TTIE SUJfDAT OHEGOXIAY, TORTLAXD, JANUARY 10, 1019.
MOTOR ASSOCIATION
and one rumor Indicates that the Coos i
Bay Shipbuilding Company may enter j
the list of bidders. A report was cir
culated here implying that none of the
large firms in Oregon would try for
this work, but a warning was Issued
the next day that such a condition
could not be expected, and It was
claimed two Portland firms would bid.
The appropriation for the work
amounts to $250,000, and the people of
the county want to see the paving fin
ished during the present year.
Thousands of Tourists Are
Given Information. -
ORCHARD MEX USING TRUCKS
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Hood River Dealers Sell 148 New
Automobiles in 19 18.
HOOD RIVER. Or., Jan. 11. (Spe
cial.) Local motor car dealers report
a total of 148 new automobiles sold in
1918, and the sales would have been
much greater if -more machines could
have been secured. The total of pur-
FINANCES IN GOOD SHAPE
With Help of Dealers' Orjranziation
200 Sign Posts Are Placed
y on State Highways.
OREGON MOTOR CAR COMPANY
MAN PROMOTED.
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"There no longer can be any doubt as
to the usefulness of an organization
such as this to the city and state in
which it is located," says Frank E.
Watkins, president of the Oregon State
Motor Association, in his annual re
port.
"It Is my opinion that we do more
through our touriet information de
partment to intelligenlty advertise Ore
gon and Portland thaJi any other body
in the state. I often wonder why we
do not receive better support from the
motor-driving public
"I would like to have yon consider
the question of stolen automobiles.
Last March the board of directors au
thorized a standing reward of J25 for
the arrest and conviction of anyone
dealing a member's car. It is a fact
worth knowing that of all the machines
rtolen only a few belonged to mem
bers. IMd it ever occur to you that
the thief might have a boss who directs
his actions, and the owner of the ma
chine to be stolen is known by the
men higher up? " Think this over- and
let's get a little action.
more Signs Are Needed.
"You all realize the need for road
signs throughout the state. Last Sum
. mer. with the help of the Auto Dealers'
Association, we placed some 200 guides
where they were badly needed, but
these were only a drop in the bucket.
We have been working for some time
to have the erection of road signs
placed directly under the supervision
or the State Highway Commission, in
stead of the County Commissioners, as
at present.
"There is now a bill before the Legis
lature covering this subject which Is
expected to carry."
The report made by F. C. Stettler,
treasurer of the association, shows
that the organization is entirely oet
of debt and in the best financial con
dition in its history.
"Owing to te fact that travel abroad
was closed to tourists the past year,
we, along with other automobile clubs
along the Pacific Coast, have experi
enced the. greatest auto tourist travel
ever known." says James 13. Abbot, sec
retary, in his report. "It will give one
an idea of the amount of work done
at our office when I state. the fact that
by June 1 the large supply of maps
we had on hand at the beginning of the
year had all been distributed and we
had to order 2500 more.
Supply of Maps Depleted.
"Of this lot we have not had a single
copy left since October. These maps
were marked and given out to those
-calling at the office, and we also
marked and mailed them to people all
over the United States who were con
templating automobile trips and had
written us for touring Information."
At th last annual meeting the fol
lowing directors were elected for a
term of two rrs: J. D. Abbott, J. H.
Burgard, Dr. C. W. Cornelius, J. K.
Cronan, E. V. Hauseij W. B. Honey
man and F. C. Stettler.
These, with the eight holdover di
rectors, Frank E. Watkins. Phil
Metschan, Jr., J. C. Olds, H. W. Wagt.er,
Jr., John H. Hall. R. G. Morrow, Ira F.
Powers and Charles F. Wright, con
stituted the board of directors for the
past year. These men served through
out the year, with the exception of J. C.
Olds, who died a few weeks ago.
The first meeting of the board of
directors after the annual election was
held January 13, and the following of
ficers were chosen to serve for the
year: Frank E. Watkins, president;
Dr. C. W. Cornelius, vice - president;
James ' D. Abbott, secretary; F. C.
Stettler. treasurer; H. W. Wagner, Jr.,
assistant treasurer, and George M.
Chambers. assistant secretary.
