THE STXlJXt OKEGOXISNTi'CJEXEAND. OClOiiliU SO. liat
'Detours Being Abolished as
Work Progresses.
A
STATE REPORT ISSUED
Weekly Bulletin of Highway Com-
r mission Tells Condition
F 7 of Stale Roads.
PALE jr. Or., Oct. 29. (Special.)
Completion of paving- work at a num
ber of points throughout the state
has brought about improvement of
the highways and has done away
with several troublesome detours. On
the Pacific highway several of the
contracts have now been finished
and detours eliminated, although a
number of Jobs will continue to run
for several weeks yet. In general,
road conditions are reported excel
lent, according to the weekly bulle
tin of the Oregon atate highway com.
tii) salon, which is as follows:
Pacific Highway.
Portland-Oregon City Regular route of
.Pacific highway, via weit ide, paved to
Button; Bolton-Oregon City bridge, grav-
ied and In fair condition; Oregon City
bridge closed to vehicular traffic at cer
tain hours and loada greatly restricted.
Traffic will find the routes out of- Port
land on the east side via Milwaukie street
or Eighty-second street paved entire dis
tance to Oregon City.
Oregon City-Canby Paved.
Canby-Barlow Pavement under con
struction and highway closed; necessary to
detour over ths old road, which is graveled
and In fair condition.
Barlow-Salem Paved except short gap
at Pudding river.
Salem-Albany Paved.
Albany-Junction City Best route via
Corvallis; good gravel macadam Albany to
Corvallis and paved from Corvallis to
Junction City. New concrete pavement
south of Corvallis opened October 15.
Junction City-Eugene Paved.
Eugene-Cottage Grove Paved to Go
shen; highway closed at Goshen, detour
east at Goshen, following detour and "tem
porary road" signs through CloveTdale,
coming back to the west side of the river
about one mile south' of Creswell, continue
due west to new concrete pavement, turn
south and follow pavement to Cottage ,
Grove.
Cottage Grove-Dlvlde Pavement begins !
one mile south of Cottage Grove, no de
tour a I
Divide-Oakland New pavement com-
pleted and open to travel Divide to Drain.
Excellent macadam from Drain to a point j
8 7 miles south of Toncalla and from there j
ft la paved to Oakland.
Oakland -But herlln Paved.
Sutherlin-Roseburg Pavement com
pleted from Sutherlln to Wilbur, no de
tours; graveled from Wilbur to Rose burg
with no detours.
Rose burg-Myrtle creek Paved.
Myrtle creek-CanyonvllIe Macadam Is
ompleted from Myrtle creefc to Umpqua
river, a distance of six mile, and the re
maining three miles to Canyonvllle is being
macadamized; the road over this section
is fair.
Canyon ville-Galevllle Oood macadam.
Galesvllle-Wolf Creek Paving in proa-- j
reus at both end, 12 miles are already i
completed, leaving about two miles to 1
complete. Between the hours of 7:30 P. M.
and 5:30 P. M. southbound traffic Is de
toured over the old road via Glendale to
Stage Road pass. This detour la In fair
condition to Glendale and from there to
Btage Road pass the road has been lately
graveled by the county court. All delays
may be necessary between Stage Road psm
and Cow creek, where construction Is in
progress.
Wolf creek-Grave creek Paved. This
section Is being widened and when wet the
pavement Is very slippery and It may be
necessary to use chains. s
Grave creek-Pleasant Valley Good mac
adnm. Pleasant Valley-Grants Pawi Paving op
erations have started about two miles ;
north of Grants Paes, two miles being
already completed, Hhort detours are pro
vided around most of this work. Where
detours. are not available, traffic Is allowed
to pass through with but ehort delays.
Grants Pass-through Medford-Ashland-Callfornla
Uns Paved.
Commhla River Highway.
Astoria-Portland Paved except about
ne mile through olty of Rainier, which is
graveled but quits rough.
Portland-Mosler Paved.
MoBler-Ths Dalles Paving operations
sjndnr way m miles east of Rowena.
