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... SmSS--:ir- '-v.- :'-T'n;:;it;-;'"-: . i. Z: THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL. PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING, JULY 23, 1916. 7 , SCENE ON COLE TOUR EXTENDING TO EASTERN OREGON GARAGE OPEN ER SAVES TIIE AND THE DALLES WAS WORST ROAD OF TOOR Officials Traveled in Three Big Cole Cars Over 1000 Miles in Week. TO TAKE SOCIABILITY Individual Travel Will Be Style With Big Gathering at Beach City. HIGHWAY CALLED FINEST DANCE WILL BE FEATURE Col aleprseentatlvs Removes All Qual ification In Tallin? of Beauties and VondMi of Scenic BWir BoasL Other Parts of the Program Tat Vailed In Mystery But Kipping, Boar lnr Time Zs Promised. BEWEEN HOOD RIVER PORTLAND AUTISTS JOURNEY TO SEASIDE 1.. , . JTT! i , W i i VJA - f aaas pm " O ' I ' V ' rPCr - P 1st ; f ' - t I v luZi F kf I By Ralph J. Staehll. In a 1000-mile tour of central and eastern Oregon, whlrh ended with a trip down the Columbia river highway to Portland, the worst piece of road encountered In the entire distance wad I'ftwe-n Hood River and The Dalles, according to R. P. Henderson. Mr Henderson represented the Cole Motor jir company on the tour of Idaho and Oregon .state officials who went to Malheur lake to inspect nitrate and -pot n.Kh deposits. Air. Henderson I the kino" of a man you admire, lipcaimc lie frankly said the roads were not all good a.nd that Home of them were pretty bad. Calls Highway Oreatest. That's why It wan more appreciated when he Bald the Columbia river high way In Multnomah county In the grand est drive in the world. On first thought lie said there wan only one that could e(iial It and that was along the Hudson river. He even went back on that UK he talked of the day's won- flers, and when ho had reviewed all Jiin surprises and pleasures of the day, he barred the Hudson from eompe tl( Ion. Mr. Henderson says that the part from the county line taut should re reive, Home attention tMvause of the road's standing as an economic factor in the state It is the one pass through the mountain and as such deserves more attention from the public. Three Oolaa Carried Party. The Col representative started from Caldwell, Idaho, with Harry A Wilson, vice president and general manager of the American Nitrates company; Thomas V. Cole, president of the, Klrat National bank of West Pullman, Chicago; James H. Hawley. ex-governor of Idaho; Hen W. Olcott secretary of state of Oregon; Thomas B. Kay, Btate treasurer of Oregon; C. B. MoConnell of Hums, and Italph A. Watson of The Journal. The party left In three big Cole cars. 1 Wu of them eights and the other a big nix. The first leg of the Journey was to the Snake river ferry at Home dale and from there to the Huccor creek nitrate camp. Their next leg wmi to Ontario by way of Nyssa, a ' stretch of f0 miles, which was covered In about three hours, as stops were made to Inspect certain properties. On Car Lost In Desert. Cine of the cars became lost and took a desert trail Instead of ttie road. It was some time before it was missed and then Mr. Henderson started in pur suit. In the chase he ran aver a badger that was a real prize for size. That day. with but 87.5 miles cov ered, was the most strenuous of the week and was a test of cars and men. The next step was to Beulah and over the mountains to Rurns. where the members of the party were the guests of the town. T.he Cole party arrived In Crane In time to have a hand in the celebration attending the arrival of the first pas senger train, which had come over the extension of the Union Pacific. Gov ernor Wlthycombe was almost lost but arrived In time to make a speech. The next points of interest were Har rlman and Malheur lane. County Impresses Visitor. Mr. Henderson was very much im pressed with all that country and Its wildness. He thinks that every Port lander or tourist ought some time to make a trip to that section. Ideas of apace and the great out of doors un dergo a rapid change, he said. On the lakes of the section visited great flocks of game birds were feed ing or flapping their wings Idly as they scurried away from the Intruders. Front an automobile