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THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SUNDAY' MORNING, MAY 3. 1914. 6 RESIGNATION COMES AS A GREAT SURPRISE TO MANUFACT AUTOMOBILE CLUB NEWS URERS Well Known Salesmanager ; Retires to Accept Similar I Position in Detroit KNOWN IN TIRE BUSINESS Will Bmobw Oan.ral Balaam nffr of ! Bodf. Brothers; I. J. OUlar to Bo HI. Sooooasor for gtua.bak.r. The Portland Automobile club an nounces the- following officers, direc tors, and the committees to serve for the ensuing year: Officers and directors W. J. Clem ens, president; Gebrge W. Stapleton, vice president; James E. Appleby, sec retary: Walter M. Cook, treasurer, and G. M. Chambers, assistant secretary. Directors W. JT. Clemens, George W. Stapleton, C. F, Wright, W. M. Cook, J. B. Yeon, A. L. Fish, H, I Keats, Frank E. Watkins, James K. Appleby. House committee James E. Appleby chairman; M. C. Dickinson, A. K. Specht. Highways and streets Richard F. McComb, chairman; T. I. Potter, John H. Hall. Public safetj H, P. Coffin, chair man; W. F. McKinney, J. H. Dundore. Legislation w. C. Bristol, chair man; J. D. Abbot, C. A. Sheppard. Entertainment Frank E. Watkins, chairman; George W, Klelser, John P. Plagemann. Touring Frank Robertson, chair man; P. Buebke, W. H. Moser. Membership C. F. Wright, chair man ; George K. Clark, Fred West, H. B. Van Duzer" Contest H. L. Keats, chairman; H. M. Covey, W. S. Dulmaee. Special. Rex-Tigardville Road Eliot corneri lis piece of road lies In one of Washington county, and does not led to unjr important u-aae cen ter in that county, it was hardly to be expected that Washington county officials would improve this ono piece of highway in preference to those highways that lead directly to tne reputation ; for reliability . that auto mobiles are making both on the Mex ican side, of the line' and on the American border through. California. Arizona. and New Mexico, shows that in peace or . war' the automobile is a vehicle that can deliver the goods. Dally dispatches are being sent out to the effect that a posse tier, or there has been rushed to some point at dan ger along the border by automobile, it would not be a very great undertak ing for some manufacturer to put out ! The greatest surprise of the past week in the manufacturing end of the automobile business was tne announce- rr.n t nt Arthur T Phil n-it renisrnation from the sal,, management of the rj Studebaker Corporation, of Detroit, to Organisations and Affiliation of take effect May 15 next, and the ap- Oregon Good Roads T. I. Potter, nr.fnmnt nt T t Diii-r munaipr of chairman j A. S. Benson, Aaron Frank, polntment of I. J. Oilier, manager or Protection of automobi lists A. U in. HiuaeoaKer orancn nouw xjb i f isn, cnairman; Edward Ehrman, Dr, Angeies, as nis successor. Mr. Phllp came u the Studebaker Corporation as assistant sales mana ger. In May, 1912, at the same time Calvin S. White, Dr. George Ainslie, O. R. Ball. J. U. Hartman. J. O Hnvt. Robert J. Brock, Dr. G. Orlo Jeffer son, F. H. Ransom. At a recent meeting of the board of directors of the Portland Automobile club, it was decided that the club would offer a cash prie of $50 for h best decorated touring car ex hibited In the automobile parade dur ing the Rose PVaHval K i. decided that they would give a mom. that Ernest R. Benson left the Cadil lac company to become Studebaker sales manager. Promotions came rap- - miy tu irain men iiiereaiier. mr. dch son having been appointed vice presi dent of the corporation, in charge of . mt uivuiuuuuii, riiu rmii Biiw , ueciaea tnat they w laneoumy Deing promoted to saiea Dersnip in the club, which la Pnnivai. manager. ) nt to 125 cash, as a second prie for Tlpon'leavlng Studebaker's Mr. Phllp ; he b?8t. decorated pleasure car ex .will become general sales manager of , nloue1 non-member. Dr dge Bros., of Detroit, already well i From the nr.n ,,,, , known as extensive manufacturers of Ulrno. certaKat thuV iS5 parts for the Ford car, but whose main ; Improvement of the Rex-Tl-w-dvVii'a Interents are now being concentrated - road will be actually accomplished this upon producing. In the near future, a . Xettr- cc5rdmg to advice received frort new