The Oregon daily journal. (Portland, Or.) 1902-1972, August 21, 1921, Image 47

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Newspaper Page TextIT SECTION SIX AUTOMOBILES SVC PAGES - it GOOD ROADS V4 -. "V" it ; . ir j ii .i j DIFFERS -y W III I1UI IbU - ,in WI kUtU UIIU Mountain, Possessed by , No Other Highway,7 Is to; Be Had From If . . - mnuq ion ' wi bui n? - iqva 9 n n . Br B. C. JekBso KUmath county has one of the most picturesque highway In Oregon. It fa the drive along the eastern shore of mpper Klamath lake. It is distinguished from o'ther scenic highways in the state from the fact that , it presents an unrivaled view of lake and mountain. For a dis tance of approximately 20 miles the high way, which is a link iii The Dalles-California highway, skirts the 'shore 'of the lake rising at times to an elevation of several hundred feet as It rounds rocky points. For; miles the lake lies before the eye to be lost In the fringe of green timber and the serried ridges of the Cas cade mountains over which Mount Mc laughlin, or as it is most popularly termed. Mount Pitt stands sentinel at an elevation of approximately - 8000 feet above the sea. Along the highway are several large sawmills and a , Xew ranches. . A MOSTMAGinFICEJIT .; , .: : The 5 most commanding point on the highway is known: as Mbdoo point, a large : promontory where the hiehwav reaches- its highest elevation above the water; some 20 miles north of Klamath : Falls, j It is a local tradition that the late E. XL- Harrlman pronounced; the , view .from this point one-oT the most magnifi cent. in the United States. From it one can see over Pelican bay and the' upper : end of the lake and under favorable at mospheric conditions the white summit ef ' Mount Shasta springs into view, s 4 The highway is not only a scenic hlgni way but it Ur one of the commercial roads of Klamath county as it connects. Klam ath Falls with the rich country of the' Klamath fndjsm agency. It li one of , the ortglnal roadr of the county 'bUtit .underwent: modification when the railroa came. In making the railroad grade a great deal of the high, way was appropriated - with the result that the highway became a series - of steep pitches and sharp turns. This con dition has now been eliminated ty the completion of a standard grade from Al goma to Lamm's MUL Of this nr trade there only1 remains to be macadamized a five-mile stretch , between Barclay Springs and Lamm's milL The cost of the new highway will ap- ; proximate s3to,uoo.- The work has been cooperative between the state, federal government and the county. MUST BE DOITE OTEB The first section of the highway to be put under construction was from the north 'dty limits of Klamath Falls through Pelican, city to a Junction with the old rood for a total length of 3.3 , miles.. The new route is more aoente mil shorter than the old road and eliminates "Adobe HUV one of the worst pieces of road in the county during the winter season. Tne railroad track. Is crossed with an overhead structure about one mile north of Pelican city. . Grading and macadamizing en this section was begun late in the fall of 191S and finished in the fall of 1930. - The work vu don b h Klamath county court on the basis of eosx pins io per cent. . v When finished the i Jobx was unsatis- lactory ana the cost had greatly ex ceeded the estimate. It will have to be gone over again. The next section, of the highway to be put under contract was the one north of the above mentioned to the sooth era boundary of the Klamath Indian vationet Barclay springs, a distance of ppnuuiaiuay nine miles. This contract for grading' and macadamising was let m Ml but the work moved slowly. It wm not compieiea untu ralte recently. The total estimate of the cost of this sec tion fs 1145,000. Of this amount the state Is to pay $3,S7. the county 33C375 and the federal government 372J57. The last section, from Barclay Springs w ! " uiui, a. m.-im acq or rive miles, 7MJt rly this spring to the Warres Conatruetlon company , for mHir was finished shortly . after the first of uie present montn. The estimated. cost Is 3S1.S00 of which, the county contributed $20,00a There was no federal aid on this project , During construction the county oper- axea a terry between . Barclay Springs and Lamm's mill at a cost of about J30 per day to take care of the traffic! It is expeciea mat u.e etate will reimburse uie county a pari oi um cost.. OWLT &ECB3TTLT COMPLETED in aaaiuon to the lake shore drive ether highway work in Klsmath county by the state included the road between Klamath Falls and Dairy, the road from Klamath. Falls to Merrill and th from Merrill to Malin. near the Califor nia Dounaary. These projects were un dertaken in 191 but have only been re cently completed except to the case of the - MerriU-Malin ' road on which con struction is Just beginning. The Klamath Falls-Merrin project be gins at the city limits of Klamath Falls no. extends i.ss miles into Merrill. The estimated cost of the nroJect is Si to.. 000 of which the sUte's share Is 49,73x; uie counijra vva.ovv, ana the federal gov eminent $&S7. '-r...t'i . xne luamata Fans-Dairy .; project la mues in length. This road - fur nishes an. outlet to Poe valley, Langeu vauey, Tonna valley 4 and the Sprague w vauey. jxib sjso a part of the Lakeview-Klamath Falls highway. The new road., follows closely the' old road but eliminates , a 'grade crossing , pear Dairy by means of an overhead crossing. The cost of-the project Is estimated at flCO.000. Of this amount the state and county each contribute 340,000 and the xeaerai government JSO.OOO. , '. V: it'.