The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current, September 21, 1919, SECTION FIVE, Image 82

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Newspaper Page Text10 TIIE SUNDAY OREGONIAN, PORTLAND, SEPTEMBER 21, 1919. THIS MOTORIST IS A CHAMPION LOGGER About Everything He Did Goes Into Road Notations. . BUNNY'S DEATH INCLUDED DTtlJilder on Round Trip to San Francisco in Hudson Super-Six, Compiles Interesting Data. Data interesting- to all ?ar owners trho contemplate driving to San Fran cisco were obtained on a recent tour there and return by H. G. Perry of Portland. He drove a brand-new huo son super-six, which he had driven only 75 miles before he left Portland. Yet despite the newness of the car the only trouble of any kind he had on the tour was a nail puncture received in fordins a creek. Mr. Terry compiled about as complete- a log of his tour as the most voracious hound for statistics could desire. It includes not only road data, but costs of car operation, hotel bills, incidental expenses, and, in fact, about everything- that happened en route. A glance at the log makes it very apparent that he had to have a secre tary along to help him get It up. In fact, these secretarial duties were per formed on the way south by Hy Eilers, who was Mr. Terry's passenger. The purpose of the trip on Mr. Terry's part was to bring home his wife and two children, who were visitors in San Francisco. Cost Figures on the Trip. Lieutenant D. C. Upp, just returned from France, was a passenger on the return trip. He performed the duties of logger on this leg of the run. Space limitations make it possible to publish here only the log of the run south. But here are some interesting fig ures on the trip. Going down. Mr. Terry logged his distance from Port land to Oakland at 764 miles, and he made it in 38 hours 11 minutes, driving time, an average speed of 21 miles per hour. He used 75 gallons of gasoline, seven gallons of oil, one gallon of grease, the cost of which was $29.35. With garage and repair bills of $4.50, this made total operating costs of $33.85 for a car so new as not to be "broken in." On the return, Mr. Terry reduced these figures considerably, although a side trip up the MacKenzie river was included. Here are his totals for the round trip, including 764 miles down, 737 miles for the return by a slightly shorter route, 51 miles for the MacKen zie river side trip, 187 miles driven in San Francisco and 75 miles driven in Portland before he started on the trip, a total of 1814 miles: Gasoline and oil, down .'$29.35 Gasoline and oil, up 23.75 Garage and repairs, down ............ 4.50 Garage and washing, up .. 4.00 ferry route to Castle Rock, in place of turning left and rejoining the high way at Toledo. Se he kept going straight ahead. His plan was good but his execu tion poor. He missed the Olequa terry turnout and next thing he knew was way off all known roads, and moving somewhere down the right bank of the Cowlitz river, roughly paralleling the course of the highway. Did Fields turn back? He did not. He topF"d on the accelerator all the harder, with the result that in some hours he wound up down opposite Kelso, turned across the bridge there and was again on the highway. He found the roads pretty fair, at that. Incidentally, on his way north to Rainier he left Portland at 8:40 A. M.. with an appotn tmment to meet others of the party at Ohop Bob's on the Rainier park road at 5 P. M. and in tending to make Paradise inn that same night. He stepped along so fast that h.j reached Ohop Bob's at 4 o'clock, which is some traveling. But here he leisured in an easy chair until 5:15, when suddenly he learned that he'd have to reach Nis qually Glacier checking station by 7 P. M., or be IocKed out of tlve upper park. The park entrance was 30 miles away, and Nisqually about 12 miles beyond that, but these facts meant little to Fields. Away he went for the park, pressing the accelerator way down to bedrock all the way. He reached the park entrance at ALIGNMENT IS PRIME ESSENTIAL When Parts Get Out of Line, Trouble Is Certain. MANY PLACES TO CHECK UP Car May Be Sent Repeatedly to Re pair Shop Without Satisfaction ' if Misalignment Gets By. Satisfactory operation of the motor car is impossible without accurate alignment of the parts. This will prob ably be strange doctrine to many, per haps to most car owners, who may never even have heard of alignment. cylinder rubs against the aide wall, wearing the cylinder in an oval form, so that it must be rebored to restore its usefulness. Again the crankshaft itself may be thrown out of its proper alignment, generally because of wear in the bear ings. When