The Oregon daily journal., September 21, 1919, Page 55, Image 55

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CESSARY
ALL UI1I1LI
RESISTANCE i
10 COSUF AUTO
Economy in Operation Is De
pendent on . Keeping of Ma
chinery and Body Clean.
TIRES MUST Bt WATCHED
Inflation Should Be Correct,
Wheels Kept in Line and
Every Other Fault Corrected.
"Usually the public wants lta cars
to operate as economically as pos
sible and most every manufacturer
is working with the same object in
view, building: the cars under a sci
entific principle eo that they can b
operated economically If properly
handled, says F. H. DeYo, service
manager of the Willys-Overland Pa
cific company, at Broadway and
Davis. .
"We will tak the oil In the motor
first. This has alwayn been a hobby of
mine, and I think of every other me
chanic or person that knows the vital
parts that are taken care of in the gas
oline motor by the oil. How often do
we take do.wn the crank case of the
motor and find the worst lot of black,
dirty muck, sometimes like mud and
sometimes as thin as water, from which
lubricating- qualities are gone. Just
think what has to suffer for this. There
Is the crank shaft connecting rods, cam
shaft bearing, push rods, cams, pistons,
cylinder walls and timing gears, and
this la not all. Suppose it is a motor
that is In unit with the transmission
where it and the clutch also receive this
lubrication from the same source. In
that case all the gears and bearings
suffer also.
COST LEAST FACTOR
"I do not believe that the average car
owner realizes the fact and I don't be
lieve he would allow these conditions to
exist If he knew what a critical point
It is and what it means to him. Just
the other 'day in going by a sales room
where there was a truck in the window
I noticed a large red card, possibly five
by seven inches, hanging on the motor
(the hood being up) which read some
thing like tliia: 'Oil should be kept
clean by changing in crank case reg
ularly and often.' Then down at the
bottom on this card I noticed the last
line In large letters, 'Don't buy oil on
a price basis.' I think we ought to
hang on more red cards and if neces
sary make It a red light.
"We will go on now with the rolling
or coasting qualities of the car. This
Is an important thing, too, as far as
economy is concerned. How often do
we step up to a small car on the fldor
and can hardly push it. and right along
side stands a car twice as heavy that
will roll along with half the resistance.
Now this is where your gasoline con
sumption and power goes to. Natur
ally you think your motor has no power
when it isn't the motor at all. It is
laboring under difficulties and is pulling
an abnormal load caused possibly from
several things, such as dragging brakes,
soft tires, misalignment of wheels, etc.
DIET WEIGHS MCCH
"I might add here that you can't
realise the quantity of dirt that is car
ried around in the average car. You
might smile at this expression, but to
satisfy yourself take a car that has
been driven for some time without
much care and a new one of the same
make and . put them on the scales and
see if you are not surprised at the dif
ference In weight. This is where some
more of your power and gasoline con
sumption goes to. To demonstrate this
you tone up your motor and fro up over
th hump, as we call it. Just fine. You
think that she is a peach and working
beautifully. You go back and get Mr.
Owner to take him up over the same
course to show him how fine she works
and the chances are you will Have to
push on the "steering column" a little
to make un for his weight
RESISTANCE IN TIRES
"If the tires are soft and lots of ser
vice on the ground, you have an awful
resistance there. Anyone can quickly
see the theory of this. Just like rolling
through sand and if your wheels are
out of line you are shovfng them to a
certain extent instead of rolling. This
does not only take power and gasoline
but It also wears off the tread of the
tires which Is also very expensive, and
If the brakes drag to such an extent
that they, merely run warm, what I
mean by this Is that when you are run
ning along on a practically level country
or street without the use of the brakes,
the friction retards the coasting or the
easy rolling of the car. This makes the
motor labor, possibly not noticeable to
you, but it 'makes a difference in mile
age as far as gasoline consumption is
concerned.
"So you can plainly see that If we had
a sensitive instrument before us to In
dicate these things like our speedometer
indicates our mileage and speed, we
would be amazed to see how the hand
would go up the dial."
