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THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING, AUGUST 20, 1916. VETERAN PORTLAND DRIVER NOW ON WAY IS any sample for road building. Gas Engine May Soon Be Out of Job .. . .. A1A -V The cost is entirely dependent on lo l . . 1 I . tliaf M A V - ON TRANSCONTINENTAL MOTOR TOUR win creel) aiuiiK au ivij m v cal conditions and the availability of materials. However, an estimate of the cost of the macadam surface, foun dation and drainage costs eliminated, places the average expenditure, where Imported trap rock Is used, at approxi scarcely see it moving and almost In ;. stantly jump to 30 or 40 or va SO . ii.. . r t will xllmk knv hill ' !TDI uuica u.i i . u v. i . . ... ..u.w 1 . upon which traction can b ,acured And now oomei Abner Doble. of De troit, who threatens to put the gas en gine out of business and bring ioy to the motorists who have ben worrying about the high cost of gasoline. It Is quite some job he has tackjed. But the funny part of it is he seems to have the goods. Nine years ago Doble decided in hifc dwn mind that th'j ulti mate car would not be a gas car. Steam had all the requireir.enta but the steam car had never been a success. It was unreliable. It wis ex pensive an.! bothersome someaflines It was even .l.-ngerotis. But therfllf f icul- There are no gears to fusa wjtn. . . T V, o .- . I i t ,, rnm th iFl AH tliS TO BY FEDERAL BUREAU Unsatisfactory in Cities, Too mately $3000 to 15000 per mile for a 1 16 foot road with an average depth of i five Inches. Where a good local stone is Immediately available the cost 'it the surface may be as low as $1500 to . . I . . 1 I 1 I .wltitll Tt : speed is regulated entirely by open in nil ,.!,. I no fh Ihrnttlf A llttlslOVer $3000 per mile. Di. fini?ir :itmii(s tin- prvie brake." Construction of macadam roads, as The only 1 ver In the body of t!;a bar- Mr, and Mrs, B, H, Bowman Will Take Three Months to Make the Round Trip. of any other kind, in the opinion r is the emergency brake and tn Only ; pedal is a small affair placed X . th i a. 1. I. I.. . i..r.ln ttlB, AH XpenSIVe tOr HUral High- always be under the direction of ;m Siac WHICH 9 UIU'U in iritiDiiis hiv w - gine. '' : There is i.o outid hh the car gttS Into action and gUdes away. And tha, operation is so b uotli and vibtatlOD. loss that it seems rather uncanny.- Even at the sloAHt speed i there Is no hlga of effort. In appeal ance the oar ra senibles iiny btch-pi'lced nfc car jvnd , there Is not'ilti about It to Indicata Ua unusual clmrai ler. ways, Is the Assertion, suits are to be obtained. Goodyear Reclaims Iand. By changing the- course of the Lit tle Cuyahoga river, which flows through Akron, Ohio, the Goodyear Tire & Rubber company is reclaiming acres of land for a site for future ex tensions to the Goodyear plant. ENTHUSIASTIC MOTORISTS USE OF ENGINEERS URGED ! ties to be -vercome with steani didn't seem to be as great as the diflcultles that had been overcome with gas. And Doble set i.bout the task of overcoming them. Today ne has a car that wlil do Konta Will Tak Couple Orer the lain a Boad Mrs. Bowman Traversed In Prairie Schooner 49 Tears Ago. Cost Is Estimated at From $1500 850O0 Per Mile According to Sock Used. MACADAM AD SUB USSED PORTLAND Ml ft Speeding east on a trip from Port land, Or., to Portland, Maine, a Whit "40" Is leaving the long lines stretch ing behind, like silver ribbons. At the vheel la B. H. Bowman of 535 Belmont street, a retired farmer and banker, who la accompanied on the trip by Mrs. Bowman. They expect to con sume three months In making the round trip between the Portland of the west and the Portland of the east, vis iting daring that lime, the acenea of their youthful days. Mr. Bowman, who Is upwards of 74 ears of age, in a Civil war veteran, having been a