The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current, April 21, 1918, SECTION FOUR, Image 58

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Newspaper Page TextTITE SUNDAY ' OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND, APRIL 21, 1918. BRISCOE THERE IN BRISCOE CAR THAT RAN FROM PORTLAND TO BEYOND MULTNOMAH FALLS LAST SUNDAY ON ONE AUTO SALES BRISK; GALLON OF GASOLINE. GAS MILEAGE JEST DEMAND KEEPS UP Day Fierce One for Tryout More Cars Sold Since Decem ber 1 Than Ever Before in This State. With Raw Wind and Hail, but Car Does Well. 6 7' xymwuij. ' ,H?:turx T U . v . .as H i o ' : l3JLK ill ROUTE OUT HIGHWAY TAKEN Statpile Fact It Was Too Cold t Get Motor Warned Vp, Briscoe Went Past Multnomah Fall, 31.S Miles on Gallon. On about the worst day for snch a tewt that could possibly hlTS been lerted. climatic conditions considered. Briscoe car Hmen by W. H Walllnc ford. Brtacoe. Liberty and Premier dis tributer for Oition. ran from Portland t rt beyond 3fultnomah Falls on the Columbia River Hiffhway on a single gallon of gasoline. The test was conducted last Sunday. . Tho weather was abaolntely ferocious on the hlshway. whatever It may bare len In Portland. Ma wise la makina" pasollne tests select a fine, sunny day, when ths motor will work at Its best and araso llna will vaporise readily. Far from tost, the bis-hway last Sunday pre sented some fine Imitations of Winter ci the prairies. There was a raw wind that nearly f rose tho unfortunate observers of the tt to death, dashes from time to time of oold rain, and finally a peltlnc hall storm, with hailstones so bla they raised little welts where they hit you. Fact! Seme Test Weather. What! Imaerlne trying: to make a srasollne economy record In a hailstorm! The ball storm didn't end ths test, hut It stirred the brvers to swift action. They had been meekly endur Inc a wide-open windshield and low ered top for the good of the cause. But to have bis bejlMonea bounce off their rold noses was too much. Test or no test, they demanded that the wind shield be put down and the top raised. Truth to tell. It wa a race between the observers and Walllnaford him self as to who got this thought first. There were no objections from any quarter, that' a sure. The hall storm descended when the Hriseoe was about two miles east of the Automobile clubhouse. The test was temporarily (ora-otten while ail heads tried to raise the top. Flnsers were so cld that It took the combin ation of Walllnsford and two observ ers five minutes to raise a one-roan top! And then five minutes more to scrape the hailstones out of the car. Ever try to fasten on side curtains when your fingers are so cold yon only want to get away from t here ? It took between five and 1 minutes more for the 10 benumbed dtarlta of the whole party to get thera up and fastened. Baaar ;ee Oae Ftaarer. In the meantime occurred the first casualty when Walling ford closed the windshield on one of his chilled fin gers. The words that ensued were not of the kind a good salesman used to soothe a prospect. Then Stanley Vferschkul. one of the observers, hit his Ice-cold thumb with a wrench and there waa more graphic talk. Accidents are said to go by threes. They did Sunday. Some 14 minutes fol lowing Mr. Werschkul's remarks anent his thumb, he slammed shut the door of the car at the exact moment when a finger of the writer of this story oc cupied space required by the door. The result was fully as regrettable as was to be expected. All of which, with the cold, the hall. the wind and the general situation, made fine, encouraging local color for a gasoline economy test. Imagine the surprise of all concerned when that little Briscoe, under all these handi caps, kept going for nearly a mile the ? . - -e ... .sT 4 2.-u3B.v:.. mr . - 9 M at .1 FOUR MONTHS' TOTAL HUGE J Jr. "'S- 9 Two Views of tee Car Taken ea Celaatbla River Highway la the Course ef the Gasoline Test. W. H. Walllagford, Briscoe Utstrlbater. la the Man. ee ratchee ef Halt ea the Vrouad Kran Hall Storm. VELIE EASY 10 GET AT ACCKSSimi.ITT OSE OF CAIfS MAIX FK.1TIRKS. CeastmeHen Makes It feasible for Owner to Reach Seat of Any Trenble la M eases t. rR.tKI.11 Rrxa O TTBES WITHOIT C.IHiUS, Probably the mot unique test to which an Inner tube was ever subjected mas successfully "put over" by a progressive tire man of Sucranienlo the other day. The Inner tubes were attached to the front wheels of a Frank , lin car. pumped to a pressure ef i pounds and. without any pro tection or outer casing to pro tect