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TIIE SUNDAY OREGOXIAN, PORTLAND, JUNE 1, 1919.
NATIONAL HIGHWAYS
MEASURE PREPARED
Senator Townsend Soon to In
troduce Bill in Congress.
BIG EXPENDITURE PLANNED
Covernment Under Proposed Law to
Build and Maintain; Two Trunk.
Roads In Each of States.
DETROIT. Mich May 31. One of
the important measures of reconstruc
tion that will occupy the attention of
the new congress will be the bill pro
viding for a national highway system
on which Senator Townsend of Michi-
factors, one-third in the ratio the area
of each state bears to the area of the
entire United States, one-third in the
ratio the population the state bears to
the population of all the states, and
one-third in the ratio the highway
mileage of the state bears to the total
mileage of all the states.
The federal highway commission is
to have general powers to encourage
the proper use of all highways and to
stimulate the interests of the states
and their subdivisions in the most ef
ficient and economical transportation
over all highways, to ascertain and col
lect data on new developments in high
way transportation, construction and
maintenance and to publish the same
for the benefit of the people at large.
In discharge of its duties it is to
take over the powers and obligations of
all federal agencies having Jurisdiction
of highway and experimental road
work and of educational and investiga
tive character relating to highway
transportation. These various depart
ments to be co-ordinated and consoli
dated In a manner to make them most
effective. Kxception is made, how
ever, of highways controlled by the
army and navy in military reservations
or used solely for military purposes.
Public Expression Desired.
Senator Townsend informed the rep
resentatives at the conference held
this week that he is desirous of ob
taining a national expression of public
sentiment on the purposes of his pro
posed law in order that he may in-
GLOBE TIRES MUfD MADE
VOIiCME OP ORDERS SHOWS
SEXTIMEXT OP MOTORISTS.
Long Mileage Feature of Tire for
Will ell M. Seller & Co. Are
Xorthwest Distributors.
Globe hand-made tires are attaining
great popularity through the north
west, if volume of orders means any
thing. Since M. Seller & Co. became
northwest distributors for Globe tires
less than a year ago their sales have
increased to a surprising extent.
Strong agencies have been established
in Seattle, Spokane and Tacoma. Mo
torists of these towns, like those of
Portland, have not been at all slow in
taking advantage of the long mileage
built into Globe tires.
"One reason for the popularity of
Globe tires with every motorist who
has ever tried them," says Sidney G.
Beck, department manager of M. Seller
& Co.. "is the fact that they live up to
the claims mode for them and more.
They are guaranteed for 6000 miles,
but that is only a small part of the
story. It is nothing at all unusual for
WIFE OF SALMON CANNERY OWNER SELECTS AUBURN BEAUTY SIX.
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Sirs. W. XT. McGomn of Warrendale, Or, and her son Earl la Auburn purchased last week from Ante Sales company.
Mr. McGowan la owner of MrGowan'a cannery on the Columbia river' near Warrendalc. The sale was made through
J. C. Tamiesie for the Anto Sales company.
fran has been engaged since the session 1
opened.
The senator had a conference with
representatives of the National Auto
mobile Chamber of Commerce and oth- ;
ers prominent in highway and na- ;
tional welfare movements and took ad-
vantage of that occasion to outline his
plan for legislation he proposes. He
expects to have his bill in shape for
presentation to the senate in the course
cf the coming week.
This bill will follow the general ,
lines of one the senator Introduced last
winter, which was referred to the com
mittee on postoffices and postroads.
Senator Townsend, who was at that
time a minority member of the commit
tee, is to be its chairman in the present
congress and the measure he sponsors
will therefore have a better chance of
a favorable report than it enjoyed on
Its previous presentation.
New Bill to be Clearer.
Some changes will be made in its
language before its reintroduction.
