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SUNDAY, MAIltfl S3, 1017. DAILY BOGUS BIVXB OOVRIER PAGE JTTOEEJI AUTOMOBILE OWNERS OF, STATE TO PAY COST OF HIGHWAY BUILDING J. W. Morris, Consulting Engineer Oregon Slat Mater Association On June 4th Oregon will lie put to ttit test. The people will b railed upon to Mttlt fur lone tlm to eomo whother tho trail and dirt road which have served tha psat generation ara good enough for tha present day. It la not a question of whether we are auy letter than our forefathers It la simply a rant that wo hav progressed to a point in tha development of thin Mat where our tersonal convenience and our commercial enterprise demand belter transportation facilities. Thar ara people who will vote aalnat tha $(,000,000.00 bond Issue. Strang to relate, ninety ver cant of tha opposition vole will come from thoaa who will not ha called upon to pay ono con l toward tho construction of highway. Tho voto anion auto mobile ownara will lie practically unanimous In favor of the 'bonds. All of the opposition that haa devel oped to data come from those who do not own cars. There la only one way to account for this they do not understand, If every voter In Ore gon la made acquainted with tb pro visions of this act, the positive vote will be (he greatest ever recorded In history. U'ts lay aside prejudice and half formed opinion and look this matter squarely In the face. What doe the bill provide? Simply this the license on automobiles are doubted and the money obtained therefrom will to used to pay tha Interest and principal on the bond. Not one penny of tax Is called for. , You who cry that your borne and your farm will have to meet the burden are do ing so out of Ignorance. ' The law says AUTOMOnrUS not housenot farm. The man with the automobile need not squirm the double llceno act was passed by the iMt legislature and will be In effort whether or not the bonda are voted. The revenue Is already provided. All that the voter are callod upon to settle on June 4th la how the money will' be spent. Don't overlook thl tatemcnt you are not called upon to vote a licence or a tax. Thla has already been done. All you have to do I to say that the money provided shall be spent In Immediate road construction made possible by a bond Issue of $8,000,000. Otherwise, the money will be upent In driblets of three or four hundred thousand dollar year scattered over many hundred miles of road. With the ibondi, w can have the aame result In three year and can enjoy the use of good highway, lessen the cost of get ting our product to market and have attraction to offer to tourist, some of whom will like our climate and our paved roada o well that they win niake their home among us. Perhaps some one haa told you that some future legislature may re peat the double license and that property will then have to be taxed to pay the bill. Set your mlnda at rest on thla point. When a bond I sold the purchaser and the state enter Into a contract covering uch sale. Thla contract Is sacred and once made can not be Impaired by future legislation. If you doubt thla state ment, ask your lawyer. You do not hesitate to sock his Judgment upon a personal matter Involving a hun dred dollar, therefore be equally careful In a $6,000,000 deal. It wont coat you anything. v , i Another voice we hear come, per haps from a district where a pro posed road la not shown on the state map. Some selfish follow says "They are not going to build any All sort of ridiculous and untrue stories are being set afloat. It is said by some who are misinformed that the county must put on the! crushed rock otherwise macadamize before the state will finish the Job. The language of the bill as it re late to Josephine county Is very! plain. Paragraph 9, section 7, say: I "Provided, that If the counties of! Douglas and Josephine, or either of them, shall prepare any part of the I aald Paclflo Highway, and make same) ready for paying according to the re quirement of the 8tate Highway commission, then said commission shall Immediately pave the road so prepared ." The greater part of the mileage paved in Jackson county has been with concrete where no crushed rock I first needed, the concrete being always laid directly on the dirt On aaphalttc pavements, the concrete base Is likewise laid on the dirt. If a crushed rock fcsse i used, it Is "bid upon as a part of the pavement and is part of the pave-' merit and la not laid by the county in advance. State Highway Corn- road In front of my farm and I mlssloner E. J. Adams made thla wont vote to build a boulevard for very plain while in Grants Pasa last the Joy-rldera." How allly. Did you . week. ; ', ever hear of a railroad company building the branches before the construction of the main line? Ia it not reasonable to believe that the longer the building of the main high ways la deferred, the longer you will have to wait for your branch road! Furthermore, If the county is re lieved of the burden of keeping up the main highways, wont they be able to apend thla money on the leas Important roadsT Cletz Fibre Grip Gearless Transmission A Marvel of Power. The Only Flexible Drive. v The owner of a Mela car remarked, in deacrlb Inn the MHa Wot Jrlp jearha TnuiKitiimlttn, 11 Is pretly smooth." Yes, It la smooth; In fact, It shines, It Is pol ished. The aurfocee look as If they would tilde over each other