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TTTE SUNDAY OREGONIATf. PORTLAND. JANUARY 4, 1920.
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NEW OVERLAND FOUR IN THE CALIFORNIA SIERRAS.
EVEN BIGGER THINGS
Inrpoooa in Colorioe fnr HlQ !
Employes Coming Soon.
WORKERS CAN BUY STOCK
faigc Company to Make Important
Announcement, and Duplex
ISuild.i a New Truck.
DKTKOIT, Mich.. Jan. 3. Henry
Ford, according to report, is planning
to increase the pay of his 52.000 em
ployes to an $8 a day minimum with
in a year, this scale to ko as high as
$12 a day in some cases. The mini
mum wage is now $6 a day. A plan
whereby employes may purchase stock
in the Ford company also is contem
plated. The wage schedule Is said to be
part of a dream of Henry Ford for
a $1,000,000,000 corporation intrenched
In every country of the earth, owned
absolutely by one man. an industrial
monarchy controlled by hereditary
succession.
Next August, if nothing intervenes.
Henry Ford and his son will hold
without obligation of any sort every
penny of Ford stock except such small
amounts as employes are permitted
to purchase. All the present and con
templated Ford industries will be
owned within the Ford family. Simul
taneously, according to the report,
with the wage increase the price of
the Ford car will be materially re
duced, in all likelihood, although
there are hundreds of thousands of
unfilled orders.
RumIb Wants Fordon.
British and European manufactur
ers are organizing to fight des
perately the Ford domination of the
market overseas. The soviet govern
ment places large hopes on the Ford
tractor to increase greatly the food
output of Ilussia. if trade relation
ships with the United States can be
established.
It is to keep the Ford policies in
tact that Henry Ford has acquired
personally all of the stock of the
Ford Motor company. borrowing
$100,000,000 to expedite the purchase.
And at 26. Udsel Ford is president
of the Ford company. He has the
details of the business at his finger's
ends. He has inherited, business as
sociates insist, his father's genius
for organization and his ability to
plan on a gigantic scale.
Kdsel Ford has two eons, Henry
Ford II. and a baby a few weeks old.
These children, if all goes well, are
likely to be heirs to the greatest
fortune in the world two years from
now.
Henry Ford feels that his hands
have never been free. Minority stock
holders have hampered him. That is
why the loan, originally of $75,100,
000. was negotiated last summer.
Within one year that loan will be
repaid and the Ford family will ab
solutely dictate the destinies of an
Industry whose present value hard
ly can be computed, but which will
reach the $1,000,000,000 mark before
many years.
Price Reduction Later.
To obtain the widest freedom in
handling his business, Henry Ford
incorporated under the laws ot Dela
ware, which are regarded as the most
liberal in the United States.
Henry Ford's plans, according to
the report, are to celebrate the pay
ment of the debt by declaring the
new wage ' scale and making a still
further reduction in the price of his
car and tractor. No other capitalist
ever has attempted single-handed
ownership of such holdings as Ford
already has.
lamest G. Leibold, Henry Ford's
private secretary, was asked if any
wase boost was contemplated.
"If there is any boost," said Mr.
Lcibold, "it is not ready to be an
nounced at this time."
"Do you know of any such action
before the first of the year?" he was
"No, there is nothing being done
now," he answered.
On January 3 and 4 and dates closely
following, the Paige Detroit Motor
Car company will make known in
national advertising mediums and in
newspapers from coast to coast one
of the most important announce
ments of its history.
"What the Paige has accomplished
along the lines of engineering devel
opment representing three years of
intensive work will be told in this
announcement and also will be ex
hibited in all automobile shows." said
A. L. McCormick, general manager
of the Paige sales and service com
pany. Big Programme Arranged.
"Fbr many months the Paige has
been engaged with a programme of
expansion and January X will find it
prepared to manufacture and market
u double production of motor cars
and trucks. This fact, I believe, is
of special interest, as there were mora
than 32,000 orders for Paige passen
ger cars In 1919 that could not be
filled."
The Jackson Motors corporation of
Jackson, Mich., will manufacture 300
of the new series Jacknon slx-pas-senger
cars, as well as several hun
dred 31j-ton 4-wheel-drive trucks, in
the first six months of the coming
year, according to present plans.
Duplex Limited, a worm-drive, me
dium - capacity. high - speed motor
truck, designed by George J. Thomas,
engineer of the company, is the latest
creation of the Duplex Truck com
pany of Lansing. Although full pro
duction will not be reached until the
middle of January, it is said the sales
department holds sufficient orders to
keep the plant busy' for six months.
