THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL. PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING. MAY" 2, 1915.
PACIFIC HIGHWAY FROM PORTLAND TO ASH LAN D I N FINE
;R0AD IS FOUNDJO BE
1 100 PER CENT BETTER
THAN LAST AUTUMN
.Greats-Amount of Work Has
y. Been and Is Being Done
i: -Along Entire Route. .
BAD . PlACE$ DISAPPEAR
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FOR MOTOR CARS IS
DEVISED BY EXPERTS
Splash Oiling irj Rights of the
: V-type Invented by Ernest
. M, White,'-Ejngmeer.
PROBLEM IS KNOTTY ONE
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.Tbs Journal's Automobile Editor Gives
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Mad Over SO Mil Clip.!
f The Paoifle highway between
Portland! and Ashland, 343 mfles
f south, and 20 miles this side of
the California line, in excellent
t condition for touring, average
running time better than 20 .
miles per hour. Pass creek
and CoW creek canyon, hereto-
fore the! bugbears of the trip,
100 per cent better than last
year.. i .".-.
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Town- -
, Portland
Kx ........
5-Ncwbnrg ...
;irtOQ ......
tHulem ......
-'Independence
t Albany ... ..
Ajny ......
;-OorvlH ...
i Monroe .....
'Junction City . .
EiHPiia .... ... a
Kugene .......
, ' Ooshen ......
CiMwell
'Saginaw .
- Cottage GroTe
ijH-aln
- i Yanralla .....
.Oakland .. . ..
, Sntherllo . . .
Wilbur. ......
' Kosehnrg ....
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iIVle .. ...
; Myrtle. Creek
' Kiddle ... ..
: CUmyonvule .
Douglas Shelor.
Itinerary.
Tim.
Leave T;35 a. m.
..... J0:O0
10:FiO
...ArrtTe 12:00
...Leave 1:40
... .. 1:&
..ArriTa 3:.1"
..Leave 4:40
7:00
8:00
.Nlgbt atop 8:43
, . . , . .Leave 8:0-a. m,
Mllca
oO.O
M5.2
5S.4
67.7
100.8
140.0
1S2.0
201.3
218.4
lO:0O
10:25
' ltmrtivnlnv ,f t'.tivf Creek CaOFOH
J.. KummU -.i. ...... ....... 1:20
Foot of hiU-U
1 Olendale . .. . 4.
Wolf Creek- ..4.
j iJraati Paa .
Gold "Hill ...4
(Central i'olnt .).
Medtord ... 4-
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'Aahlaod ....-.-.I
12:00
12:22'
1:20
j Arrive 8:00
. . . Leave
8:24
3:45
Total dlatan
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54.2
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107.8
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t between Portland and California. Naif
' u rally, those! bf us in the party who
j Peoplewhjo have planned to drive
j automobiles from Portland to the Cal
'lforftia -.expositions over the Pacific
highway this. year have a rare treat
ahead of them. It has been my privi
S lege to cover the greater majority of
the highways within a radius of 100
j miles ot Portland north, east, . south
l and west atid the most pleasant eur
t prise of my entire touring experience
I was la covering the road" between Port
land rfhd Ashland last Tuesday and
li Wednesday in order that I might give
J the readers of The Journal first, band,
', Information regarding the exact otm-
d it ion of the highway between this
j city and the California line. . .
: Leaving Portland Tuesday : morning
I at 7:35: in a jBuIck 37 touring car, and
accompanied ! by Mel G. Johnson, man
j ager of, the jHoward Automobile cora
j pany, Thomas J. Mullln, advertising
j; manager ot i ioe journal, tjnesier : J.
J Moores, automobile editor of the Ore
i gonian, and j Marry (Skinny) Hayu,
1 traveling representative of the How-
ard company who did the driving in
!a masterly fashion,' we followed up the
Willamette valley, - over the , TJmpqua
divide and into the Rogue river valley
j ta Medford land Ashland, .a distance
of f 343 miresi from Portland in the
surprisingly (fast running time 'ef 15
hours and 29f tmtnutes. '
i. ' i Xoad 100 Per Cent Better.
