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THE OREGON SUNDAY JOITRNALT PORTLAND. STJNDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 5. 1920.
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AUTO TRIP ALONE
Mrs. Shw and Miss Broderick,
: Going by Easy Stages, Make
San Francisco in Five Days.
Th age of independence has In
deed come, according to Mrs. Eloa
nor Shaw, who recently made a 1000
mile trip In a Kco with Mis Ella
Broderick aa companion. The two
young women are hatlvea of Port'
land. Along with the passage of
the Susan B. Anthony amendment
and corralling of the vote, women
ask "Why not take a little Jaunt of
a couple of thousand miles without
men along?" And that what; these
twoxdld.
California, and San Francisco particu
larly, held the two enthralled, and, with
a car in their po session ana a rair roaa
leading; to a beckoning destination, they
itteds must fare forth. And they did.
They took the trip by easy states go
ing down, and made it to San Francisco
In five days. Their report of the condi
tions of the roads is a long; story ; never
theless, they aot there In first-class
shape, and say their experiences are only
part of that which makes an automobile
trip real Interesting;.
"We have heard a lot about California
roads." said Mra Shaw, "but I want to
tell you they have some just as rough
and rocky and difficult to travel over as
. any In Oregon."
. These' two girls camped out both going
and coming and say they had the time
of their young lives. They are filled
with praise for the public camp grounds,
both at Ashland and Sacramento, and
eay that this Is one of the features to
which other cities should pay more at
tention. At Ashland the camp ground la situat
ed In the beautiful Mineral Springe park
there. A community kitchen Is available
for use of tourists, with individual gas
meters In which quarters may be de
posited and a supply of gas obtained.
At Sacramento there Is a community
camp ground which, according to Mrs.
Shaw, has all the comforts of home, In
cluding eveq shower baths. There are
tent framee on the ground, and all you
need to do Is stretch your tent over them.
You may also buy a sufficient supply of
wood to last for a whole day fur the
mall sum of 10 cents.
Uncle Sam Has
650 Short Line
Railroads Now
, According to figures compiled by gov
ernmental agencies, there are in the
United States 650 so-called short line
railroads, that Is, roads not exceeding a
length of 100 miles. The total mileage
of these roads Is 11,000 miles. Four
, hundred and seventeen of them are each
less than 25 miles In length, and about
110 are of a length less than 10 miles.
The Investment represented by this 16,
000 mile is, comparatively speaking,
quite large because In many Instances
special equipment ha to be used.
American railroads today are con
gested to the degree that consequences
of the freight jam are serious, and, ac
cording to F. C. Atwell, manager of the
Mack-International Motor Truck cor
poration In Portland, there Is no prospect
of early relief. This situation is reason
for agents of the government in co
operation with the motor truck commit
tee of the National Automobile Chamber
of Commerce to undertake the compila
tion of the most complete statistics yet
assembled with respect to the short line
railroads of the country and their traffic.
The object of this survey, it is pointed
out by the Mack truck representatives.
Is to determine the advisability of re
lieving the strain upon the railroad by
the diversion of as much as possible of
the short haul business to motor truck.
Especially is th investigation calculated
to make inventory of the valuable serv
ice that the motor truck is just now per
forming in relieving the congestion of
the railroad terminals. This is admitted-
. ty one of the most serious problems of
the entire transportation situation.
Motor trucks have proved that they un
doubtedly are the solution. The work
being done by trucks at terminals Is be
lieved accurate evidence of what they
could do toward eliminating to a large
extent the 650 short line railroads.
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Ilere's a scene that might bo duplicated many times In many places, for tourists are coming , and going
even at this late date. This picture shows Mrs, Eleanor Shaw and Miss Ella Broderick, of Portland,
who recently made the Journey over the Pacific highway to San Francisco and return In a Reo Four.
EXPORT TRADE IN
AUTOS IS HEAVY
Big Demand Made for American
Product Keeps Industrial
Plants Hard at Work.
, Despite the great demand which
characterised the domestic automo
bile market during the fiscal year
Just past, automobile manufacturing
firms found both time, and a suffi
cient amount of their commodity to
make a heavy showing in the for
eign field. Exports of passenger au
tomobiles and motor trucks in the
1920 fiscal. year were 168 per cent
greater than in the previous 12
months and nearly 75 per cent larger
than in 1917 the best previous year.
During the 12 months ended June 1
last, manufacturers in this country ex
ported 115.619 passenger automobiles
valued at 1125,384.025, and 24.356 com
mercial cars valued at (41,577,684, mak
ing a total showing of 139.875 motor
vehicles worth nearly $167,000,000. The
previous year showed a total exporta
tion .of 54212 motor cars and trucks
valued at 79,086490.
