La Grande evening observer., June 18, 1927, CITY EDITION, Image 8

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Motoring News
VOLUME XXV.
LA GRANDE. OREGON, SATURDAY, JUNE 18, 1927
NUMBER 2I7
IMPROVEMENTS IN
HIGHWAYS IS SEEN
Conditions This Year Bet
ter Than Last; Cross
country Route Paved
WASHINGTON. 1. C June IK
Wnoe the tin'fl touring scanon
became ii pleasant memory, tin;
road builders of tht nation have
been ' mure than ordinarily busy,
willt the result that the motor
tourist caravan, of l'Jl'7 will find
many Improvements and additional
linkn ol' highways ovit previous
years, when tiny take to the trail.
The American Motorist seta
forth in li current Issue the re
sult of a nation-wldo survey of
road conditions recently completed
by the National Touring Itoard of
the Ameriean Automible associa
tiou. '"High way improvements." ways
tin' Auierlraii Motorist, "have been
legion and the w i ll-traveh d tour
ing regions in particular have pre
pared many pleasant surprises for
Die man who seeks his summer
recreation along the Gasoline
Trail."
IHg lihu-e Added
Inning 'the past year, according
to the statement, additions to thu
i-'ederal Aid System alono totaled
It. 4 00 mllfs, bringing the aggregate
I'Yderhl Aid Improved highways
to fi.l.lMia m lies. Kquully import -unt
extensions have been made to
the state primary systems and, in
particular, The main Kast and West
and North and South roads.
Regarding conditions on some of
the outstanding national motor
highways, t he American Motorist
says:
"An outstanding route, because
of its significance as a midcon
ti nentai connected highw ay from
Atlantic City, N. J., to San Fran
cisco, is l S. Highway No. 4U.
This touches such important cities
as Ilulthnorc. Wheeling, t'olum-
bus. Indianapolis. St. Kouin, Kansas
City. Denver, Salt Lake t'ity. ami
Keno. The entire length Is S,-'0
miles and the route is paved
throughout, from Atlantic (ity to
St. Marys, Kans.. a dial a it ce of
1,31(2 tnih-s. West of St. Marys,
the roadway is-, chiefly graded
earth or gravel, except between
j pav im nt.
Great Salt
WARM WEATHER DRIVING
Calls For More Oil and Grease.
' Take advantage, of our free crankcase serv
ice and complete chassis lubrication facilities.
You will then feel free to drive anywhere,
knowing that every moving part of your car
is protected with fresh oil and grease not the
' ordinary kind, but with
TEXACO
Heasty & George
Corner Adams and Second
Auburn and San Francisco, where
there is; a continuous at retell of
This route crosses the
Lake desert over I ho
famous Wendowr cut-off.
Old Oregon Trull iiotnl .
"Another I'. S. route of import
ance to tiie tourist is No. 80, which
extends (rom Atlantic t'ity to Port
land. Ore. It coincides with the
Lincoln highway Viet ween Phila
delphia and Granger, Wyo. In
passing through Pennsylvania thu
route touches also Lancaster, Get
tysburg. Chambershurg. and l'lttn
burg, but passes through no largo
city In Ohio and by-passes t'hicaifo
through 'hieugo Height s and Ju
liet to Aurora At Granger, Wyo.,
ltoute No. 3" divides into 30 north
and u0 south, the southern branch
going through Kvanston to Ogdcti,
I' tah. while the northern division
continues into Idaho through
Mcntpelier and Soda Springs. At
I'ocatello the route . follows the
Snake river rather closely, and in
Nebraska, Idaho, and' Oregon it
coincides with the Old Oregon Trail
This route, is improved with gravel,
bituminous macadam, or smooth
pavement as far as Wheatland,
Iowa, and from Border, Wyo.. to
Portland. Ore., with varying
stretches of gravel or pavement.
Nearly Mi per cent is surfaced.
