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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 1, 1920)
THE SUND1T DREGOXIAN. PORTLA3flJ, 7 'AUGUST T, 1920 T3 E ROOSEVELT URGED Buifding of Route Lined With Trees Proposed. AID BY ALL IS SUGGESTED President of Forestry Protection Association Outlines Plan to Clnb In New Tork. Lined -with memorial trees. Roosevelt road of remembrance would be the greatest of all memorials In honor of the ex-president, Charles Lathrop Pack, president of the Amer ican Forestry association of Wash ington, declared at the memorial tree planting for Theodore Roosevelt and Quentin Roosevelt by the Park Gar den club of Flushing. N. Y. He epoke of the educational value of ehip-by-truck week and said: "In a Roosevelt road of remem brance every citizen of the United States would have a part and no finer memorial could be erected than such a memorial highway. It would be another sign to the world that we are Americans all and that we live in a united country. But even greater than that would be the educa tional value of such an undertaking. As never before the United States needs a great outstanding lesson in forest conservation for this country today faces one of its gravest prob lems; the perpetuation of its great est natural resource, the forest. "Millions are to be spent on im proved highways that the producer and consumer may be brought close together. Next week a ehip-by-truck drive will be launched. Let us beau tify these highways in the build ing. If there could be a great for ward movement such as I picture in tree planting the result would be a citizenry awakened to the value of trees as a national asset. This would direct the thought of the citizen to caving the forests. If Theodore Roosevelt were alive he would in dorse heartily such a move. He saw the danger years ago when he called the first conference of governors at the White House. He pictured to them a warning that no man present could forget. "A great message Is seldom heard until after the giver of it is dead. These trees we plant today are sym bols or ever renewing life. Let us then keep the message Theodore Roosevelt gave us alive.. That mes sage was that national prosperity and well being is dependent upon a na tion's forests. With such a memorial arousing the whole nation as it surely would for each could have a part Theodore Roosevelt would both be honored and would know that his message had been heard." Memorial trees are being planted along many of the highways of the country, the American Forestry as sociation points out and calls on the automobile world to co-operate in this work everywhere because of the great opportunity to better cement the relations between the motor user and the citizen. The Daughters of the American Revolution at its last ses sion in Washington adopted unani mously a resolution urging a Liberty Memorial park and a memorial drive leading to it. The American Forestry association has called on the states to plant memorial trees along the road to Mount Vernon, the nation's shrine. Shlp-by-truck week. May 17-22, Is of the greatest educational value to the good roads movement, Mr. Pack says, adding that the great burden of good roads Is civilization. In manv places now such as along the Dixie Highway, the Lincoln highway and many other roads trees are being planted. It would all result in a great national memorial if memorial tree plantings were taken up along with every -road building plan. The . American Forestry association will send any motor club or individual free tree planting instructions on re quest to Its offices in Washing ton, D. C. Woman's club have notified City Water Superintendent Price, in charge of the park, that they will furnish washtubs in order that motorists may do the family wash. The nark is supplied with city water and already many campers carrying their own tubs have strong clotheslines between oak trees and buns out the family laundry. The city has expended all available funds this year for the park, but plans by another season to provide a rest room, equipped with magazines. FARMERS TO KEEP HORSES Soil Tillers Depend on Steeds to Serve in Emergency. Farmers, when