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4 4 11)- I WEDNESDAY MAR 11 1931 THE SACRAMENTO BEE I MP AUTO AN CANNA NAMES 11161IWAY GROUP OUTING NEVADA SECTION Is WEIRD LAND The Last Pedestrian I rAo TWENTY-TWO 10TORISTS GET "BREAK" AS GAS 91 PRICES SLUMP odes IENOCINO SURVEY REMY otor Step Taken For Realization Of International Road On Coast (Continued From Page Twenty) ever been printed in their entirety those which are still legible are given herewith the dashes representing letters or numbers which have been obliterated by the action of time: Nod--ir Sem Legislative Investigation Advanced As Bargain Fig 4 Imes Prevail WILLOWS (Glenn Co) Much 1 11--It cost Glenn County $272113 as share of the survey of the SOW proposed Grindstone road over Lew Gap into Mendocino County The bureau of public roads has eon fled the county that it is returetne the balance of 81000 which the county put up as its share of the survey According to the survey the road will be 180 miles in length Fifty miles is in Glenn Clunty slat! 4 miles in the national forest and seventy miles in Mendocino County' arch 2 az now Low The eat eine the the 1 road rifty ihtt! 4 and inty l' GEORGE tOEITII JILT THE 10th 1852 from WIS 1853 PATRICK DOONIGA Ottot tirmt 20 1352 JAmEn TURNER amped Her Atm 12 1853 of on to WOOD Fain----XX Est-- 1853 1852 IL NIESON AI'G 23 1852 AFIVIIhriii 114 Otk Nr' oc 410 tol 2c t'l es 'ti---- Pr-111-L4 1)-- 1 t) z74 0 '00 In a fl (4? 0 nil If 13 NAllt a es A -mice-1w 10--1-- w4--- iilo-h--------dippq-tdopL----oo-----z--qa muiropNrase- 101011 -t -0117iii oi re --it illirt 1a1 7 i- at Na 1 ---w A --''''IA1--istkl2 -1 1112 oar 11 Acirr---d vr oemin ir---: PI- 4erz 11111 6 tICIr16 1- i Um 0011' Ay ce: 1 :400 (k rii hl I 1 NN- tow: roma (v iti 6r 1121' sibt Ar--110 -It cilliplV''x Igtoofg --116011vil-- I 4' boi AIN SERallitt 111 me oLL I lt1 di 4" krtgunurg I 62:::: 'Y'm illU mr11111111 olik -r dos 1 1 I i 544 aa Atm OM 'TOM WASM-- San Juan Grade To Be Eliminated Of importance to motorist' who prefer the coast route is the news received by the National Automobile Club from California Mission Trails Association officials that work of the realimimeut of th coast highway to eliminate the Sa Juan Grade will begin sometim this Spring The contract for the $1000 realignment lob will be awarded the state highway commission som time this month Advertisemen calling for bids have alrea started publication No Interference Construction of the new will not interfere with traffic the coast route for a single day the present San Juan routing continue in use without interru ticn The prescnt San Juan route be continued as a secondary in the state highway system will be further improved The new cut-off will elimin sharp grades and turns end completed it is estimated it will twenty minutes off driving tim tween San Jose and Salinas led who lews HMO Wort that th Sa tim 0 Kun ten ea -ru 1 Pacific Coast motorists are getEng a "break" as the big oil companies fight with the independents over the price situation The present gasoline price war Whtch started about three weeks ago has brought the price in Sacramento to 16 cfrits for majir brands and 14 cents for independent products with some "chiselItg under the canopy" making it a Cent or two lower at some stations Cheaper Elsewhere In Los Angeles the center of the MI industry the retail price has dropped to as low as 5 cents a gallon and prices have dropped approximately 6 cents a gallon at other Pacific Coast points The war le occasioned PO the Mtars say by the need for them to Meet the competition nt the in lepenent companies which have been underselling the majors for Several months Probe Planned With the price war continuing the senate investigation of the oil companies has been advanced a week to March leth At Met time representatives of seventy-five oil companies will be called before a senate committee to answer questions as to causes behind the price War Senator Sharkey of Martinez chairman of the oil industries committee in the upper house ordered the inquiry after Governor James Rolph Jr bed declared that "something must be done" The committee also will investigate an alleged shortage of $1250060 in gas taxes due the state from various companies Sharkey said A bill requiring oil companies to pay gas taxes monthly is now before the legisinture as one means of coring existing tax collection Ills Another definite step toward realization of the project for an international highway extending from Alaska to South America has been taken This is according- to a report from Canada received by the California State Automobile Association