' , The wordsi "Impassable, "can't be
t done,' and fit's suicide," have been
. frequent expressions whenever infor-
mauiu was ssitea regarainj? uie ruaas
J Tiad never mudn th trin left. Portland
'; anticipating awful things before w
C reached our destination. As we rolled
J smoothly ovezitho roads and mile after
; mil ellckedj off on the speedometer
i and no signs of the "irripassableness"
f: appeared, great disappointment began
S' to show or Our faces. ,. e
p. Inquiry ofi Mel .Johnson, who made
4 tht trip' last (September, brought forth
the answer that, the roads were In a
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t fall, and that be was most agreeably
: surprised to find the great amount of
road work that has been and la being
done along the entire route. ' : -
t Een the much heralded Pass creek
(- and Cow creek canyons and the Glen-
dale-Wolf creek divide were found to
be in much better condition than they
i ; ever -. have been . before. These three
'points have ever been the stumbling
1 'points to an all year highway between
! Portland and the southern portion of
H the; state. : i - f
Oalyf JPw FUoes ift. :;
;'( With the rapid worlc that is being
j don on all three, the next 60 days
J.J will See very travelable roads over this
: section. The, greater part ?sof Pass
! creek canyon, s, 30 miles south of Eu
j. gene, has been macadamized and there
J;ar only a few places of 100 or SO
j ! yards each that still remain to be put
1 Into condition. Great piles of crushed
rock have been distributed near thes
-places and the work will b complet
j ed shortly.: U 1
fi Through Cow creek canyon, hereto
j fore the bugbear of all Oregon, & new
i grade has been completed for a dis
! stance of two and one-half miles, cut
i ;tlnar down thie 15-20 per cent grade to
5 , S per cent, i This will be opened for
l ltravel by Majy 15 at the latest.
':- There are !a docen. or more crews
. : working on the steep grades between
J ;Glendale and' Wolf creek. This road
!' In my estimation is the worst to drive
. ; ;ver of th entire route, with the pos
; slble exception of a two-mile stretch
i of Cow; creek canyon which is Tery
; , stt-ep, narrow and treacherous, which
5 will be eliminated when the new grade
; Is opened. There ar two long up and
; down grades between these points that
are being widened and Ironed out, and
i wherever possible the grades reduced.
' IWtu; Sbonld Zaow Car.
However, it will tak much money
;1 and labor to put the roads over these
several divides between Glendale and
-t Hugo, a distance of 14 miles, in con
; ditlon for alli year travel. During the
. dry weather ;no machine will xperi
l: ence .trouble t negoUating xhnv - Th
4 party driving this part or the hi gh-
way should know bis car thoroughly
j and be prepared at ell times to make
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Difficulty of Splashing th Oil Into
Cylinder Placed -at an Angl Ii
Cans of Worry,
Top, left to right A portion of the Pacific Highway between Medford and Ashland, showing the hard surface that has been laid by Jacksom coaintyr for a distance of 20 miles; One of rthe many ten
ton steam rbllers being used all along the highway te iron'out the ruts. ; ' " J ' ; , . ; . ! . ' ' ' ' , ,
Bottom,' left to rights One of the quick changes of tires after a blowout; Top of the Umpqua Divide, a. beautiful stretch of road overlooking Myrtle preek basin; A narrow stretch of road in Cow Creek
Canyon which will be eliminated when "the new! grade is opened on .other side of canyon; Map of Pacific, Highway between Portland and Ashland. ' " - ,1 '
quick stops. The. grades are steep and
sharp, and whenever another machine
or rig is met, one of the two has to
back to a passing point. The most
dangerous feature of yie Oregon high
ways is that they are all too' narrow.
Even In-the valleys the roads are
merely wide .enough to accommodate
one vehicle, and consequently everyone
has, drive Tin the same tracks. In
tbts:way after a rajn 'they soon j be
cOmetrutty :and Yottgh. , - - K'-
When the party, left Portland Tues
flay morning ltM the -intention-of
reaching 'the California - line by Wed
nesday evening- and ' there take t"he
train"Tack ) that I reaches. Portland- at
7 a. m. - .- ";. i .
v OoOa; Joy -Bid., .
At Koseburg,' however, we were de
layed . more than' ari " h'Our ' Wednesday
morning in ! siartingi. . . Eight miles out
'We had our; third blowout of the trip,
which . delayed us some 10 minutes,
and aJ few miles further along "Skin
ny" Hays lost the Pacific highway and
took us for an eight or 10 mile joy
ride around the rim of the Umpqua
valley, delaying us another 40 min
utes. These delays, amounting - to
nearly two hours, necessitated the
abandonment- of ' the trip at Ashland,
where we arrived at 3:45 p. ra.. after
a-Stop Of. 24 minutes at Medford.
From information received at these
two .points,; and from a telegram re
ceived at Portland Thursday morning
from McGee . and, Murray, driving th
Buick car that made the trip from San
Franclsc to Spokane through eastern
Oregon, ' across to Seattle, and down
the Pacific highway, on Its return to
San Francisco, the road from Ashland
to California will not be In good shape
for the next 60 .days.
