TIIE r SUNDAY OREGONIAX, ' PORTLAND, NOVEMBER 21." ." 1920
U.S.IS USING 30,000
AUTOS ID TRUCKS
WHITE COMPANY OFFICIALS ENJOY BRIEF VISIT IN PORTLAND.
Many Are Lent to States for
Road Work.
SOME TAKE PASSENGERS
"cc(Is of Official Business Are
Cared For Total Dividend
Among 4 H States.
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Thirty thousand cars and trucks
are serving the various departments
of the government ot the 4 8 states.
Twenty-three thousand of this total
are trucks and automobiles used by
the states for the improvement of
highways. About 4500 of the remain
der are passenger cars which the
authorities have purchased for the
needs of official business.
More motor vehicles are used by
the state highway commissioners than
any other branch of the government.
This holds true for passenger ears
as well as for commercial vehicles.
The health and hospital divisions are
the next heaviest users with educa
tion and .agriculture next. Prisons
are the next In line as car users, with
state militia or police last.
Comparison of the various states is
difficult since the methods of record
ing car ownership vary. Jdaho is
among the leaders with 392 motor
vehicles, though it Is not specified
which of these are passenger and
which freight vehicles. New York is
in front rank with 553 trucks and 125
passenger cars. Georgia is also in
the van with 687 self-propelled ve
hicles of which 603 are trucks, while
Pennsylvania easily holds down first
place with a total of 826 motorized
units. The Quaker state has . 490
trucks and 336 passenger cars in its
several departments.
Among the greatest users of motor
- trucks are the following states. Some
states have not compiled their truck
totals, which might qualify them to
appear in the list:
Iowa Tennessee 4f3
Georgia ."tort1 South Dakota. .. 275
New York 553 New Mexico 250
Pennsylvania ... 4tH)i Connecticut .... 179
The figures of passenger cars
owned by the various state govern
ments are as follows:
Alabama
Arizona .
Arkanraa
California
Colorado '.
Connecticut . . .
Delaware
Jjia. of Columbia
Florida
Georgia
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas ........
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine 134 Vermont
Maryland 1 40, Virginia
47
120
7tt
125
Massachusetts .
Mien man
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri .
Montana
Nebraska
1 7' Nevada
iiO' New Hampshire .
-4 New Jersey ".
3ti7i New Mexico....
45 Nw York
fit" North Carolina.
74 North Dakota
SUOhio 134
t Oklahoma
M' OreRon 15."
Sit'2 Pennsylvania ... 33
51'KhocVe Island ... 18
South Carolina .. 44
13! Smith Dakota... 72
-'Tennessee 47
Sttl Texas 124
15 Utah 57
410
147
1471 Washington
102! West Virginia
371 Wisconsin SO
32' Wyoming 37
741
221 Total 4821
621
JO PUT OUT TRUCK
KELLY - SPRIXCiKIELD COM
PANY JS TAKEN OVER.
big Manufacturing Concern Add:
Truck to Its Growing List
of Motor Products.
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DEC SUN IS MPQRTANT 14 pk-Uu WWs jOS M
the Oakland, Cal.. daredevil, hurled
his powerful two-wheeler .across the
tape for ten miles in 7:53. thereby cut
ting" the previous record by 20 sec
onds. Walker clipped six seconds from
the five-mile mark, setting1 the new
record at 3:51. The five-mile sidecar
record was reduced a full minute,
standing at 4:35 3-5 for the new time.
The 25-mile solo record also suffered
a big reduction "and now stands at
19:24 2-5. which is more than half a
minute faster than the best previous
time. .
MOTOR TRICK TRANSPORTA
TION" JX CALIFORNIA UP.
Hare's Motors. Inc., will take over
ajid operate the Kelly-Springfield
Motor Truck company, which has its
big factory located at Springfield. O.,
according to news received in Port
land last week. The Hare's motors
already control the operating organi
zation of the Locomobile, Mercer and
Simplex companies and special sig
nificance attached to the announce
ment a it means the fulfillment of
the promise made last March by Mr.
Hare, when Hare's motors was organ
ized, that a full line of motor trucks,
equal in quality and reputation to the
original Hare's motors products,
would eventually be added.
Coincident with Mr. Hare's an
nouncement comes the word that the
board of directors of the Kelly-
Sprlngfield Motor Truck company has
elected the following officers: Presi
dent. Emlen S. Hare; vice-presidents.
Henry Lansdale, H. 1). Church and O.
