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THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY -4,. 1917.
: GRAinr six travels r
1200 MILES BEtWEEN
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PORTLAND AND SOUND
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GRANT SIX ON LAST'LEG OF. 12Q0.MILE.NON-STOP RUN
STATE ENGINEER, IN
Sturdy Car Behavas Well on
Midwlnteh Endurance Run
' Over Pacific Highway,
. TRAVEL PROVES DIFFICULT
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Certain yorUens of the Bead Try the
8 kill ef tbe xlvn ud XmpoM
Extra Burdens on the Car.
' . With all but 200 mile of the 1200
. reeled off, the Grant Six which, trav
,:'eled that many. miles without a motor
- atop over the roads between Portland
v arid Seattle, left here Thursday morn-
.lg on the last leg of endurance run,
" still spurting and -snorting Just as
. willing to take more punishjrient as
it was the day It left Seattle for the
first trip to Portland.
. . Edward Campbell, Seattle Grant
- ' dealer, was at the wheel when she
11 left and with him was K. A. Church.
! sales manager of the firm, both of
whom had made the first trip down.
The second round trip was made
" with A. I Sconard and Charley
'llueklne alternating at the wheel.
Tires Tipped to ribbons and chains
' all torn, link from link, gave evidence
' of what the ear had been through
" on the last tripi to Portland. Part
r of the time the . car was driven
through sleet or else was breaking
through the -crust on the road to pick
. up mud and water, which froze the
-k? minute it was Splashed against the
I parts of the car. '
, Tims and again the drivefs had to
-' stop,- put a coat over the radiator and
bundle it up like a sick pup, then, by
raising the engine, heat the radiator
"1 enough to thaw the ice. which threat
" ened each moment to stop the circu-
1 latlon in the tubes.
, The car was. Indeed, a queer 'sight
-t: s ' It came in Tuesday night. So
' mueh lee and muck had froaen to tne
, . steering members that it could hardly
, . ; ' be turned around a corner with as
J, wide a curve as the ordinary street.
The pilots had to get out every few
miles on their way down, as the
' .. evening became colder, and chop the
, Ice off the running gear.
Motor Behaves Splendidly.
The motor has not had a tool near
s It and. In spite of the heavy work,
' ,la still running on the. original gal
. ',y,lon of oil that was put into jt
.when the car left Seattle for the first
, r time. The gasoline mileage has not
. been kept' accurately on the entire
run, because the motor has been al
k lowed to run so many hours without
.doing any work. The only test was
. ;ia the first trip down, when It made
tne ZOO miles from Seattle with an
. average of 13.6 miles to the gallon.
:The carmay come down again the
first of the week if anyone will drive
It, but it has worn out four men and.
unless a new crew appears, the motor
. will be stopped.
The bugbear on all the trips has
. been th.e stretch known as Ostrander
;1U, near .Kelso. Each time, the
watchers at either end have waited
t patiently for the telegram which told
them that the car had again ne
gotlated ' that stretch, which was
getting worse each time that the car
went through. The mud there Is just
about bottomless and a week ago the
,;Q. M. C, truck, which was then com
Jvpietlng the last leg of its transcon
tinental trip, was floundering through
s this with Pilot Warwick literally
stowing the big truck through bv
enak!n her up with the power of
a the truck.
V On the last trip, two chains were
. lost in this piece of mud and tires
went through on the occasional rocks
that they found imbedded la the mud.
Mr. Campbell said that the road
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Five Millions Spent uW', 5:ff
On State Highways 4 . - . m IB
Total Cost X Boad am Bridge Work '
Xm 1919 Wag li369a as Against
-. V J$leveOM la
Archer and Wiggins
To Handle Diamond
Coincident with the activity in auto
mobile circles at tho show time, th
Archer Wiggins Co. ha announced
that it will In the future be the Port
land distributors of Diamond Urea.
