THE STJXDAT OTJEGONIAX, PORTLAND, "DKCrEMBER 7, -1919. THIS IS A NICE JACK-POT TO BE IN WHAT? J IN TOUR OF 33 USED STEAM POWER; THE BATTLE FRONTS First Self-Propelled Carrier j f liC'fS' Super-Six Blazes Trail.Many Tourists. Will Follow. Dismal Failure. . IT RAN ONLY SEVEN MILES ARMY MEN PRAISE AUTO Crank Shaft Broke Under Strain and Vehicle Was Abandoned by the Roadside. Three-Year-Old -Car Stands Up Under Strain of Hard Trip Taken by Two American Officers). PIONEER AUTO TRUCK HUDSOI - IT .J-. . -: xW- . 1 . , ' 3k T. . . 5 . i -.vs .9 . .' -JF . Belated realization of transporta tion visions which the creators ot the steam wagon had for It, Is seen by Bhip-by-truck advocates In the transportation role the motor truck is assuming today. The men who in the early part of the 19th century brought forth the steam wagon laDored long and spent much money experimenting before they gave way to the conviction that its transportation range must be fixed by steel rails. A monument in Nebraska city tells of one of their last ventures. The monument stands on the spot where this venture had its start, and only seven miles from where it ended. The inscription on it reads: "Steam wagon, invented and owned by Joseph R. Brown of Minnesota, manufactured by John A.' Reed of New York, landed at Nebraska City from steamer West Wind, July 12, 1862. Started for Denver. self propelled, July 22, 1863. Disabled and abandoned seven miles out." Floater Vehicle Sold for J link.. Few of the scores of persons who took part in the great welcoming re ception given at Nebraska City upon the debarkation of the big wagon, and rode in the string of wagons it hauled through the streets of the Hown that day, are alive now. They believed it would make scheduled trips between Denver and Nebraska City, hauling big loads and solving tho local short-haul transportation problem. But a crank shafting which broke when it was a few miles out on its maiden trip spelled its doom. It was loft on the roadside until a mill owner who wanted its boiler paid $200 to Its owner, who had spent thousands on it. The roads were too much for its delicate parts and its weight was too much for the roads. Steel rails had to come to the territory before its successors could take up part of the work laid down for it. Now the motor truck has come to take the short-haul job on the high ways. And it is doing so well that one of the country's foremost trans portation authorities, C. A. Morse, as sistant director of operation of the United States railway administration, expressed, himself recently as be lieving that the time may come when the steel rails of light traffic ex pensively operated short lines will be torn up and their right of ways converted into highways for trucks. Other transportation experts and many ship and truck advocates ex press the same trend of thought. "The greater possibilities of the motor truck on the highways, when compared with the steam carrier on branch line rails, are indicated for the whole United States by citing fig ures for a typical state," writes E. Karr, chief of the Firestone ship-by-truck bureau, at Akron, Ohio, in a letter to the Portland branch of the bureau, touching on the use of the motor truck as a feeder of the rail roads. "In Wisconsin the railroad mileage is 12,000 miles. The highway mileage is 77,000 miles. Track Valuable as Rail Feeder. "Replacement of some of the serv ice performed on this railroad mile age wherever it represents light traffic branch lines which are oper ated at heavy expense to the main lines is only part, and a small part. of what the motor truck probably will do in a few more years. Its bigger and more important function lies in its ability to fill up the raps between the producer on the 77.000 miles of highways and the stations on the 13,000 miles of railway. "By doing this It will not only feed the main-line railway, but also bring the near-by producing farm closer to the city market. When it is operat lng on a network of routes, the farmer will send more products of me iarm to market and the con Burner should benefit by the fuller markets thereby created." thus Is it that the advocates of the motor truck a lighter and yet sturdier vehicle are taking up and carrying to fulfillment the visions which the creator of the steam wagon uau lor it. KOCKlilXL MADE SALES CHIEF Goodyear Advances an Old Hand to Newly Created Office. The automobile industry aranerallv. and the tire world particularly, will be Interested in announcement by the Goodyear Tire & Rubber company of ths creation of the position of sales manager, and appointment to thai position of I C Rockhill, widely Known in me traue. The