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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (June 13, 1920)
lO , TTIE SUNDAY OKEG ONI AN, rORTLAND, JUNE 13, 1920 MEXICO MARKET FOR mm Revolution Already Produces Better Conditions. GOOD ROADS TO BE BUILT American Oil Cum panics Going South of the Border to Put Up Gasoline 1'illing; Stations. JIOXTKRUT, Mesk-n, June 12. vv n n. me restoration of peace in Mexico, which condition is generally eaidert a moro assured now than it any time in the last ten years, it is expected that a wonderful increase 'r, th automobile trade, in this coun- for automobiles, motor trucks and de livery vehicles will show an enor mous increase, it Is believed. Already a number of new agencies have, been establshed n the larger cties. and they are awaiting' the ad vnt of more stable conditions to open up business on a large scale. Good road construction also prom ises to receive much attention on the- part of the several state govern ments and the federal govefnmnt as soon as political affairs are well straightened out. In the Tampico re gion already a system of modern highways has been built by Amer-, ican and other foreign oil companies for the especial purpose of solving their own transportation problems, both as to the use of automobiles and motor trucks. n mi HIGHWAY TO OPEX" HOUSE TO THE PUBLIC New Mitchell Building Ready for Inspection of . All Visitors., The new Mitchell, Lewis & Staver building, at Broadway and Everett street, in the North Broadway auto mobile row. will De formally bpened to the public Monday. There will be open house all through the coming week. Visitors who desire will be taken throuRh the whole building, which is one of the largest structures devoted exclusively to automobiles on the Pa cific coast. A special feature is the ASTORIA QUITE FAIR Few Rough Spots on Beauti ful Route Through Forests. OLD MUD HOLES ARE GONE ment seems to have been pretty much on the job. Though the road was not designed to carry such heavy' traffic, it is in remarkably good shape for a route that travels the shaded timber lanes of the west side of the Coast range. Roads to Seaside from Astoria are lanes of gold. Scotch broom, banks of it. almost close in the strip of roadway to the beaches. The tour by the Inland highway has only one drawback at present. If you leave Portland with Just enough gas to make the trip down, you will probably come back on the train. There's no gas there now .and tour ists are out of luck. I LATE ROAD INHffl FOREST SF.RYICE GIVES RE PORT OX CONDITIONS. X'o Place to Go Without Gasoline, but When Shortage Is Over Many Will Travel It. Until paving on the lower Columbia highway is completed, the route to Astoria and the beaches, via Korest Grove, Timber, Mist and Olney, is a pleasant journey that as a whole has little more objectionable road than the other. The pleasant stretches of ANTELOPE MAN OWNER OF NEW APPERSON CAR. z. n T ' '.v!, v ?:iiV iJ KEEP TIRES WELL INFLATED Advice to Motorists Holds Good Even in Hottest Weather. Warning to autoists against re ducing the air pressure in their tires in hot summer weather is now oppor tune.. This fallacy Is common amonsr motorists who do not understand that radiation carries off any surplus heat that might otherwise be dangerous to the life of a tire. Even during the terrific grind of the race track, when tires- undergo the most gruelling punishment, this prin ciple holds. It is underlnflation even on the hottest days that ruins more tires than any other cause, according to experts of the Miller Rubber com pany, Akron, O. Recommended air pressures are safe even in the cum mer. By reducing pressure, the Increased flexing of the tire merely creates the condition the car owner wishes to guard against. The motorist can well afford the time needed to gauge the air pressure in his tires for the sake of exeatly