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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (Feb. 22, 1920)
THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN, PORTlsAND, FEBRUARY 22, 1920 NEW CADILLAC EIGHT. JUST ARRIVED, AND OLDSMOBILE SEDAN WILL BE AMONG THE FEA ' TUBES OF THE BIG AUTOMOBILE SHOW. BE PAVED BY JULY 1 Paving Plants Being. Set. Up Now for Spring Work. ? MUCH HARD1 SURFACE MOW Clatsop County Plans Also to Pave Portions of the Nehalem or Inland Highway. " f ' - " I i.-Ul..UI II III! II I,.., l- IT IIMMIl IMIIIilsawiininimTili "m X-S I : BY LEWIS A. McARTHL'R. - Clatsop is not one of the counties - of Oregon that is willing to sit quiet ly by and let the state do all the road work. This county at the nouth of ' the Columbia has always been at the T front in the good roads movement " and the authorities have adopted a . programme for 1920 that will add materially to the county's hard-sur-" face road mileage. In general, the hard-surface pro ; gramme of Clatsop county includes the Columbia river highway leading eastward to Portland, which is being. built by the state; the Nehalem high- way. leading southeast from Astoria and Anally reaching Portland via the N'ebalem valley; highways up Young's . river and up the Lewis and Clark - river, a highway west and south to T Seaside and on 10 the Tillamook line -together with a branch from Y'arren- - ton northwest to Kort Stevens, worn way for several years and In IKJU - substantial headway will be made on each road. The Columbia river highway is be Z ing hard surfaced by the state and r the road is completed for 11.3 miles . east of Astoria to Svensen. During 191 this stretch was a particularly - awful Diece of highway, as it was " covered with crushed rock, but it is - fine going these days and a great aid - to overland navigation rnom i'ortlano to Astoria. - A paving plant will soon he" set up at Knjippa and there is another now z: being installed west of Clatsop Crest. - They should be in operation In, a few weeks. The remainder of the Colum- " bia river highway between Svensen 7 and Clatskanle should be paved in ; early summer. Z. Xehalem Highway Included. . J The Nehalem highway is better known as the inland rouie between - Astoria and Portland and it has been T definitely picked out by Ctatsop coun- - ty as a permanent pavlnK project. In I the summer of 1S19 neatly four miles of fine concrete base and black-top -" pavement was laid on this road, be ' ginning on t shore of Young's bay near the city limits and extending southeast nearly halt way to Olney ' This highway is beautifully laid out along Young's river and will be aJ popular drive this coming summer. " Plans are under way to extend this - pavement about four miles more to a : point near Olney. The contract soon will be let by the county. Thte pavement does not extend into the city of Astoria over the old hill by the reservoir. It is planned to grade . a sew road along the north shore of Young's bay. connecting the pavement t to the- north did of the Young's bay t bridge on the Astoria-Seaside high J way. and thus eliminate a bad climb. I The length of the connecting link will ' be about a mile and the grading will ; be heavy. It will probably not be t paved this' summer. I Across Young's bay south of Asto- ' ria is Miles crossing. A road extends j from this crossing southeast up the f west side of Young's river and it is ' planned to pave this road with hard I surface for about five miles in the ' coming summer, the work extending from Milies" crossing to Tucker creek : Several years ago five miles of con crete were laid southwesterly from ', Miles' crossing up Lewis and Clark .' river and this section of pavement . has opemed up so much territory that j It was resolved to try the same ex ; periment on the Young's river side. Seaside Paving Sure Spot. The condition of the Astoria-Seaside section of the Columbia river '; highway is a sore spot in Clatsop ' county. The road is only paved in - places and even there the paving is verv narrow. After a number of i months a contract has finally been let . for a, new modern bridge across Younn's bay and a short piece of j pavement between the new bridge rfl Above Im one of the kandomcit of the many encloaed