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PAVING SPEEDED UP ON PACIFIC HIGHWAY BETWEEN EUGENE
AND JUNCTION CITY.
BRUTE STRENGTH
TO SEATTLE
Complete Line
1',4-ton
22-ton
3f4-ton
5- ton
6- ton
Many Rough Places, but Cars
Get Through Easily.
DETOUR AT CASTLE ROCK
.22
Cars Cross Bridge to West Side of
Cowlitz and Gt North Via Ole
jua, Win loc k and Vader.
1TIE , SUNDAY OREGOMAX, POIITLAM)' MAY 9," 1920"
MUDHDLES
DRY
NOW
WAY
KKLSO, Wash.. May 8. (Special.)
Motorists bound for Seattle can now
get over the Pacific highway without
having to be towed. The dry weather
of the past couple of weeks has dried
up mud holes. While there are many
rough places north of Castle Rock,
there is no trouble about getting
through.
The .10 miles of Pacific highway
in Cowlitz county, in former years
the bane of motorists, is now in bet
ter snipe than it ever has been. The
Martin's Bluff-Woodland unit. be
tween Kaluma and Vancouver, . on
w hich . construction work has been
carried on for the past two years,
was completed last winter.
Detour Beyond "Vancouver.
Between Kelso and the Lewis river,
which is the southern boundary of
Cowlitz river, the highway is excel
lent. South of the Lewis river in
Clarke county', toward Vancouver, the
highway is good as far as Pioneer.
There the road is closed for paving
work and tha. detour through Ridge
ficld is advised as the best route to
take. . , .
North from Kelso toward Castle
Rock for seven miles road construc
tion Is still in progress, but the high
way is open, at all times and is pass
able, though rough in places. A con
tract has been awarded for rocking
It between Kelso and Ostrander,
which was graded last year. The
contractors are planning to rush com
pletion of this work. The next three
miles into Castle Rock are very good.
From Castle Rock north for seven
miles, heavy" construction work Is
in progress and the highvfay is closed.
It was along this stretch that so
many cars got stuck in the mud and
had to be towed a few weeks ago.
Traffic Detoured Across River.
All traffic fs now detoured to the
west side of the Cowlitz river from
Castle Rock north. ' This section of
detour road between Castle Rock and
Olcqua was in awful condition during
the rainy weather and was practically
impassable to automobiles. Now it
is dried out and although rough, is
easily passable. Cowlita road offi
cials will improve it by dragging.
Tourists who have come through
In the past few days from Seattle
advise that the Pacific highway route
be left from Olequa north, and that
motorists stay on the west side of
the Cowlitz river at Olequa and pro
ceed to Chehalis through Vader and
AVInlock. This road is reported in
better condition than the main Pa
cific highway.
IS VITAL
OILIXG SYSTEM DECLARED IM
PORTANT IX TRUCK.
Each Day Machine Should Have
Allotted Period for Greasing
and Close Inspection.
Lubrication is undoubtedly the most
Important factor in truck mainten
ance. Intelligent lubrication is systematic
lubrication. Kach day the truck or
trucks should have an allotted period
for greasing or oiling. The driver,
in the case of one or a few trucks,
should be required to go carefully over
his truck and turn down all the
grcaso cups.
The life of a truck is increased by
proper lubrication. The wearing parts
are thoroughly protected when coated
with a film of oil or grease and wear
ing is considerably lessened, not over
looking the fact, too, that friction is
decreased within the truck itself, leav
ing mure power for the overcoming of
road resistance.
The'engine oil should be changed at
regular intervals and occasionally
kerosene run through the engine to
ciean it out thoroughly, removing any
foreign .particles of old oil sticking
to the metal. This is insurance against
scored cylinders or burned out bear
ings.
BRITI&II IX A BIG COMBINE
Auto Makers Get Together for
Mass Production.
The American chamber of commerce
In London reports a 6,000.000 (noini
nally $110,000,000) combine in the Brit
ish motor industry, which I the first
big step toward mass production In
England.