ISCBEaSE is made
i The increase over 1917 is 59,000 or
more, a year when 80,785 vehicles found
their way to the foreign field.
: The tabulated exports for the three
banner years la as follows:
Vtlne.
t 42.843.(00
'48.612.600
ValM.
t SS.2S8.485
45.8S2.705
Vahie.
$ 41.5TT.6M
126.S84.025
191T. Car.
Commercial ...... . 16,077
Fanencar . , 64,808
Can.
CoaioMreial , 12.921
Pawwntar ......... 41,291
1920. . Caw.
Crtnmtrcial 24.856
PaaMncar 11S.51S
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This showing made by manufacturers
in the United State compares far more
than favorably with that made by other
countries. The average cost of a com
mercial vehicle In 1917. for exportation,
was about 82650, for. a . passenger car
$760. In 1919 the cost-4or a truck aver
aged $2572, -while a car 'brought 09 the
average $1110 f. o. b. New York or port
During the past year foreign purchasers
have found American commercial cars
at point of shipment selling for $1707,
and passenger cars bringing $1085.
While the figures ; seem to Indicate a
demand abroad for a cheaper truck and
a relatively more expensive car, it will
be found that both passenger cars and
trucks have been finding their way into
foreign countries In a representative
array, with medium prloed vehicles in
both classes finding the best market
Cheaper makes have been finding great
popularity abroad, according to reports
coming from companies doing a large
export business.
Association Formbd
ToAidPreservat
Of Natural P
Machine Built on Bicycle Frame
Js to Be Distributed in Oregon
by Supply Company.
Oil
Parks
organ-
Spokane. Sept. 4. The Natural
association of Washington is an
lzation dedicated to the preservation of
park .areas of the, scenic timber border
ing highways, lakes and waterfalls. It
also purposes to establish and develop a
park system within the state.
To save the timber, the organisation Is
now at work on a law to provide land
exchange legislation, which alone would
permit the forest service to acquire and
administer as recreation areas such pri
vately owner recreation areas as lie in
or near the national forests.
The association is cooperating with the
automobile clubs of Kastern and Western
Washington, and Bays in a bulletin that
it has received encouragement froim most
of the civic and commercial organizations
of the state. The committee engaged in
preparing the proposed law Includes Mra
George A. Smith. David Whitcomb, Jo
seph Blether, Edward W. Allen and Clark
V. Savldge.
New Company to Formi
Unofficial reports from the Bjast in
dicate that a new automobile body com
pany will be formed with the backing of
the American Can company and Ohase
Securities company. The concern, it Is
said, may ultimately -become a part of
the Willys-Overland company.
Motorcycle & Supply company!
distributors of Harley-Davidson mo
torcycles, have recently contracted
for the Oregon distribution of Evans
power - cycles, a light two horse
power machine built on a bicycle
frame and with all the earmarks of
a motorcycle on a small scale.
a The cycle has the engine, a one-cyl
Inder two-cycle motor. Installed In the
center of the-frame, connected with the
rear wheel by a belt for driving power.
The gasollna tank is slung between two
parallel bars reaching from the seat to
the handlebars, with filling vents similar
to those on a motorcycle gas tank. The
pedals as on an ordinary bicycle a
used in connection with a sprocket and
chain to the rear wheel, and the engine
is started by pedalling. In case of
malfunction of the engine the belt
the rear wheel can be disconnected and
the machine operated like a bicycle.
The engine la said to be. carefully con
structed along most simple lines. The
sprocket feature is made use of exclu
sively in construction. Feed and spark
are controlled by hand levers placed like
those on a motorcycle but without the
grlp-twlat feature. The weight of the
machine with engine installed Is 70
pounds, r
Large shipments of the power cycle
are expected to arrive here shortly.
Oregon Lexington
Company Is Formed
By Evans-Rawlings
Charles D. Evans, formerly of Okla
homa, and 'L. V. Rawlinga, formerly
with the Twin States Motor Car com
pany, later with the Mcintosh Motor
Car company and recently In charge of
sales with the Brwnn Motor Car com
pany, have taken the Lexington distri
bution for this territory, with head
quarters at 430 Burnside street. They
will operate under the name "Oregon
Lexington company." The location is
temporary.
C. P. Henderson, Pacific coast man
ager for the Lexington company, was
in Portland last week, arranging the
contract for the new company and With
the completion of the details he and
Evans are now making, they will go out
on the territory tor a thorough organi
sation of a force of dealers According
to Henderson, shipments of cars will be
made at once with regular consignments
from time to time.
