THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAN, PORTLAND, AUGUST 1, 1920
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LUBRICATION HOLDS
DOWN DEPRECIATION
Lack of Good Oil Makes Your
Car Wear Out.. .'
INSPECT THE CAR OFTEN
MANY MILES OF PLANK ROAD LIKE THIS ON INLAND HIGH
WAY TO ASTORIA VIA MIST AND JEWEL.
Engaging Clutch Harshly and Poor
Form in Shifting Gears All -Are
Hard on Parts. '
The most essential thine to low
depreciation is good lubrication. This
applies tp every moving part of the
car .from the steering connections.
which move little, to the main bear
ings' and connecting rod bearings,
'.which move very fast. Bear in mind
the fundamental principles of lubri
cation, which are:
1. Lubricate according to the speed
of the part and the load on the part.
2. Use the best grades of oil,
graphite and grease.
3. Attend to lubrication regularly
so the moving parts will not be dry
even for a .moment.
Drain your engine oil every 500
1000 miles. It may seem cheaper to
use the old oil now that oil is higher
In cost, but 'repairs are more costly
than oil. See that the oil gauge al
ways works and that there are no
oil leaks about the engine. v.
Good Lubricant Bent Economy.
Use gear oil in the transmission
and rear axle, use a stiff lubricant
for universals, steering connections,
etc.. where oil cannot be easily re
. ta.inSd. Attention to lubrication reg
ularlv will avoid rapid wear of a part.
Once a part is badly worn a lot of
lubricant helps little. Avoid the wear
in the first place by dally and weekly
attention to certain parts.
Tlr depreciation is more 'rapid In
summer than at any other time of
the year because the motorist seems
to have little time to give the tires
the needed attention. The proper In
flation pressures should be main
tained and inflation checked once
ea.ch week.
Once each week also examine the
tires for tread cuts. These should
be cleaned out and filled with filler,
The process Is simple. Clean out the
nit with easollne. then apply a coat
of cement, allow this to become tacky
and then aDDly anotner. alter wnicn
fill the cut with tire tough. Tires
ought to receive more than the usual
attention because of the increased
ent this vear.
Watch the treads of the front tires
to see that they are not being worn
unduly because of wheel alignment
not beins; correct. Drive more care
fully over rough roads, do not speed
on anv kind of road, especially a
rough one.
Study Instruction Book. -
Look over your Instruction book
and become acquainted with all ad
justments for wear. If you allow
parts to become too loose they will
wear more in proportion to the work
they do.
Driving more carefully will do
great deal toward lowering deprecia
tion. For example one can wear out
a set of brake linings in a few
months by neglecting to save the
brakes on long down grades by de
scending in gear and using the en
gine as a brake by cutting off the
ie-rtltion.
Wheel alignment can be disturbed
by striking a curb too sharply. En
gaging the clutch too harshly can
permanently harm a part of the
power transmitting system. Allow
the clutch to engage easily, stop
gradually, apply ' the brakes inter
mittently. Sane driving means safe
and economical driving. Learn .to
shift gears without clashing. Prac
tice will soon show the exact engine,
speed needed to make a noiseless
shift. .
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BRAKE JAMMING GOSTLY
THERMOID MAX TELLS CAUSE
OF TIRE WEAR.
last 20 yt
Slamming On Brakes Often Results
In Making One Tire Wear Out
Faster Than Others.
-In other words It dove-
j tails with the birth, growth and ex-
pansion- of the automotive industry.
In spite of this, there has been a
iceung during many stringencies to
tighten up on non-essentials. Imme
diately the automotive industry was
selected as one coming under that
category. Not universally, however,
am glad to say, but only in some sec
tions, ve can account for .it on"
because they do not realize and ap
preciate the necessity of this great
business. ' . .