The new company will be known as
Harper, Bean, Ltd., andi will include
fuch firms as A. Harper & Sons &
Bean, iron founders of Dudley; Vulcan
Motor & Knpineering company of
Stourport, Swift of Coventry, the Brit
ish Trading corporation and HadfieldB.
Ltd., steel manufacturers of Sheffield.
It is understood that the designs have
been standardised and that production
will begin at the rate of 50 cars per
week in July, 1920; to 60 per week in
the following December, and rising
ultimately to an output of 2000 per
week in 1923.
The ultimate production will include
B0, 000 small cars, 25.000 medium cars
and 23,000 commercial vehicles.
Don't use a spot light that can be
raised in violation of the law.
NEW GRANT SIX COUPE
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Endowed car handled by Manley Auto company seats three paucnirn, with
auxiliary scat fnr a fourth. Special attention aaa bcea given to distri
bution of welirnt so as to make the car hold to the road and afford
maximum comfort for passengers. Lous; snrtners, the loaicest ever used
for a car of the ,iranl'a whcelhasc. It Is claimed, make It exceptionally
easy riding-. This car has an Interior heater lor cold weather..
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Ihln work will be completed la June at the present rate of progress.
Above Is-it sketch of hard-surface Jnst completed on the outskirts of
Junction City, ihowtnr the wide carves. Bclofr la a straightaway a few
miles out of Junction City.
Til IN FARMING
O.XE-HALF. OF COST OF PROr
Dt'CIIOX DECLARED CCT.
Facts Brought Out by Replies to
Queries by Department
of Agriculture.
In the weekly news letter published
by the United States department of
agriculture, statements are issued in
regard to the use that the tractor can
be put to on the farm in aiding the
farmer to reduce his annual expenses.
It is declared that one-half tha cost
of farm producing is cut by the use
of the tractor.
These facts were brought out re
cently by about 600 replies to an in
quiry addressed to the farmers in the
United States, by the department.
With the 28-inch horse-drawn plow,
one man accomplishes from 70 to 80
per.ccnt more than with a single bot
tom plow. One man with a 28-inch
plow drawn by a tractor covers from
30 to 35 per cent more ground in a
day than does a man using six horses
on a horse-drawn plow of the same
size. A three-bottom plow drawn by
a suitable tractor enables one man to
accomplish from fiO to 70 per cent
more than does the two-bottom plow
drawn by six horses.
Similar conditions exist in the op
eration of the cultivator. Under con
ditions where the use of a two-row
corn cultivator is practicable, this
machine enables one man to cover
nearly twice as much ground per day
as with a one-row cultivator. In the
section represented by replies re
ceived . by the department, three
horses are most commonly used on
the two-row cultivator and the addi
tion of a fourth horse apparently in
creases but little the amount of
ground covered per day.
VIST DEPOSITS OF SHALE
OIL ROCK MAY SOLVE FUTURE
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GASOLINE PROBLEM.
Need or More Efficient Engines to
Get Most Out of Gas Seen by
Maibohm Dealer.
"The vast oil-shale vaults of the
Rocky mountains offer a ready means
ot bringing down present-day gaso
line prices," says A. W. Beaver, Mai
bohm distributor here.
"Colorado alone is estimated to hold
2500 potential square miles of oil
shale deposits. The beds average 10
feet in thickness and there are ap
proximately 18 cubic feet of shale to
each ton. An average acre of shale
contains 24.200- tons a square mile,
15,488,000 tons, and Colorado's shale
deposits aggregate 38,000,000,000 tons.
"Shale oil could be extracted from
these tremendous deposits at an aver
age cost of $2.47 a ton and extraction
operations on a large scale would en
able shale oil to Ue produced at a fig
ure low enough to compete effectively
with prices of underground petroleum.
