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Arizona republican., 1920-05-16

Since the creation Of ship by truck by H. $. Firestone. president of the Firestone Tire and Rubber company, this movement has grown from a motto of modern transportation to Q great national industry. There is no field of activity in which it's advan- tages have not been strongly empha- sized. The country has derived great lessons from the perils that have in terrupted the transportation system q the nation from time to time, causing the shutting down of numerous fac tories, which in turn threw thousands out of work: interrupted the move ment of food and merchandise, which meant the subsistence of countless thousands. The flood of raw materials which keep alive the industries of the nation have been curtailed through in terruption of railroad service. Ship by truck has a very vital meaning to the people of every community today
 The development of the motor truck for long haul, to compete with the rail- roads. has not and probably will not be attempted IS the railroads are rec osnized as the long arm of commerce. But the truck is decidedly the .'short arm" and the long arm cannot work successfully without the latter By relieving the railroads of the imprac-
Arizona republican., 1920-05-16
TRUCK Is LOGICAL
 SOLUTION OF HOW
 TO REDUCE LIVING

With the rebel railroad strike quieting down and the normal number of men back on the job. the nations transportation problem is once more being considered from a normal or 'peacetime' basis" says George II. Reuben.
 sEven with all the men back on their jobs and all the available equipment and rolling stock in operation. manu- facturers and industries are realizing if it wasn't for the motor truck that plays the part of an auxiliary trans portation unit, they would be sorely pressed for supplies and materials as well as ability to haul and deliver fin ished products to shipping points or markets.
 'In the meantime I understand that traffic demands have been growing at the rate of per cent a year for the last five years. with only a small ex- pansion of railroad facilities. The de- mands on the railroads during 1920 ac- cording to the bureau of railway sta tistics, Washington, D. C., will be about one-third greater than in 1915. To take care of such an increase at least 10 per cent additional facilities would be necessary, but during that period the carrying power of the railroad plant has not been increased over two per cent.
 Tn one industry a1one-that Of agri- culture, the continued lack of proper transportation facilities is bound to be felt in the scarcity of food products and high prices. The food investiga- ton ordered by. President Wilson has brought out the fact that the cost of food distribution is far too high. This report shows how loss is accumulated in the handling of foods, inefficient packing and transporting, due to seat 9r,r1I- sa~lre. .f badly located and poo~ly equipped, and because of inadequate storage and de- livery facilities.
 Tt is estimated that food absorbs 32. per cent of the average house holds income. 4 weeks wage in 1918 was purchasing much less than 77 per cent of the food it bought in 1913.
 'It would seem therefore that the motor truck is the logical transporta- ton unit for the transportation of food from farmer or factory. In addition the food investigation report. referred to above, states that movement of food should be made most direct from dealer or factory to the table, In other words, when the double and triple handling of food products ceases, not only will we get food in better condition, but food that has been transported at less cost to both the producer and the consumer.
 Conditions in practically every in- dustry in this country indicate an un- excelled demand for the motor truck Present activities and promise of con- tinued expansion, in general b4siness will absorb the country's motor truck production as fast as trucks can be produced. Some idea of the inn portant part the motor truck played in the country's transportation require ments last year can be seen from the fact that more than one billion tons of goods were hauled by motor trucks in the United States. Without a doubt this will be doubled or treb1ed during 1920' 2
Arizona republican., 1920-05-16
SHIP BY TRUCK. MOVEMENT ADDS. MANY NEW WORDS.

