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Newspaper Page TextTHE SUNDAY OREGONN, PORTLAND. MAY 21, 1922 32 UPPER CLACKAMAS RIVER IS STREAM OF UNUSUAL BEAUTY. FIRST JEWETT CAR SOLD IN PORTLAND AND ITS PURCHASER. 500-Mile International Most Attractive in Years. Cars and Trucks Produced May Shatter Record. MAY TRADE TO BE GOOD OLDTIMERS ARE READY , Ralph UeFalma, Howard Wilcox, Tommy Milton and Jules Goux Are Out to Win. Increase of Employment in Fac tory Districts Is Reported . Because of Demand. ENTERED 213,000 MAOHinES MONTH'S OUTPUT - t mmm , Iter MfT , 2L"- .,fIIlv &&A$ Jlte. SWEEPSTAKES INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., May 20. Thirty-two cars, the largest field since engines of not more than 183 cu bic inches piston displacement became the requirement. Is the entry list for the tenth annual 600-mile interna tional sweepstakes of the Indianapolis Motor epeedway, Tuesday, May 30. This is the official list of entries as announced by T. E. "Pop" Myers, sec retary and general manager of the epeedway. This Is seven mort cars than were ntered a year ago -when Champion Tommy Milton cune within .22 of a second of equalling the track aver age of 89.84 miles an hour established by Ralph DePalma in 1915 with a much laTger engine. During the last 11 months the drivers have been able to Increase the speed of their mounts and the wiseacres predict that a new mark will be hung up by the 1922 victor. . Four of the nine former winners are to compete for the lion's share of the $100,000 aggregate purse, of which the track offers $60,000 in gold. Three of the former winners not entered have retired from the sport, one ' is dead and the other. Rene Thomas, was unable to complete his plans to bring over a French car. DePalma Switches Back. The quartet aspiring to be the first pilot to win two five centuries is: Ralph DePalma, Howard Wilcox, Tom my JJilton and Jules Goux. Kalph De Palma, 1915 winner, after two cam paigns with the Ballot, has switched back to a Yankee mount, driving one of the Duesenberg straight eights "Howdy" Wilcox pins hia faith to the Peugeot brand, having won with that make In 1919. Champion Milton has a car built in Los Angeles, which he has yet to name, entered, where a year ago he won with Chevrolet's Fron tenae eight. Goux has shipped two Ballots from the Paris factory, witching from the Peugeot to the Ballot brand. He -von in 1913, fin ished third in 1014 and 1919 and started in 1920 with a Peugeot. Goux has not named the driver for the sec ond Ballot. He may bring a pilot from France or England but if he does not, will pick an American to be his team mate. Competing with Goux, his mate and Wilcox, for the honor of taking the purse across the Atlantic, wih be W. Douglas Hawkea, a London en gineer, who is bringing over a Bent ley car to represent England. This will be the first appearance of this make of car in American racing and the entry, which was cabled, did not give any details regarding the car. Millionaire Is Entered. Every race must have its million aire, that is, every Indianapolis race. Joe Boyer, Detroit speed king, does not appear this time but R. Clifford Durant, son of W. C. Durant, has named a Durant special for the event. Durant has not driven for two yearf but has decided to come back. The car he 1a driving Is the one which Tommy Milton used the latter part of last season to win the 1921 oham pionshlp and which Milton turned back to him recently when he got delivery of his new car. Jimmy Murphy, who won the 1921 French Grand Prix over a rough-road course near LeMans, despite the han dlcap of two broken ribs, was the last driver to file his entry. Just what tne former mechanic of Tommy Mil ton and one of the most careful driv- ers racing win drive is not an nounced. Roscoe Sarles, runner-up last year, has switched from the Duesenberg brand to one of Louis Chevrolet's Frontenacs. Roscoe is a daring driver. In his first race in California he stood his car on end and smashed it, to keep from hitting a careless spectator, but a week later had it rebuilt and raced again. He has been one of the most consistent finishers in the game for three seasons. Be Ing a native of the Hoosier state he will carry