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THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAU PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 11, 1914. m SUBSIDY FOR AUTO TRUCKS SHOULD BE 9 m CONTENDED Modern . Warfare Demands Motor Equipment for Pur poses of Transporting, ANIMALS ARE TOO COSTLY Zmring Out Question of SpeoO, Cost of red Would Bo FTOblM- wtiat would Unci Sam do If an onklnd fate should suddenly plunge the United States Into a war with either of the allied forces In the present European and Asiatic strife? Naturally, an armv would hav to be rained. Assume f?N to consist of 2.240,0u0 men; not all at once of course, but eventually The mustering In, organizing, cloth ing, equipping and training of this enormous force would be a tremendous undertaking. But certainly not the least among the problems to be solved would be that of transportation. A force of 2,240,000 men would re quire approximately 87,248 wagons and ambulances. Most of these would have to be acquired 'after war started. As invading army would bring along its own transport wagons. And in lew of the wonderful mobility afford ed by the motor truck In the present war in Europe, it is practically a fore gone conclusion that the' invader's ' transport wagons would be largely of the self-propelled type. To match such an; army In mobility Uncle Bam would have to do likewise. In one respect he would be fortunate there are 17.000 trucks of IVi tons capacity, 10,000 two ton trucks and 12, 000 threo ton trucks for him to i pick from. These are the trucks suitable for army work that aro already in com mercial service in the United States. But they are not enough. To fall back upon mules would be costly and perhaps disastrous. Look at the figures! For 87,248 wagons and ambulances, no less than 357,744 mules would be needed. These animals with their vehicles would need 720 miles of road spaie. They would 'eat over 5,000, 600 pour-da of hay a day, And about 3,240,000 pounds of grain." This forage alon would occupy over half a million cubio feot for one day's consumption and the feed bill would total about 183.000 a day, which Is $2,500.00 a month, or about $30,000,000 a year! Surely, then. It would have to be motor trucks. But where would they come from? The 39.000 trucks of sult- .able load carrying capacity would Just about fill one-half the bill. In order to insure the type of ma- china it needs, the war department should encourage commercial owners of motor trucks to adapt their require ments to those of the army. In other words, the United States should insure Tor itself a suddIv of motor trucks by adopting a subvention plan for army type motor trucks. , There is nothing new or "radical In this. France appropriated $375,000 for subsidizing army typo motor trucks away back in 1909, which is very old history In the motor truck business. That was only a small beginning, but It showed the other nations the way, for Germany, Russia, Italy, Austria, and even conservative England fol lowed suit. France has had a longer experience In this kind of thing than any other nation, having started her army motor truck trials, in ronjunction with the Automobile Club of Krance. in 1906. It Speed Kings in . An Exciting Duel Btfb Burmaa and Barney Oldfield At tacking rathar Time at Every Cbaiioa They Oat. Bob Eurman, the speed king, and Barney Oldfield, who held the title for years, have engaged in a record. duel and both are attacking old Father Time at every opportunity Bannan with the Peugeot, and Oldfield with the Christie front-drive car, his Fiat Cyclone or the Meroer. Records never thought possible of breaking to any great extent are falling regularly, and an indication of the great speed that is being made is obtainable from the record figures of Barney at St Louis September 23. The speed merchant made the mile In :44, two miles in 1:27 and five miles in 3:40. Burman, in his battle for records, lowered the 25 miles to 21:38, the 20 miles to 17:10 8-5 at Springfield. September 19, and on September 12 he annexed the 15 mile mark with a record of 12:47, a considerable cut from 13:30, the old figures. AUTQMOBIL WILL BE CONDUCTED DURING FEBRUARY Annual Exhibit Promises to Eclipse Those Held in Pre vious Years Here, took Franco three year" o decide on making subvention appropriations, and four years longer were necessary (1909-1913) to determine the, ideal kind of truck for army service. The uses of motor trucks in war are many and various. France is provis ioning her army by the aid of hun dreds of trucks, Germany is exciting the admiration of the military world bv the wonderful mobility of her