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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (Nov. 22, 1914)
TTTT! SrXDAT CRFHOXTATf. POTtTT.ATTD, VOVFTHETt 22, 1914. FRED' WEST LEAVING PORTLAND AUTO DEALER WHO WILL LEAVE LEAVITT & CO. DERAIL THILL, LEAD Portland Auto Dealer Takes New' Position. AGENT IS POPULAR HERE On January 1 City Will Close One of Its Biggest Automobile Deal ers Who, .However, Will Stay in the Game. , FE ... t.r - X ' i I :. ? Kzftz' I I ' , i " x - - I "& ' - - - of ' " , ' I W S: - j Portland will lone one of its biggest nuto men on January 1, when Fred West will leave Portland to become the Coast representative of one of the big gest manufacturers. . He baa not dis closed his new employers nor his posi tion, but sent a telegram to his pres ent company announcing his resigna tion, effective on December 31. Mr. West came to Portland about two years ago, and since that time has done lot to make the Overland a. popular car. His personality did that. He also made the Leavltt branch a byword for t-fliciency. In service and other atten tion. Opponents know Fred as a shrewd business man and the right kind of a man to deal against, and here's not one but who Is ready to slip him the "glad hand." The Interesting bit of gossip will be the guess as to the lucky company which got him. And Fred says that not one man in the crowd has the right steer. "At this moment I am not at liSerty to give the name of my new employers," paid West. "However, they are among the big people and the business is Tell established. To be sure, I will be em Idoyed with automobiles." The new manager for the Portland branch has not been announced nor even hinted, but probably he will be home one from the head of Leavltt & Co., down South. - As Leavitt & Co. was going better here every day. West's resignation came somewhat as a surprise, and those who pretend to know are sure that the manager has something pretty big in view. CLUB TO CHEER NEEDY WOLVERINE AL'TOISTS OF DETROIT TO AIU AT CHHISTMAS. Eanta Claus, la 10O Cam, Will Visit ror With Gifts of Clothing aad Kdlbles Charity Ball Due. DETROIT, Mich., Nov. 21. (Special.) Activity with the Wolverine Auto mobile Club, of Detroit, la proverbial and, just now the live Detroit, organi zation is livelier than ever. Preparations are being made for tne Christmas holidays, when the Wolver ines always have taken an active part as host to the poor children of Detroit. For several years the club haj given an elaborate dinner to the little ones, for two years in the big dining-room of the Griswold Hotel and last year in the banrjueting-room of the Hotel Pontchartrain, when 600 youngsters were fed, received presents and were entertained by vaudeville and moving pictures. For the 1914 Christmas season the "Good Fellows" of the Wolverine Auto mobile Club have been organized with in the club and 100 or more of the 2o00 members have undertaken the preparations for an elaborate surprise or the little ones of the city. Santa Claus in 100 automobiles, gaily decorated In true Old Saint Nick style. will travel to the homes with stockings lined with presents and with baskets lull of edibles. Santa wilt start from the clubrooms. at daylight and each Santa will have a regular list of those to call on. Investigated lists provided py tne charity organizations and the police. On arrival at each home it will be Old St. Nick himself who will ring the bell or march right in to de liver the Christmas cheer. The Wolver ine Club also has on another plan for a good time for the orphans of the city and a charity ball at the new Statler Hotel is to be given in January. This will be the necond ball in the ballroom of the great hostlery, the Red Cross Society having engaged the room lor the opening event, as It happens, another charity ball. With the funuh raised from this charity the orphans will be given a great outlnir In 1915. As another means of rWng the large funds necessary for the Christmas t-'anta Claus visits the club will hold its annual Keno party under th- man agement of E. F. Wlllets and this will take plane on the Hotel Tuller Roof darden November 24. Four prizes for the event and souvenirs for all the women will be presented. The Wolverines also have inaugurat- ed dancing parties for the members and their women every ether week and on alternate weeks speakers address the club at the noonday luncl eons. As a result of the activities Inaugurated for the Fall and Winter season, the clubrooms are filled daily and Satur day afternoons and Sundays many hun dreds of the members may be found at the clubrooms. The many visitors to Jetroit trom the automobile field, in cluding supply men, accessory men. dealers and newspaper men make the FRED W. WEST, PORTLAND MAABER OF J. W. LEAVITT A CO., WHO HAS RESIGNED, lub rooms headquarters and the mem bership is growing rapidly with every promise of mounting to proportions that will place this club In the lead in membership In America, as it is In the lead in activities. MOTORCYCLE NOTES FOUR hundred and seven miles in 13 hours' is the time made by M. I). Cooper, of Cleveland, O., on a recent motorcycle trip to Wellsboro, Pa. Bob Perry, the winner of last year's 300-mile motorcycle race at Savannah, is expecting to again take part in a similar event on Thanksgiving Day. Harry Lewis, of Cheyenne, "Wyo., Is making a motorcycle trip to Chicago. One of the long-distance riders who attended the recent motorcycle show at Chicago was Mr. Becket. of New Orleans, La., who rode his motorcycle to the Windy City. The health department of Rockford, 111., is enthusiastic over the efficiency of the motorcycle-used by its inspec tor and is contemplating buying an other machine for dairy inspection work. ' Joe Esler, of Quincy. 