' THE OREGON 'STATESMAN. SALEMOPEGON . V ' : . .V " " .'-j ;' ' AY MORNING, JANUARY
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Wood or All-Steel Construction?
European and American Manufacturers Favor Two Diamet-
ncaifUpposite Types, Flexible and Ifcgid
" The motorist today drives the
most mechanically, perfect machine
yet derised by man, iwapJ the con
certed opinion of engineers -who
attended the National Automobile
.Show in New Vprk jilait week.
Leaders of the j industry predict
that future development will cen
ter about building safer fend more
artistic bodies, ,.'!!
. New styles in bodies ' was the
among manufacturers at the show.
major topic - under discussion
Two'types are Jbeing proposed, one
finding its popularity )n Europe
and one in America. Europeans
are developing-',) a" flexible body
composed of a wooden frame held
together by metal joints; jwhich al
low considerable movement, cov
ered by a cloth or imitation leath-
; er finish. The Americans are
forging ahead with . an all-steel
body built upon the principle of
the all-steel railway rdach for
greater strength in , case of acci
dents. ;j
' These .two bodies wre exten
sively discussed by J. R; Edwards
in the automobile show number of
Automobile Digest. : 1
"Designers have departed from
the middle grpund : of ' . wooden
framing made as rigid as possible,
to prevent' the squeaks and rattles
that are so annoying,"! Mr. Ed
wards says. : ''While they have the
same object ink view, they, have
taken widely divergent paths to
accomplish their" purpose. Those
advocating one; type have pur
posely made the body fes - flexible
at possible. - They havb adhered
to the wooden framing but instead-
of the wooden parts dove
tailing into one anotherj the Joints
are left open, the connection be
ing made by metal strips similar
to limited hinges and jj which al
low each Joint to-give under the
strain With a rigid exterior; such
as metal, this type: of construction
would be worse than useless, for
It would Immediately j result in
atiffening of the body.: To ob
viate this, fabric covering is called
upon, to give the same freedom of
motion to the entire body that the
type of framing allows,
"As stated, the f ran ,ng' is very
light when compared to -that of
- the normal automobile1 body. Un
like the normal automobile body
also, the flexible. framing is built
upon the chassis1 piece by piece
where it remains until; the job is
completed.4- -. jj
"When the frame isi completed
light but strong canvas is stretch
ed over it to form a! foundation
for padding: this is needed to pro
ride a swelled surface upon which
to apply the outer covering of
leather cloth, j I -
"Its advantages aTej j First, the
body Is flexible from the start, so
that there are no joints to loosen;
second, since practically none of J
the wooden parts actually touch
each other, their movement as the
body flexes cannot set! UP squeaks.
This is in contrast to rigid wooden
joints which when theM do become
loosened. allow the steral pieces
to rnb upon each other. It has
a third advantage in light weight.
Its cost is figured to; be about
75 per cent of other custom-made
bodies: I
: "Its principle disadvantage is
probably-thatiof frailness. The
leather cloth covering! can easily
be torn in minor collisions. In
major: accidents, incorporating
turnover, the body would probably
be completely j demolished. Not
only would the: body be destroyed,
but It would offer rici protection
to the occupants. In jcase of such
an accident. Practically all of
us have seen at least one accident
Jn which the car hai (turned tur
tle, with the body of! the car sup
oortinr the chassis and allowing
the occupants to escape practically
uninjured. - Had the j body col
lapsed, and the weight of the en
tire chassis brought upon those in
th car. a different story would
have been told. This body is be
tnz taken. ; od very seriously In
Enrobe. " : . ,' !
"It Is rather untlkeiy thatthis
type of body will evei be used to
any great extent in tbia country,
vet it Is of JnterestHi indicating
tha dissatisfaction of many engin
eertf iwith the present wood and
metal body, and their efforts ' t6
npply ; the one that will jmore
nearly conform -to the ; require
ment of the automobile. j '
"A direct 'opposite to the type
of body just described is the all
steel body, being advocated) by a
group of American engineers, and
actually adopted In some Instances
as standard equipment in j this
country.-: : : - .:,;!( L. . ,f
"The advantages of the al-steel
body In comparison to the wood-and-metal
body, as presented by
Its advocates, are strength per
manence, absence of squeaks and
rattles,, and lightness. J
-"Due to the greater strength of
steel, much less of this material
need be used. The relative
strength of wood and steel is pic
tured In one of the accompanying
illustrations. Moreover, steel is a
more tractable material j than
wood, and it can be formed into
sections that provide even greater
strength for the amount of ma
terial used than la apparent from
the relative strength of steM and
wooa. a pillar or beam can b
constructed of steel that will not
only be stronger than a similar
one of wood, but also lighter.