K. Hunt; secretary and treasurer, F.
R. Hickman.. These men now hold the
same respective positions In Hare's
motors, tlc Locomobile company and
the Mercer Motors company. James
L. Oiddes. who has been president of
the Kelly-Sprinf ieid company, was
elected chairman of the1 board.
"The addition of the Kelly-Spring-ficld
truck to the Hare's motors line,"
said Mr. Hare, "is merely another step
forward in our plans to give our dis
tributors and through them the public
a complete line of passenger and
freight transportation of the highest
quality. Our objective is to place
Hare's motors in a position to serve
the public through a distributor in
each Important center who will be
competent to advise them as to their
transportation requirements and in
telligently supply thetype of car or
truck which best fits the particular
conditions. Our success, just as much
as that of our distributors, depends
upon their establishment on a basis
that will be profitable to them and
satisfactory to the public.
"Everyone recognizes the excellence
of both Kiker and Kelly-Springfield
trucks. Each is the successful de
velopment of the ideas of a capable
engineering staff and is as good i
truck as can be bought anywhere to
day. "The Riker Is built only in two
sizes, three and fonr tons, while the
Kelly-Springfield sizes run from one
and one-halt to six and one-half tons.
The Kelly-Springfield is one of the
oldest trucks built today, havinff been
on the market 16 years and seen many
competitors come ana go. l ears ago
it won a place among the leaders for
excellence of construction and eco
nomical and efficient operation. Dur
ing the war. the Kelly-Sprtngf ield
plant was greatly enlarged and given
over entirely to war contracts, its
commercial business being temporar
ily abandoned.
Question of Injury to. Roads
Truck Overloading Will Be
Fought Out.
OAKLAND, Cal., Nov. 20. A decis
ion in the case of "The People versus
J. D. Johnson," heard for the first
time last week before Judge James
Quinn in the superior court and con
tinued until yesterday morning, will
probably determine the temporary
future of motor truck transportation
in California.
Though the present motor vehicle
act has been in operation nearly 18
months, it was not until early in Oc
tober that officials of the state motor
department decided to put to a test
the meaning of the act. which relates
to motor truck operation. J. D. John
son, a driver employed by the Savage
Drayage corporation, was arrested on
October 5 by Inspector C. K. Harder
of the motor vehicle 'department. He
was charged with driving a truck that
had an overload of 4300 pounds, A
preliminary hearing was held before
a justice of the peace in Pleasanton'.
It was bound over to the higher court.
The law states that it is permissible
to carry a load which does not ex
ceed S00 pounds to each inch width
of tire surface which shows on the
highway. Truck operators and motor
truck dealers claim the law, as it
reads now, defeats the purpose for
which it was enacted and that purpose
is to guard against undue injury to
the highways caused by overloads.
Men affiliated with the motor truck
industry claim and their charges
seem reasonable, that nearly every
truck owner violates the law when he
carries his rated capacity load on a
truck that has just been fitted with
new tires, whether they are solids or
pneumatics. Their argument is that
some solid tires, particularly11 those
which go on the dual type wheel, are
half oval in shape. The amount of
tire surface which actually rests on
the ground is limited because of this
hape and as the law reads no owner
is likely to be rightfully complying
with its nro visions whose vehicle Is
so equipped; yet, as a plain matter of
fact, this peculiar truck tire type or
construction is causing a minimum oi
niurv to a highway. Its cushioning
function takes up nearly all the strain
that the load it carries would impose.
Another shape solid tire is somewhat
ike a half hectagon. the base or
which is from two to three inches
wider than it is on the top surface. As
the law must be interpreted in its
nresent reading, a truck Is allowed to
carry a heavier load when this type of
tire is worn to the cnannei man il can
when the tires are new, because as
the wear increases there is created
more width inch surface.
1. G. A. Vrciufaart, San Francisco, Pacific coast manager of the White com
pany. 2. C K. Doling? Cleveland, division manaavcr of the White company.
3. hi. 3f. Recce, Cleveland, manager of the service department. 4. F. H
Chefttnutt, Snn Francisco, transportation engineer. 5. C. W. Cornell, man
ager of the Portland White factory branch, who acted as host during the
visit of the officers here.
The above officers of the White company spent several days in Poutland
last w-eek conferring with Mr. Cornell, local manager. Mr. Doling, while
here, was also in attendance at the convention of the Pacific Coast Ice Cream
Manufacturers association, and read a paper before that organization en
titled "Burning the Candle at Both Ends." Jn his paper he took up particu
larly problems of the ice cream industry with regard to transportation and
deliveries.
