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AUTOMOBILE MOIBILi TIE DAILY JOD SE VlLr.- j- .jl -, A y A FORTY-SECOND YEAR NO. 10,5. SALEM, OREGON, SATURDAY, MAY 17, 1919. PRICE TWO CENTS ON TRAIN'S Afci) tiii (PTANim mi CIST9 MAL AKRON OFFERS GOOD ADVICE TOTIRE USERS Rubber Companies Warn Auto Owners Against Defects InTireRhs. . Short Jaunts For the Hours of Twilight Akron, the Ohio town which haa be come famous in the auto world, is go ing iti reputation for turning out good automobile tires one bettor and 11 now turning out timely hints for the motor it in the matter of care that should be taken of tires after they have been pur chased. One sttttement recently issued by ene of the leading rubber companies of Akron, points out that big percentage of .the tire trouble eiperieneed by the auto owner is due to neglect in taking cure of the rims upon which the tiros are mounted. "A bent" rim, for example," reads the statement, issued by the Miller Rubber company, "has ruined tires un der 500 miles of service when that same t'.e would have run 6000 or 7000 miles if proper attention had ben paid to the riiu. The bend in the rim caused iu ie urc jui auuve me oea Where pctcoeks are provided . , ar be used to detect mi ran cylin- ''0t7 , . ders. Open one at a time and look for "Louse dumonuutable rtms also cau.se fame. if fialnp is 0,(n turot. a lot or tire trouble, if not watched tie and ixwt nn a little. The rvlinrlm. may ie unswng et low throttle. If no flame in seen with throttle opened the cyljnder is missing. Logged by J. W. Farkar (Studcbsker Sales Manager.) For pretty scenery, good roads, good fishing and handy and delightful picnic grounds that can be reached by the au- i toist in an hour or two from Salem there are few trips that equal the Drift Creek drive, according to J. W. Parker, Htudebaker vales manager, who made the drive recently and came back with a good atring of fish. The route lies out State street past the penitentiary as far as the first road turning to the eust this side of tha asy lum farm. Follow this road straight unpad past the McAlpin school house to the Victor Point-Silverton road. Turn north and follow main road through Victory Point. Take first turn'to right beyond Victor Point down to Drift Creek. The return trip can be made by the way of Silverton and makes an equally good drive, according to Mr. Parker. FI VE HOUR E)RIVE TAKES MghwayFromm road contracts cat irni nir rA n ic to nrrn Calif ornial nJO BE LET THIS iiO'llll IN TO M'KENZIE REGIONl Fearful Shape carefully," continues the statement. (Continned on page three) Elgin -PaiMmfjer Reports Roads In Fine Shape ToBhieRirer. By H. X. C. Five hours from Salem, deep in the heart -of the Cascade mountains and 1-0 wiles from the scene of business eare and the noise, dust and heat of the city thst just about sums up the BlucRiver jaunt, the potential souree of more real solid enjoyment for the automobile own er who as seeking the ideal week-end, or short vacation trip than any other drive of equal lenglh radiating out of the Capital City. To call it the Blue River trip is mis leading to the uninitiated, however, lor there are perhaps a dozen Blue Rivers in the northwest and probably most of them are aa well, if not more widely known thun the one in qucstiwn. v Kenzie river ia better name for the drive, for it ia of that stream that Bine River is one of the principal tributar ies. Hut the little town of Blue River, -- 4-M W rn ?A- 'f ' " - if you can call the Iconee-ntratioa of hotel, a pootoffice fend geaeral store, school bouse and a fjw dwellings a town is the natural and logical "base of op-j erations for the sportsman, r toorurt who invades tfce McKeaaie cooatry. Trip Bel 'VoT-fUe," Considering the sienie beauties, the ?ood fishing and huiiting and other rec reational attractions it offers in con nection with its easy accessibility from Salem by auto, the fact that the Ma Kenzie country Is so little visited by motorists of this part of the state ia little short of amazing. Even at the risk of being branded "trite" I would describe the country between the little town of Walterville, 21 miles above gene ana ttcnenzie rasa, as a vac tionist 'a paradise, and the drive to sau Touring from California to Oregon, or vie versa, is far from a pleasure drive just now, according to George and Henry Ryan, two tourists who passed through Salem early in the week OB their way to The Dallea from. Sacra mento. The Ryan outfit consisted of a Ford, stipped of the tonneau and carrying a bed behind in which they carried their camping outfit. They were equipped for emergencies and they had use lor every arliclo of equipment en ronte. Camping out, and not damogiug their machine by pushing it through