Boad at Snaamnir Bad.
' These two men left Portland with
us Tuesday morning and continued on
south from Ashland Wednesday after
noon, after ' we had turned - back to
Medford to take the train for Port
land. Just south of Glendale we met a
party off five, three men and two
women, who started from Seattle to
San Francisco,, and turned back from
Dunsmulr, CaL. stating that the Pa
clflo highway near that-point was in
very bad condition and they had
abandoned their trip, j ?
Tuesday we met an (Oldsmoblle that
had come through from California, and
they told the hotel manager at Rose
burg that the worst road they had en
countered was near Dunsmulr, Cal
where the Pacific highway was torn
up. . They stated it would be at least
two! months before it "would be pleas
ant to make that portion of the road
- It would take columns - to describe
In detail ,-the . highway between Port
land and Ashland. The readers of The'
Journal . can feel eafe' la starting on
the- trip'any time after "July 1. Drovid-
lng.. there baa been at .least four -daya
ot eunsnme. ... . . ' -. , . i
;1's: Boad Panorama of Beauty. .. . i ..
t iBvery mile of - road i that.; needs re
pairing will Tiave been 'worked by th-H
date, and weather .conditions, being fat
vorable the trip will ; be greatly en7
joyed. The road from Portland to
Ashland is a panorama of beauty; you
are led through valleys and along rip
pling streams with everchanging views
of orchards in bloom, great fertile
fields ready for seeding, stretches of
foothills covered : with a thousand
shades of green and here and there
a peep of snow clad peaks and great
canyons. These win make the trip one
long to be remembered by young and
old. Hotel accommodations in all of
the principle towns, such as Salem.
Albany, Corvallis, Eugene, Roseburg,
Grants Pass, Medford and Ashland are
much better than will be found in most
cities of their sizes, and the prices
quoted are very Treasonable.
-j. - So Wot 3f ear Boad Conditions, f
llf you are hesitating making this
trip on account of fear of road condi
tions, ; forget it! A one-cylinder ; will
make any portion of the route Just as
surely as the highest priced six, ex
cept, possibly, ; not quite so fast. i
! Possibly the most pleasing and last
ing Impression of the trip is when you
roll onto the hard surfaced highway
at'Centraf Point. Jackson county is
to be highly congratulated for (having
paved the first portion of th Pacific
highway for a distance of 20 miles be
tween Central .Point, i Medford and on
to Ashland. : f :' ? -
t Mel Johnson. T. J. Mullln, Chester
B. Moores, and the writer, returned to
Medford from Ashland and caught the
6:30 p. m. train for Portland, arriv
ing Thursday morning at -seven. All
are of the opinion that the Pacific
highway is in excellent condition for
95 per cent of the distance, and highly
recommend the trip to any who have
an automobile and understand driving
same. The time made by the Buloit is
much higher than the average party
wishes to tour. About the right way
to split the trip is to make a three
day jaunt of it, driving about 100 miles
pe'rday, - '' . f .'j , '
AUTOS MAY BE PUT TO
A VARIETY OF USES
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Car Makes Good in Plowing,
: Pumping, and Cutting
; and Hauling Alfalfa..
gallons per minute for seven consecu
tive days and nights without stopping
the engine, thoroughly irrigating 20
acres of alfalfa. This was done at a
cost of approximately $2.40 for each
24 hours, 15 gallons of . gasoline and
one and one-half gallons of oil being
used in this time.
Tater In the season this' same ma
chine was used for plowing, harrow
ing, cutting and hauling alfalfa, and
also for cultivating fruit trees and-all
other job's ' usually performed by
horses. ' . '
The only cost of changing the ma
chine for the above work .is the
putting on of Tractor i tires, six Inches
wide, with grips six inches apart.
These can be changed back to pneu
matic tires and vice versa In about
aalomoblle enKl-
speclalist on nio-
30 minutes time. About -four acres
can, be plowed per day at a nominal lion high-grade cars a forced lu
'"-.- 'Iltion system. Is becoming the rule.
cost.
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All the elght-cyjjnder- motors -that
have so far appeared have been pro
vided with sonje form of force-feed
oiling,' the lubrlcantj being directed un
der pressure through the crankshaft
and it throws to the i crankpins. and
sometimes through J the camshaft as
well. Naturally such a construction
Is very expensive, owing , to the drill
ing of the shaft. iThe splash oiling
system, whereby the lower ends of
the connecting rodn dip Into trough
of oil as they revolve, thereby throw
ing the oil (o all the surfaces to bo
lubricated, to muchl more simple, but
designers of eights! have fought shy
of It becaiise of die difficulties of
splanhing the oil Into cylinders placed
at an angle.
