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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (July 3, 1921)
'i SECOND NEWS SECTION Pages! to 6; Automobiles, Society, Special Fectzres cid General Itecs SEVENTY-FIRST YEAR SALEM,"-0REG0N7 SUNDAY tORNING, JULY 3, 1921 PRICE: FIVE CENTS -A UTO MOBILE ST R'i'UlC K S T R A CTO RS Accessories: Motorcycles Bicycled REPORT ON OREGON ROADS 1 ll . ' PAC'l fic mcnwA V Portland-bregoa City Mil-' waukie rtieei closed; tak-i JJ2-J street rout, fcaved. Orrron Clty-Canby P'ViHi. -CanUy Aurora GravclcJ and ifi. fair tcf.ditloa; rough throng Canbyj 1 ' : Aurora-Salem Pared. ' Salem-Albany Tka dct?" out of Salem over Ankeny bill road, which U irery roK&; re iflnlng the highway approximately fofcr miles north, of-Jefferson; paved fmm there ; almost entire diatanco to Albany. ' ' tThe road 'between Salem na Albany, . Tia Independence and Beunai Vista. Is now in good condi tion, -bating leaa pavement tban the Ankeny bill detour but a very smooth road.'a a whole., Cross the Willamette rirer at Salem, 101 I low pavement to BrnoVi corners. M.1S fand Rim Parta for all Cars f Free Expert Adrlce , IRA JOItGENSEI f' HO South High Street approximate r.lx mileis out, turn to left, through Independence aid turn at finst left hand jroad. about pne mile south of Independence, and follow Bigna through Deuna Vista to Albany.) j 'Albany-Junction City - Either west or east side routes can be traveledbeing about ejqual in dis tance and condition. with some pavement on the west j side roufe. i -West side route-4-Good road from Albany to Corvallis; detour 6 1-2 miles south of Corvallis, re turning to, highway 10 1-2 miles south. Second detour about (6 miles south of Monroe; to the left, through Lancaster, and from there to Junction City. Both ., detours and highway are in good condition and well signed. j i ; East side route Detours around grading operations under way between Shedd and Halsey; cross Willamette rlveri at Harria burg by power ferry,! this point being. about four miles from Junc tion City, good road all the way. Several mile shorter! than west hide route (If desired; traffic can go from Ilarrisburgi to Coburg. staying on east side of river and crossing the McKenzl Just south 1 ft J . i Let Us Service V id ukW. Your Car f We employ A-l mechanics only. For a heavy Well r t equipped car phone 44 :' Real Tire Service Fish. Hood and Silvertown Cord or Fabric Tires . 1 f . GREAT WESTERN GARAGE I ' " ' 147 Vt'. High Street ' ' i of Coburg, and the Willamette at j Eugene.) Junction City-Cottage Grove (through Eugene) Paved from Junction City to Eugene and from there paved to Goshen; grave! macadam from Goshen to Walker and pavement from Walker to point one mile north of Cottage Grove. Cottage Grove-Divide Detour just south of Cottage Grove at Lathem; good graveled road; de tour ends at V eaten Siding, about 1 1-4 miles South of Lathem. The main road, over pavement, is open nights and Sundays. Divide-Oakland At Divide and at Drain, owing to paving op erations being under way and no detours available, it is necessary that the road be closed excepting between 5 p. m. and 7:30 a. m.; a few minutes at 10 a. m.; be tween 12 noon and 1 p. m. and for about 10 minutes at 3 p. m. Pave ment is being laid south from Di vide and north from Drain. Ex cellent macadam from Divide to point 3.7 miles south of Yoncalla. and from there it la paved to Oak land. ! Oakland - Sutherlin Gravel macadam and pavement almost entire distance. Sutherlin-Roseburg Traffic is now being detoured about two miles west from Sutherlin, thence five, miles south, joining the high way at Wilbur. The new detour follows for about two miles a nar row winding road known as "Da vis Hill" ivrlth a steep grade on each side; while this is perfectly safe for" travel. It Is rough in places, and quite narrow and trafv fic should travel not to exceed 10 miles per hour In order to avoW poslbility of collision, there not being room (or cars to pass in sev eral places. Rosebu re-Myrtle Creek Un der construction, but open; some detours, where available. i Myrtle Creek-Canyonville Grading under way, with fair de tour via Riddle. ' Canyonvllle - Galesville: Good macadam. i Galesville-Wdlf Creek: Under construction at both Wolf Creek and Galesville. Where detours are not available, traffic will be allowed to pass at leaBt every two hours. Wolf Creek-Graves Creek: All paved. Graves Creek-Grants Pass Be- ' ' 'gUt'llllliilUillifrr'l illl Wl'iili 11 H i 1 1 1. iiiiii ill rum "' "' '"" 1 j . , 1 ," , m.''' " ' '301 jg ' V ' ! 