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TRUCK RELIABILITY
THIS IS THE MODERN WAY OF DELIVERING CORD AND SLAB WOOD.
TO BE STAGED
2500-Mile Event Planned for
Middle West Next Year.
ALL TO HAVE PNEUMATICS
Affair is to Become Annual Event,
Comparable to Glldden Tours
of Former Times.
THE SUNDAY OREGON IAN. PORTLAND. DECEMBER 28, 1919.
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America's first annual motor truck
reliability contest will be run starting
late in June. 1920. over a course In
the middle west, with Omaha as the
starting- and finishing point. The
route will be approximately 2500
miles, with practically 24 days of
driving and 27 days in all on the road.
Sunday driving being prohibited in
the contest. The route will run
through parts of eight states.
Trophies of value and beauty have
been offered. Including the Omaha
Bee trophy for the best performance
of a truck on the run, which will be
limited to trucks of 3 tons and un
der, all to be pneumatically tired. One
of the main objects of the run is to
demonstrate the pneumatic tire as ap
plied to motor trucks to the wealthy
furming population of ths great ter
ritory covered.
In fact, the run has already been
given the name of "The Run Around
the Money Belt," as the great middle
west included within the confines of
the route was never as prosperous as
at present, with farming lands at unheard-of
figures, and with a demand
lor crops at high prices, which exceed
all records ever known.
V". Ed Spooner Is Manager.
F. Ed Spooner. automobile editor of
the Detroit Free Press, is promotional
manager of the tour, Charles P. Root
of Chicago, manager, and S. P. i-e
Due of the Omaha Bee, resident man
ager. Mr. Spooner is a veteran in
touring aud pathflnding circles, dat
ing f,-nm ths trreat Pittsburg endur
ance run of 1903. He has participated
in annual tours of both passenger!
cars and motor trucks since that time.
Charles P. Root is also a veteran,
prominently connected with the suc
cessful management of a majority of
the great touring events out of Chi
cago, including two great motor truck
runs of the past. Mr. Root Is Ameri
can Automobile association contest
board representative.
Sanction for the "Run Around the
Money Belt," the first annual nation
al motor truck reliability contest, has
been Issued by the contest board of
the meric.an Automobile association.
Chairman Kennerdell of the contest
board has stated his belief that the
event will be the most important ever
held for the motor truck industry.
All motor trucks competing for the
Omaha Bee and other trophies will
be stock models, registered with the
A A. A. and will be inspected at the
start and finish and passed by of
ficials of the technical committee of
tho American Automobile association.
Observers for the Run.
Observers will travel on the trucks
throughout the run, every contesting
truck going into controls at noon and
night Rules for the national tour
have ' been preparer1 by Charles P.
Root and his associates, and passed
by the contest, board of the American,
Automobile association, which will
have general supervision of the offi
cials of the tour, all experienced men
In the field.
Thp pact route will be determined
only after the pathfinder has passed
over the roads to determine upon
their qualifications, particularly with
retard to bridges and the care of the
nartv en route. Noon stops, night
Kinns and Sunday layovers will then
ri arranged by the pathfinder and
his aides, who will make their lengthy
trln as soon as the roads have been
opened to motor car traffic in the late
snrinc
Generally speaking, the route will
be from Omaha to Lilncoln, Cheyenne,
Denver. Colorado Springs, fueblo
Hutchinson, Topeka. Kansas City,
Des Moines. Fort Dodge. Sioux Falls
Sidux City and Omaha. Sunday stops
on this tentative schedule are at
Cheyenne, Wyo.; Hutchinson, Kan.;
and Des Moines, la. Following this
tentative route the average daily
mileage will bo slightly in excess of
101 miles.
Plans for the tour call for the most
elaborate staging ever known on
national event, not excepting the
greatest Glidden tours of past years.
Lessons learned on the great tours
for passenger cars will be incorpor
ated into the truck tour.
Much Interest in vent.
There has already been aroused
among manufacturers the liveliest
interest in this event, facts regard
ing it having leaked out through of
ficial channels In New York. Contest
board representatives met some time
ago to consider the proposal to run
the event and sanction was Issued
only after the board had considered
the matter at length.
