TIIE SUNDAY OREGOXIAN, PORTLAND, AUGUST 22, 1920
DETOUR SIGN LACK
IS HARM
OREGON
Portland Merchant Back
From South Hears Knocks.
AUTOISTS WON'T RETURN
Kcp Out of That State," Tourists
Warn Kach Other at Desks in .
California Motor Clubs.
C. C. Bradley, Portland merchant,
has returned from a long tour in
southern California in a Hudson super-six
speedster, in the course of
which he drove twice over the Pacific
highway between Portland and the
south, and went into Tia Juana, Mex.,
(or a glass of beer.
The foaming- stuff down there, he
reports, comes in tiny "chaser" glasses
a.r.d costs 3b cents a glass, at that.
Apparently no trip to southern Cali
fornia is legal these days unless the
tourist drives over the line and laps
up half a dozen or eo of these small
latere at 35 cents per small beer.
Mr. Bradley left his car in Cali
fornia for two or three weeks while
he attended the Elks national conven
tion in Chicago. On his return he
drove south to the line, and stopped
en route there or back at Paso Robles,
Del Monte and other California tour
ist resorts. At Del Monte, he said,
the only way a traveler could get any
gasoline was to be registered at the
hotel, which had the only supply there
was,
L.aek of Road Signs Coat.
On ". his return to Portland, Mr.
Bradley. found the Pacific highway to
toe in -pretty fair condition, despite
new construction work; but he has
some severe criticism of the lack of
Voad and detour signs. He says Ore
gon's carelessness in this respect is
losing it hundreds of tourists, for
every tourist who drives south over
the highway and calls later at one
of the touring bureaus in California
puts in a knock for the state because
of its miserable signing system, or
lack of system.
"I know this because I have heard
them do it," said Mr. Bradley. "The
California automobile clubs are blamed
sometimes for advising tourists not
to drive to Oregon. More often the
Advice comes not from the club, but
from some tourist just from the north
who happens to be at the desk while
the prospective visitor is asking for
information.
"I have heard these tourists say,
Keep out of that state, you can't tell
where you're going and get off the
road becauiBe of no road signs.' The
result often is that the prospective
visitor is scared out, especially when
he hears a few tales of how the tour
ist has gotten off the road and gone
miles out of his way simply because
there was no road sign. A tourist
will remember an experience of this
kind longer than he remembers
scenery.
And the TonriiO Are Right.
"The worst of it -is these tourists
re right. I can say from my own
experience in driving north that the
absence of proper detour signs and
road signs is nothing short of a shame
ajid a disgrace.
"In California every road detour Is
plainly marked by a great big detour
Kign, so prominently placed that you
can't possibly miss it, and at every
curve or cross-road along that de
tour there is a big arrow pointing
the way to take.
"Contrast that with Oregon." When
J was driving north between Gold
Hill and Grants Pass last week I got
clear off the road I was supposed to
take and onto a piece where there
were miles of crushed rock; with -a
lot of construction work going on.
Dimply because there was no road
ign. This road finally brought me
to a barricade and the road men
wouldn't let me through.
" 'You should have turned off five
miles back there.' said the foreman
of the gang, -who told me I should
have gone by way of Rogue river.
"Why don't you put up a sign to
save all this trouble V' I said. "In
California' they have' big signs for
every detour."
" "Why don't you stay in California.
then?1 he yelled back. "And that is
trie kind of treatment tourists are
petting right along on the Pacific
inghway. -
Not Fair to Tonrlata.
"When I got back to the place
her I was supposed to turn. for the
detour, I saw that there was a little
Hrh, but it was small and had been
turned at the side of the road so that
you never would see it unless by
Knowing it was there, or by accident
1 can t for the life of me see why
the state highway department, or the
contractor, or whoever Is to blame.
should occasion tourists so much
trouble and give the state such
black eye with travelers merely to
.cave a few dollars or a little trouble
in putting up proper detour signs.
"on i iirniK t m crabbing over my
wn experiences. This is all you hear
In California from tourists who have
come out of Oregon. And not only
California tourists, either, but from
.Illinois, new ior, Indiana, a score
of states. They forget our wonderful
(scenery in the exasperation caused
by lack or road signs and the absolute
oiscourtesy of many contractors. If
Oregon wants- to invite tourists here
wny doesn t she do the- square thing
by them and have proper road signs?