increased mileage. Clear Lake, Near Mount Hood, Is Now Attainable From Wapinitla Side, Bulletin Says. Though the road between Govern ment camp and Clear lake still is closed by snow, cars now can reach Clear lake in the Mount Hood coun try by automobile from Wapinitla. This information, is Contained in road bulletin No. 8, just issued by the United States forest service. The bulletin, which is compiled from data furnished by the field men of the forest service and covering only roads in or. near the national forests of Oregon or Washington, gives information about 21 roads of which seven are in western Oregon, six in eastern Oregon and eight in Washington. The bulletin follows: "Western Orefcon. Barlow-Oakgrove Open. Clackamas and Clear lakes to Wapinitia; fair Clear lake to Government Camp, closed; no detour. Should be open across mountains June 20. Santlam wagon road Foster to Upper Soda; open; bad. Upper Soda to summit, closed; no detours. Bridge across south Santlam should be com pleted June 15. Road should beopen July 1. Grants Pass-Crescent City Open Good, including Hayes Hill. Still rough on Oregon mountain. Crescent City-Port Orford Open Crescent City to Brookings, good. Rough sections elsewhere. Merlin-Almeda Open and good. Grants Pass to Almeda. Willamette Highway Eugene to Rigdon, open; good. Rigdon to sum mit, closed. McKenzie Highway Eugene to Blue river, open; fair Blue river to McKenzie bridge, closed by construc tion except at intervals lor a few days. McKenzie bridge to summit, closed. Eastern Oregon. Lakeview-Silver lake, Lakeview Burns, Klamath Falls - Lakeview Open; grood. Flora-Enterprise, Enterprlse-Chico, Enterprise - I.-nnaha, Imnaha river, Wallowa - Promise, Wallowa - Pow -watha All open. Fair to good. La Grande-Joseph La - Grande to Elgin, open; good. Minam to Wallowa, closed; probably for summer. Medical Springs - Carson, Medical Springs to Martin bridge, open but poor. Martin bridge to Carson, closed; bridges bad. Sparta - East Eagle Open, Sparta to Lilly White; good. Closed. Lilly White to East Eagle. No detours. Baker-Cornucopia Open. Baker to Carson, .good. Carson to Cornucopia, poor but passable for autos. , Western Washington. Lewis River Woodland to Cougar, open; fair. White Salmon-Trout Lake, Trout Lake-Glenwood Open. Good. Little White Salmon Road Cooks to Oklahoma ranger station, open good. McCIellan Pass Highways Enum- claw to The Dalles, open; goo. The Dalles to park entrance, closed for season; no detours. Taneum Creek Road Open, Thorp to Forest boundary; good. Olympic Hicrhway 1 Olympia tn Quinault lake, open: good. Satsop to Elma, closed; detour. Hoquiam to Quinault" lake, take plank road Che- halis river at East Aberdeen crossed on toll bridge; 25 cents fee and delay. Campgrounds available. Olympic Highway (2) Open, Olympia to Port Angeles and west to Forks and Mora,. Rough places; good as a whole. Camp grounds available. Bumping Lake: Open, Taklma to Kaches and Bumping lake. Good. Hotel and boats at lake. BTJDA BUILDS NEW FOUNDRY Metal Poured Just 3 0 Days After Lease Was Signed. The Buda company of Harvey, 111., realizing that an additional foundry for casting small engine parts was necessary to speed up production, completed the job In record time. The lease for the ground was signed and in Just 30 days the. entire work of building and equipping the foundry was accomplished and metal was be ing poured in. Considering difficulty of obtaining materials, uncertainty of freight ship ments as well as bad Weather during the building operations, it is readily seen that this is quite a feat. Xor was any time lost in starting work when the foundry was ready. A full crew had been obtained and began work the same day the cupola was ready. The foundry is 160 feet wide, con crete foundation and of structural iron. It is completely eauipped for the casting of small engine