oc-plain-dealer 1923-05-12

AUTO CLUB'S HEAD MEN GATHER Big Meeting Closes Today; Banquet Last Night Brilliant Affair What is said to be the first gathering ever held of the district managers or other representatives of the Auto Club of Southern California closed at noon today in the Club's handsome new headquarters in Los Anay morning with a big banquet in geles. Sessions, which opened yesterday the evening, are devoted to reports on practically every phase of the club's activities. Manager Paul V. Allen of the Anaheim office, Charles W. Ray and Miss Norma Meckes attended from here. At the banquet last night approximately 350 had seats, speeches were made by Ralph Reynolds, manager of the insurance department, Carl McStay, field secretary, and others. Musical numbers lightened the program. All of nearly all of the 26 offices of the club had representatives present. Car Per Day Delivered By Market The Anaheim Certified Used Car Market has sold an average of better than a car per day since it opened on Feb. 21, Manager C. P. Hamm announced this week. The Fullerton used car market of the County Motor Car Dealers' Asso. this week passed under the management of Hamm. The latter will divide his time between the two places. The official opening will take place there today. C. C. Hull has been transferred there from here. The Fullerton market is being run on the same policy as that of Anaheim. CHEMISTRY USED TO HARDEN TIRE The Para-Bell manufacturers, consent in the stamina of their Para-Bell tire, have raised the mileage guarantee from 10,000 to 12,000 miles, says Roy Mendoza of the Reilable Tire Co., local distributors. Mendoza declares that for his own part he can well afford to give such HOW TO DRIVE CAR IN THE MOUNTAINS "The touring season is with us and Buick owners intending to drive into the mountains are asked to see that their brakes are in good condition and that the motor has the power to make the grades," says Art Steward, shop foreman of the Anaheim Auto Co., Buick distributors, which has installed time saving devices to aid Buick owners. "There have been many accidents already this year in the mountain roads to people who either do not know how to drive on the steep grades or who know too much." "Those who try to see how far their cars will go up hill on high gear do not stop to think of the man back of them who is plugging along in second at a steady speed. And when the man in high has to change gears, he generally has to drop to low and by that time the man back of him has to stop which makes it hard for all. If some one happens to be a new driver and stalls his engine there are chances of somebody getting hurt. And all because the first man was merely trying his car. "Also coming down grade there are people taking chances every day of injuring themselves or someone else, because they don't understand their car. Brakes are meant to stop but there are grades too steep for even brakes to be used, such as the Little and Big Bear grades, where the gears must be used the same as going uphill, only don't give the car gas. "On coming down a steep grade which is long and winding, if the brakes are used they will be on fire before the driver gets to the bottom and of no further use. If the brakes give way, before the bottom is repeched, there is nothing the driver can do but to stop the car but put it in first or second gear and that would be impossible before damage was done." So the safest thing to do is to CHEMISTRY USED TO HARDEN TIRE The Para-Bell manufacturers, consent in the statement of their Para-Bell tire, have raised the mileage guarantee from 10,000 to 12,000 miles, says Roy Mendoza of the Reliable Tire Co., local distributor. Mendoza declares that for his own part he can well afford to give such a guarantee, because he has never had a tire returned. The chemical treatment of the Para-Bell enables it to withstand the hardest kind of usage on the mountain roads. On Cadillacs and Fords alike, the Para-Bell is the tire for mountain as well as boulevard use. This Is to Tell You Where the W May Be Found; Many Good Poo There are any number of enticing week-end trips to the mountains that the sportsman may make with trout fishing usually excellent if the fisherman knows how. Just as a reminder, District No. 4, including parts of Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, Imperial and San Diego Counties, is included among those available. District No. 2½ includes parts of San Luis Obispo, Kern, Kings, Ventura and Santa Barbara counties, is another. The exact locations where the season is open can be obtained from the Auto club of So Cal. Meanwhile, here are the trips mentioned by the club, with distances measured from Los Angeles as a standard: San Gabriel Canyon—Berry Flat's Camp Grounds—52 miles—located at end of auto road about seven miles from Azusa. This is a favorite weekend camping place for trout fishermen. Many walk up this stream from here to east and west forks of the San Gabriel. This camp ground is under the supervision of the Forest Service. Tables, benches, wood, water and conveniences are furnished free of charge. Follow's Camp—39 miles—located on east fork of the San Gabriel, reached by stage from Berry Flats. Furnished tents and hotel accommodations may be had. Trout fishing and saddle horses available. Camp Bonita—42 miles—located on east fork