this happens the connect ing rods will be thrown out of due line, with results as noted and further excessive wear in the bearings will oc cur. In addition to the crankshaft there are a number of minor shafts in the mechanism which are likely to get out "of alignment. For instance, if your car is fitted with a magneto and you don't oil the shaft on which the armature runs, rapid wear will result and the shaft will drop out of line. If you for get to oil the bearings of the generator armature the same thing will happen The clutch is another unit where mis alignment is likely to occur. If the clutch gets out of line with the fly wheel it is obvious that there will be trouble. If the rear crankshaft bear ing is worn or the shaft for any rea son does not fit accurately the clutch is thrown out of line with the in evitable results. Getting back to the transmission the same general principle holds true. This unit embodies .various sets of gears set on shafts designed to be absolutely parallel. If one of these shafts gets out of accurate line instantly the gears rasp and growl. The fact that the shafts are out of THE MASTER HAND THAT USED TO STEER THE A. A. U. OUT HERE NOW GUIDES A CHEVROLET. Said niatrr hand, of con rue. la that of T. Morria Dunne, for many year secretary of the Pacific NoHtwent norlatloit, which 1m the official Amateur Athletic union orsaalxatloa In thene partn. T. Morria was one militant matfnr, and atill la, thoagh hla fighting secretarial daya have paaaed. Many an "amateur" pug haa loat hla amateur standing through the steely-hearted say-so of T. Morris, who Is here shown standing hrslde his net Chevrolet 4DO. Helng a very modest man, he urged BUI, the garage hand, to horn Into the picture with him, which It is easily to be seen that Bill did. $61.60 Totals used: 143 gallons of gasoline, 10'i gallons of oil, two gallons of grease, at total cost of 353.10. Average mileage per gallon of gasoline for car new when trip was started, 12.7 miles. Log of the Tour. Here follows the log of the trip south: Log of the Trip. Miles. 00 Portland Ieft August 18, 1919. by route I, page 65 blue book. (Road via WllHon vllle and Aurora is shorter.) See page 63. Expense. 19 gallons gasoline $4.18. 2 gallons oil $2.40, 1 gallon grease $1.20. total 7.7S. 66 Salem Spent ni?ht here: breakfast, $2. Leave 6 :."() A. M.. by route 72. pare 11. fi!) Albany Left by route 89, page 120. !!) Corvallis. 117 Monroe. 142 Eugene Gasoline and oil $4 (10 gas, 1 oil). Left by route 91. page 121. 170 Cottape Urove Lunch $1.45. cigars SO cents. Two miles of rough road. 1S5 Leona. Tied up with rock in road. 1S8 Drain. 204 Yoncalla. . 207 Oakland. 224 Roseburg Via Sutherlin, Winchester and Edenbower. Stopped 0:30. Gasoline and oil $2.49 (5 gal. gas. hk oil). Lett by route 03. page 123. 242 Myrtle Creek. 253 Canyonville. Through Cow Creek canyon to 275 Glendale Arrive 7:25 P. M., Aug. IB; stopped at Hotel Clark: dinner $1.95, breakfast $1.20. rooms $1.50. Left at 7:35 A. M-. Aug. 20. over divide, very steep descent through end of forest fire. 294 W olf Creek Puzzling roads, no signs, detoured. back to Glendale and return, making about 19 miles for 8 miles. Choppy going at Grave Creek ranch. Terry kills rabbit. SI 4 Grants Pass. S46 Medford Pavement commenced Central i-oint. j-.ert oy route l7r. page 175. I 859 Ashland. Paved from Medford. Lunch Hotel Austin $1.50, cigars 75c, 11 gal. gasoline, 1!4 gal. oil $5.79. Leaving 2:15 P. M. Arrived summit of Siskiyou mountains-, altitude 4430 feet. Took pic tures, road making, sweeping descent to SS2 Hornbrook. Very hot. Along Klamath river canyon to 308 Yreka. Road fair out. 40S Grenada. Koad poor and dusty: change tire and visit ranch (Caldwell). 426 Gazelle. Koad dusty and choppy, past Mt. Shasta. 438 Weed. 448 Sisson. 454 Shasta Springs. Arrived 7:45 P. M., too late for dinner. Road from Grenada to Springs is poor. 457 Dunsmulr. Cross high bridge into Duns muir. Dinner at Palm. Fixed leaky tires and brakes. $4.50. Left 6:12 A. M., Aug. 21, by route 176. page 181. Cross Sacramento river to Castle Craigs. to Castella. to 480 La Moine. Detour, worse on road so far. 2 miles. 485 Delta. Splendid river and canyon views 4!1 Bridge out; difficult going. 43 Bridge out. 494 Road now good. 497 Starting descent. 605 Balrd. Along MeCloud river. Crossed Pitt river. Leaving mountains. 622 Redding. 15 gal. gasoline. 1 gal. oil. $5 Left at 10 :55 A. At., by route 178, page B33 Anderson. Past Mt. Lassen, not visible; bridge out but detour O. K. f39 Cottonwood. New bridge being built. 554 Red Bluff. Highway commences. C01 Wiiiow. Lunch $1.50. cigars 50 cents, phone 35 cents. H gal. oil 75 cents P27 Williams. Left by route ISO. cage 187. 