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THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL PORTANP, SUNDAY MORNING. JANUARY 10, 19X5. E TWO MILLIONS FOR j i IMPROVED HIGHWAYS WASHINGTON'S, PLAN Legislature In Neighboring State to Be Asked to Levy a 1 Mill Tax for Roads. " AT ALL E ; Manager Reig I Announces That Alt Preliminary Plans i Have Been Completed. o SPAC FOR DISPLAY ' "SAFETY FIRST" WARNING POSTS .PLACED AT MOST PANGEROUS POINTS OF TRAFFIC OF CARS ANNUAL r- . i r, r-i '"l"rj8r "'t : -aaaaHaapanppaaTaMaMawBTa i-e--llnnni KOjll JllimiV' '1 f .mwii- ' r.-MHH-JI' ! -Tlliilllliim HIIIJ I " "" ' 'V B " SHOW NGAGED r" ' i ,? -; . i ' . .... ; J ' v MUCH INTEREST SHOWN lets Tfca soo Slakes ef tos ud ; Vntckg Till s znuuud at 4 tbe Arnfory. Svery available space tor the dl- ' plays of cars at the .sixth annual "automobile how ha been taken aa " Cordtn to the report of Manager Rets, ' , who bee ' now complete alt prellmt Zi fiary rranemita for the biff sheer ; which will i be ataged from the 23rd .'i'to 30th Of this month In the Armory. n. 1 At the weekly luncheon ef the Auto ' o mobile Dealers' association a few days ago Orawlnff for apace was held with a result that Howard M, Covey drew r. first position and wlUj place eight y". machines n the exhibit. Although definite firea will not . be available for some time H la as , v mrrd that no less than "100 makes of -automobile and auto trucks will bo . shewn st the Armory and In addition ,t, accessories by the 'scores and hun dreds will add interest tdjfthe numer- ' us- displays. ' A; score or more men are now en :r:. gaged in the work of making the ', maral decorations, fresco, massive f columns and electrical .lighting mi ; ehlnery ready for installation in the bla hall. Owing to the fact that the Tt lighting system and decorations as ( Planned are entirely too comprehen V, slve. Captain Hockenyos.; in charge of .';(; the Armory, haa granted the .show feorle three days more than usually ; la allowed to do the required work, ' The show has already stirred up -much enthusiasm among owners, deal ers and prospective auto owners as well, and numerous dealers are being ' besieged with queries concerning the show and the kind and character of cars that will be displayed. 2 ' I '' STEEL WOULD BUILD 24 SKYSCRAPERS f 1 1 'i? Illustrations showing bow "Safety First" aien serves & aafeuard to pedestrians against pacstna; aotomobUe's and other Tehicla, Portland now can be numbered as one of the "Safety First" cities of the United States. 'During, the last week the department of public works has completed the work of placing "Safety First"' signs at the jpost dangerous points for traffic, In all 275 of the big warning posts have, been planted, ao- peordln to A. S. KirkpatrieV, traffic en gineer ror the city, under whose IW' mediate direction the work was done. And Portland may be well proud of the Job, It was a borne made proposition from the start. The sign were . de signed in Portland, made and painted in Portland. In fact the biff disks, like the one appearing in this illustration, looked so good to put of town folk that Seattle and Milwaukee, Wis., have of ficially selected the same design. The public safety commission wants the city to put up several' more of the signs. At the present tlmei about a score of Portland's 70 public and pri vate school are protected by '"Safety First" signs. The principal .danger points are similarly marked, put a nunv. ber remain and the commissioner Is after the city te plant some more. The cost of the present ones was ' about tSOO and it is said about 7C0 more signs are necessary. There are 14 dis tinct warnings, carried eq the biff red 19 inch discs. They read- "Dangerous Curve,- ?Steep Grade. "Careful, BohooltH "Kail road Crossing." 