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THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN, rORTLAM), 3IARCII 9, 1919,
EON COMPANY
WHS HIGH POSITION
Concern Lands Among Lead
ers in 18 Months' Time.
SEATTLE BRANCH ACTIVE
Anniversary Model Declared Orig
inal and Different With Excel
lent Record for Service.
Despite the fact that only a year and
a half has elapsed since the coming
or the Apperson Motor Car company
to the northwest, to G. F. Horn, pres
ident of that firm as well as a member
of the Kimball-Horn Motor company
of Seattle, belongs the credit of having
placed the Apperson Motor Car com
pany far up in the ranks of automobile
merchandising concerns of the Pacific
coast.
Mr. Horn, who is the second oldest
field distributor for the Apperson
Bros. Automobile company, came to
the northwest in 1917, after nine years
as the Salt Lake distributor of Appor
tion cars, lie entered into practically
a new field at a time when many felt
that hard times were ahead. Through
his shrewd optimism and never-ceasing
efforts, and because the Apperson
Eight" is a car of actual performance,
the ultimate success of the concern has
never been in doubt.
That the local concern under Mr.
Horn's management should have suc
ceeded in overcoming the many diffi'
oulties with which it was beset and
that it should today rank as one of the
leading motor car distributors of the
northwest is in itself proof of the busi
ness foresight of the dealer.
Car Given High Ratln.
"The success cf the Apperson eight
throughout the northwest has been a.1-
most phenomenal," says Mr. Horn, "and
with the advent of the famous Anni
versary Apperson the motoring world
taw before its eyes something new
(something original and different the
acme of ouality, together with mag'
nificence and grandeur of design, finish
and equipment. The Apperson is re
markable in performance and un
equaled in comfort, luxury and dur
ability. Looking backward at the suc
cess of the Apperson, we cannot over
look the price consideration, the all
American item of dollars and cents.
The Apperson is not a car in which the
price is an important or dominating
feature. However, one may, even in
consideration of the finest, observe the
tact that the price is moderate. Mod
erate price, together with satisfactory
belling arrangements, has placed the
Apperson within reach of the average
man.
"Consistent and aggressive advertis
ing has awakened the public to the
opportunity afforded it, and business
during the past months has increased in
leaps and bounds. The result has been
the enlarging of the local sales force
and show rooms as well as the expan
fcion of the organization of Apperson
uealers and a general increasing of
facilities to care for the increasing de
mand. Apperson cars are being shipped
to and distributed throughout the
northwest in greater numbers than it
was at one time thought possible. At
present the commodious warehouse of
the Apperson eight distributors at Fort
land is sufficiently stocked with all
models of the Apperson line to supply
any reasonable demand of the coming
season.
Show Room ' Among But.
"In line with the expansion policy
of the concern, the Seattle branch,
known locally as the Kimball-Horn
Motor company, has opened with en
couraging results. So aggressive has
been the business in that city that the
retail sales .force at Portland has had
to exert itself to the utmost in order
to keep pace with the sales campaigns
of the sister establishment. V. L.
lCuriball, president of the Seattle
branch, who was a recent visitor in
Portland, states that he has no doubt
that with the adjustment of economic
conditions in Seattle, together with the
certain prosperity the coming year will
bring, the northern city will show de
velopment in business far in excess of
all expectations. The show rooms of
the Kimball-Horn Motor company are
conceded to be among the finest on the
I'acific coast."
A feature of the Portland automobile
chow was the showing made by the
Apperson eight models.
The Apperson Motor Car company
looks forward to the greatest business
rush during the coming season in the
liistory of the automobile industry.
E. W. Simmon, 214 Graham. Pals.
Mr. L. F. McNeil. 333 North Twenty-
third. Studebak-r.
Sum Moser, Oregon City, Willy Overland.
Fred Nowotnty, 170 Eleventh. Dodge.
Coast Stfil & MuhinArv comnanv. Kn
First. Dodge.
wiiuarn take. 628 vista. Dodge.
