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THE OREGON SUNDAY -JOURNAL; PORTLAND J SUNDAY - MORNING. MARCH: g; 1918. WHO'S WHO IN MOTORDOMl! NEW IS Convict Labor in Road Work Success Highway Open As ;r ; Far As Crown Point AN EXPERIENCED motorist TAKING A CENSUS OF TRAFFIC IN COUNTY Purpose Is to Enable County Court to Come to Equitable Improvement Plan, WORK TO BE PROGRAMMED T. G. Bomner, an engineer of "the Yesterday's storm had no appreciable effect on the con- dition ot the county roads. : On the. Columbia river high- way the road is still open as far as Crown Point, but is 4t blocked ' by snowdrifts beyond. . fr To reach the highway the best J - route is by way of the Base 4t Line road to the Automobile California state highway commission. PAPER AT ARLINGTON ON TRAFFIC says in a report to the commission that the employment of convict labor In road work has proved a success both from n economic and a humani tarian standpoint He further says that the best results can be obtained Gilliam County Tied Up by Accidents Last Year Num- I club house. This route is hard Bad Highways Greater Portion of Year. I bered 22,540; in These only in conjunction with proper con sideration and humane treatment, it being absolutely imperative to impress upon these men the fact that during the term of their good Intentions they shall not be oppressed by the weight of the law and undor no circum stances shall their conduct be mis judged. The average cost of a man in these convict camps, according to Mr. Bom ner, was 1.34 a day. surfaced for a greater portion He if of the distance, there- being a t short stretch . of macadam be- tween the end of the Base Line 4 and the Sandy river, which la f 0 in very good condition. The Sandy road is still at hlnckaA hv warV nn the under- Autos Figured In 5008, BOND ISSUE PROPOSED SCOPE OF WORK OUTLINED He ground railroad crossing this 4ft side of Trout dale. vuior xeue zuptrtn ana Termers Personal Interviews, Safety Somes, Play streets. Congested Districts, Xeetares and Movies Included. IConey to Improve Ail Highways Wot plainly Mow They Cu Kake K9Mf for TbtmHlTii. Available and Work Xnst Be Distributed. YORK PLANNING COOS ROADMASTER ilA AIIAIIItl im iiiiiii mi MEANS TO PUT CHECK o oHU WN r LAINLY bi P i III III' - V UK 4u 11 v ' ' , s t II ' Discussing the proposed- plan to bond Glll'am coonty for highway improve ment the Arlington Independent calls attention to the great need of better roads In the county and the great op- .uiiuiiu jvi tuwpcr imnvpvriiuiun "Our great county of Gilliam, an empire wunin useir, says me mae pendent,' - "Is - scarcely touched by de velopment. We have a wonderful open door at our river front and no way to avail ourselves of its advantages be cause we have not the roads to carry our products of grain and wool from the interior to the decks of passing .steamers. The tourist who (although laughed at by some. Is a great source of revenue) passes our doors and leaves not his dollars with us because we have no facilities to offer him as an inducement for him to visit our broad plains and hills, to visit the towns within our limits, towns which would benefit beyond measure should fie call and leave his money with our 4. . 1 . m a jicieis, garages ana mercnams. "Our social intercourse, town with town, school district with school dis trict, community center with commun ity center, is stifled, and why; because our roads are such that only a few months In the year (and then under .difficulty) can we come in touch with 'one ano titer. "A way oat of all this mossback-ism and privation is about to be presented t ts Gilliam county through the vote on the proposed J195.000 bond issue. Such a. sum will enable our county court -to work out a comprehensive road pro gram, which will give us a good all O'asr artery through the county and ..will place us in vital touch with the tutslde world; that will enable us to -more our products to the river in win der as well as summer; that will en able us to market our products when Oriees are best and not be compelled to offer them wheri the market Is Slutted; that will place us in rank of communities of progress and thereby all the attention of outsiders to our wonderful possibilities:." WIND RESISTANCE IS IMPORTANT FACTOR .1 IN SHAPING OAR BOD Ja vfi Miss Flawnnice Killingsworth drives a Cadillac after long experience. She drove the first one-cylinder model which the Cadillac turned oat, and since then has been at the wheel of each successive modeL y ffliis Year's . Models- Show -Especial Attention' to Split ' ting Air, Juncture Behind, Wind resistance aa a consumer of - the power of an automobile is not ap preciated by the average car owner anywhere near aa much as it is by the designer. It is this attention to the resistance due to the pressure of the Wind on the projected surface that has been one of the most important fac tors in detrmining the shape of the car exterior. Human nature is such that refinement of detail generally leads the finished product to operate along- the lines of least resistance, and the stream-line automobile body is only a significant Illustration of this point. Looking at the forward end of the car for 1916, it will be noted that the entrance lines, or that part of the car which acts as an entering wedge to split apart the volume of air in front, is narrower than ever before. Strange to say, however, the lines of entrance Into the wind are not of as much im portance as those at the rear of the vehicle, whioh determine the ease of Juncture of the Bplit-airt currents. It Is a well known fact that it is easier to tow a wedge through the water with the blunt end foremost and the apex at the rear. The same rule applies to the design of automobiles as applies to boats; and what is known as the in verted wedge principle is used