The Oregon daily journal. (Portland, Or.) 1902-1972, August 15, 1920, Image 49

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Newspaper Page TextTHETOREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL. 1- PORTL. AND, SUNDAY MORNING, AUGUST 18, 1820. AUTO INDUSTRY IS WOVEN CLOSELY IN FABRIC OF NATION Influence on Good Roads and Up building of Country Cited by prominent Tire Manufacturers. ' fh automobile business is one Of ihm keystones in our arch of bus iness stability and so Ions; as it is rot; seriously affected, it will g-o a . ton? ways toward sustaining: the economic structure," Bald a promi nent tire manufacturer recently. ' l ?"fhe automobile industry is so lnter-a-ovien with the business and habits of the (American people that, its continued progress is one of the most vital factors la American " life today. The automo- f bile: ranks second only to the railroad. - Every mile checked off on the automo bile speedometer helps to boost business and! Increase values. Every car in oper ation is helping to pay for itself by in creasing property values and promoting: business. The automobile is firmly and irrevocably entrenched in every phase of business and every walk of life. ftoil BtJILDIKO AIDED I fThe motor car in 10 years has done . more to promote highway building: than 'all other agencies combined during the -previous 80 years. Better roads mean better transportation and transportation intimately concerns every, man, woman and) child in America. ! Practically every commodity produced must pass over our "hignways in the process of distribution. More than 90 per cent of the tonnage of rail! and water lines Is transported over high way before reaching the consumer. l'4fot many, years agd the radius of profitable farming , was not more than 10 Or It miles from a railroad. Imprpyed roads and the motor car now make it -possible to successfully cultivate farms at a far greater distance from railway shipping points and automobiles j and good roads are today saving a i vast quantity of farm produce which here tofore rotted for lack of trsnsportatlon. RAPID TRANSIT AIM i "jrhe whole mechanism of Industrial and social life is built upon the more rapid transit of the motor car. To thmk of (stemming the enormous . stream of mofor traffic would be the climax of eco nomlc folly. To go back to the horse as la means of transportation would be impossible as well as impractical. . We cannot move backwards. We must move on and we have got to move by way of the) automobile. This is a practical and occinomtcai fact. No amount of .logic rtaii firrllA if aaav i I lAmerica is' spending this year. more thufn half a billion dollars in new high way construction, to 'say nothing about the million for hiehway upkeep. MQXEY WEU SPE3TT S Every dollar of this money being spent is bound to add to the ultimate prosper ity? of the country, and the automobile industry stands as sponsor for this co-s loseal road improvement program, i TThe passenger car alone, to say noth ing of the Incalculable, and increasing benefits of the motor truck, has .gone farther and done "more to; promote the tusiness prosperity and the economic ad vancement of America than any other klnjgle agency excepting the railroad alone. . : t fAn Industry which has been found in great measure the most remarkable part in the development in the world's hts cy. surely represents a formidable en trenchment, which If properly supported, wijl help the whole nation withstand the force of almost any economic shock. .And sontrarywise, whatever attempts to in terfere with such an industry, seriously tampers with the ' delicate balance of bulsiness economics as a whole. ! VjUfTS UNFILLED : ::: - i ' i . fWe are in a situation today which comes almost logically after a great orgy of I spending. In a large sense we are experiencing the feelings of the morning j afer The consumer, for the time- being, ha put on the brakes. But he is by no means going to stop and Just i as soon asj he readjusts himself he Is going to assume a firmer stride than ever. Be cause he still -has gaping wants and . needs which production has not begun - to;fill. , fLet us not for a moment lose sight of this latter fact, namely : That produc tion, excepting in a very few commod ities, is far in arrears of the wants of thi consumer. Herein lies the funda mental ground work of supreme confi dence. It should sound the key-note for the highest optimism. It is a solid foun dation upon which everybody can safely stand and truthfully assure himself that , American business has In store a sound and promising future." TIRES! Standard Makes GordTires . 8000 and 10,000 Mil 30x3 X Non Skid . $23.95 3x3 lA Non Skid $27.30 32x4 Non Skid . . ... . .$41.70 33x4 Non Skid .$42.90 34x4 Non Skldi ......$44.50 Jx4y3 Non Skiii ..: S53.00 ; j '- All 'Factory Firsts j '.i:- FabricTires 36x3 30x3 yi 34x3 JS 31x4 32x4 33x4 34x4 6000 Mil Non Skid Non Skid es 513.30 16.35 Non Skid ......MAte M, IYA. - $23;30 iwu iKia: ...... .$26 40 Non Skid .... I27I70 Non Skid .