Otherwise, in Justice to travelers, the
state tnouia warn them to stay
heme until we get our roads all built
aula oon t need any road signs."
On his trip Mr. Bradley drove near
ly 8000 miles and the Hudson speed
nier maae an average of nearly. 18
miles to the gallon of gasoline. He
had no mechanical trouble of nnv
private organizations along Utah
highways. ' .
P. S. Av-ery, field secretary for the
association.--returned recently from
his third trip of the season and will
leave again next week to post signs
on' highways not yet covered. The
iron posts and metallic signs are
conveyed to the place of erection in
a large truck purchased for this serv
ice. Zion park highway and the
roads feeding this main route have
been thoroughly posted within the
past few weeks, 'and Mr. Avery will
now turn his attention to other main
hirhways. -
Officials of the Utah State Auto
mobile association hope to cover the
principal traffic lines with official
signs before had weather closes the
roads this fall. Spots left unmarked
this season will receive immediate
attention when the 1921 tourist sea
son opens. Within another year Mr.
Avery intends to have every turn and
crossroads in the- state placarded
with the original marker showing
distances, -routes and directions.
COLUMBIA
HIGHWAY
STICKERS PROPOSED
Windshield Ads Would
. .. Says Auto Man.
Help,
ACTION BY COUNTY URGED
Belief "Is That- Scenic Thorough
fare Could Be Effectively Adver
tised at Small Cost,
PISTOX RIXG IS I M POBTAXT
Cnsepn -.Working Part of Engine
, Jllust Function Properly.
Engineers know that it is often the
unseen working parts of an engine
which are the most important and not
the least among these are the piston
rings, hidden away in the innermost Lawrence E. Therkelson, sales man-
That Multnomah county take steps
to provide Columbia highway stickers
for tourists to paste on the wind
shields of theix cars after they have
been over the world famous drive
out of this city is the suggestion of
mobiles is made a , federal offense
under the Dyer law. The national
motor vehicle theft law, however, did
not become effective until November,
1919. Numerous convictions 'have
been made throughout the United
States under this act this year.
Harry G. Moock, general manager,
has written all district attorneys of
the United States extending to them
the services of the dealer organiza
tion in expediting the collection of
information leading to conviction for
thefts of motor vehicles.'
MOTORISTS PAV $2,500,000
Figures for XIne Months of Tear
Show Xew Record In Baf State.
MoPfe than $2,500,000 has been paid
to Massachusetts this year by motor
ists in fees for registration certifi
cates and driving licenses. Up to the
first of this month the receipts were
(2,553,761.64, which breaks all pre
vious records. In the whole of last
year the total was J2. 184,408.37. -Although
September is one of the quiet
est months in the year in registra
tion of cars the receipts last month
amoiunted to J&3.737. which is more
than $40,000 in excess of the receipts
of the corresponding month of last
year.
There were given out up to October
1. 170.000 sets of number plates for
passenger cars and 40,000 sets of
plates for commercial vehicles, com-
PORTLAND MAN HOME FROM LONG TOUR IN HUDSON SPEEDSTER.
r
S-:'-- :-J67 d& . "V
"-.. n,,.,
J
$
if A 5. "VM
t Js rt
3 i
i-X -AX ! VA y
.:.-.r:--.'.'--.vV.-vx-:'y
recesses of the motor, where frequent
nspection is -impossible. They are
vital to. the efficiency of the motor
and can prevent or cause oil, carbon
and compression troubles.
-ine piston ring is a oona oi metal
fitted into grooves around the piston
for the purpose of making a complete
seal between the piston and the cylin
der in such a way that pressure will
be prevented from passing to the
crank case from the cylinder head and
ubricating oil kept from entering the
combustion chamber.
There are few lubricating oils that
will not burn and form smoke and
carbon. Any piston ring which does
not prevent the passage of an exces
sive amount of oil upward into the
combustion chamber is an utter failure.
kind.
