The Oregon daily journal., October 29, 1916, Page 21, Image 21

AUTO LOGGING TRUCK
CONSTRUCTS ITS OWN
ROAD WHILE WORKING
Wew Truck Equipped With
.Special Broad Rollers Said
to Solve Problem,
HEAVY LOADS HAULED
Great Mixing la Time Claimed for
Trades by Manag.r of the X.ocal
Branch of White Company.
With the expansion of the lumber
ing industry and ever present problem
of transportation, there Is opening to
ths motor truck a new field. The
motor truck and logging received
ftome attention during the week's con
gress of the Pacific Coast Lumbermen
and as good roads become more nu
merous and the possibilities of the
truck ' bh better realized. Its use Is
bound toNjrome more common.
R. 8. HUtf manager of the Portland
branch of the "White Company, has
now in his territory several models of
the five ton White "good roads" truck,
a very heavy model which has broad
rollers In place of wheels, or rather
wheels which are better classed as
broad rollers. The front wheels have
n ID-Inch face, while the rear wheels
are 20 Inches In width.
Type Extensively Used.
This type has been the most suc
cessful and Is now being extensively
used In western Washington, where
the roads are none toogood and where
the "ordinary type wa"s next to use
' less.
This truck has the advantage that
It build US own road and with some
election end attention to his path,
the driver of these trucks 'can soon
make for himself a fairly leveled and
rolled , road, which Is passable In the
worst of weather.
"These Immense trucks also help
themselves to their load," declared
Mr. Hur'd. "They are easily equipped
with a power winch at slight addi
tional cost, which serves, several pur
poses, namely; loading the logs and
pulling them to the road, pulling ob
structions from the road or. In the
event that the truck becomes mired.
gunir
ole.
tuning itself and load out of the
Time Saved by Truck.
"The greatest saving In the use of
the motor truck, as compared to the
tise of hornes is In the time. For
Instance, one truck will cary a log or
a load at the rate of nix or eight miles
per hour that would require srx or
eight horses to handle,, and they would
make but one and a half to two miles
per hour. Again, trucks can be
worked day and night. but horses
must have a rest.
"Considering the investment It
must be admitted that logging Is hard
on horses, besides being dangerous
for them. A horse breaks his leg
and his usefulness Is over. In all pro
bability he Is taken out and shot.
The owner's money Is gone. If a mo
tor .truck breaks, for a small sum
the broken part can be replaced and
f the trunk placed back Into service
with little loss of time or money.
Big toads Hauled.
Then, there Is the ability to get
over soft soggy earth. The greatest
argument for the heavy truck Is Its
ability to build Its own road and haul
enormous loads at about five times
the apeed of horses. The more a truck
passe 'over the roads the better does
It become, as the wheels have as
much area as the average steam
roller.
"Trailers are used In the logging
business, some of them two wheeled
and some of them four wheeled. A
bunker Is placed on rear end of the
truck so that the trailer and the
truck each have about the same
mount of load."
All we ask is that
you see and drive the
GRANT- SIX
nve-pMsenger
Touring Car 9 82S
ThTee-Paawixger
. Roedter - S2S
Three-Paawnger
Cabriolet - - 1050
I. o. b. Factory
GRANT MOTOR CAR
CORPORATION
Manly
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A. B. KAXUrr, X. O. KABE&.
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NEW LOGGING METHOD SAVES MONEY OREGON MOTOR CAR
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White Track
400 Convicts Work
Upon the Highways
President of Tennessee State Board of
Control Telle of Besults Expect to
Have 1000 at Work Kelt Tear.
"V$ have Worked 400 men on the
highways during this year, and- the
results have been highly satisfac
tory," states the president of the
Tennessee state board of control In a
recent letter to Adolph Iewisohn,
president of the national committee
on prisons.
"The last legislature took a step
forward," continues the Tennessee of
ficial, "in the enactment of a law au
thorizing the board of control to con
tract the labor of convicts In the
public highways from April 1 to De
cember 1 at the price of $1 per day.
Wc maintain the men on the $1 per
day, hut make little if any profit.
The men thus employed are In better
health and better condition In every
way as a result of the outdoor em
ployment and the state has In this
way made a substantial contribution
to the good roads cause. Next year
we expect to have lOuO men worktnj
on tne highways."
