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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 1, 1927)
- . " ' J " SATURDAY MORNINOr:JANUARY'iri927. C tTHB dkEG0tf STATlMAirf.SALEM. OREGON ? " 7TT w&aas Good Hard Surfaced Highways In Every iD.irectioa Open Natures Playgrounds to Residents Short Trips or Long Journeys Yield Utmost Pleasur.e-TS.easide, QAivon forest Lie Withni EasylDnying Distance With Unmatched Scenery on Either Side Percentage pf Cars Owned Runs Above Average For State DeteF Illation Could Move Out of State at One Time Jn Its Own Automobiles Touring As a Pleasure Outranks All Others For favorable Climate Makes Driving a pleasure the Entire y&it . - ' .- i - ' Li it ifaved Not Counting Market Roarfis,;$99,001,922.05 Spent For , . Construction and -Maintenance in t Decade,? Report .of Highway Department Enginefr Discloses '' ' -During the decade ; since, tbe present highway J improvement plan vwas,started ThVu.ni of ?99.-00l,$22.05- has been used Tor road' 'work Of thl sum $12;575.876. 4 6 was put forward by the- various! counties. The remainder , was- se-j cured asJfoUows:, $462,674.54, from railroad, :furrids;M9976,414.- 65 from government funds., ,anf $75,986,596.10 of state fund&J 'A sum or Hff,940;5itl9- of the state f ahdH was used for the jpay-j ment of principal 'and interest on, bonds. The handling - of these t fiends .has beenider.iho -anper-? vision of the state highway com- mission, according o the report of the ten-year period which. "WHs submitted to .Governor Walter M, Pierce recently by Roy Klelni - state highway engineer. In the report he calls attention to the ' fact that the sums mentioned do not take into consideration the I r money spent oh the various mar- j ket roads. . w;,", ? To show -Xqr, ibis-expenditure Hhe state, now. has 7Jt8 miles of j paving, , pf . , whichl7 jnljs , are 5 cement concrete and 550' infles of bituminous type. 2137 miles of ''crushed rock or gravel surfacing; ? f and 2491 miles of grading. These, figures do not include the forest ''roads on the state highway ays- ? tem, which are constructed, under I the supervision ' of the United. ' States bureau of public roads and 1 2 w hich'Teporty -tetror6 7 1- prills 1 : of crushed rock or ratel rnf aoj 1 ' ing and 461 miles of gradinfe.1 AU t sa there has been constructed onj I the -Btate ;highway syfetepv'withli . the Crater Lake national park four miles of i pavement and 11 miles s of rock surfacing by a special ap mrnnrintinn frnnt the fdral env lernment. In addition there are some counties which "hiv graded or Improved sections of state high- -way with their own forces or by contract of which the!, state de$ partment has no record.' : Onlji 947 miles of state highway, or 21.2 per cent of the total of 4468 'miles included in the state high rway system still remain unlm - --Many Bridges Built - There have also been approxi- mately ' 575 bridges of Btandird design over 20 feet in length con structed by the department dur ing the ten-year period. "The year 1926 rounds out a fall decade' sifice tbe Inauguration of - the present state highway code,"! the report points out. ' "Probably the most important step- in the history of tbe whole highway program was the approv al of the first six' million dollar bond issue by the voters in 1917 The adoption of the principle of - capitalizing the income from the motor 1 vphlcle license fees was new then, but.it has since been widely V adopted 5' throughout the country. Despite, the fact that the first two years .'Were war-years and 'little was dond except prep1 arationjand thatrthe real start was not made untiK,19I9, yelwlhe re- nn SAFE AND COMFORTABLE SIMPLE to control easy to handle comfortable to ride convenient to park; The Ideal machine for safe,' quick personal power travel through :leengeste4 streets of towns and cities, Equally serviceable -Xpr Jpng " er ' runs on . open iroads lor cross-country 'dinf5anne3 .power for anfoaTrr.MemeK ' gency. Perfe"ct"M14flcfeand" low center of gravity provides full safety at all speeds. Balloon-tires. 