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THE .OREGON: SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING.. MARCH 3, 1918.. auiit Frbin Portia COURT 10 DECIDE IS IF FUNDS MAY BE Found Exceptionally Gopd at This Season yia Devil's Hogback Road I Route ' From Portland to Rhodo i rdendron Via-Marmot Is Trav el eled, Without Difficult State Highway Commission ; Finds Money Insufficient - to ,: Hard Surface Roads as Proposed. SBsMeMMMMeMesssMesasBsa '': . :4.- SNOW IS ENCOUNTERED IS MACADAM HARD SURFACE? Foothills '; Thick Are Covered With White Blanket and Provision M ade That 4 Stats Lay ' SECTION TWO PART TWO. DRIVE INTO MOUNT Sunday J HOOD COUNTRY Going MOS INSPIRING USED IN ivl ACAD Ar1 f y"-?- i v 1 f miim,mmi ! u i nil. I .i II I LrlMWf 7 V 1 " ' .., Paving When Counties prepare -Roadbed; Test Is Proposed. The state aunreme court la to ha eat! 4 " Trees Look Like Fairyland. Bf Jo H. Jordan " From ' sunshine and dry streets to Portland to foot of mow near Mount Hood, in three hour' time, was accom pllshed on a trip made to Rhododen dron laat Sunday in a' Liberty Six by ! H. WaUlngford, Liberty, Premier and 'Briscoe distributor.. " .Few motorists realise the beauty of 'the Country in the Mount Hood region and Its comparative accessibility by ' automobile even at this time of the year. In the foothills the weather was like spring, with trees and hillsides blank eted la snow. ; Mr. Walllngford headed the Liberty out the Marmot road and returned by ''the CherryvUle-Sandy route and the Marmot road was found in surprisingly : good condition. But the Cherry v 11 1 e : Bandy road "Wowle !" There are muddy ''roads and muddler roads, but the muddl . est road the Liberty ever met in Us wanderings was on the Cherryvllle road " last Sunday between Brlghtwood and Sandy. On the Marmot road there are several stretches of rough corduroy midway of the trip, a number of rather deep pud dles and an aggregate length of a mUe 'that required the use of chains, but the springs took care of the passengers In splendid shape on every bump and the motor, controlled by the trained hand of WaUIngford, met every situation "sllck ern a whistle." Along the Devil's Hogback The way from Portland to the arti ficial lake at Bull Run is now all rock and gravel and it permits good going. . .Just after crossing the Intake to the lake 'the planking starts up the Devil's Hog . back and as the road reaches higher . elevations a wonderful panorama of the surrounding country can be seen. As the road straddles the mountain, one can . 1 )ook down Into the Bull Run canyon on .'ne side and the Sandy canyon on the ether. - About six and one half miles Aschoffs (Marmot postof flee) is reached. At this ;f point, a large party or Masamas was ' resting from, a hike from Bull Rurt. A ' big dinner was being prepared for them. so four more hungry appetites from the Liberty were turned loose on a table full of good eats; provided by the household or Adolph Aschoff. While there Mr. Aschoff showed the i party many interesting specimens of . taxidermy of animals he had killed and .. trapped during the past 30 years, and he -' also told several interesting tales of his .; life In that section, among them how he 1 -worked to have a road constructed that -would be passable at all times. From Aschofrs past the Minslnger farm to the bridge across the Sandy the road Is sticky in spots. After crossing a good road extends all the way to Rhodo dendron. : Leaving Brlghtwood the snow was sev era! inches In depth and Increased right along until the running board brushed even with it, and it measured about a foot at Rhododendron. A temporary ; bridge replaces the one that was washed out at this point, but as the new struc ture is not absolutely safe it was de cided not to go any farther. After en joying' a short while In the snow, tracks were retraced to Brlghtwood. It was then that Walllng-ford decided to find put how the Cherryvllle road was. Hetirn Via Cherryvllle Over this stretch every variety of cord uroy surface was encountered, with enough "pure gumbo" in .between to ' Mr. Walllngford. who was always willing to let the car have its own way ' and, travel like lightning. But the Lib erty tossed its human load up and down . Quite as gently as could be exnctd .nH - no one lost his disposition, even for a ":7 MAMAHf Thanks to the considerate county com missioners, most all of the hills on this -routs are planked with smooth boards, and whatever roughness exists is met fairly and squarely on the level To give the motorists a more detailed ' "Prt on the road and the time required W. left Portland about 10 o'clock Sun! 7,"' v " lro" -Portland to the Powell valley road everything was of course, delightful and tSe same can' . be said of the 12 mil. "IV caJ "CUl m with the townof Worn D,.tl t . -.-'t" "u" .xo ""mot planked . . .j, living and we arrived ... .V 1 A . the. O E f r. it t V.T ' .Broadway at Couch midwinter drive Into the Mount pood country in a Liberty. Motor Oar Thefts Represent Big Sum Figures gathered by the Detroit club show $8,316,666 was lost , through car thefts in 1917. Careful checking of fig ures from all parts of the country "how that between January 1 and October 1, 1917, in 60 of the largest cities of the United States. 22,750 motor cars were stolen, and of 8000 no trace has ever been found. at Aschoff s at noon. At the postofflce there is a short stretch of mud. but it has bottom and only extends for several hundred feet, where planking again leads for a distance. At the end of the planked stretch the road descends rather abruptly to a lower level and recent rains and melting snow have rutted the road, although no trouble was experienced in getting through. At the bottom a small culvert has been washed out, necessitat ing fording the creek. At this point, before coming to the Minslnger farm. Chains help, as there are about 300 yards of mud, but wet as It was It had not caused hard work for' those who have gone up during the last two weeks. From Minslnger's on the road has a sandy bottom, which may hold water to pud dles but offers no resistance, and three miles farther the Sandy Is again crossed over a newly constructed bridge. ' Three Hoars' Driving Berlewed Following through Brlghtwood it was not long before the Liberty planted both front wheels in the snow and trekked over the path which forestry officials I. 0LDSM0B ILE PRICES ADVANCE MARCH 15 PRESENT PRICES Eight Cylinder Models $1660 ) Six Cylinder Model $1350 J DSM O BI OF OREGON 1 had plowed. The snow was somewhat soft, although at an average depth of one foot, and the road was easily dis cernible. About three hours driving time was required to reach Rhododendron. At present the trip to Rhododendron should not be , attempted by any inex perienced driver r or anyone who has never before been over the road. The principal thing is to know by ex perience and by "hunch" what -you are going to encounter. Following is a log off the Marmot road via Bull Run: 0.0 Journal building, follow over Haw thorne bridge, through Ladd's ad dition and out Division street to Eighty-second street and thence to Powell Valley and pavement to 13.5 Gresham. Straight through. 14.9 Cross railroad. 16.8 Turn left. 16.6 Powell Valley. Turn right. 16.7 Turn left. 18.7 Straight ahead. 