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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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"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.