In the district to be covered by
the great touring event, truck sales
have increased amazingly with the
coming of the pneumatic tire, which
has placed the motor truck squarely
on its feet in a district where roads
have not been favorable to the truck
with solid tires.
The reliability tour, the "Run
Around the Money Belt," will serve
to bring more prominently befoce
the vast farming district the relia
bility of the truck, its adaptability
to the farming districts and to the
business sections in a country, sur
passing in business prosperity almost
any other section of the country
today.
OLD TIMER BACK OX THE JOB
1 annul; No. 8, Long Winner on the
Track, Works in Factory.
Old No. S, winner of the 500-mile
international sweepstakes in 1912 at
the Indianapolis motor speedway. Is
back on yie job. After a thrill-less
vacation of seven and a half years,
thet famous blue National that Joe
Dawson drove to victory in the most
spectacular of the Hoosler classics
has been called to the rescue in help
ing overcome the fuel shortage.
In the machine shop of the National
plant stands No. 8's engine, driving a
belt to an overhead line shaft and
contributing its quota of power to tho
gasoline propulsive effort of a bat
tery of National engines turning the
lathes that are producing parts for
the new Sextet.
Loafing, apparently, has not had
the same effect on the 1912 champion
of the speedway as It did upon James
J. Jeffries, former champion of the
prize ring, for old No. 8 carries the
punch and possesses the stamina for
a successful comeback, not as de
fender of its title, but as a valuable
piece of factory equipment.
The use of gasoline engines as a
source of shop power in Indianapolis
is not uncommon, other large manu
facturing companies besides the Na
tional having found that motors were
a most satisfactory auxiliary during
the paralyzing days of the fuel shortage.
1)1 HI' BODIES AND TRAILERS LIKE THOSE IN THE PICTURE DOUBLE TRUCKING KftTlClENCY AND
RKD1CK DELIVERY COSTS.
Purchase from the William L. Hughson company of a Lee reversible trailer with automatic aide dump body of SH
yards' capacity and an extra body of like capacity to mount on a truck chassis has cut the Holman Fuel company's
delivery time in half. Two loads can be hauled to a trip, one cord of short wood on the truck and one cord on the
trailer, either being loaded or dumped independently of the other. One truck takes the place of three teams in
the fuel company's delivery work, but this truck and trailer equipment with dump bodies takes the place of five
teams, according to Benjamin F. Holman, at large aavlng in dally operating expense. The first day this equip
ment was used one driver made 16 deliveries In eight trips in regular working hours. At an average of six miles
to the round trip, the eight trips In delivering these 16 loads meant a distance of 48 miles for the day's wor .
Floyd V. Parsons is In charge of the trailer department for the William L. Hughson company.
RIGHT WAY TO USE CHAINS
GEORGE K. CASSIDY. TELLS
HOW TO APPLY THEM.
Wrong Way Ruins Many Good
Tires Long Before Their Use
fulness Has Been Served.
"More ill feeling is caused between
tire dealers and their customers over
the question of adjustment through
the use of chains than any otner
known cause," says George K. Cassidy
of the American Tire & Rubber com
pany, distributor for General tires.
Many good tires are ruined long
before their usefulness has been
served through the wrong application
of skid chains.
"There is a right way and a wrong
way to apply chains, as well as a
right and wrong way to use them.
They may be made to ruin the tire or
to do it a minimum of harm. All
these things should be thoroughly
familiar to the motorist, for chains
are an all-year-round necessity, al
though used lees frequently In the
summer. Heavy rains soon make
roads Just as dangerous as icy weath
er, so that one or more chains should
always be carried in the car.
"A chain for each wheel should be
carried by the tourist. Use as many
as the occasion seem to demand, but
supply the rear wheels first. If only
one Is used put it on the left rear
wheel, stopping or starting at the
curb, and if two are used install both
on the rear wh..:ls."
STUDEBAKER SERVICE TAKEN"
Hughson-Hollingsworth. Company
to Handle Repair Work.
The Oregon Motor Car company,
Oregon distributors for the Stude
baker, has made arrangements with
the newly formed Hughson-Hollings
worth company to handle service and
shop work on Studebaker cars. The
Hughson-Hollingsworth company has
quarters at Eighth and Davis streets.
In the former repair quarters of the
Oregan Motor Car company. It Is
composed of R. S. Hughson and W. B.
