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STAR CARS ARE DUE
IN CITY THIS WEEK
LOCAL BUSINESS MAN OBTAINS FIRST OP NEW MODEL STUDEBAKER COUPES.
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Pacific Motors Co. Named
Local Distributors.
SHIPMENT, IS EN ROUTE
.Latest Offering of W. C. Durant
Said to Be Product of Well
Known Parts Makers.
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THE SUNDAY OREGONIA PORTLAND, DECEMBER 10, 1922
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The new Star car, W. C. Durant's
latest product and qualifying as the
lowest priced automobile with se-;
lective sliding gear transmission
now being manufactured, will in
vade Portland this week. The Pa
cific Motors company, Durant deal
ers, at Fifteenth and Burnside
streets, and Condit & Conser, east
side Durant dealers, located at
Grand avenue and Oak street, have
heen named to handle the car, and
both are expected to receive a ship
ment of the new cars early this
coming week and to place them on
display at their respective quarters.
Such was the announcement yes
terday of Charles L. Dunham, well
known Portland automobile man
who is now at the head of the Pa
cific Motors company. Pacific Mo
tors, Mr. Dunham stated, has just
closed a contract with the Star
Motor company of California for dis
tribution and sale of the new cars
in Multnomah county, while Condit
& Conser have been named as east
side retail sales agents.
Ail. Dunham, who has been with
tha iarant organization for a num
ber of years, dating back to the
time when Cliff Durant, son of W. C.
Durant, and his associates were han
iiiiig the Chevrolet, has been with
the iiurant Motors company of Cali
fornia as their representative, but
recently became interested in the
Pscittc Motors company, local Durant
doalero. Coincident with the an
nouncement of the closing of the
fai.ar franchise Mr. Dunham ''an
nounced that he had purchased the
interest of B. J. Ghent in the Pa
cific Motors company and was now
president and manager of that com
pany. Star Creates Sensation.
The new Star car was introduced
in the east less than a year ago and
has been creating a good sized sen
sation wherever it has been shown
since that time. It was recently in
troduced in California and a couple
of weeks ago invaded Seattle and
Tacoma. Interest has been keen
here as to the arrival of the car and
the naming of a dealer. Speculation
has been rife for several weeks upon
the latter matter, although the Pa- i
ciflc Motors company was acknowl- I
edged to have the edge on the race
for the franchise, on account o its
Durant connection. j
The Star, according to announce
ments which have been made from
time to time by "YV. C. Durant and
others connected with him, is the
product of a number of the h.est
known parts makers of the east.
Star cars for the west are being as
sembled at a big new plant erected
by the Durant interests at Oakland,
Cal., and the fact that this factory
has got into production more rap
idly than had been expected and is
turning out a heavy production of
the cars is responsible for the in
troduction of the Star here at this
time instead of several months
later, as had originally been expect
ed, it was announced. Distribution
of the Star for the Pacific coast is
In the hands of the Star Motor Com
pany of California, a company en
tirely separate from the Durant Mo
tors Company of California, but
backed by the same interests and
directed in much of its activities by
Durant officials. Both companies,
in fact, are under general direction
of Cliff Durant, C. M. Steves, and
their associates, all well known in
Portland.
Price About $00 Above Ford.
Particular interest attaches to the
Star because of the fact that it is
the first new car for years to in
vade the low-priced field. The
touring model will sell for slightly
more than $550, Portland delivery,
placing the car in price between the
,.Ford, the lowest priced automobile
made, and the Chevrolet and Over
land, the next nearest neighbors in
the field.
A' few of the specifications of the
car, as given in the literature of
the company, are summarized as
follows:
The motor is four-cylinder "L"
head, cast en bloc with detachable
head, and develops 33 brake horse
power at 3000 revolutions. The bore
is 3 inches and the stroke 4&
inches.
The oiling system is pressure
feed by gear pump through cam
shaft to camshaft and all crankshaft
bearings, and splash to cylinder
walls.
The cooling system is provided
with centrifugal water pump, with
fan, and Fadders radiator.
Other mechanical equipment In
cludes a Tillotson carburetor, Auto-
lite ignition, starting and lighting
system, Stewart-v arner vacuum
feed gasoline system with tank at
the rear, a selective sliding gear
transmission with three speeds for
ward and reverse, and a Spicer pro
peller shaft with two Spicer univer
sal joints.
i Front and rear axles and wheel
bearings are Timken, while Warner
worm and gear steering mechanism
is provided. "Equipment includes
H. B. Duff, vice-president off the Portland Cattle Loan association, and handsome enclosed car which he has
just purchased from the John K Leander company, local Stuflcbaker distributors. This latest Studebaker
closed model comes from the factory equipped with automatic windshield swipe, rear Tiew mirror, front
and rear bumpers, motormeter, nickel radiator, and combination rain and sun visor. In the transaction,
the Studebaker was represented by H. N. Veale of the Lennder company sales force.
both service and emergency brakes,
both on the rear wheels. The, wheel
base of the car is 102 inches and the
tires are 30x3, except the closed
models which have 31x4. The weight
of the touring car is 1750 pounds.