'Fire 8tation." HospitaU ''Drive Btewly," "Nsjtow Boa,' -Bad TwrnV "No Out let," "Reverse Curve," Ceep to Bight," VSounds Warninff." and Bridge." Each dlse is copper riveted to a heavy iron pipe which is sunk, at the side of the road in concrete. Such precautions to insure permanency are taken because those in charge of the work practice what they preach -safety First." SPEED DEMONS OF THE 1914 SEASON NAMED Some of Performances of the ; Old Timers Are Recalled; Some Records Stand, ILocal Manager of Tire Fac- v.tory Does Some Figuring if With- Lon Pencil, . Vlth m. lonor nnctl itirl a m m iib juhi; rw-TiTM xrom neaaauarters st Akron, Ohio, Manager Thatcher of ;tha locai Firestone branch, yesterday 3 figured that enough steel goes into "ynaklng Firestone rlma yearly as is w necessary tb construct 2 skyscrapers. m two na nv rescqea in COD- 2 elusion: ' To meet the demand last year, 12, 4 00 tons of steel were made into rim a. J,TM" means 24,000,000 pounds. The 'average business block that enters the skyscraper class usually calls for a J, million pounds of steel. The rest is' J5"eeyj S4 divided by 1 s J4, and that's 1 ia-1 there is te it! "Some idea of the general demand for Firestone rims is gained," he said. t.1frben it is known that these rims .are carried in atoek at more than "HI0t distributing points in this coun- ;v, "flfxty automobile manufacturers --will use Firestone rims exclusively 3 'durinff the coming year. They have Jall placed their contracts for their supply. Bo the Firestone rim plant . will be Just as busy as the tire fac ,jf tory in. His." Largest Piece of 5'-'; Advertiaincr Ma.ilp.rl TVhn largest niece of i.rti. ;.4'ltterature published by an automobile manufacturer has Just been put into jtha malls by the Haynes Automobila 2eompany, Kokomo, Ind.." according to rMr. Mans of the Mob Hill Oarage ft i ; AuU Co., distributors in this territory .for the Haynes. Jvl ln th form of brosdslde, S -feet S inches wide by S tht 9 inches y --deep, and when delivered by Uncle jjCBsm, measures llxl4H inches. 2 "it is lithographed in two colors j; . on a light reen stock, and contain. n -interesting story of the Haynes success Vns season, as well as a graphic de- . scrlpuon of the Haynes light six car. "Decidedly Impressive Is the hir- tone illustration of the "Haynes Light 2.' Six.' 25 U 1 inches in width. hiriM Which there are 24 other Illustrations showing the principal features of its 2 "The broadside likewise? introduces model S3, a brand new seven casaenffAr. M" six cylinder car. which was seen for -J'ina nrst time at the New York Auto inoblle show this last week." Indianspolis, Ind.. Jan. 2. Automo bile reclug proclaims as speed cham pions of the year 1914 Rene Thomas, who won the Indianapolis motor speed way 600-mile race at 83.47 miles per hour, and'Kddie Pullen, who captured the SOO-mile Corona road contest' at $7.S miles per hour. Other noteworthy porforrnaheea for the year were Teddy Tetzlaff's attempt on the wprlds half mile, record at Salt Lake City, Utah, during which he attained a speed of 142.8 miles an hour, and Georges Boillot's desperate assault upon the Indianapolis speedway lap record, which he mastered at ait average speed of 99.80 miles per hour,' turns and all. Old records in the automobile world which still stand are Duray's sensa tional flight at Ostend, Belgium, in 1913, when be negotiated a kilometer at 142.9 miles an hour, and Jean Chas sagne's run at Brooklands,, Eng., also in 1913,- when he covered 107.95 miles In an hour. Then there is Victory llemery's half-mile record at Brook lands, made in 1909, of 127.877 miles an hour, which still stands untouched, and Bob Burman's American speed way quarter-mile record of 111 miles an hour, made at Indianapolis in 1911. Anotner veteran Is S. F. Edge's 24- hour record, made in 1907 at Brook- lands at 65.905 miles per hour. Jail Preferred to Giving Up Machine Story Told of Man Who, After Arret, Preferred to race ICualo Satber Than Part "With Car. Down at the Keats Auto company, they" are telling a story of a man whose love for a Chandler Six was so great that he ia now in durance vile await- ing the action of the .grand Jury at Nashville. Tenn. The double eyed deceiver, one Sidney Chapelle, late Of Toronto, Ont., breeaed into Minneapolis recently with plenty of money and soon let it be known, it is said, that he was in the market for an automobile. Agents fell over themselves