful driving Is necessary. Detour over
Seven-Mile Hill is also open at all hours
and is in fair condition. East-bound
traffic over Seven-Mile Hill will detour
at Mosier and west-bound traffic will
detour at The Dalles. Follow detour
signs. .
The Dalles-Arllngton-Umatilla-Pendle
t0n Macadamized entire distance and In
good condition.
Old Oregon Trail
Fendleton-Dead Man's Pass Excellent
macadam.
Dead Man's Pass-Hilgard Rough
mountain road.
Xamela-La Grande new sianaara
...i,. fn nlsM... under contract ,
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for macadam, cautious ariving necesoarj. 1
One short detour at Hilgard. .Follow de-
tour sijrns.
Jua Grande -Hot Lake
Pavement and
macadam; good construction.
Hot Lake-Union Open. Cross tracks
just east of Hot Lake, detour marked to
main highway. ,
Union-Haines-Baker Good macadm.
Baker-Nelson Fair county road.
Under construction. Watch for caution
and detour signs.
Nelson-Huntington New standard
grade. Under contract for macadam.
Prive with care.
Huntington-W'eiser (via Olds Ferry)
Fair condition.
Weiser-Ontarij Excellent macadam.
Coast Highway -Clatsop and Tillamook
Counties.
Astoria-Miles Crossing Paved.
Miles Crossing-Skipanon Under con
struction. Closed to traffic 6 A. M. to
10 A. M., open 10 A. M. to 10:15 A. M..
closed 10:15 A. Af. to 12 noon; open 12
noon to 1 P. M., closed 1 P. M. to 8
P. M., open 3 P. M. to 3:15 P. M closed
8:15 P. M. to1, 5 P. JM-, open after G P. M.
Traffic for Seaside not wishing to wait
for an open period may take country
road via Melville, which is open at all
hours and is in fair condition except
after rains.
Skipanon-Seaside Paved.
Seaside-Miami Graveled or rocked
entire distance; under construction near
Tillamook-Clatsop county line, passable
and fair going.
Miami-Wilson riverGraveled ; good
condition.
Wilson river-Tillamook Paved.
Tillamook-Beaver Paved except three
miles at Pleasant Valley, which is under
construction, but open to travel. -
Beaver-Hebo This section is Under
construction, but is open to travel. Con
dor bridge and cut-off also open.
Hebo-Pacific City Junction Graveled,
rough and narrow in places, but safely
passable.
Coast Highway Coos and Carry
CountieH.
North Bend - Marshfield - Coquille
Paved.
CoquiUe-Bandon Passable! Open and
in good condition.
Bandon-Port Orford-Gold Beach-California
line Open and in good condition;
automobile stages operating.
Marshfield-Bandon (via Seven Devils
route) Open but rough.
Koseburg-Coos Bay Highway.
Coquille-Myrtle Point Open and in
food condition.
Myrtle Point-Rose burg Open and in
fair condition; - several detours on ac
count of construction between Camas
"Valley and Roseburg. Auto stages op
erating. Coos Bay wagon road open
but very rough.
Corrallls-Newport Highway.
BIodgett-Toledo Earth road, passable
MITCHELL CAR WITH SEALED HOOD OJT ARRIVAL IJf NEW YORK FROM CHICAGO.
Ten thousand miles without once lifting the hood that's the demonstration now being staged by the Mitch
ell Motors company with its first "White Streak" Mitchell car. This unusual stunt to show the endurance
qualities of the Mitchell was begun in Chicago a couple of weeks ago, and already the car, which recently
arrived in New York, has covered several thousand miles. When the car left Chicago the hood and crank case
were officially sealed by County Clerk Sweitzer. This will mean that during the run no repairs or adjustments
will be possible. Of course arrangements have been made whereby fil can be supplied to the motori This
particular car, known as White btreak No. 1, will visit 120 metropolitan
covering its 10,000 miles.' Later the Mitchell company plans to send out a White Streak No. 2 to visit Pacific
coast cities, according to Mitchell, Lewis & Staver, who received the above photograph, and Portland will be
on the itinerary. ,
but rough In places
being smoothed up
as last as possible.
corvallis-isJoda-ett Road
rocked and
in good condition.
