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THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING. DECEMBER 23, 1917. 15 JFRANCIS VOLFF VAS PIONER R1DMMR OREGON COUNTRY HIGHWAY WORK ON OPPER COLUMBIA -Blazed Wagon Road From The Dalles to Colville Valley to" ' Carry Supplies. - ... Of -necessity the first roads in a pioneer country were makeshifts and followed old Indian trials and fur trad ers' pack routes or were "hastily biased to fcrlng In supplies of gold miners, - Of this latter character was the first ' : wagon road from The Dalles to th J. Colville valley In what, is now Jbe state of Washington. It was made by Fran ols Wolff who brought the first mer chandlse on wagons into the valley. Starting from The Dalles, Mr. Wolff drove up through the walla Walla country and by lashing together car goes crossed the Snake river at the mouth of the Falouse. - After driving north through the Palouse region he crossed the Spokane in the same man ner and passed into the Colville coun- try by way of Walker's prairie. Major Lougenbeel followed his wagon tracks when he came to establish the mill tary post at Colville. Pioneer Road Bonding To enable the people of Colville val ley to transport their surplus produce to the new mining camps on the Koote nai, river it was necessary to build a , road to Peone prairie, a distance of . about 60 miles, chiefly through timber, says the Spokane Spokesman Review t The people volunteered the labor and the merchants of Colville donated the : provisions. The road was laid out by D. H. Ferguson, a pioneer merchant. John Itofstetter as overseer, and an Indian as guide. Pioneers worked there by the dozen during the summer and S fall of 1S67, and roughly, completed the road that has been used ever since. The most historic highway in the In land Kmplre was the famous old Mul lan military road, surveyed and built by Captain John Mullan. United Statea army, begun in 1853 and completed la 1360. This great task ended, Mullan' - command was disbanded at Walla ' Walla in August I860, and the outfit : sold. "Thus ended my work in the ' field," he reported, "costing seven years " "of close and arduous attention, explor lng and opening up a roa4 624 miles from the Columbia to the Missouri river, at a cost of 3230,000." Early Experiences Captain Mullan wrote, in June, 1862, ; that four Missouri' river steamboats , had arrived at Port Benton, Mont., with 360 passengers from ' St. Louis en route to the Bitter Root, Deer Lodge and i Walla Walla valleys. 'They came pro vided with their carriages and wagons, purchased animals at Fort Benton, and have already started for their new homes. The boats made the trip from St. Louts in 32 days, and the teams will j. make the trip over the new military I. wagon road to Walla Walla in 40 ' 5 days." We complain of the high cost of liv Z lng, and seldom pause to reflect on the - tremendous cheapening influence of railroad transportation and modern wagon roads to take the farmers' produce to market or the freight car. It costs now about 10 or 12 cents to ship 60 pounds of wheat from .the In land, empire to tidewater. Compare that charge with the freight rates paid by the early day merchants in this re gion. In 186S it cost 12 Va cents a " pound to freight goods from Wallula, on the Columbia, to old Fort Colville. , Although the Willamette river had a " surplus of farm produce of every kind - and prices were as low or lower than anywhere in the United States, bacon .brought 62 M cents a pound at Col ville in 1865, coffee 75 cents, sugar 60 - cents, beans 35 cents, salt 25 cents, - nails 40 cents, butter $1 and shot 40 cents. Calico brought 37 cents a yard and a spool of thread or 'a paper of needles sold for 25 cents. r. v . r - -. , i Mi ;. ... ..." " ' " - : . ..-. x J' - , v v " E'.i:'A..', .-Xi. rr- '-Ctvr (Photosrsph eoortMy O. L. Bosk Maxwn dbtrflmtor) New orade throuyh the towp of Cascade Locks. The grading of the Columbia river highway between Cascade Locks and Hood River is making rapid headway and the work Is expected to be com pleted by " May 1. The first portion of the new work extends from the present end of the paved highway, which is a little the other side of the Multnomah county line, for a distance of 8.2 miles. The grade bas beeu made directly through the main street of Cascade Locks. At the present time the highway is open to the center of town. The fills have been graveled and will enable parties to reach the town without any trouble. The