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THE OREGON. SUNDAY. JOURNAL. PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING,. JANUARY .11. 1920. 5 BUTLER FIRM HAS SELDEN AGENCY Local Firm Is Made Oregon Dis- , tributor for Newly Arrived : Selden Trucks. The Butler Motor Car company VU last week appointed Oregon dis tributor for the Selden truck, a new arrival on the row, and through a representative of I M. Fields, Inc., of San Francisco, arrange ments were made for shipments and for merchandising the trucks. The Selden truck, which Is one. of the . oldest trucks manufactured In America, la built ly the Selden Truck bales com pany, which dulms to have built the first Kasollne-driven vehicle In the United fttatea. The truck ha been manufactured for 19 years, the first carrier Bld to he still In exlftencc. The Butler Motor Car company has temporary quarters at 367 Kant Burn slde street. The firm,' which has heen active since last June In the handling of used carH, Is composed of .1. W Butler And Ms son, Howard Butler, who before entering the automobile business were salmon packers at Bay City. Or., under the name of the Bay City Storage and Fisheries company. Though the Selden truck, up to tills time has had no representative in thlB territory, the truck In by no moans un known. The Benson hotel has been operating a Kelden bus for some time, one of the old chain drive models ot 1V6 ton" capacity. The Meier & Frank company has had two of the same capa city trucks In use. The truck that Is ' now coming to Portland, the first ship ment of which Is due to arrive about the middle of this month, i made in three sizes, 1. 2V, and 34 nn mod els, with a possible shipment of 5-ton carriers later on. Shipments will be regular throuRh the spring months, de clares Howard Butler, manager of the local, company. The regular equipment of the truck consists of two locomotive type dash light", motometer and odometer. It Is a worm, drive truck, with such standard unit as Continental Ited Seal truck motor, Selden - Brown - Line transmis sion, Tlmken rear end and worm drive, Tlmkln I-beam drop-forged front axles and Tlmken bearings throughout. The Stromberg carburetor la also on all the trucks. Studebaker Bulldog Is Still Invisible, but It Will Have Collar St. John & Titus Co. ; Interest Is Taken Over by L. E. Titus A bUHlness deal is announced at Cen tralla In which tt.' E. Titus takes over the entire business of the St. John & Titus corporation. The deal Includes the interests heretofore held by -A. C. St. John In the garages of the firm at " Centralla, Tenlno and Olympia. The exclusive Ford agency for the territory t mentioned Is also Included. The busi ness hereafter will be conducted under i the firm name of L. E. Titus. No changes In management or policy ' will be brought about by the deal, I Titus announced. General supervision ! over the three branches and the entire !. territory will be maintained as hereto-, fore by Titus. The management ot the 1 Oenttalia branch will cohtinue " in " the i j hands of C. K. Armentrout; the Tenlno I branch will be headed by W, O. Pffvles, I I and J. IX Mannfteld will continue at the head of the Olympia branch. The serv ice policy, featured prominently at every branch In the past, will be con tinued and Improved whenever room for Improvement is found, Titus asserts. 'Whiz' Firm Gains gtanding and Many Portland Patrons i JAMBS 3. GRAVXET of the Alemite Lubricator-' company is now In the East on an extended' trip for the pur pose of visiting- the Eastern shows and of calling in at Kansas City, where-the manufacturers of the Alemite Diecast Ing and Manufacturing company, pro ducers of the Alemite Lubricating' sys tem, have their factory. . It is his pur pose to be gone about a month. O. B. Halberson of the Marion Auto mobile company of Salem, distributors of Oldsmobile. Studebaker, Franklin, and Master trucks, was a visitor in the city last week. His-firm has one of the largest and most complete garages in the state in connection. - M. C. Fleming, formerly an advertls In man of this city, has taken the Vancouver. Wash., and Columbia river counties' distribution for the Standard eight. Kconomy six and Hackett four. four makes handled in this city py tne Lewis E, Obye Motors company. A. V. Beetley, manager of the Used Car Exchange, at 117 .Lownsdale street, has just returned from an ' extended California trip. He says business Is thriving In that state, and that there seems to be a healthy demand for used cars. California does not seem to be In any