MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD. OREGON. SUNDAY. MAY 19. 1940.
PAGE SEVEN
1940 Motorlog: Two Santiams
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A PAIR OF CHAMPIONS
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Wilbur Shaw, Amerlca'e number one raring driver, Is shown at the
left receiving a Stndebaker Champion coupe from Geo. D. Keller,
vice president in charge of sales for Studebaker. Wilbur will maka
thia Champion his official tar until raea day at Indianapolis, when ha
hopes to win the Champion sedan that will pace the raca and ba
given to the winner.
Buick Limited Is Official Golf Tourneyear'
Tiny lakes abound la the area crossed by the two Santiam roads. Hera vacationists pilot a
crude raft on a tiny lake near the summit of the Cascades.
The following article, pre
sented in co-operation with the
Oregon Stete Motor associa
tion. Is one of a series designed
to promote travel in the Pacific
northwest. Today's article haa
been condensed from a motor
log appearing In the Sunday
Qrvgonian May 19-.
BY JALM AH JOHNSON
AMlctAM City Editor, TIM OTfoola
THIS IS a road report on the
lSorth Santiam and the South
Santiam highways newest
links between the Willamette
valley and central Oregon
with an excursion or two off
the main road and the main
subject for a dash of human
interest.
It looked like rain when the
motorloggers left Portland1 two
weeks ago, and it still looked
like rain when we turned east
at Salem to follow the North
Santiam river into and over the
Cascade mountain's to central
Oregon. But the rain held off
as we moved swiftly over hard
surfaced highway through
Aumsville, Sublimity, Stayton,
where we first gHmpsed the
North Santiam river, and on
through Mill City and Gates-.
Just east of Gates the oiled
highway ended and' We started
tip through the foothills over a
road which In places was good
and in others quite rough-, nar
row and crooked.
The speedometer mileage re
corder read 946.4 miles when
the first rough road was en
countered and it stood at 863
when the rough road ended at
Detroit. It had taken the bet
ter part of an hour to cover the
stretch, but the rugged scenery
more than made up for the cau
tion required of the driver. The
highway skirts the river, which
tumbles majestically through a
deep canyon, the sides of which
are heavily timbered. A rail
road hangs perilously on the
river bank.
Some day, probably in the
near future, the Gates-Detroit
part of the highway will be as
good as the rest of the broad,
well-engineered route to the
other side of the mountains.
Improvement of the stretch
hinges on a projected dam some
tx miles below Detroit
The dam, which will be a
part of the Willamette valley
project for rood control and
other purposes, has been au
thorized, but no money has
been appropriated for it. When
they get the money the United
States army engineers will
build it
Meanwhile the highway must
be relocated at a higher eleva
tion, as the dam will flood the
present route. The engineers
will furnish enough money to
build a road equally as good as
the present one, and other
agencies, the federal bureau of
public roads for one, will con
tribute more money to con
struct a good, modern highway
while they are at it
The dam at first will be a
low one for flood control pur
poses. Later it may be raised
so that it can be used for power
generation, and when that time
eomes the town of Detroit will
be submerged. However, the
hi'hway will be placed high
enough at the beginning so that
possible heightening of the dam
will not require relocation
again. Surveys have been com
pleted for the new route and
some construction may be un
dertaken this year.
At Detroit the motorloggers
made a side trip of 12 miles to
M. D. Bruckman's Brcitenbush
hot springs resort. Mr. Bruck-
man was getting ready for open
; ing of the hotel on May 28. and
the more than 100 hot springs
on the place were gurgling
busily. The store is already
open, as are the cabins. The
Breitenbush road was rough in
spots, due to winter wear and
tear, but will receive a going
over before the busy-season.
From Detroit to Suttle lake,
past the junction with the South
Santiam highway and through
the 4817-foot high Santiam pass,
is 43 miles and can be covered
in about as many minutes over
a road which is partly oiled and
elsewhere well graded and
smooth. At Suttle lake we put
up for the night at J. E. Rent-
schlars brand-new knotty-pine
lodge, which replaced the old
lodge destroyed by fire last
August.
Next morning we found the
rain that had held off all day
before had turned to an un-
seasonal snow during the night
and four Inches of wet snow
covered the ground. A projected
boat ride on the lake was out
of the question, but a visit to
Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Green's
Circle-M dude ranch on the Me
tritis river was only a matter
of a few minutes over a good
road.
Back to the Santiam highway
and on east through Sisters ns
snow there and on to Red
mond and Prineville, lumbering
and agricultural cities much
benefited by the new Santiam
road. Then to Bend for the
rest of the day and that night
at the. Pilot Butte inn.
The South Santiam highway
was the route the next day for
an uneventful but scenically
beautiful 200-mile drive from
Bend to Portland. The snow
capped Three Sisters, Mount
Washington, T h r e e - Fingered
Jack and Jefferson started the
scenic parade.
The South Santiam, which
branches off the North Santiam
12 miles west of Suttle lake, is
completely graded, the last
stretch being finished last year.
It was still dust-free as a re
sult of recent rains and only in
a few spots where winter slide
were being removed was a let
up of the throttle necessary.
Three miles west of the Junc
tion a road turns south to Clear
lake and on to the McKenzie
highway.
Deep canyons, tall timber,
rushing streams are attractions
on the South Santiam road in
the upper stretches, but soon
one finds oneself in the fertile
Willamette valley with prosper
ous farms and busy cities such
as Foster, Sweet Home and
Lebanon dotting the level land
scape. At Albany the highway
joins the Pacific highway.