Mrs. s. C. IS. Smith. 1105 Cast Davis-
Chevrolet.
O. L. Markham. 19414 Thirteenth. Chev
rolet.
J. D. Guias. Rosa Friend anartment.
Chevrolet..
C. P. Curry. 1605 Alblna, Dodge.
C. M. Rodiurs. 443 East Eighteenth North-
Essex.
R. B. Stolzel, Waluga, Ford.
Alfred Herslg, 27S Clay, Ford,
H. B. underwood. t308 Fifty-Second
Southeast, Ford.
Albers Bros. Milling company. Portland-
Hupmobile.
R. H. Uolmaback, Tualatin, Maxwe'.U
R. E. Lacey. 1 Minnesota. Maxwell.
Henry Jennings, 6 Washington, Bulck.
A. J., Boughner, Nortonia hotel, Buick.
J. W. Vogan, 1165 Thurman, Chandler.
Laura B. Dillon, 392 Davis. Chevrolet.
Myra E. Pea-lee. 2tio East Twenty-seventh
North, Chevrolet.
Columbia Awning- & Shade comcanv. 1SS
Second, Dodge.
w. C. Kerron, 823 Kerby, Dodge.
August Marin. S24 Sixty-third. Southeast-
Dodge.
c. Q. Hambo. 215 First, Essex.
Txi-State Terminal company. Fourth and
Couch, Ford.
A. W. Mayer. 260 East Fortieth, Ford.
L. B. Alexander, 803 East Yamhill, Grant.
Albers Bros. Milling company. Albers
docks, Hupmoblle.
H. A. Tucker. Chesterburv hotel. Maivell.
Mrs. R. W. Stubbs. llt!9 Thurman. Olds-
mobile.
SHOCK STRIP HAILED
AS TIDE INNOVATION
Racine Rubber Company Has
New Invention.
EXHAUSTIVE TESTS MADE
Eleven Hundred, and Eighteen Ex
periments Result in Perfeo
' tion of New Service.
Engineers are credited with the crea
tion of the modern automobile due to
their remarkable development of the
internal combustion engine and the ad
vancement in chassis construction.
Chemists have been left to the undis-
came tributes from dealers and much
favorable comment from car owners
themselves, who bad put the Racine
strip to the test."
ACASON TRUCKS SENT ABROAD
Belgium, England and Mexico Are
Among Vehicle Purchasers.
DETROIT, March 8. Indications of
the activity of the American truck man
ufacturers in the foreign field are Be
ginning: to manifest themselves. Thus
far the manufacturers have been quite
cautious in announcing what they have
been doing in the foreign - fields, but
it Is known that a large number of or-
Mers are being placed.
II. A- Conlon, vice-president of the
Acason Motor Truck company, has just
announced the result of a test of six
trucks between Paris and Llllo in
which an Acason was the victor, be
ing the only one to travel this terribly
devastated country over what are
termed indescribable roads, and reach
Its destination.
Further activities of the Acasion
company abroad comes in the form of
a cable from Antwerp, Belgium, which
ordered seven 3Vi-ton and 5-ton Aca
son trucks to be shipped immediately
to be us-id in reconstruction work in
this stricken country.
The London, England, distributors
for Acason also report much activity
and sen-1 along a government report
SILVERT0N MAN BUYS JORDAN SUBURBAN SEVEN AT AUTOMOBILE SHOW.
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Early In the week: of the show W. J. Raberty alsraed ns with, Ed Oatendorf for tbla Jordaa, exhibited by the Mitchell,
Lewis & Staves company at the Hippodrome, Mr. liaberly was) oa band the day after the ahow closed to take
possession.
66 Flanders, Oldsme-
Over-
Milton Wurzweilar.
bile.
J. P. Carney, 264 East Forty-ninth,
land.
I,. J. Hodg-ltlnson. SS5 Williams, Overland.
Kred Palsky, Sheridan, apartments, Paige.
