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THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL PORTLAND, " SUNDAY ' MORNING; MARCH 1&, 1916.
CANTINE SUGGESTS
JOURNAL-CHALMERS TOURIST ON" ROAD TO DEER ISLAND
FROM PORTLAND ARE
TENTATIVE PLAN FOR
HIGH
ays radiating
GOOD
CONDITION
Lower Columbia Road as Far
-as ' Goble Offers Fine 'Trip
, for Motorists.
ONLY -ONE PLACE IS BAD
Short Diituw Worth of Scappoose
Conld Be Improved by XdUXe
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By Ralph J. Staehli.
The motorist suffering an -acute
attack of "spring fever." with the de-
v lr to get out on the roads, need not
- try to repress that feeling any longer.
Z Practically every road radiating from
' Portland will he found to be In sur-
& prlslagly gooff condition, and only the
; heaviest kind of a rain -will loosen It
up enough to make trouble. First hand
KiL information, was collected on some of
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:. luBiq uuriiig i lie weeK, vniie repon wo
omsrs' report rair conditions.
The Journal' own road service can
assure, the motorist of a very interest
ing trip down the Columbia river high
way- as far : aa Oeer island, with re
ports Indicating that the road is In
excellent shape as far as Goble.
One of the new Chalmers six 40s
was taken on a speedy Jaunt down the
river early In the week, and mile after
mll of the road showed up quite dry
and in- excellent driving shape, with
the exception of a few miles between
the Multnomah county line ana Scap
poose, where a "very little work would
make traveling a little smoother.
Afternoon's Drive Pleasant.
This road offers the rnotorisf a very
ir pretty afternoon's : driving through
I some of the most beautiful lowland
scenery that can be bad. First, it is
"down the shore of the Willamette,
passing some of Portland's biggest fac-
5 tories.
Then, as the business makers are
- left behind, green hills on the left an3
the Willamette on the right unfold a
panorama of variety which gradually
changes to the broad pattern of the
islands and sweeping bends of the
river, where it Joins the Columbia.
i The tall and stately cottenwooda
: over on the Sauvies island, with the
first inkling of spring showing on an
' occasional limb, bring prospects of
i many a pleasant party to be held under
? the trees, where Chief Multnomah once
J counseled his warriors.
$ 4 Jolting Quickly rorgotten.
i .Several miles of this kind .of coun
try, generously artudded with prosper-
i ou looking -truck gardens and other
I tangible signs of Oregon s rural pros
I perity, pass while rolling over some of
i Multnomah county's better class of
roadway.
Then come a few miles of earth and
gravel road that could stand some at
tention, but the view of the Columbia
on the few miles of road beyond St.
Helens and on the way to Deer Island
make the bit of Jolting hardly worth
mentioning, in view of the greater
pleasures that -come as the reward of1
the trip.
On, the return the motorist can
branch off at Claremont. take the ferry
to St. Johns, and take an evening turn
r over the Willamette boulevard, coming
down Mississippi to Larrabee and the
, Broadway bridge. ,
V The hill past the Forestry building
"I Is not yet Improved, and for some time
to come the "way to reach the IA anton
road, will be to turn off Thurman at
Twenty-fourth, going down the latter
street to the end of the pavement, and
thence left to the XJnnton road. Easy
driving snouia mue u jaunt about-a
three or four hour drive, a round trip
gof about 70 miles. - '
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Above, left to fightThe road beyond St. Helens, showing excellent condition of macadam; a bit of
Interesting country overlooking the slongh and Satiric1 Inland.
Below ninstrating Columbia conaty method of giving protection to the motorist on si slippery tin.
Guard logs prevent ur automobile from skidding over tiio embankment. F. E. Perkins, of II. Ii,
Keats Co., at the wheel.
GOOD ROADS NEWS NOTES
IN THE OREGON COUNTRY
Grading Xs ITearly Sobs. The con
tract for grading the Pitcher canyon
Said Butler canyon roads in Wasco
county will be completed, it is an
nounced, early in April.
Kay Improve Keppasr Boad An
agitation is on in Morrow county for
the Improvement of the Heppner-Lex-
ipgton road. ,
completed" will Vconnec? the beach,
Winchester Bay and Reedsport direct
ly with Bcottsburg, thus making it
possible to go to Roseburg, the coun
ty seat, without traveling 20 miles on
the river. Wllliamette valley people
will also be enabled to reach the
beach within a few hours.
Moad Before Tatr. No effort will
be "made in Baker county to secure
funds for' the county - fair until the
roads win make travel through the
county ptacttcable.
jDiff erence oi Opinion
Amounts to $10,000
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Sagiaea - and Contractors
in Accord as to the Amount
Sue for ainler Kill Boad,
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A difference of opinion has arisen
between the state highway depart-
; ment and the contractors in the final
j., settlement of the Rainier hill section
i" work in Columbia county.
4 Th final estimate of the state engl
neer was approximately $20,000. The
contractor claims that a reclassifies
C tlon of some of the work will show
A. title to a larger sum. The state ap
f f propriated $30,000 for the section. -
Will Advertise Highway. The west
side highway from Portland through
McMinnville and Dallas will be widely
advertised this year, if plans inaugu
rated; by the McMinnville Automobile
club are carried out.- The club is con
ducting en active' membership cam
paign, and will publish a folder con
taining a map of the highway.
" County Will Cooperate, Eight 'thou
sand dollars will be diverted out -of
the Jackson county state road appro
priation for' 1916 for the purpose. of
cooperating with the federal' govern
ment In making a survey for. a paved
highway from Medford to Crater lake.
