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THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAN", PORTL,AXT, OCTOBER 16. 1921
AUTOMOBILE FOUND
HELPFUL TO CHURCH
Aid Rather Than Enemy, Say
Many Pastors.
SOME COMPLAINTS HEARD
General ' Impression, However, Is
That Motor Car Has Not Been
detrimental to 'Welfare.
Has the motor car helped or hin
dered church attendance? Rumors,
apparently well founded, have cred
ited Sunday motoring: with being as
potent a factor as Sunday golfing in
cutting down church attendance. The
questioa was recently put to several
clergymen, says The American Mo
torist (Washington, D. C). and while
there were some who thought the
automobile had been bad for church
going, "the predominating impression
was that it had been an ally of the
church." Answering the question, the
Washington magazine reported the
following:
The minister of a Luthran church
In the east, in a town surrounded by
a number of rural centers served by
Luthran churches, said:
"In summer the automobile de
tracts from the town church and
adds to the rural church. In winter
we find it helps our attendance. Peo
ple are able to get out in wet weather,
and we have a system of bringing out
our children and aged people by a
volunteer motor aervlce league."
According to a Methodist minister
In a city of 100,000 in the mid-west,
"many a pastor faces empty pews,
particularly at night, while his con
gregation are out enjoying themselves
In their automobiles. In summer the
call of the country and nearby towns
is too great to be resisted by many
people. The automobile has encour
aged Sunday visiting and outings and
has hurt the morning congregations
as well as the night ones."
Many Lured to Roads.
The pastor of a Baptist church in
a typical great lakes city replied:
"In my own church very few own
ers of autos have neglected attending
church. People who are not strongly
religious, however, succumb to the
lure of the road and the auto, espe
cially those who work hard all week.
Mcny people have a real love for na
ture and use the motor car to get out
Into the country on Sundays for
recreation. This is all well enough,
but the temptation is to do this at the
cost of loyalty to church-going. Peo
ple always find it hard to draw the
line on privileges."
A Presbyterian minister In a south
ern city thinks the coming of the
automobile has done untold harm, to
church attendance. "People." he said,
"send their children to Sunday school,
but stay at home to save themselves
for the long afternoon outing. Many
men spend Sunday morning tuning
up their cars. If they return in time
for night service they are too tired
to attend."
The pastor of a central states
Evangelical church in a city of 80
000 expressed himself a follows: "In
my own congregation the coming of
the automobile haa proved a great
help. Many of our people live outside
of the city, and are now able to come
In regularly. Our town people attend
s well as they formerly did."
Auto Brigade Helps.
The pastor of a large Methodist
church on the Hudson river replied
in the words of a noted New York
pastor, who years ago was asked
about the effect of the bicycle on
church-going, and who replied: "The
people you see riding bicycles along
the roads during church service time
are not the people who have been
regular church goers. I find this true
of the automobile. We have organ
ized an auto brigade and our people
have cultivated the habit of using
their cars to build up the congrega
tion. Wo have a few 'old-fashioned
folk' who have cars, but do not use
them on Sundays."
The rector of an Episcopal church
In a western city, wjien asked the
question, said:
"Don't blame the automobile if you
think church attendance haa de
creased. The automobile is only one
of many factors that have changed
the whole world in which we live.
The movies, the auto, the lure of the
city, the opening of industrial oppor
tunity to women and girls, the tele
phone, the telegraph, the Inexpensive
dally paper, the increase of tenantry,
the passing of the Individual home
and the coming of the apartment and
flat, the increase of ready-to-wear,
ready-to-eat, ready-to-use produrts.
and many other factors have changed
our world.
Psychology Has Changed.
"Our psychology has changed. Our
sense of values is In a state of flux.
Great social and Industrial problems
have entered the field of our com
mon experience. Men's Ideals of re
ligion have changed.
"I state these facts without com
ment. The pulpits have often played
up secondary things when men
hungered for the primal. No one can
estimate the influence of a single
factor In making up our life today.
Whether the automobile ' helps or
hinders church-going depends on the
Individual, his character and point of
view, and on the social standards of
his community. In itself .the automo
bile la a great advantage to hu
manity. If we misuse this blessing
the cure lies not in new cars for old.
but in new men for old. if we have
lost out by the coming of the motor
car. the fault is in ourselves. Do not
blame the automobile or anything
else for keeping the people away from
church. Teople ought always to be
superior to things. The only place you
ran locate the causes of conduct Is
within ourselves. The bane or bless
ing of anything me have In this world
depends on ourselves.
