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THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND. SUNDAY MORNING. TUNE 28. 1821. DEATH REMOVES vehicle as a transportation medium, Cuba Is now taklngr steps to build up a model highway system. Many of the old military highways are being repaired Bids for Roads to Caves to Be Opened . The long talked of road to the Oregon caves In Josephine county has at last reached the construction stage. Bids v ". I be opened In Portland, July 5 by Use dis trict" engineer of the United States ba reau of public . roads for the improve ment of approximately nine miles in V: national forest. PORTLAND WHOLESALERS BUY NEW MODELS and new highways built. - At present, roads on the coast are good, but tn the interior they are Impassable except for pack mules. IS DISCUSSED DY E J OF i Visitors at 0. A. C. for Farmers' Week Told Saving ift Few Years Will More Than Offset Costs. A; G.. Batchelder. Killed in Air plane Accident, Was One of Active Members of Old Timers. FAMOUS FOR wwmmm pssff r "- -- & -jr BOOTH AND 1 MOTOR WORLD t '.c - - . I -si Corvallis, June 25. HIthwty d- - velopment of Oregon wi discussed by II. A. Booth, member of the state highway commission, and Herbert Nunn. state highway engineer, Wed nesday evening before a large num ber of farmers and townspeople who were attending the Farmers week program at the college.' The United States has more than 86 per cent of the licensed automobiles of the , world. The licenced machines of : Oregon Increased 25 per cent during the last year over the previous year. , Ore- iron has a bonded Indebtedness for roads amounting to J 4 1,000,000, but this in debtedness is being cared or through the automobile license and a 3-cent gas , tax. The rood roads in time saving alone will in a course of a very few years more than offset its cost and the wear and tear of the motor driven ma chinery, will more than off Bet the li censed cost yearly. , President Harding has said that the , public roads of the country are second ' to that of the railways in traffic. The government is doing and la planning to do more toaid in building good road a There are special appropriations being made to take -care of forest and post reads throughout the country by con- . gress. Oregon was the first state in the r Union to capitalize the license fee from auwiuvuijcs va wuim yowl .ruwu, ino , last legislature added addition! -1 ner j cent to the gas tax for the maintenance development r good roads reduces transportation cost to the consumer and at the same time lessens the spoilage that Is due to delay In handling, espe cially peri&nanie products. ; V, Two rebuilt GMC motor trucks which hare recently been purchased from Wentworth & Irwin by T. X. Jen- Kins KXht - BIG AIR PRESSURE Timely Warning Issued Against Common; Practice) Results of Tests Are Shown. SPECIAL. PRICES Firsts Standard Makes 6000 Mile Guarantee 28x3 30x3 27x3 Vi 303 32x3 3tx4 32x4 33x4 34x4 Non-Skid ......$ 9.90 Non-Skid 9.65 Non-Skid ..$13.35 Non-Skid $12.95 Non-Skid Non-Skid Non-Skid Non-Skid Non-Skid 115.95 117.95 $19.75 ..$21.75 .73 "$18 Other Sizes In Proportion An Assorted Choice : Price Only GOOD HEAVY TIRES $ 7.95 $10.15 .$11.50 ....-.$13.50 $15.00 .$15.75 30x3 Non-Skid -. 30x3 XA Non-Skid Non-Skid Non-Skid Non-Skid Non-Skid 32x3 54 3tx4 3 2x4 33x4 Mall Orders Gives Prompt AtUatloa MALCOM TIRE CO. BROADWAY AND EVERETT ST. PORTLAND, OREGON What effect has summer heat on tires 7 Hers is a timely warning against reducing; air pressure in your tires oa a. hot day. Experience shows that the most of the heat generated in a tire comes from . the inside of the tire, and Is due to friction and constant flexing. The amount of this beat Increases with trader-inflation. A test made on a five-Inch cord tire run at SO miles an hour for two hours at the standard 70 pounds air pressure, with the temperature of the air 2.8 Fahren heit, increased the temperature of the tire to 88 and the pressure to only 75. says W. JT, MeCallum. manager of the Northwest , Auto company. For 23 degrees ! increase In temperature. pressure Increased only five pounds. To obtain an Increase of 15 pounds pressure. to would be necessary to have a temper ature Increase of 70 degrees over normal. This, of course. Is improbable and clearly proves that the motorist has little to fear from Increased temperature. Tests In the MUIer Rubber company's laboratories aleo have shown that It Is possible to double this Increase In tern perature by cutting the normal Inflation pressure In hair. This Is due to an In" crease In internal friction caused by run ning the tire soft. Radiation, of course, carries off a cer tain portion of surplus heat. This Is easily seen ui the fact that the tire sud denly stopped Is cooler en the outside than on the inside. Revolving through the air cools a tire, though up to a cer tain point heat Is generated faster -than it -can be thrown off. By reducing pressures, the Increased flexing of the tire creates the Very con dition which the car owner wishes to guard against. It