THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND SUNDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 21. 1913.
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LUXURY IF
NOT MADE PERM
ANENT
Construction ISust Keep Pace
With Needs sf People or
Cost Will Be Excessive.
WHEN INTERIOR OREGON PURCHASES ITS
AUTOMOBILES IT BUYS BY THE CARLOAD
"Radical and immediate chances i
toad building: methods must be made if
' the country is to keep pace with the in
dust rial, commercial and nodal needa of
the people. Unlets more durable roada
re built than the water-bound and bi
tumlnous macadam that are now tli
- common standards of the best types of
r- state highways, the burden of the cost
, of maintenance will become Insupport
acie after a few years."
This quotation represents the sent!
ment of the Automobile Chamber of
"Commerce on the good roads movemen
In America as voiced at its meeting las
.. week when it passed a resolution
namely: "That we realize thoroughly
, the necessity of improved road condl
tions . . . and we believe It la advls
able to adopt the construction that
after thorough Investigation will give
the greatest permanency, first oost
being of lescer Importance."
The executive committee of the Auto
V mobile Chamber of Commerce has gone
further and at tts meeting In Detroit
irew up its 11 principles of road coiv
struct Ion which are:
- 1 Highway construction Is a selen-
v tf!c and engineering problem.
2 Proper location, grading and drain
age are 1 first . essentials of any good
. toad.
i Highways should be Jf a charaoter
. vv suited to the kinds and volume of traf-
. fie using them. It is uneconomical and
waete of time and money to build
roads unsuited to the volume and char-
deter of traffic and of short durability,
- 4 Road foundations, culverts, retain-
1ng walla and road base should have a
durability equal to or exceeding the life
v. f bonds issued to pay for the construe-
. . tton of the roads.
I When appropriations are made for
road Improvement, suitable and suffic
ient provision should be made for main
tenance of the Improved roads during
. the Ufa of the bonds Issued to pay for
inera.
TrafTio Should Be Calculated.
S -Volume of traffic and kinds, speed
,, and weights, with loads of vehicles
. Using the roads should be ascertained
before beginning the construction of a
state road, by taking a traffic censuu,
and the rate of increase and change of
charaoter should be calculated well into
the future.
. 7 Construction or reconstruction of
all main through roads between Import
i ant trade centers, state capitals and
t centers of a large population (50,000 and
over), not more than 100 miles apart
nouid be of permanent character.
' (Roads which sustain a coneldera
Die volume or mixed borse and motor
f vehicle traffic should have a surface
that will not ravel under euoh traffic;
that will not become dusty by wear
and the effects of weather; that will be
impervious to water, and will not be
. loosened r frost.
sucn time as traffic over
uosialary roads and relatively llttl
used country roads warrant Improve
Went with permanent construction they
nuuia do maintained in serviceable eon
anion for the traffic using them by rel
. uvriy inexpensive methods, such as
dragging, or by the application of
gravel, sand. clay, shells, eta.
10 Bridges and culverts should be of
auriicient strength to carry the traffic
mat can be sustained safely by the
roads of 'which they form a nart. Pend
ing the rebuilding or strengthening of
orioles to such standard, algns an-
Bouncing their safe capacity should be
aispiayea prominently upon them.
, ., u irainc development is an eco
, nomic necessity and the capacity of
roads end bridges should be adequate to
the Industrial and commercial needs of
me communities they serve. -
-ennaneni mgnways" is the new
roads slogan of this national governing
uuuy. ii is not enougn to talk good
.roads but the day has come to talk per
manent roads. A large part of the
principal road system of the country is
In poor condition or is maintained In
gooa condition only at excessively heavy
cost for repairs. Even new macadam
roads, built at a cost of 17000 to $10,-
00o a mile or more, have become so
oaaiy worn in a year that expensive re
pairs were required.
Motor Tracks Blamed.
