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,llirdar Evening, May 23, 1925 THEEUGEXE GUARD Page Seven if 2i GAMPS; J dreaded by the aversge commuu- l!wroe for the increased business bring to the towns wbero they By ISRAEL KLEIN NEA Service 'Writer tourists nre ihm "'" Welcome for the amount of de .Son thry wreak and refuse they rt behind in their scramble to i PJJJS generally have been trying to i Le conditions for the traveler so :rrB6 tho rhenccs of incur- and cleaning up after mo- wists every morning. W ith this ippwttwa oas coe .'as been effected in the form nfritr camp sites for tourists, with '1 much modern convenience as any lij.ry traveler might expect. Heat hihint facilities, lights, play mood, amusements, police protec outdoor ovens, even firewood for the cooking and a tent floor -tidy for the individual camp these at ready in many of the city camps nattered throughout the country. Comforts Ready Sane 2000 camping sites, public mil private, await camping motor its this year with part or all of i'httt comforts and advantages. Yet ,k( rondfide will be available' along -"nmerous highways, for individual rtmpi put up by tourists on long drives. Erery facility toward comfort this tt has been prepitfR(1 for tourists' nntp sites, especially with the ex vrtation of a much larger tourist population in each camp than has rT?r been congregated. Better highways, more and bet r road signs, more information ',ir tourists will help toward this Unease of auto traveling, . Preparation Needed Yet the long-distance .motorist will well to prepare himself for 'serfjencies. The equipment he cor 'ifi daily in his tool kit must be supplemented by such necessaries as j tow rope, a heavy board to help out of miry ruts, an emergency -is tank even though there, may be i service station every mile; of the iriy, an extra kit of accessories like fan belt, hose connections, bolts and mts. and so on. There is the probability that these bings will not be touched during the mrirt trip. But then many a motor- ;t in the midst of his own city has ben cauyht . without gasoline, or marching for mechanic's help. tor, the camping outfit, the tirst sential is a good tent. Many types motoring tents are, available. Sniae are put up and knocked down themselves, borne are attnehed n the aide of the auto when put up. thers arc part of a trailer equip- rnt. Convertible Autos Whatever the kind, it should be rmjr enough to accommodate all in he party, and strong enough to wilh and a heavy gale and hard rainfall. Beds are also important. For this : irpoae there are various forms of Ming cots for tourists. Some auto rfibiies are arranged so that the !mnt seats can be folded back so to maks a comfortable bedding !!ide the cars. Mgst carj being out of this class, owever, beds are essential equip imt in touring. Lying on the round is detrimental to health, even ith a blanket underneath you. Evon "ith use of a cot. a layer of news ier or oilcloth should be placed be- '-atb a heavy blanket, all of which ses a comfortable rest for the mteler. Stores and fuel are also necessary, '"pite the fact that more and more sups are supplying these facilities nthout charge. But they are still ed because of the majority of bees without them. In addition, the essential dishes for "kinn and serving must be included "very equipment. These should be "iueed to an absolute minimum, ey should bfi unbreakable,. Add to this some changes of cloth 's, in accordance with the time you Jveet to be on the road, and your '"'fiS regalia is practically com- BtlUM In nnnmnrk tonmark now has 500 auto busses llli inois Leads Health Move for Tourists vv.i fT- K- TCL 4 Spokane to Los Aneles, a distal IN Vff "Vv? If ' 'W'K T i 1 I ot l.H'J niilon. in 4o hours anj (01 M .' v h J run,,,,,, time, is the 1st. a; TjSir a I .7i remrd reported to the. l'sigs-Dslr 1 4 Vu n.r 4, t.m&yPjXt Motor Car company for ita new Je i fe4 $J h iV femm( ; ninois has started a drive for Dure water. An amiviii of water supplied at all roadside places, whloh are available to the motoring public, Is being made by the state health department and good wells are being conspicuously marked. Here Is Governor Small at a well near Springfield, where the governor affixed the first "safety seal" which will be used to designate good wells. GAR FOR EVERYONE UIVIFDRM MARKING OrJ BETTER ROUTES T OS ANGELES, May 23. Not un til every person in the United States owns a car will the laturatinn point in automobile ownership be reached, declares Earle C. Anthony, one of the leading figures in the auto world. He has just completed an