. 7
AUTOMOBILETRADE IN
BAKER
NO
Gaining
SALES ANTICiPATED
GYPSIES SUCCUMB TO LURE OR MOTOR
ST.
Gradual Improvement of the
Roads in County 1 ncreases
eiriahtf for vCars
GARAGE BUSINESS GOOD
yxltn Estimate Tiat There Axe Hore
'-' Tnaa 300 Cars la Baker Alone, ltd
ioo ta coutr outsit. '
Baker, Or., MarA 25. The automo
bile business 1 looking; np in Baker
thJ season, with all dealers anticipat
ing; manjr 'sales. Last season's busl
;jies was a record breaker, and a still
jketter mark Is aimed at. The gradual
Improvement of roads in Baker county,
Vjaa elsewhere in the state, is one of the
principal reasons for the Increased de
mand for motor cars, and an Important
branch of the local business is the auto
-delivery car end, many having; been sold
',th past year,, and more sales in sight.
'Which will all but eliminate the deliv
ery horse in this city,
tr Seven Garage la City,
v. Baker at the present time has seven
a aragea, . all handling one or more
' makes of machines, as well as two well
quipped motorcycle establishments.
The Baker garage is conducted by
i.Williara Southard and James H. Shinn.
Ttaey are the agents for the Hudson,
Buick and Maxwell cars, having added
: the latter line this season. Their sales
1 Mast year totalled 6 new machines and
numerous second hand cars.
Fernald A Crandall, agents for the
jReo, maintain a well equipped garage.
Vdolnor a bla recair business, and also
carry a large line or accessories ana
upplies. Their. Re sales in 115 to-
staled 36.
Cranston & Masters have the largest
jirarage in the city, and are agents for
jthe Cadillac. . Studebaker and Dodge
jcars. Their combined sales lase season
;,was 73 new autos, while many cars
- taken Jn trade were also disposed of.
! Sspairtar m Specialty.
D. M. Kelly makes a specialty of ex
pert repairing, keeping a large force of
'machinists employed, and since early
last month keeplnf a night crew busy,
. He manufactures springs and other
parts, and has had s,uch a good busi
ness in his new. quarters, opened last
year, that hells planning an additon.
As agent for the Federal trucks, he
cold six last season, and expects sev
eral sales in early spring. He is also
sub-agent for the Overland, which is
handled for Baker county by J. F.
CBryant. of this city. The latter
maintains no garage,
- VT. O. Best and G. F. Elliott are the
proprietors of the B. & M. garage, the
newest establishment .of its kind in
Baker, built last year by Buxton &
.Miller, who eoia out to tne present
owners recently. Their specialty Is re
pair -work; but In their place of busi
ness the Chevrolet and Mitchell agen
cies will be established within the next
.month by the eastern Oregon represen
' taUvs; w, Hf'Doadwrtr. ' ; C r 1
The Basche-Sage Hardware company
handle .th- OldsmobUe exclusively
this season, cutting out lines previous
: ly handled. A salesroom Is maintained.
but no garage, , P. P. Correll, formerly
'Z "with, the Baker garage, is in charge of
the company's automobile business. -Pora
Sale Heavy.
The Ford garage, Hadley & "milting.
proprietors, reports nearly a hundred
i cars sold by the Ford -garage last year;
; and of the delivery cars sold here, the
5 large majority la this popular make.
They make a specialty of repairing and
carry a large line of supplies.
The Ttoor and Hariey-Davidson mo
torcycles have- for their agent G. F.
Lock wood, and the Indian Is handled
. by Palmer Brothers, both f whom
.maintain shops. Several other motor
" cycles are sold here by agents located
In some of the garages. The motor-
cycle DUSiness is onu at present.
While there is no way of getting at
exact figures, local dealers .estimate
that there are more than 300. cars In
Baker and 100 or more in the .county
outside the city. The wide-awake
ranchers are aettinr to be auto en-
thiisiasts more and more, and this sea
f son. for the first time, the sale of mo
tor tractors haa shown considerable ae-
luvlty, three being sold last week, ny
two firms. Last year zb auto licenses
j and 17 motorcycle licenses were issued
St or Baker county. .
a loads Sentiment Is
1 iSfnncr in thfi Smith
- SI aw h nPrfttT i 1 ty- ties wmkA via A -
meat been awakened In the southern
states mat naxaiy a month passes In
which soma more or less Important
i highway is not proposed. The newest
for these projected highways Is one ex-
, tending rrom, the Atlantic . seaboard
through, the states f 'Florida, Georgia,
ennessee, Afaoama. : Mississippi and
aimujiu mm wouiq consist of a sys
tem of highways tributary to on or
more trunk roads. Other states would
: be indirectly affected, notably Ksn-
umois ana Missouri. . . .