The Dalles-Beufert Paved.
Seufert-Deschutes river New highway
open for shout 800 yards past Cape Horn
only 12 feet wide. Contractors still work
ing at this point, and travelers are cau
tioned to drive !ow. Blnnre of road
CORDS,
MOHAWK
AMERICAN TIRE
new gravel and still loose on the sides.
Cars are warned to drive slow and keep
on gravel in passing.
Deschutes river-Heppner Junction Good
gravel or crushed rock road the entirt
distance.
Heppner Junction - Pendleton, through
Umatilla. Hermiston and Echo Standard
state highway construction; gravel mac
adam. West Side Pacific Highway.
Portland-West Dayton Paved.
West Iayton-St. Joe Graveled and in
fair condition. County road from West
Dayton to McMinnvllle via Dayton and
Three-Mile Lane paved and open to traffic
St. ioe-McMinnvilie Paved.
' MrMinnville-Amity Use old road which
is graveled but rough.
Amity-Holmes Gap Paved except short
graveled stretch near Holmes Gap.
Holmes Gap-Crow ley Newly graveled,
fair going.
Crowley-Rickreall Under con struct Ion,
i "KILLED WORKER JOINS G.
G. GERBER.
Expansion of the trimming
department of the G. G. Gerber
organization was announced by
Mr. Gerber last week, and Ev
erett Brumbaugh, a skilled
trimmer, with many years of
experience in eastern factories,
has been secured to take charge.
Brumbaugh was in the fancy
trimming department of the
Studebaker corporation for 15
years, working at the big In
diana plant In the old days when
Studebaker was manufacturing
carriages. He also worked for
Peerless and Packard and came
west four years ago, settling
In Portland. Since that time he
has held Important posts with a
number of local auto top con
cerns. The Gerber company will
soon be In position to turn out
highest-class coach work for
autos, according to Brumbaugh,
and all kinds of work, from
cheap tops to the finest limou
sine tops, will be made to order.
adobe fill near Baskett slough, bridge Im
passable In rainy weather, traffic should
detour via Greenwood road.
Rfckreall-Monmouth Paved.
Monmouth-Corvaliis Paved except seven
mllea just south of Monmouth, which la
cloeed to through - traffic. Traffic being
detoured via Monmouth and Independence
and 8uver.
Corvallla-Junctlon City Paved.
Coast Highway,
A 1 1 o r i t-Mllei crossing Paved or
planked.
Miles crossing-Warren ton cut-off Singly
track pavement; construction work In
progress; section open to traffic subject
to short delays.
Warrenton cut-off -Skipanon The cut
off itself closed, but road via Warrenton
Is paved and open.
Skipanon to Seaside Paved.
Seaside-Tlllamook county line Grav
eled and in good condition to Cannon
Beach junction : narrow single track
graveled road from Cannon Beach junc
tion to Hamlet junction, and from there
to the Tillamook county line, new rock
road In fair condition.
Tillamook county line-TlIlamook city
Graveled or rocjted and in fair condition.
Tlllamook-Pleasant Valley Paved.
Pleasant Valley-Sand Lake junction
New highway under construction and
closed. Take old road, which la graveled
and In fair condition.
Sand Lake junction-Beaver Paved.
Beaver-Conder cut-off New macadam
except two short stretches which are
rough but passable.
Conder cut-off-Hebo New cut-off not
yet open; traffic take old road which is
rough but passable.
Hebo-Cloverdale Graveled and fair.
Cloverdale-Neskowln Rough and nar
row but passable.
Southern Part of Coast Highway.
North Bend-Marshfleld-CoqulllePaved.
Coqullle-Bandon Earth road with sharp
curves, at present In very poor shape.
Ma rah f lld-Bandon Over P-ven Devils
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10,000 MILES
WEED CHAINS
AND AUTO
ACCESSORIES
Tire Merchants
On the Mohawk Corner Broadway and Oak
Two Phones Broadway 180 (If one is busy, use the other) Broadway 2300
Earth road with sharp curves but in
excellent condition.