- tr 7 r 0 . ttnfmtisti it r ) tMoc r 1922 Model of: Popular Car: Has Many ;. Improvements Over : Previous Models. The 1922.. Chevrolet Is in more than one respect a, new ear. First of all the much discussed rear axle has undergone entire. reconstruction, the new mechan ism including spiral ring and - pinion gears, new .departure ball bearings and propeller shaft Another : change, and this will ' be' an open argument' among those who have . preferred the pedal emergency brake and : separation of clutch and ' service brake pedals. Tim ken 'bearing will be used on the front wheels and the batteries will be of the threaded rubber style, the latest In "bat tery, construction. , The clutch, also will positively v be non-slipplng and -' non grabbing. The car Is on exhibition at the Fields Motor Car company - salesrooms. Fourteenth- and Alder, and at their branches at Grand avenue and East Burnside, St Johns, G res ham and: SeUwood. Highways Beginning To JShow Effect of Heavy -Travel in East . Aberdeen, Wash, Aug. 20. Highways across the entire United States are' in good shape, though somewhat better east of the Mississippi river than west of It' is the statement of George W. Mears. who "has returned from an auto trip to New Torki . The roads, however, he says are beginning to show the effect of the heavy travel, and much repair : will . be necessary- later on. Gnt strides forward have been made in the building of concrete roads in most of the Eastern states, and President Harding is said to be. taking much, inter est in good road development 'Death Curve1 in NisqnallySCanypnf J: Is to Be Remedied Tacomai; Aug. 20. (Special) plans for a permanent, roadway through the Ntaqually j canyon are under way 'here following two fatal automobile accidents to which tourists on their way to Rainier National park were dashed to death 75 feet below when their machines left the road. To data this stretch of road has claimed three by death and has left six injured. Two of the. dead were women. The accidents in both cases were caused oy cJnT of the outer portion of the road.. The road is to be paved and a "uar rail placed in position in the more dangerous places, according" to the state highway department ; - fit' si"". t -W il'HJ Price Cnt in -GMO Trucks Announced By General ! Motors - .1 ' ' Among price 5 revisiona - downward ' In the. automotive world this year, of im portance to business . interests is the sweeping reduction in the selling price of GMC trucks, 'announced by the -General Motor Truck company.. .. , This Is made possible by greater 'pro duction in all capacities. The flat cut of $500 in the instance of the one-ton GMC is the most marked. . This truck, known as model K-16, is. the outgrowth of the model that was made a. standard of the United States army. . The current model presents many refinements, -i Principal arnom? them la the new GMC engine with removable cylinder walls, proven by comprehensive ; tests to be without a superior for ita purpose. This truck also has electric lights and starter, larger brakes, pressure lubricating sys tem, cord tires and many desirable bet terments. Maxwell Proves Its Economy in Test on Course of 256 Miles in a recent economy test staged by ue Associaiea motor car dealers of Sac ram en to, the Maxwell again proved Its economy- says T. K. Harrington, local Maxwell-Chalmers dealer.. "Over a difficult course of 25 miles, from Sacramento .to Lake Tahoe and back, the Maxwell returned a class win ner, .with an average of 24.4 miles per gallon of gasoline. In the last few weeks a Maxwell has broken the record for time between Fort- land and Oakland: -another beat the fastest, train between Sacramento and Reno by two and a half hours; a third has climbed the Old Toll house grade near Fresno, in : second gear, the first car to officially accomplish this feat; and now a fourth Maxwell takes class honors in a difficult economy run. "All of these achievements certainly bear out our claims for 'the durability, power and economy of . the MaxwelL" - Portland Company to "Distribute New-Line Following; several months of careful in vestigation the Portland Tire company has taken on the Henderson line of cord and fabric tires. ? This company, which has its factories at Columbus, Ohio, has been engaged la- the manu facture of tires for the last 14 years, and -is said to have the highest pu tac tion for. efficiency-, of Its -product . It guarantees Its cords for 8000 miles "and its fabrics for 000. The Portland Tire company received. an. Initial carload of cords August 1 and late last week re ported that it had entirely disposed of them to car users. ' ' USE IS'KXTZWSITE 5. .. The use of bensol In combination with alcohol in manufacturing cheap automo bile fuels is becoming more extensive la foreign countries, and with the unlimited spirits available great progress has been made . J . . PORTLAND, : OREGON, : SUNDAY sa . et v . i.: X, r osyxKaUmC'. TAllS-MEmil ROAD, tfOK ;i A.-jtrjr-ilteKAiJSoyls? 