AUTOMOBILE
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DAILY
OUBNAL
FORTY-SECOND YEAR NO! 99.
SALEM, OREGON, SATURDAY. MAY 10, 1919.
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Beauties of Hood
River Valley Stir
Gilbert to Praise
Apple blossoms, great vistas of them, have been punc
tuating the verbal enthusiasm of Lee L. Gilbert, distribu
tor for the Elgin Six, all this week, or rather, that part
of the week since his return from Hood River, where last
Sunday he viewed the extensive orchards of the Hood
River Valley with a party of friends from Portland.
"No doubt," aid Mr. Gilbert, "peo-. Saturday Wming and arrived in Port
Me think there is something radically i hind, going via the Gervslia detour, in
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wrong with me the way I rave about
tie beauties of the Hood Eivcr eountry.
But those eople are not those wuo
lave wen that part of the state when
the apple orchards are in full blossom.
as they are now. Anyone who has everj
time to cat luncheon and get away for
Hood River at ! o'clock in the after
noon. The Portland-Salem link of the
trip is the worst of all of the road to be
covered he says, and he advises motor-
been there at this time of the yoar will j iata going to the Eose City to take the
agree that it is a sight worth seeing
and one that is equalled in few places.
Bide Trips Through Orchards.
"On two little sido trips out of th
town of Hood Kiver we drove through
Bile after mile of what seemed to be a
olid ocean gt blossoms and from the
kigh epots the valley appeared to be
west side route now tint the Wheatland
ferry is once more in operation.
Driving Is Fine.
From Portland to Hood Rive rr
the Columbia highway driving is more
than a pleasure, according to Mr. Gil
bert. The Elgin ate up the 75 miles be
tween the two cities in 2 hours end 37
arwted with them. It's a wonderful minutes on the outgoing trip and in 3
trio and a more wonderful sight after
job get there," ,
Mr. Gilbert left Salem at 11 o'cuea
hours coming back. The highway is
fOontuued on page two)
Vitalic Casings
FOUR DOLLARS
MOORE'S SPECIAL
A. H. Moore
"REMEMBER THE NUMBER"
421 COURT STREET
(Capital Journal Special ServUe.)
Monmouth, Or., Hay 10 The "War
ren Construction company, which has
the contract for paving the eijjht miles
of the West Side highway from Biek
reall to Independence has already be
gun preparations for the work. The
units headquarters have been establish
ed in Independence and ear of coal
has arrived in the local yards in Mon
mouth to .be ready when needed.
Engineer Fletcher, who represents the
highway commission in this contract,
says there are only two places where
grading will have to be done one is
located at the east end of Main street
in Monmouth and the other near Bick
reall. The work is expected to last until
about the first of November.
Thermoid Distributor
Gives Pertinent Tire
Tips To AutomobHists
With summer weather and summer
touring slipping into high gear a few
suggestions on the eare of casings and
tubes are not out of place.
Several valuable hints are given oue
this week by J. B. Hileman, distrib
utor of the famous Thermoid tires.
These are the tips:
Park your car in the shade if pos
sible. If car is to be left stnnding in the
sun for any length of time it is ad
visable to cover the casings exposed to
the rays of the sun with robes or bur
lap sacks,
Kxtrfi csinjj should be protected
with tire covers, as light tends to de
teriorate rubber, particularly on the
caning that arc not in use.
Examine repaired tubes caretvlly.
Sec that the patches are in good con
dition, as the heat is apt to open them
and loosen them and cause a slow leak.
Temporary patches should be replaced
with vulcanized ones.
Carry at least two new tubes when
going on a tour, as even the tightest
patches may work loose on repaired
tubes when driving over hot tonds.
Pack tubes in their boxes snugly
but not tightly. Tubes thrown into
the tool box or car apartments arc
liable to become chafed or kinked.
