T1IE SUNDAY, OKEGOMAX, POKTLAND, 3IAHCII 31, 1918.
YELLOW GASOLINE
XASH I'etSSEXGER CAR AND TRUCK MODELS TO BE ON DISPLAT IN SHOWROOMS OF PORTLAND
MOTOR CAR COMPANY DURING NASH WEEK, WHICH OPENS TOMORROW.
SOON 10 BE SOLO
CZ2pzzl STEAM FeSrd
Pierce-Arrow Plows Through
Mud in Dark.
Also, It Will Have a Smell All
Its Very Own, but Will Be
as Good as Ever.
SPOTLIGHT- MUCH WANTED
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C. C, Fagan, Pierce-Arrow Pacific
fiCTION IS WAR MEASURE
Manager, on Night Run From
The (Dalles to Pendleton,
Xeeded One $2 00 Worth.
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eliminating Sulphuric Arid Treat
ment, Saj Inlon Oil Sale Dl
rrctor. Will have Much Acid,
Alkali and Gasoline.
If Ihe gasoline yea buy tor automo
a'U fuel ha a peculiar yellow color
and a at it I more peculiar and not ex
art ! y pleasant amcll. don't become
IirmrJ and Jump to the conclusion
that ihe Ccrmans arc slipping: aoma
thtna over.
Ind;rrctlr. the Kaiser will be to
bUme for It. at that, but for all Its
color and smelt the gasoline will be
Just as aood as before. -Neither color
nor smell will affects its efficiency
as enirtne fuel In the least, and nobody
burs gasoline for Its looks.
The explanation for the new color
and the new smell, both of which are
cosnina to stay for the duration of th
war. If not longer Is very simple. It I:
due to tha fact that sulphuric acid
has become altogether too valuable
commodity to use In treating gasoline.
The sulphuric acid treatment of gas-
dine, refiners declare. In no way Im
rori us quality or "pep. All In th
world tha treatment accomplishes, the
bat. U to remove the yellow color and
the. smell. Moreover, the process
treatment waxte both arid and giso
line, so that eliminating- tha treatmrn
accomplishes two Important war econ
mlcs at once.
Rtaasas rally EaalalarA.
There Isn't much of tha yellow Kane
line In Portland as yet. for old stocks
are still being used, but as soon as
they are exhausted one company a
least, the I'cavn Oil Company of Call
forcia. will sell tha untreated prod
vet. That will be in a few weeks. And
it la declared that the other companies
will undoubtedly lake th same action
noon.
V. H. Koltv, salea director here for
the Union Oil Company of California.
inada the following statement last
week In explanation of the change:
"Producers and manufacturers in
every line of business.'' said Mr. Kelly,
"have been working for some time un
der unusual conditions. Our National
tiovernment baa requested each and
every on of us to conserve in every
po-ible way.
"Kor many years past gasoline has
been, treated with sulphuric acid for
tha 'claimed purpose' of Improving It
color and odor. Tha method of pro
ducing petroleum products during the
past several years baa undergone some
radical charges, as. for instance, you
are all familiar with the exploded the
ry of gravity aa determining the value
ef gasoline.
"I'ractlcally a!! the large Eastern re
finers ceased treating gasoline with
aulphurlc acid some months ago. real
tatnc under these unusual conditions
that a very large quantity of gasoline
was necessarily lost during the add!
ttonal handling when treated with sul
phuric acid, and secondly because of
the very large expense Incurred on ac
count of the hlgH cost of aulphurlc
arid. Also for the further reason that
the Government requlrea for other pur
poses the sulphuric acid which would
ordinarily be used In treating gasoline.
Big rvdloa Xeeded.
"H la estimated that during the year
lIS refiners In this country wilt be
railed upon to produce about 6J.e0.X)0
barrels of gasoline, and the refining
rapicity of the country will be taxed
to its utmost to produce this quantity
from the crude oil available. It must
be borne in mind that a very large per
rent of the crude oil produced does not
warrant Ita manufacture for gasoline
on areount of the low percentage that
it will yield by the usual methods, and
artificial methods would require
month for construction at a great
rttst. due to the demand In other direc
tions for the material used In this
construction. Therefore. gasoline
sbo iM be conserved by every method
pss!h!e.