672 Woodland. 703 Vacaville. 12 gal. gasoline, gal. oil, $3.54. 734 rtenicia. Take ferry to 756 Martinez. Left at 7:50 P. M. via Pacheco and Walnut Creek, through fog oa Tun nel roan. 704 Oakland. Down Telegraph ave. to 14th and Broadway. Dinner at Saddle Rock, $5.55. 10:45 P. M. ferry for San Fran cisco. $1.15. Time: 38 hours 11 minutes. Average speed. 21 miles per hour. Consumed on trip: 75 gal. gasoline, 7 gal. oil. 1 gal. grease. $29.35. Garage and re pairs, $4.50. Total. $33.85. 6:30, with just half an hour to get up to Nisqually. At this interesting moment one of his rear tires went flat. Fields decided he woud rather lose the tire than dinner at Paradise inn. so on he went on the flat tire. He reached Nisqually at exactly 7, just in time to be the last car checked through. He changed tires above the glacier and rolled into Paradise valley with air under all four wheels. NEW PAIGE CLOSED CARS SOMETHING EXTRA SPECIAL IS PROMISED 3IOTORISTS. Seven-Passenger Sedan and Five Passenger Coupe Built Along Dis tinctive and Handsome Lines. An entirely new line of Paige en closed cars will shortly make its ap pearance. Advance reports on these new models Indicate that the Paige, which has always specialized on origi nal and distinctive body designs, has something decidedly iteresting to offer. ""Judging from the reports of dealers throughout the country, most of whom already have waiting lists for enclosed cars, all records for sales of cars of this type will be broken this fall," says Harry M. Jewett, president of the Paige-Detroit Motor Car company. "Each year the proportion of enclosed Jcars sold increases materially because the general all-the-year-round service and comfort these cars offer makes a strong appeal. "This year we have among our new models a seven-passenger, four-door sedan, a five-passenger, four-door se dan on the smaller Paige chassis, and a five-passenger coupe built on the larg er Paige chassis. The latter model is a new type. The fact that it is much like a semi-sedan and therefore combines many of the advantages of both sedan and coupe will give it a strong appeal. "In all our new enclosed models we have aimed at designs that are not only original and distinctive but truly beau tiful, and I am confident that the new line will be regarded as the handsom est models that have yet borne the Paige name." CAUSES OP JERKIXG MOTOR May Be Due to Carbon, Valves Not Seated Properly, or Clutch. Q. My car jerks badly at low speeds, around say five miles an hour, and there Is so much noise with the Jerk ing that I can't tell whether the en gine is running properly or not. Can you suggest what is the trouble? A The usual cause of jerking Is misfiring at low speeds or any reduc tion of power from other causes. The trouble may be due to carbon in the cylinders, dirty plugs or incorrect ad justment of the spark gaps. The valves! may not be seating properly or the fuel system may be at fault. On the other v . i ilii inn j w iiie cui ui trouble. Find out what condition the engine is in and then go over the other units. AXT OLD ROADS SUIT HIM When LeRoy Fields Loses His "Way, He Jurt Keps On'A-3oing. Hand it to LeRoy R. Fields of the Fields Motor-Car company, Chevrolet distributors here, for having the nerve of , a mule driver when it comes to losing his way and yet getting out on top. He is one of those drivers, from all accounts, who steps on 'er and shoots ahead all the faster if he sus pects he has missed the road, his idea apparently being that if he goes fast enough he will catch up with the road in tinbe. This system worked pretty well for him last Sunday night as he was re turning from Rainier National park. Cars now have to detour on the Pa cific highway through Winlock and Napavlne, because of paving work be tween Chehalis and Toledo. At Win lock, Fields decided to taioe the Olequa Nevertheless It is absolutely true. The efficient and satisfactory operation of the various mechanical units of the chassis depend entirely on those units being correctly aligned. Let them get out of line and all sorts of trouble Im mediately follows. Gear teeth break, intense friction is set up and minor ills quickly grow into major failures until the car must be extensively overhauled to put it on the road again. The car owner will readily understand that when the vehicle first comes from its maker all the various parts are properly aligned and so run perfectly. When the car is carelessly handled this perfect alignment and balance is quickly lost and trouble begins. If the car owner will devote the same atten tion to maintaining correct alignment that he is advised