car models to be aeen at the automobile abow. It la the latest thing" In Oldsmohile eight aedana this ear belngr represented here by the Oldsmobtle company of Oregon Below It Is the first picture taken here of the new 1920 Cadillac eight, handled by the Covey Motor Car rum. " pany, which embodies a number of changes over the Previous model. Of course. It has the same wonderful Cadillac eight motor, but the new ear la seven inches longer than its predecessor, having a wheelbase of 130 r inches' -a against 123 inches before.. -The lines of hood and cowl are higher and atraighter, and there are ... numerous refinements in appearance There Is a short detour at the Tide creek bridge, 67.2." St. Helens to pave the new grade from A paving plant has been set up at 71.7 to 84.2, from McBride, crossing to Scappoose.- There is solid paving from from 84.2 to 105.2, Scappoose to Port land, l he total distance paved on February 13 .was 60.7 miles, unpaved 44.5 miles. Four paving plants In operation should be able to 'pave on an average of half a mile a day with good luck which means that the highway may be paved in three months if all goes well and there are no breakdowns, no car shortages and other troubles. The highway to Astoria should be finished by July 1. and Miles' crossing will soon be con tracted for. The port of Astoria has ' built op a wide dyke so the new pave ' ment -will have proper-width. It seems to be understood In Asto ria that the Astoria-Seaside highway ' will be completely paved this summer ' though there is a doubt as to who will dn tho work, the state or the county In any event it is a much-needed t project, for the summer travel is very . heavy over this section. It is prob ' ably only a question of time until the road between Seaside and the Tilla ' roook county line will be paved with hard surface, as Clatsop courtty has ' considerable money tied up In a well v located grade. Tillamook county in ' tends to do several miles of paving A on Its section of the Coast highway . this summer. - - - k - - Last year the Clatsop county au '. thorities paved part of the Warren- ton-Kort Stevens road, leaving about a mile next to Warrenton uncom- nleted. Work on this gap will soon . start and) the entire road will be hard surfaced. It is about three miles long. In all there will be about ten miles . of bard surface laid by the county on ' the Nehalem, Younsrs river and Fort '' steTens roads and a number of miles in addition on the Astoria-Seaside highway unless that work is under ' taken by the state in the near future. ' Clatsop county's contribution to good ' roads will be very substantial this t summer. - Last of Paving Down 3iow. Paving is already'under way on the ! Columbia river highway this month. the plant on Beaver creek, east of , Clatskanie. having taken advantage ' of the good weather to begin opera ' Mens. On Friday, February 13, the ; following log was taken between As- torla and Portland through the cour tesy of C. J. Nordstrom, Chandler agent at Astoria. On that day the i drive up the river was ideal: Pa-ring from 0 to 11.3, Astoria to -( Svensen. i Co paring from 11.3 to 38.9. Svensen ' to a point near Clatskanle. j Paving from 38.9 to 40.7. Through ; the town of Clatskanle, which is 39.1 J from Astoria. ? From 40.7 to 46. 6 the paring is scat tered in short stretches, along Bea : Tw creek. The paving gang was in -' operation at 46.5 filling up the gaps. These short unpared pieces should be : completed within a month if the ' weather is good. The plant will then - be moved to Knappa. There is already ' a plant set up at Clatskanie and one ' about a mile west of Clatsop crest. Thr-4a-aolid-prina;, from ti y JJ.T, except for a mire-thrTMlg-h -the i city of Rainier,, where a new grade is being completed, north of and to ward the river from the old highway. ECROPK IS TSIXG TRACTORS Crop Prospects Over There Much Better Than Before. The prospects of farm tractor sales In Europe are increasing with the return of European farmers to pre war conditions. The department of agriculture has received information that crop prospects In eastern Europe re considerably better than the pre vious official reports indicate. Bul garia and Hungary are now on practi cally a pre-war basis. Rumania