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THE SUNDAY OKEGOXIAY, !PORTX,A"S"D, ' XTINE 1. 1919.
HEADWAY
OH ROAD PROJECTS
Governor Oloott Summarizes
Highway Construction Work.
GASOLINE TAX LARGE ITEM
the seven coast counties; the develop
ment of the wonderful Industrial re
sources of that section and the im
mense value that would accrue to other
parts of the state as an outgrowth of
the construction of this highway. The
coast counties believe they are entitled
to this higrhway. and not only do they
believe that, but they are certain its
construction would De of immeasurable
value to other sections of Oregon. A
determined campaign is being waged
for this highway.
Executive Also Explains Measures
Up at Tuesday's Election- to
Hound Out Programme,
KoIIowinff are extracts from a recent ad
dress by Governor Olcott, summarizing prog
ress already made in Oregon's comprehensive
Rooa roads programme, and xplaming roaa
measures on the ballot lor the special elec
tion next Tuesday, June 3.
It may be of interest to know that
up to May 10 of this year the state
highway commission awarded and
signed road contracts aggregating $6,
P87,605, and that it is expected before
the close of the year more than
510,000,000 in contracts will be award
ed by the commission, although all
the work under such contracts might
not be finished with the end of the
year. The possible work for 1920 is
still so problematical that the commis
sion hesitates to estimate its extent for
that year.
The highway commission on its own
estimate for 1919, 1920 and 1921, the
three-year period under which it is now
working, has available $25,265,000 for
road work, segregated by the commis
sion as follows:
Balanr on hand $ 678.000
Ten million bonds 10,000.000
Pix ml'lion bonds 3.5H0.000
Balance (Bean Barrett bonds) 1,419,000
federal co-operation post road,
1918 act 1,181.000
Federal co-operation post road
19 19 amendment 3,149,000
Federal co-operation forest roads
1916 act 638.000
Federal co-operation forest roads
1919 amendment 1,150.000
Auto tax, less Interest on bonds,
1919 340.000
Auto tax, less interest on bonds,
1920 700.000
Auto tax, less interest on bonds,
1921 600.000
VA -mill tax, 1920 and 1921 fiOO.or.o
Gasoline and distillate tax, 1919.. 4O0.0OO
Oasoline and distillate tax, 1920.. 4,o.00
Ciasoiine and distillate tax, 1921.. 500,000
EDITORS TO TOUR X ORTHWE S T
Extensive Publicity Expected to Re
sult From Editorial Visit
More extensive publicity for the Pa
cific northwest climate, scenery and
resources will resultlfrom the tour of
the national editorial convention dele
gates through Oregon, "Washington and
British Columbia in August, than has
ever been given to this section, ac
cording to Herbert Cuthbert, executive
secretary of the Pacific Northwest
Tourist association.
The association is much interested in
the coming tour as the expense of se
curing the convention for the Pacific
northwest, including visits to the prin
cipal cities and points of interest, was
met from the association funds because
of the extensive publicity the editors
will give to this section on their re
turn from the tour. On a recent east-
NEW MARKET OPENS
FOR WESTERN ZINC
Tire Companies Use Product in
Making Rubber Goods.
VAST QUANTITY REQUIRED
Gates Ru bber Com p an jv Denver,
Colo., Alone. Concumes 100,000
Pounds of Zinc Oxide Monthly.
DENVER, Colo., May 31. That the
manufacture of tires and kindred pro
ducts is opening a new source of
wealth to the mining Industry of the
west is indicated by the recent
scramble of rubber manufacturers of
the United States for the output of
tions to the plant and equipment will
be made immediately to provide for
increased production.
The Jordan Motor Car company Is
remarkable as an organisation of
young men. Their first car was built
about three years ago. Since that time
the company has won marked rec
ognition and success. The original
capital of J 10 0,000 was soon increased
to $600,000. It is now doubled a second
time.
The Jordan policy is to build a chas
sis of finished mechanical excellence.
Including only universally approved
units of established reliability, equip
ped with a series of aluminum custom
style bodies of distinguished color and
design.
Despite abnormal war conditions the
Jordan Motor Car company enjoyed a
steady expansion and the end of hos
tilities found it In an enviable position
to resume normal production. They
succeded in prodding the first post
war automobile models.
Edward S. Jordan president, has ad
dressed meetings of automobile dealers
and manufacturers in all parts of the
country, and is well known as a keen
analyst of automobile business con
ditions. His prediction last January of
the present shortage in -pleasure cars
attracted considerable attention in
automobile circles.
Tighten Up Loose Bolts.
In some cars looseness of the engine
bolts which - hold the water in place
DALLAS DRUGGIST DRIVES LEXINGTON MINUTE MAN SIX.