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Frank Fort una, king of gypsy tribe that is encamped in outskirts of Portland, and his family in Over,
land Six that, together vritn (35O0 cash, constituted the payment made by Joe Adams for the
hand of the fair Meniono, Fortuna's daughter. , '
Reports From Many
Sections Eeoeived
rOamata Cut-off Zs ZTew Boad j Pass
Creek Canyon Bad Tet Seaside-Elk
Creek Bouts Zs Open.
News conies from Klamath Falls re
garding a new road from the city to
Upper Klamath lake. This stretch is a
cut-off and by its use the motorists
avoid crossing the mountain. It ex
tends 11 miles and connects with the
Crater lake and Medford roads st the
Algoma mill.
The warm weather of the last few
weeks has melted the snow on this
highway and J. A. Gordon of the
Southern Oregon Automobile company,
Klamath Falls, made a log of it for
the touring bureau of the Portland
Automobile club.
As the other roads in Klamath
county open up he will map them and
send the corrected data to the club,
which will use them in the new map
and tour book being prepared.
The Roseburg Commercial club
roads committee reports that the Pa
cific highway through Pass creek can
yon is bad yet, but that the Canyon
creek road south of Canyonville la in
good condition and cars are traveling
over it.
The officials have been written by
the touring' committee to log the Rose-burg-Coquille
route, via Looking Glass
and Brewster valleys, as the scenery
along this road Is wonderful. This
stretch is not quite so good as the
Myrtle Point highway, but it in open
Just as long each season and is more
enticing to the motorists seeking
mountain scenery in its native state.
This is another inlet to the Coos Bay
country, which is going to be popular
with automobile travelers the com
ing season.
Reports from Astoria are that the
road to Seaside and Elk creek is now
open for travel, but that the others are
not in shape.
Device for Use of
Distillate Invented
GOOD ROADS NEWS NOTES
IN THE OREGON COUNTRY
Work on McXenale Pass Boad Be
tween $8000 and $9000 will be spent
thi season by the United States for
est service upon the road in Lane
county over the McKensle pass. The
work will be done west of the summit
where there are a number of bad
grades, and will be commenced as soon
as the snow is gone.
Estimated Cost $500,000. According
to an estimate of the. United States
forest service it will cost $500,000 to
build a road 16 feet wide from Gold
Beach, Curry county, to Gallce, Leland
or West Fork, three routes that have
been suggested. For a ten foot road
way the estimates are lowered to
$340,000.
Xing Sells Xoad Boads-KIng coun
ty, Waslu, has sold $300,000 worth of
road bonds, bearing 4 per cent in
tesest, at a premium of $9393. The
bonds are a part of a $3,000,000 issue
of which $1,800,000 have already been
sold.
Want Government to Aid. In order
to secure a magnificent scenic high
way from the shores of the Pacific
to the summit of Mt. Whitney, the
highest peak in California, the board
of supervisors of Los Angeles county
will endeavor to secure federal aid.
Flans to Start Boad Work. Road
master Yeon will establish a camp
near the Automobile club house for
the road construction crew to be em
ployed on -the Base Line extension.
Work will begin on the extension
within two or three weeks, or as soon
as the Sandy cutoff is completed.
Will Vote on Bonds, Petitions are
being circulated in Tillamook county
calling for a vote on the question of
issuing $420,000 worth of bonds for
the purpose of building a hard sur
faced road through the county from
the Clatsop county line.
Portland Pays Wearly All. The 1916
road tax for Multnomah county will
raise $.631,021.33 for roads and bridges
Of this amount the city of Portland
will pay $590,861.72, or 93.6 per cent
Gresham will pay $1,167.33; Fairvlew
$286.22; Troutdale. $173.03. In other
words, the incorporated cities will pay
$592,488.30 and the county outside the
cities, $38,533.03. The counties outside
the Incorporated cities, 6.36 per cent
of the tax.
