La Grande evening observer., July 16, 1927, CITY EDITION, Image 9

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Motoring News 1 (femfo lEwmttg ibSWr Auto Section
LA GRANDE, OREGON, SATURDAY, JULY 1(5, 15)27
VOLUME XXV.
ENORMOUS SUM
SPENT ON ROADS
Mileage in U. S. Increased
: During 192(5 at Cost
of $1,50P,000,000
- More t htm a billion and u linlf
dollars un npuit in the Tnited
fcyid'fl for road luilldlntf ami main-
!' ti'Tianco during the fiscal year etid
9J in June 111' 5 uurunlinff to a
Vludy Just completed liy the nu
tional inIiiHtrlnl conference tjoitrd,
N-w York. Whereas less tliun 20
yi'Hrs afjo expciuiitnr s for road
. building weru still a negligible
; lt'in in governmental finance, the
present annual road hill amounts
to more than one-sixth of tlio en-
v tire public! budget, and is exceeded
only by our government cxpendl-
: tviri'H for education and protection.
- The development of the conn-
1ry"s roads during the paHt quar
f t r century closly reflects the revo
lution in the field of transportation
! brouirht ubout by the uutomobilo
und Its rapidly extended adoption
I s u means of i-urryint; Roods as
I well as pass-niters. About l.uull,.
I 000 mllis of hlKhuays have been
built since 1DU4, whin tin- total
roadway inilcniie In flip I'nlti-il
, Hlati s amounted to 3. 151.319, only
i a small proportion of y. hu ll was
surfaced, traffic consisting prill
clpally of short Ulstancu market
hauling and a few vt-nturcsomo
liicyclists.
Mili h KimiI lllillt
. HurillK tlio next fivi. y.ars. less
than 6(1.000 additional mill's of
roadwuy were built, but between
lUUli and ISM l he advent of tlio
automobile made llsclf fell. .SU.lHiO
niilen of new roads bclns added.
, in the next seven years. although
'they include the war years when
state and local government bud
Bels were held down to the mint
mum. 5CHI. lino miles of new roads
were added,
i Perhaps more striking than the
Increase in total lullcnKn of road
ways during this period was the
' change-lit the charaeter of the
new roads, influenced primarily by
tin' automobile truffle. Winding,
often ungraded and rutted, albeit
picturesque roads have rapidly
been giving way lo hard surfaced,
wide and straight highways par
ticularly during the past few years.
-i RANDOM SHOTS OF THE WESTERN COUNTRY
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'.rife: 1
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WILL COMPLETE .
OLD TRAIL CUT
Rebuilt Section Between
Glenns Ferry and King
Hill Costs .$(55,000
To lite ton I'M comintc Into the uc-. from Hit inldtlle vtc-t, soutli or nisi, iiuuty scenic wonders unfold. Here tiro n few random
hhott. of the west: I.ell In Arlcnn; cculcr. I 'a tin Springs, al.; i-iffht. liiit-Uiiiiiit Drive, Vahlniclon.
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V.OB.Jactort
No other car has so much
quality, performance and
style for its size and price:
-60 miles per hour
5 to 25 miles per hour
in 8 14 seconds
- four-fifths of wheelbasc
cradled by springs
turns in an 18-foot radius
full-vision steel body
f
- 4'Wheel brakes
- bumpers, front and rear
hydrostatic gasoline iuge
Drive this Little Aristocrat
today. Learn what comfort
and performance are pos
sible at a low price.
M. J. G0SS
Cor. Fir und Adams Ave.
j V llll- Ml W" .,
jer cent of the total roadwny intle
iiKe wus K-'-dtU and uurl'act'd, and
allKhtly ov-r 1U per ceiy by 1!U4,
more titan 17 per cent of the, much
increased total mileaKe was Brac
ed and surfaced in 192.1. the con
ference board's study reveals,
slliftlnvny Systcnus Needed
The Ininiense volume of Ions
I distance motor traffic that bus de
veloped during the past ten years.
however, also lias Increased the ne
cessity of a well linked highway
system, connect ins important cen
ters and fed by the smaller market
roads radiatinp from local renters
Into mirrounding rural territory. It
is this phase of hlKhwny develop
ment which, in tlio UkM of the
conference board's study, lias caus
ed marked cbaiiRes in the control
and financing of road building and
maintenance, shifting tin; burden
gradually from the local govern
ments lo the state and, to un ex
tent even to the federal govern-
meat.
While in 19U4, the coniereiicn
board finds, more than iMi per cent
or nearly nil of Hie. current hbib
way revenue, which then amount
ed to only $7r..9ii5.:tV5, was ruined
by local govern men t. who also
floated all of Hie highway bonds
issued at that time, the state gov
ernments in 1S25 had become so
active in the field of highway
building and maintenance, that
they ruised more tliun 37 per cent
of all highway revenue, while the
local governments raised only little
over half or the total.
The federnl government mean
while bud inlerestecl itself to the
extent, of contributing about .10
per cent or the total. NYurly half,
or 4 9.5 por eent .of all highway
bonds floated hi 192.1 were Issued
by stale governments.
