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s THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND. SUNDAY HORNING- AUGUST 21, 1S2L (IB PORT-SEASIDE COAST LOOP IS WELL KNOWN AUTO - MAN IS SELECTED AS MANAGER ROUGH TRAVELING Jtoad Improvement Makes Prog-! ress of Motorist at Present Un certain, at Times Hazardous. BjJ.I. Wallla ' "Be cautious, you might meet a fool." This warning Is conveyed by signs at several curves oa the road that skirts the coast line of Tillamook county In the vicinity of Barvtew and apparently it has eobd effect ,f or everybody there seems to motor with care, although the road could hardly be classed as dan gerous. - - - v- " -V '. The inscription could be adapted to great advantage in the Lincoln county district through which winds the road that connects Newport with, the interior, not because there may be more fools there but because the roads are more dangerous. !;.f .' i-v" Going into Newport by way of Toledo the, motorist encounters hairpin curves, almost innumerable, with narrow road . bed and steep grades.;. -. ' The map issued by the Oregon Tour- ! 1st and Information bureau - shows a 'blue, graceful curved line from Blodgett to Toledo, indicating a road la . the ough, neither paved nor macadamised. TB.BEE CBEW81T WOE1V ; ' - Next season undoubtedly this line win be shown in yellow, the color employed to , indicate macadam, for - Lincoln county is prosecuting grading and pav ing vigorously during the dry weather. The distance from Blodgett to To ledo is 3 miles. Along this stretch will be found three construction crews, blasting and leveling the huge masses of dirt dislodged by explosives. While a blessing to future , motorists, these construction crews are a source of much ' grief to the motorists of today, because travel is permitted only at certain in- ; tervals and a delay of three or four hours fiitvws no little inconvenience in this vecssparsely settled country. . Going eastward out of Blodgett one encounters a bad streteh of road, partly planked and containing many chuck ' holes, but the road Is of sufficient width to permit meeting without danger of '. being brushed over the side into the tops of a stand of young timber. A few miles further on the road narrows, and . unless the horn is used freely one might be called upon to back a consid erable distance to pass a machine from the opposite direction for there are few turnouts. This stretch parallels . the new grade, which is almost level and free of curve. Comparing-it with the old winding road, one wonders why the ,. easier grade was not chosen In the first place, although one must admire the grit of the pioneer who penetrated what was in those days virgin wilderness. BOAS IS OKIT BUT The road surface of packed dirt is not hard on rubber in- dry weather and - this is fortunate for the traveler here must make his own repairs or get through the best he knows bow, for the nearest garage is that at Toledo. The . day we went through four- oars slid from the newly graded roadbed at a " point -about midway between Blodgett and Toledo, but somehow they managed to limp on to their destination without delaying traffic more than a couple of hours. A light truck passing over the . : new grade gave such a tilt that the cow it was carrying rolled over the high raO and into the ravine. After that, for the . rest of the day, machines worked out a . short detour through the brush follow ing the railroad track, although this , was forbidden ground. As the traveler approaches Toledo the road widens but the curves become both moretiumerous and abrupt, and it is - here thmt the somewhat unusual sign found along the Tillamook road should be carried in mind, - KOAD IS From Toledo to Newport, a distance of . about nine miles, a splendid road has been carved over the hill, and it would be a pleasure to speed over it but for the r fact that at its very crest the big shovels "struck a straturq of soft sand in which .drive wheels will go spinning without traction, and perhaps the car do a right - 'About face quite unexpectedly. Z Going out of Newport, the Velle light ... slx . again stood the strain without a "Whimper and bowled over the undulating " Kings Valley road at a good clip in a Trace against darkness, which would ' have proved a bar to comfortable travel ' "because of the brush overhanging both "wheel tracks on this stretch of 11 miles. -Coming out of Newport this Is a better Toute. so many say, than the one to the right of GeiaUy hill, for while thaGelat ly hill road is of easy grade, it has been newly rocked. From Kings Valley the v road led to Dallas, over a road of eon l siderable new rock and. gravel, but fair . traveling a distance of 21 miles. Z To get back to the coast one has, the choice of several roads from , Dallas to jthe Grande Ronde Indian 'reservation, ttome ox them Better man outers, out ail - .In fair condition. Here one enters Tllla ' mook county, where perhaps more road .work is being carried on than anywhere else in the state. The people there seem to be making all possible speed to ob ;taln good roads, and In another year it will be a delight to travel there, for the roads are wide, well surfaced, of easy grade and with travelling directions at . every turn and cross