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FAIR 8TUDEBAKER, OWNER REGISTERS SATISFACTION OVER HER NEW CAR,
CM 110 TROUBLE
California Highway Rules
Are Full of Pitfalls.
TOURISTS ARE WARNED
Knowledge of Reflations "and
Strict Compliance Fortify
Drivers Against 'Jolts.'
THE i SUXDAY, OREGOtflAN, PORTLAND, - JULY 30, 1922
OREGON MOTORISTS
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Fop the motorist who is out on a
vacation trip there is nothing that
takes the joy out of life so much
as trouble, be it motor trouble,
trouble with a "cop," trouble get
ting on the wrong road, or any other
variety1. A few hints collected be
fore the beginning of the trip some
times does a world of good in steer
ing the motorist away from trouble.
Suggestions for drivers who plan
tq visit California this summer are
given by Dennis H. Stovall of Cor
vallis, who recently made the trip
southward, and writes from Sierra
Madre, Cal.
'"Oregonians and other non-residents
driving in California should,
first of all upon entering that state,
register with the officials as a non
resident driver and get his permit.
Motorists who fail to register within
the prescribed 24-hour limit very
likely will be "nabbed" by gome
eharp-eyed traffic officer who no
tices the absence of the necessary
. "blue bell" on the Windshield.
Station Near State Line.
' "There is a station Just south of
the state line where one may make
cut anr application for registry. This
can be completed and the necessary
papers, tags and other parapher
nalia secured at Sacramento, San
Francisco, Fresno or Los Angeles.
The visiting motorist should not
fail to carry his registration cer
tificate or card with him. Other
wise he will be obliged to wire back
to the capital of his home state to
get a verification of his license and
give number. The California vehicle
registration department is very
strict about this, and the rule, 'no
tody's, word goes,' holds in every
case. The writer can vouch for this,
s he was made to do this little
trick, having lost or misplaced nia
registration card. No fees are
charged for the non-resident per
mit, and once secured, it is good for
three months' going in sunny Cali
fornia. Spotlights Are Prohibited. .
"Spotlights are taboo down here
on. all the streets and highways. To
be caught using one means a fine.
The properly dimming of lights, too.
Is a little matter to which the
traffic officers give all due atten
tion. Because of the half million
or so motorcars that are on the
highways, this is really a worthy
precaution. -
"Tourists who carry the usual tig
load of camp stuff should be care
ful that their front and rear-end
license plates are not hidden. Here
again the writer of these lines can
have the floor for hp had to harfe
out his yellow and black tag where
It was more obvious. We had built
on a sort of cowcatcher that served
as a dandy place to carry three
camp cots. This was- all right ?
that direction, but H put the for
ward license plate out of view whn
a roadi cop down Red Bluffs way j
took a squint at our outfit. Just to
accommodate him and all others
who were interested fa getting our
number we hung the tag on the left
front fender. If this isn't plain
enough we will put a mast xn the
radiator and hang it from that. It
Is just as well to be accommodating
when these California 'coppers' ask
favors.
Const Road Best Route.
"From all accounts it.Js advisable
to take the coast route south from
Oakland or San: Francisco. It is hot
enough in the Sacramento valley,
but hotter still in the San Joaquin.
But the route through San. Jose, (Jil
roy, Salinas, King City, San Pablo,
6an Louis Obispo, El Pizmo, Santa
Barbara and Ventura is very cool
-' and pleasant, this for the reason
that it foUows the ocean beach
much, of the way and is not far
from the sea at any point. In the
vicinity of King City, through the
Salinas desert region there is some
sun-baked country. This is soon
crossed, however, and the traveler
finds an overcoat comfortable when
spinning along the highway . that
skirts the southern California sea
shore. Untold thousands 'of motor
ists are at the southern beach coun
try now. From El Pizmo to Santa
Barbara, and on, further south, tie
teach is dotted with auto, camps.
Beach bathing is the popular thing,
and not a few of the nimrods find
good fishing from the rocks where
the surf favors.
