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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (June 12, 1921)
THE OREGON STATESMAN, SALEM, OREGON SUNDAY MORNING, JUNE 12, 1921 tfr uau rrpuri on rn practically all of the way and conditions or Oregon's main trav-l excele nt cinuition Pi"l arghwayt has heen gotten out by the state highway department. Triads in all barta of iw state ar- covered. The report follow!: -pHotfto Highway. I'ort laifttW reg;on City: rnfler construction; talte Kas Side route via i2d street paved. Mll watikto street route reported un ieroaatrtiction south of Milwau kie. requiring detour. Oregon City-Canby: Paved. ranby-Arora: Graveled atul In good condition: a little rough In !-;OtS Aurara-Saleni: Paved entlra distance.-. - Salem-Jerferion: Take Ankeny hill road out of Salem; road grav eled 'atld rough 'in spots: con necsts ' with pavement north ot Jefffcrson. Jefferson-Albany: Road pavl Ajuany-torvullis: Uoud good condition throughout. uoshen-l oltnse urove : Itoaa now open the entire distance, with avemeai completed f TOi.u. faille r i to 'rfufcfiiaw." 'i'rafiU-' ii" "uure- i si rU tfd. t'ottaffie Orove-liivide: I'nder in j construction, work being prose i euled from l)id- north toward ,i : Cot la Re fcror. Snitulde uVtuurn ; are broid-l anil lor about t Corvallis-.liinction City: Con- weeks, a portion of the old road trary to information given out ir--1 one mile in lnrih. ! used viouxly, ihe road will not ' from X a. in. until ' p. m. on cloHttd while under t-onslrut -lion, j wo? Ic n U--: Hit- h uhw .iy neuiE aultable ydetour havluj; u-eu pn ' open at nigut le-iween Hie hour vlded by the county. Such detour j of .'. p. m and S u. in. turns easterly one mile nth ot Iiivide KosetMir ithrouRh Yn Corvallis. thence south and re- oalla. Suiherliii, Wilbur and Wiu turn to the highway approxi- . h-sier I : Koad in good condition mat el y 10. D miles south of Cor- ,.,ltj,,. .li-tauce. with uhout .'' vallis. Detour -is graveled and j miles of pavement. eILwn,lLV;Uh bn,Sh (T ," ! Kebur?-Iiliard: Pavin un or obscured curves. Pav ne is , . 7. tri t.,rri,. now starting from the sou.h end '' to , . of the Corv-Ulis-South section and J DHlard-Myrtle reek: Paved, a little later on it will be advis-1 Myrtle Creek-Canyimviile: en able to route through traffic over ! der construction but good detour tie East Sde highway through j provided . , .... ... Oanyo Harrisburg to Albany, as any ofti- anyonvllle-Onlesville: Macad amized; gooj condition. er uetour on the Monroe-Corva.- c;al-svi 1 ". -W olf Crek: lis section will be too rounuabou. ' amiv'd: ;;ood conJIlion. Junction rtfv-t:oliwn ftlir.turli .' Wolf Cheek -Graves Kugene): Paved entire distance", i mncad- t'reek : i 1 Nii 'Hi v-T A tube vulcanized HERE is a live, elastic tube for our STEAM VULCANIZING does NOT sap the life out of the rubber like the electric, gasoline or other dry heat, methods. You can trust your injured or punctured tubes to US we return them in A-l condi tional for utrenuoug service. J. B. Hileman The Home of Ray Batteries 291 North Commercial St Phone 787 Paved. Graves ("reek-t'.rants Paf: ln i der const ruction. K'Oud 'detour 'a ' Merlin. j Grants Pass, tlinmgh Gold HHl and Men" ford, to Ashhmd: p.ived. ; Ashland '"alifoi rii.i Line: Paved ! except '4 mile:, op'Mi and in i f.iir condition. Lower (Vduiobia Ilivei lligliuay. 1 Psved from Portland to Ac : torla. with the exception of on mile through rit of Rainier. ..which section Is graveled but very j rough. 