Before inserting tubes dust the In
side casings with a good tab; to pre
vent adherence. Be sure no dirt re
mains on inside of casing. Frequently
a tool of some sort is left inadvertent
ly on tho Inside of the casing. Be aure
this does not happen.
Of utmost importance is the air pres
sure. Follow the rules and tables roc
ommended by the leading tire manu
D. E. Worm Drive
Motor Tracks
HIGHEST IN QUALITY-LOWEST IN PRICE
It will be to the interest of prospective purchasers to look over the Day-Elder
trucks before buying. Such Standard Features as the following give the Day
Elder a standing as to power, durability and economy that cannot fail to be
recognized:
Continental "Red Seal" Motor.
Borg & Beck Clutch.
Briggs-Seabury Pressed Steel Frame.
Brown-Lipe Transmission.
Hotchkiss Drive, U.S. Gov't. Type.
Rear Axle Worm Drive, David Brown
Type.
11 1-2, 2, 2 1-2. 3, 3 1-2, 4, 5 to 6 tons.
TRUCKS NOW ON DISPLAY AT
MAR1
Opposite Marion Hotel
ON GARAG
C. A.CAMPBELL, Prop.
Phone 362
TOTALING $3,000,000
WHEDjTHlS W
Entry Of Federal Government
Into Road Construction
Work la State Forecasts Big
Improvements.
For actual progress in the matter of
good roads tho j'ast week has been
marked with unusual activity and pro--utn
nrnvio'ini? total exneniliturcs UD-
on Oregon roads of nearly $3,000,000
within the present road building sea
son have been definitely launched.
At its meeting in Portland, Wednes
day, the stute highway commission let
contracts totaling f i,jou,uuu tor imme
diate construction work , da various
parts of the state. These contracts
bring the total of state work alone up
in mnm than ,1.750.000 for the nreseut
tti ml thern are more uroiecta Vet
to be started by the highway eommii- j
ion.
The other project to receive its iirsi
r.u.l hnnat tliis week was one which
brings tho federal government into the
road Duiuung neio. in me state on an
extensive scale.
vh the cooperative aereement
between the state and county aud the
forest service, fl.uu.ouu nas rjeeu
made availablo for road work in Ore-
ti,.fr.itr nf Agriculture. Houston
has signed the agreement by which the
federal government win conmuuie
-,ftnitft urnviilinir the state and com
munities will provide the other hnlf.
Within w-ttays, me Time minu
the agreement, work will commence on
th following projects:
HcSenzie Pass Included
The MeKenzie pass highway, which
runs "from Uluo Kiver to listers, S3. 8
miles in length, 14.4 miles in tho Des
chutes forest and S3 miles in the Cas
cade. Tho estimated cost is $35(1,000,
of which $1!,000 will be borne by Iane
,.., 4.- -,iwm hv Deschutes county,
$157,775 by the tatand the remain
ing half by the fedoral government.
This road will be constructed on a two
year program, ono half of which will
be completed this year.
The Meufora ruomain rans u
Oratcr lake in the Jackson county doc
. 9. miles iii lensth. extending
.m Pmannxf tn the nnrk boundary.
Seventeen miles of this road will be in'
the Crater liiko national forest, mo
t tun fttirt nt which
estimatcu cunt m
the state and federal government will
each bear $131,250 and jncK&on coun
ty k- ...
Tho ucheco canyon, waoeur nv
Short Jaunts
For the Hours
Of Twilight
Logged by P. N. Andre sen
(Oakland Six Agent.)
One route to Falls City varying fro
the trip logged in this column recently
in that it makes a detour around Dal wis
through the orchard belt, is the one
which takes the motorist along tbe out
skirts of tho Prune City by following
the read straight ahead at tho turn iu
the Salem-lmllas road just outside of
the latter city.
The route to be followed out of Salem
is the same as on the trip previously
described ,ovcr tho inter-couuty uiiugt)
to the junctiou of the Pallas Alt Minn
villo road. Keep straight abend here
aud follow tho main road, which leads
directly into Palls City through a ikmu
tiful, wooded fodthill country resplend
ent with prettv picnic spots.