The Diamond features a safety
tread consisting of bans and cross
bars, which give It good traction on
Oregon roads. It is considered on of
th makos well adaptetl to the needs
of Oregon and the northwest
; I'
from Portland to Gobi is In pretty
fair shape and, while a little rough;
offers, good, traction at aU points. He
never bad a minute's trouble from
Goble up.
When the car reached Seattle It
had to its credit 1137 miles, sit but
the 87 of Which were rolled off on the
worst roads In Washington. The car
Itself was brand new when put to the
test, or practically so, having been
run less than 100 miles and never
off the pavement.
The test was staged under the aus
pices of the Manley Auto company of
Portland and the Campbell company
of Seattle. The time of the car oa
each trip was always in the neigh
borhood of1 II hours, which Is good,
even in summer.
According to a recent bulletin issued
by the United States office of public
roads, there was a total mileage of
2,446,761 miles of road In the United
States in 1814, or 49.5 miles for every
1000 of rural population; Only 10.5 per
cent of the roads were surfaced with
various materials, including gravel.
The total revenue applied to roads
and bridges in Oregon in 1914 was
5,310,4$S.76, an Increase of C6S.84 per
cent over 1904.
This was a pes capita oxpsnditaro of
17.89. This was exceeded only by Cali
fornia, whoa por capita was $8.06.
Washington, came third with a per
capita, of $6.95.
Local road sonde outstanding Jn
Oregon were $1,615,000. The total road
mileage of the stato is given as 36.819.
or 38 per osnt per square mil of area.
The types of surfaced road were as
follows: macadam, 1000.73 miles;
bituminous macadam, 137.25 miles;
gravel, 3060.15 miles; sand clay, 800
miles; concrete, 28.41 miles; miscel
laneous, 199.87 miles. The total sur
faced was 4726.49.
Wlien writing to or calling
plear menttoa Tbe Joaraal.
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We Beg Your Pardon
In spite of the fact that wc
had eighteen representa
tives at the Auto Show last
week, we were unable to
answer all questions . ade-V
quately. Perhaps you were
among those not fully
served. If so,'this apparent
neglect was unintentional,
we assilte you.
Naturally, the interest of everyone centered ground the ex
hibits of the Line Complete the largest of the show
including as it did a car for every purpose at the price
you want to pay. Now we are back to normalf eidy and
willing to answer your questions to go into any detail
about the .kind, of a car.you need be it for. your business
or, for your pleasure .?. , . . i . .
.Broadway at C6uchPbrtiand,'Oreriv'
Fattory' Distributors ' ' 'v, r- ". ; .
P. W. VOGLEVPtcs. ; - ! -c. M." MEN2IES," Safes "JV1 f rt
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Dealers in Unoccupied Territory Are 4'. ,1 , ,
- Invited tb Correspond. - I . y '
;v'W.f have . just .secured the building adjoining ours ot
BroiKy;.-vvhich'..'vvm;be used .lor. the -truck' aairfrnent '
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INDIANA. ; STEWART AND REO TRUCKS
Above, leftjto rightE. C.Jtabel nd , his .snow white Grant . which
adted escort to the or at t his mdt K. M. Cox, factory repre
sentatlvev vrbo observea tne 8e tue-portland rtln.
Below- Peter Blamalk, E. C. Hab el. E. P. Ctinrch and George Camp.
beQ; with. th Gant Six that made the run; the Portland escort
dropping their protege on tbe road near Goble.
WOULD CORRECT TWO
OPINIONS HELD AS TO
VALOEOF MOTOR FUEL
Proper Test of Value of Gas
oline for Motor Cars .Still
in Doubt.
WOMAN'S
WORTH
AUTO FACTORIES IS
THOROUGHLY
PROVED
Fair Sex Has Shown It Is
Equal in Every Respect in
Many Departments.
In a statement recently riven out by
the United States bureau of standards
effort Is made to correct two erro
neous, opinions generally held by the
public regarding motor fuel. Accord
ing to the report, specif lo gravity Is
practically worthless as a check on
casolln when It la desired to range
Its value for use in motor cars. Just
what Is the proper test Is stni a
matter of some doubt, and In this re
gard the report states:
Distillation Test.