Hollingsworth. Mr. Hughson has been
with the Oregon Motor Car company
nearly six years, in the service de
partment.
INCREASING LIFE OF ACTO
Efficient Lubrication Is Most Im
portant Factor of All.
Shortage of motor cars due to the
unprecedentedly heavy buying
throughout the United States and in
terrupted production, attributable to
labor unrest and irreeularitv in ship
ments of raw materials to manufac- I ing officer of the unit.
turers, has been an Incentive to
motor-car owners to give more atten
tion to the proper maintenance of
their machines.
Longevity of automobiles and keep
ing operating and maintenance costs
down to a minimum are closely relat
ed with efficient lubrication, for It Is
upon this point that engineers have
devoted their expert attention. Fric
tion is the agent that causes wear,
and high quality lubricants reduce
the wearing effect to a minimum. In
addition to eliminating heat, which 1b
another enemy of long motor life.
WISCONSIN LICENSE TOTALS
Cars Registered Exceed Estimates
Made Year Ago.
Wisconsin has broken all previous
records for motor registry this year
and the total number of licenses Is
sued so far is more than 500 In ex
cess of estimates made on January 1
by the secretary of state. Up to Oc
tober 18 the total of passenger car
licenses Issued was 224.840: motor
truck licenses, 7240, and dealers' li
censes, 1390, an aggregate of 2JS.470
In addition 10,676 motorcycles have
been registered. An Increase of more
than 35.000 is indicated In pesseneer
car registration, compared with 1918.
MOBILE SHOP ASSIGNED
AGRICULTURAL COLEGE WILL
GET ARMY EQUIPMENT.
TRUCK MEN WILL CONFER
IMPORTANT TOPICS TO COME
UP AT NEW YORK SHOW.
Shipment for Instruction Purposes
Announced by Commandant
of Cadets.
OREGON AGRICULTURAL COL
LEGE. Corvallis, Dec. 27. (Special.)
Equipment worth approximately
350,000 will be sent to the college by the
government for use in motor trans
portation corps instruction which has
been established here, according to a
letter Just received by commandant
L. H. Spooner, first lieutenant in field
artillery and instructor in motor
transport work here.
The shipping of a mobile repair
shop Including tool equipment, lathes,
drill presses, a grinder and hand tools
of every description has been an
nounced. The repair shop, mounted on a four-wheel-drive
truck usually accompan
ies convoys or motorized artillery
units.
At present 90 men are registered
in the course in motor transport work,
and they will be formed Into two
companies of three sections each.
Lieutenant Spooner is planning for
the appointment and assignment of
non-commissioned officers to direct
the work of the unit. Emll E. Seibert,
of Pendleton is major and command-
HOOD RIVER WAS ALL SNOWED IN.
Portland Dealers Who Visit Event
Sure to Find Subjects dT
Interest to Them.
Announcement has been made that
the programme Is practically com
pleted for the highway transport con
ferences, to bo held In conjunction
with the national motor truck shows.
The New York motor truck show will
be held the week of January 3-10 In
the eighth coast defense armory, l4th
street and Klngs'idge road, and the
Chicago show during the week of
January 24-31, In the International
amphitheater. Inaugural sessions of
the conferences will take place on
opening night at both shows, at which
speakers will be men of national
prominence and the general subjects
of highways and motor transportation
will be discussed with special refer
ence to Its economic aspects.
Afternoon and evening session will
be held dally for the remaining six
days of each show. Afternoon ses
sions are intended primarily for those
engaged In the motor truck business.
Including manufacturing, distributing
and service. Discussion will oenter
upon such subjects as merchandising
and advertising, legislation for high
way Improvement, sales plans, serv
ice, the motor transportation Idea,
end opportunities In rural sections.
Interests of motor truck owners
and oper.-.tors, shippers and the gn
eral public have been tho primary
consideration In arranplng the even
Ing programme, for which the sub-
Ject scheduled are motor vehicles In
passenger transportation: Increasing
motor haulage efficiency by such
means as routing, loading and unload
Ing devices and incentives for drlv
ers and helpers, such aids to' effi
ciency as trailers and pneumatic
tires; truck and railroad frrichtlnc:
highways and motor transport; rural
motor express as an Investment and
as an aid to producer and consumer
Development of the rural motor ex
press Is proceeding rapidly as a re
suit of the need to Increase produc
tlon and decrease cost of food. Per
Ishable products may be brought to
market In good condition, and small
farmers are combining In co-operative
associations for using a single truck
to haul food products to cities and
bring back supplies on the return
trio.
