DECEMBER 19. 1915, " -
OREfiOXIAN. PORTLAND,
THE
V
GSR 1ND GOOD ROAD
hi
ARE JOY 10 FARMER
Ccnvwtion cf County Courts
Ovcla.s in Favor of High
way Improvement.
GREAT RESULTS FORESEEN
ttatrlopmvttt of lloul- AH Over
Orrcoa Id rit T .Yexara 1 .
parte to Mark
Work t lloraatrr.
rt rtt. J. rr.Ei.T
. x ym . j mma raerr e.taesi'e d
i if Te Ve . lo'-r ed.t.r
nrt.'ut II Kif it. lie m """"
-Ooie r.tl ltl I. th ia-
te r th aetoreobtl wa her--teru4
by of th dtet lo
t tnaJj! tuxtiiVc of Oros Coea
t Jadce asd CobouI""- ln
-.rtlaPd recently. Th voif.rue
v tut ,.:! rt.-4 M irtbut "
rf:le.t (U-.ra frvf'.) lhB Jr :hr
t.i-t4f cl ti mtn IH Irsaeforn
'! wB.tii fee t. pi' la r
U 4r Msv. tn M b
- ij.n roar mental whl bagio
to .aid. '
Wpaa ur eao.i.tre droop "d
jour haa.4 hansa lw.
A 04 jur breath cm.s bsrd and
n :r prt bJt SOW.
AM th w'il ' kind hard
I fexa.
Yt nij.e rhlfj TH'T WSJ
your ploee.
Jt.l tr. tha h' l ef'iea
dvier.
iml ii jom eiieate rase end
rvr.
Ju, t'irn th- hy Beld be-H'V t
tru
TSr .h" IM. .
Tor )4't tt for lh wood
t: m; fr.
T fir '"- m,t, Tfc o-
d-r "r
tllu.U t B W rrrt. It "
t'.: If TuM WO'""l moi.n-l !"
wortti In w rcarTtloH wui
t .:rictlit.y -.p. II h "-
e.lMin( t... Hbr.ilo of th
ftv.cr". it l cton lmrort.nl
r.ur. mo.t tl.4 "' "
w.-r.i.Bt a r.t!t th.tr ron-
r.n'lon rl'.d t di-a. all mtt-r
f tmrort ! lo ltir cfic. th7
fiti-liir r"" o4 roa t
tt. , .
It xv it TUtlof ! lho rn
r Bi-t. Id IM work rl yr
-ro to l.t to d-'t fror
tiairr rnrl rmti d-vUr that tn
rl rr jd n. l utnmobi: ara
j nonyiou with prr.
TS. ir.c tban nr othr 4Tlop
mBl tt tR onritloo. tlltttrl
wft.t can b lkti for w tfi wr f
h.hwr work durtn th "it leo
.r. ! iWirly nbowa thl th
toolrol lh u!k cf pobllo
r-ai ;ur ta .rtl k -crt4
tt. truth of wki thry to t-rm
?i dltim cf th rwl-rll. Th
tny r r''. ', otou. for Ur!-
nrtAci wiato roJ l now clr!y
AiatnbM ah tt y oi
wilt of tV-lr roetttunt lo
tn, frtqnrnt J-lrtn th "Iw
l:t-l "i 5ot r-l !tfortt."
On f Itie oimiI :t cf lb cob
ntin t"i B.-"tB- of P"-'-4a.t
HolnBn airtlon Ikat th pr-rittt'-n
cf ImportBUt rotalton b
l.rr4 until Bit yr tur'ttrj.
TM not cn'y pro !- for copr'
ntv oull.n cf 4d rod NsUU-
tlcr. b'Jt tK l'OHB'ltt CO
portaaitr t inrjtlt toroBty
to cnvplci problom of to coo bo. It
in It rluttoo coBTlrulo fct
'r(tbf lt ;rotBtlo.
ObTtou!y ta not lmprtBt 4cl
consaBt of tho WBT-CU', wb th Bn
rimou tri4ormnt of w l4r tt
mitt bp4 rdirl ili Tko forur cf
ir-or ntrr.t r(ht flow b-cO It I
-r!o to fcorti.." Willi crtl lo
com. T-t'T1 ' T "
-io Hoor: tiirtr. the nwt rr-tl
roilt on otln4 er rtrntr
tiva co mti Bid.
l.rof .trrfrtollM fBrvora.
