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s | i ON UTAH ROAD CONTROVERSY Lincoln Highway Association Points Out i Importance of Link to Complete ; Coast-to-Coast Route. Secretary of Agriculture Henry C. Wallace has announced that he ex- pects to reach a decision in connection with the federal-ald project In west- ern Utah in the near future. He is now carefully considering the reports of the government engineers, data presented for his consideration by the Lincoln Highway Association and the material presented to him at the hearing held in his office recently, at- tended by representatives of the Lin- coln Highway Assoclation and. the states of Utah, Nevada and Californla —all partles directly interested in :l! | forthcoming ruling. Perhaps nowhere else in the United States exists a short section of high- way of such great fmportance as that Hnk in the Lincoln highway just west of Salt Lake City. The topography of the mountains, the location of the | passes and deserts has made Salt Lake €ity the real gateway to the Pacific coast, and has put the state of Utah in a position to largely control the immense flow of through traffic head- ing for a thousand miles of the Pacific coast north of the Mexican border. Utah Controls Destiny. Whether Utah does or does not build roads controls the destination of a tremendous volume of transcon- | tinental travel. The lack of any sat- | isfactory road across the Great Salt Lake desert, west of Salt Lake Clty, has for years been the main barrier to the free flow of through traffic. The lack of sach a road explains Cali- fornia’s vital interest in the problem | now confronting the federal govern- | ment. Nevada, that great state lying Im- mediately west of Utah and tra- versed by all routes leading to the Pacific coast south of Portland, Ore., And north of the Grand Canyon, has a tremendous interest in the Utah problem. The Lincoln Highway As- sociation, which for ten years has been endeavorinz to bring into being one open road across the United States and meeting its only real op- porition in Utah, has had much to say on the subject. which its officials have studled carefully for years Cauxcd Hearing Here. Utah's refural to designate Lincoln highway between Salt Lake City and the Nevada line as a por- tion of its federal-ald system and announced intention of abandoning the Lincoln highway In western Utah—for without federnl aid she cannot construct or maintain 1t— | resulted in the recent hearing held | here before the Secretary and the ! head officials of the bureau of public roads of his department. 3 That the hearing wan of nation- | wide importance was Indicated by the national interest taken in It and by the important figures who appeared before the Secretary to argue for or! against the stand the state of Utah has taken in the matter. While the problem revolves around the con-! atruction of a comparatively short | section of the road on the desert of ‘western Utah, this particular short section of road comtrols a through traffic vearly growing in importance. Originally Indorsed by State. The Lincoln Highway Association was represented at the hearing by its president, J. Newton Gunn, presi- dent of the United States Tire Com- pany, New York city, and by two of its ex-presidents, Henry B. Joy of De- troit and F. A, Seibeiling of Akron, ! Ohio, president of the Seiberling Rubber Company. The latter was president of the Lincoln Highway As- soclation at the time the state of Utah contracted with the assoclation to build the road now under discussion, and was Instrumental In providing the funds which the assoclation con- | tributed to the state under the con- tract {r connection with this work. | Befberl'ng personally contributed $25,- 000 “toward the_construction in 198 | and procured $75,000 more from company of which he was prosident. the Goadyear Tire and Rubber Company of Akron. Henry B. | Joy was president of the Lincoln | Highway Asroclation at the time the ! route was laid out in the west.. He | outlined to Secretary Wallace the | baslc principles which controlled the location of the highway in the in- terest of through traffic, as well as' the cordlal indorsement which the | location originally selected in Utah | recelved under administration of Gov. | Spry of Utah and of Gov. Simén Bam- | berger, who was governor when the state contracted to finish the highway, | Others present representing the Lincoin | Highway Association Included Austin F. | Bement, vice president and secretary of ! the organization. and Gael S. Hoag, fleld | = | WHOLESALE AND RETAIL RIMS | FOR ALL CARS SERVICE