PORTLAND, OREGON,;- SUNDA Y i MORNING. AUGUST - 1. 1920.
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Odor of Forest, Beauties of Scen
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; Path Which Must B Traveled.
; ' By Frank A. Clarvo
: There's a' tans to the air and a
bracing- taste to the water on the
elopes of Mount Hood that cannot be
duplicated", by any other high piece
of real estate near Portland, and
Government Camp1 with Us hotel
and Mr. Primore as the genial host,
is a Mecca for those who would give
their lungs a taste of the real thing
In ozone. This did a party of Jour
nal scouts discover last week when
a Chevrolet "490. piloted .fcy" the
redoubtable hand of LeRoy Fields of
the . Fields Motor company, made the
run over the road, through Rhodo
dendron, up the hairpin turn, and
through the , sweet-smelling : woods
to the 4000-foot elevation.
How Is the road? Speak, gently antt
tread softly In the presence of the dying.
That road, regarding which much, has
. been written and considerable been said,
is about to be counted among the missing
and sent to the limbo of oblivion along
with, the Mosier hill and the Scappoose
stretch. Why worry about rocks and
bumps, and truth compels a notation of
the fact that there are many of the
former and some hundreds of the latter,
when ere long a nice new highway will
gird the slopes of the famous mountain
and take most of the "do or die" feeling
out of a trip7 to the camp? And who
would worry about a little rough road
when- there's pure air, cold water and a
hot dinner in waiting- at the end of the
.road . ; ... .
HOW TO GET STARTED
J Here's a . program for the partywith
a yearning tot the out-of-doors: Take
your car and go out the Base Line road
to the Twelve Mile ho true and' tern right
to Oresham. Turn left at the fountain
and wateh Hthe stgna,tand before long.
Mr, Motorist, you'll be on the road to
.Sandy," at the town, and then on Into the
open country beyond, heading for the
mountains and the time of your life.
Stick - to the road, make out like you
don't feel the bumps.: and watch for the
bite of scenerva-teng the way that will
make you wait to slop and camp for a
week. -
Did you bring your lunch--' No? Well.
after an appetiser at Whiskey creek-
it's somewhere along the way turn off
the road near the 45-mile mark and go
down to Arra Wanna for (dinner.
Chicken? Shades .of - Erastns ;Pinckley !
Take a given number of people staying
' at a place In the mountains, a tang of
real air in the woods, a flock of chickens
of a certain sise.- and it will be discov
ered that the flock will be depleted with
heartbreaking swiftness. The strange
part ; of the - whole thing ! that Mra
Spencer finds it necessary ring two
bells, a larre one and a small one, In
order to collect the folks who may be
staying there. The "first note of the big
bell had hardly found its way in among
the echoes when the scouts had lined up
at. the point from which an advance is
made on the enemy.
WOODS iBE WONDERFUL
The woods about the hotel and along
the Salmon river are wonderful strolling
grounds. A path winds its way through
the moss-covered trees along the river,
and one can- rfind any number of shady
spots to tarry, for a rest, or a score, of
likely holes where perchance the fish are
loafing about pining for a manufactured
fly to play with. - ' -''S f :
After dinner, take the car and get back
on the main .road. There is just time to
make it to the Camp and back to Port
land for supper. Beyond Rhododendron
the road is tn great shape, with a nice
little scattering of gravel over the sur
face and all the ruts taken out as with
a hot iron. This Is a part of , the new
highway, although there was still a de
tour pear the old toll gate last week. As
the car bowls along, Mr. Motorist, watch
for the grade of the new road high, over
your head and take a look at the eamp
along the road, some inhabited by folks
out there for tlie summer and others
sheltering the crews working on the new
road.
SCORES PIC FLOWERS
Scores of people were picking flowers
in the wood. The rhododendron ' were
out in all their glory, making colorful
. spots among: the green ''trees or grouped
in banks along the road, the blossoms
high on their tough branches or nestling
demurely among the green leaves. . Hide
and seek flowers, these, flirting with
others high out of reach on . the . slopes
back from the road. One young man
was engaged in fetching a spray he had
risked his neck for, back to a car parked
by the side of the way. certain that his
trouble had won him a smile from girl
ish face under a certain saucy hat.
- Then the grade starts up. Not satis
fied with having lifted your car up sev
eral hundred feet already, the road gets
busy and makes no bonesabout climbing.
A dose of Intermediate may be the Ionic
necessary to - produce , the required re
sults, but at all events push ahead and
dodge as many of the rocks as you can.
