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HERE'S A 17-MILE MOTOR CAR DRIVE THAT SHOULD iSUIT YOUR -ii'ii K J 11 j 4 . H4;v . . ' - y ' T fXfe V;;; i: : j'' I '' '.1. : I".-. 'tf '; '' C ' I rsJ r " " - yM I, lwli, (5?- ' - CSr' i V G.y-f miSM' WST rapidly on their contract to clear, graflo ff --S'" II v ntrWI . II Mound. Mr. James stated yesterday I! - SrSfc -JPJZ ,33M. II that the firm contract on the Ni8. " """ 1 iifctfr - " J' ryaritSftr "t . I ll V V vvSk , J I qually road will be completed in about ' tfljaTX VSgUJ three weeks. : W w)i s :vfe X . I If Terwilliger and Fairmount Drives Are Scenic Treats Short Run Into the Open Can Be Had by Following New Routes Around the Western Hills W ith a Short Tour of the En- ! . trancing Valley T hat Lies Beyond. AROUND the western hills and into the valley beyond in a Mitchell. Above, left to right, an invit irig vista on the Dosch road; on Terwilliger boulevard. Be ow, panorama of Tualatin alley from Fairmount boule-ard. By J. Chandler Tgm THERE are in and about Portland a number of beautiful and interesting HttU automobile highways and byways, offering opportunity for refreshing spins before the heat of the day sets in, or a cooling and revivifying jaunt in the late afternoon. One of these -routes is along the Ter williger boulevard, covered last Sunday by The Journal tour tripper in a Mitchell. It is the Terwilliger boule vard that from the east side of the city at night can be seen outlined as a ribbon of light skirting the river on the west, and though the trail begins In the heart of the city "it winds In a few moments' travel Into the heartl of me wild wood, i : Leaving the business district along sjxin street, soum, tne road soon leads into Terw41Uger proper, a drive carved on the race or the western hills. The boulevard is in good condition Tfor travel, witn protecting fences and markers at the purvn nhsv i - . 3 HI themselves not the least dangerous ifor mo sensioie, carerui driver, but which nave proved tne undoing of the reck less. At the station of Bertha, the boulevard im junction wiin what is known as tne uoscn road, one of the most en trancing stretches of- the trip, the high- " J Bums lur a consiaeraDie distance Next time Buy TIRES You don't want tires "built to a price" but you do want the best tires at the best price. FABRIC Non-Skid . .Casing 330.5S Price of 32 x 4 CORD' Non-Skid Casing $465 TUBE Fits all makes of Casings $40 , . Prices reduced proportionately on all sizes t For Sale by Dealer The Fisk Rubber Company of N. Y. PORTLAND BRANCH 54 N. ' Broadway throueh a veritahlf. hnwur r.-.naa- the branches of the trees bordering each siae or tne road entwining overhead, maung it a bit of the fairyland in which happiest dreams are born. ' The Journal scout followed the Dosch road over Its intersection with Fair- mount boulevard onto the Humphrey boulevard, swinging to the left and re turninsr &ftei- ih dKi. ,,. v.. - . " " l-Ul VII tins Hewett boulevard, to the beginning of u rirmuni Douieyara. The Fair mount road follows the" contour of th3 runs in norseshoe fashicn, affording on its four-mile stretch an unparalleled view of the Tualatin valley and the country to the east. Motorists should beai1 In mind that Fairmount is for one way traffic, as this tour indicates. At every turn, too, there is a new vista of scenic beauty; new perfumes of the wild. nw verdhre and new InsDir&tinn for the traveler, making the drive al- lUKemer an agreeaDle one. Montgomery drive through the beau i nui .tteie-nta rMMotnu rHmt-t Baw,i,i. urups down Into Washington street, and back iue narx 01 ine City. The log follows: .) Journal building. 0.8 Ieft into Sixth street. 10 Terwilliger boulevard. 4.0 Turn right into Dosch road, o.u Left. 5.1 Turn right. vard Bear lef 1 lnt HumPhry boule 7.8 -Canyon road. 8.0 Turn left into Hewett boulevard 5;6 Bear left. 9.8 Ttir-n p:rht iil5i8: t"to irmount boulevard. i- "uyv Biraignt aneaa. 14.0 Montgomery drive. J 5.3 Turri left into Vista avenue. J-3 I Righ( into Main street. iJZiIlJ lnto and right 17.1 Journal building:. Big Airplane Race Planned in France Inside Next Year -A- big airplana engine comrWftitinn will be organized by the , French gov ernment next year. . It has been decided that there wiU be three types of en gines: , 125 to 150 horsepower. 260 to 300 horsepower. 600 to 00 horsepower. : . Each ene-fnA will haun nn vw ouu consecutive hours at eight-tenths of the maximum power.- The maximum weight for that cnmnlAtn no-ina ,.