standpoint, Mr. illllllllllllillNlllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllinUlUlllUlillllllllllllllllllllllll'J: JOURNAL'S AUTO DIRECTORY rililllllllllllllliiiiiiillliliiiiiilllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllilllllllilllllllin Chalmers a Broadway Chandler Grant Six Hudson Super Six Hupmobile; 11 the Maxwell Economy Oldsmobile Velie The Biltwell Series represents the latest and beat in motor cars. New value at medium prices. D. C. WARREN MOTOR CAR CO. 58-60 N. 23d Street. Phone Main 780 Republic Trucks Internal for the Diamond TIIRES l Vulcanizing and Retreading. R. E. Top, left on the road near Malheur lake where official party inspected nitrate developments. Top, right Near Burns. Below R, P. Hen derson, representing Cole Motor Car Manufacturing company, on tour of inspection. Below, right Through a rough piece of country north of Burns. Henderson considered the trip very successful. This is the second time that new Cole cars have been given this sort of a baptism. It being about two years ago when the factory sent out a crew of engineers with instruc tions to break a car up If they could. Teat Shtiefles Auto Kan. This test of last week was not an exceptionally hard one, but Mr. Hen derson was satisfied after It was over, that the car was built to meet road conditions of thetest. The sales manager of the Indian apolis makers says that factory condi tions are still such that production has to stand the greatest pressure from every point. The Cole, in spite of the tight market, has been able to buy all its materials for the year to come and is now prepared to make double the number of eights that were produced last year. The Cole that Mr. Henderson piloted will be shipped back instead of going over the road. The visitor saw Port land In a hurry and Jumped on an east bound train, after spending about 24 hours In mad racing to every point of Interest around here. While here h? was the guest of F. W. Vogler. pres ident of the Northwest Auto company. Good Roads Vital. "The unimproved hle-hways are the weakest element today from the stand point of the military transport." said P. 8. Bond, major, corps of engineers, IT. S. army, in a recent declaration in favor of better American roadways. "America has the railroads," continued Major Bond. "It has the autos and auto trucks. Whether the latter can be used or whether we must go bark to the age of the mule whacker and the dreary march on foot rests with those who are responsible foi our high way improvement." H. L. KEATS AUTO CO., at Burnaide. Broadway 5368 ow Demonstrating the New 3400 K. M. P. $1090 F. O. B. Factory See the Chandler Four-Passenger Roadster GERLINGER MOTOR CAR CO., 363 Oregon Street, East End of Steel Bridge QUALITY CAR, MEDIUM IN PRICE, DULMAGE-MANLEY AUTO CO. 48 Twentieth, Near Washington Phone Marshall 1699. $825 The car with the greatest recorda. C. L. BOSS & CO. 615-617 Washington Street Standardized car. A four cylinder car that haa resiliency of the average aix. DULMAGE-MANLEY AUTO CO. 48 Twentieth, Near Wash. Marshall 1699. records, non-stop recorda and smallest up-keep recorda. C. L. BOSS & CO., 615-617 Washington Street Distinctly High Grade. Light Weight. OLDSMOBILE CO. OF OREGON Broadway and Couch Phone Broadway 1640 Truck 34, lVa, 2, 3y2 and 5 Ton The Standard of Portland Bnalneaa Houses. Columbia Carriage & Auto Works 900 rSOXT STXXST. Gear Drive, unqualifiedly guaranteed life of the truck; 94, 1, 2 and 3-ton ROBERTS MOTOR CAR CO. Park and Flanders Streets BLODGETT. 89-Sl Vertn lets, near Oeook Paone Main TOOS ROAD INFORMATION Portland Automobile club road bul letin tor the week ending July 21, ll'ltj, is furnished liv automobile clubs and Chambers of Commerce through out the state: Portland-Salem. Portland to Newberg (via Rex-Ti-garri). very good. Portland to Newberg (via Tualatin), good. Newherg to Dayton, good. Dayton to Salem (via Wheatland), good. Dayton to Sale.m (via Amity), good. Portland to Oregon City (via Os wego), rough. Portland to Oregon City (via East Side), good. Portland to Oregon City (via Eighty second street), good. Oregon City to Aurora, good. Aurora to Salem, good. Sayton-Salem. Dayton to Dallas, good. Dallas