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- THE OREGON SUNpAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING. MAY 15, 1921. 4 w APPLE BLOSSOMS CHARWI VISITORS AT HOOP RIVER Automobile Tourists Are on Road Earlier Than Last Year, Bond " Issue Gains Support Rapidly. Hood River. May 14. Daring the past week many thousands of people have visited this valley for a, glimpse of the apple blossoms which have never before been In soch great pro fusion as. this season. While the de . mands of the multitude for food and accommodations has taxed the city and valley to the utmost, everybody has gone away pleased, having suf fered no greater inconvenience than having to wait perhaps an hour for a .meal. ) While In the lower levels of the val- . ley the blossoms are beginning to fall, the middle valley la still a riot of color, and next week the upper valley in the Park- dale district will be In its glory of full bloom. . Visitors who want to see the blossoms are advised to travel out from the city of Hood River either over the 'East Side grade or via The Heights and make the round of the Middle Valley by - way of Tucker and Davidson Hills. STKAWBEB1UES I2T TWO WEEKS In about two weeks Hood River straw berries will be available and more at tention will be paid this year to provide Visitors with a least of these berries by all the hotels and restaurants to remind them that Hood Klver valley is famous . for something else besides its apples and pears. One feature that is surprising every body is the number of tourists already 'en the' roads and there is every evidence that tourist traffic this year is going to be heavier even than last year, which was of record size in this section. A. large number of these tourists are not of the town-to-town type, but are carry ing on their cars all the usual camping impedimenta. Judging from last year's records, they are on the road about a mouth earlier this year and while a large per cent are evidently on their way to points further west and south, a number are already camping in the valley. .. - The auto park here Is now ready for visitors, and the new Columbia Gorge hotel will be open within the next few , weeks. Practically all rooms are re served for several months, but the hotel will probably be able to feed quite a crowd every day. Apart from this hotel, the Hood River hotels and restaurants will be able to offer accommodations for a large num ber of visitors, and arrangements have been made with a number of owners of homes to house visitors when the de mand Is beyond the capacity of the two hotels. - ' BOSD ISSUE GA15S SFPPOBT The big Influx of visitors last Sunday has done much to stabilize opinion on . the Loop Jttoad bond issue and many who were neutral have swung over to the-affirmative side and supporters are - confident that the bond issue will carry by a big majority. The roads throughout, this section are in fair condition, the rain of early week having given the gravel a chance to work in and autoists will find the going good on ail valley roads. Between Hood iiiver and Kowens die highway is In tine condition, but the autoist who is yell advised-will take the old road from Hosier . to The Dalles. With the higher temperatures of the past week, fishing will probably be good " In most of the trout streams in this sec tion on both sides of the Columbia. While no remarkable catches have been taken the past few days, local .anglers note, a steady improvement and state that trout are- again rising to the fly, especially the blue upright, grey-hackle and royal coachman. Curiously enough, the bait anglers are not meeting with much success, the trout probably hav ing had a surfeit of worms and bugs following the rains. The new big ferry, with capacity for ten cars. Is now in operation between Hood River and White Salmon between daybreak and p. m. and the owners expect to offer a much Improved service this season. . Montesano Seeking Change in Highway Montesano, Wash., May 14. W. E. Johnson, H. S. Shorey, B. G. Cheney and C N. Wilson were named a commit tee by the. Chamber of Commerce to go to Olympla and present 'Montesano's claims for a change in the location of the South Montesano road. Schafer brothers, who recently purchased . the Fir Products factory her, have an nounced that they will build a sash and door factory if the location of the road . can be changed to a new line approxi mately 600 feet west of the present lo cation. The committee will attempt to get the backing of the state highway de- part m en t. The county commissioners ' are known to be opposed to the change and the building of the mill is doubtful. "Compare the "Sheridan" Is All We Ask AT