The Sunday Oregonian., September 12, 1920, SECTION SIX, Page 6, Image 76

THE SUNDAY OREGON! AN, PORTLAND, SEPTEMBER 12, 1920
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ALONG THE NEWLY PAVED LOWER COLUMBIA RIVER HIGHWAY.
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SURVEY IS COMPLETE
FEW EMPLOYES LAID OFF
Most Stupendous Panoramic View
Ever Offered Tourists Is Pre
dicted to Be Result.
Some Plants Have Too Much Ma
terial on Hand, Requiring Cer
tain Adjustments.
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Rivaling the wonders of an air
plane trip over the roof of the Rock
ies, the world's greatest scenic auto
mobile highway which the United
States government soon is to start
hewing across the big range in
Glacier National park will afford
tourists the most stupendous pano
ramic view ever presented to the
human eye.
This is to be a highway in a literal
nnts, according to Motor Travel, for
It will lead right over the transcon
tinental divide, rising; to ariltltude
of 9000 feet. The roadway will be
about 38 miles in length, and Stephen
T. Mather, director of national parks,
estimates it will take five years to
build it.
The survey was completed this
spring.
The road will start near the head
of Lake McDonald, and extend along
the east side of the picturesque body
of water to the head of the lake and
thence up beautiful McDonald Creek
valley to Tapper creek, along Tapper
creek.
Through Scenic Country.
Here it flanks the sides of mag
nificent Mount Cannon, thence over
Logan pass, through the Hanging
Gardens, down Reynolds creek, skirt
ing the base of Going-to-the-Sun
Chalet village, thence along the north
shore to the foot of St. Mary's lake,
where it joins the east automobile
highway which Louis W. Hill, chair
man of the Great Northern railway,
personally laid out and paid for.
This east side mountain highway
which Mr. Hill built is 30 miles long.
It leads to the Great Northern rail
way at Glacier park station, the main
t-ate way of the park. In construct
ing this road Mr. Hill had his road
builders hew nine miles through a
primeval forest of pine and fir at a
t ost of $100,000.
The completion of the Transconti
nental Divide Automobile highway
will enable automobile tourists to
make a trip of 68 miles over hard
toads through the park, from Glacier
park station, Montana, gateway, on
the east side of the continental
way on the west side of the Rocky
way on the wast side of the Rocky
mountain range, or vice versa.
Plan Emmy Grades.
For a greater part of the distance
the grade of the Transcontinental
Divide Automobile highway will be
about 6 per cent, though occasional
short stretches will reach 8 per cent,
to which the engineers are to be re-
sirictea. none or the curves are to
be with less than a 50 .per cent
radius.
On the east side of the transconti
nental divide there will be an eisht
mile stretch in which the grades are
considerably easier. For the greater
part of the way there the grade will
be 4 per cent or leas.
There will be short distances on the
east side of the summit where the
nignway must be cut along almost
perpenaicuiar cllrrs. but most of the
way the engineering task will not be
so ouiicuit, as it is merely a matter
of cutting a shelf along the sides of
tne mountains. Fassina- rilar-o. m
be provided, giving adequate protec-
uuu in irainc.
AUTO BUSIXKSS AECESSITV
Aew York Bank Finds 7 0 Per Cen
Use in Business.
iscw iOKK, Sept. 11. A New
j otk canning nrm recently Investl
galeae sales or motor cars to SSfiS
buyers. It was shown that to 70 per
cent of the buyers the automobile is
a business necessity. All of . these
ouyers, it was found, were pur
cnasing tneir automobiles on time
payments. Of the remaining SO per
cent only a few cars were being used
exclusively for pleasure, the remain
der being used at least a part of the
nine lor business. Study of condl
tions points to the conclusion that at
least so per cent of all automobiles
are in use at least a part of the time
lor Dusiness purposes.
Cause for Sparking.
Kxcessive sparking at the brushes
of a lighting or starting dynamo may
arise from a variety of causes. Be-
lore giying up nope or effecting a
cure it is well to try swset of graphite
brushes, which, because of their self
lubricating qualities and the fact that
the lubricant itself is a conductor,
effect a more perfect commutation.
FRINGE FOR ROAD SIGNS
ALBERT OF EXGLAXD CALLS
ATTENTION TO NEEDS.
