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Newspaper Page TextSECTION TWO PART TWO.; THE . OREGON SUNDAY. JOURNAL, PORTLAND; SUNDAY MORNING. APRIL , 21. 1918. 13 Pass Creek Canyon Rouses MOTOR TRUCKS SIMPLIFY DELIVERY PROBLEMS Wrath of Motor Tourists One Motorist Says Only Way to Drive Through Is to Use Airplanes; Another, Who Gets Throu gh, Is First This Year to Accomplish Feat Unassisted. MORTHIIL SERVICE IN EAST IS MAKING PROFIT I -j TBSSMBSMBBMBBMMBBMSSBl"""""""-I A Postal Authorites Find It Im practical to Establish Line From Portland; Roads Poor. ECONOMY IN PRODUCTION Farriers Enabled to Remain at .Home at Work While Produce Is Being-Carried to Market. i "V "1 - I ' ""x jtnfe-f ... t' i . inn. i Owinc to the fact that roads radiating from Portland for a distance of 60 mtla into the producing; centere are io poor the poat office department will postpone the establishment of two motor - truck parflel post routes which have been In contemplation. It, was proposed to run one of these routes, went and south through Washington and Yamhill coun ties and the other east through Mult nomah county. While the latter route is good so far at It goes. It does not ro far enough and the necessary mile age cannot be obtained. A survey of the route through Washington and Yam hill counties shows that while there is no difficulty In acquiring distance the roads will not sustain motor truck traf fic and must be improved before the farm to table service can be Instituted. Hervlee Big Hurrcii In East Reports from Eastern states where these routes have been put into effect by the post office department Indicate that they are very successful both from a revenue producing standpoint and re duction of the cost of living. . According to the statement of Fourth Assistant Postmaster General Blakeslee the Initial success opens up a new era In the transportation facilities Of the country. "A motor truck." he said, "can prop erly collect and deliver mail. Including farm produce over 100 miles of highway within a day of 12 hours. The cost of operation would not exceed 20 cents per mile a day. To perform the service twice within each 24 hours on the 156, 000 miles of Improved road In the United States would require . 1680 motor trucks. At a cost of 20 cents per mile these 1560' trucks would Involve an annual ex pen) of I1&.631.200. This estimate Is based on the present price of gasoline and maintenance of equipment Merries Wool Jlrlsg Profit "The earnings of a fleet of 1560 motor trucks operating 200 miles a day, that Is. once each way over a distance of 100 miles would exceed 70 per truck per day. or $34,179,600 per year. "This In based on the present rates of . pontage and the earnings of a few one and a half ton vehicles how in operation. ' "A -vehicle of . this size insures great celerity of movement and less wear on the roads than, heavier trucks, and at the same tkne does not burn ud the highway la the-name extent as thor high peed variety of truck." - A specific Illustration of surplus earn-' Ings Indicating the profitable possibili ties In the union of the good road and motor truck la In the case of the Baltimore-Solomon route. rtie equipment of thlsiroute covers E6.300 miles, and earns ' $57,340 at an expense of $7630 annually. This truck operates through a territory In a part of which there are no existing rati facilities. Kconomy la Food Prodnctlon "Net revenue, however meritorious," continues Mr. Blakeslee, "Is of small Importance when compared with the im mediate necessity for Increased produc tion of food. One truck can haul more than three or four farm wagons. One driver can replace eight farm producers who not only cease active work of pro duction but usually convey produce load one way only whenever they suspend farm work to drlvej a horse drawn con veyance 12 or IS miles to town and return. "We can surely establish motor truck avenues of communication for a distance ir-i $.' ii i For the past four months Pass Creek l The clutches of the notorious Pasa Above Four Ion Moreland distillate burning truck, with seven tons or wood. Below ton International truck used for bakery delivery. All doubts as to the power of distillate fuel were removed during tho past week when a four-ton Moreland distillate truck transported a seven-ton load of green slab wood over the West Wash ington street hill. To make the feat more noteworthy is the fact that not in even the steepest parts of the incline did it become necessary for the operator of the big Moreland truck to drop Into first gear, the entire climb being nego tiated in Intermediate. The unique hill climbing test was con ducted at the request of A. C. Green wood of the Union Fuel company, who wished to see the Moreland plan of low grade fuel put to the acid test. Already amazed at the display of power, Mr. Greenwood was even more surprised when Peter McCraken, Moreland distri butor for the Northwest, suggested a further test in a steeper grade. For this test the Montgomery street hill between Water and Front streets was chosen, and It was during this severe pull that a large number of truck experts were convinced that distillate, when properly treated, possessed far greater power than the more expensive gasoline. According to' Mr. McCraken there are more than . 