member of the Thirty third Massachusetts valunteer Infan try; he carne to Oregon via the Nicar agua route In '67. Mrs. Bowman, who la a few years his junior, crossed the plains in a "prairie schooner," away back. In '48, corning from Sullivan county. Mo. The emigrant train In which Mra. Bowman, then a little girl, left Mis souri, started went on March 29, 1848, and reached Oregon City on October 2 of that year. Needless to say that the old "Barlow Trail." over which the alowly moving wagons passed west ward 68 years ago, will be viewed by Mrs. Bowman with tender recollections as her White car carries her back over the highway to "old Missouri." There Is probably not another more devoted pair of motoring enthusiasts than Mr. and Mrs. Bowman to be found In Oregon. I-nst year thev made two trips to San Francisco and return, be sides a trip to I't'iidleton and a number of oilier HriKon i-lties and resorts. Mr. Howm;in's White was one of the very first cars to enter Yoeemlte Park last year. When at home, Mr. and Mrs. Bow man take a spin In their car every morning before breakfast. The mo torist who happens to be driving out of town about 7 o'clock in the morning and who thinks that he is up with the lark, may meet Mr. and Mrs. Bowman driving In after a ride of perhaps an hour or an hour and a half in the fresh morning air. Mr. Bowman's first car was a White "30" which carried him over all the highways and byways of Oregon and western Washington as well as along English lanes, for he took his car with him on a trip across the "big pond." When the new White "40" was an nounced, Mr. Bowman waa among the first to buy one. Jocularly remarking: "I must have one of those White '40's' I understand they will do easily 60 miles an hour on "fourth." I'm getting a little bit along In years, and I want to make up for lost time." Those who have Been Mr. Bowman at the wheel of his White will testify to the fact that to say that the speed limit is a bit Irk some to him, is putting It very mildly. Park-to-Park Road Boosters to Start A party representing the Yellowstone Highway association will leave Yellow atone park September 1 and make a tour of all th national parks In the Ilocky mountatn region and on the Pa cific coast with a view of arousing In terest in the proposed national park to park highway. The party will visit 'rater Takn. x iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiin i ii nti iiirnm i JOURNAL'S AUTO DIRECTORY trTlllll'll Mil llll ill l llllll II II 11 lllllll l lliiiiiiiiiirilllll Mill lllll l II ll ll llll l ill ll il ill I ii ii ur? Chalmers 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 -.I mntama commm Republic Trucks Dr. Spark Diamond TI IRES YnlcamziBj and ftetreadiiij. R. L B. II. Bowman who, IS MAKING TEST TRIP FROM MEXICO TO International Wanderer Ar rives at Crescent City; Trip Has Military Aspects, Crescent City. Cal., Aug. 19. Smeared with the mud of Mexico and tro dust of 18 California counties, the "International Wanderer," a Maxwell touring car, rolled into Crescent City bound from Tia Juana for British Co lumbia on a mission of importance to motorists of three countries and resi dents of cities and towns all along the Pacific coast line. The "International Wanderer" is the same stock Maxwell touring car which traveled 22,022 miles without a stop of the motor, last winter In southern California, creating a new non-motor- stop record. All along the route, officials of the association have met the touring party and have pledged support to the in ternational good roads movement. Charles Heffer Llnderman, 6ecere tary of the International Highways as aociatlon, met the party at Paso Ro bles, Cal., and rode through to San Francisco, where he took the train to Marahfleld, Or., and where he will re join the Maxwell crew and continue on to British