THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND, SEPTEMBER 19, 1920 - 5
ON THE ROAD TO KLAMATH FALLS BY FORD SEDAN.
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Crops Are Fine Everywhere,
Declares W. J. McCallum.
GRAIN AND FRUIT GOOD
Northwest Auto Company's Man
ager Back From Long Trip
in Oregon and Washington.
BUSINESS
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.Quite an extensive business - trip
through the Pacific northwest, in
eluding both western and eastern
"Washington and eastern Oregon, has
just been concluded by W. J. McCal
lum. manager of the Northwest Auto
company. He was on the trip about
ten days and had a good opportunity
to study the crop situation. He says
that the crops In Washington and
eastern Oregon give every indication
of being very heavy. And as Mr. Mc
Callum used to be with the Interna
tional Harvester company, he is a
much better Judge of crops than the
casual traveler would be.
"In the Mount Vernon and Everett
country," said Mr. McCallum, "the
oat crop will be tremendous. Al
though some damage was done by re
cent heavy rains, necessitating the
cutting of the crop one way only, it
looks to average from 100 to 120 bush
els to the acre, which is a huge har
vest, indeed.
Fruit Demand Better.
"The grain crops are exceptionally
good everywhere and the fruit mar
ket is standing up with good demand
and encouraging prices. Yakima is in
a very prosperous condition and all
lines are showing up exceptionally
fine, excepting the peach crop, which,
on account of late frosts, is s-hort.
"There seems to be a so-called
money scare which has made financ
ing in most lines of business rather
tight, but this is more psychological
than anything else and there is no
apparent reason for it. The country's
leading benkers are all agreed that
the nation Is in sound financial con
dition and there is no need for alarm.
"Faith in the country's future pros
perity and stability was demonstrated
to me many times on my trip," con
tinued Mr. McCallum. "I called upon
our dealers for the purpose of making
up factory shipping schedules forthe
1921 season nd taking orders for
their requirements in our lines of cars
for this period. I was very surprised
to find that new orders for the tern
tory covered showed an increase of
almost 100 per cent over any previous
season since we have been in business.
Many at Spokane Fair.
From Yakima Mr. McCallum con
tinued through the Palouse country
and to Spokane, where he attended the
interstate fair. He said the attend
ance was the largest by several thou
sands ' that this fair had ever had.
with exhibits unusual in both number
and quality.
"On this trip," said Mr. McCallum. "I
found two kinds of business men: the
one who felt the bottom was going
to drop out of everything and the
one who was up and "coming with an
assurance that he will get his share
of the business this coming year and
make as much money as ever.
"These men are to be found, not
only in the automobile industry, but
in other lines as well, and I came to
the conclusion that the real business
men are those who feel there is no
cause for holding back."
WHITE WINES GET TRUCKS
SEW YORK TO HAVE MOTOR
STREET CLEANING.
Obsolete Equipment to Be Junked
and 2 12 New Machines
Placed on Duty.
To replace obsolete equipment, the
city of New York has decided to equip
its street department with motor
trucks entirely. The superior speed,
economy and reliability of motor
equipment led to this decision; it was
especially prompt f by the losses,
amounting to millions of dollars,
whieh were caused by delays in re
moving snow from the streets follow
ing the storms of last winter. As a
result of this decision the city of New
York has Just placed an order for 212
White five-ton dump trucks with the
White company of Cleveland. Ohio.
In abandoning the obsolete equip
ment which bad been used in the
past, and In motoring the department,
the officials of New York had first to
consider dependability of operation.
Practically without notloe. when a
ctorm comes up. the full equipment of
the street department must be called
into operation to clear the way for
traffic The equipment wh'ch has this
task to perform must not only be
flexible and efficient, but it must be
reliable in the highest degree. Any
lack of readiness in the equipment
would result Immediately in delay in
traffic and in heavy loss to the busi
ness houses of the city.
As a part of the plan for the fu
ture clearing of the pavements after
storms, the officials of New York city
have standardised on the White
trucks, not only to secure the eco
nomical rnd reliable operation which
they expect of this equipment, but for
th. sake of the uniformity of opera
tion and the advantage of exchange
ability of parts, coupled with the
smaller investment in repair parts
whieh is made possible by standard
ising. Apart from the orders placed by the
various governments during the war.
this is probably the largest order for
motor trucks ever placed with a sin
gle manufacturer by a municipality,
and the bill will run into a million
and a half dollars. It was only after
considering the entire truck market
and the claims of every make that
the order was placed.
BRAKES XEED INSPECTION"
All Parts of System Should Be Ex
amined Semi-AVeekly.
The usual method of inspecting the
brake system is altogether too per
functory for this essential part. As a
matter of fact, all parts of the brake
system ought to be tested every two
weeks. The pins and devices should
be examined, and it should be ascer
tained that none of the bearings has
froxen because of rusting. The con
dition of the brake lining should be
examined, and it must b. ascertained
that t action is uniform on opera
tion c pedal or lever. See that all
pins a4d nuts are properly secured by
eotte" or some other locking means.
