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THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND, NOVEMBER 9, 1019. HUP PLOWS WHY TO ' REPUBLIC TRUCK HAULS LUMBER OVER EASTERN OREGON HILLS NEAR TOWN OF THE DALLES. ' r" A. Roadmaster Eatchel's Car Snow Breaker oa Trip. LOOP ROAD IS SURVEYED County Commissioners and Govern ment Officials Take Run Up to .Mount Hood. 2 GOVERNMENT CAMP ( ' Ijj (vLiSETS. TH E .PACE By plowing through ten inches of enow for the last two miles of the climb from Rhododendron to Govern ment camp, a Hupmobile car piloted by W. A. Eatchel. Multnomah county roadmaster, a few days ago accom plished the extraordinary feat of reaching the southern base of Mount Hood in the fall of the year, after the heavy snows have begun. The trip will doubtless stand as the last tourins: exploration of the Mount Hood district for the year 1919. In fact Lt F. Pridemore, pro prietor of Government camp, had already disconnected water connec tions at the hotel and settled back for a quiet rest until the mountain eers arrive with their skiis for the winter sports usually observed about holiday time. Let it be understood that Road master Eatchel was not aboard on a pleasure trip when he turned his Hup loose on the notorious grades and curves of Laurel hill, below gov ernment camp. Accompanied by the county commissioners of Multnomah and Clackamas counties and a party of government engineers, he was studying the probable survey of the loop road to be buiit around Mount Hood under supervision of the gov ernment. A government car had, in fact, been sent on ahead of Mr. Eatchel's car to break a path for the two ma chines that were to follow but the little car belonging to Uncle Sam could not cut the riffle, so to speak, and it was necessary for the road authorities to chuck it to one side, two miles below Government camp, and give the Hup a chance to cut the trail. "It takes some car to stand the punishemnt my machine withstood successfully," remarked Roadmaster Eatchel, with pride, as he parked in front of the Manley Auto company on nis return. Despite the fact that the snow was up to the running boards in many places and the wheels of the car filled up almost solidly with snow it was not necessary for the trail ilazing auto to stop for wind and lack up for fresh starts, as is cus tomary on snow-fighting expeditions. Once to car dropped almost out of sight into a deep hole in the road resulting from the disappearance of flanks. This surprise punctured the rasoline tank of Mr. Eatchel's car tnd called all hands forward while .he car, with its own engine doing eoman service against terrific odds, .-egained its place on the roadbed. Incidentally one of the tire chains 'ad worked itself loose, causing one f the wheels to spin, but the uphill :limb through the snow was resumed .ind the final goal reached without further Incident. After spnding the night at Gov--irnment camp the officials started ack to Portland only to find that he snow had fallen so heavily dur ng that night that it was impossible o discern the tracks made on the lpward trip. They were obliged. herefore, to send two men on ahead. ifoot, to pick out the path to be 'ollowed. Mr. Eatchel's car again .ea the procession. 'the feandy-CherryvIlle route was "ollowed in approaching the Mount lood district and also on the re turn trip. The road is very muddy ind rough in places but it can be traveled, thanks to the frequency of olanked stretches. It is necessary to :nake an awkward detour of about i half mile near Zlg Zag creek, be rend Toll Gate, where a new bridge a being built. This detour is de jcribed as "awful." T Jj. IXMAV WINNER OF COX. TEST FOR PRIZE. 'Templar the Master Four" the Winning Slogan of Great Number Submitted. Is V V ; is y a-iw wwWk Virgil EIGHT THOUSAND FEET DAILY HAULED EIGHT MILES TO TOWN ALONG ROADS LIKE THIS ONE. The upper photo shows the kind of going this 2 -ton Republic truck, sold last June by the Walther-Williams Hardware company of The Dalles to the Columbia Lumber company, travels four round trips every day hauling lumber from the company's mill in the hills down to The Dalles. It takes 2000 feet to the load, which is virtually 3 H tons, and day in and day out averages eight miles per gallon of gasoline. As the photo shows, the road isn't the smoothest in the world. Not only is It winding, but steep as well, come of its grades being 20 per cent, up which the Republic climbs on its return trips, often loaded with supplies for the mill. The lower picture shows the loaded truck in front of the company's mill. -SKID WEATHER HERE RAINS MAKE RIDING ON OLD CASINGS DANGEROUS. The $25 prize offered by W. W, Wray of the Wray