TIRE CO. 1 1336 14th St. N.W. : WE TEACH | DRIVING the Experienced Teachers AMERICAN MOTOR SCHOOLS 1620 You St. N.W. Phone N. 404 | Puts the “Quietus” ! — You can spell quick de- struction for your car in one word—F-R-I.C-T-I.O-N. It’s the little demon that surely and quickly destroys any car. If you want long usage and less repair bills for your car, fill up the transmission and differential cases today with EBONITE. With Ebonite _covering every mesh with a filmy coat- ing of lubrication, you never m a grumble from the gears, e lf:t of Ebonite will last the entire season. Sold - by reliable dealers in five-pound cans, and at appointed - service stations ere you see the checker- board design pump. EBONITE (1t's Shredded Oil) 'Wer Tranamiselons and Differentiale & secretary. both men thoroughly fa- millar with all the routes under dis. cusafon from years of personal in vestigation on’ the ground. Governor Meads Delegation. Gov. Charles R. headed the deleg: state, which comprised al; man of the road comm state highway engineer. the chair- on and the Nevadewas represented by its state highway en- gineer. George W. Borden, and by B. L. Quayle of Ely, Nev., with let- ters from Gov. Scrugham, who stated that he spoke for 756 per cent of the population of Nevada, citing the tion and vote of the state leg! ture at its recent fon in stantiating his claim. Robert N. Lynch of the San Fran- cisco Chamber of Commerce, attend- ed. but did not speak. C. C. Cottrell of the road bureau of the California State Automoblile Association, repre- sented that organization and the state highway commission of Califor- nla. The residents of Tooele county. in which both of the disputed.routes lie. were represented by A. F. Dore- mus of the Tooelé Chamber of Com- merce and by H. G. Baker of Tooele. These gentlemen supported the, stand of the Lincoln Highway Assoclation. Road of First Importance. The position of the Lincoln High- way Assoclation presented to the secretary was simply that the Lin- coln highway is the road of first im- portance west of Salt Lake City for| the same reason that was responsi- ble for its original location in 1913. v @ ; - THE: SUNbAY- STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C,. JUNE 3, 1923—_PART)3. WALLACE TO MAKE DECISION Sppakers for the wssociation pointed out the limited funds avallable for highway construction in Utal Nevada and the necess if possible, a road west of City which provided a link common to two important through routes lead- ing into both San cise d Lo Angeles objectl £ 11w ound trafic ‘hing Salt Lake City. The easoclation pointed out that the Lin- coln highway between Salt Lake City snd Eley, Neyv., provided in a road 213 mile: length a link common to both roads { om Salt Lake City Into either northern or southern Cali- fornia and that as a conseq was much more {mportant that this road be first opened than any road which- led only from Salt Lake City into northern California, and which, if constructed, would force all south- ern California bound traffic to go down through the length of Utah on a road fifty-six miles longer than the Lincoln highway to Ely and the Mid- land trall to Los Angeles and through 400 miles of the Mohave desert during the hottest months of the year. Skows $000,000 Saving. The association also pointed out how impossible it would be for the stafe of Nevada to commence the construction of any other road from Ely to Salt Lake City than the Lincoln highway, and showed that the Lin- coln htghway from Salt Lake City to Ely could be opened for through travel at a saving of $900,000 to the state of Nevada. The assoclation also pointed out how the construc- tion of the Lincoln highway would conserve government funds and would open a route into both northern and southern California years quicker than any other possible location. Those present at the hearing trom Utah combatted the association’s statements, Impressed the fact that Utah was not concerned with Ne- vada’s_problems and made it clear that Utah wished to bulld but one road west across the desert, and that leading only Into northern California. Utah's interest in this move is ob- vious, as such construction would | necessarily force all travel bound for southern Californla to traverse the entire state of Utah southward in reaching southern California. Traffic to Los Angeles on this road, however, MOTORIST BUREAU STARTED IN BUFFALO Will Brogdeast Reports on Road Conditions Each Week. N Buffalo has won: the newest branch t|of the National Motorists’ Associa- tion, with the establishment of the National Motorists' Aseoclation