THE SUNDAY OREGOMAX, PORTLAND, MARCH 7, 1920
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TO TRAVEL 11
Ad Club Plans Great Auto
Run to Stockton, Cal.
ARMY CARS TO TAKE PART
Tour Next May Open to All Motor
ists Aplying Xow; Also to In
elude Yosenilte Park.
Something new In the way of high
way caravan tours is planned by the
Portland Ad club in connection with
the convention at Stockton. Cal.. next
May. of the Pacific Coast Advertising
Clubs association. The Ad club's plan
distributing- firms In the automobile
and allied industries.
"A special division for boosting
home industry and further develop
ment of Pacific coast markets for
Pacific coast products is to be in
eluded in the caravan. Every firm in
the northwest engaged in the produc
tion of merchandise will be given
opportunity to be represented and ad
vertise its goods at every point along
the tour.
"We have also asked the war de
partment to provide a number of
trucks and details of officers and men
from, motor transport corps to lend
an official military and patriotic as
pect to the caravan and to assist the
work of the war department in study
ing strategic military highways, and
to add to the general interest and
instructiveness of the tour as a
whole.
"Advance cars will be provided to
pilot' the caravan and to arrange for
the proper camping and entertain
ment facilities for the party at the
various points where stops will be
made.
'We have asked California automo-
bilists to meet us when we reach that
state and Jo escort us for the final
stage of the Journey, a feature that
is bound to bring the entire coast into
closer understanding and harmonious
co-operation for the good of all.
The Stockton Advertising club.
which has raised a fund of $10,000
for the coast convention, is planning
elaborate and unusually attractive en
tertainment and amusement features
WEW DEVICE TAKES
UP BUMPS OF ROAD
Portland Man Invents Shock
Absorber for Chevrolets.
FACTORY IS OPENED HERE
A. W. RegnerV Who Csed to Be
Chevrolet Dealer, Heads Com
pany Handling Xew Device.
Portland is to, have another auto
motive industry and factory payroll.
The factory is a small one as yet, but
it has grown so rapidly in us iirsi
few weeks of operation and so many
orders have come in even before any
ramDaiirn of promotion has been
HOTEL OWNER BUYS NEW STANDARD EIGHT.
..O sm&zs&zzsz
Vletor Brandt, proprietor of the Carlton hotel, and hl spick and span, bright and ablny Standard pig-lit. Just
purchased from the l.rnl K. Obye Motors company. The Standard eight, which in-maae ny me scanaura sieei
Or company of 11 Unburn, In new to this territory bat already there tare many Standard owners here.
now being formulated by an en
thusiastic committee of which W. P.
Strandborg is chairman, is to put on
an automobile run from Portland
south over the Pacific highway to
Stockton, this run to be officiaily
recognized and participated in by the
Motor Transport corps of the United
States army.
In fact, the committee already has
received from Senator McNary and
from the adjutant general at Wash
ington letters indicating that partici
pation of the Motor Transport corps
in the event as a reliability and mili
tary pathfinding run . similar to the
transcontinental tour by the Motor
Transport corps over the Lincoln
highway last year, is almost cerfain.
The caravan will leave Portland on
Jlay 18. Five days will be the sched
ule to Stockton, where the advertis
ing clubs' convention begins May 2.1,
and continues to May 28. The return
to Portland would be made by June
1 or 2.
Trip Proapeetna Ready.
"The Call of the Open Road." Is the
title of a prospectus the Ad club com- I
nr.ittee has issued, urging all motor
ists who "love the life and exhilirat
ing' enjoyments of the great open
places of the matchless Pacific coast,
to arrange plans to be one of the
happy throng-" Not only a big dele
gation from the Portland Ad club,
but members of all the advertising
clubs in the northwest. including
Oregon, Washington, Idaho and Brit
ish Columbia are expected to partici
pate. But the tour is also open to
individual motorists, not affiliated
with any ad club.
The Pacific highway between Port
land and California should be in ex
cellent condition on the dates sched
uled for this tour next May. Detours
will b 'in better shape then, prob
ably, than later in the season, though
there will not be a great many de
tours just at that particular time.
Persons who have not been over
the Pacific highway for a Vear or so,
and the many who "have never been
over it, will find this tour a great
educational trip. Already so many
improvements have been made in the
.highway inline with the programme
to make It an all-paved road to the
California line by the end of 1920, or
early In 1921,that it is an entirely
different road from the so-called
highway of ISIS and early 1919. The
tour is one of fine scenery and many
varying interests, and it will afford
the motorist who has never made it.
or who has not made it since .the
rough old days, an opportunity to get
acquainted with a big part of western
Oregon.
Moreover, the tour includes a side
trip of three days into famous Yo
cemite Park.
Following are extracts from the
prospectus issued by the Ad club com
mittee, explaining in more detail the
caravan and the plans therefor:
"This overland caravan will lend
itself to the most effective means of
boosting tourist and scenic attrac
tions from British Columbia, through
Washington, Oregon and into Cali
fornia, ever devised, and all tourist
and travel agencies will be asked to
participate. '
All Motorlata Welcome.
