THE OREGON: SUNDAY: JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING. FEBRUARY - 27, 191&
OREGON ftiOTOR CAR CO. '
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; Locah Distributors of Stiide
iDaker 'Remove Office and
.Salesroom to New- District,
W. C. GARBE IN CHARGE
Display . Stoem sad r Work
-" Zlppd t LMt Begree to
01 ?, luiMU ' expeditiously,
Shop
factors which will T depended upon
to s h ow greater results. -; ;
Tihe entire econd floor'" Is -devoted
to the repair anop, where are to be
found all the latest pieces of ma
chinery prescribed for the standard re
pair shop. An overhead system ' en
ables the parts-to be handled with a
minimum of effort.
Theee tracks all : lead to pne corner
where t to be found a big lye tank,
steam -heated, in-which parts can be
dipped to remove rrease and dirt. Ail
benches and paraphernalia in this' re
pair room is of metal, ' assuring the
best of order and durability.
Plant Zs Wen Xdchtea.
:. A great factor throughout the plant
is the light which streams in from
every angle, ; allowing the workers to
do their labor In the light of day in'
stead of by artificial illumination. The
interior of the work rooms- is ; all
whitewashed and skylights aid In the
birth' who- stands in the line of men.
to. be seen any day seeking:: employ
ment" at- the Packard plant, has his
f;rst paoers tightly clutched In his
hand. - This fact show . that even
those who have tot yet "mastered the
language have thoroughly- learned, the
meaning of the new Packard policy.
The company off era 'practical help
in training foreign born employes to
become citizens. One class in English
for foreigners is' be tnir "conducted sev
eral nights a wek at the factory, and
two more, classes . are in Preparation.
Two ' welfare department ; men - are
studying-the teste methods of . teach
:ng English, so; as to be able to qual
ify as -instructors. .
Alvan Macauley. vice president and
general manager of the Packard com
pany, has- received an avalanche ,of
letters indorsing Ills stand for "Amer
icans first." , Many : manufacturers
have informed him that they have
adopted the same policy.; :-r .
INNEW'CAR
With the' opening of business to-
morrow morning the Oregon Motor Car
Co., the local distributor of Stude
- baker automobiles, will be found in
Its new home, I at Park and Couch
streets, where ft has one of the best
appointed automobile plants on the
Pacific coast. Until .yesterday, the
Oregon Motor Car Co. has been 4n the
Studebaker building, corner Chapman
. and 'Alder -streets, where the Stude
, baker Northwest branch is, and will
remain.
In the new home of the Studebaker
retailers will be found many little
conveniences and . details of design
, which mean much' to the composition
of an ideal "auto firm -home. The
building- occupies the full 100x100 on
the southeast corner and is an espe-
daily high two story structure, half
of the first floor being covered by a
mezsanlne balcony whiotn however,
does not protrude Into the sales pdr-
. lor. -
The sales , parlor faces on Park
street looking out upon the plaza, and
is the full width of the building. The
. high windows on the entire 100 foot
.. front and the 60 foot end give an ideal
: display space for the coiwplete Stude.
- baker line, through the several chassis
' models and body combinations.
The floor. in this room has. been the!
causa of. some delay as it is of polished
marble ground ' and finished after be
; iirg put down with cement.
. On this same floor and leading from
, the Males space are . the offices. The
.several will accommodate the cashier
and members of the clerical force.
W. 0. Oarbe Manager.
- W. C. Oarbe, manager of the com
pany, will have a private, office on
- the side facing; Couch street.- To the
rear of these will be the office of
the service roan and the supply de
partment. The remainder of the space
will be devoted to a service garage for
the plant cars.
The mezzanine floor will be devoted
to the second hand car department and
the parts and Supplies department. The
parts room Is exceptionally well laid
.out with packing benches and racks
.ll. .designed with aL view of getting
- the greatest efficiency.
An Intercommunicating system ex
..v pedltes the handling of work and or
ders from one department to another.
. Cleanliness and order are two other
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WHO'S WHO IN MOTOR DOM
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Willi am H. HUdebrandt. -
t Who'a "Who presents today one of
the . men . responsible for quite a few
. of those Buick sixes which are get-
- ting so numerous on Portland streets.
