THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND, ' SEPTEMBER 19. 1920
CANADIANS TRAVEL FAR INM920 SCRIPPS-BOOTH SIX
ON TRIP EAST
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we give" it new life
Eugene Habel Proves Fast
Mark Payipg.
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FREIGHT CARS ARE SCARCE
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Aato Center? Visited and Situation
Canvassed In Record
Journey.
Concluding a flying buaines trip
that challenges comparison for speed
and results, Eugene C. Habel', ma na
ffer cf the Manley Auto company, re
turned to Portland last Monday nigrit,
exactly ten days from the time he left
Portland for a tour of eastern auto
mobile centers. By sleeping; every
nig-ht on the train and jumping spryly
from his Pullman to an automobile
factory and back again, Mr. Habel
managed to fulfill his business mis
sions in Detroit, St. Louis and Cleve
land in record time.
The principal object of the trip was
to get assurances thet more cars
would be sent immediately to the
Manley Auto company, and before he
le-ft the Hupmobile factory in De
trait and the Stearns-Knig-ht factory
in Cleveland he was treated to The
siffht of seeing many a carload labeled
and put on the tracks bound for
Portland, Or.
F'rclstfct ( an Still Scarce.
"The freight-car shortage in Detroit
Is so serious that many Hupmobile
distributors have been obliged to ship
cars from Detroit to Chicago and,
place the machines aboard the trains
at the latter city," said Mr. Habel.
"A large steamship line has just been
established to carry nothing but auto
mobiles between the two cities.
"Although It meant a considerable
extra expense, Mr. Manley and I felt
justified in taking this means of ob
taining enough of these cars to sup
ply the heavy demand for them.
"In the hope that other dealers
might cancel allotments, many of the
dealers have stationed large crews
around the factories In Detroit ready
to grab any cars that might be avail
able for drlve-aways to their" home
salesrooms. Every hotel and lodging
house near the Hupmobile factory is
jammed with men awaiting sucb an
opportunity.
"Anticipating the continued demand
for cars, the Hupmobile factory has
Just completed a factory s addition
three tsories high, covering a full
block and containing every modern
convenience and efficiency device
k nown In automobile manufacturing.
"With this added space, factory offi
cials hope to produce about .35.000
cars in 1921."
Foreign Demand Large.
Mr. Habel reports that there is a
foreign demand for 50 per cent of the
Hupmobile output, but that only 25
per cent of the production will be al
lowed to leave American shores.
At Cleveland, where the Steams
Knight is built, the freight-car con
gestion was not bo pronounced, and
Mr. Habel expects the Manley firm to
receive enough of the Knight-motored
cars to take care of the Oregon
demand.
"The manufacturers do not mention
the prospect of a price Increase, but
I noticed that they were making an
effort to keep up production, and
some of the officials In charge of
production of the more popular cars
tiinted that they hoped to keep prices
down by augmenting production' said
Mr. Habel.
'The Hupmobile factory was work
ing overtime on orders that had piled
tip 0 days before and there was no
relief In sight. However, as Is usually
the case when a Pacific coast man
travels all the way to Detroit, they
were very courteous to me and set
aside all the cars available when I
visited the factory."
AUTO DEALERS MEET HERE
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CALGARY FARMER AXO HIS WIPE ANI CAR IN WHICH THEVTOIRED FROM ALBERT A TO LOS A-CBLES
' . AND SAN IIKiO AND BACK AGAIN.
H. L. Probst of Calctary. Alta.. a Scrippa-Booth owner recently through Tortland on a loin tour ?rom Albprta
to Ios Angreles and return, has written W. E. Worth of the Portland branch . of the Scripps-Booth company here
that he and his wife have completed their tour without the leaM trouble with the car. "Roads in Colifornia and
southern Oregon are good." he says, "though there are several detours yet. The scenery has been beautiful,
although I think Canada is entitled to some praise. We haven't your forests but we are a great country. 1 would
change the old slogan, "Go west, yoing man." to "Go north, young man. and grow up with this country, as there
are many opportunities an enterprising younj? man can take advantage of."
SHUTTER WARMS MOTOR
Hl'DSON-KSSKX D EV1CK KKF.PS
THE ENGINE -RIGHT'
fiTATK-Wl IE EMPLOYMENT BC
ESTABLISHED.