Columbia in the interest ot the all-coast road project. The trip of the service scarred Max well has a cretaln amount of military color also. Acompanylng the party Is AI. G. Waddell, well known writer and member of the National Committee of Home Defense Motorists with head quarters at New York. Waddell Is to make a report to Chairman Blndebutel on the coast road as a means of defense in case of an invasion of the Pacific coast at any point by a hostile force. Lieutenant Waddell is to write several articles on the roads of the Pacific coast for an eastern magazine. Members of the party riding in the sturdy little car announced here to day that tjovernor Cantu of lower Cali fornia, is a good roads enthusiast and that he is hoping that the International flurry caused by the activities of the "Cholo" outlaw, Villa, will soon be at an end so that he can complete the construction of Camlno Real from Tia Juana down through Knsenada to the southern end of the lower California peninsula. munni i niinnmni niniin ii iiiniiiiiii 1 1 CAR BUTCH COLUMBIA H. L. KEATS AUTO CO., Broadway at Burnaide. Broadway 536S Now Demonstrating the New 3400 R. M. P. $1090 F. O. B. Factory See the Chandler Four-Paeeenger Roadster GERLINGER MOTOR CAR CO., 363 Oregon Street, Eaat End of Steel Bridge A QUALITY CAR, MEDIUM IN PRICE, $825 DULMACE-MANLEY AUTO CO. 48 Twentieth, Near Washington Phone Marshall 1699. The car with the greatest records. C. L. BOSS & CO. 615-617 Washington Street Standardized car. A four cylinder car that h resiliency of the average six. DULMACE - MANLEY AUTO CO. 48 Twentieth, Near Wash. Marshall 1699. records, non-stop records and smallest up-keep records. C. L. BOSS & CO., 615-617 Washington Street Distinctly High Grade. Light Weight. OLDSMOBILE CO, OF OREGON Broadway and Couch Phone Broadway 1640 Truck. , iy2, 2, 3V4 and 5 Ton The Standard of Portland Bualaeaa Xonaea. Columbia Carriage & Auto Works 009 fSOHS 8TBEXT. Internal Gear Drive, unqualifiedly guaranteed for the life of the truck; 4, 1, 2 and 3-ton aiaea. ROBERTS MOTOR CAR CO. Park and Flanders Streets knows everything Electrical. Specialist in light ing and starting batteries. Day and night service GIBSON ELECTRIC GARAGE AND STORAGE BATTERY CO. w istn MarehaJl 1753 BLODGETT, 3931 Y,f0LliaiSvo2,mc with Mrs. Bowman, are en route Walker Will Boost Good Koad Move X. CBrlan Will ZIke Ttom Phil adelphia to Ghloafo, Batching- In. Olana polls Sept. 29, Chicago Oct. 13. Philadelphia. Aug. 19. (U. P.) A walking trip of 956 miles, from Phil adelphia to Chicago, is being taken by Francis X. O'Brien of South Yar mouth, Mass., under me auspices of the National Highways association of Washington. D. C. to arouse further interest in the national movement for good roads everywhere. Mr. O'Brien left the corner of North Broad and Market streets at the city hall. Philadelphia, at 8 o'clock Tuesday morning, on his long hike over the eastern end tr'hlladelphla to Indian apolis) of the Pike's Peak ocean-to-ocean highway. Ills outfit consists of a light equip ment pf extra clothing and an alumi num cooking set, besides his guide and note books; all of which are in a reg ulation knapsack. The Pike's Peak highway runs from Philadelphia to San Francisco, with conection link between Reading. Pa., erary takes him through Harrisbui g. Pittsburg, columDus, Springfield, Day- l ton and he should reach Indianapolis on the afternoon of Friday, Septem ber 29. A stop will be made hero for a day and the national highways hike will be resumed from the atate house at 8 o'clock Sunday morning, October 1. over the Dixie highway, to Chicago, via Danville, 111. Mr. O'Brien expects to reach Grant Park, Chicago, at Jackson boulevard and Michigan ROAD INFORMATION Portland Automobile Club Road bul letin for the week ending Aug. IS. furnished by automobile clubs and chambers of commerce throughout the state. Portland South. Via Oregon City, Newberg, Salem, Dallas, Albany Corvallis and Eugene. Portland to Newberg (via Rex-Tl-gard). 