parts such as gear case covers, intake 'and ex haust manifolds and Inlet water pipes for the Buda engine, which is a strict ly heavy-duty, four-cylinder engine for trucks ml tractors. HURNESS FIRM WILL HOVE X"EW QUARTERS AT AXT FJVTERETT STREETS. $25, 0H Betas Expended Is Re modeling of Old Oregon. AiObo Dispatch Building. The Bnrness Auto & Body Trorlrs, formerly Burness & Martin, soon will remove into new quarters now being remodeled for it on the northwest corner of Twelfth and Everett streets. The new location comprises two floors and basement and covers a quarter block. It is the former Oregon Auto Despatch company building, but the Burness Auto & Body works is hav. ing it remodeled throughout at a cost of $25,000. This firm does a very large busi ness through the Pacific northwest, making bug bodies. Right now it has a contract for the construction of 40 ' of these bugs which are to be dis- tributed through bug firms in Oregon Washington and Idaho. The firm is also prepared to make new bodies, fenders, radiators and the like for all makes of cars and to re pair them. The old Burness & Martin company is the pioneer in this line of manufacturing in Portland, having been established here 14 years ago. The present company is composed of James G. Burness and his son. James Burness. The new building, which will be oc cupied between July 1 and 15. will contain much brand-new equipment in the way of wood and metal-working machinery. In the picture In Alex McDonald of Antelope, Or., tvith bin new Apprraftn elfcht, and C I'. Darnelll of The Dalles (nrnce eonipan? IhroiiKh whom be purchased tbc car, which wan delivered by the Apperson Motor Car com pany of I'ortlaml. try will take Hare. Along with the probable development of this busi ness will come a s:reat increase in the .ale anil consumption of gaso line and lubricating oils. In anticipation of the early open ing of trade alons these lines sev eral of tlie larger American com panies that are enpnged in the mar keting of petroleum products are pre paring to build filling stations in all the larger cities of Mexico. At this time there is a f?reat need for such adjuncts to the automobile traf fic, it Is asserted. If the plans of the companies are fulfilled scores of modern filling sta tions will he constructed in Monterey, Tampico, y.iltillo. "San Luis Potosi, Chihuahua. Torreon. Guadalajara, City of Mexico, Vera Cruz and other cities. Oil Companies Hushing In. For many years the petroleum trade of Mexico has been in the hands of the- Pierce t il corporation, formerly the Waters-Pierce Oil company, and the Mexican Acruilla (Kagle) Oil com pany. During the latter years of the administration of the late President Porfirio Diaz there was a keen com mercial, war between these two cor porations for control of the Mexican trade. It resulted in a division of the territory, which has been more or less observed ever since. Under the new prospective development plans Mexico will be invaded by half a dozen or more American companies that do a retail business. For several yeas Mexico has been the dumping ground for thousands of second-hand or ued automobiles from the United States. Compara tively few new automobiles have been shipped into the country except to Tampico, where conditions have been more or less normal during all the revolutionary period. The country is well stocked with these old models and somewhat dilapidated cans. With the assurance that trarfquil lity has come to Mexico and with the restoration gene-rally of commercial and industrial enterprises the demand t equipment of its new shop, which oc- timbered road make It Tn many re- cupies the entire fourth floor, with space 100x130 feet. Wednesday will be "owners and dealers' " day. at which Mitchell and Jordan owners and dealers are espe cially invited to be present. BEAFDSLETHASTfiIAZON IORMKIi COTTON GROWER NOW