The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current, January 21, 1917, SECTION SIX, Page 5, Image 73

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    THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAN', PORTLAND, JANUARY 21, 1917.
CARS OF MODERATE PRICE
ARE SURE TO INTEREST MANY
Automobiles. Priced at $750 to $1000 Each to Hare Prominent Place in
- Forthcoming Display.
A CERTAIN percentage of those who
visit the coming Portland auto
mobile show will be interested
particularly in cars that sell here tor
less than $1000 and for more than $750.
All of these cars, together with the
few makes selling for less than $750.
will be placed together In the ball
room on the second floor ,- of the
Armnrv where the purchaser of ' the
so-called low-priced car cart wander
to his heart's content without .having
his gaze stolen by the lure of a $5000
rig alongside.
The pocket-book holding between
$750 and $1000 can find Investment In
a wide range and variety of automo
biles. The Overland model 90 sells for
$755 at the Portland branch, while
the country club model runs to $840
and the Overland model 85, four cylin
der, to $965.
Next to the little Overland come the
Briscoe roadster and touring cars and
the Buick four-cylinder roadster, which
sell at the Portland branches of the
Pacific KisselKar Branch and the
Howard Auto Company, respectively,
at $785.
The Dort Is being sold these days at
the Northwest Auto Company for $795,
the little Buick touring car sells under
the new price quotations at $800.
All of the Dodge models except the
sedan bring $880 at the Covey Motor
Car Company. The Scripps-Booth road
ster, bandied by the raiy auio com
pany, and the Grant Six, sold through
the Manley Auto Company, each bring
$925 In Portland.
The six cylinder Oakland now sells
here at $975. the six-cylinder Saxon
roadsters and tourlns cars at $980
while the Northwest Auto Company
gets $995 for each Reo "four" touring
car sold at retail.
OVERLAND.
Overland Pacific Co. 11 ranch.
Of course the most recent Over
land announcement Is the price change
which has Just gone Into effect. . The
new series la characterized particu
larly by a larger motor with 3-in.
bore and 5-in. stroke which is claimed
to develop 31 Vi hp. at 1915 r. p. m. and
to have a speed of from 2Vi to 63 m.
D. h.
Another feature of the car Is that It
Is equipped with 4-inch tires. It has
cantilever suspension, two-unit, six
volt starting and lighting and the body
is now fitted with a one-piece cowl
which slopes back in a graceful curve.
The new model on this chassis is the
club roadster which is a four-passen
ger job of rather unique construction
The interior is strictly boat-shaped,
having a well-rounded back Into which
the rear seat is blended. The color of
this new car is battleship gray, with
upholstery of a delicate gray ...shade.
Wire wheels are standard.
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BRISCOE.
Pacific KisselKar Branch.
The 1917 Briscoe Is a very new ear
in practically every detail. The body
design is particularly interesting. Fol
lowing the latest practice, it has a high
narrow radiator and a sloping hood and
body. There Is no transitory curve
where the hood joins the body. The
slanted windshield gives an added
touch to the appearance of speed and
power. The motor has a comparative
ly long stroke, having a strdke-bore
ratio which is somewhat greater than
the average.
Drive of the generator Is unusual, as
It is from the read end of the cam
shaft through gear connections. The
clutch also varies from average prac
tica principally in the fact that It Is
of the Inverted type, that Instead of
pulling back from the motor to release,
it Is shoved toward the cylinders. It Is
the leathers-faced cone type. In the clover-leaf
model there Is an upholstered
door between the. divided front seats
which closes the rear compartment off
or opens the alsleway as one wishes.
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tories COST 75
A I) SIOOO IN PORTLAND.
