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4- 3 EIGHT. ; TRUGKS I DELIVERING JOURNALS 4 l , tw- v .sx--AV.--m-'. vSTN When Streetcars Balked in Bliz zard Circulation Dept Distrib- ute ' Papers - Within ' Autos. - THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND,, SUNDAY .," MORNING, DECEMBER JZ1, 1319. MOTOR CARS USED DEIVER JOURNAL it' ' I-1 ?? 1 waf i . " Tha problem?. f iettinr ' The - Journal"' to it ubcrlbr during the ; recent, blJiW . was solved In ft "number vo way ;.by the circula tlojx department., and David -H. SmUhv'ClputIorf. Manager, ; proved .'that Awhile enow!; may? be a" handi cap . t "circulation, ? It i-.wu by no , , means :a-prohibitory ' feature of the weather.!.. ' Cam out fjconunlsslon, and only two .' main trunk lines tapping; the inlying: 4portlonof the city, the ouUyln; districts thought they' would be without news 'about "C-e "rest of:vlhworieirvnui The ; motoirc M cam "to ihe rescue, while . vetting- papers to sections of. the city that are adjacent, hut, which were al most as far apart as. the poles in storm .such as recently '-visited us, is thought by -the average man to be some- - thing- of a sma.Il matter, and a perform ance that was even belittled by the cir culation -department itself. But those who tried to run their car during the . days when the. snow was the; -thickest should be well aware of the trials and " tribulations. . of the driver of, a truck heavily laden with papers. . To help -irt the distribution of The : Joumar and assist the- coin party's own . fleet of trucks in- satlafylns-'the demand for news, the Fields' Motor Car company sent a 'Chevrolet truck, with" Phil Dana - at the wheel, and the Northwest Auto company discovered that ioe Ooodf ellow and hie Reo speed wagon' was -lust' the combination for bucking the drifts. The first day the Chevrolet made the ' run to Sixtieth ' and Division streets, coming -back .down Hawthorne . avenue . and delivering papers to the carriers along that street The . whole fleet of trucks,. were on the' run from early In the afternoon until well along in the eve- - nlng. staying on the job until the last package of Journals had reached its destination. ' Harold Baker of the cir culation department represented The Journal' on the long trip. Joe ,' Ooodf ellow, with the Reo, took another load toward the Woodlawn sec- j tion, satisfied the route carriers In that . locality, and then went ., up Prescott street to the end of the Broadway car . line. The Broadway cars had not yet been put In operation when the trip , was made. The Second day the auxiliary carriers ,: the nose of the Chevrolet toward Lents, ' In the Mount Scott district, and broke trail where no other machine, however ' lightly loaded, had attempted to go. The adaptability of the gas driven ve hicle tb all sorts of work .again was demonstrated during the past week of enow when the Capital' Journal, the Salem evening- paper, utilized a number of tractors for delivering news to its sub scribers. The tractors, which . were Fordsons, made their appearance on the streets in , response to a call for power ot some kind to aid In clearing away the drifts; Following their activities with scrapers, stranded automobile called for aid. and the powerful - little machines were dis patched hither and yon to pull the way ward motor car back - upon 'firmer ground. ,. . 1 The circulation manager of the Capl- .tal Journal. William Butler, formerly " with the Oregon Journal, saw the poe . gibilties of the Fordsons, and succeeded In persuading the . Valley Motor com- party, the 8alem sponsors for the trac- - tors, that there was nothing- like a well behaved tractor for delivering- papers about the city.' The manager of the Valley company. -Watt Shlpp. ' came . throuah with the neceaaary permission. delivered the goods.. and the. people of : Salem got their evening paper via trac tor. ' ti (A ft $ .i X.. r.'-' IT AlfLf - . ' -Se'- V,Cf V htmmiifmtvmmmtA . r-.i-,., .:,., . ..vJi ':- IV'IjI - A-"' ! 4 pSSt j&'TSfr-'- '-ll-v -'iL fMiVl gr.,.tlfr,W.,. wr,. , 4,',,, - Joe Goodf ellow, of the Northwest Auto company, with Reo Speed Wagon and' a number of carriers to whom he delivered papers. Below Phil Dana, of' the Fields Motor. Car company,'-about to depart upon one of his ,snow bucking trips in Chevrolet one ton truck. - TOHNf LEATItERMAN claims to hold J the record for the average number of blowouts per mile, the fig-urea being one tire, change m every 20 miles for a dis tance of 1000 mUes, He delivered a new Stephens te.a man in Eastern. Oregon and a favor started to drive the old car back for repair and possible-sale. John kwas willing, hut the tires were weak, and. Inasmuch as. he figured he could (ravel Taster