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i THE SUNDAY OREGONIAX, PORTLAND, MARCIT 21, 1920 3 TtfE CAR OF THE AMERICAN ' FAMI LY OH -' Value Shown in Survey by Agriculture Department. r- 1; CROP REPORTERS ASSIST At Lcat 30,000 Agriculturists In United States Use Motor Trans- TRUCK USE MEANS ECONOMY OH FARM 4 : i i I? portation Methods. WASHINGTON". March 10. The enormous and growing importance of the motor truck in the economy of farm management is brought out striklngrly in a report by the depart ment of agriculture of a survey of the ownership and use of motor trucks by farmers. The survey was conducted jointly by the office of farm management and the bureau of crop estimates of the department. The in formation secured by this inquiry an swers many questions which have been asked repeatedly regarding the extent to which motor vehicles are used for farm hauling. The figrures on which totals for the nation and the several states are based were secured from approxi mately 35.000 selected crop reporters who were asked to report the names and addresses of farmers they knew who own motor trucks for farm us. Pleasure cars and trailers for use with pleasure cars were excluded and the reporters were asked not to take account of trucks which are used pri marily for general custom hauling or on regularly established routes. This survey, the department of ag riculturo says, can hardly be consid ered a complete census, for it Is proh able that in some localities tho crop reporters were not acquainted with all the truck owners, but it is certain that a very large per cent have been listed. It is believed that in no state were less than 75 per cent of the trucks reported. If not complete in every respect, the figures show the relative distribution very satisfac torily. At least B&.000 farmers in the United States own motor trucks which they use on their farms. The exact number of trucks actually re ported, which necessarily does not include all, is 49,195. divided among the various states as follows: Alabama, 847: Arizona, 95: Arkan sas. 721: California. 1009; Colorado, 804; Connecticut, 357; Delaware, 100: Florida, 380; Georgia, 1808; Idaho. 329; Illinois. 227; Indiana, 1548; Iowa. 2773: Kansas. 1732: Kentucky, 818; oulsiana. 310: Maine, 435; Maryland 59ti; Massachusetts, 661; Michigan, 1636; Minnesota, 1255; Mississippi 957; Missouri. 2065; Montana, 359; Nebras ka, 2739; Nevada, 41; New Hampshire, 283; New Jersey. 862; New Mexico, 104; New Tork. 3171; North Carolina 1450; North Dakota, 501; Ohio. 2261; Oklahoma. 723: Oregon, 369; Pennsyl vania. 2760; Rhode Island. 152; South Carolina, 1190; South Dakota. 1708 Tennessee, 978; Texas, 1668; Utah, 173 Vermont. 282: Virginia, 1128, Wash ington, 682; West Virginia, 465; Wis consin. 146S: Wyoming. 174. n on aopmraoiDDU H ow fortunate it is for us that the men who founded this business, set out with the simple idea of trying to build the best car of its class in the world. That clear-cut determi nation has led us to adopt policies which are careful and conscientibus, and manufacturing principles jvhicfy are sound and substantial. The net result has been a most un usual and cordial relationbetween ourselvesand our public based on the confidence which people have learned to place in the Hupmobileand the company which builds it HT7PF MOTOR CAR CORPORATION B. Manley, Pres. MANLEY AUTO CO., Distributors,' Eleventh and Oak at Burnside Phone Broadway 217 E. C. Habel, Sales Manager Prtmur Modd &D Fmr-Pismtpr Omd Car $5700, (.J. InduvafioUi YOU can not temporize with beauty and luxury; cither you must go all the way or you must leave them alone altogether. A little beauty and a little luxury merely emphasize the lack of more. In the completeness of Premier, you, for the first time, find your standard of motor car absoluteness satis fied. Nothing is forgotten. As a motor car-, Premier embodies all that any designer can bestow. McCRAKEN MOTOR CO. Distributors 9 h Prtmitr no touch oflmxury, amvtni tnct or comfort ka$ ben overlooked. Koto her tho opt vonttSathg wolvo, 0H UttU dorwur dtuh lights on tkt eowt, tvo spot light mni doubU door vition wind ohiold construction. 