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THE SUNDAY OREGOMAX, PORTLAND, DECEMBER 28, 1919.
ID FOR
F
INDIANAPOLIS RAGES
$50,000 in Prizes for Great
Event Next May 31.
I ago of the appointment of the Allied
I Industries, Inc., of San Francisco as
( Pacific coast representatives and sell
ing agents for the Nu-Back company
Is one of the oTdest manufacturers of
automobile leather dressing in the
United States and its products have
been sold on the coast, for the past
eight years.
Heavy growth of business in the
past year and a desire to be better
able to serve the trade throughout
the western territory, necessitated ap
pointment of permanent selling rep
resentatives. Allied Industries, Inc.,
has a large selling organization and
maintains branch offices in Los Ange
les and Seattle.
LIGHTER CARS TO COMPETE
Weight Limit Now Reduced to 1650
and Right or Left-Hand
Drive Is Optional.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind.. Dec. 27. The
opening gun for the seventh interna
tional 500-raile race on the Indianap
olis motor speedway May 31, 1920. has
been fired with the mailing of more
than 200 entry blanks to possible and
prospective contestants among auto
mobile manufacturers and private
racing enthusiasts in the United States
and various countries of Europe,
prominent among them France, Eng
land and Italy, all of whom are ex
pected to send teams to compete. The
1920 race will-Ae the flrst held under
the new speedway rules limiting com
petition to cars of 183 cubic inches
piston displacement, and accordingly
is looked forward to with unusual in
terest, both In the United States and
abroad.
Since preliminary conditions for
the race were announced some time
ago modifications have been made
lowering the weight limit for eligi
ble cars from 1700 to 1650 pounds and
making right-hand drive optional in
stead of compulsory, left-hand steer
ixfg now being permitted also.
950,000 In Cash Prises.
The weight reduction was put into
fleet in order to make the Indianapo
lis racing rules conform with those
for the Grand Prix de France, sched
uled for Le Mans next Fall, while the
left-hand drive was admitted out of
deference to American manufacturers
who favored it for their cars.
Prize money will be as in former
years, with a total of $50,000 to be
divided among the flrst ten to finish.
of which the lion's share. $20,000,
goes to the winner.
In addition a number of tire and
accessory manufacturers are expect
ed to add substantial bonuses to the
speedway prize money, payment be
ing conditional upon the winner's
using the manufacturer's equipment,
so that the successful bidder for first
honors may be reasonably certain of
raking in not lest than $25,000 or
perhaps $30,000 in all.
Races Bring; Progress.
The Indianapolis race has stood at
the pinnacle of the speed sport since
its inception in 1911, when Ray Har
roun demonstrated the superiority of
his Arab wit and cunning by outgen
eraling a field of 44 starters. The
event has progressed since then until
today it is a fixture in the world's
sport calendar, with followers In
every country on the faoe of the globe.
Automotive progress has been blazed
on the Indianapolis race course. The
experiment of today, by virtue of its
success at Indianapolis, has become
the engineering law of tomorrow. The
civijized world owes a debt to the
Indianapolis institution for the rapid
advancement of automobile and air
plane constiruction that it fostered, a
development in which the 1928 race,
by virtue of the new set of condi
tions it imposes, is expected to open
a new era. looking" to, the perfection
of the new and yet undiscovered light
weight car of the future.
NEW SPARK PIUG IS HERE
R. W . Frost Agent for B-G Plug,
With Many Special Features.
"The recent remarkable perform
ances of B-O spark plugs in the To
ronto race and the transcontinental
race has proved them to be an im
portant advance in spark plug design
and manufacture. Improved reliabil
ity of the ignition system means in
creased safety and better perform
ance." declares R. W. Frost, of R. W.
Frost & Co., who has the northwest
agency for this plug.
"The advance in the design, of the
B-G plug consists in its self-cleaning
feature, which Is obtained by a hlgh
pressure air blast directed over the
sparking points, on all four strokes
of thet engine cycle.
"On' the compression stroke of the
piston, pressure is accumulated in the
body of the plug in the space provid
ed above the sparking points. The
air enters the chamber through the
four holes at the base of the plug.
These holes are drilled at such an an
gle that such oil as may find its way
through the four apertures is forced
into the oil pocket Immediately above
them formed by the body of the plug
and the lower point of the thimble.