the hopes of a lot of Indiana fans. Oldtlmers Are Entered. ' Eddie Hearne, Ralph Mulford, De Palma and Wilcox, veterans of the first 00 in 1911, are among the starters. Both Hearne and Mulford are to be reckoned with in the final accounting. Hearne was one of the first . of the millionaire drivers of the road racing days of almost a decade and a half ago, and was a star before many of the present day drivers were out of knee pants. Mul-' ford dates back to the same era. Hearne, however, is showing his age and being bald Is known in racing circles as "Grand Pop," while Mulford la still youthful and looks as young as the youngest pilot Mulford and Wilcox have never missed a 600-mile race at Indianapolis. Among other drivers entered who will bear watching are: Art Klein, Harry Hartz, Jules Ellingboe, Wilbur D'Alene and Tom Alley. Klein is a daring driver and always gets all the speed out of a car. This year he is driving a Frontenae for Louis Chevrolet, a car he has successfully campaigned in the winter races on the west coast. Harry Harts, the Juvenile of the field, won the recent San Carlos race at Ban Francisco piloting the Duesen berg he will drive here. Jules Elling boe took Percy Ford's Chlcago Frontenac a year ago as a relief driver and put It in third place at the finish. This time he has switched to the Duesenberg. Ellingboe was a find of J. Alex Sloan and for five seasons starred on the dirt tracks. . . D'Alene Cap'ains Monroe Fleet. Wilbur D'Alene is captain of the Monroe fleet of three cars. Wilbur has been driving for years, his best performance at Indianapolis being as runner-up to Darlo Resta in 1916. "Soldier Tom" Alley, a mechanic on the famous old National teams, riding aide to Ralph DePalma, and for sev eral years a driver. Is going to be a teammate for D'Alene. Last year Tom drove a Frontenae and was In third place when mechanical trouble elimi nated him at about the half-way mark. Joe Thomas, formerly mechanic for Eddie Pullen, was one of the late en tries. In the Fresno Speedway race recently Thomas was taken 111 and for a time It was thought he would have to undergo an operation. How- aver, he recovered In time to file his entry for the Hoosier event and has started to prepare for the contest. He will drive a Deusenberg. I. P. Fetterman, th sorrel-topped Pittsburg lad, who gained fame as a winner of stock car races at Union- 'J y.,s . . - JL ill- &a3f& - -i-'JH litv etc- " tV v v Sft 'ttSlliSi V 1 If -. f vi VTCf SfcSl 1 ill w J i$ v f i' 'Wfff?'ll I ill"'' f 1 k)J VIEWS TAKES RECENTLY BT DODGE BROTHERS' MOTORISTS AT The roads up the Clackamas river section comes as near being a fisherman s paradis'e as amy part of Oregon. But whether you fish or not, you will find the drive up the Clackamas one of unusual attraction with all kinds of places for. stopping and having picnic lunch. The road up th south bank is now in fair shape, as is also the road up the north, bank, although the former Is preferred at present east of Estacada, while the one below and quietly under it. was a relief on the 1920 Duesenberg team and knows the track. Newcomers this season include Jack Curtner and C. Glenn Howard, who have entered the first flivvers in the history of the world's greatest race. Those cars are rebuilt Fords, the en gines having been changed by the Chevrolet brothers, and are known as Fronty" Fords. In addition to being Fords, the two cars will be equipped with wireless receiving sets that the drivers can communicate with the pits by radio. ' Others making their bows Include E. G. "Cannonball" Baker, Lora L. Comm. Frank Davidson and William Gardner. Official list of entries, showing car. driver and entrant, follows: Dlsteel Duesenberg, Eddie Hearne, Dla teel Flyers. Inc.: Frontenae, Roscoe Sarles, Louis Chevrolet; Frontenae, B. G. "Cannon- ball" Baker, Louis Chevrolet; Frontenae, Peter DePaolo, Louis Chevrolet ; Frontenae, Art Klein. Louis Chevrolet; Frontenae Ralph Mulford, Louis Chevrolet; Frontenae, unnamed, Louis Chevrolet; not namea, Tommy Milton, Tommy Milton; Leach Spe cial, Frank Elliott, Ira Vail ; Frontenae. un named, Mrs. Mae Harvey; Duesenberg-, Harry Harts, Harry Harts; Ballot, Jules Goux, Jules Goux; Ballot, nat named. Jules