The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current, January 21, 1917, SECTION FOUR, Image 53

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Newspaper Page Text. 7 STATE AID IN ROAD SIGHTS AND CONVERSATIONS THAT MAY OR MAY NOT BE SEEN OR HEARD AT PORT LAND'S AUTO SHOW. WARNING NOTE FOR AUTO DIREGTO R Y THIS t9tffOWf AS. Tug fi'Q y Kmckis fyertrso QY Chalmers H. L. KEATS AUTO CO. Broadway at Burnside. Broadway 5365 Now Demonstrating: the New 3400 R. M. P. $1090 F. O. B. Factory. THE SUNDAY OltEGOXTAX, PORTLAND, JANUARY 21, 1917. BUILDING ADVISED DTODDO VOICED Federal Engineer Says' Poor Counties Will Have to Be Helped in Construction. FEW ROUTES ARE CHOSEN 'important Highways Must Bo Im proved First, He Says, If Benefit Is to Be Gained From New -Federal Legislation. BY B. J. FINCH. (Senior Highway Engineer In the United rtatea office of Public Road and Rural f.nrlneerlne. 1 Th TJnlte States Department of 'jktrriiMiltiira. through the Forest Serv ice, baa been engaged during the past 10 years In a detailed study of the road development necessary for the tate of Oregon, and this study has received a. new Impetus In the Federal M mad rt tav the terms of which $127,000 Is made available each year for the construction ot roans in or puriur within the National forests in tne ian, The difficulty which was encoun tered In making out an adequate road system has resulted mostly from the geographic conditions In the state, whereby the state is divided Into two great natural divisions Dy tne cas cade Mountains. No easy means of communication. has zlsted across, these mountains in the past, aside from the water communi cation furnished by the Columbia River. The Columbia River Highway Is the first step In breaking through this barrier which divides the state. One road, however. Is not sufficient for the development of a state, and It ts necessary, in a comprehensive plan, to find other routes which may be used for communication for other sec tions of the state farther south. The same Is true with regard to the Blue Mountains In Eastern Oregon and the Coast Range in Western Oregon. In other words, the natural develop ments of the state are along north and south lines, and we have now reached the stage where we must pro ceed to develop the east and west con necting roads between these natural development lines. Three Fonda Available. Thero are three funds from which roads may be constructed In National forests first, the 25 per cent fund, which is derived from 25 per cent of the net receipts of the Forest Service, which is turned over to the counties: second, derived from 10 per cent of the net receipts of the Forest Service, which is expended by the Forest Serv ' Ice Itself In the construction of roads In National forests; third, the new Fed eral aid road act, to which reference has been made. Under the 25 per cent fund there was returned to the state from the net receipts of the Forest Service for the fiscal year ending 1916 about $75, 000; from the 10 per cent fund there was made available from this same source about $30,000; from the Federal aid road act the amount available is as given above, $127,000, making a to tal of $232,000 available this year for road construction In the state-of Ore gon from the net receipts of the Na tional forests. You will understand that of this amount $75,000. or the 25 per cent fund. la expended by the counties for roads and schools; the remainder, or $157,- 000. will be expended by the Depart ment of Agriculture In co-operation with funds made available by the state and counties. In the expenditure of this amount of money it has been necessary for the Department of Agriculture to decide upon a comprehensive system in order that the money might be expended to the best advantage. In deciding upon this system of roads the Forest Service has compiled reports from all sections of the state showing the roads which are most needed, and from these compilations a state map has been prepared show Jnsr the roads which should be con Btructed and their connections with ex istinir and proposed state highways. A number of these routes have been ap proved by the State Highway Commis sion as proper routes for their recom mendation in the matter. In making out