Standard Location
Of Numbers Planned
Recommended That Engine Serials Be
Placed on Crankcase to Aid Identi
fication of Stolen Care.
The board of directors of the Na
tional Automobile Chamber of Com
merce has indorsed the recommenda
tions of the Society of Automobile
Kngineers for the uniform location of
ei'glne serial or Identification num
bers. This rc-ommendatlon Is as follows:
"The standard location for engine
number shall be on the crankcase
proper, at the front end, as near the
middle as practicable, crosswise, and
on top if possible. Considerable
should be given to accessibility In
the completely assembled car. If It
not possible to locate the number
near the center at . the front, that
position should be approximated, pref
erence being given to the right hand
side."
The purpose of this recommenda
tion is to help in the recovery of
utolen cars, by ready Identification
or by the ability to distinguish them
as stolen In cases where the lumber
has been tampered with.
You will find all the
arguments why you
should buy a Grant Six
fully apparent in the
car itself.
No amount of conver
sation no list of de
tailsno statements
about the easy riding
qualities, the simplic
ity, economy and
beauty of the Grant
Six can be half 'so con
vincing as the car it
self .
So we say, , pome and see
and drive tie tyrant Six.
Come and compare values.
Auto Co.
ST. ZTEXS WASKXVQTOV.
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engaged in heavy lumbering in Western AV&shington.
FEW SIMPLE RULES
T
President Rowe of A. A, A,
Favors Elimination of Un
necessary Measures,
Washington, D. C Oct. 28. "We
now have too ' much automobile law.
The next trend must be toward the
elimination of aTl unnecessary re
quirements and the enactment of a
few Bimple rules and regulations that
may be easily understood, easily en
forced, and, au nearly as possible, uni
versally observed. Such an elimina
tion would in many instances do away
with about three-fourths of our pres
ent laws."
President II. M. Rowe of the Ameri
can Automobile association, thus sets
forth the present problem of the
motor car owner. Continuing, the
head vt the national organization,
says:
"But traffic rules anj regulations
ire yet in their formative period.
Much remains to be done before
avoidable accidents may be reduced
o a minimum. The principal diffi
culty is the unwillingness of the
lutilic to accept and obey such riftes
ind regulations.
Educational Work Seeded.
While there has been some change
!n Its attitude within the last year or
so, there still remains an Immense
amount of educational work before
we can hope to secure that co-operation
from the public wnlch Is neces
sary to the efficient working out of
any set of rules for the road and the
government of its traffic.
"It is needless to say that the mo
torists themselves deplore most keen
ly the steadily increasing number of
accidents and fatalities occasioned by
the use of the motor car, but the
people have not yet come to fully
realize that these accidents are the
result of negligence on the part of
the public to observe the simplest
r leo of personal safety rather than
neglect on the part of the motorist.
The utter disregard of his personal
fi'.fety shown by the average individ
ual when occupying the public high
ways is appalitnv
Pedestrian is to Blame.
"It Is a matter of undisputed record
that between 90 and 95 per cent of
all the accidents that occur result
lrom the neglect of the individual
pedestrian and less than 5 per cent
are caused by the direct fault of the
motorist or fhe reckless use of the
motor car. Lying between these
figures somewhere are from 3 to 5
per cent of the accidents where both
parties are responsible.
"Simple as It may seem, a set of
traffic ruls and regulations that
will work out In practice are not easy
to prepare. It 'follows that rules and
regulations which, will work out are
those that will permit vehicles and
Individuals to move with the largest
degree of freedom without coming In
contact with each other. Through our
legislative board we have set about
codifying such a practical set. of
traffic rules that may bo easily un
derstood and enforced.
Co-operation Is necessary.
"We are hopeful that they will be
generally adopted. Of course, there
will be modifications in different In
stanced, and of course they will be
attended by varying degrees of suc
cess in their enforcement and in
promoting the purpose of their enact
ment; but we believe that a substan
tial uniformity can be established
throughout the country.
"With the fatalities caused by the
carelessness of motorists now reduced
to less than 5 per cent of the whole.
If the proper co-operation of the pub
lic can be secured, cannot we reason
ably hope to reduce the 90 per cent
of fatalities attrlbutaolo to the care
lessness of Individuals to 9 per cent.
