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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (June 21, 1914)
THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND, JUNE 2U 1914. FEDERAL ROAD BILL THIS SESSION SEEN George C. Diehl Says Congress Likely Will Pass Practical Highway Measure. BASIC FEATURES CITED legislation Must Provide for Aid to So Smaller Unit Than State and Must Make Self-Hehp Neces sary, Is Statement NEW YORK, June 20. (Special.) "That Congress at this session will pass a good roads bill framed along nnntlfiiV Imua sanmct tl0hlv nmhlbta Congress is overwhelmingly in favor' Philadelphia, Pa. in the fuel line of the average car, very little trouble is experienced as a result of water in the gasoline. Prao tically the only exception to the rule arises from neglect to drain the set tling chamber of the separator at reg ular Intervals. After the chamber be comes filled with water It is certain to overflow and cause trouble by choking the' carbureter et. Many methods of keeping tire tubes soft have been tried, but the simplest appears to be that of placing them In hot water about once every month. Mo torists who,, have tried this plan are greatly in favor of it and they claim that it keeps the rubber in excellent condition. The tubes should be left In the water only about 10 minutes. An other way to prevent the deterioration of the rubber Is to use a solution of turpentine and alcohol. The turpentine should be poured into the spirit, and when the mixture is applied to the tube the alcohol will evaporate. ' For shop use where- a blowpipe out fit is not available, but where more heat than ordinary illuminating gas will yield is required. It is sometimes possible to make use of acetylene gas in connection with an ordinary Bunson burner. The acetylene Is used in ex actly the same way as ordinary gas, and may be supplied either by a large sised generator or a storage tank. Suffragists Tour Awheeks Among the many motorcyclists who will this Summer tour Europe awheel are Mrs. Rachel Foster Avery and her daughter, well-known sunragisis 01 JAPAN TAKES TO AUTO ANTIPATHY TO CAR HAS SOW EN TIRELY DISAPPEARED. Price of Gasoline, Wb.etb.er From Trust or Independents, Is Fixed at 33 Cents Per Gallon. Japan, at first slow to adopt the mo torcar, is now taking very kindly to the automobile, and In fact during the past two years the Industry has made very rapid progress In all the coun tries of the Far East. ' Reports of this advance are made by Henry W. Andrews. Yokohama agent for the Cadillac, who is visiting In California. "Two years ago." declares Mr. An drews, "there were not 100 motorcars in Japan. This year more than 1600 are registered. "The aversion to the motorcar, which was so apparent a short time ago. is rapidly disappearing. Nat many years ago the sight of a motorcar on the streets of any but the large cities brought forth storms of protest, usu ally accompanied by stones hurled at the driver and occupants of the of fending car. Happily this baa entire ly disappeared. "The- Nippon Auto Club, the pioneer automobile club of Japan, Is doing good work In road mapping and post- SPLENDID FLOAT OP LOCAL TIRE COMPANY MAKES BIG SHOWING IN PARADE. 3 7 ft THE UNITED STATES TIRE FLOAT ARRANGED BY C H. MAYER. ... of good roads legislation. This Is election year, and the members of Congress from rural districts fully realize that no single measure would endear them to their constituents to quite the same extent as an appropria tion from the Federal Treasury to help in the building of good roaas. This Is the comment of George C. Diehl. chairman of the National good roads board of the American Automo bile Association, which is an active factor throughout the country In high-; ways progress. Continuing, Mr. Diehl j says: - "Out of the wilderness of good roads bills, the confusing array of statistics. h torrent of irood roads oratory in tended primarily for home consump tion, certain basic features have been evolved which undoubtedly will be In corporated in the legislation to be enacted. ' "First Feature Aid to State." "The first essential feature is that the Federal Government shall deal with no political unit smaller than the state. There are nearly 3000 coun ties and 30.000 townships In the United States, thus making 33,000 units which the Federal Government must deal with If it undertakes to give Federal aid on a local basis. This, from an Administration standpoint, would