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. , THE -OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING, "MARCH 7, 1915. r. you LD HIRE STATE PRISONERS SAME AS ORDINARY LABORERS Same-Prices Per Day Should Be Paid for High way. Work, ..Says. New York Expert. RECOMMENDATIONS MADE Burar"tion At Gives In Report Mad to the Hew York Highway Department, "The state highway department should hire convicts from the state prison In exactly the same Way as It would hire tree laborers a.nd at the cerhe price per day., ! During 'the hours of work the men should not he thought of as convicts but simply as employe f the highway department. No payment ghoul J be made for a single hour not worked and a man discharged should be .removed at once and permanently while the highway department should have nojjreeponsibility for nOr au thority over the convicts at any . time nor. in any manner except to conduct their work or to discharge them." J- This- recommendation- is made by David J. Shorer to the New Tork state highway department in his report on ctn vict road work in Green county during- the summer of 1914. This work was under the super vision of Mr, Shorer and was carried on, he says, under most difficult con ditions. The men arrived at the camps before the organization and equipment Were oornpieted. They' were sent there without regard to their suitability for the work, and almost one-fourth, were totally unfit and had to be returned to the prison. Arrangements for feeding thevmen were unsatisfactory, while winter made efficient work impossible fully two weeks before they were re moved from the camp. t spiie 01 iiirae uiiiicuiiicb, jvir. Shorer reports that, taking. the 60 con victs who were retained at the camp and comparing them with 61 civilians also working at the camp, the convicts averaged jbctter than the civilians, and as good afc any ordinary contract gang. Under proper conditions, be maintains, there will be io difficulty in using con victs for thistype of work with good results for the' moiey expended. The national committee on prisons and prison labor calls special attention to this report and its conclusion that two factors are essential to the success Of convict road work. Responsibility WELL-KNOWN MAN NAMED AS ASSISTANT MANAGER , ; 4. VV v - ''5 NEVER DRIVE A CAR -UNLESS TIRES ARE PROPERLY INFLATED . I - - Pressure Depends on the Size of the Load Ordinarily Car ried, However ' l " . T t TIMELY ADVICE IS GIVEN So ; Wot Take Comers at SlgOi Speed and Stop Just as Soon as Tunc- i tars Is Sustained. Under ordinary circumstances, driv ing at a safe and sane rate of speed. la tire should last 5000 miles; many will reach 6000 and even 7000 miles, while a few exceptionally good ones on a car driven by a careful driver will give satisfactory service for as; high as 10,000 miles. It lies in the hands of, every motorist to make his tires, serious and unforeseen accidents ex cepted, last more than 6000 miles, if he will only remember a few very simple rules:- ' (1) Never ' drive a car unless the tires are fully inflated to the pressure recommended by the car and tire man ufacturers. This pressure depends upon the load ordinarily carried. !A roadster, for instance, weighing with two passengers less than 2300 pounds, needs but a tire pressure of about 70 pounds, while a seven-passenger lim- E. C. Habel, recently appointed assistant manager of the Oregon Mo torcar company, local distributors for the Studebaker line. Mr. Habel is an eastern man who came west several years ago and started in with the local Studebaker selling force when they first took th'e selling end of the famous car and has been with them ever since. for administration must be placed In the hands" of those competent to meet it. and the men encouraged through a system of rewards so that they feel they have something- to gain through good work. 'Honey Boy" Evans Dies. Baltimore, Md., March 6. George Evans, the minstrel famous as "Honey Boy" Evans, died following an opera tion Undertaken to cure a stomach ailment. We ha ve with us today: The 1915 -' the Car That Carries- I ft i ICR. J. F. McXWTXE in us xeo rous The tide of travel is turning Westward! Have your Reo ready; your 'friends will be among the throngs; show' them the wonders of the Sunset Land! Make new friends for Oregon for yourself for the Reo, the tireless steed that will carry you wherever fancy desires! You do not see the hidden value in the Reo, but it will reveal itself daily in Sturdy quality of material, in mechanical construction, in low cost of upkeep, in SERVICE! Let us show you the Reo the car for men why buy their cars not for a season, but for year after year of active use. The Reo "Four" $1050 The Reo "Six" $1385 F. O. B. Factory Deliveries From Portland. . We Give -S-rs2 a mile in travel for every dollar you spend.; Northwest Auto Co, F. W. VOGLER, President Broadway at i Couch St., Portland See Who's in the Car Next Timet ousine should ha'v Its tires Inflated to at least 8ft pounds. - . . 2) If a puncture occurs, stop "as quickly as possible for a repair or change of tire. Five blocks running on a "flat" tire may cause complete destruction of the shoe and ' severe pinching of the Inner tube. The .latter will' reault in a : disastrous , blow-out later on. (3.) Do not start or stop the car suddenly. Too rapid acceleration will cause the tires to spin on the ground and will subject ! them to . much abra sion. Too several braking which locks the w-heels completely, . aside from causing dangerous skids, has the same result. . (4) Do not take corners or curves at speed. Not only lo you take the chance of a serious skid but you sub ject your tires .to severe side strains Which might tear them off the rim. io) Do not drive long distances in the tracks of street cars, for the sharp metallic particles at the edge of the rail will quickly cut through your tires. e Do not put an oversize, tire on one rear wheel and keep a smaller tire on the other, for the difference in outer diameter will cause unneces sary strains In the differential, because- the wheel with the smaller dia