Likewise the bearings should be oiled.
r ti't fail
tha road.
to observe the rules of
Del Wrlfcht, mannePr or the Portland branch of the William L. HuRhunn
company, recently drove by Ford aedan on a territory trip to Klamath
Kalla. He went by way of the Pacific hiftaway to Anhland and Horn
. brook. Cal.. finding roadn very pood, dew pit e construction work.; thence
via Asrer over the mountain to Klamath Kallf. 'i here 1m one hill on this
route where every car of any make in aald to boll before ranch in it the
top. Twelve mile from Klaniat h F'alln Mr. Wright bad the ticrn
ciatinpr experience of runnlnff out of Knaollne. The top picture ahowa
the HuKbuon manasjer and hi aedan. anapped there without a drop to
drive on. A ataice driver comlna; alona; readied them with enousrh a;aa
ollne to so Into Klamath Falla. The lower picture ahowa the croaalna;
of the Klamath river near Klamath hot apringa. William C'oplan, terri
tory man for Federal trucka with the Hughtton org anlaatlon, accompa
nied Mr. Wrlarht.
CHEVROLET RANKS FIRST
OFFICIAL STANDINGS ISSUED
FOR RACE DRIVERS.
A .A. A.
to
Contest Board Gives Places
Stand I'ntil Thanks
giving Day.
LOS ANGELES. Sept. 18. Chairman
Richard Kennerdell of the A. A. A.
contest board has just given out the
official standings of the drivers in the,
battle for the speedway championship
for 1910. These standings are official
and complete to date and will'not be
changed until the Thanksgiving day
250-mile race at Beverly Hills, Los
Angeles, which is the only remaining
event of the season carrying cham
pionship points. The points follow:
Gaston Chevrolet 10:W)
Tommy VtUon :tO
Jimmy Murphy Str
Kalph Defalma , tt'..
Rene Thomas (, rJtl
Ralph Mulforil 3."0
Joe Thomas li'.Wi
Eudie Hearne '2
Ira Vail 140
In recognition of the class of the
Los Angeles event the total number
of points to be divided among- tne
first ten pilots to finish at Beverly
Hills has been boosted until it. totals
1J00 points, which will be divided as
follows:
First ."so
Second , 'JrtO
Third HO
Fourth : SO
Fifth SO
Sixth ..t 3-
Seventh 5
Eighth 13
Ninth 10
Tenth . . . . 5
From a perusal of these figures it
is apparent that the championship is
not yet won or lost by a Ions shot
and any one of the four leading
drivers can capture the championt-hiP
honors by ovinntng this race. The
enormous difference between first
place and all the others makes it
more than likely that .the man who
wins first place at Beverly will win
the .championship.
Ralph De Palma, for instance, mife'ht
win the race and get 580 points,
bringing his total for the season up to
1185. This would win him the cham
pionship unless either Gaston Chev
rolet or Tommy Milton won second
piace. as the total of 260 points for
second would give Chevrolet i:;yo or
Milton 1100. In short, pretty nearly
anything is liable to happen to upset
the present arrangement of thitigd
and heave Chevrolet out of the lead.
A most interesting feature of the
figures is the fact that two of the
pilots, Chevrolet and Murphy, won
the vast majority of their points in
the early season races and haven't
done so very well since. Chevrolet
got 1000 of his 1030 points for win
ning at Indianapolis, while 500 out of
Jimmy Murphy's 805 points were Won
when the little Irishman cleaned up'
on everybody in the 250-mile race at
Beverly early in the year.
Milton, on the other hand, has piled
THIS DORT CAR WILL TRAVEL SOME.
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H. L. Mle, traveling salesman for
or nix nrvr uort tourlnir car. standing is It. J. Wareham. anlmman for
the Northwest Auto company, distr Ibutor of the Dort. Mr. Mies cavers
all or Oregon lor bis firm and travels by auto In making his towns.
up his points by persistent placing in
the big races, scoring third at Indian
apolis and second at Elgin. Murphy,
besides his win at Los Angeles, took
t fourth at Indianapolis and third at
Elgin. Ralph De r alma was shut out
at Los Angeles, took fifth at Indian
apolis and first at Elgin. The recent
Uiiontown race, which was won bv
I Milton wltb Murphy second, was not
championship event and carried no
points with it.
WHY TIRES DON'T GO DOWN'
One Reason Is Carelessness of Mo
torists Themselves.
Ten million casings to the grave
yard of lost auto tire mileage for
1920! So enormous a wastage cannot
fail to exercise an influence on tire
prices. Indeed the figure is a con
servative one, that 50 per cent of the
40,000.000 tires manufactured this
year will he sufficiently cared for
to permit them to deliver half of the
mileage built into them by the
makers.
The motorist who is hoping for a
price cut that h may buy tires for
less than present levels is overlook
ing this and other factors that de
termine costs. The law of supply and
demand in good tires is operating
against reductions and towards high
er prices. Manufacturing, overhead
and distributing expenses have al
ready been cut to the bone by new
and improved machinery and
methods.
"Before the war" prices already
pTevall among most standard makers.