every thing they came to in the shape of roti the two men were 10 days an the road from Hacramento. And the generous plastering of mud over the Ford gave weight to their testimony as to tho con dition of the roads. The entire highwav is passable their . ! C, 1 J . siderably work has been done on the i'Tl ' :V " "m ur"" - Iroad. Another reason for our decision 7 " 1B .7 . ,p,K v'ow ; Water Too High And Cold In Upper Riyer For Good IFisHii Just Now. a six per cent grade and be finished with a gravel surfaee. -- Blue Elver 'Headquarters." Blue Biver we selected as our hotd quarters during the two days we spent in the McKemie country principally be cause the roads beyond this point have not yet recovered from the ravages of winter. They are open and traveled ev ery day by autos as far as McKenzie bridge, 11 miles beyond Blue Rivet, cod even further, but the riding is de- eidedlv bumpv and will be until con Highway Commission Asks For Bids On fkseross New Projects. How rapidly ia the road buildiag aiv gram of the state highway romaismw stretrhing out into all parts of the state is indicated to some extent in the call for bids for various constructioa wwrk that are to be received by the ocmmnt sion at a meeting in Portland, May 27. The call for bids ia announeed aa fel lows: Columbia county, Columbia Diver highway Paving, Rainier to datakaBtti 11.2 miles in If n ft eh. Douglas county, Pacific highway Grading and macadamising, Leoaat tm Drain, 3.S3 miles in length; 19,000 eobi yards excavation; 6,800 cubic yards rock surfacing. Grading and macadamizing, TencaTka section, 7.7 miles in length; 10,000 eabie yarda eicavation; 16,000 cuhie yanla rock surfacing. Grading and paving, Oakland to lTil- eubia thh tln" ,Brd ,0 th Blue RW" t0P w" "u1MM8MrK-lbr. 7.3 mile, in length; 26,000 ;21L,' .V the fact that it is tho half-way point , f "tumbling blocks according yiTlU e.vtlon. ... - - . , uv, ,,- i!ine nvans. ana tnev resorted to everr-i r...i: j .i ! v oeiween ine upper ana lower ncnenzie ,. - , - , - . ' I ""'""s iuuruiiiiun(, iwtdvi; river and consequently the - dividing j"1' '"m ' in " . of fd t0 Wilbur, 4.5 miles in length; l,flO mark betwen early and late se&son fish-,nh thl tch sported ifubif yBr(i, cavation; 8000 cable; ng, as wcU as the radiating center for T,""1"" iuru yards ,0,. surfacing. . a half dozon packing trips into the more ,",B "ul u" " v" u inu-nnon. Grading and macadamizing. Bosebnrar seclude hunting and fishing grounds. of th,? wad erewa to put up tho bars t0 rilard, .7 miles in length; 52,IKW For the first time in three years th,,om,t"ue "", weclt: , - cubic yarda eacavation; 7,300 tabic Bluo Biver hotel, a delightfully clean,! naa not got a monopoij on tneiy,rlli ro).E iu,fMing. comfortable and beautifully located inn,!bad 'd;;.bo,w.evor- They reported the, hatViag Rni macadomizing, Jaiw open under the management of B. B. i "J, ,. " '., (PIm to Johns Place, 7.2 miles in leartb We believe in a fair service policy toward those who buy a car of us. We believe in cementing the relations of the owner and the dealer with whom he does business. We do not believe in over charging him. With us, the customer is always fifty-one per cent right. He is entitled to the good old-fashioned "square deal" The customer is entitled to respectful and'prompt attention. If his car needs adjustments, or new parts, the work should be done as quickly as possible. And the charge for this service should be fair. And that's all. Chevrolet Motor Company, with its various factories and dis tributing points throughout the country, is in a position to give us prompt service. And we pass that prompt service on to you. We carry a complete stock of parts. Our mechanics are thorough Chevrolet men. The aim is to serve Chevrolet owners to the best of our ability. And the ever-increasing army of Chevrolet owners every where is ample proof that this co-operation is highly appreciat ed and is fast gaining new Chevrolet motorists each day. We appreciate that when a motorist needs assistance, he wants it promptly. We have placed ourselves in a position to serve the owner that way. The Salem Automobile Co. F.G.DELANO A. I. EOFF SALEM DALLAS Phone 97 Phone 14 Distributors Chevrolet and Scripps-Booth Cars and Republic Tires is4e - . ..4seeeeesseseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeoeseeTeeo in the heart of tho Willamette valley between Halem and Albany. With Lee L. Gilbert, Elgin distribu tor, driving Ono of his "peppy" little clixes, I went over the route last n in company with E. W. Hazard, cashier of the I'nited Htstes National hunk of utem, and Mr. Gilbert 'a brother, Chas. Gilbert, of MeMinnvilln. Valley Boads Worst Pulling ut of Sulem at 1 o'clock p. m. Saturday we covered