At present the rocd beyond the Pallas
tumoff is rutted and ruugh, but should
be in good condition within 10 days or
two weeks. No improvement over tie
previously reported "choppy" condi
tion of tho Dallas tialem road is to be
noted yet. .
CHEAP GRADE OF OIL DEAE TO
AUTO OWNEB AT ANY FKitE
Wheel Tractors On
Hilly Ground Not
Discounted By Any
The one salient feature of the demonstration at the
tractor show recently held at Walla Walla, was to bring
out the latest developments in the round wheel type of
tractor, according to the Walla Walla Union. The fann
ers have seen so many of the older types of round wheel
tractors with high centers of gravity which wel e unable
to negotiate the side hills that they had become educated
to the crawler type and thought that this type of tractor
was the only one which could be used on the hillsides of
the Palouse and in the loose, lighter soils of the Big Bend
country.
It came as a surpriso to the ninny:, -an be educated as to how to work the
farmers aud implement dealers to see tractor to best advantage.
(Continued on Pago 2.)
AUTOS BIG FACTOR III
Improvement Of Transporta
tion Aided Development
Says Delano.
"The extent to which the automobile
has contributed to the wealth of the
coutry in comparison with other utile
ties is shown by a review of tho various
stages of our commercial evolution,"
says F. G. Delano of the Bnlom Autonto
biie company, local dealer in Chcvolctte
passenger ears and trucks.
"From 1790 to 1000, the wealth of
the United Bttacs increased from $(519,
200,000.00 to $SH,51707,000.00, an in
crease of $87,898,107,000.00.
From that year until 1918, a period
of eight years, the wealth of the United
States increased from $88,517,307,000.00
to $250,0110,000,000.00, au iuc reuse of
$161,482,693,000.00- It is to be noted
that the increese In this eighteen year
period was practically almost twice the
increase in the 110 year period.
"In the years 1900 to 1918, the prin
cipal changes in oar commercial life,
were duo to the introduction of windi s,
the beginning of foreign trade; develop
ment and standardization of manufac
turing, and the manufacture and ge.ieral
adoption of tho automobile for transpor
tation purposes.
"It has been said, a community ad
vances only so far as their transporta
tion facilities allow them to do. If they
are restricted by certain limits of trans
portation, their business growth is re
stricted. This leads to the thought as
to how much the'automobile as & trans
portation medium has had to do with
the very antisunl growth in the rerlod
of 1900 to 1918.
"While it is trne that without the
automobile thpre would have been ma
terial development in the country due to
the introduction and nse of the many
improved utilities and method, it is ob
viius thnt the fullest value oT useful
ness of these innovations could not have
tern secured without the aid of motor
propelled Tebicle. And so to the auto
mobile in rightly due a major sharp oi
the credit for the development of nat
ural resources, the expansion of our in
dustries and the increase in weaith, as
had been experienced during recent
years."
Ono mistako that car owners some
times fall into is the purchase'of a quan
tity of oil of tiuknown lineage, but
cheep prieo, which the seller assures him
is just as good as any of the well known
brands. It may tie, but it probably is
not. There are a number of qualities
that lubricating oil must possess If it
is to be efficient in a mechanism like
the automobile, where the parts run at
high speed with considerable heat. Such
oil must have requisite vicosity; it must
lie f refl from veiretahln niln or foreien
substnncles; nt must have tho proper
specific gravity.