Goux; Peugeot, Howard S. Wilcex, Howard S. Wilcox; Duesenberg, Wallace Held. Wal lace Reid ; Duesenberg, Ralph DePalma, Ralph DePalma; Fronty Ford, Jack Curt ner, Jack Curtner; Fronty Ford, C -Glenn Duesenberg, I. P. etaolnshrdlcmfwyppyp Howard, Chevrolet Brothers company; Duesenberg, I. P. Fetterman, I. P. Fetter man; Bentley, W. Douglas Hawkes. W. Douglas Hawkes; Duesenberg, Jules Elling boe, Jules ' Ellingboe; Duesenberg, Jerry Wonderlich, Jerry Wonderllch; Monroe, Wilbur D'Alene, Monroe Motors company; Monroe, Tom Alley, Monroe Motors com pany; Monroe, Lora L. Coram, Monroe Motors company; D'Wehr, Frank Davidson, Frank Davidson; Duesenberg, Joe Thomas, Joe Thomas; Duesenberg, unnamed, O. A. Hoffman; Bentz Special, William H. Gard ner, William H. Gardner; mystery ear, no name; Durant Special, R. C. Durant, R. C Durant; no name, James Murphy, James Murphy. . v . SIGNS WILL BE RE-ERECTED Big Work Planned This Tear by California Motorist Body. SACRAMENTO, May 10. Seven hun dred yellow and blue markers will be erected by the California State Auto mobile association in San Mateo Plumas and Sierra counties. Within the week the task of erecting 176 C. S. A. A. signs in Sutter county will be started and- signs for Glenn, Colusa, Yolo, Marin and Napa counties have ben ordered. In Mariposa and Tuolumne counties 250 additional signs will be erected and 398 direction and danger markers in Santa Clara county. The associa tion Is now completing the erection of parking limit signs In the city of Oakland. Three trucks are being used by the association for this work. New Top New Paint MAKE CAR LOOK NEW Let the Covey Motor Car Co, Washington at 21st, paint your car and re-cover your top at prices reduced to suit the times. 1919 COLE 7 PASSENGER , Starting Price S875 Today's Price - SSOO This car being reduced $25.00 a day until sold. COVEY MOTOR CAR CO. -Washington Bt 21st St, ESTACADA. are beginning again to hum with activity, for it is fishing season, and this The top photo of the two above shows shows the same bridge and an attractive view of the river running dieej GENERAL MOTORS ELECTS 28 MEMBERS OP BOARD DIRECTORS CHOSEN. OF Three Vacancies in Membership of Management of Company Filled at Annual Meeting. NEW YORK, May 20 At the an nual meeting of stockholders of Gen eral Motors corporation, held recently, directors constituting the board were re-elected, and three existing vacan cies were filled by the election of GeOrge H. Hannum, general manager of Oakland Motor Car company; Alex B. C. Hardy, general manager of Olds Motor works, and Herbert H. Rice, general manager of Cadillac Motor Car company, the three companies be ing divisions of the General Motors corporation. The directors re-elected are: PI- fef '" xVoA w t.1 CLACKAMAS RIVER BRIDGE AT the bridge over the Clackamas Just erre S. Dupont, chairman; George F. Baker Jr., Harry H. Bassett, Arthur G. Bishop, Donaldson Brown, Arthur Chamberlain, William L. Day, Henry F. duPont, Irenee 'duPont, Lamont duPont, Fred J. Fisher, J. Armory Haskell, Louis G. Kaufman, Charles F. Kettering, Sir Harry McGowan, R. Samuel McLaughlin, William Mc Master, Charles S. Mott, Seward Prpsser, John J. Raskob, Alfred P. Sloan Jr., John T. Smith, Edward R. StettlnlUB, Alfred H. Swayne, William H. Woodln, Clarence M. Woolley, Owen D. Young and Karl W. Zimmer- schled. The organization meeting of direc tors for the election of officers for the ensuing year will be held in New York shortly. Don't Hesitate When Crossing Mnd. Careful drivers, when going over a poor strip of highway, especially heavy, eoft mud, make every effort to keep going. To stop, or even hesi tate, is to be stuck m the mire. A racing speed car consumes on an average one gallon of gasoline to every ten miles. ' ' ' ' 1 Jbod th4 Whrld I Moo Not only arc people raying with greater emphasis than ever that the Nash is a goodinvest mcnt, but they are proving their conviction by the growing volume of their purchases. It is only to be expected that a financially independent manufacturing organization of notable efficiency in both men and method should produce a car to notable in value, that it is attracting a steadily increasing percentage f buyer.. ... FOURS and SIXES Prices range