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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 26, 1919)
THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND, J AM VRY 26, 1919 1 1 E. E. Cohen of the distributing firnH PAPER HELPS DRIVER OF MUD-MIRED AUTO yesterday. "The vehicle has proven it self, undergoing many severe testa, and will satisfy a demand for light trucks in this territory." TRUCK SERVICE IS PROJECTED Ashland-Klamath Falls Road Will Open New Markets. KLAMATH FALLS, Or.. Jan. 25. (Special.) People at Ashland are greatly Interested in the new road over the mountain between that point anjl Klamath Falls, and are planning truck service between the two places, accord ing to W. O. Smltn, who has been mak ing a short visit in Ashland. Mr. Smith says 'that the residents of the Rogue Biver country feel the need of the products of this section, and that they hope to find a market here for some of the goods which the Klamath district fails to produce. The new high way, which is to be constructed as a part of the State Highway programme, will also give tourists a chance to get into Klamath County conveniently from the Pacific Highway. jVVtAWVAtaitttatllliaattaiiii.aatttlttlLt. HAVE 522,000 CARS United States Has Nearly Ten Times as Many. Motorists Keep Stock on Hand for Emergencies. 1917 TOTAL IS BELOW 1914 TIRES OFTEN SUFFER MUCH Great Hriytin, France, Germany, Iialj, Russia , Austria and Bel gium Rank in Order Named. Problem Is to Revolve Wheels Slowly Enough for Them to Obtain Necessary Traction. EUROPEAN COUNTRIES The number of motor cars in use in Europe is 52;,113, according to fig ures compiled by an Italian expert, as against more than 5,000.000 cars in use in America. It is not surprising to find that Great Britain heads the list with 171, 607 cars for 1917; our enemy, the Hun, coming second with 95.000 cars in 1914, the last year for which statistics are available. France is third on the list, with Italy fourth. While of interest, these figures will bo modified by the war. Generally the returns are for touring cars only, and do not comprise lorries and motorcycles. England's returns are lower for 1917 than they were for 1914. Yet England has added very considerably to her number of commercial motors by reason of the war. The French returns are always on the underside, being based on actual taxes paid and not including taxicabs, lorries or motorcycles.. Before the war the actual number of privately owned motor vehicles in- France was about 115,000. Since then it is estimated' that France has imported or built 80,000 war motors. The principal battlefront being in France, there are " actually more motor vehicles in that country at the present moment than in any other in Europe, for in addition to those' of the French army, they comprise those of the British, American, Italian, Bel gian and Portuguese forces. Monaco Holds First Place. Most persons, If asked which country bad the greatest number of cars per head of population, would reply Eng land, and doubtless would be surprised to find that they were wrong. The rec ord is held by the principality of Mona co, with one car for every 95.6 inhabi tants. England comes second, with 1168.5, while Denmark takes third place, with 343. France just beats the Brit ish possession, Gibraltar, for fourth place, the respective figures being 402 and 4y. The country with the small est number of cars and also with the greatest number of inhabitants per car Is Crete, which is officially returned as having three car.-, or one for each 121,666 inhabitants. Naturally geographical conditions are an important factor in determining the proportion of cars. Italy, with its vast mountain region, can never have the same number of cars as comparatively level Kngland, although both are im portant car-producing countries. Un fortunate Serbia had a lot of leeway to make up before the war, while Austria-Hungary does not stand high as a motor country. Russia In Fifth Place. The following is the complete list" of cars in service in European countries on the latest years for which returns are available: No. Inhab- No. of Fop- Hunts Country Cars. Tear. ujatlon. Per Car. Great Brifn.171,607 1917 48,07,000 i8s.3 France BS.400 1016' 3'J.COO.OOO 4011 Germany ... 95.000 1914 6S, 000,000 684 Italy 35,500 1018 3,11.587.0110 1,002 Russia i!7,!00 lniC, 14S.289.000 531.5 Austria 19,:00 llllli 02,608,000 2,671.7 Belgium 14.700 1016 7,580,000 515.6 Spain 10.253 1918 20.400.000 1,989.4 Holland ... in.00 1917 6,583,226 658 Pweden 9.000 1916 5.638,500 626.5 Denmark ... S.500 1917 2,919,000 343 fltl : . 6.157 1 914 3,765,000 611 Portugal 3,211 1917 5.433.000 1.692 Norway 3.0B7 1918 2.240.000 730 Bulgaria ... 3.050 1918 1.419.6 Itoumania .. 