The Oregon daily journal. (Portland, Or.) 1902-1972, September 12, 1920, Image 46

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Newspaper Page TextV THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING. SEPTEMBER 12, 1920. RIDGEFEL DM I. HELD FINEST OF KIND N WORLD I Educate the Traffic Violators A N EASTERN city, not satisfied with merely arresting traffic violators. XT if rt 4 . t V a (Vila I tAtlftnA 9 Whn h. driver is arrented for a breach of the traffic ordinance or of! the atate motor vehicle act, he Is punished for something that already hk been done. Vhat provision Is made againitt his doing the same thing! New Plant of Bratlie Company Is again 7 Will the mere fact that he has been arrested cause turn to re member the right and the wrong way to do what he once did wrong? Will! the arrest for a particular offene prevent him from making a breach of j another kind? Or should prevention take the place of all cure, the pre-i ventlon to take the form of intelligent instruction In both tne pun ana Electrically Driven; Motor for Each Individual Machine. the latter of the law? The secretary of state recently mailed to all car owners a compendium of the state motor vehicle act. This much haa been done to familiarize the general motoring public with the provisions of the law governing the movement of motor vehicles. The general appeal will Include those who may be requested to attend court and those who will obey the law by In stinct and by knowledge of Us details. Hut there will always be arrests, and, assuming that no violation is willful, there remain two reasons why the law is broken at all: one is negligence, and the other Is ignorance. The saying, "Ignorance of the law Is no excuse." Is shopworn and tlre eome to a high degree. Instead of raining" a big smoke when, motorists are haled Into court, and Instead of so many cash fines which enrich the state or city treasury and get nowhere, let the driver attend school for a while and learn how to keep out of court. How many people know the parking rules of the city? How many know the lighting rules? How many have been told about the white lines on the streets and their use? How many know the details of the section roverning arm signals? The Traffic Officers' association may pass the education clauses in -1921. But why wait? Rldjefleld, Wash., Sept. 11. In an article appearing in its Septem ber Issue the Gulf Coast Lumberman characterizes the new cedar siding and shingle mill recently built here as "the finest ml of Its kind in the world." The new mill is owned by the Bratlle Eros. Mill company, and represents an Investment of about 1200,000. It Is electrically driven throughout, each machine having its Individual motor. The power hause equipment consists of three 72x18 high pressure boilers and a large Allis Chalmers steam turbine of the Parsons tvoe. direct connected to a generator capable of producing 1000 horsepower of electrical energy coe.eee shingle capacity A nine-foot band head rig cuts the logs into cants for the band resaw and also furnishes cants for the shingle mill, which Is located on the second floor of the mill proper and which is equipped with six Sumner upright shingle ma- i chines. The shingle rants are converted Into blocks of shingle length by means of an automatic cant cut-off, from which machine they fall directly into a conveyor which elevates them to the sawing floor. The capacity of the new NO, THIS IS NO NOSE DIVE I -&mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmimwmmmmmmi 1 COMPARISON of; RECORDS MADE No, this plane did not land in a nose dive. The photograph merely shows painters at work at the landing field of the Oregon, Washington, Idaho Airplane company,, dolling up one of the firm's passenger - carrying planes. Speed kings who have sought to span the continent in past years are being astounded by a comparison of former records and thos recently hung up by cars dashing from ew York to San Francisco. The former records are suffering by the oom- f parison. , ' Authorities daelars that this remark able chage in records is brought about by two reasons. The first is we oerei- opment of the motor car since the time j of the Initial trials, ana tne seooma the changes in road conditions. Not only have automobiles increased In power, speed and endurance in the last few , years an additional improvement being : noted each year but good Iroads move ments have made the transcontinental ' .. . - i ..... mA patn more respienaeni wiw rows less cursed with thorns, i figuratively speaking, than of yore. The records, paat and present, are: r. Sarard. Tr. Wtntoa eosy Jo; PsckcM ea dajr lfOS Frsnklia 8Un rrsnsUn IB yt Em I0(ir tt ma unprotected tire, good for 6000 miles of ordinary travel when new. lemea on the average 2000 miles of life If carried for 12 months as a spare. P.ngllxh people fall this tire an extra, while Americans call it a spnre, because, as Monte Sohn says. It usually Is nothing extra. One of the reasons why it is nothing extra is been use the chances are that the spare in the flrit place is a worn tire, and worn tires have weak places very susceptible to weather conditions. Cover u( the rear tire so that It will be with you In an mergency. New Educational Scheme The BelRian eovernment is using a novel scheme to edurflte Its fanners !V the better miMhmlH of sericulture. A motor carnviin i employed, consisting of a pownfui mot.ir iruck and three trailers, m, h rurrylng a psrt of a building. When the three units are rolled into position and jotn.