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Show bl ilamriil ad ta you of farther worry. tbe )ok DESERET EVENING- NEW Neva rvHer - It's always m SECTION FOUR SATURDAY JULY 12 LAKE 1919 SALT , tbo Non will tbo right rid of tbo ledger. bi tdrartldit oo you PAGES EIGHT CITY UTAn RoadWorkersAwaitUncle Sam sAction Federal. Aid Jeeded To Build Roads and Open Up Great West n, essary, He Says,' to Get . Congress to Act. Tackles Bryces. through th southern state in- quest of beautiful scenery 4n Bryce' and Little Zion canyons isnt all filled with charms. Theres work to be done by pushing the pedals if the oyclist intends to get a glimpse of any scenery at all. and anyone who may have been contemplating the journey by wheel hacTbest see Robert J. Jessup, well known local newspaperman! before the jaunt is tackled. Mr. Jessup, noted for his ability on v the 'bike, has tried the stunt, and he should know just how conditions are. Never again." he says- - For weeks on my imagination has been dwelling the to Bryce's, of idea bicycling the Grand and Zion canyons aa a pleasant vacation trip. A proposition enassortcouraged by advice of a wide ment of friends whose acquaintance With the roads between these places and the feasibility of navigating the same with a wheel, I felt L had every reason to accept. I am now convinced thaUJhere was and a conspiracy among my friends advisors to transplant me to a happier if not a warmer dime, for the feasiover those bility of operating a wheel roads has proved an irridescent-unsubstantidream. Bishop Seegmil-le- r told me on reaching Kanab, You "could not have come down here at a season, for our more Inopportune roads are at their very worst. They were, and I had to rest up in Zion canmy yon to coax enough strength into linilegs, with the might of Sloans ment, to get out of the canyon up to Cedar and Lund to catch the train for home. I was after experience, if not I got both in hayscale excitement. lots. Roads Good to Richfield, The roads south to Richfield are excellent I bowled right along from and a half Ephraim to Mantl, seven miles, in less than an hour. From Mantl to Gunnison, 15 miles; I made it 2 hours and 40 minutes. .Then I Jn took the train- to Marysvale and here was the first- instance of an helpful Providence. Had I ridden my wheel, I would have bad to wait until Monday mornirtg aa the road is so rotten it would have required Jwo and a half h days. ,As it was, I caught the stage and reached Pangultch at 1:30 a.m. I was told the road up available Bryces canyon was entirely for a bicycle. I pedaled out on Mona half seven and miles, day morning, and used myself'all up pushing my wheel through sand for five miles. In places the sand was as deep as snowdrifts and there were rocks, ruts and everything else. I then struck a team going back to Pangultch and rode straight back to the Sevier river. No more of that for me. I rode the mail my ejcar to I Jtanab, 86 miles. With wheel would have made it in three days, if I hadnt perished en route. The roads were good, bad and indifIt would ferent, mostly the latter. have been a 'killer' with a wheel and would have required three days easily. At Kanab I found riding a wheel Into the Grand canyon was out of the a. question. An up grade from 22 miles, roads none too good, then a rocky climb of 10 miles on- to the Kaibab plateau. It would have taken me a week to have reached Bright Angel .Point and hauled - provi- . sions. I grasped the ehsnce to ride to Hurricane through the Arizona desert , 75 miles, lnm auto with my wheel fastened tothe side, over positively the worst road in the United States. It Va a fright, as contusions on my head from bumping the auto roof will show. I lefUKanab at 7:20 a.m. and reached Hurricane at 4:15 pm. I then struck for Zion canyon at 4:45, hit the wake "f a cloudburst and had ' to drag my wheel through the mud for miles. I forded th river Virgin on a man's back after he had carried my wheel ver and reached Rockhlll, 15 miles, at 10 p.m. I .reached Zion canyon the following day at 11:30 a.m. after another strenuous experience, including a 27 miles walk of th traversed from Hurricane. I caught , the trin from Lund home." Mr. Jessup is an ardent cyclist and despite his age hak more endurance than most young people. He is 58 years of age. Last summer he took a trip through Yellowstone park by bi, . who Mks to take You motorists Jaunts up Utahs beautiful canyons suitable but who often do not camping grounds may get help from the United States