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SECOUD J1EYS SECriQU & Pages 1 to 4 Slogan Bases, General Hews end Clzzzllizd SEVENTY-SECOND YEAR SALEM. OREGON, THURSDAY-MORNING, MARCH 22, 1923. PRICE 5 C2NT3, ft 4 - V.",-' r r V i " i i V. i i i it - i THE BEST SfSTM OF PAVED ROADS OF M HGI COUHTY IS TO DE ASOUT FINISHED IN MARION IN 1923 It Is Also the Cheapest System of Market Roads Built in -the Whole United States and in the Building of the System the Entire Cost t)f the Five Plants and All the Road Machinery and Equipment Will Have Been Ab sorbedHanding All These Over to Future. Projects , of the Kind inThis County Without Money and With out Price. ' ;- - ,v J: v j . , m , ' Marlon county Is working on a market road program tnat was sanctioned by popular- vote, au thorizing bonds to be issued In he sum of JSSO.OOO. It is a five- year program, wuu iwo years more to run ftnla year ana next. The original program caled I for 0Q miles of paved market roads and 50 miles of graveled roads connecting with them Joining all the principal towns of Marion county together with highways that . can , be traveled every day in the year in comfort. Paving Work for Thl Year. The following is ' the program for the paving work of .thlsryear: Finish the Salem-Silverton road, about a third of a mile at the Pudding river, bridge.. ; Finish two bridges and paving in connection on the' -road from Mt. Angel to Wbodburri. Finish the road from Silverton to Pine Tree corner on the Mar quara road. ' fl , Continue paving from Silverton to Willard. - , .,' Pave some road ' between Mt. Angel and Bethany. ' . ' Continue paving on river road from Kaiser school house, towards Wheatland, " - ?- Continue paving from J3wegle school house to Pratum. - , Continue paving on ; the Geer road from the Wilson place to wards Geer . station. Pave road from Macleay ' to Shaw. .. .' - ' , Pave from Stayton towards ei s i : Com , ; InUy TTet Stayton. : Complete paving between Sub- and Stayton. Pave from Jefferson towards Green's bridge. . Pave from Looney school house on. the" .Pacific, highway ' towards ; Sidney. - , Y Pave from Gervais towards St. .nals. , " I Pave from Manning's corner on V4 the Pacific highway towards Park- ersville., " ; i : ,. ; f ' Pave from . Ilnbbard , towards Broadacres. Continue - paving from Aurora to Donald. ;. . ; ' Five Paving Plants. t;i There are five county paving plants located at different; points throughout the , county, ; as fol lows: . :':'-'.- V. -i Stayton, under the ''direction of I'. S. Lambert; . Salem, nnder the i direction of the Salem office. , ' Scollard near West Woodbnrn, nnder the,directIon of L. A.Van ; Cleave. . . t. Mt. Angel, ' directed by TV O, .Johnson. . ' . ' '. Jefferson; director not yet ap- i ' pointed. v , " 1 . : The paving' work planned for I ,t ). . . . I .', . -k Wear a this year will total 23 to 30 miles. It, will be the largest, year's work. The . three first years netted 64 miles of hard surfaced road, with a great deal i of graveling and of grading for future hard surfacing. Five Years Work in Four.. So, at the end of the season of work, now opening, the five year program will have been practical ly finlshed--five years work in four years, j 'The work of next jfear will be largely devoted to finishing up: closing up; joining the pieces that were seasoning nnder travel in order to make them safe to pave. The 64 miles paved in the first three years and the 25 to SO miles to be hard surfaced this year will make almost, 100 miles. Add .to this the 36 j miles of hard sur faced road on the Pacific highway in Marion county, running -north and south from Jefferson to Au roral and Marlon county will have the best paved road system in Oregon outside of - Multnomah county. To this must be added icjany miles iof paving in Salem and the othercities and towns; not far from 100 miles in Salem alone. j ; . . ' t After Xext Year, What? Then add several miles ' In the program for next ' year . the fifth year. There will be 9105.000 bonds' yet to: sell for next year's work. After: that, what? Well, there will still be some income. Marlon county gets an nually over JI50.000 for its share of the state automobile licenses. She gets $80,000 to $100,000 a year from the market road funds. Against this, there will be up keep and interest and payments on the serial ! bonds. ' "; ::' Bnt the five plants will . be all paid for; and all the, road ma chinery, and the shops in. Salem. All these