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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 17, 1924)
THE OREGON STATESMAN. SALEM, OREGON SUNDAY MORNING, AUGUST; 17, 1924 i 4 V r V.' ) i V I V , . -i V 4 i Constantly Improved but No Yearly Models Dodge Brothers Motor Ears BONESTEELE MOTOR COMPANY 474 S. Commercial PHONE 423 STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT REPORTS f Continued from page two) : Tualatin Valley Highway . Portland, Hillsboro, t o r e s t G rove, Carlton, McMinnville: Paved. : ' : . -Mt. Hood Loop Highway in Hood Itiver County , Macadam road in good condi tion from city of Hood River to a point 33 miles south. This entire section is open to traffic. Closed beyond Horse Thief Meadows on account of construction. . j. Mt. Hood Ixop Highway in ; . Clackamas County Portland-Government, camp (via Powell. Valley road):. Paved to Gresbam. Balance .good maca dam. Closed beyond AgoTernment camp on couiit, of construction, Tepa9jBS-ritfur: Part paved1;' balance good macadam. " - Dufur-Cow canyon : Sough in places.V1. Construction.. under way. Cow .canyon-Gateway - Madras-Redmond-Bend: Good macadam except six miles dirt road at Trail crossing of Crooked river. Bend-Lapine: 17 miles cinder surfaced; . balance fair earth road, Lapine-six toiles north of Sand creek: Unimproved dirt ' road In passable condition. Six miles north of Sand creek Port Klamath - Klamafh (Talls-Merrill-California state line: Ma cadamized and In good condition. Oregon-Washington Highway Pendleton - Washington 6tate line: Paved- .; Pendleton Pilot Rock -jVinson-Heppner-Heppner Junction:- ..Ma cadamized except between Vinson and Jones Hill where going is very rough. -i j . i ; : ?y --f'' ' V Ashlnnd-Klamath F&11 Highway Junction Pacific highway-Kla-math falls: . Macadamized and In good condition, j 1 , Klamath Falls-Lakeview Highway Klamath Falls-Olene: Macada mized.- Drive carefully over loose gravel, Oiene-Bonanza: "Turn right over bridge at. Olene and. follow surfaced county road. ' ' Mj, Bonanza-Drews Valley: Moun tain road In' fair condition. j: Drews Valley section: Good going; being macadamized trucks operating. - : -'!' Drew's Valley-Lakeview: Earth road in fair condition. ; : ft Ilcnd-Lakeview Highway ; Bend-Silver Lake: ; Best road via Horee Ride and Fort. Rock cut-off. Road open to automo biles only, ' Trucks must go by way of Lapine and ForL Rock. Silver Lake-Paisley: Dirt road in fair condition. Paisley!- Lakeview: 4 5 miles macadamized and' in good condi tion. L . : Central Oregon Highway ' Bend-Burns: First 12 miles macadam j Balance fair dirt road open to- traveL ; ... Burns-Crane: Macadamized 4 Burns-Vale (via Crane and Skull Springs "or via Westfall and Drewsey) ; Both roads open to traffic Sut are unimp.bved ,and very rough. , f Burns - Canyon City: -County road now open. ; f Slicrinaii Highway Biggs-Wasco-Moro-Grass Valley- Kent-Wasco county line: Maca damized and in good condition. , Wasco county line-Shaniko-Cow Canyon: j Nine miles good maca dam, balance earth road in fair condition. Surfacing work under way.-': . .. j,'. ;; i '.- Cow Canyon - Madras-Redmond-Bend: Good macadam except six miles dirt road at Trail crossing of Crooked river. 1 John Day Highway Arlington-Base line: Oood ma cadam. Ba.se line-Gwendolen: Under construction. Very.roitgh. - Gwendolen - Condon - Fossil n Spray - Dayville - Mt. Vernon-John Day-Prairie City-Summit: Maca damized and in good condition, j Summit-Auslin-Unity: v M o u a tain road in fair condition. Unity-Ironside-Cow Valley: Fair eounty earth road. Cow Valley - Brogan - Jamieson Vale-Ontario: Macadam in good condition, Ochoco Highway- Redmond - Prineville-Mitchell: Macadamized and in good condi tion. Mitchell-Antone-Dayville: Dirt road. Impassable after rains Medford-Crater Lake Highway ' Medford-McLeod bridge: Maca damized and in good condition. McLeod bridge-Cascade gorge Surfacing operations under way, Road In cood condition. Cascade gorge-six miles east of Union creek: Macadamized ancj In good condition. s Six miles east of Union creek Anna Spring-Crater Lake lodge: Dirt road in fair condition. Crat er Lake lodge Is now open. i .t Wliat is in Uirider toe I Hood of auri . a i - ii m AummobM e WE ALL know that there is a motor, but very few of the buy . ing pubic of today stop to consider the merits and demerits of its construction, which should be of vital importance, for the reason that your operation expense is based upon repair bills, re 1 pairs are always expensive, where in the motors of autos need constant attention such as burnt off valves, carbon knocks M tightening of bearings, and replacing same from being burnt out, lor pounded out, by the terrific force of the explosion of the piston head.. f, We wish to call your attention to the construction of the Gardner motor, , We have, bronze bearings through