The Canadian government has appointed three commissioners to serve with those already named by the United States to investigate the feasibility of making continuous the international highway which will link this country with Alaska by way of British Columbia and the Yukon Territory Representatives Some time ago the United States appointed as its representatives Ernest Walker Sawyer executive assistant to the secretary of the interior Major Malcolm Elliott chairman of the Alaska Highways Commission and Rice of Detroit The appointees named by Canada to represent the Dominion in the investigation are Wane chief engineer of the Dominion Parks Branch of Banff James McNeill of Dawson in the Yukon Territory and George Napier assistant chief engineer of the department of public works of British Columbia Inquiry In Spring It is expected that the inquiry into the possibilities of carrying out the highway project will be undertaken by the joint committee this Spring The existing section of the highway extends through British Columbia to Hazeiton which is approximately 1000 miles north of Seattle About SOO miles of highway remain to be constructed in order to join with the highway in Alaska providing a route that would enable motorists to drive from the United States as far north as Fairbanks Survey Miule Engineering surveys of the section to be traversed north of Hazelton have already been made by land and air parties Opening of the route would be of great importance to both the United States and Canada it is declared For Canada the highway would open a vast undeveloped area with rich mineral timber and fur resources For Americans it would provide a land route to Alaska Stripes And Plaids By MADAM CELE'al CELESTE Another one of those new Spring forecasts that I've been chattering about is the use of stripes and plaids Rather a ref reshing thought isn't it after all those miles and miles of printed silks? But of course you'll have to use these new ideas with a little discrimination or the feminine populace will look atrifle giddy I have selected two sports suits that would be simply grand for you to have this Spring to wear in the country the sort of thing you ought to have if you drive or tidt in a car a lot The figure at the right is wear ing a brown and yellow wool suit The loose jacket is brown and yellow plaid the skirt brown wool crepe and the blouse yellow crepe The hat scarf and other accessories are all dark brown The figure at the left is wearing a knee length coat of yellow green tweed with a brown diagonal stripe The dark brown fur collar forms a cape but may be pulled close around the neck for warmth The dress is dark brown jersey and silk with a green leather belt and the ''wrap around" beret is green jersey r-- zard and becomes a victim of the bitter cold and a stalled automobile in the Summer heat is not a pleasant experience to anticipate The desert has not changed with the passing decades Choking dust storms yet mark the Summers and raging blizzards the Winters A great white expanse with real hills and mountains surrounding and imaginary hills and even cities showing up in mirage in the Sum mer haze As smooth as the top of a billiard table and just about as firm the desert can be crossed by a modern auto almost in a matter of minutes the only limit to the speed of travel being the speed capacity of the machine in which one is traveling There are neither ditches rocks nor traffic cops and an occasional machine can be seen for miles The desert was named in the 40s for the big jutting black rock which is its chief landmark and whip IS visible for miles No Tourst Maps One will search in vain for tour let maps of this interesting region Just an immense area of western back country it is 'nevertheless with its historic associations its brooding stillness and its peculiar structure one with a strong appeal for those who love to wander far from the busy haunts of men Ith is 1 tour pgion niterrt isles its culiar ppeat tar Wise motorists always give a tire plug a wide berth a firs BIGHT OF WAY SOUGHT CHICO (Butte Co) March 11-- Additional rights of way to widen 'ose! Road in the Durham Stets Land Colony are being sought by the county engineer A Bum-garner and the oiling of the road is temporarily delayed According to the supervisor of that district Henry White funds will be available in July to make the improvement from the end of Burdick Road to the Goodspeed-Watt Road Orland Streets Will Be Oiled Instead Of Sprinkled ORLAND (Glenn Co) March 11 Orland will oil a mile of her unpaved streets this season This ih according to plans formulated by the town council