Bandon-Port Orford Very good mac
adam, surface In good condition. -
Port Orford-Gold beach Very good
condition; mostly graveled.
Gold beacb-Brookings Narrow earth
road. In fair condition.
Brookiugs-Crescent City Graveled road
in good condition.
McMlnnvilte-Tillaniook Highway.
McMtnnville-Sherldan Paved.
Sheridan-WJUamina Under construc
tion; open and fair going.
Wlllamlna-Butler's store New macadam
complete except short gap near Tharp
quarry; open to traffic.
Butler's store-Bee ranch Macadam,
good condition.
Bee ranch-Alder creek Under construc
tion, fair macadam and good going most
of the way.
Alder Creek-Hebo Macadam good con
dition.
He bo-Tillamook See report of Coast
highway).
Mount Hood Loop.
Portland-Sandy Paved to Gresham; take
Bluff road, which is graveled and In good
Condition from Greaham to Sandy.
Sandy-Brighta-ood Under construction;
practically Impassable after rain. Through
traffla to points east of Salmon river have
option of road via Marmot which Is pass
able, but very rough.
Brightwood to government camp Dirt
road but soli is sandy and road Is passable
and fair going.
Tualatin Valley Highway.
Portland -Qaston Paved.
Gaston-McMinnvllle 'Paved entire dis
tance except short detour south of Gaston.
Corral lis-Newport Highway.
Corvallis-Blodgett Good graveled road
via ' Philomath.
B'.odgett-Toledo Road impassable since
rains.
Toledo-Newport Passable with prospects
of being rocked before next rains,
Wlllamett Valley-Florence Highway.
Fair to Horton (over highway pase road)
ftocked and in fair condition from Hor
ton to Blachly. (Low paaa closed on ac
count of construction). Koad Impassable
after rains.
Roeeburg-Coos Bay Highway.
Roeebumc-Coos Bay highway Cloeed on
and Bridge. Coos county. Open from Roee-
Durg to lamas vaney mu iruiu
to Bridge for local traffic.
Med ford-Crater Lake Highway.
Two routes being used one via Central
point. Bybe bride. Trail and McLeod to
Prospect; the other via Eagle point, Reese
creek school and Derby to Prospect. Traffic
advised to take the one via Trail . Crater
Lake lodge closed for season October 1.
Alaea Highway. .
Corvallis-W a 1 port Good from Corvallis
to Philomath and graveled most of way
to Alsea. Beyond Alsea, impassable since
rains.
The Dalles-California Highway.
The Dalles-Madras (through Maupin,
Bake Oven or Criterion and Antelope)
Fair condition.
Madras-Bend Newly surfaced road in
good condition.
Bend-Allen ranch Cindered road In fair
condition.
Allen ranch-Crescent (through La Pine)
Fair.
Allen ranch-Sand creek Rough out no
dust, on account of recent raina
Sand creek-Klamath agency Good to
fish hatchery and from there rough and
full of rocks.
Klamath agency-Lamm's mill Good dirt
road.
Lamm's mill-Barclay springs Newly
graded, macadamizing operations under
way; rough.
Barclay rprlngs-Klamath Falls Good
macadam.
Klamath Falls-California state line
Macadam to a point three miles beyond
Merrill; balance good dirt -oad and be
ing macadamised at this time; no detours.
John Day River Highway.
Arlington-Condon Road by Shutler and
Olex badly rutted; better road via Rock
creek. Mlkalo and Clem.
Condon-Fossil Fair except six miles be
tween Thirty Mile and Mayvllle; still nec
essary .to use old road; new road under
construction.
Fossll-Butte creek summit New mac
adam. Summit - TUIey's (mouth of Sarvics
creek) Unimproved, very rough and slow.
Til ley's-Spray New road, fair condition.
Spray-Dayville Bridges over John Day
river completed; several small bridges not
completed, but detour or by-passes are
provided. Travel can now go by this
route. Graveling operations under way on
this section, but no delay to traffic.
Dayvllle-Pralrie City Road In good con
dition: last -O miles good graveled road.