is under-lnflatlon. even during the hottest days that ruins more tires than any other cause. Rec com mended pressures are safe even dur ing the hottest days of the summer. The motorist can well afford the time needed to gauge the air pressure in his tires for the sake of greatly increased mileage. Mountain Road Slide Is Quickly Removed Morton, Wash.. June 18. No time waa lost In removing a slide on the national parks highway (the mountain road) Sat urday; The slide covered the road in about the middle of the canyon for a dis tance of 200 yards and was from 60 to 70 feet deep, extending up the mountain side for 600 feet. Whole trees were left standing erect and carried to the center of the road. The slide Is at a point which overhangs the railroad. i ..V., I' ' ,1 Gasoline, Engine of New Type Invented , By 2 Portland Men -; Louis V. Luce of this city and LeRoy Hattson of Vancouver. Wash, have just been notified from Washington that they have been allowed a patent on a new internal combunion motor which they Invented. Mr. Luce, the builder and designer of the engine, has followed mechanical work since boyhood, and at 17 years of age built . self-propelled Steam vehicle before the days of the automobile. The present motor is the result of two years of practical expert ence ton both steam and : gasoline ; en gines. The Luce motor uses both coal oil and gasoline, together.-or separate, as fuel, makes steam while running and uses It In combination with gas. ; Luce claims It gives the smoothness of the steam engine, the simplicity of the two cycle, the speed and reliability of the four-cycle motor, and that Instead of having six cylinders and about SSO parts, it requires but three cylinders and but 18 complete units to obtain the same results. Valves, sleeves, gears, springs, cams, cam shafts and timing gears are eliminated ' In ; this ' motor. Luce lives at 170 Chapman street. COUNT ES ALLOTTED MARKET ROAD RIND AIR SERVICE TESTS II NEW PLANE ENGINE Fir?t of Packard 1237s Appears Smooth Running and Powerful; : Adapted to Pursuit Work. Highway Commission Orders Half of 1921 Apportionment Be Paid From Treasury. Under the provisions of the stats market road law the highway com mission has ordered a payment of 50 per cent of the amount appor tioned from the 121 state ' market road fund to the various counties as follows!, -j r;"S-i' 1 t 6.018. S ss.oTs.es s.soe.it X2.S7SSS 12.164 04 Si.sas.ss T.eas.ei 52.041.SS 12.7S0.00 i S.809.4S 13.68S.SS 88.0SS.ST Union ... , J5. 411.4 J Wallows ... 8.7S4.S3 Waeo .... IS. 103 63 WMluastoa. .20.967.84 WIKM ... 3.Z8T.B Tuttais . 10,1. Lisools . . . Linn . . . . . Malhcnr . . . Marion . ... Sif orrw . . . Multnomah . Folk Hhtrman . . Tillamook . Umatilla Federal, the Trustworthy Truck, has one conspicu- ous? advantage to (recom mend itr It equals the day's best haulage service, while costing less to buy and operate. Economy and Ef ficiency both recommend Federal. ; ! WW ' '. Slace llfli 60 N. BROADWAY AT DAVIS BROADWAY 321 ' A. coastwise orranUatlon wltn braaehes at San Francisco, Oakland, Los Aagreles, Sea Diego, BeatUe. rertlaad. : ' -. -1 . . -. ,s Bakar ...X18.801.26 Benton ... 8,495.25 IClackamaa,. 17.814.40 Clatsop ... Z2.40S.49 Columbia .. 20.804.28 Coos ..... 13.229.71 Crook .... 4.S94.77 unrrr .... 2. TO. 48 Deachntaa . 8.428.25 Dooglaa . . 17.08S.69 Gilliam , 8.893.81 Grant .... 6.787.92 Harney . . . 9.660.28 Hood BiTBT. 7.964.70 Jackson ... 20,510.88 Jefferson . 8.896.28 Jaseptiin . S.188.16 Klamath . . . 10.S1S.43, While the payment of these amounts bes been ordered it may he some time before-some of the counties receive their allotment. This is because in the Judg ment of the hirhway commission they did not expend their allotment last year in me most advantageous way and for the further reason that they must ac quaint the commission with plans and specifications ror work tn the future and promts an adherence to them. MABKET BOAS tAW TAILS While the state market road law has been In operation only on year expert' ence has shown that it Is not fulfllling- ts purpose, m many " counties the money has not been applied on roads designed as market roads, but has been transferred to other roads. It has also in some instances been used for other than road purposes, such aa the purchase of machinery and other equipment. Another criticism Is that in stead of being- concentrated on major projects It has been scattered tn small amounts, with the result-that it has been practically wasted. ; AUTHORITY yOTJIUJ lVACKCTO From a practical standpoint the law is no Improvement on the old J county methods of road lund aa ministration. The law requires that the stats hih way commission must approve speclfl cations of Improvement, but the com' mission Is given no authority over the expenditure 01 the tunes, this be ins vested In the county court. : Borne of the construction of last year does not conform to the specifications. - i It has been ausfeated that the law should either he repealed or else the state hlg-hway commission should be given a greater extension