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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 20, 1918)
Tin? SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND, JANUARY 20, 1018. GILBERT OBTAINS SPECIAL CUTAWAY CHASSIS SHOWS ALL PARTS OF MAXWELL CAR IN OPERATION. II Former Sales Manager for A. C. Stevens to Handle Elgin Six, Too. Economize SALESMAN 1S 8 HARROU A6E GYN- i , A K p ' y f f : If? i "ft ' m wni - I Br mm m : wn u m .mmi I'm OU-BS PAS, . gP. ifcJ asBSBaa V T I "1r Carload of Harroun Poe to arrive TLU Wrrk Mr. JJevcn to Itevote Ills Attention to Wlntoa and llavnr Lines. I. L. Gilbert haa resigned a sals manager for A. C Stevens. Wlnton. liuvne and Klein distributor her, to ro Into bualnrvs for himself aa dealer for the Harroun and KlKln cars In I'ort land. Multnomah County and adjacent territory. llr. Gilbert closed arrangement with llr. Fteven laiit week whereby ha bought out Mr. Stevens' Interest In the Klsin Six. which haa made a fine name for It-elf since It was Introduced In thl territory 1 st July. .Mr. Stephens Is a trrat admirer of the Klgtn. and parted with It only because he desires to de vote his entire time to the wholesale and retail end of the Wlntoa and liarnea lines. The announcement by Mr. Gilbert that he haa obtained the agency for the Harroun car In this territory came as considerable of a surprise. It will be a welcome surprise, indeed, to the many persons who have heard of the achieve merits of this sensational light car and have hoped to see it represented here. Not only has Mr. Gilbert obtained the Harroun aaency. but be baa a carload on the way. due to arrive early this week. The Harroun car Is widely known for Its remarkable four-cylinder valve-ln T1II9 CH ASSIS 19 O EXHIBTIOJf A T C. I BOSS AtTO MOBILE GOMPAST. MR. BOSS IS ALSO SHOWS I?T THE PHOTO. Of special Interest to Portland motorists and to Maxwell owners In par tlcular Is the nickel-plated and ivory- tinted Maxwell chassis which came by express to the C L. Boss Automobile Company last week to remain in the city for exhibition purposes until after the automobile show. February 7 to 13. It Is a cutaway chassis, the cylin der-head. differential houslnfr. transmission case, flywheel housing and other parts having sections- removed. throuich which the observer can see the different parts aa they operate and th us obtain a full understanding as to the k-nrkiniri nf the Interinr And hldd en Darts of an automobile. " The machinery is made so as to operate by means of an electric motor driven by a current supplied by a storage battery. The machinery operates very slowly, so that a person can Judge how the motor works, as well. as the Rears, differential, steerinir pear, storage battery, timing gears, universal Joint, torque tube, crankcase and the starting- gears. All these are visible. Where the parts are so hidden that darkness would prevent a clear view, small electric bulbs light up the Interior. The chassis Is valuable from an educational standpoint and the Maxwell Motor Company places so high a value upon It that It la never shipped by freight, but is sent to different parts of the country by express, carefully wrapped In special material. The chassis Is a beautiful work of art, with al 1 the metal parts nickel-plated, and has attracted great Interest. . BIG CHANGE IDE ll'RTKT SHOWS SO DA.VRKR ok gadolim: shortage. Furl Administrator Garfield announced recently that moton car owners are not in any danger of having easollne curtailed and that a survey of the entire coun try has not shown the oil and pnsohn situation to be acute, and that for the present no steps would be taken to restrict the nse of surh fuel for motive pow er. The Administrator stated that he. however, would Inaugurate campaigns to reduce wasteful ness of gasoline and to educate car owners how to rut down gas oline consumption. This confirms statements from the capital al ready published by Motor Age. in which the fear of gasoline re striction was pointed out as need less and gasoline economy as vjtal.to the carrying out of the country's war programme. United States Rubber Co. Re organizes Subsidiaries. SELLING FORCES COMBINE Sales and Production of Seven Large Concerns Centralized In One Organization With New York Headquarters. head motor, which develops 43 horse power. Hay Harroun. Its designer. Is one of the noted automobile racers and engineers of America. The Harroun Is made by the Harroun Motors Cor poration, of Detroit. It comes In two styles, five-passenger touring car and sedan. The touring rar weighs only ! pounds. Is built n racing lines, and sells In the under- !' price clas. In Seattle, where the Harroun has been introduced only CO days, it has made a great hit and Is in big de