a system of roads for the National forests in the state it Is found that there is a total of 1500 miles which could possibly be classed as roads necessary to be Improved within the boundaries of the National forests You will understand that not all of this mileage can be improved under the present appropriation of $10,000,- 000. nor yet by the use or the aaal tlonal funds available. "We must, there fore, determine upon the most impor tant routes to be improved and con struct these routes first. Under the Federal aid road act the Amount of co-operation necessary on National forest roads under section 8 of the act is not fixed by the act itself, nut under the regulations which the Secretary Is empowered to make. De sirable co-operation Is given as 50 per cent of the cost of the road. This co operation can be available either from state or county funds. Road Cover Several Counties. The map which we have prepared, giving the location of the important roads, shows that most of these roads lie In two or more counties. The road from Portland to the south of Mount Hood lies in Multnomah. Clackamas and "Wasco counties. The McKenzle River road lies in Ine and Crook counties. We have the Tiller-Trail road in Doug las and Jackson counties. The Pendle-ton-La Grande road lies in Union and Umatilla counties. It will be seen from this fact that it will be difficult to construct these projects entirely with county co-operation, since It will probably happen that on many of them the counties would not be able to co-operate, even though the best interests of the state at large would be served by the construction of the road. Under the present laws county funds might not be available for the con struction of these roads. Inasmuch as 70 per cent of the road tax must be expended in the district where It is raised and the road districts In which National forest roads are situated are not wealthy districts. It would seem from this that It is extremely desirable that some arrange ment be made whereby the co-operation for these roads may be furnished by the state Instead of by the counties. If this were true, the county bound aries would no longer act as a barrier to development, but the road problem could be considered from the stand point of the state and the development secured would be more desirable from the fact that the Interests of the en tire state were served. 4Z'?'.r" TANK. P i Jlv- ' TT?b,d I ttser rvj i.rrrTr ill Y&lIiY in 7 OAK. -jeff rory sass jr j7x?7-j yi f kffff l I Vrit Ivtl "j ""rM' ") Manufacturers and Dealers Informed That They Should Preach Touring Gospel. "VIRGIN SOIL EXPLOITED" (Handler See the Chandler Four-Passenger Roadster GEKLLNuEK MOTOR CAR CO- 363 Oregon St East End of Steel Bridge T?M J P Francis Motor Car Exchange r Ol Q CcUTS Phone E. 1199 E. 13th at Hawthorne 117 Models S183 Ism, S2S Per Momth. BOARD IS ELECTED Oregon State Motor Associa tion Has 15 Directors. PLANS ARE OUTLINED Directorate to Meet Soon to Choose Officers Enactment of Law Making Anto Theft a Fel ony to Be Considered. Driver Is Kemembered. OAKLAND. Cal.. Jan. 20. Fred Au bert. the young driver who piloted the Chevrolet 'Wolf up the Mount Wilson trail, sealed in high gear, breaking the stock car speed record as well as the high-gear record, has been presented with a cigarette case bearing a repro ductlon of the photograph taken at the end of the daring drive, done by hand In 18-karat sold. also want to make it a felony to pur chase stolen automobile, parts or ac cessories and making it necessary for the purchaser of a second-hand car or accessories to report the transaction to the Chief of Police and the County Auditor, together with a description of the car and the bill of sale. "This, as you will readily see, will not only have a tendency to discour age stealing, due to the greater pen alty, but will make the buyer of a second-hand car duly cautious and thereby ruin the market for stolen cars, and will at the same time give complete records in cases where stol en cars are sold. We do not feel that this will interfere in any degree with legitimate used-car business. i mere is any means Dy wnicn you can bring this before your Legislature I feel sure you will be doing a good act to every motorist In your