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Newspaper Page TextTIIE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND. AUGUST 13, 1923 SPAN SH MISSIONS SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA MISSIONS ARE ATTRACTION TO MOTORISTS ALLURE TOURISTS eve Dennis H. Stovall Visits Cal ifornia Curios. cce Greatest" Su OLD ESTATES ARE GONE Imprint of Spaniard Will Ever Remain In Beauty and Adorn mrol. Declare Writer. (Tha following Interacting arttct- ta regard to motoring In eoalhern Califor nia, ainonf; the mlBtioot of that locality, ta auppU-.l by IVranta H. Stovall. for nrly of Corvallia. who ta now makin an automobile tour of that action.) To make the trip OTr the coast lrhm. or the El Camino Real, be tween San Francisco and San DieBO without visitina- a number or ne om SDiniih mtsaions. la to mini the moat i.ini(iir feature that southern Oml'fnrnia. ha to offer. Particularly la this true for those who like taste of the old-time color, romance and ttlory of a day and a time that la past and tout. Kor the El Camino Real, as followed by the present day highway. covers much the same route as did the trail of the old rrandeea. Alotia: this trail, covering a distance of more than "00 miles. Ketween San Ii-70 nd Sonoma, .r. arattcred the missions and ehanela of the Franciscan fathers Some of these missions ara directly on the main highway, and are easily vi.it. I n bv motorists who want to art throuKh with little delay. Others are farther back. hidden In the hills, or standing; on hrrfi slonea. neslected and for Itotten. It is rrally these nearleoted ones anrh as the ruins of San Juan Capis trano. San Mtaruel and La Soledad that brlns; to the vllator a true real isation of the lone; time that has elapsed since the landing of the Knanish irlllTn. and the attempt of ih V'am-iarans to found a "New Spaln in southern California. San Ineco. on of the first of the mis sions to be built, had Its bearlnninf la 1T. closely followed by CarmeU In 177. San Antonio De Padua waa atablished in 1.71. San Juan Capls trano in 177S, San Jabrt.-d In 1771. Saa Francisco Le Assissl In 177. -Old MlaalawJa Vlewf A detour which our party waa vbllK'd to take between Kins; City and San Mliruel. aouth of Salinas, brought us directly past the crum bling old mission of Santa Tne. at Eoltanr. Tnes la really a later mis sion as It waa not built till 1S04 Even at that, it has lis years to ac count for and It shows Its ase. It tands blistering and crumbling In the sun. Its long colonnade offering an Inviting shade to those who pas In through the low-wailed gate and across the weed-grown yard. The ruira of the old reservoir and of the broken aqueduct tell the story of the provision made by the Fran ciscan for the storage of water. It Is amply evident, by the manner In which all of the missions were con structed, that there were skilled en gineers among those early Spanish ettlers. What we saw at Tnei was likewise confirmed at San Juan Ca plstrano tha. the founders of the missions took into account the value of Irrigation for this arid region and made ample provision for ator Ing or conveying It from distant streams. Land owners In the vicinity of the Old missions told us In several in stances that these ancient structures were used as unfailing guides by ins f'rs American settlers In tha selec tion of ranches. -Where there is a mission, there is land." waa tha rule followed it seems by those who fol lowed tha Franciscans. natatea Rreka r AST. a. tliev built their missions. did the Spanish pioneers build their roads, and the old grandeea their homesteads. Not many of the latter -.m. in in remind the present-day traveler of the days of the land grants. For those vast estates, soma of them as large as modern-day rountles, were broken np long ago. But the Imprint of the Spaniard will ever remain in California in the way of beauty and adornment. This applies both to tha landscspa and to names applied. It was the Franciscans who planted tha first palms and the first pepper trees, who set out the original eucalyptus avenue and windbreaks, and dotted the hills with clumps of live oak and sycamore. Southern California might have been barren rerlon. Indeed, but for the foresight and Industry of the Spanish settlers, away back In the daya of long ago. While the Revolution was being fought and history was being written In big letters by the eastern colonies, the Franciscans, on the other edge the continent, were moving peace fully and In har-py contentment up and down the Kl Camino Real, es tablishing missions and laying out their estates, enjnylng a dream of a "New Spain" in this sun-kissed clime of California. Little did they know and poastbly less did they care of what waa going on In New Kngland. VlulM Play Sees. At the old mission of San Oabriel. la the lovely San Gabriel valley, we had the ptrasure of setng the Mis sion Play, as put on by Frederick Warde and a aelected company of lo players. This outdoor play is something more than the average ihow" put on to catch the tourists. It Is a panoramic story that depicts In epio form the story "t the white man's Christianity and civilisation on the western shores of the Ameri can continent. No attempt will be made here to describe the play, other than to state thai with such an actor as Frederick Warde as the main character, and in such a setting as that offered by old San Oabriel. it