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'THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTL AND. SUNDAY- MORNING, JULY 25, 1920. CAR'S AVERAGE IS W Ml. PER GAL. IN El ONOMY RUN Stock Machine , Went 458 Miles From Portland to Hood River, to Klatskanie and Salem. In a three day gasoline ecenomy run. staged by Mitchell. Lewis & Staver company, local Jordan dis tributors, the Jordan six over a mileage of 458 miles consumed Just 20 gallons of gasoline, resulting In an average mileage of 22.23 to the gallon of gas. Routes chosen were three main high ways out of Portland and it was the duty of the' pilots Earl Smith and A. L. Smith to run up a mileage of at least 150 miles a day, Before starting on the . first trip the Jordan was leveled up by means of a spirit level and jack, ' and In the pres ence of observers of the newspapers the plug was removed and all gasolino taken from the tank. M. O. Wllklns, president of tKe Dealers' Motor Car asso ciation, then i used a gallon can and filled the tank with 14 gallons of or dinary Standard Oil gasoline. The car was then driven, to a nearby scale and it was found to tip the beam, with the two . pilots and an observer,' at 3550 pounds. Weighed up without passen- .ln.: or Driver! iu iioraaji 1x1040 u9 pounds. DEMONSTRATOR USED The Jordan, chosen for the run had been used as a demonstrator and showed a mileage of some 1500 miles. No changes were made in gear ratio and nothing vt - m a ma tn ftA " a Vi .ntiM mn, aal ly and quickly be applied to any car. The cylinder head was removed, carbon enureijt scrapea out, tne , sparxpiugs were set to a gnat's heel, as were also the distributor points. The valve tap pets were adjusted so as to allow for Increased clearance. The carburetor was adjusted to operate on as little mix ture as possible. All bearings were tried out for friction and oil and grease throughout the car was very carefully cleaned out and renewed. .With these preparations, the Jordan was considered fit for the trip. The route chosen for the first day. was to Hood River and return, with a short side trip to make up the mileage to the required 150 miles. Upon return, ' the speedometer showed a trip of 152 miles, and when the tank was again drained out gallon by-gallon, it was found that Vfc gallons of gasoline had been used, resulting in a mileage of 23.38 miles to ii-.et ration. - SALEM AVERAGE LOWEST. The second day's run was to Clat skanie, on" the lower Columbia river highway, and, , despite more than 25 miles of very rough macadam pavement, where it was found Impossible to make a speed of more than IS miles per hour, the Jordan reeled off Its 150 miles to the tune of 22.22 miles to the gallon. Saturday's rtp. the last of the series, j was made up the East - Side Pacific ! Highway to Salem and,, upon return, out over the Hillsboro road . until the speedometer registered 156 miles. No efforts were made to avoid the detours around road work it was the desire of the Jordan people that the results should be based upon average motoring condi tions, rather than upon a specially pre pared test over some carefully selected route. . MAKES GOOD SHOWING ON ECONOMY RUN ' ammmmmmmmmammammmmmmmmmmenmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm n C ' , -"-"Jxt .,.w'V,yv. " i .n ,f ;,iWhu..ii,i-i.. nor-in, , " II 1 1 M ll (rwn . i m ""Tr-i-T-ll-TriiiiiimiiinninnlMiir in I i -' il i I I II I 9 a v n l? vr'' ''r v if ss' ' 0. : wvorrTXtMWM' Here's the Jordan Silhouette Six getting tanked up for its ran. Mitchell, Lewis & Staver company recently made a good record with this car in an economy trial, and M. O. Wllkins, president of the Dealers Mo tor Car association of Oregon, la seen here measuring its lunch for one of the day's trips. r-iisrO . . . mr i Portland Seattle The road north from Chehal Is is re ported in fair condition, about a mile and a half of the way in the woods over what is known as the Middle road, be tween the Lewis county , line and Olym pla, being a little rough. A small por tion of the new paving on the Pacific highway just over the Thurston county linehas been opened. The Chehalis in formation bureau of the automobile club is routing cars Jbound south down the west side of the river. Cars travel out of Chehalis 'about five to seven miles, then leave the; pavement and bo by way of Napavine and Winlock. The highway around Lacamas hill is closed while the contractors are finishing about 2 miles of paving there, which will close the gap between Chehalis and Toledo and give continuous paving from Chehalis