Etate, and I can assure you of the apprecia tion of the people of Washington, knowing, as I do, the sentiment here." Traffic Iiaws Are Necessary. City ordinances are not necessarily repressive. They are meant to be of aid in the general movement of con gested traffic. They are helpful to motorists, collectively, and are of serv ice to the driver individually. Any given automobile, thus probably would be smashed to pieces every day were it not for the general protection provided by laws primarily for the benefit of all. Don't, therefore, be in ignorance of traffic regulations. FAST TIE IS MADE Round Trip to The Dalles Covered in Six Hours. Is ALL-YEAR ROUTE SHOWN ii X. Lawrle, of Portland, Finds Road Good and Scenery Especial ly Delightful Winter Run Preferred to Summer Trip. OVERLAND GETS HONOR It. PASSETTS CAR IS FIRST TO CROSS INTERSTATE BRIDGE. The Oregon State Motor Association now has a new Bet of directors who are starting forth with new duties and pur poses as the result of the annual meet ing of the organization held In the Chamber of Commerce dining-room last w ednesday night. a he new directors, chosen among a list of 22 nominees, who will govern the association for the coming year are: Charles F. Wright, Robert G. Morrow, Phil Metschan, Jr., John H. Hall, J. C. Olds Henry W agner, Jr., Ira F. Powers, James D. Abbott, Frank E. Watkins, Dr. C. W. Cornelius. John H. Burgard Emery Olmstead, John E. Cronan, E. E. Tressler and W. J. Clemens. C. F. Wright May Head Body. Officers will probably be chosen at the first meeting of the board of directors. Mr. Wright, a member of the firm of Ballou & Wright is being suggested as the probable president. During the course of last week's meeting white, yellow and green signs proposed for use in marking Oregon crossroads, were placed on exhibition bur no action was taken. Following the reading of a communi cation from D. D. A. Outcalt, president of the Tacoma Automobile Club, which suggested that Oregon motorists follow In the steps of W ashingtonlans in urging the enactment of a new law whereby automobile thievery may be punished as a felony rather than as t misdemeanor the members of the Orp gon association Instructed their new un t iu i ait: lv uitiu fc oi in liar ouiciiu" : , . , , . . . ment to be submitted to the present b"de, was l"i'? Ay J ' r,rt T ffolatl1. Atwell, of the Portland branch of the First Motor to Christen Bis; Spa Was Mack Truck Overland Also First Over Hichway. The much-coveted honon of driving the first automobile across the Inter state Bridge fell last week to A. B. Fassett, construction manager of the Warren Construction Company, whose Overland, loaded with R- IT. Peterson, sales manager of the Overland Pacific Company, and Gordon Stuart, of Van couver, as passengers, performed the trick on Monday morning. The first motor to christen the big Oregon Legislature. Incidentally Judge Morrow pointed International Motor Car Company, di- out that legalized whTppg of -cy behind the Overhand voung boys caught in the act of steal-. fa" tsAif r' lng automobiles would do more to cure the evil than any other plan that could be devised, but no action was taken on his recommendation. 'Due to the ever-increasing number of automobile thefts we are proposing a bill which we feel will have no small effect on that present-day crime," writes Mr. Outcalt. Washington Bill Explained. In brief the bill Is as follows: The stealing of an automobile constitutes a misdemeanor at present and we are asking that it be made a felony with suitable punishment attached. We as been driven about 35,000 miles, was the first machine to pass over the Columbia River Highway. As soon as the cars had crossed the bridge and returned to Portland pave ment operations were commenced on the final span. One long span remains yet to be paved with the top surface, - and this will be done when the concrete base becomes a little harder. It begins to look as though the bridge may be used by February 1, though the pavement on the lower ends of Main and Wash ington and First streets may not be completed by that time. FIRST AUTO TO CROSS INTERSTATE BRIDGE, ALSO CHRIS TENED COLUMBIA RIVER HIGHWAY. 3 LA m liiimn -T.V' .