23.7 miles, fair. Portland to Newberg (via Tualatin), 24 miles, good. Newberg to Dayton, 7.8 miles, good. Dayton to Salem (via Wheatland), 22.2 miles, good. Dayton to Salem (via Amity), SS miles, good. Fortland-S alem. Portland to Oregon City (via Os wego). 14.6 miles, fair. Portland to Oregon City (via East Side), 14.8 miles, under construction. Portland to Oregon City (via Eighty eecond street), under construction. Oregon City to Aurora, 15 miles, good. Aurora to Salem, 24.9 miles, good. Dayton-Salem. Dayton to Dallas, 35 miles, good. Dallas to Salem, 25 miles, first class. Willamette Valley Points. Dayton to Monmouth. 30 miles, good. Monmouth to Independence, .5 miles, good. Independence to Corvallis, 22 miles. good. Corvallis to Monroe, 17.3 miles, good. Monroe to Eugene, 21.7 miles, good. Salem to Albany 26 miles, good. Albany to Corvallis, 10 miles, good. Albany to Harrisburg, 29.4 miles, good. Harrisburg to Eugene, 18.4 miles, good. Dayton to McMlnnvllle, 6.2 miles, good. McMlnnvllle to Dallas. S4. miles. goou. Dallas to Blodgett (via King's) yal- ley), 32.5 miles, good. Portland .South Coast. Eugene to Cottage Grove, 21 miles, good but very dusty. Cottage Grove to Drain, 17.9 miles, fair. Drain to Roseburg, 38.1 miles, good. Roseburg to Marshfield, 91 miles, good except 14 miles a little rough. Marshfield to Crescent City via Ban don, road in good condition. Many make trips and nothing but favorable comment is heard. Roseburg to Glendale. SS miles, good. Glendale to Grants Pass, 24.6 miles, good. Grants Pass to Medford, 28 miles, good. Medford to Ashland. 12. ( miles, paved. Ashland to Hornbrook. Cal., 80.6 miles, good. Crater X,ake. Medford to Crater Lake, 80 miles, open to rim of lake in fine shape. KcKsnxla Pass. Eugene to central Oregon (via Mc Kenzie Pass). 118 miles, very rough but cars get through. Have plenty of gasoline. Mount Eood. Portland to Gresham. 14 miles,, hard surface. Gresham to Rhododendron, 34 miles, fair. Rhododendron to Government camp, 10 miles, fair. Government camp to Waplnitla, 19 miles, fair. Wapinitia to Tygh valley. 24.7 miles, fair. Wapinitia to Maupln, 18 miles, fair. Maupin to Shanlko, 25 miles, fair. Wapinitia to Madras. 33 miles, fair. Portland Bast Via The Dalles. Portland to eastern Multnomah coun ty line, 45 miles, paved. Bonneville to Cascade Locks. 2.6 miles, fair, narrow at places. Cascade Locks to Hood River. 19.6 miles, rough. Hood River to The Dalles. 24.2 miles, fair in spots, steep in some places; have full tank on leaving Hood River. North Bids Mount Sood. Hood River to Cloud Ca Inn. 29 miles, good most of the way, one steep hill 20 miles from Hood River, upper valley road dusty in some places. Toll 82 on all cars. Eastern Oregon. The Dalles to Wasco, 16.5 miles, good. Wasco to lone. 49 miles, good, lone to Pendleton (via Echo). 69 mwes, ausiy ana many chuck holes ?.n0t0w?e1?tonivla, Heppner and j or Vancouver. Follow the Pacific high Pllpt Rock). 74.7 miles, fair. way wherever possible. The road bv r-enaieton to U Grande. 62.8 miles, fair. to Portland, Me. avenue, on the afternoon of t ridav. October, 13. Mr. O'Brien Is anxious to reach every one en route who is interested in tne movement for national highways ana good roads and therefore will make it his duty to stop at the main postoffice in every town through which he passes and meet those desirous to learn of the work of the National Highways asso ciation. The road conditions along the two highways will be carefully notod over the entire route. Larger Quarters to Be Sought by Dealer Growing Basin ess and Increased Sis. tritratlng Territory Make New Lo cation XTeceasary; Announced Later. E. E. Cohen, manager