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T1TE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND, MAT 21, 1922
HIGHER
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Mountain Sections Succumb
to Advance of Summer.
WEEKLY REPORT IS OUT
State Highway Commission Bulle
tin Tells of Condition of Main
Highways of State.
6 AXEM, May 20. (Special.) But
fw changes ar noted in tho con
dition of main roads throughout th
tats, according to the weekly bul
letin of the state highway commis
sion, lBsued her today. Changes
mainly have to do with roads in the
astern part of the state and In the
mountain section, where the advance
f summer Is making highways pass
able and "rapidly improving general
road conditions. The bulletin fol
lows! Pacific Highway.
Portland-Oregon City Willamette river
ferldce at Oregon City closed for construc
tion. Traffic from Portland for Oregon
City and points south should take east
id route via MUwaukle or Eighty-second
street, both of which are paved through
out. Traffic for Oswego and West Linn
' should take west side route which is paved
to Bolton and graveled from there to West
Liha.
Oregon City-Canby-Salem Paved except
short gap at Pudding river bridge.
Salem-Jefferson-Albany Paved.
Albany-Co rvallis-Junction City-Eugene
Gravel Albany to Corvaills. Pavement to
Eugene.
Eugene-Drain Practical I y all paved.
Paving operations have begun mile
south of Drain. Going south detour right
on the old road returning to the highway
about two miles south of Drain. The main
highway will be open after working hours
and Sundays. Follow the detour signs.
Drain-Roseburg Road open and paved
r macadamized to Garden Valley, just
south of Wilbur. Detour Garden Valley
to Winchester bridge. Graveled but nar
row; cautious driving necessary. Win
chester bridge to Rose burg, good graveled
road.
Roseburg -Grants Pass-Mod ford-Callfor-nla
Line Large proportion paved; balance
good macadam. Construction under way
between Sexton mountain and Grants Pass.
Traffic detoured via Merlin during work
hours, 7 A. M. to 5 F. M.
Columbia River Highway.
Portland-Astoria Paved except one mile
through Rainier which Is under construc
tion. Detour via old road Is rough but
firm and passable.
Portland-Cascade Locks-Hood River
Hosier Paved.
Mosier-The Dalies Paved except four
miles of macadam. Contractors have start
ed paving operations between Mosler and
Rowena, so that travel will be compelled
to adhere to the following schedule in
passing over the new pavement:
Road is closed 7:00 A. M. to 10:00 A. M,
Road la open 10:00 A. M. to 10:15 A. M.
for cars in line. '
Road is closed 10:15 to 12:30 P. M. noon.
Road is open 12:30 P. M. to 1:00 P. M.
Road is closed 1:00 P. M. to 4:30 P. il.
Road is open 4:30 P. M. and after.
All traffic not wishing to wait for an
pen period on this .section may detour
over Seven-Mile hill, which Is rough but
passable. Eastbound traffic will detour at
Mosier and westbound traffic will detour
at The Dalles. Follow the detour signs.
The Dalles-Arlington-Umatilla-Pendleton
Macadamized entire distance and in good
condition.
Coast Highway.
Astoria-Seaside Paved via, Warrenton.
Warren toll cut-off 1 miles of good ma
cadam saves IVt miles of distance.
Seaside-Miami Graveled or rocked en
tire distance; under construction near
Tillamook-Clatsop county line, passable
and fair going.
Miami-Wilson river Graveled, good con
dition. Wilson rlver-Tlllamook Paved.
Tillamook-Beaver Paved except three
miles at Pleasant Valley which is under
construction. Detour via old road, graveled
and fair condition.
Beaver-Hebo This section is under
construction but is open at all hours.
Hebo-Paciflc City Junction Graveled,
rough and narrow in places, but safely
passable; fair condition.
North Bend-Marshfield-Coqullle Paved.
Bandon-Port Orford-Gold Beach-California
State Line Open and in fair condition;
automobile stages operating.