them, the car waa driven over the streets of Sacramento, across car tracks and over rough paring at speed varying from five to 1 miles an hour without blowouts and without trouble. other side ef Uultnomah Falls, and at tained a total mileage of II for one measured gallon of gasoline. Under any clrcumstancea, 11 S would be mighty good mileage. Under the circumstances Sunday. It was remark ably good mileage. Any Briscoe owner could take out the same car on a nice warm day, with conditions perfect for the teat, and run up from lice to 1 additional miles. Of course the test Included some coasting. Bat this waa mors than made up for. on the other band, by the grades climbed on the way out to Crown Tolnt. the high wind blowing and the coldness of the air. which kept the engine way below its maximum efficiency by preventing it from get ting warmed up. The Briscoe car driven In the test by Mr. Wallingford was a brand new car that had been driven only 13 miles be fore being taken out on the trip. In cidentally. Mr. Wallingford showed his nsrrtness when be Insisted on finish ing out the test and taking the figures as they came, regardless ef what they showed, after he ran Into such u toward conditions. HIGHWAY READY BY JTXE 1 Douglas County Roads. Now In Bad Condition. Are Being Worked. EUGENE. Or- April (STec!aL A report from Seattle that an automo bile club la that rlty had given out the Information that It would be necessary for tourists traveling aver the Pacific Highway during the coming Summer toeblp their cars from Jcugene to Rose burg has resulted in aa investigation of road conditions by George Quajrle, sec retary of the Eugene Chamber of Com merce. Mr. Qoayle has a4Jrred a letter to the Seattlle Chamber of Commerce stat ing that the report la incorrect. He ouoles a letter from the Roseburg Com mercial Club to the effect that al though the roads In Wuglas County are now In bad condition, automobiles ere oceaslnnallv making the trip through. The Roseburg letter, how ever. tstee that it will not be advis able to stsrt the Mummer's travel over the road before June I. Improvement work oa the road In that couaty Is now under way and It Is expected to have tae highway in good shape for travel bjr that date. The great majority of automobile buyers drive their own cars. A large number of them do their own work and enjoy "flxln" and fussln' " quite essen tial to smooth running and maximum road enjoyment. This fact has had the greatest possible consideration In building the new Telle Blltwell Six models, and. as a result. It Is easy for even a novice to tighten, clean and adjust any part of the chassis ever re quiring such treatment. The motor cylinders are rasi en mire with the head removable. It Is, there fore, possible to completely expose the valves and their seats and the explo sion chambers In a few moments time. Removing carbon has lost all Its ter rors and delays, and the effort of the owner to help himself Is greatly facili tated. The clutch Is simply tiiso type. completely enclosed and with but a single adjustment. The floating rear axle la readily accessible and may be opened for Inspection In a few minutes' time. Velle engineers have had the driver's convenience in mind at all times. The location of control levers and dash at tachments, the adjustable features of the foot pedals, the remarkably easily handled steering gear, quick acting and positive brakes. Insure perfect control snd safety In emergency. The deep seats and ample room In both compart ments provide maximum comfort. TOO JfXCH WATER XOT GOOD J. 8. Moltxncr, Elgin Dealer, Gives Radiator Advice. TOne reason why the radiators on soma people's cars are rusty and look shabby," said J. S. Moltsner, Elgin dealer in Portland, the other day, "Is that their drivers put In too much water. "In filling the cooling system remem ber that when cylinders become heated the water expands and that sufficient room must be allowed to take care of this expansion. -Do not nil the radiator to the filling nosxla. If you do the expansion will force the water out around the filler cap and cause It to run over the top of the radiator and bonnet, giving them a dirty appearance. Frequently, when this condition prevails, people are under the Impression that the water has boiled over from over-heating, when as a matter of fact It Is simply the result of not allowing for the water's expan sion, which, of course always takes place when the cylinders become heated. Tut In only enough water to bring the level to an Inch or an