THE STJXDAT OTJEGONIAX, PORTLAND, "DKCrEMBER 7, -1919.
THIS IS A NICE JACK-POT TO BE IN WHAT?
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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$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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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