i
PAGE SEC
M"EDFORT) MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON'. PTXDAY. XTJXE 27. 1937
IS
BY AAA PRESIDENT
wiAmwn'mM n c. Juna 37
JUoent action by several "port ol
antry iuhi 10 rruuce hidojbumi
and dalay occasioned motorists cross
ing state border hi characterised
by th American Automobile asso
ciation today aa a reveraal ot
trend wlilch had been seriously
threatening the future of motor
'transport.
"Following a barrage of criticism."
tha national motoring body reported,
"aome of the states whose boun
daries had been patroled by tax
oollectora, Investigators and bug
hunters have aeen the error of tlulr
waya and now are taking at pa to
expedite paaaage of bona flda tour
lata. . "Tha altuatlon la far from clear
ed up but the prospect of a loea
In tourist patronage, which la an
Important source of revenue for all
of the offending itatee, baa brought
,a reveraal ol the trend toward In
creased barriers and today etatea are
thinking In terms of making high
way travel easier, rather than more
difficult."
The entire policy of setting up
puntlve restrictions at state boraere
was assailed by Thoe. P. Henry ot
Detroit, Mich., president of the
AJIA, as contrary to the principles
of the constitution.
! "While the easing of border re-
'atrlctlons at some plaoea la to be
commended," he said, "we cannot
be satisfied until all highway trana
port moves with a maximum of
freedom. Borne 13 states now have
barriers of one sort or another at
their stste lines to Interfere with
the flow of Interstate travel. High
way trafflo must run a gauntlet
of ports of entry, caravan laws, In
spection stations, touring permit re
quirements, lloense-fee rcgulstlons
and plant quarantine atotlona.
"There la, perhaps, a plausible ex
cuse for each one of these restric
tions and annoyanocs, but the throat
of ham-strlnglng Interstate motor
travel La a paramount conaldera
tlon. In the early days, the Col
onies found excuses for erecting tax
and tariff barriers against one an
other, but the need for free flow of
commerce was moro Important and
constituted one of the principal
reasons for drawing up the United
States constitution. The basic prin
ciples of that document are nulli
fied and thwarted when states war
against their neighbors In the mst
ter ot motor transport.
"The states, of course, should be
allowed to work out their own prob
lema but they themselves will be
the ultimate losers If their border
policies result In a lose of touring
and tourist expenditure. Even great
er would be tha loss to tha nation
as a whole If the policy were to
spread until we have, not B united
states, but 48 aeparate customs units
with military outposts at every high
way entrance.
"This entire altuatlon will be
aharply watched, by the A.A.A. and
Its clubs. If tha tendency toward
erecting barrlera at stste borders
shows algns of spreading at any
tlma In the future to tho detriment
of motor tourists. It will be a signal
for declaration of war between or
gsnlred motorlsta and the offending
state administrations."
LEGION ELECTION,
PARTY ON EYE
On of lta targeat nwitlnffs of the
ytr tft anticipated for July 6 when
Mlford post of the American legion
will hold lt Annual election and stag
party.
Walter Olmscheld, paat commander,
U chairman of the committee In
charge and la arranging a program of
entertainment which will ha followed
by Dutch lunch. Other on the
committee are Citpt, O, O. Overmycr.
Fred Fry, F. 8. Hvimphrlea and
Horace Bromley.
Commander J. F. Fllegel yesterday
naked all Legionnaire to reserve
Tueaday night, July 8. for the meet
ing and to be present to vote for the
new officer.
F
TO REVIVE G.O.P.
SPRtNOnELD. Mo., June 36.
(ATI Arthur M. Hyde, former srtre
tary of agriculture, aald In an inter
view today the hope of the Republi
can party lies In "drafting" Herbert
Hoover for the special task of revital
ising and strengthening It for 100.
Hyde told the Lender and Press that
ha Is not proposing Hoover as a presi
dential candidate again nor even
thinking of such a thing.
Hoovers Job. Hyde aald. would be
to make the party more militant now.
la build It up for 1U40, probably for
aome other man. It would be a purely
patriotic public service, such as few
men would be rarnble of, he aald.