- Because this Increased rate of de
struction was coincident with the In
creases use or motor vehicles, the road
authorities lay the blame upon the swift
iviuuuii! nuU in, neavy motor IrUCK.
Arguing that these do the damage and
therefore should pay for it and be pre
vented, In so far as possible, from doing
uumage, iney nave sought, with
considerable success, to Impose special
taxes upon motoV vehicles to create a
roaa repair rund and to limit the weight
. and speed of motor trucks.
All the bills that have been introduced
in the various legislatures during the
; past winter and this spring to Increase
registration fees of all motor vehicles
and to limit the weight of motor trucks
are baaed on the ground that these ve
hicles are ruining the roads and ought
to b made to pay for the damage done.
If motor vehicles do serious damage
. to the roads when they are operated
tinder conditions for which they are de
signed and built and at speeds and
under loads at which they are most
economical, then it is evident that th.
roads arc not suited to their use. To
avoid such damage it is necessary to
build roads to meet traffic conditions
not only as they exist today, but as
. they will obtain during the next 2S
years.
Anyone of ordinary intelligence enn
foresee that decades before we have fin
ished paying for the roads .that are
. being built under 60 year bond Issues
the predominating traffic on all main
roads as well as on city streets will be
vy riKJcor venicie. ho it is perfectly!
vitar mm wnnoui runner waste of time :
the state hlghwsy departments should i
specify a type of road construction and i
paving materials that will permit the '
operation of automobiles and heavy '
motor trucks without injury to the sur- i
face or foundation. !
( - Hlzhways Hot What Is Wanted. i
, Under, present conditions we have the
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The above ecena was taken In Burnt, upon the arrival of a carload of eight new Ford automobiles, via
Prairie City, before their distribution to the original purchasers, and speaks for the present prosperity
of this section of Oregon and is Indicative of the character of Eastern Oregon roads. There are miles
of highways from here into the interior of this country, and to the railroad points, that for automobil
!ng cannot be excelled. Many ranchers are availing themselves of this up-to-date method of travel.
The machines were sold by Archie McGavan, the Ford representative, who reports that there are now
in Harney county more than 30 autos, 17 of them being Fords.
anomalous-situation that we meaning
manufacturers, dealers and users are
taxed on real and. personal property for
the construction of a kind of highway
we do not want because it is not suited
for motor trafflo and then, when we
run our cars and trucks over the road.
the authorities demand that we pay for
repairing damages that they say these
vehicles do to It.
The users of motor vehicles are lin
ing as Important a pari in roaa im
nrnvement as vehicle manufacturers
and not infrequently they are as acute
students of road construction and main
tenance. In order to get the opinions
of users on this subject a series of
questions was propounded and the re
plies segregated. From these replies
the causes of road construction in order
of importance are:
Improper construction am poor ma
terials. .
High speed or pneumatio urea ve
hicles.
Lack of prompt repair when breaks
appear in the road surface.
JS arrow iron tires on ncavuy icaaea
wagons.
Horses noois witn caiitta snoes.
MAN
AMERICAN
Shoots Himself for Fan.
Paris, Sept. 20. A man of 44, named
Alfred Dreyfus, an ex-member of the
Foreign Legion, shot himself the other
day in the Bols de Boulogne after scrib
bling a farewell note. "I am taking my
life because It is a pleasure for me to
do so." The body, which lies at the
morgue, is taiooea an over.
Y
TO BE AT
CMS
PARS
SHOW
In Drawing for Position Hud
son Company Got Best
Location.
Drawing of lots for positions in tha
Paris, France, automobile salon to be
held from October 17 to 37 took place
August 22, when the Hudson Motor Car
company secured No. 1 stand, a desir
able 650 square feet location directly
opposite th main entrance. Ths Paris
show, which opens the European season,
will be a record one. Applications for
stands have been received from 686
firms, this being the highest number for
any European show. Last year the
number of applicants was 630.
