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fTT jou: ::tland, Sunday :Vi:oni:i:;o, july 2, 1:10. c. lIIIffiEM SIIIGLE ACCiDBIT I i'. ....',..... ,- '- . i-v .-'i' W. Corser and Party on In teresting Run through Cen tral -Oregon; -Travel 515 Miles; Roads Rough. . TVlthout. spending one cent for repair J never meeting en accident of any serlptlon, J. W. Corser, manager of e Prexel "hotel, with Jfrs. J. W Cor r, Dr. J. JU Scott and J. Burke, last ednesday, .'completed a notable trip ' automobile from The Dalles into Cen- al Oregon, across the Cascade maun fine to Albany and back to Portland. The trip was made In a seven passen r Franklin. A total of 618 mlleswere vered In seven days, Including & one y stop near Bend. Besides the five issengers, the machine carried . 00 funds of baggage.- , corser, on his .return, was able to ve a most interesting' account of the Ip and the experiences met The ac unt will be Interesting to others' who ntemplate taking the same Journey. he auto trip Into Central Oregon Is Scorning more popular every day. The ip over the Cascades Is extremely ugh, . . ' 7, - Belatee Experiences, Mr, Corser related his account of the ip as follows "We shipped our car from Portland The Dalles. - From there we drove Wasco, a distance of 80 miles, over ibest road we found on the whole ilp. In Sherman county the crops look t ry premising and the country in gen al hst a prosperous appearance. .'Trom Wasco we drove to, Grass Val fy and thence through Moro and Kent -ShahikO and On to : Bend:. For SB lies south of Shaniko, through Cow eek eanyon,, the roads are extremely ukIJ. bein covered Jn spots witn loose va and .rock, whish are very hard on e tire i.f.-x ......' r-: "Bend was the most prosperous ap-. arlnr town we found, on me trip. ith an ideal country surrounding la inland city aooarently. has a brtl ut future. ' .-fW-i'-i Wear the Deschutes river along the ... .. u - M in irrigating . mien aoiBiauco I- 1.5 miles, the road Is filled In many aces with large pools of water over- owing from the ditch. This roaae avel along here airnouiv a w 1 had to go through r. th. ools or ound them, and the tnua caueea u achine to altld-badly. In some cases ke pools were atep w ater was muddy we coma m hetKer houlders were iymg, vnc Lth of progress or not . , 7 r Waned AU ay. "On the Vanderburt ranch, SO miles nv Bend, we remameq an iu Lh Mtrhin a number of Dolly var n .trout, za incnee long. , t out of this Vicinity, however, as e alUtude was so high that , the rare niosphere caused my nose to bleed V.,..w Th weather in this locality as Ideals Nothing buj grain and grass a be grown: tnere yj oety -nights."- a-: :,-:-t . -v.iimaA work.. south ; of Bena ltd ceased and. the men had been paid f.' It looks- very mucn hm atlon of the two roads. . 'From the Vanderburt ranch we went iok through Bend to the Three Sisters id over Sand mountain to Fish lake, here we stooned mil night' Then we arted up the grade of the Cascade ountalns proper and reached an altl- ide of considerably over 0000 reet here my nose had several more bleed i. spells.." The grade along here was eep and there were several short tches which seemed, like about 60 per 'nt grades The road was fair, but iere were mud holes in spots. Coming, down on the west slope of ie Cascades . we were ootnerea , consia ably by stones and chunks of wood hich had been left in the middle of ie road by a party which had uaed iem to block their machine on the way p. 1 had some airncuity in ooagmg iese Impediments, while coming down ill. ' .: ' ;:.&: ."v v .: I 'There were several other machines n the road. . Every one we met was f the opinion that the trip across the lountatns was about the hardest In the iuntry. , proprietors of taverns along lie road Say they have never known the k me' person to make the same trip vice over, this mountain road. From lsh lake, w drove down to the Upper oda road' house and along the banks If the Santiam river to Iiower Soda, and lienoe; to Sweet; Home. We . had some kcellent fishing, along the S ant lam. , . 