-T ' -0" If anyone doubts the truth of the new motto, "Oregonlans Motor All The Year," let them listen to H. N. Lawrle, chairman of the Oregon Geology and Mines Commission, who drove his Chalmers 6-30 all the way from Port land to The Dalles and back last Sun day in the course of six hours' running time. 'I found the full length of the Columbia River Highway, Including the unpaved portion above the Multnomah County line, in as good condition as it is at any time of the year, says Mr. Lawrle, who is an experienced motor 1st. A year ago he made a round trip across the continent in his Dodge. 'Of course, the frozen condition of the surface made travel rather hard on tires. The upper part of the road has rock surface and when the rocks freeze in their positions they do not budge when the automobile wheels bear down on them, the result being rather severe wearing surface. 'I won't swear about the condition of the road when the surface thaw out, but my personal opinion is that the Columbia River Highway is an all year road and I see no reason why the trip from Portland to Hood River and The Dalles should not be made all year. I didn't even put on my chains last Sunday. There was not enough mud anywhere to undermine the sur "There was no snow on the highway at all, yet the view of the snow-capped hills was most magnificent, due large ly to the clearness of the atmosphere Those who are willing to suffer the hardships of cold, crisp weather will find the topography of the Columbia Gorge at its best in Winter. 'I would rather make the trip now than in the Summer, and those who fail to divert their course from the main road this side of The Dalles and drive over the river's edge at Ortley's Point will over look the 'best bef of the entire trip. There we stood on the apex of a great triangle with Mount Hood and Mount Adams stationed at equal distances to the south and north, respectively. We could also see the shadows on the glaciers of Mount St. Helens." Mr. Lawrle not only made a near- record by driving to The Dalles, which about 96 miles from Portland, and return in six hours but he covered the distance on six gallons of gasoline, he reports. Will Autos Grow Higher? A point that probably will be raised In many people's minds, after seeing exhibits at the Automobile Show, is why it is necessary for a vehicle, which, for Instance, carries five pas sengers (equivalent to a load of 750 pounds), to weigh in a great many cases from 3000 to 5000 pounds. It Is significant that only a few months ago a widely known automo bile engineer raised the same question in a discussion of weight. "Motor cycles and buggies," he pointed out, "weigh very little more than their maximum loads. When - will we get automobiles more closely approaching this ratio? Other vehicles went through this improvement from heavy to light with great gain. There is no reason why the same transformation is not applicable to automobiles." Overland Car With A. B. Fassett at Wheel la Aet of Crossing; Oregoa-Washins-ton Bridge for First Time. Prediction Made by Raymond Beck That Supply Will Overtake De mand If Broader Field Is Not Developed for Trade. BY RAYMOND BECK. Chief of Goodrich National Touring Bureau. In this heydey of motor prosperity I take this opportunity to sound a warn ing note. That note calls every motor manufacturer, every dealer and owner and others equally interested in the future of the industry to a duty that Is none the less urgent because for the moment It is not "striking anyone in the face." That great railroad gen- ral, James J. Hill, not very long ago gave warning to this Nation that the wastefulness of the virgin soil of our country will, before many years, bring "out the impoverishment of the land. That exactly illustrates the condition of the great American motor industry. This industry has grown beyond all precedent. The tale of its progress is like a page from "The Arabian Nights." It has attracted to it scores of small investors, who subsequently have been able to turn out cars on order over night. It has found ready sale for all of Its -products, good, bad or indiffer ent. But the harvest cannot last for ever. The supply will catch up with and exceed the demand. An overblown bubble is liable to burst, and possible calamity will follow. All this, of course, if