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BENTON i Gravel ontflt introduced bj former Ooanty Jadse Wade Malone and commissioners in road work in Benton county. The 10 wagons are drawn by 75-hor8epowar Holt tractor and carry total of 32 yards of gravel at a single trip. The speed of the outfit averages 3Va to 3 miles per hour. The tractor can haul a load up a Z per cent grade. On heavier grades one or more of the wagons arc dropped off. On a short pitch of heavier grade, a part of the train is temporarily dropped and after reaching the top the tractor returns and couples all the wagons together and proceeds on Its way. The tractor is also much used in grading work and has been found to be very economical for the purpose. The operating expense is about $50 a day, including depreciation and maintenance. Up to- three or four miles the tractor train is op . erated at cost of about 50 per cent of other methods. On a seven or eight mile hanl, tracks are used In Benton county to s greater adTaotage. ... -.: CLATSOP COUNTY BEGINS WORK ON 3 ROAD PROJECTS Astoria to Seaside, Tillamook to Seaside, and Seaside to. Can non Beach Work Started. Seaside, March 28.- C ontracts have been lett and the work begun on the, three major Clatsop county road projects. The J. H. Tilman company Is now grading that stretch of highway between Astoria and Sea side that has not been paved, but this work will not necessitate the closing of the road for some time. 'According to the county court the de tour by way of the Lewis and Clark road and the Melville-Wahanna cutoff will be In good shape for travel within a short time and long before it is neces sary to close the highway. Two steam hovels care now establishing the grade on the Melville road., three miles having already been graded of the five-mile stretch. After the highway in closed the motorist coming to Seaside will take the Lewis and Clark road at Miles crossinfr to Melville and then over the new road by way of Thompson falls to the beach. The Seasiae-Tlllamook highway is in excellent shape, with the exception of about two miles which la being rocked at this time. This work cannot be fin ished before July, but with 10 days of good weather the road will be in good shape for motor traffic. The county has two rock crushers on this road and the Seaside steam roller will be taken there this week. Up to IS miles from Seaside the road is good., and with the minor improvements being done on the Tilla mook county side the highway will un doubtedly prove very satisfactory this summer. The impassable stretch of road at this time Is of clay mixture, and with the coming of good weather will bake and provide an excellent roadway. The third project, the. widening of the Seaside-Cannon Beach road, is being rushed ' to completion and will be fin ished not later than the middle of June. A steam shovel is working double shift and a crew of men is widening thts scenic highway to 24 feet. This has been not only the most popular high way in the -county but the most dan gerous In the past. The work of rock ing can not be done until the Seaside Tlllamook project is finished, but the road Is good , at this time and will be excellent this summer. The county court s has also let con tracts for grading and planking the Co lumbia Beach road from Warren ton to Oearhart. This work will be finished before the main highway is closed. 1 RtitlHiiiiiiMiiiniHiHtMiili)ftiiutNlHtritiiiiiliilHiuiuiii;rti:iuitiliiiiiiiiiiiHintiliiiiiiiitnii4iiiluiRiutiiiiiiHiiii( I EQUIPMENT AND REPAIRING j rriniiitiIiiinriiiitiitHliinii'riIIuiHiiiiiii!iiMiiiiMiiiiiMini'ii!tiiiiiiiiiiiiiBiiirttiitniitiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiliiiniMtf Westmghouse Batteries "The Battery With a Longer Life" WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT Northwest Battery Service Co. i BATTERIES AXD CARBURETORS for all stakes ef ears SSt OAK ST BDWI. 1764 Standard Units Continental Motors Parts Station. Spicer Universal Joints; Brown Lip Trenamissiou and Clutch Parts; Axles, Worm Gears, etc. . Dif ferential Gears, Wrist Pins and Cylinder Head Caskets for nearly every make of car.' - i Colyear Motor Bdwy. 3331 TRUCKS AND DELIVERY BODIES correctly designed to meet your needs mean economy in transportation WE BUILD BODIES TO I ORDER ' : STOCKS OF j Ford Delivery Bodies and Heavy Duty Bodies for. Immediate Delivery 1 . A UNIVERSAL BODY FOJL EVERY; NEED DAY AND NIGHT REPAIR SERVICE UNIVERSAL BODY CORPORATION 900 SANDY