THE SUNDAY OBEGONIAN, PORTLAND, 31 AY 30, 1920
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NEW FUELIZER MAKES PACKARD CARS INDEPENDENT OF
WEATHER CONDITIONS.
BEFORE LONG TRIPS
An-Around Inspection Can
-Save Much Money.
SPRING INVITES JAUNTS
Sleeves, Blowout Patches and
Plastic for Plugging: Holes Are
In Cse More. Than Ever.
DDK AT YOUR TIRES
52Z(g IBs1 hrrds.
Spring is with us strain. Even
more authentic as a harbinger than
tha groundhog, the first robin, or the
pusay-willow the annual tuning up
of motors and the overhauling of last
year's "little ol' bus."
From now on motorists will be tak
ing the road in ever increasing num
bers, but they should make sure be
fore taking the first spring "Jaunt"
that they have given their tires and
tubes a thorough inspection.
To repair the engine, clean the fen
tfers. shine up the body, cleanse the
lamps. and put the car in "apple-pie"
order without inspecting the tires is
the mistake made, by too many mo
torists. An all-around tire inspection
by 'each of America's 7,000,000 car
owners would result in a saving
mounting into millions of dollars in
tn annnal national car mileage.
Tire sleeves, blowout patches, and
plastic for plugging holes are being
ned an a far greater scale than ever
before in the history of motoring.
Notwithstanding the increased use of
tire repair material, altogether too
few auto owners are practicing tire
conservation. Ignoring tires in want
t ear and repair ia parallel to
allowing a. leak in the gas tank to
go tinmended. Extra care means
"xtra" miles in the long run.
All Road Are Hard.
Motorists should remember that
even with the test of care tires have
hard road to follow. The strange
part of it is that they last as long as
they do. Day after day they are sub
jected to the hardest kind of usage,
yet they continue to give good serv
ice. It is only when they are abused
beyond all reason or shamefully neg
lected that they go to pieces.
Mors damage to tires is caused by
running1 them underinflated than by
any other single abuse. It might well
be said that under-inflation is the
white plague" of the pneumatic. A
few hundred miles with insufficient
pressure and more damage is done to
the tire than would be done in sev
eral thousand miles under proper con
ditions. The side walls of the tire
break down, the plies of the fabric
are pulled apart, and the rubber loses
t resiliency. Within a short time the
tire becomes flat, wavy and out of
shape. Another condition commonly
resulting is rim cutting. There are
unquestionably more tires ruined
from this practice than from any
other cause.
Skidding is another cause for seri-
damage to tires. Great patches of
tread are often rasped from the tire
by this abuse, much as though it had
ren held against a grindstone. Some
times even several plies of frabic are
worn through. A little care in apply
ing brakes will effectively prevent
skidding and the resulting injuries to
the tires.
Get Small Cuts Early.
Improper treatment of minor in
juries to tires ofen causes serious
trouble. Motorists often place emer
gency bands or protection patches
over cuts and punctures and then for
get all about them. In nine cases out
of ten serious injury to the tire re
sults and the motorist wonders why.
The answer of course is that the tire
should have been permanently re
paired when first injured. The emer
gency bands and protection patches
are made for temporary service and
cannot be expected to be used perma
nently.
Running in streetcar tracks ruins
the best of tires quickly. The con
stant grind on the side walls soon
wears away the rubber and leaves the
fabric exposed, making early destruc
lion of the tire certain. It should be
borne In mind by motorists that even
though the car runs smoother on the
rails than on rough pavements, the
cost is many times greater. Street
car tracks are made for streetcars to
run on not automobiles.
injuries similar to those caused by
running in car tracks may be caused
by running in deep ruts or on muddy
roads which have a frozen crust in
sufficient to bear the weight of the
car. The rubber side walls are worn
away and the fabric becomes worn
and blistered. No tire will stand the
rough treatment. The sides will be
rubbed and gouged away long before
the tread is even slightly worn.
