PORTLAND, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, AUGUST 27, 1922.
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fpiMfi ' LARGE NUMBER OF TOURISTS
MESSAGE. OF FRENDSH PisSfS :1-J VISIT STATE THIS REASON
MOTOR CARAVAN DELIVERS
Trip Made In Behalf of 1925 Exposition Proves ta Be Great
Success Road Conditions Revieweo Motor Car
Brings Upstate Closer to City.
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As the means of delivering the message of the 1925 Exposition
to the various sections of the state and of uniting toe cooperation of
the several communities in a common purpose, the motor caf- has scored
again. ' . : - j - '.
A caravan made, up of prominent business -and club men of Port
land has just returned from a tour of 1100 miles through Central and
Southern Oregon to. tell the people of that part of the state the plans
for the exposition and-to. get their approval to the plan.; Tie trip
was made in nine days over all kinds of roads and Into- places inacces
sible by railroad. ' :
Men who maae the trip concur inland agreed to support It the greatest
the opinion that while -the. up-tatj valwe of the motor caravan trip was
was informed of the exposition scheme I in the personal contact between.: the
people of - the sections visited and
those of Portland. One man ' stated
that it was his opinion that such cara
vans should be made each year not
merely for the commercial benefits
that would be derived but that the
people of the city ' might know first
hand the conditions and problems facing-
the rest of the state.
WA5TS TO HE PEAT TRIP
This man wao Charles H..- Stewart
vice' president of the Northwestern
National Bank. Stewart said that
the trip did the Portland people far
more good than it did the up-state
folk. It was found that despite certain
rumore. the state atlarge was for the
exposition, and would back Portland to
the limit.
Gile E. Sanderson, "Sandy, the pho
tographer.' recorded this unique ex
cursion In hundreds of feet of motion
picture film, traveling 143? miles in a
Marmon car piloted by H. R. Hopkins
of the H. 4 E. Auto Co.
From Portland the caravan went to
Pendleton. Hoads -to that city were
found to be very good. The caravan
arrived In the Bound -Up city August
IX and Ispent Sunday -night there. -ROUGH
ROADS POTTS D '
The roads between Pendleton and
Pilot Kock. the next stop made, were
found to be fairly good mountain
roads, t -After leaving Pilot Rock, where
talks were made the caravan moved
on to Condon, stopping Monday night
at that town. - - . - - -,
The road - from Pilot Kock ta Con
don, through Heppner, is : very rough
and steep," Hopkins said. - "In many
places the road was dangerous and it
required careful driving to prevent ac
cident. Between Heppner and- Pilot
Bock the road is Just wide enough for
one machine." .
Tuesday, morning the . caravan left
Condon and made , its way over, good
gfavel road to Fossil.' Tuesday stops
were made at Fossil,- Antelope," Mad
ras, Redmond and Etend where 'the
night was spent. . e
' Front" ijesil- to r Madras the . roads
were found to be very steep, in places.
.The wholc-'road wound around L hills
and required slow driving for the cara
van. - - - . "
, Leaving Bend ;; "Wednesday r morning
the trip threugh Central Oregon was
made by night when the entourage
halted at 'Klamath Falls. .The - road
caravan reached a point 2 mile north
of Klamath Falls where the road en
tered a forest. -
"This was the most disagreeable part
of he whole trip, Sandy said. "The
dust was at least' a foot thick and
being of the fine volcanic ash, rose in
clouds that made8 It difficult to breathe.
It was worse than sand to get through
and , as . a result the caravan had to
travel very slowly. It sure was a , rev
lief when we hit the gravel road lead
ing into Klamath Falls." : - ''v:
After leaving Klamath Falls Thurs
day morning the caravan swung north
ward to Crater Lake, arriving-v there
in the early afternoon. '
OX PACIFIC HIGHWAY M :
Friday the caravan made Medford.
From that point the Itinerary took
them south to Ashland.- Then the
northbound trip was started. . En rovite
was -through desert country -until the to Portland .stops were made t Med.
ford, Grants Pass Rosetrarg, Cottage
Grove, Eugene. Corvallia," Albany and
Salem. - ; ; :' 'i - .v .
"With the exception of a few detours
on the Pacific Highway the homeward
bound 4rip was without event, as far
as travel was "concerned," said Sandy,
"At Grants Pass we "were entertained
by the Cavemen, ah ' organization to
boost the Josephine caves and at Salem
we had quite a time with some stunts
and singing in which Mayor Baker and
Walter - Jenkins featured -strong. " ,
vJtrwas early Sunday evening when
the caravan arrived in Portland and
the' journey-was :ove.-v'.:.-v.fiD' -V?'-: .
; i"Ohe of the surprising things I found
was the plentiful supply of water and
oil along the road.f ' declared Sandy.
though ;.w - thought there might be
trouble in getting water."
Estimated Increase' in Motor Tr avel From Outside States Is' 50
. Per Cent -Good Roads Both in Oregon ; and ? Across Con- ;
- tinent Are Factors in the fnflux .of Visitors.
Good roads in Oregon'and In other parts of the United States already
have proved their value.'-Sydney B. Vincent, manager of the Oregon
Tourist and' Information bureau, said, for the motor tourist travel In this
state has shown an" increase dt about 50 per cent . over last year.'
. This, . Vincent said, was due to many factors, primarily the comple
tion of the Oregon road system so that motorists can get into the state.
The Influx of foreign cars which. 'now number about 26 tn every c1"
on the highways of the state,' is mostly from California, for the count of
maohines using the Pacific highway chows every third car Is from the
Bear" state. "rt-'C' ' '". Vrli:. :?A'?:V;'i:; - :;.
"We had no difficulty in getting either l- Iotor touring is no longer a thing j The cost of touring, especially where
Ol great-expense uu cm vmy n n intra is wmnf vi, m.. ip t mi, i
Joyed by the wealthy, Vincent said. 1 '" CtmcJuded om. rata. Coiama 7mu)
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