THE 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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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W. S. Albett. 41" Vntnn North, Ford
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Ten minutes' time will prove to you
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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
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There is a difference in the way it
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522 Alder St.
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