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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
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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,
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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Just say "Savage" to our Em
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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
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GASOLINE and OIL TANKS
rORAtiB SYSTKMS FOR PUBLIC AND PRI-
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Sales, 413 Corbelt Bide. Mala 147.