5 i ;v:' f w Cost Only 1 cent per mile -. Bay It On Easy Terms " Send Jor descriptive literature IIsri7:;colt i THE CrCXETMAJT , '147 SoT Commercial St. . t JJ..',i'' - Tcrr- T am. m Witluh suits achieved in the ten-year: period are interesting when com-; pari sons are made. In'' 141 6 'there" were 33,917 mo tdr vehicles registered, and the) motor vehicle' license fees collect ed amounted Jto -1146,232. .Ont side of Multnomah, county, erciud-i ug -u iew mites in ciaisop ana Jackson counties, there Mas no- p4vement at ' all. Such" ' gravel roads as 'were found 'were narrow and ' rough with - some f ew ' excep tions in. tbe more' advanced coun ties. There-was no continuity of Improvement, with frequently im passable gaps at the county boutt daries, distant from the centers of population. In 1916 tbe first fed eral aid act. for highways had just been passed. It was. a meagre atuount, but was the beginning of a ' national policy which has re sult ea m the allotment or many millions' - to Orefjou. The statfl highway system then existed only on paper. In that year the Colura hia River highway had jusc been piennd -as- a dirt road to Hood River and to Astprir.. The Alt. Hood loop was only a vision. The Pacific highway was impassable after the first rains, as were alt roads leading to the coast. . The route to Pendleton, was over the hfU.s,by a, circuitous route in voir ing long, steep? grades. Development .Gradual The development .from those conditions to nreaent dav condi tions has "been gr'adnil nd. there fore, has been accepted as a mat ter:of course, but in. that period, social and industrial conditions have so changed as to make ira proved roads an imperative neces sity. Thefefiore, thetate did well to begin its rod program early. even - though much of the work was pioneering.-' The dependence of the various communities on con tinuous and; uninterrupted high way" transportation is remarkable. The commission has continued the unwritten but well established policy formulated by its predeces sors, and the construction program of the hiennium has consisted in a large measure of completing un- nnisnea contracts carried over from the previous ;year, filling the uncompleted gaps in the main through highways and extending branch highways and connections as fast as funds were available, to the end that the public may se cure the maximum benefit from the improvement. The policy of surfaclag graded, roads as. soon, air' the roadbed has become thor oughly settled bag been followed consistently. '., "The state highway system is 4468 miles In length, of which there' has been improved, by. the commission to date 728 miles, of paving, of which 178 miles- are of cement concrete type and -550 miles; of bituminous type7v4l?7 miles ' ht ' crushed rock or' gravel surfacing,' jond 249 miles of grad ing. These figures do not include the forest roads oti xhe state high way Bystehi, which' are-constructed under federal supervision." Covnpletlon First Urged -The report strongly recommends that nor new i state Highways be added loathe; state highway map until thevjiresent system is com pleted, . or t. least;, 'farther ad vanced," declaring that tbe present system kwhlchi,cover8 approximate ly 10 pen cent' of the public road mileage", tTa' adequate to cover the needs eff : the tatei la this con nection the report calls attention to the fact, that in the state of Washington the state highway mileage is approximately, 75 per cent that of Oregon, while the ln6torf?incTe'-eTslratiin is 60 p4r cent greater,' IwbJle In ; Cali f ornf afwith st nfotor vehicle reg i&tt1oa?seveja .UMe s great as UJaajNpL OrgimvtMiStite Tilgliway Bystem tftoniy 4t per cent greater. That . highway traffic has fully kept' pace "iwith highway improve ment IsMndlcated by a comparison of surveys conducted by the high way department- on various roads atf different times?! 4 For Instance, on the Pacific; highway near Wolf Creek at thk 'time the connt was taken in 1921, only 319 vehicles were--, counted during the day. h8 'traffic had increased to .1250 in a day at . the same coin t in iAlWfiS A, change in the character of traffic using the highways is ahjp jshown in a tudr of these surveys, which shows that during the biennium of 1923-24 - horse drawn vehicles conBti to ted 'U33 ! per cent of all ; traffic over state highways! whereas in 1925-26 this ' character of traffic "had dwindled down to 0.62 per cent. In the same period Oregon passen ger automobiles ' had increased from ,69.42 per cent of the total traffic to 70.76 