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THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN, PORTLAND, JANUARY 26, 1919. MOTORCYCLE RIDERS . lEAGHjyniiiir hood Portland Men Plow Through Snow Waist Deep. SKIS USED PART OF WAY Party, First to Reach Government Camp This Tear, Has Many Exciting Experiences. Three Portland motorcyclists, Dustln Farnham, R. F. Newman and B. W. Rice, claim the distinction of being the first motorists to reach Government Camp on Mount Hood this year. They left Portland Sunday and returned the following: night. The venturesome trio left on their Porto Rico. The shipment by express was made to expedite delivery. "Due to the marine strikes, many other export orders have had to be re routed and in some cases it has seri ously interfered with the dispatch of trucks and parts. "Application has been made by the export department to the war trade board for license to ship trucks and tractors to our agent, Edwin Holton, at Kloristiana, Norway, and aside from that the department is preparing for the immediate shipment of two tractors to Estrello Auto Palace, Manila, P. I., with plans and disk burrow on cable order." GARFORD TRUCK SATES MOUNT Ei. V. Rawlings Will Lecture at Ore gon Agricultural College. Seven Garford trucks have been de livered in as many days by E. D. Van Dersai, the Oregon distributor. Two of the vehicles were sold In Portland and one each In Vancouver, Wash., and Ore gon City, Mount Angel, gendleton and The Dallas, Or. Two of the trucks will be used In logging camps, two in lum ber yards, two on farms and the other by a feed and grain firm. L. V. Rawlings, territory manager for the Garford distributor, says the de mand for trucks with dump bodies is Increasing and that 10 3-ton vehicles so equipped have just been ordered by telegraph from the factory. Seven of these trucks will be delivered In Port- TRAFFIC CO-ORDINATED By TRANSPORT BOARD Rural Motor Express Develop ment Accomplished. SHORT HAUL EXPENSE CUT Economic Value of Good Highways Is Forcibly Brought Rome by Organization. The problem of efficient transport, which. In Its broad sense. Is naturally and inevitably linked up with every form of highway progress and activity, is in fact but a modern interpretation of a very ancient question. It repre sents a trinity consisting of transporta tion by highways, by inland waterways. VELIE SEDAN PROVES POPULAR ALL-SEASON CAR WITH OREGON MOTORISTS. Grant Six W& 1flif,Mi.ttaH1M m. y m frprn 4 . ? 1 Mrs. E. A. Robison at the Wheel of Her New VeUe Sedan. Which Was Purchased From the D. C. Wi Motor Car Company, Oregon Distributors (or the Vclic. trusty motorcycles, but made part of trip on skis. One of the men even went so far as to dive into a creek with his new footwear. Snow was en countered from two to three feet deep, and copious quantities of mud, eo deep that chains were required. "We left Portland at 6 A M. last Sunday," said R. F. Newman. In telling of the trip. "It had been raining for four days and the roads were a sea of mud. The lowlands this side of Mc Intlre's were as bad as they could be. The mud wa one to two feet deep and caused us a great deal of trouble. Many a. good spill was avoided only by the Use of skid chains. Ranger Telephones Ahead. "Noon found us at Rhododendron, iwhere we made a stop for a few min utes. A forest ranger stationed there telephoned the hotel keeper at the camp to be on the lookout for us, as he did not think it would be possible for us to get through owing to the heavy enow of the last few days. "He came down the road on skis to meet us and found us stuck in the snow, which was about two feet deep. We were all exhausted from the hard going and he advised us to leave our machines and walk to the camp. "It took us from 2:15 until 4 o'clock to make this last mile The snow in creased as we went on until it was three feet deep. The last quarter of a mile was the worst of all, with the snow up to our waists. Several times one or the other of us would go to sleep we were so tired, and it would take pome time for the other fellows to wake him up and get him going again. We were all glad when we reached camp, where a. good hot dinner was wailing for us. Cycles Covered With Snow. "After a good night's sleep at the camp we were ready for the start home. We made the first lap oh skis, which we borrowed from Mr. Pridmore, the hotel keeper, who accompanied us back to our motorcycles, which we found under a blanket of snow which had fallen in the night. "The trip to this point was full of excitemenl, for none of us had ever used skis before. We took many a fiood spill before we reached our ma chines. Mr. Rico took one which he will not soon forget. At the foot of the hill a board crossed a creek Rice came down the hill many miles ah hour, hit the board on one edge and plunged into the cold water. "It had rained so much Sunday and Monday that the roads were worse, if possible, than when we came up. We encountered no further trouble, how ever, until Newman, who was taking a turn at 5U miles an hour, took a spill and slid 310 feet. He escaped with no damage to himself or to his machine. "We arrived in Portland at 5:30 P. M. and claim the honor of