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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (May 25, 1924)
Part Three Pages 1 to G SEVENTY-FOURTH YEAR SALEM, OREGON SUNDAY MORNING, MAY 25, 1924 price five czirr: For' the Pleasure Sillier aedl the. ROADS RESORTS Where and How to Go EOAD3 RESOim Whcra end II0T7 to Qo 'MJ II 3tN : , . . ... ... r j ' t"'i amp' Jf """"" A I J:"''! lpil,'il11 mt"'-'-' ' Paved qsl -ii OS Wc V the T Oregon's many scenic wonders hare made the development of highways ot greatest Importance to una state, tor only by having adequate pared roads can It hope to show the natural beauties to the largest possible number ot tour ists. , The - impressions carried away by automobile tourists from all oyer the country can glre the state much favorable advertising If - these ; impressions have to do with even, we It-kept paved "high ways ' winding- through beautiful valleys and picturesque mountain. Realizing this, the state high way department has for several years been endeavoring to Improve its highways to the fullest extent, substituting pavement for the old er dirt or gravel roads and reduc ing grades through the mountains. This has been especially true since 1915, when jnany tourists came to the ' coast ,ior: the expositions. Many old roads have been resur faced,' ,and - on virtually all; new work and certain old roads which Vest Clia Highway near Newberff, Oregon are now Inadequate for the greatly increased traffic, highway author ities have selected concrete as , the most enduring surface to meet present demands. Large stretches of the Pacific highway, which fol lows the scenic route down, the western valleys of the state, have been paved with concrete In the last three years. This policy is in line with - that which has been adopted by most of the state high way departments of the country in recent years. Since concrete ' was first used for highways, fifteen years ago, more than 25,000 miles of concrete highway have been built. More than half of this has been built during the- last three years. ; ; ; , . One of the features of Oregon's highways which particularly im presses the traveler is the extens ive system of concrete bridges alone the Columbia highway, with- out doubt one of the most pictur esque highways in the worlds High concrete arches span deep canyons i . . ' v . " - i t Pacific Highway near Canby, Oregon down which foaming streams dash their way to the mighty Columbia. From several of these, without leaving the road, the motorist may view the tall cataracts that tumble down the face of the reck . n - . i 1 4 ' i 11 Pacific Highway North of Aurora In white ribbons of spray Mult nomah Falls, Horse Tail Falls and many others, hundreds of feet in height. ' In many of' the agricultural re gions, of the state, where paved roads hare been necessary to en able the farmers to get their pro duce to market speedily and eco nomically but where they have been unable to bear the hufden f building a full-width concrete road all at once, single tract i concrete highways have been laid. Tit ? adequately care for the trafri: c the present and at the sane t!r 2 provide for the eventual construc tion of a full-width concrete li: way. Clackamas county i3 rat able for such highways. ; At the end of 1923 Oregon ta3 the equivalent of approxlrr-rvi;! 438 miles of concrete. 'hi;-- 7 eighteen feet wide. Of this, ato ;t thirty-six miles was built in 1923. Astoria, Seaside Highway OliKO 015 cDi;:s DUTY Six Cars at Various Branch es Cover 21,000 f.!i!ss , ,,J; -Each Where aro the stars of yester day?' ' In life's changing swirl; these who bask in the limelight for a while pass on to make way for others, just as that lovable old Jxorse'that in youth ' we sympa thized with almost as a ? human, Black Beauty, passed from the high estate .of drawing an aristo cratic carriage ; to the rather ig noble task ot pulling a dilapidated delivery wagon. " ' 1 It was scarce eight months ago that - the first six 1924 Oakland cars off the line : were . dispatched from the-: factories ' at Pontlac, MiebJ, to the distant corners 6fj tne country to prove me souaness of the many, new Oakland; fea- ures. . ' ., In t other words, . Oakland de sired to show the public how the cars would perform after a year's servlce-o-and - to gtve that year's service in terms of mile in', a e-ace of time less than six weeks. , Eeport ; fjort thesja; sixewst which 'are doing duty at various branches and dealers of the com pany state that erery one has cot ered more than 21,000 miles, or a total of approximately 123,000 mlles Basing estimates on the 5000 yearly mileage of the ordi nary; car in the hands of a user, each of these six cars has had ap proximately? four years of service and of the hardest kind due to the abuse given ' them In demon stratlag the four-wheel brakes, ao celeraUon and1 speed , over all kinds of road. ; ": Only minor repalru have had to be made on the cars. ' The report on the sixth car, which finished In Boston, but Is now 'being used 'by the New York branch, is typical of all the re ports in the ' statesment that "it was tightened1 and' checked over af tef its arrival and ' is In better cenditicin today mechanically than when It left the factory." ' This ear, like all the resj,' has run ip - 21,000miles, -Tfhich"! is equal, the report states, to 100, 000 miles Of ordinary driving be pftiiRn of thA severe conditions to wnlch ft haTteen-' suTneTJteorin various tests. NEW ZEALAND IIOSPE RS By ICafl) WELLINGTON, N..Z., April 22. New Zealand has