The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current, August 01, 1920, SECTION SIX, Image 70

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Newspaper Page Text6 THE SUNDAY OTCEGONIAN, PORTLAND, AUGUST 1, 1920 E Five Miles of Dallas-Salem Road Hard-Surfaced. DISPUTE HOLDS UP' REST Best Route to McMinpvlHe Now Is Declared to" Be That by Way of Town of Dayton. After nearly a year of construction the Dallas-Salem highway has been paved and opened to travel for five miles west from Salem to the Junc tion of the Independence road at Brunk Corners. The paving plant at Kola will be moved to Rickreall im mediately and will begin to pave from Brunk to Rickreall as soon as It can be put In operation. The new pavement will be a boon to travelers, as the road Is an Im portant one for traffic between Dai Ins and Rickreall and Salem and, In addition, many people use it as far as Brunk Corners' on the way to In dependence. Most tourist travel is now moving from Salem to Corvallis via Independence on account of the fact that there is so much construc tion between Salem and Albany on the main Pacific highway. Just how much more of the Dallas Salem highway will -be paved Is prob lematical. . The people of Dallas and the state highway commission are still In disagreement as to the routing of the west side highway. At present the commission has a trump card, as tt can stop the Dallas-Salem highway any time it desires. Unless this con troversy is settled amicably the pav in? may not extend west of Rick reall. Dayton Route Better Now. Crading operations have reached a poi it where it is possible to travel over the west side highway between Dsyton station and McMinnville via Lafayette, but the grade is so rough that most drivers prefer to take the four miles of concrete pavement from Dayton station through Dayton and thence to McMinnville. The distance Is about the same. The new grade through Lafayette Is on much better lines than the old road. Two railroad crossings east of Lafayette will be eliminated when the grading is completed, and several harp turns will be straightened out, as well as two or three deep dips into gullies. Two complete changes of line west of Lafayette will make the new road much more satisfactory for automobile travel. Wnt of St. Joseph the west side highway connects with the Tualatin highway at the north Yamhill river bridge, and from that point there is pavement all the way to McMinnville. The county hopes to get funds for a new bridge across the North Yamhill, which will materially straighten out the highway and cut out a severe dip. Grade to Lafayette Rough. North from the river crossing there Is pavement all the way to Carlton, but it is not open for its entire length. Until the grade through Lafayette is graveled it is not recommended for tourists, as it is excessively rough in places. MesMrNNVILLE. Or.. July 31. (Spe cial.) Contractors have at last fin ished the eight-mile stretch of con crete pavement between this city and Carlton, and have moved their plant to the section between Carlton and Yamhill. This work will also be com pleted this summer. The finished portion between Mc Minnvllle and Carlton will not be open for travel throughout its entire length until August 16, as the cement has to set for some time. There are two sections open for traffic, one be tween McMinnville and Howe and the other for two miles south of Carlton. There Is a good detour for the un opened middle section. The old bridge across the North Yamhill river will be replaced with a new structure as soon as Yamhill county can obtain funds. The new concrete highway is part of the Tua- alatin highway between Portland Forest Grove and McMinnville, but between McMinnville and the North Yamhill river the pavement is also part of the west side highway be tween McMinnville and Portland via Lafayette. ASHLAND. Or.. July 31. (Special. It is approximately 22 miles from Ashland over the Siskiyou mountain to the California line, and of this dis tance just about half is now hard surfaced. There are four or five navel stretches totaling 11 miles, and even these pieces are welcomed by travel era, as they afford considerable relie in motoring. No more crushed rock is being epread in advance of paving, and this too, is a welcome change from old methods. It is planned to complete the paving this fall, as well as th He Never Had Time The other day a man lost two hours because his battery suddenly went back on him. He could have saved delay by keeping that battery shipshape. Sidestep trouble by stopping in. Ask about Threaded Rubber In sulation the kind se lected by 136 manufac turers of cars and