Total $25,265,000
This amount could be materially aug
mented in event the 1-mill tax bill
passes.
License Returns Lare, '
Estimates made in the office of the
secretary of state show that license
fees from the motor vehicle department
will probably net 5515,000 for this year,
with gross receipts of approximately
$560,000, as compared to total fees of
$461,000 for 1918, with net receipts
turned over to the highway fund aggre
gating approximately $420,000.
Last year 63,324 cars were licensed.
Already this year over 69,000 cars have
been licensed, and it is expected the
transactions in the department for the
year will go well over the 80,000 mark.
For 1920, based on an estimate of
75.000 passenger cars, and with all the
other transactions in the office, in
cluding $250,000 as fees for trucks, the
department will probably bring in $1,
750,000 after deducting for adminis
trative expenses. Add to that an es
timate of $400,000 for the gasoline and
distillate tax, and a total of $2,150,000
may be turned into the road fund for
1920 alone. This is estimating an aver
age fee of $20 on passenger cars and
of $50 on trucks. The new fees be
come effective Janifttry 1, 1920.
In giving these figures I believe they
are conservative. It might be interest
ing to note that est i mates have been
made from time to t irae by the secre
tary of state's office as to probable
aggregate fees from the motor ve
hicle fund and in each case the esti
mate has fallen below the actual fees
received. This estimate I believe will
probably vork out with the same
result.
One Mill Market Itond Meaure.
The 1-mill road tax bill is designed
to promote market roads in the state.
trunk line highways, it is believed,
will be largely taken care of by the
road bonding bills and such measures
as the Roosevelt coast highway bill.
The intention of the supporters of the
1-mill measure is to start liberal con
struction of laterals and smaller mar
ket roads.
This measure would provide for a
1-mill road tax annually, which would
raise approximately $1,000,000 a year.
This amount would be divided propor
tionately among the counties to give
as nearly as possible to each county the
amount of tax that 't had raised for the
1-mill fund. No county, however, could
receive more than 10 per cent of the
total amount raised from the 1-mill tax
for any one year, nor could any county
receive benefits from the tax unless it
raised an amount equal to the amount
it would receive back from the state.
In event any county failed to raise an
extra sum sufficient to meet the pro
visions of the 1-mill tax bill, and thus
forfeited its share, such share would
be apportioned among the counties that
did accept the provisions of the act.
Plans and specifications for the mar
ket roads to be constructed under the
act would be provided by the state
highway commission, but the roads
would be constructed under the super
vision ana control ot the respective
counties.
Six Per Cent County Indebtedness Road
Amendment.
under this amendment but one
change is provided for, and that to in
crease the constitutional indebtedness
limitation on counties for the construc
tion of permanent roads from 2 per
cent to 6 per cent of the assessed val
uation of all the property in a county
Should this measure pass it would
merely give the people of the respective
counties of the state the option of vot
ing on the question of whether they
desire to increase the bonded indebt
edness of their respective counties to
as high as 6 per cent.
Roosevelt Coast Military Highway.
This measure proposes to bond the
state for $2,500,000 for the construction
of the Roosevelt coast military high
way down through the seven beautiful
count ies of the state from Astoria to
the California line. Issuance of the
bonds by the state are dependent upon
appropriation of a similar amount by
the federal government, and in event
t he federal government fails to make
such appropriation-by February 1, 1921.
the act providing for the issuance of
bonds by the state shall be null and
void.
The proposed highway is to pass
through Clatsop. Tillamook, Lincoln,
I-ane, Iouglas, Coos and Curry coun
ties. ' Portions of this highway al
ready are const ructsd . and paid for.
The bonds proposed under the act
bear not to exceed 4 per cent inter
est; to be payable one-twentieth each
yeftr, commencing lyith the fifth year
after their issuance. They would be
sold within five years after the passage
of the act.
Provision is made that the governor
shall determine such method as he may
deem necessary for the advertising of
each issue. The bonds would be re
tired through a sin king fund created
by im posit ion of a tax. levied and as
sessed each year as it became necessary
to pay the princinal and create the
em kins' fund for retiring the bonds.
Proponents of this measure point out
CUtJ wuuuera Uie natural beauties of
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(at aide) of Dalian, talking; over aome of fc la ne-w l-rxInKf on, icoori point, wita J.
H run n Motor Car coapuj (front), who .old h tin. the car.
H. Settlemler of the
ern trip, Mr. Cuthbert investigated th
interest taken in the convention and
the probable attendance, and reports as
follows:
'Securing the convention has al
ready brought much publicity for this
section, eastern and Canadian papers
giving advance notices of the tour
which is to cover the principal cities of
Oregon, Washington and British Co-
umbia and give the editors a glimpse
of this great region. I am sure that a
great deal of valuable publicity will
follow the trip, resulting in an in
creased volume of tourist business for
next year.