1 SHOES 01 ; S3 JA.wA f ENJOYED BV ALL Tire Company Is Host to Em ployes at Banquet and : ' ', Entertainment. The entire ' force of the two stores of the Perfection Tire company of Portland were entertained and feasted Monday evening 'at Laurelhurst park in . honor of the first anniversary of the' opening of the Perfection Tire building. ' . - Portland was selected as the foremost city on the- Pacific coast for the build ing of the first exclusive Perfection Tire store. Business grew so rapidly that within six months' time it became nec essary to secure another laiye prominent location in order to handle the fast in creasing retail demand. - t The floor space of the two big retail stores, CO Broadway added to that of Tenth and Stark streets, make the larg est retail salesrooms or any tire com pany on the Pacific coast , - The party Monday evening was given in appreciation of the valuable coopera tion of the employes during the last year. The following attended : Mr. and Mrs. EL F. Carver. Mr. and Mrs. James Ban dan. Mr. and Mrs. Fred T. Merrill. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Randall. Mr. and Mrs, F. Raymond. Mr. and Mrs, W. L. Bartlett, r. and Mrs. -W. Crider, Mrs. V. Farrin and Jack A. Swarts. Charles Cox. A. Braman, R. G. Poppe, John Walter, J. Pierson, B. Pounder, F. Tobln, Sybil Brooke, Jean Brooks, Miss W. Bradford, aunnie Ju. Palmer... -. Government Aid Is Sought for Cut-Off Takima. Aug. ' 20. Government ' co opera Uon In the matter of building the cutoff road from Takima to the Colum bia river by way of White-Swan and Glen wood to .White Salmon is promised by Don W. Carr, superintendent of the Takima reservation, who assured - the county commissioners . he will forward their formal application for an easement over the reservation to the secretary of the Interior with his- indorsement.', Carr suggested a route through Cedar vallay to cross the. Klickitat at Farrett'e farm, saving some distance and requiring but one bridge. The county - engineer will Inspect the route fai .a few days to et descriptions for the-formal application for easement - . . ..... TAKES IMPOST AST 3PAJU The Detroit Automobile club- has taken an important part -la the extension of educational traffic work; and. in addi tion to placing direction and safety signs on telegraph poles covering' more than 2000 miles of the country roads, con ducted a safety first campaign tour last year over 2000 miles of roads. - s - sxrosrtj is heatt - J ' Owners' of foreign automobiles are 're Quired to deposit 65 per cent of the value oc use maemne oeiore they are. allowed o cross ths Spanish sad Swiss frontiers. :l40RNING, 'AUGUST 21, ,(! -v. , s.' ... ' ft r '-. in - E ! - v- w.2h':I''.: ' i ron ox These Are the Lowest Prices at : Wliich ; These Models Have Ever len Sold - : You will understand something of the value tlik gives 'to thJ Hudson Super-S when; you remember that at $2600 it was the world's largest-selling. fine car. . Today's price saves you $705v ; ry: . '. ' ' ' - Essex Everybody has always classed Essex with costly; cars iii -performance, ehdur ance and appearance. It combines with those qualities' the economy: of light cars in fuel, oil and tires.; Thousands of t owners report as high as 25,000 miles of. service with scarcely;ariy maintenance cost. r : . : . More than 50,000 Essex cars are in service., For the. performance "'-and endur ance given Essex had no rival at its last year's price of $1795. ; U What can. approach it today with this C. 1921. iltl: ' F. O. B. Effective EwtKeir gaum Sup .eads At lower, prices than they have ever sold for; you .; can get . either, a SuperiSix or an Essex:tnis year and have the best months :intwhich tcCenjoy; it. L. BOSS AUTOMOBILE XXX 61i617-WASHINGTON STREETii t4I igWMi wiswe mm S .Mdn er-l FACTO ST August 17 .Ms $1375 Wkm- Its Class saving 6f;$420h : : - i. LAYING FOR TERttfl NAL Property at Park and Yamhill Is ; Leased; Structure 1 to Be Erected if. Proposition Ap proved by City Council. Residence buildings on ths quarter block at the corner of Yamhill and Park streets are being tern down at1 the di rection , of the Oregon Stage Terminal company, which has leased this property from the Corbett estate as the sits for the new terminal stage depot, which will be a modern building containing waiting rooms, ticket omces, etc. ana proviaing a sheltered place for the loading and un loading of stage passengers, .Although this site has not been approved by the city council. , directors of the terminal company feel sure it will meet with the council's approval and are proceeding with their plans accordingly. sThe new building will resempls a reg ular station In many respects. 'Accord ing to tentative plans the building will be a one-story structure of California mission style and will cost, between 120,000 and 125,000. - It is expected that at least 100 . stages will be using the terminal as soon, as it is-completed, and since many of these make more than one start each day. it will mean a regular service to 'an the Important points within a -radius pi ISO miles of Portland. SEYXLOEXEXT ilMB :; . . ' The development of ths auto stage business has been -very rapid. Started less than a doxen years ago; It ha grown to such' proportions that the stage terminals noon the" streets caused too much congestion and the city covin-. iji, in an effort to Wave more room for traffic passed' an ordinance which gives the companies until August' I to 'find quarters , outside ' the' downtown ' con gested district JCbe stage companies ' are confident they wflT be-given more time: ss soon as It Is seen that; they actually have plans under way for the new-terminal. - The new terminal win be one of the most modern In . the country sad marks (Onetaoad ea Pis Two. Oohnea Oa) : Fric