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THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLA ND, SUNDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 7, 1917. '300,000 Motor Cars F in use by the entente powers are dis tributed as follows: England, 30,000, including; 1S.000 for the conveyance of supplies; France 80.000.- Including 25,000 for carrying supplies; Russia, 40.000, Including 20. 000 for carrying supplies; Italy, 10. 000, including $000 fOr carrying sup plies; Belgium, 1300; Rou mania, 1700 and SerhU 12S. The central powers are using their cars in the war as follows: Germany, 100,000, Including 25,000 for carrying supplies; Austria-Hungary, 30,000; Turkey, 750. including 50 for conveying food, and Bulgaria, S00. - . WTben writing to or catling oa advertisen. Canadian Controller May Curb Auto Trips Joy rifling and long motor trips In " Canada, may be eliminated if the fuel : controller carries out plans he has under consideration.! This drastlu course would be to conserve the gas oMne supply .for the needs of the armies In England and France and of . necessary Industries In Canada par ; tlcularly western agriculture. "wlchf Is " beginning to absorb vast' quantities of gasoline. "camouflaged KissEUKAR Arrives Figurejnhe War Three hundred thousand motor cars WEAR OUT; SCANDAL . IS BROUGHT TO LIGHT to carry on the war! This includes MATTER OF AUTO CLUB ... those being; used by both sides, but does not Include motor transports which will be put In the field by the United States. The compilation has just been completed by the Japanese government, which has been Investi gating the number. .. J. M. Flowers of Auto Club of America of Los Angeles Explains His Organization. I Concrete Base Not Laid Ac The principal entente belligerents have about. 170,000 motor cars, and the central powers have 130,000. The cars cording to Specifications and Blame .Is Shifted, pieaae meatloa Tbe Journal. CLUB THREE YEARS OLD MUCH CEMENT DISAPPEARS Arrest at Bprfkane of W. M. Mslvin, l Prosecuting; Attorney X,tuxdlm Xs Max. Bepresetttlag X,Oa Aageles Organi Uon, Brings Matter to Xeaa. i&g Investigation Which Kay Involve Employes. S1M!LARITY NAMES KIN COUNTY ROADS CAUSES CONFUSION -, , I, .mi iiiwiiMllMjj.mfJJiM.' In connection with a recent effort to establish an automobile olub in Port land nd other cities of the Northwett by V. M. Melvln. who was subsequent ly arrested at Spokane. on the charge of obtaining money under false pre tenses, It has developed that Mr. Mel vin was the duly authorized represent atlve of the Auto .club of America of Lou Angele. Owlnu to a similarity of name thin club has been confused wltn the Automobile club of America of New York. -f The Los Anaeles organization, ac cording to a statement of J.' M Flowers. Its. general manager IB an In dependent organization and tin no way affiliated with the New York organi zation, and nny. representations or In ferenren that the two are connected In any way are outside the realm, of fact While In Portland It appears that Mr. Melvln did not claim any relation to the. New York organisation, but In the absence of any specific distinction between the two. confusion arose. The alleged misrepresentations made by .Mr, Melvln In soliciting Pfer.tlan. ntemtxTshlp 'were in substance tlvnt his club. had taken over tho Automobile club of Southern California and' would absorb- the Oregon Motor association. Organization Three Tears Old In letter to The Journal, Mr. Flower,, says that the Auto ciub of America of Los Angeles is 3 years old and is represented by both prlvste and official members in almost every state. II is, ne atias, a ncciri. urKuni&tiiiuu made up of high class cltiiens enrolled j as members. "When the club was organized," continues Mr. Flower, "we first took the name Automobile club of America, but afterwards, fearing It weuld be misleading and be confused with the , . . . l 1 1 . i . i - m t . . - i i betng designated Los Angelff?) w changed this to read Auto Ckib of Arherlea, Los Angeles. Cdl., and all of our advertising, application blanks and literature of every kind was so printed. "Last year we signed more than 20,000 miles of roads In the t'nited , States and we are working for the up building of good roads throughout tho ' United States, and we give our mem bers enough as It is without having to resort to misrepresentations to gain members." Club Going Concern Mr. Flowers takes exception to statements that his club In an un known one, or a of America." He says: "I want to call your atention to the fact' that th Auto club of Amenlea of Los Angelas la the largest club of its kind In the world and It In one of tho best known and :nost popular clubs in the United States. We have 30 or 40 memb-irs In your city and about 109 In yor state'. We have one of' the most beautiful deb houses in the United States and in this new club house we have B0 guest rooms and a large amusement , room. The property is valued at I60.C00. "We never have claimed to be other than the Auto club of America, nor have we claimed to be a branch of any .other club, and why should we when pre are the largest of the kind In existence." Regarding Mr. Melvln, Mr. Flowers says that he was Instructed to go to Portland and establish a broach club. "If. after a thorough Investigation." continues Mr, Flowers, "we flr,d that he has made the