"Individual motorists who enjoy oc
casional outings r plan overland pil
grimages for their summer vacations
can find no better means of satisfy
ing their desires in this respect than
by signing up at once for this tour.
The caravan will make a leisurely
journey, will be fully equipped with
service car facilities, baggage trucks,
and other conveniences not available
for small parties or tours. Arrange
ments for camping and entertainment
and unusual hospitality will be pro
vided for at convenent points along
the route.
"By joining this caravan your ex
penses will be considerably less than
if you planned to go alone, and you
will have infinitely better time and
far more enjoyable travelng.
"We have asked the war depart
ment to provide a number of motor
ized passenger cars to be used for
promoting the nation-wide recruiting
campaign now being conducted by the
government. We hope to have a suf
ficient number of tars of this kind
to provide a separate division in the
caravan.
"The various state and local motor
associations an! automobile clubs
have been invited to take part and ! -
enter official cars in the caravan as
an opportunity to arouse great inter
est in this form of delightful' diver
sion and recreation.
"Officials of the various highway
commissions are expected to take part
as a boost for continued and exten- J
five highway development in the Pa
cific coast states.
"The plan contemplates official par
ticipation on the part cf the general
automobile inJustry, manufacturers
of automobiles, tires. . es nrios. oil
and gasoline pro lucei ., and sn. .-at
for all who' join the caravan and par
ticular attention will be given to our
party during the tour through xosem
ite valley and National park.
"File your application for entry In
the caravan at the earliest possible
moment so that we may be able. to
advise our California hosts of the
approximate number of guests In the
party in advance.
"Our party will have three days in
the exquisite scenic beauties of
Tosemite valley and thwe who de
sire mav remain as long as they wish
and continue their journey to other
California points. But, if you are
planning a motoring tour to the south
this summer. tiis is the best oppor
tunity you will have for a continuous
round of enjoyment with every mod
ern touring facility and convenience
always at your command.
"And. above all, don't overlook the
fact that this tour will be I he great
est and most co.nprehensive boosting
and publicity venture the Pacific
northwest has ever undertaken. It
will make you prouder than ever of
the wonderful country in which you
live."
MAN V TO VAX IXCOME TAXES
J 0,000 of 26,000 Goodyear Work
ers In Tax-Paying Class.
Xo greater evidence of industrial
prosperity is needed than statistics
showing the number of people affect
ed by the Income tax. Recent figures
compiled by the Goodyear Tire & Rub
ber company, which has 26.000 em
ployes in Akron. O.. are illuminating.
It is estimated that 10.000 men and
women must make out income tax re
turns and will pay the government
more than $100,000 as a minimum fig
ure. The legal department of the
company, which gives free advice to
employes on all matters requiring
services of lawyers, will assist Good
yearites in wrestling with the knotty
problems in their income tax returns.
Jumpy Brake Pedal.
Q. The brake pedal of my car
keeps jumping up and down, even
when I am not touching it. The car is
new and I cannot understand how
such a trouble as this could have de
veloped so Boon.
A. The car evidently has what is
known as a Hotchkiss drive and the
rear axle movement is transmitted
through the brake connections to the
pedal. Brake movement may be
characteristic .of any car using this
method of propulsion.
started that Its prospects certainly
look of the brightest.
A. W. Regner, formerly of Regner
& Fields, inc., predecessors of the
Fields Motor Car company as Chev
rolet dealers in Multnomah county, is
president of the new industry, the
name of which is the Chevrolet Shock
Absorber company. Its name well
describes Its scope, w hich is the man
ufacture of shock absorbers for Chev
rolet cars of the "490" type.
.This -shock absorber is an entirely
new invention, the work of another
Portland man, C. , J. Ford, formerly
with the Portland branch of the Stew
art Products company. He com
pleted his models more than a year
ago and already has obtained patents
covering his invention, which is some
thing "different" in shock absorbers,
and the first one devised for canti
lever springs like those used on the
Chevrolet
Ridea Like a Franklin.
For five months the organization
formed by Mr. Regner and Mr. Ford
has been assembling machinery and
material. They have opened factory
quarters at 353 East Burnside street,
at the east end of the Burnside
bridge. Within a few days they ex
pect to have 10 or more men at work
there, and they are already turning
out large numbers of tjie shock ab
sorbers. The really surprising thing
about it Is that although up to the
present they have not conducted any
advertising campaign, they are be
hind on orders.
These orders have come in on the
strength of a few demonstrations
given by Mr. Regner with his own
1920 Chevrolet 490 car, equipped with
the shock absorbers. It is hardly too
much to say that these absorbers
make a Chevrolet ride like a Frank
lin over all kinds and conditions of
bumps.
One of Mr, Regners favorite
'stunts" on these demonstrations is
to pick out tne roughest wornout
macadam street or road he can find
and then Jazz the car over it regard
less of bumps. The passenger in
stinctively hunches up expecting to
bounce out of the- car, and then is a
mightily surprised passenger, because
nothing happens to him at all.
Take I'p Rebound, Too.
