THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SUNDAY MOKNirVG. AUGUST 26, 1917.
5
MOTOR TRIP FROM PORTLAND TO SAN FRANCISCO
PASSES FOR THE MOST PART OVER GOOD ROADS
PACIFIC HIGHWAY IS.
SATISFACTORY ROUTE
WITH FEW EXCEPTIONS
General Improvement in Road
Conditions Is Noted by C,
A, McGee of Howard Co.
REGION IS PROSPEROUS
ravorabl Bulsm conditions
fleeted Aloa the 750 Miles
Traversed to San rrancieco.
New sections, new jrrade. and gen
eral Improvement along tfie Pacific
highway. Is the report mule by motor
ists who have Just finished the I'ort-land-San
Francisco trip. They st'e
that white there are yet many mile
of unimproved road between Pan
Francisco and Portland, the graded
highways are beginning to be the ruii
rather than the exception.
One of the latest motorists to make
this trip Is O. A. McGee of the Howard
Automobile Co., San Francisco branch,
who has Just returned from a 2000
mire vacation trip with his family in
on of the new lx-cylln1er, flve-pah-senger
Bulcks. In speaking of road
conditions and other matters relating
to this aectlcn of the west, McGee
says: 'Owinir to an unusually
ttawn Oregon and Washington farm
ers will be a lltt: ahort on their
crops, but the high prices which they
are getting for every ounce of food
tuff they can raise will more than
ofrset the crop shortage, so taking
everything Into consideration tho
Pacifhs. northwest !s in an unusually
prosperous condJtlon.
Fro "part ty Is General
"This state of affairs has now
existed since 1914, and a a rp".::
I m " rrrri m 1
I $lb,UUU,UUU UKUtK.15
g51S:Sfei; PLACED FOR TRUCKS
AUTOMOBILE DEALERS
MAKE MERRY EN TOUR
THE STATE
THROUGH
torlsts acted as their own escort and
! made the tun to the Albany hotel In
j record time. Loganberry punch was
i awaiting the party and, together with
j members oC the Commercial club and
Albany dealers, they sat down to a
I six courso dinner at 6:30.
j At 8 o'clock: the party was sched
1 uled to leave for Corvallis and, accom
panied by a committee) of Corvallis
dealers, it was some happy bunch
that made the 10 mile run between
, the two cities.
As soon as the pavement was
ii t i 'reached in Corvallis, the motorists an-
MotOf Car MerChantS WhO nounced their arrival by continuous
, . . tooting of their horns, much to the
Left City Last Monday Are the chief of ponce and
-1 . , , only policeman. Investigation proved
Due to Reach Crater Lake. ; n ordinance rainat such ac.
, tions was In vogue, but after the en-
lire party of about 20 machines had
I run around the block for several mo-
RECEPTIONS ARE CORDIAL ts.
a sight seeing
All Along- ths ZAm Tourists Becslrs
Enthnslastlo Waleoma Fay Visit
to Oregon Cares.
OTer the Idas
A dispatch was received yes-
terday from Hilt, Cal.. reading
as follows:
The following members of
the Dealers' Motor Car asso
ciation aro now assembled In
convention at Hilt (somewhere
in the r. S. A.): Bert Hling,
A. S. Robinson, Pat Dunn. Stan
ley Clemerce, P. Crawford. A.
W. Anderson, Tom Johnson,
McClaren,
everyone has money and Is spending
it. New improvements of all k-i:!
are to be found on every side. 'ir.s
most noticeable of tr.ese Improvement.
are the roads. Of the 74 5 mil?s
in Francisco ana Port-
graveled and it will be several years
before the grade settles so that it will
be practical to lay the final concrete
surface. From the summit of the
Plsk!yo-j8 one rets his first view of
Mount Shafts, 68 miles farther south.
dr' i and Is In sight of the biff now-cov-
pred peak inost of the time for the
next 100 miles.