meter will revolve faster than the other. (7) Do not let your car stand Idle for weeks or during long periods of bad weather, without raising- It on jacks placed under the axles or hubs, this will relieve the tires- of the strain of carrying the heavy weight of the car. , (5) The -use of tire chains of the creeping type is advisable In rainy, slushy weather. Long-continued driv ing: with, chains on fairly dry roads has a destructive effect on the tires and,, should be avoided. "Pew College Women Marry. Baltimore, Md., March 6. Goucher's Women's college issued; a pamphlet containing statistics showing only 36 per cant of college women marry. Sightly Playgrounds For Public Nearer Supreme Court Boo to Hear Case In volving Ownership of XsaA Adjaoeat '.. to KaltaomaA rails. ; The acquisition of Multnomah Falls and environs as a park by the city of Portland moved .forward another step last week when the state; supreme court advanced for early hearing the case of the Tltla & Trust company vs. Griswold. j The case involves the title to the land surrounding the falls i which Is owned by Jennie M. oriswold of Wash ington," D. q. An interest in the prop erty is claimed by the estate of George Wetherby oii a contract to purchase. Negotiations to acquire the property for the city were bwgun by S. Benson last year, tt was Mr. Benson's pur pose to buy the property for the sum of J5000 and then transfer -it to the city for park purposes. The sale was blocKed by the Inter vention of Mr. 'Wetherby with his claim. ! If the supreme court; should decide that the Wetherby claim is a valid one Mr. Benson , will, in accordance with a stipulation . entered I Into, pav the money Hitc the court and the city can enter 19 to immediate possession of the land, j On the -otlier hand. If the supreme court should fdecide that Miss Griswold has a clear (title a condemnation suit will be necessary and the transfer will toe delayed, j , The tract fof land involved includes 135 acres. '3outh of it there are 240 acres of government land which have been reserved from sale for. the pre servation of (the falls. ' After .thai Griswold ' property - hai been acquired by the city it is the in tention of Br. Benson to take steps through the; Oregon delegation In con gress to have the government deed Its tract to ths city. This will make a park of 376 acres. ' ... On the west Is the Gordon or as ft has lately been named, the Wahkeena Falls tract owned by Mr. Benson and embracing an acreage of 400 acres. This tract is to be Improved as a park and dedicated to the public, Mr. Ben son reserving the ownership. The two tracts combined will give a magnificent park of 775 acres as a playground .for. the city of Portland. The proposed Inarch mountain trail will run through the park, ; which will be one of the most beautiful In the world. ti Great Horseshoe" Road Is Planned Movement Started la Canada to Map j Out a Boad TnrougH United States i Coast to Coast. 5 A. movement has. been started In Canada to map a route through the United. States and Canada from the Atlantic .to the Pacific . coasts, to be known as the Great Horseshoe motor highway." " .' , j In effect, it would link by means of a Canadian road the Pacific highway with the route from Florida to' Mont real,, and the result 1 would K be 8000 miles of motor road.-' From Florida the road would extend through the main cities of the Atlantic coast to Montreal, and from there west through Canada to .Vancouver,' B. C, where it would connect with' the Pacific high way, running along the ; Pacific coast through Seattle, Portland and. Ban Francisco .to San Diego. , j . , ; On the map the route would b in the form of a horseshoe, with the toe in Canada, hence the name, Horseshoe highway. , j I Memphis, Tenn., is discussing- annex ation of several suburbs, i May Not Start I Roads in 1915 It ts Considered Xtlkely That the fnad " WUl Bs Applied to the Completion of Existing' Boads. . It Is not probable that any new ro4u construction will be undertaken by tfiu state highway commission this j ytiv. Under the state levy of one .quarter of 1 mill foit highway purpoees, the cn mlsslon will have a fund of approjd--mately J250.000. It is quite likely !t:tt this fund will be applied to the t-oim-pletlon .of (.work already under jwjiy. The late legislature parsed a bill pi v Ing Jackson county 20 per cent pt the fund to finish the road over the Siskl- yous. . .' -'- : ! i i Anothefr i appropriation of about :?4V 000 will be required to build the IMitch ell point' grade in Hood River County. Columbia county will need assistance to finish! Its unit of the Columbia high way. ' ,J. -: . - ' j - J 1 It is also expected (that an allow ance will be made for the Improvement of the grade through Cow creek; can yon on the Paclflo highway. j i - All these appropriations will nearly exhaustj the fund and leave no thins: for hard surfacing or the building of new grades.( J i j 'fjj j . . : i .. ( .' ; !j " j 1 : ; j l)if jrcrenco Is Wide. : 1 According toj Henry Mann, "there li as much; difference between the light, high speedy shlgn efficiency motor and the low speed, motor as there is between a greyhound and a. shepherd dog. The greyhound its jbuilt for speed. He is long and slender the real stream line effect.) so to speak.!. The shpeherd dog is heavy and' stocky, and comparative ly slow! irt his action. The strength of either isXe same, and the differ ence In the coat of upkeep. If there is Any 1$ In favor of the greyhound.. "A Rubber Chain Tread buik on a Powerful Modern tire" Mmy- -! - . : X:A : WM? KEEP A TIRE IKEGORB h f K- : yw b Factory capacity doubled ample supply of the famou ready, arid Chain Treads" now lowest price in their history at the Our total factory capacity has been doubled. Now we are ready to supply "Chain Tread" Tires in unlimited quantities at popular prices. ::-.;L:- -' For several years we have built "Chain Tread" Tires for a limited trade, but heretofore we have not been able to produce "Chain Treads" in large quantities. 66 fW Uhi & read. . to rSlo IV? 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