-..JffclS Mail Orders Given Prompt .Attention' ' MALCOM TIRE CO, Broecne-ay and Everett Su. , Portland. Oregon Ona of a Chain of Stores A NICE PRESENT FOR 2 ANY WIFE . TO : GET f K t'". ''t v ft f.tl Mrs. J. C. Stille, wife of the manager of the Rivoll and the new Liberty, a present from her husband CONVENTION WAS AFFAIR' Isaac; Brunn Returns Home After Visit to Connersvijje, - Where Everything Was Free. "Talk I about Western hospitlity." said Isaac Brunn,' president of the Brunn Motor company, local Lex ington! distributors, "but the con vention at the factory, in Conners ville. lnd., was 8. regular affair." Brunn recently' west East to attend tne distributors" convention at the motor city of Connersville, and on his arrival discovered that it wail nearly impossible to spend as much as a dime for any thing. The fare of one distributor from each city where the Lexington is: repre sented was paid by! the factory. Boy Scouts met the visitors at the trains, escorted them to a young city of canvas erected near the town, and from than on. life was just one banquet after an other. J ' v 1 Brunn says that, aside from thei actual convention, which was a success in every way, the entertainment proffered by factory- officials had anything he had ever seen previous to that time lashed be hind in the dust. Tents were provided for the men, eats were free, with every meal a banquet. I .'.'. m, - ; i ' Long trips were made through the fac tory, motion picture were shown, de scribing every detail of the work i neces sary to turn out a car, and with the fac tory in full operation, Brunn declares it was a mechanical education to watch the neatness and dispatch) with which motor cars were started out! on the chains and finally to be driven bt onto the plat forms as gleaming examples of j skilled workmanship. i I 1 Brunn reports the east to be prosper ous, with- little ill-effects visible of a money shortage or uncertain labor con ditions. He learned from dealers and distributors from all parts-' of the coun try that crops were in splendid shape, with prospects of a good year in every line of business. From everything the local man was able to learn, next year will be a bumper year for the motor car business, with promise of ready money and an abundance of material. - Before returning home, Brunn visited his mother and friends in Louisville, Ky. Dodge City Classic Won by I Jim Davis The big American championship 300 mile motorcycle race, held at Dodge City, Kan.,! was won by Ulipi Davis, piloting a Hafley-Davidson. His time was 3 hours 40 minutes 4 4-5 seconds, an average of 81.82 miles an hour. The Dodge City event is considered a classic in the mo torcycle world and was this year wit nessed by over 25.000 people from all over the United States. Fifteen riders started in the gruelling race and thou sands of dollars were split up in prizes for the winners. NATIONAL TRAFFIC OFFICERS SOON TO HOLD CONVENTION Model Systems of -'Handling Big Traffic in New York and in Chicago to Feature Exposition. The national traffic -officers con vention and exposition to be held at San Francisco August 23 to 27 prom ises to be one of the biggest events of Its kind ever held In the country. it is said, and reporte-comlng from Manager C De Witt De Mar Indi cate that traffic bureaus all over the country will ; be represented there, j r Preparations . sire being ; made with film companies to take pictures of the convention and ; of the exposition, when various safety devices,' such -vaa air brakes, non-skid trrea. headlights and police ; signal systems will v be tested. r.n i ri.a him airnified their willingness to have-men and equipment on nana to give aemonsirmon uwut Ores, lighting firms have similarly ex n.B.H thaiir annmni of the conven tion and more than a dosen makers of other safety equipment will have repre sentatives at the Gate City. , - 1 1 GOYX&ffORS IITVITBD I On the recommendation of Charles J. Hnt of the California motor', vehicle department, many : offi cials higher tnan nre ana pouca enww are being invited to the powwow, and Chief of Police White of San Francisco hopes to have the governors of many states together with ; prominent city of ficials in attendance when the confab starts. Engraved and embossed invita tions. Suitable for a wedding of the first water, have gone the rounds, and every public official of note from San Diego to Sandy Hook has received his through the mail. Lieutenant Dan Sylvester of the San Francisco bureau of police and president of the National Traffic Of ficers' association has left no stone un turned, it is reported, to make the gath' ering as representative as possible. One of the features of the exposition will be the working of the model sys tem in use in the Fifth avenue district of New York city. The New York con tingent is expected to bring the model with them and demonstrations of its op eration may precede the convention's recommendation that similar systems be NEW s CONSIDERED BY MANY MOTORISTS ! F THE BEST! FABRIC TIRC ON THE AMERICAN MARKET '" TOUGH TREAD Have your eyes, 0 Motorists, taketii note of fh utapped tread method used by my people in building our "D' Type tire? 