"iyiUlam H. llildebrandt is one of the
salesmen of tlje Howard Auto Co.'s
Portland branch at Fourteenth and
Couch streets. v
His experience with automobiles has
been varied and he began - by selling
- Insurance on cars. In; the fraternity
-he has, the name. of being one of the
Teal "live wires." ' . .
plan of maklnsr the room light and
airy. ' '
The exterior of the building Is one
of the most pretentious on the row.
A sort of dull green finish, with the
interior showing through the big win
dows as a light green, makes its ap
pearance quite imposing.
Just another feature which shows
liow complete is the planning of the
Studebaker 'home, . is the handsomely
appointed rest room for women, where
wicker furniture and soft draperies
add a touch of distinctive comfort.
The home wlH be pen to the In
spection of . friends tomorrow.
Local Officials Are
Ones to Enforce Law
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Secretary Oloott Xaa ZTo Fower to Pre
eat reopl Tsiag 1916 Ucenss
Tags; Registration More prompt.
Salem, Or., Feb. 26. Secretary Ol
cott today received a postal card
signed "On Among. Others Who Can
not Do This in Portland." stating that
"In La "Grande a taxi and a private car
are wearing 18 IB yellow license tags.
In Condon one or more cars- are deco
rated in yellow. What local political
pull grants or condones this - privi
lege?" r
Mr. Olcott stated again today, as . he
has many times publicly heretofore,
that the enforcement Of the provisions
of the motor vehicle law Is vested in
the local peaoe ofificersw - Any viola
tions of the law should therefore be
directed to their attention. The duties
of the secretary of state's office under
the law are qsjly to register motor ve
blcles and '.chauffeurs and furnish
proper license plates and badges. He
is not vested with police powers.
Registration! ' appear ' to be made
more promptlyjthis year than during
previous years. - At least the , number
of applications for 1916 licenses re
ceived to date would so Indicate.
Advancement1 Given
To Americans Only
Biff 'Automobile factory Take pen
ult Stand In Matter of Employing"
Alien. Workmen.
The Packard Motor' .: Car company
has announced 'that It' will pay the
fees required of any- of its alien- em
ployes - who , may desire -to take out
fi rst papers toward American citizen
ship. This follows the announcement
made January . 31 to the- effect" that
only Amefican citizens or those of
foreign birth- who. have relinquished
their foreign citizenship and Who have
filed ' them- applications- for i citizen
ship, will be given promotions to posi
tions of importance, and that loyalty
to the United-States is a pre-requisit
to employment.
Practically every man of foreign
SUPERVISOR ' SYSTe.1 : i
SHARPLY
CRITICfZEO
BY HILLSBORO PAPER
Independent Believes, Wash
ington County Not Getting
All 'It Should for Money.
MUST REPLACE THE ROADS
Assertion Mad Sigaways Sistntagrat
- lag and Improvement . roads
- Most B TTsed for Bepaira.
Discussing the road problem th.
Hlllsboro Independent says that Wash
ington county has BS road supervisors
and' as a result the county . is split Just
63 ways when It comes to the ' ques
tion of "Intelligently handling , road
matters and this fact causes wonder
as to whether the plan is the one best
calculated " to give return for th
money it- costs. The number of road
districts, n the 'county has doubled
within ;the past few years. New dis
tricts' created have usually been upon
the petition of the people affected and
the majority of the -changes nave been
popular. ( . ; : ; -i
; The legislature has changed the ap
portionment of the road funds so tnat
79 instead of SO per cent of the ' tax
paid in a district must be expended In
the district. This change has also been
popular -and in fact the whole system
of road building by division into many
units is popular in Washington county.
' ."But is it the best plan and the plan
best suited to getting all that is pos
sible for the money T" aske the Inde
pendent, r .-j -.-. j i '
. -Wheriw face th Question fairly,"
continues the Independent, "we find
that tke roads we have built ar be
ginning to disintegrate and Instead of
extending the improved roads money
must be expended to replace those we
believed we had built. -
"The time is coming, if It is not al
ready, here, when a radical change in
policy must be-made.
