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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (March 21, 1920)
r o , TITE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND, MARCH 21, 1920 THIS EVIDENTLY WAS MOVING ' DAY FOR THE HAY, GRAIN AND FEED DEALER AT WHITE s . SALMON, WASHINGTON. A Genuine Removal Sale Compare Prices IN FUEL EFFICIENCY GRAVITY FACTOR OVERliND 4 MAKES HRIC Impressicns-of Many Persons Are AH Wrong. HERE IS RIGHT ADVICE The Lower the Boilinjj Point the Quicker Gasoline Will Vapor- ize for Use us Fuel. A great deal Is being said regarding the, gravity of gasoline. So much stress has been laid on this feature that many persons interested In gaso line and Its use have come to believe that the quality of the gasoline and its efficiency as a motor fuel are en tirely dependent upon its gravity. This is a wrong idea, and for the benefit of those interested in the use of gasoline, especially in automobiles, and with a view of helping them se cure the best results at a minimum cost, here is submitted some inside in formation on gasoliie, explaining- why its gravity does not determine its efficiency as a motor fuel. Not many years ago -most people who owned cars thought they had to have 74-76 , per cent gasoline and asked for that grade. They wanted the beat they could get and thought the higher gravity gasoline would give thcra better results, more power and more milee per gallon than gaso line of lower gravity. This is a mis taken idea. We have been combating It steadily and have succeeded in con vincing a large per cent of the car owners that the efficiency of gasoline for use to autos is determined by dis tillation it la not a question of gravity. Two Gravity Scale. New as to gravity, which, by the way. elmply means weight. There are two scales in common use. Specific and Beaume. They are used to indi cate the relative weight of a liquid compared with water. In the specific cravitv scale, water is taken as a standard at 1. Any liquid which is heavier than water is expressed by 1, plus additional decimals, depending on how much heavier the liquid is than water. All liquid products of netroleum are lighter than water, hence their weight will be indicated less thah 1. Thus .8764 means that the liquid is 8764 ten-thousandths of the weight of water. Therefore, the higher the numerals or the more nearly they approach 1, the heavier the linuid. and vice versa. That is the specific gravity ecale and It is not used in expressing tne gravity or weight of gasoline or other ' petroleum liquid products by oil re finers, although a good many people think it is, and that is one reason why some who are only slightly familiar with the specific gravity scale ask for hirh eravitiy gasoline, thinking they are getting a heavier grade of ;HSU1IIIC, " 1 1 J I. n wu.u, tain a greater number or neat units. This is all wrong, because tne spe cific gravity Kcale. as above stated, is not used by oil refiners in connection with gasoline. Gravity ot Quality. The Beaume ecale of gravity is used In this country by all chemists in oil refinery laboratories to express the gravity of petroleum liquids, because it is more convenient. In the Baume scale of gravity water is taken at an arbitrary point on the scale, being 10. A liquid weighing less than water is expressed by fig ures higher than 10; which you will see is Just the reverse from the speci fic gravity scale with the latter, the higher the numerals, the more nearly the product approaches the weight of water, hence the heavier, as water Is heavier than oil or gasoline, while with the Beaume scale, the higher the numeral tle lighter the product, as the higher the gravity as indicated by the numerals, the farther away it gets from the weight of water. Another reason why some people ask for high gravity gasoline, and quite a common reason, is Just be cause they have the idea that high gravity means high quality, and they do not know that they are sacrificing the most essential features, more power, because more heat units, and more miles per gallon, by passing up the lower gravity gasoline; not only that, but they pay more money for the high gravity goods. In other words, they have been stung. Same Teat as for Coal. Itow, just a few more words regard ing heat units. Take, for instance, coal. If coal were sold by