At this season of the year the mo
torist should take particular care to
fee that the wheels of his car are in
perfect alignment. Running over
rough pavements and in ruts quickly
throws the tires out of line, and un
less proper adjustments are made the
tire will be soon ruined. The tread
becomes worn through to the fabric
in a remarkably short time. By tak
ing the car to a dealer and having the
wheels checked up the motorist may
very likely save himself future trou
ble and expense.
MOTOR IDCSTRY HARD HIT
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AUTOS ARE MISSING
POLICE REQUEST CITIZEVS TO
WATCH FOR THEM.
If You See One of These Cars, Hit
the Telephone and Notify
Auto Theft Bureau.
Two Chandlers, two Chevrolets, two
Dodges, two Maxwells, two Fords and
one Buick and one Overland are on
the unrecovered list this week, of the
new auto theft department of the
Portland police bureau.
Here is the full description of each
missing car, as compiled by Lieuten
ant Harvey Thatcher, in charge of the
auto theft department, who requests
that any person having information
about any one of the cars notify his
department at once:
Bui'jk 1917 touring, Oregon license
recovered, motor No. 365144.
Chevrolet 1919 touring, Oregon li
cense No. 25120, motor No. C2318. fac
tory No. 26028, black,
Chevrolet 1918 touring. Oregon
license No. 17597, motor No. B496.
Chandler 1918- tourning, Oregon
icense No. 82149, motor No. 54570,
roadster. Oregon
motor No. 68570,
blue-black body.
Chandler 1920.
license No. 71997,
black.
Dodge 1918 touring, Oregon li
cense No. 31678, motor No. 39905,
factory No. 30869 , black.
Dodge 1920, touring, Oregon license
No. 82998. motor No. 509486. black.
Ford 1919 roadster, Oregon license
No. 15737. motor No. 3215614. black.
Ford 1919 touring Oregon license
No. 20146. motor No. 3042796, black.
Maxwell 1918, no license number,
motor No. 22941.
Maxwell 1918, touring. Oregon
license No. 38634. motor No. C6667,
factory No. 232902, black.
Overland 1917 touring. Oregon
license No. 47765. motor No. 31670.
AtJTOS SMASH; HEX LAYS
Three-Cornered Wreck ; Biddy in
Tonneau Heeds Duty's Call.
Three motor cars were badly
smashed up and an egg was laid in
an automobile accident that took
place through a mistake in traffic
signals at West End avenue and
Eighty-sixth street, Ne-w York, a few
days ago.
The egg was laid by a hen that
George Degnan of Tioga, N. T.. was
carrying in a coop in the tonneau of
his car. What inspiration the fowl
found in the crash has not yet been
determined.
Degnan was driving south on West
bnd avenua and struck a car oper
ated by Iva B. Schlichter, 5000 Broad
way, as it crossed West End avenue
going west. Schlichter's machine was
thrown into the eastbound car of Dr.
Thilip Houston, 123 Waverly place.
Degnan's auto had the left front
wheel smashed and both fenders and
hootl crumpled up. Schlichter's car
had the entire left side crushed in
and Dr. Houston's the right side badly
damaged. No one was Injured and the
egg was not even cracked.'
ALBAVY TO GET NEW GARAGE
Four Buildings Fail to Meet Xeeds
of Growing; Business.
ALBANY, Or.. May 29. (Special.)
Though four large, modern garages
were erected in Albany during last
summer and" the past winter, the
growth of the automobile business
here is such that another new, mod
ern garage is to be erected here in
the next few weeks. It will be erect
ed at the southeast corner of Fourth
and Lyon strets, just opposite the Al
bany armory, and will be built by
John Wills, owner of the property on
that comer. The new garage will be
Plants Begin, to Lay Off Mer
Detroit 4 0,000 Idle.
The fuelfmer, nhown In fh upper pic
tare h it appears when the hood of
a Packard car la ralacd la lae I:
vent ton of Packard eaartaeera. S. V.
