The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current, July 25, 1920, SECTION SIX, Image 69

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Newspaper Page Text5 OfMOERS TOUR Crescent lake in the Olympic moun tains, and ferried across It to Oving ton's place across the lake where they stayed until noon next day. Then returning to Port Angeles, they drove along the Olympic highway, a road in beautiful condition, well sign posted ; and traversing picturesque scenery in the Hood's canal section, and reached Chehalis that same night. It was a matter of a few hours only to come on to Portland next day. The speedometer of Mr. Fields' car registered 1165 miles for that ten-day tour. Nowhere did he have trouble getting gasoline, though restricted somewhat in Washington. But' in British Columbia there is no gasoline GEORGIAN CIRCUIT The Performance Figures of enery and Roads Found Great on Vancouver Island. LIN SEDAN shortage -and motorists may have as much gasoline as they wish. WHEN' STARTER WOST WORK EN -BAYS TAKEN TO TRIP THE , SUNDAY OREGONIAN, PORTLAND, JULY 25, 1920 -1 FRANK 1 niL iclflc Iligliway Between Everett, Vash., and Canadian Line De ' dared In Awful Shape. The tour over the famed Georgian cult on the British Columbia maln 'id and Vancouver island, and return Portland by the scenic Olympic shway from Port Townsend and mg Hood 9 canal, was made a Cause Usually Weak Battery, or It May Be Short Circuit. When pressure on the starter pedal fails to start the engine, one of the following causes 'is at the bottom of the trouble: Weak battery, poor con tact of the cables with the battery, a short circuit caused by cable insu lation being worn through,, switch trouble or trouble in the starting mo tor. A battery test will determine the condition of that unit. If the bat tery is up to charge the cables should be examined and the treminals be THIS HUDSON SUPER-SIX LED TWO SHRINE PARADES. : HsP Iff 1 l&k 0 W " I H 1;--' .f ?7f5iw V, 4 A - .-. v. ,w frlven ny lirortce V. Adam, Halesman for the C. 1. Bomb Automobile com pany, thin Hudson had the honor of leading: two of the big parades of Shrine week. It wu used by Shrine officials through the courtesy of Mr. Boas. i' kek ago by LeRoy R. Fields of the ilds Motor Car company, Chevrolet Htributors here. Like everyone who made this tour. Mr. Fields re- Irned enthusiastic over it. iHe and his party, which included . aod Mrs. Fields and Mr. and Mrs. N. Lawrle, Mr. Lawrie being for r head of the Oregon bureau of Ines and now precious metals ex- Irt for the American mining con ass, and Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Smith riother car, took ten days to make trip. This Included several stop- Iers. They were a day in feeattie, couple of days driving about Van uver island, a day in Victoria and day at Crescent lake near Port wnsend. Phe only thing against making the mplete Georgian circuit at present. wording to Mr. Fields, Is the poor Indltion of the. main Pacific hih liy in Washington, both south and Irth of Seattle. -So bad is it north Seattle that he declines to advise y tourist to drive through to Van- luver, B. C under present conai- I ns. The road is passable but rough Id with many detours. Bad North of Seattle. IBotween Portland and Seattle Mr. lelds drove In fast enough time, be ll lucky in having dry weather, for celebrated Jvelso-Castlo Rock de- nr. But he says tnis stretcn oi ine Lchway and its detours, is really not bad as that part of it from .Everett most of 'the distance to the nadian line past Blaine, Wash., and Inost into New Westminster. I'Tm used to all kinds of going. It I will admit that this road is Ietty tough," said Mr. Fields. "Fiom attle to Kverelt is fine paved high ly- but beyond Everett you go most the way over old rough road, or detours which are worse. Iso litorlst need hold back for fear of It being able to make it over this id, for It isn't that kind of road. lit he will not feel very good after has made it. "Until this is improved, it will be mid much pleasanter touring to ing off the Pacific highway at Ivmpia. follow the Olympia high- Siy to Port Townsend, ferry across ore to Victoria, then take in the nderful scenery on the wonderful land roads, and return the same iy, or else ferry to Seattle, without ling to the Canadian mainland 'The roads on Vancouver, island are Irtainly the ideal of what gravel I. ids can be. You go for miles along i ine broad highway, up easy grades. found great swinging curves with nty of room at all places for two Irs abreast, and no chuck holes. hruever chuck holes occur, they minate them. It is worth ferrying Iros to Vancouver - island just to the fine roads, though' the scenery worth half a. dozen trips." AVindMhlrld Off for Kerry. IV'-rom Vancouver, Mr. Fields and his Irty- ferries over to Nanaimo on Incouver island. But they came k-tty nearly being left off the ferry the reason that not until almost last moment did Mr. Fields learn it the top of his car must be down i windshield removed. "This ruling is not due to fussiness ine part oi ine Canadians, out to fact that the ferry steamer wasn't ilt for automobiles," said Mr. Fields. Inere is room on her lower deck to heeBe in the cars with tops- down I I - w indshields removed, but not ien tops are up." KVhen he learned 15 minutes before ferry left that his windshield st come off, Mr. Fields rustled up .