THE OREGON STATESMAN, SALEM, OREGON
, -
UP.TO-MINUTE NEWS
OF AUTO PROGRESS
v. Wiock Almorber Idea.
A new automobile hook ab
.orber utilises the principle of th
Stance k oil against flowing
through Btnall'openlng.
The power is applied to the
third wheel, which is in the rear
J new atreet cleaning truck.
the engine, also revolving a cyl
indrical uToom, while a snow
plow can "be mounted in Iront if
desired.
Combines Tool Ilox and Work
Itcm-h.
The hinged lid of a new tool
box for automobile runningboarda
lis fitted with legs that enable it
to be ued as a work bench when
opened-
Coroortsi Auto Into Tractor.
A cleated belt has been In
vented! to convert an automobile
into n tractor of the endless tread
type, supplementary wheels be
ing inserted between the regular
ones to distribute weight.
I Handy for TnurUts.
A device made in sections that
can b? combined to form a chair,
a bed or a table has Leen invent
ed by a Californian for use by
automobile tourists.
Flooding of Carburetor.
Flooding or the carburetor is
caused by several possible trou
bles. A needle valve may be
held open or be leaking. Dirt
may have collected on the eat of
the valve, preventing Its closing
or the following may be the
causes: Imperfect or worn needle
valve or seat; mechanism stuck;
a too heavy or leaking float which
would sink too aeep. holding the
needle valve open; level too high;
loose spray nozzle.
Visible Temperature Indicator
v. Acting independently of the ra
diator or cooling water, a new
visible temperature indicator is
connected to the engine block.
riders
i,a. CountV Line: Fair earth ! In all probability the- "X
oau most or way; three miles ol will ho ih. prUh... w-rnn
Sr, '0 and Ce" cropp. tfoe Wolters and' Jim Vc
in. home ronsirnriir.n rrn. fn vi.i
-' ii viii v cm .MtM.
to county line, no detours
KooNfvelt Vttust HlghMny.
Astoria-Warrenton: I'art sin
gle track pavement; paved re
mainder of way regulation width.
arren ton-Seaside: Paved
oKipanon ;
Jarly known ' Coyote classic" will
be a bigger event than ever.
as aged as Adani
to
eon: ; r
Prices Back Three Years
The new and powerful or
ganization first gave the
good Maxwell its new
goodness. Now it has
increased the value and
savings; for which the car
is so well known, by put
ting prices back to where
they stood three years ago.
Oscar B. Gingrich Motor
and Tire Company
OREGON ROAD REPORT
(Continued from page 1.)
Welster to Ontario, highway be
ing under construction and rough.
Central Oregon Highway.
llend-Burns: Take new road
out of Bend for about 16 miles;
good condition throughout.
Hurus-Lawen: Macadamized.
lawen-t'rane: Under construc
tion and necessary to use detour,
which is fair.
Crane-Vale: Fair condition;
some rough road, steep grades
and sharp curves, necessitating
careful driving; have plenty of
water and gas.
Vale-Ontario and Nyssa: Fair
all the way; some grading work
being carried on, no detours.
M-cgon-Washington II igh way.
WashinRton State Line-Pendle-ton:
Paved almost entire dis
tance; one detour of about 6',
miles, which is rough; well
marked; new pavement over this
work will be open to traffic about
July 1st.
Pendleton-Morrow County Line,
via Pilot Rock: Good through
out, some new grade.
Morrow County Line-Heppner:
Fair.
Heppner, through one, to GH-
The Indian will very likely be
represented by their usually pow
j erful line-up of machines ami
i men, as follows: Gene Walker.
I Phrimp Burns, Bob Newman,
I SDOck Warner Tlin Miirlrn -nl
Skipanon to Sensing .i ... n....
under nstrucUon and closed b. , n.ore to , announced" ItS?'
ni l l , m- an1 6:30 m-i Ra- Weishaar. Otto WalRer.
on working days; open on Sunday Fred Ludlow. Ralph Hepburn.
n P- ,1e Ur Via Clmbia j Jim Higley and Jim Davis, win-
---tu aim aiutiK ocean ii:ir !i t
f " 1 1 ' ' ---i-ez drtrri
. - - . - .- , . - .
lire
Repair
Shop
Retreading
Section Work
Tabes
All Work Absolutely
Guaranteed
Hoffman & Okerberg
Tire Repair Shop
Y.M.C.A. Bids. ?
