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A. A. A. CONTEST BOARD
AWARDS DAI RESTA
1916 CHAMPIONSHIP
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Diamond-Studded Platirium
Fob Is Presented at Dinner
at Chicago Auto Club.
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IN VMR IS FOUND
RNE FOR AUTO TOUR
Maxwell Party Takes Trip to
. Estacada to Test New Car
and Roads.
ALONG THE CLACKAMAS RIVER ROAD
GIRLS GET GAR FOR BIRTHDAY GIFT
SOME STRETCHES MUDDY
CHAMPIONSHIP 1916A.A.A.
Old-Tin tOongbm Kvs Disappeared
Tadss Admof of Modem Xlh-.
way Construction.
In Accepting Trophy mesta Praised
AmerlcsjLs for Their Hervs, Skill
and Sport smaasMp.
THE OREGON .SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAN D, SUNDAY , MORNtNG. FEBRUARY 11." 1917.
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With roads considerably Improved,
by widened grades and gravel over
nil parts, winter excursionists to the
beautiful country along the Clackamas
river from Its Junctions with the Wil
lamette to Kstaceda will find them
thst will interest them. Like much
of Oregon, It is I ad n scape that looks
Its best in any garb end pictures are
Just as pretty with bare trees showing
the mofsy ground and rocks beneath
them.
C. I,. Ross of the Rons & Peake Au
tomobile company sent one of the
new Maxwells out thai way last 8un
i day, both for a trial of the car and
a glimpse of the roads, which were
reported to be in better shape than
ever before.
Blver Jtoad Bough.
On the way out, the river road waJJ
followed all the way, going to Mil
waukee and turning off Just after
crossing the Clackamas bridge on the
Oregon City road.
. That was rough going. The shaded
banks keep the water etandlng In
holes which get deeper and deeper as
winter goes on.- There is nothing im
passable and it is not disagreeable
enough to kep the driver and the pas
xengers from enjoying the river. Just
beyond Clear creek is a hort piece of
I'Oad, going down to the road to Bar
ton that Is fairly sticky and might
prove troublesome for some cars.
The Maxwell took one look and. with
mud flying in every direction, got
through and to the better road to the
epproach to the Barton bridge. The
better way would have been to take
the road to Logan, which would have
again put the Maxwell on the river
bank above the Clackamas and t6 Es
tacada over roads 4 hat are graveled
a-nd in good driving share.
Better Than Former "Sloughs."
But, even so, the roada are not like
the muddy sloughs which graced that
country not so many winters ago. The
places where the Maxwell found the
road bad are epots where improvements
are under way and where motorists
soon may expect good driving at any
tim of the year.
From Barton and thence to Eagle
creek the road was good, although a
bit rough. From Estacada to OaEa
dero might have been troublesome, so
the nose of the car was turned up
the Springwmter hill and back-over the
route to Viola.
The -Sprlngwater hill has been re
graded and resurfaced so that this
Is now a good route, well drained and
of proportions that mark It as well
buflt. The extension of this winds back
to the Clackamas river and from- the
lgh bluff which follow the line of
th river a wonderful panorama is to
be seen.
Good Bo ad on Way Back.
On the return trip the Clackamas
was crossed Just below Stone and after
a short piece of mighty rough but
solid road, the Boss party found itself
on the road towards Portland, and en
tered tne city on East Fifty-second
street. WltA the exception of a few
hundred yards In Multnomah county,
this road to Oregon City is now paved.
The automobile used In this run was
Just out of a freight car and In eplte
of the bad road in. spots, it showed
about 19 and a fraction miles to the
gallon of gas. The lengthened springs
also showed Improvement In the riding
qualities of the vehicles a5 compared
with, the shorter ones of last year.
Portland Dealers
At San Francisco
Portland's delegation to the Ban
Francisco Automobile show left last
night, and Included almost half the
local heads of retail and distributing
houses. The western show will have
about SO ears on display, many of
them factory exhibits rushed west
from New York and Chicago.