being the first SO reach Government Camp in 1919." TRUCKS SENT BY EXPRESS THREE REPUBLICS RUSHED TO PORTO RICO. land and three at the Spokane, Wash., agency. Early next month Mr. Rawlings will put in 10 days at the Oregon Agricul tural College at Corvallls lecturing on trucks and giving demonstrations with a Garford. Truck instruction will be of fered at the college to satisfy a general demand for courses on the operation of freight vehicles. MUD TAX FIVE PER CENT TENTATIVE SCHEDULE AGREED ON BT COMMITTEE. Rate on Motor Trucks, Wagons and Trailers Is Placed at Three Per Cent. The conference committee of the National House and Senate has dis posed of the excise taxes on motor ve hicles under Title 9 in the revenue bill, agreeing tentatively on the following taxes on sales by the manufacturer: Automobiles and motorcycles, 5 per cent ad valorem. Automobile trucks, wagons and. trail ers, 3 per cent ad valorem. Tires, inner tubes, parts and acces sories therefor, 6old to other than a manufacturer or producer thereof, 5 per cent ad valorem. This decision restores, in part, the taxest on motor trucks, wagons and trailers, and on tires, parts and acces sories for them which were eliminated by the Senate, but omits tractors. The ground for this action was that these vehicles damaged the roads. Opinion is expressed that the above taxes will stand, unless some decided opposition develops within the commit tee that will bring about a reconsider ation and change. After all the items in the bill are agreed upon tentatively, each, however. subject to change, the bill as a whole will be agreed upon by the committee and reported to the House and Senate to be voted on. Japan Firm Places Large Order for Tires Philippine Agents . f Asks for Tractors. Since the cessation of hostilities ex port shipments have ehown a notice able Increase as the embargoes placed on some of the foreign countries have consequently been lifted, according to information received by H. W. Roberts of the Roberts Motor Car Company, dis tributors of the Republic trucks, who says the demand for motor vehicles is constantly on the increase. "The embargo on shipments to India was one of these and the order, for right Republic trucks placed before the war, was renewed and will be 6ent be fore February 15." Mr. Roberts said. "Closely following the recent large order for tires and parts. The Tokio Gas and Electric Industrial Company of Tokio, Japan, placed a second order of 700 rear and front pneumatic tires which were shipped last week. A larger order from any foreign country has never been received. The tires have been shipped in 26 cases with 25 each and occupied four cars. "On January S the export department forwarded via the American Express Company three Model 12X Republics with a consignment of extra service parts routed to the Porto Rican Express Company at Brooklyn, N. Y., for- deliv ry at Ranches Moracles Co.. San Juan, New Car Owners in County. Temporary police licenses were is sued in Portland last week to the fol lowing buyers of latest model motor cars, pending arrival of the official state licenses from Salem. This list is compiled by M. O. Wilkins, publisher of the Automobile Record: Allen C. Sullivan. S43 E. 46th. Bulck. Carlton B. Swift, 216 Summit, Bulck. H. C. Baker. 672 Junior. Chevrolet J. Appert. 5423 54th ave., S. B.. Chevrolet. j. w. vogan. ntd 'rnurmaa. cole. Lafo Manning, 222 E. 75th, N., Dodge. 8am. A. Meaner, 314 College. Dodge. I.. If. Kelty. 1043 Williams. Ford. Sinclair Provision Company, 470 Everett, Ford. Ulrica Eggenberger, Gresham, Route A, S. C. Jaggar. 303 E. 16th. Jordan. Frank Newhouse. 64 B. 10th. Maxwell. A. D. Laughlin. Carlton. Nash. United Motor Bus Company, 506 Panama Diag., htuflebaKer, A. a. Clayton, 012 Lexington avenue, aaxwea Plowden Stott. Mallory Hotel Bulck. L. R. Banks, 897 Woodworth. Cadllao. Thomas Gibson, 215 East 34th, Dodge. 11. A. Kill am. Col. Ship Bldg. Co.. Dodge. J. f. Alulder, 572 East 13th, Dodge. C. i. Davis. 225 North Park. Maxwell. I.. R. Ullchrest, 1211 East 30th, N., Over land. W. B. McKenna. 1024 Albina, Maxwell. T. N. Schade. 409 Tillamook, Maxwell. A. H. Schleufler. 310 Stark. Bulck. Braywich & Miles. 270 Couch, Chevrolet. BIuemauer-Frank Drug Co., Park and Davis, Dodge. Mrs. W. L. Bales. 4506 60th. S. E.. Ford. H. W. Heuer, 1357 East 27th N., Ford. W. Wise. 1608 Huron. Ford. Arthur J. Mathot. 440 12th. Maxwell. Charles E. Handle, 230 Beech. Paige. J. D. O'Donnell, 802 Spalding Bldg., Velie. Dr. J. U. -N :.' .. 507 Main. Chandler. Dr. John Talbot. 820 Corbett building Chevrolet. a H. Parellus, St. Francis apartments. Chey roiet. J. H. Wenandy, 862 East Thirty-second No-th, Dodge. H. A. Kkepworth. 701 Everett. Ford. H. C. Packard. 325 East Tweirth, Buick. J. S. Sitken, 1120 Clinton, Dodge. H. M. Jones, 775 Schuyler. Ford. Mrs. Maude Horn, 226 East Forty-ninth Ford. , Kerr & Gilford. 1000 Lewis building. Ford A. M. Conover. East Thirty-seventh and binoy, IMasn. E. A. Klees. 29m Morrison. Overland. Mrs. J. L. Morris. 