or- ®anization at the new Hotel Statler, under the management of Robert B. HIll. The Buffalo branch was opened May. 28, with E. M. Statler himself enrolled as the first member. This was the auspiclous Inaugura- tion. of an aggressive membership campalgn to put the bureau across with the motoring public. Completely equipped to tie in with the hundreds of other National Motorists' Assoclation clubs through- out the country, the new bureau marks an important advance in the extension of the National Motorists’ Asnoclation jnto every corner of the country. One of the most modern features of automobile club work will be in- troduced In the new bureau imme- diately, Manager Hill announced. This will be the broadcasting by radio of summarized road and touring re- ports once a week, and reports on stolen cars. A complete stock of strip maps, route cards, tour books and pam- phiets, atlases,’road reports and other materfal for furnishing complete service to motorists has been laid in. Speclal information has been com- plled with reference to routes lead- ing east and those in the immediate vicinity of Buffalo. Inauguration of the hureau came after’ entering Arizona faces 400 miles through the worst and hottest desert on the American continent. as the result of complaints from Na- tional Motorists’ Association members that adequate and rellable touring information could mot always be ob- tained .in Buffalo. National hea quarters at the National Motorists® Association Immediately threw all the Tesources of their organization into the work of equipping and establish- ing the new bureau. Just prior to the opening, Manager Hill attended the’ Toronto meeting of thé Great Lakes Tours Association, at which many of the leading hotel men of the country were present. Hill offered the services of the National Motorists’ Association to the body. and by unanimous vote the offer was accepted. This action ties the ' Motorints' Assoclation, and icu- larly the new bureau at Buffalo, with an important association, the influ- ence of which extends to Chicago, throughout Michigan, into Toronto, and all alonz the Great Lakes regio: Summer Driving Requires Care, - Autoists Told Aware that the summer season brings the peak of automobile travel and iIncreased highway hazards, the National Automobile Chamber of Commerce has issued a warning to 12,000,000 motorists: The cautions total seven: 1. Would you willingly injure a child? 2. Drive reasonably, 3. Put your city on the safety honor roll. 4. Remember you are at times & pedestrian. in Trade on Top Jobs at The entire question now awaits Secretary Wallace's decision. WELLERS GARAOL OUR STANDARD PRICES You Can Save 1; REBUILT TOP CO. 608 Newton St. BURK VIEW MARKET N.W. Col. 10-0-82 One Day Service Open Sundayw, 10—2 = Demonstration—626 F St.—Near 7th ing 10,000 Miles Into DELION the road, as well as in the door- wi . 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Here, then, is the ocular evidence showing point by point the how and where- fore of the sensational and sweeping success of these most remarkable tires.’ Let us invite you to this demonstration, in which you will see— Operation No. 1—Applying first band, two plies of cord. Operation No. 2 — Applying second band, two plies of cord. Operation No. 3—Beads with flapper applied. - Operation No. 4—Bead Tie-in. Operation No. 5—Third band, two plies of cord. Six Plies of Cord Now on Tire. Operation No. 6——App{ying Chafing Strip. Operation No. 7—Applying Gum Strip. Operation No. cushion. 8 — Applying .Under- Operation No. 9 — Applying Breaker Strip with Top Cushion applied. Operation No. 10—Applying Side Wall. Operation No. 11—Applying Tread. 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Double chafing strips give the surest protection against rim-cutting. 4 Extra shock absorber strip of cushion rubber is a _ Delion improvement that enables us to guarantee absolutely against the loosening or separation of the tread. One of the most important discoveries in tire- making. Delion users are not troubled with‘the usual stone bruises and fabric breaks, because a pure gum breaker strip and cushion much thicker than that gen- erally used absorb shocks and protect the cord body of the tire. Heavy side walls are made of a secret compound; which withstands the tendency to check and crack. It prevents moisture reaching the cords to cause sepa- ration, and dirt.or sand to work in and cause blisters. ‘You see that the prices are less than those asked for nondescripts. Fyrthermore, adjustments are made right here in the store. 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