trucks. - WILLARD SERVICE tlnth and Kverett and East Rurt-Mlde at Seventeenth 112 fraren rWillardJ FOUR WOMEN i ft AT- 4f x 4,, sjn j With Tuko, the charmlaa- Airedale, aa line member of the parry, these four of Orrn;na last week after a tour overland .from- Milwaukee that already haa probably will take In a couple more of the car, who drove all the ways taking; in Yellowstone and Glacier national parka on the way. Touring- conditions were not made to order for easy driving-, either, as they found in the Dakota, which ; they were unfortunate enough- to hit in wet weather. But Miss Gormley proudly declares that the Oldaombile never had to be towed. The car averaged 18 miles to the erallon for the tour and, with Its -O-calion tank, they had no trouble keeping- aasollne enough on hand u all times. From Portland they left by Pacific highway for San Diego, with Crater lake and Yosemlte national parka for side trips. over crossing Just south of this city, and if the work east of Grants Pass is completed there will be hard-sur facing on the Pacific highway all the way from the state line to Grants Pass, a distance of 67 miles. This sec tion of pavement always makes a favorable impression on travelers coming into Oregon from the south.. XOW MEXICO WANTS GAS Big Companies Building Filling Stations South of Line. Authorities on the subject are look ing forward to a huge success for automotive operation in Mexico. Along ith .the probable development of an- omobile business will come a great nerease in the sale oi gasoline ana lubricating oils. Many of the larger American "com panies that are engaged in the mar keting of petroleum products are al ready preparing to build filling sta tions in all of the larger cities or Mexico. There seems to be a great eed for them. A number of new automobile agen cies have also been established and ow that industrial and commercial conditions have a good opportunity to obtain the right-of-way, there prob ably wil be fewer second-hand cars hipped to Mexico with a large mar ket for new models. Motor Life. Bridging the Barrier. With the bridging of the Missouri river between Bismark and Mandan the greatest barrier in the national parks highway will be removed. Tour ists out of Chicago will find one aim- culty less on the road to Yellowstone, Glacier, Rainier and Crater Lake Na tional parks. Contracts amounting to 1, 200.000 have been slgnea with tne federal government, the state of North Dakota and two counties con tributing to the fund. Motor Life. L When better Howard Automobile Company Largest Distributors of Automobiles in the World 14th and Davis Streets - Phone Bdwy. 1130 56241' TOURISTS AND THEIR MERRY O watHOOE, barclir alarm, thus; fiig-htener, anti-theft lock and sole nun- Milwaukee (wla.) women reached the of tbem before they return. The party Florence Minors, Gillian Murphy and 100,000 HUDSON CARS SUPER- SIX QUALITY PROVED BY 100,000 OWXERS. . Car With Wonderful Motor Has 'Established History in the -Motor Car Industry. "Reaching the 100,000 mark at the Hudson factories is a significant ac complishment." declares C. L. Boss, of the C. L. Boss ' Automobile Co., Hudson and Essex distributor. He was discussing some of the out standing' features of the car and a little of the history of its making. "There are five years of success behind the latest super-sixes and the 100,000 owners of Hudson motor cars place their fullest trust and reliance in them. In these five years, use has never revealed a shortcoming in the Hudson, and still there has always been an unremitting effort at the factory to improve each years models. The result of this policy is that the Hudson of today is the greatest of all Hudsons. which is speaking volumes. In the early days of the Hudson it won all the im portant stock car records for speed, acceleration, hill climbing end en durance. "It is this last quality that has placed the Hudson in the position it occupies today. It has outsold any other fine car in the world. Its en durance is responsible for the. fact that so many early Hudsons are seen in constant and unfailing service to day. In use the Hudson is free from the annoyances so common in motor ing. Mechanical difficulties have been overcome by two chief factors, the patented anper-Bix motor and all zjpp 1 WHEN you purchase a Buick Model K 49, you will find that no seven-passenger car can possibly give greater value, bet ter satisfaction, higher efficien cy or more refinement of detail. With beautiful body lines with large, comfortable seats and ton neaus, assembled on a chassis equip ped with the famous Buick Valve-in-Head Motor, this model meets every requirement demanded in a