- Like the-, chap in the poem, "Excelsior"
Is the order of the day, either as a
' watchword or as a cushion. Tls equally
useful In either role. As the grade be
comes steeper the woods grow thinner,
the pampered trees of the tower levels
Blving. way to their hardier brethren able
to stand the "wear asH tear of cold
weather and hard winters. -
The car may give a gasp of relief' as
the plateau is attained, and so may the
driver, for Government Camp la near. If
you miea juncn on the road up, it
awaits you here. Devour the sights with
your food and swallow tales of the
mountain with your coffee, and don't
' forget to notice the new road that comes
-. by the door of the hotel, a section of the
loop road, now fast approaching comple-
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tlon. Prldemore optimism-: has - it that
the road' will be paved in a few years,
and having just come over the old road
the traveler may well hope that this is
true, , j ,
The hotel Is at an elevation -of -4000
feet, while high above, the timber line
on the mountain registers 6000 feet from
sealevel. ' The crest of Mount Hood - is
at an elevation ; of 11,225 feet, and ' the
ranger in- the cabin there says' that as
far as he can see there's ' some reason
in his. case for.. the high cost, of living.
The ' scout3 did. not , tackle the mountain,
for enough- of a- good thing is enough,
and besides it was too late in the day.
In returning to the city, ' the motorist
may go on -over the loop-to The Dalles,
or may return the same way by which
he came. This last is what the Chevrolet
did." and the , run was made' from Gov
ernment Camp in about three hours and
a half, f The down 2 suope,- dueto the
force of-gravity, is somewhat easier than
the upward run. This last is somewhat
obvious and scarcely needs explanation.
! A short log may be useful: 1;
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0.0 Journal building. Over the Mor
rison street bridge, out", East Belmont,
left at Thirty-third street- and right on
Sast Stark. : ' Continue - on Base Line
f 13.2 Turn rlghU A." ' -"Jt V ?
14.2 Left. Out Powell Valley road, -;
17.4 Straight ahead- Avoid road to
left. - . : . . -
18.4--Left. iV-f -'-" t 'iyiX.TX-::'::-
V19.S Straight ahead. . -
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28.0 Turn right.
, J0.J Turn left. - - -.
30.65 Watch, downhill grade.. Sharp
curve. . . .---. f .
0.7R--Bad bridge." Corduroy.- ,
i . Cherry ville.
: 35.5 Bad downgrade. ,
S5.7 Cross Whiskey creek. (Tears, idle
tears.) ,
39 J -Pass Salmon - Creek.; Lumber
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Stolen Autos
1 Following : is a list of automobiles
stolen in this city and not recovered to
date:
: Buick. 1920, touring, Oregon license
85323. Motor No. 648435. , j ' .
ii Chevrolet, 1019, touring. M Oregon
license No. 25120. Motor No. C2318. 1
i Xodge 1920, touring. ' Washington
license No. 111582. Motor- No. '504021x15.
i Dodge, 1920, touring.1 Oregon license
No. 87453. Motor No. C21139. : -
ii Dodge; 1918, tourings Oregon license
No. 81678. Motor number 89905.1
' Dodgei 1920, touring. Oregon license
No. 82998. ; Motor No.! S0948C.. ! '
- Ford, i 1919. roadster. Oregon license
No. 15737. Motor number 3215614. "
Ford, i 1919'. touring. ? - Oregon license
No. 20146. - Motor JCo.l 3042796.
il Maxwell. 1918. ' License tags i missing.
Motor No. 227941. I e , I
ii Overland.. 1918. touring. Oregon license
No. 47765. Motor Nod 31670. '
( Tulsa. 192. roadotr. Or?gor 1aler's
license No. 799 A. Motor No. 36856.
i Cleveland, 1918,,. motorcycle, k Oregon
license No. E 33. Motor No. 10115.
t Harley-DvidKon, f19.-' motorcycle.
Oregon license Nov H .65. " Motor No. XJ.9
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company's camp. ''Marmot, road come In
at this point. In . returning many . tour
ists take this road back to the city.
Cross river to get on this road. 5
f 41:3 Salmon. ; j -
is 41.6 Brightwood. " I 1 ' .
Ii 45.7 Straight ahead i
47. 1 Enter -Oregon 1 national fonest. ;.
11 49.3 Rhododendron tavern. ' -f
50.9 Left- over detounf) around con
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ment 'camp the driver will have -plenty
to do,' v Watch the road.- - .....,
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Facts Told in
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(Mote:- In thi article- no attempt . has baee
made to b technical; id fact, everr effort has
bern made to clearly- atata conditions without
beia technical.) . - .