The car takes the bumps as if it
were riding on pavement. Car tracks,
cobblestones, holes in the asphalt are
all the same to a Chevrolet equipped
with these Portland-made shock absorbers.
The shock absorbers come four to
the set. . They are extremely simple
In construction, their design auto
matically taking up rebound as well
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GARFORD
QUALITY
is inbred and mean's long life to
your truck.
"Users Know" k
D. A. Davis, Bend, Or., Also
Bought a 3'i-Ton Garford
Garford Oregon Motor Sales
Company
EIGHTH AND DAVIS
Wm. Cnrnfoot,
President.
X. heeler.
Seeretary-Treajiurer
T. M. tieoghea-an.
Vlee-Pre, and Gen.
Mgr.
J. A. Haley. Sales .11 nr.
Reo provides an example
of the difficulties of
the auto business
We cannot, control the production of
' Reo Speedwagons and if we did we
could not better the record of the Reo
management producing within a few
hundred weekly of the demand.
' .
This condition precludes the possibility of
our always being able to make prompt deliv
eries of Speedwagons. It so happens now . ,
that for perhaps another week we will be
. unable to make immediate deliveries.
This is the biggest tribute that can be paid m
to the Reo Speed wagon,' for while more of .
them are produced than of any similar
vehicle, the factory can never keep pace with
the demand.
Such a condition only arises with the manu
facture of commodities that are of the very
highest grade. .
NORTHWEST
AUTO CO.
Distributors .
"THE LINE COMPLETE"
Alder at Eighteenth . Portland, Or.
it,
MINUTE MAN SIX
XVigw V ' &SSS ord tires included'
Jra
as cushioning the regular spring ac
tion. They also raise the fly-wheel
and pan of the car 1 Inches higher.
The material used is the best malle
able Iron. The company has a car
load of additional machinery and ma
terial on the .way from the east and
expects to be in full production with
in another couple of weeks. Sale of
the shock absorbers will be made
through regular Chevrolet dealers.
though rders are taken direct from
tewns where they are not as yet rep
resented. They are made for Chev
rolet cars of the past several years.
- v Stoddard-Daj-ton Parts. ;
Q. Is it possible to" obtain parts
for the Stoddard-Dayton car? I have
chance to get one of these cars
cheap and I wonder if it-would be a
good buy.
A. The Standard Motor Parts com
pany, Newcastle, Ind., . can supply
Stoddard-Dayton parts. If this car is
in reasonably good condition there if
no reason why it should not be a
good buy. Condition is the determin
ing factor and you had better have
the car looked over by an expert, un
less you are qualified to pass upon its I
condition.
Vibrator Hint.
If a master vibrator does not work
properly, clean the platinum points
and adjust,, using a common visiting
card as a .gauge of distance between
the points.
Newest. Open-Close Body
1
double Cable Sase Tives
This beautiful new Lex-Sedan
affords these advantages:
indoor luxury against bad weather
when plate glass windows are all in
place;
outdoor freedom when windows
and all side members are removed;
a -car of dual personality, suitable
for all seasons;
the beautyof the built-up type, with
perfect unity of top and body;
yet the excess weight and strain
are overcome, with resultant econ
omy in fuel and upkeep
and greater touring range.
Let us acquaint you with its many
exclusive mechanical superiorities.
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Rims Are Mile Thievfes
THEY were until Federal tire im
provements , ended rim chafing'
and blow outs just above the rim.
The Double-Cable-Base gives Fed
eral Tires more miles on the road by
-. fastening them so securely that they
cannot chafe away miles of road
service needlessly against the rim. '
Get Federal Tires and stop your ..
rims from robbing you.
' The Federal Rubber Company-
(Illinois .
Factorial, Cudahy. Wisconsin
DEALERS Write for exclusive proposition If we
- are not represented in your town.
WEAVER TIRE COMPANY
.Oregon Vulcanizing Co.,
.13.1-333 BURSSIDB AT BROADWAY N
.Telephone Broadway 37
Lex-Sedan, $258$; Touring Car, $2185; Thorobred (Sport Model), $1285; Sedanrtte, fjtSO; Coupe, fjJO
ill Series "S" models equipped with cord tires
Brunn Motor Car Co.
Distributors
28-30 North Broadway
Sold by the following dealers:
Buchholz-Cates Motor Car Co, Sal'em. Or. Snell & Lemon, Arlington, Or.
Columbia Highway Auto & Storage C6., Williams Motor Car Co, Pendleton, Of.
Hood River, Or. J. C Wegner, Forest Grove, Or.
Riley & Meier, Corvallis, Or.
Lexington Motor Company, Connersville, Indiana, U. S. A.
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That prime necessity in a motor truck is built right into the
Ray Brown V'Also bought another
Sheridan, Or. J Master
TRUCK
1, 2, 312 and 5
Tons
. "1 Internal Hear
Thrfifi Drives Timken Worm
J Double Reduction Gear
W. C. GARBE, Inc.
.Formerly OREGON MOTOR CAR CO.
Distributors
BROADWAY AT BURNSIDE
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