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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (June 8, 1919)
lO THE SUNDAY OKEGOXIAN. PORTLAND. JUNE 8, 1919. STATES VOTE HUGE SIS FOR HIGHWAYS tal of Bonds Authorized to Date $180,300,000. OTHER ISSUES PROJECTED If. All Kow Proposed Were Adopted, Total Sum Available for Roads Would Be $823,300,000. i - si:: i;:: lUghway bond issues aggregating the erfcrraous sum of $832,300,000 have been or: shortly will be placed before the elflfotorate or legislative bodies In 26 stages of the union. f this amount $180,300,000 has al- --SC. W-" I, Osusur B. Olnzrlch of the Ginnrlch Motor for which the Mitchell, Lrwh A Staver company is northwest distributor. Is of the late intomobile models. roady been finally authorized for use on the highways of seven states; the legis latures of 12 states have referred is sues amounting to $409,000,000 back to the people for final decision; four states are- either now or . soon will consider preliminary steps looking to the refer endum of $145,000,00 in bonds; and three states have decided against meas ures amounting to $S5,000.000. In- few if any instances is all the mofiey so provided authorized for ex penditure in full In the current year Most of the sums will range over periods of three years or more, bu1 taken in conjunction with $273,000,000 authorized by the recent session of congress, minor enactments in numer ous other states and a veritable land slide of county bond issues in all parts of the United States, the programme in Its entirety easily takes first rank among the domestic activities of the country. 7 Interstate 'eeds Neglected. Commenting upon these appropria tions, Williarn E. Metzger of the high ways committee of the National Auto mobile Chamber of Commerce said: "While these figures appear impres sive at first glance and while they do show to a very marked degree the public interest in highways, there is one weakness in the chain which should be kept prominently before the people of the country. In all of these expenditures not one single provision is made for caring for the needs of in terstate commerce. The states natur ally vote their money to improve the highways which are most important to them and the counties follow the same course. "It would appear that national funds should be devoted to national interests, rut under our present law the mon?y is scattered among the states without regard for the fart that a very large percentage of traffic spills over state lines. "Further these sums are distributed down through the counties In a num ber of instances, divided control re sults and in its trail we And waste and Inefficiency. federal Commission Needed. "Expendidtures of this kind are worth while from a business stand point, but they should be administered in a businesslike way. The govern ment should devote its energy toward constructing a national highway sys tem and the task is big enough to call for a federal highway commission to direct national appropriations." Bond issues finally ratified to date are as follows: Orocon $i.!son.ono Nevada l.iino.ono Utah 4.000.000 wvomlns 2.SOO.OI.0 Michigan MUioo.uou Illinois fio.ooo.ooo Pennsylvania SO.OOO.O0O Total 1S0.300.000 Bond issues referred back to the people are: Talifornla $ 40.000.000 itHhlngLon at'.ooo.ooo .000.000 R. 000. OOO , 2.000.000 R0. OOO. 000 .......... 7rv.ooo.000 000.000 .......... 40.000.000 fiO.OOO.OOO TO.OOO.O'O -0.000.000 J.lHhO t'o!orario New Mexico Oklahoma 1HS Minnesota "West Virginia Missouri M.-i ine New York ............ ' Total - 40a.000.000 Bond issues vetoed or defeated are: TVTin."ee ' $50,000,000 Fonth Carolina - CTi.O'V.ooo Montana 10.000. OOO Total S5.O00.OO0 Bond issues now under consideration or shortly to be: AUbami $2.vnnn.oon ;vreia rto.ooo.noo KlorMa lo.ooo.ooo Virginia 50.000.000 TotAl :r&mi total !4ivooo.noo , $S20.300,000 Ini ludinir $;.!SOO.ooo tpeclnl appropriation for Xiooaeveit memorial highway. GOVERNMENT FILMS SOUGHT Road Pictures to Educate Public Already in Demand. A quick reaction to the announce ment of the highway development ser vice of the visual instruction section of the department of the interior was obtained in a wire from Oklahoma re questing films for use there in educat ing the people of the state to the bene fits to be derived from good roads. Acting upon this request which was received only a few days after the preliminary statement of the service. F W. Reynolds, associate director of the educational and extension service, in charge of this work, put together such material as he had been able to gather and sent it forward. The educational matters will cir culate out through the state and will later be returned to the government to be used as called for elsewhere. A call for motion pictures relating to highways was sent out by the national automobile chamber of com merce following announcement of the government plan to begin a nation wide campaign on subjects of basic Importance to the country. Here, too, a quick response was found in letters from several companies say ing they had films ready or were pre paring them and expressing willing ness to lend them to the government. TEXXESSEE HITS GOOD ROADS Legislature Retains Antiquated Sys tem of County Road Control. Holding that higliway legislation re