Radiators
and
Fenders
Made and Repaired
Burness & Martin
AUTO SHEET METAL WORKS
Fifteenth and Alder Sts.
Radiators Cleaned
by our new
Chemical Process
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JURIED chicken a la Maryland. Somewhere In the dim and distant past
you might have heard that expression and wondered what it was, or,
most blissful of all, have eaten the real thing. But can you Imagine being
born and reared In a country where such a dish Is a common occurrence?
Albert C. Stevens, familiarly known as "Steve," distributor of the Win
ton and Haynes for the local territory, was born In the old town of West
minster, Md., In August, 1886, and declares he associated on most Inti
mate terms with various delightful things in that part of his home state,
and whispers that even Smithfield hams were not foreign to him.
He was educated In the Maryland schools and spent his boyhood and
early youth amid the pleasures that a Maryland town of the old sort can
afford. When he was 1 7 years of age he went to Washington, D. C, and
started in the automobile business as a mechanician. The call of the roar
ing road sent him three years later to Palm Beach, Fla., where he became
a racing driyer.
While speed and love of the track were strong in his makeup, he de
cided when he was 22 years old that there might be something In the sell
ing of cars. He was in Philadelphia for some time, leaving only in 1910,
when he came to Seattle as manager of the Seattle Taxicab company. He
stayed with the transportation company only a year and then went Into the
Stearns-Knight agency, selling Stearns cars to the pteople of the Sound
city.
The Wlnton company in Seattle procured his services in 1912, and after
three years with that line in Seattle, he was transferred to Portland as the
manager of the Portland branch of the Winton Motor Car company. The
success he achieved with this machine up to the year 1917 finally resulted
in the obtaining of this agency by the A. C. Stevens company, which was
organized by him in that year.
This firm at first was engaged solely in the distribution of the Winton,
but three months later the Haynes line was added, the firm securing the
distribution rights for the state of Oregon. In April, 1919, be took over
the Washington territory for the Haynes and is now handling that state in
connection with his already large activity in the state of Oregon.
Mr. Stevens is now back at the Haynes and Winton factories, breaking
up the furniture and trying to hurry up shipments of cars. From all ac
counts he has been able to Jar a few more loose than he has been getting
heretofore, and seems to be very optimistic concerning the outcome of the
present shortage of machines.
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Squeaks, Knocks, Hisses and
Pounds Should Always Be
Carefully Attended To.
Give your motor truck a chance to
live through a long life. Don't drive
it to destruction an dthe scrap heap.
Inspect it occasionally, keep it well
oiled and tighten up loose Joints, is
the timely advice of C. B. Cadwell,
local manager of the B. F. Goodrich
Rubber company, whose firm has
instituted a national educational
campaign on motor truck operation.
Getting the maximum value from a
truck is largely a matter of mainten
nance versus depreciation. The life of
a motor truck may be prolonged sur
prisingly with proper care. Obviously,
the quality of the truck must be con
sidered its construction also the char
acter of the work it is called on to per
form and the manner in which it is
handled.
The motor truck must encounter ridges
and depressions of road surface, edges
of bricks, car tracks and scores of other
obstructions. It converts these shocks,
together with the throbbing of its engine,
into a ceaseless vibration which shakes
every part of its mechanism from the
radiator to the tail light. The different
units of the truck with their various
pipes, rods, gears, stays and supports,
all of which must be kept tight and in
perfect alignment at all times.
The operator must catch a squeak.
He must remove the cause of trouble
before it has developed into a serious
ailment. Inspection is the basis of truck
maintenance.
In the big majority of cases mechani
cal aliments spring up and develop into
serious troubles before they come to the
attention of the operator. In truck
maintenance the work of repairing, re
placing or adjusting the parts is sec
ondary to the inspection which discov
ers what parts are In need of attention.
