TUB SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND, DECEMBER 1C, 1917.
AUTHORITIES NOT
TO GUT OFF AUTOS
FAIR MOTORIST OF JOSEPH IS FIRST OWNER OF MARMON "34" IN EASTERN OREGON.
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Kumbcr of Cars as Possible
Will Be Turned Out.
DETROIT. Deo. 15. (Special.) At
their meeting in Detroit last week in
answer to a call from the National
Automobile Chamber of Commerce,
more than 150 automobile manufactur
ers voted unanimously to support the
work of the automobile Industries com
mittee at Washington, pledged to the
war Industries board and the War and
Kavy Departments their heartiest sup
port and to a man expressed their
readiness to turn over the vast pro
ductive facilities of the industry to the
Government as fast as the Government
can make us of them.
In the meantime, automobile manu
facturers will keep their organisations
Intact so as to conserve the greatest
possible potential strength for the
present and future war programmei of
the Government. President Charles
Clifton, of the Chamber, presided, with
every prominent company in the In
dustry represented. Representatives
of the Motor and Accessories Manufac
turers Association also were present.
It was clearly shown that the Wash
ington authorities had no intention -of
arbitrarily cutting: off the automobile
business and that automobile men
themselves have offered to reduce pas
eenger car production according1 to the
Government needs for war materials
or as the Government may require the
facilities of the automobile and acces
sory manufacturing1 companies.
X. Production Increase.
The heartiest response to the com
mittee's efforts has been received) from
the war Industries board and from the
Army and Navy Departments.
Manufacturers appreciate that busi
ness cannot be entirely as usual dur
ing the war. as the principle business
now is making war and not making
automobiles, so that the Industry can
not expect to increase production as in
the past.
The manufacturers attend'Ing the
meeting? were surprised at the great
number of automobile men in the serv
ice and the spirit of co-operation which
has been shown by the makers giving
their, best men to the Government at
great sacrifice to themselves and their
plants.
It was realized that rather than grlve
munition orders to companies which
have to buy new machinery and build
new plants, advantage should be taken
of the productive capacities of the
automobile and parts plants. An im
mense amount of war work is being
done and preparations are being made
to take over more work for the Gov
ernment. lnginee-rs to Aid Gsvcrnment.
A. W. Copland and Hugh Chalmers,
of the automobile industries board,
who, with John Ft. T.ee, were appointed
to co-ordinate the Government war re
quirements with the facilities of ths
automobile industry. explained the
work going on at Washington. Their
need for additional engineers was
promptly answered by nine manufac
turers who volunteered the services of
nine of their engineers to work with
the committee at Washington for the
period of the war.
It was felt that selling transporta
tion for millions of people and thou
sands of tons of freight as supplied by
the modern motor car and truck, cou
pled with the war railroads board's re
quest for greater motor transportation
to relieve the railroads of trtiort haul
traffic, demands continued productive
facilities in the industry, now rated as
third among those of the United States.
Loyal support by 27,500 dealers was
Indicated by reports from different sec-
tions of the country expressing their
willingness to help win the war by re
arranging their organizations for the
new situations created. The automo
bile men expert to make cars to as near
a normal number as the materials and
coal situation will permit, but It may
be expected that there will be some
decrease in the number of passenger
cars produced, making them harder to
Set and higher in price.
figures on Size of Industry,
Ths meeting was supplied with some
Interesting figures which proved the
far-reaching influence of the automo
bile industry. They showed 230 iak
ers of passenger automobiles and 272
makers of motor trucks in 32 states
with a 'capital investment of $736,000.-
COO and with 280,000 workers, to whom
S275.UOO.000 in wages and salaries Is
paid annually. The production for the
year ending June 30, was 1,806,194 mo
tor vehicles, or which 11Z.Z00 were
trucks, the total value of both being
131 7,470.3S.
