The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current, January 26, 1913, SECTION FOUR, Image 49

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Newspaper Page Textthe sunday: oregonian. Portland, January 20, 1913. RUMOR SAYS THREE A'S DEATH IS HEM GIGANTIC MOTOR TRUCK DISPLAY ARRESTS ATTENTION OF NEW YORK Power Vehicles Hold Spotlight in Metropolis for Week Annual Nation Show Closes After Most Successful Exhi bition in History of Infant Division of Automobile Industry. ; 400 400 LESS ; pAhts Crisis Reached in Bolt Southern California Motorists. of HEAVY DUTY LESS MOTOR TRUCK PART5 An All-Siar Assoml Standard Products TRUCK CONTEST PLANNED Power-Wagon Reliability Run In Connection With Glldden Tour Taken as Indication of Real Conditions. NEW YORK, Jan. 25. The Ameri can Automobile Association, that auto- nomous. self-perpetuating, close corpo ration, which has In the past ruled the motor world with such an Iron hand. Is on Its last lefts, according: to a ru mor current In New York which will not down. The clay underpinning: of the colossus consists of the customary financial deficit which the organization has again plied up this year, but which, contrary to custom, no affiliated body ct manufacturers stands ready to wipe out this time. In years past the National Associa tion of Automobile Manufacturers in recognition of the services rendered by the A. A. A. in the enforcement of racing rules, has always stood ready to cancel the annual shortage, usually amounting to about 117.000 or (18,000. This year, however, the practice will not prevail. The A. A. A. is, tnereiore. not only hard up for coin, but in debt as well. It Is reported. The liabilities of the association nat urally consist mainly of salaries due Its various high-priced officials, such as A. G. Batchelder and Charles Terry. each of whom has been getting about $(000 annually for a number of years. These men. who, with an inner circle of their friends, practically compose the A. A. A., are not In the game for . the love of It. With no money forth coming. It Is, therefore, not anticipated that they will be interested any long er. When they go out the A. A. A. which they compose, goes- out with them. Loose Tactics Scored. To make matters worse, the fast and loose manner in which the A. A.. A. has been playing with Its various affiliated organisations, such as the state auto mobile clubs throughout the country, whose annual contributions to the cen tral body have done much to keep It alive, has queered It with many of these local enterprises In such a man ner as to threaten to shut off all the revenue from these sources. Thus the Philadelphia organization is peeved because the A. A. A. Instead of making the Buffalo tribe pay its full quota of 11.60 per man. as the Quaker City outfit has been doing, agreed to let It donate a lump sum of 9500 annually, regardless of the num ber of members, in order to keep It in good standing. Now the A. A. A. with its "let not your left hand know what your right hand Is doing" tactics ex posed, finds Itself between the devil . and the deep sea. No matter how It attempts to square Itself, It is In wrong. Various compro mises, on the basis of a sliding scale system, per hundred of membership, have been suggested by A. A.. A. offi cials, but without success as yet. The upshot of the matter may be that both Buffalo and Philadelphia will split away from the central organization. It is said. If some of the Independent activities of the A. A. A. had proved remunera tive, all might yet be well, but unfor tunately such Is not the case. It Is re ported. It is believed that salaries ate up the profits. The only other source of income, that resulting from the granting of sanctions for race meets, is said to have totaled 16000 for the last season. Strangely enough, this Is the exact amount which was formerly paid Samuel Butler, chairman of the contest committee. William Schimpf. the present lnoumbent of the office, re ceives no remuneration for his services, but works for the love of the sport. Hence the present showing. Six thous and dollars, of course. Is only a drop In the bucket. Crisis Is at Hand. Matters finally came to a crisis. It Is reported. In connection with the re cent squabble of the A. A. A. with the newly-formed Western Automobile Association, of Los Angeles, as well as the struggle it had with New Orleans In an effort to retain the bonus which the Crescent City had paid It to secure the Glidden tour of direful memory. These difficulties were met for the time being, by outlawing the W. A. A. and voting a return of the money to New Orleans. . The A. A. A. thus weak ened Itself at one stroke both In num bers and In cash, at a time when it could least afford It. At present the proposition has set tled down to a waiting game, the chief waiters being the A. A. A. officials who are waiting for some one to come along and hand them their salaries Inasmuch as there Is no Immediate prospect of any easy money, and, a lot .of trouble seema to be