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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (June 29, 1930)
I AUTOMOTIVE SEOT 1 "v r - " '"" Tht OREGON STATESMAN. Salem, Oregon, Sunday Morning. June 29, 1930 "- l - - ' . . mil rnnr nnnTn o - ----- . - . - :--r--- , o 3f ";... tVBli 3".'W-r' ." ;;i.-'.i4' UL I II I IT 'I I. I 'Will II irf i ii r rs, T 1 1 i n it II OUTDOOR NEWS PAGE ELEVEN ILK COSTS I TO BE STUDIED I f THE PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL HIGHWAY If -; BisiSuWcd by ;state ? Emp!oye? ; : V , Enactment of u Uir tixlB tbe mount 1 of ' money per mil : that will bo allowed lor the operation of ."privately owned automobile - by stale officials -aad x -employes. whCe encased 4a-I flclal business protably will be nxsed at tbe 1911 session pf tncOxeeej legc e latere. TMa wax announced here today by Certain officials who are Interested ia conservlnc the state's finances. Investigation ot records in the state departments shew that la some cases officiale-jud employes 1 bare charged l cents per mue ror the operation f -tbetr ears, while In other Instances tae. charge was as -low as fire cents per mile. In the case of T. B. Kay, state treas urer, he has been reimbursed by the state on the actual basis of bus and railroad fares. Officials Charge More Than Kmployrs In comparing the expense ac counts ot yarious officials and departments for the operation of privately,, owned cars, it waa pointed out that "members of the world war and veterans' state aid commission bare charged the state 10 cents per mile. Charges of officials and employes of tbe state normal school at Monmouth range from 7 to 10 cents per mile. Cir cuit Judges hare computed their expense accounts on the basis of 10 cents per mile. While members of the world war yeterans state aid commission have charged the state 10 cents per mile for the operation of their automobiles, the records show that employes ot the commission have been allowed only five cents per mile. Governmental branches whose expense accounts have been com puted on the basis of seven eents per mile include the barft'board, child welfare commission horti cultural board, state xriirket ag ent, vocational education depart ment and 'executive department. This charge means that the tax payers are compelled to pay ap proximately $7 for a return trip between Salem and Portland while the bus fare is not to exceed $2.50. Expense Accounts Also Vary Greatly IThe'etate banking department caaigea jf Btrtpef mile for the gSansnatlBw -oty f ly owned ears which Js . computed, on the am basis as expense accounts the fish commission, forestry ; board, and state arricultaral eoUeee. 7a state game to remission has fixed its mileage rate at serea and eight eents per mile. The state tax com mission charges 7 V cents per mile and the state insurance commis sion five cents per mile. Tbe charge of the University of Ore gon if cents per t&ile. It waa aald that there also is a wide discrepancy la eapeaaa ac counts filed by officials and em ployes in connection trite "&6U1 rooms. la many caea -fQeials have attained rooms for aa little as S 2 per night, while, la ether cases the charge hag exceeded II. Oae state employee some time ago filed aa expeasa aceewaCOf $10 per night fer a room, at Spokane, Wash., bat this waa rejected by the secretary of state who auth orlied a maximum of $5 per night. Under the existing laws, the state department is handicapped in the auditing of claims filed by stste officials and . employes, for the reason that the official or em ploye merely has to tertify that the money was expended in the transaction of state business. Un less there Is some outstanding dis crepancy, the secretary of state Is compelled to accept the certified account at its face value and ap prove it in full. . Reports Indicate that there also has been some abuse on tbe part of state officials and employes in connection with the operation ot state-owned automobiles for priv ate purposes. In an effort to curb this abase the 1127 legislature en acted a law that all tabs cars should be plainly marked. This lav has not been enforced to the letter, and a number of state-own-eu machines are now being oper ated wlthoat any matk to dis tinguish them from privately own ed cars. It was said that the legis lature will be asked to correct a number of these abuses In the Interest of the taxpayers who re footing the bills. .' - O IMTEPHA910NAL PACIFIC HIGHWAY I ( ' AUTOMOaiLE OdMWSCUTHttm UURHNU ' Jl'v' V7T -J CDESSffi COLTOMDIE Bill Aids Road i Woflf Tltroush Public Lands of Western Stales WASHINGTOX, D. C Jsno K With the, western wlaiea in tenively