Variations Am Wide
Wliile the figures cited sum
ma ri.e the development of road
iMilliling in the Veiled stales an a
whole, wide variation!. In the de
velopment in different states and
sections of the country ure revealed
by the board's report.
The vast change in transporta
tion method and road utiliition
. caused by long distance automo
bile traffic is again strikingly re
flected in the great stimulus given
to highway construction In the
more sparsely settled mountain und
western states during the past few
vears. while the more densely
populated eastern states, already
j well supplied with roads, huve con
leeiitrated more on improving exist
I lug roads, even abandoning many
I older roads made obsolete by the
' more systematically linked mod
Jern highway .system demanded in
this age of the aHtrimobih'.
Railroad Officials Enjoy Tractor
Trip Up Mt. Hood With 'Crag Rats' -
(lroni l ord Mows)
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The frag Huts, a civic organlza- iy f i Cr Infill
invited I
tlun of Hood Klvcr, Oregon,
officials of the Union l'aclfie rail
road to visit Cloud Cap Inn, near
ine snow line of Mount Hood, with
a view to deciding on the merits
of .Mount Hood us a recreation
center. At the time the officials
don't make the mlstuk" of doffing
your- hat and Inspecting it.
Tho confusion lies In tho differ.
In motor expressions between
nglaiid and America. "Hood
in Kngland, Is termed "top" in
America, and the word "bonnet"
tukes the place of "hood."
So It is wltlv other words: Strung-b-r
for choke, saloon for sedan.
i4 IIICYICCIII LdllXOO screen windshield, accumulator
i for storage battery and so oi.
To Understand
(il.KNNS l'Kltl.Y. Ida.. July Hi.
Slate highway improvements on
the Oregon Trail Just east of tileiins
Kerry, now under construction, will
be completed ami I he new roadway
opened to traffic about Sept. I, it
(was reported here Wednesday at
I the construct ion company's head
nuariers. 1- Klimluatlng two of the most h;iz
j aniens railway crossings In south
ern Idaho and a dungerous drive
along the north bank of the Snake
river, the new highway, when cimi
pleted, will fill a long felt need in
this section and prove a boon to
j travelers and tourists.
t Tlio improvements proper will
consist of a mile and u half of
'new roadbed, with a 24-foot crown.
1 S feet of which will be surfiteed
with a six-Inch layer of gravel. The
surfacing will bo continued along
the highway through the city of
t.lenns Kerry for approximately
one mile, fho Job involves no
, largo concrete bridge structures
j and virtually all of the culverts
are now In place.
Mil Completed
! The new roadbed will be lild In
NUMBER 2S8
the cut now occupied by the Ore
gon Short Line railway tracks and
the contract culled for the build
ing of a fill on the outer edge of
the cut lo pprmit the shifting of
the tracks to i&lva room for the
highway. Mr. Crooks said Wednes
day that this fill, requiring the
moving of approximately i.,r,0D
yurda of earth, had bevn completed
and was accepted by the railway
eompiiny. The work of moving
tbu Hacks is expected to begin Im
mediately. '
"The fact that this amount of
blaMlug was done without halting
railway traffic for a single nilitutrt
is a matter of pride with uh," said
Mr. Crooks. "One mistake in the
use of high explosives on the hill
side would have blocked the cut
with tons of dirt that would have
required several days to move.'
At tho present time tho con
tractor reports that there remains
about 10. 000 yards of roadbed on
the east end lo be graded; how
over virtually all of the blasting
has been completed.
Cost, of the Improvement Is eslt
muted at $05,0110, exclusive of the
expanse, of moving the track
which will be borne by the railway
company.
Willi.. YOU WAIT
.Motorist (In service ahop)
Are yon the young mun who Is do
ing that rush job on my car?
Youlhrul ltcpuirman Yes, sir!
Motorist Well, you'ro still look
ing well. Ild yon enjoy your
golden wedding aunlversary?
Motorland,
found it 'convenient to make the
visit, however, the road was deep j
with snow at points far below Ihu i
ltin. I
Told of the impending visit, j
members ot the Crag Hats made j
their way to Mount Hood and at- ;
tucked the drifts in the roud lead- j
ing to the Inn. Their chief weapon 1
was a Kordson t ractor w It h full !
crawlers contributed by Norbin
Coulter of the Coulter Motor Com
pany, I-'ord dealer in Hood lliver.
The tractor hauled u heavy wooden
sled. The snow averaged 12 feet
dj-cp. In drifts It run frequently
as deep as 30 feet. In one spot
snow 0u feet deep was measured.
The following day the party
arrived and were taken by motor
car to the snow line. The parly
numhi red six and was composed of
1 1i rl It. CI ray, president of the
Cniou l'acific Jtailroad; K. W.
