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2' THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 17, 1ST3. . BRITISH GASOLINE if-? : - ' '' '"..ft- Pacific Coast Conditions Held Up in Corjtract Wfth Costs .of ' Fuel in London. J The recent gasoline shortage here on the Pacific coast, the present ap parent stable price for the SatU and the coming investigation of the hartAA-e hv federal authorities in San Francisco, surrounds the fol lowing London commerce report on British gasoline and benzol prices with what local men regard as con siderable interest: A., heavy Increase In the price of gaso line in the United Kingdom has been made recently, varying from Jld (22c) ner gallon for the first quality to 7d 14c) for the cheaper grades and Id UcX on bensoL The new retail prices are: Today, prlc OldpnM Dewrfp" Brltfch ! American Britbh American learrency! aaalnlnitleamoerj quinlent ft. a 4 m 4 TH 4 1H 4 OH a. j. 4 1H 8Vi 5 6tt Awl tint $1.17 1.12 fl.00 .90 .89 .82 hmt wirtt yd fima 1.00 .98 In 1896 the price of gasoline In Eng land was M (18c) a gallon; In 19M It was Is 4d 482c) ; in 1918. 2s 2d (53c) ; In February. 1929. ts 8V4d (90c). and today it Is, as already shown. 4s 7d ($1.12). (All conversions at normal rate of ex change) The underlying causes for these increases.- appear to be the unset- . tied conditions, political and economic, in certain oil-producing countries and the resultant diminution or cessation of output, the high cost of ocean transport, the Increased use of oil for marine fuel and the growth of motoring and aviation. Important oil fields owned or controlled by British interests are adversely af fected by politico-economic conditions, and the available ouptput of oil appears unequal to the demand. Gasoline substi tutes are expected to play an Important ' part In supplying fuel for motors until the potentially rich fields commence pro duction and others become accessible. AUTO SALES SHOW INFLUENCE OF CUTS (Continued From Pr One) ! prices. Selden trucks followed shortly thereafter with substantial reductions. RAW MATERIAL INTERESTS "With automotive manufacturers look ing to the raw material market for an answering urop in prices, the layman is also turning his eyes in that direc tion. The president of a large steel com pany, one of the greatest of the lnde " pendents, was, firmly convinced that steel would not fall. Even with the quality of high grade steels used In the manu facture of automobiles, this authority declares Uat as a matter of fact the " automobile Industry claims but a small percentage of the (teel output , - Many automobile companies, thinking a slackening in demand for cars would become general, cancelled their steel con tracts, only to hasten to renew them againas they grew more confident The - steel man quoted here said that auto mobile companies' cancellations did not represent 2 per cent of the orders etill on file with the steel companies. It will not be here that raw materials will drop in price, but with many automo bile companies cutting their output and going to ehort time weeks, many com- . panles furnishing them wlj.h parts are . bound to feel the effects and attempt to unload at cost DEMAND FOR PARTS WEAK Farts companies, upon which many manufacturers have depended for parts ready for assembly, are finding, says the Wall Street Journal, that lack uf demand is tnroWInf? goods bad: on tb;r '. hands." .Not long ago the demand for parts was enormous, and siiu u j.h..l. ;'. But : many parts companies extended . their' manufacturing facilities without 1 taking into conslderaUAi the danger of the present quietness. Automobile and truck builders point to this condition in ' the material market and believe there ., may be a reduction in prices ere long, - though few expect much of a cut br ' fore the first of the