rUANDCR- VMKOWCR , WASH TIRE INSOLES With Injol. in yoar tixea yoa rid on air Jmt mm, wun av run tr PUnCTVREt, roar ew ride uier end Den huh. Call or write i or oar loitur, telling U about them. HARPER cV HALL ' Retrif!i8 nd Vulcanizing Warits. S BURN SIDE $T. PCRTVAVS, CR. jjn'rim and I j0 DnuavMWT, wrm u- WELL-KNOWN mm jack Scboiler and new Elgin Six. S valve In head motor that he lnten Bums Garage Men Maintain; Free Auto Camp for Tourists Burns, May 14. Two auto camps are maintained in Burns, one each by the Universal Garage company and the Burns Garage company. ; The .Universal j Garage company has one-half block at the south end of Main street which is j free to all motorists wishing to camp. ' It has ' a well on the ground and f the garage maintains a free wood pile. . There is no shelter on the ground for either machines or people.. It will accommodate about' 30 machines. ;--;;-i '- , .--V " " The Burns Garage company maintains a free camp ground one block off of Main street and directly west of the garage. The site covers three-fourths of a block and is inclosed by a shed under which machines may be put for shelter. There are two camp rooms on the lot, each .equipped with stove, and a well is In the center of the lot. There is shelter for about BO machines at one time under the shed. Prizes to; Be Given For Highest Sales The William X Hughson company Is to give its salesmen valuable prizes for the highest sales during the months of May and June. The first prise will be a solid gold Waltham Riverside watch, the second prise a Waltham Watch, third prize a Waltham wrist watch, the fourth and fifth prizes a gold knife and a pearl and gold handled knife, the sixth prize a solid amber cigarette holder, and the seventh and eighth prises will be ele phant hide wallets. The total value of these prizes will be $500. Coos to Vote on Big HighwayBond Issue Marshfleld, Or.. ! May 14. Voters of Coos county will decide at the June elec tion for or against the $300,000 pro posed bond issue. If this is carried the state highway 5 commission will - give $500,000 and the total of $800,000 will be used to improve the highway from Co qullle to the Douglas county line on the Roseburg road, i-Curry county Is also to vote on a bond Issue at the June election. The proposition Is for a total of $165,000 in bonds to be expended on the main highway through the county. Cheap Airplanes Duo ' Airnlanea as chean u K.ntnmnVi1 In about five years was the prediction made before the Boston Engineers' club by M. I.urJclffah. dirpctrtr nf innlinl ilanio the Nela Research laboratories, Nela Here's a List of AMERICA'S BEST CARS j DO YOU OWN ONE? Allen j. Apperson ' Auburn Briscoe j Buick ! Cadillac Case Chalmers Chandler ' Chevrolet . Cleveland Cole ! Columbia Daniels ' . Dort Elgin Essex - i Franklin' We are exclusive factory representatives for one or more of the electrical units on these cars. Drive jn for free inspection of your electrical system. 1 j rs a part of your service. Sunset Electric Company NINTH AND GL1SAN ' , "LARGEST ELECTRICAL SERViCE STATION ON THE PACIFIC COAST" SALESMAN AND CAR HE SELLS 4. choiler declares .that he is go much impressed with 'the Elgin enclosed ds to devote his entire time to handling it for the Weller Motor Car Co. ASHLAND GAMP S OPEN TO TOURISTS sssssesssesBsssMseBSBssssssBssssr Gas Turned on in Kitchenettes at Free Camp Grounds; Hun dreds of Autos Headed North. Ashland, May . 14. Gas has been turned on In the kitchenettes in Ash land's free auto camp grounds. The kitchenettes axe spick and span and inviting after a painting and polish ing house cleaning. Electrio light is on and several cars are camped In the grounds every, night. ; The new fireplace Is completed and fire wood cut and stacked in a conveni ent place for campers who care to use it A small charge wilt be made for this WOOd. : -: ' ' " FIREPLACE IS BUSHED The park committee provided the fire place thinking that when large crowds were in the park they would enjoy a community traveler's party about the fireplace. , " '." Amusing stunts have been glimpsed since the fireplace was completed. One camper put his cot in there for the night because it was so cozy and a family pitched the side tent for their car up against the fireplace and had a most inviting cobblestone and tent home, . Word has come to Ashland from the tourists passing through that several hundred tourists from Redding on down are camped along waiting to know when the highway is open for travel. ' TOUEISTS 1SE SKEPTICAL ; 'The majority do not seem to trust the average reports. The only charge to tourists is 25 cents a day for gas, but it is optional with them as to whether gas is used. Anticipating the ' heavy travel this season the camp grounds have been en larged further down along ; Ashland creek, and there, is ample occommoda tions for- 100 cars. Rustic tables and seats under trees strung with electric lights, with melted snow water for drinking always on tap and a mountain stream running through the camp, makes it, ideal for camping. In Georgia there are under construc tion or just completed more than 1100 miles of good roads and 13 miles of bridges, involving , a total : cost of $17,512,954. - ' L As a revenue producer, the auto mobile industry was the third in line for the fiscal year ended July 1. 