2,500 1913 7,248,061 2.889 Finland 2,000 1917 5.600.0O0 1,800 Greece 800 1917 3,912.000 4.890 Turkey 500 1913 Monaco .... 380 1916 22.000 95.6 Serbia 200 1914 4,490,000 22.450 Malta 100 1917 224.000 2,240 Gibraltar .. 45 1917 18,300 411 Cyprus .... 15 1917 273.S57 18,257 Rhodes We. 14 1917 30.000 2,142.8 Crete 3 1917 365.000 121.666.6 VELIE SEDANS IN OElii PORTLAND DISTRIBUTORS TRY ING TO GET MORE. LA CASSE WILL ED EAST FORMER PORTLAND AUTO MAN GETS PROMOTION. This City Will Be Headquarters lor One of Three Maxwell West ern Territories. Another Western automobile man is stepping into the front rank of the in dustry's sales executives. He is W. J. La. Casse, formerly of Portland and HHHKp ' ' "j .r""''! 4 ah ye - W. J. La Casse. Who Will Go to Detroit as a Representative of T. J. Toner, Director of Max well and Chalmers Sales. Fir Sold Here In. Ten Days and Factory Will liave No(ne Until August. So great has been the demand for Velie sedans that the Oregon distribu tors, the D. C. Warren Motor Car Com pany, have sold five in the last ten days, and a member of the firm now is on a trip to Seattle and Spokane to see if it will be possible to get more of the cars from the dealers there. The company tried to get more of the cdans from the San Francisco dis tributor, and failed. All efforts to ob tain an additional allotment from the factory also were in vain, word com ing back that no more sedans would be available before August. Mrs. E. A. Robison is driving one of the five sold in the last few days. Three other sedans have been taken by Portland motorists and the fifth goes to McMinnville. The cars are upholstered in two col ors blue and gray. The only model left on the salesroom floor yesterday was one cushioned in gray, the material having alternate stripes of light and dark gray. The blue upholstering also Is striped. The Velie sedan is equipped with a heater on the floor Just in front of the back seat. The windows sink Into the body, making the car practically an open model for Summer. The standards also come off and there is a compart nient in the back of the car where they can be stored. There are individual front seats in the car, the one at the right facing either the front or the back. The dnv er's seat can be moved forward or back to suit the convenience of the person at the wheel. There Is a wide door on the left-hand side of the car for th driver, and another door on the right- hand side. VV . b . stine, of tne company, is on a trip to Seattle and Spokane in an ef fort to obtain more sedans. NEW OLDSMOBILE TRUCK DUE Tliree-Quartcr Ton Vehicles Will Arrive This Week. A new arrival in Portland truck cir cles this week will be a shipment of tliree-quarter ton vehicles for the Olds mobile Company of Oregon from the Olds factory at Lansing, Mich. This truck is the first to be turned out by the company and its arrival has been awaited with much interest. The truck has a specially constructed chassis and motor and while its capac ity is rated at three-quarters of a ton It is said to carry a load equal to that of most one-ton trucks. "The Oldsmobile people have put their 21 years' experience in manufacturing motor cars into this new truck," said widely known everywhere west of Den ver. La Casse is winding up his af fairs in San Francisco preparatory to going to Detroit as a representative of T. J. Toner, director of Maxwell and Chalmers sales. La Casse will be suc ceeded by George Pearson in guiding the Maxwell-Chalmers interests along the Pacific Coast. , La Casse, who has spent the last 10 years in the automobfla business in California and the Pacific Northwest, joined the Maxwell sales staff in 1913. He was given the job of handling Max well sales for Oregon. Washington, Idaho, Montana and Utah. His success was so positive that when Toner was called East La Casse was his logical successor. Similar success followed' his return to California, for it was not long until he had Maxwell sales booming in the same happy fashion in California, Arizona, Nevada and New Mexico as he did in the Northwestern states. Hia promotion to the factory position. where he will have wider scope for his unusual abilities, is a direct recogni tion of his success out here. La Casse's early days selling automo biles were spent in Los Angeles. He did considerable driving in competition and won several road races and the so briquet of "Wild Bill" was his until tho years made it possible for him to live it down. Then he and E. E. Thompson tormed the Thompson-LaCasse Com pany at Fresno and handled the Max well and Chandler. Next he went to Portland to direct the Maxwell business and two years ago returned to Califor nia, with headquarters in San Fran cisco, to handle the Maxwell business for the entire West. A change in the factory