appointment, coming when Goodyear la able to announce the close of the most successful year in its remarkable history, with a total gross sales of tl69.P00.000. attracts wide attention to the man who will tilrect the sales policies of this great American industry, whose activities nach to the far corners of the world Mr. Rockhill has been with Oood- ear something over IS years. Pre vlous to that lie was in the advertis ing department of a Cleveland news paper. Ills first service with Good year was in charge of the repair de paitrhent. a subdivision of the auto mobile tire department, handling re pairs and adjustments. He was sue cessively made manager of the aero nautical department, manager ot the cutomobile tire department and as sistant sales manager in charge ot tire sales. The Goodyear announcement is in line with the company's consistent pt'licy of recognlsi.'.g ability and re t arrlintr loyal service in its ranks. Mr. Rockhlll's advancement to the po sition of sales manager follows natu rally, by virtue of his long experience with sales work. 2-CAK GARAGE HAS OXE DOOH L-fchapMl Building Has Opening at Angle. A two-car private garage in Chi cago is enabled, by an ingenious patented arrangement, to accommo date both of Its occupants with a single door of ordinary sine, without any confusion or maneuvering. The garage building is L,-shaped. and the duor cuts across the corner of the "L." at a 45-degree angle. Kither car may thus be driven straight into its particular side or out agaiu, without interfering with tun uihr. ifiw WX-V t-t-r !i - ---- r - --rT-w. . --05 X - .j ... - N-TL . IT WAS THE: CHEVROLET'S ANTE, AND IT MADE GOOD. It happens to be just one of a good many interesting touring situations into which Jesse O. Bills, scenlo moving, picture camera man, of Portland, got his Chevrolet touring car in the course of trips over the northwest this past summer and fall in search of scenic pictures. This particular photograph was taken by Mr. Sills, showing the Chevrolet in one rather difficult situation in the Cascade mountains. It got out all right. Mr. Sills bought his Chevrolet a year ago from the Fields Motor Car company here, and it has given him sterling service. GOODRICH TO GATHER HIGH . WAY TRANSPORT DATA. Raymond Beck to Continue AVider Scope Work That Was Started in 1911. Prompted by a healthy growing- de mand for highway information and charts from highway transportation engineers and advocates, C. B. Cad- well, local Goodrich manager, an nounces -that the national touring bureau of the B. F. Goodrich Rubber company will be broadened to include the dissemination and distribution of all highway transport data. Henceforth it will be known as the Goodrich travel and transportation bureau. The new institution will ad here strictly to the following policy: To promote highway transport serv ice and to co-operate with all forms of transportation by land, water and air, in obtaining a more extended and efficient use of their respective facilities." Through its country-wide organiza tion of branches, depots and dealers the bureau has distributed upwards of 150,000,000 pieces of touring informa tion to the motoring public and its accomplishment in stimulating tour ing has been one of the biggest indi vidual efforts in good roads building. In 1919 it distributed nearly 5,000,000 state highway maps. - Raymond Beck, who acted as field engineer of the United States high ways transport committee during the war, has been chief of the bureau since its inception in 1911. Among the highway transportation experts on the travel and transport bureau advisory board are: Robert C. Har- greaves, formerly secretary of the highways transport committee, and S. V. Norton. Goodrich truck tire sales manager and author of "The Motor Truck as an Aid to Business profits," and "Motor Trucks of America." crossing the great desert section of the Great Salt Lake country. F. A. Seiberllng, president of the Lincoln highway and of the Goodyear Tire & Rubber company, considers Los Angeles a logical terminus of the great transcontinental highway and suggests that the new spur of this highway should run, to Oasis by waj of Tonopah and Qoldfield, then through the Owens river and Ante lope valleys to Ixs Angeles. This would mean 600 miles In Cali fornia and 270 in Nevada. The Auto mobile Club of Southern California has already sign-posted the entire route, and with the backing of this or ganization and that of the Uncoil Highway association, it is expected that both Nevada and California will construct their portions of the Ely Los Angeles highway. BLAME BOYS FOR AUTO THEFT Indianapolis Police Figures Show Youngsters Are