with both. Bringing this theory down to actual practice and applying it specifically to the cars exhibited at the shows, it will be noted that the cars of today do not terminate at the rear 'of the body lines in the square high wall that was cos tomary in earlier designs. As much attention has been put on a molded rear surface as ha3 been applied to the straightening of the lines of the engine hood and the flattening of the cowl piece. This molding of the fore and aft lines of the bar does not only apply to the touring models, but also to the closed cars. Limousines, coupe and sedans are given as much attention as regards entrance and terminating lines as the touring cars. To appreciate the actual backward pulling power of the wind, it may be mentioned that it increases practically as the cube of velocity.' In cars trav eling at fairly high rates of speed it takes more of the power of the engine to overcome the wind resistance than it does to perform any other worn about driving the car. For each square foot of projected area, at a speed of 23 miles per -hour, the progress or the car is opposed by a steady pressure of three pounds. At 45 miles per hour the resistance is 10 pounds per square foot. As the projected area of an av erage touring car will be around 10 square feet, there Is a steady drag of 100 pounds on the car at 45 miles per hour. Up In the racing speed of 103 miles per hour the drag is 50 pounds per square Toot, and is, of course, of Immense Importance. . To reduce the entrance resistance and the suction at the closing lines is one of the most Important tasks of the designer. Drouth Wasted Him Away. New York. March 4. Carl Freeburg, height six feet, slipped out of his cell through a four Inch aperture between the bars to get a drink and was ar rested, as he explained, "on his way back. Valve-intHead Commercial Car ONE TON CAPACITY Maximum Loading Space on Minimum Wheel Base Mechanically Correct in Principle and Construction Delco Electric Lighting, Starting and Ignition Phone or Call for Demonstration on Your Own Work Co. ' ' Geo, We Dean, Manager ..-.'V FOURTEEasTTH AND DAVIS STREETS Main 1130, A-2550 Howard Automobile Bow New York city is going to go about the work of lessening traffic accidents is being discussed by ' the police department of that city, and a tentative plan' has just been an nounced. While the problem differs, the solution nevertheless has some sa lient features that might be applied to Portland. In New York there were listed by the police department in 1915, 22,540 accidents 659 persons killed and 23,321 Injured. Automobiles figured in 6008 of these accidents, divided into 4830 Injured and 178 killed. As statistics have shown that a large number of automobile accidents are caused by carelessness on the part of the pedestrians, a sum mary of the work being done by the department, both educational and ad ministrative, to prevent aecidents from all kinds of traffic, was requested The brief statement which follows was prepared. It gives "a clear idea of the scope of this work: Scope is Outlined. 1. Listing the ntoea and addresses of children Indulging in reckless play on the streets, which lists are followed up by letters written or calls made by the commanding officers of the pre cincts upon parents, advising them of the danglers their children were sub jected to, and requesting that the necessary measures be taken to pre vent recklessness in the future. 2. Car stop safety zones' for the protection of passengers alighting f rm and boarding street cars. 3. Safety and rotary traffic ir-les, to prevent collisions between ehiclea and for the protection of pedestrians. 4. Designation of "play streets throughout the city, from which street i traffic is excluded between 3 and S p. m., except ' Sundays, to permit ot recreation of children without danger of being run down by vehicles. 5. Designation of "congested streets' by police stanchions, and the restriction of the speed of vehicles in these streets to eight miles an hour. 6. Designation of public school streets by police stanchions, to warn operators of vehicles to drive slowly. 7.. Lectures in public schools by police sergeants to point out street dangers to children, and hew such dangers may be avoided. 8. Talks by police sergeants to driv ers In stables and garages, with a view to the Instruction of drivers on methods to expedite traffic on the streets, and prevent accidents. 9. Use of moving picture films to educate the public on the danger of street accidents, and how to avoid them. The office of Police Commissioner Woods gave out the following list in answer to the question what the great est violations are: , Frlaelpal Tlolatloas of Lwa Speeding. Automobile smoking. Falling to have registration number properly displayed. No lights on automobiles between sunset and sunrise. Chauffeurs not properly displaying badges. Using muffler cutouts. Driving recklessly. Passing street cars which have been stopped for the purpose of allowing passengers to board or alight. . Using dazzling lights. Driving on the wrong side of the street. Falling to stop on signal from a traffic officer. Turning corners improperly. Registration plate obstructed, de faced or obliterated. Failing to kep off surface car tracks in front of a car. Driving a vehicle while Intoxicated Leaving vehicles on a public high way unattended. Falling to disclose Identity after an accident. Falling to have adequate brakes, Chauffeurs wearing fictitious badges. Failing to have suitable horn, bell or other device for signaling. Failing to stop automobile on signal from a person who ls leading or driv ing a horse. ' Operating as a chauffeur without a license. Unauthorized use of a chauffeur's badge. Unauthorized use of an automobile. Owners of publio conveyances em ploying intemperate drivers. Chauffeur