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
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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.
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