to Salem. Kood. I ay ton-Eugene. Dayton to Monmouth, good. Monmouth to Independence, good. Independence to Corvallis. good. Corvallis to Monroe, good. Monroe to Kugene, good. Salem-Corvallla. Salem to Albany. lair. Albany to Corvallis. good. Albany-Eugene. Albany to Harrisburg, fair. Harrisburg to Eugene, fair. Dayton-Blodjfett. Dayton to McMinnvilie, good. McMinnvillc to Dallas, good. Dallas to Hlodgett (via King's val ley) Recent rains caused much mud, rough in places and muddy In many places. j Eugene-Maranfield. Eugene to Cottage Grove, good. Cottage Grove to Drain, fair. Drain to Koseburg, good. Roseburg to Marshfield. good. Roaeborg-Hornbrook. Roseburg to Glendale. fair. Glcndale to Grants l'ass, fair. , Grants Pass to Medford. good. Med ford to Ashland, paved. Ashland to Ilornbrook, Cal.. good. Medford-Crater Laka. Medford to Crater Dake Expected to be open to the lake by the eigh teenth. Engene-McKenzle Past. Eugene to Central, Or., (via McKen zie Pass 118 Not open to travel. Portland-Government Camp. Portland to Gresham hard surface. Gresham to Rhododendron, fair. Rhododendron to Government camp, fair. Government Camp-Madras. Government camp to Waplnitia, snow, Waplnitia to Tygh valley, fair. Waplnitia to Maupin, fair. Maupln to Shaniko, fair. Waplnitia to Madras, fair. Portland-The Dalles. Portland to eastern Multnomah countv line, good to end of pavement. Bonneville to Cascade locks, fair, narrow at places. Cascade locks to Hood River rough In most places; cars will need seven gallons of gasoline and good brakes to climb Kuthton hill, two miles west of Hood River. Hood River to The Dalles Road narrow. Hood River to Cloud Can Inn Road has been worked. High power cars can get to the inn Ford to turn around. Toll is on former and $3 on latter. The DaUea-Buntlngton. The Dalles to Wasco, good. Wasco to lone. good. lone to Pendleton (via Echo), fair. lone to Pendleton (via Heppner), good. Pendleton to La Grande, good. La Grande to Baker, fine condition. Baker to Huntington Recent rains have put roads In good condition. Pendleton-Spokane. Pendleton to Walla Walla, fine. Walla Walla to Dayton, good. Deyton to Colfax (via Central fer- Good Time Made On Prairie City Trip Manager E. E. Eling. of the local branch of the Overland Pacific Co., re ceived the following letter from E. M. Ward, who left Portland a few days ago for Prairie City and made the dis tance in excellent time. The letter gives an idea of the road conditions and the time possible over the run: "We left Portland at 7 t m., and ar rived at The Dalles at exactly noon, having traveled 88 milea. We left The Dalles at 1:15 and arrived at Wasco at 4 p. m. In this distance of 30 miles there is some sandy road along the Co lumbia, but most of it is fair. The GO milea from Wasco to Condon were made before 7 p. . m. From Wasco to Condon the road la rough in places. ry). good. Colfux to Spokane, good. Dayton-Ztewlatoa. Dayton to Pomeroy. fair. Pomeroy to Lewiston. fair. The Dalles-Ashland. The Dalles to Shaniko (via Tygft valley), very hilly, 5 and 7 per cent grades. The Dalles to Shanlko (via Wasco), good. Shaniko to Madras, good. Madras to Bend, good. Bend to Crescent, good. Bend to Burns, nood. Crescent to Klamath Agency, best via Klamath. Klamath to Crater Lake, open to within two miles of lake. Klamath Agency to Klamath Falls, fair. Klamath to Ashland, first class. Klamath Falls to Ashland, excellent. Shanlko-Lakeview. Shaniko to Prineville, good. Prinevllle to Bend (via Redmond), good. Millican to Silver Lake, good. Sliver Lake to Paisley, good. Paisley to Lakeview. good. Wasco to Mitchell From Wascoto McDonald's Ferry good up Rock Creek lo French Charlie. Canyon road fairly good, some sand. From there to Mitchell road rough and deep sand for about 100 vards; from fhere to Condon, good. Condon to Fossil, road being re paired. Fossil to Mitchell, over new Rowe creek grade, good all the way. Mitchell to Baker, fairly good from Mitchell to Dayville, fine then to Prairie City. Good most of the way to Baker. Canyon City to Burns, good. Ferry The Dalles to Granddallea, Washington, every day. J1.00 for ma chine and passengers (round trip). Ferry Hood River to White Salmon, tl