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Newspaper Page TextTHE SUNDAY OBEGONIAX, TORTLAND, DECEMBER 2, 1917. BUILD PAVED ROADS CHALMERS "HOT-SPOT" TOURING CAR SCOTCH COMEDIAN'S FAVORITE. , SAYS ELING Overland-Pacific Manager in Portland Tells How Highways Have Developed California.- SMALL TOWNS GAIN MOST 10 NOW ... , . ,.-. . .. .. . ' . 1 1 ") ;'"!;..,.. -,- .... ,.,-.. - .-.-iv- : Auto Truck Lines Haul Vast Traffic Over Paved Roads, Building Up Country Sections and Solving. " . AVar Problem of Railroads. If ever there was a time when Ore sron should build good roads, and more of them, and still more, spending- every available dollar for that purpose, it is riffht now while the war is In progress. That is the emphatic opinion of .H. H. Eling, iriniiager of the Pacific Over land branch in I'ortland. The reason for his belief is what has happened in California as a result of the far-sig-ht-ed good roads policy that has given that state the finest highway system In the I'nited States. .Mr. Eling has always been for good roads. Not until a recent automobile trip through California, however, dur ing which he drove in an Overland car from the northern line almost through California for almost all the way over paved highways did he come to re. alize the extent to which good roads bring prosperity to the communities they serve. What impressed him most deeply was not the growth of the larger cities, but that of the small towns along the highway routes. Their development, says Mr. Eling-. has been astounding. Country Towns Grow and Grow. Mr. Eling is an old Californian him self. But he had not traveled through the state for some years, so was- in an especially good position to make com parisons between conditions under the old road era and those of the new era of paved highways. "The development that has followed the building of good roads in Califor nia," said Mr. Eling, "is one of the most remarkable things I have ever seen. I have vivid . recollections of traveling long distances through the state in the past and of the sleepy lit tle towns along the way that hardly knew they were alive. "Along the routes of the paved high ways today these sleepy hamlets have become lively and prosperous towns and the former towns are thriving cities. New towns have grown up. The transformation has been amazing. What has done it? Ask that question of any citizen and he will reply at once that good roads have done it. "Just as development followed the building of the railroad into new coun try, so the building of paved roads has brought business and prosperity to the territories they traverse. The results have been quicker in coming; and are more pronounced, because the resulting automobile traffic is far greater than that which moved over the railroad." Small-Town Merchants Prosper. A particularly notable feature of this country town development, Mr. Eling says, is the prosperity of the merchants and business men of the towns. He found in the answer a complete refu tation of the argument that develop ment of trunk line roads from the big cities diverts business from the country merchant to the city merchant. "Instead of that," said Mr. Eling, "the business of the country merchant has increased greatly. It used to be that the folks of his town and of the surrounding country went ot the city to do their outfitting. Now they buy direct of their own merchant. They do this because their merchant, being in quick, direct communication with the city by automobile truck lines that go everywhere over the paved roads, car ries a larger and more varied stock which he is able, because of his larger volume of business and quicker turn over, to sell at prices as good as those offered by the city merchant. "Suppose the customer wants some thing the merchant does not have in stock a plow, a bolt of dress goods, or whatnot. Formerly both merchant t NEW SPEED MARK BETWEEN" SEATTLE AND TAfOJIA M'LV 34 MINUTES. Thirty-four minutes is now the official automobile road record between the city limits of Seattle and Tacoma. The new mark, which lowers the former record by three minutes, was made a week ago by A.'R. Smith, Elgin