per cent. In the biennium just ending tbe highway department has spent a total of 323,314,793.83. Including fl8f53f,414.20'; of : state f undsof which amount $8,518,580.89 was applied tqward, the A paymentk.of principal, ana interest on roaa tMtfid -' f '-;rf-ivirMs!w; 7-f - Labor situation in Oregon good; ADI) 26 MILES OF NEW COUNTY- n ' Nine miles of new pavement on market roads in Marion county and air within Salem's trade ter ritory radius, conservatively esti mated at 20 miles, have been com pleted during the year Just end ed, according to Roadmasfer, Cul ver. ; " Some of this new pavement is on roads which were already es tablished, but other units are en tirely , new. In all rans the new toh'structlon adds to the facility with, which residents- of ,these parts of the county. may come to Salem to trade. ... AVIATION MAKES RAPID PROGRESS z EUROPEAN NATIONS MAKE .5 ENORMOUS STRIDE r-t ' ' tfs Despite Success of North Pole FUgh, Pessimism Is Felt In U. S. WASHINGTON, Dec. 3l. Sub stantial progress in the, develop ment of aviation, both, commercial and military, together with stevter al notable exploits of flying, in cluding flights respectively by an airplane and a dirigible over the North Pole, was recofrded during 1926. f While the United f States took the lead in the private ownership and operation of aircraft and is well in the front rank in the techt nical development. of? military air craft! It was a notable feature of the, aviation progress in 1?S 6 that European, nations especially the Latin countries, made enormous hstrides in. their flyinjf Vdevelop- tThere Isa pessimistic note, however, lit American aviattion cir clet- tnlthft' co mparisoa-ofi Ameri can and Ecrooean commercial use of airplanes. While the 4J4 S. com mercial flying, baa atspiiiyed en couraging development, ini Europe large airplanes,: engaged fln com mercial and . passenger carrying flights, are being, used expensively mainly supporteti b governmental sjrtmidies. Paasewger carrying aer- vices in the IT. IS. ha vet not been usuauy iinanciajiy eucciessmi. ana aviation, j in ihlp icaixtkry? X nvus t largely pay It onm way. but the government a eneQrtoar to pave tbe way J)y establtehing nd main7 taIn!n.Irways,without resortjng o it-hau.subsldy.,pc4lcSV 4$ 9 -t A i. i A. note ot tne juxmre progress 01 commercial avlattbn ,1s sounded in the plan of the post off Ice depart ment to turn over ; ylts ; air mall routes, entirely to private compan ies in 1927. Aviation authorities claim that the main problem, fac ing the flying Industry! to place ft oh a Belf-suppbrtlug bfisfs; Is to es tablish substantial Reductions In cost of construction, Operation and maintenance, :ogetliieri with. betert ment of .the safety, of aerial navi gation. . . i .- i.J .. In order to visualize this im provement, the map of improved and unimproved roads which was made two years ago to illustrate the extent of Salem's trade terri tory is reproduced without any changes. To bring it up to date, it is necessary to imagine the folowing sections of new pavement, total ing 26 miles, constructed within the past two years: From St. Paul north. From Hubbard to Broadacres. From McKee east to Monitor. From the junction of the Sil- (future of aviation in America the notable feature of 1926 was the clarification of aeronautical legis- letion, including the appointment 0 aviation secretaries In 'the de partments of commerce, navy and War, and the 5-year programs for the army and navy air corps. '' What the rCooIidge administra tion thinks of aviation is express ed in the increase of the air bud get of the government toy $7,210, 000 for 1928, despite tbe adminis tration's policy of economy. The president recommended to con gress, appropriations of $523,000, an increase of $10,000 for the Na tional Advisory Committee on Aeronautics; army $24,396,000, an increase of $4,000,000; navy $4,855,850, a $200,000 increase and commerce, $3,219,500 an in crease of $3,000,000. Three flights to the North Pole were essayed in 1926, twb of them eiit?ts'Greclit ireau, inc. Today it Is necessary for each division of labor to be placed in the hands of an expert in that line. The growth of this company, located at 403 Bank of Commerce Bldg., in Salem, is a direct fact of that. This firm specializes in commercial