troops due to her motor transport. England continually is strengthening the weak spots In her expeditionary force by rushing reinforcements to the front by motor vehicles. Austria, Rus sia and Belgium are an using power wagons to advantage. Among other important uses for motor vehicles are: Transporting the wounded from the firing line to the field hospitals; generating electricity for searchlights. wireless Instruments, cooking, etc.; carrying ammunition. field gttns and other supplies to the firing line; transporting aeroplanes. dirigibles, captive balloons, aerial ob servation ladders, wireless outfits, searchlights, portable workshops, spare parts for all kinds of machines and apparatus used In war; carrying fodder for horses and water for men and animals. Motor cars and motorcycles are in valuable for the use of the general staff in inspection purposes, or for transporting messages when field tele graphs and telephones are not avail able. They are also especially useful for soouting purposes. Armored" motor trucks, provided with quick firing guns or with loopholes for sharpshooters, or both, are avail able for dispersing advance guards and cavalry that are out on scout duty or masking the activities of a larger body of troops. Gasoline and oil are plentiful and cheap. A motor truck can carry enough of them for a 100 mile run or mora But with horses and mules one-half of their effective load is their own fodder. Apart from the mobility and strate gic advantages of the motor truck la war, there Is the economic aide. Great Britain spent 3175,000.000 for mounts' alone In her little scrap with the Dutch Boers in South Africa. Sure ly, then, it is good business for Uncle Sam to appropriate one three-hundred- and-flftieth of that sum to Insure substantial nucleus for a modern army transport system. Quite a Depression. From Judge. Mr. Skids I want you to be as eco nomical as possible, my dear. Times are very dull, and I want to continue to be able to look the world In the face. Mrs. Skids I should say they were dull,! when the only way a man can look the world In the face Is to let his wife go around without any clothes. E HOW At a meeting of the Portland Auto mobile Trade association held last week it was decided to bold the an nual automobile show for 1915 during thef month of February. The final ar rangements and the appointing of a committee to handle the business af fairs of the show- were not settled at the meeting. Bert Roberts, mana ger of the Wlnton branch in this city, and president of the trade association. is very enthusiastic over the pros pects for the best automobile show ever held In Portland on account of the many new and high class auto mobiles that are being announced by dealers for the 1915 season. Last year when the automobile show was first proposed, every effort was made to secure ?the new ice sKating rink for the exhibition. This DUUd ine will be completed in plenty of time for a show this season, dui it n flonotea li ue nuuiasiaucui mo rink will close skating and allow the automobilists to use the building. In that case It is more than likely that the Armorv. the same building tnai was used last year, wfll be used again this season. It has also been suggest ed by a few of the dealers that only pleasure vehicles will ne snown oimng the 1915 show. Portland dealers gave the people of the nortnwesx a mosi creditable show last year, and those at the helm of the proposed proposi tion Oils season say the 13 1 a Bnow win be a much finer display than last year. ARRIVAL OF NEW "SIX" WAS AWAITED WITH MUCH INTEREST IN PORTLAND mmt in ml 'I ' , y Z " ; ; v " ' wmMm-.. - . ."gi-wy vr".''' "Lj 1 '' w ifr; Due to the prominency of Frank. C. Rlggs in the automobile industry of the state of Oregon, a great many peo ple have awaited with Interest the ar rival of the Jeffrey Chesterfield Six shown above. The new car arrived in Jeffrey Chesterfield machine, latest newcomer Portland the first part of last week and has been continually admired and praised by the many who have seen tt. The car in itself has design and style that distinguish it in any company. on Automobile Row. The car is made to command the ad miration of people of good taste, and with its many foreign ideas has made an Immediate impression on those who enjoy quality. Motors Much . Like Suits of Clothing Once In a While Kan Gets On Be randea, and Then He Uses It on Every Possible Occasion. Some automobiles are made to sell, others to enjoy for the moment, and still others to grow old with. Motor cars are much like suits of clothes a man gets one, he wears k awhile, and then casts it aside for something