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IF SECTION SIX ; ; AUTOMOBILES .FOUR PAGES GOOD ROADS PORTLAND, OREGON,- SUNDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 18, - 19211 . ' r.l "it .nun ljw.--.i I mm nteresting Trip Along Upper River Shows Means of Crossing River Are Numerous Boats Are Good and Service Prompt. Br ThU OToole An Interesting land and water trip may be made by any autolst who cares to fol low In the path of a pair of Journal acouta who recently Maxwelled along the Columbia. The acouta were particularly Interested In ferries and made It a point to cross very one they encountered. We started at Cascade Locks, where the first ferry east, of Portland Is lo cated. There are two terries, with a ca pacity of six cars each. One Is the Eva Jane and the other the Roxana. Both are owned and operated by C. T. Smith. They land In Stevenson on the Wash ington side, making- the trip In IS min utes. Seven a. m. to 7 p. m. are the hours of ' operation. Fares are: Four passenger, cars $1.05, six passenger $1.65 ; big cars and eight . passengers (2.05 ; I trucks $1.55; each passenger in addition to the owner 25 cents. The. next ferry on the highway is at Mood River. We left over the bridge, and. tufnlnr to the left under another bridge? reached the river. We found the bridge pansage narrow, with a blind tarn at the end. At the end of a half mile Jong the river lives the ferry the largest on the upper Columbia. It is owned by II. R. Van Allen and W. S. Johnson. The capacity is 12 cars. The ferry charges are $1.03 for the car with four passengers, and 25 cents for each additional passenger Other ferries encountered were: The Rowena-Lyle ferry between Mosier and The Dalles. It la at the end of a I rough and narrow road, two miles from the highway and - Is a seven-car boat. I The charge is $1.05 for four passengeis and car, ' 25 cents for each additional passenger. The Dalles-Grand Dalles ferry oper ates from The Dalles. The ferry Queen makes the trip. It Is a 10-car boat. wtt.h plenty of room for passengers. Charge Is 11.02 with six passengers one way and 1 $1.65 for the round trio.' After d. m. l.t5 one way and 25 cents per passen- I ter. The Maxwell made the trip In jig time. performing splendidly on all grades. i v- b , ! LOOKING WITHN 'ft I o 4 IIS - Tislky: lAcixrrixs. OjrTM Coi.uu0i ANM01P Primal Instinct Eternally Lum One From Routine of Every Day Affairs Back to Ways cf Man When World Was Young. 1 1 T S f IffftM . ' imw HI i i i r its x r t 5 1 '5.... f iMW 1 1 ' I - V." X::--:: vw -.:"..ejf,;:.;f" iw' t l I 1 r mil Jl -V " "i .. 1 ' t Heavy Trucking on Unpaved Roads Will Not Be Permitted Rldgefleld. vWash.. Sept 17.Heavy traffic during the rainy season this year I on all Clarke county highways, not I hard surfaced, will not be allowed. Such Is the Information emanating from the office of the county commissioners. In the past the roads have been cut to pieces, in many instances deep ruts I made, by the traveling of heavy automo bile trucks over them In wet weather I and the expense of maintaining them ' was almost prohibitive. This year the county commissioners have received authority from the state to close the roads to everything but light trafflo and It will be enforced all over the county. I 'jiuoia If - jB iBocT AND gl A r W1 1 v - - , S-K kS' i - v ' :. i W s i J0"A- '' , Ytxm " TKSUSCT 0HIE1 41 uppeio i- ; l eV-'ga si I Xj Martian 5. Psaa . Ten thousand year axo rny ancestors lived In cave at the foot of the tnoua- tain. Tbey were fond or blood aad lla4 to sink their Indaora late raw flesh. -They found their chief pleasure la etruf gling through btwa rock osayens aa aay day that saw a alsable Cab cutt was a great day. AltbougH they aatee a number of things, the chief object of . their antipathy were routine ad betac on time for meals. When asked by Ue ooorentioo-bounds of the day why tbey Ignored the nicety of combing their , matted locks It was their oustotm to oay surdnctly. "We should worry." No written record exist boartac out the truth of the statement as made. Norte of the family at that time oooiC read or write. But the troth of the asserUoa Is confirmed by aa atavistic voice which, when the environment U right, speaks dearly and la detail fret the sub-conscious tnesDory of the days ot real liberty. TEST KEFLACZS CATE After shoes were Introduced, (hat to the case of tfc aaalea pinched thetr Cvo toes together to look like one and. la the case of females, not only made tfe pinch but elevated the heels away from aar possible acanalntance with Mother . Earth, craggy rambllnxs 'lost their roe. Attention turned to live asaarea club, buildings with windows that shut out air, running for office and other in stitutions of an extreme civilisation. The shades of my ancestors bow wtsn to have their resolution of appreciation spread upon the mtnsteo of