brewing, many think that the wait will end by the A. A. A. giving up the ghost. The present plan of the organization to merge a truck reliability contest with the next Glldden tour, which has been broached to the National Automo bile Association. Is held by many to be the last despairing stab of the A. A. A. to reseenre the outside support wblch In the past has kept the breath In Its body. Should this plan. fail. It is thought that all will be lost. DOGS GO TO POVXD IX STYLE San Francisco Canines Given Joy Hide After Being Caught. In San Francisco, the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals has provided a novel way In which muzzle less canines are taken to the public pound. A Federal chassis equipped with a spacious body suitable for car rying the dogs operates dally through out the streets of San Francisco, cap taring the unfortunate "perpa." The body is divided into ten divisions for keeping the dogs separate the hounds from the poodles and the vicious from th meek. This truck carries three men. Im pounding hounds, over the hilly streets very day. It has been In operation for six monthts, averagees 1000 miles per month at a cost of $1 a day. The auto displaced a wagon on which were used four horses, working in relays two In the morlng and two in the af ternoon. The reduction In expense has been a great saving to the society and more than offsets the depreciation on the auto. Howard Manager Returns. Mel G. Johnson. Northwestern man ager of the Howard Automobile Com pany returned yesterday from Cali fornia. He reports business is brisk, especially in Los Angeles. While in San Francisco Mr. Johnson Induced C. S. Howard, head of the firm, to increase his allotment of Bulcks, despite the fact that Caiifornlans are taking ail the cars they can buy. ;lJrte jmh ' faa Lifer xsj . mv DEMOUNTABLE 80DY I I "utif-O "'- (D ) ) ,'il! b Iff Kxr-m vnRlf: Jan. 25. (SDeclal.) Another chapter of automobile history wa finished tonight when the annual National truck show closed, after the most successful week of business yet recorded. Sixty-eight different makes. with S00 distinctive models, comDineo. to make the display the most gigantic and thorough ever staged. These machines ranged in load capacity from 600 pOUnflS to IV luus 1U1U ail V $500 to i600. xii Atnmnhl1a the HmOUslneS and the touring cars on exhibition all last week at Madison Square Garden and Grand Central Palace yieioea their place to the commercial vehicles trAv Th mncmitudA of the bUSl- ness show was staggering in its pro portions. PUD11C interest as ""' ed from the start and held throughout loo weeft. The exhibition proved beyond a doubt that one of the notable features of the automobile Industry in tnis couniry i . , . v. n MmD.Vhlii tfievel- opment of the commercial vehicle. The commercial car is lorginB -. nTi aa thn nleasure 1ST Kimci . 1 " - car in ine , In fact, the exhibition showed that in number of manufacturers tnis pnt the industry has already outstripped the pleasure car side and it Is said that there are more makers of com mercial vehicles than of automobiles for recreation purposes. Durinff the last built and according to the exhibitors. this output is to be more tua.ii uvuu.. In the. coming year. Coat of Delivery Low. ... LH.I.AM .i vtraA thA lOW COSt Of l ne iiuiuh"" " - doing work with power wagons. The actual cost per ton mne with horses in a city is from 14 to 18 cents a ton with a double team and from 20 to 35 cents with a single horse. - . with motor a ne cost, per wi - - trucks, all Items of overhead expenses Included, Is sbjo to do iram cents for a flve-ton truck jo 11 i- cents ior n ij, , ment store work with electric Vf hides the cost of delivery vanes irora awm cents to 10 cents pr pacnage. t - M cr worlr -with X no 1VN Cs7 VD . vs. wv.es power wagons. It is pointed out. is only one of the advantages realized from their use. Their Increased speed and mileage capabilities enable a store to reach out into new territory iu mu tant to be served by horse delivery and to caln new customers by quicker service. The exhibitors said that mo tor vehicles were more aepenaauie i"u horses in bad Winter weather. Buying from a rename manumciui-er aa another point strongly urged at the show. Weak Flrsas Feared. t . WA iinTTtRA but unsafe for merchant or shipper to buy trucks produced by Arms tnai are eimer " financially or not firmly intrenched in a motor truck business," said one mo tor truck dealer. "Successful motor truck transportation is assured by financial strength, long manufacturing xperlence and a nne proauci. .mi a r. failure STS lll- lIBttWu'ulullu ' " ' evltable if the Installation is based on the Impractical warranties. rebates, free rentals and other alleged induce ments that are always a part of a frail enterprise. In the motor truck busi aa In many others. It Is easy to be misled. The industry has received boundless praise. out i . there has grown up a serious evil in the lack of discrimination in buying trucks. "Certain evils are a i moat luirpsn