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TTIE SUNDAY OKEGOXIA PORTLAND. FEBRUARY 3, 191S. BUY HOW, ADVICE SOME OF THE TRUCKS TIIAT WILL BE ON DISPLAY AT THE AUTOMOBILE SHOW. Demand in Oregon Is Greater Than Ever Before, but Rail Delivery Dubious. TRUCK AID TO EFFICIENCY It MOTOR TRUCKS ! ".-4. : ab ?-z ' T d wT,T !t -t' "1 T . , v- 5 i ' ; w .rL V i ttv T .r . y-'t "v WW llaaaalaaaaaBaaaawaaaaalaafc- awniattirf m---'- - . - .. ., Saalara ! or Farmer Who Bay ow Will Help Ills ( Balar and at Karae Tim CoMrlbale to Xatioa's Saeces la War. i imja mt tor larilimii JToreten d "4 Ton True Jr. This will be mil year for the Wiolor-lruf k In Ortfon. All Indica tion point t an enormous Increase ' la th iimWr of tracts that will be I put Into Mnrkf. The only nnllninr) In the present I utlnok that rottM prevent this would I sheer Inability on the part of deal-I era In trucks to I trucks to supply th demand. Ths frelcht ear shortace and freight congestion on the railroad ara already hindering deliveries and Ih la condition probably will bocome Unquestionably, nnw Is the time fori tho prospective truck purrhaaer to buy hia truck. If ba possibly ran do so. I Taking chances with the freight situa tion later on wttaa Ihe aupplr of tracks I new on band baa been sold out la I decidedly risky. la tho East. South and even the Mid-I die West, the problem of truck de-1 liveries Is being met by drives wars. I This Is. dealers go or send to thai factory, obtain aa allotment of trucks I and dries them nnder their own power I back to their home towns. Hundreds I and area thousands of trucks are now being delivered In this way. Drlvs awaya of miles ara not uncommon and In a few cases they hava been over distaacss aa great as 10-o 130 miles. Dril The peodketlon Is mada that before the presest year Is out. aucb drive way deliveries will be the rule rather I than Ihe exception. There la a patrt-1 tic aide to the drtveavray. In that very cat of tbera releases freight cars for other transportation needs. Hut oat here on the pacific Coast the drtveawar from the factory. obl vlouslv. offers no solution to tha prob lem of delivery. The distance la tool great; tha time consumed and the coat snake tho drtveaway prohibitive. Con aeouently. Pacific Northwest truck sealers must depend on the railways to deliver their trucks from tha factories. While aoma dealers believe that the government sprues drive In Oregon and laaahinstoa and the need of sending empty cars out hers for loading- that could be atiliird to bring trurka and pe.senger automobile will make thai equation In this regard easier than haul been anticipated, the fart remains that tha purchaser who waits to buy a truck la doing ao at bia own risk and that low la the logical time to boy. Only within the past year or two has I Oregon really awakened to tha tre-1 piendoue possibilities of motor-truck transportation. In fact. It took the I war to bring business men all over I t country to realization of the talus f the motor-truck. Trwrfc Tsklsg abort Mania. Mors and mors I ths motar-trurtr In this stats being utilised on the short hauls that were formerly handled by the railroads. The recent urgent recom mendations by ths t'ounril of .National Iiefenae that motnr-trurka bandls short hauls wherever posnlbls aad rl railway equipment for tha long haul work, has emphasised still further the prartiral possibilities of motor-tracks as freight carriers. Ja any freight transportation busl ess. It la ths long haul that la profit able and he short haul that piles up costs. This Is due to tha fact that the fixed overhead costs are virtually the same la both rases and la as true of ths motor-truck as It la of tha railway. Hut the fart remains that a -mlle bauL whlrh would bo a short haul for a railroad. la a long haul and there fore a profitable haul for a motor truck. Ths steady Improvement of Oregon blgnwavs under the comprehensive pro gramme of ths State Highway Commie sioa la rapidly extending still further ths usefulness of tha motor-truck Oregon aa a factor In relieving the railways of their short hauls. To be at greatest efficiency ths motor-truck sauat have good roads to operate upon. So Dessnrrage Vt lib Trark. A recent editorial In ths Washington Times very succinctly sums up the ad vantages of ths motor-truck In han dling rallwar short hauls The facta presented In this editorial apply with j (ton this year. Last yearns figures will as great force to Oregon as