JPOR TOl'R SPARK TOOL KIT
Extra Lamp Bulbs, Dry Cells, Tire
Valves and Hand Pump Useful.
The question of what epares to take
on reasonaoiy extended tours is one
that bothers most motorists. Here
are a few useful spares that are fre
quently forgotten: Extra bulbs for
the headlights ought always to be
carried. A few dry cells may be in
valuable in an emergency. Two or
three pairs of pliers instead of the
customary one should be carried,
fepare tire valves and a hand tire
pump lor emergencies will be friends
in need on occasion.
UTAH POSTS SIGNS OX ROADS
Inaccurate Boards of Private Or
, Kanizations1 Are Replaced.
SALT LAKE C1TT. Aug: 21
Tourists through Utah are becoming
familiar with the official road signs
of the Utah State Automobile asso
elation, which are rapidly replacing
ibo . less . Accura-ta signs posUd by
C. Bradley and nper.iili MpeedHter la nklek he toarrd southern California and crossed the : line Into Tia
Juana, where a painfully mall class of beer cost 35 cents. From there ae drove north over the Pacific
hlKhwiy to Portland, flndlngc roadft Kenerally fair enough, but the absentee of grood detour siitnM in Orea-on
excessively annoylna; to tourists. In nearly 3000 miles of touring, exact records kept by Mr. Bradley showed
; that the Hudson made a fraction under 18 miles to the gallon of gasoline for the rntlre distance.
GOODYEAR CHIEF NAMED
Ei PASO, TEX., BR AXCH MAN
AGER COlES TO PORTLAND.
L. E
Carpenter Appointed Assist
ant to George Bellis in Charge
of Xorthern District.
L. E. Carpenter, formerly branch
manager at El Paso, Texas, has been
appointed assistant manager of the
northwest district of. the Goodyear
Tire & Rubber company of California,
with headquarters in Portland, ac
cording to an announcement just is
sued by Local District Manager George
Bellis.
Since the appointment of Mr. Bellis
ill
f-
4 f
'
ager for the Braly Automobile com
pany. By this means a large amount
of valuable publicity could be ob
tained, the Franklin sales manager
declares, at very little' cost to the
county.
Tourists passing through Portland
in many instances display stickers
from Glacier park. Rainier park and
other scenic districts. They take un
usual pride in the stickers and would
not remove them under any circum
stances until after' they get back
home and drive their machines down
Main street and show their neighbors
where they have been, he says.
After watching dozens and dozens
of tourists drive into Portland with
these little stickers on their cars,
Therkelson decided that it was 'time
to take steps to advertise the great
est scenic highway in the ;world in
like manner, and announced last
week that he would put the proposl-
on up to: the Portland Chamber of
Commerce.
His plan, briefly, is to have the
county print and deliver the stickers
at Crown Point Vista house. As some
one is employed at all times there,
anyway, he thinks it possible that
some scheme could be worked out for
one of the employes to distribute the
stickers to drivers at certain hours
during the day, or at regular inter
vals sally forth from the Vista house
with a big supply of the stickers and
paste one on the windshield of each
car parked at that place at the time.
Very few drivers would -remove
them, it is believed, if the stickers
were put on where they would not in
terfere with driving, as the tourists
take pride in any such feature, show
ing where they have visited.
AUTO THEFTS INCREASE
31,64 STOLEN" IX 19 CITIES
" DURING TEAR OF 1919.
pared with 142.600 passenger, car and
33.059 commercial vehicle plates is
sued during all of 191$. During July.
August and September of this year
the highway commission took in
J401.839.41 in fees against 1275,530.36
in the same -months of 1918, a gain
of i 126,309.05. or over 45 per cent.
SAFETY IN STANDARD TIRE
'GYP" BRAXD MAT LOOK WELL
AXD BE SHODDY PRODUCT.
' I.. E. Carpenter, new assistant
- district manacer of Goodyear
company In Portland.
as district manager here January 1,
1920, with supervision over the Port
land, Tacoma, Seattle and Spokane
territories; the activities of the dis
trict have become so extensive that
the appointment of an assistant has
become imperative.