BOULEVARD , 'n . ' i EAST. 7913 COUNTY HAS PRETENTIOUS WAGON TRAIN WITH Veteran Salesman L ; Goes! With Keaton i Joe Green, one of the oldest tire sales men in point of service with the tire in dustry on the Pacific coast, has gone with the Keaton Tire & Rubber com pany as a member of the sales staff. Green has been in Portland nine years and with the tire business the whole of that time. j "; ' ! Coming to Portland as Lee tire repre sentative nine years ago, Green already bad an enviable record as a Lee tire man, having started with that company when it entered the tire field. Leaving Lee, he went with Pennsylvania Tire three years, covering th Oregon and Washington territory, and then with Miller two years. After serving- a term with General he transfers his affections in turn to Keaton and will be. associ ated with Manager Thompson at the Sixth and Main streets office. $544,729,000 Increase Over 1919 Sales Was .'$116,500,000; Total Number of I Tires Produced ., 44,065,000. j Akron, Ohio, ', March 26. Latest figures of automobile tire manufac ture In 1920 show a total production of 44.065,000. representing a total sales figure for the year of more than half a billion 'dollars. The ac tual total, $544,729,000, represents an increase over;i919 of $116,500,000. I The, ldl9 tire, consumption totaled 87.3SO.OOO, while in 191 more than 85,000,000 tires , were sold. Nearly 19,000.000 tires were consumed In 1917. The total number of motor vehicles was more than 9.000,000, ; and : of ; these 7,903,000 required pneumatic equipment. I . " i Gasoline Tax in 2 Years Is $854,277 Salem, March 26.- A total of 81,672,- 637.1 gallons of gasoline and 7,510,317.75 gallons of distillate have been consumed in Oregon in the past two years, on which state taxes have been paid ag gregating $854,277, according to figures compiled by Secretary ; of . State Kozer. The peak consumption of gasoline was reached in August, both in 1919 and 1920. I Maupin Roads Good i Maupin, March 26. 'The roads in this section are all in excellent condition. Considerable work has been done on most of them. 1 The grade leading west from Maupin has been graveled. . - All work absolutely guaranteed : WEAR TASK Parts for Sales Company 561 Washington St. OTTRE SALES THE OREGON 1!f MANY STATES FAVOR LICENSE FEES FOR ROADS - '- ''aasWSssaassseassaaaeesee Oregon Motorists Believe That Money Should Go for Highway Improvement; Would Help.: The insistence displayed by Ore eon motorists in determining that money paid for license fees for au tomotive vehicles shall go into road work and not be expended for other state purposes is finding reflection throughout the United States this year. . :': ; ;j :;" 'l z" With an ever-increasing number of ncasoline driven machines, licensees are demanding that they - obtain - their money's worth from money ; paid, and declare that license fees shall further the idea of upkeep for those vehicles by having better road conditions every where. - ::. MOJTET REGISTERED -' A total of 9.211,295 omtor cars : in cluding commercial vehicles were regis tered lst year in the SS states and Dis trict of Columbia, according to figures compiled by the bureau of public .roads of the United States department; of agri culture l a study of revenue available for road building purposes. ? " "There were also registered a total of 238,146 motorcycles. The registration and license fees, including those for chauf feurs, operators and dealers, : amounted to $102,034,106.26.1 As compared with 1919, the data forr1920 represent an in crease of 22 per cent, or 1,648.849 motor cars. This increase alone lacks -but 4 per cent of ; being equal to the total registrations of the United States six years ago.1:--.. , SEW TORK LEADS In 1920 in the state of New Tork alone the number of motor cars registered, in cluding commercial vehicles, exceeded the total cars registered In the whole of the United States In 1910. Further more, the revenues derived from regis tration in the state of New Tork in 1920 were tibout equal to the entire registration revenues of the United States for 1913. ' The use made of the revenues has changed with the passing of years, i In 1906 the total registrations were approxi mately 48,000 cere, paying a gross rev enue of about 9193,000. (Arizona in 1920 paid approximately this amount.) In 1906 the gross registration revenues were equal to less than three-tenths of 1 per cent of the total rural : road and bridge expenditures for that year. The registration revenues in 1920 were equal to about 25 per cent of the total rural road and bridge expenditures for the calendar year 1919. MOTfET GOES FOB KOADS 4 " r ., " In 1906, virtually none of the motor vehicle revenues was applied to ; road maintenance or construction, while in 1920 96 per cent, or a total of 397,997. 