The Sunday Oregonian., May 18, 1913, SECTION FOUR, Page 6, Image 50

n. . ' - TIIE SUXPAY OREGOXIAy. PORTLAND, MAY 18, 191.. ,
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PUBIS FOR EARLY
POPE-HARTFOED CHEMICAL WAGONS ACCEPTED BY FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Announcement
Duplication Average Extreme
ly Hard for Auto Makers
to Calculate.
BUICK COMPANY PREPARED
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MODELS
Stock Kept CoTerin Certain Num
ber or Models Enables Manufac
turers to Supply Apparently
Insignificant rart.
Operation or no operation, one can
not keep Mel Johnson from talking; au
tomobiles. Even though he knew that
h was supposed to be resting; his
throat last week, he got on the topic
nf riunllcate Darts for earlier models.
which Is to some dealers the bane of
their lives, owing to the difficulty In
getting anything out of the ordinary
run of stocK repairs.
"It is one of the greatest problems
in automobile manufacture today, this
duplication of parts for the eariy moo.
Is," was his opening remark.
"Th lonarcr a concern has been In
business the greater becomes the prob
lem, because no amount of calculation
will enable the manufacturer to figure
it all accurately the character or num
aer of parts that are golnff to be re
quired. "It Is not hard to estimate the length
f rrvlc of the ordinary wearing part
giving a certain average number of
miles a year, or the approximate re
quirements of the average bearing, but
when it comes to the parts that have
no wear, which are broken only under
extraordinary circumstances, there Is
nothing on which to base production
and the stock to be kept on hand. The
manufacturer has to take a chance.
"I think the Bulck Motor Company
probably has come the nearest to solv
ing the problem, because we always
keep a duplicate stock covering a cer
tain number of models of every psrt.
no matter how Insignificant. This has
been done since the construction of -the
very first car. Records show that
some of the parts In stock never have
been called for. Maybe they never
will be, but if they are we'll have
them.
"The first car the Bulck. ever built
Is still running In and around Flint.
It has required parts, but no demand
has been made that the company
couldn't supply. That others are still
in service Is evidenced by the fact that
a few days ago an order was received
for a number of repair parts for a car
which bore the seventh number, and
records show that as far as repair
parts are concerned this Is the first de
mand this car ever made on the factory."
vVhat All the Row's About
IT'S quite amusing to go around among
I the dealers and ask them their opin
ion of the chances Iit the SOO-mile race
to he held the last of this tnonth at
Indianapolis. If the car they sell Is
' represented, they're willing to bet you
all the money In the world on It
speaking figuratively, of course; one
might get two-bits in speaking coin.
They won't hear anything else. On the
other hand, supposing their make of
car is not entered; they'll all tell you
wisely that it's an Impossibility to pick
a winner, as chance plays so prominent
a part. One thing is certain they will
all watch the performance of the two
Silent Knight motors.
Femininity has settled once for all the
' question as to who Is the best-looking
salesman In town. Everyone knows
there are many of them at the Overland
ihop. but Jack Gates must be awarded
the palm.
A lady called up the other day some
thing after this fashion:
'Automobile editor?"
"Speaking."
"Say. who Is that good-looking man
at the Overland place? Sells their cars."
"Which one. If you please?"
"Oh. you surely must know him; he's
thaolutely the best-looking man In
town."
"Couldn't he Jack Gates, could It?"
"Mr. Gates that's the name. Thank
you ever so much. Now. how could I
ever have forgotten it?" AH of which
would seem conclusive proof.
There are m,H kinds of athletes In the
motor business today men who have
made good records at one thing or the
other. One such is A. V. Davis, the
district manager for the Maxwell car.
lie's a man to steer clear of when It
comes to trouble. Davis used to do a
lot of boxing around the Great Lakes,
and can still make 1X3. "ringside. He
has a punch like "our Bud," and will
show some of 'em up at the Multnomah
Club.
The Wlnton is spreading out Into still
further fields nowadays. Bert Roberts,
who looks after the local branch like
a mother hen does her chicks, appar
ently had little difficulty in persuading
the taxlcab men what a Wlnton car
will do In the way of hard work, for
both the Portland and the Oregon Taxt
rab companies now number a Wlnton
among their cabs.
...
H. C Mann wore a smile on his re
turn from Seattle recently. Asked what
occasioned this display of mirth, he
laughed still more and then all he could
get out In spasms was: "Police offi
cials have given 'em leave to drive a
Stutx Just as fast as they like from
Tacoma to Seattle to break the record.