forest service headquarters at 317 Federal building. Th tourists service will furnish mape-tfree of charge ahowlng th areas of special scenlo interest,; ' streams stocked with fish and good camping People desiring to he by grounds themselves can be assigned to secluded spots. Here is allow n the new style car put out by tbo Moon Motor Oar company of St. Louis, Mo, mid distributed, here by the M. L. Graham comIt costs nothing to camp, and the pany, 331 South West Temple street, Mr, Graham claims that all of the many new and novel type- oars In the S 2000 class were set back a notch with public Is welcome to come as often and stay as long aa they desire. In the appearance here of the new Moon. , . of th large crowds In the can Moon models are being shown in Salt Lake for the first time. A Spanish leather upholstery finished In brown; continental Red Seal motor spite on yont July 4, for instance, many of which has made a big hit here in other years Is bound to prove and many other features found only in the latest designed and highest the best camping grounds were unoccupied: On some of th areas the forof the sensations of the Season, unless the predictions of M. L. priced cars. a est service has built place, for Graham of the M. L. Graham company, distributors, go awry. Ths When purchasing thq car no additional tire expense Is necessary, It la the benefit of campers, fir and ths rangcar is being shown in the new salesrooms of the Graham company, cor- pointed out by Mr. Graham, for five nonskid tires with tubes mounted ers will gladly furnish information ner of Postoffice place and West temple street, and has already attracted on Houk wire wheels come as standard equipment. Mud chains, Ure gauge, on available4 areas for- camping. On July 285 automobiles and over trouble light, and even- the license number are part of the equipment furnunusual Interest here. and 1,600 persons sought seclusion Mr. Graham announces that the n ew cars have all refinements with th ished. cool breezes In Big Cottonwood can' . of m It Is now Limited can deliveries tool kit in the front door pocket; Rolls-Roybe yon. announced. type radiator; genuine ad. rt o NEW Fre-doni- - - - ce VEHICLES In the year 1899 there were 8,709 In this manufactured automobiles a wholesale country, representing value of $4,750,000," says E. B. Erwin, local dealer In Ghevrolet . passenger Last year notwithcars and trucks. was handithat production standing capped by war conditions, 1,168,637 passenger automobiles and trucks were butltr all of which represented a wholesale value of )1,'285,105,917. . The popularity which the automobile has attained during the past 20 years is amazing. No other single has utility of anywherw the same price ever duplicated this record, But the wondermost interesting phase of this ful expansion does not lie in the actual Increase In the number of motor vehicles rather in the benefit which these Increasing numbers have directly or indirectly wrought. For example take the motor truck. There are 450,000 of these commercial cars In use In thle country. They have displaced 2,00,000 horses. This has reclaimed 10,000,000 acres of land fof the production of food stuffs. In this way alone motor trucks have contributed greatly to the profit of farming. From a purely transportation angle there are many other equally interesting phases. Allowing an average ofa 10 tons a day to each truck, which is very consei vatlve figure, the 450,000 trucks in service will carry four and ons-ha- lf million tons of freight every day. Besides furnishing the farmer with the means of reaching profitable mara ket. the motor truck is assuming indusposition vitally Important trially. For a constantly Increasing motor number belngsed to carry' raw materials to factories The absence of thle service rendered b these trucks would often mean that -- le cycle. I . - r - ' - LEAKING PLUG. A porcelain plug-l- a held In position by s retaining nut, which .Is packed with asbestos and a copper gasket or a Uh asbeatod alone. If a leak develop at thla point it is due to loose packing and the retaining tlut should be tightened, up, but not to excess, as i t : IhilJajkPLldrsskJhejiorcetaln. . Transportation instances the cost of transportation exceeds the entire cost of production, Including both labor and materlala The fight for lower cost of living must be centered on transportation costs," say R. E. Fulton, vice president of the International Motor company, manufacturer of Mack trucks. "At the present time there