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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 20, 1918)
TIIE SUNDAY OREGOXIAN, TORTLAND, JANUARY 20, 1918. TIIIS ATTRACTIVE NATIONAL TWELVE TOURING SEDAN IS POPULAR CAR FOR WOMEN DRrVERS. DATES FEB. 7-13 jar l i The Car of the Hour" Trucks and Farm Tractors to Be Featured Especially at Coming Big Event. WOTOR EFFICIENCY THEME trt " 4 $ G AUTOMOBILE SHOW EMia Bii Iff": -jar- .:---i-;r jr;. f TnX U- III.; pu- H!' m v 1 W.: .r -)K 't'i H " ' r i r l If 1 I hvV i ' 8' 1 nil f ' , '- c. : I L l I X jj v ;u jgvgg .:L2LU-. I Y . in- '-l x ... - - ' - . - jHfil 1 Khow at Cily Auditorium to Kmpha iie Particularly Auto's Tart la Adding- to Nation's Industrial and tins. Incus Capacity. f BT LAIR H. CHEOORT. Portland's ninth annual automobile, truck and tractor show will be held tn the new City Auditorium from Feb ruary 7 to 11. Inclusive. Governor WilhycomLe will press a button on the Auditorium stare at T:JO 'dock the night of Thursday. Feb ruary T. Thereupon many lights will Cash Into brilliance. The Uovernor will speak and tho bl show will for mally bo opened. The comlnf automobile show will be tho larrest ever held In the Pacific Northwest. In fact. It will be tne oniy large automoelle show la the North west this year. Dealers ax coma and Spokane have not arranged how areata, Tha space schedule la tho hands of it. X Wllklns. manager of tho show and soeretary of the dealers" Motor Car Association of Oregon, under whose auspices It will bo held, lists 1X2 of the latest models of passenger cars aa Do ing entered In the pawnfer car de partment of the show. Every foot of available space has been taken. riant iUwr Bo Showsv Of course these lit different models does not mean that many dinereni makes of cars, but lneluda touring car. Inclosed car and probaoly roadster or special models of each make. Several special models are now some where at the mercy of the railroads aa route to Portland from tho factories or tho New Tork abow. Tho chances are pretty rood for their getting here on time If they can ever get west of the congested freight area la tho East. o the war from Los Angeles for entry la the show Is one car that wilt attract great Interest. This Is Ralph ro 1'aJma'n racing Packard chassis, equipped with tho Liberty alrpUne mo tor, with which he has set some new automobile speed marks. The car will bo exhibited by tho Portland Motor Car Company. In addition to tho passenger ears there will be about JJ trucks and at least IS tractors In the show. The truck snd tractor department Is to be especially featured this year, la view of the vast Importance of tho motor truck and the farm tractor la tho war programme of the Nation. Farmers of Oregon and Washington are taking a deep Interest In the farm tractor, es pecially, and a good many of them are expected to visit tho show. Railroads Clvo special Rate. Incidentally tho Government Is look ing with particular faror on tho ac quisition by farmers of tractors and motor trucks, because their use means s vastly Increased food production at less cost, and at the same time actual ly will release men. to say nothing of horses, for the Army. Special one and one-third round trip fares to Portland, on tho certificate plan, have been declared by the rail roads from points In the Northwest during tho period of tho automobile Show. Purchasers of these tickets pay full ne-way fare to Portland, but on at tending the automobile show and get ting ticket countersigned there aro en titled to return faro for only one-third the regular rate. The automobile show will occupy two entire Doors of the auditorium. About 41. 