"Itoutu No. 0 will carry the
motorists westward from Boston
through Albany to Buffalo, and
then over a highly improved Can
adian road to Detroit. The tour
ist who seeks a route to follow still
farther westward may take No. 10,
through ijlftginaw to Ludington.
w here Lake Michigan is crossed by
ferry to Manitowoc, Wis., and then
touching Minneapolis, Fargo, Bis
marck, Billings. Missoula, to Seat
tle. About three-fourths of this
route is surfaced.
Smoother Hou(c .Mapped
"An important partial trans
continental route is No. Gtl, which
forms a direct, connection between
Chicago and Los Angeles by way
of St. Louis, Oklahoma t'ity, Al
bno.ueriue. and Flagstaff. Its
length is 2.24 S miles, of which
more than half comprises pave
ment or gravel. The greater part
of the unimproved section is main
tained in good condition in dry
weather.
"The Fnited States System also
provides several useful nortli-and-sout
h routes of outstanding im
portance. No. til i.s a good ex
ample. Originating at Grand Port
age, Mich., this route runs to New
Orleans, following the Mississippi
river from St. Paul 'down to the
Memphis bridge-, where the road
crosses to the east side and con
tinues southward along the east
ern shore.
"A diagonal route, which is open
virtually the whole year, is No.
11, which runs in a southwest-
BRITISH "WAR DOGS" IN CHINA
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U. S. WILL BUILD jWill BeSnowAt
orrTiAM Ar da An loll Gate lor the
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These British "war. dogs" of the land and the air, photographed
as they were delivered at Shanghai, may see service in North China
soon. Britain is preparing to send a force of airplanes and other
war paraphernalia from Shanghai and Tientsin because of alarm
over the nationalist drive Into Marshal Chang Tso-lin's North
China realm. In the upper photo are two huge military biplanes;
below, a forbidding battery of armored trucks.
I
I 1 1
lit II I
la the point wliert! tilt) toivsl 1
builllUary la lot'tttcii. Willi I'liiun
county vt-atly to tiiatirh this im- j
provt'inetit on Its own stilt; of tlm 1
mountains, tin completion of the
new route ucrons the summit re-i
mains with tho rorest officials.
Their action In attacking unotlu r '
sU miles this year is accepted as ;
an Inillcatlon that they will uslt
the project ua ruplilly as fuinls
ami contlltions will permit. j
The present rout! from Mac-
roiiK:ill camp to Toll (late will ,
he -repaired UKain anil be ill use ,
this summer, us tire new survey
follows a different route.
ItiilKC Howl Jljr Hi- IH-luyctl
'J'he road crews which liave heen
asslRned to work on the Skyline
ItiilKe road alone the summit, from
Toll Gate, towuids tho Dayton
Uotlumn SprlliKS road, probably
t r . jvp-iM will not be able to start worn oe-
"' . , . . ' ., .,.&f , fore. July 1, owinir to tho snow
that remains In the hills. ll is
planned to completo the Inst Kalt '
in the Dnylon-Toll (Into road by
fall, althoUKh an early full miRht i
bo a bar to this. I
More loud work thun hi any 1
previous year Is thus being au
thorized by thu forest service ol
ficlalitund with this impetus Riven
to tho mountain country, a larRcr
number of visitors to the mountain
resorts is looked for this summer,
than in all history.
Korty men of the forest service
started work this week on a new
road from MacDoiiRall Springs to
Toll Gate. In tho Umntllla National
Forest, followiiiR a survey which
is now beinK made by engineers
of the llureau of 1'ublic Kuails.
The new road will have a maxi
mum grade of five per cent and
when completed will be graveled. ,
t',.rt. for the HUrVCVillSr CrCW I
llmMr of Automobile l-'ntnlitics, 11KN I , (Ire., J line 1 8 Willi Ivast ., i,,,,,,, , MiieDnuirall's audi
.May 2 1. 11)25 to .May 11127 and Klk lakes open to autoists and ' r., i, ,.n.t ,-uiMlnp. crew
liie tlepartment of coin ln.'l'ce tile snow line Rrailually recedillR ' ', i-,,.,, uPit,u ntio ami one-half i
announces that during the four ; into the high country, fishing ! mii,,s heyond iacl iouruM's. The;
weeks emllng May 21, 1U2,, auto-i lirospi cts are the best since the for,..st servleu crew will work
mobile accidents were responsible start of the m ason. throughout the summer on tills six
for 52'J deaths In 77 large cities , According to Information reach- lle tini.rovemeut. whltii, w hen
ling here from the Century drive I completed, will link the valleys of
j country, Klk lake w ill be acces- j tho Walla Walla anil I'luatllla nnd
I Hiblu to nuttiists for the first I the summit of the Itlue mountains
! lime this season by I4i)s weedt-, at Toll gate, with a highway l
enrl. Jl w ill not be poxihlc to i most as standard as a slato hlgh-
I found i.pot in the. timber with
I snow three to five feet deep.