Marshfleld-Bandon (via Seven Devils
Route) Closed on account of ferry re
pairs. Boseburg-Coos Bay Highway.
CoQUllle-Myrtle Point Open and in fair
condition.
Myrtle Point-Roseburg Open ; passable
but rough. Coos Bay wagon road is la bod
condition.
West Side Highway.
Portlan d-West Dayton Paved. Traffic
for McMinnvlIle and points beyond will
find all-paved route via Dayton and Three
Mile Lane, Highway closed for construc
tion from La Fayette to tit. Joe,
West Dayton-tit. Joseph Graveled and
In good condition.
St. Joaeph-McMinnville Paved.
MoMlnnviUe - Durham school Closed
for paving? take Tillamook highway
southwest one mile then turn east one
mile to Durham school.
Durham school-Amity Highway un
urfaced and closed but traffic follows old
read, which is graveled and in fair condi
tion. Amity-Holmes Gap Paved except three
fourths mile near Holmes Gap, which is
graveled.
Holmes Gap-Rickreall Graveled and
mostly fair condition. Rough in places
but all safely passable.
Rlckreall - Monmouth - Independence
Paved.
Independence-Corvallis Take road via
uver, graveled to Benton county line,
paved county line to Corvaills.
Corvaills-J unction City-Eugene Paved.
McMinnvillc-Tillamook Highway.
I portland-McMinnville-Sheridan Payed.
Sheridan-Willamina-Grande Ronde-Bee
Ranch Good macadam.
Bee ranch-Dolph Road rutted In places
but passable for light traffic with careful
driving in passing.
Dolph-Hebo Good macadam,
Hebo-TiUamook See coast highway.
Tualatin Valley Highway,
Portland -Forest Grove-Junction west side
highway at St. Joseph Paved except short
gaps at Scoggins creek and Tualatin river
bridge.
Mount Hood Loop.
'"Portland-Sandy Take Powaell Valley
road, which is paved to Gresham; grav
eled and in good condition to Cottrell,
thence via Bluff road, graveled, rough in
places but safely passable.
: Sandy-Salmon river Highway Impass
able. Detour via Marmot road which Is
rnostly planked and in fair condition, all
safely passable.
Salmon Rlver-Zig Zag Unsurfaced but
sand and gravel soil and safely passable.
Oregon-Washington Highway.
Pendleton-Washington state line Paved
and open, drive slow at caution signs where
maintenance work is in progress.
Pendleton-Pilot Rock Five miles good
earth road, ten mues oi macaoara.
Pilot Rock-Butter Creek-Jones hill
This road very rough.
Jones hlll-Heppner Same as above.
Heppner-Gilllam county line - Seventy
per cent macadamized, all in very good
condition.
Gilliam county line-Heppner Junction
Fair with many sharp curves, drive care-
Pendleton-Cold Springs Highway.
Pendleton-Holman Fair county road.
Holman-Cold Springs Sixty per cent
macadam.
Pendleton-John Day Highway.
Pendleton-Pllot Rock Five miles of good
artn road, ten miles of macadam.
' Pilot Rock-Ukiah-Long Creek-John Day
raasabie,
Old Oregon Trail.
Pendleton-foot of Cabbage hill Open,
macadamized.
Foot of Cabbage hill-La Grande Blue
mountain summit open, but rough.
La Grande-Hot Lake Pavement and
macadam, good construction. .
Hot Lake-Union Open, short detours
necessary. Cross track just east of Hot
Lake, detour marked to main highway.
Unlon-Maynes-jaaKer uooa macadam
r rough.
TOM
JoMmiih3 His Car
bu Frederick Purcell
No. 7 "First Day Out."
IT WAS NOT the first day of spring:
that Smith set aside for his initia
tion Into the great, clan of motor
ists, but there was the spirit of wan
derlust In the air and It was Satur
day afternoon. I had agreed to ac
company him on this gala event, so 2
P. M. found me waiting for him at
the service station
Very shortly the proud owner ap
peared, carrying the license plates
under his arm. These he turned over
to a mechanic with Instructions to at
tach them to the car, and then began
outlining to me where he intended
driving that afternoon. Right there
I called a halt, and suggested that It
might be advisable to watch the me
chanic and not be crossing bridges
before he came to them.
