The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current, July 18, 1920, SECTION SIX, Image 69

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Newspaper Page TextTTTE SUXDAT OREGONIAN, PORTLAND, JTJLY 18, 1920 3-- I T NEW ERA BRIDGE OPEN TO TRAFFIC AGAIN. ESSIE S 'PERFORMANCE COUNTS p 4 . EHWILLIGER N WE WEATHE R DANGEROU 1 , ' I Pavement Built Wrong, With Crown in Center. SLOPES OUT ON CURVES ST-" , 3 fipcedinj "ot Only Cause for Long List of Accidents, for Cars Going Slowly Slide Off. Every few weeks the city of Port land is shocked by report of an acci dent or accidents on TerwiliiKer boulevard. L.ast week an automobile stage went over the bank. and Its five pacsentrcrs were severely injured. One day last fall four cars went over one bank In the same dav. An9 these are only a few in the long list. Accidents will continue to hapnen on this scenic boulevard and cars will continue to go over the bank tn wet weather until the construction of its roadbed is materially changed. For the fact is that, as at present "built. Terwillisrer boulevard is an extremely dangerous road for automobile travel on any day when the pavement Is at all damp. Carves Banked Outwards. The reason of this is that the boule. Yard, though a fine piece of wniri neering so far as grade and jrensraJ layout is concerned. Is Just the oppo site in roadbed. It is laid out like a city street, with crown in the in la dle. Instead of like a highway. And what rnakea it so extremely dangerous is that, because of the crown in the center, on curves the pavement actually slopes outwards Instead of being banked on the outer edge. A car starts to skid on one of these outsloping curves, and before the driver can stop he is off the pavement and perhaps over the bank. Speeding is by no means the whoie tory of accidents on the boulevard. A motorist may be going as slowly as 10 to 13 miles an hour on a wet day, and feel his car slipping and sliding toward the edge on these curves. Any driver who has been over the boule vard much In wet weather knows this to be so. , Pavement Most Be Belaid. The only real remedy is to relay pavement on top of the present pave ment on the outer edges of the curves, oo they will be raised several Inches and be banked on the outside Instead of sloping outward. This will be an expensive operation, but it must be done sometime. In the meantime, to prevent accidents, liberal applica tions of sand or fine crushed rock should be made at the slipperiest places on the boulevard on wet days. The present speed law on the boule vard is 20 miles an hour, which is really as fast as it is safe to travel in wet weather. In fact, 20 miles an hour on the outside of some of those sloping curves is too fast. Every motorist who violates the speed regu lations there on a wet day is actually taking his life in his hands. P- $ t tit. . & 4J 4 t n in iihiihiiiihhiii n ii miii n mi wiiii nm in in mn ! Toarlsts no fonser obliged to makp ntne-mile detour -ttiroaarn Clackamas conntr hllla to cross to. other bank of atream, an taay stone's throw In distance. After being closed for several days a week ago for repairs, no warning of its closing being given to motorists, the New Era bridge on the main east side Pacific highway is again open to travel. Repairs have not been completed and the bridge may be closed for an hour at a time, but not long enougii to make a detour necessary. During the several, days it was closed motorists, including many tourists from California points, had to detour nine miles over a winding, get-nowhere road in order to reach the other side of this stream, not 100 yards away. What caused complaint was the fact that no warning was given through the papers that the bridge was to be closed, so that motorists might have taken the St. Paul route to and from Salem and thus have avoided a iot of grief wished onto them unnecessarily by the state highway department. . CARING FDR YOUR TIRES THERMOID DEALER GIVES AD VICE TO OWNERS. SOUTH R0.fl.D5 FOR TEST MOTOR CORPS TOUR TO TAKE IN NEW ROUTE. Report Will Show Whether Section Shall Be Proud or Be come Bowed. Southern and southwestern states will have their opportunity to shrink or bow, as the case may be, when the report on road conditions is turned in by the 1S.20 transcontinental convoy of the motor transport corps. Last year the truck train traveled from Washington to San Francisco by way of Chicago and