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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (Feb. 3, 1918)
TUB SUNDAY OREGOXIAN, PORTLAND FEBRUARY: 3U 1018, AUTO PURCHASERS HAVE WIDE CHOICE MEMBERS OF COMMITTEE IX CHARGE OF ARRANGEMENTS FOR BIG AUTOMOBILE SHOW. AUTO IS NECESSITY ANNOUNCING THE Motor Car Speeds Up Industry and Business for War 33 Makes of Motor Car and More 'Than' 100 Models to OUTPUT WILL BE SMALLER Select From at Show. ' 4 ffl.-'-'V-. m I I - Vj Jh) '4? ' ------ i c t "Vv ' l1 - v ? : - - - wit, t v : - w ; V II 1918 PRICES FROM LOW TO HIGH Any Taste and Any I'ocket hook Can Re halted From Anton the Car on Inhibition. All of1 Which Teaivre Practical 1'tilliy. Tilt prospective purchaser of a motor I ear will kav a vrry wide unci to arlact from at to romlnf automobile BOW. Tbe number of different ."ar U I - V - , X I ,. f'T BaWPap""Bi"w. -v tV- vaaaawaJn( t..viCNksC3 make of afi.'V rara that will bo rcore- ntrd at the show total . par been reervd by the exhibitor! lor 131 different rnwlrli. While the number of model may l anuy re dure 4 by lat moment rhaogc. and the possible failure of rw roodela to arrive from the Cat In lira for the openlna. due to freight conaeetlon. It Is certain, to be well ovr 10. j There will be ram at the ahow for ry variety of taste and for porket booka of every slae.- The lower and medium priced car will predominate. Thta year a cars embody features thai are moat desirable to the owner. from the point of Tlew of greater ernomr and durability. The effect of the war has been pronounred In In fluenelnc change tending to increase the efficiency of the motor car an to reduce Ita upkeep cost to the rery minimum. The motor car manufacturer have taken the. Tlew that the buyer of a car la more Interested In II durability and low upkeep cost than he Is in first co-t. and that what he wants Is a car that will pror Itself in continued errlce. .Among the prcdominatlne new fea tures are Improvements in earburetion and motor efficiency that make pos sibl not only the efficient use of the lower trrade aa-soltne available today. but actually obtain much better mi ace on It than before from the hither crade gasoline' which Is now reserved for aeroplanes. This has come about fr reason of the fact tbat automobile engineers and manufacturers have been eoncentratlns; their efforts for months on Improve meata to maka the motor car an even more efficient public servant than It aa ever been before. Vastly more attention has been di rected to Improvementa of this nature than to thoee tending merely toward luxury. At the same time neither comfort nor style has been neglected. There will be for fewer "dolled up" car at the coming show, however, than has been the case at any time be fore. Kfflclencr and utility will be the predominating notes. And It Is par ticularly filing that this should be so. i m ' i -e m ie.- 9 M . :fm ; ; ' i ar r ts -urn ' w snarl rr ROADS WORKER ACTIVE SENATOR BAKRE.ID, T. MAKES more: Tu t 10O SPEECHES. Advaataaea ef Federal Read Ce-eer- ties lre ached by Seaaroe IV he . Fathei-ed the JHa. . Miss Helen Cudahy. daughter of Pat rick Cudahy. millionaire Barker. Is to drtv a motor truck on the French front and la taking a course In motor mechanics to fit herself for this serv ice. Her work will be piloting a trurk with supplies from the hospital renter! ar Peels to otttlvlng field stations What one man ran do In promoting good road was emphatically demon strated by Senator John H. Rankhead. chairman of the Senate committee' on postof flees- and postroads. in the recent road trip over the Washington-Atlanta leg of the Rankhead highway, which ultimately will extend from Washing ton to tb Pacific coast. Though the father of the Federal aid roe.1 act l fn hla 7Sth year, he talked day in and dav out during the round trip, until he had accumulated a speech-making total in excess or 10. President T. S. Plowman, of the Rsnkb-nd Hirhwuv Association. Is an other who has exceeded three-score and ten and his record of educational talks nearly equaled that of his feilow Alnbaman. In elty after city and town after fown, and not forgetting numerous crossroads of the country store variety there was an uninterrupted chafn of enthusiasm, expressed in bounteous hospitality, parades of school children, and -all sorts of meetings. Senater Bankhead predicted that If the present partnership between the National Gov ernment and the several states pro duced real roads that will weld the country together. It Would be possible at the expiration of the five-year period darlnc which the t7S.Q00.nri0 is expended to obtain a yearly appropria tion of from $30,000,000 to 1 OO.OOO.OO0. MOTORCYCLE VALUABLE IX WAR Convention Decides American Army SIiohUI Have Cycle Eqnlpmenf. At the annual convention of the Motorcycle and Allied Trades Associa tion. Just closed, at New York, it was the unanimous sentiment that the first and only thine that shnnld be consid ered was how the Industry could help to win the war. Motorcycles have been used In this war more extensively Kurope than In America, in military matters, and it was agreed that every effort should be maoe to equip our American armies with adequate motor cycle equipment TAIL LIGHTS MUST" BE SHOWS Many Motorists LcaTe Cars With Tail Light Not Burning. Failure of motorists to observe or dinary statutes concerning use of tail lifchts is attracting the attention of the authorities. following reports last week that this feature ef the regula tions is receiving less and less care at the hands of drivers. During a single evening one driver last Week counted seven cars without tail llphts burning. It Is nothing un common for pedestrians to note cars passins without the prescribed red night in the rear. Because of the im portance of observing this precaution in maintaining road safety, the author ities