new. He gets another. Somehow he feels easy in it. it sort of fits him all over. He wears it as long as he can that season, and. Instead of throwing it away, or selling it to. the second hand man, hangs it In his closet. Al though it may be out of style, and it shows the wear it has had. he dons It whenever there is opportunity. Some kinds of motor-cars are like that, their owners drive them year after year, no matter what . attractive new models may be brought out -4 - 4 AjM IS NEEDED Present Traffic Laws' Good Enough if They Were but Pbperly Enforced. Jf decreases to a large percent its own efficiency in turning its many parts over. Overhauling bills may also be eat down by using ordinary "horse sense." FRIENDLY COUNSEL FROM DEALER IUU) SAVE BUYER TROUBLE Advice on What and Where to Look for Difficulties Would Save Annoyances, Journal Want Ads bring results. a ew -friend tv sTunrestiOttB were re cently given the purchaser of a Chal mers Little Six by IX L. Keats, north west distributor for the una, regaru Imr thn care of his car. -Tim a and asain." said Keats, "an ajitotnobiln owner is beard to remark. the gasoline and oil bin Is inconse quential when compared with the other expenses of a car.' That may be very true when compared with tires and overhauling whjen the car is driven by a careless person. "On the other hand, the gasoline and oil bill is quite an item to be con sidered, especially now that the gov ernment is about to place a war tax on gasoline, and no right minded man would deliberately purchase a car that consumed twice as much oil and gaso line as another equally good car. "Economy along that line is ac complished by an efficient engine and car plus an efficient driver. The fewer parts there are to operate, and the easier they operate, the less power is needed. In other words, you do no want a large complicated motor which Ahead of You Somewhere Near or Ft Lies the For instance, good oil is an economy. When a knock is perceptible In the motor, eradicate it at once or it will do more harm as it gets worse. "Ordinarily the spark should be ad vanced as far as possible when driv ing, yet not so far as to occasion knocking. . As soon as the motor be gins to labor the spark should be re tarded accordingly. In this way many dollars in repair bills wfll be saved. '"Shift gears when necessary. Don't try to make the hills on high. The lower gears are placed In an automo bile for a purpose and should be used. Don't wait until you get within a few feet of your destination and then Ioc' your brakes. Anticipate the little things In driving a car and It will last just twice as long and save you much trouble and money. "If the motor car dealer would al ways give the purchaser of a machlnj a little good advice In regard to hand ling the car when it is first purchased, many of the owners that come to our salesroom every ' day for information would be saved their trouble." Whyj jlf this talk of changing the existing raffle regulations? Portland at the present time has as good if not better traffic regulations than any Pa- " eific co3t city. If the present laws are properly enforced by officers there -would bojVery little agitation regard ing new ordinances. EverySday trucks and touring cars' may be Jseen racing up and. down the streetsibreaklng the present speed limit. ; Saturday morning a truck was driven .'past the corner of Broadway and Morrison streets at a speed in ex cess of J;C miles an hoar. Another ma chine, carrying license No. 16120, win driven tfwo Salmon street at a speed estimated! at more than 3t miles an hour. Let tif policemen of Portland en. force t- present laws and there wilt be no necessity of passing new ones every 1 4w months, which simply f ur ther coiTuse the public. T An elctric heatef for bath tubs that. is said Sto heat a gallon of water a minute Jias Its .heating elements radi ating ffom a central hub, like the 1 1 L M W 1 hGoodvear Tire eV " 1 to r - - Every Tire Trouble Brings You Nearer to Goodyears Evefy rim-cut is botmd to ranlm&yoci that No-RIm-Cat tires avoid this. Eveiy blow-out should suggest that our "On-Air" cure ends & very fretjuent cause Every loose tref d will urge reduction of this risk. In Goodyears by a patent method we reduce it by 60 per cent Every puncture suggests our double thick All- Weather tread. So does skidding. So does wear. Those are four exclusive Goodyear fea tures. To get thern you must get No-Rim-Cut tires. And that time is surely corning. It has come to hundreds of thousands already.. More men use Good years than use any other tire- And they 'are men who seek just what,you seek. WcrVe Earner It We have earned