inch and a half above the top of the radiator tubes; this will give ample room for expan sion. Cars In connection with this de- tall will save considerable annoyance. "When mud has been splashed upon the radiator and becomea caked on the tubes or fills up the cells it should be washed off with hose and water until the radiator Is clean. If this is neglect ed radiation la defeated, the water will boil and run out of the system and the motor cannot be expected to perform satisfactorily. Be careful not to get water on plugs, wires or magneto while using the hoes. "When the water becomea rusty or dirty, flush out the cooling system through the radiator filler and pet-cock oa water pump by pouring water from an ordinary garden hose Into the radi ator filler.- USED CAR ASSET TRUCK ATTACHMENT SOLVES PROB LEM, LONG VKXIKG 0fE. New Universal Type of Smith Ferat-a- Traek for Any Car Handled by Ballon etc Wright. The used passenger car of more or less ancient vintage has long been a vexing problem for both the owner, who wants to get rid of it for a more up-to-date car, and for the dealer, who Is expected to take It on a trade. Now comes a modern development that turns this old car Into a real asset by mak ing a light truck out of It that will give good service for a long period. "The new Universal type Smith Form-a-TTuck solves the problem of the used car," says Charles L. Wright, of Bal lou & Wright, Oregon distributors for the Smith Korm-a-Truck attachment. "The Smith Form-a-Truclt is the original truck attachment. Thou sands of them are In use with Ford power plants, and have 1 sen and are giving wonderful service. There has been a need, however, for an attach ment to fit other cars than Fords. "This has now been provided by ths nsw Universal type smith Form-a-Truck. We have receiver' t. big ship ment of these attachments, which come In one and two-ton sixes and fit any make of car, and we are prepared to meet all orders.. In this year of war It is most Important that every used car be made to do Its duty, and the nsw Universal type Smith Form-a- Truck enables any owner to change his old car Into a good truck." PAIGE TO MAKE TRUCK FULL LISH FROM OJTB TO FIVE TO 9 AATfOUNCED. Ceek Jt. GUI. Distributors Here for Paige, to Haadle Track aa Well as Passenger Car. The raise-Detroit Motor Car Com pany officially announces that In about 60 daya it will have on the market a complete line of Paige trucks, ranging from one to five tons. The truck will be handled in the Portland territory by Cook & Gill, dis tributors here for the Paige line. A separate truck department Is being organised and a complete truck factory equipped, comprising several buildings In addition to those already Included In the Paige group. The new truck plant will be entirely distinct from the pas senger car factory, but the product will bear the Paige name and will be ex clusively and completely a Paige product. We have been preparing to enter the truck field for several years, but have proceeded with caution and thor oughness, says Harry M. Jewett. pres ident of the Paige-Detroit Motor Car Company. Paige engineera have long been studying the motor hauling sit uation and making an exhaustive in vestigation of the problems Involved. "We did not care to enter the truck field until we felt that we were abso lutely sure of our ground. The new Paltce trucks ars the result of this patient labor on the part of our en gineers and are built according to our own designs. We believe our trucks, whichln their varloua models will cov er the entire field, will be worthy of the name they bear and the prestige we have won as careful and conscien tious manufacturers." NORTH DAKOTA YIELDS FTEIj Lignite Usable When Pressed Into Bricks, Front Which Oil Oozeg. Another possible source of motor fuel has been discovered in the great lig nite beds of North Dakota, Lignite Is a very low grade of coal, being the stage in nature's process of coal mak ing between peat and aoft coal," says Milestones. In experimenting to dis cover methods of making lignite usabla as fuel it was discovered that when the substance was pressed Into bricks a volatile oil was given off which Is be lieved to be as good a fuel as gasoline for internal combustion engines. Ths United States Bureau of Mines Is en gaged In devising means of developing the discovery commercially. Including Motor Tracks, Sales of New Cars in .That Period Are 316 Ford Leading, a 9 Usual, With 2326. Statistics compiled by M. O. Wilkins, publisher of the Automobile Record, show that