"If you want to know your car In
timately," I said, "it is a good Plan
to keep your eyes and ears open
whenever the car is In care of a me
chanic. "Thousands of motorists are
content to trust everything to me
chanics; that is why they are up
against It when they have trouble on
the road."
I stopped a moment to take the In
struction book from one of the side
pockets. Opening the book I pointed
to a typical line of instruction which
read: ,
' Screw Should Be Adjusted.
'The Idling adjusting ecrew should
he onroweil in tontil it stops, then
screwed out In counter-clockwise di
rection ten notches, which Is the nor
mal adjustment."
"Now that," I eaid, "tells how, to
fliust thft paa mixture, but such In
structions are often difficult for the
car owner to understand. If the ex
pense were not prohibitive, manurac
facturers would doubtless eend repre
sentatives to explain these directions
in person. But here is the point: This
mechanic- understands the car as well
as any representative the manufac
turer might employ, only this fellow
is not bound to tell you what you
ought to know. By watching him.
you see, and by asking him questions
you can get the equivalent of expert
advice."
"Then I'll watch him," Smith re
plied, "and whenever the car requires
some adjustments which I cannot
handle myself I'll watch him till I
know how It's done. But hadn t we
better get started; he's got the plates
on now? I had It all planned to drive
out of here yesterday, but you al
Baker-Nelson Pair eoonty road.
Nelson-Huntlneton Ne Btandard trade
. . . 1. i .antlnn HTfl WCll
ino aetouia uu ,., - .
marked, but care should bo used as they
are very rough.
Hunttngton-Welser (via . Old! ferry)
Fair condition; Oregon aide closed.
Welser-Ontarlo Excellent macadam.
Th Dalles-California Highway.
Note See Sherman highway for alter
nate route to central Oregon.
The Dalles-Shaniko (by way of Maupin
and Bakeoven) In good condition,
Shaniko-Madras Best route is via An
telope and Gateway. Rough but passable.
Madras - Bend Good macadam road;
open.
Bend-1 Pine-Crescent Fair condition.
Crescent-Klamath Falls-Sand creek sum
mit Closed by snow; take road via Kirk
and Chiloquln. Mqdoo Point to Klamath
Falls good macadam.
Klamath Falls-California Line All mac
adamized except three miles near Merrill;
good condition.
Ashland-Klamath Falls Highway.
Green spring route open. Cars and
trunks are cominff through, though some
what muddy. Medlord-Ashland-Klamath
Falls stage taking uus route now.
Klamath Falls-Lakevlew Highway.
KlamathFalls-dalry Macadam; in rood
condition.
Dairy-Beatty Dry; ralr dirt roao.
Beatty-Bly Covered with snow. Cars
going through with difficulty.
Bly-Lakeview Closed on account of
snow and mud between Drews Valley and
Bly. Stage operating trom Klamath Falls
to Bly.
T.nkevlew-Burns Highway. -
Road In fair shape with the exception of
some 15 miles along the west side of Albert
lake where it is somewhat rough.
I,akevlew-Bend Highway.
Road Is In fairly good condition except
a stretch of some ten miles along' west
side of Summer lake, occasional mudholes.
Central Oregon Highway.
Bend-Burns Fair condition.
Burns-Crane Macadamized and in good
condition.
Crane-Vale Open but very rough.
Vale-Ontario County road, lair condi
tion. Ontario-Cairo One mile macadam, re
mainder fair.
Cairo-Nyssa Macadamized, good condi
tion. -McKenzle
Highway.
Eugene-Blue river Open and In good
condition. -
McKenzle Pass Closed.
Sisters-Redmond Fair condition.
Sherman Highway. - '
Columbia River Highway-Shaniko (via
Fulton Canyon) Good condition Columbia
River, highway to Shanlko. To avoid new
construction Wasco-Moro turn south three
miles west of "Wasco and follow detour
signs. Road ' from Shanlko to Antelope
fair but rough beyond.