Offenders. Figures compiled from the books of the Indianapolis police department show that the detectives assigned to the theft of motor cars have suc ceeded in recovering two-thirds of the stolen cars in the last four months. The reports show that most of the people convicted of unlawful possession of motor cars are boys between the ages of 17 and 23. A conservative estimate on the jralue ot the cars stolen would place the total at $316, BOO for the four months. The police have recovered. S139.000 worth of stolen cars. Out of the 433 ears stolen they have recovered 278. LINCOLN HIGHWAY TERMINUS Los Angeles Declared Logical Coast End for Continental Road. The location of the big Goodyear plant at Los Angeles has greatly stimulated interest in establishment of a branch of the Lincoln highway leading from Ely, Nev., to Los An geles, a distance of 770 miles. Ely is the first big town reached after ANOTHER COLE FEATURE REAR-AXLE HOUSING NOW MADE IN ONE PIECE. IS 500 DVERLANDS PER DAY PRODUCTION IS BEING IN CREASED TO 60 0 DAILY. Tests at Cornell University Demon strate It Twice aa Strong as Two-Piece Housing. "Notable among recent improve ments embodied in the Cole Aero- Eight," says F. W. Vogle of the North west Auto company. "Is the one-piece bousing of the new rear axle. It is one of the most stalwart and rigid units to be found in any passenger car. "This one-piece pressed steel hous ing in tests made at Cornell univer sity was found 200 per cent stronger than those of the two-piece type. Equipped internally with helical bevel gears, it operates with positive silence and the car has a smooth, quick pick-up. The housing is abso lutely tight and requires no grease or oil cups. "The large inspection plate of the Acro-Elght rear axle makes the in terior mechanism accessible always, and when removed affords a large opening through which adjustments may be made. The axle, is of the full- floating flange drive type, underfilling in its attachment, and the drive is through the springs. This provides a more flexible and secure attachment to the chassis, eliminates use of a heavy torque arm, and reduces weight of the axle. "Metallic bumpers have been sub stituted for the rubber bumpers, and Instead of being attached to the frame to protect the housing and brake shafts from coming in contact with the frame vhen severe bumps are struck, are fitted on top of the rear spring seat. The metal bumpers are substantial enough to sustain the most severe Jolt and prevent any in jury to the brake shafts and hous ing, and once installed are perma neirt. "The over-size braking surfaces in sure safety in operation. They grip instantly: a4 give simultaneous and even application. The service brakes are of ths external contracting type and the emergency brakes are of the internal expanding toggle type. They are easily adjusted to meet the vary ing conditions to which they are sub Jected." Turn corners to the left by going around the center of the street Intersection. Army of 12,500 Employes Engaged in Building New Car Are Enthusiastic Over. It. The Willys-Overland company con tinues Its remarkable progress in building Overland Four, the light car which has Introduced a new standard of easy-riding comfort in its exclusive feature of the three-point suspension springs. Word comes from Toledo that the production of Overland Four has now reached 500 cars a day. The various factory departments are engaged in spirited rivalry to accomplish their part of the operations so that produc tion may reach 600 Overland Fours a day. Getting production up to 600 a day on this new type of motor car is an instance of loyalty and Intelligent co-operation on tho part of a work ing force of 12.500 employes. This reodrd is further Interesting in view of the fact that there are now no street cars in Toledo, the citizens having voted for an ouster ordinance. The railway company took the city at its word and Bent its street cars into Michigan. Despite this, the Willys Overland factory has had an attend ance of 100 per' cent of Its 12,500 workers since Toledo became trolley less. To get them back and forth from their homes each day the Willys- Overland company has organized a complete transportation system of trucks, autos, jitney buses and other conveyances. But, at that, it means long walks and very early breakfasts for thousands of the Overland work ers. But they get to work every day, There is so much interest and en. thusiasm among the workers in the Toledo factory over Overland Four that the company has taken steps to provide a demonstration of the new car's unexcelled easy-riding qualities to every man ana woman in its em pioy. ine