The first step in the constant search
for mechanical troubles is to question
the driver. He is operating the -truck
under all conditions of stress and strain,
and symptoms of tr6ubles come to light
on the road which might remain hidden
during the inspection in the garage. The
most satisfactory way of obtaining: this
information from the driver is by set
ting aside a space on the daily report
card for this purpose. The driver's re
port furnishes the clue for a thorough'
inspection at the garage. The owner of
UNUSUA
SOUNDS
MECHANCS
a fleet of trucks may employ one or
more skilled mechanics and set aside a
day for each truck's Inspection. This
Inspection should be as frequent as once
a month, but many fleet owners have
their trucks thoroughly inspected twice
a month.
Justms the physician determines from
the pulse, the tongue, the eye and the
breathing, the condition of the patient,
the mechanic diagnoses the condition
of the motor truck from squeaks,
knocks, hisses and pounds.
It is the general opinion among large
motor truck operators that the yearly
overhaul is unnecessary and useless if
the truck has been given rigid inspec
tions at intervals of every few weeks.
The only case where an overhaul is ad
visable is when the owner must rely on
his driver for maintenance and has no
expert mechanic to inspect his truck
regularly.
Grinding Should Be
Remedied at Once
When a grinding noise Is heard In the
transmission case it will be found to
be caused by one of the following con
Utions : Lubrication failureeither the
oil has leaked out or is too thin in body
to do its appointed task; the shafts
may be out of alignment ; bearings may
be badly worn or broken, or there may
be chips from injured teeth in the case.
Whatever the cause, it should be run
down and eliminated immediately.
Automobile's Hum
Is Magnet to Bees
The hum of a motor car engine has be
come a familiar metaphor, but that it
may be so realistic as actually to deceive
a swarm of bees was shown when the
inhabitants of some Augusta citizens'
hive picked out a large motor car on a
prominent street in which to make their
home. The bees settled upon the cush
ions in perfect contentment, but this
feeling did not extend to the chauffeur.
0
EFFORT AFOOT TO
AGAIN POPULARIZE
BALLOON
RACING
First Open Contest to Be Held
in This Country Since War
Is Scheduled for October 1.
PILOTS ARE WELL KNOWN
Bags to Be Used Will Be Consid
erably Better Than Those in
Use Before the World War.
A step toward regaining the prom
inence that balloon racing had at
tained before the war is indicated in
the announcement of a national bal
loon race to start at St. Louis. Mo..
October 1, 1919. The first balloon
race to be held in this country since
the close of the war was the one
starting at Akron, Ohio, last May,
when seven spherical balloons were
sent up from the Wingfoot lake na
val air station, formerly the flying
field of the Goodyear Tire & Rubber
company, since taken over by the
United States navy. But the balloons
in this race were all Akron balloons,
piloted by civilians ana army ana
navy men from that city.
The race to be held at St. Louis is
open to all American pilots. The win
ner is to be styled the champion balloon
ist of the United States and will receive
a prize of $500. Second prize will cap
ture S300 and third $200.
The coming race will have among its
entries some of the most noted pilots
of the country, a number of whom have
participated in former national balloon
races. Ten balloons have already been
entered, by such noted balloonists as
Captain Elmer G. Marschuetz, Captain
C. W. Dammann. E. S. Cole. J. S. Mc
Kibben, G. L. Bumbaugh, H. E. Honey
well, Ralph Upson, Warren Rasor, Wil
liam Assman and P. M. McCullough.
FORMER WIJf"EB TO COXTEST
The best known of these American pi
lots is Ralph Upson, present holder of
the title of world's champion balloon
ist, won in the international race held
at Paris in November, 1913. in the
balloon Goodyear, in competition with
pilots from all parts of the world.
In the St. Louis race Upson, who is
chief aero engineer for the Goodyear
Tire & Rubber company, will pilot the
Goodyear II, accessor to the original
Goodyear, with which he won the world's
champion. It is of the same gas capac
ity. 80,000 cubic feet, as the original
balloon, but is a better bag-, as consid
erable progress has been made in the
manufacture of balloons since the out
break of the war.
Upson's aide in this race will be W. T.
Van Orman.
Balloon men are expecting a big re
vival In balloon racing in this country
as a result of the national race at St.