CHEVROLET SALES HEAVY
RECORD OP 730 DEALS MADE
DURING LAST YEAR.
Appointment of Leonard Hulsc as
Sales Manager Is Announced
by Regner & Fields.
Kcgner & Fields, distributors of the
Chevrolet in Multnomah County, bear
the distinction of having done the larg
est retail business of any motorcar
dealers in the state in number of sales,
according to the statement of Presi
dent Le Roy Fields, of the company.
An average of two Chevrolets went
out of the salesrooms doors at Grand
avenue and East Burnside streets, for
very day of last year, Mr. Fields as
serts. This is counting Sundays as
Tvell as week days, as the total sales
of machines for the year was 730. This
of course includes touring cars, road
sters and light deliveries, as well as
Chevrolet trucks, a few of which were
received the latter part of the year.
"Of course, the war took some of our
men," said Fields, "and our organiza
tion was disrupted, like those of other
motorcar dealers, but we are now
building it up again, and the prospects
are that this year will be better in the
point of sales than last year. As a
etart made toward building up our or
ganization again, we have appointed
a sales manager in the person of Leon
ard Hulse. He has had wide experience
in the East in like positions, and we
feel that our organization has been
materially strengthened in his acquisi
tion." Mr. Fields declares that the success
of his firm has been due primarily to
having just what the public wanted
and at a price it wanted to pay, and the
further fact that the firm was able to
give good service to its owners.
The Chevrolet factory is represented
In a wholesale way in Portland with a
branch and Regner & Fields have al
ways had at their disposal an abun
dant stock of parts. It has not been
necessary for owners to wait for parts
and this has contributed. Mr. Fields
says, to satisfaction among the own
ers. CONTRACTORS READY TO BID
Coos Bay Want $250,000 Paving
Job Finished This Year.
MARSHFIELD. Or.. Jan. 18, fPpe
cial.) Coos Bay contractors are figur
ing to bid on the state highway con
tract for 12 miles of paving between
Marshfleld and Coquille. The firm of
Dean & Brown and Anderson & Klock
ars. of North Bend, expect to submit
bids when the specifications are ready.
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W. D. Chfuniii,
Appointment of W. D. Chessman
as sales manager of the Ore
gon Motor Car Oompany has just
been announced by President W.
C. Garge, of the company.
chase prices for new cars reached $126.
590. With, the war over, and a greater
supply of machines available for 1919,"
garage men and dealers are predict
ing that a new record for automobile
sales wfll be made here. Dealers also
expect to sell many trucks the coming
year.
Orchardists, it is said, find the motor
truck invaluable in handling fruit, not
only from orchard to packing house but
in hauling apples to the shipping point
after they have been box'ed. Motor
trucks are preferred for hauling straw
berries. The motor vehicles have elim
inated the congestion noticeable around
receiving warehouses when fruit was
transported over valley roads chiefly
by horsedrawn rigs.
SALES MMGERjS NAMED
W. D. CHESSMAN GIVEN NEW
BERTH BY W. C. C.tRBE.
Oregon t Motor Car Company ;. Will
Have Three Stndebaker
' Models This Year.
W. C. Garbe. president of the Oregon
Motor Car Company, announces the ap
pointment last week of W. D. Chess
man to fill the position of sales man
ager, left vacant by the death of the
late Joseph Wolfenden.:
Mr. Chesman has been on the Stude
baker sales force of the company for
the last year, and he made a most en
viable record for himself as a salesman.
His selling eperience dates back over
a number of years, and the experience
gained in that time makes him espe
cially qualified to fill the position to
which he has just been promoted.
The Oregon Motor Car Company is
now located in its new home at Broad
way and Burnside, and all has been
put In readiness to receive the 'new
shipments of Studebakers which are
scheduled to leave the factory some
time in March.
In commenting' on the new Studs
baker models, Mr. Chessman says: "The
Studebaker factory is leaving nothing
undone towards getting the plant back
on a pre-war basis, and production of
the new models is being resumed with
all speed possible."
The Studebakjer line this year In
clude three separate and distinct mod
els, a light four, a light six, and a
big six, seven-passenger car.-
SEAPLANE CARRIES 50 MEN
Cruising Speed ot Tri-Engincd Flier
80 Miles an Ilonr.
The giant NC-1. the largest seaplane
in the world, which made a flight with
50 men on board, is the first American
tri-engined seaplane propelled by three
Liberty engines that develop a maxi
mum of 1200 horsepower, giving it a
cruising speed of 80 miles per hour.