iree-riae-ror-all pro gramme is now being arranged. Nothing like this, it is said, has ever before been attempted by any auto mobile plant. It is explained that the Willys-overland management in pro viding the demonstration merely ac ceded to a general request from the workers Jn the plant. Gearset Lubrication. In filling the gearset put in the lubricant to a depth of about half the height of the gearbox. That is, have it com about even with the center of the main shaft. This will submerge the countershaft, and bring the face of the main shaft gears Into the lubricant. It is important to see that the packing rings are tight to prevent leakage where the drive shaft emerges from the gearcase and where the shaft from the clutch enters it. Blazing a trail which will bo fol lowed in yars to come by untold thousands of American tourists, a Hudson super-six completed a ten days' trip over the battlefields ot Northern France and Belgium, accord ing to word just received by C. L. Boss of the C. L. Boss Automobile company. Hudson distributors her. "The. journey was remarkable mainly by the excellent service ren dered by the car, which was three years old and had been run 21,000 miles," said Lieutenant J. H. Morrl sey, who piloted the Hudson. "Despite the unusually severs strains and tests that naturally ensue on touring through European battle fields," continued Lieutenant Morrlsey, ths car was in good condition and running as smoothly at ths end ot ths ourney as It dit three years ago. In the ten-dy leave period allot ted to members of ths United States cruiser and transport force at ths completion of Its work in returning troops, I felt that-1 could make much better use of my time if I took my Hudson across. 'With another car I might have feared to do this because of the diffi culty of obtaining replacements In case of breakage. However, I had Im plicit confidence in my Hudson. We started from Brest with six passengers and an extra heavy load of baggage. In addition it was neces sary to carry a reserve supply of gaso line, 10 gallons in all, owing to the scarcity of French gas. The run to Paris, 385 miles, was. made without the slightest difficulty. The following day we went to Amiens, through the Summe battlefields to Lille and in the six days following. visited. Ypres, Ostend, Zeebrugge, Ghent, Brussels, Liege. Louvain, Co logne, Coblens, JLuxemborg, Treves, Verdun, Rheims. "Then we returned to Paris after covering a total of more than 1100 miles. Our only difficulty on the trip, despite ths fact that roads through Flanders and northern Francs have not been repaired yet and numerous shell holes make it hard going for ths car, was dus to ths water in the gas oline, a common trouble over there, and an unusual number of punctures due to shrapnel splinters. "When ths age of the car and the exacting demands made on it not only during this trip, but for the past three years, ar considered, its present per. formanca appears to bs marvelous. To my mind it is a wonderful tribute to the inherent quality of the Hudson. That Smartest Roadster Another Mitchell Creation THERE are many surprises in this new three-passenger model, all of which you will appreciate. In point of appearance, this Mitchell Six leads its class. It is extra roomy ; finely finished. The major betterments are found in the chassis. Over two years of revisions, based on sixteen years experience, have brought scores of improvements. Many of them mean more strength, more endurance, lasting newness, longer life. They cut down operat ing and upkeep costs They mean more power, more comfort. ' Built to Last Time has shown that old-type Sixes aged too rapidly. Many ele ments contributed to this fault. So Mitchell factories added now ma chinery and equipment costing over S-rVuMmr Tottrtnr Cr I60 120-lncH tfTbeWhaw- 4Q ft. St. Motor maVe rtir $300,000 in order to new-day cars endure. Radical tests have been installed. An exacting inspection system has been created. Better materials and finer workmanship are employed. Many vital parts are larger and stronger. Brake efficiency has been increased. A new-type disc clutch ' is added. Long cantilever rear springs give greatest riding; ease and do not break in use. Many refinements hare takeri place in the Mitchell motor. Utter smoothness, balance and fit save much waste of power, give longer life and result m economy. Throughout the car, new stand ards are incorporated. Combined, they are creating a nation-wide sen sation. They represent a value un approached in this class. Come see these fine but modesty-priced cars. 1 tJOO 7- 127JmcM Ml CarSTtTTS . p. Motor MITCHELL MOTORS COMPANY. Irc, Racine, Wisconsin