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THE -OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING, "MARCH 7, 1915.
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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.
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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
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NEVER DRIVE A CAR -UNLESS
TIRES ARE
PROPERLY INFLATED
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Pressure Depends on the Size
of the Load Ordinarily Car
ried, However ' l
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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
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the Car That Carries- I
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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.
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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
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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..
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