0 square feet of floor space will bo used by tho exhibitors of automo biles, trucks, tractors and accessories. The passenger car department of the Show will occupy tho entire main Au elltorum floor, from which tho seats will bo removed, the platform and the north and south ballrooms. Tho trucks and tractors will be on the floor below. Special Days. A few accessories will bo show) In the foyer of the main floor, but the mala accessory exhibits will bo be tween the two entrances to tn truck and tractor department. There will be no special day at the Portland automobile show this year, with the possible exception of a Red Cross Sunday. War time simplicity will prevail. Utility and motor TIPK UK KMLOSKD CAR HANDLED HbltE BY MANLKV AUTO COMPANY. This season, more than ever before, there Is a demand for the typo of enclosed car that can be handled by the woman driver. Time was when a woman would not have thought of driving a car In Winter. But today women everywhere are in the driver's seat. The convertible touring sedan has been the on big factor In making Winter driving attractive and handled. to women. This new model, high-powered National convertible car is easily controlled MENZIES IS HOME Manager of Northwest Auto Co. Vacation Convert. HE'LL TAKE 'EM ALL, NOW Rcrtfnl 91 Day Motoring Through California In Reo Convince IllUie-rto Vacation lees Man That Vacations Par Bis;. Menzles rod orer most of this section on a bicycle, lie was working then for the Southern Pacific, for which he put In the first electrlo block signal system In California, between San Jose and San Francisco, WelL It was mlph lly different skimming over the fine paved roads in the easy-running Reo from . pumping along by cycle on th trails of that day. Dry Eaoagfc la California. While Oregon was enjoying lust "lee tie bit too much rain, Mr. Men stes and his family were motorln through a district where they were told there had been no rain for whole year. At San Luis Obispo they were told th cattle were dying be cause of lack of rain. After a few days In Los Angeles they returned to San Francisco, again by easy stages, over th Tehachaple Moun tain rout via Bakersfield. At San Francisco they arranged to hare th Reo shipped home and they returned to Portland by train. They were away, all told, just 2 days the most enjoyed and profltabl XI days. Mr. Menziea says, he has ever had. CHEVROLET HAS DURANT II E WILL HAXDLE BCIUPPS BOOTH O.XLT A9 SIDELINE. Mark down Charles IL Menzles. man ager of th Northwest Auto Company, as a convert to the vacation Idea, and convert, moreover, who will never backslide. The reason therefor and thereof Is that Mr. Menzles. back horn and at work again from his first vacation In bin yrars snd more, feels huskier. heartier, healthier and more on the hustle than he has felt In many week. After 21 daya of complete rest with his wife and son. Uonald. he leaped at his desk like a youngster on his first Job when ho returned to Port land Thursday. During those nine vacatlonless years. and more how many more he can't tell you without working It out on his fingers Mr. Menzles had stayed rtrht on the Job, S'immer and Winter. When somebody urged him to pleass go away ana lorgei tnings tor a tew aays, ne .. . ,m lin. nH will remain .rtiv. a.way, r-puta i ne u.uu i oar u head of th chvroiet Coast organUa. lion. Message Twisted a Wires Respoaalble for Story That Be Ilad Left Chevrolet Company. R. C "Cliff Durant has not severed his connection with the Chevrolet Motor Company, of California, to handle the Scrlpps-Booth line on this coast, as stated In these columns last week. He will handle th Scrlpps-Booth, but only time Xever A gala. ITe Saya. Well. It's never a train on that stuff for C. M. Menzles. Next time vacation season comes along be will march rlcht up and take his turn, and he will not come back nntll his turn Is up. He knows bow that It pays bigger dlrl dends than a fellow can ever get from grubbing away at tho desk with no letup. About a month aro Mr. Menzles no ticed one morning that he felt pretty grouchy. He wondered If anybody else had. noticed It. Tep. they had. He felt and ther felt generally as If he were finishing th miserable end of Th article last Sunday was based on a telegram to th automobile editor