Prairie City-Baker Road over the moun
tain Is now open end In fair condition. -
Prairie City-Ironside-Vale Good to Bro
gan; detour via north road from Brogan
to Jamleson; construction on other road;
macadam from Jamleson to Vale.
Vale-Ontario Good county road.
Ontarlo-Nyssa Excellent macadam road.
La Grande-Joseph Highway.
La Grande-Joseph To Island City.
paved; Island City to Elgin, fair county
road; Elgin to Minam, first nine miles
macadamized, from end of macadam over
Wallowa hill very rough; Minam to Jo
seph, macadamized with the exception of
an elght-mlle stretch between Lostlne and
Enterprise, which is In fair condition;
watch for warning signs at bridge con
struction; Joseph to Wallowa lake, good
county road. Weather conditions not fa
vorable to tourist travel at this time of
the year.
Old Oregon Trail.
Pendleton-Hilgard First 20 miles mac
adamised; from end of macadam to Hil-
FABRICS, 7000 MILES
S. & M. AND
SILVER BEAM
SPOTLIGHTS
AND RUBBER CO.
gard, rough county road; although this
road is better since the fall rains.
Hllgard-La 5rande Under construction;
in fair condition; watch tor warning signs;
closed between 8 A. M. and 12 noon, and
1 P. M. to 3 P. M.
La Grande-Hot Lake Paved and macad
amized. Hot Lake-Union Follow detour;
road under construction; liable to be closed
for bridge construction.
Hot Lake-North Powder Good except
for a short detour at grade crossing- one
mile west of Telocaset and short detours
around bridge construction near North
Powder.
North Powder-Baker" Macadamised.
Baker-Huntington Fair county road to
Nelson; new grade between Nelson and
Huntington; detours well marked.
. Huntington-Weiser Via Olds ferry, first
seven miles rough, balance good.
Welser-Ontarlo Under construction,
keep to the Idaho aide.
Ontarlo-N y as a Excellent macadam
road.
Central Oregon Highway.
Bend-Bums Fair, take new road o.ut of
Bend for 18 mllea
Burns-Crane Good macadam with ex
ception of three-mile detour at Lawen.
Burns-Vale Better road through Drew
sey; rains have helped these roads.
Vale-Ontario Good county road.
Oregon-Washington Highway.
Washington state llne-Pendleton Paved.
Pendleton-Heppner To Pilot Rock, mac
adamized ; Pilot Rock to near Morrow
county line, under construction, rough,
watch for warning signs: Morrow county
line to Heppner, fair county road.
-Heppner-Gilliarii county line From Lex
ington to Morgan, detour east over hill to
Jordan; Lexington to Morgan, under con
struction; Morgan to Gilliam county line,
good earih and macadam roads. Recent
rains have improved the Morrow county
roada.
County line-Columbia river highways
Fair.
McKenzle Rtver Highway.
Sprlngfield-Btue river Good road entire
distance. Some construction work, but
traffic not interrupted.
Blue river - McKenzle bridge Under
Construction, but open; good road.
McKenzie brldge-Belknap springs Un
der construction, but open and passable;
fair.
McKenzle paaa Closed until spring on
account of construction work on Dead
Horse grade.
Sisters-Redmond Graveling completed.
- Ochoco Highway.
Redmond-Prineville Graveled through
out and in good condition.
Prlneville-Forest boundary Under grav
eling contract; very rouh over part of
construction, but passable at all hours.
Forest boundary-Mitchell Rocked to
Summit and in good condition.
Summit-Mitchell Open to automobile
travel and In fair condition.
Sherman Highway.
The Dalles-Madras (Bend and Redmond)
Through Sherman county, via Wasco,
Moro. Grass Valley, Shaniko and Antelope,
fair throughout. "
Shanlko-ttltchell Highway.
Fair in general with a few rough places.
Baker-Unity Highway.
Baker-Unity-Prairie City Fair con-
dition.
Ashland-Klamath Falls Highway.
Green Springs mountain road Fair con
dition on account of recent rains.
