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About Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1903-1919 | View Entire Issue (July 13, 1918)
TEN THE DAILY CAPITAL JOURNAL, SALEM. ORE. SATI'RH A Y. JTLY 1 3. 1 91 8. ; I i : V- . v v-. I llJl R. B. MAKK ficcretary-Treasurer, of Pacific Motors., Inc. it: 0 j GRANT B. MARK Vice President aud Superintendent of Parts Department of Pacific Motor Co Lee L. Gilbert, Oregon distributor for the 12 LGEM SIX AmI 2 Was called fo Seattle last week to meet the factory representatives. Neither the Elgin or any other factory hold out any promising hopes of being able to deliver any where ner the quota allotted to the different States. Oregon's share of Elgin Sixes was seven hundred, but has been cut to Three Hundred and Twenty-five, and no assurance of receiving that number. Mr. Gilbert advises any who is contemplating buying a new or used Car to do so at once. There is nothing that will stop the big advance in either New or Used, or the shortage ROAD INFORMATION FOR AUTOISTS AND CAMPERS This bulletin contains general informs, tween Klamath Fails and all Crater .lion concerning roa.l conditions in ori Klamath Fulls and Port Klamath. All near Tin" Aniumiil forest:) ol Urecun and Wa.-Jiiugtou, ba-cd on data furn ished by the field in."n of the Purest lie-serve. TAKE NO CHANCES WITH FIRE. DROP NO BURNING MATCHES OE iiniM u ,., ir,o ..... ..r! Kno and .V I.H.J Bat V : . . . , . . wood... Scrape a clean strip around it, digging down to dirt. When you leave, PUT IT OUT. If. no water is available use dirt. OREGON ROADS. Wsstern Oregon Willumette Valley-C'aseaib Mountain Wagon Road Open and in fair condi tion between Poster and the summit of the Cascade mountains. The bridges ' along this route are dangerous and par- Ticuiar caution should be used in cross ing; them. . li-bo-Xeskowiu Open and in per manent summer condition for entire ronte. Tillamook Willnmina Open in fait condition for" entire route. Dead Indian Opr uOTwn Pollens Hay and Ashland. Passable for atltos. Klamath Palls-Crater Lake Open k Lake points. In poor condition lietween roads to Crater Lake are now open Estncada Ca.ndero Open aud in fair condition. I f 1 1 a 1 1 is narrow and rough. Crater Lake Road Open and in good condition betw.-eu Medford aud Port Klamath. Willamette Road Open between Eu- pnint several miles bevouil Onk Ridge. Closed to all vchick-s bey ond tins point. Columbia idver H'ghway 0j'."n find in good condition, Portland to Cascade Locks. Closed for construction between Cascade Locks nnd Hood River. Cars may be shipped between Cascade Locks ana Hood Uiver by rail or boat on1 week days. Eagle Crtvk public camp ground)) is located 45 miles east of Portland on this rond, which is paved the entire dis tance. Here tho Forest Service main tains a free picnic nnd camp ground for recreation use. Tables, benches, fire plnces, running water, and other con veniences are available at this enmp ground. MeKenzie Pass Road Open and in good condition, Eugene to west bound ary of the Cascade National Forest. Poor condition from west boundary of Hi," Forest to Sisters. ' I Drain-Ncottsliurg-r-Open and in good condition, entire length, , KlnmaJu Falls Bend (via Fort Kin " ' ' - . , S ' f ' " - . - V ' Wl t Z' i.- ' . J . , . . . v . . . .'.;--.' ., -.v" '.-v .--.,.,f , . : .'xm . . .v V 4 '. J.. . . V . ' f X x x - ' ' A -!!',' I Only two left out of the shipment received Tuesday. Better hurry if you want the CAR of the HOUR, that everyone is talking about. Ask any Elgin owner. 156 South Commercial Street Phone 361 Lee L. Gilbert, Distributors for Oregon & Southwest Wash. BUY WAR SAVINGS STAMPS WHY. NOT BUY THAT GOODYEAR TIRE TODAY It means more mileage They give better serviceYou will be better satisfied. math) Open and in fair condition cn tire length, some rough places. Grants Pass-Crescent City Open on- tire length aud in good condition for few rough places. Pneifie Highway Open and in fair condition, Roseburg to Grants Pass and Modford. In good condition, Grants Puss to Wolf Creek. liarlow-Ouk Grove Road Open and in good condition, Portland to Rhodod endron. Toor condition Rhododondron to forks