of the San Gabriel, reached by stage from Berry Flats. Cottages, furnished tents, meals, saddle horses, store and trout fishing. Lyons springs—2½ miles above grounds, wood, fishing and room Matillaia. Strip Wheeler's Hot located four mile cottages, camp fishing, horses. Strip map 70. Sulphur Mountains—located 7 Paula Creek from junction of the S Creekes; Hotels fishing, saddle and store. Strip Lower Susquehanna—located 5 from highway; fishing. Nearest Strip map 70. Big Rock Creation 12 miles camp grounds nearest supplies maps 50-200-32. Deep Creek reached by New out of Hermitage Good fishing up Fork. Nearest Strip maps 69-61. Rainbow Angles—located seven lards on Mill Gate grounds; m berishment $10.00-$60-51-86. Big Bear Lake cottages, camp hunting, boatingments. Strip m INYO NATIONAL FOREST IS LURE No mountain area in California offers more to the mountain climber, camper, hunter and fisherman than the Inyo National Forest, with its myriad lakes, streams, glacier and mountain peaks, says the Auto Club of So. Calif. From Olancha on the south to Mono Lake on the north are found the highest peaks of the Sierra Range and through this region it is possible to make scores of wonderful auto, pack or hiking trips. The following are some of the most popular. From Convict Lake the road leads to Mammoth, the center of one of the finest recreation areas in California. Using Mammoth as a base and either rstopping at the resort or at one of the beautiful adjacent camping spots, one can spend at least three weeks, go every day and never visit the same place twice. Adjacent to Mono Lake on the Mono Forest is another wonderful recreation region. Leaving Mammoth the highway traverses miles of even nine timbered hills, crosses a low divide and drops toward Mono Lake, passing the Mono Crafers on the right. Service. Tables, benches, wood, water and conveniences are furnished free of charge. Follow's Camp—39 miles—located on east fork of the San Gabriel, reached by stage from Berry Flats. Furnished tents and hotel accommodations may be had. Trout fishing and saddle horses available. Camp Bonita—42 miles—located on east fork of the San Gabriel; reached by stage from Berry Flats. Cottages, furnished tents, meals, saddle horses, store and trout fishing. Camp Rineon—37 miles—on west fork of San Gabriel. Accommodations about the same as Camp Bonita. Fishing. Glenn Ranch—65 miles—located on Lytle Creek. Camping, cottages and store. No meals served. Swimming and some trout fishing. Strip map 96. Lake Arrowhead—84 miles from Los Angeles in the San Bernardino mountains. Hotel, cottages, camp grounds, store, amusements, fishing and boating. Camp grounds $1.00 per day. Strip maps 60-61-22. San Jacinto Mountains—Idyllwild, 112 miles—located 20 miles from Hemet. Offers good camp grounds, store, hotel, cottages, saddle horses and trout fishing; also deer hunting. Strip maps 60-61-62-19. Pine Flat Camp Grounds—118 miles—located 4 miles northwest Wyllwillie. Elevation 5,800 feet; contained by U.S. Forest Service Pine trees, tables, benches, wood, water, conveniences and trout fishing in near-by streams. Nearest supplies, Idyllwild, 6.1 miles. Fuller Mill Creek—117.4 miles—located 5.4 miles from Idyllwild. Excellent water and fine timber conveniences, trout fishing. Strip map wild. Ventura River—Foster Park—78 miles—located seven miles up the Ventura River at junction Coyote Creek. Camp grounds, store, conveniences, trout fishing. Strip map 70. Camp Comfort—$1 miles—located on San Antonio Creek, a branch of the Ventura River; beautiful oak trees, some trout fishing, nearest supplier, Norbuff, three miles. Strip map 70. Matilija—$1 miles—located four miles northwest of Ojal in Matilija Creek; camp grounds, hotel, cottages, furnished rights, trout fishing, plunge. What's the firing if your tire gives way to dark road? Warks C. J. New series store on street. The Dayton fire par excelsite mountains. Ic Cattlerig, salzer distributor In 23,000 miles on a Dodge touring Anaheim 22,000 by 3½%, also on 15,000 miles at Anaheim Orange the Red Fox Or use them. The Renta Co cord tire turment. Accessories such as sparkling gas container headlights, too things are new lances on a lot garages are not reached by New out of Heperia Good fishing up Fork. Nearest Strip maps 60-61- Rainbow Angles—located seven lands on Mill Grain grounds mbership $10.00 60-61-36. Big Bear Lake cottages, camp hunting, baitingments. Strip map Bouquet Can 39 miles—grounds—wood sciences. Strip m Camp Dalytain Avenue are you out of Cages store, strip may 26. Help prevent Be sure your oil throwing it away. MOBILE SEC OF THE ORANGE COUNTY PLAIN DEALER Anaheim, California, Saturday, May 12, 1923 Open Road South Morning Center in the Foothills near the Flintbridge Country Club Where the Wily Trout Many Good Pools Reachable store and saddle horses. Strip map 70. Lyons springs—92.5 miles—located 2½ miles above Matilija. Camp grounds, wood, water, shade, trout fishing and rooms; nearest supplies, Matilija. Strip may 70. Wheeler's Hot Springs—95 miles—located four miles of Matilija; Hotel, cottages, camp grounds, store, trout fishing, horses and amusements. Strip map 70. Sulphur Mountain Springs—72 miles—located 7 miles up the Santa Paula Creek from Santa Paula at the junction of the Sesar and Santa Paula Creeks; Hotels, restaurant, cottages, fishing, saddle