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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 13, 1918)
8 THE SUXDAY- OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND, JANUARY 13, 1918. MOTOR TRUCK BIG HELP TO FARMERS It Does More Work Than Six Horses, Eats No Fodder and Costs Much Less. EFFICIENCY IS ALMOST 100 It Can Work it Hoar Per Day In Emergency, Saves Time, Labor, and Money antfVldd to Ef ficiency of Its Owner. Th day of the motor truck on the farm Is her, says tieorse M. ScheiL ed Itor of Motor West, of Los Angel, one of ths forward-looking' and pro grcsslvs automobile trade Journal, in a recent editorial that la well worth re printing for Its bearing; on the problem f ths Oregon fanner. The track la tyring adopted erery where, explains Mr. Schell. becaoae It Is shown over and orr that one track will do more work than six horses and roats less. The higher price of horse feed la another factor tendtnc toward the universal use of trucks on the farm. The editorial continues "The track la an all-around farm and. It will haul produce to town. supplies back, help to build roads, carry manure Into the fields, pick Bp produce tn the fields and carry it to storase. erry livestock to market, do any one of the thousand things that heretofore required alow, borae-drawa vehicles and much hand labor. Heeao M Ier Cnt KalcieaC Tbe day win com when every farm and oonatry road wlU bo dotted with smooth-running; motor trucks. In atead of the horse, who la only rt per cent efficient, based oa the heat energy of meale eaten aa transmitted Into draw-bar pall, the motor track trans mits nearly all the heat energy of Its gasoline meals Into eerrlce. Moreover, the speed and load capacity of the tracks make them veritable slants In transportation. "There Is no each thine as maximum efficiency In a horse or team. A single horse or team will pull a certain load for a certain time and then It's through. A motor track Is never through. It can work 24 hours a day and needs only oil. as and care to keep on steadily. "The farmer uses his track to Im prove his roads, to Improve tbo speed of his track. The fruitgrower need the track for quick dispatch of bis perishable products. Track Srm 1 lite. "Tbe huge crops of potatoes raised In some sections of the country could never be moved by horses. Tbe track picks them up In the Held, crated or In sacks, moves over the rough ground and oat to town and Is unloaded before a team would be started on Us way. Xay and night the track can run la an emergency, taking care of unusual pro duction, while teams of horses, no mat ter how many, would be fagged out In a short time. The progressive farmer recogntxe that the motor track is a vitally Impor tant factor In his success. It Is one of those time-saving, labor-saving de vices that ho may postpone getting; but the longer he puts off the purchase tha heavier will be the total cost of operating his farm." . British Diplomat Boy Marroon. Ralph H. Thomas, an attache of the British embassy. Washington. D. C. re cently purchased a Marmon (4 for nse In quickly getting around Washington on his diplomatic business. Mr. Thomas la a member of one of the wealthiest and most Influential families In tbe British empire and Is much pleased and enthusiastic ever his new Marmon. WAR EMPHASIZES BIG FIELD FOR TRUCK AND TRAILER, TOO. p Hiy'V - " - Z ' ; ' . . q- -yw , , , - , .-. .-4 BRAf.GH AID TO CITY Portland Northwest Distribut ing Point for Chevrolet i' ASSEMBLING PLANT NEXT Two and Oae-half-Tea Merelaad Trark and Two-Ton Ttlllty Trailer. Sold by MeCraken Motor Company, of Portland, HaaUaa- Tiles to Vista Mease at Crown Polat. By Means of This 'frailer the One-Ton Truck Shown la the Picture la Kaabled to Handle a Twe-Trark Lead. The war has done more in the motor transportation field than merely to bring- out the great importance of the motor truck as a means of chesp an d efficient transportation, for It has also orougrnt noma the usefulness oi tne trailer. The efficiency of the motor truck can be doubled, and In some cases more than that, by use of one or more trailers. The McCraken Motor Car ' C ompany. of Portland, which handles the Moreland track, la alao doing; a bis business tn Utility trailers. J. R. McCraken. president of the company, sees a great and increasing; Held oi use fulness for the trailer In this territory, particularly in aectlona where road a nave Deen or are peine; improves so that a track can bo operated under conditions of Its greatest efficiency. - 1918 ROAD PLANS BIG Highway Commission to Do Much Hard Surface Work. HEAVY TRAVEL EXPECTED Wltole of Paclflo Highway In State, 4M. Miles Long-. Is to Be Made Passable Before Next Winter for Loaded Truck Traffic. I n of Gaskets Important. Oil joints should be fitted with gas kets made of wrapping paper, while water Joints should have asbestos gas kets coated with graphite. Hot-gas Joints, on tbo other hand, should have copper-covered asbestos and dry-gas otrss'e esl! for coated ahe,A. SALEM. Or, Jan. IX. (Special.) From December X, 11. to November JO. 1117. the stats highway department haa expended the sum of 1700.I01.S0. Tbe major part of this expenditure was for the last three months of the fiscal year. . Work now in progress, contracts isi and work authorised contemplate the expenditure of 11.017. 