jlonday
, Evening, February 16, 1925
THE EUGENE GUARD
Tage Five
I jfcKenzie Highway to be
paradise mr Roaming
Motorists This Season
. who loTes scenery,
fof ' . in treat mountain!, who
'w 'f. the siKbt of dashing rooun
. . ... C 1TJIU 1 . .
tIt- . (K. .roat OUt-
lt"
j.. irten 01 iu
- trio could prove so attrac
"u tbtt up the McKemie high-
' k..utles ' th" MoKeniie
tare been exploited many
" nd ill who have traveled on
tin"1. . the summit, to the lava
. that the drive ia uu
W' ? finest in all Orcgoa.
'J i..t few milea wind through a
1' ' .... hmuv farming country,
utif""v ". . t.Krme river la
ia j'ra.st Belknap, and from there
Si goea through great aland.
, ,ea oicturesque brooks,
i .jtber side are acen green
mZ: many topped by queer rock
"" Tas-and 1 tha dlBtance 019
I"""1.0.' ..J hld-cawed Three Sis-
,!
covere
i form
background for natures
.' nicturea,
l'"""'.:... r.n miles out from Eu-
JJ, county toad, but it need cau.e
"" - rnmetcr reading of 50,
At i,,t. ,..j- nf the Cas
io""'.''"; nr,t ia nassed. From
ad u" ikn0p, corners which
?1 miles farmer,
the road is
perfect.
7 nade that looks like it ia reaav
Ar ivl and straight,
'"."S '. aVay up into the hills at a
"'"' hSt can be made on high. Th
' . ii., hnlit up in me cvuici,
Sk"? w'do drainage ditch on
(llh,r sice.
, mad follows the path
Z old only Part of the way, for
entirely new rvcy was mads
!". , route. The best grades
UBUyu" - -
are wiue cuwu6..
.i. tn mm re.
'Yb?Mcl"enzie highway ff,lead.
Willamette va .ty ".-
mit onai now y - ....
av
ill carves
, .wad, which ia about a m.ie iar
1 T. ihe l'acific highway to
"fi-iH Tho Main anect ot
!,nJ u u Allowed east, and the
S Might ahead for aeverai
m It is good macadam, but it
linn ns to be somewhat rough.
Split by Lightning Seen
i 119 a curious pheuomona foi
41 . ii.r. u sriant oils
fto .Pt Vh. center by
Jn 8. ' This happened during the
II',, .term a few years a o A ..-
Thurston is lenciuu,
Waltervillo. which is said to have the
It PP .aucclhut it did 30
T Uaburg lies at -25.X, and V.da
32.0. A rock crusher, which sup-
UL VllK oil"i"-'"0
nud at ai.'.l tnc
PASSES OVER CASCADES OF INTEREST TO LANE
Regions to be Opened up by the New McKenzie Highway Which will be Available Year Round if Snow Re
moval Plans are Perfected by Residents of East Side of Mountains.
nii,l niiite -a hit
,hi. -nni). is at 34.1
aii to Thompsou'a resort turns to
tta rillt . . I .... Hw.
The ferry ooar. ia i.-u -
dnhiug McKensio at -ll.o at uie
tight ot the main road to reach Nim-
..j rnmniiK nuime ri;sii. ,D
Hong here that the motorisis iu
Wins to aiimecintc ine uric o..u .....
junt to Nnurod is quite funious lt
,d( The rood now follows tihe river
it winds in and out o the timber
.ml hrilllh.
At 44.11 the road, as it winus aio.ig
a steep hillside, passes what is Known
n Fiun Hock. A quaini iiiie
ntfn around this nillar, which
lome 30 feet high, nd ubout 10 in
Ampler It is said that an old fel
low who claimed to bo the character
"Huck Finn" around which aiata
Twain built many a charming taie,
lited in this neighborhood, and owned
i ipan ot mules. He used to tell tlu't
it bad hooked on to this giant boul
in, which was obstructing the road,
mil that w ih a inlchtv lunge, me
moln pulled it up on end. Then
(taring it would dam the river, il
ai left that way. The rock, rugged
and weather beaten, makes a fitting
monument to perpetuate the name of
tt old fellow whom everyone in that
country knew.
Spark's Ranch Reached
Spark's ranch, famed for a quar
ter of a century for its luscious, old
inhumed chicken dinners, is on tho
Mia highway at 47. Blue river is
croncd a quarter of a mile farther,
nd at 49.7 lies a little camp known
"Rcdsidc." Tho old Dearborn
bomeatead ia at C3, and 53.5 is
Itainbow camp, where a good garage
i available for motor wants.