the space oc cupied instead of by the ton, and the price of hard and soft coal were the name for the same number of cubic feet, you wolud take the hard coal, because you would know you were getting more weight, hence more heat units for your money. The same thing applies to gasoline the heavier the gasoline, the more heat units you get and the. more power and It is cheaper. So nfuch for gravity and heat units. As previously stated, the right way and the only way to determine the efficiency of isasoilne as a motor fuel s by a process of distillation, by means of which the refiner deter mines its boiling points. ; The rapidity with which a' liquid will evaporate or vaporize is deter mined by its boiling points. A liquid Ohat has a low boiling point will evaporate quicker than one with a Irlgh boiling point it takes less heat to boll it, that is, to cause It to go I off in a vapor; consequently It re quires less heat and air to vaporize it. : Gasoline Boiliofr Points. The lower the boiling point the quicker the gasoline will vaporize or atomise under ordinary temperature. Therefore, in making gasoline for use in autos we keep the initial boiling point, that is, the point at which it commences to vaporize, as low as pos sible, and at the same time, produce a product suitable for use in an in ternal combustion engine. The starting of the engine is of -course dependent on this Initial boil ing point. If the initial boiling point is too high, you are bound to have trouble starting. Now, while we have seen that low boiling points are re quisite, proper maximum points are equally essential; but this rise shoul be gradual. This 1s why the Intermediate' boil ing points are taken. The low initial boiling points start the explosion quickly. The gradual rising boiling points form 'the connecting links be tween the lower and higher boiling points, just like a fuse, giving ever increasing power and force to the ex plosion. The ideal gasoline for use in autos is the product with the low Initial boiling point, ' which means easy starting and low gravity, whph car ries with It more pounds per gallon, meaning more heat units and more power and gradually rising points. Aata Trades Bulletin. . it. r. Car Driven 5452 Miles in 168 Hours' Continuous Driving. 20.24 MILES GAS AVERAGE However, it might Itave beea a lot worse, for he was eavea all the usual trouble of moving; when these two Master trucks with trailers hitched onto the building and hauled the whole thins; to a new location. WHITE SALMON.' Wash.. March 20. (Special.) Elimination of heavy grades and great Improvement in county roads has wrought a revolution in transportation througout the White Salmon valley. Nine years ago a two-ton Speedwell truckwas brought here by a resident of the valley for general trucking, but after a few months on the rough mountain roads and grades was found impracticable. Its tires were chewed up in almost no time. Today nearly every commercial bearing orchard section has itsi trucks, of one to five tons, operating virtually the year round. Likewise, there are passenger automobiles all through the district until it is rare to meet a cayuse on the road. Without trucks, this valley would have lost fully 60, per cent of its apple crop last fall. Where the ouput of the lumber mills In the valley was formerly hauled by four-horse teams, today trucks and trailers are doubling and trebling deliveries to points of shipment, at substantial saving in cost. Recently the building shown in the picture, 24x37 feet, was underslung on two logs which rested on two aiaster trucks and trailers, and hauled several blocks, part of the way over an 8 per cent grade, with ease, all in one hour and with only one man to each truck. Is this district sold to motor trucks? It is- ' STILL, THERE'S HOPE I' IM PROVED METHODS. VYltile Shortage Is Acute, Chicago Refiner Says More Gas Will Be Tukon From Crude. CHICAGO. March 20. Joseph M. Cudahy. new head of the Sinclair Re fining company, has issued a state ment that will do much to relieve the anxiety- concerning gasoline-driven machines. He does, not believe a gasoline famine is in sight, but ad mits the situation is acute. Owners of automobiles had begun to fear that gasoline would soon be so scarce its use would be practically prohibitive and Mr. Cudahy's announcement does much to