interested la highways, congress has moved to land .fed eral assistance through tbe paa- sage ot th Colton-Oddle bOI aathorixing appropriatioaa for the construction- and mainten ance of main roads through tub' appropriated or unreserved pub lic -lands and nontaxable Indian Unas, the American Automobile association declared today. This measure, which has been consistently supported by organ ised motordom, is of tar-reaching importance to the 11 far-western states where the bulk ot the land Is non-taxable. The Colton-Oddle bill, spon sored by Senator Taskar U Od- di. of Nevada, and Representa tive Don B. Colton, of Utah, has the same purpose as the measure vetoed by President Coolldge in lSZSexcfpt that It leaves to cpnpr.esa the actual amount to be appropriated. Therefore,: it la believed, that President Hoover wui jsigrn the revised bill. (The', A. A. A. says that In ef fect, the measure passed by tbe senate on June II, on the heels of favorable action in the Hense, amende tbe act providing fer tbe United- States- to - aid in road- building. As a result. Con gress la eaabled by law to con sider the largo federal owned and aon-taxahi areas of tae west. . "This money, gays the state ment, "could only bo used in Stat , having in excess of Ove per eont of The total area ot ail of lta lands ta maopproprlated pab Ue laada and noa-taxabl Uadsv aad win be appottionew-to' these states in the proportion that said nnblie lands, ts te be the to tal area,. . "It means the speeding; ap of eonstractlos on highways through 100,000 square miles of naap roprlated and unreserved nub ile lands and the bunding of im portant links in transcontinental roads. "Due to the fact that the coun try is so sparsely settled sad the amount of taxable property . ao mall. It was impossible to- raise' funds tor this much-needed con struction by local taxation. Orchard Heights i ORCHARD HEIGHTS, Jane 28 Guests for tbe evening of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Anderson Wed nesday were Mr. and Mrs. T. Sit ner and Miss Emma Sitner of Portland. Mr. and Mrs. Alvln Meade and daughter Lenore of Eole were Sunday dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Simmons. Mrs. J. R. Chapman and son Sam. drove to Portland Monday on business. NEIV OURAIiiT SIXES IS III m Priced lower than any other six on the. market but one, a new line of Da rant motor eara is latroane- dodaJbxJhsw-wst3ra Durant factory. . . Bunt to sell under $100. deliv ered here, the Durant Standard J-U baa been created to fill a very definite need in the low price six cylinder field In which. last year's sales, totaled more than 22 per cent of the entire output of the automobUe industry. "There are four models in the new line,, said C. J. Taylor of the Salem Automobile Co., local Durant dealer in discussing the announcement. "They include the urge, quality 5-passenger sedan which seats six comfortably, sport roadster, coupe with rumble seat and business coupe. All body types are mounted on a 111 inch chassis." With the addition of the Stan dard 0-14, the Durant line now comprises a series of motor cars covering classes in which 80 per cent of all the automobiles in the United States were sold last year. The buying public now has its choice Of the recently introduced Durant 407, or four cylinder type, one model of which sells for only $25 more than the corresponding 'X model ot the lowest priced four cylinder manufacturer in the country; The Durant Standard 6-14. the Durant Special g-i tat Durant De Luxe 6-14 and' the famous Durant t-t with four forward speeds. We feel that the new Durante Standard 4-14 .offer the gfeatast ' -valfaea for the -money on the mar ' . keti today.' declared "Norman D4 , Vaax.Treaiafent and-erar tfan ager ot tbe westevm Dnxa-. fac tory. "Imagine t gix-eyiindtr nd- " tomobUe with a wheelbaso Mil inches, powered by a 11$ enbfo . . Inch n. honenower motor, delfr- ' ered to yon -under 1900. Yet thVj is precisely wnat uurau is oner- Ing today. Oak Grove ..." OAK GROVE. June 22 Mrs. Mary Lyatrop and children Eve lyn, Arline, and Howard, art . spending their summer vacation with her sister, Mrs. Thad Stev ens. Miss Lois St. Helens of Wood burn is visiting her cousin. Miss Alma Ackerson, this week. The cherry crop is ready to pick but the rain has been quite a worry to the growers. The mar ket also seems unfavorable. Loganberry picking has com menced. The loganberry crop will be good this year. There Is lota of hay down now. The cool, wet. spring has made a large yield ot hay. . - . Cut Courtesy "The Oregon Motorist JEdttor Jfe Tfae Xaternaiioaial Hizhwav extending down th want, roast th rnti h. ftttonlan