160.60, was used for this purpose. The remaining 4 per cent not applied to road work was expended very largely . for number plates and in carrying out the provisions of the motor vehicle registra tion laws in the several states. Of the total amount applied to road work 79 per cent, or $77,531,682.57. was expended under the control or supervision of the several- state highway departments. - For; a number of years the general tendency toward devoting an ever increasing portion of the motor vehicle revenues to road work under the control and direct supervision of the state high- rooKwesK rtirtsrwwiK IV ' r. ew -Tfimirr I , mux Tiinficm'i Auto Repair Prices Reduced By having us do your work. , We will quote a ; ; . ; GUARANTEED PRICE on your work before starting your job. . ; ; X '- A i- - " ;. : "' .. ' " " - i..---; i- Cook & Gill Co., Inc. llth and Burnside Sts. SUNDAY JOURNAL. PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING, .JL . - - JBo-..- ' . . x-ixi-.. way department has been very notice able. ; Prior to 1913 only a very small portion of the motor vehicle registration was devoted to this purpose. " ' MAT ADJUST BATES In 1920 76 per, cent of the revenue, or $77,531,582.57, was applied to road work . under the direct supervision of the state highway departments, and in addition $20,465,578.04 was applied to road work by counties or other super vision, but with little or no direct super vision from the state highway depart ments. "In most states the motor vehicle rev enues are devoted to maintenance and repair of the state r6ada or other im proved highways. These states seem to have solved fairly well the difficult prob lem of securing funds for the main tenance of the more important roads under the ever-increasing traffic require ments, v. . - As both the ' traffic and the revenues increase with the number of cars, there apparently exists a possibility of so adjusting the registration rates as to keep pace with the ever-growing main tenance changes. . BASED OIT "WEIGHT A number of the states having in general but a small mileage of Improved roads have recently adopted the plan of capitalising the motor vehicle revenues and devoting these funds to road con struction. The states fioing this are Illinois, Maine, Minnesota, Missouri, Ne vada. Utah and Wyoming. In them bonds have been voted or issued for road construction, and the principal, in some Instances also the interest, is to be paid entirely from the motor vehicle revenue. At the beginning of 1921 there were still seven states in which motor trucks were registered at the same rate as passenger cars, but in recent years there has been a very decided tendency in most states to increase the fees required for motor trucks over and above those required for passenger cars. . This increase Is usually based on the weight of the truck and its carrying capacity, its horsepower, or a combina tion of these factors. LIMIT MAXIMUM - The most general practice seems to he toward definitely limiting the maximum total road weight of the vehicles and basing the registration fee on the ca pacity of the truck. Some few states have adopted a scale of fees which in actual practice serves to make the operation of very heavy trucks impracticable. . : In Colorado, New Mexico and Oregon, in addiUon to the registration fees, a state tax on gasoline or other products used for the propulsion of motor vehicles is also levied. In some states motor cars are ,taxed as personal property in ad diUon to the required registration fees. In Alabama, Delaware, Idaho, Iowa, Michigan. New Hampshire, New York, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Carolina, ' Pennsylvania. Tennessee and Vermont the registration fees are in lieu of all personal property taxes. REBUILT TRUCKS Priced for Quick Sale WE HAVE more USED TRUCKS on hand at the present time than we care to carry, and to reduce this stock quickly we are disregarding the money we have in them and pric ing them down to the point where they will move, and move fast. " ' Turn to Ihe CLASSIFIED SECTION of this paper for complete list and prices of our trucks. One thing, don't pass up seeing any of these- TRUCKS