WASHINGTON. May 15-How the Ship p-by- truck movement is adding new words to the language is one of the evidences of the remarkable hold which the latest method of transporta- ton has taken upon the imagination of the country.
 In certain sections where arrange ments for tours are being made to be held in connection with the Ship by Truck Good Roads week, May 17-22, the word "motorcade" has been put forth to convey the idea of a train or caravan of motor trucks in line, the new word presumabIw being taken or derived from .'calvacade.'' The word truckportation' also has come into be ing iii order to shorten the phrase motor truck transportation"
 Whether theses new words which have been coined by enthusiastic ad- vocates of the ship by-t truck move ment ever will become respectable and take their place among the elite com ponents of the dictionary may be questioned, but having been created they must now take their place, it is said, either in the language or slang uage" of the American people. Ger tain authorities are inclined 10 be doubtful whether they ever will come into general usage.
Arizona republican., 1920-05-16
WAR DEPARTMENT
 SEES NEED FUR
 HIGHWAY SYSTEM

WASHINGTON, D. C., May 15.-De- claring the problems of highway con- struction are national rather than the concern of the individual states. the re- port of the war department to the high ways committee of congress, made pub lie today, summarizes conclusions reached as a result of the army convoy of seventy three trucks which blazed a trail from Washington to the Pacific coast. last summer. The report rec commended the construction of a federal system of national highways.
 Urging as a commercial asset. the need for "a comprehensive system. of national highways, the report voices the opinion that the transportation arteries .of the country should be built 10 accorDmodate the rapid movement of heavy vehicles during any season of the year.
 The recommendations of the depart ment are as follows:
 ..F'irst-Thdt the necessity for a com prehensive system of national high ways including transcontinental or through routes east and west, and north and south, is real and urgent, as com mercial asset to further colonize and develop the sparsely settled sections of the country, and finally as a defen- sive military necessity.
 "Second-That the existing roads and bridges, especially in the sparsely set tied sections of the middle and far western states. are absolutely incapable of meeting the present day traffic re- Quirements and until modern types of roads and bridges are constructed which will permit the rapid movement of heavy motor cargo vehicles during any season of the year and in all con- frsc1 continental highway traffic will con- tinue to be but a vain hope.
 Third-That the road problems of the middle and far western states are national rather than local problems, as these states while possessing vast area and tremendous mileage of highways, have only a sparse population which cannot possibly undertake the needed highway improvement work, which moreover is usually of greater inn portance to the country as a whole than to the individual states.
 ssFourth-That the radius of action and resulting utility value of the motor vehicle is limited only by the condition of the roads. and that the provision of adequate roads will have a far reach ing effect on the economic development of the country at large.
 sFifth-That the types of motor vehicles, especially those used by the army should be coordinated with the road conditions In other words, until such time as all sections of the country are connected by improved highways that are pasSable to heavy motor ye- hicle traffic at all Seasons of the year, the size and weight of vehicles should De limited to types of light and medium capacities.
 Thirty-three of the army trucks which arrived on the Pacific coast with the convoy last autumn, will take part In a parade during National Ship by Truck Good Roads week. May 17-22 out at San Francisco.
Arizona republican., 1920-05-16
Road Of Remembrance
 For Roosevelt UYged
 As Greatest Memorial

Lined with memorial trees, a Roose- welt road of remem brance would be the greatest of all memorials in honor of the former president Charles Lathrop Pack, president of the American For estry association, of Washington de- clared yesterday. Mir. Pack was the speaker at the memorial tree planting for Theodore Roosevelt and Quentin Roosevelt by the Park Garden club of Flushing, N. Y. He spoke of the edu- cational value of Ship By Truck week and said:
 Tn a Roosevelt road of remembrance every citizen of the United States would have a part and no finer memorial could be erected than such a memorial highway. IL would be another sign to the world that we are Americans all and that we live in a united country. But even greater than that would be the educational value of such an under taking. As never before the United States need a great outstanding lesson in forest conservation, for this country today faces one of its gravest prob lens; the perpetuation of it's greatest natural resource, the forests.
 Millions are-to be spent on improved highways that the producer and con sumner may be brought close together. Next week a Ship By Truck drive will be launched Let Us beautify these highways in the building. If there could be great forward movement such as l picture in tree planting the result would be a citizenry awakened to the value of trees as a national as- set. This would direct the thought of the citizen to saving the forests. If Theodore Roosevelt were aliva he would endorse heartily such move He saw the danger years ago when he called the first conference Of gov ernors at the White House. He pie tured to them warning that no man present could forget.
Arizona republican., 1920-05-16

