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About Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1903-1919 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 3, 1918)
THE DAILY CAPITAL JOURNAL, SALEM. OREGON SATURDAY, AUGUST 3, 1918. 1 F TR 'ORBSON A CTORS The favorite topic of discussion among the farmers of Marion and Polk Counties is theFORDSON TRACTOR and judging by the favor able comments these tractors will be very much in demand in the very near future. ATIP, place your order at once if you expect to get a FORDSON for your fall work. Demonstrations daily near Fair Grounds. We are closing out all irucks we have on hand Let us tell you about them . Just received a carload of Overland cars. One waiting for you- , The Valley Motor Co. I Front and State Streets Elbert Thompson, Mgi 3r Mb. 7 J MfWWW ROAD INFORMATION FOR MOTORISTS AND CAMPERS This bulletin contains general informs ition concerning road couilitieis in or near the National 1'orests of Oregon and Washington, based on data furn ished by the field men of the Forest lte-eorve. .A dangorous forest -fire season is at hand. All forest travelers, autoists, campers, fishermen, hunters, and others are warned to be cari'f ul with fire in the open. The pro sent extremely dry con dition of tho woods, duo to drought and drying winds, makes them especially susceptible to fire, and unusual care is necessary to prevent, destructive con flagrations. The cooperation of evory one using the forests is needed to keep them green and attractive. By build ing small camp fires in safo places and completely extinguishing them before leaving ,one of the chief causs of fores) fires may be removed. Smokers should be cautions with burning tobacco and matches. No patriotic tourist will pur posely start a fire and endanger the timber and forage of tho forests. Aside from the commercial value of tho woods which can be figured in, dollars gnu cents, there is their valufe from a re creational and aesthetic standpoint point which can only be estimated. Holp keep the forests valuable by preventing forest fires OREGON EOADS. Western Oregon Willamette Vailey-Cascado Mountain Wagon Road Open and in fair condi tion between Foster and the summit of the Cascade mountains. The bridges along this route are dangerous and par ticular, caution should be used in cross ing them. Bebo-Neskowin Open and in per manent Bummer condition for entire route. Tillamook Willamina Open in fair condition for entire rout. Dead Indian-MDpeu uotween Pelican Bay and Ashland. Passable for autos. Klamath Falls-Crater Lake Open he Lake points. In poor condition between tween Klamath Falls and all Crater Klamath Falls and Fort Klamath. All roads to Crater Lake are" now open. Eslacada-Cazadcro Open and in fair condition. Hoad is narrow and rough. Crater Lake Eoad Open and in good condition between Mcdford and iFort Klamath. . ' , Willamette Eoad Open between En gone and a point several miles beyond Oak EKlge. Closed to all vchiclos by-; ond this point. Columbia Eiver Highway Op.ea mid in good condition, Portland to Cascade Locks. Closed for construction between Cascade Locks and Hood Eiver. Cars may be shipped between Cascade Locks and Hood Eiver by rail or boat on week days. Eagle Creek public camp grounds is located 45 miles east of Portland on this'road, which is paved the entire dis tance. Here the Forest Sorvice main tains a free picnic and camp ground foi recreation uso. Tables, benches, fire places, running water, and other con veniences are available at this camp ground. McKenzie Pass Road Open and in good condition, Eugene to west bonnd ary of the Cascade National Forest. Poor condition from west boundary of the Forest to Sisters. Drain-Scottsburg Open and in good condition, entire length. Klamath Falls-Bend (via Fort Kla math) Open and in fair condition en tire longth, some rough places. Crescent City- Bandon Coast road Open and in good condition for entire route; some rough places Grants Pass-Crescent City Open en tire length and in good condition for a few rough places. Pacific Highway Open and in fair condition, Eoseburg to1 Grants Pass and Mcdford. In good condition, Grants Pass to Wolf Creek. Barlow-Oak Grove Eoad Open- and in good condition, Portland to Ehodod endron. - Poor condition Ehododendron to forks of road near Clear Lake. Open but rough, Clear Lake to Cedar Burn Good condition, Cedar Burn to Wapi-nitia. Hints for the Motorist J By Albert L, dough Editor Motor Service, 2 Beview of Reviews Beware Of Exhaust Gas Poisoninsr. I VERY MOTORIST SHOULD FULLY APPRECIATE and guard