dealer at Tacoma, in an Elgin Six. The previous record of 37 minutes had been made by Harry D. Austin,, of the Washington Oakland Company, of - Seattle. Both drivers went by way of Des Moines over the "highllne" route, which is 32 miles. and customer were at the mercy of an uncertain express and freight service by railroad. The article might be shipped quickly from the city, ."but it would be delayed en route and a day or two or three days lost. Track Service Beats Trains. '"Now the country merchant tele phones to the city wholesaler and the article wanted comes, out that night or the next day by auto truck. The customer does not go" to the CitMwhen he can get what he wants at home. ;:"Every where auto truck freight lines radiate out through the country froiu the big cities over the paved roads of vaiuornia. ihey serve territory for and 100 miles from the cities. 73 Around Los Angeles these auto truck lines take out and bring in goods from a. radius of 150 miles. Their service Lt much quicker than that of the rail roads and they bring the producer more directly In touch with the con-turner.- : "The volume of business handled by these auto trucks is enormous and it is growing all the time. When one re alizes the extent of the business. they lo and the wide territory they cover. ti- is no longer cause for wonder that the smaller towns have. been built up and have become metropolitan and prosperous. --"All this is entirely aside from the nioney left in the small town by the Dig tourist travel and the emancination the paved highway has wrought for the country dweller by closing the gap be tween the loneliness and hardships of country me ana the cheer and comfort of the city. :i Oregon Can Do Likewise. "Now the farmer or orchardlst jumps into his automobile with the family and goes to town for the movies when ever he feels like it. These naved highways are great promoters of the tacK to the sou movement. : -Everything paved roads have done ii develop and bring prosperity to the small 'towns and country districts of California, Mr. Eling firmlv believes. tftey will do in Oregon. And the sooner Oregon is crossed and criss-crossed with -good roads, he declares, the sooner - . PHOTO. SHOWS HARRY LAl'DER AND MAYOR. MARX, OF DETROIT, IN REAR SEAT. Harry Lauder on his' tour through the United States and Canada in the interest of the' Y. M. C. A. and other war. funds has usually appeared in a Chalmers car. This picture shows Mr. Lauder in Detroit, where he received an -ovation for his energetic work and where he remained for a week, slngin" and speaking in the -cause of world's democracy. will the whole state feel, the impetus of a new and. permanent prosperity. "I have heard some talk to the ef fect that because of the war Oregon's good roads programme should be cur tailed until the fighting is over," -said Mr. Eling. "Quite to the contrary, right now while we are at war is the very time to devote all possible energy to ex tending our good roads. Nearly every high official in our Government, from President - Wilson down, has empha sized the importance of building good roads during the war. To anyone who has studied the situation in California the reason is patent. And California Knows. - "One immensely important reason for building more good roads now is that every good: road and the resulting auto truck freight traffic over it re lieves the-railroads of just that much of a Burden. Auto trucks take care of the short hauls, leaving the railroads to make the long hauls. "California knows just what good roads have done in her case. Far from curtailing her good roads programme, she is carrying on all work planned and is looking forward to a etill more comprehensive programme. Tool Box Clamp. A very useful article to have in the toolbox is the type of clamp variously known as a C clamp or a U clamp. There are numberless uses for the part. RICH IDAHO SHEEPMAN BUYS CADILLAC CAR FOR HIS SHEEPHERDERS. O. N. Doubleday, of Boise, Ida ho, who has 70,000 Bheep grazing out on the ranges, has found the automobile a valuable adjunct even to sheepherding. He has found that the best means of keeping his flock