misleading state ments, or the misrepresentations with which ho Is credited, we will, of courje, discharge him at once." r i The disguised car, which wag formerly the famous Kissel military scoot car If some traffic officer, hears, thelcently used to blaze the run from Can- honk honk of an auto horn down tho street emanating apparently from no where, he will merely have to wave his hand or turn the semaphore In or-? der to signal .the camouflaged Klssel Kar", painted along the lines followed, by war officials to render objects In visible to the enemy. The "camouflaged" KIsselKar ar rived at the Portland branch of the Pacific KIsselKar last Wednesday eve. ning from Seattle in charge of James P. Cory of the KIsselKar branch in San Francisco and C. M. Hiller, of ficial photographer. W. L. Hughson of KIsselKar fame on the Pacific coast, well known for his' patriotic measures, donated the famous Kissel military scout car re- ada to. Mexico over the proposed new military highway in the record time of 90 hours. , Out of California, where Mr. Hugh son makes his home, comes the word that "camouflaging" will soon be national art among America's famous artists, classicists, cubists and Im pressionists. To automobile owners, this Is of special Interest, for It is the motor car that Is first being roped, tied and "camouflaged." Imagine your auto mobile being so decorated that stand-, ing still or moving at any speed, it will prove Invisible to the eye at any distance. That Is what Is called "camouflaging" your car. In other words, painting it so that it looks like what It "alnt." "A committee , of three prominent San Francisco artists were delegated to paint the car with color patches," says Del Wright, local manager of the Pacific KIsselKar, '".suggesting nothing except the surrounding earth, trees, grainfields, sky, etc., resulting In a car blending in with its surroundings, and an exact facsimile of cars now be ing used by the allies along various war fronts. Already the car has traversed a large part of Washington and Just recently completed a trip to Mount Rainier on which Major-General Burns and Col onel Adams 'of Camp Lewis, American Lake, completed the party. From Port land the. car will cover Central and Southern regon and then Northern California, expecting, to reach San Francisco in about 40 days. Good Roads "Old Guard" Honored A feature of the session of the Washington State Good Roads associa tion at Bellingham was the decoration of the pioneer good roads men of the state, familiarly called the "old guard." Those who received purple badges were: W. P. Perrlgo. J. J Donovan, Lee Monahan, Claude Ramsey, R.. L. Kline, J. L. Easton, W. A. Bolanger, Henry Parry. E. W. Lilly, Dr. C. W. COx, J. K. Reddy, Charles Chamber lain and J. J. Brown. Resolutions were passed pledging the association to the service of the country, condemning persons not ready to serve the nation and branding as traitors and dishonest men who seek to profit financially or through strikes by the war. . Elgin Co. Building Forty Cars Daily The Elcln Motor Car .corporation Is .1... increasing its output and produces an "cu A.iy uuu , , , ..n.jinr average ol iam to a report received by, Lee L. Gilbert, salesmanager for A. C. Stevens, local Elgin distributor. During the month of August the company produced more than the entire season's output of last year. In order to meet the demand the HUDSON EXECUTIVES ORGANIZE COMPANY TO BUILD NEW CAR Essex Motor Car Co. to Pro duce "Little Super Six" to Sell for $1250 or $1400.. A road scandal Is brewing In King county, Washington, based on the dts closure that some of the county s road surface, laid at a cost' of approxi mately $37,000 a mile two years ago, Is going to pieces. ' The cause of tne collapse Is said to be an Inferior concrete base which was not laid according to specifications. One bad piece of road is on the Pacific highway between Auburn and the Pierce county line. Measurements cf the concrete base, . taken in several cracks, show , that It ranges in thick ness from three and one half to four Inches, although the specifications called for 'a thickness of five inches. Barrels of Cement Missing Two other inferior pieces of pave ment are on the Bothell and Bryn Mawr roads. As In the case of the Auburn road, the concrete base does not comply . with specifications. Tho failure of the roads Is charged to lack of proper Inspection. An Investigation which Is being made by Prosecuting Attorney Lundm is said to Involve several former coun ty employes as well as men now em ployed by the county, whose duties were confined to the supervision of county road construction. Evidence obtained so far points toward' alleged irregularities which may cause a los of thousands of dollars to the county. The scheme said to have been fol lowed was for the county Inspector to urge upon the contractor the advisa bility of subletting the brick surfac ing to a man recommended by the In spector, who would work in close coi laboratlon with the county employe. In one case connected with the con struction of the highway only recently Investigation by the When the members of the firm of C. L. Boss Automobile company, Hud son and Maxwell distributors, received word of the formation of a new com Pany to manufacture a "little . Super- Six" they were highly pleased. During the early part of this year. while