the northwest, over the Lincoln highway. This year's tour, which started from Washington June 14, is over the Bankhead national highway, travers ing such states as the Virginias. Caro linas, Georgia. Alabama. Mississippi, Arkansas, Texas, Arizona and Cantor nia. terminating in Los Angeles on or about September 17. The convoy is now well under way and roads thus far have been fairly good, but the long, hard grind is proving to be severe test for the motor equipment nevertheless. Dodge cars were again chosen as official units of the train. Last year a fleet of these cars piloted the trucks across the country with a record of unfaltering performance and low up keep cost that was fully up to the military standard that more than 14 000 of the same cars had established for themselves in the army. Fight Overloads. Believing that overloading of motor trucks is largely responsible for the disintegration of improved highways throughout New Jersey, the state highway commission has decided to erect scales capable of weighing up to 50,000 pounds at various points as an aid tn the crusade to prevent the overloading of motor trucks. Rust Injurious to Fabric, While Speeding Generates Heat That Causes Greater Wear. The dire possibilities from Inno cent abuse of automobile tires are so many these days that absolute guar antees such as formerly applied to bicycle tires are unreasonable and out of the question. "The care of a tire really begins before it is put on the wheel. Some claim that a tire fresh from the fac tory should be treated very gently for several days until it has a chance to season and be broken in to the heavy work that it must do. This is simply superstition since the reasons are not apparent," declares Robert E. Allen, of the Allen & Heboid Co., local Thermoid distributors. "The maximum load the tire is to carry should be known and a tire of suitable size and strength selected. All tire-makers have such tables of weights and measurements before them. These differ so greatly that one's own Judgment might almost as well be considered. "Many persons also do not realize that the rear tires not only bear two thirds of the total -weight, but that thev must also bear the tremendous driving strain and side thrust of skid ding. In other words the strain on the rear tires is three or four times us a-reat as that on the front tires. Another interesting iaci is uai the larger the rear tires, the easier the car rides and the smaller the front tires the easier It wteers. Not only that but the rear tires are much more likely to puncture or blow out, ror which contingency there should be an additional margin of strength, since every puncture permanently weakens the shoe. Before mounting the tires, the rima should be carefully looked after. Rust seems to injure tires in some unac countable way the injury being far greater than we would naturally ex pect. Heating caused by overspread ing is very injurious. The helt it is possible to raise in a tire by such overspreading is greater than most people think, as tne temperature sometimes rises above the boiling point of water. At such temperatures the lavers of canvas are apt to be come separated through softening of the rubb'er so that the tire bursts. Car owners should rememoer also that acids, oils and lights, particular ly sunlight, are very harmrul to tires and should be guarded against. Ob servance of a few simple precautions such as these will greatly reduce tire troubles and costs." PARADISE INN ROAD OPEN All Snow Cleared Off Road Through Mount Rainier National Park. LONGMIRE, Wash., July 17. The road from Narada falls in Mount Rai nier national park has been entirely cleared of snow all the way up to Paradise Inn, at the head of Paradise valley, under Mount Rainier. Until a week ago automobile travel within the park was halted at Narada falls because of snow above that point, but shovel gangs of rangers have now cleared the way. From the park entrance to Paradise Inn. 20 miles, there is no grade great er than 4 per cent, although Paradise Inn is at an elevation of 5500 feet. There is very heavy travel to the park this season. Motorists bound for the park are assured of sufficient gasoline for the round trip. There is a filling station Jn the park. SIX-WHEEL TRUCKS SUCCESS Engineers Predict Use of Heavy Vehicle in Future. At a recent meeting of the Cleve land and Detroit sections of the So ciety of Automobile Engineers, P. W. Litchfield, a factory manager, ex pressed the belief that the heavy ton nage track of the future would be some form of the multiple wheel vehicle, JuBt as the multiple wheel freight car succeeded the single truck type in the transportation of heavy leads. Experiments have been made with the six-wheeled truck of this description and the results are said to be gratifying, easier on both th tires and roads. 