no for machine and 25 cents per pas senger. Kerrv Cascade Locks to Carson, Jo.oo for machine and driver and 60 cents per passenger. Road opened the 19th between Ste venson and Carson. Sandv boulevard closed between Falrview and Troutdale. Columbia river highway closed from Warrendale east between the hours of 6 a. m. and 12 m.. and 1 p. m. and 7 p. m. Open between 12 and 1 noon. Open all day Sunday. Portland-SeaJride. Portland to St. Helens, good. St. Helens to Goble. passable. Goble to Rainier, passable. Rainier to Clatakanie, pretty rough. Clatskanle to Astoria, passable. Astoria to Seaside, paved. Portland to Astoria and Seaside fvla Inland Route) Best via Forest Grove, Timber, Kist. Veronia. Take River road Veronia to Pittsburg, Mist. Jewell and Astoria. Portland-JTehal em. McMinnvilie to the coast. McMinnvilie io Khertdan. good. Sheridan to Wlllamina. good. Willamina to Dolph, fair. Dolph to Tillamook, roads muddy; cars have trouble getting through. Tillamook to Bay city Bay City to Nehalem. good. Dallas-Hswport. Dallas to Blodgett Blodgett to Toledo, rain made roads muddy for a few days. Toledo to Newport. Note Best road is either by way of Kintra trallev nr Porvnllls and Wren to 'Blodgett. thence down the Little Elk road to Eddyville. thence via cutorr to Toledo and Newport. Road over Prt neer Hill abandoned and replaced by road around, which enters the present road near Chltwood. Portland-Seattle. Portland north to Chehalls via Woodland. Kalama, Kelso. Castle Rock and Toledo, very muddy. Chehalis to Seattle, good. Best Is via Goble and ferry toCar- rols Point. Ferry charges 14.00 for machine and all passengers. but up Rock Creek to French Charley canyon there is fair way. From there to Mitzkale the road is rough, and deep sand offers some obstruction for a dis dance of 100 yards. From the bad spot to Condon the road is good. They are doing some work in the canyon between Condon to Fossil, which makes the road a little trouble some at present; but, once beyond that, it is fair going; to Fossil. "From Fossil to Mitchell conditions are excellent. The party arrived here at 7 a. m. The ground between Mitchell and Dayvlll.. was covered by 10:30 a. m. The roads were good, except at the creek cross ings. Several dangerous places are to be found in the gullies, where the wa ter is standing in the holes. The Over land covered the distance between Dayville and Prairie City by 12:50. which made 23 hours running: time for the distance of 331 milea. Fourteen gallons of gasoline and a Quart of cylinder oil were used on the trip. VICTIMS TO BLAME A MAJORITY OF ome Interesting Figures Are Shown in Annual Report of New York Police, Some highly illuminating figures are contained in the classified tables of highway accidents soon to be pub lished in the annual report of the police department of New York city for the year 1915. The tables show that of 10.653 acci dents of which the causes were given, 8661, or more than 81 per cent, were due to the fault or Incapacity of the injured person, and only 700, or 6V6 per cent, to the fault of the driver. norse drawn trucks and wagons caused 100 fatalities and injured 2341 persons, while motor trucks and de livery wagons killed 105 and injured 110 i. Passenger automobiles caused 177 fatalities and Injured 4688 persons. The total number of persons fatally injured in the year was 649 and the number less seriously hurt was 21,891. These figures, however, Include 4401 persons who sustained injuries in no way related to vehicles, such as falls on the sidewalk, hit by falling ob jects, bitten by dogs. etc. They also include 955 persons hurt by running into or in front of vehicles. 11"J0 in jured when improperly boarding or alighting from street cars. 417 when playing in the street, 330 while in toxicated, etc. Presented in the most detailed way of any street accident records pre pared by any city in the country, the New York police report merits careful study by every one interested In the subject, says the National Automobile Chamber of Commerce. It shows con- NEW BRANCH MANAGER ARRIVES IN PORTLAND 'aw K X. -vsy- " ' if , '-v , A f A. W. Jones. The successor to F. B. Norman, for merly manager of the Ford Motor Co., Portland branch, arrived during: the week in the person of A. W. Jones, who for some time managed the branch of the company at Houston, Texas. Mr. Jones is known to the northweft, though he neeter has spent much time in Portland. He formerly was con nected with the automobile industry in Seattle. "W. S. McNamara, who has been chief clerk of the Ford branch for a year, will be next to Mr. Jonee as the assistant manager. AUTOMOBILE MSHAPS ..vav6 v a ft 74 7 m v ..v.'