Among those who went south are:
A. C. Stevens, manager of the Win
ton; , W. c. Oarbe, head of the Oregon
Motor Car Co.; Ed Cohen, head of the
Oldsmoblle; j W. Vogler. president
ef the Northwest Auto Co.; H. H.
Kllng, manager of the Overland
Pacific: Raleigh Peterson, sales man
ager of the same firm; A S. Robin
son, head of the KlsselKar branch,
and H. M. Covey.
Hints on Starting
a Car,
Many things will ruin a battery,
but the quickest and surest way
Is to start the motor time after
time on a thin mixture that keeps
the starter spinning for a minute
or more under that heavy load.
Whenever the motor has been
standing, either choke the carbu
retor or use a primer if there is
one. This will save both .the bat
tery and gasoline In the long, run.
When the battery does show
signs of weakness or when the
system has no longer the strength
that it once had, let us examine it.
' J Remember, inspections by oar
experts cost you nothing and are
gUdry given, day and night
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Tou cou-ld almost detect the cxtor of
burned gas and castor oil at the Chi
cago Automobile club recently when
the racing drivers, manufacturers of
cars ancl tires and hosts of 'officials
had gathered for the American Auto
mobile association dinner and to wit
ness the presentation of the IS If
championship to Dario Resta by Rich
ard Kennerdell. dhairman of the con
test board of the A. A. A. Every race
of any Importance during the past
year was reviewed, and the conversa
tion sounded like the purr of the rac
ing motors they talked about.
Gave Gathering' Surprise.
Chairman Kennerdell took the entire
gathering by complete surprise when
he rose and carefully unwrapped a
small package which revealed a dia
mond etudded platinum fob, the gift
of the contest board of the A. A. A.
to Dario Rsta in recognition of his
winning the title of 1916 champion.
On one side of the fob, which Is set
with a large Alamond, Is engraved
"Championship 1916 A. A. A." and on
the other side of the solid platinum
medal Is the Inscription. "Contest
Board American Automobile Associa
tion to Dario Rieta, Champion 1918."
Impersonal Attitude Shown.
H. M. Bacon of the B. V. Goodrich
company. In presenting the awards
given by his company to Resta, Alt
ken, and Rlckenbacher, said: '"The
spirit in which these awards were
made by the Goodrich company Is In
keeping with its Impersonal attitude
towards motorists in general. We did
not restrict these drivers to the ex
clusive use of Sllverton Cord tires.
MIsms Lacllle and Msnrlne Elrod and their new Velio Companionable car. This car was at the show
in the exhibit of the D. C Warren Motor Car company, and was purchased by J. O. Elrod as .
btrthdav gift to his two daughters. It Is a fonr-passenger car, with a body that slopes from the
windshield back.
although Rest did use them exclus
ively, and Altloen and Rlckenbacher
also won many of these awards with
our tire equipment. We tried to make
the conditions of these awanda as
broad and liberal as our policy in
furnishing through our touring bureau
maps, touring books and even outlin
ing tours for motorists regardless of
the make of tires they use. In other
words, our idea Is to help motoring
in general with no other speclflo idea
in mind than to broaden the field of
the motor car."
rralses America Drivers.
In acknowledging the award, Resta
spoke briefly, saying: "Not since com
ing to America has anything given
me the pleasure that equals this din
ner and presentation this evening. It
affords me an opportunity to tell the
Automobile Association of America
how very much I have appreciated its
splendid sportsmanship. It means a
great deal to me to have been for
tunate enough to merit the A. A. A.
title of champion driver for 19U. In
my racing experience I have driven
against many nationalities, but no
where have I found more skill, herve.
falrnsss) and good fellowship than
characterizes the American driver
Therefore, when you say 'champion of
A r erica' to me lfs Just like saying
'cfyamplon of the world.' "
Following the presentation of the
awards the dinner guests were enter
talned with a series of motion pio
turea, one of whldh showed Rests,
Cooper, Burmao and Oldfleld in a
match race. It Is complete and shows
Resta as the victor at an average
speed of 101 mile) per hour, although
he was but 46 seconds ahead of Coop
er. The other movie, which appealed
to drivers as well as to the other
guests, showed the detailed construc
tion of the Sllverton cable cord tires.
