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THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL PORTLAND, .SUNDAY MORNING, MARCH 21, X8C0.
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MISS O ARY USES
CAR TO TRANSPORT
GOSPEL TO PAGAN
Every Motor Car Sent to India
for Mission Means Greater
Efficiency, Writes Missionary.
MISSIONARY'S HENRY IS REAL; NOVELTY
Every day finds torn new use for
the motor ear, from running; a fac
tory in place of the usual power
plant to pulling; an ice cutting ma
chine. One of the best usee to
which the car or the truck can be
put la. the transporting of doctor
and clergymen.
letters from a number of clergymen
fn the Central West point out the neces
sity of having cars for use in that coun
try of great distances between churches
or between patients. Some of the cir
cuit riders are now riding- their routes
on motorcycles, and others employ light
trucks. Numbers have cars, and num
bers more need some motor vehicle.
' But this state of affairs does not ex
ist only in this country and in other
lands equally along the course of civ
ilization. rSE 1B.VCX IV IWDIA
. . The pagan of the present day has his
gospel orougnt to mm Djr me moat roira
em method. Maybe it comes by a mis
sionary, whizzing into the village on a
motorcycle, maybe a whole mission party
arrives in a Ford car.
. In Northern India one United Presby
terian mission station finds a motor
truck a wonderful convenience In mov
ing a group of mission workers, their
baft-gage and supplies, long distances.
"Every motorcycle or Ford or truck
that is sent out to us means Increased
efficiency In, spreading our work.',' writes
one missionary, "because it enables the
worker to supervise work in every part
of his district."
Through the hot season it Is impossi
ble to make long trips with a horse and
cart but the little old jitney joes right
along, heedless of the soaring mercury
or me oust or me uies or any vi uie
other discomforts that make travel in
the hot season a misery to the horse.
NATIVES ALL EXCITED
' When a tour of a large number of
villages is planned the workers load all
of their belongltngs Into the truck or
the Henry and set forth, camping for
about a week at ectch place.
"The natives are as excited as when a
circus comes to town," writes one of the
missionary chauffeurs. "The machine
Itself, everything about it from the tires
to the smell, is a tremendous attraction,
! and 'we never lack for an audience when
we are ready to begin our real work."
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GOOD AUTO ROADS
BRING EXPANSION
Transportation, Which Is Aiding
Numerous Enterprises, Hinges
Upon Adequate Highways.
Natives crowded- around one of the faithful Ford can used by the missionaries to get about In the lands
of great distances, where natives are many and English speaking people are few. This picture was
taken at Othian, India when the missionary, who happened to be a United Presbyterian, was about to
depart upon an Evangelistic tour.
II DRIVE
It Permits "Driving Through the
Springs," and Allows Elim
ination of Parts.
YAQUINA COUNTRY
SIMPLY PRINCIPLE SEA AND MOUNTIAN
VIEWS ATTRACTIVE
DO YOU
foKMOWj
That cotton is one of the chief ma
terials used in the manufacture of rub
ber tires?
That p is erroneous to think of tires
solely in terms of rubber T
That the body of the tire is built of
a number of plies of frictloned cotton
fabric?
That it Is the cotton that resists the
air pressure from the tube, with the
rubber merely acting as a buffer?
That nearly 4 per cent of the world's
cotton output for the year 1920 will be
.used in the manufacture of pneumatic
tires?
That this will amount to 400,000 bales?
That the 1920 production of tires will
amount to approximately 40,000,000, to
equip new cars to the number of 1.500,
000 and take care of about 7,000,000
cars now In use?
That an average of four pounds of
cotton goes Into the manufacture of one
pneumatic tire, though most of those
used on automobiles contain three
pounds and a fraction T
That much of the cotton used comes
from Egypt or Peru?
:: That there are about 250 tire manu
facturing companies in the country to
day? . That the only bar to the expansion of
the pneumatic tire Industry seems to
be the limit to fabrication capacity of
yarn and woolen mills?
That cotton is as much of a king as
ver?