20.0 Straight ahead and follow down winding grade. . 22.3 Mayberry-- Cross railroad. 24.1 Cross bridge over Sandy river. 26-3 Bull Run lake. - 26.5 Turn right. Left hand road leads to Bull Run postofflce. 33.0 Marmot ( Aschoff s). 85.1 Minslnger's farm. 38.0 Cross bridge over Sandy river. 89.4 Cross bridge over Salmon river. 49.0--Brlghtwood. 40.8 Sawmill. - 42.8 Wemrae postofflce. 46.0 La Casa Monte. - 46.2 Rhododendron bridge. Tension members : of a truss frame that supports a flat car of unusual ca pacity on a European railroad are formed of steel wire cables Instead of the usual rods and bars. AT thb L E co. V - Phone . Broadway. 2270 Artificial lake at approach to planked hill leading to Devil's Hogback; 2 scene near Rhododendron. Week's Motor and Truck Record The following temporary polioe per mits were obtained In Portland during the week by new car "owners, pending the arrival of state licenses, according to M. O. Wllklns, publisher of the Auto mobile Record : George W. Stout. Multnomah, Or, Ford. Paul H. Oesch, 4231 East Forty-second street southeast. Ford. J. H. Anderson, 385 Third, Ford. W. A. Wright. 414 Abington building, Saxon. H. J. Murphy, East Third and Alder, Ford. Paclfio Tire & Rubber company, 445 Stark, Maxwell. William H. Chambers, 425 East Couch, Chevrolet. Dora P. Dahlgren, 724 East Thirteenth street, Chevrolet. M. E. Newton, 554 East Morrison. Ford. k William Newman, 500 East Washing ton street. Ford. F. L. Privett, 1214 East Burnslde, UiasmoBlle. E. R. Allmen, 689 Kast Thirteenth street north, Dodge. W. W. Hostetler, Boring, Or., Route 3. Ford. H. F. Henney, 361 Vancouver avenue, Chevrolet. National Laundry company, 292 Fast Eighth street, Ford. E. M. McKnight, 228 North Twentieth street, uoage. C. R. Windolph, Kissel. J. C. Grant, 604 street. Overland. Broadway at Davis, East Twenty-second A. M. Robinson. Crown Paper company. Overland. , 'VVUlamette A. H. Cantrel, 628 Williams avenue. Overland. Oregon Transfer company, 474 Gll san. Overland. Standard Oil company, Teon building, Ford. Tri State Terminal company, 63 North Fifth Btreet, Ford. Dr. Harry A. Huffman, .404 Morgan building, Oakland. Hughes ft Son, Route 1, Portland, Or., Ford truck. D. L. Nash, 924 East Burnslde, Chev rolet. - ; A. G. Schantin, Portland, Route A, jjoage. Mrs. ' Mary Morrow. 925 East IjivIr Saxon. H. W. Whlto, 31 E. 63d st. Overland. D. C. O'Reilly, 708 Davis, Stuts. K. B. Westleader. 302 Mohawk. Over land. Mrs. E- "Cook. 220 N. 16th t. Owr- iana. Lea Taxi company, 322 Stark st., Paige. J. W. McFadden. 404 Marruerlte. Old. mobile. C. Evans, 274 Morrison, Oldsmobile. W. D. Hedges, 407 Gllsan,' Bulck. The Oregon News company, 440 Gll san. Ford. E. L. McKern. 923 Oregon St., Ford. Everdlng & Farrell. 140 Front St., Ford. L. A. Stovall. 831 Overlook. Buick. O Mbert Huellen, 224 Pine St.. Ford. Fisk Rubber company. 64 N. Broad way. Overland. Fisk Rubber ttxnpany, 54 N. Broad way, Overland. i J. wolf, 393 Knott St., Paige. L. Minoaxie. BIS N. 29th at.. Reouhlie truck. William E. Chrlstlanson. 625 E 16th sx., unevroiet. Charles B. Zlebuyth, 29 E. 80th it. Mitchell. Sidney S. Gebbee. 667 Schuvler. Hat. weti. . . jj. yier, ezo , Thirty-ninth avenue soutneast. t orn. Oregon Chair company, 1190 Macadam, Hudson. Standard Oil company, Teon building, Bulck. .Alblna Engine & Machine company, city. Ford. C. C. Clark, SO North Twenty-third su eeu neu. " . -..