Just think of 'em coming up the busi
ness section at 100 miles an hour! Reg
ular rate the Stutx can go."
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HEW OWNER TOURS
Cross-Continent Trip Begun 6
Weeks After Purchase.
TROUBLE MET IS TRIVIAL
TOSDICK LEAVES IIVPP FIRM
IJirector of Sales AbolUhetl; Neigh
bors Continues as Sales Manager.
The Hupp Motor Car Company'an
nounces the resignation of Harry Fos
dick as director of sales. '
According to Frederick A. Harris, as
sistant general manager, who has ac
tive' supervision over the field policies
of the company, this position has been
abolished.
Mr. Harris said: "The abandonment
of the position of director of sales In
connection with the policy of this-company
will entail no further changes or
additions to the sates department. R.
G. Neighbors, the present sales man
ager, will continue In charge with his
present force. Mr. Neighbors Is now
returning from a three months' trip to
the Coast, during which he visited all
of the distributing cities and many of
the smaller towns, and also Inter
viewed hundreds of owners throughout
the West.
He reports that he has not met a
single dissatisfied owner on the entire
trip, and his statements of Hupmoblle
enthusiasm throughout the country are
verified by the fact that last month's
a!es nearly doubled the best previous
record or. any month in the history of
the Hupp Motor Car Company.
Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Cole Reach Port
land En Route From San Diego
to Lincoln, Nebraska, In Re
cently Bought OTerland.
An automobile owner, C B. Cole, of
Lincoln, Neb- drove Into Portland last
week, after completing the first leg of
what eventually will be a transconti
nental trip. At the conclusion of his
experiences he mentioned casually that
he. started this trip after owning the
car but six weeks.
"Got to have a lot of nerve to do a
thing like that," said one of his listeners.
"They say nerve 'will carry a man
through anything, anywhere, but you've
got to have an Overland besides," was
his reply.
Mr. Cole bought a 1913 Overland at
Los Angeles on April 4, as a present
for his wife. Until that day he had
never driven a car. When he left Ne
braska his choice of cars nad been
settled for him to all Intents and pur
poses by his friends, but his sole In
tention was to tour California, where
roads are good, with Mrs. cole, and
then ship the car home.
At San Diego Mrs. Cole first broacnea
the subject of continuing up the Coast
nd of eventually driving home.
"People all told me that I'd a lot of
nerve attempting this drive up the
Coast with a 6-weeks-old car at this
early season of the year. Maybe I
did. but I'd gained remarkable confi
dence In my car In that short time, and
so when my wife suggested this driv-
ng home I was 'tickled to death. She
reasoned it out that we'd been having
such a good time with the car and.
what is more to the point, having so
little trouble and expense, that It was
cheaper and much more comfortable
to keep on as we were going.
Full-fledged motorists, as tney now
coli Id consider themselves, they kept
ria-ht on us the Coast and reached Port
land, as' brown as berries, last uesday.
As soon as they had seen the city tney
made up their minds to tour tne ivorin
west before going back to Nebraska.
The whole trip up the Coast was
marred by but one puncture, by one
experience of running out of gas. which
necessitated a slx-mlle wane Dy .r.
Cole, and one heavy rain storm after
crossing the Oregon line.
Thev followed the coast line rrom
Los Angeles to. San Francisco, strik
ing the well-marked Pacific Highway
the rest of the way up tne coasi. me
only really bad roads encountered, ac
cording to the tourists, were through
Cow Creek Canyon, In soutnern ure-
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After a visit in poniana 01 a iew
days they will continue their Journej.
lolni first to Walla wana to visn
.ome of Mrs. Cole's relatives, then to
Spokane and on over the northern route
through Montana and the Dakotas to
their home In Lincoln. They undoubt
edly will have covered In the neighbor
hood of 10.000 miles by the time they
reach home. The reading of their
speedometer now Is 42S6. while at San
Diego the Instrument showed 2375.
wagon has been in use for more than
a year.
The acceptance of the Pope-Hartford
fire wagons marks the entry of these
high-grade machines in the Northwest.
They are said to be the highest grade
fire apparatus In use here and rpie
sent an Investment of 112,000. Tney
are finished In the same distinctive
manner as Pope-Hartford touring cars
and trucks.
Seattle is another Northwest city that
has recognized the merit of this make
of municipal automobiles, for there are
six popes in the city service there, ban
Francisco and Los Angeles likewise
have laid the foundation for a fleet of
automobiles by buying Popes, for there
are eight In use in each of them.