car to sell at about $800. ' f ""wi? n CIemen- , Mr. . Phllp was an exceptionally well wav made n-hff elretctl of hlh' known factor In the tire business : 7uX. am tt.rouRhout the country, prior to ldenti- I for this seven mile stretch of road fjing himself with Studebaker. as cen- ! has been a thorn in the side of th tal district manager of the United automobile club for a long time' Mutes Tire company. i hh .h- i?ardvJUp roJ connects T,. J. Oilier, his successor with ' P"" ' "55 Wih ?? with good Wu.lebaker. has been prominent in the nectlng link between Portiinn c" btudebaHer sales organization for the ! Willamette valleX n..",? X J - - " 1 1 1 .7 Id! l duty that will in future take the place of the present cavalry. LOTTERY IS SUPPRESSED Colon, May 2. The authorities last night suppressed the Chinese lottery, which has been In operation on the Isthmus for a considerable period and is alleged to tiave .. caused ruinous losses to canal workmen as well as to other classes of the population. Italy will add about 180 aeroplanes to its army equipment this year. past five years, first under Chester ' N. Weaver.' former manager of tha ! r?e-ww". nn" r.nl-Hr:n "nored machine : for actual field Lure, kU linntcii luo J of this road, a sum of money has been raised by. Marion county and Yamhill county, and almost $8000 is in sight from the Portland end of this road. The special Rex-Tlgardville commit tee, consisting of Eliot Corbett, Holt Wilson, Frank C ' Riggs, and Jesse Edwards, has been very active in securing subscriptions to carry out the early completion of this road, and at present, the prospects seem very bright, The tourine- committee is planning on a number of short trips this summer that can be. made by leaving the city Saturdays, and returning Sunday even ing or Monday morning. These excursions will undoubtedly prove very popular with the club's members, for the reason that it , will allow those members to participate who cannot remain away from their business very long. The entertainment committee intends to make a feature of the Saturday evening dances. Several impromptu affairs of this kind have been held at the club house recently and every one seemed to have such a good time that it has been decided to set asidn at least one night a week, when mem bers and their guests can dance to their heart's content. To those who are contemplating a drive from Portland to Forest Grove, the club would like to say that 'sev eral parties have made this trip withih the last few days, and they all report this road in good condition. Most of them went out via Sylvan, which in shown on page 259 of the Tour booK. Attention should be called to a road that branches off from the main road about one half mile the other side of Sylvan. This road con nects farther on with the main road, and is, by all means, the road to take. A meeting of the club's committee on protection was held Tuesday at tne uommercai ciuo At tnis meeting a committee from the Dealers' associa tion, and representatives from a num ber of automobile insurance compan ies were present. Of course, the one topic or conversation at this meetm was how to orotect the owners o automobiles from having their cars stolen. A number of suggestions were made and discussed relative to this rapidly Increasing evil. After a long discussion, a plan was outlined by which it Is honed that within the very near future, "an auto mobile thief will not dare to carry i on his vocation in this city. AUTOMOBILE FREIGHT MOUNTING UP FASH AS INDUSTRY" GROWS v - . .. t In March One' Firm Required 2358 Railway Cars to Han dle Business at Plant, " Though the figures in themselves are impressive, few people who, are unfamiliar with the magnitude of the industry can appreciate what an an nual production of 60.000 automobiles really means. The total makes a fine mouth filling set of figures to handle, but it is not until a comparison is made with something with which they are familiar that the average layman realises th vast volume or errort such a business entails. In this respect the monthly car movement report made by the traffic department of the Overland company Is an enlightening document. '"' . Taking -th figures for March, in which there were 2S working days, the report shows that a total of 2358 railroad cars, Incoming and outgoing, were handled at the plant. This is an average of more than 90 cars per day, or more than on ' loaded car every seven minutes, of a 10 hour day. Of the total number of cars moved. 