THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN, PORTLAND, AUGUST 1, 1920
TRADES TO PROTECT
HAWAIIAN SWIMMING CHAMPIONS TRAVEL BY HUDSON SUPER-SIX.
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Government Would Exchange
for Land Along Roads.
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Ecoinioinniy
POLICY IS EXPLAINED
Service in Slaking Sales of Any
Standing Timber Always Marks
"What Is to Be Cot.
A Nation-Wide Demonstration
No Motorist Can Overlook
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In connection with the movement
for preservation of forest trees'along
Oregon highways, a movement which
has gained such Impetus in California
that a "save the redwoods league"
has been -formed there, the United
States forest service stands ready to
help with .the problem bo far as privately-owned
land within national
forests is concerned, by exchanging
government timber for such private
holdings along the highways.
Here is a statement of forest serv
ice policy in the north Pacific district
(Oregon, Washington and Alaska)
covering the reservation of trees or
strips of timber along national forest
roads around lakes, springs, camping
pots and scenic spots. This policy
has been a recognized one on the
national forests for many years.
Forest service regulation No. S-17
cf the timber sale regulations reads:
'"Ko live trees shall bt cut under
any contract until marked or other
wise designated by a forest officer."
The standing instructions" under
this regulation are: "Along promi
nent roads or borders of lakes and
at other points frequented by the
public sufficient timber should be re
tained In marking to preserve the
scenic beauty of the forest.
Government Marks Trees.
It should be emphasized In this re
gard that the forest service In mak
ing sales of standing timber on the
national forests always marks or
designates the timber to be cut. In
certain types of timber each tree is
blazed and stamped; in other types
the boundaries are marked and all
merchantable timber within the
boundaries may be cut. Moreover,
there Is a penalty provided In timber
sale contracts for cutting unmarked
or undesignated trees. Marking or
designating the particular trees to be
cut is always done by a forest oriicer.
With this strict regulation there is
the definite Instruction for forest of
ficers to leave uncut certain trees
alonfr main roads, around lakes, camp
ing sites and scenic points which are
considered essential to preserve the
attractiveness of the forest.
Leaving of strips of timber or trees
along: eovernment roads or even im
portant trails is covered by existing
Instructions to frtrest otncers. unere
are also standing: instructions to cut
only the necessary trees and shrubs
along the right of way that actually
Interfere with the road and the con
struction work
The forest service realizes fully the
importance of preserving the scenic
beauty of highways by preserving
borders of strips of timber. Existing
instructions to field men provide fur
ther that such borders or strips should
. be of varying width, usually running
from 200 to 300 feet. Instructions
nrovlde that these timber borders
should be given appropriate parkwise
treatment. In particular, it is sug
gested to field men:
Savins Roadside Trees.
"(a) That vistas be opened through
these borders wherever good exterior
views are available.
"(b) That due caution be exercised
to keep an open view of the road for
the protection of automobllists tsucn
as at sharp curves).
"(c) A rigid and regular wall of
trees with sides paralleling the road
should not be formed, but as much
'Informality' as possible be secured.
"(d) That wherever possible a pleas
ing border of native shrubbery be
kept between the roadway and the
tree belt."
- It is also a policy of the forest serv
ice that permits for telephone or
transmission lines . or railroads or
rights of way of any character should
be issued only after a proper pro
vision has been decided upon for pro
tection of scenic beauty where neces
sary and possible. In connection with
timber cutting of all kinds on the na
tional forests recreation areas of val
ue for camp grounds, summer home
eites. etc.. must be protected in their
tree cover, and no trees are allowed
to be cut on park areas or summer
home sites until they have been
marked by a forest officer.
The forest service is not only try
SOME OF THE STARS WHO WIIL SWIM FOR AMERIC A AT THE OLYMPIC GAMES TO BE HELD IX ANTWERP
IN AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER.
This photograph of some of the famous Hawaiian swimmers who will be on the American Olympic Karnes team
was taken along the seawall of the Seaside hotel at Waikiki beach. Diamond Head, which commands the entrance
to-Honolulu harbor, shows prominently in the background. The car will be recognized as a Hudson super-six,
sianaing Dy tne right rront wheel ts Juoy danger, world s record holder for 440 yards in a minutes 17 seconds
seated on running-board, Pua Kealoha, American Junior champion for 100 yards in 55 3-5 seconds; standing by right
wneei, uuko jvananamoKu. woria s cnampion in iuu meters, iuu yaras ana &u yaras, and sever defeated in these dis
tances: seated. In tonneau.-W. W. Harris, champion swimmer of the orient, who at 15 made world's boys' record for
60 yards at 25 seconds; seated on tonneau d6or. Warren Kealoha. world's record hodler for 100 yards backstroke; In
rigni iront seat, jvuss iieien mioses of nuo, girt cnampion swimmer or Hawaii. - . -
the forest service Is Interested In this 1
matter and is doing all if can on the
national forests, that its authority
and functions do not extend beyond
the-boundaries of the national forests;
outside of the national forests this
work must-necessarily be largely car
ried on by civic and commercial agen
cies or state organizations.