From what I learned in the east, the
attendance will be large. While I was
there, J. Bruce Walker, director of pub
licity for the department of immigra
tion of the Canadian government, an
nounced in the Canadian press that a
nartv of 300 editors from nearly every
state in the union, accompanied by I
pass over Canadian railways on a spe
cial train bound for the convention.
How many more will come 1 cannot
tell, but in every newspaper office I
visited in the east I found the working
newspaper men interested in the com
ing tour and directing tneir attention
toward the Pacific northwest.
"Every visiting newspaper man will
be a missionary for the Pacific north
west, when he goes back home, and I
am satisfied that the money the as
sociation expended in securing the con
vention will bring us the widest pub
licity we ever enjoyed."
several of the biggest zinc producers In
Colorado, Missouri and South rakota.
Zinc oxide used In the manufacture
of rubber goods requires special prop
erties, and for several years, even
after the rubber industry of Amer
ica had passed its infancy, it was be
lieved the product of mines of the east,
especially New Jersey, was the only
ore suitable for use in making tires.
This theory was exploded by a series
of costly experiments in the labora
tories of the Gates Rubber company of
Denver. Here it was discovered that
sine from the mines of several western
states could be used to just as good
advantage' as the New Jersey product.
A mechanical prdcess for reducing
this ore on a large ecale was put in
operation by mining interests, and for
the first time zinc mines of the west
entered into competition for a share
of rubber manufacturers' demand.
some congressmen and senators, would I 1"V .JT " ' " " oales
uw.v. a . company and the Savage Rubber com
pany of San Diego, Cal.. that furnished
incentive for development of Colo
rado. Missouri and South Dakota zinc
mines.
Within the past few months eastern
manufacturers for the first time have
recognized the merits of western zinc
oxide. The Goodyear and Goodrich
Rubber companies of Akron, Ohio, have
sent to the west for a big share of their
zinc. These Ohio corporations, in con
nection with the Gates company, have
contracted for the total ten-year out
put of two of the largest zinc mines
of Colorado..
Ore from these properties will be
concentrated at Leadville. Colo., and
will go through the necessary refining
process at Canon City, Colo., whence It
win do shipped direct to the ware
houses of the three big G's of the
rubber world Gates, Goodyear and
Goodrich.
Some idea of the possibilities of the
zinc oxide output of the west may be
gained from the fact that the Gates
plant alone uses 100,000 pounds each
month, and estimates that before the
end of another year this ratio of con
sumption will have increased to 175,000
pounds every thirty days.
J. H. GRAHAM IS BUSY NUN
DEMAXD FOR CARS AXD TRUCKS
KEEPS HIM JUMPING.
Case and Denby Distributor sells
Vancouver Business to Give All
His Time Here.
J. H. Graham, distributor for the
Case six, Scripps-Booth six and the
Denby truck, until recently had two
motor car distributing companies, one
in Portland and the second at Van
couver. Wash. Needing more time to
himself, he decided to dispose of the
Vancouver business and when G. H.
Wilde, one of his Denby salesmen, made
him an attractive oner, ne sola.
But Graham has found himself busier
than ever with the big demand for his
tars and trucks. He did not count on
the impetus which the warmer weather
has put into the motor-buying puduc,
and now finds himself put to the ut
most to supply his customers. Those
who have bought his Case cars attri
bute his success in good part to the
splendid service they are giving.
"The success of a motor car distrib
uting agency is no greater than the
quality of the service such an organi
zation renders." said Mr. Graham. "Two
years ago, a novice in the business, I
ascertained that no motor car is any
better than the service that goes with
it. My motto since then has been 'to
Dlease the buyer.'
"Of course the quality built into
the Case six has been a contributing
factor in any success I have made and
it has been easier to give service with
this car than with some, but any auto
mobile needs attention and new drivers
are not always acquainted with their
cars sufficienly to give them the proper
attention. This is where service comes
in with me."
Mr. Graham is and has been able
to give deliveries because he was fore
sighted enough to anticipate the de
mand and place his, orders with his
factories in advance of other distributors.
may cause misalignment of the engine,
with serious consequences. If there is
even slight looseness of the bolts it
may permit the engine support to ham
mer and pound and in time the sup
porting arm may actually break off.
CITY BUYS POLICE PATROL
XEW VEHICLE TO BE HERE IN
JULY OR AUGUST.
