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SECTION SIX Pages 1 to 10 Automobiles, Road Trips and Northwest Highway News Vol. xxxix. PORTLAND,. OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, JANUARY 18, 1920 no. a OLDSMOBILE AGENT I ANOTHER SCENIC PORTION OF THE FAMED COLUMBIA RIVER HIGHWAY SOON WILL BE COMPLETED I HOW TO TRUCE OUT SEES EASTERN SHOW Arnold Cohen Returns From Trip to New York. First, Make Sure All Contact Points Are Clean. TRQUBLE1NI6N1T1QIM i 1 '"Mtus&r ll! .... r ill l DERBY HATS NOW. STYLE or-t Lander Says Xew Orleans Has More High Life Than Can Be Found in Gotham. Arnold Cohen of the Oldsmobile company of Oregon returned home last week after attending the New York automobile show, and having. In fact, the six weeks' time of his young life. As this was the first time that he had ever been east of Spokane, Wash., it will no doubt surprise some of his friends to learn that nobody sold him the Woolworth building or the Brook lyn bridge while he was in New York. .The fact that his wife, was with him may have had something' to do with his coming oft so scot-free on his tenderfoot visit to the east- coast. But Arnold does admit he was a wee bit dazzled by the splendors of New j York, and that he was somewhat sur- : prised not to find New York pink, as it is shown on the map. He avers that the land there really looks about the same as. land in Oregon, except vthat it comes about 900 times as high. Derby Hats in Style. Though he left the Woolworth building on its foundation, he did re turn wearing a new derby hat, with the information that everybody is" wearing 'em in New York this winter. . It takes about a year for the styles to travel as. far west as Oregon, so about this time next winter all the boys here will probably begin stock ing up on derby hats. To hear Arnold Cohen tell it. there is more hlph life in New Orleans in a minute than in New York in a day. He and Mrs. Cohen went east by way of Los Angeles and New Orleans and were lucky enough to have the latter town on their schedule for one week. The town part of New Orleans itself was reasonably calm, but "They take you out a few miles by automobile into another county, Jef ferson county, they call it," said Mr. Cohen, "and you come to a roadhouse kind of a place run by a fellow named Jack Sheehan. I'm telling the world that Jack Sheehan is there. He must have police protection, sheriff protec tion, court protection and an armed guard against the Portland movie censor board, for, believe me, you can go as far as you like out there. Any thing you want to dTink and all you want of it. No w od alCx :.ol around the premises. You don't whisper to the bartender, either, but Just' say right out, 'Gimme a t in "fizz, or a ricky, or good old straight whisky," or anything you want. t Sure, You Play. "But that isn't all. Any time you feel like getting into a little game nobody is going to stop you. You can have your choice of roulette or keno or faro, "21, draw and straight poker or anything. "It doesn't make any difference what you want; Jack will accommo date you. I saw one well-known act ress win $1000 at roulette while I was there. It was crowded all the time. Me? Oh, yes, I took a little flier. I won $6. "If you feel you can stand any more there's still more to tell. There is horse racing down there and you don't have to sneak under the grandstand to bet your little roll on the ponies. I had kind of forgotten what a book maker was until I got into New Or leans. Believe me. New Orleans ough to be a literary city, for . there are hundreds of those birds there to swell the census." After a very popular week in New Orleans Mr. and Mrs. Cohen went to Chicago for a couple of days and from there to Detroit, where they met C. E. Francis, Portland Ford dealer, and went with him on a trip through the wonderful Ford factory. Then Mr. Cohen took a run up to Lansing, Mich., and went through the Oldsmobile factory there. He was mightily impressed with the efficiency methods in vogue for testing Olds mobile motors. Motors Well Tested. As he describes it, these motors first are given a block test in a big room with 600 or 600 other motors, ell going at once. If there is any glaring defect it will develop here. If not, each motor is taken to a quieter place for an Individual block test, much more severe than the first one, of several hours' duration. After surviving this test the motor is put in a car and given a road test around the yard. This is the final test. From Detroit the Cohens and Mr. Francis went to New York, but they had to stay in Detroit two days longer than they had intended for the simple reason that it was impossible to get accommodations on the trains to New York. They were in New