00 on tbe Pacific Highway, which, when tie wort is completed, will make available for track traffic tbe entire distance of 481 miles of the Pact He Highway in Oregon, from the Columbia River to the Cali fornia state line, including the West Side and East Bids sections. On the Columbia River Highway an expenditure of $1,600,000 In 1911 la to make that road passable for truck traf fic from the Pacific Ocean to Pendleton. distance of S00 miles. This Includes only part of the hard- surfacing contemplated. Large sections of both highways will be macadamised. Tbo post road money to be spent east of the Cascade Range la to make avail able for travel something like to miles of ths John Pay Highway from Condon to Dayvllle. There Is also Included In the pro gramme of the Highway Commission the opening np of sections of The taJIes-Callfornla Highway, the Lake-vlew-Klamath Falls road, the Oregon Trail from Pendleton east, tbe Baker Cornucopia road, the Yamhill-Neatucca neetlnn of the Cos lit HlKhwar. Includ ing a survey through the entire county of Curry, where 50,ooo is to be pended next year. The department has now In the neighborhood of ITS employes on Its payroll getting data and preparing plana and estlmatea for 1911 work. The amount of money available for road un provement which will pass through the hands of the department during tbe year 118 will bo very close to 15.000,- 000. ACTO THIEVES GROW BOLDER i Dealer' Motor Car Association Ap points Committee to Act. i Automobile thieves have become so bold In Portland that cars are being stolen In broad daylight from in front of their owners' homes or places of business, and tbo situation Is becoming worse: To take some action to curtail the operations of these criminals, the Dealers' Motor Car Association of Port land has appointed a special committee of three members. , Lawrence E. Therkelson. of the Braly Auto Company, Is chairman of this committee, and tha other members are A. H. Knaua, of the Twin States Auto mobile Company, and Isaac Brunn. of the Brunn Motor Car Company. Tbe dealers do not blame tbe polloe In the least for the great Increase in automobile thefts. Tha police are do ing their best and they recover most of the cars stolen, but they are handi capped In their efforts by the apparent Indifference of the courts. V Down In the cattle countr, and not so very many years ago. either, .the man who stole a horWe was strung up on the nearest tree. But the man who steals an automobile, which he prob ably damages greatly even If It Is re covered. Is let off by the courts with a reprimand or a small fine. REOS DRITEX FROM FACTORY F. W. Vog-Ier Finds That Many Autos Are Taken on Own Power. F. W. Vogler, president of the North west Anto Company, who Is at the Reo factory In Lansing. Mich., In the In terval between the New York and Chi cago automobile shows, speaks of the efforts being made to overcome the difflcultjes tn the shipment of automo biles to dealers. In a letter Just re ceived from him. Cars are being driven away and In two days he noticed trains of Reos leaving lor the lollowlns; points on their own power: Milwaukee. Wis.: Toronto, Can.: Ft. Catherines, Can.: Everett. Pa.: Roches tor. N. T.; Grove City. Pa.: WlUlams- port. Pa., and New Castle. Pa. Driveways were bed rig prepared for tbe next day's get-aways, consisting; of 17 ears for Fostorls, O., and three oars each for Suffoldv 'a., and Grove City, Pa, The Rochester men wore at the fac tory and said that as soon aa they reached home they would start back for 16 more cars and keep right at It through January and February. Philadelphia is arranging for the driving of 12 trucks across. The men from Oklahoma City are en route to drive the first 47 of 100 cars allotted to that territory, but their plan Is to drive them far enough away from Chicago that they may be able to get cars for shipping. ROAD PLAN" MAT BE CHANGED I Alteration in Pendleton-Echo High-1 way Is Proposed. PENDLETON, Or., Jan. It. (Special.) Plans for the Pendleton-Echo road I may be changed to Include the town I of Rieth, west of Pendleton. Accord ing to the State Highway Engineer's! survey, the road would go over the! hill from the Eastern Oregon State I Hospital. The County Court la oonsld- I ering a route from here direct to Rieth, I turning there north through a small I canyon to Intersect the state survey. Sucha route would not