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, REPORT ON OREGON ROADS
l iACIHC HIGHWAY
Portland-Oregon City -- Mll
waukie street closed, take 82nd
Uyet route; pavtu.
Oregon City-Canby raved.
I Canby-Attrora GraveW'd and
I In (air condition; rough through
Canby.
Aurora-Salem Paved.
- Salem-Albany Take detour
oot ot Salem, over Ankeney Hill
: road, which is very rough; rejoin
ing the highway approximately
''tour miles north ol Jefferson,
" from which point it la paved al
most entire distance to Albany.
(The road between Salem and
Albany, Tla Independence and
Benoa Vista is now in good con
; ditiont has leis pavement than the
Ankeny Hill detour route but in a
very mooth road, as a whole. The
Willamette river bridge at Salem
ihonli be croMed, following pave
' went to Brunk's corners, approx
imately miles out. turnlns to
left, join throuRh Independence
and turning at left hand road
about one mile south of Indepen
dence, following signs through
f Beuna VUta to Albany.
" From Albany to Junction City.
either the LWest Side route,
through Corrallis, anad Monroe,
' or the Eaat Side route through
(HalKey and l!arrisburt'. tan l.e
taken, thy bein about equal in
.distance and condition,
j West Side Route Good road
jfioni Albany to Corvallis; detour
five and one-half miU-s xn-ith i.f
Corvallis, returning to highway
10 1-2 miles south of Corvallis.
.Second detour about fi miles south
of Monroe, to the lert, through
Lancaster, and from there to
Junction City. IJoth detours and
highway are in good condition and
well signed.
East Side Route Detours
around grading operations under
way between. Sltedd and Halm;
cross Willamette river at Harris,
burg by power ferry, being ap
proximately 4 miles from Junction
City; no pavement ou this route
but good graveled road; several
miles shorter than West Side
route. If desired, traffic can go
from HarrisburR to Coburc. stay
ing on East Side of river and
crossing the McKcnzie river south
or Coburg. and the Willamette
river at Eugene. t
Junction City-Cottage Grove
(through Eugene) Paved from
Junction City to Eocene and from
there to Goshen. Gravel macadam
from Goshen to Walker and pave
ment from Walger to 1 mile north
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CRM WESTERN GARAGE
. .'.V;f,;.1 147 N. High Street
ol Cottage drove.
CottaKe drove-Divide Ix tour
jut south of Cottage Grove, at
Nathan; pood graveled road; de
tour ending at Veatch S-ding
about 1 .'5-4 miles south of Latham.
The main road, over pavement,
open nlshts and Sundays, how
ever. Divide-Oakland -At Divide and
ft Drain, owing to paving opera
tions beinK under way and no de
tours being available, it is neces
sary that the road be closed ex
cepting between hours of ft p. tn.
and 7:30 a. m.; a few minutes at
10 a. in .; between 12 noon and 1
p. rn . and for about 10 niniutes .-t
3:30 p. m. Pavement bein laid
south from Divide and north from
Drain. Excellent macadam trom
Divide to point 3.7 miles xouth of
Voiiralla. and from there It is
paved to Oakland.
Oakland-Set herlin: Gravel mac
aoam and pavement almost entiie
distance.
Sutherltn-Rosehurg: Detour jit-t
south of Sulberlin; gravel or mac
adam orad balance or distance.
Hos-buiB-.Myrtle Creek: Cndcr.
construction but open, detours
used when available.
Myrtle Creek-Canyonviile: Grad
ing under way; fair detour via
Riddle.
Canyon ville-Galcsvillc: Good
macadam.
Galesville-Wolf Orek: Paving
should start during the week at
both Wolf Creek and Galerville.
Where detours are not available
traffic will Le allowed to pass at
least very two hours.
Wolf Creek-Graves Creek:
Paved.
Graves Creek-Grants Pass: P.e
Inp macadamized; take old road
at summit of Smith hill, which ia
in good condition when dry;
chains needed during rains; from
foot of Smith hill to Grants Pass.
n long?r necessary to detour via
Merlin; main highway can be used
except when work Is in progress:
short detour during working
hoars.
Grants Pass-Rock Point Arch:
Paved.
Rock Toint Arch-Gold Hill:
Grading under way; take detour
at Rock Point Arch.
Gold Hill-Medford: Paved.
Medford-Ashland: Paved.
Ashland-Californla Line: Pav
ing under way for a few miles:
rema'nder pared; road open at
all hours.
Crater IJcr Highway.
The road U Crater lake will he
PAUL REVERE HAD NOTHING ON NIEMEYER
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C hatl W. Xtimryer ljcing eont;r ntu1ate by nates force of O. It. (iinj-iicii Motor romny on his
return fiom record breaking Portiand-Oaklaixl trip.