Around Base of kloaat Shasta
"An easy grade takes one down the
south side of the Slsklyous through
Hornbrook to the Klamath river. Tha
highway follows d"wn the Klamath
river canyon for several miles, anJ
then ttirrui to the left up the little
M.asta river to Yreka. The 17 miles
.n-i.irat:n Yreka and Hornbrook Is all'
t i v r a new prtkAc
and some of the
most interesting scenery on th entire
trip is to be foun.l on this new piece
of road. After leaving Yreka the
Shasta valley is crossed the road run
ning through Gazelle to the lumber
town of Weed and then on through
land, there are not more than 15 miles ; Cj.,,,n nd Soda SnrinKS to lunsmulr.
of really bad road on the l'aciflc hlch-j fr-yom Weed to Slsson the road skirts
way, and this about equally divided ,
bet wen Oregon and California Oregon
separating
' 4
is continually changing and improvln
her roads, and for that reason what
is the best roal one month may no
b the best the neit month. With but
few exceptions, however, the road we
followed fwn.th will be the best for the
rest of the year at least.
Thronr the Valley
"Ieavlng the Howard Automobile
company's salesroom at Kourtenth and
Davis streets. Portland, and then aould
through Milwaukie. Oregon City.
Canby, Barlow and Aurora to Palem,
the roads were all good and the law
ful maximum speed law of 25 miles
per hour was easy to maintain. ir.e
road between Salem and Jefferson,
were not in sucn gooa enape ior
the. l are of Jlount Shasta and in clear
father the mointa.ln Is indeed an Im
press! ve sight with its white cap of
perpetual snow and ice rising to a
height of more than 14.400 feet.
"At the present time the best road
Is the one known aa the county road,
which runs one-half mllti west of the
town of Sisson and Joins the highway
grade at Shasta Springs. A new con
crete bridge across the Pacramento
river at Iunsma!r does away with the
steep grade and dangerous crossing
that was formerly encountered In the
northern edge of town. Boufh bouna
motorists are advised to spend the
third nixht out of Portland in the
vicinity of Dunsmulr.
Worst Stretch sTear Dun-muir
"The worst roads encountered on
JLXl-tZ. ie4-i
mm
VVreHI
4X 6l
Iteo Collins. Delano
Kred Yogler."
From the above It Is evi
dent that these members are in
the cellar seeking burled treas
ure in Hilt.
"Oasollne, gasoline.
First you pour it in the tanK,
Then you turn the little crank
Gasoline, gasoline.
Chug chug, chug chug, chug
Bang!
Gas-o-llne."
through the city and
trip by spoil ignt over the campus of
the Oregon Agricultural college, tho
Iarty wound up at the club rooms of
tho Corvallis Commercial club. After
the entertainment of a smoker and
Clgnt refrofhments, about 10 o'clocic
the run to Eugene was started. Fast
time was made, the most of thrm
reaching there at midnight.
Speed Unit Criticised
M. O. Wllklns has decided that the
; speed limit in the state should be 30
' miles, the Mime as It Is In California
! and Washington, Instead of 26 miles.
) He claims that It Is Impossible to
gt j hold a car driver drown to 25 mllos
f i on a straight away country road and
ti that it is unnecessary, while he be
4 j lieves" that a limit of 30 miles could
j bo enforced. This speeding has been
I expericn. ed on the dealers' run be-
' cause a fast schedule has been main
tained between ail towns.
Monday night was spent at the Os
borne hotel and at 9 o'clock the next
morning the members of the party,
tog-ether with Kugene dealers, on
joyed breakfast. Frank Jenkins, prov
ident of tho Chamber of Commerce,
presided a-s toast master and welcomed
the dealera Rev. A. M. Spangler also
delivered an address that was cheered.
At 7 o'clock a venison banquet
served that was enjoyed by all tba ;
visitors. Entertainment was furnished
the balance of the evening by the
Commercial olub and at 10 o'clock th .
next morning all departed for Grants
Pass.
Short stops were made at Myrtle
Crock, Canyonville, Olendale and Wolf
Creek. Upon arrival some wont swltO.
ming in the Rogue river, while others
went fishing up the river near Ament
dam. At 6:30 several hundred people
went to the city park on the banks of
tho Rojri.e river for a picnic dinner,
especially for the automobile dealers,
served by the Girls' Honor Ckiard. .
Following the dinner, a program of
talks, songs and fun, witn tne local
band fillins In with music, kept up
lively time until late In the evening.
To Oregon Cares
A number of the party left late that
night for the Josephine caves and
the rest early the next morning, where,
a thorough inspection of this Oregoi
wonder was made.
On reaching Mcdford those who had
ridden horseback to the caves felt the
result of their experience and ate their
meals standing. Yesterday the party
drove to Ashland over the paved hl"h
way and from that point the majority
of the party proceded under sealed
orders.
