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THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND,, SUNDAY .," MORNING, DECEMBER JZ1, 1319.
MOTOR CARS USED
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. " 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. '
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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
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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
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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. ' - ; ,
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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.
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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. '"'
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. 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.
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We extend to our many friends the Sea
son's Greetings filled with success, and
good health to make that success com
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Roberts Motor Car Co.
Park and Everett Sts.
Portland, Ore.
305 Main St.'
Vancouver, Wash.
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