THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN, PORTLAND, MAT 14, 1922
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SALEM RACES WILL
INCLUDE 10 EVENTS
rogramme for Card June 3
Announced by Promoters.
THREE DEALERS' RACES
Stock. Car Haulc- Center of Inter
pol ; Professionals and Motor
cycles Also to Compete.
That one of the most entertaining
race cards seen in the Portland sec
tion for some years will be pulled off
at the state fair grounds at Salem on
Saturday June 3 was assured jester
day when the complete programme
for the event at the state fair grounds
was made public. Ten events are in
eluded in the afternoon s racing, in
cluding three dealers' stock-car racea
three professional races and a motor
cycle race.
Prizes to the winners in the pro
fessional entries will total over $600
In cash, with additional sums for lap
money, it was stated, while silver
loving cups totaling $500 or more in
value will be eiven to the winners
of the dealer events. The programme
will open at 3 o'clock in the after
noon w ith a parade of automobile
dealers' latest model cars around the
track. Following this the various
events will be run off in a snappy
fashion that will insure something
doing all the time, it is declared. The
time for starting the programme has
been set at 3 P. M. in order that the
many Portlanders who are expected
to attend the event will be able to
motor up to the capitol city after
lunciieon.
Complete Programme Given.
The complete programme as an
nounced yesterday and as filed with
the American Automobile association,
under whose sanction the racing is
being conducted, follows:
o. 1 Automobile dealers' par&d around
th1 track.
o. 2 Women's exhibitions of fancy
driving, a silver loving cup to be given as
first prlX. with oih'r prizes to lesser win
ners, the finest ti rivers to be determined
on points.
No. 3 Milo against time to determine
positions in all events.
No. 4 (etmaa B) Dealers' stock car rac
for cars of -:J0 cubic inches displacement
o: loss, 10 miles. First prize, silver loving
cup.
No. 5 (cldss B) Dealers stock car race
for i an of 3x cubic inches or Isa, 10 miles.
First prixe, silver loving" cup.
No. (class B) Dealers' stock car race,
tree fr all, 13 miles. First prize, silver
loving cup.
N'v 7 (class C. division 5 Professional
cars of L'30 cubic inches or under, quali
fication trials, 10 miles. First prize, silver
loving cup.
No. S (class C, division 6) Professional
ean of 300 cubic Inches or over, qualifi
eatioa trials, 10 mifces. First prize, silver
loving cup.
No. 9 (class D, division 7) Professional
N rv. free for all, 13 miles. First prize,
$300: second prize, $125; third prize, $75.
No. 10 (class E) Motorcycle race, free
for all, 13 miles. First prize, $30; second
prize. $33; third prize. $15.
All races wilt be from standing
start, except the mile races against
time, and all cars must be on the
track several hours before the races
In which they participate, exact rules
regarding this feature to be worked
out later. The classifications and
divisions above are those of the
American Automobile association, the
racing rules of which body will gov
ern in all matters.
RUN TO MULINO AND MOLALLA DISTRICT MAKES EXCELLENT SHORT DRIVE.
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.limpc of hlatorle hamlet of Mmlino, with highway bridge in the distance and Velie ear at attractive spot on the
road. The stream Is Milk creels, at a point where it Is oavwea up oy a nam ior loe-Doommg purposes, ine
creek Is one of the important tributaries to the Molalla, flowing into the latter stream a short distance from
Mall no.
MANY SALES FINANCED
BUSINESS OF GEXEKAL MO
TORS ACCEPTANCE OUTLINED.
146,037 Vehicles at Ketail and
102,07 4 at Wholesale Indi
cate Corporation's Size.
ew Body Takes Hold.
Because the race programme has
grown to greater proportions than
originally planned a new organiza
tion was formed during last week, to
handle the entire event. This new
body will be known as the Oregon
Auto Racing association, and is com
posed of J. J. McCall and A. E. Sparr,
advertising men of this city, and
Stanley Stewart, a local race driver.
Uus Duray. a race driver who
originally mapped out the Salem race.
will step out from the managerial
end, but will continue with the or
ganization in charge of entries.
All entries for both professional
and dealers' stock-car races must be
In on or before May -0, it is an
nounced. This is a rule of the Ameri
can Automobile association and ex
tension of time cannot be granted,
it is stated. One copy of the applica
tion blank must be mailed to the
A. A. A. headquarters at New York,
and another to Frank Watkins. Port
land, the Oregon representative on
the American Automobile association
race board. Entries will be received
at the new headquarters of the rac
ing association at room 416 Stock
Exchange building, it is announced.