"f the estimated consumption of
BJ.00rf.D0t barrels fur 11S. there will
be approximately 1.0o.00 barrels
consumed In the running of automo
bile and other Internal combustion en
gines: the balance being used in other
sirertion, where acid treatment Is
called for. such ss benxine for dye
bouses, etc. But the largest percent
age of consumers do not require acld
trejtted gasoline, as tre gasoline is to
be used aa a fuel In an engine, and
auch acid treatment is no more nor
less than a waste of material and en
rgv.
'It Is the general practice to treat
gasoline it?i acid before 'steam still
ing.' so that the running In the still
will eliminate the compounds left back
bv the acid treatment, as well as sep
arate for boiling point. The only re
sult Is the making of gasoline of better
odor and color, for which the engine
not care . continental In fact, the
sclphuric scid treatment is the survival
ct an oM method used before gasoline
c.ginea became a factor in the com
mercial world.
Itage CaaetlBC Saslag.
- "It Is estimated that by eliminating
tho acta treatment there will be saved
f-r other purposes not less than liH.
e.v.t pounds of sulphuric acid, wblch
ts so greatly needed In tie manufac
ture of ammunition and for many other
pot-poses. In s.tliton there will be
eased a very large quantity of alkali,
whiih Is a'o much needed for other
purpose. The only value of the alkali
rn treating gasoline Is tr neutralise
the art. J that car.not bo washed out
with water.
- "Hut areater than all this is the
heety lcs of gasoline now occasioned
be too much handling. I'rom a con
servative standpoint, it is estimated
tnat ith fss elimination of anneccs
earv handling of gasoline affected by
(''ruinating the snipuhunc art4 treat
ment, plus the vatue of the a.ld saved,
cost of alkali, saving of labor and
maintenance of plants, there it til be
saved not less than IU.siu.c9 en the
estimated production of gasoline dur
ing this year.
A:t th:s Is now a loss, brought about
by in effort t Improve, the odor and
color of gasoline, which is not at all
ece,ry tor operating sn Internal
eembustion engine.
It is further estimated that with the
elimination of t'te acM treatment there
will a-tuaily be saved V.'.00i barrels
vf gaaoitpe wtrh with thv continu
ance of the present treatment would
actual!)' i wasted In handling.
tvsery t'estasisser Beaeflla.
"There may be a few objections on
account of odor and color, but when
the average patriotic consumer stops
t consider that lov.ove barrels more of
ga-ohne baa been added to the roun
rey'a supply, and that he benefits from
U. hie o&jectrora will certainly cease."
The l eton I'll Company of Califor
nia. Mr. Ks.iv explained, eliminated the
aulpbunc acid Lrtaioical vX fca:jie
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produced at Its Oleum refinery Marrh J the country. We have certainly re
is Thl, eefinsrv tinnlle, fh Xoeth - I eel ved some flnwlir rsnorts from this
west trade. 1'revlously gasoline pro-1 section and the Gordon In proving to
duced at other refineries of the com-, be a splendid service tire."
pany bad not been treated with acid. On the same day that this telegram
and as soon aa consumers became ac
customed to the change and understood
the reasons for It and that it did not
affect the efficiency of the gasoline a
whit, there were no complaints.
TRUCK DUEL IS LATEST
MAXWELL CODES OCT FIRST
KW KID OP COMBAT.
Scrappy Maxwell Driver Hitches te
Bigger Rival Track, Bark te
Back, aad Drags It Away.
Prise fights have been big drawing
cards for persons with a drop of sport-
ng blood in their veins. That form of
fighting haa been barred by the legis
lators in roost states.
The age of truck fighting now dawns.
The first scrap between trucks of dil
ferent makes is reported from Km po
rta. Kansas. Other than being the
home town of William A. White, the
famous publisher and writer, the city
will be known as the stage of the first
truck duel.