are planning to prosecute rigor ously snv neclect which is doscovered. We Could Do Without -Automobile, Yes Jusb as We Could Do Without Telephone, Type writer or Locomotive. Cduld the American people get along Without the automobile? . Undoubtedly they could, but no easier than they could get along witthout typewriter, telegraph, telephone, streetcar and ele vator. It I necessary in order to main tain present standards of human effi ciency. H IS one of the things that ha made this Country great In achieve ment, because it has kept us In closer loueh With others'. If has reduced miles to yards, hours to minutes. There Is', therefore, a feeling In off! elal, as Well as In business circles, that after the aiitomohlle plants have ful filled theif obligations and handed ver to the Government whatever facili ties are necessary for the manufacture of munitions, they can best fulfill their duty to help win the war by building plenty of cars. Thus this year will see many fac tories busy all night and day supplying the boys ''over there with their re quirements and the folks left behind with theirs. In both these duties to the aoldier and to the civilian the au tomobile Industry will be helping ma terially to rout the enemy. Just as physical fitness In the soldier Is the prime essential on the battlefield, so it is equally Important that there be at hand every aid to prompt and energetic action On the part of those at home. There Is scarcely a phase or feature of business life which the automobile has not entered with beneficial results. It carries thousands where railroads and streetcars cannot penetrate. It is ready at call. .These facts Are mors generally real ized than ever since America entered the war. People have ceaaed to think of the automobile in terms of pleasure only. They know, by proof of eye and personal experience, that it is a great and Indispensable utility. There will not be the usual output of cars this year-y-that is impossible. It is. therefore, good advice to order! early if early delivery is desired, for all signs point to a great demand for cars. Le L. Gilbert By Himself. frew Harronn Dlatribntor Ismtea Everybody to See the Car at Shaw. IWfLLi take advantage of this Op portunity to introduce myself to the many readers of The Oregdniafi as new distributor for toe ttftrfdun car a car that I guarantee will cause a veritable sensation in this territory. It is a light car, weighing only 1960 pounds, with a four - cylinder valve - in - head motor that develops 43 horsepower. The car is designed by Ray Harroun. the noted automobile engineer and racer. Every person who attends the auto mobile show is herewith extended a personal invitation to inspect the Harfoutl. I am also the dealer in this terri- fory for the Klein i. which has made Positively unequaled in its en durance, body design and finish at its price. On the boulevard or open high way, the METZ chassis answers superbly every demand of the most exacting motorist for flexi bility, power, speed and stamina. Absolutely the only way the Metz can sell itself fo you is by personal test, in direct comparison with every other car maae. INVESTIGATE Prices F. O. B. Portland Touring Car 5-passenger S7 55 Roadster $755 SHARP MOTOR CAR CO. . Distributors for Oregon 514 Alder St. Mam 3966 so favorable an impression since being introduced here last Summer. Though I have been in Portland since 1906, when I left San Francisco at the time of the earthquake. I am a late addition to automobile row. Only a year and a half ago I began selling Maxwell and Hudson cars for O. L. Boss. Then I became sales manager for A. C. Stevens. A month ago I bought out Mr. Stevens' interest in the Elgin Six. Obtained the Harroun agency, and am in business for myself. With two of the finest cars made in America at any price, I know I Bhall succeed. i ji v. Fnnnran n MMMMwm Advanced Engineering An invitation to those who attend the Portland Motor Show. Our exhibit will include models of the new series of Marmon 34. They comprise not only interesting attractions from the buyer's standpoint, but constitute a factor of first importance to dealers in this territory. The open cars are a half-ton lighter than those of equal size and power, while the enclosed models weigh less than the open cars of competitive build. .The Marmon chassis will be found the same for all types of bodies 136 inches wheelbase. : liay we not hope to have the pleasure of showing jrou the new Marmon excellencies as a matter of interest to you and of justifiable pride to ourselves? - ' THE ORIGINAL 4-WHEEL DRIVE TRUCK Duplex trucks, designed by men thoroughly experienced in building and using motor trucks, are constructed of stand ard, accepted units. Every nut and bolt is built with the same big margin of over-strength as the axle or frame. Duplex trucks are durable, dependable and powerful because they are built to give satisfactory service to haul capacity loads under most severe and difficult con ditions, where other type trucks lay down. Performance of Duplex trucks is never neutralized by the failure of a minor part. The original four-wheel-drive motor vehicle is on the job Spring and Summer, Fall and Winter, proving, a profitable investment by building big ger business for owners everywhere. Duplex trucks have enlarged the hauling radius and effected a definite, figurable saving in haulage and deliv ery : costs for contractors, manufacturers, road builders, lumber operators business men in all lines of industry. Let? U3 give you Duplex haulage facts for your particular business. Let us thoroughly demonstrate and prove that the Duplex will be a profitable investment for you. j ii x . v v r i if ii-ii j v r iiii -"aV 1 1 Ami Factory Distributors - F.w. vogier, Pres. 'nnfliArriM n four In 5Tcj The Line Complete Rorjtland, Oregon B C. M. Menzies, Manager f.rv