The flying weight of the machine is
22.000 pounds, while the weight of the
seaplane itself, unloaded and without
a crew, is 13,000 pounds.
An idea of the size of the seaplane
Is shown by the fact that the wing
spread is 126 feet, the breadth of wing
12 feet and the gap between wings 12
feet.'
Recently the NC-1 made the trip
from Rockaway to Washington, about
350 miles, in 5 hours and 20 minutes.
The flight from Washington to
Hampton Roads. 150 miles, was cov
ered in 2 hours 15 minutes, and the
trip from Hampton Roads to New
York, 300 miles, took 4 hours 20
minutes.
CHAPES' BACK ON PEACE JOB
Chairman of Transport Committee
Wins High Praise for Work.
After nearly two years' service in
Washington as chairman of the high
ways transport committee of the Coun
cil of National Defense. Roy D. Chapin
has resigned and returned to active
duty as president of the Hudson Motor
Car Company. Chapin's work during
the war has won him high commenda
tion. Being a good roads enthusiast, Cha
pin eagerly applied himself to the dif
ficult task of demonstrating the prac
tical urgency of the good roads proposition-
as a factor in-winning the war.
The rural express movement, relating
to both highway and automobile
movements, was a popular ' outgrowth
of this effort. Of far more direct im
portance was the work of his commit
tee in planning routes and otherwise
facilitating the movement of Army
trucks.
Empire State on Job.
New York State is looking ahead.
The Automobile Club of Buffalo ,e
titions the Governor and State High
way Department to take action look"
ing to the widening of highways from
24 to 30 feet.
MAN
TRUCK PRICE WILL HOLD
ENORMOUS DEMAND RESPONSI
BLE, SAYS DENBY MAN. .
Factory Head Estimates 4 50,000
Vehicles Are in Use in
United States.
E. F. Rice, sales manager for 3. H.
Graham for the distribution of Derby
trucks, is in receipt of a letter from
the president of the Denby company In
which it is explained that no decrease
in the prices of tracks can be expected
for some time yet. This is due, the let
ter says, to the enormous demand by
buyers who during the war were un
able on account of Government orders
to get trucks, and to the large number
of orders placed by the dealers
throughout the country.
The letter explains, too, that the de
mand this year is sure to exceed any
former year. There are now 450,000
trucks in use, Mr. Rice was informed,
and the average life of each truck is
about three years. Figuring on this
basis, renewals then would amount to
150.000 each year.
The natural tendency towards a
larger use of trucks on freight lines
will make the demand greater this year,
the letter also points out.
Another large supply of parts, which
now makes the stock for the Denby
as complete as could be desired, has
just been received.
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CARBURETOR TO BE EXHIBITED
Kelso Man's Patent Will Be Shown
at New York Exhibition.
The new type of carburetor, which Al
Porter, of Kelso, patented about a
year ago, will be placed on exhibition
at the New York Automobile Show. Mr.
Porter writes J. W. Crouch. Kelso busi
ness man, who Is interested in market
ing the invention. Several models are
now being made for this purpose, and
the parties with whom Mr. Porter has
contracted to market . the carburetor
are enthusiastic over its possibilities as
are all other engine experts who have
seen the principles of the new car
buretor demonstrated.
Mr. Porter, who Is a gas engine ex
pert, spent several years developing
Ammi o
Effective immediately, the price of the Hupmobilc in
Touring and Roadster models is $1525 at Portland. The
same high standard of quality is maintained as here
tofore. The Comfort Car
Comfort in the new Hupmobilc is a very positive
quality.
It can be measured in the car's extraordinary riding
ease, in its superb steadiness over all rqads, in its bull
dog pulling power and its wonderful performance.
It can He measured also in ife very unusual economy
in tire and gasoline mileage
We invife your careful inspection of iHe Hupmobilc
it's worth your; while.
his Invention, whjch employs a force
feed method in place of the suction
feed used In other carburetors. He en
listed in the tank service, but was dis
charged from the Army a short time
ago and at ence went to New York and
closed arrangements for marketing the
carburetor. Tests with a crude model
have greatly increased the speed and
efficiency of the tested engines, per
unit of gasoline.
