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THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN, PORTLAND, NOVEMBER 12, 1923
AUTOISTS TO FLOCK
ALL ABOARD FOR THE BIG O. A.
C. HOME-COMING AND ANNUAL
COMBAT.
"AGGIE"-U. OF O. GRIDIRON
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HERE'S FIRST NEW DR LUXE TEMPLAR TO ARRIVE HERE, ITS OWNER AT THE WHEEL.
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GORVALLIS
NEW PLAN IS SUGGESTED FOR
HAULING COMPANIES.
Homecoming on Saturday
Will Draw Thousands. .
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HIGHWAY IN GOOD SHAPE
Route Southward Described for
Benefit of Those Not Fa
miliar With-it.
With Corvallil only four hours
from Portland by automobile, as a
result of the excellent condition of
the Pacific highway, now all paved
to the agricultural college town with
the exception of scarcely more than
a. dozen miles, the coming Saturday
will see motorists by the hundreds
going southward to attend the an
nual Oregon Agricultural college
"home-coming," and the gridiron
clash that afternoon between the
"Aggie" eleven and the University
of Oregon team. While other "home
coming" features will fill the day
to overflowing with activity, the
football classic the great annual
gridiron event of the state, will be
by far the most Important number
on the day's programme.
Driving to Corvallis now is no
more difficult than driving around
the Portland pavement, and no mo
torist who has a longing to see the
football classio should hesitate about
making the trip because of fear of
difficulties on the way. The distance
is approximately 90 miles, and the
motorist leaving here Saturday
morning about 9 o'clock, will arrive
at the gridiron in Corvallis in ample
time for the game, and will have
time to stop at Salem or Albany for
luncheon to boot.
Route Is Well Known.
The route to the college city is
now so well known as scarcely to
bear description, but for those who
have never made the run before, or
may be uncertaia of the route, the
following description is furnished:
From Portland take the east-side
route to Oregon City, going out of
the city either via Milwaukie avenua
or Eighty-second street. Both TOUtes
are paved all the way. The distance
from the center. of town to Oregon
City is 14. miles by the river road
and somewhat longer via the
Eighty-second-street route.
From Oregon City take the Pacific
highway southward to Salem. The
distance is 40 miles and the route is
paved the entire distance excepting
a stretch of about 100 yards , just
south of the Pudding river bridge,
where a new bridge and bridge ap
proach are being put in. Here the
motorist will have to go slowly, but
no difficulty will be encountered.
The northern entrance to Salem on
the Pacific highway has now been
paved, thus eliminating a bad
stretch of gravel road several blocks
in length.
From Salem to Albany is 27 miles,
and it is all paved, with two briet
exceptions. The first is one mile
through the town of - Jefferson,
where concrete paving is being laid.
This paving will be open within a
short time, but not in, time for the
game Saturday, so far as it is known
now. This one mile of detour road
is rough and some of it will be
found muddy. It will be the worst
stretch on the entire run. The
other unpaved portion between Jeff
erson and Albany is a few hundred
yards about half way between th
two towns, where a new grade has
been established, connecting with a
new grade separation under the
railroad track. This section is grav
eled and is in good shape. It will
ultimately be paved, but not until
opportunity has been given for the
grade to settle.
Two Routes From Albany.
Between Albany and Corvallis
there 13 no paved road, but the mo
torist will have the alternative of
two fairly good gravel roads. The
usual route is via the west side of
the river, crossing the Willamette
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This road is in good shape as far
as Granger, but at that point the
motorist will be forced to detour
northward to the west side Pacific
highway paving five miles north of
Corvallis, coming into the town
over this route. This detour is made
necessary by construction work on
the regular road. While this work
is being rushed present reports are
mat ix. win not De completed in
time for the Saturday crowd.
The other route is via the east
side of the river, and is good gravel
road the entire distance to Cor
vallis, with a few rough sections. To
follow this road the motorist drives
southward from Albany ever the
regular east side Pacific highway
pavement in the direction of Shedd.
turning to the right at the first
main cross road beyond the city
limits. This cross road, which is
marked with an arrow bearing the
legend "Corvallis," is approximately
1.3 miles from the center of Albany.
The distance from Albany to Cor
vallis is 12 miles by the eastern
route, and slightly longer via the
western route, on account of the
detour. With the exception of the
detour road the western route is in
better shape than the eastern
route, but considering the detour
and the additional distance it is a
toss up between the two routes. No
difficulty will be found on either,
for anyone except the careless
driver.
CARBURETOR IS DESCRIBED
Special Feature of Latest Peerless
Cars Create Interest Here.