Antelope-Madras Passable but rough.
John Day River Highway.
Arlington-Condon Take detour via Rock
Creek, Mikkalo and Clem; dirt road, good
PROMINENT TIRE MAN
IS LEE REPRESENTATIVE
ON COAST.
T. H. Wilkinson, Lee Tire A
Rubber company's) new . fac
tory representative.
The entire Chajislor & Lyon
organization and the Lee tire
division In particular are
rejoicing over the appointment
of T. H. Wilkinson as direct
factory coast representative of
the Lee Tire & Rubber company,
for whose product the local
Automotive Equipment company
are exclusive Pacific coast dis
tributors. "Tom" Wilkinson Is no stran
ger to the coast, having been
manager of the San Francisco
branch of the United States
Rubber company for many
years, and his many friends
will be glad to learn of his
permanent return to tbe coast
after an eastern trip. His head
quarters will be in Saa Fran
cisco. -
ways seem to have something else
to think of. I'm itching to get at the
wheal!"
But. I kept him itching. I told him
that I would drive the car till we
were out of traffic. Though pleased
In a way with this arrangement, he
protested on grounds that I was try
ing to make It easy for him.
"Nothing of the sort," I explained.
"When they taught you to swim they
threw you overboard in deep water.
It was a quick way of learning, but,
as you probably remember quite viv
idly, you came near not learning. It
is the same with driving a car; a lot
of people will be telling you to go
right down into the thick of traffic
before you do anything else. I don't
agree with them;. I'm, willing to ride
in traffic with you after I have seen
you make a neat start and stop be
fore your own house."
' Clutch Let In Too Fast.
So Smith let me do the swimming
for him till we got where the streets
were safer for the beginner. After
we had pulled up before his house and
after the family had all cast admiring
glances at the new car. Smith and I
went off by ourselves.
Selfish? That depends upon how
you look at it. Of course the family
wanted to go out with him for the
eventful first ride, but It was for the
very reason that first, rides are event
ful that Smith decided to try it alone
with me.
"Now, what caused that?" he asked
me at length, referring to the Jerking
of the car when he started.
"Simply that you let the clutch in
too quickly," I renlled. "If you will
feed gas In moderation and let in the
clutch gently at the same time, the
power will be transmitted to the rear
wheels without jerking. There is con
siderable slack in the transmission,
pinion and differential gears and In
the universal joints. By letting in the
clutch gently it Is possible to double
the life of these vital parts.
Smith made a petty good showing
for himself that afternoon and drove
Into the garage like a regular member
of the clan. Here, however, he made a
mistake. He tipped the garage at
tendant and told him to back the car
in a stall. I warned him against mak
ing this a habit, for it Is difficult to
handle a car in a garage and that is
all the more reason why a new driver
should try it, provided he has someone
around to guard against damaging the
other machines. He agreed to try this
the next day.
Next Sunday Driving In Traffic
condition. Main road under construction
from Arlington to Olez.
Condon-Fossit Macadamized and In
good condition.
Fossil-Butte Creek summit . Graveled
and in good condition.
Summit - Tiller's (mouth of Sarvice
creek) Dirt road In fair condition during
dry weather, passable for light cars.
Tilley"s-Spray New road, fair condition.
Spray-Dayville Fair condition.
Dayvllle-Cole's bridge In fair condition
but rough.
Cote's bridge-Prairie City Graveled road
In good condition.
Prairie City-Unity Snow and mud; open.
Unity-Cow valley Fair county road.
Cow vailey-Brogan Excellent graded
earth road.
Vale-Jamleson Macadamized, good con
dition. Jamleson-Brogan Excellent earth road.
Ochoeo Highway.
Redmond-Prineville Graveled road,
good condition.
Prlneville - Mitchell Passable. Three
miles very rough; 28 miles gravel, good
condition; balance fair.
Crater Luke Highway.
