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PORTLAND, : OREGON) SUNDAY MORNING, MARCH 131921.
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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.
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KeaTcrton. .
St. Johns.
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forth tha claims advocated by U adro
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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
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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
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Consider! Its" Price
Compare It With Others When You
Measure Their Quality With Essex
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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?
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i 615-617 Washington Street. Portland, Oregon
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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 "
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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.
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615-617 Washington Street
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