THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND. SEPTEMBER 7,. 1919.
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HIGHWAYS WILL BE
BETTER THIS FILL
Progress Fast on the State's
Road Programme.
SOME SECTIONS STILL BAD
Little Ilope for Immediate Improvr
ment of Rough Stretch From
Uarrisbnrg to Albany.
BT LEWIS A. McARTHUR.
Down around Eugrene they don't care
Tery much whether the roads are paved
or not. It might be more tactful to
ur that 'there are a lot of Rood road
away from the main highways, and it
mad on the Pacific highway aortb of
Salem. The pavement is practically
completed from a point a mil north
of Woodburn to Brooks, about 12
mile, and may be used at night and
on Sunday. Two miles of hard surface
has been laid near Hubbard, so that
with thy exception of a couple of miles
of washboard macadam south of
Aurora, the highway Is in good condi
tion between Portland and Salem.
Within a month or six weeks all the
odds and ends will be finished up. and
tha road open for travel. A contract
has been let from Salem to Brooks,
but It ts doubtful if it will be com
pleted this fall, though tha distance
is short.
Work between Aurora and Canbyhaa
started but It will take a long time to
straighten out the new grade and build
the bridge called for. and In tha mean
time the old road will have to be used
until next spring at least.
Marion county la already figuring; on
what to do with the paving money re
cently voted. It is probable that the
pavement now laid half way to Silver-
ton will be completed, and also a paved
road from Salem to Turner will be
completed in 1920. It Is planned to lay
hard surface north from Salem along
the river road to Wheatland ferry, and
along roads near Woodburn and Mount
Angel
Portland people who dash down the
valley travelling some of the side
roads miss a great deal of the beauty
of the foothills. There is a splendid
drive from Salem to Turner, Shelburn,
THEY'RE OUT FOR BEAR.
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Loaded down with enough firearms to equip a company of troops. C. J.
Hubbard (at the wheel). W. E. (Dick) Carlon. W. J. Byrne and Walter Wintler
of the Covey Motor Car company set out for the Rogue river country in a
Cadillac car last week to do some hunting. Carlon. who is a mighty hunter,
promised to take 'em where some real hunting is, but this town la full of
keptlcs, who will believe when they see.
la easy enough to travel around the
south end of the Willamette valley
without losing one's temper very often.
Lane county, and also Linn county to
a less degree, have' put a lot of money
rn to good gravel and macadam, and the
areneral run of county roads in that
part of the state are good this summer.
far better than roads In Clackamas and
Washington counties, though It is only
fair to say that Clackamas and Wash
ington have less natural advantages in
road construction than have Linn and
Lane.
Nevertheless, the south end of the
alley is interested In paving progress,
and rightly so, for the macadam and
gravel that now make good roads may
be poor in five or six months. Reports
on improvements are watched with In
terest. On of the fastest bits of road work
tn the state Is on the 13-mile stretch
between Junction City and Eugene.
This road has always been a favorite
because of Its fine alignment and
grade. The contractor Is laying better
than a mile of hot stuff a week, and
Is already about four miles from Junc
tion City toward Eugene. This work'
should be completed by November 1.
Three Alteraate Routes.
The foundation Is excellent. There
are three good alternate routes over I
excellent roads One Is the old Prairie
road between Eugene and Junction
City, fine all the way. An alternate
route from Eugene to Coburg and Har
rlsburg eliminates the Harrisburg
ferry, and takes the tourist along the
east side of the Willamette. A few
miles north of Cobursr another and
shorter road can be followed, adjacent
to the transmission line poles, which
will reach the Pacific hignway two
miles north of Harrisburg, near Alford.
This road is reported in good condition.
From Junction City to Monroe there
Is a macadamizing job. well under way,
and this will
Scio, Lebanon, Sweet Home, Holley,
CrawfordsvIIle, Brownsville and
Eugene.
This road Is finely gravelled and
macadamized, and though of course it
is longer than the direct route, it pre
sants interesting scenery, along the
north and south Santlam, Calapooya,
and McKenzle rivers. From Eugene to
Goshen and Lowell is a 22-mile drive
up the middle fork of the Willamette
that is fine in every respect, and be
yond Lowell, the road to Oakridge and
even further. Is good.
There are hardly enough road signs
off the main highways in Marion, Linn
and Lans counties to (tart a small fire
with.