horses, amusements and store. Strip may 70. Lower Sesper—Henely's Camp—68 miles—located 5 miles up Sesper rivel from highway; camp grounds, trout fishing. Nearest store, Fillmore. Strip may 70. Big Rock Creek—83.5 miles—located 12 miles east of Palmdale; camp grounds and trout fishing; nearest supplies, Little Rock. Strip maps 50-200-22. Deep Creek — 104 miles — best reached by New Arrowhead Toll road out of Hesperia to West Fork bridge. Good fishing up Deer Creek and West Fork. Nearest supplies, Hesperia. Strip maps 60-61-217. Rainbow Angling Club—73.5 miles—located seven miles out of Rodlands on Mill Greek road. Fine picnic grounds; members only. Membership $10.00 per year. Strip maps 60-61-86. Big Bear Lake—105 miles—Hotel, cottages, camp grounds, fishing, hunting, boating, horses and amusements. Strip maps 60-61-86. Unwritten Law of Road Calls for Good Lights Do "unwritten laws" apply to motorists as well as to those people involved in marital difficulties? Home protection does not differ from auto protection where it comes to the "unwritten law" of the road, say officials of the Auto Club of Southern California. If every motorist will observe the unwritten law of courtesy, auto accidents will be cut fifty percent says the Southern California Auto Club. Glaring headlights form a problem which so seriously affects the safety of motorists on the highways at night, that the greatest minds in practically every state in America have devoted their energy to finding some written law which would stop the glare. So far, on account of the immense number of cars operating, no absolutely effective check on glaring headlights has been found. It is now almost an unwritten law that motorists should arrange their headlights in such a way that they will not blind those coming toward them. It is an act of selfish discountey to have one's car equipped with glaring headlights, says the Auto Club. Although there is a law in California providing for the arrangement of headlights so they do not glare, it is very difficult of enforcement and a great deal depends upon the thoughtful courtesy of motorists in the matter. However, these motorists who continue using glaring headlights, will find that the law will grab them by the throat some day when they least expect it. Grist and Gist of Whale Is; Similar Nation Third Annual Celebration of Under Auspices Motor Car Dates—May 13th to 19th Purpose of the festival—To the 1923 touring season and can be to the fact that vacation time. A statewide movement—The three years ago by the Los Angeles become a state wide movement, in the state and bids fair to as several of the large automobiles dened their intention of design week sometime in May to be men in all parts of the country. Co-operation of other merchants of merchandising endeavor have mobile men in making this year will benefit all lines of business. They are arranging for special advertisements and special attractors of the open road and to motoring, camping, hunting. Paved Roads, Arizona to California Necessary to Tourists and Commerce California and Arizona are so favored by the people of northern Arizona it is much longer by this Paved Roads, Arizona to California Necessary to Tourists and Commerce MOUNTAIN ROADS DEMAND TOUGH TIRE What's the fun of camping or touring, if your tires give out, brake ling gives way or lights go out on a dark road? Why not be prepared? arks C. J. Nenno, of the big accessories store on South Los Angeles street. The Dayton thorobred tire is the tire par excellence for trips into the mountains. It's dependable. A. D. Cattler, saleman of the Banta Co., distributor in So. Cal., has driven 32,000 miles on a set of 32 by 45 on a Dodge touring and T. L. Roberts of Anaheim 22,000 on a rear pair of 32 by 3½, also on a Dodge touring, with 15,000 miles still in the tires. The Anaheim Orange & Lemon Ass'n and the Red Fox Orchards of Orange both use them. The Banta Company never has had a cord tire turned in for an adjustment. Accessories and replacement parts, such as spark plugs, an emergency gas container, proper globes for the headlights, tools and a dozen other things are necessities, not conveniences, on a long trip where service garages are not at hand. California and Arizona are so closely associated in a commercial way that markets have been made for the past several years to secure more adequate road conditions between the interior and the coast. At present there are three routes that carry heavy travel throughout the year, but not one of the three is paved throut its length. During the past year Charles H. Bigelow has made frequent trips between Los Angeles and various Arizona cities on behalf of the Roo Motor Car Co. of California. Bigelow is an experienced road engineer and has made a thorough study of the advantages and disadvantages of each of the three routes as well as numerous substitute routes and cut-offs proposed from time to time as alternatives to avoid certain faults found in existing routes. The southern route following the central one as far as India, continues via the Ocean to Ocean highway. The most direct route to Phoenix, the Arizona capital, lies by way of the Coachella Valley, Mecca, Blythe, Ehrenburg and Phoenix. Excellent pavement now reaches practically all the way through from Los Angeles to Mecor. From Mecca to Blythe the route lies across arid desert