THE SUNDAY OREGON'IAN, PORTLAND, JANUARY 11, 1914. CLATSOP TO SPEND $542,875 OH ROADS Improvements of Year to Be Most Extensive in History of County. ENGINEERS ALREADY BUSY Practically $200,000 to Be Expend ed on Section of Columbia High way, Says Chairman of Board . of Commissioners. ASTORIA. Or.. Jan. 10. (Special.) The road .improvement work in Clatsop County during the year 1914 promises NOVEL METHOD OF SHOWING .? ! , H. O. HUNTER AT WHEEL to be the most extensive in the history of the county. While the County Court, in fixing its levies a few days ago, made no special road levy, in preparing a list of Its appropriations, the court set aside $30,000 for bridges, the greater portion of which will be used in con tstructing new bridges along the line of the proposed Columbia Highway. The court also appropriated $40,000 from the general fund, to be expended under the direction of the court in building and repairing roads in various sections of the county. In addition to this the several road districts have voted special taxes amounting to $73,675.25, making a total of $143,875.26 that will be raised in the county this year by direct taxation for road improvement and bridge work. In commenting on what is planned to be accomplished. Judge Judd, chairman of the Board of County Commissioners, eald: "The sale of road bonds authorized by the people at the recent special election will net $399,200, and this, with the sums to be raised by direct taxa tion, make a total of $542,825 thatlwill be available for the development of permanent highways in Clatsop County. 9200,000 for One Road. "Of this amount, approximately (300,000 is to 'be expended on the con struction of a road leading from As toria to the eastern line of the county at Westport, paralleling the river and lorming Clatsop County's portion of what is to be known as the Columbia Highway. "State highway engineers are mak ing the surveys and estimates and pre paring the information necessary for the letting of contracts for the grad ing of this section of road. We expect this preliminary work will be com pleted during February.. Another crew of state highway engineers is work ing on the highway leading from As toria, via the Nehalem Valley, to the cast line of the county at. a point near Vesper, a distance of approximately 40 miles. Much of this road is on a splen did grade and has been rocked, but It must be widened and in- some places the route must be changed. The en gineers are gathering the information for the changes needed. The fund available for the improvement of this road in 1914 will amount to $110,000. sufficient to place it in line condition, Another 8120,000 Available "We also expect that in the near fu ture a crew of engineers win oegin making the surveys for the permanent Improvement of the road lading from Astoria to Gearhart Park, Seaside and ' other beach resorts, and thence south to the Tillamook County line. The fund available for work on this par tlcular road, as soon as the road bonds are sold, will amount to $120,000. With the opening of these three main highways. Clatsop County will provide some of the most scenic au tomobile drives to found in the Northwest. It will be possible for mo torists to come from Portland and points in the interior of the state. either down the banks of the Colum bia or via the Nehalem Valley to As toria, thence along close to the Pacific Ocean to Tillamook County, and over the famous Wilson River road, via the Willamette Valley to Portland, a route approximately 300 miles long, and one that is surpassed nowhjre in scenic beauty and attractiveness. MOTORCYCLE NOTES AN order for 15 motorcycles to be be shipped to South Africa has juet be.n received by an American manu facturer. ... Jnck Mitchell, a lad of 14 years, liv ing at Petersburg, Fla., recently rode his motorcycle 18 miles through some of the deepest sand of the state. He Bays he had no difficulty in operating his machine. ... George. K. Vanderbilt has just pur chased two motorcycles for use on his AshevlHe. N. C. estate. ... Joe'Esler, of New York City, Is plan ning to tour Japan, China and the Phil ippines on his motorcycle next year. In 1911 Mr. Esler traveled all over Europe on his motorcycle, visiting 11 countries. And during this Summer be rode from New York to Denver. ... Ottawa, 111., now has an organized motorcycle club. About 65 members of the motorcycle clubs of Detroit and Flint, Mich, par ticipated, in the recent 200-mile endur- ance run from Detroit to Bay City and return. A bowling: tournament is to be one of the features of the Winter entertain ments of the New Britain Motorcycle Club, New Britain, Conn. Up to October 1 there were 6040. li censed motorcycles in Wisconsin. - Mr. and Mrs. Roy Willows, of Wich ita, Kan., are making- a motorcycle trip across the desert to San Francisco. . . P. A. Johnson, of Grand Junction, Cole has just completed & 1400-mile motorcycle trip to Salt Lake City. ... A moonlight motorcycle run was re cently enjoyed by about 20 members of the Haverhill (Mass.) Motorcycle Club. Richard O. Fernandez, of Sommer vllle, Mass., is making- a motorcycle tour of Japan. The annual convention of the Cana dian Motorcycle Association will be held in Winnipeg, Man., this week. Two new motorcycle clubs to become affiliated with the F. A. M. this week were the Alamo Club of San Antonio, Texas, which has 19 members, and the Fort Smith (Ark.) Motorcycle Club, with a membership