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.
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: 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
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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.
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Service Is Important
We Give the Best
OXLY 50 BOiyrS ARE USED LX
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Plain Construction Is Declared to
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NEW PAVEMENT ON TILLAMOOK COUNTY END OF SHERIDAN-TILLAMOOK ROAD.
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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.
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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
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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. '
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Stewart Product Service Station
: 333 Ankeny Street
At "Stewart Products Square" r Sixth and Ankeny ..''.
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