Thus bodies may be built with
steel framing that are both strong
er and lighter than the same body
Duiit upon a foundation of; wood.
This feature not only makes tos-
sible a, lighter and stronger body;
but also allows many of the body
parts to be made smaller, provid
ing more, room .inside the body
with the same outside dimensions.
"The pillarsfbetween the doors
in closed bodies, and between the
doors and the windshield, may
also be made (of smaller dimen
sions, allowing clearer j vision.
More than one1 accident has oc
curred because a portion : of the
road was concealed from -the driv
er by a wide strip of body Be
tween the front door and the
windshield. ' !
'It is in the frame joints, how
ever, that the biggest advantage
in the all-metal frame is to be
had. With metal these joints may
be riveted or welded together,
making the several parts-las firm
as if they were actually 'of one
piece." There are no screws to
loosen undeV'fepeated strains and
twists or from 'Welling and
shrinking of the wood under sea
sonable changes. j
"From the standpoint of safety.
the steel body leaves little to be'
desired. The principal reason for
the modern all-steel railroad coach
is the safety to passengers it af
fords in case of a wreck.) There
is no' reason why the all-steel au
tomobile body should not furnish
proportionate amount of safety
in case of an automobile accident,
particularly cases' involving a
turnover of a closed body! .job. A
modern all-steel body has suffi
cient strength to support Its chas
sis in practically any type of turn
over, excepting, of course, a drop
down over the side of a precipice.
and even in such a case it should
furnish more protection 'than a
body whose principal framing is
of wood. j
"Designers today are; dissatis
fied with the old combination
wood and metal bodies. : In their.
quest for a suitable one, they have
taken opposite paths. One to a
body of wood and cloth; that is
flexible in every part, the other
to an. Inflexible steel body design
ed to remain inflexible. Which
will become the final type, time
will tell, but the less freskfsh. all
metal body would seem, to have
the superior handicap.":
COMMISSIONERS COURT
(Continued (nm pin 4)""
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laying
laying cul-
2.40
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1.60
1.60
1.60
37.00
9.00
15.00
24.00
42S.85
25.00
3.00
; 1.60
r 1.60
20
50
Reiger, Joe,
vert', . . . .
Reiger, John,
vert . .
Hove ! Reubin, ditehing. . -U
Ramage, John, ditching. .,
Boyle H-, ditching . , . ...
Owre, P. W., patrolman . . ;
- Road District No. SO
Burgess. II, M., on grader ;
Road District No. .It
Potter, L..W., hauled grav
el Clark. E. G. patrolman . .
Road DIM Hot No. 32
Oregon Gravel Co.. :l road
- pipe, gravel . . ....
Dunigan. M. R., grading -i
and laying tie .......
Warn pier, L. C, grading.
Cowden. Al, laying tile..
Jobs, John, laying tile. . .
Lelghty, Lester, laying
tile . . . f
Pnlson, O., hauled ttte
Lelghty, Henry, ' hauled
Simmons, Clarence, haul
ed tile ....
Dunigan, Sr., Edw., pa
trolman Road District No. S3
Gilham, James W., . rep.
culvert v ........... .
Doerfler, Martin, , patrol
man Road District No. 54
Dybsetter, Dan, driving
teams on grader ......
Krug, Alvln, patrolman . .
Road District No. 56
Drager, D. G., cash adv.
for f rt etc. . ." ... . . . . . ,
Andol, Fred, hauled grav
el ...
Arbuckle, F. B., shoveled
gravel
Brandt, H. A., grading..
Dullum, Ray, ditching ...
Starr Hardware Co., shov
el : . . .