"Oil recovered from shale is easily
converted into gasoline and-such gaso-
line has a much lower flashing point
than that produced from underground
petroleum. Exhaustive tests show that
one gallon of gasoline from petroleum
oil produces approximately 126,000
heating units, while a gallon of shale
oil gasoline will produce 134,000 units
of heat. This demonstrates that the
shale gasoline will have more power
per gallon and due to its low flashing
RIGHT CLASSY MODEL.
m
mil m" ri'iiiU'iritiiiiilr nrr-iiii if i m--wrmMg2fiff!fsS
point will ignite with greater ease
and produce a more powerful ex
plosion. "Present high-priced gasoline de
mands a passenger car that will de
rive the full amount of efficiency from
every drop of gas put Into Its tank
and the Maibohm six -has been de
signed to obtain the nth degree of ef
ficiency from every bit of gasoline it
burns."
HUGE OUTPUT OF TIRE TUBES
Air to Fill Them Would Keep One
Man Alive Nearly 13 Years.
The amount of air necessary to in
flate one company's monthly produc
tion of tubes would Keep a man alive
for 12 ysars and 9 months. Slide
rule experts of the tube department
at the Goodyear Tire & Rubber com
pany recently figured this out when
800,000 inner tubes, probably a world's
record, were manufactured in 30 days.
Pursuing their calculations further,
it was. estimated that the 2.000,000
cubic feet of air necessary to inflate
these standard 34x4 tubes at a stand
ard pressure of 45 pounds, would
keep 4711 men alive for one day. with
enough air surplus to keep the 4712th
man alive for 18 hours 21 minutes
and 12 seconds. These figures are
based on the statement of Professor
Fisher, British medical authority.
that the averuge man consumes 42a
cubic feet of air in 24 hours. ,
If the 800.000 tubes, averaging nine
feet in length, were straightened out
into a continuous line, the month's
production would stretch 1300 miles.
The company's lfl9 production of
5,000,000 tubes wculd extend 9000
miles if placed end to end.
BIG FIRM IS ALEMITE USER
Standard Oil ' Company Adopts
Lubricating- System for Trucks.
One of the biggest individual users
of motor trucks in the country, the
Standard Oil company, has adopted
the Alemite system for lubricating
wearing surfaces in its equipment., All
California and eastern branches have
already been equipped, and now -the
Oregon and Washington branches will
follow suit.
Instead of the hand gun, which is
used for single cars or small- fleets,
a big tank is supplied for organiza
tions of the Standard Oil company
size. A high pressure hose is attached
to the Alemite plugs and the grease
is forced, under great weight, into the
parts which are hard to reach in the
ordinary way.
The hand gun is more efficient for
smaller jobs, say the distributors
here, because it can be taken to the
car and requires but a nominal length
of hose and only occasional filling.
Factory Firsts
Fresh Stock
Guaranteed
S0x3 Non-Skid $11 .3.1
30x3 Vs Non-Skid . . ". 1 4.93
32x3Vi Non-Skid 16.95
31x4 Non-Skid ! 9.85
32x4 Non-Skid 20.50
33x4 Non-Skid 23.45
34x4 Non-Skid 23.95
35x4 Non-Skid. 39 .50
36x4 Non-Skid 39.75
35x4 Non-Skid ; . . 34.95
Cord Tires
8000-Mile Guarantee
30x3 Va Non-Skid ." . $23.95
32x3 Va Non-Skid 27.30
32x4 Non-Skid 39.50
33x4 Non-Skid 41.50
34x4Non-Skid 42J50
.i Mail. .Orders Given .
"'Prompt "Attention " '
Malcom
Tire r-Co.
Broadway and Everett Streets
Portland, Or.
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The screw handle on this sun is in
reality a high-pressure pump capable
of forcing: the grease in the same way
that the larger one does and under
the same pressure per square inch.
Dimming the Lights.
It is possible to make a dimming
Chevrolet "Bahy
Series 20 Big-Six
You are familiar, of course, with
the beautiful lines of the BIG-SIX,
because you see so many of them.
There is beauty, as well, in the
comfort and performance of this
great car as a ride will quickly
convince you. - Let us give you a
demonstration.
