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Newspaper Page TextTHE SUXDAT OEEGOyiAN, POETLAXD, JULY" 13." 1919. GARY TRUCK HAULS GRAVEL FOR WARREN CONSTRUCTION COMPANY. iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiMiiiiiiiiim Los Angeles Studebaker Deal er Springs Innovation. 3fi iilKEfe OLD "STUNTS" LAID ASID 10 HERE'S METHOD FOR SELLING AUTOS X In Place of SpecUcolar Demonstra lion. He Lets Prospect Drive and Sell Himself. "Let is rive too a demonstration has been the closing appeal to many an automobile advertisement tor many a . jrir. Demonstrations have been wun us since motor cars burned up tne road at eight and ten miles an hour. They have varied in form and unlquenesi ' hut the demonstration has always been looked unon as one sure-fire way to convince a prospect of a motor car's abilitv to do thinas. As the motor car developed, so did the. demonstrative stunts. If an "Ump leump Six" performed one miraculous feat, the rival "Whooslslf made des Derate efforts to outdo it. In lxm An sreles. where the motor industry from the beginning; has been marked wun unusual resourcefulness, have been written some of the most thrilling chapters In the whole history of dem onstrations. And demonstrating: In the old days consisted of everything from Hypnotism to kidnaping. One of the first of the sensations was climbing the courthouse steps. In those ays this was a genuine feat. It is be ing done now In some communities and till gets Its "stickful" in the local BaDers. Most newspaper men pass it up now. however, as "old stuff." Then came closing the watch lid to prove the surety of control. Whether It ever was convincing Is not recorded, but It Is known that several watches were very badly treated In the process. oaehlag ni rrereat at !-- Grand-avenue hill was the great test for climbing In the early days of Los Angeles motor history. After this was flattened out the thrill seekers dis covered Qulntero street, which for some time was the ultimate In grade testa. Later came Clifford street and Bairda- town hill. The latter was a sticker and It has remained a tough one for most ran because the surfacing became rut ted and weed grown. Kvery town has Its test hills and dealers work them vertimc But good vld stand-bys have lost their terrors. This was proved last week when a salesman In the employ rf Los Angeles Studebaker dealer put a new Studebaker big sis through all the old paces as easily aa coasting along a boulevard. First he "trotted" up the courthouse steps. Then he napped the watch lid shut. Qulntero street was next and offered no objec tions whatever to the big six going ver on high. Following this came the modern dem onstration, the plan which has been adopted with unusual success by Mude bakers Los Angeles distributors. While appearing the easiest, the present-day fctr demanda upon the car than ail the "former sensational stunts. In response to a telephone call the salesman delivered a Studebaker big H I tn A wnman with ilmnla Instructions how to start It. The pros pect, being an experienced motorist, quickly had the control system learned. Then Mr. Salesman bowed away and returned to the salesroom to let the lady do her own demonstrating. Material Dea Owa Drivtag. - -"Our entire efforts are directed to ward getting prospective buyers to strive a new Studebaker and do the In vestigating in their own way," ex plained the salesman. "We believe that the motorist himself best knows what h-e wants a car to do. lie has the full opportunity to put the car through very test with no one to keep talking i ... ,.1 "It is far different than having an expert driver at the wheel making the .ar perrorm like a circus horse. The testa to which a Studebaker are put .are many, and very severe. But how faithfully the car meets them Is proved ny the large number of sales resulting from these self-demonstrations. . "In the first place we have absolute faith In the car. All we want the pros pective buyer to do is to see for him self take no one'a word for it. That certainly should be proof of onr faith." S "- - " rM 1 1 miiarffiasi'i...' ?f JS-.. I- jfi VliU '1 x?Zrr fy? iarVuT iz , -.7$..' m T "-rvw-r --t-v 2 ' I W : " ''sfi- yi''-i - - ---- . "J? " POWER WAGON PATS ITS WAT OJT H IGHTVAT WORK, This J "4-ton Gary truck, owned by W. 8. McLoughlin, Is at work for the Warren Construction companr on Columbia, River highway work near The Dalles. The owner is paid $3.05 per hour for hauling gravel, and the truck works 16 hours each day. Jo oats to reed tt. and no bedding to spread wnen It lays off for Its brief rest. The truck was purchased by Mr. McL oughlin from the Gary coast agency h ere and has much more than paid its way since he bought it.