-'What' is 'a storage battery,-'and
what does it do?' In answering 'this
question we 'will only ; consider the
pasted ' plate storage battery ' in gen
eral use as a starting and 'lighting
battery v - on up-to-date . motor
cars and -..trucks. ;. - - That ! .type
battery ; Is an''.,, , 1 electro-chem-.
lcalj apparatus. It does not store
electricity, but is capabje of creating
ox - producing . electrical - energy, by
chemical action;, under certain con
ditions; ' and vunder other - conditions
when ' electrical 1 energy i Is , properly
applied' through the- terminals of
the' battery to its plates, .chemical
changes . are produced ' within - the
cells of the' battery which-liestore It
to its original chemical condition.
' Roughly- speaking,- your storage bat
tery is an arrangement of positive and
negative- plates in a chemical solution,
each' positive plate, being Insulated ' from
its negative plateg. Bach plate la a grid
or framework, , for illustration. - diet's
say, four Inches -. wide by five inches
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How It's Made
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high, and one eighth of an Inch -thick1,
upon which ls pasted the active material.
This framework serves the ' same pur
pose as a honeycomb. It is a retainer
aad support for the active - material,
which when pasted en this " grid gives
the. plate its life. .As far as these grids
are concerned, thepositive and negative
grids are generally exactly - alike. - But
the materials pasted or pressed into them
are- different Just as the red .lead or
white .lead used, in paints are different
compounds of lead, - so ' the active ma
terials pasted into the grids . are differ
ent kinds of . lead compounds ; - one kind
being used entirely In pasting the posi
tive plates, and anothe kind being used
ln pasting the negative plates.9 i s
HOW THE CHID IS WASTED f 'j
What do we , mean, pasted into the
plates? Well, suppose you imagine tak
ing a piece of plain, ordinary wire fly
screen such as you have on .your win
dows at-home, and cut It four inches
wide . and five , Inches high.'.. That will
serve our; purpose -as a grid or framework-"
Now then, let's get some peanut
butter, and spread it on both sides of
our pfece . of screen, "-until r finally we
have spread, and pressed in. and? pasted
this peanut butter on the screen until
Iti is an eighth of an Inch l thick. s That
1st a crude and homely way of illustrat
ing how . active ' material in pasted into
the grid to make the so caded plate. 41
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Don't
Don't fail . to. give all other vehicles
their share of the road under 1 aQ condi
tions. . ' . -
Don't 'fall to give the proper; signals
when you are stopping, turning or chang
ing the -course of your machine.- . :
Don't, drive at night without lights, j .
.."Don't pass any vehicle at an intersec
tion unless the road ahead is clear for
at least 100 yards ;;
. Don't pass streetcars at a
ceeding 10 miles per hour.
speed ex-
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s Don't exceed speed limits.
' Don't ever operate a car
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the
registration certificate, properly signed,
Is displayed in the driver's compartment.
jjon-t ever operate a car unless you
have a driver's license in your possession.
Don't carry luggage so that itfextends
more than 12 inches to the left side. , js
Don't V fall ; to have "your headlights
properly adjusted according to the law.
Don't fall to have a tail light lamp
.at night. - , . .' : U ..(.-..
Don't use a spotlight that violates the
Don't fait to give aid t. caieV of accident.-
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; Don't violate the law ind mi wori't
get into' trouble. v : ' i s -.J
To Extend Air MaU
f Seryic&lCouBtry
' Large aetisicns of the aerial mail
service Vve been decided upon by the
postoff.ce department, it is announced,
and Won airplane companies throughout
the 'untry will be asked to submit bids
faC the establishment and operation Of
1 New York and San Francisco, however.
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will be operated by the i government. It
was stated. The present plans 'contem
plate extension of the New York-Washington
air route to -the leading cities of
the South. "t ' '
Have You a little
Ferry in iYpiir Town?
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, Wllsonville, x July 8li With a new
cable pressed into service, the: Wilson
ville ferry is again operating," much to
the satisfaction of hundred' who use It.
The few days It was out of commission,
becaUse of ' the breaking of the cable,
those - desiring to j get across the .river,
MLbiiir if fuvciuuiry for manv txtorila to
either drive around by Oregon City or
Newberg to- accompusn tnis, aistance
of some 14 miles, f Wllsonville people are
anxious' that the county court should see
the advisability of having, the ferry in
such condition that it can be operated
every day of ihet year, j
Gravel Work i Starts ;
On Pacific Highway
nr..vv.i. . av Uall f lhanmi. Or wYln
were recently awarded the contract for
graveling tne t-aciui; hikwjt- winrni
and - Aurora. 'have started ueon
the work, which f will take about two
weeks - to 'complete.'. The distance is
about- two miles and -It' will be necee-
arv to move about 10,000 yards of
gravel to cover the'roadbed. which is to
be 20 feet wide. The : gravel is being
takenrora the , Puddin i river With two
or three trucks. The work, is under the
direction of A. H. Knight of Can by-
I00D RIVER
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Great Road Is? Culmination of
Eight Years j of : Actual Work
and Outlay of $3,500,000.