W. G. Manning. 745 Clackamas, Paige.
J. F. Booth, 687 East Twenty-second.
Ch aimer.
K. P! Viffars, 6T2 jocust, Chevrolet.
EUz P. Hill, 503 Highland. Dodge.
V. L. Plummer. East Forty-seventh
North, Elein.
J. C. Dennis. 640 East sixty-tutu r.ortn,
Elgin.
M on ta villa Service station, 2049 East Etaxk
street. Ford.
II. Biggs & B. Sharer, Benson hotel. Ford.
M. Weiser, 825 Vt Alberta, Hudron.
A. J. Stewart. BSO East Twenty-third
North. Hudson.
J. M. Johnson, Second and Taylor, Hup
moblle.
Ralph H. Jenfelne, Beaverton, Mooti.
Kwane Low, 4O0 Morrison, Oldsmobila.
G. U. Gade, SOo East Thirty-fifth, Over
land.
It. V. Jones Jr., 1232 East Burnslde, over
land.
R. W. Fullerton, 1349 Wisteria, Overiand.
Unlon Oil company, Yeon buildine. Reo.
A. Aronson, 692 East Broadway, Reo.
W. a. Klrkpatrick, Altonia apartments.
Studebaker.
John Kerr, 621 Teon Bulidlnr, vena.
Mrs. Gertrude Kurn, Portland, Wlnton.
WALLINGFORD PLAYS HOST
MEMBERS OP HIS ORGANIZA
TION ENJOY BANQUET.
Company Grows From Small Con
cern to One ot Largest In Port
land In Two Tears Time.
New Car Owners in County.
Temporary police license were is
sued in Portland last week to the fol
lowing buyers of latest model motor
cars, pending arrival of the official
btate licenses from Salem. This list is
compiled by M. O. W'ilkins, publisher
of the Automobile Record:
Jerome S. Mann, Linnton. Bulck.
Meyer Simon. 372 Northrup, Cadillac.
J. W. Smithers, city, Cadillac.
Mrs. Frank Dawdy, 10:i6 Garfield, Chev
rolet.
Joseph Hogara, Linnton, Chevrolet,
i K.- R. Nllew. Morris hotel. Dodge,
i I. N. Fleischner, 07 Ash, Dodge.
Hirtch-Weis Manutacturins company,
Front and Burnslde, r ord.
Fearey Brothers, Inc., 808 Dekum. Ford.
Goodyear Tire & Rubber company, 104
Fourteenth street rsorth. Ford,
H, Jennings & Sons, Fifth and Washing
ton." Franklin.
. M.- It. Bronhurve, 550 Fourth, Hupmoblle.
Faye Agnew, 5ul East Seventeenth, Hup
moblle.
Harry Mautle, Parkhurst apartments. Lib
erty.
Acton Seller, 8 East Sixtieth. Maxwell.
J. A. Ockwis, 28 May apartments. Max
well.
jl. E. Jenkins. 063 Frocrt. Oakland.
U. E. Sanderson, 253 East Seventeenth,
VcUe.
Karl Beeson, 085 East 15th street North.
ISrlsoe.
oodyear Tire & Rubber company, 104 14th
strttt Isorth. t ord.
r R. West. Dill apartments. Ford.
t-uiu M. Taylor, 54U East Ankeny, Hupmo-
Paal Klmmel. 12C0 Belmont, Oldsmoblle.
lnry Rothchild. 1201 East Pine, Velle.
G. M. Gallagh, 100ft Thorman, Cadillac.
M. M. Merriam, 1213 East Madison. Chal
mers.
Mrs. Margaret Turney, 1033 Hawthorne,
ujlfe-vroiei.
Gi-oree Eldridse, 406 Korth Twenty
alxtn. Chevrolet.
inna M. Davis, 6S6 East Forty-fifth
Korth, Chevrolet.
Sarah Horettstein, 33 Korth Second, Chev-
L. Wylde, care Marshall Wells, Chev
rore.
tXulen Murray, 333 East Seventh, Chev
roi-t.