It was hown that 1080 manufactur
ers of hodies. parts and accessories
have a capital of $336,000,000. employ
320. 000 workers and pay $228,000,000
annually In wages. I.a.st year 18.000.000
tires were made, valued at $460,000,000.
There are 27.800 automobile dealers
and 25,500 garages, located in almost
every town and village of the United
States, all dependent on the production
of motor cars. They have a capital in
vestment of $18t.000.000 and employ
230.000 persons.
Exports for the year ended June Sfl
were 64. 834 passenger cars and 15.977
trucks, the latter mostly for the allies
Jn Europe. The value of these exports.
Including tires and parts, was $133,411,
000. There are now 4.50O.000 automo
biles registered in the t'nited States,
of which 400.000 are trucks which are
annually transporting goods to a to
tal of 6.000,000.000 ton-miles and re
lieving the railroads of short-haul
traffic.
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MISS MARY B.UDA.V, OF JOSEPH, OR. PHOTOGRAPHED AT THE WHEEL OP II EH MAR MO ST, REAR
WALLOWA LAKE.
BAKER, Or., Dee. 15. f Special.) The first owner of a Harmon "34" In Eastern Oregon Is Miss Mary Baudan.
of Joseph. This picture of Miss Baudan at the wheel of her car was taken near Wallowa Lake, one of the
beauty spots of Eastern Oregon. It requires considerable skill to drive an automobile In the territory this
motorist travels, as aiyone who is familiar with the famous Wallowa Hill at Minum knows. Miss Baudan han
dles her car with the ease of a veteran motorist and never overlooks the opportunity to te'1 admiring friends
what a simple matter it is to drive the big Marmon over the bad roads. Miss Baudan purchased her car
from Alpha Christly, of Baker, the Marmon dealer for Eastern Oregon.
GLASS FOR DRIVERS
Pacific KisselKar Co. to Teach
Truck Chauffeurs.
SERVICE MANAGER AT HEAD
Free Instruction in Fine Points of
Truck Driving Will Be Given on
Application to Pel Wright,
KisselKar Chief Here.
To help motor truck owners of Port
land get greater efficiency out of their
equipment now when It is hard to get
experienced drivers, the Portland Pa
ct fie KisselKar Branch will conduct
an evening class for drivers and me
chanics to which any employer may
send his men free of charge Irrespec
tive of the equipment used.
Del Wright, manager of the Portland
branch. In discussing the plan, said:
"It has come to my notice from re?
ports by the superintendent of the re.
pair department that an increasing
number of repairs re made necessary
by carelessjhandling of equipment, due
principally to Ignorance of the fine
points of truck driving- on the part of
new drivers.
"In the service department of one big
Portland corporation which operates
many trucks costs have been rising
ever since many of the best men joined
the Army. This condition of changing
crews probably will not be altered
until after the war.
Truck Driving recoliar.
"The man who has not been driving
a truck has many things to learn to
make him a good driver, even if he
has previously driven a passenger car.
In commercial use. close attention to
detail is even more essential than in
passenger vehicles where the strains
usually are not so heavy.
"But even for the passenger car
driver, the classes of Instruction .to
let the boy know where 'dead center'
was. and such a simple operation as
putting a pencil in the spark plug
hole en top of the cylinder and watch
ing the pencil rise to the highest point
had never occurred to him, though he
knew the positions which the timer
should take, and would have saved
about two hours in his day's schedule
if he had known this simple method
of making the adjustment."
The simplest of shop shjort-cuts and
quick, reliable methods wfll be shown
the drivers in the KisselKar class. In
struction will be general, so that the
information gained will be valuable no
matter what make or size truck the
man may handle.
Definite arrangements for enrollment
in the class may be made with Mr.
Wright, Only a limited number of men
can be handled to advantage at one
time. Either employers or the men
themselves can make application for
enrollment in the classes. Charles
Dunsmore, local service superintendent,
will bfe In charge of the instruction.
