The Oregon daily journal. (Portland, Or.) 1902-1972, January 07, 1917, Image 21

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Newspaper Page Text1 THE OREGON SUNDAYS JOURNAL, PORTLAND. SUNDAY.- MORNING. JANUARY 7, 1017. 7 WELL FACTORIES WILl MOTOR CAR DEALERS ENJOY NEW YEAR'S DAY EXCURSION A. A! A: MEN POSTING OREGON BE DOM WH IN SIGN POSTS SHORJLY 4 t Trucks to Be Built on This Entire Work to Be Done With 15 1 Production Plan to Tax Big out Cost to' State or Asso ciations. Plant, T0 STANDARDIZE SCHEME ENAMELED SIGNS USED Dtslgn of Proposed Tracks la lmUr to Passenger Cars Except for the Bear End. i 1 SI rootlar rlrda Xat to Com of Orar Xlf bwagr Bfor Sad "Wat Iwiin. PAC1RC HIGH ;fn'2''i;' ''' " '"Vftl ffl j,n'JlUBM 1 - m - -1 - v ' l m. j, i " - ... - m m.t ' i ' Y-i if - , ' , V' - 1 I fa'..'- j ,t ; , V ' f ' ' yi & W?,fZ? & r - ; ' : - " y 4 " ' " a 1 ST - --r B t:.nr'.t : . ,,,,,n Ytim s r .1 The Bona & Peak Automobile com pany expects within the next lew Weeks one of the new Maxwell trucks, . which are to be produced on a heavy production basin, utilizing all the fa cilities of the Immense Maxwell fac tories. . 28,000 Tracks for 1917. How extensively this truck is tobe ntanufaotured and sold may be Judged from the fact that the Maxwell fac tories are working on an initial basis of 25,000 trucks for 1917, in addition Y to the greatly Increased output of I motor cars. A. standardized production4 scheme which fits in well with the Maxwell : quantity production methods can f. readily be used in connection with I the truck and passentter car as the F majority of the chassis parts are tin? P same. In fact, the design is similar 'o the passenger cars throughout, ex cept for Uie rear end. The truck has a 124-Inch wheelbase and is so ar ranged that the major part of the load falls on the rear axle. The chassis frame work and rear end are Jstronaiy constructed for heavy-duty wrk. The wheels are 32 by 3, equipped with solid tires, in front, and 32 by "3 Vs. with solid tires, In the rear. The body i platform Is feet long. I Three standard body models will be ' mounted on the one-ton chassis, de- i' signed to meet the needs of practlcal ; ! ly any line of business. The field which it Is intended to serve includes such trades as the grocers, dry goods, . meat dealers, laundries, bakeries, baz gage and transfer companies. liard ware dealers, painters, hauling con- traotors. builders, lumber dealers, ancJA where a one-ton truck will be suitable. Parte On Short Notice. ; Coincident with tho manufacturing i plan, an elaborate service scheme hs-.s jbeen laid out so that in all parts ot the country owners will be able to get 7: impair parts on short notice. The ' Maxwell organization of 3000 dealers snd branches will maintain service .testations for Maxwell trucks as well as for the passenger cars, and they will J" be at-all times required to keep a sup "',1ply of apare parts on hand. The ware house system will also bei used, so that regardless of the location of the flealer he will be able to he supplied , with spare parts on 12 hours' notice. - t - ... . . :"i-fa V i v Ar j 1. tar 7 .3W Columbia River Highway Is Mid-Winter Play Place for Automobile Men. Motor Truck Remedy For. Car Shortage "Oregonians Motor All the Tear" proved much more popular over the new year- than the exponents of the propoganda believed, for while the dealers were having their big day out on the Columbia river, highway hun dreds of other motorists were enjoy ing the out-of-doors In different sec tions. Several parties went up to Mount Hood, driving as far as Rhododendron, where they encaged in skiing and en- Joyed winter sports infthree and four feet of snow. One of these parties was headed by '. K. Fruede of the Packard organization, who drove one of the twins to the resorts in the foot hill country. Anyway the dealers and their friends, along with other motorists. put lots of steam into the slogan which they have backed and all day long disported in the light enow on the highway. Stunts of all kinds enlivened the trip, and the grand finala was a t)lg dance at Rudy Beckers, near Corbett y ' ?U ffi ,-.1. , v , k i'-iS 'lIllci.''''