WITH PACKARD FIRM
Factory Chiefs Tackle Job
With Loyal Determination
to Meet Army Demands,
Expert Advises Care
Be Given Tire Cuts
With the summer motoring season
half over. It is an opportune time for
automobile tires to receive a thorough
Inspection, so that their full mileage
may bo obtained without Interruption.
"Watch for the small cuts." advisee
the Bervlce-managcr of the Flek Rub
ber company. Spot them when they
are small and harmless. If they are
then filled with a good quality of rum
rubber they will be prevented from
developing to tho stage where positive
injury to tread and fabric would re
sult. "Sand and gravel eat their way
rapidly Into the heart of a tire.- Upon
reaching the fabric, real trouble for
the motorist qulrklv develops and a
blow-out is Inevitable sooner or later,
Plugging up a small cut is a very
simple matter, requiring only a mo
ment of time, yet it is sure to save
many a disappointment and many a
dollar of tire value to the man who
watches out."
AboT Bulck Six
of the 18 miles, being cut up and dusty the entire trip are found In the first
for about half ef the distance. koui14 miies COuth of Imwmulr. This
roads were encountered at the latter . piece of road i8 not particularly dan-!
place. however, and followed on KeroUB by using a little care it j
through Albany, Corvallis, Monroe. I CAn drlV(.n Dvr with but very ! 259 T- I- to new grade
at Black Batts near Mt. Shasta.
Oregon-Callfor nia state line.
Below At
to Wolf
Junction City. Eugene, Crosnen anu
Creswell to Cotaxe Grove, Here our
Bulck entered the Pass Creek canyon,
. .... i .
little dlw?omfort, and there Is lomei ... , Wnif i.v
consolation In knowing that work hasjjs j Grants l'ass.
tl,rt nn n f m- hlffhTAv rradi thati 1 T 1. (e1frr
and in tne vicinity or uiiuo i will eliminate this bad stretcn or road ; mnway (aireti
ihnut mile of rather rouen roaa. : th- time the touring season starts I . -llJ
w K.ir,- encountered . .w T ' ZS5.S T. U across
Ullioi I ii s, .1 1 I iiri i j cx i. in u v o iivi ui - - c n
near Comstock. and some dust between, Molne tn, graded highway is again
Iraln and Yoneo'.la. A short distance , encountered and followed to I.eMolne.
south of the latter place the road forks. , ln lne ne,t' 14 7 miles there are some
Both roads go to Oakland. Or, but the ; jrooti and jm, 4 roads. The worst
left road, known as the Goodrich h;gh-of these are in the vicinity of Deltu
way Is the better of the two. KJghteen rajroacj station. Care should be taken
and Pacific
to Crescent
bridge.
21-6.0, Kouge river.
30.o K)ld Hill.
3H.2 Central Iolnt.
319.0 Medford ( T. !. for Crater lak
aiid Klamath Falls).
31. 6 Ashland.
340.7 Foot of grade over
mountains.
over
miles of fairly good roaa orougni ",6 2 miles south of here to turn right, 347.8 Top of grade
to Roseburg. 207.4 miles from iori-, to RedjinK anj the state highway in-; mountains.
land This run waa made without any stead ot to the 'eft at Antler and the i 35J.6 State line.
difficulty la nine hours of easy run- old Balrd road 1 361.8 Hornbrook.
nlng. The motorist who does not car- -About 4 2 miles after making this j 37 s T. it
to drive that far in one day should j rlgnt naJ1d turn, turn to the left ontojs?; t! It. Gazelle.
plan .to spend the night at Eugene. tri npw statP highway. Follow this 4uS.H Weed
ill miles south of Portland- highway arross the Sacramento and'4-T.5 Dunsmulr.
Cow Creek Ho lKmW Terrorises ; rut rivers, to within 12 mile, of Red- JnTmlneral spring
The road from Roseburg to Can- ding. Then follow a good dirt road bank
yonvllle are mostly good. A few milej j Into Redding Only part of the road 435 .6 CastfcUa
south of Roseburg, Rice Hill is j to Red Rluff has been graded, and 1 436. S Swet Brier rench.
nromA. This hill has more than a there are some rough rpots ln this 32 j 451.7 LaMolne.
EpuSloo for accidents, but for mile-. At Red Bluff we were .advised fRRdd",tn"g,0n
thTllf. of me I don't ae. why It to take the old county road direct t - ""
should ba Trie road over true mu iwiruinj, ' " --- 477.4 Balrd P O.
