The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current, September 12, 1920, SECTION SIX, Image 74

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Newspaper Page TextTHE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND, SEFTE3IBER 1 1920 HERE'S 11 TRIP HOT IN THE TOUR BOOKS Jo Trout Creek Villa, on the Molalla River. : ONLY 45 MILES TO DRIVE MARKET GARDENERS HAUL PRODUCE ON G.M.C. TRUCK. Pavement to Canby on the Pacific Highway, and Good Country Road Rest of Way. The motorist who likes to explore new places and who enjoys most of all a comparatively short drive that leads to beautiful mountain streams, is respectfully referred to the road report on the trip to Trout creek villa, made last Sunday by two mem bers of the sales staff of the Manley Auto company. Merrill B. Moores and "William Holden. Trout creek villa, apparently, has been a reality for several years, located at the junction of beautiful Trout creek and the Molalla river; also the Hall brothers, "Walter and Sam, have apparently been dishing: out luscious chicken dinners for many a season; but somehow or other the trip has escaped notice of those who are accustomed to spread tour ing information to the motoring public. Trout creek villa, according to the Hupmobile .speedometer, is 8V4 miles out of the town'of Molalla, which, in turn, is 12.5 miles from Canby, which 1s on the Pacific highway, nine miles south of Oregon City. Pavement to Canby. The highway is now paved all the way from Portland to Canby but the traveling distance between the two points depends upon which route is followed from Portland to. Oregon City, the river road via Sellwood and Milwaukie or the longer route via East Eighty-second street. In any event 14.5 or 15 miles is usually counted as the standard distance from Portland to Oregon City, which makes the total from Portland to Trout creek villa, via Canby, about 45 miles. Mr. Moores and Mr. Holden report that there is a shorter way to reach Trout creek villa. This short cut road leaves Oregon City over the Seventh-street hill and passes through Klyville andtMulino. turning off to the left this side of Molalla. .Because of the pavement to Canby and the good roads beyond that point, how ever, the Canby-Molalla way is con sidered better than the shorter route. which has less pavement and con siderably more rough road. Motorists about to make the run from Oregon City to New Era and Canby will be delighted to learn that the streets leading through Cane- jnah, Just south of Oregon City, have finally been paved. Turn Left at Canby. Those bound for Trout creek villa should follow the Macksburg-Liberal road between Canby and Molalla. This road, which branches to the left from the Pacific highway just before crossing the railroad track this side of Canby, is now said to be in excel lent- condition, a fresh surface of (travel having been laid over parts of it lately. The road which many have been accustomed to use between Canby and Molalla was recently torn up for road construction. In following the other road, signs iruide the traveler through Macks- burg, where the left-hand fork is taken, to Liberal, a point on the Ore gon City-Mullno approach to Mo lalla, where the right-hand fork ehould be taken straight for Molalla, the main traveled road thence being followed to the latter point. At Molalla "four-corners" take the left-hand fork for Trout creek villa. Rustic board signs point the way to the villa. The first turn, a right fork, is 7-10ths of a mile from Molalla. There Is a left angle turn 4-10ths of a mile farther along, then a sharp turn to the right after crossing the bridge spanning the Molalla river, nearly three miles out of Molalla. The last sign is 1.7 miles farther on. where a right angle turn leads into a crackerjack gravel road. Average Country Road. There are quite a number of rather rough spots between Liberal and Mo lalla and between the latter point and Trout creek villa, and a stretch of corduroy here and there, but the roads on the whole are reported to be ' in good condition and there is nothing downwright bad about them. Mr. Holden and Mr. Moores in the Hup mobile covered the 21 miles from the villa to Canby In exactly an hour's easv driving, which indicates that the road was well up to country average. From Canby to Portland there was, of course, clear sailing over a continu OU8 ribbon of pavement. Those wJio have visited Trout creek villa 'praise the scenery along Trout creek . and, the Molalla river, and the four-square meals dispensed at the hotel. By taking a cross-country road over the tall foothills, the motorist can cut across from Trout creek villa to Wilholt springs, only 10.5 miles, by the short cut. Mr. Moores find Mr. Holden report, however, that this road is too rough for comfort in many places and that it would be stickler In wet weather, due to the Character of the road surface. Also, even with minute instructions as to the route, it Is difficult for mo torists to find the right way. They Had this experience a week ago. Mr. Holden, formerly a star foot ball player on the University of Ore gon and