The road for a few milea before
Ike forent boundary is. encountered is
food, aud in the reserve Itself, it is
Mcelleot, and once a driver strikes
. he will not hlame the writer for
Wng enthusiastic over it. It is per
Itctlr graded, and perfectly surfaced,
"i ride like pavement.
At oo.tf the eovernment has nro-
uded a public campground, where
tter anil wood may be obtained, and
jkc camper may pitch bis tent in a
""tiful, picturesque corner in the
lortat.
MeKonzie Bridge is crossed at
)l-, nd the road to Foley Spring?
'""is ott to the right. The apring.
" water bubbles hot out of the
found, arc five miles from the main
"toway. ihe fnmous old log cabin
is also but a short distance
nom tii.r(. on . hibwnv
Belknap Springs Interesting
"nknap corners, where the road
to Belknap Springs turns off to ihe
left, ia reached at .i. A visit to
the epringa, which are but a mile or
so away, ia worth while and interest
ing. Here the water flows out .if
the ground at a temperature of 18$
degrees, and it is piped to a bath
house aud ewimming pool. A well
kept auramer resort is maintained
here, and many people frequent the
place, both to escape the heat of sum
mer and to enjoy the medicinal bene
fits of the waters.
Heturning from Belknap, the new
road ia reached at U5.3. The road
runs parallel with a little milk-white
atreaut, which spriuga out from the
anow from the Three Sisters. It
keeps thie milky color all summer,
aome Bay becauso it is snow water,
while others say it is rock finely pul
verized by the weight of the anow aud
ice. It is cool, and good to drink,
however, and one color doea not tic-
tract from the taste.
Grade Is Deceptive
The road from hero on winds
Bteadily up the side of the mountain.
and in grade is quite deceptive. Look
ing ahead, it looks to be nearly level.
and the driver is apt to wonder why
tho engine pulls tu nard. A glance
back will show, however, that the
car ia going up at quite an angle, in
fact the averogc grade iB six ner
cent, .and in many placeg it ia greater.
Jine country nerenhouls is scenic
ally unsurpassed. From the road may
be seen the Three Sisters, with
their rivers of snow, and tho high
way itself winds along almost under
a rock tipped peak, that towers
abruptly into the sky. It is possible
to look out acrosa valleys, over tho
tops of the great firs, and in some
plnces, should the car get off the
load, it would go down and down for
thousands of feet.
I'hreo miles further, on the new
road, the Bide mill is terraced, and
the driver can look flown and 8eo his
trail below us it winds up around a
"V" curve.
Frog Camp Popular Place
Frog Camp, the stopping place for
hardy hikers who go every year to
(.rale the Three Sitters, is reached
at 70.3. This is a lnrgo sandy flat,
quite grassy in places. Hero trails
may be taken to the Obsidian cliffs,
three miles away, Indian Holes, 31
miles, and Horse I,ake 5 miles. The
road is not overly rough, and causes
no discomfort.
Leaving Frog Camp, in a short
time the grade steepens, for the sum
mit is but a few miles away. Four
milea from here, in a cool grnssy spot
near hho road, is found a crystal,
cool springs. The water, icy cold, ia
dt-licious and the thirsty motorist will
welcome the chance to Btretch his
legs.
At 83.7 a little body of water about
the sine of a city park nestles at the
side of the Toad. It is bordered by
amooth sandy slopes, and a green
growth of juckpine and other trees.
Tho little lake in its picturesque Bet
ting makes one of the most enjoy
able scones on the trip. -
The famous lava beds are first,
encountered at 84.4 atid the road
skirls them for quite a distance, as
it hesitant of venturing on. This lava
formation is one of Oregon's won
ders. To gain an idea of what it is
it would he well to view a billion com
mon cinders through a powerful mag
nifying glass. The rocks, or "chink-
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IitiiMing of tires through every ttago
(rum tin uniTatiug of the raw rubber
to the wrapping of the finished tirei.
'Wehim( hamiled CTC tires fur
ome time with exceptional luecess,"
mid Mr. l-avin, "aud after a visit to
the factory Mich a I had, I run
appreciate why theie tires are mak
iiiic good. We have always known
that Ihe material, from the long
combed Egypt. nu Cotton nnd first
gruile rubber to the various com
pounding cbemieuU, Ur0 tlie best ob
tainable, hut the care with which
these are built into the finished ar
ticle in tut be seeu to be appreciated.
