The Sunday Oregonian., February 11, 1912, SECTION FOUR, Page 4, Image 50

TILE .SUXDAV.. OREGOMAN, PORTLAND, FEBRUAItY 11, 1912.
BIG MONEY SAVED
BY USE OF TRUCKS
Tests Prove Contention, but
. Good Generalship Is Fac
tor in Results.
EXPERT'S ADVICE NEEDED
Comparison of Horse ' iJauIage anil
Motor-Car Work Is Absolutely
.Vcreary to- G Ilemt
Facts of Problem.
BT WALTER WAROROP.
Preconceived . ldeaa reapectlnir the
economic, superiority of one or another
of the power wajron type, ran wnen
pot to the teat of ezpertence. The gaa
ollne reblcle Is beet. The electric e
hlrle In more eultable. The steamer
alone will do the work. The gasoline
machine with electric transmission pre
sents the true combination of ad
vantages. According to the nature of
the work to be done, each of these as
sertions may hold good, or prove
wholly false. In general, all are faUe,
If human labor were not an Impor
tant factor In . all transportation sys
tms It might be possible to generalize.
Wltii human labor to consider, and the
human shortcomings In grappling with
new tniia-h-elmrWe problems; It is not
senerallxina- but generalship that Is re
nulred. generalship In the selection of
ones battalions.
fewer Waarwaa Prew Ussnler.
It may be accepted as a truth that
power wagons of any type will per
form any work morn cheaply than It
ran be accomplished by horses and
agoti. If they can do It at all. If they
an do It all the 'year round, and-If
tiiey are properly treated..
The first "If" may be eliminated bv
tet: the second, through knowledge of
rilmate and roads; tbe third has noth
ing to do with the, choice of the type,
except In so fsr as local conditions may
render It "easier to obtain help and
nutrk repairs for the or.eratlon of.ona
type than for another.
The electrlo system'' -thrives belt,
economically and otherwise, when It
does all ttra work In establishments
where maintenance may.be conducted
with, an extreme of method and pre
cision. The gasoline wagon seems to
tolerate the proximity of the horse
more willingly, but the difference be
tween the types In- this respect prob
ably Is more fancied than real, or, at
all events, not of permanent validity.
In es vxbllshments where horse and mo
tor wagons are maintained In large
numbers It Is good policy to Separate
the equipment.
Go4 Results Obtained:
Rut no dogma on this subject will
hold true under all circumstances. The
owner of a small plant, who has per
sonally familiarised himself with the
Jbest .rules for -treaftnent and main
tenance of the mechanical equipment.
Ti fluently obtains excellent reau'ts
from a ' vehicle which under strictly
' ro.'norit management It would be In
advisable to employ.
' Whether the choice falls on one type
r the other, or on both: whether the
'machines are to be auxiliary to the
-' horse and wagon system, or must pcr
"form all transportation the year round.
- the experience of the past declarea
unequivocally that proper treatment
" ts the ' principal and. Indispensable
"' source of economy. The "best" power
' wacon. then. Is the one which Is
treated most nearly In accordance with
Its nature, other considerations being
Insignificant In comparison.
, " Track's I.lfe la Laa
-.- A machine which Is actively operated
. f and fully loaded must necessarily 1e
'. predate in value more quickly than
one which la lightly loaded and sent
Into service with comparative lnfre
quency. Kxparlenre teaches that from 100. COO
to 150.000 miles Is not too much to ex
feet from well designed models, the
.Jatter figure representing the perform
ance of machines which have good en
gineering and receive expert admlnla
Utratlve attention. On this presump
tion a two-ton truck traveling 60 miles
a day for 100 days in the year would
have a certain useful life of 10 years
and the depreciation charge would be
10 per cent per annum. In the face of
such a conclusion, how absurd It Is to
charge depreciation at 14 or 30 per
cent per annum.
Moath'a Test Is Made.
A well-known firm employing; about
60 two and three-horse wagona In one
of the Eastern distributing depots, be
ing anxious to know If its local haul
age could be accomplished more eco
nomically by motors than by draft anl
mala. concluded to let a transportation
expert decide the Issue. -
For a month the investigation was In
progress. When It was ended the firm
was told that 40 mechanical units or
three and a half and five tons rating
would perform the work of the horee
equipment. It was also demonstrated
that from the sale of the horse equip
ment and the saving to be derived from
the employment of the motors the In
vestment In the latter could be retired
within two-years, and that thereafter
the machines would pay f per cent an
nually on a capitalisation almost three
times as large aa that represented by
their original cost.