York 11 days and in that time attended the automobile show, saw the Brooklyn bridge, rode an elevator to the top of Jhe Woolworth building and down again, saw Fay Baynter, former Baker actress, starring In "East Is West," one of the season's big hits, and vis ited different automobile salesrooms in New York city. Being a graduate automobile dealer, Mr. Cohen, of course, remarked in his discussion of the New York show that the Oldsmobile exhibit was the hit thereof. Any automobile dealer who returned from the eastern show without bringing home such a version in behalf of his particular car would be ostracised by the dealers' associa tion for having committed an inex cusable faux pas. The show was held on four floors of the Grand central palace. Couldn't Get Room. Mr. Cohen also attended a truck show and was even- more impressed by it than by the automobile show. Having seen the shows and inadvert ently paid $3 for a simple pitcher of loganberry juice which wasn't even supposed to have a kick in it, the Cohens decided to return home. They were unwise enough to give up their room at the hotel on the day they ex pected to start home. Result: When Arnold received a telegram a few hours later making it necessary for him to stay a couple of days longer, he was unable to find another room in the whole city of New York. The hotel finally agreed to put him on a cot in a hallway, but he had to send Mrs. Cohen on to Detroit. August Junge, distributor here for the Diamond T truck, the Jones six i XI: . , ifc. . - r- -'-',""' -r- Va x, . ' S dtKl " . . - ,V ' , x S'" x... . - - 'xx- I II T jfe r ,-V4" -r - x- v - r r.,i ;rsi "ill v-w --- jrfa. ll p; , - ..-A-.-' 1 ia'--.y. r' l : 1 Ml s ' 5 rroi "i4?" 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H- Jt J, railroad tracks alons; the bank ofhe Columbia. 2 Approach to the twin tunnels from Hood River y'i ' ' ' ; ' '".' t I " V i x x- . - " . side, about five miles from Hood River. 3 Here Is the looser of the twin tunnels, nlso still in n ronsh state. r J ' ' x ' xx" ... "i',J , V ' M 273 . 2SO above the railroad, and when completed will have two wiadows like those la the x' t - j., ,x.. ' ' C J ' ' famona Mitchell's Point toaael. d Steam shovel crew at work hurrylas; the new highway to completion. If ' -" fJ S&&l&jCXL '' . weather continues favorable. It may be opened to travel, eliminating the dangerous Mosler hUl, by the middle KEEP BATTERY CHARGED and the Traffic 2-ton truck, is an other automobile irian who has just returned from the east. Accompanied by his wife, Mr. Junge made a three companist,' La Var Jenson. The fol lowing morning Mr. Dean took the singer through ' Washington park, which delighted him in proportion al- !T.!f..f trJ? t Chicago nu ot. i.ous, done. He waa especially enthusiastic ana IralllC . over th lsrira tra In tho r,a rlr visiting the Diamond T truck factories and stopping for -a brief visit at the home of Mrs. Junge's parents in South Dakota. Mr. Junge was at a banquet given by the Traffic truck executives in St. Louis, attended by dealers from all parts of the United States, : at which the factory's entire 1920 esti mated output. 15,000 trucks, worth $22,000,000, was snapped up by the dealers in 20 minutes.' Mr. Junge him self wanted to take 200 Traffic trucks for this year, but was successful in obtaining an allotment of only 75. While at the Diamond T factory he made arrangements to have 60 3V4- ton trucks shipped to him this spring for road work, as well as a large number of the popular 2-ton size. He already has advance orders for trucks for road work for several months ahead George W. Dean, manager here, for the Howard Automobile company, was host on a drive out the Columbia river nignway in a ifulcfk sedan last Sunday tp John.Hand the tenor,, hiij manager, juiiu nusuun,-ana His ac 'The Columbia river highway is one of the most wonderful things I have ever seen," was the singer's comment after the highway tour. - "It'is ro bustly frreat, bully, fine."- 1 Mr. Hand is not yet an automobile owner, having only begun to learn to drive about a month ago. Mr. Dean let him handle the Buick on the way ir. from the highway to Chanticleer, where Mr. and ,Mrs. Dean were hosts at dinner.'- The singer was delighted at the chance to pilot the -car. His manager, Mr. Russon, is a Buick owner.. -, . , . , ' ,: . -..- .' Ford Manifolds. " Trouble-of ten results from careless ness in replacing the manifolds of. the Ford car. This occurs when the small gasket collars do not make airtight joints, it is .wen to fasten these sras kets in the holes in the manifold by using small pieces or paper to wedge them in and 'then adjusting the mani fold to the holes in the cylinder. This plan obviates dropping them. or- set ting them out of true, - " NEW HIGHWAY SOON dPEN TUXXEIS BORED , IX MOSIER- ' HOOD RIVER "SECTIOX. If Weather Conditions Are Good. It May Be Ready for Travel -by End of February. HOOD RIVER, Or..