TITE SUNDAY OREGONIAN. PORTLAND. NOVEMBER 14, 1920
HERE'S THE LATEST AUTO STREET CAR, NOW RUNNING IN BUFFALO.
AUTO SALES BETTER
IN 13 BIG CENTERS
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AUTO PAPER VITAL
BUICK
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Right Kin8 Promised.
Portland Market Picking Up
Slowly, Is Declaration.
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GOVERNOR IS SPEAKER
Requirements and Regulations of
District Slust Be 3Iet, Is Dec
laration to Session.
ATLANTA, Nov. 13. Governor Well
born, head of the Federal Reserve
bank of Atlanta, In an address before
the dealer-banker convention of the
Georgia Automotive Dealers' associa
tion held at the Capital City club
clearly declared that the Federal Re
serve board fully recognized the great
Importance of tne automobile indue
try and would not discriminate
against automobile paper of the prop
er character.
We are always ready to accept
automobile paper from our member
banks," the governor said, "when it
meets the requirements of our regu
lations and seasonal conditions in
ur district."
Governor Wellborn' address was
regarded by automobile dealers in
this section of the country as one of
the most important addresses deliv
ered before any automotive body this
year, and as a result the attendance
of this meeting was so large that the
lecture hall at the club was packed
to the doors and many of the dealers
were compelled to stand in the aisles
or in the hallway just outside. Be
tween 350 and 400 state dealers and
bankers, as well as many other busi
ness men, attended the contention.
Atlanta Mayor la Speaker.
William L. Mathers, president of the
state association, and John E. Smith,
president of the Atlanta association,
were in charge of the meeting.
Mayor James L. Key of Atlanta de
livered the address of welcome. "At
lanta fully apppreciates the great im
portance of the automobile industry,"
the mayor declared, "even though the
Federal Reserve board may not. We
recognize it as the biggest Industry
we have. It does more to uphold the
value of real estate, and keep bank
deposits high and for our general in
dustrial and commercial welfare than
any other business."
Governor Wellborn in his address,
said in part:
"The history of all great ware
shows us that they are Invariably
followed by Inflation and extrava
gance. The present depression is not
going to last long.
"Between January 1 and October 1
of this year 70 per cent of the banks
that are members of the Federal Re
serve board have increased their loans
by an amount exceeding Jl. 800,000, 000.
This has been made possible by the
accommodations extended member
banks by Federal Reserve banks. In
the Atlanta district alone since Jan
uary 1, 1920, our loans have Increased
about $69. 000,000. Does this look like
the Federal Reserve bank was shut
ting off credit?
Farmers Are Financed.
"In the past few months the Federal
Reserve bank has financed farmers
through member banks, and I wiBh to
assure you now that we will allow
farmers ample credits to meet their
requirements for the gradual and or
derly marketing of their crops.
"Last spring we felt the necessity
of inaugurating a campaign to con
trol credit as the expansion of loans
for luxuries was going up too fast.
Then we found it necessary to call
attention to the heavy burdens of au
tomobile credits that were being
thrown upon our banks. We had no
Intention of striking a blow at the
great automobile industry, but merely
wanted to discourage, and, if possible,
prohibit the reckless granting of
credits to extravagant and impecuni
ous purchasers of cars who could ill
afford to pay for and maintain the
upkeep of an automobile. I think our
position and action should be appre
ciated by all substantial dealers who
desire a sound and stable market."
Following his address. R. W. Heard,
president of the Savannah Automo
bile Trade association, asked Gover
nor Wellborn the pointed question:
"Will the Federal Reserve bank re
discount automobile paper at the
present time?"
To this question the governor re
plied that the bank would rediscount
any automobile paper of the proper
character, and providing It met witb
the requirements of the board.
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STOCK fM BE DOUBLED
KELLT - SPRINGFIELD 3IOTOR
ACTION CONSIDERED.
Interests of " Company May Be
Merged With Hare Motors Cor-
poration of New York.