Motor-Car com pany for the best Templar slogan to use on the cover of the spare tire on Templar cars, has been awarded to A. Lt. Inman, cafeteria proprietor. Mr. Inman's suggested slogan was: "Templar Master Four." In the opinion of Mr. Wray and the judges, who were H. M. Blomberg and Stanley "Werschkul. news writers, this slogan best summed up the idea behind the Templar, which is known far and wide as "the super-fine small car." "The word 'msater,' " explained Mr. Wray, in announcing the award, "is suggestive of many features promi nent in the Templar car, such as master in power, speed, quality, economy, construction, riding quali ties and flexibility. "The word 'Four' emphasizes that the Templar is a high-grade, four cylinder car, perfected through the highest class engineering and work manship, to produce as much or more power and to be as flexible as cars with many more cylinders. "I wish to thank the public for their interest in the contest and as sistance in selecting the Templar slogan. I have a whole desk drawer full of slogans that were submitted In the contest." One interesting feature of the Templar car is the test to which every Templar is submitted at the factory before being shipped to a distributor or dealer. This not only includes a dynamo test. In which the motor must test up to the actual horse power at which it is rated, but av road test In which the car is put over the road to demonstrate to the satisfaotion of the factory that it will do all that is claimed for lt. It's worthy of note, also, that these tests are not camouflaged by discon meeting the speedometer so as not to register mileage. So thorough are the road tests that cars reaching Mr. Wray from the factory generally have from 60 to K0 and even 90 miles reg istered on the speedometer. Waterlogged Carcass Also Suscep tible to Blowouts After Get ting Dried Out. Pedestrians and motorists seldom agree when their opinions as to the right and wrong ways of doing things are in conflict, but the early rains proved they are united in at least one particular, asserts Martin F. Swift of the Pacific Tire & Rubber company, distributor for Canton cord and Black. stone tires. Whether a man walks or rides. when it rains he realizes he must be well shod. If he walks he purchases new shoes or overshoes, and if he mo. tors he knows the time to invest in new nonskid tires has arrived. The rush to buy nonskid tires that has been reported by Canton dealers since the rains began has been unprece dented. "It is not advisable for motorists to delay equipping their cars with new tires until the rainy season is well under way," stated Mr. Swift. "Some operators apparently figure it is cheaper to use old tires in the win ter and wait for spring to buy new equipment. In this they are wrong. It is more economical to remove the old casings before they are entirely worn and replace them with new ones. Several hundred miles of service may remain in the old casings if they are kept free from water. "Water is damaging to the carcass of a motor tire and when the rubber is allowed to become sodd-en it will deteriorate. Wet weather has no ill effect on new tires, especially now that nonskid-tires are being made so efficient that the use of chains is not required. The old tire that has be come waterlogged may not give indi cation of defects at once, but after drying out they are much more bus ceptible to blowouts, therefore by lay- ng them aside for dry weather ex clusiveljt they can be saved for addi tional service and the new tires will be much safer to use." inquiries which have been deceived at the corporation offices in New York since the corporation's plans first became known. Quantity production of the light six, which has been developed and tested over a period of two years, is now being hastened in the corporation's plant at Elizabeth, N. J. This plant, formerly utilized by the Duesenberg Motors corporation, is being expanded to many times its present size. When all additions are completed it will have an aggregate floor area of ap proximately 2.000,000 square feet. Of almost eq lal importance is the announcement of plans for the ex pansion of the Electric Auto-Lite and Now Process Gear divisions of the Willys corporation, both of which will contribute parts for the construction of the new car. HUGE PLANTATION BOUGHT GOODYEAR HAS 20,000 ACRES IN SUMATRA. PIERCE-ARROW IS CHOSEN KING ALBERT BUYS NEW CAR IN AMERICA. IS WEIX - KNOWN AUTOMOBILE MAN, WEDS IN OAKLAND. Miss Ruth Ensign, Prominent So ciety Girl of That City, Bride of Former Portland Man, Belgian Monarch Impressed Witli Performance of Car With Dual-Valve Engine. King Albert of Belgium drove through traffic