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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
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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-
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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-
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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