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Newspaper Page TextTHE SUNDAY OHEGOXIAX, POETLAXD. OCTOBER 18. 1914. OPPORTUNITY FOR COAST HELD NEAR from men and women prominent in all walks of life. This testimony is over whelmingly against the cigarette and good practical and scientific reasons are given. The book is issued under the title. "The Case Against the Little White Slaver." The first edition was long ago exhausted, so great was the de mand from all Quarters, but a new edition is ready and any one may have a copy by writing to the Ford Motor Company, of Detroit, lor it. Hudson Company Sales Man ager Points Out Factors That Mean Prosperity. A Hudson six may play an important Ti' 1 ' 4 'M part in the European fracas. Captain Alfred Rawlinson, of London, has been appointed special aide-de-camp to Sir John D. P. French, Field Marshal. Cap tain Rawlinson, is a famous sportsman. His fields are yachting, aviation and motoring. Captain Rawlinson will drive the Hudson which he recently entered In the tourist trophy race on the Isle of Man. The car has gone with him to France. ' After finishing a motor tour from Chicago to Seattle, W. G. Funck,. gen eral manager Hewitt-Lea-Funck Com pany, of Seattle, had many interesting J -.- jr ajuA.'www j, ..m H 51 ? - LL. :hWV,i Hit OREGON'S CHANCES GREAT E. C. Morse Says Big Ffeirs Xext Year, War In Europe and Good Itoads ' -Will Brlnj Many Tourists to State. That opportunity is coming: up the back stairs and getting1 ready . to knock at the door of Oregon is the candid opinion of E. C. Morse, sales manager of the Hudson Motor Car Company, who, with P. D. Stubbs, of Ban Francisco. Western manager, has been spending several days with C. L. Boss, local Hudson distributor. "Advantage can be taken of oppor tunity by Oregon people through the advertising of tourist conditions in this beautiful state, along with the state's commercial resources," said Mr. Morse. "There are three things which are going to make the next year, and the next few, the greatest in the history of the Pacific Coast as far as the auto and tourist business is concerned. Bis; Kalrs Are Fwtori. "In the first place, two big fairs, the Panama-Pacific, at San Francisco, and the Panama-California, at ban l)i eao, will bring hordes to the West. Many of them will stay and all will spend money. "Secondly, the war in Europe means immediate returns for America and the West in the way of home travel. Vacations will be spent in the West, at present least known of all sec tions. Another effect of the war will be the stimulant which Immigration will receive. "High taxes, unsettled conditions and the natural low ebb following the war. will bring hundreds to the Pacific Coast. "I say Pacific Coast because the East has not the attraction for the Euro pean that the West has. Over there the average man knows three states or sections of the United States. He will tell you that there is New York, California, the Northwest and British Columbia. Tell him that British Co lumbia is not part of the States and he will probably name one of the North west states. Good Roida Third Stimulant. "And the third stimulant to prosper ity will be the effect of good roads. The word of better road conditions is now creeping into the East. The first real tourists will be those of next year and from then on they will con tinue to search the highways of this wonderland. "It is estimated that $250,000,000 is spent annually in Europe. This is Oregon's chance to get a part of that immense sum and with the proper ad vertiaing the part should be pretty big. W'he Columbia River Highway is just one of the big attractions. That alone would keep hundreds here. But thowe things are not known very well in the East. CallfornianM Seek TourlHts. "Sari Diego and San Francisco are sending representatives East to help Western tourists make out their routes. Los Angeles is sending men to get the autoists to come around its way on their way to the big fair. "Portland ought . to do the same. The added novelty of the Northwest trip would appeal and an Oregon tour ist is a booster forever. Many of them would be settlers and there would be no surer way of getting the right kind of people to this state." In speaking of the new Hudson, Mr. Morse is sure that it will be one of the big sellers in the wave of motoring popularity which will strike the Coast next year. t Kew Model in Drmand. The new model, "15-50" Light Six, has had a remarkable sale throughout the country. "The recognized value of that, our master product, has almost swamped us," said Mr. Morse. "Our fiscal year ends July 1 and since that time this year, we have sold more Hudsons than in the 12 months previous. Many more orders are on hand for Spring delivery, when everybody will go touring. The long Journey has no longer any terrors. "One thousand miles on a good road is nothing to the Hudson owner and I am sure that in the big parade of next year, a big share of the cars will be this popular product of our factory." 