contract work is being handled by A. D. Kern, who has also two more contracts for the balance of the work between Cascade Locks 'and Hood Rrer. The Viento section, which is 3.6 miles, amounts to $71,000, the Ruthton hill section of. 2.4 miles amounts to $40,000. and the Cascade Locks section of 8.2 miles amounts to $106,960. The work of grading has been sus pended on account of the rains and the rest of the winter will be confined to rock work- The steam shovels ate being used and the work la expected to be ready for ' paving by the first of May. II HIGHWAY COMMISSION ilSSi FILES ACCOUNTS FOR PERSONAL. EXPENSE " . ' ' Benson, Thompson - and . Adams Draw $69.48, $279.07 and r $557.66 Respectively.. . ; Up to December 1 -the members of the state - highway - commission - bad drawn from the state road funds $906.21 for personal expenses and $533.27 for transportation. For personal expense the amount drawn by each commissioner was- as follows:- Benson. $6s.4; - Thompsotu $273.07; -Adama. $567.66. The vouchers turned In by Chairman Benson were rargely. for telegrams and Southern Oregon as far as Crescent City CaL, and In his August voucher Is an item of $120.30 for automobile hlra, or at the rate of II cents per mile. In ' September the state was charge by him for auto 633 mllea.' and In Oc tober 333 mOea. at the rate of Iff cents per mile. r - - - THE INTAKES II HIGHWAY COMMISSION Hill CANCaS CONTRACTS HELD BY1EYARRENS -Attest Asto StkooL To fimllUHse the members of the f.rm of the We Aero Motor Car Sale company. Chaimers and Hal distributors, with the intricate parts or an automobile end learn Just why this and that wheel goes round, the entire force, including the office boy and presidents is taking a course at Hemp hill trade school. & It. Hemphill, bead Instructor of the school. Is a brother of Roy HemphilL manager of the Western Motor Car Sale company. . Hemphill figures) hla employes will bo able to tell anyone the workings of a needle valve to the firing order of the cylinders. - Oerllartr Repreeeats ftMes R. E. Oerilnger. former hee of the Oerlinger Motor Car company. Is now Pad fie coast sales manager for the Balden the rut and that ta adapting the sys tem of the contractor to that of tie stale errors crept In making segrega tions. . . - c. - :'-.. -- . . Cosiyaar Was Wmiag .TTho only crltleUm we have to nuLhy. aald the . Warren Construction company. ; ls " that" the action of the highway department was precipitate. Wo would - have been perfectly agree able to a mutual agreement to cancel if wo had been given an opportunity, as there was no profit for us at. iff percent. ,.-- T ;' , Experiment Proves Plan for Con-jxamp,t.. o6 cBtract we u? trading on Cost Plus 10 Per " Pnt le Nnt tlfa-terv alderablo overhead expense In the way Oeni IS not OollSia.lcrj. Jef engineering and bookkeeping which ' . , ' . ' . would not bo charged against tho work. . There are other small items which. In the opinion of the state highway ln lnc aggregate altogether absorbed commission the plan of contracting for, the profit- ... road construction" on a cost plue 10 per U A planned by Uo hlghwayde- ... . , , . j partment to take over the equipment cent profit basis la not a signal o-JaJ completo the work. . ceeo and consequently . two contracts m T : held by the Warren ConstrucUon com- : lf r-v-- - pany which were about ono-thlrd com- uorsei ato teaprr i.td have been cancelled. I The volume of heavy draft horses w r i.tr-tta waa for ma-' In the vicinity of Canonsburg. Pa, has Ulmhan 1 TrneV mmnanr. with Ar.nmr.rm l . i1mlitnr- IS mllea of Ike Columbia . cropped almost charges In connection with the business San Francisco. , Gerllncer's territory of tho commission. - I covers ' tho entire west this side of As nearly all tho meetings of the com- I Denver. . nuHioa am-rm own neia in rorucaa, am I rkriiLmu ! C I - -rrr u rally light. On the mileage side of the account Chairman Benson . Is credited KISSELKAR BRANCH BANQUET OCCASION OF MUCH ENTHUSIASM Not a Dull Minute at Dinner Enjoyed by A. S. Robinson and His Associates. When A. 8. Robinson, Northwest man ager of the Pacific KisselKar branch, proposed a toast to the "absent mem bers serving with Uncle Sam." at the annual "get-to-gether" banquet of the Portland branch of the Kissel organ isation, it was the beginning of an event that will be long remembered by those in attendance. Last Saturday evening about 80 mem bers of the local branch assembled in the banquet room of the Benson hotel. The occasion