Multnomah club elevens. joined the Manley sales force quite recently. He has been in the auto mobile business for several years and gained practical experience during the war at a number of the big motor car factories, where he was stationed as an army officer. AtTO HOSPITAL THE LATEST Kot for Autos, bat for Humans Illinois Experiment. Link by link we are losing the chains that formerly bound the rural districts in a bondage of Isolation Discomfort, ignorance and disease. The August issue of Motor picture and describes a "traveling hospital which bids fair to place the country on an equality with urban commun ities with respect to the prevention ct needless disease. The motorize hospital travels about the farmln districts in . central Illinois, visiting isolated farms and country villages. In these latter the doctors are given the benefit of consultation with phy sicians of national reputation, wh being on the spot actually study the individual cases and co-operate in any possible way. The traveling clinic carries a com pleto equipment of medical apparatus, most of which is beyond the means of the country practitioner." Great Output Achieved by Plant at Los Angeles After 90 Days' Operatoin. France bought $2,333,333 worth of automobile tires in this country dur ,i--t S0 iff --' P" ft. :.jiis ' .vii i - - - ' DEMAND HEAVY FOR Thin tTvo-ton G. M. C. traf k has recently brrn added to the fleet operated r Ceretchlno & Debendlttl. who are market jsardeners on a large scale la Oregon and AVashlngrton. Xhe lorge pneumatic tlrea make ltponalble to drive the truck into an ft field, pick up heavy loads and take them directly to market. Thla means quite a saving over the old method of using teams to haul the produce from the fields fo loading stations on a hard road, and then reloading- the truck from wagons or sleds, in addition to the extra labor saved, the new equipment permits the gardener to reach market with bis produce tn better condition, as rehandllnic means bruised produce and the extra time reqnlred' under the old system often caused the produce to he wilted when It reached the market. With the old equipment It was necessary to start to market at 1:30 A. M. In order to be with the early birds now these gardeners set their alarm clock at 4 o'clock and are there with the first of their competitors. lIEW FACTORY IN STRIDE 500 EMPLOYES MAKE HOI OF GOODYEAR ACTIVITY". . After ten months ln the making nd 90 days of actual operation, the big plant of the CJoodyear Tire & Rubber company of California at Los Angeles, is rapidly swinging into its tride, well on the way toward pro duction capacity. The employes' ros-t,-er, including both factory and gen- ral offices, shows that ZuOO Orood- yearites are swinging through the gates daily to perform their various duties in connection with tire pro duction for the western states. Tire and. tube production is mount ing as rapidly as western workmen can be trained in t'helr prescribed duties by the experts brought out rom the parent factory at Akron. O., nd has now reached well over 1500 tires and 2500 tubes daily the largest output of any tire factory west of the great tire plants at Akron. Officials ay that by January 1. 1921. the west rn plant will be turning out 3000 tires daily, with a tube output of S000. - The plant Is working continuously 24 hours daily, six days each-week. In three eight-hour shifts. No Sunday work is done except such as Is abso lutely necessary to keep the plant In shape for the shift that begins work Monday morning. This is in keeping with Goodyear policy, for the com pany hati long held that workmen to j be efficient should have one day of rest out of seven. I The construction men are rapidly completing their tasks and making way for the skilled tire makers. The employment department is taking on men dally, building up a' strong per sonnel to the end that maximum pro duction may be reached early. In a section of the city which was formerly dark and dismal at night, the brilliantly lighted factory, with its myriads of electric lights guiding the workmen in their night tasks, presents a wonderful spectacle and attracts hundreds of motorists in that direction each evening to view the sight. The extension of the street car line from the site of the old Ascot grandstand to the main entrance of the factory, a mile distant, provides ample car service for all employes, so that easy access to the plant is pos sible from any part of the city. The section now occupied by the big plant has undergone a trans formation unequaled by any similar area in the west since the war. In less than 14 months a cabbage patch worked by a half dozen Japs has be come the support of an army of 2600 workers and the source of tire supply' for many -thousands of automobile users in 12 western states and in the foreign countries across the Pacific. The demand for the product is still greater than the present capacity of the western factory, but officials are hopeful of catching up with this de mand as rapidly as a sufficient work ing force can be trained to produce western tires.