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Newspaper Page TextPAGE TWO 'MEDFORD MATL TRIBUNE, HrEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, JUNE 17. 1928. STEEL SPAN OVER !GEi In i he tllHtant geological pant, ! Ion if lie for man be-Kitn hlH up-hill 1 battle -iiitcainfft the lower animalx : nnd .the still more bluer element i the Rreftt Colorado stnneil Its orORlvo carving through iho color- ful rcckrt that mark the table Innd j of the American continent. , Today puny man 1ft conquering the flrnnd C'onyon of the Colorado i at n point where thpro lit no pre- , rnt iiiHiinH of spanning the great ' l-lver rave by u make-Khirt ferry : for fi illManee of more than five i h uml rod mlliK either up or down i stream. Tho 1500 ion of Btruc- tural steel that Ih being woven Into i thiH vaxt, Hplderwb like work has j had to be carried by motor truck across more than ft hundred mllen j Of rock desert from' the nearest j . m II road. The span Itself will be nearly &Q0 feet above tho Ntream j nnd It will (wemlnifly hang in mid-1 ulr for the bases are conereto-fllled J tunnels burrowed back Into the no I id rock of the vertical walls. ' Itccently the site of this ureal Ktructure was visited by an Oak- j Innd All-American Six. furnished ! by the Oakland Motor t'rrr- com I puny and driven by L. W. Mooro of that company. Moore wjik accom panied on tho trip hy WIUurd H. Wood, well known umaleur photo- ! prapher and writer and an expert J nn the lore of tho desert and mountain country. j They made the trip out from FlftKidaff, Arlxnna, more than 100 j mill's across the desert where the i rondti are rough, narrow-und, In I places, dunfferous at least, to tho nmntcur drivr. Wourt reports that a new road with easier nrades and turns, nnd much wider will bo available when the new hrfdpo Is completed, which will be Into this fall, nnd that traffic both ways be tween the trunscontlnentnl high ways of the north nnd vouth will J then be tint only possible hut nulln f- attractive to the motor tourist who desires to combine in a single trip -. the varied views to ho had from : both sides of the Grand Canyon of tho Colorado; within the (treat ' Kalhnb national forest; 'ut Uryco and Zion Canyon In Utah, and at the Interesting , Pipe Kprlnjfs. na tional monument of Utah. Tho beauty nnd crandeur of this region. Is beyond the descriptive I power of mere words as those who have visited even a portion of this vast "roof Of the; continent" can testify. Mountain peaks and ranges un, hundred miles or more ftway, ii r drawn up under the eye as by tho finest prism glass. ' " ' The walls of tho canyons arc of hues so vnrlefl'lhat an art 1st might tux his paletU) to mtch the color ings, lfryce and SCIon Canyons are especially brilliant. There are regains of ancient In dlan' civilizations thai thrived, per haps before Moses loft Ur of the (Ni a Id ees for lho fortllo valley of the Hlver Jordnn; perhnps before the .Cro-Magnon man appeared and heKiu his battle upward. Krom little excavating that has been r-.dne tills may 'We'll be the cradle ;j fat. tUfy .race.- ih the western heml .'Blhere, for the 'remains cover ' M'jdely separated periods of time. ".Then no 'the (tklntid Klx party ( reports that t hefif are items of . .more recent hlHtorlo Interest to be found, -such irH government forts I 'iftsfabUshcd early In 'Oie days of the Indian Wurs; Mormon forts to'pro ' tect ,tho iiflUlqrH from tho Inrtlahs; and, even nt Lee's Ferry; only suveii miles from tho new bridge. Ik, the old Lee stonV cabin In which l.fe hlniHolf lived for years. Leo Is wild to have heen shot but federal troops for his alleged part In the Mountain Meadows Massacre. The mute of Arlfsonu is sponsor ing the ,new bridge across tho Colorado for which it Is contribut ing the sum of $330.0011. The i , bridge Is of. unique design and will span the giant gorgo nt a height of approximately 400 feet. EFFORT MADE TO Aocldenis do not Just 'happen" but ore due, to causes thaWln many Instancen coulil he prevented, ac cording to Thomas II. Ktambaugh, general service manager of Olds mobile. . Tho automobile owner who has his cur inspected fre quently und required adJuM menu . made. Is a true disciple of accident prevention, he says. "In numerous communities nt this