THE SUNDAY OSEGOXIAN, PORTLAND, JANUARY 19, 1919.
OLDS PLIT OUTPUT
. STEADILY INCREASED
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E. E. Cohen Returns From Trip
to Auto Factory.
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INSPECTION WORK PRAISED
New Three-Qnarter Ton Truck, Dae
Here In Few Weeks, Pleases
Portland Dealer.
E. E. Cohen, manager of the Olds
mobile Company of Oregon, has just
returned from a trip to the Oldsmobile
factory, and as usual is filled with en
thusiasm after having: gone through,
the new factory, which he declares Is
a marvel of efficiency.
"The Oldsmobile factory was making
liberty motors and kitchen trailers for
the Government at the time the armis
tice was eierned." said Mr. Cohen.
"'Since November 11 they have cleaned
up all Government contracts, the fac
tory has been reorganized, and on Jan
uary 2 Oldsmobiles started rolling out
of the big plant. Of course it will be
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J-. E. Cohen, Hasten of Ike
Oldamoblle Company of Oregon,
"Who Haa Jnst Returned From
the Oldsmobile Factory.
a few weeks before they will be turn
ing out cars to the full capacity, but
It certainly is surprising how quickly
. live factory organization can gel
hack into the harness. Eighty auto
mobiles a day are now being turned
out and within a few weeks this will
be increased to 125 a day.
Overhead Chargea Reduced.
"Quantity production reduces the
ioverhead to be charged to each car,
and that is the secret of the Olds
mobile being able to turn out such
wonderful values $1495 for the Si
end $1900 for the Kight. The expense
the factory will go to to save a few
cents per automobile for some special
tool that will cost thousands of dol
lars to make would amaze one.
"There will be no change in models
this year and the new reduced prices,
which were announced some weeks ago.
are guaranteed by the factqry for this
year.
"Another thing that impressed me Is
the close inspection each part and
every car goes through before it is
turned over for final inspection and
given a road test.
"The hobby of E. Ver Linden, presi
dent and manager of the Olds Motor
Works, is inspection, so no Inspector
had better let anything get by.
Enclosed Car Popular.
"Oh, yes, about that three-quarter-
ton Oldsmobile utility truck. I don't
beligve that there is anything on the
mark'et that is in its class as a high
grade delivery wagon. It la not a
passenger car chassis, but built es
pecially for a truck, has four cylinders,
3Vx5H overhead valves, 128-inch
wheel base, 35x5 Goodyear cord tires
and 14 distinctive features. The price
at the factory is $1295 with cab and
31330 for express, body complete with
top. Shipments will start on this
truck within a couple of weeks. .
TUosed cars are very popular this
year. There were a number of dis
tributors at the factory trying to get
t&lr allotments increased. The dis
tributor at Chicago offered me a nice
lonus for the Oregon allotments of
closed cars, but I advised him we
needed them ourselves.
"Business is very good in the East
and everyone is preparing for a big
year." "
LOST LAKE ROAD ASSURED
SCENIC REGION TO BE OPENED
TO MOTORISTS.
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Victorious
Over the Wear and
Weight of War
Time Work
Bethlehem Trucks
stood the "gaff" of
War - weight -load s and
did it without' special
care, and at a distinct
economy in operation,
upkeep and' invest
ment.
Bethlehem service means more)
than any speedometer can show
you in mileage it meant tha
carrying of whatever you hava
to transport to wherever you
have to get it in the least possi
ble time and at minimum effort
and expense.
Bethlehem Trucks are built to
carry the owner's' confidence aa
well as his goods. They are the
' modern motor trucks equipped
with Cray & Davis Electric
Starting and. Lighting, a Driv
ing Shaft Steady Bearing which
prevents shaft troubles, and n
whole catalog of other improved
features.
Get a Bethlehem Internal Gear
Drive Motor Truck and receive
tha kind of service you must
have to put your business on a
100 work basis.
JJTon Chassis VA Ton Chassis
, $1965 $2365
ZXA Ton Chassis
$3465 '
F. O. B. Allentown
Tha motor truck bought today
without electric starting and
lighting will be out of date to
morrow. Examine a Bethlehem
and know why.
NORTHWEST
Alder at
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SILL TIRES CAUSE LOSS
FEW AUTOS HAVE TREADS OF
PROPER SIZE.
