Saturday, February 13, 1926.
Pare Eight
LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER
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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 -
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Tudor
Coupe
Fordor
1
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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
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