- AUTO PARTS BY AIRPLANE NEW EPOCH REALIZED - IX DE LIVERY THROUGH AIR. Package) of Overland Farts Trans ferred From One Ship to OUier in Mid-Air at Toledo. Tractors and Trailers. weea makes the employment of trailers a profitable investment will do well to consider the use of tractor units. These are especially designed to with stand the peculiar strains imposed upon them In the hauling of heavily loaded trailers. Briefly, the tractor Is purely a hauling unit, carrying no load, and therefore relieved of the stresses of this part of the service of the ordinary truck. Carburetor Trouble Then the engine runs Jerkily, the ebvious cause Is carburetor trouble. To locate the trouble prime the carbu retor and watch for dripping. If there Is no dripping the trouble lies between the tank and the f ost valve. If there Is free dripping, the trouble may be looked for between the float valve and the enrlne cylinder. A new epoch In aerial transportation was realised at Toledo. O.. the after noon of July 4, when a package of ex press was transferred by messenger from one moving plane to another sev eral hundred reet above the earth. The package contained Overland automo bile parts weighing several pounds. Some 40.000 persons assembled with in and without the Willard-Dempsey rena witnessed the feat, which waa accomplished by Lieutenant Omer L, Locklear. ace of stunt flyers. The achievement served as a further demonstration of the possibilities of aerial transportation. It was sponsored by George W. Browne, western repre sentative of the Curtiss Aeroplane cor poration, who haa Just Inaugurated the first aerial express line Locklear a few months ago literally leaped into fame by stepping from one Irplane to another. He haa since re peated this feat numerous times and as successfully attempted sotner flu- ficult stunta while balanced on the wings of a plane or banging from the landing gear. This was the first time. however, he ever has attempted to carry anything with him when he canged planes in mid-air. Aa though catching a passing street car. Lieutenant Locklear waixea rear essly out upon the wing while the wo planes came close enough together let this intrepid aviator swing out from the suspended ladder. The one plane with the ahort rope ladder attached worked in close to the lower plane upon the upper wing of which Lieutenant Locklear was poised. As the ladder came within reaching distance he clutched it, swung free and climbed into the higher plane. This demonstration waa made after the two planea had inaugurated an aerial express service as a commercial reality by delivering a load of Fed eral tires from the Federal tire fac tory at Cudahy, Wis., to the Willys Overland company here. To prove aerial express service prac tical, George W. Browne made his first trip to the Willys-Overland company, with which he was connected many years aa Milwaukee distributor. oiortitcles MMerinqs The Merrill-Strine Cycle company has made application for a war film showing the great part motorcycles played over there during the war. Sev eral months were consumed in this work of depicting the activities these machines took In the different sectors. These films will be run In some of the largest moving picture houses In the northwest. Shrimp Burns, the little dare-devil California rider who made auch a fine showing on his Excelsior at the Rose City speedway Decoration day. is still keeping up his good work In the south, winning several positions against tb best riders of the world. Bob Newman, the Portland racing man. seems to be the only rider from the northwest able to start in the Ascot races at Los Angeles. "Dusty" Farn ham and Ed Barreth, our two fastest riders, were unable to compete In the big doings., The San-Francisco Velodrome, built a short time ago for bicycle and1 motor cycle rafclnfe.' was an immediate suc cess. It, is, built, op valuable property in AlarKet street, borne or tne oia i time six-day. .raoiag men have bee pitted against the young distance riders of today. Large crowds attend these races, making it look as if bicycle rac ing might be coming back. Fred T. Merrill, local promoter of all the speed events .hereabouts, has been preparing for several months to launch the building of a kilometer racetrack for motorcycle and bicycle racing in or near Portland. It will be made entire Iy of wood and banked at the turns at an angle of 65 degrees, while th straightaways will vary from IS to 40 degrees. The track will enclose a half mile dirt track in order to stage run ning races and combination events. The inside will be used for a baseball park. "Hap" Scherer, a Tacoma (Wash.) motorcyclist, broke the three-flag rec ord. which receives its name from th course it takes from Canada to Mex ico. Scherer traveled over 1716 miles of all sorts of roads, including the ford ing of many streams and crossing five mountain ranges. He made a non-stop average ol 26.4 miles per hour. Schere was trying out the Harley-Davidson sport model, a new light-weight twin cylinder machine. He left the Canadian side