- Despite this handicap, however, the total amount of business for 1920 is running well ahead, of last year. fully run in Paris on a mixture of benzol and alcohol. Benzol being a coal-tar product, resulting from frac tional distillation and usually extract ed of 'washed' from coal or household gas, the supplies of benzol are depend ent on the supplies of bituminous coal and habitually contingent on the good will of the gas companies. "However, the alcohol used is ex tracted from vegetable matter,, and consequently there is no limit to the available supply. , The experiments have therefore contemplated a liquid fuel containing as large a proportion of alcohol as-possible. Nevertheless, it appears that neither benzol nor alcohol burns s quickly as gasoline, and the. use of a mixture necessitates the structural modification of the ordinary gasoline engine. "The workshop and road experi ments carried out by the London Gen eral Ominbus company with a mixture of benzol and alcohol in equal propor tions resulted in an efficiency as com pared with gasoline of 12.5 to 15. The experiments in the workshop are said to have dealt successfully with com pression, carburetor setting and heat ing of induction pipes. "An analysis of the exhaust gases showed no unconsumed carbon monox ide. On the road tests it is reported that stoppages took place owing to congestion of the carburetor jets and deposit In the induction pipes. Vari ous mixtures of the two fuels were used, but the 50 per cent mixture proves the most satisfactory, although it impaired the engine to some ex tent." The consul states that investigation of benzol-alcohol in equal proportions gave 6.05 miles to the gallon for the mixture and 7.19 with gasoline. He adds: "The .' advocates of benzol-alcohol claim that the results have proved the efficiency of liquid fuels based on al cohol, . and further tests are to be made with a mixture of alcohol and ether. . "The importance of a home-produced motor fuel as an alternative to or substitute for gasoline is re ceiving increased attention, and scien tific investigation , under govern mental Impetus has given additional interest to this matter." XBW' CAR SEEDS MUCH "OIJj Friction Generated While the Parts Are "Working- In. Many a driver does more damage his car the flrEt week he than during almost any to it thereafter. Often learn thoroughly drives week he does not stop to the directions for driving, and smashes up the gears and scrapes thousands of miles of wear off the tires. - But probably the greatest offense of all Is neglect of oiling. In a new car it takes con siderable time for the parts to get thoroughly worked in. The new car will naturally generate more, friction than one which has been run for some time, so more frequent oiling is advisable. Many auto companies ad vise users against running faster than 25 miles an hour for the first BOO miles. The seating capacity of 6,000,000 automobiles in use in the United States is not less than 3C.000.000 peo ple. . - FUEL SUBSTITUTE TRIED BRITISH GOVERNMENT CARRY ING ON WIDE RESEARCH. Running of Omnibuses in Paris on Mixture of BenzQl and Al cohol Is Cited. WASHINGTON, Sept. 11. Consul H. C. Claiborne, 'at London, reports to the state department that the high prices and increasing demand for gas oline have led to experiments in Eng land for a suitable -substitute motor fuel. "Recent tests carried ou by the London General Ominbus company re sulted in interesting . conclusions of utilitarian character, while the? British government is now conducting wide researches to discover a liquid fuel that will combine satisfactory fea tures from both a scientific and a practical viewpoint. "Some time ago." continues the con sul's report, "ominbuses were success- DELIVERY CARS We have three dandy delivery cars that are nob movini? and de cided to cut the price so low that anyone who has light hauling to do can pick up a big 6nap. : . Overland delivery, fine shape $300 Studebaker delivery, a dandy $300 Maxwell delivery, snap.. 325 COVEY MOTOR CAR COMPANY TIRES i. Standard Makes FACTORY FIRSTS . 6000-Mile Guarantee 28x3 Non-Skid. 30x3 Non-Skid. 30x3i3 Non-Skid. 32x3 i2 Non-Skid. S15.50 13.30 16.35 17.95 23.30 25.50 27.50 28.45 35.00 33.50 31.75 . 29.75 . 33.50 31x4 Non-Skid. 32x4 Non-Skid . 33x4 Non-Skid. 34x4 Non-Skid. 35x4 Non-Skid. 36x4 Non-Skid. 34x412 Non-Skid. 35x412 Non-Skid. 36x412 Non-Skid. CORD TIRES 8000-Mile Guarantee 30x312 Non-Skid . . S26.40 32x3 y2 Non-Skid. 32x4 Non-Skid. 33x4 Non-Skid. 34x4 Non-Skid. 32x412 Non-Skid. 33x412 Non-Skid. 35x412 Non-Skid. 35x5 Non-Skid. 27.30 41.50 42.55 44.50 44.50 46.50 48.50 62.00 Mail Orders Given Prompt i Attention Malcom Tire Co. Broadway and Everett St. Portland, Or. One'of a Chain of Stores CURB CRAZE RUINS TIRE PROFESSOR GRIVDS FABRIC IX , SHORT PERIOD. Lvery Time Driver Scrapes His Tire He Loses Several Dol lars in Rubber. Here Is a little story a true one about a professor in science at Yale and his first automobile, a handsome sedan equipped with everything fan cy, including a set of cord tires: The professor had a lot of fun learning to drive, and got by without a penny