Toledo-Newport Macadamized and in
good condition.
Willamette VaIley-FloreDe Highway.
Open and passable to Blachly by both
Low Pass and High Pass routes. Low
Pass route Is rocked to Goldson post-
office. Earin road from Goldson to
Blachl In good condition.
McMinnville-TUlamook Highway.
McMinnville-Sheridan Paved.
Sheridan-Summit Good macadam ex
cept short stretch at north Yamhill river,
which Is rough and slow going.
Summlt-Dolph Under construction :
rough and slow going in places.
Dolph-Hebo Good macadam.
Hebo-TtUamook Macadam and pave
ment. (See Coast highway.)
Tualatin Valley Highway.
Portland-Forest Grove-Junction West
Side Highway at St Joseph Paved ex
cept short gaps at Scoggins creek and
Tualatin river bridges.
Mt. Hood Loop Highway.
Portland-Sandy Take Powell Valley
road which is paved to Gresham; grav
eled and In good condition to Cottrell;
thence via Bluff road; graveled, fair con
dition. Sandy-Salmon river Highway passable
when dry. but very rough; impassable
after rains. Detour via Marmot road.
which is mostly planked and in fair
condition; all safely passable.
Salmon Rlver-Zig Zag Unsurfaced, but
sand and gravel soil and safely pass
able. Hood Rlver-Parkdale Good macadam
road.
The Dalles-California Highway.
Note: See Sherman highway for alter
nate route to central Oregon.
The Dalles-Shamko (by way of Man-
pin and Bakeoven) In fair condition.
Rough and dusty between The Dalles
and Maupin.
cnaniao-jiaoras nest rouio la vi
Antelope and Gateway. Between Shanikc
and Antelope new macadam in good
condition. Antelope to Madras in good
condition.
Madras-Bend Good macadam road.
Trail crossing Is a little rough.
Bend-Allen ranch Cinder -and gravel
surface, in good condition. .
Allen ranch-Fort Klamath Dirt roan.
in fair condition, few rough spots.
Fort Klamath-Lamm s mill Dirt road
with light grades and In good -condition.
Lamb's mill-Klamath Falls Mac
adamized and in good condition; light
cars are making through trips from
Bend to Klamath Falls in 6 hours.
Klamath FallB-California state line
All macadamized with exception of -2
miles near Merrill, and in good condition.
Some construction work going on, watch
for barricades and red lights.
Oregon-Washington Highway.
Pendleton-Washington State Line
Paved and open; drive slow at caution
signs where maintenance work is in
oroCTess.
Pendleton-Pilot Rock Five miles good
earth road: 10 miles of macadam.
Pilot Rock-Vinson New standard
grade, under contract for macadam.
Vinson-Butter creek-Jones hill Good
country road.
Jones hill-Heppner Excellent earth
road. '
Heppner-Gilliam county line 80 per
cent macadamized: all in very good con
dition. Gilliam county line-Heppner Junction
Fair, with many sharp curves; drive
carefully.
Ashland-Klamath Falls Highway.
Green Springs route open. Road in
fair condition. Mcdford -Ashland-Klamath
Falls stage taking this route.
Klamath Falls-Lakeview Highway.
Klamath Falls-Dairy Macadam; in
good condition.
Dairy-Beatty County road, dry and
sandy. Through cars will make better
time by taking route via Bonanza.
Beatty-Lakeview Fair dirt road. -
Beatty-Bly Cars going through with
difficulty.
Tlv.T.alrviw Ttlv to TlrAW. Vallev In
f r : , . '. j . , "
rough but improved by dragging just re-
. operating.