There is In both Oregon and Wash
ington a large acreage of privately
owned timber land within the national
forests. This land for the most part
Is suitable only for timber produc
tion and watershed protection, but
oftentimes has a high recreation val
ue. If this land 1b to be saved to the
general public with its natural scenic
attractions it must be acquired by a
public agency. The present owners
cannot be expected to develop or pre
serve the recreational features, for
they cannot afford to leave any con
siderable amount of timber standing
when logging operations begin. HoX.
cutting the most accessible timber
along a highway often means a loss
on the entire operation to the logger,
while cutting this accessible portion
usually means a sure profit.
Land Exchange the Solution.
It is believed that adequate land
exchange legislation . will assist in
solving the problem on private lands
located within the national forests.
In nearly every Instance it is believed
that owners of such lands would be
willing and glad to exchange their
holdings with the government for
timber or timber land in some other
locality, very often to the advantage
of both the government and the pri
vate owner. Many timber owners
have sought legislation which would
permit them to exchange with the
government and consolidate their
holdings for practical logging.
In Oregon there are at present four
national forests already provided with
federal legislation allowing such land
exchanges and bills have been Intro
duced in congress affecting other for
ests of the state. Pending such leg
islation the best that can probably be
done is to request the owners of such
lands to withhold temporarily from
sale and to allow no cutting In cer
tain localities along scenic highways.
SHOCK ABSORBER FOR TIRE
Savage Product Has a Fabric
Weave for That Purpose.
Practically all motorists know
something about shock absorbers and
realize their Importance. Upon the
ability of the shock absorbers and
springs to absorb the sudden shocks
and to diminish the constant vibra
tion Incident to driving depends
largely the continued efficiency and
utility of a car.
Many, however, are not aware that
tires have shock absorbers too, but
such is the case. It consists of a loose-
HAULING FEAT RECORDED
TIRE FABRIC TAKES OX LOXG
JAUNT IS TRICKS.
Transportation From Mills in Sew
England to Akron, O., Accom
plished Without Loss.
One of the greatest feats of long
distance "motor-truck transportation
on record recently was accomplished
in the interests of a large tire and
rubber company at Akron. O. Motor
trucks transported $2,500,000 worth of
tire fabric from the mills in New
England to Akron without loss or
damage and at a time when, if the
trucks had not been brought into the
breach, production activities at the
tire company's plant would have had
to cease.
When railroad conditions were such
that it was impossible to get ship
ments over the rail lines, the tire com
pany sent representatives to the cot
ton mills district in New England with
instructions to enlist all the motor
trucks obtainable and start them roll
ing toward the factory. The trucks
were mobilized in the vicinity of
Providence, R. I., and sent to the vari
ous mills in the district.
A fleet of 20 Mack trucks of- rated
five-ton capacity was assembled and
driven to the mills. Fear was ex
pressed that, because the trucks were
equipped with solid tires and loaded
with five tons of fabric, they would
have difficulty in climbing the Alle-
gneny mountains. jut there was no
unreasonable delay and the caravan of
Macks traveled 750 miles in 103 hours
running time. .
The movement of fabric from New
England to Akron is said to have
been the biggest truck transportation
venture in point or distance and vol
ume of shipment ever accomplished.
To hire the trucks for the round trip
or J&oo miles it was necessary to con
tract for a return load. When the
caravan arrived in Akron the bis
Macks were immediately loaded with
ruboer-company products which were
assigned to Atlantic seaboard points
lor aistrmutlon. By use of trucks in
this way total paralysis of the rubber
industry at Akron was avoided.
has caused a flat place on the tread
of the tire, which pounds away on the
road, revolution after revolution, like
a flat car wheel on a locomotive.
When the' tread has already been
weakened by the grinding action of
skidding. this incessant pounding
causes the tire to go out of service
prematurely, according, to Miller tire
and tube experts.
. A motorist will save dollars in tirs
expense if he will coast to a stop, em
ploying his breaks very gradually. I
ne plans ahead he may check the mo
mentum on the car by closing the
throttle with the clutch engaged.
When starting from rest, an easy foot
on the pedal will save miles of tire
service. If a car Btarts off with a
jump, the effect on the tires is much
the same as though the tread were
rasped away with a heavy file.
