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Autos Speed
Good Roads
In Mexico
Southern Republic Is
Rapidly Becoming
Motoring Country-
Present Roads Bad
By Louis P. Kirby
Mexico City, Sept. 2. Mexico is
rapidly becoming a motoring coun
try, and tor this reason greater at
tention Is being paid to the roads
of the country.
Highway Improvement is to be
considered at a national good
roads congress, which will be op
ened here on September 5 with an
WOMAN CARES FOR HER CAR
Mrs. R. A. Wilson of Rock Palls, 111., cares for her car as
well as any mechanic. This would not be so difficult if Mrs.
Wilson used her car in her home town only.
But she has traveled more than 100,000 miles in her Buick
tourin gear since 1916. Though her car has needed but little
attention, Mrs. Wilson does all her own adjusting. She has!
traveled in Iowa. Virtrinia. West. Virginia. New Jersev. New
LiLlZ'T TZu of York, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Indiana, Ohio and
Massacnuseus.
"I think understanding a car's mechanism makes a woman
a better driver," she declares. "She can better realize what
harm the car. I know my Buick
Mexico will be represented, in
cluding chambers of commerce and
automobile clubs.
Few countries are in greater, fcj fl f driyi wij,
Mexico, and there are few coun-j thoroughly. I know when any part merely needs a little
tries in which the needed materi- adjusting and instead of rushing to the garage, I fix it my-
ais could be more easily obtained. sef. have found this particularly valuable in long touring
Bad Roads Are nightmare trips
There are some good roads out
jf Mexico City, but In many places
the motorist, on leaving the streets
of a city, plunges almost at once
into a nightmare of bad roads.
. Road building has been neglect
ed for years. Many roads which
could be made Important links be
tween business centers are little
more than trails, washed by rains
on hillsides and deep in dust or
and In the lowlands.
As good roads will stimulate the
buying of American motor cars
automobile men are taking a lively
interest In the forward movement.
According to figures gathered by
the American chamber of com-
Unlverslty of Oregon, Eugene
Sept. 3. Owing to the Instability
of the Philippine geological struc
ture and the work of tropical rain
andu running water it is much
morce here, Mexico Is second only ' more difficult to locate and main
Philippine Roads
Follow Hilltops
Instead Of Vales
to Canada In the buying of Ameri
can automobiles, tires and acces
sories, even under present condi
tions. Improvements In the highways
tain roads In that country than In
the United States, according to Dr.
Warren D. Smith, head of the de
partment of geology of the I in
veiKlty of Oregon, who Is on
Is expected to put Mexico at the year's leave of absence In the ls
hend of the list as a buyer of mo-, ,d8 BB actlng chief of the dl
tor cars, and automobile men r vision of mines of the bureau of
looking forward to great things. (science in Manila.
Herause the prospects for thai -Tne downpours of tropical rain
automobile business in Mexico ap
pear to be so bright there are fre
quent rumors that leading Amer
ican manufacturers of motor cars
trucks and tractors are preparing
to build branch plants here.'
According to figures prepared
here, Mexico's purchase of motor
cars, tlreB and accessories from
June 1 to June .10 exceeded $7,-
whlch occur at certain seasons of
the year cause the streams to rise
so rapidly that any road built in a
canyon is likely to be washed
away, he says in an article in the
Philippine Journal of Science. On
this account It Is necessaryto lo
cate the roads along the ridges,
contrary to the common American
practice. Retaining walls and
00,000. This would be at the, dike Bre practically useless as
rate of 190.000,000 a year, but i protection on account of the na
automoblle men say that evenmre of the soil and the force at
groater things may be expected if tatned by the water, fc. stream ln
there ts no interruption in the! creases its carrying capacity 64
present advancement in Mexico. I times when Its velocity Is doubled
and the rocks that tun be carried
by a swollen tropical stream
would batter out any wall that
might be built, according to Dr.
Smith.
Earthquakes also have to be
considered by the engineer in any
construction work In the Philip
pines. A knowledge of modern
geology is essential to the engi
neer if he is going to build intelli
gently, stated the Oregon geolo
gist. In Manila, engineers with
out adequate training have built
five and six-torleds structures
where the nature of the subsoil
and the danger of earthquakes tell
the geologist that five stories is
the absolute maximum for safety,
according to Dr. Smith.
Nearly ten years have been
spent in the Philippines by Dr.
Smith and he is considered one of
the best authorities on thejr geol
ogy in the world. He will return
to the United States in time to re
sume his work at the University of
Oregon at the opening of the fall
term.
Oakland Makes
20.1 Miles On
Gallon In Test
Covering 1709 miles in 48
hour non-stop run, and averaging
20.1 miles per gallon of gasoline
is the most recent achievement of
an Oakland Six stock car on the
Pacific coast.
The test was made on the fa-tnousSunnyvale-Los
Altos highway
south of San Francisco, where
both road and traffic are typical
of the average California highway.