Klamath Falls -Lake view Highway.
Klamath Falls-Dairy Macadam.
Dalry-Lakevlew Good dirt road at this
time.
Bend-Lakeview Highway.
Bend-Fort Rock (by way of La Pine)
Road very crooked and slow; better road
by way of Mlllican and ten miles shorter.
Fort Rock-Lakeview Good dirt road to
Chandler's station and macadamized from
there to Lake view.
Lakeview-Burns Highway.
Eitrer via Warner canyon and Plush or
!ake Albert is a good dirt road at this
Jme.
Baker-Cornucopia Highway.
Baker-Halfway First ten miles mac
adam; balance fair county road.
Jo r dart Output Is Larger.
CLEVELAND, O., Oct. 29. Indica
tive of the motor industry's come
back are the figures recently sent
out by the Jordan Motor Car com
pany of Cleveland.
In October they will ship four
times as many cars as they did in
October, 1920.
At present they are operating with
a 60 per cent greater factory force
than ever before In their history.
HERE AT LAST
THE NEW
Nash Four
Tenth and Burnside
LEXINGTON STAFF SHOlVS
FORMER CHICAGO DEALER
HERE AS SALES MANAGER.
J. W. De Xorla Makes Cross-Coun-try
Run in "Lark" to Join Ore
gon Lexington Company..
At the end of a long: trip, which
lafluded over 3000 miles by motor
ffr and another 700 miles by boat.
John W. de Noria, formerly of Chi
cago, is now In Portland, and has as
sumed his duties as sales manager of
the Oregon Lexington company, Lex-
Joan W. DeXoria. who has ar
rived from Chicago to ba sales
manager of the Oregon Lex
ington company.
ington distributors for this section.
De Noria was formerly a Lexington
dealer in Chicago, at the time R. A.
Spillane, manager of the local Lex
ington branch, was located with the
Lexington there. A strong fiendship
developed between the two men, and
when Spillane came westward to take
over the local branch some months
ego, De Noria resolved to follow the
trail as soon as he could arrange It.
When he received the offer to become
sales manager under Spillane here In
Portland, he accepted and started
west in his Lexington car, one of the
late "Lark" models.
A story of crossing the deserts of
the southwest by motor car that
sounds like the old stories of the im
migrant trains is told by De Noria,
who made the run from Chicago to
Los Angeles, through New Mexico
and thence to San Francisco In his
Lexington. From San Francisco the
trip to Portland was made by boat.
De Noria was accompanied by N. S.
Swan, a Chicago business man, who
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Portland, and will locate here.
A brief description of the auto
mobile Journey Is given by De Noria
as follows: From Chicago to Denver
through Des Moines and Omaha,
roada excellent, except for a 60-mile
stretch between Davenport and Des
Moines and a !0-mlle stretch just
cast of Denver. At both of these
points construction work is under I
way and detours are necessary. I
From Denver to Trinidad, Colo.. 205
miles, one of the finest roads in the
country; eplendld grades over three
mountain ranges and fine gravel sur
face throughout. The Lexington cov
ered this stretch In six hours. Trlnl
Jad to Santa Fe, N. M., roads In poor
shape and in some places terrible
and scarcely passable. Recent heavy
rains and floods have washed out
bridges and dug up the roads In
such a way aa to almost paralyse
motor traffic In some sections. From
Santa Ke to Holbrook, Arts., roads all
But. Impassable, badly cut up In some
places and hub deep Kith sand in
others. Holbrook to Flagstaff, good
roads; Flagstaff to Williams, Arts.,
splendid roads;, Williams to Ash
Fork, Aril., poor roads; Ash Fork to
Kingman, Aria- splendid roads; King
man, Arts., to entrance to Cajon pass,
95 miles out of Los Angeles, Cal.,
roads all poor; not Impassable, but
choppy and very alow going; Cajon
pas to Los Angeles and thence to
San Francisco, all paved.