L&kevtew-Burns Highway.
Fair conditfon.
i Bend-Lakeview Highway. ,
Road is in fairly good condition except
a stretch of some ten miles along: west
side of Summer lake ; occasional mud
holes. This stretch is now being re
paired. Central Oregon Highway
Bend-Burns Excellent county road.
Burns-Crane Macadamized and , in
good condition.
Crane-Vaie Open but very rough. Car
ry water and plenty of gasoline.
Vale-Ontario County road; fair con
dition. Ontario-Cairo 1 mile macadam, re
mainder fair.
Cairo - Nyssa Macadamized; good
condition.
Sherman Highway.
Columbia River highway-Shaniko
(via Fulton canyon) Good condition Co
lumbia River highway to Shaniko. To
avoid new construction Wasco-Moro.
turn south three miles west of Wasco
and follow detour signs. Road also un
der construction between Moro and Grass
Valley, Follow detour signs. Road from
Shaniko to Antelope in good condition.
Anteiope-Madras In good condition
via Gateway.
McKeuzle Highway.
Eugene-Blue river Open and in good
condition.
McKenzle Pass Open; few cars have
gone through but going is very difficult.
Sisters-Redmond Fair condition.
John Day Highway. -
Arlington-Condon Take detour road
via Hock creek, Mlkkalo and Clem; dirt
road, good condition; main road under
construction from Arlington to Olex.
Condon-Fossil Macadamized and in
rood condition.
Fossil -Butte Creek Summit Graveled
and In good condition.
Summit-Tilley's (mouth of Sarvlce
creek) Dirt road in lair condition dur
ing ry weather: passable for light ears.
Very rough. Sarvice creek section is
under construction; best road to Spray
is via wmiock.
Til ley's-Spray New road, fair condi
tion. gpray-Dayville Good condition.
Dayville-Cole's bridge Xn fair condi
tion but rough.
Cole's bridga-Prairle City Graveled
road in good condition.
Prairie City-Unity Mountain road
open.
Unity-Cow valley Fair county road.
Cow valley-Brogan Excellent graded
earth road.
Vale-Jamieson Macadamized, good
condition.
Jamieson - Brog-an Excellent earth
road, under contract . for macadamizing.
Ochoco Highway.
Redmond-Prlneville Graveled road;
good condition.
Prineville-Mitchell Passable. Three
miles on summit very rough; 28 miles
gravel, good condition, balance fair.
Crater Lake Highway,
Medford-Prospect Open for 18 mllee
above Prospect. - '
Shaniko-Mltebell Highway.
Closed to auto traffic on account of
cloud burst. Rough and muddy.
La Grande-Joseph Highway.
La Grande-Island City Paved.
Island City-Elgin County road In fair
condition.
Elgin-Mlnam First nine miles ma
cadam. From end of macadam to Minam
in fair condition.
Minam-Joseph Macadamized with ex
ception of eight-mile stretch between
Lostine and Enterprise. This strip is
rough; take hill road. Road open from
La Grande to Wallowa lake.
Enterprise-Flora Good macadam.
Baker-Cornucopia Highway.
Baker-Halfway 10 miles macadam. 8
miles graded earth road, balance very
rough. Cautious driving necessary on
"S" grade, 4 miles west of Richland.
Baker-Unity Highway.
Baker-Bridgeport Open; fair moun
tain road.
Bridgeport-Unity Good county . road.
Crooked River Highway.
Prinevllie-Bear Creak Twenty-two
miles; fair condition.
Bear Creek-Shorty Davis Ranch Ten
miles; good condition.
Shorty Davis Ranch-Paulina Thirty
five miles; fair condition.
Paulina-Burns Passable; fair condi
tion. Road Is bad at Brown ranch and
Buck mountain.
Grants Pass-Crescent City Highway.
Grants Pass-Waldo Good smooth road.
