SECTION TWO PART TWO.;
THE . OREGON SUNDAY. JOURNAL, PORTLAND; SUNDAY MORNING. APRIL , 21. 1918.
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Pass Creek Canyon Rouses
MOTOR TRUCKS SIMPLIFY DELIVERY PROBLEMS
Wrath of Motor Tourists
One Motorist Says Only Way to Drive Through Is to Use Airplanes;
Another, Who Gets Throu gh, Is First This Year to
Accomplish Feat Unassisted.
MORTHIIL
SERVICE IN EAST
IS MAKING PROFIT
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Postal Authorites Find It Im
practical to Establish Line
From Portland; Roads Poor.
ECONOMY IN PRODUCTION
Farriers Enabled to Remain at
.Home at Work While Produce
Is Being-Carried to Market.
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Owinc to the fact that roads radiating
from Portland for a distance of 60 mtla
into the producing; centere are io poor
the poat office department will postpone
the establishment of two motor - truck
parflel post routes which have been In
contemplation. It, was proposed to run
one of these routes, went and south
through Washington and Yamhill coun
ties and the other east through Mult
nomah county. While the latter route
is good so far at It goes. It does not
ro far enough and the necessary mile
age cannot be obtained. A survey of
the route through Washington and Yam
hill counties shows that while there is
no difficulty In acquiring distance the
roads will not sustain motor truck traf
fic and must be improved before the
farm to table service can be Instituted.
Hervlee Big Hurrcii In East
Reports from Eastern states where
these routes have been put into effect
by the post office department Indicate
that they are very successful both from
a revenue producing standpoint and re
duction of the cost of living.
. According to the statement of Fourth
Assistant Postmaster General Blakeslee
the Initial success opens up a new era
In the transportation facilities Of the
country.
"A motor truck." he said, "can prop
erly collect and deliver mail. Including
farm produce over 100 miles of highway
within a day of 12 hours. The cost of
operation would not exceed 20 cents per
mile a day. To perform the service
twice within each 24 hours on the 156,
000 miles of Improved road In the United
States would require . 1680 motor trucks.
At a cost of 20 cents per mile these
1560' trucks would Involve an annual ex
pen) of I1&.631.200. This estimate Is
based on the present price of gasoline
and maintenance of equipment
Merries Wool Jlrlsg Profit
"The earnings of a fleet of 1560 motor
trucks operating 200 miles a day, that
Is. once each way over a distance of
100 miles would exceed 70 per truck
per day. or $34,179,600 per year.
"This In based on the present rates
of . pontage and the earnings of a few
one and a half ton vehicles how in
operation. '
"A -vehicle of . this size insures great
celerity of movement and less wear on
the roads than, heavier trucks, and at
the same tkne does not burn ud the
highway la the-name extent as thor high
peed variety of truck." -
A specific Illustration of surplus earn-'
Ings Indicating the profitable possibili
ties In the union of the good road and
motor truck la In the case of the Baltimore-Solomon
route. rtie equipment of
thlsiroute covers E6.300 miles, and earns
' $57,340 at an expense of $7630 annually.
This truck operates through a territory
In a part of which there are no existing
rati facilities.
Kconomy la Food Prodnctlon
"Net revenue, however meritorious,"
continues Mr. Blakeslee, "Is of small
Importance when compared with the im
mediate necessity for Increased produc
tion of food. One truck can haul more
than three or four farm wagons. One
driver can replace eight farm producers
who not only cease active work of pro
duction but usually convey produce load
one way only whenever they suspend
farm work to drlvej a horse drawn con
veyance 12 or IS miles to town and
return.
"We can surely establish motor truck
avenues of communication for a distance
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For the past four months Pass Creek l The clutches of the notorious Pasa
Above Four Ion Moreland distillate burning truck, with seven tons or wood. Below ton International truck
used for bakery delivery.
All doubts as to the power of distillate
fuel were removed during tho past week
when a four-ton Moreland distillate
truck transported a seven-ton load of
green slab wood over the West Wash
ington street hill. To make the feat
more noteworthy is the fact that not in
even the steepest parts of the incline did
it become necessary for the operator
of the big Moreland truck to drop Into
first gear, the entire climb being nego
tiated in Intermediate.
The unique hill climbing test was con
ducted at the request of A. C. Green
wood of the Union Fuel company, who
wished to see the Moreland plan of low
grade fuel put to the acid test. Already
amazed at the display of power, Mr.
Greenwood was even more surprised
when Peter McCraken, Moreland distri
butor for the Northwest, suggested a
further test in a steeper grade.