Blar Firaa Saaplaata Haraes.
- Just, a word as to the economy of an
all-motor service. . After carefully com
puting all coats of delivery for Its
New York establishment Glmbel Bros,
reached the conclusion that the service
could be operated at an annual cost of
II 49.000. Its transportation experts
found that to operate an - equivalent
draft animal service would require an
utlsy of 1280.000.
There waa bere a saving of $111,000
annually from the mass application of
machlnea. Put differently, the m
chine service la 4S per cent cheaper
than the horse service.-
FORM"
IS UPSET
Speed Maniacs Drive Faster
Than "Fanatic's" Dream.
LONG GRIND TESTS NERVE
POLICY IS SALES FACTOR
SATISFIKD C.n OWNER BEST
AITOJIOBILK SALESMAN.
E. Crowe Declare?) Keeping of
Certain Rule Es.entlal to
Dealer' Sncce.
"Serving- the public has reached
stsge whera It has become a science,-!
says L. E. Crowe, of the Crowe Auto
Company, distributer for the Marlon,
K-K-I-T. Rambler and Stutz. 'To maka
a business a success, both present and
ultlmste. there are certain well-defined
rules which must be followed. If they
are not, ultimate failure Is Just aa sure,
on the other band, as auccess would
be If he had followed the straight and
narrow path of the rules laid down. -
'It mattera not whether the business
be that of selling motorcars or some
other, the indlvlduala composing? the
general public are the same and each
has his particular idiosyncrasies, and
It is to meet these that we must ob
serve certain rules. These rules may
in ' a general way be designated as
policy.
"Rambler policy begins at the fac
tory in the selection of raw materials
for the construction work, and follows
the Individual machines right through
life..
"One customer will come In and com
plain that a bearing on a rar he has
been running for three or four years
lias gone out, snd thst after a careful
examination he has reached the con
clusion that there was a defect In Its
construction. The more he thinks about
It the more firmly convinced he be
comes that it Is so. Now. as a simple
matter of Justice, a man who haa run
a car for three or four years certainly
has no claim of structural defect, but
aa a matter of policy In a case of this
kind we hand him over another part
and charge It to policy.
"The value of the right kind of policy
Is no more better demonstrated than
In the automobile business. The best
plan la to go to a little extra expense,
when necessary. In order to satisfy a
'klrker.' There is no salesman like the
satisfied owner.
"Some people think It pays to do
business with strangers. It does. But
It pays much better to make friends
of the strangers and build np a clientele
from pure good will which you have
gotten from policy."
Constant . Breaking of Records
Causes Requirements for Entry
to Race to Be. More
Stringent.
What is the limit of speed to be at
tained by the automobile and when
will that limit be reached? '
Experts have endeavored for years to
answer this question, and eadh suc
ceeding year haa brought forth a new
answer.- until it seemed that the last
word had been' said. But again and
again some special speed creation baa
upset all of the prophecies made as to
speed limitations, until now the wise
ones refuse to make predictions.
It would seem that Bob Burnam,
world's speed monarch, had about
solved the problem when he reeled off
a dlxzy mile In 25.40 seconda on the
Daytona Beach course, but now the In
trepid Michigan boy comes out with
the statement that he will accomplish
the speed of three miles a minutes this
coming season.
Blar Sarprlse Spraas.
It la highly probable that human en
durance Is the only regulator of the
speed which a motorcar will attain for
the mile or two-mile distance, but when
the speed limit of a motorcar for 500
miles comes up for discussion another
factor enters into consideration. Last
Memorial Day at Indianapolis 40 big
motor speed marvels started Out to
cover the five-century distance in a
contest with time and each other. Ex
perts said that TO miles an hour for ths
long grind would be wonderful speed
quality, while others thought that 65
miles an hour would mark the limit. A
few guessed that the winner might do
72 miles an hour, and one or two who
were said to be fanatics on the sub
ject estimated the average speed at 74
miles an hour..
Ray Harroun and Cyrus Patschke In
their Marmon "Wasp" covered the S00
miles In ( hours. 42 minutes and 8 sec
onds an average speed of 74.61 miles
per hour. The timing was questioned,
but the Warner Instrument showed that
It had registered truly along with a
half acore of the best watches, and tha
record went down aa a part of motor
car racing history.
Illaer Speed Xecessary.
Now comes another chance for the
experts to prophesy what will happen
when 20 big cars start out to do ths
half-thousand-mile route again.
The speedway race promoters have
anticipated the increased speed by mak
ing the qualifying requirements even
greater than they were for last year,
every contestant who starts In the race
being required to make a full lap of
the 2H-mile brick track In two min
utes, or at the rate of 76 miles per hour.