of authority over the construction of market roads. Motor Information Bureau Established Morten. June 25. The Morten Mirror, published in Morten. Eastern Lewis county, has arranged a free informa tion bureau for the general public. Now that Morton Is to improve its streets, which will make travel this way much pleasanter than : f ormrty. tourists : and other will want to knew about ; this route before they start.. It will not even be necessary to enclose a stamp for a reply. The Mirror has asked all of its correspondents to send in weekly reports on the conditions of the roads in their communities. Tbaaa reports will be assembled and forwarded to the daily papers in time for their Sunday issues. Spirit Lake Route In Fine Condition Kelso, Waatu. June 25. -The old high way to Spirit lake summer resort at the foot of Mount SC Helena Is being lm- yi uvcu gie&ujr mia ymm.r aan oy jury Will be in excellent -condition all the way. Much grading and graveling has been done over Green mountain and even now the hib'way is the best it has evr been. The engineering: division of the 17. S. air service at McCook field, has recently completed a 60-hour testiof the first Packard model 123T air plane engine delivered under a re cent contract for ; 25 engines. The engine is a 12-cylinder 'V type, having a bore of 5 inches and 5 inch stroke. The cylinder banks are at an angle of 60 degrees. An Interesting feature of this engine la the .us of -1 -J. compression ratio which requires that the engine be throt tled somewhat at sea level In order to prevent preignitlon. As the altitude In creases, the throttle is gradually opened until an altitude of 000 feet is reached, when the throttle may be wide open. This arrangement gives a constant power out- pui up 10 suuu xeet altitude. The engine ran very well during the oo-nour test and no major difficulties were encountered. The only points which seemea 10 require correction were the magneto coupling- and the valve atom guides; the, former appeared to be too lieu Die xor satisfactory operation and the latter showed excessive wear tn some This engine appears to be very well adapted to pursuit work as its power to weig-ht ratio la very goob and its opera- nun appears exceptionally smooth and tree xrom vibration. Work on Overhead Crossing on Pacific ; : Highway Is Held Up Eugene. JTune' 25.Work oni the over head crossings at McVeigh point on the Pacific highway over the Southern Pa cific tracks has been held up again. This time It is over the type 0t approach to be built to this mammoth 17s Ann structure. :. -'w-, . : ' .... The railroad officials and county of ficials expected to put in dirt fills for approaches, and the public servicn com mission seems to think the Diana cai for wooden trestle approaches, which, while saving much In rirht nf wav weuja not be as stable uVtrf mil wvvua not oiena m with the general plan and appearance of the concrete crossing. . . i The county court and the state high way commission have already signed the agreement for its erection. Washington Drivers Slow, to Apply for Individual Licenses Olympia, Wash.. June 25. Of a total of some half million automobile drivers In the state, only 6000 have up to date made application for the f Individual driver's license, according to Fred J. Dibble, director of licenses. ; The per sonal driver's license is one of the laws passed by the, recent legislature. The state department of licenses;, is able to issue 15.000 licenses daily, but the appli cations are coming in only at the rate of 1000 a day. The rate should be 10.000 a nay In order to provide i the entire automobile driving population with li censes by August 1, when the law goes The death of A. G. Batchelder In an airplane accident in -Maryland, May 29, removes from the list of of ficers of the Old Timers . cine , one of- its most progressive members--a man who had the utmost faith In the future of the organisastion and in Its objects, and helping; hand and cooperation. "j' -; :C "r Every member of the organisation, and In particular every " officer of the club whose work in its behalf brought him In touch with "Batch, and whose work in many other fields brought him is con tact In a business or social way with this old timer, grieved over the loss to motordom of a man -whose work has ever been beneficial whether in the good foads field, the touring field, the legislative field or in the field of good fellowship, BEGAH AS FSHTSS'I DET1X Batchelder started as a printer's devil at Attica, N.' T when a boyj grew Into the Buffalo, newspaper field as sporting editor of . the Buffalo Courier tn the early ninetleh; graduated to. New York city in bicycle work in connection with the League of American Wheelmen and then into the field of the motor car with the New Tork American at the time when automobile shows started In 1900. Batchelder was always active in motor ing and took up the work of the Amerl can Automobile association more than a decade ago. He became secretary and then chairman of the executive commit tee of the A. A. A. EJfTEBS