1 BENT RIM HARD OH TIRE KEEP IT TRUED-UP, ADVICE OF MARTIN F. SWIFT. Canton Cord Dealer Explains How Blowouts Often Come From Unsuspected Cause. eatures You Get Exclusively in Mack Trucks Spring Lubrication Grease cups on the springs of a motor truck are impracticable and the same is true of oil cups. Grease cups are commonly neglected in addition to being inefficient. Even if kept filled with grease the lubrication is not tho rough. The grease hardens and does not serve the intended purpose. Oil cups, if anything, are even worse. Oil is thinner and has less viscosity than grease and consequently is squeezed out more freely. The oil also gums, dries up and collects dirt. Shackle bolts and bushings on the springs must be kept lubricated or the shackle or spring leaf will break. . On MACK trucks positive lubrica tion is provided the shackle bolts and bushings and the MACK system re quires absolutely no attention. The bottom shackle pins are in the form of cross rods extending clear across the frame. These are bushed with Bound Brook, babbitt and graph ite bushings. The upper pins are bushed with Nigrum, graphite impreg nated wood bushings. These have a long life, due to their generous size, and are self-lubricating and positive. MACK-INTERNATIONAL Motor Truck Corporation jj Tenth and Davis Streets 1 A THIS LITTLE TRACTOR HAULS MANY TIMES ITS WEIGHT IN BIG PINE LOGS. t )t "S, J " r- J Sit "-flSSr" I'll $ . w f v "Bent rims are a direct cause of rim cuts, of tires blowing from the rim. and of the breaking of the wire cables at the base of the tire," de clares Martin F. Swift of the Howell Swift Tire company, distributors for Canton and Blackstone tires. "Often times motorists cannot understand why tires should 'blow' when they are driving along slowly. Th facts I of the case are that the over-strained carcass has reached the limit of its endurance from previous abuse and has given away. "Many motorists, were they to ex amine the wheels on their cars, would be surprised to .notice that their rims are bent along the edges. These bent rim flanges are ordinarily little thought of, yet they cause a goodly percentage of tire trouble. When the wheel hits a frog- or a switch of a streetcar track or a hole in the road, there is a tendency to flatten the rim, especially if the tire is underinflated. The rim's suDDort however, is essential to the lift of a tire. If it is bent so that it does not fit the tire and lets the eide walls bulge, the motorist may know hat trouble is to be expected unless he takes immediate precautions. ' By truing-up their rims, motorists may prevent much tire trouble. And half the pleasure of motoring is free dom from tire trouble. A good rule to follow is to have both tires and rims inspected fortnightly. When rim trouble is found, it may usually be corrected by careful tapping with call hammer. "To guard against such a condition. keep out of car tracks and holes where the depression allows the weight of the car to rest on 4he rims. It is also advisable to avoid quick. slanting jolts of the wheels against curbs. - Especially is It important to carefully cross intersections of car tracks. FREAK AUTO LICENSE RULE Connecticut and Massachusetts in Prize Xut Agreement. What may be described as the first "15" mile license to be granted to a non-resident of Connecticut under an agreement between Connecticut and Massachusetts departments of motor vehicles has been issued. According to this agreement any motorist living in either state may obtain a license from the motor vehicle department of the other state which will entitle him to drive across the state line for a distance of 15 miles every day dur ing the time he holds the license. The provision makes it necessary, however, for him to return to his own state with his machine at least once in 30 days. This agreement. It ap pears, was made for the convenience or motorists who have business in a town near the state line but who live in another state. .According to the commissioner, it does not apply to Rhode Island automobiles. TEN MITOS ARE MISSING TWO CARS RECOVERED SIXCE LAST POLICE REPORT. 