A great message is seldom heard until after the giver of it is dead. These trees we plant today are sym bols of ever-renewing life. Let us then keep the message Theodore Roosevelt gave us alive. That message was that national prosperity and well being is dependent upon a nations forests. With such a memorial, arousing the whole nation, as it surely would for each could have a part, Theodore Roosevelt would both be honored and would know that his message had been heard"
 Memorial trees are being planted along many of the highways of the country the American Forestry aseo- citation points out, and calls on the au- tomobile world to cooperate in this work everywhere because Of the great opportunity to better cement the rela- tlons between the motor user and the citizen. The Daughters of the Ameri can Revolution, at its last session in Washington, adopted unanimously a resolution urging a Liberty Memorial park and a memorial drive leading to it. The American Forestry association has called on the states 10 plant me morial trees along the road to Mount Vernon, the nations shrine.
 Ship By Truck week. May 17 is Of the greatest educational value to the good roads movement, MT Pack says adding that the great burden Of good roads is civilization. In many places now, such as along the Dixie highway. the Lincoln highway, and many other roads. trees are being planted. It would all result in great national memorial if memorial tree planting were. taken up along with every road building plan. The American Forestry association will send any motor club or individual free tree planting iu- structions on request to it's offices in Washington, D. C.
Arizona republican., 1920-05-16

S HIP-BY- TRUCK K-GOOD-ROADS a com
 O bination which means more to every - man, woman and child in the country than anything else is coming home to the peo- pie of this state It is coming home to every one in the United States at the same time. For starting tomorrow morning the entire week is to be devoted to awakening the peo- pie of the country to the necessities of good roads andthe needfor eliminating the menace of congested transportation in so far as the
Arizona republican., 1920-05-16

You have read the papers in the last few days or the tsShip- by Truck, Good Roads campaign, May 17-22
 t1t is hoped that the high schoofa of the country will enter with enthu- siasm into an educational campaign beginning right now and finishing on May 22.
 ITO encourage and promote such educational work the Good Roads com mittee for Maricopa county has asked me to send you the information below with regard to an essay contest to be held in all the high schools of the state with awards of substantial prizes.
 The following is a statement from the Maricopa Good Roads committee regarding awards to prize winners in Maricopa county. with the additional hints at state and national awards: taken from the Arizona Republican Of May 11th:
 Prizes ranging from s1 to $50 were offered high school students submit ting the nest essays on "Ship-by- Truck Good Roads" by the good roads committee and several sub committees at the chamber of commerce last night
 ~There will be 20 prizes oe S1 each and single prizes Of S5. BIO, s20, $40 and $50, making a total of S175. An sur plus money for the prize fund will be turned over to the contest for the best essay on the same subject written in the state. The winner Of the state prize will be eligible for the national prize, which is a four-year university scholarship given by Fl. $. Firestone of Akron. Ohio.
 ''EiH you please submit this com munication to your English classes. urging them to work hard for the liberal prizes 2'
Arizona republican., 1920-05-16
PhOeniN VIII Be AtEnd Of limp Line from COaSf

As a part of the program of the Goodyear Tire and Rubber com pany of California in aeronautics, a dirigihle hangar will be con structed immediately at Litehfield, Arizona, in the Salt River Valley, where the cotton plantations of the Southwest Cotton company, Goodyear subsidiary, are located.
 A BIimp hangar has already been erected on the Goodyear ballooon field at Los Angeles and at the completion of the Litehfield hanqar, the company will have terminal facilities for a blimp line between Los Angeles and Litch- field, which is near Phoenix.
 It is expected that line will be established soon operating be- tween these two points with an ;nternediate landing station near Blythe, California. The hangar al ready erected in Los Angeles and +he one to be started in Arizona will house the Pony Blimp type of diriaible. A ship of this type was shown at the Aero shows at San Francisco and is now in Los An- oeles for it's initiatory flights.
Arizona republican., 1920-05-16
KING GEORGE IS s4