in New York the other day at the wheel, of his new oar a standard model of the S horse power dual valve six. He had just returned from a trial run to New Rochelle on which he drove the new car 60 miles an hour. Said one of the New York news papers which chronicled the event: "King Albert of Belgium has paid the American automobile industry a high compliment. He will take home with him a sample of one of Uncle Sam's top-notch, high-grade motor car creations, which he purchased after a personal tryout of it on the road. In fact, the car now is safely stowed away in the hold of the steamer George Washington for ship. ment to Belgium." Albert was so fascinated by the per formance of the dual-valved engine that when he examined the car closely at the New York agency he scrutinized all parts of the car. In Spring- Lubricants, lubricating automobile springs ' the greatest trouble is found in keep ing the lubricant from being squeezed out under pressure. A compound that obviates this is found in graphite and "beeswax mixed to a paste and spread upon each leaf. Obviously the spring must be taken apart to apply this lubricant, . w SEATTLE, Wash., Nov. 8. Ths many Portland friends of D. C. War ren, former head of the D. C. Warren Motor Car company of that city, and now vice-president of the Olson-War ren Motor Car company or faeattie, will perhaps be surprised to learn of his marriage last week to Miss Ruth Ensign of Oakland, Cal. At any rate, news of the wedding, which was held in Oakland, came as a big surprise to his friends here, for he hadn't confided in them before the event. Mr. Warren has returned to Seattle with his bride, who is popular and prominent in Oakland social cir cles. Mr. Warren met Miss Ensign while he was in California as a second lieu tenant in the air service. NEW WILLYS SIX OUT SOON Latest Car Will Have the, Famous . Duesenberg Motor. The announcement that the Willys corporation, with its vast manufac turing resources, is building, a new light six-cylinder car, has created a stir both within the automobile in dustry and out of it. Not in many months has an an nouncement of such importance to ths Industry been authorized. The fact thnt it has interested the general publio is evidenced by. the number o( NO SPOTLIGHTS IN CANADA Their Use Forbidden by Lavr in the Northern Dominion. Use of spotlights on motor cars is now forbidden in Canada. A copy of the new motor vehicle act of Ontario provides: "It shall be unlawful to carry on any motor vehicle operated on a highway any light which re volves upon a pivot or other device so that rays of such light may be projected in different directions. The motor clubs of Buffalo and other border cities are calling the provision of the new law to the at tention of motorists who plan tours into the Dominion. With Coolies Working at 2 0 Cents Per Day, This Is One Place of No Labor Troubles. Several years ago the Goodyear Tire & Rubber company sent representa tives to investigate rubber planta tions in Sumatra, with the Idea of Drotectinsr its rubber supply back to the tree through establishment of its own plantations. The company nows owns a conces sion of 20,000 acres near the city of Medan. Sumatra, where the problems of growing rubber for its multitu dinous needs are being worked out A portion of the plantation was al ready planted and producing wnen purchased. About 5000 acres are now furnishing rubber which is constantly coming to the factory at Akron. The plantation is divided Into six parts, each approximating 3000 acres and having its own manager. Except the small portion that had already been planted, clearing off the thicket was necessary before anything else could be done. Thirteen hundred cool ies were put to work fellng the heavy growth of thicket. The first step was to clear out the vines and under growth, then to fell the trees. In this work the Chinese coolies are used for the heavy work and the natives for the tasks that do not demand quite so much muscle. However, felling the thicket and clearing away the underbrush, pre paratory to planting the young rubber trees, is but a small part of the work for good roads must b built that all parts of the plantation may be reached easily and quickly. Then after the land has been cleared the big steam tractor is put to work plowing. This is done to a depth of about 18 inches. Twenty acres can be plowed in a day with a tractor; 250 coolies can plow three acres in the same time. The tractor is also used in pulling out the large stumps. Labor troubles are practically un known, for 20 cents a day and a rea sonable shelter keep the coolies con tented. Coal shortage and high prices have few terrors In a land where old