78 were Inbound, bringing raw materials and parts and 110 were outbound, carrying finished cars for every part of the civilised world. As each out bound car has a capacity of at least three complete automobiles and some are loaded with as many- as six. the figures show an output of well over 6000 in 26 days. Railroad officials declare that a city of 10,000 to 20,000 inhabitants which would use 20 carloads of freight per day would be a marvel of Industrial in a snil.'Tra'in! U "would Il011g Allt0 RaC8 IS nearly seven and on ball ; . m ... . m m .m w.i I II 1 riannea m itussia and business thrift and that would mean only 620 cars for the whole city, in a 26 day month. The Overland In coming freight for March shows a to tal of .more than 48 per cent greater business, hauled stretch miles across country, and 17 of the largest freight engines mads would be required to handle the cars. The combined incoming and outgoing busi ness would make a train more than 22 miles and a capacity load for 63 of the biggest "mogul" locomotives. The description of the loads carried by the Incoming cars also furnishes an Interesting view of the motor car Industry. Among the articles listed on the report are coal, fuel oil, cylin der oil, gasoline, sand, fire brick, lum ber, machinery, hair, wheels, springs, electric starting motors, batteries. magnetos, paint, white cotton, bow and sometimes, as In the case of forgs steel, in shipments that require' . whole train, tha automobile business takes on, very respectable proportions. Odessa, May 2. -Plans for one of the longest and most difficult automo bile races in the world have been com pleted, and the president of the Im perial Automobile club in St. Peters burg hss notified the prefect here that Odessa has been designated as the fin ishing point. The race, which is an International contest, will cover 2900 miles, start ing from Moscow and running by way of Tula, Orel. Kursk. Vladlkavkas. Taita, a i t- i . '-I-:?' Vnf.,"re,tU: ! oTea. It wm be run ,n August The metals, leather, rubber matting, wad- j f ". l'11opn to " - 111 ding, and linoleum. And when one ' JBC " ,t,yp?" ,' car" T C"' stop, to consider that these materials ! !.Ukin "ve,y lntrBt ,B never come in less than carload lota i """'""" San Francisco branch; subsequently'!" conc,iU8'vely by reason of the when (Studebaker established a branch I ; ula' y or tn owner's knowledge of at Ls Angeles, Oilier was made man- j tne fucks' work, can save his salary SRer and Is the man w.ho Is commonly 'many times over by a daily Inspection accredited with putting Ktudebaker J and tuning up. strongly on the map In southern Call-j Should Aid Customer fornia. Mr. Oilier has been a visitor Reckless mai,,, ". I Portland for the last two days as the salesmen havP '"t8 f guest of Mr. Brown. ' indifferent i, de the buyer . R. T. Hodgklns. or New York City. ! The lathe is not e xZctlZTT h. ain .. unnnimoH -i -iJ . 1 "? '"ne is not expected to be abused ' - ana repaired by the maker manager of the Studebaker Corpora- hoaM ?ha mofor truck mm. mr. tioagKins comes rrom tne Whnt then ohoii i j . vehicle branch of Htndehslcer -r TM.w L. . A"1' 8hU be the Utr of the . , - . , , : , . " - ' iiwiiuiai'iurer or motor trucks' Oh I?k T 'ir.h.h:iha8 been onager I viouslyi to assist thTcU8tomer to neither for some time past. EFFICIENCY BUYING AND OPERATINGTRUCK CONSIDERED IN DETAIL Weight and Size of Load and Territory to Be Covered Factors. By W. A. MrDrrmld. In selecting the type of motor ve hicle for the delivery of merchandise, its application to the work should be analyzed with respect to 1 Whether load is for distribution oir delivery at destination-as a unit. 2 Weight and size of load units for delivery. 