3
HHOUSANDS DF CARS
LOCAL AUTO ROW WELCOMES NEW DORT SIX-CYLINDER CAR.
KED ANNUALLY
Large Business Done in
Wrecking Machines.
PARTS ARE SORTED OUT
lEvcrythiiig but Honk 19 Salvaged
In Tearing Down of Worn
out Machines.
- HIE SUNDAY OREGONIAX, PORTLAND, NOVEMBER 12, 1923
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What becomes of the old, worn-
out automobiles?
They are sturdy pieces ot mectian
ism. built for many years of serv
ice, but to all the time finally ar
rives -when their days of usefulness
are over.
They do not, like the deacon s
famous "one-hoss shay," disinte
grate, but there must be some end
to them, for none or tnem last
forever.
Some hundreds are wrecked every
year when careless drivers try to
beat trains to grade crossings.
Thousands are destroyed by fire.
as statistics of Insurance companies
show.
Other thousands are wantonly
destroyed by running them into old
stone quarries, lakes or even the
ocean, in ordear to collect insurance
on them.
Many are dismantled slowly by
rural owners who display 'much
ingenuity in utilizing the parts.
But after all these, there remain
tens of thousands to be accounted
for.
10,000,000 Car in l
There are nearly 10,000,000 cars
In use in this country today and
the annual output in the United
States is more than 1,750,000. This
means that the number of cars
"passing out" every year must be
larger than can be accounted for
in any of the- above enumerated
ways.
The truth is that a great ma
jority of decrepit, worn-out motor
cars pass into the hands of motor
undertakers, known under the trade
name of "parts dealers,' and by
them are scrapped and almost every
thing but the sound of the honk be
comes a source of salvage.
There are hundreds of companies
in this country doing an extensive
business in buying and junking old
and obselete models, and their yards
are in truth motor car cemeteries.
These automobile junk men buy
old cars which roil to their yards
under their own power sometimes,
and there they are taken apart by
skilled hands.
A visit to onif of these motor car
plants will disclose high piles of
assorted parts. In one corner will
be a pile of radiators as high as
a bungalow; in another will be a
vast heap of axles. Scattered
around are large piles of springs
and motor blocks.
In large' bins are piles of brass.
copper and aluminum fittings, and
during the war these items were
among the largest sources of reve
nue from strapped cars. In those
days scrap copper sold for as high
as 40 cents a pound; brass brought
as much as 25 cents a pound, and
aluminum sold readily at 30 cents
a pound.
J unit Man Leaves Little.
Even the old frayed tires yield
profit. In fact there is little left
after the motor junk man gets
through dismantling old cars and
removing from them such parts as
he can dispose of.
Most of the old cars that find
their way into the motor car ceme
teries are purchased from city own
ers. In tho country, farmers find
many ways of using their old cars
long after they have ceased func
tioning as vehicles.
The rubber and small metal parts
are sold to traveling junk men. but
a farmer can attach the motor of
his car to the windmill; he can use
the seats for swings, suspended by
chains on his front porch; and the
wheels he can find use for in mak
ing improvised trailers for use on
the farm or for hauling his boat
to and from his favorite fiabintr iir
When he is finally through with
his car, all that remains Is the metal
carcass, which is left to rust away.
Some of the large dealers in
worn-out cars frequently handle
and dismantle several hundreds of
machines every year. In their yards
may be found remnants of cars ot
every make and of every vintage,
dating from 20 years ago.
REFERENCE BOOK HEUE
NEW DYKE'S ENCYCLOPEDIA
COSIES FROM THE PRESS.
Book Has Over 1200 Pag'ea and
May Be Considered Last Word
in Auto Reference.
Of much interest to the entire
automobile world, and that may be
taken to mean everyone from the
automobile manufacturer down, or
up, to the automobile owner, and to
the email boy who wishes he had
one, is the announcement that the
13th edition of Dyke's Automobile
and Gas Engine encyclopedia has
recently come from the press. The
new book is already on sale at the
local book stores.
Dyke's encyclopedia may be re
garded as the "last word" on infor
mation regarding the automobile,
and it has long been the textbook
by which many automobile me
chanics have been trained, as well
as a book of reference for thou
sands of owners.