hlmselt against me very serious danger or becoming poisoned by the deadly carbon monoxide gas that often ts present in large proportions In the exhaust of automobile motors. Rreathin? nf this able quantities, for any but very short-periods, is certain to cause severe headaches and depression and, in extreme cases leads to fainting and even death. The danger of this form of poisoning is particularly great In cold weather, when garage doors and windows are kept shut and engines ar! tested indoors rather than in the open. In the very small private garage this danger Is especially great as the small amount of air present Is very quickly polluted. Poisonous carbon monoxide gas is most largely found th the exhausts of engines which are operating with incomplete fuel ccrrbt's Hon, that is, with overrich mixtures and unfortunately, with pres.-nt-dr'j fuel, this is the condition of most engines for sometime after being started from a cold condition. The only safe procedure for the motorist, who keeps his car in a very small garage. Is to open the door wide as soon as the engine Is started and keep It open as long as the engine is running Inside the building. Warming up the engine in a small box-like garage with the door shut is dangerous to a person inside and even in the case of a good sized garage, running the engine to charge the storage battery or to make long continued tests of the carburetor involves possible danger to health The physiological effects of gas poisoning are gradual and Insidious and are sometimes not noticed until falntness approaches, when it may be too late for a person who is all alone in a garage to seek purer air. Especial care should be taken never to work under a car. when the engine is running or the atmosphere may be bad, in such a position that one cannot get up easily and reach the open air quickly, In case of falntness. Deaths have occurred under such circumstances. If it becomes necessary to run an engine for considerable periods, in a small closed garage, the exhaust should be conducted out of a partly opened window through a steam hose connected to the exhaust pipe. PREVENTING STIFFNESS IN STOKED ENGINE. "" i''Ai1 $r oo We have put in some iron working machinery, With the Steel Furnace Company, and we want a name for the machine shop. We give everyone a chance, to submit a name. The rules are that the ones sending a name should write their name and address plain, and the person sending the name that we later adopt will receive $5.00 in Thrift Stamps. Contest is open to all free of charge. Contest will close two weeks from date of first publication of this notice. Mr. Rosebraugh and Mr. Lamb will be the committee to decide on the name. We repair any thing from a sewing machine to a sawmill. Address all communications to Lamb Co. 645 South 17th Street Salem, Or. EASTERN PREGCN. Sparta-East Eagle Park Opea and in good condition entire route. Baker Cornucopia Open and in good condition. Baker-Prairie Citv Open and tiuss- able for all vehicles, but in poor con dition. Hardman-Spray Open and passable for machines entire route. Prinevillo Mitchell passable be tween Ochoco Station and Whccler Crook county line. Open and in ex cellent condition countv line to Beaver Ranger station. WASHINGTON ROADS. Western Washington. Cascade Scenic Highway Open from coast towns to Sultan. Closed between Sultan and Tv,o for construction work. Detours not possible. Bridges are not finishe'd across Miller Eiver and the bKyKomish Eiver. . Sunset Hicbwav Oncn And in flrnnr! condition from Seattle to Cle Eluim bixty miles out of Seattle o this high way is the Bonny Creek camp grounds, where the Forest Service maintains free camp and picnic grounds equipped lor me uso or tne puonc. Arlington-Darrington Eoad Eoad ' is ope and in good condition Arlington to Fortson. Fair condition i'ortson to Dar ringtn. Olympic Highway Open and in good condition between Olympia and Quini ault Lake. Open and in fair condition between Olympia and Discovery Bay. Good condition Fairholm to Mora and Forks. EASTERN WASHINGTON. State Eoad No. 4 Open and in fair condition hetween Republic and Tonas ket. - State Eoad No. 10 Open and in fair condition between Entiat and Pateros. The Toad is getting rough in places. ' BleWCtf PfiSfl KitrhlPev Ar.on anJ in good condition Cle Elum to Wenatehce. Ihis 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 tumours duiii. Ao driver should have any difficulty in negotiating this road BLACKBERRIES ARE SOUGHT. Toledo, Or., Aug. 2 H. S. Cilo, of Salem, was in Toledo today making arrangements to