to any! easily be doubled and tripled, and per- ocher section of the country. Ths motor-truck with a trailer ran carry a load almost unbelievable on any fairly good road" says this writer "Every ton carried on short haul by a track means ons ton less for railroads to carry. "In hauling by the motor-truck there Is no demurrage. Ths load goes from ths point of delivery. Every minute Is saved, for the trailer can be dropped and the truck can go for another load feci iTBrjasB !zbr 2 Ton TrucZc. m 'j . - pfw'Htr"T " v-a l .Ltwssss-Masw-w .... il8- 1 Ai - i- i iM H&LA :'as?Li rs T . ... "-,- 7 . . . .. .. . ! -----lJCt-." ?yi? Ton G.JV. C. 7rccJa t ; ?f J V' - ' ffe1 ll 1 1 ill V---et . ; .v " ' ..' J3sZt- Ion. Tr'itcc. 5 T'5 A'ew Line of Trucks at the Auto Show The Portland Tire & Truck Company announces the arrival of the Master line of motor trucks the truck that has two rear axles, a solid forged I-beam axle that carries the load and a live axle that applies the power to the wheels near the rim, giving- a tremendous driving lever age and adding 45 to road clearance. The truck that employs the justly celebrated Torbensen internal gear drive, made by the largest builder in the world of motor truck rear axles, and guaranteed to every buyer for the life of the truck, with the internal driving gears guaranteed for a period of two years. See the Master trucks at the Portland show. The masters of the load on any road. Load-carrying capacity two to three tons three to five tons. Bodies to meet every requirement. Dealers Desired in Every District PORTLAND TIRE & TRUCK CO., Distributers 71 Broadway, Portland, Oregon -L. age to tires, says Milestones. As the tire travels In the rut the side may rub against the froien edges, and the sides of a tiro are not Intended to stand such wear. The must be made flexible to give resiliency to the tire, so that the wear-resisting rubber In th treed is not suitable for sidewslls. But wear usually occurs on the side of tho tire away from tho car. If the sidewalls of your tires are suffering-, It is well to reverse them. Where they are badly snagged. It Is Imperative that repairs be made at once. Rubber should be vulcanized over the worn spots to protect the fabric from mols- ture and disintegration. If this is done tho normal service from the tires will not be greatly affected, but if the snags are neglected, the tire is likely to be ruined. New Pipe Cleaner. The legion of pipe-smoking motor ists will be interested in this novel method of cleaning the "glimmy": Tha spark plug cable is removed from ons cylinder. The pet cock is then opened and the bowl of the pipe is held, over it when the compression will blow tha stem clean of any obstructions. haps quadrupled if only the trucks can be obtained. It is safe to say that every truck that can be ooiainea oy Oregon dealers will be sold and that they will not fill the demand. Trwrk Exhibit Kdaratlaaal. There are towns In Eastern Oregon and large towns where two yeara ago there was not a motor-truck. One of these towns alone took nearly 75 trucks n tha year just paat. and the field has mi--i ri-t. - heen tanned. Similar CO rid 1 - while the dropped trailer is unloading. (lona prevail In ths Willamette Val "Th cost of hauling by motor-truck i,.. i Southern Oregon in fact. has been steadily reduced and Is now t(iroUf;h the whole state. very tow. snowing tor nrmurragei 0n, o th. momt interesting features and the fact that there Is no hauling of ,njg ysars big automobile show In from ths railroad siding to the point I Ponlanrt which onens next Thursday of delivery. It la safe to say that for night. February 7. will be the truck tha short haul ths motor-truck la mors I department. More apace than ever be- conomii al than the freight train. I fore has been devoted to trucks. The "Let the motor-truck take cars of 1 nuroose is to educate the business man. ths freight within :0 to 5 miles of big I the farmer, anv man-who makes ex- cities and even longer distances. Let I tensive use of transportation, to the A. B. Manley By Himself. Distributor for Hupsaohlle. Grant and .National c;ot Into Automobile Hualnrsa by Accident, but He la lu to Ml). R1 railroads concentrate on the long haul and thus aavs the constant stopping of trains and shunting of freight trains. savs the use of freight cars aa stor age warehouses on sidings, unload upon ths motor-truck ths hardest, most sx . psnsivs short-haul work of the rail rosda and in spite