3 Territory to be covered. It should be remembered, however that ber-nuse of the wide adaptability of the motor truck and trie variance In . nianv loa.ls. there Is less difficulty at. tached to purchase of the wrong type ... L.r in me purcnase of too many vehicles or. In the terms e ... ",CTnns parauei, adding units too rapidly. S!H.1 a m"llmum of productive (rurmlng) time, Blus normal loads, rep resents the ideal for operation, there is something radically wrong when an owner of four trucks, which a time study shows to be running an average off only two hours and 25 minutes i.y. purchases two more trucks. This Is not an isolated case. It is hanneninir aaiiy. because the purchaser either ooes not get accurate facts as to run ning time or does not recognize its importance There la a grave responsi- .!hy n, ' '""nu'acturer who makes siuch sales, whether in ignorance or i What shall constitute normal load Is as varied as there are types of busi ness, and must be studied, again, by an nominator for all delivery, namely: wastsof time In service and every vUur to. motor-truck operation need, m . uu . . vmvtwcv 01 ru . in. BTJcants. and Ures 1. insignificant Whl compared with the conditions , . which lessen the truck's efficiency for ' portatlon of commoditiea from one . Point to another. It la d to foil,,,! , to realize this vital point that the ' S? . of OT,f,rallon looms appallingly -!Lyin P"I,ort1ion to the amount of 7m .KAvnd tn bu'" "man de ; cldea that the motor truck is a failure r,u," r ,:L"coeion of this one , ,IIHKe lt a Buccess. i And lt Is a demonstrahl e v. overspeedlng and overloading, with - their aftermath of high repair and maintenance bills, may be recced or mi f by proper supervision of . i. v,i iho macnine. Jtfust toad Quickly. "We must get materials Dromnti. !Hr.uVlth,J',..r?InoY lts Product . 1 . ' " ,"u me motor truck h loaded and unloaded In the shortest possible time.. And it will pay in the long rtm to remodel shipping rooms ; and loading platforms. Install convey ors -or interchangeable or dumping bodies as required, or, if necessary by increasing the loading crews. Idle time at several dollars .an hour will quickly rat up the cost of the improvements ft Is paying executives to tour the country with their architects, to studv loading conditions and build to keep pace with the revolution caused bv new-transportation methods. I As in the case of all other produc tive machinery, the operator must be skilful. Bonus systems, schooling, ac curate impersonal and Impartial su pervisions, and high wages to wi nen will pay dividends in the delivery department. An expert repair man. Or, . 'falling that, a driver who baa an ln . centlve to show an efficiency record , and the means of showing his efficl- customer tn ar rive at a new viewpoint on his delivery problem and a sincere effort to help him, with the sale of his particular trucK in view only if it is adaptable to the problem. Among the many letters that come to the automobile department it is notable that many state that the fault lies with the manufacturer and the salesmen more than lt does with the public. But even if this is true there is a need for cooperation. Zffnmhsz of Classes. The prospective motor owner as a class must be "sold" by Improving the service now being received by the pres ent owners. This does not refer to what is commonly termed "service" by manufacturers, in the sense of re pairs and adjustments, but to such scientific analysis and plain honesty and frankness as to make each motor truck Installation a highly efficient and successful investment. In endeavoring to do this, the manu facturer is confronted by a number of classes of purchasers, which may be enumerated briefly as follows: 1. The owner who does not recognize the importance of his delivery depart ment (it is the only department In most businesses which has been per mltted to operate for years in a casual way). 2. The one who Is basing his motor system on horse experience, and does not realize where his losses occur It is a hard course to steer between ever-buying on motor equipment' and the equal danger of combining horse wagons and motor trucks under the same system and conditions. Well Worth Effort, 8. The one who admits a loss, but claims Inability to correct conditions. This position may be due to a large variety of reasons, ranging from lazi ness, or pride In his present methods. to unwillingness to antagonize some employe, but experience shows that In practically every case improvement In efficiency is possible. ana well worm the effort. 