ex haustive tabulation to determine the answer to this saturation question. Anthony predicts amazing changes for the automobiles tomorrow. Be cause of our speed-like advancement, he believes that the car of the next few years will travel at a minimum of HO miles per hour. "Before the saturation point is reached in America there will be a radical change in our highway sys tems," Anthony Bays. "The automo bile is essentially an instrument of speed. "Any rules which hamper speed and the more rapid transportation of utilities and persons automatically hamper national development and na tional efficiency. I predict great highway systems over, under and around cities for the use of self propelled vehicles. "The automobile of the future, on carefully guarded highways, most likelv one-wny roods, will travel at a minimum of 60 miles an-hour. Nat urallv enoueh. there will be rules that will insure the utmost safety. "It is recognized that the self-propelled vehicle offers the utmost in transportation facilities, and more and more the Illegitimate fly-by-night motor car manufacturer is being eli minated. "Competition, is so keen that only manufacturers who have millions of dollars invested and a tremendous output can adjust their process to give value received. "In the matter of every American citizen owning a motor car, we milst first actually pave the way by new and complete highway systems built for the exclusive use of automobiles. If this is not done the saturation point in traffic will be reached be fore the saturation point in automo bile ownership." SYSTEM ADVISED By NEA Service yASHINGTON, May 23. A un iform system of numbering and marking federal and state highways throughout the country is to be de vised, upon recommendation 'of the joint board of state and federal high way officials appointed by the secre tary of agriculture. Suggestions of this board tend to ward the establishment of simplicity and uniformity in marking the main highways of the country. For this purpose a definite design has been suggested as highway marker for all routes. The design which is still tentative, consists of a United States shield with a white background and bearing in black letters "U. S.,M the route num ber in large numerals and the name of the state. Warning and direction signs nlso will be uniform In design, if the sug gestions of the bonrd nre adopted. . Rnilrond crossing 'signs will be round, danger of stop signs octago nal, caution signs diamond shaped, attention signs square, and informational- signs rectangular, Colors tentatively adopted for non- luminous signs are yellow for warn' ing and danger signs, and white for route markers and directional signs. Luminous signs will he red for dan ger, yellow for caution, and green to "go. All signs will lie standardized also as to sizes and type of lettering. is tan e rt) latest record reported to the. Paige-Detroit Motor Car company for ita new Jew- !ett Sir. The information was about to bo filed away with a mass of other reo ords held by the Jewett when further down on the page was observed the information that the record wa made by two girls. Misses Jeanne Kcbiuson and Catherine Narup. The far is owned by Miss Robiuson. The two girls left Spokane with the avowed intention of breaking the overland record and succeeded by sev eral hours, according to the report irom Los Angeles. Misi Robinson was ill two days previous to the start of the record-brwaking run and it was unly against the advice of her phy su'iim that she attempted the trip. Miss Nitrun was going to California anyway to recuperate from a strenu ous winter devoted to music. The start was made from Spokane at S;H0 a. in., Monday, April 43th. They had laid out a scehdule and were considerably depressed when they found themselves five hours late in Portland, having been forced to make two long unexpected detours en route. Grimly determined to get back on schedule the girls stopped only an hour in Portland and at 2 a. in., Tuesday morning were away again. eleven hours after entering the state of Oregon they were crossing its boundary line into California. Reading, California, reached at 7:30 p. m., Tuesday. Bv this time both of the girls were so exhausted that they were driving only two hours at a stretch, then changing places, one sleeping and the other handling the Jewett. Sacramento was reached at 2:30 a. m., Wednesday. Coffee helped them brace up a bit here and they were off , again in a few minutes. Bakersfield was reached at noon Wednesday. It took the girls from 1 o'clock that afternoon until 4:45 reaching the city