TTTE SUNDAY OREGOX1AN, PORTLAND, AUGUST 3, 1919.
BHD TIME TO TRAVEL
LOOK THIS OVER CAREFULLY. FOR YOU'LL HAVE TO LEARN THESE SIGNALS OR EXPLAIN IN THE
MUNICIPAL COURT WHY YOU DON'T.
PEERLESS AGAIN
PACIFIC
Vast Amount of Grading and
: Paving Under Way.
'HOT STUFF" BEING LAID
Xespite Torn-TTp Conditions, Whole
Highway from California Nortb.
Speckled "With Touring Cars.
BT JOHN W. KELLY.
, Clinging to the Buromit of the Siakl
yous Is a rock crusher, reducing to
macadam -size ancient masses of blue
fcasalt for the Pacific highway. Like
a thin spider web, a wire stretches
from the perched quarry across the
mountain elopes, until it ie lost in the
distance. This wire, attached to ragged
pines, continues on and on for seven
mllea, leaving the quarry plant in Ore
gon and terminating in a power plant
at Hilt, Cat
Fuel is scarce and costly to deliver
st the Siskiyou summit, eo Oskar
Huber, who has the contract for paving
the Pacific highway from Ashland to
the California line, operate his crusher
with electric power, drawn from Hilt.
This is the most southern outfit work
ing on the Pacific highway. From this
summit, 4700 feet in the air. trucks
loaded with rock for the pavement base
roll down toward the state line, five
miles away, eouthward. while the same
plant furnishes rock for the northern
section as well.
A better position for distributing the
rock could not be desired in a moun
tainous country. The rock for the base
is now being spread; supplies of as
phaltum are being delivered by the
railroad, and within a few weeks the
"hot stuff will start. It is the inten
tion of the contractor to finish paving
this high part of the highway before
severe weather comes, so that when
winter approaches he can continue op
erating in the milder climate of Ash
land. Poor Tear for Toorlng.
This Siskiyou section is the first road
construction work that the motor tour
ist from California strikes. From this
point on as far north as the Multnomah
county line there are contractors en
gaged in improving the main traffic
artery.
No more unfavorable year for motor
travel on the Pacific higiiway could
be selected than this. Last year the
roads were not so torn up, and next
year the improvement will be so far
advanced that there will be little in
convenience. Just now, however, traffic encounters
one detour or piece of construction
after another for nearly 300 miles. Not
withstanding these difficulties and
handicaps, the Pacific highway is
speckled with a continuous string of
automobiles, moving north or south.
So great is the tourist travel that it is
impossible to obtain hotel accommo
dations in such towns as Ashland. Med
ford. Grants Pass or Roseburg unless
reservations are made in advance.
A step in the right direction is the
establishment of camp grounds in
towns afong the highway. The better
these camps are equipped the more pop
ular they will become, for not all the
tourists wish to patronize hotels.
Camps where there Is a good water sup
ply, comfort stations, fuel and stoves
will soon be known from one end of
the coast to the other. In one such
camp there are gas stoves, where a
slot machine provides the fuel.
Another thing needed along the high
way ie service stations. There are such
stations now, in the 'larger towns, but
there is a good business opportunity
for competent motor mechanics in al
most any of the towns and they should
be men who understand all makes of
cars.
Oskar Hnbrr on the Job.
Reverting to the Oskar Huber job,
which is a trifle more than 20 miles,
6.9 miles being the Ashland-Green
Bprings mountain and 14. S miles being
the Green Springs mountain to the state
line, it will be next year before the con
tractor completes this work. When
finished It will connect with the pres
ent hard surface, extending from Ash
land to Medford and thence to Central
Point.
Everything from Grants Pass to ths
state line has been contracted for
paving. .
From Central Point to Gold Hill there
Is an 8.9 mile paving contract on which
the Clark-Henery company is working.
This will cost $231,689 and will be laid
on an asphaltic concrete base.
The base, as examined by State High
way Engineer Nunn and R. A. Booth,
highway commissioner, on their tour
of inspection a few days ago. looked
particularly good. It is referred to in
the vernacular as "black base." Not
only is the base being laid, but the top
is also being put on and rolled. The
main handicap on this job is shortage
of rock, so tha progress is not as rapid
as it otherwise would be.
