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New Section From Mosier to The
DaltoQ. Rftrpntlv Onftner.. Fx-
ploits Grand Scenic Country,
Eliminates Rough,. Hilly Strip.
"' By Henry R. Hayek
; Those of ua who are more or less
closely, identified with the automo
bile business frequently, hear com
plaints concerning road conditions
throughout Oregon, and uncompli
mentary comparisons .maae oeiween
our roads and those of other states.
One needs only to motor over some
fit 1 th n w innfltpiiftnn thf has
ween vumpieiea aunng ine pan year
to sppreciate the fact that our road
building program is very expensive
and , thorough, and that the state
highway commission and Its engin
eers will entrance the world long
after their work has been completed
Widely traveled people from all parts
of the world who have viewed the
grandeur or me uoiumDia river gorge
tell us that the Columbia river highway
is the greatest road on the continent
They also express the opinion that we
flo not seem to realise what a great as
set It Is. and very frequently we are
criticised for not letting the world know
more about it.
FEW APPRECIATED VALUE
to nave conceived this road and laid
its course up the Sandy and then by way
f Crown Point and the Figure Slight
iown to Latourelle, Bridal Veil, Wah
keena. Multnomah Falls. Oneota Gorge.
Horsetail Falls. St. Peters' Dome. Bonne.
vme, Agie creek and. to the Hood
River county line was a tremendous un
dertaking in Its day. In hose days
mere were so rew people who understood
the tremendous value we had locked up
in our natural scenery, and one does not
need te go back many years to remem
ber the efforts that our leading citizens
nil f forth tn hfiv. Ka Mikiti. ..
v fuunt. Tuie ma
bond issue which, paved this portion of
the highway.
Little by little' the very good begin,
ning which Multnomah county made but
a few years back have been supple
mented by counties both east and west
of us and the, state of Oregon as - well.
Back in the days when we were Just
beginning to think about the construc
tion of (ha PrJumhla .
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the Hood River county line, the most
optimistic did not even dream that
within a comparatively short number
of years this road would be extended
both up and down the river. It is ael-
aom -mat a worthwhile idea wants for
support arter it is-once put in motion.
out tne Beginning is orten slow. This
is certainly tne case in connection with
the building of the Columbia river Algh-
KOAD JIOW BEALITI
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Scenic Resources of Oregon to
vi: Be Exploited as Never Before,
I Jby . Concerted ' Public Effort;
Great Value Is Pointed Out.
The
Coeehtel o Pum STen. Cohiaui On)
1 v. Tacberon Work Begins "
Boring, Or, Road work has com
menced " on the i Tacheron 1111 and the
dangerous fill at the foot of the hill. The
hill is being cut down and the fill wid
ened. - This has been a dangerous place
for some time. Several touring cars and
a couple of trucks -have gone off the
grade there recently. At present it Is
necessary to detour at Gil lis by way of
Pleasant Home to get through.
; Citizens to Buy Bands j j
HJugene, May 14. Forence jcitisens will
buy $20,000 of road bonds to complete
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the North Fork road .. to Florence and
to build 'the road from Florence to
Cushman, according to a letter received
by the county court from John W.
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Even the Oldest "Super-Sixes
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Today Speak Hudson's Worth
It is not just a matter of idle comment that Hudsons
-two, three and four, years old are constantrmis
taken for cars of recent production. .
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On the contrary, there is a, very clear, connection
between the way these older JSuper-Sixes hold their
new appearance and smoothness of performance,
year after year, and the fact that Hudson for more
than five years has held the leadership among fine
cars. -"".. i , .
And of all its more than 100,000 owners, none give
such convincing indorsement as those who drive the
oldest ? Super-Sixes and find them- still essentially
modern in looksN and still ' giving fine, reliable per-
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C. L. Boss Automobile Co.
615-617. Washington Street ' '. Portland
Crankshaft Vital to Motor
Trouble Here Is Expensive
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' By Mike de Ciooo
There is one unit of the motor
which bears, all the strain there Is on
the entire mechanism. It stands to
gether with the pistons and connect
ing rods, all the strain from the ex
plosion in the
the' engine. J '.It holds the big heavy
iron? fly wheel
motor plant,
explosion chamber of
at
th
e . rear of the
It is the heart of the
motor mechanism.
This unit is the crankshaft and except
by name, the average motorist has prac
tically no acquaintance with it, although
It is the largest individual part of the
engine, is the mainstay of the power and
governs the running j quality of every
motor" vehicle,- ) f f
The . power starts I in, v the explosion
chamber." Then it i forces the piston
down. This1 has the; effect of throwing
all at once the strain; onto the wrist pin,
connecting rod and connecting- rod bear
ing which is connected and bolted to the
crank shaft which is the first unit. -Be
fore your motor) vehicle starts function
ing there' are a number of operations.