to bestow on lubri cation, his familar troubles will never even begin. Consequently he should take this warning to heart. Excessive Tire Wear Results. One of the commonest cases of mis alignment is that of the front wheels, which is immediately made evident in an excessive tire wear, and may result in destruction of the casings in a few miles of running. The alignment of the front wheels is determined by the con dition of the steering system, the front axle, the bearings and various minor parts. It is quite possible to throw the front wheels out of line in a hard bump against the curb. The car owner ought to check up or if he cannot do it himself, have the service station do it the alignment of the wheels at least twice a year. If the wheels have been subjected to any severe bump, which might throw the wheels out of line, the checking up should be carried out regardless of any set time for the operation. It is possible also for the rear wheels to get out of line, depending on the condition of the rims, the bearings, the axle, etc. Trouble developing in the rear axle is likely to throw the wheels out of line. For instance, if the rear axle Is not properly lubricated, mechan ical derangements are inevitable and these tend to throw the wheels out of line. It is quite possible by careless driv ing to throw the rear axle out of line. For instance, if the car is started with the hand brake set, the differential ring gear or an axle shaft may very likely be broken. The strain has simply been too much for the parts and the weakest of them has snapped. Careless Drtvlnsr Costly. If the brake is applied while the wheels are in the air, as they are likely to be much of the time when the car is going over rough road' sur face, the wheels will be locked when they strike the ground and the result will very likely be a snapped driving pinion. These are simply instances of careless or actually bad driving which are very likely to throw the various parts out of alignment and make satis factory operation impossible: and be it noted they are simply a couple of in stances from many similar troubles that may occur. Let us examine briefly some of the more Important locations where mis alignment of the parts may be ex pected. First, there is the engine and in this unit it is quite possible to throw the connecting rod out of the perpen dicular line as regards the crankshaft. When this occurs the piston instead of moving straight up and down in the Una prevents the gears meshing smoothly and chipping or breaking of the teeth is almost certain to result. It the bearings on these transmission shafts become worn the shafts them selves will drop out of line and then endless trouble. In cases where these shafts or one of them get out of line it frequently hap pens that the owner keeps replacing gears, when the basic trouble is a sprung shaft and no replacement of parts does any good until the real cause of trouble has been remedied by re aligning the shafts. In other cases the shafts are sprung out of true by a case or housing which has been sprung. Similarly when a car has been In volved in an accident that has sprung the frame out of true it is quite pos sible that straightening the frame may not put the vehicle back in running condition. It is more than likely that In such a wrench some of the various mechanical units may have been sprung out of alignment, a condition that will not be remedied by merely straighten ing the frame again. The really efficient service stations are very particular in this matter of being sure that the mechanical units of a car sent to them are correctly lined up because they realize that satis factory operation is Impossible until perfect alignment is secured. The really efficient and conscientious service sta tions do this, we say, and consequently it is vitally important to the car owner to entrust his work only to the shop that he knows is reliable and careful. The car that leaves the repair shop without this matter of alignment care fully checked up leaves it only for a little while. SALESMEN TAKE TRUCK LINE E. J. Jeery and C. S. Hanawalt Bc tome Kelly-Springrield Dealers. E. J. Jeffery. formerly a member of the firm of Jeffery & Button, contrac tors, and more recently associated with the Manley Auto company selling Kelly Springfield trucks, has entered Into partnership with C. S. Hanawalt. This firm has taken over the agency for the Kelly-Springfield line. As both these men are experienced in selling trucks, there is a probability of a great many more Kelly-Springf lelds rolling In this territory. Mr. Hanawalt has been selling trucks for 10 years, two of which was with the Roberts Motor