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SIX PAGES SPORTS SECTION SIX AUTOMOBILES PORTLAND, : OREGON) SUNDAY MORNING, MARCH 131921. rrrw U L u 4VU -1 DM mm, HER FINE SITE FOR FAIR Tualatin Valley Between Port land and Beaverton Considered Ideal bv Residents Who Ad vance Reasons Why. Rfsfat poibl sitsa for Portland's 1825 exposition hare bean aaantioncd.. Tby arc: Hayden Island. Iark Rom and Bockj Butte. irmhara. Et more land. fesliwood. (awecx KeaTcrton. . St. Johns. In thaaa discissions, the writer wUl act forth tha claims advocated by U adro eatss of the raspeetira sites.. ' r 1 ?'- -, ' s ' : 10 VAIXEY FKDM. COUNCIL Bjr Frank A. Clarro "When the committee In charge of arrangements for the 1925 Atlantic- Pacific Electrical and Highways ex posit on - finally settles on the two thousand acres needed for, the erec tlon of the - buildings, they - may choose a portion of the tract lying southwest from Council Crest, and northeast of Beaverton. If E. S. Swenson, president of the Beaver ton Commercial club, la able to swing it, they -will do so. If there is any- . thing on earth Swenson believes in, it is that the exposition should be .held in that portion of the Tualatin valley. , Journal scouts visited Bea verton last Sunday to look over the proposed site near that city and Mr Swenson kindly served as guide and enthusiastic booster for the tract. ' It was In a Scripps-Booth Six. sent out by the" Apperson Motor Car com pany, with William E. "SVorth. manager of retail sales, as guide and -pilot, that The Journal party sought the valley me- tropolia. The Whole town pointed to Mr. Swenson as the i man "who knows .all about it, and that man was forth with kidnapped and taken out to the site. The arguments as set forth by him were many and convincing. BIO ACREAGE AVAILABLE The tract of land in question Is near Olsen and lies to the southwest of Coun cil Crest in the W formed by the Canyon road and the Tualatin highway, which meet at the fork just outside Beaverton, ' The Canyon road winds by many stage from Beaverton up the heights until it finally -dips over the crest and moseys- down into town past 1 the old county farm and winds .up at the extreme west end of Jefferson street. It is a famous and much-used road for ' penetrating into the Beaverton and. Hllls - boro country and is paved all the way from Portland to its - juncture with the Tualatin highway.. From this road otte - r uifi3 JDDT2NAI. SCOUT? ' , i V- -.9 'K - SH EXPLORE IMPOSITION STTK, ADVOCATED Vfi BWEI2TOK3) PEOPLE, fit 4 4 - mm: .fti'r a'li.r, - SC32TPPS- r300TR SIX ON THE CPAD. m -rw. ttat a- . .. TTlKM m may eee the expanse of the" tract men tioned as a possible site. for.Ue -exposi tion, : a sectiftn which one day wIU be opened to considerable; ' development through the building of the tunnel pierc ing the hills south of .jPwiaand. - There are about 5000 acres in the tract, which is an assortment of farm, dairy and timber country and as only two fifths of that acreage Js needed the com mittee would have a wide selection. The site may be reached by the two high ways' mentioned." by the : Southern Pa cific and Oregon Electric railroads and by the tunnel facilities which senate bill 300, introduced by Senator Joseph, may make possible in the next three years. PI-E1CTY OF TBAITSPOB.TATIOX The two highways are established facts and instead of passing out before 1925 they probably will be Improved and oth er roads may be added to swell the hard- surfaced mileage available for travelers to the exposition grounds. It is re ported that the Southern Pacific has entertained plans - for double tracking their lines from ' Portland to Beaverton, should the fair be held in that vicinity, and as the Oregon . Electric Is already double tracked to Garden Home, about two. and one halt miles from Beaverton, the additional cost of double I, tracking that short line would probabl be con sidered eminently worth while.!- : , , Then, as to the tunnel, which! to a cer tain extent is problematical. This, proj ect has been talked of for a pong time and the oldest residents are not able to recall just who the man was Who first conceived the idea of a tunnel under Portland's southern; rim connecting the city with the fertile lands , seen to won derful advantage from Council Crest or from Fair mount boulevard. Succeeding generations have taken it up until the recent legislature really got busy and passed 'a bill providing for the forma tion of districts for the purpose of build ing tunnels through the issuance - of bonds. , . . , SITE IS ACCESSIBLE : " " I I According to Swenson,: the under-crest passage will be a mile and a quarter in length. 