road. 1 From Hebo to Tillamook the greater distance has been paved. .Following the - .coastline in a northerly direction to Sea . side, one encounters some of the most charming scenery is the state, not so much of the really rugged, but more delicate and refined, although yet of ' virgin wildnessf To a point opposite Nehalem the road is macadam and in good condition, after that to' the point - where it connects with the Seaside Cannon Beach road, well graded - but . severe on tires because of the new crushed rock for many miles. Returning to Portland over the lower Columbia river highway, the circle de scribed shows a distance or about 550 miles, the trip out of Portland leading through Salem and CorvslUs. AUTO STAGES LAY v. TERMINAL PLANS ' (Oaanaaad fro hw O , a, new development In the operation of passenger stages. OFFICERS OF COW AFT ; Officers of the terminal company are A. Jaloff. president; Frank Parkinson, , -vice president; J. X S. Snead, tary, and J. Jaeobson, treasurer. Har vey Wells Is also on the board of direc tors. A large majority of the auto bus lines have already Joined the terminal com pany and it is confidently expected that -by the time the new building Is under - ;way that they will be signed up 100 :per cent strong. - - Included la the members at the Ore ;goa Auto Stage Terminal company rjj .J - : IIIIMMIMn rMn Mil i'ir AGAIN TO CONTEST ,- OMasssssss jBjBBBnssaBMBBSBasssssa Lexington -Company . to. Enter Loesch and Cline in Labor Day Climb Up Pike's Peak. - R. W. Ben, bead of recently formed - organization to sell Fprdaon trac tors. " R. "W. Bell has been selected by the local Ford dealers to head a separate de partment . for 4 the selling .of Fordson tractors. The new department Is located on East ' Water street to the building formerly occupied by" the Warren 'Con struction compan,-. Shepherd's Auto Bus lines, established in 1911, and running between Portland and Seaside and all : way points ana Port land and Toe Dalles, r A. Jaloff, who is manager fc fhis stage Una, as wen as president of the new terminal company, estimates the . number of passengers which they carry . during the months at between 1800 and day. Jaloff states that his company well as most of the other main stage lines are already complying with all of the requirements which are set forth In an ordinance now being prepared by the traffic committee of the city council. XAKT LUTES EXCLUDED . The Reliance ML Hood stage, which operates to Government Camp and all points between there and Portland, has ben in operation, for the past 10 or U years, having been under the present management for the last, eight years. While this line is included in the termi nal company It hopes that no rule under the new ordinance will prevent its stages from picking up passengers aa they pass their old stand which is at the Rout- ledge Seed A Floral company, on Sec ond street. - Other lines which win use the new terminal are the Portland-Newberg line, the Portland, Rillsboro and Forest Grove line, the Portland-TJIIamook Cad' lilac stage operated by Ivan Donaldson, the Portland-Salem stage, and the Port-land-Camas and ; Washougal stage line. When two Lexington specials Cashed home last Labor day to the world's hill Climbing championship at Pike's Peak, the automobile world awakened sud denly - to - a new - power marvel , which had made . this overwhelming victory possible. " . v ' X The winning t Lexington specials. driven by Ot Loesche and Al Cline, un known as race drivers, finished in first and 'second places, winning not only the cream of the prise money but the famous Penrose trophy. - ' j The secret of that victory was th I Ansted engine, upon which the Lexing ton Motor company had been working quietly for years. It wss not until after that victory that Lexington announces its new sensational series T line of cars. aU equipped with the Ansted en gine- and its striking pew sport model. the "Lark." i.' la the design : of the Ansted engine what .had been regarded as the impos-1 sible was accomplished. The great rac ing cars get their excess of power largely by means of a larger valve opening and higher valve lift. But this has always been accompanied by great noise. la the Ansted engine the valve open ing and the valve lift are the largest of any stock motor manufactured, yet Its operation Is practically noiseless, due to the development of what is known as the "rocking chair" rocker arm and specially designed cam. r This scientific valve action and other Improvements give the Ansted engine 60 per cent more power than conventional engines of the' same sise, with an econ omy unequalled even la many smaller motors. ; yc".-".