'On the road to Lower aoaa we met nother machine which was out of gaj ne .and we gave them hair . or ours his, left us just barely enough, to drive Sweet, Home. For that reason we ad to' drive a, good share of the time n low gear.1; It took just three times s much gasoline on the trip as we had gured. "From Sweet Rome to Lebanon, a dls- Knce of It miles, we drove ona half Klnt of lubricating oil In Just 45 mln- tes. Arriving at Albany Tuesday even hg, we left there at 8 0 clock Wed- esday morning and returned to Port- knd by way of Jefferson, Sajem, Wood- urn and Oregon City. At Jefferson we ere held up some time waiting for a jrry. v From Jefferson to Sniem the pad was tine and the pleasure of go- irr down the hills paid us for the hlmbe on the other side, There wag no ust. - . , - - , . "While traveling,, we averaged 100 illes a 'day on, the trip. Th1 I think, as pretty good. ;c6nsldering the num- er of stops we made and the rough- ess of some of the roads. 1 can not say too much for the good , Ju&llty of the tires we had. They were . f th Nobby Tread Morgan A Wright! akfr and traveling over the mountains ' nd on rocks they, cannot be beaten. I "1 would not advise any one to make he trip over the mountains without be- hg sure that .his" machine would stand he trip. One snouia carry plenty or xtra easoime .ana luoncating 011, as here Is none ;ttf be obtained between tend and sweet noma, omiance or 5 , miles: which has to be covered on )W. gear, through the sand. v There is st'great neea or sign ooaras n all tne roaas.' in om piiLcee wnere Jney fork,'. It Is a case of .hit or miss. Hiere the Irrigating aitenes run. aiong he roads It would be a good Idea to ul!d culverts. !- Either - the county or ie .irrigating company, snouia auena b this. i'-Vr 'Alon the, Bantiam ton road the dirt k so soft the toll keeper Is Hot wiling 1 charge the toll lor fear tnat tne chines can not ret through. It Is a tistaks to pursofrairt orfiutorasrT jould advise any , -one contemplating Ills trip to carry these four essentials: In ax, a spade, three-fcmrth inch Itanlla rope and a canteen of water, jith a rope the maohlne can be wound at of mad holes or up steep grades. TVO - y ? P. A ' .-Ki;t:':v.xv;'Sj;:i.';' M 'KHn-tMg The youngest automobile driver la the country is little -2-year-old Delano Slocum,' the 60a of Dr. ana Mrs. S. C. Slocum, 731. Kearney street. ' Little Dell "doea mot s quite succeed -In getting . the machine under x way,, but apparently he knows the method of starting It perfectly, for he ca9 crank, manipulate the epark plug and, take his seat behind" the steering wheel just like a man. In the accompanying cut the , . infant driver Is sitting in a Mollne just purchased by his father. LENTS MAN RAISES ' t, F,' Coffmao of Lents sent the fol lowing letter during the week to Law rence Tberkelsen, secretary of the1 Ore gon State Automobile association: . "I have raised for road oiling $162. $S, which- will be used for olHng one and One fourth miles Of, road In and adja cent to Lents, the county paying half the cost at $160 per mile. ' "I would like to suggest ' that v some one Of Influence In the state assocla. tlon call on the Portland Railway, Light 4 Power company and. the county com missioners In order to urge upon them the necessity of keeping -the crossings as level as possible so that the cars can stop easily; according to the cltv rules. Sometimes the cars' after they have stopped cover one hajf of the street and this Interferes, greatly with passing vehtclei. t . "i am in favor of putting up the road signs at once. I hope an automobile race will be the next big event In Mult nomah' county." . i I 'i r .'