Thl wo ". Wot I". kt HU-o-Ioqs
dcr' Ttio pvrprtlKn llowH
th rto ll'r rvcportreoBt bot
U'). a. 1 otI!T fxlolo
t. ! r'l roo-t. To oic-ovno of
M oa.t!o tn4!Bt4 th: tho rcwolu
tior romnilttco wttl rtcornirond tht
lh !'partmnt bo protd4 IU at
Ut 1 1 ). nnasltr. ."4 If
rr;( ts pror of tt IJ In
etr tt b cr1rtw of wht will
follow ia OTot If t. asfcatloB it
rrrt4 oot. wo ron took for tho
trji::ioo-dc::r approprutloa ta k p4'
ti Ifwrooooti.
A omprno!itir ytn of Ptato
rooit l lnrbl It U moroly a
Putter ft uttmc th!B ornt a4
-rtln tho tooJp loto proper
rti-o. Th trank lia.o lw ro4
wMk pro ptia!tr lntcr-ll ar
t.rt.c. tik trio Pa.lflc llichwmr will
k. tkcn ottr br ! Fow-ral liorrr.
tr.nt. Intr-ooBtT ro4 thooo wblrk
r not trunk tn. but ti: porr la-t-r-conmuni;y
parpoprp mix! bo car4
fcr by tS Ptat.
Aa tn th rao cf tkc tmpk llnoa.
fh.y lnrijbtT at pomo ttmo travarta
Fxtlnnp o rorlT pltl4 that tba
ti.M walth aoo not paraalt of
Kit.dinr or mintlnp- tbona proprly.
Tin como ti poralr county aa4 towo-
Mp rwo. TkoT will bo coatmcto4
. kept tip by th county and towa-
M9 land.
t'acor of PnHtTMM lB4brat4.
TMi l la procrmnamo that tho or
xn.pl ro'i forroo of th l"nlt4
rtt ar worklnc for: an 4. wbll aot
at.irjd la dttt at to coayvatlon. It
Urr t fcr4 by tbo to whom
It m m't fort.
Mow to f nftcc th county roa4
t on of tho prtooo problem con-l-onimi
th rconty court. An4 It U
on of tho immI Important mattrra th
rolatKm commltt mill deal w!tk.
In th r It ba to latlcat. tbu
commtttr I irt4 to rotnra rvcam-ni-injitioop
oat.inioc la 4tll bow th
cvirt or to act th 4alr4 rult.
To fortul'lnf Cnclnr Nana, of
Maltnomak CoanCy. boloavp rrrdtt fop
r tsc th dlcct ao opportualty to
d Km nuir koo4 I4a a boat th
atonoardiiatioa) of ro4 aa4 th Im
pratiy a4 of bavin competent a-
KlBr provldo rxeiflcatlon and u
pri a.t importiot con.tmction and
malataaasca work. SI lot addr oo tbU
ubfct wa roflponsthl for a thorotifh
aaa.lyl of cootmcttoa and matntcB-
aaco, ru;tle ta tho ro:ot!on cent
irl'tco bolac intrurt4 to draft tult
ak' rommnulloa for patttn; th
uMCilea tnto ff-t.
taalaor Oovlapaw kllL
Tils waa lUt u I rp'tol dIop
rr.cnt. Th county aatborlti bow aot
4aU that th hiahway nur
ha aa ojcuaa for ciliUo. bat thy 4o-
Ura b mul b ! If f I rott
r to b abtatac. Bark a lw yr
lh ara4 county ccaawUkonr ka4
twil aiuch a fur -tao-Urd-'-iK-a-
n4 th hioy Elnrr
p.nrl as for tl. plaaac
If th Ortfoa tat Aocia,tioB of
Couaty Ja-lcr aa4 C"raiw'"r h
II r. tuor la oi lo bo a radical
ckaag la Urn riada laws. la
fci. It U not onllkrty that th rcanlu
lUea cwauaatd wlU twamimna trial
r' 'l Ptalat'a fct aaipUiiUi t-
lew aiinpl, Mnuoirl. II la t ncd
that Inr la o iriuiU rl tap a'ld Pv
many tachnlcatltlra in tba pff nt law
lbl meat of th roonty wMl'-lalr rot
only do not undratan thoaa. bat tnk
no praicno of folio -vine th-rrr to a
ettr dpro.
Tn! convention iur4 cut to be the
ara;i oot for btlrr road crer
Ii4 In Crarti. Tbt rault "tri4kt
Ikat II will sot bo lone t for th.r
la autatantla proYrap mad In ob
taaln ta kin 4 of .rvade cjaOltloBa
viar ptaias Vr.
hTt'Dt-fl IKI:K DKWAND HlliVV
Iw-lrolt riaat I'rxxlax-c 131 Cars la
One Daj'a OpaaraUon.