are three principal means of freight transportation; railways, waterways and motor trucks. Of the three the motor truck most Intimately serves the Interests of the public. To get the maximum benefit possible from the motor truck, roads should be so constructed as to be able to bear the traffic of Uie most economical units. The size of the unit should be- - determined by the amount that can be economically and efficiently handled In any Individual case. In some cases s truck is more economical because loads are the largest loads hauled. In other cases, th loads are 3 2, Hot Weather Aids t Trap in Fuel Line Keep s Dirt From Carburetor m on consumers the cooling efficiency Impaired. oil from the crank Lubricating to ed and case should Suggested For Car - , not Seating The poor grade of fnel that ie offered today is lower in gravity ,and higher In heat units than tbs fuel we purchased a year or so ago. This fuel causes valves to pit, and as they get much hotter Many cars have no provision aside from a Itrainer in the tank, for keep- than Yormenjnauwto high B. t. u. In carhureterr the gasoline they warp and scale ing out dirt from th Owners of such vehicles will do well - If all valves are not seating propto fit a trap in the fuel'Une. All th makers offer theae erly It will 'Cause engine to labor, lose big carouretor traps,- which are to he placed in the power, necessitating low gear 'and jin near the carburetor or in the'bot-to- heating of engine. of the tank The trap ontches All Radiators should, be drained and the dirt and alter hd should be flushed as the tubes and watey .pasare easily- - obstruct cleaned out regularly once a month. sages in - "Where a I truck can be used, It is 15 or 20 per cent cheaper per ton mile to operate than a 6 truck. It coets no more for' a truck than for a driver for a 7 6 truck. The difference in th of fuel consumed and the cost aipount of tires is not in proportion to th greater efficiency of the larger unit One driver with a 7 truck can handle as much freight as seven drivers with trucks The cost of truck Is nomaPitainlng the 7 where near what it costs to maintain sevfen trucks Big units find their chief use in large commercial and industrial centers anr on main arteries of traffic between these centers. It is on these streets snd highways that millions of tons of are hauled for use by people supplies In cities and towns in atl parts of the country. Vo lower the cost of this transportation is to lower the cost of products be drained every 1,066 miles This la very important, dug to the fact that few carburetors will mix and vaporize the present day ' low grade of gasoline and unvaporlzed. gas will pass the pistons and get Into th crank case, thereby causing dilution -- With the.approach of hot weather, oI crank case oil, which means loss lubricating properties aqd heating heating of automobile engines be- of of engine is result. come more manifest," says Stewart McDonald, CARBURETOR TROUBLE. president and general manager of the Moon Motor Car comMany cars have no provision aside pany of St. Louis from a strainer In th tank for keepAfter driving the car all winter a ing out dirt from th carburetor. visit should be made to a competent Owners of such vehicle will do well repair man and have him make a to fit a trap In the fuel line. AU the thorough Inspection and ' remedy carburetor makers offer these ehould he find the following which big which are to be placed In th traps caUBe8 enlne t0 overheat line near the carburetor or In th U bottom of the tank, Th trap .catches 'Cylinder jackets clogged This and should be caused In many cases by water all the dirt and water once a month. cleaned out regularly obaround cylinders becoming apaPea ....Valves thr work.J ISPOSED OF Is the biggest Item 6 3 or possibly 7 2 tons. It all deIn the cost of living. It, is a matter pends upon the volume of material of common knowledge that in many to be handled. TO ULL, ERWIN SRYS HENNERY USES- - . LOTS OF STEEL - ' by th 8hrmn Automobile company, local distributors of Oakland Sensible Sixes and Cadillacs, are continuing in unloosened volume, eay Manager Fred 8har received man, and every shipment from the factory is speedily disposed of to waiting purchasers, The Oakland's popularity, according to Mr. Sharman, continues year after year without a halt because th Oakland long ago pioneered the light car field and established itself firmly In public approval before competition developed. The result of concentration of efforts on building a car