This will not trouble those who enter,
however, for they know the require
ment' and that they can meet It before
their entries are made.
As sn example, Howard Wilcox In a
big blue National has been reeling off
laps at an average speed of about 90
miles per hour on the speedway course
during the biting cold Winter weather,
and he believes he can coax more speed
out of his car when the weather does
not work such physical hardship upon
him. Others who have been working
out their cars have found that the
speed requirement is easy to meet, but
none of them knows Just how fast he
can travel or how long his rar will
Stand the strain. All of this they will
learn, however, long before the start
of the long race next May.
Non-Stop Record Made.
A world's non-stop motor truck rec
ord was established when the thr
and one-half-ton truck ended 336 hours
of day and night service without the
stopping of Its motor. This run. which
Is considered on of the most extraordi
nary ever undertaken, came to a close
after 14 days of continuous duty for the
WORLD'S SPEED KINGS MAY SETTLE
QUESTION OF SUPREMACY ON TRACK
-Barney Oldfield and Bob Burman, Who Are Acknowledged to Be the Greatest Racing Drivers Ever Developed,
Anxious to Drive Against Each Other to Dec ide Who Has Right to Title of Championship.
No-Rim-Cut Tires
(10 Oversize)
1
127 Leading Makers
Adopt Them
Motor car makers the best judges of tires have over
' .whelmingly come to Goodyear tires.
In 1910 we sold to 44 makers.
In 1911 we sold to 64 makers. '
For this year we have contracts from 127 of the leading
motor car makers.
Our sales to users in the past two years have increased
by 500 per cent.
Last year's sales alone exceeded the previous 12 years
put together. "
That is the result, after tens of thousands of users have
tested out these tires. . Can you think for a moment that
your verdict would differ?
Outsell All Other Tires
Last year we aold'409,521 tin
enough to equip 102,000 cars. To
meet this year'a- demand we have
increased our capacity to 3,800 tires
daily.
No other tire compares in sales
with this patented tire today. That
tells you how users approve them.
No Extra Price
Users once paid one-fifth extra to
get Goodyear No-Rird-Cut tires.
Now they cost the same as other
standard tires. ,'
They make riro-cuttinn impossi
ble. They are 10 per cent oversize.
Vnder average conditions, they cut
tire bills in two.
Vet these patented tires cost noth
ing more than the old-type clincher
tires of any standard make.
What They Do
No-Rim Cut tires get rid of rim
cutting entirely.
With the hooked-base tire rim
cutting is common. Statistics show
that 23 per cent of all ruined clincher
tires are rim-cut.
Such a tire, if punctured, may be
wrecked in a single block.
All the worry all this expense
is ended forever with No-Rim-Cut
tires.
Then No-Rim-Cut tires are 10
per cent oversize.
That means 10 per cent more air
10 per cent added carrying capac
ity. It saves the blow-outs due to
overloading.
It means an over-tired car. "And
that 10 per cent oversize, under
average conditions, adds 25 per cent
to the tire mileage.
The Final Tire
No-Rim-Cut tires are the final re
sult of 13 years spent in tire making.
Better tires are impossible. In
fabric and formula, method and
process they are close to perfection
as close as men ever will get.
Add to that fact the No-Rim-Cut
feature add the oversize feature
and judge what a tire you get. That's
why it outsells all Others.
Our new Tire Book is filled with
facts which motor car owners should
know. Ask us to mail it to you.
ftOODJSYESR
No-Rim-Cut Tires
With or Without
Doable-Thick Non-Skid Treads
THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER CO.. Akron. Ohio
PORTLAND BRANCH
62 Seventh Street Phones: Main 2190, A 4046.
United States Express Company. It
was a performance filled with many
thrills almost a continuous battle with
snow, Ice rain or frlpld weather. The
truck encountered and successfully
overcame conditions thst horses were
unable to cope with. It . consistently
ascended the steepest grades In the vi
cinity under its own power when the
hills presented a surface of glassy
smoothness.
HEW DELIVERY GAR OUT
FLANDERS "20" JOIN'S RANKS
OF MERCHANTS' AUTOS.
(V- " 1
BARAKT OLDFIELD, AT THE W
IIKFI. OF THR SEW COI.K" R 4CIXQ MACHINE,
WITH HIS HIVAL, BOB HI KM AN.
ENJOYING
SPIN'
D, Barney Oldfield. the still Idolized
automobile speed- kin IT. '-and Bob
Burman. the itold-crowned auto
mobile record-smkeher. pelt when
they rss by?