.v: If W?$7 J Portland automobile dealers and their friends, the motor car owners are to have a sociability tour next week-end which will have as its goal oeasiae. wnere tne wno:e town is go ing to start something that will make the motor army of close to 300 re member the day. The plan was broached at the deal ers and turned over to a committee of which A. S. Robinson of the Kissel Kar is the chairman. With him are H. L. Keats and C. M. Menzies and yesterday they announced their tenta tive plans. The tour .starts any time Saturday, just whenever the motorist can get his desk cleared. Arrival in Seaside Is on the same basis. It was planned In this way 'because It was thought that If motorists traveled Individually, the dust on the road would be less. Everybody Will -Skid." Everyone is to join in the "Smooth Tread Skid'' on Saturday night when ;i bte orchestra will draw out terpsi chorean strains until early morn. .iuoJt tne middle of the night, every headlight in the party will be directed into the sea and the dancers will then run for the ocean and have a few minutes to cool off. Next morning's program will depend somewhat on the outcome of the con ference with the Seaside committee and the people who are to help at the coast. It has been suggested that Sun day morning, every one in the crowd go to Cannon beach for breakfast and an early one at that. Kaces Will Be Fiahy. Then back to Seaside where the crab race, th clam diggers' race, the periwinkle race, the shrimp race and the lobster race will take place. Still another big feature Is now In the hatching. City dads at Seaside are scratching their heads and the "live ones" are in league with the automobile committee. This event promises to be the biggest of the morn ing. What it is is another secret un til after the conference with the of ficials. This will be the first big party to make the beach tour this year and mo torists generally are flocking to be one of the crowd. Seaside and Clat sop beach generally are anticipating it as the biggest day of tho ear. cluslvely that the most effective ways of reducing the number of highway accidents are to provide playgrounds for children and keep them out of the streets and to educate pedestrians of all ages to observe as much caution in crossing the streets as drivers observe in handling their vehicles, whether horse drawn or motor driven. The record Is taken to ehow the fal lacy of 'attempting to reduce accidents materially by requiring all operators of motor vehicles to be licensed, while no such regulation Is applied to drivers of horse drawn vehicles. Even more evident Is considered tho usefulness and unfairness of enact ing ordinances requiring the fitting of safety fenders to motor trucks, which caused less than half as many acci dents as horse drawn wagons. Street cars, which are equipped with fenders, killed 77 and injured 1694 persons dur ing the year, as against 105 killed and 1107 Injured by motor trucks, although there were only 12,000 electric street cars In operation in the city, including subway and elevated cars, as compared with 12,575 commercial motor vehicles, which were not fitted with fenders. In Norway there is being built a plant that will produce 4000 tons of aluminum annually. Store Account Clhamsloir &b Lyomi Company Broadway at Couch Street m. u Automatic garage door opener, which can Ie opera tod from neat of automobile and which unlocks proacliing veliicle. C. V. Smock Is of an inventive turn of mind, and, as night after night ha had to climb from the Beat of his tour ing car, open the garage doors, turn "n tiie light and then Jump back Into thu car, lie began to wonder if there was not a way to avoid all that. The result