KEAU
E.' C. Jones Named Permanent Sec
retary of Oregon Automotive
j ,' ,lealers' Association.
Members of the executive commit
tee of the Oregon State Automotive
realera" association, at a meeting: in
Portland' last week, elected E. C.
Jones as permanent secretary; of the
organization. Mr. Jones, who is- now
"bookkeeper for the Willys-Overland
Pacific company, will assume his
duties "on October 1.
Kobert E. Manner, field secretary
for the National Automobile Dealers'
association, has acted as temporary
secretary since the formation of the
Oregon state body some months ago,
with the understanding that after he
had aided In the preliminary organiz
ing work, a permanent secretary
would be named to succeed him so
that he could return to his work with
the national body. The committee
gave him a vote of thanks for bis
assistance.
The committee adopted an official
emblem for members similar to that
used by the California state dealers'
organization, discussed the gasoline
situation and established an em
ployment bureau for automobile sales
men and mechanics. This bureau,
which wil be statewide in scope, for
the present will have headquarters in
the Willys-Overland building here.
Those attending were W. A. John
son, president, of The Dalles; Homer
Koss of McMinn ville. O. B. Mont of
Haker, Mark Cameron of Hood River,
H. H. Eling and A. S. Robinson of
Portland.
Cool in Warm Climes, and Warm in
Cool Ones, It Saves Worry
' to the Car Owner.
For a good many years after au
tomobiles were first built, the prob
lem that worried the designer was
how to keep the motor from over
heating. The low grade fuels that
the motorists must use today, how
ever, have almost resulted in the re
versing of this situation, for one of
the most difficult problems automo
bile engineers have had to meet in
the past few years has been' how to
keep their motors at the ideal operat
ing temperature in order properly to
vaporize the fuel.
Every motorist knows that a cold
motor is not efficient. Particularly
in these days when the gasoline we
buy is not as volatile as it ued to
be. a cold motor is almost sure to
behave badly. Uack of power, miss
ing cylinders, and a generally unsat
isfactory performance can be ex
pected on a cool morning until the
motor has had a chance to get well
warmed up.
Not only is this annoying, but real
damage to the motor may result, ex
plains C. L.. Boss, Hudson and Essex
distributor. "With a cold motor, the
driver naturaly uses an extremely
rich mixture until the motor warms
up. Almost raw gas is fed Into the
cylinders, and some of It unexploded.
cuts the oil from, the cylinder walls,
and passes the piston rings and drops
into the crank case, where it dilutes
the lubricating oil and greatly de
creases its lubricating qualities. Then.
under hard usage, a bearing may burn
out.
These are the conditions automo
bile engineers set about to remedy
by insuring that the . motor would
heat . up as rapidly as possible. The
only simple and logical way to insure
that end was to shut off the passage
of the air through the radiator while
the motor was warming. That is
hat the radiator shutter on the
Hudson super-six and Essex does, and
it is a feature that the experienced
motorist appreciates.
"The average business man who
drives down town in the morn ing,
uses his car at intervals during the
day, and drives back at night, never
has his motor at efficient operating
temperaf Aire, unless his car has the
shutter device. I have tested it out
time and' again, and, with the shutter
tightly closed, it will take two miles
of driving to bring the heat of the
Hudson and Essex motors up to the
point of full . efficiency. You can
imagine how much driving it would
take to get the same effect with a
full circulation of air through the
radiator. . -
"To get real efficiency and utmost
mileage from present-day. gasoline,
the motorist should operate at a tem
perature Of around 175 to 180 de
grees. With the moto-meter on the
radiator cap and the shutter adjust
ment at his hand on the dash, it' is
an easy matter for the Hudson and
Essex driver to keep his motor con
stantly at the most efficient temperature."
tions in the last quarter, making a
total of about $11 a share placed be
hind the common stock this year.
Kor the six months ending June 30
Republic Motor Truck company re
ports net earnings bf4re deducting
federal taxes at $1,741,618. as com
pared with $188,751 in the same period
of 1919. Net earnings before taxes
during the first half of the present
year were at the annual rate of
$3,483,236. or $2,000,000 greater than
the best previous net earnings before
taxes of $1,485,082 in 1918 and more
than three times greater than net
earnings before taxes of $862,902 in
1!U0.