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Bent Rims Blamed
For Much Tire Grief
Is Opinion of Expert
Bent rims are a direct cause of rim
, cuts, of tires blowing from the rim and
' of the breaking of the tire cables at the
base of the tire according to Miller
Rubber company experts. Oftentimes
motorists cannot understand why tires
should blow out when they are driving
slowly. The facta of the case are that
the overstrained carcass has reached the
limit .vof , its endurance from previous
ebwa and has given away.
Many motorists, were they to examine
the wheels on their cars, would be sur
prised ta notice that their rims are bent
along the ads-ea. Ttiataa lukn 4 m
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are ordinarily little thought of. yet they
. are responsible for a goodly peroentags
of tire erlef . i
When the wheel hits a frog or 'switch
of a street car track, or a hole iln the
road, there is a tendency to flatten tha
' rim. esDaelallv if tti& rm. 1- .
. flated. , The rim support however, la es
sential so that it it does not fit the tire
and allows tha bmwii v..i. .
driver may know that trouble la to be
expcoxeq uniesa na lanes Immediate pre-
, Lukewarm Water and
Soap Recommended
; For Washing Autos
. A fairly stiff spray of water from the
' garden hose serves well to wash the
, wheels.- running gear and mudguards,
but will drive sand and dirt into the
varoUb, of the body, ruining Its lustrous
finish so . that no amount of polishing
and nibbing will restore iC i."
Authorities recommend the use of luke
warm water and soap, so applied that
, there la no rubbing or scouring. The
body should then be - dried Immediately
with a soft chamois. ',' - - ..v. i .-
Some car owners prefer a mixture of
cylinder oil and kerosene to apply to the
' body, which is rubbed dry afterward.
Etlll others use a mixture of boiled lin
,. seed oil. sparingly applied and then
' rubbed perfectly dry. This Is said to
give a surprising luster to even an old
People marvel at the many over-values
in the New Mitchell
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The new Mitchell Six is presented in four handsome
models: 5-passenger Touring Car, 3-passenger Roadster,
5-passenger Sedan and 4-passenger Coupe. All bring the
latest in style and finish. And satisfying dependability.
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"PEOPLE cant understand at first
A wby this new-dar : car offers so
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many costly-car adrantages at so mod-
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But there is no raj4teryj 'lit b all dueiV
to the MeD policy for plicy, 1 1
know, is ' what decides the . quality, of
any car. i ! ; , . .;:. m : I
Many buyers would doubtless be corJ '
tent with lesser YaJba in ths new Mit-i
cheH. Iu adyanced style alone . wins
countless enthusiasts.' . v. 'i .'
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The Mitchell way is not 'merely 'to) (
meet today's fanqr bxlt to build for 'all.
.time, and to win, oyer the years, lasting
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. Mitchell can afford to " give more'be4
' cause of its wonderful factory and ef5-
dent organization., Money is saved in
many ways and put into the car. As an
example, Mitchell is one. of the few man
ufacturers making its own bodies. This
means a Jst saving in outside profits,
and it accounts for rnany of tthe extra
'values.' . ; .
" ' Mariy'STrperiorities' are -apparent' at a
glance. The new style lines, for instance,
' and the body work, and the" upholstery,
'etc. Many are invisible finer materi-
!v. costlier rfactory ; practices, extra
strength, etci "' 'J " ' 'f .' '
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when you ride in these cars, or drive
them. Low operating cost and upkeep
become evident after you own a Mit
chell. You, too, will be surprised when you
come to see the new Mitchell. You will
agree with others that here is a car of
extreme worth at an unmatchable price.
Come in today. We are delighted to
show it. We invite comparisons. If yon
seek early delivery, place your order at
once, as there is a tremendous over
demand. Every effort win be made to
a commodate you.
Broadway- at Everett Street
Phone Broadway 4675
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Quality Goes GearThrough
' Efficient and Economical on Gasoline
We are willing to let any DORT owner speaJf for the car.
This is a very bold statement, but the DORT has earned our
confidence by its consistent performance. j
You, too, will be as equally enthusiastic as other DORT
owners, particularly so when you find that it will average
from 20 to 25 miles to the gallon of gasoline.
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PRICES:
Touring Car $1085.00
Roadster $1085.00
Fourseasdn Sedan $1765.00
Fourseason Coupe. ; . ... .v $17650
F. O. B. Factory I
Wire Wheel and Spare Tire Extra j
NORTHWEST AUTO COMPANY, Inc.
DISTRIBUTORS j
Eighteenth and Alder Streets, Portland, Oregon
DORT M 0 T 0 RCA R COMPANY
Flint, Mich.
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Motorcycle and Supply Gpmpa Inc.
200 THIRD STREET CORNER TAYLOR
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