TIRE DEALER. IS Factory Heinfr Enlarged and Soon Will Come Out With a Line of Truck Cords. The distribution of Amazon tires for Oregon has been handled since January 1 of this year by Beardslee & Co.. of which W. It. Beardslee is manager, with headquarters at 14 North Broadway street. His terri tory includes the entire state. The Amazon tire comes iTi both cords and fabrics, the cords being made in all sizes from 32x4 '. and up. The line also includes the Ama zon super-tube. This tire is made by the Amazon Rubber company of Akron. O. The company is now enlarging its factory and soon will put out a complete line of truck cord tires. - Mr. Heardslee was formerly a cot ton grower in the Imperial valley district of California, where' cotton is raised especially for the manufac ture of tire fabric. Rusted On. Two parts of iron or steel that have become rusted firmly together may be separated by soaking them for several hours in a mixture of one-third lubricating oil and two thirds kerosene. spects a journey that in its present improved state will continue to draw motorists away from the Columbia route. Road gangs are now busy in sev eral places along the Inland highway. Soon the rough places win be lim ited to a few stretches of plank road somewhat the worse for age. The old mudholes near Timber and be yond are a thing of the past and never again will the highway be Im passable because the way has no bot tom. The last gaps lacking founda tion will be covered before the end of the month. Ralph J. Staehli, who made the run a week ago in his Ford car, gives the following description of the route: Some Miles of Dirt Roadway. From Portland to Forest Grove the rbad is now paved. To the town of Gales Creek, northwest of Forest Grove, there is fair macadam In course of repair in some places. None of that stretch is as bad as that be tween Scappoose and Deer Island on the Columbia route. But just beyond Gales Creek for a few miles there in rather tough going. This is the old bank road along Gales creek, with dirt bottom, bad after rain, and as yet there is no sign of intended repairs. From the head of Gales creek to Timber the road is beautiful. Heavy forests shade it and the new macadam road curves and swings up the divide. Old grades and steep, dangerous turns are gone. Once on the crest the going is still good. Beyond Vernonia a few short pieces of plank road bring back mem ories of the days before the bond issues for roads. However, the trav eling is through an unusually pretty country aloag the upper Nehalem and the traveler can overlook much that the rmd lacks. From Birkenfeld west to Astoria reads are generally fair the whole 50 miles. Heavy trucking in the winter has ripped up some of the softer pieces but the county road depart- Special Price $ 1 GOi2 y MAXFER TRUCK MAKER j An obsolete 'car or a Ford can be turned into a speedy, efficient one-ton truck in a few hours by using this wonderful attachment. Look into this now while special sale is on. mnHliiMMHinniiiiininumnmiMnillimniiiiiMiiiiiniHluiniiiiiiiniuilliinnilllumimiiiuiinmiiiiiiiiliM'iiiij jffiL JJ I I Special Sale Price on the Famous 1 MJtSiS) ! j Redden Truck Attachment Also J - TOv TuS nimiiilMiMiiu II These Attachments Are New tLv.j Lai .tf I and Are Guaranteed Not Used. Zr These Attachments Are New and Are Guaranteed Not Used. AVE 3281 Nowis the time to buy while my big Auto Accessory Sale is on ACT NOW! Til A 7ITV. "MF17S 111 North COME GE They're Going Fast! T YOU at This Slaughter of lEi 1l A jll HE! - A W This Great Sale Will Continue Throughout the Week PRICES to CUT 75 Here Are Some Big Extra Specials $1.50 Shraeder Tire Gauge, now ...S .98 (Only one gauge to a customer) S1.50 Hydrometer, during sale only 70 $4.50 Hodes Handy Auto Tool Kit. $2.50 Open End Wrench Sets, sale . $1.00 Light Protectors, per pair. . 2120 1.19 -49 $40 Storage Batteries $24.98 $25 Batteries, now.'