progress. Whereas the automobile solves the transportation problem of the people who have . forgotten cow to wain, ana whereas the eaataa tent restores tne cave of 10,000 years ago, It ts hereby resolved that the motor camps w&tea constitute the largest unit of oar popu lation from Jane to October, are aa un mixed Dlesstng lnjertnlttla a return to jnimlttvo and simple Irving. Down at Cannon beach beneath the evergreens is aa auto camp. It hugs a clamless shore and overlooks the im pressive Pacific. It differs from other auto (camps only In the fact that It was here the family set up their lares and penates In a canvas cave, with the trusty ' steed of sue) and rubber drawn VP alongside. And It was thus the opportunity was afforded to become acquainted with an auto camp from the inside looking out rather than from the outside- looking la (Oow-Iwlad aa Pin Two. OKLAHOMAN PAYS FOR MO III M 1 E TRIP WEST Trip of Trouble Is Like Dream H H 5 M L But "Never Again," Say Girls Navy Yard Highway Will Be Built Soon Olympian Wash., Sept. 17. Construc tion of the navy yard highway, from Charleston to the head of Port Orchard bay will be started aa soonas possible to do so. according to a statement made by Governor Louts F. Hart today to a delegation of SO Charleston and Bremer ton business men which, came to the capital for a hearing on the highway route. No division of opinion exists in the highway committee as to the water grade being the best and the only hind rance la the question of Kitsap county to pay for the right of way. - Auto Freight Line To Be Established Spokane. Wash,. Sept. 17. The estab lishment of an auto freight service be tween Lewlston. Idaho, and Spokane, for the collection of produce direct from the farms tributary .to the highway, and the opening of a central distributing house for produce In Spokane, ts con templated by the Producers' & Con Burners' company, which has just Incor porated. August Use, contractor of Spokane, la head of the company, and associated with him are F. A. Kroeger and K. Fraser, also of Spokane. The company plans - an Initial outlay ef I2S.000 for auto trucks and terminal space, and expects to be ready for operation earty la the spring. The com pany hag been capitalised for $100,000. Motor Buses Found" Paying Proposition Spokane, Wash, ept 17. Motor buses operating between Spokane and Coeur d'Alene in competition with elec tric lines are reaping an annual harvest of 0,000, according to compilation of - figures taken from , statements sub mitted by bus line owners.' Compilation of the figures was made by Attorney B. jr. KIser la the hearing on certificates of necessity before Director Kuykea dell today. . , San Francisco, Sept. 17. Even though they had been stranded for two days in the Utah desert without food or sheJ-" ter, Miss Mary Shipley of San Fran cisco and Miss Gladys Stout of Kan sas City smiled gaily as they drove Into San Francisco at the end of an event ful motor trip from Kansas City. To cap the cllmffx. the brave little motorists, after encountering cloud bursts, hunger, washouts and hard- Sandy. Sept. 17.-Walter Murphy, who l11" ,re- on hot. dry deserts, ex- Completes Journey to Sandy in 16 1-2 Days of Daylight Run ning; Praises Auto Camps. recently arrived here to locate, drove di rect from Oklahoma to Sandy, a distance1 of 2900 miles. In a 1916 model Ford In 16 Vi days, daylight run, says he saved the price of his second hand "Henry, his "gas" and his "grub.- as his family would have required four and - one half fares, which. Including berths, would have amounted to tiH Tt tnnlr 11? ml ions of gas, nine gallons of oil, casings cost S35 and groceries $60. Murphy had great praise for the auto mobile camp grounds on the way. He says he was not charged a cent, and stopped every night of the Journey at municipal or other free camp accommo dations. Pocatello and Boise have the finest rrounda, he reports. Electric heat ers and electric cooking stoves, hot and cold water and lights were plentiful and free at these points. The Dalles fur nished free wood,. water and lights. Gas prices ranged from 17 to 36 cents, the cheapest gas being found in Western Kansas. Murphy reports the Oklahoma oil fields as being closed down on account or the cheap price of crude olL which will not pay for cost of production at the present time. Crops were fine all alonr the journey which was routed through Wichita, Den ver. Laramie, west to Evanston. Wvo.. then north to Pocatello, down the Snake river to the Columbia highway and from Troutdale to Gresham and Sandy. Murphy Is the son of Mrs. R. A. Chown or sandy, perienced an arrest for speeding juat after they had crossed the state line Into California. It seemed as if the little demon of misfortune had pursued us all the way from Denver," said Miss Shipley. -"Now, our trip seems like a dream, but when I travel