dependa ble touring" car for use under all conditions. We Can Give IMMEDIATE DELIVERY at This Time automobiles are built, Buick LDSMOBILE. quarters of the Oldamoblle company Included two - national parka and Includea Kataerlne Gonnleyv owner ray Jackson. They camped en route, the rest of the car, designed to be fit company for such a motor. "Thi motor, by minimizing the de structive force of vibration, adds 72 per cent to Hudson power and 80 per cent to efficiency. whether the Hudson is a seven-passenger super six, a speedster or other open model or one of the beautiful and luxurious sedans or coupes, the same Hudson quality is built into it. I consider this -season's closed Hudson the most appealing motor car ever designed. Mechanically it is the most perfect product modern genius has been able to produce. In equipment and ap pointment it offers everything cultivated taste might desire." For luxurious comfort it leaves absolutely nothing to be desired. In endurance it measures up to Hudson standards in every respect, and more cannot be said. It. is an all-season car that sets a standard in motor car design.' SCHWARTZ TRUCK LATEST Two Models to Be Built by Com' pany Formed at Reading, Pa. READING, Pa., July ' 31. The Schwartz Truck company has been organized with a capital of $1,500,000, A site for a plant consisting of two units, each 45x90 feet, has been pur chased. It is expected construction work will be completed early in 1921. Three standard models will be one and one-half, two and one-half and five tons. Very Well. "On May 12 we sent you a Columbia automobile publicity story, the first sentence of which read: 'The incentive behind the sales of 90 per cent of th automobiles is woman, lively woman This should have read, "The Incentive behind the sales of 90 per cent of th automobiles is woman, lovely woman Will you kindly change this word "lively' to 'lovely when using the story?" Motor Life. will build them GREAT OIL SUPPLY IN BED OF SHALE Vast Quantity Available in Utah and Colorado. COUNTRY'S FUTURE SAFE Colorado School of Mines Profes sor Tells of Cooking Process Xeeded to Obtain Oil. . The alarming rapid depletion of America's petroleum supply, which threatens soon to put this country out of the running as an oil producer, is isualized only Dy a temporary em barrassment by Professor Victor C. Alderson, dean of the Colorado School of Mines, who was in New York re cently on his way to Europe, saya the New York Tribune. Our salvation lies not in drawing petroleum from oil fields, which are rapidly playing out, but from an ln- ustrial process of cooking petro leum from oil shale, which abounds at the very ground surface in inexhaust ible quantity in Colorado and other western states," said the dean. "Last year the United States produced 366,- 000,000 barrels of crude petroleum and consumed 436.000,000 barrels, a shortage of 70,000.000 provided In part by importation from Mexico and drawing from reserve storage. Crude Oil Situation. "The price of crude oil is today the highest in history. Before the war Pennsylvania crude oil sold for $3 a barrel- It now sells for $6.10 a bar rel. Mid-continental oil from the Kan sas and Oklahoma fields sold for 83 cents a barrel before the war and now brings S3. 50. The ratio of increase has been about the same all over the United States. The oil fields of Kan sas. Oklahoma and Wyoming have not yet reached the "peak" of produc tion but elsewhere the supply is on the down grade. The crude oil situation in this country is alarming. Gasoline, the re fined product of petroleum, Is now celling at 33 cents a gallon. By au tumn it will sell for 40 and higher after that." This situation Is not an economic te, but an exhaustion of nature, ac cording to Professor Alderson. - Na- ure, however, has come to the res cue with oil shale oil-bearing rock which must take the place of oil fields and-'"gushers" and which brings oil New AT last it is possible to secure mk the kind of tire you Jiave al--X. JL ways wanted a tire that is free from the basic fault of ordinary rubber and gives longer mileage with less trouble. 