4. The one who is alert tb Improve conditions and is glad to devote the necessary attention to the problem. This fourth class Is unfortunately in tha minority at present, though in creasing. On the successes of this last class the motor-truck manufac turer bases his claims of the effi ciency of his product by the failures of the first three classes his product is frequently Judged by prospective purchasers. When the fourth class is increased, the motor-truck Industry will assume proportions which will stagger the most sanguine enthusiast. Journal Want Ads bring results. AUTOS USED TO GOOD ADVANTAGE IN CIVIL CONFLICT IN MEXICO Military Engineers Studying Results and Lessons Are Proving Valuable. The work that the automobile is do ing in the civil war in Mexico is at tracting the attention of military en gineers the world over, and it is safe to say that the lessons learned from the experience With the motor car there . will, to a great extent, deter mine its status In modern campaigns, should some conflict break out be tween the big powers. In the present revolution In Mexico, where the wires- are kept hot with news of battles, seiges, marches an retreats, the motor car is playing a big role; 1st fact, it is safe to say the biggest part that has ever been en acted by automobiles up to date In this line of work, though their use in warfare has been tried on a limited scale in a number of recent wars. Both the federals and constitutionalists have a number of cars in service and judging by the repeated orders that are arriving at the different facto. ries, thex must be maktns good In the war torn southern republic. Generals Carranza and Villa both have Cadillacs in service in their "ar mies, that have made and are making trips calling for the highest qualities cf power, adaptability to any road con ditions, and sterling wearing features, ana it speaKs volumes for these Amer lean cars that they have gone through such nerve racking tests again and again, making splendid time over al most Impassable roads and trails. The 31 gMiTB f 'V -S-OV l.l fc:Slt t MM M WkY Iff 1)1 IU fcl f iJS?f "k. WWWW.A R I i I Mil I I J?; A . Hnrfl'ftF frlkfl 66 Wf rfN S" FRESH FROM CaS Vii V li 21 JLi Via A M is UsX QV FACTORY BEAM. J Ml Now Is the Time to - ' Prepare For Touring . - TIKI IF It mmmm J I N U U U LT3 jmdtw Less I v iv .(Minn E UWUUtLlL l3 their their their their their angles height thickness toughness resiliency and their self-evident reasons why youll find Emergency Auto airs on Sunday Rep For the benefit of our custom ers, and others who mij?ht meet wit htrouble, or an accident, we keep open shop on Sunday. Phones: East 4814 . C-1148 COOK & GILL CO. Union Ave. No. cor. Glisan St. Ford Automobiles Sold on the easy payment plan Besides the regular equipped Ford cars, we specialize in manufacturing a light Ford Delivery Car and rebuilding second-hand Ford cars. . We also carry a complete line of accessories and special equipment for Ford cars. OUR SERVICE IS THE BEST BENJ. E. BOONE & CO. FORD AGENTS 514 Alder Street, Portland, Or. Gasoline at 16f Per Gallon to Ford Cars with "Nobbies" than the average tires. The "Nobs" speak for themselves. You don't need to be a tire expert to understand why "Nobby Tread" Tires are Jthe largest selling high-grade anti-skid tires in the world. The "Nobs" explain it together with the extra strong tire underneath and the superb quality and construction throughout. These are the reasons for the history -making mileage records of "Nobby Tread" Tires, based on which 99 U F3o are now sold under our regular warranty perfect workmanship and material BUT any adjustments are on a basis of :Mte Thousands upon thousands of veteran motorists now use "Nobby Tread" Tires . . '-? -l e- ' m mm m on tneir rront ana rear wneels through all seasons, because they are such phenomenal mileage tires and real anti-skid tires. Uti Wed States Tore Eompaos NOTE THIS Dealer who sell UNITED STATES TIRES sell the best of ererythm. 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