Great interest is being shown in
the stock-car races, and every effort
will be made to have those events
bona fide stock car battles, it is de
clared. To this end a committee of
probably three automobile dealers of
Portland and Salem will be appointed
to have entire supervision over these
races, in so far as elegibility of
entries, etc.. are concerned. Under
new rules which have been drawn
up all dealers entering stock cars
w ill be required, where possible, to
provide drivers from among their
employes, and in cases in which they
camrot do this will be allowed to
secure non-professional drivers only.
This is designed to prevent dealers
from hiring professional drivers to
man their cars.
Application blanks were received
last week from the American Auto
mobile association, and work of tak
ing the applications is now well under
way. During the coming week a
complete list of officials and judges
will be prepared, and complete rules
governing all the various races will
be printed to be given to each
entrant.
t((.l!lSMKN TO TO I" K WEST
Group From Washington to Motor
to San Francisco shrine Meet.
WASHINGTON, Dt O. ifty 13.-Co-e-perattng
with the National Automo
bile Chamber cf Commerce, the Colo
rado to:ulf Highway association has
arranged tor a caravan of senators
and congressmen to go to the
Shriners' convention in San Francisco
next June.
Twelve cars of delegates are to
leave the White House next Monday
at noon, under the pilotship of Cap
tain Bernard McMahan of the Colo
rado to Gulf Highway association.
The needs of good roads and better
highways, it is declared, will be
forcibly called to the attention of
the party, especially in the west,
where, it is stated,, they are badly
needed.
The route of the caravan will be
via Richmond, Atlanta. Birmingham,
Memphis. Little Rock. Dallas, through
west Texas to Raton. N. M., where
the caravan will be augmented by
80 or 90 cars for the last lap of the
trip which will get the party to San
Francisco about June 12.
Renort all accidents
NEW YORK, N. Y.f May 13. Since
its inception, early in 1919, to the
first of the month the General Motors
Acceptance corporation has financed
the sale of 146,937 cars, trucks and
tractors at retail and 102.074 machines
at wholesale. Thia means that this
important subsidiary of the General
Motors corporation has carried the
sale of cars having a retail value of
over $300,000,000. The total amount of
business done by the General Motors
Acceptance corporation from inception
is $227,743,664, divided as follows:
Foreign, $47,897,700; retail, $107,802,
S79; wholesale, $02,042,985. The fig
ure of 300 millions for the retail value
of the "cars represented by this enor
mous volume is arrived at by consid
ering the fact that the acceptance
corporation will finance not more
than 75 per cent of list price, and In
many cases less.
These figures now are being re
vealed to stockholders and others in
terested, in the form of a small book
let enclosed with dividend checks and
distributed through other channels as
well.
Operations of the General Motors
Acceptance corporation. which in
respects are a barometer of the in
dustry, are confined to dealers in and
buyers of General Motors products,
and are conducted along familiar
lines. In essence, the purchaser,
whether dealer or user, pays part in
cash, and the rest in the form of a
promissory note or trade acceptance.
These obligations, when duly indorsed,
become commercial paper and are
purchased by the acceptance corpora
tion from the holder, who thus gets
cash at once for his sale. The accept
ance corporation then either sells the
paper in the market at the going rate
for prime names, or deposits it with
a trustee and issues against it its
own collateral gold notes, which are
sold to bankers and investors. In the
marketing of its securities General
Motors Acceptance corporation has
built up a comprehensive sales organ
ization, which has placed more than
$200,000,000 worth of paper in the
hands of more than 1000 banks, trust
companies and individuals. making
more than 5.200 separate sales.
"It will doubtless surprise many
people." Pierre S. duPont. chairman of
the board of the General Motors cor
poration, asserts in his statement to
the stockholders, "even those in the
banking field, that the acceptance cor
poration now ranks one hundred and
twenty-eighth among banking insti
tutions in the United States from the
viewpoint of capital, surplus and un
divided profits, and that its loans out
standing represent about one fifteen-hu-ndredth
of all the bank loans in
this country."
MAXWELL BUSINESS IMPROVES
Great Increase Thus Far This Year
Over Last Year Is Shown.
DETROIT. May 13. According to
an announcement by William Robert
Wilson, president of the Maxwell Mo
tor corporation, production of this
company for the first quarter of 1922
was slightly more than 340 per cent
more than for the first quarter of
last year.
"Our business has shown a steady
and gratifying increase ever since
the announcement of the new series
of the Maxwell last November," said
Mr. Wilson, "and during April the de
mand for this car so far exceeded our
greatly increased production efforts
that we entered May virtually six
weeks behind on orders.
"Every effort is now being made
to care for the urgent requests of
our dealers for cars and our proauc
tion for May 6lll be considerably
ahead of April, with a still further
increase assuredfor June.
"We are now at the high mark of
our employment in the various plants
of the Maxwell Motor corporation,
and more men are being added daily
to assure increased production. About
2500 have been added to the payroll
since- the first of the year. Many
departments are working day and
night and much new machinery has
been installed to stimulate production."
