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Ill TWELVE PAGES 'AUTO SECTION PAGES 7 TO 12 1L NATION'S GAS SURPLUS SUFFICIENT TO RUN FOR fr -mi 25 of 520 Miles in State is f Paved; Highest Point :is Reached Near Pendleton.1 . f By MALCOM MacKlNXON Secretary of. the Grant Highway Im f provement Association, i Among-' the interstate routes of travel, the Grant Highway, which takes the Lake street road from Chi cago to Elgin, by way of Addison, llloomingdaie anV. Ontarioville, paas- , ing within gunshot of Roselle and Jiartlett, promises to stand out us ','pne of those pre-eminently import ant from a national point of view. 4 The Grant Highway starts at Grant park, Chicago, and has no eastern ex tension to the Atlantic Coast, for the reason that .Chicago is the national metropolis and, by reason of its lo- if ation, must always be. Just as all railroads in the mitcd States and . C unac!a lead to Chicago, so all high ways center there. " Vhm would seem to be reason enough why Chicago Should be the eastern rermlnus of a .Voute of automobile 'travel designed to serve all the people of the Union ,s one -of the preferable ways of ''.reaching the Rock Mountain district 'fund the Pacific coast. .V i ' - . . 4 The Grand Highway Improvement association, formed in January', 1915, by representatives of 1 Elgin, Hamp-1 shire, , Mareno, ' Belvldere, Rockford, Kreeport, Stockton, Galena, Dubukue and other, towns along the line, has never adopted theatrical tactics. In calling attention to the merits of its purposes, and it has always tried to consolidate one position before at- tempting to capture another. Orga nized in the first place as a' memo rial to General Grant and to ad vance the interests of the old Galena (Continued on. rage 8.) QUALITY SERVICE SANITATION ' Are you satisfied with your present trading , store? ; A" great many are not. If you trade here and are not satisfied, let us know it's a. sure bet if there is any thing wrong we can adjust it for you. If you don't trade .here we : know that a trial order will convince you as to 1 our quality of goods' and our low prices will hold you. Resolve that on Monday you will try this place first. .' .." Pendleton ' Trading Company 1 : Phone s . , , i ; The Sign o( Service ; "If It's On the Market We Have It" Moisture Is Money irrHE best tool I have, to save moisture, U the Culti- X Packer. It crushes the clods, packs the soil to make a perfect seed bed, and thus prevents excessive evaporation. The water that evaporates is the water that would have made extra bushels of grain. So the Culti-Packer pays with extra bushels. "Every time I hitch my Culti-Packer to my Fordson tractor, I tell myself that this is one of the best combinations of tools on my farm. The work is so perfect that I can't help but smile with satisfaction as I drive. ' -' 'Thus, the simplest, most durable tool on the farm tarns out Kto be one of the most profitable TO FARM WITHOUT A UUUl-l'AtltEK. , ' . i, That's an experience typical of thousands of Fordson farmers, and it s worth your Simpson FORD AJJD IY)RDSOX - . Amioinzni) sai.fs and skuvicr Phone 408 DAILY Stiidebaker Has Made New March V Sales Record .. Only a few short months since. there were a lot of people who -were insisting that the automo- bile business was a dead one" ' 2ml ness depression started, but Wallace Bros., local Studebaker agents; declare that the pro- phets of darkness were not cor- rectty informed. "We have sold 7 new cars so ' fir this week," De Witt Wallace said Thursday evening, ""and right now we, have established a banner record for sales for the month of March during the seven years we have been in thd auto business here.". The buyers. 