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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (May 23, 1926)
if ' V." ...... V"'r - THE OREGON STATESMAN, SALEM, OREGON : t LOiSTOI IS TIEH niini -Jrop Made Through France, Switzerland, Italy .and i . Monaco by Auto ' Recommendation to motor car owners rwho may be planning an automoble trip5; 'tbrough Europe that thejr ship their own cars over f tffa Km T a a T" v. . . TY 1 JNJ e-Chppus, .ltd.?.-- real;- estate r with his wife and daughter,- has . Just completed ( a six -months trip , through, continental Europe la his Hopttoblle Eight sedan. The. trip was made through . - France, Switzerland,- Italy and . Monaco, including the entire Al . ; pine regions. The car was shipped from rew, York .and, westbound, from Havre, prance. . J. i , A distance of 8500 miles, in- ,0. eluding the drive' to and from New . Tdrk, was core red. "The average person mho takes f a 4 rans-Atlantic tripmust of ne 1 cesBity mlss much of the scenery, points of interest, mannerisms of the people, their mode of living and many other Interesting and in' tractive things it he la -dependent upon, i trains and "occasional motor car facilities for his trans portation," points out Mr. Page: "The expense i$. practically nhe same, I should say, 'r , of such mall difference ;-a. to ?be really negligible in proportion to the ac tual benefits 'derived." Landing at Havre late last Au-t . tumn the party engaged a chauf- fenr, saw the 1000-year-old Nor man castle of William the Con " querer, near that city, journeyed to- Paris and through northern France to Switzerland, climbed the Alps to its highest point during a severe snow storm late in No vember, visited Geneva, Bern, Lu cerne and other Swiss centers of Interest, and crossed ., intd Italy . ' over the Appeanines- meantaina. From Florence - their trip carried them . throughout ; Italy, Rome, Naples, Sarmiento, Milan and other points of Interest thence to Monaco, southern France, 'Lyons, Marseilles, Tours,' -andT thm Pyren ees mountains back to Paris. After they Journeyed through. the battlefield sections, thence to Brussels and Havre. .."We brought with us-into Flor ence, Italy, the first snow the city had seen for three years," says Mr. -Page. "We carried It right along on our running boards and fender.. .The children zaade snow balls out of it. Coming down the ..Alps "we ran through snow np above our bumpers but, of course. - encountered no difficulty. Our Hapmobile Eight pulled throajh without trouble. -t V . "The tourist will " find th ma- sections we traveled to be equal to .our main traveled highways. 'The only., bad roads we encountered were in southern Italy. Those were '" the orirlnal roads built from huge flat rock 2000 years ago. Repairs " to them are rather- difficult to i make. The majority: of the roads -are-, macadam similar to those troads ts -we know . them ' In the United States and eastern Canada. ."One European license plate is sufficient to permit the motor car owner 4o travel the roads of any of the countries of, Western Enr i ope , except Germany. Austria, : Russia and Spain. I was told that 'the courtesy of Spain can be se cured with little difficulty. Ger many t evidently does not desire - automobile tourists at present. . 'This license plate, coupled with joining a large organisation. - similar to the American Automo- bile association, resulted In our encountering no difficulty in se curing permission to go to any port of the countries visited that we 'wished. Road; logs and general touring Information. . may, be . e "nriri there iustillkb we know It -' in NortK America. 'l appreciate "that tne majority of tourists going -tor Europe nave insufficient tlmd to. spare reauy , to sebure..ny adeauate conception ; even of ono coucuryIt-Is neces- - ary for the vast majority w -see onlr a few . of . the: outstanding things. " Tbe'; tourist's ' usual Eurar - peam trijj occcka ab6ut six to ten ; weeks, including time ipeniun iw oceanV Really-to seeUiirope would take -much'.ntdre -thari the time we hsd at our disposal.