--r- ' Tif Ansted angina will propel the two Lexington special which have been -en tered for the 1821 hill climbing contest at Pike's Peak. Both cars are already on the ground being tuned up for the big event. A J much heavier list of starters is expected this year.: Lexington will defend the famous Penrose, trophy won In 1120. Big Loads Necessary If ; All Wheat Saved Before Fall Eains Colburn Barrell 'Jr.. who represent the Ford company's Portland branch in Central-Oregon, reports that the high ways In the wheat districts have been badly cut up by the grain, trucks, run ning In and out of the wheat centers. Reports of overloading, he says, have brought the state traffic people into that part of the state. Barren says that overloading la excusable ' la the farm areas, as with the bumper crop this year granaries are . more than filled and it la going to tax every resource to get the wheat to the elevators .and ware houses . before the rains com. TJ8T3TG STATS nTSIGlTIAS - -As a means of letting others . know from what place they come, automobile tourists are adopting state insigntas on their cars. Motorist from Ksnsss sim ply have a sunflower painted on the hood of their machines. ; Those from Pennsyl vania have a big key and tourists from Ohio carry a buckeye. Business Good in ; : Yellowstone Park are affectionately eaQed "sage bruiher" by the old timers. ..- . , - 4 . -. Spokane. Aug. Is.-Monday. August I was the biggest day in. the history ot Yellowstone park, according to Informa tion received from Mammoth Hot Springs. - There were 11S9 people re ported at the tour park entrances, mak ing tS . more - people than have - ever entered on any one day before. The hotels and camps are getting a good share of the tourists, the. report says, but the, majority of the visitors rare traveling In their- own automobile and i. 5 DC AS OB A5D QVAUTT As a result of a country -wide survey made by the National Automobile Cham ber ot Commerce, when question cards were sent to car euei In all sections of the United States, asking motorist to express their relative preference concern Ing the chief factor of an automobile, en durance and economy' were the - first qualifications that the prospective buyer demanded, comfort Is the third con sideration, followed by appearance, surv ive, hill climbing. , flexibility, endorse ments of ether , owners specific Lions, speed and appointments. , -. , Wheat Loads Must i t Not Be .Too Large Condon. Aug. SO. The. state highway authorities have found it necessary to warn track drivers hauling wheat against overloading, as that practice Is -cutting up the roads badly. The county Is1 under heavy daily expense putting straw ea the roads la places to keep them in condition to hsul over. Wheat trucks belonging to outside people com ing In under contract for the harvest season are often overloaded and are causing most of the trouble and damage. Special Deputy t Halt Park Spooners . - .'i- Yakima, Wash Aug. 20. A special deputy Sheriff has been put on duty to patrol the Selah road and Hippodrome Park, and break up spooning parties. This action was taken following an In vestigation by the board of county com missioners on complaint that so many cars were parked along the highway in the vicinity of the park that they blocked the traffic The practice will be broken up by enforcing the state law against parking cars on public highway. -. iScTper New Device Gives:, ipany as I . ... n s-v uars More mues 10 Gallon of Gasoline With the Idea of Increasing the turbu lence In all carburetors and also to add to the diffusion of the heavy grade of gasoline of the present day. Lee Col-1 linge has been busy for the past four years perfecting a device that gives a better mileage to the gallon of gasoline. This device is so constructed that it et all times allows the proper amount of hot air to eater into the charge ot vaporised gas to attain the best com bustion part of carbon. This device is so attached to the intake manifold that there is no altering of any part -of the motor, ' no drilling, tapping or In : any wmy altering the motor other than in creasing the efficiency. According to demonstrations and test the device has proven itself automatic and regardless of the work to be put onto the motor the device allows at all times a mixture for the power required The manufacturer guarantees an In crease of at least two miles to the gal lon of gasoline, , and in all Ford Instal lations the mileage has never been less than four miles to the gallon over and above what the car was doing before ! the Installing of this device." In several eases the increased mileage has been as high as 11 miles to the gallon. A local company, the Carburetor Rec tifier Sales company, at 123 North Broadway, has been formed to handle the sales and allocate territory. ' This company is making an offer to any auto owner to have one attached without de posit, try It 19 days and. If satisfactory, pay for It. Up to present none has re fused to pay for the appliance, Collinge states. Has Revolutionized :ation Transport Six years ago when first announcing thb pnenmatic tired track, Reo said. "This Speed Wagon wl iyohxtioniza trans portation." -- - ' - I Today the world is geared to this Speed . Wagonit dominates the field regardless of carrying capacities. - v Wherever motor trucks are known this Speed Wagon is fcnown as the best i--t: . I . ... ,: " "; . NORTHWEST AUTO CO, -abu'tribvtora : 18 th W Aider Streets . . . Portland. Oregon Reo Motor Car Company, Lan!a?( F.Sc&zt nawCaseTs Express rVosss are f.O. ! this h, t.fFseWWase ' i mm The way the General Tire's reputation has grown into a National demand amazes nobody. On the uinside, Jin Akron, where there are no secrets, the General is unde niably; great, y:;.-'- - v-; . : ".' ' -lf:::-' . ! 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