the motor. jSixty-five square inches of bearing surface, and not a shim used lin the motor. We, of course, wish to ; emphasize this as well as the long stroke, the 3 1 1-1 6 Lyiiite-B. split skirt piston, 1 2-inch connecting rod, .1 piston pin, 2jg crankshaft, full force feed lub Oricatiori; iivermain crank shafts bearings, all the above units you will find in some of the niuch higher-priced rs, and our conten itiohs are that if 'tKejr are of such' great;, importance, in -the higher , priced cars they are surely of. greater value in cars of, a lesser -price. : I ; ;-; '. : i-,;1 v -, .;. ' S ; ; U ; " '- H -'' "' " '.: f : : - '' I Our tranmission gears, ring gear and pinion are made from nickel steel. This you will also find in cars of, a higher price, in comfort in riding, beauty in color and design, we have always been able to please the public. We are always open for com parison, of units, parts for parts, j operation expense, and with pleasure we refer you to Gardner owners. (Users know) . ; r. V Nordenison Motor Go Distributors 18S SOUTH HIGH STREET . . . 4 . Salem, Oregon ; Gardner Cars? Marion, Polk, Benton & Lincoln Co. Phone for Demonstration, 1828 'N Klainath-Crater . Lake. JUfiJiYYay Klamath Falls - Lamm's Mlll- For Klamath - Park boundary: Macadamized and in fair "condi tion. . ;i Ln Crande-Wallowa Iako Highway Hoad to Wallowa Iake La Grande-IslandiCity: Paved. Island " City - Elgin-Minam-Wal- lowa-Lostine - Enterprise - Joseph- Wallowk Lake: . Macadamized and In good condition. f Baker-Cornucopia Highway Baker-Halfway: .119 miles ma cadam; 21 miles graded roadbed. Balance! fair county" Toad. Redwood lllghway Road to.Owgqn Caves Grants Pass-Kerbv-Waldo: Fair graveled; road. Waldo-Crescent City: Fair mountain road. Rough but pass able over Oregon mountain. Kerby-Oregon Cayes: Part ma cadamized; balance dirt road In good condition and open to traffic. McKenzie Highway Eugene-Belknap Springs: Ma cadamized and in goad condition. Belknap Springs-McKenzie Pass- Sisters-CHne Falls-tledmond: : Ma cadamized and in good condition except for .a short section across the . lava beds which . is .a .little rough. I Traffic is;--warned to be cautious in passing through ctwi st ruction work. i-in. . ,3 UUe ntie-Bend .High way. ...L Junction of The Dalles-California highway-Desciiutes rlver-Tu-malo-Sisters: 'vGood macadam. Alstu Highway Ccrvallis - Philomath - Alsea: Roaii open and passable. Alsea mountain section under construc tion which may necessitate closing road' at intervals during summer mon ths. Make local inquiry as to conditions. v , ' : .... A ) Alisea - Tidewater - Waldport: Construction operations u n d e'r way. Through traffic must de tour south at Alsea and, go via Fire Rivers and Lobster Creek. Detour is unimproved mountain toad! passable except after rains. MAIL CARUlKirS DANGER; There. Is no class of employees of the government that faces more actual perils of life and limb and are subject to more vicissitudes of the elements in their daily rou tine than some of the men who carry the mails over smoe of the mor difficulj of the star routes. These men are not paid salaries but Work under contract, awarded under the law as a result of com petitive bidding. It might be said that they differ from al! other government employees in that they! fix their own salaries.: : UNCLE SAM HAS WORLD'S LARGEST NAVALT 'GUN THXTftUHGT SHELL WEIGHING MORE THAN TON 2fc MILES '1 ! 24 :;.::!.:"' : : 5ft ; 4. j--.-.;: m w jfc., !..:. i 5 'v .r.-i:;:. m mmi .t:t.,;r,ri-. - '"S3 - 4? pf"--'' Mr 11 . C-.-.-jXtr - . lUl n?l.I: This photograph , taken at Boston, shows the largest naval gtzn in the world loaded on a lighter and ready for shipment to the Hog -a. . Island Yards. The giant gun is 58 feet long., weighs 163 tons and throws a missile ' weighing 2.340 pounds a distance of IJ,mlle. A crew of 50 man j required to handle It. " H ' .The carrier who supplies mail on the Newport-Otter; Rock route in Oregon, immediately on the Pa cific coast, is up against many difficulties and hardships, and mapy times takes his life in hij hand in order that the patrons on and packages. The., carrier !, is compelled to, . travel" down ;tbe beach at low tide.- If for some reason the incoming tide catches him before completing his trip he must either abandon his team and the malls and climb the rocks or GERMAX GLIDER, CONTEST FRANKFORT, Germany, Aug. 1 More than 70 entries have been; made for the German glider -con.- , test beginning Aug. 30- the route may receive their lettersbe dashed to pieces against them. R e QCl the CldSSified Ad Si TO ' Anne ilk dm M ti , 1' M)i J VH' . '.It. . -K- II HO. utirw "IB". I ti j k . iii it I i"f t urrji , , ix I ,s! ! tis m i $rtfti W O KT.H'V OF 1 ITS ft ki n k 4 it i ill r Ji r bMi .rj. , '.Mm i ? f rtifi 'MF a$wM. 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