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TITE SUNDAY OREGOMAX, POKTLAJfD, .JANUARY 19. 1910.
Merchants, Manufacturers, Transfer Men, Gardeners and Others
Here's an Opportunity That Has Never Come to You Before, Nor Is Likely to Come Again '
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Beginning Today We Will Offer
20 Panhard Trucks
Ten 1-Ton Models and Ten VTon Models at
GREAT .
REDUCTIONS
For instance, Panhard 1-ton chassis will be
sold at the ridiculously low price of
The Panhard Is the Twin-Frame Truck a Big Feature
NATIONALLY STANDARDIZED PARTS
Panhard l-V-ton chassis will be sold at the
ridiculously low price of -
35-H. P. Valve-in-Head Motor 3ytx5
Torbensen Internal Gear Driven Axles
Fuller Transmission
Willard Storage Battery
Stromberg Carburetor
Hayes Wheels
Prefex Radiator
Lavine Steering Gear
Firestone Tires
Detroit Universal Joints
Stewart-Warner Vacuum System
Fuller Multiple Disc Clutch
Electric Light and Bumper.
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WHY PAY FROM $600 TO $800 MORE FOR TRUCKS OF SIMILAR CONSTRUCTION?
This Sale Has Been Planned Simply to Introduce the Wonderful Twin - Frame Panhard
OREGON MOTOR CAR CO., Park and Davis
CATERPILLAR TYPE IS BEST
RICH ANSWERS QUESTIONS ON"
l-'RKIGHT TRAFFIC.
the necessary applications for their
customers and saved them the bother
of having: to attend to the matter
themselves.
Engineer Declares Tractor Tread Is
of Assistance in Keeping
Roads in Conditions.
An article in this section last Sunday
by H. G. Rich, development engineer,
In -which he suggested paved wheel
paths for power tractor haulage on
graded but not hard surfaced highways,
resulted in his receiving numerous in
quiries as to the particular type of trac
tor power that should be used. The
following article was written in an
swer to these questions:
"The first consideration is cost of a
eurface that would stand under the
present and future wheel traffic re
grardless of the freight tonnage trans
ported as demands require. No defi
nite figures can be given on account
of the varieties of soil met with in va
rious sections. However, one factor
is plainly seen, that under any condi
tion a narrow width of a maximum
space of four feet prepared for heavy
tonnage traffic is only a small per cent
of the total cost of a highway pre
pared its entire width for the came
traffic.
"Having taken care of the heavy
freight traffic, it is only a matter of
choice of hard surface material in
tended only for light express tonnage
end pleasure travel on remaining width
of highway. The economic haulage
power would be of the caterpillar type
f tractor owing to its capability of
eliminating almost 100 per cent of the
destroying force that follows the op
erations of the average motor wheel
tread used in cities. A power caterpil
lar of 12 tons weight has only a weight
of 10 pounds per square inch of bear
ing surface of. the ground. Conse
ciuently the destroying force is negligi
ble. In fact, the caterpillar tread acts
as a roller benefiting the road surface
than otherwise.
"The train of trailers would act as
beneficially as to benefit of road as the
haulage power. As stated in former
article, the function of the guide rail
construction between and in center of
the twin-paths are two-fold. First to
maintain the haulage power and trailers
in proper alignment on the wheel; and
second, in meeting a soft or springy
place on any portion of the wheelpaths
the guide device that travels on th
guide rail and is attached to the con
trolling mechanism of the power trac
tor and trailers act as supporting me
dium, preventing the wheel treads from
sinking into the soft spot, causing a
deep rut and simply making a slight
depression which can be quickly re
paired.
"Regarding a belt line or a double set
of wheel paths on the same highway
is a matter of decision by those in au
thority on highway construction, should
this type of transportation be adopted.
Answering the inquiry as to patents
or monopoly of construction by ee
le-cted parties, will state that there i
nothing in it. This outline of a trans
portation system is open for discussion
and improvements, the object being to
make a start to quickly secure facili
ties of some kind to transport our soil
products to market as quickly as possi
tie in order to meet the call for the
badly needed foodstuffs in the war zone
and devastated sections. Co-operation
and organization will insure success
and now is the time to get into action.