"The auto is all right In Itself if
only gasoline were cheaper."
KEEP DATTliltV CLEAN, ADVICE
lilfc of Storage Equipment Can Be
Increased, Saya Willard Man.
"The man who keeps his battery up
to the mark by recharging and put
ting In water when needed deserves
considerable credit." states R. P. Bow
man of Harper-Burg, Inc. local Wil
lard battery agents, "but he hasn't
gone the limit by any means.
"Conscientious battery care- ought
also to include attention to the out
aide of the battery the cask termi
nals, connectors, and so on.
"When too much water Is put In. the
solution Is sure to splash out a little
at a time, and will eat the wood of
the battery case. Never put in any
more water than is necessary to bring
the level of the electrolyte to of an
Inch above the top of the insulators.
If any solution is accidentally spilled
on the battery box it should be re
moved with a piece of waste soaked in
strong ammonia.
"Terminals should always be kept
. clean and tight. For protection
against solution they should be coated
'with vaseline."
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track Is a KVi-ton Master owned by Roy LaPler of White Salmon, Wash.
V. II. GOODWIN HERE TO TARE
CMAKGE OF LOCAL BRANCH.
New Manager Portland Native Son,
but Has Been In Seattle
Past Two Years.
W. H. Goodwin, a Portland native
son, has returned to the city after a
sojourn of two years in Seattle to
take the management of the Portland
branch of the Ford Motor company.
Mr. Goodwin, who had been assistant
manager of the Seattle branch, was
called to Detroit about a month ago
and at a conference there was in
formed of his promotion to the posi
tion of manager of the Portland
branch. He succeeds S. A. Stellwagen,
who was recently promoted to the
f the large Ford branch
at Omaha. Neb., and left several weeks
ago to take up his new worn. r.
Goodwin arrived in Portland from De
troit ten days ago and has actively
taken up his new position aa local
manager.
In returning to Portland as man
ager of the local branch Mr. Goodwin
has the satisfaction of coming here
as head of the same organization in
which he started as a subordinate
only five years ago. His rise in the
business gives Borne indication of the
possibilities of advancement in the
Ford organization.
In 1916 Goodwin Joined the local
Ford branch as a retail salesman un
der F. S. Norman, then branch man
ager. That was back in the days
when retail business was being han
dled out of the local Ford branch.
After a short time with the retail
sales organization Goodwin was pro
moted to become wholesale sales man
ager and road man for the branch.
When W. S. McNamara, well-known
automobile man of the northwest, was
made local manager Goodwin was
again boosted, and when McNamara
was made manager of the Seattle
branch of the Ford Motor company
Goodwin went with him as assistant
manager at Seattle. This position he
held for the past two years, or until
his recent promotion to the Portland
branch. Mr. McNamara was in Port- ,
land most of the last week renewing.
old acquaintances here and helping
his former right hand man at Seattle
get the local machinery running
smoothly.
Goodwin is well known In Portland
and will be welcomed back here by a
host of friends. During his former
residence here he was active in club
and organization work and expects to.
resume his lormer connections. ai
the Multnomah club, where he was ac
tive, he was known familiarly at
"Nat" Goodwin.
Business conditions In Detroit seem
considerably improved, according to
Goodwin, judging from his observa
tions on his recent trip to the factory.
The recent drop in Ford prices
doubled the orders pouring Mnto the
factory, he said. In spite of this.
W. H. Goodwin, new manager of
Portland branch of Ford Motor
company.
however, assembling haa been cut to
but five days a week, resulting in the
monthly production figure dropping
slightly below the 110.000 mark, which
had been maintained for some time
past. This was done, according to
Goodwin, to enable dealers all over
the country to clear up stocks, liqui
date their loans at the bank and In
short clean up their businesses In
good shape preparatory to a period of
expected big activity for the future.
"One of the revelations to me on
my visit to Detroit was seeing the
way in which the Ford car is now
made practically from the ground up
hy the Ford company." he said.
"While some few articles are still
purchased from other companies the
car is now nearly Ford-made in every
particular. Iron and coal are mined
from Ford mines, hauled over Ford
smelters on a Ford railroad and cast
into iron and wrought into steel by a
special Ford process. Gerat improve
ment has been made in steel and
through a special Ford process we
now believe the Ford steel is the best
produced in this country. This fact,
and other improvements that have
been made makes the Ford car today
the best car. we firmly believe, that
has ever been turned out by the Ford
factory."