These are under consideration now and
were discussed at the conference this
week as far as they were ready for
formulation. In many cases theywere
verbal and technical alterations of the
original provisions designed to clarify
points of possible uncertainty and to
meet problems arising out of the substi
tution of a national for a state policy
of dealing with the interstate highways
of the country. A number of construc
tive suggestions offered during; the
conference will be incorporated.
Broadly speaking the purpose of the
new bill is to provide for the building
outright of highways of interstate im
portance, including those of national
defense and for development of the na
tional domain.
The bill Introduced by Senator
Townsend last February aimed to ac
complish these purposes by establish
ing a federal highway commission of
five members to be appointed by the
president with the senate's approval.
This commission would have power to
employ expert engineers and other pro
fessional aids to carry out its prime
function of establishing, constructing
and maintaining a system of national
highways to comprise not less than two
main trunk line roads in each state and
joining the national highway system in
the adjacent states and counties.
Vnlted State to Put Up Panda.
These trunk highways rre to be en
tirely under the control of the United
States, except as to state police powers,
and are to be built and maintained
with federal funds, the project thus be
ing a distinct departure from the fed
eral aid plan of the past, whereby the
United States government has con
tributed money to supplement state ex
penditures on local roads. The new
plan, however, would extend only to the
two trunk roads contemplated in the
bill, and all other highway develop
ment would still remain in the hands
of local authorities, as heretofore. It
will not conflict with the existing law
which provides for federal aid until
1921. The present law will continue In
effect.
The selections of routes for the trunk
highways is left to the judgment of the
commission created by the bill and the
order in which they are to be built is
also to be determined by that body,
subject, however, to a provision that
the commission shall request state
highway departments to recommend
routes to be followed and shall not in
clude any highway in a place having a
population of &000 or more under the
latest available census except in por
tions where the district is sparsely set
tled. Further provision is made that no
money shall be expended in any state
until its legislature should assent
thereto, but the governor may give as
sent until the final adjournment of the
first regular session of the legislature
held after the passage of the law now
proposed.
In consideration of the benefits to
he derived by the state and as a condi
tion precedent to constructing any
hijchway under the law a right of way
not less than 60 feet wide Is to be fur
nished to the United States without ex
pense to it by or on behalf of such
state.
$400,000,000 In New BUL
The expenditure contemplated under
the new plan is expected to amount to
J400.000.000. Provision was made In
the bill of last winter for J 4:5.000,000.
where $50,000,000 was to become avail
able July 1. 1919. with $75,000,000 for
the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1920,
and $100,000,000 for each of the suc
ceeding fiscal years.
It was also provided that the appro
priation should be apportioned among
the several states according, to three
corporate in the measure the best
thought of the country on the subject
and the National Automobile Chamber
of Commerce, through Roy IX Chapin,
chairman of its highway committee, is
sending an appeal to all members of the
chamber to co-operate by complying
with this suggestion.
In the opinion of the supporters of
the proposed law the establishment f a
national system of interstate roads will
be extremely advantageous in develop
ing the entire country. Senator Town
send believes that the roads contem
plated, running as they would through
every state from the Atlantic to the Pa
cific and from the northern boundary
to the Gulf of Mexico, would be rea
sonably accessible to 90 per cent, of the
people of the nation and that they
would provide easy means of travel and
transportation in every direction.
The effect of the plan is also expected
to be highly beeficial in stimulating de
velopment of state roads, which would
connect with the trunk highways as
feeders.
Globe tires to deliver 10.000 to 12,000
miles and even more.
"The 6000-mlle guarantee is only the
factory estimate of the minimum ser
vice Globe tires should give. And
users of them know from experience
that the factory estimate has been a
very conservative one.
"Globe tires, it is true, cost slightly
more than ordinary tires. They cost
more because they are hand made, by
the most expert tire builders, and be
cause of the long mileage and endur
ance that is built into them. They re
turn the slight additional cost many
times over in increased mileage. That
is what pays the car owner in the long
run."
WHY DODGE WAS CHOICE
CAR FIRST MADE GOOD FOB
ARMY IX MEXICO.