collecting and their present or ganization is ever ready to serve you. There are sledge-hammer col ledion methods which not only fall but' cost the subscriber as well, but the Merchant's Credit Bureau Inc.; uses tbe hammer lessV' 'ItUsn't so neisy but it , does the work. It is gentle, free from friction and puts it over. You wanf those dead ac counts off your mind, off your ; books. They, have a plan that will go right out and get the . money for xot At no risk on iyour part they will resurrect your dead dollars. They will ; undertake it without the slight est obligation on yoar part and will set what is without of fending anybody. -They furnish you with. strong bank references and other pow erful proof -of -their ability- to get" your noney promptly. 'No matter-what you think of col- PAVED ROADS TO verton and Mt. Angel roads east toward Scotts Mills. From Brooks east. From Liberty southeast. From Turner southeast toward Wesit Stayton. On tbe Shaw-Silver Falls City road. From Stayton east. The amount of paved market roads in Marion county has in creased 50 per cent in the last three years. At the opening of 1924, there were 99 miles of county paved roads in the county; the total today is 147 miles. 'This successful, one by an American in an airplane and another by a Nor wegian in a dirigible. From Jan uary to May Captain George WH kjns, Australian flier, attempted to conquer the Arctic regions in flights from Alaska, but all of his three planes met with mishap. Jn a brilliantly courageous .flight Lieutenant Commander Richard Byrd of the U. S. Navy contributed the greatest aviation exploit of the year in a flight on May 9 from Spitzbergen to the North Pole and return in 15 hours and 30 min utes. Roald Amundsen, the Nor wegian Arctic explorer, and Com mander Nobile of the Italian navy followed two days later with an other flight over the Pole in the Dirigible Norge from Spitzbergen to Nome, Alaska, a trips of 20,000 miles. Other notable flights were tje Army's hop to South America, and lectlon agencies, nor what your past experienee has been, they offer you a service different n performance and promptitude. This company stands on its own record. They know their business thoroughly and can produce a bankable check for the accounts you have given up as lost- ' Mr. Schtrman, the manager, has spent years in this line of business and is an expert tn his special field. He is known as a fair and square man to deal with and it is his policy to mail to you immediately all. money collected. It is yours and J be longs to you and ' be does Dot run his business with J your 'money. This concern Is able to make collections in any. part of the state through extensive affWa-T tions with other leading agen cies. --. ; The time to let them demonstrate their ability f Is right now today. There 'ts nothings to hesitate about.' the . risk is theirs.- Call and ha ve ' their representative come' over and get that list of dead ac counts; "Ypu will be glad und count it lucky on your part. "V ' 1 THIS MAP is in addition to 38 miles of paved state .Jbighway, and more than eight 'miles, in cities and towns. T - T X Y T t t r T Y f r Y X Y Y Y Y Y X Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y HAPPY MEM May im Bring: You anfl - p Happiness m li A -"V a the exploits of an Englishman, Sir Alan Cobham, who flew from Eng land to Capetown. . South Africa, and of , fwO ' FteirtfiBien, Lts. Challes and Captain Weiser, who flew 3,250: miles, from Paris to Bender Abbas, Persia; An Ameri can, Lt. James DooliUle of the army who topped ihe; Andes from Santiago, Chile toOuenos Aires on September. 3, displayed an exam ple of courage for he flew with both ankles broken. In smashing all the seaplane speed records in the Schneider Cup races, Mapor Mario de Bernadi on November 13 brought fame to Italy.' - In the National air meet of Sep tember 11, Lt. C. T. Cuddihy of the U. S. Navy established a. new pursuit ehipspeed record! with 1S0.495 miles per hour. Walter Beach won the Ford Reliability contest, covering 2,652 miles with an average speed of, 12 4 miles an hour, on August 21. American baBoonlsts .came to the fore. Wade Van Oman capturing both the na tional balloon and the Gordon Bennett international balloon races. 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