Tha Htudrbakar Corporation pro
ducad 1 rara In thalr I troll planta
Koturdajr. Novambar I?. Krern raporl
racold by tadabakr from ail r
Ik country. It ta atidaat that Ihra
car ara poillna aa fast aa thy ar b
laff larad out and. with lh ralir
rouatry saioylna; abandant proaparlty.
Ibla dajra car racord of I'-i car la only
a tap toward a produollon that It la
hopad will pallafy th damaad for
ftudabakor car.
At th i Una of th year th aolomo
bll Industry, aa a rula. facia a let-up.
but at th prant lima th ttudbakr
plants ar manioc al full capacity, and
Indication ara that Ihia condltloa wllj
praaall throuprhoat tha Winter.
EXPORT DATA GIVEN
Figures Summarized by Na
tional Automobile Chamber.
ENGLAND'S ' BILL- LARGEST
llrniarkablo r'catnr of Yrir la In
rrraa of Shlpnuriit of TrurWa
from '. In ltt to 13.".
Uonhl),llo.it,la Itl3.
ftBurtP Just Upued by th drrtmnt
of cornmarc. and pummarlpcd by tho
National Automobll Chamber of Com
merce, ahow that, la ord-r of Iniporl
anc. th bl cuatomrr of the Arncrl
cso autoimibll Industry and tha ralua
of their Imports for th fls.al r
ndd Jon I. Ill, war;
lr r :nd
V i a a-
Huea
iaaada
ueia:i and Taaenaal ....
Waal Isdla
Bni Africa
New Xa4 .
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HEW OAKLAND CAR HERE
nt.iir- l.l idi:r amiix utmi Ki
AT ORtbUt A(e(lt .
: Kipoatattoa f tMlrtbara la
Mel by ltet taralaaed Aat
llalll for Moaxpilaeaa.
Th loe(-aoalted lht -cj iinJcr 0k
lnd car arrived at III Cron head
quarters si rilitevnth and Aldar ptrreta
last week and sallefled pvery clecta-
lloo of K A. Mitchell. W. II. Walling
ford and L. Ia Vaa Ucr.at. tl Oak
land "trlunxirat."
Althouah dcstsad for ecptional
rootnlaaa. th cakland clfht has. not
tho attaaraBc of welcht and tharc? a
aurprlams; amount of room In th ton-
naau. Th auciWary lonncau paals ar
of the diap-srlna form, fodms; into
tl bark of th front !. out of th
way when not ia a. Th nw uiklnd
ia built oaly In tetett'Paetroier tpe.
al prnt. and ha a whrelbaa of 1:7
inchca- H la lo sail at llili. with cam
pl' littmca.
Thla aisbt. lik other car of lh
Ooklarid make, la carried low lo tho
(round without sarrtf Idas; road clear
ance. Th aprlrlfa hat much 10 do
with litis feature, tha r.jr aet uelr.f
undarptdna;. C) Under dimension of
lh motor ara S Inches iy IS Inches.
Kivlns; a displacement of Sla.4 cubic
Inrhe. with a formula bora power rat
In; of I 21. It haa deeop4 ;i horse
power on lbs block at : r.p nx, bow-
.ear. Other pclflcatiooa Include th
complete De-Ico Ifoltioo. sianias; and
itsThtinr Inatallallon. coo clutch. Lhree
aped a.arset la the motor unit, open
drlnehaft with two unlveraala with lh
llotrhkt principle employed, ooe
beartns; floatlnc rear axl. thr-qur-ter
rliptlr -ear eprtnee. 31 by Urea,
and Irtt drive with central control. Th
carbureter la a Virorabcr; and Is fed
by the Mewsrt. vacuum system.
Ample poaer Is Invested In the aa
lne to peerura exceUeni performaticea
al a'l foecde. It haa a w id ranaa o
feibtlily. will throttl down to a
walktBs; pare, and paeacs quick
park-up to hlh aped. It Is to b ax-P'e-ted
that an anain of thta power
will handle such a vehicle with crest
satisfaction to tho owner, especially
that lypo of driver who Is adverae to
mantpulatlnc lh spced-rhanfe lever.
..mrriM. rnoniXM is .r.vk
Consrralioa of trl;lil at Atlantic
I'orts la Caoalnf t'onvrrn.