- . -... ... . . , . . .. . i J. W. Townsend of Fairvlew. Or , la another farmer on the Sandy Road who has suooumbed to the automobile crate, or rather to the pleadings of his youth- rui sorv ran, ror last week he pur chased a fine big Interstate touring car. The Townsend family now - drives to Portland in half an hour to do the reg ular weekly shopping, where as the one hour car service er tho two hour horse and huggy service were formerly de pended on. -The grandfather of .the Townsend family was not to be out doheand so he ordered a Ford car for himself and wife. , . There are now but few farmers alon the Sandys road between Portland and TroUWale Who have not purchased auto- moones. many of these are. old reel 100 per cent of satisfied Owners $162.35 FOR OILING SON'S PLEAS LEAD TO . Astonishment in Detroit " ; Detroit, Mich., May 17, 1910. Matheson Automobile Co.: ' ;: , : s - J .'J ; My sSilent Six" 1910 Matheson. car has arrived and has been ' taken to the garage from the car. with its own power. The car is perfection in silence; power and operation, and is an astonishment v to all, right here in Detroit. ; , ' v ? Very" truly yours, , ' ' ' " ; . (Signed) W.. E Holliday. " L..; 'Kote Mr. HolUday U' President of' the Central Savings Bank of Detroit 1 A. Have PROMPT DELIVERT. a wtDB. BAjraa pAnfDief CfAI0 In 312 mn New Vork-Atlantic City : . rtl 1CCI GtUlx May 10-11, 1910, against a field of 40 " ""X"'" i v-"'.i-.'"i,':.i', ',: 1 - '.'4' V' .'A:l.:A ''A -,!C .'(' b .'" 'A''AA: 'Jf i'Ki', ''ks'-'t' A' A;- ''i ;i 275 UNION YEAH - CLD AUTC"0:!LE CHAUFFEUR mm m 1 & if V 1- Franklin, 1910 dents who have accumulated consider able wealth - through long, persistent! effort, after clearing all of their land of;.etumps,:. ..'x:':;-. , ,- PREPARES HANDY TABLE AS GUIDE FOR AUT0ISTS - H. P. Hoey, of Klamath Falls, has just, completed a table of data on the roads radiating from Klamath Falls. Laence Therkelsen, secretary of the state automobile association, received a copy of this table during the week. The table shows the distance from Klamath Falls to the different points on the road, mentions the condition of the road at each point And gives other remarks as to water, meals and accom modations to be found. Some of the distances given In the data are as fol lows: Klamath Falls to Prlnevllle, 180 miles; Klamath Falls to Crescent. 9T miles; Klamath Falls to Odell Lake, 115 1 "Silent Six" You Tried to Hear It or body BQvxncBirm AVE, NORTH, COR.(WASCO. :i I ' r " i " T - 11 , i . k " , 1 J? ' A i :.35::;m;i;il;' H Limousine, 42 horsepower, 6 cylinder. miles; Klamath Falls to Eureka, Cel., 80 miles;- Klamath Falls to Lakeview, 8 miles; Klamath Falls- to.Alturas, 128 miles; Alturas to Lakeview, 60 miles. A,Tri-aty Good Roads club, composed of fcutoraobllists from Milwaukee, Ba clne and Kenosha, Wis., Is being formed. The" oWecrof th -tlurr-ts -tokei good roads In these three counties It is planned to raise $3000 annually, each member paying a fee of $10, and with this sum two men with a team will be hired In every township between f the three cities, to be employed continually In building and repairing the roads, un der the supervlsioa of , he respective town boards. '. - 4 ' s Dr. C W. Cornelius, proprietor of the Cornelius- hotel, left Friday morning with his family for Kelso, Wash., in his Premier. From- Kelso he wkll drive to Mount Rainier and later he Intends Jour neying to Crater Lake. . . . Licensed .under . the Selden Patent Run? Reliability Contest contestant V -A' (" ' ' A-: -' '"' -v EAST322. " OFF FOR COAST Will Be Entertained at Bay ocean ;25 Cars Leave . ' ' . ' Portland. Twenty-five Jubilant members of the Portland Automobile club and the mem bers of their families, making si "party all told of about 100 members, left from the Corbett building yesterday morning at 7 o'clock for the run down to Bay Ocean Park, where they are being given free entertainment by the T. B. Potter Realty company. The party will remain at the coast over today and tomorrow and will return, Tuesday forenoon. ' . Led by W. J. Clemens, Vice president of the club, -andwlth Frank C. Rlggs bringing up the rear, the long procession of machines proceeded "out along the Macadam' road in South Portland and then separated, 