DOCTOR ONG INVENTOR
AUTOSIIZER' DEVICE FOR
CB.EASING GAS MILEAGE.
BEACOX TIRE BROUGHT HERE
Malcolm Tire Co. Receives Big Ship
ment at Popular Prices.
The Malcolm Tire Company, distribu
tors in Portland for the Automobile
Tire Company, the oldest and largest
firm of auto tire jobbers In the United
States, has taken on the Beacon tire, a
newcomer in this territory. The Beacon
Is made in all sizes and is extremely
popular with motorists in the Eastern
states.
A special feature of the Beacon is
that it has a ribbed tread in combina
tion with lateral projections, the rib
preventing skid and the projections
preventing slip.. Q. A. Malcolm, presi
dent of the Malcolm Tire Company, an
nounces that he has received a large
shipment of these tires. .
Mr. Malcom is also making a spe
cialty of guaranteed factory seconds In
all standard makes of tires. He has
been doing a good business since hie
new quarters In North Broadway, near
iiverett, were opened two weeks ago.
CHALMERS PISHKS BIG TREE
OFK ROAD ON WAY TO
KLAMATH PALLS.
E. A. Dunham, of Klamath
Palls, thinks the new Chalmers
car, with ' the "Hotspot" motor,
one of the most wonderful per
formers he has ever driven, and
he doesn't hesitate to say so;
Mr. Dunham is Chalmers dealer
at Klamath Falls, and he left
Portland November 28 with one
of the latest models to drive
home by way of the Pacific High
way south to Ashland and thence
over the moutaina. .
He has written to Roy Hemp,
hill, manager of the Western
Motor Car Sales Company, dis
tributors of the Chalmers in Ore
gon and Southwestern Washing
ton, that he arrived home on
schedule time, though be was
told along the way that he would
never get through this late in
the year. He ran Into so much
mud that the car resembled a
mudball, but It went through
everything, including Pass Creek
Canyon.
But Its prise performance oc
curred on the way over the moun
tains on one of the worst roads
in this or any other world. A
storm had blown a tree 18 Inches
' in diameter across the road. Hrv
Dunham couldn't budge it, but'
he drove the Chalmers up to the
tree and, with the bumper, shoved
it out of-the way.
More Oil Mileage, Less Carbon and
Leaser Life for Hearings Other
Things Claimed for Device.
Dr. H. F. Ong, of Portland, is the In
ventor of a device known as the Au
tomlzer, that has been proved by ex
periment and from actual use on many
cars in Portland to result in greatly
increased gasoline and oil mileage,
less carbon and longer life for bear
ings. The Automizer is attached between
the carburetor throttle valve and the
Intake manifold. It traps any liquid
fuel that may be entering the intake
manifold and makes good fuel gas even
out of distillate or coal oil if supplied
with hot air. It results in complete
combustion of fuel and protects the
crank' case oil from the heavy portion
of the so-called gasoline that other
wise would go into the cylinders in
liquid form.
The Automizer can be attached to
any car. The Automizer is beins
handled by the Automizer Supply Co.
TIKE PASSES 38,000 MILES
Royal Cord on Stage Sets Record and
Is Still Going.
Hera is a tire performance that Is
apt to hold the endurance record for
many a day to come a performance
that is arousing such interest in Cali
fornia that the public is keeping score
on its daily mileage rec6rd.
The Kent Brothers, who operate the
motor stage between San Pedro and Re
dondo, Cal., have their car equipped
with Vnited States "Itoyal Cord" tires.
When one of these tires had run 28.411
miles and was brought in to be re
treaded, the local press sat up and took
an intense interest In the tire, and on
November 3, when a total of 38.249
miles was attained, crowds were wait
ing at each end of the stage route to
jot down the mileage.-
YOUNG MAN PIONEER
First Car Piloted Clear Across
Dominion of Canada.
INVALIDED SOLDIER DRIVER
be opened at the KisselKar branch will
be interesting and useful.