The concretion of freljrht at New
Tore, ana other Atlantic Ocean portp.
which ta creatrr than any thine ever
eiperteaeed la tha memory of lh old
est phlpplnc ma in tba I'nlted rJiaie.
Is crowlnc more aertoua daily, and Is
coualnc Croat concern to traffic mao
acera of Uatroll motor car manufac
turers. I. J. fthaar. traffic maaacer of th
Packard Motor Car Company, says that
the ahortace of automobile frlht car
la Detroit I particularly erlon. It Is
estimated that nearly (. cars ara
lied up at or near f'w Tork City.
A the Winter production of motor
rare win be greater, than err bfur
a: lh l-ackard plant. Mr. sr.aar is us
lac tl almost effort lo find nieaop of
ceitlnc railroad equipment to handle
lh I'ackard product.
The moat rmrkable feature oftho
year was the tremendous Increase tn
shipment of truck Irom T4. with an
CC-ecat value of ll.UI.ll. In th
a.r ended Jun . Il. to ll.t.
worth 1 1,! .!. durlnc th laat flPCal
var Of thla great volume England.
Kranre. P ileal. Hetelum and Italy took
US4I. valued al 1 17..tf. or nearly
per cent of the total truck esporta.
Krancc. which bought only two
American trucks In II4. took 4 last
ear. worth H times aa much as her
purchases of pleasure cars. Kngland
houchi truck lo double the value or
pl.-aur cars, and Russia to mor than
triple the value. At lh same time,
both England anL Husal lnrraed
their purchaae of pleasure cars over
the previous year, whereas ther was
a dcreae In roost other countries. ln
cludlnc Canada.
Oreat Britain and her territorial po
aeaslona were by far th best customers
for American cars, their combined pur
chase last year asgngallng ::: com
mercial vehicles, worth I14.41.C0. and
lT.i passenger car, worth ll4.St.00O.
or a grand total of i;.S4.v0. Thla la
very nearly one-half tba entire volume
of our export
While the export trade I shown to be
lame, only a little mora than one
eighteenth of the total number of motor
vehicles produced In th laat fiscal year
war eold abroad, and this fraction was
vplued at about one-tanlh th trross re
tall valu of tli entlr production.
AUTO "FATALITIES LESS
CAH I MAitACIIVSETTS KILL OB
IXJVRB MOllK.
II lab way CasalakBr DeaHarea Moot
AecMeata Ar Reealta of Vic
tlsaa Careleosaeoa.
Nearly twice many persons were
killed or Injured In street railway ac
cident In Massachusetts during the
year 1114 aa In automobile accidents,
observes tfie Massachusetts Highway
Cvnimlsslouer In lits report lor tnat
ear. recently Issued.
-An computation made." he declares,
"on assuming an ordinary mileage for
automobllea and tnklng the actual
mileage of the street railways, will
show that tba motor vehicle rune sev
eral t trass aa many miles aa the street
car does before It either kills or In
jures anyone."
Considering only accidents lo persons
who were not paseengers. 10. CO street
..ara killed or Injured 141 persons, and
about leo.Ofte automobile and trucks
killed or Injured IJ04. Some person
was either killed or Injured for ovary
!. miles that a streetcar was op
erated and one person for every 110.
ee rnilee a motor vehicle was operated,
mini that the automobile traveled
an average of 600 miles in tba year.
"In accident caaes It often happens."
the Commissioner observe, "that the
pedestrian, the bicycle rider or the
driver of a carriage la careless or reck
less and lo blame, rather than the op
erator of the motor car It ia certainly
deplorable that so many accidents oc
cur, but It must be borne la mind that
some acvldente are unavoidable, no
matter how careful the operators of
motor care may b."
Th figures given and observations
made confirm Uioe of the Coroner of
Cook County, for street accident In
Chicago: those of the New Tork Police
Department, and tbe accident reports
of tho Boston Polke Department, which
show that only a email minority of ac-
A
Bully
Christmas Present
One that will never be forgotten.
One that will continue to be enjoyed, appreciated
and utilized years after all the others are
forgotten.
One that injects a whole lot of big, new thrills.
That's what an Overland -means-to you and yours
for Christmas.
There's nothing like it.
Place your order immediately for a big, beauti
ful, 35 horsepower five-passenger Overland.
It has every comfort and convenience.
Have it driven up to your front door on
Christmas morning!