conditions be permitted to continue as they now exist. Salvation Pointed Ont. Happily, there is a means of salva tion, if all motor interests would pause long enough In their task of gathering riches to seize upon it. They cannot give back to the soil that which thev have taken from it, but tfiey can make that soil more steadily yielding by fer tilization. As Mr. Hill advised the great farming community of this coun try to encourage the soil in the con tinuance of its production, so we do humbly, beseech the great American motor industry to encourage and stim ulate that sou from which springs the source of its prosperity. That needed fertilization will come most surely. most swiftly, from the encouragement of touring In motorcars; from the stlm ulatlon of the grandest form of out door recreation so far known of man. It is our duty to blaze the way for motor travel across this broad land. Just as it is the duty of every farmer to put back info the soil some of the life he has abstracted from it. In blazing the way those most inter ested In the welfare of the motor in dustry must do more than by word of mouth applaud motor travel on the public highway: they must aid in pro tecting nie ana property along them; they must give assistance In the propa gation of touring routes, maps and literature, and they must encourage that form of endeavor that aims to in still the charms of motor travel into humdrum life of plain American citi Vlra-in Soli Exploited. in otner wora, every owner of a motorcar and every, citizen who can afford to become an owner must be gotten on to' the road and whisked away Into the country, so that, like the rest of us, he may become a motor en thusiast, and may remain a touring enthusiast. If such a campaign of touring uplift be not entered upon, the calamity aforesaid will come Just as surely as wastefulness of the soil will be fol lowed by improvement of the land. The fact that motorcars are now built bet ter and stronger than ever before will not retard that calamity, but rather will hasten it. With cars that last for years the fad of making changes every season soon will cease. The satisfied owner will prefer to retain the ma chine in which he has confidence and for which he has some affection rather than make yearly exchanges for mod els that earn their title to novelty by some trivial change in the fender or hood. With 3,000,000 American citizens now owning motorcars, and with new cars being turned out at a - "faster than-ever" rate it takes no seer to Fords FORDS 1917 Models. Easy terms. S165.70 down, halanee SS per snoath. Trade in roar old Ford. Ford Service Dept. never closed. Phone tor service mr. PALACE UARAUU CO, 704 Kenrney St. Main SO. A-2443. Nw aad Tsed Fords Sold on Easy Payments. Rushlight, Ransom & Penney XT 5 Union Ave, Cor. Wasco. Phone East 79SO. Franklin offers more of "what you actually need and want in an automobile." BRALY AUTO CO. Main 4S80, A SSS1. 19th and Washington Sts. Garford A complete line of motor tracks ttoth worm and chain drive. One-ton. li 1. 3V t, S 7 nnd lO-ton tract ors. GARFORD MOTOR TRITK SALES CO 533 Alder St. General Motors Company Trucks A, lYi, 2, 3'2 and 5-Ton The Standard of Portland Business Houses. Columbia Carriage & Auto Works, 209 Front Street Grant-Six Simple t Operate. Simple to Care Fr( Zjobi L.lfe and Economy. 3MANLEY AUTO CO. Eleventh and Oak at Rornslde Streets. Rroidwir 217. Hudson Super Six The Car with the greatest records BOSS & FEAKK All T031UB1JLE CD. 615-617 Washington Street Hupmobile CI in. ha the Average Low-Gear Hill a 111 ft Ueir. . ome ana ee toe ew nodeu. MAN LEY AUTO CO. Eleventh and Oak at Burnside. Br'd'y 217. Mack & Saurer MOTOR Capacities, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7Vi Tons. Complete Stock Repair Parts. F. C. ATWELL, Sales Agent. TRUCKS Washington at 21st. Tel. Mar. 440 Maxwell Economy records, non-stop records and smallest up-keep records. BOSS & PEAKE AUTOMOBILE CO. 615-617 Washington Street. A reliable car. built by a reliable factory, sold by a reliable concern. Prices. S1050, Siseo. fac tory. MITCHELL, LEWIS A STATER CO, East First and East Morrison Streets. National Oakland SIX AND TWELVE CYLINDER! "AMERICA'S BEST LOOKINU CAR" JNIANLEY AUTO CO. 11th nnd Oslt Bonmloo Phone Broadway 217 Oregon Oakland Motor Co., WTiolesale. Oakland Auto Sales Co., Retail. 