-ouple of mechanics and got the rk done in time to make the boat- fare was i.50 for the car. p-'rom Nanaimo. reached at noon, Mr. Ids went north instead of toward Horia, motoring 25 miles to Parks- lie over the island highway, and -nee another 25 miles on a side p up toward Campbell river at "the rreme northern end of the island. didn't go to the end, but motored enough to find the scenery bnderful and the going fine, and urned to Parksville for the night. IS'ext morning he and his party tored inland along the Canadian may to Alterni and seven miles ther to Sproat lake, an indigo pool i in the mountains, with a setting I that or a bwiss lake. The roads the way were of the same fine mlle-an-hour gravel, though the hte ascended as high as a 1350-foot vation and crossed a mountain Olympic Highway Praised. Irhat same day Mr. Fields drove k to Parksville and Nanaimo and n' along the island highway to norla, a trip for the day of better in. 200 miles. They left the lake, miles from Victoria, at 3 o'clock were in Victoria that evening. ext day they ferried from. Victoria ross the straits to Port Townsend. ish.. the fare this time being $10.50 the car. From Port Townsend cy made a side trip of 23 miles to cleaned and tightened. The starting motor brushes being worn often cause trouble and in much-used start ers the commutator may be worn. The starter switch may stick or make such poor contact as to deliver little cur rent. If in pressing the Btarter pedal tnere is a whirring sound but no cranking the spring of the starter shaft may be broken. LASTING TIRE DISCOVERED BARNEY OIDFIELD SEES EXD OF SPEEDWAY TROUBLES. Master Driver' -t . quent ' Road Believes That I're- Stop Will Soon Be Extinct. - What has become of the old-fash hined speedway race in which all contestants used to make frequent pit stops for frantic tire changes? Patrons and critics of the sport are asking the question with increasing emphasis. From the background comes chvlckle, the proponent of which is Barney .'Oldfield.' former "master driver," now head of a tire company that bars his name. Mr. Oldfield shoulders responsibility for the pres ent situation. A review of the facts goes far toward bearing him out. In the practice for the Indianapolis race. Barney was, for -several weeks, welcome visitor at the track. He explained his presence by the state ment that he was using the cars of several or his old friends to check up .on the production tires from hi factory. Then came race day and, to the amazement of everybody, Gaston Chevrolet, on a Bet of Barney s tires, went the whole 500 miles to victory without a change something never before accomplished. Thomas, with similar equipment, bobbed up in second place, and three others, all notably free from the usua'l tire trouble, were among the money winners. Then the race colony moved on to Uniontown where Tommy Milton sailed in a winner on Barney's pneu matics. But the big eye-opener came at Tacoma July 5 when, on the tires produced by the "old master," Milton, Mulford, Hearne and Klein finished first, second, third and fourth, and .all combined changed only one tire m an aggregate 900 miles of run ning at from 90 to 100 miles an hour. Everybody ' now admits that Mr. Oldfield had something up his sleeve beside his arm. As for the tire mag nate himself, he merely chuckles and remarks that the world do move. "Maybe tire building is In its in fancy," he comments. "Maybe the sight of a car pulled up at the side of the road-for tire repair is going to be- as rare as the sight of a race driver changing- a tire at his pits." XEW DIRT TRACK v RECORD Sig Haugdahl Sets a World 'Stark at Edmonton, Alta. A new world's record for five miles on a dirt track-was made in the ex hibition at Edmonton, Alta., by Sig. Haugdahl when he established a mark of 5:26 1-6 on a half-mile track, which is three-fifths of a second' below the previous record made at the Kentucky state lair :in ism cy iiorry. Haug dahl on the same day hung up a new