THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN. PORTLAND, NOVEMBER 23, 191Y.
BIG CAR TO SWELL
FAMOUS "YELLOW DEMON," ITS - DRIVER AND MAN WHO HAS DONATED IT TO ALLIED RED CROSS
BAZAAR. -
RED GROSS F
t'ric V. Hauser Donates His
Famous "Yellow Demon"
lo Help Win War.
Y. M. C. A. TEAM IS PLEASED
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$7 000 Auto That Made Liberty Loan
Tour Through Central Oregon Is .
Presented by Hotclmhn. to
Allied Red Cross Bazaar.
Hauser. Hauser. what's the matter with
him?
Hauser. Hauser. he's full of pep and vim.
He takes his auto In his hand
And chucks it at the Bed Cross band.
Hauser is a pat-ri-ot-lc men!
They -were singing it to most any old
tune yesterday around the Red Cross
headquarters, where the Y. M. C. A.
team workers were gathered, and where
automobile owners and dealers got
their heads together.
Because of the action of the owner
of the Multnomah Hotel in presenting
his big $7000 Locomobile to the Allied
Red Cross Bazaar it was sensed that
another $20,000 could be added to the
Red Cross funds for the relief of
American soldiers with the allied
armies.
It started when Eric V. Hauser re
plied to a letter from Guy V. Talbot.
The latter sent a note congratulating
Mr. Hauser on the fact that the Hauser
team was first in the contest of last
week for raising funds for the Y. M.
C. A. and thereby secured ownership
of the automobile which Mr. Hauser
had offered as the big prize of the
campaign. In his reply, written to
William McMaster, Mr. Hauser said:
Big: Amount Expected.
"This is to advise you that the Lo
comobile will be presented to the Red
70,675 FORD CARS MADlB IX
OCTOBER ALO.NE.
During October the Ford Mo
tor Company made 79,675 cars.
In the last six months their pro
duction was 469,135, or at the
rate of 938,270 per annum. The
estimated production for the year
was placed at 900,000, about 3000
per day. but there is small doubt
that unless war conditions pre
vent there will be more than
1,000.000 Ford cars made within
the Ford fiscal year. August 1,
1917, to August 1, 1918. Stagger
ing as are these figures, it is
equally astonishing to know that
demand is ever ahead of produc
tion and that there has not been
a day since August 1 last that
there have not been orders on
hand for more than 100,000 cars
for immediately delivery.
ROAD STILL OPEN
Autos Can Get Through Pass
Creek Canyon.
DEEP MUD HAS DRIED OUT
Cross by the members of my team, to
be disposed of at the bazaar to be
held in the Auditorium December 5 to
8, inclusive."
Then the hallelujah chorus started.
Now plans are working to get'the
most money out of the gift. No trou
ble in realizing a largevamount is ex
pected. The car is the famous "yellow demon"
of the liberty loan campaign, the auto
which carried speakers to remote sec
tions of Central Oregon and left a
trail of enthusiasm for the bonds wher
ever it flashed through the state. It
was also called the "million-dollar
special," that title applying to the sum
of money raised by the sale of bonds.
The party actually sold about one
quarter of a million of bonds, but the
total subscriptions in the section the
auto covered reached well over the
million mark.
It is a 1913 Locomobile, originally
costing $5100. Last Summer the car
was rebuilt at the Multnomah Hotel
garage by Dan D. Zetz, its driver and
Inseparable companion, at a cost of
$2200. It is 17 feet and eight Inches
long and weighs 4962 pounds.
Body Im Vnlqne.
There are no duplicates of the body
of the car, it having been especially
designed by Mr. Zetz, who is chauffeur
for Mr. Hauser. The seating is so ar
ranged that all passengers, including
the driver, are comfortable, and the
latter is given easy and perfect control
of the car at all times. The body is
covered with sheet aluminum and con
tains all the fixings, such as cigar
lighters, receptacles for my lady's pow
der puff and pockets for lunches.
Despite its nickname, the "yellow
demon" rides like a rocking chair, its
Westinghouse shock .absorbers taking
up the slack whenever the wheels find
a rut " or a rock in the road. On its
tour of Central Oregon the big yellow
machine did 70 miles an hour for sev
eral consecutive hours, and could have
done more.