Of the various features of the new
Peerless car, received here a short
time ago by W. R. DeLay, Peerless
and Velie distributor, perhaps none
has attracted as much attention as
the "double jet" or "two-stage" car
buretor, which is declared to be de
signed so as to furnish sufficient
gasoline automatically for any ex
traordinary demands, and at the
same time to operate with economy
at lower speeds. The operation of
the new carburetor is described as
follows:
When the carburetor throttle is
opened slightly for idling or for low
speeds, the gasoline is drawn from
the float chamber through a pri
mary jet into the mixing chamber.
Here it is mixed, with a sufficient
amount of air to provide an econom
ical fuel, and then proceeds through
an Inlet header into the cylinders.
As the throttle is further advanced,
the flow of gasoline into the mixing
chamber through the primary jet
is augmented Dy an additional sup
ply coming from a secondary jet,
and an additional supply of air is
also introduced. This secondary, or
double supply of gasoline and air is
not needed for ordinary speeds up
to 45 miles an hour, and so the
cylinders are not being fed with a
greater supply of gasoline than is
actually needed.
OCTOBER PRODUCTION SETS
NEW RECORD.
Shipping Pace Faster Than at
Any Period In History of Com
pany, It Is Declared.
FLINT, Mich., Nov. 11. The Buick
Motor company built in October 17,-
666 automobiles.
In. achieving this remarkable re
sult the Buick daily shipment fig
ures were several times broken. On
October 12 775 cars were shipped,
910 went on October 25, 973 on Oc
tober 26 and 1029 on October 30. All
the foregoing records apply to the
combined business of the Flint and
Detroit plants.
While surpassing the production
record of September, which was 16,-
842, a record month up to that time,
the figure just achieved is best ap
preciated by comparison with the
October records of previous years.
In October, 1920, it was 13,121 and in
October, 1921, it was 9113.
An interesting 'feature of this
record lies in the fact that the ship
ments included 33 solid trainloads
to individual consignees, which con
stitutes another Buick record.
President Bassett says in a state
ment today that there is yet no ap
preciable lessening in the demand
for Buick cars and that the Novem
ber figures .seem to be dependent
solely upon shipping facilities and
the weather. The latter may, of
course, interfere with the volume
of drive-aways. October was a won
derful month for this manner of de
livery. The record of October was greatly
enhanced by the growing efficiency
of the Detroit plant. This auxiliary
factory, which was formerly the
home of the Scripps-Booth, finishes
and ships all but two models of
the Buick closed car line. On the
recocd day, October 30, when 1029
Buick cars were started on their
way to buyers, the Detroit plant is
credited with 251 cars shipped or
driven away. t
BIG TRUCK YEAR EXPECTED
Federal Company Looks to 1923
to Be Banner Period.
DETROIT, Nov. 11. The year 1923
will be the greatest in the history
of the truck industry and during
the next year the Federal Truck
company of Detroit expects that
orders will far exceed production,
according to M. L. Pulcher, vice
president and general manager of
the company.
"There is little doubt," Mr. Pul
cher said today, "but that the next
year will be the greatest in the
history of the industry. Today our
shops are running at capacity and
a survey of the business market
and the possibilities for truck sales
in all sections of the country .has
convinced me that orders will ex
ceed production an almpst unheard-of
feature of the industry.
- "We are planning to expand as
fast as possible and we have placed
orders for several million dollars'
wortfi of material and we are plan
ning next year's production on a
much larger scale.
"I believe that business houses of
the country are awake to the real
ization that the motor truck today
more than ever before, must be util
ized more intensively to broaden
the transportation facilities of the
country."
WELt-KSOWJI AUTO MAN NOW
IN NEW BUSINESS.
Ted Herlihy.
Ted Herlihy, in charge of
Chalmers sales for the Covey
Motor 'Car company for the last
several months and formerly with
the Max weli-Chaimers factory or
ganization, resigned a week ago
to become associated with Crom
well Blower, national lecturer on
business psychology. Mr. Blower
lectured here in September and
conducted business psychology
classes in the Rotary and Ad
clubs. Mr. Herlihy . has joined
him as advance man and has gone
to Minneapolis to begin his new
duties at once. -Mr. Blower has
lectured many times for the
Packard, Standard Oil and United
States Steel companies, which con
sider his psychological studies of
great value to their organizations.
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Above Football field at Corvallis, whf re the kick-off In next Saturday's
classic will start the "game 'of the year" for the state of Oregon.
Below A scene on the Pacific highway, south of Salem, showlne splen
did paved road, which, excepting for a dozen miles of macadamized
road, is the rule the entire distance from Portland to the "Aggie" city.
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LEGISLATURES ARE ALIVE TO
MOTORISTS' NEEDS.
Lawmaking Bodies of 43 States
Meet Early in 1923; New
Measures Being Drafted.
WASHINGTON, D. C, Nov.! 11.