costs will have been ab sorbed In the cost of buildlhg the first 100 miles and over of paved roads So "future roads in other sections will get part of the ben efit: from having the plants and machinery and equipment, already paid for. So it is not likely that there "will ever.be a year during which -some new paving on the Marion county, market roads will not bedone; even without the sale df 'any jmore bonds. It ,is likely, however, that the . extra work for two or three years after 1 92 4 will be; largely confined to grading in preparation for future hard surfacing; . leaving the new er roads especially a good deal of time to pack down- to season; In preparation for hard surfacing.; ' The county will, match all tba auto license I and , market . road money; all the state money,! as it has done in the, past. m-Y: --ifrrYYY' -YYi S -.V.".''-' " ' f -1 , i pip Spmt 3 HJ I T With Two , ED. GH ASmiN : CLOTHING GQ.' , ! 305 State; Street BATES - STREET SHIRT None Better !$250 to'. OSiGO M. M. Ilushey, bounty Judge; and J. T. Hunt and J. E. Smith, county commissioners, -are the men behind the program-, under whom W. J. Culver, county 'road master works. Program Cloiw?Iy Follou el. At the close of the road work for 1922, The Statesman con tained a long review, in which the following facts were set out: j It will interest every taxpayer to know that the original program has been lived up to. to the let ter. The roads are not all built, but the costs . for the year Just closed show that the county is living absolutely within its means and standing by its original cost estimates. It wag figured then that the roads would cost $15,000 a mile for grading and hard sur facing They have cost that.-: al most to the cent, the negligible difference being a saving instead of a higher cost. This is in the face of the fact that costs have materially increased since, the first estimates were made; they were far higher in 1920 and'l921, but even so. the average has fall en inside of the original estimate. That1 cost of $15,000 a mile for the quality of hard surfaced road built in Marlon county is believed to establish a newlow record in the United States. That is about the finest part of the whole story the. best ; roads built for the least money. . - . Pavement Total 04 Miles. The county now has 64 miles of payed market roads, on 21 of the 34 officially designated f market roads in the county; that cover 150 miles. Of this paved road ' mile age 24.05 miles was paved this year, from the four eounty owned plants at Salem, Stayton, Mt. Angel and Scollard. , ! This 24.05 miles of paving this year cost $9159 per . mile j for . the paving alone, exclusive of the cost of i grading and draining. Grading Is. always done the year before paying, to have the roadbed thor oughly settled" and drained before putlng on the hot stuff. The roadbed in given a heavy founda tion of rock or coarse gravel be fore the hot top dressing, the un patented "Topeka mix" formula of bitullthic concrete, is laid for a finish. This coating is four inches thick, but .tests tunning back for seven years in Marlon county show that the road stands un with the best roads laid un der any other formula or set of specifications. ; . : Sixteen-Foot Roadway Used. . All the 1 roadways are 16 feet wide. The county : started a- few years ago on a 14-foot basis, but found that It wasn't safe or prac ticable.' There are. Some excep tions to the 16-foot rule on steep hills where there is only -a' nine foot paved way, the Test? -being graveled and left t unpaved ; for horse traffic because horses can not keep their footing-on a steep, smooth pavement when : going : up hill. . " ' , -' l-t- No Marion county . roads are built by contract. The county purchased all the machinery and hires the men This is a rather unique partnership. More than 400 men have been ( em ployed by the county this summer. , Every man Is a resident, . and ; almost every one a property taxpayer In the county. The roads aye. .".our" roads. It is a. matter, of personal pride and personal profit to set as ; much good road , service for, every ..dollar.. Jistho -dollar .can he Pair Pants at i THE SHOPS OF THE IE HIGHWAY TJEPAItTMErn AREINSJUflVI I ' . The Equipment Department Shows a Profit Large 4 Enough to Soon Wipe Out: the Cost of the Entire Plant and the Machinery and Appliances It Will Be Necessary and in the Interest of Economy to Main tain the Shops Here All the Time in the Future. The