Better marketing and distribution
to decrease cost of food by eliminat
ing superfluous handlings of food
rroducts Is a phase of the conference
discussions which should prove es
pecially Interesting to the general
public, although something of profit
may be gained by a visit to any of
the resslons of the very comprehen
slve programme.
Locking Screws.
wnen it is aesirea to noid a screw
firmly in place In the woodwork of
the car. this may be accomplished by
driving an ordinary staple, such as Is
used In fastening wire netting,' Into
the wood so that the staple lies di
rectly In the slot of the screw.
Essex Sets World's Long
Distance Endurance Mark
3038 Miles in 50 Hours, Averaging
60. 7 Miles An Hour
All that 20,000 owners have claimed for Essex endurance is
proved in the official tests completed under American Auto
mobile Association observation on the Cincinnati Speedway,
December 12. It was the first official test ever made of a
car driven at top speed for fifty hours.
Made 5,870 Miles in 94 Hours
22 Minutes Driving Time
The Essex was put on the speedway to
prove its reliability in a fifty-hour test.
At the end of 27 hours 58 minutes and
in the 1790th mile, rain and sleet forced
a stop. A second start was made three
days later, but snow again ended the trial.
This time the run lasted 16 hours 25 min
utes and covered 1042 miles. The third
run starting the following day was suc
cessful, the 50-hour period being com
pleted. Thus the proof of Essex endurance is
even greater than that expressed in the
50-hour run. Think what that means.
The average car is driven little more than
5000 miles in the entire season. But this
stock Essex chassis went more than a
mile a minute for 5870 miles.
More Than You Will
Ever Want
Your average driving speed is probably
25 miles an hour. You rarely maintain
that speed for more than an hour or two.
Still if your car should go through the
season with that kind of performance,
wouldn't you be pleased?
How much more trying to every item of
its mechanism were every one of those
high-speed miles than any demand you
will make.
Almost as astounding as its endurance
was its tire experience. The front-wheel
tires went through all three trials without
change. Two rear tires were replaced be
cause of damage done by splinters from
the board-surfaced track.
Application was made last April to con
duct stock reliability tests under the as
sociation rules. Since then close to 15,000
cars have been delivered and the Essex
used in this test is officially vouched for
as being identical with every Essex built.
Doesen 't It Settle the
Light Car Question?
Light weight in an automobile has
meant principally moderate price and per
haps gasoline and tire economy. There
was enough speed and power to get about,
but none that gave distinction on the road.
Fineness and performance were not ex
pected. But the Essex brought fine-car quality
to the light-car field. Its appearance gave
it immediate distinction. Its performance
placed it in the large costly car class.
Only in size, cost and economy of gasoline,
oil and tires was it compared to cars in
the moderate-price field.
Is it any wonder that motorists have
praised the Essex as they have? It gave
them just what they had wanted. It was
the way by which they could keep their
motoring costs down and still have a car
that filled their demands in performance,
appearance and endurance.
So Make Sure You Can
Get an Essex
Every Essex delivered has resulted in
an increased demand. The purchases grew
to more than thirty-five million dollars
within eleven months. Its 20,000 owners
are adding to the demand that is rolling
up for next spring deliveries. We are al
ready booking them. There is no possi
bility that all buyers can be served. Now
is the time when you should make reserva
tion. This latest proof will decide thou
sands who have waited for just such evi
dence that the Essex is as good as people
have said it is.
C. L. Boss Automobile Co.
615-617 Washington Street
Portland
HOOD RIVER, Or., Dec 20. (Special.) The town of Hood River had
three feet of snow and weather way below aero in the recent cold snap
Below is shown a main business street of the town, with a truck snowed in
Above is a whole battery of gravel trucks employed on Columbia River
highway work, just as tffey were caught by the storm. They were parked
in one 01 me main streets 01 Jttooa Kiver.
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Great for touching up body, fenders, running
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