of 22. Stability of Industry Shown. Another demonstration of the stabil ity of the motor car industry, in spite TRUCK'S POWER AND CAR'S SPRINGS DEMONSTRATED BY LOCAL SALESMAN ON STREETS. W7 OK TWO-TON VELIE TRUCK, WHICH of the rumors and knocks of the pessi mists to the contrary, is given in a recent order filled by the Willys-Overland Company, of Toledo, O. This con cern, last week, shipped a special train containing 30 carloads of Overland ma chines to the Overland-Marion Sales Company, its Philadelphia distributor. Ninety Overlands were included in the shipment, which was a special order, in excess of the allotment of the Philadel phia concern, made necessary by an un forseen demand for the Toledo-built cars. WORK OF 9 TEAMS DONE TRUCK COSTS 9t9 A DAY, HORSES $56 A DAT, ESTIMATED. Motor Vehicle Carries Approximately SS Tom of Material In Limits of Nine-Hour Day. A motor truck installation which affords an unusually good illustration of the value of adequate loading and unloading facilities where a large amount of material must be moved is to be found in that of H. L. Beavls, of Earville, Ohio", who operates a five- ton Peerless in hauling sand and gravel for use in making concrete for a dam over the Cuyahoga. River. This dam is built to form a reservoir for the waterworks of the City of Akron, and before it is finished it will require an enormous amount of con crete. Beavis controls a sand and gravel bank a little more than a mile away from the damsite. The truck is loaded at the pits with gravel dug from the bank with a steam-shovel using a clam-shell bucket. The truck, of the screw power hoist type, will hold four cubic yards at one load. Each yard of this particular material weighs about 2850 pounds. The truck travels one and one-tenth miles over rather difficult country road. It descends to a creek bottom level and then mounts again to the plateau by a quick turn on an 8 per cent grade. At the damsite a special unloading platform has been constructed. This platform is nine feet high and the ap proach to it up which the truck car ries its load is about 50 feet long, giv ing a gradient of 18 per cent. In the center of the platform is a trap a few inches narrower than the distance between the inside edges of the rear wheels. The truck is run over the trap and dumped by power. In this service the Peerless truck carries approximately 85 tons of ma terial within the limits of a nine-hour working day, and it has been used at night with only a slight decrease in efficiency owing to darkness. It docs the work of about nine two-horse teams. W. ,"E. Maxson, superintendent for the Amburson Hydraulic Construc tion Company, of Boston, which has the contract for building the dam, is au thority for the statement that in a day the truck does, at an expense of about $16, the work which it would cost $56 to do by means of horses. CHEHALlS WILL DO PAVING City Officials Make Plans for Ex tensive Street Work. CHEHALlS, Wash.. Jan. 10. (Spe cial.) The Chehalis City Commission is laying its plans to do extensive street paving next season, as indicated by its action at the last meeting. City At torney Reynolds was. instructed to prepare resolutions for paving National avenue from the milk condenser plant, where the present paving ends to the city limits. Also, a resolution was passed giving notice of a hearing on the paving of Prindle street from the Northern Pa cific Railroad tracks to St. Helens ave nue, St. Helens avenue to Pennsylvania avenue, Pennsylvania avenue from St. Helens to Folsom street and West street from State street to the West side school. Veterans Feast at Kelso. KELSO. "Wash., Jan. 10. (Special.) The members of C. S. Hamilton Post No. 113, Grand Army of the Republic, held their annual supper at Hotel Har per last Saturday night. 1. GAR'S MERITS TOLD Many Models Are Being Shown by Velie Agents. MILEAGE CALLED EQUAL . H. Crittenden Says Company Has Compete Line, Innovation Be ing Three Chassies for Tour- . Ing Car Models. "We nowhave on our Bales floor all of the 1914 models, both in touring cars and trucks," said J. A. Crittenden, manager of the automobile department of the John Deere Plow Company, dis tributers of the Velie cars, "showing practically a complete line in variety, horsepower and design. "Starting with our 1500-pound light delivery, equipped with pneumatic tires. ST1 fTTl ft a .sr. J $ fc JlnJ J SUPPORTS VELIE FOUR-35. we have next the Velie one-ton truck, which this year will be equipped with the Gray & Davis self-starting and lighting system. This truck is creating a great impression on the commercial world for several reasons. "First Electric lighting and self starting mean a big saving on depreci ation. "Second -It has a powerful, slow-speed motor. Li head type, four cylinders with 4 bore by 54 stroke. It is sold on such conditions that. If the buyer wishes quick delivery, it is equipped with pneumatic tires, and our warranty permits 20 miles an hour. If it is for heavy duty, it is equipped with solid tires, and the speed is limited to 15 miles per hour. A truck of this nature covers a wide scope of work for the owner. We then have a two-ton and a three-ton heavy duty truck. This makes four different models in the tr.uck line and a wide range from which to select. "The Velie this year has introduced an Innovation in touring cars. For in stance, there are three chassis, two of them for the four-cylinder type and one a six-cylinder. The