"There are any number of auto
camps in Los Angeles county. A
great number of these are provided
by the municipal authorities or by
public-spirited organizations. A
multitude of private catnips are pro
vided, where a nominal fee of 25
cents is charged for a night's stay.
Fruits, vegetables, meat and fish
can be purchased cheaply. To tell
the truthyabout It, California, no
less than Oregon,. Is kind to the
tourist. It pays. At no point on
the line were we overcharged for
anything. On the contrary, we
found the waysida shops and stands
selling their stuff at aa low or lower
price than that charged at 'the reg
ular stores."
Mrs. H.'li. Balwr and handsome Stndeliaker big ate eda recently purchased hy' Mr.- and Sirs. Balzer from th
Studebaker corporation.. The deal was handled by M- N- Veale of the local salea force.
recharging of storage
batteries fairly simple
Five Sockets and Five Ordinary 32-Candlepower Carbon Tubes
Necessary for 60-Ampere-Hour Capacity.
0AKU1ND LOWERS PRICE
PCfPCIiAIt IilGHT SIX NOW IS
BACK TO 1917 IiEVEIi.
PRESENT-DAT vacuum tube a
usually draw a current of
about one ampere, and when
several tubes are used the current
mounts np considerably. A storage
battery hag proved the only satis
factory and, economical source of
supply tor this comparatively large
current. If the set is used much a
set of dry cells Will have to be dis
carded within a week, whereas a
storage battery can be taken to a
charging station and rechaTe4 for
a few cents. - . ...
Recharging Is Simple.
If you have a direct current in
your house it Is quite a simple mat
ter to recharge a battery yourself.
If your battery is of a 60-am.pere-hour
capacity, all that is necessary
are five sockets and five ordinary
32-candlepower carboy tubes. Con
nect these bulbs in 'parallel and
connect one side of this lamp bank
to one of the house current wires
and the other to your battery. , The
other power wire goes direct to
your battery..
The question of polarity Is all
important. Be sure that the positive
side of the line goes to the positive
pole of your battery, otherwise the
battery will discharge into the
lighting circuit and be ruined. '
To ascertain the polarity of the
line dip the two ends in a solution
consisting of wateT to which a little
salt has been added. The wire at
which the most bubbles form Is tie
negative wire. ' -
Batteries are rated according to
"amners hours." For instance, a
battery of 60-ampere-hour capapity
will give a steady current of 'one below 1.7.
ampere for a period of 60 hours, or
two amperes for 30 hours.
The plate fastened on the front of
the jattery box usually -gives the
normal : rate of charge , and. dis
charge. These are the rates at
which the battery will give greatest
service. With the charging appa
ratus deaaribed and with the battery
before mentioned, the duration of
charge s-hould be about 14 hours. .
Rectifier May Be Necessary. -
Many experimenters have alter
nating current in their homes, and
for these people some form of rec
tifier will be necessary. -The most
convenient ' and dependable recti
fiers are the magnetic and vacuum
tube types. Home-made apparatus
has in many cases proved unsatis
factory. -
A hydromotor affords a suTe
means of testing the condition of a
cell: The electrolyte, when the cell
Is fully charged, should read about
Lt2&fl. and under no circumstances
should the battery be discharged
until the cells read below 1170.
Distilled water should be added
from time to time' to make up for
that lost by evaporation. Water
with even slight impurities will
greatly shorten the life of the bat
tery. Keep the water about -lnch
above the tops of the plates. Do not
add acid or electrolyte to increase
the specific gravity, after the bat
tery Is once in use, -but bring It up
only by further charging. 4
A voltmeter may also be used
witn some success to test the condi
tion of the cells. A cell when fully
charged will test about 2.5 volts.
Put a load on the battery', such as
several lamps, when making voltage
tests, and do not let the voltage go
TINY RACER IS SPEEDY
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SMAIIi POWER PLANT TO BE
SEEN ON TRACKS SOON.