like skates on Ice; but that Is where they fool you. Sllp'm? Say, you could n't do It any more than you could slide down ' an asphalt sidewalk with ruMx-ra on your- feet. That fibre wheel clings to the aluminum com position dlau closer than a brother. And yet, when power la applied too suddenly, It raw give a bit; Just enough lo cose the shock on engine and tire and start the oar gently. Examine the cut of tho transmission; or, better still, watch tho transmission Itself In a Mots chassis; you will catch the Idea at oneo That special fibre surface possesses an affinity for the composition disc. They cling together and cause every ounce of power In the pngloe to 1e delivered to the driving wheels. The puss of thst fibre wheel Is uncanny. You can scarcely believe your own senses when you see and feel It. Just place a Mela oar on one of the steepest side hills you know of, on a traveled road; stop It there; then apply the power by a alight shift of the fibre wheel away from the dead center. Your oar, louiled to lie full capacity perhaps, starts up the hill with such a reserve of power that It will feel to you aa If some mighty giant were pushing It along. There Is not a sign or the grinding, Jerky, wesrlng effect so often seen when a sliding gear and clutch do not work In perfect harmony. Kvory person who drives a car knows how -often, especially on a hill, a clutch does not re lease Instantly, or a gear refuses to mesh pro perly; possibly your car cornea to a full atop or starts to back down the hill, Power Is applied too suddenly with the Inevitable result; you strip ymir gears, stall your engine, or, if everything else holds, you start up with a Jerk which causes Ma to swallow her fulse teeth. The Mela fibre grip gearless transmission is the simplest thing of Its kind to be found on any car. There la not a weak or delicate part about It. It don't run in oil; It 4s positive, quick to respond to the shift lever, flexible, lighter than . any gear transmission, requires no clutch, and la the most reliable transmission known. It gives seven apeeda forward and one reverse. The reverse speed Is slow, safe and powerful. M us take a common-sense view of this mat ter. A transmission la a moans for conveying the power of the engine to the drive, or rear wheels. There are two popular forms of transmission the gearless, as used In the Mela, and (he eliding gear aud clutch. An automobile engine la posi tive and continuous In Its action, Ha speed depends on the amount of gas supplied from the canburetor and the rapidity of the explosion as controlled .by the magneto. Within certain limit the power developed depend on the rate of the revolution or the crsnk shaft, This power must be conveyed lo the driving wheels In some manner which will make It possible to reduce ipeed with Increased .power, or to change speed at will, or to atop the drive wheela without ston ping tha engine, This Is the province of the transmission and clutch, In the Mela tienilcM Transmission no clutch Is required, the power being removed from the drive wheels when tha fibre wheel I disengaged from the dleo, Hears are not required becauso J. K. Manuel, Agent the movement of the fibre wheel toward or from the renter of the disc reduces or Increases the speed of the drive wheel. - In a sliding gear transmission there are a number or cogwheels which engage each other to produce, usunlly, three speeds forward and one or two reverse. These are called "sliding gears" because they can be moved back and forth on their shafla to give the necessary selection to change apeeda. They usually run In oil. Aa these gears are Inflexible, a clutch ia required to detach the drive shaft from the power. It should be clear to anyone who understands these forms of transmission why the Mela taCMrlesa Traiismuwion ho enabled the Met car to win endurance tests, hlll-cllmbing tests, ' and. In fact, every test to which any car not es pecially built for racing should ever be sub jected. In passing through the (rears some of the power of the engine Is necessarily lost by fric tion; some power Is lost In changing speed or shirting gears; some Is lost by releasing the clutch and allowing the engine to run free. There are many ways by which power and mo tion can be and is lost in running a car fitted wit If grcor transmission and clutch. In the Met ftau'lesa Transmission, on the contrary, when shifting speed, If such becomes necessary, there Is no moment when the engine is not performing Its full duty. The power Is continuous. It ia raised or lowered gradually while the duty of the engine ia unimpaired. The movement of the fibre grip over the alumi num disc Is quick if desired, but gradual. The power la never lost, the engine never stalled, (be car and Its occupants subjected to no sudden Jerk or Jar. Listen, Mr. Auto-owner, when you shift speeds with your gear car you release the clutch (losing all power), shift your gear (which often mesh hsrd or fall to mesh perfectly,) then apply your clutch again. In doing thla, your engine It sub jected to at least two severe strains; one when you release and another when you apply your clutch. Your driving gears, rear axle, rear wheels and tires are all subject to strain which tend to weaken them and wear them out. Ami (don't overlook this) If you strip a gear or even break a cog, Rood night!. It la a long haul to the nearest garage. Now with the Mela fibre grip gearloxa trans mission you have: 1. Positive and constant power and action. 