Door-Strap Hint.
The straps that are Installed on the
doors of cars to keep the former from
opening too far often cause annoyance
by getting In the crack of the door
when It is being closed. By fastening
a small coil spring- to the center of the
strap, the other end of the eprlng being
attached where the strap is fastened
to the body, thlsnrouble will be obvi
ated. When using an elevator, don't drive
on or off before the elevator comes to
a full stop at proper level.
AUTO DIRECTORY
offers more of
Main 4880, A
Franklin
HOLMES
McNeff Tractor & Auto Co.
225 Plttoek BIk.
International Motor
A Truck for Every Purpose.
nicemeiit
LEY AUTO CO.
Eleventh and Oak. at Burnside
Phone Broadway; 217, .
DAY'S ORDERS NUMEROUS
TRUCKS AND PASSENGER CARS
ARE IN DEMAND.
Northwest An to Company Showing
I'ull Id ne at Spokane
Exhibition.
C. M. Menzies, manager of the North
west Auto Company, declared Tuesday
that business with his firm had never
been better for this time of year. And
he had the orders right on his desk to
prove his assertion.
Among the more than a doxen orders
which were placed daring the day were
four for carload tots of passenger cars.
The new Dort distributor In Tacoma
"what you actually need and want in
an automobile."
BRALY AUTO CO.
3881. 19th and Washinirton St.
AIR COOLED
Higher Mileage Press
Uas aad Tires
Portland, Oregoa
Xanaflrlu rrd by
Truck "
trrmatlenal H.rrfitrr Cob
pmm y of America.
I-or Sale by
IlfHfiM Motor Trark
Company. Hroadway KS4.
tnth and Coach Mrrrh.
MINUTE MAN SIX
Brunn Motor Car Co.,
444-46 Stark St.
Phones: Broadway 2958, A 2958
New Light Six, $1250 Factory
Mitchell, Seven-Passenger, $1525, Factory
MITCHELL, LEWIS & STAVER CO.
Broadway at Oak
asked for a carload, the same Quantity
of Coles was wanted In Walla Walla.
Wash., and the Pendleton distributor
filed his order for carloads of both
Reos and Coles.
"Business has started off with a
hang this year." said Mr. Mensiea "The
volume is unprecedented for this time
of year and from the number of inquir
ies we have received we have every
reason to believe that heavy buying
will continue. In addition to the pas
senger car orders we received today
were several for trucks, immediate de
livery being requested in each case."
Mr. Menxies left Portland Tuesday
night for Spokane to sttend the Inland
Kmplre city's automobile show, which
opened Wednesday and continued
throughout the week. The Spokane
show this year was held in the regular
salesrooms, guests being transported
. AUTO ACCESSORIES AND PARTS
ARCHER & WIGGINS
Distributors of
AUTOMOTIVE ACCESSORIES
Mi4h
David Hodes Co.
N. Broadway and Flanders.
from one place of business to another
by automobile.
The Northwest Auto Company showed
its complete line, including the Dort.
Harmon, Stearns and Cole passenger
cars and Bethlehem and Indiana trucks.
MITCIIEX.Ij SIXES IN DEMAND
Automobiles Delivered From Train
on Their Arrival Sere.
So great has been the demand for
five-passenger Mitchell Sixes that the
machines have been delivered right
from the freight ear as soon as they
arrived in Portland, according to the
Mitchell. Lewis & Staver Company, the
Portland distributors. New Jordan
also have been in demand by Orego
nians. twt a Onlc
(OunbiallxTERY co.
Broadway and Glisan Phone Bdwy. 546
The only battery with a definite guarantee.
All makes of batteries charged and repaired.
AUTOMOBILE GEARS.
PARTS AND ACCESSORIES AT
REDUCED PRICES
ENGINES A SPECIALTY
Gibson Electric Garage
& Storage Battery Co.
Distributors
ISth and Alder Ms. Broadway
We Stork Them. We Repair Then.
We fharsre Them.
Frff Advlrr.
AtTO rtEPTRIC Kill IPMETT CO..
tlxth and Bamaiilc Street.