better position than Oregon In the shipments of new cars. Del Wright, manager of the local branch of the William E. Hughson com pany, has left for Chicago, where he will, attend the show In that city and represent the William E. Hughson com pany's branches at- the meeting of the National Automobile Dealers' associa tion to be held at the La Salle hotel. . J. H. Miller, superintendent of the International Motor company's plant at Allentown, I'a., manufacturers of Mack trucks, was In the city last week as a visitor at the stamping ground of Frank Atwell, local manager of the Mack In ternational Motor Truck corporation. John Sharp of the J. II. Oraham Motors company, distributors of Case six and Davis nix, has left for the Chicago show. It is his Intention also to visit the Case and Davis factories while he.iB in the East. , Banks Mortimer, who formerly wore the colors of the selling force of the Covey Motor Car company, has recent ly joined th selling force of the Hamil ton Motor Car company, and will sell Stephens Salient sixes for that com pany, which has the local distribution. . Arnold Cohen of the Oldsmobile com pany of Oregon is on his way to Chi cago, accompanied by Mrs. Cohen. This trip marks Mr. Cohen's Initial trip to that section of the country, his sidekick, Eddie, having attended to most of the long flights up to this time. Raleigh Peterson, sales manager for the WillyB-Overland Taciflc company, has but lately gotten back from a seance In Frisco, where he attended a meeting of Overland sales managers. He reports things looked pretty much as usual at the New Year's eve celebration In the Gate City, and from all reports and some personal observation on his part, the gates were still ajar as in the good old days. C. B. Reynolds, manager of the Good year Tire and Rubber .company, will leave this week for California, where he will attend the .convention to be held trict and local managers. The new Los 1 'Angeles plant of the' Goodyear com pany will fh all probability be in opera-I tloui by the early ; part Of July,-and the present convention is called for the purpose of determining Pacific coast policy. J. K. Leander, branch manager of the Studebaker corporation, of America, was twirling a dog collar around his -finger. "Why the neckwear?" was the In quiry. " ? "Why haven't you heard V "About the Studebaker Bulldog? Of course. By the way, is It a real dog?" "Certainly, And It's a pup of the best breed, bluest blood, and has all the earmarks of .the best families." "Setter V "No, pointy. We're going to use it to point out the new features of the 1920 Studebaker. It's a noun' for that sort of thing." . "I Imagine it Is. Have you got it around here?" "No, you won't be able to see it until the show." Making .Weenies Is Only One Use That AutoOanBePjit The universal character of the au tomobile, which was first discovered by the man who formed the opinion that the motor car was supplanting the horse because he found apiece of rubber tire in a link of sausage, ts against proved by the versatility of a woman in Eu gene. Finding the water pipes in her house had been cracked during the recent cold spell, she procured strips of inner tub ing two inches wide, wrapped them about the broken portions, secured them with string and then put on a layer of adhesive tape, the kind used on bicycle tires. She ha3 found that the make shift Is hojding its own and then some against the water pressure. . The R. M. Hollingshead, company, which has established a branch house In Portland, Is ranked well up in the list of Portland industries. Their broad bus tness policy, which has been a feature . of their activity since their arrival lo- cany, nas wsen in a large measure re sponsible for their signal success. J. A. Schmoker, who is probably the best known representative of the "Whim" firm in the city, has dohe much to ' spread his line over the city. "Whin," which by Its name seems to be a fast flying bird of some sort, con ' olsta of an assortment of oils, varnishes, ' -greases and the like, for use In garages or by private owners in the seclusion of their own garages. It seems to have taken rapid hold and may now be classed almost as a Portland product. The local headquarters of the R. M. Holllngshead company are at Nineteenth : and Upshur streets. . Yours For A Long Life A Willard Battery with Threaded Rubber Insulation lives a long life. It is a protection against little battery illnesses and re-insulation as well. Four years' experience on many thousand cars has proven that this bat tery gives you