" iii.g nil river unujs.
4S2.4 End of highway.
Siskiyou
Siskiyou
on river
about two miles long, and In places is I via Tehama and PToberta This was
rather steep, but there are only two on account of highway work which
really bad curve on tne roaa anu
they occur where the road is wide
enough for two or three machines to
pass At Canyonville. the Cow creek
canyon is entered. This canyon for
merly contained the worst piece of
road between Portland and San Fran
cisco. A new grade five miles long
has changed this, however, and Cow
creek canyon no lonffcr holds any ter
rors for the motorist with even a lim
ited amount of experience. Near the
south end of the canyon there are a
couDle of miles of rough road and then
a good graveled road leads into Glen
dale. Another bad piece of read has
been eliminated between Glendale ani
Wolf creek by a new grade that
starts one half mile south of Glendai
and winds up over the mountains to
the left of the old road. The roads
are good, but some steep grades are
enco-intered between Wolf creek and
Grants Pass.
Orir the Slsklyons
"At this potnt the motorist wishing
to drive to California via the coast
route turns west to Waldo and Cres
cent City and then down the coast
via Eureka. The best road, however.
Is the Pacifc highway, vrhlch con
tinues south through the Rogue river
valley to Rogue river. Gold Hill and
Central Point. At this place a con
rt. hirhway is encountered and
followed through the towns of Bed
ford and Ashland, one of which towns
hnuM h made a night stop.
-Soon after leaving Ashland the feot
mil r thn Slskiou mountains are
reached and tt is here the l9t exam
pie of road Improvement is found. The
Slskiyous were formerly a severe test
on the most powerful of cars, and In
some of our record runs rrom san
Francisco to Portland and Seattle ln
1113 and 1814. we passed as many as
1 machines either broken down or
tailed on these mountains.
-In building the present highway
over the Slskiyous, the engineers have
entirely abandoned the old road and
haTe built a grade wide enough for
two machines to peas on at any point
and hae reduced the grade so that
we had no trouble at all in maintain
ing an average speed of i5 miles per
hour over It Part of the grade on
the Oregon aide has been surfaced
with concrete, and the balance Is cov
ered with ieary coatlnj of iraTeL
AU ot the California aide baa been
was ln progresa
Satisfactory OoU
At Corning ,we encountered the
highway, w hlci We followed with
hardly a break through Orland. Ger
mantown. Willows, Maxwell, Wil
liams and Arbuckle to Hershey. Here
we left the highway and followed the
regular road, which is in good con
dition, on through Ehinnigan to Blacks.
Here we turned right from the, reg
ular route and took a short cut to
Madison. Winters and V&cavllle. where
we again Joined the highway and fol
lowed it on through Fairfield to Cor
delia, at which place we took the
Jamison canyon route to Napa and
the Black Point cutoff, and on througn
San Ranfael and SausaJlto to San
Frnclsco.
"The speedometer showed 749.5 for
the trip from' Portland and we made
it ln two days and one night of driv
ing. In order to escape the heat of
the Sacramento valley, we drove di
rect from' the Sweet Broad ranch near
Dunamuir to San Francisco, making
the 313 miles in about 11 hours, most
of It after dark. In the three weeks
we were away from San Hranclsco,
our Bulck "Six" covered mljre thau
20u0 miles, and in this entire distance
we did not experience the least bit ol
trouble with it. and all this ln spite
of the fact that it had had over 14,000
miles of hard driving before the sta-t
of the present trip."
Xkc of the Trip
The log of the trip follows:
Portland to San Francisco via Pa
cific highway.
.0 Portland.
15 0 Oreeon City.
23.0 Canby.
24 S Barlcw.
27.6 Aurora.
62 8 SaJem.
70.8 Jefferson City.
7J.2 Albany.
80.3 T. after crossing bridge.
Jl.0 Corvallla
103.1 Monroe.
117.3 Junction.
111.6 -Ku gene.
139.3- Goshen.
144 6 Creswell.
150.9 Ssglnaw.
181. Cottage Orova
162. S Comstock.
171.8 Drain.
171.8 T. L- (Direct to Coos Bay).
177.J Yoncella.
190.8 Oakland.
207.4 Roseburg-
136.9 Can yon villa
255.7 Oleadeie.
482.9 T. R
4SJ.2 Joins Kennett road.
4 89.4 Buckeye P. O.