operating a car while his license ie suspended. Failure of vendor to notify- the sec retary of state upon the sale of car. Frank Finger. Frank Finger needs no Introduc tion. Frank is one of the motor pio neers and got into the automobile game via thet bicycle route. He has been with the largest of cars and some of the smallest Now he says that he Is selling one of the cars which Is small but represents great est value. He is with J. J. DeVaux. who handles the - Chevrolet in Port land and Oregon. Leap . Year Doing 1 It. New ork, March 4. (I. N. S.) Marriage licenses are being Issued here at the greatest rate ever. Pros perity has something to do with It. but City Clerk Scully says several brides have blushingly admitted to him that they would never have en tered his office if it hadn't been leap year. Literature Won Easily. New York, March 4. (I. N. S.) An enterprising movie company over reached itself when it used the big white wall of the public library to nut up a gorgeous blue and white sign projected from a window across the street by a stereopticon. Literature and art protested and the police squelched the perpetrator of the out rage. What Is considered the first essen tlal step In highway improvement has been' undertaken by the roadmaster of Coos county. It is the taking of a traffic census for the purpose of gath ering Information which will enable the .county court to arrive at an equit able improvement plan. Every - resident taxpayer in the county has been given a blank form asking Information as to how many tons of -produce he hauls each year. The tonnage Is to Include the weight of the team and wagon or car or truck; how long the rosd is open to traffic and If not open all the year how long in an impassable condition. The names and the descriptions of the roads used and times used Is also requested. In addition the roadmaster wants suggestions on the roads that should receive first attention. Explaining the plan of Improving the roads used by the largest number of taxpayers first Roadmaster Murdock says: "It is well known that under even the most favorable conditions the max imum fund available would not be suf ficient to improve all the roads in Coos county satisfactorily in one year's time. It seems, then, that the only practical and businesslike way is to lay out a program for improvements covering a period of years and, in so doing, it seems only just that attention Should be given first to those roads which are the most used by the larg. est number of taxpayers. This does not mean that the maintenance of the lesser roads should be neglected but that permanent improvements should be carried on In their proper order. eliminating duplications and discon nected and aimless projects. It . is hoped and believed that such a course will meet the approval of all. WHY Are the Loading Business Firms in Portland Using Trucks? GENERAL MOTORS TRUCK CO. Investigate and you will find that the unerring Judgment that has made their business a success has been used in selecting the most efficient motor truck on the market today. Buy a TRUCK to fit your business, business fit a truck. Don't try to make your Wte have from V to 5 -ton shaft, chain or worm drive, gaso line and electric trucks. Let us figure with you on your transportation problems. Columbia Carriage & Auto Works 209 FRONT STREET our conception -- and it! Right Location and Construction Best ltaaasr la "Which Columbia Xrrer Highway Steads Vp Contrasted With - Ordinary Expensive Cheap Steads. The need of proper location and sci entitle construction of highways is em phasised by the stories coming in of damaged and washed-out roads and In tempted communication. In some places roads have been built without any consideration of topogra phy. ' and no adequate provision for drainage made. As a result, when the flood waters come the road Is swept out of existence. Then Breaks are filled with fresh dirt and gravel, which in turn, are washed away In the next storm. ' To keep the roads in a passable con dition ' involves a great and continued expense, which can be avoided by put ting the roads In the right place and draining them properly in the .first in stance. - 'The economical advantage of scien tific construction has been: fully dem onstrated this winter in the case of the Columbia river highway. Thus far no serious - damage-, has - been:., sustained along Its 4. ull length, and the roadbed is unimpaired. -This condition la due to its drainage system , . '' Many Dutch milkmen deliver - their wares In bottles wrapped iri red paper, which they claim Increases the keeping There are two kinds of service rendered by the dealer who sells you a car. Like any other piece of machinery, an auto- mobile must be run and used for a certain time before it develops its maximum efficiency. And unless adjustments are properly made during this period of breaking in, the full efficiency of the car will never be developed. Some dealers render service by caring for trouble as the owner reports it. Our method of rendering service is to prevent trouble by insisting that our owners come1 to us at stated intervals so that our expert mechanics can inspect the car in all its working parts. This prevents trouble and helps us educate our owners in the advantage of knowing the car from radiator to tail light. It is for this reason that so many ladies are driving REOS, and without trouble. Not everyone who is going to buy a REO this season will be able to do so at the present prices. When Initial Allotments Have Been Deliv ered, the Price Will Have to Be Advanced REO FOUR NOW $875 tory, REO SIX $1250 Aiit o Go; fv Broadway at Couch Street (our only location) t , ' Portland, Oregon V .. E. W. VOgler, . ' . C M. Menzles, - ' President ' ; Sales Manager. - -- - i 4 i Qualities or the milk. . ' - . 1