to To ledo. The detour around, this paving Is In fair; condition Ke porta from" Cowlitz county are that the roads there are in very bad shape, and the local office is routiryr cars south so they . will miss this part of the highway. ; Paving on two miles of Pacific high way went of Kelso is completed. This pavement stretches from the Lewis county line to a point beyond Grand Mound. This work has been under the supervision of i T. M. Morgan, a con-' tractor who is also paving 14 miles of Pacific highway near Toledo. The Grand Mound end of this road was opened to traffic: last Sunday, and - It is expected - that the . whole road will be opened in about 30 days. This will make a continuous stretch of pavement for about 25 miles west of the city. In traveling north - from Kelso the autolst is advised to take the west side road, as construction work on the regular Pacific highway route north of Kelso and again north of Castlerock makes travel over it very aisagreeable. The roads are well dried out once more and, though the detour road on the west side from Kelso to Olequa is rough, it is passable at all times. Careful driving is necessary over part of ; this route because of short turns and the narrow road. The best route from Olequa Is to cross on the ferry and proceed through Toledo. From , Kelso south the Pacific highway is very good through CowliU county. ' , Washington - Idaho - Montana -Canada r All eastbound highways leading out of Spokane are reported to be in good condition with one or two exceptions. Tourists from the coast cities are near ly all bound for the Yellowstone park. The road from Missoula,: Mont, to Spokane via Wallace and. Coeur d'Alene. Idaho, Is in " fine condition, except through the Fourth f: July canyon, where construction of the road is . still under way. , The road around Wallace Is reported to be in excellent condition. The same trip via Thompson Falls, Mont., and Sand point, Idaho, is report ed to be fair. Several dusty and rocky stretches are to be encountered on this trip.; - , ..ir-v : : The third route between these cities, via KallspeU, Glacier National park and Sandpoint, Is in good shape, excepting the loop going to Bonners i Ferry '; and Sandpoint, where the roads are rough. The Spokane-Wenatchee and Seattle road is paved and graveled to Coulee City. Roads through Moses coulee are rough and rocky for about" 10 miles, while the Wenatchee road la "graveled. A detour is necessary between Wenat chee and Cashmere on account of road construction. : Blewett : and Snoqualml passes are in tine shape. Recent' 'rains on . the roads between Bozciian, Anaconda and Missoula, Mont, have ... made these -. roads - very rough. Construction ; work between Bozeman and Belgrade, Mont,, make necessary a detour. The recent: bad weather throughout Montana has made- the roads generally poor, but conditions are re ported to be - improving rapidly and. with a lew days of good weather, roads will be in first class condition. Drivers have been cautioned to have their brakes in good shape when traveling through the mountains west of Livingston, Mont There are very few heavy grades through the mountains and cars in good condi tion will encounter very little trouble. Spokane-Portland route is said by road officials to be In excellent condition and free from any rough spots and detour Ine. - . Highways sout of Spokane to British Columbia and Alberta, are ' also reported to be trreatly improved over . the last report The cutup road between Bon ners ' Ferry, Idaho, and CraVibrooc, B, C, is reported to be improved as log gin r operations have ceased. Che route to Banff, Alta.. is a popular one via Bonners Ferry, Idaho, and Kings Gate, B. C Motorists from the coast cities favor the route to Banff via Kings Gate. Travel is dally increasing to the Canadian Kockies. Spokane has been made the fieadquar. ters for the entire Western division of the Yellowstone trail, with offices in new quarters at 916 First avenue, ac cording to Frank C Finch, who arrived 4n Spokane July 17 to assume the direc torship of the division . "Spokane will be the permanent head quarters of the Western division, which includes Washington, Idaho, Western Montana and Oregon," said Mr. Finch. In announcing the change. "We will, in all probability, bring a second person from Minneapolis, trail headquarters, to assist in this office, because of the heavy duties which the directorship brings. - included in the new program drafted by ; Mr. Pinch is the posting of trail markers along - the road to the city's tourist