is still suffering and will require time to resume normal operations. The population which evacuated eastern Poland and western Russia during the war is returning and again beginning to cultivate wheat. BETULE1IEM MAKING MOXEY Earnings Run Close to $10 P- Share for Previous Year. Earnings of the Bethlehem Motors corporation are running close to 310 per share on the 130.000 shares of stock outstanding. For 15 months ending March 31, 1919, the company reported sales of 35,464,202. and net profits of 368S.807 after depreciation. but before deduction for taxes, equal to 35.30 a share. Profits on the $10,000,000 British order, shipments on which have already started, will be substantial.. Another large for eign order is reported to be in nego tiation and President Arthur T. Mur ray is now in Europe. There is one motor vehiole to every 33 persons in Chicago. TIRE OUTPUT IS LIMITED FABRIC SUPPLY. Consumption of 400,000 Bales of Cotton Estimated for the Year 1920. spindles.. At Los Angeles the com pany's . new tire factory to emnloy ! 8000 people will be in operation by the middle of summer. I In Arizona the company has already taken three crops from its 36,000 I acres of cultivated land, made possl .. ble by irrigation of the desert. Look j ing to the future, the company has cotton seed to the farmers of the Im perial valley of California and will take the entire crop, which will be ginned in new gins to be erected by the company at several advantageous points in that section of California. Nearly 4 per cent of the world's cotton production for 1920 will be used In the manufacture of pneumatic automobile tires a total consumption of approximately. 400,000 bales. The 1920 production of tires in the United States should approximate 40,000.000 to equip nearly 1. 500.000 new cars and to maintain about 7,000,000 now operation. Cotton promises to remain indefinitely as indispensable in tire making as rubber. These startling figures are given by tniott it. Barnwell,-manager of the cotton and fabric division of the Goodyear Tire & Rubber company. He estimates that the only bar to further expansion of the pneumatic tire in dustry might possibly be the limit to fabrication capacity of yarn and cot ton mills. , Many motorists wonder how much cotton goes into the manufacture of pneumatics. Tires now contain an average of four pounds, an increase of one pound, due to the increasing number of pneumatic truck tires, which require more cotton because of their size. Much of the cotton used is Egyptian or Peruvian. ' The larger companies use the cream of the world's crops, the one and one-eighth- inch staple or better. A few of the larger companies will take more than half the year' output, the remainder will be divided .among 230 - smaller concerns. In 1919 Goodyear manu factured nearly 7,000,000 tires and in 1920 will probably manufacture near ly 25 per cent of the country's output. To keep pace with demand the com pany Is expanding operations In its textile plants. The: mills at Good year, Conn., will be enlarged to house 30,000 new spindles, 176 new houses for employes will be started within 0 days and a new tire fabric mill on the Pacific coast will be operating 33.000 spindles by May.', The present mill at Goodyear operates i 22,000 TUBE MAKES A TOOL CASE Old Rubber May Still Have Useful Life Ahead. That old inner tube which has been kicking around the garage, and which has long since outlifed its usefulness for tire purposes, can be made to serve very handily as a tool case in which to carry all the small' repair equipment, such as wrenches of mod erate length, spark plugs, screw drivers, pliers, files, etc. Cut a length of the old tube, sufficient to take the outfit, and then, after splitting the rubber lengthwise, cut the slits along the center in which to slip the tools. The sides of the rubber will curl up over the tools, and then the whole can , be rolled into a neat, bundle, which can be held securely in rolled form by using wide rubber bands made by cutting off sections of tube. FREXCH IX GASOLENE ORGY Ministers Accused of Having Sev eral Cars Apiece. PARIS. Feb. 21. Deputy Emmanuel Brousse recently criticised in the chamber of deputies what he termed the orgy of gasoline" indulged in by the various ministers. He gives table, of the number of automobiles used by each minister, showing that some ministers have four or five cars. Brousse fails to make any mention of Premier Clemenceau's car. To any onefamiIiar with- the battered, un painted, soiled military car that the premier uses it is easy to understand why. U jsg . yW I 'i )--..