THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING, JULY. 13, 1319.
OliDIKE WILL
ENABLE CATCHING
OF AUTO THIEVES
All Dealers Must Keep Record of
Second', Hand Cars or Parts
and Accessories,
WRECKERS ARE INCLUDED
Storage C o n$ e r n s Are Also
v. Among Those Who' Are Em-
braced . in : Provisions of Law.
, Its primary purpose being to as
' sist the officers 4n the recovery of
stolen automobiles and accessories,
ths Portland city council. Jias passed
new ordinance, with an emergency
- rider, whifch includes tha main fea
tures of former ordinances, faults in
which made it almost impossible to
enforce the provisions intended. The
iew measure. it is Jbolleved, will
' prove much nor satisfactory and
officials are now looking to Its en
forcement The 'new ordinance, of
Interest to motor and accessory deal
ers and owners, is as follows:
Section i. -; Definitions Within the
meaning of this article the term "motor
vehicle dealer" shall mean and Include
every person engaged In the business in
tha city of Portland of buying, selling,
storing, repairing, dealing In or ; ex
changing' motor propelled vehicles and
- bjcycles, or shy part or parts thereof,
attachments, accessories and appliances
used on motor vehicles. -
.The word "person" when used in this
article shall be taken to mean and in
clude natural persons of either sex ,or
any combination of either or both, and
the singular number shall include the
plural.
Sec. 8. Classification. For the pur
pose of regulation motor vehicles dealers
shall be divided into classes A, B, C
and D.
IX DEAIEBS INCLUDED
Class A dealers shall include persons
dealing in new vehicles and accessories
only and who, in making sales of new
. vehicles, allow an , exchange value for
Used vehicles to apply on such sale. All
such dealers shall keep a record of all
used vehicles so received, which record
shall contain the name and address of
the person from whom . received, the
model, motor number, factory number
and serial number of each and every ac
cessory. Such record shall be open to
the inspection of the bureau of police- .
Class B dealers shall Include persons
who wreck, deal in or exchange used
motor vehicles or accessories. XSass B
dealers shall ; keep a record written
plainly In ink in the English language
giving tha name and address of the per
sons from whom any vehicle or part
tnereor is purchased, exchanged or re
. clvd for sale or exchange, the state
license number,, motor number, serial
number of part when detached from ve
hicle, and shall make a written report
" thereof to the bureau of police. It shall
oe umawrui to mis-state tne " year or
model of a vehicle when advertising or
selling the same. .
; Class C dealers shall include persons
who take motor vehicles for storage: .A
. duplicate registration of all motor , ve
, hlcles accepted for storage shall be kept
on forms to be provided by the bureau
of police. It being understood that motor
vehicles regularly and continuously
v stored shall only ;:. be registered when
first accepted for storage. It is hereby
made tha duty of persons taking motor
vehicles Cor storage to cause the person
leaving such vehicle to sign the above
r, registration blank, which blank shall be
In substantially the following form:
Form as prescribed;
Name of person address hour of
daymake of auto stats license num
ber motor number
Such registration shall be open for the
- inspection of : the bureau of police and
the duplicate shall be Jhe property of
the said bureau. j ' - ' " ' - '
- Class X dealers shall Include persons
wno engage in tne Business of dealing in.
buying, selling, ' jOr S- exchanging, used
tires. No dealer Shall remove or cause
to be removed any serial -number for the
purpose of interfering with identifies
tion. j Any tire coming Into such dealer's
possession with the serial number in-
? tentionally removed shall hold the same
three days and report it to the bureau
of police at once giving the size and
make thereof. A Report of all used tires
purchased, shall be made to the bureau
of police showing the make. ' else and
,: serial number, except where the dealer
. knows that the party selling or exchange
. tog the same is the rightful owner.
TST BE COMPLIED WITH;
- Section t.It ehatfbe unlawful to en
gage - la business as a motor vehicle
dealer without complying with this
tarttcie. , , .
Section 4. ; The chief of police shall
causa to be furnished, to each dealer the
, necessary blanks to make report on as
provided for by this article. Any dealer
coming Under mere than one classlflea-
tion, of? this article shall be required to
pay only one-license fee. nrovided that
" dealers In other kinds of second-hand
; goods, wares or merchandise who come
unaer tne provisions of this article shall
pay; only the license - fee ; required for
secona-nana ceaiers. c -1
Dealers coming under the provisions of
the ordinance are required to 'pay, but
, one license fee. $5.- the-fee being the
ra iot cn ciass 01 dealer. -
Means to Get ' Car ;
Out of Mud Given
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' When the car gets stuck in the mud
j do not try to pull out by running- the
rear- wheels. As a matter of fact, the
slower the wheels run the better chance
they have of 1 getting . grip. ' If the
. car can be rocked by alternate engag
ing and disengaging the clutch it will
be found that the pendulum action of
; the car will pretty nearly -carry it out
of a bad spot. .