mand. The Kigln ?lx Is also a very popular car In the north. Kor the present Mr. Gilbert will share with Mr. Stevens the tatter's quarters at Twenty-third and Washington streets, lie plana to go Into separate Quarters, however, as soon aa he ob tains a suitable location. Mr. Gilbert's rise In the automobile business has been fast. He began aa a Suleiman for Maxwell and Hudson cars. He did so well that Mr. Elevens en gaged him as his sales manager for the Win ton. Haynes and Klgln. Now he Is In business for himself, all In not much more than one year, as dealer for two popular lines. Hefore going Into the automobile business. Mr. Gilbert for several years traveled for the Falling. McCalman Company, wholesale hard ware merchants. HlGIIOX SFKS niG IICSIXESS 1'aciric KloolKar Clilof Predicts Knornions Demand for Tracks. Recent advices received by Pel Wright. Of the I'ortUnd KlsselKar branch, from W. I- Hughson. president of the Pacific KlsselKar Company, who attended the New York Automobile Show, and will stay for the Chicago Auto Show, are optimistic as to bust lies conditions and outlook for the )ear. In purt he has this to say: "All through the Middle West, the renter of the automobile manufacturing Industry, business activities are at their zenith, induced not only by war orders, but by the resumption of busi ness in all lines of Industry and the very optimistic view the manufacturers are taking of business conditions for the immediate future. "An indication of how vast an In creased business will be done In the motor truck field this coming year owing to the ownership of the railroads by the Government and the probable elimination of agitation relative to short hauls by the railroads. Is shown by the tact that 1.2 new motor truck lumpinl-i have come into existence within the last few months. In Itself this Is a certain Indication of the tre mendous business that will be forth turning this year." Mr. Hughson warns business men of the Coast to make every preparation for this coming business by taking an inventory of their future business ne cessities. He says there will unques tionably be a .big shortage In motor trucks owing to the Inability of the artuu factories to supply the heavy demand. One of the most Important develop ments in the recent history of the rub ber industry Is disclosed In the an nouncement by the United States Rub ber Company that, beginning January 1. the seiling forces of all Its subsidiary companies manufacturing mechanical goods were centralised In one organl- tion. The change Involves seven companies each separately manufactur ing and selling various articles of me chanical rubber goods. In addition to centralising the sell ing forces the reorganization will co ordinate production. Headquarters of both the distribution and production organizations will be in the United States Rubber building at 1790 Broad way. New lork. According to E. S. Williams, vice president of the United States Kubber Company. In charge of the mechanical goods division, the consolidation will make possible a more efficient and Ex peditious service to the public "Efficiency and elimination of waste are the watchwords of our Nation at war. and this company wishes to set an example of economy," he said. 'The centralizing of sales at the New York headquarters of the company and the establishment of special mechanical wheel spindle for which It Is a tight fit, the car owner sometimes slips the bearing on the taper end of the spindle and then uses the wheel as a hammer to force It home, wheel and bearing sliding Into position on the spindle at the same time. This is poor bust ness, as the strain on the bearing may break the hardened shoulder of the Inner race which Is meant to with stnad wear, but not shocks of this kind. The best way of accomplishing this work Is to slip a short length of pipe over the spindle, the Inner end resting against the inner race of the bearing. By hammering the outer end of the pipe carefully, the bearing will slip Into place without trouble. AMAZON TIRE HANDLED HERE J. II. AInscougli Heads- Company Distributing Anti-Blowout Tire. The Amazon Tire A Supply Company, of which J. H. Alnscough is president. has opened a branch at the corner of Broadway and Ankeny street, to han dle the Amazon anti-blowout tire. Mr. Ainscough. who is well-known in automobile circles, says: 'The outstanding feature of Amazon Supertlres is the reinforcement for pro tection against blowouts. This is an ex tra fabric "breaker strip" built into the side walls of the tire, the place where the "traction wave" is generated and where the tire is continually flexing. This side-breaker strip binds the tire together, prevents the side walls from overstretching under excessive load or strain, which would so stretch and weaken the fabric 4is to loosen the plies, resulting ultimately in a blowout." AUTO ON A FIRM BASIS IJfDTJSTRT ONE OF GREATEST NATION'S RESOURCES. OP Goodrich Branch Chief Cites Case of Canada to Show How Vital Motor Car Is to Country. y............. ............ j .7 j f V J -v t : A a How to Fill Grease Caps. There are as many ways of filling grease cups as therd are motor car owners. One is to take the cup and scrape It along through the grease, trusting to chance to get enough in it to give the proper lubricating quali ties. This Is not the best method. To begin with, in filling grease cups the first thing to do is to wipe off all dirt that may be present before removing the cups from the car; thin is to pre vent grit getting into the grease, which it will do otherwise. For filling the cups an old tahleknlfe makes an admirable Instrument and saves one getting into a mesa It is a good idea to take off the cups singly, fill each and return to its place before removing the next. In this way there will be no danger of their getting mixed and the screw threads ruined by forcing them on when they do not exactly fit. After three years of war. Canada is buying this year almost five times as many motor cars as in 1914, an in crease of 85 per cent over the normal increase of 1913 and 1914," said C. B. Cadwell, manager of the B. F. Good rich Rubber Company branch in Port land, the other day. "This growth has been achieved despite the unending withdrawal of manpower and money since the war began. The undisturbed stability of the motor car "market there can be ex plained in only one way, and that is that the motor car is more and more coming to be realized as a commercial necessity. It may have been a luxury and a consequent non-essential in its early years, but today it has far out-, grown that era, until it stands third in . the industries of the country and has earned the right to De classed witn the railroads, traction companies and steamboats as a vital essential in Na tional transportation. "As in Canada, it will aid here in the movement of troops, facilitate the transportation of war materials, in crease the efficiency of the farm, help in the quick movement of and become a great factor in the development of all things pertaining to business in gen eral. The possibilities of the motor car are unfathomed even today. Any action that would cripple the motorcar manufacturer would not only directly affect many plants, with their vast ar mies of workmen, but would be the means of throwing out on the street approximately 60,000 distributors, deal ers and salesmen throughout the coun try. Such a movement would be a great economic mistake. "Word just reaches us that 1.700,000 cars will be manufactured during the 1918 season in the Detroit district alone, and. mark you, all these cars will be sold. Half of this number would be large indeed. Add this quan tity to approximately 4.300,000 cars now in use and the result is apparent." A Maxwell Car Will Help Waste is often conuriitted! when the intention is to economize. A Maxwell car, famous for its economy, will cost you only a few dollars a month to operate and maintain. Which is the real economy: (1 ) To use the car and save time, strength, and mental vigor? (2) To do without the car, lose time in your business, lose the health gained from motoring, and worry your self into illness? Use of a Maxwell car will give you self confidence. Your neighbors and associates will get mental inspiration front you. As wave circles widen when a pebble hits the water, so will your good example benefit your entire community. Save yes; but do it sensibly, and let the Maxwell help. Touring Cor $745; Roadster $745; Berlme$1095 Sedan with wire wheels $1195. F. O. & Detroit C. L. BOSS AUTOMOBILE CO. 615-617 Washington Street. DEVICE LOCATES TROUBLE: ELECTRIC SYSTEMS. Bolton's Service Station Installs New Troable "Shooter" That Is Veri table Mechanical Sleuth. Floyd T. Bolton, of Bolton's service station, 404 Davis street, has installed one of the first "Ambu" electric trouble shooters (sent to the Pacific Coast by the American Bureau of Engineering, of Chicago. "Ambu" is a new wrinkle in the way of electrical devices. It i in short, a sort of mechanical detectiv that works on the trail of the tantaliz Ing electrical troubles that beset every automobile owner. The instrument, hardly larger than the average alarm clock, locates in stantly any trouble In the electri starting and lighting system. By at taching it to the battery of any car it reveals at once the condition of all wires and currents, conditions power and charging, by showing on its clock-like dial the exact spot at which trouble is to be found and repaired Motorists