The distribution Of the ling's maundy money took place at vestmin- ster Abby, London, recently, fin the presence of a large congregation, which included many members of the royal family. Some aged men received as many pennies as the king has gears of age-54 4.-ContinentaI Edition of tho London Mail
Arizona republican., 1920-05-16

business. That the motor truck, first proven at the battle of the Marne and developed through four years of war, has broken the sportation tie-up in America and is carrying the short haul tonnage of the nation, is a tribute to the man who has worked toward a solution of the transportation problem from all angles, is stating it mildly Ship by-truck. originated by H. & Firestone, has grown to be a mighty force in the nations welfare.
Arizona republican., 1920-05-16
To cIFAN tIPHOls sTERy

The use Of gasoline on leather up holstery will crack the leather. \ good cleaner is plain water with little am monia added. Or even better is q mixture of two parts linseed oil with one part turpentine.
Arizona republican., 1920-05-16
TRAIN DINERS
 TO BE CAFETERIAS

CHICAGO-Exit the Thank yuh suhl'' type of railway diner. Enter the grab it and run type" Roger Col- lins. arranging a cafeteria exhibit here. says railways are about to install cafeteria diners on the ''serve self" principle. Greater efficiency through time saving. saYs he.
Arizona republican., 1920-05-16

The local automobile men are naturally behind the movement in this field, have ar ranged for truck parade to be held next Saturday, the last day of the celebration. In addition fleet of trucks is to be sent to prac- tically every town of importance in the state. These trucks will carry the message of better roads and shipping by truck to the entire state. By sending these giant carriers all over Arizona the lesson of using motorized vehicles for the short haul will be driven home
Arizona republican., 1920-05-16
FAITH REFoRE pouRr
(Dailas News)

tDailas NeWs1 As a general thing. the reason a man thinks he's having q good time when he is spending q lot of money is because he knows he will doubt it next daV
Arizona republican., 1920-05-16
RULES FUR JUDGING NATIONAL
 ESSAY CONTEST ARE GIVEN OUT
Not to exceed 500 words.
 Manuscript to be typewriter.


 Manuscript to be typewriter.
 Should be presented to Daniel F. Jantzen, Phoenix, not later than May p, or if mailed, should bear post mark of that date or earlier. : The essay will be judged on the basis of Style, as we'll as Knowledge of the Advantages of the use of the Motor Truck as a means of Transportation, and the value of Good Roads or National Highway System for such use.
 If the scholarship is won by student other than snior, the ward of the schol- arship will be deferred until the winner Is ready to take advantage of it.
 The local winner as announced, win be accepted by the State Superintendent of Education as candidate from your city or county.
 The winning national essay will be published in the Saturday Evening Post, the Literary Digest and other national publications, along with a picture of the winner
Arizona republican., 1920-05-16

In shifting gears always remember to first use a positive stroke, feeling one gear into another when the car is voovinr at about the speed equal to +baf of the particular gear you wish to sb5ft to Then force the lever home with quick mohon-and you won be bothered with damaged Gearset Tor a long time.
Arizona republican., 1920-05-16

It is expected that practically every motor truck in the city will take part in the big parade to be held next Saturday The trucks will carry large signs embodyng the message of the 'sShip-By-Truck' movement
 The school children of the country with whom will lie the responsibility of future good roads have responded to the call in enthusiastic The heads of the various educational institutions have interested their charges in the movements and it is expected that the vo of essays will be large enough to representa- ton from practically every school in the state.
 In connection with the essay movement the following letter of instructions has been sent by Daniel F. Jantzen chairman of the contest committee to the principals of all the schools in the county:
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1920-03-18

