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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (July 12, 1925)
1 i i THE OREGON STATESMAN. SALEM, OREGON SUNDAY MORNING. JULY. 12. 1025 5 . Oregon State Highway Commitsion Wwkly Import on Condition of Oregon State Highways : . July 8. i9ta -.. ' ' I'at-irte Iliichwar . Lapine. 6 miles north of Sand Portland, Oregon City,Salem, AI- Creek: t'nlmproTed dirt road, bany, IIarrinburj?. Junction City. Rough. I .' iigeiie, cottage Grove. Koseburg, Six miles north of Sand Creek, Grants Pass, Medford. California , Klamath Falls, Merrill, California Stai Line: Paed en'tire,. dis-j State Line: Macadam. , tance except between llarrlsburg . Orejcon, Washington Highway ijnnd: Junction . City where paving Pendleton,! Washington State operations are under way., Koad Line: Paved. I ; WALTER P. CHRYSLER'S. I TRAFFIC ; loaed to all traffic. i Southbound traffic' detour at Harrisburg via Coburg to Kugene.; Best route Albany to Junction City via Cor valiift and .monroe; all paved. Went Side Pttclfk HiKhway . Portland, --. Newbrg, Dayton Junction: Paved. Uon, McMlnriville: tions under way. Traffic for Mc Minnville and beyond take county oml itiln flnvtAn ' r I 1 la nil 'bV&H VfoMlnnvrile, Monmouth, Corval Junction CHy, 'Eugene: Paved. 1 On-iron Trail least or xne ; . . Dalles Ontario, Huntington, Baker, j rnion". La Grinde, Pendleton, j l matilla, Arlington, The Dalles; Macadani!zed entire- distance and . tn good condition, j Old Oregon Trail West of The iimiich oiumDia Kiver Highway j The Dalles, Hood River, Port land, Rainier, Astoria. Seaside: Paved entire distance. ' 'J ItooMevelM'onHt Highway Clatsop ami Tillamook Counties . Astoria, Seaside:! Paved. Seaside, Cannon. jltetreh Junc tion: Macadam,, X Cannon Beach Junrtion, Hamlet Junction: Road under construc tion: passable but rough and sub-; Ject to short delays. . , ' Hamlet Junction, Mohler: Good macadam. " , - Mohler, Miami: Highway route not open beyond Brighton. -Take county road. vla Toiey Creek; graveled and in fair condition. Miami, Tillamook, Hebo, Nes- kowln. Devils Lake:; Part paved; 'balance macadam, j KooMcvelt Coast Highway Coos ami Curry Counth Hauser, North Bend: Macada Ferry across, bay. ; North Rend, JMarshfield, Co llie: Payed. - iToqume, Hanaon, rort uriora; 1 Arizona inn macadam f Arizona Inn, Gold Beach, Brook 1 fngs: . Mountain rqStd In fair con l ditlon. "' i.' f . k Brookings, California State Line Crescent City:! Graveled road. Coo Ilay-ltotteburg Highway Pacific HiKhway, Camas Valley Myrtle Point, Coquille: Macadam. AVlrlainettc Valley-Florence Highs way Junction City. , Cheshire Gold 'son, Ttlachly, Rain rock: Maca dam. Open to Florence via Ma pleton or North 'Fork doute. Dirt read. ; i 'orvallis, ewort Highway Corvallisj philomath. Wren, Eddy vine, : Toledo, Newpora; . Maca dam. . ' " ; ! McMinnville,r Tillamook Highway McMinnville, Sheridan: Paved. Sheridan, Wiilamina, Grand J rionde Hebo, Tillamook: Part in Dirt rbad 45 miles J .r. rV fa 1 I . Mt. II Portia n p'arkdale. Tualatin Valley Highway Portland, . , Hillsboro. Forest Grove. Car-lton, ! McMinnville: I'aved. . Hood Ioops Highway nd. Government Camp, Hood River: Paved to tGresham; balance good macadam. (lload open entire distance, aeound 'Loop. ' :- . ,i ,' The Dalles, California Highway NOTE: Through traffic advised to take Sherman Highway. ' The Dalles, Dufilr, Mauptn Good macadam. . j j Maupin, Cow Canjjon: Surfac ing under way but: passable. Cow Canyon' Gateway; Madras, Redmond. Bend: Macadam Pendleton, Pilot Rock, Vinson, Ileppner, Heppner Junction: Ma cadamized except between Vinson and Lena which is unimproved but passable. ! I Ashland, Klamath Falls High way Junction i"kcific Highway, Kla- D&yton June- math Falls: Macadam. Paving opera- Klamath KaUm, Ixkevlew Highway Klamath Falls, Bonanza: Ma cadam. . - ' : Bonanza, Drews Valley Section : Unimproved road- Rough gMng In places. Drews Valley, " Lake view: ; g miles macadam; balance dirt road in fair Condition. BeiHl, Lakevlew Highway Eend, Silver Lake: Road fair condition. . X - Silver Lake, PatSley: in fair condition. Paisley, Lakeview; macadam. ' . .. Central Oregon Highway ; Biggs, Wasco. Moro, Grass Val ley, Kent, Shaniko. Madras. Red mond, Bend: Macadam. j