sales plans cuts the West into three territories, with supervisors in San Francisco. Portland and Salt Lake. The Maxwell and Chalmers sales organizations will be combined. Pearson, well known through his Chalmers connections, will have the San Francisco - office. The other two supervisors have not been, appointed. Their Identity will oe an nounced at a later date. j TIRE AGENCY ESTABLISHED UNITED STATES UINE WILL- BE DISTRIBUTED. Former Bend Man Will Open Store at 2 0 North Broadway for Business Toniororw. C. E. Hamilton, formerly of Bend, Or., has opened a tire agency here at 25 North Broadway and will distribute United States tires. He will be the ex- iiua.w. uiaiiiuuiui ui auituK lor Mull 1 nomah County and will have a complete stock or otner types manufactured by tne unitea states rtubber Company. He will be ready for business tomorrow. The new tire dealer formerly1 man aged the Oregon Fuel & Transfer Com pany and the Oregon Fuel Company at Bend, and also formerly represented the D. C. 'Warren Motor Car Company In selling the Velie motor car in the Bend territory. "My trucks at Bend had United States equipment," said Mr. Hamilton yesterday, "and the tires gave such good service that when I decided to en ter the business 1' waited until I could get the United States line. I have dis posed of my Bend interests and will devote all of my time to my new ven ture. "United States tires are sold under a guarantee to wear out; that is. against defects in manufacturing, rather than to give so much mileage. I think that is the fairest kind of a guarantee to give. I am anticipating doing a big ousiness in united btates tires. Cold Weathere Ignition. Owners who have been using five dry cells for ignition in bummer will find it a good plan to couple ore two more cells for cold weather use. The cold subtracts noticeably from the power of these cells. From a motorist who live in a sec tion where mud roads are common comas a suggestion which Its author guarantees the best remedy for such a situation short of a pair of husky mules. He states that he has tried the method on numerous occasions, and that it has never failed to work. He saye: "I always have stored away some where in my car a stack of old news papers. They don't take up so much room but that I can always find a place for them. When I strike a mudhole and the wheels begin to fly around in that exasperating way which tells me that I am firmly and definitely stuck I get out ray bundle of papers. "Taking a newspaper, I fold it In half horizontally across the page and proceed to the task of working the paper between the tire and the mud. This is a simple matter and is accom plished by feeding in the paper while the wheels are being revolved. I feed the paper In lengthwise. Usually only a few will have been worked in when tbe tires will begin to grip and the car start forward. If a few won't do tbe work, keep on feeding in the papers until good traction is gained. Supply Kept on Hand. "This method of handling a diffi cult situation is so simple and so uni formly successful that every motorist should know of it. If be is not equipped with some other apparatus for such a contingency, he should always have a little pile of newspapers stored away In some empty place in his car. "In many localities it might be pos sible for an autoomibilist to secure old newspapers from neigbboring bouses, but Mr the mishap occurs in some lonely spot, lucky is the man who has some old newspapers in his machine." The United States Tire Company, in its endeavor to furnish the public with as much real help as possible, has tlile to say about getting a car out of a mudhole: "There will always be mudholes. The motorist has tbe power nowadays to go practically where he pleases, and he frequents the highways and the byways, if he be anxious to get away from the beaten path. In doing this there are times when he will get stalled. Putting the car into low gear and then feeding it gasoline as though it did not cost over a cent a gallon will not get the car out if it is stalled badly. The wheels revolve so rapidly that they do not get traction enough they do not have an opportunity to catch hold. The only apparent result is getting the tires so warm one can scarcely touch them, and in addition wearing them badly. Car Should Be in Low. "Try this method: Put the car in low and if you cannot feed the gas with your foot evenly so that the wheels wiil revolve slowly put your emergency brake on. Do not put it on so that the wheels will not revolve at all, but tightly enough to keep them from revolving rapidjy. With the wheels turning fiowiy you tnus get the maximum pull delivered to them by having the car in low gear, and so long as they turn slowly they can get the benefit of their