The antiquated sprinkling wagon will be discarded and the money thus saved will be used in oiling strip of street each year until all heavy travel streets are oiled O'Shaughnessy Dam Road Open To Travel Mather and O'Shaughnessy Dam are now accessible to the motorist reports the touring depariment Of the Natiorial Automobile Club Excellent paved highway will be encountered to Yosemite Junction thence good ollbound macadam to Buck Meadows and a short distance beyond At this point turn in a northeasterly direction taking the direct road to Mather This road is quite narrow and winding and a few muddy spots will be encountered making chains advisable The same road conditions prevail from Mather to the dam HOTELS RESORTS? TRAVEL illIFORMATIO11 MAYBE rr's SPEED Iowa removed its sneed limits in 1930 and during the first nine months of the year its automobile fatalities increased more than 71 per cent MOTORBOATING NEWS By LELAND ItANNUM Where To Go In San Francisco And Octklan WOBBLY WHEELS Hotel Canito Sutter St Bet nide and Lst STNIART SAN FRANCISCO make driving hazards and increase tire costs Correction of this trouble is positive with proper equipment and experience We have both and guarantee our work Official Lockheed and Bendix Service We Use Rusco Brake Lining Yacht Harbor Exhibit Planned During Show A special exhibit at the third Pacific Coast Boat Show in the San Francisco Exposition Auditorium March 21st-28th will feature the proposed $500000 yacht harbor at Sausalito The "Old Town" cove at Sausalito will be fitted for berthing and all facilities for the care of yachts and motorboats It will be christened the Golden Gate Yacht Harbor and will supplement the Marina municipal small boat harbor at San Francisco Class A Fireproof Building 24 rooms with bath and shower Rates $260 day single $3 double Weekly rate Cafe and Gar lige Free taxi from retry or Depot to registering guests Protpeet nig WRIGHT BRAKE SHOP In line with the trend ot the times the Hotel Stewart announces a new schedule beginning at $110 per per son room without bath $2 with bath High class accommodations Excellent 35c 10c 60c 75c Luncheon Ole Sundays 75c Dinner $1 Sundays $125 The Stewart is down town close to the best stores and theatres Chas A and Margaret Stewart Proprietors 915 20th Street Phone Cap 1439 Brake Service Illation 178 MARYLAND HAFEol: WITH BON 490 Geary Taylor Sill SAN FRANCISCO Ideal Location Modern Central-EveryC 000 Boat Launched In Stockton Channel STOCKTON (San Joaquin Co) March 11--The Edna II first of I the fifty-five-foot cruisers being manufactured by Stephens Broth-local boat builders on theit 'Spring and Summer program was Afloat in the Stockton Channel today following her launching Saturday The $32000 craft built for George Mitchell retired Hollywood cap- italist was expected to be taken the channel to-day to San Francisco The boat will fly ths colors of the California Yacht Club and will be moored at the St Fran-is Yaeht Club Harbor The ship's hull is of white cedar and the cabins and saloon are of teak wood It is equipped with 41 electric hoists bilge pumps an 6 electric refrigerator and a Crossley marine radio It ie equipped with Hall-Scott twin engines of 175 horsepower Two boats of similar design are 6 now under way One is for A Hobler of Philadelphia and the 31rdher is for Hugh Hillman of Detroit bead of the Dodge Erothers Boat Company The first is sehed6 uled for delivery in May and the second early in the Summer secona early In the Nur SAN FRANCISCO ArAmerAzdratrArerArAvArArATArAndrArarArAdrArAmAArAr STotIRT ROD111(: LT RODIN Travel Information Isleton Rebuilds Boat For Races In May ISLETON March Spurgeon dentist here will participate in the outboard motorboat races to be held in connection with the asparagus festival in May Ile Is rebuilding the Sleepy a widely-known former Sacramento racing craft IF trampling of thousands of head of cattle through the years has obliterated the graves of two emigrants buried there in early days although the spot is yet known An emigrant train encamped at this place where military protection was close at hand Two of the drivers engaged in argument and one struck the other over the head with a heavy wagon wrench killing him instantly Military judgment was short and swift The killer was tried sentenced and hanged by the neck to the elevated pole of a wagon almost before the body of his victim was cold The men were buried side by side There are several other graves of emigrants and soldiers in the vicinity marked only by dirt mounds or cairns of rocks Geyser Stream Going southeasterly from Soldier Meadows and Mud Meadows