Charles W. Nienieyor. local real
Nienieyer states that the excite
ment and determination to break
previous records kept him alert
and cool in critical places and the
ronlidence he had in his cood
a new inodH Maxwell stock car. j Maxwell kept him driving at max
bas much to say regarding thejiiiitim rpeed.
estate dealer, who recently made
the record-breaking trip of 24
hours and lo minutes between
Portland and Oakland, Cal., with
.scenic wonders of Oregon and
California.
Hut on this particular trip his
most vivid recollections were not
of flowers, sunshine and strange
settings, but the monotonous hum
mint: of uis motor and the steady
unwinding of the road ahead.
He Ktafes Paul Revere bad noth
ing on him, as Paul had to de
pend ou a horse for his famous
tide, while miles meant nothing
to Xiemeyer in his chosen car,
with Oakland 02 miles away.
A record of the trip, hour by
hour, -would show considerable
! of the highway under construc
tion, necessitating his making
over r2 miles of detours.
Considerable credit should be
piven to Xiemeyer from the fact
that he had never been over thee
roads before and consequently had
to proceed with extreme caution.
Maxwell dealers both In Cali
fornia and Oregon an; enthusi
astic over the results obtained and
are quite sure that they can lower
some of the other present endur
ance records and are' contemplat
ing doing so in the near future.
way: Grn Snrlngs M buntain
toad is oen and now heii gr used
by stages. Topsy grade route is
ais Kood. ,
Klamath Falls-Iakevi'j- High
way: Klamath Falls to. Olene.
newly marauamized; Olene to
D'ary, belm, graded and' macad
amized. roug.lt in places; .Dairy 'o
Lakeview. gfcd road. lUcks are
being remove, through 'ihi Fre
mont national forest.
Likeview - Hums FMghway:
Hither rout1, "via Lake .ibert or
Plush, may bo taken; be th roada
in good condition.
La PinH-L.ikeview Highway
Through Fort Jtock. ro;uil in go id
condition ail the way.
' Klamath Falls-Weed, CaJlf :
Road now in voVy good condition.
John On; Highway.
Arlington-Condon: Pair,
Condon-Fof-sil: Fair, except
six miles !.etveen 'riilrty-mi'.e
creek and Mayvllle; at ill necessary
to use old road as. new roaiL ia
und?r construction and rough,.
Fossll-Butte Creek Sumit: Pair,
roao te'nr mac lilamized ; no de
lay to traffic, i
Summit-Tiileyls (mouth ot Sar
vice creek): Unimproved, very
rough and slow.
Tilley 's-Spray: ; New road in
fair condition.
Spray-Dayville: To get to Day
ville. Jolui lay. Canyon City or
Prairi-s City, it is necessary to go
by way ol Spray, Monument, Long
creek and Mt. Vernon, or by way
of MitcbeJl and Dayville from Til
ley's or Sarvice creek; the latter
road is In mucin better condition
and travel Is advised to take thi
route. '
Dayrille-Prairle City: Coot
throughout, laat 20 miles bcln
good graveled road. !
Prairie City to Vale and On
tf.rio: Good throuShout wltl
oaly tcjr rough places; 12 mll
oC macadam betwen Brojatt an
Vale; Vale-Ontario, rood. ,
OIl Oregon TraiL j
Pendleton-La Grande (througl
Kamela) j
La Grande-T e 1 o c a e t: i
Grande to Hot Lake, cood; Ho;
Lake to Union, detonr over dirj
read, surface of which ia smooth,
but getting dusty. Unlon-Telo
caset, good. (Valley roads bej
tween Hot Lake and Union stil.
under water, passable only tr:
team traffic with light loads, par
under construction very rough.
Telocaset-Baker: Good entlr
distance, no detours.
Raker-Hun tlngton: Fair con
ditlon; one detour of six miles
good. . . '
Huntlngton-OnUrfor Take Fer,
ry at Olds, Tla Weiser and Par
ette; first seren mfles good, bal
ance rough; keep Idaho Side fronj
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Any business that requires de
livery can use Dodge Brothers
Business Car with profit..
Because its operating-economy
and maintenance-economy have
been universally established.
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B0NESTEELE MOTOR CO.
Commercial and Ferry Sts Salem, Ore.'
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opened July 1. The construction ; Creek hill is in good shape. If
between Agate and Trail Is over the rast sidt: ,outp is traveie(ii the
a new line so that traffic on the ; , ,u,K t
. .... . . . i route through ( h loquin r
roads used last year Is not inter- " M
fered with. A snrinkling tru-k through Fort Klamath can h?
will be u'sed south of Prospect, rorjPn. both routes be'ng good to
that the road between that point I Lamm's mill; take ferry from
and Medford will be as good or Lamm's mill to liarcley springs:
better than usual. From Prospect i Ran lay springs to Algoma is new-
to the lake, the new grade com-1 macadamized; old Fort Klam-
pleted last year is to be used, j ath road from Algoma to Klamath
Thre are several alternate routes
leadinc out of Medford, but d:
tour signs will be placed on all '
before July 1. and a statement or j
the condition of each road will bo !
left at the Medford hotels. ;
Colombia River Highway.