Waldo-Monument Rough; but dry
Monument-Crescent City Good.
(Oregon mountain).
Bend-Sisters Highway.
Open and In fair condition; some de
tours necessary around construction.
BANFF HIGHWAY NOW OPEN
Motorists Able to Make Popular
Trip to British Columbia Paradise
SPOKANE, Wash., Jun 24. The
CaJifornia-Banff Be Line highway
is open, tourist headquarters here
announced this week. Rough roads
around the border, however, are re
ported. One tourist gave this tip: "If you
see a high-powered car coming from
Canada at 40 miles an hour, don't
argue with It; give it the road. In
habitants along the highway, which
is known colloquially as 'the boot
leggers' trail,' aire fig-Ming mad at
the booze caravans and are oiling
ip Mivigras ana old (Jolts, accord
ing to reports here."
The Be Line swings in from the
south at Walla Walla and coimes
into Spokane over the Inland Em
pire route, leavine- the ci via th
Pend d'Oreiiia highway to Sandpodnt,
""w noons onto the North-and-South
Idaho highway to Kinggate.
Here it connects with the Canadian
system and reaches Banff via Mac
leod and Calgary.
On September 1 the shorter route
via Cranbrook and Fort Steele will
be opened, giving a road into Lake
Louise and an alternative route
baok via Calgary and Macleod.
It is planned in London to do
away with all railways above
ground, and the old roadbeds are to
be connected into highways or
speedways for motor traffic.
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GEAR-GRINDING PRECISE
CADIIiliAC PUAXT EQUIPPED
WITH FIXE MACHINES.
Super-Mechanical Results Give
Transmission Remarkable
Freedom From Noise.
DETROIT, June 24. A battery of
great hulking machines, which grind
with greater accuracy than watch
makers use in their art, has been
added to the equipment -of the
Cadillac -Motor Car company. The
new machines will cut gears to
measurements of less tnan two and
a half ten-thousandths of an inch.
One ten-thousandth of an inch is
about one-thirtieth the thickness of
a human hair. The machines
actually can be held to this super
mechanical fineness of manufac
ture. Cadillac has a battery of six of
these machines at work in the
manufacturing building of the new
main plant at Detroit. They weigh
3 tons each and the huge grinding
wheel, 30 inches in diameter, travels
at the rate of more than a mile a
minute.
The machines are the result of 20
years of experimentation in trans
mission gear grinding. They, are
regarded as the biggest advance in'
grinding machinery that has been
made in the last 15 years.
More of these machines are on
their way to the Cadillac factory.
.ineir use is resulting in even im
proved transmissions for the Cadil
lac car. Ground with such remark
able accuracy, the gears are as
sured of a longer life and the pos
sibility of any sound is almost com
pletely eliminated.
IRELAND WILL WANT AUTOS
Establishing or StabJe Govern
ment Will Bring Demand.
DETKOIT, June 24. Ireland will
be In the market for 30,000 motor
cars within a year, according to
Harry B. Huet, one of the big dis-
iriDutors ot tnat country, who is in
the United States on a buying trip.
Most of the Irish demand will be
for cars in the low price field, ow
ing to high costs of upkeep and the
inherent economy of the people, he
said, with only a scattering of busi
ness in the higher price classes.
Price is the biggest consideration,
and with high import duties and
high ocean freights only cars in the
low price fields can reach the big
market.
Money is plentiful in Ireland,
Huet said, but is not in great circu
lation as yet.
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XEW YORK, June 21 There are
at least four ways in wMoh buses
may become a useful part of the
transportation sohm in New York
city, in the opinion of Daniel L.
Turner, consmtting engineer of the
Transit Commission .of New York,
speaking before the truck manufac
turers of the National Automobile
Chamber of Commerce here , this
week.