TlflE FRICTION MEASURED
FABRICS SHOW INFERIORITY
UNDER CORDS BY TESTS.
Rules Given for Preparing
Cars for Touring.
Mavhinefi Out of Oeod Storage Re
quire General Overhaul.
MANY cars are being taken off dead
storage at thia time in prepara
t.'on for the summer touring season.
Here is a list of things that should
be done in the shop before the car is
used :
Flush out radiator.
Inspect and repair tires.
Clean and adjust ignition.
Chance oil in crankcaee.
Remove and grease wheels.
Inspect and adjust steering.
Remove carbon. Grind valves.
Adjust clutch. Adjust all brakes.
Tighten body bo Ha, fenders, etc.
Clean gas tank. carburetor and linop.
Inspect universalis and drive shaft for
Play.
Inspect generator, starting motor and
miring.
See that battery is charged and in good
condition.
Grease and oil springs, transmission and
differential.
Don't wait until you see the "go
ahead" signal before you shift your
gears.
COLUMBIA RIVER HIGHWAY IN UMATILLA VALLEY AFFORDS
SCENES OF GRANDEUR.
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On the hiiihwnT hrlni'pn Echo and Pendleton, vi here the road is bnil alone:
the base of the picturesque cliffs ot the Umatilla. The car 1st a Chevrolet
model FB
Simple Device Accurately Gauges
Wearing of Rubber JSolliiig
as If Upon Highway.
NEW HAVEN, Conn., May 13. Cord
tires have only two-thirds as much
rolling friction as fabric tires. This
fact, known in a general way to the
entire automobile industry, was given
mathematical demonstration to the
members of the metropolitan and
New England sections of the Society
of Automotive Engineers at a joint
meeting here recently. After the vis
itors had had lunch at the Yale din
ing club, they went to the llason
laboratory under the guidance of E.
H. Lockwood, assistant orofessor of
mechanical engineering, who for some
years has been conducting motor ve
hicle tests, using a rear-wheel dy
namometer. His apparatus is simple, consisting
of two large drums set in the base
ment and projecting slightly over' the
the floor above. These drums may
be revolved by a variable speed elec
tric motor, and also are under the
control of a pony brake. On the floor
above is a table with the usual elec
trlcal measuring instruments, revo
lution counters, stop watch, platform
scales and scales for weighing the
gasoline consumption. Cars that are
to be tested are run on the drums at
various speeds, and facts of perform
ance either being read directly from
the instruments or calculated. Im
mediately on arrival at the laboratory
two snort test runs were made with
a Franklin sedan to demonstrate the
method.
Professor Lockwood then proceeded
to a lecture room, where he read a
condensation of nis paper, summariz
ing the results of his experience with
his equipment. According to his fig
ures, combining tests with Overland,
Mercer, Bulck, Franklin. Haynes,
Oldsmobile and Cadillac, 66 per cent
of the total friction distribution
within the -chassis is due to the tires,
and only Sfper cent is absorbed in
the bearings and transmission.
The method of measuring the re
sistance of the tires is simple. The
car is run on the drums at various
speeds and the resulting records
taken. ItH rear end then is jacked
up until the greater part of the
weight is taken off the tires, which
are allowed just sufficient contact
with the drums to prevent slipping.
Another run is made, duplicating all
other features of the first test. From
the difference in results thus ob
tained the tire resistance under the
full weight of the vehicle is figured
out.
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Our Great Price-Smashing
USED CAR
SALE
IS NOW ON
The money-saving used car event of the season. Mitchell's Red -Tag
Spring- Clearance. Known for many years past as the sale of sales, and
this year we are going- to set a new record. We have the finest and most
complete stock of used cars that we have ever offered, and they are priced
at the lowest prices that have ever, in the history of the automobile busi
ness, been placed on cars of such quality and in such condition. Every car
bears red tag showing the sale price. Be your own salesman, come down
and look them over. Compare quality and price with anything else in the city and you
will find it wise to deal with us and BUY NOW. We have cars for every demand.
Light fours in prices from $200 up; light sixes as low as $375. We have fine cars, such
as the Jordan, the Packard, Stutz, the Cadillac and others. All reduced in price. So
we say to you, no matter what kind of car you have in mind, you will find it in this
sale and at a rock-bottom price. We urge early buying, while the stock is complete.
