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2 THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 18 1S2I PACIFItHIGHWAY MODERN AUTO STRANGE AID TO "CAVE STUFF" If I A t BE PAVED BY 1923 Some 85 Miles' Still Unpaved; Sister State Ahead, of Oregon in Signs; Lags injEngineering. N Within the next two years, or by the and ef 1923, the Pacific highway wflj be completely paved through the state "ol Washington, from Vancouver to the international boundary. ! ' i ' f At preaent there are; approximately Si miles unpaved. The execution of out standing; contracta will finish the tap between La Center and woodland, riv ing; a continuous pavement from Port land to woodland and the gap between Toledo and Tenlno, making; a completed pavement between Toledo and the Brit ; lah Columbia bouitdary. This will leave only the section between Woodland and Toledo, an approximate distance of 50 miles, to pave within the next two years. SECTION IS SCE3IC The most important gap under con struction at present, is a 20 mile stretch between Bellinghara and ML : Vernon. This, it is expected, will be thrown open to traffic in November of this year. It is-one of the most scenic i sections of the highway 'In Washington. Coming south from Belllng-ham It follows the bay shore for about 15 miles, rounding the range . of Umbered hills which bound the rich Skagit valley on the west. Passing through a rugged country. Its construc tion In places approaches that of the Columbia river highway. From points several hundred feet above the sound there are beautiful vistas of the Puget Sound country. The road Is altogether a new one. ' The old county road which is now used enters the hills Just after leaving Mt. Vernon and crosses the ! ridge at Lake Sammlsh and follows the canyon into Belllngham; BOAD FAIRLY GOOD j Taken altogether, the Pacific highway through Washington is , a fairly good road to travel over. The unpaved por tions for the most part have a rocked or macadam surface which is rough in spots. In a few places where grading is in progress, the surface is only clay - which will become slippery and soft when the fall rains come. This condi tion exists between Kelso and La Center. Leaving Portland, at present the pave ment extends a distance of 24 miles, where the first detour is met. At the end of three miles the pavement; la again taken up near La Center. Leaving La - Center, the pavement Is left behind and Is not picked up again before reaching Toledo, a distance of 53 miles. Between .La Center and Woodland considerable grading work is going on. The ' old grade Is being widened and sharp curves are being eliminated preparatory to '' paving. Between Woodland and Kelso the grade is also being improved. . FAVEME5T E5COTJITTERED - : -r - iyj J At Toledo the pavement is again' en countered and followed all the way into Chehalla, Between Chehalls and Cen tralla there is a detour, owing to con tructlon work which will soon be fin- . Ished, and from Centralis to Tenino there is a detour by way of the old road through Bucoaa. The highway which runs by way of Grand Mound is being paved and win bo partially com pleted thin fall. t From Tenlno ' through Olympla. Ta coma, Seattle and Everett there is con tlnuous navement to the vicinity of Sil vanla in Snohomfsh county, where the Btlllaguamlsh river Is crossed. At this -point there Is a fire mile detour. At Burlington there is another detour of one mile where paving Is in progress. CONCRETE TTPE PREVAILS Just north of Mt. Vernon, 300 miles from Portland, the pavement is again left to be mt again going into Belling ham. From Bellingham to Blaine at the boundary line It Is a continuous pavement of which about eight miles Is county road near Ferndale. For the most part the Washington pavement Is of the concrete type. Iri King county near Seattle there are many miles or vitrified brick and sorm bltu ml nous. Pierce county has some con crete with an asphalt coating and in Clarke and Whatcom north of Belling ham short stretches of asphaltlc . con; erne. All .through Washington the' Pacific highway Is well signed, as are the de tours. This condition Is due to the efforts of the Western Washington auto- . mobile club. At sharp curves, railway crossings and cross roads, neat signs have been erected. CITT, LIMITS DEFINED City limits are defined and there is . no excuse for the traveler to go astray or violate local speed ordinances. In the matter of signing the roads Washington is way ahead of Oregon, it must be admitted. The signs are placed so mai ineir inaicauon is caugnt witn out slowing down to read them. Comparing the Oregon and the Wash ington construction on the Pacific high way, several general points of differ ence are noted. In Washington the present standard of width of pavement is 20 feet, as com pared with 10 in Oregon. The early Washington pavement was only feet but It