He suggested that buses be used
for special route service for segre
gated groups, erosstown service, ac
commodation of short-haul traffic in
congested areas in place of surface
lines and for auxiliary work to the
present subway and elevated lines
in the development of the outlying
areas of the city. Inasmuch as the
transit commissi on has Rot mads
public its plan for using buses in
its general transit scheme, Mr. Tur
ner's unofficial remarks are con
sidered, therefore, of special signifi
cance. Special Service Knrnlslied.
"There are at least four ways,"
said Mr. Turner, "I believe, in which
buses may become a useful element
in the transportation scheme of New
York. But in every case their Use
would be as a supplement to the
existing services, not as a general
substitute for such services.
"First, buses may be used to fur
nish a special route service. I am
not now referring to slght-seein.g
VETERAN OP MANY MILES AND TROITDALE BOY WHO DROVE CAR.
Although the Mount Hood loop road to Government Camp has been open for a couple of weeks or so, there
is one stretch of the road near Government Camp that was only opened the other day, the earlier cars having
made a brief detour to get around a snow bank. Clarence H. Fisher of Troutdale, son of P. J. Fisher, a farmer
of that section, claims the distinction of first breaking through this last section of road, and with an old
timer of 1911 to boot. Fisher, with a party of friends, drove up to the camp last week, and on a wager the
boy drove his car into the snow bank and plowed through the entire distance, opening up the road so it was
soon made passable. The car is a Studebaker of 1911 vintage, and has been built into a delivery car, as the
photo shows. It-is equipped with old "Presto" lights and has the very latest thing in one-man-power front
crank starters. The car's mileage now is almost beyond a guess, as its records have long been obscured by
time. However, the trip to Mount Hood is evidence that the car still has lots of spunk, and young Fisher
declares it Is good for many miles yet. On the return the boy loaded the car down with rhododendron blos
soms, which at that time were thick in tha,t section.
buses, excursion buses, or any type
of Incidental special service. I mean
an everyday service .of a special
character for regular customers.
Reg-uiar through rout special serv
ice workward in the morning and
homeward at night can be furnished
for segregated groups of patrons.
"Secondly, New York needs more
erosstown.. or circumferential routes
in, order to better articulate the
traffic carried on the workward
and homeward lines. Crosstown
routes are relatively-short. This is
particularly so in Manhattan. Such
a service where possible without
conflicting with the prior or con-
Destructive "sulpho" compounds in motor
oil cause it to break down and thin out rapid
ly under engine heat.
The new Hexeon Process completely re
moves destructive "sulpho" compounds
from oil. This process is used only in mak
ing Cycol Motor Oil.
Cycol retains its body" under engine heat
maintains the essential lubricating film
between moving parts prevents many
serious engine troubles.
Flash your crank case with fresh lubricating oil, not
kerosene or so-called flushing oil, then refill with
Cycol. Different brands of motor oils have different
bodies. The safest, surest way to get the best per
formance from your motor is to use the grade of
motor oil specified on the Cycol Lubrication Chart.
MOTOR OII
Associated
Executive Offices
79 New Montgomery Street
San
I trolling franchise rights of the sur -
face lines can be furnished better
by buses than in any other way.
Congestion May Be Relieved.
"Thirdly, buses can be used to
some, extent to accommodate the
short-haul traffic in the congested
centers in the place of the surface
car lines. This would not mean a
general elimination of the surface
cars and a substitution of buses
but the use of buses in the place of
cars only when and where excessive
vehicular congestion requires it.
"Fourthly, and the most important
of all the ues mentioned, th bus
Oil Company
Associated Oil Building
Francisco
I should be utilized as an Important
auxiliary to our subway and el
vated lines in. developing the outly
ing areas of the city. Of course,
the subway and elevated linies the
rapid transit lines m-ust provide
the long haul from such outlying
areas to the center. But to depend
entirely upon the rapid transit lines
for this service would mean an in
ordinate expenditure of money."
In passing a slower moving vehi
cle pass it on your left, but in .pass
ing a street car always keep to the
right. ,