without me car, mat vehtclee still rests "somewhere" in the eastern part, of the state. ' '"Snow In Portland? asked Larry Sul livan 'of' the Fashion garage, ,when he -and- Mrt rSuUlvaa stepped from the - traih after coming back from a visit to : Jir, suuivan s oia nome. enowT wny, you ahould see it m -Wichita, Kan. ' One to. ten feet deep, 30 degrees below sero. aftd snlthe real signs of winter.". Mr. , Sullivan, says a number of Michita fara : ilies are thinking of locating in Oregon as a result of hla impassioned descrip tion of the state. He adds that there is' an.f oil boom . in Wichita, and tAat there (are being millionaires made over nlfcht.j . - - Did i you See I , Boss wielding a shovelt last lreek when, the snow was bffliwc cleared away on Washirta-ton . street? - Having had the snow and ap predated it-for a day or so, the presi : dent Of the C, L. Boss Automobile com ' pany .thought he would like, another . view Of - the -paving, f He . hired 25 men and cleared the street from Nineteenth to Trinity place, twirling one of . the scoops himself with none of the airs of - the nortceV " .' v , I W C? Rowley, vice president of the Federal - Motor . Truck company of De- - trott. Mlch .waa with us during the snow,' and spent a good bit of his time down at tba William u Hurhson com pany's branch, "talking to Del Wright about the weather they have back east. Captain .'WJJllam. McKay, manager of the Seattle Vranch. of . the William I Hufrhsort - company. passed ." through Portland last week en route to the Wil - Ham I1 Hughson branch managers'. eon " vention at Ban Franciscoc He picked up uel Wright and tney got. on ; the train - arm : In arm. - Representatives from Hughson branches at San . Francisco. San Diego, Oakland, Los Augetee, Se attle and Portland are slated for at tendance at the meeting. ' - ; , . August Junge of the Diamond T truck .sales agency departed last week for the . factories of the Diamond T Motor Truck : company Traffic Truck company,- and Jones Motor Car company, for all of whose lines the Diamond T truck sales agency are distributors. Te expects to make quite ah extended visit through out the eastern field, familiarising him self with , automotive industry conditions. ! A baby boy was born to R. R. Gra ham, associate manager of the Willard. service station, . last week and,' accordr ing to the proud father, has all the marks of a coming battery salesman. K.. R. Jr. win no doubt break In with Willard batteries. . Frank P. Bawden was a visitor at the J. II. Graham Motor Car company last week, blowing- In from California for the last of the snow. Mr. Bawden is traveling representative for the Scripps Booth company, - with" headquarters In Frisco. The assistant manager bf . the . Ameri can Tire ' St Rubber company, M. J. Woolach, left last Thursday .for eastern rubber centers, where he will visit a number of tire factories, principally that of the General Tire ft Rubber company at Akron, Ohio. Mr. Woolach has been handling the selling- of General tires for George Caasidy for some time, and now the company thinks a personal glimpse of the Generals in their - native .haunts will be beneficial. '"' s ", . The Fields Motor Car company an nounces that in order to- give the best possible service ato owners of 'Chevrolet cars, the Chevrolet repair shop, here tofore operated by Tohn ft Campbell, has been taken over by the company. The shop will be in operation on the top floor of the new buildings and the added r equipment - and .-the corps of workmen : should, Mr. Fields thinks, mean a great deal to Chevrolet owners. The new building going up at Broad way and Flanders streets is taking on a good deal of the appearance ot nearly completed structure. The walls are 'now supporting the roof, and suf ficient shelter is available for the chaps who finish, the Interior a much more 1 pleasant place to work In these days. fit- mmm Mm We extend to our many friends the Sea son's Greetings filled with success, and good health to make that success com . . t. --lev :1 Roberts Motor Car Co. Park and Everett Sts. Portland, Ore. 305 Main St.' Vancouver, Wash. Automobile Accessories . ' ' . - - ' , . .. . r. . i. . .... : . ; V"..:;-' ' t i. : . . - , ' , - ; .. - ; . -" Don't forget your friends Avhb drive automobiles . . i this Chnstmas ; ; ' We Have a completb line of Automobile' Acces- Tories, always acceptable gifts. , - . ; - - . - , - ' . At Your Service' - .- Sixth at Oak Street Phone Broadway 277 THE :.VMBiVrERS.AlL CAR Insist on Genuine Ford Parts - Imitation "Ford" parts are being sold by many mail-order houses, down-town stores and garages to unsuspecting Ford owners as "Ford" parts. 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