-", Columbia Steel company. Tenth and Johnson. Oakland. ,' v : J. C Armstrong, Congress hotel, Oak- " " ' - Leo Bauer, 917' Alblna avenue, Chev rolet. Peter Wellberg, Col ton. Or., Maxwell. Allen LInfleld, 109 East Fifty-second north.: MaxwelL Henry Harala, 86 Fremont, Briscoe. C. Hendrickson, 491 Hoyt street, Chevrolet J. R. O'Keefe, 887 East Third street north, Chevrolet. B. V. Hall, 1104 Hawthorne avenue, Studebaker. Covey Motor Car company. Twenty first and Washington streets, Cadillac. B. J. Eder, Williams avenue, Chevrolet W. A. Cattonoch. 727 Holman. Saxon. O. S. Foster, Linnton, Or., Chevrolet L. P. Hosford, 64 list Sixty-second street Buick. D. F. Harmon, 208 Willamette boule vard. Chevrolet J. W.Hatl. 1001 Alameda. Oldsmobile. Murray Blee. 63-65 Third street. Da- trotter. ' ' M. Seller A Co Fifth and Pine streets. Dodge. L. L. Jones, 1298 Halsey, MaxwelL Ballou Wright 80-82 Broadway, Dodge. Fred Cassidy, 205 Burlington. Chev rolet Mrs. Blanche Bruhn, 490 East Fiftieth, Chevrolet . . W. L. Walsh, Blake' McFall company, Dodge. Georga E. Lawrence, 224 Willamette boulevard, Maxwell. - Shaenwald & Nava, care Jefferson high, Velie. w. A. Shaw, 1852 Grand avenue, Chev rolet W T. Holland, 1015 East Tenth street north, Chevrolet Dr. Alex F. Patxel, 902 Stevens build ing, Paige. W. A. S pence, 1092 Hawthorne avenue, MaxwelL Emma Jackson, 79 East Nineteenth north, Nash. John T. O'Brien, Thirteenth and Mor rison, Oldsmobile. A Dr. Ralph C, Matson, 1021 Corbett building, Chalmers. Peter Clarep, 705 Board of Trade building. Dodge. George W. Tabler. 440 East - Seventh street north, Apperson. a D. Burnstein, 1046 Corbett street. Apperson. Kllham Stationery company. Fifth and Oak streets, Buick. Mra Bertha Richards, 441 East Forty fourth, Ford. - Page Sc. Son', 120 Front street. Ford truck. Valvoline Oil company, 335 East wasnmgton street, oaxiana. H. ri. vines, 84 Third street Oakland. T. Anderson. 237 Ainsworth, Oakland. Dr. I. N. Palmer. 142 Killinrawnrth Oakland. C. G. Johnson. 668 Ladd avenue. Oak. land. Howard TelL 429 East Thlrtemth north. Ford. rl. C. Wolf. Estacada, Or., MaxwelL Fred Powell. Gresham, Or., Chevrolet G. C. Bunnell, 1046 Rodney avenue, Mitchell. M. Tautfest 194 East Fle-htMnth noriorora oeiivery. c. ri. Koutieoge. 145 Second street, Studebaker. John L. Clark, Congress hoteL Chev rolet . Dr. F. S. Post, 1133 Hawthorne avenue. Dodge. Ertck Enqulst, Warrendale, Or.. Buick, Mrs. Hahie Halbrook, 705 Davl Dodge. - C. M, Carlson, 709 Minnesota, Chev rolet L. E. Stephen, St Johns Lumber com pany, Oakland. -- L. L. Thomas, East Twenty-third and AiDerra. r ora. ' H. H. Tounr. North Portland. Ttuiov J. R. Spence, 1281 WllUama avenue. Ford. .. ,. Thomas TalnsdaL : 803 Piatt building. Frances OTamey, 63 West Simpson, -' German chemists -claim to have manu- la the snow near Marmot; J Mud is Chalmers Men Call . At Hemphill Agency Five officials and representatives of the Chalmers Motor Car company of Detroit happened "in at the office of Roy Hemphill, manager of the Western Motor Car Sajes company, Chalmers dis tributor, last week. The meeting was made doubly Im portant by the presence of H. J. Aughe, treasurer of thaHaamers company. Mr. Aughe was actv. anied by L. M. Brown who is an assistant In the matter of financial affairs. George Pearson, Jr., coast supervisor and J. B. HerUhy, as sistant coast, supervisor, who make their headquarters in San Francisco and M. j. Riker of the technical division of serv w There actually is a differ- ) ence in the way it rides ; and drives (II j J To fully appreciate pthis difference, ride . J j Ut : in the car and drive it! " " DistrSbator-, III . W. H. WALLINGFORD JJ SV , " 522 ALDER Y , ' , V deep on Cherryvllle road; 4 Snow '. ice department with headquarters In Detroit were the other three. Mr. Hemphill and Mr. Heriihy returned last week from an extended trip through Eastern and Southern Oregon In