'of new Studebnkr era for the four days are J. ' Withered, who has a big six; I.. L. Rogers, who purchased a light six;; Ross Wimer, light six; Forrest Zerba, Athena, special, six; W. A. Rhodes, special r!x coupe; Tom Boyleri, light six; and Garten Gray,. Helix, light six. - ' " The local agency has sold 14 new cars during the month and. more than half as many used cars. The chief problem now is to keep enough cars on hand for display purposes to enable customers to see the different" styles that are made. v Mr. Wallace expects orders 4 for Btudebakers to come in at a more rapid rate tnan tney can v- be filled, he, said, and several ; weeks will be, required, in his . opinion, to 'enable the company to furnish cars to supply tho I trade. -, The 9,700,000 ears In the country will need ' approximately 34.000,000 tires in 1922 , to keep, them on the road. This Is' figured on the basts of S to 3 1-8 tiros per car during a 12 month period, taking Into account the hew cars being manufactured. in in Saved Earned ones. I'D HATE TO TRY , consideration. Auto Co. PcjMlclion, Orcr EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, Autoped Traffic Cop . Timothy Porterf traffic cop at autoped to untangle tratllo tie-ups s Ko)rtcd by ' State Highway Commission. ,j y raciflc Utehnny ' Portland-Oregon City Oregon City bridge closed for reconstruction, there fore, West Fide traffic from Portland must cross the Willamette River ut Selhvood ferry In South Portlund, of take East Side route through Mllwau Hie which Is paved throughout. ( Oregon City-Canby-Salem Paved. ' Balem-Jefferson-Albany Paved, - Albany-Corvallis-Junction Cify-Kn-!tene Gravel" Albany to Coryalllst Pavement Corvallls to Eugene. '' Eiigene-Rosobiirg-Grants Pass-Med- I ford-California Line Large propor I tlon paved; balance good macadam. I The highway over the slskiyou Moun- tains is kept open throughout the win- ter by snow plows if necessary. Dry ! pavement over Slukiyous this date. . j The Pacific Highway on ' Shaste Rnmmit is onen. ., Coliinihia ltiver Iljghwny Port'land-Astorla Paved. Portland-Hood River Paved. Snow has been removed and highway open ed. Single track roadway In a few places.'. Traffic Is 'requested to use caution on single . track roadway. Light traffic only Is permitted. Hood Rlver-The Dulles Paved ex cept four miles of macadam; open. Contractors having ' started hauling rock on the Mosicr-Rowena Section, traffic Is warned to look out for trucks and loose rock On the grade. The Dalles-Morrow County Line- Macadamized entire distance and in good condition,' - Morrow County Llne-Pcndleton Macadamized and In good condition. . ,Coas Highway Astoria-Seaside Paved. Seaslde-Tlllamook Open for travel: (.raveled or rocked. . - West S'clo Pacific Iligliway . Portland-McMlnnville Paved. McMinnvllle-Amlty-Rickreall- Mon-.mouth-Independenoe Openi except bridge over Yamhill Rivet- between i McMinnvllle and Whiteson which Is being replaced Traffic should de j tour from McMinnvllle via the Mc ! Mlnnville-Tillamook Highway to n i point B miles from McMinnvllle, ' thence south to the Bellevpe-Amtty road, thence enst to Amity, graveled. Indepenrtence-Corvallls Take road via Stiver; graveled to Benton County Line; paved county line to Corvallls. Corvallls-Junvtlon City-Eugene Paved. . :' Oreson-Wnsblnstim lrigliway Pcndleton-Wushinaton State Line- Paved and open; drive slow at cau tion signs where maintenance work is in progress. - Pcndlcton-Pllot PiOek Open. . Pilot Rock -Butter Creek-Jones Hill Frost is now going out of the ground; th's rod is impassable. Jones. HIII-Heppner Same ns a hove. McM'nnvllle-Tlllamook Highway Portlnnd-MfMinnville - Sheridan Paved. Sheridan-Willamlna-Grand Ronde-Nebo-Tlllamonk Good macadam I some pavemenf: open throughout. I . Old Orrgon Trail . . Pendleton-Foot of Cabbage Hill Open: macadamized. Foot ' of Cabbage Hill-Hilgard Closed Viy snow. Hilsard-La Grande 0Mn hut very rough. . ., ' Orande-Hot .; Ijike Pavement mrt macadam; good construction. - Hot (jike-rnion Open; short de tours necessary.- Cross track Just east of Hot Lake, detour marked to main hlghwsv;- detour just cast of Pnlon at small grade. . , , t'nlon-H:iker Open; mneaciain. . Paker-Nelson--Snow and Ice. Nelson-Huntington New standard STade; detour 2 1-2 miles In length from Gale's crossing to Weatherby bridge; nse old joad ; which Is very rough.5 Detour- 1-4 at Jordan Creek, SATURDAY EVENING, APRIL 1, 1922. Newark, N. J., rides about on an Lime to Huntington overhead cross ing, use old road which 1b In fair con. dltlon; detour of hulf mile from Pope ) nd Stanfleld ranch to Binder ranch, use old roads; In fair condition. The detours on this section are well mark ed, but care should be used as they are very rough. Use chains. . Huntington-Ontario Olds Ferry operating. , . ,. Huntlngton-Olds Ferry Fair. ' ' ' vOlds1 Ferry-Weiser Practically Im passible on account of thawing. Welscr-Ontario Good ' macadam', epen. ' ; All roads between Huntington and Wesler will be practically Jmpassublo for some time 'during thrawlng. . The lallrs;'llfoinia lllgliway ' "'X.ote';;, See Sherman Highway for oltei'nate route to Central Oregon. 