cannot be otherwise than colorful, beautiful and gripping. The heroic struggles and sacrifices of the Span ish pioneers are strikingly por trayed, the old-time missions are shown in all their glory, when southern California was the happiest land In all the world. Then follows the closing picture of the missions In run... of the blasting of hopes and dreams, and the conquest of tha argonauts. The play Is enlivened and colored by the introduction of Indian war dances. Spanish dances and choruses. A striking feature of this story is the true picture It gives of tha eleva tion of the antlve Indian, of that olden time, under Franciscan tute lage. It is a historical fact that the Indian rose almost to the stature of whit men. This la something that tha later American settlers could not understand. It was only by the effi cient help of the natives that the Franciscans were able to build the missions, construct tha aqueducta. and accomplish such wonderful re sults In the tilling of the land. I Metaer Grapevtae Interesting. At San Oabriel one may see more thsn the Mission play. Kor here Is found tha "mother grapevine. th 1 t-Vi ' -i '-Jpaaswassasawsaaaaas . Ailf J k -Trf '".. TVx ' tC !.'; ;: JJbs l-r'Sr' '-1 i ' ZgTZ: A ' '. . . .... !-J y-r;- ill il iHlSSSJfcaa" -" " . ,. , '' - . . t- ; ' aV-'-" . V "' .. -i" l'- ':'-'-'r;-SA l - ' t -e, . k . . , " ' - . - . ' i" 1 i.- TffVfrr" fKSlCewiiiiiiiiiiBiuiiiiaaiiiiiu n i u il mil iii'ii aim n n urn m nmn i iiiiisstniiiiiiiiiiii niirrflrmm r. . I " W I - . J S . 1 C : 1 .. ? ! 7aTaaaW Abave Saa Baeaa Testsra salaalea. Raima af faa Jaaa rssblrass very oldest grapevine of southern California. It is as big at the base as the trunk of a big tree, and ita long branches aad tendrils ramble ar.d climb over a wide, wide area. From this old grapevine were taken the cuttings for acres and acres of other grape vines and vineyards of early California. It waa planted 17SS. nearly 12S years ago and it looks as If it might live 1000 yevars yet without getting doty. The old adobe, in which Ramona was born, used now as a Spanish eating house, where everything is served red hot. and even hotter, is another thing to seo and to visit at old San Gabriel. It Is Impossible for the tourist to see all. or even half of the missions along the way of the K Camino Real, unless he has a year or two at hia disposal. But nobody should pass up seeing at least a few of them. Only by doing this can the visitor catch the real spirit, color and romance of old California. He gets a taste of thl. true enough. In the names. For California and espe--daily the southern part of the state goes strong on the Spanish lingo. The town that can't boast an "El," a "San." a "Juan.- or a "Santa." as a poetic prefix ia a poor place In deed. In other sections ft the west, where the hardy Americans left their Imprint, we find "Whisky creek." "Squaw creek." "Lightning Gulch." and "Eight-Dollar mountain." But down here we have "El Solano," "San Fernando." "Arroyo Seco" and "Kl Capltan" or "Sierra Madre." Somehow, these dreamy Spanish names fit In better with the sun shine, the yuccas and the palms. Possibility of Gas Short gr Slight. There should he no alarm what ever over the possibility of there ever being a gaa shortage within our memory, if some facta and fig urea gathered by Firestone experts are to be relied upon. According to what the tire men say, chemists and others are at work on development of motive fuel from a doien differ ent substances, the more ordinary of which are: Alcohol, acetol. shale, tetralene. molasses gaa, rice straw, naphtha and ordinary straw. Apart from all this, benzol and kerosene will last as long as wood and coal exist. Shalene. obtained from the shale fields of Colorado, Is said to offer one of the best substitutes for gas yet known and there appears to be almost an endless supply of this. The first transcontinental run took over two months, from May ZZ to July I. FATHER AND THREE SON'S FROM DETROIT ON MOTOR JAUNT. ' BEDECK NOVEL ROOM- WITH SOUVENIRS OF TRAVELS. ll""'"T "-TT- . .. i t . ill . . EI : "W v'v ' - MUKROIS CITIES AI.O On a Dlessure Jaunt in a Nash Six. a ' ' , .asafii - ..." - - - g ilnmBMBssjsttT I in n wmswsmmmm miiiii mm 1 were in Portland last week, having been on the road fof five week. Their Itinerary took them through Chi cago. Omaha and Denver to Colorado Springs and thence over the Santa Fe trail to the Pacific coast cities. They arrived in Portland yesterday and left last night for Spokane and. the Yellowstone. They will go home over the Lincoln highway from Salt Lake City. On the right running board of the car is a long "wooden overcoat." sort of a box. containing respectable table three feet wide and name thereon was either presented to t&at the car now looks ilk the, trunk, eae of saoat attractive ef P reseat astasias, eae ( the earliest ef tar earners erected ay tne r raariarana. IfJoMmifVHisCar fyi Vvi TrofWirk Dnccpll w1 (Copyright. 