Haugen, Adolph, hauled
gravel
Hobert, T. R-, spread
gravel
Kaufman, E. Z., spread
gravel 16.40
Lioe. C. Iv., hauled grav
el ,
Mehl, Fred, ditching...'.
Shelley, Arthur, shoveled
gravel .
Hobart, A. F., patrolman,
Anundson, Henry, hauled
gravel 1 . .y
Dunigan, Lor an, . shoveled
gravel i ... .
Staiger, Floyd, shoveled
gravel '. f
Staiger. 'Jake, hauled
, gravel ... . ., -. ,
Smith, E. T-, patrplman. . 1
ROad District No. 58
Pohle & Son, ' H., . plow,
beam, etc. ..........
McEIfresh, E. M.. on
grader Vl.,'
Haynes, W. H. patrolman
Road District No. 5
Hauser Bros., caps, fuse.
Hunt, Walter, drilling &
blasting ; a
Hnnt. Will, drilling and
blasting . ....... . .
Peck, 11. S., burning brush
and shoveling .......
Robertson, E. E., hauled
rock and with scraper.
Robertson. Howard, shov
eling and cut brush .
Winship, It., shoveling.
Winship, ' William,
ing scraper .
Voris, G. M., patrolman-. .
Road District No. OO
Spellbrink, Art, . shoveled -
gravel
Spellbrink, G. A., hauled
gravel
Hoffman, Fred, shoveled
gravel
i
1.60
1.60
48.00
1.60
9.00
4.50
5.10
95.00
10.50
8. SO
12.00
11.20
1.50
13.50
8.80
24.00
6.40
21.60
38.20
30.00
16.00
16.00
30.00
20.00
load-
5.55
3.00
4.00
13.80
19.20
19.20
11.20
3.00
, 9rC0
8. 6 0
33.60
54.00
6.4t
12.00
8.00
Klmsey, J. .E.. patrolman:
Road District No. 61
Cook, J. L patrolman......
Road District No. 63
Giesy, Chris, checking gra
vel 4--.
Fontaine Earl, hauled gra
vel Frost, J. C, towing on
hill. etc. ..
Kreupicka, Pete, hauled
gravel ...j
Mathiot, Pearl shoveled
gravel ...4. ......
Vel Co. Oregon City Sand
& Cfraveli
j Rigdon. E, gravel
Ryan, Josie. hardware. . .
Ryan, William E., Shovel
ing gravel . . ....... ,
Tautfest. Alvln, hauled
gravel . .
Tauf test, Henry, hauled
gravel ... . i. . . . . . . . . ...
Smith, Dewey, running
grader, etc. ..........
Whitman, W A. hauled
gravel
Mathiot. Pete, patrolman
Road HLstrirt No. Ut
Bondshu. E, bridge work
Hauptman, Albert, cutting
brush
Hall. B C, grubbing brush
Dubois. A R, cutting
brush ...... .......
Manning, A A, Cutting
brush
Paqnett, Steve, grading..
Hill. F, grading
Miller. B J J, cutting
brush
Nathman. J, nails ......
Silver Falls Timber Co.
lumber .
Horning. Albert, grading.
Manning, John F, patrol
man Road District No. 65
Collard,' W P, gravel ....
Collins. A L, hauled
gravel
Hannigan. 'C A, hauling '
gravel
Faist, C C. hauling gravel
Stafford. Henry, hauling
gravel ..... '. '
Patterson, Ray, hauling
' gravel
Martin, L H. hauled dirt
Loren. IT C. shoveled dirt
Shively, M M, Waconda
Fill
Fischtel, George, cleaning
ditch
Palmer, E M, shoveled
dirt ........ .......
Klenski, Joe. on drag . .
Loren. Isabore, cleaning
ditches
Patterson, Richard, patrol
man Road District No. 66
Dixon. W H. hauled
gravel ,
Road District No.
Cook, J L, patrolman..
' Road District No.
Loose, W H. patrolman
Road District No.
18.00
24,00
12.80
18.00
Linu Co., Ore. scraping .
: and grading . . I ,v.