Mr. Carpenter's advancement to the
local post comes to him aften nearly
eight years of service with the com
pany. - His connection with Goodyear
began in Detroit in 1912, where he
became office manager, and later a
member of the sales force. His abil
lties as a salesman were early recog
nized and he was transferred to. the
dealers' sales department at Akron
About a year later he was appointed
special representative of the export
department in Porto Rico.
In 1918 he came to Denver as spe
cial pneumatic truck tire representa
tive and. on April 1. 1919. was ap
pointed branch manager at El Paso,
where his success has earned for him
the advancement to assistant man
ager of the Portland district. .
In England, to relieve the traffic
congestion around London, it has been
suggested that vast underground
roads be constructed lor last motor
traltic, ;
Xnniher of Cars Recorded Missing
in 1918 Is. 25,613; in 1919 Mo
tors Recovered 7 4.4 Per Cent-
Considerable increase In the num
ber of 'thefts of automobiles in the
United, States In the year 1919, as
compared with 1918, is shown by the
complete statistics for the two years.
just Issued by the National Automo
bile Dealers' association.
There were 31,649- automobiles
stolen in 19 "index" cities of the
United States " in 1919 compared to
5,613 in the same cities in 1918. ac
cording to figures of the association.
This is an increase of 23.5 per cent.
The figures were obtained from the
official reports of the police depart
ments of the cities concerned.
Of the 31,649 stolen in 1919, 23,832
were recovered, 74.4 per cent. Of the
25.613 stolen in 1918. 20,203 were re
covered. 78.8 per cent.
Cars stolen which were not reco-v
ered were valued at approximately
$5,410,000 in 1918 and at fS, 658,360 in
1919. .
New York again led the cities in
cars stolen with 5527 in 1919 against
3J40 in 1918, an increase of 35.5 per
cent. St. Louis 'was the only large
city wnere me number was less than
in 1918. This is accounted for by
vigorous law enforcement campaign
against automobile thieves by the
circuit attorney's office. Sentences
up to 20 years have been assessed in
St. Louis for the theft of aa auto
mobile.
The detailed list follows:
, . ' - Stolen. "Recovered
-1019 1018 1919 1918
New fork. .. ... 8.527 - 8,340 3.14 2.578
Chicago V. . ., 4.447 a, BU 3.447 1,954
Detroit 3.4RI 2.6311 2.VJ9 1.0S4
Cleveland -J,338 2.07 1.7S6 1.818
I.OS Angeles J.6S4 l,flli9 1.3S5 1,499
Kansas City 1,661 1.114 794 BOS
Portland. Or.... 1.B28 1,088 1.378 flOO
Denver 1.440 901 1.187 B27
San Francisco.. 1.354 1,122 1,304 l.OSj
St. I.OUIS 1.241 2,241 044 1,354
.Seattle 1,422 1.451 1,308 1,876
Indianapolis 1.1131 404 602 -34
Boston 1,002 866 ftSO 607
Salt Lake City. 776 707 7."8 700
Oakland. Cal... 760 895 733 860
Omaha 734 1.03H S6T 660
Columbus. O..,. 550 451 33 352
Cincinnati fi20 348 23 i1
Oklahoma City.. 149 371 70 484
Total .,'..,31,649 25.613 28.322 20.203
General reduction in the number of
automobiles stolen is expected during
19Z0 because or. the fact that inter
state transportation" of . etoien. auto
First Costs Don't Count -in Mile
age, but Cost ' Per Mile;
How to Figure Costs, -
During the present temporary con
ditions in the automotive industry ofr
ficials of fhe great rubber companies
sound a note of confidence and op
timism. The. automobile business and
its allied .. industries is second . in
America to the railroads, and as such
is ' secure.
But there is an equally - positive
note of warning of vital importance.
As a people we have just emerged
from an orgy of spending. In the new
era it is important for the motorist
to distinguish between true and false
economy as regards tire mileage, for
it is an established fact that 90 per
cent of automobiles are essential to
business.
To the uninitiated all tires -look
very much alike the "no name" tire
as well as the product of which any
manufacturer might well be proud.
It is not reasonable to believe that a
motorist can-get a tire "just, as good"
a standard make for half the nrlce.