marked a feature of the KisselKar calendar which has been cele brated yearly at the different branches. Shopmen, servicemen, salesmen, office help and managerial executives gather around the same board and talk over the year just past as well as the one ahead. The event waa made unusually inter esting by the presence of several dis tinguished speakers and a number of unique stunts. As each guest-'"nrlived and found his seat a place card was dis covered bearing the KisselKar slogan Service First." Beside each date waa l Kissel balloon and as the banauet gathered speed, . from cracked crab to roast chicken with all the "f 1x1ns." they were all up in the air. An illustrated edition of the "Crank-Handle," which is me tt.i8seiiva.r s otnciai bulletin, was one of the first big features of the evenlne-. ine pages were maae up of glass slides which were thrown upon the screen by tne stereopticon, M. O. Wtlklna, president of the Deal ers' Motor Car association, was the prin cipai speaker of tne evening. Bigger Loads. Make Trucks WortlrMore An important factor in helpful and economical truck operation Is the effort on the part of many truck owners to carry capacity loads to a greater ex tent than formerly. But there is room for considerable improvement in this, as is shown by some interesting fig ures furnished by W. B. Froude, local truck salesm manager of the Portland Motor Car company, Packard dlstrfbu f tors. It is estimated that 370,000 motor : trucks are now being used in this country," ays Mr. Froude. "The loads these trucks are carrying average only about 45 per cent capacity. This is an average daily loss in depreciation over' head alone of $1.05 for every truck in pperatlon. -. If through greater effort in this di " rection on the part of owners, loads can be increased to 70 per cent capac- . lty. ; there will be an average dally saving of 48 cents for every truck. This amounts to A total saving on pres ent trucks in operation of $177,800, and . a yearly saving of $53,230,000. "Any effort that owners may . put forth to operate their trucks with full rated, loads Instead of part loads Is not . only a source of additional profit to : them selves, but is a real help in our . national program of efficiency in every Una of. activity." ; 12-Year-01d Boy . Maizes Long;Drive A , 12-year-old boy. after driving half way across the continent in a Velle six, reached Los Angeles last week, accord ing to word received by D. C Warren of the Warren Motor Car company, local Velle distributors. This Is a. feat never 'before performed by one so young. The 1 boy's mother and little brother : of 10 were with turn, but not once . In the i- long, difficult Journey did either of -the other members of the party hold the "wheel. . START EES FOB OLD MODEL PIERCE ARROWS PACKARDS LOCOMOBILES We .will install Westinghouse Start ing and Lighting System on your old J car. Jsow is tne ume to nave it none. ELECTRIC SEBT , ICE AUTO CO. 831 Oak. B'way 1784 Mr. Jones. manager of the Ford Motor Car com pany f this city, made a short talk. through the sands. tie branch of the KisselKar, spoke on his recent trip to the Kissel. Doble and Federal factories. ' Del Wright, manager of the Portland branch, made a talk on the opportunities of a young man In the ranks of the KisselKar branches. Following the reading of the weekly the guests were called upon and then each one in turn was summoned to his feet for a few remarks. As a conclusion, Mr. Robinson, who acted as toastmaster for the occasion, was called upon to be heard from, whereupon one of the most enjoyable features of the evening followed. Mr. Robinson, during the early days of the automobile industry, waa prominently identified with the Thomas Flyer and several other time-honored cars and bis reminiscences proved highly Interesting. Following the banquet. Managers Wright. Robinson and Satterwatte left for San Francisco to attend the annual meeting at headquarters. Woman Makes Long Trip in Closed Oar Second ftedaa of Well Known Make Completes Transcontinental Jearney From Kew Qork to Los Angeles. A woman from Long Island. N. T, has Just reached Los Angeles after making a transcontinental trip In a closed car, the second Maxwell sedan to go from coast to coast, according to C. L. Boss,' head of the C L. Boes Au tomobile company. Maxwell distributors. Mrs. J. D. Wolf, accompanied by two nieces- and a chauffeur. left New York October 14- la tho rain, but tho. Utility of the dosed car allowed the trip to