MOTOR SHOW DATES SET
OARLAXl) AXD SAX KRAX CIS CO
. PLAN" BIG EVENTS.'
- .EV MOIOBCVCI-E RECORDS
last Times Made In -.Recent Meets
at Cleveland, O.
New motorcycle records in dirt
track competition for one. Ave, ten
and 25 miles were established
Cleveland. O.. by the leading profes
sional motorcycle racers competing
there at the recent meet.
"tjene" Walker, holder of all th
world's professional straightaway rec
ords. established at Daytona Beach
Fia.. last April, set a new mark to
the mile at 43 2-3 seconds, at the sain
time adding another championship t
his already lone list. "Shrimp" Burus
ISTON SOLVES PROBLEM
READY IXTERCHANGEABILIT
IS MICH NEEDED FEATURE.
New Cole Constant Clearance Pis
ton, Turns Trick, as Shown
by Test.
An aluminum piston that will not
"slan" or stick is a combination that
engineers have striven to obtain for
vears. Recent tests under the su-
nervision of the Automobile Associa
tion of America at Indianapolis have
proven that the "Cole constant clear
ance piston" turns the trick, ac
cording to word .received by F. W.
Voeler of the Northwest Auto com-
nanv. local Cole distributors.
Three tests in which tnree uoie
areo eierhts. taken from stock, with
less than 50 miles of limbering, es
tabllshed unusual standards for uni
formity, interchangeability and er
ficiencv in piston design, it was
claimed.
The object Of these tests was. to
Drove that a new type or aluminum
piston developed by the i-oie engin
eers and already in use in 1700 of the
new models of the Cole areo eight
was not only interchangeable but
could be fitted so tight that It would
not slap and yet loose enough tnat
it would not stick when the car was
running at maximum speed for a con
siderable length of time.
After the speedometers on the three
cars were checked and acceleration
tests made, the pistons from the three
cars were mixed up and replaced 4n
the engines so that no engine had its
original complement of pistons. Ac
celeration tests with the interchanged
pistons showed a maximum varia
tion of 5 per cent., which is consider
ably less than the average error in
speedometer readings. This, however,
was not as conclusive proof of the
interchangeability and uniformity of
the pistons as was the maximum
speed test, in which two of the cars
made the same speed with the inter
changed pistons as - they had made
with their original complements of
pistons.
Marmon Official Here.
A. M. Colville. district manager for
the Marmon factory with headquar
ters at San Francisco, spent several
days last week in Portland cor.fejring
with officers of the Northwest Auto
company. Marmon distributors, re
garding plans for the sale of the car
throughout this territory during the
coming year. Mr. Colville is on a
tour of the northwest. .
FJrt Exhibit in Oakland Early in
February, San Francisco
Two Weeks Later.
SAri FRANCISCO, Nov. 20. The
fifth annual automobile show' for San
Francisco will be held in the -ivic
auditorium the week of February 19
to 26, 1921, "according to announcement
of the Motor Car Dealers' association.
A feature of the show will be a
tent In Grove street, from Larkin to
Polk, to care for the special truck
and trailer exhibit. The canvas cov
ering will be 400 feet long by 100
feet wiae.
.'Accessories also will be given more
space and a larger display than In
years past, due to the increasing im
portance of that branch of the auto
motive business. The second, third
and fourth floors of the big auditor
ium will be turned over to the acces
sory people.
The special show committee of the
motor car dealers, which is working
with Manager G. A. Wahlgreen in his
effort to make this c5m'ng exhibit
the greatest one ever held on the
coast, is as follows: W. L,. Hughson,
chairman; R. F. Thompson, M. .D.
Stewart, J. A. Mifrphy and E. S. Jones.
Show dates for the Oakland exhibit
have been set for January 31 to Feb
ruary -6 in municipal auditorium, with
Robert Martland as manager.
The date was set at a meeting of
the Alameda County Automobile Trade
aasuJdiiuii, wiicil ail iimiicjE) jci mill'
ing to the show were taken oip in de
tail and plans laid which, if carried
through to a successful conclusion.
wilKmake this event the most notable
automobile affair ever held in the
city of Oakland.
The dealers on the show committee
are William Webber, chairman; li,b
Wells, Harold D. Knudsen. H. B. Rec
tor. Charles Hebrank and J. Charles
Nagle.
