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6 THE OREGON;-; SUNDAY JOURNAL. PORTLAND, MORNING, MARCH 21, 1915 . I,- , 1 '3 ... - v Motor Car company, who lias Just re turned' from a trip "through western Canada. . "This is all due to the Immense In flux of foreign cash for purchasing war materials, including everything from food and clothing for the armies to the supplies of ammunition to keep the big guns at work." The automobile business lias: been one of thevfirt to benefit by changed conditions. Not only has there been a big increase In sales of cars to fann ers, due to the high prices and big profits on grain, but a healthy impe tus 'has been given the trade, all alone the line."' One of our big implement makpra" recently received an order for 1,000.00ft shovels from an agent of a European -power, and every factory la working on orders of similar magnitude, Much of tho ammunition purchased from the big American makers, la sold to the British government through Canadian brokers, and there, again, a vat sum Of cash is involved. i :VALUE OF TRUCK IS SHOWN BY RESULTS formance of the 1915 itltcheli; which finished a 7S00 "mile reUablUty and economy test in 3.0 day with the bdn net sealed. :rf.'-: : i ;:; .What ear at any make, at any price, could. . successfully - have essayed this tremendous task" half !a dozen years ago, of covering 250 miles a day for SO consecutive days, tackUng all sorts of roads and encountering! evejry weather condition, and coming through entirely free from trouble of any.kiind? There were none. 1 In the early days pf the Olldden tours and other long! distance road tests it should be remembered that only the bigr cars, the costly ones, the prod uct of the highest priqed manufactur ers, had a chance for victory or even completing the Journey. j i I ' American engineering and manufac turing skill has bad no greater demon' stration than in the gradual evolution of the motor car from a machine i of uncertain performance, possible only to the rich, to the present highly devel oped machine of mechanical perfection. hlch can be owned and operated with TIREMAKERS PLEASED WITH PACIFIC COAST t ut hardship by the person of Imoder- ate means. ' i; vr' 1-.. ".- " ;; This car which covered 26a miles n every day of 30 day traveled over ill kinds of roads, such as wuld be encountered. In the most severe, tour- -I PRICE OBSERVED Two official of big tire company new : plant -Which will .enable them to vsited Portland last week on an an double their! output the coining year. The of fie als will tour the coast IN GREAT BATTLES nual tour of branch houses. G. I. ng. for the- Mitchell cpmpany (wanted ritanspury. auditor of the Republic before returning east. o prove to the public that this little aire Company. I accompanied by D. W. New Co ditioriS Result of Ad- tock car would go through every kind Cajnpbell, traveling auditor, were the War Changes IMvorcd Rule. f service "to Iwhich it i could be sub- guests of jr. O. Leslie, Portland branch manager, and the company mascot "Old Man Mileage." .-' f Mr. Stansbufy is impressed by the large scale on which things are done . . I t s J i r itted by the hardest driving rhotovlst. Paris, ! March 20.--M. Brlind, minis vances Maa in uonsiruc- nd do this without adjustments iof two Million Dollars Worth of - War Orders for Quad Truck Taken as Evidence ter qt Justice, has introduced a bill In the chamber which, if enacte d, will dis pense during the war with t le legal in tiori of Automobiles. any kind, and the ear made gocfl. Ready Cash Plenty on the .Pacific- coast and the large amount of business done by their Pa- terval ot two months" from the time a 5 divorce -is. granted until th e final de As a direct result vances "made In aut the great ad- cuic coast organization, which has ere. is i rendered. The m accompanying the bill sets em or and am ile - con S true - Among uanaaians "Canadian business men but more shown; - a large increase In business forth that tlon in the past dec tbe motorist during" the last year. Injustice is likely to ensue If a soldier of today cah purchase if or a reasonable MAKERS