of war. railroads and motor-trucks combined will do the Nation's work and make it unnecessary to hinder, cripple or utterly destroy toe national Industries. Trwrk Far Cheaper Thaa Horao. The motor-truck is far cheaper to maintain and operate than ths horse and Its rapacity for continued work almost unlimited, while that of the horse Is strictly limited. W hile bors Is hauling miles a day. which Is about the extreme dally average of bis rapacity, the motor-truck can be making Its 10 miles a day. And every additional mile that It works reduces Its overhead and operating costs. It Is as of the great features of the motor truck that It can be operated efficient ly both day and night, for months aad snonths on end. In ltl only :i motor-tracks were sold la Oregon, exclusive of Kord tracks, of which no record was kept. In 1 1 T a total of ot tracks, exclualve f Fords and ii Fords, wars sold, a gain of more than IS per cent. That big increase is only an Indica tloa of tha demand for trucks la Ore- efficiency and practical utility of the motor-truck in his business. The automobile show is not a profit- making affair. Its purpose is educa tional. Ths truck dealers represented at ths show will bs only too glad to prove to any business man how through a motor-truck or trucks he ran not only add to the efficiency of his business. but aid the Nation as well. AITOS OX GVARD IX BRITAIN Home Defenders and Machine Guns Thick In England. Tha British arc making use of tha paassnger automobile for borne de fense. Instead of waiting for the Home Guards to march to a threatened spot, they ara whisked thither in motor cars, says Milestones. With a machine gun and four riflemen, tbla la a very for midable little fighting unit tn case of a landing by airship or submarine. Anti-Skid Chain Breaks. When the croeapleces of the anti skid chain break, so that tbs chain strtkea agatnat the fender In paaalng. it Is poor practice to wire the broken pieces serosa the tire, aa the wire will quickly be worn through. By wiring under the felloe a more peroiaasnl re pair may be secured. , m not used to making 300-word talks about myself. I suppose I should start off by telling that I am president of the Manley Auto Company, distributors for the famous Hupmoblle Comfort Car, th. National Six and Twelve and the Grant Six and that we sell lots of them all. Incidentally, 1 am president of the Tortland Automobile Trade Association, the corporation formed by the Dealers' Motor Car Association of Oregon to handle the Automobile Show. And while on the subject of presidencies. I might as well mention them all and add that I am also president of the Pacific Title & Trust Company. I got into the automobile business some three years ago rather by acci dent, but I ara glad I did so, for it is a fine business and it has a very great future in the Pacific Northwest. About all I knew of the automobile business when 1 entered it was the general prin ciples that must be applied to any suc cessful business. While I couldn't get down now and take one of my own cars to pieces and then put it together again, I have done pretty well, thank you. and expect to do still better. I would much rather talk about my cars than about myself. In the last 18 months we sold every Hupmoblle we could get. The new Hupmob'.le Com fort Car, which Is certainly well named, la in huge demand. We sold 84 Grants the first o days we had them, and we can't get enough to fill our needs. In one day recently I gave actual orders to factory representatives who were here for 1750.000 worth of Hupmobile and Grant cars for our 191S business. That ahows how much faith I have in the future of the automobile. TIRES AXD FROZEN' HIGHWAYS Hard Road Surface Bad for Wear. and Repairs Are Imperative. Froxen ruts cannot always be i avoided and may do considerable dam-1 iiwsosrfflrs eaMafeMaMi ir tr- ao, liiantass-TtTaysAllil - V JtX L - . If . t ' i - osssyylM ewssatssi'ia s . ansta. i.,i I. Wlau 1 1 !'." .'. ., lit. 'ri',aS ',VV"i 1. v - ihifl ' U o IL . : 1 Sr, ,iWltWilfftfliW-Tmrilnrlfi-filirn nUT n FLEET OF GMC TRUCKS OPERATED BY MEIER & FRANK- Meier & Frank, keep accurate cost records, and buy trucks from results shown. The last nine trucks purchased were GMC, the most economical in every respect, backed by real service. Can you, without any means of knowing truck costs, ienore these facts? SEE GMC TRUCKS AT AUTO SHOW Wentwortli &z Irwin, Inc. OREGON DISTRIBUTORS SECOND AND TAYLOR STS.