of the Olds mobile company of Oregon, has made it known that he is looking for larger quarters and will announce a new lo cation in a very few days. Cohen has just returned from San Francisco where he visited the coast heads of the Oldsmobile. There he convinced them that Portland is the pglcal distributing point for Oregon o.u (J was liven mo cuuro iprniory, ior wnicn he has contracted 150 cars. This was below the number he asked for but was all the factory would allow him. He says that everywhere a growing confidence and demand for popular priced multiple cylinder cars, as represented by the Oldsmobile eight, has caused dealers to Increase their estimates. La Grande to Baker. 65 miles good. Baker to Huntington, 50 miles, good. Pendleton to Walla Walla, 45 miles, fair. Walla Walla to Dayton, 81 miles, good. Dayton to Colfax (via central ferry), S3. 4 miles, good. Colfax to Spokane, 67 miles, good. Dayton to Pomeroy, 26 miles, fair Pomeroy to Lewlston. 33 miles, fair. The Dalles South. The Dalles to Shanlko (via Tygh valley), 58 miles, very hilly. The Dalles to Shanlko (via Wasco), 71.6 miles, good. Shanlko to Madras. 52.8 miles, good. Madras to Bend, 47.2 miles, good. Bend to Crescent, 50 miles; to Ua Pine poor; to Crescent good. Bend to Burns, 140.7 miles, good. Crescent to Klamath Agency, fiT miles, good. Klamath Agency to Crater Lake. 29 miles, open to rim of lake in fine con dition. Klamath Agency to Klamath Falls, 31 miles, fair. Klamath Falls to Ashland, 63.1 miles, good. Klamath Falls to Lakeview. good. Shaniko to Prineville, 57.9 miles, good. Prineville to Bend (via Redmond). 36.2 miles, good. Millican to Silver Lake. 77.3 miles, good. Silver Lake to Paisley, 61.2 miles, good. Paisley to Lakeview, 42.8 miles, good. Waaoo to Prairie City. Wasco to Mitchell. From Wasco to McDonald's ferry good up Rock creek to French Charlie. Canyon road fairly good, some sand. From there to Mit chell rough and deep Band for about 100 yards, from there to Condon good. Condon to Fossil, road belli s repaired. 088 to Mitcneu over new Kowe I Mitchell to Baker Improving all the time. Fine to Prairie City. Good most of the way to Baker. Canvon City to Burns good. Ferry, The Dalles to Grandalles every day, $1 for ma-" chine and four passengers (round trip). Ferry, Hood River to White Salmon, J1.25 for machine and 2ac per passenger. Ferry, Casrade Locks to Stevenson, $1.25 for machine and 25c per passenger. Ferry, Cascade Locks to Carsons, 85 for machine and driver and 50c per passenger. Road open between Stevenson and Carson. Sandy boulevard closed between Fair view and Troutdale. Columbia high way open all the time. Base Line road closed from Melrose Farm to Auto mobile club. Turn left at Melrose Farm and go through Troutdale. thence out highway or cross the bridge to clubhouse. Portland to the Beaches. Portland to St. Helens. 29.7 miles, good St. Helens to Goble, 13 miles, good. Goble to Rainier, 7 miles, fair. Rainier to Clatekanie, 18.1 miles, fair. Clatskanle to Astoria, 39.4 miles, fair, last six miles numerous bad spots. Astoria to Seaside. 18.6 miles, paved. Portland to Astoria and Seaside (via Inland route), best via Forest Grove and Timber, Mist. Veronia. Take river road, Veronia to Pittsburg, Mist, Jewell and Astoria. jCeBOnnTllle to the Coast. McMlnnvllle to Sheridan 13.4 miles, good. Sheridan to Willamina, 4.7 miles, good. Willamlna to Dolph. 19.6 miles, fair; take chains In case of rain. Dolph to Tillamook, 32 miles, fair. Tillamook to Bay City, 7 miles, good. Bay City to Nehalem. 20.6 miles, good. Portland-ITewport. Dallas to Blodgett. 32.5 miles, good. Blodgett to T.oledo, 33 j miles, good. Toledo to Newport. 