The federal engineers will make the
survey.
Want Wider . Pavement Accord
ing to the Weston Leader that section
of Umatilla county will oppose tho
proposed $980,000 bond issue. The obf
Jectlon seems to be, not so much
against bond issues, but because of the
opinion that the proposed Issue, as ten
tatively apportioned will not be suffi
cient to complete the work. There is
also opposition to an eight foot pave
ment, if being claimed that 18 feet
would be none too wide, and that 16
feet is absolutely essential.
Petition Xs Being- Signed. A peti
tion is being generously signed ' in
Clatsop county to accept the proposi
tion of Contractor Oiler to improve
the four and one-half mile strip of
highway on Clatsop plains with a hard
surface pavement to the full width of
16 feet instead of nine feet already
contracted for.
Survey of Koad Mad. A survey
has been begun of the much talked of
road fcetween Scottsburg and Reeds
port. Douglas county. The road when
Survey Is Ordered-State Engineer
Lewis has directed a rough survey of
a proposed state road through Mc
Minnville, up Yamhill river and-across
the mountains to Tillamook.
Highway la Qood Shape. The Cen
tral Oregon highway - between Biggs
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and Wasco Is now In good condition,
the damage sustained last winter hav
ing been repaired. The ferry between
Biggs and Maryhill will be put in op
eration in a few days, enabling inter
state travel.
Washington's Road
Commissioner Out
Owing to dissatisfaction with state
road work In Washington, State High
way Commission Roy . has resigned.
His successor has not yet been ap
pointed but It has been indicated that
he will be succeeded by Chief Engineer
Allen. It has been charged that there
has been great waste and. Inefficiency
in the conduct -of the road department.
Another element in the situation is the
right between paving promoters.
Big Tire Company
Holds Convention
With the idea of getting a service
department which means greater sat
Isfactlon to the customer and helos
a tire make good to the utmost, the
Firestone Tire company held a con
vention which ended yesterday at Ak
ron, Ohio.
Portland users of that make of tire
will receive the benefit: of the fac
tory's educational campaign through
the representation of the Portland
service department. O, T. McFad
den, manager of the local department,
will return Wednesday to put into ef
fect the findings of the men from
all over the United State.
Most tire factories have annual con
vention of their sales managers and
district managers, but it has been dis
tinctively a Firestone idea to educate
the men of the service departments
along the broadest lines.
These' conventions are expected to
bring out the many little things which
applied to tire practice means addi
tional mileage and .greater service.
F. W. Thatcher, local Firestone man
ager, who has been touring the ter
ritory, has Just returned and finds a
growing market all over the state.
"The talk of many new industries
down the valley Is booming every
thing," says Mr. Thatcher. "So many
outsiders are around the towns that
it is almost impossible to get & room
In some of the valley cities. There
certainly is much to look forward to."
COOS
ROAD
SYSTEM
No Route-Should Be Definite
ly, Fixed, Engineer . Says,
V Until Douglas Makes Plans
DISAGREE ABOUT BRIDGE
Keeommeudatloa for Viaduct Three
Miles Trom Coquine Ho Approved
by the People of Couuins.
After making a reconaissanace sur
vey of Coos county. Deputy Highway
Engineer Cantlne has recommended a
tentative plan of road Improvement to
the county court. The routes he ad'
vised are as follows: From the Curry
county line to Bandon; Bandon to Co
quine or a snort distance west of Co-
quille; from there to Coos Bay; a road
north from the bay to the Douglas
county line via Tenmile; one or two
ferries from North Bend to Kentuc
inlet and North inlet completion of
the road from Glasgow to connect with
the Templeton highway. In discussing
the, eventual highway between Coos
county and the interior he recommend
ed that no road should be defined until
It was ascertained what Douglas coun
ty will do. The Myrtle Point road; to
Roseburg, he said, was preferable to
the Coos Bay wsgon road, and thought
eventually the routing would go by
way of the Umpqut river.-
He also recommended that no road
should be hard surfaced until after
fill have settled two years at least
Judge John F. Hall, president of the
Coes County Good Roads association.
has indorsed the recommendation of
the roads to be improved, saying that
the scheme outlined by Mr. Cantlne
was what he had. been scheming foe
the past 10 years. ,
- The proposition of Mr. Cantlne to
bridge the CoqufUe river two or three
miles from Coquille la not approved by
the resident of that city, who claim
that the only place for a bridge is at
Coquille ,
While in Coquille county, it Is re
ported that Mr. Cantlne expressed the
opinion that at the next legislature the
state highway department would be
taken from the jurisdiction of - State
Engineer Lewis and made independent
once more, with Mr. Cantlne in charge.
Engineer Is Turned :
Down by Commission
Olendal Win Vat 8s Xeft Oft to One
Bide by Proposed Oat Oft in Boas
las Ooaaty.
The state highway commission has
rejected the recommendation of the
state engineer relative to the location
of the Pacific yiilghway in Douglas
county. The state engineer and ad
visory board recommended a cutoff.
which would leave 'Glendaie ff"Hs
highway a distance of two miles. The
cost of the cutoff was estimated at
$61,000. The plan was objected to by
the residents of Glendale. The recom
mendation of the state engineer was
based on the argument that the cutoff
would ultimately be the permanent
route and that the distance saved i
would more than, offset the difference
in cost when it came to hard surfac
ing the highway.
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