SIMONIZING
: JUST OPENED
REPAIRING A'WB OVEHHATJXijro
CARBURETER ADJTTSTI5G
- : RED SEAt JtOTOBS i
175 Twenty-first St.
CROSSES CONTINENT AND BACK ON WAGER
v .'. . " fl - ' " , 1 rr-1 , .
- : . 0 'K 1
. - - . .t ' 'Maxwell esertIUtVn. trip 000. wager
This mud-cos,ted ear had already gone
27.090 miles before King Stanley ( started
out from Zt Angeles on his 16000 wager.
By way Of the' Arizona desert and the
swamps of Louisiana and Florida he has
already paid his respects to New--York
city. At last reports ha was In Wisconsin
traveling west.
TJesert Rat started east with 110
in each driver's pocket. The only .source
of income is painting signs en route and
if Stanley draws, a check or wires home
for money he loses tha wager., -
Twelve Millions Invested
In Lincoln H ighway in 1919
Detroit; Mich. July ll (TJ. P.)
To travel, by auto across the continent
via the Lincoln highway is now a pleas
urable trip. j
The condition of this 1324 mile stretch
of roadwork connecting the eastern and
western shores is such that only in a
few places will the tourist mee.t:' with
any diff AulUes, and at this time of the
year It ia very probable he could make
the entire trip with scarcely any trouble.
This great system pt highways, running
through 11 states, and connecting 12,
is to be the backbone of the federal
system of roads.
Twelve - millions of i dollars will be
spent this ; summer in completing this
coast-to-coast boulevard. Work already
Is under "way i on the construction, and -rebuilding
of mora than 400 miles of
roadway in the 11 states.
Aid in making this great network of
highways complete this year will come
from 'three sources Btate. government
and private appropriations. Every state
in which this highway passes-has ap
propriated funds to help carry, on this
work and federal assistance was forth
coming. s Nr,fv - - : ; :-.V3-'
Congress Is considering a bill intro
duced by Senator Townsend of Michi
gan appropriating $425,000,000 to con
struct a federal highway system to con
nect all the main line arteries of .Inter
state highways. The Lincoln highway
will be the "backbone": of this system
and will be maintained by the govern
ment. The government will :; provide
any funds lacking to buftd the remain
ing gaps In the transcontinental road.
Private donations have amounted to a
quarter of a million dollars, .while the
Lincoln .Highway, association, has raised
another quarter million. ; r , -
The work is now -progressing as - fol
lows ; J New Jersey, 17 miles being re
constructed 'with highest type of - road
material : Pennsylvania, 22 miles of re
construction Ohio, 49. miles, under con
struction ; Indiana, 0 miles ; Illinois. 6t
miles ; lows, 40 - miles ; Nebraska, 27
miles ; Wyoming, t miles : Utah. 44
miles ; Nevada, 60 miles ; , California,
9 miles. - "
Indiana presents the best strip of the
Lincoln highway and- the six - miles of
dirt road will be filled in this summer, j
California runs a mighty close second
with only nine miles, to reconstruct, and
New Jersey. aad Pennsylvania have re
construction work only, to place their
roads in good shapes Heavy truck traf
fic runningv into New York city has
broken these roads down, and they
must be rebuilt in places.
Ohio, Illinois, . Iowa and Wyoming
have broad "gaps to fill in, but the first
three mentioned are causing the most
worry- The black soil of these-states
makes travel hard In the rainy seasons,
but the end of this summer should sea
these black spaces fading.
Imports of Eubber ,;
Show Falling Off
V'-"'"? 4 i .t , tr '"
Imports of; crude1 rubber Into the
United , States la May were only CO
tons ahead of the amount Imported in
tha' same month last year, a drop of
11,800 tons from last month's' figures.
Comparative figures for. the past- four
years, as compiled by the Rubber Asso
ciation of America, follow : -
1919 191- 1917 . 191
-rons.: Tons.