Bo great is the demand for space that
a number of 60 miter stands have had
to be reduced to 40 meters, the machine
tool section has had to be abolished to
give way to automobiles, and an at
tempt is being made to secure permis
sion to build an annex for the commer
cial vehicle section.
Last year the utility vehicles were!
given tne smallest possible space, no
firm being able to show more than ons
vehicle, but such is the Increased de
mand that it is hoped to be able to place
these bulky units out of doors. Plenty
of space is available on the southern
end of the Grand Palais for the build
ing of a temporary hall, but permission
must be obtained from the city authorities.
America will have a rather stronger
representation in tne Paris show than
last year. The following are the firms
having secured stands: Abbott (Rush-
more searcnaghts). Benjamin Briscoe,
Buick. Cadillac. Case Co.. Ford. Hudson,
nujimoDiie, jsjuxon, Mltcliell, Olldsg,
Ovorland, Packard, Stewart speedome
ters, Studebaker Corporation. Thomaa h
Jeffery & Co., Vacuum Oil Co., Warner
epeeaometers.
All these firms are exhibiting direct:
other American firms are showing on
the stands of French agents. The lead
ing English firms to take part In the
Paris show are Daimler, Fodens, Ilele
Slmw, Humber. Hoyt Metal Co., North
British Rubber Co., Palmer. Rolls.
Koyce, Kuage-wnitworth. Sankev
wuceia, Dunoiimi, rn.ua woiseiey.
r Already much talk is heard alona- au
tomobile row as to the plans for Port-
land's 1914 show. The success of the
last show assures many more applica
tions ior space tne coming year and It
will only b a question of securing suf
ficient floor space to handle the exhib
itors.
GOVERNMENT IN MARKET
) FOR MOTOR-VEHICLES
. Washington, D. C. Sept. 20 The gov
ernment Is in the market for a number
of motor vehicles, bids for which will
cither shortly be called for or pur
Chases made In the ODen marl Li
onel Rheulin is contemplating purchase I
of three automobiles for the National I
- Soldiers' Home at Washington
The sergeant-at-arma of the United i
States senate contemplates the pur-!
rhase of three or more trucks for de- I
livery of mall to senators. The gov- i
ernment printing office Is inviting bids '
tor an alectrio carriage, while the war '
department, through the . chief of the
supply division. Is in the market for a1
it-uva, no tne postoince department la
preparing a schedule for bids for 'nils
t'ellaneous automobile- supplies. Includ
ing tires, -
A Rim-Cut Tire
Now Means a Needless Waste
ft saBi m&P
W.iUr
This' Rim-Cuts
This is the hooked-base clincher tire. Your
removable rim flanges must be set to curve
inward.
Those curved-in edges dig into the tire
when it is wholly or partly deflated.
Of these old-type tires, 31.8 per cent are dis
carded for rim-cutting only. That's almost
one in three.
That is shown by statistics gathered for us
by certified public accountants.
Sam.
raueVa'fiMft
This Will Not
This is the Gbodyear No-Rim-Cut tire.
No hooks on, the base. Your removable rim
flanges are set to curve outward. The tire,
if deflated, rests on a rounded flange.
The tire Is held on by three flat bands of
126 braided wires a feature we control.
Tires of this type can't be made satisfactory
without this exclusive feature.
This tire can't rim-cut that we guarantee.
Other Goodyear Savings
Blow-Outs Loose Treads
We add to our tire cost $1,500 daily to wipe
out the chief cause ol blow-outs. No other
tire maker does this, solely because of expense.
All other tires are vulcanized on iron cores
alone. In the fierce compression the fabric
often wrinkles. ' Some parts of the fabric thus
shirk all the strain. That results in countless
blow-outs.
No-Rim-Cut tires are final-cured on air bags
shaped like inner tubes.
This takes out the wrinkles. It adapts the
tire to actual road con
ditions. It compels all
the fabric to share in
the strain.