The compression chamber of the plug
Is considerably larger, however, as it
extends far up into the plug to the
mica insulation held in place by the
spindle and crushed together at high
pressure by packing cone.
"At the start of the power stroke.
the spark occurs and the recession
of the piston permits escape of the
accumulated pressure augmented by
the heat or combustion and spark.
The oil and pressure in the oil pocket
passes through the holes at the bot
tom of the plug; the pure mixture In
the inner chamber, deflected by thim
ble, passing at great pressure over the
sparking point. The operation is re
peated on the exhaust and intake of
Ifle piston.
"Many experimental plugs were re
quired before the correct size of the
holes for the base of the plug wa
found, for they determine the pressure
accumulated in the plug and also the
direction through which that pressure
is released. If the holes are too
small, insufficient pressure to blow
all oil and soot from the plug points
Is obtained. On the other hand, too
large holes result m the pressure be
lng forced through the holes instead
of passing at the contact points.
"The mica insulation used is spe
cially treated and is packed to the
utmost tightness by means of the
packing cone used in the assembly. A
packing chamber is provided on the
outside of the plug, which lowers the
temperature of the thimble. The
plug can easily be dissembled from
the body screws into the cylinder
head, exposing the sparking point and
insulation for inspection and clean
ing.
"In the recent New York-Toronto
and New York-San Francisco races
the. performance of B-G spark plugs
proved the soundness of the new prin
ciple of construction. The gruelling
conditiens to which they were sub
lected gave opportunity for instruc
tive comparisons of their efficiency
with those of the other types ap
proved for use on military aircraft by
the war department.
DEALER FOR COAST IS NAMED
Allied Industries. Inc., to Handle
Nu-Back. Products.
Ths automobile industry and motor
lets in general will be interested i
the announcement made a few day
BARBER IS ACCESSORY CHIEF
Head or Big Association Starts on
First Trip to West.
NEW YORK, Dec. 13. Alexander W.
Barber, formerly connected with the
credit department of the Irving Na
tional bank of New York, has been
selected as field secretary of the Mo
tor and Accessory Manufacturers' as
sociation. Mr. Barber has already
started on his first western trip.
With the Irving National "bank. Mr.
Barber handled a great many Impor
tant accounts in the automotive in
dustry. Mr. Barber will not only keep in
touch with the credit managers of
ESSEX SETS WORLD'S
E RECORD
ENDURAnlC
Stock Chassis Goes Mile Min
ute for 5870 Miles.
RUN MADE ON SPEEDWAY
Fifty-Hour Test, With Tommy Mil
ton Driving,'HeId at Cincinnati
Under A. A. A. Observation.
An Essex stock chassis under Amer
ican Automobile association observa
tion set a new world's mark for long
distance endurance .on the Cincinnati
speedway. December 12, when it com
the various companies of the associa- pleted a remarkable test run in which
nue laws of 1917. 1918 and 1919, to
taled $29,262,864.79.
PUBLICITY TOO SUCCESSFUL
Advertising Forces Clyde Cars
Company to Change Name.
The goal of all advertisers is to put
the name of their product prominently
into the mouths and minds of the buy
ing public. Seldom does it occur that
this is done too successfully, yet that
is exactly what happened, in the case
of the Clyde Cars company of Clyde, O.
This company builds the Crescent
truck, which has been adopted . as
standard by the Midwest Refining
company, Standard Oil of California.
Regal Show company. Western Elec
tric company, Florida Citrus exchange.
and others. The truck was named for
the breed) of heavy draft horses which
the Clydesdale and other motor trucks
have so rapidly supplanted. That the
factory was in the little town of Clyde,
O . was a mere coincidence.
During the eight years of Intensive
sales and advertising campaigns to
put the name of the truck before the
public the name of the company has
been quite lost sight of. The bulk of
the mail and telegrams addressed to
the factory within the last few years
has been sent to the Clydesdale com
pany, the Clydesdale Truck company,
or some similar name.
As a result, the Clyde carB com-
HE'S THE HUPMOBILE DEALER AT CORVALLIS, OR.
A. G. HELD OF A. G. HELD CO. IN THE OREGOX :RICII.TIRI. OI.I.KliK TOWN. ON THK ROAD TO
ALBANY WITH ONE OF THE NEW 120 H LP MOBILE ROADSTER!.
with the other executives I it make 5878 miles in 50 hours of
tion, but
as well.