who have seen mechanics worry for hours over Btartinpr or light ing troubles will hail its advent with delight. The practicability of "Ambu" was proved by the Canadian mechanical transport service in France, where sev eral of these instruments are in use. It reduces very greatly the cost, as well as the time, of trouble "shooting" for electrical troubles. The Bolton station has recently equipped a complete electrical work bench for locating trouble and repair ing and properly adjusting the finer parts of automobile electric systems. Safeguard Against Collision. .ifter a is likely- day of driving, a tail light to be pretty well dimmed with dirt and may not be sufficient to prevent a following motorist running into your car. Painting the cover for the spare tire with stripes of white and black makes it more visible in semi-darkness. If you are having trouble with a magneto make sure that the interrupter points are clean. A drop or two of kerosene will remedy that difficulty. Reduce Carbon Deposits. Reduce carbon deposits in the cylin ders. Starting a cold enttlne means a rich mixture of gasoline and air the first five minutes. This increases car bon deposits and is the result of a cold prarajre. L I. Gilbert, Former Sale Maaaarr for A. C. Steveaa, ki Will llaadle llamaa mm Kl Kia Six ta Tertlaad aad VI. rlalty. COMMERCIAD ROAD IS WANTED Klumath Fall Asks lloutl lo Con nect With Rogue Rivrr Valley. KLAMATH FALLS. Or, Jan. 1. (Special.) To obtain a commercial road between the Kogue River Valley and Southern Oregon points cast of the Cascades, a petition to tha8tate High way Commission Is being circulated by Captain O. C Applecate. of this city, for the Klamath Commercial Club. Th. rom from Ashland via Klamath Falls to Lakevlew la on. of the high ways designated by the Mate Highway fommtxai'n when the road bond Issue was tx-lna- promoted laet year, and the people cleair. to see direct results In this part of th. state from th. In creased taxation. A commercial high way between th. two district, would be of ln.tlmabl. valu. to Southern orvgon. Th. grain. livestock and lum ber products rained her. could b. trannported over It. and this section could In return economically Import th. fruit and vegetables produced In th. Rogue iUver Vall.y branches In every district of the coun try means a more efficient dlstrlbu tlon, saving In freight hauls, quicker and better service, economy on over head expenses and the elimination of duplication of sales efforts. "Our subsidiary companies will con-J tlnue the manufacture of their various well-known brands and will maintain the same high standard of quality and workmanship that have made these products famous. In addition to the distinguished trade names and trade marks, there will appear on every ar ticle sold by the new organisation the seal of the United States Rubber Com pany system, making the Identifica tion of United State products compar atively easy. "Thl United States Rubber Company, under th. new plan of merchandising, will be able to offer a more complete line of mechanical rubber goods than has ever before been placed on the market under a single brand. The new seiling organisation will be known as the United States Rubber Company, mechanical goods division. Specialized mechanical rubber goods branches will be operated in all the principal cities after January 1." The United States Rubber Company was fonnded In 1SS with ten subsidi ary companies and a capital stock of IS1.n00.0l0. Today there are 47 com panies In the system. The companies Involved in this reor ganisation are: Th. Revere Rubber Company, P.erl.ss Manufacturing Company. Mechanical Rubber Company of Cleveland. Mechanical Rubber Com pany of Chicago. Sawyer Belting Com pany. India Kubber Company and Eu reka Fire Hose Manufacturing Com pany. Replacing a Hearing. In replacing a bearing' on. a front CAMS This new tvvelve-cylinder National Sedan is a performing closed car. Its competent and spirited motor assumes the additional weight of the con vertible body without effort, and to its security and shelter adds the range and activity of an open car. The Six Sedan $2820 ' Twelve Sedan $3420 Prkw f. o. b. Factory. NATIONAL MOTOR CAR & VEHICLE CORP., INDIANAPOLIS Srotnteenti Successful Yiar The National on the Stage 'at the Auto Show Manley Auto Co. Phone Broadway 217 Eleventh and Burnside Sts. .arses t Automobile Show liver i tela IN THE NORTHWEST mwinimwii an ii i ii a i mm n -' py aninii. mm n i u miiwtv-mw '-. ", PORTLAND'S NINTH ANNUAL s AUTOMOBILE HOW The Latest Models and Im provements in Farm Tractors, Trucks and Automobiles. Portland's Magnificent New Auditorium Thursday One Week Wednesday FEB. 7 to FEB. 13 ADMISSION 25 CENTS REDUCED RAILROAD RATES certificate