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THE SUNDAY OREGONIAX, PORTLAND, MARCIT 21, 1920
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TtfE CAR OF THE AMERICAN ' FAMI LY
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Value Shown in Survey by
Agriculture Department.
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CROP REPORTERS ASSIST
At Lcat 30,000 Agriculturists In
United States Use Motor Trans-
TRUCK USE MEANS
ECONOMY OH FARM
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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.
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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
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B. Manley,
Pres.
MANLEY AUTO CO.,
Distributors,'
Eleventh and Oak at Burnside
Phone Broadway 217
E. C. Habel,
Sales Manager
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YOU can not temporize with beauty
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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
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Phone Broadway 93
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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-
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H We Are Now Allotting Territory for the
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The Biggest Little Car in America
Phoae, Write or Wire
J. H. GRAHAM MOTORS CO.
H Tenth, Near Stark
H Broadway 3231 Portland, Or.
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"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.
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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
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DEALERS Writ for rsolaolro aropoaltlM ( w
art mot rrrnlH la romr tonn.
WEAVER TIRE COMPANY
Oregon Vulcanizing Co.
.ia-m bcrsidh at Broadway
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