'traveling a Quarter of a mile apart making the line about six miles Song. The leading car sprinkled confetti along the route so that the cars following were enabled to keen In the rear of the dust and still find their way safely. rBtop at KoKlnnvlUe. The first stop on the trio down wan l JUCMlnnVlIIe. Whom m nnnnMnnna was given to tank up wftb.. gasoline Jf .....ry, ana me leaders walteiLfQ: o in me rear to corns un. n that it could be made sure that every machine was in good runnlner condition The next stop was at Dolph, where about an hour and a half was taken out for lunch. At Tillamook the nartv waa received by the Tillamook Commercial ! MM Just the Automobile You Have M ODEL $1 050.00 F. O. B. Portland J ) I ' .,....,..-. ' i n' , , 5 - f -V" ' -,, - Five Passenger Touring Car Fully Equipped With Top, Side Curtains, Wind Shield, Speedometer, Gas Head Lamps, Gas Generator, Side Oil Lamps and Tail Lamp Think of it t A four-cylinder, roomy, powerful five-passenger touring car, shav ing all the features of cars costing five times its .price. Built of vanadium steel, . it weighs only 1200 pounds, which means-low tire upkeep; small gaspline con sumption, long life and ability , to negotiate the roughest roads, a great hilt climber, so-simple any girl can operate it.' Every model "T" Ford is a dupli cate jOf.tlie winner of the New, York-to-Seattle race,, and holder oithe toad rec ord. from Portland to Seattle and return. . One gallon of gasoline will take you 25 miles. Write for catalogue today. "Get a demonstration; we have a . - surprise in store for yott. - ' i' andardotor yCar JAS. W. CRICHTONV 'iVi club and honored with a banquet at the Commercial club rooms. AU of the machines.. were housed :.at Tillamook last night in a large ware house and this morning the party will be taken to Bay Ocean Park by boat General recreation 1 on the beach will be the program for today, and there will be muslo and dancing for those who de sire to participate. , , r A regatta on the bay will be the feature of tomorrow. Thee v trophy oups, offered by the Potter Realty com pany, will be competed for. A, large entry list of boats from Tillamook city and other places la expected. . Fire works, dancing and muslo will ,be fur nished In the evening. Only 89 Can. The members of the party will be taken back to Tillamook city early Tuesday morning In boats and tho run will be made directly back to Portland. There Is some talk among certain menv bers of the party of trying to break the speed record from Tillamook to Port land on the return trip. y Only 25 machines , could make , the trip, but during the week there were applications from almost 100 other ma chine owners, who could not Join .be cause they did not get In on the ground floor. A large number of these appli cants made the trip to Tillamook inde pendently. Frank G Rlggs kindly consented to bring op the rear of the procession. both going aqd coming, with a me chanic, whose assistance could be ob tained In case of necessity. Dr. J. R. Wetherbee went along as official sur geon and Dr. Ban ford :Whlting as off I ciai pnysician. , Frank C. Klggs was the official starter. v' Upon its arrtval, at Bay- Ocean the party will be assigned quarters in the new tent city, which has just been com pleted at an expense ot over 110,000 The grounds will be decorated with nu merous colored lights. In the evening a large pile or driftwood on the beach will be lighted. The visitors will sit around the fire and listen to the sooth ing strains ot an orchestra accompanied Dy, tne murmur or the breakers. During the day trout fishing may be Indulged In In the immediate vicinity and a large ocean'-going launch will make trips out into the harbor to the deep-sea fishing grounds. Guides will be on hand to take parties to the beauty spots on the peninsula. On Monday evening several hundred dollars worth of fireworks will be shot off. , JAILED FOR HUGGING AND KISSING HORSES Philadelphia, July 2. Because tie de clined to stop, hugging