Is an automatlo garag; opener, which does all those things. About 18 feet from the garage door is a post rising from the ground. On top is a neat metallic box, the face of which is a heavy type of lock. Simply insert the key In that lock and tho garage doors unlock and open and the electric light Is turned on. The device is the result of a lot of experimenting, but its possibilities am IS REACTING WITH NEW WELLS BEING OPENED Unusual Profits Encouraging the Producers, So Reduc tion Is Likely. There is encouraging news for mo torists from the oil fields. The high price of gasoline Is having Its predict ed effect increased production of oil. But no one predicted that exploration and development would become so ac tive that May of this year would make a new record in the number of wella completed. It is estimated, according to returns received by the Oil, Paint and Drug Reporter, that during the month of May the number of completed wells, both oil and gas, Is the largest ever reported in a single month since Colo nel Drake first discovered mineral oil In Pennsylvania. The Increase in com pleted wells is placed at more than 580, as compared with the returns for April, when the first rush of new drill ing began, as it was not only until then that country roads berame in condition to admit of the passage of the neces sary materials. 94,000 Barrels Increase. The new production In April was 94.938 barrels. The total new produc tion as recorded for May was close to llllllllllllllllllllll Closed HIGH A PRICE M M MOVING to our new store at Broadway and Couch street neces sitates suspension of business all day Mon day, July 24. q Will be ready to serve you at new location Tuesday, July 25. and open garage doors for ap absolutely stnrtllng. If Mr. Smock !' in a lils rush, lie turns a switch at Ma kitchen door, anil before he can get tO the garage It Is unlocked and opened.. ,; A single electric motor does all tn work of cIoMiik and opening. lie It r, nmrkfd that the garage closes in the' Minio fushlon. After driving the cat out. turn the Iork at the side of the path and the doors lo k. Tills can be operated at any distance. II should, proe valuable to country estates, where there ate e,ates to open atui close: The driver could on and close uny number in that fualilon Without ence leaving the cur. Mr. Kmock has Ills own garage lit D7 East Thlrty-aeV' enth slreet, equipped with his device.; ., lIr.,G00 barrels, a gain of about 60,000 barrels. This now ouu..,t came prind pally from Oklahoma, Kansas and the gulf coast fields, in tne mld-contlntMt fields production has been augmented' by the finding of many Important new gushers. That the scope of this naW activity is far from reached Is shown by the. number of new drilling rigs g;"! lug Into the field. An increase of 179 of these In May over those recorded In April is reported. r - Ko far no pools ha ve been discovered, the development being in fields already outlined, but with exploration stimu lated by the high price of gasoline it Is regarded as not unlikely that haw territory will be opened up before the siimnier is over. Tho results so 'ttLT,:-. while not of a character to have a- rad-s leal influence on ttie price of gasoline are deemed to be of sufficient lmpor tance to set at naught the predictions)', of those who asserted a few monthf ago that gasoline would continue to advance until It would reach 60 cetllV a gallon wholesale. Waw Prooesaea Kelp. With greater production of the crude another factor is at work to add to the output of gasoline; that Is the InstaN lullon of processes to Increase the pro portionate amount of the lighter die. Dilates from the crude. One of 4he latest companies to decide to put Itl t plant for this purpose Is the Mld-Cp tintnt, which has valuable .fields in Wyoming. There Is scarcely a week now that does not record notable, de velopment In this phase of gasoline production. Altogether the apprehen sion that was thrown over the motors Industry by alarmists seems to be fast clearing awsy. Hecause red Is the color least aaatlf. distinguished by color blind parson experts have advocated blue disks Wltlt wide yellow rlnis for danger signals. III in oday ovio: ''AS