The new volume appears in re
written form, considerably enlarged
over the previous volumes and con
taining a large quantity of addi
tional information bearing on re
cent developments in the industry.
The volume contains over 1200
pages, but is so compactly bound
and is printed with such thin paper
that the volume is not unduly bulky.
It is profusely illustrated with dia
grams and sketches, .several on
every page.
One of the unique features of the
book is its index, with over 14,000
captions. Every subject treated in
the book and thre is probably no
subject connected with the auto
mobile that is not treated is in
dexed in three ways: (1) in its re
lation to parts; (2) in its relation
to the operation of the car; (3) in
connection with the make of car.
Thus there is no phase of any sub
ject that cannot instantly be found
through the index.
RORT SIX d ARRIVES KS
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FIRST NEW MODEL IS UN
LOADED BY N. W. AUTO CO.
Interest Keen in New Car, Which
Marks Change From Four
to Six Cylinders.
The new six-cylinder Dort car ar
rived in Portland last week and was
unloaded by the Northwest Auto
company, local Dort distributors,
much to the interest o,f a large
number of motor fans who had been
looking forward to the arrival of
this latest product of the Dort fac
tory. The Dort company has for a long
time back put out a four-cylinder
car, and so when it was announced
by the factory recently that it was
turning its attention to six-cylinder
production, in place of four, interest
was at once keen regarding the new
car. The Portland organzation was
able to obtain one of the first ship
ments of the new Dorts to come
west, and the unloading of the car
load last week was the result.
In general appearance the new
Dort is not greatly changed from
the former model, although beauti
ful and refined. The hood has been
lengthened and the car enlarged in
keeping with the six-cylinder power
plant. The new car has full molded
crown fenders, nickeled radiator and
nickeled outside door handles and
other fittings. The adoption of the
nickeled radiator is probably the
greatest change in exterior appear
ance. Unusual spring suspension is
provided by cantilever rear-springs
and semi - eliptical front springs,
giving a .total length of seven feet
on each side. AH spring ends and
shackle brackets, are bronzed and
bushed.
The new six-cylinder motor is an
overhead valve type, cast en bloc, of
24 brake horsepower. The cylinders
are three and one-eighth inches bore
and four and a quarter inches
stroke, and the displacement is
195.6 cubic inches. Lubrication is
direct under pressure, and the igni
tion is Bosch. Other mechanical fea
tures are thermo - syphon cooling,
multiple-disc clutch, 12-inch brake
drums, with exterior contracting
service brakes and interior ex
panding emergency. Cord tires. 21x1.
are standard.
Handsome new Dort sedan (above) and new Dort five-passenger touring
oar (below), first of the new Dort sixes to arrive in Portland. The
ears were delivered last week to the Northwest Auto company, local
distributors. As will be noted, the greneral Dort lines have not been
changed. The hood has been lengthened to provide for the six-cylinder
motor, however, and the car enlarged in a number of other ways. A
nickeled radiator replaces the former painted shell.
NEW STUTZ CARS HERE
1923 MODELS BEING SHOWN
BY LOCAJi DISTRIBUTOR.
OCTOBER OUTPUT IS HEAVY
Last Month Biggest in History of
Auto Industry, Is Report.
NEW YORK, Nov. 11. Production
of motor vehicles for October has
run 20 per cent above September, it
was reported to the directors' meet
ing of the National Automobile
chamber of commerce in New York
today. Tjhe total output for the en
tire industry for October, based on
statements ot shipments, is estimat
ed at 244,400 cars and trucks. The
best provious October record was
200,000 in 1919.
Increased availability of coal,
R'hich wag relatively scarce in Sep
tember, largely accounts for the un
usual October increase. The pro
duction of the latter month met a
number of unfilled orders, as well
as supplying October sales, which
were about 25 per cent under Sep
tember in most sections of the coun
try. The fall montihs, though sea
sonally less than the summer, are
expected to register the best autumn
trade on record-
Star Production Heavy.
