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; - t y 11--. .- i. X PLOW TO KEEP BLUE B! ROADS PASSA6 LE Snow-Fighting Apparatus Is to , Be Kept in Service by the State and Nation. La Grands. Or. Dee. I0t Eastern - Oregon people have been much con cerned and deeply interested in what process would be adopted to keep the " paved , roads , across the Blue moun tains cleared of snow. In fact, many are of the opinion that it eoald not be dona, and it depends on the future to . prove the efficacy - of the campaign adopted by the highway commission. The state highway commission, rep resented in Eastern Oregon by, R. H. Baldock. aided by the federal govern ment, has Installed three enow plows on the front of five-ton caterpillar tractors, which will be used to keep the highways In Eastern Oregon clear -, from snow during the winter season, -making- auto traffic or traffic by other vehicles possible throughout the sea son. ; JHEEE BOCTES MADE -. One plow Js located at Union and .will be used between La Grande and forth Powder ind between La Grande and Elgin ; one is stationed at Pendle ton and. will be used between Pendle ton and Echo, Pendleton and Pilot Rook, and Pendleton and the Washlng- ton state line, and the third is at Haines, and will keep the road free between North Powder and Baker and may , be ; used between Baker and Pleasant "Valley and between Baker and a point IS miles from Baker on the way to Cornucopia. Baldock stated today that - two 10 ton caterpillars, equipped with larger snow, plows, were being shipped to Zm. Grande by the government and that they would be used to keep the Pendle . ton-La Grande highway dear. They will operate in five feet of snow while the smaller plows Vill only work ef fectively in three feet of snow. Another, feature of the work to keep the roads - free from snow will be the - erection of snow fences. Identically the same as are used on the railroads. A line will soon be erected. between Union . and North Powder and others may be installed. These are much more effec tive .than the plows, as "an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure." k The plows were tried out recently and proved very successful. - - If it is found that the plow at Union cannot handle the task above Elgin, a similar slow will be stationed either at Minam or at Elgin, which will op erate on the road between Joseph and Elgin. - J:- ATHXHA SOAB OPKK V In speaking of the conditions on the Athena-WeatOn road, Baldock states that a drift, approximately 10 feet in depth," blockaded the way for four days but that the drift was finally pierced and that a one-way road is now open. He will go to Pendleton tomorrow and will make arrangements for further opening the road to the regular two way traffic The expense e? auch a. system is moderate, inasmuch as the government WHO WANTS TO RIDE THIS WAY? . yy I"" f ' t "Bill" Stoner of th Tf. X. Hugbaon companysentenced Ford sedan to ride about tbe city oo Its bead so : that f olt might see that it is securely built. Try It oa your own fUrrer, bnt gel out first. ; - furnishes the major part of the equip ment and that the men employed would have been hired any way to patrol the roads during the winter. Tbe plows would" be willingly loaned to the coun ty. If possible to keep the market roads clear at time's, Baldock stated, .which will also insure the farmer clear roads to La Grande during most of the winter. ... ' - Maryland Has New Way of Enforcing The Loading Law 1 - -. c With various punitive efforts failing to stop the pounding to pieces of cer tain highways in Maryland, the au thorities are said by a Firestone Shlp-by-TTuck representative, to have adopt ed a novel method for putting as end to this trouble, "i.. : -; :. Truck drivers are forced by the high way police to unload and pile at the roadside such 'pert of the load In ex cess of the law and then to send for anouier u-uca at me operator i w pense to carry it ' off, It was soon found that drivers were careful to beep within tbe lawful load. Haynes! Chemists : Get a New Color After months of 'experiment, chemical engineers of the Haynes Automobile company, Kokomo, Ind-. have arrived at a 'new color for Haynes cars which experts declare rep?