The Oregon daily journal. (Portland, Or.) 1902-1972, July 11, 1920, Image 49

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Newspaper Page Textj SIX PAGES ' MOTOR TIICCKS - GOOD ROADS We w i J SECTION SIX AUTOMOBILES EQUIPMENT PORTLAND, OREGON, - SUNDAY MORNING, JULY 11, 1920. of tSe O - 9 I. 0 it 11 n I 1 t 1 ft ? . : , ;i s! J ' H - i u . VV A U K - - - ' IcNTURY .OF o' " . : - ses;T" t : - :7":" JFiflF IS TO : ; v ; " -' : : vBi BE CHERISHED - Ilik: PS. - v'i- j f if . ..i-, - , ' ' I -' x I I 111 AW ' IJ--mr HYr:-::, a a" I if " ' r3l;U I N cross on. . 4 4 z. 1 Wtf f V JWirteaC. III Tipletion of Great Highway rrom Canada to Mexico to Be honored by Peace Portal. - !ica Is Carried on Ad Club Tour to California and Stirs nthusiasm Wherever Taken. Br Samuel C. Iiancaster : wr who fixed the location and directed the utraetioD of the Columbia. Kirer Hmhwar. he people of America enjoy the e and friendship which has ex- I between Canada and the United er for more than a century and will cherish thie friendship ughout the years to come. ocordlngr to the terms of the jy 01 - unent, . there were Be no forts or guns alon I Canadian boundary, which is e than 3000 miles In length. "We kept the peace made on Bel' soil December 24. and it ttlns ' that we should erect an lasting: monument to comment- e an event unique in the. annals istory. ' - ( armed, we have dwelt together In . Our example should be a beacon rht the way, which has been opened e people of all nations for the en ent of sweet peace and harmony in- of discord and hate. 5 people of the Pacific coast, uniting: the members of the Pacific Hljrh association, and all friends of this y cause, will erect a suitable ma il on the International boundary at ev Wash... the funds be ins raised lbllc subscription. It wilt be known ePeace Portal. Its height will be et and it will stand in - the center circular area 12S feet kt diameter. IWAT DIVIDES AT FOETAL Pacific highway . divides at the lary line and passes around the H Portal,, the circular roadways be- 9 zeet in width; beyond this a 12-parktna- strip and a Sidewalk eight vide, adjoin a public park, which is . adorned with trees and flowering s. ; , - i Peace Portal will mark the com n of the Paclf ie highway from m o Mexico. - Ten years aco a group of men dreamed of a hlgn- nat would be built through the en- ngth of the Pacific coast of North iouth America. . They have worked nttaued on Pae. Four. ThU Section) rk Is Beeun on pad Leading South y Godmari Springs rk has Started on' the road south Godman Springe along, the summit ke Blue mountains to connect up uie jrom uoaman Springs to the 3ate. according to an announce- made by Supervisor John C Kuhr.s Wenaha national forest on which ad ' is located. ' This road when ete will make a through trip alone; iimu or ine Blue mountains from n. Wash., to 1a Grande,, Or., pos er; autoists, Kunns states. i Rodman Springs Supervisor Kuhnis to establish a summer camp for rtts of Walla Walla and Touchet valey and Is having space for urpose cleared this summer. His is to grant., leases for a term of or indefinitely, accordingly as for- licials deem best. A number of residents are Interested in the pment of the project. mopolis Planning ?or Paving Project ne with paving projects which are way and contemplated throughr rays Harbor county, Cosmopolls hrting a paving undertaking which (lace the town among the foremost state with reference to miles of streets and sidewalks, compared paved - thoroughfares. According jyor Neil Cooney; a contract has ien signed for the building of ap lately. two miles of concrete slde and within the next few days a ill be consummated for-two miles i paving, comprising the distance jhe eastern boundary of the town I west bridge. - , - - ;ler Boy HI Wins ! ace Over Seaplane X Vogler, president of the North liito company, entertained a .-wrty nds- aboard his cruiser Wisdom j the regatta at St Helens on the 1. Vogler's race boat Vogler Boy III led the thrill of the event by mc Vaplane of the Oregon-Wazhing-jjb Airplane Company. The plane r.dled fcy. Pilot Less nd fininhed to the speedboat, over an ov&I j pt about two and a half miles. J t also beat the seaplano on t iway of a mile and a half. : - ' Hard to Realize ted the horse affords one a much poetic means . of transportation ae automobile, still It is hard to it while swatting the flies from neighbor's stable. American M- DRIVER'S LICENSE LAW IS NOW IN; EFFECT IN OREGON Motorists Must All Carry Card Showing That They Are Au thorized to Drive Machines. The new drivers licensing law went into effect Thursday, July 1. ! It is now a misdemeanor for any' one to drive unless