In other words. Republic Truck's
net earnings before taxes in the first
six months of 1920 were greater than
net earnings before taxes in any pre
vious 12-month period.
It Is doubtful if- the company's
earnings the last half of the year will
equal those of the first six months.
There has been a general falling oft
in motor truck buying, which has af
fected Republic as well as most other
truck producers, but it is believed the
demand will be stimulated this fail,
when motor trucks are expected to
be used more extensively in alleviat
ing the country's transportation prob
lems. divide1oWmppeb
FOREST SERVICE ENGINEERS
XE.IH EXI) OF WORK.
DUPLICATE HAULS COSTLY
GASOLINE WASTE RESULTS
FROM PARALLEL ROUTES.
Looution of Grades Favorable and
Indications Are lor Success
ful Highway.
KL'GEXB, Or., Sept. 18. (Special.)
The forest service reconnaisance
parly that started work in July at
Crater lake to map out a route for
Ihe proposed skyline highway along
the summit of the Cascade mountains
has reached Obsidian cl'.ffa, in Lane
county, only & few miles from the
McKenzie river highway, according
to X. F. Macduff, supervisor of the
Cascade national forest, who has just
returned from a ten days' trip through
the forest.
Members of the party have sent
word to Mr. Macduff that from Dia
mond lake to the old military road
over the summit by way of Wil
lamette pass a very easy grade has
been found. Mr. Macduff says that
from his own personal observations
he knows there 1b an easy route from
that point to the McKenzie river high
way. ,orth or the McKenzie highway
the skyline highway will of necessity
have to extend to lower levels, owing
to the vast lava beds on the summit
and for several miles west of it in
eastern Lane, Linn and western
Deschutes counties. It would be prac
tically an Impossibility to build
through the lava beds, says Mr. Mac
duff. -
The party, which is headed by M. A.
Johnson, engineer in the forest ser
vice, and F". W. Cleator, landscape en
gineer, expected to reach Mount Hood
before-Hie winter storms set in, but
judging from the progress they have
made thus far it is doubtful if tucy
will get that far this year.
POWER CUT, PUNT WORKS
S1TDBBAKER TSES OAS MOTOR
AUXILIARY EUCINES.
'Automobile workers are 99 per cent
American citizens in the Liberty Mo
tor Car company at Detroit.
Consorvaf ion Needs Awaken
TIiourIiI on Necessity of Doing
Away With Practice.
The consumption of gasoline by the
truck and passenger car hasneces
sltated serious thought in the future
conservation of it. In all probability
the truck owner does not know just
how many small sbort hauls his fleet
of trucks make per d&y over the same
ground, exactly over the same streets
to places within a few blocks of each
other, and in addition to this it is
more than possible that these short
haul loads were not full loads at that,
all of which burns -unnecessary gaso
line. To meet conditions of this kind and
to cut down the necessity of trucks
and delivery wagons being forced to
"run back and forth," and to save
gasoline, the trailer was made
Sad, but true, the average truck
owner or purchasing agent is not
fully awake to what advantages the
trailer has. and they settle themselves
back into the rut by saying the busi
ness isn't large enough, or that they
have trucks to handle it. and any one
of a hundred things. They do them
selves a great injustice by not looking
up the reasons for a trailer,, because
there are more good ones for having
a trailer than for not having one.
Just ask a man that uses a trailer
what he thinks of it and listen to him
boost. He will tell you that he can
deliver more work in shorter time and
at a less cost than he did before he
used it. He will tell you it has no
upkeep cost and is always ready to
increase the efficiency of his service.
He will also tell you' that his gaso
line bill is less in comparison with
the material delivered than it was
before. t
Those truck operators who are giv
ing prompt deliveries are looking into
the possibilities of trailer equipment,
because they know and appreciate the
advantages obtained from their use.
The trouble with the others is that
they feel it is going to cost money to
find out, .but this is a wrong idea.
Salesmen for trailer manufacturers
are more than willing to explain why
a trailer is a benefit, without placing
you under any obligation whatever.
The only way to be progressive is
to learn the latest improvements, but
you cannot do Uiis without questions,
and no one expects you to pay for the
privilege.