of road near Clear Lake. Open but rough, Clear Lake to Cedar Burn Good condition, Cedar Burn to Wapi-nitin. GUNS AND AMMUNITION Phone 363 126 South Commercial EASTERN OREGON. and Sparta-East Eagle Park OivOn in good condition entire route. Baker Cornucopia Open and ia good condition. - Baker-Prairie City Open and pass able for all vehicles, but in poor con dition. llardmnu-Ppray Open and passable for machines entire routo. Princville - Mitchell passable be tween Oehoco Station and Wheeler Crook county line. Open and in ex cellent condition county lino to Beaver Hanger station. WASHINGTON ROADS. Western Washington. Cascade Scenic Highway Open from cnnsf towns to Sultan. Closed between Sultan and Ty,: for construction work. Detours not possible. Bridges are not finished across Miller River and the Skvkomish River. Sunset Highway Open and in good pin I f I rv 1 mt 1 aaiem ueaier named Wholesale Distributor for All of Oregon Pacific Motors Expands. Northwest Dis tributor for Elgin, Now Under E. M. Mack as President. Takes Entire Pa cific Coast Territory. i& W UH M, 1 We have received the Maxwell Trucks and Samson Tractors and can now supply you. Don't delay but come in at once or phone us your order, and we will reserve a Truck or Tractor for you. , " The Fordson Tractors have left the factory and we expect them not later than August first. The Valley Motor Co. Coincident with the expansion of Pa eif : Jlotors, lac, as distributors for tin Kijjiu Bix on the entire Pacific coaat, comes the announcement that Lee L. l-ilbert has been made wholesale Uis tribuoor for the Ulgin for the entirj state of Oregon and Clarke, Klickitat and Cowlitz counties, Wash. Mr. Gilbert formerly handled the El gin m'Portland, and is at present re tail distributor for tho counties of Mar ion, j'olK, J..11111, iainlull, Tillamook and Beutun. He will retain his retail busi- ssi ir these counties. I'.nuounci mcnt both of the expansion of Pacific Motors and of tho appoint meit of Mr. Gilbert to his important nw post was made Friday bv E. M. Mark of Seattle, the new president of il'icih'; li'otois, Inc., during a brief visit to I'oitliind. Accompanying him were R. It. Maik secrctarytreasurer of ll.c coninany, and Prant A. Mark, vice president. I. M . Mark is one of the nest known litomobil...' men in the Pacific, north west. I i.r the iisl four years he has been Oregon nnd Washington distributor for the- Oaklnnd and has done well with ilmt line, in Ukhig over the presidency of "Pacific .Motors, Inc., he accepted an opportunity to expand the business of thai" pninpnnv as wholesale distributor for the Elgin in the states of Oregon V ushinirton. California. Nevada. Utah Montana, Idaho and British Columbia. Klgin car to San Francisco. 1 his change in territory will become (feetive on Julv 1. It will make Pa eii'ie Motors, Inc., 0110 of the largest wholesale distributors of automobiles in tho United States. N. Edwards. Jr., formerly Western sales manager of the Elgin Motor Car Corporation of Chicago, has boon elect ed as on vice- president of Pacific Mo tors, Inc., and will take charge of the branch houso of the company in San Francisco on July 1. Mr. Edwards is To Lizzie In France Here comes our little friend to tho fraay, Smiling Tin Lizzie, the Tinkering Tub! After the Hun in her own dizzy way i Rattling and battling and gatling the dub; Damned dirty dub of a lean, lousy Hun, Once full of arroaucie, now full of hate; -, Wait till our little Tin Lizzie ia done, Smilin Tin Lizziu, Jnst hitting her gait! Sure all her ancestors wowed the same strain Joggled and jolted and jiggled UIos sin; Ran with a racket that gave you ft pain, Rumbled and mumbled and tumbled within. Slow-spoken Tank standing grim at the wheel, After the goat of the germ-planting Boche, Is he AT HOME! Well, he known by the FEEL Henry Ford's hopeful is happy, begoshl Look at the rattling Daughter of Doom Jumping the telegraph poles with a lurch! "Vow! Aint it natural? Just give her roui And she'll b.2 scaling tho spiro of a church! Hear that exhaust keeping keeping time, to the trill Ripped from the throat of the Browning gun hot, Handing to Fritz out his long-needed pill. I3 