Testing Wheels.
Every car owner ought to make it
a practice to test the wheels for side j
play at least tnree or lour times a
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year. Side play performs a doubly
vicious role, for ft causes excessive
bearing wear and tire wear as well.
If the motorist will Jack up each wheel
in turn and, grasping it firmly, push
and pull It, any side motion will be
readily apparent. In many cases
wheel bearings are adjustable to care
for just such trouble.
FARMERS BIG TRICK USERS
Most Productive Areas Have Most
Trucks, Report Shows.
The question of where the most mo
tor trucks are sold for farm use seems
to be clearly answered by a farm
market survey made by the General
Motors Truck company.
It develops that the states where
the value of farm crops per farm Is
highest are the states where the
greatest percentage of farmers own
trucks, regardless of improved roads
and other influences. The average
value of farm products the country
over was $2900 per farm in 1920. Ne
vada farms topped. the list with an in
come of $10,378 per farm, while Mis
sissippi came last with $1101 per farrni
Seventeen states ranked above $4000
per farm: Nevada, Wyoming, Arizona,
Iowa, California, New Jersey, Ne
braska, Kansas. Massachusetts, South
Dakota, New York, Illinois. Rhode
Island. Connecticut, Vermont,1 Colo
rado and Oregon. And these are, pe
culiarly enough, almost the Identical
states which have the highest per
centage of trucks per farm. All of
which would Indicate pretty strongly
that the farm truck follows the farm
dollar.
The survey was made that the Gen
eral Motors Truck company might
ascertain the most immediate farm
market for its model K-1S one-ton
truck, which was recently reduced in
price. The one-ton truck was found
to be the most popular all-around
farm truck, according to the survey.
MINIATURES STILL, POPULAR
One of Handsome Little Cars
Shown In Far-Oft Peru.
Although the famous Marmon min
iatures first made their appearance
nearly a year ago at the New York
cutomobile show, they are as much
cf a novelty and an attraction as ever,
according to news received by the
Northwest Auto company.
Even in South America the reputa
tion of these little cars was so wide
spread that it became necessary to
satisfy the demand there by sending
tnen. one of the miniature town cars.
This made its first appearance at the
great rational exposition of Peru.
There are 18 of these cars, two each
of the eight models of the Marmon
line. The ninth car of the Marmon
line, the .suburban, presented to the
public for the first time last month,
has not yet been reproduced. A spe
cial force is kept constantly at work
keeping these cars fresh and in repair
in order that, even after a year's ship
ping about the country, they may be
as attractive in appearance as last
January. A hundred cities in the
United States and Canada have had
these cars to date, and the list is
crovlr.ar rapidly.
Private Showing
IF this were a full-page advertisement,
stating in detail all the splendid
features of the newest Crawford
Six of Maryland, we would be unable
tomorrow morning to wait upon the
many interested men and women
around the car.
But the Crawford is not a car for the
crowd. It is the choicest achievement
in automobile-making, famous in the
old South for over twenty-two years.
It is exclusively for those who want the
most dependable and the finest We
show these CRAWFORDS by appoint
ment only. Simply call Main 1123
and we shall be pleased to arrange an
appointment at any hour and place to
meet your personal convenience.
The Crawford
Touring Car
'For People Who Know What a
Real Automobile Should Be"
Special
We are closing out three sample CRAWFORDS
used in our wholesale work and are prepared to offer
not merely most attractively easy terms of pay
ment, but will make most extraordinary discount, too.
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ftUTD SALON IS POPULAR
HIGH GRADE CARS ARE EN
TERED FOR DISPLAYS.
Machines Representing America,
England, France, Italy, Ger
many to Be Shown.
NEW YORK. Oct. 8. Preliminary
announcement of the forthcoming
automobile salon discloses the- fact
that space has already been taken
for a larger number of motor cars
than were seen at any previous ses
sion of this notable exhibition, anJ
that the 23 different makes of high
grade cars and ten custom body
builders now entered is more than
twice the number ever before in hand
at this early date.
The automobile salon will be held
at the Commodore, New York, from
November 27 to December 3 next,
and at the Drake. Chicago. . coinci
dent with the national automobile
show there the latter part of January.
Because of the demand for spac-i
at the forthcoming salon arrange
ments have been made to exhibit cars
in the lobby and on the mezzanine
balcony of the Commodore, as well
as on the entire second or ballroom
floor. This means an increase of
about 30 per cent over the last auto
mobile salon, which itself set a new
record for this long-established event.