of the high grade type, Js light In weight, to sell at a moderate figure, has been the winning Of favor unequalled by any other automobile of Its type on the market. "As the pioneer and moat successful example of scientific, lightweight construction, ths Oakland Sensible, Six models deserve serious attention," said Mr. Sharmau. "Into them has been built a value and a Capacity for economical service impossible at so moderate a price under any other manufacturing plan than that of the Oakland. Standard. Oakland Sensible Six chassis which Is the foundation of all Oakland models. Is the result of concentrating the entire manufacturing energies of one of th larges producers of automobiles in the world upon a ingle design. "Upon this remarkable chassis has been contrived so much of roominess, comfort and good appearance, aa to make the Oakland as pleasurable to drive a It b profitable to own. ' "Many men able to pay far more for an automobile than is asked, for the Oakland Sensible Six, are enthusiastic owners of the Oakland because of Its easy riding qualities, low upkeep expense, law consumption of gasoline and .oil and extraordinary tire milewith which the age the oversize, t Oakland Sensible Six Is equipped, fretn tire mileages of quently resulting n 8,000 to 11,000. Sales of Oakland Packards plan for production of motor car and trucks for the coming season, and for the perfection of Its distributing organization the world over, were the business theme of a four-da- y convention held aboard the steamship Norodio on a 1, cruise of the great lakes from June IB to 19. Among the companys guests on the voyage was A. 8. Sims, local distributor, who has returned from Detroit. Theremen were 610 Packard aboard', and their ipgrara was about evenly divided between work and play. Among the themes they heard discussed byolflclal of th company were "Packards Future In World Business," by Alvan Macauley; Packard Engineering Plana," by J. G. Vincent, tho associate designer of the U. 8. Liberty aircraft motor, and "Aviation." by H. HHIlla. All these sub-jeccarried a great deal of significance for distributors of Packard products. The ship put in at only on port on her four-da- y trip Milwaukee. She was specially fitted op for the excursion with her social hall converted Into a convention hall, with a swimming pool, a rifle gallery, equipment for trap shooting, and a printing press for the publication of a ship's dally. The exhibits aboard included the first Packard car ever built, the First Packard truck, latest type models, and Ralph De Palmas flyer. . All of them appeared In th parade in Milwaukee. 000-ml- le - ta Expert to Determine 'Ford's, Share of Profits Of Company in War chief of the Detroit office of internal revenue agents, has assigned Albert M. Colgrove to make tbe examination of th books of the Lee A. Miller, Ford Motor Company to determine tbe exact amount of Henry Ford's share in the war profits of the company. Mr. Ford ha asked Secretary Glass to send aa axpert to examine the books of the company, to- determine th amount of, Mr. Ford's share of the profits on war contracts, which j he dentres to return to the government, Mr. Ford is entitled ta 68 per cent of the company profits. Mr. Miller assigned an accountant to examine the books at the request of Commissioner of Internal Revenue Roper. . Conclusive svldene of the huge extent of the plana of the Ford Motor company for the comtng year may be found In the recent announcement of the United States Steel Corporation to the effect that the Ford makers had placed an order with 'them for 156,000 tons of steel, with- the possibility of an Increase of this amount to 200,000 tons. . . ; s nr E Transportation Cost I BENEFIT tckee HIE SHIPMENTS OF H.C. L. Cut suitable roads connecting 0 east with the west, tn .tbs opinion of Charles Tyng, a director of th Utah Stats Automobile association and on of the prominent good roads" booster of this section. Th road should be under the direct charge and supervision of the war department or a federal highway commission and should be so planned and constructed as to not only b of military value, but that they might also be th means of ths commercial development Of the t country, Mr, Tyng declare 'There-seemto be a disposition In Congress." says Mr. Tyng ln.aa article tnMotorland. toward glvtng federal-ai- d for good roads, provided that an' equal amount be contributed by th states. I wish to point out that a bill of this character would never aid th Intermountain