January 7.235 16.04
February .. 14.079 13.108
March .... 28,223 17,161
April ...... 27,948 13,425
May 16448 16,288
Tons. Ton.
12.788 9,162
10.162 ' 1,697
18.624 10,070
13.000 10,014
18.411 11,189
' Wheel Bearings
Every time i a wheel is removed the
bearing cup Is removed with It, and
consequently the bearing must be ad
justed properly l when ' the wheel is re
placed. The best method of doing ' this
Is to turn the bearing np tight and then
revolve the. wheel few times .by hand,
which overcomes any tendency' to back
lash. '-. .-. : .. ... ... - - :i
Work on Highway
. Progressing fast
Cottage Grove, July 12. 'Work orr tha
Pacific highway in this vicinity is pro
gressing favorably. At Divide, where
an overhead railroad crossing of rein
forced concrete is being 'erected, they
are beginning o pour the concrete. An
other concrete viaduct is to be put- In
near Comstock. The contract has been
already let. The estimated cost is ap
proximately $20,000: The cost of ths
Divide crossing will approximate $18,000.
The new crossing will be quit a - dis
tance north of the present dangerous
one. This Involves a new grade on the
east side of the railroad. By September
it is expected to have the new cross
ing completed. The building of the new
grade near Saginaw is coming on slowly.
me took wora is very neavy . : x h
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Worn Tappet Hakes Noise
A noisy valve tappet, the cause of
the trouble being wear, when no ad
justment Is provided, can generally be
remedied by placing a fibre washer
.under or ever the valve ends.
OPPORTUNITIES
-FOR-
TvlbrTrii'ck Oxviiers
i - v ... I-
F merchants ' of the high-rent downtown district
a a m -- -a 1 . m -
1 could double their floor space at an additional rent
yi omy ay per cent. mere are none wno wouidnt ,
consider ii' the; greatest opportunity of theif cafeer---;
but th chance never comes. ' Motor truck owners. who, "
; by adding LEE-LINE units to their equipment; double
f ' the hauling . captacity, ; money-making power- of. their .
- machines at an 'additional operating expense of only '
10 per cent, have this opportunity. -. . . -U 7vr; l"
, ,-1 . - t r - v
- LEE-LINE Trailers, Dump4 Bodies and 'Loaders; are -
. maae in an sizes ana capacities and in such a. variety '(
of designs that they are suited Jor every purpose., ;
."The Lee-Line Way flakes Motor Truck Pay" -
VVritey for Literature
William L Hughson Co.
60 N. BroadwaV at Davis
Broadway 321;
Saa Fraaelsee, Oakland, Io Angeles, Baa Siege, Seattle, PerUasdJ
n Tke Oldest If etor Car Orgaalsatlea oa the Pacific Coast
- .Stanley Is a ploturespje character. Al
though 6$ years old he looks about 40.
He -chased Indians with Buffalo Bill
and has already crossed the continent
on a bicycle, on horseback and via Max
well. .; Next year he says he's going to
Sy from coast to coast. 1 --.
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GERVAIS NOT OF
SAME THICKNESS
In Some Places lt'-lsrToo.Thin
and in OthersXThickpr Thah
. 'Specifications' Require. v ( ,
NO DJSH0NEST INTENT SEEN
Carelessness' and Poor Equipment
Assigned ; as: One. Cause and
- Inspectors' 1 Not Careful. , ,
The result of the investigation of the
state -highway commission of the pave
ment , oeing iaio : near oervais. on the
Salem-Aurora road,, by Blake. Comp
ton A,Co Is that the pavement Is thin
In many places, aad falls below the
specified Cve Inches, v In - other "places
it runs in excess of five Inches, .show
ing it was not uniformly; spread, . al
though sufficient" material; was depos
ited. -The general average waa slightly
In excess of the required thickness It
was found that there was no dishonest
intent oa the- part Of tha contractor,
only carelessness and a poor-equipment.
It was also found that, the state high
way department had been careless In its
Inspection. " ,; .-- - v .
Instructions have 1 been 'given by ' the
com mission that the one mile and a
half . of , pavement In Question shall be
gone over and the pavement be brought
up to o standard width.
