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AUTOMOTIVE SECTION j Tl OREGON STATESMAN, Salem, Oregon. Sunday Honing, June 8, 1930 i . i i o OUTDOOR NEWS HIGHWAY OILING JO START SOON i1930 Program Includes 911 Miles, Reports State Road Engineer PAGE ELEVEN Winner at Indianapolis Auto Races NASH The oiling; program of the state highway department for the- year 1930 totals 911.21 miles, accord In? to announcement made here Saturday by Roy Klein, state hiehway engineer. Of this amount 338.77 miles of highway will be reoiled, while 171.25 miles Is classified as new oiling. There also will be 219.25 mi! 03 of bituminous macadam, a part of which will be laid on sur face previously oiled and a part cn unoiled surfaces. Approximate ly 181.71 miles of bituminous ma cadam pavement will be treated to a non-skid surface. While most of the oiling opera tions will be In eastern and cen tral Oregon, a number of high ways in western Oregon will be given attention. Most of the west ern Oregon road3 tbat will re ceive oil are located along the coast, or connect the coast with the Pacific highways and -other north. and south arteries. It will be late in October before the oil ing operations are completed, Mr. Klein said. Improved Oiling Methods Developed Experiments have been conduct ed for the past five or six years in an effort to develop specifications for oiling and bituminous maca dam construction that will give satisfactory results, and imprwe nunts both in the equipment used and the methods of doing the work are constantly being made. The highway department, in its operations, distinguishes be tween oiled macadam and bitu minous macadam. The former term is applied to the application of oil to the existing macadam, for the purpose of laying the dust an 1 preventing a loss of surface materials. Bituminous macadam consists o the application of. alternate l.ivfrs of bituminous binder and various sizes of crushed rock or gravel, thoroughly keyed and locked together and finished with a non-skid surface. This adds materially to the stability of the road and forms an intermediate type of construction between oiled macadam and pavement. Kxperhnenting Done Willi Non-Skid The non-skid treatment now be- . ing applied to black top pave nifnt is the result of for years of experiments,- and consists of a light application of liquid asphalt covered -with a layer or crusnea r.irir which after belnr bladed smooth is covered with another unification of llauld asphalt, and with a layer of smaller rock. The surface is then smooth ed with a blade grader ana thoroughly compacted by rolling. It has been determined that after the highway Is oiled the maintenance costs ars reduced ap proximately. 15 per cent, and the Raving to the motorist on account of the laying of dust and reduced wear and tear on tires is probably greater. There will be used during the 1930 season in the construction of oiled macadam and bituminous macadam, approximately 10,000 nno nf hftnmlnous binder. 10 train loads of 50 cars each. Ktensive Program la Parried On Tn addition to the. materials rfcinh nst manv thousands of dollars It is necessary to employ u lortra number of men and press into service hundreds of trucks and other road making vehicles. As much of the work Is done some Hictnnrn frnm towns and cities. camps are established for the eon- vnifnA of the employes. tms tnprtallr Is true in Central Ore gon where the oiling operations predominate. win nm oillne operations ere now In progress, the bulk of the season's operations will not get under way until the advent "of fair weather. It has been found costly to operate during the rainy Reason, for the reason that results have not been as satisfactory as in cases where the. oil is spread under clear skies. Kmployes of the highway de ti'rtmMit said that every effort would be made to complete oiling operations on the coast roads oe-' fore the heavy tourist travel Teaches its peak. SPEEDllMiy BE REPEALED HERE Reckless driving, rather than speed will be the basis for arrest ing drivers on the highways of Oregon In case a law proposed by Hal E. Hoss, secretary of state, is approved by the 1931 legislature. Hoss returned here last week from Washington, where he attended the national traffic conference. Recommendations to the next legislature involving i traffic regu lation will be drafted by Hoss. Captain Frank Ervin, of the Port land traffic department; J. M. De vers, .attorney for state high way department, and John Bea key, signal engineer, at a confer ence to be held during the sum mer. Hoss. said he" would recom mend elimination of the sped lim it. He declared that any recom mendations submitted to the legis lature would conform to the na tional program. It also is likely. Hoss said, that a proposed new law will provide for examination of persons who apply for drivers licenses. This ex amination would be practical and no applicant would be granted a permit until he had gained a knowledge of the rules of the road and proper signals. n M 'FWyMW - -T v-'s . sVlfi-V?r lSrT ' :', iim. iiT' - -- I Victory perched npon the blue and gold shield of Richfield at the SOO-mile race In Indianapolis, according to recapitulation of the great speed contest, for a check of results showed that Richfield gasoline powered the first five cars to cross the finish line. Here in the winning quintet: Top Hilly ArnoKi, winner, ana nis car; jusc oeiow Amours car Is tbat of Ixrais Schneider, who was third. Inset st right is the racing face of Shorty Caution, who finished second, lionis Meyer (at left below) and Bill Cummings, respectively finished fourth and fifth. FIRE NRK IS WRITTEN BY 10 Ahnnt 9 son narnnna are en par ed rn writing stock fire insurance for the protection of property owners In Oregon, counting eacn person as representing a family, relatives or dependants to the number of five, we have approxi mately 11,000 persons directly or indirectly concerned in this great industry, exclusive of the thous ands whose properties are cover ed by the insurance written. The number of agents recorded does not mean an equal number of agencies operating in this state. Generally the entire personnel of an insurance agency Is licensed to perform the duties of agent. The companies represented by this group pay into the state treasury, in ordinary and special taxes, about $175,000 a year. That amount Is far in excess of the requirements of the state in surance department,, for whose support the insurance business is heavily taxed, the remainder be intr disbursed in other ways by the Utate and thus relieving the tax load to that extent. As for the amount at risk by the 234 stock tire insurance com panies transacting business in Oregon, this is around $1,050, 000,000. This means that If ev ery policy in force were to become payable ,a condition which of course could not happen, the com panies would be liable for that vast amount of money. It means fl.050. 000. 000 of coverage, pro vided by these companies to the property owners of the state and serving as a basis of credit and commercial activity of the broad cast character. For the United States the total exceeds 150 bil lion dollars for 239 stock com panies. . In writing this business In Ore gon, the stoclt companies collect something like $6,135,000 in. a year tn premiums. Out of this, ex penses and losses must be paid, and a certain amount set aside as a reserve to guarantee the pay ment of the claims that come due. The figures which I have given apply to fire insurance only, and have nothing to do with the wind torm and other forms of insurance written by the stock companies. The industry has bad a credit able history In Oregon. The first stock company to write business in the state was the Pacific In surance Company of California, formed about 1865. now out of existence. The first company or ganized in the state was the Ore gon Fire and Marine Insurance Company, articles for its incor poration having been filed by W. S. Ladd, M. S. Burnell, Henry Falling. L. White, Chas. Hodge. C. H. Lewis, William Reid. M. W. Fechheimer and Frank Dekum in 1881. This company retired from business a few years later. During the succeeding years numerous companies began busi ness under the laws of the state. A few of these ' were domestic companies, but a majority of them er states doing a nationwide or a worldwide business. WOULD LIGTIT CAVES PORTLAND. Ore., June 6. (AP) Bids for the Installation of eiectrlc lighting system In the Oregon caves near Grants Pass will be opened here Monday. The proposed lighting system will en able visitors to see much more of the caves and will allow them to pass through more rapidly. The caves recently have been washed free of all mnd and dirt by means of a high pressure water system. Chinese Slayings Increased to 4; Police Cautious NEW YORK. June 7 ( API The fourth Chinese killing within 4 8 hours in the metropolitan area tonight Intensified oollee nrenn. tlons in Chinatown on the eve of a tong peace conference called for tomorrow by District Attorney Crain. Cheone Feok. 40. died a few minutes after he had been slash ed in the abdomen by a Chinese identified by bystanders as Tei Gat, 32. Eddie Oong, secretary of the Hip Sing Tong, which is at odds with the Leong Tong. denied mat either Fook or Gat was member of the Hip Sings or as far as he knew, of any other tong. CHINESE MURDERED EVERETT, Mass., June 7 (AP) Sing Wong. 44. was shot to death last night in his laundry wnne at woric. Tnree shots were fired through a partition separat ing the front of the shop from the rear. One shot hit him in the head. IMPROVEMENTS AT WEST SALEM MANY WEST SALEM, June 7. (Spe cial) Marked activity in general improvements as well as in build ing construction has been enjoy ed by West Salem within the last few months. Improvements Include a new re servoir for the water system, new water mains laid, gas mains ex tended through the town, grading and excavation on property east of the cider plant. A building will be erected there soon by Max Gehlar. C. E. Greene Is erecting a large addition to his garage on Edge water street. Ted Lahr and Earl Burk have erected a wrecking house near the bridge. The Lewis "all under cover" service station has been completed at Edgewater street and Wallace road. Several residences have been built and several more will be started soon. A harness and saddle shop have been added to the list of West Salem business houses; a restaurant has been opened at the Lewis service station and the Riv erside Wrecking house on Edge water street has been built. A number of other business buildings are being planned and work will probably start soon. Get ii Ttxive jji VALLEY MOTOjg- $650 Model A Town Sedan Model A Fordor