Starting; at the crank shaft, next comes
the flywheel, then the clutch, clutch shaft
and' throwout yoke, transmission ease
with gears, -universal - couplings, drive
shaft, pinion and ring gears, spider with
differential , gears attached, rear drive
axles and lastly the wheels. :
TIT A I, PART OF MOTOR
As the crank shaft Is the first unit to
stand all the knocks and all the power
thrown onto it, this is one of the most
vital parts of a motor. All main bear
ings should be keyed tight and lined up
with one another so as to run perfectly
true. If a bearing Is taken up too tight
and another one too loose this will event
ually throw the crank shaft and flywheel
out of alignment and the first thing you
know . you will have a costly broken
crankshaft, to replace. A, new shaft is
one of : the most expensive parts of a
motor. ; 4 :
If the main bearings that hold the
crankshaft are loose there is only one
way to go a good Job and that is to tear
down the whole power . plant. : Remove
motor from frame and turn it up side
down. Remove crank case, connecting
- " A Record Shoot v . ,V :
. Lieutenant. Higuchl. .an instructor in
Army Flying school at Kenohara aero
drome, Aichi prefecture, is said to have
made a. record of 48 per cent .recently in
shooting down balloons from an air
plane. The highest record in France, it
Is believed, is 25 per cent.
- By Sydney B. Vincent
M.n.grr Or. son TourUt and Information Burrn
, , The devel6pment of the tourist
business, for we may properly call' it
a business, was the hope of the leg
islature when it created the Oregon
Tourist and Information Bureau. Or
egon is blessed with scenery unex
celled anywhere on the American
continent, but we have not consis
tently bent our energies, to make it
produce revenues commensurate with
its grandeur. . .
. Properly advertised, Oregon's scenie
resources can be made -to pay in dollars,
and .cents a greater return on the in
vestment than any of our other resources
with the possible exceptions of our
wheat, timber and wool. This msy seem
to be a far-fetched and exaggerated
statement, but let us see.
MILLIONS ATTRACTED
Two states stand preeminent In the
development of their scenic attractions.,
California is said to attract to her cof
fers annually over SX 00. 000. 000 from
tourists ; Colorado, the second bct ad
vertised scenic state, values her "tour
ist crop" equally with her. beet sugar
crop, the value or wmcn last year was
estimated at about la.0.000,000..
. Because tourist development is com
paratively a new enterprise in Oregon,
accurate figures on the number of auto
mobiles entering the state are not avail
able, but the rough estimate that tour
ists left with us $1,000,000 last year prob
ably is as near the actual figures as
can be had. How insignificant Is the
amount, when compared with the re
mits obtained in California and Color
ado. -Mt. Hood, with its eight glaciers,
it splendid lakes, its beautiful meadows,
its magnificent forests, its splendid
climate for six or seven months in the
year should be worth to Oregon, as a
scenic resource, several million dollars s
tyear.
MT. HOOD ASSET
As a winter resort with Its oppor
tunities for skiing, and other
sports, ML Hood should be
asset. '- .
- We also have the Cascades from th
Columbia river to the California line
The Cascades are a storehouse for sceni
treasures of such remarkable beauty anc
diversification that it is remarkable tha
a score of magnificent -hotels are not ii
operation. , ;
.Crater lake is, of course, the, gem -o
gems" in the Cascade aggregatlono
winter
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(BUS EQUIPS
TV0 AUTO PARKS
- Chehalis, Wash., ; May 14. Cheha
lis maintains two auto parks. ... One
at the east entrance to .the city on
the ! Pacific ; highway, containing
about one acre of ground and eqnlp-
lights. concrete
and -camping fa-
ped i with; electric
stoves, city water
cnitles. It wiil accommodate 25 or
60 machines, comfortably.?
' The other park is Alexander park, con
taining about four acres. It is on the
Ocean Beach highway, about a - mile
from the business 7 center of Chehalis,
road : paved through!,; the park. This
park . contains the best fresh water
swimming hole jin southwest Washing
ton,' and is a beautiful and very popu
lar retreat, equipped with concrete
stoves, ball game accommodations, city
water, electric lights, etc, and is an ex
ceptionally fine Camping spot.: This
summer this park will; be equipped with
pulmotor. life guards ! and other safety
devices, and will also have a concession
where light groceries, ! soft drinks, etc.,
RALPH J.STAEHLI
MADE SECRETARY
The 4 Automobile Dealers associa
tion elected as secretary Ralph J.
Staehll, former automobile editor of
The! Journal and 7 writer on several
different papers on automobile top
ics.' This action took place last Mon
day, it Is just announced, at the reg--nlar-monthly
"meeting of the assoclai
tioni ' and was necessitated . by - the
resignation of M. O. WUklns.
- Plana were laid for' the establishment
of beadqiiarters at . 423 Henry building
from which office the endeavors of. the
association will be carried out, - .
. SUehll also brings to the association
several years' experience in industrial
and trade organisation work." -'
It developed at the meeting that Port
land automobile men favor the ' "Head
in", system of . parking: rather than the
"back In" plan where angle-parking and
one wsy 'traffic is used. ..,:.; A
While the association did-not' indorse
this plan as a body discussion of the
membership, following ; Captain Lewis'
outline of proposed 5 traffic . regulation;
Here Is
a Fact Worth Remem
buy a better car
Just read the specifications
Delivered Portland
it ak mffnrA tn inveit more than SI 785 in a motor car. you can't buy a b
Ai; T :Kf iw Ma1I 34. ' It is built of . standardized units .which are the
than Velie.Lfcht
accepted standards for quality in motor car construction.
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Delivered Portland Ti II f
With cord tire all around; extra cord tire, t tube, ' tire' s cover, bumper and motor-
meter- regular equipment. .
' Just Phone and We'll Call for You
D. G. Warren Motor Car Co.-
58-60 North 23d St. ': '. DISTRIBUTORS- . Phone Main 780
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