0 Ordinary rubber is porous. Be cause of this great flaw ordinary tires must weaken and disintegrate on the road, absorbing moisture, grit, grease, oil and other injurious substances. "The tread becomes weakened1 in spots later the tire fabric. Premature punctures may occur, . sand- boils may develop tread separation goes on unseen- finally 'a nasty blow-put follows. Due to the discovery of a remarkable compound, these common troubles can now be greatly reduced.' Crolide Compound, first produced in 1917, makes tires non-poroua. It seals the millions of tiny R. A. Boggess, 1648 E. Thirteenth Street Dapp & Neubauer, 783 Front Street Hansen's Tire Service, Twenty-fourth and Thurman Laurelwood Filling Station, 6419 Foster Road Multnomah Auto Repair, 333 Fargo Street Rubbmr CoayW.ktorf IMS, Tbtmtoid production down to a manufacturing I basis. Not CtiLpnuel OIL "The supply of oil shale In Colorado anj Utah alone." declared the pro fessor, "exists in tremendous and un limited quantities. In Colorado there Is enough of it immediately available for 100 retort plants using 2000 tons a day to work 800 years. There Is seven times as much available oil a square mile from a ten-foot vein of oil Bhale as has been produced or will be produced from a square -mile of proved oil ground. "The shale crops out of the surface of the ground in strata form. There is so much of it above the surface that we need not worry about the lower levels. Digging for It would be a useless expense. '. "It should not be imagined that oil stale produces petroleum by simply compressing it," Professor Alderson explained. "The rock does not con tain oil as such, but the constituents of oil; th carbon and hydrogen. There already are thirty processes for heating or cooking shale in ex perimental stages. To use a simple illustration, oil shale Is the 'dough just as the ingredients for bread are mixed together, but which do not be come bread until they have undergone the process of baking. "Oil shale must be treated in re torts which apply uniform heat and the process is still having its techni cal difficulties, not in the production, but in the best method of producing the maximum amount of good oil." Crude oil produced from shale, he says, . can be sold for a maximum figure of $1.85 a barrel, as against the minimum price of $3.50 for the prod uct of the mid-continental fields. Bearing letters from Sir Auckland Geddes, British ambassador in Wash ington, the professor, will sail for Kngland within a few days to confer with British scientists and study the oil trade' Industry in England and Scotland and possibly later In France. Among his British collaborators will be the- Right Hon. W. P. Gel la way. M. P..- and Sir.-John Cadmund. . both noted scientists and British govern ment officials. TRUCK COMPANY GROWING New Factory Increases Its Capital Stock to $400,000. MX. CLEMENS. Mich.. July 31. The stockholders of the Reynolds Motor Truck company have authorized an increase in the capital stock to $400 000. The new stock will consist of common stock only .and will be of fered first to the present holders of stock.- With the company In business slightly less than nine months, one completed truck a day is being turned out from the factory. A 10,000 square foot addition to the present plant is being rapidly completed. . Looks for New Site. The E. A. Nelson Automobile com pany in Detroit is reported to be Beeking a factory site in Rome, Mich. It is planned to build a plant to pro duce 2000 cars a year. non-porous tires now offered to motorists One-inch strip stretches to 7 7& inches Ordimmry rh- A fui mtr mi tknmgk i Urn. ALLEN & HEBARD CO. State 64 Broadway Dealers: Sts. Crolide non-porous Company, fVenfon, If. J. TIRE PRICES ARE STABLE r . RISE SLIGHT, DESPITE HIGH MATERIAL COSTS. Martin F. Swift of Canton 'Cord Dis tributors RtIcws Situation for Few Years. ' Compared with steel, which is re garded as the barometer of prices in this country, prices .of tires in the past 10 years have remained very stable in spite of the high cost of rub ber and cotton, according to Martin F. Swift of fhe Howell-Swift Tire company, distributors "for Blackstone and Canton cord tires. Mr. Swift, who nas Deen ln-the tire business a good many years, has long studied the tire situation. In comparing the nrices of raw ma terials that are used in making tires. ys mr. swirt. the prices of tires to day are not based on the prices of cotton today, as the fabric that man ufacturers are now using, was bought in 1919, while the fabrio that will be used in the last six months of the present year, will represent the fabric contracted for in the early part of J.9-U. - Except in 191S. steel sold evenlv from 1910 until 1914. the beginning of the war, when the price steadily soared until 1917 when the selling price caused by war demands reached its peak. The latter year Raw a sharp dcllne which continued in lesser de gree until 1919, when there was a slight' rise to a point where it stands today. In 1910 the average price of a 54x4 fabric tire was $46. This figure de clined steadily until 1915 when a bot tom figure of approximately $25 was reached. In 1915 couon reached its lowest figure, and it was in that