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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (April 21, 1918)
THE SUNDAY OKEGOXIAN, PORTLAND, APRIL 21, 1918. PARTS SIIPPI Y RIRl KELLY-SPRIXGFIELD 3tf -TOX TRUCK WITH UNIVERSAL TRAILER BRINGING OUT BIG SPRUCE LOG AT CLALLAM BAY, WASH. Overland Branches to Keep Six Months' Stock. MW ORDER IS ANNOUNCED purpose Is to Provide Against Any Freight Ebortage Contingency, R. E. Glbbs, Western Parts Manager, Explains. NJ& aVr7 XL ' a. ' 1 12 tnder a near poller of the Willya f Overland Comp&ny, to be Immediately effective, a complete stork of Overland parts, tmpla to meet all estimated ' seeds for mix months In advance. Is to ba kept on band by Overland brancbea. Though tbla stock may at times fall below estimated needs for six month. It Is realised, instructions to branch managers are positive that at no time must it be permitted to fall below sr.tntroum of the estimated parte that will be needed for four months In ad vance. Announcement of this new order was snade bare last week by R. E. Glbbs. Vestern division manager for Willys. Overland. Inc- with headquarters in San Francisco. He was In Portland In the course of a trip of Inspection of the parte departraenta In the Portland, fceatUe and Spokane Overland-Pacific branches. ! Dasuter ef Shortage. II r. Olbbs was formerly a repre sentative of the general parts depart' wteat of Willys-Overland at Toledo. But be waa recently transferred to take charge of parts for tba western divi sion, where special supervision waa re quired because of the possibility of ' the freight car congeatlon holding up shipments of parte from the factory, There Is now not the slighteet dan ger, however, of a shortage In any Overland parts. Mr. Glbbs gives assur ance. The new order provides ample leeway against almost any possible fretsrht shortage. Ordinarily, saya Mr. Glbbs. 3 days is mora time than la required to obtain any parts ordered, and In any quantity, from the factory. And to allow CO days Is giving a double factor of urety. But the new Willys-Overland It.f f-r-y-vr. ' " " "N IV; A " a. .Ti J 1 f 1 m m iiim r s -A Kelly-Bprlngfleld tracks are being much relied upon by tha Government in its spruce operations. The one shown In the photograph Is carrying a spruce log that scales 7200 feet. It Is 10 feet In diameter and welKhs more than 12 tons. Tha Kelly-Springfield distributor In Oregon Is the Manley Auto Company. HOP GONQUERS 1 New Model "R" Gets Through Pass Creek Canyon; HEZ ROBERTSON AT WHEEL arrangement goes even that leeway 100 I Manley Auto Company Reprcsrn ta per cent better, for by requiring every branch to have on hand never leaa than supply of parts for the next four months a two months' margin Is pro- Tided over the slowest freight trans portation. Big Reserve Vargta. And ordinarily even this big nanrtn will be Increased, for branches will usually have six months', supply of part. "The Willys-Overland Company real lie. the great Importance to automo bile owners of adequate service ar rangements." said Mr. Glbbs. "And service cannot be given If parts are not available. To provide against sny pos sible contingency, such ss a freight blockade that might cut off any part of the country from the factory, ar rangements have been made for Over land dealers to carry a huge reserve stock bt parts at all times. "These parts, of course, represent a big Investment. However, It Is an In vestment that pays. Satisfied owners are one of Willy s-Overlaad's biggest assets, and our policy In regard to parts and service enables ns to ksep Overland ownera satisfied. "We now have parts depots through the United States so located that none of them Is further than 24 boors by express from another depot. Thus la ease of any emergency additional parts can be obtained by expresa from an other depot within 24 hours. Fertlaad Branch SaaptleeV "I find the Portland Overland-Paciria branch already has practically a six months supply of parts. The manager ef the part department here, L. IX Ames, who works under Branch Man' ager H. 1L tiling, was brought tip I our parts service. He Is typical of the in en who make up the Willys-Overland organisation. "When we promote a man we do so from our own organisation. Wa like 1o get a young man early, when we can Inculcate In him the Willys-Overland kigh