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TIIE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, TORTLAXD, OCTOBER 13, 1918.
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Even Most Ancient One Can Be
Fixed Up Somehow.
AIOW IS TIME TO CONSERVE
tn face of Certain Car Shortage,
Owner Must Keep His Old Auto
in Running Order.
' There is no doubt the production of
fassenger cars will be reduced consid
erably between now and the first of the
year, especially unless manufacturers
of such vehicles can obtain sufficient
material and labor diverted from strict
ly war work. This will mean that the
American public will have to use as
means of transportation those vehicles
already produced the 6.000,000 cars
now being- driven over the roads. It has
been assumed heretofore that the life
Df a passenger car is five years that
is, when five years' service has been
reached the car no longer is fit for
service and has value only as junk.
We have been accustomed to think in
terms of -a five-year life, but errone
ously so, because the actual life of a
car is indeterminate; it depends as
much upon the . care and attention it
receives as upon anything else. It has
been said, and with a certain degree of
truth, that a car can be kept running
almost indefinitely if it is cared for
properly and parts replaced at the
proper time. And there is little reason
o believe otherwise.
Care Makes Great Difference.
Just because the soles of your shoes
are worn through and repaired once or
twice is no reason why they cannot and
Ehould not be replaced a third or a
fourth time, providing the uppers are
NO SUNDAY GASOLINE.
Beginning next Sunday. Octo
ber 20, gasoline and distillate
filling stations in Portland and
other Oregon towns will be closed
on Sunday. This action has been
taken by the Standard Oil Com
pany and the Shell Company in
compliance with the request of
the Oregon State Council of De
fense. On October 1 these com
panies also put into effect the
request of the Federal Fuel Ad
ministration to close gasoline and
distillate filling stations between
the hours of 6 P. M. and 6 A. M.
The Federal authorities did not
ask for Sunday closing, but the
companies have voluntarily added
it to meet the programme of the
State Council of Defense, so mo
torists will have to get the habit
of buying their gasoline between
from 6 in the morning to 6 in the
evening on week days.
good. So with the automobile. Cylin
der blocks used for eight to 12 years
are still being used in many cases.
They have been rebored twice in that
time and new pistons and rings have
been fitted as many times, but the cyl
inders and pistons are giving as good
service now as when new perhaps a
little better, considering the large size.
The major parts of a car. such as the
Cylinders, crankcase. crankshaft, cam
shaft, flywheel, large clutch parts,
transmission case and shafts, axle
bousing, propeller shaft, frame, etc.,
can be made to give more than 10 years'
service. Some of them, such as the
frame and propeller shaft, can be given
limitless existence, why not?
Motorists must learn to make more
Wse of the processes which up to this
time have been neglected because of the
ease of getting a new car and the ease
of making a trade. "Welding must be
resorted to more to repair broken parts.
Many motorists will be surprised at the
kind of work a welder can perform.
Broken front axles, broken crankcases,
even cylinders, axle housings, etc., can
be repaired and again repaired to keep
them in service. Regrinding of bear,
ings must be another sjep. New bear
lngs are not so low in price as they
were before the war. so the motorist
should not hesitate to get acquainted
with this method of prolonging the life
kf these vital parts.
Even Gears Can Be Welded.
Cylinders wear oval and pistons out
f round, but a regrind job on the cyl
inders and a set of new pistons and
rings and you have practically a new
engine. Crankshaft can be trued and
welded if broken, and even gears may
be in this way repaired to keep them in
service longer.
Some engines are said to be "all in'
because so many troubles are evident
that only a careful going over of each
and every part with perhaps a lot of
repairing and replacing will again fit
them for service. In these wartimes it
is worth going to a lot of trouble to
keep such an efficient transportation
medium in service. End play in the
crankshaft and camshaft may be due
to the bearing wear and not to the
shafts: noisy valves may be due to
wear in a small part of the valve gear.
Some of the valves may need replace
tnent, but not all of them.
Headers are requested to write to
this department for special information
about keeping the engine going after
it is apparently "all in" and ready for
the junk rile.
Many of the old cars can be rejuve.
xiated by the addition of modern acces
sories designed to do this very thing.
New ignition equipment, new carbure
ter and fuel feed equipment are made
for replacement purposes, for just such
a purpose as we are discussing. No
matter how old a car may be. it can be
xnade to give a fair degree of service.
Old Cars Used Many 1'ears.
Few owners ever stop to think that
the car they trade in is put in shape by
the service station and resold to a man
who keeps it many years.