- - . : -' " Tm. ArtV also Vlsit&d v EgYCt and the Holy -IaSI, but 'did Siot use Its car. VThe warning of Eur- . opean" against ; ine riawo.i dits. persuaded us not to da so ' said Mr. Palg"e. ; , ; r ' .; 1 Hur.drcd Million Dollar Crop of Finsapples Is Forecast . , l "t - " " " . ' t ' ' nONOLULU. (By Associated Press.) Pineapple growers In the Hawaiian islands are looking to ' the day, when the territory's pine- . apple crop will be worth ?1QU- ' In less than 25 years the Indus 'try has been built up to $85,000,- 000 & season and with the world fie man d for this fruit increasing, the $100,000,009 mark seems only il'J TIE ROADS l&l . Pacific Highway. Portland; Oswego, Oregon City, Salem, Albany, Harrlsburg,v Junc tion' City, Eugene, Cottage Grove, Roseburg, Grants Pass. Med ford. Ashland, ' California state line: Paved.' West Side Pacific Highway. Portland. 'Nbrr . HfoMtnn- ville, Corrallls, JuaeOoa tlty, Eu gene: Paved. V - Roosevelt Coast Highway, Clatsop ' and Tillamook Counties. Astoria, Seaside: Paved. Seaside.; Cannon 'Beach Junc tion: Macadam. Cannon Beach Junction. Hamlet Junction': . ,. . Under contraction. Newly graded with temporary sin gle track gravel surfacing. Rough but passable in alt weather.' Hamlet Junction. Mohler: .Mac adam. I Mohler. Miami;- Wfeh-fcuv rnntn via. Brighten now open but on ac count, of danger on planked road between Wheeler . and . Brighton, traffic for Garibaldi and points south, Is urgently advised to take road via' Foley i creek,- which - Is graveled throughout. , . " H Miami, Tillamook, Hebo. Neako- win, Devils Lake,. SileU , riverj Part paved, balance macadam. Newport, north to Otter Rock in Lincoln county: Open for travel,' Roosevelt Coast Highway, Coos i and Curry Count ten. Lakeside Norths Bend I Ferry across Coos Bay. i' North Bead. . Marshfield. Co- quille : Paved. ; CouIIIe, Bandon, Port Orford, Euchre Creek: Macadam. Euchre Creek,- Gold Beach : Nar row mountain road. .Fair condi tion. Gold Beach, Myers Creek: Mac adam, i , Myers Creek. Brookings; Nar row mountain Toad. ' Passable. s. Brookings, California state line: Macadam. . i . Cbrvallis-ICcwport Highway. ! f; Corvallis. Philomath, Wren, Ed dyvUle, Toledo, Newport : Macad am., Roosevelt .Coast highway open north to Otter Rock, i -r . McMinnville Tillamook Highway. ' McMlnnvIlle-Sheridan: Paved. 1 Sheridan, WUlamlna, Grand Ronde, Hebo, . Tillamook: . Part paved; balance, macadam. Mt. Hood Loop Highway Portland, 'government Camp, Hood River: i Paved to Gresbam; balance, macadam. 'vi Crater Lake Highway., Medford, Trail, Prospect: Maci adam. Prospect, Fort Klamath: Closed on account of snow: - Redwood Highway. Connecting with road to Oregon Grants Pass, lilerby,. Waldo: Graveled road, in good condition. Waldo,' Crescent City: New road open for travel. - -Kerbmy, Oregon Caves: Road in-good condition. Oregon Cares now open to public. - UcKenzIe Highway. Eugene; -: Belknan Springs. Sis ters, , Redmond, Bend : Macadam. it- Toledo Construction begins, on fireproof business block to cost $40,000. i Popularity -of This Type' of . Motive. Power Based on' ' Comfort ind Economy - ' 'Foreign, countries have, from theSyery Inception pf the motor cycle, appreciated its value as an economical form of transportation but not until recently has America awakened to the tremenddus 'pos sibilities of this type of motive power. Early In the development of f the 'gasoline propelled vehicle, foreign countries facecr. the neces sity.; of giving first consideration to econonmy. Scarcity of gasoline and"the; consequeitt. high price in those countries . made the jmotor cycle . the universally . ' accepted mode of travel by all classes. By professional .men, tradesmen, far mers, inf act all wajks. of. life, the motorcycle 4s acocrded first place in-solving the problenv of 4alckf economical transportation.; . That America has awakened -to the importance of this little trans portation unit is evidenced. 'by the tremendous production for domes tic sales, now in full swing .at some of the American motorcycle factories. In. a recent statement Harry W. Scott, local dealer for the Harley-Davldson line of mo torcycles Bald, "Our sales this year have grown by leaps and bounds. Since the introduction of the New Harley-Davldson Single, , we Jiare difficulty. In keeping deliveries of both tWinfl and singles, abreast of sales. Large number pf this model are being sold purely-for pleasure riding, but because of Its extreme economy of operation,' the single is : admirably - adapted to delivery work ' in many lines of business. Drug,; stores particularly ': have found '- the motorcycle, delivery a big boost for their business Many records exceeding 80 iniles per gal lon of gas and 800 miles per gal lon of oil are being L reported by Harley-Davldson riders. ' ;; O.