9.2 miles, good. Best road is either by wav of King's valley or Corvallis and Wren to Blod gett. Thence down the Little Elk road to Eddyville. thence via cut-off to Toledo and Newport. Use road over Pioneer hill as the new road from Pio neer is not safe. Pacifio Highway. Portland north to Chehalis via Woodland. Kalama, Kelso, Castle Rock and Toledo, good. Chehalis to Seattle good. way of Roy and Rainier is reported "The Macadam road," .says the I'nited States office of public roads, "is particularly adapted to main high ways connecting centers of population. but is not satisfactory for city streets and is too expensive for rural roads other than main highways or pikes." The department has been investigating. From 12 to 15 feet is recommended as a suitable width, provided the road is flanked on each side with flrrr. shoulders from three to five feet wide. to prevent shearing of the sides by wheels. Although It formerly was thought necessary to surface the road with a layer of macadam from eight to li' inches in depth. Uncle Sam's road ex perts declare the surface should be as thin as Is consistent with durability not over six inches deep in any caso and often only three. This saving of surfacing material greatly lowers ths cost of the road, without detracting from its wearing qualities In the least, they contend. The road bed should be of porous material, well drained, and should be free from clay or loam. Orades exceeding six feet to every 100 feet of road are considered exces sive for heavy traffic Curves with less than 2U feet radius should be avoided. Build around the slope of a hillnot over It. Build as strainht as possible, always considering grading first. A special recommendation is made by the office of public roads that the surface crossing of rjfllroad tracks be eliminated through culverts or over head bridges. Trap rock la considered by the gov ernment experts as the best for roaa building purposes, although some gran ites and the harder limestones give good results. The United States office of public roads tests samples of rock sLTouunea to It without chare nrt furnishes advice as to the fitness of 023 672 Then consider the length of time that the Dodge Brothers' car has been on the market, and consider that during this comparatively short time not a single Dodge Brothers dealer has been able to procure sufficient cars to meet the demand. Ballou & Wright's Tours Anto Accessories Broadway at Oak YOU'LL NEED: Camp Stoves Vacuum Freezer -Spot Light Duster Quick Tire Repair Goggles Robes Extra Inner Tubes Extra Casing Pyrene Fire Extinguisher Weed Chains W HOME 6RESHAM Ballou & Wright Portland "V ' ';, ' 1023 Cadillac cars licensed in th'e state of Oregon". Compare 1023 with the figure shown for any other car in the Cadillac price field. Compare 1023 with the sum total of all of those cars listing at anywhere near the Cadillac price. 672 Dodge Brothers cars registered as new purchases since u.e 1916 number plates were first issued. Compare 672 with the balance of the figures shown for new car sales. Washington Street, at Have Our Service Man Look Over Your Battery ROAD SURVEY Mount Hood Tourists will find the road via Marmot the belter of the two routes at present and in any event should be takj, in one direction i( not in both. If the loop trip is planned, travelers should go out on the Mar mot road and return on the other, because of the grades. The Sandy road has several miles of very rough enrduroy. The road ' to Government Camp is now dry. The trip is an excehent week-end jaunt 4 or one-day trip. Leave Portland over the Powell Valley road, continuing; ( ' through Gresham. Watch the road signs carefully fo. the point where the ' 1 two roads separate. Speedometer set at zero at out Mme will indicate ' the turn at mileage 19.1. rotorGar(?b. 21st, Portland. Ore, GOVT CAM F J frrlODODENDROtT TOIl 6ATE -47 5 WELCHES WANNA CHERRYVILLE Make Our Store the Starting Point BRl&HTWOOD J 40 " VaMamJ ucticr mm vy way 01 uifmpUL