Autos an; now able to reach
iTnll (late, although the trip Is l
lo. n: i.nd M. illoiis one for a portion
ol l.e; v.i. Ui-pairs to tho road
williin the loresL urea will again
i be iiiiule at once so that travel to
Visitors to Toll (l.ile and Lang- Toll Halo by uules will soon bo
Ion lake on July 4 may frolic lu Possible with usual summer com-
the snow if they desire. Albert
Ituker, forest ranger in charge !
'of the Walla Walla dlstiicl, pre- j Si. me day an American mayor
WA1-LA. WAI.I.A, Wash., June diets. Mr. linker arrived in (own I hi going to refuse to bo math; a
1R- linntllla county last year built last evening from the mounlaliis, I member of the Sioux Indians. That
several miles of standard market wilh word that there may hi I LI be will he news.
road lo MacDougall a camp, which , -
Will StartfDh'ork on High
way from MacDougall
Springs to Toll Gate
' tcoxvinlnjt ft i
r ' 1
Hour after Hour over any Road
-and always in Comfort
MANY DEATHS BY
AUTO ACCIDENTS
52!) Die in 77 Large Cities
of United States in
One Weeks Time
ROADS TO LAKES
OPEN TO TRAFFIC
East and Elk Lakes Open
to Autoists; Fishing
Prospects Good
ltKNIi, (in ., June 18 With Kast
and Klk lakes op-n tu autoists and
I he snuw line gradually receding
into the high count ry, f lulling
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ciiienis occurreu outside 01 uie city l Despite the h
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1J28 Adams Ave.
iith.s due to aiitouioltile aceiilcnt
;tvy runoff ro
ntflttng of hiiuw
rains, the I cn-
i t Ii t ii city limits is dcsiralile. Such
figures arc uvailalih for llu- saine j
loiir-wt'i k M-rioda lor clttcH. tin- !
tnur-wi-rk tigiiif in llf.' 7 heing :to '
iiw contrastcil with :I'h; lor the cor- 1
responding four weeks in l'.i-O. !
Considering hy four-week p-r- j
lods since May. 1HLT., stniply total;
eaths frtjin autoiuohlle aechleutM 1
lor 77 cities, regardless of pine
accident, the lowest total
up pears for ihe four-week period
ending March i7, U2G. and the
highest f i 7 1; for the four-week
period ending Noveinl)er . 1 HLJtl.
The nuinbeis in the periods of
four weeks were as follows:
I'mir Weeks 1 Jidlny:
May 1,
April I It - 7
March 1.G, 1!i27
It'ehruary -'!, i:"7 .,
.January !!!. 1 !'7
.Janiiit ry 1, 1 7
Deceinl.ei' -1. 1 ! 2 U
November t. T.CG
October lit'i
Sepleinber I I. I!ti
August I t. 1
July J7. l!L'(i
.lune l!t, l:tMi
May -ll. IHJ'I
April 2. IW
March L'T,
l''elruitry -7, 1 ; 2 f i
January i'.'-
i chutes ia reported fairly clear.
Angling in the upper stretehea
! of the DeSchllleS is reported
good. Most of lite up-rlver fish
ing territory. Mucked by Know
jejiriy in the sea.son, is now open
' lu motorics.
! Research Finds
Wider Highways
Much Needed
January 'Z,
1 trcetlietier
November
(atober 1"
Heiteliber.
August 1 "i.
July IK.
