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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 24, 1912)
jwwFonDrAnj trtbote, medford. orronoN'. s tt"rT)ay. FrcrmrARv 21, 1012. UPPLY HOUSE SOME OF MEDFORD'S LADY CHAUFFERS WHO ARE EXPERTS IN HANDLING CARS-MRS. ALLEN IN FJRST CAR IN ROGUE VALLEY. LONG STROKE MOTOR IS ABSOLUTELY BEST a CAR IS EVERYT0IN6 MQE EIGHT GROWTH Pacific Molor Supply Company Cov ers District From Eugene to Duns mulr New Lines Have Been and Arc Bclnrj Added. An exnmplc of the growth and de velopment or tho lingua riviT valley is the show window of tho l'ncilic Molor Supply company thw week which is piled to its fullest capacity lutli automobile onxing.. Less than fifteen months ago thc-e people .started an exclusive motor Mupply business on both a whole-ale and retail banis. Today according to the president, P. S. SteouMrup, who lias just returned from an extendi d trio from southern California, the arc covering a territory from Eugene to Dunsmitir, California, and are planning to reach out still further. Many new lines hnvo been and are being added, the most notnble t which nvo the bicycle and motorcycle department. The mechanical depart ment which is now being fully equip ped with tho latest npolinnees and machinery w'" within the next thirty duy.s, be as complete and up-to-date as any on the Pacific coast. Homer Elwood has. been added to the .staff mid will have full charge of the motor cycle- department which comprises of the. Flying Jlerkel and Hurley-David-j MHi ngencic". i The bicycle department is slocked Willi niirlit rcnri'seiitativc linos nign-gracie, guaranteed wnecis aim i tho rcsultl of n careful study of the bicycle market. In the mechanical department ma chinery has been installed adequate to take care of all branches of bicycle and motorcycle repairing. It is the aim of the company to mnke this de partment as complete as any on the Pacific coast. In the automobile sundry depart ment representative llinos of nil the leading manufacturers are in stock nnd within the next thirty days this stock willl be as complete as any of the auto Mipnl" stores hi Portland or San Francisco. The tire department contains com plete stocks of eight of America's lending tirres and on four of thee lines the Pacific Motor Supply eom pnny is on the same basis as a direct factorry branch and can make re placements ami adjustments from stock, thereby eliminating delay and transportation expense. The Pacific Motor Supply com pany issued a catalogue at the time of opening of the store, but, n the I same became nbsolete in a short time, I owing to changed nnd added line, hi new complete illustrated catalogue 13 now in preparation. Tho Pacific Motor Supply com-J panics sales stnlf is in charge oft "Bob" Flynn than whom no more pop- ( ulnr salesmnn exists in the state. He mid Mr. Elwood will handle the out-, side territory, covering the same 1 monthly by motorcycle and nutomo-, bile, thus giving the dealors in the other towns of the territory such ser- ( vice as they could get no other way. ' Carried Deer on Car. . During a recent trip to the moun tains Ray Tabor, a Jeweler In Dor- ( jyjZb, - V rls, Cnl., Just south of the dragon line, bagged three mule-tall ler. ami he carried the venison home on his little nulck runabout. The Center Control. Both the Heo and Overland this year have center control, this ar- off rangomont of the levers making it possible for the driver to outer tht car .from either side. Tho Unlck has placed the levers Inside the er, but not in tho center. No Hardware Visible. The body of the cars this year pre sents a smooth exterior except for the hinges on the doors. There are no handles protruding and the general appearance is thereby Improved. BABIES DIT WHEN PLAN FOR REVENGE FAILS fred A tik rati, a kitchen woman and hospital iiukc. who admitted 'she placed oxalic acid In the babies' milk battle. On Saturday, according to tho polleo version or the confession, the woman stated: "l put two or three drops of o- lahtod more than twenty years. J A. Fowler, assistant to the at torney general, appeared for the government. He i-onteudoil for the upholding of the validity of the long and short haul, the order of tho In terstate commerce commission, and alio actd Into the bottles. I did not contended the commerce court was do it with intent to kill the babio, without authority la enjoining the but I wanted to set snuaro with the! enforcement of the order. Fowler nurses who wero my onemias. 1 wanted to make the babies sick." The police believe the womau to be demented. LONG AND SHORT HAUL CASE IN HIGH COURT NEW YORK, Feb. 24. Tho mys tery in the eight deaths of babies In the Brooklyn nursery and Infants' hospital was cleared up. tho no- lice say, by tho confession of Wlnl- WASHINGTON. Feb. 21. Argu ment Is under way la the supreme court by attorneys for Spokane, Wash., and other intermountnln cit ies to obtain final judicial ruling on the order of the interstate commerce commission granting those cities freight rate lower than to the Pa cific coast (Hilnta on shipments from the east. The arguments marked declared with the freight rates on shipments from the east to Spokane as high as to tho Parlflu coast cit ies, the latter coukl compote with SHikane In Its natural territory and thus rob Spokane of Its natural geo graphical advantage. 