Ideals of service., usefulness and cuurtesy. and then to advance him as be merits It SPUING OILERS BIG AID ;Bh' Cnt'S ATTACHMENT MAKES EAST RIDIC Cavey Meter Car Caaspaay IMatrlawtee far Caatrtvaaew That Adda Camfart'ef Meteriag. - W. I Powell, hesd of ths accessory department of tha Covey Motor Car Company, haa been receiving some re markable reports from motorists who have had Installed on their cars Grua leaf spring oiler, for which tba Covey Motor Car Company Is Oregon dis tributor. This oiler is a small and very simple attaenment. nut Mr. rowel! win tes tify that It certainly adds wonderfully to riding comfort. This It does by lubricating the leaf spiinga and thus limbering up the whole eprlng. "Grease and graphite are only tern-1 porary substitutes for oil. which Is ths only proper Spring lubricant." said Mr. Powell. "The great difficulty baa been to apply the oil and get it between the leaf sprlngiL This difficulty the Grus leaf spring oiler meets perfectly. Any motorist who has been bothered with bard riding, rustlv old springs, will bs positively astontehed to note what a difference In the rlllng qualities of bis car these spring oilers will make. "Not long ago I sold a set of thess oilers to a car owner whoee springa were literally brown with rust. Hi ciuestloned the wisdom of buying them because he said they could never be effective on his spring, because of tlielr rustlness. However. I persuaded him to give them a trial, putting nljtlon of two-thirds kerosene In the oil cup of the Grus oiler for the first few days so as to cut tne rust. "Th result waa astonishing. I saw that car a few davs later. The old rust between th springs that hsd mads them so stiff that riding in his ear wss very uncomfortable hsd been dlsolved and had run out In a brown liquid. The springs were perfectly lubricated and the car rode like a new model. la six months that the Cover Motor Car Company has been handling the Grus spring leaf oiler some 0o sets have been sold, not one of which baa been returned. Eliminating Sntokr. A good smoke costs less In Havana than anywhere elee in the world, at ways provided, however, that ths smoker Is not an automobile, says American Motorist. So long as gaso line was only 4T cents a gallon, auto mobiles la Cuba smoked Just as nu merously ss they did elsewhere, but bow. sine the prlre of gas baa gone p to 1L2S per gallon, smoking auto tlve Takes) Hupmobllo Through Canyon Under Its Own Power. First to Jacksonville, Or. Tha first passenger car since ths Fall rains lias gone through Pass Creek Canyon. Douglas County's famous Win ter mud handicap on the racuio nign- war. nnder Its own powsr. The csr waa a 1911 HunmoMia uooai n. driven by Hes Robertson, of ths used car department oi tne eianiey. auio Company. Ha was on his way from portiana to Jacksonville to deliver tha car to Joseph Cronemlller. Deputy Sheriff there. Mr. Cronemlller. being tne own er of an earlier modal Hup. waa rather oreiudlced In favor of the car, but hadn't absolutely promised to buy. But when Hes drove Into Jacksonville with the new Hud. covered as It was from pan to cover top with Pass Creek Canyon mud. Mr. Cronemlller hesitated not a moment longer, but paid down his money and took It. That It had actually plowed its way through the canyon and waa the first car of the seaaon to do It was snough for Mr. Cronemlller. He turned over his old Hupmobile to Mr. Robertson, who thereupon climbed In. turned Its nose north and nonchalantly started back for Portland via Paas Creek can yon again. Seesael Trig. So Hard. And what Is more, he made It. His return trip through the canyon waa two days later than bis first trip through. The weather bad been warm those two days, bad mudnoiea naa dried up considerably, and as a result Mr. Robertson found tha trip back really easier than the first trip. But that first trip, which waa mads on Thursday a couple of weeka ago, be saya ha will not forget for a long time. He left Portland on Wednesday and drove to Cottage Grove tha same day. The next morning bright and early he started through the canyon, after hav ing been warned that ho waa a foolish to try It. as a foolish young man. as very soon discovered, said air. rob. ertson. "It took ma three hours to gsln ths other end. Most of those three hours were devoted to reaching the other side of one