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cil-m-Mead means
NEARLY twenty years have been spent in develop
ing the Buick Valve - in - Head motor, with the
idea of getting the utmost from the possibilities of
the Valve - in - Head principle of design. As a result,
the Buick motor today is remarkable for three charac
teristics, which, to our mind, interpret the goal for which
every motorist is seeking. These three virtues are:
Power Long Life Economy.
Howard Auto Co.
Pacific Coast Distributors,
Phone Broadway 1130 14th and Davis Sts.
JORDAN IS SOLD WAV AHEAD
50 Per Cent Stock Dividend De
clared to AH Stockholders.
A 50 per cVnt stock dividend, pay
able to all preferred and common stock
holders of the Jordan Motor Car com
pany, has just been declared at a spe
cial meeting of the stockholders at the
offices of the company in Cleveland.
Ohio. At the same time the capital of
the company was increased to $1,200,000.
Jordan now has orders on hand for
four months production. New addi-
Specially Designed Velie Chassis and
Body Purchased From the D. C.
Warren Motor Car Co.
The city of Portland has purchased
from the D. C Warren Motor Car com
pany a new motor police patrol, which
is .to be delivered from the Velie fac
tory at Moline, 111., late in July or
early in August.
This patrol will be completely
equipped not only for police work but
for first aid ambulance work as well.
It will contain a stretcher and a full
first aid emergency kit for use when
the patrol responds to accident calls
about the city.
It will be a very attractive job in
appearance with its black enameled
body, and will be a go-getter in the
way of speed. The patrol is to be
geared up for 60 to 70 miles per
hour any time the police driver gets
orders to "step on 'er" on the way to
accidents, or in response to emergency
calls for any other purpose.
This will be the first of these new
Velie patrol chasses in Portland,
though several are in Seattle and Cali
fornia, and in eastern cities. The
chassis is particularly designed for
patrol and ambulance bodies, as well
as for fast delivery vehicles, sight see
ing buses, and the like.
The present police motor patrol is
an old machine and the police will wel
come the arrival of the new vehicle.
says, "representatives and engineers
of the International Motor Co. have
recognized the Pacific coast as the
testing ground for motor trucks. Con
sequently we have been building Mack
trucks to best meet these conditions,
knowing that if they made good out
there they would make good in ;njr
part of the United States, or the world
for that matter, with comparative ease.
A poorly made truck cannot last long
there.
"An indication of the success of the
Mack in meeting- these conditions is
found in the constantly increasing
sales of Mack trucks in the west. In
Los Angeles, for example, since the
signing of the armistice, the sales of
Mack trucks have increased 500 per
cent over the corresponding period of
the previous year. Throughout the
United States the increased demand for
Mack trucks makes It necessary to
operate the two big plants of the Inter
national Motor Co. day and night."
Mr. Fulton declares Sj.OuO trucks will
be manufactured and marketed in the
trucks will prove their worth,
others will fall by the wayside.
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Thinning Cement.
United States this year. Some of these fields.
11. R. Cobleigh, who has been manag
ing editor of the Automobile Trade
Journal of Philadelphia, in now with
the National Automobile Chamber of
Commerce at the general office in New
York, acting as secretary of the ex
port committee in charge of statistical
work of the organisation. Mr. Cobleigh
has had a long experience in the en
gineering and editorial department
PACIFIC COAST HARD OX TRUCK
Manufacturer of Mack Trucks Says
Best Needed Out Here.
"The Pacific coast is the hardest
section in the country in the severity
of uses to which a motor truck is put,"
says R. K. Fulton, vice president of trhe
International Motor Co., manufactur
ers of Mack trucks. Mr. Fulton has
Just returned to New York from an ex
tended trip to the Pacific coast to study
conditions in the west.
"For a number of years," Mr. Fulton
HOLIDAY HIGHWAY VOTE DAY
Marshf ield to Close Up Shop for
Election on June 3. '-
MARSH FIELD, Or., Way 31. (Spe
cial.) Coos county is gathering a pub
licity fund of $1200 for ftie Roosevelt
highway programme. A movement has
been inaugurated here for a general
holiday on June 3 to boost voting on
that date. Of the $1200. Marshfield
will subscribe $300, North Bend $200.
more than the city's allotment.
Marshfields subscribers were: Charles
Hall $200. L. i. Thomas $100, John
Batenian $100, I. R. Tower $50, H. J. Mc
Keown $"0, Marshfield Auto Co. $50,
Coquille $150. Bandon $100 .and ilyrUe
Point $50.
CENERAl. "MOTORS COMFArV,
Have proven satisfactory. Why buy an
experiment? Your neighbors have used
G.M.C. trucks for years and are satis
fied in every way.
Wentwor th & Irwin, Inc.
Truck Headquarters
200 SECOND STREET AT TAYLOR
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