on the road to Winnemucca one passes Wheeler Spr ing and Flowing Spring The latter is an immense geyser-like column of water spouting from the rank grass meadow which its existence has created and Its life-giving waters saved many an early day traveler from death after traversing the arid country to the southwest Off to the east lies the Bad Lands a broken range of hills all cut up into little gullies and draws the dread of cowmen using the surrounding range One cannot see for fifty yards in any direction in these bad lands Not only do they harbor much game but bands of both horses and cattle gone wild find sanctuary there Old Mining Camp Almost on the south edge of this rough country is located the old mining camp of Hardin City long since abandoned and fallen into decay since its heyday of several decades ago when scores of men hunted for the traditional famous lost mine of the region Not far from this ghost town is Clapper Spring where Peter Lassen was killed Clapper Spring was named for his companion Off in the opposite direction are the Calico Hills and the traveler can hardly refrain from trying a few snapshots even with the full knowledge that the peculiar patterns will not register on the lens' of the camera The name of this bizarre range of rugged hills will naturally suggest itself to one's mind since no other term than "calico" could very well be applied to them traced as they are in fanciful patterns resembling this type of dress goods Black Rock Desert Coming from the northwest the Wheeler Ranch on the edge of the Black Rock Desert is a reality although to one coming from the opposite direction it could easily be mistaken for one of the mirages common in the region The oasis on the Wheeler Ranch was created by the drilling of wells which furnish a heavy flow of artesian water Eleven of these wells gush forth on the Wheeler Ranch the deepest being 165 feet They provide a never failing supply of water and Louis Valerdi who lives there with his family can look across the treacherous white wastes of the Black Rock Desert while standing beneath a peach tree in full bloom Seek Lost Mine A rather peculiar situation exists on a homestead nearby This place Is owned by Vogel and Edward Weiss Both men call themselves "desert rats" but both are highly educated and know many of the great cities of the world Weiss is a German-American while Vogel hails from the eastern seaboard Their main vocation when not working on thoir farm is searching for the famous lost mine of the region the same one it is said for which Peter Lassen was looking when he met his death a lifetime ago The hobby of the two men is a collection of data on old emigrant trails Their home is somewhat of a cross between a museum and a geologist's study while the little house and other ranch buildings stand in the middle of a manmade marsh These structures were built on the desert floor and on dry dry in fact The partners drilled a well near their home and the gushing stream which rewarded their efforts has resulted in a body of water spreading over a considerable area around the ranch buildings The two men are conducting experiments with various kinds of forage plants the while they walk around their home on duckboards since there is no higher lands to which their buildings can be moved Another incongruity of Western duck pond on one of the most inherently dry spots of the state 0 itU 11" WIIITg Atli 10 ine miming figures resemble "WI AllRWNTT bibs ek 1852 A Some indecipherable markings also appear although a Masonic emblem in the cave is yet visible Unfortanately some few writings are marred by scribblings of more recent years Emigrant Massacres There are probably few spots on the early emigrant trails more replete with pioneer history than this particular part of High Rock Canyon At least two emigrant massacres are known to have taken place- at or near this point and a good many minor Indian fights Not far from here Captain Levi Scott with one companion engaged in a fight with two Indians as early as 1844 Scott who as lieutenant to Lindsay Applegate played an important part in laying out the emigrant road through this region was on a scouting expedition with a man named Garrison Two Indians approache 1 them apparently in a friendly spirit When close by both 'savages suddenly discharged their 1 arrows Garrison fell mortally wounded and Seott's arm was pinned to his side by an arrow Wounded though he was Scott managed to kill one of the Indians the other saving himself by flight A few miles to the south lies Little High Rock Canyon which Is remembered as the scene of a 1 tragedy of