"Matters of import to motorists o
the United States will be to the
forefront when the legislatures of
43 states meet early in 1923. Of this
number 41 meet in January; one,
that of Florida, in April; and one,
that of Georgia, in June. The five
states in which legislatures do not!
meet in 1923 are Kentucky, Louisi
ana, Maryland, Mississippi and Vir
ginia, says a statement of the Na
tional Motorists' association.
Officers of highway commissions
in the 43 states in question are now
busy preparing drafts of new or
amendments to old legislation for
submission to legislative bodies
when they convene. These drafts
doubtless will contain suggestions
with reference to the bringing of
state laws in line with the federal
aid law, the question of theft pre
vention, motor car registration,
legislation controlling headlights,
automatic signals, etc., and having
to do with taxes and fees in the
operation of motor vehicles. '
. Still other subjects to be given
consideration will have to do with
the question of declaring motor ve
hicles to be common carriers, uni
form traffic laws, elimination of
grade crossings, highway enforce
ment legislation, snow removal, in
addition to dozens of other perti
nent and important related matters.
The National Motorists' associa
tion, through its national head
quarters In Washington and affili
ated clubs In the different cities,
will keep in touch with the prog
ress of legislation affecting directly
or indirectly the interests of motor
ists, or highway development prob
lems, and will give support to those
measures deemed for the best inter
ests of motorists.
It is important that states which
have not 'already done so comply
with requirements of the federal aid
road act within the next few years,
if they, too. are to put themselves
in a position to benefit from its pro
visions, according to the" bureau of
public roads, in charge of the exe
cution of thisact.
Of the states in which legislative
The Rush Adjustable
Brake Shoes
SEVEN PERTINENT POINTS
1. Easily and quickly adjusttd withi
out removing rear wheels.
2. No special tools required. A
wrench and screw driver are the
only tools necessary.
3. Will take up the wear in old
brake drums.
4. Positive in action and always de
pendable. 5. Braking effect same on both rear
wheels. .
6. Maximum wearing surface and
long life.
7. Will outwear several sets of or
dinary brakes.
Price, Asbestos Lined $4.50 per set.
Cast Iron, $2r2a per set.
Alemite Lubricat oy ..Co.
Tenth and Oak.
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INTERNATIONAL HARVESTER CO.
t America,
CORNER B ELMO If T AND EAST WATER STREET. .
sessions are to be held , next year,
Georgia, Massachusetts, New Jersey
New York, Rhode Island and South
Carolina have sessions ' annually.
The others meet biennially in odd
numbered years, except Alabama,
which meets quadrennially. That
vast amount of road legislation is
badly needed, and that highway de
velopment problems will be sadly
retarded throughout the' United
States ft legislative bodies meeting
in 1923 fail to meet the needs of the
times, is evident, according to the
executive officers of the association.
GATES WORKERS GET BONUS
Tire Concern Has Big Year and
Pays Dividend to Employes.
DENVER, Colo., Nov. 11. General
employes of the Gates Rubber com
pany on November 1 drew quarterly
profit bonus dividend amounting to
15 per cent of their' respective sal
aries, said to Se the largest bonus
ever paid by any rubber company.
The dividend is based on the com
pany's net earnings and officers of
the company stated yesterday that
the 15 per cent now being paid does
not represent the full bonus earned
by the employes during the past
quarter. All in excess of 15 per
cent, however, is retained under the
bonus agreement until, the end of
the succeeding quarter, when it is
paid together with that quarter's
earnings.
In the past year over $100,(W0
has been paid in dividends to Gates
employes under the bonus dividend
plan.
Hudson Has Big Drive-Away. .
DETROIT, Nov. 11. Despite un
favorable weather the Hudson Motor
Car company started a long drive
away for Chicago and Illinois points
this week. Practically all of them
were inclosed coaches, assuring the
dealers, of a comfortable drive. The
drivers. 11 salesmen or dealers, were
headed by J. R. Histed, president of
the Hudson Motor Car company of
Illinois. "It must be considered,"
says a factory bulletin in comment
ing n the drive-away, "that the
call for automobiles continues.
There is a continuing demand de
spite the fact that production re-cords
have been shattered. The
country is prosperous and the auto
mobile is more and more a neces
sary tool of transportation and busi
ness. Next year should be a won
derful period."
A tire lasts better in us than ex
posed to the sun and rain on the
running board or suspended at the
rear.
FORDS
RUSH
ADJUSTABLE!
BRAKES
at Burnniile.
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MOTOR
TRUCKS
Register Concern Perfects Ma
chine for Keeping Track of
All Truck Operators. ,
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Establishment of a bonus plan of
pay for truck drivers operating for
hauling and delivery firms is advo
cated by Edward Seebers, local man
ager for the Ohmer Fare Register
company of Dayton, O.. makers of
Ohmer streetcar fare registers and
other automatic devices for, regis
tering financial transactions. The
Ohmer Fare Register company has
recently brought out a mechanical
"truck auditor." which is desiggned
to keep ail data regarding the op
eration of trucks under such a plan
and to show accurately the per mile
costs of all the trucks in operation.
