Chratttck
AUTOMOTIVE
SECTION
VOLUME LXI.
THE DALLES, OREGON, FRIDAY EVENING, APRIL 29, 1921.
No. 101.
25 Cents Given Tomorrow, Will Buy a Tree For The Auto Park
section;
TWO
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bum-tag w
TO SUPPLY AUTOi
PARK WITH TREES
DALLES-MOSIER
G WAY SECTION
ABOUT
FINISHED
LAST BAD 8T RETCH MAY BE
' READY FOR TRAVEL SAT-"URDAY.
1921 PAVING POSSIBLE
VIEW ON CLIMBING GRADE AT
, ROWENA RIVALS CROWN
POINT.
LIZZIE" TOURISTS ARE
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MAKING
ANNUA
JOURNEYS
PA, MA, FAMILY AND THE DOG
ROMPING THE HIGH-WAYS.
From The Dalles to Portland by au
tomobile, the entire distance over the
Columbia River highway, is a trip
which is now possible, as well as an
unending source of wonder to lovers
of beautiful scenery. For the last bad
stretch of the highway, that between
The Dalles and Mosier, is how rapidly
nearing completion.
Aided by favorable weather, rapid
progress upon The Dalles-Moster sec
tion of the highway has been made
during the last month. Between Row
ena and Mosier, workmen, are now
placing the finishing touches upon a
fine graveled surface, connecting with
the already completed excellent ma
cadam road between Mosier and Hood
River.- Some of the most wonderful
scenery in the eastern Oregon section
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It has been said that a Moslem can
not rest in his grave Jf, at some time
during his life, he had not made a
pilgrimage to Mecca. And like the
iMoslem,. the great American public
must also hare a pilgrimage; a pil
grimage to nature, ia which Ma, Fa,
'Lisabeth, John and the baby pile into
the family "Lizzie" and start for "no.
where."
Just at the present time, the annual
tourist trek is just starting to pass
through The Dalles. As usual, the van
guard of the host that is to come is
traveling in Henrys, always running
and always poking an inquisitive ra
diator into places where more aristo
cratic cars would fear to turn a wheel.
(Much talk of "hard times" does not
seem to' be reflected in the tourist
crop, which gives every indication of
being as abundant and as hardy as
ever. Although a number of "fine"
cars carrying wealthy tourists have al
ready passed through The Dalles, in
cluding one party all the way from
"dear old Lunnon, England," the ma
jority of cars now frequenting the
highways are of the type politely
known as "light" cars. Many tourls'.s
are well able to afford heavier and
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House
Your
Car
If you own one, the next essential thing is a
place to keep it. Build a garage that will har
monize with your home and it immediately be
comes an asset, adds its cost and more to the
value of the place.
We have a number of different stock designs
of garages, and if none of them happen to fit
your need, a special job can be easily and quick
ly designed that will fit. You will be surprised
at the low cost of the material with which to
build it.
Tum-a-Lum Lumber
Company
806 East Second St.
Main 2911
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SENT INT
CALIFORNIA
DALLES-
SSUE SHOWS
RAPIDLY
CEASIG
STRENGTH
96 PERCENT OF COLUMBIA LOCAL GATHERING WEDNESDAY
PRESS FAVOR AND . PROMISE TO SUPPORT BIG HIGH
WAY MEASURE.
EX
AMERICAN MOTORISTS
WASTEFUL OF
GASOLINE
SIGNATURES FOR NEW PETITIONS COME EASY
ATTORNEY FOR HIGHWAY-COMMISSION TAKES
DECLARATION THAT FIRST PETITION WAS
MISINFORMATION BLAMED.
EXCEPTION
"ILLEGAL;"
TO
Ninety-six percent of the formers and their wives who attended the all
day meeting of Columbia local, Farmers' union, Wednesday at Columbia
hall, were in favor of the proposed $800,000 Dalles-California highway bond
issue and pledged themselves In favor of it.
This was the report to The Chronicl e today by J. F. Hillman, president
of the county union, who presided at this meeting as president of Colum
bia local. Hillman declared that 80 percent of the farmers with whom he
had come In contact favor the bond issue.
County Judge J. T. Adkisson, State
Secretary Sikes of the farmers'
unions, Representative Herbert Eg
bert andElliott P. Roberts attended
this gathering and spoke in favor of
the bond issue.
The new petitions being signed up
in place of the first ones, which were
found to be Irregular, are being rapid
ly filled. Naturally there is some ques
tioning of the whys and wherefores
of the downfall of the first set of pe
titions, but there will be no trouble
in getting the required 700 names.