39 feet wide and will allow ( Conohxld on P&c Two. Column Poor) t. E I r ! X If ! I . -V I Consider! Its" Price Compare It With Others When You Measure Their Quality With Essex - I ' ' , . -,..! .-.. -. ;:- Men no longer accept the doctrine that higher priced cars mean correspondingly finer cars. i Of special interest is a price to price measure ment ( of the Essex against rears you have always judged in its quality class. Its advantage shows sur-1 prising margins when viewed thus. ' Will you find any car of comparable, quality and ability within hundreds of dollars of the Essex class ? V And doesn't its low cost with such quality, appeal to judicious buyers, whether they are. considering & car slightly less in costjor have been seeking Essex quality in some much costiier car? . . - r :. - " ' 1 : l ' ; , . - - r - . .- -4 : - . -. . ... .;.r- - I ' C L. Boss Automobile Co. i 615-617 Washington Street. Portland, Oregon TUKNEL it CTtOnl IViSlOM LaSSSiv -UWCTCEST OF dEXVEETOW l TAXEN FROM. iCAJfYOMROAD iABDTUMaTIK i HIGHWAY 4 . Kw-J ' ill ssssssdLBEi BrakeLiningMutBeWatched s? c M t . . n m it ... X . - ,K Proper Way to Reline Is Told By Mike De Cloco ' " f "With the death 'ist from automo biles increasing each year ' rather than diminishing, and with the num ber of automobiles increasing yearly, the responsibility of each motorist toward his fellow motorists and to the public in general is growing. The answer to , the motoring problem is care,' and the only means of cut ting down the accident total is "con trol," and lots of it. Faith and confidence In the care . on the part of the driver is Increased more by carefully adjusted brakes - than in any other, way." To: be; sure of one's brakes, they must be tested each" morn ing as the car is taken out, end at all other : opportunities during the time the car is on the road. If your brakes do not respond to pressure exerted on the ' foot pedal, tighten up the brake rod under the car by giving the adjustment lug a . few turns. One particularly annoying thing suffered by all who have to do with automobiles is the squeaky brake as pressure is transmitted to the bands. This is caused principally by burned-out brake linings, which have lost their re silience through- over-use or by . abuse. Copper rivets rubbing on the brake drums as soon as the lining is worn out. or not the right adjustment on the equal isers are also responsible for this nerve- tearing sound. v.. BE CAKEFCX IJT OIL IT? G The only way to preserve your brakes and keep the life in - them is to put few drops of oil on them every now and then. This will also keep the wheels from skidding and will reduce the tire bilL Be sure after this oil has been .pat on the brakes that you work them on and off a few times to get the oil evenly distributed. If the brakes are worn do not wait for the drum to wear on your bana but reline before an accident oc curs. : - '.: . :' To reline your brakes,-remove wheel by taking off the hub cap, cotter pin, and the nut on the axle. As soon as the wheel is removed one. has access to both brakes. By removing the adjustment bolt in the back part, of the band that is attached to the stationary brace and unscrewing ' the brake adjustment - nut on the top and the pin on .the bottom side of the brake it can be removed Old lining and rivets can be removed from the bands by using a chisel to cut the heads of the old rivets. Then take a punch and drive the remaining part of the rivets out. Be sure after oldl lining is removed to scrape all the rust and other foreign substance - from the bands. DAJfGEB OF LOOSE BIVETS V In starting to rivet new tming'on the bands, have a three-sixteenth inch iron drill, or - the size required, and ' brace handy and drill a hole In the lining by starting on either end of the band. Place a rivet in and countersink it by driving it down in the lining with an iron punch -or by using a - larger drill to countersink after small hole has been made." To do a good job in riveting place a -round piece of iron in. the vise to the size of the head of the rivet, lay the head of the band 'rivet and -the band -on the iron ' and you cannot help but get a snug fit. .If the rivets are put in loose, the lilting will tear loose from the band. wear, unevenly and will last only a short time. : The way to rivet and get a snug Job is to start at one. end, and make a hole, place rivet and secure it each time.