The picture, taken on a recent run t Astoria via Scappooae and Clatnkanie,
on the- main Highway, then, by the detour over the hills from Clatakanle
to .nist, made necessary by paring on the lower Columbia river highway,
- and to Astoria via Mist and Jewel, shows the character of 12 miles of
plank road on this route. All but .8 mile of the plank is In srood con
dition. Some of It traverses some of the most beautiful timber to be
. found in Oregon or any other state. The car is a Mitchell six. . .
TITAN BATTERIES HERE
PORTLAXD FIRM XAMED
"bREGOX DISTRIBUTOR.
AS
Titan Battery & Electric Company
Obtains Agency for Well-Known'
Auto Replacement Battery.
The agency for Titan batteries in
Portland and all of Oregon 'has been
taken by L. E. Kurtichanof, who has
formed the Titan Battery & Electric
company at 411 Davis street, to dis
tribute them in this territory. Ar
rangements were made through A-1!!.
McMillan. Pacific coast representa
tive fr the Western Electric " com
pany at Seattle.
The Titan battery la manufactured
by the General1 Lead Battery com
pany, but arrangements were made
some time ago whereby their distri
bution is in the. hands of the West
ern Electric company, which has
branches in 50. large cities of the
United States. The General ' Lead
Battery ; company is now greatly en
larging its plant. It also makes
farm light batteries.
This battery has been in the market
eight years, though it is a compara
tively recent .arrival in the Portland
field. It fs a replacement battery
and does not come as original equip
ment on ears.. The Portland distribu
tors carry Titan parts for all makes
of batteries, according to Mr. Kur
tichanof, and there is a Titan battery
for every make of car. A patent
seal-key lock, which keeps the top
of each cell at all times tightly locked
in place, is one of its features. Leak
age is impossible with this lock.
OVERLOADING HURTS TRUCK
Decreased Ability to Negotiate
Roads Causes Excess AVear. .
Don't load your truck beyond Its
normal rated capacity. It was de
signed and built to carry that load.
Certainly it may carry more, but this
practice invites inevitable loss. To
state that your trucks are overloaded
Is merely another way of saying that
you are materially shortening , their
useful life as well as decreasing their
range or activity. ....
An overload increases the stresses
in the "weight carrying members and
may cause excessive breakage of
these parts. In any -good truck nor
mal weight; hence normalstress, pro.
duces normal wear of moving parts.
An excess will necessarily result in
abnormal or excessive wear.
A truck frame and other parts may
be compared to a bridge. When a
bridge is rated .at so many tons, it
means that It can carry that load with
a certain margin of safety. It will
carry more, but the margin of Bafety
which was provided to take care of
Its depreciation in normal service
will not be as large. The same is
true of the truck. - -
Overloading decreases the ability
of the truck to negotiate road con
ditions since there is a greater
weight to be moved per unit of en
gine power. A reBult is excessive
gasoline consumption and slower op
erating speed; therefore, greatly re
a"uced efficiency.
Practice shifting the gears until
you know instinctively from the car's
speed just when you should make
each shift.
Have you ever wondered why one
of your rear tires wore out much
faster than the other?
In nine cases out of ten, says Rob
ert E. Allen of ths Allen & Hebard
company, distributors for Thermoid
tires, the reason is that the brakes
do not take hold equally bard on both
wheels. One Is looser than the other.
with the result that one of the wheels
spins while the other grips the road.
The tire that spins is worn out as
if it were held against a grindstone.
If the brakes are adjusted so that
both wheels are held the same,
neither tire will be subjected to un
due strain, and moreover there will
be much less danger of the car skid
ding. The cost of having brakes ad
justed properly is trifling in com
parison with the amount saved.
In applying the brakes, says Mr.
Allen, the motorist should always
take care to retard the car's motion
gradually. Jamming on the brakes
suddenly and bringing the car to a
sudden halt grinds and burns the
tires, causing great damage to the
tread. One sudden application of the
brakes often causes more damage
than 3000 miles of normal usage.
Sometimes It is of course Impossible
to avoid bringing the car to a sud
den stop, but there are many times
when every motorist does it needless-1
ly. He runs along at a fast rate of
speed and then, just before he wants
to slow down, he steps with full force
on the brake. By putting on the
brake gradually, the car would be
slowed down normally and no damage
would be done to tires.