limits of Los An geles where th'ey were met by a guide car which took them through the city to the Western Union office where the girls officially checked their time. The total elapsed time was 57 hours and 57 minutes. Twelve hours and 1 7 minutes were spent in changing tires, replacing fuel and grabbing a sandwich or two. The girls reported that the Jewett Six touring car used gallons of gas oline on the trip, an average of better than 20 miles to the gallon. Six quarts of oil were placed in the crankcase prior tothe start and no mechanical trouble of any kind de; veloped. "Our only trouble, in fact, was traf fic cops,' said Miss Robinson. "Most of them were kindly when wo told them what we were up to, helped us along the way. One efficient police man near Grants I'sbs did mnko us nervous though, lust end of calmly waiting by the roadside for speeders he took the center of the rond and traveled along ahead of several au tomobiles which .were stuck behind, at the legal rate of speed, holding us down fnr nearly ten miles." . Her praise for Jewett is unbound ed. Sfce said: "Half the timo on the down trip I was so sleepy (lint if the Jewftt had nnt held the rnod almost like an intelligent horse, we might have had an accident; I would half CLEVER IDEAS FOR CAR DRIVERS Motorists Will Find the Followlna Suogestlont Will be of Benefit On Lona Distance Tours treasure of Interesting and helpful information on th subject of traffic. In this work, up to the time of the meeting, a ceiinux of traffic con- discussion will concern the mainte nance of special - roads for ; motor traffic alone. In this discussion will enter the matter of conditions that ditions and problems will be made in justify construction of such roads. Wet weather nnd dirt roads should be no hindrance to the tourist who knows how to get out of a clay rut. AH that is needed is n plauk and stout rope. Set the plank lengthwise wetl uuder the hul wheel and tie the rope from a wheel ppoke to the far end of the board. By careful ap plication of power, the cor will pull UscK out ot the mire. If you're thirsting for a drink without a drinking vessel, any piece of paper will do for a cup. Start with a square piece of paper. If you haven't a square piece, fold the extra part back to make a square. Then follow the folding direction shown here, in the order specified. The dot ted lines show the starting points be fore each operation. every country. On this cenniis, it is expected, a basic law will bo ap proved by the congress for adoption in each participating country, so as to bring it limit s more uniform regu lation of auto traffic, especially in neighboring countries. Development and planning of towns will be another important con sideration during the meeting. Re ports will bo received on the sue cesses or failures in planning locali ties for the control of traffic, and on theo some fundamental traffic code will be attempted. Another important question under what authorities would be needed for their initiation and construction, fi nancial arrangements, contributions from public funds, the matter of tools, rules for traffic circulation and exploitation, relationship and connec tion between motor roads and other highways in the interests of safety and the continuity of traffic gener ally. Highway construction and mainte nance will be the other goueral sub ject considered by the congress. HOPOR" 1 ong tours bring dust and grime into the car through the openings in the floor board. To avoid having dusty clothes after a long trip, cover the gear shift levor, as shown, with part of an old inner tube. Tie the tube cover well at the top. Dents In automobile bodies may be removed easily with the home-made "dinger" shown here. - Fill a sheet of Dry, dusty roads, which will be found especially in hot, arid country, are harmful to the springs. To keep this dust from entering between the leather with sand, twist Into a tight leaves, . Vrap a puttee around each ball and tie. This is soft enough to spring. Do not wrap too tightly, so avoid cracking the paint, and yet that a little room may be left for take out the dents. resiliency. doze off after making sure the car was straight with the road, and could that way catch 40 winks or so which helped to let Catherine get her full two hours sleep, and the Jewett would go straight ahead without a waver, I wouldn't recommend this as a pastime, but I was pretty sure thnt there were. no cars on the road, nnr any bends in it, before I tried it.' The Jewett is handled In Eugene by the H. J. Bringle Motor company. FIVE FOREIGN ENTRIES Five