Louis. Thousands of young men have ,
become balloon pilots since America's j
entry into the war and have seen active ;
service with our expeditionary forces. ;
These nten and their friends are certain '
to take an added interest in ballooning '
in this country because of their services '
abroad. At the Wingfoot lake naval air
station alone 2500 young men received
training in piloting balloons during the ;
war, in addition to those who received j
their training at other naval air sta-
tions. j
LITTLE POWER OF CONTROL j
There is, of cdurse, no way of con
trolling the course taken by a balloon, j
except that an experienced pilot, fully
acquainted with air currents and at-1
mospheric conditions, may in a meas-1
ure control the direction taken by a bal- :
Ion by ascending or descending from one
stratum of air to another. In a balloon .
race the prime requisite is to keep the j
bag in the air and to keep its course as i
On the Front Line
In War and Peace
First in U. S. Postal
Service
1-1 V2 ton, solid tires .$1685
1-1 V2 ton, 35x5 cord .$1810
14-2 ton, 36x6 cord $2095
F. O. B. Portland
Impulse Starter Electric Lights Windshield
Bumper' Motor-Driven Tire Pump
Express Body $65.00 Express Body, Full Can
opy Top, $ 1 35.00 Stake, $ 1 55.00
McCraken Motor Co.
490 Burnside Street Broadway 93
H
JOHN A WALTER has some great
tales to tell , of a recent loop trip he
made. Hi tays it was a combined path
finding trip for next season's tourists
and test for Falls tires. John took In
some of the beaches.
J. E. Nicholson, western representa
tive for the Federal Motor Truck com
pany of Detroit, is a Portland visitor.
Mr. Nicholson will take in the Salem
State fair next week.
W. J. La Casse, supervisor of the Max
well Motor Sales corporation, local Max
well factory branch, left Thursday for
a short trip to the Seattle and Spokane
territory.
Frank P. Bawden, factory representa
tive of the Scripps-Booth, company of
California, was a Portland visitor lt
week.
W. H. Little, factory representative
for the Lee Loader & Body company of
Chicago. 111., is a Portland victor at
the William L. Hughson branch. Mr.
Little will attend the State fair at
Salem. ,
Seth Leavens of Leavens & Howard.
local Goodrich tire distributors at "31
Couch street, has just returned from a
trip to Southern .Oregon.
T. J. Tobin, factory representative of
the Day Elder Motors corporation. Vis
ited with the Taylor Motor Car com
pany several days of last week. The
latter concern has just recently moved to
its new home at Twelfth and Flanders
streets.
A. C. Stevens, local Winton and
Haynes distributor, left iast Wednesday
evening for the Haynes factory to hasten
deliveries of cars for the Oregon and
Washington territory, for which he has
the distribution.
J. H. Wiles of the Wiles Auto com
pany, Chevrolet distributors at Forest
drove, was a Portland visitor last week
at the Fields Motor Car company.
I. Brunn of the Brunn Motor Car com
pany is back at the Lexington factory
arranging for more cars for the Oregon
territory.
C. L. Boss last week received word
from the Hudson Motor Car company ;
that that concern had chartered a boat j
to carry o Hudson cars from Detroit i
to Duluth in order to hasten deliveries :
to the coast. Mr. Boss' concern will
receive 45 of the 250 cars.
Clean Off Parts
Treated With Oil
After the operation of oiling has been
completed it is a good plan to go over
the parts treated and wipe off any sur
plus oil on the outside.. This oil serves
no useful purpose whatever, but it does
collect dirt as 'Burely as flypaper at
tracts flies. Neatness is a healthy sign
about the motor car, for the mechanism
that is kept clean has probably been
given the attention it needs.
Company Expands
Beloit, Wis.. Sept. 20. The South Be
loit plant of the Stewart Speedometer
corporation will .be doubled in size and
the force of employes will be increased
more than six hundred within the next
six months, according to G. J. Behrendt,
general manager of the Beloit shop.
Production will be greatly increased
after new machinery is installed.
straight as possible, for the winning
balloon is tlie one that Travels the great
est airline distance from the starting
point.