Probably no term used In auto
mobile parlance is so much misun
derstood as the common one "Hotch
kiss drive."
The popular conception of the
Hotchklss drive Is that it Is some
kind of worm gear or the very latest
in rear axles.
Possibly the name gives people an idea
that an actual piece of machinery is to
be looked for. But the Hotchklss drive
is not a piece of mechanism, as Is pop
ularly supposed, but a principle, a prin
ciple which permits "driving through
the springs." By its use number of
parts are eliminated completely from .the
chassis. It makes the springs perform
double duty and In that way many
parts are rendered superfluous. To be
able to do this double work, the springs
are made heavier and designed for the
extra stress they will be called upon to
bear.
Although discovered as early as 1902
by the American engineer for whom It
was named, it was 1812 before the
Hotchklss drive was regarded with fa
vor by American automotive engineers.
In 1913 a great leap forward was made,
the principle being used that year on
more than half the posBenper oars put
out, and the" engineers wondered why so
logical and simple a method of trans
mitting propulsion bad failed to meet
the instant approval It had always mer
ited. The most remarkable thing about the
Hotchklss drive or principle is its ap
palling simplicity. It Just transmits the
propulsive power through the springs
Instead of through torsion rods and oth
er minor parts, as used to be the cus
tom. In addition to transmitting power
the springs are called upon to absorb
the strains of the torque or twist of the
rear axle assembly.
The Hotchklss drive transmits to the
springs all the various forward and
backward axle movements and the
springs absorb the the tendency of the'
axle to revolve. The springs in the
Hitchkisa drive are the medium through
which the car Is propelled.
The big perfection rear springs of the
Maibohm are 53 inches long and ZM.
Inches wide and their quality is as not
able as their size. Their elastic limit
is 130,000 pounds to the square inch.
They are no small factor in giving the
velvety riding) for which the car Is
known.
Several Routes Out of Newport
Offer Enjoyable Jaunt Full of
Wonder and Thrills for Autoists.
Record Is Unique '
Since the Federal Motor Truck com
pany began the manufacture of trucks
in the days when trucks were consid
ered a novelty rather than a . necessity,
this company has produced $50,000,000
worth of trucks. It Is one of the few
companies which has come through the
first decade of the industry without re-
Organisation and without financing.
Every, mile of good highway la
selling talk for truck dealers, lit the
opinion of Edward Hines, president
of -the Xetrolt Automobile club.
Mr. Rines expressed this Idea re
cently at the meeting of the National
Association of Motor Truck Sales Man
agers In Detroit, when he asserted that
the flhlp-by-truck and good roads move
ments are mutually helpful.
"The development ef the truck, the
newest means of transportation, hinges
squarely up with the good roads move
ment," the speaker said, -Constantly
increasing use of the truck in and
around Detroit, he asserted, was large
ly the result of the excellent system of
highways.
ROADS SOLVE PEOBLBST
The same sentiment wag voiced later
by Alfred Reeves, general manager of
the National Automobile Association of
Commerce and by F. W, Fenn, secre
tary of the motor truck committee of
the same organization.
Mr. Reeves, speaking on motor truck
legislation, said "the real answer to
motor transportation problems in the
country Is roads."
Mr. Fenn talked on "Selling the
Farmers and Operators of Rural Six
press Lines." He said he considered
good roads an important aid to the
truck, but that the fact that farmers
are buying trucks without any great
salesmanship effort being expended
with them, ts pretty good evidence
that the truck, lg able to take care of
itself ever moat any kind of roads. He
was of the opinion that with a reason
able effort on the part of the manufac
turers trucks could be put into use on a
large percentage of -the , OOO, 000 farina
tn the United States,
The recent National Association of
Motor Truck Salsa Managers' Develop
ment tour was discussed and' motion
pictures were shown depleting demon
strations to the farmers of the many
ways in which trucks may be profitably
adapted to farm use.
