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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 30, 1916)
8 TIIE SUNDAY OREGQXIAN, PORTLAND, JANUARY 30, 1916. 10,000-iLE ROAD IS DEFENSE PLAN Ei'll Is Introduced in Congress for Highway to Circle United States. BIG BOND ISSUE PROPOSED DpominerTI x yy i Lvyar poptlandeps r N1 rvrra 1 X tvi Estimate Is That $100,000,000 Will Be Ample to Maintain Roads Already Built Inland Foints to Be Linked. A National highway 10.000 mile Ion, circling the United States and running strategically nar the Pacific, Atlantic and tiulf Coasts as.well as or Northern and Southern border lines, will be constructed and maintained by the Federal Government, if the bill Introduced Into Congress by Repre sentative William D. Stevens, of Cali fornia, is adopted. It Is proposed that the new highway, which mainly Is to be constructed for Kattonal defense, hal cross the United Ftatefl. running eastward by the most practical route through California. Ari zona, New Mexico and the Gulf states to Jacksonville. Fla.; thence north through the Atlantic Coast states to Portland. Jlc. Commencing again at New York City, the grat roidwav wnuM run westward through New York, Pennsylvania. Ohio and Indiana to Chicago; thence north to t-t. Paul and west through the Da kotas. Montana, Idaho. Washington and at Seattle branch south to Portland and over the length of the Pacific Coast to feaa liego. leaking Inland Points Planned. It is also proposed to bind the inland points to the main highway by using the various links now formed or con templated. Kvery city In this part the country would he on either a main r branch road connecting with the treat highways which already span tho country from Atlantic to Pacific. The various sections through which the proposed National highway would run can he r-lttd on to give their state and countv hlsrhway vstems already con traded to the Government, provided the latter maintains and extends these road. It is estimated that a bond Issue of 100.0tf0.000 will be ample to maintain the road already built, and to con (ttruct such links as will be needed li the next 50 years. The supervision of roads will be in the hands of United Ftates engineers, and will provide work for at least 100,0'K) American citizens, who must be physically eligible for active service in the Army. Auto Viewed as War tVrlHS. Walter K. Flanders, strategy stu lent and head of the great Maxwell Motor Company, has stated thatyif this rountrr eer jiui-s lu w r uaiii u win 0 In an automobile. There are many spots on our roasts available for the landing of hostile forces, but not ac cessible to the railroad. But there are no landing places on the coasts which are out of reach of the automobile over country road roads over which liht. powerful cars are able to travel handily the year round. "This year's output of the Maxwell factory at Detroit would amply pro Tide for the transportation of an army of 400,000 real 'minute men' at lightning; peed, says C. L- Boss. Portland Max well dealer, in discussing the National defense plan advocated by President Flanders in connection with a National defense highway. Kndnraaee Test In Cited. Figuring: on the performance of a Maxwell in California recently in run ning 22.022 m(les without a stop and 11 In less than 44 days, any number of men could be transported from Se attle. Wash., to Key West. Fla.. or from Pan Diego. Cal.. to Portland. Me., in less than 20 days' time, if that average was maintained. Then the same cars could be sent back from either end. If necessity demanded, and make the trip right over again." In addition to the National defense safeguard, the great highway would also be a great boon for the country In freneral. Out-of-the-way spots would tie developed, and the outdoor life which would naturally give healthfll advantages to thousands who would use it would add materially to the first requisite of a country going into war healthy men and women and children. Pals ltlier War Bride Xor Baby. ' The Paige-Detroit Motor Car Com pany is neither a "war baby" nor a "war bride." yet It has been one of the sensational successes of the last year and a half. t The fact about this success that gives the greatest satis faction to the officers and stockholders of this company and to the 1500 dealers who handle tlie Paige line is that it Is a legitimate growth without any connection whatever with wars or ru mors of war. The Paige growth has been phenomenally fast, but it has been healthy and is based on matters of permanency, I &yh f"r ov; in - I zri Aw&Fj J'-yy y-y - ?-, EL ; ; . ,1.;.;:. - W rpilIE automobile is absolutely the I best health tonic that any man can purchase for himself and family." So said Lloyd L. Mulit, vice-president of the Northwestern National Bank, as he. chatted behind the wheel of his big 191 Buick car the other day. Mr. Mulit has been an enthusiastic motorist for a great many years he bought one of the first Chalmers cars that came to this section But between his first car and the new Buick be has possessed only two other cars, a Hud son and a Studebaker. "My first car had coaloil lamps, car bide lights and was without side doors, but these rudimentary equipments did not prevent me from touring far and long," said Mr. Mulit. "When I lived in Southern Oregon my family usually passed the Summer season in the mountains and my car was mighty use ful in getting me from the bank on Saturday afternoons to the mountains and back again on Monday morning. "Today I find my Buick helpful not only for Sunday and vacation trips, but for every-Jay use in showing th wonders of Portland to visiting bank ers and other acquaintances who come to Portland." ROADS MOVE BEGUN Auto Trail Blazers Seek Organize in Oregon. to HIGHWAY SYSTEM URGED Association