Gasoline Is Used
To Cleanse Wounds
Gasoline Is being used by the am
bulance surgeons and In the field hos
pitals of Kvirope for the first cleans
ins: of wound of soldiers brought in
frptn the battlefields or: trenches, ac
cording to Dr. M. H. Bmbrss sf ths
Royal Army Medical corps, whs ; de
soribes his experiences with It la tns -British
Medics Journal:
"The ekin, and then the surface ef
the wound. Is cleansed by vi gore as
rubbing with a swsb of absorbent cot
ton soaked in gasoline," he stated.
"Swab of cotton are wound around
an artery forceps or probe and soalted
in gasoline, and with them the wounl
is nl tensed from th surface inward
i as far as the forceps can be pushed.
The process is continued until a couple
of swahs come out perfectly clean. The-'
gasoline does not cause any special
s martin, and patients do not complalu
of its use when questioned. If gaso
line is lft on the skin, and adhesive
plaster strips are applied close togeth
er over the dressing, preventing evap
oration, there will be blistering of ths
skin. Gasoline used tn this manneP
seems to clean up the surface an .
particularly the depth of wounds bet
ter than any other method that has
been tried. It has been used In ths
hospitals of Toronto for many -year. -.
to clean contused or lacerated wounds
with dirt grouivi Into them." . :
C. L. Boss and his Maxwell party find mid-winter scenes on the Clackamas river, the charm of
which rivals summer.
BRIDGE BETWEEN POLK
AND MARION COUNTIES
IS VEXATIOUS PROBLEM
Capital County Wants a Steel
Structure,. While Polk Is
Strong for Concrete.
when competitive plans were called
for.
Some of the bridge construction
companies objected to the state hlgh
ray engineers making the plans, and
in order to placate them it was de
cided to call for competitive plans
from engineers and to pay the sum
of 11000 for the plans that were
selected. At first this was agreeable
to the bridge companies, but at a
meeting held in Polk county it was
suggested by the bridge men that all
competitive plans be eliminated and
that a certain engineer be hired to
draw plans according to the specifica
tions ef the state highway, engineer-.
It appeared that a certain steel bridge
concern was particularly anxious that
concrete bridges be eliminated from
the competition, as this would leave
only the steel men to bid on the Jon.
Touching on this phase of the situ
ation was a letter from County Clerk
Gelhar of Marion county In which- he
said "certain coast bridge concerns
have made an effort to have this dose
in order to destroy all competition in
designing and constructing.
"A proposition has been mad by
these concerns to eliminate the high
way commission from assisting the
county courts' in an advisory capac
ity and to employ a brain trust to
draw up these plans and specifica
tions without competition and also to
supervise the construction.
"If this proposition did not .come
from the concerns that hav had a
practical bridge monopoly on the
coast for a long time and who have
so insistently fought the bridge de
partment of the highway commission
in looking- after the interests of the
public, 'the matter mtfght not appear so
rank."
Thought Thar Wsis fobbed.
It was decided however, to proceed
with the corrrpeltlorv But before
the competitive plans were opened
another cause of friction arose. Be
lieving that they were being Jobbed
the Polk oountr court summoned the
oornooo . .
of a quarter of a million dollars. 4 "? county court in not nasi 10
This is probably twenty or thirty
The Marlon county court wants a
steel bridge, the Polk county court
wants a concrete bridge, and the
Coast Bridge company wants to have
the job of putting in a steel bridge.
This seems to be the "casus belli"
in the struggle now raging between
Marion and Polk counties over the
erection of a new lntercounty brldee
at Salem.
The Polk county court says It is not
particular about the location of the
bridge, but on the Marion county side
of the river there is some difference
of opinion as to whether the bridge
should be put In at Center street or
at Court street.
Brldr Closed to Travsl,
la the meantime the old bridge,
which has been condemned; is dosed
to travel.
In a recent report to the two county
courts the state engineer declared
that the bridge was dangerous, but
might be kept open if certain restric
tions were put upon travel.
"If it Is dangerous," said the Polk
county court, "we will close up our
end at once," and It was so ordered.