year. Belling conditions locally and through the state are far better than they were ircently. Improvement has been n uel , In the past week, for with the harvest practically completed many firms report demands from men coming from the fields with money to-buy cars, and fiom others who are realising already on their crop profits. The demand Is in creasing gradually, and while locally as well aa nationally the market 1s unques tionably In the hands of the buyer, a return to mora stabilised conditions with heaithy trading is expected by practi cally every local automobile and truck man. As the price problem takes more definite shape trade is once more hlUlng Its stride. Long Strides Made In Transportation In Three Centuries " . The history or the development of transportation since K20 is a fascinating , ' story. In that year, the Mayflower ' sailed across the Atlantic m 6( days; 1 the pony express in 1861 carried Lln- corn's inaugural address from St. Jo , .. aeph, Mev, to Sacramento. 19Iff miles, in ' . . seven days and 17 hours. The Union " JPactfio Joined the Central Pacific at Prompntory Pojrit In May, 1889. Hawker . crossed the Atlantic by airplane In 1919 ' ,' In less than a day. and the big dirigible H-S4 made the trip from England to : America In the same year .in approxi- maUly Tf hours. Motor trucks first en ' gaged hi overland hauling between Ak- ron and Boston, and between New York , And Ban Francisco in the year 1919 and ' HIT under the auspices of the Goodyear Tire 6 Rubber company. - ' Trying Pan Saved XAfe 4 C2iicago. Oct. 17. (L N. & With a ' trymg pan as a shield over his arm, like a gladiator Of Old. Robert Koehn, 40, saved his life when his wife, Annie, who belongs to the butchers union, went after him with a butcher knife. At least that is what be told a judge here re I , oentiy. His attorney produced the fry ing pan and the batcher knife as evi- ' dance. - Ono Resale . ; Mf gasoline goes to SO cents a gallon , one result wlU be that there will be a - lot of people buying gasoline at (0 cents : a aallon. New Tork MaiL: - MOTOR DEALERS GATHER IN FAREWELL BANQUET. Members of the Dealers Motor Car nlg-ht to tender farewell to E fields. EUng will go to Seattle business for himself. Washington-Idaho-Montana-Canada All highways leading out of Spokane have dried up materially during the seven days of clear skies. There seems to be but little drop off in tourist travel during the week of good weather. The Spokane two oamplng Bites are be ing nightly patronized. Interviews with many of the motor tourists say the roads are now better than at any period of the motor season, because there is prac tically no dust All roads from Spokane to Portland are reported in excellent condition. The same report comes from travelers ar riving from other coast cities. Tourist travel still continues In Can ada. The favorite route being via Kings Gate, B. C, which is the direct route to the Canadian Rockies and Banff. Idaho-Montana travel is showing a slight decrease from last week. Pacific Highway Work on thn Tarrlflo hlrhwav ta hnfnff rushed as winter approaches. One di vision of the construction company com- DEALERS' ASSOCIATION NAMES NEW PRESIDENT. A. S. Robinson ' A. S. Robinson, senior partner in the firm of Robinson & Smith, Ford dealers, was elected last Monday night president of the Dealers' Motor Car association of Portland, taking over the administra tion of the affairs of the association from the hands of M. O. Wilkins, for mer president of the Dealers' Motor Car association of Oregon. Robinson is one of the old line auto mobile men on the row and! has at vari ous times held posts of responsibility with the association and its auxiliary committees. As president of the asso ciation, Robinson will act as chairman of the board of directors of -the asso