7 i hVm hi i" i nf ' . ii.. i I- ii ) , i i "I i iy. mi in ii m in i , nil i:i V I, ii ii i ii i in in i mi ii ;r ,ii ii ii I ii . Mi, , ii ii' . mill i , ' ii j j, i.i. i ,1 i i . i j 'i i , M; i , ,, , i , ,, : , s SHOULD BE MADE America Should Follow Exam pie" of France Oregon and ; Washington. Should Imitate 'I Sister. State; - Galftornia. 1 t , i t Maintenance of highway Is the viul essential which accompanies 'the i tin proveraent of roads, which fact the na tional good roada board of the Ameri can , Automobll association desires to Impress upon the highway authorities of' the entire, country. There Is noth ing new in the proposition except that its thorough comprehension , will save thousands of dollars t to ? those states which come to an Immediate realisation oU the fact before 'proceeding with the expenditure or - tne minions or aouars recently appropriated ; by many ' legisla tures, -a ,!;, ;.j ''':; :'-' ' ' . France is looked .upon as a nation of road, builders, and Its highway system has long been considered a model to be followed by other countries, hence tne national good, roads board has been lately devoting -much attention to , the situation there, brought about, by; the in or eased vuiums ox ruu inwc tucj the advent of the automobile. No has toured over more miles of European roada than ' Francis Milton Mansfield, the American consul at Tou lon, who Is now on .a leave of absence In this country. rceaoli . fcoads Best. ';''.'' - "That French roads are: the best, tak ing them collectively," asserts ,Mr. Mansfield, "there ta no doubt But It Untrue -that" these httthwa-ys-are not standing up '"to . file . new; . travel condi-1 ttons in regiona where there is an ao-ne-rmsl Increase ver- the slow-going horse-drawn traffic period. An appro priation hitherto spread over- a Stretch of rosd traveled by a hundred 'vehicles a dsy will not suffice that which Is used by 600, even though 400 be of the rubber-shod variety and do not of them selves tear up the roads. Narrow. Iron tires and the caulks of, horseshoes to gether work the damage, and until new systems of road building can be Inaug urated there must be an exceedingly in telligent distribution of expenditure so as to deal with the question of upkeep at busy corners, both In. town and. coun try, ao that there will not be a shortage and the surface will be In a .normally good condition continuously. "The good roads question In France la i national, dependent entirely' upon the making or remaking of national highways of the first, second or third class, and It is to be rioted that a rente Rationale Id France- Is still -a national road. !, Matlonal Oar JTeoeswary, Hts upkeep is at the charge of the nation, everr though- It ambles for miles through the heart of some buay cUy like . Ljyna -r Marseli-ie. ... The ' roads ques tfen.' then. Js one. dealing with roads and not, streets, aad in, this connection, though 6ne-thlrd of all' the seglstrstldn of motor vehicles in France Is confined te Paris and the neighboring communes, fifty odd thousand automobiles running up and down the main road of France make this nstlonal care of roads a nec essity, as Is the national policing of the open country; nothing in -that paternal land is left to local control where the public good of the entire population la concerned, r . fTThJs is the French 'policy and the pattern upon which all other national road building governments of the old world are founded. Italy, less con sistent in its policy.. works on the same lines and tails only when the local officials of a province are not up to the standard of efficiency of their neigh bors. Such a state of affaira In France is hardly conceivable. game' Spirts PrtvaUs.p' Takethe case, of a new country, like Algeria and Tunsla, aa French as France Itself though 'the Mediterran ean separatee them from the mother country. Here the national spirit pre vails and the national roads are good roads. This, Is so even in Madagas car. French ''again I -i '.:.' S- -" , k'To come nearer home, or at least nearer to our understanding, roads con trol in England produces results qulteJ analogous to those in our own country. except that when all is said ana aone, the - upkeep of England's roads is, at