be thoroughly enjoyed iy everyone. ' AU through the eastern states it rained nearly every other -day. Two snow storms In Missouri did not Interfere with travel or comfort of the party. The roads through Illinois, Missouri and Kansas were in miserable shape from the heavy rains rnaxmg them mere mndholes. In Colorado the roads were found to be of a different kind rocks and chuck' holes. In Arizona and New Mexico the roads were decidedly worse- On the Great Mo jave desert they met a largo touring car with a broken engine. The Maxwell towed the disabled car 25 mllea F. W. VOGLER PREDICTS A BUSY SEASON FOR MOTOR CAR DEALERS President of Northwest Auto Co. Speaks in Optimistic Tone of Conditions. with $297 miles. Commissioner Thomp son -11,020 mllea, and ' Commissioner Adams 7014. This was paid for at the rata of two and one-half cents per mile. Commissioner Adama Is tho only mem ber to turn In an expense voucher every month. By months his expense account was as follows: March $88.1$. April $18.80. May $11.48. Juno $41.83, July $8.80. August $178.60. September $107.61. October ,$18.66 and November $26.0S. uunng tne summer Mr. Adams pur chased an atuomoblle on his own ac count, and In his expense for July there appeared an Item of $28.70 for auto hire. This was based on a charge of 10 cents per mile for gasoline and other operating expense of his car. in August he made . a trip through Paradoxical as it may seem, the war has had the effect of Increasing rather than diminishing: the demand for auto mobiles. In like manner, but far easier of explanation, the number of positive prospects for motor trucks have in creased. This Is the view of the situation taken by F. W. Vogler. preaident of the North. west Auto company. It sums up his ob servations after a personal Investigation in the field prior to hla departure for the East to visit the national automo bile and truck factories which be repre sents. From his observations on the ground Mr. Vogler declares with positive con. vlctlon that the dealers In the smaller towns and cities of Oregon. Washington and part of Idaho and Montana will en joy 'the greatest business of any winter period in the history of the business. , "On the- face of-tMngm,"- eaid Mr. Yog ler on his return to his headquarters here after visiting nearly all of his dealers and branches, "It would seem that the demand for paasenger cars would not be stimulated by the war. Most persons assume the automobile is on the non-essential'- list. 8uch is not tho case, however, for the automobile Is a vehicle of such utility and value that It forces recognition of Its merit. The motor truck situation Is even more promising, if such condition can exist.s I say without hesitation that par ticularly in the Northwest, because wo are so far removed from the factories. representatives of all reputable trucks will find little difficulty in disposing of their allotments.' Buy Your Family a FORD For Christmas The first cost of a Ford is an investment at the bank of Health, Contentment and Independence. . No man can be healthy without fresh er and recreation. No man can be contented without the ability to come and go at will. ' No man can be independent while street car tracks define the scope of his existence. ' r pord transportation - emancipatidn costs but little. All the fullness, all the richness of the new Vorld is opened to the Ford owner. Mile posts become his slaves the great fresh outdoors his in spiration -Nature his doctor and Contentment his companion. The Ford has become a national characteristic. "Watching the Fords go by" means more than a procession. It identifies the truest note of Americanism Economy, Depend- . ability anct Progress as expressed in American manufacture. When doctors prescribe Ford cars there will be stronger lungs, brighter eyes, better men for the world's work and fewer doc tors, , i; v - .When opportunity knocks at your -door, you will probably find that she is riding m a Ford car. ; Runabout $345; Touring Car $360; Coupelet S560;Town Car ,$645; Sedan $695; One-Ton Truck Chassis $600. These prices f. d. b. Detroit. Any one of the following Ford dealers will be pleased io fill your order ancU guarantee you most satisfactory after-service when-v ever you. may .require it) .:. . . - . - ..