Good appearance is one ef the things
which an owner insists upon, and which
surprisingly is easy to obtain. For the
standard make tnere are any number
of special bodies to be had at small
cost. A painting Job helps a lot. Up
bolstering and top can be repaired at
small cost, and the few little thing
about the dash, the rujty instruments,
scratched cowl, etc. can easily be put
in first-class shape.
In the present circumstance we must
all remember that there is going to be
a greater or less shortage of cars dur
lng the rest of the war. Yet the car i
part of the efficiency of America and
no inconsiderable factor at that. There
fore, it is up to every one of us to keep
our old boats moving and helping to
win the war by their contribution to
the economic system of the country.
Vater Leaks.
In engines that are' provided with
plate on the eide to facilitate work on
the interior it is not uncommon to find
that water is escaping here In spit
of the ruober and fabric composition
with which it Is sealed. As a general
thing this condition may be remedied
by simply painting the plate with
shellac or red lead and then screwing
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Oregon Motor Car Coapur, Dlatrlbntora for 6todebaker Cars and Wtntber
Trncka. When the Photograph Was Taken Mr. Lmton-Smltk Wan Returning
From Salem via the Wheatland Ferry Route, Which la a Favorite With)
Motoriata.
GLOBE TREAD THICKENED
HEAVIER RUBBER USED ON
HAND-MADE TIRES.
H.
H. Eit-en, Tiro Manager for Ore
gon Motor Company, Dis
cusses Globe Qualities.
'Globe hand-made. wrapped-tread
tires' now have a thicker tread, with a
neutral tint' color, said H. H. Eitzen.
ire manager for the Oregon Motor
Car Company. Globe distributors here,
last week.
"In building the Globe tire, the man
facturers have been using the best of
materials that money could buy under
he latest and most practical process
that science has yet discovered and
mploying the brains and labor of the
most skilled craftsmen the tire indus
try has ever known.
"The result has been, as all the trade
nows. a product whose fame went
through the entire country and the
ales of which have increased ' from
month to month in a most remarkable
fashion.
Nevertheless, the Globe Company
was not contented. They felt they still
had an unquenched desire for improve
ment. They turned particular atten
tion once more to the tread only to
find that there was absolutely nothing
that could be added to the quality of
the rubber of which this tread is made.
So they have decided to add to its
weight and its appearance.
According to a recent announcement
to tbe trade, all Globe tires made on
and after October 1, bear an extra
thick tread which naturally will not
only increase the durability of the tire.
but will enable the manufacturers to
maKe the "diamonds larger and deeper.
thus adding to its already satisfactory
non-skid properties.
The same announcement states that
the easily soiling white tread has
caused great concern to the Globe fac
tory experts who, after many chemical
experiments, have finally discovered a
neutral tint which was first put to a
test by using it on a sufficient num
ber of tires and distributing them in
nearby districts. The beauty and serv-
ceability of this unique 'neutral tint"
has met with such instant favor that
it was decided to adopt it permanently
and simultaneously with the extra thick
tread.
"Special emphasis Is laid on the fact
that the new tint has no effect what
ever in the standard compound of the
Globe tread except that of changing its
color."
New Car Owners in County.
Temporary police licenses were Issued
in PortlatlH lant w,.lr tn lha f AllAm'in.
buyers of latest model motorcars, pend-
ng arrival of the official state licenses
from Salem. This list is compiled by
M. O. Wilkins, published of the Auto-
snobile Record:
Mrs. B. Mill. 741 Bood, Briscoe,
C. N. .Gansemlller. 407 Bex Arms. Chev
rolet.
Fred W. Hicks. Corbett, Chevrolet.
School District No. 1. 401 Courthouse.
Douglas.
R. E. Burmess, 394 East Tenth. Ford.
Genevieve Lewis. 252 South Broadway.
Ford.
T. F. McCarthy. Oswego, route 2, Max
well.
A. B. Scott. 229 Cornell road. Overland.
M. Blackman, 586 Second street, Stude
baker.
J. A. Malarkey, 601 Seventeenth street.
Chandler.
Portland Railway. Light A Power Co.,
TRUCK MANAGER OP OREGON MO
TOR CAR COMPANY.
E. A. Leeson-Smith. truck manager
for the Oregon Motor Car Company, has
had long experience in the automobile
and truck business. He came to the
Oregon Motor Car Company last May
from -Toronto, Canada, where for two
years he', had been distributor for the
Cole Eight. He is a brother of F. M.