Italian. Taxes Hih.
The Ttalfan automobile industry is
seriously alarmed at the nw horse
power taxes, just voted, to go Into
effect next January. These taxes are
so high that the smallest car pro
duced in Italy will pay $250 a year
tax. The import on the four-cylinder
37 horse power Lancia will be $1130
annually and that on the new 12
oylinder Lancia, to be produced in
January will be $3000 a year. These
taxes were imposed to gratify the
socialists. President Agnelli of the
Fiat company has informed the so
cialists that, unless the government
modifLes- the. decree. 15.000 workmen
will be dismis&ed from the Turin fac
tories within a year.
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clude that you need a new one. ;l More
often than not it can be repaired.
No one can tell this, however, without opening
the battery. We will test it for you without
charge. Our experts working with scientific
instruments quickly locate the trouble. If we
have to open the battery we do it in your pres
ence so you can see what repairs are needed.
No matter what make of battery you use wi
are not satisfied unless you get the maximum
amount of service from it. In helping you to
get this we are "aided by being able to use Vesta
patented features in the repairs.
Our repairs are guaranteed for six months. Drive
in today and let us examine your battery. You
can't drive in after your battery fails.
Gibson Electric Garage and Storage Battery Co.
Alder at Twelfth
has them
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WHY THEY HAVE GOOD ROADS
Onllfornians Par S3O.OO0.O0t
Aside From Bond Issues. ' '
Beg-inninp with and . including 1911,
the year in which the present highway
eomminsion was created, entirely dis
tinct from the state bond issues 29
counties in California, by direct tax
and by the issuance of county bonds,
have contributed for the improvement
of their respective road systems more
than S30.000.000.
The total road mileage of California,
as shown by the United States bureau
of public roads, is more than S1.OO0
miles, nearly 10.000 miles of which
are surfaced with nearly 6000 miles
paved; . the . latter consisting of over
4000 miles of country road and about
1400 miles of state highway.
This splendid record of achievement
Is largely the result of a vigorous and
well-planned campaign conducted by
the state of California, the interesting
. details of which are told by Wisner
Gillette Scott in M0T0R. '
Orders and Output Cpheld Even
When. Electric .Current Is
Curtailed.
DETROIT, Mich.. Sept. 18. Stude
baker Corporation's production is not
being: interfered with, despite the fact
that the Detroit Kdison company has
been jmpplying Detroit motor ' cur
manufacturers with only haif their
normal power requirements.
Through the employment cf larger
night Miifts and the use of auxiliary
gasoline motor power plants. Stude
baker Is making up for the1 reduc
tion in electrical power.
Studebaker has on hand a substan
tial amount of unfilled orders and .la.i
no finished' cars in stock. Only a few
dealers are in position to make imme
diate deliveries and the company still
finds it necessary to allot production
on a percentage basis.
Current- earnings are running at a
rate which indicates net protil; of
12.000.000 after Federal taxes In the
third quarter. This would bp equiva
lent to about $4 a share on S60.000.000
common stock after preferred divi
dends and compares with S3.0UC.9t5,
or 14.71 a share, earned on Xnt oin
mon after taxes in the previous vhiee
months. Studebaker's high record for
earnings' in one quarter was during
the first three months of this year.
when net profits were J4. 472, 092. after
federal taxes and preferred dividends
of 7 a share. ' .
On a basis of net profits of $.",.000
000 after federal taxes in the third
quarter at the end of the nine months
to September 30, 1920, Studebaker will
have earned approximately (15.75
share on its common stock. Deduct
ing $7 a share for the cash -dividend
for the full year, there remains $8.75
a share added to the value- of the
common. This should he Increased
by. at least t 2. 2 5 a share from opera-
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Complete Line
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3'2-ton
5- ton
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LEXINGTON CLIMB VICTOR
TWO OP THEM ARE FIRST IT
' PIKE'S PEAK.
Labor Day Race to Height of 14.-
00 0 Feet Captured After Hard
Struggle in a Storm.
Against the largest field of com
petitors probably ever entered in the
national Plke'9 Peak hill-climbing
contest, two Lexing"ton Thorobred
6port models swept the platter clean
on Monday (Lbor day). This vic
tory was one of the real surprises
of the year in motor racing. Tin-
Lexingtons finished first and second
in the free-for-all and took first and
second honors in the 300 cubic inch
class.