The state highway depart
ment In co-operation with fed
eral agencies has been Improv
ing the South Santiam high
way since the early 1920s. At
first not a great deal of money
was appropriated but the last
few years $200,000 to $300,000
a year has been spent on it
With grading finished, urfae
ing and oiling will bo pushed.
Streams of Human Misery
Flowing Before Blitzkrieg
In Belgium, North France
By H. Taylor Henry
Paris. May 18. yip) Fleeing crowds of (three words
censored) refugees from Belgium and northeastern Franca are
streaming toward the interior while the French army meeti
the trip-hammer blows of the invading German shock forces.
I have Just returned to Paris I
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GIRLS LEAGUE IEK
IS ENDED BY
By Norm La MeGlothlln
Junior high's annual Girls'
League week, May 13-17, got
off to a good start Monday with
a group of girls making nose
gays and boutonnleres for the
faculty.
On Monday and Tuesday,
courtesy days, the girls were
required to carry the boys'
books to and from classes and
show them other courtesies
that the boys should show the
girls.
Monday afternoon a Girls'
league meeting was called by
President Helen Young to ex
plain activities of the week.
Tuesday afternoon a fire drill
was held" with the feminine
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fire squad doing a very fine
Job.
Wednesday a luncheon was
held for the council members
and officers of Girls' league
and the Boys' league officers
as guests.
Thursday afternoon a tea
and style show were given for
the mothers. After the style
'show Miss Delie M. Whisenant.
dean of girls, presented the fol
lowing girls with Girls' league
pins for their services during
the year: president, Betty Frey;
vice president, Thomasino
iSwoape; secretary, Clara Dan
, lels; treasurer. Natalie Parker, :
and the following committee
I chairmen. Nine Tuttle, Shirley ;
Weisenburger, Pat Balantyne,
and Mary Lou Lyman.
Friday night the week was
topped off with the ninth
grade dance. The gym was dec
orated by June Jarmin and her
committees. Festivities opened
with the grand march led by
student body president, Bob
Davis and yell leader, Shirley
Angent. Music was supplied by
Whipple's orchestra.
The week's festivities partic
ularly belong to the 9 A class
whose pleasures are mixed with
regrets at the thought of leav
ing good old junior high school.
from a week's stay along the
sector of the front where the
fighting is now heaviest.
For more than 70 miles I bi
cycled along roads packed with
slowly plodding peasants and
automobiles and convoys mov
ing in the opposite direction.
Terrific Fighting
I started back to Paris 24
hours ago from Cambrai after
being bombed for 'more than
an hour (four words censored).
At least 30 old men, women
and children were killed.
The fighting in this first of
really modern battles has been
terrific, like nothing before in
history.
A French officer who fought
in the last war told me "There
can be no comparison between
this battle and the worst ones
of the last war. Two hours of
this is worse than two days of
the battle for Verdun."
(Verdun was the greatest
center of resistance to the Ger
man Invasion during the world
war and both the French and
Germans suffered tremendous
losses).
Losses are reported (two
words censored) heavy.
Attacked By Plan
As P. J. Philip of the New
York Times and I were setting
out early yesterday morning for
Paris on bicycles, the only avail
able means of transportation, a
German plane dive bombed be
hind us.
It loosed five bombs on rail
road tracks. We were within
40 yards. We threw ourselves
uai against a wall amidst a
shower of bricks and glrss and
then raced to a shelter to avoid
the plane's spraying machine
gun bullets as it returned.
I pedaled back toward the
hotel.
. Bomb Rips Wheel
Again the planes attacked.
The bombs fell a block away.
They were bigger bombs this
time. The force of the explosion
knocked me off my bicycle, rip
ping the back wheel to pieces.
Again the plane returned to
machine gun attack. Again I
ducked to the cover of a wall.
A French major who slept in
the hotel room next to mine
the night before was among
those killed.
I recalled he had said to me:
"If they get one of us and the
other escapes it will be pretty
nice shooting, won't It?"
We were not over SO yards
apart when they got him and
I escaped with only bruises.
Screams of the wounded af
ter the bombing were ghastly.
One woman with arteries
severed in both legs was hold-
CARRYING THI moat advanced type of eound
and printing equipment, thla 1940 Bulek Series 90
Limited aedan la the official "tourneyear at the
championship golf tournamenta of the winter circuit
extending from Florida to California and back again.
It la used to make official announeementa and to
produce the official starting times and aeorea'ef
player participating In the tournamenta. Edward
DarreH of Golf Magattne, left, and Fred Corcoran,
P. 0. A. tournament manager, constitute the crew of
the tourneyear In which they will cover all event
f the winter golf circuit. Involving a 20,000 mil
tour. Thla photograph waa taken at the San Fran
cisco Match Play Championship event
ing a small baby in her arms,
crooning to it
Hotel Destroyed
An old man hobbled around
trying to stop the flow of blood
spurting from the stump of his
arm.
A baby huddled In the corner
of the station kept walling
"Mama, mama."
Bombs destroyed the hotel
which for a week had been my
headquarter between trip to
the front
Everything I had. Including
a typewriter and steel trench
helmet Issued by the American
embassy, was lost.
Closing time (or too Late to Clas
sify Ada Is l:S0 p. m.
Kay Sister to Wed
Oklahoma City, May 18. (IP)
A June wedding will end the
constant companionship of Okla
homa' famous Key listers, the
first quadruplets known to have
reached maturity. Mona will be
married June 18 to Robert W.
Fowler, accountant for an oil
company.
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By BILL YOUNG I
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