It seems most probable that the
definition of gasoline will have to be
based on the percentage that distills
over between specified temperatures.
when the distillation Is carried out
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filiation test, speaking in non-technical
terms. Is a measure of the freedom
with, which tha gasoline will vaporise.
The gasoline rsust not vaporize too
freely for two) reasons one that it
would not be safe, and secondly, its
loss-in storage , by evaporation would
bo too great. Hence, the specification
may have to contain, limitations of the
percentage distilling over below a cer
tain temperature, coupled, - perhaps,
with, a proviso that certain percent
ages shall distill over below other fixed
temperatures, in. order- that requisite
amounts of low-boiling .constituents
shall be present to Insure easy start
ing Of an engine. Likewise the speci
fication must contain a provision that
all must distill over below a certain
maximum temperature in order to ex
clude from tbe gasoline the heavier
petroleum distillates, such, as kero
sene."
XTp Xasty Action. "
The report also informs the public
that it must not expect the bureau of
standards to take hasty action la for
itrulating a gasoline - test. It says
"It is extremely Important that we
proceed with the greatest caution and
in the light of the fullest technical in
formation. There Is only, one way, or
at most a very few ways, or doing tlv
right thing, while there Is an infinite
number of ways of doing the wrong
thing. A mistake, of any kfaa. such
as a specification that is unnecessarily
restricted and which might! unduly
limit competition, will disturb- econo
mic and. manufacturing conditions, and
mlght only result in lm posing greater
burdens on the consuming public
There are two aspecta to the ques
tion under consideration, one locaL the
other national. There is no doubt that
tbe advantage that would result -from
s satisfactory standardisation '; of
raaoiine by the national government
sre many. Kot the least of these
would be Its influence on state and
municipal legislation relating to this
, question, and its effect In making suck
REPORT
ARGUES FOR
BETTER ROAD LAWS
of the words pleassire ear! ' even
among automobile maxrafaeturara, and
declared that a motor car la no longer
a vehicle that Is bought or operated
olely la the pursuit of pleasure. Con
tinuing, ke said: - - ' n-r.-. i
"In the early - day of the Industry
tne- motor car was a norelty. and its
new was . confined to thoaa seeking
'recreation or some form of pleasure.
. But with our eoononrio derelopment
the automobll has oeased to be a play
J thing, it fins a utilitarian purpose aN
lmost exclusively. ts used as a time
Present -Laws, He. Says, Are' ZZgrgZ
Entirely Unsuited to Needs; jZTZ ..
uovvflaiir,
Inadequacies Set Forth.:
A motor vehicle is either a pas
senger car or a commercial car and
it should be so styled. It Is a far
ESTIMATES THE EXPENSE L?Tf?22L I
While it has remained for the war
ring rations of Europe to develop
new Industrial sphere for women, it
took- but a abort time for the Chal
mers Motor company or itroit to
adapt their services in the big plant
of that concern. Officials et the com
pany state that they are more pains
taking and efficient wherever they
are employed.
"At the Chalmers plant tn Detroit
many women are employed at tasks
that have heretofore been delegated
to male employes," states a communi
cation just received by IL I Keats of
this city. "They have proved to the
satisfaction of the factory heads, that
they are fully equal la every respect
to the men, and in many ways ar
superior.
'Starting in the top department,-!
where the work of cutting and aawing
materials for the tops and. side cur
tains was exactly suited to their na
ture, the use of female help has
spread to a half dosen other depart
ments. Everywhere . the result has
been : the same increased efficiency
and greater output.
"For a while during the past sums
mer. skilled labor was . exceedingly
scarce, and many of the women em
ployes obtained their first chance at
that time. Most - of them are still
with, tbe company, and are authority
for the statement- that the work M
infinitely preferable and more pleas
ant than employment as clerks in
department store or housework. v
Good hours, high wages and pleas
ant surroundings all tend, to make tbe
Jobs much sought after. r ... .