from Clifford M Steves, who announced his own resignation as manager of the Portland Chevrolet branch to become sales manager of the new Scrlpps- Booth Company, of California, formed by Mr. Durant. Th telegram became twisted some where along th line, with th result that It stated that Mr. Durant as well as Mr. Steves had severed his connec tion with tho Chevrolet Motor Company to handle th Scrlpps-Booth. "Mr. Durant's connection with the misspent life, and he cduldn't figur Chevrolet Motor Company remains the efficiency, rather than luxury and style. will be the keynote. The show will end at 10:19 o'clock Wednesday night. February 11. Direct ly thereafter, that same night, th Dealers' Motor Car Association will re host to Invited guests at a supper and entertainment at th Multnomah Hotel. Attendance thereat is limited to t. Though the committee In charge Is guarding Its plans closely. It can be aald that those who are In vited may consider themselves lucky persona. While th show wtll be held under th auspices of th Dealers' Motor Car Association of Oregon. It la directly In charge of a separate corporation known aa the Portland Automobile Trad As sociation, which has been formed for that purpose. Show fmrrfit Affair. The show committee which Is haa- dling the big event Is composed of A. Ik Man Icy. of the Manley Auto Com pany, president; A W. Recner. of Reg- Tier A Fields. vlce-pre-ai-nt : Charles M. Menzles. of the Northwest Auto Company, secretary-treasurer: M. O. Wilkina. manacer. and 1L IL EUng. of the orertand-Pactflc branch. This Is the first time that th dealers association hero has ever attempted to put on a show exclusively under Its own management and direction. The Portland show will be pa non-profit- making affair. Its mam purpose being to demonstrate the increased usefulness of the automobile, the motor truck and the farm tractor, with the late Im provements evolved la the past year. and to emphasis th great extent to which motor vehicles are Increasing th business and Industrial efficiency f th American Nation. why he should feel that way. to a doctor about it. irm." said this medical man, after all manner of 4humplngs and prod- dings. H m. C. M., you mske me sick. Th truth is that you're disgustingly healthy. By the way, how did you en Joy your vacation Go Aay-whero, Says Doe, Oaly Go. Ho was a wise old bird, that doctor. When he got the facta, he simply said: Go home, pack np your suitcase, take your family and get out of town. No. I dont car where you go. Good bye." Mr. Menzles went. He and his family took the first boat to San Francisco. They saw th sights and enjoyed 'em. car I Then Mr. Menzles got a Reo Six. they He went I same as always." writes Mr. Steves this week, correcting th erroneous statement based on the telegram, "and hla oonnection with th Scrlpps-Booth on th Paclflo Coast Is a side issue. got aboard and motored down to Los Anreles by easy stages. They visited 6an Jose, fanta Cruz, th Big Trees of California. Paso Ro bles, where bravo eld "Fighting Bob Evans was taken to recuperate from the rheumatism that racked him after that famous cruise of the White Fleet around th Horn In 107. and other points along th Coast. They took five days to th trip and enjoyed every moment of It. Nearly 24 years ago. In 14. Mr. GUM RUBBER FOR TIRE GASHES Fisk Rubber Co. Service Manager Explains Simple Treatment. "Pounding along over frozen and snow-bound roads Is hard on tires un der any conditions," says the service manager of th Flak Rubber Company, but It can be dona without undua tire expense if th driver uses car ana gives his shoes the attention they are entitled to. "Bruises and gashes are frequently unavoidable, yet they can be remedied by th simplo act of plugging them up with pur gum rubber. "First wash ths cut thoroughly with gasoline to remove all grit and dirt, then after filling with' plastlo gum rubber, allow It to harden for an hour or so. Little cuts grow Into big ones