For this test the Montgomery street
hill between Water and Front streets
was chosen, and It was during this
severe pull that a large number of truck
experts were convinced that distillate,
when properly treated, possessed far
greater power than the more expensive
gasoline. According to' Mr. McCraken
there are more than . 6000 Moreland
trucks in regular service, all equipped
with the Moreland distillate gasifier and !
using distillate fuel exclusively, the suc
cess of which assures practically a 50
per cent saving in operating expense.
of 60 or 100 miles from any market and
tap a source of supply that has never
heretofore produced to the maximum of
capacity.
"Reeular dally scheauled motor truck
creased production of butter, eggs, poul
try, garden truck and other commodities
In quantities that would never pay for
transportation in small lots from one
producer. But government owned trucks
can be successfully operated on routes
from a number of producers at long
distances from, markets when, the com
bined shipments coupled with a profit
able function, of. the ppsJaL, service, arei
a guarantee of the permanency or"rai
service."
Gerlinger Handles
Fruehauf Trailer
E. E. Gerlinger has beenhosen Pa
clflc coast representative for the' Frue'
hauf Tfaller company of Detroit. He
will cover the' states of California, Ore
gon, Washington, Nevada, Idaho, Utah
and Arizona for the company. The
Fruehauf company Is one of the oldest
concerns In the trailer industry in the
country.
Big Production of Trucks
Detroit plants produced 23,229 trucks
In 1917 at an approximate market value
of $45,462,000. The total production of
Detroit ' and Flint, Lansing and Alma,
aggregated an approximate market
value of $60,962,000.
Week's. Motor and Truck Record
The following temporary police per- i
mlts were -obtained in Portland during
the week by new car owners, pending
the arrival of state licenses, according
to M. O. Wilkins, publisher of the Auto
mobile Record :
Willamette Dairy, 483 Union avenue.
Buick.
Mrs. N. Carlson. Fordham apartments,
Buick.
F. J. "Kane, Sherlock building, Buick.
-F. W. Wilson. Hamilton and Corbett
Streets, Chevrolet. " , ,
J. jj. cox, 376 Arlington piace, r oro.
N. C Paulsen. 330 East Twelfth street
north. Ford.
Irvington Park Floral company, aw
East Twenty-fifth street. Ford delivery-
Walter J. Dunlap, 684 East mity-runvn
street north. Ford.
U F. Stephen. 20 East Twenty-rourtn
street, Ford.
Charles Rosen, 329 Hall -street, Fora.
Miss Isabel Brudorf, 840 Kerby street.
Ford.
P. E. Struck, 267 Fargo street. Ford.
William O. Campbell, 729 H WilUams
avenue. Ford. -
Robert Mantell. Venable hotel. Ford.
Tom Gust. Cascade Liocks. Grant.
R. A. McYeal, 306 Fifth street. Max
well. Mrs. E A. Brous, Burlington hotel,
St Johns, Mets.
J. M. Ricer. 265 First street. Overland.
William MacMaster, 701 Corbett street,
J. A. Graef, 187 " West Park street,
Paige.
Dr. G. T. Trommald, 800 Journal
building. Paige.
J. O. Gillen, 60 North Front street,
Saxon.
Oscar C. Johnson, Beaverton, Or.,
Reo truck.
531 East
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BALLOU & WRIGHT
Distributor for Northwest
Broadway at Oak, Portland, Or. Seattle, Wash.
For foot own orotoetioo ho omrtoin ooorf Rmcin Tiro .
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RACINE RUBBER COMPANY, RACINE, WIS.
5000 Mile
Guarantem
Mrs. Emma Richardson,
Twenty-fourth street, Buick.
Walter Blue, 1219 Rodney avenue,
Buick.
P. J. Henley, 28 North Second street,
Chalmers.
Anna S. Marshall. 260 East Second
street north, Chevrolet.
William Uess, 1536 Mississippi avenue,
Chevrolet. . .
II. Van Lorn, 188 '. Twelfth street,
Chevrolet
Walter O. Simon, 6136 Sixtieth avenue
southeast. Dodge.
Portland- Taxicab company, " 261
Twelfth street. Dodge.
w. w. ttilbe, 489 Clay street. Dodge.
W. F. Brock, 640 J Ninety - Becond
street southeast. Ford.
National Laundry company, East
Eighth and Clay streets. Ford.
C Manufacturing comDanv. 351 East
Tenth street. Ford.
Hearii H. Yunker. 107 Decatur street.
Ford.
Hazel A. Armentrout. 947 East
Twentieth street north, Ford.