only Include I Rieth on the main highway, but would I eliminate the necessity of condemning! several pieces of right-of-way which I must be secured to build the road, ac cording to the state survey. The roadl would be lengthened about a mile and I four-tenths, but would be of cheaper! construction. Investment Here at Present Totals $100,000. but Progress of Chev rolet in This Territory Makes Enlargement Likely Soon. By the establishment in Portland re cently of a branch of tne Chevrolet Motor Company of California, this city becomes the main Northwestern dis tributing point for the Chevrolet car. The branch here was established on November 20, following; a visit through this- territory in November by W. C. Sills, of New York, general sales man ager of the Chevrolet Motor Company, and R. C. Durant, of Oakland, Pacific Coast sales manager and head of the Chevrolet Motor Company of Califor nia, which is tbe Pacific Coast distri butor for the Chevrolet. While the Portland branch Is not yet an assembling brancn, Dut a storage and distributing; branch only, it Is un doubtedly preliminary to -the establish ment here of an assembling plant, par ticularly in view of the progress being made in the Northwest by the Chevro let car. Since ths end of 1916 Chevrolet sales in Oregon alone have Increased approx imately 300 per cent. There has been almost as large an increase in Wash ington. On January 1. 1017, the Chev rolet stood seventh In sales of elec trically equipped automobiles in Ore gon. At the beginning of 1918 it was first in sales of electrically equipped cars in this state. The Chevrolet branch and warehouse in Portland is situated at East Sixth and Ash streets, where it occupies a four-story, building. Between 150 and 200 cars are kept there all the time for distribution to dealers through the Northwest. A stock of parts to sup ply all dealers In the Northwest is also carried. The investment represented at pres ent by the branch is approximately $100,000, which will increase as more cars are carried here and the branch is enlarged. Clifford M. Steves has been in charge of the Oregon territory for the Chevro let Motor Company of California since December 11, 1916, and the big growth of Chevrolet sales has taken place in that time. With the establishment here of the distributing branch warehouse he became its manager. Regner & Fields. Inc.. are distributors for the Chevrolet in Portland and Mult nomah County. Their allotment of Chevrolets from August 1, 1917 to July 31, 1918, is 600 cars, and they are well ahead of schedule in their sales at present. CHALMERS SOUGHT BY MANY Contracts Signed Up in "Week by Distributor Total $250,000. -Roy Hemphill, manager of the West ern Motor Car Sales Company, dis tributors in Oregon and Southwestern Washington for the Chalmers'car, had a pretty good week of it in the way of signing contracts with dealers for Chalmers agencies through the state. The total of the contracts signed up amounted to $250,000. The Chalmers Is. In big demand among the dealers, who appreciate the fact that the West ern Motor Car Sales Company is carry ing a big stock of Chalmers parts, so as to be equipped for any service re quirements. Coal for Tire Folk. Employes of the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, Akron, O., who are unable to secure a sufficient supply of coal to meet their household needs from regular, sources, are being sup plied with coal by the company. More than 2600 tons have already been sup plied in two-ton lots to Goodyear work men. But for this arrangement many families would have experienced great lnoonvenlenoe during ' the recent ex tremely cold weather. TnCOMA PLANS RACES some; speed record shattering is desired. New Speedway President Arranging Hatch With Five Famous Drivers, If Races Are Held. If there Is to be any racing of auto mobiles In the United States next sea son, Tacoma is going to be in on It and "in strong," according to Walter C. Baldwin, newly-elected president of the Tacoma Speedway Association. Present plans, as fostered by Mr. Bald win, indicate probably the fastest race the Tacoma speedway ever will have seen. It is proposed to race on July Fourth. If at all. Five of the country's most promi nent available drivers will be brought out and entered in a match race of 225 miles, run in three heats of 100 miles, 75 miles and 50 miles, respect ively. There will be no amateurs permitted on the track, if Mr. Baldwin's plans carry, and each of the five stars will be equipped with two racing machines to insure a mount in case one should suffer some mechanical mishap to in capacitate it. Chevrolet, DePalma, Mulford, Cooper and Oldfield have been mentioned as possible material for the race. Only Class A drivers would be engaged. The dividing of the race into three heats, each of the five cars eligible In each heat, and