Membership of the Motor and Ac
cessory Manuf actu rers association in
cludes more than 360 companies, man
facturing motors, parts, tires and accessories.
BIG MEN WITH MERCER
FORMER PACKARD EXECU
TIVES IN NEW ORGANIZATION.
H. D. Church, Former Packard
Truck Chief, Latest to Go With
Mercer Company.
The announcement which has Just
gone out that H. IX Church, Packard's
former chief engineer of the truck
division, has become Mercer's vice
president of truck engineering, has
set tongues wagging fast wherever
automobile men gather to discuss the
gossip of their industry.
The trade sat up and took notice
when E. S. Hare, for ten years with
the. Commercial Truck company of
Philadelphia, eight as vice-president.
and for three years with Packard, be
came the new Mercer president. Then
Lansdale, Guyman and Hunt, all for
mer Packard executives with the same I
ideals as Mr. Hare, and now Church.
Mr. Church has been tinkering with
motor car design for 22 years and
built his first complete car In 1901.
He comes by his mechanical" geni.is
naturally enough, being the son of
D. H. Church, who was during his
life-time mechanical superintendent
of the Waltham Watch company and
designer of its original automatic
watch-building machinery, which is
said to have revolutionized the watch
making industry of this country.
Church at one former stage or nis
long and varied experience was Mer
cer's chief engineer, just before he
connected with Packard, so that his
present move is merely the resump
tion of an old tie.
Freeing Ford Transmission.
In putting up the Ford truck or
converter for the night, the brake
handle should always be left forward.
That means that the clutch will be
left in, whereby no oil can trickle In
between the clutch plates to gum
them up when the brake handle Is
pulled forward In the morning. It IS
well to press hard on each of the
pedals, so as to squeeze out any oil
that may be between the three bands
and their drums, to prevent gumming
there.
actual driving. It was the first time
a car had ever been driven under of
ficial observation at top speed for 50
hours.
Put on the speedway to prove its
reliability in a 50-hour test, the Es
sex at the end of 27 hours 58 min
utes and in the 1790th mile, because
of rain and sleet, was forced to stop.
A second start was made three days
later, but snow again ended the trial.
This time the run lasted 16 hours 25
minutes and covered 104"2 miles. The
third run, starting the following day,
was successful, the 50-hour period be
ing completed.
Thus the proof of Essex endurance
is even greater than that expressed in
the 50-hour run. The average car is
driven little more than 5000 miles in
the entire season. But this stock Es
sex chassis went more than a mile a
minute for 5870 miles.
Almost as astounding as its en
durance was its tire experience. The
front wheel tires went through all
three trials without change. Two rear
tires were replaced because of dam
age done by splinters from the board
surfaced track. The tires were Good
year cords.
The car was driven by Dave Lewis
and Tommy Milton, the noted racing
drivers, and DeLloyd Thompson, one
of the most famous "stunt" aviators
in the country. The drivers worked
in six-hour shifts, making two stops
during this period to fill with oil
and gasoline.
The American Automobile associa
tion representatives at the trials were
Fred J. Wagner, widely known offi
cial starter of practically all Ameri
can speedway evetns, assisted by F.
E. Edwards, technical representative
of the American Automobile associa
tion contest board, J. E. Schipper of
Detroit, assistant technical represent
ative, and R. A. Leavell, in charge of
the electrical timing apparatus.
pany has invoked the aid of the courts
and changed its name to the Clydes
dale Motor Truck company.
TRACTOR USE INCREASES
THIS YEAR'S PRODUCTION ES
TIMATED AT 3 15,000.
AUTO EXCISE TAXES MILLIONS
Manufacturers Pay $17,915,510,
Says Internal Revenue Collector.
Excise taxes paid by manufactur
ers on the sale of cars and motorcy
cles for the fiscal year ended June
30 totaled $17,915,510, according to a
report made public by the internal
revenue collector. Commercial car
taxes for the same period and the
revenue derived from taxes on tires,
parts and accessories amounted to
$4,908,276.18. .
Taxes received In the four months.
March 1 to June 30, 1919, from pas
senger cars for hire totaled $507,
721.01. Excise taxes received by the
department of internal revenue the
the four months ended June 30, 1919,
including all taxes paid on the reve-
Lower Cokt of Doing Farm Work by
.Machine Chief Kcaoii for
Its Popularity.