LANSING, Mich., Nov. ll.--Pro-duotion
df ' Star cars at the Durant
plant in Lansing has reached 50 a
day, according to H. M. Alger, vice
president of the Duran.t Motor com
pany of . Michigan. It is expected
that within another week this pro
duction will be doubled. Only tour
ing cars are being built at this time
but sedan bodies are to be added
this month and the full line of open
and closed jobs will be instilled at
the Lansing plant before the end of
the year. i
Cars First Put Out Since Charles
M. Schwab Took Control;
Left-Hand Drive Adopted.
'The first shipment of the new
Stutz cars' to be received here since
the Autorest Motor Sales company
again took the distribution and
since Charles M. Schwab, steel mag
nate and industrial leader, took
charge of the destinies of the Stutz
company, was unloaded in Portland
last week. In the shipment were
three cars of the 1923 "D-H" models,
a special "speedway" roadster, a
sport four-passenger touring model
and a seven-passenger touring car.
All cars were at once placed on
display at the company's salesrooms
at the corner of Tenth and Salmon
streets, where they attracted wide
attention from, auto fans. The cars
will continue on display this week,
it has been announced.
One of the most attractive of the
new models is the speedway
roadster, a distinctive two-passenger
sport car replete with refine
ments and equipment tended to
adapt the tar equally well both to
touring and to motoring around
town. The car has an unusual fea
ture in a large circular trunk which
fits into a specially designed well in
the rear of the car. This is of sub
stantial basswood covered with
duck and bound at the sides and
ends with heavy leather. Inside it
holds two good-sized suit cases.
On all the new Stutz models dis
tinctive barrel-type headlights and
spotlight are standard equipment,
but on the speedway roadster small
cowl lights and a parking light are
added. Two extra wheels with tires
fasten at the rear. Other features
of the Stutz are bumper, plate-glass
side wings, adjustable cowl ven
tilator and Individual scuff and
step plates.
TVia f ritlt"-T a aeon irai mn.l 4 r-m
(known as the Stutz "sportster." On
this model, too, are the special
equipment of the sport type car, and
at the rear is a specially designed
folding luggage rack. The car is
finished in royal blue color with
blue Spanish leather upholstery.
While in general appearance and
in its sturdy mechanical features
the new Stutz does not differ fun
damentally from the former car,
there are a number of important
changes. The first apt to be noted
by the motorist is the change to
the left-hand drive system. This
is in effect on all models, although
it is announced that right-hand
drive is optional and may be ob
tained upon request. The motor,
which remains of the four-cylinder
type, has been improved by a con
siderable number 'of refinements
tending to increase its efficiency, it
is declared. The result is declared
to be a motor with an increase of
65 per cent in power over the
former Stutz and an increase of
some 20 per cent in economy of
operation.
Open house for the new cars will
be held this week by C. W. Osborne
and C. D. McPhail of the Autorest
Motor Sales company, it has been
announced, for the showing of the
new cars at the show room at the
Autorest garage;
PLANT SOUNDS LIKE PLANE
Visitors at Home of Wills Sainte
Claire Often Are Fooled.
MARYSVILLE, Mich., Nov. 11.
One of the "outdoor sports" of
Marysville, the. home of C. H. Wills
& Co., is watching visitors to the
town suddenly prick up their ears,
stop in the middle ot the street, and
excitedly scan the skies for air
planes. Usually the newcomers' cu
riosity prompts them to ask some
resident where the planes are, to
which the customary retort is:
"That's not a bombing squadron you
hear, it's the Wills Sainte Claire fac
tory." The explanation is simple. The
unmuffled exhaust 6f the eight-cylinder
Wills Sainte Claire motor run
ning at high speed sounds 'quite
like an airplane motor. In the motor
testing department at the factory,
the exhaust from all the motors is
led into a long pipe and is carried
up above the roof of the plant, so
that the fumes of the gas will pass
off harmlessly into the air. As a
consequence, when a number of
motors are being tested at high
speed, the noise of the exhaust com
ing from so high in the air sounds
almost exactly like a squadron of
planes.
MOTOR GIVEN UNUSUAL TEST
"Vibrationless" Car Balances'
Glass of Water on Radiator.
NEWARK, N. J., Nov. 11. Every
now and then a bright automobile
salesman invents a test which shows
his product to be the best in the
world. The latest and one of the
most extraordinary ever shown, here
has created unusual comment.
