TIIE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX. PORTLAND, MAY 16, 1915.
ROAD. WORK BEGINS
21 Washington Counties
Build 1121-2 Miles.
to
COST IS TO BE $741,488
Action Vol lows Within Three "Weeks
After Supreme .Court's Ruling.
About $2, 000,000 More to
Be Spent in Year.
OLYMPIA, Wash.. , Slay 15. (Spe-
within a little more than three
-weeks, since the Supreme Court de
cision rendered Instantly available all
highway funds appropriated oy the re-
criticlsm of a popular and widely-liked
car comes from noma man who hasn't
mechanical intelligence enough to drive
a wheelbarrow. The best possible test
and proof of a car is the number in
use, the years of service, the continued
liberal buying, the public estimation in
which it is held.
"It is on this basis that the Hudson
has built up such a splendid Portland
reputation. "With 12,000 Hudson six
40s in use and having to Its credit over
30,000,600 miles of road, experienced
buyer have no hesitation over Its
purchase."
"PARTNER" PLAN' IS TO GROW
Goodyear Company Plans Further
Aid to Those Showing Ability.
For the past 10 years the Goodyear
Tire & Rubber Company has followed
a policy of making "young partners"
of such of Its employes as have shown
special ability and rendered highly ef
ficieut service, by making: them com
mon stockholders In the company.
Goodyear has 235 of these young part
ners at the present time, branch mana
gers, department heads, factory fore
men and others who have distinguished
themselves by special service.
The result of this policy has been so
satisfactory that the company proposes
G.M.HENDEEVISITSHERE
COLUMBIA HIGHWAY EXTOLLED BY
HEAD OF IXDIAX FACTORY.
Motorcycle Flant Declared Best of Its
Kind Since Creation 14
Years Abo.
After praising: the Columbia High
way to the skies as the greatest thing
of Its sort In the world. George M..
Hendee, the "big chief of the motor
cycle industry, took occasion while in
Portland recently to tell something of
the history of his plant, which is the
largest In the mortorcycle field.
"Since the creation of the Indian mo
torcycle, 14 years ago, the Indian fac
tories have been the greatest of their
kind in the world." he said.
"As the motorcycle Industry has
grown, the expansion of the Indian fac
tories has kept pace.' Nearly every
year for the past. decade new buildings
representing plant Increases of from
25 to 75 per cent have been under con
struction. "Today the demand for Indians re-
SOUTHERN OREGON MAN MANAGES TO EVADE PORTLAND TRAFFIC OFFICERS WITH HIS
NEW CAR.
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AT HIS SIBE.
cent Legislature, 21 of the 39 Wash
ington counties have undertaken the
construction of 112 V4 miles of perma
nent highways, to cost $741,488. Plans
for the work have received the formal
approval of the state highway depart
ment and contracts havo been awarded
in several instances.
Approximately Jl. 000.000 more of
permanent highway money is availa
ble for expenditure by the counties
this year. In addition to the 1.000,000
being expended directly by the state
highway department.
A considerable portion of the per
manent highway plans approved thus
far call for the construction of expen
sive roadbeds, 15 V miles of concrete
and 11 H miles of asphaltlc macadam
being among the paved roads provided.
Some Use Gravel Surfacing.
The smaller counties, with less
money at their disposal, are continu
ing to use gravel surfacing.
Whatcom County Is making the
most notable expenditure, building six
tulles of concrete pavement at a cost
of J8U.200, 50 per cent of which la be
ing asessed against owners of abut
ting projerty. The work is on a road
north from Bellingham, long consid
ered as the probable route of the Pa
cific Highway.
Approximately one-third of the
mileage and expenditures outlined in
the plans thus far given formal ap
proval is along the route of state high
ways, the counties thus helping with
the state programme.
The state highway department has
prepared a statement showing In de
tail by counties the pieces of work
approved, mileage, cost and types of
construction.
Outline of Work Given.
The statement, which la a brief out
line of work undertaken, follows:
aunty No. MH ffQ. Cost.
to extend it. The organization has
grown mightily in the past few years.
Just as ie business has grown, and
more candidates for "young partner
ships" are under consideration.
To that end a stockholders' meeting
will be held June 1 to authorize an
increase in the company's common
stock, as all the present authorized
common Is outstanding and none Is
available for the proposed distribution.
Sparkplug "Prizefight" Is
Reported From Ringside.
All Knaiti Makes Have Some Sort
of Role in Event Staged in Imag
ination of C. W. Holmes.