'The Dulies-Shaniko (By way of MHiipin arid riakeoven) Rough; pass able but travel not advised. , At Cr! lerion the road Is Impassable. Shaniko-Mudras;Best route Is via An telope and Gateway. Rough and thawing wlth the creeks Up at the fords. Impassable until Voad getu uij, muiiH uiiia siung inrougn out I Iravel not advised. -; .r ' Madras-Jtcnd-f-Good macadam road open. ' i - . , ' Bend-Allen Ranch- Cindered road In fair condition. ' , Allen Ranch -Laplne-Crescent Fair condition, Closed by snow at Sand Creek, between Crescent and Fort Klamath.' ' i Fort Klamath-Klamath Fiills-lOpcn for travel; maondum Klamath Falli to Lumm's Mill. All cars should be equipped with chains on account of1 18 Inches of now.'" .- ' Klamath Fails-Merrill rallfornlii State Line All macadamized and In good condition except three miles near Merrill, Where not surfaced the road is a little muddy, but pussable. Slip pery, use chains. Heavy snow. Aslilaiid-Kluinnth Kails Highway Both Green Springs and Topsy Grade routes ure closed on aocount of lucent storms. -. ... , f , . Kluniath Kalls-Lakrvlcw Highway Closed on account of deep snow, tjikmicw-Hiirn. lllulnvsy ,Snow badly drifted and closed to auto traffic. . " , 1 , Lakevlcw-IleiKl Illgliway Petween Lnkevlcw and Paisley rond Ih open. Silver-Lake to Paisley la closed to autos, open for, teams only. iiurns-L'ranc Macadamised and In .good condition. . Crane-Vale Rough and slippery, use chains. Very poor road this time of year.- Secure information locally before starting. ' . (Continued on Page 8.) Bus Boy's Bride r J v - Miss Bessie A. Walton, sister of millionaire owner of Boston lunch rooms, says that she will wed Alex ander O. Romanesque, a former bus boy. She is 42 and the groom-to-be Is 28. . resonia - y Hjf $1 ,875,644 FOR OREGON $15,000,000 Has Been Appor tioned to 27 States, Alaska ' and Porto Rico. Fifteen million dollars has been ap portioned by the Secretary of Agrl lultme among the 27 states, Alaska, :nd Porto Rico In which National For ests are located for the construction of roads and trails. Of this amount Oregon will receive $1,875,644, Washington will receive 11,311,022 and Alaska is allotted 020,403. In totals allowed for all Na lionnl Forest States, Oregon ranks third, Washington Fifth and Alaska is in Neventh place; Idaho leading, with California second and Montana ;nd Colorado In fourth and sixth places. Of this sum J9,SOO,000 known as the- "National Forest Highway Fund" is set aside for roads of primary im portance to states, counties and Na tional Forest communities; $5, 600,000 constituting the "National Forest De velopment Fund" will be, used for the construction of roads and trails need ed for the administration and utili sation of the Forests themselves. These appropriations will mean the development of roads and trails throughout the Forests which will aid materially in fire protection. At pres. t-nt there nre large areas of trackless wilderness within the National For ests that can not be reached by trails When lightning storms sweep over these inaccessible areas, heavy fire losses of public timber often occur. . Speed In reaching a forest fire foresters say, Is Just as Important In protecting the country's forests as Is speed. In - city fire protection, nut high speed within the Forests rneanr 4 or 6 miles nn hour over a mountain trail. If no trail exists It Is often Im possible for the fire fighters to average-more than one-fourth of a mile In an hour. These appropriations will also, forestry officials say, give a new Im petus to tho work of opening up ureas of scenic beauty for the use and enjoy ment of the American people as welli (Continued on Page 8.) m 'Sociability ind companionship are keynotes of the Haynea 75, four-passenger Tourister. Passenger! congenially greuped. Equipped with ' the newly -developed, more powerful Hayne75 : greater power,economyandlongerlife.Fuh ionable three-quarter length running board; individual front fenders; trunk rack with mole skin covered trunk; finger pressure lever system for starting and lighting; 34x4 cord tires) searchlight type head lamps, with exterior side cowl lights. See this amazing motor car value. 