HIGHLY PLEASED The KeDUblin- obber Mimpgny has to "whom a divorce is granted is killed price a can of much greater utility and now under cofurse of construction before the decree Is promulgated, all around consistency pt performance available ready cash right nolw than they have had. for five yeari past." than the most costly machines . ox a J . according to, information brought to Portland last ; week by ; W. C. Stubbs, factory representative of the Hudson Thomas B. Jeffery Company Cltlmi That Car X Most Economical of All oa Tires. This point was well driven horae a snort timeJ ago by thd iTv'onderfut per S1JNDAY 1 EFFICIENCY ' ". j&y 'L : "' 1 omob By Frank C. IUggs. - Two million dollars' worth of war " -... orders for motor trucks has proved ' In unmistakable fashion what my as sociates and I have asserted for some ' time pat- that the Jeffery tjuud truck la at leant the equal of any - truck made. '. ."When a nation is in a lifcand death struggle for its very existence. It can not afford, to take any chances on .the equipment wipi which its fightiny men . ate supplied. The break down of .1 motor truck at a crucial moment. Whether it 13 Uatilinf a Held gun or carrying a loa4 of ammunition or f-od to an importantstrategic point. might lead to a disaster the icnulls of winch " would be siriipiy awful to contemplate. So wonder, then, that the' fighting . nation of Europe have followed the judgment of our own .Uncle Famnel and have bought large atid ew in creasing 'numbers of Quad ' trucks... The prood boast of Ul Thomas B. Jet fery company that the iuid trad , could travel Where formerly Only Worses and-, mules were supposed to be able to, go, has been, amply vindi cated in the great European war. It 18 also being proved every day at home in the sticky gumbo mud of. Texiis, In the fine sandy . bottoms of sQuthem California and Nevada, in the" Jlo'iky mountains, among the boulder and baking sands of torrid Death Velley, on the icy .slopes of northr.l Minne sota and in, the muddy roads. of outo ... era Illinois. In lact, in places all - over this great country where no- one would ordinarily .think- of Bending a ' rnotor truck, one will find the .lottery Quad hauling its full load and tsome . times eveu a trailer as well, and doing- in hours What formerly took days to do with horses and mules. It should not be imagined, nowever, that , the Quad Is only economical on :jbad roads and steep hills. It is 4ti- : perlor " to rear drive' trucks even on .; boulevards and good roads In the cities and towns.;. In this, respect it is like a strong armed dentist who not only has the brut force-to pull the most obstinate molar,, but the strength to . keep his hand's In perfect physical control while doing- the most delicate Hind of bridge work. fOn account of the fact that th Quad truck drives, brakes and steers on alp rour wheels, and carries its load equal ly distributed on the front and tear axles,: It is the most economical truck In the world On tires, and in the cost of 'upkeep and maintenance." It is ob vious that" if a .truck is economical lit. rough going it will be even more ' so on good roads. hOftTMnsmmnsnf niWft 1 rirml IA.... JF I Simplification Is Order of Things Now Subtraction JXaa Wro-ng-h-t ' Wonderf nl T Effect on , Automobiles Daring' the Past Psw' Tears.' . -- One horse-and-carriage minus t 'horse equals one horseless carriage. ' One horseless carriage pitas this, that and a; thousand other things equals tne taodern motor car. -Not; literally true, but In genera this is lijow the automobile lias developed. Mainly by addition. 1 ; Today; is the day of subtraction. r Compare the chassis of almost any successful car with its chassis a year or so ago. Note the simplification of tbe lines, : the Elimination of sharp angles and bends, the absence of so many cross , members and rods the clean appearance. "Subtraction hast wrought the change. But it has been a subtraction that' has taken nothing essential away. It is this kind of subtraction that is the order Of the day. Call it simplification if you like; it is that and somethng more. . Or less. Motorcycle Has Economy Record i 1 Core .Than S3 Miles Covered in Stock Model on Two Quarts of Gasoline in Test, ' . 