AT. C. Jackson, C7T East Tenth North,
jjouse.
TV. J. McClune, 426'4 Jefferson. Dodge.
Alice L. Underwood, 455 East Thirtieth,
Cofee.
irace R. Irwin, 632 Tillamook. Dodge.
Geortre TV. Durke. 53CV Commercial
court, lord.
Charles Kegel. 447 Vi East Couch north,
Foi-4.
7S, Anthony, Mllwaukie, Route No. 2, Ford.
Ht. H. Rich. uiS Miller, f ord.
J; M. Krlckson, 6013 Forty-eighth street
Southeast, l-ord.
Jrank N. Fuller. 317 North Smith, Ford.
3-i. T. Hull. Hood River. Haynes.
W. J. Cooley. 175 East Sixty-second Korth,
Jlaxwell.
.T. A. Cobb. Ore.eon City. Maxwell.
Tie Hudson & Gram Company, 73 Front,
Twenty-one members of the W. H.
Wallineford company's organization
were guests of TV. H. TVallingford, head
of the concern, Monday evening at a
dinner at the Imperial hotel. A. 31.
Beaver, sales manager, presided as
toastmaster. He declared that the
spirit of unity which had ruled' since
the company was organized had re
sulted in the concern taking its place
among the leading autotnoDiie concerns
in Portland.
Other similar gatherings will be held
frequently to allow an exchange of
ideas among the employes, according to
Mr. TVallingford.
Reports from the territory men Mon
day evening agreed in that a large
volume of business is assured for 1919.
They pointed to the heavy sales which
already have been recorded this year
and said that the selling really had
just begun.
Two years ago the TVallingford com
pany's sales force consisted of only
two men and today there are more than
0 persons connected with the organ
ization.
Mr. TVallingford began, business with
one passenger car line, but now dis
tributes the Liberty, Premier, Briscoe
and Stanley steamer passenger cars.
Parker trucks and Ilood and Parrett
tractors.
puted claim of having made possible
the present pneumatic tire, which car
ries out in fact what was once regard
ed as a dangerous experiment, "rid
ing on air."
"The latest advance in tire construc
tion is that announced by the labora
tories of the Racine Rubber company in
the perfection and adoption of what Is
called an absorbing shock strip." says
C. F. Wright of Ballou & Wright. "For
the present this Innovation is being
used in the construction of cord tires
by the Racine Rubber company. It is
described as an extra strip of rubber,
specially compounded to a graduated
degree of resiliency. Through this
graduated strip the tough rubber tread
and the resilient cord carcass are weld
ed together into a rugged, wear-resisting
whole.
"Cord tire manufacturers have long
been seeking an effective safeguard
against the danger of tread and carcass
separation. This absorbing shock strip
has been hailed as a solution to this
problem because it permits of a 'neutral
zone' where the jolts and jars of the
road are taken up in order that the
millions of tiny cords impregnated with
rubber may not be disturbed by the
violence of road bumps.
Strip la Service Two Tears.
"This absorbing shock strip has been
put through the tests of two years of
service, and has come through standing
up. Authorities agree that this achieve
ment marks the greatest advancement
tn automobile tire construction since
the introduction of the cord tire."
Louis T. Vance, vice-president of the
Racine Rubber company, and recog
nized as one of the greatest technical
authorities in the tire field, makes this
comment on the absorbing shock strip:
"Since the inception of cord tires. Ra
cine chemists have labored and experi
mented, seeking an effective means of
equalizing road shocks. It is vitally
important to tire life, experts agree.
that the force of each road blow be
distributed equally between tread and
carcass. When the force of the blow
is absorbed almost entirely by the
tread, as has heretofore been the case,
there has been a marked tendency of
the tread to wear loose to separate
from the carcass and this in spite of
the best vulcanizing devices and meth
ods yet discovered. This has been the
common cord tire evil the one fly In
the ointment of cord manufacturers
generally.