ln an effort to land the gentleman's order, and the Chandler man did it. Chapelle tendered a certified check on an Alaskan bank, got bis car and southward sped. Then the auto men learned, it la charged, the check was "phony," and the search began, and finally Chapelle was landed at Nash After confessing, Chapelle la said to have declared he could have made a clean ret away, but had got bo at tached to the; car that he "hated to part with it." And now ha lg facing a prison term. ' Accessories Should Be Given Inspection At This Time of Tear Sunt and Cor rosion Are More iable t? Be Toaad. Now la the. time of. the year that automobile owners should give their accessories on motor ears a thorough inspection, particularly those that have working parts, according' to O. E. Jehnsen of the Chanslor & Lyon Co. "Double-the service of accessories by giving them attention," he said. "Accessories "that have moving parts such as electric horns, speedom eters, etc., must at all times be lubri cated to get the best and longest service in ordinary weather, but in the rainy season, more lubricating oil is necessary to cover all parts to pre vent rust and corrosion. "All accessories should? be made water tight, because rust means that mechanical parts will get out of align ment, reducing their efficiency and Quickly destroying their usefulness. "Every accessory on- a motor ear should be looked over at stated peri ods, , If an owner desires to save money he should do this. It is safe to say that not 0 per cent of the motor car owners of today do this. but many use their accessories until they cease to be of service. Then iney.rma tnem selves forced to pur chase new Instruments." New Salcsmanager Named. The Standard Motor Truck comnanv of Detroit, recently made. E. B, Finch general sales manager. He will also assist the president of the company. a leaner, in supervising . other branches, according to information Just received by E. K. Gerllnger, local aistriDUtor. Realizing that service la the key note of success in the commercial vehicle business, Mr. Finch will eive special attention to the service divis ion, in which he has had thotoaieh perience. He spent 14 years tin the automobile industry, connected in exec utive capacities with such companies aa Packard, Chalmers, etc I The Standard company la bulldlne- trucks of 3 and 5 ton capacity for all purposes, and is furnlshlne larire num. bers to farmers,: fruit growers, build ers, supply and crfal dealers. . The fac tory has been working a day and a night force for some time on account of the great demand for their trucks. V-'- At Increase 42 Per cent. .n increase or oraers since Deeem 3W 1 of 42 per cent has taken all the ears the Franklin Automobile company m had in the warehouse and the company Z is how behind ln deliveries, an unusual condition at this time, of the year. The company atarta the new year without a car In atock and with orders ahead. . Regular Dividend Declared. Cleveland, Ohio, Jan, 9. The resru lar quarterly dividend of 1 per cent on the preferred stock of the Chandler Motor Car company was declared at the monthly meeting ef the board of directors, and in addition to the pre ferred stock dividend, a dividend of 2 per cent was declared on the com mon stock. The dividend ot 2 ft per cent is tne third dividend on the com mon stock paid since lasts July, mak ing a total or i7ft per cent on the common stock ln the past six months. The treasurer's report Indicates that after; the payment of all dividends, the company, is able to add to Its sur plus reserve which now exceeds the company's original cash capital. Th Brazilian government has pro hibited the use of preservatives in al most every, kind of foodstuff and bev erage. . v ., 1 s Gray & Davis eirvice , Statiom . .'. ' . , ... t , s"' Storage Batteries Rebuilt and Recharged GibsonElectricGarage&StorageBatteryCo. 