'Round the Row BT RALPH J. STAEHLI. First it was the automobile editor who answered the call to arms in the big battle royal back on the old sod. It seems to be catching, for another of the auto fraternity has left. He is George Duncan, for some 'time a member of the service department ot the Overland branch. Duncan is a Scotchman and for several months he has been reading all about war and the battles. On Monday he quit at the Overland shops, packed .up and left for home on the night train. He expects to enlist at once on his arrival in England. This from the Silverton Appeal. Now who was he? "An automobile agent from Portland about one and a half o'clock Sunday morning, who thought he was getting fo worth of fun out of a $3 auto horn, tooted it on the streets, was haled be fore the Recorder's Court and assessed Si.oO. He borrowed the money from a friend and went 6n his way with the horn as silent as a graveyard." Just now -the factory press agents have all jumped at one subject. Either the factory manager, or the vice-president, or the manager of the differential inspection department, has gone to Europe, been captured, arraigned to be shot as a spy, and then yanked out of the shadow and shipped to America. Henry Ford is more interested in the American boy than he is in Ford auto mobiles and one indication of this fact is Mr. Ford's activity in enlisting American youth against the cigarette. Not long ago Mr. Ford went on rec ord in an authorized interview in which he explained his attitude toward cigar etba smoking and was careful to make it clear that his purpose is not to en deavor to reform men over 25 years of ago. but that he hopes to educate young men under that age and boys to the evils of the cigarette, especially the deleterious effect on physical health. 31r. Ford has compiled in arneat lit tle book a brief statement of his po sition, reproduced a letter written him by Thomas A. Edison in which the electrical genius tells why he will not employ cigarette smoker and also AUnerous letters and bits of testimony experiences to relate. At one time, while traveling through Montana, he became confused as to the correct route. While at a standstill in the road and unable to determine the proper course "to pursue, he noticed the Imprints of Firestone Nori-Sklda in the trail before him. Says Mr. Funck, "Firestone Non-Skids have pulled me out of many a former difficulty, so I believe I will follow this trail and see what happens." For nearly 500 miles be was able to follow the non-skid imprints, which proved a true guidi and eventually led him into familiar territory. "Fire stones have never failed me yet," af firms Mr. Funck, When the current new National six was ready for the' market, the builders found that in order to assign it a series number, they had again to start at the beginning of the alphabet by calling their new cars Series AA. Four teen years ago the National began building cars and designated every car series number, and since then they have used up the entire alphabet. For the convenience of the motorist in serving a picnic lunch in his motor car, an adjustable table has been made which fits securely across the body of the car in front of the rear seat, provid ing a clean, comfortable place at which to eat. In a seven-passenger car, by reversing the folding seats, it is pos sible for five persons to seat them selves around the board. The attach ment is especially of service to the tourist when encountering bad weather Reports of extensive progress by the California State Highway Commission in the San Joaquin Valley were issued this week by J. B. Woodson, division engineer for the most important part of good roads work in the. state, that from San Francisco to Los Angeles Woodson has just returned from an in spection trip over the work for which he is responsible, and states that the road from San Francisco to Los An gels should be practically completed within a month or two after the open ing of the Panama-Pacific Exposition. Sections of the State Highway from Fresno to Fowler are now opened, the state having completed the surfacing, and the contractor the base work. An other section between Selma and Kingsburg is also completed. The center section between Fresno and Fowler is well under way. Engineer Woodson es tlmatlng the work at about 30 per cent finished. With the exception of the work on the State Highway in Tulare County, the entire section of projected roads- for the valley is now well under construction, or soon to have contracts let- in Kern County, the contracts for' the -entire aggregate mileage of the State Highway have been let, and the contractors are engaged in laying the base. Practically all the work, from Bakersfleld to Los Angeles County