4 Establishing an economy record for ; all classes of gasoline vehicles, H.i Cameron, riding with a twin-cylinder stock model Indian motorcycle, cov ered 91.2 miles on two quarts of gaso-j .Jine, In an economy contest at Sacra-i mento, Cal., last week. The contest Ihras held under the sanction and suH . pervision of the F. A. M. and all con-i flitions esential to its acceptance as a record were complied with. i Based on a price of 14 cents per gal on xor tuei, it cost Cameron 1 cent or every ia nines traveled. The con test was held over a- five mile emirs and the winner averaged over 20 miles per hour. The average distance cov-t ered by a majority of the other com! peting machines was from-40 to 60 fniles per half gallon. Before the etari all tanks and carbureters' were thorl ougMy drained, a measured two quarts poured In, and the tanks sealed. 1 G. DA Stahsbury, Republic Tire & Rubber Co., of Youngstown, Ohio, who wag In Portland recently, and ''Old Man Mileage." L . ES FOR AUTO RACE MEETS ANNOUNCED Held Twb Days' Eye-nt Will- Be Here 'Beginning May 1. Ta.11 uisaiiiiaLiuii U I U I OWI1- of racihig cars throughout the xite iNorttiwest; Automobile associa lion. era states or Oregon and Washington, has announced tie following itinerary for sprihg races: - Portland. Or. May 1-2. ; . Sklem, Or.: May. 8. Vancouver Wash. May 12-13. Cntralia-Chehalis May 23. Seattle 1 ay 29-30. J Nbrth Yah ima - June 5-6. Walla Wa la June 12-13.' Spokane lune 18-19. TJfie last lay of the Spokane meet gives the drivers two weeks in which to naake adjustments and tune up their machines f o : the Tacoma events. The Northwest Automobile association was organized in Seattle in May. 1914, and last1 year h ?ld successful race meets at Portland,. North Takima, Vancouver, B. C., and' at the - CentraUa-Cbehalis fair ground I. i The obje( t of the organization Is to promote inter-city race meets and to bring together the fastest machines and the crai k drivers of the northwest also to give real racing contests at a reasonabl y price of admission. Chauncy Wright, . Jean Romano, Harry D. tratton, George Neep and Jimj Parsons of Seattle have already annjounced thelr intentions of racing; their cars at the various meets. ' Ernst Schneider o:r North Yakima, C. C. Clin tonland Merrill Moores of Portland are alst gettlnj: cars ready, and Manager Hiller has been notified of other en tries being prepared along the route. This organization has in view the building up of these yearly competitive mejts. to discourage the racing, team or hippodrome methods that have pre- inrougnout this section in the t, and ito encourage contests of vai pas merit. the Attention, Mr. It may pe a corners! of a road is better, little farther around square deal, but the Car Owner! aou are gamer to take a trm verv knnn n'A incn.i u u-.e..t scenic ; roads which our honorable ciitizens have devoted so much time and energy to for the good 06- Portlaiad and Oregon, Just think what a wonderful ride you are going td have. 4 HOW, XS. CAS OWlTEB.-do not forget to havn -vnnr r.. 11,-4 over, and take that knock, that rattle. land 1 esrieciaUy that rJt,1? waltz," and get some W in your niotor W having tht ca?bo "re moved by our new oxygen process the Waives ground and thehZZriZZ taken up. - We will remove thecarbc4iwith disturbing any Lart of your motor and It takes only, from ene to two tinnfmtffFJJZS and we absolutely : guarantee to remove sverv ' ' equicoed to handle vour work wtH thi , ium sniueu worunen. uur WorK s all reasonable. Our specialties . are re?rin rings and piston pins all oversize to fit -laciurmz .macninery xor this nnmnd t . '"i'cu vu auiuiuouiifs. vve can also save your broken crank cases, cylinders or any other partj of your automobile, by - ow-Oxy-Acetylene-welding-txrocess. We absolutely guarantee streneth ana ouriDiuiy in our weias. ' Bring us y we will give you the best service and a i proper automobile machinery guaranteed and the nriAo o.l ding cylinders, making niston your motor, with special