Canadian record for two miles, his time being z:08 4-5 as compared with the previous record made by'Louis jjisious at Toronto or z:l3 4-5. Not satisfied with establishing these new records this speed king also low ered his own Canadian national record for pne mile from 1:04 4-5 to 1:03 4-5, the previous- record having been es tablished on the Mmonton track by tiaugaani nimseir. REMARKABLE FUEL SAVER Some remarkable mileage records have recently been made by the- Air Frictlon carburetor; 37 miles on a Ford, 30 on a Maxwell, several other makes of cars doing equally well. Motor Accessories company, 304 Pine street, are the aistriDutors, and .are putting them out under a guarantee to increase mileage 30 per cent and handle low grade fuels perfectly. Adv. Meanest Road. The Apache trail, a road of 1 miles In length, leading from Phoenix to Globe, Ariz., is reported to be the "meanest road" in the United States for motor driving- " ' Have More Than a Face Value 20 miles to the gallon of gasoline 12,500 miles to the set of tires 50 slower yearly depreciation National Averages) r-rriJT7CT? They figures are the speak dollars for and of Franklin owners' motoring themselves, cents side satisfaction. But the outstanding merit of . Franklin performance lies beyond the face value of economy. It is just as positive,. but requires a ride in the car. This will be given at arty time, suiting your convenience, to prove Comfort that rough going does not destroy Control that does not require strength Safety that is not a matter of skill Reliability that is independent of season Ability to cover the longest distance in a day ALY AUTO COMPANY 601 Washington St., Portlan d tiA.NKXIX MOTOR. CAR CO., The Dalles. Or. MKIiFOKIl A TTTO CO.. Medford. Or. WILLAMETTE MOTOR CO., Albany, Or. DEALERS I MARION AtJTO CO, Salem, Or. ROWAN, SKYLKS AUTO CO, Astoria, Or. LIBERTY AUTO CO, Vancouver, W'aah. W. W. MrCORIIACK, Eugene, Or. tlitCKtMAS COir.NTY Alio & iRACTOR CO., Oregon City, Or. ACtvLEY 4t MILLER, Tillamook, Or. I I t 1 t . ' , ' 1 cf 11 ... ... 1 . . - . . . - ... . i . . . ' - T 1 " BANKERS' ATTITUDE TOLD BOTTOM OP CREDIT BUCKET REACHED, HE SAYS. Detroit Auto Dealers Told Bankers Are Favorable to Auto mobile Industry. DETROIT, July 24. Tho Detroit Auto Dealers' association was told why tho bankers . of the country were forced to tigrhten motor car sales credit by William J. Gray, vice-president of the Firet and Old Detroit National bank, who ' is eml nently qualified to discuss banking in its relation to the motor car in dustry, through intimate association with ' the men w-ho have made De troit the center of the automobile world. "There is a bottom to every re ceptable that will hold anything, and the bottom of the bucket of credit for financing automobile sales has been reached," declared Mr. Gray in an address before the Detroit dealers. "Forced sales on small Initial pay ments and long-term installments have created intermediate financing companies tq handle these credit transactions. The banks have been forced to extend credit to those com panies; as a result additional cost1 has been added to the price of automobiles. "During the four years of the war so many men were taken for the army that necessarily all business lines of production were curtailed and factories had their men at work upon war materials required solely for destructive purposes and to be destroyed," "said Mr. Gray. , "At the close of the war we came to the end of our years of under production with fewer men to be employed. In their desire to catch up with production, manufacturers found It necessary to proceed with rapid strides. Labor being scarce, manufacturers ' began to bid for It, the cost rose rapidly, and conse quently the cost of necessities mounted equally as fast. "Business and capital move alone together. The- function of banks is to finance business transactions rather than to provide capital. When banks found manufacturers borrow ing all the time and never paying up, it Indicated that the banks were lending capital, which Is not the function of commercial banks. "Although the automobile manufac turers could not make enough cars to meet the demand, their selling Organizations continued to encourage sales and to increase these sales they made concessions to buyers that had never been made before. I can re member when -the purchaser of an automobile had -'to have - the money and hand it over in six months be fore the car was delivered. I "In their desire to take advantage of the ever-increasing market for motor cars, dealers and manufactur ers have sold to Tom, Dick and Harry on small down payments and long term installments. These contractual relations