ELECTRIC MOTORS
Hewnund and Hrpaired
34 br. Service. Reasonable Hales
Gage Motor Service
III N. Orae rhune Doa
. Motor Cruising for Fun o
The Motorlog Party Takes a Trip to the 'J ampin' Off Place' Otherwise
Known as the Hart Mountain Area
This aewapase' Is ee-operatlng erna tha
orttaa fltate Mntnr ajenclatlon and Tha
Oreaonlan la presenting a series of motor
cnilaea linear tbe tltla, "Motor Crulslni for
FUR." II la hnne (h.F.hv t.
travel In tha Pacific northwest. Th
Ins article has been condensed from a
full-pace article appearing In Tbe Oregoolan
BT FRANK BARTON
Staff Writer. Tbe Oregonlan
The tail, angular realdent of
Prenchglen spat fervently and
looked members of our party over.
i ratner expected the tobacco lulce
to bounce. He looked that hard, at
any rata.
Ha had Just heard Jean F. Bran
aon, superintendent of the Hart
mountain antelope refuge, talking
to tha atorekeeper at Frenchglen.
Tha town of Blltien bad been men
tioned. "That's next to tha jumpln' off
place," chimed in tha tall indi
vidual. When told we were headed for
the Hart mountain district the tall
resident waa even more vehemont.
"That Is the Jumpln' off place,"
he declared.
The remark did not fax mem
bers of our travel party, sponsored
by The Oregonlan and the Oregon
Btata Motor association, although
we had reason to remember It later
on.
Members of our party included
Ben Litfln, publisher of The Dalles
Chronicle; Charles A. Bprague,
publisher of the Salem Statesman;
Vinton Hall, public relatione man
for the Oregon State Motor asso
ciation, and myself. We had been
met by Branson and Murlal Ja
cobs, hunter for the United States
biological survey, who were to be
our guides on the trip.
Get Early Start
It seemed that we had scarcely
hit the mattresses at the French
glen hotel, 58 miles south of Burns
at the head of the Blltxen valley,
when the breakfast call sounded.
Branson had ordered the morning
meal for 5 o'clock, for we had a
long trip ahead of us.
Twenty mlnutea later we were
headed southeast ovor the hill and
Into Catlow valley. Tha valley, a
large basin filled with dry lake
beds, we found to be largely a
place of ghost towna and deserted
homesteaders' cabins.
Before we reached Blitzen mem
bers of our party had begun to see
faint shapes skimming over tho
sagebrush In the distance.
"Antelope,", declared Jacobs, wav
ing his hand.
We stared until they seemed al
most to blend with the sage on the
horizon.
At Blltxen we turned westward
toward Hart mountain and the
antelope refuge. From there on the
road waa Just a couplo of tracks
throuKh tha saa-e and rat ka. whlrh
had to be dodged. It waa not a
road which could be recommended
for anyone who did not enjoy
roughing It.
Wa stoppod at Intervals to look
at the antelope. Jacobs let us peer
at them through the five-power
telescope on his 30-06 rifle. A good
Idea of tha extreme grace of the
animals could be obtained through
th glass. They would run until
they almost reached th horizon
and then atop and look curiously
at us.
Th road led up over the rim of
Catlow valley, and after some wind
ing headed westward toward Hart
mountain. Somewhere along the
route we crossed the line into the
antelop reserve. Those animals
began getting more and more nu
merous. We headed south here along the
base of the mountain on the prom
Is of Branson and Jacoba that we
hadn't seen anything yet We
hadn't
We discovered that the melting
snow from th mountain had
formed numerous creeks and rills
which poured down across the rond.
Sometimes thes Impromptu rivu
lets decided to uss the road for
their stream bed for considerable
distances.
We approached a wooded rove In
the aid of the mountain where
Guano creek finds Its source In tha
melting snows. Her among the
plnea and aspens stands a cabin
made famoua as the annual meet-
fi
: jtf$&L. - - "'JT "".aaaaaaBtw
U MUST a a fi ' J . .a-N Y"' "..
f JT UHr- V
1 M -" : , mr-vwm i
, i ? g t -gfsa """V.",, n JrT S&l tirA "'"1.,
The motorloggerw pause to remove lage ticks accumulated during a hike through
the desert area.
ing place of the Order of the An
telope.
Just below the cabin Is the site
of old Camp Warner headquarters
of General George Crooks during
his famous campaign with the In
dians back In 181)0 and 1807. We
left the automobiles in the road
and started over toward the ruins
of the old "post." To do so we
mounted a slight eminence. I was
hurrying to catch up with the lead
ers when Branson held up his hand
for silence and pointed toward the
creek a hundred feet away. There
among the aspens a herd of four
mule deer were feeding.
The wind was blowing from them
toward us, and they did not become
conscious of our presence for prob-
aoiy a nair minute. Then suddenly
one of them raised Its head and
they were off across an open glade
which gave ua a splendid view of
them. There wore two doos and
two half-grown fawns.