434 Alder Street Marshall 1T53 . A-T435 VENICE IS ANGLING FOR BIG ROAD MCE Boosters Already Have Se cured $8000 Purse and Have Set Date, have prohibited tie sale of gasoline, kerosene and similar petroleum! pro ducts to any one not lldlrectly connect ed with th army. Aretha proclama- (ton prohibits the sale of motor truck and automobile tires te private per sons, unless they are for nse on new s.utnphHes Intended ftr 'military service. N private person la allowed te buy Urea and crude rubber without a special permit from the military an. tbarlties. . The state highway commission of Washington will recommend 'to; the coming legislature the continuance of the levy of l- mill - for ; public high ways which will provide a fund ef The fund milt be distributed over' different sections of the state, two thirds to the western portion and one-" third to the eastern part. Eliminating vines expenses and pre mm nary sur veys this would, give fl.494.SO0 for construction and maintenance in west ern Washington and $647,300 In east ern Washington. i 'Of the amount to be , appropriated to wester Washington HOe.ooo will be expended on the Paeifio highway; 1260,060 each on the Olympla and Na tional Park highways; 1165,000 on the Sunset highway and tl&0,000-on the road along the Columbia river In Skamania county. - . The eastern Washington allotment will be divided as follows: Inland Em pire highway in Stevens, Whitman and Walla Walla counties, $$10,000; a new road between Mead. Bpokane county and Newport, $118,000; Central Wash ington highway, between Spokane and Ritavllle, $(4,000- and on , three roads in the northeastern part of the state, ess.euo eaen. While it looks as though the big Santa Monica , road race is all off this year, Venice, , which Is yery near the famous racing town in southern California,. Is angling for the honor, and it is probable the early months of the year will witness a contest. In fact, the date has been set March 17 and a committee is now negotiating with the- A. A. A., ror its sanction. Venice race boosters figure on a 800 mils event. A purse of $8000 has been subscribed, and this amount is to be raised to $10,000, according to mem bers -of the race committee. There was talk of a Santa Monica race, but there were certain citisena of the seaside city who were opposed to a 191 5 race. Mayor Dudley of Santa Monica had been informed by property owners along the famous course that the city would be enjoined should any attempt be made to hold a race. A publie meeting was called with the hope that the opposition would be over come, but only three citizens turned out. Thla lack of interest was ac cepted as an indication that ' Santa Monica is not ln favor of another race and the boosters Of Santa Monica nave pledged their support to the race which the sister city of Venice has scheduled for a date closely following the speed events to be held in (San Francisco In February. SHORTAGE IS StERlOUS Private advices received by a Chica go man in a letter smuggled through from Germany, indicate that there is a serious shortage in gasoline and tires for the motor tracks and automobiles that form -eo essential a part of the German army transport system. In Germany there are many Tillages that formerly depended -upon gasoline for their street lighting systems. 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The side curtains lit perfect ly and-give complete protection from draughts, rain or snow. . The list of Overland advant ages is long too long to give here. Our dealer will gladly explain and demonstrate everything. . Remember now is the time for motoring. Buy an Overland and rnoncy imjm mm ! wm. save. BROADWAY AT COUCH STREET Main SSS ' A-495D ; - ; - AUTOMOBILE AND SHOP SUPPLIES SparkPlugs TOOLS s Brake-Lining MOTORCYCLES AND -ACCESSORIES Preer Tool and Suoolv Go. T4 81xth an 811 Oak Bta. Mioi5J?wiis a i.o ValctalziniAKetrcadini R.E. ELCSCETT. ' ESZXSiVSZ? l&T "r f57 " . fJSnSMrWMMfj Ms mm T't'jr ' fsJ A a Model 80 $1075 Model 81 ?850 : 5 Psaasmer Tswiai Car ' - Mods! 88, Roads tsr ' $1050 Model 80, 4 Pass. Coop . 1600 Six-Modal 82, 7 Psss. Ttuia Qu 1473 5 Psssenf ef Toaifof Get , Model 81. Readstsr ' . $793 Dell very Wios, witk eloeed body 895 Delivery Wefe, with ope body - 850 a A aT '.arT nr. r v 4 J. W. 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