main argument on the necessity for
more food Grow more food and YOU
reduce the cost of living.
They forget the main thing. Where
are they going to get the men to farm
the reclaimed laudS2 Young men,
and older men. too, are deSerting the
farms every dav, lurej bv the pros
peet Of big money, shorter hours and
easier work in the city. Thousands
of Young men who went to war from
he farms never got farther back
than the city. Thus the CITY itself is
to blame for its own high cost of liy.
ing.
There is today plenty of good land
to farm without going to the desert
and the swamp. This good land is
idle because it is not profitable to
farm it. Make farming more profit
able-make the country as good a
place to work as the city-and the
abandoned farms scattered all over
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1920-03-18

take ur their scheme to get all The
vhcamcu of the northwest TO sign
contracts under which they woG'l be
bound 10 turn over their Yields fol
the next SiN wears to a cooperative
organization they desire to form. But
since the professor seems to be sup
ported in his stand BY the wheat
growers Of Eastern Oregon he has ne
occasion for worry. 1t IS his duty TO
help guide farmers from the pitfalls
Of impractical and questionable ef-
forts and while striving in that direc-
ton he will be entitled to commenda-
ton, not to oeuSure.
Various objections are raised to
the Washington cooperative plan.
One is that il would tie a farmer 5
hands for six wears, vet would afford
him no assurance whatever of OBJ
tanning the results he wants. He
would have no way of knowing be-
forehand who would handle his wheat
and necessarily he would be taking
chances. On top of this is the fact
that the men promoting the scheme
are not in the wheat business and are
noted more for elocutionary powers
than for anything else.
From what il knows Of this propo-
sal, the East Oregonian is strongly
inclined to support the views Of To-
cal farmers and the judgment of Pro-
feSSor HySlop. If the scheme is
good, let Washington farmers try ii
themselves. .-Pendleton East Ore
gonian.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1920-03-18
Higher Education Millage Tax

The people Of the state Of Oregon
should arouse themselves to Suenu-
o1S action when they learn that the
institutions of higher education in
this state are facing the most severe
crisis in their entire history.
Student enrolment and expenses
Of the schools has increased $50 per
cent while the income has increased
but 6 per cent. 1t is readily seen
that the income has been negligible
when compared with the steady in
crease Of operating expenses due TO
increased enrolment and the natural
consequence Of high costs of every
thing
Naturally there could be but one
result, with such an inadequate in
come. Buildings have been over
crowded. They have greatly run
down and deprecated 1t has been
extremely hard to keep up efficiency,
As one college president has said, 1T
has been hard work indeed, for us to
hold our own under present condi-
tions. Progress and Improvements
have heen out Of the question, owing
to the shortage Of finances"
Other states than Oregon are more
favorablv situated. Many of their
state institutions are not only strong
" supported bv state tax, but they
have been highly en- lowed by philan-
thropic people who have the welfare
Of higher education at heart. There
fore those schools have been in 4 po-
sition to command the highest talent
in the educational world. Strong
men who were connected with the
state university and the agricultural
college, have been lurei to other in
stitutions BY reason of increased sal.
aries. Oregon has been helpless.
Her student bodies at her schools are
increasing each year. These STU
dents must be properly cared for, il
We are TO make even a pretense at
maintaining schools Of higher learn
ing.
Citizens Of Oregon must keep ever
before them the fact that the ti~e
for action is near at hand. The mill
ace tax bill for the support Of Oregon
schools, the university, agricultural
college and normal school. will be on
the ballot at the coming election.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1920-03-18

districts. " wrote George W. Kable, ag-
ricuItural agent Of Benton county, TO
a large Portland manufacturer Of
famous squirrel poison. Mr. kable
then gave the manufacturer the
names OF three papers. This is in line
with the policy outlined at the county
agent conference as most effective in
getting farmer, dealer and editor to-
gether for most economical purchase
of supplies and equipment needed in
farm bureau projects. The o. \. c.
press bulletins man recommends that
advertisers mention the project in
connection with their ads as a proper
means of stimulating the demand.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1920-03-18
Agent Advises Newspaper Ads.

The farm bureau is about to
launch a publicity campaign through
the county papers to get farmers to
poison squirrels at this season, and
l would suggest that it might be
worth your while to advertise in these
county papers which reach most of
our farmers in the sQuirrel-infested