equipment department Js the name under which the sup ply depot and repair shops of the Oregon state highway commission goes in this great organization for the construction, of state highways in. all sections ot Oregon. The force employed . in ' the equipment department during February was 54, and that- IS about the average size through- out the year. . In order to efficiently procure and furnish the equipment . and supplies needed by an organiza tion handling the amount of con struction that the state bighway department does each year, and to maintain the ever-increasing mile age of completed roads, it , is necessary to hav proper -shop fa cilities and force for its mechan ical care and maintenance, ade quate warehousing facilities for the ' storage and proper segrega tion of equipment and supplies and also a clerical force suffi cient to keep proper records. The Main Plant. ; The main plant for carrying on this - work is located at Salem on state-owned property just outside of. the cty limits across-the ex tension of State street south of the penitentiary buildings. . The plant is divided into the various shops, ; such as the - ma chine shop " proper, blacksmith Bhop, paint shop, curtain and top shop, etc., and the storage warp houses. All of these are handled as a' unit and employes are as signed from one to another as may be required for most efficient operation. The. machine shop proper is well equipped for -all made to produce. The result shows' In , the ' exceptionally . low cost and the superior quality of the work done. A man works tet ter for himself than for a foreign boss. : v - ' - - Four Plants Used. The county has about $75,000 invested. In lts,our paving, plants, about $100,000 in trueks and fully i $75,000 in.; other, roadnal hLnery two huge "caterpillara and giant graders and levels and other road machinery. All . the market roads are built ; directly by the county, from county funds, and this .machinery is used witn no charge. But there are many of the districts and incorporated cities and towns .that , have their own special road , taxes and road ouUding programs. t The county leases its. outfits -to these for a fair rental, so that a proper haL lance is maintained on the county funds. , The . county operated, on a rental basis of 15 cents a square yard for the paying laid, some ot Its paving, plants for, such special road construction. such as : the paving here .in Salem,, and IJie strip on the Pacific highway just north of Salem. , This rental fund amounts to several thousand dol lars a year, paid by the local ds-r trlcta, that use the county outfits for local.. "needs. -; t... Special Taxes. Voted'. : . Ijist year, special , taxeswere yoted in Individual road districts amounting - to about . $75 000. These taxes are submitted to the electors jfor, vcte at special elec tions held in the fall. If .they ap proirei the .election. result is cer tified to the county clerk, Who adds tthe special tax assessment pro rata to all the. property in the district,, and this goes to the nH sessor,, and tax collector for sot. tlement;.. This .fall .only $43,671 was voted, In special. taxes. .They will , not build as much commun ity road mileage next year as they 'dld.thls.,, -;-.,,'.;.;. irV-s The cost of grading and drain ing Marion county roads has run to about. $5.0.00 a.. mile. Some have cost less; some have cost a great deal m,ore. Good drain , age has , been , one of the '. points that toadmaster Culver . and , the county, court have .insisted upxa. They .want , foundations under the roads that .will last under the heaviest traffic ' . in the wettest weather. They have succeeded admirably in their general plan, and the roads have stood the gaff at all times." y 7 : Concrete l ot Used. Marion county lias laid no con crete, roads,, but has. stayed . ex clusively, by the "Topeka mix" bituminous concrete system. This system has several signal advan tages. , one. of 'which la its ease of patching, ; and another Is the short tfrne it requires to "Bet" ready for service, . A heavy, plain concrete roadbed : needs . four . weeks for. seasoning before , traffic , "can be allowed : on.. It- .Tbe'.bttuniinQus rnad Is . used - the day after 1 't is If Jd and the traffic is'not Jled up for - sickening long periods. ' The pdopjion. of .a system that calls for. n.' royalty was.;irnperatiye, from ihe point ; of TleV;6-tleVcojinty, officials.; sn'd they - have done . o business - wi.th'-.ny contractors GBiJ STATE fctnds of repairs on road machin ery and automotive equipment. The shop machinery consists of lathes, milling machines, grinders, a planer, a shaper, a complete welding; outfit, and all the neces sary small tools and instruments required in connection with me chanieal work;.