ciation, or wnom were are eight beside! himself. ' Family of Seven Are Found Tonsilless Cnickasha, OVla Oct 17. NoV comes a tonsilless family. It is that of J. W. Robertson of Grady county, consisting of himself, wife and seven children. None of the family, according to Rob ertson, have been bothered with the troublesome oreairr Th ihwniu nf tnn. alls, Robertson maintains, Is due to nat- uau iwm auaa am w operations. Executive Car Free . The United States government pays for all automobiles usd tor tb mUait Oasollne, oil and repairs are toclnded. There probably is no other topic of such fenertl interest today as the motor ear its develop ment and market conditions. ' A great deal of furteresttnt in formation may be (leaned through persistent reading; of the classified advertisements be ing run in the paper by she Covey Motor Car Company, which is among the largest used car dealers In the Northwest. i. sTT gV, 1 ssnsl - . V 1 -if.04TV' f v 'assfsisL. association, of Portland, who gathered at the Imperial last Thursday E "Bert" EUng and A. JL. Smith, local men who are going into other to take the Oldatnoblle agency, while Smith goes to Chicago and Into f -sOcraww plated the paving on me SIsklyoua near the Siskiyou hotel last week and moved, Monday seven miles down this side of the mountain. There is one mile from the Mitchell and Homes ranches to Neil creek to finish up this side, with the ex ception of the cut-off stretch below the Lithia springs, which cannot be paved this fall because it la graded and soft This cut-off will circle around a dam which the Oregon Gas & Power company will construct The dam will be similar to the one near Klamath Falls. Work on this and the highway paving circling It will not begin until next spring. An other division of the construction com pany is laying the three-mile stretch on the summit at the rate of a mile a week. So that all the highway but the cut-off will be laid by the first week in Novem ber. All paving In this section Is five inches, but on the summit, where grade h-n. ii " i ii ill - xr, -t -1 ' in motor cx rs determined by the service returned on the investment. For this reason the Auburn Beauty SIX in everyday trns)xrtation, business or recreation, holds such a firm position in the moderate price class. There's an added value, too, in the twenty years' experi ence of the Auburn builders. FPaaaeeaer Tewta. $1S V,mr Psaaanfcar T aistei. ttW 11 1 a raiaaiiar SUa.S2773 Fwi i Ceeaa. SZ77 AUBUXN AUTOMOBILE COMPANY, AUBURN, INDIANA AUTO SALES CO. DISTRIBUTORS Ninth sad Coach. " Portland, Ore. czz cnij Trailers are the only transportation trait that permit motor trnck;to do' full dutyv save time, cut costs and guarantee a satisfactory profit. These are the facts, that arc forcing motor truck operators, to -buy Lee Trailers. V . r A Site and Type for Every Use '47Z lirnH" """It .. was soft, a nine-inch paving has and is being laid. The roads are reported as in good condition. The recent rains have not been heavy 'enough to incon venience travel on any vicinity roads. . Boston Motorists Seek 1921 Plates Boston, Oct 16. (I. N. S -Although the rush season of 1920, as regards issu ing of antoomblle license plates, is hard ly over, the department for the registry of motor vehicles at the state house Is being overwhelmed with applications for 1921 plates. Registrar Frank A. Good win said that making applications now for next year's plates Is futile and re sults only in hindering the regular work of the department The registrar said his department Is not allowed to accept applications or license fees for 1921 plates at the present time and cannot now consider requests for specific num bers. Considered Unsafe American left-hand drive cars are con sidered unsafe In Great Britain In a de cision made by the English ministry of transport , Thirty-five hundred applications for Issuance of half year licenses were re ceived In Pennsylvania. Trailers n Make Motor Trucks Pay 60 N. Broadway at Davia Pbone Broadway 321 San Francisco Oakland Los Angeles San Diego Seattle ;. Portland ONE YANKEE IN 13 OKAHOeiLE Upkeep This Year Will Nearly EquaJ Amount -Expended for Railway Transportation. It Is estimated that the popularity and utility of; automobiles in the United States is such that their up keep for 1920 will be $6.019 ,8i2,. a sum nearly equal to the tQtaJ amount that will be expended this year for railway transportation. There are 7,821,551 motor vehicles reg istered la the country today. A 20 per cent depreciation on these would be $1. 821,000,000; at 11200 each they would, in the aggregate, cost S549.0O0.0OO In Inter est 1 they will use f 1,644,682.000 worth of gasoline and 871t.0O0.0OO worth of lubri cating oil in the year: their Urea will coat $1,000,000,000; accessories and new iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiHiiituiiiiiiiiuiiniiiiiuiiiiiiiiuiiiiiiiu I ! INTRODUCING I lLlll&il ILa 10,QOO-Mile Hand-Made No Skid Aabestos Protected 3 3 I CORD. TIRES The finest tireg that the ingenuity of man and modern , machinery can produce. E AT 2!? For a limited time to introduce these new cord tires we s 5 will sell you one or more at' wholesale price, including a E liberal 10,000-mile adjustment ' " 5 1 NOW THEN HOLD YOUR BREATH I PERFECTION TREAD J a Built to run - . I 8000-MILE FABRIC I 1 AT HALF PRICE j Wait a Minute I Nearly Forgot , S Perfection Rit Skid E Built to run - W 1 6000-MILEr-FABRIC 1 Beat these prices if you can Regular Price $23.50 $27.45... .. $32.80 $37.40...... $39.25...... $40.10...... $53.25 $55.65 $56.50 $65.35 $69.25...... Size .30x3j4.. .32x3... 31x4.... .32x4 .33x4 .34x4 .34x414... .35x4Va. .36x4 Limited time only. New tires arfc. m caan. ueiiverea trom sales room only. I Perfection ' Tire Co. ' Tenth and Stark Streets niiiiiiHiiiiilliiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiMiiiiiiiliiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiHiiiiininiiiiiiiiiiiiiiir; Stewart Trucks have won StewarU make Many Stewart owners started with one on trial and soon bought more. They fonnd this wonderful truck to be a time and money saver, a profit earner; costing less to buy and less to ran ; saving on first cost and on gasoline, oil, tires and repairs. , . ; In onty eight years Stewart has become one of the world's leaders in truck building. Start ing with $58,000 total sales in 1912, today busi ness men and farmers are paying more than a million dollars a month for Stewart Trucks. They are making money for owners in. 800 American cities, on hundreds of farms and in 38 foreign countries. Capacities: , J, lYi, 2, 2yZ,3Vt Tons IMt W. tTH ST. Ii Soraea Terrltery Opes parts. S21,T21. 000: license fees). $U,0oV 000; Insurance premiums on- 0 per cent of tha can, $Si9ja?,000: garage. storage and service, I1.J72JW.1S0 ; Jabor cost for repairs, $MQ480,0Gfl.' There is one auto mobile for every 12 persons in the United States, or about one for every two and one half families. Michigan Has 35 Auto Plants; 7 " In Ne England Michigan leads In sites for automo bile factories, with- 5 plants In opera tion. Indiana is second, with 23 plants, and Ohio follows with 22. Detroit Is the largest center for the automobile business in Michigan, and it is lu to the presence of this elty as a bub that Us Lake state la so far ahead of even it nearest rivals for automotive honors. The standing of other states in the pas. senger car race Is as follows: ffew To. .1 niinote . .10 PeBBsrlnaia IP Mi-ouri 8 Wiaeonata ........ S New Jeras ...... i S UeMaehaeeUa Cofuweticitt ....... iMtxir. Oklahoma. Qeortia and VlntaU hra 2 weh. T1m fftaLM teTtas tinsla pUnU u Booth Carolina. Vermont. Tuw, Oliorata, Alabama, ilijfdppl. LouiiiaDa, Delawar, Ar kaniss and Marland. OFF ' Sals Fries Inclades Tax 912.51 $14.62 $17.47 $19.92 ,$20.91 $21.33 $27.93 $29.47 $29.88 mm i 35x5.... . $34.41 . . . . 37x5 .... . ....... $36.47 direct from factory. Terms m 3y costing less to : money for ownert aaanMBVMnl MOTOIT TRXJ4SC3 V BROAD If AT tit A far Lire Dealers. I kemaemaaaaaj 20; Days' Sunshine Needed to Complete Highway to Astoria Twenty dara of aunshlny weather, either conaecuUve or Intermittent, muit fall to the lot of the road men nn the lower Columbia river highway If the route to the sea la to be put under hard surface this 1 warren ConstrucUon company Between Scappoose and Deer island. In the vicinity of Warren station, there are two stretches, one 2400 lineal feet In length, the other l00 feet ionjr. a total of three quarters of a mile. Crushed rock has been placed here In many place and hard surfacing Is g-olng- for mYf " rPw'y th weather permiu. "LV?6. 6cond ctor. the stretch In the vicinity of West port and the Bugby loops, !. miles are yet to have a coaUnr of hard stuff. This porUon of the work ' the old rough macadam, cursed so fervently and so frequently by motorists "T-wminitiniiiiiiniin i iimiiiiiiBiiiiniiisMnisniiwiwiniiiw m iwwssinsan EQUIPMENT AND REPAIRING an ;.w rf tJVtr-uSERvicz Station 0 m a w batteries tieiJ Vrnt Braadsta 546 b J Wiggins Company., Inc. Formerly Archer & Wiggins DISTRIBUTORS 07 AUTOMOTIVE EQUIPMENT Park and Couch Sts. " eirieai syttera. Storage Batteriet ELECTRIC SERVICE AUTO CO. vtllZHt n?L?"laLZLl , , ! Ort St, Sear West Park uarantses far BlgMeM MonUw, jj Johasoa, Mgr. Broadway KM B0RG AND BECK CLUTCH PARTS SALES AND SERVICE David Hodes Co. Ill North Broadway St. EDISON Gibt on storag Eattery c STORAGE BATTERIES Reliable Auto Washing AND POLISHING WORKS 17TH AND ALDER STS. PHONE BROADWAY 2296. JOURNAL'S AUTO DIRECTORY Jordan Sixes KtSSE'L ' Motor Ours and Trucks They're More Than Accessorise ' , Official Service Genuine Parts tZUCW&U? Product Service Station 94 North Broadway First Car In tka U. S. Sold Coapkt. to tha sea, r where : soma crushed rock has Dean put down and whers tha ora ; , paay la ready to turn leoae lu man with " tha sunshina. ' ' ""j--'.- Astorians Plan tq Buy Highway Park Astoria, Oct 16. A mqegnt has been started here which It is expected will terminate in the purchase by the county of tha small tract of land at the vary top of Clatsop Crest, on the Columbia river highway., Local residents are an thus! as tic over tha proposed plan to con vert this, spot Into a tourists' park, aa hundreds visit this point between Astoria and Portland every Sunday of the year. At a meeting of the Chamber of Com merce last evening it was decided to as certain the price of tha tract with the purpose of purchasing It for the use at tourists who eare to stop and camn there while en route to Astoria over the highway. A view can be obtained from the crest that baa few equals In te Northwest. 7 OnPirkCtivtl HiM.NlSBTCT.rlo t Ail makes of batteries' re charged and repaired. Parts and repairs for all makes Weller Motor Co. Successors to United Motors Co. Oregon Distributers Washington at Fifteenth St Phone Broadway 2656 AUTOMOBILE GEARS PARTS AND ACCESSORIES AT REDUCED PRICES ENGINES A SPECIALTY 12th and Alder Sts. raoae Broadway SUI Waakinc. PoSsklnf ami Simonizins. Motor Wasbad, Cart OHad and Greased. t Tops ami Caskions Draaaad. If m Mitchell, Lewis & Stavcr Co. Broadway and Everett Phone Broadway 4765 Mcintosh Motor Car Co. DLST&IBTJTOBS d aa Wasklaftoa Sta rbeae lii-14 SPEEDOMETERS and "BIG TEN NECESSITIES 0 RUBIN MOTOR CAR CO." e Orafoa, asbingtoa, Idalao DUtribsrtors Breadwv and Hoyt Pboaa Broadway St tndudlnt lieaaw and 12 ks el if BROADWAY AT EVERETT Mitchell, Lewis & Staver . Co. if- . 1 i SIXES '.STATE DISTRISUTOR5 !