La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, February 13, 1926, Image 8

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Newspaper Page TextSaturday, February 13, 1926. Pare Eight LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER ' Highway and , . - Autq Dope ' I i . . . . -- : OfJE CAR FOR lilt F, At ibejclosi. of the year in: f, ere 'were S n , fi r 2 motor vehi i m ' rei.-latefi il In Oregon. Tlil l :mi Inci-cisc or 23. lei or 12 per rent over tho I SIM rcgislrntioni'. or the total number registered nimscnircc ears an. I t'.is.r.i; It-licks. I'sing the! i T I nltnl Stati-a Inrcau of census'"' nouns unn iwo sicuuns arc now kutlo ol population Increase for the I '""' ' I'mist ruction. These arc: .omiliy us a Iwii of estimation. ,h" ''"''" ''reck and th- Torn w nich Indicates u population of l"uj.-ci. on the south side, anil the , ,..i..i w.ftlllni for Orcirou I Uol.l Creek Project oil Ihc cast ' ' , I.ir MiJfi. . I here is one automobile. t .. ..... l-i' ll ....etlflllH in the Hfftlll .... c?,... f.w 'erv aventim rwiLilv. , Tin- u. iiiK- for the ln(ted Stat. t ..nt Imrflt.tlvi. sUntl. t i ;.. is one automobile for every - t he (mill tiniftnnt nr llccnw If- I i o.iuci il by the motor .vehiclo i. i lsi.li.nnn law ior u-o " j.wl. 7 nilleii. In now nn.er way. 5-:..::70.l S3.ip.-I. an coinr-arcl lo .- ,)n Jull1 ,,,,, ,lrlIP,n c,r ?.;ii.r.;i...i lor VJ!4. an Increase of;, (r H, oi ,n ,,K,lw.ay- f no:t.f 3 or 12.8 iT. cent. Hili-iMIlh or ,,-orkll Kun , VrlH Irnr tli" reUitlv.i proportional rul.-n Slluw. .,,-,. ..learinB on thin sec , inci-. aJic of the past five. . yearn , , , . . . .. . u u haNiH or computation it'!) rnnsiirvatlvcly CHtiinutcd that . thn l.ilai 1 realKtratlon' ot motor vchl- f - cIcm for the year 1 U 20 will riiai'h ,:;.(.., anil that the tcea rccclvcj ! tur t-i approxlinately $ti,uon,j(jQ."0. Since i y there hu bcn no ehnntre In thu'-niotor vohlclft II eenite (to itched u lo In the ntatc a:jd tli' nniiuul InowaM In ru crlpts from, that sou rep has aver itj," d tt little aver $C40,Ou0 per year over the prvlo-ji var. Th be.-nse recs Tor 'J' amounted to s.l.:tt.&li.r.S. Kor IV23 they wern g-l.iia.i.tiiUMu, nn lnnreaae. of 72it, i'iS!t.)j or i'l.S per cent. The J'j24 li!'etiM rerelptM, H.766.46XV0. wet e t;ac.s-l4.r. in excemi of thos for l:j:t or 17 per cent increane. Th h'irislative ussembly of lltSS pro vided nn additional fe for cer tain luKslrications of motor ve lil;'le which will increane the re , c lpl very tnat.Mu My for 1S20. , In llnre were 11S.01& p48- wiiK'T cars and trucks reirlntered In Oregon. In 1922 the number :h i nc reused to 134,660, a gain f 14 per cent, and tho registra tions for H23 amounted to 16fi. 4 12, nn Increase of 20 per cent over the prcviouH year. Kince IHS the rale of increase has been v ;t dually on the decline. Tho i:--! nulst rations numberlnfc ft .': nmlor vehicles, was on In c reuse ot 1S.S per cent o'er those tor and thn 19 'J 5 registra tions, as suited before, show Iriervase of 12 per cent over 1924. FM'N Series "11" You Will Be Interested- IX SEEIXfi.TlIE NEW I10DY TYPES. Yoii will hav. a new ronccption of mo tiirintr afler you have diiven one itf Ihese curs. Demonstrations 1CC Ynkima, Walla Walla, La Grande, lYiidk'tun, I?aker 1116 Adams Ave. Sales Service- Bird F. Lewia Geo. E. McClure Building of Roads by Federal Aid Described (Continued from Tan1 7.) 