After hiking around throtlah the
sagebrush on the site of the old
fort we repaired to the cabin, and
there went through a most per
sonal rite. The uninitiated might
have thought a nudist camp was
going Into action, but he would
have been all wrong. We were
merely looking for ticks.
"I could go for a steak In a big
way," someone remarked about
thia time.
Cooked Otvn Food
However, It wasn't as Bimple as
that. We were a long way from res
taurants and bills of fare where
you walked In and ordered any
thing that plenaed your fnncy. In
stead, If you didn't want to go hun
gry out there, you built a fire and
cooked up a mess of eats.
After the meal we drove on
southward several miles, crossing
Guano creek a number of times.
We were In the heart of tho ante
lope district here, and the herds
were larger and moro numerous.
During the day members of our
party counted a total of 130 of the
graceful animals from the high
way. After, arriving at the Guano
creek reservoir we turned back and
swung over eastward to Spanish
lake. The lake la partially dry.
and the dry portion of its bed is
occasionally used as a landing field
for airplanes by persons visiting
1 t) r oh m
J, TCATLOVV
Map indicates route of Orcgonian-Oregon State Motor
-ncialion party. I
the district. A number of member
of the Order of the Antelope have
used the "official landing field" in
going to the annual meeting.
At Spanish lake we met A. V.
Meyers, government biologist, who
is making a study of the ante
lope. He rides about on a horse
day after day, learning what he
can about the elusive animals. A
count of the number of animals
in the district will be made by
him.
They are believed to number
about 4000 in the Hart mountain
refuge and probably 10,000 in thai
section of Oregon and the adjoin
ing district in Nevada. Only a few
years ago fears were expressed
that they would become extinct
However, protection and the kill
ing off of coyotes in tho district
have resulted in their multiplying
rapidly.
Includes 270,000 Acres
The Hart mountain refuge la
part of the range for big game
animals established In 1935 in con
nection with the western grazing
district under the Taylor grazing
act. Tho refuge comprises 276,000
acres In the heart of the native
range of the antclopo In Lake
county.
From .Spanish lake we turned
back northward to the Lyon ranch,
whero the road nwung westward
through a mountain pass. As wi
went over the hump e suddenl
round ourselves looking down ai
almost sheer escarpment lnt
Warner valley some 2000 feet ba-
low.
'The Jumpln off place Is right,"
admitted somebody in the party,
recalling the words of the tall
resident of Frenchglen.
Hart mountain, it was evident
had been created by a huge fault
in the earth's cruiu. On the east
?ide of the mountain the slope had
been fairly gen tie. but here it was
almost straight up and down.
Our road graduaily r-rried us
down along th precipitous side of
the. mount, tin until wo found our-
9Alns n Warner valley. We
proawd on to Plush, whero we re
crtftiOy ptj T.t,h Branson and
rc?i?a.
Wu Plush 've sped on Into
lAhwvWf. We arrived at Hunters'
Hit Springs botal on tho outskirts
of Lakevtew shortly afterward,
and washed off the dust and ticks
of the desert country with warm
sulphur water. Theft we sat down
to a dinner of thick, luscious steaks
and all that goes with them.
The next day we drove the 375
miles back to Portland from Lake
view Our adventure was over.
IN MILLER CASE
After waiting more than an hour
iMt nlRht for the defendant and his
covinwl to appear, after the jury
had reached a verdict In the trial
of Elton MtHer, Klamath r net inn,
charged with contributing to the de
linquency of a minor. Circuit Jude
H. D. Norton declared h mlstrlnl. re
buked a tardy lawyer from the bench,
ordered a Bench warrant Issued for
the arreet of Miller, and ln-Mrurted
th', sheriff to keep htm In the county
Jail without trimly privileges here
tofore accorded. Miller waa nrrvotod
In the courthouse
aa the Jury waa lc
The verdict of
after two hours' dp
revealed.
Attorney Victor
extensive telephonl
rated In a movie,
was found riding
date haa been M't
by Sheriff BroVvu,
living.
the Jury, reached
'liberation, was not
A. Tengwald. after
ng, waa finally lo-
Defcndant Mlll.-r
with friends. No
for a re-trlnl.
TnMntlment unles In the United
atates IncrMseri to 4 ftOO.000 000 toM
yew compared with 3 .600,000,000
in uiso.
Jot n l. Ky vr of Toledo, Ohio,
whosu hobby Is flower pardoning, has
160 varlrtlei of blooming ins In his
yard.