In any event a limited number of un
avoidable accidents will occur, but It
does not seem unreasonable that of
each 100 accidents now occurring,, 90
of them may be avoided. Surely such
a possibility should be a sufficient
incentive for putting forth our best
efforts."
Sunken Dutch Liner
Carried KisselKars
vessel Beat to Bottom by German
Diver Off JTrw England m Bound
for Amsterdam, Holland.
. The Dutch liner Blommersdyk,
which was one of the vessels sunk by
fhe German submarine U-53 off the
coast of New England, carried a con
signment of Kissel All-Tear cars
billed to the Kissel representative In
Amsterdam, Holland.
Scent Not Strong Enough,
Chicago, Octs S8.--(I. N. S.) The
scent of a woman's perfume is not
suincient evidence upon which to con
vict In Judge Denis Sullivan's court.
Mrs. Kittle Russel, arrested on the
sole grounds that the perfume she
used was similar- to that which tie-
lighted the nostrils of Robert Celmcr
before some " woman robbed him ,!ot
9338, was discharged. .yt ,
FOR TRAFFIC AND I
INTRICATE LAW
NEED
111 mih urn ii i ' i vi--i a' r i " i II
taMONUsst
nriiWirfrrrfiTnin
KisselKar to Hold
Auto Truck Show
Local Branch Display Latest Models
In Show Boom on North Broadway,
October 30 to November 4.
The Tacific Coast KisselKar branch
at its North Broadway show room
will stage an auto trurk show, dating
from October 30 to November 4.
The beautiful salesroom of the Kis
selKar will be devoted entirely to the
oisplay of the latest models of Kissel j
delivery cars and trucks. The dls- j
play will be made as interesting as i
possible through the collection of a
great deal of statistical matter which
will be explained through the models
on the floor.
The show room Is to be decorated
for the event and in every way the
trucks will show that their profes
sion. In spite of their utilitarian
standing, adds much to the "smartness-'
of the delivery system.
The entire line of the Kissel, from
the three-quarter ton to the trucks of
several ton capacity are here. The
salesmen have prepared themselves
for the week end and w-ill give inter
esting talks on the utility of the mod
ern truck and its possibilities as ap
plied to any business which Is de
pendent on its delivery as much as
anything else, for its success.
Advertising Head
Of Chalmers Named
W. Tt. Agnew, Formerly Advertising
Manager of the Kndsou Motor Car
Company, Xs Appointed Director.
The appointment of W. D. Agnew as
director of advertising of the Chalmers
Motors company Is announced. Mr.
Agnew for the past fonr years has
been advertising manager for the Hud
son Motor Car company. Before Join
ing the Hudson company he was a
member of the copy staff of Lord &
Thomas, Chicago adTertlsing agents.
THE INTAKE
Briscoe Speeds TJp Mountain. The
boys at the local branch of the
Pacific KisselKar branch were some
what pleased to receive a . telegram
which told them that the little long
stroke Briscoe had again captured
the Mount Diablo record, which was
taken away from them some weeks
ago by another small car. The Briscoe
went from Oakland to the summit
in 50 minutes. The best previous
time was 69 minutes. The touring
time is three or four hours.
KisselKar Man oa Tour. A. S. Rob
inson, maimger of the Portland Pacific
KisselKar branch. Is touring the state
and is placing agencies right and
left for the Briscoes and Kissels in
the southern part of Oregon.
Boss Enlarges Service Space. C. L
Boss, who finds that upper Wash
ington auto row still suits him bet
ter than other places, is enlarging
his service department end has just
added a service shed to the back of
his building which will increase his
"under-roof" space by several thou
sand feet. This place will be es
sentially devoted to the daily needs
of motorists. The cars can be taken
off the street and minor adjustments
made without taking the car into the
main shop.
White Officials Visit. C. S. Hun
toon, road representative of the
White company, and Albert Donoeas,
service expert, have been giving Port
land their attention the last week.
Both have the entire northwest, in
cluding Briish Columbia, as their
territory.
Bansom Joins White. Allen E.
Ransom, known to the electrical en
gineering, logging and lumbering fra
ternity, has Joined the White com
pany and will specialize on truck
sales.
