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8 YOUTHFUL DRIVER THREE-YEAR OLD TRUCK HAS NEVER HAD ANY TROUBLE Remarkable Report Is Made as to Performance of Machine Used jn Land Classification Service. SNAPPY CAR IS ONE OF BEST SELLERS IS J " i ' . i . TRUCK USED IN GOVERNMENT SERVICE 1 1 "' 1 " " ' 1 "i i i -ii ,ii . -. rfS5r """" '"' 1,-- . : : . . - . ' v, " -jr"""" ' "ir- sy' -' it8iijiiiii?" TRIUMPHANT IN IIMInMTmlfM DAPlO UMUI1IU TommyMilton Squeezes Out Vic tory in Contest With Louis Chevrolet and Ralph Mulford. USUAL THRILLS ARE PRESENT Toft Throws Wheel and Joe Thomas Strikes Outer Rail and -' Spins Around Several Times. " The opening: of -Ihe 1919 automobile racing season in the east, at Unlor.tnwn. ..Pa.; May 19, proved a big triumph for Tommy Milton, the youthful peed3ter trom SL Paul. - At.the wheel faf his Dusenberg he out- distanced' a field of 13 contenders, wln v ningr the 112-mlle Victory sweepstakes In the phenomenal time of 1 hour, 10 , minutes, 9.33 seconds, maintaining an average speed throughout the race A 98.24 miles an hour a new track record for this distance. In capturing the Universal trjphy and setting a new speed mark for Xt track. - Milton verified the track trad':ion that no driver can win at Vniontown with- j out making a continuous run. for he drove a wonderful non-stop race, and at j ' the finish crossed the line t x speed j better than 100 miles an hoi:r. He drove j en Goodyear cord tires of the straight . side type. The f veteran. Louis C"i iv.-cie'. in a; 1 Frontenac,.ied the fie 11 for 'he firs five laps, when he was passed by Ralph j Mulford. also driving n rrcnmna.:, arid for' 62 laps the contention between these I two' seasoned speed demons proyided j "thrilling entertainment for the spocta- ; Lewis E. Obye and four passenger Paterson roadster LOST LAKE MAY BE GOA OF 0 ROAD ROAD DEPARTMENT HAS 498 EMPLOYES Committee at Hood River to So-j Salary List Increases Commensu- licit Subscriptions for Build ing of New Highway. Ilood River, May 31. At the sug gestion of a member of the Game Pro tective association, a committee has been formed to solicit subscriptions from the general public toward the building ton was gradually r-veplnup nn the ! ' MM dom Dee to Lost lake, one two -leaders and on the fifty-second lap ' of the rnosTtoeautIful of all the Oregon assumed the lead, holding it unt i the lakes. TKe county recently voted a sum finish. ot J2750 toward this road, but owing to CHEVROLET IS KECO i the increased cost of labor and mate- Chevrolet stormed across the tape but a few seconds behind the flying Milton, - closely followed y Ralph Mulford. Cliff Durant. In a Chevrolet Special ; Joe Boyer, driving a ronttnac ; Louis Le Cocq,: at the wheel of a Itoamfr, and KnrJ Hitke, also piloting a Roamer, finished In the order mentioned. Chev rolet, ' Durant and Illtke. also finished tha raca without a stop for any purpose. All the finishing drivers piloted cars quipped with ;Goodyear cord tires and Goodyear tubes. ' The race was not without the usual thrills. On the sixteenth lap Omar Toft. - driving a Toft Special, threw a wheel just after passing the grandstand. " while traveling 95 miles an hour. In a wonderful exhibition of driving skill and , daring. Toft brought his three wheled.irtount to a place of safety near, the inner rail while the other drivers whizzed by. The runaway, wheal, with its tire Intact, continued down the. track, and took the curve beautifully, traveling about " 500 feet, ' when It took a bound and disappeared over the fence. THOMAS HITS KAIL Only a few seconds later, the big Mercer car, driven by Joe Thomas, the Pacific coast racin.g star,' in coming down 1 from the famous death curve, struck the outer rail and whirled around the track , several times, with the spin ning wheels emitting sparks of fire, fin ally t crashing into the opposite rail. , without, injury to the driver. Inspection showed a broken spring and a sprung axle, putting the car out of the running. - On the ninety-eighth lap as Chevrolet was rounding this same curve, his car was seen to swerve from one side of the track to the other, and the crowd rose In apprehension