Halve Your
Delivery
Expense
A Ford one-ton truck'!! do it The
source of greatest trouble in all
auto trucks is in the rear end con
struction yet in the 26 months
since we took oyer the Ford agen
cywe have Overhauled but ONE
Ford truck rear nd and there
are many Ford trucks in constant
operation. YOU KNOW THEY
PREPONDERATE THE ONE-TON
FIELD because they represent the
greatest value per dollar in
auto transportation.
They'll do your work at re
quired speeds up to
38 MILES PER HOUR
They're $623.54 at Salem;
Ford
Production
and Demand
Ford factory sales for April and
May, 1921, (cars and trucks)
were 56633 GREATER than for
the same two months in 1920
and the demand was still greater
than the factory's ability to sup
ply. During May, 1921, there were
produced 101424 FORD CARS
and TRUCKS for sale in the Unit
ed States alone the biggest
month in the history of the Com
pany, and 4000 CARS and
TRUCKS A DAY is the program
of production for June.
Can you afford to go without a
car any longer with Fords selling
at the new low prices?
A phone call or a card and wc
arc at your service.
Uearhart
Seaside-Hamlet Junction: Grav
eled road in fair condition.
Hamlet Junction-Tillamook
County Line: In-rocked but will
be passable following two or three
days of dry weather.
Tillamook County Line-Tilla-mpok
City: Craveled road; fair.
Tillamook-Ht-ho: I'aved up to
Pleasant Valley, from which point
it is under construction to Hem
lock and closed; take old road,
which is graveled and in pood
condition; paved from Hemlock t
Heaver; under construction from
lieaver to Hebo. quite roujrh.
Hebo-Neskowin: Passable, but
rou.en.
. North Hend-Marshfield: Fair.
Marshfield-Handon: Over Seven
Devils road, fair; via Coquilli,
paved to Coquille; Coquille to
Bandon, under construction and
open only on Sundays.
Handon. south to California
line: Fair.
Coos ISay-RoseburK Highway:
Coos Hay wagon road open and
in fair condition; also passable
via Drain and Alleganey.
La Grande-Joseph Highway.
La Grande-Wallowa Hill: Good
to Island City, verv dustv and
rough from that point to Rhine-
lutn, roucn irom Khmehart to
KlKin; Elfcin to Wallowa Hill,
very good.
Wallowa Canyon - Enterprise:
Condition of road in general is
Rood; rough in places; following
oetours necessary on account ,i
bridges being out on other routes.
Take road to left at Wallowa
canyon and follow Hill road to
Wallowa; Wallowa to Lostine and
Evans; take Hill road at Wallowa
to east of Miles bridfre, driving
tlowly across new construction at
bridge, detouring to left east of
bridge, via Evans, and on to Los
tine and Enterprise via Wade
Riilsh and Trout Creek hill road.
Valley road not being passable.
Enterprise-Joseph: .Fair, few
rough places on account of high
water.
Haker-Cornucopla highway: No
detours and road fair.
Uaker-lTnity Highway: Road
i over mountain now open and in
usual summer condition,
j Shaniko-Mitchcll Highway: Is
icenerally fair, few rough places,
i McKeniie Highway: McKenzie
jTass not yet open;-good from Sis
i ters through Redmond, to Prine-
iVille; from there to forest boun
dary, under contract for grading
; and rough and slow; passable at
1 1 t .. . - . . .
nan uuurtt, ioresi Dounaary 10
friHitcneu, rocked to summit, good:
"fStffflmTr to Mitchell now open to
automobile travel though rough
land still soft in spots; fair for
irayeung.
Mt. Hood Loop Highway: Paved
Portland to Gresham: graveled
Gresham to Sandy; unimproved
handy to Forest Boundary,
Tualatin Highway: Paved Tu-alatin-Forett
Grove; under con
struction tnt open, with detours
in fair condition from Forest
Grove to Yamhill; paved to Mc
Minnville.
HcMinnville.Tillaniniook Highway
-McMinnvtMe-ShTidan : fav'l
I -Sheridan-Grande Honde: Cn-
der construction and rough, but
passable.