line, is now under way. and four miles of the road out of McFarland has been completed, as well as five miles between Bakersfleld and Lerdo. a Probably one of the last Pacific Coast automobilists to attempt the overland Journey from Portland to San Francisco is C. P. Peyton, traveling salesman for a line of educational sup plies, who arrived in San Francisco September 23, after having driven from Portland in his Buick roadster. Mr. Peyton is one of the mosT widely traveled automobile owners on the Pa cific Coast, and has become so self reliant that such journeys are under taken without any temerity. In describing his latest journey in a letter to Mel G. Johnson, manager of the Portland branch of the Howard Au tomobile Company, Mr. Peyton says that the worst stretches of road he en countered were between Portland and Salem and between Cottage Grove and Roseburg. He also said that he did not even find it necessary to use chains in the Sis kiyou Mountains or in the Sacramento River Canyon. AVAR AFFECTS SALES LITTLE Letter Erom Packard Manager Says Big Business Is Surprise. With reference to the effect of war on business, the following letter to dealers has been sent out by Alvan Macauley, vice-president and general manager of the Packard Motor Car Company: "Our car orders are considerably ahead of what I thought possible, and they continue to hold up in a surpris ing way, despite the fact that we have been passing through the dull period of the Summer, when most of our pa trons are away from home. If we didn't know that the war conditions were serious, we would confidently expect a record-breaking Fall business. Perhaps we will have it anyway, since more than a month has elapsed since the war started and our business has not suffered." PROMINENT HUDSON I i i ; 4 ' ' ' - 1 ' mmtm i iiiii.il Mi in ,,im i'wwh jBiyjtiiuimut I i . s - ; . l - - n l : ' 1 ' j 'Stir - - ! i l : Mv 7 jA 41 K. C. MORSE, SALES MANAGER, AT THE WHEEL OP Hl'DSO.V SIX, WITH ED SI JTOK, OK THE LO CAL FORCE. IN THE TONSEAU ARE C. I- BOSS. PORTLAND DEALER, ANIJ P. D. STUBBS. WESTERN SALES MANAGER. Gray, McLean & Percy BAKERS' AND CONFECTIONERS' TOOLS AND SUPPLIES, SODA FOUNTAINS AND SUNDRIES. CORNER FOURTH AND GLilSAN. Phones: Main 7976, A&20. PORTLAND, Or., Oct. S. H14. Fred West. Mgr.. J. W. Leavitt Co.. 629 Washington Street, City: Dear Sir In reply to your request for some special opinion from us as to the manner in which our truck is serving us, would say we have not kept as detailed an account of the machine as we probably should. However, the showing It has made on the figures we have kept has shown us that we did not make -a mistake in buying a WILLYS UTIL ITY TRUCK. This has proven to be the fact from the first day we put in the machine until today. We will say that we formerly hired delivery companies to take all our freight to depots, docks, and some of the heavier goods to places around town. Delivery companies also brought all of our freight from the depots, a larger part of which they still do, but we have eliminated almost entirely the use of these companies for handling freight to the depots for the simple reason that the truck oan take care of it Just as well. If not better than the delivery company. In addition to having delivery companies do our hauling, we also had two horses and a wagon for deliveries close in, and also- hired suburban express companies to handle our freight in the suburban districts. We have discontinued the use of the wagon, and only now and then do we get suburban express companies to do any of our work; only when some small article or small amount of freight is sent that would not Justify sending the truck out. For comparison we quote as follows: Cartage, from May 1. 1913, to September 30, 1913, $1481.61: cartage, from May 1, 1914, to September 30. 1914. $599.31; leaving a gain in favor of the automobile of 1S82.30. The auto expense from May 1, 1914. to September 30, 1914, was $291.03, or a gain of $591.27. This would average less than $60 per month. In these costs are included interest on the investment, insurance, oil, gas, one -reserve tire, and garage rent, or an average 'monthly saving of $120. We have not charged up the chauffeur's expense against cartage, as we did not do it In figuring the old system. We figure that within twelve or fourteen months the machine will have cost us nothing, and at that time we will be a machine ahead. We cannot impress upon your customers too strongly the great value of one of these machines, as proven out by us, and if at any time you wish any of your friends or customers to call upon us we will gladly give them any Information we can In regard to the car. Vve have not taken into consideration above the more expeditious way in which our deliveries are handled. Our customers comment on the speed with which we deliver and seem to be more than pleased with