1 I ppor Cfduuibia Itivcr Hicbway. ' Portland-Hood Kiver: Paved. Hood River-Tho Dalles: Paviug started just enat of Hood Htver; closed $ a., m. to 12:30 p. and 1 p. m. Io':20 p. in. on working davn. Take r.ew road ail the way to The Dalles. - The .JiailLS-Deschules Itiver: New road not open . on account o? largW rork cut and sand not ynt . covered with gravel; take road over hill. Deschutes Kiver-l!efPner Junc tion: Good scept four miles east of John-Day Tiver which ia bein:-: rocked. Tliriialle-t'aliforni Hic1iwny. The Dalieb-liend : Roads good either through.' Sbernian county or via fmfuT and Maoptn. tieiKi to iviamain i uuihj i.in- . Good. Jotin Day llighnay. Arlington-Spray or Junction: Open all the way, fair. ! Junction to liavviile.: itoaa closed on account of bridge con- j struction. irnn.ion rnwn. auhui m mUes south of Condon new roa 1 bing macadamized; tat'e old road. FoRsjl-Smutnlt 10 M?s South: Hoad being macadamized: no In-! terference wltii travel; follow de-j tour r igns. i Ontario-Vale: Over presentl road; very inugh and plow trav eling, i Vale-Ironsides: Vale to Hrogan. j 17 miles, z mnes oi wnicn i. macadamized, last four miles loose gravel: Brogan to head of.Co-v ,vally ovr graded earth, road In eacelent condition; Cow valley to Ironsides over old mad. rough In spots; condition of road as a whole, fair. Summit - Tilley's or Sarvice f Creeks Ttoafl foofh tind .-flciw itSv , elinji. , i I 'f SarviO Crwk-Itchell; Ttfn , M'it'ceiV-navville: Pair. , Davville-Prafrte City: Fair con dition Prairie City-Paker: Road over ; mountain till impassable on ac count oi suuw and mod. Mkenie Highway McKeniie pass not et open on ; ai i oh ii t of mio w . , - 'ittters Redmond : Good condi t ion Redmond Prineville: Good con I d: t ion. Pi Ineville-Mitehell: Passable to i team -, only on account of mud. ; Grading in progress up Ochoco. West Hide Highway. Porlland-Nwuerg: Taved. J Newberg-Dundee: Pnder ron- j;J ruction; detour well graveled. ; Dundee-Si. Joe: Graveled and in fair condition. St Joe-McMinnville; Paved. McMiunville-Amity: Under con struction; use old roud. which is ! traveled but rough, i Amity-Holmes Cap: Paved ex ( ept anort strip near Holmes Cap , which is under construction but ' passable. J Holmes Cap-Rickreall: Gravel ed. but rough in spot's. ; Rickreall-.Monmoiith : Paved. ! Monniouth-Corvallis: Paved "X , cept seven miles immediately 'Hotith of Monmouth, which is dirt road and in good condition. McMinnville-Tilliunook Highway. SIc.Minnville-Sheridan: Paved. Fheridan-Grande Ronde: Un der construction and rough, but i iassabie. 1 Grand Ronde-Hebo: Macadam ized and in good condition. ' Hebo-P.eaver: I'nder construc jlioti and rou;h. but passable. . Reaver-Hemlock: Paved, j Heniloc-Pleasant Valley: New road under construction and now : cloned to traffic; take ojd road. which is graveled and in fair con dition. Pleasant Valley - Tillamook: Paved. Rxeevelt ('omit Highway. Astoria-Warrenton: Paved, a part letng single track pavement. Warrenton-Sklpanon: Paved. Skipanon-Seaside: Under con struction, traffic being nent over detour via Columbia Reach road and along the ocean beach to Gearhart. Highway open nights and on Sundays, outside of work ing hours. Seaside-Hamlet Junction: Orig inal unimproved county road, graveled and in fair condition. Hamlet Junction - Tillamook county line; Rocked, except" 1 utiles, entirely passable; rocked portion in fair condition Tillamook Coun;y line-Tilla-mook: Graveled county road, fair condition. (At this point con nfets with McMinnville-Tlllamook highway: for road to Xeskowia. TIUamook-Reaver. paved, except short stretch which Is under -Con struction and rough, but natu- ble; Reaver-llebo, under eon struction and rough: Htbo-Nes kowin county road in fair m- uition. Tualatin Highway. Tualatin-Forest OWf raved Forest Grove-.YamhUr: Under construction; detours in onl fair condition. . Yamhill-McMinnville: "Paed Ml. Hood Looy Rood. Portlaiid-tirha!n: . Paved. Gresham-and; Graveled and in good condition. Sandy-Korea boundary: Un improved and rough. (Toast Highway. . Now open