The shipment from California, in
cluding all four of the standard
models turned out by the factory,
the touring, roadster, coupe and
sedan, is expected to arrive here
early in the week, and as soon as
the cars come they will be rushed
to the display quarters for a show
ing. . In the - shipment are two
stripped chassis which will be placed
on display to show the mechanical
construction.
Hot Water for Auto Camp.
EUGENE, Or., Dec. 9. (Special.)
A hot-water system will be installed
at the Eugene municipal automobile
park for the benefit of the campers
before the 1923 season opens, accord
ing to announcement of the members
of the city park commission. The
tentative details provide for the con
struction -of a boiler near the rest
cottage and an outdoor tank for
the use of campers; also the exten
sion of water piped to the cottage
for shower baths. The cottage al
ready contains showers, but no hot
water is provided.
The Motor Arab Here,.
The roving gypsy is being rapidly
supplanted to a large extent by a
new economic character, the motor
Arab,. He is more prosperous than
tne road-running nondescript, and
almost invariably plies a trade, aided
by a light small '.car, particularly
a dapted to his mode of existence due
co its economy of first cost and up
keep.
Jackie Coogan, age 6, the youthful
motion - picture player, has a spe
cially built passenger automobile,
costing $10,000.
MASDfi OFFICER VISITS
"W. A. CLTJFF SEES PORTLAXD
OX TOVR OF WEST COAST. .
Tire Business Continues Good,
With Many Plants Running
to Capacity, Is Report.
W. A. Cluff, secretary ot .the
Mason Tire & Rubber company, one
of the big Ohio tire manufacturing
concerns, was a Portland visitor last
week, stopping here in connection
with a tour of the Pacific coast to
study business conditions relative
to tire consumption and marketing
methods. - Mr. Cluff came directly
from the middle west, making his
first stop in Portland. Prom here
he went south for an extensive tour
through California and the south
west. He was met here by C. W.
Dennison, Pacific coast manager for
the Mason company, with headquar
ters at San Francisco, and the two
men met in conference with Catlin
Wolfo-rd, manager of the Portland
branch of the company at 110 North
Eighth street. .
As Portland was his first stop on
the tour, Mr. Cluff was unable to
make any observations on tire mar
ket conditions in this part of the
country. He did state, however,
that the company had noted with
pleasure the increasing popularity
of Masons in the Portland region,
and that a big increase in sales of
Masons throughout the. entire Pa
cific coast had been one of the
features of the present year.
In regard to the condition of the
tire industry as a whole Mr. Cluff
declared that it continuea u
PROMINENT MASON TIRE OFFICIAL VISITS PORTLAND.
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usually good and that 1922 will go
down as a splendid year.
"Mason- sales," said Mr. Cltlff,
"were $1,500,00 worth t tires in
October and over a million for No
vember, while -the total for the
year will exceed J12,000,0OO worth.
For months past the Mason com
pany has been heavily oversold, but
this condition is being gradually
relieved through continued heavy
production.
"The main olant of the company,
at Kent, O., is operating to capacity
on the larger sizes of Mason pneu
matic cords and on Mason solids,
while the new plant, at Bedford, O.,
is now coming heavily into produc
tlon on the Mason 'Maxi-mile' cord
for small cars, and has now reached
1500 tires per day. The cotton mill
of the company at Kent is also run
ning to capacity, as are the two
cotton mills of the company
Georgia, turning out the cotton
cord fabric." '
The unusu'al growth of the Mason
has been one of the interesting
features of the tire industry during
the past several years. In the short
space of five years the company has
grown from one of the smallest to
one of the largest tire concerns ot
the country.
CARTOOXIST HAS THRILLER
Car Is Turned on Mountainside
When Natives Fear Crash.
LOS ANGELES, Cal., Dec. S
C. M. Payne, noted cartoonist, now
living in Hollywood, Cal., described
in detail today one of the most
thrilling drives ever taken in
automobile, which he made during
iiis recent trip through the high
Sierras.
Mr. Payne, who drove a Lexing
ton touring car, told of one trip
taken to a point above Parcher's
camp, near South lake, on a road
never before traveled by automo
bile. Jffter ascending to a point
where it was impossible to go
further because of a landslide,
which completely obliterated the
mule' trail, Mr. Payne succeeded in
turning his Lexington in a space
just 15 feet 9 inches wide, with a
500-foot drop on one side and
steep cliff on the other. Because
of the extreme danger of the
maneuver, natives of that section
refused to watch the turn made and
insisted on looking the other way.