-W.'Day, tires, tubes and.ac-cesorles.-Has the Goodyear tires, the, standard of the. world. Mr. Day can- give you more mileage. Corner Com'l and Chemeketa. f ) f" . . Thousands of ownetspub-.. , Udyconfina our repeated" " L statement: ... "Oldamo- . i jL bO raxxka ma ovtmtaad- Vmty' ' tag pmrforwtmnc emr of Z. mli Hmm." You may, pe haps; wonder how a car so v '' moderately priced can . V' tZL represent the strictest ; ; . lair'y, ataodards of design and i: -f v2Ej raann(actnr-.how it can j&r9t snow otk exceptional , jt qualities of acceleration, j- f'jr . high gear newer and ga- . t exal toadability. Bat In : ,71 JT jj? Justice to yourself and ' f "f0 ' yoa' meoM of satisfaction, ; .jjwr. Cgy, get behind the wheel and " ' ,k ! 1 - , - "t i)f- - e 'wssissis.'swi ....r .. -a COACH S1130 Delivered ,i - A Tie eer IBortnt- dUtkinbat Cch, priced at ." flgjO- daUvand. CAPITAL MOTORS . . nii , ., .... v - O f " BIDHX' BISHOP,, Mgr. 8T0 N. High St. Telephone 2123 fy I efc J i W tXL M i' .: '..1 i. 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Michigan will be the firtt sute in the Union nd. the first common wealtk in the world to set rea- sonable road regulation fn- the matter - f speed , for. motor cars." says B,lF..Everitt, president and general manager ot Rlckenbacker Motor company. ' ' - ' "TMa ia as; it : should be of coarse, considering that this state xs -tne world. -center of rapid transport - production. In road building for - example, Michigan lagged far. behind, others and only recently has begun to build ade quate rdads.- Until Michigan got man at the bead of the state who himself s believed In' ood roads, we did not realize how much public sentiment there was back of this movement. Now we are rolng at a terrific clip, with our 24 foot super-highways'' and hundreds i pf miles of concrete pavement added each year to our total.- ' . "In traffic regulations we are Still . trailing, however. But there are signs we are going to . get out Of - this, rut soon. I believe , that everybody from our . governor down, with the exception of-a few cranks and old fogies, now realize that a 45 to 50 mile speed allow ance in the country is not only safe and reasonable but impera tive, 1 if we are to solve or even kep pace with the traffic prob lem. "We must make room on the roads not only for the automobiles now in use but for millions more to come. One ned only to look over the past to realize what we must do for the future. Why at one time we actually had a ten-mile speed limit for motor ears in Mich- igan. Then after a tew. years it was raised to fifteen. That in time proved to be ridiculous, so the legal limit was raised to 20 while the actual speed tallowed was five to ten miles more than that, de pending on the progressive or re active spirit which dominated each vintage or, section. ' - "In some, cases the local spirit is so backward one still sees signs announcing a speed limit, of fif teen miles an hour. To me these signs loudly proclaim that the res idents - lack any- sense of humor as well as progressiveness. "As' property owners they are standing in their own light, . because such a speed limit prevents Increase In realty,-1 values - since distances nowdays is .computed not In terms of miles from metropolitan centers t but In terms of time by motor car. "Two years ago Michigan estab lished a 35-mile speed lhniand by common consent the traf fie moves at about 40 on all open roads. True,. a luckless motorist is hailed Into court Occasionally but'he feels he Is only' paying the toll of pro gress and in- the game of chance he lost. Paradoxically he was over hauled by an officer who had dodged in and outof traffic at a 60 to SO mAe clip to do it. It takes' the hunuuTmlnd Just about so long to changes bases. It took us years to , realize that fifteen miles per hour was not' a killing pace. From there to .the S 5-mile mental attitude we went in less .time." And now we. are ready, for 45 to 50 miles; and X predict that that limit will bet stablished with in the; year, pf course that Is hot the end, says Mr. Eyeritt "The neit Jump will be to sixty. By that time all will know, as some of us do now. that" danger is not in speed, but' in 'careless driving American Sets Most Popular With Receivers in Sweden . . ii. STOCKHOLM. (By Associated Press.) American radio sets' are the most popular In-Sweden, the latest statistics show. In ; 192.4 Swedish fans bought more radio supplies from -America than from any other country. Last year their purchases in the United States were 'exceeded only by those of Spain and Great Britain. Yet the Swedish radio imports from the U. S. A. increased from 233,442 to $52,319. Newberg Spauldlng Pulp St Paper Co, organizes,- with $600, 000 capital subscribed; i pictobIii o m.yoiiir-isiiinid 1 tde first time. ; Easy to ridel : Easy to handle. You can ri you try. Learn Jn IfHe length of a city'--block- ? - " .