The Sunday Oregonian., July 13, 1919, SECTION FIVE, Page 7, Image 71

TTTE STTXDAY OREGOXIAX, PORTLAim, JULY 13, 1919.
IBMIf TRUCK TBI
mast Insist on regular Inspection, says
EE
' an eastern expert.
"When nerlected. batteries lose ca
pacity which means that the battery
will not operate the starter as well or
SEES FUTURE AUTO
light the lamps as Ions;, following;
are some troubles which result from
neglect: Low gravity of the electro
lyte sulphatlon; pores of separator filled
with active material from bulged
plates; shedding of active material
from plates. Low gravity may be
caused by replacing with water elec
Carrvan Heaviest War Truck
William B. Stout Tells Valua
trolyte which has either spilled or
Unit Ever Assembled.
leaked out of the battery Jar.
ble Lessons From War.
FKAXCE LIFTS CAR EMBARGO
j
CAPACITY LOADS CARRIED
Con to r of Motor Lorries on Run to
Demonstrate the Value of Good
Roads In War and Peace.
BT FRANK KANE.
TRET5ERICK. Md.. July 12. (Spe
cial.) Into this little town, through
which the wagon trains of Lee's defeat
ed army crawled southward 6 years
aro todax at a pace of a mile an hour
when the creaking; wains held together,
rolled the 0-tnick victory train of the
Cars, Tires and Parts Mar Sow Be
Sent to That Country.
"WASHIXGTOX, July 12. The re
strictions against the Importation of
cars, tires and parts have been lifted
by France and these .commodities now
can be exported from the United States
to that country freely. This informa
tion was received officially by the de
partment of commerce. It is expected
by government officials that Great Brit
ain, as result of France's action, will
remove restrictions soon and allow
cars to be Imported from the United
States.
Information also received by the de
partment of commerce provides for a
new ad valorem surtax, based on c i, f.,
or landed values at French customs
houses. Twenty per cent ad valorem
is the extreme limit of the surtax nn-
900-POUND CAR IS COMING
It Should Be Ea.y Rider, Make 40
Miles Per Gallon, and Use
AVood In Construction.
What Is your conception of the car I
of the future;
Here is what William B. Stout, con
sulting engineer, thinks about It as he
told the members of the bociety oi
Automotive Engineers:
He who would be a prophet is always
CANTON COED TIRES ALL AROUND ON THIS NEW WHITE TRUCK FOR COLUMBIA RIVER HIGH
WAY BUS SERVICE.
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t ITS THE S1TH "WHITE TRICK IX THE BITS FLEET OF FRANK SHEPARD.
Frank Shmard who oneratea sa ssenger busses all around these parts, believes in following up a good thing.
Consequently, when he bought a new 2 '-passenger bus for Columbia River Highway service the other day his se
lection was a two-ton double reduction gear White, witn special s norse power motor. Tin otner vvnues in nis
service are -ton models. Having som e knowledge of tires from long experience with them, he selected Canton
cords for equipment throughout. Thr ough Frank Hawley of the Pacific Tire & Rubber company he purchased
eight big JTxi Canton cords as a starter. This included dual tire equipment on both rear wheels and two spares.
MORE ABOUT PRICES
In purchasing motor trucks, every
one is entitled to roll dollar for
dollar value, the same as when
buying; any other merchandise.
It is unfair on the part of the seller
to over-price an article and it is
equally as unfair on the part of the
purchaser to seek to -underpay.
Applying"this principle to the pur
chase of a motor truck these deduc
tions must be given consideration:
The 2-2y2-ton model MACK
track is lower in price than any
of the other high-grade tracks to
which it can be compared.
It ulso is lower in price than
most of the assembled trucks of
the same ratine.
The MACK is -manufactured -product
throughout, built by the
largest exclusive builders of
heavy duty tracks- in, the United
States.
Back of every MACK truck
are the best engineering prin
ciples known to the industry.
Materials that enter into MACK
construction are unexcelled.
It follows from these facts that
a MACK truck is tfie best possi
ble dollar for dollar investment
that can be made.
Sizes 1 to 7VZ tons
International Mack Corp.
Tenth and Davis Sts. Phone Broadway 691
mm
TTntte J Ft at ea motor transport corp-a
n the first leg of Its ocean -to-ooean
ran. The great carriers made 13 miles
an hour easily from Washington to
Frederick over ilaryland's unexcelled
fetich ways.
rueav.njr the nation's capita on the
trip, which la Intended as a demonstra
tion of the military and peace-time
values of good roads and the range of
the motor truck as a carrier, the train
was sped on its way with the best
wishes of Secretary of War tiaker. Gen
eral Pevton C. Marvn. chief of staff, and
Brlgadler-trenera C. B. Drake. In
charge of motor transport.
Fackar-aa ta Caavey.