our auto system. As we get more used to it, we will probably increase our gain. Tours very truly, GRAY. M'LEAN & PERCY. - (Signed) by D. A. McLean. J. W. LEAVITT & CO., 529 Washington Street Main 3535, A 2444. PHONE AND GET DEMONSTRATION. Answers to Queries. (Service questions and hints department conducted by service experts of Portland branches.) R. T. F. Albany Can you tell why my engine lacks power when too hot? Also why it misses fire at such times? Occasionally, this is accompanied by knocking in the motor. PROBABLY the engine has not been properly treated and carbon has formed. This often accounts for the symptoms mentioned. Just such a car was brought into the Overland garage the other day. The owner declared that the car lacked power. I took it in and found that the cylinder was coated with carbon. The owner of the car had been burn ing a mixture which contained five times as much gas as was necessary. This caused the carbon. When the engine is running in that condition, the carbon glows and the gas is burning up on the intake stroke. The compression stroke compresses merely burnt gas and no explosion follows, ac counting for the "miss" and the lack of power. The carbon also causes the knock when premature explosions result. It Is a simple matter to find out whether there is carbon in the engine. Charles West, Overland. "At least once & year, the lubrication system of the engine should be thor oughly cleaned out and given a good bath," says Louis Buntzell of the Buick Service. 'This is best done when the cylin ders are taken off for carbon removal. With the cylinders off the crank case can be washed thoroughly with kero sene. "Many drivers omit this, but they certainly would be surprised if they could see the amount of solid matter in old oil. This ts composed of bearing metal and dust and also of carbon which forms on the under side of pis tons and. peels off in flakes and drops into the crank-case. . "This solid matter is not only detri mental to the bearings but it is liable to get into the oil ways, especially if the engines have drilled crank-shafts." These hints for repairmen are taken OFFICIALS WHO WERE IN PORTLAND DURING THE WEEK. from "No-Rim-Cut News," the publica tion for dealers Issued by The Good year Tire & Rubber Company, Akron. Ohio: "When dark-curing cement is used in repairing white treads, dark lines and marks are left that will spoil the appearance of the most workmanlike job. Realizing this fact, we have for some time past been using a white vulcanizing cement in our own repair department, and with such excellent results that we are adding it to our regular line of repair material." m Repairmen often turn away trade in motorcycle tire repairs because they suppose they can't repair motorcycle tires without a complete equipment of sectional molds. This is not necessary. Cement two or three plies of light fabric on the inside, flatten the casing out, and cure repairs on the tube plate. H. S. R., Portland; 1 Could a Bosch or any ordinary magneto be converted into a dynamo? If so, explain. No. 2 When does the secondary or high tension current flow, at the moment of the opening or closing of the contact points? Opening of contact points. 3 How could a vibrating coil be changed to an efficient plain coil? Is not practicable but could be done by shortening vibrator and wiring so current is broken mechanically in stead of automatically. 4 Why could not an alternating cur rent be used for starter motor work Instead of a direct? No means of supplying alternating current. 5 What kind of a motor is used mostly for starter work. Series Shunt or compound wound? Explain this. Series, because it is the most effi cient. ' 6 How many - power impulses in a complete revolution of tAe flywheel of a six-cylinder motor? Three. 7 What is the gear ratio between the crank shaft and magneto shaft of a six-cylinder motor? One to one and one-half. 8 What is the advantage of advanc ing and retarding the spark on a gas motor? To get the -most efficiency out of your gas as to the relative speed of the motor. 9 Why does a back fire occur In a carburetor when the mixture Is too lean? Lean mixture burns slowly and back Are is caused by a portion of the preceding charge remaining burning in the cylinder, and ignites the gas in the intake manifold as soon as the In take valve opens to allow the new charge to enter that cylinder: 10 How would you ascertain whether a carburetor was too large or too small for a motor? Best by experimenting and noting results. The usual sixe of a carburetor is susn that the velocity of air through tne induction pipe is 10,000 feet a minute. 11 In ascending higher altitudes where the air is lighter, why Is it necessary to change carburetor ad justments? Air being lighter, you necessarily need more of it to obtain the correct mixture. 