SPRINGFIELD, O., 'Nov. 13. : V
lowing action of stockholders of the
Kelly-Springfield Motor Truck com
pany here, an increase In the com
mon stock from $2,000,000 to $4,000,
000 will probably be made to merge
the interests of this company and
Hare Motors corporation of "New
York.
According to announcement made
here selling forces will be pooled and
there will also be co-ordination of
executive departments. Captain Ma
rlon McMillen of New York is the
principal stockholder in the Kelly
Springfield corporation.
President James- L. Gedd.es of Kelly
Sprlngfield, admitted .today that such
a merger proposal will be considered.
Hare Motors corporation is . the
manufacturer of Locomobile and
Mercer passenger cars and until re
cently manufactured the Riker truck.
Merger with the Kelly-Springfield
corporation was forecast by the
election recently of Kelly directors
to the Hare Motors board.
Manufacture of the Kelly-Springfield
truck has been halted for an
Indefinite period. President Ged-des
stated that the company had many
trucks on hand but owing to gen
eral business and financial condi
tions has been unable to market them
as rapidly as expected. He said the
plant would be closed unt'l condi
tions improved
Truck Expert Department Chief.
Harry Conlon, former sales r-anager
of the Acason Motor Truck company,
and recently with the Traylor En
gineering association as export repre
sentative at the display in Grand
Central 'Palace, New York, has ac
cepted a . position with the Palge
Dttrolt Motor Car company In charge
of the truck division, to succeed C. S.
Pike, who, recently resigned.
RULING HELD IMPORTANT
CALIFORNIA SUPREME COURT
GIVES DECISION.
Small Town Cannot Pass Traffic
Laws Now Without Regard
to State Law. '
Motorists generally are .Just awak
ening to the tremendous importance
of the recent California supreme
court decision holding invalid mu
nicipal ordinances it contrary to the
letter and Bpirit of the state law,
says a writer in Motor Land.
In this decision the supreme court
has abolished beyond hope of re
suscitation the practice of permitting
each city and county to pass such
traffic regulations as its officials
deemed wise without regard to the
provisions of the state law and to
pocket the fines which under the
latter would be expended for con
struction and maintenance of roads.
In the past a motorist in the
course of a day's travel might find
himself charged with violation of the
ordinances of each "city and county
through which he passed. He was
presumed by the law to know the
contents of each of these ordinances,
and as Ignorance of the law is no
excuse, the fact that he could not
possibly memorize all of them would
not save him from a possible fine c-r
imprisonment.
This decisloi), credit for which be
longs to the California State Auto
mobile Association and the Automo
bile club of Southern California,
sounds the death-knell of laws ex
acted In California not for the safety
of the public but for revenue only.
Likewise it establishes a precedent
for the accomplishment of a similar
reform in every state In the Union
and is a forward step toward realiz
ation of national as well as state uni
formity of traffic regulations.
AUTO ACCIDENT IS FREAK
City Engineer Gives Up Attempt to
Outguess Drivers.
ABERDEEN, Wash., Nov. 13. (Spe
cial.) City Engineer Blood has aban
doned the attempt to outguess auto
mobile drivers with a penchant for
destroying property, as the result of
a freak automobile accident which
occurred recently on the newly paved
strip of the Olympic highway at the
cast entrance to Aberdeen. When
planning to set the concrete posts
which guard this section .of the high
way. Blood left a strip of sand be
tween the paving and the posts, calcu
lating that recalcitrant machines could
be stopped before hitting the posts.
L, Strangland, employe of the Sag
inaw Timber company, yesterday
drove his. machine into one of the con
crete posts, breaking it off and driv
ing In an iron pipe in the center of
it into the ground.
Mrs. W. L. Grass was slightly In
jured last Sunday in a collision be
tween her own and another automo
bile driven by Jack Truski. Both cars
were considerably damaged.
A collision between a Tacoma stage
and B buggy, the latter driven by Mr.
Katlla, was reported from Hunter's
Prairie yesterday. The buggy was
completely wrecked. . No one was
seriously injured'. .
Maxwell Wins - FJst.