CLARKE ROiS ARE DAD
CliOSIXG OF RIVER HIGHWAY
WITHOUT DETOUR RESEXTED.
lv-woven strin if fabric, permeated
lug to secure proper safeguarding of j with a special rubber compound, which
such scenic timber strips through ac
tlon of its field officers, but has also
attempted to get co-operation in this
work by taking up the matter with
local agencies, such as commercial
clubs, county courts, state road com
missions and engineers.
W'ashlnffton Body Active.
4 "The forest service has secured ex
cellent co-operation in this matter in
the state of Washington from the
Natural Parks association, of which
Herbert Evison of Seattle is the effi
cient secretary. This association is
carrying on a definite campaign to
preserve the scenic beauty of Wash
ington, including its highways. In
Portland there exists a highway scen
ic protection committee in the Ore
gon Chamber of Commerce, whose
functions are to bring about favor
able sentiment looking toward leg'
isiatlon where necessary to preserve
along all important roads within the
state of Oregon strips of timber and
to preserve the state's scenic beauty.
It should bp made plain that while
becomes an integral part of the tire,
known as the breaker strip. The pur
pose of thi3 breaker strip Is to dis
tribute and equalize the strain over a
large area of the tire, thus lessening
the burden on that portion beneath
the tread at the point of its contact
with the road. It tends to absorb
shocks and bumps, diminishing their
force and decreasing the liability to
ward stone bruises, fabric breaks, etc.
In the new Savage E type tire the
breaker strip has been given more
than ordinary consideration. The
breaker fabric is especially woven
for this casing and is frictioned and
coated with particular care.
Piston Groove Cleaner.
An excellent tool for cleaning car
bon out of piston grooves may be
made by grinding down a piece of
broken piston ring to the proper size
so that it has a cutting edge, such as
a chisel has. This tool fits exactly In
tht groove and cleans It out perfectly.
HOW SKIDS INJURE TIRES
Tread Will Be Worn In One Place,
Giving "Flat Wheel" Effect.
Skidding surprises the motorist.
oftentimes, Jn Its effect on his tires.
Sometimes a tire will be noticed with
the thread worn through to the fabric
in one or more spots. The rest of the
tire, in such a case, will be in good
condition. Too sudden locking of the
breaks, forcing the tire to drag, or
taking corners at too high a speed, is
ordinarily responsible.
Skidding the tire for a short dis
tance is often little thought of at the
time. But the fact is that this slide
Connecticut With 12 cars over Mo
hawk Trail and Hoostek Mountains and
12 over a coast route many owner
driven 216 miles average distance per
car, 18.7 miles per gallon were shown.
One car with 3o,000 miles service aver
aged 21.2 miles per gallon.
Nebraska A Hastings. Neb., woman -drove
her Essex from Lincoln to Hast
ings. 109 miles, averaging 28 miles per
gallon.
California Four women drove from
Los Angeles to -San Francisco and re
turn averaging 22.3 miles per gallon. A
Ban Francisco Essex made the round
trip. 84S miles, in 33 hours with 23
miles per gallon. Hood and radiator
sealed.
Sh Antonio. Tex. In a l6-mile run
to Austin and return, Essex 'averaged
25.5 miles per gallon.
Sarramento. Calif. Defeated 19 entries
and took Tallac Cup for highest gaso
line, oil and water mileage in Sacra
mento Dealers' reliability run.
Baltimore. Md. Essex sedan, on orig
inal tires with 15,000 miles service,
traveled 221 miles over Maryland hills,
averaging 23 miles per gallon.
Florida On a measured gallon an
Essex covered 23 miles and without
change or adjustment of any kind
showed speed of 6S miles per hour.
4 Cars Ave-raicc 18-0 Miles Per Hal Ion
Records cover every kind of test at a
speed of from 5 to 72 miles per hour.
Lm Ans-eles. Calif. To San Francisco
over 828 miles route of steep grades
and frequently far from water supplies
- Essex which had previously gone 28.000
miles and under U. S. Marine observa
tion made trip sealed In high gear with
sealed hood and sealed radiator. Aver
age 22.8 miles per gaL gasoline.
Also Broke World's Dirt Track Record 1261 Miles
Made at Dallas, Texas, by a Car That Had Already Gone UfiOO Miles
From the mere standpoint, of gasoline
mileage, Esse in its nation-wide tests
snowed a performance worthy of cars which
possess that advantage as their principal
quality.
Records were kept on 49 cars. They
averaged 18.9 miles to the gallon.
But bear in mind this was not done by
taking advantage of every device possible
to increase gasoline mileage. Under condi
tions of that sort, Essex showed as high as
37 miles to the gallon. However, men don't
drive that way.' How obviously unfair it
would be, therefore, to offer such carefully
economized fuel mileage tests as typical of
all Essex cars.