superintendents in touch with their flocks at all times is to provide them with high-powered, durable cars. He recently bought four Cadillacs for the use of himself and his chief sheepherders'. but possibly its greatest value is to hold a large monkey wrench to the run ning boards the wrench acting as a vise. The clamp takes up little room in the toolbox, costs so little and is so very useful , when its time does come, that every car owner, ought to have one. Spasmodic spurts of speed are dan gerous. Hold the speed of your car steady around 20 miles an hour and you will get there more quickly, safely, pleasantly and at less expense. VELIE BRINGS HEALTH WOUNDED CANADIAN OFFICER ON TOUR OF COUNTRY. Surgeons Prescribe Country Air, So He Buya Velle Car and Regains . Physical Strength. Early in the war, J. W. Thompson, a young Canadian, enlisted in the Cana dian forces and was sent to France. He had been there out a short time when he sustained a shell wound so serious that it was' necessary to send him back to Canada for recovery. The young man did ; not recover quickly enough to suit, his physician and a long motor trip was prescribed in the hope that health would be found. Last week Thompson, with three friends, reached Los ' Angeles in a Velie Six, after having covered almost every state -in the Union and visited most of America's natural wonders. The Velie was purchased in Buffalo and Niagara was the first of the great scenic spots to be seen. Estes Park in Colorado, Yellowstone National Park and the Yosemlte were included in the itinerary. Before -the journey is com pleted visits will be made to the Grand Canyon and- to Mammoth Cave and the car will then take Thompson back to Canada. "I'll be back in the trenches within three months," said the buoyant young officer. - . . New Car Owners in County. TEMPORARY police licenses were is sued In Portland lost week to the following buyers of latest model motor cars, pending arrival of the official state licenses from Salem.' The list is compiled by M. O. Wilkins, publisher of the Automobile Record: Dr. A. G. Smith, Denlson apartments. Buick. American Tire & Rubber Company, 74 Broadway. Ford. Esther M. Van Scoy, 433 Sampson, Ford. R. W. Smith, 7828 Twenty-third avenuo Southeast, Ford. -M. O. Opheln. 284 - East Sixtieth North. Ford. P. A. Gruber. 066 East Twenty-first North. Ford. Charles H. Leich. 303 Eugene street, Ve lie. C. Aebrischer, Sherwood, Or., Bulck. Standard Oil Company, Portland. Ford. H. I. Swengle, Fleetwood. Or., Oakland. Florence K. Ingalls, 1101 Icon building-. Ford. Groocock Son, 286 Second, Ford. ' Oscar C. Curry. 0713 Fifty-seventh street Southeast. Saxon. lloward GUI. 1 V26 Patton avenue. Ford. ' C. r. Jack. 26J Front street. Ford. J. . R. . Whitney, 600 East Couch street. Chalmers. F.-M. Rublst. 770 East Couch. Ford.' J. Levitt. 204 Washington. Velle. Health Office. 318 City Hall. Ford. Ft. K. Chudwlck. 822 Northwestern Bank building. Hupmoblle. Charles E. Hunch, 443 East -Forty-second North, Bulck. Eva Cooper, Mllwaukie, Harrison street. Ford. Department of Public Utilities. City Hall Ford. Department of Public Utilities, City Hall, Ford. Katherine Yost, 6."0 East Eleventh, Ford. F. - J. Kenegcr, Linnton, Route 1, Stuue baker. - Henry Kriea-er.. 56rt Mason, Maxwell. George L. Beie. 48V Davis. Ford. O. -Chownlnif. 013 Lombard, Maxwell. Edward McKay. 952 - Hassalo. Ford. Mrs. V. J. Coatcs.. East Eleventh and Ryan, Ford. - Dr. I.. T.' Nelson, 607 -East Fifty-ninth North, Ford.. W. W. Martlen. 70 Wyg-ant. Ford. J. C. Morris. 273 Morrison, Maxwell. Independent Foundry Company, 743 Tork, Pa I ere: Georee D. -Fruendlener, 422H Washington. Ford. Mrs. Mae E. Herner, 1119 East Harrison, Ford. J.- Earl Else, S18 Selling building. Stude baker. Frank Bulllngton, . 1551 Denver avenue. Ford. - Cecil M. Cass, 820 East Broadway, Ford. J. H. Barnard. 6909 Fifty-ninth avenue Southeast, Mitchell. ' Thomas A. Roberts, 203 : United States Bank building. Oldsmoblle. Schlesser Brothers. 113 N. Jersey, Ford. William J. Liljequlst 804 Oregonlan building. Ford. ' -. Mrs. Nellie Montgomery,'; 1174 East Clay, Maxwell. ' . F. P. Agnew, 4SJ -Beacon, Ford. J. A. Byerly. 