W. Pel era, manager of the Portland
Motor Car company, ihown polntlna;
to the fuelizer, claim n for It that It
arl-rea the motor top efficiency with
in ten aeconda after the motor la
atarted. even In coldest weather.
The fa pre-lnited before enter
ing; the com bastion chamber, and
the Packard enfeine ean utilise the
loweat irrade fuels Below Is a close
up of the device.
occupied by the Albany agency of Le
I Gilbert of Salem.
In ad-dttion to its large local busi
ness in automobiles and accessories.
Albany is a distributing- point for this
section at the state and now has more
than a score of ga rapes and places
handling: accessories and supplies. The
four garages built cVurin? the past
year are among; the best structures of
the kind in the state.
The new g;arase to be built by Mr.
Wills will be a concrete structure, one
story in heig-ht and' 115 by 60 fee in
TRUCKS TAKE FURNITURE
MOVING BY MOTOR IS CHEAP
ER THAN BY RAIL.
Kissel Distributor Points Out How
Expenses Are Cut Down, by
Use of Auto Trucks.
H. J. Mclntosti. of the Mcintosh
Motor Car. company, local Kissel dis
tributor, is authority for the state
ment that the moving of household
(roods can be effected more cheaply
by truck than by i-ail. He points out
that no packing is needed when house
hold effects are moved by truck, that
time is saved and much trouble avoid
ed. To prove his assertion he gives
the following typical case:
"The Turner Moving A Storage com
pany of Denver, Colo., recpntly moved
4000 pounds of goods to Pueblo from
Denver for S0. The same Job would
have cost $103.60 by rail and the
owner would probably have waited a
week for the shipment, whereas the
Job was done by truck in one day.
"Mr. Garver. manager of the com
pany, which owtis 18 Kissel trucks,
enumerates the com by rail as fol
lows: Crating; $50. delivery to railroad
$16, re-delivery at Pueblo $16, freight
$26.60.
"The owner would still have to un
pack his goods himself. In the par
ticular case to which Mr. Garver re
fers, the roods were loaded in the
morning and before the sun had gone
down the same day the goods were all
in place in the man's new home in
Pueblo. The man himself had not
done a bit of the work."
- Tnrn Whole Building.
In cases where the garage is so
placed that Installation of a turn
table is impossible, it 1s possible to
place the entire building on a big
At CLOSE QUARTERS ON THE UMPQUA RIYER CUTOFF TO CAN-
YONVILLE.
WASHINGTON, May 21. A. serious
crisis is facing the motorcar industry
of th country as a result of the tie
tip in transportation. Already, as a
suit of their inability to get raw
material, their inability to make deli
veries, and last, but not least, the re
fusal of the banks to extend them
further credit until their past bor
rowings are liquidated, plants in all
the large motorcar manufacturing
centers are beginning.to lay off men.
Reports from retroit. the hub of
the industry, indicate that 40.000
men in that city are Idle now. To a
lesser extent the same is true of
Cleveland. Toledo and other centers
of the trade.
.TRCCKS GET SHORT HAILS
Change Kapiilly Taking Place as
Highways Are Improved.
WASHINGTON'. P. C. May !.
Much of the "short hayl" will shift
tu the newcomer in the transporta
tion field the motor truck as high
way construction becomes of such
character r.a to make highway rule
making practical.
This was the 'view expressed by
CMigrc.snian Ksch, chairman of the
interstate and foreign commerce
committee, ami author of the rail
road- bill, in speaking at a highway
transportation conference here re
cently. The change will be to the eco
nomic advantage of the raPway and
the general public as well, he added.
Motorists in Knjrland consume ap
proximately 200.00". one gallons of mo
tor spirits a year.
mih 30x36 'Mams.
Thbt etitorf rte on the Pacific hiskitay aouthera Orfijoi eliminate
the torn of Riddle a4 mvm a couple of ml lea into Canyonvllle, at the
head of Cow creels ennyon. Xhc cntoff road la very narrow and followa
closely the edice of the I mpqua. The feighnty rommlnion ban aclcctcd
this aa the fntnrc main highway route, but the people of Riddle are
fift-htlna; this lm court.