John Day Highway -'Arlington, Condon: Macadam. : Condon, 6 miles! south: "Under construction but - passable at all times. , ' ' j " , j Sjx miles south of Condon; Fos sil, ( Spray, Dayville, Mt. Vernon, John Day, Prairie Cy, Summit:" Macadam and in good condition. Summit, 'Austin, Unity: Open and. -passable but rough. - B i '-f Cow Valley, Brogan. Jamieabn, Vale, .Ontario: Macadam. r. i 0-hoco Highway t Redmond, Prineville. Mitchell: Macadamized and in. good condi tion. Mitchell, An tone, Dayville: Dirt road. Impassable after, rains. Crater Lake Highway Road to Crater Lake Medford, Trail, Prospect, Crater Lake, .Fort Klamath: Macadam; open for travel throughout. Cra ter Lake Lodge now open. La Grande, Wallowa Lake High " wayRoad toVallowa Lake La Grande, Island City: Paved. Island City, Elgin, Minam, Wal lowa, Lostine, Enterprise, Joseph Wallowa Lake: Macadamized and in good condition. Baker, Cornucopia Highway Baker, Halfway: 19 miles ma cadam; 21 miles gradedroadled. Balance fair county road. Pow der River grade closed." Detour via Sparta. 5 v Redwood Highway 1 gon Caves' '-' Grants Pass, Kerby, Waldo: Graveled road in good condition. Waldo, Crescent City: - Moun tain road in "fair condition. Oregon Caves Highway Redwood1 Highway Junction to Oregon Caves in good condition.. 1 Mckenzie Highway ; i Eugene, Sisters. Redmond : Ma cadamized except a 12 mile section over McKenzie Pass where con struction under way; road open and passable. , Alseai Highway Corvallis, Philomathj Alsea: Macadam. Alsea, Waldport: Surfacing work in progress between Alsea and Tidewater,; look out for trucks " : !- Willamette Highway i Eugene, Goshen: Paved. Goshen, Lowell: " Macadam. Lowell, Oakridge: ' Fair condi tion. - Oakridge, Crescenf.Open and in good condition to Emigrant Creek. From Emigrant Creek over Sum - Statistics recently made avail able by the United States Bureau of the Census for 1923 show these facts: ' ' M :; 1. There are 47 cities having a population of from 15.000 to 16, 500. This is tke j largest number in any one of the groups, ranging from 15,000 1 to 16,500. 16,500 to 18.500,! 18,500 to 20.000, etc. i t . 2 n the 12 cities of 500.000 and more population there is, of coarse1, the largest population.' . J. In the cities having more than 500.000 population j there were 3,348 fatal accidents in 1923 the jlargest ; number in any one group and in (cities between 16,500 to 18.500 there were 117 accidents the smallest number! 4 The cities S between 122.500 and 25,000 population had the smallest numbert of fatal ; acci-dents4-l7.4 per t 100.000 popula tion, and the cities between 2u, 000 and 22,500 had the highest percentage. 25 9 per 100.000. ' All of which will upset some j popular ideas While most acci- TK 1 1 IXC T. . 1 mm .a. I A t,-i , imA IS MOST POPULAR Automobile Editor Claims That Paralled Parking Is Most Popular; Alt to I FATAMTI C( SIOO.OOO dents take place where there are the most people and the larger number of motor-cars, the per centage of accidents per 100,000 population is not necessarily in those same district cities. Regardless of the size of a city every possible precaution must be taken to prevent accidents. Noth- ins is more precious than human f lite, and any means almost is justi i fied if human lives can be saved. '1 he best rules are: , Always be careful. Never take a chance, i Those rules always hold. ing, and $25 to each of the offi cers.! His tips, it was estimated il .1 . . 1.. It nepiaCmy iUlQierSividual $10,000: Another passen- j ger not long ago surprise 1 a stew- IjONDON, Medieval knights arrt by presenttng mm wit n stu- arier a'slx-rtay passage from .nhw York to Southampton. Toys With Armor Are fn shining armor-have taken the place of the little tin soldiers Which were populars. here prior to 1914. j After the war. toy soldiers all but disappeared from the shops not only in England, but in many countries on the continent ticularly i Germany ! and and in their stead came little farm er boys and other leaded figures of. agriculture. j 'jj 'j '11!; j;:M;M- Models of cows and horses, of ducks and chickens and farm hous- to scale havef been displayed . In talking to a representative of The Oregon Statesman J. C "Slim" Maccracken. who passed through Salem Frinday in the in