year mat" everyone was urged to buy a bale of cotton," and save the south from flnnnrlAl ruin AlrhAiiirh nth. bex sold at a higher figure in 1915, the ris was not sufficient to materi ally affect the cost of tire manufac ture as against the exceedingly low cost or fabric. As the war progressed, the demand for cotton and rubber increased tre mendously and the price of both ma terials rose in proportion with this demand. With the cessation of hos tilities, unlike steel, the demand for both continued to increase. While fhe supply of rubber is ample, there is a very inadequate supply of long staple cotton, whioh holds the market at sky-high figures. Since 1915 the price of this has Increased over 600 per. cent. In conclusion, the chart demonstrates that as compared with steel, the price of tires, which now give double the mileage they -did 10 years ago has remained stationary. Tractor Economy. ' Statistics regarding the use of tractors have been obtained . by the Bureau of Farm Management of the Department of Agriculture from 600 pores. It makes rubber practically impervious to moisture, oQ and grit It prevents rapid disintegration. . Crolide Compound Tires now available . Made of Crolide Compound .thisnew rubber is 50 to 100 tougher than ordinary-rubber, and yet resilient. A one-inch strip stretches to 7 in. . Because they' are made with this remarkable compound, Thermoid Tires eliminate the premature trou bler you experience with ordinary tires. Either the cord or fabric type Cnlidt Cm- 09Uud iS "bU rs." it rtmmint watrr lil kt indtfi-Bifh. , . gives maximum .mileage under all . . . road and weather conditions. You are invited to call and see these new tires, also the famous Crolide Compound tubes. Let us tell you interesting detail facts, experiences and tests that show why Thermoid tires and. tubes end prematura trouble and give better mileage bistributors Phone Broadway 3223 National Vulcanizing Works, St. Johns Pioneer Paint Co., 186 First Street Peoples Auto Repair Co., 5529 Foster Road Square Deal Garage, 1111 Hawthorne Avenue City Garage, 106 E. Seventh Street, Vancouver, Wash. J. A. Dary, 42 North Grand Avenue , rubber gives extra wear replies to a questionnaire sent to farms In Central Illinois. It has been proved that with a "S.lnrk hni-.- drawn play one man accomplishes'! from 70 to 80 per cent more thaii witn a single bottom plow. One man with a 2S-inch plow drawn by a motor tractor covers 30 to 35 per cent more ground In a day than does a man using six horses on a horse drawn plow of the same size. A three-bottom plow drawn by a suit able tractor enables one man to ac complish from 60 to 70 per cent mora than does the two-bottom rin j drawn by six horses. WOOD WHEEI MAINTENANCE Little Paint Needed Now and Then 10 Preserve AVood. Every motorist ' knows that the wheels are subject to thousands of road Jolts in every mile traveled, that they withstand enormous side thrust on every trip, that they work constantly in so far as they support me weignt or tne car at all times; still, the fact that they never "kick up a fuss" really keeps a true ap preciation of wheel duty and upkeep in the background and prompts the motorist to pass the wheels without examination when be makes an in spection of his car. Considering that wood wheels are working parts, and their duty is a gruelling one, this Is hardly lair. The scratch that develops rust on an other part of the car is auicklv mint. ed over. But how about the scratches mat expose tne grain of a wood w-heel to the elements? They are rarely attended to. even though a little daub of paint, or Tarnish in case the color cannot be matched, will help to preserve the wood. Very little attention is necessary. When tires are examined, it orly takes a moment to glance at the wheels. If the hub fla.ige bolts re quire setting up, a few minutes and a handy wrench are all that is neces sary. Motor Life. VELIE RUNNING TO CAPACITY Company Looks to Europe for Big Fntur Orders for Cars. MOLIN-E, ItL, July SL Velle Motor corporation continues at capacity production. This plant has maintained a production of 50 to 70 passenger cars a day and 300 trucks a month, despite the transportation collapse. President Wlllard Velie is en route to Europe, where he will investigate the general sitaation on the continent regard to sales of American cars. H Holland. Belgium and Scandinavia, in most of whioh countries the Velie cor poration has branches. Wrlgnt Joins Republic. B. F. Wright, 'chief engineer of the Federal Truck company. Detroit, has resigned to join the Republic Motor Truck company. Alma. Mich., as chief engineer. Don't leave your car with motor running.