Organized under the name of the
Distillate Gasifier Manufacturing com
pany, Jacob H. Leist and Hans Ther
kelsen are now manufacturing a de
vice which will help solve the cost of
gasoline. After several months' road
tests these men have perfected a sys
tem which enables the owner of any
car to burn distillate which today costs
but nine cents a gallon.
Furthermore, they claim that they
can get more mileage out of a gallon
of distillate than is possible under the
best conditions, out of gasoline...
A Ford was used on a recent demon
stration and the tank absolutely
drained of all fuel. The engine was
raced and allowed ' to stand long
enough to drain entirely. Then one
half gallon of low .test distillate was
measured out and poured into the
tank- With the engine still warm.
It was turned over and the start made
without difficulty, !
. The route was out over the Powell
Valley road for a distance of eight
miles. The machine climbed the hills
on this fuel as good as on gasoline
and la - every .way the motor answered
very satisfactorily.. When the half
gallon' finally was1 used up the speed
ometer showed 14.$ miles. The total
would have been 29.2 miles to gallon.
Sunday, with C. W. Meyers as ob
server, the same car with the same
fuel went 1S.1 miles on half a gallon.
or 32. 2 roues per gallon.
- Several of the litnev drivers have
fuel and find that they can do better
than.- on gasoline. One, man claims to
be making 36 miles to the gallon. The
device which these men- have invented
Is said, to' effect complete vaporiza
tion so that the combustion- Is also
complete and therefore the carbon
deposits are practically negligible.
The "gasifier" Is a stove which
completely encases the exhaust mani
fold, using all possible heat. Properly
protected tubing leads it to the car
buretor and the hot air vaporizes the
distillate. In. the morning a little
gasoline is used to start the car, but
after that no trouble is experienced
in starting or operating the motor.
T" T. ii m 'ii ' 1 ,
Voters to Decide, on
Road Bonds or Tax
Owing to opposition to a bond issue
it has been decided in Umatilla coun
ty to submit to the voters at the May
primary the question as to whether
the county should issue bonds to the
amount of $980,000 for highway im
provement or in lieu thereof levy a
direct special tax of two mills for
the same purpose.
The sentiment in the west end of
the county is said to be in favor of
a bond issue. In addition to those
who are opposed to bond Issues on
general principles there is opposition
from those whose local roads are not
provided for In the improvement pro
posed.
HELENS
ROAD
'IS
IB
FO
FAR
TEST OF PAVEMENTS
Seepage From Hills Along the
Highway Undermines Sub
base of Thoroughfare.
ALL STYLES SUFFERING
Bad Spots Exist la All Types XAid
lst Pall Wearing qualities XTot
Demonstrated Tet.
Survey of John Day
Road Is Petitioned
In connection with the proposed
state highway up the John Day valley
through Gilliam, Wheeler, Grant and
Malheur counties to Ontario, a petition
will be presented next week to the
Grant county court for an appropria
tion for a survey of the route through
Grant county.
It is estimated that the cost of sur
vey will be about $25,000. The distance
across the county is 90 miles. The
survey is to provide for a road 24 feet
in width with a maximum grade of 5
per cent, in conformity with the state
highway standard. Under instructions
from State Kngineer Lewis. E. K. Don
nelly has gone over the suggested high
way from The Dalles to Ontario, a dis
tance of 352 miles. The route he trav
eled is 118 miles shorter than the one
followed by the O-W. R. & N., and is
practicable In his opinion for a main
highway.
There has also been launched in
Grant county a movement for a road
connecting Prairie City with Baker by
way of Sumpter, Whitney and Dixie
mountain. Several new sections will
need to be constructed at an approxi
mate cost of $12,000.
There has been some criticism of
the pavements put down on -the Linn
ton road last fall. The criticism
comes chiefly from those who are in
terested in some particular type of
pavement and who are attempting to
aiscreait other types.
The fact that these pavements were
put down by responsible contractors
under a ten year guarantee seems to
be lost sight of. An investigation of
the road shows that the weaknesses
that have developed aTe due to a poor
sub-grade and extremely heavy traf
fic. In many spots the base has
given away. Comparatively no one
type of pavement has suffered more
than another r in this respect. As to
the wearing qualities of the different
kinds of hard surface nothing has
yet been established. This Js a matter
that will require two or three years
to satisfactorily determine. All that
has been established is the extreme
importance of a well drained and sub
stantial sub-base in road construc
tion. It has also been demonstrated that
the Linnton road is too narrow for
the traffic it bears and that the pave
ment should have been 24 feet in
width instead of 18 and that where
there is a concrete base it should
have been seven Inches Instead of
five. .