Leeston-Smith, former manager of the
Oregon Motor Car Company, who is
now en route to France as one of the
"Tom Cats" of the Tank Corps. Mr.
Leeston-Smith declares that the Wln
trtr truck, for which the Oregon Motor
Car Company Is Oregon distributor, lsJ
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the best uuck ne ever nanaiea, oar
none, and is particularly enthusiastic
about the new four-wheel-drive Inter
nal gear-driven Winther, soon to arrive
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sirs. Ola J. Gnarp, uotei enarp, u
well.
Portland Belt A Manufacturing-. Company.
210 North Fourteenth trt. Reo.
S. O. Clarke. 1323 Willamette boulevard.
Cue.
Frank Russell. 484 East Fifty-first street
North. Chevrolet.
F. C. Hnley. 893 Ha!ny street. Falsa.
E. Bergstrom. lone. Palice-
Leon La Force. 1288 Willamette boule
vard, Chevrolet. .
R. C. Coftey, 7R9 Gliuan street. Dodge.
W. W. Cole. 8020 East Sixty-second ave
nue Southeast. Hupmoblle.
Evelyn Young. &S1 East Salmon. Maxwell.
Holden Floral Company. 1180 MUwaulcle
street. Studebaker.
Alfred Winkler, 6S35 Nlnety-secona street
Southeast, Allen.
H. Nlelson, route 2. Hillsdale, Ford.
J. J. Carlln. S14 Williams avenue. Stude
baker.
W. E. Stanlmf. 1081 East Alder. Briscoe.
Brenner. Beaverton Or., Chevrolet.
C. H. Johnson. 634 Northwestern Bank
bulldlnr. Maxwell.
A. M. Fisher, 889 East Csxuthers street.
Studebaker.
FOUR KINDS OF KNOCKS
CARBOX PROBABLY IS MOST
CEXERAL CAUSE.
Knocks May Also Come From Spark
Too Far Advanced, Overheat
in? (and Iioose Parts.
Are you familiar with the different
knocks an engine makes so that you
can tell one from the other? Engine
knocks fall naturally into four classes:
Spark, overheating, carbon and loose
or worn parts.
Spark knock Is due to spark being
advanced too far, particularly when
going up a hill. The engine slows
down and the explosion comes before
dead center, causing a knock. If spark
is retarded the knock disappears.
Overheating causes a knock by firing
the gas before the piston reaches upper
dead center on the compression stroke.
The exploding gas expanding meets the
piston going up and makes a knock.
Overheating may be noted by steam at
radiator.
Carbon knock is .caused by red-hot
carbon in cylinder head setting fire to
the mixture when the gas. has been
compressed to a certain point. Remove
a spark plug and look in, cylinders for
presence 01 caroon.
The last classification Is a large one
as it includes wear or looseness of all
moving parts of an engine. The prin
cipal knocks are main bearing, con
nectlng rod, wrist pin. piston slap.
loose fly wheel, etc
HAYS SELLING TRUCKS NOW
PBOMKEXT AUTOMOBILE MAN
REPUBLIC SALES MANAGER
Road King of Oregon to Help in
Carrying Out Programme for
Rural 3Iotor Truck Lines.
Harry Hays, for the past year terri
tory man for the Overland-Pacific or
ganization here, and known all over
the state as "Road King of Oregon,
has left the passenger car business, for
the time being, at least.
Hays last week became salesmanager
for the Roberts Motor Car Company,
Oregon distributors for the Republic
truck. Hays makes a mighty alluring
figure on the hurricane deck of a truck
and is selling lots of them.
There isn t a better known or better
liked automobile man In the whole
state than Harry Hays. He has been
a territory man for so long that he
knows Just about every road and ham
let in the whole state, and he has
friend at every cross-roads. Hays is
much interested in the plan of the
Highways Transport Committee to es
tablish motor truck lines through th
state and has volunteered the services
of bis organization.
Gasket Cutter.
Tbe man who does all the work about
his car will find the little device known
as a gasket cutter of great help to him.
It Is almost impossible to cut an ac
curate gasket with a knife or scissors.
but with the cutter these little necessl
ties may De maae witn absolute ac
curacy. A cutting blade Is carried on
this device on a sliding bar. so that
any sized gasket may be obtained.
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EXPERT
BUICK REPAIRS OUR
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PORTLAND BUICK i
REPAIR CO. j
N. W. Cor. Sixteenth and 1
2 Jefferson Sts. '
Portland, Or. Main 3419 !