more real value, more assurance of loner-continued efficiency, less anticipation of trouble than any other -you can buy. It's a battery that you ought to know about. If you'll come in we'll tell you about some of these Still Better Willards. Willard Service Ninth and Everett mnestnfnsetMMtsras a s ettti Walla Walla Helps To Pay for Survey Good roads' enthusiasts of Walla Walla county have pledged $500 as this county's share 'of the $1400 necessary to make a survey of the old Mulllns Trail road ex . tending 4 rom Lyons Ferry to Washtucna. Adams, Franklin and Columbia counties and to contribute the remainder of the fund. A committee has been named to take up the matter with the commis sioners of these counties, and It is prob able that this piece of road will be con siderably improved next year. More Bonds Favored By Arlington Body The Chamber of Commerce of Arling ton Is one of the tlrst organizations in the state to Indorse the movement to secure more funds for the improvement of the main trunk highways of the state. At a recent meeting it passed a memorial to the legislature to adopt and submit to the voters at the coming primary election an amendment to the state constitution authorizing a bonded in debtedness for highway construction in , an amount sufficient to complete the trunk highways and to match such fed- - erai aid as may be available. Pendleton to Have Pine Camp Grounds I,;. . f . 'Committees from the Pendleton Com mercial association, the Automobile as sociation and the. city council will coop-, erate to provide a first class automo bile camp ground here before summer, it was decided Tuesday night Four sites are in prospect and the joint com mittees are not only to select4 the site, but arrange for financing Its improve ment and uUvvv.w.,st;;p .i. c.,. on A s I The New Peerless Four -Door, Four seater, Very Smart, Very Comfortable For the Peerless Two -Power Range, Eight Cylinder chassis this new roadster body has been created. It has four doors, and seating space for fbur passengers. Its roominess permits a com fortable touring position for occupants, of driving compart ment and tonneau. It may be quickly and snugly enclosed with the side curtains. There is a luggage compart ment at the rear. Our allotment in cars of this type is limited but at present we can promise reasonably prompt delivery. Do you know the thrill of driving the Two-Power Ranger ? It is a thrill Ithat can not be ex plained. To be understood it must have been experienced. May we not place a demonstrat ing car at your disposal. 2 TheLoafing&mge JXJ SpartingRange D- C. WARREN MOTOR CAR CO. u.u c. , tolstriealors wia W0 s - Announcing the Opening of the New Oldsmobile Show Room The Most Modern On Auto Row S E TSVTH ETP AC E All the Latest Models On Display DROP IN AND INSPECT THEM 6-cylinder, Model 37, Sedan .$2450 6-cylinder, Model 37, Coupe $2450 8-cylinder, Model 45-B, 7-passenger $2350 8-cylinder, Model 45-B, Pacemaker. . '. $2350 6-cylinder, Model ' 37, 5-Pasienger $1650 6-cylinder, Model 37, Roadster. $1650 Oldsmobile Economy Truck .$1600 ALL PRICES PORTLAND Broad-pay at Couch St Oldsmobil OF OREGON " e Phone Broadway 2270 THE UNIVERSAL CAR A Business Necessity The need for quick and economical transportation i s m o r e insistent than ever before: Ford Dealers Are Selling Transportation, for the Ford car and Ford truck is the most economical and efficient transportation possible. The Ford car or the Ford truck is a business necessity for you no mat ter who you are or what you do. You must make yourself more efficient. You must economize time. Time is money and you must save money. So you need a Ford car or a Ford truck and you need it now, for the Ford is the most efficient time saver in the world today. Standardize on Ford trucks and Ford cars for your business needs. If you do not buy Fords or if you even postpone the purchase, the Ford economy of service is lost to you until you do. So place your order now. Secure delivery when wanted by ordering now before the over whelming spring demand begins. Runabout $500 Touring Car $525 Truck Chassis 550 Self Starter $75 Extra jAui pncs t. o. b. Detroit For sale by the following Authorized City Dealers: Francis Motor Car Co. E. 13th and Hawthorne Talbtot & Casey v E. Ankeny and Grand Rushlight & Penney E. 3d and Broad way Coupelet $750 Sedan $875 Equipped With Starter Wm. L. Hughson Co. Broadway and Davis Robinson-Smith Co. - 6th and Madison Palace Garage s Co. 12th and Stark A $25 DEPOSIT PLACES YOUR ORDER ON FILE i t 5 c z C 3 11 5 f3 ' E3 . :v