Tread separation causes another enormous
tire expense. We alone combat it by a patent
process which cost us $50,000.
In No-Rim-Cut tires the tread rubber is
forced down through the breaker strip. Thus
hundreds of large rubber rivets are formed to
prevent tread separation. . Then the whole
tire is vulcanized en masse.
This extra process,
every year, costs us hun
dieds of .thousands of
dollars. A cost which
all others save.
It comes back to users
over and over in the
check on blow-outs.
Yet No-Rim-Cut tires
cost you no more than
other standard tires.
No-Rim-Cut Tires
With All-Weather Treads
Those are three reasons why Goodyear tires
outsell any other. We
do these things to save
you three very costly
ruins. And no other
maker Goes them.
The results show tip
in mileage, on hundreds
of thousands of cars.
They show so clearly
that Goodyear tires now
dominate in Tiredom.
Men who know them
are buying 15.0,000
monthly. y ,
Our dealers are every
where.
THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY, AKRON, OHIO
t Thi Company hm BoBBoUon with any etbar rubbor concarn which um tha Goodraar nam
Branches and Agencies in 103 Principal Cities : For Sal by All Dealers
London Addresst Central House, Kingiwty, London, W.
PORTLAND BRANCH: 62 BROADWAY. PHONE PACIFIC MAIN 2190 AND HOME A-4046
'PAR1Y OF MOTORISTS
BUT CLIMB THE TREES
From Beginning to End of Trip
One Trouble After Another
Was Overcome.
Motorists who prate proudly of their
I accompUahtnents over ths comparative
ly easy trades that most of them en
counter, will open their eyes and ears
with Interest to the graphic description
of a tour recently undertaken by D, A.
Whltaker, vice president, and W. R.
Lstton. secretary and treasurer, of tha
Los Angeles Union Stock Yards com
pany. Mr. Whltaker Is author of the
narrative, which runs In part aa follows:
"We loaded our camp outfit on board
my car, including- 1200 pounds of baa- i
gage and four weeks' provisions, and I
started north, out ; of Let Angeles,
through ths Antelope valley and across
tha MoJavs desert through an ocean of
and. . :.: - r " " ,?'"
"When w left Mojava ws ran Into
a number of water spouts which washed
out much of tha road and all of the
bridges. Ths most of our party wars
airaid to venture, but we took tha lead
of thirteen machines. There wera only
three of them that went through that
day. New, I venture to say that our
car went through mud and ditches that
an eight mule team could not have gone
through, with ths same load. Then wt
struck Red Rock canyon and I don't be
lieve wa would have been able to make
It but for Letton being at the wheel.
A good driver and plenty of power land
ed us on the summit
We drove to Freeman, and stayed
over night. Then we went on through
Lone Pins, Independence and Bishop.
There we struck Deud Man's Grade,
which I believe to be one of the rough
est and steepest grades in the state of
California. We 'proceeded on our jour
ney up to Mono Mills, a summit of
8,000 feet, then down to Mono Lake,
through sand and boulders. The road
we traveled ever down to the lake has
not yet been built.
"There we met Wallace McPherson,
the manager of the Mono Valley Im.
provement company, and received the
best of camp accommodations. Ws
bought lubricating oil. which proved to
be nothing but plain crude oil Just out
of th well, but.lt Was all we could get;
so we filled our crank case and started
for Silver lake. : ? yVU .y:
ws arrived , at Diiver iaae, aoout
ue teet elevation, wnere we won new
, .... A - 1 -1 - . . . m m
ia,uraia vj muiius; our ua.r ana 'dragging
tne. biggest pine log into tne camp for
fire purposes. During our stay thore
we made a side trip through Bridgeport,
while a big 'to' horsepower and another
big car failed. We made tha return
trip of 79 miles la 7 hours, over
mountain and e&nd roads. .