340 Monroe, Veils. Easy Rivet Repair. In case a rivet in the frame or othe location is found to be broken, a very acceptable repair may be made by run ning a bolt through the rivet hole and clinching; it. with a nut on the other enu and by steam and electric railroads. The highway transport committee of the Council of National Defense, grow ing out of the necessity for the prompt development, during the war, of the highways as they touched other trans portation mediums, has, within the few months of its existence, impressively demonstrated the need for highways spanning the country in all directions, and so constructed and handled as to meet the imperative needs of the post war situation In the United States. The development of the provinces of the highway transport committee was to the end that the highways them selves might carry their share the burden of war. and in the moot effi cient manner possible. This has re sulted, however, in the energizing of the highways and in the encourage ment of rural motor express develop ment which operates to bring the pro ducer of foodstuffs and the consumer in such close touch as to revolutionize the transportation situation wherever these lines are in existence. Itftum Loads Obtained. This committee has suggested and has aided in the establishment of re turn load bureaus, with the result that conservation of manpower, machinery and the highways has been effected to marked degree. These bureaus, lo cated in centers of traffic, have assist ed the truck operator in obtaining loads both ways and through them an immense amount of short-haul traffic unprofitable to the railroads and need lessly congesting it has been diverted' to the highways. This function can be continued in times of peace as well as of war, since within certain limitations it is more profitable for the railroad to make use of the motor truck feature than to construct expensive branch rail lines. Co-operation with the Inland water ways of the country has been effective ly brought about by applying the link necessary to complete the chain of transportation between the wharf and the point of destination of the commod ity, through efficiently operated trans port over the highways. Similarly, as a result of combination between operators of rural motor ex press routes and the electric railways, the two have been able to work to mutual advantage, since the develop ment of new territory has added a very material tonnage to the haulage on the electric lines. Road Interest Stimulated. Through organization extending down through the state and the district to the county, the state highways transport committees have been en abled to spread the gospel of the best possible use of all forms of highways transport, which to be practical means, in the final analysis, properly con structed and Intelligently regulated highways radiating throughout the country. The committee's war-time activity, which paved the way for the present important post-war work, has meant a stimulation of interest in the subject of roads which is bound to find expression in the enthusiastic efforts put back of every properly directed movement or agency looking to a high way system of a character In keeping with the readjustment programme of the Government. The state highways transport com mittees, meeting in Chicago In con nection with the American Association of State Highway Officials and the Highway Industries Association, went on record, through resolutions formal ly adopted, as etrongly favoring the enactment by Congress of a proposed highway commission under which pro vision would be made for the nam ing of a commission by the president to control construction and operation of a great system of National highways throughout the country. The activities of the committee in this connection have given enornvous impetus to the movement for good roads throughout the United States and have encouraged the states to authorize expenditures for road work. This phase of the work will be undertaken more than ever in the coming year. Concrete Results Accomplished. In a concrete way. some of the re sults which have been accomplished by the highways transport committee of the Council of National Defense In the few months of its existence are as follows: It has aided the War Department materially In the removal of snow from highways over which convoys of motor trucks destined for overseas moved during the Winter of 1917t18. It has paved the way, through its organization extending into practically every state in the union, for mate rlally aiding the great readjustment programme which the Government Is now entering, particularly by indicat ins the. fields which are-most, capable REDUCED IN PRICE $11 20 Formerl $ 1 245 F. O. B. Factory. THE GRANT SIX is the same substantial and economical car as heretofore. QUANTITY PRODUCTION and ability to secure more materials have made it possible to announce this reduction in price. The Car for the Thrifty A gallon of gasoline in a GRANT SIX gets 20 miles of travel. A gallon of oil carries you 900 miles. A GRANT SIX saves $200 to $300 at the start over other cars. Gives equally good service and saves on fuel, oil and tires. REMEMBER, THIS CAR NOW SELLS FOR ONLY $1120 AT FACTORY IMMEDIATE DELIVERY MANLEY AUTO Eleventh and Oak at Burnside Phone Broadway 217 CO Small amount of territory to desirable agents of development