THE SUNDAY OKEGONIAN, FORTXAJTD, AUGUST 1, 1920
ILLINOIS FOLK TRAVEL FAR IN STUDEBAKER BIG SIX.
Association Formed to Work
for Willamette Highway.
ALONG RIVER 75 MILES
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ANOTHER MAIN ROAD
WILL BE PROPOSE
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Highway Commission to Be TJfrged
tp 'Consider Route Serving Big
- Territory In Valley.
Vaf the purpose of developing1 a
state highway through the Wil
lamette valley, an association has
been formed with Isaac L. Patterson of
Eola at Its head, and having as mem
ber . prominent road enthusiasts of
Yamhill, Folk, Marion and Benton
counties. The new highway will be
christened either Capital highway or
Willamette highway, and It seems
probable that the latter name -will be
elected on account of the fact that
It will parallel the Willamette river
lor about 75 miles.
The present plan calls for a high
way branching off the West Side
highway at Dayton, (2.4 miles south
west of Portland, and extending- up
the west side of the Willamette river
to a junction with the Salem-Dallae
highway at West Salem. Which of
the existing roads will be used is not
yet determined, but in any event a
connection will be made with Wheat
land . ferry. This seotlon between
Dayton and West Salem will be about
22 miles in length. It presents no
difficult problems of construction and
will open up a section that now has
no railroad facilities.
Independence In the Rente.
From West Salem to Brunk cor
ners the recently completed pave
ment of the Dallas-Salem highway
will be used, and here the Willamette
highway will turn to the south and
pasp through Independence. This
section of road is one of the most
heavily traveled in (he state and is
In urgent need of paving.
The association has not yet made
up a route south of Independence, but
if the plans of the etate highway
commission prevail, and the West
Side highway is extended south from
Monmouth to Corvallis, then the as
sociation will endeavor to get an ex
tension of the Willamette highway
south from Independence on a route
nearer the river, to Albany, and
thence over the river road to Corvallis.-
The nast named section is already-
established as a state highway
by law, but no work has yet been
done on it.
It will be noted by an Inspection of
the road map of the Willamette val
ley that the proposed new highway
wllj serve a great deal of territory
not now served by good roads, and -a
considerable portion is not even
served by railroads. The proposed
highway will also furnish several
diagonal cross connections between
the. West Side and the Pacific high-
- r our cross Connections
It will start on the West Side high
way at " Dayton, touch the Pacific
highway at Salem, and will connect
baolc- to the West Side highway at
Independence by means of the con
nection with Monmouth. It will then
connect with the Pacific highway at
Albany, and finally with the West
Side highway at Corvallis.
'This will make four cross connec
tions, in all, and at the same time the
highway will be very popular for
thrcugh travel as well as for local
service. Some sections are even now
very-heavlly used.
While at present no extension south
Of Corvallis is contemplated, it would
be jiOssible to get an excellent loca
tion; Jpy crossing the river at Corval
lis -and following the east bank to
Hafcieburg, parallel with and several
miles west of -the Pacific highway.
At -Harrisburg the Pacific highway
would be crossed and the Willamette
highway would then extend to Eu-
tenBby way of Coburg.
In-fact, at one time the highway
commission seriously considered rout-
lng-the main Pacific highway through
this, territory. From Eugene the new
Willamette highway would merge
wlth-the old Willamette highway up
the" middle fork of the Willamette
river" and over the Cascade range into
eastern Oregon. The road as planned
wonld be by far the shortest route to
Crater lake and the Klamath country.
Up to the Commission.
Just what attitude the highway
commission will take is uncertain, but
It is probable that even if the new
highway is placed on the map by the
commission or by the legislature, Im
mediate construction would be out
of Jhe question until other roads are
more nearly finished.
It -is possible that the commission
might be prevailed upon to take up
some of the sections now, Including
the stretch from Brunk corners to
Independence, and between Albany
and Corvallis, especially since the lat
ter' piece is already provided for in
the state programme. .