- Jan. . IT. (Spe cial.) Good progress is being made in completion of the new Hood River Mosler section of the Columbia river highway, though work was held up a long time by-.heavy snow.. If weather remains favorable the state highway department, C. C. Kelly being the division engineer' In charge .-of the project for the department, expects to have it ready for opening near the end of February. There remains about 25,000 to 30,000 yards of slide material to-be-removed from , the .new ' grade. Of the seven miles' of new grade from Hood River to . Mosier," about .'three ' miles '; have been graveled and ' made ready for travel. The two scenic tunnels on this sec tion of the highway are bored through and completed except for the . trim ming. These tunnels will excel even the famous . Mitchell point tunnel on the highway between Hood River and Cascade Locks, in scenic beauty. They are ; approximately 250 feet above the tracks of tke O.-W. R. & N. Co., which parallel the river bank, and are hewn through sheer cliffs. Orie of these tunnels is about SO feet long, the other 272 feet long. -This longer" of the twin tunnels will have two windows In it overlooking , the river: far-below. This Hood River-Mosler section of the Columbia river highway . is the heaviest piece of road construction ever undertaken by the state-highway department. Of the 6.3 miles of con struction, virtually every foot has been heavy rock work. The cost, of the project when completed will be approximately $580,000. . G. E. Kibbe is the contractor. This new section of highway when opened "to- travel -will eliminate-the dangerous Mosler .hill, which t for years , has been , a cause or many motoring accidents. every year. MID TOO MUCH FOR FOHD DRAIN - OAKLAND STRETCH COSTS AUTOIST XEA11LY $100. C. M. Anderson Experiences -Ad vanced Prices Charged by Horse and Mule Owners Out There.' Don't try- to drive over the Pacific highway' in-southern Oregon. In any event don't try to drive between Drain and Oakland. This heartfelt advice to all motorists . comes from C. M. Anderson of Portland, who tried this feat a week ago in a Ford car. If cost him between " 80 and $100 to find that the thing can't be done at present. The highway is passable behind a team of mules between Drain and Oakland, but not passable in any. other: way, says Mr. Anderson. .He left Roseburg Saturday in his F.ord, for .Portland. It was Monday noon, three days later, 'when he got here, and he was then one tired man. All his troubles occurred in the stretch between . Drain and Oakland. He says this part of the road consists almost -entirely of new Pacific high way grade and has no bottom. At least he was not able to find any bot torn, though he sounded quite a ways. . Five- times in this stretch. Mr. Anderson and his Ford got stuck, the Ford being wallowed clear down to the axles in mud. Each time he had to skirmish around and get somebody to haul him out with a team of horse? Horse and mule owners in this sec tion, of Douglas county, declares Mr. Anderson feelingly, are fully awake to the fact that prices generally have advanced. They have a scale of their own in effect, and so. solidly is it in effect that it cost Mr. Anderson $15 to $20 each time he was hauled out. Figure for yourself the cost of being hauled out five times at that rate. Mr. Anderson would like . to get back at the mule owners, but he TToei not. want his revenge to extend to in nocent" car owners. Consequently he extends this warning to all wise mo torists to' keep out of those parts." Ignition Bothers Much More Likely to Come In the Winter Sea son Than in Summer. While the modern ignition system of either of the two popular types, battery and magneto, are so gen erally reliable that ' ignition trouble is almost a rarity, still, as most car owners will testify, there are occa slons when the old evil shows its head, and when it does come good night. Moreover, ignition troubles are to a certain extent seasonal. By that Is meant that while ignition trouble is not like hard starting, ex clusively a product of winter, never theless ignition troubles are more frequent in cold. or wet weather than in summer,' and so this type of mis hap has a somewhat seasonal charac ter. No matter whether the ignition sys tem is magneto or battery, ' whether the car is to enjoy satisfactory and efficient ignition depends on un hampered generation of current, cor rect interruption of the primary cir cuit, the free flow of current to the spark plugs and plugs properly ad Justed to furnish a hot spark that