"Among the tasks to which women
employes are set at the Chalmers
factory, are assembling for primer
system, switch assemblies. Inspection"
of pistons and other small parts, ana
drill press work. . Tne- Inspectors are
skilled m the use of the micrometer
and are Infallible in passing' upside
tective work and materials. ; -
-A rest room equipped With lounges.
armchairs and a Victrola is placed at
the disposal of the i women .in .these
departments, and every facility given
for their neaith and recreation." -,
Tbe annual report ef State Engineer
Lewis covering the work of the highway-department
contains an extended
argument for " better road laws and
more definite plans' of construction by
the state-and counties. Tbe present
laws, he says, are entirely unsuited to
present day. requirements. There is
a lack of continuity of effort, lack of
plan or road policy and lack of proper
costkeeping records. A practical sug
gestion Is that the state should confine
itself tor a number of .years to the
improvement of grades before entering
upon extensive paving projects.
The general" control of state high
way-work, he says, should be in a sin
gle executive officer, a state engineer
or a single state highway commissioner.
It would seem' that perhaps the most
satisfactory method of selecting such
officer under our direct primary sys-
tem? he adds, -"would be to prescribe
qual(flcationand elect such officer."
He also advocates that the present
law making the state engineer ap
pointive by the governor two years
hence be changed back to an elective
office, as It was formerly.
County And district roads, be says.
should be under the general control
of the county court, who shall appoint
county engineers from a civil strvioe
list to be furnished by the state high
way department.
Statement of Expense Made.
l comparative statement of tbe
general expense of the "department foi
the years 114, 1915 and 1916 is given. .
For 1914 the expense was 116.660.21. 1
For 1916 the total given Is 110,474.15.
There is not included, however, the
cost'b of the bridge department.
$3894.77. Adding this manes tne total
114.349.22, or only about $2000 less t
than 1914, when a large amount or
construction was done. 1
During 1916-1914 an Inspector was I
kept on all work and his salary and '
expenses was added to the cost of the
bridge department. During the past
two years there baa been no tnspeotor
en the job from tbe state department
and .the only etale Inspection ' was
when the bridge was completed.
During Hhe 1913-1914 period tbe
total value of bridges designed was
$498,923 and contracts to the amount
of $288,923 awarded. During the past
two years the value of bridges de
signed was $389,207 and the contracts
awarded totaled $(0,192.
The1 most Important bridge con
structed during 1916 was the 860-foot
concrete bridge" at McMlnnvUle by
Yamhill county.
'The bridge is copied after the design
of the Moffett creek bridge, oa the
Columbia river highway, which, was
designed under the administration of
State Highway Engineer Bowlby.
Cost of Concrete Pavement.
In giving the cost of the asphaltio
concrete pavement near Independence
the state engineer says that the cost
per square yard of finished pavement.
21 feet in width, was 91 cents per
square yard. . An analysis of his
figures, however, doea not bear out
this statement. The figures show that
the cos of the pavement was 98 cents
s yard. To this is to be added the
cost of the base, which was 13 cents
per square yard. This would make In
total cost of the pavement, which is
16. feet wide. $1.11 per square yard.
If the, cost of the shoulders is added
the total is brought up to $1.37 per
square yard.
To get the figure 91 . cents per
square . yard the state engineer adds
the five feet, of shoulder to the 18
feet of pavement and calls It all pave
ment The total cost of the Job was,
according to tbe report. $12,657.44, or
$11,322.70 per mile. .
In tbe exhibits of the cost of
gwadlng Jobs unit costs are given ex
cept In the case of work near Olendale.
on which $19,921.05 was expended. In
this work the excavation of different
material is lumped together.
association of the two. long sine out
lived, should not be perpetuated
To Employ Federal
Convicts on Eoad
Washington, Feb. . Senator Shaf
roth, of Colorado, in a bill just in
troduce proposes a plan for use of
federal convicts on state roads. The
bni provides) that trpon request f the
governor of a stats, the warden of
the nearest federal ' penitentiary sUtall .
supply men ton road work,' tke 'state
to r pay ton . . transportation 4 apd for -guard..