discussing; the mo torization of the farm, are always ready to state that even though most of the work of the farm will be done in the future by motor-driven devices, the horses would" still be found necessary. H. F. Harris, pres' Ident of the Bethlehem Motors cor poration, calls attention to the fact that street car railroads were elec tricized and for a long time main tained large stables of horses. "Electric roads have no horses to day," said Mr. Harris. "Big busi ness in the -large cities motorized, and for long periods continued to maintain stables of horses because of some lack of confidence in the motor equipment. Big business gave up EXIT OF OLD DOBBIN IS WOT FUR DISTANT Horse Soon to Cease as Fac tor on Farms. AUTO EXPERT TELLS WHY Many Breeders Trying to Delude Themselves and Other bnt to No Avail Is Assertion. WASHINGTON, July 31. An auto mobile expert of the national capital. who has been gathering statistics In regard to tha relative cost of keeping horse and maintaining a truck or tractor, predicts that the time is not far distant when Old Dobbin . will -REPUBLIC TRUCK ALL THE SAME LOCOMOTIVE. -tdtP '' I? s - mtr sr-urr- tSm. 1 "!Z This 3-ton Rpablle track: for several months has been taking; the place of a locomotive and making: three trips a day towing; a freight ear on a rail line betrreen the Homestead Iron-dyke mines and the Oxbow tunnel, near Baker. The truck, which la equipped with ateel-flangrd wheels, vras sold there nine months ago by tke Roberts Motor Car company, Republic distributors for Oregon. their horses. Farmers will motorize and continue to keep their horses until such time as their confidence is thoroughly established in the mo tor equipment of the farm motor truck, -tractor, etc., when they will quickly give up the horses." cease to be a factor on the farm. "The horse is dying hard, but nevertheless he is surely dying out as a power unit on the farms of America," declared this expert. "Many farmers, and more especially horse breeders, are trying to delude themselves into the idea that the farm horse will never bo relegated to the extreme rear. An indication of this was brought out at the recent convention of draft horsa breeders at Indianapolis. During that conven tion the president of the association issued an interview in the Indianapo lis newspapers In which he asserted that the time will never come when we can get along without horses on' the farm; They still furnish nine tenths of the farm power and will continue to do so." Shortasre ( Good Hanu, "This horse breeder admitted that there is a scarcity of good farm horses of the draft type. We have, plenty of interior animals and those of the poorer grades,' this breeder said. but there is a noticeable short age of good animals and the demand for good horses is becoming heavy with the prices rising.' "Without knowing it, this breeder has provided the one best argument against the use of horses on the farm. The prices are rising for good horses, he admits. And be further admits that good horses are scarce. He might well have pointed out facts shown in government reports that horses of all grades are more than a million in number less now than two or three years ago. 'This breeder might have learned from government reports that the horse has proved to be an economic failure on the farm. The government figures compiled before the -war show that it costs $150 a year to keep a horse and this figure should be dou bled now. And then this report shows that 40 per cent of the farm er's total working expenses are chargeable to the use of horses. Bone Expensive Feeder. "Ineffeciency Is the horse's middle name, too. It is commonly allowed that the horse can only pull a little more than his own weight. While a 1200-pound horse may possibly de velop power equivalent to four horses by mechanical test, at the same time this power can be exerted and applied for only a short space. "The horse eats what Is equivalent to one-fourth of the crops he pro duces and he delivers but from 2 to 7 per cent of the energy contained In the food he consumes. The horse works on an average of but 100 days In the year and has to be cared for and fed 