490 Burnside Street Phone Broadway 93 7Y O T O R. CORPORATION INDIANAPOLIS, U.S.A. THE ALUMINUM SIX WITH MAGNETIC GEAR. SHIFT Til TO OVERHAUL AUTO J. II. GRAHAM MAKES SEVERAL SUGGESTIONS TO OWNERS. '.en Only Engine, But Brakes f-iiould Be Gone Over Thor oughly in GettiiiK Car Ready. "How can I be sure my car is in Suod working order?" This is a ques tion many motorists are asking as they get their old cars ready for spring, beverai suggestions are maoe iiy J. IL Graham of the J. II. Graham Motors company, local distributor for the Darls Six. "Naturally the first desire is to ge the engine in good condition," says Mr. Graham. "It is best to drain the oil from the crankcase, rinse the case with kerosene and refill with oil suit able for warm-weather driving. Rinse the radiator by opening the drain and turning a stream of water through It, then fill with clean water. "It is advisable also to have your battery inspected. Spark plugs should be tested and faulty onea discarded. "After the engine runs well there Is a temptation to let everything else po. But such matters as dragging brakes may absorb power and con tinue to do. so all season without at tracting attention. Hence It is wise to test for such trouble. With the car on jacks turn one wheel to see if the brake drags. Then try the other. If either or both drag the brakes should immediately be adjusted. "Tires should be examined for minor cuts and bruises. Slight repairs now may save large bills later. Begin the season by having your tires prop erly inflated and keep them so." went out in the garden and picked them. 'Due to its ability to haul three to five times the load of the ordinary horse and wagon outfit, the truck has created a tendency to lower prices of farm produce. This tendency will increase in the future as more motor trucks are employed by farmers and truck gardeners. Essex Ease of Riding. It has long since been proved that the weight of a car has little to do with its riding qualities. This is shown in the Essex, which, although it weighs only a trifle over 2500 pounds, has aroused much comment because of its ability to smooth out the roughest roads. This faculty i due to its carefully designed springs and the perfect balance of the car itself. The spring eyes are fitted with bronze bushings and are ad justable to take up wear. : urge en orivh 600 CARS PLOW THBOICH SXOW FROM FACTORY. TRUCKS HELP TO MARKET PRODUCE BROUGHT TO TOWN FRESH FROM GARDEN. Kissel Distributor Declares Use of Trucks Keeps Vegetable Trices Lower. The public market, formerly an exclusive feature of every European city, has moved to America, thanks to the motor truck." says H. J. ilclntoeh of the Mcintosh Motor Car company, local Kissel distributor. "These public markets were tried out before the advent of the motor truck and In a good many centers were a success, but nothing as com pared with those of today, because, as one farm owner of a Kissel truck wrote. The day we purchased our truck gave us an additional two hours of sleep in the morning. My eon aid myself used to have to get up at 3 o'clock in the morning, load the wagon, hitch the horses and start out on the long drive to town so that we could arrive at the farmers' market at 7 o'clock. But now with our motor truck we do not have to leave the farm before 6 o'clock. Our vegetables and produce are more freeh, one of the reaaons why, since employing a truck, our business at the market has more than doubled." "There you have the secret of the popularity of the farmers' public market of today. The farmers' pro duce, fruit and vegetables are 'fresh .from the farm' with the dew still on. enabling the housewife to get as fresh vegetables as it she herself Event Was Largest Motor Car Drive-Away Ever Held From Automobile Factory. The snowbound inhabitants of Ohio and northern Michigan were treated to a pleasing sight as well as to a new record-breaking feat recently, when 600 Buick valve-ln-head motor cars plowed their way through the heavy drifted roads from Flint, Mich. This single day drive-away of Buick cars was not only a new achieve ment in factory deliveries, but was one of the most fortunate things that could have happened In the opening of blockaded traffic conditions, which under ordinary methods would have taken many days to accomplish. The bliszard which swept this district for two days was the worst storm ex perienced in the past two years, par alyzing traffic conditions in every direction. As fast as the snow fell a 50-mile-an-hour wind rapidly filled