i!riWVs. jiHNrw4K vaw.-toU.i sacs Art . . collide SECTION TWO AUTOMt E SECTION THE DALLES, OREOON, SATURDAY EVENING, MAY 7, 1021. No; 1C8. Auto Entertains First Visitor; Spends Money In City IMBjl 1 New Park 1 111 IS MADE FOR "WIIE'S" SAKE PRECIOUS FELINE BELONGING TO JUDGE BLAKELEY ESCORT ED IN 8TATE. HIGHWAY ENGINEERS AWAIT ELECTION ' RESULT OILY HIGHWAY THRILLS VIEW AT ROWENA EQUAL TO CROWN POINT; ORCHARDS WILL ATTRACT. . The fact that "Weinie's" comfort was at stake wars the cause of four people driving to Portland and back, most of the way over the Columbia River highway, last Sunday. " 'Weinie," it might be said, is the feline pride and Joy of the family of Judge 'George C. Blakeley, a grey creature who has so won himself info the hearts of the members of the household that his comfort was the first thing thought of when they planned to be out of the city for a few days. So "Welnie" was shoved in a box with three slats over the top, and put in the bottom of a 'Dodge 'Brothers sedan for what was expected would be a fairly rough trip over the river (Continued on Page 2.) LOCATING PARTIES' READY TO 8TART IF VOTER8 DECIDE FOR NEW HIGHWAY. I Engineers in the lobal state high way office have been marking time during the last several weeks, await ing the final decision of the voters i of Wasco county June 7, when the $800,000 road bond issue for the con struction of The Dalles-California highway will be passed upon. Locat ing parties are ready to get to work at once, as soon as it is assured that the measure has passed. Another project which is attracting interest is Hood River' county's pro posal to bond itself for $350,000 for the construction of a spur of the Mt. Hood loop road in that county. Lat est reports from the Apple city indi cate that the measure has every chance of passing when submitted, to the voters at the June 7th election. General sentiment throughout Was co county is thatt the Wasco bond issue will carry by a safe majority Some opposition has developed in various sections of the county, but an extensive pre-election campaign of education is planned by The Dalles Wasco County Chamber of Com merce and the county court, in which an effort will be made to get into personal contact with every vot er in the county. Speakers will be sent to all farmers' meetings. ' MARKET GLUTTED . WITH SOPPLIES OF RAW RUBBER FIRST CAMPER SPENDS $12.45 IN THE DALLES ONLY HOPE FOR PERMANENT RE LIEF LIES IN FINDING NEW USES. PRICE NOW 20 CENTS FOUR FIFTHS OF HUGE SUPPLY RECEIVED IN U. S. GOES IN TO TIRES. Camp Site Charms, Mrs. Williams Is Doner of Fifth Shelter House SEEING IS BELIEVING, MEMBERS OF AUTO CAMP COMMITTEE DE CIDE; PERSONALLY CONDUCTED PARTIES BRING MANY TO REALIZE POSSIBILITIES. Overproduction and world-wide bus iness depression have combined to produce a stagnacy in the rubber mar ket from which the principal hope of permanent relief is in the discovery of new uses for rubber' according to the National Bank of Commerce in New York. Possibilities appear to ex ist in the industry which would not only absorb surplus stocks, but would restore it to a sound basis for the future, the bank says in the Jlay number of its magazine, Commerce Monthly. '"Over-production has reduced the price 'of .rubber to less than twenfy cents a pound, which is less than a third of the price prevailing from 1913 to 1918 and compares with three (Continued on Paso 6.) If there is any truth in the com mon opinion that enthusiasm is con tagious, The Dalles is in for an epi demic of that happy affliction, as far as the new city park with auto camp ing facilities is concerned. For every member of the Chamber of Com merce auto park committee has been walking the streets in The Dalles during the last week radiating auto camp bacillus in sufficient quantities to inoculate an army. Among the most rabid of these en thusiasts, is H.R. Fancher, manager of The Dalles Garage. Wednesday Fan cher succeeded In convincing Mrs. R. M. Williams that she was missing an experience of a lifetime by not view ing the park. Although somewhat skeptical, 'Mrs. Williams consented to 'make a personal inspection. She was charmed. She frankly ad mitted that she had not realized the wonderful possibilities for natural beauty afforded by the park Thursday, Mrs. Williams called Fan cher on the telephone. "It's about those little shelter houses," she explained. "I wonder if you would build another one of them and send the bill to me?" Needless to sny, Fancher hcartilv acquiesced. Another shelter house had previous ly been donated by Jqhn Van Dallen of the Van Dellen Lumber company. With Mrs. Williams' building complet ed, the park wilfhave a total of five . shelter houses, each completo with a j double camp oven and concrete sur I faced tables. Members of the committee aro tak ing visitors to the camp site every I day, and it has become quite the thing to visit the place Sunday afternoons. The results that have been accom plished on a place which most resi dents know of only as a barren rock pile are astonishing. U. S. LEAD8 WORLD IN CARS PER CAPITA . MONTREAL, May 6. 'Figures published by the Montreal Star show the car per. capita of the K United States leading the field with one automobile for overy 14 persons and Russia with one car for, 6,300 persons ranking low- est in the percentage scale. Rank- Ins of other countries follows: Canada, one car for every 22 persons. England, one car for every 268 persons. Franco, one car for every 402 persons. Germany, ono car for every 684 persons. ' - Italy, one car.' for every 1,000 persons. M Auatrla, ontt car for every 2,700 persons. VISITOR FROM ERIE, PA., 3PEND8 WEDNE8DAY NIGHT ON NEW CAMP GROUNDS. PARK'S VALUE SHOWN TOURIST'S STAY ANSWERS QUES TION .OF PROFIT CITY MAY DERIVE FROM PARK. "What good Is an auto park to The Dalles anyway," one skeptic ask ed of a solicitor during the recent tag day, in which an effort was be ing made to raise money to purchase 1,000 trees for the new park. "I'm in business here, but for the, life of me I can't see how tourist traffic helps me any." , J. T. Raino' of Erie, Pa., Wednes day answered this question, although he did not know that he was doing so at tho time. For Raine was the first tourist to camp overnight in. tho now city auto pnrk. Tuesday afternoon, Raino drove from Portland with hlB family, over the Columbia River highway. In formed that he could make his camp (Continued on Pace ) LET US DO YOUR VULCANIZING WE ARE EQUIPPED TO DO ANY KIND OF WORK AND CAN PkOVE TO YOU THAT VULCANIZING PAYS. 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