e from ever-growing enterprises. , i Kv thA raff T n r almost IWMJ, laiun-u J any truck will render service for a brief period, a numoer oi m-equippea manufacturers nave succeeawi mmum Deding the sober Judgment of some buyers. The result has been disas trous to the buyers. They can get neither service nor parts and the de mise of the maKer meant a great oe preclatlon In the value of the equip ment, as well as an expensive lapse of service." Coatroveray Still Ob. Tl.. a i rr at ihm KhOW foUlM him self In the midst of scores of compet- I . . r- V ..nAa ThA !tll D4.1H Which has split gasoline truckdom into two camps Is simple, it rises aitogetner from the position of the engine in re- i -. I iir1r hfwlv WhAthAI to carry the motor in front like the tour- a i n v .nA nacnnoim n n e' driver's seat that is the big quea- tlon. No one has given a final answer for it. The upholders or the unoer-tne-Don- net Or - J fv T that it is overwhelmingly better look ing than that of their opponents. which they call "snub-nosed. half- baked" and "unfinished looking. The supporters of the under-the-dashboaro or "U. I." type, say that to put a motor In front of a motor truck makes it a hybrid, a converted touring car and several other unsuitable things. Both sides agree that appearance counts In a sales total, but they can not come to an agreement on a defi nition of proper truck appearance. As both types of trucks were approved at the show. It seems that the buyers must also be divided into two classes on the appearance Issue. ' But the division of the truck manu facturers and dealers goes deeper than the surface and the externals. Here are a few of the things which- the advocates of the front motor system urge In support of their view: The construction of this type Is more nor mal. The chassis may be built like any other automobile framework and the logical place for the engine Is in the van. They argue that there Is more power la pulling than 1n push ing. The supporters of the "TJ. T." type bring forward In support of their con tention that the turning circle of this variety is less than that of the "U. B." They say that the over-all length is less by about 18 Inches. ; For this reason, it is asserted, much less side swiping Is probable and that their trucks can thread their way through THREE-wHceteo EPARATE . TRAIUFR I N OPERATION. crowded traffic with greater ease than the other. A. W. Robinson, prominent In the truck field, speaking of the trend of truck design, said:- "While I believe that the next year will undoubtedly ! ,ixr a .Tuinnmpnt alone mechanical lines, I think the changes will be more or less in the nature oi renneniema and I do not look for any radical changes as far as the chassis is con cerned. It is now generally realiaed that on lone hauls motor trucks are much cheaper than horses. In other words. It is realized that when the . I tn lnalnc ATuI 1 1 n 1 0 .11 i n HT Is not too large In comparison with the time spent in huling It Is Impossible for horses to compete wth motor trucks." The advantage of steel wheels for motor trucks was also pointea out. t was said that steel wheels are not only Indestructible but they are turned up In a lathe, so that their circumfer ence Is absolutely true and their diam eter Is unvarying no matter what weather' conditions may be. All the dealers expressed their be lief in a promising new season.. The demand, they said, is better than nor mal. Several of them said that they did not think that politics would in terfere with- business. 10 Oversize Two Million Used Mark this important fact. - The amazing demand for Goodyear tires is not any sudden sensation. It is based on experience with 2,000,000 tires, on at least a quartet-million cars. It is based on -13 years of use. Mileage figures only won for Goodyear tires this place. - Done tj Odometers Only Make no mistake.- Wis men In these days don't buy tires be - cause of names or claims.- - They are using odometers comparing tire mileage keeping track of tire upkeep. No tire today can outsell others unless It excels others. Two Savings ' Two .features In No - Rim - Cut tires mean an enormous saving. With old-type tires, statistics show that 23 per cent become rim-cut. This never occurs with No-Rim-Cut tires. Ten per cent oversize, under average conditions, .adds 25 per cent to the tire mileage. And No-Rlm-Cut tires exceed that oversize. Hundreds of thousands of motor-car owners have proved these vital facts. They have told the facts to others. '. Now we are making over 000 tires dally to meet the demand for Goodyears. Last year's demand by far ex ceeded tho previous 12 years put together. And the evidence is that this year's demand will call for two million of these Goodyear tires. Nearly half the new cars, made this year will go from the fac tories with them. It is time thatyou made com parisons, to know what these users know. Until then you waste a large part of your up keep. Ask any Goodyear user. Write for the Goodyear Tire Book l-ttb-year edition. It tells