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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 21, 1917)
THE SUM) AY OREGOXIAX. POKTLAXD,. JANUARY 21. 1917. V ties. The aim in the design of this car Is to construct a light-weight, medium powered vehicle selling at a price high enough to include equipment of the highest grade and workmanship of the best throughout the construction. The new eight-cylinder model, which has been produced for some time in the form In which it will be continued carries a four-passenger body with di vided front seat and the lines are char acteristically Scripps-Booth. Accessi bility is a feature in this eight-cylinder motor. The carburetor is high, where It is easily reached. 1 KISSELKAB. Pacific KlsselKar Branch. Scientific reduction of the size ol parts and modifications necessary to the construction of. a. lighter vehlcl has produced the new Kissel hundred point six, which Is a moderate priced car retaining the general principles ol design and thorough workmanshir .which have characterized previous mod els of this make. The bore of the new motor is three-eighths Inch smallei than that of the 1916 model 42, whilt the stroke is one-half Inch smaller. The live-Inch shorter wheelbase tends toward weight reduction throughout the chassis construction. In fact, the weight has been so reduced that tire of 32-by-4 size are sufficient to handle the load, .whereas the model 42 waf equipped with 35-by-4V4 tires. REO SIX. Northwest Ant Co. On the Reo Six there is an entlrelj new body with sloping windshield, auxiliary seats, which now fold Into the back of the front seat, new plaited upholstery In place of the tufted, and better equipment, such as robe cords or the backs of the divided front seats and a top which Is rounded oft in the rear, giving a limousine effect. There it also more seating room in the car, the - body being two inches wider at the point of juncture of the windshield Mechanically, few changes have beer made. WILLT8-KS1GHT, Overland Pacific Co. Cantilever springs ' and improved bodies, together with a pressure feed lubrication system and a distributor replacing the magneto, are high lights In the changes of the Willys-Knight for 1917. The car has a completelj new rear axle and a new gearset ir combination with the axle. The offer ing includes a seven-passenger touring sedan of the Springfield pattern and a aeven-passenger limousine, besides tht even-passenger open rar. With the exception of a longer hood, the new Willys seven-passenger 88-slx Is identical In outward appearance witb the Willys-Knight four. This is not Knight motor job, however, but is oi conventional L-nead type. The motoi Is a Continental and starting and light lng are performed by the Auto-Ute system. OLDSMOBILK. Oldsmoblle Company of Oregon. In mechanical makeup and general characteristics the Oldsmobile 45 Is a continuation of the previous model '44 Although the bore and stroke, wheel base and general dimensions are un changed, there are enough improve ments, both mechanically and In ap pearance, to make the model quite new. The radiator is entirely new, with a distinctive fluted oval of solid German silver. Throughput the car considerations "of comfort are predominant. The 120-lncb wheelbase with a very short hood, madej motor, provides nuaual leg room, while high body sides and deep seats give the cosy sensation of seating in, not on. the ear. '.. Sllfl! S djl The prediction that this car marked a new era in scientific - construction has been more than justified. i (j Eleven hundred pounds lighter than any oth er car of equal size and power, it ( " " """" "'""'"",B''"""'"""""'i''''''i"""'',ai """" i km aijj ISP? ZM' II Service Saftiracitie' . f - h ' WINTER SPRING SUMMER FALL ' B The experienced and critical buyer will appre ciate the Hupmobile perfected 4-cylinder motor. It has the power capacity of a racing motor,' bat instead of using this great power for speed, it is translated into pulling ability. This is the source of the Hupmobile's remarkable high-gear performance. 1IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII1IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII11IIII Special literature on the Hup mobile will be distributed at the Automobile Show iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinuimiiiiiiiim Mariiey Auto Co. Distributors ' ' Eleventh and Oak at Burnside Broadway 217 One Block South of Auto Show , BOOl ROADS TO BE GRAVELED Lisir comrrr to do work dcbdsg WINTER -MONTHS. Success of Method of Placing; Material la Wet Seaaoa Demonstrated by Packing of Highway. ALBANY. Or., Jan. SO. Acting on a theory, the success of which has been demonstrated already by practical re sults, that the time to gravel roads most effectively is the Winter, the County Court of Linn- County Is plan ning to place a great deal of gravel on county road, during the ' wet season. Five-Pass. Touring Car. ..$1185 Roadster ..- $1185 Seven-Pass. Touring Car. .$1340 F. O. B. Detroit. ieYm Road supervisors agree that the gravel packs better and can be placed, to the best advantage during tie Winter months. , Until recently in this county It has been the practice to spread gravel on the roads in the' Spring- and Summer. and then let the Winter traffic beat it down. This resulted sometimes In the gravel being scattered and distributed improperly before It was packed. The work was done by this method, how ever for the dual reason that farmers could leavo their farm work for road work in the Spring, and Just before harvest began, and because gravel was available for road work only when the rivers and creeks were low and the I gravel bars were uncovered. In recent years some supervisors es tablished the custom of hauling gravel in the Summer, when it could be se cured easily, and leaving it in piles along the roadside until the Win-1 tr months, whfn it wan used to has shown by unequaled perform ance its dependable durability; ' (HT This exclusive car for particular people -is the chief entrant of the Auto Show; marking this occasion an oppor tunity for ah education in auto mobile engineering and body de signing not obtainable in other directions. ..Facto a fill mudholes, with splendid results. The success of this plan, especially In Road District No. 1. adjoining Al bany, was so great that the court wishes to establish a system of grav TP We are prepared to give you real service and satisfaction throughout the whole year if you line up with us. ' We distribute Nationally-advertised goods of merit only. When in Portland for the Automobile Show we invite you to visit our salesrooms and in spect our lines. ARCHER AND WIGGINS COMPANY Distributors of High-Grade Motor Car Accessories . Diamond Tires Sixth Street at Oak Portland, Oregon eling the roads generally In the Win ter months. To meet the condition that gravel was not available, the court has established a plant on the Willamette River, where the gravel Is secured from the river bed and graded or crushed to meet the required needs. From this plant the gravel is now being sent out in large quantities' to all road districts clone to railroads. INDIANA ' TRUCK - At the Auto Show Information; demons tra tion and-proof await the business man desirous of lowering the cost and im proving the service of his business the Indiana way.' IHR and from the nearest railway points Is being hauled and placed on the roads. This plan, it is expected, will result In great Improvement on the roads of this county in the next few years. aalksaBssaM