Plenty of "Gas" for All if Own
ers Use in Reason. '
CAR SHORTAGE INCREASING
"o Matter When the War Ends, Tsed
Automobile Prices Are Cer
tain to Go Higher.
NEW YORK, Oct. 12. So much Is
printed from day to day about the gas
oline situation, the decreasing stocks
and the increasing Government de
mands for fuel for war uses.-the pub
lic at times is greatly alarmed, and
this anxiety has its effect upon tbe
retail automobile market.
As a matter of fact, there does not
seem to be any real reason for undue
alarm. It has often, been said at Wash
ington that there Is enough gas for
war and for home consumption, if tbe
waste can be stopped and the con
sumption kept within reasonable
bounds. That there are many ways to
keep consumption within bounds which
will still permit all the existing auto
mobiles a reasonable weekly mileage is
well known.
The problem Is merely how to curtail
consumption and still not curtail nec
essary mileage of both passenger and
commercial cars. In any system of
curtailment it is easy to see that the
government will give preference to
commercial cars. The passenger cars
will undoubtedly get what fuel is left.
and if the waste Is stopped there
should be plenty of fuel left for the
passenger cars.
The note of warning sent out last
week by the War Department relative
to the increasing needs of the Army
for motor fuels would seem to destroy
any hope for an early abandonment of
the 'gasless" Sunday.
Gas Cards' Slay Cone Soon.
The request of Dr. Garfield, Fuel
Administrator, to stop Sunday motor
ing has resulted in an enormous week
ly saving of fuel for war uses. Out
the "gaslesa" Sunday, nevertheless, is
not a complete success. Monday motor
ing is much heavier than ever before.
and the man who is compelled to reach
distant point on Sunday may not
travel on that day, but he goes on Sat
urday and returns on Monday.
There is probably but one real way
to conserve gasoline. The "gas card"
employed in Europe, even for ambu
lances and motor trucks, has worked
out well.
People will only conserve fuel all the
time when they are put on a limited
supply. It would not be difficult to
ascertain each car owner's require-
ents and, then shave his own esti
mate of his fuel needs enough to make
up a great aggregate saving perma
nently and at the same time leave to
the user an opportunity to conserve for
his most essential needs.
Few people realize the full meaning
of the news that car manufacturers
are stopping passenger car production.
Several large factories nave . aireaay
gone- on a 100 per cent war basis.
Others will soon follow suit. Few if
any passenger cars will be built after
January 1.
The average person Imagines tnat
closing an automobile factory means
stopping production until the oay wnen
it can be resumed. That is far from
true. When a car plant stops it can
not produce cars under the present
material conditions for many months.
possibly a year, after it resumes opera
tions. Prod action Takes Tine.
Cars are turned out over night, but
only after production has been under
way for months. The factories, as
they close down now, close Decause
they cannot get material. The day
thev are allowed to resume their pur
chasing agents will go after material.
It may not be shipped to the factory
for three months. Then It may be
impossible to get workmen sufficient
to fabricate this material.
Even after the whole plant is operat
ing at full force It is months before
cars begin to roll out finished vehicles.
Although passenger car production
may practically stop after January 1.
the car manufacturers are making
every effort to continue the manufac
ture of sufficient parts to take care of
the repairs and replacements on cars
which are In use. At the same time
parts prices are going up dally, and
It is a wise thing to provide yourself
TIRE PRICES
STANDARD MAKES
NEW STOCK DIRECT FROM
FACTORY.
3500-Mile Guarantee.
28x3 non-skid $14.50
30x3 non-skid.. 12.45
30x3 't non-skid 15.85
32x3'2 non-skid 18.45
31x4 non-skid 23.95
32x4 non-skid 24.50
33x4 non-skid.......... 23. T5
34x4 non-skid 20.25
ODD SIZES A SPECIALTY.
5000-Mile Guarantee.
30x3 non-skid $16.00
32x3 Vt non-skid 24.75
31x4 non-skid 29.00
32x4 non-skid lil.OO
33x4 non-skid 33.50
34x4 non-skid 35.00
CORD TIRES
6-000-Mile Guarantee.
32x3 Vt rib-tread $35.00
32x3' non-skid
3.5.60
39.50
31x4 rib-tread
32x4 non-skid
33x4 rib-tread
33x4 non-skid ......
34x4 non-skid
35x4'2 non-skid
40.50 1
39.60
fO.50 I
49.50 I
54.50 i
Write or Call.