relieve this apprehension. Among other things he suld: "The gasoline situation in the United States is acute. The public, however, need have no fear of a gas oline famine, because new methods and processes for the extraction of greater percentages of gasoline from cruifts oil are already being used. To day many of the refineries are selling oil to be consumed as fuel, which by the use of more scientific methods can be further refined so as to be convert ed into gasoline, fancy lubricating oils, paraffine and medicinal products. "In 1910 the United States pro duced 2OD.O0O.O0O barrels of crude oil and consumed 205,U00,0U0 ,barrels. In that year the United States consumed 14.UOO.000 barrels of gasoline. In 1919 the United States produced 388,000, 000 barrels of crude oil and consumed 48.000,000 barrels, the deficiency be ing made up principally by imports from Mexico. Manufacturers of motor vehicles es timate that in 1925 260,000,000 barrels of gasoline will be required to meet the demands for automobiles, trucks, tractors and airplanes, not to mention gasoline required for motorboats, sta tionary engines, eta This will call for 800,000.000 barrels of crude oil and will require much higher processes of refining than are in use at present. MORE GOOD ROADS SEEDED II. J. Mcintosh Would Develop the Entire State. The creation of more good roads. restoration of those highways that have received more than their share of travel, maintenance of all im proved byways will do more to put business on a stable- foundation and keep it there than any other one thing," says H. J. Mcintosh, of the Mcintosh Motor Car company, local Kissel distributor. 'Plenty of goed roads in proportion to , the nation's transportation re quirements is the solid foundation of national .prosperity, because it keeps the great arteries of motor transpor tatlon free from congestion and is conducive to maintaining schedules. A network of good roads in this country would open up hitherto inaccessible sections of the country, the small towns, the agricultural communities, the industrial and raining centers, that can only be reached by horse team or horseback. "Therefore let us tackle the good roads problem with the same Ameri can push and pep that have character ized our activities in other lines of national progress. The result will more than compensate for the money and time spent." M FIRE IHN BOUGHT TRADE FUTURE BRIGHT FIRESTOXE SIAJT EXPECTS EX PORT TO BE BRISK. Europe Soon Will Regain, lis Old- Time Aggressiveness, He Asserts. Trade with Europe will soon as sume many pre-war characteristics. with the added feature of being many times more brisk7 in the opinion of A. C. Frank, export manager of the Firestone Tire & Rubber company. Mr. Frank recently Teturned to New York, city after three months In Eng land and continental Europe. Although they are still suffering from the industrial difficulties which were the inevitable result of the war, the European nations will soon regain their old-time commercial aggressive ness, I believe," Mr. Frank said. "The resourcefulness they showed in the war will reassert itself in peace and they will again demonstrate their stamina by reclaiming a share of the world's trade. "The industrial activity of Belgium is particularly noteworthy. This plucky country, undaunted by its tre mendous hardships, is now rapidly placing its factories on a quantity production basis and is doing much toward the rehabilitation of the dev. astated districta "International trade, after the re sumption of European Industries, should develop, I believe, to a degree heretofore considered Impossible. I look for an unparalleled era of trade among all' nations." Frank believes over-seas business holds untold possibilities for Amer ican industry. MARSHTTELD BFSIXESS SUBSCRIBE $3000. MEN City Council Couldn't Raise Funds, So Merchants) Put Up the Money for Equipment! If the road is the only place to walk to school, walk on the left side facing the traffic. If you walk on the right you will be in the path of cars coming from behind. Efficient Contractors Use the Best . Atterbury Trucksf equipped with dump bodies, are daily establishing records for efficiency. 