SKOnrEXBS INVESTIGATE
The findings of the commission were
based on " tha reports of EX W. LAielL
consulting engineer, who made the
chemical tests,- and C H. Whitmore,
division engineer of tha state highway
department. As to ties chemical phase,
pr.-iMtatMf i;?v.- r:
"It is' ray Opinion that ths mixture
used meets ! requirements and vis a
thoroughly good mixture.- In all cases
ths compression has been good, and the
mineral voidage of the aggregate has
been low. Therefore ; the . pavement is
dense aud compact. It; is , further; my
opinion, after having gone over the Job
and carefully calculated - the thickness
that the average thickness of the pave
ment wtir be found slightly in excess
of five - inches. " Of - the four: samples
measured ? by Dr. Laiell - the thickest
was 6 - laches and the thinnest- 4K
Electrical Expert
' Is in New Location
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K. W. Iee. electrical expert, announces
that, on Monday morning he will open
for business in his new building a Thir
teenth and; Stark streets, ' MrV Lee has
been temporarily at 409 Burnside street,
awaiting completion of his new place,
where ha will be equipped to handle any
thing and everything in his line.' The
new building is so arranged that auto
mobiles may be driven right , Jhto the
building to have their troubles adjusted,
Mr. Lee is also - official Delco service
station representative In the Oregon
territory. .
- ! Trailer Costa
When trailers of any - type are being
used In. connection with ., truck service
it Is to be strongly - recommended that J
ail cost ana operating recoroa cov
ering i the trailers be : kept- separately
fropt those of the powered vehicle. ;
inches. The average thickness - of the
tout was i.06 inches.
Engineer Whitmore in hl report' da
tails tha method . of his examlnaUoa
made in company with Dr. rasell. the
contractor .and a representative of ths
United States office of public roads.
A measurement of 34 cuts taken from
different sections of pavement showed,
he aid. a general average of B.J Inches
thlcknesa The samples ran from 4.TS
Inches to 8J4 Inches. "As a result of
tha measurements taken." ha continued,
"I am r convinced that tha finding . of
thin places on th edges and la tha cut
samples is bees use of negligence on
thai part of. tha contractor and the in
spection . of the work, and that there
has; been no collusion between the con
tractor and any employs of ths state.
The results show that there has been
enough material put on : the road to
build a pavement five Inches thick. It
is impossible to get an absolutely per
fec& grade, but there is no reason ex
cept negligence on the part of. the contractor-
and tha inspector for Its being
Only - four Inches in thickness, as was
found in several places.'?.' -- h'- A.--:")
"Xn rolling tha - pavement the' roller
rides ths header ; and evidently pushes
It down and out a little and causes ths
thinness on the dges. Also all loose
material has a tendency to roll to the
edge and has not been properly cleaned
away.. :, if- -c--; .
EQUIPMENT IS EATJIjTT
Where It waa necessary to cut en
tirely' through - the old gravel on the
road in order to eliminate bumps In the
grade the subgrade has been taken oat
and backfilled with crushed rock' with
out using a . binder course, the result
being that soma of ths base when rolled
filled the voids between the loose stone
ami soma rock extending up to the base.
In order to get a full five Inches of
pavement with no rock extending into
it, it will be necessary to use a binder
course on this rock base." :
In the matter of the ' contractor's
equipment. Mr. Whitmore reported that
there was no way .t drying the ma
terials before , putting them over the
screens. : As a result he did not get a
satisfactory result, the smaller screens
being stopped up with the wet material.
On i May S4 Engineer ' Whitmore, to
gether with It. I. Ilewee rnd C. I.',
cell of the federal bureau 1 1 ;
rosds. inspected tha plant ar.I
orders "to ths contractor to put i
and scales in operation and not to .
red sand in the tcp mix. On 1U ll
there waa a hard .tn and some t,' -r
got under the pavement before i ti,
shoulder drr in waa opened and cause!
some failures, t
On M'y fl the material wss comln t
on. the road In a lumpy condition end
a high degree of temperature. Upon in
vestigation Is was found that the riant
foreman was using the red sand, which
was discontinued, and tha mix made
better.
"On June ti." continued Mr. TCMt
more, ,l called at the office of rublio
roads and with Mr. Purcell. Dr. lie wee
and Mr. Muskowits discussed the mat
ter. Dr. Lazell waa called In and It wn
decleVd to olose the Brooks plant until
the contractor put in the necessary
equipment to dry and screen all mater
ial before It went into the mixture."
' The contractor was ordered the fol
lowing day to close, the plant until he
could conform with the above requirements.
aiuriouncing th.&
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arrival this week of
anotheiicarload of
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. j Touring Cars
. Thie 'American Beauty Car
490 Burnside St. - Broadway 93
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