Appropriation of $2 750 Made and
Right of Way Problem
! Is Settled.
HOOD RIVER, Or., Jan. 18. (Spe
cial.) Members of the Hood River
County Game Protective Association
sponsors for a highway to Lost Lake.
the county's most scenic spot, but long
Isolated, after succeeding In getting
an appropriation of 12750 from the
county, feared they might have diffi
culty In getting a right of way. The
I-roposed right of way for the road will
cross a ranch on tfee headwaters of
the West Fork of Hood River, owned
by State Senator J. R. Nickelsen. The
sportsmen feared that Senator Nickel
sen might oppose the right of way be
cause or damages 'that might result,
and a committee approached him with
a cautious letter. To their gratifica
tion. Senator Nickelsen replied:
"Go right ahead with your road.
Tou may put it on my place anywhere
you wish. There Is a house on the
ranch, but if you find it necessary to
move the house, do it. Building a road
to Lost Lake is a worthy project.
Count on me to do all I can for the
highway."
No local highway project has aroused
more enthusiasm. Members of the
Sportsmen's League spent their vaca
tion last Summer engaged In volun
teer work in opening the road. While
many visit the scenic triangular body
of water, mirroring on calm days ot
Summer and Autumn the snow
crowned peak of Mount Hood, the
Journey requires strenuous effort.
Opened to motor travel it Is predicted
that thousands will visit the lake.
It is thought by some that the United
States Forestry Service will connect the
old Barlow trail with the Lost Lake
road. The distance between the lake
and Welches, through Lolo Pass, is but
u. few miles, .
Regulation Sanctioned by Govern
ment Will Reduce Number to
Be Manufactured.
Only recently It has come to official
notice how great waste In tires is due
to using equipment of too small dimen
sions. When the Commercial Economy
Board at Washington was presented
with a comparison between the tire"!
equipments actually carried by 21 of
the leading makes of automobiles and
the equipments recommended by the
tire manufacturers, based on the weight
of the cars with load, the astonishing
fact was revealed that only seven of
the cars listed are equipped with tires
aa large as called for by the tire companies.
The new regulation sanctioned by the
Government, which : goes Into effect
within the year, greatly reduces the
number of tire sizes, so that this ques
tion of proper equipment must again
be taken up by all motorcar manufac
turers. It has developed from the tabu
lation of the nearest new sizes for this
same list of automobiles that only one
more car, or a total of eight, will be
equipped with tires as large as recom
mended by the tire companies. In com
menting on this condition, Ralph Mur
phy, engineer for the Franklin Auto
mobile Company, pointed out that the
Franklin car was the only one in the
list that exceeded the tire size pre
scribed by the tire manufacturers. Mr.
Murphy said that the Franklin Com
pany had always done its own figuring
on tire equipment, basing the require
ments on the same engineering princi
ples on which the strength and wear
ing qualities of any other part of the
car are based.
The Franklin Company Is constantly
conducting experiments on different
size tires and different types of tires In
order to keep informed as to just the
right combination to render maximum
mileage. It Is a Franklin principle
which is becoming recognized more and
more by other car makers, that tire
mileage Is governed greatly not only
by the total weight of the car, but als
by the weight of the unsprung parts
which bear directly on the tires. It is
essential that tires be big enough to
withstand the effect of this element of
the weight. This point of design i
largely responsible for the ample tire
equipment which has always been found
on Franklin cars.
If economy of tires and reliability of
tires are desired, concludes Mr. Mar
phy, the thing to look to first Is the
size of tires in proportion to the weight
of the loaded car; and, secondly, to ob
serve how the weight is distributed be
tween the sprung and unsprung parts.
Furthermore. Just those elements that
make a car easy riding also make it
easy on tires. It should be remembered.
Tires chosen on this basis would very
greatly reduce the number of spares
that it Is necessary to carry on the cars
registered in this country, spare tires
having lately been pointed out as an
other'source of tire waste.
BROWN JOINS CHANDLER FORCE
Prospects for Record Business Are
Bright, Reports A. II. Knaus.
A. H. Knaus, of the Twin States Mo
tor Car Company, has announced the
appointment of A. T. Brown, well
known Portland automobile man, as
territory man to handle both the
wholesale and retail end of the Chan
dler business. Mr. Brown was a Stude
baker factory man for three years and
has been associated with other con
cerns. "Reports from our territory indicate
that the automobile business this year
will assume vast proportions," said
Mr. Knaus yesterday. "We have made
arrangements for a generous allotment
of Chandlers, and if thMresent de
mand is any criterion we will hang
up a new record."
