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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
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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-
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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..
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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
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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
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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
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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
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