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THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING, JULY "23, 1911. . ,
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EUROPE
IN AUTOMOBILE
A. H. Brix of Tacoma and His
; 'Family Travel 8000 Miles
in Buick.
'.J : A. H. Brix and family recently re
V turned to their homf at 64C South State
'; ' street. Tacoma, Wash., after an extcnd-
:A eJ tour of the European continent and
i . British Isle. In 1309 Sir. Brix pur-
chaaed a "id" horsepower Buick touring
' V' ar In Portland and drove it about Aa-
torta and Tacoma until early In 1910
.Y'L ; whejj the car was shipped direct from
Tacoma to Hamburg;. Germany. .
V The tour of the European continent
'.". wti begun from HamburK about the
middle of July. 110. The first short
tour was to the southward from Ham
burg,' passing throuli Llneberg, Han
over and Hamlin, and return by way of
Bremen. The next Journey was north
ward through Schleswig, Holstetn,
Kleusburg. Kiel, Apenrade Pchleswlg and
continuing on Into Ienmark where a
short visit was made in Copenhagen.
The Journey waa resumed northward
to Helslngsfors from where the 'Swedish
border can readily be seen. An easy
day's drive brought the travelers back
to Fleusburg, Germany. ;
The party now continued on south-
, ward, passing through Hamburg again,
iy following their previous route into the
Weetphalian province on their way to
Heidelberg. Headquarters were estab
', Jlshed at Heidelberg and many oliort ex
; curslons made from there to Frankfort-on-the-Maln,
Speyer, Worms and other
cities of Interest.
The next objective point proved the
most Interesting and the route led the
, tourists through the southern part of
Germany to Oberamaga. where they wit-
., sensed the Passion play.
On this trip the automoblllsts passed
from the Rhine country Into the Danube
and followed a branch of the last named
streams to Fussen. Then they went
" westward along the southern border
of Germany to Lake Constance, a beauti
ful body of water marking the line be
tween Germany and Switzerland. A
Journey around the lake was made and
the party then turned southward through
' Switzerland, passing through the cities
of Zurich and Luzerne.
" After an extended tour, which Includ-
ed visits to aH the more Important lakes
and mountains, the return Journey to
the northward waa begun. passing
-through Basle and along the line to
1 Strauaburg. returning to Heidelberg.
In September a trip to the Hartz
mountains waa planned, and , the road
nelrcled the highest peak, called the
! Brocken, the entire party remaining long
enough to ascend the mountain. They
then started westward across the tnoun-
' tains to the Rhine, following that beau-
,.' tlful stream from Cologne to Malntz,
thence again returning to Heidelberg.
' Mr. Brix and family then started for
tarla, driving north through Brussels
and through Aix-la-Chapelle and back to
the Rhine again, following that stream
to headquarters at Heidelberg, where
. . the winter was spent. .,
In the spring the start was made down
the Rhine, following thai stream to Ita
; mouth and enjoying a number of side
trips. Here the steamer was taken
cross the English channel andk. landed
t Harwh-k from whence they drove
through London and Liverpool, thence
north to Edlnburg and Scotland, east to
Callender. and south again through Glas
gow and other cities to Liverpool.
- Tho entire Journey consumed some
thing over 8000 miles of automobile
touring, "t
Mr. Brix states that he took care
ef the car himself, and did all the driv
ing throughout the entire tour. He ex
perienced no difficulty with his motor.
nd declares It to be in as good order
when the long and Interesting jour
ney was undertaken.
Interesting photographs were taken
t all points of Interest along the route,
and the collection Is considered almost
Invaluable by Mr. Brix.
Small Car Reaches Highest Point on ML Hood
Portland A utoists Drive Two Maxwells Over Mile and Half A bove Government Camp; Believed
to Be Furtherest Point Toward Summit Reached by Any Auto , '
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Mr. and Mrs. Roger, in car on lft side, and Arnold Cohen In machines that made remarkable run
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Again It hos been left to one of the
small cars to make the trip farthest up
the mountain toward the snow capped
summit of Mount Hood. Last Sunday
Arnold Cohen, one of the members of
the I'nlted Auto company, agents of
the Maxwell ears for Portland, accom
panied by the representatives of two
of the newspapers, and George Rover
and wife, owners of a Maxwell run
about, trhook the city limits from their
trail about 4 o'clock in the morning
nd started on what is one of ' the
most pleasant one-day trips out of
Portland, that of ascending the ever
now covered peak of Mount Hood.
The trip out through ' Montavilla.
Gresham and on Into Sandy Is a very
delightful ride with the possible ex
ception of a few miles of corduroy be
tween Kelso and Sandy. The road con
ditions from Sandy to Rhododendron
are so far beyond what was anticipated
they would be that the entire party
reached -the Tavern before they realized
they had come to the base of one of
Oregon's show places, the foot of
Mount Hood. The number of automo
biles that had made the trip the eve
ning previous, the tourists stopping at
the Tavern, a well appointed mountain
resort, was also very surprising and
would almost make one believe they
were traveling In a foreign country.