in a remarkably short time, yet they need cause no concern If properly treated In time." BUICKS TO TRAVEL Portland - Seattle - Vancouver Run to Be Made Sunday. CONDITION OF ROADS BAD Bulclc to Be Sent From Portland by Howard Auto Company Will Have Hardest Task, for Pacific High way Is Still Wet and Mnddy. Roads, floods and th gods permit ting, the tri-etate automobile run be tween Portland. t3 eat tie and Vancou ver. B. C, which was to have taken placa the Sunday before New Tear's day, but had to ba postponed when floods on both sides of Seattle mad the Pacific Highway Impassable to either Portland or Vancouver, will be made this coming Sunday, January 27. Three Bulck cars will make the run. On will start from Vancouver, B. C, th a message from the good roads association there to the Automobile Club of Western Washington, at Se attle, under whose auspices the run la to bo made. This car will meet William A. Sim on ds, automobile editor of th Seattle Times, and a second Bulck. at Blaine, Wash, on the boundary liaa. The sec ond Bulck will relay the message on to Seattle. Th third Bulck will leave Portland and run all the way to Seattle and headquarters of th Automobile Club of Western Washington "there. It will be sent out by George W, Dean, man' ager of the Howard Auto Company, and will be driven by W. C. Montgomv try. Bulck aalosman and, veteran road driver. George M. Chambers, of the Oregon Stat Motor Association, and L. H. Gregory, automobile editor of The Ore- gonian, will accompany it as official observers. The car from Portland will have by far the hardest run of th three. The Paclflo Highway between Portland and Seattle, due to the continued rains. varies In condition from very bad to impassable. In fact, th dirt detour road between Kelso and Castle Rock. Wash., where most of the trouble is centered, was reported yesterday to be again so deep n mud and water as to b lmpassaDie. Efforts aro being mad to build a short plank road detour around the Lid which has blocked tho main Pa cific Highway between these points for several weeks, and this may be com pleted by Sunday. But regardless of all that, mr. uean says that th car he sends out will get through if anything short of an aero plane can do it on that particular day. Th car will be prepared even to swim, if need be. Several times sine the highway first became impassable it haa dried up enough so that cars have got through. Then it rains again and the road be comes bottomless. A few days of cold, nappy weather would dry the mud nd do wonders for tne highway. Thinning Rubber Cement. v hen rubber cement has stood ex posed to ths air. even for a short me. It becomes so thick that it does not given good results in application. Many motorists thin cement with gasoline, but the ordinary grades of gasoline contain considerable oil, which has a decidedly adverse ac tion on the cement. High-test gaso line or bisulphite of carbon is best to use for thinning. New Car Owners in County. Temporary police lloena wore is sued in Portland last week to the following buyers of latest model motor cars, pending arrival of the official state licenses from Salem. The list is compiled by II. O. Wilkina, publisher of the Automobile Record: Glenn Cronk, 814 H Commercial, Oaklana. H. H. Huntllng, 602 Vancouver avenue. JTOra. Dan E. Powers, 891 Division, Hupxnoblle. W. Wlntle. 411 Mill street. Ford. Couchman A Sullivan. 1SS Tenth street. Maxwell. Oregon state Motor association. S Oregon building. Overland. Independent Creamery, 024 Union avenue. Ford. C. X. Pomeroy. 830 B. Forty-fifth street. Overland. John Moce, 207 North Jersey. Rnpmoblle. Mrs. s. J. Leavltt. 144 Third street. Veil. John G. Gross. 107 North Second. Oakland. N. Young. 1178 East Twenty-sixth street North. Ford. v T. Wallace Brlst. 7 First street. Stuta. K. W. Cameron. 