-4,v. gasoline and oil for five hours' running is . pounds. Propeller speed is lim ited to 800 revolutions per minute. It has been decided that, tn bIIaw . engines to compete they can be used with geared down Dronellera. he . limited number of 800 revolution- per minute. . la addition to this. thr i .m big competition on a fixed date d urine- KHLSO. Wash., June 7. The General Construction company, which has fhe contract for building seven miles of the Pacific highway north from Kelso jis buildiner a r.a.mn atnnp-niHp tv Vnrv,om Pacific tracks just south of Ostrander ana anotner just north of Rocky Poiht, and will rush grading of the highway proiect as soon as the camrm nr rntn. pleted. Most of the grading will be dok with teams. and fifty or more teams wjll be worked on the highway in the nelar future. . ' i immense rocks and building the road up on the mountain side away above the old road way and the scenic view will bs fine. This road is being built for future generations and will be a credit to Oregon when completed. The old road bed was at high water times, a lake in many places where no vehicles-could travel for many days, all such trouble will be eliminated from the new way. Tourists say the roads between Cottage .Grove and Roseburg are In fine con dition. la the sccompsnyinc column will be found current rod information for the motor tour ist in tile Orecon country. For additional in formation concerning routes, campins place, hotel accommodations, rates. etc.. Journal readers are inrited to call upon The Journal rael and Information Bureau, Dorsey B Smith, manager, first floor Journal baildine. This semce is furnished without charge. J TT IS expected that by July 1 the roads - across the Cascade - mountains will be open to travel. The following re port on conditions is made by the United States forest service. Santiam wagon road Closed to all except foot traffic. Ccscadia to eastern boundary of Santiam nationaal forest. There are several dangerous bridges which should not be used by vehicles. Should be open by July 1. Barlow-Oakgrove Open and in fair condition. Portlatrd to Twinbridges. Closed by snow. Twinbridges to Clear Creek. No detours possible. Open, Clear Creek to Wapinitia. Open and in fair condition. Wapinitia to Cedarburn. McKenzie highway Open and in fair condition, Eugene to Blue river. Open, Blue river to Lost Creek ranger station, but in poor condition. Closed by snow. Lost Creek ranger station to Summit. Wlllamette Open and in . fair condi tion, Eugene to Boulder by snow between Boulder grade and Summit. Medford-Crater Lake Onn nn i fair condition, Medford to National park wunaary. i-iosei nv nnv hiun nok boundary and Crater lake. No detours possible-. Probably will beopen July l. Anna creek i"twti an a - ,1, uuu between j&iamatn k sim anH wn miles inside national park line. Closed by snow from this point to Crater lak. No detours possible. Will probably be Sunset hiehvav in WniiiiiiFtA. t. and in very good condition between El- lensburs- and nnlnt ohm, n . u . v jiuicb easi or &noquaimie pass. . Closed to au tomobile travel from this point through the pass. Several automobiles have gone over, the pass but on account, of enow they had to be towed with horses about three miles. cept through the city of Raymond, which will continue poor until after fill ing is completed. National Park highway from Ray mond to Giesey's crossing near Menlo, In fair condition. Autoists should leave National Park highway at Giesey's crossing ana take the Bullard road, and after cross iner the rovrrf ri!o- m to the right and take the Mill creek road ana tne iuiy-wneaton road, and connect with the Vational . Park highway about li miles east of Menlo. This detour will allow paving operations to be car ried on Detween Uiesey's crossing and ivxemo. National Park highway from Menlo to county line is in fair ponrHHnn a ists should use great care in this section as a great deal of road work is beine u-nieu uh in graaing ana replacing culverts. Cottage Grove COTTAGE GROVE. June 7. The nw Pacific highway between Cottage Grove .and Walker is progressing fine under the direction of William Ryan iof Portland. Workmen are blasting oiut Woodland - Kalama WOODLAND, Wash., June 7. The Pacific highway between Woodland and Kalama isiiow open, although the work has not Seen completed, and will not be completed until next fall. John Bpgart of Woodland came over the road last week, as did also a big Stan dard Oil truck from Kalama. This will eliminate the necessity cf