Every Road, Alonjj Highways Soon
" to Have Fresh Reading
Matter for Tourists. -
The plea made by young Prince
Albert of England at a recent dirner
of the Royai Academy for a "neglect
ed field of art, the painting of signs
along motor routes in the country
to let motorists know through what
towns they are passing, has served to
increase In this country tne expres
sions of appreciation by automobile
tourists for the big historical books
Of the United States Tire company.
In order that the boards may have
fresh interest for tourists, a page
of history is now being turned- and
soon .every board will contain new
reading matter. It is the company's
plan to "turn a page" every year. If
motorist travels the same route
long enough he will have a volum
inous knowledge of the history of
the section.
The highways of the country are
dotted with these books, giving not
only the names of towns but interest
ing bits of their history. Motorists
have had through them "Agreeable in
troduction to unknown places, noted
for famous achievements,- for their
resources, or as favored spots where
great men first saw the light.
Many a little village -that would
have failed to register in any way in
the mind of the passing motorist will
always be remembered as the town
where the Tories were jailed" or the
place where a witch was hanged.
or the "place where Walt Whitman
was born,."
EXPORT GAME HELD RISKY
"Only Strong Firms Advised to En
ter European Business.
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NEW YORK. Sept. 11. Great care
will be necessary in the next two or
three years ii. handling European
export business, according to Samuel
A. Miles, show manager of the na
tional automobile chamber of com
merce, who has returned from abroad.
The EngllBh and French are keen for
American cars, are buying them now
at abnormally high prices and prob
ably will continue to do so. Estab
lishment of new agencies and up
building of new business during: the
next two or three years will be at
tended by risks and should be under
taken only by concerns of unques
tioned financial standing.
OHIOANS HAVE MANT AUTOS
Average for State Now One Car to
Every Ten Persons.
CLEVELAND, Sept. 11. In Ohio
there is one automobile for every ten
inhabitants. This Information is set
forth In a report just Issued by the
dpeartment of agriculture, which con
tains the following Ohio auto statis
tics: Autos registered In 1919, 611,031;
per cent of increase over 1918, 23.8;
miles of public rural roads, 87,000;
road miles per square mile, 2.1; motor
bars per mile of public rural road, 6.9.
TOURISTS CARRV OWN COW
Bossy Goes Motoring in a Trailer
Attached to Car.
CARSON CITT. Nev.. Sept. 11. The
latest word in luxurious auto travel
ing appeared in Carson City yester
day when a touring party from Utah
appeared with a cow in a rack on
the trailer attached to the high-powered
car. It was explained the cow
was taken along to furnish milk for
the several children.
Such rapid progress Is helnK made toy the Warren Construction company In
completing the pavement on the lower Columbia Tlvrr hlirhway between
Scappoone and Svenaon, which will Brlve nn all-pavpd highway to Asto
ria, that the work is expected to he entirely completed hy about October
10. The lorrer highway has not the picturesque concrete brldtees of the
upper highway, Bevcml of Its bridges being of wood. The upper picture
shows the longest of thru, over the canyon up which a logging road
runa on the Astoria aide of Clataop Creat. At this point one of the
main paring plants Is now located, note the logged-off land, charac
teristic of .so much of the lower highway. The lower photo ahowa the
bridge acroaa Plg-Noae creek, one of the euphonloualy-named streams
between Clataop Creat and Svpnaon. The acencry along here la prettier
than the creek's name. The car In the picture la a Hnpmoblle.
S35.0II9 FOR ONE RACE
BEVERLY HILLS THANKSGIV
ING PURSE ANNOUNCED.
Final Event of Year's Speedway
Programmes Expected to List
Best Drivers.
LOS ANGELES, Cal., Sept. 11.
Thirty-five thousand dollars is to go
to the winners of the great Thanks
giving day race on the Beverly Hills
speedway, according to announcement
by the directors of the Los Angelea
Speedway association. This will make
the largest purse that ever started
a racing driver in the face, save at
the brick basin at Indianapolis.
The purse, however, will not be the
only thing for which the speed stars
will compete, as the winner of the
great contest will in all probability
be acclaimed champion racer of the
year. As the Beverly Hills event
marks the end of the year's racing,
the speed title will go with it.
Tommy Milton, Gaston Chevrolet
and Jimmy Murphy are leaders in
thi-s season's fight for top-notch
honors, and the winning or losing of
the Thanksgiving day classic will
mean defeat or glory for the trio,
one of whom stands a good chance to
capture the title as a result of the
Turkey day battle on the Beverly
bowl.