In a recent endurance and economy
test held under the auspices of the
Dallas Times-Herald, a Maxwell stock
car won first place in its class and
second in all classes, some of the cars
entered selling as high as 16000. In
motor, ignition, transmission, differ
ential and all bearing checking,, the
Maxwell scored 100 per cent. The
test run covered E8S miles, much of it
over rough country.
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AUTO TRUCK USED AT STREET CAR IN DETROIT.
Above are exterior and Interior views of tha latest motor bus put out
by the Pierce-Arrow Motor Car company. It is rightly called the little
brother to the street car. The car was recently put into operation in Buf
falo, N.Y., and because of the fact that a number of the electric railway
companies have already augmented their regular equipment with fleets of
motor buses, while other lines are thinking of taking the step, the traffic
experiment Is being watched with keen interest.
Tha type pictured above is said to ba the last word In motor busses.
The bus Is mounted on a two-ton Pie rce-Arrow dual-valve chassis equipped
wlh pneumatic tires. It provides comfortable seats for 25 persons. It han
dles easily in traffic and is fitted with all the latest safety devices Pro
gressive trolley companies are using these busses to tap new residential
districts and to provide additional facilities during rush hours.
Pullman car comfort is provided by the seating design, with roomy
seats arranged in the same manner as in the cars. Electric lights, a heat
ing system, electric push buttons, window shades and other modern de
tails of construction feature the design. Twenty-five persons can be
seated comfortably. It is stated.
AUTOS STILL AT LARGE
LIST OF CARS STOLEN AND NOT
YET RECOVERED GIVEX.V-
Thirty-Five Owners Are Also
Lookout for Missing Li
cense Plates.
The following list of automobiles
.re reported by the police department
is stolen since April 1 and not re
covered to elate:
STATE
MAKE MODEL. LICENSE,
liulek l!tl Tr. Or. 3T3S3
ChevrolQ' 1920 Tr. Or. 25120
Dodsre 1920 Tr. Or. 94302
Dodno 1920 Tr. Or. 73DK9
Dodge 1820 Tr.- Or. 93705
PodKe 1020 Tr. . Or. 82!)!t8
Dodge 1920 Tr. Or. 87455
Dodge 1920 Tr. Wash. 111582
Dods 1918 Tr. Or. JK1T8
Ford 1917 Tr. Or. 18076
Ford 1920 Tr. Or. 90217
Ford 1916 Tr. Or. 21511
Ford 1917 Tr. Or. 720(19
Ford 1920 Cpe. Or. 9223
Ford 1920 Tr. ' Or. 72135
Ford 1918 Tr. , Or. 04994
Ford 1919 Rd. Or. 15737
Ford 1919 Tr. Or. 20146
Maxwell 1918 Tr. Missing
Overland 1918 Del. Or. 11078
Overland 1918 Tr. Or. 47765
Standard 1920 Tr. Or. 83177
Harley Dav'non 1919 M. C. Or. H 65
Harley DaVion 1918 M. C. Or. R 95
Harley Dav'son 1920 M. C. Or. AB 8
Also following Is a list of auto tags
stolen and reported to the police:
Oreg-on. 5598, 10496, 10756, 18430. 20672,
22457. 23827, 66618. 21751, 26227, 27338.
29314, 8-1224. 33457, 33732.- 41318, 77113,
45972. 83834. 83711, 87610. 38642. 40107.
40609, 45800. 82476. 49742. 50861, 53312.
&K537, 6UU02, 65341. SU431. 03UU6; Califor
nia. 271600. '
MINER RUN ON RUBBER TIRES
Brogans Soled and Heeled From
Discarded Casing.
Automobile tires have often been
referred to in newspaper parlance
and by the motorists as "shoes," but
it has remained for a miner in one of
the gold mines of Calaveras county,
California, to make the two terms ab
solutely synonymous.
For the sake of utility as well as
novelty the California gold digger
soled and heeled his mining brogans
witn a section of all-weather tread
from a Goodyear tire that bad been
discarded from one of the mining
Company's cars. "
He figured that he could build elas
ticity and non-skid qualities into his
soles and heels by so doing and re
ports complete satisfaction with the
result. Without owning or operating
an automobile of his own he enjoys
the distinction of running on Good-years."