with stretches of soft stand interpersed with dry washes and occasional hard rock spots strewn with sharp rocks that play havoc with tires. From Blythe to the Colorado river at Ehrenburg the route is occasionally impassable in the Spring, due to flooding from the Colorado overflow. At Ehrenburg the motorist crosses the Colorado by ferry. A short stretch of highway out of Phoenix is paved, but much of it lies over desert wastes. The route by way of Victoryville, Durstow, Needles, Topoe, Ashfork and Prescott to Phoenix is highly favored by the people of northern Arizona. It is much longer by this route to Phoenix, but is by far the best route from all northern Arizona cities and for motorists enroute to the Grand Canyon and to Kansas City and the East except in mid-winter when snow may block portion of the way between Ashfork and Flagstaff. Arizona has done much in the last two years toward improving its roads and highways. Maricopa co., in which Phoenix the capital city is located, possesses a total of 300 miles of the of the finest of paved highways. Other hundreds of miles throughout the state have been surfaced with decomposed granite which is available almost everywhere in the state close to the main-traveled routes, and which is being put on as a temporary surfacing with a view to eventually surfacing with concrete after the roadway has become well settled after two or three years of travel. Cotton, copper, live stock and garden products will some day be brought to the coast by motor truck from the prudific farms and ranches of Arizona lying within the irrigation range of the Colorado, the Gila and Salt rivers. Without paved highway connections Arizona and the latent country in between is being held back in its development, according to bankers and businessmen of Los Angeles and Arizona cities. Governor Richardson and highway Commission, er Toy visited this intervening section of the California side of the Colorado river recently and were greatly impressed with the urgent need of the completion of at least one of the three highway routes. Eventually, with the development and conservation of the flood waters of the Colorado all three will be necessary, according to Bigelow and Roo Speed Wagon truck lines will make regular trips between the interior and the coast and tide-water. SECTION TWENTY-SIXTH YEAR Sounds Today THOUSANDS OBSERVE WEEK Third Annual Celebration on All Over Southland; Facts, Featured Thousands of automobile and accessory distributors throughout Southern California are joining their hands this week with business men and merchants in all lines of commercial endeavor in the formal celebration of the third annual call of the open road week, which marks the formal opening of the summer touring season. The annual celebration of a week in the month of May as an Open Road week; during which time the joys and delights of California touring would be called to the attention of the motoring public throughout the state, was started by the Los Angeles Automobile Dealers Association three years ago, and since that time the magnitude and importance of the event has grown with each succeeding Call of the Open Road Week. Annual Celebration of the Call of the Open Road. Auspices Motor Car Dealers' Associations. May 13th to 19th inclusive. Use of the festival—To mark the formal poening of touring season and call the attention of the public that vacation time is at hand. Newwide movement—The open road festival, started ago by the Los Angeles automobile men has state wide movement, being celebrated by every city and bids fair to become national, in as much of the large automobile manufacturers have their intention of designating a national open roadetime in May to be celebrated by the automobile parts of the country. Tion of other merchants.—Business men in all lines andising endeavor have joined hands with the auto-men in making this year's open road event one that suit all lines of business endeavor. Are arranging for special window displays, special events and special attractions, to call attention to the open road and the features that add pleasure, camping, hunting and fishing. PETRIFIED WOODS ARE WORTH VISIT Motorists who are hard-pressed for a decision on where to go for a vacation tour from this section of California, might give a little thot to the petrified forests, points out the touring bureau of he Automobile Club of Southern California. There are only four petrified forests in the open road week, which marks the formal opening of the summer touring season. The annual celebration of a week in the month of May as an Open Road week; during which time the joys and delights of California touring would be called to the attention of the motoring public throughout the state, was started by the Los Angeles Automobile Dealers' Association three years ago, and since that time the magnitude and importance of the event has grown with each succeeding Call of the Open Road Week. May 13th to 19th inclusive have been set as the dates for the Open Road week festivities this year; and the cooperation between the automobile dealers of the state and merchants in other lines of endeavor, means that the event this year will have an even more widespread import than in times past. Window displays calling attention to the various kinds of sport clothes that go with the long motor trip; fishing