after this, I wUl ride In a train." Trouble besieged the two girls most hotly near Woodbine. Utah, after they had proceeded into the sage brush couiv try. About 5 :30 o'clock one afternoon. during a rain, the car ran into a ditch and try as they did, nothing would budge it. ' All that night, all the next day ami all the next night the two girls stuck by the car. It was her own car, so Miss Shipley wept Finally, passing autoists pulled the car back on the road after removing planks from a dis tant bridge to give the wheels trac tion. What made the night terrifying. Miss Shipley set forth, were the frequent re ports of caving side hills, torn away by the rains. ' Miss Shipley itemized some of her experiences : .One night they were stranded for sev eral hours by a washout on a road over a 5000-foot clifT in Colorado. Fourteen hours travel on another day through mud and cloudbursts brought them 31 miles. Passing automobilists pulled them out of the mud eight times in one day. Fifty section workers later lifted the car, out of the mud onto the road. A' night's stay at a .farmhouse. ' Finally their funds gave out and. suras forwarded to them - were mis directed and they had to borrow money to tide over their immediate wants. BUMPY ROAD IS SMALL HANDICAP FOR COLUMBIA 3)m .Om) aHsafiiaaaiaaw-Baa-aaaa-a Non-Synchronizing Springs Take Roughness Out of Highway on Lap Between Aurora and Canby CARRIES KIDDIES TO SCHOOL Umatilla County Is . Graveling Highway Hermlston. Or., Sept. 17.4-fhe county Is lining the Columbia rtyer highway here with fine gravel tODDinjr which t "' -z. , "' " " "" "' ""!' " 'nn"ui ' Li i '", ,..;"," wic''''.yi m ... ... Walter Iiondberg of Kelso and bla new Heo speed wagon. r.riV. 'r iM O .cu r1Jcuns lust purchased a new Reo speed-wagon company a gravel - plant The iareer 1 V tj b-. -arT.v. JT.. i belnar furnished the Lundberg operates a school bus fine XiTe .t J v dih!8 wX ot Kelso- d makes two top. dally while the fine staff Is used on the hlh- with his load of children, the trirtaklng 111 . P0ds thU Inlty are re- him 16 miles Into the country. This bus ported in unusually good condition for will comfortably seat It children, and w. iu v jroar. . ., 'was chosen bv Lundberr . because nf its ease of operation, lta speed, -and relia bility at all times. The seats and cur tains were made by the Eureka Carriage works of Portland, and were ordered through the Northwest Auto company of Foniana, -distributors of the iReo Speed wagon. The tires, United States Nobby tread, are standard equipmaaa - During the summer season a majority of the Portland automobile owners have doublessly journeyed through the Wil lamette valley over the Pacific highway. but it is safe to venture the opinion that few have attempted to make the stretch of road between Canby and Aurora at more than 20 miles an hour or that they have been able to make the detour below Salem In high. These two stretches of road are real trial for snrlnsrs. Almost any car making these two stretches at 25 miles an hour would have to be parked tor several days afterward, while every nut aad bolt was given a tightening turn. SPBI5G8 SOFTEN JOCKKSY But a Journal scout party Recently made this trip in a Columbia Six. which is distributed by the Russell H. Lawson Auto company, made the two rougn stretches at an average speed of a lit tie better than 20 miles an hour aad made them In comfort. And tt was made In comfort because of the non-eynchron lsing springs which are a feature of the ear. In designing the car the distributors adhered to one of the laws. of science. and the future owners of this make of car are to profit by the improvement. These two stretches of road, particu larly the ' detour, are bad enough In themselves, but the state highway com' mission, through the misplacing of de tour signs on the Salem stretch, made It a lot harder trip for The Journal car and others which have Journeyed the same stretch In the last two weeks. DETOCB SIGH MISLEADS Three miles below Salem the main de tour road branches off to the right, leading directly to the Pacific highway section Just completed. . But the detour sign at. this point was found to be on the wrong side of the road and more than six feet above the ground. The consequence was that The Journal car and many other motorists were jour neytng straight ahead over six miles, Instead of three, of the narrowest and roughest road ImaglnatbJe. But thanks to the) springs on the Columbia Six. the party made the trip down and back In an afternoon with a pair of hours pared off the evening. t ...,. TUT. mmm. n on Equipped With Cord Tires The value offered in the New HUPMOBILE will astonish you. Never in the history of HUP MOBILE manufacture has such a remarkable car been presented for your inspection. Come in and tee it MANLEY AUTO Eleventh and Oak at Burruide co. 1 1 Broadway 217 vi