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s SHOULD BE MADE
America Should Follow Exam
pie" of France Oregon and
; Washington. Should Imitate
'I Sister. State; - Galftornia. 1
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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
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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
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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
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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
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