Juy W. Talbot yesterday called the
car the finest auto In Oregon. Every
where praise was showered on the
hotelman for his generosity. He still
owns a twin of the "yellow demon" and
admits to having another car or two
that are engaged in handling: the busi
ness of the Multnomah and in carry
ing him speedily back and forth be
tween town and the shipyards, where
Ire is building a few boats for the
Oovernment.
1 Committee to Be Earned.
I William MacMaster declared tha
Portland was to be congratulated on
having secured the citizenship of a
man or the spirit of Eric v. Hauser.
"Mr. Hauser pleads guilty to being a
resiaent or Portland because he like
the city and its people, likes the state
ana everybody in it.
- A committee will probably be ap
pointed to dispose of the yellow car to
the best advantage.
Going Is Bad, bnt Can. Be Made
Until Next Rain, Reports Law
rence E. Therkelson, Who
Drove Franklin to Ashland.
Lawrence E. Therkelson, sales man
ager for the Braly Auto Company, re
turned the middle of last week from a
business trip into Southern Oregon, on
which he went as far down the Pacific
Highway as Ashland in a new Series
Nine Franklin car. He reports that the
road through Pass Creek Canyon,
which is the main barrier to all-Winter
travel from Portland to California, is
still open and that until the next rain
any car can get through.
At the same time the first rain will
make the mud about bottomless. It
was just about that way when Therkel
son went through the canyon a week
ago Wednesday on the trip south, but
he says it has since dried out so much
that even a heavy car can now get
through.
On the day he traveled it heavy cars
were having to be hauled out of the
mud by construction teams working on
the highway. There were two miles
of the road where long dirt fills had
been put in, along which the going was
terrific. Ligrht cars had to plow their
way through the mud, but none of them
was stuck.
The Franklin was in mud so deep
that It dragged its axles in the mire.
and slid along on the running boards.
Therkelson says it was the stickiest
mud he has seen in many a day. The
Franklin kept right on going, though,
and did not have to ask help from any
one. Luckily, he had taken the precau
tion to put on chains before he struck
the worst mud holes, so the wheels
were enabled to get traction.
There are two very bad spots in the
canyon. One is south of Comstock,
where a new dirt grade has been made
by the construction crews. It is sev
eral hundred feet long and is composed
of pure mud.
Another bad place is this side of
Drain. Here the mud was so deep that
the car dragged its axles. One heavy
car was hopelessly stuck here and the
driver was looking around for a team
to haul him out.
But there has been no rain since
that time, and the mud has dried out
enough so that the going is fair. Until
it rains again even heavy cars, says
Therkelson, will not get stuck.
The long and steep Wolf Creek hill
where there is a grade of 20 per cent,
was in excellent condition for it. The
road was dry so there was no danger
of the slipping that has caused severat
automobile wrecks there.
It probably will be next June before
the Pass Creek Canyon road is in good
condition for automobile travel. By
that time the construction work will
be completed and the road will be sur
faced with rock.
OFFICIALS BROUGHT TO TIME
Grays Harbor County Decides They
. Can't Lock Up Public Cars.
HOQUIAM, Wash., Xov. 20. Auto
mobiles owned by Grays Harbor County
belong to the county and not to the of
ficials or to the offices, the Board of
Commissioners have announced. The
county now owns five cars for the use
Of the Various officials and in arlHitinn
fhe County Game Commission has a
car. The county has its own garage,
near the Courthouse at Montesano, and
maintains its own mechanic.
The question of ownership of the cars
came up when the question of purchase
of another car for the Sheriff's office
was under discussion by the Board.
Purchase of a fast car. often needed by
the Sheriff, is under consideration, but
will not be acted upon until next Spring.
It was brought out that at least one of
the cars, that used by the County School
Superintendent's office, is kept locked
when officials of that department are
not using it. At times when the Sheriff
bus needed another car he has been
forced to hire one. The Commissioners
could not see it that way and issued
orders that all cars are to be available,
FRANCE GETS TRACTORS
FORD TO MAKE 12,000 OK THEM FOR
That Country.
Nearly 70O0 Being Made for England
Xoiv) Thta Country Must Wait Till
Europe Is Supplied.