4 93.4 T. U
494.1 Redding.
605.7 Anderson
511 . 1 Cottonwood.
526 2 Red Bluff
645.2 T. R. onto highway. Corning
one mile east. (On account
of highway work on road via
Tehama. we followed old
county road on west side of
railroad track to one mle
west of Corning.)
537.5 Orland.
5 $6. 3 Germ an town.
673.3 Willows.
659.0 Maxwell.
59S.1 Williams.
610.1 Arbuckle.
616.2 Knd of highway.
626.1 I'unnlgan.
63Q.8 Blacks.
631.1 T It. short cut to Vacaville.
631.8 Madison.
641 S Winters.
652.2 T. L.
666.0 Vacaville.
676.0 Fairfield.
6S3.2 Cordelia.
696.6 Napa.
707.1 Sheilville.
734. S San Rafael
736. S San Anselmo.
738.0 Ross.
749 5 Sausalito. ,
743.5 San Francisco. 1
Number of Cars Per
Road Mile Counted
Repair Bill Shown
By Row of Ciphers
"Don't hesitate about buying an in
closed car because yon think it might
not be Just the thing for long tours."
This is the advice of I. C. Carlson
of Wausa, Neb. He has Just arrived
ln San Francisco after a trip from his
middle west home to Turlock in a
Maxwell sedan.
I Mrs. Carlson backs up her husband s
tatements ln ever particular. The
Carlsons have been in Turlock the last
month visiting her father, O. W.
Johnson.
According to the log of the Carlson
1 tour, which was made ln 11 days, the
total cost of the run from Wausa to
I Turlock was $90. This Included every
! thing in the line of fuel, oil and per-
sonal expenses.
i The repair bill was represented by
I a row of ciphers, for not even a puno
j tur marred the pleasures of the road.
"The roads were In terrible shape
! through Wyoming," said Carlson ln
! telling of their Journey, "and every
machine, but one, that came along.
shipped rather than tackle the harJ
going."
"We elected to follow the other
fellow, but soon we were alone, as he
developed clutch trouble and was com
pelled to quit. At most points we
were forced to make our own roads
through the eagrbrush, and the won
der is that the tires stood It at all."
The tourists experienced the most
adverse weather conditions known in
years. They recount an interesting
trip filled with adventura
Three thousand 8-ton rhalnless
trucks have Just been ordered by the
United States war department fron-.
the Packard Motor Car company. This
Is the second quantity order placed by
the government with the Packard re
cently, and brings the total of the two
orders up to 4800 trucks, representing
a money value of more than 816,000,000.
"This Is a big task the government
has laid on us." said President Alvan
Macauley. "but it Is met with an equal
ly big demonstration of loyal determi
nation among the executives of our
manufacturing division, the superin
tendents and foremen and the workmen
of the truck factory to see the Job
through on time.
"We of the Packard feel that the
placing of this order is a distinct In
dication of Detroit's importance in the
government's plan for successful
prosecution of the war. The center of
tho world's motor Industry is to be.
Judging from these orders, the center
of America's war transportation in
dustry. That means a great deal when
you stop to consider that this war is
primarily a war of machines, food
and transportation.
"The picture before the eyes of the
builders of these trucks is that with
every operation they complete they in
sure Just so much more food and am
munition for their fellow Americans
on the fighting front."
The latest order, like the earlier one
for 1800 trucks, specifies the Packard's
standard 3-ton, and delivery is ap
portioned for the months between now
and the early part of 1918. There are
already- 12i0 Packard trucks ln tne
United Staes army, navy and marine
corps service, and with the delivery
of these there will be more than 6000.
W .. 1 llllJUUUJillCl y U.i LCI uic icu ij ten &v&
C K'j Cottage Grove, their next stop. Short
I stops were also made in Drain, Yon
calla. Oakland and Sntherlin. The
Thus sanff the automobile dealers of first cars arrived ln Roseburg about
Portland as they reached the different 3:30 and the last car at 6 o'clock,
towns lot week along their business- While not over-enthualasUo regard
pleasure run to Crater lake, which jnK the roads in Douglas county, the
has turned out to be one of the members of the party thought road
liveliest and happiest Jaunts ever conditions ln Pass creek canyon far
taken bv the association. ! bettor than they had anticipated.