Medford-Prospect Open to 12 miles
above Prospect.
ghaniko-Mitchell Highway.
Closed ta auto trafflo on account o
mud and snow.
I .a Grande-Joseph Highway.
La Grande-Island City Paved.
Island City-Elgin County road in fair
condition.
Blgin-Mlnam First nine miles macad'
1 am Vrrtm end of macadam to Minam
j open, but rough.
Minam-Joseph Macadamized with ex
ception of eight-mile stretch between Los
tine . and Enterprise, this strip is very
rough, take hill road. Road open from La
Grande to "Wallowa lake. '
Flora Open but rough.
Baker-Cornucopia Highway.
Baker-Halfway Open. '
Baker-TJnlty Highway.
Baker-Bridgeport Open, fair mountain
road. '
Bridgeport-Unity Open but muddy.
Crooked Klver Highway.
Prineville-Bear Creek 22 miles; pass
able. Bear Creek-Shorty Davis Ranch 10
miles; good condition.
Shorty Davis Ranch-Paulina 33 miles;
fair condition.
Paulina-Burns Passable.
Grants Pass-Crescent City Highway.
Grants Pass-Waldo Good smooth road.
Waldo-Monument Rough but dry (Ore
gon mountain).
Monument-Crescent City Good.
Bend-Sisters Highway.
Open and in good condition; some de
tours necessary around construction.
FRENCH WILL HANDLE BODGE
Former Pacific Coast Factory Rep
resentative Gets California Agency.
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., May 20.
Dcdge Brothers" motor cars will
hereafter be distributed) in Oakland,
San Francisco and bay counties by
the J. E. French company, and tem
porary sales and service quarters
have been established in both places.
The new company is headed by J.
E. ("Jack") French, who relinquishes
the important executive position of
director of distribution with the
Dodge Brothers' factory at Detroit to
take over the dealership here. He is
probably as well known as any man
in California automotive circles, for
it was "Jack" French who, as Pacific
coast factory representative, appoint
ed virtually all of the Dodige Broth
ers dealers In this western section of
the country when, the big Detroit
cc-mpany commenced marketing their
popular motor car eight years ago.
He was district representative in
this territory until less than two
years ago, when he went east to as
sume the Important executive post at
the headquarters of the company in
Detroit. In withdrawing- from the
factory organization anid becoming
the direct dealer here, '"Jack" French
has fulfilled the prophecy that his
friends made concerning him some
considerable time ago that the lure
of the Pacific coast would prove too
strong for him to remain in Michigan.
His going to the factory was against
his own inclinations, and he yielded
only because of the broadened experi
ence factory work would give him,
and its splendid preparation for the
return, to which he has always looked
fcrward.
1920 Studebaker
Touring
Starting; Price - $1075
Today' Price - $ S2S "'
This car being reduced
$25.00 a day until sold.
COVEY MOTOR CAR CO.
Washington at 21st St.
FARMS CONVERTED
OIL FIELDS
Region Around Los Angeles
Over Sea of Petroleum.
GREAT BOOM OPENS BELT
Derricks Spring Up Like Mush
rooms Over Night and Result
Is Huge Industry. .
LOS ANGELES, May 20. Forty
years or more aeo rannhr nminc
land west of, Los Angeles discovered
crude petroleum oozing; from the
ground at certain points Just bevond
the high ground of the present eouth-
wwicni residence section.
"It is nothing but surface oil and
does not amount tn nnvthino-" ... ao
the opinion expressed, notwith'stand-
iiB mo laci taw in isoi uenerai An
dres Pico had
crude still Installed in one of the old
mission buildings at San Fernando.
The land did not rise very rapidly
iu vo.iue, us increase Deing only nat
ural inorease for agricultural land
m
The Playground of the
We, the business men of Seaside, extend a cordial invitation
to the people of the world to visit our wonderland:
Surf Bathing
Mountain Climbing
Trout Fishing
Beautiful Hotels
Dancing
Modern
Promenading
Attractive Cottages
Paved Streets
According to statistics which have been gath
ered by the Commercial Club of Seaside, it
has been proved that this city is one of the
healthiest places in the United States.