The caravan is the heaviest war trurk
unit ever assembled. Not even th
truck trains ortranised for the Araerl
can army In France at the height
operation la-at year equalling It. It Is
manned by .09 regular enlisted men
of the motor transport corps and ntn
officer, commanded by Colonel C. W
McClure, who has recently returned
Jrom 13 months' campaigning overseas
as en Infantry officer In the ail-Amer
lean division.
There are Co trucks In the train. In
eluding practically all the types of car
Tier used by the army.
Among them are three llght-dut
rackards representing the lO.ootf Tack
. ards that served on all the allied fight
ng fronts during the war. Th drivers
are picked men who have enlisted to
from one to three years service. Mo
of the officers served overseas. Each of
the trucks carries a full capacity load.
and the train as a whole Is selx-sus
taming. Including motorixed repair
units, cook trurk a, baggage and bed
rting trucks. The men will cook their
own meal and sleep In their trucks by
Uie roadside at night.
fflgh way Vlalea Realise.
Colonel McCl'ire received Just before
tarting a message of greeting from
lieutenant-Colonel Henry B. Joy, who
conceived the idea of the Unco In high-
war and was one of its founders:
"The sending of the convoy of motor
trucks by the motor transport corps to
the Pacific coat via the Lincoln high
way Is the realisation of the vision of
the highway founder.' said Colonel Joy
The commercial and military needs of
such a main artery highway were par
amount In the minds of lta originators.
Commerce has been using the Lincoln
highway for several years throughout
Its length. The army ued the eastern
third of it extensively during the war.
transporting overland under their own
power thousands of trucks from mid
die-western factories to seaboard load
ing points and carrying; thousands of
tons of munitions.
am very proud of the connection 1
and my company had with the Inception
of the Lincoln highway idea. For sev
eral years prior to 1913. the year the
iJncoln route was established. I sent
all experimental nvtor car testing trips
Tor the Packard company westward In
search of the best route to the Pacific
Hmm4 aeltloaa fttadftea.
"T drove various routes myself and
studied the general topography. The
final location of the highway became a
matter of the simplest derision, logi
cally forcing Itself by the accumulated
data as to its feasibility.
Tour truck train run should be an
object lessen which will Irad to the
wise location of other main artery
routes and the building of them as fast
as the ways and means can' be provid
ed. The needs of agriculture and in
dustry require It, and Fast ' but not
least, the military needs.
The engineers attached 'to th'e train
are making a study of atmospheric,
read and hauling conditions and will
report their data to th war depart
ment at the end of the trip. The motor
transport corps Is campaigning at the
end of the trip. The motor transport
corps la campaigning en route for re
cruits, emphasising the value of its
training schools.
Oettyaburg was the second stop en
route.
DOXT NEGLECT THE BATTERY
Owner Should Inxit on Rcg-nrar In
spections, Say Eastern Expert.
"If the motor car owner expects his;
Katterista ta have aa much munch at th 1
der the minimum and 40 "per cent ad
valorem under the general tariff. The
amount of surtax to be applied to
pamphlets could not be learned here,
but It Is anticipated that, regardless
of the tax. cars will be ordered in great
quantities.
JORDAN EMPLOYES PB0F1T
COMPANY GIVES PREMIUMS OF
10 TO 1 5 PER CENT.
Workmen for Auto Company Benefit
According to Length, of
Their Service.
Tha Jordan Motor Car company of
Cleveland has lust distributed 125.004
in premiums to its ' employes. This
distribution is in fulfillment of an ar
rans;ement announced January 1 by
Edward S. Jordan, president of the
company, in consideration of efforts
to Improve and increase production.
All employes In Jordan service two
years or more received a premium of
15 per cent on their previous years
compensation. They are designated as
the "blue ribbon employes.
Those who have served the organ
isation one year but less than two
are designated the "irreen ribbon cm
pioyes." They earned 13 per cent.
Other Jordan employes whose term
of service has been less than one year
are in the "white ribbon class and
received 10 per cent.
The Jordan company began business
less than three years ago. and a ma
Jority of its original personnel are still
with the organization. The distribu
tion of premiums Is the latest evidence
of their marked success. The com
pany recently doubled its capitalization
and declared a stock dividend of SO
per cent. Five hundred Jordan em
pioyes witnessed the presentation of
the premiums, which was made at the
annual Jordan picnic at Willough
beach. Cleveland.
"Iearn more and you will produce
more. Produce more and you will earn
more." Is the slogan kept constantly
before every Jordan employe.
It frequently comes In handy to know
that a little bottle of kerosene and
glycerin mixed In equal parts will clear
the windshield of rain drops and give
clear vision ahead. This compound op-
rates to spread the rain drops In a
hln. even sheet all over the surface
nstead of lrttinr it stand In globules.
at a diiuu?VAntaa:e through the wide de-
vergence between what man might do
If he would and what he actually does.
This same divergence exists when one
would forecast the future motor car.