President, Here in Inter est, of Campaign, Says State Is in Need of Definite Build ing Programme. Wanted: A state-wide good roads association in Oregon. In an endeavor to fill this want A. u. Meigs, of Minneapolis, president of the Automobile Trail Blazing Association. came to Portland last week to interest the good roads enthusiasts of this sec tion in the formation of an organiza tion similar to the one that has had such a wholesome effect on the prog ress of good roads building in the state of Washington. Before he leaves Oregon air. jieigs ill make a trip touching all cities along the Pacific Highway between here and the California line, ana no will also confer with good roads men and the commercial bodies in Central and Kastcrn Oregon. The association which Mr. Meigs rep resents has recently, through co-oper ation with commercial and civic bodies. painted a black and white road trail from Vancouver. B. C, to Portland, and In the early Spring this trail will be continued for the full length of the aciric Highway to San Diego. Also the Columbia River Highway has been painted with blue and white from Astoria to the westr gate of Yel lowstone Park, via Portland, Hood River. The Dalles. Pendleton, Walla Walla, Spokane and Montana points, "What Oregon needs most of all is a well-defined policy of building main trunk roads." said Mr. Meigs yester day. "There should be a definite pro gramme to be carried out in laying out the main highways. After these are built the laterals will come as a mat ter of course. "If anv great good Is to be accom plished in road building the people of the state must work unselfishly lor tne best interests of the general public, and without regard to their own par ticular localities. "In the near future the association hopes to print a comprehensive Oregon road map that Bhows every automo bile path in the state. There is no such thing now as a thoroughly good Ore gon road map. Our map will be pub lished in colors, showing the colors that are painted along the various roads, and copies will be spread broad cast. "1 the public-spirited citizens and the Commercial Club officers In the population centers of Oregon back the state association plan as they should, the new organization can be launched within a few weeks. This body could consider all angles of the state road programme ami suggest where the state road funds are most needed for permanent benefit. "Through association with the Spo kane office of our organization I have learned what a good trunk highway means to a community. Three years ago. before the Northwest Trail was built west from Chicago' and Minne apolis, not more than 25 machines a year came into Spokane from the East. Last Summer a total of 6000 trans continental machines registered at Spo kane, and they carried approximately 30.000 tourists, all of them with dollars to spend in every community they visited. "The inquiries which we are now re ceiving indicate that touring will De more general next Summer than it was last. It is up to Oregon to put forward a splendid permanent highway entire ly across Its length, and advertise to the world that it Is ready to receive and take care of all automobile tourists." NATIONAL- IS "SUBMARINE1 "Highway Twelve" Has Carburetor and Magneto High and Dry. Judging from the performance of the National "Highway" 12-cylinder car, this new model is destined to be known as the "submarine" of motordom. In recent testing -expedition made by the National factory, it was found that the "12" could ford streams of much great er depth than could be negotiated by any four or six-cylinder car. "This is possible, writes Ueorge M. Dickson, general manager of the Na tional Motor Vehicle Company, "on ac count of the ideal location of the car buretor and magneto, the two units that are so quickly affected by water. The cylinders of the National Twelve are made In two blocks of six each, and placed, at an angle of V shape. In the middle of the V immediately under the hood are located the carburetor and magneto, which are consequently high and dry at all times." WINTER SEEMS TO AID TIRES Fisk Rubber Official Explains Ef fect of Proper Inflation. 'The Winter season seems to strengthen the properly inflated tire," says an official of the Fisk Rubber Company. 'Under-inf lation is responsible lor a large percentage of tire expense. 'Most motorists think that during the Summer months they should ride their tires at low pressure to prevent blowouts. The decreasing of the pres sure does not decrease the heating of the tire, but rather increases it, as the side walls are subjected to a greater bending strain and friction between the layers of fabric generates heat. Due to this excessive flexing the fabric cracks and loosens up to such an extent that the tire becomes weakened. The cracked and chafed fabric ruins the inner tube." BRIDAL TOUR IS DN Portland Attorney and Wife Begin Long Auto Trip. ITINERARY IS 15,000 MILES James Walker Gregg, Jr., and Miss Amy G. Littlehale Wed at Boston. Couple Will Travel to Port land and Reside Here. INDIAN BRAVES ARE DRIVEN TO AUTO SHOW IN BIG MITCHELL CAR. i- i -f . .(' . . . . ii us i iii ir - - i H "" ... J -w-"' JJ:A TILEX HOLLIQI ILLA, SS-YEA R-OLD MARM SPRINGS CHir.r, AT WOTRt.. D tiROVP OF "CAVISE-BISTERS" MHOnVERB I.V PORTLAND LAST BOSTON, Jan. 29. (Special.)