and kissing horses at Tenth and Market streets, Samuel Komtaky, of Wlnton street above Third, was arrested and arraigned befort Magistrate Beaton in the city hall police court on a charge of disor derly conduct .Reserve Foiiceman Rouse, who ar rested Komisky, said it was Impossible to keep Komlsky away from the horses. He declared that while Komlsky would desist for a few minutes he returned to the horse Just as soon as the police man turned his back Tou ars either drunk or erasyt" the magistrate said to Komlsky. "I am , neither. . I Just' like horses,1 said the prisoner.. He was turned over to Dr. Jehn Egan poMeO surgeon, who decided he was "drunk," Komlsky was sentenced to 24 hour. ' The National Federation of Engine- men, 'Btokers and ' Kindred Trades So cieties of England has a total member ship of about ,87,000. , A High-Grada Family Car at a Reasonable Price ofv 'UVFCl' 1N A LOw PFUCED CAR, SCr Manager, Sixth and Madison ' . ' NOTES FROM THE : AUTOMOBILE WORLD J Dr. X A. Applewhite, of the Crystal springs sanitarium, is the proud poe sessor of a Mollne touring car. :,.; .. ..--4, ; i - : r-: ; Frank H. Lamb of Honul am. tvh passed through Portland Thursday lnt his Cadillac He has Just completed a tour of western Washington, covering a distance of Hoo miles, and from Port- ' lona aiariea south. He tonred the Kla math Falls and Crater Lake country and then proceeded Into southern California. . ' - , e ,e , , . -J. E. Wlndet and A M. Olson' are re. cent purchasers of Auburn touring cars. " The Interstate effts are now lieenid unden the Seldon patent The agents of this car have previously worked un der a handicap on account of the lack of a license. . . , Neate and McCarthv are exoectin the arrival here next week of a Frayel-Mill- er auto iruca to be used for demonstra tion purposes. ,- .. : .....;,? L. A. Parkburst Of the Crater Ttra Land Compafiy ia one of the main boost- ers for good toads In the Crater Lake ana Klamath Falls region. He has lust . purchased a seven passenger Locomobile witn wnwn ho expects to travel ex ten-, elvely on the southern Oregon roads.-' O. M. Cornett, proprietor of the BUr -, and Stable company of Shaniko . and Prlnevllle recently purchased his second ' KbojC machine. . j tt is a great mistake to use an auto mobile engine several months without giving it any attention except to teed it with oil and gasoline. Any engine after a hard season's use, will have ac- ' cumulated a good deal of carbon on its pistons and cylinders. ; This carbon, causes trouble and should be removed. -This can be done with kerosene tqulte essily by pouring some of it Into. the cylinder and turning the engine over by hand, so that the kerosene will thor oughly clean the sides of the pistons and cylinders. -. . ' e,-e ..-. , Any motor. wilt, after continued use, accumulate rust and grit deposits In the water Jacket If 'this deposit. Is. not re moved eooner or later its presence will cause the motor to. overheat' If the ; cylinders are removed and turned bot- torn up a good strong stream from a hose will remove a great' part of this deposit. A sharpened piece of drill ro or stout wire will assist greatly In loos enlngup any of the rust flakes inside the Jacket RIGHT OF WAY SECURED FOR M0D0C NORTHERN Klamath Falls, Or.v July 2. For sevw era! weeks representatives of the South-. em Pacific have been engaged In get ting the right-of-way for the Modoo Northern, a .branch of the Southern Pacific to be built from Klamath Falls to Merrill. On the Merrill end ot the line much' of the right-of-way waa do nated as was also, a depot site In the town. It Is believed the road will be built within two years. - OOfferrveiTlIhe,New England state are already affected by the short time policy tor the summer : months, which has been decided upon by numerous manufacturers of textiles, and It Is expected that the number will be more thani doubled during the months lot Jnly and August ' - Been Looking for FORD Coin pan y Streets, Portland, O'i