There haB been no curtailment, how
ever, in the strict rules which limit
participation at the salon to the
highest priced motor cars and cus
tom built coachwork.
Cars already entered for the auto
mobile salon are the following:
Brewster. Cunningham. Daniels. De
large, Dorris, Duesenberg. Fergus,
Fiat, Lafayette. Lancia. Lincoln. Lo
comobile, MacFarlane. Mercedes. Mi
nerva, Packard. Panhard. Plere-Ar-row,
Renault. Rolls Royce. Stevens
Duryea, Sunbeam and Winton.' Space
for custom coachwork exhibits has
been taken by Brewster. Brooks-Os-truk,
Fleetwood, Healey, Holbrook,
Locke, New Haven Carriage company.
Smith-Springfield, United Body and
the Walter M. Murphy company.
There will be no separate exhibits of
tires or accessories, but all automo
tive products appropriate for motor
cars de luxe and custom bodies will
be found on the various complete cars
shown. ' ' --
Fifteen of the cars to be exhibited
at the automobile salon are of Amer
ican manufacture. The others rep
resent England, France, Italy and
Germany. The German-made Merce
des appears at the salon for the first
time since 1914. Five of the American
cars will make their salon debut hex:
November.
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Emergency Cable Repalf Described
In cases of emergency it Is possible,
to attach a cable to the battery by
stripping back the insulation for two
or three inches, prying apart the
strands and then placing a washer on
each side of the cable, after which
the nut ;s screwed down, holding- the
cable firmly ir plnre. "
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AUTO SITUATION CLEARS
FRED V. VOGLER SAYS PRICES
HAVE REACHED BEDROCK.
Slashing In Some Instances Will
Compel MakerS to Restore
Schedules, Says Dealer.
Automobile prices are fairly well
stabilised, in the opinion of Fred W.
Vogler, president . of the Northwest
Auto company. In his opinion there
are a number of manufacturers who
are now selllirg the product of 'their
plants below the actual cost of pro
duction and he thinks that in many
cases increases in the selling prices
will come when the cost of certain
basic materials returns to normal.
"Much of the price cutting in motor
cars," said Mr. Vogler, "was done Im
pulsively. This Is borne out by the
fact that many manufacturers re
peatedly have said that price reduc
tions were impossible, only to an
nounce a price reduction shortly after
But all the pruning has been done.
Certain manufacturing economies
have been instituted and excessive
production costs reduced, but many
manufacturers find that they reduced
prices in excess even of any possible
chance to curtail manufacturing
costs and that they are confronted
with the necessity of either building
cheaper cars or advancing prices.
"There are a great many factors
which put the automobile In the un
settled state through which it has
gone for the last year and from
which it is rapidly emerging. The
big problem was not so much depen
As Expected
Tsfasli Leads the World
in Motor 'Car Val
Nash Four Reduced to $124
Effective Immediately
This Car at This Price Is by Far the Most
Remarkable Motor Car Value in America Today
The Nash Four was designed, built and
" - . perfected as a lightweight, high-quality
car and created a new standard of value
4 ' ; at its original price of $1395.
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j- From the first public recognition of the
wonderful worth embodied in the Nash
Four kept the demand always far ahead
of our steadily increasing production.
Production Makes New
Prices Possible
Now this production has reached a vol-
ume where by handing this car to buyers
practically at cost we are able to make
this new price effective immediately.
Like money has never before purchased
such great value in a high-grade light
motor car.
In every quality of appearance, comfort
and performance this car displays its
commanding supremacy and expresses
that superior Excellence which so con
spicuously and invariably distinguishes
a Nash-built product.
The beautiful- body, finished in dark,
NEW NASH FOUR PRICES
Nash Four Roadster $1245 Nash Four Coupe $1895
Nash Four Touring $1225 Nash Four Sedan $2115
. o. b. Pacific coast points
PORTLAND MOTOR CAR CO.
Tenth
dent upon the buying public as It was
due to the fact that everywhere deal
ers' warehouses were full of cars
which were purchased in anticipation
of unprecedented 1931 business. These
surplus stocks had to be worked on.
The dealer and distributor were con
fronted with the need of liquidating.
Banks were not desirous of financing
additional purchases and this was a
wise decision. The havoc was done
by demand that old loans be paid up
with the least possible delay. This
created a period of stagnation for the
time being, just long enough to make
some of the over-sealous manufac
turers Jump in and start a campaign
of price slashing.