The truck will be shown at the New
York and Chicago shows and a na
tional advertising campaign will be
launched the first of the year. Dealer
samples are ready now.
Quite Some Truck.
The Duplex Limited will be known
as model A. With a norrnal capacity
of 3000 pounds, it will have a ma,l
mum load of 500 pounds. Its speed
ranges from 5 to 3T miles an hour on
high gear. It is equipped with four-
cylinder Hinkley motor of the inclosed
type, suspended from three points.
The truck has a wheel base of 145
inches and is mounted on pneumatic
cord tires. Front tires are 35x5 with
38x7 for rear wheels. The Wstlng
house lighting and starting system is
used and the vehicle is equipped with
a Royce moto-meter. It will sell at
$25i5 fully equipped, but without
body. . '
Springfield. Mass., will be the home
of the Rolls-Royce company of Amer
ica, which will manufacture the Eng
lish car in- the United States. The
plant of the American Wire Wheel
company has been purchased for 'this
purpose.
Scripps-Booth corporation of De
troit is preparing to remove to its
new plant In West Detroit, where fac
tory space and facilities will insure
a very lar&e addition to the production.
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One of the manr cenlc photonraphi taken on a recent Overland ran to the aeenie Bin Bear lake rovntrj of Cali
fornia, made by Alan 1. Fernald, Wlllyn-Overland publlelty director for the Pacific eoaat. The new Overland
made a remarkable travel record on thia run, which waa from Paaadena to Bin Bear lake via the Mojave desert
and return br way of the Rim o the World to Paaadena. 230 miles of mountain travel. In one day. All without
mo much as a tire change. .The fast running; In ao light a car waa made poasible by the Overland'a remarkable
new three-point cantilever aprlna; auapenaion.
SHOW DIRECTORY LARGE
r. spooxer preparing
I'OK NATIONAL SHOWS.
Persons in Automotive Industry
Intending to Visit South Should
Send 11 i in Notification.
The sixth annual directories for th
New York, and Chicago national au
tomobile shows aro being prepared
by F. Ed Spoonor, 420 Book building,
Detroit, editor of Automotive VV'crld
in the Detroit Free Press. The Free
Press issues these directories annual
ly for the benefit of exhibitors and
all visitors of the automotive Indus
tries at the national shows. In ad
dition to the features carried in pre
vious years, there will be added for
the 1920 national shows a department
containing names of visiting auto
motive dealers and distributors from
the entire United States, the names
of firms "and their representatives,
and their stopping points.
The New" York national automobile
show and the annual motor truck
show will be held January 3-10, the
passenger car show In Grand Central
palace, and the commercial car show
in the eighth coast artillery armory.
The Chicago shows will be held Jan
uary 24-31. the passenger car show
tn the Coliseum and first regiment
armory, and the motor- truck show
in the international amphitheater.
Thousands of dealers and distribu
tors will be In attendance at these
events, and all should send ' their
names on or before December 15 to
1. Ed. Spooner, "On the Spot," 424
Book building, Detroit, to insure in
sertion. The annual directory includes the
list of all hotels in each city, with
address and telephone; the events
scheduled for the week; the calen
dar of ihe show circuit; newspaper
and automobile editors present;
scheduled headquarters of all promi
nent, companies; names of advertis
ing managers and" their headquarters;
names of national associations and
their officers, and the names of all
companies whether exhibitors or not,
in the automotive field, with the
names of the representatives and their
slopping "places.
Mr. Spooner has asked this publi
cation to emphasize the necessity of
sending in lists at the earliest date
possible,' as lists and names received
late will of necessity be left out, be
cause of the great size of the com
ing directory. . -
SUNSET MADE DISTRIBUTOR
Local Concern to Represent Unfted
Motors Service Here..
United Motors Service Inc. recently
named the Sunset Electric company
of Portland as distributors for Delco,
Klaxon and Remy service.
"We regard our distributors as a
part of our company," said J. L. El
wood, general manager of United
Motors service, "and will only make
an appointment after we are con
vinced that it will be satisfactory and
permanent. Rather than have a dis
tributor who is not strictly repre
sentative of United Motors Service we
prefer no distributor.