has been decided to be too narrow and all the late construction Is 20 feet with broad shoulders. The superiority . or uto wide pavement is obvious. ' ENGINEERING COMPARED in the matter of engineering, the Washington road builders have not given the same attention as in Oregon to tne graceful alignment and the ellml , nation of grade crossings and sharp curves. The line of the old county roads ' has been adhered to and the pavement put down oh the old road beds with their ngnt angle turns. This is especially noticeable in the early construction. In recent work more attention is apparently being given to the flattening' of curve and the shortening of the distance. In stead of eliminating a dangerous curve, the Washington authorities have erected signs calling attention to the approach ing" curve. As to bridges and viaducts, Washing ton la far behind Oregon. Outside 'of the new concrete bridge across the Cow . llti at Toledo and one or two other tmcturea, the bridge in Washinirton are of wood and some of them are loose and badly worn. r- r v. you've sweated over it and consider it permanently located. Its poles must be persuaded to perpendicular. Its pegs must be coerced into their duty and Its cords must be thrice adjusted. Its sides must be lifted up with i stakes for any thing which adds, to the room within contributes to comfort. ' Its floor would be an irritant with its constant contribution of, sand to the In soles of shoes and. the children s stock ings, but a roll or old fiber matting brought from home covered the interior nicely and ferns lavishly; distributed out side took the place of grass and cement sidewalks. DUTIES ARE SIMPLE The duties are simple. ' Their con tinuity is their distinguishing charac teristic. Wood splitting calls for any number of hours one Jwill .give tt, ' The pile is always diminishing. Food prepa ration is an absolutely necessary evil with its concomitants Of keeping smoke from the eyes and sand out of the salt In the book of Ab, a nut brown baby. sans garments, plays happily on the leaves, giving mother's absence never a thought. This part of the record is ob viously overdrawn. Our babies, re turned to the primitive, manifest a so licitous, not to say vociferous, yearning for father's and mother's constant pres ence. We relax in the hammock with a volume of Scott and both of them come demanding a swing, wishful to tear leaves from the book and noisily dis satisfied each with the presence of the outer. Finally philosophy emerges triumphant The cave men, disdained poetry, music and books and had little use for civilization's cooks. ' The hand of little child bruahes away the printed stuff and the mists. i INSPECTION COMES FIRST i 4 During the first day the diversion is to establish, an Inspection system in re spect to the ocean. The tide ebbs and rolls in again. The waves race and the race Is never won. The gulls wheel and search and never seem to get anything to eat The pelicans breast the waves at the mouth of Elk creek and would be like swans were it not for the beaks that hold food enough for weeks a marvel ous bird Is the pelican. Haystack rock and Ecola ledge thrust their black feet against the white, foaming cavalry charge of the waves. One understands at last why an ancient poet spoke of the "white maned horses of the sea." One wonders about Elk creek. It is such a little river. Back up where it comes from it possesses half a dosen mountains. It enfolds all the trickles from a score of gorges. It furnishes Jioma for flashing trout and it is really tne Dig tmng in Its parts. But is it con tent? Instead of lingering where the overhanging flowers and trees caress It it hurries as fast as it can right down into the great Pacific and the ocean swallows it up with a single wave. PEOPLE RESEMBLE- CREEK There are a lot of people like Elk creek, rushing out of beautiful, simple that swallows them up and doesn't know settings for their Uvea Into a world they have arrived. After the second day. the chief di version is the arrival of newcomers. Tea, tne bathers go down regularly, their one piece guits revealing how much of their beauty they owe to their street clothes, and they return as regularly blue; with cold. ' - . ; ; But newcomers are always uncharted possibilities. They may be folksy you used to know in Newberg. They may be a couple of very; nice women from FAi- Instinct of our forebears of a thousand years ago still Impels us to discard our modern ways and seek- outdoors and set -close' back to the great nature which, after all, la mother of us all. comfort of a fire on the hearth, and no sand In the kitchen or the food pre pared there, mother voices the thought ox ail. 