This question has been uppermost In
numerous American ' motorUfs"" minds
and has often been the subject for In
teresting; discussion In automobile
clubs thre-ushout the country. To set
tle all doubts, officials of ths Cola
Motor Car Company recently loaned
the two speed klnas the new ltlj Colo
.speed nio'lel. anil ihe two men. who
-bate driven automobiles the fastest of
anr human In" America, went out rid
Inc. Oldfield and Burman are friendly.
Both take an Interest' In each other's
work. Burman has made most of his
records In the powerful Blitien Bens
his manager purchased from Barney
Oldfield. It was this same car that
Oldfield used to make many automo
bile contests excltln-.
Although the two are friendly, both
have one bis; object In their mind.
Many automobile racetrack enthusiasts
hope to see It materlaliie this year.
OldfleM wants to race Purman and
Burman want to race Oldfield. Ooulp
In automobile circles Is strong; that Old
field will be reinstated by the triple A
this year. If this occurs, the two speed
k.nas ' will early match themselves
against each other for the supremacy
of the American automobile track. Old
field rays be has lost none of his old
racing; fever. He admires the work
Burman haa done, and says he knowa
of no one he would rather see ret tha
credit for speed king- that Burman.
Both Burman and Oldfield paid con
siderable attention to the speed models
shown by American manufacturers at
the automobile shows and were al
lowed to try out-several of the -cars.
Studobaker .Machine Has Carrying
Capacity of 1000 Pounds and
Ample Storage Space.
Showing to a marked degree the ad
vance that la being- steadily made to
ward symmetry and strength In com
mercial vehicle building, a Flanders
"20" delivery car has just made Its ap
pearance at the varloua retail stores
of the Btudbaker corporation.
This car is somewhat ot a noveny.
romlnc as it does from a company
whli-h. at Its Detroit plants, has here
tofore built . nothing but passenger
cars. Its advent Is also interesting in
the fact that the Flanders "20" deliv
ery car gives a practical demonstration
of versatile team work between the
Studebaker plants at Detroit and South
Bend.
While the chasela is. of course, made
in the Detroit shops, the body is a
South Bend product, designed, made
and finished by one of the most ex
perienced coach builders in the world.
The line's of the Flanders "20" de
livery car differ somewhst from the
conventional type of "camel-back" con
struction. This allows a paneling
scheme, which adds materially to the
beauty of the car. The right side of
the body continues In a straight line
to the dash, giving permanent protec
tion to the driver, as well as increas
ing the sturdy qualities of the csr.
Plate glass windows in the sides and
rear and full equipment on all models
sre added features of the Flanders
"20" .delivery car.
The known pulling power of the
Flanders "20" motor has enabled the
bodv designers of the delivery car to
give it considerably more carrying
space than Is commonly found In de
livery cars. All the dimensions are
very generous.
. In the assignment of a carrying ca
pacity up to 1000 pounds, the Stude
baker engineers hsve remained well In
side the safety factor. A chassis of
this type last Summer carried a load
of over 1500 pounds from Seattle to
Haselton, B. C. a Journey of over liOO
miles, and made Its way through 400
miles of wilderness where no wheeled
vehicle had ever gone before.
LEAGUE OFFICERS CHOSEN
As-ricu'toral Experiment Body - Has
Session at Corvallls.
OREGON' AGRICULTURAL. COL
LEGE. Corvallls. Feb. 10. The annual
meeting of the Oregon Agricultural Ex
periment Leagues waa held this week.
The retiring president. Leonard Car
penter, of Medford, spesklng on tha
advantages of the league to the whole
agricultural community, pointed out
the splendid results which have been
achieved In other states through
leagues of a similar nature. The re
port of Secretary Stanton Grlffls was
read and showed that the league Is
growing both In numbers and in In
fluence. A. J. Johnson, president of
the Benton County National Bank and
treasurer of the league, reported a bal
ance of $184. So on hand.
The following officers were elected
f-Ertckerson, of Hood Bl-ver;- ecretary, ,
R. D. Hetsel. director of the extension
division at Oregon Agricultural Col
lege; treasurer, A. J. Johnson, presi
dent of the Benton County National
Bank: vice-presidents. H. W. Hamlin,
White Salmon; R. H. Parsons. Medford;
E. B. Raddant. Slleta; R. W. Allen, Her
mlston; directors. X. T. Aubrey. Cot
tage Grove: F. S. Bailey, Ontario; A.
