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THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN, PORTLAND, JULY, 9,' 4923 CHUCKANUT DRIVE, NEAR BELLINGHAM, ONE OF WASHINGTON'S MOST SCENIC HIGHWAYS. IS SCENIC WONDER Road in Whatcom County Is Lure for Motorists. VISTA HAS GREAT CHARM People of Bellingham Are Proud of Their Unit in Big Chain of Washington Roads. 4 CHUUUI DRIVE t- rff (To fi til 4 VI .: BELLINGHAM, July 8. (Special.) There is really no sucn thing as I substitution in scenery. Nature has attende-d to that. No two perspec tives are so alike that the one may take the place of the other. Nature, with infinite resource and variety, has laid out all her pictures so that each one is distinctive, as a whole and in detail, and points of seeming similarity are incidental. "To one who in the love of nature holds communion with her visible forms." comparisons are unneces sary and preferences are inconse quential. The Cascades and the Sel kirks may be as liierh as the Alps and as rugged as the Himalayas; the Scandinavian fjords may be as deep and as sharply chiseled as the chan nels of the inside passage to Alaska; the Thousand islands of the St. Law rence may be more numerous than those grouped in the Archipelago de Haro at the entrance to Puget sound; the Amazon may be longer and bigger than the Columbia what do such differences amount to except for the purposes of geo graphical record? To have made the ascent of Mont Blanc does not mean that one must then be done with de sire to climb Hood or Rainier? Appeal to Memory Strong. And yet, much of the charm of travel and adventure eom'es with the appeal to memory that is made by each new experience. When some new panorama is spread to view, the inclination toward remimiscence is almost Irresistible. "That reminds me," pops into the thought of the spectator almost as quickly as it pops from the lips of the rman at the club who Is eager for his chance to spin the next yarn. Many of those who have made the motor trip along the Chuckanut drive in Whatcom county instantly have related It to their appreciation of the beauties of the Columbia river highway. It's just as good; or it's better; or they don't like it quite so well. Chuckanut drive, as it passes under the wheels of the modern "gas-dirlven" chariot, is probably as good a piece of road as has any where been laid wide, smooth and safe. It skirts along the shore, generally at a high level, with many cuts through solid rock. It gives outlook upon a vista of wondrous attractiveness a broad sweep of water, wooded shores, and distant mountains, showing at its beat' along toward sundown of a clear day. When so much has been said, the points of resemblance common to the Chuckanut drive and the Co lumbia highway have just about been covered. To have traversed one does not mean to have exhaust ed the possibilities of enjoyment on the other. It would be as reason able to saV that the iridescent beau ties of the great chasm of the Yel lowstone would make no impression on one who had seen the grand canon of the Colorado. People Proud of Drive. , iThe people of Bellingham and Whatcom county, who spent a lot of good money la its construction, are intensely proud of the Chuckanut drive. Those who now realize what a splendid investment was made in building the Columbia river highway will understand thet f eeling of pride. Ae part of the Pacific highway, the Chuckanut drive adds much to the pleasure of a motor trip to Belling ham. Four miles of it, north from Inspiration point, are within the city limits. It would be the means of daily delight to the people of Bellingham, even though no stran ger ever came their way. But no wise stranger would willingly miss the pleasures of this route. It must always be one of the city's beet ad vertisements. Chuckanut drive was several years in building. It was surveyed about ben years ago, and the first grading and surfacing resulted In a narrow road, quite rough, with the view all there, but otherwise un attractive to travel. Then Che peo ple of Bellingham took hold of their end of the work in earnest. When they had completed paving to the soutaern city limits, at Inspiration point, the state stepped in and, with federal aid, laid the first outside pavement in 1920. Three miles of it cost nearly J35.000 a mile. Two other contracts were let in 1921 and late that year the drine was finished for the 14 miles from BeMlne-ham to Blanchard, in Skagit county, linking up wnn the pacific hisrhwav. and becoming a most attractive port of the continuous paved highway from Blaine, at the Canadian border, to Olymp'a, the state capital, and on eouxnw&ra. Many Points of Interest. Points of interest are marked along the Chuckanut drive. At In splratlon point a lookout station built of rock is set at the edge of the precipice. Governor's tree. Look out point and Hairpin curve are other points of interest. All along the drive, except where it dips occa sionally into the forest, the view spread westward over the vast har bor, taking in the islands of the Archipelago de Haro, or San Juan group, with northerly glimpses through sparkling channels that lead to tne tieorgian gulf. With fine public spirit, and through voluntarily organized ef fort, the people of the city and vl cinity are constantly at work on the beautification of the roadside. Wild flowers and the best of the native growth are everywhere encouraged; and other shrubs and flowers are making their appearance, Including m springtime even the famous tulip for which Bellingham claims precedence over other American cities. With this work done the neonle of Whatcoim county are turning tneir attention to the development. by road-building, of other scenic re sources. Towering above the Cas cades in the eastern part of the cotinty rises the peak of Mount Baker, and not far distant is the great glacier of Mount Shuksan, Numerous parties have scaled Mount Baker and found it not hard to ne gotiate. Shuksan is more difficult. The country in among the mountains is said to be a wonderland of vast meadows, many of them covered with flowers, mosses and shrubbery or every nue. There is already a good road from ueilingnam to Glacier, about 37 mllfes in length. The Mount Baker Shuksan highway is now being built by tne united states forestry bu reau and Whatcom county. TMa stretch will be about 25 miles from Glacier to the terminus at Austin m&yZ iiMSi jjjs - Huntoon Photos. Above Section of newly completed drive which borders Pucet sound for everal miles, leadlnir Into Belllnchnm. Below at left Through wooded . section with occasional glimpses of Chuckanut bay. Below at right Looking north toward the Gulf of Georgia. pass. The whole highway