1921. Thompson Feature Service.) Xe. ia The Car Catches Fire. Quite some time ago I caught Smith 'in the act of flirting with danger. One of the men at the club had been telling of the trouble he had had with an Insurance com pany because of & mistake in read ing the motor number of the car. Hearing of this Smith had decided to give hia numbers a second reading, but foolishly did the work in a dark corner of the garage. Some means of lighting waa necessary in order to read the number. Smith chose the wrong means. I know, for I was right beside him when he struck a match. He knew he had done a very unwise thing, but tried to Justify his act by telling me that he had seen several me chanics take even greater chances with gasoline. "Any fool can take chances." I had said, "but It takes a wise man to do the wise thing at all times. Just because gasoline la less volatile than It used to be is no reason to take greater chances with It. And. by the way. I wonder If you realize that you're taking chances In running a car without a fire extinguisher?" That waa all we had said on the subject at tha time. Time passed. . And then on morning while Smith and I were starting our cars I heard a sharp "popping" noise and looking over to where Smith's car stood I saw a cloud of smoke pour ing through the core of the radia tor. A moment later I savw Smith Jump out of the car and raise the hood. . Ha knew aomethlng was wrong, but wasn't quite certain what It was. The owner of th ga rage, however, had also heard the backfire and he knew what the trouble was. So did I when I saw him rush for a fire extinguisher which hung on the wall. Five minutes, later the fire was out; and Smith, the garage owner and I were looking at a rather parched motor. Turning around I noticed that the doors of the ga rage were open and that already five cars had been driven out to I the street by a washer and another I ' -.-wa at t 11 ,aU.,- ' eagaagaaBaaBaaBaa Jli : n-rVr'"!!! , :.., .7"Zj . ilH ROUTE LEAVE THEIR CARD OJT CAR OF E. H. FILLER. E. H. Fuller of Detroit and his three sons. Roy, Charles and Edson. ail cooking utensils a.rrd eatables, and six feet long. At each city of consequence a placard with the city s tha travelers or bought by them, and placed upon the'dlning room." so of a world traveler. Air. Fuller expects to reach Detroit ia three weeks. - day Callforala mlaalona, Belov car owner who had happened to be around at the time. Smith was more puzzled than sur prised. "I d like to know haw that hap pened." he exclaimed. "I was only just starting the car." "That's how gas fires start," the garage man told him. "You might have a dozen backfires through the carburetor and nothing would ever happen. Then again Just one small one might let the flame escape through the carburetor and catch a drop of gasoline from a leaky Joint In the vacuum or gasoline line con nections. It'a a good plan when you have this kind of' back tire to put yoir foot on the starter again Just as soon ag possible. In turning over the motor the suction will tend to draw the flame in the carburetor back Into the cylinders." Smith said that he always thought a backfire made a lot of noise. "Backfires are like dogs." the other explained. "The one with the loudest bark is the least to be feared. The ordinary backfire which causes a loud report is due'to mix ture In cylinder firing when the exhausf valve is open. The explo sion has- no resistance and so goes straight out through the muffler and the exhaust. Sometimes the force of the backfire breaks the plates In the muffler, and this kind of backfire has been known to set fire to the car or to oil or gasoline on the garage floor. When the mix ture fires with an Intake valve open the flame goes right back into the carburetor. A lot of "popping back" is due to driving with too lean a mixture. Cranking with spark ad vanced la another common cause." "Let's see that extinguisher," Smith asked. "I'll have to get one of these." "There was a time when you could take a chance without one," the ga rage man went on. "In the old days a clever driver could put out his own fire by smotheMng tha flames with dirt from the road, but you'd have a hard time fighting a gaso line fire with the paved highways of today. Yet dirt is the only nat ural thing to fight it with; water spreads a gasoline fire." It wasn t necessary to argue with Smith. He did not have to be told what saved his car and. perhaps the "DINING when properly unfolded makes a V, V ID !aA.avi-..f : - J U in Torttij Car ." . IS 150 Phaeton .... S1S0 Roadster .... S100 c garage. Trying to tell people how to put out a fire without an ex tinguisher is about as useful as tell ing a motorist how to remove a tire without a jack. As the garage man said. "There are always other ways of doing things, but why take the detours?'- (Next Sunday "Presenting the Claim.") AUTO HORN SCARES LIOXS African Motorist Finds "Honk" More Effective Than Rifle. NAIROBI. Kenya Colony, East Africa. Aug. 12. The toot of a single motor horn has been found sufficient in Africa to quiet stam peded oxen and cause a trio of flesh-hunting Hons to slink away into the bushes. Two native drivers were recently conducting a wagon drawn by 16 oxen to the railroad camp In the wilds near Nakuru. the site of the new Uasln Gishu railroad, when the spans were attacked by three lions. The driver fled to nearby trees. The oxen became panic stricken and Ufic Superfine 5 ma II Car We value the volume of Tem plar apprecia tion more than the volume of Templar pro duction. 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GlttriftySix'Built byTaigp c above the clamor of the frightened animals the lions slunk away among the rocks, headed for the shelter of the bush, and the oxen swung clear of the dust-covered automobile and came to a stop at the side of the road.