and hunting equipment; outdoor paraphernalia of all sorts and a thousand and one automobile accessories that add to the joys of summer camping, will be featured by merchants. Many of the automobile dealers are using the week to display to the best advantage their new sport models, and efforts are being made by resorts and hotels in the mountain fastness of the state or at the many beaches to call especial attention to their advantages as vacationing places. Manager Burt Roberts of the Los Angeles Motor Car Dealers Association who has been working with chairman Robert S. Breyer of the Dealers Committee in plans for the Open Road week festival declares that the week can be used to advantage by the general public and by Chambers of Commerce throughout the state to further advertise the wonderful advantages of Southern California as a motorista paradise. "I frankly do not believe that there is place in the world that offers the number of tours ever good roads to such wealth of different attractive localities as is afforded the California motorist within a one hundred and fifty mile radius of Los Angeles." "It is partly for the purpose of calling this fact to the attention of the public that the dealers throughout the state have received the hearty cooperation of merchants in all lines of business activity, for they realize the importance of the advertising that naturally comes to Southern California from such an Open Road celebration." California's annual Open Road week has been discussed throughout the entire country and has around no end of favorable comment in the east. In fact, according to word received here many of the more prominent of the eastern automobile man- PETRIFIED WOODS ARE WORTH VISIT Motorists who are hard-pressed for a decision on where to go for a vacation tour from this section of California, might give a little thought to the petrified forests, points out the touring bureau of the Automobile Club of Southern California. There are only four petrified forests in the world, and three of these are in the United States, while the other one is near Cairo in Egypt. One of them is right here in California up near Calistoga in the central part of the state, another up in Arizona, and another over near the Yellowstone National Park. Auto Club authorities who are busily engaged collecting data for motoring tours have a few interesting statistics on hand in regard to the history and nature of these little frequented fossil forests. They say that these petrified forests, some of which show the trees intact with trunks and branches just as they were when they were living, were buried in the earth after the sap had sucked up into the trunk a quantity of silica in solution. "Silica" is not any high-brow word—it is just a sort of mineral solution which goes into the trunk of trees as the sap absorbs the water from the earth and hardens the veins of the trees, turning it gradually into stone, just as gelatine hardens when you make a pudding. Motorists invariably ask the ages of these fossil trees and it may be some satisfaction to you who are planning to visit any one of them this spring or summer to know that they may be anywhere between 1,000,000 and 15,000,000 years of age. Some of the fossil forests are older than others, but the merest flapper of them has at least seen 1,000,000 summers. The Auto Club touring bureau has prepared information which will guide motorists over the shortest and best routes to any or all of these forests located in America. If you must go to Cairo to see the other one, maybe the Club can help you out on that too! Plain Dealer Want Ads Get Results. California's annual Open Road week has been discussed throughout the entire country and has around no end of favorable comment in the east. In fact, according to word received here many of the more prominent of the eastern automobile manufacturers are considering the possibility of securing the endorsement of the National Automobile Chamber of Commerce on an Open Road week, with dates jate in May, which shall be celebrated throughout the entire United States. The purpose is to formally let the general public know that the touring season is at hand and that summer vacation time is here. This move on the part of the National Automobile dealers would do much to stimulate early summer touring and would send tens of thousands of vacationists on their trips with better equipment and better plan for the summer vacation jaunt. LIGHT CARS BEST ON LONG JOURNEY Get a light car for your camping trip or tour, advice G. A. Reemeruder, sales manager of Harry D. Riley Studebgher distributor in Anahala Orange, Fullerton and their vicinities. The light six Studebaker touring car is almost built to order for such purposes. The cushions can be taken out in units from the all steel body, making plenty of room for luggage, which doesn't have to be tied onto the running boards. The animal bodies withstands the weather, so that the car's appearance isn't spoiled by the trip. The emergency and service brakes are unusually dependable, and the turning radius of the car, 39 feet for the light six touring, is a mighty convenience on narrow mountain roads. It's a car for economy, also, with 20 miles to the gallon of gas, 1,800 miles to the quart of oil and 15,000 to 20,000 miles on the tires. The care above all is easy to operate.