comparatively recent' 1 years Here in February 1911 I Harry Cambron Peter Erra- mouspe Indian() and Lax1 agure Surprise Valley stockmen 'While searching for stray cattle were ambushed and murdered by Shoshone Mike and his band of Indians The campaign following in which the members of the band were exterminated by sheriffs' posses from Nevada and Califorina had all the features of a campaign of the 60's the Indians squaws and all chanting their death songs and passing to the happy hunting grounds with defiant warwhoops issuing from their throats Soldier Meadows Approximately westward from High Rock Canyon the way to Winnemucca leads close to Soldier Meadows formerly an important army post Here breaking out of the dry sagebrush hills one comes on a yeritable garden spot Lush meadow grasses planted trees and water in good-sized streams serve to emphasize the contradictory nature of the Western Nevada country A row of springs surrounds the ranch headquarters ranging from ice cold to almost boiling hot The present ranch buildings are the barracks built by the soldiers remodeled for ranch use A big barn which held 100 head of horses and connected with the mess hall and barracks by covered passages has been leveled but the mess hall' still does duty for the ranch headquarters although the two-foot thick stone walls are no longer necessary to ward off Indian attack Fort McCrary Off to the north lies old Fort McCrary located near Summit Lake and fast falling to decay The ruins of the old fort are the center of an Indian reservation The section around the old Fort has a big Indian population in the Summer months Some few of the old time Indians formerly on the warpath against the white men still live here but the bulk of the population is composed of younger generations of Paiute Indian Blood Calls The call of the blood is strong The young Indians well educated In modern schools are quite content to remain with their studies during the Winter months but when Spring comes the country around Summit Lake claims them Skillful horsemen they find here unlimited space to ride and fish and game are plentiful Some of the Indian families live in the bet' ter preserved of the old fort buildings others in structures ranging all the way from decent frame houses to brush and canvas wickiups If any Indian dies in one of the buildings it is abandoned forever and the family seek a new home Farman Brothers and other stockmen living in the country get along well with the Indians whom they frequently employ Strangers will not be molested by them in any way but on the other hand will meet with no open-handed hospitality The Indians prefer to be left undisturbed on the hunting grounds of their forefathers and this is yet their own property Bristles With Memories The Soldier Meadows Ranch in common with other points surrounding bristles with memories of they old days of the West and presents Incongruities as well A modern sedan stands parked beside a horse hitching post the tie rings of which came from an old emigrant ox yoke: an up-to-date coal burning cookstove sends its smoke through a stone flue built by blue-coats of Civil War days: the barrel of an old Kentucky long rifle is doing duty as a poker and a radio Is bringing in lasl-minute news from a city 2000 miles away A couple of vaqueros ride into the ranch yard Horse and man they are accoutered almost preeisely Re were their prototypes of fifty years ago An immense pyramid of sagebrush in the yard reminds us that this is the only native fuel for miles in this comparatively treeless country Recently a rather wonderful discovery was made by one of the Farman brothers when an almost unexplored canyon seven miles from the ranch house was found to contain hundreds of wagonloads of heavy virgin sagebrush Coal is used only as a supplementary fuel since it must be hauled seventy miles frmt Winnemucca by truck and sagebrush has for generations been the heatIing standby in this section of the West In one of the ranch Stelda the tanooy In MIS election ()I xne one Of tha ranch Steldit inn "''l STILL STICKING! The latest telephone of Detroit the automobile city shows a list of forty-seven horseshoers Steamship For every ship any line at Tickets charge no extra ATTRACTIVE NEW LOW RATES Write or Telephone for Information or Literature AVIATION NEWS AVIi ki Paving Of Han gar tus but also improve according to pilots at the field OBTA I NS AGENCY Floor Is Completed Pouring of the floor and side concrete aprons of the Boeing hangar at the Sacramento Municipal Airdrome has been completed and the contractor is now pre paring for the laying of the front