365 days in the year. "With motor trucks and tractors now recognized as efficient and de pendable power units, I assert that there is no longer an excuse for keep ing horses to raise corn to feed horses to raise more corn for horse feed. It is an endless, very expensive and highly inefficient cycle that the farm er has already stood for too long." Oldest Maxwell Dealer. The oldest Maxwell dealer in the world and the youngest Chalmers dealer in the present organization are a few of the titles proudly borne by N. L. Btever, president of the Biever Motor -Car company of New Haven, Conn. For sixteen years Mr. Biever has held the Maxwell franchise through all the many uncertaintfes of a business which developed from matter of pure sporting speculation into the third largest Industry In the country. ' i lllllllllllllllllllllllllllilHIllllllW COOD ROADS BIG . HELP REAL DIVIDENDS DECLARED PAID TO SEATTLE. TIRES 50c on the Dollar HALF PRICE 50c on the Dollar Growth of Motor Transport Is Re yarded as of Huge Talne to Nearby Communities. BBATTLE, Wash., July 81. Good roads are paying Seattle and nearby communities real dividends daily, ac cording to an editorial in the Seattle Times. The editorial sketches the growth of motor transport in that section or the country. It says: "A hundred of these machines are operations 'over the fine thorough fares out of this city in every direc tion. They handle Several hundred tons of freight every 24 hours handle It ewiitly, surely and cheaply. "So well organized has this busi ness become that tariff schedules have been drafted, regular hours of service provided and bonding arrangements made to protect shippers against loss. Moreover, this business still is in the stage of development. It Is much bigger today than it was a year ago; it will be a great deal bigger a 12 month hence. "The swift truck, operating over a specified route and eerving a spec ified district, assures the rural mer chant and the rural dweller service such as neither ever previously has had. The same trucks bring to Se attle, from innumerable point3, farm products desired by urban dwellers. "Every time a new road is built, opening upa farming district prev iously served indifferently, if at all, new possibilities are presented for truck freighting. "Good roads pay by attracting tourists during the summer. "But they also pay the year 'round by providing superior transportation facilities for King county communi ties and communities elsewhere In western Washington." HOOD RTVER PARK LIKED Motorists ETen Do Family "Wash ing at New Camp. HOOD RIVER. Or.. July 31. (Spe cial.) The Hood River automobile park, opened only a few months, is already winning popularity with mo tor traveler from many states. Sev eral . nights this summer the camp has been filled to capacity. Last Sunday-license plates showed automo biles present from Missouri, Wyo ming, Colorado. Oregon, Washington, Idaho, California, Utah and Kansas. Visitors declare the park one of the best equipped in the state Four ovens have been provided for cook ing. Members of .Uie ilooi fviverj Unlimited Mileage Guarantee '!'r" Special Week August 2-7 .We purchased six carloads (6492 Tires) of "Clingstone" brand, made by the Lancaster Tire & Rubber Co. of Lancaster, Ohio, at a price that permitted us to sell them at just half the pres ent retail price. . Nearly 5000 of these tires have been sold within the last few weeks; therefore, this is practically your last chance. These tires are strictly high-grade, fresh stock, guaranteed both by the manufacturers and ourselves. They are made of new live rubber, with pure gum friction and 174-ounce long fibre cotton duck. The tread is an effective non-skid of the tough white oxide of zinc compound. Adjustments will be made by us at any of our eight stores on an un limited mileage basis. Defective tires will be adjusted liberally re gardless of how far they have been run. Our Amazing Prices (Subject to Withdrawal Without Notice) Size. List Price. Sale Price. Saving. 30x3. . . . $21.25 $10.63 $10.62 30x32 . 27.75 13.88 13.87 ,S2xSy2 -: 32.15 16.08 16.07 31x4..,.. 42.05 21.03 21.02 32x4. 42.80 21.40 21.40 33x4.. ,-..r 44.50 22.25 22.25 34x4.. 