from $1175 to $2725, f. o. b. Portland Portland Motor Car Co. Tenth at Burnside Phone Broadway 521 NEW YORK, May 20. Skeptic who have thought reports of the tremen dous business being done by the auto motive industry were exaggerations have been routed by the preliminary production figures for April, which show that approximately 213,000 cars and trucks were turned out in that month, according to statistics obtained for Motor Age, the authoritative mo tor publication. When the final fig ures are compiled they are quite likely to shatter the record of 220,000 estab lished in March, 1920. The biggest month in -1821 was August, with 180.78L Not only was April one of the two biggest months in the history of the industry, but production tor the first three months of any year except 1920. It marked a gain of more than 100 per cent over the same period last year. May is certain to be as large as April and factories in the Detroit dis trict will exert themselves to produce even more heavily. Capacity output will be necessary to fill orders now on hand and those which still are running into the plant in a flood which shows no sign of abating. June Promise Is Good. June also promises well, although it does not seem possible that business can continue into the third quarter at the present levels. It is probable there will be the usual mid-summer decline in sales, but nothing like a slump. ' In fact, it now seems certain that pro duction for the first half of the year will be eo heavy that the total for 1922 will be materially larger than tor 1921, even if there is a sharp falling off in the saleB In the last half, which now seems unlikely. Although expansion of truck sales has not been as sensational as in the passenger car field, the market is ex panding month by month and the out put for the year will be much, larger than in 1921. There has been a steady gain each month this year and the percentage of increase over the same period last year has been large. The output for April was almost as large as for the entire first quarter. It is significant of the Improvement in the farm market that half the commer cial vehicles turned out in the first three months of the year were made by three companies producing popu lar light trucks. Parts plants have speeded up pro duction to suoh an extent that the shortage In some lines, which slowed up operations last month in a consid' erable number of factories assembling vehicles, will be considerably allevi ated in May. Akron reports a boom in tire sales commensurate with that in the pas senger car and truck field. Reserve stocks are being depleted to meet de mands and production- has been ex panded. Factories in both Detroit and Akron are having difficulty In finding the skilled labor needed. Employment Is on Increase. Further evidence of Increased actlv ity in the automotive industry is given in the report of the industrial survey conducted by the United States em ployment service for the month end ing April 30, lust received here. An increase of 10.4 per cent in employ- ment for March has been noted for the automotive Industry, which is classi fied as "vehicles for land transporta tion." April records an upward move- ment with lines broadening out, and according to federal agents will show increased activity in May. The rec ords show that 20,556 employes were Co Tttlu4 William turaemer, mecnanie of the Southern Paeifla machine shops, and new cook Ulll company, Paige and Jewett olstrlbnton. An even two dosen of the new Jewett cars have been sold thxaosheut the state within the last 1 2 days, aeeodlng to the report of Cook Gill. added to the payrolls of the automo tive trade during April. Agents of the employment service in Michigan report that the auto motive Industry is making decided gains. Much overtime has been noted for the first time in many months. The continual improvement in the automotive business and general fi nancial conditions has brought about big demand, and rush orders for wheels Increase the employment. In Detroit part-time employment has dropped to less than 1 per cent and no plants are closed. Factories have ab sorbed all skilled workmen and the demand for men of that class is greater than the supply. In