Mr. Boss was making his semi annual visit to the Hudson factory. every now and then "little whisper ings" reached his ear of a new product that would soon be announced, but every Inquiry revealed nothing. There was some talk about a new corpora tion, but the heads of the company re fused to commit themselves,. Last week came the announcement from Detroit that members of the Hud son Motor Car company organization Automobile Thieves Busy, in California More Than 9800,000 Worth of Cars Were Taken In the Fast Twelve Months, According to Estimates, According to reDorts. ther la tiroh aHlv nn nthr aerHnn nf thla Mnnr I Completed an . ... . . , , . . I county engineer showed that 600 bar "7 -'"i u" rels of cement supposed to have gone more active during the past year than lnto tnft paVement were missing. The in Southern California. ' In the past general contractor Is said to have made 12 months, says one report, more than a report to the county engineers of $800,000 worth of automobiles were flee, admitting the loss of 497 barrels stolen, of which all but $160,000 were cement, but placing the blame for recovered Its Ilaappearance upon the inspector, ., t . .... who was accused of disposing of part , v ul , i , an2 "sis OI of it to a contractor on a job in an- kjrvu iwci vaiuuiuia X-cci liicll ev er Gasoline in Britain ' A Dollar Per Gallon London. Eng., Oct. 6. The price of gasoline keeps on Increasing, the lat est Increase dating from September 1, wlfen the price, as sold by the govern ment, was Increased 16 cents per gal lon so that the retail price throughout the country Is now $1 per gallon. To this cost must be added 12 cents per gallon, which has to be paid by the holder of a license before he claims his right to purchase fuel. This brings the price up to $1.12 per gallon, which marks a new high level in England. QlUilllllllllllllllllllllllliiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuillllllUlllllillllllllllllillllllllllllllllllllUIIU Knn a 1a,0a atri1ttn to its factory which will increase tne ""e ""'r,"' -" production to 100 cars per day. manufacture of automobiles, to be pany. The new company will have a paid-in capital of $500,000 and will bring out a new model which members of the company think is demanded Dy new conditions of the automobite market, The new car will not conflict with the Hudson models, and the new com pany will have no direct connection with the Hudson company. The of fl cers of the new company are all execu tive officers In the Hudson company as are also the board of directors. W. J. MacAneeny, factory superin tendent of the Hudson company, wul be the president 'of the Essex Motor Car company; R. B. Jackson?-secretaiy and treasurer of 'the Hudson company, vice-president; A. Barit, purchasing agent of the Hudson company, treas urer: and J. L., Vette, secretary. JQ addition the board of directors will In clude Roy D. Chapln, O. H. McCor- nack and F. O. Benzer, who are presi dent, sales manager and vice president of the Hudson Motor Car-company ve spectlvely, The specifications of the -new car will be announced at a later date," says Mr. 0009, 'ana win sen at a price considerable lower than the Hudson, in all probabilities between $1250 and 11400. It will be a little super-six and the engine will be manufactured in the Hudson factory. The cars will be manufactured in separate factories and the first of the new product will appear a short time before the first of the year. $150,000 is a little too much to lose to crooks in a single year and therefore they have devised a novel plan for the protection of cars which promises to do away with much of the pilfering. This method consists of stationing' guards at each of the seven mountain passes leading from Southern Cali fornia "on the north, east and south, the west being closed, so far as en trance or exit Is concerned, br the mighty Pacific. Each of these guards is given a dally list of the reported stolen automobiles and the driver who endeavors to get through the gates with a stoler. car, each, machine being stopped at these points and the num ber taken, will get a disagreeable sur prise. To maintain the system will cost something like $30,000 a year. The section to be protected by this system will comprise Los Angeles, Riverside, San Bernardino and Or ange counties. In these counties there are about 120,0.00 automobiles. This would bring the cost of main tenance of this guard system down to 25 cents per automobile for the year. When writlnc to r calling on adTertliera. rle mention The Jonmil. ZZ SETS the PACE 20th Year 2 yHE SONS AND DAUGHTERS OF 1 THOSE WHO FIR$T DROVE OLDSMOBILES FIND THEIR OLD TIME COMFORT AND PLEASURE GREATLY ENHANCED BY THE SPLENDID APPOINTMENTS AND MECHANICAL 'PERFECTIONS OF THE LATER DAY MODELS Six-Cylinder models are built in Touring .Cars and Roadsters, at. . $1325 Eight-Cylinder 'models are built in Touring Cars, Roadsters and Club. Roadsters, at. .