1 .owner assures mi I- W, 9 I t in The experience 'of every you, in'advance,that this Car is thorough ly reliable that it is long-lived, that it fa econorjMqal.iri any'seryice These homely, practical j qualities were never "so advantageous, nleverso eagerly soueht in motor cars, as they are; today. Tb gasoline consumption is inuauaar low. Tb tira tnilsag ! unusually high, f BQNESTEELE T.IOIOR CO, Commercial and Ferry Sls Salem, Ore. ;. . v. . f ' . s- 4 if V - - ' -I - - ; - As ' .1 ; . ,1 .... . jmxj LJl II 11' 1L"1 11 ".''Jii- '.M ..f fa- fe.V!'J:ii'.-nr-T riTnmrsragrjCaOj ing macadamized; take old road at summit of Smith hill, which is in good condition when dry. but slippery during rains when chains are needed; from foot of Smith bill to Grants Pass, main highway can be used except when work is in frogress. short detmir being provided during working hours. Grants Pais-Rock Point arch: Paved. . i Rock Point Arch-Gold Hill: Urading 'under way; take detour at Rock Point arch. Gold HIlMfedford: Paved. Medford-Ashland: I'aved. Ashland-Caliornia line: Pav ing under way 1 and short detour is necessary about seven miles south of Ashland; 1 b miles on summit of Siskiyous remains to be paved, but 13 in good condition at present time, ... . Crater Lake Highway. To be. opened July. 1. - Traffic will use the roads in use last year: sprinkling track will be used south of Prospect so the road will be la better condition-than last year; from Prospect .to the lake the new grade, completed last year, is to be used. There are several alternate routes lead ing out of Medford, but detour signs will be placed on all of these and statements of condition of .each road, win be left at all Medford hotels. - 2 Ashland-Klamath Palls High way: Green Springs-Mt. Hood road now open and being used by the stapes; TOpey grade, route if also good. Klamath Falls-Lakeview High way: Klamath Falls to Olene, newly macadamized; Olene to Diary being graded and macad amized, rouph,ln places;-Dairy to . ic n , Kuou roau. kocks are ueing removed through the Fre mont forest. Lakeview-LaPine Highway: Go ing vthrougn via Fort. Rock the road is in good condition-air the way. Lakeview-Burns highway: Eith er via laKe Abert or Plush can be traveled, both good. Klamath Falls-Wood: Now in very good condition. Columbia River Highway rtsiuna-r-oruana: paved with the exception of'one mile thraaih Rainier, which is graveled but rery rougn. Portland-Hood River: paved. Hood Rivei-Mosier: paving un der way and road closed to tnI fic. from 8 a. m. to 12:30 p. m. Open 12:30 to 1 o'clock, p. rn. Closed from the ntill 5:30 p m. During the time this road is closed, detour is made by way of the old Mosier hill, but tripa should be timed so as to take ad vantage lof open hours. Mosier hill is pa8sable, but travel ia cautioned to use care in driving, and q have plenty of gas. The main road is open on Sunday. Moaier-Tho Dalles: new grav eled road is in fair condition; much easier and safer road than Seven Mile hill. If paving opera tions are -begun July 1, a tempo rary detour will be provided at The Dalle'a end of,tho section. The Dalles-Deschutes river: Nw road impassable; take usual road ovej: the hill; Deschutes liv er bridge) now open, nc 'oil. Deschutes river-Heppner Junc tion: goosd gravel or crushed roc t road all the way exc-pt 4 miles east of John Day river bridge Macadam work under way on this four miles but road is not clooed to traffic. West Side Highway Portland-Newberg: paved. Newberg - Dundee: under con struction, detour over dirt road in feood condition. Dundee-St. Joe: graveled and in fair condition. St. Joe-McMinnville: paved. McMinnvllle-Amity: use eld road which la graveled but rough;' highway under construction and closed. Amity-Holmes Gap: paved, ex cept short graveled, Btrip .near Holmes Gap. Holmes G.ip-RIekrcallr graveled and in fair condition. Rickreall-Monmouth: paved. Monmouth-Corvallis: paved ex cept 7 miles just south of Mon mouth: good road. Th