will cause efficient combustion. In either system we must be sure that all these steps are properly taken care of. although naturally there will be some difference in the attention needed to produce correct functioning; in the magneto and the battery. Keep Connections Clean. Let us consider the battery sys tem first. Here naturally the prime care must be to keep the battery properly charged and the cells filled with distilled water. The connec tions must all be kept clean and bright, for corrosion may be almost as bad as a missing connection. The wires from the battery to the Igni tion device must always be properly Insulated; a broken insulation which, permits the wire to make intermittent contact with some of the metal work will cause an exaggerated case of misfiring. The interrupter points in the ig nition device must be separated by approximately .015 of an inch when they are fully opened. Also these points must always be kept clean and even. This may be done by the use of a bit of cuttlefish paper, finer than thix finest snndnaoer. and the true- t"lnBupmay be done with a jeweler's file. When these points become gummy, dirty, too far apart, uneven or worn, misfiring will be the re sult. It is also vitally necessary to keep clean both the distributer arm. which passes the spark to the seg ments, and these latter. The high tension wires which con nect the distributer with the spark plugs must always make a good con tact at both ends and munt always be perfectly insulated. The spark plugs must be In condition to func tion properly, not cracked, no.- with dirty points, nor with points too far apart nor too close together. Now we come to applying what we have learned to the running down and elimination of ignition troubles when they actually develop. One peculiarity of ignition trouble is that it usually develops in one particular cylinder and sticks to that one loca tion, but this is not always so and must not ie laid down as an absolute rule, though it may be taken as a fair test to begin on. Testing; for a Spark. In trying to run down ignition trouble the first step to take is to make sure that a spitrk is occurring at the plug. To do this remove the plug from the cylinder and with the cable mill attached lay the plug on top of the cylinder. Look nt Exhaust Pipes. Next, crank the engine by hand, the switch being turned to battery. If the plug fires well obviously the search must continue. If the spark Is weak It is pretty certain that it is not weak at all under compres sion. If there is doubt as to which plus: is at fault the familiar method of shorting the plug with a hammer or screwdriver Is a useful aid. With, the engine running short circuit the plug by means of the hammer head or other metal tool, laying the latter against the top of the spark plus and the cylinder. If there is no change in the firing of the engine, as indicated by the explosions, then you have found the bad cylinder. In engines that have separate inlet and exhaust pipes for each cylinder there is an easier way still. Simply put a few drops of water on each, exhaust pipe while the engine is in operation. The exhaust pipe of the missing cylinder will be cool, a fact quickly demonstrated by the ab sence of steam. Having located the missing cylinder the search now proceeds to find the cause. The first thing to do is to examine the plug, and next trace back the wiring to the ignition de vice. If a plug is suspected exchange it with another plug known to be firing properly. Gum or dirt found on the interrupter points should next be removed with a drop of kerosene. If the points are uneven dress them down with a fine file. If they are too wide or too close adjust them. In four unit coil ignition any mal adjustment of the coil interrupters is likely to produce misfiring. In mag neto ignition the interrupter mechan ism is practically the same as in the battery and the same instructions apply. , The magneto system, however, must be watched for weakened mag nets and when this condition , occurs the magneto must be remagnetized. Weak magnets will cause misfiring, particularly at low speeds. Coil con nections should be watched, in fact the prevalent ignition trouble Is due to loose or dirty connections. In cold or even rainy weather our present grades of fuel become so heavy that it is difficult enough to fire them even under the most fav orable circumstances. if the ignition system Is not func tioning at full efficiency, delivering a hot spark correctly timed, the trouble begins at once. It is for this reason that we have said that ignition trouble is somewhat sea sonal and this Is why extra care should be exercised to keep the igni tion system right up to the mark la every way during: the cold season. i