"There are of course other contrib
uting factors to increased costs than
poor driving. In almost every business
the strains on all forms of equipment
have been geatly increased by.the war
load. Trucks which formerly ran but
one shift per day now frequently do
three shifts a day.
"This means that the truck does not
get the care it formerly did, unless the
driver himself takes the trouble to
look after it when loading or when
standing for a load at stations. Repair
shops and garages are full, and few
men are looking for more work. Con
ditions are such that the truck's ef
ficiency depends in great measure pn
the man at the wheel.
"It does not take much to keep a
truck in tip-top shape. Observance of
a few reasonable precautions will keep
the car or truck out of the shop. Sim
ple methods of oiling and simple first
aids to the injured 'will keep up the
service.
Israorane Delay a Track.
"Just an example a day or two ago
I saw out on the road where a crew
was doing road work. A young boy
who had just been turned out with a
big truck was getting along In fine
shape until the motor sputtered and
stopped. He guessed that It was ig
nition trouble and discovered that the
shaft in the timer had slipped so that
the firing order was all out.
"No mark on the wheel would have
Good Roads, Bad Roads aud ,Xo
Roads at All Found by C. A. Evans
on Trip In Interests of Cham
pion Spark Plus Makers.
In Portland this week is a Ford de
livery ear that has just journeyed 60o
miles across the Dominion of Canada
from Windsor. Ont.. to Vancouver. B. C,
thence to Portland, and that is declared
by its driver, C. A. Evans, to be the
first automobile to cross the continent
north of the United States boundary
line.
Of course, the car did not travel by
the most direct route and run up a
mileage of 5060. It achieved that figure
by dint of much doubling back and
rorth on its path in the various prov
inces between Windsor and Vancouver,
making the rounds of dealers in Cham,
pion spark plugs.
The car and its driver were eent out
by the Canadian Spark Plug Company,
Ltd.. of Windsor. Ont.. last May 25. The
car was loaded down with window dis
play signs and other 'advertising litera
ture on Champion spark plugs, and Mr.
Evans was directed to meet every
Champion spark plug dealer en route.
Zlicxas; Route Followee.
Well, be did, or all he could find. It
required a lot of Elgzagging, which ex
plains the long mileage.
Mr. Evans, having reached the west
ern edge of Canada, is now on his way 1
back through the United States to
Windsor, which is just across the De
troit River In Canada from Detroit,
Mich. His itinerary includes San Fran
cisco and probably Salt Lake City and
Kansas City, though he may return by
a route farther to the south.
He arrived in Portland with the car
Monday night, and left Tuesday night,
without the car, for Toledo, O., to at
tend the convention there of Champion
spirrk plug salesmen this week. In the
meantime the car is enjoying a good
rest in Portland. Mr. Evans is to re'
turn here about January 1, and starl
straight south over the Pacific High
way for California,
v Bad Roads No Barrier.
Even the reputed terrors of Pass
Creek Canyon do not deter this intrepid
young man, who declares he will get
through the canyon if he has to hire a
boat to ferry him through. But get
through somehow he will, he says, there
being a good many Champion epark
plug dealers In California pn whom he
Intends to call.
Roads are about ths last thing young
Mr. Evans has permitted to worry him
pn his trip across Canada. He has en
countered in his long journey good
roads, bad roads and no roads at all.
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$1510.00 HERE
This is interesting news to motor enthusiasts of Portland. The mere
statement that the Chevrolet Motor Company would begin the making
of a new model is interesting news in itself; hut the announcement of a
Chevrolet valve-in-head eight is extraordinary newsr
The Chevrolet valve-in-head eight is not merely another eightcylin
der model. Tere is just as much distinction and intensified efficiency
In this new car as possessed by the Chevrolet four-cylinder models.
. The Chevrolet eight has not only the best features to be found in other
eights, but in addition has many exclusive points of distinction. It will
take from the ' very beginning an important position among leaders of
eight-cylinder cars.