at 8 A. M. June .8 and drove into Tia Juana. Mexico, C4 hours and 8 minutes, afterward, cutting five' hours and two minutes from the previous rec ord, held by a big machine. One of the hobbles of B. G. "Can' nonball" Baker is to hang the trans continental motorcycle championship on his belt. Back In 1914 Baker and hla Indian tasted the sweets of this honor, only to surrender the crown to Alan T. Bedell and a Henderson. But the fighting spirit of the old warrio would not let him rest with the honor in another camp, so he left the Atlantic coast the same fall, attempting to re' gain the laurels. He made a hard try, but was forced to give up the attempt about 500 miles from the finish. Baker still had hope, saying he'd get it yet. June 15 of this year he Jumped out of New York City with colors flying, de termined to cut the trip to six days. Out in New Mexico he found his old "Jinx" waiting. They Joined hands and boarded a transcontinental train and rode the velvet cushions to the Ascot races atLos Angeles. But "Cannonball' Baker is game and may realise his ideal yet. The international motorcycle road race championship will be decided at Marlon, Ind., on August 14. The race will be driven over a five-mile course and will require 40 trips around, in all 200 miles. Invitations will be extended to the record holders In Great Britain, France. Belgium and any other coun trlea that have top-notch racers. This one of the biggest racing events of the season and will be witnessed by an attendance of probably 30,000 people. The 200-mile motorcycle classic held on June 22 at Ascot Park, Los Angeles, was one of the greatest speed events of the season,. By the elimination process all riders were compelled to make 70 miles per hour or better before being permitted to enter. Only IS were able to make this entrance. Only eight fin ished. The riders who completed the 200-mile Journey, named in order fin ishing, are: 1, Hepburn; 2. Parkhurst 3, Coleman; 4. Burns; 5, Roylance (all Harley-Davidson riders); S, Coleman (Indian): 7, Sullivan (Indian); 8, Art ley (Excelsior). Hepburn, the winner, in addition to first money, received the two loving cups donated by the Fire stone Tire Rubber company and the Harley-Davidson Motor company. The racing club gave $1500 In cash prizes. The event was a marked success from beginning to end, no accidents to mar the day. Be.ore throwing tire away be cer tain that it is not worth a retread. LOOK! LOOK! HERE'S THE NEW 1920 MORELAND DISTILLATE BURNING TRUCK. ' "" "al " I i i J i '. i-V . ' gTl-llii ' - MIMUM - - A -ty- ;"Nlw s ' - A J . j . it r -5 V CAN 10U BEAT HIS TIME? ED KXOX CLAIMS RECORD RUX FROM VAXOOCVER, B. C. Elapsed Time for Trip One Hour and 19 Minutes Longer, In cluding Stops for Meals. When he was serving in the tank corps overecs.5, Ed V. Knox found him self mighty lucky to coax one of the lumbering brutes into going as fast as 10 miles an hour. But ever since he has returned to his old Job as Bulck salesman for the Ho ward Automobile company, this young man haa been making up for the lost time in hla Buick Six. As witness whereof, his run the other day from Vancouver, B. C, to Portland in 13 hours and 40 minutes, running time, so lar as deponent knoweth to the contrary, this sets a record for the distance. Earlier this year D. E. Agnew, of Portland, driving a Hupmobile, drove from Vancouver to Portland In 14 hours' driving time. Knox' feat knocks 20 minutes off this mark. Accompanied by his wife and Mr. and Mrs. A- J. Churchill and daughter, Knox left Portland last Friday for the Tacoma races. He reached the race track in 6 hours 35 minutes from the time he left Portland, which is some little driving. j Following the races, he drove to Everett that night, and the following morning stepped along to Vancouver, B. C They remained there that day and night, and then on Sunday started for home. It waa 8:45 o'clock A. M. when the Buick started from Vancouver. At 11:44 o'clock that night Knox drew up in front of his home at 305 Elev enth street, Portland, a total elapsed time of 14 hours and 59 minutes, in eluding one hour and 1 minutes for meals and gasoline. This makes his actual driving time for the 353.5 miles his speedometer registered for the Vancouver-Portland run only 13 hours and 40 minutes. 