24.00
69.00
30.00
36.80
1516:38
7.05
36.80
3.M)
'63.00
71.40
36.00
106.00
1.60
1.20
r 4.20
9.60
19.20
12.00
C.00
8.4 5
1.00
32.07
4.o0
30.50
5.60
1500
18.00
18.00
24.00
18.00
18.00
4.80
4.80
1.60
1.60
12.00
17.60
12.00
67
68
9.20
!4.00
17.
69
Ebner. J W, powder, fuse,
caps 6.13
Schmaltz & Son. N, lum
ber 11.65
Hoffer. George, rep.
bridpe J 3.20
Hoffer, George ditching.. 4.80
Gilles. John, ditching, cut-
j ting brush, etc 34. Oi
Gilles, Chas, patrolman.. 38.00
Road District No. 70
Lambrecht, George, ditch
ing and spreadrng rock 3.2ft
Schmitt, Jacob, ditching. 9.60
Schmitt. Alvin L, hauled
lumber 6.00
Riesterer, F J. grub, hoe
handle, axle grease. . . . 1.35
Van Handel Gescher Lum
ber Co. lumber ...... 39.98
Schmitt, George, patrol
man 12.00
Road District No. 83 .
Adams Hardware Co.
shovel . . 1 .35
Road District Xo. 27
Keech.i George, patrolman
oRad District No. 88
Cooley & Sons, ' W H.
gravel
Meier, Jr. Chas F, spread-'
ing gravel
Myers, John. Posts ......
Tomasek, John, gravel..
Wiederker. Wm," hauled
gravel ......
RfuMl llMtrk-t No. 8
ro Sart, 'Clyde, on grader
De Sart, Earl, patrolman
Rm! District Xo. OO
Xerison. Albert, hauling
. .culvert.
Heinz, Charles, patrolman
Track Account,
Associated Oil Co. gaso
line ... . . . . . .
Bjvr & Ryan, belt for
Ford 75
Cuivr. W J. cash adv. for.
license on car 34.00
Downing's Service Station,
gasoline . . . .
Hunt-Tate Mo:?r Bat
tery,, labor, etc
Newtonlchevrolet Co. rep.
on Chev. trii-k
Oregon State Highway
Com, bushing, coupling,
etc
Red Arrow Battery Co,
recharging battery
Roberts Motor Car Co.
bushing pin
Salem Iron Works, rep.
shaft
Shell Co. of Calif, oil,
gas. etc.
Smith & Watkins. premier
cord
Valley Motor Co.. curtains.
axles, etc
Wilson. Otto -J, rep. shaft
Yeoman Bros, gas
Mcllwain. Lester, on
trucks
Stroud, E B. do
St. Paul Paving Plant Account
Hiller, Jos. rent of land '
for paving plant .... 50.00
Sfayton Crusher Account
Adams Hardware Co.
nails, packing, etc
Brown. G L & Brown,
I.ucy E, rock
Kay, State Treas, T B. in
spection fee
Mills, L R. checking and
loading rock
Spaniol. Jacob, piston
packing, etc
Walters, A S, hauling
wood
Boedigheimer, I J. wood. .
Dozler, Geo, fireing don
key Glover. Geo E, feeding
crusher
Keithley. A F, Hoist man
Lambert. E G, checking &
making out rock reports
Reuf. Bruno, engineer . .
Stayton, C C. -crusher man
Market Road No. HH
Susee, oJhn, cleanig
ditches
Dart,. J W. partloman . . .
Market Road No. 47
Dybsetter. Dan, grading. . .
Krug, Alvin, Tunning grad
er, etc
Market Road No. 40
OillPS. John., baulinir tile.
Hoffer, George, ditching,
find laving tUe
Gilles. Chas. ditching fc
drageing road
Market Road No. 37
AJcber..G J, cleaning out
ditches
Mallow, H W. on grader. .
Morris. Albert, cleaning
ditches
Dart, J W. foreman ....