Ernest M. White,
neer of Detroit and-
tor car lubrication, has come forward
with a method-of -.employing eplatili
oiling In eights of the V-type, which
makes use of baffles to direct the
oil into the 'cylinders. . In combina
tion with theso the whit eight-cylinder
splash ' systems Incorporate . th
special forms ' of splash troughs t
whifjh Mr. White holds patents snl
which- cause more oil to be splashed
on' grades than on the Jevel, at tlit
same time having provision for the
cutting down of thd oU-supply when
the car Is descending a grade: for
when going down Thill,, less work is
done by the motor, land consequently
less oil is needed Tn all splash sys
tems, there are oil pockets above the
main bearings and loll holes In" tho
lower ends of thef. connecting rods
so that these parts) may receive oil.
The special form of compensating
troughs which White uses," may also
be fitted in combination with th pres
sure oiling method,! that is. in thoq
cases where the oil 1 - fed under
pressure to the bearings. So far as
the trough design Is concerned, thesn
systems are also sppllcabl to vertical
fours or nixes. ,..
This syKtern seems) to care for every
eventuality but, of course, it must not
be forgotten that force fed oil Is an
advantage to any kind of motor when
it can be 'fforddJ The higher the
pressure at which the oil enters tlii
bearings the greater the durability
thereof is a law of mechanics, so that
brlra-
uses
and
Varied and almost unlimited
can be made of the automobile.
more especially of automobiles that
have passed - their usefulness as
pleasure; or business vehicles, but may
still, by "proper handling, b of great
convenience and a source ' of much
profit to the farmer, and will In the
future become a positive necessity on
farms where the use of heavy ma
chinery and tractors is Impracticable,
says a prominent Mitchell i dealer In
San Francisco.
! This 'is amply-proven by the won
derful performance of a Mitchell -80-on
the 40 acre ranch of A, B. Hunter
of Agnew, Cal.
This Mitchell car was built in 1909
and was run over 50,000 miles in the
rent service before being used for
farm purposes. . . .'
tit's first performance was pumping-
for irrigation where It delivered 600
100 REWARD
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I prove ; that these famous j tires are : not as represented,
I which are being sold at the above discount? v
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STANDARDIZED CAR
IMMEDIATE DELIVERY I
New Vork City, .April 17. 1S15..
Cole Motor Car Company, Indianapolis, Ind. We-took
'Abbey Hill on high gear, starting without 'a run at ten
miles per hour and finished at the top at thirty-five miles
per hour. This, with a passenger load of five people. Then
we went over to Fort George Hill, and I had the pleasure -gf
riding up Fort George Hill on high gear all the way for ,
the first time in ! my life.s-We did the Viaduct Hill as
though it was not a hill atall .COIT-STRATTON CO.
. ' . Wm, I Colt.-
. Boston, Mass., April 12, 1915.
Cole Motor Car Company, Indianapolis, Ind. -Cole
Eight has receive;d rugged' road tests proves to be the
most wonderful car" ever built, j 1 has negotiated success-,
fully and with apparent ease what have been considered
the most difficult hills in this section. Are booking orders
right and left because of its wonderful road performance.
. COLE MOTOR CO. OF. BOSTON.
1 ! 1 Cleveland. Ohio. April 9, 19 IS1.
Cole Motor Car Co., Indianapolis "Eight" at Cleve- s
land. . Busy demonstrating .. day and -night and getting
twelve miles per .gallon gasoline junker, all-' -conditions. ?
! Climbs all hills on high. r . 1 i !
RICHARDSON MOTOR CAR CO.
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i - fortland; Oregon. April 22, 1915: .i
Cole Motor Car Co We' received our Cole Eight dem- i
onstfator on 19th; driven to dite three- hundred miles; jlias '
attracted more attention than any automobile ever shipped jj
to Portland. ; Upon testing out on hills, find she performs !
better than anything we ever sold. . - ' 4 f-
NORTHWEST AUTO CO.
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I y Pittsburg, Pa.. April 13, 1915J j;
Cole Motor Car Company, Indianapolis, Ind. Went' r
overworst hill in "Pittsburg today with five passengers ioa
high, eighteen miles per hour. , J. R. McCORMICKJ
CQLE MOTOR CAR COMPANY, INDIANAPOLIS, U. S. A.
Builders of the Standardized Car- '
A Demonstration in the Cole 8 Will Give You a Sensation in Motoring
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Cole 4
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8887 BROADWAY AT COUCH STREET. . , A-19S3
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