Sedan $600 Model A Tudor Sedan $575 Model A Roadster $385 Model A Sport Coupe $475 Model A Sport Coupe $375 MjevMotor6 Comer Center and liberty Tel. 1995 SET SIM I LOVELY GENOA Transportation Luxury Dis pensed in Ancient Ital ian City KENOSHA, Wis. June 7 Ro mantic settings await many Am erican automobiles shipped over seas; but few products of busy and matter-of-fact manufacturing Plants in this country find them selves in stranger or more his toric spots than do the Nash "400" cars which emerge from their sturdy shipping crates in lovely old Genoa, Italy. These ultra modern mechanical treasures of 1930 come to rest first in a 15th century pirates' cove, and are prepared tor de livery in the subterranean vaults of the ancient Palarzo Doria, where 500 years ago the Dogi of the dominant Genoese republic heaped the priceless loot taken in their high seas adventures. Among the most interesting of old world cities, Genoa itself is a rich center for the American globe trotter; - and . the Palazzo Doria is famed as a jewel of first water in the chain which links its many modern developments with antiquity. The Doria family was at the height of its fame around the year 1400. It gave more than one imperious Doge to the repub lic, and built a number of the old palaces which are still standing. Only one of these the actual Jiome of Andrea Doria, head of the fleets of Emperors Francis I and Charles V is known official ly as the Palazzo Doria, and is preserved as a national monu ment by the Italian government. The ancient stronghold, situ ated in the heart of the port of Genoa and contrasting strikingly with the great liners and modern equipment of this largest port in the Mediterranean, is used par tially as a dwelling. Seme of its chambers have been transformed into business offices, and the lower part which spreads under garden and driveway, serves as a warehouse for imports. It Is here that the Nash distributors utilizes the old vaults and corridors, where once the treasures of Gen oese conquests were piled, to re ceive the new Nash cars when they leave thefr ships and to pre pare them for the showrooms. The Genoa visitor of today thus finds the historic palaces serving a modern people as it served the ancient state, with priceless Nash developments in modern Com fort, speed and mechanical value, replacing tbe less, practical treas ures of the middle ages I O- WHEN GIANT ANIM A LS TROD THE EARTH - ss r-. r. jr.-. sty u'j. - . - 1 4 7f jdmL mi r i II it mm v vm-'iJni&&ef&iG91t&gfc - ii- - it n in- -- --iim-i r i i wu i f-Vfi - r 1 mirnrirr t in . i-mm . i Ben Geddl, farmer near Portland, Oregon, idly swinging a pick, unearthed bones of prehistoric animals along the bank of the Willamette River recently. Bones of a giant mastodon are ranged across the bumper of this Chevrolet sedan which was sent out to get the photographs. Albert Tozier, curator of the Pioneer Memorial Building near Port land, is holding what is believed to be a large bone from the jaw of a mastodon. A close-up of the big bone is shown, and a section of tusk wrapped in paper to keep it from disinte grating are shown as insets. ROAD OPENING Salmon River Cutoff Route Shortens Distance to Oregon Beaches With a historical pageant de picting events in Oregon history, the Salmon river cutoff will be dedicated Jnly 19 at Valley Junc tion in northern Lincoln county. The new cutoff connects Valley Junction with Otis, on the Roose velt highway, and is 22 miles long. The new road will shorten the distance; from Portland and valley points to the coast. The dedicatory program was outlined Thursday by Mrs. G. M. Workman, assistant secretary of the Lincoln county chamber of commerce. Exercises will be held at the site of the old blockhouse of General Sheridan, veteran Ore gon Indian fighter and figure in the Civil war. The site is at Val ley Junction on the highway. Norblad to Speak The exercises Include the crowning of the Mother Queen of the Salmon River highway. Mrs. Rhoda Johnson of Tillamook, the first white child to go over the Salmon river trail, will be the queen. A crown made of 37 Lin coln county agates will be placed on her head by Governor Norblad, who will also give the dedicatory address and declare the new road open. General ' McAlexander, the "Rock of the Marne" will be master of ceremonies. The historical foundation of the pageant and exercises has been worked out by Mrs. H. E. Warren, Oregon historian. Oregon pioneers will take the parts of Abraham Lincoln, General Sheri dan and others. Dr. C. M. Carter of Siletz will take the part of Abraham Lincoln. One of Eugene's pioneers, Miss Anne Whiteaker. will take the part of Miss Oregon in the exer cises. The Lincoln county chamber of commerce Is taking the lead In the program and is assisted by patriotic and civic organizations of the entire state. TWO SLAIN PARIS. June 7. (AP) Dis patches received today from Dalat. Annam, said two persons were killed and 17 wounded in demon strations today. Two thousand Indo-Chinese manifestants, marcn lng with red banners demanding partition of land among the peas ants and refnslng to pay taxes, set out today for Phu Lumh. MM I OPEN 8760 HOURS EACH YEAR (3 Q0Q 5 - 3 4': Is Etaee Bi?aEie TTecttJhmg Not Just an Ordinary Grease Job. YOUR CAR WASHED CLEAN IN A HURRY Stop j ! Service "Jin" "BU1' Inrile Ua to Tour Next Btowoot Phone 44 Jt