It Is estimated that a concrete
bridge will cost in the neighborhood
thousand more than a steel brldse
would cost, but with steel going up
all the time, estimates vary.
. Concrete Will Xat 3000 Tears.
"We don't care if the first cost is
more," said the Polk county court, "a
concrete "bridge if properly con
structed is good for three thousand
years, while a steel bridge will only
last 80."
"Salem can settle the bridge site to
please itself, but as far as the Polk
county court is concerned. It will be
a concrete bridge. That Is what Polk
county wants and that Is what the
county court stands for," says Coun
ty Judge Klrkpatrick.
"We put it up to the state highway
commission as to the type of brldgo
and everybody decided the only thing,
to do was to build a steel bridge and
.this court stands for a steel bridge,"
retorts County Judge Bushey. "We
do not care what the highway coin
mission wants,' is the come back of
Judge Klrkpatrick. "We are not mar
ried to them. Its meaVbers are' steel
bridge designers and know nothing
shout concrete bridges." '
Dallas 7aTors Ooaersts.
The city council of Dallas has gona
on record in favor of a concrete
bridge. There is even some sentiment
in Salem In favor of a concrete structure.
The latest developments In the situ
ation is the refusal of the "Southern
Pacific to plank its bridge so it can
be used by vehicular traffic until the
two county courts sign a contract for
a new highway structure and the In
troduction of a r bill by a Marlon
county representative In ths legisla
ture 'putting the construction of ln
tercounty bridges in the hands of the
tat highway department..
Bxidr atory . a boas; Oa.
The Salem bridge story Is a long
one. The existing structure was prac
tically condemned by the state high
way department two years ago." - Mat
ters drifted; along until last December
a conference.
The Polk county court asserted
that when the two courts had met ai.
Salem to make arrangements for re
ceiving competitive bids it was agreed
that plans for a steel bridge not to
cost more than $150,000 and plans for
a concrete -bridge not to cost more"
than 250.000, were to be submitted.
They charged that the advertisements
called only for one style of steel
bridge, which would cost at least
$220,000.
They also charged that copies of
the specifications which had ben
prepared by the state highway de
partment had not been submitted to
the Polk county court and that the
first they knew of them was when
their attention was called to them
by certain steel bridge contractors
who were excluded under the pro
posed plans.
Shut Out Steel Oampstttlom.
In a heated controversy County
Judge Bushey of Marion county ad
mitted that the specifications shut
out steel competition.
It was agTeed that all bids would
be rejected and new ones In accord
ance with the original understanding
be called for.
The upshot of the matter was that
finally sne 19 sets of plans were
submitted by engineers in competi
tion. None of the plans was accepted,
nor was the $1000 prise ever awarded.
Ever since that time there has been
a continual Jockeying for position.
A few days ago the state highway
department presented to th two
county courts a recommendation for
a steel bridge at the location of the
old bridge at Center street. The de
partment discouraged the concrete
bridge and also the building of a low
level steel bridge.
A concrete bridge of the high level
type at Center street was estimated
to cost with wood approaches $224,400,
and with concrete approaches, $2(1,-40-
A steel high level bridge at
Center street with wood approaches
was estimated to cost $112,000, and
with steel approaches, $175,000.
To quote an old local Jingiai
-They will har it ret.
"That bridge across th Willa
mette." But it wQl not be this year.
4 Keep Batteries Filled.
Do not forget that as warm weather
approaches the fluid In th storage
battery will evaporate more Quickly.
By keeping th water in th battery
up to its proper Itevef It will lnoreas
the efficiency of the battery and lm
, prove its lasting qualities.
Inflated Kite Balloon Shown.
At the aeronautical exposition at the
Grand Central palace. New York, the
Goodyear Tire & Rubber company has
on exhibit an Inflated kite baloon of
the same type that the company has
been supplying1 to th United States
government.
Covers have been patented to protect
men's collars from being soiled by
thlr overcoats.
Prest-0-Lite Storage Batteries
Born with a reputation. A suitable size for every make
and model of car. Let your next battery be a Prest-O-Lite-
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