Just completed the most successful trade year in the history of the country. Im ports and . exports amount to $480,000,000, being an increase of $67,500,000over the previous year, t;- ; ; " . : ; ' -"v-! : - Sixty per -cent ot the cars bought last year were purchased on time. - - cm. We are prepared to repaint your car with our Duco -Permanent Finish, only five days required to remove all the old paint and refinish with a first-class job. - . t , . - Nothing seems to injure this new finish. Let us show you some of our finished jobs. Remember That It Takes Only Five Days for the Best Job i High St. at Trade Salem, Oregon! GIVE ASSESTMCE National Organlzatiori in Po- sition Brine Problems to . . AiisRtion bfTThose in Wprkl Investigation of automobile ac cident and fatality causes took an important turn this week- as the result of a request made to all car owners throughout the country by the AmericanAutomobile Associa tion following conferences on the subject' ot ' aafer motoring with representatives of the numerous national organizations now study ing the situation. f : It is the opinion of AAA offi cials that present concentration of thought upon the subject ot acci dent prevention by representa tives of such national bodies will do much to cut the swelling acci dent list but that real progress can be had only through the willing ness of each individual car owner and driver to consider the subject as one ot personal interest. , Fearing that the car owner may take a notion to "let George do it," President Thos. P. Henry of the AAA advises all affiliated auto clubs throughout the coun try to urge upon their members the need for close attention to the accident prevention study now be ing made at conference of nation al bodies. Nothlnsr would be more disas trous to this comprehensive plan of safeguarding . motoring Amer ica, it is declared, than to have car owners themselves imagine that the national organization j ean solve the problem without the as sistance of the automobile driver. It is pointed out that while the national organizations are In a position to - bring the motorist's safety problems to the attention of hose who will be able to aid di rectly In the work of eliminating accident causes. - the motorist s part In the matter is still of pri mary importance. , h :! automobile among four wheels in stead of two," says A. Q. Zelleri of Detroit. :" . ' . ''v ' "Most people think ot brakes as mechanical devices attached to the wheels to stop the car. This, of course, is not the case. The brakes are mechanical devices ' attached to axles and wheels or other parts of the machinery of the car, to prevent the wheels from turning; it there la then sufficient friction between" the tire and the ground, that friction will stop the car. . "Many .brakes have a total of more tnan 150 square nches of braking surface at the drums. All of this retarding efrort is concen trated against fifteen or twenty square inches of tire, at the point where ' the tire comes in contact with the ground. With brakes on four wheels Instead of two we smiply double this" area - of con tact, and naturally must add to the effectiveness of the braking power." v I ABOUT BRAKES ' I i "Four wheel brakes tend to dis tribute the-strain of stopping the ROAD CONDITIONS as to as As Given Out by Oregon State . Motor Association CorvaUis to Xewport and Wald- port Macadamized to Newport. Good and solid but rough in places. Newport south open far as Waldport and passable within four miles of Heceta. McKenzie Pass open as far McKenzie Bridge. Construction on the pass will make It necessary to keep it closed for some time. Hose burg to Coos Kay Points Macadamized from Dillard to Co qullle and paved to Marshfield and North Bend. Marshfield South on Roosevelt Highway Coquille to.Bandon or Marshfield to Bandon, open and passable only after rains. Bandon to Arizona In good macadam. Bal ance of road to Brookings Is moun tain road which is rough and hilly but passable. Slippery after rains. Brookings to Crescent City; good gravel road. . - , Grants Pass to Crescent City Open and passable. The road is fair with the exception of the sec tion over Oregon Mountain, where it is rough with many steep grades and some one-way road. Time re quired to drive ' from Grants Pass to Crescent City,, 96 miles. Is 8 hours..- Road to Oregon Caves open- , - "But screw your courage to the sticking point McBethr. 1 Why I "Wrote THE TIDE ' COSIES IX" By CLEMENT" WOOD That was: exactly the reason. If the tide had stayed out. and left our bungalow on the Sonnd sand high and sand-dry, I could hare summered In peace of mind. But it eame fnA-dkeptonUngr"4tB "endless oily well of rolling won der." , until whltecaps and whim pered below my bed. Then the opening poem and the closing "The Tide Goes Out" were writ ten; the Eagle Sonnets were shap ed to the vast pounding rhythm of the ocean's unseen heart.' My earlier volumes, "Glad of Earth,? "The Earth Turns South." and the epic sweep of "Jehovah" had been the timorous out-voyage; and now the return had commenced. A poet does not' choose to write poetry, any more "than the ocean chooses the alternate flow' and ebb of its tides.' ' The tide of poet ry possessed me; and this book is what It brought to land. " . .-. -r - W. R. AND J. H. McALVIN General Auto .. Top and Upholstering Work Glass Enclosures a Specialty 543 N. Church St., Salem, Ore. BEFORE THAT TRIP Let Us Inspect Your Car VALVES -BATTERY --STARTER HQMER i T ARPLE Y R. D. 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