HISTORY OF AUTOS RECORDED
Data Filed on Every Piece-Arrow
Motor and Truck.
A remarkable record of the life his
tory of every Fierce-Arrow passenger
car and truck, so far as the data can
be obtained, is being kept by the build
ers of this make. The technical divi
sion of the company's service depart
ment, which has charge of the work.
has eight sources of information, in
eluding reports by its 10 road repre
sentatlves, reports from truck Inspec
tors and service stations, records ob
tained through orders for spare parts.
agents ana owners criticisms, etc
During the course of a year about 25,-
uuu entries are made on the record
Even such trivial items as door squeak
or an imperfect dash clock are noted.
ROBERTS ON BUSINESS TRIP
Truck Dealer Will Visit Republic
Factory and Other Points.
O. w. Roberts, president of the
tcooerts Motor car Company. .In com
pany with his wife, left Tuesday night
for a business trip to the Republic
truck factory and other Eastern points.
STOUTEMTER IX NEW POSITION
Implement Man With Roberts Motor
Car Company.
K. T. Stoutemyer, formerly with Mo-
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PER
SIXES
There have never been enough Hudson Super
Sixes to meet the demand.
Production was to have been stopped January
1st. Then, unexpectedly, the ban against manu
facture was lifted. Orders for closed cars remained
to be filled. So when authority to continue man
ufacture was given, all efforts were turned to fill
ing those closed car orders.
That is the condition to
day. No open car models,
the seven-passenger and the
four-passenger phaetons,
will be built for some 60
days. Normal factory pro
duction cannot be resumed
before April.
We have a month's sup
ply of open cars on hand.
The factory will have none
for 60 days. If you want an
open model Super-Six, the
type that has given Hudson
so much prestige, you should
try to get one of those now
in stock. The first sugges
tion of Spring will exhaust
all that we now have.
The Super-Six owes its
leadership not alone to the
performance and endurance
it has proved, but to its dol
lar value.
What car in performance,
durability, reliability, smart
ness and beauty at any price
excels the Super-Six?
90,000 Super-Sixes have made the White Triangle known
on every highway.
C. L. Boss Automobile Co.
615-617 Washington St, Portland
line Plow Company, has recently be
come associated with the Roberts Mo
tor Car Company. In his new position
Mr. Stoutemyer will act aa traveling
representative.
TRACTORS DISPLACING HORSES
Livestock Census In Ontario Shows
Heavy Decrease.
A census of the livestock of Ontario,
figures of which are reported by the
Grand Trunk Railway system, shows
a decrease in the number of horses for
1918 over 1914 of from 774,000 to 78S,
000, due, says the report, to the In
fluence of the tractor on farming.
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X racier it&iiumB
sistance has attained a great vogue In.
the province, ana uimiwmw
the future demand for horses on ac
count of the growing use of the tractor
has had a corresponding effect on the
number of horses
Tool Tray.
For the man who doea his own re
pair work one of the most convenient
pieces of paraphernalia is a tool tray
with three compartments and a handle
across the top of metal loop. "With this
tray the owner can carry all the tools
needed for any Individual job around
the car, saving him the trouble of run
ning back and forth to get this or that
I while he is busy with the work.
R
epublic Trucks
COUNT 'EM
THE YELLOW ONES
ONE REASON
Inspect our establishment. Largest Exclusive
Truck Dealers in the Northwest.
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Roberts Motor Car Co., Inc.
Park and Everett Sts.
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Y' OUR Velie Sedan is, there for service at your will, wide
open for pleasant weather, or comfortably heated and com
pletely enclosed for wintry storms. There is abundant speed
and power to plow manfully through heavy snow and mud or
master hills on high. Its roomy body seats five .with comfort.
At the new, reduced price there is no other Light Six Car equal
to the Velie's value. Known always as a quality car it now
offers more than ever for the money. Compare the Velie note
the winning features! Seven complete body styles, open and
closed, give a wide range of choice.
Let us demonstrate your model.
D. C. WARREN MOTOR CAR CO.
6S-eo ROHTK 23D ST. rhone Mala 7 SO.
vn TT. MOTORS CORPORATION. MOLTNE. ILLINOIS
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