manu-' oiiiy. ve aiso can tiandl anv We can also save your." Cook & GUI 120 Union Avenue and Xast Glisan, Street. jour car jor letj us call for it, and square uetu. f C-U48, East 4814. OITID Secret1 of Eestas Fine Driving Is Out Victor of Tanderbilt and j Grand Prise Races at! San Pranciseo Party to Pretty Romance. The secrpt of Darius JResta's bril liant driving In the recerjt "Va,nderbilt and Grand Prize races at Ban Francis co, both of which he won handily, if out. It involves the culmination of as pretty a "romance as ever embraced two continents. Several years ago Resta metthe sis ter, of the late Spencer Wlshart in dear ol' Lunnon. . Their Acquaintance ship was but brief, yet resulted in a correspondence, after tjie two had again taken up their permanent abode on different sides of the Atlantic, tnat soon evolved into more than friendship. It was not long until matrimony was a frequently discussed topic between the pair, yet the ocean offered a seem- ingly unsurmountable obstacle. With the outbreak of the European war, however, and the consequent abandon ment of racing- abroad, opportunity came, and soon Resta was on his way. to seek both bride and fortune. The bride came first. Resta and Miss Wlshart being married immediately af ter his arrival, and the rest is history. Should, in addition, Resta manage to win at maianapoiis, where a gross purse of $50,000 is offered, he will be fixed for life. BLAMES SLOVENLY: WIVES Boston, March 10. Women who! do not keep their homes In order ought to be subject to arrest, as well as the man who becomes .Intoxicated, in the opinion of Albert J. Sargeaht, chief probation officer of the Boston munic ipal court. "If a man desert sj his wife she can have him arrested, and I yet the wife can neglect her home until she drives the man to drink arid go un punished." said Mr. SargeantJ J.EFFEEY ; -1 - i i CHESTERFIELD SIX The Three Plate Drg Disc Clu 6h Satisfaction in the op eration of a beautifully balanced motor ij, in some cars, discounted by the use of a clutch re quiring frequent adjust ment in order to prevent its slipping and heating and consequent loss of power or, on the other hand, sticking and thus making shifting of gears difficult and noisy. . - ; ; ' j. The clutch can be 'let in' instantly on high gear with no stuttering or grabbing .nor starting jerk;, a test which the gearing behind the average clutch would not live to repeat. 1 How often ha1 -e you felt that your motor was spi ining faster than the speed? of the , car woul4 justify,f especially on a hill or in heavy going. That is, of course, due to -a .slipping clutch. Chesterfield owners will not be subjected 10 tnese embarrassments. THE THOMAS B. JEFFERY COMPANY Main Office and Works, Kenosha, Wis. 1Frank C. Riggs Company Distributor for Oregon and S. Washington 2d and Washington St., Portland, Or. JImO 1 investments the iiraei "No If imer Jiire li pyrcnases aie investment o all intellig first consideration is the dividend. blby Tread " Tires are the premier tire investment of the world, en t buyers. In making becaiisethey pay the biggest dividends in mileage, being the lowest nnai-cosi-per-mue ures in tne woria, ' - ' " I M -. I- "-, I -. . ;-; .' -I ' - - a: . ' i : M--. because "punctures 90flb less f- means greatest security for amount invested, I i ..... ! I . .. . ! because- they are r. i real anti-skid tires. because they ! i fW fl-jfl K" ' ii in i i t f vi" ' can now be purchased former years for simply ordinary tires, for the price paid in because-few today can afford the extravagance of buying cheap first-cost tares, whenj "Nobby Treads have absolutely proven their ultimate economy oil the oasis or lowest rinai-cost-perr are adjusted TTp J9.9 CTTjo .V' C , " . are t upon the basis of M n Tires "Nobby Tread anti-skid tires in the world Pprtland Branch: United States oday by far the largest selling high-grade "Nobby Tread V Tires are sold i ! iv Lea. - - !' , ' Tire Company 24-26 Fifth Street North xding Reliable Dealers, mm Do not accept substitutes i-7 (Employing 55,484 Meti) i: ', . ''-'-.I ' '.. ';'.,"'-' v.i. i." y y"':- -y y. y:i - y:"i- ':