At noon today the aggrepratl on i
scheduled to reach Crater lake, T1rl4 II1IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII1IIIIIIIIIIII1IIII1I1IIIIIII1II1II1IIII1I11IIIIII111II1I1II1IIIIIIIJ':
.i,v, ik. o it 1 nmnhilf dealers or iviam- , .
nth Falls, Ashland and Medford a i.
good fellowship meeting will be held. . 2!
All along the line the motorists ! j
vo, maintained the schedule which r
' nut before the run and 1
1 I. - VtntrA m ft.rrrt t
so rar no iiubhh.i " 1
Journey. 1 2
Bright and early last Monaay i 1 1 1 I f 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ) 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 T
li JOURNAL'S AUTO DIRECTORY
w
run
In the vanguard of Junketing motor- ,
ists assembled on lower Broadway 1
and Interfered with traffic until tho ,
frrs was turned on and th long line,
of machines slipped out upon the un- !
dulating ribbon of road for a 10 days' 1
run, which is destined to bcom o
notable one in
motordom. .
Some disappointment was soown at
the start, on account of many aaJers
ho had promised to taae parr ia -
not showing up, out men ...,
don-t really know what a Kw
they missed.
Welcomed to Salem
Wendinir their way over the east
sids Pacific highway through Oregon
City, the party was met on the out
skirts of SaJem by members of trie
Commercial club of that city and
several automobile dealers. Escorted
down the main street, the dealers took
the tewn by storm. The ble feature
of the Salem program was the ban
ouet at tho Hotel Marion at which
F G Deckebach of Salem was toast
master. Other prominent Salem men
made short talks before tho
v., oftr a. jthort run about the
town and few whisperings of busi
ness. thy aeparxea iot j
3:30 o'clock.
ti,. atn feature of the run
tween Salem and Albany was dust
sundae." vrhich were served all along
the line. At Jefferson the party
halted to await a reception committee
which was to come from Albany, but
as Monday was a busy day in that
city for selling cars, the Portland mo-
'ClSVROLETi
"490" Touring. $625 Portland
"490" Roadster, $610 Portland
Endurance Economy Speed Fower
beoszb st rxxiss, IXC,
East 25. B-1233. Oraad Ave. at Baraslde.
RANDIER
COOK & GILL CO.
Battery Charging
4-pass. Roadster, $1745 7-pa. Touring -
All Chandlers are equipped with Bosch magnetos
TWIN STATES AUTOMOBILE CO.
64-66 Broadway. Phone Broadway 511
SATISFACTORY
Phone Broadway 26
409 Davis Street
MOTOR CAR
REPAIRING
Chalmers
$1250
SENSIBLE SIX 5 -PASSENGER. .
7. O. B. Detroit.
WESTERN MOTOR CAR SALES CO.
Broadway at Burnside. Broadway 5368
A
ELECTRIC SERVICE AUTO CO.
Ml OAK ST. AT TH. Broadway 1TM
General tartinjr Lighting tad Ignition Work Our SiMoUlty
AUTHOaiZID BlaVfCK STATIOK
wgrrnfQHovBE amp comweoticut systems
;! Edwards 'Tire Shop
Vulcanising- Tire Repairing
331 ANKENY Broadway 1034, A-1133
Goodyear Berries Station, Ajaz Distributor
Franklin
offers more of "what you actually need and want
In an automobile."
BRALY AUTO CO.
Main 4880, A-3881. 19th and Washington Stt.
Employes Requested
To Conserve on Food
Percy Owen. president of the
Liberty Motor Car company. in
a communication Just received by
Mitchell & Walllnford, addressed "to
the employes, associates and business
; friends of the Liberty Motor Car com
pany," makes an earnest plea that they
, cooperate to the limit in reducing food
, consumption, ln accordance with the
1 plan of Herbert Hoover so that thos3
1 who stay at home may "help win the
. war."
I "We are all Interested in performing
some assistance ln connection with
the war," Mr. Owen's communication
states. "All of us are not able to do
i the actual fighting. We are interested
i in knowing what assistance w can
render while at home attending to our
accustomed tasks.
"There is an opportunity for every
Individual. Herbert Hoover, at the re
quest of the president, is endeavoring
to reduce the consumption of our food
supplies so that we may ship to our
allies the food that will keep men,
women and children from starving.
An average of 1.4 motor cars to
every mile of rural public road In the
United States is the figure announced
by the department of agriculture In
its latest bulletin. This Is ficurel
from the country's 3.51 2, 99S cars, and
its 1.445,761 miles cf recognized roads
outside of towns and cities, although
some of these roads are not recognized
a such bv dlscrlmlnatlnr motorists.