- : .' . -, . ; : Francis Motor Car Co. Y East 13 th and Hawthorne Pacific KisselKar Branch Broadway at Davis , W. H. Wallingf ord Sixth and Madison Sts. Palace Garage Co. 12th and Stark Sts. Rushlight, Ransom, Pennj ; Broadway at E. Third St. , I, , Talbot & : Casey, Inc. 7: Grand Ave. at E. Ankony It ivill pay yoa to kkow the Ford dealer tn yotrr neighborhood C Garb. J head' of the Oregon Motor Car com pany and c '. Oar be Motors company, left last week . for an extensive trip east on which he win visit the Studebaker and Denby fao toriee for whom bo is distributor in this territory. .Mr. Qarbe will, in all prow blllty. spend his Christmas In Chicago and New Tears In Detroit. He expects to return shortly after tho first of tho year. IstredaelBg Mr. Cslghl Ralph Knight. well known automobile salesman of this city, has been appointed to take charge of tho Nash aales for the Portland Motor Car company, Packard and Nash distributors. In Passing Don't cut In Immediately after pass ing a car going In the same direction rivsr hlehwav In Clataon county, be-imonura. tween Svensen and West port, and tho other tor five miles -and a halt In Co lumbia countty between Weetport and Clatskanle. . Other CeatraeU Awarded Tho estimated cost of tho two waa approximately 1100,000.- In addition to these two contracts tho Warren Con-; strueUon company was awarded three, others on a similar basis. One waa tor .macadam In Wheeler -county, one for macadam In Gilliam county and one for grading In Clsrkamaa county. They have not been cancelled for tho reason that they are practically In a com-' pleted stage. The estlmateed cost of them Is f 70.000. Ih main substance - tho reason as signed for abrogating tho contracts was an Improper rendering of accounts. On behalf of tho contractor tt la stated that the difficulty ovef accounts arose chiefly from tho different "methods of The tho Introduction fei of motor trucks, together with tho high oot of feed, has placed a premium on tho truck and decreased tho valus of the horses. Delcp Repair xStatibn - WT5 WILL TAKB CARH OF TOtTR PEIXX TROUBLES. ALSO REPAIR. ADJUST AND INSTALL OTHER .. LIGHTING) AND IONITIOS , ST8TEMS. GENERAL AU TOMOBILB REPAlKINa. , Bolton Scirice Station cost keeping used by tho contractor and t V, 4M SATIS STKXET r Between 3TUU an TeaU Streets Spsody ETScifit Rcanmaicsi Uaksooift-Umreristls -Costly t S2owscUia--CeMtr mars Today, 8 out of 10 merchants need motor trucks and don't realize it; why their business 8 times out of 10 is falling. .behind- their competitors7-for want of motor trucks. When you realize what a motor truck will do for your busiV ness, don t make the mistake or taking on the burden of too bur a truck; don't buy a makeshift, and don't wait too long to buy. To-3ay yoa can set a Maxwdl Ona-Too, Worm-Drira Track for srvwal htaodred dol lars less than yoa can boy any other ona-ton track of equal specifications. How Ion this low price will last, no one' can teO. We expect to sen Maxwell tracks at a prerntnm in a few months. Maxwell Truck Costs Less To Operate Besides this lowest first cost, a Maxwell Track has the lowest upkeep cost of any real track, eren lower than horses. it uses rery much less gasoline per inua, with or without loadf it weighs hundreds of pounds less than any other one-ton truck, 4s therefore easier on tires than any other one-ton track, Jtast as stronjr and endorinc as the heari est one-ton track made,' . " Maxwell Truck Immediately . Lowers Delivery Costs9 The Maxwell One-Ton, Worm-Drire Trade has power enough and the chassis itreoftli enough for a bagger, hearier trade Its rugged, sturdy chassis, from its reserve powered motor to its uribreakahle rear axle, Is built for endurance and dependability. It has the speed and ability to get there and back, that is not possible in a hearier frock, or with horses. - . ' , . ' . Its spare parts cost rery Httle. dtnd it wHl increase your deHrery eScSency and irnrned istsly lower your clelrrery costs at . least fifty per cent. . Tho MAXWELL ONE-TON, WORM-DRIVE TRUCK h the onlv truck for you to buy--iU efficiency, endurance, low first-cost, and low operating cost break all previous t?uck records. Come .in auick and see for yourself the figures on Maxwell trucking ana operating? costs thatare the wonder of the trans portation world. Cash or easy terms while our allotment lasts. i - . One TonOkasfsPS9$Sg Chassis with Cab end Windshield, SI 025 t Combination Cos Body, $1035 s Combination Box Stake Body withCab and Windshield, .: $107Si Stake Gate Body with Cab and Windshield, $1080; Express Canopy Body, S109S. F. O. B, Detroit C. L. BOSS AUTOMOBILE CO. 616-617 Washington Street MOST MILES PER GALLON - MOST MILES Of TinES