45.75 22.88 22.87 35x412 64.35 32.18 32.17 These tires are not "seconds" "retreads" "made-overs," "half soles," or cheap tires made of inferior material. This sale includes thousands of tires of other makes all sizes both cord and fabric at startling reductions. Call and look over these tire bargains. - 8 . -I i iVi V.f.. Portland Seattle Tacoma Spokane Autoparts Supply Company 80-82 Sixth Street Phone Broadway 5508 Yakima Bellingham Boise Walla Walla Baslk:! Across Contimeet New York to San Francisco Averaged 27 2-10 Miles Per Gallon Total Distance Traveled 3442 Miles. - Total Gasoline Consumption 126xz Gallons. C Total Oil Consumption 2 Gallons. Average Speed 19.2 Miles per Hour. ... r Relay of 24 Drivers Overland Makes History Read the Following Record WEST CLASS OP MJtVtC SYMBOL Ow umr Bum Wt Men Wis " wiu I m V mat tt (w ant ayrctah mi tt (miiUj i mi) mtfmmmm. OOno- Mm hdsmr to MkaM b a NrWCOMI CARLTON. pmcsroSMT OUO W'C ATKTNB. vtcsKCSlDSMT U.VIOKnl CIAS Of SEBVlCt SYMBOL Pet IHcwMe Oar Law Bins WW bw II L MniWISllaaM aw ttm m a Say wtmmm. Othfe nraOv h Mfcaustv Sa KCQYED AT 93DSO 36 COLLECT NL 21 EXTRA -' Sent to all dealers 72120 Toledo, O., July 20, 1920. H. H. Elms, Willys-Overland Pacific Co., Portland, Org.: Transcontinental car left Joliet, 111., 8 P. M. Tuesday; 964 miles in 44 hours, averag ing 22 y2 miles gallon. Rough roads. Twelve drivers so far. Please notify your dealers. , WILLYS-OVERLAND, INC Canaday 4 A. M. July 21 3S4 sf fd 44 Collect Nl 1 ex 93Sp Sent to all dealers, Toledo, O., July 21, 1920. H. H. Eling, Willys-Overland Pacific Co., Portland : Transcontinental car left Des Moines 12:30. P. M. Wednesday; thirteen fifty-eight miles in sixty and half hours, averaging twenty-three and eight-tenths miles gallon. Last hundred fifty miles thirty per gallon. Roads bad. Fourteen drivers so far. Please notify your dealers. WILLYS-OVERLAND, INC Canaday. D509CH 71 COLLECT 1 EXTRA NL Sent to dealers 72220 Toledo, O., July 22. H. H. Eling, Willys-Overland Pacific Co., Portland, Org.: Transcontinental car left North Platte, Nebraska, 9:30 Thursday morning on time; eighteen thirty-one miles seventy-two gallon gas, averaging twenty-five and half miles per gallon. Average Cedar Rapids-North Platte six hundred miles thirty-one miles per gallon. Forty miles through mud with chains, many miles second speed through sand. Many dealers wire distributors not sending daily information. Suggest you wire them daily col lect. Will wire Saturday, Sunday, Monday. WILLYS-OVERLAND, INC i x Canaday D366CH 32 COLLECT NL Toledo, O., July 23. H. H. Eling, Willys-Overland Pacific Co., Portland, Org.: Transcontinental car left Cheyenne 8 P. M. Thursday, one hour ahead Twenty sixty- : four miles in ninety-two hours, averaging twenty-six miles gallon. Seventeen drivers so far. Please notify your dealers. WARD M. CANADAY. A445CH 48 COLLECT NL 1920 July 24 P. M. 8:37 Toledo, O., July 24. H. H. Eling, "Willys-Overland Pacific Co., Portland, Org.: Transcontinental car left Rock Springs Friday afternoon on time. Twenty-three fifty four miles eighty-eight gallons gasoline, averaging twenty-six and three-quarters miles per gallon. Average between Cheyenne and Rock Springs two hundred ninety miles, thirty two and two-tenths miles per gallons. Roads sandy and hilly. WARD M. CANADAY. 41D H 38 COLLECT NL f Toledo, O., July 25, 1920. H. H. Eling, Overland Co., Portland, Org.: Transcontinental car left Montello, Nevada, approximately 450 miles northeast of Reno, Saturday P. M. Twenty-seven thirty-two miles one hundred two gallons gasoline, averaging 26 and 78 hundredths miles per gallon. Koads bad. WARD M. CANADAY. July 26, 1920 5:55 A A150SF 34 COLLECT BLUE 1920 JUL 26 AM 10:04 VN SAN FRANCISCO CALIF 914A 26 Willys-Overland Pacific Co.,. Portland Org. : Transcontinental car arrived San Francisco naught .five A. M. ' Total distance three thousand four hundred forty-two miles. Total gas one hundred twenty-six and half. Total oil two gallons. Car in splendid condition. L. M. STEWART. Willys-Overland Pacific Co. Broadway at Davis Phone Broadway 3535 iniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiifitHiH 1 m 4f 4