One of the first actions to be taken
by the new association will be to
urge the commission to pave the sec
tion of the West Side highway be
tween Newberg and Dayton station.
This stretch has already been graded
and graveled, and is ready for hard
surface. It la one of the most heavily
traveled roads in Oregon, and is not
only an Important connection with
the new Willamette highway, but
also serves Dayton, Lafayette, Dun
dee, WcMinnville. all the Tillamook
country and the points south of Mc
Minnville on the West Side highway.
The unpaved section is six miles
longvsnd if a paving plant were to be
set up this fall, the section could be
completed early next summer. With
the hardsurfacing of this section.
there will be continuous paving for
o. miles from Portland.
MULTI-WHEELS TO COME
HEAVY TRICKS OF FUTURE
-.. SEED MORE SUPPORT.
New.Bcsigns 3Iay Be Offered Trade
Z as Result of Series of
. Experiments.
Is the motor truck of the future to
fee . built with six and even eight
wheels?
TUB multiple wheel truck with tan
dem, axle is now declared to be prac
tical after two years of experiments
conducted by the Goodyear Tire &
Rubber company of Akron, Ohio. E.
W.- Templin, designing engineer of the
highway transportation department
tf tioodyear. declares that the prin
tipla: of the six-wheel truck can no
longer be questioned and that the
type he has been working on for the
past.' two years is practical in every
way; and needs only a few minor
changes before jt is ready to be man-
This ear reached Portland Inst week from Freeport. Ill-, with fsnr passenarera and s load of 1SOO ponnds, an told, the
trip taking; 19 days by way 'of Yellowstone national park. According; to Nelson Celarer, who drove, with his father
and mother and sister Rath as pasaensers, sne tire chancre was the only repair on the entire trip, the eost of
which was only 950 for all hands. Of course, the party didn't atop at hotels for that figure, but camped along;
the route. Mr. Gelgrer Informed F. M. L.eeston-Smlth ' f W. C. Garbe. lac, Studebaker distributors here, that
360 gallons of gasoline were consumed for. the 2821 miles of the tour, or 11 miles to the Ballon. The tourists
wonld hire done better than that had It not been for five days of driving through awful mad In Iowa and
soutn uaicota. i ne itinerary inpiunra
snnou, icuownviK nauumai
ufactured and placed on the market.
The big idea behind the six-wheel
truck is to carry a heavier load ,on
smaller tires; reduce materially the
weight of the truck; lessen expense
and cost operation and above all
speed the arrival of the freight on
pneumatic tires. It, is said in favor of
the tandem wheels that they will sus
tain tremendous loads without over
loading the tires and with five-inch
clearance between the wheels the
combined weight of truck and load is
distributed in such a manner as to
insure easy going on any highway
without damaging the road.
The type used by Templin was built
with a 5x6 Hercules motor and 1-ton
axles, solid tire rating of standard
construction. Goodyear demountable
rims are used with 21-inch brake
drums. The truck weighs 800 pounds
less than the average five-ton solid
tire Job.
The "six-wheeler," as it is common
ly called around Akron, where experi
ments have been going on, has a
ground clearance one and one-half
times greater than the average motor
truck of five tons. The speed is gov
erned to 30 miles an hour at 1400 rev
olutions per minute of engine. It is
equipped with seven-speed transmis
sion. CANADA COMES TO FORE
U. S. HAS OXE AUTO TO EVERY
15 RESIDENTS.
America Ranks First In Production
of Machines "With Great
Britain Second.
Canada in now the second nation in
the world in the manufacture of auto
mobiles, number of cars owned and
per capita distribution. The United
States takes first rank, with Great
Britain second.
Figures compiled by the motor bus
and motorize the farm bureaus of the
Goodyear Tire & Rubber company
show that one person In every 15 in
the United States owns an automo
bile, while one In every 23 is the per
centage in Canada. In Great Britain
but one person in every 268 owns a
car. The percentage in France is one
to 102, one to 684 in Germany, one to
1000 in Italy, one to 2700 in Austria
and one to 5300 in Russia.