Grande Uonde-llebo: Macaf!--amized
and in good condition.
Hebo-I'.eaver: I'nder construe
; tion and rouf:h.
i Beaver-Hemlock: Pavd.
1 Hemlock pleasant Vallev: I'n
der construction and closed: ue
old road, graveled and good.
Pleasant Valley - Tillamook:
Paved.
t'orVMllis-NewiMwl Highway.
Corvallis- ren : Good, macad
am through Philomath to Wren.
Wrn-Blodgett: Traffic is -'-ing
routed over Gleattly hill to
Hlodgett.
IHodgett-'.-.'rwport : I'nder con
struction at varir.us points but
open to traffic; fair.
Willamette Vallcy-I'lorence High
way. The IjOv pass over the Coast
range has bcn closed for approx
imately two months due to con
struction werk: best road 'o
Klachly and Triangle lake is on
of Junction City, throuph Horton
and Hlachly; road is rocked to
la.-e of mountain and fair dirt
road to Horton, rocked from Hor
ton to itiachly.
.McKen.i. Kivrr Highway
4t Sile
latest reports on this highway
ftate that th- road is in good con
dition from Spring'ield to 11
river: passable to Pelknap .s
and construction work under way
from l'.lue river to .enzi
Hridge. grading and graveling.
The pass is expected to be op'-n
for cars about July 1; still some
snow in ihe summit.
Sherman Highway.
The llalles Madias: Entire road
In good condition.
nets of last year's event, and pres
ent CHi mile champion, and pos
sibly several others to bo named
later, will comprise the llarley
Davidson crew.
From all indications thi? popu-
Used Motorcycles
$50 and up
We still have several good used
motorcycles and are offering
them at prices you cannot at
ford to mis.
EXTRA SPECIAL
Twin Hai ley Davidsons in goo.l
running order. A snap for
someone at Jji.lO.tMi
1320 Sport model Harley-Pa-vidson.
overhauled and re
painted. Good lamp equip
ment. Come and see this m..
chine. Special for. . . .$223.00
15 other machrnes to select
from come and see them to
day. Easy terms.
Harry W. Scott
"The Cycle Man"
147 So. Commercial St.
IT. fctalMinan ClaHMtneil Ad I
f f
Beware of the "cold patch" it is only
an cmerKency repair and should be replaced
at the earliest moment with a X
m
IZE I) repair by us. r -
Our VULCANIZED PATCH do?sn'l melt
of A creep or develop slow leaks It's part of
the tube and is ABSOLUTELY DEPEND
ABLE. -1 V .
"A
7d.
J.
B. Hilemai
The Home of Ray Batteries
291 North Commercial St Phone 787
j m - mi . IIIW III F J WW I - lm , -rS. VM. A I .
-zmmmm mmk sound y i i
MfgcW soundTrudde'r company.
Valley NoiorCb.
in
rap
Phone 1995 '
260 N. High St.
300-Milc Race Will Be
Pulled at Dodge City!
;
MOIMJE CITY, K.in . June
- flans and pnparat ions for Hi" !
motorcycle classic held annually j
this historic western town ar- i
rttv heiiiu i.iihcl to cotn-
..i........ i,v- ih.. Sncetlwav associa
tion, the chamber vf cominerc-
and others mt-rested i;i the pro- ;
ject. " .
Prominent riders and factory,
men are arriving in town and
within the next two days praeti- o
trials will begin on the two-mile
spe"d circ-.iH situated on the
prairie j't outside the city.
Competition will tindoubtedH
be keener thn ever The Kxcel-
the line-up of me suners iu un
1920 race, will enter four and
probably more of their fastest
linen on ntv iivv - -
'.turned, vput .by,. they tt jengineera.
By withstanding the grinding wear of the open road by staunchly resisting
the strain of thousands upon thousands ot miles,
Sound Tires Have Proved Their Worth! ?
They Have . Made Good! , V
It is with complete knowledge that Sound Tires are air ply able to satisfy peo;
pic who are accustomed to the best ol service that we oiler them to you.
In the fullest sense of the word, Sound Tires are
SOUND ALL AROUND
VICK BROTHERS
- , -Trady r.rA HiK Streets 's
H IV
W
tmtmmm 11 i . . r . ,
r,
- i I a mm!, i - r - "n -