The Lexington Lark performed
splendidly throughout the entire trip
and no mechanical adjustments of
any kind had to be made, according
to De Noria. Only two cases of tire
trouble occurred, both being nail
punctures. The motorist kept an ac
curate record of his gasoline and oil
costs for the trip, and these will
prove of Interest. The entire trip,
Chicago to San Francisco via Los An
geles, proved 3378 miles In length,
gasoline consumption averaged 18.4
miles per gallon and oil consumption
was one quart to each 139 miles.
"No one, unless he has a reliable
car and has considerable knowledge
and experience with an automobile,
should attempt the trip across the
deserts of the southwest," declared
De Noria. "The road is nothing more
than a cimetery for old automobiles.
We saw remnants of many machines
which had evidently been abandoned
by motorists. The distances are so
tremendous, sometimes 40 or SO miles
to the nearest town, and travel is so
slight, that it is an expensive and even
dangerous thing to have a breakdown
on the road. We met several parties
that had been tied up for days, wait
ing for repairs, and In several In
stances we found people stuck In the
desert and without water to drink;
for It should always be remembered
that the nearest town alBo means the
nearest water In that section. We
met one party, a wife and several
children, on the desert and nearly
frantic for water. The husband had
gono back to the nearest town to re
pair a broken part, and when we met
them they bad gone half a day with
out water. It 1b dangerous to allow
parties to start across the desert un
less properly prepared for the jour
ney." De Noria stated that he has a con
siderable number of maps and other
data on hand which he will gladly
show to anyone intending to make
the run. The two men camped out
along the way and found camping
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Capacities Old Prices New Prices . Savings
1 ,to VA Ton 2500 $1800 $700
VA to 2 Ton 2725 2175 550
2 to 2'A Ton 3025 2425 600
3 to 4 Ton 3950 3150 800
5 to 6 Ton 5350 4500 850
P. 0. B.
These reductions are liot mere "cuts" in prices.
In reality they represent another great Federal achievement
in overcoming war conditions and getting back to a normal business basis.
Such prices are possible solely
through Federal's enviable position
in the industry. Federal is one of the very
few companies to come through' the read
justment period without a burdensome
financial overhead without over-extended
factory facilities, without bonded or pre
ferred stock indebtedness, bank loans and
heavy interest charges that must be passed
on to customers.
The Federal Motor Truck Com
pany was never in as strong or as
sound a financial condition. as it is today.
These new Federal prices, therefore, are
rock bottom, based on lowered material and
The Price is right the product is right the service is right.
Every buying reason that appeals to sound business judgment
says "Buy the motor truck you need now buy Federals." It is
false economy to do without motor truck haulage or to continue
the use of units that because they are worn out or ineffi
cient cannot measure up to today's standard of performance.
FEDERAL MOTOR TRUCK CO.
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sites frequent and excellent. In New
Mexico, however, there has been an
epldemia of motor camp robberies,
and motorists are warned to stay at
hotels for safety's sake. The two
men were stopped in New Mexico by
s couple of Mexicans, De Noria said,
ostensibly for a match, but in reality
for what looked like an attempted
holdup. By carelessly displaying
couple of husky six-shooters while
getting out the matches, the men dis
buaded the Mexicans out of the ex
pected robbery, however.
BUSINESS BETTER OX COAST
W. R. DcLay Back From Vellc
Convention "at Mollne, 111.
Business conditions on the Pacific
coast are better than in the middle
west and automobile dealers and
business men In general should be
glad to be located In such a steady
section as Oregon, where unemploy
ment and Industrial problems are
comparatively slight, according to
W. R. DeLay, head of the W. R. De
Lay Motor company, Velle and Peer
less distributors, who returned re
cently from a visit to Chicago and
other middle western points.
Mr. DeLay's visit was arranged
mainly that he might attend the big
convention of Velle distributors, held
at the factory of the Velle Motors
corporation at Mollne. 111. Fully 150
dealers and distributors of Velle cars
from all parts of the country were
present. Mr. DeLay took advantage
of the visit east, however, to go to
Chicago, Detroit and other middle
western centers, where he conferred
with leaders in the automobile Indus
try, both manufacturers and distribu
tors.