-1 This equipment will handle all of the state's re quirements from the largest cast ings on caterpillar, tractors to the smallest i. parts on motorcycles. Considerable work is done . for state', Institutions and other state departments, and tor such work the same schedule of charges is .made as for the department's owj. work. E. -F. Halik is master mechanic in charge of the - me chanical division, his duties being to. superintend the work in the machine shop, the maintenance of buildings and grounds and the loading, unloading .and other handling of heavy equipment. "1 Grande Branch Plant. It has been found advisable and economical '. to operate a branch shop In eastern Oregon for the maintenance of the road machin ery, automobiles, trucks and trac tors .in service - in that district. This shop, which was formerly lo cated in Pendleton, was' moved to lA.Grande during the past year in orter to be more centrally located and in closer touch with th; La Grande division office of the de partment. A small stock of special repair .and replacement parts is carried at this branch shop, and a few trained mechanics are em ployed. . R. A. Farnam is fojeman Of the La Grande shop. ,- The large amount ot equipment that have patents to sell. t "r'r'r- Record of Year Shown. . During the past year the fol lowing market roads have beea served- for a hew mileage of 9.30 miles; from the Salem plant: The road to the ' feeble minded insti tute, the Hall's Ferry road, the Kosedale road, Macleay road, the Geer roadJ the Pratum road, the - jh,atiaBd. Voad and the Turner road The Salem plant . Is man aged from the court house office with Hedda Swart as deputy read master. ' The Mt. Angel plant laid, 5.8.3 miles of paving on the roaas ip Woodburn, to -Scotts MilLi.,' ,10 Marquam. to Willard, and . ber t ween Salem and Silverton. The plant is not as large as the one in; Salem. ', F. A.' Johnson, deputy roadmaster. is in charge of this plant. , ;:i From the Scoilard plant, which U in charge of L. A,, Van Cleave, deputy .roadma.pr. 5.20 miles of paying was laid during 1922, on the roads to St. Paul, to Mt. An gel, bet ween I J u bba rd . n d Needy, between Aurora, and' Donald, and at, Gerva is, to connect with the Paiiflc highway. ' J The Stayton; plant Is un der the command of , L. S. Lam bert, county roadmaster. It laid 3.7. miles of road between Anms- ville and Sublimity. - between Aumsville and Stayton, on the Mehama-tayton road, and at West Stayton. Bond are Matched. . In . paying for these-1 roads . the bond issue of, $850,000 was to be matched .by. an equal sum to be raised by direct taxation. The two market .roads ..are so spread Out. .oyer. the. county, that every community gets some direct, daily good froni the system. ' There has been nothing but, approval of tho plan since it has been put into op eration.: s , - -. . .There are many localities that w-in't : ra ore paved . roads. With more than 1200 mile? of roads In the county and only 64 mlloi psved besides the Pacific high way, they would be i inhuman If they didn't want more mlle-a-min-ute t ; thoroughfares pas! ; their doors. ' ' But to. get the mileage above that autborlted by the - original bond . issue, the county will have f iote more bonds or the local districts . will have to vote their cwn special taxes ; to cover the ec&t.'or they will have to wait un til the rest of the scheduled bond ro.-ti plan is "compjefed .with' the erd of the , , five-year program. I'J ' : ; Ilartoii fla Rerord. , Roads cost money lots, of money. ..Marion county. has made It ' rcaAtpioney go further than an. other county Injho , west, but there's an . awful distance : yet to pave j out . of th. -1 5.0 0 . rftUes reads In the conntv. ' it an aver age cost . of $13,00 0 a - n He f r rrading. drainage and .paving, that would make a .total cost of $ 1 ?,000.000 It It . were all paved. Jimmy Culver snd Judge Bnshty and Chairman ' Hunt and Commis sioner Smith would - doubt Jes , un-ifertake- to do it, .If ,.tho. nojle wanted, it, at the same worldboa:-, in ratel hut, still. It ; bl Job and figures are" figures. '.. received from the "federal govern- uicui ruuuer jib yuiic ut aiiui.iiiB to the states