12 miles urn now sui-ruccd. Ho Dial tho eight main connecting roads from I hi' WllluiM.lt- Viill'-y iiml points HOlifli, and lint coast are now iii'iicllfaily cnniil'icil. ft . Mliiii ' U 01 k (iiliilfuil nil Itninlli-Vat.hna liiwul On lli Handle. Yuklmu roud. which Id H it I of Hlnt Itoad No. 6, "" Ion has' ben I'OIU Iili t -il "'I" v''ur ly Urn Kilrcuu or l-llb- ui.i.. ..r Mi i or Ml. Italnli r. The l-ilrci 11 k Miction. A uiIIih in liiiKlh, c-hj) t in July. 1-J2S. The ciimraci tor the Knulini; ami nur. riicjntr or mil on the adjoin- j1" Hcction wuh b t on July Hth. The KrailinK allt H.irlacln inf lln. f llilil f'l-..L' ..rlw.n H A ........ ,1H eo.ni.leli .l in Dec.', r The remainder ir the work lo .coulracl. 'I'hiH route rornm. u part or Hlnte lioail No. 9. Iho Olympic iiiKi.wav ... 'J" r , Kr'"".",r south was let on August 7th to the TrlatiKltt Construction Co. This roud' follows the Kan Toll Itiver and Is a port or State Koad No. 4 between Wilbur and Tonnsket. -, Hmtth and HusdnKS had thn contract and surfacing a mile section of road north of Mctallne. Kulla, exti-ndinK from the Canadian border south. Considerable lum ber in hauled over this roud from Nelson and m-arby points to the St. 1'uul Kail roud at .Mr Inline Kails. Itnnan Tonce-i at Stevens Ta- The It urea n has been widening and surfacing portions of tho Hte vens l'ass road, doing the work with Its own forces. Thin is a forest' development road which carries considerable summer truf fle. The Mt. Ilaker project In What com county east of HelllnKham, if not completed this full, will not be llnlsheU until about the first of August, lu2i. -Snow Is liable to put un end of surfacing operations TOlltl.V. lUjl'lI'MfcYl' The equipment of those golnr on desert anr mountain trips should, ulwuys iunlude besides skM r.hulns, a reserve, supply of oil, water and kuh; a stout rope for towing and a hand ux and a shov el. K LI N liy apiointmenL' UR Kenneth A. Keenev Tracy HollLster i at uny time and I h ixt will mean 'ill.. I llil. u,t,l. ..III fuiprif llllf. next y.xir. About iM nilli ii of road have been built from Ohicli r up On- Nooksjirk Itivr and to wllhln liulf it mil- of Austin i'nuH, TIiIh roiiii wtii opi n to automobiles same of tho KnuiiliNi. If not ihe Kran.i. Mi, scenery in iimi i an- .1 Htati'H. A company has hern form - and u Itow-t vvltl i loiilt at Sim-i rtHc l.iiki-. In fact iltr foumlatlon ; for tin- m?w InilldiiiK Ih pmWinilly ,romtdi i-. TIiIh wrtlon Ih within jt-aHy r-arh of all of WtHh-in VVanh tnR(on(i itrt-ifon and xoiithwt-Hii-rn , Hiltlsh i 'oiuinlda. A pHVi-il road : cxlt-ndH from Kidiiniftiaiii to I n ;ntnic iiml Kood f-ruvi'l roud tin Iml um: of Dim riiHtiittf-e. t In July ihit Naimiial I'ark ,M 1 Viet- iviit Hit -it th Hun-aii to maki? u nurvt-y from a roail uroiind thr wst side of I'.ainter National I'ark. A parly was, nt onco h nt " wormnB to mcurc the '"'il locnilon for a road mar the w,Ml,'rn boundary of the park. jMHiienni line ii am been run so thai conlracloia could obUiiv it Kood Idea of the character of Hie work. ni" .ItrospMctitvfc bilders went ov.-r U work on October 7ih. Itids for UiIh wrk hav- been calh-d. t IVilernl Aid lnJen in Of thn grndiriK projeciji In tbii I'luuuiii) mr iit-uvirni Hint been the work between 'I'acoma! and Kedondo on thn ra'clflc way, whero fi.KG miles of heavy i-orth work, beifun In J 'jl'4, las been finished, in Mason county. H,x ni"' of the Olympic illghwuy between Hhelton and urdy were Kraile:! anil Inter mirfaceil liy th- atuln without l-iilcrnl at. I. On the North Hank HlKhwiiy caHt of WuKhougnl, i.t mil. u or Kruillnit. which was Ikkuii In Jan uary, 