1 !" Any size to meet your requirements. - We carry large stock of parts and are particular to give good service. . v Atterbury Truck Sales Co. TRUCK SPECIALISTS 343 OAK, Near Broadway Phone Broadway 354 Distributors for Oregon, Southern Washington, Western Idaho and Northern California iUistii? t Vii'mii i li " " TOY MOTOR TRUCKS OF V MAXIMUM SERVZCB Business men of Marshfield. Or., are setting an example that might be fol lowed by many other towns. They wanted fire-fighting equipment, but the city council had no funds for its purchase, so the business men by voluntary subscription have raised about $3000. With this they will buy a Reo -ton Speed wagon chassis and equip it with chemicaU apparatus. hose, ladders and the like. ' It was after the Marshfield city council had several times debated the question of adequate fire protection and was finally compelled to pass it nup that the movement to raise funds by voluntary subscription was start ed. Gorst & King, Marshfield deal ers for the Reo Speedwagon, origin ated the Idea, and besides offering to supply the truck at actual cost, subscribed 1100 to the fund. Further than that, they agreed to take it back any time within two years at a dis- count of" not to exceed $200 if the city should in the meantime decide to purchase equipment from the city's funds. The chassis was ordered through the Northwest Auto company, dis tributors of the Reo, and will be equipped with body and apparatus at Marshfield. Don't advance the spark lever when crank in jr. Speed of 32 y2 Miles Per Hour Is Maintained for Seven Days on Triplex Springs. Driven continuously for seven days and seven nights, ever ordinary sub urban roadways, an Overland 4 stock car has established at Indianapolis, Ind., a new unofficial world's mileage record for a light car under 168 hours of Incessant driving. The Overland 4 in the seven days and nights of this remarkable endur ance run piled up a record of 5452. IB miles. The car finished the grind on the same Fisk tires with which it started. To make this nei record, the drivers of the Overland 4 main tained an average speed of 32 H miles an hour, 24 hours a day. Gasoline mileage was 20.24 miles a gallon. The consistency of the Oveiland's performance is shown in this tabu lation of each day's run. The first day' and night the speedometer reg istered 749 miles. On the second day the mark was 778 miles, on the third 747 miles, on the fourth 793, fifth 809, sixth 823, and on the last lap of the new unofficial worlds record isi milea The test, the first of Its kind to be tried and actually accomplished by a light car, started at S A. M. Febru ary 25 and ended at 9 A. M. March 3 The run was conducted Ay the Gibson company of Indianapolis, distributors for Overland cars. The mileage and gasoline records are certified by the following observers: Howard F. ("Howdy") Wilcox, win ner of the 1919 Indianapolis speedway 500-mile racing classic; Munroe E. Boblet, secretary of the Hoosier Mo tor club of Indianapolis, and R. 1L Scrogin, editor of the Hoosier Mo torists Although the new Overland 4 with triplex springs had -been tested 250, 000 miles under all possible weather and road conditions before it was placed on the market by the Willys- Overland company, officials of the company declare that the Indianapolis endurance run Is one of the most convincing demonstrations yet made of the reliable, economical perform ance of the car and the road-comfort qualities of the now famous triplex spring suspension. Officials of the company witnessed the start and the finish of the seven- continuous-day run. Careful exami nation of the car and its power plant after the run convinced the Gibson company that it was ready to repeat the endurance tect of the 168, hours of furious driving, and largely be cause the car had been protected by the new triplex springs. . The run is considered the highest possible veri fication of the ability of this new spring suspension to protect the car from road wear and provide big car riding comfort in a motor car of short wheel base. In the entire run there was but one puncture. A new inner tube was placed in the tire shoe. It Is conservatively estimated tnat 5452 miles of driving over the ordl- USED CA1I BARGAINS We must dispose of practically 11 of our used cars before moving; to our new building:, now in course of construction at Broadway at Everett. We want to go into this building with as few cars as possible and to move our present stock quickly