between MarshfieM and Crescent City, Cal.. through Co(iiille, Itandon and Gold .Reach. h-egon-VMhlng1on Highway Pendleton - Washington Slate I ine: Road in excellent condit ion; detour from Weston to Mil ton well marked Pendleton-.Morrow County line (via Pilot Rock): Fair condition with no detours; under construc tion from Pendleton to Pilot Rock. Morrow-Umatilla County Line to Heppmer: Fair condition; al ways rough. Jieppner-Iono: Fair. lone-Cilliam County Line: Fair, three miles macadam. . . Rakcr-Cornucopla Highway Raker-Halfway: Road in ex cellent condition. Raker-Unity Highway. Raker-Unity: Road in good condition. Old Oregon Trull. Pendleton-Kamela: Macadam ized to top of Cabbago Hill; from that point to Kamela road has been dragged and in fair con dition. Kamela-La Grande: Road now dry but still very rough; requires careful driving. La Grande-Telocaset: Take hill road from La Grande to Union; from Union to Telocaset, road in excellent condition. Telocaset-Raker: Over improv ed grade; excellent condition. Baker-Huntington: Raker to Nelson over old county road, fair condition; Nelson to Huntington. 4 2 miles over new grade. Six rnites of good detour, smooth sur face with one steep grade and some very sharp curves, between Nelson and Weather by. Huntington-Ontario: Ry Olds Ferry in Idaho, through Weiser md Payette; first eight miles on unimproved road; elow traveling. La (Jt-ande-Jofteph Highway La Grande-Wallowa Hill: Ex- eellent. Wallowa Hill-Wallowa Canyon: Road through canyon along route of new highway Inpassable: take Smith Hill detour, which requires carerul driving because of steep grades and sharp curves: surface of road smooth. Wallowa Canyon Enterprise: .Take Hill road from mouth of canyon to Wallowa; road from Wallowa to Enterprise in excel lent condition. Enterprise-Joseph r Road under construction and almost Impass able; excellent detours, .well marked. t'enfral Oregon Highway. Bend-Burns: Good road: new road Is the bost at this time. Burns-Vale: Passable, but al ways rough; many sharp curves and steep grades; have plenty of I Mat r find fas; road macadamized from La wen to .Ruru y... Iji.iwvAiiikiew.Uithwar- -i I Rend to Fort Rock. via. La Pine: Road rough aud slow; better road by way of Miliiran. j Rend to Kast Lake for fishing) : j Hoad very good to within four j miles of Luke where car must be Iv ft. ' Koad out of Redmond ana Menu to Deschutes river and MetoliUc river, and out of Culver to the "Cove" t for fihhjngl, good: river I.-; a little high but clear .MltcclLaiwoMM Itoad.s Hood River Valley roads are i good. I Old Oregon Trail i Information his lieen received i that the Old Cooa Ray wagon road 'between Roseburg and Myrtle Point is open and being; used for travel- in fair condition. Klamath Falls-Lakeview High way: In fair condition except in wooded portions wnere recent rains have softened the roads somewhat. Ahland-Klamath Falle ' High was: Very rough and muddy, ei pecially wet of Oreefl Sprlnga Mountnn. Passable for west bound traffic due to muddy spot being on down grade, but chains are needed. East bound travel advised to use road via Ager. Klamath Hot Springs and Topsy Grade. Klamath Falls-State Line: Road via Malin in fine shape. Lakeview-Bend: Road in good condition, except In wooded por tions. Klamath Fails-North: Travel now using road via West Side of Upper Klamaeb Lake, through Harriman Lodge to Fort Klamath and theneo to The Dalles-Califor. nla highway; road Is soft In spots and rough but taken as whole I in fair condition. , Tho Dalles-Cart fornia Highway: (over Sand Creek Hill), opened this week for trafrie to Bena. Iloowevelt Coast Highway. Marshtield-Coquille: Paved. Coiiullle-Bandonr ' Road .closed, except Saturday nighta and Sun days on account of construction.' Randon to California line: l(o:ul i1 goquV. son,ditlon. i; knm ItayoRuM-burg Highway Couullie-Myi tie Point: Kuifj'i Myrtle Point-Rose hurg: Very rough, over Coos Ray wagon road. which in the only one oien.,j The Seven Devils road friom Marfchtield to Randon is open nd I iu fair condition. A KNOITIVG lCIDi:T . - a ; A Jpw in !n.