Dalles-California Highway The Dalles-Madras: road in fair shape, through Dufnr, Manpin, Dakeoven or Crit?rion and Antelope. Madras-Crcoked River: new crushed rock road. i Crooked Rlver-Dend: newly graveled and in. good condition. Bend-Allen's ranch (20 miles) cindered road in fair condition. Allen's ranch-Crescent (through LaPine): fair. : Crescent-Klamath ;Falls: either west or east side of Klamath Lake can oa traveled; the weat side road, over Sand creek hill, 1? In good shape. If the east side route Is traveled, go either through Chiloquin or through Fort Klamath, to Lamm's Mill, both routes being In good condi tion; take ferry from Lamm's Milly to Barclay Springs; newly macadamized from Barclay Springs to Algoma; old Fort Klamath road from Algoma to Klamath Fait most used. ' Klamath Tails-California tate line: Klamath Falls-Merrill, new ly macadamized; Merrill to Cali fornia line in good condition, re cently graded. Thig roadiada to Alturas. Calif., and is i lair con dition all the way.i ' John Day Highway ATlington-Condon: fair.- Condon-Fossil: fair, except six miles between 30 xail creek &nd Mayvill"; f ill necessary to use old road, aa new road is under construction and rough, f'ossil Spray Being macada mized from Fossil to Butte Creek, no ) delay to; traffic; Butte Creek to mouth of Sarvice Creek, unim proved and rough; nv road from therj to Spray, fair condition. $pray-Dayville The road by way df Spray, Monument and Mt. Vetnon can be used but the route by ! Mitchell I to Dayville is prefer able. ' !j Dayville-Pralrie City Good throughout, last 20 miles being oid graveled road. ' Prairie City-Vale and Ontario- Fair throughout, with a few rough placet; gravel improved, somewhat by rain; 12 miles of macadam from Brogan - to Vale; Vale-On- tario, roughs , I! Old Oregon Trail I'endleton, - Kamela . Fair 3 R U Where the Railway Left Off (Continued on page Z) j Used: Motorcycles j $50 and up We still have several good used motorcycles and are offering ttem at prices you cannot af ford to miss, sj EXTRA SPECIAL Twin Harley-Davidons in good running order. A snap for someone at , .$3.oo 1920 Sport model Harley-Da-vldson, overhauled and re painted. Good lamp equip ment. Come and see this ma chine. Special for $223.00 it other machmes to select from come and see them to day. Easy terms. Harry W. Scott "The Cycle Man" i 147 So. i Commercial St. The Uintah. Railway terminates at Watson, Utah. Between Watson and Vcmal stretches CO miles of arid desert. And yet the public suffers no in convenience in traveling between these two towns, because the Uin tah Railway maintains an unfail ing passenger service with two Buick cars. "The GO mile road between Watson and Vernal is entirely unpaved, across an arid desert, with no hab itation save three freight huts " writes Vice-President Robinson of the railway. ' j , U "In summer the temperature ranges as high as j 110 degrees; in winter as low j as zero, with the r road of ten covered with 12 inches' of snow. The two Buicks have never been off this route are op erating there today." -. Present lines of new Buick six-cylinder models will be carried through the 1922 season. Beginning June 1st the new series and prices will be as follows, f. o. b. Factories, Flint, Michigan. ! j Model 22-14 Three Passenger Koad&ter..... Model 22-45 Five Passenger Touring - Model 22-16 Three Passenger Coupe.... - . - ' ' ' .- -Model 22-47 Five Passenger Sedan.. Model 22-48 Four Passenger Coupe-.. . ' i J - ' Model 22-49 Seven Passenger Touring. Model 22-50 Seven l'assenger Sedan : $2575 $2910 OTTO J. WILSON- i I i ' WHEN BETTER AUTOMOBILES ARE BUILT. J3UICK WELL JBUTLD THEM V Things That Determine The Worth of a Car The price of a car and the worth of a car are often widely different i . T The worth of your car is determined by its readiness to meet youi ; requirements, its constant roadability, and the permanence of those distinctive features which first at tracted you. - i r. f '' ' -.-'V''" 'f: When new parts, expert service of timely counsel are needed, the worth pf your car isi involved. Then you must depend upon the dealer who sold it to you. 1 Whatever the price may be, the cars we sell possess permanent worth. F.O.B. I Salem F. G. Delano Automobile Salem Dalla G ompany ; A. L EeH ii at f i