"On our return triD wa eama avav
Gas Pipe Grade, by way of Benton
This la one of the most crooked and
sandy grades I ever saw. It Is nine
miles constant climbing. When - we'
struck Red Rock Canyon, on our re
turn, we wars in the lead, and Juit at
this point the '90' refused to move, so
all that was left to do was to hook on
ehind and draw her in. One of our
party wanted to bet me bis Ufa or his
rancn that wa ouid not move it, but
when we turned On steam, she rolled
along aa though she was hooked to a
traction engine. We gulled her clear
through Red Rock Canyon to the Mo
Java desert , .
"Reaching Los Angeles, with all safaT
and perfectly good natured, we can
truthfully say no profanity was uitd.
How many automobillsts can say this,
after returning from a 8506 mile trip
mrousn tocks ana sanar
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"SIX"
Six Cylinders
Six Passtngtrs
Electric Starter
Electric Lights
$1550
"Look .Around To Your Heart's Content
You'll Surely Come Back"
Your Studebaker dealer is .not only willing, bilt. glad, to have you "look around",
after you have seen the Studebaker "SIX".
He means what he says. He feels perfectly safe.
There is nothing in the market that can win you away. .
It is not easy for him, or for us, to tell the simple truth about the car without seem
ing to indulge in braggadocio.
Because the simple truth is bound tp sound disparaging to competing cars.
The Question of Price
Let's assume that you do
"look around".
The first thing you discover
is that the Studebaker "SIX"
is iq a price division all by
itself.
You've got to bein several
hundred dollars higher up in
your hunt for a car com
parable with it.
Check Ont for the Studebaker.
The Question of Size
You are astonished to discover
that the lesser price of the
Studebaker is not explained
by a lesser size.
The Studebaker "SIX" is
normal six which means a
six of the most generous pro
portions. A seven-passenger six, in other
words, (if used to its utter
most) with perfect freedom of
movement front and back.
So you lose nothing here in the
lower price and gain noth
ing in the higher.
Check Two for the Studebaker.
The Question of Beauty
There are those who contend
that the Studebaker is the
handsomest Six on the
market.
Never mind that it is a distinguished-looking
Six at any
rate.
There are none more beautiful
none more graceful.
So vou won't be won away on
that score.
Check Three for the Studebaker.
The Question of Workmanship
Bear in mind that you are sup
posed to be hunting for some
thing that will justify you in
not buying, a Studebaker.
And immediately you encounter
an insurmountable objection
to buying any other car.
The Studebaker "SIX" is a
Practically every other Six with
which you will compare it
is an assembled Six.
We wieait by this, Sixes which
- are no larger, no more beauti
ful, but which tell for con
siderably more.
This almost ends the hunt right
here, doesn't iti
Add fifty points to the other
three we ve checked 'for the
Studebaker.
The Question of Fitness
Studebaker Will build mors
Sixes than anyone ehe in the
world this season.
Almost as many as all the other
makers combined.
That accounts largely for the
price.
It accounts also for that ac
curacy without which a Six
is a dangerous experiment.
It accounts for mechanical
niceties and full jeweled work
manship which amaze you at
the Studebaker figure.
manufactured Six.
Buy It Because It's 6 Studebaker
tYe say to you what your dealer will say to vou
"Look around to your heart's content, you're bound
to come back".
You'll buy this Six because it's a Studebaker "SIX".
You'll buy it because its superiority will be forced upon
you oy comparison.
S88S Studebaker "25" S1290 Staaebakor "35
STUDEBAKER, Detroit, Mich.'
n aa f ndJ?elrM . "Dealer in All
Oregon Motor Car Co., 58 N. 23rd St Important Cities."
550
AntofflobOe
mimm
,We Have Several 33 and 40 Horsepower 1913 Models
That Must Be Disposed of at Once.
Remember These Cars Are Equipped With Electric
Lights and Starter.
They Have Been Used for Demonstrating Only and Are
. in Good Condition,
Michigan Auto and BuyCd.
16TH AND ALDER STREETS.
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