terest of the sales department of the, illys-Oveiiand company, said. "The way you park your cars here sure looks funny to me." When asked what way he found to be the most common he said that paralled to the curb was by far the most common. With Salem's wide streets parking par alled with the curb would certain ly give you wonderful streets for traffic. When at home Mr. Mae cracken is automobile editor of the j Milwaukee Sentinel. On this trip for the Willys-Overland "he has visited a great uany cities and has traveled over eight thous and miles since leaving Boston on June 8. As much as $40 to $60 a dozen is charged for these new creations of diophanons linen for evening . par- Austria, se. The monograms of ' these ultra-stylish handkerchiois are pe culiarly. elaborate, being formed Calling Farmer GirlS ' thin lines of bound silk drawn across a neat note in one corner. Plains of Canada Are it-: uite generally1. Hunting scenes, with the huntsmen in bright col ors on horees, foxes, hedges, ditch es and other suggestions of the country have also been on display this spring on a larger scale' than heretofore, but the demand of the public for the knights suggestive of the troublesome : days of the ioth century indicates, say the toy dealers, that war playthings are again coming -into iavor. Land of Tipping Is j I Becoming Less Fertile j SOUTHAMPTON. Reports ! cir culated here that the American state department has put its foot down on extravagant tipping by its repress1 man vesnove orougui oui .jj tales of the largesse of some Am erican! millionaires when they leaTe the vessels that have carried them in safety across the Atlantic. It is related among steamship stewards that on one trip recently an American millionaire gave $4 0 Road to Orc-Uo eery member , of the crew of tne snip on wnicn ne was iravei- Pinder, a graduate of the experi mental farm of Leeds University, is in Winnipeg to begin a year's study of Canadian agricultural methods, with a view to creating on her return to the British Isles, a movement to western Canada of English farm girls. "Girls on the farms in all parts of England are intensely interest ed in Canada. They are seeking an outlet for their energies and would migrate to .the dominion in large numbers if only encourag ed," Miss Pinder asserted. Many, of these young women, she declared had sufficient funds to start farms of their, own and would prove a valuable asset to the development of the western country. ; Medford Four new business buildings ready for occupancy. St. Helens Columbia County fair will build four new exhibit buildings. SAMMY SPARK PLUG London Offers Many New: Styles This Year LONDON, With London s op era season in tull serving many new styles have been seen, parti carly among the men-One of these was a revival of the evening cloak. - Thesej are cut in the In verness cape fetyle, and lined with French grey, satin, or with a dis creet blue. t . And as for men's handkerchiefs they are a bit thinner and flimsier this year, and at very high prices. " ' x"-i..'X."i" - Says: Rats leave a sinking thlp and die i in the sea. Power leaves a sinking Epark plug and it finally dies on the hill. . Keep 'em replaced and don't die anywhere. AUTOL-iUCHS : " "XltUll Rogers has a wrw traffic re lief flan. "AboUsh a'l turns-" kt proposes. "Co straight to when you want to go." v" I va v w ui ' rtAnd i nnino- 17 miip. inrtpr I mit take old road: rough but Das surfaced; balance fair dirt road. sable... : I m t m ' 1 ! I THAT'S all the time it takes. Just 30 min utes behind the wheel of the 1925 Star Car. To prove to you for all time the real value ; that Star builds into a low cost car.Test itl THE new Kelly Cord U moro flexible than any previous cord tiie. The Integral Bead construction not only makes tlie carcass more flexible but makes it possible to use a flexible tread. This means an easier-riding tire, while the ruggedness of the tread means a longer-wearing tire. If you hare never used Kellys, now is a good time to begin. If you already know Kell vs. take our word for it that the Kelly FtexibU Cord is the best tire Kelly has ever built. KELLY Flexible CORD Marion Auto t Company DAY AND NIGHT SERVICE ... 233 Sontb Commercial . 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