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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (July 10, 1921)
i mi SECOND NEWS SECTION PAGES i TO 8 mM Bmlmwmn dnfomoHfev Society, Special Fcdcrcs cnH , Genera! JVw V ; SEVENTY-FIRST YEAR SALEM, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, JULY 10. 1921 FIVE CENTS i f AUTOMOBILE S T RUCK S T R A C T O R S Motorcycles Bicycles Accessories- i .. t- - i- , u W V-BV U . , . v . . J- PRICE 1 : " I - ' r s 4 ; ft it "' I "i h- ; ! REPORT ON OREGON ROADS , ; . ' "". - ; Albany, via Independence and ; Latham ; eood graveled road, de- Huena Vista, Is in good condition ; tour ending at Veatch sidini. and is preferred by many to the about 1 Ji miles south of Latham. Pacific Highway Portland-Oregon City: Milwau kee ' itreet1" closed on account of construction, suitable detour pro Tided; Eighty-second street route somewhat longer but paved throughout. , ; Oregon' City-Canby: Paved. Can by.? Aurora: Graveled and in fair condition; rough through city of Canby. Aurora-Salem: Paed. Saleb-AIbany: Take detour out of Salem over Anker.y hill road, which is very rough,, rejoining the highway approximately four mileB north of Jefferson; paved irom that point almost entire distance to Albany. (The road between Salem and LomDa fe the Oakland price with other cars of its class and you will see why people are buying Oakland's ; , Delivered prices here: Touring.. Roadster V'l ,' 1 t'j S ' ... Sedan ... Coupe . .......4-. $1365 $1315 i, $1975 $1875 1 1 i.. Vick Brothers Autos Trucks Tractors Hood River-Mosier Pavine un- Coonty Line Hoiked except 14 der M'ay and road closed from 8 initios: this tap is easily passable it. ill. to 12:30 D. m.: ODen 1 2: ?. 0 ! kv, out imm-Hlatolv !jflor hnavv nuivcuj mil uciuui , iiiio iuuic is i i lie mam ruau. u-r v eiiicii i, is i ij i p m j closed lrom 1 p. ni to somewhat longer but is a smootlw j open nights and Sundays. j 5:3ft p. m. (open Sundays. Dur- er road, as a whole, has less j Divide-Oakland: At Divide j ins lime road is closed, detour ts pavement than the Ankeny hill and at Drain, owing to pavement j used : via the old Mosler hill, but route. Cross the Willamette being under construction, with no : trips Should be timed so as to take river at Salem, turning to the i detour available, it is necessary udvania left at Brunk's corner, going on j that- the road be closed excepting j hill :s passable; but travel is cat through Independence and turn- between 5 r. in. and 7:30 a. nv; j tioneri to use care in driving an rams. Tillamook County Line Tlla ir.oi'k C'ty Graveled or planked. Tillamook-Hebo 1 Paved to Pleasant Valley; Pleasant Valley Hemlock, sraveled; Hemlock- Eeaver, paved; . Beaver-Hebo. rouch. Hffbo-Neskowin - Tassable but rouch and narrow. Southern lart tf V asf IHslmay t North Bend-Marshtield Fair. Marshfield-Ilandou Over Sev en Devils road in! fair condition; via Cooiuille." paved to Coquille; under construction Coquille to. Dandon and open only on Sun days. Handon to California Llin -Fair, except recent rana i baT , caused a few muddy , spots and have softened the -general condl- ( Continued on par 5 V ing at first left hand road, about a few minutes at 10 a. m .; he- one mile south of Independence, tweep 12 noon and 1 p. m.. and pnd following signs through Buena Vista to Albany.) Albany-Junction City: Either west side or east side routes can be traveled, being about equal in distance and condition, with some pavement on the west side route. West Side route: Good from Albany to Corvallis; detour r miles south of Corvallis, return ing to highway 10 miles south; second detour directly south and through Monroe, along well gra veled county road. Crop P. E. fc E. railroad track and continue to Ferguson station; here take left hand road, rejoining west side highway and new pavement three miles north of Junction City. Follow pavement to Junc tion City. Both detours are in good condition and well signed. . East Side route: Detours around grading operations under way between Shedd and Halsey; cross Willamette river at Harrls burg by power