Togler Arranges Service Fred W.
Vogler, president of the Northwest'
Auto company. Is in Washington ar
ranging for the service of the Marmon
car. The Pacific northwest, with its
great system for Its many lines, was
picked by Nordyke & Marmon to handle
this detail of the business and Mr.
Vogler Is now making the final ar
rangements through Oregon, Idaho and
Washington.
Dnlmage Mauley Beady to Move
The new automobile house of the Dul
mage Manley Auto company at Burn
side, Oak and Eleventh streets is about
ready for occupancy. The firm ex
pects to move down this week. The
building is one of the most imposing
and largest in the local motor colony.
It also is one of the best located with
respect to the Hupmobile, Grant or
National owner, as the location means
down-town service.
Motorists Enjoy Southern California
caiiiornia allows visiting motorists
three months time to run over the
roads without taking out a California
license. The Automobile club of Los
Angeles has figured out that almost
all of the transcontinental tourists
who come there, stay their full limit
and many also take out state licenses.
The club also estimates that these
motorists bring to California Just $2,
317.500 every three months.
Oakland Ha Hiw Model C. B. Voor.
his. sales manager of the Oakland Mo
tor company, la sending out advance
prospectus on the new Oakland Six.
called tho "Sensible Six." It is .
of pleasing proportions and will have
the same valve-in-head motor that is
now pieasing Hundreds of owners.
DENBY TRUCK, TOO
Design and Reliability of Car
and Financial Standing of
Concern, Factors.
INTERNAL GEAR DRIVE
Denby Claims Sixth Position la Point
of Production la Zdst of 808
Track Makers of Country.
The Oregon Motor Car company his
announced the Denby truck.
Several months ago this firm came
to the conclusion that In working the
pleasure car and light commercial field
alone, it was availing itself of but
half the business of the terrttory. The
potentiality of the motor truck is no
longer doubted, even by the owners
of horse drawn equipment.
The Denby truck was taken after
considerable study of the. truck field.
W. C. Garbe made not oho but several
trips east to find a suitable commercial
car and finally decided on the Denby,
because of the design, the reliability
and financial standing the company
i back of the truck, which precludes the
posslDlilty or its becoming an orphan.
Internal Gear Driven.
The Denby is an internal gear driven
truck. For the layman, be It explained
that "internal gear drive" is the sys
On January first th'e price of the
Cole Eight will be advanced.
'Since our previous announcement
there have been enormous in
creases in the cost of materials.
Practically every material and
manufacturing cost has gone up.
Consequently the price of the Cole
Eight will be advanced propor
tionately with the increase in
Phone
tem employed by. many of the great!
truck builders ' of Europe, such' as
Krupp and Daimler-Mercedes of Ger:
many, the Austro-Dalmler and Skoda
of Austria, the Berna of Switserlaml.
the DeDlon and Schneider plants in
France, and a host of others.
The internal gear drive is a method
of the final drive which is practically
the same as that employed on a street
car. The power is delivered to th
ring gear and differential as in other
systems. From the dlfferetnlaL tw.o
Jack shafts carry the power to smaller
spur gears which mesh with the In
side of the ring gear on either wheel,
the whole being enclosed in a box.
built Integral with th wheel. -
Claims Sixth Position. ?
The Denby, claims sixth position' In
point of production in' the list of 305
truck makers in the United States.
The lactory started but two years ago.
Its equipment is new amj.the active
force of young men who control the
affairs are hampered neither by 'prec
edent nor old stock.
Motor truck buyers will appreciate
many points In the construction of the
Denby. One is that upkeep is reduced
to a minimum, in matters of mechani
cal detail, by the localisation of all
wearing surfaces, such that removable
bushings can be replaced " with UttlS
loss of time or money,.
This makes it possible, after -a con
siderable wear and tear, for the owner
of a truck to buy merely a bushing, in
stead of an expensive part; These
bushings are found in such places, as
the spring eyes, brake and clutch
pedals. In brake levers, steering con
nections, steering knuckles and steer
ing cross rods, in the motor crank
shaft, connecting rods, piston pins and
in ract, everywhere. The greater in
itial cost was deemed to be a consid
erable saving for the owner.