Information regarding our wonderful playground resort will be gladly
appear in this space.
near a growing townj Wealth was be
ing overlooked. :
The first oil "boom" for Los An
geles came just prior to the Spanish
American war, and shallow wells
sprang up everywhere in the Temple
street and College-street section, the
district running well out toward West
Hollywood. v
Then oil was struck in the Sherman
field and it was found that the oil
belt extended farther on down toward
the beach, well derricks springing up
almost like mushrooms over night.
Later, oil was found on the beach
near Ventura, and wells were drilled
along the beach and even out 'in the
ocean, the derricks being erected on
piles sunk in the eand offshore. The
Newhall district sprang into the lime
light and, after 60 years, proved, that
there was still oil there in paying
quantities.
Gusher Field Developed.
The Montebelio field. La Brea, Pu
ente hills, Huntington beach, Signal
hill, near Long Beach, and more re
cently still, the big gusher field at
Santa Fe springs, which is said to' be
paying the owners of the property
$1000 to J1500 a day in royalties, were
brought in and big companies like the
Standard and Associated Oil compa
nies are still "wild-cattlng," when
ever geological formations indicate
that oil exists. The main question us
usually is, not whether there is oil
present, but whether present in pay
ing quantities.
The drilling of an oil well is a
rather expensive Job. Experts will
recommend that no company start
drilling for oil in the average field
with less than Ja-0,000 or $75,000 of
available cash on hand, and it is common-
knowledge that many wells have
run as high as $100,000 or more with
an occasional job where special diffi
culties have been encountered that
cost as high as $150,000.
There are two accepted methods of
Stores
drilling oil wells. One is by means
of a so-called "standard" rig in which
a giant wooden derrick from 84 to
108 feet in. height is' used in which
to "swing the tools," the actual drill
ing operations being done by means
of power obtained from a steam
boiler and steam engine, although in
ternal combustion, engines have been
used to some extent with a special re
versing clutch and change speed at
tachment provided. The other means
of drilling Is by a so-called "rotary"
rig, in which water, under high pres
sure is used In the same manner as
you might take a garden hose and
Insert the nozzle In the earth and
force it down by "hydraulicking" the
earth away from in front of the
nozzle. v
NEW SOUTH ROUTE DESCRIBED
Bankhead and Lee Highway Runs
Near U. S.-Mexico Boundary.
EL PASO, Tex.. May 20. Although
the average automobile tourist has in
mind the Santa Fe trail when con
sidering the southern route to Cali
fornia, there is an alternative route
still farther south that has been des
ignated a primary route by the gov
ernment. , The southernmost route is by way
of the Bankhead, and Lee highway,
which parallels and at some points,
touches the international boundary
between the United States and Mex
ico. The principal cities and towns on
the highway from El Paso westward
are Mesilla Park, Deming and Lords
burg, N. M.; Douglas, Ariz.; Bisbee,
Tucson, Ajo, Sentinel. Wellton, Yuma,
El Centro and San Diego.
A road from Mesilla Park to
Socorro, N. M-, connects this highway
with the Santa Fe trail. The Bank
head and Lee route is open through
out the entire year.
L. L. PAGET
First State Bank, 411 Broadway
E. E. PETERSON
Sanitary Market, 613 Broadway
G. 0. MADISON, Mgr.
Hotel Seaside, Cod. Broadway and Prom.
R. E. BARRETT
Montana-Wnrrenton Development Co.,
212 Broadway
M. MURRAY CO.
General Merchandise. 7th Street North
MILES POTTER
- Log Cabin Drug Co., 325 Broadway
L. J. CLINK
Furniture Company 735 Broadway.
R. G. MOSS
Gilbert Hldg.
J. E. CLANAHAN
Gilbert Bids.