12 Why is it when changing carbu retors of different makes, a knock in a motor sometimes will disappear? This is because a new carburetor is adapted properly for the motor in which it is placed. Answered by M. P. Barret, service manager, Studebaker Northwest cor poration. Another expert has offered to help Oregonian readers and auto drivers. He Is A. D. Keene and his specialty Is ignition. He has an extensive plant on East Water street and his ex perience runs through the management of several ignition service branches. He is well qualified to give readers tecnnical Information on subjects in that line. He also will give the read ers ignition hints from time to time. AUTO POINTERS GIVEN GASOLINE AND OIL CONSUMPTION BIG FACTOR. SAYS H. I. KEATS. Perceptible Knock Should Be Eradi cated Immediately to Save Further Trouble, Is Advice. - A few friendly suggestions were re cently given the purchaser of a Chalmers Little Six by H L. Keats. Northwest distributor for the line, re garding the care of his car. "Time and again." said Keats, "an automobile owner is heard to remark: 'The gaso line and oil bill is inconsequential when compared with the other expenses of a car.' "That may be very true when com pared with tires and overhauling, when the car Is driven by a careless person. On the other hand, the gasoline and oil bill ts quite an item to be considered. especially now that the Government Is about to place a war tax on gasoline. ana no rignt-minded man would de liberately purchase a car thafconsumed twice as much oil and gasoline as an other equally good car. "Economy along that line ie accom plished by an efficient engine and car and an efficient driver. The fewer parts there are to operate, and the easier they operate, the less power is needed. In other words, you do not want a large, complicated motor which decreases to a large per cent- its own efficiancy in turning Its many parts over. "Overhauling bills may also be cut down by using ordinary 'horse sense.' For Instance, good oil is an economy. When a knock is perceptible in the motor, eradicate it at once or it will do more harm as it gets worse. Ordi narily the spark should be advanced as far as possible when driving, yet not so far as to occasion knocking. "As soon as the motor begins to la bor, the spark should be retarded ac cordingly. In this way many dollars in repair bills will be saved. Shift gears when necessary. don't try to make all the hill on high. The lower gears are placed in an automobile for a purpose and should be used. "Don't wait until you get within a few feet of your destination and then ! Fa 00 DOE MQIH&S15 Detroit have manufactured as many as 225,000 sets of motor car parts a year. This millions of large and small. They have established costs on every piece, every part, and every oper ation. They know, to the fraction of a cent, the most and the best it is possible to get out of men, material, and machinery. With this excep tional experience and equipment, Dodge Brothers should be able to show in the motor car they will market this Fall, how much it is possi ble to give. lock your brakes. Anticipate the little things in driving a car and it will last Just twice as long and save you much trouble ana money. If the motor-car dealer would al ways give the purchaser of a machine little good advice in regard to handling the car when it la first pur chased, many of the owners that come to our salesroom every day for infor mation would be eliminated." concluded Mr, Keats. Motor Cars Run City. When necessity requires it. an auto mobile may be set to the performance of functions far outside the field for which it was primarily intended. This was strikingly demonstrated at Merid ian, Mass., when for several days the whole town was literally run by motor HERCULES TIRES 0r Nori-Skid Until Worn Out means pieces, cars. A boiler explosion in the power plant which supplied the city with elec tric energy, ended in the closing down of practically every manufacturing plant in the place. Business was at a complete standstill, with scant hope of being rejuvenated for some time, when the superintendent of the factory con ceived the idea of harnessing his auto moble. and using Its motive power .for operating the company's machinery. The experiment proved successful, and it was only a matter of a few hours until almost every automobile in the town had been turned to a like use. Newspaper ' presses. which had re malned stationary throughout the trou ble, were turned by motor cars. In practically every business institution where power was required an auto mobile was hitched to the machinery and work started. The Tire That Stole the Skid From the Automobile. 1 feea island Jriber on edjre. S:3 placed at acute angles with '-. ft - 3 tcslA intprrrnvn with n!o.h- . , . .. -e " grade rubber, prevents cuts, punctures, skidding and in sures 5000 miles. F.H.SHERr,IAN,Gen.Agt. 335 Bumside. Nr. Broadway J.