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THE OREGON SUNDAYS JOURNAL, PORTLAND. SUNDAY.- MORNING. JANUARY 7, 1017.
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WELL FACTORIES
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MOTOR CAR DEALERS ENJOY NEW YEAR'S DAY EXCURSION
A. A! A: MEN POSTING OREGON
BE DOM WH IN
SIGN POSTS SHORJLY
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Trucks to Be Built on This
Entire Work to Be Done With
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out Cost to' State or Asso
ciations. Plant,
T0 STANDARDIZE SCHEME
ENAMELED SIGNS USED
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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Cantilerer
Sprints
8000 Miles to Set
of Tires
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25 Miles to
Gallon of Gas
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514 ALDER STREET . . . : MAIN 3966
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RACING IS NOT GOOD
F
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OR WARMING ENGINE
KNOWING
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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. .
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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
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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
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