the 122.7 miles to tho Bluo River hotel in 4 hours and 5C minutes, running time. It was nine o'clock at night, however, before we got there. At Albany we spent more than two hours rvnd at Eugene we took more thau an hour for nipper. The average motorist would probably consume from five and a hnlf to six hours In nmking the trip and show wisdom in tsking a slower pace. While we were not trying for a record, Mr. Uuhert ping" on the Elgin protty consistently tter we lett Albany u 'traveling with the particular Idea of en joying the seenory. ; ' From rjulem to Albany, 30.1 miles, the roads generally arc bad. The firnt ti-n miles, to Turner, wo made in slightlv better than 21 minutes of comfortable riding. But from Turner to within about two or three miles of Albany 12 i.nd 13 miles an hour is the prevailing rate of speed except for a few short stretched. Added to the rutted Condi tions of the roads, there are four bad railroad framings to be navigated, in the four miles between Marion and Jef ferson. From Jefferson to Albany tne road showed no improvement, except that tho activities of road crews, which are surveying, slashing, grading nnd otherwise preparing tho rond for pav ing this summer gnvo promiso of relief heforc another year. Independence Detour Bad, At Albany, however, our troubles ended. They were not real troubles, ut that. Jiiit little personal grievances niruiiist the "powers that be" Jn the mutter of road construction that hod been accentuated by an occasional shock along our spinal columns, in spite of the bump absorbing qualities of trie Win. This strip nf road ran bo avoided by taking the West Side route Out of Salem to ('orvalis, via Independence, which is! also iv short cut in the mutter of miles, but the "cure is worse, etc." Return ling down tho valley Monday evening we took the "short cut" nnd spent just 1 3 hours in lumbering over the 32.5 miles, inbout 13 miles of which reminds one of a deserted skid road in a logging i ramp. Besides being rough, a few hours ;of rain makes this road dangerous on account of the stick clay surface. 30-Mile Boads Traveled. When the last legislature raised the s'od limit on country roads in Oregon to 30 miles an hour, ench member that voted for the revision must have had a mental picture of himself ekimniinu over the miles of highwny we "ate up" in the Elgin lust Siitunlav between Al bany r.nd Villa, 35 miles above Eugene. I There is scarce a mile of road between Albany and Blue River where the sjeed limit cannot be uiaintuineil, or excelled if the "speed c"p" is napping, as our log for this leg of the trip will show, as follows: Town Miles. Running Time, Albanv 0.0 j Corvallis 10.4 20 min. Monroe 27.H 55 min. Junction City 36.4 1 hr. 11 mia. Eugene 4M 1 hr. 32 mm. Springfield 53.1 1 hr. 44 min. Thurston 5 4 2 hr. 1 min. Walterville "9 4 2 hr. 12 min. I.eaburg 71 ft 2 hr. 27 min. Blue Biver KA 3 hr. 37 min. After entering the McKenzie country we gt our first hint of bttd roads about a mile nnd a half nbove Villa aim aro;unl 30 miles from Eugene. For some thing more than a mile here the road winds r.long the river through timber and the surface, badly cut up by travel (luring the winter months, has not yet been repaired. But this stretch is soon to be worked over nnd will be in prime condition by the time the summer travel is at its height. The other bad piece of road we encountered was a rough and rir.rrow hill a mile and a hnlf this iti.lt' of Blue River. Monday morning, how ever, a road crew started clearing the right-of-way for a detour around this stretch, which will follow the river on PLATE CLUTCH EASILY FIXED, Helfrihe, an old resident of tho Mc Keniie country, who knows every ,ncii fsl(mm yA D7 8INOLE UI lilt? IIIUUUllllllB MIIU BlIVauiB I1U JIUV- tically every fish and deor that inhabits them. It was he who took our fisher man Mr. Hawd and I wero sightseers -nut in tltitiw Sntrnr1ntinn in tlm finnv itnnlTnn. k. Kan !o ri,n,li tllC r...i th. i;,i.:,i. ,,t s i. i bolt VUKU IIIH UVMQKIII VI, I, 111 , VJ HIITI in L.amornia, juhi una sum or ne.iaing.ng n00 v,rdi .....vation: 11.20 cubic yards rock surfacing. Gilliam County, Columbia River Bt(V , .. ' , , , . I Grading and macadamizing, Arlington Friction wear in the single pinto tfl Mnrrow rnunty ,ln(1) ,3 V h. c uteh may be remedied by throwing out nn(r,h. RH 000 cubic yards eicavatio.; .uu-ii, smv,i!K iu mijuiMiiic .v o..OOO cubic, yards rock surfacing. tap either or them clockwise m Hood River County. Columbia Rlrw Highway. him, but decidedly distant. No amount , , , , ' 1 , !""" nt nn 1,1. nn,t wn.,1,1 lr Knmhnlf Sll inch, tllllS shifting the ring from their own dooryards. They wero'"""'1' rl,m,' l"1'. 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