awful aad bot tomless stretch of mud half a mils long and of unfathomed depth. "Outside of thts one mudnoie, wmon la In a dirt fill near Comstock. nobody should hsvs trouble In driving through Pass Crsek Canyon, for the rest of the road there Is In better condition than I have aver seen It. But thst mudhole 1 I got Into It. snd I thought I would never get out. The mud was absolutely bottomless. The car would sink down until ths body would be resting In mud. The only possible way to make progress was to step on 'er and move forward by Jerks, a few feet at a time. Thla I did for nearly three hours be fore I reached firm road again. The Hup did this under Its own power, but it was a struggle. "I would give the oar the gas, and it would plunge forward a few feet until the front axle and radiator had accu mulated such a pile of mud In front of them that the front end of the car would slide up on It a foot or two. That, of course, would stop me. I would get out and dig the mud away from In front of the radiator, get in the car. back the car In its traoks, step on 'er again, plow forward a few more feet, and repeat the process. "It was a grilling test for sny ear, let alone a new one that had never been driven before I left Portland with It for Jacksonville. It stood up to the punishment wonderfully. The motor never missed or hesitated, and when I needed the power and needed It bad. It was light there. Appreciates Light Car Now. T never appreciated fully the ad vantages of a light, oompaot oar until that battle with the mud. A heavy ear could never have got through, but would be sinking yet. "After getting through this mudhole, I found ths roads vary good to Jack sonville." As already explained, Mr. Robertson found ths going oonsldesably better two days later when he came back that way In Mr. Cronemlller's old Hupmo bile. The mud had hardened quite a bit. and though the performance of the first trip had to be repeated at times. It was not suoh a prolonged ordeal as before. "If this weather keeps up," said Mr. Robertson, "I believe any ear can easily get through the oanyon by an other week. By May 1. the canyon ought to be open to ordinary passenger car travel." 'Pepp" Is His Name, and He Is Full of It. Now Sales Manager for Brass Motor Car Company Right on tha Job. ROADS GETTING BETTER COOS AND CURRY HIGHWAYS ARE NOW OPEN. HAT'S In a name, anyhow?" rumlnaged Isaac Brans, of the Brunn Motor Car Company, Lexington Six distributor, as he looked at the name ef a man the other day who had Just been reoommended to him as salesmanagsr. Ths nsme was David C Pepp. Resi dence. Chicago. Recommendation, the highest. "Pepp. Pepp," continued Mr. Brunn to himself.. "Well, that sounds good. ril Just sngsge this Mr. Pepp." And a wire to Chicago that sams night clinched the deal- Whereupon, last week, appeared In Portland David C. Pepp and took Im mediate charge of Mr. Brunn's sales force. Mr. Pepp apparently Is as act ive aa be sounds. He says the Lexing ton Is ons of the most popular cars In the East, and that aa soon aa folks out thla way have an opportunity to learn all Its good qualities, ths factory will not be able to ship them out fast enough to Mr. Brunn. Incidentally, he is also on the look out for a couple of live salesmen. Mr. Pepp lent a stranger to Portland. He used to live hero aad haa many friends la town. How to Test Oil Level. When testing; tha oil level by open ing tba level oocks In ths crank case. It is essential to run a wire through the cock before ooncludlng that the level Is low. It frequently happens that sediment settles over the level cocks and prevents the flow of oil in spite of the fact that there Is plenty In the reservoir. Eighty per rent of the European out put of oil Is produced In Russia. Machines Drive Throagh From Gold Beach to Marahfleld and Find the Golag Fair. MARSHFIELD, Or., April 10. (Spe clal.) April weather has brought about a betterment of highways In Coos and Curry counties and several machines from the southern part of Curry County have come through to Coos Bay, a dls tance of about 112 miles from Gold Beach. C H. Bufflngton. Prosecuting Attor ney of Curry County, was among the first Curry citizens to drive through. He reported the roads to be pasaabl everywhere and said that In some places they are excellent. The Sunset Bay Highway