The completion last week of a
paved road between Portland' and
Hood River Is the culmination of
eight years of effort, preceded by
several years of agitation. Front '
a cost standpoint there? is reprsent
ed approximately an expenditure
of f3.500.000. j ' j ' . -In
the early history of Oregon
travel through the Columbia river
gorge was over fhe Dalles military
road. Judged by modern standards
it waa nothing but a trail, but in a
measure it scrvedj the traffic of thone
days. When'thej railroad down the
river came a great portion of the
road twaa appropriated and as a
through highway it ceased to exist,
the right of wa being taken over
f or the railroad.
Along about' 1910 when the subject of
highway Improvement began' to be dlai
cussed In Oregon, the - late 2. Henry
Wemme was the leader of a movement
to restore the road between Portland
and Hood River.
After the surmounting of many diffi
culties and considerable prejudice a sur
vey was made andjlt was estimated that
a road would cost in the neighborhood'
of $40,000. Some work was done in
Multnomah county as far east as Bridal
Veil, but through j lack of support the
Wemme -plan fell through and Wemnv
fumed his attention to the reconntruc.
tlon of a road from Portland to Mount
Hood, -on which he was engaged at th
time of his death, i a few years aiio. In
estimating that the road from Portland
to Hood River would cost only J-Ki.f-
there was taken Into consideration on;.,
a road built on the same lines as tbA
old military highway, one narrow in
width, steep in grade and sharp ln
curvea 1
Getting around Shell Rock mountain
one of the discouraging features in
building the road. Many contended that
the feat was lmpoaible of achievement.
This was probably one of the principal
causes' which led to the abandonment of
the plan. . ' I '
BEKSOX ENTEE8 GAME
- Jt was about this time that Plmon
Benson, the -present chairman of the
state hlghwsy commission, began to-be
Interested In road j development. In the
fall of ,1911 Benson went to California
to spend the winter. He shipped his au
tomobile to The Dalles- from Portland.
'While going up the river on the boat,"
he Said, "I made an observation of the
shore line and became Impressed with
the idea that it, was possible to build a
highway along the river. I thought that
If Shell Rock mountain was the only
obstruction there ' was nothing in the
way,".. ' .
Benson Instructed his attorneyf the
late - E. E. Coovert. to make an an
nouncement that he would donate $10.0o
towards the expense of grading around
the mountain.
"Out of this situation came an arree
ment. In March. 1912, between Benon
and Governor West to have the work
done by state convicts, Benson defraying
the cbst.-
Some 40 or BO convicts were placed an
the work and a grade was made around
Shell Rock mountain which In a mea
sure forms the base of the present prade.
..When the $10,000 donated by .Benson
had been , spent the work came to an
end. i '
ROAD ' SEHTtXEirT. CHOWS
By this time there had grown up In
Oregon a strong good roads sentiment,
fostered principally by Samuel Hill who
brought the first, vision of a highway
along the Columbia river built on broa 1
and comprehensive lines with low gradi
ent and safe curvature, one that wouM
not only attract the tourists of the world,
by its scenic setting but would alo serve
a an artery of commerce In the devplop
ment of the Northwest. State highway
legislation was enacted and a highway
commission was created. There was als
organised the Columbia River Hiphway
association. In the fall of 1913 Multnomah-
county began the construction
of the Multnomah county unit of the
highway, completing the work ln 191S.
In 1914 the state ban construction
of the Hood River county unit, the coun
ty cooperating to the extent of 75.0no
raised by a bond Issue. The firt work
In Hood River county was the gradlnar
from the Multnomah county line to Cas
cade Locks and (between Wyeth and
SheU Rock mountain. This completed
grade Joined to stretches of existing
road permitted through travel and in
IMS the highway was formally d-dlato
bv an official tour made by - rtowrnor
Wltbycombe and others In automobile
The next Important construction in Ilw t,
River county was the cutting kof the
Mitchell point tunnel at an approximate
cost of $50,000. It was completed ln
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ORE TO BE DOSE
In 1917 when the present highway 1iw
was enacted provision as made to ro!.i-'
pleta the hlKhway through Hood Iiiv
county at state expense. There was yt
to be graded the section between Cas
cade Locks and Wyeth and the fo' t.on
between, Lindsey creek and Hood Uvf r
City, This work inn hen done, n . f
entire grade paved from Vr n i-.v,;-- i
county boundary. Appro i ''
has been expended In Hood- l.ivfcr f -by
. the. state $1,100,000, est t-f ys I
River city. . --. ' , . '
With the completion of the I
there comes a new problem. Jt. ia a
question of provi more !r
cilltles and possibly in a few yeixs t:
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Idenuig oi uxs nigawaj.
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