60-H. P.' detachable-head motor; inter
mediate transmissions 126-inch wheel
base, insuring ample room for seven adults.
All Stodfckr Can era oipp.d with
Cord Tires anotbarStndabsker precedent.
"This is a StudebakerYear' "
W, C. Garbe, Inc.
FORMERLY OREGON MOTOR CAR CO.
Broadway at Burnside.
Phone Broadway 616.
device at home by frosting the head
lights with a solution composed of
epsom salts in a cup of water, a sat
urated solution. Simply paint the in
side of the lens 'With this solution,
which forms a frosting lasting several
months. Or it is possible to make a
permanent job of the frosting by get
Crarid" (Model FB) Touring,
HI 499.10
"Baby Grand" Model pb) Touring Car
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COME say it is the beauty of its streamline
design that makes the new Chevrolet "Baby
' Grand'.Touring Car so appealing. Others are
, equally enthusiastic over its mechanical perfec
tion, the deep, w ide seats and roomy body. But
all agree that it is a car of unusual merit and well .
, worthy of bearing the name "Chevrolet."
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If you want an automobile that you can take
:' genuine pride in owningr-one1 that is economical
to operate and dependable 'for all needs you
should inspect this new Chevrolet model. It is
a car that leaves little to be desired at a price
. that pleases.
Fields Motor Car Co.
i . . - . l
Alder at Fourteenth Street . .
' PORTLAND
4,
i
ting what is known as "ground glass
substitute" from a photographic sup
ply house.- This material is composed
of ether and rosin, and glass once
painted with it stays frosted practi
cally for ever.
The first New York
show was held in 19O0.
automobile
r. O. B. Portland.
Notice to Dealers: Write, your territory may be open.
W. C. Garbe, Inc.
Formerly Oregon Motor Car Co.
DISTRIBUTORS
BROADWAY AT BURNSIDE
Phone Broadway 616
PORTLAND SEATTLE PENDLETON
AUTO ACCESSORIES AND PARTS
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They're More Than Accessories
rstfofihnhf Official Service Genuine Parts
V-eVWU product Service Station, 333 Ankeny Street
Wiggins Company, Inc.
Formerly.
Archer & Wiggins Co.
Distributors
Automotive Equipment
Sixth Street at Oak
David Hodes Co.
103-107 North 11th St.
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5llQCl& ADSDrljEr
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AUTO DIRECTORY
RAINIER
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ay ers oix Motor car Co.
Twenty-first and
SAYERS
Equipment
JACKSON ssr&a
SIX
TOURING
FOUR
DRIVE
BETHLEHEM TRUCKS Electric Lights and Starter
Northwest Auto Co., Distributors, Alder at 18th
Franklin
offers more
Main 4880,
Only Truck Built With
3 Final Drives
Timken Worm
Internal Gear
Double Reduction
SPEEDOMETERS
and "BIG TEN NECESSITIES"
AUTOMOBILE GEARS
PARTS AND ACCESSORIES AT
REDUCED PRICES
ENGINES A SPECIALTY
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 Tire?
Repair Materials and Tubes
Alder at Eighteenth St. Portland
Recommended by a Million
Ford Owner 8
r, Stark St. Phone Broadway 4564
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Ts-Wl IT iatiaW'r- liiltf 'f tr'i r'lWt.l rti'lVT'l ilT' "Hn f 1
New Licht Six,
Mitchell, Seven-Passenger Jordan
MITCHELL. LEWIS & STAVER CO.
Broadway at Oak
Worm Drive TRUCKS
SALES AND SERVICE
SERVICE GARAGE
331 First St. Phone Main 2117
.Sa vprt-Pn r.if if
Auto 1-uneral . Washins'ton
State Distributors
Twenty-firat and
WHEEL
TRUCK
Washington
State Distributors
of "what you actually need and want
in an automobile."
. BRALY AUTO CO.
A 3881. 19th and Washington Sts.