of a serious disaster, ' but the -master driver soon regained control, straightened out his car and continued on his course. In the opinion of many he might have finished ' first but for he time lost in this maneuver. rial, it was realized that this sum would not be sufficient to complete the work. In a canvass lasting a few hours, the local committee has raised considerably over $400 and further contributions to the amount required are already in sight. ' This road will connect the Columbia River highway, through the valley, to the edge of the forest reserve, and at the same time the foreBt department will commence work on the four-mile strip between the forest boundary and the lake. "Through to the lake this summer" is the slogan of those behind the project here, and there is every pros pect of their plans'being realized. "What will undoubtedly be one of the most beautiful camping resorts will be opened to tourists and residents of this sec tion.' This news will also be of great in terest to anglers, inasmuch as good fish ing has been reported by the few who have undertaken- the hardships of a Journey up the- Lake branch of Hood river and through to . the lake. Lost lake is 'well protected from the wind, with the result that Mount Hood is per petually mirrored in its placid waters, forming a picture that, when the road is opened up, will become famous throughout the whole of America. rate With Increase in High way Construction. Commensurate with the large amount of state road work under way is the growth of "the state highway depart ment. The dumber of employes now stands at 498. Of these 4S4 are em ployed in construction and field en gineering and 64 in the main and divi sion offices. In February the total number was 270, and in March 393. Those employed in the Salem office number 4J and are thus classed :; Admin istration, 4; division engineers, 4 ; office engineers, 4 ; blue printing, 2 ; drafting department, 10 ; bridge department, 11 ; auditing department, 7 ; purchasing de partment, 3 ; legal, 2 ; filing, 1 ; tele phone and mail, 1. For the month of April the salaries and traveling expenses paid amounted to $42,484.26. This is an increase of $12,715 over the amount paid out in March, $29,768. - For February the amount was $21,205.78, for January $15, 270.65, and for last December $11,398.65. Of the $42,484 paid out in. April $33, 761.06 went for field engineering. The remainder was distributed as fol lows : State highway engineer and as sistants, $3,158.99 ; office engineering, $1336.63 ; bridge department, $1011.44 ; general administration, $485.83 ; high way commission, $161.25, auditing, de partment, $887.92 ;purchasing depart ment, $360.32; legal department, $517.50; Pendleton office, $767.32 ; Medford office, $36. Oil Reservoir Is Better Than Cups The car owner who is handy with tool3 may find it profitable to replace a number of the grease' cups which lubri cate Important parts of the mechanism by an oil reservoir, with leads running to these various parts, such, for in stance, as the thrust bearing or throw out collar of the clutch. "This otler should be constructed much like "a me chanical oiler, with controls for each lead. Remove Grease at Once" Remove grease, oil and acids from your . tires at once by using a cloth moistened in gasoline. Examine clinch er rims ocasionally for irregularities and rust. Three years ago the government de cided to ase a truck in place of horses for hauling equipment and supplies for the crews of the land classification and fire protection service from one? loca tion to another. The big question was what truck to buy. Trucks of one and one-half ton ca pacity were selected and, load ed to" ca pacity, taken over the hills andjeountry roads that most nearly corresponded to the "pear" roads the chosen truck would be called upon to negotiate. The GMC proved, its superiority over its' competitors by doing Its work With less apparent effort and on less fuel than any other truck. The result was that a one and one-half ton. GMC was purchased from Wentworth & Irwin, local GMC distributors. "We had not seen the truck from that time until one day last