There are so many things that might
be done with motor-car design, most of
which probably will not be done for
other than pure engineering reasons,
that a correct forecast is impossible.
I purpose to outline, therefore, only
a vision or what is possible today in the
motor car.
With what we have learned during
the war it should now be possible to
build a five-passenger closed car of
present-day standard of performance
with a weight of about 900 pounds.
40 Miles to the Gallon.
This car should give 30 to 40 miles on
a gallon of fuel and 10,000 to 15,000
miles on a set of tires.
In riding ease it should surpass any
thing in heavy-weight construction. In
cost it should be built for no more
money than cars of today, of equal pas
senger capacity and performance.
The care required to keep the car in
shape should be far less than in pres
ent construction and all parts could be
oiled from the engine.
Freedom from noine and rattles would
be a feature, and the life of the car
in proportion to its price much in
creased.
Engines as well can undergo a real
revolution, not only In performance but
In design. It is even probable that we
shall see a movement toward air cool'
ing, as It is now possible to build air-
cooled engines with a mean effective
pressure as high as the best motor-car
engines and cool them under motor-car
conditions.
The greater part of the engineering
lessons learned which can make these
things possible have come through de
velopment of the airplane.
Much Learned From Airplane.
War production of planes taught us
one new thing at least. We for the
first time found what wood was and
how' to use It, both for strength and
for production.
We found that wood, combined with
the new waterproof glues into multiple
units, was a dependable basis of struc
ture under all weather conditions and
under severe vibrations and stresses.
We found that we could mold it, press
It, cut it, form it in a real production
way, and obtain structures with a frac
tion of the weight for the same
strength that was possible with steel.
A five-passfenger body on a moderate
wheelbase car, without glass, need not
weigh over 200 pounds, and still be a
more permanent structure than a steel-
wood combination.
A car of 900-pound weight and this I
would mean a revision of some of our I
suspension Ideas to entirely new fun
damentals would need but a good 15-
horse-power engine and other parts In
proportion.
Thread Cleaner.
Every car owner who cares for his I
own vehicle has had more or less trou
ble with grit and other foreign matter I
getting -into the threads of bolts or in I
the tapped noles about the chassis. It I
is hard to dislodge this dirt, except by
a special thread cleaner of some kind.
By taking a fairly stiff piece of wire I
and bending nearly double and then I
bending the two ends at right angles I
to the body of the device and filing I
these ends to fit the threads of the
screw a very efficient little cleaner Is
produced.
Plus Mileage
Adjustment for
Diamonds
Don't let axles or rims become bent.
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Don't Wash
Your Car, but Hare It
Simonized
Portland's only authorized
Simonizing Station.
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Oregon Distributors for
Simons Products
A- G. PEARD
M. A. WURZWEILER
Owners Managers
THE
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175 21st Street
Next to Covey Motor Co.
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List of buyers that know values:
Warren Construction Co..... 7
B.&O.T.C0 3
Dennis Construction Co .3
Foster & Kleiser 5
Willamette Valley Trans. Co 1
Oregon Milk Producers 1
Riverriew Dairy Farm. . . . : 1
Edelweiss Dairy 1
Overlook Dairy ... 1
Albert Schulz .-. 1
Wm. E. Scott 1
Jack Eatch ; 1
Vancouver Ice Co 1
F. L. Evans... .1
W. Ray...... 1
J. E. Reilly 1
J. B. Mitchell........ 1
Robert Hunsaker 1
George Hoyt ....1
Marshall-Wells Co.
Wadhams & Co
Haseltine & Co
Pacific Tel. & Tel. Co.
Young & Northrup ,
. McCoy & Dietrich
C M. Foster
G. Cherigino 1
A. Turtorice 1
S. Saratari 1
T. W. Riebhoff 1
M. T. Wright 1
R. R. Neassey 1
Jersey Creamery
Philip Carter 1
J. Okabo . . . . , .1
Halfway Mercantile Co 1
R. Morris 1
Saunders Bros 1
J as. A. Warren '. ... 1
Roberts Motor Gar Co., Inc.
303 Main St Vancouver, Wash
Park and Everett Sts Portland, Or.
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Because
It's In Them
Fabrics 6,000 Miles
Cords 8,000 Miles
QJHOW the striking fig
ures of our new adjust
ment mileage - fabrics
6)00 miles; cords 8,000 to
anyoM-time-Diamond user.
And hell tell you Diamond
adjustment mileage repre
sents only the minimum
. of what Diamonds actually
do with fair and square
driving.
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Adjustment mileage back
of Diamond Tires always
stands for greater mileage
ahead of them.
,x NOTE. The ne adjustment ap
plies to all Diamond Tires in use
or in dealer's hands.
ARCHER & WIGGINS
Distributors
Sixth at Oak
PORTLAND
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SQUEEGEE TREAD
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Marshall 3982 A 7901
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