The cars which mar be pur
chased in Portland automobile
stores "at prices ranging from
$750 to $1000 are as follows: '
Overland. Model 90 $ 755
Briscoe, roadster and touring 785
Buick, four-cylinder roadster . 785
Dort, standard model 795
Buick, four-cylinder touring 800
Overland, country club model 840
Dodge, all models except
sedan 880
Scripps-Booth roadster 925
Grant Six, standard model.. 925
Overland, model 85. four
cylinder ................. 965
Oakland, six-cylinder 975
. Saxon, six-cylinder roadster
and touring 980
Reo, four-cylinder standard. 995
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make It a better ear. A Wagner two-
unit starting and lighting system re
places the single-unit type and Remy
ignition is fitted in place of that used
in 1916 production. Stromberg car
buretion gets a place along with a
change in the fuel system from the
cowl tank to a reservoir at the rear.
from which gasoline is drawn by Stew
art vacuum feed. The bodies are quite
changed. The radiator is rather high
and unusually narrow, and there is a
boat-like sweep from thisrto the back
of the rear seats. Grant has entered
the lnclosed.-car field with a convertible
sedan and convertible coupe. In all
bodies particular attention has been
paid to roominess and . provision for
the comfort of the passengers.
BUICK.
SCRIPPS-BOOTH.
Braly Auto Co.
The four-cylinder Scripps-Booth run
about is unchanged. Except for a few
refinements, the new model is Identi
cal with the original car of this type
brought out two years ago. ''
One of the mechanical features or
this high-grade small car is the easy
adjustment of the Inclosed overhead
valves. This Is accomplished by turn
ing a nut protruding through the top
of the cover plate after the oil cap
has been removed. Consequently, the
valve may be adjusted while the motor
Is running.
, OAKLAND.
Oakland Sales Co.
The most recent announcement con
cerning the Oakland model 34 Is a price
Increase. The car differs considerably
from the model 82, although the over
head-valve-slx motor is retained with
but very, few changes. Probably the
greatest improvement Is In the body,
which is much roomier than heretofore.
Another attractive alteration Is found
In the new semi-elliptic rear spring
suspension, replacing the three-quarter
elliptic in the previous model.
The springs are now underslung and
are carried low under the frame hy
special hangings, so that they He very
nearly flat when the car is under load,
a feature which Is characterizing
great many new models. . Delco light
ing, starting and Ignition la. used in
the same form as It was on the later
model 82s, which replaced the other
make used on a large number of the
early model 32s.
To give an Idea of the roominess of
the new body, the front seats are 42
Inches and the rear seats 46 inches
wide inside the upholstery. In the
rear compartment there is a space of
46 Inches from the back of the front
seat to the front of the rear seat
back.
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SAXON.
Howard Auto Co.
After a few seasons of sixes only.
Buick -again has gone back to the
light-weight four. This new car fol
lows characteristic Buick designs
throughout with perhaps more altera
tions In the motor than elsewhere, al
though that unit is a valve-ln-the-head
type, as are all power plants of
this make.
In Its general lines, especially the ra
diator, the new car Is typically Buick.
It has a wheelbase of 106 inches and
there is plenty of room for live passen
gers.
opecincauons or interest are pump
cooiing, marvel carburetor in conjunc
tlon with rear tank and Stewart
vacuum feed. Delco starting, lighting
and Ignition, cone clutch, three-speed
gearset in unit with the engine, drive
Bnait inclosed within a torsion tube,
three-quarter floating axle, semi-elliptic
springs both front and rear and 31
by 4-inch : non-skid tires all around.
This Is the first Buick motor in which
the cylinder, head is detachable as a
unit with the valves. Ir the design
of th cylinder head special provision
has been made for proper cooling of
the valves, the water passages sur-
rounoing the pockets being of good
Saxon Sales A Service Co.
The new Saxon six is a decidedly
better looking car than Its predeces
Bor, although that car was a most at
tractive vehicle. It has a somewhat
altered body line to bring it Into ac
cord with present-day body fashions,
the stralgl-t-llne effect being well car
ried out. The body Is 4 inches
longer, wider and in every way more
size.
DORT.
Northwest Auto Co.
There have been no changes in the
Dort models which were announced for
1916 production. It is not the Inten
tion of this company - to bring out
yearly -models, but simply to add from
time to time such changes as are con
sidered advisable or to the best In
terests of its customers. The car is
a conventional fouf-cvlinder nnHm nt
light weight and has economy as one
of Its leading talking points.