A contract to Schell & Calvert for
the 12.2 miles from Gold Hill to the
Josephine county line will soon be un
der way. Mr. Schell has a paving con
tract on his own account between
Grants Pass and the county line and as
soon as this is completed, which will
be In about six weeks, Schell's equip
ment will be moved onto the Gold Hill
Josephine county line work. Between
Grants Pass and the county line Mr.
Schell has a 6.1 mile paving contract.
Which is about 50 per cent finished.
Sw Bridge at Gold Hill.
At Gold Hill, the hottest spot in
outhern Oregon, the contractors who
will build the bridge across Rogue
river at Rock point, are on the ground
and assembling equipment. The bridge
will cost $46,725.
Proceeding northward. Commissioner
Booth and Engineer Nunn examined the
Sexton mountain section. Here is 7.6
miles of grading, to cost $123,055. The
present grade is steep and the road
winding. A new location has been
made on the mountain side and the con
tractor, J. E. Hildeburn, has his camps
established and the clearing has com
menced. This will evidently be the last section
of the Pacific highway to be paved.
The grading will probably not be fin
ished before next year, and the fills
will have to lay over a year before the
commission will order the section
paved.
Between Wolf creek and Grave creek.
4.9 miles contracted for paving, the
Warren Construction company, whose
bid was $105. 528. has rocked most of
the distance and fully two miles are
ready for the "hot stuff surface. On
the entire highway this section is one
which will probably give the state
highway commission the most concern.
The reason for this lr that the grade Is
narrow and will be paved to the stand
ard width. As a result there is prac
tically no room. for shoulders on ths
outside curve and little less for shoul
der on the Inside.
Heavy traffic can be expected to
break down the dge In the future.
The cost of making a fill to provide for
two-foot shoulders would be heavy.
Good progress is being made on the
grading of Stage Road pass. The old
road through the pass, on the south
saae. will be abandoned and an ,ea-
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TWO-POWER RAXGE EIGHT SETS
ENVIABLE RECORD.
Average of 17 Miles Per Gallon of
Gasoline Made In the Annual
Yoscmlte Economy Ran.
For the third time In a year the
Peerless two-power rang eight has
demonstrated Its powsr and economy
capabilities In duly sanctioned com
petition on the Pacifio coast.
Its latest success was achieved In the
annual Camp Curry-Yosemito valley
economy run, when it averaged 17
miles to the gallon of gasoline over
$74 V, miles of mountainous trail and
consumed but lhi pints of oil. or an
average of 1994 miles to the gallon.
The car which made the run was a
standard seven-pasenger model. It
weighed 4900 pounds and carried five
passengers and a Quantity of luggage.
- Speaking of the enviable record, of
the Peerless sight the Evening Herald
of Los Angeles says:
"When it is considered that the To
seratte economy run comprises prac
tically 375 miles of mountain grades,
many of them both steep and tortuous,
of desert roads and boulevards, these
records, both In oil consumption and
mileage, comprise a record any auto
mobile may well be proud of..
"It was the longest, biggest and
most severe event of Its kind ever
held on the Pacifio coast and It Is
donbtful If this year's event with the
same number of entries has aver been
equaled in the United States.
"The record of the Peerless eight,
by winning two firsts and one second
In one year's time in Southern Cali
fornia, speaka volumes for tha Peer
less product. In tha 1918 Camp Curry-
Tosemite economy run. a standard
model 66. seven-passenger touring car,
was driven to victory. In the 1919
Rlm-of -the-World hill climb, a stand
ard four-passenger Peerless model,
that had been driven on the streets of
Los Angeles for more than a year,
won. In the 1919 Camp Curry-To-semtte
run a standard two-power
range eight was used. This car bad
seen several months' service around
Los Angeles but had never been on an
altitude run."
The elevation attained In the Camp
Curry-Yosemite run is 6000 feet. The
greater part of the route, which leads
to the peaks of the 8lerraa. is over
trying grades requiring an abundance
of reserve power in a car. The roads
most of the distance are dotted with
chuck' holes and replete with sharp
turns.