-(duces for the first time ail the glorious color combinations found - In Burgundy wine, famous throughout the ages for Its color, and a synonym, almost, for that elusive maroon which, like the fabled royal purple, has defied all artists, says A. C Stevens, local distributor. The new color has been named Burgundy Wine and all the 55 and 75 sport models and the new Haynes 66 standard models will be finished in It. - - - BRAKE SYSTEMIS HI PROGRESS Four-Wheel j Mode of Car Con . trol Meets With Approval ; in France. Paris, Dee. ' to. French manufac turers are making rapid strides in the adoption of four-wheeled braking sys tem. The ultimate development of the tendency in vogue at present seems to be "the abolition of the . brakes on rear wheels and the adoption tof brakes on front wheels and oo- the shaft. . - - It has been shows that when brakes are applied the center of gravity of the car is thrown forward and the braking power of rear wheels is de creased, while increased pressure is thrown onto the front wheels. It is evident that the adhesion of the front wheels - is thereby increased and the car brought to a etop quickly. Exper ience has shown that the weight thrown on the front axle when the brakes are applied is so great that it is practically Impossible ever to block the wheels and so stop their steering service: .but it is probable that the front axle win have to be strengthened. Various systems are being used. In some eases the emergency brake acts only on the front wheel while the serv ice brake acts on the rear, or vice versa ; ip other ; cases the service brake acts on .the four wheels and the emergency on the rear only; In other cases connections are made diagonally. A mechanical system known as the "Servo-frein" has been invented, which reduces the effort required by a driver in slowing down a rapidly moving; ear. The apparatus draws its energy from the rotation of the speed gears r a pressure from the driver on the brakes puts this mechanism In motion and thus, through a pulley system, trans mits an increased pressure to the brake bands. Stock in English ' Motor Companies . -Has Little Change London. Dee. SO. 'British motor shares reflect no materially improved outlook for the - automotive Industry as a result of the motor show recently held In Olympia. Out of nine active and representative motor and cycle shares quoted on Birmingham" exchange five show no chance during the. show period, twe show a alight increase and two a decline of Sd per share. It is felt that if any considerable Im provement could be expected, such shares as the Austin, 8. T. D., Humber, Naplers, Bolls Royce. Harper . Bean and Standard would safely be taken as representative of tbe situation. Evi dently the effect of the past year's pTor business and the recent price cuts nec essary to meet competition and encour age buyers has been too great to allow the orders taken at the show to be reflected in the quotation. Motor Car Popular. In Czecho-Slovakia Prague. Dee. SO. There 1 are now inJ service in ureater rague, mi paseen ger1 ears, 240 taxlcafcs. 28 automobuses, 433 trucks, 363 motorcycles and 28 bicycles with motor attached, accord ing to figures obtained from the cen tral police office of the city of Prague. This number is exclusive of vehicles In the service of ,the government, data concerning the military and other of ficial - branches being confidential. There are also 28 passenger cars and IIS motorcycles held by manufacturers and dealers In stock and for demonstra tion purposes. IMOVEff Iff I!! ROAD BUILDING METHODS IS SEEN Heavfer Construction Believed ; to Eliminate Damage Sup- posediy Done by Trucks. . ' 3 CQRD TIRE ' " 'P&E fact that one of the first suc--v cessful cord tires was. a General Tire undoubtedly has . had some- thing to do with the present position - that -the General holds in the tire. " world but the main reason is that every General Tire has gone a longer ; way to make friends than its price . promised; goes a Ions way to make friends n . 446 STARK ST. naen afl 4 BROADWAY 4212 By. X. O, Falrbaik . - Vlrastone tm Knbber Co. In iny travels over the United States the past year I nave : been' most ' favorably- impressed by the great etrides made 1a many states In the way of highway improvements, and from; In formation I gathered in aU sections the road programs outlined for- 182$ will surpass-, those of the past X months. One of the . gratifying evidences of appreciation of the ' value Of truck transportation throughout the country is the determination of national, state and county authorities to have real highways, not merely makeshifts. They have profited by experience and realise that to meet the transportation con ditions the highways, must be con structed accordingly. , "", In the old days of transportation on steam roads we had the norr a w-gaugre hnea, with - small engines - and cars. Heavier loads meant economy in trans portation and naturally; heavier loads meant heavier cars and locomotives. To meet this situation, however. Improve ments had to be made in roadbeds and a different type of steel rails had to be provided; with