and arid states because. In the first place, their Income Is insufficient to taka car of the needs of ths people in tbs parts that are populated, and tbe dlmat and nil are against their ever being susceptible to settlement and cultivation. Therefore, purely from a political standpoint, there being no voter la theee sections, tt would be difficult to get any state legislature to appropri-at- e money for any section where votes are not created by i rising. Millions upon millions of dollars have annually been spent by our people In traveling abroad and I venture to say that 00 per cent of Americans vho can speak' knowingly of th Mill, the Champs Elysees, Unter dsn Linden, and ths Prado have wot heard of na Devil's Tower on ths Bello Fourehs, do not know wlwre ths Great Painted Desert lies, could they Meat tbe great Shoshone Fall. " Scenlo AttracdoiM. These great tmilRaryv commercial highways would bring within easy, pleasurable reach ths great national and parks, Uk Yellowstone, Rainier Yosemhe; ths Sequoia forest of giant trees; the gorgeous indescribable Canyon of ths Colorado, Zion canyon and a hundred other romantic, tnexpreari-bl- y -beautiful place, generally known and unheard of by our people, and bring to us of the western conn-tr- y stream of gold, bea never-endin- g sides settling and developing our country to an unprecedented degree. I venture the opinion that permanent roads built by the government wield give an impetus to this western country that in its effect would be as far reaching in Its development as wan the building of th Union PaefOo railroad. The Pacific coast states have taka a deep Interest In tbs building f good roads, mors particularly CaliforIn addition, they have spent nia. In hundreds of thenmnris advertising thelbfiweseurces and attractions and have further spent much time, energy and money in awakening interest In good roads In those on states them the bordering east, so that we today find that the is west almost entire Intermountain solidly nnlted In ths furtherance oft the idea of bnilding good permanent I road W of the lntermountaln ooun-- 1 try arnoLonly restricted in our am--j bttiona by the lack of population and, money, but by the enormous stretches of barren desert and mountain country separating us from our neighbors both on th., east and ths west. . The people of ths east and the west who are separated from us must remember that the fertile and populated areas of the intermountain west are In the valleys running generally north and south, and that tn order to link up our cities and towns w must build roada running north and south and not east and west our first duty. Its Up To Uncle Sam. , ' V "Private energy and money win do. much in opening and making roads' passable, but It cannot build ths' roads that are so urgently needed to link up the great middle west with the1 Pacific slope. It therefore becomes necessary to look for other methods to-g- et roads built across such states a Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, Utah. Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico and Arizona, and possibly others, if they are to be built in this generation. That is through the federal government and at its expense. The Pacific slop is today asperated by corns 1,200 to 1.500 miles of poor roads peering through state that, owing to their lack of population-immens- e area of mountainous and barren lands, cannot within this generation build th roads necessary attract thorn people of th middle west and. In fact, the entire MlnnlinSp pi valley, the greatest nntoochsd and unexploited reservoir of cell In its tourists in the world, who. Have In Utah Canyons To Lower to obtain highway CONCERTED if th arid and - Intermountain - state ere t Aids Motorists al Pan-gultc- effort Forest Service - Bicycling t Auto Association Director Says Western States Should Join in Movement For Transcontinental - Highway; Concerted Effort Is Neo -- R. J. Jessup, - Local Says. Never Again After Strenuous Jaunt -- to South; Also New-paperma- i - high-powere- d, he Kerosene , Soda and Soap Should be Kept For Cars totalling soda, , kerosene and plain soap ar.d water should be the cleaning agents used by the car owners for cleaning parts, tools, etc., about the garage. Gasoline is not as good- as these other, and It coets considerably more. For taking grease spots out of clothing, some of the inflammable fluids now on th market are better than our present grades ef gasoline. . - i , ii I t, a -- (Cobtiaoed X 'V : (V r. ?y u |