H. S. Firestone, head of the Firestone
Tire A Rubber company of Akron, Ohio,
originator of the shlp-by-truck move
ment, was one of the speakers at the
meeting. He complimented the assocta
tion on its sucoess In the past, and pre
dicted a greatly increased demand tor
trucks and prosperity for truck manu
facturers and dealers in the future.
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Manager Visiting
City m Interest
. Of Wilson Trucks
Harry F. Heard, Western salesmana
ger of thei J. C, Wilson company, is
making a visit to the city In the in
terest of Wilson motor trucks. Heard
is looking over the territory and famil
iarising himself with trucking conditions
here and on the coast generally.
Heard will be remembered as formerly
with the Standard Motor Truck com
pany, manufacturers of Standard trucks,
of Detroit. During the period he was
with that company, he paid several
visits to the local field and is known to
the -local row as a man who has been
in close touch with the market of com
mercial vehicles throughout the country
for some time.
Portland is a point in his tour of the
coast country, and, according to infor
mation obtained from the Wilson repre'
sentatlve, he probably will go to Beat
tie from this city.
CARS WERE SHOWN
TWENTY YEARS AGO
New York Saw Some Queer
Sightsjn "Them Days"j Steam
Was in Common Use.
Twenty years ago New York saw
its first automobile show, then held
at Madison Square Garden under the
auspices of the Automobile Club of
America. The exhibits at this show
were displayed in the regulation
booths and the various care were
demonstrated for the benefit of the
visitors on ,a circular track erected
In the arena, and one manufacturer,
John Brisben Walker., of the Mobile
Co. of America, then located at
Klngsland Iolnt, N. In the plant
now occupied by the Chevrolet com
pany, demonstrated his car, the Mo
bile, on an inclined roadway erected
on the roof of the Garden building,
says the Philadelphia Public Ledger.
Among the leading American cars ex
hibited at this show were the Locomo
bile, ' then a steam-propelled vehicle,
made at Bridgeport, Conn., and Wal
tham. Mass., in two types, the runabout
and the surrey ; the Cteamoblle, also a
steam car and made at Keena, N. H. ;
the Autocar, a gas-propelled car made
at Ardmore, Pa., In runabout style, but
now manufactured at the same place
tout in a much larger plant In commer
cial types only ! the Oasmoblla, a gas
car manufactured at Harrison, N. J
in a heavy and cumbersome runabout
style, but long since discontinued. " ; '
One of the showiest ears' at this ex-
position was the Spauldlng, made in
Buffalo, N. Y in touring caf type, but
this, like many of its brethren, has ;
passed by the wayside and no longer ;
exists. f
The gasoline cars at this show con-
slsted of the ever famous Hsynes-1
Apperson cars, which were then made .
in runabout and surrey types; the Win
ton, fresh from Its trip from Cleveland ,
to New York; the Tierce-Arrow run- ,
about, with Us comical little gas tank :
in plain sight in the rear of the driver's
seat; the Long Distance, a gasoline car '
manufactured by Lewis Nixon at Jer
sey City and now out of existence ; the ;
Ward Leonard, then known as the '
American Renault on account of itsjw
similarity of construction to that famous
French car, and made by the Ward- '
Leonard Electrio company at Bronx
viUe. N. T., and the Grout, made by the :
Orout Bros, of Boston, Mass.
Big Private Railroad
Inside the big Overland plant at To
ledo is one of the great private railroad
freight terminals in the country. There
are 12 miles of railroad tracks In the
plant, capable of loading and unloading
1000 freight cars a day.
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Transportation Is the Mo
tive Power of Business
Your money isn't due until the cus
tomer gets the goods.
Therefore, you can't pay expenses or
make a profit till delivery is made.
For more than 10 years Federal Motof
Trucks have been one of the greatest
transportation factors in business.
The complete Federal
line 1 to 5 tons awaits
your inspection
William L. Hughson Co.
Distributors '
60 N. Broadway at Davis Streets '
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ran Cisco,
Oakland, Loa Angelas, Saa Diego.