The combat occurred In the freight
yards of the ante Fe railroad. It was
an accident that the trucks engaged in
this battle. During the scuffle the
railroaders gathered round and cheered
or their particular favorite.
The trucks belonged tp the McCord-
Klstler Company and the Bailey Trans
fer Company. The two vehicles be
came blocked back to back.
The driver of each decided that the
easiest way to clean the atmosphere
nd relieve the crush was to pull the
other out of the way. Fo they "hooked
on and atarted their engines.
One truck was a heavy make while
the second competitor was a Maxwell
ruck.
A majority of the bystanders were
wagering on the big truck. The Max
well driver laid ail his money on his
teel steed.
The word was given and the drivers
stepped" on the starters. The ma
hlnrs see-sawed, one giving a bit. then
he other machine taking a strong hold.
The Maxwell engine after the first few
sitatlons moved steadily . forward.
ragging the heavier truck with it.
The crowds cheered, the losing driver
houted for time, and the Maxwell
river unhooked and moved defiantly
n the railroad yard driveway.
000-MILE GUARANTY MADE
Gordon Tires Warranted Now for
1000 Milr Additional.
An established guaranty of COO0
miles on SVxl and JOsD'i Gordon tires
announced In a telegram received
by Manager M. K. Swift, of the 1'aclnc
Tire at Itubber Company, from theUor-
on factory.
The new guaranty. Increasing the
revlou one of &ovo miles, brought
uch enthusiasm to the Portland dls
Ibutor. who haa been a consistent
booster of the Gordon product.
I am firmly convinced." Manager
swift reported, "that the new step
taken by the factory is entirely due to
the wonderful reports which have been
rec-etved from users In every part of
arrived Manager Swift received an
other, this time from the Carlisle cord
factory. This brought more satisfac
tlon to the distributor, the Carlisle of
ficials reporting that every Carlisle
tire leaving the factory la $9 per cent
perfect.
HE WANTED HYATT CAR, TOO
This . Man Asked for Aulo Like the
Famous Hyatt Roller Car.
Judging from his written request
for information, a man in Oklahoma
thinks that the Hyatt Roller Bearing
Company. Detroit, make automobiles as
well as Hyatt quiet bearings.
This man wanted a "Hyatt Roller
car. like that one that traveled so far.
Evidently he admired the stamina of
this old Bulrk car which was christ
ened the "Hyatt Roller" because it
holds the world's record for distance,
having traveled a total of 272.191 miles
on Its original set of Hyatt Roller
bearings.
'HOT-SPOT' WELL KNOWN
ROT HEMPHILL FINDS FAME OF
CHALMERS DEVICE IS WIDE.
Taklssa Taller Felka Keep Dlatrlbator
Boay Dlscwsslng Merits of.,
Gas-Savlsg Feature.
Roy Hemphill, manager of the West
ern Motor Car Sales Company. Chal
mers distributors, found that farmers
and orchardlsts of the Yakima. .Valley
are much interested In the Chalmers
car on a recent business trip to Xorth
lakima, wash. In fact he was, kept
. uivoi iuc lituu no was laere
talking "hot-spot." this feature of the
Chalmers' motor being the subject of
many questions.
The fame of the Chalmers' 'hot-
spot,' which makes the Chalmers so
economical of gasoline and enables It
to run further on lower grade fuel than
used to be the case with' high-grade
gasoline, has preceded Die all over the
territory." said Mr. Hemphill. ."As
soon as it becomes known that I am
the Chalmers distributor I have to talk
hot-spot almost by the .hour.
"The best part of it is that auite a
number of Chalmers cars have been
sold In this district and their owners
are enthusiastic about the saving qual-
tles of the 'hot-spot.. Their enthusiasm
leads to other sales.
"We are fortunate In being pretty
well supplied with cars at present, due
to the fact that. in anticipation of the ture
shortage that was certain to come we
ordered all the cars we could get last
frail. However, thrre is no telling how
ong thin, happy condition of affairs
will continue. The man who buys a car
now will be sure of getting It. which
s more than can be said with certainty
of orders placed later."