--James Gregg 'Walker, Jr., prominent attorney of San Francisco and Portland, Or., and his bride, have commenced what is probably the longest honeymoon trip by automobile yet to be made, and on which trip the bride will drive her car almost the entire distance. Before reaching their new home in Portland, Or., they will travel approximately 15, 000 miles, and will arrive in Portland about June 1. The car in which the trip is to be made is of the roadster type with dis appearing sedan top, and was a wed ding gift to the bride from her hus band. The start of the trip was made five inches of snow, so that it was necessary to use chains on all four wheels, and not until they are well south of New York will they get clear -of the snow. Down the Atlantic Seaboard they will travel to the far end of Florida. They will sail across to the Bahamas and tour there, ami among the islands of the West Indies. Returning, they will start from Florida, make many de tours inland and follow the southern boundary to the Pacific Coast, when they will again turn north. The bride, who was Miss Amy G. Lit tlehale, is prominent in athletics and an attractive member of the Applarhian Mountain Field and Forest, and All Sorts Tennis clubs. She is descended from the Mayflower pilgrims, is a member of the Daughters of the Amer ican Revolution and an officer of the state chapter. Is active in charitable work, president of the King's Daugh ters, and is also actively connected with church work and the Christian Endeavor Society. Mr. Walker is a graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and of Boston University Law School in 1908. He then went to San Fran cisco, where he practiced extensively, and later located in Portland, Or., In which city he will make his future home. They were married at the home of the bride's mother. Mrs. Lucy B. Little hale, by Rev. Clifton J. Taft, of the Central Congregational Church, on Jan uary 21. Both have crossed the conti nent several times by automobile, and it was while on one of these trips that they became acquainted. K DODGE FACTORY IS EXTENDING Buildings Are of Steel and Brick and Along Latest Designs. New buildings under construction at the plant of Dodge Bros., Detroit, will bring the total amount of floor space to approximately 604 acres. This will make the establishment one of the largest motorcar plants in the world. The buildings are of steel, concrete and brick and constructed along latest engineering plans, with ample light and ventilation. Few people have realized the im mensity of the institution of Dodge Bros: Although the first Dodge Bros.' i car was turned out only last Decem ber, and actual deliveries to owners started in January, the concern now PERSONAL Effective March 1, the price of the Chalmers Six-40 will be $1450 F. 0. B. Detroit. This is an increase of $100 over the present price. It is made necessary by the sharp rise in cost of raw materials. Aluminum which sold for 19 cents a pound only a few months ago now brings 53 cents. Copper has risen from 14 cents to 24 cents. Vanadium steel a year ago brought $1.85 a pound. Now it sells for $3.50. High-speed steel, formerly at $1.05 a pound, now is worth $3.35. Leather formerly 20 cents a foot now brings 33 cents; and so on. All told, it costs $118.22 more in raw material to build the Six-40 than it did some months ago. As this amount is considerably in excess of our net profit per car, only two courses were open to us. One was to raise the price. The other wTas to lower the quality. To follow the latter course meant a "one-year" car. This kind of an automobile Chalmers has never built and never will build. Therefore a rise in price was the only procedure pos sible. We regret that an increase in price is necessary; but we feel thatTther manufacturers of automobiles will be forced either to increase the price or use a lower grade of materials. For it is not possible to buy superior products in the open market at any less price than Chalmers pays. We think it only fair to those who have planned to pur chase the Six-40, and have been quoted the $1350 price, to take this opportunity of saying that we will accept orders at that price up to midnight February 29. There after the price of $1450 F. 0. B. Detroit will prevail. Chalmers Motor Company ranks among the first six in automo bile production. 4 More than $35,000,000 worth of cars have already been delivered, and a large production is scheduled for next year. TIRE BUSINESS IS GIGAXTIC Trade Is Beginning to Resume Tre mendous Proportions. It is surprising what tremendous proportions the business of tire repair ing has ascsumed in the last two or three years. Registration fiffures show that more than 2, 000,000 cars are in service. When you stop to consider that each one of these car? is engaged in wearing out four tires, with a filth doing service as a spare, and a sixth needed to re place one of these some time during the year, you begin to realize that 12. 000,000 tires offer opportunities for the repairman and his art. There never han been a greater need for competent re nairirfn thin xifts toI.y. Coin 6 itiito ihe Camp Join the huge and rapidly growing tribe of Savage Tire users owners of big cars and small, individuals and the big gest corporations. You are "eligible" if you want more mileage, more safety and satisfaction, more quality for your money. Just say "Savage" to our Em ployed Distributor John A. Walters Co., Inc. Broadway at Ankeny Portland AUTO DIRECTORY 7 - SPLITDORF HIGH TENSION DIXIE MAGNETOS , As the modern luxurious limousine is an advancement over the -: stage coach of Revolutionary days, so the DIXIE MAGNETO is pi typical of progress over all other automobile ignition systems. FORTY DOLLARS IS THE PRICE. ARCHER & IGGIMS COMPANY DiHtrlbntora of Hisrb-Grade Motor-Uar Accessories SIXTH STREET AT OAK. I i We Wish to Announce the Opening of Storage Battery Department Send us your battery work for efficient and prompt service. All makes repaired and recharged. Ballou & Wright Broadway at Oak DIAMOND TIRES Vulcanizing and Retreading R. L BLODGETT, tt.rth Hth. Neat Coach. Ph... Mils TOS BOWSER g GASOLINE and OIL TANKS rORAtiB SYSTKMS FOR PUBLIC AND PRI- ATE GARAGES. S. D. fttoddard. District Soot. Sales, 413 Corbelt Bide. Mala 147.