C-H
Fam o u s For Its
L E R SIX
Marvelous Motor
.. ...
r v
The Right Car at the Right Price;
Chandler Is the First Choice
The Chandler Company has
devoted itself for seven years to
the determined policy of produc
ing, and continuing to produce,
the best Six at the fairest price.
And it has succeeded with distinc
tion in this devotion.
Featured by its exclusive
Chandler motor, constantly de
veloped and refined but never radi
cally changed, and by its sturdy
chassis construction throughout,
the Chandler has steadfastly held
its place among fine cars and gone
forward into a position of unques
tioned leadership among Sixes.
Satisfactory service, under any
and all conditions, in the hands of
its more than eighty thousand
owners, is the best proof of
Chandler worthiness.
Seven-Passenger Touring, S1995
SIX SPLENDID BODY TYPES
Four-Passenger Dispatch. $2075
Seven-Passenger Sedan, $3095 Four-Passenger Coupe, S2995
iAU Prices J.o. b, Cleveland, Oiio)
Four-Passenger Roadster, 31995
Limousine, S3495
TWIN STATES MOTOR CAR CO.
Distributors Alder at Sixteenth Portland
McCOY AUTO CO.
Third and Washington Streets Vancouver, Wash.
THE CHANDLER MOTOR CAR COMPANY, CLEVELAND, O.
The "gyp" tire may have all the
beauty and symmetry of the national
ly known-tire and yet be made out of
shoddy. Buying; standard make tires
is the safest insurance against road
side emergencies.
In tire mileage it is not- first costs
that count, but cost per mile. To de
termine. . this, add to the-purchase
price the-cost of repairs and divide
the total by the mileage. This will
quickly convince even the most con
firmed bargain hunter.
. 1,250,000 Cars in Year Is Goal.
That the Ford Motor company ex
pects to build 1.250,000 cars during
its next fiscal year that is. between
August 1, 1921, and July 31, 1922
is jearnea- from a statement made re
cently by one of tte Ford Michigan
distributors. - This would be 250,000
more than for the present fiscal year,
which is expected to ehow an output
of, mere than 1,000,000 cars. The
production of sedans would be
greatly increased probably 40 per
cent overprist production.
.FILiTF
" --iS. jllilJ. ir---!S'j j
Every Plank a , Feature
ECONOMY J f: : ROWER
DEPENlMBILITMIl5CONSrRUCTIO
COMFORT
DESIGN
8 f
Ik
APPEARANCE
SERVICE :f lCOSWEniEnCE
s3
MATERIAL
ENDURANCE : jf RESOURCES ?
J.1IC X A UUUIt JM. IJApCl 1C11LC
More. than 500,000 Chevrolet cars are giving satisfaction in
daily use, proof that the Chevrolet Building Platform
meets every requirement of economical ' transportation.
Sales and Service
FIELDS MOTOR CAR CO.
14th and. Alder Grand Ave. and East Bumside St. Johns
, SUB-DEALERS
C. E. Osborn. Gresham P. H. Dunn Motor Co., Sellwood
11
Si
iiiiitiiiiiiiiiiiitiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitiiiitiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiin
rOTs&- OmIw One-
Qpick and PERMAHEHT
Repair for
Blowouts
lLaiGrl4oz.
Oznaburg
Duck
StGQl
Quills
the
5 Labors
17 oi. Soa
Island Cotton
1 Laijcr
12 oz. Soa
Island Cotton
Every turn of
tire tightens
-grip of the POR
CUPINE until it
becomes a part - of
casing itself.
It won't bulge; it can't slip from where you place it; it keeps out
sand and water. The increased mileage you get from that blown
out tire will pay for the "Porcupine" many times over. One
driver hung up a record of better than 6200 miles.
Users know this to be true, and our unqualified
service guarantee is your protection.
CARRY ONE IN YOUR KITALWAYS
For Sale by
Dealers, Service Stations
and Repair Shops
Ii
3i
International Distributors
Porcupine Sales
Corporation
Hutton Building:
i SPOKANE - - WASHINGTON
Dealers Order Through Your Jobbers
iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiHiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiittiiiiiiititiiiiiiiiiititiiiiittiiiim.L.t.T:
- II. IIIMIIIIMI I Mil.
II
k