be almost impossible, and cer tainly enormously expensive. From a political standpoint, the pressure which would be exerted upon the Individual Representative by the counties and townships in his district, each trying to get a hand into the Federal Treas ury, would be so persistent and so relentless that self-respecting men would throw up tse job, leaving the field open to the political wire-pullers. The realization of these fatal defects In any plan of extreme localization renders absolutely certain the adoption of the state as the smallest unit. "It may be accepted as equally cer tain that no Federal aid plan will re ceive "the stamp of Congressional ap proval unless it provides some meas ure of self-help on the part ef the state. There are more than 2,250,000 miles of public road in the United States, and less than 10 per cent of this mileage can be dignified with the title 'improved roads. Paylns Entire Cost Impossible. "If the Federal Government should attempt to pay the entire cost ot such construction or maintenance as it might undertake, it would be con fronted with the problem of selecting from 2,000,000 miles of unimproved roads such small percentage as could be constrncted or maintained without bankrupting the Federal Treasury, or It would have to make its contribu tion for each mile of road so small as to accomplish no tangible results, and leave the roads at the end of a term of years no bptter than they were at-tha beginning of Federal aid. "The present sentiment in Congres sional circles is for an automatic check upon Federal aid in the form of a state, contribution, and this fea ture will undoubtedly be incorporated in legislation to be adopted. Gradually the dangers of political abuse under the 'road rental" plan, to say nothing of its weakness as a means of bringing about tangible road improvements, have so Impressed our legislators as to incline many former rental adher ents to the -co-operative pun. HINTS TO ACfOISTS While the ordinary amateur will be well advised to send his car to the finishers to have any deep scratches treated, still if one feels that he is a superfine workman the best method of curing a "gouge is to run Deeswa and rosin, melted together in equal parts, into the abrasion. When the fill ing has set. smooth off with fine sand paper and repaint. A sudden failure of the pressure on cars having pressure feed to the carbu reter raised by the exhaust may be due to clogging up of the pipe to the tank with soot. In ease the pressure drops and cannot - be satisfactorily raised by the expedient of covering the end of the exhaust pipe with the foot while the motor la running, the pipe is likely clogged, and should be taken down for a cleaning. Usually a wire can be run through it to loosen the carbon, and It can then be washed out with a little gasoline. with the average separator and strainer combined, such as is installed the College of Agriculture, Pennsylva nia. . As soon as the Spring term of school closes they will hie themselves across the ocean and spend the Summer murium uio uuviiiciib "- - with sidecar attachment In the Fall they expeet to return io Amentu uu resume their agricultural studies. II-.. T . -G. Xlf a 1 r nt Tlrlll tCfnOVt. , Y tX I H . I J.-. ' ... ...... , J - ' Conn., is making a motorcycle business tour which will cover 32 states. He is . ! r - m ntn.nvnl. AirMsatlrV rt!tl " ...u.w.vjw.w r concern, and by riding the two-wheeler himself, he Is aDie io easily uemunsirmo . kl. r.nm-nmfia thA JVS.111A Of the aDDli- ances. Walker has a sidecar attach ment to his motorcycle in wumu no carries supplies. ST. ioCTS LAUDS CYCMSTS Convention Runs lYom All Parts of Country Are Being Planned. St. Louis, Mo., has landed the 1914 National convention of the Federation of American Motorcyclists, which Is to be held July IS. 16, 17 and 18. Commit tees on touring, finance and entertain ment have been appointed and arrange ments for the big meet will be pushed rapidly forward. One of the leading tours which will be made this year ta the convention city will be an endurance run of old time riders from Chicago. This tour will be made up of men who took an active part In the runs in the early days of the organisation, and may of whom are now heads of motorcycle concerns. No one who has ridden in convention tour since 1910 will be permitted to take part in this veterans' run. A number of other tours will also be organized, starting from