522 Alder St., at Sixteenth. Main 414. Oldsmobile Distinctive High Grade. Light Weight. OLDSMOBILE CO. OF OREGON. Broadway and Couch. Phone Broadway 1640. Trucks CAPACITY IN TONS 81225 C1425 S1S25 S2750 Prices Delivered at Portland. ROBERTS MOTOR CAR CO, Park and Flanders Sta. Moreland Distillate l ton to 5 ton. Vim delivery, $4. ton capacity. M'CRAKEN MOTOR CO, Main 9019. 445 Stark St. The "Blltwell" Series Represents the Latest and Best la Motor Cars. New Value at Medium I'rlces. D. C. WARREN MOTOR CAR CO. 58-60 North Twenty-Third Street. Phone Main 7 MO. White Pleasure Cars and Motor Trucks The White Co., Park and Couch Sts. Telephone Broadway 827. AUTO ACCESSORIES BOWSER GASOLINE and OIL TANKS STORAGE SYSTEMS FOR PUBLIC AND PHI. ATU . L. stooaaro, mslrict sopi. galea, 413 Carbelt Hide. Main 1478. Dr. Spark knows everything ElectricaL Specialist in light ing and starting batteries. Day, night service. GIBSON ELECTRICAL GARAGE AND STOR AGE BATTERY CO. Alder at 12th PORTLAND MAN STAR OVER LAND SALESMAN OF EN TIRE NORTHWEST. r pw'vwwasnwi' pi unwwpiMJaJu i.'i uwawwrWfas j it ? . o : r'i : g ; V" I r 1 1 ir : If f A. G. Johnson. i t-' a- . -rmnnrr ,at k. We Stock Then. We Repair T I MJZ I 1 -aWiHl 1 Free Advice and Inspection. V w W I BtTarCM J auto electric equipment W m 1 Sixth aad Burnside Streets. CO, Prest-0-Lite Storage Batteries When Tou Need a New Battery. Remember There Is a Prest-O-Llto Bat tery of Correct Slxe for Your Car, and It Will Give Tou Superior Service and Satisfaction. ARCHER AND WIGGINS Oren-oa Distributors of Preat-O-Lite Batteries, SIXTH STREET AT OAK. PORTLAND, OREGON. o D o n o il "Pretty Is as Pretty Does." Men of affairs do not eat with their fingers nor elevate their feet in draw ing rooms, so why revert to the custom of prehistoric times in the use of like manners at the wheel of the automo bile. Motorists who impress with their good manners in home, office or club seemingly throw their breeding to the four winds - when they drive. They dent fenders through traffic crowding. They frighten pedestrians, and they blast their horns long land loud when a slight warning wAuld be plenty. Their lack of good balance and care adds to the possibility bf accident, and accidents coma like lifihtnins strokes. A. G. Johnson. Among the 15 salesmen who operate for the Portland. Seattle and Spokane branches of the Overland Pacific Company, A. G. Johnson, of Portland, known among his fellows as "Andrew Jackson" because of facial resem blance to that historical charac ter, is the peer of all. Last week Mr. Johnson received a congrat ulatory letter from A. R. Theisen, treasurer of the Overland Pacific Company, announcing that he had won the first prize in the contest which has been Conducted during the past sis months and handings him a check for $258.56. Mr. Johnson scored a total of 38.000 points, one point being granted t for each dollar's worth of busi- 7 ness turned in. Second-place man I was H. R. Ludwig, of Seattle, with 32.000 points. P. H. Dunn. of the Portland branch, won if fourth money, about $90. A new $1000 contest has been t commenced for the first six I months of 1918, and the sales- I men et the Portland store hope they can produce another winner. EVERY TIRE A GOOD TIRE A trial will convince BALLOU & WRIGHT Broadway at Oak n..t.n ht tho virgin soil of motor- dom soon will become exhausted if the needed fertilization oe noi oo plied. CXT IX LICENSE FEE URGED Olcott Would Reduce Charge One- Half After August 1. Secretary of State Olcott recommends in his biennial report that motor ve hicle license fees te cut In half after I August 1 of each, year, law requires that the full license fee be charged whether a car be registered in January or later in the year. It is pointed out by Mr. Olcott that an apparent injustice Is done by this provision to the party buying a car towards the close of the year, and he recommends that all license require ments for motor vehicles be amended to conform with the present law gov erning chauffeurs, thus reducing the license tee one-half after August first. Divorce is getting to be as palnlest The present as modern dentistry.