1920, in taxes collected from .the sale of auto mobiles. . Gardner .Overland Grant Packard Haynes Paige ; H. C S. Peerless , Hudson Pierce Arrow Hupmobile Premier - Jordan Reo King Revere Lexington Scripps-Booth. I Liberty Sheridan Locomobile : Stephens ; ' Marmon . Studebaker ' Maxwell - Stutz Mercer Templar ; Mitchell Velie 1 Nash Westcott f Oakland Winton ' ' OldsmobUe Willys-Knight "1 i Work-Near Oorvallis Suffering Because of Weather! Ee verses Corvallls. May! 14. Grading is nearly finished on the Newport road through the Gellatly canyon, and Mr. Hall, Port land contractor in charge, plans to get his rock crusher started on the work soon. This part of the highway will be finished as a market road project. N'o work has been done on the road at the county una. Work on the h! llghway south of Cor- vallis to Monroe! has been stopped . be- cause of bad weather. No detours are necessary yet. Gravel has been hauled to cover the fill and traffic continues as usual. The MEDFORD PRIED FOR AUTO HOSTS City Equips Camping' Tract Pro vided With Many Conveniences For the Travelers. Medford, Or., May 14. Medford is taking good care of the auto tourists this year - st 1 ths city auto . camp ground of about three acres, irregu larly shaped, and located on the west bank of Bear creek with much shade. right in the. heart of the city and at the edge of the business district, a stone's throw, off the Pacific high way, which . can accommodate ' about 50 automobiles and their tents nice ly. The ground is leased by the city and the auto camp Is 'under! ths etf- pervision.of .this city council, which employs a caretaker to keep order, clean up the'grounds and act as In formation bureau to visiting tourists. The x city has equipped the grounds with lavatories, a sewer and water sys tem, a shelter tamgalow 100 feet long and 13 feet high with 10 separate com partments for as many auto parties, 25 cent gas meter supply, and small furnaces- scattered throughout the I grounds for cooking and heating purposes. The city also sells good wood through the caretaker at 15 cents a large basket, which is ample to cook two or three meals a day. The people of Medford not only favor the maintenance of the city auto camp but will work for the establishment of larger and better equipped grounds for next year. . 1 -j RALPH J. STAEHLI IS CHOSEN. SECRETARY (Condon ad Frost Pace Ose) nevertheless indicated . that the expert ence of the auto man is such that he favors the "head in" system. 1 The argument advanced is that the in experienced driver can head in out of the traffic stream without difficulty, where as only the exceptional driver can back in speedily and sarely and la I such manner as to get his car into a minimum of space. - ' 1 While not indorsing either plan. Cap tain LawIs stated that In his opinion the back In system has its- advantages be cause the driver can stop, signal ana back out of the stream where in the Gar With On January 21st the Paige "Daytona1 Model 5-66 won the worla s stock chassis record for speed by "traveling at a rate of 102.8 miles per hour. ' j Since that time 6-66 models have invited every test of speed and endurance that could prove the metal of a real champion. At one hundred points in the nation these mighty cars have tackled the best local hilichmbing records and surpassed them with ease. And in each case the tests have been conducted by unprofessional drivers in standard models that any man can buy. PAIGE-DETROIT MOTOR CAR CO., DETROIT, Michigan JLItnufacturm tfPaiv Mittr Cars mud Mtttr Trzukt GOOK GILL CO., Inc. STATE DISTRIBUTPRS Eleventh and Burnside DEALERS' ASSOCIATION NAMES NEW SECRETARY fr - V Italph J. 6taeHU other plan he backs out into the moving stream. However, dealer observers of the two plans in other cities state 'that the driver preparing to back out need only watch his opportunity and. can get out with much less confusion ; than is caused by a driver stopping and backing out or tne stream. Traffic was only one of the subjects discussed at the meeting of the Automo bile