Here Is the List Note the Remarkable Values
Year-
1920
1920
1920
1919
1919
1919
1916
1916
1919
1918
1917
1917
1917
1919
1918
1917
1920
1917
1917
1918
1916
1920
1920
1918
1918
1917
1919
1920
1920
1918
1917
1918
Sale
Name Model Price
Olds Touring $ 750
Dixie Touring 485
Gardner Touring f25
Mitchell Touring 725
Maxwell . . . Touring 275
Chevroet Touring -. 350
Mitchell Touring 225
Scripps-Booth Roadster 250
Dodge Roadster 450
Dodge Roadster 425
Saxon Roadster 115
Velie ...Touring 375
Mitchell Touring
Mitchell Touring
Dort Touring
Mitchell Touring
Ford ' Touring .
Mitchell Touring .
Mitchell Roadster
Cole Sedan . .
Scripps-Booth Roadster
Ford Roadster
Jordan Touring .
Jordan Touring .
Mitchell Touring .
Oldsmobile -....Touring .
Mitchell Touring .
Mitchell Touring .
Jordan Touring .
Jordan Touring .
Briscoe Touring .
Hudson Touring .
475
775
350
375
395
390
275
755
300
395
1475
1075
550
285
695
1050
1350
985
275
750
Sale
Year name Model Price
1918 Overland Touring 125
1918 Briscoe -..Touring 325
1918 Mitchell Touring 395
1915 Cadillac Touring 395
1916 Packard Touring 1195
1918 Oldsmobile Touring 595
Chevrolet Bug 225
REASONABLE TERMS
Light Cars Taken in Trade
For the benefit of those who cannot come in at
other times, we will keep open evenings and
Sundays during this great sale. If you have
considered buying a good used car this spring,
summer or fall we urge you to take advantage
of this big money-saving opportunity and BUY
NOW.
Broadway
at Everett St.
40 YEARS IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST
To Clean Kef lectors.
Headlight reflectors become easily
scratched. To polish them clean thor
oughly with a stream of water with
out rubbing:, and then polish with
rouge, as is used by jewelers, apply
ing rotary motion. Because of the
Bllver plate do not rub hard.
Detecting a Loose flywheel.
A loose flywheel is determined by
speeding up the engine suddenly
and then quickly closing the throttle.
If this action produces a knock from
the flywheel just at the instant the
throttle is closed it is certain that
the wheel is loose.
1919 Cole
Touring
Starting Price $975
Today's Price $675
COVEY MOTOR
CAR CO.
Washington at 21st
Bdwy. 6244
REPORTS SPUR INDUSTRY
IMPROVEMENT IX BUSINESS IS
HINT FOR EXPANSION.
la1 ted at Washington b' Gordon Lee,
chief of the automotive division of the
bureau of foreign and domestic com
merce, who. in turn, is supplying the
trade associations with the materials
on which to work. Chief among these
latter agencies is the National Auto
mobile Chamber of Commerce and
here, G. W Bauer, secretary of the
foreign trade committee, is preparing
to launch an educational drive of
magnitude.
While his plana ar not fully de
tailed as yet, Mr. Bauer ha in mind
a comprehensive scheme of education
that will embrace many mibjects. At
present, the work m beinc direfie
toward Japan.
Because of the Increased length
leverage and centrifugal force, u c
Willi, H. 1U"K U U, WKI 19 IIIUI O IIRII,'
to skid than one wltn shorter wheel
haef.
Foreign Investigators to Study
Methods of Opening Markets'
of World to Americans.
WASHINGTON. D. C May 13 In
creasingly frequent reports of the
improvement in world market condi
tions are stimulating- the automobile
industry, particularly the trade asso
ciations in their work for broadening
the field for American motors. Many
constructive steps have been made
heretofore but have been in a man
ner of speaking, uncorrected. The
Hoover conference, held in Washing
ton recently has brought the subject
to a focus, hpwever.
In the interim, W. I. Irvine, who
departed for the far east soon after
e war ha hesrun a
trie nrsL ui -.
series of reports on conditions there.
Another representative ui ..-
- f nnmme-Trf. is nOW at sea
headed for the Mediterranean coun
tries while about July i a commercial
investigator will be sent to western
Kurope. Others will roIlow, an un
der the direction ot noover s BBtic-
. w... on with instructions to
center their efforts on the present
conditions, and ruture prospe-cio ui
,-nnfnnrt!itinTl onfl tllfi best
moiur lihwi'v'..'v"
methods of launching an educational
campaign.
The data thus gamerea are cune-
No. D63 Dodge
DALL-PIST0NS
Insist on these Pistons when you
have your motor overhauled.
Weigh 8 ounces less than factory
equipment. All makes in stock.
MOTOR EQUIPMENT CO.
72 BROADWAY at OAK
Phone Bdwy. 3327
Portland Oregon
When Your Ford Engine
"Bucks" and Stalls
The Timer is to Blame, Nine Times Out of Ten,
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Tour garajreman and accessory dealer knows
what a tconderful improvement the new Triple-Life
Timer ii and how much better jour Ford will per
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