AUTOS USE THIRD OF GLASS
Motor Car Industry Big Consum
er of Nation's Raw Material.
Thirty per cent of ' this country's
production of plate glass, 20 per
cent of the tin, 22 per cent of
the aluminum and. 16 per cent of the
copper is used in the manufacture
of motor cars and trucks, according
to statistics just compiled by the
National Automobile Chamber of
Commerce.
' Of iron and steel the automotive
industries use 1,464,000 tons, or 4
per cent of the annual production.
The industry uses 43,250,000
pounds of aluminum, or 22 per cent
of the production; 83,425,000 .pounds
of copper, or 16 per cent of the pro
duction; 12,500 tons of tin, or 20 per
cent of the production; 6676 tons of
lead, or 1.7 per cent of the produc
tion; 3,400,000 pounds of nickel, 37,
165,000 square feet of upholstering
leather, 6,357,000 yards of upholster
ing cloth, 8,400,000 square feet of
imitation leather, 315,800,000 feet of
lumber, 16,500,004 square feet of
glass, 15,300,000 yards of top and
side-curtain materials, 16,000,000
pounds of hair and padding and 5,
900,000 gallons of paint and varnish.
Car of French Make Said to Be
Something Entirely Different
In Speed World.
LOS ANGELES, Cal;, July 29.
Two and thirty-two nundredths by
three and fifty-four hundredths. "
- That, the merest detail, standing
by Itself, means nothing to the peo
ple, but It speaks worlds to auto
mobile manufacturers, and particu
larly those who are Interested in
the building of racing cars. It is
introducing the latest In racing
cars, the 122-cubic-inch moter,- the
first 'one heard of in California
racing circlea Those are the cyl
inder dimensions, bore and stroke,
of the newest the Bolland-Plllaine
of French design and construc
tion. Imagine, if you oan, a power plant
that is as smaller not smaller, than
a great number of motorcycle en
gines, and then imagine that same
power plant pushing a racing car
over the speedway at upward of
109 miles an hour. And despite the
fact that southern California racing
fans who have seen the, 183-cubic-innH
1obs nerform on the Los An
geles racing plant at Beverly Hills
and on other California tracks may
seem a bit dubious as to the possible
result, the manufacturers seem to
know their business.
They were met with the same
doubts not only from the motoring
public, but -from racing enthusiasts
who were "in the knrw" when tlie
18S-inch motors were first an
nounced and successfully tried out.
Notwithstanding the fact that it
will Drobably be a long time before
Los Ansreles fans are' given the
oresentation bow of one of tnese
small speed monsters, the first
news of the first car is interesting.
The Rolland-Pillaine is basically
the same as the present type of race
oar, save that It Is much smaller In
every detail. As to exact weight
and other details, nothing In known
here. The motor is of overhead
camshaft and valve construction'
and eight-in-a-row,- and the fans
are fairly acquainted with' this type
of engine.
The cars will weigh. It Is believed,
in the neighborhood of 1290 pounds,
or about 600 to 900 pounds less than
the lS3-inch Jobs, which can be
taken as an average save for the
small four-cylinder Frontenac jobs,
which ' weigh approximately 1650
Dounds. The seating capacity, how
ever, is for but one; no mechanic
will be carried or needed, save in
the pits. .
It is interesting to note, also,
that no American manufacturer is
known to have started work on this
type of car, land racing fans, par
ticularly in the east, have passed
During the past three years 625
American automobiles and trucks,
valued at $1,159,031, were reimported
from France, and 1801, valued at
2,819,633, were reimported from
Great Britain.
sarcastic comments on the fact that
it seems that, as in the past when a
new type of race car was developed,
American manufacturers will be
idle until a few weeks before the
initial appearance of the first small
ears. This intruction to American
racing fans is expected to take place
some time in 1923, and presumably
at the time of the Indianapolis
classic, for which -the date Is un
known as yet.
It was rumored for a time during
13Z1 that Louis Chevrolet, the well
known race car builder, was 'at
work on the design for these cars.