'And at that, says Ed considerately. "I could have stepped on 'er a good deal harder than I did, but took it easy because my wife and three other folks who don't like fast driving were in the car." This bird will set out alone for the moon some day and make it before breakfast in his fast-going Bulck. The only thing, he says, that passed him all the way from Vancouver, B. C, to Port land, was the Great Northern Express, which whizzed past as he was taking detour betweeb Kalama and Wood land. His average running time for the trip was 25.87 miles. He found roads in pretty fair condition, except for an occasional bad stretch like that be tween Vancouver, Wash., and Kalama, which is worse than any of it, he says. His round trip from Portland and return ran up 775 miles on the speed ometer. He used 44 gallons of gaso- To Control - Excess Uil Use The time tried piston rins For nine years these rings have stood the test made good. And time is the severest test of any prod uct. A special ring for motors that are oil fushers. Use in the top groove of each piston. In the lower grooves, use McQuay-Norrii wM5loa Piston Rings. Genuine McQuay-Norris ijsvo Piston Rings, by creating uni form action on the cylinder walls, have stopped piston ring leakage, increased power, decreased car bon and saved fuel and oil. ' They are mad, in every size and over-size to fit every make and model of motor. Your repair man can get the proper sizes for you promptly from his jobber's com plete stock. McOuAY-NoKRis Mfg. Co., St. Louis, U. S. A. nnni line, an average of 17.75 miles per gallon, one quart of oil and two quarts of water. He had no punctures. Knox' time card for the run may be of interest. Here it is: Left Vancouver, B. C. 8:45 A. M. Arrived Mount Vernon, Wash., 11:57 A. M. 84.6 miles. Left Mount Vernon, Wash., 12:26 P. M. Arrived Seattle 3:15 P. M. 160.5 miles. Left Seattle 3:20 P. M. Arrived Tacoma 4:38 P. M. 192 miles. Left Tacoma 5:16 P. M. Arrived Castle Rock 8:50 P. M. 289.6 miles. Left Castle Rock 8:57 P. M. Arrived Kalama 9:51 310 miles. Arrived Portland, Or, 11:44 P. M- 353.5 miles. truck Industry emerges with & two year development which is more than it would ordinarily have advanced in ten years." Short-Sighted Policy. Despite a vigorous protest from the good-roads men of Missouri, Governor Gardner signed the dirt-road diii, wnicn provides for a system of 6000 miles of graded highways. Each county in the state is allowed 81200 a mile provided that the total graded is not less than SO miles. There is some doubt as whether federal aid will be possible under this statute, as the law limits federal appropriations to roads ox substantial character. Ten Years Ahead. "Out of the war have come many problems," says H. B. Bennett, vice president of the Commerce Motor Car company. But, he continues, tne ii Tata asedeU a IH-twa Safe, la the first ef the 13w M.relaad trwrka t. rear the XeCraekem Motor Car eonpaay fcere. Aawaa- Ita laiprevemeata la aa laaVpraaVat electrical system, with electric liafcta aad haaalae .tarter. Like farmer M.retaad aaedrU. thla eae la ewalpae' aae distillate aa Ita regular faeL C. M. Smith, la charge the track aVaartmeat lar HcOackea Mai.r Car eampaay, wae far tea years waa with the Morclaad 2 leetary, I. staadlag arhlad the cab. SOLD TO HOLMAN TRANSFER COMPANY Nineteen months ago the Holman Transfer Company, one -of the leading transfer and storage companies of the northwest, bought a Federal 14-ton truck, which has been in con tinuous use since. The highly satisfactory ' service rendered by this truck influenced them to chose another Federal this time a 2-ton Model UD. The first truck has "given us entire - satisfaction with very little expense," says S. W. Herrman, president of the company. . A large per cent of Federal sales represent repeat orders. A Size for Every Business Service for Every Owner William L Hughson Company 60 North Broadway at Davis Broadway 321 San Francisco, Oakland, Los Angeles, San Diego, Seattle, Portland. u.s ii 11 SALES-SERVICE for Fabrics Cords Solids Now at 26 Broadway . After years of experience in buying and using tires for one of the largest users in the City of Portland my experience has taught me that United States Tires are good tires. That is one reason I have taken the distribution of U. S. Tires. Come in and see C.B OLjtAam RKE Broadway 425 ' 26 N. Broadway, at Burnside "THE TOURISTS' DELIGHT" PRICE. . $6.00 Open, 10x44l Folded, 10x15. STANDARD AUTOMOBILE BAGGAGE CARRIER ATTRACTIVE. RIGID. COMPACT, INDESTRUCTIBLE, NO CLAIKP6 rvrTt rrVtVnD :rt ddi'CU OR KTRTkTNa STON'RS AND Rf ITS. FITS FOLDS UP. "ON AND OFF 1K?1 WKBtlS AND BRUSH UNDER THE SEAT WHEN NOT IN USE. IN AN iimsxaivi.'- WITHOUT EXCEPTION THE MOST PRACTICAL CARRIER ON THE MARKET For Sale by Leading Accessory and Hardware Houses We Also Handle the McMillan Automobile Bed SLEEP IN COMFORT IN YOUR OWN "PARLOR CAR" OUT AMONO THE TREES IN THE GREAT OUTDOORS. TRAVEL HUNDREDS OF MILES WITH NO EXPENSE EXCEPTING GAS. YOUR HOTEL AL WAYS WITH YOU.. CAN BE ATTACHED TO ANY CAIi IN FIVE MINUTES. Doable Bed for Flve-Paasenaer Cars (15.00 Doable Bed for Sevea-PasseBaer Cars 17.60 SENT ON RECEIPT OF PRICE. IF YOUR DEALER CANNOT SUP PLY YOU, SEND CHECK OR MONEY ORDER DIRECT TO US. MONEY REFUNDED IF NOT SATISFIED. L G. MULLER & COMPANY, Smith Building, Seattle . Dlstrlbators for Waahlactoa, Orraon, Montana, Idabo aad Wroaalaa;, Write for territory and dealer lists. Representatives wanted in all states.