In the Essex tests, conditions and per
formances adverse to gasoline economy ob
tained. These cars were being driven at speeds
from 5 to 72 miles per hour. They were
reeling off thousands of miles over all sorts
of roads in inter-city runs that set new time
marks. They were making new hill-climb, .
acceleration and endurance records.
Many were owner cars owner driven.
Women piloted some.
Some of the Essex cars used had already
traveled upwards of 30,000 to 35,000 miles.
So you must not view Essex economy
merely by its gasoline consumption. You
must also consider its endurance and reli
ability. If there were nothing more striking about
the Essex than its gasoline mileage, it would
be a worthy subject of our advertising. But
important and impressive as that fact is,
does not its other qualities take first rank
in your consideration?
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615-617 Washington St.
oss Automobile Co.
Routes Xot in Shape to Handle
Heavy Traffic Between Camas,
Vancouver and Washougal.
CAMAS. Wash.. July 31. (Special.)
Condition of the roads in the east
ern part of Clarke county and no in
dication of relief has just about
caused people of this end of the coun
ty to reach the limit of endurance.
It is argued by . some that the
county commissioners knew that the
river road, which is the North Bank
highway, would be closed for im
provement, and that steps - should
have been taken to put the back
roads in shape to handle the heavy
traffic between Vancouver, Camas and
Washougal which would be diverted to
the Grass Valley, Hill Plain and Fern
Prairie roads while the paving of the
highway was in progress. Last
winter and early this spring these
roads Wre practically impassable.
Many automobile owners put up their
cars rather than . take chances of
having to be hauled out of the mud.
The stage lines held to the river road
as long as possible and transferred
passengers near Fisher's, where they
were unable to run the cars through.
It was a common occurrence - for
auto trucks and cars to get stalled in
the mud on the Leadbetter hill. From
present indications the back roads
will be In even worse shape as soon
as the fall rains start unless 6ome
preparation is made for improvement.
Pleas, prayers and petitions have
been presented to the country com
missioners without apparent result.
Unable to meet with the county com
missioners, several Camas county men
called on District Engineer Norris of
the state highway - commission at
Vancouver recently and returned with
an encouraging report of progress on apparatus it should be remembered
the North Bank highway. Mr. Norris that if the connecting rod gets warm
declared the highway would be com- it Indicates a short circuit in front of
Portland
pleted and opened for traffic next Oc
tober. ,
The concrete mixer which started'
at the Camas end of the road last
May has paved 3.3 miles. The equip
ment will be moved within the next
few days a nd work started from the
Vancouver city limits eastward. This
is necessary because of the soil condi
tions, the soil from Vancouver to the
pavement at Durgan's Corner consist
ing largely "of clay, on wnicn wora
must be done during dry weather.
Later the mixer- can complete the
work through the rock quarry where
the road base is principally rock and
can be worked during wet weather.
Mr. Norris says there are 5.9 more
miles of paving to complete the high
way from- Vancouver to Camas and
that on August 1 two crews will be
put on the mixer, which will then
nave about 12.500 feet per day. Au
ffust 22 the highway wll be opened
from Camas to Fisher's and can be
used until the mixer reaches isi.ei s
paying from Vancouver, which Mr.
Norris says will be about September
is. Then all traffic will again de
tour via the back roads. This will
occur during the rainy season when
harvest hauling will De neavy
Electric Vulcanizing.
In the use of electric vulcanizing
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the heating unit. The pressure should I cold if you desire the maximum ad
not be removed until the rubber get. I hesion. Asbestos paper pads keep
the rubber of the tube near the pat-sh
from getting too hot;
It is advisable to go only
to a Branch or an Authorized
Distributor of United Motors Service
for Delco parts. There you are sure to
get only genuine parts.
PORTLAND BRANCH
125 Buntnlde St. Phone Bdwr. ISM
PORTLAND AUTHORIZED
DISTRIBUTOR
Sunset Klertrlc Co.
4S North 8th St. '
United Motors Service
' Incorporated
SERVICE DEPARTMENT QFPelCO KLAXOM REMY
Moving to Our New Building
Twelfth and Everett Streets
Auto Bodies
Our Specialty
We make them,
All Kinds and
Prices.
We -will move to our new home at Twelfth and Everett
streets about August 1st.
In our new, modern location we will be equipped to render a
still better service to our customers.
Our patrons are cordially invited to inspect our new building.
Burness Auto and Body Works
Formerly Burness & Martin
Now at 15th and Alder Streets
New Location After August 1st
Oregon Distributors
GRUSS AIR SPRINGS
"Makes All Roads Boulevards"
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Cedar, when treated by the special
process known to TITAN engin
eers, is the ideal insulation for a
storage battery. It is ALL POR
OUS and offers no resistance to
the battery's action and lasts as
long as the battery.
AT TITAN SERVICE STATIONS
a guaranteed battery and free service, of
course.
Local Sales and Service
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