season of the year the officials nre holding free Inspection cum puignn," says Mr. Hlnmbaugh. "Automobile owners mny visit cer tain designated localities and have their brnkes, steering mechnnlsm and hondlliihts tested without charge. If these are found. In good condition the motorist Is given n slicker to place on his windshield showing the car bus passed Inspec tion. If a defect Ik found, he 1s .Informed and advised to hnvo It corrected. . , ... "Theso free Inspection! cam- nnlirnit nrri nnt litil wrxn I ' hor nre motorlMH compelled to tnke advan. !. nlnnmt the xvlude male pnpti inKe of them, but it behoove nil jlfttion. were lt while putilnw off nutnmohilo owner Who delre to n "her In n uninll boat. Still the prevent acddentH to have their InlwhlmntH who do nt rnrn chocked nt frequent lntervuln !" trai.Hpurted t a better to make nuro that binken, head- !lmvt ,,f ,hp wo u- Tlu' wtn,i llghtu nnd MtperlnK meehnniiniH are : be rlHSHod iik the most Important nnfety faoton on nn nuinmohllr. "It obo Ih advlHfthlp to keep the tire properly Inflnted. An under- inflated .tiro Influence Kteerlnif nnd brnklnff. due to It hnvlnu more rood traction than the other tire which are ourrylnK more ulr ..Hih me mirri-lnu nu.i-. ir preHHuro. t "Through the OldHmohlle (Tint rate Irwpecllon nnd nor vice pyntem lhep Inspection ond ndjulment rtin be hftd At ti nominal cot. Tin y will Improve car performance und. of more vltnl vnlue. will provide n mibfflantlal nfety fncior." ' Claw U! AdvortlMlnlr B'i reaultv Chevrolet Landau Sedan Choice of 'MOT 'J3Vj ftolf, which hai ltcfome (lie national pnstlmo of Amfrlra. hai nronglit Into use ingnjr lIiounnd of motor eoi-s nil over lh fulled Sliilon. You will find CheTroIet In constantly Incrraalnir number parked fifiont tlio miiiilrlpal links a well nn at many more exrluxlto clubs of the city. Fred Frye, fro tokiloiial Iiislriidor at u I'urlflc Count Muuleliml flnli' Links Is shown on (lie "green" with ills personal eiu-, h new Chevrolet landau Hedun, In the bnck-grnund. The Lonely Spots on Earth When tho firemen foilnd Its liny I mm.fan fn ndle Isle Htralt a few 1 1,. UKO- New Vorlt opened ! !ntios and spun filobes to latitude1 - north, longitude 00 west. Tho point did not look very fnr away. Then for three weeks New York waited to give Its civic ' welcome, nnd 'whllo news was relayed out from a mainland . radio station miieH away from the liremen, a storm bound the fliers by land nnd the Montcalm steamed unavalllng ly Into the lee pack that held them prisoners by sen. , Nothing left but a pallid fringe of Antnrtlen. No sea serpents, no spouting whales, no mermaids or polar bears only dotted lines of steamship routes familiarized by the travel bureaus. Yet there was the Itremen and her crew marooned by the hazards of Nature only a few hundred miles nwny. !. captains reported that It was Off tho Caroilnns 100 barrier j circled with idols, their backs Islands fringe tho const, as dense In turned to tho seas. Its clroumfer-sub-troplcal Jungle, as swently soli- ; once of throe dneen miles Is Indeed tary and uninhabited us when Wll-, Ham Teach careened his ships in their snndy coves, tied up his beard In ribbons and went nshoro. cutlass In hand, rolling his terrible eyes north from the Isles of .Shoals, iffio miles and more u (inmil Mamiu. a maze of islands dot the Maine const', us Inviting and fragrant' Ih June as they are windswept and snowbound In winter; and most of them arc Isolated at any time of year. Canada's vast urea is still lonely,, with a population lower than thai of New York City. Tho shores of 1 ludson Hay are little hi ore fre quented now than "when twenty beaver skins were worth a yard or l two of printed cotton and a bit of twist tohacco. Winter travel in I be new northern countries of Quebec and Ontario is still hy dog team nnd snowshoe. 