EUROPE NOT IN LEAD
NEW POPES STAND TEST
CITY ACCEPTS COMBINATION
CHEMICAL AXD HOSE WAGONS.
Of Two Police Autos Made by Same
Company, Patrol Wagon Has
Been Vsed Full Year.
Two Pope-Hartford combination
chemical and hose wagons were given
an official o. k. by the city's fire com
mittee last week. The big fire ap
paratus were accepted only after a
severe test on Portland's steepest hills
and on the Llnnton road.
While the fire committee last Mon
day afternoon carried on Its official
Investigation all speed laws were tem
porarily suspended. With C. K. King,
sales maanger of the Keats Auto Com
pany, at the wheel, one of the big
wagons was sent over the road so fast
that the speedometer couldn't climb up
far enough. The needle Indicating the
gait flickered for a moment, shot for
ward and stopped only when It reached
the figure of 69, the end of the dial. This
Is pretty fast, when It Is considered
that the fire apparatus weighs consid
erably more than two touring cars of
ordinary size.
Officials of the fire department ex
pressed themselves as pleased with
their new machines, appreciating the
worth of automobiles of the Pope
Hartford quality, and the service they
will obtain. The Pope-Hartford Is han
dled tn the Northwest by the H. L.
Keats Auto Company, with headquar
ters In Portland. This concern main
tains one of the most completely
equipped repair and service depart
ments, having a corps of expert me
chanics and carrying a stock of parts
of proportionate size.-
Four Pope-Hartford "municipal mod
els" now are In the service of the city.
Of the two police autos manufactured
by the Connecticut company, Uie patrol
SKIXXER, EX-MANAGER LOCAL
FORD BRANCH, HAS PLANS.
With Seattle Partner, Will Handle
Popular Car for Northwest;
Portland Is Central Point.
One of the most Important local an
nouncements made In automobile circles
this year came with the return last week
of H. C. Skinner from the Kast. The
retiring manager of the local Ford
branch announced that he resigned to
enter business here for himself and
that the new company, of which he Is
the head, will be conducted on a large
scale. While not giving out any defi
nite details of the arrangements he
has made. It is understood he has ample
backing and has secured the Pacific
Coast distribution for more- than one
car that is In pronounced demand.
Portland will be made headquarters,
with a branch In Seattle.
Little can be said now regarding the
details of the new company that Mr.
Skinner will launch. It is the plan to
make it a Coast proposition, event
ually extending Into California. Fo
the present, according to Mr. Skinner,
operations will be confined to Wash
ington and Oregon, with headquarters
In Portland and a branch house In the
Washington metropolis.
"My partner, one of the most promi
nent men In Seattle, is at present In
Alberta. Canada, and cannot return be
fore June 1." said Mr. Skinner, "'and
therefore I am not at liberty to give
out .any details. In facjt, many of the
details have yet to be arranged.
"Headquarters will be In Portland,
with a branch In Seattle. I will divide
my time between the two places.
"Definite plans will be announced
shortly after June 1."
Centralla Pupils Give Play.
CENTRALIA, Wash., May 17. (Spe
cial.) "Voices of Nature," an operetta
In five acts, was presented at the
high school auditorium Friday night
by the pupils of the eighth grade. The
house was packed.
American Auto Makers Top
World, Says J. N. Willys.
CONSERVATIVE AIM SEEN
President of Willys-Overland Com
pany Says Statement Is Not to Be
Taken to Mean Old World Is
Not Making Advance.
Although they are fast awakening to
the Importance of quantity production,
it will be years before European auto
mobile manufacturers can hope to com
pete with the American maker of medium-priced
motor cars. This is the
word brought by John N. Willys, pres
ident of the Willys-Overland Company,
of Toledo, O., on his return from a tour
of Europe extending over several
months.
"Europe, and especially1 England, is
well aware of the fact that, without
quantity production, they are far out
classed when In competition with the
United States In the manufacture or
medium-priced but high-grade cars,
said Mr. Willys, as soon as he got
back last Friday. "The conservatism of
centuries of Intensive farming and in
tensive manufacturing methods has
done Its work.
Europe Advances Rapidly.
"Though a few of the really progres
sive makers of the old world are keen
to give the Americans an argument
alone: ouantlty production lines, they
are finding it difficult to Interest suf
ficient capital to launch tneir enter
prise on a really aggressive basis. And,
from all appearances, it will be several
years before they can accomplish their
purpose,
"This must not be taken to mean
that Europe is not advancing In the
motor car Industry. It is, and tnai
rapidly. In my tours of various plants
In Italy, France and Germany, espe
cially, I gathered a number of excel
lent Ideas which will be adapted to
American manufacture with good re
sults. I will devote much of my time
In the immediate future to the devel
opment and Improvements of these
Ideas, and I am sure American motor
ists will welcome them.