cently passed by the state legislature is reactionary and inimical tothe best interests of Tennessee, advocates of better highways are planning to carry the measure to the courts to test its constitutionality. In the event that the appeal is successful the state will re vert to the old law which does not pro vide sufficient funds to meet federal aid requirements, but it is thought that state loans on short-term notes will overcome this difficulty. Meanwhile an organized effort will be made to secure proeressive road SALEM DEALER GETS FIRST DISC WHEELED - 7- ' K-1. V eompanr of Salem at the helm of tbe legislation from the next session of the legislature two years hence, with the thought that sound principles of administration, operation and finance should be written into the state stat utes. The final action of the legislature which recently adjourned may be sum marized as follows: The governor is denied the right of appointment of a highway commission and the power is given to the secretary of state and controller and treasurer. An amendment disqualifying members of the legislature from place on the commission was defeated. The automobile tax is increased from CANADIAN MOUNTED POLICE TO BE MOTORIZED. The famous Canadian mounted poliQe are going to use motor trucks and will take into the wilds of the Canadian northwest seven Reo trucks. The police are being motorized. A. A. McLean of Ottawa made the purchase at Lansing for the Royal Canadian northwest mounted police. The trucks will be used to convey supplies to isolated posts. The Reos are of the speed-wagon type and some will be made into am bulances. 30 cents per horsepower to 50 cents and the motor truck fees to an equal amount plus $5 per ton weight. Provisions of the act of 1917 allotting each county $25,000 out of the state fund are not disturbed, while 50 per cent of the automobile tax. or about $5500 each, is distributed among the 96 counties of the state. Under the Tennessee law the legisla ture's power is final, but in an effort to strengthen the movement for a $50,000, 000 bond issue and a state system, the governor called mass meetings in every county of the state. Sentiment in a majority of the counties favored the law, which, however, was defeated. SAWDUST AS A TIRE FILLER Driver Fills Punctured Casing With It and Goes Ahead. Sawdust as a tire filler made its ap pearance on the Camp Lewis highway the other day. A light Ford delivery truck suffered from a puncture of a rear tire. It car ried no extra tires and was miles away from a repair shop. The puncture oc curred near a sawdust pile, so the in genious driver filled the casing with sawdust and put it back on the rim. The filler did not prove to be overly resilient, but it served to protect the casing. The Ford truck bumped its way back to town, leaving a faint trail of sawdust in its wake. . ' - - -""WaL. r -till REVERSING THE USUAL METHOD, THIS GROCERY COMES TO THE CUSTOMER. T .: :;.;x.-.; ; ; - ": V" ; . ' . ! ' t 4 s grocery 01 W- A - s&ilS 31 ; - '-r.Ys" -1 ! ' J 1 I , I - , , -,!-i f G - i "!rfk-V . " -K J XWiXi .:. -jt--- v. . . .. .. . ... tvmt aaothvr example of the possibilities of the motor ear. Thla Texas has built op a biff ooslneae with hie traveling; sroceiT mounted on a Dodcc chassis. TIRE REPAIRING IS TAUGHT i GOODYEAR FACTORY TTTRXS OUT CLASSES OP EXPERTS. Work so Successful That Men From All Parts of Country Apply for the Instruction, One of the natural results of the tre mendous increase In the number of mo tor cars is the insistent demand "for expert vulcanizers to carry on the tire repair business which has followed in the motor car's wake. Among the tire repair schools that have set about to relieve this condition by training men in the art of repairing tires, with a remarkable degree of success. Is one which is being operated by the Good year Tire & Rubber company, at Akron. It is an interesting group of men who gather in the classroom of this school on beginners' day, seeking ex pert instruction. Representatives from every section of the country present themselves dealers, men who want some good repair experience before launching out into the business, and often experienced repairmen. "We are furnishing .a complete prac tical course," says R. Cain, instructor JORDAN. nenr Jordan Silhouette model. Thta ear. one of the most striklns; and distinctive of the school. "Beginning with funda mentals we demonstrate every step in scientific repairing. Occasionally we get men with no idea whatever of how a tire fs made, and some who have never examined a tire, but before these men leave our school they are master vul canizers, competent to undertake any kind of repair, from a simple puncture to a retread. "We start them all at the same point in the practical work, cutting down sections of tires. After the student be comes skillful in this he is instructed in building them up. Then we take him through all the various divisions of the business. "Individual instruction is given each man. After two weeks' experience we require all students to submit to an examination, and issue the Goodyear master vulcanizer's diploma to those who pass. That almost without excep tion the men pass with high marks, indicates the thoroughness of instruc tion. Because of the great demand for admission our