going and coming from Portland down the Oregon side of the Columbia and the delay and cost of the ferryinsr at: Kalama. Newberpr-Dunrlrei Newberg, June 7. Operations will be for cooking purposes started in a few days on the new road from New berg to Dundee. As the plans show, the road will begin west of tho old main line right of way in First street and run almost directly south to Dundee, eliminating the dangerous curva at the edge of Dundee, which has been the cause of many auto accidents. There will be no curves and practically no grades on the new route, which' neces sitates the building of a new bridge ovtr Chehalem creek. The old road, which has always been a menace to heavy, traffic and autoists In wet weather, will still be maintained. ' Aberdeen BERDEEN. June 7. Rest and com---fort stations for the accommodation of tourists are to be provided by the county commissioners. One of these sta tions has been finished on the Olympic highway south of the Wynoochee river bridge. The state is providing for theae stations and Grays Harbor county is th first county in the stata in inrnii the importance of them. Another sta tion is to be built netr Kim a and one at Lake Quinault. The stations Include sev eral small buildings and concrete stoves Pacific County , South Bend. June 7. Countv EscinMr ZL A. Oihhs has iau1 a toUmi.n, showing the condition of highways in Pacific county, indicating vticr il should be made and warning against use of certain roads, as followsY National Park highway from South Bend to Palix river, nin milaa nnr k. ing resurfaced. Open to travel. National Park highway from Palix river to Noma river, being regraded pre oaratorv to bein? cramlMi a should abandon any contemplated trips mis section untu alter July is. Bar Center road, from iCatlnnot c .1. highway at Palix river to nv rm good condition.. . x- ' , , , . National Park highway "from South Bend to Raymond in good condition ex- North Bank Highway STEVENSON, WASH.. June 7. The North Bank highway, or that portion under construction between Collins and Cooks. Wash., in Skamania county, will be open for travel on Sunday, June 8. This will enable one to go from Van couver through Clarke, Skamania and Klickitat counties and on to the eastern Part Of the state alnnr that nnrik h..b of the Columbia river by auto the first time in me nistory or the state. While the road is still under construction and there is some crushed rock to be covered with gravel and rolled with the steam roller, which is being done every day, still one can go through without any trouble and by the first of July the road will be entirely .-completed. This is the opening of Washington's all the year round road from .Eastern to Western Washington. Walter L. Bowen is chief engineer of this work. Chehalis ! Chehalls, Wash., June 7. Bids for constructing seven miles of pavement cmw ui surest, in tnis county, are be ing advertised by the state highway board. The bids are to be opened June i his is tne un paved portion of the Pacific highway in this mnnhr when this seven ttiIIm in mvi win t - . W 41, complete the gap from the north to the Bouia ine oi xewis county. excentln- smaii hlttd inn rif vnnn Tn wIa nrMt on the big bridge across the Cowlitz r Toledo is well started, the first false worn, irom tne soutn Dank or the river havinar been narttallv hniif m,i- .ti w - - . -- auib nui be One of th IsrrMt hritma f n .x. w w..&, UWUUl west Washington when completed. Cenrralia ENTRALIA, June 7. All red. Janus V-i A Hendricks, local rninutn Albers & Son yesterday announced that they had been awarded Jointly two pav ing contracts in Olvmnla. nn tut 000 and one for $38,000. . Construction win begin , in about 10 days, Allred, James - t Hendricks are iros-ressinc I '. r. l,--'j.Tr tarn In i i - ii i i i ii - i it imif ii. mm ut . illl 'liillH L.'Jm -1 eon pnalizd if mver on come bach." Fffyp- : Like An Extra Emergency Brake The Miller Tread That Is Geared-to-the-Road MILLER UNIFORM TIRES 'are the only tires with'' the famous tread that is Geared-to-the Road. These many caterpUlar feet engage the ground like cogs. They give positive traction full power ahead and safety. And for a sudden stop they iortify the brakes because they mesh with the road. Uniform-Mil ir Ti 7- "wifi v bciiauu. x kitxi. s Dc cause all are built to a championship standard by uniform workmanship. So all are long-distance runners. ' Northwest Auto Co. Wholesale Distributor. Aider at Eighteenth ' iV (zm inniniiij V S X v 1 1T 1 1 1 if r ! r
