The Oregon daily journal., September 10, 1922, Page 54, Image 54

THE OREGON ? SUNDAY I JOURNAI 10, 1922
SCOUT EXPLORES
the development of the automobile in
dustry, in Japan la the poor condition
of roads throughout the country." says
A.' ZoUiter, special , factory repre
sentative of the Willys-Overland com
pany, who has just returned from a
trip to the Orient, ''ith the exception
of a few roads used exclusively -by the
military, road improvements are prac
tically unknown. --
"In the cities and towns, but few of
the streets have been broadened sine
the pre-Jleljl period when the streets
were ; used principally by pedestrians
and occupants Of sedan chairs. With
the Introduction of Occidental methods
of transportation, however, some of the
large cltieaare building wider roads,
but these for' the most part are limited
to the main thoroughfares i In the. im
mediate basis ess and shopping dis
tricts. , '" .
; "The city of Tokyo has recently lev
ied a tax on car owners, ibe proceeds of
which are to be utilised for municipal
road improvements. This tax, while
having a deterrent effect on sales dur
ing the. period of deflation and liquida
tion, will eventually mean much for the
Industry. The recent limitation of arm
aments conference at Washington it is
believed will also furnish money ' for
road building. . money that formerly
went Into the construction of naval
units. : ' -:-. :
. "LJmousines - are" by . far v the ; most
popular type of car in Japan. The rea
son for this Is, -the highly" developed
sense- of personal dignity , -of the teo
ple and . their unwillingness : to drive
their own, cars. . Limousine .bodies,
therefore, rare" much in demand and
many chassis are hipied into the
country for closed r jobs.-" . .
To Detain Traffic
For Half Hoiir. Only
' Salem, Or Sept." .' Traffic over the
Pacific highway between' Canyonville
and Galesville. In touglaa county, will
hereafter be detained only 10 minutes
instead of two hours, according to an
nouncement by the Mate highway com
mission. This arrangement, it Is ex--plained.,
will cover a period of several
Weeks. .-..- -i
ALONG THE NORTH BANK HIGHWAY
THE NORTH BANK
TROUBLES JAPAN
Automotive Industry Hindered;
" . Limousines Popular Models;
New Program.
ROUTE
Construction Work
Delayed;
Fine, but
Scenery Declared
Roads Rough.
"Pernapa, the greatest hindrance to
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By Phfl OToole
Construction of the North Bank
fctrhway. also known as the Ever
green highway, is far from being
' :ompIeted. The road Is now open for
ravel as far as Cooks, Washington,
r 13 miles east of Stevenson, via
Vorth Bank route. This cuts off all
ravel to White Salmon. In order to
each White Salmon the motorist has
o ferry from Stevenson to Cascade
ocks and use the Columbia River
lighwsy to Hood River and then re
ross the river to White Salmon All
iiotortsts wishing to reach White
Salmon from any part of Oregon
should use Columbia River highway to
Hood "River and ferry to the Washing
ton side.
The Journal Scouts recently made a
trip over the North Bank highway in
a Hupmobile, through Stevenson and
on. It was necessary to come back 13
miles to Stevenson and cross the Col
umbia river to Cascade locks.
The roads were found In several
spots to be rough between Camas and
Stevenson, but from there on to Cooke
he roads were found to be very good.
With the exception of a few sharp
turns. .
-From the Whifce Salmon ferry up
over the hill to the city of White
Salmon the road was -very bad. This
road is a very steep grade all the way
to the top of the hilb about three
quarters of a mile which cannot be
made In high gear. The road Is also
very narrow, and impossible to allow
machines to pass. The rain washing
down the steep grade, has washed all
the dirt and sand from the roadway
and left nothing but little rocks and
large stones. Coming down' this
gradient is just as bad as going up.
The journal Scouts continued on to
Trout, lake, about 81 miles from
White Salmon, and found the trip a
very beautiful one. The first few
rnfTes a wonderful view of the Oregon
country can be had from the top of
the hilt For miles and miles the Col
umbia river can be seen along with
Hood River.
The road for the first eight miles is
good, and then a dusty rough road
all the" way to about 3 miles from
Trout lake must be traveled to reach
the resort. The road is covered fvlth
dust from sir to eight inches, just
enough to cover most of the many
ruts.
The road from Husum along the
White : Salmon river may be rough,
but was found to be very pretty. The
White Salmon river with Its swirling
rapids' and the large tiners, was
very attractive. From Trout lake to
Gulers the road is good. Hotel ac
commodation jvas found hard to get,
and several people had to solicit
rooms with the various farmers in the
surrounding country.
The Journal Scouts started out to
find the well known lake called Trout
lake - after reading a road sign, and
followed the road about one mile.
Several men were fishing in the lake.
There were; plenty of fish in the little
body f water.
TheJ Journal Scouts motored on up
the road to what is called the Ice
Caves, about six miles from Quiers.
and of atl the rough roads the
Journal Scouts ever traveled this v. as
the worst of them all.
It took, about one and a half hours
to. travel the six miles and plenty of
second gear work to get there. The
road was found- very narrow all the
way, ho roots of the trees crossing
the road made it a hard trip on the
springs and frame. If it had not
been for the sturdlness of the Hup
mobile the Journal Scouts would
probably had to stay there for some
time. Some other metorist had trouble
and one broke his drive shaft and was
stalled for several hours.