In bodies there' are three new styles,
the sedan, the sedanet and the fleur-de-lys
roadster. The Inclosed models,
which, of course, sell for more than
the. standard vehicle, are striking in
design, having rain-vision windshields,
divided front .seats and a complete
closed-car equipment.
AKRON PRODUCED 11,522,650
TIRES IX 1916.
More than 11.522,650 tires
marked the total production
from Akron for 3916. Business .
for the year amounted to $203.
100.000. an increase- of 65 per
cent over the preceding year.
Some Idea of the vastness of the
industry may be had from the
fact that 158,315 freight cars
are necessary to carry the year's
production to the various desti
nations. -
The city, which In 1910 had a
population of only 69,000. now
has 51,150 people employed in
rubber manufacture. Floor space
covering 88 acres and machinery
costing more than $2,500,000 were
added In 1916, and 12.005.000
square feet of floor space are
now devoted to the rubber in
dustry. The present capacity
allows a daily output of 54.000
tires 19.837,750 for 12 months.
This is approximately equal to
existing demand, and it is a safe
prediction to state that Akron
will manufacture more than
20.000,000 tires in 1917.
DODGE.
Covey Motor Car Co.
Although Dodge does not announce
yearly models, a number of changes
have appeared in these cars within ih.
last two or three months. Notable
among these are the addition of a con
vertible sedan of a type which permits
lowering of the windows for Summer
driving.
Changes in mechanical parts of the
car are in the installation of a multiple-disk
clutch in place of a cone clutch
and spiral-bevel gears In the rear axle
In place of straight bevels. The brake
arums have been Increased in size, slanting
Another change is found In single wir-' jer ano
ids i" ma starting system instead or
double wiring. This affects the start
ing svstem onlv. I car,
roomy, and has a slanting windshield
and new style crown fenders, makin
Its body lines modern to the highest
degree.
In addition to greater comfort, due
to softer and deeper cushions, new
cantilever springs are fitted, which are
the full instead of the half -cantilever
type. These new springs -are 41
incnes long, which, contrasted with
those In the previous model, which
were of 30-inch length, shows one that
the riding qualities are considerably
improved.
Several changes are to be found
the motor, perhaps the most important
of which is the Increasing of the size
of the crankshalt.
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The largest-selling front-rank car
Holder of all worth-while records
The pride of 25,000 owners, mastersof the road
The bestv performer, in all respects, that the world has ever known
Winner of the Pike's Peak hill climb
Breaker of the 24-hour endurance record by 52 per cent 1
Twice the breaker of all ocean-to-ocean records in one 7000-mile round trip
Solver of the problem of motor vibration
Reducing wear and friction to almost nil
Adding 80 per cent to motor efficiency by one epoch-making invention That isj
to power and endurance
The car that stopped4 the trend toward Eights and Twelves when the Six limita-
tions- proved disappointing. -
The car which, through its patented motor, gave the ruling place to the Super-'
Six -
The smoothest-running motor built i 1
The most powerful, size considered
Possessor of the only supreme feature which one maker has ever controlled
The Jiandsomest car, the most luxurious car that modern skill can create
In eight beautiful open and closed -body types.
Show. It was then as now the
Now it appears with all the chief
A year ago the Hudson Super-Six made its debut at the
center of attraction., But then as an unproved stranger.
laurels of Motordom. As conceded ruler of the finer-car field. As the one car for men who
take pride in the best car. As the only permanent type on exhibit."
VHUDSONf
HUDSON MOTOR CAR COMPANY, DETROIT, MICHIGAN
Boss & Peake Automobile Co.
615-617 Washington Street
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REO.
Northwest Auto Co.
Reo Is continuing Its four for an
other season with a few changes. There
Is a new stralgnt-llne body with a
windshield. The body Is room
more luxuriously upholstered
than the previous one. In fact, the
a whole. Is a much more com
The BDnearanca nt th na. v, . tx fortable one for the passengers. .