the highway with heavy drifts rang ing In depth from two to five feet. Road commissioners and farmers found the use of graders and snow plows worthless and were finally compelled to give away to the ef ficiency, power and endurance of the motor car. Headed by several pilot cars fur nished by the factory, this fleet of Buick cars successfully accomplished the task of breaking the first trails into Detroit and northern Ohio towns and restoring traffic to Its normal condition. This 600-car drive-away is so far the largest single overland delivery In the history of .the Buick Motor company, and will probably establlsll a national record for all manufac turers. Every model of the Buick 1920 series was represented and was driven by dealer and owner into the following states: New York, Massa chusetts, Pennsylvania, Carolinas, Virginia, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Tennessee, Mississippi, Arkansas, In diana, Louisiana, Kentucky, Missouri Illinois and Iowa. cade garage. C. C. Emery, for sev eral years in the garage business in Portland, is .associated with him in the management of the Cascade ga rage, which is the first garage mo torists pass in driving into Hood River from Portland. Keep out of car tracks. 281 STOLEN, 34 RECOVERED California's New Anti-Thief Plan Not Vet in Working Order. SACRAMENTO. March 20. C. a Morrill, state superintendent of the bureau of criminal identification and investigation, announced recently that 281 automobiles were stolen in Cali fornia in February. This was a drop of 100 under January's total. Recoveries for the month were be low normal, totaling only 11 machines. Morrill explains this circumstance by the fact that the bureau for the past several weeks has been busily engaged installing -a new checking system. Under the new system that has bees. Installed, said Morrill, 31 stolen automobiles have been recovered al ready this month. One of these ma chines was found abandoned in the streets of Oakland before its owner, a Fresno clergyman, had reported the theft to the authorities. CASCADE GARAGE PURCHASED C. A. Elliott and C. C. Emery Get Good Location in Hood River HOOD RIVER, Or., March 20. (Spe cial.) C. A. Elliott, for many years the garage business in Oregon City, now proprietor here of the Elliott- Overland company, which handles Overland and Willys-Knight cars in this district, has purchased the Css- Auto Dealers? i H We Are Now Allotting Territory for the I "MOORE 30" J The Biggest Little Car in America Phoae, Write or Wire J. H. GRAHAM MOTORS CO. H Tenth, Near Stark H Broadway 3231 Portland, Or. IlIllIIIIlllIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIl MOTOR CAIL "Built of the Best Towing Car, Mode) ;i An DAILY DRIVING PROVES ITS MERIT MODELS Ore Cam Mod. J I, five-pass, touring Mod. 5 z, four-pus. port Mod. 3, fbor-psss. special iport Enclosed Cam Mod. 54, fivc-psss. sedan Mod. 55, four pan. coape A DEMONSTRATION will reveal the exceptional riding ease and power of the beautiful 1920 Davis. You will be inv pressed at once by the performance of this stylish motor car. But you can not FULLY appreciate its many superior qualities until you drive it day after day on all kinds of roads, in all kinds of weather. Daily use proves the merit of the Davis Six and am' ply verifies the Davis slogan, "Built of the Best." Live dealers wanted at once for territory proposition throughout Oregon. J. H. Graham Motors Company 88-90 Tenth St, Near Stark Portland, Oregon Geo.W. Davis Motor Car Co., Richmond, Ind. Ill Hill Mill HI 1 I Ml J1L EIUEIl 'Double Cable Sase cTTvos . T lv Ftdtml BUih N- .' Flimml BUik Sktt -Corf Itn Stop Rim Abuse Increase Road Use . YOU can expect more miles from Federal Tires because their Double-Cable-Base avoids rim cuts, blow outs above the rim and all rim damage. , These improvements are to be had only with Federal Tires. " Get Federals on your car and start saving the miles rims steal from ordinary cars. -the Federal Rubber Company f Illloell Factorial. Oorfafcp. WUooaola DEALERS Writ for rsolaolro aropoaltlM ( w art mot rrrnlH la romr tonn. WEAVER TIRE COMPANY Oregon Vulcanizing Co. .ia-m bcrsidh at Broadway - Trlaa Brooawoy 7 - ' r .: p.. kv. v K .-. l"-." r- , " t"T?; " .' ' ' ' -VK. f.-; r-,-r- ' t ,t-.-i ..-it -':, T- . -1 ' pi , .. . , iwot-' .5 -v. .-.--; -v:-.v. ' ; ;".v- - 1.0 - V-. - sx