1920, hail been muilo In In the ulltfiiincnt of tin; 1'aciflc lllxhway from Vunrouver ' 'north to Salmon Creek. Tim old wimtinif Bruil. paveu wiin niacktop, tins been or will ho almmloncd lui.l a lino with a rew curves and IlKhter Knulea him been establish.., 1. Thin invol v heavy work by ululclnic. liy Iraulic Kiuntn wash down tlio cuts 'hrouifh the liills and Ihc material is carried in the water out of the fills when, it is deposited. Cuncrctii Itouib, f eatured In WnMiUiKtnii Tho larRcat part or the I'Vdcrul funds uvallal.lc la WonhinKton ure uitcd In the construction of con. Crete roads. These projects vary In length from two lo nix miles, in width from In to IS feet, and am H inches thick In the center and Inches thick at the edges. Among tho more important of these arc III" county near Ashford', :i.s miles Walhi Walla to Mill Creek: unit 5.5 miles lilxlH'Coppi'l projects in Walla Wullu county; also 1.7 miles Walla Walla to CoIIckc l'lucv. A section C.7 miles long between I'ernilale and HellliiBhain 1ms been completed this year. Montana, ami lilalio I'nijiis The surfacing of Die last section nt the Fourth or July Canyon work out of Cocnr d' Alcne, Idaliu, was oinpleted in ri-iteuber. ThU roed cormccls with the slate high way about three miles out of I'oeur d'Alene and extends to with. In about five miles of CataWlo. Fills road curries a heavy summer truffle, ben part of the Yellow, stout trial and serving directly the locality luil ween ihes.. two places an.l II Is poaslhle lhat these may be ki.pt In operation till winter. Hlds were opend on September Ifith for the work on the Howe Mountain section or the Clarke Fork highway. This job comprise, l.S niih a of grading near Denton on the Northern 1'aciflc railroad and Mill cut nut the last hill haz ardous for the contractor on nc count of its proximity to the rail road. The, l.cwin and Clark 'highway crosses the continental divide ul l.oto l'ass, between MiAsoula, Moll tana, and Kooxklu. Idaho. Tim live mile section on the west side or the summit Is completed and an addi tional 4.(1 miles joining this section on Ihe west was let In Julv. Hevi-n inileft or grading, known i the Itocky Island. section or Ihe l-owell-Helwiiy Kails highway, was ,'omplet. d in May and In hVptcm. I.er the rontrnct was let for fi.7 miles joining the lirst acrtinn on the i-asi. This route is along the Salway Itlvcr which, with the iMitsa. forms the Clearwater some IS miles above Kooskia, Idaho. On ihe south rork or the Clearwater Itiv.r b. low :ik City. ;.9 miles were placed under contract In June and satisfactory progress Is being made on this work. Some clearing is being done on the adjoining IVasley Creek section and by de gn . s this road Is being extended up the river. In the vicinity of Honners Kerry ' the llunau has completed V? mile. of grading and surracing, sonio H ! miles having been previously fn. Kind. This is one the Itooserilt Trail, from 1'ortland, Maine tu rnrtlaml, Oregon, and is a part of iho Ked. ral Aid Highway System. X project In Montana lhat Is worlhy of special note Is the Trans-Mountain Highway In Clin, rler National Park. Twelve miles in the west side or Igan Fans sre j : handlrd by the Ittirt-au of Iut.ltc' nouns ior ine isatlonal I'ark rMrr - vice. William & llouglas have the j i-ontract. riurves are tx-lng made' !for Ihe east side section and con- i tracts will probably be let in the; nenr future. j Illghwar rnlruc1loii In Alalia j Tuials on.ooo In It-' 5 ! The work In Alaska is tanccra). I phlcally