?'A, lw Approximately 1000 Iron sign posts. directing tourists along tha Pacific highway la Oregon, will be placed Just as soon as a truck, loaded with the signs can get over the road. C P. Church and L. N. Thompson, repre- I aentlng the Automobile Association of America, came through Portland dur ing the. week aa advance agents for the sign posting brigade. ' Their duties are to gather the data for mans and for marking -the signs, which will all he enameled. The entire work will fee done without expense either to this state or any of the automobile asso ciations within It. BtOlt Owu Boed. These men and their little car un doubtedly will h the . rest people I over the Pacific highway until after .y r,- Left to right -H. L. Cttnrch and1 F. N. Thompson, representatiTea of the American Automobile asaoe latlon, who are preparing for the tourist trarel of the future by poatlng metal algna all along the Pacific highway. , pected and had no trouble whatsoever until they reached the mountalaa this side of the California line. There they found conditions rapidly getting so bad that even the "HornbrooJc ape-' cials" had to quit running. Pasa creek canyon waa on the erg' of being closed until after the rains. Froni Kugene to Portland roada gen erally were good. The A. A. A. repre sentatives took the west aide route from Kugene to Albany and then the w l.i. v, . ki. Ke8t ,d route from Albany to Salem iviut; fciitvubll ill t7 u ii uu Mo I JM 1 . any means. In one place they had to build their own road; with ' shovel, brush and rocks and other little at tentions paid the road made the Jour- cars will not Above, left to right The cars massed at Multnomah Falls; the lineup ascending the grade to the highway, the Hudson Super-Six press car fh the foreground. Below The police force was there and arrested E. C. Habel, for "always startin' somethin'.M Tae - Serious Railroad Situation, in Treltfat Congestion, is Bringing If o V tors More and Kore Into Votica. , "The present very serious railroad traffic situation, the congestion of f i eight and shortage of cars, is bound to open the eyes of business men to the logJdal remedy namely, the motor truck," ays A. S, Robinson, local man- - ager or the ivisseiKar. ' "They are already seeing the light strongly In the east an the Kissel factory Is eatimating on several pro positions for regular interurban motor frelgnt service. Many men engaged In t the general haulage trade1, owning one or two trucks, are rqaplng a harvest .5 carrying goods across country on 25 to 100 mfle runs. Where goods sent by rail were handled four times, the same cargo sent the Whole distance by truck la handled buf twice. This saves both time and expense." "What is blleved to be the most dur able highways in the world have been made in France of a conjrete com posed of iren ahavings cement and sand. WHAT IT COSTS TO MOVE A: TON A MILE ROAD TYPE ANSWER Expert Says It Is Essential to Get Cost of Building and Maintenance, Washington, D. C. Jan. 6. What It costs to move a ton a mile, is the tru answer in selecting the type of road necessary to meet he service needs of a main artery of communication, ac cording to Chairman George C. Diehl of the A. A. A. good roads board. "In order to arrive at the ton-mile cost," saya Mr. Diehl. "it is essential, first, to. have the total cpst of con struction and maintenance, next, to have the amount of traffic tonnage. The first cost must be the result of a properly kept system of records, and the total cost of maintenance and con struction must equal the total outlay made by the highway department, as this is the only method possible to avoid omission of Important Items. The traffic must be obtained by traf fic census. This should be divided be tween passenger and commercial veh icles and also between motor-driven and horse-driven vehicles. ' To Hake Traf flo Census, r "In New York state, where every five or six miles of Improved highway Is under the eontr&l of a patrolman. It would be comparatively easy to obtain such traffic census, as the patrolman could have a certain day each month to make a count of these vehicles, at comparatively no expense to tho state. He could also report upon the condi tion of the highway on the day that the traffic census was taken; give the duration of time that the highway was covered with snow and Its con dition when the enow came, and also after it melted In the spring. There are many diverse conditions on the 6500 miles of state road constructed In the state of New York. 