CAUSE OF COCXTRY'S GROWTH
Greatest Gains Since Development
of Automotive Industry.
From 1879 to 1914. the population of
the country gained 100 per cent, dur
ing the latter part of this period, the
volume of business gained over 300
per cent. While our population was
merely doubling itself, the yearly
value of manufacturers was multiply
ing by four and a half. Such facts
show how the buying power, of busi
ness expands much faster than popu
lation, thereby, proving that our busi
ness market is the fastest growing of
all markets.
But, during the years when the
volume of business mads the rapid
increase of 300 per cent, the number
of business concerns Increased only
S7 per cent. The growth of the busi
ness market, therefore, is something
more than an increasing number of
businesses. The greatest growth comes
from the expansion that continues in
some concerns long after . their es
tablishment. The greatest period of
growth in that time has been in the
TRACTOR LIKE SIX HORSES
Department of Agriculture Com
pletes Interesting Statistics.
Statistics regarding the use of trac
tors have been obtained by the bu
reau of farm management of the- de
partment of agriculture from 200 re
plies to a questionnaire sent to farms
In central Illinois. .It has been proved
that with a 28-inch horse-drawn plow
one man accomplishes from 70 to 80
per cent more than With a single
bottom plow. One man with a 28
inch plow drawn by a motor tractor
covers 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 0 to 70
per cent more than does the two-
bottom plow drawn by six horses.
Motor Life.
AUTOISTS PENETRATE WILDS
Forestry Service Is Building Fine!
- Road to Lost Lake.
HOOD RIVER. .Or.. July SI. (Spe
cial-) "The forestry service is cer
tainly building a fine road to Lost
lake, said Edward Hawkes, former
county commissioner, who returned
Tuesday from a motor trip to the end
of the road as far as completed. "We
were .only a mile and a quarter from
the lake. The crew told us that our
car had penetrated the woods farther
than any other to date. The road Is on
an even grade and smooth. It might
be a little vider."
Mr. Hawkes was accompanied on
the forest trip by Mr. and Mrs. H. C.
Spath of Missouri. . who are visiting
the valley and Mr. and Mrs. A. I.
Mason.
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Vl Portland Branch J$ 7 f -1
Broadway 1799 bAa n.Ji .'a ftjc&jn.c.-. r. .v.ff-TTvX . ,fvw v.mM Ajj
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ROAD WORK
IS
PRAISED
Contraefor Says Tillamook Count;
. Equipment Best to Be Had.
HOOD RIVER. Or., jiilv SI. (Spe
cial.) Tillamook county is given high
praise tor road work by A. c. Lofts,
local contractor. - just back from an
outing at Rockaway beach.
"The county authorities there," says
Mr. Lofts, "have as fine equipment
as I have ever seen anywhere and as
a result their roads are in excellent
condition. They draw a combined
scarifier and grader with a huge,
caterpillar engine. The roads are thus
kept shaved up in perfect condition."
out the secondary wire of the coil
through heat caused by the great re
sistance. .
Burning Out Co.il.
When the spark gap of a plug Is too
great, so that the current cannot jump
the gap. there is danger of burning
, . How to Save Tires.
It is possible for every motorist to
save himself a set of tires every year,
declares. Kay McXamara. Maxwell ex
perimental engineer. "All that is
needed is a little care," continued the
road expert. "In some of our record
runs I have worn out a set of tires in
1000 miTes, whereas with proper care
and at ordinary speeds the same tires
should have lasted 10,000 miles."
Milk Men Favor Maxwell.
A Maxwell lH-ton truck hauling
milk for the Carnation Milk Products
company, at Oregon, 111., has made a
daily round trip averaging over 25
miles, carried 43 one-hundred-pound
cans each load and has not missed a
trip in the last four months, accord
ing to the report of M. G. Dietelhoff.
state mi!k Inspector for Illinois.