NASH WEEK ANNOUNCED
PORTLAND MOTOR CAR COMPANY
TO SHOW ALL MODELS.
Public Invited by Manager Kens
See Display This Week of Nash
Cars and Tracks.
This Is to be "Nash Week" at the
Portland Motor Car Company. Xash
passenger cars, in both open and closed
models, and Nash trucks will be on
display in the showrooms of the com
pany at Tenth and Burnside streets.
Similar "Xash Weeks" have been held
by Nash distributors In the larger
towns through the country recently.
and have In every case resulted in much
interest in the Nash and In increased
sales. In Seattle recently a "Nash
Week" was one of the big events of
automobile row and was a success in
every particular.
Manager J. T. Keena of the Portland
Motor Car Company, Nash distributors
in Portland, has set aside the coming
week as "Nash Week" in order to give
persons interested In motor cars, both
passenger models and trucks, an oppor
tunity to learn the many advantageous
points which the : Nash has to offer
prospective purchasers.
The Portland Motor Car Company
handles a complete line of Nash trucks,
in addition to the passenger cars, in
cluding the big Nash "Quad," which is
a four-wheel drive and steering truck.
Several of these Nash "Quads" are in
the Army service at Vancouver, Wash.
DANIELS CARS ARE . COMING
Brnnn Motor Car Company Has
Three Custom-Mad Models on Way.
Isaac Brunn, of the Brunn Motor Car
Company, announced last week tnat
three new Daniels cars, for which he
holds the Oregon distributorship in ad
dition to the Lexington Minute Man Six,
are on the way to Portland from the
Daniels factory at Reading, fa., ana
should be here at any time. All three
have -special custom-made bodies.
The Daniels has an eignt-cyiinaer
motor, and the car itself is elegantly
made. Mr. Brunn took on .the Daniels
agency here at the time of the Port
land Automobile snow. ine Daniels
car exhibited at the show was brought
here by A. Henderson, of Walla Walla,
the Northwest distributor for the Dan
iels, and it attracted a great deal of
attention at the time. This was the
only car Mr. Brunn has been able to
obtain up to the present, and he has
kept it for demonstration purposes.
The Daniels is a car that appeals
particularly to discriminating motor
sts who ca.n afford a car or special ap
pointments and hand-made manufac-
WANTED One automobile spotlight, any
make. In working order; will pay $200
spot cash and no questions asked.
Of course, that isn't a bona fide ad
vertisement. Rather, it is, an ex-ad-vertlsement
that never was advertised.
There were no newspapers handy in
which to print it at the time, and no
time to wait for it to be printed if
there had been newspapers.
Just the same, if the spotlight had
been on hand, it would have been
snapped up instantly for J200 in cash.
This wasted opportunity for. an au
tomobile accessory dealer occurred ,a
week ago, and the man who wanted
the spolight, J200 worth, but didn't get
it, was C. C. Fagan, manager of the
Pierce-Arrow Pacific Branch in Port
land. Time 1 o'clock A. M. Place-
En route to Pendleton, just east of
Heppner. Weather conditions Muddy.
Accompanied by E. G. Hoffman, of
Seattle, manager of the Seattle Pierce-
Arrow branch, Mr. Fagan was driving
in a big Pierce-Arrow model 48 from
The Dalles to Pendleton.
And Then the Tronble Began.
They left The Dalles at 8:30 o'clock
at night and would have made the run
without difficulty had they taken the
road via Lexington. Instead, Mr.
Fagan went by way of Heppner. There
his troubles began.
They told us we couldn't possibly
get through the road beyond Heppner,"
said Mr. Fagan, "but we didn't want
to go back 10 miles to Lexington, so
took a chance and went ahead.
It was all right for about a mile.
But then well, we suddenly sank
through the top crust of what looked
like good, dry road and were down to
the hubs in the stickiest kind of mud.