'Statistics of Grant Valu. "This traffic census. could be taken monthly in a state like New York, and there could be developed the approxi mate rate of Increase, which could be graphically shown in a traffic dla gram. Likewise, diagrams could be prepared showing the cost of moving a ton a mile over each of the several types of pavement, aDd with each of the several kinds of traffic. At the expiration of a year the statistics ob tained, would be of great value, and after a period of three or four years ! the results would be of Incalculable value. These figures would develop an economic theory of highway con struction whereby the character and amount of traffic and type of highway to be constructed could be determined. Stake Work Systematic "The statistics thus computed could be compared one county with another, or among the divisions in a state; or among several states, if they would adopt uniform methods, which would make it possible to determine the ef ficiency of the various highway of ficials, from the smallest to the largest sub-division. Improved meth ods In a single section could be adopt ed in all, and the mistakes corrected att he least expense and In the short est possible time. Until some such system is adopted, selection of the type of road Is largely a matter of local sentiment, a guess on the part of the highway officials, or due to ac tivities, credible or otherwise, of agents of road building materials. While traffic censuses have been con ducted In a somewhat limited way, it has never been attempted to do the work systematically and completely." Measuring Time Of Sight and Motion HIGH COST of MATERIALS and LABOR FORCES THE INEVITABLE PROSPECTIVE CHEVROLET BUYERS Have our protection on prices until January 15, when all models will increase from $45 to $60 In other words, if your order, for any of the Chevrolet models is in our hands be fore January 15, your car will cost the present prices. The New Prices -F. O. B. Portland Touring Car $570. Enclosed Car $650. Roadster $570 The Old Prices F. O. B. Portland Touring Car $670. Enclosed Car $650. Roadster $670 3 ' The Difference Is a Worth-While Savins Buy Today. SOLD ON TERMS. MR! AUTOMOBILE BUYER, CONSIDER VALUES: What cars have the WILLARD battery ? You know it is found only in the better cars, the higher priced cars. Vhat automobiles use a two-unit starting and lighting system? f Again you know that only the cars which cost more use this more expensive system. What automobiles use the valve-in-head motor? i They are among the country's best at any price, known everywhere as cars with "pep" and power. And yet, Mr, Buyer, you find these things, which are but typical of tfiis car, in the world's lowest-prjced electrically equipped automobile. THE PRODUCT OF EXPERIENCE Valre-in-Head Motor J Cantilerer Sprints 8000 Miles to Set of Tires j 25 Miles to Gallon of Gas . E. JBoonie z do." 514 ALDER STREET . . . : MAIN 3966 JBeoj RACING IS NOT GOOD F SAYS OR WARMING ENGINE KNOWING E ney one which most want to duplicate. I'p in the SUklvous. a Pope-IIart- ford was stuck solid in the middle ot the road, evidently abandoned until better days. This obstruction offered a problem and to get around, the two travelers struck In with pick and shovel and dug a road out on the bank side of the car. With the aid of brush and rocks a base finally was made. strong enough to support tha car around the derelict. Stack; Sold MXm Car. One farmer who gave them a lift was wearing a real broad grin that re sulted from a deal he had closed the day before, lie had bought a 191t Buick roadster for $100. The owner was on his way to California and along with several others had become mired every few miles. The slow loco motion waa taking too much of his time and rather than wait for better days he aold the car. Calapooya mountains were crowned with four feet of snow and even on the road some of the drafts were that deep. These had to be shoveled or rammed. The latter process was con tinued until the snow, piling op against the radiator, partially melted and then frote. making a great solid mass on the front of the machine. It was "tough sledding" every mile of the way through those mountains and consequent snows led these men to believe that they drove the last ear to pass through before the real wet season Is over. California Better. In northern California they found conditions much better than they ex- I and Salem to Portland. Thta will be ' officially marked as the Pacific high way, while an detours ana otner roaas paralleling this route will be shown on the signs and maps. moad ToUows Surrey. The road