-d together they make a convenient class room for teaching modern methods. The Importation of automobiles into Norway Is forlirlilen l vmnn :tjiwiitgtmaatnwtiim msni Tsnnniiunii msisinsiii ssiiiissiiiiisiiuuiuiMBnBiiiwMiiiiiMiilliiuiiWlllluIIMBtlWTO)lll I iattt.it t t in iitntA tMnnmiAA, I - N UUKMli AU 1 U UlKLt I U K I - fesWssssWWsslllPWfllWIIBIPIIIW "iri(ttwmii) homa and Texas, besides having at least some customers tin almost every state In the Union. Eliminate One Objectionable Feature iv. time wss 10 o'clock on a dark night. Tne place was a straigmawn on Terwllllrer boulevard. The actors were two men and the property conslstetd of two cars and six headlights, two of them being spotlights. The little traglc-farce ntiKht have been duplicated many times that same nnPI One man forgot to dim hla lights. Hjs spotlight was not focuflfed i approximately 50,000 feet of lumber properly, and It whs on the right side of his machine Instead of on the ! every eight hours. left. He came down the road aLa moderate pace, but his lights so blinded, The' course of the lumber strips and . VT . . , A. , I shingles through the mill Is practically the man in a car-coming from the opposite directtlorf that the Individual a tralgnt une fr0m the time the pulled his car to the side of tho road, grabbed his spotlight and threw the j ig comes up the Blip until the finished beam directly in the eyes of the oncoming driver and held it there until , product Is loaded Into cars. There Is t . . . . . . . . no backward movement or lost motion the car was quite close. The driver, blinded and in danger, brought his , an.hcre and wherever possible Hand A heated discussion ensued, wherein personalities flew thick labor has been eliminated by automatic machines, chain conveyors and gravity rolls. From the main mill the lumber and shingles travel In a long chain conveyor to the three dry kilns, each IS feet by 120 feet in size. From the dry kilns they emerge Into a large storage room in the case of shingles and a plan ing mill for the lumber. ilere a high speed siding machine converts the cedar ' strlna into half-inch bevel sldintr. and . to aim nis ugms mat ume pciiiups runiciiiueicu iu uim uiem mei canci , jTom here the product in loaded directly perhaps never offended In that manner again. But no one la sure whether into cars, two railroad spurs being era- TV,, other ebon nrnhahlv felt that h! evpnlnir had been I Poyea, one on tn oi uia .iu.it. car to a stop and fast and a loose and popular talkfest on the subject of lights was In dulged In. The two parted, no longer strangers, but certainly not friends. Who was wrong? Decidedly the man who neglected to dim his lights. Also the man who handled the spotlight with such telling effect, thinking only of the "eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth" method of revenge, a method as old as man. What good was accomplished? None. But the man who failed Do You Know Auto Rattles May Be Avoided if Care Taken as They Come he did or not spoiled by the clash of personalities even though he believed himself In the right. The man who refuses to dlmjjls lights is a big factor in night driving. Sometimes It is a lack of courtesy, sometimes it is forgetfulness, sometimes it is because his dimmers are not working. ' Many reasons may be noted, some of them good, others not so good. There is but one way to deal with the question of glaring lights, and that is by law, treating all motorists alike, and Insisting thnt lights conform with the law. If dimmers do not work, they should be fixed. If a driver lacks courtesy or carefulness, let the law find some way to improve his manners. It Is time for energetic work on the problem. building. CO,MPATTT HAS TWO MILLS v The Bratlle Bros. Mill Co. now oper ates two mills here at Rldgefleld, and are probably the largest individual pro ducers of cedar products In the Colum bia river district. Operation of the mills is superintended by J- L- Bratlle, with two assistant superintendents, J. E. Layne and Thomas Layne. The sales department is presided over by H. J. Bratlle. The company sells practically all its product direct to the trade, and has built up a large business in the states of Maryland, Tennessee, Okla- Parties Favor Good Roads to Aid Back To the Farm Move The importance of better roads Is emphasized in both political platforms. and In both planks the Influence of roads on rursl Mfe Is made the Im portant fact upn which