Mileage Record Established.
"An so Racine chemists set to work.
Eleven hundred and eighteen separate
tests and experiments were made. Then
came the Racine absorbing shock strip,
just as it is today. That was slightly
more than two years ago, yet no an
nouncement was made.
"Decision was reached to abide by
the mileage record established in actual
service. These records were to be the
final verdict as to the effectlvenss of
the strip.
"In the course of a few months mlle
asre records 'began to come in. Then
on Acason trucks which were used by
tne tngiisn military In France. Thi
report highly commends the Acason
trucks.
. The Msxlcan government has Just
piacea an oraer tor a substantial fleet
of Acason trucks to be used In th
service of the Constitutionalist Express
company.
Announcement:
OAKLAND AWARDS
Sales Agency to
Willamette-Oakland Co.
N. A. Ely J. H. Lemons
344 Burnside, Near Broadway. Telephone Bdwy 82
as sole local distributors for.
, OAKLAND
"Sensible Six"
a car of unusual popularity with price and performance
properly related, with lightness and strength equally balanced
and worthy of the buyer's and seller's honest pride.
Liberal and enterprising policies will dominate the new concern
Service facilities will be ample to consistently support the Oak
land's national reputation and for every need of .Oakland
owners. j
The new concern welcomes opportunity to meet and personally
care for Oakland owners and to acquaint prospective buyers
with the Oakland qualities that have made it a national favor
ite; its exceptional snap and vigor, smoothness, comfort, per
fected construction and exceptional economy.
Acknowledged to be "the right car at the right price" with
freight and war tax included, $1275.
Descriptive literature sent free upon request.
Liberal terms. Used cars taken at full value.
ROAD MEASURE APPROVED
ROY D. CHAPIX PRAISES TOWJf.
SEND HIGHWAY BILL.
Future Improvements Must Develop
Nation's Enormous Latent Re
sources, He Says.
Road building along economic, sci
entific lines, will be given a tremendous
impetus the country over by the pas
sage of the Townsend bill introduced
before congress recently, in the opin
ion of Roy D. Chapln, former chair
man of the highways transport com
mittee of the council of national de
fense, and chairman of the highways
committee of the national automobile
chamber of commerce.
"The United States is on the eve of
a revolutionary epoch in highways
transportation," said Mr. Chapln.
"Hundreds of millions of dollars are
available now for construction through
out the country and scarcely a day
passes that we do not hear of some new
movement looking toward better high
ways. "So rapidly has the movement come
to a head with the effective aid of the
department of labor and other agencies
interested in the assimilation of labor,
that our past methods of procedure
have become antiquated and we are left
face to face with the need of a definite
policy which will assure the taxpayers
of the United States the very best re
sults will be obtained from these expen
ditures. "My experience on the highways
transport committee demonstrated to
my own satisfaction that the future
road building of the country must be
done with an eye to developing the
enormous latent resources of the coun
try, which means scientific location
coupled with scientific construction to I
meet the needs of new traffic Further
than that, we must recognise tne xaci
that state lines are political, not physi
cal, and accordingly we must link up
state highways, one with the other, Into
an effective whole.
The Townsend bill provides a sure
means for such a program and It is safe
to say that all who understand the im
portance of efficient highways trans
portation will be solidly in favor of its
adoption by Congress at the earliest
possible moment."
ASBESTOS ilXIN'G SCGGESTED
Washing Hood of Car While Hot
' Causes Dullness.
Many car owners have had the expe
rience of having the finish of the hoods
of their new cars suddenly become dull
while the rest of the car Is still glitter
ing In Us newness. When the hood fin
ish once gets dull it is almost impossi
ble to brinar back the shine without re-
flnlshing it. The dullness comes, of
course, from the engine heat. Some
owners make the mistake of washing
the hood while it is hot. and that in
creases the dull effect. About the only
way of eliminating this condition Is to
line the hood with sheet asbestos, which
is comparatively cheap. The work Is
not difficult and can be carried out by
the owner himself.