1 West by norlh, the benutiful and fertile Peace Itlver country offers solitude that would make "Uexaiir tier Selkirk feel thoroughly at home, writes Catherine Mackenzie In the New York Times tnugnr.lne. Klght hundred mllos, from the foothills of tho Rockies, the Peace Hlver flows majestically to Join the Athnlmsen sweeping north to Great Hlnve lake. There the mighty Mackenzie river rises for Its north ward flow of HI tin miles to the Arctic Circle. Air pilots forced1 to Inaccessible landings In the Pence Hlver region would find at least clear winter skies, nn hlir.U! ds. and now nnd then a breath of the warm Pacific chluook ' blowing down from the mountain passes. All about tho West Indies, . little Islands ami keys, unknown to tour ists and reached only by reckless little sloops, dot the Ijluc Carib bean. Life is lonely enough there, for all the commerce of I be great world stenms grandly pntt toward or from Panama and troop ships laden with Cnlted States ma rines drop by every so often. Solitary Tristan da Ctinbn In tho days of the whaleships lonely Islands In far sens were reg ular points of rnli -Islands that had fresh water, breadfruit trees and wild pig. Sails became fewer, the smoke of freighters streaked the horizon, nnd the Islands were lonely again. Tristan da Cunha. the Southern Trinidad, Juan For. numlest, Master Island, l'ltcalrn many n sea captain once reported one or nnolher of them on every voyage. Now It may be not often er than once in three yenrs that n steamer calls nt Tristan d.i Cunha. The others nre seldom visited. Thus a filer from Cape Town, roaring neros the horse latitudes, might drop down on Tristan da Cunhn and be given up for lost for years. The nearest land Is St. Helena, 1300 miles away. There Is no harbor. Once fifteen men and , :MirH'KN tuiwii me NKiptvt 01 ine . dead volrann that form. (he bulk lnr ,nr Hecmeiy jln" f'MindatlnhM nre torn off h' lM0 hnot rtniHtantly lMrtw I'rovWonii run low nt time, B,ul tn,'n th P"P"Itlon mit.sl.-t in" "f There I "'way dearth of the rommon 1 neernnn rieH or lire. A ear niter year l he people watch Ibe dark, hruv Intr Allimllr f n a nail. The Hoiitbern nnd solitary Trini dad, fine mile niT the ma! of ItrnKll. I nnolher neglected way Ntallon of the Hmtlh Ailuiiilc. It I even le acceHibte than Trlwtnn dn Cunhn, but it haa bud It In biibitntitt. It Ih known only for the mturting ventuto ot a vroup uf in I i M. rr London barristers who went nut ' with .Mr. Kniubt In the Alet te In iSJjlt to dltf for hurled Kold. Trlnl- dad Is one of the sevoml Islands reputed to hold the lost treasures ; of tho cathedral at Lima. Across Koulh America Is Itobln son Crusoe's Island, Juan Kernnn de, as fur out of tho trade routes jiHcreeuy oecioeo not to report the now as It was when Alexander mi,tlH1"- Hclktrk was put ushure there from lI,'f'r Christian's leadership, the an KngHxh privateer because "he j mutineers had taken Tahiti women had nn objection to the captain." ! for wlvpM limI tt,tm0 Thltn men Thcrn he lived for four years and j fop firvants. nnd set out for Vlt four months before ho was res- 1 rnlrn- Christian came of n good cued. v ' 1 mlly. nnd tho tropical delights of MyKlorhx at Kastcr Island i,liH hd'ind paradise do not seem to Two thousand miles from the western coast of Mouth America I the trade winds flinir their snrav I upon the extinct volcanoes of the mot mysterious island of the Houth Hens, Kinder Island. Burly ringed with great burial platforms. some of them (iOO feet long, thirty feet high and thirty feet wide, built of great stones slinped and tooled , and fitted together without ce- ' mont. Toward the land side of i I he-no platforms stone pedestals I once held the colossal stone j Images: sometime; n dozen on one piattorm, that nre now prone. flunK down in some ancient con- t 1 fllei ir mini or iiiihn vni rr niltnwi ! Five hundred of these stone fig- their turn, by the enraged widows ures. some of them unfinished ' f the slain Kngllshmen. the quarry, have been found on; MIIM I"l'hlU'd Kinder Island. Their usual height ' f tho fnm" Hrllish surviyors, is from fourteen to sixteen feel:irtno hluI worked In n distillery In the largest Is thirty-seven feet ! coilnml. With a companion he high: and all are curved from ''inverted an iron kettle into a still j;ray lava rock In tho rough outline 1 nml experimented with n native of the human trunk. What people j ronL frm which nn ardent spirit etchndiout their scornful lips, their! w,lH P'odwccd. Thereafter the pair menacing chins? What tools did t wore In u constant Mtnte of Inebrl- they use? In what mro did .rtiev ', accomplish n task that must have occupied tens of thousands .of laborei'H for can answer. long