AIKPLAKE FIELD . ,.. - Having pioneered in cycling and mo toring, Batchelder had of recent years taken up the pioneering of the airship and promised to become a commanding figure in that field In a short time. Having built the A. A. A. up to an or ganisation of 600,000 members, he had promised to take up the work of pro moting a great membership for the Aero Club of America, of which - or ganization he was an officer. His Inter est in flying was shown by numerous flights, including one from New Tork to North .Carolina last year. On his estate on Baltsurol , mountain. N. J.. where he had bis summer - residence. Batchelder had- prepared av seven-acre tract for a possible landing field for airplanes In the future and he had plans to fly himself after gaining experience flying with others. , ' VULST MODBIT HIS LOSS The work of Batchelder for the A. A. A. and his work for the Old Timers club is now lost and this is a sad blow to all organizations, including both of these and others .with . which he was con nected. His every thought was for the good of his fellow man. and he had not any enemy. Everyone, was his friend Batchelder always saw.; the good-In 1 man and never the bad ; for he was one who believed every man had some good in his makeup which had but to be de veloped to stamp out the bad. . No man in motoring- could have passed on and been more seriously missed, for the great amount of good he aceom pliShed was appreciated by only a small proportion ef the great motoring popu lation of America. . "Batch.", as his friends always knew htm. and , as he signed letters to friends, never bragged of his deeds and wfth one good' deed done stepped on to the next with a cheer ful mien and ever with the anxiety to accomplish greater things for the good of all. His work was entirely un selfish. Such a roan leaves behind him hosts of friends. . . Shell Oil Company Pays State $4710 Ealem. June 25. Motor fuel oil sales ef the Shell Oil company In Oregon dur ing May totaled 223.S23 gallons of gaso line and 2534 gallons of distillate, ac cording to Its statement filed with the secretary of state's office here. The statement was accompanied by a check for $4710.49. representing the state tax collected cn these sales.' Cuba Plans Model Highways' .. Awakening to the value of the motor Vulcanizers, Attention! Neir and CaS Vulcanizing EqulpmaDt for Bale. also the Oaaukce Keroaena Oil Gas Burner. Specially adapted tor Vuteaoiacm Call er write for (older. HARPER & HALL Retreadlne and Vulaanlzlns Works. 4S4 URNSIOK ST. PORTLAND, OR. Attention. Wire Wheel Users! Avail yourself of oar free inspection service. Estimates given on re pairing n4 enamelling WIRE WHEELS. A completely equipped service) A stecjt of parts for all makes of WIRE WHEELS, together with TOUR YEARS experience in Wire Wheel Works, at year service. Look forth, K iWvUJ Ill Checkered Sign 7TTiZ VIIEELS 435 Stark SL, Portland Bdwy. 60S Portland Brazing & Machine Works, Inc. Welders Engineers Machinists Where Welding Counts There are. sometimes hresfcs in hafts, in cams and gears. In certain" laces in. the chassis where cmiy elding and weldinr of a difficult nd expert kind -is the only way ip: avoid big : expense : for replace hjcui ana jaciory repairs. Here 1$ where we: come in to save you money, time and trouble. See us on such matters. Office and Works Phone Broadway .4450 Third and Glisan 1 i it wsxar .- i, i TT) TT TT Tl (T f s- . f " Exactly the Right Car, that will give you the most for your money, cannot! be found by chance its ' selection requires a careful analysis of values. The car you want will probably be an eight for among the better class cars more eights are produced and sold than all other types combined ' Therefore, compare eights for power, pick up, workmanship, comfort, appearance and then for price. You will wonder why, for actual superiority in essentials, Peerless prices are lowest. ! The . answer is Peerless prices are based upon former low costs of buildings: and machinery, and upon present costs of labor and materials. Tooting Car $2,990 Roadster $2,990 Coup $3,680 bedan $3,950 Scdan-Llmouslne $4,210 PRICES F. O. B. CT-EVELAND i Wmr Ux net indudtd THE PEERLESS MOTOR CAR COMPANY, Cleveland. Ohio trOAFING RANGE SPORTING RANGE W. R. DE LAY MOTOR GO. SUCCESSORS D. C. WARREN MOTOR CAR CO. 58-60 North 23d St. Phone Main 780 New Price $1765 The moment the Hupmobile price was reduced $200, the car became worth more to its buyers. i The Hupmobile was not changed or cheapened in any way. x - ; : .. It is as economical as ever; it keeps going with as little adjustment as ever; repairs cost as little as ever. V Within $400 of this new price, we doul3t that Hupmobile You should not consider any other car within that range until you first find out what a splendid buy the Hup mobile is. 5-Passenger $1765 Coupe $2750 Roadster 1765 Sedan 2810 - Prices F. O. B. Oregon War Tax Included MANLEY AUTO CO. ' - Eleventh and Oak at Burnside Phone Broadway 217 ' Some Territory Open for Dealer Tourti Cm P-iem 0 t s 0 1 f ij 0 II o 1 1 -e n ( ) I