Of . the $35,000 total, $25,000 Is
straight prize money for first, eecond
and third place winners, and so on
down the line. The remaining $10,-
000 is for the lap winners. Fifty dol
larft a lap will aid considerably in
speeding -up the 200-lap or the 250
mile race. This system worked out
to good advantage at Indianapolis
the extra money being raised by the
merchants of the city. The same plan
will be worked In Los Angeles.
NAVAL OFFICER CONTRIVES HANDY ICE-BOX AS FIRST AID
IN TOURING.
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factures see In the report an indica
tion of the trend towards the pneu
matic truck tire. The need for sav
ing the highways of the country was
never so important.
"In 1919 motor trucks handled 300,
000.000 tons of material. At least
three times in 1930 the motor truck
has saved the nation's transportation
system from collapse. The tonnage
r.auied by motor truck In 1920 prom
l.ses greatly to exceed that of the
previous year.
"Legislators, highway engineers
and those intimately concerned with
motor vehicle manufacture see the
need not only of more and better
constructed roads, with motor truck
raffic in view, but also the necessity
oi taking every precaution to save
prevent roads. "
'No other single factor will do as
much to save roads and further the
cause of good roads as the pneumatic-
iiy urea motor truck. It is of equal
mportance with the redesigning of
trucks to meet new road and load
conditions. To talk of restricting
truck traffic is about as sensible as
would be to try to restrict the rail
roads to certain service. The motor
truck has earned its place as one of
the greatest transportation forces In
human existence.
"But truck operators generally eah
help in the movement to nrnlnr.l
American roads by using pneumatics.'
PNEUMATIC TIRES URGED
THEY REDUCE WEAR
ROADS TO MINIMUM.
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Government Tests Sliow Unsprung
Weight of Heavy Trncks Is
Main Cause of Wear.
"Another indication of the growing
demand for pneumatics on trusts i
seen by tire, manufacturers in a se
ries of exhaustive tests by the United
States .bureau of public roads," ac
cording to H. A. Githens, general
sales manager of the Federal Rubber
company of Cudahy, Wis.
"The highway bureau in these tests
sought the real cause of road wear,
The report of the tests says that road
Impact is the real cause of road wear.
The tests, after this was determined,
were centered on the determination
of causes of road impact.
It was shown that unsprung
weight is the controlling factor in
road impact. It- is the truck that
hits the road a direct, solid blow, un
diminished or uncushioned, that does
the damage. Truck and- tire manu
How Commander John Blackburn, IT. S. "V formerly United States navy
recruiting officer In Portland and later skipper of the huge transport
Leviathan, has rigged up hla Peerless eight for traveling.
This photo, showing the ice box which Commander Blackburn and his
son John Jf. have made fast to the rear of the car through the center of
the spare tire, was taken recently at Crater Lake national park, where they
were camping. Commander and Mrs. Blacitburn and John Jr. are on a tour
of the. Pacific coast naval stations, and instead of making the cruise by
boat. Commander Blackburn is piloting a Peerless eight sedan. He says
tourists would speak a lot better of Oregon roads if they weren't constantly
Irritated by lack of road signs, which sends them out of the etate with
murder fn their hearts. . '
WILLYS KNIGHT
8-cylinder late model, 7-passen-ger
car' in excellent shape, newly
painted. This car can be bought
for only a fraction of its value
price cut by owner to $1200.
He must have the money at once.
COVEY MOTOR CAR
COMPANY
NOW
COMES
AUTOTERIA!
Salt Lake Has Repair Shop Run on
Help-Yourself Plan.
SALT LAKE CITY, Sept.l 11. Salt
Lanes latest establishment is
autoteria," an automobile repair shop
where a car owner may repair his
own machine under supervision of i
skilled mechanic. The "autoteria1
rents tools to the car owners and
charges small fees for their use and
for material and the time of the su
pervising mechanic.
Obey the traffic cop.
INDIANAPOLIS. Ind- Sept. 11.
There is nothing the matter with the
automobile industry in this city, the
Indianaoolls Automobile Trade asso
ciation has announced, following com
pletion of an extensive survey mad
during the past two weeks.
The association made its investiga
tion following publication of a dis
patch in all parts of the country in
whrch it was stated that 'lightening
of money by banks "will force a sus
pension of the automobile industry
in this city within a short time." The
results of the Inquiry completely re
fute the statement.