"If it had been possible to back out.
we certainly would have backed out.
But we were in so far and so deep that
the only salvation lay in keeping ahead.
I tell you. a team of horses would have
looked good just then but at that time
of night there were no horses out for
an airing on that road.
'I threw the car Into low gear and
for IS to 18 miles simply crawled along
through the worst mud It has ever been
my misfortune to see. It came over
the running boards, it oozed into the
car. It splashed an inch thick over the
headllghtji and it spattered all over us.
mere we were in that mud, on a
road we had never traveled before,
which seemed to get worse as we went
along, and hardly able to see where
we were going. I would have given
$100 in hard cash for a spotlight right
then, and would have paid it on the
spot, tnd I said so. 'And I'll make it
another hundred,' said Mr. Hoffman.
But there was no such luck.
Car Smothered In Mnd.
'The Pierce-Arrow has a very low
gear ratio on low, but it took -everything
we had in the way of power to
get us over that road. But finally we
got out of it, and from then on we had
easy going into Pendleton.
"We reached that town at 4 o'clock in
the morning. Just 7& hours out from
The Dalles, which was remarkable time
considering the mess we got into.
When we put the car in the garage it
was so plastered with mud that it
looked like a truck. There was two
inches of mud on the top of the car.
I paid a man $5 to wash the car next
day, and it's been on my conscience ever
since that the poor fellow lost money
at that, for it must have been a terrible
job."
Mr. Fagan says any motorist can
drive from The Dalles to Pendleton
without difficulty by taking the Lex
ington route, which is in good condi
tion.
From Pendleton Mr. Fagan and Mr.
Hoffman drove to Walla -Walla. Mr.
Fagan returned to Portland by train
late last week, the car having been
sold at Walla Walla.
Replacing Plugs.
When replacing cylinder and crank
case plugs, in fact any plugs about an
engine, care must be taken to get these
In position tightly, otherwise a great
deal of harm might be done.
Intermittent Hiss.
Sometimes a sharp hissing sound is
heard at intervals and seeming to come
from one of the cylinders. Often this Is
mistaken for a leak, but the irregu
larity of Its occurrence destroys this
hypothesis, as a leaft would occur at
every period of high compression. The
sound Is due to an unfired charge,
which fills the exhaust port and is ig
nited when the next fired charge
passes the valve. Such a misfire may be
due to a weak mixture or to intermit
tently faulty ignition.
Guy Standi fer Buys Two
Hudson Super-Sixes.
Head of Big Shipbuilding Cencern
Gets Special Models After Inves
tigating Many Cars.
GUY M. STANDIFER, of -the G. M.
Standifer Construction Company,
being a man of discriminating tastes
and notable for not doing things by
halves, buys automobiles in pairs. His
latest purchase is two new 1918 Hud
son Super-Six cars, one of them being
a handsome India blue limousine and
the other a speedster of greenish hue,
both special orders.
While in the East last Winter on
business for his firm, Mr. Standifer
visited the New York Automobile Show
and studied the different makes of
ccrs, making minute comparisons. On
his return to Portland he visited the
booth of the C. L. Boss Automobile
Company. He came to the conclusion
that the Hudson' was the only car for
him and gave orders to have shipped
EAST COMES TO WEST FOR LUMBER TRACTORS.
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FIVE rRE5COTT LIMBER TRACTORS RECENTLY SHIPPED FROM THE NORTHWEST TO A ATLANTIC PORT.
H P Ftronjr. of SU Alder vtrect. Or on distributor for the Fresco tt lumber tractor, which is a Northwestern home product, manufactured at
eSul. haa received word that a consignment of five of the tractors was entrained a week ago for an Atlantic port for shipment at once to France
on an ordrr from the French government Tfata is understood to be only the first of several orders to be filled for foreign governments and on the
Atlantic Coast.