"Those of us who have seen the
automobile Industry grow from very
small beginnings realised that the
downward movement was entirely too
rapid. But we have now successfully
passed through the period of deflation
and liquidation and I see ahead for
the Industry a long era of stable and
profitable business.
"The motor car as such is now per
fected to the limit of its possible
Improvement insofar as major changes
are concerned. Automotive engineers
now must give their attention to de
tails refinements In design and in
motor construction. The problem
in all probability which will be given
the most consideration during the
next few years is that of increased
fuel efficiency. Some experiments
also will be made in finding a sub
stitute fuel for gasoline and in get
ting Increased mileage out of present
grades and lower grades of fuel.
"All In all the industry is In good
shape' financially. Most motor com
panies are in-much better position
than a year ago. With regard to In
ventories and cash on hand it Is
doubtful whether the majority of
manufacturers were ever better set
to enter what seems to be a bright
and encouraging period of expansion."
and Burnside Sts.
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SUFFRAGE GIVES IMPETUS TO
HIGHWAY MOVElMEXT.
Wherever Improvements Arc Issue
at Polls Tliey Are Approved
by Increased Majorities.
When women won the right to vote
the good roads forces of the country
received "en bloc" its biggest army
of supporters in history. Since equal
suffrage has been In effect the better
highways cause has been enriched by
J356. 01)0. 000 this amount being voted
for road improvement by the electors
of eight states at the recent elections.
The travel and transport bureau of
the B. F. Goodrich Rubber company
believes that "votes for women" is the
biggest single forward stride for
highway building since the advent of
the motor vehicle. It points out that
highway bond issues carried by large
majorities in most of the states and
that in the various state campaigns
women took active and aggressive
parts. .The Issues carried were: Min
nesota, $100,000,000; Missouri, $80,000.
000: West Virginia. $50,000,000; Colo
rado, $5,000,000; Idaho, $2,000,000: Vir
ginia, $50,000,000; New Jersey, $29,
000.000, and Kansas, $60,000,000.
This sum $356.0dO,000 added to
the $650,487,000 already available In
federal aid appropriations and state
and county tax funds and bond issues,
makes a grand total of $1,008,487,000
now available for good roads con
struction in the United States.
"Reports from various sections
throughout the United States show
lustrous blue, is unusually roomy. The
thick upholstery of its wide, restful seats
is of finest materials.
Superior in Ever"
Outstanding Qrr
The famous Nash Perfect ' V'aive-in-Head
Four Cylinder Motor, the ac
knowledged performer rmong light
four engines, is now refined to the last
degree. Its wonderful acceleration,
fine speed, power on the hills and un
usual flexibility in 'throttling down,
leave it without a rival in its field.
Remarkable Riding Comfort
The unusual spring suspension of this
great Nash Four gives a riding ease
which equals that of far more expensive
cars of greater wheel base.
See This Car Today Drive It
Then you will recognize by how wide a
margin it surpasses all the other light
cars. It is the outstanding automobile
value today a real leader in the auto
mobile industry.
Broadway 521
that women voters In general lined up
on the side of highway Improve
ments," says the Goodrich bureau.
"Kor example, in St. Louis Just before
the close of the campaign to 'Lift
Missouri Out of the Mud' the women
of the city made a big final public
demonstration In support of the bond
issue.
"That women are real good roads
enthusiasts is attested by the fact
that they will not confine their ac
tivity . to pre-canipalgn times. In
Pennsylvania the State Federation of
Women's clubs and other women's or
ganizations, numbering thousands of
the most influential and public-spirited
women In the state, have organ
ised to deal with highway commis
sioners of every county Individually.
Moreover, they have pledged their
support to good roads bond issues.
"It is entirely natural that women
should be Interested In good roads.
Women are vitally Interested In meas
ures such as centralized rural schools,
hualthful motorized recreation in the
open air and transportation of food
stuffs to market, all of which are at
tainable only through adequate high
way systems. Women may be counted
on to heartily support any move where
the welfare of the community, their
state or their country is In the bal
ance. "The good roads forces of the
United States have been swelling
slowly, gradually and surely for the
past 100 years. At first the advocates
for better highways were few and far
between and were "considered by their
fellowmen as fanatics and cranks.
Since the advent of the automobile
good roads enthusiasts have multi
plied more than during any other pe
riod In American history. Unquestion
ably the next most powerful step was
when the women were given the right
Use new tubes In new tires