dirtd.d between Scjjth-it - anq rom nweaiern i in rotitneasTern Alaska the rlimate is vrrv wet an.l mn. sirnctlon la carried on under ex-llfa treme difficulties. The conjitlors , 1 encountered are very similar tolf (Hyinpic l'i nfnaulu in tho fciuU or j cxpunaion 1h urnnjf theion-H. un WahinKton. t ihtIch, myn. (!lr., art- built U Tito cNiniitf umf soil In ou:h-ii'omr Itm hlio.i a and in vhrlten l wrsfftin Alaska 1h moro in line with 'l'y. rouA ronuiructloii fhi KUfful condition in wrslrrn j oa t orihiHti il In c:onnoclinir thi-Ki- i Wellington mid OrvKon. I'atrtl- raliy all tho road work currii il on )''ir round for r.U kindw Ih in Iho vicinity of tftilcmi-nlH orof tratii. .. tlMvnH, ,-nnslsftng ),rinclpally of ! . ,' ,i , i .. . ! iv'uli -r fro lit, coiiiii-cUdk Dm torn with onftyiii: imliiKti'lfH. I'artti'ii hijly In Houtlt. .ihh rn AIiihIcl the townn arr all but ul tin f'ot of tin noun lain on the wnti r'n ftifi onii'iiii'nt'y Him ofi'y rhunrf lor 11 - ; v .' ' ' ' - Tudor Coupe Fordor 1 ES3 tsjsi lr. M Kj ITH & ADAMS l-S Ea ' mdiitrir wild if road that 1h usk- iaiitT Iliittiiv.iy nt fiiiH'iui .rin ()Iac!i r lirhuuy out of Jun 4ii ii in tin lonjvKi in Soul tu na' fri) AI;lkI:u whifh ih- Hunan him con H'rui'lid. Thlii ropncriH tin fitrin Imk toitimnnily mur ' KukU Itivor with .ium-aii. The trip run lm nimh- nu Icy aNy rivimr In G REDUCTIONS In Closed Car Prices Effective February 1 1 "' " Demand for Ford -closed cars since the improved types in colors were intro duced has been constantly increasing:. With greater output of these types produc tion costs have been lessened and-it is the policy of the company to give its custo mers Ihc benefits of all such reductions. New Open Car Touring Car Starter and Demountable Rims $85 Extra i Tractor, Car and Truck Chassis Prices Remain Unchanged All Prices F. O. B. Detroit . Perkins Motor Co, hour and a half, b-dnic . about So mil.-u whtniiH fflrmrrtv II wiih full dav m trip by boat In fair wi-a- tht r. and In rouxn wathc-r con- kiiiimmI more timi. This road, lnKtC!in which hnv.t addilion to nn. iiinti up tlte farming ; UmcccBHiblo xc pl 'oinnnviUy on - KaK'c ItU'T, ha hiM-n; tint basis of .di-vclopmvnt or K-vral' dairy rancln-s outside of Juneau, and Is un important tour- IhI road littdinif to Mi-plcnhall OlMcier. a trip which Is made by pracically all tourist, as the boa.s lay lonff enough in Ju, au lo pcrillll mc mp lo inc liiacicr ninl rrlurn. . New Price 3520 500 565 Old Price $580 520 660 $310 i . In Koulhw.'si.-rn Alaska the H rOUl R huV Uvon IMIHl ("rpffiy i nur i niiniiitf proji ria nun ii mr of op'ninf up mate rial tc berefon- bwn .1 imck imll and loat Hi-rvic. . - Tin- HtumlanlH or ronnlruo!lon In Alaska arc comparable with thosn in the rMali'H, The trMfflc, altliouifh no thorough . louiixt Hyutcin roads exists, is nevertm-Jess vc heavy on .ccouj.t of.small n.llea, lavaih.b.e and the cons, an. hicreas- Tim in aiiiiuiiiii'tii' i t-mi i .n it. ' p-lncii-il ni-livlti-w of Ihc I' - Reduction $60 20 95 Prices Runabout $290 ( have Ik n i in llio virinU)ror Jua. r-iwu. ... - ' rctiTKhurjf, unci Blika, In" Kouihi casern . Alaska, and 111 the vicinity of o" rcwuru, jiuune ra 1' uml 01r00 HouthwiHt. cm A lank a. -A hranch'orfjcc of tho Bureau or Piihlic ItoadH. Ih mulnlain.d at' Juneau, thin offlro hundlins' all Ihf ,.r i work In that territory, Ovur j AiiiHko. nroj.flH L i,u U r fm, r,u' '"j;;;1 J?!1; BuliJCp1! ail MOIirci:!! I lOiiRinecr. WA. MAIN 500 me conditions nistlng on the ""BSS5SJJK ii'OfiimfiiadaMaM