foreign cars are -entered in the rum-mile Memorial Day race at the Indianapolis Speedway. Pietro Bordino will drive an Italian Fiat. Besides there will be three Ouyot specials and a Schmidt special from France. TWO MORE TRUCK ROADS Two more railroads have adopted the motor truck for freight servico. They are the Rock Island, for truck ing between Chicago and Auburn Park, 111,, and the Michigan Central, for freight service betwoen Toledo, O., and Monroe, Mich. EXPERTS TO STUDY L jJEW YORK, May 23. Construc tion and maintenance of high ways will take second place In the considerations of the International Road Congress to bo held in Milan, Italy, in the fall of next year. Already representatives of the va rious countries making up this body are planning to mako the question of traffic parnmount in its deliberations. A progrum has already been ar ranged for this congress, nnd steps have been taken to collect tho world's mm i i .O.B.Dcola, ttmmm It's the greatest Jewett erer built t the lowoat en closed price we ever achieved. It's the finest Coach ever designed finest In rooov Inesa convenience comfort sturdy conetmctloa detail finish. And It's the easiest parking,' steering, driving Coach you ever touched. Turns around comfort bly in a 42-foot street. Parks easily in 16V4 fee of space at the curb. It's a Coach that will out-perform arrf car within $500 of its price. On hills on the open road through rough going in traffic anywhere! Those who have driven it know. You drive it I Consider its advantages in fairness to yourself. You will pay dearly for its equal. See this coach drive it! There's not a finer, abler enclosed car on the road. . .H. J. Bringle Motor Co. 71 West 9th Phone 343 When Better Automobiles Heavy tax in Sale Of Dodge Concern DETROIT, Mny 23 TJnclo Bam is rning to tflk a good slice of the $14(1.0(10,000 for which the Dodge ill terects were sold to a New York brokerage house. According to Fred 1. AVoodworth internal revenue collector hero, the government's share i l-V'j per cenl of the net profit of the eale, as in come tax. This is figured as the dif ference between the value of th Dodge plant at the time of incorpor- combined Touts exceeding j ation and the sale price the lecrth of .11 n.ni.h nil : The bus routes mar serve as lines in the fiihif Women for Safety omm of California will bertn i,-:rie campaign to reduce itreet Dodge Brothers was Incorporated in 1014 at $5,000,000. Tea With Your Oas Motorists stopping for a supply of gasoline at any of seversl filling sta tions in Eniland may also fill up on -i Vjhway accidents. It will be I serving of tea. Quick lunch tea zretmve. at among the communl-! rooms have been established in coil Mo. 9 "4 will last six months. nectlon with these stations. ANY DRILLING TO DO? -HI- -fl Any metal work on lathe, saw, planer, rise, etc? Whatever It Is In the metal or machine tool or machinery line,' we are prepared to do It efficiently for yon. Onr shop equipment Is of the best, and our machin ists highly trained men. We make machine tools and parts to order, do re pairing;, build working models, etc Eugene Foundry and Machine Company 518 East Sth Avenue Phone 1054 Are Built. Buick Will Build Them sy Question : Why does Buick S. B. FINNEGM Machine Blacks mithing 'l Truck Tires; Auto and Track Springs; Auto Wheels and Rim6; Oiyaoetylene Welding " carry carbide in cans; also blacksmith coal, and oxygen in tanks. 'uestion: use a one-piece front axle? nswert For safety and strength and care free service. The Buick type is a one-piece, drop forged I-Beam. There are no brazed or welded parts to break off. ' In case of accident it can be easily straightened without the necessity of re placement. You can depend on a Buick axle' G. F. Goodpasture 7th and Olive Make Your Own Comparisons ' What has been your experience with gasoline) Have you longed for a gasoline that would develop th utmost capabilities of your motor? Quicker starting, followed at once by smooth acceleration; flowing, bird-like speed; throbbing power on hills; deft flexibility in traffic. And have you received these things from the gas you have been using) , ' If not, you have a rare treat awaiting you in GENERAL, the sxlen-tifically-balanced fuel, planned especially for motor use and refined by tho most efficient system known. GENERAL will give you what you long for.' Don't wait longer; buy GENERAL today and make your own com parisons! Sold Only hy Authorized Independent Dealers "Fill Up Your Tank and Let Your ENGINE Decide 1" GASOLINE and Lubricants Aero Oil Co. " DISTRIBUTORS-Phone 1954 i, 1 1 f 4'i f At .11