the result that tbe standard-gauge lines became universal. This Identical situation exists today in our transportation . over the state and national highways. We must have a different program of road construc tion, and that Is Just what is going on practically everywhere. " WBXCXCTO BOADS i Often it Is thought that heavy ve hicles, carrying heavy loada are re sponsible for the deplorable condition of some of our highways. We have seen photographic and ether proof of the wrecking of roads, indicating that these roads had been blown up from beneath the surface. We have seen the calamitous condition of pavements smashed by pressure of some kind. What is the answer? ' ,. , , :? In the fall we find some roads appearing- to be models of durability. In the spring they are wrecks. Mean while heavy trucks had been driven over them. Could there be a. super ficially plainer case of causa and ef fect? It was obvious that to save tbe roads the trucks and tbe loads must be made lighter. '- . -- On some stretches of the very road where the collapse of the pavements is " most discouraging, : nothing , goes wrong. There the trucks do not crush the concrete or buckle the brick pave ments. The "loads are precisely the same that are hauled - over other stretches of the road The : same wheels of the same vehicles roll oyer sections tnat stand up under the teat that roll over the strips that gave way. ' What. then, is responsible f WHATTS THE CAUSE! Is it the weight of the loads or is tt the manner in which the road was con structed T Is it the way the builders failed to adapt their work to the con ations tneyad to deal with? juaiiers 01 sou ana arainage, ma terials and construction methods were not given proper attention. ; When one road along a sandy ridge. "i gooa, t natural drainage, com inrpugn a nara winter scarcely the worse ror wear at any point, and an Other road in the same district and the same climate, carrvlns- the same traffic,' with the same truck loads, but with spots where the sub-soil i is wet mere is no natural drainase. is D. A. Burke Visits Portland on Tour Qf Pacific States Peerless will not go into" quantity production. IX A. Burke, general sales manager of the Peerless Motor Car company! said, while visiting - with W. R. Pety. local dUtribdtor of the Una. : rAt present the factory la making SO cars a - day," he said. "Later this win. be increased to 5, but beyond that they wtU-not go for the simple reason that they cannot make the quality oar they deeire.- ' Burke while here was ok a tear of the Pacific coast states. He came di rectly from Cleveland. California, was bis destination upon leavins Portland, and from there be will return to the factory. .--. . - w ; Duraht Dealer to -Have One of First V Astoria" Buildings One of the first buildings to be erect ed among the ruins of the great As toria fire is to be the one occupied by George Bonnes, Durant dealer la the fire-swept city. . . - f?w-ii While the smoke was still arising from the rums, workmen bad cleared away enough of the debris to lay the foundation of the new Durant head quarters. Located - directly across Is the : United States postofflce and the county courthouse, making the Du rant headquarters In the very heart of the civic center. Japan Is Buying ; - Heavy in Rubber - is Japan purchased 12SS tens of crude rubber in 1913 while In 1921 her imports of this commodity Jumped to 12.000 tons. Tbe Land of the Setting , Sun is not engaged In any extensive rub ber manufacturing, according to a Tire stone export man, and It is an enigma as to Just what Nippon Is doing with all this rubber. i- Sir Eric Geddes ' .A-Dunlop:Director On the steamshtp Homeric for Eng land sailed the Rt. Hon, Sir Eric Geddea, brother of H. EL sir Auckland Oeddes, British Ambassador at Wash ington, who has been on-a few weeks' visit to the United 6tates, during which much, of his Um has been spent with his brother in Washington. Before sailing. Sir Erie ' Geddes announced that he had accepted the position of chairman of the board of directors of the Dunlop Tire and Rubber Corpora tion of America, with headquarters and factory - at Buffalo. N. ' T. The bugs factory at Buffalo, which . has been practically Idle since the war. will ne at once reorganised and. will . resume operations shortly, giving employment to from I COO to 10,000 men and work ing up to a capacity of 1J.000 tires a day. Sir Eric Oeddes Is already chairman-elect of the board of directors of the British . Dunlop Tire and Rubber eompany. ' : Green Light ShovTE K Taxi Is Empty By XstsrsaUoBal Vm 8erriea) Paris Dea 10. Look for a green light when la need of a taxi after the theatre. It burns on the top of the automobile Just ever the chauffeur's bead and Indicates that he will be pleased to take yon horns or any place you would like to go. . It is si new invention of the taxi cab companies uut nnrh Miltr ttk aae than the little white flag on the meter. As soon as the carriage is taken the green light goes out.'