Astoria-Portland: Paved with j
the exception of one mile through !
the city of Rainier, which section i
is graveled but very rough.
Portland-Hood River: Paved. 1
Hood River-Mosder: Pavine un-
der way and road closed to traf
fic from H a. ni. to 1L:30 V ' 1
Open 12:30 to 1 o'clock. Closed !
from then until 5:30 p. m. Dur
ing tjie time this road is closed
traffic can detour by way of tho
old Mosier hill, but it is advis
able to time a trip to take ad
autai:e of open hours on the
highway. Mosier hill is passable,
but travel is cautioned to use care
in driving and have plenty of nas.
The main road is open on Sunday,
also.
Mosier-The Dalles: New prav
led road, in fair condition. This
Is a much easier and safer road
than even Mile Mil. Pavinu
will begin about July 1. but a
temporary detour will be pro
vided at The Dalles end of the
section.
The Dalles-Deschutes River:
New road is impassable; take the
usual toad over the hill: De
r.chutes river bridge now open;
no toll.
Deschutes River-Heppner Junc
tion: flood gravel or crushed rock
road all way exrept four miles
east of John Day river l-iidi:'.
Macadam work under way on this
four miles of road but road is not
dosed to traffic.
WiM Side Hllivva.v.
Portland-Xewberjf : Paved.
Newberg-Dundee: Cnder con
struction: detour in pood condi
tion, well praded. '
Dundee-St Joe; Graveled and
in fair condition.
St .loe-McMinnillc: Paved.
McMinnville-Amlty: I'se old
road, which Is pravel. d rouph:
highway under construction ad
closed.
Aniity-Holnies Cap: Paved ex
cept short stretch mar Holme
Cap.
Holme- Cap -Rickr all : Ro'Uir
in spots: graveled.
Rick rea ll-.Mon mout ti : I'.ivd.
Monmouth - Corvallis: Pav-d.
except Feven miles ju-t so I'll of
Monmouth, which is rood road
The lallej-( lifeiiira THubway.
The Dalles-Madras. R;1(1 ,u
fair shape throuth Dufur. Maupin.
Rnkeovtn or Crit' iion and Anl -iope.
Madras-Crooked River: Now
crushed rock road.
Crooked River lUnd: N'twly
'graveled: road in fair i-,mlifin
P.end-All-n's R.mh ( 2i miles I:
Cindered road in fair ond't ion.
i Allen's Rjnrh-Cr."sceiit tlirousli
La Pine: Fair.
Crescent-Kl.itnath Falls: Travel
can go either the west side of
Klamath lake or on the '-ast sfd".
The west tide road, over and
Falls must be used.
Klamath Falls-Califotnia State
Line via Merrill and Malin: Klam
ath Falls to Merrill is newly mac
adamized; Merrill to 'th-? Cali
fornia line is good dirt road, re
cently graded. This rosui leads to
Alt uras, -California, ana is in fair
condition all the way. ,
Ashland-Klamath Falls High-
RITiLS
and Rim Parts for all -Cart
Free Expert Advice
IRA JORGEXSEX :
160 South High Street
Must Sell At Once
Fofir Big Values in Used Cars
Little Buick 4, was $850, now
Little Dort, a dandy worth $650, now
Oakland 6, worth $650, now -
Ford Bug, snap at
..$650
..$475
$525
..$150
Best Ford in Salem, new body, over $600 extras on
car, now .; . $figQ
Will sell small payment down, and easy payments See
O. J. HULL
' With Republic Truck, 279 K.'. Conlmcrcial St
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Open evenings this "week
Maxw
Smashes Another Record
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Portland Or., to Oakland, Cal.
802 Miles (Including Detours) in
24 Hours 1 5 Minutes
Running Time
Charles Niemeyer, of Salem, Or., in his privately-owned
New Good Maxwell establishes a new
Coast Record
Total Time Consumed Making This Trip
FIFTY MINUTES LESS
Than Fastest Railway Time
SPEED
Average for
b02 Miles
33 Miles Per Hour
ECONOMY
j 31 Gallons Gasoline 1 for
! 2 Quarts of Oil f 802 Miles
! 2".S Miles to Gallon Gas
100 Miles to Quart of Oil
SAFETY
Car Arrived in
Perfect
Condition
OSCAR B. GINGRICH
ANP TIRE CO.
371 Court Street
MOTOR
Salem,3regoH