Its best, of superlative excellence. They, Speed King as He Appears in Racing Mask tint -V t i 1 '"v.,v:.i-. K- IT' A1 1 1 This Is. not deep sea diver it Is tbs latest photograph of Bobby Burman. the world's auto speed king, wearing the mask he dons when driving.' Tou can see the . mask but not 1 Burman. neither can. the wind and dust on the auto tracks get' in bis eyes when'he'is thus armored. Traveling through spaco at the rate of almost two and one-half miles a minute la not-conducive to the best, complexions, so Bob has devised this unique mask" to j project His, face during his thrilling drives in his mon ster. Bens cars. Busman's, sensational driving featured the 600 mile Interna tional sweepstakes eVent on, the Indian apolis speedway on May JO. While he did not come out first in the race, he set the pace for many of. the 600 miles run. ' with comparatively 'short; stretches - to deal with, likewise a A circumscribed area, find, this thing possible where another more wleldy prospect could not thus be handled. . New York and Penn sylvania, with an automobile registra tion In excess of '100,000, ' show double the number of motor Vehicles of France, wblle their combined area, is approxi mately the same. We Jare acnoh to fceer. "Again, referring to conditions ' in England, the famous Bath .road from London to the celebrated Epa over which rolled the stawe-coaches-of. the daya of Beau Brummel. a distance of lit miles'. Is under the Jurisdiction of sixteen dif ferent corporations. As to surface it is a thoroughly good road, but each bajll Wick eeemrngry has-ts- ownweae- oi methods, and Jthus it Is that the cost of road bulldlngVarles greatly, . not only In tha amount of the bill rendered but In -actual durability of results, and now Britain is asking for a national plan of maintenance. "We in America and Oregon hav much to learn. . We should build for all time and we should build Intelligently, neither sparing reasonable expense at the outset nor neglecting the very Im portant -.question of - upkeep, once we have laid down the general lines. Ws too, are a new country, and If a wil derness like Algeria , can be made to blossom with good roads,-it Is not im possible for Oregon and Washington to do the same as has our sister state California" , Jouranl Want Ads bring results. BE MAY REUSED Correspondence', received by the ser vice bureau of ' the United States Tire company shows thatmany motorists, who mike a: study -of Vthelr - tries, are able to materially increase mileage ser vice by changing the position of the tires after . they have Jeen run long enough to show ths effects of road wear. Tires on 4he right side -of the maohine receive , harder uaage. as , a. rule, than those on the left aids, as they-Wme In contact with ruts - wnen tne oar is turned out to avoid vehlclea, and often .v ... aratna i-nrha when the car la stopped. Hence. If their position is re versed, placing tne worn io netresi the car. the life of the tire may be considerably prolonged. Similar reaults may be obtained, by shifting rear tires to the front, and vice versa. Rear tires carry considerably more than one-half tha wlht. and naturally wear down more rapidly than front tires,. i New Incandescent. Lamp. , a ni.nt hu Haan laaued to a Massa chusetts man for an Incandescent lamp in which the. filament Is suspended by nvlnva tn ahaorb ths shock Of Jarring to which it may be aubjected. , MED D F TO HOLD RACES OH JULY FOURTH Two Portland Cars Are En tered, in Auto Contests" for Cash, and Other Prizes Will BeGivifri. Medford comes forth with the; an nouncement that she Is to hold one of the bja-gestend pest road races to be pulled off, during ths week" of the Fourth of July. " There will be two big automobile races for prises .amounting to $700. The first race win be held at 1:10 a.. m.', July S, and restricted to cars ' of not ' more than 40 horsepower. This will be, a road race of CO miles dis tance... Y. '.:-' ';"J , ,. . The first; prise will be 100 in caah and automobile accessories; the second prise will be ' automobile .' accessories. and- the third pWss will b automobile accessories. ' The second 'race will sUrt at II noon July I, and -will be free. for all1 0 mile road race. The first