all surplus war ma terials and equipment that were suitable for road improvement purposes, has had much to do with the Increse, since the close of the war, in the size and activity of the equipment department. An endless variety of things has been received, the most 'Important: of which are trucks and tractors. A total pf 18 5 trucks were received during the years 1921 and 1922. of which 123 were turned over to the counties at the cost of freight from government storage plants', plus a handling charge and such costs as are necessary to recon dition and remodel them for road building purposes. Also, 20 five ton tractors were received, these being pieces of equipment , which have a variety ' of uses : in road work. A large amount of truck parts, small tools and miscel laneous equipment and machinery were also received.' chief among which are a road roller, two con crete mixers, 25 pumping units, three aircompressbrs, etc. In addition to the performing of remodeling and repair work, the shops also manufacture some special road maintenance equip ment. 'Chief ,of which Is a special heavy road drag. This drag has been designed and developed by the department., and it has been pronounced by ' prominent road builders to be a; most efficient piece of road equipment;: evidence of the ' : sincerity ; of these pro nouncements Is indicated by the faot that several, states are now manufacturing similar drags; for their own : use." These drags are made from- structural shapes, standard grader blades and special cast shoes and scarifer teeth, and they cost, complete, approximate ly $275 each. During 1921 and 1922 the store keeper at the Salem plant handled supplies , and.-, equipment costing this department $515,167.26, and had on hand at a recent date sup plies tht.t had a commercial .value of approximately $256,060 and equipment which had a commer cial value of approximately $503, 325, the , total; commercial . value for the two items being $759,325. On November 30, 1922, there were in use on maintenance . work, 119 trucks, 45 graders, 9 tractors, . 7 snow plows, and -.13 heavy roa.d drags. S. , B. Gillette Is . store keeper. -. . ' 4! To take care , of the details .of accounting, H cost-keeping, : etc,:, a snall clerical force . is maintained in connection with the equipment department.' .Complete records are kept or all ifeauipment and fit all ejhop and 1; warehouse operations. a: Hina is chief clerk. ,.f.;;4j:lI:flo.y.Pro'it. - ;;: -; . Considering r the operation j of the equipment department oyer the entire periojl during which the state -has owned " and operated equipment,:, it is found that, the total . net cost of f equipment, stock and plant at the end of r the 1919-20 biennium was $380,318,15 During the lS2I-22 biennium : the equrpmenf depart ment was not only self-supporting, but it netted ; a profit of $102, 954.46. Applying this' profit to rxiuce the amount of the . total prior met; cost leaves a balance of $277,563.69, which represents the net cost of all equipment,' stock and .plant, as of November 30, 1922.N ODnosite this net cost of THE GML OFFICES OF THE STATE - HIGHWAY DEPABTMETJT ARE 1T1 SflEM There Are About Fifty Employes How, and There Will Al ways Have to Be a Force Nearly as Large as That, and at Times Larger, to Say Nothing of Many Sea sonal Employes and Contractors Reporting Here. There are about fifty employes in the ofties of the Oregon state highway commission In . the cap! tol at Salem. The work of the several de partments is centralized utder what is called the general office In such manner as to insure prop er coordination and to avoid any duplication of effort. The. secretary of the commission keeps all records, contracts." etc. His office is the central office of the commission. R. A. Booth of Eugene, . J. B. Yeon of Portland and -WV B. Barratt . of Heppner are the present . members of the commission. Mr. Booth is . chair man. Herbert Nunn is state high way engineer. Roy A. Klein is secretary of the commission The division offices keep in con tact with' the resident engineers. Two division headquarters are maintained in Salem in connec tion with the xeneral offices. Other : division offices .ire at la Grande, The Dalles, Med ford and Alamb field. - 'r ' " .: The auditing department is. of course, at Salem. I. N. Myers if the bookkeeper, and a deputy auditor from the office of the -jec retary of state has a desk in the highway offices, - in order 40 ex pedite the payment