-;ua wan ordrU 20 strokes wlttt vthtf fknoBt:; rv4 inhtnent was uhu. f llJZ?y two Ktruek a bargain. Fort fir 4 UUO rubles Dald ilnn n, " . I agreeS 'Mfrttiy ict cVaek bl w? while the otlier-flceamW,' s wa ! times, b.tthi, ftnike was geouto. ' "Why did you do ihat?? lJ j the victim. "To let you realize what a l gaia you got," replied Lot Host on Transcript. WIZARD Electrolytic Charger Charges Battery From Ford Magneto r.na'tU attheil nd ruarantrpd to: Kct-p storage buttery rhare-il; uiak lunUr ruu Jrttrr; help mag-. Of to: lukkfl hettrr heaillichtil. lluiulrcJt hi ue, I'rice $1n. Hrad nioui-y crdtr If you bave no battfry, r lurniKli -ouiplH out fit for 'U Hi, ini'Iudins tattvry, complete (TiriiTf ecipmeift,' twitctic. globrt and atou-litueiiU and Wiz ard cliarftr. R. D. BARTON 171 8. Commercial St., Salem Distributor for Marion County SaveYour Muscle LightYour Eati You rely on your aitomobile battery to saveyour strength and feive currerljfc for your lights. But there ' are others who depend still more on the reliability bf : a battery. Exide batteries are used in 80 of 'Amet iean submarines, in Central Stations in large:' cities, by the Bell Telephone system and m-u score of other activities. You have a right tofbepect more from the in uie way 01 long me ana care-iree service. U. n RARTHM . Automolve. Electric Eipmf 171 South Oirriercial 3t. PHoh li'of'l -i f-l l U t.at-iffllaV.,1 lltrafli - i l I II in -iiil 1T -i f - -V'. a w a SAI.EM, OREGON faaaialM No (natter What - oa tune, you can itjr cm the xpen attention of our Exid-e Service Station. w. a . . ""wn i I v ..-.:xr n Hai " r i - " Jr "ii J law mi l tltar caauadt 0J n - l-jraarfn,, a Vl maa4 tot Kiid BactarU. l ItHnn f I . . M ""'!'' m ' " ' ' ' i i n an a i a ia m lana i wn-i. i m ii -..... , .. . . !. ji:m cxceieni conuuion; tow vaney i" 1 uaiaiin-r oresi umver t'avea. I ..... . . ,. :gi u ' ' H Ironsides over old road, rough in Forest Grove-Yam hi : Under ' " ' ' . j I II BPts! condition of road as a construction; detours in only1 fair I - ' i ' n . ' ftSESESBSBBgBSBSBBBBBRMMBmTEMKBMzl whole, fair. condition. I Summit -Tllley's or Sarvice Yamhill-McMinnville: "Tafel. 1 1 ' mimmAm ' Reduced ! 'ffB'' ' Rock-Bottom-Ffices 1 i ' aa j m m i i r m - - 11 i ara i . - u- i ' Y- tw v rvzz?f t4& iffy i m'Jr r B mz (Ml V" We are pleased to announce a reduction on the Scripps-Booth five passenger light six touring; car of $250 and on the. Roadster $270 This announcement is exactly in line with our ideas that the price of all commodities must come down. This light Six Scripps-Booth is the car that is creating more interest at this time than any other car at its price You can not criticise its performance, its finish, or its lines. Every car is now equipped with the celebrated "KANT SCORE" pistons and fitted to one-thousandth of an inch clearance, which assures high power small consumption of gas and oil. We want you to know more about this wonderful light fix. Salem Autom Company ofoile lui.WH.v. . I-- . ' W - U . .. i Sahnv Dallas A. I. E0FF Effective June 7th, 1921, the prices of Ford cars drid trucks have peen reaucea. inis means you can have yout Foffi u cat at a much lower price than you could in 1914. Comparative Prices New Prices -y . $415 y $370 I j $760 1 - i With Starter $695 1914-1915 Touring $490 Runabout $440 Sedan $975 Without Starter Coupe $750 Without Starter Truck With Starter All Prices F. O. B. Factory But that New Car Now I-- Phone 1995 Wley Motor Cbi 264 N: High St. ! I y. ?5