Five drivers alternated at the
wheel, starting at 5 p. m. on Wed
nesday, May 25, and continuing
the grind until 5 p. m., Friday,
May 27. During the test the mo
tor of the Oakland Six was not
stopped once, and no change of
tires was -necessary.
The Oakland Six used in creat
ing this Pacific coast record was a
stock model, taken from the floor
of the Oakland, California distrib
utor. Only a week previous to
this economy test the same car ne
gotiated the famous Duncan Street
j hill, San Francisco, in; second
. speed. The famous climb is famil
iar to all Pacific Coast motorists
since Its 52 per cent grade is used
as a test for cars of practically
every make known. By reason of
the performance of climbing Dun
can Street hill in second speed, the
Oakland Six sent a new record for
this test.
Oakland dealers are highly elat
ed over the fact that within a pe
riod of one week the Oakland Six
not onl ydemonstrated Its remark
able power by Its performance on
Duncan Stre.-t hill, but in addition
set a new mark for miles per gal
lon of gasoline when it completed
the Sunnyvale-Los Altos economy
run with a mark of 20.1 miles to
the gallon.
35,000 Mile
RecordMade
By Cord Tires
Another big record for Royal
Cord tires was recently reported
to the United States Tire company.
E. T. Capenlr, who sella farms for
a real estate firm in Salt Lake
City, bought a new car in May,
1918, equopped with Royal Cords.
"I drove this car until a few
weeks ago when I purchased a
new car, and the speedometer reg-
Ideal Section
Of Highway To
Be Constructed
To ascertain its suitability as a
probable location for the Ideal
Section, detailed surveys of that
section of the Lincoln highway
between Dyer and Scherervtlle In
Lake county, Indiana, have been
completed.
This 1 sthe point on the great
transcontinental roadway that has
been tentatively determined upon
Istered 35,000 miles. As I have: by the board of directors of the
charge o four farm and ranch de-1 Lincoln Highway association as
partment a good deal of my driv-lthe best location for the Ideal See
ing was in the country. The tires. Hon to be built as an object lesson
were still comparatively good i embodying the -most advanced
when I sold the car, which has! highway specifications.
gone into the taxi business. I no
ticed the car on th estreet today
with three of the same tires still
on.
"I think they are the most re-
It is the hope of the Lincoln
Highway association, of the tech
nical committee which determined
upon the specifications for the sec
tlon, and of the United States Rub
Brumfield Drove
Elgin Over Bank
"It Isn't often that you have to
tow an Elgin Six in," writes a
Roseburg dealer to Lee L. Gilbert,
local distrlbutoi ror
concerning the roadster which
Brumfield drove over the embank
men t on the road between nts
home and RoBeburg. The roadster
was badly damaged by fire and
broken up by the fall and the ex
plosion, but, the Roseburg dealer
maintains, the car was In pretty
good shape for having received
such treatment.
markable tires I have ever seen in ber company which furnishes the
my life. Our whole selling forcel money to pay for construction
has been watching these tires for, that the section when completed
the last year, wondering when! will represent the very finest and
iney were ever going 10 wear out. most adequate work possible at
the present stage o fsctentltic road
construction. The project is there
fore not being unduly rushed
t-very step Is being taken with
care.
It is now felt possible that in
view or the recommendation of
the association's engineers, the
grading may be done this year, but
tne paving not laid until thA
With paving operations bein i thus allowing ade
. -,quate time for the grade to settle
ipiwa umwwu lianas auu xucK- and compact
reall and a crew of men and ,
All-Weather
Road To Dallas
Is Now Assured
trucks graveling the new grade be-;
tween Brunk's Corner and the P. j
E. & E. railroad crossing at Gray.l
Indications are that Salem and I
Dallas will be connected with an
all-weather road bffoio the open
ing of the winter season.
Already tba paving crew has
finished laying the hot stuff from
Dallas to a point about three
miles this side of the city limits
and It is expected that the entire
distance to Rlckreall will be hard
the Elgin, I surfaced before the paving aasocn
closes.
The new road between Brunk's
Corner and Gray will not be paved
this year.
Deschutes county's Indebtedness
was reduced $40,000 last week
when general fund and road war
rants to that amount were called.
Efforts lower Idle
San Antonio, Texas, Sept. t.
Efforts of business men have re
duced the unemployment problem i priated.
In this city, although the situation! can only
here Is far from satisfactory. Those
nuemployed here are mostly un
skilled workmen who could se
cure jobs in the cotton fields if
they desired.
Road Work Plans
May Bring Relief
St. Louis, Mo., Sept. o. Be
tween 55,000 and 60,000 persons
are out of employment here, with
no apparent prospects of the num
ber being materially lessened dur
ing the winter, according to David
Kreylinger, secretary of the Cen
tral Trades and Labor Council.