The Oregon Motor Car company is
preparing to give much of its space to
the truck department. A. stock of parts
costing many thousands of dollars will
be placed at once. The Oregon Motor
Car company will be the distributing
point for the entire northwest.
Denby users also will receive the
Aeiioiiiinicemeinit off
Advance m- Price
NORTHWEST AUTO CO., Broadway at Couch, Portland, Oregon.
F. W. Vogler, President.
A - 49S9
Cole Motor Car Company, Indianapolis, U. S.
benefit of the Studebaker servica plan
as carried out "by 'the Oregon Motor
Car. com pan y. . This entitle the buy-r
to many dollars' ; worth of service in
tne Oregon shops and positive monthly
inspection on stated dates.
The truck will come equipped with
Kelly-Springfield tires. These tires
have been considered too hlrh in first
cost for the average manufacturer, but
their, high guarantee and showing, of
service in heavy work led to their use
on these trucks. The truck is making
good on fuel tests. It runs Well on
distillate. The Jordon Oil company pf
Los Angeles has operated on. truck a
distance of . 15,000 mile on distillate.
The department of trucks-will be
handled for the Oregon Motor Car com
pany by H. U Finch, a truck, specialist.
F. M. Leeston Smith still remains gen
eral sales-manager, with W.:vaarbe,
general manager of the firm.
t: '
Another Way to Fix
Blowouts , Is Given
Old Question of What to Do "Where
' Par Away Prom mpalr Shops Ptads
Vew Answer.
The old question of getting home if
a tire blows out and you have no
spare, has been given any number of
solutions, such as winding the rim
with 'rope, etc Here ts another one:
We will suppose that the blowout
left a hole through the casing about
four Inches long,' a wound that could
not successfully be closed up with
inner or outer boots or a combination
of the two.
Go to the nearest farm house and
beg or buy a towel, one which Is
firmly knit and free from holes. Wrap
ths towel around the tube at the
place where, when the tube is in
serted, it will come directly over the
blowout. Then Inflate the tire enough
so that the tube presses firmly
against the casing and wrap the blown
the cost of manufacturing it
under prevailing conditions.
Present prices, however, will pre
vail on all cars delivered prior
to January first.
PRESENT PRICES
7 Paseenf r Colo Eight Touring Car . , .
4 Paitaoger Colo Eight Roadster : . . . .
Stb Passenger Cofe-SpriagfUld TrmriaiTsn
Four Passenger CoIe-SpringfjeW Tenrcenpe
AJJ prices I. ev Iv factory
C M. Menr!es,.Stleg;Mff. ,
' Brdtdwiy 887
tout portion of the tire tightly wltn
j wire or rope'. . ; "! - ? V i X '
The towel is a new; fabric lining
and the wire or rope keeps h 'lube
rtom bushing out through the open-
lng in the csMng.;' Such a repair will
take you many nit tea if It Is' care :
fully made and the tire may be run
on a full pressure of air.
Company Will Open
Local Salesroom
. .
Sam Xdght Six Plrtn Expects to Oet Vo
ated on , Broadway Xoomy BodJ.
and Sew Design Peatures.
a. A. Jones, district sales manager,
for the Sun Light Six, " who left the. -
city jestefday. afternoop, announced .
before his departure that ths car had
secured representation in Portland and.
.Oregon, and would open a salesroom In
a few, days., .
The incorporators of the firm are -E.
K. Wenckebach. II. E. Pardoe and :
U B. Markham. The former two are
well .known in Astoria, where they
have extensive property interests,
while .Mr,' Markham has been in vari
ous lines In Portland for some time. ,
Tk. iJ T IV., L'l .. I ..III a "
no duii utm nit is b var euiiia
for a little more than 11000 hut Is one
of tho biggest at anywhere near that
price. The firm expects to get a sales-
room rignt on Broadway ana will an
nounce in a few days the exact loca-1
tlon.
The car which Mr. Jones drovs I
across the continent showed many fea
tures which appeal to the buyer In '
that class, some of them being.
sturdy motor of new design and a big
roomy body, that stands for comfort, v
Australian Knlintment 310.000.' '.
Sydney, Oct. 28. (1. N. 8.) Aus- .
tralian army enlistments now tote!
more than 319,000.
$1898
$1898
$2198
$2198
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