he or she has a little pasteboard permit with him or her, The traffic department of the Portland bureau of police estimates that 85,000 applications have been placed on file with the secretary of state, whose office Is busily engaged in passing upon the driving ability of the applicant and issuing the proper license. . The police in the various cities of the state, as well as county officials, will not enforce the law pending word from the office of the secretary of state at Salem that sufficient licenses have been issued for the majority of drivers to have them in their possession. ; When that word is received, the enforcement of the law wm become a fact and will hold in mil force.;: It is estimated bv the Port. land police that such an announcement will not nnaterialize before the f latter Part of the month. Then, Mr., Mrs. or Miss Driver, watch your step, and be sure to tote your card.- f xnere are two parts to the. law: The old part, which regulates professional drivers such as chauffeurs, drivers for hire cars, and, in round terms, anyone wno earns a living by drivine a motor vehicle. The other part. In round terms, affects those who do not drive cars for Pay. v-.;.;, . I ,; - ; ,.,.,-: The second class, those who do not un ior pay, are jne ones who ar emoracea in the new licensing measure enacted last winter and which becomes effective Thursday. : . j . . , , One of this latter class before driving a car shall apply to the secretary of state for a license on a license blank furnished by the secretary of state. The inform ation called for by the blank must all be given. I : If the application shows that the a re plicant be entitled to a license the sec retary of state will forward a license card. This license card must be carried by the motorist at all times that he is driving. The driver's license costs 25 cent and if the car license be lost it costs 25 cents to get a new one. Once a driver is licensed he (or she) does not have to renew his license . unless it shall have been cancelled. ; : j - ., - - :.:,... . This section of the law. it is reneated. is an addition to the old law and does not affect the old law as regards pro fessional drivers, ' chauffeurs, owners driving for hire cars,- etc STORIES ADD INTERESTTO TAC0MAIE1 Many Incidents of Minor Nature Added Their Bit' to Keep Ex ; citement at Fever Heat. , Great Crowd of 40,000 People J Filled Grandstand and Field to ! Watch Famous Drivers. Chevrolet Leads Racing Drivers " Of, Whole Nation The. standing of the professional driv ers of the country, as revised after the recent races at Tacoma, shows Gas ton Chevrolet leading the list, with Mil ton a close second. This rating is based upon the number of points obtained by each driver in the official races held on leading tracks of the country, and in cludes' the Los Angeles event, the in ternational sweepstakes at Indianapolis,' the Uniontown contest, and the Tacoma tangle. ,- t - s f Ail official races are held under the sanction of the American' Automobile association. The following point totals were drafted by P. M. Fretwell. mem ber of the contest board for Washington : U. Cheveroiet 1015. Milton 670. Murohv 640, Rene Thomas 520, Joe Thomas 296, Mulford 270, Hearne 195, Vail 140Searls 60, Goodson 60, O'Donnell 60. Locomotives Up 171, Automobiles Only 75 Railway Age, illustrating the advance in railroading cost since 1914. says loco motives have advanced about 171 ur cent and cars 200 per cent. Because of tnls and higher interest rates, carrying charges on equipment liavd increased from 310 to 350 per cent in six years. An interesting comparison is made by noting tne change In the prices of au tomotive products. It is estimated that this industry has raised its prices on an average of but 50 per cent during the period of the war, and but 15 per cent during the period noted bers as cover ing the rise of railroad equipment. Chehalis-Ceritralia Eoad to Be Widened While State Highway : Commissioner Allen was in Chehalis the first of the week a conference with the Lewis county commissioners resulted in a plan to widen the paved road between Chehalis and Centralia. : The present road across the low land is 18 feet wide, and rapidly increasing traffic has demonstrated it Is too narrow. The road will now be widened to 28 feet, beginning at the ear- barns and working north. : Trees planted alongside the road by the St. Helens club will be transplanted when the new and wider grade la formed. MOTORCYCLE RUN STARTSJULY29 Seattle-, Pendleton, VVal la Walla and Many Other. Towns Are Included in Trip. Stolen Autos Motorcycles and riders will be in their, element on July 29, when the