After this hard traveling the Ice
Caves were finally reached. The
Scouts had to climb down into the
cares, but very little ice was to be
found, so It was a disappointment.
On returning to Gulers a sign was
found directing traffic to Cooks, 22
miles. , Thinking that it would be a
mighty nice short cut the Journal
Scouts proceeded over this roadway
After traveling about one and a half
miles It was found that from there on
the only passage way was a trail, o
it was necessary to travel back over
the same course.
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Two Nevada Motor
Records Shattered
" After Hard Drive
Another remarkable record has been
established for Coast Cord tires by
Bud BodelU driving a Purant Four, ac
companied by Frand Staunton. Fred
Lehnhen of Lehnhen-Rose, local dis-
tributors of the Coast tire, said.
Qn Augst 15 this car, equipped with
Coast" Cord tires, broke all previous
records between Salt Lake City and
Ely, 'Nevada, and the Ely-Reno record,
completing the entire trip in 19 hours
and 20 minutes, at an average speed
of S3.2 miles per hour for 638 miles.
The best former record made over this
course was in 191C in 31 hours and 27
, minutes.
t This record was achieved" under the
most adverse road conditions known in
Nevada. Repealed cloudbursts and
washouts interfered materially and
made more remarkable the time made
and average mileage piled up. At Ely
a severe cloudburst filled the road with
rocks. The drivers in making this trip
crossed seven different mountain
ranges. Every phase "of the trip was
, made under control and during the en
' tire trip the Coast Cord tires with
stood the strain without a single tire
change.
Wreck Caused by
Carelessness of
County Officials
Carelessness on the part of some
reaVl official In Tillamook county was
tne cause of an accident last Monday
which resulted In the' wreck of an
" automobile and according to eye wit
nesses came very nearly resulting In
. the death-of the occupants of the car.
Near Hebo, on the Tillamook road,
a few loads of loose clay had been
' deposited near the outer edge of the
road which at this point skirts a de-
. pression in the terrain. The cap
" wrecked: was driven by an elderly
gentleman who mistook tte loose earth
for a portion of the road and drove
into it. The car slipped sideways and
plunged down the embarkment rolling
over once. -. - - - . (
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Journal scout1 make delightful trip np the Oolumbia river in a Hupmobile touring car. Top The automobile
ferry at Stevenson; the swift waters of the Cascade locks; the new concrete pavement on the Fisher
cut-off of the North Bank highway. Below Fer rying between White Salmon and Hood River.
Luckily another car vras near the
spot and assistance given in freeing
those pinned down by the wreck.
Fifteen minutes were required to get
them out.
There was no excuse, for placing the
loose dirt at this point." one of the
rescuers ; said. . "The road Is narrow,
barely "room for one car and the mis
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part of the packed roadway Is easily
made for there were no signs posted.
Had the accident resulted in the death
of any of the occupants of the wrecked
car the blame would most certainly
have been laid at the door of the
negligent road official."
Big Mileage; Shown
By Fleet of Motors
In a recent roll caU of motortrucks
in Oregon that., have preformeoV;,mer
ttoriou9 service the . White Truck com
pany found 13 -of theirv trucks have
traveled more than 00, 00 miles. Four
of these trucks have a mileage record
of 300,000 or more njiles.
The roll call shows,, that the. trucks
having traveled vmore I than 380,000 be
long to J." M. TraxlerU Ckverdale-;"'H.
Minkwitz, A. Jaloff and the United
States bakery of Portland. The trucks
SNth records between 200,000 and 300,
000 miles belong to J. M. Traxler, Bor
ing Auto Track company and Tony
Fazio, Mike Ferro, John Sauer and A.
Jaloff of Portland. : ' ' .''
WAR MATERIAL IS
FOR ROAD WORK
Trucks, Tractors, and j Other
Equipment Distributed by
Federal ' Government. : ; ;
iBj Istonutional News Sarrieel -Washington,
Sept. ft: Up-to. July
surplus war material. -valued at SiSS.-f
77S.986 was delivered to the states for
use tin - road construction, according to
a report of the bureau of public roads
of the agricultural department. '
m The material, which consisted of all
sorts of supplies and equipment suit
able for road building for which: the
war department had no further need,
was distributed on the same basts as
monetary federal aid..
New Tork and Texas lead In values
of material delivered, witn nearly
JS.000.000 worth, and every-state, with
the . exception of five, of the, smaller
ones, received supplies valued at more
than 31.000,000. . - '
' This material . has been of : great
value in road construction,'' said, an
official of the bureau of public roads,
"and. there is hardly a couuty in the
United States in which some of it has
not been used.
"Probably of greatest value has been
the 29.325 motor vehicles distributed,
consisting of 24.752 trucks and 4573 au
tomobiles and. in addition, a large
number of tractors."
The "system of distribution, i the
.bureau stated, has been so arranged
mat me scales requisition oniy s ma
terial useful to them. In some eases
they 1 fall, behind in allotments in order
to wait for material particularly de
sired. . ' '
, Great ingensity has been shown by
many states in conditioning worn
equipment, using war material to equip
shops in which other war material Is
made suitable for use, according to
government observers.
A large quantity of material still re
mains In the United States for distribu
tion, the bureau stated. This will be
further increased by supplies used, by
the army -of occupation in Germany
soon to be brought back. . i
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