-rj.'-V-, . - : .'tu-ri-': f
, The bin 'proposes) abser tq-apptT tbe
credit system tor. good, behavior of
man detailed .for sock work, net to
exceed ten days for any one month. ;
J PejsBBeess"S'essesjBJSB '
Writer Pinds Border
Girls Lack Romance '
1 Springfield. I1U Feb. $.(t. M.
Mexican senoritaa are not beautiful,
black-haired sirens, aad Texas reach
girls are not dashing. That is the in
formation brought back from the
Texas border by Frank Daxey. scenario
writer, who went there with the Na
tional Guard Jn. search of local color.
Dasey lives In Qulocy, 111., when he
Isn't in New York. Asked if he
brought back material for many
spasms of American "Jitney opera, in
which the eenorltaa and ranch maids
would be . the attractive heroines, he
replied t hat he bad much better bate
stayed away and kept his illusions,
"No' bo said. -It's too real to take
well. . Besides, after seeing those girls
down there, 2 wouldn't have the heart
to wish them on anybody not. even -in
picture form."
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Indian Motorcycle
1917 Models Ready for Delivery .',
Some Open Territory for Live Agents , '
BALLOU & WRIGHT
BROADWAY AT OAK
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Chalmers
Chandler
a u keats Ain-o ca, v y
Broadway it Buraside. Broadway S3St
Now Demonstrating tke New 34 00 R. M P, flOtO
F. O. B. Factory
See tbe Chandler Four Passenger Reee'ster
GERLINGER MOTOR CAR CO.,-
363 Oregon Street. East End of Steel BrUfO
PI JJtT Ol Te workmanship of the better kind -gees
Edwards Tire Shop
. I 331 Aakeay Broadway lose, A.USS
44
SEictbe
BATTZOIIJS8
f . Oregon Distributors nxn Battery Bertie
STORAGE BATTERY CO-
348 Oouoh Street
Fkoae Broadway 3043. A-3343
Fords
TOBJD8 1917 models. Basy terms, glS. 70 down saiaaee
fag per month. Trade in you old Tord. ord ervlee
Sept. never dosed. Phone for Service Car.
rAZAOB OABAOXt oo '.-
T04 a-eray St. aCala to, A -A 443
rjesssBBassagj, s mis ssjy
Francis Motor Car Exchange
Phone E, 1199 E. 13th t Hawthorna
Garford
lyiotor Truck Sales Company i
ua auiig ituit, tosnan, oxboos -
A complete line of motortrucks made from the best
material obtainable and backed by reputation, resources
and facilities.
Grant Six -
Overhead valve motor. Ke flaer meto from
tke standpoint ef aU-arouad aftioUaev has
r been bam.
aca.ari.xrr auto 00,
11th and Oak at Buraside. Broad. SIT.
TT America's Greatest Llgbl Six . .
HavneS H- mann motor car co.
W 59 NORTH 23D MAIN 218
1 Hudson
Hupmobile 1
MAIN 299
Super 5ia Tbe car with tbe greatest records,
BOSS & PEAKE AUTOMOBILE. COMPANY -
615-617 Ws.lilngtea Street
woaTosBjrrjZt cab nr mrexjcAJrcx.
XAJTUrr ATTO oo.
llth and Oak at arasUe. Broad, 817. -
legislation 'more', nearly uniform
throughout -the: country. LerisUtlve
bodies are beginning to take up thia
question, and much of . this legislation
Is certain to: be JU advised, although
enacted With tbe, best: inUnUons, .be
cause it can not in the .L nature .of
things receive . the careful - considera
tion of i technical experts : that is . re'
Quired for the satisfactory solution of
questions of this kind. . It will readily
been seen that the erfect of in di scrim 1
; nate legislation - might produce con
.dittoes nothing short of chaotic -
National
National oars of today represent unquestionably the
blghest standard la motor cats. '
itsjrxjrr avxo co..
llth aad Oak at Buraside, Broad. SIT. --'"
Truck 4, VA9 2, 3 and 5 Ton J
The Btandard ef Vortlaad Business Keuses.