The British Rovtrnmcnt la spend
ing f 10 ooo.ooo In a 3-year mm-prtt-tn
to improve the nation's p.ijs
irl fllnea.
Supreme Court On
Vacation In July
8ALEM. June 33 (API All ol
the cases at Issue In the state sup
reme court here hnve been nrRurrt
and are under consideration, Arthur
S. Bi'naon. clerk, announced toflftv
The court will recess July 13 for Its
summer vacation, and will recon-1
vrne rollowlnn Ibor day. '
u:r I S RDI IMSII HITII
111 O OR Oi l VX
Daily's Auto Painting
29 South Itartlett
"MEET ME AT THE MANX" ON FAMOUS POWELL ST
"mm
r 1 y Y V- E"!""'- tof'"rMMfr
vi V I
1 1 1 JJ
irrmTTrnTTTm m
111 111",iV""T
OREGONIANS BET
SALEM. June 26. (API Oregon
turf and kennel fans, dissatisfied with
facing relatively sura beta on
straight, place or show, take long
chances of earning small fortunes on
quinella, beta, the state racing com
mission showed today.
Odds on a quinella. In which the
bettor must pick the first two horses
or dogs to finish, have ranged up to
',60 to 1. But If the bettor "click" he
Is In the money.
Last year C3.450.078 waa bet on
nine tracks, including 3.307.783 at
fhe dog races run by the Multnomah
Kennel club in Portland.
Of the total, fl.385.431 was placed
In quinella bets; $1,131,205 In show
beta, In which one must pick a horse
o dog to finish first, second or
third; $514,657 In place bets. In which
tne bettor must pick a first or sec
ond place winner; and $4in.784
(straight bts. In which the winner
must be chosen.
At the nine tracks last year $3,014,
3i'9 waa distributed to bettors after
cuts of 10 per cent, or $345,005, war
retributed to operators and two tnd
a half per cent, or $85,252, to tha
ovate.
If getting Is a sign of tha times,
prosperity has returned.
American films are popular with
the king and queen of England as
well Bh their two princess daughters.
The l.?nd of Guam in mid-Pacific
was curled to the United Suites by
Spain In J 98.
Tea and coffee plants flourish best
in the heher altitude of the tropics.
Willys
HI
6 til on I lis
SaW, far beyond predictions 6 months ago, prove America
enthusiastically wants the high economy and low price of
this sturdily constructed, smartly designed car. Ask for a ride.
PmVm and apeetftta
WOW iityrci to rnangi
uttnout none.
thout notice. m IV
OWNERS Off? ! II
report J3 miles per gallon
PAYMENTS $Q0 asTMll
AS LOW AS JLt-F 11 lltOllIll
MEAD MOTOR CO.
IS g. FtB STKF.F.T PHOST ml)
TUNI IN WILLYS SURPRISI PARTY WITH KAY KY5ER SUNDAY EVENINGS AT 9 E.S.T.
GOODRICH CRASHES THE
LOW-PRICED TIRE FIELD!
eiiiinc TBE CERTIFIED COMMANDER A TIRE THAT'S
LRvS JcVSSh quality -and we of
IT AT A PRICE THAT Will MAKE A RtAioA.."- .
IN YOUR TIRE COSTS.
CVCRT LVaJIYllVlMNUfcK IIKt
IN OUR STOCK IS
FACTORY FRESH
lis u
ANOTHER triumph for Good
rich engineering skill. Another
Goodrich tire that gives motorists
full value and full mileage for their
money. Our supply of Factory -Fresh
COMMANDERS has just arrived.
And what tires they are I Everyone
of them full dimension, with an
extra-wide, extra deep, heavy tread.
Made of wear-rassrnj rubber,
this low-priced Certified Commander
will give you extra mileage for your
money.
Goodrich
Commanders
tVlRY INCH A GOODRICH Tint"
M
LLKr
rr., nVartkitaeiwe I H e'AV,'F
' Wmmf -
And well leave it to you. When
you can get a tire that's built and
backed by Goodrich at a price that's
so downright low isn't that a real
bargain! Spend your tire dollars
wisely. Let us equip your car
with Goodrich Factory-Fresh
COMMANDERS and save.
Credit To Everyone Set Your Own Easy Terms
YOUR CREDIT IS ALWAYS GOOD HERE
REGARDLESS OF EXPERIENCE ELSEWHERE
Lewis Super Service Station ;
We Never Close
8th and Front
Phone 1300