Frank 13- AVatklni of Oregon State Motor association, demonstrating from hts Stnts car new arm slgrnsl code approved by
city council. At IfllJ-Arm ap: will tarn to opposite side. In center Ann straight outt Will turn, same aide. At
right Arm down i Look: out for stop..
This is the system of signaling now part of the new California state motor law and adopted in various eastern cities.
Prank E. Watkins. A. A. A. representative for Oregon and director of the Oregon State Motor association, and Harry
Coffin, commissioner of public safety, last Wednesday urged its adoption before the city council In the new city traffic
law, and the council adopted it unanimously, to be effective as soon as the traffic law is adopted. So watch out.
tirely new grade established. The
graders are now working at the very
apex of the pass, this being heavy rock
work. The distance is but 2.5 miles, but
the job will cost $53,220. Joplin &
Eldon have this work.
Glendale L.eft Off Highway.
The road built by the state under the
direction of former Highway Engineer
Bowlby. from the summit of the pass to
Glendale. will be abandoned, the com
mission having selected a direct route.
This leaves Glendale off the highway
and saves about three miles.
Work is moving along on the section
from John's place to Jacque's place.
seven miles, grading and macadam, for
which Joplin & Eldon will receive
$70,957.
From Galesvllle to Canyonville the
highway runs through Cow Creek can
yon, a gorge which is wild and pic
turesque, .abounding with game, and
part of a national forest, although none
of the trees seen from the highway are
very valuable. John Hampshire & Co.
will complete within two months 10.1
miles of grading and J. Elmer Nelson
will soon have his one-mile unit finished-
These two jobs aggregate
$252,510.
Years ago this was a toll road and
was constantly changing owners. The
Canyon creek toll road was an issue
In Oregon politics and the various con
tenders for the control of this pass
where all the travel north and south
had to go had their own candidates
for members of the Oregon supreme
court, where the issue was to be de
cided. The Canyon creek toll road be
came a scandal.
Canyon Open at Night Only.
At the present writing, traffic moving
through the canyon Is. permitted only
between 5 P. M. and 6 A. M. Warnings
are posted that .the road is dangerous
and no responsibility will be assumed
by county, state or government. A
motorist with a regard for his life will
attempt to go through the canyon only
during the hours of daylight. This
means he must move with dawn or
promptly at 5 o'clock in the evening.
For long stretches the grading has
been roughly finished and the going is
good, but there are other spots where
danger lurks, springs are in jeopardy
and wheels may be smashed. Traffic
now has to go part of the time on the
old road and part of the time on the
new grade, and at other times right
through the construction.
This Is the most trying section for
the motorist that now exists on the
Pacific highway, but when completed
and the commission will advertise for
bids to rock the grade at the meeting
August 8 it will be as safe and scenic
as the Columbia highway inf-Multno-
mah county.
LOWER HIGHWAY NOT SO BAD
Arnold Cohen Has No Trouble Witli
Tires From Rock.
Arnold Cohen of the Oldsmobile
Company of Oregon motored to Seaside
with his family last week in an Olds
mobile eight, journeying via Goble,
Rainier, Clatskanie and the lower
Columbia River highway, which for
some time has been in pretty bad shape
for touring, due to rock laid for paving
operations.
Mr. Cohen reports that the road is
very fair with the exception of three
miles of the last Bix Just before enter
ing Astoria. This is rocky and cut up.
he says, but not so bad as to cauue
much worry. He had no tire trouble
en route.
Cause of Knocking.
In motors with detachable cylinder
heads great care should be taken to
see that the gasket used to pack the
joint does not project into the combus
tlon chamber. When this occurs the
gasket is likely to become incandes
cent, causing preignitlon knocks and
even back firing in the carbureter.
BIG CORD HAS ADVANTAGE
IN CARLISLE TYPE, FRICTION IS
AT MINIMUM.
KLICKITAT ROADS ARE ROUGH
Surveyors Busy, However, Planning
Permanent Highway Work.
HOOD RIVER. Or.. Aug. 2. (Spe
cial.) Tha roads from White Salmon to
the Trout lake district in Klickitat
county, Washington, are getting ex
ceedingly rough, according to Joe M.
Johnson, who has just returned from
a week-end tour to the scenic district
at the south base of Mount Adams.