6000 Moreland trucks in regular service, all equipped with the Moreland distillate gasifier and ! using distillate fuel exclusively, the suc cess of which assures practically a 50 per cent saving in operating expense. of 60 or 100 miles from any market and tap a source of supply that has never heretofore produced to the maximum of capacity. "Reeular dally scheauled motor truck creased production of butter, eggs, poul try, garden truck and other commodities In quantities that would never pay for transportation in small lots from one producer. But government owned trucks can be successfully operated on routes from a number of producers at long distances from, markets when, the com bined shipments coupled with a profit able function, of. the ppsJaL, service, arei a guarantee of the permanency or"rai service." Gerlinger Handles Fruehauf Trailer E. E. Gerlinger has beenhosen Pa clflc coast representative for the' Frue' hauf Tfaller company of Detroit. He will cover the' states of California, Ore gon, Washington, Nevada, Idaho, Utah and Arizona for the company. The Fruehauf company Is one of the oldest concerns In the trailer industry in the country. Big Production of Trucks Detroit plants produced 23,229 trucks In 1917 at an approximate market value of $45,462,000. The total production of Detroit ' and Flint, Lansing and Alma, aggregated an approximate market value of $60,962,000. Week's. Motor and Truck Record The following temporary police per- i mlts were -obtained in Portland during the week by new car owners, pending the arrival of state licenses, according to M. O. Wilkins, publisher of the Auto mobile Record : Willamette Dairy, 483 Union avenue. Buick. Mrs. N. Carlson. Fordham apartments, Buick. F. J. "Kane, Sherlock building, Buick. -F. W. Wilson. Hamilton and Corbett Streets, Chevrolet. " , , J. jj. cox, 376 Arlington piace, r oro. N. C Paulsen. 330 East Twelfth street north. Ford. Irvington Park Floral company, aw East Twenty-fifth street. Ford delivery- Walter J. Dunlap, 684 East mity-runvn street north. Ford. U F. Stephen. 20 East Twenty-rourtn street, Ford. Charles Rosen, 329 Hall -street, Fora. Miss Isabel Brudorf, 840 Kerby street. Ford. P. E. Struck, 267 Fargo street. Ford. William O. Campbell, 729 H WilUams avenue. Ford. - Robert Mantell. Venable hotel. Ford. Tom Gust. Cascade Liocks. Grant. R. A. McYeal, 306 Fifth street. Max well. Mrs. E A. Brous, Burlington hotel, St Johns, Mets. J. M. Ricer. 265 First street. Overland. William MacMaster, 701 Corbett street, J. A. Graef, 187 " West Park street, Paige. Dr. G. T. Trommald, 800 Journal building. Paige. J. O. Gillen, 60 North Front street, Saxon. Oscar C. Johnson, Beaverton, Or., Reo truck. 531 East j K MORE THAN A PHRASE - Ve3p? Mnrhmnre. It is the bond of extra aualitvand extra EvJKtii;- Much more. It is the bond of extra quality and extra mileage, the result of the highest manufacturing standards in the tire-world. Each Racine Extra Test means savings for the tlrs buyer. For instance: each square inch of fabric that goes into the famous Rmeiitm Country Romd or Malti-MiU Cord, is lens-examined to meet the extra teat for perfect fabric , RACINE Country Road and r Multi-MileCord txr.es Racinw Country Rmmd 7irs 3000 mile tnarantee ere spedally desicned and Extrm Ttod for country road drlvinc. S . 1 Racino Multi-MiU Cord Tirmm are real cord tire ' quality. Buy these Extra.-Tutmd Tires and red or. gray Tubes from ' - BALLOU & WRIGHT Distributor for Northwest Broadway at Oak, Portland, Or. Seattle, Wash. For foot own orotoetioo ho omrtoin ooorf Rmcin Tiro . yom our er thm mamm - r.- RACINE RUBBER COMPANY, RACINE, WIS. 5000 Mile Guarantem Mrs. Emma Richardson, Twenty-fourth street, Buick. Walter Blue, 1219 Rodney avenue, Buick. P. J. Henley, 28 North Second street, Chalmers. Anna S. Marshall. 260 East Second street north, Chevrolet. William Uess, 1536 Mississippi avenue, Chevrolet. . . II. Van Lorn, 188 '. Twelfth street, Chevrolet Walter O. Simon, 6136 Sixtieth avenue southeast. Dodge. Portland- Taxicab company, " 261 Twelfth street. Dodge. w. w. ttilbe, 489 Clay street. Dodge. W. F. Brock, 640 J Ninety - Becond street southeast. Ford. National Laundry company, East Eighth and Clay streets. Ford. C Manufacturing comDanv. 