$750
Roadster $725
aVeecf I J J. a. b. TM
J. W. LEAVITT & CO.,
Distributors
Broadway at Davis St Phone Broadway 3535
Portland, Oregon
The WiUys'-Overland Company. Toledo Ohio
Mad.iaU.S.A.-
aBeBwBsanaw - 1 I
cidenta are due to the fault of motor
vehicle operators and that the ratio of
accidents per mile traveled Is much
smaller for automobiles than for street
cars and horse-drawn vehicle.
UNCLE SAM ORDERS MOTORCAR SET OVER RURAL DELIVERY ROUTE FORMERLY COVERED
BY TWO HORSE TEAMS,
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JOUH W. W AJIILCX WO FIJIST CAB TO BR PLACED OS OFFICIAL MOTOR. KOITE IS OBECOS.
Tomorrow Joseph W. Warren. f kladraa. will Inaugurate the first official rural motor route In the ' Orefon
T.TorxIcerrlcVby cov.rlnc 4Ta tnilea which beretofer. have been handled by two rural carriers with
b0."aabk"-T' the rout, out of Madras. Jefferson County, la tha first compulsory motor routo 'nt"wd
la the Vorthweet as a result of the rec.nt ruling passed by tba Postofflco apartment. It Is believed, how
Uer that o"e? motor route, win b. added la U. nr future and that ultimately all of the horse, on
ttYZ$teEte :M have a carrying cap.Cty of ... pound. ..d I. cubic
feet of .Pace.- said Mr Warren Ju.t bafor .hipping bla Ford car from Portland laat ek. T ha roads
near Madras ara ially la pretty fair condition all the year round, and I foci certain that I ahall be able
t. make a trip every day during the rear."
ROAD SURVEYS GO ON
STATE HIGH WAT WORKERS Kf
DOUGLAS PROGRESS BAPIDLT.
Csnplett. f Taak la Expected In
Tkre MoBtke .PersnaBeacy Will
Be Feature-la Future.
ROsJEBCRG. Or., Dec. IS. (Special.)
The two parties of engineers that are
working on a 6 per cent grade for the
Improved state highway through Doug
las County are making rapid progress.
It Is believed that they will meet here
within the next three months.
The surveys have been along tho old
Pacific Highway most of the way. but
wherever possible the heavy grades
have been avoided. In many instances
It was found necessary to construct a
new section of rood. The crew from
the north has been making tbe faster
progress, because or the rewer actual
change, ln construction.
In the aoutbern part of tho county,
tho engineers had to lay out the road
from the county line over considerable
new jrround. The crew in aouthern
Douglas County is camped near Can
yonville. In the new road, all railroad cross
ings have been eliminated.
The party from the north avoided aa
much rouph country as was encoun
tered by tho crew ln the southern part
of the county. E. F. Cantlne. assistant
state highway engineer, passed last
night here conferring with th. men ln
charge of the two surveying crews.
Dousrlas County has more of tho Pa
cific Hl.Thway than any county in the
state and the cos-t of keeping the road
in good condition Is enormous. Here
after U road work In this county will
be of a permanent nature, which will
not only mean a saving to the taxpay
er of the county, ut will render serv
iceable roads at all times of the year.
GOOD ROADS TO BE DISCUSSED
Annual Meeting- in Chelan Ckmnty
S-t for Tuesday.
WENATCHEE. Waith., Dec. 18. (Spe
cial) The annual meeting of the
Chelan County Good Roads Association
will be held Tuesday at the Commer
cial Club rooms. Reports of the road
work during the year will be made by
delegates from every district in the
county. One of the most important
talks will be on steam-shovel work
in building' roads and on Winter grav-
eling. Road maintenance in its various
phases will come in for liberal discus-- -sion.
The split-log- drag- and its usea, .
the most economical means of keeping :
the roads in, good shape, will be dis-e
oussed.
- fckjfa.. r .1 I I rt-aviqeJ' II iiiij ill I laaaaaaeaam ill 11 1 1 1 neiamiir a r..
PRICES
I Plain I sv?e I Grafinite
30x3 $SM0 $11-55 $2.40
30x3'X 11.30 13.85 2.90
32X3J4 12.40 15.00 3.10
33x4 17.40 20.30 3.95
34 x 4 17.90 20.80 4.00
36 x 4 18.85 21 85 4.20
35x4 24.60 28.40 5.10
36z4& 25.00 28.90 5.20
37x4'4 26.05 30.05 5.0
37 x 5 29.10 33.50 . 6.20
JOHN A. WALTERS' CO., INC.
Broadway at Ankeny
PORTLAND.
Hill 109.2