COHEN GOES TO FACTORY
Oregon Oldsmoblle Chief to Learn
Business Conditions First-Hand.
Edward E. Cohen, of the Oldsmo
blle company of Oregon, which dis
tributes Oldsmoblle eights and sixes
through this state, left Portland last
week for the Olds factory at Lansing,
Mich. He will attend a convention
of distributors there November 15,
and after picking up all the infor
mation available on business condi
tions, expects to start home about
ffovember 10.
Motorcycle Sport Increases.
Since the reorganization of the con
trol of motorcycle competition less
than two years ago. that sport has
increased in popularity and numbers
of its followers to a tremendous de
gree. Riders registered with the eon
troling body now total close to 15.000,
whereas during the war, when many
young men who ride in competition
were busy witb the Hun, the number
dwindled to a meager 3000. The total
of registered riders is .representative
of the number who are actively in
terested in the sport, since the rules
require that a rjder must be reg
istered in order to compete.
Motor vehicles were extensively
used this year for the transportation
of hop-pickers from London into
Kent, England.
NEW CHEVROLET NORTHWEST HEADQUARTERS PLANT RISING FAST.
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1 P..1?.Bre hoT,a hoTr rapMlT eonstmction has progressed on the warehouse and northwest cone headquarters
building for the newly organised Chevrolet Motor company of Oregon. Work started Mhortly before October
1 and the building- is to be ready for occupancy by February 1. It will cost 140,0O. will have 00,000 square
feet of space and will house the northwest Chevrolet organisation, besides containing warehouse space for
Chevrolet cars to be u-iatributed through Oregon. Washington. Idaho and western Montana, The building
covers a half blovk on the south side of Kast Salmon street between Third and Fourth.
Intensive Campaign Among Buyers
Said to Be Cause of Improved
Condition of Industry.
Straws point the wind and It Is
equally true trade zephyrs usually
presage the trend of events In In
dustry. Accepting this statement as
true, it can be asserted positively
that there are signs of renewed life
in the automobile business, says a
writer in the current issue of Motor
Age. Just as dealers and distributors
were the first to feel the slump in
business which has just now reached
flood tide in Detroit, they are the
first to note a revival of interest in
the motor car. In 13 of the most im
portant distribution centers there
has been Improvement in the situ
ation. The cities represented in this
roll of honor are Philadelphia, Mil
waukee, Portland, Salt Lake City,
Denver, Minneapolis, Atlanta, Boston,
St. Louis, Dallas, San Francisco. New
Orleans and Columbus. New York
also goes in this class.
In six cities business is holding its
own, but the situation has not im
proved. These are Des Moines. Louis
ville, Indianapolis, Omaha. Buffalo
and Chicago.
' Sales Efforts Responsible.
In only one city of the score covered
has business taken a turn for the
worse, and that Is Cleveland.
Intensive, aggressive sales efforts
have been largely responsible for the
improved business. Another factor
has been the abundant harvest in the
great agricultural districts. It must
not be assumed that there has been
a great increase in sales. The better
showing has been relative as com
pared with the preceding weeks. It Is
possible the upward trend has been
more noticeable in Philadelphia than
in any of the larger cities. This can
be attributed only to sales efforts,
for there has been no marked im
provement in general business condi
tions. Milwaukee sales thus far in October
almost equal those for the came
month a year ago, while there were
comparative losses in September. The
greatest problem there is to get small
town dealers to take off their coats
and go to work. They seem to have
grown lethargic during their period
of unprecedented prosperity.
Conditions on the Pacific coast are
Improving. Portland reports that de
mand is slowly picking up. Sales are
not yet normal, or even good, but
cars are moving. Dealers in that city
expect slow but steady progress. The
situation is not normal in the San
Francisco territory, but distributors
are hopeful for the first time since
the break In the market.
Tight Money Harts Business. .