1
A leather washer placed beneath a
metal washer not only tends to stop
rattling but gives a certain compression
that often saves a bolt from being
stripped of its threads.
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TIRES
Standard Makes
28x3 N'on-Skld $11. 40
30x3 Plain 11.50
30x3 Non-Skld 12.00
30x3 Plain t 12.85
30x3 Non-Skld 1SS.SO
32x3 Non-Skid 1T.Z5
34x3 '.i Non-Skid 20.S0
31x4 Non-Skid 20.90
32x1 Non-Skid 22.00
33x4 Non-Skld 23.95
34x4 Non-Skld 24.75
36x4 Non-Skld 28.00
34x4 Non-Skld 30.50
35x4 Non-Skid 31.90
36x4 Non-Skld 3-4 .50
37x4, Non-Skid 37.50
37x5 Non-Skld 40.50
35x5 Cords 62.00
The above are new tires direct from
the factory. Kst retreads or made
over.
Good shipped C. O. D. express or
parcel post.
Money refunded on goods returned
intact within 10 days.
Malcom Tire Co.
82 X.
Or.
Broadway. Portlaad.
Distributors for
Automobile Tire Cow Inc.
Oldest Tire Jobbers in the U. S.
Largest in the World.
Branches in all Principal Cities.
REPUBLIC
TRUCKS
Will not be orphaned.
Many trucks now sold in Portland will be
orphaned in the next few months.
Buy your truck from us, where you can
count on
Continuous Service
Roberts Motor Car Co., Inc.
Park and Everett Sts.
AUTO DIRECTORY
offers more of "what you actually need and want in
LwmmI.I.m an automobile."
rrSillUlll BRALY AUTO CO.
AaaVJ.A Ma; 4g8n, A 3S8L, 19th and Washington Sta.
HOLMES A.E-D
McNeff Tractor & Auto Co.
ZSS Plttock Blk.
Portland, Orr srom
MINUTE MAN SIX
Brunn Motor Car Co.,
444-46 Stark St.
Phones: Broadway 2953, A 29SS
SIXES
New Light Six, $1250 Factory
Mitchell. Seven-Passenger, $1525, Factory
MITCHELL. LEWIS & STAVER CO.
Broadway at Oak
Atterbury
Truck
WITHOUT A SUPERIOR
Hi, 2, 3!'j and 5-Ton Capacities
ATTERBURY TRUCK SALES CO.
"Truck Specialists"
334 Oak St, Portland
AUTO ACCESSORIES AND PARTS
ARCHER & WIGGINS
Distributors of
AUTOMOTIVE ACCESSORIES
lxk Street et Bk
( oil a)
oatteraes
xioe
are built by the originators of the automobile-starting
battery, who are the oldest
and largest builders of storage batteries
in the world an undisputed fact.
This is of vital importance to you if you
want the best.
OUR GUARANTEE IS SATISFACTION
The Storage Battery Co,
34S-350 Couch St.
See our ad in all National Weekly, papers,
r
STORAGE
BATTERY CO.
Broadway and Glisan Phone Bdwy. 546
The only battery with a definite guarantee.
All makes of batteries charged and repaired.
David Hodes Co.
N. Broadway and Flanders.
AUTOMOBILE GEARS.
PARTS AND ACCESSORIES AT
REDUCED PRICES
ENGINES A SPECIALTY
DELCO STATION
We Stand Back of Every Job
We Stock Parts for All Delco
Equipped Cars
R. W. LEE, 6th AND BURNSIDE
At Auto Electric Equip. Co.
HEB AUTO SPPJT.G COL
-JLa
10,000 Springs Carried in Stock
Let Us Repair Your Springs
W here You Get Service
15TH AND COUCH STREETS
SroS
Gibson Electric Garage
& Storage Battery Co.
Distributers
i;th end Alder Sts.
Broadway tUI
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