The use of. tractors is rapidly in
creasing throughout the country.
There were about 132,000 tractors
produced last year, according to the
Wall Street Journal. This year's pro
duction Is estimated at around 315,-000.
The lower cost of doing farm work
and the ease of doing big things in a
big way is the reason why.
The tractor answered the farmer's
problem during the world war. The
boys were leaving the farms by the
thousands. Still the farmer was
urged to raise more crops. He sim
ply could not do it with old methods.
He could plow only two to 2y acres
a day with a team. He could culti
vate only a few acres of corn, and
even in doing that he was risking
valuable horse flesh for many an an
imal succumbed under the hot un in
the corn field or ahead of the plow,
when horse power was needed most.
The tractor multiplied the man
power of farms. It enabled the farm
ers to produce millions more bushels
of grain than they could have possi
bly raised without 1L '
Plowing an acre an hour is no trick
for the man with a good tractor. And
when the plowing Is finished the
tractor is ready for pulling the discs
and harrows to prepare the seed bed.
It never tires, never gets sick and
can stay on the Job 24 hours a day in
a rush season if necessary.
MOTOR BOATS NEW SPEEDERS
They Zip so Fast Through Canal
Ranks Are Washed Out.
Lockport, N. Y., has started an ac
tive campaign against speeders, but
not those of the automobile variety.
It's motor boat speeders that are now
being sought. High-powered boats
have been shooting along the New
York state barge canal at such a rate
that their wash has caused serious
damage to the 1 banks and works. A
ruling has been announced limiting
motor boats to six miles an hour.
CHANDLER SIX
Fam o us For Tts Marvelous Motor
mmym i mi i : u ' 1 1 i
Many Choose the New
Chandler Coupe
THE Chandler Coupe has quickly attained popularity.
It makes instant appeal to those desiring the very
best in closed car construction.
It is an unusual car, the Chandler Coupe; handsome in its design,
luxuriously furnished and lustrous in finish. It seats three persons, or
four when the roomy auxiliary chair is used, and seats them in perfect
comfort on deep cushions. The upholstery is of silk plush, the fittings
of dull silver finish.
Automatic window lifts permit just such adjustment of the windows
as weather or wish may dictate.
The Chandler Coupe is mounted on the one standard Chandler
chassis, famous for its mechanical excellence and its really marvelous
motor.
YOUR EARLY ORDER MAY SERVE
AGAINST DELAY IN DELIVERY
SIX SPLENDID BODY TYPES
Seven-Passenger Touring Car, $1895 Four-Passenaer Roadster. U89S
Four-Passenger Dispatch Car, S197S
Seven-Passenger Sedan. 32895 Four-Passenger Coupe, $2795 Limousine, S339S
Prices f. o. b. Cleveland)
TWIN STATES MOTOR CAR CO.
Distributors
ALDER AT SIXTEENTH ST., PORTLAND
CHANDLER MOTOR CAR COMPANY, CLEVELAND, OHIO
HUGHSOW CHIEFS CONFER
DEL WRIGHT HOME FROM SAN
FRANCISCO MEETING.
LOTS OF THIS KIND OF HAULING IN PROGRESS ABOUT PORTLAND.
Managers of Six Branches Report
Business Prospects Fine for
Coming Year.
The annual conference In San Fran
cisco of the branch managers of the
William L,. Hughson company, w,hlch
came to a close a few' days ago. fur
nishes an example of the strides that
have been made in this particular line
of business. Del Wright. Portland
branch manager for the company, has
ust returned from the conference.
Starting in with a small establish
ment in San Francisco 18 years ago.
this company today has branches In
Oakland. Seattle. Portland. Los An
geles and San Diego, in addition to
the branch and home office in San
Francisco.
The business done in the year Just
past exceeded $6,000,000, and, from the
reports and objectives set by the
branch managers, this amount will be
far exceeded in the coming year.
which rlearly Indicates how Impor
tant a place the distribution of auto
mobile trucks and automotive prod
ucts has achieved.
Many important matters relating to
the coming year's business were dis
cussed at the conference, which lasted
a week. The managers reported that
the business outlook for their terri
tories will be enormous, and only lim
ited by the uncertainty of deliveries.