of highway claim si ; In the last biennium 31, 377 i revolving fund checks .' tr ere $277,363.69 there , are equipment and . materials . on', hand . having an inventoried value ofi $759, 325.00. ... ".;'. The equipment department was in charge of C. 1 Grutse until April 1, 1922 when he was trans ferred to other wiark. Since that time the department has been in charge of Iewis P. Campbell, as sistant . engineer. The - total number . of : trucks owned by jLhe state highway de partment is 260; of automobiles, mostly Fords, 93; of motorcycles, 1.8. The- department owns, one railroad paying, . plant . and . one portable paving plant, 7 snow plows, 31 dumping units, 35 grad ers, 98: transits. 6 & levels jind other necessary machinery . and equipment, too numerous to men tion. ..";;: . They . haye a testing department in charge of ICenneth . S-. Hall, testing engineer. The laboratory work, is carried on under the im mediate .supervision of N. M. Flnk biner, assistant testing ..engineer. An Asset to 8alem. V All this is an asset to Salem. The shops will always be here; the main plant. The main office forces will always be here. Salem will always be the central point for the coming and going of out aide forces, contractors, etc. The hand is to the plow; there wilt be no turning back. , .There will al ways be ; paved roads , and , new paved roads; more. and more of them, and they will grow -better as road building becomes' more of an exact science. - A. OdtKeff Go. .. a5 247 North Commercial Street REMOVAL SALE We WiU Move About April let to 125 North High St. (Masome Temple) ..... - We offer oar $10,000.00 stock, clothing, shoes, hats, famishing at 10 per cent to 25 per cent off the regular retail prices. None reserved. Here you will find Sincerity : Clothes, . ' Kinshzry Hats, u Johnny Rtade" Caps, Brockton Co-cp0rci':: czJ7eyenfJ. berg Shoes, Cheney Ties,- Cheney Sox Hrfow Shirts, lie Shirts, Sweeten and Black Bear .'Vmon Hade" PcrAs and work clothing. . Isiued from that department, amounting to. $2,527,061.22. In the same. period 18,18s vouchers were issned. -amounting to '22, 821,205.07. Walter S. Wright U one of . the . chief assistants in tbs auditing department. C. R. Lytia was at the .head of this depart ment till the date of his ilpath, October 1,. 1921. Carl F. SmltH is now auditor. 3. M. Devers, assistant attorney general., is at the head of the legal department. The- office engineering depart ment is in charge of S- H. Probert, with J. W. DeSoujtai chief aswiat ant and E. A. Skelley chief drafts man. . The bridge department Is In: charge of C. B. McCullough, as sisted , by. Merle Rosecrans.. assist ant bridge engineer, and O. S, Paxsbn, chief field assistant.'' Will Bo Permaneut ' -These offices will be permanent. ' They will have to be maintained always, and the headquarters will have to. be at the . state capitab There will always be . the state highways to be maintained and repaired, and there will likely never come a time when there will not be some new work undertak en. There, will be a "peak loftd" at some date in the future, whet the new work may not be. exten sive. But that time will pass. and. there, will then be a demand for still , more paving of state high ways. And it may transpire that the reissuance of the serial bonds and the increasing income from automobile licenses and gasoline sales taxes r may keep the program In full swing even in the time ol the passing of what has been looked for as the Mpek load" period in the. payment of serial bonds and Interest. , In the above statement, concern Ing the permanent employes of tt 3 state highway department, no ac count is taken of several hundred, seasonal employes and contractors reporting here during the season of active road building. Roentgen, the man who dlscov ered the X-ray, Is dead. Ha was the first German - ablj to sea through us. CANNOT EXIST t tli kimia hoir if yo wU eta Trunk's Prescription ; in fM. It Is - Shm t ssfftr with inflammstorr. mas enUr, seistie r nr form f rhitrattim. Trunk's Presnrlptlon POKS NOT denress tbs heart, it DOES NOT rata ths tom scb. Et mil the meat sad rood fnol fan wiah. It doas not eontain any harmol drsc or asrewtle but positively rr rotnes rnmmstira snd rout. WHAT V0RE DO YO WAKT! Thers is roth Ut batter. It is sis sxi-ellent Lirer Madictna and the trresteat Vrif. Acid anl eeat kaowa. Trunk's Jrrriplion at-Ila for $1.75 or IJor only $5.00 at lrry' DmK Store, the Resell druit. Sulem, I M 1