After ehort stop at the Tavern and
receiving: the congratulations of the
guests for the spunk shown by the
two little Maxwells, the party proceed
ed up the mountain to Government
camp, a distance of 10 miles above the
Tavern.
In this last 10 miles one passes
some very beautiful scenery consisting
of virgin forest and streams laden with
speckled trout of all varieties. A atop
was made at Mountain View house for
lunch, when the two little cars pro
ceeded on the rocky road to make the
hlgheat altitude of any machine so far
as is known by any of the residents
at the Mountain , V;lew resort. When
the two cars had proceeded a distance
of more than a mile and one half be-
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Cadillac Car Accomplishes ,
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yond the Government camp and straight
toward the timber line, the flag of
succes-s was planted and the two little
Maxwells came to a stand as If they
were very proud of their ccompllsh
ment. After taking pictures for the
purpose of establishing the point
reached by the two machines, the cars
started on the downward trip and
reached Portland safely without a mlB
hap of any nature,
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venerable prelate observed the. semi
centennial anniversary of his ordina
tion as a priest last month.
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In Bayreuth. Famous artists will
render some of the best known music
of the composer.
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CADILLAC CAR ON RIM OF CRATER LAKE
Reaches the Rim of Crater Lake, Despite
the Fact That Superintendent W. W.
Arant, of the Crater Lake National
Park, Sent Out Warning to Automobil
ists Not to Attempt It.
AUTOS CAJTITOT RXLA.CS SIX.
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Snow, Sftjv Superintendent.
(bregonlan, July 16. y
KLAMATH FALLS, Or., July 16!
(Special.) To correct th Impression
IhHt HitomohilPB i-an bp driven almnxt
to the rim of Crater Lake at this time
of the year, W. F. Arant, superintend
ent 'of the park, has Issued the follow
ing statement:
"Having learned that an erroneous
statement has been made In both Port
land and Sacramento papers to the ef
fect that automobiles can run to with
in a mile of the rim of Crater Lake, I
wish to nuLks a correction, as i do not
want people from the outside to at
tempt to make this trip with machines
when It la Impossible. There Is no
snow to Interfere with travel, elthor
from the north or south line of thn
park, as far as the superintendent's
headquarters, .five miles from the rim
of the lake.
"From Camp Arant autos and. other
vehicles can run to within about threa
miles of the foot of Crater Lake
Mountain, which la about a half mile
long. This last three miles and a half
must be made on foot. While there la
considerable bore ground In this lat
stretch, until the foot of the mountain
Is reached the snow IS' from two to
four and five feet, dees In shaded
places, while on the last steep grade,
or about the last mile of the distance,
It Is as deep as eight feet In spots."
According to MrN Arant, It will be
August 1 before vehicles of any kind
will be able to make the rim of the
lake.
Read the clipping of July 15, published in the Klamath
Falls Chronicle, the Oregonian and California papers,
which says the trip in. machine impossible. And then
read the clipping of July 16 from the Klamath Falls
Chronicle. Sufficient
power and the remark
able staying qualities of
the Cadillac made this
trip possible, just as
those same qualities
made it possible for the
Cadillac to beat the best
previous 24-hour record
by 195 miles, running
1448 miles in 24 hours
of consecutive running
averaging 6o 1-3 miles
per hour. The Cadillac
also holds the record
from Los Angeles to San
Francisco 487 miles of
country roads and moun
tain climbing at an av
erage of 32 milesanhour
just 32 minutes slower
than the fastest train be
tween those two cities.
CADILLAC 1ST
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(Klamath Chronicle, July It, 1911.)
A Cadillac automobile was the first
auto to reach Crater Lake this season
It was 'driven by C. B. Miners, and
was the Covey Motor Car Company's
Cadillac, which has be?n here for some
time, showing prospective buyers Its
many fine qualities.
Tle Cadillac "reached the rim of the
lake at 7 o'clock Thursday after hav
lng bucked big snow drifts for four
miles. It went through, over or under
from two to eight feet of snow, be
sides climbing the very steep grade to
be encountered on the last mile of
the trip. It went the entire distance
on Its own power and only overcame
some of the biggest drifts by ramming
through as far as possible, then back
ing up and taking another run at it,
some drifts being so large that It was
necessary to repeat this continually uu
tll through. ,
The nearest any other machine has
been to the lake rim, up to the time
the Cadillac made the Journey, was
about four miles away or one mile
above the Government headquarters.
The Cadillac has now broken the trail
and it is now easy to drive to within
one mile of the rim. which point Is at
the bottomof the big hill last climb
In reaching the rim. From there It Is
yet soft and will be for several days,
or until the snow goes and the ground
dries out.
Mr. Miners says that those who saw
his machine bucking the drifting snow
declared It would be Impossible for It
to make the rim and then claused It as
wonderful when the machine arrived
at the top of the mountain In aa 'good
condition as at the start and less than
half a pint of water was needed to
fill the radiator, although t had been
at work 11 hours on the last mile.
Had this snow been on level ground
Instead of on a very steep grade, tho
work of the Cadillac would not have
been nearly so strenuous in plowing
through it. Coming down, however,
four times the backing and ramming
process had to be used.
Covey Motor Car Company
Washington Street, at Twenty-First
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