PAGE 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?
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