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AUTOMOBILE EDITION
A GLIMPSE OF THE PACIFIC HIGHWAY
The following story was written by
M.J-". Duryea, formerly secretary of
the Ashland Commercial club, but non
executive secretary of tho Mollne, 111.,
Commercial Club and appeared in The
Road Manor of Moliue:
. T The Pacific highway Is a great In-1
Jornntlonal highway from Hrllish Co-1
lumbiu to the Mexican border, passing j
through the coast states of Washing-j
ton, Oregon and California. To it might i
bo well applied the advertising slogan j
of tho Kreat railroad system that parnl- i
lela it for hundreds of miles; it is in-j
deed a "road of a thousand wonders!" j
Iut only does this highway traverse a
country rich In scenic, beauty, but '
lediug from it aro roads of the most :
inaRuificaut scenic attractions of the.
United States. 1
Tho touring motorist will find much '
to interest him as ho journeys over j
this main artery of travel up aud duwn
the western part of the United Stales.!
for it will lead him through fruitful ,
valleys and thriving towns, along
peaceful rivers and mountain torrents, -through
shadowy' forests and over
mountain tops and close to snow-clad !
peaks. Like the kaleidoscope of his '
boyhood days, each turn will bring
before him a new combination in tree, j
andfield and sky that makes a picture
Jonff to be remembered. '
One of the most beautiful and won-'
fill Btretches of the Pacific highway isl
that from Hertford, in tho lovely !
Hogue Hiver valley of southern Ore-;
Ron, to liornbrook, California, cross
ing the summit of the Siskiyou moun
tains. Not only Is this stretch of the
highway wonderful from a scenic
standpoint!, It is even more remarkable!
as a piece of splendid engineering in
road construction. I
. The old journey over the Siskiyous, j
on what was known as the Dollavhide j
toll road, was one of discomfort, as
well as danger. It was a "rough and t
rugged road," with grades as high as I
UO per cent, that taxed the best of ma- j
chines. Seven grade crossings' ov er j
the Southern Pacific railway made it
dangerous, for at all of them tho grade
on rail and road was heavy. The new
' road, laid out in masterly fashion from
iitf northern slope of the SlsUlyous to
the California line by Frank A. Kltt-
redge, the engineer in charge of con
struction for the Oregon stale highway;
commission, has no grade crossing, and j
its maximum grade is 6 per cent. The I
Southern Pacific tracks are crossed ,
hilt twice on the journey to the summit
from Ashland, and in each instance the
NEW ROAD IN JACKSON OF RARE BEAUTY
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tho summit, fnoliiM Himlhwiinl. a tu
rnout tifvotul (tosorlpilim. Aticml, nml
Just to the loft, ono oos the snow-
i
cupped top of statt?1y Mt. Shastn, ont
of tho niiKhty peaks of tho srent fan
caile Halite. KlisteuhiK against the ex
nuisltc hhie of tho California sky.
Overhead, to tho east, towers great
Pilot Hock, guardian seniluel of the
pa kb over the Siskiyous. To the rinht,
down hundreds of feet, lliere are the
triLcks of tho Southern Pacific, wind
inn their tortuous way throtifih the
Hhasta valley, aud the little town of
lllll, that looks lik a collection of toy
houscH. On and on to the south and
wohI, heyond the valley, roll the hills
and peaks of the Coast Range and the
Sinrra Nevadas. covered with snow or
"with verdure clad.' No man within
whose breast there Ib n spark of love
for things that are beautiful or u rev
erence for the things that (iod has
made to delighl the children of men,
can ga;&e upon this view from tho Pa
cific highway on (be Kiimmlt of the
Siskiyou mountains without receiving
an Imprecision ami an Inspiration that
will last as long as life itself. It Is
truly tho "road of u thousand won.
dors."
The people of Oregon and California
may well be proud of this highway over
the Siskiyous proud of tho rltnnga
from tlm old conditions that mndo tho
journey bo irksome. It ht a fine Invest'
ment, one that Is bringing returns iu "
increased tourist travel that will bo"
worth millions of dollars In the years
to come. If Is a fine investment ns well
from the standpoint of tho pleasuro
and comfort It will bring to tho citizens "
of Oregon and California, and to lh
thousands of motorists who 'visit thft
Pacific, count each year iu Hcnrch of
health and recreation.
The tourist who neglects to take thin
trip who fails to experience tho
beauty ami grandeur of It will lenvo.
unwritten one of the heat pages of tho
story of his sojourn nn the Pacific
coast.
The Kxcelslor Shop, Jncltninn and
I-uckeroth, has moved to No. 10,
Routh rir and have a UH7 Kxcelslor
motorcycle on display that Is up to
date. :
bridge to carry him over in safety. A ; side for safety and to allow drivers to
fine piece of engi;;-'cring is the ap
proach to the first of these bridges
with a great, broad and easy loop
take grades on speed. The roadway on
the Oregon f-ido is twenty-four feet
! wide at an ptaces, with an Increase in
the mountain-side
motorist may drive ,
thrown out over
around which the
at full speed.
Automobile drivers will discover this
new highway to be easy work, for its
broad, sweeping curves and light
grades do not impose any tax on his
strength or nerves. All curves, ex
cept the "blind" ones, am built with a
radius of 1h0 feet: the "blind" curves
are built on a lfiO-font radius. All the
Pacific highway can now speed over a
sixteen-foot pavement from Central
Point, through Yiedlord, the gateway to
Crater Lakn, to the southern limits of
width on curves where necessary for j the city of Ashland.
Top, left to right Paving eoiwtmrHon equipment; summit of Siskiyous six miles from California Hue. Itottoin, Jci( to right Via
duct ai StLMitmim crossing, Southern Pacific north slope of Siskiyou grade,
motorist finds a splendid concrete curves are slightly banked to tho in-1 been completed, and the tourist on the first. Later on another similar slrln
will be laid, making altogether a sixteen-foot
pavement across tho moun
tains. The distance from Ashland to
tho summit of the Siskiyous over tho,
Pacific highway is sixteen miles, and
to tho California lino It. is twenty-two
miles.
Kvery foot, of the journey from Mod
ford to the California line will prove
of interest to the tourist, for each turn
of the road brings before liinf a scene
of rare cham Hand loveliness. It
Passes through all of the famous or
chard and farming districts of the
Rogue River valley. The view from
safety. On the California side the
roadway is somewhat narrower, but
the grading is similar to that of the
Oregon side.
The progressive people of Jackson
county. Oregon, have bowled them
selves for $.'00,000 for the purpose of
constructing a paved highway from the
north boundary of the county to the
The slate of Oregon Is asfdsting in
the work of paving the highway over
tho Siskiyous. This will bo what is
known as a "two-course" cement pave
ment, six inches in depth, with a top
dressing of rich mixture.
In order not to interfere with the
heavy tourist travel over this road in
the summer season, the stale is laying
California line. Part of this work hns an eight-foot strip of the pavement
We Don't Sell Cars
just a complete Repair Shop
Dependable and reliable
Repairing
and Acetylene Welding
The Pacific Highway. Garage
L. J. DAVIES, Proprietor
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