- . ' j (l - $ i 'v . I If fJ ' ' ' :; ax fcfi i it i: . , j--t ' ?. t ft if . it f a v t-. . ... - . , ; 4t Ifc Je' - 1 St; v : ' f i li'l l.:- , soft's vF.i V V: t It I THE CAR THAT MADE GOOD IN A DAY Autorest Motor Sales Co. Oregon Distributors - TENTH AND SALMON Service Is Important We Give the Best OXLY 50 BOiyrS ARE USED LX ". FIVE UMTS. Plain Construction Is Declared to v Be Explanation of Own-' ers' Satisfaction. .. Don't lag keep close to the vehicle in front of you. NEW PAVEMENT ON TILLAMOOK COUNTY END OF SHERIDAN-TILLAMOOK ROAD. ft " 3ft - rill' I Simplification, a constantly Increas ing demand in these days of neces sary fool-proof ana - trouoie-prooi lutomobiles, probably has never been ealized to a greater extent han in :he new Overland four models ol the Willys-Overland company. For example there are only rive units in the assembling of the entire car. These 'are the, power-plant .in c.liiriinir clutch, transmission and uni versal ioint: the frame and the famous three point suspension spring unit; the rear system; the body and the dash. The entire assembly requires less than 50 bolts. The control mechanism on Overland four is centered on the Instrument or key board. There are no wires or ' rods "or pipes attached to the body. .As an illustration, the entire rear axle may be moved by the release of four bolts. The design 'of Overlanfl four makes Its units and parts so accessible that repairs can be made with .a minimum expenditure of both time ana money. But in its strides towaras' gimpmica tlon of design. Overland four has increased, the protection to moving parts by proper housing. For in stance, clutch, transmission and uni versal joint all are enclosed with the motor in a single unit. This per mits lubrication of all of these units from a single oil supply and gives distinct economy in oil consumption. This tendency towards simplifies tion has eliminated from Overland four the oil and water pumps. The automatic pressure. The water is circulated by the thermo-syphon sys tem or natural cooling method. . The simplicity -or design of the entire car results in not only fewer parts which, of course makes for lighter weight but makes It feasible to standardize the-highest, grade of steels for every part. It has also made it possible with Willys-Overland quantity production to make parts so minutely correct that they are absolutely interchangeable be cause they are uniform. - This simplified design means not only fewer parts to be manufactured and assembled out it an or as op portunity for better methods, closer Inspection and generally more satis factory results. Illlllllll THIS PAVEMEVT IS TO BE EXTENDED THIS COMING SUMMER TO HEBO. 21 MILES FROM TILLAMOOK, ACCORDING TUTllGHWAY PROGRAMME. y three. .miles t new pavement on theT4Uamook road, between the-town-of Beaver and -the end of the "Old pavement that extends for eight miles out of Tillamook, is a forerunner of better things to -coma. . By .next fall there probably wril be pavement .all the .way from .Tillamook to Hebo..or at least to Beaver, which Is flv miles closer -to-Tlliamook. ' The victor was taken on a recent mid-winter run to Tillamook in a Chal mers hot-spot stxA Open Night and Day Repairing Used cars bought and sold. TERMINAL GARAGE Corner Fifth and Hoyt Phone Bdwy. 1586 Service Stabiotx fbn g Necessities nc- tjheij're MorctSian Accessories' Always In Big II Demand l Stewart Speedometers - Motor Horns Hand Horns Vacuum Tanks Searchlights Bumpers Spark Plugs On display at our Show Rooms on Stewart Products Square. About Service on Stewart Products We maintain a competent corps of skilled workmen thoroughly acquainted with Stewart products and maintain a large stock of parts of the genuine Stewart Brand. ' J Stewart Product Service Station : 333 Ankeny Street At "Stewart Products Square" r Sixth and Ankeny ..''. IfflllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllW AJ