In fact, the petitions will probably be
filed with the county clerk next week,
iThe new petitions, by the fway, were
drawn by Attorney Richard W. Mon
tague of. Portland, who represented
Simon Benson in many of tho legal
matters for the highway comirission
before Benson's withdrawal from that
body. ,
Almost word for word, the new" pe
tition is the same a 3 the urst one,
with the exception the. the last para
graph, alluding to the Shanlko-An-telope
spur is left out.
It was this section of tho petition
that caused the first one to be declar
ed Irregular.
Incidently, the first petition was
not "illegal," as it was called by
Judge Adkisson and members of the
county court. The use of the word
"Illegal" in this connection, brought
forth a vehement protest from Attor
ney J. M. Devers, representing the
state highway commission.
Devers directed preparation of this
first petition. Collaborating with him
was Francis V. Gajloway, district at
torney. Attorneys are unanimous in
declaring that the petition was legal,
Insofar as Its structure was concerned.
It could have stood the test of elec
tion without a doubt.
But the Antelopo road allusion was
an error. This paragraph said:
"For the construction of a road in
Wasco county beginning at Shanlko,
through Antelope, and thence south'
westerly to a Junction with The
Dalles-California highway at tho
mouth of Cow Creek canyon a sum
not less than $150,000."
In tho body of the petition nbovo
this paragraph occurs tho phraseol
ogy, "shall be expended In coopera
tion with the state of Oregon."
This phrase covered the Antelope
road as well as the rest of the pro
posed .construction.
It was distinctly understood, how
ever, that tho highway commission
was not to participate In any degree
In the construction of the Antelopo
road. In no sense would the highway
commission "cooperate" in the build
ing of this road.
A fli-af thu pniintv pnnrt nronosed
t ....... ... -
to take $150,000 from the $800,000
and use it without state aid for tho
Intulnim nn al nift Inn Til I a hroucllt .
such a protest from other sections,
Chenowith, for Instance, that the Idea
had to be abandoned. Which left the
Antelope claube in the petition with
out a friend in tho world and without
a shadow of a fact to stand upon.
Thl thing has been swept aside
however. The slate has been cloanen,
as it were, and the carefully prepared
second petition, upon which all par
'ties are in entire t accord, is now be
ing circulated.
The second petition, which was
started on its'rounds this week, after
being drawn by Montague, was passe!
'upon by the highway commission, and
then submitted to the law firm of
Teal, Minor & Winfree in Portland.
The county court ordered that the
special bond issue election will be
held June 7, when the state election
on referred referendum measures will
be. held.
EXHAUSTION OF SUPPLY FORE
SEEN; MORE ECONOMICAL
MOTORS ADVOCATED.
A revolution of the motor car in
dustry is now being advocated as a
means of conserving fuel supplies.
The manufacture of light cars with a
high gear ratio and the more fre
quent use of a. shift is considered
to be one means for attaining the
end whereby a greater efficiency
will be afforded, from our gasoline
supplies. This would eliminate the
car Which ' can start from a given
point and run over hilly roads with
out changing gears. Continental en
gineers, it is asserted by those advn
eating the high gear ratio and tho
frequent shift, never attempted to
design a car that would take the ma
jority of the hills on high.
In a recent number of Tho Lamp,
the official organ of the Standard
Oil company of New Jersey, the re
lation of the petroleum supplies to
tho automobile industry is taken up
at some length and It Is nsserted
that the motorist in this country
does not get the mileage from his
gasoline that should be attained if
supplies of petroleum are to be con
served. It is staged that a car should
be designed to get from' 25 to 30
miles on a gallon of gasoline. This,
it is admitted, however, would do
away with tho high-powered, heavy
car. It is contended, however, that
this sacrifice shquld be made, that
the automobile owner should aban
don his, desire to have excessive
SATURDAY DATE FOR CITIZENS
TO 'GIVE TOWARD BEAUTIFY
ING CAMP GROUNCS.
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BACKED BY AUTOISTS
PARK DEVELOPMENT TO PRO
CEED BY UNIT PLAN; ROAD
' BEING BUILT.
BUY A TREE
Every two-bit piece, you in
vest in a tag tomorrow will
.plant a tree. One hundred per
cent of every dollnr ' is going
into natural greenery for 'the
now municipal automobile camp
ground. None of it will be spent
for labor, as tho labor costs
come out of another fund.
Twenty-five cents will buy a
tree, Remember that. And as
there are 16 acres of fairly bar
ren ground to bOj planted,' fit's
going to need a lot of quar
ters. Not much from anyone, but
a little from everyone ;,will
' swing it. ;
So do your bit.
Not just an auto cump ground hut
a city park with auto camping fa-
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You Get
Most Miles Per
Dollar
From
FIRESTONE
TIRES
Walther - Williams Co.