federal aid for highway construction and maintenance U based. "We favor liberal approprl-1 at Ions," says the Republican document, "which will bring about better market- lor of farm products. Improvements In , rural postal service, etc." "Improved roads," says the Democratic plank, "are Of vital Importance not only to commerce and Industry, but also to agriculture and rural life." The emphasis Is plaeed in these planks where it should" be. The problem of improved highways Is so closely con nected with the problem of declining rural populations and this In turn Is so great a factor In every other In- jk 4i uiil nrnhlem in the United States, that the highway problem must come very near the first to be solved, if final progress is to be made. It will take two changes to keep farmers on the farms, and induce other people to go to the farm. These changes are more profits and better social, recre ational and educational advantages. Both will come with good roads. Capt. Tahy Added To Home Office of Scripps-Booth Co. Captain John K. Kahy of the Scrlpps Booth company of California, who has bsen covering the state of Oregon for the Portland branch the paat two months, has been called back to the home office at Oakland to fill an execu tive position. Just what will be the nature of his uew post has not been disclosed. Fahy Is an old time Chevrolet and 8crippa-Booth man and was formerly In the advertising department of the Chevrolet Company of California with Captain Al Q. Waddell, who was his "Tuddy overseas. He left the Chevrolet organization to accept a similar ; position with the Scrlpps-Booth company and until two months ago directed the Scrlppa adver Using poucy rrom Oakland. . The past two months Fahy has been covering the Oregon and Washington territory and with tho news of the huge assembling plant to be erected for Scrl ops-Booth in Oakland, comes the in formation that Fahy will become one of the executives of the new plant, He left last Thursday for Oakland. That during the first five months of 1920, the consumption of gasoline in creased 26 per cen over last year. That recent tests of motor fuel just completed by the boreau of mines showa San Francisco getting tne k " gasoline. That the average wage in the auto mobile Industry in New York state is $30.25 a waek. That Parisian taxicab drivers, afraid of being assassinated in the deserted streets at nightfall, have asked the pre fecture of police for permission to carry revolvers. That It Is estimated that the number of new motor cars which will be built and. sold this year will be 2,20.000, while the number that will be retired from service will be 1,525.000. That a good roads association was re cently, formed by a large number of prominent Argentine. American and Bri tish business men of Buenos Aires. That through the scarcity and high price of gasoline In Italy, every drop of which must be imported irom oincr coun tries, there are not more than 20,000 privately owned automobiles operated in that country. That 20 years ago an electric vehicle t company issued a catalogue showing 17 different styles of electric vehicles, but only one gasoline car. That St. Louis. Mo., produces more motor vehicles of 4000 pound capacity than any other city in the United States. That motorists are arrested In Phila delphia for excessive sounding of signal devices on motor cars. That we think It should be done here fn Oregon. On the Great Lakes there are nine large vessels in the service specially used for the transportation of motor vehicles. Dsn. HH. Min. t it 62 6 IS 8 B ' a so 10 21 t The more expensive a car Is the longer you expect it to run without rattles Yet it is possible with even the lowest priced cars to keep the rattles out if you wilt but catch them as they ap pear. They will come one by one, and If they are caught in the same manner they will not be nearly so hard to re move as they would be If they are al lowed to accumulate in a troublesome chorus before they are stopped. Rattles in the brake lineage and other parts under the car can be found by shutting off the engine and allowing the ctr to coast in neutral gear. If someone stands or sits on the running- board while the driver does this, many sounds that have been difficult of loca tion will be readily found. Jordan Sixes Mitchell, Lewis & Staver Co. Broadway and Everett Phone Broadway 4765 KISSEL Motor Cars and Trucks Mcintosh Motor Car Co. DISTRIBUTORS M4 and Waihlngtoa Bts. 1'none 114-14 Every confusing turn or crossroad on the Lincoln highway from New York to San Francisco will have an enameled steel marker. The road is 1223 miles long. CdiUo Mr UirmM July Hudson Btiper-tli Sept. . . Hudioa (round trip) 8pt isao t , Emcx ( irettbounJ ) --4m. 1 J Eiui (utbouad) Auc 4 14 41 The last record as It Is shows better time than the trains for the transporta tion of mall, a bag of which was car ried aboaseT the Essex, but whether or not the record has any other signifi cance than that dt merely a speed and endurance