The big race at Si Louis will be con
ducted under the rules of the Interna
tional Aeronautical Federation and sanc
tioned by the Aero Clflb of America.
Arrangements are in charge of Major
A. B. Lambert of the U. S. army air
service and afl prizes will be awarded
by the Missouri Aeronautical society.
As a preliminary to the big race three
balloons will be sent up on September
26, piloted by crews from the Pensa
cola naval air station, the Wingfoot air
station and the navy department at
Washington, D. C.
AUTOMOBILE WAS
DETROIT S MAKING
Since Motor Industry Took Con
trol Population Has Jumped
to Over 1,000,000.
Once the City of Comrades, Detroit
now has become a City of Strangers.
Overnight almost, as in the boom i
days of '49, the city has become a '
veritable melting pot for the 47 na
tionalities, creeds and millionaires.
The native hardly knows his city, so
rapidly has it grown away from him.
Publishers of the yet unmarketed di
rectory estimated the present popula
tion the other day at more than a mil
lion. In 1918 the population was. 986,
699, and in 1910 it was .465.766. The
population in 1900 wa S85.204.
rhe automobile Industry took com
plete control (it started In 1899) and
with it came mechanics from every sec
tion of the globe. Petroit's acreage in
1915 stocd at 26,726.4, in 1918 it reached
51,751.50. and recent prediction placed it
at 100,000 in another year.
The Ford plant alone covtrs 50 acres
and still is growing. More than 50.000
men and women are employed. Fully
40,000 new workers came to the city in
the last year, officials estimated.
With this extraordinary growth has
come a housing problem city officials
find hard to solve. Rent, it i estimat
ACTUAL
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PALACE
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12th and Stark Sts.
Broadway 1572
!!!l!!l!!!fll!l
ed, has Increased 100 per cent, u hare
food and clothing. Hundreds lived in
tents and hastily constructed gar&gea
thUi summer, and hundreds more made
temporary homes in one and two room
apartments. Hundreds of families live
apart the husband here, wives and
children elsewhere because homes were
not available, reports of the Homeseek
ers' association show.
Detroit now is a city of workers.
Well-paid mechanics with steadily in
creased wages are able to pay high
rents, real estate men say.
A visit to the several down-town
parks any evening will find many men
and women seated on the benches,
alone, reading. Ninety per cent of
them are reading want ads In the news
papers; 75 per cent bave turned to the
"houses, rooms for rent snd apart
ments" section. A few only are look
ing for work. Hour after hour these
men and women sit without saying a
word. They are all strangers. The
moving picture shows do a good busi
ness later In the evening.
Community House
Is Being Erected
The General Motors corporation has
begun the construction of a seven story
fireproof dormitory building at Flint,
Mich., located thee squares west of the
Bulck Motor companies plant, to cost
approximately $2.. 100.000. and will be in
every sense of the word a community
building, with recreation and entertain
ment' features to accommodate 2760 per
sons at one time. The plans call for a
structure that will be beyond question
the largest enterprise of this nature
ever undertaken by a private corpor
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THE C. H. S.
MOON Distributors
Motor Trucks
To give the proper service, an organization must have
the inclination and means of making the service right.
The Palace Garage Co. has the desire, and the means.
Our service is competent, willing and perfectly organized.
It is a service that o'eases.
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Automobile Is Fine I
Weapon to Knocks
Holdups Out With
Xld you know that the auto has dem- ,'
oftstrated its efficiency as a protection
against holdup men?
Well,, it Is a fact
The unique demonstration took place
on the Four Mile creek bridge near
Hamilton, Ohio.
It was night. j
A. L. Marvin, secretary of the Butler i
County V. M. C. A., and his wife, were
returning to Hamilton in an auto from
Seven Mile, a hamlet nearby.
Two bandits held them up on the
bridge. Flashing lights in the faces of t
Mr. and Mrs. Marvin, the highwaymen '
demanded money.
Marvin pressed his foot on the ae- :
celeator. The machine sprang forward,
knocking the holdup men into the ditch.
Mr. and Mrs. Marvin got away safely,
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