111., the motor cycle globe trotter, has not given up the 30,000-mile world tour which he had planned for this Fall, but expects to start out as soon as the European troubles are settled. HAYNES HAS POWER jIew Machine Climbs Hills, Gaining Speed on Way. FLEXIBILITY IS FEATURE SCENIC II ROAD'S HEED RIVAL PICTURESQUE 'ALPS, SLOGAN OF" OREGON AUTOIST. Foreign Advertlaesnents by Clubs for Real French Hosts as Along; Cali fornia Route Is Advocated. With the opening of the Columbia River Highway and the general Im provement of conditions for touring, an opportunity for the keeper of the small inn is at hand. Oregon soon will have the roads fit ting the natural scenery, wjiich is as wonderful as that of Switzerland, but the facilities to enjoy it properly must include inns and none would suit bet ter than the type in use in France and Germany, In discussing this subject one auto mibile man declared that the Automo bile Club or the Commercial Club could not do better than to advertise the con ditions in France and other parts of Europe with the object of getting some real French hosts. The success of this plan was shown along a certain road in Southern Cali fornia, where several Frenchmen opened up "grape-juice inns" in houses, patterned after European models.. No one would think of carrying a lunch on a trip along that road. Half the fun is a lunch or a dinner served In the quaint rooms of this sort of hostelry. This couitry has some wonderful hotels and some distinctive ways of serving the good things to eat but, for some unexplajnable reason, it seems to take the foreigner to run the inn successfully. With all its wealth of waterfalls and wooded heights, nothing would be more appropriate along Oregon roads tnan the mountain houses of the Alps. Balance of Car Is Perfect and All Roads Have Much the Same Ap pearance to It Finish Vp to Mechanical Part. For some days residents along the steepest inclines of the city hav been surprised to see a handsome new car slide silently but steadily up the grades, gaining in speed as it neared the top. In- fact, the hill which the car will not climb "in high" hasn't been found, and that is why H. L. Mann and J. E. Jaeger, local distributors of the Haynes line, have been so busy climbing hills, for everybody wanted to see what the Haynes ''Light Six" would do under pressure. - It is one of the best performers brought out In the new line, and is as pretty in build and finish as it is in performance. Power Is Superabundant. The gear ratio is 48 to 13, and this with an extremely flexible motor gives it that superabundance of power which the car shows under all conditions. The latest product from Haynes Is one of the most easily handled cars built. Its balance is perfect, and all roads have much the same appearance to the new car. The balance and flexibility in the motor ia something new, even for Haynes, and is attributed to, the fact that the car Is built and designed, as former models, entirely by Haynes men. The upholstery and general finish is in keeping with the mechanical part of the car. The machine is finished in Brewster green, with a black chassis. The cushions are deeper than the aver age, and riding in it has all the steadi ness of a seat in a Pullman. The combination of the vacuum-gravity systems of gasoline supply gives the engine further latitude. The main supply tank is suspended in back and vacuum brings it to the auxiliary tank in the cowl. Gravity feeds to the car buretor, which is an exhaust-heated Rayfield. Spring Lengths Are Feature. The car has a wheel base of 121 Inches. A special feature to which Mr. Jaeger points with pride are the length of the springs, assuring easy riding. The front are 38 inches long and two Inches wide. The rear springs are 64 inches long and two inches wide. Incidentally, the Haynes home has been changed from the Nob Hill garage to the quarters at Twenty-third and Washington street, near the Packard and Jeflery home. The roadster, on the same chassis. Is also on hand, and is an equally good car. $1950.00 Portland Capacity 3000 Lbs. Units Used in Federal Chassis Radiator, Harrison cellular core built-up type, capacity 5 gals. Continental Motor, Type C, three-point suspension, 4 cylinder, SiO II. P., 4 H -Inch bore by 6 4 -inch stroke. Eisemann high-tension magneto with fixed spark. Stromberg Carburetor. Hartford cone clutch, 16-inch with 3-inch leather face. De Dion type Universals. Gemmer steering gear with lS-inch steering wheel. Covert transmission, sliding selective type, direct drive on high gear, 3t5 nickel gears. - -Weight of Federal chassis S800 lbs. Timken front axles. Timken wheel bearings. Pressed steel frame, 4-inch side rails by 7-3--inch thick. Whitney chains, detachable roller, IVi-inch by i-inch by Bi-lnch. Rayhestos lined brakes. 