Sol grows your dinner on a bush, furnishes plenty of free heat the year 'round and is particu larly friendly In determining the style and amount of dress. The Goodyear plantation is In the eastern part of the island of Sumatra, about 300 miles north of the equator and about f0 miles inland. A rail road runs between Medan and Sian- tar and a government highway passes through the plantation, so that trans portation problems are reduced to a minimum. The entire rubber-growlna- project Is conducted with the same efficient methods that have always charac terized the company's operations at home, that the great rubber-using The Most Beautiful Coupe That Has Ever Come to Portland An Ideal Christmas Present Sample at Our Salesroom Shipment On the Road Deliveries November 15 Six-cylinder, 4-passenger Coupe $2300 Six-cylinder, 5-passenger Touring. . . 1650 Six-cylinder Roadster 1650 Eight-cylinder, 7-passenger 2200 Eight-cylinder Pacemaker 2200 Pricua Portland Delivery THE OLDSMOBILE GO. Broadway at Couch OF OREGON Phone Bdwy. 2270 world may reap the many advantages accruing from the operation of rub ber plantations on so large a scale. ASSEMBLED CAR IS FAVORED Its Owner Can Always Obtain Parts (or Standard Units. "The scorn of the automobile busi ness a few years ago was the so called 'assembled' car. Salesmen bragged that their company made all its own parts, and that its car was built complete in its own plant," said Stewart McDonald, president and gen eral manager of the Moon Motor Car company of St. Louis. "Of course, this was never technically true, and one of the ill effects was that when a large part of the car was built in a factory, if that factory went out of business. owners never were able to get parts. "Now the car which uses standard equipment throughout is the envy of the makers of the other kind, and it is the Joy of the owner. No matter what happens to an agency in any town, the owner of such a car knows that he can get parts of a Continental engine, or Timken bearings, or Brown- Lipe transmissions, or Wagner eleo- trical parts ,or Rayfleld carburetor parts, or Borg & Beck clutch parts, with little delay. "The present replacement of spare parts is the greatest service the pub- lie demands. I guess Henry torn gives the greatest, promptest auto- mobile service, and next to nim come the manufacturers of cars using, prin cipally, standard high-grade units like the Moon and Jordan, for Instance. The strongest recommendation of a car built of these standard units Is that Timken. Continental, Wagner. Delco and the others have service sta tions at practically every prominent city in the United States, where parts can be procured that will fit any Moon or Jordan, or any other car made up from these standard units. "The assembled car has, therefore, not only come Into Its own. but in public opinion it has forged far ahead of cars that are built from parts pe culiar to themselves and fitting no other." Steering Knuckle Play. Play In the steering knuckles due to a worn klngnin or knuckle yoke may be taken up by reborlng the yoke and fitting bushings. Much front1 wheel wabbling is caused by loose ness In this Joint. Here you may obtain genu ine, new bearings for any make of motor car, truck or tractor ever manufactured Portland Branch, 24 N. Broadway Phone Broadway 1799, A-2444 LINE WAY MAKES h MOTOR TRUCKS PAY Lee Automatic Dump Bodies Cost 30 Less Dump on Either Side of Truck or Off the Rear by Gravity Can be attached to any truck chassis in three hours' time. The weight of the load is the power that dumps the body when the operator releases the catch lever. Lee bodies weigh less than other bodies of similar capacity. You are paid for the amount of material you haul and not for the amount of ,extra weight which an Inefficient dump body " forces your truck to carry. Ask for specifications and prices on Lee Dump Bodies and Trailers. ' WilliamL. Hughson Co. 60 N. Broadway at Davis Bdwy. 321 Oldest Motor Car Organization on the Pacific Coast San Francisco, Oakland, Los Angeles, San Diego, Seattle, Portland. mUmr TheLSupernne Small fCar The "Master Four" America's Finest Small Car The "Repairman's Enemy" Owing; to simplicityand perfection in construc tion of the Templar, the first cost is final. The Templar is an equal in power, speed and flexibility of the big many-cylinder cars that cost so much and are so expensive to operate. A shipment of 4-passenger sportettes due this week. Place your order at once if you want im mediate delivery. Wray Motor Car Co. Broadway 3247 90 North Broadway mi m H !ul p. L"l "THE OWNER FIRST" is the dominating- feature of Acason Service. 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