classes are usually filled up weeks in advance. I we use L J working equipmeui ul me average lire repair snop, aiiu umjr methods that can be employed by any tire repairman with a modest capital. When you consider tnat 6.000.00U cars are now in service, offering opportuni ties for repairs on 30,000,000 tires, you may realize why so many men. desiring to become competent repairmen, are entering the repair school." RUBBER FAMINE XOW IS OVER Sweden Able to Get Tires After Great Shortage During War. According to their Swedish automo bile trade journal. Motor, a shipment of only 1200 automobile tires received at Stockholm greatly ameliorated the extreme tire needs of that country by releasing for use many cars that had been held up for months, often for the lack of a single tire. Prices were ap proved by the. industries commission and permits were necessary to secure the tires. A large portion of the shipment consisted of Goodyear tires. White Capital Increased. CLEVELAND, June 7. An increase in the capital of the White Motor com pany from $16,000,000 to $20,000,000 was voted at the annual meeting of the company's stockholders. Its regular quarterly dividend of $1 per share was declared, payable June 30 to stockhold ers of record June 14. All directors and officers were re-elected. Promotes Men in Ranks. The phenomenal rise of the Goodyear Tire & Rubber company in the world of industry has been due to the devel opment of the men in tha ranks. The majority of executives entered the com pany's service in very humble capaci ties. The organization Is decidedly one of young men. - a . n i l " " 1 j 1 1 327 Oak Street TALBOT AUTO SUPPLY MICHELIN TIRES 72 Broadway Phone Broadway 1214 POWER. IN LOW-GRADE GAS MORE "B. T. V." IX IT, EXPLAINS C. L. BOSS. Essex Distributor Declares Heat Units Are Greater in low Than High-Grade Fuel. Contrarr to the renersl belief, the lower grades af gasoline actually pos sess more power than do the high grade, according to C. L. Boss of the C. L- Boss Auto Co.. Essex distributor. "The power of gasoline lies in the number of 'B. T. U." It contains." de clares Mr. Boss. "B. T. U.' means. British thermal units, and is the standard of measurement for the heat units contained In gasoline and fuels. There are more heat units in low grade gasoline than In high. "But the power of an engine depends more on its design than on the grade of gasoline used. Proper relation of stroke to bore, accurate valve con struction, and the proportions of the gas passages increase or decrease the power of the engine. "In the new Essex, for instance, the design is so good that the engine de velopes more than B0 horse-power UIC EXPERTS BUICK REPAIRS EXCLUSIVELY 32,000 sq. ft. floor space. Live or dead storage. Cheap rates. PARTS SUPPLIES PORTLAND BUICK REPAIR CO. N. W. Cor. Sixteenth and Jefferson St. i orciana, ur. aiain i K LHHJiJIU HKMJ M ' V r ) i ' CiMLjil) 33o ibtS from . f v.-.- jlv Many experienced motorists, use Michelin Tubes because they have noticed that small stones and particles of dirt wiiich get inside tires do not cut Miclielih Tubes as they do other makes. ' ; Thi3 superiority cf JVIichelin Tubes is due to their unequalled toughness which you can test for yourself by cutting such old tubes as you may have or can borrow from your tire dealer. ; You will find Michelin Tubes far more difficult to cut than other makes. In fact, you will find it almost impossible to cut Michelin Tubes even with a sharp knife. This superior toughness is one of the several reasons why Michelin Tubes give the unequalled service that has made them the' choice the great majority of motorists. MICHELIN TIRE CO. Wholesale Only although It Is only 29 Inches In length over all. In this case the Intake man ifold carrying the carburetor is bolted directly to the head of the cylinders and the Inward passages are given a downward slope through the valves. "The combination of gravity flow of the mixture and the hot manifold In sures perfect combustion. Every drop of gasoline is atomised and burned. This tends to eliminate carbon troubles. Then the scientifically counterbalanced crankshaft helps eliminate destructive vmration and assures long life to the motor." Willys Heads Show Body. NEW YORK. June 7. The National Automobile Chamber of Commerce has j ATTERBURY s Truck Sales Co. Truck Specialists 343 Oak, Near Broadway 2 it "Vests Aao Beeklar 'Horn JLtUirvm Stairatt iiotot 1 S I -vJ ' It- . I - - M ii ,1,1 ' pots Stmow cut3 ihezd Phone Broadway 3245 appointed John N. Willys chairman of its show committee for the 1920 pas senger car show. Other members of the committee are H. J. Root of West cott and II. M. Jewett of Paige. M. !. Pulcher of Federal heads the commit tee on the motor truck show. Glass Clearer. It frequently cpmes in handy to know that a bottle of kerosene and glycerine mixed in equal parts will clear the glass of the wlndsnleld of rain drops and give clear vision ahead. This com pound operates to spread the rain drops In a thin even sheet all over the surface Instead of letting it stand in Klobules. Phone Bdwy. 354 ."Ira wo CTiacn m sfofoi Tinti CorfK. BuMtd A. T. 1 - Ordinary Tube "THE 3IAN "WHO PUT SERVE IN SERVICE" Will have an announcement to make of interest to Oregon Motorists Soon. WAIT! WATCH! IT'S C03ITNG .?( o v .-" ' 1 it