get all of Lincoln County's evergreen blackberries this season, if possible. The price to b paid will bo around 5 cents per pound. He advised that at least 300 aires in this county be set to evergreen black berries, red and black raspberries and strawberries, saying that if this were done he would give grower a ten-year contract. He also' said that he would put up an assembling and pressing plant and furnish men capable of show ing 'tho growers how to arran29 their yards, etc. C. K. M. asks: In connection with itoring a car for t He winter In an unheated garage, is' It necessary to run the engine for about ten minutes each week, In order ho keep It from getting stiff? ' Answer: We think not. It would be Just about as well and much less bother to crank it over by hand, a few turns, every once in a while. Borne people, when laying up a car, give the cylinders a special supply of cold proof oil, In order to Insure that all Internal engine parts are coated with lubricant. This is usual ly done by starting ho engine at a fair rate of speed, then shutting off the gasoline supply at the tank and, while the engine is running upon the ,fuel in the float chamber, squirt ing oil Into the carburetor alr-lntaltc until the engine stops An excess of oil Is thus carried i"r with the fuel mixture and forms a film over the Internal parts, tending to preventing sticking of the pistons and other bearing surfaces. KEROSENE AS AN ANTI-FHEKZE LIQUID. P. D. R. asks: Is It feasible to use kerosene as an anti-freeze liquid In tho radiator Instead of alcohol so lution? ' Answer: This can be and isdonc by some motorists, although It If more usual to employ a mixture of kerosene and some heavier oil. It Is more advisable, however to use a less volatile oil than kerosene, one which does not give off combustible vapors at so low a temperature. There are special cooling oils on the market possessing more nearly the required characteristics, such oils being used for cooling electrical transformers and for similar pur poses. Already, oils of this general description are on .the market as automobile nnti-frseM mixture, un der various trade names but, if you can obtain a suitable oil directly from an oil dealer you can save some money. Questions of general interest to motorists will tie answered in this column, space permitting. Address Albert L. Clouah. care of this office. Maxwell Military Express Makes Record Twelve days, instead of twenty two, were sufficient for the Maxwell Mili tary Express to cover 2200 miles of its 3400 milo jVurney across the continent from tho Golden Gate to the Statue of Liberty. Instead of the scheduled 100 miles a day, tho truck has easily mado from 140 to 275 daily mileage And this is under the condition of car rying a capacity load. Weather of every sort has greeted the truck. From the extreme heat of the dosort to tho snow of the moun tain peaks, from the dry plains of No vada to a cloudburst in Utah and a thunderstorm in Iowa tho most rigor ous climatic conditions imaginable have maintained. But so far as delay ing tho sturdy Maxwoll champion, they have had absolutely no effect: Eight through it all was the running time kept much advance of the schedule. jVot only theso conditions are to bo consid ered. There is also tho varying alti tude, ranging from sea level to 8300 fret at the point where the main rango of the Rockies was crossed. When the Maxwell reached Cheyenne it opportunely arrived on tho opening day of tho great Frontier colebration where it attracted much attention. When Bay McNamara left San Fran cisco ho staled that although he had set 34 days as his running time, he in- DAILY SHOT AT KAISER FOR HOME FOOD SAVERS NATIONALWAB GARDEN COMMISSION Simple device for straining fruit juices for jelly making, suggested by the National War Garden Commis sion of Washington, which will send any reader of this paper a free can ning book for two-cent stamp to pay postage. . tended to better this by several days According to his present pace he should complete the run easily jn 20 days. If such is tho case it will bo a most re markable record. OlUm ling tho con tinent been crossed, both by passenger cars and trucks but this run is unique in that it Is continuous running with all stops counted in the running time. Figuring on a basis of 20 days or 480 hours, the trip wm show a mileago of over seven miles per hour for the actual elapsed time from the start to finish of this record race againBt time, , 'The truck Is doing so much better than I had expected,'' said McNamara in his wired report, "That I will not