week," says George A. ; Keep, salesman for Went worth & Irwin. "When the truck' Mrove up to truck- headquarters at Second and Taylor streets, we would not have rec ognized it, had it not been for the sign on the side." SAME SPARK PLTJG George Penegor, 371 Cable street, and Charles Hart, 401 Tenth street, Portland, have had charge of the truck for the past two years and are positive that for dependability and service the GMC cannot be beaten. Mr. Penegor says they have ' not ground a valve or changed a spark plug in the motor and have never had a minute's trouble with the truck In any way. He has driven the truck over good roads, bad roads and no roads at all, and she" has never quit. He says : "There is not a spot of territory between the Coast and Cas cade ranges as far south as Myrtle Point we haye not been over . with the truck. We deliver supplies to the crews Trucks Are Intended To Be Fully Loaded - The majority of truck operators do not realize the full strength of their trucks, and consequently are allowing the big draw-bar pulling power, which Is far greater than the actual rated car rying1 capacity, to go to waste. All , standard trucks are equipped with motive power from two or five times greater than their maximum rated car rying capacity, and loading a truck to Hi full capacity increases its pulling , power by giving additional traction to the drive wheels. It has been proved by careful teste,' under various working conditions, that it is practical for a truck to pull a properly constructed trailer of at least the same capacity as tha truck to which it is attached, there r by making it possible for a truck to more. than double its hauling capacity without Increasing the operating cost to exceed 10 per cent. Automobile Men Go Qn Trip to Wilson C. C. Hurley, manager of the Portland Used Car storey and a, party of Oregon Motor Car company's salesmen, includ ing Dale Chessman, left Thursday noon fpr a few days' fishing on the north fork of the Wilson river. Clyde says he hears that; theajare biting anything from a fly to a wooden minnow up there, so he is going to try his luck. The party expects to return Monday morning. Thick Disks Solution For Adjusting Valves . In many of the older car models no means of adjusting the valve clearance is provided. By slipping one or more fiber or metal disks of sufficient thick ness to take up the excessive play be tween the bottom of the valve stem and the push rod this trouble may be ob viated. A metal retainer cut from sheet metal will keep the disks in place. Koad Tar Should Be Removed Promptly Unless washed off promptly with soap and water, road tar will quickly harden on a car. leaving unsightly streaks and spots. There are several good ways of removing it, however. One consists in the application of butter or oleomar garine, which will soften the tac with out injuring the varnish. Another good solvent is cocoa butter, which is used in the theatrical profession for remov ing grease paint. This can be pur chased at drug stores and is a harmless solvent for all kinds of oil and grease as well as tar. Routledge Company Buys 6. M. G. Trucks To take care of its rapidly increasing business the Routledge Seed '& Floral company has added two GMC trucks to its delivery equipment. During, the planting season the company employs from 75 to 100 persons, the normal working force being about 45 persons. The pompany has purchasing agents in all parts of the world, and issues annu ally 50.000 124-page illustrated and de scriptive catalogues for its customers and prospective customers. EXCEPTIONAL LOW PRICES IN HIGH - GRADE GUARANTEED TIRES 30x3 30x3 30x3 30x3 30x3 30x3 Standard Four Vitalic Non-Skid... J. & D. Ribbed Keystone Century Ribbed Kelley Springfield.. 30x3 Fisk Plain Tread... 30x3 Firestone Plain .... 30x3 Vs Century Non-Skid.. 30x3 Keystone Kon-Skid 30x3 Perfection Non-Skid 19.85 30x3 Vitalic Non-Skid. 30x3 Savage Non-Skid... 30x3 Kokomo Non-Skid.. 32x3 J. & D. Ribbed 32x3 Century Non-Skid.. 32x3 New McGraw 32x3 Victor Springfield.. 32x3 Savage Non-Skid . 