"We require an investment of $2000
for the initial stock and test equip
ment. .This investment must be mul
tiplied several times in order to build
up a satisfactory stock for the fur
nishing of a real service. For this
reason financial stability is of im
portance. As past records are a fairly
good indication of the caliber of any
firm,, the good-will of car dealers and
owners is regarded of major imjort
ance. We prefer that the location be
in the automobile district. Appropri
ate garage space with' ample facil
ities for the storing of parts is es
sential. It is required that a dis
tributor have an organization trained
for the furnishing of automotive elec
trical service and an ample repair
3hop."
Cleaning.Spark Plugs.
An excellent method of cleaning
mica spark plugs, or in fact any mica
object, is to wash them in a 10 per
cent solution of acetic acid, which is
an infallible solvent for grease and
carbon deposits. The plugs should
then be washed off with gasoline and
finally dried by rubbing with a hand
ful of waste or a cloth.
SEATTLE BRANCH OPENED
LEAVENS & HOWARD EXPAND
INTO SOUND COUNTRY. '
hk sei.i.s univkrsal farm
lic;hti; system for the
northwest auto company.
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Distributors for Sewell Cushion
Wheel for Trucks Now Have
Dealer in the North. '
Leavens & Howard of Portland, Pa
cific Northwest distributors for the
Sewall cushion wheel for trucks, have
opened a branch in Seattle. The
branch was formally installed last
week by Seth Leavens.
On his return to Portland Mr.
Leavens declared that prospects for
the success of the Seattle branch are
most promising. The main difficulty
his firm is experiencing at present is
obtaining enough of the wheels from
the factory. The coal shortage in
Detroit, where the factory Is situated,
caused quite a delay in production.
The feature of the Sewell cushion
wheel, which has been made stand
ard equipment by many of the big
truck factories, is its resiliency, made
possible by means of a rubber cushion
built around the hub of the wheel.
This is declared to reduce vibration
very effectively and to give greatly
increased truck life.
Garage Floor.
The average car oner may not
know that a layer of cinders six
inches thick makes a very satisfac
tory" floor for the home garage. The
cinders should be thoroughly tamped
down, a hose being used to wet them
down .during the operation. This
floor absorbs grease, oil or gasoline
that may leak out of the mechanism
and it is, moreover, practically dust-less.
ROADS IN THE BLUE GRASS
FAMOUS KENTUCKY COUNTRY
TO BECOME ACCESSIBLE.
Stopping a Leak.
If you have a leaky radiator or an
obstinately leaking pump packing add
a small amount of shellac to the de
natured alcohol used in the anti
freezing solution. The shellac may
also be used in summer in the plain
water with which the cooling system
is filled during the hot months.
New Highways to Be Built Over
Old Roads Mapped Years Ago
by French Engineers.
LOUISVILLK, Ky., Dec, 20. Ken
tucky no longer will be as a sealed
book to the ambitious motorist. Trails
in the most picturesque nooks and
corners of the "dark and bloody
ground" are being opened to the out
Bide world through state' and federal
highway aid.
The famous Biuegrass country, the
mountains immortalized by John Fox,
trails which have remained untouched
by civilization are being linked by
broad permanent highways. Millions
of dollars have been pledged and next
spring .will see one of the most ag
gressiye road building programmes
ever attempted In .the state, under
way. '
Some of these roads will be built
over roads built and mapped by
French engineers over a century ago
which served as the onjy means of
communication with the interior of
the state before the advent of the
railroads. Modern engineers have said
that these roads are as near "perfect"
as roads can be, especially in the way
the routes were selected so as to
bring out the beauty of the surround
ing country.
The Louisville-'Puducah highway,
known as the river road, to be con
structed at a cost of $3,000,000, now
Is being mapped. Kngineers have
completed plans for more than half
of the route, and the remainder will
be mapped during this month. Con
tracts for the road will be let In Feb
ruary.
The Louisville-Paducah highway,
known as the upper river road has
been financed with the exception of
the stretch through Boone county.
Only $15,000 remains to be raised to
assure this project. The road will
cost $2,500,000.
TRUCKS EFFECT VAST SAVING
If Country's Freight Were Hauled
by Horses, Think of the Bill.
"It is estimated that 1,200,000,000
tons of. goods are hauled yearly by
motor trucks at a cost of an average
or la cents a ton," says H. J. Mcln
tosh of the Mcintosh Motor Car com
pany, local Kissel distributor. "This
gives us a total of $118,000,000 for
moving that tonnage.
"In comparing these figures with
those of wagons and horses, we find
that the cost of maintaining and oner
ating horse teams is 33 cents per ton
mile, which If correct gives a Bavins
of $216,000,000 4er year in favor of
tne motor truck.