each heat shorter than the previous one, would make, Mr. Baldwin believes, an exceptionally fast race with an average of between 95 and 100 miles per hour. Baldwin has been identified with Ta coma race meets as chairman of the technical committee since the first or ganization of racing at Tacoma. Take Extra Cores. Do not negleot to take a few spark plug cores with you on your trip. The metal parts of a spark plug will last almost indefinitely, but the cores must break in time, and that usually means buying a new spark plug. As ths cores can be bqught for a fraction of the oost of a new plug It means econ omy to carry a few with you. Alsq carry a few extra gaskets. SERVICE REPAIRS PARTS STORAGE I . . - - : ' t - "s m J ACCESSORIES TIRES UPHOLSTERING PAINTING SIXTH AT MADISON Announcement Robinson - Smith Company AUTHORIZED DEALER SALES AND SERVICE A. S. Robinson, formerly Northwest manager, and A. B. Smith, formerly territory man for the Pacific KisselKar branch, beg; to announce that they have purchased the business of the authorized Ford agency and complete plant located at Sixth and Madison, from V. II. Wallingf ord. We will occupy the entire building, which is complete in every detail for the care of Ford cars, including service, repairs, parts, accessories, tires, painting, upholstering and storage. To the Ford owners who have been patronizing this agency we solicit the continuance of your business. We invite all Ford owners and prospective purchasers of Ford cars to visit and inspect our building, which has been specially equipped for Ford service. Our many years' experience in handling Ford business has especially fitted us to take care of your needs. ROBINSON-SMITH COMPANY A. S. Robinson, President A. B. Smith, Secretary. v. - v A hjpii W rfp mm V '-"I ' J PERFECTION TIRES Acquaintance disperses all doubts. Construction insures mileage. Acceptance makes us boosters. Guaranteed by the factory. 7500 miles. .' DISTRIBUTED BY Tri-State TireCo. 72 Sixth Street : Portland Phone Broadway 1641 Wholesale and Retail - These Four Endorsements Prove the Warner-Lenz Supreme All Official O.K.' s Judge Calvin H. Han, Superior Court of Seattle, found Warner- Lens directly within law and dismissed test case. Committee appointed in Portland to test under headlight law passed War-ner-Lenx as absolutely . legal. (24 candle power bulb.) State traffic officers in conference at Oakland gave O. K. to Warner-Lenz after thorough test. Bdwmrd Ralxaey, Secretary to Mayor Jamea Rolph, Jrof San Francisco, publicly declared aa follow: "Upon careiul inquiry I have ascertained -Warner-Lens la perfectly satisfactory to the polloe authorities in so far as its compliance with recently passed State law ro auto head lights la concerned.'' Wartier-Lenz, the Only "Fool-proof ' Type Warner-Lenz is legal throughout the United States and Canada. Not only this but it' is the only lens that requires no thought or attention after being inntallftd. Turning of the lens in the lamp rim, bulb slightly out of focus and roughness in the road are some of the conditions that affect other de vices or lenses. . Unless carefully and constantly adjusted they fail to meet the re quirements of motorists and the laws 'by glaring or by giving insufficient light. These objections are done away with .by Warner-Lenz. Its light is scientifically diffused, not held down .to a narrow shaft below the 42 inch . line. There is no direct beam at any angle or height. All glare is ended. So the 42 inch limit does not apply. It Lights Like Dayj Warner-Lenz give a flood of soft, mellow light like daylight no matter what conditions prevail The road is lighted nearby and far ahead. Also the roadsides, the turns, the up-grades and the down grades. Your way is lighted in a manner no other lens can meet. Universally Endorsed . Here is the answer to the lens question. More cars are equipped with Warner-Lenz than with any other kind. Twenty-three motor car manufacturers have selected it after exhaustive engineering tests for standard equipment on all cars. This, despite the fact that other makes cost less. Standard Equipment on All Toes Carss Psckara StKtZ Hal OUs Wbts Fi.t Aaasnsa Stmaasrat rstafii Dssk Siatw Mcfsrlsa Duicsi Mwrmrl. Crswiscs No other lens has re ceived nearly this en dorsement. Motorists and manufacturers both select the Warner-Lenz. This fact is significant. Let these facts decide for you. You must change your lenses to comply with the law. Insist upon the Warner-Lenz. Accept no substitute. Prices of Warner-Lenz 5 to 9 In. Diameter Per Pair, $3.75 9i to I OK In. Diameter Per Pair, $4.25 10 to 12 In. Diameter Per Pair, $5.25 This UA.P. Warner, of tha Warner Auto-Meter Fame, and Inventor of the Magnetic Speedometer ARCHER & WIGGINS CO., 75 Sixth St. BALLOU & WRIGHT CO., 80 Broadway MARSHALL-WELLS HARDWARE CO., 15th and Lovejoy Sts.