camps and changing . of several of the present signs. Travel to the Yellowstone : national park, always the best barometer of vaca tion travel In the West. , gives promise of making 1920 the best tourist season on record. It Is significant, too, that most of the visitors to Yellowstone this year have been no casual "flitters," hurriedly scan. ;il;;f S. Ml n im iih inrriiirn,r-- li llll . II" nil ml III! Ju-llll Tin TTTWnHHr-g nlng the wonders - of this - park, then hastening home on a return ticket, but are, tourists in the broad sense of the term, making the grand circle of the West and learning the wonders of their country as never before. Persons entering Yellowstone from the north of Gardiner, Mont; and from the west at West Yellowstone, Mont,, in al most all cases have been around by Los Angeles, then up to San Francisco, Port land and Seattle, perhaps into Glacier national . park' and Intervening cities. They go out to Salt Lake City and .Den ver. Visitors coming in from the East by way of Cody. , Wyo., already have seen Denver, Colorado Springs. Rocky Mountain national park and the' Wyo ming cities, and continue their journey to the Pacific coast Travel from the south .- through the Jackson Hole and Snake river valley, have been restricted by road trouble, but a few veteran mo torists have made the journey, finding ample compensation in the . beautiful scenery of the Tetons, which soon will be made a part of the "greater Yellow stone." ..'..J-:'.,-..':- . Never before have the '. Yellowstone roads been opened to travel so early un der such difficult conditions as this year. The Extremely hard winter, which caused such suffering among wild ani mals, piled 40 feet-of snow In Sylvan pass on the east,; Dunraven pass on the north and the Snake river valley on the south, but thoroughfare was provided in excellent time. Heroic ' efforts were necessary. : A snow shovel was impro vised to meet the situation. i Sylvan pass was opened first' almost the entire road force of the park being mobilized there In cooperation with cit izens of Cody, to accommodate the great number of autolsts coming Into the park. The road was officially opened June 17; the earliest previous date was June 20. . Snake-river came next The first car passed through June 28. Dunraven pass, the beautiful scenic route from Yellow stone canyon to the Roosevelt country, an exceedingly difficult mountain road, which reaches an altitude of 8900 feet was opened July 1. Visitors had great sport snowballing and taking pictures of the drifts which bordered the highway, dwarfing the big motor busses. It was necessary to fclose Dunraven two days later, . when : a warm day made great headway In the snow banks, producing soft spots in the road that were consid ered dangerous, but those were remedied in' 24 hours - and the pass was again opened. Beginning slowly travel in the park quickly picked up and soon passed last year's figures. Through July 6, when the gates had been open officially for less than three weeks, 11,702 persons had entered Yellowstone, compared with 10, 079 last year. The number of motor ve hicles admitted , was exactly the same, but the season's dally average waa show ing a steady growth. - ? Inland Empire v . Secretary W. S. Parks of the Tri- Continued on Pace Fire, Thi Section) World's Champion Light Six! CO' ' " $1000 Challenge In February, 1917, the Elgin Motor Car Corporation offered to donste $1,000 to aay worthy-charity, if any other car on the market could be found at around the fame price which could equal the Elgin Six in value. This challenge) was published as a full page advertisement in all Chicago Sunday newspapers, in order to prove that -the Elgin Six was the greatest car value on the market. The decision was to rest with a jury of five, com posed of an automobile engineering expert, a manufacturer of automobile parts, a high class automobile dealer, a well known artist, and a representee live Chicago business man. The fact that not singleacceptance to this open challenge was received proves conclusively that no other car built dares to enter competition with the "World's Champion Light Six." - ' Weller Motor Company , ,4 Elgin Distributors Washington at Fifteenth Broadway 2656 TKJE WEI cottstDSKED orxANy ' McrzaatSTS the ezsr easoic -rtss.cn use AMcacci market I SALUTE YOU, 0 MOTORISTS BEST ASSET SPECIAL BREAKER Even at the tires on your car, O Motorists, are but a smat) part of the whole machine, so is the breaker strip to a tire. 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