June -jn, in:
May '-'It. 1!'-
Kor the
May 21, I!'-'
the respectivt
1 '.t-2
-2, i'.ryn r,-t ;
1 i.- 4'iT j
r, 4::s j
r, :. 4'.- :
4 I j
week periods ending I
, ami May 22. 11-J.
totals were fiHiK and
.:MS. with respective rales or I J
nnd 'Jf.4. or an im-n-as" during ihn
single year ol 7 per cent.
Nine cities reported no automo
bile, fatalities for the last four
weeks, w hile eight reported .no au
tomobile fatalities for the corps
ponding period of 1 !:!'.
l-'or the last four-week period re
ports as tu whether fatal automo
bile aceidents occurred within city
, The American Research founda
f,ji tlon finds that It. Is becoming a
4 i j pressing nc-ceysity to widen the ar
4 ;i y ferial highways, ('.specially near
4-11 jeithH.
47(i In a few years, it declares, wo
r,-) w ill huvj; :'n,iiMi),iHM( cars; and lis
bulletin adds;
"It i.s estimated that good roads
now save the highway users $7M,
iMKt.(HM) a year. Motorists pay the
bulk of road building expenses, but
IHol.ably prolit the least by It.
Land values h;ive hc-'ii enormously
hierefised by highways, the Iji-ne-fits
extending to farmers In re
mole .-(! ions.
"With the growth of our cllles
more and wider highways in their
vicinity are a vital neeesnity, not
only ffr passeiigt-r t ra rf ic, but. lo
facilitate the t ra nsport a t ion of food
and supplies into the population
enters."
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Blue Mountain Garage
M. A. HAKUISON, Mgr. . Opposite Postoffiw
QUALITY AT LOW COST
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an oil er
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uarwl direeiion from Coimes I'.ilut,
N. Y., t ii rough Syractri". N. Y.,
Se run ton and Marrrn'mig, I'a.,
Winchester. Va.. Lexington and
llristoi. Tenn., I ti rutin ghaut, Ala.,
and Meridta n and Halt h sbm g.
Miss. (route No. II joins No. .'! at
I'earl Lier, Mtss.. and t here;, ftr
the tourist may liave by way oT
New OrP-iins Mini through 'iv:ii
lo i;i 1'asj, and 1 hence over Irouie
No. so w e.st v at ii to Kan 1 n go.
'alii .
"The tourist w hc.- joitrti' ingH
are t, ,,ke l.im (nto the Mi--im-nippl
Viilhy area v.111 have to take
into aei-oitui. the t a vatv s of t he
flood rui the through loub s. He
will do well to make ( ar 'ul in
quiry as to the bit.-wt road reports
before p':;nntng his traveia in cer
tain directions''
W liA, (OMlKT SI IC i:V
h (i rge O. Miandenbiirg. secre-y-manager
of the Oregon State
j Motor ua-iociat ion and ilay Conway
j ff the same organization will con
jduet a survey of motoring coudl
1 tions over 1 1nt John I lay highway.
;viting Ontario and returning by
j uny oT the Old Oregon Trail.
! White on the trip a. new locution
fcr the motor association's office
will 'be selected at Ontario and u
j snrvy will be made of I'endh ton
j w ll h 1 he idea of establishing a
; branch office in (hat city In the
j near future.
' The establishment of the office
; at I 'end lei on Is considered neci-M-
K.l I y beca use nf the development
I of tourist travel in and out of th.il
ity. i
Kl (il'IAS Kl (l(i III LI.AI
The Oregon Stale Motor nssoein
th'll has reopem-'l Its touring bu
reau at S aside for the summer
wuHidi. This touring bureau will
a train be under t he direct ion of
M is. M ;t rl ha I 'a y 1 1 - w ho has con -ducted
this bureau for the past sev
er. ii yeats.
itutsid- were received
I lie 7 7 eit it s repor ting,
cities 111 this four-week
totat tniiolx r of nuto-
lilrriM or
lmm :, t,
In tlMse 7;
p rl.ul, ft,.
mobile fiifalilps was ;!!. but only
4'.'i of Mi-hi: were due tij uccidetitif
within city limits
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' Adams Avenue
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