$1625 F. O. B. Portland S Demonstration or Further Information by Oldsmobile Co. , of Oregon H . Distributors for Oregon and Columbia River Counties in Waah. BROADWAY AT COUCH iiiiniiiiiiJiiuiiiiiiiliiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiin 1 To Cruise Highways Of Two -Continents Qeorre F. Keeney, of Gig Harbor, Wash., and Old High Cost o Living are aolnr to cart company. or me next two .years, a Ford roadster is going to be Mr. Keeney'a nome anc he's going to give hotels and fancy groceries the go-by. He has fitted up his car for a home on wheels and will spend the next year or two "cruising around," as. he calls it, traveling oyer new territory, stopping wherever fancy dictates. "I am going to head straight south. says Mr. Keeney. "and motor down through the Willamette valley, then clear through California ana into Mexico. I have always wanted to see that country and to study the revolu tion and the natives and their political and economic' conditions at first hand. If I like U. I may bun a little property and stay 'the te.- The camping outfit is extremely simple, but complete with everything necessary for comfort andxonvenience. 1 Women Wanted to Drive Automobiles Detroit, Oct . A, significant indi cation of the growing shortage of men chauffeur! Is embodied in an adver tisement of the Detroit Taxicab & Transfer company for women to op erate their taxlcabs. The "copy" In dicates that feminine drivers would only be employed daring; the day be tween 7 a. m. and p. m, and that they . will receive exactly .the same schedule of wages as the men. - y You Can Trust Your Life To Marmon Brakes Safety often depends on the efficiency of a motor car's brakes, and the ease with which the driver can apply them. At a critical moment no feature" is more important. Marmon engineer have de- veloped a braking system with a greater margin of safety than is the rule in cars of any class, regardless of price. Consider first the Marmon's , emergency brake always con veniently within reach of the driver's right hand. As you sit at the wheel, no movement of the body is required to apply it. This hand-biikc operates m set of two internal brakes on the rear wheels. Thefoot pedal oper ate! s. set of two external brakes. Their combined braking area is 360 square inches 10 square inchesfor every hundred pounds of weight extsaordinary brake capacity. Marmon brakes per- 1 mit you to retard your car smoothly though quickly, or bring it to an abrupt halt. Lightcarsdonotrequirebrake so large as heavy cars. Yet not withstandingtheMarmon'sllOO pounds lighter wieght, the di ameter of brake drums is half the diameter of the wheels with tires mounted. Let a demon stration prove to you that the Marmon with its extraordinary braking efficiency requires a minimum of effort in handling. The Northwest Auto Co., Inc. Broadway and Couch, Portland, Oregon C M. MENZDES, Manager F. W. VOGLER, President PRESENT OWNERS FAVOR FEDERALS WHEN THEY NEED MORE TRUCKS OUR SALfeS REPORTS of the past three months are a true re flection of the sentiment regarding Federal trucks of all sizes. The majority of our sales in the period covered by the last quarter have been, to people who already own a Federal truck. In many cases it was another Federal added to a transportation fleet which has already been Federalized. "Federalizing" Is Just another word for cost cutting. Your competitor who has already installed these economical trucks has a big advantage. It means more than fust a truck that Is cheaper to operate. It's a truck that day after day gets his goods, to delivery point, when you promised them. It's reliability is proverbial. The best that we can say for them is that Portland merchants who have used them for years, have built up their business on the service they give and NOW want . another other county. Blame Shifted to Another In a prior case the same Inspector came under the suspicion of the coun ty engineer, and another man whose integrity has never been questioned was sent down to the Job to relieve for a few days the suspected employe. The substituted employe reported that tne subcontractor had used only half as much cement as the specifications I called for In the grout, or the inter stices between the bricks. This sub contractor placed the blame for the shortage of cement, it is said, on the timekeeper and Inspector employed dy the general pavtng contractor, who, h declared, had given him the propor tions he should use, supposed to have been taken from the specifications. In a third case, involving a piece of I paving construction that is already go ing to pieces, the conditions found by a new inspector sent to the Job by the county engineer i were so discouraging for any one determined to compel ad herence to the specifications that he resigned after the first day. This road has since shown marked deteri oration. J The Pacific KisselKar Branch W. L. HUGHSON, President Broadway at Davit Phone Broadway 321 BBAVCXSa BEATTLM SAN FRANCISCO FRESNO OAKLAND SAN DIEOO LOS ANGELES THE ABILITY TO STICK ON THE JOB DAY AFTER DAY IS THE DETERMINING FACTOR OF THE FINAL COST OF YOUR TRUCK It isn't what you pay for the truck in the first place. That's before the job is done or even begun. What will it cost in the end? It's the ultimate cost that is making the Indiana the cheapest truck you can own. Its heavy construction, its assembly of the highest priced and' what is more highest quality units that American motor sci ence has developed, makes the IN3IAMA TMck the truck for you to own. No matter what your business, you can not afford to have a truck-that -will cost you more in the end than will the various models of the Indiana. The Northwest Auto Co. Broadway and Gouch. Portland, ' Oregon ; -F. W. Vogter, President C. M. MenzieS, Manirger