Weak Spots Showed Quickly.
In laying out the hard surface work
of the county last summer the Linn
ton road was selected to serve as a
test road where competing types of
pavement might be laid under slm
ilar traffic conditions. One section
was given to vitrified brick, one to
wood block, one to cement concrete,
one to , butulithic on a concrete base
and one to bitulithic on a crushed
rock base.
After the pavement was opened to
travel the weak spots in the sub-base
were soon developed by the heavy oil
trucks which passed over the road
at the rate of one about every 10
minutes during working hours. The
concrete and crushed rock bases were
not strong enough to bridge and the
pavement settled and broke. To add
to all this the fall rains came on be
fore the side drainage and shoulders
were completed and water penetrated
under the pavement weakening the
sub-base.
All Heed Repairs.
A walk over the road will disclose
at present the following conditions.
On the bitulithic sections the road I
has been repaired in most places. Un
the brick section only two breaks are
noticeable. These are at the end
where it joins the concrete.
On the concrete section along the
edge at the expansion Joints there are
six small triangular breaks where
the sub-base was weak and where the
Impact of the oil trucks is heavy.
Five of these breaks are on the right
hnd side coming to the city, the
side that sustains the heaviest loads.
Some abrasion of the pavement is
also noticed at the expansion joints.
The wood block section is in the
worst condition and will need consid
erable repair this spring.
It might be said that the road is
not an ideal one for testing purposes
for the- reason that it is located on
poor ground on which to build a sub
stantial foundation. Lying up next
to the hill there is a lot of seepage,
making drainage difficult.
Test Is Severe Oone.
It is plainly evident that ail the
contractors will have a constant job
fulfilling their 10 year maintenance
contract and that the pavement that
Poor n. .
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Doctor ' '
side the Jurisdiction of""the county
i court. -
The court held that while the oauntv
court has no right to levy a 'tax for
nmu purposes against ine .property or
tne city, it has, irrespective of the
charter, the right to include in !t ren-
erai levy lor its general fund such
amount for road purposes as it
sees fit.
Government Teaches
Drivers in Honduras
The Increasing popularity of the au
tomobile has developed in Henduras
within the last year and a half, pre
vious to which tbt only automobiles in
service in this' consular district were
three -machines owned by the govern
ment, or government officials, says a
late consulsr report. " There are now
25 licensed automobiles, in Te
gucigalpa, besides five belonging to
the Honduras government and, two
others as yet unlicensed. There are
also ten cars which were recently or
dered from the United States or are In
transit to Honduras, .The government
automobile school, a practical training
school, for - drivers aod. mechanicians,
has been in operation for a year and
has already graduated several . young
men, who must each study and qualify
for the practical assembling and han
dling: of cars of ail classes before re
ceiving government diplomas. The
government has encouraged in every
war the introduction of motor cara
Portland RosesHaye
Scent That Lingers
Eastern Automobile Kan Sere During"
1915 restive! Orders 100 Caoloest
Plants for Bis Home. ,
Portland roBes have a scent that
lingers. Bays H. II. Eling. Portland
manager of "J. W. Leavitt & Co.
Last summer, J. 11. McDuffie, as
sistant sales manager of the Overland
company, was out here at festival time.
He was rolled around past the miles
of rose hedges and fragrant gardens
and the memory stayed with him.
Last week Mr. Kllng-received a let
ter from Mr. McDuffie. part of which
said: -jgl
"By the way, Bert, it is Impossible
to forget that beautiful city and es
pecially the flowers which made it
beautiful. Ever since that visit I have
been going over my place and. .have
figured out how a hedge of Portland
roses would rook on that side of the
path or under the sun porch windows.