"WILLIAMS BROS. GARAGE
7th Street North
A. R. WASHER CO.
General Merchandise, 611 Broadway
L. C. HENRYS
V Barber, Gilbert Bids.
WM. R. JENKINSON
Oregon Garage, 7th Street North
GODFREY-BROS.
Hardware, 26 7th Street. North.
ROTH DRUG CO.
119 7th Street
GEORGE HEWETT
Dry Gooda and Men's Furnishings
G. B. MILL0Y
Confectionery. 440 Wdt Broadway
CUMMINGS GROCERY CO.
843 12th Arrnne West
R.R. HEWETT CO.
Notions and Stationery. Broadway
J. E. OATS
Dats Natatortnm, Cor. Broadway and Prom.
DUNNING'S ART & CURIO
SHOP
Cor. Broadway and 2d Street
BARTLETT'S VARIETY
STORE
7th Street North
HANON-SMITH GARAGE
7th Street North
O. C. HAGMEIER, M. D.
Gilbert Bldg.
P. J. CARTER & SON
Grocers. 604 Broadway
B. J. CALLAHAN
Strand Theater, Broadway
FRANK VAN DOREN, M. D.
Hotel Seaside Bldg.
PROUTY LUMBER & BOX
COMPANY
10th Street North
E. T. STAFFORD FUEL CO.
907 11th Street North
SELNES & WHEATLEY
General Merchandise, 726 Broadway
BUSSES WILL USE RADIO
MUSIC WILL BE SERVED WITH
RIDES itf CALIFORNIA.
Test Made at Sacramento With
Help of BroaM casting Station
and Outcome Is Awaited.
SAN FRANCISCO, May 20. Bus
lines in California will soon be serv
ing you music with your rides.
Should tests which the California
Transmit company of Oakland, Cal.,
started this week, prove successful,
many of the 85 White busss operated
by this line will be equipped with
radiophones to pick up daily radio
concerts in the bay region.
W. E. Travis, president of the Cal
ifornia Transit company, sent the
first radio-equipped bus out on its
regular run to Sacramento this week
and In spite of the obstacles which
confronted the test, enough informa
tion was obtained to warrant further
experiments and to assure Travis that
rad'o concerts would soon be a reality
for his patrons.
With only a two-step radio shoot
wave receiving o-utfflt audi handi
capped by the necessity of operating
with a low antenna, the bus was able
to pick up San Francisco and Oak
land concerts as far as Martinez. Then
at Vacaville the Gould1 broadcasting
station at Stockton was heard.
At Sacramento a test was made
by special arrangement with the Hoi
brecht broadcasting station. It was
found that by a sacrifice of speed the
concert was as audible when the bus
was in motion as when it was stand
ing at the curb. At Stockton this
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furnished by any of the people whose names
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experiment was repeated. People
standing on the streets could clearly
hear the music as it was amplified
by the magnavox attachment.
The Travis Installation was made
on the instrument board af tbe bus,
so that the driver could "tune in"
without leaving the wheel. The an
tenna was supported on uprights
which were securely braced to stand
the vibration it will be subjected to
while in motion.
According to officials of the bus
company and radio men interested in
the tests from a scientific angle, some'
few refinements will be made, larger
Instruments Installed, a radio fre
quency outfit and experiments will
be continued until they get the de
sired result at varying speeds.
IDEAL BRANCHES PROJECTED
Future Ford Plants One Story
With System of Conveyors.
DETROIT, May 20. F. H. Low,
superintendent of branches of the
Ford Motor company, speaking at a
convention of the Society of Indus
trial Engineers here, said that the
company was working on an ideal'
layout for future branches, and that
while present branches were from, one
to 12 stories high, all future branches
would be flat as a pancake.
By adoption of a conveyor a mil
and a quarter long, the Ford com
pany, he said, had shortened the num
ber of labor hours for assembling en
gines from six hours In 1913 to two
hours and ten minutes. A conveyor
Installed last year has allowed th
company to do away with 150 trucks
previously used to move castings and
f orglngs.
Obey the motor cop. He Is for your
own protection.
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