all kaowa ways to economise on tlrea. GoODjilAR uutoxcnio No-Rim-Cut Tires With or Without . Non-Skid Tread THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER CO., Akron, Ohio Tnls Company baa no rn!K-Uon wbaTer with any otker Vubberi concern which urn the Coodrear name. PORTLAND BRANCH 62 Seventh St. Phone Pac, Mala 5190, and Home, A. 40M. A Motor Truck embodying nothing but STANDARD conventional design in ALL PARTS. A highly efficient truck of 3, 4 and 5 -ton capacities. No "features," no new ideas, no unproved " theories" just "Standard" in EVERY detail and as safe to invest in as Government bonds. IF YOU ARE A "STANDARD" BUYER GET OUR PROPOSITION Prospective truck buyers will write for our catalogue before deciding on ANY truck. That catalogue makes the finest kind of reading. It tells HI an All Star Assembly of Standard Products" is Everlastingly BEST for you. A e 11 be .6 m,r-ir- p. .w . SO 3 st AKrn A-RJ) 5-ton camcitv trucks are offered to the discriminating buyer who has been delaying purchase because of price. Here is a well desigped and constructed 5-ton capacity truck for $2950 built for heavy duty, long-distance road freighting. It is built to "stay put" along lived motor truck which can be operated at minimum cost and purchased at low initial investment. $2950 Why Pay More? F. 0. B. Portland The STAND AED truck is constructed of the best materials obtainable Con tinental motor, Timken axles, etc. Your choice of 4 lengths of wheelbase - 12 lengths of loading space. Dealers are invited to correspond with us. 690 Washington Street Service Department 86 Tenth Street Largest Dealers in High - Grade Motor Trucks on the Pacific Coast i : : 1 1913 INBI Wo are now making deliveries of these wonderful Motorcycles. You should place your order early, so you will not be disappointed when fine riding season opens. Most Speed MostEnilurance Most Power Most Pleasure IMPROVEMENTS I!f THE 1613 INDIAN". The Outstanding feature of the 1913 INDIAN is the CRADLE SPRING FRAME, fitted to all models. This Is the most revolutionary and epoch-making departure from established systems of motorcycle P"n devices. Nothing like it has ever before been attempted. E?Bhteln months of severe test and Peren.tat'" by our engineering department was devoted to the perfecting of this new device. The- CRADLE SPRING FRAME is. briefly, the ap DlSation to the rear of the machine of the spring principle which has proved so successful during the past three years in connection with the front fork. Extending back horizontally from the frame-joint cluster below the saddle, flanking the rear mud suard. are two seven-leaf Chrome Vanadium steel springs The "C" shaped curls at the rear end of these springs are connected by stays to bell-cranks on which the fear axle is hung. The forward end of the rear fork has af hinge joint which enables the wheel to yield to imperfections of road surface. All shocks are corn Sly absorbed by the leaf springs The rear wheel an go through almost any vertical motion without affecting the body of the machine. There is no bot tom" to this spring device. - On tha roughest road the rider ts conscious only of the smooth" forward gliding motion The lightest or heaviest rider feels no jar, and the , Hf . of the machine is greatlv increased. The INDIAN MOTOCYLLb is now leafspring fore and aft. This marks the first de parture from the inefficient spiral spring system of yesterday. . . Big 4 H. P. -- -$215 Monster 7 H. r. Jji:tt In addition to the CRADLE SPRING FRAME, the 1913 INDIAN embodies- ten other important improve ments which will be appreciated by all riders. New Style Rlm Single Clinch type, permitting the use of either 2 -inch or 3-lnch tires. Larger Tlrea All 1913 INDIANS are equipped with 2-lnch tires as against the 214-Inch tires of 1912. The widening of forks both fore and aft also allows ample clearance for the use of anti-skid chains in addition to the larger tires. Wider Mod Guards With splashers to correspond, af fording complete protection in riding through oil or muddy roads. t Rear Chain Guard Covering upper stretch of long chain, giving perfect protection to chain, sprocket and band brake. lnii Carrier New type with tool bag at rear, fitted to all 1913 INDIAN models without extra charge. . Advantageous for commercial, tourist or general use. Foot Board Fitted to regular 4 H. P. and 7 H. P. INDIANS for 1913 In addition to pedals. This fea ture gives the rider a choice of two comfortable riding positions, with complete control of the ma chine assured in each instance. Foot Brake Lew A lever close to the left foot rest, now operating Corbin improved band brake with same action as pedals. Multiple DIkc Clutch Large size, as used on last year's 7 H. P. INDIANS, now fitted to all 1913 models. Saddle Improved INDIAN - Mesinger type, affording the rider a lower and more comfortable position. Two Speed 4 H. P. $290 Two Speed 7 H. P. $340 Northwest Distributers B ALLOU,'& WRIGHT 7th and Oak Sts Portland, Or. 817 E. Pike St, Seattle, Wash.