'Camping out" the dbservea, "was de signed to make one appreciate the com forts of home." gene whose Idea that they can sleep comfortably within the enclosure ef thejr .tiny sedan Is dispelled instantly, by contrast when you scientifically con struct for them, a bed of fir boughs. WHAT DO THEY WHISPER! " They may be a youngish couple with boy who camp as near to the ocean as they can without getting in the ,track of the wind. They sit together gaxing for long hours out across the limitless expanse of the sea. He is clad in the hat the khaki and the boots . required for conventional outing. She - has not adopted the trousers which most of the women seem glad of an opportunity to wear. What do they think about? What do they whisper, as he holds her hand? They do not satisfy curiosity. But when they get ready for the bus he appears in the garb of a country minister. His congregation, wherever it is, will get to hear the long, long thoughts that came to him as he caught a glimpse of a sail on the far hortxon." " Toward the dark or an availing comes 1 found fin free auto camoa at most a large party in. a email rlaow,,conlal,tflC5a, aome wttbclub houses, ' Vlctrolaa, they carry so much outfit and them selves In so small' a conveyance. A baby cries. It bawls. It Is as persist ent as It is noisy. Then the story emerges. The baby's mother slipped away from the clinging arms to take an eternal holiday. The grandmother and a housekeeper are delegated to . the im possible job of taking mother's place. A sprinkle of rain falls. It might be the dropping tears. The man packs up, al though to return will call for all night traveling. He tells the sullen women he is afraid of the weather. But he acts as if he could not rest. A TERRIBLE FEAR The. rain comes a little harder. Splash A drop lands fairly on the tip ox a tilted nose. Slumber ceases. "Daddy,1 comes the fearsome whisper out of the shadows, "do you think this tent wilt shed water?" The test answers the Question. More drops follow - the first striking impar tially on baby's face and grandmother's brow. But as suddenly they stop. The sounds outside tell of a continued shower. The tent has simply become wet and quirleaking. What a pleasure it is to sleep with the drops tinkling on the roof and none coming through! There are brilliant days. There are sunsets. One of them paints a long "Japanese sword" across the water and its point is toward America. But after all, it is only the mirage of sunset. Getting packed up for the return to civilisation Is a thing done with lagging feet and reluctant hands. The. modern cave life gets its hold on one. ; But when the family Is Installed again with the luxury of a bathroom and the Indiana to Portland With Two Blowouts Auto Touring Record Tennessee, Or, Mr. and Mrs. Bert Buchta arrived here from their former home in Indiana, making the trip In their Ford without mishap and with but two blowouts. They spent some time at Yellowstone and Rainier parks and trav eled over the Columbia- river highway Rainier park and the highway,, they say, surpass Yellowstone fa - beauty. They gas ranges, etc., and a few with electric washers. This completes a trip around the world begun a few years ago. They plan to locate somewhere on the coast Mrs. Buchta was formerly Miss Maude Davis of this vicinity. BllICKIil-. PUBLIC DEMAND Republic ' Motor ' Truck Co. Re ports Big Sales in All Sec- , Jf tion at Country, v- 7 Emergency Brakes" Bum Tire Tread; Caution Urged Alma, Mich, Sept 17- So widespread has been the demand for the sew rapid transit truck, recently announced fey the Republic ' Motor Truck eompany. . Xno that Colonel Frank EL. : Smith, the com pany's first vice -president and general manager, states orders for this model are being received faster than the tracks can be built and shipped.. ,- "In addition to its sale indicating a healthy upward trend, in general business unes, we are reeling decidedly gratified by the 'confidence which, the business world has shown la our -new model says Smith, . w ' STATES AIM ' "We feel that merchants and manu facturers are ready to buy when assured that th product and nrice are what they should be. When we decided to build the Republic rapid transit, and sell It at low price, we knew that we were tackling Quite a prooiem. "We had to sustain the Repabtlo reputation for duality and dependability, and at the same time enter a crowded field of competition. . "our first aim was to convince the public that the rapid transit was not a converted passenger car chassis, but that its design and construction waa strictly along truck lines, in conformity with Republic's past policy of building motor trucks exclusively. FLANS WORK "Our plans to date have worked out wonderfully well, and the new model has met with a very generous reception in all sections. Department stores. grocers, bakers, farmers, bus lines, con tractors and cartage men have thus far dominated in our deliveries, and, as de- penaaDie rapid transit transportation Is considered a vital problem in those lines. we .naturally reel