The total number of cars registered
In this country is approximately
7,000,000, in the Dominion 350,000 and
in England 180,000. Canada showed
increased registration in 1919 of 13
per cent. Ontario was the banner
province, with a registration of 127,
860 passenger cars And 11,428 trucks.
Saskatchewan, Alberta, Manitoba and
Quebec rank in the order named.
Canada employes 15,000 workers in
the automobile industry, which repre
sents an investment of $50,000,000. In
1919, 94,000 automobiles were manu
factured in the Dominion, with a total
sales for the year of approximately
$100,000,000. The annual wages of
persons in the industry total $15,-
000,000.
Rural Canada owns more than half
the cars operated in the Dominion,
and in the prairie provinces the per
centage is greater.
It is estimated that the total Cana
lian .production of automobiles in
1920 will be increased 35 per cent
over 1919.
JEW PRESIDEST. OF THE W. H.
WALLIXtFORB COMPANY. .
An announcement of much interest
in the wideterritory it serves is that
made by the W. H. Wallingford com
pany, distributors for Liberty and
Briscoe cars, to the etrect that C. L. -Powell,
formerly a wheat grower of !
Sherman county, who lately acquired j
stock interests In the firm, has taken
over the entire holdings of Mr. Wal
lingford and becomes president of the
company. Mr. Wallingford retires
from active connection with the con
cern. The remainder of the Walling
ford organization has been retained
practically intact.
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Waterloo, la.i gionx Falls, Mitchell,
noise, loano, ana m uoiomDU
LIBERTY Ci KEPT UP
COMPETENT ORGANIZATION'
IN MANUFACTURE CITED.
Ability -to Produce Displayed in
Spite of Shortage of Slate
rials Due to Strikes. .
The impression that it possesses one
of the most competent organizations
in the business of manufacturing mo
tor cars has again been highly
strengthened by the Liberty Motor
Car company of Detroit, through its
ability to keep right on producing
cars despite the trying conditions
that are again so seriously handi
capping the entire industry, says W.
H. Wallingford, Liberty distributor
here.
The switchmen's strike and the
consequent shortage of freight equip
ment have proved worthy successors
to the war, materials shortage, em
bargoes and labor troubles which for
so long interfered with production.
Nevertheless, the Liberty company
has again displayed the spirit and
ability which made it the first mo
tor car company -to break production
records after the war's end, and, al
though many factories have been
obliged to close down entirely, it has
continued to build cars In spite of
the most trying difficulties.
April was one of the largest months
in the company's history and May ex
ceeded any previous month since the
company Btarted in business.
The company's new factory, to
gether with the old plant which is
still being retained, provided ample
room for the storage of stock in an
ticipation of possible further mate
rial shortages, and its admirable fi
nancial position enabled it to provide
itself with parts far in advance of
actual need. As a result, there has
been little difficulty over lack of
parts, - since there are materials
amounting to millions of dollars
awaiting their call to go into the
construction of Liberty cars at the
company's two factories in Detroit.
During the present railway shipping
difficulty many of- the distributors
near at hand again arranged for a
drive-away of cars, so that produc
tion was not stopped because of an
accumulation of finished cars at the
factory. In certain cases distribu
tors even took -the cars allotted them
and arranged for storage in or near
Detroit when it was impractiqnble to
drive to the points for which they
were destined. It was largely through
this loyal aid from distributors and
dealers that the company has con
tinued to produce when other plants
were obliged to temporarily discon
tinue. NEW ROAD TOPS MOUNTAIN
Motorists to Trout Lake Urged to
Make Climb In' Small Cars.
HOOD RIVER. Or., July 81. (Spe
cial.) Motorists who visit Trout
Lake, Wash., should not fail to travel
to the summit of a new mountain
hiehway just completed to the snow
line of Mount Adams, according to
E. O. Blanchar, local banker, who
with Mrs. Blanchar visited the dis
trict Sunday.