he enjoying it- YES If 18 XOT! Smiling Tin Lizzie, America's pride! Over nnd at 'em, girl, Queen of Detroit! Hot as hell 's hub tho you may bo insida, Drill some cool openwork in the Kai's "shoit!" Damned dirty dub of a loan, lousy Hun, Once full of arrogance, now full of hate, "Wait till our little Tin Lizzio is done Lizzie, tho little toy wagon of fate! PRIVATE EDWARD MAIR, U. S. Signal Corps. Frost and State Streets condition from Seattle to Cle El urn. Sixty miles out of Seattle on this high way is the Denny Creek camp grounds, where the Forest Service maintains a free camp and pienic grounds equipped for tho use of the public. Arlington-Harrington Jioau ltoad is opeu ami in good condition Arlington to i ortson. 1 air condition 1 orison to Dar ringtn. Olympic Highway Open and in good condition between Olympia and Quiui ault Lake. Open and iu fair condition between Olympia and Discovery Bay. Good condition Fuirholm to Mora and Forks. now motoring overland from Chicago in J. S. Moltzner of Portland, will con tinue to lie retail dealer for tho Elgin iu the Portland territory. FERDINAND BRAUER DIES AT HIS HOME IN WEST WOODBTJRN. Mr. F. A. Brauer died at his home in West Woodburn at 5 p. m., Tuesday, after a brief illness, having suffered a stroke of paralysis at 9 o 'clock the pre vious morning. Ho was born in South Bend, Ind, April 3, 1842 and, crossed the plains with his parents in 1848. Ha spent most of his life iu this vicinity, except; about twenty-five years in Eastern Ore gon. lio was a man of upright principles, ever ready to aid those in need. He was marshal of West Woodburn, a faithful Oddfellow and a member of Woodburn Lodge, I. 0. . F. He leaves to mourn his demise tw sisters, Mrs. Frank Buskey, of Wood burn, and Mrs. K. C. Chambers, or Portland, Mrs. Elsie Vincent, of West Woodburn, Mrs. Theresa Bierward and Mrs. Etta McGrath of Woodburn are niece. Woodburn Independent. SUCCESSFUL RED CROSS PICNIC HELD AT ST. PAUI The picnic for the Red Cross at St Paul was a great success. The com mittee wishes to thank all who kindly helped the band, the speakers, tha singers, the baseball players, and all thise who so generously donated the 18 gallons of ice cream on which $95 was realized, also to the four girls who sold chances on the pig, lamb, aud cake. The pig, given oy Mr. J. N. McKay, was won by Dr. Donnelly of Mt. Angel. The lamb, given by Mr. J. E. Simth, was won by Mr. August Huckstein, Salem's popular postmaster, who then auctioned it off, the highest- bidder, Mr. Bernard Wolf, paying $16. This was also kindly turned into tha Red Cross. Tho eake, niade by Miss Edna Davidson, was won by Grandpa Davidson. The speak ing by Mr. Huckstein and Frank Davey, from Salem, and Mayor Youne of Mt augei, was very interesting aud appre ciated by all. The Red Cross Auxiliary netted $200 from the proceeds of this pienic. Independent. JOURNAL WANT ADS PAY Ittlllllllltl? iiii Httttt !!??Mff'tHII)IIMHItllltUl7ltllltllllllt4 mMMtttttttMMIHMmHMMtMtMtMMMMMtMtlMMtltMMtMM l -ft Geo. Vick, Manager 1 EASTERN WASHINGTON. State Road Xo. 4 Open and in fair condition between Republic and Tonas ket. State Road Xo. 10 Open and in fair condition between Entiat and Pateros. The road is getting rough in places. Blewett Pass Highway Open and in good condition Cle RLurn to Wenatchce. This road is now in the best condition it has ever been". Several bridges and the heaviest grades on the old road on the Chelan side of the road have been eliminated and a large number of new turnouts built. Xo driver should havo any difficulty in negotiating this road. ft OATESTIHES Cost As Much Both Use Gates Half -Sole Tires. The small car and the limousine Gates Half-Soles appeal to the owners of both alike. Their appeal lies in Service long mileage-freedom from trouble. These are valuable to the merchant with prompt deliveries to make-equally valuable to the pro fessional man and to the pleasure party for which an untimely puncture may mar a perfect day. They cost only one-half as much as other tires and are guaranteed ior mousands of miles of puncture-Droof service. . Look into this now! S. S. Montgomery 177 South Commercial Street. Phone 498 ft t