smallest one, which is the lowest in price, is a four, 35 horsepower, 4 by 5 bore and stroke, carrying Ave passengers; the next type is our four, 45-horsepower, 4 by 54 in three styles, roadster, four and five- passenger; our next is the light six, of 50-horsepoweT, 3 by 5H: also in three different body styles, the bodies of the 45-horsepower and the six-cylinder be ing interchangeable. The only chassis difference in the two cars is in the wheel base, five inches, which is taken up in the hood on the six, one of our features being that the six-cylinder car weighs no more than our four-cylinder 45-horsepower. We believe the two cars, the four-45 and the six-50, to be the lightest cars on the market of equal horsepower and passenger capacity This means, without any explanation. a long life to the tires and good mile age to the gasoline. "Relative to the subject of mileage per gallon of gasoline, continued Mr, Crittenden, "I would call attention to the records supplied by the motor magazines and daily papers of the mile age obtained by the different cars In endurance runs which have been held lately in the East). The people In the Pacific Northwest do not have an op portunity of studying cars and their performances in any such contests as an endurance run, hence, we have to take the records of the differet makes from the East. "These endurance runs have been held under the most favorable con ditions. For instance, most of the cars entered are stripped of their tops, side curtains, windshields, extra tires and tire holders,, and all miscellaneous equipment,. They are then carefully prepared and groomed for the contest and driven by the best drivers, just as a race horse is trained and tried out previous to a race. The roads over which these contests are run are very nearly equal to our paved streets and in no way compare to what the motorist encounters on the Oregon roads. "We will go on record with our Velie cars with this statement: That we will go at the direction of a prospective pur chaser, over any given distance of miles as far on a gallon of gasoline with one of our cars as any other make, all things being equal, such as the rated horsepower of the motor and the pas senger capacity or the car. NEW TIRE Oil MARKET DETACHABLE TREAD IS PUT OUT BY GOODYEAR COMPANY. Pneumatic Departure Makes Outer Tube In Two Parts, Protection Against Puncture Greater. The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Com pany have brought out a new type of pneumatic automobile tire that posses ses new features of great interest. It consists of a regular tire carcass, and a detachable tread. When the tire is deflated, the tread can be removed easily, yet when propertly inflated, the two parts possess the strength and power of a one-piece tire. This makes it possible to replace either part car cass or tread, in a few moments, any where, and means that practically a new tire can be obtained, if needed, at about half the usual cost. The tread is held firmly to the car cass by the inflation of the tire. A secret construction that . gives the edges of Cosfts rHTHE man wfin hnvs wit-firm fr himself. The better you ac quaint yourself with values the more intelligently and economical ly you can buy. If, in one car, you can get a longer wheelbase for less money then that car offers a greater value. If, in one car, you get a more powerful motor for less money then that car offers you still greater value. If , in one car, you get larger tires for less money then again in that car you get an additional value. And so on throughout the en tire car. If the fundamentals are larger, better and more powerful and the purchase price is less, which does it seem reasonable to buy? The closer you make such an investigation the better the Over land shows Up and the harder it is on our competitors. Why .is it you seldom see any of our com petitors advertising their specifi cations? Are they afraid or ashamed? Be that as it may, here are the facts : y . Electric head, side tail and dash lights Storage battery 33 horsepower motor 1 14-inch wheelbase Three -quarter flea ting rear axle Manufacturer the tread an unstretchable bead, solves the problem of the necessary grip, and keeps the components safe from in vasion by water or dirt. It is worthy of note that no mechan ical fastenings of any kind are neces sary. This means there is nothing to impair the, resiliency of the tire, or add extra weight. This new tire is said to give greater protection from punctures than other types of pneumatic tires. The tread doesn't -bear the tube strain and is therefore less tense than the carcass. Tests prove that a sharp object cannoi readily pass through a soft medium into a hard one without being deflected. The tread is built slightly square on the inside, which provides air chambers at the two points of vibration on each side of the center of the tread. This prevents the possibility of injury to the carcass through overheating. The two parts of this tire are built separately and to exact measurements. When put together they are a perfect fit. The tread has a wearing surface of sharp edged, wide based blocks, which assure real protection aguinst skidding. Veteran Still on the Road. After covering more than 75,000 miles during the last four years, a Stude baker car is now carrying Clayte Sells and family, of Anderson, Ind., from their home to Miami, Fla. This is the second round trip this car has made over this