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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (March 21, 1920)
THE SUXD AT OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND, MARCH 21, 1920 AD CLUB'S CARAVAN TANDARD.- . Motor Transport Corps to ." Enter Unit for the Run. :.-v Uninterrupted Transportation Emm i is mi SKY PICTURES PROMISE Gaumont Company to Take Movies of the Big Tour, Entries in Wliic Will Have to Be Limited. Kducatlonal and scenic moving pic tores of tle Pacific highway carava from the Pacific northwest to Cali fornia in May will be taken by th Vaumont News and Graphic service for distribution throughout in United States and will constitute on of the 'best boosts for the touring: attractions of Oregon developed in a Ion it time. Charles R. Perryman, manager of the Gaumont interests, with offices at Seattle, was in Portland several days thisjl ast week conferring with . P. Strandborg. chairman 01 in Portland Ad club's caravan committee, relative to features of the caravan project. In addition to ground pic turps, Perryman is arranging for a ecries of pictures from the sky show ing both the Pacific highway and tne progress of the picturesque motor convoy. To get the bfst results for national exploitation, he will worn with the war department, which will enter a motor transport corps unit in the tour. The Oregon state chamber of com-J merce has joined with the Portland Ad club, which originated the cara van idea, and Secretary George Quayle has sent invitations to all local chambers of commerce in the state to be officially represented in the caravan when it starts from Portland Wednesday morning, Alay 19. Highway to Be Sisned. Co-oneration of the various com mercial bodies in the cities through ' which the caravan will pass is al ready assured. It is expected that a series of meetings in the interests of good roads, tourist travel and army enlistments will be Held ai tne an ferent points where overnight stops will be made. George Chambers, secretary of the Oregon State Motor association, who is in charge of the operating depart ment of the caravan, has been ad vised bv the state highway commis sion that the Pacific highway will be properly maVked with signs, some temporary and some permapent, so that it will be impossible for any of the straggling cars to go astray in the course of the tour. The marking of the highway will be undertaken In the coming week and carried on throughout the season. As a representative of the British Columbia good roads enthusiasts and a director of the Pacific Northwest Tourist association, A. E. Todd, mayor of Victoria, B. C. and honorary presi dent of the tourist association, will participate in the caravan. Other of ficers and directors of the association representing Washington and Oregon w ill also make the trip for the purpose of developing an aggressive publicity campaign on behalf of the Pacific highway and other attractive motor ing tours in this territory. - Keception committees from the San Francisco, Oakland and Stockton ad vertising clubs and representatives of the California State Motor associa tion will meet the caravan at Sacra mento on the fourth day of the trip and join hands in a big get-together rally for the entire Pacific coast that evening, Saturday, May 22. These California committees will pace the northwestern delegates on the last stage of the journey into Stockton, where the annual Pacific Coast Ad vertising association convention will be held. Hotel Spare Limited. In view of the fact that hotel ac commodations at the various cities where overnight stops will be- made are limited, it is probable that the personnel of the caravan will be re stricted to not to exceed 200 tourists, as that will be about the maximum that can be taken care of at any of the overnight stops. This will mean that the number of entries received in the caravan lineup will be limited to eomewhere between 50 and 60. More than half that number are already in sight and others are being added almost every day. Three entries were received by Mr. Strandborg last week from Bend, Or., which indicates the wide Interest jn the event. As soon as the total capacity for the caravan has been reached, the entry lists will' close and belated parties desiring to accompany the convoy will be subject to such ac commodations as they may carry with them in their traveling equipment. although some emergency equipment will probably be taken along aboard auto trucks provided for that special purpose. It it not known definitely, how large the personnel of the motor transport corps unit sent by the war department will be, but it is esti mated that it will number over SO officers and men with approximately 20 touring cars, made up of W hites, Cadillacs, Dodges and Fords, with a messenger and reconnaissance squad of side-car motorcycles. Captain Linus J. Klrkhoff, United 6tates field artillery, at present at tached to the army recruiting office in Seattle, was in Portland last week with L. E. Warford, advertising man ager there for the B. F. Goodrich Rubber company, in connection with Seattle participating in the caravan. 77 -yy i- -.. L Perf ecdy Balanced in Every Detail WEIGHT, size, dimensions, power all related to one another in exact harmony, giving an incomparable, perfectly balanced chassis ?? headlined by the powerful Kissel-built ergine. Trucks that iinam&in schedules because they are built to overcome obstacles sansimcifflallaltile with trucks of less .development sad axpeagssceo The unusual 4ayo siasad scake it Separative lor every business man 7ith lir-jf:cgft sfeemq fid Goik'fe, Joaee cw tazck sales manager who will pro7e azv jffsseR TstesSsg wsi fe fibssc' rcdividual require ments.' Appoittmenis iEadig' iby tefejp&oae or mail. McINTOSH MOTOR. CAR CO. 23d & Washington St., , Portland, Or. VIIDDLETON WITH KELLY BECOMES SOLES CHIE1 FOR KELLY METALS CO. SrRIAG OXCE-OVEU ECOXOMV Dort Sarcs Clilef Says Car Should Ha vcvO verba u li ng. "There's economy and satisfaction In giving your car the once over In the spring. Then if it needs replace ments or anything else to bring it back to perfect form, have it done an quickly as possible," advises John B. Mansfield, general sales manager of the Dort Motor Car company. "iVaturally winter's toll is most se vere and generally there Is a reminder or two. Tliis is where the old 'stitch In time' principle works out. When the car Is restored to its beet shape, almost as' good as the day it was bought, riding In it is far more en joyable, also It will fetch a much bet tefprice