ELEVEN AUTDS MISSING
POLICE LIST UX RECOVERED
STOLEN CARS,
Total Includes Four Dodges, Two
Fords, Buick, "Overland,
Maxwell, Tulsa.
Only 11 automobiles are on the
stolen car list of the police auto theft
depOTtment as not having been recov
ered. The number includes four
Hodges, one Buick, one Chevrolet, two
Tords. a Maxwell, an Overland and a
Tulsa, besides two motorcycles. Per
sons getting trace of any of the cars
here listed are asked by Lieutenant
Haivey Thatcher, in charge of the
auto theft department, to let him
know at once. The list:
Buick. 1920 touring. Oregon license 80323,
motor No. U4S4:to.
Chevrolet, l'.HO touring, Oregon license
2ol20. motor No. C2H18.
, todge, H20' touring. Washington license
111.",S2. motor No. r.tM021xl..
Dodge, 120 touring, Oregon license 87455,
motor No. o2i!.jy.
Dodge, luis touring. Oregon license
SldiS. motor No. a:o.
f)orige. lU-tl touring, Oregon license
62:'. motrtr No .nilM.sti.
Kord. l'.ilD roadster, Oregon license 137
motor No. :i21.-.114.
ford. Ul! touring, Oregon license 20140,
motor No. j.42tVb.
MaxwtH. litis, license tags missing, mo
tor No. "J-JTIMI.
Overland. 1U1S touring,. Oregon license
4n.. motor No. :ilU70.
Tu!sa. I.t20 roadster, Oregon dealer's li
cense 71iA. motor No. 3rtS."iH.
Cleveland. 1U1S motorcycle. Oregon li
cense E;, motor No. lt)115.
Harley-Davldson, 1011 motorcycle. Ore
gon license Hti. motor No. 1.1OA22401.
Recoveries since last bulletin Buick,
J020. - license lo..7S. motor No. 0utl4:t2;
(handler. 11S. license S2140. motor No.
. r407: Dodge. lttlK. license 4741. motor
No. 140172: Kord. 11)14, license 73702. mo
tor No. 171717.
CITY CALLS ROAD BILL MEET
Aberdeen, Yas.h., Citizens to Study
Provisions of Carl on Measure.
ABERDEEN. Wash.. July 31. (Spe
cial.) Aberdeen citizens will be given
an opportunity to discuss the Carlyon
good roads bill at a mass meeting to
be held here in the Liberty auditorium
early in August, under auspices of
the Washington State Good Roads as
sociation. Because of the wide in
terest In the bill a speaker will be
provided by the association and fol
lowing his address the meeting will
be thrown open for discussion of the
measure.
The meeting will be attended by a
strong delegation of Grays Harbor
motorists Interested In the bill.
Brskt Adjustment.
A mistake frequently made espe
dally by new car owners, Is to adjust
the brakes so tightly that they slide
the wheels when applied. Of course
this stops the car quickly, but it
filets such excessive wear on the
threads as to make it a very expen
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When your tire .has given you all
the mileage you can safely demand
of it
When the rubber tread is worn thiri
but the fabric is still serviceable
When your next move seems to be
the purchase of a new tire; call at
nearest Gates Half-Sole Tire Service
Station listed'below and learn how
to get a complete- new tire with.
greater than standard mileage- guarantee, at
one-half the" cost you have been accustomed
to paying.
new scientific principle of ' tire , construc
tion invented by Chas. C. GatesE. M.r
which incorporates your casing within- a new
factory built Gates" Half-Sole Tire, makes this
radical reduction in cost and unusual gain in
safety arid comfort possible. .
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A glance at the illustration, which
shows the reinforced double fabric
strength and double cushion re
silience, explains why over. 1,000,
000 car - owners, . including the
largest business concerns in the
country, regularly and repeatedly
purchase Gates Half-Sole Tires.