Another remarkable demonstra
tion made on the same trip was
when Mr. Payne met two men on
the desert with a machine which
had a broken connecting rod. When
they asked for help the local driver
hitched their car on the back of his
trailer and pulled the entire lot all
the way into Los Angeles, a dis
tance of 125 miles.
The Hudson Coach puts values in the real things of
automobile worth utility, comfort, reliability and
fine performance.
These qualities are possible only with a superior motor,1
transmission, axles and frame. A car that is not me
chanically right cannot be satisfactory no matter how
fine it may be in other details.
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It gives every essential closed car advantage, at little
more than the cost of the open model. It has a beauty
of line you will like. It is the pride of thousands, be
cause of appearance, comfort and utility.
Speedster. $1525 7-P&M. Phaeton, $1575 Coach, $1625
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C. L. BOSS AUTOMOBILE CO.
615-617 Washington St.
Sedan, $2295
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, A. Cluff (center), secretary ol'the Mason Tire & Robber company of
Kent, Ohio, who wa In the city last week in connection with a tonr
of the Pacific coast. Portland wna the first point in the west touched
by Mr. Cluff, who left here after a brief visit headed for California.
At the left is C. W. Dennison. Pacific coast manager for the Mason
company, who came np from San Francisco headquarters to meet his
chief, while at the right is Catlin Wolford, manager of the Portland
branch of the company. The picture was snapped in front of the Port
land branch at 110 North Eighth street.
SALES MANAGER APPOIXTED
W. E. Stalnaker Accepts Job With
Earl Motors, Inc.
JACKSON, Mich., Dec. 9. Follow
ing a meeting of ' the board of
directors' of Earl Motors, Inc., held
here, announcement was made by
KGeorge C. Scobie, president, of the
appointment of W. E. Stalnaker as
general sales manager. Mr. Stal
naker brings to the company years
of automobile experience, not only
in the selling field but in' manu
facturing as well.
Mr. Stalnaker is, due to his long
association with the industry and
his likeable personality, very well
known to distributors throughout
the country, and holds a high place
in 'the regard of many of the big
men of the automobile business.
Recently Mr. Stalnaker formed a
company in Chicago which took
over the distribution of the Earl
line in that territory, but later he
was prevailed upon to accept the
position of general sales manager.
His previous connections have all
contributed to his understanding of
the automotive industry and in
cludes the vice-presidency and
sales management of one of the old
line companies.
Durant Opposes High-Gear Tests.
' R. C. Durant, president of the
Durant Motor company of Califor
nia, has put the ban on high-gear
tests, says a report from Oakland.
According to young Durant, high
gear runs are more dangerous to
the public in general than speed
runs, for the reason that many a
man or woman who reads of some
highrgear feat tries . to make the
same grade in high gear at the
first opportunity, and, as a result,
there are many accidents which
would not occur otherwise. Many
Durant dealers have tried to per
suade Durant that his efforts to
discourage high-gear runs are
wrong, because both .the Durant
"four" and "six" have been creat
ing sensations throughout the Pa
cific coast territory on account of
several recent high-gear feats, but
young Durant insists that second
and low gears should be used be-
cause that is what they are put in
cars for.
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Keep Pan Clean. .
The drip pan of a car may not
seem very important, but it had bet
ter be kept clean. Gasoline upon its
surface is the producing cause of
many fires.
OAKLANDS
FOUR OF THEM!
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COVEY
MOTOR CAR CO.
21st at Washington
Broadway 6244
The De Luxe
Sportette
$2685 Factory
Templar makes its appeal
to those who by instinct
select the finer things in
life.
McCarley Motor Co.
62 Cornell St.
Portland, Or. M. 3061
Make Stutz
Your Xmas
Present
Our shipment of Stutz
cars permits us to make
prompt delivery from
now up to Christmas.-
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You feel supremely sure that your car will
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IiuiUmsMi Indiana, U.S. A.
Autorest Motor Sales Co.
TENTH AND SALMON STS.
Phone Main 3237.
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Capacity: 500 to
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The Speed Wagon is today the most vital
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Power to surmount the rigors of rough
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million miles of service fleetness thit discounts
mere Joad-carrying capacity economy that
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These features were planned into the design
and are built into the vehicle. Thus is goodness
predetermined.
NORTHWEST AUTO COMPANY, Inc.
" Fred W. Vogler, President. j
18th and Alder Streets Phone Broadway 1460
REO MOTOR CAR COMPANY, Lan'sing, Michigan