32x3 Kokomo Non-Skid.. 32x3 Keystone Non-Skid $12.75 33x4 ia.50 33X4 14.25 33x4 13.25 1 33x4 33x4 33x4 33x4 34x4 34x4 34x4 34x4 34x4 34x4 35x4 35x4 36x4 36x4 36x4 13.T5 19.50 13.75 15.25 17.50 18.50 15.5 20.15 20.00 22.75 21.25 19.5Q 20.25 23.35 23.35 20.25 31x4 31x4 31x4 31x4 31x4 31x4 31x4 32x4 32x4 32x4 32x4 32x4 32x4 Vitaiic Non-Skid... S4.50 Congress Non-Skid 22.25 Congress Plain 19.50 Kelley Springfield.. 32.25 Perfection 28.30 New McGraw 24. 30 Standard Four 2i.25 23.25 26.50 21.25 30.50 32.15 31-85 Congress Non-Skid Firestone Non-Skid Montford Non-Skid Perfection Non-Skid Savage Non-Skid... Kokomo Non-Skid.. Goodyear PI. Q. !.. Ajax PI. Q. D. . Vitalic Non-Skid... Keystone Non-Skid. Century Plainfield. Kokomo Non-Skid.. Savage Non-Skid... 25.75 23.50 25.00 28.SO 30.50 33.35 33.75 Congress Non-Skid 23.80 Fisk Plain 25.50 Firestone Non-Skid 28.25 Century Plainfield.., 30.50 Savage Non-Skid.., 34.45 Kokomo Non-Skid. 34.10 Savage Non-Skid... 40.00 Savage Plain 34.25 Savage Non-Skid.. Savage Plain ... . . . Paramount Plain.. 34x4 Victor Ribbed 34x4 Congress 34x4 Goodrich Cord 34x4 Kokomo 35x4 Portage N.-S. Q. D. 36x4 Congress N.-S. Q. D. 35x4 Goodrich Plain 35x4 Kokomo 35x4 Perfection 40.65 34.75 29.50 36.50 29.10 40.25 38.90 38.00 31. OO 34.50 39.00 39.50 C. j; (V truck used fpr hauling a upplies and equipment for land cjassi f iealion and fire projection sen Ice. of the land classification service j and also to the five lookout stations, so you see we are constantly called upon to go into country never before- traveled motor vehicle." , . '. by Protect Deflated Tire ! . Don't let the weight rest on a de flated tire. -Jack up the wheel or re rove the tire. 'Keep Pressure Full Prevent blowouts by avoiding severe jolts and by maintaining full air pressure. 35x4 Savage 47.85 3t!x4 McGraw 36x4 Kokomo 37x4 Savage 37x4 Victor Springfield.. 32.00 40.OO 56.35 46.50 BRIIfG THIS ADVERTISEMENT WITH TOTT AHT WE WILL ALLOW A DOLLAR FOR IT OS THE PURCHASE OF EACH TIRE SOLD X7P TO -MAY SI Mall Orders Gives Prompt Attention Out-of-town customers deduct ' $1 from the price of each tire wanted if you inclose this advertisement with remittance. Portland Tire -Co, 331 Bumside St., Portland, Or. Phone Bdwy. 2275 Delays of Trucks . Should Be Recorded In mgtor 'truck service where there are ODDOrtUnlUpu for rielnv nn tha m.. - the owner should by all means install some accepted type of recording de vice, that will give him each day a complete- record of the truck's move ment. It has been found that an ac curate cecord of this kind reduces the time lost en "route anywhere from 20 to B0 per cent. .Many of these devices are oi as expensive as might be thought. Wood Wedges Cure Sagging Auto Doors When . the doors on one side of the body do hot fit properly, eiier bind so that they are hard to close or fit too ..loosely, with- so much clearance that - the catch will not snap, the trouble may be cured by placing wooden wedges un- der the body at the rear. Metal plates ; may also be used. In either case the wedge should be bolted through the frame so that it will remain firmlv in Place- Y Inserting Tubes In inserting the tubes in giant pneu matic tires as used on' trucks today, it . is particularly necessary to see that the flap is - evenly distributed around the circumference of -the tire. It may seem : to be-too short at first glance, but after it has been smoothed down firmly, it swtll lie so that Hs base is in line with - -the base at the : beads, of -the tire. . , We invite you to inspect and ride in the most completely equipped car in Portland the ' 1919 mmmmmmmmm J jf n y r ft 'a v.m.mMm..:t i ' . - V 1 t. Car Supremacy Glance at these recognked accepted standard units that are incorporated in, and complete the Coinmerce Truck: ' , Continental Red Seal Motor Detroit Pressed Steel Springs Torbenseri Axle Zenith Carburetor - I . Timken Bearings . . Willard Storage Battery Jacpx Steering Gear Commerce Own Design Radiator remember also that the Commerce is the only truck completely equipped with starter, electric lights, windshield and bumper. r ' and you have the answer why Commerce Trucks are supreme in their class. 1 TON 54 T" s3ft&f,r 1500 .c...., o., F. O. B. 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