Heads of motor factories were in
terviewed and their payrolls exam
ined to see just what cut in working
forces. If any, had been made. With
out exception .the manufacturers de
clared that rather than facing a shut
down because of financial conditions.
they are-expecting to continue capac
ity production straight through the
winter. Several said they believe the
end of the period of free and easy
handling of "automobile paper" by
the banks will eventually result in
establishment of the motor industry
upon a more stable' basis than ever
before.
Industry In Good Condition.
Being faced with the necessity of
doing business along closer lines, the
business will now plant its feet upon
solid rock and conduct Itself in the
more . conservative way of older In
dustries, the manufacturers said. The
resultant stability will be a condition
which could only be attained by
'going through 4he fire."
The erroneous dispatcn, wnicn was
sent by one of the national news
services, included these words:
Thousands of employes of the auto
factories of this city have already
been laid off and the forces are being
reduced still further."
There is no truth In this, the trade
association asserts. The manufactur
ers make no bones of the fact that
they have reduced their working
forces, but none of the eight prin
cipal factories in the city has laid oft
as many as 1000 men, while it is
doubtful if the total number of men
dismissed by all will reach this fig
ure.
Sound business reasons are behind
the slight reductions in every In
stance. One factory, which really was
hard hit by the lightening of the
banks, reduced its force to approxi
mately one-third, but this was pre
liminary to rebuilding of finances
upon a basis firm enough to make
such action by the money powers in
effectual in the future. ,
To Much Stock on Hand.
Factories which have not been ma
terially affected by the money strln
gency say their stairs nave Deen
slightly reduced for these reasons:
1. To balance stocks.
3. To prune the "culls" from em
ployea. i
Factories Influenced by the first
consideration have been goaded to
the limit of production for three
years. Their managers have known
for some time that stocks were so
badly out of balance that a part of
their men were standing idle while
another part was working full
speed. Accordingly, when they saw a
slight slackening in demand coming,
being confident that the underlying
demand is as good as ever, they
seized tt?e opportunity to balance
stocks so as to be in good shape for
the harvest to come.
Manufacturers who -have been
weeding out their inefficient work
men are taking advantage of the first
opportunity to do this they have had
since tne war period, it is no secret
that the labor market has eased here
so that automobile makers are once
more able to be choosers as well as
payers.
What is prohably more indicative or
the sound condition of the Industry
than anything else is the fact that
the H. C. S. Motor Car company and
the Lafayette Motors corporation,
new concerns, are golnt, right ahead
with building operations, the latter
upon more than a million-dollar scale.
CHANDLER EARNINGS HIGH
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More than that, it saves this amount on each tire it repairs.
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The patented quill
Erip becomes firmer
with every turn of the
wheel. The PORCU
PINE BOOT wiU not
shift or creep, cannot
bulge, is sand and
water proof. It is a
permanent repair
backed by an unquali
fied service guarantee.
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In Addition to a Complete Line of Automobile Accessories
ALLEN & HEBARD CO.
64 Broadway, Portland, Oregon
Offer to Motorists and the Automobile Trade
The Widely Known "Porcupine Boot"
the boot that quickly and permanently repairs blowouts. Ask about the "Porcupine
months' period show an Increase of
$793,000 over earnings for the entire
year of '1919. July earnings of the
company were $1,19S,000, and seven
months' earnings were $6,414,000. both
of them flerures heing estimated be
fore taxes. Earnings for the entire
year of 1919 were $5,621,000. In de
claring the company's regular quar
terly dividend. President P. C. Chand
ler expresses extreme optimism in the
future. "I believe we are going to
have a good fall business," he states.
"Chandler will complete its shipping
schedule as planned at the first of
the year, and ship a total of around
29.000 to 30,000 cars, as against 18. 470
last yesr."
More Profits in Seven Months of
1920 Than for Whole of 1919.
Earnings of the Chandler Motor Car
company, Cleveland, for the seven
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Timken Worm
Internal Gear
Double Reduction
Notice to Dealers: "Write, your territory may be open.
W. C. Garbe, Inc.
Formerly Oregon Motor Car Co.
DISTRIBUTORS
BROADWAY AT BURNSIDE
Phone Broadway 16
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Compare the specifications of Elgin Six motor cars with other
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Weller Motor Company
Distributors
Washington at Fifteenth Broadway 2656