American Road. 'Worse.
"I am more than glad to be back at
home, for no matter how much enjoy
ment and knowledge one may gain in
traveling and studying. thre Is noth
ing like "being In harness' to keep a
man happy. Europe Is all very well as
Motor
Cars
After months' negotiating we have bought the
MARION Agency from The Marion Sales Co. of Ore
gon. Why have we waited for the MARION, when
there are a dozen lines wo could get without costing us
a cent? Because we have watched the MARION per
form, we have talked to MARION owners and have
not heard one of them express dissatisfaction, not a
single one has had a big repair bill as far back as 1910.
Our Mr. E. E. Cohen has seen the cars built at the
factory and they are built right and not merely assem
bled; that is the reason why we bought the MARION
agency. "Ye cordially invite all MARION owners to
bring their cars in for a free inspection. Our Service
Department will take care of your wants with the
same courtesy which we extend to Maxwell owners.
United Auto Co.
522-528 Alder Street, Corner Sixteenth
Phones Main 4337, A 7171
a playground and an occasional study
place for the purpose of keeping In
touch with the whole indudstry, but
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just as in the automobile business.
"I was able to rina dui one !""
which the Old World motorist has the
advantage over the American and this
Is in the matter of roads. European
highways are among me 1.0... .
world, but. with the spirit of progress
. v. . 1 v.Ain0- mnnifpntftd in road
building, in this country, we should
soon catch up with the procession.. And
tnen it is out a v -
we will forge ahead in this respect
jusi as we navo i vt.....
Horse Stage Gives Way to Auto
KLAMATH FALLS. Dr., . May 17.
(Special.) The old horse stage is a
thlna- of the past on the Lakevlew
Klamath Falls route, at least till next
Winter. The auto stage is now car
rvlnr the mails, which have plodded
over that line so many years behind
horses. The horse stage took 24 hours
continuous travel when the roads were
good, and any number up to three days
when they were had. The auto makes
the trip In from six to seven and a
half hours.
Centralla Hotel Sold.
CENTRALIA, Wash., May 17-(Spe
cial.) The Columbia hotel property, lo
cated on one of the principal corners
of Centralis, was sold this week by
William Camby to J. If. Bowen. The
sale price was In the neighborhood of
$2!i.nfl0.
The Immense
STRENGTH
and POWER
of Heavy-Service
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Adapt Thsm to Every Form of Hauling, No Matter How Difficult
J For example, take the 6-eylinder 60-H. P. White 5-ton power dump
truck with steel wheels. ' . '
. iff This is a truck with a dump body an ideal car for hauling farm
produce, road or construction material, etc. The power dump appa
' ' ratus is simple and efficient and is capable of scattering the load,
thereby saving a great deal of labor in road work.
ff Take, for example, such heavy handling as logs, lumber or general
heavy freighting over rough, rocky roads, in the mountains or where
roads are soft and traction difficult, the steel tire does away entirely
" with the rubber tire.'
, ff There are also standard rubber-tired motor trucks in ly, 3 and
5-ton capacity. .
Iff Investigate. Ascertain if a White Truck will save you money in your
- business.
THE WHITE COMPANY
E. W. Hill, Manager
69 Broadway.
IN THE BUSINESS DISTRICT FOR. YOUR CONVENIENCE
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Xow vour own railroad system!
The "light and right'' Ford
gives it to yon at small cost!
And back of the car stands fi
nancial responsibility and service-?
that any railroad might
envy. Don't side-track that
"urge." Get your Ford today.
More than a quarter of million Fords now
in service eonvincina: evidence of their
wonderful merit. Runabout, $o25; Touring
Car, $600; Town Car, $800 f. o. b. Detroit,
with all equipment. Get interesting "Ford
Times" from Dept. F, Detroit; Ford Motor
Company, 61 Union ave., corner East Davis
st., Portland.
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Endure and Economize. Toughness of
tread, and extra thickness of high-quality
building, have made them the standards
for mileage obtained. Road-gripping
design of buoyant rubber tread reduces
upkeep expense by increastng traction.
and preventing expensive repairs
to car mechanism.
Write for book of rraioni,
- What's What In Tires,"
By Hb S. Fireston
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Distributors for
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