Henry Ford informed friends at the
Detroit Athletic Club in Detroit the
other day that he had just notified
France that that country could have
12,000 Ford tractors. He is now work
ing on 6000 to 7000 for England and all
these will have to be delivered before
America's demand is met..
Mr. Ford said that he was taking
advantage of the present fine weather
in making the tests and that in a short
time several of these tractors would be
moved to the South for test work there.
He laughingly said that he was 54
years old, but believed that in his pres
ent condition he was capable of run
ning farther and running faster than
any 34-year-old man in Detroit.
As indicating the work he is doing.
he tola of rising at 6 o'clock Wednes
day morning and of following 11 trac
tors over the fields. He rode on many
of these and at the close of the morn
ing's test knew everything that was to
be known regarding the work of each.
Mr. Ford said that all his tractors are
being fitted to create their own light
lor night work.
The other night a test was made with
one of them and it plowed an acre in
65 minutes. Mr. Ford said that it was
evident that the Government action
with regard to the manufacturing of
automobiles was in line with a saving
policy ana that it was probable the
Government did not care to have the
manufacturers make too many cars, as
too many cars meant the consumption
or precious gasoline.
DCRLAXD IS MITCHELL CHIEF
General Electric Man Succeeds Otis
C. Friend, Resigned.
Otis C. Friend, president of the Mitch
ell Motors Company, has resigned and
V. C. Durland, for 23 years associated
in the active management of the Gen
eral Electric Company, has been named
his successor.
Simultaneously comes the announce
ment that R. C. Rueschaw has resigned
as director and sales manager of the
Reo Motorcar Company. He will be as
sociated with Mr. Durland in the gen
eral management of the Mitchell Com
pany.
Care of Wire Wheel Vital
Be careful to dry the Bpokes of a
wire wheel- after washing. As the
enamel chips off the metal rust starts
and loosens more of it. Careful drying
will prevent this to a great extent.
Iv-very time you change a wire wheel
put grease on the metal surfaces of
wheel spindle where the hub touches it.
If this is not done the wheel will rust
and stick to the spindle and it will be
extremely difficult to separate.
Graphite the Rims.
This is a good time to apply some
graphite to the rims so that they will
not rust. A good graphite grease or
plain graphite may be good lor this
purpose.
TIRE COMPANY GROWING
McNAl'LL DEALERS GUESTS AT TO-
LEOO THIS WEEK.
Strides Made by Orgranliatlon and Plans
for ExpanHion to Be Discussed
at Conference.
Principal tire dealers and agents
from all parts of the country will con
vene in Toledo this week as guests of
the McNaull Tire Company, to witness
the wonderful strides being made by
the parent concern and to learn of plans
to increase the production on a large
scale.
The occasion is the annual conven
tion of all the McNaull dealers and
agents. Plans to be announced at the
convention include the cohstruction of
additional factory buildings of the
most modern type to provide for the
phenomenal increase in business. An
other announcement Is a National ad
vertising campaign which is to begin
in the near future.
An elaborate programme of enter
tainment is being prepared, beginning
with a pageant of all trucks and pas
enger cars in Toledo equipped with
McNaull tires.
The time of the visitors Is to be about
equally divided between business and
pleasure. Business sessions are to be
held every day. An inspection tour of
the McNaull plants will give the dele
gates opportunity to trace the steps in
the making of McNaull tires through
one of the most up-to-date plants in
the -world.
NEW BUILDINGS ADDED
STIDEBAKER GREATLY ENLARG
ING ALREADY BIG PLANT.
Automobile Company Takes Steps to
Be Ready for Increased Car
Demand Owing to War.
One of the landmarks In the business
history of America is the Studebaker
Corporation, which was established in
1SD2, at South Bend, Indiana, by the five
Studebaker brothers. Since then this
great company has grown from a little
crossroads blacksmith shop to one of
the mightiest manufacturing organiza
tions in existence. Studebaker is to
day the largest manufacturer of ve
hicles in the world.
Studebaker has long been a leader
in the manufacture of wagons, fine
carriages, harness, street-cleaning and
municipal equipment, and now they are
also among the leaders in the manu
facture of motor cars.