A glass of water filled to t'he
brim was placed on the radiator of
a Rickenbacher six touring car. The
engine was then raced to an approxi
mate speed of 40 miles an hour. Not
a drop was spilled.
"There's your vibrationless mo
tor," was the verdict at the conclu
sion of the test. The lack of vibra
tion in the Rickenbacher is said to
be due to a crankshaft with a
double flywheel.
FIRST OF HANDSOME NEW STUTZ MODELS REACHES PORTLAND.
Where t.he pressure falls below
normal the motorist actually pays
for the abuse in real money. .To ob
tain full service it is necessary to
maintain the recommended inflation.
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PASSENCEK CAR SALES IN SOUTHERN
I CALIFORNIA IN 1920. 1921 AND IS tSV
I fart o. Hz: maf
I - Bio.. , J
-tV. I Cir 1J20 1921 " 1921. 101
' Ac .2 13 CUf
f Allen 1 . , , .2 it
f - American , 14 12 'J J
Anderson , If 15
v I AppenoQ . 7 4 31 I
. I Auburn , -155 50 42 V
1 Bour-Davim .... '7
I Briscoe , 207 92 ! I
iBuick a 308 JM 3266 IT
Cadillac 6JI 562 Ul -wl
Case U. 60 19 15 J
Chalmers S5i .22 275 3J
Chandler , I. 947 525 575 ff
Chevrolet ', , 4575 5319 J0,19 J
Cleveland . 42S 49S 496 4
Coki 207 100 45 '
Columbia , ,. 192 W JO
Comet : ,, .4 49
CommonvrealtA . 27 '4 1
Crovr-Elkhirt 109 45 A
Cunningham , '15 It $ l
Daniels IS li . kl
Davis ; If -IV 4
Detroit Electric . S I J If
Diiie Flyer 65 15
Dodce 5012 5616 SJ64 71
I Dorria 30 ,25 ' ' Jf
I Dort : . 47 34 365 f
Duesenberc - , , . 9 J
I DuPont : !? " 7 '.. f
V -Durant '. . 77 3132 f
Ea.1 ; .... 2" Z I
Elcar , 19 ( ... I
Elpn" . 231 152" 15
Essex 2 564 765 J
Ford lo,767 24,845 .19,220 f
Franklin 34S 290 219 f
Cardner 320 Is 225 I
Grant ! 52 I
H. C S. : 26- 47 17 I
. Haynea - 79 17 232 1
( . Holmes 19 5 .... I
Hudson - 624 475 83 I
Hupmobile . 437 (01 941
' Jackson : 17 "21
JeweU .... . . . 340 I
Jordan 166 102 175 I
Kin. 92 27 2
Kissel 73 41, 44
La Fi-ctte .. 42 10 1
, Leach : : 37 49 13 1
Leaington 75 139 191
Libert- 121 66 56 A
Lincoln , 40 16 220 U
Locomobihi 36 26' 11 7
I Mubohm V 37 M 6 bl
iMarroon s I 225 146 154 1
Ma-well , -I 1042 (56 1775 V?
licFarlan ! 2 14 - 7 if
Mercer 1 U II i
Mets : 45 64 11
Milbura Electric . It 4 2 I
Mitchell i 247 77 - K
Monitor . . I 13 . 1
Monroe U, , - 47 33 3 "II
Moon ...- 125 53 3 I
Nun ...... , . 120 944 103 !
Nstionsf-...l , - D 3. 33 I
Nelson L..i...J,.. - 37 -3 . .. M14
Oakland .L...Z- i4 710 6J 1
OldsmobiH -J 4J- 1121 69 On
Overland ...: 20r 1323. H3 Cat
Owen Majnttid. - .... 12 ,'l .
Packard - 17 254 342 is
Paie r 413 221 254 tJ
Peterson . 24 r 1 if
Peerless - 23 164 112 I
Pierce-Arrow , 93 3 27 ,
Pilot 40 ' 16 2 I
Premier 23 9 1 I
R ft V Knljht 27 10 I
Rao 170 212 300 I
ReVere , 14 7 S.