The two cars, stock in every par
tlcular except that they had been
equipped with special bodies, were
pitted against cars of special design
and of much greater cost. So close
was the struggle between the leaders
that only five seconds separated Otto
Loesche in Lexington No. 7, which
finished first, and Al dine in Lex
ington No. 6, which finished second.
The time of the winning car for the
12Vz-mlle climb was 22 minutes and
2o 2-u seconds.
Fifteen cars started. Only 13 fin
ished. The race was one of the
most thrilling on record. The aver
age grade of the highway is 7 Vi per
cent, with a maximunf of 10 per cent.
The course is a series of dangerous
turns, with hardly a quarter of mile
of straightaway track.
The race was run for over half
of the distance through a blinding
snow and sleet storm and heavy fog.
Some idea of what this climb means
may be gained from the fact that the
road rises from .an elevation of a
little more than 5000 feet to 14.109
feet, or practically three miles above
eea level in the 12V4-mtle course.
of fuel for their cars, and taken in
connection with the opening up to
motorists of the reeion of the Dolo
mites the Venexia Trideiuma and
other places that not so long ago bore
the brunt of modern warfare.
ITALY LIFTS BAN' ON GAS
Tourists Sow Iaj- Obtain Yp to
5 0 Gallons Monthly. -Through
a ruling recently obtained
from the Italian fuel administration
by the ente nazionale per Industrie
turlstiche (national bureau for tourist
industries) it Is now possible for for
eign visitors motoring through or in
Italy to obtain 200 kilograms of gaso
line a month, or well over 50 gallons.
This will do away with the difficulty
hitherto experienced by tourists in
Italy in procuring a sufficient amount
Trucks
Only Truck Built With
3 Final Drives
Timken Worm "
Internal Gear -
J Double Reduction
Notice to Dealers: Write, your territory may be open.
i W. C. Garbe, Inc. 5
Formerly Oregon Motor Car Co. sj
. ' " DISTRIBUTORS
" BROADWAY AT BURNSIDE
0 Phone Broadway 616 h
' PORTLAND SEATTLE PENDLETON
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The Decker
Lock-Steering Wheel
He Will Find
His Car Where
He Left It!
Stops
hief !
The steering gear is disconnected when you take the key
from a Yale Lock, imbedded in the metal part of the
wheel. Car cannot be driven until this key is replaced.
No other key will fit this lock.
An attractive, oversize 17 'inch walnut-finish rim;
metal parts are highly polished'cast aluminum.
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Decker Lock-Steering Wheels Can Be
Supplied at Present for Ford, Dodge,
Chevrolet 490 and Overland 4 Cars.
Sold only by dealers handling these cars.
R. P. RICE
KANSAS CITY
MISSOURI
AUTO ACCESSORIES AND PARTS
SPEEDOMETERS
and "BIG TEN NECESSITIES"
They're More Than Accessories
. j Official Service Genuine Parts
0leU?ml Product Service Station, Broadway at Flanders
David Hodes Co.
Ill N. Broadway
AUTOMOBILE EQUIPMENT
PARTS, GEARS, AXLES AND
SPRINGS
IHER AUTO SPR1K3 CO,
10,000 Springs Carried in Stock.
Let- Us Repair Your Springs
Where You Get Serrice.
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Recommended by a Million
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West Coast Distributors Corp.
435 Stark St. Phone Broadway 4564
AUTO DIRECTORY
New Ll&ht Six,
Mitchell, Seven-Passenger Jordan
MITCHELL. LEWIS & STAYER CO.
Broadway at Everett
Savers-Pacific
Ik. tw -
DaVerS OIX Motor Car Co.
Twenty -first and
Auto Funeral
SAYERS
Equipment
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Washington
State Distributors
JACKSON S
SIX
TOURING
FOUR WHEEL
DRIVE TRUCK
Sayers-Pacific
Car Co.
Twenty-first and
Washington
State Distributors
Franklin
offers more of "what you actually need and want
in an automobile.
BRALY AUTO CO.
Main 48S0, A 388 1. 19th and Washington Sts.