Seattle, Portland
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By William Matthews
Newport and the Taquina pay
country offers one of the most at
tractive sections of the Northwest
coast to the auto . tourist, notwith
standing that during the winter and
early spring months the various
roads are not passable. The nature
of the soil is such that they dry rap
Idly after the wet season la over.
BUILDING NEW B.OAD
The most important road now receiv
ing attention is the new highway from
the Willamette valley at CorvalHs to
Newport. This is in the process, of con
struction and will be to the large extent
if not fully completed this season. The
mild open winter has permitted a large
amount of clearing and grading to be
carried out. When finished this highway
will be Macadam road open for travel
throughout the year. Passing from the
level stretches of the Willamette valley
and winding through the coast range for
some 55 or (0 miles over easy grades, it
will be a most delightful drive at any
season of the year.
From Newport during the summer and
fall months the autoist can have the
choice of several different routes all
frinped with beautiful and Interesting
seashore and mountain scenery, not
excelled in scenic beauty In any coun
try under the sun.
JIANT SIDE TKIPS
The coast road to Sllets bay, some
26 miles up the coast, is one of the most
interesting and pleasure thrilling side
trips that can be taken from Newport.
Should this road ever be continued on
up the coast or merged Into the "Roose
velt coast military' highway" It will be
one of superb grandeur every yard of
the route.
Southward autoists can take their
choice of two routes. Crossing the bay
here, the ferrying, though not carried
on schedule time, is convenient and the
URual charge is 2. A 16-mile run takes
them to Alsea bay, where the ferryage
Is the same price. Crossing the bay they
reach the town of Waldport and from
that point they can either continue on
down the Yachats, 10 miles further, or
turn eastward again up the coast to the
Alsea river and on out to the Willam
ette valley. This route is abundantly
lull of charm and thrills. The latter
especially as they pass over the lofty
Alsea mountain and gaxe down its steep
slopes into the depths of evergreen for
ests hundreds of feet below.
TRIP FULL OF THRILLS
From Waldport the trip can be con
tinued on down the coast to Yachats.
one of Lincoln county's famous trout
streams, and from thence on to Heceta
Head light station. Passing around
Heceta's frowning point the tourists
will have the thrills of their lives as
they gaze from the narrow streak of
roadway down the precipitous face of
the headland to the rolling ocean bil
lows nearly 800 feet beneath their car
wheels. '
From the Yachats there is another
very Interesting route up that stream
via Five Rivers out to the valley with
roaas leading to Eugene and CorvalHs.
At this early season it is hard to
point out any bad stretches of roads,
and will be for some time yet. Camp
ing places along the routes mentioned
are so numerous that the travelers can
select what best suits their taste, by
the babbling brook or the shady moun
tain spring. There are frequent places
also where gasoline and oil supplies can
be obtained. Possibly the longest dis
tance to travel between sources of sup
plies would be between Waldnort and
Alsea in Benton county, and from the
zachats to Five Rivers, also between
xsewport and Sllets bay.
America Leads
The greatest market for the motor car
la in this, its own country, where nearly
everyone cart afford one, and where
there is a car for evei-r 20
England la a poor second with one motor
for every 288 inhabitants, and then fol
low, in order: France, one for every
40S people ; Germany, one for every 84 ;
Italy, one for every 1000; Austria, one
for every Z700, and Bolshevist Russia
with one car for every 6S00 persons.
Only the fortunately rich can buy cars
in outer countries.
. Trucks Saved Consumers
The postal authorities have compiled
some interesting data on the relative
cheapness of motor truck transportation.
In a report given out by James I. Blaks-
lee, fourth assistant Dostmaater creneral.
an Instance, is given of a shipment of
SS crates of eggs 2580 dozen from
Warsaw, Va., to Washington, D. O, a
distance of 135 miles. The consumers
paid S1S3S.40 for this produce, and the
lowest retail ... price nrevaJIinr In tha.
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An undertaking of this nature requires
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to give these unsparingly. The Spreckels
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Regular "garage Tires are made to ordinary stand
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many odd and unusual sices. "Savage" Ribbed Treads
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