between Marahfleld and North Bend and the coast can be trav eled and 20 or 40 machines make the trip every Sunday. On the stretch of highway between Empire and Tarheel Point on this road basalt rock is being laid, and as the rock Is riot rolled, the damage to auto tires is heavy. Several car owners ruined ooraplete sets of tires In making the Journey, and traffic will be held up to a considerable extent until the contractors are ordered to roll th highway. There Is no hlirhway traffic between Coos Bay and Co'juille Valley, owing to the bond Issue construction. This work Is expected to be so far advanced that travel can be opened by May or Jun and It will be continuous throughou the season. Auto stages have been operating be' tween Coqullle and Myrtle Point for several weeks, and maohlnes make the trip eastward as far as Bridge and Middle Fork Canyon. Travel between Coos Bay and Bandon Is by the coast road, known as the Seven Devils route. Over this thor oughfare goes the Curry County travel. The State Highway Commission de elded to pave five miles of highway for Coos County In 1918 and preparation are under way for starting the work soon. The strip will be commenced at Bunker Hill and extend southward for the allotted distance. Travel is now possible from Marshfleld to Delmar, ten miles south of the city. CLEAVER HEADS J. W. P. TIRE Portland May Be Selected for Its Manufacture. George L. Cleaver, formerly of La Grande, has recently located in Port land as president and general manager of the J. W. P. Tire Company. Mr. Cleaver has opened temporary quar ters at 42 Stark street and is looking over the field with a view to putting In a manufacturing plant hers for tba J. W. p. tire. Thla tire is different from any other tire made. It Is declared to be abso lutely puncture proof, the fabric being protected by a steel rim that Is said to bs almost Indestructible. No at tempt Is made to combine the rubber and metal of the tire through vulcan ization or rivets, but they are clinched together much as the ordinary pneu matlc tire is clinched to the rim. . Courts Help Oil Output. A decision in the Kansas Supreme Court permits the Standard Oil Com panles of Kansas and Indiana to en gage In the production of oil In that state and paves the way to increase Kansas oil output. The decree permits GOVERN.MENT USING PORTLAND-MADE TRAILER IN GETTING OUT SPRUCE. "f .i-'Je- . P ' is - -fj-isl -- 1 . -Jr-war e ri55;.. .... J ?i &rf 4 , 4-- Z -whiles are as rare In Cuba as tba BHD. rnl.l sll TRAILER. MADE HERE BY W ESTWORTH IRWIJf, CARR1IG nlun SPRUE LOU 13 Ai OKUbON amoklna- ones. I ruocas, J ' The Right Car For Right Now 1 I) A finely built quality car 111 with more power than you m l II II II Jl willuse five can ride with I jl I I I It isthe ideal car for right I I (I 111 now enough, fine I lilll I enough, comfortable ji I J Illy enough to satisfy your ij jjj j Jill pride completely & great I II 1 car nearly 100,000 already I llfljjl Appearance, Performanos ill I II III I Comfort, Service and Pries llll I III Hill) UfM Towr Uodd SO Ttmring Car, tSSO 111 III llll ZW' JVfc ssWadls assess wassat sjSSJ III ( I ' The Overland Pacific, Inc; IllllliU Broadway 3535 Broadway and Davis St. (jj the companies to become producers as put of 75,676 barrels of crude petro-. Kansas Supreme court and was pro well as refiners and distributors. Kan- leum. For eight years Standard OH hibited from producing any oil on Its sas has 31 refineries, with a daily out- From 1 Truck a r Month TO 86 in f 1917 f (our third year) ; I has been under the guardianship of the own account. ailllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllU: Turning Used Cars Into Profitable Trucks TR UXTUN TRUCK ATTACHMENT Makes Lowest Cost Dependable Truck Fits Any Make Car Internal Gear Shaft Drive The driving mechanism of the Traxtun is of a type that has proved most efficient. Most of the heavy haulage of the armies of the world is done with this type internal gear drive. , The Truxtun is durable, economical, and reasonable in. price. , WKXTK FOR TERRITORT PROPOSITION Western Motor Car Sales Co. Distributors BROADWAY AT BURNSIDE Portland, Oregon kes Today's Record read Every 3d Truck in Oregon is a - REPUBLIC Why? Because of our com- S'etely equipped- repair plant, r. 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