the matter of dealer adjustments. All claims and adjustments are handled through the San Francisco office in stead of being sent back to the factory. Play in the Drive When the car bucks at low speeds the throttle is likely to be caused by ex cessive play between the driving pinion and ring gear In the rear axle -or be tween, the two high speed gears In the transmission. Lift the front floor boards and try turning the propeller shafts by hand to notice the extent of the play. Very often too much play -may cause breaking of the gear teeth when the i clutch Is not engaged gently. 4 upon to decide whether the construction ' of a macadam road by the state high way commission will be a - compliance ' -with the 16.000.000 bond act. - The commission is confronted .with the fact that It will be impossible to nave all the roads 1 provided for in f the act, with the funds which -will be available. ! ir it is allowed to macadamise, the money will go three times a far as it ' win ir pavement is insisted upon. The law "makes it mandatory noon the state . to hard surface certain road a, after the counties have prepared the base. ' . ' - Tn making a test case it is ' nrebahl ' that It will be based on the theory that ' a macadam surface would be the first step in the paving process as the rock . would enter into the composition of the base of the pavement Therefore, bv . putting down the macadam now and' completing the pavement later when more funds are at hand It is held that the requirements of the law wilt be met By some It Is held that macadam it self would come within the definition of pavement . or bard surfce but , It - Is thought such a position would not be -tenable as It was evidently the Irttent off the legislature to make a distinction be tween macadam and what are commonly designated as hard surface pavements. It has not yet been definitely de termined what method shall be em ployed to bring the test suit before the court One way suggested thus far Is to draw a warrant for payment of mac adam work now .In progress on the 86.000,000 fund. Secretary of State Ol cott, by refusing to honor the warrant, would give an opportunity to begin a contest ,1 ' California Wants : Pay for Auto List ' Sergeant Krvls Offered vdet ef Ooldea . State Aato Lleesse Nsnbers for 6 Is -Aawr to Bequest for Copv. f t j In an effort to help the California authorities recover stolen automobiles that they may be brought to. Portland. Motorcycle Sergeant Ervln wrote to the secretary of state at Sacramento asking for a list of the California autos and license numbers. These lists are printed In booklet form by the state and are supposed to be given out to peace of-. fleers. Sergeant Ervln received a postal i card Wednesday from Robert L. Tfer. jauiornta state printer, stating that the Portland police could have a set of the books for 16. In Oregon such books are gladly sup plied to alL peace officers f res ' of charge. Sergeant Ervln commented that If California is no more Interested than that, the state could not expect active cooperation from Oregon. J. N. F. Sutton to Keep Eye on Nash Affairs N. F. Sutton, representative of the Chlleott Nash company of Seattle, will assume charge of the Nash business lo Oregon and Is making his headquarters at the offices of the Portland Motor Car oompany, Nash and Packard dis tributors for .this territory. Mr. Sutton ' will take charge ' of the wholesale end and assist in the .worg of Nash, cars and trucks In this territory He was formerly connected, with the General Motors company at St Louis, acting In the capacity of manager UDO, r iactureo cows rnua synthetically. 1 V s - - - ;1 ' a."