. 15.39 $50 Batteries, now.. 34.9S Brake Linings. . . . .25 off Radiator Compounds 25c Rubber Packings deeply cut Things are certainly moving fast down here at 111 North Broadway. Some lines are already sold out; others will be. Better come early and do as other autoists are doing get the things you want at these tremendously cut prices. You won't see such a slaughter as this for many a long day and you know it. $20 Windshield TOOLS Many Cut 50 Don't overlook tools. We have a large stock on sale, singly or in kits. Wrenches, Hammers, Pli ers, Screw Drivers, Hack Saws, Drills, Tap and Die Sets, Vulcan izing Kits. STOCK UP NOW AND SAVE. Deflectors $11.93 TOP DRESSINGS, POLISHES AND PAINTS Too many to list. Here are a few: Johnson's Liquid Body Sale Polish, quarts $1.24 Johnson's Liquid Body Polish, pints 79 Johnson's Wax Cleaner, 8-oz. can 29 Waxit Auto Polish $1.25 .J)S Waxit Auto Polish.. GO .49 Waxit Auto Polish 35 .29 25 Cut ON FORD REPLACEMENT PARTS Cuts as deep as 75 on Ford Accessories. TIRE HOLDERS Rear or Side Holders, now. . -S2.69 Ford Tire Holders, special... 1.69 Others as low as 89 A FEW MORE Cylinder Gaskets .39 Spark Plug Wire Sets 29 Brake Shoes, set. 49 Shock Absorbers 3.49 Ford Timers .98 Valve Grinders 59 Head Lamps 5.98 Side Lights, pair 1.59 Ford Starters 5.89 Commutator Wires 59 Coil Protectors .19 Robe Rails , .45 Clocks 2.98 FORD SWITCH COIL LOCKS -, Reg. Now Tempcos with two keys. $3.50 S1.39 Syracuse Switch Locks. 1.50 ,G9 Foot-Pedal Locks .69 Qils Greases l-lb..can Cup Grease 19 1 gal. Light Oil, now 69d Others cut proportionately. Accessories for All Makes of Automobiles Hodes prices are always low but look at these ! These prices cannot last. Doll the car up BUMPERS Regular Sale Black Enameled 2-inch Channel Bumper $ 7.00 S3.98 Holliday Nickel Plated Channel Bumper 10.00 6.6S Holliday Nickel Plated Channel for Saxon Cars. . . . 10.00 6.68 2-in. Nickel Plated or Block Cloverleaf Channel Bumper 10.00 6.98 SPARK PLUGS Regular On Sale Blue Streak with spark gap $1.50 .69 Auburn Porcelain 2 and Vs . . . .90 .59 Auburn Mica Porcelain Plugs Vi and 1-00 .69 High-Grade Vulcan Spark Plugs .69 5-Point Spark Plugs Vz and .39 Other High-Grade Plugs Slashed as Deeply ELECTRIC SPOTLIGHTS Sun Beam Spotlight $6.00 S3.98 Kaufman's Genuine Silver Beam Spotlight 7.50 4.9S Williams Model A Silver Beam Spotlight. 7.50 5.98 AUTO MIRRORS Rear View, 5-in., black or nickel $2.00 S .98 Diminishing Mirror, black or nickel 1.50 ,S9 5-inch Fender Mirror, black or nickel 3.00 1.98 Round Bevel Plate 5-in. Mirror, black or Nickel 2.50 1.79 5x7 Bevel Plate Mirror, black or nickel. 3.50 2.69 5x7 Bevel Plate Oval Mirror, black or nickel 3.50' 2.69 Inside Rear View Bevel Mirror, nickel . . . 3.50 2.69 Truck Mirrors .c . 1.89 A WARNING! ; Don't confuse our old location with our new one. We are no longer in our old corner. Now we are about a block' down, near the postoffice. Be sure of the number, 111 North Broadway. AND STILL WE SLASH A FEW MORE HIGH-GRADE AUTO JACKS Jacks, screw type, w ere ow. Jacks 2.50 1.79 2-Ton Truck Jack 5.00 3.9S Buckeye 10-Ton Truck Jack 20.00 14.95 Garage Jacks 6.75 VULCANIZING OUTFITS 1 Marve Junior, ngr. complete. . $1.00 S .59 Adams Vulcanizer . . . 1.00 .59 Super Vulcanizer .... 1.50 1.19 AND THEN SOME MORE No Glares 19c- Sponges 190 Windshield Clean ers, at 390 Mats 790 Vases 595 Valve Insides.. .280 $2 Vases $1.39 Grease Cups (J0 Rim Braces 590 . . .150 .$1.29 ...190 Foot Pedals. Cushions . . . Boots Insert Liners..$1.89 Hub Caps 120 Trouble Lamps-980 Grease Guns... 490 Combustion Whis tles, at $2.79 Thief-proof Chains priced 590 Inner Tubes We just bought some seconds. While they ' C 1 OQ last $ 1.J70 DAVE HODES 1ai NORTH II BROADWAY Be sure you get in the right places-Ill NORTH BROADWAY Near Glisan 5 M M ft f : Broadway LOOK FOR THE NUMBER NEAR GLISAN - " 1