"The roads are made of earth and
they have been cut full of ruts, some
of which are eight inches deep," says
Mr. Johnson. "Dust often prevents ths
detection of the holes until one has
jarred into them. Surveyors, however,
are at work, and plans are under way
for permanent highways.
Continuous Rope Construction In
cased in Rubber Coaitng from
End to End.
"Every experienced motorist knows
that a motor which overheats." says
C. A. Gilbert, vice-president of the
Carlisle Cord Tire company, "is struc
turally weak. The same is true of a
tire which overheats, but the average
tire user never stops to take note of
the temperature of his tires.
"Heat in a cord tire means friction
between the cord, which spells short
life for the casing.
"In the 'small cord' typs of tire It is
impossible as yet completely to Incase
each one 'of the thousands of little
strands in rubber. In the 'giant cord'
Carlisle tire, made from a continuous
rope with a required tensile strength
of 235 pounds, a thick rubber coating
insulates the rope from end to end.
"The absence of friction enables us to
employ a rubber lining on the inside of
the Carlisle casing. This lining makes
a smooth protector for the inner tube,
and extends Its life indefinitely.
"Our claim for an absolutely friction
proof giant cord casing may be easily
tested by simply holding your hand on
a Carlisle casing after a long run on a
hot day. It will never be more than a
few degrees warmer than the surround
ing atmosphere, whereas a tire which
was wearing itself out with internal
friction would be so hot it would blis
ter your hand."
Don't' attempt to shirt the gears with
out first releasing the clutch.
THIS CROP WOULD MAKE A NICE ADDITION TO ANY MAN'S BANK ACCOUNT.
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Standard Makes
Firsts Tubes.
Specials. Kon-akid Guano.
Guaranteed. Guaranteed, teed.
28x3 $11.40 $14.75 $2.95
30x3 10.25 11.50 2.35
30x3'i 13.75 14.95 2.85
32x3 Vt 16.25 17.95 3.00
34x3 'i 26.75 3.00
31x4 19-85 22.70 3.65
32x4 22.95 23.35 3.75
33x4 22.80 23.20 3.85
34x4 22.90 23.80 3.95
36x4 29.50 5.95
32x4Vj 27.80 - 42.00 4.80
34x4 Vi 31.80 33.45 4.80
35x4 Vt 29.75 34.75 4.95
36x4 Vt 35.50 5.10
37x4 Vt , 39.50 5.25
35x5 .i 37.00 53.00 5.35
37x5 36.50 43.50 6.20
SPECIAL PRICES ON CORD
TIRES
Goods shipped C. O. D. express or
parcel post. Money refunded on
goods returned intact within ten
days.
MALCOM
TIRE CO.
82 North Broadway, Portland, Or.
One of 40 Branches
Should a Truck
Driver Have Eyes?
"Certainly," you say. Same way with
his "lights" they should be good.
Thanks to "Doctor Spark" and the
VESTA System
you can now have your Truck Elec
trically lighted. Illustrated literature
upon request.
GIBSON STORAGE BATTERY
COMPANY
12th and Alder
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THERE'S SK4SS.9S WORTH OF WOOL OX THESE TWO GARFURD TRICKS AT HEPPXER, OR. AND THE LOADS
WEIGH MORE THAN THE TRICKS DO
The picture shows one reason for good times in Oregon The total weight of the wool cargoes on the two Garfords.
one a two-ton. the other a 3 H-ton model, is 14.631 pounds, which is six pounds more than the combined weight 14. i5 pounds
of trucks and bodies. And the price received at the railroad track at Heppner for this wool J8485.98 was 60.S8
more than the original cost of the trucks J8425. This wool was hauled 68 miles by truck to Heppner in two days.
Before trucks were used it took two men and three wagons with ten horses a whole week to haul 1000 pounds less to
the same market. The trucks were sold by. . V. Kawlings of the . D. Van Cereal agency in Portland.
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REPUBLIC TIRES actually do last
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The toughness imparted to them by the Rro
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They resist to the utmost the cutting and
chipping which commonly shorten tire life.
Their Staggard Studs afford maximum grip
with minimum friction the one really
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We are glad to explain to car owners bow
they can apply Republic economy to their
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