because of the low prices at which we are offering them. !You may think it impossible' tagive value at these prices, but an inspection of our stock will convince you. Many of our trucks have been overhauled and rebuilt in our own shops. All are rare bargains as priced for this 'sale. -: i:Vr:y 'f--,;':'"'-"'-- r-.J';Q:::-.: : .: SEE LIST IN CLASSIFIED SECTION Broadway at Everett "BUY NOW ..AND, SAVE" TRACTOR POWER WORST STRETCH ON PACIFIC HIGHWAY WILL BE PAVED Contracts for Work on La Center Road From Crabb's Corner to Be Let Soon After March 28. Ridgefield, Wash., March 26. There will be a number of roatl im provements made In this section' of this county this year, the biggest part of the work, being the hard surfac ing "of the Pacific highway from Crabbs corner, in the Pioneer dis trict, to ; La Center, a distance of about 4.5 miles. 1 The highway is completely paved now from Vancouver Jo Pioneer. OPE3T BIBS MARCH 38 Bids for the hard-surfacing of the proposed project will be opened March 28, at Olympia, and pavement specifica tions are now in the possession of he county engineer, W. A. Schwarts. They provide a concrete ebnstruatton 20 feet wide, IVt inches thick in center and 6 inches on each edge. The contract for this job will be let just as soon as the bids are disclosed, it ' is said, so that actual ; construction can take . place earlier than In former years and the paving completed before the rainy season sets in again. , ' The Pacific highway from Pioneer to La Center was graded and graveled two years ago and has settled enough to receive paving. ; The long wooden ap proach to the span across the east fork of I Lewis " river at La Center will be filled. Bids for it will net be opened unUl some time in May. It is proposed to fill in the trestle with dirt and leave the span over the east fork. ' It . will mean ' much to the automobilists and also to the residents of this section of the country, , and . when completed the Pacific highway from Portland to La Center will be entirely paved. WOEST PAST FINISHED v The highway from La Center to Ka lama. a distance of about 15 miles, will probably be paved this summer. With this project completed the highway from Portland to Kalaraa, the whole of the worst part of the pacific highway be tween the Ttone Cltv and Rritlsh (Colum bia, will be hard-surfaced. Local men. 1 MARCH 27, 1C21. TO EXPEDITE ITS ROAD BUILDING WORK Charles H. Creely, president, and Her man J. Potter, vice president of the Ridgefield State bank, are of the opinion that the highway in this, state will be entirely hard-surfaced from the Colum bia river to the Canadian border in the next two or three years. The Blddle cutoff on the Northbank highway In the eastern part of Clarke county will be completed this year, it is said, as the result of the passage of the read ap propriation bill by the Washington legis lature. " The bill provides for an expenditure to the amount of $200,000 for the Ocean Beach highway from the "east bank of the Cowlit river west" at Kelso and gives assurance of the erection of . a new . bridge over the Cowlitz river at Kelso to take the place of the wooden structure. ; The specifications 'or the new bridge, as prepared by the state highway department, call for a steel bridge and concrete piers. Cook & Gill to Hold Demonstration Week Paige demonstration week will be cel ebrated here by a salon in the sales rooms of the Cook A GUI company, Paige six distributors, and new "Jobs," particularly models of the new Daytona 6-68, will be on exhibition. The salon is scheduled for the first week in April. The new Daytona model is named for Daytona Beach, Florida, where a Paige stock car achieved a speed of 102.8 miles per hour. One of the features of the week will be to show the public how the Paige does it. Practical demonstra tions will be held every day.- Portland Center . For 'Cycle Finn Northwest headquarters for Kxcelsior Henderson motorcycle interests has been definitely located In Portland, according to L E. Crosser, Pacific coast represent tatlve for the company, who reached Portland last week. George Strino of the Strlne Cycle company, local Ex-ceisior-Henderson distributors, is of the opinion that this move is of great im portance to the motorcycle Industry here, and will result in a decided boost for Portland vehicle trade. The entire line of motorcycles and bicycles will be merchandised from this city. Mystery C?ar Stolen In Cleveland, Ohio, a driverless auto-' mobile came tearing down, a side street, perfectly turned a corner, and crashed Into a car In which Mr. an Mrs. Fred Sehummelen were riding. Following the collision the driverless runaway car frhed. paisoed and then, as if it were out of breath, came to an abrupt stop. Both cars were badly damaged. The "mystery" car proved to be a stolen one. 