"Guler postoffice," says Mr. Blan
char. "is at an elevation of 1900 feet.
On Sunday we were taken to an ele
vation of 5000 feet by Chris Guler.
pioneer of the district. The road's
end, however, is about a mile far
ther up. The distance of the new
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Roberts Motor Car Co.
Vancouver, Wash. Portland, OrJ-Boise, Idaho
Largest Exclusive Truck Dealer in the Northwest
Aberdeen and the Black Hills. S. D.
nver highway to Portland.
road, which enables one to look right
Onto the snowfields of Adams and
at the glaciers, is 14 miles long. The
view of Mount Hood and distant
scenery of Oregon is fine.
"I would advise only cars of the
smaller type with powerful engines
to make the trip. A number of grades
are 18 per cent and some of the
curves are too sharp for large cars.
r rom the end of the road forest ran
gers who are building a cabin on
top of Mount Adams made the sum
mit easily in three hours. The trip,
it is said, is en easy one."
ROAD "WORK IS STOPPED
Crews and Equipment on Lost Lake
1 Highway at Hood River.
HOOD RIVER. Or., July 31. (Spe
clal.) Cointy Commissioner Hansom
yesterday stopped work on the county
portion of the Lost Lake road and
crews and equipment - were returned
here. It is likely that work of smooth
ing up stretches of the road will be
resumed after the rains set in.
The crews of the United States for
estry , service will continue to push
toward the lake. Only about a mile
and a quarter of grade remains. Ef
forts will be made to complete the
road by fall.
TRUCK LIFTS LAND PRICE
AUTO CONSIDERED FACTOR IN
RAISING VALUES.
Report Made by Field Men of
Economic Division of Ship-by-Truck
Bureau.
AKRON, O., May 29.-One modern
factor In the recent boom in land
prices in many sections of the county
is the motor truck, according to re
ports made to field men of the
economic research division of the
ship-by-truck bureau, which main
tains headquarters here and has a
nation-wide organization.
Land, which formerly was worth
only $150 to $200 an acre, has sud
denly doubled and trebled in value,
it is said. For much of the increase
the motor truck is credited, espe
cially where farmers have found it
possible, by means of it, to reach the
most desirable markets, formerly re
garded as inaccessible.
In the Burley tobacco district of
Kentucky, for instance, the bureau
says. Blue Grass land which previ
ously had not been planted to to
bacco because the planter lived too
far from a desirable market, has
risen from $300 an acre on the aver
age to more than $500 in value.
Many small farms sell for $1000 to
JlSoo an acre, it is said.
With the advent of ship-by-truck
methods, tobacco Is daily brought
into Lexington, the world's largest
loose-leaf tobacco market, by motor
truck. It comes from points 60 and 60
miles distant in many instances. In
this manner the grower is able to
realize the highest prices paid for
tobacco, whereas formerly hp was
Compelled many times to accept less
for his crop than it actually was
worth. Many smaller- markets have
been put out of business, it is true,
but the farmer has profited immensely
by this introduction of modern ef
ficiency. Maxwell Production Booming. .
One post-war Maxwell is being built
every Vt minutes of the working
LIC
The fact that we have installed so
many Republic Trucks locally proves
two .distinct things:
First, the superior character of Re-,
public ruggedness, economy and per
formance. Second, the superior character of our
transportation experience, and our
Service facilities.
The Truth'
About Tire Mileage Find
Why do yon favor a "certain tire?
Do you know that it gives you greater,
mileage than another?
Big tire users do not guess, at these
things. On stage lines, taxis, trucks,
etc, service is compared. Often a
score of rival tires are compared with
Millers, and on millions of miles of
road.
Miller is winning in these contests.
And the records it is making are the
talk of Motordom.
Get the Extra Miles
You are hearing of these records
if you talk with Miller users. And
they are not exceptional. Miller Tires
are famous for their uniformity.
Put a Miller Tire opposite the tire
you are using now. Compare the mile
age see which tire excels. This test,
we think, will be a revelation to you.