of 62 miles will be or, 20-foot width, most ly paved and the remainder well graveled.' Ultimately it is the in tention that the road shall encircle Mount Baker. In connection with what has been done and what is proposed, it is in teresting to .know that Whatcom county's hard-surfaced road pro gramme from 1914 to this year has cost $2,668,754.41.' With 126 miles of road now in use, this gives an average cost of approximately 2l, 50 a mile. The peak of costs was reached in 1920 and 1921, when por tions of the Chuckanut drive ran to $35,000 a mile. . Contracts so far this year show a marked drop in costs, with corresponding encour agement to keep on with the work. Under the Whatcom county plan of financing Its road building, which comes near to The pay-as-you-go plan, 64 miles of the ibard-surfaced road now in use has already been paid for and elmnnataed from fur ther tax levies. BIDDLK - CUT-OFF FINISHED Latest Section of North Bank Pav ing Ready for TJse August 1. Hard-surface paving on the Bid die cut-off, a stretch, of A.5 miles on the North Bank highway east of Vancouver, was recently completed. The pavement is concrete and will have to set 30 days before being used, however, so it will be around the first of August before the cut off will be opened. Meantime the old road will continue in use. This work completes the paving of the North Bank road from Van couver to Camas, the entire distance being provided with a 20-foot con crete thoroughfare. The cut-off is on new location which was graded last year and at was necessary -to allow the grade, to settle a winter before paving. This explains why this stretch was not finished along witn tne rest or the road a little over a year ago. The new rade eliminates two railroad crossings over tne Spokane, Portland! and Be attle railroad tracks. fSJoMinili'1HBGir Frederick Pugyell Ho. 14 Meeting the Engine. THERE are several ways for a motorist to spend a holiday. One is to see how far he can drive the car; another to see how much of it he can take apart. Smith decided to follow neither plan, and so spent the morning 'studying the more complicated points about the engine. I happened to be working on the motor of my own car at the time. , . Furthermore, I had removed the cylinder head, so that the pistons, valves and cylindera were exposed to vie" particularly Smith's vew. "Has my engine got all those things la itf he asked in . true greenhorn fashion. "You've got all these and more," I replied. "Tour motor is the Talve-ln-the-head type; mine la an L-head motor." "What's the difference T' "There is no difference in the combustion principle," 'I explained). "Your engine has pistons which more up and down in their cylinders just as In my engine. Each piston Is connected with a connecting rod which, in turn, is Joined (with a bearing) to the crankshaft Rota tion of the crankshaft is accom plished by the motion of the pistons up and down in the cylinders, A fly wheel attached to the end of the crankshaft maintains momentum. The crankshaft, by the way, always reyolves in the one direction; when you reverse the car you simply mesh a small reverse gear in the trans mission. Where our engines differ is in the position and arrangement of the valves. In my motor they open s?hd close at - the bottom of these pockets at the side of the top of the cylinders; in yours the valves operate upside down on the top of the cylinder, or, to be exact, on the bottom of the cylinder head." "You had better not explain the difference between the two types until you have told me what the valves are for," Smith said. "The valves,!' I replied, "let the gas vapor inrand the burned gas out of the cylinders. T'hey must be timed to open and close at exactly the right moments. These short push rods in my motor raise the valves up and thus open them. Springs close them.' The push rods tire, in turn, raised by lifts on the camshaft which runs along the inside of the crankshaft parallel to the crank shaft. It is -rotated by the crank shaft through a timing gear. In your motor aU this is the same, only the push rods must be long in order to reach to the top of the motor, where each actuates a rocker arm, which, in turn, presses down a Valve and thus opens it." -, Smith wanted to know how often the valves opened and closed. "Take this one cylinder, for ex ample," I said, pointing to the one next the radiator while turning over the engine slowly with the hand crank. "This piston is now going down on what is called the 'intake' stroke. You will note that this valve which controls the passage to the carburetor 1b open. Gas vapor is being sucked into the cylinder. The valve closes now as the piston is art the bottom of its stroke. As it travels up both valves are closed The piston is now compressing the gas so that it will be ready for the spark which comes as the piston reaches the top. , "Then when the piston reaches the bottom of the 'power' stroke the ex haust valve opens and as the piston travels up again the cylinder Ts cleaned out and made ready for the next stroke, -the '.Intake.' You see. there are four distinct operations of FLEET OF SIX NEW STUDE BAKERS TO ENTER "FOR HIRE WITHOUT DRIVER." SERVICE. the. piston. That is why the engine is called a four-cycle. "That's plain enough," Smith re plied. "Now tell me why the valves are placed in a different position in my motor." , - "That Is a matter of engineering design," I explained. "The Knight type of motor has sliding sleeves with ports In them to act as valves. Another type has "valves in the head like yours, but they rotate in order to open and close Instead of popping up and down. Each type has its advantages and disadvan tages. ' What engineers are striving for Is a cylinder with the least waste area. When a cylinder is fired It is only the force against the piston head which does actual work. The pressure oh all other surface is wasted. The ideal valve is one which is quiet in operation, that requires no adjustment and that will not be held open by an accumulation of carbon,". v "I wonder how many drivers really understand these things," Smith asked when I had finished. "The wonder," I replied, "is that so few care to know. ' You will find your afternoon drive, more interest ing now that you will have a new understanding' of the machinery under the hood." "Providing I don't have a punc ture," Smith laughed. I told him that that was some thing which happens to the best . of drivers. (Next Sunday "Tire Talks." (Copyright, 1021.: Thompson Feature ' - Servioe.) New Jersey Starts Campaign. - To make travel safe for motorists In New Jersey, 250 inspectors have been placed on the state highways. 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