this place for Goodyears the topmost place in Tiredom. We have attained here a quality supreme and unvary ing. We have long spent $100,000 yearly on laboratory efforts to better them. On one exclusive process our "On-Air" cure we spend $450,000 per year. The result is maximum sturdiness, the limit of safety, the minimum of trouble. You want the benefit Soon or late that want will bring you to these matchless Goodyear tires, from that day on, you will give them up. I iOODC? YEAR ? ,5V. AKRON. OHIO' No-Rim-Cut Tires With AH-Weather Treads or Smooth never Start now when our All -Weather tread of fers winter security such as no other tread can offer. Any dealer can supply yon Goodyear tirea. If the wanted size is not in stock he will telephone our local branch. s .Si m eotembar Was the Biff est Month Sin the .History Of The Stadebaker Corpqiratiob In point of sales, in number of Studebakers actually sold find deliv ered, not only was last month the biggest September, but tpe biggest individual month in all the sixty-two years of Studebake business. Isn't it remarkable that this should be true just at this timI if5 Studebaker Business for September, 19 14, (Automobile Division only) Sales orSIXES,,andwFOURS,-$427,797.92 Studebaker Actual Percentage of Gains in Sales for September 1914, over September, 1913 List Atlanta . . 245 Per Cent Gain Minneapolis . . 270 Per! Cent Gain Boston . . 222 " " " New York . . 77 " " u Chicago . . 322 " " " Omaha . . 520 " ill " " Dallao . . . 268" Philadelphia . 752 " " " Detroit . . 114 " Portland . . 251 " l! " " Kansas Chy . 508 " " " St Louis" . . 49 " i" " Los Angeles. . 71 " " " San Francisco . 107 " " " Total Average Gain i32 Per Cent W.B-The ere merely Branch Sales end do not WMm the ft iml direct sale to SrnoeheW Piiwe and Dealers wfilrfi shew an eonjjnlent grfa ; Docs this unprecedented Studebaker Prosperity not reflect at least normal business con ditions for die whole American people? We believe, too, that the widely spread volume of Stuoebaker sales in September demon strates that American prosperity is general. Studebaker dealers c vci y whue bio.c records m Septem ber. Every state, county, city end village in the country showed tremendous Studebaker gams. That means that the economic conditions of this country . are universally and intrinsically sound. This means more than isolated optimism. It means national soundness and national confidence. Actual September Studebaker Sales. Analyze those figures. You realize that they are proo not merely of the national popularity of a long estab lished house and its standard-product, but of the unfaltering courage and untroubled outlook of the American people. f Also those astonishing figures prove more than the over whelming popularity of the Studebaker line, the new Stuaebaker'TOURS" and Studebaker"SLXES,,'and the distinctive Studebaker manufacturing methods and ideals and integrity. is Those astonishing figures attest the national '4ppreriation of what has gone before in the sixty-typ years of Studebaker history. l 1 That is Studebaker Service. J The Studebaker Corporation does not merely ieH a motor. It sells nxrtoxmg. '0 A Stodebaker purchaser buys not merely a Studebaker car but he also buys Studebaker Factory Service. The Studebaker Ccporatjon is rerjresentedlnot merely by salesmen, but by Servicemen. j ;j jr The Studebaker Corporation keeps Stndebakfcr cars run ning for Studebaker owners. !jfr Every city and village in the country is a!f Studebaker service-ctation. Studebaker Branches, Studebaker representktves every where, from the Atlantic to the Pacific, ffn Canada to the Rio Grande, are equipped, are instructed, are pledged to give Studebaker Service. i f For such service the Studebaker Corporation has more than $1,000,000 worth of Stodebaker, fcarts distri buted among Studebaker representative That means fmrpitatywtomiral, personal: service to Studebaker owners everywhere. This one achievement of organization has entered, we believe, largely into the achievement of Studebaker Sales. Studebaker owners everywhere! re selling Studebakers for us. rj:: Steicbsicr Prices . FOUR. Roadster - -" X 98$ FOUR Tooriag Car - 985 SIX 5-PaMeager 1385 ' SIX T-Paneoger - - - 1450 ... .F. 01 B. Detteit . THE STUDEBAKER CORPORATION OF AMERICA Northwest Branch Chapman and Alder Streets. OREGON MOTOR CAR CO. PORTLAND DEALERS CHAPMAN AND ALDER STS. TeL Main 9402, Home A-7656 Applyfgj fa in Sfafefea Iff Cars Full flaxtins teae iaje wfth Tbiken Bcaxiagt. Ekctric etartsir And Eg&tiag, Extra aed tire, Safety tend on the rear. Built-in , 5 I wjadrttirld., Oae-qma type (ilk mohair .Ji' if! r.t ,f f,- X f -i