tremendous power. It is not always wise to fill the hole with stones, bricks, etc., for their rough edges are hard on the tire. Small branches of trees are bet ter, as they offer much more, tractive space. "Should this method fall, quite often a slight push thatv would not much more than move a baby buggy will furnish just the added amount of power necessary to get the car going. Those who have tried tnis meinoa vouch for It. It saves tires, and sav ing tires is saving money." SPEEDY DRIVING WASTES FUEL Economy Tests Are Conducted With Maxwell Car in East. "Of all the economy tests performed with the Maxwell, perhaps the most im portant is the one just completed by Professor L. L. Gallup, of the Worces ter Polytechnic Institute," says C. L Boss, of the C. L. Boss Auto Company. "In every detail this test was strictly scientific There was absolutely no guess work in the method of testing or in the reading of the results. And the investigation was made for laboratory purposes only, the Maxwell Motor Sales Corporation having nothing whatever to do with it.' "There was no special preparation for this test. Tbe car was not adjusted for an economy showing and was not favored In any way. "A stock Maxwell car was used. It was driven at speeds varying from 10 to 35 miles per hour. The gasoline consumption was as follows: Speed. l--eonmy. lIUcs Per Hour. Miles Per Gal. 10 M.T & 82.T 20 :;i - 2S 28. 30 2S.1 30 23.0 "This test should mean something to the buyer who appreciates the value of hia money." Don't let your oar stand with head iifcjti iuii on. it is unnecessary and runs your battery down, it HOW TO REPl.Ai i : BEARINGS Part Should Ao ln Place Before Wheel Is Put On. In replacing a bearing on the front wheel spindle, on which it is a tight fit. owners often make the mistake of slipping the bearing onto the taper of the spindle and forcing it home by put ting the wheel on and hammering wheel and bearing oil at the same time. Frequently the hardened shoulder of the inner race is broken by this opera tion, because it is intended to withstand wear, but not sudden shocks like this. The proper method of doing the job is to slip a short piece of pipe over the spindle and hammer the outer end care fully until the- bearing slips into place, after which the whel should be put on. GOVERNMENT ISSUES WARNING Trcnsury Departjnent Takes Rap at lake Motor Stock. The Treasury Department has re leased a warning to the general public and particularly motorists against in discriminate investment In stock of fake motor companies. The investor contemplating the pur chase of automobile stock is advised to write the capital issues committee. Treasury Department, Washington, for Us approval. -This new committee was established to block the efforts of mushroom motor companies of ques tionable repute. , THE CROIX de GUERRE has been awarded the First and Second Groupe ments of the Great Headquarters Reserve No. 1 of he French Army, each operating 500 or more White Trucks. Citations for distinguished service accompanied the order, supplemented by a later citation to the entire Reserve No. 1, operating 2,500 WHITE TRUCKS This is the first and only instance on record of motor trans port formations in any army receiving this high honor. The White Trucks were all veterans, many in continuous war service since 1914. fPhite Trucks Have the Stamina" THE WHITE COMPANY CLEVELAND Portland: 33-35 North Park Street fri. YEAR TRUCK TEST SLATED PACKARD COMPANY' WILD OF. I I It $17,640 IN PRIZES. Winning Drivers. Shipping Clerks and Accountants Will Receive Big Cash Awards. . Its test of last Summer having proved to the Packard company the possibility of saving to American busi ness men operating trucks tba enor mous sum of $300,000,000 yearly, an other truck-operating efficiency test has been decided on. It begins on February 1 of this year and ends January 31, 1920, a period of one year, including every possible weather con dition. Packard trucks are eligible and cash awards of $17,640 are of fered drivers, shipping clerks and ac countants. "In the first test," says R. B. Chamberlain, manager of freight transportation department, "the results showed that the three men who Wave most to do with the successful opera tion of a truck are the driver, tbe accountant or bookkeeper and shippinir clerk. So In this new test tbe awards are going to these men. Packard truck owners will profit by saving real money through more economical opera tion and hauling efficiency. "The one rigid requirement of this new test is that all operating, main tenace, cost and load data be sub mitted on forms of the National stand ard truck cost system, as in the first test. The use of this system 'has shown Packard owners, who used it properly, exactly what they were get ting out of their trucks in the way of work and how much It costs to do that work. As a general rule, they learned that their trucks were not being given all tbe work they were capable of doing. Some found, too, that their trucks were carrying large overloada "The Packard owner starts this test with the basic principles developed by the Packard organization of i r.