Columbiex Carriage & Auto Works
Inspecting Brakes
Will Save Money
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Xm Case One Tire "Wears raster xaan
Other, Tory ZOkely Beason Zs tTa
ee.ual Brake rrswrare.
It-Is often that: the motorist upon
IimmcUdc his tires finds that one rear
tire la wearing very mu eta faster -thai
the tire on the-ppposiU. wheel. Very
likely both Urea were put on at tne
same time aad bad the same mileage.
The right rear may wear out a little
faster than the tire on tbe opposite
wheel because or the fact that wniie
the. motorist pulls out to the aide of
the road in ' passing , other - .'vehicles,
subjects this right rear tire to the un
improved ; road. -. But . tnere ts anoiner
reason, acooroing to a. n. waaaer,
manager of the- local branch of tbe
risk Rubber company, which Is usual
ly the cause fo one) of the rear tires
to wear faster than the other aad this
is due directly: to tbe brakes not be-
bisr-eaueJased.- By this Is meant that
one brake-drum does not take, bold in
exactly tho same time and with as
ranch force as the brake-drum on tbe
ether .wheel.:
An occasional : saspectioa pz your
brakes should be made in order to re
duce your tire cost per mile and to
make yeur brakes dependable, .
"Heasixre Cax ls
Declared Misnomer
Tire lusmfaeturer Bays That Msters
' Are How ' Xtther l f Oas sfTwb
TCIsAses; 'Tassonge -w Conuaerolal.
-That the terni ''pleasure oarsr-4s 'ob
solete and likely .to become injurious
to the motor Industry Is tbe belief of
ir N Gunn, president-' of the United
StateVrira company.
InaUscussing this subject Mr, Guns
pointed to tbe wide and erroneous use
Maxwell
Economy records, non-stop records ana ss&aBest
p-kees records.
BOSS Sc PEAKS AUTOMOBILE COMPANY
615-817 Washington Street '
Oldsmobile
. ..DUtlactivo Higb Credo. Lf bt Weight. .
OLDSMOBILE CO. OP OREGON
Broadway and Coach ' "
PkoBo Broadway 1840'
Oakland
OREGON OAKLAND MOTOR COMPANY, Wbelesals
OAKLAND AUTO SALES COMPANY, Retail
522 Alder St. at Sixteenth .. Main 414
ii,
CA7ACZTT XM TOSS - 'X V
f875 fl225 1425' fl525 f 2TOO
trices Boureres as ri nm-n-n. s
BOBZmTB KOTOS CAS CO, Yark aad Tlaader Cts.
irucKs
Moreland Distillate, ft ton to S ton. " Vim Delivery U
to" "PlZCRAKEN MOTOR COMPANTf j "
Main 901 44S Stark Street
Ue S. L and J Aan Matre Storanc V
DiacAd Grid Battel Cb; .;; :
Velie
The BUtweJI Series represents the latest and beet in ssotor
' .-snrs. New value et medium prices. ' , . ,
.' D. C WARREN MOTOR CAR CO.
- , ' S-0 K. 23d Street. Phono Main 780 1 1 . - . ?.
VULCANIZING
- Let S do your tire repairing. All our work is abso
lotely guaranteed. Our prices are always right. We
. sell all leading brands of tires and .tubes, asollae,
oil, and Ure sundries.' - 3-
1 i ' - 'ACXPIO TTTLCJkJKJZXMa CO, i.
-hee Broadway 476. 4 JThlxd Bt.
White
Pleasure Cars and Motor Trucks Tha
trs, Btock- Thorn, v-1sTe -Bepalr TaeaW
We Charge Then.
. Tree Advloe and Inspection, '
ATTO SUOTXI0 lQTJTFs2jrT' CO.
Sixth- aad .Buraside Streets, -