The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current, December 02, 1917, SECTION FOUR, Image 59

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Newspaper Page Text9 PROPER MIX IS TOLD STATE HIGHWAY COMMISSIONER GETS HIS SECOND FRANKLIN. AUTO RAGES PLANNED meet to he held at the great oval next year. Mr. Baldwin was selected be cause of his executive ability and in terest in the racing game. He will give the association much of his time during the ensuing few months, having re moved its headquarters to the office of the Universal Motor Company, of which he Is president. The big meet of the year will be held on July 4. The details of the race, such as the distance and the qualifications necessary to entrance, will be worked out shortly. As the speedway is not far distant from Camp Lewis, the offi cers believe that it will be a great at traction for the aoldiers on Indepen dence day. Other officers elected were: Vice president. O. J. Carv: secretary. George D. Dunn: treasurer. II. E. O'.Neal; di rectors in addition to the officers who serve on the board. F. tarret t uner, K. V. Revnolds. D. r. A. Outcalt. C. ll Ross, E. B. King. A. F. McMillan. l"r. C. P. Gammon and It. X. Hague. Mr. King and Mr. Ross are the new mem bers of the board. Mr. Ross Is presi dent .and manager of the Pacific Car Company, Tacoina. 14 4,465 Cars in Missouri. In Missouri 144.463 motor cars have been licensed this year, together with 4097 motorcycles and 1341 dealers. Tbs fees to date this year are $591,069. an increase of J169.337 for the same period last year. St. I.ouls has 27.279 of the total of cars. Kansas City has lfi.649. MEET SET FOR JILV 4 OX TACOMA . SPEEDWAY. Hudson Owners Advised as to Best Anti-Freeze Solution. W." C. Baldwin, Elected Prealdeat ( Speedway Association, Arranges Big Event. BATTERY ALSO NEEDS CARE TACOMA. rec. 1. With the election of W. C. Baldwin as president of the Taeoma Speedway Association, plans are being laid for the automobile race Electrolyte of Fully Charged Bat tery In No Danger of Freezing In Oregon Clime, but Some Danger in Discharged One. THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, 'rORTXAXD, DECEMBER 2, 1917. i S - - ,' -, . ' .J & " ' - - -"ft : Although Portland motorists are not troubled to any great extent by freez ing weather, preparedness in 'the mat ter of knowing how to formulate an anti-freexe solution for radiators for any such contingency is advisable should the Government forecasters sud denly announce that a cold wave is about to strike the community. There are a number of anti-freeze solutions on the market some of which are good and some not. Great care should be taken in the selection of the proper mixture and owners are warned of the importance of using the best anti-freeze mixture obtainable. The C. Ij. Boss Automobile Company. Hudson distributors for Oregon, advises that all owners prepare their own solu tions under formulae sent out by the service, department of the Hudson factory at Detroit. There are two groups of solutions, the first of which calls for glycerine, denatured alcohol and water, while the second omits glycerine on account of its present high cost. The formulae are as follows: Group No, 1. 15 to IS above sero Wood alcohol 12 '4 Percent Olycerine 124 percent 'Water 75 percent 8 above to 10 below zero Wood alcohol 2S per cent Clycerlne 12 per cent Water 63 per cent 10 to 20 below zero Wood alcohol SO per cent CJlycerlne 2B per cent Water .26 per cent Group No. X. 15 to 8 above aero Wood alcohol 20 per cent W ater 80 per cent ft above to 2 below zero W-fnd alcohol .25 per cent Water 75 per cent 2 to 15 below zero ' Wood alcohol 35 per cent Water . . . .65 per cent 15 to 23 below zero Wood alcohol .40 per cent Water 60 per cent It la Important if any of the solutions In this group are used care must be taken in adding water to the radiator to see that a percentage of alcohol la mixed with the water In addition to that already In the radiator. Another thing to remember in cold weather is that the electrolyte in a fully charged battery freezes at some- Yt.fi J ft NV'- V'". It? T jfffr-f -rfrta --1 11-1 1 7 f 11 1 th r if Hi n 1 s. SIMON B ESO AND HIS NEW FRANKLIN CABRIOLET. Franklin cars, so to speak, run in the family of Simon Benson, chairman of the State "Highway Commission. When Mr. Benson purchased a Franklin cabriolet the other day for his own use, it made the second Franklin he has owned and the seventh to be bought by some member of his, family. His Son, Amos Benson, has had three Frank lins and swears by that car, and his daughter, Mrs. Alice Benson Beach, is running her second Franklin automobile. thing lower than '80 degrees below zero, ' while in a normally discharged battery it freezes at about five degrees above zero. - Therefore if a battery Is fully charged and water Is not added except imme diately before charging, there is no danger of freezing. Should water be added without being followed by. a charge, It will not mix with the elec trolyte, but. being lighter, will remain on the surface and be subject to freez ing. The gassing at the end of the charge causes the water to become thoroughly mixed with the electrolyte. AUTO NECESSARY TO BUSINESS Motor Car Owners Agree That It Is Utility Not to Bo Spared. A great deal of attention has been attracted to the suggestion that auto mobile dealers throughout the country get in direct touch with owners of cars and ascertain to just what extent the automobile is a utility. As brought out by the Dort Motor Car Company and others, such investi gations as have been made along, this line have all been in favor of the con tention that the automobile is neces sary in order to carry on business expe ditiously. Goodyear Club Formed. Twenty-five students of the Univer sity of North Carolina, who worked at the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company's plant at Akron. O.. have organized a Goodyear-Carolirta Club at the univer Fitv at Chapel Hill. NEW TIRE FIRM HERE 3IAI.COM TIRE CO. TO SELL ON PLAN NEW TO PORTLAND. Factory "Seconds" of