-importation specialists. He has an entire year to apply these principles to his individual business. "We know that it is possible for him to materially reduce gasoline consumption, to save several hundred dollars yearly in hauling expense and to increase hauling efficiency to a very great extent by applying modern busi ness methods to loading and routing. Every Packard owner should enter his truck in this test. The local Packard dealer will gladly give him all the information needed." Kntrants are divided into seven classes. All six-ton trucks are In dl vision" A: five-ton, division B; four ton, Division C; three-ton. division D two ton, division 12; ton and a half division F; one-ton, division G. There are 15 awards in each class. Driver's first award in each class la $500: ac countant's, $125: shipping clerk's, Oil LcHkM Escape Notice. On certain makes of engines a broken valve cover plate stud will cause a leakage of oil that may escape atten tion for a long time. In cases where the valve mechanism is oiled by spray from the crank case the gasketed valve cover plates prevent oil leakage while the engine is running. But if one of the studs breaks or a wing nut becomes loose, the cover plate also loosens and the oil works Its way out. AUTO BIG HELP IN BUSINESS Ilupmobile Owner Calls It Greatest Modern Invention. A Hupmobile enthusiast declares that the automobile now is almost univer sally recognized as one of the sreatest forces in businesa "In business and social activities we might dispense with the railroads." writes this man, "If we were permitted to retain the greatest modern inven tion tbe automobile We can transport passengers and merchandise with It. and by Its use we Ret so busy we have; hardly time to read. "There was a time when people thought the railroad train would work devastation to the horse-raiser and leg islation was sought to curb its activi ties. There was a time when a mes senger boy had to carry a message and the telephone was a toy. There was a time when people did their reading by firelight. Outside of interest on money, perhaps the most beneficial invention was the wheel, the application of which to Industry has made almost every thing possible to Inventive genius. "It was not so very long ago that peo ple laughed at the Idea of the horseless conveyance. That was because the ne cessity for rapid overland conveyance had not arisen. The perfection of the automobile baa created the necessity." WIRES PRESERVED BY GREASE Coat Portecle Copper in Batteries Prom Corrosion . The inside of copper wire of the sort used for battery connections frequent ly corrodes until It is completely eaten through, when it parts and a short cir cuit results. This trouble Is caused by the sulphuric acid gas In the cells, ac centuated by the damp air about the battery. If the wires are coated at and around tbe terminals with cup grease Are You the Man? One of our clients wants to make a connection with a High-Class Specialty Repre sentative to handle well Advertised Automobile Ac cessory to the trade in this territory. 1fi replying state lines now handled, territory covered and organization, if any. Quick action desired. Power, Alexander & Jenkins Compan l.rneral AdverlUinc Madlaoa Bids.. Detroit, Mich. tho copper will bo effectually protect ed from the acid fumes. Causo of Short Circuits. Klectrlo cables that run on sharp edKes of the battery box or other places will soon wear through the insulation from vibration of the car and a short circuit will occur that may be hard to find. Such parts of the wire should be well provided with adhesive tape and should also be frequently inspected. Don't fail to tighten up spring ellp nuts at end of 100 or 1000 miles. A motorist is supposed to cross inter sections at half 5peei. ML9SfTi Net Profits If you want your motor truck to show a clean profit at the end of each period, with out costly deductions for repairs and lay ups Buy the truck that combines highest en gineering skill with the very best units that have ever gone into a single motor truck. Compare the Atterbury design and speci fications with any truck you know, and you will see the reason for yourself. Compare the Specifications Atterbury Truck Sales Co. TRUCK SPECIALISTS Distributors of Oregon. Southern Washington, Western Idaho and Northern California 343 OAK STREET, PORTLAND Phone Broadway 354 attISb URY i 4