rountricu nnd down the west coast of Houtimtrj- f Laredo, Texas, to Mexico City, throngh the catatrmeum vrotft as t ecr mmtuimum sVenterey and Mexico XXts. 93u firim Central mm4 Santh 1 asnencna cocraxnes nav aswioiul roads of varylns troes wWch wffl Wssnaected sa u smtcklv as rWible. Tbe Pacific TatewtlosMJ' Jlgbway naaorlaiatrwnlc tts first coeetlag in Portlaad April 14, eka to nro iota tbe earty coaetractioa of a read extending northward from Vanceaver. B. GL. to Alaska. and from Los Angeles to Mexico City by way or Guadalajara where It- Will connect with the Interna tional highway. The Aatotnobue Club of Southern California has sent a trail Maxtnar caravan aver this latter at retch from Los Angelea to Mextto aty and st Is of the experiences of this caravaq that Mr. McQaftey write. O I Waconda 1 U5EDUe? Iff' US i Liaea a " rL1s?rT-"l'l:f- Plan International Highway Along Pacific Coast Projected Road Would Link Alaska With Ar gentine by viodern Motor Hoad v; . . . ,tUn Emma Eloper and son Val Pane. Mrs. Edna Sleper, nil. of and Mrs. Ellen Reynolds of Re lands, CaUfornI. were overnight guests, Thursday, at the Mr. and Mrs. Henry C Stafford, Mrs. Emma Sloper U postmistress at staytoa. and baa recently re turned from the Postmasters' con vention 4a Portland. . ' Mr. and ' Mrs. ' Bert - Dill and daughter, Mtxine. of lttlaati. were -Sunday vialtore ;at the George Lemery home. Mrs. vui is a sUter of Mr. Lemery. , .-. Dinner gnesta ThnrsdayeTen ing at the home of Mr. and Mrs. . Ray Jones were, Mtos Irene Sa tera of Oregon City, Mr. Schwab of Portland, and Miss . Anna sa tera who is visiting here from Los Angeles. ' , -Mrs. E. M. Massey aad son Carl Massey ot Portland,-were recent guests at the home of Mr. ana Mrs. Arthur Goffin. V Mr. and Mrs. Joe Klenskl are the proud pareaU of ababy girU born Monday, Jane 22. ' nt bo Deaconess hospital. I-. : Miss Mary Jones. whoM 1" Tlsiting friends and 'relatives '' nere and In Salem baa returned to ier homo In PoruaJUU-r By EHKE&T. McOAFFET (Reprinted from June Number, The Oregon Motorist) With the completion of. tbe Pac ific highway from tbe Mexican border to Vancouver, British Co lumbia. Canada, pacific coast road eathnsfasts begin to look about for new worlds to conquer. The motor crabs of the west then con ceived a project of a motoring thoroughfare-which would extend from Fairbanks, Alaska, to Bue nos Aires. in tbe Argentine Re public in South America. This colossal enterprise includ ed the completion of the northern end of the proposed route from Vancouver to Fairbanks, and on the southern end, a motoring high way from the Mexican border through the South American term inus. Some progress has been made in South America from Buenos Aires In the Argentine, to Taena. Pern, and some road building has been done in Mexico. Tut tor the most part, in Mexico, Central and South America the highway has been more or less a dream of its projectors. With a view to determining the nosslbilitles of a motoring-rout through from Los Angeles to Mex ico City the portion between Los Angeles and the Mexican border having; already been completed, the Automobile "club ot -Southern California launcbed a trail-blas-4 Ing expedition consisting, ot three trucks and two touring cars," lo getber with eight ot it employes, a newspaper correspondent., nad a " representative of the ..Mexican gdvernmenL The intention was to proceed under its - own' power through ' portions' of - tbe - country sever yet traversed by automo biles, and ascertain. If possible, whether a motoring highway to Mexico City was feasible. - After leaving JNogales, the trip began .to present eonsiderabia dir flenltles. Tbe Governor .of Slna- load had very generoaaly added to a the narty a number of Mexican laborers, and their work in aid in the travelers was Invaluable. The road in many Places was ex ceedingly rough, aad occasionally a ear or a track stuck in the mud aad had to be named out ny me other ehieles In the procession. Primitive conditions In many parts of the country gave a vivid con trast to the country left behind in the United States, and the Sepia sh and .Moorish architecture, togetn er with the thatched . log huts, made a panorama which present ed, continually, a spectacle which, held the keenest interest' for the trail-blasers. - -Entering HermosUhv the first important town after Kogales. the the Mexican woodchoppers, where quaint little burros carried wood on their backs, creeks running in to the valleys where women were washing the family laundry; va- qneros dashing by on their cow ponies; adobe dwellings, aad sur roundings of a peculiarly Mexican character made a background