1 m v. v"x. as-J t HOOD RIVER. Or., July 17. (Special.) Not only has the tractor come to be considered an economic necessity in mid-Columbia fruit districts, but logging concerns in the Cascade mountains in Hood River county and Klickitat and Skamania counties. Wash ington, have put tractor to various uses this spring and sum mer. The machines have been found adapted to hauling heavy trucks of logs from the forests. Tractors are especially adapted for hauling pine, as pine forests are usually level and free from underbrush. Dealers estimate that from 75 to 100 tractors are en gaged this year in the mid-Columbia fruit and logging sections. The Cletrac tractor was one of the first introduced in the Hood River valley. Today soma 10 of the machines are used in culti vating . orchards. DRIVERS ARE TOO RECKLESS Increased Tire Mileage Makes 'Em Careless of Casings. "There is a tendency among auto mobile drivers towards recklessness in the use of their tires because of the greatly increased mileage being secured on present-day tires as com pared to the best tires of a few years ago." says Charley Weaver, local Fed eral tire dealer. "There is mighty little economy In such practice. It is a pretty good plan, even if the , automobile driver does not find it necessary to change tires because of punctures or blow outs, to change them occasionally and, by all means, to Inspect them carefully for cuts and sand blisters. "Cuts, especially, spread rapidly. The use of a little cut filler in time will add miles of usage to any tire. If taken in time, it will prevent sand blisters and more than pay the owner for the little time devoted to making the repair." MOTOR PARTIES SIAY DAXCE Ws-th Man Ofers Free Use of His Dance Hall to Picnickers. T. E. Clark, who owns an auto camp, store and dance hall at Wyeth, on the Columbia river highway, no tifies motoring parties that If they will let him know, preferably the day before, they may have free use of his dance hall, with player piano. The of fer is also for lodges planning picnic or evening excursions out the high way. The only night not open is Sat urday night, when the dance hall is permanently engaged. Tire Outlasts Its Car. The Miller Service station in Akron. Ohio, recently received a tire for scrap credit which had been , in use since 1915. The car on which the tire was placed is worn out.- The mileage Is approximated at consider ably more than S5.000 miles. .Here's List of UnrecoVered Cars With Request That Public Watch for Them. Ten automobiles are on the list of the auto theft department of the po lice bureau this week as having been stolen and not yet recovered. The list also includes one motorcycle. The stolen cars include one Chevrolet, three Dodges, three Fords, a Maxwell, an Overland and a Tulsa. Since the last report two cars have been recovered. Following is the list of missing cars, as compiled by Lieu tenant H. A. Thatcher, in charge of the department, who requests that persons coming across any of the cars or traces of them notify his depart ment at once: Chevrolet 1919 touring. Oregon license 25120. motor No. C2318. Dodge 1916 roadster. Ore gon license null, motor No. 146172. Dodge 1918 tourinsr. Oretoi license 31678, motor No. 39905. Dodge 1920 tourin. Ore eon license 82998. motor No. 509486. Ford 1914 tourine. Orecon Ilcens 73762. motor No. 121717. Ford 1919 roadster. Oresron llcensa 15737, motor No. 3215614. Ford 1919 tourlne. Oreeon license 2(1119. motor WO. 304Z796. Maxwell 1918. license tags miss ing, motor No. 227941. Overland 1918 touring. Ore r on license 47765. motor No. 31670. Tulsa 1920- roadster, Oregon license dealers 79 9 A, motor No. 36S56. Harley-Davidson 1919 motorcvcle. oreKon license H65, motor No. L 19 A 22401. Automobiles recovered since last bulletin Buick. 