we are disregarding the money we have in it and cutting prices to a point which is bound to attract those who know real used car bargains when they see them. Our used car stock is in splendid shape. We have more than forty cars 6f various standard makes, Mitchells, Jordans, Velies, Overlands, Chevrolets and many others. These cars ' are exceptionally good, most of them overhauled, many of them repainted, all of them rare bargains as priced for this sale. Look through the list in the Classified section of this paper, then take your first opportunity of viewing our stock. Open Sundays from 10 A. M. to 4 P. 1L EAST MORRISON AND FIRST STS. New Cars, Broadway at Oak. It's Better to Buy a Good Used Car Than a Cheap New One nary run of suburban roads Is equal to the usage and punishment to which the average motor car owner would subject the car he drives In. a year's operation. That markes the Over land 4's achievement all the more noteworthy in indicating to what high standards the manufacture of light weight, economical, easy-riding motor cars has teen raised by an American automobile manufacturer. Xew Garage at Eugene. EUGENE, Or., March 20. (Special.) Lester G.. Hulin of this city, who is cashier of the First National bank of Springfield, this week began the erec tion of a new funding on Oak street. between Ninth and Tenth avenues, in this city to be. occupied by an auto- moblle-tire vulcanizing works and an automobile electrical supply house. The walls of the building will be of hollow tile and yie dimensions will be 80 by 80 feet. " Don't attempt to run the car on the electric starter. Demand for the New Grant Six Grows Swiftly Thousands of orders, orders from every territory in this country and abroad; countless telegrams; hundreds of dealers visiting the factory. All these attest the immediate and overwhelming popu larity of the new Grant Six. And its splendid performance is bound to increase this popularity, for everybody writes that the Grant Six is a wonderful automobile a truly fine car. v It is pleasing to record the ex perience of the Halifax, N. S., distributor who drove his dem onstrator home from the fac tory. He gave it a gruelling test. "We covered 1409 miles 200 miles of it the worst roads in America and that's going some," he writes, "and she went through without a squeak or a rattle. Never sat in an easier riding car in my life." That's typical of the expe rience of alL Everybody is prais ing the new Grant praising its looks and its performance, its speed and its easy riding qualities. This is the logical result of a design fundamentally correct a motor that's unusually fine a chassis that's built for endurance and a body that's built for comfort. By all means see the new Grant Six at your earliest opportunity. Fine-paMiengt Touring Car, $IS9St Thrtm-paengtr Roadster, flSSSi t . Fiae-paMcngcr Sedan, (2450 1 Four-pattenger Coupe, $2450, - ' F. O. A. Factory ' MANLEY AUTO CO, Distributors Eleventh and Oak at Burnsidc Phone Broadway 217 A. B. Manley, Pres. " E. C Habel, Sales Manager GRANT MOTOR CAR'CORPORATION CLEVELAND, OHIO AUTO ACCESSORIES AND PARTS SPEEDOMETERS and BIG TEN NECESSITIES They're Mote Than Accessories Official Service Genuine Parts . Product Service Station, 333 Ankeny Street Sayers Six Dz5 Motors Co. SAYERS Aut? FuncrJ Equipment irst and t Washington State Distributors ARCHER & WIGGINS Distributors of AUTOMOTIVE ACCESSORIES Sixth Street at Oak. JACKSON Twenty-first and SIX TOURING FOUR WHEEL DRIVE TRUCK nty-f Washington State Distributors David Hodes Co. 103-107 North lHh SL AUTOMOBILE GEARS PARTS AND ACCESSORIES AT JRF.Dl'CEI) PRICKS ENGINES A SPECIALTY KE3 AiiTO SP2L1G C0 JLA 10,000 Springs Carried in Stock. Let Us Repair Your Springs Where You Get Service. 15TH AND COUCH STREETS Northwest Auto Co. Distributors Miller Tires, Miller Ad-On-A Tires Repair Materials and Tubes Alder at Eighteenth St. Portland men J! AUTO DIRECTORY New Light Six. Mitchell, Sevrn-I'asHf nger Jordan MITCHELL. LEWIS & STAYER CO. Broadway at Oak RAINIER Worm Drive TRUCKS SALES 'AND SERVICE SERVICE GARAGE 331 First St. Phone Main 2417 BETHLEHEM TRUCKS .Electric Lights and Starter Northwest Auto Co, Distributors, Alder at 18tfc Franklin' offers more of "what you actually need and want A in an automobile. BRALY AUTO CO. Main 4880, A 388L 19th and Washington SU.