The Chevrolet eight will appeal to a class wishing to enjoy the
charms of driving an automobile in which the motor does not lapse in.
its power impulses, but furnishes a driving force as constant as the flow
of Niagara.
In mechanical details the Chevrolet eight is as nearely- perfect as
the best engineers can make it. The motor has the exclusive character
of the Chevrolet valve-in-head motor, giving maximum power and econo
my. Clutch, transmission, lubrication, cooling system, etc., all bespeak
Chevr9let perfection. The equipment is unusually complete, even to the
last detail.
You may rest assured that we satisfied ourselves as to the merits
of the Chevrolet- eight before announcing it. Description is inadequate.
You must see this car to appreciate it.
REGNER & FIELDS, INC.
East Side Salesroom
Grand Ave. at Burnside.
MULTNOMAH COUNTY
East 92.
DISTRIBUTORS. '
West Side Salesroom
' 26 North Broadway. Broadway 327.
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That fender is gone. Ques
tion is, can we get a new
one jn town, or must we
wait for one from the factory?
Answer is YES, if your car is a
CAR
because the local dealers carry the largest stock of
repair parts that is carried in the Northwest for any
car of the Mitchell class.
Mitchell, Lewis & Staver Co.
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Service East Morrison at First Portland, Oregon
ly the case in
Manitoba and Saskatchewan, where h
rode over the prairies for as much as
60 or 70 miles at a time without hit
ting a trail.
He and a companion. C. A. Speers, of
Windsor, who accompanied him all the
way until they reached Centralia,
Wash., when ha returned to Canada,
took the Ford over the Kockies through
Crow's Nest Pass. In one place they
climbed a 27 per cent grade.
Between Windsor and Vancouvei
their mileage was 4S0O. On their ar.
rival at Vancouver they were , met by
a special committee and greeted by tht
Mayor of the city in honor of having
completed the tour across the conti
nent. Driver Cased at Vprn,
Mr. Evans is strong for the roads of
British Columbia, which, lie declares,
are the best in Canada. Incidentally,
he found them much better than the
Pacific Highway between Tacoma and
Portland, which was rough and muddy
in spots. The road from Kalama in to
Vancouver, Wnsh., which has-been so
bitterly cursed by great ' numbers of
motorists, did not impress him with its
faults nearly as much as that stretch
between Kelso and Castle Rock, which
he found really bad, considered even In
comparison with trans - continental
standards.
Mr. Evans Is an American boy who
left his home in Buffalo, N. Y., in 115,
to enlist in the Fourth Canadian
Mounted Rifles. He got a bad sniff tt
eras at the third battle of Yprea in June
of last year, was invalided home and
honorably discharged as permanently
unfit for military service.
He is still suffering somewhat from
tender lungs as the result of that eras
ing, but his long journey In the open
air has dene much to aid in his re
covery. Mr. Evans only wishes that
every poo fellow who is erased might,
take such a health building tour as that
on which he Is engaged.
Open Relief Valyes.
Opening- the relief valves to see If a
cylinder is missing- explosions is a
good way, but it sometimes fails unless
you speed up the motor. Give the en
gine plenty of eras and you will fre
quently gret a burst of flame from
what you thought was a dead cylinder.
MAXV CHASOIEHS ORDERED
Twin States Auto Company Closes
Contracts Totaling: 9300,000.
A. H. ICnaus, president of the Twin
States Auto Company, distributors in
Oregon for the Chandler Six, closed
contracts last iveek with the Chandler
factory for cars for approximately
$200,000 worth of Chandlers for the
coming year.
The business of the Twin States Auto
Company has been increasing steadily,
and this large order is an indication
of the heavy demand for Chandler
cars. Mr. Knaus Is looking for a strong
Winter demand, particularly In closed
cars, and for as many orders next
Sprlnc and Hummer can be filled.
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