Prices are lower now than they were
ten years ago. And this does not
take Into account that tire mileage,
with the Miller company for instance,
has more than doubled, and that this
cost-per-mile basis is the only real
way to determine mileage. If mile
age were taken into account, actual
cost per mile is less than half as
much as ten years ago.
With uncertain costs of labor and
materials, it is by no means certain
that present price levels can long
be'' stabilized. Within the past year
there has been only one general price
change recorded. Another factor
necessarily affecting tire prices, both
directly and indirectly is the rail
road rate increase.
Later every one of the 10,000,000
casings prematurely junked must be
replaced with a new tire." With tire
production cut down temporarily, due
to present conditions, the motorist
will do well to buy against a pos
sible shortage. He will certainly not
directly and indirectly, and there may
be an advance.
WHAT'S A CLINCHER TIRE?
Here's Difference Between Clincher
and Straight-Side Type.
AVhen a tire salesman says, "What
will you have, Q. D. clincher or
straight slide, or regular clincher?"
what do you say? Here are the talk
ing points that will give you confi
dence and relieve your embarrass
ment. "Q. ." stands for quick detachable.
A Q. D. tire simply slides on and off
the rim, requiring no stretching.
Generally the outside flange or edge
of 'the rim is also detachable so that
this can be done. Some of these
tires are used on split rims which
are easily forced "out-of-round."
Some quick detachable casings are
built with a clinch or hook which
fits into the flanges of the rim, which
are also hooked. Others do not have
this clinch but are straight. This
-TV,
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the Clyde Rquipment oompnmy, at vrheel
has given rise to the term "straight
side."
The quick detachable casing with
me cuncn to nold it on the rim
was the original type. The straight
tdaiiig represents an lmprov
mem or later development in the
quicK aeiacnaDie, eliminating innum-
eraDie rim cuts, according to Miller
ituDDer company officials. It w
0
8 iJJil
found that a wire bead Imbedded in
the bead edge Of a tire was sufficient
to hold it on the rim without the
aid of the hook.
The fact is that there are two types
of hard non-flexible beads Q. D.
clincher and Q. D. straight side. The
term clincher simply Indicates that
the tire has a clinch. A regular
clincher has an elastic bead that the
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THE FRANKLIN SEDAN
" TOnrORISTS are turning to the Franklin Sedan
A in large numbers because they are convinced
that it does what a car should do.'
20 miles to the gallon of gasoline .
12,500 miles to the set of tires
50 slower yearly depreciation
Taken together, these results indicate the greatest
automobile efficiency.
Taken separately, they are the best evidence of an
other kind of efficiency, even more important.
120 miles to the
f gasoline also
Light weight and less friction make the Franklin
roll more easily than any other car. Easy-rolling
light weight not only uses less gasoline, but is safer
and easier to start, to stop, and to guide.
2 12,500 miles
set of tires
The Franklin does not pound out tires. Neither
does it jolt nor jar its riders. Comfort and tire
economy depend upon the same -thing flexibility
in which the Franklin stands alone.
O 50 slower yearly
depreciation
Depreciation is the best gauge of car reliability.
Franklin quality of, materials and kind of construc
tion give less trouble and require fewer repairs over
a longer life.
Complete demonstration at any time
BRALY AUTO COMPANY
601 Washington St., Portland
FRANKLIN MOTOR. CAR CO., The Dalles,
Or.
MEDPORD AUTO CO., Medford, Or.
HILLAMETTE MOTOR CO, Albany, Or.
tire may be stretched in applying,
while a Q. D. clincher has a wire
bead.
Regular clincher tires are ordin
arily used on small cars. This In
cludes tire sizes up to and including
31x4, with the exception of the 32x
Zte. Tires above this size are ordin
arily built Q. D. straight side. Quick
detachable clincher types are coins
Easy
to the
proves
gallon
means
Comfort
Reliability
indicates
DEALERS!
MARION AITO CO., Salem, Or.
ROWAN, 8KYI.ES AUTO CO, Astoria. Or-
LIBERTY ALTO CO Vancouver, Wash.
out of U6e. For those motorists who
have old style rims, a bead filler has
been' perfected so that straight side
tires may be used without inviting
rim cutting;.
Reorganizing BethLehem.
ALLENTOWN, Pa.. Sept. 18.
Bethlehem Motors corporation, which
Control
W. W. MprOtLMACK, Eurie, Or.
CLACKAMAS COUNTY AITO fc TRACTOR.
CO, Oregon Cly, Or.
ACKLEY Ai MILLER, Tillamook. Or.
is continuing production under re
ceivership, manufactured 450 trucks
in August and has started a schedule
for September of 504 trucks. In a
short time reorganization plans are to
be announced. New administration
heads are to be added.
For the Ignition.
Do not forget that the ground con
nection of the ignition circuit should',
have a dependable connection to the.
metal parts of the car. If the con
nection is at all loose or is made by
including the. wire under a nut or,
being tightened, and the end of the .
bolt head the metal parts should be
well cleaned and made bright 'before
of brass soldered to the wire.