Dealers Aid Car Owners. '
Chevrolet dealers up and down the
Coast were instrumental in saving their
patrons much trouble in the recent
flurry to secure 1919 state automobile
licenses. As a rule the dealers filed
PILCHARD RETURNS TO WORK
Palace Garage Company Man Re
covers From Influenza Attack.
C. W. Pilchard, secretary and treas
urer of the Palace Garage Company,
authorized Ford agents and distribu
tors of the Standard truck, is back on
the job again after an illness of more
than two weeks. Mr. Pilchard had in
fluenza. .
Pedal Rest.
A very satisfactory foot rest or ac
celerator extension may be made from
an ordinary strap hinge. One half of
the hinge is fastened to the floor
boards. All that is necessary to oper
ate the accelerator is & slight pressure
on any part of the free half oj the
hinge.
HANCH COINS TO EUROPE
ALLIED AUTOMOBILE MEETING
CALLED IX PARIS.
AUTO DEMAND INCREASES
THOUSANDS NOW IX MARKET
FOR MOTOR CARS.
Prices Controlled by Supply of La
bor and Materials, Velie Sales
Manager Declares.
Peace conditions have brought an
increased demand for passenger cars
in city and country alike, according to
F. E. Bradfield. secretary and sales
manager of the Velie Motors Corpora
tion. "Thousands of people have found
themselves in a position to purchase
motor cars now that peace is on the
way. Money that was being carefully
put away against hard times and diffi
cult war conditions is now buying cars
and other necessities long desired, ac
tually required, but resolutely put
aside.
"The automobile has -won a great
victory." asserted the Velie head. It
has met the most bitter campaign
against it by the many people who per
sisted in declaring every car a luxury
and nothing else; in spite of the fact
that the automobile was absolutely
necessary, both at home and abroad,
to the winning of the war. Further
more, the automobile has clearly dem
onstrated the fact that it is'a big asset
in the conduct of business and in the
time of urgent need. ,
"With the factories going back to
production again it will not be many
months before a limited number of
cars will be available, but it is to be
expected that the present shortage of
cars will prevail for some months to
come.
"Prices are controlled by the two
factors of labor and material; both are
in great demand; there has been no de
cline in costs and consequently no
decline of moment in the prices of
worthy cars, nor will there be" for
months to come.
"Belgium, France, Roumania, Serbia,
Northern Italy and many other devas
tated countries must be rebuilt. Steel
and materials for reconstruction .will
be needed in vast quantities; labor will
be at a premium. There can be no un
expected change in conditions while
the fundamental need is there.
"I feel that the man is indeed far
sighted who provides himself with his
favorite car as soon as he can obtain
delivery."
New Standard Sizes of Pneumatic
and Solid Tires Planned
After Jaunary, 1920.
The board of directors of the national
automobile chamber of commerce at
their January 10 meeting extended an
invitation, to C. C. Hanch, chief of the
automotive products section of the War
Industries Board, to visit European
countries to investigate automobile con
ditions in connection with the export
trade of American manufacturers
While in Paris he will attend the Inter-allied
meeting called by the cham
bre syndicals des constructeurs d'auto
moblles as the representative of the au
tomobile industry, to discuss custom
rates, shows and other matters of in
ternational importance. Representa
tives of England, Italy and Belgium will
also attend.
The traffic committee's report showed
that the automobile industry is slowly
getting back into production, although
carload shipments for December were
only 8210, as compared with 15,827 car
loads in December. 1917. The traffic
officials reported on their meeting with
the packing service branch of the War
Department, which is developing new
methods of loading automobiles in
freight( cars, to permit the easier han
dling of vehicles with economy and
space. The packing service branch is
establishing specifications for packing
and loading articles of all kinds and the
industry will co-operate with it in han
dling automobiles. .