ferry, this point being about four miles from Junc tion City; good road all the way; Feveral miles shorter than West Side route. (Traffic can go from Harrisburg to Coburg, staying on east side of river and crossing the McKenrie Just south of Coburg, and the Willamette at Eugene.) Junction C,ity-Cottage Grove through Eugene:- Paved from Junction City to Eugene and' from there paved to ' Goshen gravel macadam from Goshen to .Walk er, and pavement from Walker to a point one mile north of Cottage Grove. Cottage Grove-Divide: Detour Just south of Cottage Grove at for about 10 minutes at 3 p. m. Pavement is beinp: laid south from Divide and north from Drain. Ex cellent macadam from Divide to a point 3.7 miles south of Yon calla and from there it is paved to Oakland. Oakland-Sutherlin: Gravel ma cadam and pavement almost en tire distance. Sutherlin - Roscburg: Traffic now being detoured about two miles west from Sutherlin, theneq five miles south, rejoining the highwal at Wilburg. The new detour follows for about two miles a narrow winding road known as "Davis hill," with a Fteep grade on each side, and. while this is a perfectly safe road j RIALS and Rim Parts for all Cars Free Expert Advice IRA JORGEXSEX 150 South High Street to have plenty of gas -Mosier-The Dailes Now grav eled road in fair condition; much easier and safer than Seven-miie hill. : ! The Dalles-Deschutes River New roaef impassable: take usual road over niH; Deschutes River bridge nor open, no toll. Deschute'i River-Heppner Junc tion ; j Good grave? or crushed rock; rfoad rail the. way, except 4 miles east ; of John Day River bridge; macadam work under way ou this 4 miles but road open at all hours. j' Heppner Junction-Pendleton Good entire distance. West Side Highway P6rtland-N6wberg Paved. Newberg-Dulidee Under con- ill"-"- , ' ' ' 1 ih.i mim ' VnUn w It t ftf It & a pleasant sight ito see irf al most every city of town; the hosts of mothers, with their children, enjoying., the Sedan., j. I I It Holds thle family group together in itself no small service to the nation. The gaaolfne consumption Is "unusually law Th tin 'mflMg is unusually high -.:- BONESTEELE MOTOR CO. Commercial and Ferry Sls Salem, Ore. .mi :&: - " i : f ;! '''''! :v::: -ff" ' ipas tj ; i good condition Dundee-St. Joe Graveled and in fair condition. St. Joe-McMinnville Taved. McMinnville-Amity Use old road which is graveled but rough; highway under construction. Amity-HoIomeK Gap Paved ex cept short graveled stretch near Hole in es Gap. Holmes Gap-Rlckreall Grav eled and in fair condition. Rickreall-Monmouth Paved. Monmouth - Corvallis Paved except 7 mles.just south of Mon mouth, which is good. Roosevelt Cst ItigliwHy Astoria-Warrenton- Paved enr tire j distance, part single track pavement. Warrenton - Columbia Beach Pavfcd. Columbia Beach - Gearhart Detour via the ocean beach, ex cept from 6.30 p. m. to 6:30 a.m., highway being under construction anad closed during the day. Gearhart-Seaside Single track pavement. Seaside-Cannon Beach Junc tion: ; Graveled and in good con dlton. Cannon' Beach'Junction-Hamlet Junction Narrow .single, track graveled road in fair condition. Hamlet Junctlon-Tillamook for travel, it is rough in spots j ctniction. detour over dirt road in and quite narrow and traffic is advised not to exceed lf miles per hour in order to avoid possi bility of collision, there not Tie in g room for cars to pass in sev eral places. Roseburg-Myrtle Creek: Un der construction but open at all hburs; some detours, where avail able. - Myrtle Creek-Canyonville: New grading under way; fair dolours via Riddle. Canyonville - Galesville: Good macadam. Galesville-Wolf Creek: Under construction at both Wolf Creek and Galesville; where detours are not available, traffic is allowed to pass at least every two hours. Wolf Creek-Graves Creek: All paved. Graves Creek-Grants Pass: Be ing macadamized; take old road at summit of Smith bill, which is in good jcondition when dry, but' slippery during rains; from foot of Smith hill to Grants Pass, main highway can be used except when work is in progress, at