yea,r? No one ' Fourteen hundred mllon of emp ty sea Kepatate the Islaml from It nearest neighbor, l'ltcalrn. l'lt calrn Island wu the scene of thai st range drama that followed the mutiny aboard the ship Motility in 17SU. The Mrltish government sent out this Nloop-of-war In codunnml of Lieutenant Itlii-h. w ho In.. I im i overbearinK temper nnd visited it I nn hi officer nml men. A quarrel with 4 his fhh( ofricei:. I-Meteher Christian, led to mutiny. llligh wu HOlzcd and put off in (he ship' .i'Utjei-,- with navigating Instru ments, uch Hiitplles and a many nf his men a the boat would hob). High made laud In one of the most remarkable small-limit voy ages In history, rhii.stlun and the rest of the mutineer vanished. Twenty years passed, and then the American ship Topaz chanced PUOM New York City yoit sail, on Fcbninry 4, nhotml the palatini Emms oNcolciml. Y011 visit 19 ports, in 16 nn lions. You return via Vrance anil Kntf land. ' All the time, Canadian Pacific is y our iSuldc and man ager. Tho whole voyaje- takes 72 days costs as low ns $l)00. Come in or write for litera ture! f'ki-.)itii fhl ftiv W't ;. ;y CANADIAN PA( MIC W H Ucjcon-Cril .4t- P!s'r Ueir SVIhlrdSi rVtllaud MultiKmiihHjtf! tUJp 1919 1 CFUIS,E: I 1 I Golf Instructor on 1'itcnlrn Island and sent a boat ashore for fresh vuter. l'ltcalrn ; ,is only two miles lonp. Precipitous I from the sea. It has lovely Interior I valleys, forests of palms nnd an ;ovrn' dellKhtful climate. There j !,,u' To"aii fnuiV ,ho reiuKe of the j :mullneers of flie Bounty. Later l" " " tm ovit-u u" ". l,ul unuinc nn oniony ; settlement living In peuce and only one of the original crew surviving, have alleviated tho misery of his disgrace and the drend of appre hension, which he felt far more tI1("tp,y than did his companions. lie found n rocky retreat In n re mote part of the island. There he i would retire for days, wretchedly scanning tho blue Pncific for the sail ho dreaded. Ills companions were made or less sensitive stufr. After a few yea rs the ancient tiinnwle appeared In this Kden. The Tnhltian wife of one of the Kngllsh seamen fell from n cliff and was killed. Her bereft con- i sort ho in end himself with the mate, of 'ope of the Tahltlan servants.! Thus trouble began. - H ended In j me massacre iy me 'niniil men or nil the KnUshmen but four nristtan among the victims nnd the murder of the Tn hit inn men. in until lmUv iet violent deaths. ! Tho surviving Kngllfthmen, Alex- auder Smith and i;dwni-d Young,, "honked at .theo violent eveutH,- l.iurueo 10 inc'reiigiou oi tneir ioy- houd. Some of tbe ilescriKlant.M of the Houiity' new are mill there. dnce in a long while the loneli est spot on the map have their day on the first page and vie with the groatoKt eltle for prominence ! In the new of. tho world. Spltit I bet-gen Is such a spot. Though cut " i' month every year from uoniniiiniealhiii With the ret of the oarlh except by wireless. It has been the scene of stirring event in our time. There llyrd and Amundsen took off In their polar flights, and there- tbtv ibiuntlesH BUs Driver Buses have to operate on schedule and we make sure of depend able service by using Champion Spark Plugs. Champion li the better spark plug bcvauM It hai an exclusive tilli. manito Insulator spe clally treated to with stand the much holier temperatures of the modern higlKompn-s. . slon eneine. Also a new patented solid copper ga.ket.scal that remains absolutely gas-tight un. dcr high compression. Special analysis elec ' trades which assure a fixed Spark-gap under all driving conditions. Champion SparJCPugs T0M0, Ohio Dependable for Every Engln T TI 1 1 1 Auto Supply & Parts Co. Wbolesalo and Retail Distributors j yy The-- fit, , W ilk Ins landed In hU Jump. from. I I Alaska. From there, too. the Italiun dliigible, Italiu. recenily i hailed Into the ilnngerous polar skies, unl to a fate as yet unde- termined. Down toward the oppo- : site end of the earth lie a few ; small Islands that, though almost ! forgotten except by the sheep ; ranchmen who .Inhabit them, gave ! ; their name to the one decisive' naval bn i tie of the World war. Off , the lonely Falkland Island a lirlt- ir-h flc.et put an end to Germany's , I menace In the Atlnntic. Hut the seeker for lonely places , i need not go to the ends of the : i earth to find them. The Interior j of Newfoundland is as . much lost! to the world In winter nn the south pole. There oro districts in nor thern Maine and New Hampshire ' that see no stranger between. Octo ; her and May. There nre valleys In Colorado where ranchers expect to . be snowbound and shut off from ' towns and railroads nnd newspa- ; ; pers for months nt a time. There i , are hamlets in Now York state j that ull but hibernate. Tho pen- I , sivo soul who dislikes crowds need j not sail to tho South Seas to find i repose. The United State still i holds great open nnd lonely spaces j In plenty for him. j BUSESTRAVa FAR! !N AUTO; CAPITAL : Detroit, the iihtlori'i bibUr capi tal; has developed (iu) lines' to a position wberew' the v206i Ciatmm llrothers motor conches Included in tho equipment travel more than 700.0U0 miles a month, ac cording to figures recently tabulat ed by officials of tho Department of Street Hallways. The oldest Graham prothers bus In this service has traveled approx imately 144,000 miles.. Huses oro operated from twelve , to twenty hours' a day, supplying the city's demunds for speedy nnd efficient transportation. Under tho Detroit system,' tho motor couches supplement regular street car service oh some thoro furofl, nnd carry the entire trans portation burden on other streets. Hocently, tho city has developed a system of express surface car schedules, In which the street cars make the express stops nnd .motor coaches make the local, stops. Free transfers are provided In making changes. FOREST OROVE O. J.' Gillette nnd II u ell McClllvia " Buy , ' tho "News-Tlmefl" here. ;' STATTON Locul woolen mills Increase equipment find output. for P ASK . Mr7 i-'- why Experienced Owners Demand Bodies bij Fisher In Oakland-Pontiac showrooms throughout the United States a special Fisher Body Demonstra tion opens Saturday, June 16. Cooperating with the Fisher Body Corporation, Oakland has arranged to demonstrate to auto mobile owners everywhere the reasons for the superiority and popularity of Fisher bodies. Oakland AII-Amn-fcan Six. $104? to $1265. New Series Ponliac Six, $75 to $875. Ait price at factory. Check Oakland-Pontiac delivered prices they include lowest handling i-hargej. General Motors Time f'uymenf IHan available at minimum rate. SANDERSON MOTOR CO. SOtrfH BARTLETT AND 8th STS. . PHONE 1388 Robinson Motor Co. Ashland, Ore. . Il CLASSIFIED OAKLAND -P0 PR.OD.UCTS. OF jr M f l:;..,.-,S&ei: Doubled Demand the Packard E JANUARY 1st the prices of Packard's own Custom Eight models were sub stantially reduced. March 1st Packard announced a complete line of Standard Eight cars at prices be low the custom range. In less than four months since the first of these announcements the Packard factory has been forced to double pro duction on Packard Eights'to satisfy the demand for America's finest car. Not alone is this a tribute to the remark able new values offered by the Packard Eight. It is a tribute to the position held by the Packard Eight in the minds of A G K A R THE MAN W.HO OWNS HIGHWAY MOTOR CO. 123 So. Riverside QUALITY CARS Phone 254 ; . Open Evening and Sundays ee lor lourseu Come to our showroom during the Fisher Body Demonstration. Learn how Fisher builds bodies and what high quality of material is used. See for yourself why experienced owners demand bodies by Fisher. Don't miss this opportunity to gain a sound understanding of such an im portant part of your automobile. ADVERTISING GETS RESULTS THE PACKARD EIGHT ia available in forty luxuri ous models at m wide range of prices from as fcir .. '3450 to $8725 at Detroit motorists everywhere the recognized leadership among all fine cars which the Packard Eight has so justly earned. In introducing the Standard Eight, Pack ard only met an existing desire among motorists for the great Packard Eight power plant, and the advanced Packard Eight chassis with its "Instant" lubri cation system without, of necessity,, custom bodies. And the public has been quick to respond. When may we place one at your dis posal for whatever demonstration you prefer? When may we tell you about our liberal, business-like payment plan and what your present car is worth? - IT NTIAC GENERAL . M OTO R 8 ight D ONE ;