1308 Northwestern Bank building, Haynes. J. S. Pratt, 181 Eurnslde street, Telle. C. Row, 850 Washington street, Cadillac. National Laundry Co 292 East Eighth street. Ford. H. M. Edson, S87 East Forty-third street. Chevrolet. . M. A. Newly, 907 Commercial street. Ford. Dr. G. H. Ostrander, 459 Church street. Hupmoblle. Mrs. F. O. Krum. 2040 East Stark street. Ford. Mrs. S. Levitt, 88 Lueretla, Veils. Liberty coal Ss loe Co., 21 East Tnlra street, torn. J. A. Moore, 736 East Burnslde. Maxwell. P. E. Overend, 61 North Fifth street. Bulck. Dorothy Buchanan, 814 dpaldlng building, Paige. Hugo Ltndall, 868 East Broadway. Ford. Alder Market, First and Ankeny streets. Ford. Harry Clapp, 691S Forty-sixth avenue. Ford. Marlon Chappell, 695 Crane street. Ford. A. B. Walters, 849 Jefferson street. Ford. Honeyman Hardware Co.. Ninth and Hoyt streets. Ford. H. Robinson, Hillsdale, Ford. L. Nelson. 766 Hood street. Ford. John L. Bellups, 4827 Thirty-second avenue Southeast, Ford. Opera-house Laundry, 241 Everett street. Ford. P. W. Ryser, 779 Tacoma avenue. Ford. American Laundry Co., 140 E. Third street North, Ford. J. H. Kelley, 880 Gideon street. Ford. B. Goldberg, 460 East Twenty-seventh street North, Nash. C. R. Bean. 660 Elliott Chevrolet. W. F. West, 12 Grand avenue North, Chev rolet. E. O. Dueker, 825 Union avenue North. Ford. Culler Bros., 851 East Tenth, Veil-. Albert Klein, 492 East Burnslde, Ford. W. A. Wright, 634 Insley, Mets. Thomas H. Beverly, 626 Hood street. Ford, N. N. Todd. 89 East Twelfth, Ford. RAIN HAS NO TERRORS FOR OWNER OF MITCHELL SEDAN. Keep Radiator noles Open. All radiators, says a writer In the! current Issue of American Motorist. have an overflow arrangement to ac commodate the natural expansion of the water npon being heated during the operation of the motor; frequently they aro also equipped with blow holes to allow the escape of steam. If. through th accumulation of sediment or dirt, these outlets become clogged and don't fulfill their functions, th result Is that the Internal pressure generated will follow tho 11a of leaat resistance and fore a leak at a point where the radi ator Is weakest. Therefore, It is abso lutely essential that these outlets be I fcsca at a-1 Urn 1,- .pY - ::-Cv s s . Mr. D. L. Rich, of S4 Elliott Street, a tepplag lata Her Kerr Mitchell Jen lor Six Sedan, Ready t Drive Downtown on Oa of th Wet Days Last Week. It was raining when this photograph was taken and water was actually. dripping off the top of the car, a new Mitchell Junior Six sedan, sold by Ray Albee. of th Mitchell, Lewis A Staver Company, to D. L. Rich for his wife's use. Mrs. Rich found the claims of the Mitchell makers that the sedan could be used with comfort In any weather to bo fully Justified. Rain no longer causes her to defer ber motoring, for she can drive around and be 4x2 aad tojr la lh .vwu iaterlor. of th iedn Enclosed cars ax becoming to pre and more popular In Portland, TIRES SAVE 30 TO 50 PER CENT ON YOUR TIRES AND TUBES All Standard Makes Firestone, Republic, Lee, Batavia, Knight, Springfield, Blackstone, Marathon, Congress, etc. We have your size in some one of the above makes. If you have an old car that uses an odd size hard to get, come and see us. WE CARRY ALL SIZES 30x3 Firestone Plain Tread $ 9.75 30x3', Firestone, Non-Skid 13.95 82x3 'A Blackstone Non-Skid 12.15 33x4 Batavia Plain Tread... 20.85 33x4 Knight Non-Skid Tread 18.55 34x4 McGraw Plain Tread... 19.25 34x4 Lee Non-Skid Tread... 24.45 ALL OTHER SIZES IN PROPOR TION Mail orders given prompt atten tion. Send draft or P. O. order, or express order. To avoid delay state plainly if straight side or quick detachable, plain or non-skid. SPECIAL DISCOUNTS TO DEAL ERS IN QUANTITIES Portland Tire Co. 331 Burnside Street, Between Broadway and Sixth. Portland, Oregon Branches in all principal cities. DISTINCTION ECONOMY ENDURANCE COMFORT A Millionaire's Value at a Popular Price Valve in Head High-Speed Motor $1095 F. O. B. FACTORY ELGIN MOTOR CAR CORPORATION Chicago, 111. PACIFIC MOTORS, INC. Oregon Territory Now Open Twenty-third and Washington Sts. Portland. Orearoa. f Portland Automobile Show Feb. 7-13 The Foundation Co., Front and NicolaL Ford. - Home Telephone A Telecraph Oo., West Park and Burnslde, Ford. Kaha Bros 181 Front street. Ford. Oeorse Doldse. 