more automobiles. Including both passenger cars and motor-trucks, were sold In Oregon for the four months ending March 31 than ever be fore in any similar period. The demand for automobiles is a pretty good indication of business con ditions generally. Judged from this Index, Oregon Is decidedly prosperous. The period covered by Mr. Wilkins' figures Is from "December 1, the be ginning of the 1918 automobile year, to the close of business on March 31 last. The number of new automobiles sold in those four months, including motor trucks, was 631C. This is exactly 2200 more than were sold in the same period one year ago. At that time the total sales were 4116. The Increase Is more than 60 per cent. In Alarch of this year alone, new motorcar sales in the state totaled 1934. which also includes trucks. This Is 794 more, approximately 33 1-2 per cent, than for March of 191T. Truck Gain Eaortnous. Trucks, considered separately, are In enormously greater demand than last year. This indicates the great extent to which Oregon business men are coming to use trucks for freight trans portation purposes, the field for which has just begun to be opened. For the lour months ending March 31. 641 new' motor-trucks were sold this year, as compared to 2-4 last year. This gain of 315 trucks Is better than 6 per cent. Figures for both years include Ford trucks as well- as those of other makes. Another index from which the hi increase in number of motorcars the state may be noted is the automo bile license tabulation. Total licenses Issued up to Alarch 1 were 46,980, com pared with only 33,000 on the sam date of 1917. As a matter of fact, automobil licenses have now passed 48,600, the highest license number Issued for 1917, and now are well over 49,000 In num ber. The total seems certain to reach the 50.000 mark by May 1. If th present ratio of increase keeps up, Oregon's automobile licenses may reach 65.000 by the end of this year. Mr. Wilkins figures Iso show th number of cars of various makes sold in the state since December 1 last. Th figures are Interesting. Forda Still In Lead. Fords, of course, lead everything. New Fords sold In the state in the fonr months number 2326. Total Fords In Oregon licensed up to March 31 were 17,022, which is some little fleet itself. In number of new cars sold in the state since December 1, the Chevrolet cornea next after the Ford, with a total of 63. Then come Bulck, 408 new cars since December 1; Dodge, 399; Maxwell, 362; Overland, 32a, and so on. These sales, be it remembered, have been made in what is ordinarily period almost of stagnation in the automobile business in Oregon. Only now, with the good weather of Spring, do sales ordinarily become brisk. This makes all the more remarkable the showing recorded. El OU are asked to consider the Liberty first and Jast, from your own viewpoint as an owner and driver. We believe you ,will quickly sense how it has accomplished its aim to satisfy the owner and driver by the very differ ence in the way the Liberty rides and drives Phone Broadway 2492. W. H. Wallingford 522 Alder St. NEW YORK HIGHWAYS BLOCKED Bad Condition of Roads Hampers Military Truck Trains. Delivery of new Army motor trucks overland from Buffalo to Baltimore waa greatly hampered this Winter by deep snow on the main highways through the Mohawk and Hudson River valleys In New York state. On some days the military track trains were able to make only four to ten miles. Much better progress was made by similar trains traveling from Detroit through Ohio and Pennsylvania, be cause the state highway departments cleared the snow from the war roads with motor snow plows during every heavy storm. Two bills providing for snow re moval have been Introduced at the Dresent session of the New York Leg islature. If the war programme ef the country is to have full support of New York state, authority for keeping the main highways open next Winter will have to be granted at this session of the Legislature, because the next session does not open until the first of January, and a bill sould not be passed then in time to permit the highway authorities to cope with the storms of 191.-19. FRANK E. W ATKINS, PRESIDENT OF OREGON STATE MOTOR ASSOCIATION, IN HIS NEW 6-PASSENGER, 16-VALVE STUTZ TOURING CAR. - . ----2 4 i.w- ; - ' -tn-"-;x. " seal ' --.'VTsasBSf '" m . -gar?? is ' - I !?