prise la this win be 1200 In cash; the second prise will be automobile accessories: and th8.thlrd prise will ' be automobile aceesaorlea -The second raee will start at II noon July I, and will be free. for all, 0 mile road race, The first, priss la this will be f 100 In cash; the second prise will be automobile, accessories and tie third prise will be automobile seoessones. x ne enines lor xnese rases sin oloss at 6 o'clock p. m,. today, Sun day. .July I. ;v. i?'",' --: i ' Rules governing the race are. that all contestants must report , in stsrters hand thirty minutes before the race is started.:' R. A. Flynn is chairman of the Fourth of July, committee and manager of the race meet; . , . . ., r .. ; .Two 'Portland cars; are entered.'. The Smith-Cleveland company hSve entered a Hupmoblle .car that attracted a great deal of attention In the automobile par ade during the Rose Carnival and was at that time named the -"Hup Bug." A-J.-Edwards of the Ford agency has en tered his -Ford racer "White Spider," and says he sure expect to bring home the bacon. ' '' Three Portland men will set as of ficials br the races, H. L. Worthsn of the Warner Instrument -company will act as official tinier. . C. H. Mead of the West Coast Supply company and J. H. Johnstone of Hughson Merton will act aa two 'of the four official w , n) 7:,..' Thing Your oar depends on is per. ct v lubrication. Oils are lot just oils. 'There is a dis-1 -tinctwn,.a vast dlstinctiorv- i .Quality : t.iiiciency i Economy "::v You'find 'in $'t ",(1- Harris Oils Chanslor & Lyon ; Motor Supply Co. ; 627 WASHINGTON- ST, W The, Great Economy C!ar KWELL , Eight Models. Prices from $675 to $1650. Portland Delivery: ' v '.;; r :; ; . Demonstration -by , appointment. , ; ' ' - - ; ; .' - :'; ' . .. tt COMPANY; 534-6 'ALDER STREET. ; ! PHONESMAINf4337,A.717l' I -iiW ';v,,:'i:. : . Dlstxlbsrten fo Oregon. ' wuxmnux.c--:y v - . oolvmbu- ' -. .. '' ' -'- ' - ' SUUOrsXMr TOVOXS) 4 The Car That Talks for Itself a ..- . --, , ...vQ x9) 2100 F.O. B. PoiilandtOregon , Fully Equipped, for This Powerful 40 H. P. Car. Our cars are designed so as to give the greatest satis faction and to' eliminate all possible sources of trouble. Prepared to climb the worst of hills and travel the roughest road with ease and comfort of riding unsur passed a source of pleasure at all times. .LET US DEMONSTRATE Distributors for Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana ancl Utah. The Auburn Motor Car Co. 507 Burnside Street Judgef . .The; bourse has bee laid out alon', one f" the- main 'Streets 'of. If ed fortl anil will ieiul out the north end of town to -th, count; road, comlnc hsck by the east county road and through the main street over a five mile course. The Medford street over which the race la run will ! -roped' and patrolcd by special polc,jj;;:lThe; turn that are no eesasrlly In the course have besn banked saucer fashion and a great deal of In terest Is being shown throughout' the southern part of tbe state In the racing events '""' . . . , Auto Supplies and Sporting Goods N.W.Cor.6Ui&OakSt Auburn Motor Car Co. ROBT. SIMPSON. Mgr. 505-7 Burnside Street; 'A. 7a39 Main 3674 ' . ANTISKID - .' WWi tha Creeping Grip)' STUDEBAKER -GARF0RD ..'"1, ' t A' One 40 Hi R doMplefJ Touring Car.jiV f i Two' 40 H. P. Seven-Passenger Touring Cars. Two 30 It PSeven-PassengehTounng Cars. One 30 H. P. Suburban, mounted ontthe h U ;i mous Studebaker "Gun Chassis'! r ; ? ' t We have-made . ridiciiloysly low prices on these; cars; in: ZifyM&WP&iri to'; movft: them Quickly, r-,:?',- 'fi THIS IS THE PART THAT DOES THE WORK -' ' ' "M ' THE EXPERT SAYS: , . "Of course, ! carry Weed Anti-Skid, Chains on rriy automobile always. They're as necessary as gasoline. A . chain t on each rear , wheel is Car and "Passenger .Insurance, and if you want to know wha real steering steadiness means, put them on your, front wheels, too. ''They, are just as necessary for proper traction in sand as they are to prevent skidding in wet weather. "They are no trouble to put on, and do not wear the tire as other device, s do." .... WEED CHAIN TIRE GRIP CO. vr-i,;-'. V;''- 'iV;'innr .;, r ; . ,. HUGHSON A MERTON v l ;..' 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