ot strinklng uniqueness. The expedition was, thoroughly provided and prepared la every way to cover each detail ot the journey. A complete radio set was part of the equipment, the opera tor being Mr.. Bertram E. Sand ham, formerly of the U. S. Navy and now an employe ot the clab. Mr. Sandham was one of the first radio operators in the United States to get in touch with Com mander Byrd at the south pole. Mr. E. E. East, chief engineer of the club, was leader of the eara. van, and Mr. Phil T. uanna, edi tor of Touring Topics, the club's magazine. Mr. C. E. Mcstay, field secretary of the club, and Mrs. D, C. Rhodes, field engineer were among tbe party. An expert cart ographer accompanied the expedi tion to chart and map the roads aad a complete motion picture ap- earatus was carried, together witn cameras to take stui pictures oi the -lonrnev. Tents, cots, an ample supply of food, an '.xtra parts for the -tracks and tpnrinjr cars wre also taken along. When the party reached Teeie. they were told by tae people that there" war an Impassable barrier between them -and the seaport .or Guadalajara, This obstacle constat ed ot yawning and deep barrancas, steep cliffs, and a genuine no- maa's land" of heretofore unex plored-country, excepting for a faint burro trait leading over a perilous aad mountainous course which had never been crossed by motor vehicles. -The leader of thev expedition. deciding that nothing waa impos sible, selected . three ot the party to accompany him in two cars, and followed by a car carrying some of the Mexican officials, the task t 'going over tbe; to"; of this tremendous natural barrier was begun. . The recital of this struggle to gain the summit of the ' heights above the barrancas meant only a distance of 2t miles, but the as cent waa almost like climbing tbe side of a monument. It took 14 hours to accomplish it, and in many e'aces a ; divergence of twelve'incbes In any one-ot tbe cars would have meant sudden and sure .death to til Its occu pants. Many n ctlme Immense boulders disputed the right of cavalcade came Into the region of .way, and bad to be removed. b VALLEY MOTOR sheer muscular strength and Im provised levers. Much "or tbe" pathway was over a bed of shat tered rocks. At one point a Club car was only saved from going over a cliff by being dragged to safety by a tow rope. At some points on the journey rude retaining walls were built by the Mexican laborers, and the caravan crawled slowly up the heights, a foot at a time, resting occasionally when resting was possible, until they finally fought their way to the crest of the sum mit and victory was theirs. Reaching Guadalajara, an an dent seaport on the western Mex ican coast, the travelers were fet ed and dined at the American club, while the entire city turned out to do them honor. The whole Journey, so far had been one triumphal procession. At every little town and village the inhabitants and the band, where- ever there was a band, assembled and greeted the travelers with cheering and music. Tbe aid of the Mexican govern ment to the expedition has been invaluable. Indeed, without the generosity and whole-hearted aid rendered the trail-blasers by the Mexican government, and the barrancas could never have been accomplished. The expedition, after reaching Mexico City, will make a number of trips over the adjoining high ways to the Mexican' capital, and if circumstances will permit, their plan Is to continue on to Panama. The condition ot roads from Mexico City south, the state of the weather, and other possible exi gencies will be the determining factors id any further Journey af ter reaching Mexico City. ' ' With the establishing ot a mo toring highway through to Mexi- 3 City, .the towns,' tillages, and ties on the Mexican west coast will experienoe renewed life, com mercial intercourse between : the two counties, the exchange ot commodities, and the advance ment of a better understanding' and friendship between the two peoples win follow aa n matter of course. The Spanish and Mexican people have shown tbe sincerest efforts to assist this expedition. and' for .the tourist this rotd way will open a region of unsurpassed beaaty aad Interest. The lovers of rod and gun will find the country a veritable "happy bunt ing ground." In the Gulf of Cali fornia, deep sea fishing for sword fish, tuna, yellowtail and ether game fish Is unsurpassed; while hunters will find an abundance of game, both furred and feathered, which will give an infinite variety of sport. The building of this highway is a colossal undertaking, but It can and will be done. 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