all the way down follows. the original survey of the Pacific Highway association, which these men. In all instances found to be the beat, as It was when first laid out. The signs which will be erected later are large and rectangular with the two-way arrows on them. In each. direction the nearest town will bet named. At the point half way be tween the two towns, a post will In dicate to the traveler his position. The cost of this work Is borne enr- tlrely by the American Automobile as sociation, the governing body of auto mobile owners of this country. Th two representatives who paaaod through Portland left almost Immedi ately for Seattle, from where Uiey will ehlp their car back to Los An geles, their headquarters. Gasoline Measure Apparatus Patent A Springfield. III., man has "been granted a patent on a gasoline meas uring apparatus for service stations A new feature lies In the fact that the purchaser sees the gasoline that he la securing and knows that the measure Is correct. The fluid Is not forced Into the tank of the car by turn of the crank pump, but by means of compressed air. The pms Is released simply by opening a valve and letting the air into a Jar abore the gaa tank Santa Claus Gave New Street Cars Premier Motor Oar Compear Bromfat . Street Car Compear to Terms Wltfe Mater's Tak. Santa, Claus was good to the. Pre mier Motor Corporation of Indiana ' polls this year. When the Premier got ' up Chrlstmss morning snd went down stalra, oh glory be! There were some nice new street cars hanging out of t. Its stocking with a cute little note from the board of public works wish lng the Premier - merry Christmas . and a happy new year and many re-. -turns of the day. You see street rare were exacUy what Premier wanted for Chrlstmaa, and when a fellow gets ' Just what he wants that's What-,'; makes a real Christmas. The facta are as follows: One day not long ago the Premier Motor Cor- - poratlon got tired asking for street cars to haul their employes back and . -ferth to and from their big factory.. - and they aplaehed a full page news paper advertisement telling the DUbUo exactly what a shame It was to have e. . perfectly good factory where people' cculd work and earn money and then not have street car service out to It, That was their letter to Santa Clans. -Something about the way that letter was written drew blood, and it took - just 12 hours for newspaper adrertis- lug to do what persuasion, pull, and politics had not been able to' do in as n.any months. You can always get re-:-? suits from Santa Claus by writing him a good stiff personal letterIf i'. you know what to do with the letter, ; Santa Claus' one soft spot Is news ' paper advertising. He simply can't -". resist it. . :' another fills and the flow Is auto- matlc and constant. It Is asserted that the operation of a crank In rals- lng gasoline Is often Inaccurate. ' By using five gallon Jar which have been tested by an Inspector the con sumer is able to see that be receives While one Jar empties every drop to which he le entitled. Trying to Make Car Go Fast Before Heating Engine Is Waste of Gasoline, Tee Demonstration Proves That Too Xdttle Emphasis Is Placed TJpon the Ba&rsrsj of the Boad. Albany, X. T., Jan. . "Recently," says Secretary of State Hugo, "there was conducted a demonstration meas uring the time interval between seeing a small white flag appear and press ing down a lever with the finger. With most of the people experimented with, this Interval was found to be about one-tenth of a second, but with some more slowly moving Individuals the Interval was twice as long. "This kind of a measurement has an immediate application to present btreet traffic conditions. A vehicle traveling 15 miles per hour moves for ward three feet In one-tenth of a second; It follows that however alert a pedestrian may be, a fast vehicle can move from three to six feet from the position In which he first noticed it before he has time to even move a finger, to say nothing of moving the rest of his body. "It also ahows that the pedestrian may unconsciously bring disaster upon himself by relying too much on the watchfulness and quickness of the drivers of automobiles; he may exer cise too fully for his own safety his right to use the road. This often causes htm to step without looking into a heavily traveled street or to walk from behind a trolley car direct ly Into the path of vehicles. In fact, little