P.ut the distribution of the motor cars 1 Also tnet we may supply 100a in sur
among the several states is far from ficient quantity to the soldlere who
uniform. There Is only about one have left us to go to the front to
motor car for every SH miles of rural fight."
n-ad In Arkansas, while ln Massa.hu- "The committee In charge of the
setts and New York "there are 7.3 ' food conservation has not lightly en
cars per mile of such road, and ln ' tered upon this undertaking. It will
Rhode Island the density reaches .S. probably never have occasion to make
c.rs per mile. Wljile here Is an aver- j a more earnest and more serious re
age of one motor car registration for 1 quest. Men, who stay at home must
every JZ persons in the United Btatee neip win m war. tiere is a cnance
la the state of Iowa there is one for
every 11 persons, bet oaly one for
every lit ln Arkansas.
Oakland
"Last at the Filling Station"
for-every man In the true spirit of
American energy to put bis indlrldusi
shoulder to the wheel.''
THE SENSIBLE SIX
For Fuel and Tire Conservation During
This Period of Retrenchment
Seats Three Passengers Comfortably
EASY RIDING
Delivers miles per gallon of gas consumed.
Business motoring minus punctures and blowouts, due
to light weight and oversize tire equipment.
Owners praise its ease of operation, irreversible wheel
and high geat performance in traffic and on steep
grades.
$1045 Here
Motor Sales Corporation
Broadway 80 344-350 Burnside Street
GIBSON Electric Garage and ma Aid tr..
Storage Battery Company Say and Sight senrloe
- gaiao Ajrp awmvit luo itokiob battesxs
mm
Tracks H, 1, IH, 2, 3H end 5 Ton
WENTWORTH & IRWIN. INC.
Formerly tho Columbia Carriage & Auto Works
SECOND AND TAYLOR STS.
IJAWTHORNE VULCANIZING WORKS I
u uauua un repainu ox every aesenpuom. All standard brands ef
OOODTEAJs BEJtTICT STTATIO H. Bast S8Q. 4QS Hawthorae aveaae.
TT America's Greatest Light Six.
HavneS H- L- mann motor car co.
J 59 NORTH 23D MAIN 299
The car which sells best in direct comparison
with others.
MITCHEL A WALLINGFORP, S22 ALDER,
LIBERTY SIX
Capacities, 1, 2, 5, S't, 6J4. 7yS
Tons. Complete Stock Repair Parts.
F. C ATWELL, Sales Agent
MOTOR TRUCKS Washington at 21st. Tel. Mar. 40
Mack & Saurer
Oldsmobile
.Distinctive Hif h Grade. Lif ht Weight.
OLDSMOBILE CO. OF OREGON
Broadway and Couch
Phone Broadway 1640
PREMIER
The oar witn an aluminum motor! Hlg-h-grade con
struction throughout. A car for particular people.
MITCHEL A WALLINGFORP, S22 ALDER ST.
CAVACXTT W TOVS5
S1020 9125 9x600 S2035 S2&0
Prleee Sellvetea at roniaad
BOBEBTS MOTOS CAJS CO, rsrk sad JTUaders Its.
Smith Form-a-Truck B, bright
Some aaoccnnled terrtterr! oveat write
Distributors for Orerea
i or propositi?
rr f Moreland Distillate, 94 toa to 5 ton. Vim Delivery H
J. I UlIVd MsCRAKEN MOTOR COMPANY
Main 9019 445 Stark Street
The Bfltwell Series represents the latest and best ia
Motor Cars. New value at medium prices.
D. C. WARREN MOTOR CAR CO.
58-60 N. Twenty-third St. Phone Mala 780
VS3&
U. S. L. AND
DIAMOND GRID
BATTERIES
CLEAN, HOMIst SEUVIC . '
Vuf Matre Storage Battery Co.
33 XTorth Broadway Sales and Servlee
Expert advice aboat yoar battery fieely tves.
VULCANIZING
Iet us do your tire repairing. All our work is abso
lutely guaranteed. Our prices ere always right. W
sell all leading brands ot tires and tubes, gasoline,
oil. and tlr sundries. '
PACirzo trx.CAjrxzzvo co,
Paone Broadway 47. 34 Third St.
We Stock nm, We BepaUr Tseaa,
Ws Charts Tnam.
rree Advice and Xaspeetlos,
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