Aron following which erection of the hangar itself will probably start IC The runways are beginning to I harden up and with the clearing weather business is expected to I not only maintain its present eta not only maintain ITS present sin AMERICAN EXPRESS TRAVEL BUREAU Shrewd purchasers are already on the job They are taking their pick of the used car offerings now taking advantage of present low prices and wide variety of choice These -wise purchasers know that the coming of Spring will hardly make car prices any lower than they are now 'While the last minute 1m) ers are asleep the people who always get the bargains are oTabbincr them off now I I WM L'Al that the coming of Spring will khardly make 11411 car prices lower than they are now kWhile the last minute buyers are kasleep the people who always get the bargains are grabbing them off now Weinstock Lubin Co Main 820 cAHALAH Automotive Electrician Generator Starter and Magneto 1 FAST TRAINS TO OAKIiii0 and SAII FRANCISCO kany kDon't be a last minute buyer Now is the time to look for and find the used car you will be in the market for this Spring Repairing 4: 1731 STREET GEOMOONEY MOTOR SPECIALIST (IInder Pinion Mil STREETS 61 Main 709 :111 LEAVE UNION STATION WO AM $:45 AM 10:40 A 12:30 PM 3:15 PM 4:40 PI 8:00 PM rA A IL LA I I ptutv11 Robert Weaver manager of the Sacramento Flying Service at Del Paso Airport Announced yesterday that he has obtained the exclusive agency in this district for the Curtiss-Wright products including all kinds of equipment parts and so on Weaver was using a Fleet last week for student instruction and expects to take delivery on a new one as soon as a new type Khmer motor can be installed on his job The organization has extended a complimentary course of instruction to Governor Ito lph and has informed him that the facilities of the port and its personnel are entirely at his service Pete Reinhart who flew Terrell's Stinson to Los Angeles recently has returned to the port and Terrell is getting in a few extra hours of solo work Mrs Bob Laurin soloed Monday for the first time flying Bob's Travelair Jack Bei iby chased an train clear into Berkeley this week to enable his passenger to greet someone aboard prior to his arrival in 1San Francisco The passenger missed the train here by minutes so utilized the plane to overtake the limited Dr Carl Jones of 011188 Valley and Roy Green of Sacramento dentists chartered Earl Bennett ship and Jack Beilby flew them to Palo Alto where they accomplished their business and returned the seine day Mouton department of commerce inspector visited the port last week Passenger carriel were during the week: Lee Brusse Kinner Motor Company Glendale in a Fleet Denny Wright In a Waco Oakland: Dick Froguila in a Trayeinir Oakland Bastian in a Traveibir Pittaburg and Rinker Oakland American Eagle Other visitors included Pilot Jeanne 11 Stcs kton in a Fleet: Crocker Army Mather Field Slingsby Isleton in a Cotnmandair Bill Hudson Goodyear Rubber Company's robin Akron and Johnson Santa in his Ryan ii '04 DINING and PARLO On 1040 A and 41140 LOW R1CZTD TR PARES v14 SAGRALIENTO 11011THERN MAIN 5720 10 a 10 MAGNETOS-STARTERS k4 GENERATORS-IGNITION SPECIALISTS 114 fleet Equipment Long Experience SiTHE MAGNETO SHOP 111211 littli St Capital 2217 60 3 AND BACK Stockton and back 3195 Woodland and back 75 Oakland and back 340 Effeet I March ligth to Slot Return Limit in Dora titopover PHI lieges TEI111111 7th and Streets Telephone Capital 1650 Tragedy Still Stalks There are yet pioneers living In California and Oregon who well remember the terrors of wagon travel on the old trail through the Black Bock Desert Tragedies yet mark Winters In the region as some treveler csneht In FOLDERS MAPS-FREE (lite PERFECT GUITIE TO ALL CALIFORNIA 1 FOLDERS t41 MAPS-FREE 'lite PERFECT pill: MIME TO ALL CALIFORNIA ALIFITRNIA CUi PI Soxnamrea TO FIND BEST VALUES READ BEE WWII fz DS 1111 7 MI LLt Allqg 1 AL SESSAREGO SUPER SERVICE pilicceIuIr to ti CO BAHR Wheel Aligning Automotive Service on Street Between Nth and nth N11111011111111Ell Johnston's Garage I 24-Hour Service Wo Tow Anything ItAri114 i141 Offithil A ht-KIVIAL 'JUL MC ram Ill 41 I fittnmolT tri BUICK 2 PACWIC GAM IPEZVAD I LET THE BEE FOLLOW YOU EXPERT SERVICE JIM BLAKLY Personal Attention To Ali Work 1609 Bt Main 6540W Personal Attention To Ali Work in 5 1609 Ma 810W Bt Servico vi? 1416 1221-27 11 St t'nliltet 1321 raradragirdirArArArArAWArAirdrArAPArAFAIMIgradrAMPAQ The annual death toll taken by automobiles in the ITnited States 1 ham Inereased from 21926 In 1925 to B2500 in 1930 1 1 11111-- I I 1 I ineummik I i 44 1.