Car company. " 6 " ICINFO Always First and in the Lead First on streets of Detroit 1894. First in America with en bloc motor. First in America with left side drive. First in America with center control. First in America with Canti lever springs. First in the world with me- d in m p riced Eight. First to completely equip a car as it should be, including, 5 wire wheels, 5 oversize cord tires, Victoria side curtains, Johnson's plate glass side and rear curtains, bumper, spotlight, glass rain and wind deflectors, motormeter, trouble lamp, automatic tire pump, full tire cover, tank of gasoline, license tag. And, last but not least First to give 52 weeks of free service, including oiling, greasing, adjustments, tire and battery service. See Our Display at Salem Fair Rubin Motor Car Co. Temporary Location j 88 N. Broadway l'ortland, Oregon AMIGA IS AUTO CENTER 8 7 PER CENT OF TIIE WORLD'S CARS ARE HERE. Don't "cut In" a vehicle. short after passing Beginnings of Huge Automobile Ex port Business Seen In Supply Here and Need In Europe. From the fact that 87 per cent of all the automobiles in the world are . v. ii.H.j sit at em there are two III mo v - . positive conclusions that there is a huge foreign market as yet unsup plied and that the United States is the logical country to supply it. Adding to this the acknowledged condition that other automobile-producing countries cannot meet the de mand in their home markets for five years to come. It is evident that Amer ican manufacturers have a wonderful opportunity for foreign business. Commerce reports and communica tions from abroad constantly call at tention to the crying need of cars from practically every quarter of the globe China. India. South America. Switzerland. Australia. Nigeria Mex ico and nearly all of the countries of . i H.n mentioned specif 1c- IiUIUIJQ " ' ally in recent consular advices. The lack ol gooa ro " Impediment to more extensive use of cars abroad, but road improvement is being agitated everywhere that motor transportation is so sorely needed. By virtue of being nearer the sources of moso of the raw materials and producing in quantities. American man ufacturers can deliver, even against handicaps of freight and import duties, a product that performs as well or bet ter and costs less than that produced In any other country. Hence the American car Is bound to appeal to the common sense of any business man, whatever his allegiance nationally. ... , People everywhere will buy any where to get what they want. It is human nature and no amount of ar gument or appeal to khuiucui change it. Those who want the most motor car for the price are fast learning that the only piaco 10 sci w... States. Don't run closer than IS feet to any -ehli;le, person or animal moving in front of you. WHERE ALL THE REPUBLIC "YELLOW CHASSIS" TRUCKS IN THIS TERRITORY COME FROM. "-. . : 2 l:r:- i I '."V ius timm Home of the Roberta Motor Car company, Oregon distributors for the Republic, who have brought males of that truck up from nothing to highest in the state. NEAL MOTOS COMPA1C9 The Log Cabin Baking Co. have ordered two more G. M. C. trucks, making a fleet of 17 G. M. C. trucks now operated by this company. Their, experience in operating many different makes have shown them the most economical and satisfactory truck to buy. Wentworth & Irwin, Inc. 200 Second Street Cor. Taylor Why Atterbury Trucks make money for their owners. The First Reason Get the bcii engineer Ijou nou to criticise the Attcrburv design. We will accept his verdict. The design of an Atterbury Motor Truck has been perfected in 10 years of concentrated effort to build perfect motor trucks. As a piece of engineering we will put the Atterbury up against any piece of machinery in the world. And right there is one of the biggest reasons why Atterbury owners are so wonderfully well satisfied one, two, three or five years after they buy an Atterbury truck. Before you buy any motor truck come in and compare the Atterbury. unit for unit, design for design, with your idea of what a truck should be. Atterbury Truck Sales Co. "Truck Specialists" Distributors for Oregon, South Washington, Western Idaho, Northern California. 334 Oak Street, Portland Broadway 354 iTT MOTOR TRUCKS OF if ma MAXIMUM SERVICE BLACKSTONE TIRES The center-line smooth strip gives the running effect of a plain tread. The tough, thick knobs on either side are full protection against side skid or slipping. Their efficiency happily combines running ease and economy, with usual non-skid traction qual ities. Kactorj- Distributors HOWELL-SWIFT TIRE CO. PACIFIC TIRE-& RUBBER CO. 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