of .expense until, after 700 miles of travel, he found that the front tire on the right side of the car was going to pieces. He took the worn tire off and replaced it with new shoe, only to find that it broke down in exactly the same way in less than a thousand miles. Then he talked It over with his tire dealer, who promptly asked him whether in driv ing up to a curb he was in the habit of letting the tire graze along the curb. Receiving an affirmative an swer, the tire man explained tha such treatment would ruin any tire. "Every time a driver allows his tire to scrape along a curb he sfrapes several dollars in wear off the tire says the United States Tire company. lhe grinding causes the rubber cov ering to break away from the aa.rcass and at tims does harm to the carcass Itself." CARS FROM AMERICA Exports Nine Times Heavier -Than Before the War. BRITISH TAKE MANY AUTOS Scandinavian Countries Also Are Coming StTong as Customers fo Motor Cars. DETROIT, Mich.. Sept. It. Auto mobile export demand for the fiscal year Is nine Limes greater than the pre-war mark. Records for the fiscal year 1920 just ended show that auto mobiles and parts of automobiles val ued at $232,252,376 were shipped to foreign countries.. The number of commercial cars ex ported during the 12 months ended June 30 was 24.356. valued at $41. 677.684, as compared with 12.921, val- uel at $33,233,485, in 1919. Passenger car shipments showed an even greater Increase, the total being 115,519, val ued at J125.384.025. as compared with 41,291. valued art $45,852,705, the year before. British Imports Heavy. The United Kingdom led in the im ports of both commercial and passen ger cars, taking 4593 of the former and 17,528 of the latter. Canada was second in both types of cars, taking 2443 commercial and 9933 passenger vehicles. Cuba imported 4663 passen ger cars and 1526 commercial automo biles. Brazil was next behind Canada In imports of passenger cars, taking 6109. British India imported 8144 pas senger cars, and British South Africa 6752. Australia took 5898: Argentina. 3343, and New Zealand, 6238, passen ger cars. The Scandinavian countries also were heavy purchasers of passenger automobiles, Norway taking 3035 and Sweden 4055. Spain purchased 2714; Denmark, 2374; China, 1059; Uruguay, 2741; Peru, 1051; Mexico, 2749; Phil ippine islands, 2444, and Chile, 619. . Frucc Gon Cautiously. France imported only 839 passen ger vehicles, but it took 1392 com mercial cars. Japan purchased 1096 commercial trucks and Mexico 1017. American motorcycles also contin ued in heavy demand, a total of 35,041, valued at 89.560,022, being exported during the fiscal year. The demand for American machines brought with it a corresponding de mand ' for equipment. The value of automobile tires exported during the fiscal year 1920 was 839,919,777,. as compared with 822.630.200 the year before. The total of automobile en gines shipped was 39,421. valued at $6,070,449, compared with 28,445, val ued at $4,434,244. the year before. PliAX LAND-TIMBER EXCHANGE Forest Service Would Preserve ' Beauties of National Forests. A system of land exchange is the solution advanced by the forest ser vice as a means of preserving the natural beauties of forest land with in the national forests having ,a high recreational value. Privately owned timber lands within the boundaries of the national forests could be ex changed with the government., says the forest service, for either timber or timber lands in other parts of gov ernment holdings. The reason for advancing this solu tion, according to service officials, is the difficulty of causing private indi viduals to look after the scenis advan tages of the country from which they are taking much merchantable tim ber. The men of the forest service are admonished to mark only those trees for timber that are back from the roads and do not interfere, by their loss, with the value -Of camp sites, summer home sites and shadow lanes along highways'. v The forest service is making every effort to preserve the natural beau ties of the forests, but what we need is legislation to provide for this sys tem of land exchange," said a prom inent member of the service recently. "Our field men are instructed to mark only those trees that will not inter fere by their loss with the appear ance or the forests, we are leaving fringes of trees along all forest roads and are striving to attain as much In formality as possible in so doing, vls taB are being opened up and road crews are careful to cut only that timber that will obstruct the view of motorists at short turns or which will interfere with, the work of grad ing the roads." victlons, and during the third and last week about 30. Before the campaign began there were practically no arrests for violations of this type. "This campaign is going to be con tinued, every violator of the law who can be apprehended is poins- to he prosecuted energetically and we have every hope that in a short time all damage to the roads, from this source will have ceased." Inspect your tires weekly for cuts and have tihem sealed