L. Chamberlain, Newberg; Dr. J. F.
Morel, Portland; Claude Nosier, Bridge;
F. C. Relmer, Talent; M. Van Huyster.
Hermiston, and director of experiment
station, J. Withycombe, of Corvallls.
Vancouver to Subscribe $2500..
VANCOUVER, Wash.. Feb. 10. (Spe
cial.) At a meeting of the board of
governors of the Commercial Club here
last night the interstate bridge was the
principal subject of discussion. Van
couver has been asked to subscribe
$2500 as Its part of the $5000 required
for the preliminary soundings and
plans. A. M. Blaker. of the Board of
County Commissioners, suggested that
the county appropriate $1000, the city
J1000 and that 1500 be obtained from
public subscription. This Idea was in
dorsed and city officials said there was
little doubt of such a measure passing
the Council.
Warren
Delivery
C
ar - -
Everyone who thinks realizes
that these are motorcar days,
' The up-to-date merchant now
delivers poods with an auto
delivery car.
It -has been demonstrated
that Warren Delivery Cars
have increased business 50
per cent for their owners.
A shipment of these cars just
received. They have demount
able rims one extra over
side tires.
Price $1450
at Portland.
Portland-Detroit
Auto Co.
J. E. MAXON, Manager
Fourteenth and Couch Sts.
Phones Marshall 15C5, A 2103
"Lost Your Bearings?"
We Have All Standard Sizes
for Automobiles
Archer & Wiggins Company
Oak Street, Corner Sixth
Dispensers of Auto and Sporting Goods
AlMIN
Auburn Motor Car Co.
ROBT. SIMPSON, Mgr.
505-7 Burnside Street
A 7339. Main 2674;
BALLOU 8 WRIGHT
Largest Stock '
Automobile Accessories
M. & W G. & J. and Hartford
Tires, Monogram Oils
80-82 Sevanth Su Cor. Oak. Portland, Or.
Atterbury Truck
Columbia Carriage & Auto Works, Agts.,
209-211 Front Street. Phone Main 2892.
General Auto Repairing. Bodies and Wheels Built to Order.
BOWSER
GASOLINE and OIL TANKS
storage: systems for pi'blio ad pri
vate: UlUbEN
. D. Stoddard. AstSUS Columbia Hlds. Main 14.9
Crowe Auto Co.
Sixteenth and Alder Streets
RAMBLER STUTZ MARION
MAIS TRUCK (Gear Driven)
The Best American-Made Truck
Distributers for Oregon and Southern Washington.
K-R-I-T
JOHN DEERE PLOW CO.
Northwest Distributors,
EAST MORRISON AND SECOND STS.
Phones: E. 3887, B 1625.
M " U ' The car that comes fully equipped
ji1 (iJ? tf B $ Best for the Money
Ford Motor Car Agency
A. J. Edwarda, Sec. aad Mgr. E. 8ta and Hawthorne Avenue. Phone Eat 048.
TIRES
Vnleanlxlnc Retreading. R. E. BLODG ETT. 20-31 N. 14th. Main 7003.
OVERLAND CARS
J. W. LEAVITT & CO.
Si.D-531 VanhlnRton St. '
Dlstrlbntora for Oregon, 'Washington, California and Nevada.
THE AMERICAN
1912 CNDERStllNG.
A Car for the Dlacrlmlnatlna; Few The Safest Car on Earth.
GARAGE STORAGE REPAIRING.
Nob Hill Garage & Auto Co., Inc.
SO-SO Kearner St., Between Twenty-f lrat and Twenty-aecond.
APPERSON STEARNS REO
NORTHWEST AUTO CO.
DISTRIBUTORS
F. W. VOGLER, President
Fifteenth and Alder Sts. Phones Main 7179, A 4959.
PREER CUTLERY & TOOL CO.
Headquarters for Shop Supplies
and Automobile Tools
74 SIXTH AND 3H OAK STREETS
Schacht Motor Car Co.
COMMERCIAL AND PLEASURE CARS
COR. FIFTH AND HOYT STS.
Our Motto: "Quality and a Square Deal"
Western Hardware & Auto Supply Co.
SEVENTH AND PINE STREETS
"Vulcanizing, Hardware and Auto Supplies.
Phones: Main 8S28. Home A 2016.
PENNSYLVANIA VACUUM CUP TIRES for
fr" pery streets are
1 THE BEST NON-SKID tires IN THE WORLD.
They will not skid in any direction
and are guaranteed for 4000
miles actual service.
A. J. WINTERS CO., Agents
67 6th Street, Bet Oak and Pine
Auto Supplie.
Auto Tire and Tube Repairing
ill