Give size and style of rim.
Mail orders given prompt attention. 1 1
Good shipped to all points C. O. D. I
Express or parcel post. 1
Money refunded on goods returned
intact within 10 days.
MALCOM TIRE C0.
82 North Broadway, Portland, Or.
Near New Postoffice..
30 Branches.
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PARK AND DAVIS STREETS
Still some good territory open for
retail representatives in Oregon,
Washington and Northern Idaho.
with a few extra parts which you feel
will soon need replacing;.
It Is not a bad Idea to have an axle,
a wheel, a couple of piston rods, piston
rings, a supply of spark pluses and a
few other parts which are liable to
need replacing. It is also well to
provide yourself with enough tires to
take care of your needs for a year. If
necessary. Tires are hlirh. but it Is
quite likely that they will go much,
higher.
Kees Tfonr Car, Advice.
Those who purchase a supply of tires
and tubes now should also take care
of the rubber. Keep your extra tires
and tubes in a dark place, a littla damp,
if possible. If your tires In use are in
need of repair put the new cases on
while you are having- the old ones re
paired snd then lay your new tires
away. Methods of repairing- tires have
Improved wonderfully of late and you
will be surprised to know haw you can
conserve your cases by having them
repaired or retreaded.
One hears a great deal these days
No More Ford Touring Cars
The last Sedans and Coupelets that we. can expect until the war is
over are now in transit. Prompt delivery can be made of these
models while this limited supply lasts.
BUY . NOW . '.
3
W3M..K HUGHSON CO.
Broadway at Davis
PALACE GARAGE CO.
12th at Stark
ROBINSON-SMITH CO.
6th and Madison
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Motor
. Economy
Stability
'. " Efficiency
Rigid Frame
Narrow Tread
Internal Gear
Roller Bearings
Hotchkis Drive
Bronze Bushings
Dry Plate Clutch
Tubular Radiator
Force Feed Oiling
Drop Forged Axles
Cast Steel Wheels
Positive Fuel Feed
Chassis Lubrication
Optional Wheelbase
Short Turning Radius
Locking- Differentials
3' Nickel Steel Gears
Variable Frame Lengths
Three-Point Suspension
Four-Bearing Crankshaft
Four-Speed Transmission
Chrome Vanadium Springs
The Purchaser Has a Choice of Capacity,
Wheelbase, Frame, Length and Bodies
A WINTHER FOR EVERY PURPOSE
l'2-ton, 2-ton, 3-ton, 4-ton, 5-ton, 6-ton, 7-ton
Address
about the high prices of used cars.
They are not half as high as they are
going to be later, whether the war con
tinues or' not. ir the war was over
next week the prices of used cars
would go up for several months, be
cause It would be many months before
the new cars began to "come through"
tbe factories.
If you have a permanent need for a
car it is foolish to sell your car now
simply because you can get a good
price. If you sell now at a good price
and try to buy next Spring you will
pay the other fellow a better price and
all your profit will turn to waste.
CLOSED CAR MIGHTY CSEFTTI.
Doctor Buys Ford Sedan Because of
Its Convenience.
When a car is placed on the market
its manufacturer generally has some
distinct aim. For instance, when the
manufacturers of tne Ford sedan placed
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BUY NOW
AUTHORIZED FORD DEALERS
Trucks
OREGON
MOTOR
CAR CO.
Portland, Or.
Please send me without
obligation on ray part, full
literature on Winther Motor
Trucks.
I their car on the market their desire
I was to build an Inclosed car that would
be complete In every detail and at the
same time cheap enough for anyone
to buy.
Last week the Frsncis Motor Com
pany sold a Ford sedan to a doctor,
who readily saw the advantage of hav
ing a small car that would give him
the same service as the heavier type
of Inclosed car. These small cars are
very economical and are very easy to
operate in and out of a small garage,
which must be used st most private
residences; this, together with the fact
that these cars protect one from all
kinds of weather, makes It an Ideal car
for a man that must be out at all times.
Motor Adjustments.
Adjustments made on the engine
while It Is cold seldom are satisfactory
In actual operation. The engine heats
up when running, and the metal ex
pands with the warmth, which nullifies
the valve adjustments made when the
metal was cold.
RUSHLIGHT & PENNEY
East 3d at Broadway
TALBOT & CASEY
East Ankeny at Grand
FRANCIS MOTOR CAR CO.
East 13th at Hawthorne
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