A few months ago Studebaker an
nounced that construction work had
been started on new buildings in South
Bend that would require an expenditure
of nearly $2,000,000. This new con
struction has been progressing rap
idly during the Summer and Fall, so
far. In fact, that some of the new
plants are already in use. One of these,
the new four-story dry kiln, is prob
ably the largest and finest structure of
its kind in the country. The building
Itself is of reinforced concrete and cost
three-quarters of a million dollars to
erect. This is where Studebaker sea
sons the millions of feet of lumber used
in the manufacture of its various
products.
In addition to the other new plants,
which include a machine shop and
forge shop, Studebaker now makes it
known that a new power-house of the
most modern construction is fast Hear
ing completion. This building is 85x113,
adding 9605 square feet of floor space.
Like the other new structures, the
power-house Is of reinforced concrete
throughout. - Two huge brick smoke
stacks, towering high above the sur
rounding buildings, cost $10,000 alone
to erect.
In speaking of this building activity
at South Bend, R. T. Hodgkins, general
sales manager of the Studebaker Cor
poration, said:
"The work is being pushed to com
pletion as rapidly as possible and
Spring will find us better prepared
than ever to handle the growing de
mand for fine cars I have every rea
son to believe will follow the general
prosperity of the country this Winter.
"These building extensions, coming at
a time when this country is at war and
some manufacturers are feeling pessi
mistic, proves in no uncertain manner
that Studebaker has unbounded faith
in the future of the industry.- It is an
other evidence of the solidity, perma
nence and constant growth of Stude
baker, a striking example of Stude
baker's fixed policy of continually im
proving its manufacturing facilities to
How Long Will a Battery Last?
That depends to a tremen
dous extent on the quality o f the
insulation between the plates.
It is the insulation that pro
tects the plates from contact
with one another from short
circuiting and perhaps ruin-,
ing the battery.
In perfecting Threaded Rub1
ber Insulation, Willard has de
veloped, the sturdiest, most
durable battery insulation
made one which greatly re
duces the chances of "broken
down" insulation.
And this important factor in long
battery life is backed up by Willard
Service, which will test and fill your
battery regularly, give you good ad
vice in battery care, and offers
expert work when you need repairs
or recharging.
Is Willard Service working for you ?
Auto Electric Equipment Co.
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1 Facts Cannot Be Denied I
Registration records show that Republic Trucks are in
greater demand than any other truck sold m Oregon.
Dependability, economical operation, combined with low
E first cost is what appeals to the careful buyer this is E
5 what you get in a Republic Truck.
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State Managers Named.
Instead of zone managers the United
Stntes Motor Truck Company will ap
point assistant sales managers, who
will have charge of certain states with
headquarters in prominent cities, ac
cording to the announcement just made
by Forrest J. Alvin, general manager.
Many Overland Taxis.
The AVestcott Express Company, of
New York City, which already has 100
Willys-Knight taxicabs in use. has just
placed an order for 50 more with
Willys-Overland. Inc., of Toledo, O.. for
immediate delivery. The Westcott Com
pany has the exclusive taxlcab service
at the large terminal depots In New
York City.
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Choose tHe Chandler
Because It Offers
So MicH More
BY people who are familiar with motor car values the
Chandler is most commonly compared with high-priced
cars, because, in so many essential features of design, con
struction and equipment, it checks so closely with the high
priced cars. And because so few, if any, of these distinctively
high-grade features are found in other cars selling for less
than $2000.
Yet the Chandler price is only $1595.
The intelligent automobile purchaser is not misled by
further threatened price advances of cars striving to maintain
some degree of a leadership that has passed.
There have been some necessary price advances within the
year. And .some unnecessary ones.
If you choose carefully from among well-known medium
priced cars you will choose the Chandler, because of its
extraordinary value.
Seven-Passenger Touring Car, SI 595
Four-Passenger Roadster, SI 595
Seven-Passenger Convertible Sedan, S2295
Four-Passenger Convertible Coupe, S2195 Limousine, S2895
All prices- f. o. b. Cleveland, Ohio
f Let Us Show You How the Chandler
ChecKs with High-Priced Cars
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64-66 Broadway . Phone Broadway 512
CHANDLER MOTOR CAR COMPANY, Cleveland, O.
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