351 East Tenth street. Ford. Hearii H. Yunker. 107 Decatur street. Ford. Hazel A. Armentrout. 947 East Twentieth street north, Ford. Henry Kiiaow, 908 Mallory street. Ford. William Weller, 318 Arlington place. Ford. William Richleauch. Hillsdale, Or., Li A. T. Wilsey, 2151 East Burnside, Ford. C. D. Lehmkuhl, 44 Melkle place. Ford. J. W. Shaver, 169 Cherry street. Franklin, v R. F. Davis, 715 Northrup street, Franklin. T. J. Peterson. 303 Russell, Grant. W. H. Cullers. 680 East Twenty second street Hudson. 1 R. Hubbard. 350 East Fortieth north, Hupmobile. W. B. Crane company, 30 Front street, Hupmobile. A. R. Jacobs, 373 West Park street, Marmon. A. W.' Gibson, 328 Tenth street, Mitchell. Walter R. Thorn, 745 Montgomery street, Oldsmoblle.. D. J. Finn, 482 East Harrison street. Overland. C. H. Warriner 972 Brooklyn. Over land. Marshall Wells Hardware company, Portland Or.. Packard. S. T. Drake. 703 Vancouver, Reo. Robert W. Misner, 748 ft East Ankeny, Reo. Gus Miller, Dayton. Or., Reo. Henry Tannler, Route 2, Hillsdale, Or.. Republic truck.- M. Kurata. 'Pni-tlnTi4 Or T7miKli C 1 truck. George Knierlem, Corbett. Or.. Saxon. John Vehas, 576 Rural ave.. SaTon. Warren Emerick. 461 Roselawn. Buick. Mrs. Lester Willard, 1671 Derby street. Cadillac. Mrs. I. H. Taffee, 534 E. Thirty-ninth street. Chalmers. J. H. McCubrey. 209 E. Thirty-fourth street. Chalmers. George R. Murish, 180 E. Thirty-third street.' Federal trtick. J. W. Turbell. 649 Umatilla trt. Ford. Merchants Parcel Delivery, 127 Elev enth street. Ford. . Merchants Parcel Delivery, 127 Elev enth street. Ford. Joe Klrby, 795 Grand avenue north. Ford. Mrs. E. J; Hoffman. 1398 Morse street. Ford. Elma Thomas, Tlgard, Or. P. O.. Ford. 1 James H.' Adklns, 606 Greenwood ave nue. Ford. x Bruce K. Welth, 386 Third. Ford. F. R. Wright, 37 E. Seventy-fourth street north. Liberty. ; Advocate Publishing company, 401-2 Buchanan boulevard. Maxwell, Mrs. m. juaison, Z6& Morris street, Oldsmoblle. .. 'R. B. CaswelV 651 Irving Street, Velle. O. S. Hubbell. 605 E.. Fifty-third street north, Chevrolet.' William Taylor, 998 E. Yamhill street, Chevrolet. ' Chris Hailing, 162 Virginia street. Charles Hacker, 435 E. Oak street, Buick.- P. F. Furls, 4604 Fifty-ninth southeast. Mrs. W. H. Stalger, 6S9 E. Forty- ivurui iiurtn, jr oru. Alex McMillan, '386 Hawthorne, ave- . Everet Erkksoh. O E. Rvnv. t ehrbth street north. Ford. . . ., . "u. M. stand iter ConstrucUpu company. wwur 1-urunnu. r ora. r ' J'- R- Hughe. Ursh or Ants.. VnrA : C. Fosher. 1061 Garfield avenue. VnrA . H..D..Poore. 585 E. Main street. Ford. Grand Union Tea company, 448 Wash ington. Ford. M. b: Rutherford. 402 Third street Jay Smith. 645 Laurel street. Hudson Alex Norrtan. Great Northern hotel, Ford. Albina Fuel company, Ct Broadway. Garfield truck. 8. W. Brasure, 7703 Fifty-ninth south east, maxweiu -. -r Union Fuel company, foot of Mont gomery. Moreland truck. Matt Hoser, 12 Board of Trade, StuU. canyon has been practically impassable to automotive power. Honors for the first passenger automobile to go through this notorious stretch go to the Hup mobile, .accordinc to AV. H. ("Hea") Robertson of the Manley Auto company. who drove the car through there last week. Robertson says lie has any number of witnesses who will testify to this and that they hold him as, the hero of Pass Creek. "According to residents in the locality of Pass Creek, a number of parties report ing getting through under their own power, bad to be assisted with teams." says Robertson, "and the natives think It is a joke when they read of some car getting through under Its own power. "There were six cars stuck in the mud when I went through. Efforts were at that time - being made to have them pulled out and shipped over the bad part. We had a new Hupmobile to be delivered to Joseph M. Cronemltter of Jacksonville, and Salesmanager I label selected me to drive the car down. On the return I drove back an old Hupp that Cronemltter had, and had no real difficulty in get ting through Pass Creek again. "The running board was out of sight, so deep were the ruts. In the majority of places the road was on the level with the body of the car. The only way we could get through was to back up and plow and repeat this operation untlj through the bad part. The reserve power of the Hupp was wffat did the emergency and never used it at all. The the allie"J;oV,1 n W entire distance through Pass Creek ia very rough and one quarter of a mile is practically Impassable. It is all slow driving. "There is also one spot in Cow Creek canyon that Is very bad if not danger ous. It is on the summit of the pass and is only wide enough to permit the- pass ing of an automobile. Should you be off a distance ' of six inches it might prove fatal as there are steep pitches' on both sides." Country Folks Own Majority of Cars The statistics for 1917 indicate that only 37 per cent of American motor vehicles are registered in the cities; in other words. 