eonsidor tho trip successful unless we make if, iu 20 (lays. At the conclusion of the run, I will compile figures on the economy and reliability of the truck which will bo of importance to every user of automotive vehicles in the busi ness world.' "When this tost was broached," said W. J. LaC'asHo, Pacific Coast Supervisor of the Maxwell Motor Sales Corporation, "I had a very high opinion of the truck's possibilities. Howqvcr, the re sults thus far havo exceeded my most "anguine expectations. They point con clusively to the reliability of the Max well and its adaptability to conditions or every kind. It has been a selling tost of tho greatest value." AUTOMOBILE A NECESSITY. , "Stop for a moment and think of what it would mean if we did not have passenger automobilo to use. What would we do for a quick method of transportation! Where could wo find a satisfying substitute! " asks Mr. Koff, local 'Chevrolet automobile dealer. "Wo. look upon the rairoad as an important method of transportation," he continues, "but, as a fact, its is restricted compared with the automo bile. Tho automobile will tuko you, to places that the railroad cannot reach- Kach automobile owner has, in reality, a privato railroad.. lo is pres ident, vice-president and general man ager. And in addition, he is his own time-table. Tho automobile gives its purchasers a travel independence that is well-nigh complete. "Without the automobile, the world would almost come to a stand still. What would tho doctor, the salesman, the business man, do without an auto mobilo, in these busy days of commer cial pursuits! "Hut. and. perhaps most important of all, what would the farmer do with out his car! "To him, the automobilo has been a transformation. It would be an ab surdity to call the automobile the farm cr uses a "pleasure" car. It would be as logical as to call the reaper, or any piec of farm machinery, a "hand organ." "On the farm, the automobile is a' If You Buy a Used Car jj If you buy a USED CAR vou nrobablv buv a t USED BATTERY and you can't tell HOW it has f ueen usea. jseuer come m ana let us test it Such a battery may seriously affect the opera tion of your car; you can't tell whether it does or not until you put a really new battery on it. When jou buy a Still Better Willard with Threaded Rubber Insulation you know it IS NEW, because it is shipped and stored Bone Dry and begins its life for YOUR CAR. You'll know the Still Better Willard by the Mark branded onto the box. Get all the facts about this remarkable battery in the booklet "A Mark With a Meaning for You." We test, repair and rechartre stnrnrp hnttenVs t and always carry a full supply of battery parts, new uauenes ana rental Dattenes. Testing service is free. Auto Electric Shop DEGGE & BURRELL t 418 Court Street Phone 203 lIUMHIIIIItl(t ono hundred per cent utility. It is the conccting link between the farm and the outside world. The uses of the automobile are many and so varied in character that a catalog of many pages could be compiled, setting forth thfl multipied uses of tliio farmer's car." AURORA GIRLS SELL TAGS A committee of tho local women's council of defense not Monday night to arrango fqr "Tag IMy" for the ben efit of Belgian babies. The sale of tags is on today, 'and tho following are tho girls chosen to sell tho tags, working in pairs: Edna Keil and Borothy Moore, Hel ena Morris and Helen Phillips, Helen Kerr and Norman Gribble, Aileen Sny der and Henrietta White, Evadna Hurst and Thooda Gribblo .They will see that every home in Aurora is sup plied with the little souvenir bouquets of forgwt-mo-notsi at 10 cents each. At the various business houses the followii young women will be station ed during the day: Eosa Damm, Kcho liiesy, Valma Bents, Leona Will. Au rora Observer. GIVE 'EM SALT itiie amount cm" salt taken for Halting without fermentation ONE -FOURTH THE WEIGHT OP THE r.'ttjfc.Tf I3LE This is a good wy to prepare cab. bage for winter ute. Full instructions re given in the free book inued bj the National War Garden Commi. tion. Send two cents to pry pcttH, .219 N. COMMERCIAL 219 N. COMMERCIAL a WE CAN FURNISH DELIVERY ON ROYAL CORDS IN ALL SIZES BY AUGUST 1ST. - 8000 MILE GUARANTEE. A COMPLETE STOCK OF FABRICS, ACCESSORIES,MICIIELIN TUBES 9 - SERVICE GARS - 9 PHONE 66 PHONE 66 Just A rrtve d We just received those Pope bicycles This is the line the U. S. government commandeered and this shipment is the first we have been able to get. We cany a complete line of Firestone Bicycle Tires. SEE THE HARLEY-DAV1DSON BICYCLE Arthur H. Moore Salem, Or. 445 Court Street