Adams 1 8.5
Bonton 1 8.0
Ouflhalia 1 2,0
Cowlitz 3 2.8
Grunt 'J 6. a
Jefterson 1 ' 1.5
Klnc 3 13.1
Kittitas 4 U.5
X.cwU 2 a.i
Lincoln 1 12.4
Okanogan 1 l.v
Paelflo 1 2.5
Vrwi Oreille 2 2.5
IMerce 1 1.5
KkHKlt 1 I.rt
Skamania 1 1.0
Snohomish 5 10.3
Spoltano 1 11.5
valla Walla 1 s.o
"Whatcom 'J 6.0
Taklm 2 4.
Totals 30 112.5 T41,48S
Types of construction used are as
follows:
Concrete, 15.5 miles: asphalt. 15
miles: asphaltlc macadam, 11.5 miles;
macaaam, 7.1 miles: crushed rock. 1
mile; gravel, 75.9 miles.
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TICISM WOI LD HELP SOME.
THE other day when he didn't have
much else to do, C. W. Holmes,
who, while working in the stockroom
of the local plant of Ballou & Wright,
has come to know the names of spark
plugs better than he ever knew the
conventional alphabet, set forth an ac
count of an imaginary "Prize Fight in
Spark Plug Town," In which he has
used the name of every epark-plug on
the market.
Here Is the concoction:
"A: C. was a good old Pius and had
been CHAMPION for many years, but
the RED HEAD, known to all as
great fighter, decided he could lick
the LONG CHAMPION", so a bout was
staged at the BLACK EAGLE club, on
the old BREACH BLOCK, where the
RAJAH, king of all BETHLEHEM, was
to give a large JEWEL to the winner.
So at 8 P. M: the whole town ALL IN
ON13 body gathered to see the great
fight. Even MICA v -KAY and SPLIT
DOKF. two well-known sports of Plug
town, were there in their big BLITZ
car, as they were EVEREADY to see
a good fight. AJAX and ANDERSON
were betting heavily on .the RED
HEAD as they had great RELIANCE in
his strong punch, for they knew he
was in the spark of life and never
knew him to foul.
"At the beginning of the tenth round
they were fighting fast and furiou
and the RED HEAD was sure fight
ing hard as he seemed to SPITFIRE
with every blow and it seemed he could
NEVERMISS. At the end of the next
round our CHAMPION was knocked out
and laid stiff as a PORCELAIN on the
soft mat, for he was now the CHAMP
ION X, but it would not B-RIGHT un
lesa we gave him some credit, as he
put up a great fight.
"Some of the boys said the fight was
big fake, but that kind of talk wa;
all BOSCH."
Junction City Picnic Arranged.
JUNCTION CITY. Or.. May 15. (Spe
ciaLl The Junction City May picnic
has been .revived and will be held May
23. W. C Hawley will deliver the maiti
address. The day will be one of gen
eral Jollification for Northern Lane
County. Foot races, balloon ascension.
parades and other amusements have
been scheduled. The Woodmen of the
World are the instigators of the picnic.
I'rospevtlve Purchaser Declared to Be
Too RcMlr to Believe AU Wildly
Improbable Stories.
"A little more healthy skepticism on
tire pArt of automobile buyers would
profit them greatly." says C. Li Boss,
the Portland Hudson distributor. "Most
people are too ready to believe all they
hear. They accept at faca value wildly
Improbable stories and perfectly absurd
statements made to them by salesmen.
The result i they are carried off their
feet, lose their sense of good business
judgment and later are bitterly disap
pointed. A trap that catches many la
the lure of the big trading allowance.
Yet every buyer knows, if he would
but apply his good business sense, that
old motor cars have as definite and fixed
a value on the market as have other
articles.
"One dealer rarely can sell a used car
for a much different figure than can
his neighbor. Therefore there roust be
loma secondary motive or condition that
leada one dealer to offer a much higher
trading price than his neighbor. A little
thought usually will demonstrate that
there Is a fictitious list price on the
new car. Or the dealer with the big
price baa some other way of making
tip the difference. Often the slurs or
knocks of one man on some car will
offset all the good things that may be
said of It by a thousand.
"People seem prona to believe the bad
things salid about a car and forget the
good oncfl. - Half the time adverse
auires the tremendous facilities of two
mammoth factories of most modern
construction and equipment, having a
floor space of 19 acres, or more than
1,000,000 square feet, devoted wholly to
the manufacture of Indian motorcycles,
"If set in a single row the innu
merable aisles of machinery of all
kinds required to make parts enough
to permit a production capacity o
more than 300 machines a day would
form a line more than one and one-half
miles long.
Investment of capital in machinery
alone is over $1,000,000. and is contin
ually increasing. On the other hand,
the actual value of this machinery is
10 times that amount, because no loss
than 225 pieces of it were designed and
built in our own plant and nothing ilk
them- is in existence. They could not be
replaced without months of arduous
labor and great expense.
"Delving into the purchasing depart
ment's records we see big deals put
across to keep the shops fed with the
raw stock that is eventually trans
formed into Indians.