Henry Kiiaow, 908 Mallory street.
Ford.
William Weller, 318 Arlington place.
Ford.
William Richleauch. Hillsdale, Or., Li
A. T. Wilsey, 2151 East Burnside,
Ford.
C. D. Lehmkuhl, 44 Melkle place. Ford.
J. W. Shaver, 169 Cherry street.
Franklin, v
R. F. Davis, 715 Northrup street,
Franklin.
T. J. Peterson. 303 Russell, Grant.
W. H. Cullers. 680 East Twenty
second street Hudson.
1 R. Hubbard. 350 East Fortieth
north, Hupmobile.
W. B. Crane company, 30 Front street,
Hupmobile.
A. R. Jacobs, 373 West Park street,
Marmon.
A. W.' Gibson, 328 Tenth street,
Mitchell.
Walter R. Thorn, 745 Montgomery
street, Oldsmoblle..
D. J. Finn, 482 East Harrison street.
Overland.
C. H. Warriner 972 Brooklyn. Over
land. Marshall Wells Hardware company,
Portland Or.. Packard.
S. T. Drake. 703 Vancouver, Reo.
Robert W. Misner, 748 ft East Ankeny,
Reo.
Gus Miller, Dayton. Or., Reo.
Henry Tannler, Route 2, Hillsdale,
Or.. Republic truck.-
M. Kurata. 'Pni-tlnTi4 Or T7miKli
C 1 truck.
George Knierlem, Corbett. Or.. Saxon.
John Vehas, 576 Rural ave.. SaTon.
Warren Emerick. 461 Roselawn. Buick.
Mrs. Lester Willard, 1671 Derby street.
Cadillac.
Mrs. I. H. Taffee, 534 E. Thirty-ninth
street. Chalmers.
J. H. McCubrey. 209 E. Thirty-fourth
street. Chalmers.
George R. Murish, 180 E. Thirty-third
street.' Federal trtick.
J. W. Turbell. 649 Umatilla trt.
Ford.
Merchants Parcel Delivery, 127 Elev
enth street. Ford.
. Merchants Parcel Delivery, 127 Elev
enth street. Ford.
Joe Klrby, 795 Grand avenue north.
Ford.
Mrs. E. J; Hoffman. 1398 Morse street.
Ford.
Elma Thomas, Tlgard, Or. P. O.. Ford.
1 James H.' Adklns, 606 Greenwood ave
nue. Ford.
x Bruce K. Welth, 386 Third. Ford.
F. R. Wright, 37 E. Seventy-fourth
street north. Liberty.
; Advocate Publishing company, 401-2
Buchanan boulevard. Maxwell,
Mrs. m. juaison, Z6& Morris street,
Oldsmoblle.
.. 'R. B. CaswelV 651 Irving Street, Velle.
O. S. Hubbell. 605 E.. Fifty-third street
north, Chevrolet.'
William Taylor, 998 E. Yamhill street,
Chevrolet. '
Chris Hailing, 162 Virginia street.
Charles Hacker, 435 E. Oak street,
Buick.-
P. F. Furls, 4604 Fifty-ninth southeast.
Mrs. W. H. Stalger, 6S9 E. Forty-
ivurui iiurtn, jr oru.
Alex McMillan, '386 Hawthorne, ave-
. Everet Erkksoh. O E. Rvnv.
t ehrbth street north. Ford. . . ., .
"u. M. stand iter ConstrucUpu company.
wwur 1-urunnu. r ora.
r ' J'- R- Hughe. Ursh or Ants.. VnrA
: C. Fosher. 1061 Garfield avenue. VnrA
. H..D..Poore. 585 E. Main street. Ford.
Grand Union Tea company, 448 Wash
ington. Ford.
M. b: Rutherford. 402 Third street
Jay Smith. 645 Laurel street. Hudson
Alex Norrtan. Great Northern hotel,
Ford.
Albina Fuel company, Ct Broadway.
Garfield truck.
8. W. Brasure, 7703 Fifty-ninth south
east, maxweiu -. -r
Union Fuel company, foot of Mont
gomery. Moreland truck.
Matt Hoser, 12 Board of Trade, StuU.
canyon has been practically impassable
to automotive power. Honors for the
first passenger automobile to go through
this notorious stretch go to the Hup
mobile, .accordinc to AV. H. ("Hea")
Robertson of the Manley Auto company.
who drove the car through there last
week.