"Business conditions are better
right now on the Pacific coast than
in the middle west," said DeLay, upon
his return. "However, there was
every indication of Improvement in
the middle west and automobile men
there were practically unanimous In
the belief that next soring will see
a splendid business. This belief Is
not formed merely to keep the men
optimistic, but is the honest opinion
of business students, based largely
on a consideration of market condl
tions for the past two years."
SEIBERLIXG TO GET PORTAGE
Goodyear ex-Prcsldent Already lias
Come Back.
AKRON, O., Oct. 29. The Portage
Rubber company has been ordered
sold to F. A. Seiberllng, formerly
president of Goodyear Tire & Rubber
company, unless a new petition of
demurrer is flied In ten days by
Harry L. Snyder, referee In bank
ruptcy. Creditors will receive be
tween 75 and 80 cents on the dollar.
Liquidated claims amount to $1,800,
000; cash and accounts receivable, less
reserve for doubtful accounts amount
to $600,000. Inventory, which was
figured at $840,000. has appreciated
to approximately $1,000,000 sinoe the
receivership was Inaugurated. Mr.
Seiberllng has offered $750,000 In pre
ferred for the plant and cash for the
Inventory. It Is doubted if any move
to prevent eale will be made.
Detroit
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maoism a i U I
s i . t
labor costs and upon the increased efficiency
and capacity of the great Federal plants.
You can now purchase a
Federal truck backed by eleven
years tried and proven success at prices
as low as in 1914 before the World War
at the lowest price now offered by any
long and permanently established manu
facturer of reputation. f
Federal Trucks have always
been good trucks $75,000,000 worth
now on the road demonstrate that. The
Federal of today is an infinitely better
truck than any preceding model but its
price is lower.
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CLUB TO BEGIN MEMBER
SHIP CAMPAIGN.
New Men Enrolled to Get Buttons
Before Time of National
Automobile Shows.
An active campaign for member
ship has been Inaugurated with the
start of fall by the Old-Timers' club
and the membership will be Increased
rapidly. Every member of this or
ganisation has been asked to take
VP work in Its behalf In order that
the men of the trade may be enrolled
In commanding numbers by the tlms '
of the national automobile shows and
may have their Old-Tlmcr buttons at
thattime. '
The style of button adopted as an
Insignia for the organization requires
an individual order, as the year of
entry into the business is placed upon
it This compels a separate order
being placed and requires In the
neighborhood of 10 days. Men of the
trade are naturally anxious to wear
:hetr buttons at show time and appli
cants at New York and Chicago dur
ing the national events will not be
able to secure their buttons Imme
diately, as was the case with the
original Old-Timers' organisation
which was succeeded by the formal
organisation of today.
The Old-Timers' buttons as issued
prior to last January are now obso
'ete and will not be worn at the
shows or at all. The present button
Is entirely distinct from the old one
and modest In the extreme, being
quite the opposite from the original.
Arrangements for headquarters of
the Old-Timers' club have been made
with the Hotel Commodore, New
York, and the Congress hotel, Chi
cago. A desk will be placed in the lobby
of each hotel where it will be possible
to apply for membership and where
late bookings for the annual ban
quets to take place at the two na
tional shows will be made, Lloyd
Maxwell, chairman of the entertain
ment committee, Is concluding the ar
rangements for the two great annual
events. President Champion has in
structed Mr. Maxwell to see that the
speech-making Is confined to one
good speaker for each evening and
the events will be promoted purely aa
a good time and as the greatest re
unions of Old-Timers ever known in
the Industry.
Provision will be made so that early
applications may be made by mall for
these banquets and those members
who apply by mall will be seated In
advance, thus giving the advantage
of the location and saving the contu
sion at the shows.
For the purpose of deadening the
sound of traffic, roads made partly
of rubber are one of the latest de
velopments in the science of highway
building in England. The material
Is laid in flat slabs three-quarters
of an Inch in thickness, attached to
steel plates, which are gripped by the
concrete foundations.
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