Mr. trons; has been havina fine success with the Prescott lumber tractor since he obtained the agency last November. Among shipbuilding
firms which have purchased the Prescott are the Grant Pmlth-Porter Shipbuilding Company, which has two, and the Foundation Company, which is
us mar l in its tour plants in toe .ortnwriu I no irescoit lumner tractor unes a ora power plant, geared to develop 4v-norsepower. Jt consists pr
a four-inch channel frame and Is equipped to haul or push loaded lumber "buggies," in which work it replaces many horses. It has a 60-inch
w hcrlbase.
Announcing
The New Eveready Service
Station
John A. Walter Co.
SIXTH, PINE AND ANKENY
STREETS
Broadway 2490, A 2490
Distributors
Evereadys to fit every
style and shape of bat
tery box for Starting,
Lighting, Ignition.
Complete serv
ice Jn inspecting,
charging and re
pairing batteries.
Definite Caarantai
Starting type I rearY
Lighting; and Ignition
Type 3 years.
here as soon as possible the two cars.
Mr. Standifer said it took him. longer
to choose the designs of cars he wished
than it did to select a million dollars'
worth of Deisel engines for his ship
building plants.
AUTO DIRECTORY
4-pass. Rdstr., 51745.00 7-pass. Touring
All Chandlers are equipped with Bosch magnetos
' TWIN STATES MOTOR CAR COMPANY
514-516 Alder Phone Main 851
ELGIN SIX HARROUN CARS
PACIFIC MOTORS, INC., Washington at 16th Street
Franklin
offers more of "what you actually need and want in
i an automobile."
' BRALY AUTO CO.
Main 4880, A 3881. 19th and Washington Sts.
'tsrVT minnr rir
MINUTE MAN SIX
' Brunn Motor Car Co, ' '
444-46 Stark St.
Phones: Broadway 2958, A 2958
LIBERTY SIX
The car which sells best in direct compari
son with others:
W. H. WALLINGFORD, 522 Alder St
MAC
Capacities, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5; 5 Tons.
T Complete Stock Repair Parts.
1 rilCKS 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.
Broadway at Oak
OAKLAND
Oakland Motor Co. of Oregon
344-50 Burnside, Off Broadway.
Phone Broadway 80.
Oldsmobile
Distinctive High Grade. Light Weight
OLDSMOBILE CO. OF OREGON
Broadway and Couch
Phone Broadway 1640
is ready to sqtvc your requirements with suc
cess. Touring $2340. Roadster $2340.
D. G. Warren Motor Gar Go.
5S-60 . 23d St.
MAIN 780.
PREMIER
The car with an aluminum motor. High-grade con
struction throughout. A car for particular people.
W. H. WALLINGFORD. . 522 ALDER ST.
. EIGHT CA PACITIKS
TO . 0. TON S
Investigate Onr Tractor and Trailer Proposition
ROBERTS MOTOR CAR CO., Inc., Park; at Everett St.
Smith-Forra-a-Truck
- BAI.LOl. Jt WRIGHT. '
Broadway at Oak.
Distributors for Ormon.
Some . unoccupied territory
open. Write for proposition.
AUTO ACCESSORIES AND P AR I
"Better than average mileage at less than average cost"
Archer and Wiggins
Distributors of High-Grade Automobile Accessories
Sixth Street at Oak
BOWSER
GASOLINE and OIL TANKS
STORAGE SYSTEMS FOR PUBLIC AND PRIVATE
GARAGES. S. D. Stoddard, Dintrlct Supt.
Salea. 719-20 Corbett Bids. Main 1470.
SATISFACTORY COOK & GILL CO.
JjlU lUK UAtt r Phone Broadway 26. ,
T?F.PATRTNO 409 Davis Street.
David Hodes Co.
N. Broadway and Flanders.
AUTOMOBILE GEARS,
PARTS AND ACCESSORIES
REDUCED PRICES.
ENGINES A SPECIALTY
AT
C Willafa 3
We Stock Them. We Repair Then.
We C'hara-e Them.
Free Advice and InNpectlon.
ACTO ELECTRIC Eftl'IPMES'f CO,
Sixth and Burnside Streeta. . .