'ill. 'M iiwVi'.Vfihvif MfaSM&t J..! ,i,yi Oi VOGLER PREDICTS AUTD SHORTAGE Reduction of Dealers1 Stocks and Underproduction in Factories Will Bring Reaction in May. In a message just received by f red "W. Vo;ler, president of the North west Auto company, from P. L. Em erson, assistant sales manager of the Reo Motor Car company, he cites several pertinent facts concerning the production of. the various fac tories during the past few months, the time required to again reach a normal production and the unmis takable revival of business now upon us which will create a shortage ot cars not later than the first of May. "Automobile production for the past several months," says Mr. Emerson, has been running short of normal by 156,000 cars per month. Dealers' : stocks have been greatly reduced. The market Is opening up and sales are now exceeding, production, With the revival of the building trades and other constructive industries that are now taking on new life, there is no question but there will be a shortage of automobiles, ' "Automobile factories that have been closed cannot open on short notice to run on a normal basis for many months, not only because of the difficulties at tending opening their own plants, but of their various sources of supply as well. Even In the Reo factory, which has not been closed except for seven days during the Christmas holidays, it is now impossible to Increase production 11 - I' " . ' TIRES ACCESSORIE THIS WEEK'S SPECIALS SPARK PLUGS A-G CI CO (all size)..... 39c PEERLESS GIANT (one year guarantee) .......... . S5c PORCELAINS for CHAMPION "X" .18c INNER TUBE PATCHES , "Sealtite," made by Federal, for instantaneous and permanent in ner tube repair. Usual price Soc. THIS WEEK ....17c JOHNSON'S LIQUID WAX POLISH A superior well known polish that is unexcelled Half pints .......... . . . ,39c Full pints ............... 58c WINDSHIELD CLEANERS "RAIN-A-WAY" Cleaners; at taches to windshield and swipes both sides at a stroke. Usual 11.50 THIS WEEK.. 69c N. B- We have other styles. VULCANIZERS MARVEL Tube Vulcanizers; no fire to burn. . Does instanta neous and permanent puncture repair in' a few seconds' time. Complete with six patches and heat elements. THIS WEEK ....69c GREAT BARGAINS IN TIRES AND TUBES Soum SPECIAL prices that will mean a tremendous saving. Call at our store and look them over. AUT0PARTS 80-82 SIXTH STREET i to care for orders that are coming in." AUtomoDue aeaiers or me ivonnwent, and the public generally will have the opportunity . of meeting Emerson on April 13, when he is to give a five-reel motion picture lecture regarding the Reo organisation. The five reels deal with the organisation, the workmen, the buildings and the detail of many of the processes ot forging, machinery and as sembling the large portion of Reo ears and Speed-wagons which are manufac tured in their 40-acre plant at Lansing. Mich. It will be a revelation to many aiftA kava Ar rt t A St at (AlrlAhi 1 A VIiv .tssw V l iisivvu - is ear w w. . factory. Vancouver Road to Washotigal Is Good Washougal, "Wash., March 88. The road between Vancouver and Washougal is in good condition with but one detour of a mile and a half between Vancouver and Camas and an unpaved strip of three miles between Camas, and washougal. Both are kept up with crushed rock. at '-'a I Wm. L. Hughson jr. BEOADTTAT, AT BAVl ... ; rUORE BDWT. til : TUBE! GUARANTEED BIKE TIRES PEERLESS TRACTION TREAD. Famous "Smith Motor Wheel," non-skid tread. A very durable tire THIS WEEK. SPE'L, each $2.19 AMERICAN BEAUTY. The finest quality bicycle tire made; heavy tire fabric; blue tread, white wall, red stripe; very at tractive THIS WEEK. SPE'L, each $2.81 MOTOMETERS (Large Size) Regular price 1 10.00 -THIS WEEK $5.09 PLATE GLASS WIND DEFLECTORS These Windshisld Wings are of heavy plate glass. Brackets are of cast brass, .ticket plated. Reg ular J25.00 seller THIS WEEK, . . . . . . .$9.95 , Installation free. CHEESE CLOTH Fine Quality No. t White SPECIAL THIS WEEK, yd. dUc REAR VIEW MIRRORS 2'Axi$ (closed cars). $2.47 5-inch round beveled. .$1.55 4 or 5-inch reducing. .... ,03c SUPPLY CO. PHONE BROADWAY CZ0Z i i tit it 5 '