Salt Lake City and Denver are en
couraged. In the Utah city the past
month has brought increased sales,
especially of high-priced cars. This
has been due in large measure to
bumper crops in the Utah valley and
the valleys of southern Idaho. Sales
In Denver are a trifle better and un
doubtedly will increase when farmers
get the first installment of their pay
for beet sugar crops about November
15. "
New Interest has been shown in
automobiles in the Minneapolis terri
tory. Most' of the business has come,
however, from prospects who have
been hanging on until dealers could
get money to finance them. Tight
money has had a serious effect oft
business in Minneapolis as it has in
Des Moines, where there has been no
Improvement, and none is exnected
before the first of the yea Fallins
crop prices have deterred Iowa farm
ers from buying. Price reductions
have stimulated passenger car sales
In Omaha. Business in other lines is
about as usual.
Conditions In Sooth Better.
Conditions in the south as a whole
are improving. Demand for medium
priced cars Is steadily increasing in
Louisiana, Mississippi. Alabama and
eastern Texas. An even better show
ing has been made by low-priced cars
in these states, but the higher-priced
vehicles have been practically dead in
this territory for the last three
months. This gratifying situation is
attributed In part to the harvest, but
chiefly to an active selling campaign.
St. Louis reports an increasing in
terest in automobiles which has not
yet been translated into sales. The
same is true in Atlanta. Price reduc
tions have stimulated business in tho
Dallas district and dealers believe the
incrase can be maintained. Business
in Louisville is about at a standstill.
New York dealers have found an
upward trend in sales and a' greater
interest in cars. The public in Chi
cago Is st:ll hesitating because it does
not believe the bottom has been
reached in price reductions.
3IOTORCYCLE RECORD BROKEN
Australian Driver Covers Over
1100 Miles In 2 4 Hours.
What is popularly conceded to be
the most remarkable motorcycle per
formance recorded within recent years
took place recently at bale, victoria,
Australia. H. A. Parsons, the premier
Australian motorcycle racer, astride a
middleweight Scout motorcycle estab
lished new world's records for all
times from six to 24 hours and all
distances from S00 to 1100 miles.
The fact that the machine used (by
Parsons was only of three-fifths as
large piston displacement as those
used to establish the previous records
is the outstanding feature of the performance..
A road course of 23 miles was used
la the record trial. The rider covered
a total of 1114 miles in 24 hours
which betters the previous mark
made by a big machine by 86 miles
and that made by a machine of equal
piston displacement by 263 miles.
The trial was under the official
cognizance and timing of important
Australian officials, who took keen
interest in the proceedings. "Cannon
hall" Baker, whose recent record per
formances in this country have been
given considerable notice, was the
previous- holder of the records broken
by Parsons.
Two Gas Tanks Next.
The, chief gasoline expert "of the
bureau of mines is of the opinion that
before long every automobile will be
provided with two tanks a small one
to contain high-grade gas for starting
the engine, and a good-sized one for
fluid fuel volatile enough to keep the
engine going.
Shower Bath Truck Is Latest.
A shower bath truck is the newest
T'HE car a man uses in his business
life must be always ready for duty.
It is just this demand for a car they can
trust that causes so many business men
and professional men to drive Buicks.
ThenewBuickNineteenTwcntyOne
Models are cars of valuable depend
ablehessforbusinessuse, whose roomi
ness, beauty and riding comfort make
them welcome in hours of relaxation.
The Authorized Buick Service is as
notably efficient as the Buick car.
Price of" the New Nineteen Twenty One
Buick Series
let Twenty One-Forty Four, three passenger ear. .Snt.l
lei Twenty One-Forty Five, five passenger car. . . .$206.1H
lei Twenty One-Forty Six, four passenger coupe, . 2003.94
lei Twenty One-Forty Seven, five-passenger sedan. III! 1.4 1
lei Twenty One-Forty Eight, four passenger coupe :Wt.44
lei Twenty One-Forty Nine, seven passenger car. .S4386
iel Twenty One-Fifty, seven passenger sedan. .. .$Sa2.t
F. O. B. Pacific Terminal rolnts.
Coast t'rice. Include Ail War Taxes.
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