Two other foreign manufacturers.
Talbot-Darraq of France and Fiat
of Italy, are working out models of
the lza-cutHc-lnch jobs. -
NEW FEATURE IN ' GOLF
Father and Son Tournament An
nounces at Del Monte.
DEL MONTE, Cal,, July 29. A
father and son" tournament Sun
day, September 10, Is a new feature
of the California amateur a-olf
championship, which - will be held
here. The championship proper will
get unaer way September : 4. A
match play at par will take place
aepiemDer z ana a team match be
tween north and south on Sunday.
September S. The only Important
cnange jn the championship sched
ule from last year will be the nla.v.
ing of all rounds over 36 holes. Last
year the first and second rounds
were limited to 18 holes each, but
In order to do away with the pos
sibility of ah unset of the limited
ground. It was decided to have
au rounds uniform.
When soldering the battery" con
nections, always use pure lead. as
nn compositions will corroded
New Models Received by North
west Oakland Company Here
Attracting Wide Interest.
Reduction in the prices of Oak
land cars, said to bring this popular
six-cylinder line to a lower figure
than, any that has prevailed since
1917, were announced last week by
the Northwest Oakland company,
following receipt of the new sched
ules from the Oakland factory. The
Northwest Oakland company, which
has for a long time acted as thei
wholesale distributor for the Oak
land in the northwest, with branches
in oeaiue ana .roruana, recently
took over the retail sales of the car
In the Portland district as well.
"As a result of the reduction the
new Oakland six touring car now
bears the lowest price in dollars
and cents of any Oakland since
1917, said A. H. Brown, manager
of the Portland branch of the com
pany, in discussing the reduction.
If the automobile excise taxes,
which did not exist in 1917, and the
increased freight charges are taken
into consideration, the new price for
the Oakland, ready for delivery in
Portland, is the lowest since 1916."
In addition to reducing the price
the Oakland , company . recently
orougnt out -new models with
number of changes designed to
make the oar sturdier than ever
before, and refinements tending to
make the ear more attractive and
comfortable. The new models have
been received by the Northwest
Oakland company and have attract
ed wide interest.
Among the new Oakland s bodv
siyies in me 1S-J2 series is the two
passenger or business men's coupe,
selling at a price but $200 above the
open modela The coupe, as the
name indicates, is built especially
for the use of the business man and
has ample luggage room in the rear,
with additional locker room behind
me seat. .
Touring '
Car
Effective August
Oakland prices are lower! The extraordinary popularity of the
New Oakland Six-44 rriodel has enabled us to effect the numerous
economies natural to .large production, and to share these savings
with Oakland buyers in the. very desirable form of these materi
ally reduced prices, f. o. b. factory:
OLD PRICE NEW PRICE
Chassis - - - $ 895 $ 795
Roadster - - 1120 . 975
Touring Car - 1145 995
Sport Car - 1265 1165
2 Pass. Coupe - 1285 1185
4 Pass. Coupe - 1685 1445
Sedan - - - 1785 1545
TRUCK INTERESTS MERGED
Industrial Motors Corporation Is
Formed as Holding Company;
NEW YORK.' July 29. Action of
significance m the motor truck in
dustry is involved in the formation
of the Industrial Motors corporation
unaer the laws of the state of Dela
ware, announced this week.
The new corporation Is a holding
company with an authorised capital
of 1,000,000 shares of no oar value.
all of one class. . ....
The announced ' purpose- of the
corporation is- to acquire and hold
the stocks, securities and properties
o motor vehicle i and accessory
manufacturing and 'selling corpora
tions and to manufacture and sell
motor vehicles an accessories. Tire
first two units Included in the new
corporation are the Selden Truok
corporation,' Rochester, N. T., and
the Atlas Truck corporation, York,
Pa. Both of these companies occupy
an Important position In the truck
industry.' Their business, as' stated
by their officers, has shown steady
improvement during the past few
months.