.v Wortes Botk Ways. ;.
"And i in making m change we are
confronted by the. fact that, we have
53 road i districts and the law which
requires that- T per cent of - the tax
must be expended wnere raised. While
the latter provision Is a popular one, a
little consideration will show that It
will work two ways as far as remote
districts are concerned while it makes
impossible the inauguration of ' work
on a. big scale wtucn will- result In
economical building of permanent road
where most needed."1 : - -
"Objection Is raised by remote dis
tricts to expending road tax raised
within vthelr limits In building' roads
et a distance, but th records show
that in most instances these remots
districts havs received more'frofn the
county fund in the -way of -assistance
than they have paid. Cutting the
county . road fund from' SO to - SO per
cent of. the entire tax means that
this assistance -can ne longer be given,
snd-while it -increases the funds f
the larger-and more poaulon districts
the funds are separate- and canaot.be
used as.. wholeU-i-i jXv'.g'" ::.
Tault WitH Syrian. 7 .' -': 1
' From "all of which . tb Independent
conclude that the county is not get
ting alt., it should for -road taxes but
that the fault is with the system and
not wlti individuals. .In searching for
a plan that will solve the' problem the
Hlllsboro editor suggests that the total
available fundsyeariy roust be kept In
mind as weU as the total mileage of
roads and everything that tends to di
vert actual expenditure of road funds
from road building must be eliminated.
Roadv ibat carry a heavy travel must
be of a character o withstand, the
wear o such "travel. In other words
the road should be built to fit the
traffic. . r
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Jitney Driver Says f
Business Profitable
"W. I Close, one of San rrancisco's
pioneer passenger carrying automobile
men. is out with a firm protest against
the statement that there ia no money
in the "Jitney business. On the con
trary, he finds it a' most profitable
field of endeavor. ,
Fourteen months" ago Close entered
the lists. . There were but. three cars
in the field ahead of him. and he chose
what he . considered the best route,
Halght street. The Height street hill
has usually Toeen shunned by the ex
perienced motor car owner, but Close
decided : the Maxwell touring car he
had purchased was equal to the task.
: Since he started Close has never
uompany is liiven
?Jque Complimc
Judg Morrow of rorCand "Writes
'. gardlng Collision lis Salem in vr
4 Aato Bumped Street Car Off T:
The XTole Motor company-Is sen
out
letter which "lt received
Judge Robert O. Morrow of the
nomah county circuit eourtla w
th Portland man compliments
Henderson,, president of tb - Coif
relation to a little -smashup w
happened at Salem some time asr
A big Cole, driven by Isadora Ui
baum, Salem merchant, struc
Fouthern- Paclflo electric car.
it from th tracks and sent it to
curb, where It remained in an up:
position. - The Col was smashe
front and th frame bent.
In writing. Judge Morrow 1
"Many ' complimentary things
been said about Cole : car,: but -hap
the most striking one that
come to my attention is th accour
th Col hurling a car off a traci
been off his beat for a single
At the end of the fourteenth moist
decided to overhaul his Maxwell,
laid It up for a few hours to com;
the task. ' His parts bill amount
exactly, ill. He had run the
60.000 . miles."1 so the upkeep cost
mile was so slight as to be almost
small to even mention. What pte
the Maxwell owner even more i
fact -that "he has been getting b
than 21 miles average for each 'gt
of gasoline.' which is some avrag
the Jitney league. -
Mrs. Harold Young Is the enthusiastic owner of a new Avire wheeled
. WylMs-Kntght.
Registration Law
Upheld in Michigan
Detroit, Feb.
automobile law,
registration for
20. The Michigan
providing a graded
motor vehicles ' and
for turning over the revenue to the
state, to be spent, for road improve
ments, was upheld as constitutional
here by Circuit Judges Mandell, Per
kins and Withey, sitting Jointly. Suit
was brought by the city of Detroit,
which may be deprived of taxes on
automobiles jiow .assessed at
16.dOO.POO. i. . .
SOMEONE HAS SAID; ; .