- " - Dodbe Brothers USED CARS Many people hare the 'habit of getting a new car eyery year, no matter how good the old car may be. It is a good habit. Good for us because it helps the sale of new cars and puts, some extra good used cars at our disposal. And that is what makes it good for you. I Remember: A used air is only as good as the firm with which you deal BRALY, GRAHAM & CHILD, Inev 11th and Burnside SU. Broadway 3281 More Strengtli---Less Strain and found In a state of collabse after the frost comes out of the ground, what Is the logical conclusion? Is it lighter loaas or closer attention to drainage and other Important features entering ia uio conscrucuon or our nigh ways? THAT'S THE BEMEDTf . ..- ; :f : Isn't the' remedy to be sought In the more scientific adjustment of the high ways to the natural changes in the di rection of larger vehicle units and more economical transportation on the pubUq roads? i; The question is vital to tbs solution or the whole problem of country hi eh. Ways, their construction and mainte nance, it is of immense Importance to all .producers and consumers. It -is a baato transportation - problem v for America's millions of people who want to do the sensible thing and the right wing py ail interested, rv . ; The trend Is strongly along this line and that Is why highway construction Jn 1921 will be far in advance of such work -done m years gone by. ' Irish Free State To Revoke Tax bri Yankee Motor Car By International Kw Betvtes) Dublin, Dec 30. Free State" govern ment Intends at the first -opportunity to revoke the tax upon automobiles imported from America. ' Ftor the pro tection of British manufacturers the British government Imposed a heavy tax upon ears arriving in Great Brit ain 'and Ireland. - . " Ireland under the old regime had to Pay the tax, and. of course. In several instances English manufacturers were able to undersell the American ''car. Ireland has no Interest in automobile manufacturing. There lent a factory In the country- r The revoking of the tax Is expected to be a boon to Americans, as nowa days most, traveling In Ireland Is don by ante, . Nearly all the railroads are out of commission owing to de struction wrought by the Republicans. ' " i . m i" Gringo Gabs Make ; ; Success inMexico "r" '1 ' - i - Mexico C9ty, Deev 10 Tbe results of the initial efforts of th Tallow Cab company In Mexico aty have proved so sneoessfta that there are now flv distinct companies operating tn this territory. Besldesi the - Tallow Cab there are at present the Bias, ' the Gray and Black, the White and Black, i and the Checkerboard cab lines. Battery Separators Made of Cedar Bolt ; Ban don. Dec. SO. A big whit cedar bolt drive of 800 bolts has been floated down at four Mile by S-. J. Wilson -4t Sons to 3. E. Tonng ac Son's mill, where they will b mad lafas battery sepa ratos stock. F. Q. B4 Factory Tax Extra Sedan 4465-Touring 995 "When you have checked up the Jnterior of the Jewett Sedan, feature for feature, you will :findv that it offers every comfort and convenience; of the truly fine enclosed . - ' " ' " - 'f ' - ' " Then; remember, that there is ah additional satisfaction enjoyed by every Jewett owner. It .is absolute confidence in a mechanical foundation that not only assures brilliant road performance, but long life and medium repair bills. v The Jewett is not a "light" car-the touring model has X28Q0 pounds of finely tested metal and excess strength. Eviery single part has been designed to stand up under, brutal punishment and laugh at it. . Because the six-cylinder motor delivers its power in six overlapping power impulses instead: of four distinct, separate jerks,f ar less strain is put upon the extra strong ' axle and chassis mechanism 1 There is no vibration and no undue stress or strain upon any of the working parts. That is why there can be no axle trouble with the Jewett no differential troubles--no "constitutional' weak nesses." The Jewett is not only powerful but strong, " ; J. j.1' J'' ' - '; ' ' ' . ' ,The complete Pai)t-Jewett line of six-cylinder passenger cars offers a selection of thirteen models priced from f995 to $3350. The complete, line of Paige trucks meets every haulage need They are sold and serviced by Paige Dealers everywhere, c - COOK - fir GILL CO., Inc. ' Nintli. and Burnside Sta, Broadway 7751 .: I .s 1 t - I 2iZ I