-: I ' . ' . ": ' . V 80 miles to a aallon of aas Many riders ; get more: Tank "(carries" I three gaDona. 4 ; . r t j - r-r -. r Park it anywhere , . j Ride right up where you want to go, .Easy riding i :J . , 1 Balloon tires, low saddle position, front i fork springs, . cushion seat J post, roomy footboards has all the easy riding fea-. tares of the Harley-Davidson Gig Twin. 50 miles an hour and then soma s ' Power, and speed aplenty when younecJ f it; a Veat motorcycle. ; ;.- y Simpleiturdij 7 j ; The, Harley-Davidson name' on the" t.. . j is your guarantee. j- ;i -. ' i- No big garage cxpeme -; i - Takes little more space than a blcycle-v Street car fares pay for i j Does, this seem too good to be true? All ! right, drop in and let us teH you about I ' our Club and Pay-as-You-IUde Plans. v .50 starts you i Harry W. Scott . 'The Cyfe Man" j . 147 South Commercial Street ' .... J . 1 . ... . mwmmmmww 7TS :s stirive -to 'i: it -r . "fit s THE story of a rarkahle SIX or 5. was a year ahead of its time , FIFTEEN months ago we announced a revolutionary new-type automobile. It was the Overland 93n .... die SIX ' tEkt has become famous. : This car embodied 5ve years of enein. -: ; r I . - .eerinKreeaxchand experiment. It was - 1 in any automobile of equal i designed with an unusually low center n"y iua enine umenslons- of gravity. . . , S Its full 40-brake horsepower is deliv- " a "rLI-j'J 'r f- ered in a straight lme from its gravity- - tfff" nCW Sg balanced engfne through to Sit rear ',ofstabfeecmihbnum.?.Plusafeelmg h . j . - of added speed never enjoyed in any s . - . ;U car before.No side sway. No slippirig. : This, biff sturdy tSix will out-pull, out-. . ! - - ,"N6 wandering.yjrcm hug the road and - run; and . out-perfprm "anything else . ; -t - toom past other cars in way that thrills of its sb:e or weight, or price i class. T . f you to the fihge tips, . It is a ca of exceptional comrort-The -v? r That was the actioa of the new Over : big broad doors axe erni wide ' You land Six-itr-as - - '' ,v "can get in or out with utmost ease. . v Sales multiplied over night. 63500 t Seats are wide,luxuricIy xmfortable. Overland Sixes were sold In the first ; a nere are more cuoic xeei; oi space ui- Don't let the low price mislead you . - " -vVThe exceptionally low price of the r Overland Six is made'possible by the ' tremendous purchasingpower and -" manufacturing facUiuesofwiliTS-Over-land which are unexcelled throuLour C? " the world. '." v; -'; , ',; ' 1: There is no Six-built today tSat c-crs y greater value . . no car mace in which . finer quality of material is used or Letter t workmanship employed.' - " ; ' ' In justice to yourself . tee this won- ' year. Over 52,00O are now iff use. To- ' side than in any car Cthis price .with ; , ether mamificturers strive to Tollow. gers. Room to stretch your legs with- v - - " r - . out teeiing crampea or crowoeo. Such : success does not come by chance ; . - ' i .t ' I OVERLAND; SIX SEDAN tLlii Ordinal advantage l O )n& Wfllji; A . -Bwwwitt costly metal, but if the best for absorb- ' J LS rtr.&lCSVlca - oneenng developments that the pi c..,- . j - Deen epared to malte this - down, imager monthly Pymeots v , . warned. r.; . ' . " - apoSdvs comfort revcUtion.Own- v adtowetcred;tccinthi0JC7.; ; , :i TIirrarlia tre-meiidous oower .. ner- . ers accustomed tomore expensive cars - f : i Ifbriaance ability you have never exptr ttil us this is true. -.- f " v- j i I ; 0'N-A -N -a- " N s J JAyi ' (-1 r I -r ! I vir i - 4H f a few years distant. . - ' It takes only 18 months to ma- : ture pineapple so the Increase In :.lza cf the crop for a given year - can ha arranged In advance. , t e V -Wn lap- ' -ParLrr & Co.. 444 C. Con'l. -.T. t f-'i i f9 Parser tl:ut 1:2 ,Cwul J '" rr-m 1C rerilrir yauT car. 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