Air space! If you want to know what the "31x4" air space in the
Jumbo means to you, ride over a rough cobblestone pavement in
a Ford equipped all around with Jumbos. v
Some people think of an over-size tire as simply having more
rubber outside. The Jumbo is larger outside AND inside it is
the greatest shock absorber you can put on a car.
- In addition to having that big "31x4"
air space, the Jumbo has a 31x4
tread. This tire is a "31 x 4" in every
point but one. The difference be
tween the Jumbo and a regular 31x4
is in the fabric construction. 31x4
tires, as a rule, have five plies. The
Jumbo has four plies that are the
highest quality fabric Sea Island,
guaranteed the best that can be built
into a tire. This special four-ply
construction gives the Jumbo a car
cass of extra strength without extra
thickness another feature adding to
the resiliency of this tire. The Jumbo
gives you MORE than the tensile
strength needed to carry your car, and
plus that, it gives your car air cush
ioning to the greatest degree possible.
K I I I -r-.'-:;uiS.-"- gives- you
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To all practical purposes, the Jumbo
"31x4'
31x4" service without
This tag is on
every Jumbo Tire
-goes a long way
to make friends
AMERICAN
TIRE & RUBBER CO.
BDWY. 180 V
Broadway and Oik
"On th General Corner"
TWO PHONES If One
BDWY. 2300
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Built in Akron, Ohio, by
The General Tire
and Rubber Co.
turntable and give It two doors, fronl
and back, so that after the car has
been driven in the garage is awung
around and the vehicle may be driven
out forward instead of being backed
out.
EAGER FOR BETTER ROADS
Growing ' Fleets of Farm Trucks
Arouse Strong Dem and.
' Observers are said to regard it aa
significant that the states which will
spend most freely for better highways
anad which manufacturers depend
upon to buy the most motor trucks in
1920 are states in which farming is
the predominant occupation. .
It is estimated that Kansas, which
will spend $8,000,000 oa road improve-
Automobile
Painting
ALL WORK CIJARANTEEO.
CORNELL & CO.
Incorporated.
Temporary Location
Hi THIRMAN STHtET.
Marshall 508. .
ment, will buy 20,000 motor trucks
this year.
Minnesota has a road-building pro
gramme calling for the expenditure
of $11. 127,98. Aa an illaustration of
what the farmer in that state thinks
of the motor truck a statement re
cently issued by the Northwestern
National bank in Minneapolis might
be cited, in which it is said that
"trucks in large numbers, intended
for immediate use in marketing grain,
are being sold to farmers." Eleva
tor scales in many places are being
remodeled to accommodate the grow
ing fleet of farmers' trucks.
Iowa, potential buyer of many mo
tor trucks, will spend $20,498,534 on
better highways.
.Mikado Iiu Two Essex Curs.
The imperial household of Japan
hae Just piirchaaei two Essex cars
in addition to the seven Hudson
they already own. The extent to
Automobile Agency
Four Sale
8 Handling an old-established standard
medium priced car; win sen at invoice pius
$2500. Sales over $100,000 per year with
small overhead.
which American cars are used in
the far eaat is shown by the fact
that there are now more than 400
Huhson and Easexea alone in service
in tne land of the mikado.
Air Leaks and Misfiring.
Air leaks are a common cause of
misfiring, though they are often
overlooked. A worn valve guide al
lows enough air to be sucked into
the cylinder to cause misfiring, and
it also permits oil to leak out. If
oil la discovered leaking out It -is
fair to assume taht excess air ia be.-
ins injected into the fuel charges. -,
Extracted Teeth With Fingers.. .
The early dentists of China used
to pull teeth with their fingers. They
practiced by pulling pega from -a
wooden board until they had a g4w
with a lifting power of 300 or 4Q
pounds.
Address A V 877, Oregonian.