-' I J "v -- J3aawaBw WW THIS IS THE ITH Al'TOMOBILG MR. WATKISiK HAfl OWJED AD HIS THIRD STfTZ. HB BOCCnT THE CAR FROM C. D. MePHAIL. OF THK AITO HUT UASAbE, 9TITI UISI KIBI IUR fltHC Frank K. Watklns. president of the Orecon State Motor Association, one of Portland's real motoring "fans," has Just bought a new six-passenger, 16-valve Htuts car from C D. McPhall. stuts distributor here, the third Btuts and the ninth automobile Mr. Watkins has owned. Ho Is a great believer in the Stuts and declares no better car la made, either for racing or pleasure purposes. Incidentally, this is Mr.' Watkins' second year as president oi the Oregon fctate Motor Association. He has been a member of the association and of its predecessor, the old Portland Automobile Club, for seven years. He is one of the best informed men In Portland or tbe whole Paclflo Coast, for that matter, on automobile racing topics and has seen many of the big races. Including the Tacoma races from 111 to 19i. the Vanderbllt cup race and Grand Prix at .Santa Monica. Cil, in ana again at mo an iranoiro .exposition in ivi: u. l.w. Is a firm believer In and hard worker for good roads and Is now devoting his energies as president of the State Motor Association to having all main and semi, mala roads properly signed, something in which Oregon unfortunately is very sadly lackins at present. BIG FLEET IS OPERATED I'AITKD STATES TIRES DELIVERED BY TRUCKS. Rubber Company Sends Oat Tires by Motor Vehicle te All Poiata x of Compass. Probably one of the largest fleets of motor vehicles maintained by any con cern in the United States manufactur ing tires and rubber goods is that of the United States Rubber Company. Last Summer, when the freight car shortage loomed large on the trans portation horizon, that company began augmenting- its fleet by steady incre ments, and it is due to this foresight that in the East, and particularly on tne .eastern seaboard. United States tires have been regularly delivered to dealers. "If you were at the Detroit factory now you might easily imagine the com pany was in the general transfer on a large scale, so great is the number of trucks that are constantly on the go," says T. II. Wilkinson, manager of the San Francisco branch of the United States Rubber Company. "On long drive ways they start out on almost all points of the compass, and a few hundred miles is now considered nothing moro than a jaunt. Three years ago we little Imagined that United States tires, instead of being delivered by railroad would be hiking over the country in trucks. And little did) we imagine then that the -truck was to be such a valuable asset when the country was up against it for transportation." FINOH NOW WITH CHAXDUER Well-Known Salesman Engaged by Twin States Motor Car Company. R. E. Finch, who has been salesman for Liberty and Premier cars for some time past with W. II. Wallingford. is now with the Twin States Motor Car Company. He was engaged last week by Arthur H. Knaus, president and gen eral manager of the company, to handle sales of the Chandler Six. Mr- Finch was a baseball player in the Three-I League several years ago before he went into the automobile business,, and was a teammate of Urban Faber, now pitcher for the Chicago White Sox. AUTO DIRECTORY HANDLE 4-pass. Rdstr, $1745.00 7-pass. Tourinjf All Chandlers are equipped with Bosch magneto 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 an automobile." BRALY AUTO CO. Main 4880, A 3881. 19th and Washington Sts. MINUTE MAN SIX Brnnn Motor Car Co, 444-46 Stark St Phones: Broadway 2958, A 2958 MACK Trucks Capacities, 1, Vh, 2, 3ft, 6, 6ft Tons. Complete Stock Repair Parts. F. C. ATWELL, Sales Agent Washington at 21st Tel. Mar. 440 0" iuapajeawaw - SIXES New Light Six, $1250 Factory Slitchell, Seven-Passenger, $1525, Factory MITCHELL, LEWIS & STAYER 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 serve your requirements with sue. . cess. Touring 12340. Roadster $2340. D. G. Warren Motor Car Go. 5S-0 N. 234 St. MAIX 780. EIGHT CAPACITIES 4 TO S TONS Iavestigate Oar Tractor and Trailer Proposition ROBERTS MOTOR CAR CO, lac. Park at Everett St. Sfflitb-Form-a-Truck BAILOU A WRIGHT. Broadway at Oak. Distributors for Oregea. Some uooecupled territory opea. Write for proposition. AUTO ACCESSORIES AND PART J BOWSER GASOLINE and OIL TANKS STORAGE SYSTEMS FOR PUBLIC AND PRIVATE GARAGES. S. D. Steddard, District Snot. Sales. 718-ZO Corbett Bid-. Mala 147s. David Hodes Co. N. Broadway and Flanders. AUTOMOBILE GEABS, PARTS AND ACCESSORIES REDUCED PRICES. ENGINES A SPECIALTY AT CHID We Steele Them. We Repair Taesa, We Chara-e Them. Free Advlne and Innneetlea. AUTO ELECTRIC EQUIPMENT CO, Sixth and Buraaide Streets.