have so increased that It has been necessary to organize financing companies to handle these contracts. Naturally, the more busi ness of this kind you do the more capital you need. Banks have only a certain amount of capital they can lend, commensurate with their de posits, and they have tried to dis tribute this money among all their customers fairly." OMAHA HAS TOLL BRIDGE Mayor- Launches Campaign to Have x City Abolish Charges. "Omaha is the only town along the Lincoln highway from the Atlantic to the Pacific, ocean that charges tourists for getting into town." This is the statement of Mayor Smith of Omaha in launching a movement to do away with the toll charge over the Lincoln highway bridge across the Missouri river leading into the city from Council Bluffs. Iowa. A united effort is being made by the civic organizations of the city of Omaha to free the Lincoln highway bridge of toll charges. 1 Signal lor, all turoa RADIUS RODS HELD NEED TRUCK ENGINEERS IX FAVOR OF IESSEXIXG STRAIN. Driving Power Must Be Applied In- Different Manner Than Is Starting Thrust. Radius rods are necessary equip ment on trucks, believe engineers of the great staff employed by the Gen eral Motors Truck company, truck unit of the General Motors corpora tion. Radius rods take the driving force on G M C trucks. The propel ling strain is transmitted from the wheel to the frame through the ra dius rodi If radius rods are "not among those present." the strain must be taken by the spring. Driving strain must not be eon fused with starting thrust, which is taken by the spring in either case. C. G. Irwin, of Wentworth & Irwin, points out, for the spring accom plishes its full duty in carrving the load ana absorbing the torque of starting. "A driving axle thould 'stay put, and a radius rod. Is a more positive method of tying the rear axle In place than if a spring f changing length, is used," Mx. Irwin, explains. "It the rear spring should break, a truck equipped with a radius rod can still run, whiU one without rods is simply out of wsiness. The break ing of a spring i.ay cause also a com plete wrecking tSf the rear axle con- ruction if th-J tituck Is not equipped with radius rods. "If a spring bre.r.ks on a truck not equipped with racists rods, there is nothing at all to ki P thfi end of the axle from moving t the front, feucn action would of necessity ruin the worm or bevel pinlonS driving the dif ferential,' ruin the rear universal joint, and would wiVhout a doubt break the spring on tike opposite side or the axle housing lt.Jlf. "Then consider radius rods In con nection with adjustment of brakes. When a truck is not tniulpped with radius rods, the Epring E' lengthened when the truck is lo.idrV.1. . With the front end solidly fixed, tits additional length must be taken up. in the rear spring shackle. And that; .means that the rear rxle has been fnoved back, thus lengthening the wha U base. Con sider for a moment the 'affect cf a lengthened wheel base onx-the brake rods- This tendency will; be to put them under tension. . 1 "As they are fixed at tbe lever end. this tension acts to apfy to the brakes. So if brakes ane -.adjusted with the tru;k empty, they vr;il drag when the load Is put on. AncXif they are adjusted when the truck is load ed, a driver will have no braks at all when the load is taken joff. jVn axle firmly tied in place by a radi us rod cannot be moved either forwayd or backward and the spring is shackled at both ends. The variation of spr'ni length is entirely absorbed at these points without any tendency to shorten or lengthen the wheel base. Brake systsms on trucks equipped with radius rod- are not affected by loading or unloadir g." KEEP . THE BRUSHES CLEAN It's Easy to Ruin Storage Battery Through Neglect. The starting motor takes Its cur rent from the storage battery through brushes. It sometimes happens that these brushes, for various reasons, are not making proper contact and this means more or less failure of the system. When trouble arises in this system these brushes should be care fully examined. Again, one of the cells of the storage battery runs down before the others, which are there fore called upon to do more work than they are able to handle. Also a grain of grit or foreign matter may get between the contact points of a switch and make a world of trouble before it is discovred and dislodged. Keep Cell Contact Tight. The connections on dry cell should always be kept tight. Any one con nection in a series whlcli happens to be loose will cause difficult starting. The vibration of the car is very apt to loosen these and a frequent inspec tion will oftentimes save a lot of der lay in starting the engine.