different parts of the country and centerlngin St. Louis. One of the longest of these Is the run being planned by the San Francisco Motorcycle Club to attend the National assembly. Definite plans for the entertainment of the delegates to the meet have not yet been completed, but St. Louis has one of the most active motorcycle clubs In the country and all ri-ders who gather there for the 1914 meet are assured a rousing good time. A number of F. A. M. motorcycle championships will be run on the excellent dirt track at the Missouri capital. - NEW KJCOX OFFICERS'' CHOSEN Combination of Sales and Advertis ing Departments Planned. Coincident with the formation of the new Knox Motors Company, of Springfield, to take over and extend the business of the Knox Autonjobile Company, of Springfield. Mass., an nouncement has been made of the ap pointment of George M. Davis as as sistant sales manager of the new com pany. Mr. Davis was with the Pierce-Ar-row Motorcar Company, of Buffalo, for four years and recently has been iden tified with Packard Interests at Al bany. Charles F. Barrett has been ad vanced to the position of advertising manager of the new Knox company, the plans for the organization of which contemplate the practical combination of the sales and advertising depart ments. Bad Road Near Plnvlus to Be Fixed. CENTRALJA, Wash., June 20. Spe cial.) If plans now under way do not miscarry, the road connecting Lewis and Pacific Counties will be put In shape so that autos can go through without difficulty. The only really Im passable stretch of road la for about 600 yards near Pluvlus, just across the Pacific County line. According to pres ent plans, Centralia and Chebalis busi ness men will furnish the gravel and the Willapa Harbor people the labor to spread it, providing that the State Highway Commission will sanction such a move. Auto Pulls Road Drag. T. Thompson tried out a new road drag Thursday which ha has invented and applied for a patent. He pulled tt over rough roads with his Studebaker car and it left a smooth track behind it. It is certainly a great imniove ment over the old kind of drag. Wash ington Press. In. Mans of the roads suitable fjr automobile traffic have been made and J guide posts are rapiaiy ueiu eicmcu throughout the Islands. "This club enrolls in its membership many government officials. "The. good roads movement is gain ing great headway. Most improve ments are being made with macadam. One stretch of macadamized raad 167 miles long has been laid from Yoko hama to Nikko. "Asphalt has been used experiment ally in Tokio, but has failed so far be cause of the many earthquakes. "The greatest drawback for the American motorist in Japan would be the price of gasoline. It is easy to obtain, but trust or no trust, the price Is 32 cents a gallon." AUTO TO CHEAPEN FOOD BRITISH TRADE EXPERT SAYS TRUCKS MAY BRING RELIEF. Increasing Cost of Hauling- Products by RaU and Redaction 'by Motor ear Indicates Possible Saving. Because high food prices are mainly responsible for labor agitation, the problem of Increasing homo supplies of food will engage the attention of the British government, said the presi dent of the National Chamber of Trade in England in his address at its 16th annual conference in Blackpool re cently. He referred to the growth of motor traction as promising cheaper food. Much more use might be made of mo tor vehicles for hauling by. road, he said, and the state should take up at once the matter of providing and main taining suitable roads for this traffic While the cost of. haulage by road has been reduced from one-third to one-half by the development of the mo tor vehicle, as shown by the American National Automobile Chamber of Com merce, and can be reduced further by the building of good, durable roads, the cost .of transportati3n by rail has nearly doubled in the.last IB years. An Investigation by the Lehigh Valley Railroad shows that freight cars and locomotives cost more than twice as much now as in 1890, and that the cost of hauling freight was 46-100hs of a The Strict Maintenance of this Price is Your Guarantee of Security THIS list price is established and maintained all over the country. It makes no dif ference whether you purchase your Overland in New York or New Mexico (his price Htver varies. Recently, ten friencls decid ed to each get an Overland. They went to an Overland dealer in a body said they would take ten cars on the spot if he would give