'Many are the methods-of curing tires, but this is much the greatest in cost; yet with our single cure process it permits a tougher tread to be applied to our tire than is possible by any other method. Our tread stock is sKaped in a mighty pre before it i applied to 'the tire,5 : making it a compact piece of rubber. Our open steam cure vulcanizes it into tough, wear-resisting tread tougher than is possible on molded tires where the rubber must be soft enough to ftotv and shape to the contour of the mold tuhfle being vulcanized. Our hearts are filed with a great pride in the fact that the "Savage" tread is ;. noted and classed as one of the best wearing treads on the highways of America. . Ky people have built our "Savage" "V Type to excel all ether fabric tires on j the market . It is the big, handsome, flexible, over-size, hand-built casing that has caused so many of you to lift up your -voices and proclaim it FTThe.best fabric tire in " "Little Heap" as a character is symbotic of The SpreckeU "Savage" Tire Company. By birth he is a "Savaae; by adoption, a member of The House of SpreckeU. 4 Wise for his years, educated in modem ways and imbued with the spirit ef the organisation he represents, the little "chief i an authority on the construction of "Saveee" tires and tubes. 4 It is fit ting that the sterling qualities and the stutdincs ef . his race arc characteristic, too. of the products tuith which he is associated. THE FOLLOWING MESSAGES APPEAR IN THIS SERIES A New Depsitsre i Fa s5 America"- , Its tough tread is but one of many giving to satisfied users throuohout the I SALUTE YOt MOTORISTS! . - i i ...!!..'. s - I,- - : . '. : . - .-- - . . - i V :. - OUR BEST ASSET reasons for the wonderful service it is LITTLE HEAP HAS SPOKEN. Tee Ceo. I SUcHiS Raw MatwmW. mi fi mi Pa M Hud Ekah. L ; Wrapped Treed. SacJe 1 (Wext asd Extra Ply. Spacial Braalnr. ' Extra Braaltar Cover. Taucb Teaad. Boat le Exeat A Product of tko Hease of Sprorlrahi THE SPREC1CELS "SAVAG E; T I R.E CO . IS THE SATISFIED CUSTOMER ACXTJEVEYWlUJtS WHOLESALE-OISTRIBUTORS EflVME . ; TIRES AND TUBES ' " , r L. - : ' . . i , .. .. .. Ness ef Hiimiuiin to be st a C293) ' SAM T DIEGO . CALIF Agents everywhesi - i PORTLAJSu TIRE CO. Sixth and Bumsiae, Portland : Vnone Jiroddwav 2275 Installed in other large cities of the country. The chief of police of Chlcaco Is expected to be present and make a talk on the finer points of traffio handlinc as experienced there. TJJUrORJI SIGlfAXa SOTJGHT It Is expected that the convention win take action on the former recommenda tion, bjr the Traffic Officers, association that a national code of rules of the road and arm ' signals be adopted by every state In the ' Union subject to outside traveL The recent meetinrs of the as sociation in Washington and 8eattle saw this phase 'f accident - prevention dis cussed In detail, but to date no definite action has been taken on such a pro gram of standardisation. - Little Valve Cap flas Big Work Even If It Is! so Small Few people realise the Importance of the little valve cap Used on their tire. When air is put in. the cap la handled carelessly, thrown anywhere, and some times Is left off the tire entirely. And then there la trouble for Mr. Motorist- When the cap is not used, dirt Is sure to work down Into the valve, and though little harm Is done while the tire Is In flated, once pressure Is relieved, or when new air Is put into the tire, along v Itn the air goea the dirt, and then there Is the deuce and the tire man to pay. An air-tight connection then Is no longer possible. But aside from the Importance of the cap as a warder off of dirt, it is really an excellent air reslster. ; As a seeond line of defense ugalnat a leaky valve, when screwed on tight it will retsist 600 pounds of air pressure. Remember the cap and It will remember you. " r 11 'JO " i Tires One Third ' Tires form one-third of the business done by the United States Rubber com pany. Footwear and mechanical good 3 form the other two thirds. m f lv jf-v I- o ;mM'mV i AA Outperforms Higher Priced Cars The sturdy construction of Elgin Six motor cars has macie it possible for them to outperform and outlast not . only cars in their own. but in the higher priced class as well. Thus has Elgin earned its title "World's Champion Light Six' Weller Motor Company Distributors Washington at 15th Broadway 2656 , -j 7 : Sales m Finance ilDIIIIllIIIlIllllIIIIIlllllIIllIllIlll MM ',- iiK :i!iiiinn!!iii!!iiniiiii!!iiiii!ii!!ti!2i!i;i!L";;i;::::::::::::: Service Efficiency Special Features of the New Scripps-Booth Light 6 BEAUTY Full stream lines. Low rakish semi-sport model design. New straight front radiator. Outside nickel door handles.' Side curtains on steel frames-- compartment for same in back of front . seat Colors Dark blue or maroon. DURABILITY 7 inch chassis frame. . Steel felloed wheels. - - . Double crown fenders. ' Double lined' Pantasote one-man top. . ' -'V. Valve in head motor. ; . ; ' COMFORT Extra deep upholstery, full leather. High form fitting backs wide seats. - 54 inch rear, springs. Tools carried in special compart- ment in left-hand front door. Tonneau light 8 ft. extension cord.. , Alemite greasing system through out. , Glove compartment in natural . wood instrument board. ; llinch wheel base. . Economy Small bore cylinders, long stroke. Very small gasoline consumption - 32x4 tires, average 8000 miles. '' Moderate price and low upkeep. A All of the above features when taken into consideration with our liberal service policy are well worth the attention; and! investigation j of the prospective auto mobile purchaser. A demonstration will convince you of the great value of the Scripps-Booth v " - The Scripps-BdotK .Go. : of G S22 Alder Street Broadway 3169 SitLiifcltUaliltUiiUmiiiittia4UluuuiM44aaua4