63 per cent of all the cars In use in this country are owned and operated "by people living in small towns and in the country. In the K-called west central groups of states, with a total registration of 726,000 cars, more than 80 per cent are rural registrations. creek canyon on the Pacific highway have been described a number of times during the past winter season, since Captain Robert Manger had a some-1 what difficult time in getting- his "Den by Cruiser", through. Many -unsuccess ful attempts have been made and very few have succeeded even with the aid of teams. One of the latest reports of conditions of the highway through this bad spot and on down to Medford, was received by The Journal last week from 8. G. Gorsline. Pacific coast man ager for the Detroit Automatic Scale company, who made the trip to Medford from Portland. His letter, dated April 17, reads as follows : "Let It be understood first of all that I am not an automobile salesman boost ing the merits of my car or doing spec tacular press stunts to get free advertis ing. Neither am I one of the numerous candidates for governor of Oregon doing the back to nature stunt' to attract votes. But tell the world for me that the only feasible way to get from Cot tage Grove to Oakland is by airplane route. It may be the Pacific highway, but It Is far from Pacific, more Atlantic as it were. "We left Portland Sunday morning and reached here last night 26 hours' actual time on the road. I can't say running time, for that would be deceiv ing, for we stood still half of the time. Seven hours to go 28 miles from Cottage Grove to Oakland. Pass creek canyon should be on the western front. The kaiser would never get through and 1 Sticking Bushings Binding of the bushings that surround the push rods frequently causes trouble. This may be caused ry the oil becoming gummy or by valve grinding grit that has gotten down into the Interior. If the aperture is closed with a cloth be fore, the, valves are ground this latter trouble will be obviated. were pulled for a mile and everyone has t ohave the same assistance. A big six cylinder car stands In the middle of the worst stretch, abandoned. The v on the radiator is about all that remains above the surface. An eight cylinder car right behind us had a team ahead of it just the same as our Dodge and we met a Ford traveling in the same way. Pass creek Is no respecter of persons. "Rice hill is another bad stretch. The mud is like glue and sticks tighter than an Insurance solicitor. A new Buick Is on the top of the hill with burned-out clutches. It takes low gear to go down hill. Hie Ideas of Oregon roads com pare favorably with some of Billy Sun day's sermons. He has a tent with him and is camping out. "From Roseburg to Grants Pass is not so bad. They are dragging the roads and aside from the natural har riers that nature has been . so lavish with, the roads are all right. A little too sticky for high gear, however. Grants Pass to Medford In 1 hours shows how the roads sre and we are told the roads south are better. They couldn't be worse. "When Sherman spoke about - war be should have included . Oregon roads tn the same classification. No parties should attempt motoring over this stretch for pleasure before June 1." To save labor an inventor has. planned a dam In which air locks In the form of siphons are inM hr place of vajvee-or gates to control the flow of water. ' Turning an Old Pleasure Car Into a Dependable Two-Ton Truck The above is an actual photograph of an old King car, and below is the transforma tion effected by combining the chassis with a Graham Brothers Two-Ton Truck Builder. It is now an efficient, full sized Torbensen - Internal -Gear- Driven Two-Ton Truck. Hundreds of old pleasure cars are being daily converted into profit making. Two-Ton Trucks. Graham Brothers Truck-Builder is made complete with cab and body. The cpst of the truck. ready to run, is $635.00 Plus Your Old Pleasure Car F. O. B. Evansville, Ind. The truck specifications comprise the finest materials and most scientific principles known to modern truck-building, including the famous Torbensen Axle. Complete descriptive literature, showing it body styles, sent on request. Manley Auto Co. Eleventh and Oak at Burnside GRAHAM BROTHERS, INC. EVANS VILLE, IND. Largest Manufacturers of Complete Truck-Builders A Word to the Wise Save $55! VVA-SETS THE PACE The Eight-Cylinder Oldsmobile After May 1st, $1750 PresentPrice, ImmediateDelivery,$1695 atPortland OLDSMOBILE CO. THE Broadway and Couch of Oregon Phone Broadway 2270