These exclusive cosf reducing
worry ending Gates advantages ap
peal to every motorist regardless of cost, yet
Gates Half-Sole Tires, guaranteed puncture
proof, cost only one-half as much as ordinary
tires of corresponding size.
More than 2,000 Gates Half-Sole Tire Service
Stations -are now serving motorists every-'
where. The list below is to, help you locate
the one. nearest to you.
Authorized Service Stations Conducted by. Dealers Listed Below:
Wm. C. Wilbourn, 430 Alder Street
Portland Uni6ii Avenue Tire and Battery Shop. 4S8 Union Avenue, North.
OREGON.
Albany Ralston Electric com
pany. 510 W. 2(1 street.
Ann land Ashland Vulcanizing?
works, M. C. L.intnjrer & Son.
Eastern Supply company. 373 .
Kaat Main street.
Astoria Highway Tire Serv
ice. 01 1 Duane street.
Baiter A. H. Robinson, care
Masters & Perkins: More
Mileage Tire company, care
R. L. Gorman.
Bend Best Harris Vulcaniz
ing; company.
Condon Hopper A Fatlsnd. C.
V. Hopper and E. R, Fat-land.
Corrallis E. M. Hogue. 108
North 2d street.
Cot t autre Grove John C. Currin.
Dallas C. J. Shreve.
Eue;ene Jay Moore. 0S6 'Wil
lamette street.
Freewater Virgil G. Goodman.
Depot street.
Grants Paws Charles A. Han
sen. Heppner Stephen M. Irwin.
Hood River Heights Garage.
Inc.. 1210 C street.
John, !ay Electric Shop tc.
Battery Service station.
Jo not ion City S. M. Fries.
Klamath Falls C barlei B.
Johnson. 6th and Klamath
Falls avenue.
Xa Grande Lelghton & Ox-
ner. corner 1st and- Adams
streets.
1 Jike rie w F. L. Keser.-
MeM lanvllle B Street Garage.
Sib South B street.
Medford R. A. Petty. Jr., 132
y. Riverside street.
Milton L,. J. Mclntyre. Prop..
Miiton Tire Shop.
New berg XV. 8. Stull. 2d and
School streets.
North Bend Gorst fc King.
Inc.
Oregon City Smith's Tire
Shop. 509 7th street.
Pendleton Gertson & -Marty,
6ol Cottonwood street.
Roeeburs: Clarence O. Baker.
Balem The Quackenbush Auto
Supply company. 210 West
Commercial street.
Seaside Hanon Smith Garage.
Williams Brothers' Garage.
The Dalles Motor Service. 107-
13 E. 2d street.
Wood born N. Becker & Son.
WASHINGTON.
Goldendale Hudson Tire Shop. -
W. H. Hudson, prop.
Kelso Kelso Tire Hospital. J.
V. Krane. prop.
Vancouver Hansen Tire Serv
. ice. 10im E. 6th street..
Factory Branch 60 Federal Street, San Francisco, California
Dealers wishing to make inquiry, concerning open territoryshould address the home office at Denver
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More. KINGS Sold
Than Any Other Car in Its
Price Class
Because of its superior value,
Its wonderful performance,
Its remarkable economy,
Its free and willing service.
It's made good and will continue
to do so.
Breaks Yosemite
Economy Records
for 8-cylinder cars
QN the 358.5-mile grind from Los Angeles to
Yosemite a King "8" Touring stock car made
21.9 actual miles on a gallon of gas.
SK any of the many King "8" owners they
will all tell you of the remarkable mileage
1000 miles on a gallon of oil.
'pHE King "8" is a marvel of economy to operate,
as your service costs you nothing. Here's our
plan :
52 Weeks of
FREE Service
No strings tied to our plan best by test only
skilled mechanics employed.
No Extras to Buy
The King "8" car is sold complete, including 5
cord oversize tires, spotlight, bumper, Vnotometer,
automatic power tire pump, extension trouble
lamp, full tire cover, Victoria side curtains, glass
wind deflectors, state license and many other ex
tras all included.
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