TIRE SIZE AXD SPEED READING
Little Tag on Cadillac Guide in
Regulation Speedometer.
Many little things about the Cadillac,
important in their own particular way,
are probably unknown to the majority
of owners. One of these, for example
Is a small brass plate on the right front
wheel spindle which receives the speed
ometer shaft. This plate indicates the
size tire for which the speedometer
gears are designed in order to assure
accurate reading.
The tag is there tn order to guide
the owner In case he should care to
General Pershing, With. Former Ex
perience as Guide, Selected It
Then for Army in France.
The fact that the Dodge car was
chosen as the official government car
of its clans during the war can be
traced to the record for efficiency es
tablished by Dodge cars during the
trouble on the Mexican border.
When Pershing and his soldiers
crossed the border Into Mexico the old
style pack train was there to do its
part, as in other wars. But times had
changed, and better transportation was
the keynote of modern warfare. The
mule train was too slow, and speed
was vital. This was the first oppor
tunity that the government had to test
the utility of the motor car. Cars
were needed, and needed quickly. Per
shing ordered many different makes.
for he had no way of knowing which
could successfully combat the hard
ships of forced entrance into that road
less country. . Several hundred Dodge
cars were supplied by local dealers
along the border, and it was only
short time before the performances of
these cars became favorably conspicu
ous. The government had been care
fully watching the results. "
Following closely came our entry
Into the great war. and Pershing sailed
for France. Thousands of cars were
needed quickly by the American expe
dltionary forces. Transportation, the
backbone of the army, was the govern
ment's first thought, within a short
time the Dodge motor car was officially
selected as the only car of its class for
Use in all our military operations.
Training camps and cantonments all
over the country had their Dodge cars
in active servce. Thousands went to
Pershing's men in France. Other thou
sands were put to use in the United
States. Cantonments had their fire
trucks, police patrols, hospital ambu
lances and other special bodies
mounted on Dodge chassis.
Drive slowly at turns In the road in
order to have sufficient time to avoid
a vehicle that is coming toward you.
WE SEED TIIIS JUDGE.
Judge August C. Backus of the
municipal court at Milwaukee.
Wis., whose drastic dealing with
motor-car thieves has attracted
the attention of many motor-car
owners throughout the country,
has announced from the bench
that henceforth no more proba
tionary sentences will be meted
out to offenders of this class. The
warning came while Judge Back
us sentenced two boys to serve
one year each in the state re
formatory for stealing a car for
a joy ride and then abandoning
the machine in a badly damaged
condition.
change the size of the tires on the front
wheels- Few people, perhaps, take into
consideration that an Inch more or less
in the size of a tire will cause a varia
tion In the speed and mileage regis
tered by the speedometer. Few pople
realize that a 85-inch cord tire and a
35-inch fabric tire have not the same
actual diameter. If this tag should
read "S 5-inch cord tire," it means that
when the tire equipment on the front
wheels is renewed it should again be
85-inch cord tires.
If, however, the owner wishes to use
a 35-inch fabric tire, the gears in the
speedometer should be changed, or the
dial on the dash will show figures
which are not true.
MEDFORD MAX SPEEDS ALONG
C. II. Pruitt in His Chevrolet Makes
Fast Time.
C. H. Pruitt of Medford, Or., has
established a touring record with his
490 Chevrolet.
Leaving Medford at 6:20 A. M. one
morning recently for the oil fields of
Ranger. Texas. Pruitt wagered that he
would make the trip in ten days. The
following morning at 11 o'clock . he
reached Stockton. Cel., and the follow-
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lng night at 10 he checked in at
Needles. Cal. From Medford to Needle
the speedometer of Prultt's car regis
tered 1106.2 miles. With him he car
ried a passenger and 400 pounds of
baggage.
first leg of his Journey, Pruitt easily
won his wager.
Juderlne from the speed made on the you.
Sound the horn when approaching a
turn in the road or the brow of a hill,
for another car may be coming toward
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