"We are doing everything we
can to find employment for the
large number out of work," says
Kreylinger, "but the industries
seem to have no prospects of tak
ing on added workers.
"We are endeavoring to g the
state of Missouri to immediately
start work on roads and other pub
lic things requiring laborers and
for which money has been appro-
Whether we will succeed
be conjectured at this
time."
New Detour On
Highway South
In G jed Sh pe
Motorists traveling the Pacific
highway south from Salem report
the new detour from the south
limits of Salem to the new pave
ment near rabenhorst corners to
be a big improvement over the
first detour behind Salem Heights.
The big advantage of the new
route over the old is that it Is pass
able In all kinds of weather,
whereas the old detour was rough
and dusty and would have Impass
able' after a few hours of rain.
The new route also adds nearly
three miles more pavement to the
distance between Salem and Jef
ferson. The detour is well marked with
signs indicating the following
route:
South on Twelfth street in Sa
lem; turn to left at end of pave
ment and follow signs past feeble
minded schol and state industrial
school to new pavement just south
of Grabenhorst corners.
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HARTMAN BROS
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Phon
neray-
7c per doz. for
fcffoi
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Sllverton, Or., Sept. 3. Ristei
gen & Harding have made the best
sale on hops of any so far reported
this season. Their fuggle crop
estimated at between eight anj
nine thousand pounds was sold for
35 cents. An estimated crop of
clusters of forty thousand pounds
were sold for 27 cents. The pur
chasers of the hops were Hugo
Leowi, Inc., of New York.
RIMS
and Rim Parts for all Cars.
Free Expert Advice
Spring for all cars in stock.
IRA JORGENSEN
150 South High Street
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AUTO TOPS
TOP DRESSING
CURTAINS
SPECIAL WORK
HULL'S TOP
SHOP
I. C. WOOD, Mgr.
Y. M. C. A. Bldg.
L M. HUM
Care of
Yick So Tong
Chlne Aiediqiu. and l,
Has medicine which ,
euro any known n,"
Open Sunday, from uTl
""til 8 p. m.
iE3 South High strut
oa.em, uregou. Phon.
Salem-Dallas
Stage
Leave Salem 0. E. Denot
7:10 A. M m
Il-'10 A. M.
fi:10 P. M
leave Dallas
8:30 A. M.
1:00 P. M.
6:30 P. M.
FARE 65 CENTS
Dally and Sunday except car
at 7:10 A. M. does not rua on
Sunday
Round Trip $1.00
WE cannot doubt the superiority of the
NEW LlGHT-SlX even when we com
pare it with cars in a higher price class
not when our belief in its unusual value is
backed up every day by reports of as
tounding LlGHT-SlX sales from all over
the country.
This is a Studebaker Year
Marion Automobile Co.
235 Sooth Commercial Street
Special Six Touring Car $195 SpMtal Sts Coap ...
SpecUl Six 2-paa. KwdUr IMS Special Ml detee
8pecUl 8U -pM. RtiuUUr 18t UK Six Touring Car...
P. O. B. Salem
Phone 362
$$m Light Six Touring cer I1S7C
. xtts Light Six Laadaa Koad.ur . lttl
. till Light Six Seeea st7S
F. O. B Salem
ALL STl'DEBAKCR CARS ARK EQUIPPED WITH CORD TIRES
ml
Portland & Salem
Stage Line
Every Hour on the Hour at
Both Ends
Leaves 10th and Alder at
Seward Hotel every hour
Leaves Salem Bligh HoW
First Stage 7 a. m.
Last Stage 7 p. a
KALEM - SlljVKRTOJi STAG
Levea Lur
Salem Sllverton
O. K. Depot Newi stand
7:00 a. m. 1:11 s. a
1) :00 a. m. 1:00 p. a
6:00 p. m. C:lt p. u.
SAIiEM-INDEPEVHENCE
MONMOUTH STAGE
Leav Salem O. E. depot 7:H
a. m. ll:0v a. m. 6:00 p. m.
Leave Monmouth Hrtel 1:11 1
rn. 1:00 p. m. 9:15 p. Bk
Leave Independence HcH 1:11
a. m. 1:15 p. m. 6:30 p. m.
Speolnl trips by ppclr.tmtnl
Seven paseenger ear tor hln,
1 W. PARKER, Prop
Rea. phone (15. Business doom I
INCE January 21st the Paige "Daytona 6-66" model has
captured ten world's stock chassis records and established
itself as die leader of all American sporting cars. There could
be no more impressive evidence of the speed, power and endur
ance which are essential attributes of truly fine motor vehicles.
VICK BROTHERS
Home Builders
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We buy and sell everyta"
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Hamman Auto Stage
Thre Stages Dslly
Leave Salem 10: IS am.
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Leave Mill City 7 P; 4 '
Leave O. K. depot Sk
Leave t U:3
at 1 P- .
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piuU, Cottage terofc
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