if you care to sell, or expect to trade it in on a new car. "Letting a car run down is false economy. Eventually it costs you more and in the interim you are not happiest when rolling along the high ways. "Even little things you may think of no especial consequence develop Into big items in repair bills if al lowed to run on without Interruption. Don't overlook anything, particularly after a winter such as we have had. Busy as the repair men are now, they will be over their heads in work In a few weeks. Prevent damage from rust by using im paint, ew Metal Bearing Produced That Is Amalgamation of Lead and Copper Alone. Tta-v T MMrtleinn has resigned as general sales manager ot tne sianuara Steel Castings company of Cleveland to become vice-president and director of sales and advertising for the Kelly Metals company of Chicago, Detroit and Los Angeles. . Mr. Middletons headquarters win ho f-hieaen. where the Kelly Metals company will, at an early date, estab lish its principal production piani. The-company will continue its present plants in Detroit and Los Angeles and later establish a third branch . plant at a point to be selected in tne east. It has been generally understood that the position Mr. Middleton relin quished was only a temporary ona. u ... i o n-itini. jsinf hiR return from 'overseas until he found the right niche where his training ana experi ence in introducing and establishing trade for products he was particu larly fitted to merchandize presented itself, so that he could make It his life's work. Mr. Middleton'e past experience with such concerns as the Brown Hoist Machinery company, Elwell Parker Electric company, Rhinelander ball bearings and the Steel Products com pany pecularly fits him for the new diuies he assumes. "I heard of the Kelly Metals com pany while In the government serv ice," says Mr. Middleton. "and on my return to Detroit discussed its prod ucts with my predecessor, Guy Mor gan. With the first truly homogene ous amalgamation of copper and lead, alone, ever effected by any process, Kelly Metals company has had six years' unbroken record of success fully overcoming troubles and solving the most difficult bearing problems, with a HiKtinnrf vplv new metal the company, both in actual service and in nunrirorta nr rpsrs nv Tne govern ment and others, has achieved re markable things in the bearings field. SEW SAl.ES CHIEF FOB THE KELLY METALS COMPANY. v. . - t, v 3 - w. .... ummmwmmm i - J V I -1 In producing a true copper- and lead alloy, without using any otbfcr metal or component, the Kelly Metals com pany has accomplished what had come to be accepted as impossible." EAST HAS A SNXW PROBLEM Albany, T., Wants State to Help Keep the Roads Open. -The chamber of commerce at Al bany) N, Y., has started a movement among commercial bodies of neigh boring cities for united action in urg ing the state legislature- to appro priate sufficient funds to keep prin cipal highways open t traffic the year ro.und. The snow storms this winter have been so frequent and severe that the 520.000 annually appropriated for this work was URel up in a short time. Taking of subscriptions among those most concerned was necessary at Al bany to keep motor trucks running to nearby cities. The Albany business men would have the state highway commissioner make an investigation and recom mend a plan by wirrch the roads will be kept open for motor vehicles with out eliminating a sledding surface for those farmers who do not have motor cars and trucks. It Is probable that the snow will be made compact by rolling it - W. D. Weltz, Albany manager of the Ffrestone ship-.bv-truck bureau, called the first meeting' of business men of that city, at which plans for united action before the legislature were discussed. The headquarters of the bureau, at Akron, states that the matter of keeping the highways open for traffic the year round la receiv ing attention among farmers and business men in practically all north ern states. Minnesota, it reports, has already made substantial progress, the principal highways in that state having been kept in condition for use by trucks and passenger cara all this winter. ' EUGEXE IS TO -PAVE STREETS. Lanes of Travel Connecting With Ferry Street Bridge Affected. EUGENE, Or., March 20. (Special.) RtAna hovA hflnn tnlren tn Ttstva TTnr- ry street, Third avenue east and High street, leading from the Ferry street bridge to the pavement already laid1 on High street. The counail last night authorized the city attorney to bring in an ordinance providing for the improvement. This is the only entrance to the city at the present time that Is not paved. IS Small Group : of Tire Manufac turers in Same Time Produce About 15,000,000 Tires. Unofficial figures compiled from various sources tell a wonderful and amazing story of the automobile in dustry in 1919.- Ninety manufacturers of passenger automobiles and 170 builders .of motor trucks in 32 states, employing 580,000, produced approximately 1,586,787 pas senger cars and 305,142 trucks, valued at 1,807,593,829, in the last 12 months. A small group of automobile tire manufacturers produced more than half of the 30,000,000 tires made in 1919, with the other half manufac tured by 213 small companies. Of the entire total the Goodyear Tire & Rub ber company spade nearly 7,000,000 tires, or 20 per cent. In' 1920 it is estimated that 40,000,000 tires, will be produced, of which this company will produce about 25 per cent. Automobile exports last year were of startling totals. The value of motor vehicles and parts "sent abroad to 81, countries was $146,334,616, of wnicn bJ.b.'i were passenger cars valued at 6S, 945,740, while 14.748 were commercial vehicles worth J35, 372,419. The value of parts exported was $42,016,284. It is estimated that there' were in 1919, 62,036 automobile dealers, ga rages and repair shops in the United States. Of the total, 32,317 were passenger car dealers, 18,943 were truck dealers, 36,427 were garages and 43,381 were repair shops. Farmers were the largest users of motor trucks, owning 10 per cent more than manufacturers and 15 per ceni more than retailers. It is esti mated that 40 per cent of the car output was sold to farmers last year. rne 7,iuu,uu motor vehicles in use In the Lnited States, of which 700.000 are motor Jrucks, brought $65,000,000 revenue to states rrom -license fees. Mathematicians figure that there are 15.96 persons in the country to every automobile, and two- cars in the country for -every square mile. 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