through a more effi cient scheme of transportation. The various state committees nave Dut themselves back of bond issues and other good roads campaigns In various states and have furnished striking evi dences of the material good to the community and country resulting from efficiently handled highways transport. while driving homo the Importance or Intelligent direction of the highways of the future. Foodstuffs Are Conserved. It has pointed the way. through utilization of the rural motor express. the return load bureau, etc., for the conservation of a great part of the 50 per cent of perishable foodstuffs which have gone to waste In the past because. upon the authority of rood Adminis trator Herbert Hoover, no adequate means or transportation nas oeen available to get these foodstuffs from the producer to the consumer while In dt-sirable form for use. It has been the medium of stimulat ing fast express freight service through working arrangements between motor trucks and electric lines which oper ated to relieve the steam roads of the undesirable short haul. It Is driving home to the people the Impressive testimony developed four years ago by a Congressional Inves tigation to the effect that the Nation was suffering a loss of more than $500,000,000 yearly because of bad roads. State Campaigns Organized. Its organized campaigns In the states and even in local communities are visualizing to the iarmer the waste of bad roads and the economic value of good roads. It has carried to remote sections or every state of the union the message of Chairman Edward N. Hurley, of the United States Shipping Board, In which he asked for the assistance of the com mittee In moving over the highways to seaboard shipping points the food sup plies destined for the relief of the stricken peoples of Europe. It has hearkened to the earnest plea of Food Administrator Hoover for sup port for rural express lines as one of the most potent agencies In solving the food problems of this country and those of the allies. It has successfully sought to enable the farmer to make the most efficient use of his acres and of his time by availing himself of modern highways transportation, which means for him a full day on the farm while the rural express operator markets his products and carries home his merchandise. ACASDN TRUCK WAN HERE DIRECTOR OF SALES COXIOS ON" WESTERN TERRITORY. Conlon Visits Dealers and Distrib utors in Spokane, Seattle, Wall Walla and Pendleton. H. A. Conlon. vice-president and di rector of sales for the Aca&on Motor Truck Company of Detroit, Mich., was a recent visitor In Portland. He con ferred with Lewis EL Obye, of the Lewis E. Obye Motors Company, stale distributors for Acason trucks. Mr. Conlon was called to Salt Lake from Detroit, and came on to Pendleton with the Idea of a one-day conference with Dan Gllkey, Pacific Coast man ager for Acason. Mr. Gllkey persuaded him to come on to Portland. Mr. Conlon is not a new figure in the truck game, having formerly been connected with the Federal Motor Truck Company as sales manager, and also with the Packard Motor company, i ne company has withheld entering the Northwest field until It was capable of giving this territory the right amount of attention and supply of trucks, he declared. "After joining Mr. Gllkey at Pendle ton." said Mr. Conlon, "In one week I have met Acason dealers at Pendleton. Walla Walla. Lewlston and Colfax, and distributors at Spokane, Seattle and Portland. I am greatly enthused over Mr. Gllkey's showing in 60 days of ter ritory work. From what I saw In the REPUBLIC QUALITY built the greatest demand in truck history There Is a Republic Model for Every Hauling Need What's yours? Sold by the Largest Exclusive Truck Dealers in the Northwest ROBERTS MOTOR CAR CO., Inc. PARK AND EVERETT STS. PORTLAND, ORE. country we went over and the condi tions a motor truck must meet In this territory. I can understand why Dan Gllkey tried to break our truck In sand pits and against curbs while doing his testing at the factory. Felt Washers Useful. Most car owners know that the use of felt washers under the iron washers in certain Instances Is a useful idea. The felt washer gives an elastic hold, allowing for expansion or contraction, and may keep the threads of an over tight bolt from stripping. However, most of them do not know that the or dinary corn and bunion plasters make very acceptable felt washers and are always easily obtained. Show every driver the consideration you ask him to show you. AUTO DIRECTORY Franklin HOLMES offers more of "what you actually need and want in an automobile." BRALY AUTO CO. Main 4880, A 3881. 19th and Washington Sta. AIR COOLED 111 a rr Mlleasr From Gai and Tlrca McNeff Tractor & Auto Co. Port la .d. Oregon Plttoek BIk. International Motor Truck '" A Truck for Every Purpose. Utaaifac tared by trrnntlonnl Harvester Com paay of America. For Sale by Tfenaeman Motor Track (ompMy, Rrnadwaj 544. Ninth and Coach freeVB. MINUTE MAN SIX Brunn Motor Ctr Co., 444-46 Stark St. Phones: Broadway 2958, A 2958 SIXES New Light Six, $1250 Factory Mitchell, Seven-Passenger, $1525. Factory MITCHELL. LEWIS & STAY ER CO. 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