The Safest Way to; Get Business is to
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Make, a good product, All three of these are em
Get the price right, bodied in Diamond Tires,
Advertise it" - Competitors concede this.
Archer and Wiggins ;
Distributor ""of Hifh-Grad MotorCar Accessories '
' V SIXTH STREET AT OAK
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A Look Pleases A Trial : Convinces
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Ballpu"; S: '. Wright
" ' BROADWAY AT-bAK .
It weighs but 2925 pouncls, anil that 2925 pounds is
composed of the biggest automobile
value on the market.
Don't Lose Sight of the
Primary Purp
of An
Automobile
Don't be blindedrby; gliitterlng generalities and confusing-mechanical
discourses to the fact that first of all an automobile is made to ride in.
The
Six of '16
" wins every time when judged by this principle.
It is a large, light-weight car, not cramped in, any particular, plenty
of leg room, seat room, wi,th deep leather upholstery. Compare the
roominess of the Mitchell with that of any car selling within $500 of
its. price. ' ;
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It Is the Easiest Riding Car in America r"
- .. .i 1 " Test this out for yourself.. - " 1
The powerful Mitchell Motor is full of life, responsive to your slight
est desire; it makes the long' trip seem short and permits the driver
to enjoy the trip as much as anyone.' . v,
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CALL US UP and let us show you the SIX OF 16. Find put by driv."
',.- . ing.it yourself,, if iour statements-are true. "' J
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Mitchell, Levis & Staver CbV
1 i . Pac. East 7272 Home B-1216 . :
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-AUTOMOBILE AND SHOP" SUPPLIES
SparkPIugs. , : ; : .TOOLS ".V: Jf Brake-Lining
, lv - ; MOTORCYCLES AND ACCESSORIES ; -
Preer Tool and ; Supply Co.
, 74 Slxtir wd 311 Oak Sts.. ;- ; . - ryhoes Msln 1683.' A-168S
triczmdaz id Retread v. ; R. E. ELCcS. VLx1Siiw?5S0tte
irl mm 1 tX ' "SSiiK .4 iSlill itkiiillll'
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THE REO FOLK BELIEVE have
always believed and from the first have
based the Reo Policy on the belief
that ultimate supremacy in the auto
mobQe industry will redound to that
concern that has the most scrupulously
fulfilled its obligations to its customers.'
IT MATTERS NOT whether those obli
gations are assumed in writing or mere
ly implied in . transactions as between
man and man the Reo Folk hold them
as sacred.
IF THERE IS ANY REASON aside
from the inherent quality and value of
Reo cars for the splendid Reo success,
it is to be found in the reputation Reo
has for making good its guarantee.
OF COURSE YOU KNOW all the
world knows-that the Reb Motor Car
Company is financially one of the strong
est automobile companies in the world.
AND YOU KNOW that it isalsooneofthe
pioneers in the industry so that finan
cial strength is not due to lucky chance
nor to a brief period of prosperity.
REO STANDINGS financially and in
the hearts of buyers is the result of a
policy firmly founded in the beginning
and consistently carried out through a
long period of years.
BUT ALL " THAT WOULD NOT
MATTER if the heart of Reo were
not sound.
IT WOULD NOT MATTER how much
money there was back of the Reo guai
antee if there were not also Reo Integ
rity and Reo Good Intent.
THAT IS WHY, knowing the Reo Folk
and their ideals, you'll feel safer in
selecting a Reo than any. other car of
similar size or price class.
SPEAKING OF SIZE do you realize
.what a big, as well as beautiful car is
that New Reo Six? " .
.IT'S A FUEL 7-PASSENGER CAR
126-inch wheelbase and on cantilever
- springs,; giving the: fullest passenger
space and the utmost in luxurious
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DEMAND IS TREMENDOUS and
fc output of this 7-passenger Six is limited.
So if you'd have the most luxurious
equipage and the sweetest running car
the Reo Folk have ever. , turned out,
your order should be in our hands at
once. Today won't be a minute too soon.
REO MOTOR CAR COMPANY, LANSING, MICHIGAN "hi
NORTHWEST AUTO CO.
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