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THE OREGOU - SUHDAYa JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 17,- 1S23. I a GEHTRALIANS W1AKE ,:- . ..... v.-f.r;j'--,.. i if ; IE Party Travels Over Six States to Nebraska; Only Two Punctures ' Interrupt Four-Month Trip. Centralis, Oct. 16. Traveling 62J8 mile, with only two punctures and these occurring the last day of the trip. Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Williams and daughter Verna. accompanied by Mis Cora Garno of Weyauwega. WU., have returned to their home In Centralia. "We could not have asked for a nicer vacation." said Williams. "Leaving here June 3 we made the trip in practically four months. Roads were In excellent condition, the worst we experienced on either trip being between Kalama and Vader. Although we left during the gasoline' shortage we were able to get all the gas we wanted after leaving Washington, paying from 37 cents to 55 cenU a gallon. It seemed that the nearer we came to the oil flelda the higher became the price of gas." The Williams party was accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. George A. Williams from California, who met them on the trip They traveled east by the Yellow stone trail and the Lincoln highway. passing through wasmngion. luanu. Montana. Wyoming and. Nebraska. They visited for some time In Burchard. Neb., the childhood home of WlUlama. He stated that crops In that state were un usually heavy, the main crops being wheat and corn, although a large num ber of bogs and cattle are raised. Mrs. Williams went by Urain to Weyauwega, Wis., her childhood home, and visited for a short time. "We camped out every night but two during the entire trip." said Mr. Wil liams. "Splendid camping sites were found all along the way, although we were more impressed with the camping rounds In Denver than any other site. Thirty thousand tourists had regis tered there during the season at the time we stopped for the night Hot and cold water, shower baths, laundry, elec tric stoves, kindling and wood and other commodities were furnished free of charge and a pavilion and music fur nished for dancing. "The only accident we experienced was in Brigham, Utah, where we broke three springs and had to send to Salt Lake tor repairs. Luckily we happened to be camped beside a peach orchard with a large hole 9n the fence. There were also cantaloupes and tomatoes in the field." The Williams party, although delight ed with the trip, were glad to reach home and expressed their satisfaction with Centralla, declaring it the ideal place to live. If Batteries Get Proper Care They Won't Shirk Duties The man who. is not used to handling i batteries might say that the way to get the most out of a battery is to use it Just , as little as possible. As a matter of fact that would be Just the wrong way to go at it. Batteries are made to be used and they can be used regularly and put through some pretty stiff paces and yet last a long time, if the man who uses them only follows a few simple rules of battery care. Here are a few of the rules: 1. Be sure your ignition switch is closed. 2. Pull out your choker. 3. Push out your clutch pedal, so that your starting motor will have to turn only the engine. 4. Then step on your starting button, and your motor ought to take hold. If it does not then the thing to da is to find where the trouble is and remedy it be fore you make another trial. Battery life will be prolonged if these rules are observed all the year round and In all climates. Apperson Anniversary Model seven-passenger motor car In excellent condi tion for sale by owner who wishes to purchase a new .Cadillac. The price Is $3000, but we would be greatly Interested in having you submit us your best oKer. Franklin Late model Franklin Touring car, now being reflnished in our paint shop. This car is in very fine condition which leaves little more to be said except that our price has been reduced to the rather low figure of $2100. PaigeSedan Now being shown on our sales room floor. This is a very attrac tive car and will undoubtedly ap peal to someone wanting a large sedan. Owner wants $2100 but we will be pleased to submit your best offer. King 8 Owner' who wishes to purchase a new Cadillac will sell this car for cash or trade for property. It Is a late model car and in "excellent shape. Wire wheels, cord tires and the finish is like new. 120 Despatch ; wire wheels, cord Urea, motometer, bumper, etc. Car has been driven about 6000 miles and is In fine condition. Terms "1?, P? arranged on our low price of $1800. COVEY MOTOR CAR CO. list aad Washlagtoa Sta. Mala ml : .... JOURNEY Chandler GIRLS MAKE ROUND TRIP ACROSS CONTINENT ' J ' Elgin Six, which made the round tr lp across the continent under the "guidance of two San Francisco girls, la here shown at the Elgin headquarters In Cleveland, Just before starting again for the West. The car passed through Portland last week. In these piping times of peace and good will it seems to be customary for the traffic cops to turn the semaphore for "omen drivers who have made frisky j jrneys across the cpuntry. This Elgin ti.x went from San Francisco last sum mer bearing Mrs. Viola Burner and Miss WEST LOOKS GOOD ' AFTER SEEING EAST H. W. Soderling of Centralia Glad to Get Back Home From Eastern Trip. Centralia, Wash., Oct. 16. While eastern cities with their glamor and bustle and their bright Rights have a certair attraction for a little whjile, there is no place like the West for a home and for progress for the w'orking man and the mon who is conducting a small business and hopes to have that business grow, according to H. W. Soderling, local dealer in Dodge Brothers motor cars, who has Just returned from a visit to Minneapolis, Milwaukee, Chicago and Detroit. In the last named city Soderling spent much time in the huge factory of Dodge Brothers. WE8TER3T AIR REVIVES "When we crossed the hump' and be gan to breathe western air and feel the westerti rains we certainly felt that we were home again." Soderling declared yesterday. "In six weeks we had had all we wanted of the east and since my trip I feel more strongly than ever be fore that I am now in permanent bus! ness and permanently located In Cen tralia" 1 Industrial conditions in the East are adjusting themselves to a permanent basis,. Soderling said. The supply of necessities of life is far behind the de mand and except in a few instances where prices are over inflated, he does not look for radical reductions. From two to five years of building up will be necessary to equalize supply and de mand, he believes. WORK PLENTIFUL There is plenty for labor and every skilled man who wants employment has no trouble finding it, he says. In fact, the Jobs are looking for the men and those who are idle are thus through choice and not from necessity, he added. One of the most notloeable things was the universal housing shortage, Soder ling said. In Minneapolis rents range from $65 to $125 a month and at those prices there are no vacant houses. There is absolutely nothing for sale, he said, and offers of high prices for houses seemed to be no inducement This means, he added, that building operations will continue at a high point for years to come. . Scale Is Low ' The day scale of government wages in the District of Columbia lists automobile drivers at $3 to (3.40 and motor mechan ics from 13.84 to $4.96. The automobile antedates the airplane by only about 20 years, while the bicycle preceded the automobile by less than half the time. WILL THIS STEER FUTURE CARS? v ' f 'v o$ -m New Steering: wheel with housing Mavis Young. The two women started through the Southern states and Jour neyed as far as New York, following the Pikes Peak ocean to ocean- trail. Com ing back, they went through the North ern states, and though the choice of trips might seem to the experienced driver to have been unsatisfactorUy reversed, the Shock Absorbers Rod Murphy, man of destiny for the Twin States Motor Car company, is off for the East, whene he will cavort around at the Chandler and Cleveland factories with a view of obtaining more supplies for the Portland front. Murf departed with a sense of Impending suc cess. A. L. Smith, sales manager for Mitch ell, Lewis & Staver company, is depart ing for Chicago the first of November, where he will go Into business for him self. Smith is one of the"oldtlmera" on the row. S. A. Stellwagen. manager of the Ford Motor company's factory branch over on Division street, is out of the city for a couple of weeks on business. II. H. ("Bert") Eling, pioneer man ager for Willys-Overland down on Broadway, is leaving today for Seattle. The Sound city is calling him to be Olds mobile pusher within its environs. The outcome of the banquet held last Thurs day seemed to be that what is Portland's loss is Seattle's gain. W. W. Wintler, for many years asso ciated with the service department of the Covey Motor Car company. Is getting his bearings down with the Rubin and the Knight Eight. It's slightly nearer to the Broadway bridge for Wintler. L. A. Hannan, manager of the local branch of the Scrlpps-Booth company of California, is now In Oakland at Scrlpps Booth headquarters, where plans are be ing discussed for greater expansion In the