that our new rapid transit truck will maintain .the standard of service planned for It durlntr the many months of our exDerimentin be fore the truck was offered to the pub lic. - Smartness in Auto Pleases Farmer as : WeU as City Folk "It has been remarked that a New Yorker is a bigger "hick" on an Iowa farm than an Iowa farmer Is on Broad way.. It is all due to the difference in viewpoint ' ' "But there is one thing upon which the tastes of city man and farmer coincide much more closely than most city folks realise, and that -is' the motor car. The man who thinks that the farmer does not appreciate smartness and beauty in auto mobiles lacks completely in an under standing of those who run the country's biggest business, says H. M. Jewett, president of the. Paige-Detroit Motor Car company. "We have found that human nature Is pretty much the same everywhere and tnat tne appreciation of beauty runs through a considerable proportion of all humans, regardless of where they may happen to live or how they may earn their living. ' So we try to build an auto- mobUe that besides giving longj and oonesi service- at reasonaote cost win please the eye. satisfy the most cultured taste, and so give complete and perma nent satisfaction. We find that such a ear appeals to farmer and city man alike." i . - . Any man who caught himself cutting his Ira tread with a file would voran tarily PPX for admJaateev to the nearest retreat for the feeble minded.. Yet the sam man will lock his brakes and slide 1C feet and think nothing about It Too - many motorists ' confuse their th-ea with- skates. .Instead of looking ahead for obstacles and checking tne car slowly by closing the throttle with the, clutch engaged, they wait until they are right in the middle of an emergency and then Jam on the brakes. They never stop to consider these little slides with the brakes locked until they notice spots where the tire tread la worn through to the fabric. , -.. - . . .- Even where the tread Is not scraped through to the fabric Miller tire, men point, out that there are flat places left In the tread. Then as the ear proceeds, these flat places pound away on the road like a flat wheeled trolley, killing tne mileage In the tire. Letting m the clutch too quickly, spin ning the back wheels in mud holes, tak tng corners at high speed and locking the brakes .means a short Uze lor tires but not a merry one. i i 1 - King's Valley and Hoskins Highway Work Progressing Philomath. Sent 17. Extensive work has been done on Benton county high ways west of Philomath during the last three months. Several tractors and steam engines have been employed on the road and a number of gravel trucks ana a rock crusher have been constantly m use. The Kings Valley and Hoskins road. tor years regarded as one of the worst roads in the state. Is now in perfect condition so far as the work has been completed. The road has been macadam lxcd nearly all the way from Wren to Kings Valley, and a detour has been made to Hoskins. missing the Hoskins hill, a steep and rocky grade. Grading and construction work also has been done on the Valseta road west of Hoe kins' and on the Kings Valley and Inde pendence road. Work also is going forward on the Newport highway, though this is tar from completed. Girl's High Heel Cause of Fatal ane Crash London. Sept 17. (L N. a) How a girl's high heeled shoe. Jamming be tween the rudder-bar and the wooden guard, caused an airplane to crash, with the loss of three Jives, was disclosed at the Inquest on the pilot of an airplane and a man and a girl passenger, who were killed when the machine fell Into a yard near the beach of Port Mel bourne. The superintendent of airdromes for the civil aviation department stated that hie opinion waa that the accident was caused by the girl's shoe rendering the rudder useless, thus sending the ma chine down in a tail-epln. Planking Planned of Ocean Beach Eoad - -Chehalla, Wash. Sept 17. Plans have been 'made by the PadfM county com miss loners to have the portion of the Ocean Beach highway between Neman and Kasel planked, that the road may be 'traveled all winter. ! MAX WELL LOOKING OUT FROM l urn ii ill nil ii In AUTO CAMP (CoaUnwd Pro Qs) campers aa if the were a upon in campers fiee exhibit. One first observes that escape from the city la not an: escape from work. The first duty is to reestablish the tent after 'Watch the Street for the White Racer" BeWMDE "SPORT CARS" Designer and Builder of Motor Car Bodies REAL RACI3G AKD ROADSTER BODIES MT SPECIALTY I also Design, Cos ft met asd Repair Motor Car Bodies and their Aeeesaories sack as Trunk Racks, Ventilators, California Tops and Iadlvidaal Fenders. I Ca" GUARANTEE EXPERT WORKMAKSHIP with MODERATE PRICES 12TH AT SALMON MAIN 4210 , "Watch the Street for the White Racer RACING) HEADQUARTERS . J. 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