annual endurance run, starting each year: from The Journal building, will be pulled off under the auspices of the Rose City Motorcycle club. C. .E. B. Clement, local referee for the Mt & A. T. A., and president of the Rose City club, la already at work on the details of the race, which promises to be one of the best that has been held. The trun .lasts four days. ! ' : ) : The success : attendant upon the clas sic last year, which attracted nation wide attention, has resulted in this annual event being classed as the Nerthwest sectional run and is xard ed as one of the most important held by motorcycle men', anywhere in the country. "j A large field is expected, with ' en tries from all over the Northwest and a sprinkling from California. Motor cycle dealers here are getting machines in shape for . the grind and - there is Records of the Auto Theft department. Bureau of Police, show the following cars to be' still at large, after having been stolen from points where they had been placed by their owners : Chevrolet 1919 Touring. Oregon li cense No. 25120, motor No. C2318. f?rnvrolt-1919 : touring. Oregon II- Lcense No. 82149, motor STo. 54570. , Dodge 1916 roadster. Oregon license No. 4J64LV motor, No. 146172. Dodge -1918 touring, Oregon . license No. 31678, motor No. 3905.- Dodge 1920 touring. Oregon license NX 82998,umotor-No. 609.486., Ford 1914 touring, Oregon, license , No. 73752, motor No.; 121717. Ford IS 19 roadster, Oregon license No. 15737, motor lsTo. 3215614. t Ford 1919 touring, Oregon license No. 20146, motor No. 3042796. Maxwell -1918 ; license , tags missing, motor. No. 22794L Overland 1918 touring, Oregon license No. 47765, motor No. 31670. ' Reo 1916 touring. Oregon license No. 32014, motor No. 6042. ; Tulsa 1920 : roadster, - Oregon dealers' license No. 799A, motor No. 36856. " Harley-Davtdson 1919 motorcycle, Ore gon license No H 65 motor .No. ' L IjA 22401. -'. BEACHES CROWDED talk . of some clever teamwork being pulled off. , s .. ".. The route to be taken will carry the riders through. The Dalles. Pendleton, Walla ' WalJa Spokane. Seattle, south along the -Pacific highway- to ' Port land, to finish, at The Journal building. According to Clement, the prizes this year will be unusually, attractive, -. REPORTS AUT01ST Sales Manager of Northwestern , Auto Company Gives Facts and Figures on Journey. The road from Tillamook to Sea side, slightly over 55 miles, is good with the exception of about 10 miles of Clatsop county, which Is mostly crushed rock and plank. From Sea side to Astoria, 21 miles, about 1$ miles is pavement and the rest good gravel road. : D. Lk Dougherty, sales manager of the Northwest Auto company, made a tour of the "loop" in a Cole Aero-Eight sportster last week. The route was from Portland to Tillamook via Newberg, Mc Minnvllle, Sheridan and Grande Rojide. From Tillamook the. drive was over the coast road, through Seaside to Astoria, and back to Portland over the lower Co lumbia river highway. From Portland to - Tillamook : the speedometer registers slightly over 112 miles and from Tilla mook to Astoria, 76 miles. . - IS PBETTT SBITE "M f The" latter drive . Is one' of the pret tiest in the state and well worth taking." It is through a Valley, along several In viting streams and over winding hills with no difficult grades or curves. A good part of the way is through timber, affording a friendly shade from the heat of jthe SUn... r.::. n-ty'J-' :,.'.'V-:.-rf1.-;ir; '":;' For a camping and fishing holiday no better route could be selected, for there are any number of excellent camping sites along the streams from Grand Ronde to Tillamook, and fishermen re port good trout and salmon fishing. The road is a little rough but not uncom fortable if taken with moderation in speed. Unless .the intention Is to camp out It la advisable to make hotel reser vations well ' in advance, for . hotel ac commodations are taxed to the limit all along the way. The gasoline short age Is Quite acute In Interior towns, but dealers and garage men have been prom ised better supplies in a week or two.. HOTELS ABE CROWDED ' ' Doughertys arrived at Seaside about 7:30, Sunday, and found the Influx of holiday pleasure seekers so great that hotels and eating places were sold out and many were walking the streets hun gry. " Sleeping accommodations at As toria were also at a premium. The beaches were thronged with bath ers, the weather was ideal and the water at i just the right temperature. ' Re wort managers along the ocean are looking for a big season, providing' the gasoline situation Improves within the next two or three weeks. At Seaside - gasoline was selling at 50 cents a