THE SUXD AT OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND, MARCH 21, 1920
AD CLUB'S CARAVAN
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. Motor Transport Corps to
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
Lovers of horse flesh will view with
sadness the fact that 3,600,000 horses
were displaced by motor trucks last
year. At the same time, it is esti
mated that 15.000,000 acres of land
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There is an "jgxfoe" . Battery for every car
A 2ure start Assured.
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348 Couch St. - Bdwy. 3043
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Coupled with. the pride of ownership in its beauty and
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Built by the Standard Steel Car Company, world famous
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TRUCKS BUILT I.V 1919.
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were- released for food production by
the use of trucks.
Iowa and Nebraska have the great
est number of automobiles per capita,
with one car for every six and a half
persons. Tennessee leads the country
in increase of car registrations, with
29 per cent gain.
Finding Door Rattle.
In the case of a rattling door the
I defective part can be detected by the
.simple expedient of holding each In
(turn while the car is running. Adjust-
, meni ui mo clearance yciwecu mc
spring bolt and its recess will cure
the trouble.
Pasting Up Pocket Maps.
A convenient method of preparing
pocket maps for use on a tour is to
paste them into scrips of cardboard
about three inches wide and eight
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1, IVi-ton chassis, cord tires, $2010
Vz, 2-ton chassis, cord tires, $2265
Mc Crake n Motor Co.
Distributors
490 Burnside St, Bdwy. 93
"We Carry the Parts"
Inches long. This makes a conven
ient size for ready reference in the
car and fits In the pocket.
Use Long Tow Rope.
When It becomes necessary to em
ploy a team of horses to pull a(car out
of the mud or sand, the ultimate hu
miliation In any ervent, be careful to
use aa long a tow rope as posrtble.
Not only does this prrmlt the turn te
get a better footing but It allow the
engine to be used to help the animal
without fear of suddenly lunging !nl4
the team.
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t. Between the cushion and
the tread there I a different per
centag of Crafda.
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Compound rubber extra thick,
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