'Hie court will htar further argu ments .Monday. . (IM OF THANKS. To our neighbors and friends who so kindly and generously assisted us In our boron voment, we return our heartfelt thanks. Mil. A.N!) MUS. V S HAMMOND AND FAMILY TAFT SAYS HE FAVORS J10RE BATTLESHIPS WASIIINOTON. Fell S I --President Tuft, spenklns at llio peace mooting of the Navy longuo today, declared tho titmo has not emtio for this country to be economical at the expense of an adequate naval estab lishment. He oxprossod the hope that tho present eongmss would an thorlxo tho construction of two bat tleships and wild ho would gladly sign the bill that carried such an authorization. Hoar Admiral Wslnw right, retir ed, Representative Swnger and Shearloy of Kentucky mid Charles Francis Adams of Huston wore, the other speakers at this meeting, which was tho Inst of the seventh annual conveiitb u of tho league. Secretary Mors accompanied tho president to tho meeting Wli.lo oaiofiilly xt nl luisr the earn of tho big motor shown iu Now York ami Chicago, II, I,. Kent noticed oho piodoininnting iiiccliimicnl tendency that is, towmd tho long-slinko motor, "Some innnulnotuiom huo It, oth ers are get'tiug to it mid a few still stand liv tho old shoil-siruko motor," su.nm tho iiorlltwosL tlisli ilmtiir for the ChulmorN and Popo-llaitfoid, wlin-o agent hero is the Valley Auto Co "There aio a low fioaks which would do credit to tho wildest long stioko fauatio in Europe, wheio tho construction originated. Hut on tho whole tho trend is towutd u sensible and cnusonulixo development of the i Inug-Mioko principle, "That tho de-signer who hao adopt id this oonsltuotinn mo on the light tiiick, is beyond cavil. Kogaided fiom i'cr angle, the long-stroke principle is null!. It's as simple as adding two and two when olio stops to consider it. "Wo all know that the longer lover age we yet with n ciowhar, the casior it is to litt a given weight. The 'jim UP'.' htirgliiiioiiM tool that it is, is one of the most wonderful tools hoentlM' of the grunt leerage it gives. Most n us are familiar with tho ordinary iow boal and tho nut rigged row limit; tho latter is much easier to row than the former. Anyone who has oor pad dled a online knows that tho paddle ', uscIoks for propelling the boat uuless tho propelling hand grasps near the bhiilo, mid thus secures ii long lever age." Less Brass to Clean. Many of this year's models nro fin ished entirely In black enamel and iilckol, offering no brass stirfacos to bo cleaned. On somo ears this Is carried out on every model and on others It Is optional. A nickel fin ished Chalmers Is on Its way to tho Valley Auto company. Coast Asscmbllnii Plant. Within a short ttmo tho Ford Mo tor Car company will stnrt tho erec tion of mi assembling plant In l.os Augolos that will cost close to half a million dollars Tho building will bo so constructed that It can bo en larged from four to ton stories "Nothing is ho conducive In tho at tainment of maximum enjoyment mid NiitlHl'uclluii in the use of it molor cur its llio fuel (hut its axiom, trnnwinhv sioii, ditfoioutliil, Htcnrlui; p.our, springs nnd other vital purls am built of tho veryriiost mntoriiil obtainable iu the muikol," says It. K. Olds, prol dent of tho (oo Molor Car company, represented hero by Kims Kline. "Iu our ooiupleloly equipped mud era laboiatorv all the material used in the Ken the Filth is thonmghly tested. Not a gear, homing or other vital pail, own to the minutest seiow, nut or bolt, outers into lis construe torn Ini measures up to the rigid Ken slaudaiil of slioiiKth mid huiduoss, Our gears are all carefully tested in a crushing machine, capable of filty toiiN pioMMiic. The usual lest is a hummer lent, whieb, to say Iho leas), in unscientific and inexact, "Iu our crushing iimolinio we loam oMiotlv what a gear will sliiuil, Hole lies one of Iho seerels why the Keo the Fifth mude so oniaho a toeoiil as official pilot oar iu the last (Hidden tour fioui New York In ,laok.nuills. "The diameter of the rear ulo has been euluiged mid the n.vlc shafts aio built of nickel steel. It H subjected to chemical analysis, to crushing, to gear tests mul to tests of (ensile slteiigth. 'I'ho weakness of most oars is found in the rear a-xlo. Nothing in our inochuuisui shows a larger margin of safely. Nothing has uioie exact scientific attention. ''The differential gears have bosu greatly iinprincd. The gears are made homier Hum ever hofnic The ditferonlial is designed for forty-five horsepower. With a tlilrty-horscpow-or motor this leaves a wide margin of safety iu one of the most vital pnrto of the ear. Demonstrates In Snow. Despite tho snow of 'Iliursdny morning, dealers wore demeiiHtrntlin: eais. Union, the Overland mnit, has three pontile out In tils runabout. Mr. dates Is expecting n big touring car, "the big green fellow." next week. Legal blanks at the Mcdford Print lug company. the closing phase of a tight that has ! 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