When two of tho wires of the light
ing or starting system are producing a
short-circuit r,n inovitablo accompwil
nient of the condition Of heat. By feel
ing carefully along the line the opera
tor enn usually detect the presence of a
short by the heat that is being gener
ated, End play may bo removed from the
camshaft by inserting a fiber or brass
fasher between the camshaft driving
gear and the bearing.
ono or two makes of round wheel tract
ors follow behind tho big crawlers, up
hit) and down dale, handling 30 and 40
per cent Ernies as easily as they turned
the level land and on turning the tur
ners, where the big fellows were obliged
to leave several feet of ground unplow
ed, the two plow rouud wheel tractors
kept right in the furrow, plowing clean
eight inches without any "cutting and
covering,"
Another point that the demonstra
tions are bunging out is the power these
small machines have on the belt and a
gieut deal of favorable comment was
henrd regarding the speed at which the
round wheel traveled to and from the
field and on the road.
The problem for tho progressive farm
er has resolved itself not in a lines
tion as to whether or not be needs a
tractor, but what type of a tractor he
hnll buy. Khali ho buy a crawler type
nf trnctor, bullwheel sprocket drive
trai tor or a two wheol internal worm
drive trnctorf Shull it be a traewa
which will haul two, four, six or more
plows! Nome agriculturalists advise the
large, ethers the small tractor. Kach
niauufiK-turcr claims special advantages
for his own make of tractor, and there
are more than 120 kinds of tractors on
the market today. The tractor industry
is altogether too young for anyone to
lie an infallible authority on the sub
ject, and tho rapidity of tho develop
ment of the trnctor will depend largftiy
upon how rapidly tho tractor owners
The first question the fanner must
consider bufore deciding on what tract
or ho will purchase is, which tractor
will do his work most economically.
Nut u mlly if he is farming a smoii
ago a two-plow tractof will handle I, it
work nmre economically than a lura
trai tor. If, however, he is fanning more
than 160 acres, sny oue or moro section,
of land, shnll he get one large tractor
which will haul several plows, or will it
bo more economical in the long run to
use several trnctor rather than eno
largo mr.ehinef
At this point there i a number of
items which must bo taken Into consid
eration. First, the original investment
in threo or four two-plow tractors will
usually be considerably less Jhnn in one
large six or eight dow mat-bine. That
is the first saving. Throughout the yeur
four two plow tractors will do immense
!y inure work than ono eight plow tract
or. This can be easily understood when
one takes into consideration that the
best piece of muchinery ever built will,
at sonic time when it is In UM-.'V)n,
need repair and adjustment, and when
the larKc machine stops work all eight
plows also stop, whereas when one of
the small tractors needs adjustment,
only two of the plow stop work and
I liu other six are moving right along.
Then again, when there is only a small
job of plowing, one or two of the sninll
tractors can bo doing the plowing while
(Continued on Fago 2.)
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Buy a Truck For Steady Service
How to buy a truck.
Consider first the maker. The worth of a truck depends entirely on the
sincerity, the honesty and the permanency of the manufacturer.
Having satisfied yourself that the company is all right, next satisfy
yourself that the truck is right.
Years of service, durability ample powerlow upkeepquality that
merits its price ability to deliver goods at all times these are and should be
your demands of a truck.
We urge you to investigate the Chevrolet One-Ton Truck on this basis, and
see for yourself that where manufacturing ideals are high, the metals, motor
and workmanship are sure to be of the best,
CHEVROLET
ONE-TON Worm-Drive TRUCK
Is made by one of the Foremost Companies in the Motor Industry.
Wherever motor vehicles are known, you will find the Chevrolet. The
company has achieved world-wide good will solely because cf the merit of its
products. 1
When you buy the Chevrolet Truck, you buy economical haulage. No
truck can be more efficient. The Chevrolet is built strong built for contin
uous service under full capacity loads. Therefore, it has surplus of strength
and power above ordinary need.
We want to PROVE these claims to you.
We want to show that the Chevrolet provides quick economical deliveries
and enables you to reach out for more business. Come in or ask that we
call on you.
Price, complete with body, 8-post top, and curtains, $17:13.00; Chassis,
$1510.00 ; f . o. b., Salem or Dallas.
Salem Automobile Co.
F. G. DELANO
SALEM DALLAS
A. I. EOFF