1920 touring. Oregon license l&ixs, motor No. 566432; Chan dler. 1918 touring. Oregon license 82149, motor No. 64570. Expert Official Service on day Equipment El U 4 A At a Branch or Authorized Distributor of United Motors Service Incorporated, repairs and adjustments are made in strict,ac cordance with the standards and policies of the manufacturer. Portland Branch, 325 Burnside Street. Phone Broadway 1604. Portland Authorised Distributors SUNSET ELECTRIC CO, Ninth and GUin. United Motors Service Incorporated SERVICE DEPARTMENT OF Delco KLAXON REMY Know the Law, Highway law is not hard to under stand. It is universally recognized as the clearest expressed and the simplest system of law on our stat ute books. It speaks, not in terms of dead phrasing, but is simple, dt- j If " imipinwiflrntrMtitnipn Eg ' fyiiililEiiw Mi Eg j 'V" Costlv as the Special Steels are in A X W EL their use is rewarded in L' many The statement often has been made that pound for pound the steels in a Maxwell equal those in any car built, regardless of price. Those who sell steels to motor car manufacturers know how true this is. To the layman it may 6eem far fetched, but if he will stop to consider the returns the makers of the Maxwell receive he will see the -wisdom of thi3 policy. 1. Such steels give extra strength and thu3 repairs are infrequent. 2. Such steels enable light weight construction, which means more miles per dollar than with most other cars. 3. The engine is not over loaded with useless weight and ways thus provides more horse power per pound of car weight, which means added snap in driving. 4. Tires are not burdened with superfluous pounds with obvious results." Such virtues win many new friends each day for Maxwell, and therein are the makers of Maxwell rewarded. For this automatically in creases sales and lowers cost of manufacture as well as of marketing. Hence the extra cost of such high priced materials is offset by the reduction in other costs. That such a policy is convinc-( ing with the American public is evidenced by a growth in six years from 5,000 Maxwells a year to 100;000. C. L. BOSS AUTOMOBILE CO. 615-617 Washington St., Portland s EXES5 rect. forceful language. Any motor- i 1st who cares to do so, can ascertain his legal rights and liabilities n hs state in fifteen minutes' reading, and he won't need an attorny to inter pret it for him, either. Motor. FACTORY MEN OX A VISIT J. Sanguinetti of Bearings Service Co. Sees Local Branch. J. Sanguinetti. special representa tive of the Bearings Service com pany, was in Portland last week in connection with the new authorized distributor plan of ' the company, whereby mobile stocks are kept in thelmportant towns of the state so the dealer, garage or tourist may get service on Hyatt. Ttmken and New Departure bearings. The Bearings Service company now has 33 branches and 1000 authorized distributors - throughout the United States and Canada. This was Mr. Sangutnetti's first trip to the Port land branch. He was entertained while here by R. H. Cross, manager of the local branch. - Undated Car Coming? Has it ever occurred to you how much of the pleasure of motoring would be lost if all cars looked the same, if their lines were cast from a common mould, set and standard- . ized, and all of them dressed from the same paint-pot? Such a condition of things could perhaps boast of more efficiency, but how drab, how f une- J real almost, would a procession of such vehicles appear on a popular road. Motor. r in n ii i mi) mm Motor vehicles In the United States represent & total valuation of approx imately $6,357,594,580. AUTO DIRECTORY Savers SAYERS New Light Six. '': Mitchell. Seven-Passenger Jordan MITCHELL. LEWIS & STAVES CO. Broadway at Oak Sayers-Pacific IX Motor Car Co. Twenty-first and Washington Auto Funeral Equipment State Distributors JACKSON SIX TOURING FOUR WHEEL DRIVE TRUCK Sayers-Pacific Motor Car Co. Twenty-first and Washington State Distributors Franklin offers more of "what yon actually need and want in an automobile. BRALY AUTO CO. Main 4880. A 3881. 19th and Washington Sts. AUTO ACCESSORIES AND PARTS SPEEDOMETERS and "BIG TEN NECESSITIES" They're More Than Accessories j, Official Service Genuine Part &i&W&U Product Service Station, Broadway at Flanders David Hodes Co. Ill N. Broadway AUTOMOBILE EQUIPMENT PARTS. GEARS, AXLES AND SPRINGS iKER AUTO C0 10,000 Springs Carried in Stock. Let Us Repair Your Springs Where Yon Get Service. 15TH AND COUCH STREETS Shack Absorber Recommended by a Million Ford Owners West Coast Distributors Corp. 435 Stark St, Phone Broadway 4564 f rf li'ifYf fr Tf ' V I i ii i II ii .ii i 11 mi rrttHfifcii T- rriti -iTM artlraiiii ,', j E. 6 111 i - i !! 'mt ill m "II mm i m n miiiniinn pii 111 wwm ph .'imrnw in ! II. . i i n mr mi ..I, mi. . Mmw wen. m m in mi m t nwgi, ! GENERAL OFFICES - jr - .... - m. OE T RO ! TMJ 9 HI S AN 1 T.