W. C Rowley, vice-president of the
Federal Motor Truck company, who
was in San Francisco for three or four
years, held a conference with the
Hughson men to discuss the coming
year's business. Many points relating
to impending legislation and the prac
ticability of motor trucks handling
the important parts of the nation's
business were reviewed. He stated
that the Federal Motor Truck com
pany had made such additions in their
production department and plant in
general, occasioned by tne Heavy ue
rr.and for this line of trucks, that it
has made it possible to increase the
production of that plant far in excess
of the previous year, or wnicn in
crease the Pacific coast will get Its
proportion. '
BRUSSELS SHOW POSTPONED
i
discovered, but when close inquiries
were made, it was, found that instead
of 60 exhibitors, the necessary mini
mum to assure the success of the
show, no more than 20 could be se
cured. Under these circumstances all
thought of holding a show was aban
doned. At present there Is a certain
amount of friction between Belgian
automobile manufacturers and deal
ers. The former, who are not yet in
production, desire protection until
such time as their factories are In
working order. The dealers, on the
other hand, desire the open door In
order that they 'may be able to meet
the. big demand for both cars and
trucks. Friction has become so great
that there is a threat of a breakaway
of the manufacturers from the Na
tional Trade association, which in the
past has united all Interests.
URGE SERVICE BUILDING
HUDSON AND ESSEX TO HAVE
ONE FOUR STORIES HIGH..
S3
Five-ton Hiker track with damp body, delivering; land of arrnvel for new Knrnge being erected at Kleventh and
Alder streets. Part of the new building will probably be occupied by the A. M. Beaver Motor Car company,
distributors for the Columbia and Malltohm six.
Belgian Dealers Decide Time Not
to Be Ripe Yet for Exhibits.
PARIS, Dec. 27. No automobile
show will be held In Brussels this
year. This decision has been taken
after long negotiations and consider
able dlcussloh between the Belgian
manufacturers, local dealers and mili-
ftary authorities. Difficulty was ex
perienced in securing a suitaDie
building, for the Palais du Clnquan
tenaire. which Is the only suitable
center, has been taken over by the
Belgian army since it was vacated
by the German troops, and is not
available.
Another building sufficiently large
to receive all big manufacturers waa
New Structure 5?J Feet Long Will
Be Erected in Rear of the
Present Factory.
The largest and most complete
service and parts building In the au
tomobile Industry is soon to he built
for Hudson and Essex It will be
four stories high. 80 feet wide and an
entire block long (584 feet). It will
give facilities for handling parts
service to Hudson and Essex dis
tributors and dealers in a way never
before attempted.
In this building, which will be lo
cated on the rear of the block now
occupied by the Hudson factory, will
be housed all of the activities of the
service department technical service,
claims, receiving, specifications, serv
ice repair, shipping, service printing
and stock.
All orders, as far as possible, will
be handled on a 12-hour schedule.
With a gravity conveyance system
there will be no actual handling of
the shipments from the time the parts
leave their respective bins until they
are wrapped and placed on the ship
ping dock.
Dealers know the importance of
prompt parts shipments. Of late, how
ever, so great has been the growth of
Hudson and Essex, it has been prac
tically impossible to keep pace in the
parts service department, despite the
fact that generally more than $1,000,
000 worth of parts have been kept on
hand at all times. In the new build
ing an order will be received and
filled the same day.
It Is 'stated that the parts business;
of the automobile industry amounts!
to $260,000,000 a year. Hudson and j
Essex, because of their large volume
of production, have a large quota of
this figure.
In cases of emergency a connecting
rod bearing that has burned out may
be patched up by removing the con
necting rod carp, cutting a piece of
sole leather to the proper size and
then clamping the connecting rod cup
I to the connecting rod itself.
REO
The Experience of
The Allen Candy Co.
The Allen Candy Co. of this city bought
a REO SPEED WAGON in 1914. It
has run oyer 50,000 miles and they claim
it has not, by any means, reached the
halfway milestone in its life.
It was but natural, then, that a few
months ago when their business de
manded the addition of another truck,
they purchased their second Reo.
This is the invariable experience of all
REO SPEED WAGON owners. The
entrance of one REO into a business
means more REOS when increased
equipment is necessary.
Our difficulty usually is to se
cure enough REOS to meet the
demand. We are fortunate, at
this time, in being able to make
immediate deliveries.
Northwest Auto Company
Distributors
"The Line Complete"