"When the purchasing department is
told to buy parts for 35,000 machines
it asks for bids on orders like this
1.200,000 feet of tubing for frames and
forks, 47 carloads of tires, 10.000 gar
Ions of paint and varnish, 385,000 feet
of chain, 270 tons of spring steel,
tons of brazing spelter, . 1,361,000 feet
of lumber for packing, S50 tons of
aluminum castings, 208 tons of bronze
castings."
TIRE LASTS 21,985 MILES
DRIVER OP CADILLAC CAR WIX
AJAX FIRST PRIZE.
Two Others In Contest. Cover More
Than 21,000 JHUea and Five Aver,
aire About 19,000.
The second annual AJax tire mileage
contest for employed chauffeurs has
come to a close and the Judges. Alfred
Reeves, general manager of the K
tional Automobile Chamber of Com
merce: President R. A- Patterson, of th
Tarrytown National Bank, and L. W.
Scudder, certified publio accountan
have declared G. C. Jensen, In a Cadil
lac, the winner with" a mileage of 21.S8
Prize drivers averaged 16,509 miles on
at least one tire. The winner received
prise of $300. Second prize of $300 went
to Frank Gray in a Peerless, who co
ered 21,483 miles. Third prize of $200
went to A C. Smith, in a Cadillac, with
a mileage ofv21,039 miles. There were
five prizes of $100 each, the winners
of which averaged around 19.000 mile
Out of the $5000 offered in pri
money, 50 wlnfters received $20 each
while 100 received $10 each. Two hundred
and eight of the prize-winning chau
leurs averaged 7722 miles per tire,
while 30 averaged 16.50& miles per tire
17s of the minor prize-winners aver
aged 241 miles per tire.
Th company will renew the mileage
MOTOR TRUCK, BETWEEN JOBS. HAULS 60 "KIDS" THREE
MILES TO SCHOOL.
REO TRICK AM TRA1LKR OPERATING IX LOUISIANA.
Among the many uses to which Reo motor trucks have been put.
one of the very best is that shown in the accompanying illustration.
This shows a trailer fixed up to carry 60 school children from
Union Sulphur Company's mine to the high school at Sulphur. La-, a
distance of three miles.
The truck Itself is vised for general expressing and is on the go all
the time. Night and morning, however, it bitches onto the trailer
and takes the children to and from schooL
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There are one thousand reasons why
you should select a Reo
from among all the cars offered you.
We could enumerate
at least a thousand points in which
Reo is superior
FIRST
because it is an honest car.
And LAST
because it is backed by an honest guarantee.
The other nine hundred and ninty-nine
don't matter just excess values you receive
when you buy a. Reo.
Nor does it matter whether your preference
is for a Four or a Six;
you can have either type
and still get Reo quality.
Reo The Fifth $1050
"The Incomparable Four" is
the most popular Four in the world
if relative demand and supply
is any indication of popularity
And the New Reo Six
has taken the motoring world by stormv
Wherever Automobiles are discussed,
you'll hear owners extolling
the virtues the sweetness,
the silence, the riding qualities,
the power and the beauty of this latest Reo
Only concern you need have
in' selecting a Reo of either model
is when can you get it ?
and that will depend entirely on
when we get your order
Better not delay another niinute;
Today is the day to order if you want your Reo soon.
We will tell you the precise day
you may expect it but don't wait longer;
Demand is tremendous for both Reos.
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Northwest Auto Company
Broadway at Couch St, Distributors for Northwest. F. W. Vogler, President. Main 8887, A 4939
contest for the 1915-1918 season with
SOS .cash prises totaling $5000. -The
judges and rules of the contest are the
same as have governed the two previous
competitions.
Tour to California Arranged.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., May 15 A
Premier owners' tour to the Pan Fran
cisco and. fan Diego expositions will
leave Chicago. August 7, in charge of
3ales Manager Walter M. Beating, of
the Premier Motor Manufacturing Com
pany, of this city, and Harry Newman,
vice-president and general manager of
the VVeetern Is Late s Automobile Com
pany. Chicago, distributors for Premier
and Scrippe-Booth automobiles. The
party will proceed west via tho Lin
coln Higtiwey to 5n Kranolsoo. the
Pacific Highway to 6an Die-so and re
turn east via the Old National Trails
route. This will give them a wonder
ful opportunity of seeing a large por
tion of the United States.
Municipal Panoet to Be Topic.
Further discussion of th question of
establishing municipal dances and civic
social gatherings will be taken up and
a decision may be reached at a meet
ing of the municipal dance committee,
representing the women's clubs and
similar organisation, w hl' h will bo
held in room A. Central Library, at
4:10 P. M. Monday afternoon, Tiie com
mittee has Invited all persona Inter
ested in giving community dances to
be present and confer on the question.
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