which time a short detour is pro vided. Grants Pass-Rock Point Arch: Paved. - Rock Point Arch-Gold Hill: Grading under way, take detour at Rock Point arch. Gold Htll-Medford: Paved. MedfofdWAshland: Paved. Ashland-California line: Paved except short stretch about siven miles south of Ashland, where short detour is necessary, and 14J mne stretcn on summit or Siskl-i yous; both in good condition at present time. Crater Lke Highway. The Crater Lake road is now open to within one mile of the lake, there still being from one to two feet of snow, and it is therefore necessary to waJk in the last mile to reach the lake: the Crater lake hotel opened on July 1; a sprinkling truck will bo used south of Prosnoct so that the road between Med ford and Prospect will be as good as. or better than last yenr. From Pros pect to the lake, the new grade, completed last year, is to be used. AshlancV-Klamath Falls high way: Green Springs mountain road becoming very rough and dusty; traffic is advised to take the Topsy grade route, which is about miles longer, but which is a much better road. Klamath Falls-Lakeview high way: Klamath Falls to Olene, newly macadamized; Olene-Dairy, being graded and macadamized. rough in places; Dairy to Lake- view, good; rocks are being re moved from the road through the Fremont National forest. Lakeview-Lapine Highway: Tho road via Fort Rock in good con dition all the way. L.akeview-Burns highway: Eith er the Iiake Abert or Plush roads can be traveled, both in good con- anion. Klamath Falls-Weed. Cal.. in good condition at present time. McKenzie River Highwav: Cars are now going through the pass. out the going is very rough, with some traces of snow remaining: road is now in good condiUirt trom Springfield to Blue River and fairly good to Belknap oprings; construction work bin der way from. Blue River to Mc Kenzie bridge; good from S'sters to Prineville; rough from Prirfp- me u trie lorest boundary; rocked to Summit; good to Mitchell. Mt. Hood Loon Highway: All paved from Portland to Gresham: graveled to Sandy; unimproved to the forest boundary. Corvallis-Newport Highway Good through Philomath to Wren traffic being routed over Gleattly hill to Hlodgett: under construe tion Hfodgett to Newport, bu road open at all hours and in fair condition. V illamette Valley - Florence Highway; Fair dirt road to Hor ton. via Hi?h Pass road, and rocked from there to Blachly Low Pass road closed due to con struction work. Columbia River Highway Astoria-Portland Paved, ex cept 1 mile through city of Rainier which is graveled but rough. The Comet Did Not Strike, But No, the Pons-Winncckc comoit did some wise heads thought it would. rot strike the earth as Still, a great many peo ple went insane on account of, this prediction. . f In jnany ways the imaginary hard times have had the same effect on the public. We must admit that fanners have been hit hard, but business men have been hit still harder in proportion to the capital invested. . ' ; j Worrying about fatalistic prophecies did not prevent the comet from striking us; nor will needless worrying about' imaginary hard times keep them away. The thimr for ui all to do is to cheer up "grin and bear" it." Everything will come out riglit in the end. We're still doing business at the old stand, f t Salerp Tire and Vulcanizing Co. 4 Salem, Oregon V: A 151 South Commercial ; 'c ? 't m ' f X - v T ,' ' ' Commencing AUGUST FIRST our Gas, Oil, Accessory, Ford and Fordson Parts, Tire , V and Auto Repair Departments will be operated on a - Jt. This decision has been brought about through no reflection upon the credit responsibility of our valued patrons but rather through the greatly increased volume of our credit busi ness and the impossibility under present conditions of financing that volume over the period which lapses between the time. , j We Purchase For Spot Gaofo (Drafts against Bills of Lading) and the average time of settlement of accounts by patrons WE WILL CONTINUE TO SELL, HOWEVER UPON REASONABLE TERMS OF PAYMENT WHEN SO DESIRED Valley Motor Phone 1995 260 N. High St. fr. i -U'