Lansing one motor-wheel company is working full capacity with night shifts. The automotive parts and specialty shops in Milwaukee expanded operations and a firm manufacturing bodies has 10 per cent Increase in employment There is also an Increase in the num ber of operators employed in motor truck and rubber tire factories. The automotive factories in Kenosha, Wis., are working overtime. Automotive factories in St Louis report aug mented employment, . In the east a distinct increase in em- Chemical analysis Shows that all fabricating oils are composed of about 85 carbon and 15 hydrogen fa chemical combination. All tobrlrattog: o& form carbm when burned fa the combustion chamber. The Important thing to de termine is the emotmt andliod rfcatbonfiarmed by the oil. Some oils form a good deal ofcstrbon,some a smaH amount; some produce hard, flinty carbon which will cause a great deal of trouble; others produce a soft, flaky carbon that will do no damage. The important factors determining' the amount and kind of carbon formed by a lubricating oil are the crude from which it is made, the process and care in refining it, its purity and stability. Advantages of Crude and Vacuum Refining Great care is exercised in selecting the crudes from which Zerolene is made, to secure only those which contain the most desirable lubricating values and at the same time as little as possible, if any, of the un desirable hydrocarbons such as wax and asphaltum. In selecting crudes for Zerolene, the Standard Oil Company has the advantage of its own large pro duction of practically every type of crude oiL For this reason this company is not compelled to use any particular crude because it happens to be the only one available. These selected crudes, carefully refined by our own patented, high-vacuum process,produce in Zerolene, oils of the highest lubricating value, which, when burned in the combustion chamber, develop a very small amount of carbon of a soft, flaky nature, which can do no harm and usually blows out en tirely with the exhaust ployment to noted among automotive industries. A motorcycle factory in Springfield has resumed operations and an automobile concern in the same city is now operating on full time. Reports from Connecticut show that business is booming in the automobile accessories trade. Automotive manu facture in New York shows a gradual improvement. APRUi BIG MONTH FOB NASH Factory Oversold and Cannot Meet Full Demand This Month. Nash motors in April had the big gest month in the history of its busi ness, cays a factory bulletin received here., Eighteen per cent more cars were shipped last month than were shipped in April, 1921. Even the pre vious record month, August, 1920, was entirely eclipsed In point of ship ments during the 30 days Just past. "The fact that all previous records In the history of our business were broken in April, In my opinion, is due to the soundness of the product," said C B. Voorhla, vice-president and director of sales of the- Nash Alotors iTAMDAUD OH. COMPANY ' ICaltftmia) mra power&speed less friction and wear thru (med Lubrication Jewett, which he purchased from company. "Every effort consistent with careful production is being made to meet as nearly as possible the de mand for Nash cars in May. Frankly, though, we will not be able to supply the full demand for we have faced an oversold condition, now, for the past two months. "When we brought out our new line of cars the first of the year there was no doubt in our mind as- to the reception they would meet. That was apparent at the very outset. All pre vious records were broken at the New York and Chicago shows as well as at most of the shows subsequently held in various cities throughout the coun try. With the opening of the spring season the pressure of orders became stronger until finally, some weeks ago, we reached the point where we were oversold. "The first quarter of 1923 shows an Increase of nearly 62 per cent over the similar period a year ago,'' Many cities in the United States strongly enforce laws against jay walking" crossing of streets by pe destrians in the middle of the block as a precautionary measure for the benefit of the pedestrian. tuwn ,io driving a Puesenbsrg. h