MIm-cU!imus Market
Allen. Geo E. spades
6.00
39.10
24.00
1.50
60
3.00
33.00
89.40
1.50
2.40
114.11
1.26
21.09
28.32
30.43
2.21
33.26
75
150.39
10.15
40.64
75
2.60
83.20
80.00
7.05
11.63
00
24.00
83
53.00
9.10
30.00
32.00
38.00
3.20
36.00
26.2
- : Road Roller Account:
Buffalo Roller Sales Co, 1
grate bars, etctv.'.'f;". f
Motor Patrol Account w;;
Standard Oil Co. gasoline, 46.26
Joint Polk County Account :
rolk Co. Oregon, acct In
dependence Ferry for
year 1925 1652.77
Thomas & ollrtoo. nails.
oars, etc. . ... . j . , . . . . 8,05
Locke, Austin, labor on .
ferry , ...... 2.46
McClain, W S. gasoline . , 5.90
Snyder, Gilbert, labor on "
ferry ... . ... . 4.40
Snyder. B A. operating
Buena Vista ferry...... 85.00
Joint Yamhill County Account
Larkm-Prince Hdw Co.
spikes, etc. .......... 4.75
Yamhill Electric Co, elec-
trie services ......... 4.12
MiscrllaneonM Bridges
Bcrrl nger. Gale. lumber. . . 7.29
20
00
13.50
18.30
3.00
11.20
16.00
6.40
3.00
6.40
4.00
Road
4.50
Cook. J
bridge
L, Rep-Newberg
72.00
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LAMB FLOCK PROFITABLE
A large -percentage of lambs re
duces the Oregon cost of produc
tion more than any other factor.
saysthe experiment station. : Im
portant ways to increase the per
centage are to keep the ewe flock
healthy and at lambing time to
give the new drop close attention! !
A little attention often saves the
lamb if.it arrives weak or with its
nose, covered - with mucous pre
venting its proper breathing. A
100 per cent lamb croplfor every
farm flock at weaning time is the I
aim of successful growers. -
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To' jCalif ornia By
Pickwick Stage u
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Arrive San; Francisco 10:50 P. M.
or
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Fllinr-r j- w. wire .
Oregba prti Co, lumber'
Fisher. Theodore;! Rep.
-.Dridge iii
Fischer. Phillip, bridge
foreman .. .. 4 4 '
xr Jliscellaneouji Accoants
Aurora Observer, pub. load ; ,
limits Vf. ....... ,.:....4. .
Bank of Woodbnrn," Ore,
hauled gravel
Bertelson & McShane. .
- making claim blanks..
Royer, Co, Clerk. IJ G, Cash
adv. for stamps 4.,.
Burghardt. W H, pretoittm
Burns. W E. pump, con
' nections, grinding-.com-iwund,
etc. . j !r ... V t .
Busbong & Co, road files
Case. L M & Tweedie, J H,
- hauled cr. . rock i . t i . ;
Case, L M & Tweedie, J H,
' - do . - I :. . 1 ?
Capital Junk..-& Bargain
3.2 5
4. CO
14.20
'."-v-f:
1.8 C
184.5?
7.7?
5.0 r
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39. 4f
4;SC
i;i4;93
206.40
House, drive shaft, wip
ers etc. ;
in;
14.;
;03.63
rpiiardw Pi gravel
tbunkers.s. .
W P,; Co. . ,Q3gi-,. .
4. neer's salary, expenses 260.1ft
Orager; D Gi cash art v. for
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frt.
Farmer I Id . Co, Ray 1
canvas, eic.
ileener Elttrte" Co, clear
lamps . .i
fart, R L, chainmim . . . ;
lowe. I Nj feaulod gravel.-.'
'ohnson. FfO. dep. rwl
master's salary & vx-
penses.j...
rorsenseii,: Ira. road grad
er, top ihnwi. etc. :Y.
Lambert. L- S. dep. tikkU
. master's salary and ex
''v penses I J?. . . . . .
Moo res & pd. Ross 1- roal
70r.2o
G.70
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705.41
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smartly with nickeled radiator and lamps.
A comfortable auxiliary seat in the , rear
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Clean and adjust breaker points.'
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: Inspect transmission for grease and fill.
Install new cylinder head gasket.
Check timing, j
Test and fill battery.
Clean 'and adjust spark!
Adjust carburetor.
Inspect differential for
': Remove' carbon. .
- 'Drain, flush and refill
plugs. .'" :
grease and fill.
crankcase.
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