The only worry " now confronting
the members of the show committee
is how to take care of the demand for
space and provide everyone that wants
to exhibit with space to display his
cars or accessories. .If space will per
mit it appears that every automobile
and accessory man on the east side
of the bay will have an exhibit.
The show committee has been hold-
fng long and secret discussions with
designers and artists with the idea of
developing an entirely new and dis
t'netive decorative design for the big
auditorium which will show' the rrmny
attractive models of the cars off to
the very best of advantage.
pulled into the station - at Willow
ranch just at train time and employes
of the Nevada-California-Oregon rail
road momentarily were of the opinion
that a branch line had tied onto them.
On this trip the train had brought in
from the mill to the railroad, a dis
tance of 13 miles, 700 railroad ties for
the N.-C.-O. The computed weight
oc tnis cargo . is around, 55 tons or
five tons per trailer. The future will
no doubt see several of these outfits
in this country, for there will soon
be much business in this class, which
is a little too heavy and of too great
extent to be handled by the ordinary
truck.
FIN ISHING OF CAR EXPLAINED
High Enamel Polish Is Result of
Three Weeks' Work. ' . "
For . tle many who have marveled
at the beautifullyt glossy finish on
the body of a high-grade motor car,
and wondered how such a result was
achieved, the following description of
the process furnished by a represent
ative of the Weller Motor company of
this city, who recently returned from
a visit to the Westcott plant at
Springfield, O., will be of interest.
The Weller Motor company acts as
distributor throughout this territory
for the Westcott. - '
All the work on the body finish is
done by hand and about three weekB
time is required on a body. During
this time therfe are more than 25 sep
arate operations on the bodies, includ
ing painting, drying and rubbing.
The rough bodies are sandpapered
and washed with acid before the first
paint is applied. The first coats ara
metal primers and other preparatory
coats. Then follow five filler coats,
a sealer coat and then- a number of
color coats, three to five, depending
on the color. Between practically all
of these coats there are 24-hour dry
ing periods, and a thorough washing
of the body with water- and pumice
stone. Only in this way can a smooth,
glossy surface be secured. ' ,
Varnish coats, four In number, fol
low the color- coats. Between each
varnish coat also the bodies are dried
24 hours in ovens and then rubbed
thoroughly. 1 The final varnish coat
TRACTOR. RAILROAD SUCCESS
Logging Company In Lake County
. Hauls 35 Tons Per Trip.
xne willow Ranch Lumber com
pany, which is operating the Fan
dango sawmill at Willow lake, just
over the California luie from Lake
view, in L.ake county Oregon, has
recently put in operation a huge Holt
tractor for the purpose of hauling
their product to the railroad, says a
report from Lakeview. The machine
is 75-horse power and wejghs, com
plete. 15 tens. Seven five-ton trailers
are provided for and when complete
for the road greatly resembles a small
train. The train is fitted with electric
lights and also a small search light
so that the operator can keep his
train in full view and see that it is
progressing safely. .
One day last week 1 the Holt train
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William L Hughson Co.
60 N. Braadway ait Davis St.
I bone Broadway 321
Lehigh Tires
All Firsts
30x3 9.85
. Two for 18.00
30x3 ,13.75
Two for 26.50
31x4 .... 19.70
Two for 38.00
32x4 23,30
Two for 43.50
33x4 ..' 22.80
Two for -14. OO
34x4 23.30
- Two. for ...... i.. 45.50
Canton -Blackstone
Cord Tires
Guaranteed 8000 Miles. -
All Firsts
32x3 .. : $31.65
Two for ......... 60.00
32x4 40.75
Two for 77.50
33x4 41.00
Two for 77.90
34x4 42. OO
Two for 80. OO
33x4 45.00
Two for 85.50
34x4 47.40
. Two for OO.OO
35x4 . ..J....... 48.50
Two for 92.00
35x5 .....V.. V.. 58.80
' Two for . ; . . . 1 05.00
We Save "You From 30 to 50
Portland Tire Co.
Sixth and Bqrnside Streets
"Pri-fl " -: AH the energy, efficiency and capital of the Ford Motor Cora
l Oia pany is concentrated on one purpose to produce the Forji car at
Prod ti II the lowest possible price to you.
All Ford Motor. Company profits go back into increased effi
J7llgUy ciency machinery and equipment.
- The new 1920 prices are below present manufacturing costs.