2. Simplicity and direct drive. S. All engine power applied to the rear wheels aa driving; power. Every Met agent la glad to demonstrate the truth of all we aay albout our car. Kvery man who owns a number of cars should have at least one Meta In haa garage. It will give him faithful service when his high-priced rare are unavailable, - , Equipment Includes Gray & Davis electric starter and electrlo lights, Instant one-man top, , bulltln plate glass rain vision wind shield, 35 horse power water-cooled motor, high tension magneto, 8 3-Inch artillery wheels,, SVi'lnoh Goodrich clincher tires, automatic signal horn, speedometer, gasoline gauge, tools etc, the Met High-Duty One-Ton Truck Is the 1st cut product of the .Met factories. . it the ile lluht of every miui who necls a sturdy truck . IT WIMi WIX YOl ll HKAItT Not n dear, Not n Tear... Not a Fear Price uiNl.OO including demountable rims , 1)04 South Sixth Street 1'hone JW7-H,. Jtes. I'lumo iMil-Y The benefits of paving are so well known to all of us that it seems hardly necessary to go Into the sub ject Down at Med ford there are two auto-stage lines running to Cen tral Point and Ashland over paved roads. Two more are running to Eagle Point and Jacksonville over the old fashioned Oregon standard. The same make of light cars are used and the same kind of tlrea are in general uae. The machine run ning over the paved roads are get ting 7,000 miles out of a set of. tires while those over the unpaved roads are barely making 3,500. The av erage tire costs $18, and the annual mileage per car is 30,000 miles. The owners of the cars running over the .pavements save $274.48 per car per i year in tire cost alone to aay noth ,ing of the saving In wear and tear I (on the machines and of the less I amount of gasoline required. Ex perience in Jackson county doe not bear out the argument that pave ments are for "Joy-riders." Many people may drive over the road for .pleasure but this does not Interfere with the general utility of the pave ment. . The farmers and fruit grow ers between Central Point and Ash j.land are using this road every day j right along with the automobile and j furthermore are able to haul double , tho loads with less tiring of their j teams. What should also be noted ia After that long Automobile trip you will want a good Bed to rest in U & llolnian have the best beds best springs best mattresses --best EVERYTHING in Furniture Rugs Lin oleums. J ' , ,' Remember the 1. 0. 0. F. Anniversary April 25th jthat since this pavement waa finished .the county has been put to no ex- .pense for upkeep and the money sav ed has been used to good advantage in more remote districts. Win not iJoBephlne county be able to do the same? Everyone known tre Crescent City road needs work. In the past 30 days the Impassable condition of 10 miles of this road haa cost Jo sephine county $40,000. You say, "to the mine owners?" 'Let's see about that. One hundred miners at GIVE YOUR FUNDS the protection, which opening a Checking Accoant with thla bank i Protection and Good Service) are desired by the large and small depositor alike and thl bank gives tjotb. " Your account I cordially Invited. Cl)e first National Da;;!! Of SoKften OregM $3.50 per day have been laid off: 23 team at $5.00 each per day; 5 auto trucks at $20.00 each per day. On top of this the team owners have been out $1.00 per day per team for feed: the mine owners have lost $500 per day; the suspended traffic in lumber and other local commodi ties will easily bring the total ' to $40,000. And think of It All of this loss to the county in one month when the ten miles could have been graveled for half the sum. Is this good business? Wouldn't you or I spend one dollar It we knew we could get back two in the .place of it? ' . Maybe the county did not have the funds. AH right, let's turn loose the money now needed to keep up the Paclflo Highway and make the fellow with the automobile foot the bill. ' That is exactly what we will do when we vote for the $6,000,000 bond Issue. And the auto owner wont kick either he win make back hit extra license on tire saving and upkeep on the machine and the county funds will "be freed to build and repair the side roads. Will you please tell me the advantage of wire wheals? Wire wheels give a car a snappy ap pearance. They are more resilient than wood wheels, effecting a saving on tires. . TJhey will stand greater strain than wood wheel in case of ac cident or severe driving. They are lighter than wood wheel, tha reduc ing the amount of unsprung weight $35(0) and a Ford Makes this Guaranteed One-ton Truck" cs U r 1 jar k M . ,w ,"f. SanEsT" vti i Smith Form-alrucli If you have any need for a horse-wagon delivery you can save money by buying a Kmlth frNirm-a-Truck. , ' s ' Here's what you get! Speed of easily 12 to 13 mile per hour under full load, 13 to SO miles per gallon of gasoline, depending upon load and , .conditions. Twice the work of 4 teama at half the cost. , Specification accommodate standard nine-foot loading body, or any spe ' rial body, and Include truck wheels, Firestone nolld tlrea, special axle ami springs. Tho wonderful time-tested Ford Rear Axle become the Jack, uliuft without a single change or ait additional penny of expense.'' C. L. fiiobart Company