- Before making a .hole. press the lining up toward the end that you have started to work on, so lining will set snug to the band. When the job - Is , through - you will - have smooth. quiet performing brakes that Will -re spond to your emergency, v - , Place bands and wheel back on. then Win. La, Hxrihson BUOADWAT, AT SATIS rtlOXt BBWT. 321 get the ad justment of ' your br&Ttes by the, back set-screw, the nut, on the top of the band and by brake rods. The wheel should run free after all the ad justments have been made - and - should hold when the brakes are applied. You can. readily see. if you look at your bands all around,' wheth- or not they are rubbing or dragging In any one side or spot If they are dragging, these different parts will tell you how to rem edy the . trouble. The back set screw adjusts the back part of. the, band; the top screws adjustment on the front ad justs the upper and the nut on the bot- torn side of the same pin on some ma chines adjust the lower. On some ma chines you have . to adjust the lower part by taking up the brake rod under the- car.-,' j. -v , :- .A' .. - - ; - It purchasing brake rivets and lining all dealers have a list and if you specify what'ktnd of a machine you have they can rive- you the - exact alse. width, length and , thickness of lining and also the size rivets required. ' The Colombian congress is planning to subsidize the first paper making plant in that country. :, vt V - VERY LITTLE TO LICENSE FEE M. 0. Wilkins Compares Ad Va lorem Rate Which Is Wiped 'Entirely Out and New Flat Rate for Motor Vehicles in Oregon. By M. O. Wilkins Many people have believed that with the passage of the new motor vehicle! license law for Oregon that automobiles will pay- a far greater license I fee, or tax, than they ever paid before. People saw the passage of the "road bill with some misgiv ings, and watched the legislature ap prove the new motor code with something -akin to alarm. They be lieved automobiles and trucks were going to be taxed to the wall. This Is not the case. Although additional revenue is to be derived fron, the new law, yet the law wipes the old ad valorem tax off the slate and gives the motor car owner a definite fee to pay and have it all over with. This fee goes into roads. Two and one half million dollars, In round numbers. Including 1500,000 derived from -the operation of the original 1 cent a gallon tax on gasoline, was the total revenue derived from the automo bile public last year. The 4 per cent limit road bonds now issued and author ised, Including the next blennlum, require approximately the same sum to be col lected in 1921. , J It. developed very early In the late legislative session that, under the recom mendation of the state highway com mission, there will be required an addi tional sum of from $100,000 to 11,000.000 annually for road maintenance. It like wise developed, under the recommenda tion of the governor and the approval of the joint ways and means commit tee, that the one fourth mill road levy, so far as the highway commission funds were concerned, was to be 1 suspended Tor two years, to enable 1260.000 per year to be used for other purposes. ADDITIONAL W01CET JTEEDED The only source of this additional road revenue was the automobile and g lirie. - Gasoline was .already paying 1 (Cooolndsd on I'M Two, ColumaOnO woes? rfe a-a Now Holds Price Advantage You Rank Hudson With the Few Really Great Cars. But Do You Realize How, Much Less It Costs Than They? Instinctively you group Hudson with, the few cars that all tmen acknowledge truly great. , j But do you campare its price with" theirs? t " i " That contrast is the emphasis of. H ud- : sonrvaiue. . , . I' 5 Hudson does not expect -undivided-acknowledgement in leadership. Though -in the. regard of more, than 100,000 owners it holds that position" - without . dispute. Five years as the ,world'svlarg ;est selling fine car proves ;this no tran sient favoritism, but ' a ; time-seasonejd judgment. - ) ; Today's Market Shows 'K Its Price Advantage . Is not even greater appreciation as sured o Hudson value now' that price; is again so important an issue ? Hudson ; owners proudly maintain greater ex penditure for any car is not; justified. Remember; that ' heretofore, among fine cars, price, was not a decisive fac tor, with a large number p buyers. Hud son won its leadership because of its per formance and reliability -riot because ; it was least expensive of; the really great cars. That is a judgment on which all may. unite. It is proved by of f icial records. I: v . " Today's' market' cannot fail to em . phasize the Hudson price advantage. ' : Men are examining more critically. They are buying with much more vigi lance of value received for dollars spent. They will not sacrifice quality, fine per formance or their j accustomed car com fort and distinction to save money. - But neither are. they longer in a mood to 'imagine advantages merely because ' a car is priced high. Lao ,BQ)S C 615-617 Washington Street Portland from the car.