40B Fairbanks, Dodsa, Park Bureau. 818 City Hall, Ford. L. K. HaralK, 1821 Mallory. Chevrolet. C. B. fitaata, Venable Hotel. Nash. L. D. Cummlngs, 1111 Carlton avenue. Ford. Georce C. Luders, 85 First street. Dodse. F. J. Beth-, Arthur Hotel, Ford. If. O. Denton, 49 North Sixth street. Ford. Arthur Cummlngg. 638 Emerson, Ford. N. M. Robertson, Multnomah Hotel, Ford. C. W. Black, 174 Thirteenth street. Ford. A. F. Holmboe, 244 Beach street. Ford. National Electrlo Co., Railway Exchaat building. Dodge. B. A. Blew, 1002 Oswego, Chevrolet. B.'S. Warner, 902 Missouri. Ford. O. C J. Mannhelmer, 746 Kearney, Dodge. Q. N. Smith, 121 North Third Ford. J. T. Overton, 432 Roielawn, Ford. Don't forget to stay on the right hand side of the road at all times and especially go when driving at night. AUTO DIRECTORY 4-pass. Rdstr, $1745.00 7-pass. Touring All Chandlers are equipped with Bosch magnetos TWIN STATES AUTOMOBILE CO. 64-66 Broadway. Phone Broadway 512. ELGIN SIX-HARROUN CARS PACIFIC MOTORS, INC, 23d and Washington Streets. Franklin offers more of "what you actually need and want in an automobile. BRALY AUTO CO. Main 4880, A 388 1. 19th and Washington Sts. M1MUTK MAM SIX MINUTE MAN SIX Brunn Motor Car Co, 444-46 Stark St. Phones: Broadway 2958, A 2958. LllihKlY SIX The car which sells best in direct comparison irith others. MITCHEL & WALLINGFORD, 522 ALDER MACK Trucks Capacities, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 5, 6V2, 7H Tons. Complete Stock Repair Parts. F. C ATWELL, Sales Agent. Washington at 21st. Tel. Mar. 440. SIXES New Light Six, $1250, Factory Mitchell, Seven-Passenger, $1525, Factory MITCHELL, LEWIS & STAVER CO. First and East Morrison Oldsmobile Distinctive High Grade. Light Weight. OLDSMOBILE CO. OF OREGON. Broadway and Couch. Phone Broadway 1640. Is ready to serve your requirements with sue cess. Touring 2340. Roadster '2340. D. C. Warren Motor Car Co. 58-60 N. 23d ST. MAIN 780. PREMIER The car with an aluminum motor. High-grade con struction throughout. A car for particular peopl MITCHELL & WALLINGFORD, 522 ALDER ST. EIGHT CAPACITIES. TO S TONS. Investigate Onr Trailer and Tractor Proposition. ROBERTS MOTOR CAR CO Park and Flanders Sts. Smith-Form-a-Truck BALLOU & WRIGHT Broadway At Oak. Distributors for Oregon. Some unoccupied territory open, Writo for proposition. Trucks Moreland Distillate V ton to 5 ton. Vim delivery, Vi ton, and Commerce 1-ton Capacity. McCRAKEN MOTOR CO, Main 83 490 Burnside St. J itvil Ml 5S-0 Hoi Tho "Blltweil" Series Represents the Latest and Best Motor Cars. Hew value st aieoium rrjra, WARREN MOTOR (JAK CO. Morth Twenty-Third Street. Phono Mala 7 SO. OAKLAND Oakland Motor Co. of Oregon 344-50 Burnside, off Broadway. Phone Broadway 80. NEW ANDERSON PATENT AUTOREELITE Dirigible Searchlight and Aatormatlo Ext-nnloB Inspection Light. THE 3-l-l LAMP Snot-Light. Trouble-Light. Fleasnro- Llgbt. Something MORE Tbaa Jnat a Snot- - Lla-ht. Silver Parabollo Reflector. Makes tire changing and repairs as easy by night as by day 88 at Portland Distributor lor Oregon iCTOPLliMBINB AND ELKCTRICAX Siri-LUJ, tU EULRTH IT, AUTO ACCESSORIES Archer So Wiggins Distributers of High-Grade Auto Accessories SIXTH AT OAK BOWSER GASOLINE and OIL TANKS STORAGE SYSTEMS FOR PUBLIC AND PRI VATE OARAGES. S. D. Stoddard, District Snpt, Sales. 71S-2U Corbett Bldg. Main 1476. SATISFACTORY MOTOR CAR REPAIRING COOK & GILL CO. ' Phone Broadway 23. 409 Davis Street. R. SPARKJ SPECIALIST in the treatment of 'crossed wires', "sparkless" bat teries, etc Offices J with Gibson Electric Garage & Storage ("Battery Co, AHer at 12th. Marshall 1752. CHID We Stock Them, We Repair Then, We Charge Them. Free Advice and Inspection. AUTO ELECTRIC EQUIPMENT CO. Sixth and Burnside Streets.