2-inch by 13-inch, 3-Inch by 16-Inch. Tires, 3d by 3H-inch front, 36-lnch by 5-inch rear solid steel base NOW, MR. TRUCK BUYER Compare this weight and specifications with some of the so-called two-ton trucks, and you will find that the Federal Motor Truck Co has taken a larger margin of safety In rating the x-'ederal at Sooo pounds. - ' The majority of Federal owners have found it profitable to use distillate with regular factory equipment, and we advise others to do likewise There are more than 3000 satisfied Federal owners, of which more than 240' have been sold In our territory. " " Our latest 1815 model has the following Improvements: -Capacity increaied to 1 M. tons, with 1000 pounds safe overload; aluminum cast radiator with removable core, motor casting block three-point suspension, center control levers, round seamless gasoline tank and flexible line to carburetor tubular propeller shaft, increased diameter; transmission case hung on two-point suspension; bevel pinion and driving gear; larger and heavier jack shaft full floating; direct pull on ball bearing; increased diameter and width of brakes; springs 4 pounds heavier each, and thicker leaves; axle 2 'i x2 'i with greater strength and wheels heavier; spoks and felloes to accommodate 6-inch tires; also brakes in wheels increased in width; rear driving sprocket rim bolted on to brake drum; frame assembly of greater strength, all stamped out of one piece, and the price remains the same as that of the previous model. Because of all these improvements, the Federal Motor Truck Co. has made greater progress than any other organization building motor trucks Visit our large stock-room, with, its enormous, stock of Federal parts, and be convinced that when you buy a Federal Truck you are assured of u'n . interrupted eervice. Our easy-term plan enables you to own a Federal Initial payment down of $450 and the balance in monthly payments conveniently arranged. THE FEDERAL MOTOR TRUCK IS A SICCEgS AXD SO IS THE GERLINGER MOTOR CAR COMPANY 694 WASHINGTON ST., Portland, Or. 901-FAST PIKE ST., Sealtl-, Wash. been appointed by President A. 13. Coff- I man. as follows: For California, M W. Green, of San Francisco: Kansas, M. E. Harding, of Topeka; Louisiana, C. E. Sauer, of New Orleans; Georgia, John Balraer. of Savannah; Minnesota, F. L. Hunt, of Minneapolis. CARD WARNS AUTO JXAKEIl Oldsmcbile System Points Ont Short age of Any of 000 Needed Parts. That there are 2000 to 3000 parts in the modern automobile and that the absence of any one of these parts may v Motorcycle Officers Named. New State Federation of American Motorcycle Commissioners have just PIONEER BUILDER'S LATEST MODEL WHICH ARRIVED IN PORTLAND DURING THE WEEK AND HAS MADE A BIG HIT. J , . - ..... V I I X t t s V - m " j J. K. JA1JUEK AT THB WHEEL OP THE NEW HAYJIES "LIGHT SIX," WITH SHERIFF TOM WORD, delay the manufacturing of finished cars was pointed to by E. Ver Linden, production manager of the Oldsmobile plants, as illustrating the importance of business methods In motorcar, fac tories. Co-ordinating the purchasing and production departments in such a man ner that materials are obtained in the correct quantities far enogh in advance to guard against shortages in stocks, Mr. Ver Linden stated, wa essential to conductipg smooth running plants w4iich produce cars on well-defined schedules. What Is known as a graphic system of tracing the production of cars from the procuring of raw materials to their ultimate completion is credited by Ver Linden with being particularly desir able because of its simplicity and ac curacy. This system, which eiables the factory superintendent to determine the ondition of stocks and progress of pro duction in different departments at a glance, oonsists of nothing more than a large sheet of cardboard over which a series of pins are moved about by an operator, to whom the foreman and stock clerks report. "Properly carried out, this system will not permit of a tieup in production through lack of materials," asserts Mr. Ver Linden, "and as far as my knowl edge goes it is the simplest system yet devised. Although It requires but little labor to operate, it accounts correctly for every piece of material down to iock washers and screws. It also has the advantage of instantly raiting the alarm when materials needed in pro- ,iu..Q i i' l ueeu received on schedule time and indicates clearly the point where pressure must be brougnt to bear." The excellence of this tystem. Mr. Ver Linden says, accounts in a largu measure for the promptness with which Oldsmobile light fours have been sup plied to dealers and purchasers. Eight motorcycles have been placed in service in the collection department of the Milwaukee ( Wis.) nostoffioe. " Each in a class hy itse 99 ih ifread Lliaiii iireasi ur Challenge Anti-Skid Tires We challenge any competitor's tire to show the same combination of real anti-skid protection and low cost per mile that is given by either "Nobby Tread" Tires or "Chain Tread" Tires. .fe CmMw til