them 5 off. He refused. They argued that his neighbor ing competitor had already offer ed them 10 off on the-car he represented. The Overland dealer then replied that if they would wait a few days longer the man next door would probably give them 20 off! They did wait a few days then bought ten Overlands at the full list price. Now these men bought the Overlands, not because they knew so much more about the car, but because they had complete con fidence in tho Overland dealer who had the one fixed price and absolutely no confidence in the competing dealer who had a variety of prices. It does not take any great amount of intelligence to see through the weaknesses, draw backs and insecurity ot a cut price car proposition. Eitherthe car, or the factory behind it, or the dealer, or all three cannot be relied upon. Remember that in purchas ing an Overland you get a great . deal more than just the best car forthe least money; you get service that is dependable, permanent and international. That the public has firm faith in the Overland is amply evi denced by the following record breaking figures: Up to date we have deliv ered over $42,000,000.00 worth of nineteen fourteen Overlands. Right now the public is invest ing over $250,000.00 a day in Overlands. If we did not out-class (both in car value and service) those who are continually cutting their price how could we continue to get the greatest volume of busi ness P The Overland is a larger car a more powerful car; a more com- 4 fortable car; a more complete car and a more thoroughly made car than any other for the price. And it costs you 30 less than any other similar car. Why don't you have aa Overland demonstration P J. W- Leavitt & Co., Distributors 529 Washington St., Portland, Oregon. Phones Marshall 3535, A 2444 The Willys-Overland Company, Toledo, Ohio $1075 II $950 cz:Z2 fHmt. . . rwu JTWtm M mlJt. J WwmW M.kmtr r. mrlttml Clr rUI, ratm. mIKP SPECIFICATIONS I Uil dink Utiu Sim 4 0. D. um ?,"' "" t ' ' . " js is ' cent per car-mile 15 years ago, as cam pared with 88-100ths at the present The average movement of a loaded freight car is only 25 miles a day. as shown by a report of tha American Railway Association, owing to the time lost at terminals in" switching, trans ferring, etc It sometimes takes five or six days to transfer n. loaded car half a dozen miles in ChicagD or any other big city. Motor trucks can deliver directly from farm to hotel, restaurant, or re tailer the same day or the morning after farm produce is gathered with- Urban and interurban men find the Ford a faithful friend. For the quick trip into town for the leisurely ride through country-side for business for pleasure anywhere every where! the Ford serves best. And it's light, right, dependable and economical besides the Ford service always y $-300 for the runabout, $550 for the touring car and $750 for the town car f. o. b. De troit, complete with equipment. Get cata log and particulars from Ford Motor Com pany, Eleventh and Division- streets, Port land. Phones: SeUwood 2323, A 2341. out any rehandling or delay, and there fore in better condition than under present systems, and can save to the consumer a large part at the commis sion men's charges and cartage costs, which often add 100 per cent to the cost. Brakes Are Important Factor. From a standpoint of safety, probably the first consideration should be the design, character and slse of brakes. The braking system is one of tha fea tures frequently overlooked by pros pective purchasers. The chsssls snd the general appearance of the car are all carefully looked into, but the brakes. In many respects the most Important feature of a car, are not examined. rolicc Slop Aulos on Streets. The police department of rittsburg. Ta., has convinced Publlo Ssfely l rertor Charles H. Hubbard that he parking of motorcars In downtown thoroughfares Is a public nillsanee snd a menace to property In e of fire. An ordinance Is being prepared by the city law department to prohibit the standing of motorcars In the .treetn. The thoraiislifsre. In I'Ht.buis. dally In th downtown riini.. are narrow. Hundreds of i ! their attires In the mernlt end sllsw their car. to etatid In the trel "ntll Lie In the afternoon In d-twtio I'ltteburg there are several latse pe tracts of land, and the Cun tl U peeled 10 enaet a messure thel will Insure the use of this fer sarkirc fvir po.es. 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