"I wish you would go down to your
florist and have htm send me -100
small bushes of your choicest varieties
and tell him to be sure to put in many
of those big white ones, that flower
so profusely. Yes, your city certain
ly has something about it that one
can't forget." ,
When writing or railing on edfrHoere,
pleaae mention The Journal. (Ad.)
survives will be a good pavement
The cost ,of the pavements to the
county has been as follows: Bituli
thic on crushed stone base, $1.38 per
square -yard; bitulithic on concrete
base. $2.07 per square yard; concrete,
Wayne connty mixture, ' $1.56 -per
square yard; Pierce county mixture,'
$1.48 per square yard;, brick, $3.22 per
square yard; wood block, $2.77 per
square yard. '
County Succeeds in
Getting Road Tax
General Assessment is Increased to
Amount Equal to Proposed Boad
Levy, Thus Including City's Property
Although a county has no right to
levy a road tax against property In a
chartered municipality it has been a
practice in some counties to get around
the inhibition by enlarging the general
levy. The legality of this practice has
been affirmed by Circuit Judge Skip
worth of Lane county.
Suit was brought by citizens of En-
gen to enjoin the collection of a 2.75
mill tax on the ground that Eugene is
an independent road district and out-
DISTRIBUTORS
Prest-O-Lite Storage Batteries
There is a Prest-O-Lite Battery of correct shape, site, voltage ami
capacity for every make and model of car, and for every starting and
'lighting system which, is or ever has been in general use. 1
Sold en an Open-Faced Price-LUt
ARCHER & WIGGINS
Distributors of : High-Grade Motor-Car Accessories
- SIXTH STREET AT OAK
(frftdTlJlORieS
With an Enviable Record for Over 20 Years
TRY A G. & J. NON-SKID
30x34, $13.40 32x3K, $15.40
OTHER SIZES IN PROPORTION
BALLOU & WRIGHT
BROADWAY AT OAK
18 to 20 lies on a Gallon
of Gasoline is not out of the ordinary
THE
FOR
ror those who can
appreciate real value in a HIGH
GRADE LIGHT CAR. 7
4 Cylinder $12251 A ,
5 Cylinder $1325 f Port,and
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Oldsmobile Co.
' " ... of Oregon ' . ,
Broadway at Couch ' ,. J Phone Broadway 1640
W Me li racks
Predloinnikate
AUTOMOBILE AND SHOP SUPPLIES
2
Spark Plugs
TOOLS
Brake-Lining
MOTORCYCLES AND ACCESSORIES
Preer Tool and Supply Co.
74 Sixth ana 311 Oak Sts.
Phones Main 1683, A-1B83
Diamond T II IRES
VnUm.. . j Crfnn.. D V Bl MIVU 9-31 orth l4tn. nserCo
uiysiu&tuf ma ihuhuv ; w mm vvvuf Phone 70Oe
12 MILES!
When the annual sales of a high-priced truck like the
WHITE exceed those of any grade competitor two to one
it must have unusual value to its owner. There is no senti
ment about buying trucks. Low eventual cost is the only
criterion of value.
The WHITE is the dominant truck of America, judged
both by the number annually put into service and by their
aggregate value.
The White Company
H BROADWAY AT OAK, PORTLAND.
Only Grand Prize jor Motor Trucks, Panama'Pacific Inter-
national exposition, ban rranctsco.
4 J
To the Gallon of Gasoline
That's the wonderful record made by a five passenger
(b PJ 7 7IQ Qj
Fioimeer
3'
of yialveinrHea&$ Cairs
On the Pacific. Highway, Seattle to Tacoma and return '
a. Buick bix D. 45 carried four passengers, weighing 636
pounds
On One Gallon of Gasoline ....... , . 24.1 Miles
The Second Gallon Produced . . . . .25.1 Miles
The Third Gallon Raised the Record to 26.4 Miles
A Grand Total of .. ..... ......... ; 75.6 Miles
Average 25.2 Miles Per Gallon. Sworn statement of ob
servers on file.
Proven Ecoiraomy
Many owners of Buick Sixes are averaging more than 20
miles to the gallon of gasoline,1 further convincing proof
of the economy of the Buick Valve in Head Motor. The .
- high price of gasoline has no terrors for the Buick, owner.
INVESTKI A
Buick Power Buick Strength Buick Dependability
Buick Quality Buick Performance and Buick Gomfort :
- ' and Beauty. ,i
Don't delay that demonstration in a Buick -X
HOWARD AUTOMOBILE CO!
: v : Phone Main 1130; A-2550 r;, .
OEOXGS W, BZAJT,
Manager. v: .
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