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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
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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.