25 Thompson. Ford. L. Talbot, 7S Broadwny, Ford. Leslie 11. Ewing, 1371 Macadam street. Ford. S. P. Osborne. 010 McKay building. Ford. W. S. Raymond, 24 North Fifteenth street. Ford. Portland Laundry Company, 40-42 Ninth street North, Ford. Edna Leonard, 055 East Tamhlll, Olds mobile. H. Kublk. 1444 East Seventh street. Ford. Richard Generowski. 239 Thirteenth street. Kissel. c. A. English, 403 Tillamook. Ford. W. U. ttarbe. Eitfhth and Davis, Stude baker. ' Stubbs Electric Company, Sixth and Pine. Ford. D. Bussard, Albany, Or., Dort. F. G. Leary, SOU East Thirty-second street North, Ford. William Schollz, ft. F. X. No. B, Sher wood. Or., Bulck. Mrs. R. H. Cursiu. Estacada, Or., Dodge. Elmer Anderson. Eagle -Creek, Or., Ford. F. P. Mattson, 921 Willamette, boulevard. Dodge. Llpman. Wolfe & Co.. Fifth and Washing ton, Dodge. Brunn Motor Car Company, 444-4S Stark street, Lexington. Fearing & Robinett. 86 Tenth street. Over land. Joel TT. Coe. larjij Sixth street. Heo. XHE AU.N J R S, AX C A R Pleasing; in appearance, with interior appointments up to date, the Ford Sedan brings 'all the delights of the inclosed car with the assured Ford economy in operation and maintenance. An all-round car for all the year around. The price of the Sedan is $695, Runabout $345, Touring Car $360, Coupelet $560, -Town Car $645 all f. o. b. Detroit. Order now. Authorized -Ford Agents -"Portland, Oregon. Francis Motor Car Co., East 13th at Hawthorne. Phone East 3770. Palace Garage Company 12th at Stark. Phone Broadway 1572. Pacific KisselKar Branch Broadway at Davis. Broadway 321. Rushlight, Ransom & Penney East 3d at Broadway. East 303. Talbot & Casey, Inc. East Ankeny at Grand. East 8118. W. H. Wallingford 6th and Madison. Main 1100. I O SEATTLE IS AN FsANdJCft SAW DIEGo ALL-'YEAR. (Par - -v ITS efficiency and economy is Nation-wide. Its perfection -in chassis construction and body design its refined interior and exterior finish appeal to men and women who can afford the best. The ALL-YEAR Top is built-in, not on, with no visible fastening's or attachments and is entirely removable. The car of a Hundred Quality Features. For over a year it has been undeniably the greatest motor car value on the market. The powerful Kissel-built power-plant, sturdy axles and reliable brakes are found on no other car. Coast-length Service From San Diego to Seattle our service stations are located In three states, insuring; a quick and efficient service wherever vou motor. s other organization is so situated to render you such anasaal service. Don't delay ordering; for an early delivery, up. Open models Jli35 up f. o. b. factory. ALL-VE.tR models J1T33 BsnTs (VM Uwm 7W. Habitm m ttmtiom PACIFIC KISSELKAR BRANCH . I.. lll (.HSO, Irrntdrnt. PORTLAND BRAM'H, BROADWAY AT DAVIS. LrMt Motor Car Organization oa the Coast With Braarhea at A FRANCISCO LUSAM.KI.ES OAKLAND FRESNO SAN DlbUO SEATTLE Fearing" & Robinett, 86 Tenth street. Over land. Tsubol Brothers, 307 Burnslde street. Ford. D. O. Galbralth, Sherwood, Or., Maxwell. Thomas Richardson, 31:7 Twenty-third street. Maxwell. F. M. Harris, Cascade Locks, Or., Ford. J. P. Cook. 21. Board of Trade. Tortce. Columbia Digger Company. ITS Burnslde street. Chevrolet. E. K. Stephens. 1010 Favier. Grant. "VV. K. Kllkenapp. 4.HI Eighty-eighth street Southeast. Chevrolet. VV. s. McMillln. UK! Webster street, Elgin. Fred W. Jerbel. 171 West Karragut. Bulck, . Bushong & Co., Ill Park street. Ford. Owirt nul.-trh, .'.411 Mill street. Ford Oswald W. Taylor, 880 East Twenty-ninth. Ford. H. C. . Thompson. 82 Morgan building. Chandler. 0 M. Brous, SIS VTillamett .boulsvard. Maxwell. Woodard-Clarko Drug Company, 367 Al der. Ford. W. S. Albett. 41" Vntnn North, Ford 53? y LIBERTY Ten minutes' time will prove to you that there is a difference in the way the Liberty rides and drives. It is instantly responsive to steer ing wheel accelerator or brake. There is no effort, no strain either in driving or riding. The Liberty is built to give you Un as ua convenience, un usual comfort. Ride in it Drive it There is a difference in the way it rides and drives. Mitchel & Wallingford 522 Alder St. Main 2492 ;