Rickcn backer .- ... 219
Roamer' ... 36 46 26 l
Rolls-Royce . . . 4 9 1
I Saawn . 49 51 t c4
I Sayera ft ScoviH- 10 - 1
II I Scrlppt-Booth Jl 14 51
Shaw 30 37 20
Sheridan ' 3 15 3
1 Skelton 14 J3 1 ,
XtI- t m Slander 7J 26 3 "rf
f This is file most convincing Ivamtwt m - h
V evidence that Studebaker v ", " 361 m Ui R
V .. V Studebaker . 2130 ,4IM 216 J A
V cars are sold on merit. I stun i o n ,,
X. Templar 07 41 21 ar
TuUa 3 13 in
Sw Valie - 344 34' V I J
W f Westcort -. . . 0 67 yf
I Wills Saint Clair 66 lit A
WtUys-)Cnllht . 225 5l 04
I I 3iacsllaa' l 1 67 W I J
I I Total .. - 7,341 IsliT M,l? I f
Studebaker Elected
Motoring public expresses strong
preference for six-cylinder per
formance and economy of Stude
baker Motor Cars.
The People's Choice
Discriminating buyers in Cali
fornia and throughout the United
States as well select the Stude
baker. Increasing Sales
Note Studebaker's constantly
growing sales and compare with
other cars.
Studebaker Dealers
Albany Garage .......Albany, Or.
C. Rowan Motor Co Astoria, Or.
. Pioneer Garage, Inc Bend, Or.
M. A. Rickard Corvallis, Or.
Sweet Drain Auto Co. ....... . Eugene, Or.
J. F. Burke Grants Pass, Or.
' , Peferson Bros Hillsboro, Or.
' Dunham Auto Co. Klamath Falls, Or.
'. Watkins & Mitchell McMinnville, Or.
" Marshfield Auto Co Marshfield, Or.
Hittson Motors , Medford, Or.
Risley Motor Oregon City, Or.
Central Garage .Roseburg, Or.
Reprint Motor News
Nov. 1, 1922
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Marion Auto Co.
The Dalles Garage . . .
Williams & Williams . . ...
George N. Crosfield. . . ...
Lineham Motor Co. ...
Wallace Bros.
Ross & Brown
John K. Leander Co
. .... i.i
. Salem, Or.
. . The Dalles, Or.
... .Tillamook, Or.
...Wasco, Or.
. . .Vancouver, Wash.
... .Pendleton, Or.
.....Walla Walla, Wash.
... .Portland, Or.
World's Largest Producers of Six-Cylinder Cars
AUTO STAGE MAX SUCCEEDS
P. T. RANDALL.
More Than 15 Stage lanes Now
Operating Out of Park and
TamhilX Terminal.
J. L. S. Snead, secretary of the
Oregon Auto Stage Terminal com
pany, and one of the organizers of
Portland's stage depot enterprise,
Is now its manager. Mr. Snead took
over his new duties a few days ago,
replacing P. T. Randall, who re
signed. '
The Portland stage depot, an at
tractive building at Park and Yam
hill streets, was opened December
15, 1921. More than 15 lines operr
ate out of this terminal, with the
daily passenger turnover exceeding
1000 people.
Mr. Snead has been active in com
mercial motor transportation or
ganization work since its inception.
He is president of the Irvington Ga
rage & Auto company, which oper
ates a garage at Fifteenth and East
Broadway, and a repair shop at East
Fourteenth and Broadway and is
the owner of the Reliance-Mount
Hood stages.
Thirty-seven per ient lost tire
service on 32x4 cord tires, which
cost J42, means $24 loss per tire on
6000 ton-miles of service. In the
first iifstance tire service per ton
mile costs the motorist $.007 per
ton-mile. In the second instance
with 3750 ton-miles service costs
more than half again as much, that
is, $.011.
New Stuts "Speeday" road.ter, .one of three ot the new Stutz models received last week by the Autore.t
motor Sale, company, stnta distributor., and now on display at the company', abowrooma.
The Sign of
Quality
' The Superfine Small Car
Economy and Smartness Finest Material
F i n e s t Workmanship Performance
Minute attention to the little details of motor
car dress that determine a car's social caste
all of which can be proven. Won't ypu drop
in and have a ride?
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