Process Is Described
"From the compounding room
whevo the raw rubber and toughen
ing chemicals are mixed together in
a 45 degree angle just the width
ueeded for the various auea of limn
ut the late of 55 per minute and laid
out into the various leugtbs aud pie
ces needed for a tire ami rolled onto
spools iii just the order the tire
builder will take them off when be
builds a casing iu the next depart
ment. Material Built Up
"In the building room this mater
ial is built up by hand on revolving
cores and each ply laid into place,
stitched dowu ami trimmed to an ex
act liue before the next is put into
place. Here one appreciates the ex
actness of the earlier operations ut
eiicii piece of material fits the place
for which it was designed, Kven the
sidewall and tread stock which U tub-
great steam beated rolls the material I r ,,r ealeudered to exact aire and
t ""jjj '''l'
tmsses to the Calendar room. Here
the rubber ia frictioued into the cord
nd fabric stock that makes m the
carcass of the tire, in a aet of rolln
that weighs H3.000 uouuds. To run
a roll of cotton cord six feet wide
and three huudred aud fitly feet lung
through the calender nud have it
como out with each cord perfectly
imbedded in rubber Beema like a sim
ple process. So it is. lint to see
it come out with a uniform thickness
of 4S-1.0U0 of an inch in every square
yard makes one appreciate the care
exercised by the operator and the ex
actness of tho machinery.
"The next step is tho bias cutting
room where these great rolls of rub
berised cotton aro cut into strips on
.shape in checked by weight befort it
ia built ontu tile casing.
"The uet step ia the cooking
room where the tires are cooked tu
air bags in great iron molds under
ttcmcmUuiH pressure aud steam heat.
Kven here the same exactness ia car
ried out. liach vulcanizing kettle is
equipped with a clock chart which
registers in ink the exact tempera
ture and pressure each minute the
heat is on.
Tire Building Is Science
"One leaves the factory wilh the
impression that building a (,'TC tire
is an exact science aud to learn that .
the factory ia operating with the aame
(Continued on page six)
The northern Oregon passes over the Cascade range promise I be among major oonsideratlom at far as road building matters are concerned
In tho near future. The coming summer will see the final completion of the MoKenzl pass as an Improved highway.
Not content with the use of this artery merely as a summer, road, an attempt was started at Bend recently to clear the road through the
use of snow plows. There Is from 10 to 18 feet of anow upon the road, It Is reported, but In the event that It can be cleared with practicability,
this east and west road will be offered to the motorist for year-round servloe except In the event of unusally unfavorable weather.
Improvement to the Santlam pass la also being urged and It la declared probable that survey work will be started during the coming year.
An attempt to secure federal aid and forest funds for the furthering of the projoot Is under way.
ers" are just like' huge cinders, and
are pierced through and through wilh
holes. They are lying around loose in
great heaps, and vary in sir.e from
little pebbles to boulders weighing
several hundred pounds. I
Lava Road Rough
The roud over the lava is rough,
anil dips down and up every few
yards. This atretch will bo the hard
est for the government to mako de
cently passable. On the other aide
of the bed, n road crew is working
at it, using powder and a huge scoop
shovel. This method is not very suc-
cVssful, according to reports, and the
construction of n highway is a prob
lem that may take a year or two yet
to solve.
The very summit of the pass is
reached in a aandy apot at a reading
of 86, and after going a short distance
trip
over the lava, the car on this
w8b headed for home.
Coming dowu, as evening ap
proaches, old timera become remin
iscent, aud rclato many tales, ofiwild
rides over the onco narrow; loads,
when storms buffeted tho Btage coach,
from Eugene to Belknap Springs, the
terminus. They tell of tho Blue, river
mining boom, when ho would bring
up a dor.cn men a day to toil in Tmcky
Boy mines. Until the mines ran out
of free milling ore, some 18 or 20
years ago, (he promoters bad great
dreams for thut section of tho coun
try. So high was their confidence
thnt they erected at a great cost a
power plant, with an eiglitfoof fhrmf.
moro Minn mile in length, to furu
teh electricity for the mirjes and the
neighborhood. ,j
But though the mining bubble has
burst, the Me.Kenzie country is rich,
and ita riches aro as yet untouched.
Its grand scenery will Borne day come
to be recognised and known through
out tho country, and great hordes of
tourists will be enraptured, aa was
this parly, wirti tho drive down tin
beautiful, dashing McKcnxie, and
those who aro fortunstc to come
down when the moon is shining into
the rippling waters as it docs on
summer, will ever live and never for
get this greatest of scenic routes.
Tire Build'ng in
C. T. C. Plant Real
Art, Says Dealer
W. r. Davis, of tho B. & M. Tire
company, has just returned from a
business trip to Portland, whero ho
visited tho CTG tiro fnctory. llore
he met tho cutire organization of
technical men, tho president of the
company nnd the foremen of tho var
ious departments. Ho wntched the
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