Itobinson, vice-president; A. S. Kd
monds, ussistant traffic manager;
c. II. Segar, chairman of the fin
ance committee of the board of
directors; W. K. Cundiss, general
passenger agent; A. C spencer, i
general attorney. At the snow line
t hey t ranslerred to u sled, pro- i
vldcd with plenly of wurm cover- '
ings, und wen- hauled to within '
walking indistunce or the, Inn by
two Kordson tractors equipped ,
wit h crawlers. I
Mount Hood was once an active
volcuuo, and lava formations may ,
be found on some of the slopes, i
U.NI.ON. July IS If. while In j j ,lKl,whia ,vo you tu my
Knulancl, you auk u KiiniKe mini lo ,. missim; the truffle cop?
lift your hooil. ilim't he surprised j l'rlHon. r I wlah I hh whero
if he lakes your top down Insleuil. there are no traffic cops to mm.
Or. ir lie ask you how your Jiulirc your wish Krantrd;
honnel happened to Ret so muddy, lihlrty days Syracuse Motorist.
tmi:. TIIK FI X st.hti;i
l.lltle Koy l'lca.se, may 1 have
my lop?
MolurHt (who has just parked)
Yea; bul where Is It?
l.lltle Hoy Stuck in the flat
front tire of your Molorland.
Have You Been to the Jack
Allen Supply Cos New Store?
They have parts for all cars
Thompson Silcrome Valves
American Hammered Piston Kings
Quality and Drain Oil
Diamond Piston Rings
Fan Belts
' Ring Gears and Pinions
"" Springs -Axles
We have all the necessary parts lo repair
and doll-up the car.
Jack Allen Supply Co,
La Grande Branch
R. A. FARNAM, Mgr.
PAINT
Is All It Needs!
Just a-new coat of paint . . . just a little re
finishing . . . and that car of yours will look as
trim as the newest and brightest on the road.
Use VITRALITE
Automobile Enamel
It's guaranteed-r-Drop in and see George
Fager at his paint shop, also Phil Nebergall
at his shop they both use Vitralite.
NOAH'S PAINT STORE
131-1 Adams Ave.
Speed Range Of
Auto Traffic Is
Wide in Europe
While Kn.illaml Is eonshh-rlni?
either inen-asintf the upeed limit
of niilo truffle, or ahollshllii; it ul-
liiK.-t tier, traflle -xpeiia ale looR
j inn over the wide ratlKe of speed
i-eKiilutlons in various parts of Ku
I ret"'.
This runs the Kamllt. from tlio
low limit of three miles an hour
' In eonirested parts of Hultrarhi to
no lilull at all In northern Ire-land.
I The nvernKo speed limit runs
'around 2!i miles an hour in open
eounlry. hut for city drlvlnn It
raliKes from four to 1 r miles. Traf- 1
fie-, however,' especially 111 title." j
Ilk.; I'aris. llerlln. Vienna and i
j llrussets. shows that the poliee
officials ore rather lax In colore- J
IHB the laws.
Finland has a limit of "S iniles
an hour on tho h st rounds hy day. f
hut at ninht this limit is cut dow n
to 1 2 l-j miles an hour. j
I lluluai-ia has Kone even further. -ltriV'-is
are im-hiddcn to smoke or
speak while drivini; through towns
or other conwested disiriels where j
the sp'-cd limit is from three to
i-lHht und a half miles an hour.
Al had wire. I his wif.- that lie
would In- home I-Tiduy nlfht. At j
mi.lnli.-ht he hadn't shown up. His !
wife h.canie nervous and wlr-!
four or the Indiana hranrm's ask- I
im: If Al w as Htaylmr I hero. ;
Alomr ahuut six In the mornintf .
Al rami- In home, r-loth'-l vvi.-t ami
muddy, havinu had to chum;.- tires j
:iu.l fi s. vera I punctures. Hhorl-
aft. rwar.ls. t. h grains l u.'in lo
In. Tin y all r.-ad. "Y. s. Al
is stavlnz here tonl,-ht ." I-'lasll '
and l-'ire.
ly
i-emi
SSSSSSSStlffiSSS
Hull ami John, side hy side.
Went out for un unto rid'-:
They hit a hump, liulh hit 0 tr.-f.
' Jehil ki p'. oil i-"Jl"- I'.'J'.li!'.
Down All Roads
From Every Direction You See
oooyears;
Than Any Other Kind of Tire
Here's Why-
Goodyear tires, and only Goodyears, give you the
famous All-Weather Tread and a carcass of Super
twist. Supertwist Cords flex and yield and .stretch
far beyond ordinary cords. They make Goodyear
Tires ride easier and last longer. Don't neglect Super
twist when considering tire value nor the super
tough, wear resisting All-Weather Tread. We have
your size in a Goodyear, at a money saving price.
S-f'A'.'S'
mtwx
(ioodyear Tubes
And we have new Goodyear Tubes,
too, that will wear, and wear, and
wear. These are priced in keeping
with the prices offered on Goodyear
casings. t
W. H.BOHNENKAMPCO.
MOKE PEOPLE THE WOULD OVER, RIDE ON GOODYEAR TIRES THAN ANY OTHER KIND
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