Mitchell, Lewis & Staver Co, Broadway at Oak Portland STEWABT TRUCK ABROAD 7 1 Hi OSE SHIPMENT TO FOR EIGN PURCHASERS. American-Made Vehicles Are Sold Cheaper in Europe Than the I'orelgn-Made Trucks. "Foreigrn countries are fost begin ning to realize the efficiency of motor trucks made in America," says F. H. Nash, of the Atterbury Truck Bales company, distributors of Stewart trucks here. "In the majority of cases trucks made in ths United States can be sold In foreign lands at a lower price, including freight and handling, than forein-made trucks. This, of course, is due to standardised manufacturing methods, which enable American trick makers to turn out their product in great quantities. "Recently the Stewart factory at Buffalo shipped 71 Stewarts. SI of them going to Cape Coast, Africa, and 20 to London, Rngland. These will be followed In the near future with a large shipment to Copenhagen, Den mark. At the present time, the Stew art Motor corporation has distributors in the leading cities of 27 foreign countries. connection of north and south sidsl conditions of labor and material the impatient engineeers decided to ex pedite matters and relieve traffic congestion in a novel way. North bound autoists early this fall found a surprise awaiting them in ths shape of a huge incline of wood, bridging the unfinished section and offering a new way out of the business district. The incline is 200 feet long. 20 feet wide between rails, and rises 13 feet, making an easy H per cent grade. The big structure was completed in an actual working period of 48 hours. and gars immediate relief to the traffic situation. Idalto Highway to Be Hastened. tKWISTON. Idaho. !. . fPne- INCLTN'E BRIDGES NEW ROAD Contractor Solves Traffic Problem In Novel Way. Whn the work of completing ths ONLY ONE SHORT DETOUR NOW ALL THE WAT FROM PORT LAND TO ASTORIA. f-Z&M 11 , ! s " " J - sim? U ...v' w-:. . C . -J This detour, between Deer island and Gobi, is made necessary by the building of a new concrete bridge at this point. It Is very short, not over 100 yards, and the detour is graveled and passable in any weather. Inci dentally, this one detour is the only bit of unpaved highway now from well this side of Deer Island all the way to Goble, Rainier, and half way on to Clatskanie. The picture shows a Franklin car starting to make the detour on a recent run to Astoria The Garford Motor Truck Company, Lima, Ohio Bfetor Tracks of All Capacities The Huskiest Truck of its class in the world An adequate stock of parts - USERS KNOW Garford Oregon Motor Sales Co. Wholesale and Retail Eighth and Daris Streets Portland claL) O. W. Wallace, C. W. Steen and J. S. McKissick are the new com missioners for the Waha-Tammany highway district, which will soon un dertake the completion of the high way to L.k Waha. This will be on of the finest macadamised roads in the state when ths remaining seven of the total 22 miles of road are completed. It is intended to hasten the construction of an exten sion of this road over Craig moun tain, to Culdesao in the near future. GERMANS UNDERSELL BRITISH Automobile Lighting and Starting Sets in Competition. Reports that CJerman goods are be ginning to enter Great Britain have been received by the department of commerce. Included are automobile lighting and starting sets selling for. about $250, a price that is J10Q less than the Knglish manufacturers are able to make. The board of trade has announced that it may find it necessary to re strict imports from countries where the exchange ts so low that importers have a special advantage over the do mestic producer. In making this an nouncement the board of trade had Germany particularly in mind. Wheth er the board will prohibit the impor tation of German goods on the score that the exchange is so low that it gives the Germans special advantages In competing in the British market remains to be Been. M ' 1 1ll !K1 -7. how crrcXai"ciIj Jf Bug Moon Closed Car Comfort Own a ear which is comfortable every month in the year. Moon manufacture builds eleg&nt, luxurious and comfortable motor cars at price which are within the bounds of reason. The interior furnishing and equipment of the Moon Sedan and Coupe are unquestionably correct. Their design is delightfully modern the large, wide door and all coach work aa carefully finished as a fine, old grandfather's dock. Driven by that famous, flexible and light Red-Seal. Moon-Continental Motor these models are now on sale. Make an early appointment to see their surprising value for yourself. The C. H. S. Co. . Distributors 63 North Twenty-third St., Near Washington Marshall 1428 Built hy MOON MOTOR CAR CCU St. LauUi U. S. A.