It Is expected by. the officers of
the new corporation that other im
portant units will rapidly be ac
quired. -
The organization of the Industrial
Motors corporation Is under the
direction of -a committee which' in
cludes John J. Watson Jr. of New
York, vice-president and treasurer
Internationa Agricultural corpora
tion and president of the Lee Tire &
Rubber company; Frederick - M.
fimall.
Parry
We urge you to examine the New Oakland at its new low price.
The high quality remains unchanged. The written 15,000 mile
engine guarantee is continued. The more closely you analyze its
construction, die more, fully will you realize its unequalled value.
OAKLAND MOTOR CAR COMPANY, PONTIAC, MICHIGAN
r , Division of General Motors Corporation
Northwest Oakland Co.
344-348 Burnside St. (Just west of Broadway) Telephone Broadway 0082
- For Over Six Years Oakland Distributors
PORTLAND SEATTLE
Tim New Oakland Six
Indianapolis, - Ind.; Reeve Schley,
vice-president of the Chase National
bank. New York City; George C.
Gordon, president, and Robert H
Salmons, vice-president of the Sei
den Truck corporation, Rochester,
N. X- . .
Asphalt Filler Preferred.
In line with its recent action In
simplifying and standardizing the
sizes of .paving brick, the National
Association of Paving Brick Manu
facturers has approved asphalt fill
er as the preferred type for brick
streets and roads. A resolution to
this effect adopted by the associa
tion" sets forth that its researches
have shown for some time a decided
trend toward the use of asphalt
filler; that 60 per Cent of the brick
pavements laid during the past year
were so filled, and that it was clear
that the majority of engineers and
public officials were convinced that
asphalt filler Insured the construe-?
tion of durable and economical pave
ments. . ,
warning to motorists . against the
tragedies resulting from reckless
driving on highways. The scenes
show how -state police and health
authorities work together when
fatal motor accident occurs.
Pennsylvania Prepares Movie.
State police and health authorities
In Pannevlvanlg nsVA n.PTil rut a
president of the Martin-"thrilling moving picture to be ex
company, York, Pa., and hibited all crver the country as a
WANTED
Two Eetail Salesmen
for :,
OAKLAND SIX
See Mr. Brown
344 Burnside Street.
Owners Tell You Their Own Story
of Templar Performance
McCarley Motor Company, x V
62 Cornell Street, Portland, Or. '
' Gentlemen: Last fall I purchased a new Templar car from the
Portland dealer and to date I have driven the car over 9000 miles. I am
. certainly pleased with its performance. The upkeep to date has been
nothing, and my tires look nearly as good as new.
' I have just returned from, a vacation trip to the Rainier National
Park and British Columbia. The performance of the Templar on this
trip was certainly all that the most particular driver could wish. The
car holds the road wonderfully and I could keep up a good pace with
ease over all kinds of roads, frequently passing big expensive cars on
rough roads and hills. The trip certainly proved the economy of the
Templarv On this 1200-mile trip L averaged better than 20 miles per
" gallon of gasoline. I changed oil in the motor once; it is never necessary
to add oil.?
. I can certainly recommend the Templar to anyone who wants power,
speed, economy and absolute dependability. Yours very truly,
. ' - , BOB CLEVELAND, '
Cigar Stand, Northwest Bank Building, Portland, Or.
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After you buy a car
then what?
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It matters not what car you buy or the price
you pay occasionally you'll require service.
Here at the H 8c E we are particularly fortu
nate in having the most highly specialized fac
tory experts on the coast. This is substantiated
by the fact that increasing numbers of car
owners are coming here for service. Cleanli
ness, too is paramount in our service every
car is washed and polished before it is re
turned to the owner. These factors combined
with the genuine dollar for dollar value in
Marmon and Stephens Cars explains why
we are "oversold," However, we shall be
glad to demonstrate either make and take
orders for future delivery.
AUTO CO.
Washington and Nineteenth
Distributors
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l" STEPHENS