722 Cottonwood St. Willys Overland . Has Banner Sales Record in March "During the month of March the Willys-Overland Pacific Co.. sold as many cars as had been sold during the five months pre-, ceding. We thought we had a. sufficient stock on hand to last us until the latter part of June and today our floors are prac tically empty of all save our cars which have been sold but not delivered." , . This statement was made this morning by William C. Copelan, factory representative of the western branch ' of the Willys overland corporation who has been here this week with Dr. S. L, Kennard, county dealer for the two popular makes of cars, the Willys-Knight and the Over land. ' "The cars offer . sufficient quality to compete in the. field at any time," Mr. Copelan said, "but at tha prices now offered. they are simply selling them-i selves. A reduction was made last fall, and about three weeks ago another reduction was put Into effect. Immediately after this reduction the machines be gan to move at a rate that sur prised us. Incidentally, our chief trouble now is to get the machine fast enough. The fac tory is also behind on orders, and the revival came before we were prepared for It ' with the result that the factory has' spe cified that orders must be in at least 30 days before delivery is expected. That order means that dealers are going to have to wait a month or 'six; weeks before they can get a sufficient, supply of cum to keep up with the demand." , V During his visit here, ' Mri Copelan and Dr. Kennard have visited a number of 'towns In the county In an effort to line up sub dealers. Dr.1 Kennard only recently came to Pendleton from Weston, He Is an experienced dealer. . ' : , ; '. ." ,.; . .: A traffic, control system bus been produced which Is operated by clock work mechanism. , The "stop" or "go" sign is changed mechanically ut regu lar Intervals. :. : ' 1 '. ' ' THE LOWEST PRICE EVER PLACED ON THE NEW, IMPROVED HAYNES.75 0)2-iiKhvhetlktt) OWr lo CtJ IT Qht Companionable Car) , , HAYNES SALES AND SERVICE CO. 1 MOTOR INN GARAGE J Pendleton, Oregon " TWELVE PAGES ; SECTION TWO PAGES 7 TO 12 68 DAYS MORE ON HAND FEB. 1 THAN ONE YEAR AGO Figures Are Rapidly Reaching 800,000,000 Gallon Record Mark Made Last ' -- May. WASHINGTON. IX C. 'April I. The millions of motorlBts concerned over the matter of the nation's gaso line supply may experience at least temporary relief In the announce ment of the United States Bureau of Mines that the stocks of r this - vital liquid fuel were Increased , In : the month of January fcy 119.t00.000 gallons. , On February 1,- there,'. W04 reserve of 708,100,000 gallons.; which Is 1 20,000,000 gallons more than for the corresponding date In 1921. The figures are rapidly approaching the 300,000,000 gallons record mark mad In May of last year. Production of gasoline in January acounted to 444,- 32.78S gallons; Imports were '8,1 50,-' S9J gallons; domestlo consumption amounted to J2,7n,lg gallons; exx- ' ports to 49,858,310 gallons; und ship ments to Insular possessions, 76,53 gallons.1. Present stocks are equival ent to fifty days' supply based on, tho total dally average consumption fop 1921. Operative refineries ' In the United States numbered 29! on Febru. ary l, with an indicated dally capacity of 1,753,940 barrels. Plants running' continued to operate on an .80 pT cent basis. . , . t , ' , ""-., i An Increase demand for gas at-rt fuel oils may be anticipated If "the pending coal strike becomes a reality. Stocks of these oils on nand.Februatj 1 amounted to 1,319,481,359- gallons Bused on the dally average domestlo consumption for 1921, these stocks are equivalent to sixty-eight, days' .wiplily, . The production of these oils In -Jahu ary amounted to 868,1 10.87T gallons, , During January the nation's Output og kerosene amounted to 172,(917,141 gallons, an increase of 2.600,000 gal lons over the preceding month.. The tact that, de-splto this increase In pro duction, stocks of kerosene decreased 11,500,000 gallons Indicates enlivening In the movement of this produr. ' - - Stocks of lubricating ofl'oii; hand February l were 84B.OOO.OOO gallons. im Increase of 28,485,000 Ballon over the month previous, ;' H.IUL.II ,U' .1 MBM UiUM I Tsdory Phone 868 ery rough; detour of 1 mile from