Dealers' association. Following the new plan ef the directors, these meetings will for the time beinr be hirhly educa tibnal with the hope that the member ship may maintain the broadest possible view of trade conditions- and influences which directly affect the business the days of rapid changes. While this meeting resulted in no defin ite action regarding local trade condi tions it nevertheless laid plans for trade surveys and business analysis that will probably be the basis of action at the next session. Soma dealers particularly urge standardization of sales practice as a matter of increasing the buyers' con fidence in automobile sales merchandis ing methods. The organisation, while prepared to do a lot of work the next few months, is not overlooking the social features and accordingly has decided to have a big dance at the Laurelhurst club Friday, May 27. This will be an invitational af fair and wife gather the who's who in automobile circles. .. '.t .'' 'tafie Aiost Beautiful Car inbnerica 100 Hill Climbing Records FORMER PARTNERS BUY COOK-GILL CO. ' ' Gill and " Lyon Sell Hofdjngs to Fred Cook and Charles Harris; Lyon to Stay as Wholesaler. W. A. Gill and H. W. Lyon have soldtheir entire holdings in the Cook A Oill Co., Inc.; to their former part ners, Fred A. Cook . and, Charles B. Harris, who will continue to conduct the r business under the same name and at the same location; distributing Paige 'automobiles and operating complete . machine shops and auto motive; repair shops.. Cook, one of ths remaining members of the firm, was the organizer of the firm and has been continually active in its operation! and developmeO from its infancy. - t ': '.' Harris, the other remaining member of the firm, while having been one of the Cook Jb GiU Co. only for the past year and a half, was for the preceding three years district manager for the Pacific Northwest for the Paige- Detroit factory and is well known not only in Portland! but also over the en ure Northwest. He has had many years of experlenoe in the automobile businesa .-w GUI will for the present enjoy a well earned rest and look after personal af fairs. Lyon, the other Tetiring member. will remain with: the firm as manager of the wholesale end of the business and will devote his energies in that direction. i i ! ii .in : Paving Crew Makes Speed at Gold Hill Gold Hill, May 14. The Schell and Calvery highway paving crew are mak ing better progress this year than any time since they have been on the Gold Hill-Grants Pass contract. The pave ment from near Foots creek to the New Rock Point bridge over Rogue river Is nearly completed. The grading crew is rtnlsblng the grade In the city of Gold Hill and as soon as the pavement Is laid to the Rock Point bridge the paving crew will start at the site for the Gold Hill bridge and pave back toward their completed work at Rock Point. This break in the paving work is necessary to prevent heavy hauling over the newly laid pavement. If is not necessary to explain or amplify such consistent success in the Held of sport, The records speak for themselves in the most positive terms. They affirm that, irrespective of price or fnston displacement, the Paige 6-66 is the eader of all American sporting cars. If you believe that championship form is the best guarantee of all 'round efficiency, then you must believe in the Paige If you believe in demonstrated perform ance on road, hill and track, the 6-66 with its exclusive power plant must inevitably be the car of your choice. WLL KNOWN MAN HEADS COMPANY'S SALES FORCE v.v.,J"-.-.!vwyTV.,. ivSyvy.-' 1 I- Roy Burnett Roy Burnett, who ' for the past . four years has been connected with the sales- force of Cook & Gill, under the new management will become sales manager of the organisation. Burnett was well known to a large number of -Portlanders before entering the automobile business by reason of his connection with Sher man. Clay & Co., and the Wiley B. Allen company. When too close confinement indoors compelled him to change to -a more out-of-doors occupation he was head of the sales force of the Allen com pany. Air Rates Reduced Commercial aviation reoeived an impe tus lately in the form of a reduction in passenger and freight rates from Paris to London and Brussels by the Mesaa geries Aeriennea The -passenger rates are 300 francs to London and 175 francs to Brussels. Telephone to Planes The British air ministry announces that wireless telephony has progressed so far that airplanes equipped with the apparatus can "catch" calls from a dis tance -of 200 miles. Among the queer hobbies of the screen stars, Roscoe (Fatty) Arbuckle enjoys getting into a bathing Suit to wash and polish his - automobiles.