TOr YOlir Mr. Ford cuts the price first and then makes that price possible
by increasing efficiency and eliminating waste in every depart
DCnCllt ' ment. Iron mines and coal mines have been purchased. A Ford
i owned railroad will carry the ores to the new Ford blast furnaces
just completed for making iron and steel. The concentrated thought and effort of
over 100,000 employes will aid in securing new efficiency and new economies on every
operation. .
Regardless of the marvelous efficiency of former years, Ford production methods
for 1920 and 1921 must be revolutionized to make the new cut prices possible. This is
directly opposite to the usual methods of fixing prices. By the Ford method you get
the benefit of the new efficiency plans a year in advance. So take advantage of this
fact and get your Ford car now.
. NEW 1920 1914-15
PRICES PRICES .
Chassis (starter $70 additional) .' $360.00 $410.00 (without starter)
Runabout (starter $70 additional) 395.00 440.00 (without starter)
Touring (starter $70 additional) 440.00 490.00 (without starter)
Sedan, with starter 795.00 975.00 (without starter)
Coupe, with starter 745.00 750.00 (without starter)
AH above prices F. O. B. Detroit.
The present Ford cars are the best the Ford Motor Company ever made. The price is
belom the 1914 basis.
FOR SALE BY THE FOLLOWING AUTHORIZED FORD DEALERS:
Francis Motor Car Company Wm. L. Hughson Co. Talbot & Casey, Inc.
Hawthorne at Grand Broadway at Davis East Ankeny at Grand
Palace Garage Company Rushlight & Penney, Inc. Robinson-Smith Company
Twelfth at Stark ' East Third at Broadway Sixth and Madison
"Every Oregon Driver Needs a Ford Sedan"
is applied and the final drying Riven
in dust-proof rooms in which the air
changes every three minutes, and all
air entering Is filtered through water.
This is slow, careful Jiand work, but
such work makes possible the beau-
tlful and lasting: finish now given
high-priced car bodies.
FEDERAL OFFICER IS VISITOR
Readjustment Period Nearly Over.
Says F. Ii. Pierce.
Spring will see the beginning of the
most prosperous period in the history
of the automobile and motor truck in
dustry, in the opinion of f L. Pierce,
general sales manager oS the Federal
Motor Truck company, who was a
visitor in Portland last week. The
readjustment period is now practical
ly over, in the belief of Mr. Pierce,
and a strong period of industrial ac
tivity will dawn shortly. More busi
ness spells more transportation, Mr.
Pierce stated, and in order to care
for additional needs along this line
the motor truck will be called into
greater service than ever.
Mr. Pierce is on a tour of the Pa
cific coast, during the course of
which he will visit each one of the
six branches of the William L. Hugh
son company, coast d istributors of
t"he Federal truck. During his visit
here Mr. Pierce was the guest of Del
Wright and the local William L.
Hughson family. He expressed him
self as well pleased with the results
in this territory of the special sales
campaign which the Federal is now
conducting.
Arizona Cars lasted.
PRESCOTT, Ariz., Nov. 20. With
this city owning one-third of the
total number of automobiles in the
county. County Assessor C. E. Gentry
reported that of the 2500 machines
in Yavapai county 811 were Fords,
231 Overlands and Willys-Knights.
127 Studebakers, 108 Chevrolets, fl02
Buicks, 101 Dodges, 77 Maxwells, 68
Oaklands, 55 Oldsmobiles, 47 Hups, 39
Cadillacs, 30 Hudsons, 29 Chalmers, 24
Republics, 21 Dorts, 12 Jordans, 15
Chandlers, 14 G. M. C.s. 14 Whites.
13 Metzes. 12 Paiges and 9 Interna
tionals. The remainder was a repre
sentation of as many makes as there
are manufacturers.
Despite the steep and crooked roads
through the Yellowstone national
park, over which no less than 10,000
privately owned motor cars toured
this year, 10 accidents have been re
ported, only two of which were of a
serious nature.
We guarantee all
battery repairs
. Every battery repair we make is guaranteed for
. . . 1 six months.
We are able to do this because in repairing" any
make of battery we are licensed to use the pat
ented features which have made Vesta batteries
famous.
Another reason is that our service station is
equipped with every appliance necessary to test
and repair all makes of 'batteries. Expert work
men are in charge of our service.
It is our policy to make your battery deliver every
ounce of service possible. Our reputation for
square dealing is your guarantee of satisfaction. ,
" We don't want your business unless you are con
vinced that the work is done right and at a reason
able price.
Gibson Electric Garage and Storage Battery Co.
. Alder at Twelfth
So ether battery'
has them
.
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