"While there are only 800.000 motor
trucks In the United States today, it
Is expected that there will be at least
I.ouo.uoo In use the first part of 120.
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Hud
son
Bat Through Sheer Merit Alone Essex Made
Its Thirty Million Dollar Sales Record
Builds
the Essex?
Essex success has not been accideixtul
No one doubts its right to the position
it holds.
On the Cincinnati Speedway, a stock
chassis Essex set the world 50-hour en
durance mark, of 3037 miles, under
American Automobile Association su
pervision. Another stock Essex holds
the unequalled 24-hour road mark of
1061 miles.
But how many know why Essex in its
first year revealed qualities more mature,
more evident of the influence of long
experience, than is commonly found in
cars even in their third and fourth year.
You will recall the Essex was an
nounced one year ago without one word
as to the identity of its builders. Not a
claim was made for its performance.
You were asked to go look at it, take
a ride and form your own opinion. The
Essex was required to speak for itself.
Now that it has established itself,
'it is revealed why Essex has all the
qualities of cars of long development.
Was Designed by
Hudson Engineers
They conceived it as they developed
the Super-Six. All they learned about en
durance, they incorporated in the Essex.
They gave to the Essex the power
that has made it famous in all quarters.
Its speed is the result of what had been
learned in making the Super-Six winner
of all worth while speed records.
The Essex can never be all that the
Super-Six is for they are totally dif
ferent types.
But the Essex does bring quality and
performance to a class field that was
unknown.
The former owners of large costly
cars that have adopted the Essex havo
not been Hudson users. They have
come from other cars, cars that fall
short of the Super-Six in all particulars
save size and cost.
The Essex appeals to such users be
cause of its nimbleness. They like the
way its performance compares with that
of the Super-Six. You can see this on
every hand. The two cars in any com
munity that are most prominent because
of their performance ability are the
Hudson Super-Six and the Essex.
Essex Did Not Need
Hudson 's Endorsement
Think of the advantages Essex has
had. What ordinarily would have re
quired years to perfect was made pos
sible in the very first model.
That is why 20,000 are now ninning,
why more than $30,000,000.00 was paid
for Essex cars in ten months.
You have not needed the Hudson
endorsement- to understand Essex
performance.
Essex has won its own way. Hudson
gave it full benefit of the experience of
its engineers and the ability of its
manufacturing organization. Its name
was not needed.
Now Hudson takes the same pride in
acknowledging its kinship to Essex that
a father might in speaking of his son
who on his own account had made good.
C. L. Boss Automobile Co.
615-617 Washington Street
Portland, Oregon
so you see that the transportation
equipment of the country is sure to
prove adequate for demands, with this
help from the motor truck."
On Parking.
In drajiving up to the curb it is un
wise to run " the front -wheel flush
against the curb. When this is done
It Is often Impossible to turn the
wheel In making a start. In case this
happens the best way to get out of
the fix is to put the jack under the
rent'T of the front axle and raise it a
few Inches and then push the car
away from the curb and off the jack.
The small drop will not hurt the car
and it will send the wheel far enough
away from the curb to permit start
in i?.
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public Trucks
In performance, ruggedness and economy,
Republic Trucks are unequaled.
Your truck is no more efficient than the
service that goes with it.
Roberts Motor Car Go.
Park and Everett Sts.
Portland, Ore.
305 Main St.
.Vancouver, Wash.
,Am, .yo mmd
You don't have to suffer the inconven
ience and humiliation of driving with "a
leaky mohair top.
You can make the old top absolutely
waterproof by applying
Waterproof
Mohair Top Dressing
Also improves the appearance many fold by
dyeing the top a uniform black that stays black.
Leaves material soft and pliable. Won't streak,
gum or rub off.
Get it from your dealer in cans Pints, $ .75;
Quarts, (1.25; Half Gals., $2.35; Gals., $4.50.
For renewing leather and imitation leather
tops, curtains and cushions, use
Leath-r-nu
Dries in fifteen minutes a rich, lustrous black.
Does not stiffen material. Unaffected by beat,
cold, water or gasoline. Also fine for touching
up body, lenders, traveling bags, kodaks, etc.
At your dealer's in cans Half Pints, f .50;
Pints, f. .90; Quarts, $1.50; Half Gals.,
$2.75; Gals., (5.00
If jour dealer ham these ivonderful prod
ucts, let us Anow, and ive itiil set that
you art supplied.'
Hll-BaCK lull?. CO.,Dpt. G.
114 N. Commercial
St. Louis, Mo.