emphasis has been placed upon the dangers of the ' road, on which traffic haa more than doubled during the paat two years, and educational work along this line will do much to diminish the number of highway ac cidents." , ' Cow at Fault, Sari Judge. On the plea that the cow his ma chine struck "deliberately committed suicide," a defendant in an Ontario court sought to te relieved of paying $60 damages brought by the owner of the purveyor ot lacteal fluid. The de fendant averred a little boy struck the cow with a stick as he waa ap proaching and thus caused the cow to plunge head on into the car. -Inasmuch as the said boy coulf not be produced, and also that it Is common knowledge that cattle grazing along the 'public highway are liable to step in front of passing vehicles the judge dismissed the case. . :. v-- : l Ham Fat on Track Engine. Dallas.'' Texas. Jan.- e.--(U. P.) Members of Battery. A, Texas National Quart, are telling how, when their mo tor truca recently ran out or cylinder il While they were carrying supplies from a ranch to Fort Ringgold. they tried put ham they had aboard, oiled the engine with fat and slid" in the As the days grow colder. It takes so much longer to get your engine warmed up. If you put It In rich and choke and let it 'Idle two or three minutes under low throttle, you will be more sure of getting it thoroughly warmed than you will If you let her race. It seems as though it warms up quicker when you race it, but racing Is not good for the engine, does not get it as well warmed and. besides, racing wastes gas. Even if it does seem to be a more expedient means, you wouldn't gain more than a minute, and a minute lost in the garage Is easily made up for when you get out on the road. Kacing requires a very heavy gas charge from the cylinders because It is sn extra strain. Trying to get vour car to go fast before you have the engine well i warmed is wasting gas because of the futile effort and strain put on to the engine. Dashing to a a stop by using the brakes Is wasting, gas. when you might have cut off your power 20 feet or so back and coasted up. The same idea holds good about driving down a hill when you might as well have cut off vour Dower and elided " down In neutral or else In second. Have your throttle regulated so that when the engine Is Idling It need not be running at any but the lowest speed. See to it that the cylinders are not worn In your motor and that the piston rings are not leaky and the valves are not warped or carbonated. If you feel that your car is eating up more gaa than it should, have It examined by some competent me chanic. Perhaps your carbureter is not properly adjusted aad you are using too rich a mixture. Perhaps there is something wrong wnn tne compression and this should be tested. Oftentimes the trouble can be traced i to leaks In the gas line around the joints, and all that need to be done to fix matters is a little tighter screw- ins: of the unions. Don't let your gas bill seep increas ing when you can cut it down. What's the use of throwing money away? Aluminum Competes With Other Metals Washington. Jan. 6. (I. N. S.) Metallic aluminum now competes strongly with other sheet metals and with wood in the manufacture or au tomobile bodies, according to officials of the geological survey of the United Ststes. - This position in the market has been obtained, they said, by Improvement of foundry methods for casting metallic aluminum and Increase in the knowl edge of- suitable alloys. Largs sections of aluminum castings are now, it is said, used in making touring car and the enclosed bodies of certain motor cars, a use which was not practicable ten years ago. Cast aluminum is alsj used for making automobile dashes. Bodies made of It are lighter than those made of other aheet metal, and have a rigid surface that will not eas ily bend when handled. They are also said to be safer in case of accident. The aluminum surface retains paint well and the increased rigidity makes M ADVANCE IN FRIC! ON ALL BUICK CARS (Jan. 15th, 1917) ect von on old prices, if you give us your order with deposit now for delivery on or before that date. PRBmPORTIJaNDPWCES Model 34 Roadster 9 770 Model 35 Touring Car. . 785 Model 44 Roadster 1,135 Model 45 Touring Car. . 1,170 Model 46 Cabriolet 1,575 Model 47 Sedan 1,950 HOWARD AUTOMOBILE Cd: 14th and Davis Sts. Main 1130 A 2550 v. u carmore auraoie. y - S t i rest of the way on high.