Tire mileage has beenvastlyiricreased
in late years. You should know what
Tread Patenters
Center tread smooth
with suction cap, for
firm hold on wet as
phalt. Geared-tt-the-road
side tread i, mesh
like eogs in dirt.
day. 'This is at the rate of 100,000
cars per year asserts L. C. Freeman,
executive eng-ineer -of the Maxwell
Motor company. This Is one of the
bis reasons why the list price of the
car is so low, because of the gigantic
saving in money the purchase of mil
lions of dollars worth of materials
means.
KLICKITAT
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County Judge Blowers Motors
From Hood River to Goidendale.
HOOD RIVER. Or., July 81. (Spe
cial.) County Judge L. N. Blowers,
who ' motored to Goidendale with his
son, Paul M. Blowers, and wife, and
his mother-in-law. Mrs. A. F. Wise,
of California, says the roads from
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5- ton
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Notice to Dealers: Write, your territory may be open.
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Formerly Oregon Motor Car Co.
DISTRIBUTORS
BROADWAY AT BURNSIDE
Phone Broadway 616
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new-day Millers give on ithe car. yotj
pse.
We Never Guess
We never guess on Miller serviced
Over 1,000 tires yearly are worn out at
our factory to show what Millers do.
Eight geared-up machines each run
two tires 650 miles a day. Four Pierce
Axrows are run by our men 320 miles a
Compared 116 Kinds
The A. F. Wolke Robber Co-, of Lotus
ville, say they have repaired 116 varieties
of tires, exisnined the) wear ajxl csmpusd
the) mileage. These) testa bar convinced
them that the Miller Cord Is the best tira
bunt.
day. Scores of taxis, jitneys and trucks
are also employed in these tests.
Rival tires are constantly compared
with Millers. Thus day by day we are
proving that the Millers stay supreme.
BUB 5
Cords or Fabrics
White Salmon to the Klickitat county
seat by way of Lyle are excellent.
"We returned by way of Glenwood,
however," says Judge Blowers, "and
ths route is not so pleasing for mo
torists at present. The new. Kllckl
tate grade is being cut. This is a
road that wiU be thrilling enough for
anyone! as "It passes around points at
a sheer elevation of 2000 feet, over
looking the Klickitat river gorge."
To Eliminate Sqneaks.
Ordinary cotton braid makes an
admirable silencer wherever sheet
metal comes in contact with sheet
metal. Heavy cotton tape is better
where there is heavy wear, as, for in
stance, under the hood. In the case
S of squeaking fenders a length of
cotton braid is bunched under the
j fastening nuts which are then drawn
up.
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These tests are extreme, for we want
quick showings. We use undersized
tires, extra-heavy loads and hard rear
wheel conditions. Yet Miller Cords
on our factory machines average 15,000
mfles.
Miller treads average 25 per cent
better than the rival treads compared,
They Do Not Vary
We know that men everywhere, in"
like tests, will get like extra mileage.
For Miller Tires are uniform.
Every tire is signed by thex maker
and inspector. Both are penalized if a'
tire comes back. So they don't le
vfaults creep through,
There are numerous large cities froni
Which not a single Miller. Tire, came
back last year.
Under Miller Standards, also, ffie'
tread must outlast the tire. So every
day we vulcanize and test our tread
stock in the laboratory. No bne Mil
ler Tire has come back with the tread
cone since this method ,wa adapted!
See What You Get
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Mileage depends largely on Condi-'
tions on size, on care, on load and
road. Remarkable tales are being told
about the Miller mileage, - But see
what you get on your, car.
The mileage you get will surprise"
you, we believe. It will probably
change your whole conception of good
tires.
You owe that to yourself. Miller
Tires are winning countless contests
" now. Hundreds of thousands of users
are getting extra mileage from them.
Learn what they mean to you.
When you buy a new car insist on
Miller Tires. Twenty car makers now
supply them and there is no extra
charge.
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