The machine, :t is described, tells
who drove the truck, the date, the
time the work started, the time it
ended, how far the truc'.t was driven,
the time the truck was idle, the
mileage and the time of each trip,
time of each s.op mil - number of
stops, whether ths? en . ine wa's .run
ning during the sU p. t'.me taken to
load and unload Tvh?n' and what
tires were chanzei anil time taken
to make the chang'ge. 'when repairs
were made and time required for the
work, how much gasoline and oil
were used each day and the number i
o'f miles run by each tire.
"The bonus plan has already been
adopted by a number of companies I
with evident success." said Mr. See
bers, in discussing the new system.
"By this system the drivers act as
salesmen in selling the products of
the truck owners, which is trans
portations. These drivers Have ,a
personal interest in seeing that their
trucks are in good condition. They
not only make many minor repairs
themselves, but are quick to call the
attention of the garage foreman to
any defects in their trucks which
may cause delays on the road. There
is an incentive for the driver short
ening the time of loading and un
loading, making the trip by the
shortest route, to" work to keep his
truck loaded and moving as much as
possible during the day's working
time, as every minute saved from
idle periods can be converted to
making mileage which will increase
the day's pay.
"In order to establish the proper
standard on which the driver's
wages, are based, to determine the
a-.-ount to be paid him on the mile
age made, a careful check must .be
made of the average miles per hour
each truck makes. Having estab
lished this average miles per hour
the rate to be paid per mile can be
determined by dividing the average
miles ner hour into the hourly rate
BUY AN
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Cozy Sedan for Winter Motoring
Note ;
Overland was the
first car to cross the
Canadian Rockies.
On this seventeen
thousand mile trip
the Overland aver
aged 24.5 miles per
gallon of gat. .
New PHcts: TOURING. $525
asiW- J$ J'f -mill
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the driver receives. This will give
tl-e cost in driver s wages, under
the old plan, for each mile run. Thlw
cost per mi'.e will be the rate paid
for each mile made under the bonus
pk.n, and In addition the driver will!
be paid his usual hourly rate for
timi when he is not running. As his
bonus is paid on the mileage made,
it is to his interests to crowd as
much mileage into a day's run as
possible. This canbe done by keep
ing his truck in good working con
dition. "The responsibility of getting the
maximum amount of efficiency out
of a truck does not rest entirely
with the driver. The truck owner
has his part to play. He must see
that there is an efficient dispatch
ing system, which will facilitate the
drivers getting their orders and
getting t the loads to be haulld;
he must know the kind of trucks
that will give the best service for
the nature bf his business; he must
know the mileage he is getting oiit
of hia tires; he must know his gaso
line and oil mileage and if this is
too low the engines should be
looked after; he must know to a
certainty what it is costing him
per ton mile, or per package mile,
or per unit mile for transporting
what he is hauling. Otherwise he
could not determine what would be
a profitable charge for paying for
the service he was rendering."
.Franklin Demand Strong.
SYRACUSE, N. T., Nov. 11. Co
incident with the introduction of the
new series 10 Franklin car. which
OVERLAND AND REALIZE THB DIFFERENCE"
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Keep fit this winter. -Stay out of doors
enjoy the cold crisp air.
. An Overland Sedan is just the thing
make winter motoring a real pleasure.
twist of-the window regulator brings plenty of
fresh air and protects you from the wind outside.
Triplex springs protect you also, from the jolts and
jars of the frozen, rutted road beneath. - -
Beautiful to look at, the Overland Sedan is a car
to be proud of the upholstery is rich and invit
ing, the cushions deep and resilient, the seats
roomy and comfortable.
And the new low price makes winter motoring a
pleasure that everybody can enjoy.
Willys-Overland Pacific Co.
Frank C. Riggs, Manager
Broadway at Davis Broadway 3535
ROADSTER, $525
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Broadside and front views of handsome new Templar four-passenger
"D Luxe" model, recently announced by the Templar factory. The
ear above, the fimt of this model to arrive in Oregon, was recently
delivered to A. L. Mcl'arlcy, local distributor. J. A. Norman of Norman
Bros., tailors, to whom the car was sold upon its arrival, is at the
wheel. This is Sir. Norman's second Templar.
was placed on the market Septem
ber 1. car shipments from the
Franklin factory were given a big
impetus. As an example of this
condition, it may be noted that dur
ing October Franklin shipments
were 35 per cent greater than during
the corresponding period last year.
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SEDAN, $875
WJUFE, $79$
Unfilled orders are fast accumulat
ing and are today almost double the
number on the company's books a
year ago. Strong demand for closed
cars continues, seven out of every
ten orders received calling for some
one of the five closed types the
Franklin company is offering. '
The
OVERLAND SEDAN
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