AH Standard Makes to Be Handled on Guaran tee, at Reduced Prices. A plan for selling automobile tires that is new to this territory, but has been worked out with great success elsewhere, has been brought to Port land by the Malcom Tire Company, which has just opened a salesroom at 82 Broadway North, at Everett. This plan is the selling of what are known as factory "seconds." tires that because of some slight blemish or abrasion are not sent out by the fac tories as firsts, but which have no in herent defects, at greatly reduced prices, but under an absolute mileage guarantee. G. A. Malcom, head of the Malcom Tire Company, has sold tires on this plan in Los Angeles with much suc cess. He is an old hand in the tire selling business. In which he has been engaged for the past eight years. He is coming to Portland as distrib utor for Oregon and Washington of the Automobile Tire Company, of New York City, which originated the plan of selling "seconds" and factory spe cials: on a big scale and under Iron clad guarantee. This Is one of the largest and oldest tire Jobbing houses in the country. It operates 18 or 20 branches In different large cities. All lines of standard makes of tires will be carried here by the Malcom Tire Company, including "firsts" as well ad "seconds." Cone Clutch Treatment. Car owners should get into the habit of using belt dressing for the clutch leather to swell it and act as a remedy for slippage. In disengaging the clutch it will be well to notice whether there Is a ridge In the leather. Such a con ditlon prevents the clutch from engag lng as far' as it ought to and the only way to remove the ridge Is first to take out the clutch and then trim down the leather with a rasp. India Makes Experiment. India made its first experiment last February with motor instead of horse vans to carry the mall to subscribers. So successful was the experiment the entire horse service Is to be abolished The substitution resulted in a consider- able caving. The cars also reduced the time of transit between the several offices. Twin Cities Dimmer Law. Minneapolis and St. Paul have amend ed their ordinances so that any lighting device equipped with a reflector must have the glass in front of the light etched, ground, frosted, colored, mold ed, or otherwise constructed so the llrhted filament shall appear blurred M . - IH Now you can see thelfelie's new standards of motor car beauty THE new. models are here! ready for your most critical examination through and through, from choice coach work, upholstery and points of convenience and refinement, to the details of masterly mechanism the Continental Red Seal motor, Timken axles and "bearings, enclosed disc clutch, and long, underslung, 4 -elliptic springs. Note the charm of unbroken level line from radiator to rear seat the perfect merging of the shapely hood with the body. This new Velie Biltwel series gives you a choice of nine superb body styles in beauty, far beyond any former Velie a style to meet the desires of every prospective purchaser: 5-passenger Touring; 2 and 4-passenger Roadsters; Cabriolet; Coupe; Touring Sedan; Town Car; Sport Model with outside exhaust, individual steps and Victoria top; and a larger 7-passenger Touring. See the new Velie today Combine pleasure with good business judgment The Velie is a business investment. You buy on a rising market, Deliveries are certain now. Come in today and choose your Velie. The 5-passenger Touring Car is $1265 others upward to $2400. D. C. WARREN MOTOR CAR CO. Distributors 5S-60 North 23d Street. ' Phone Main 780 VF.T.TF. MOTORS CORPORATION, MOLINE. ILLINOIS An Engine That Digests LrOw-Grade Gas and Makes High Power Out of It The thing about the great Chalmers engine that counts is the fact that it actually digests the gas fed to it (and low-grade gas especially). Everyone knows now that the grade of gasoline is on the decline, and that probably high-grade gas, or even the gas of a year ago, will never come back. And like a man who, has been on a high-grade diet and is suddenly given a low-grade diet, many engines in automobiles now have gasoline indigestion. The Chalmers engine digests gas probably as no engine ever before has done. It makes high power out of low-grade gas. It makes gasoline work harder than gasoline ever worked before. . .... , Anyone who knows anything about an engine knows that the everlasting riddle has been to get the gas in just exactly a 100 condition of vapor in the combustion chamber before ignition. The great Chalmers engine has accomplished this, so far as any engine probably ever will be able to do, by means of two clever devices. One is a 'hot spot" feature which heats and "breaks up" the gas after it leaves the carburetor and before it gets to the intake manifold. The other is the ram s norn" manifold that, by- means of its "easy air bends," sends the gas to the combustion chamber well-nigh perfect, Hence, more power out of less gas. On a cold day remarkably quick results in starting are obtained. No longer a 10-minute fiht with your engine. And as soon as the Chalmers engme starts it runs smoothly and delivers power quickly. Often cars take ten minutes of running to "warm them up." But not so with the current Chalmers. .-J And if you weren't a shrewd judge of an automo bile, you might overlook some of the other notable features of the current Chalmers, so great has become the achievements of its engine. Go down to our salesroom and let us showyou the . great Chalmers engine and the perfection of the current Chalmers, TOURING CAR. 5-PASSENGER $1485 TOURING SEDAN - - $1950 TOWN CAR LAXDAW.ET - $3015 TOURING CAR. 7-PASSENGER J1635 CABRIOLET. S-PASSENGEIt 11775 LIMOCStNE. 7-PASSENGER 12925 STANDARD ROADSTER . - JUS5 TOWN CAR, 7-PASSENGER J2925 LIMOUSINE LANDAULET - J3025 v ALLi PRICES F. O. B. DETROIT SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE. SOME DESIRABLE TERRITORY NOW OPEN. WRITE OR WIRE. Western Motor Car Sales Co; BROADWAY AT BURNSIDE. JAS. McNAUGHTOX, Pres. L. B. MARK HAM, Sec-Trcaa. ROY HEMPHILL, VlccPrcs. and GcnL Mgr.