Improved by a height increase of two i Throughout the chassis no changes
inches In the radiator and hood. There 1 of importance will be noted. Here and
Is now a mud apron on the front, and there little details have been altered,
the, front renders hnv hv imnrnuH : More forgings are used than horeto-
th.R. timr t.rx.H i fore, these being used In the
AUTO INDUSTRY GROWS
OEEG05 NOW HAS APPROXIMATELY
23 PUBLIC GARAGES.
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GRANT.
Manley Auto Co.
Although the most noticeable change
over the previous Grant six Is in the
body lines, there are a number of me
chanical improvements that help to
spring
hangers. The new springs adopted are
the patented Marshall type. The Ray
field carburetor has been adopted.
The Reo might rightly be termed
the 50 per cent oversize car. In every
part where a strain is heavy there is
oversize construction. An example of
this is in the spokes, which have a
section about B0 per cent greater than
is ordinarily used.
Aggrek-ate Value of Investments 1
Garages Repair Shops In
State la 34,330.
From the standpoint of labor proba
bly no other single Industry in-the
state has made such, rapid progress
within the past few years as the auto
mobile. There are approximately 250
public automobile garages and repair
shops in Oregon. A careful tabulation
of data from statistical reports re
ceived from these institutions shows
that the aggregate value of invest
ments involved in machinery, equip
ment, etc, is $54S.530.
During the past report year, ending
September 30. 1916. these garages, re
pair and assembling plants gave em- world.
ployment to a total-of 258 skilled and
252 unskilled laborers and a combined
office force of 90 male and female
clerks and stenographers, and paid out
in wages and salaries an aggregate of
677,938. of which amount $84,894 was
paid to the office help alone.
The range in wages to skilled laoor
was from S3, the lowest, to $7.28, the
highest, per day. or an average of $4.25.
while the range In wages paid to un
skilled labor was from $1.50 to $3.60
per day. or an average of $2.25.. The
total amount of power utilized in the
operation of the plants was 685.! S
horsepower, of which 569 was electric,
101 gasoline and IS water power.
The figures given above do not In
clude the amount of investments in
volved in automobile transfer, livery or
taxicab companies or institutions, nor
the wares Dald to drivers of trucks.
chauffeurs, etc., 6f which reliable data
are not available.
MOTOR GAR EDUCATES
HIGHWAYS IHFROTED WHERE
ALTOS ARE COMMON,
Purifying the air by chemical means,
a German Kiventor says he has per
fected a diving suit which permits
man to remain under water tor hours
without connection with the upper
More ProsTreas for Goo4 Roads Is Made
In lsl Tnaa In All Rest of Bls.
, tory of Country.
Perhaps not one motorist tn 50 real
izes that the year Just closed has seen
the greatest single accomplishment In
the cause of good roads since the Revo
lutionary War.
When President Wilson on July 11
placed his signature to the Bankuead
Shackleford good roads bill $85,000,000
of Federal funds and a like amount to
come from the various state treasuries
was dedicated to the cause of better
American highways. This means that
for the next five years $34,000,000 will
be spent annually tn making the road
system -of the United States comparable
or superior to the .present fine roads
of Europe.
No more splendid tribute to the edu
cational value of the automobile could
be paaid than this action on the part of
Congress. Cntil the coming of the mo
tor car the good roads issue possessed
little vitality. For 75, years the Gov
ernment has exercised a passive policy
toward building permanent highways.
Railroads pushed into virgin territory,
cities sprang up along the right of
way, but the rural arteries of travel re
mained In the same hopeless condition
as when the pioneers ploughed through
thera afoot or on horseback. '
With the first motor cars cam the
first feeble Impulse to the good roads
movement. The first cars were sold to
city men. who very quickly found out
that where city pavements ended there
ended all hopes of further travel.
Pneumatic tires availed nothing against
tracklets stretches of gumbo mud or
corduroy roads.
To promote the Industrial and techni
cal utilization of alcohol the Russian
ministry of finance has offered prizes
totaling shout $136,000 for the best in
ventions in this respect.
AUTO WHEELS
and BODIES
BUILT A5D REPAIRED.
HIan Grade Work Specialty
Raymond Auto Body and
Wheel Works ,
S4 Flrteeatn Street North.
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