They All Do It When They
Are Learning How.
Doul Swear Off Metering; For
ever Jut Because You Try to Run
- With Brake oa, a ad All That.
WHEN you go out with the demon
strator In the new car you have
bought, running it looks Just as easy
as giving candy to a child, bat when
you start out by yourself that's different.
About the first trouble you have is
with your gears, and while you are
certain that you can shift them as well
as the demonstrator did. you discover
mat you can t and in all probability
you oiame it on the car.
Then there s the rules of the road,
and especially getting by the traffic
policeman, ir you ever noticed It. when
the officer holds up his hand you stop
and kill your engine and bump back
and forth when you go to start and tie
up other cars, and finally two or three
probably be of consider-, 9r DaM n n you can sea black
able use this winter. From Monroe
north, the contractors have Just started
to lay nine miles of paving, and It does
not appear that much will be completed
this fall.
South of Eugene on the five-mile
pavement to Goshen, considerable
Drotrress has been made. This will be
a wonderful improvement, taking out
old Jogs and grade crossings. The
work is well along and by the end of
September the Job should be completed.
This piece furnishes a mean aetour,
which will soon be eliminated, how-over.
Between Goshen and Cottage Grove
the old roads are fine except where
they are being changed In a few places.
No paving on this section. There is
long detour north of Cottage Grove
which may be used for several weeks,
as the regrading of the main high
way Is slow. Wherever the new high
way has been changed south of Eugene
It Is being allowed to settle, and the
old road is being nsed, but this old
road Is fine macadam.
Road Poor to Albany.
Reports from southern Oregon Indi
eats that little paving progress has
been made between Oakland and Wil
bur. and there Is indication that this
road will not be In very good shape
this winter. Some paving has been
laid south of Wolf Creek on a five,
mile contract, and this will probably
be completed this falL All the work
between Grants Pass and Central Point
will not be completed, but the unpaved
part of the highway Is tn good condi
tlon.
Between Harrisbnrg and Albany the
Pacific highway has had little work,
only one change of line near Albany.
and no paving under contract. It seems
to the writer that this section of the
Pacific highway should come in for
early attention. The road Is none too
good. Is heavily traveled and generally
bad in wet weather.
North of Albany the contractors
have straightened ont the highway
near Jefferson and have lust started
to lay pavement. It is too much to
expect that the full 12 miles will be
completed this fall, but a Substantial
part of it may be finished.
South from Salem Marion county has
Just laid about three miles of pave
ment on the Liberty road west of the
Pacific highway. This road can also
be used between Jefferson and Salem,
so It will serve a useful purpose for
through travel before the Pacific high
way is completed Into Salem.
West of Salem, a paving plant has
been set up at Eola. and four or five
miles of paving may be laid this fall
toward Rickreall and Dallas. Between
Independence and Monmouth, paving Is
completed, and also for about a mile
north of Monmouth. This section will
probably be completed Into Rickreall
this falL
West Side Highway Work.
North of Corvallla. three or four
miles of paving has been laid on the
West Side highway. This is an a new
location west of the railroad tracks,
and near the foothills, and ultimately
It will be extended on to Monmouth.
The old Independence-Corvsll.s road
was not selected for the West Side
highway. The section now in hand
may be contpjleted .this fall, but it is
doubtful.
Relatively, good headway is
iook and hear a voles calling out
tomething that you know Isn't compll
mentary.
w nen you try to back up you are
likely to back Into another car, or over
a curb or Into a telephone pole, and
when you're out for the first time you
usually want tha entire street clear
when you go to pass another machine,
and you feel like you'd rather stop than
try to pass a street car.
Then, again, you've wondered what
was the matter with your new car be
cause It wouldn't go right and bumped
along and the engine heated like a fur
nace and couldn't get your machine
out of a alow walk. Possibly you have
stopped and telephoned the service man
to come and see what was the matter.
He came, released your brake and yon
were all right.
Then, perhaps, you allowed your
lights to burn all night in the garage,
or maybe you left on your ignition and
exhausted your battery. Also, perhaps,
you forgot all about your lights until
a policeman warned you.
The new driver usually kills his en
gine on the track when he passes in
front of a street car. Again, did you
ever step' on the accelerator instead of
tie brake, and run over the curb? In
the winter did- you 1st your radiator
freeze?
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