course. Motors Beat Steam Power Plants. The enormous development that, has taken place in motor cars in recent years is indicated by the fact that the aggregate horsepower deveiopea Dy an the motor engines in the United States is srreater than that generated by all the commercial steam-power plants in the country. Telephone Franchise Granted. CHEHALlS, Wash., Jan. 10. CSpe cial.) The Lewis County Commis sioners have granted a telephone fran chise to the Boistfort Telephone Com nanv to operate its lines over the county roads west of here. This com pany discovered recently that although It had been doing business for a num ber of years In this county, it had no frS'hchise to do so and made baste to c-rceci tne matter. Youi comparing or analyzing only JL succeeds in grossly fooling J. W. LEAV1TT & COMPANY, Distributors, WASltlXGTON The Willys-Overland Company, - Toledo, Ohio Specifications : Timken and Hyatt bearing 33 x 4 Q. D. tire's Brewster green body, nickel and aluminum trimmings MODEL. 79T . 4 l of ike foment Overland Delivery JFagons, GmrferJ and Willys-Utility Trucks. Full information on request. AUTO'S EARLY DAYS TOLD EIAVOOD HATNES WRITES OF PIO i NEBRlNCr IN CHICAGO. But IS Tears Ago Machine Was Or dered Off Michigan Avenue, Sw Traveled Continually. Elwood Haynes, pioneer automobile manufacturer, of Kokomo. Ind., con tributes the sixth of a series of articles on his life and inventions in a recent issue of the Haynes Pioneer, monthly house organ of the company of which he is president. This article is reminiscent 'of the days when he operated the "horseless carriage." It relates how Elwood Haynes was ordered off Michigan boulevard. Chicago, in 1895, and fur nishes another striking example of the wonderful growth of the automobile industry in this country. "At that time," writes Mr. Haynes. "there was some question in the mind of the public as to the right of the 'horseless carriage' on the highway. Lawyers were consulted regarding the matter; and after looking up the law they discovered that the question had been broadly covered, not only by the lower court, but by the Supreme Court as well, and that the decisions were of sufficient scope as to unquestionably include the automobile and give it full and unrestricted right on the high way. "I remember very well when the lit tie machine was unloaded for the 'Times-Herald' contest in 1895 at En glewood, a suburb of Chicago. I was riding down Michigan avenue,, intend ing to drive to the central portion of the city, and had scarcely proceeded more than six or eight blocks when 1 was accosted by a policeman, who or dered . me to leave the boulevard at once, as nothing like horseless-driven carriages were permitted on that thor oughfare. I remonstrated with hlm( since it was equipped with rubber tires and made but little noise. He simply replied that it was "Arders, sir," so I could do nothing but obey. Contrast that state of affairs with the constant stream of automobile traffic over Mich igan avenue today and you will be able Completely equipped f. o. b. Toledo 30 Less The $950 Overland has a motor that isas large and as powerful as in most $1200 cars. Compare and see. The $950 Overland has a wheel base as long as on most $1200 cars. Compare and see. The $950 Overland is roomier, has greater leg stretch and more actual com fort than most $1200 cars. Compare and see. i The $950 Overland has tires as large as on most $1200 cars. Compare and see. The $950 Overland has electric lights throughout, the same as $3000 to $5000 cars. Compare and see. The $950 Overland has just as com plete and just as expensive equipment as most $1500 cars. . Compare and see. The $950 Overland is just as superbly and richly finished as any $1500 car. Compare and see. The $950 Overland is manufactured just as carefully as any car. Compare and see. And such greater value for less money is possible on account of our enormous and therefore economical production methods, because we are the largest manufacturers in the world of this type of car. Why hesitate? There are more Over lands being sold today than any other com peting car made. And this is because we 'continue to give more standard car for less actual money. The purchase of an Overland will save you a clear 30. See the 1914 Overland today. Phone our dealer. STREET. PORTLAND. Deep upholstery Mohair top, curtains and boot Cowl dash Clear-vision, rain vision windshield to realize what vast changes have taken place since then, not only in the mode of locomotion but in public sen timent as well." Electric Lamps Survive Bath. A Studebaker "Four," the driver of which had been blinded by the glaring headlights of another car, recently took a dive into DuJuth Harbor. The air-tight top kept the car afloat until the passengers could be rescued. When I I Buy It Because I S It's a Better Car ii MODEL T . I Touring Car l f.o.b.Detroit J ! Get particulars from Ford Motor Company. 61 I MA Union avenue, corner East Davis St.. Portland. I ' I Stewart speedometey ' Electric horn Flush U doors with concealed hinges With tlectrie starUr and . generator fl07Sf. o. b. TmleJo raised the next day the car was unin jured inside from a cracked windshield, and its electric lights werr Ktill burn ing brightly. C. H. Booth Resigns Managorsliiii. Clarence H. Booth, general manager of the Studebaker Corporation's automobile-building plants, has resigned his position and will upend the Winter in California.