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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.
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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.
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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
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MOTOR TRUCKS OF
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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.
Bramdvrar 20O I4S-447 Stark Strrrt. l'ortland. Or.