The meeting discusssed the question
of locking devices with a view to giv
ing added safety to motorists from car
stealing, which is becoming so preva
lent. A complete investigation will be
made and reports given to automobile
manufacturers.
New standards for tires were consid
ered, the plan calling for a continuance
of the making of tires for all rims now
in use, but providing that after Jan
uary 1. 1920, the manufacturers will
equip their cars with certain sizes that
are being considered. Pneumatic sizes
will run from 30 by inches to 35 by
5 inches for passenger cars and for
trucks 36 by 6 inches to 40 by 8 inches.
Truck sizes call for 15 sizes of solid
tires. The whole, programme is expect
ed to make for greater efficiency In
manufacturing' and the certainty of
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dealers' stocks being complete without
being too heavy.
It is reported that Canada has vir
tually raised the embargo on the im
portation of motor cars by freely grant
ing licenses for their importation into
Canada.
The chamber will hold a convention
of motor truck manufacturers during
the week of February 10, coincident
with the motor truck show in Madison
Square Garden, in New York, when
standardization, tales and other plans
for the industry will be discussed.
INDIANS FOND OF MOTORS
WEALTHY RED MEN PURCHASE
MANY AUTOMOBILES.
Braves, Who Make Fortunes in
Oil, Want Best Market
Has to Offer.
It is not the young fellowwho speeds
long the boulevards comfortably
couched in his low, rakish roadster, who
is the automobile spendthrift of today.
The motor extravagance of the Amer
ican Indian dwarfs that of his city
cousin by a wide margin, according to
representatives of the B. F. Goodrich
Rubber Company who travel in Okla
homa. Oklahoma Indians are generously
sharing their tremendous prosperity in
oil and minerals with the automobile
dealers and the tendency of the redman
is toward the high-powered, expensive
car rather than the lowly, small auto
mobile. In Ralston, a town of 750 in
habitants located- between the Osage
and Pawnee districts, one dealer sold
242 automobiles during 1918. One In
dian bought 13 cars in 12 months, and.
according to the tire salesman, discard
ed one of his new medium-priced autos
because the muffler was broken, swap
ping it and J150"to boot" for a certain
well-known low-priced motor vehicle.!
many oi me - Draves win nave nom
ing but the best of cord tires.
Indians are realizing staggering for
tunes from the mineral wealth of their
land In' Oklnhnmn. Osoar HHrdin. a
Quapaw .Indian millionaire, for some
time after he got his allotment of "40
acres ill 18S6. is remembered by old
residents as a ragged Indian who drove
a pair of ponies hitched to a rattletrap
wagon and who wandered a bout the
country without a dollar. Today liar
din is a lead and zinc mining king and
owns 20 farms scattered over Okla-
Nearly every Indian family Is a pros
pect for the automobile salesman. One
tribe, the Ceases, got royalties and
bonuses from oil lands and the Gov
ernment payments average $3000 per
year per capita; thus a family of five
would have an income of J1R.000 a year.
Some get as high as $30,000 per year
anf sm hundred of !li(ii!in(l!.
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The First Seven Passenger
Without the Bulge
The new Jordan Suburban Seven
marks the realization of another
Jordan ideal.
It is the first seven passenger
motor car without the unsightly
bulge in the rear of the body.
Sides run straight fore and aft.
Edges are sharply beveled. The
body is custom built in aluminum,
eliminating all rumbles, ripples
and rust.
It is one hundred pounds lighter.
Doors are broad, square'and wide
opening. The driver sits lower.
Seat cushions have Marshall
springs. The top is perfectly
tailored. Chassis is lower with
smaller wheels and fatter tires.
Optional colors Briarcliff green
or Liberty blue both striking.
The Jordan chassis ideal remains
the same a standard chassis of
finished mechanical excellence,
including all the universally ap
proved mechanical units, and fitted
to suit the buyer with a choice of
distinctive custom style bodies.
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Suburban Seven
Mitchell-Lewis & Staver Co.
Broadway at Oak
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