promptly. iiiiiiiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiiuuiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiiiiiiHiiuuiMiiiiiiiuiiiiiniuiuiiiiiui'i AIRS TRUCKS TO BE MARYLAND BILL TO PRETEXT OVERLOADING ON ROADS. damage to Highways to Be Stopped and Finely Finished High ways Protected. WASHINGTON, Sept. 11. Governor Ritchie of Maryland has set an example in the protection of high ways which, in the opinion of good roads experts of the east, might well be followed by the governor of Wash ington and the executives of all the states. Active steps are being taken by the Maryland road authorities under the direction of Governor Ritchie to 6ave the state roads from being rained by overloaded trucks. Tt is stated that this type of traffic works more barm to the finely finished road than any other, and the most rigid enforcement of the loading laws will be adhered to. For several years the authorities have been protesting against over loaded trucks using the modern and expensive roads and have finally de cided to take drastic action. In a statement' just issued Gover nor RHchie says: "I would like the public to know what is being accomplished toward stopping the damage done to state roads by trucks carrying overloads. This damage, particularly from non resident trucks, has been very serious in the past, and some time ago I asked the state roads commission to co-operate with the motor vehicle commissioner in taking all possible steps to protect the roads from dan ger. "The state . roads commissioners have co-operated to this end most ef fectively. Permanent scales were placed on the ' Washington road and the Belatr road, and all trucks which glv,e any Indication of. .carrying an overload are weighed. In addition to this four- portable scales are being moved constantly ' from -road to road where conditions vcalj for them. "The result is that during the first week of the campaign 64 arrests were made, followed by convictions in prac tically every case. During the second week there were 12 arrests and con- - neres a cVouch or cyomorrxju zn zfll Cole Z)oes OGcfczy You Do Not Sacrifice Economy To Get Maximum Power In An efero-EiGHT When the Ce MerojEAcm reduced all records by hours on its recent non-stop run from Portland to San Francisco, averaging 12K miles per gallon of fuel, over 852 miles that ranged from the heights of the Siskiyou Mountains to the almost impassable de tours of rugged Oregon, it proved that economy is not sacrificed to get power in an Aero-Excm, Just as the tfrro-EiGHT is designed to deliver in excess of 15,000 miles on tires so is it built to negotiate from 12 to 14 miles per gallon of fuel while develop ing 80 horsepower and affording an acceleration of from 10 to 30 miles in 10 seconds. 15,000 MILES ON TIRES 50f Greater Fuel Efficiency Zero Balance Roadability Less Annual Depreciation 0 Cole Motor Car Company. Indianapolis. U.S.A. Creators o"f J7danced cWoior (2ar-j NORTHWEST AUTO CO., Inc. 18th and AMer Streets, Portland, Oregon. Owing to the former gas shortage and other more or less unsettled conditions, we have a few cars that have remained on our salesroom floor longer than the allotted time which we wish to dis pose of at once. These cars will be sold at a big discount over their former prices so as to move them without further delay. Look them over at once. You will undoubtedly find just what you have been looking for, . 1916 COLE 8 A beautiful car, good looking, good tires, good top, upholstery and new paint. Thi3 is a" most remarkable buy. SPECIALLY PRICED AT .---S975 BUTCK 6 An extremely desirable car. Have been holding this car at a much higher price ; good looking, good tires, good finish and new top. SPECIALLY PRICED AT S1000 CHANDLER, late model, 7 passenger; must go at once ; new paint, seat covers ; a car worth several hundred dollars more than we will ask at this time. SPECIALLY PRICED AT -81250 THREE 1919 MODEL 90 Overland touring cars; we must have the room and cars will be sold to first three applicants on easy terms. SPECIALLY PRICED AT, EACH: S650 REO ROADSTER A thoroughly desirable and at tractive roadster, 3 passenger, good finish, top, up holstery, tires and mechanically O. K. Must dis pose of it at once. Terms. SPECIALLY PRICED AT S750 REO TOURING car, a 1914 model but rebuilt with slanting windshield, new one-man top, plate-glass back in top, wonderful mechanical shape; a car you . would be proud to own. SPECIALLY PRICED AT S400 ONE STUDEBAKER Roadster at S475 ONE STUDEBAKER Touring at S275 We are prepared to arrange easy terms with you on any of these cars. A small deposit will secure your choice for a few days. WE ARE OPEN SUNDAYS I COVEY MOTOR I I CAR COMPANY I WASHINGTON ST. AT 21ST MAIN 6244 FiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiH REPUB LIC Is RUO We have never said that Republic Trucks were the best in the world, but we do know that numer ous business firms that have owned the most expensive makes are now buying Republics. Roberts Motor Car Co. Inc. Largest Exclusive Truck Dealers in the . Northwest. Vancouver, Wash. Boise, Idaho Portland, Or. mm Inn the past 11 months.