Robertson says lie has any number
of witnesses who will testify to this
and that they hold him as, the
hero of Pass Creek. "According to
residents in the locality of Pass
Creek, a number of parties report
ing getting through under their own
power, bad to be assisted with teams."
says Robertson, "and the natives think
It is a joke when they read of some
car getting through under Its own
power.
"There were six cars stuck in the mud
when I went through. Efforts were at
that time - being made to have them
pulled out and shipped over the bad part.
We had a new Hupmobile to be delivered
to Joseph M. Cronemltter of Jacksonville,
and Salesmanager I label selected me to
drive the car down. On the return I
drove back an old Hupp that Cronemltter
had, and had no real difficulty in get
ting through Pass Creek again.
"The running board was out of sight,
so deep were the ruts. In the majority
of places the road was on the level with
the body of the car. The only way we
could get through was to back up and
plow and repeat this operation untlj
through the bad part. The reserve
power of the Hupp was wffat did the
emergency and never used it at all. The the allie"J;oV,1 n W
entire distance through Pass Creek ia
very rough and one quarter of a mile
is practically Impassable. It is all slow
driving.
"There is also one spot in Cow Creek
canyon that Is very bad if not danger
ous. It is on the summit of the pass and
is only wide enough to permit the- pass
ing of an automobile. Should you be
off a distance ' of six inches it might
prove fatal as there are steep pitches'
on both sides."
Country Folks Own
Majority of Cars
The statistics for 1917 indicate that
only 37 per cent of American motor
vehicles are registered in the cities; in
other words. 63 per cent of all the cars
In use in this country are owned and
operated "by people living in small towns
and in the country. In the K-called
west central groups of states, with a
total registration of 726,000 cars, more
than 80 per cent are rural registrations.
creek canyon on the Pacific highway
have been described a number of times
during the past winter season, since
Captain Robert Manger had a some-1
what difficult time in getting- his "Den
by Cruiser", through. Many -unsuccess
ful attempts have been made and very
few have succeeded even with the aid
of teams. One of the latest reports
of conditions of the highway through
this bad spot and on down to Medford,
was received by The Journal last week
from 8. G. Gorsline. Pacific coast man
ager for the Detroit Automatic Scale
company, who made the trip to Medford
from Portland. His letter, dated April
17, reads as follows :
"Let It be understood first of all that
I am not an automobile salesman boost
ing the merits of my car or doing spec
tacular press stunts to get free advertis
ing. Neither am I one of the numerous
candidates for governor of Oregon doing
the back to nature stunt' to attract
votes. But tell the world for me that
the only feasible way to get from Cot
tage Grove to Oakland is by airplane
route. It may be the Pacific highway,
but It Is far from Pacific, more Atlantic
as it were.
"We left Portland Sunday morning
and reached here last night 26 hours'
actual time on the road. I can't say
running time, for that would be deceiv
ing, for we stood still half of the time.
Seven hours to go 28 miles from Cottage
Grove to Oakland. Pass creek canyon
should be on the western front. The
kaiser would never get through and
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Sticking Bushings
Binding of the bushings that surround
the push rods frequently causes trouble.
This may be caused ry the oil becoming
gummy or by valve grinding grit that
has gotten down into the Interior. If
the aperture is closed with a cloth be
fore, the, valves are ground this latter
trouble will be obviated.
were pulled for a mile and everyone
has t ohave the same assistance. A big
six cylinder car stands In the middle of
the worst stretch, abandoned. The v
on the radiator is about all that remains
above the surface. An eight cylinder
car right behind us had a team ahead
of it just the same as our Dodge and
we met a Ford traveling in the same
way. Pass creek Is no respecter of
persons.
"Rice hill is another bad stretch. The
mud is like glue and sticks tighter than
an Insurance solicitor. A new Buick Is
on the top of the hill with burned-out
clutches. It takes low gear to go down
hill. Hie Ideas of Oregon roads com
pare favorably with some of Billy Sun
day's sermons. He has a tent with him
and is camping out.
"From Roseburg to Grants Pass is
not so bad. They are dragging the
roads and aside from the natural har
riers that nature has been . so lavish
with, the roads are all right. A little
too sticky for high gear, however.
Grants Pass to Medford In 1 hours
shows how the roads sre and we are
told the roads south are better. They
couldn't be worse.
"When Sherman spoke about - war be
should have included . Oregon roads tn
the same classification. No parties
should attempt motoring over this
stretch for pleasure before June 1."
To save labor an inventor has. planned
a dam In which air locks In the form
of siphons are inM hr place of vajvee-or
gates to control the flow of water. '
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Car Into a Dependable
Two-Ton Truck
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