gallon and at Astoria it was 40 cents. . Joins C. (H. S. Company F. E. Manchester, distributor for the Stanley Steamer, has, joined forces with Fred Houghton and M. TL, Glllen in the C. I H. S. company; Moon and Dixie Flyer-distributors, and will fill the post of manager for that company. Manches ter will not-relinquish the distributing rights for the Stanley Steamer, but will continue to handle that - car In . connec tion with his work in the C. H. S. conv- pa By Ilirsch II. Ilromtx-rg j The large attendance at the an nual Fourth of July races at the Tacyma track last Monday proved conclusively that motor races meet with the approval of the public in this neck of the woods. Over 40, 000 paid attendance filled the grand stand and lined the field Inside the track for the two miles around. Each year finds a, similar turnout by Northwest racing enthusiasts, and the big event attracts crowds from every part of our section of the country. " j'-: e : When asked before the race if he ex pected to win. Tommy Milton, the speedy Duesenberg pilot, said: "I'll have to do it in order to make good with " : And then he grabbed us by the arm and led us over to the stands and pointed out Mrs. Tommy Milton, bride Of a week, r The Mlltons were married the last .week in June in St. Paul. And Tommy made good. He won the race. "Smiling" Ralph Mulford lives up to his name. From jthe time he entered the track till he left Mulford wore a smile almost as wide as the track Itself. One spectator claimed he could see the big smile on Ralph's, face as he roared by the stands at a, 100-mile clip. At any rate It must pay to take it smilingly, for the happy Monroe pilot always finishes well up in the money, , Skidding off t'he track at 115 miles per hour and landing in a ditch sounds like a real accident. But It proved to be but an ordinary event In the life of Eddie Miller, one of the Duesenberg pilots in the tryouts last Saturday. Mil ler came Into a turn too fast, and In an attempt to straighten his course brought his car Into a skid that carried him com pletely off the track and into the ditch. His car was badly damaged, though both driver and mechanician escaped without a scratch. Hurried repairs put, (Continued on" Pse Three, This Section) 100 Million Barrels Gasoline Produced Each Year in Nation : Gasoline manufacture In this country is now running at the rate of more than 100,000,000 barrels a ; year. Despite the Increased output, which Is 18 per cent larger than a year ago, there has been a 25 per cent increase In the number of . automobiles in use. In March, last, 8.740, 000 barrels of gasoline were manufac-. tured, compared with 7,400,000 barrels In March, 1919. Domestic consumption of J 7,200.000 barrels In March of this .year 1 showed a 41 per cent increase over the 6.100,000 barrels consumed In March a year ago and exports for March, last,, showed a 85 per cent Increase over the same month of 1919. . The following table shows the statis tical position of the gasoline Industry in March, 1920 and 1919, with other figures relating thereto (in barrels): Merh, 1B20. Production .. .740,OO0 tomrtfc con sumption. . 7.200.000 . FipnrU ..... 720,000 Stork , March Slut .....15.000.000 Added to flock in ma 1.600.000 Crude oil oat- Put .. . . ..36.849.000 Mexican oil export . . . 10.800.000 No. motor : ebwlee 7,600,000 Merrh. Perrentese 1 !!(. lncrree. 7,400,000 lt 6.100,000 41 870,000 5 - 18,000.000 16 2.000,000 "'SS 80,284.000 20 e.ooo.ooo 71 6,000,000 26 Koseburg Happy Over, Eoad Work Contract Roseburg and all of the towns along the line are rejoicing today over the let ting of the contract for the macadam ising of the Pacific highway between Roseburg and Wilbur. This is one of the roughest roads along the highway. It is so close to Roseburg that tourists seem to think it is the fault of the citi zens of Roseburg that this stretch of road Is not kept in better shape. With this eight miles of road mac adamised there will, be comparatively few sections of the road in the county that are not improved or under construc tion. Paving plants are working fulf time In the section between Oakland and Drain, and between Roseburg and Myrtle creek- Tourists are having no- trouble in getting through, and there are com paratively few accidents in the county. One tourist with a heavy trailer nt with an accident on Rohrts mountain. and his car overturned. "The driver sus tained a sprained ankle and wrist. Ford Tractor Plant Construction of the Ford tractor plant at Green Island, near Troy, is ex pected to begin before the end of the year, or as soon as license can. b"-ob-talned under the water power bill re cently signed, x 1 .