demonstration remains to be sen. Few people who have watched the performance of cars on the route across have voiced -their desire to make . t.H.inu. nt rldlnK the roads. In no matter what car, at the rats necessary to make the record. Care Will Prolong . Life of Spare Tire; Is Worn by Contact Care should be taken to protect the spare tire. Many motorists believe that simply because a tire Is not being worn by contact with the ground there is no deteriorative effect upon the casing car ried on the rear of the machine. Such is not the case. Conservative estimates show that an 0lWQfib SPEEDOMETERS and "BIG TEN NECESSITIES" They're More Than Accetsoriet Official Service Genuine Parts Product Service Station, 94 North Broadway King8 Q RUBIN MOTOR CAR CO. Oregon, Washington, Idaho Distributors Broadway and Hoyt. Phone Broadway 89 First Car in the U. S. Sold Complete, including licenso and 52 weeks of fr . t service. SIXES BROADWAY AT EVERETT Mitchell. Lewis & Staver Co. ' STATE DISTRIBUTORS 1 : ! I r I I I It t J JLj(S MINUTE MAN SIX Tulsa Water Well Good Oil Producer Tulaa, Okla., Sept llOU jnen are faead bv a. "Dussler"' in the. sbape of a water well la -.the Industrial section of thla city. " The well, a hallow, one. It giving up gasoline testing 60 by gravity. "Old heads'' pronounoa the. fluid the 'Veal stuff." but are at a loss to give an explanation. Since the king of Enrland. haa become a patron of the Commercial Motor Users association members' oaages are to in . elude tho crown as part of the design. Prices Reduced $200 on All Models TOURING CARS THOROUGHBREDS COUPES and SEDANS Latest Models Just Received Full Stock of Parts Same Liberal Lexington Service Maintined Special Discounts to Dealers BRUNN MOTOR CAR COMPANY Broadway at Couch Street . ' Phone Broadway 2958 u ED EQUIPMENT AND REPAIRING GA Owing to the former gas shortage and other more or less unsettled conditions, we have a few cars that have remained on our salesroom floor longer(than the allotted time, which we wish to disposof at once. These cars will be sold at a big discount over their former prices, so as to move them without further delay. LOOK THEM OVER AT ONCE. YOU WILL UNDOUBTEDLY FIND JUST WHAT YOU HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR. 1916 COLE 8, a beautiful car, good looking, good tires, good top, upholstery and new paint. This is a most remarkable buy. (JJQhTPC Specially priced at tDV i O BUICK 6, an extremely desirable car. Have been holding this car at a much higher price. Good looking, good tires, good finish and new top. Specially priced SX000 CHANDLER, late model, 7 passenger. Must go at once. New paint, seat covers. A car worth several hundred dollars more than we will ask at this time. Specially priced j250 THREE 1919 MODEL 90 OVERLAND touring cars. We must have the room and cars will be sold to first three applicants on ftA easy terms. Specially priced, each iDvJtJXJ REO ROADSTER, a thorough desirable and attractive roadster, 3-passenger, good finish, top, upholstery, tires and mechanically O. K. Must dispose of it at once. Terms. R7f Specially priced at. v D JJ REO TOURING CAR, a 1914 model but rebuilt with slanting windshield, new one-man top, plate gass back in top, wonderful mechanical shape. A car you would be proud to own. fljyl A A Specially priced at 1 . . . . . . Dfi:UU ONE STUDEBAKER ROADSTER J ONE STUDEBAKER TOURING at We are prepared to arrange easy terms with you on any of these ears. A small deposit will secure your choice'for a few days. WE ARE OPEN SUNDAYS $275 COVEY MOTOR CAR CO. Washington St at 21t Main 6244 We reconstruct your battery and thus save you money. Bring In your old box. ctttCriCS From the Handle Down iit UNITED BATTERY SERVICE, Inc. "Old omi mad new nw ones made, too." GUSAN STREET NEAR BROADWAY STATION NO. 2 FIFTH AND TAYLOR STS. BATTERY EXPERTS AUTOMOBILE ELECTRICIANS (SasssaESi StorageBattery tAn 1 io W.Service Station , mates of rw.o.v(w batteries cto3r 7c v: j . fkStr GrrepairccP- s I bctvm Coot Bate fix fern.. S46 H.M.NI5BET.M . . , Wiggins Company., Inc. Formerly Archer & Wiggins DISTRIBUTORS OF AUTOMOTIVE EQUIPMENT Park and CoucK Sts. All makes of batteries re- m, au make or DMten t HTJJ cft,r- '"d repaired. ft. iLtfr ll ParU nd tor SSmmmmmmimimm electrical ytt.ltl. make Storage Batterid ELECTRIC SERVICE AUTO CO. Fn. from Hultwui Sulphation an Oak 8U Wear We.l Tark Mnmn (or CIsniMn month. L. j. Joba.oa, Mgr. jtrmilmf 17t B0RG AND BECK Weller Motor Co. CLUTCH PARTS SALES AND SERVICE Succeuori to United Motors Co. Oregon Distributors Waahington at Fifteenth St. Phone Broadway 2656 David Hodes Co. Ill North Broadway St AUTOMOBILE GEARS PARTS AND ACCESSORIES AT REDUCED PRICES ENGINES A SPECIALTY EDISON STORAGE BATTERIES Gibson Storage Battery Co. Distributers 12th and Alder Sts. Psoas Broadway tl.7 Reliable Auto Washing AND POLISHING WORKS 17TH AND ALDER STS. PHONE BROADWAY 2296. Weening. Polishing and Simonitinf . Motors Washed, Cera Oiled and Greased. Tops and Cushions Dressed.