Northwestern territory. R. F. Thompson, general manager of the Howard Auto company, Buick Six distributors for the coast, was a visitor at the local branch of the company the early part of last week. A. J. Brown, quondam Scrippe-Booth and Chevrolet enthusiast under L. A. Hannan, and later with the Chevrolet organization here. Is now with the Scrlpps-Booth organization at Oakland, Cal., under R. C. Durant. Kirk Thompson, from the Gate city, where he sold Cadillacs for Don lee, is now with the Covey Motor Car company, still selling Cadillacs. A. D. Callaghan has recently been ap pointed manager for the Diamond T. Oregon Truck company, with offices at Fourteenth and Couch streets. High Record in Exports A new high record was established in the past 11 months when 103,146 pas senger automobiles and 21,65C motor trucks were shipped from the United States to foreign countries. New York Show Soon The 1920 Automobile Salon in New York will be open November 14. Amer ican and foreign cars of exclusive design wUl be exhibited. Cars Are Thick New York, with the greatest number of motor vehicles, averages one car for every 25 yards of railroad track In that state. xy containing usual dash ! equipment. '-f- car came through the North, with Its rains and occasional snow flurry, with flying colors and all four wheels. . After a stop In Portland with the Weller Mo tor company, local distributors, for ad Justments, the two women and their car continued on South over the Pacific highway. FINDS DELIGHTFUL E lowan and Machine, Bespattered With Mud, Arrive After 2500 Mile Ride. The far-famed Yellowstone Na tional park has "nothing on" Co lumbia river highway, according to C A. McCoun, Hupmobile dealer in Klngsley, Iowa, who arrived here last week after driving 2500 miles om his home town, en route to Los Angeles. Mrs. McCoun accom panied him. The Columbia river highway, to be sure, has no spouting geysers, but the Iowans nevertheless found it a more en joyable drive than the trip through Yel lowstone and left Portland with loud praises on their lips for the famous Ore gon roadway. The 1920 Hupmobile driven by McCoun was bespattered high and low, fore and aft, with mud and clay of many states. "There were no good roads to speak of from Casper. Wyo., to Pendleton, Or.," said McCoun good naturedly. "Here and there we found, of course, short stretches that were in good shape but they did not remain good for any considerable distance, except for the drive through Yellowstone park. ran i n u ii ii n 11 11 il i! 11 a The Di ON HIGHWAY Li- - r 1 "A a usual thing tha so-caned high- i waya were a mixture of mud and water. stoaea and ruts, the word rough being the beat general eiasamcauon. im not In the habit of allowing anyone to pass me on a hill or anywhere else and man- j aged to maintain my record on this 2500 mile drive, but I must admit that I was obliged to content myself with some pretty slow travel through some of the mud. i Cheyenne, Casper, Yellowstone, Boise, Pendleton and the Columbia river high- way were the high lights on the trip. State Road Office For East Counties Goes to La Grande Baker, Oct. 16. The state highway of fice, which haa been maintained in Baker for a number of months under the supervision of Engineer R. IL Bak- dock. has received orders to move im mediately to La Grande, where It will establish an office. The reason for this change In the lo cation of the state highway office of this section is the resignation of M. O. Ben nett, engineer in charge of the Pendleton district, who has left the state highway department to accept a position In Mon tana, The entire Eastern Oregon area is now combined into one district and the office will be established at La Grande, because the Union county city is more centrally located in the district than Baker. Members of the office here are not anxious to make the change and an at tempt was made by local men to have the order annulled. It was later found advisable, however, to let the matter drop. Engineer Baldock will be placed in charge of the entire combined district. The Office will be moved from this city about October 1. Hydrometer Tells Whether Battery. J Solution Is 0. K. Most car owners carry a tire gauge to test the air pressure in their tires. Many cars today are equipped with a device which indicates overheating in the motor. These are for safety first purposes, and in this same class comes the hydrometer which every motorist should carry in his car. A hydrometer is a glass tube with a rubber bulb on one end and inside the glass tube is a weighted float. This instrument is used to test the specific gravity of the acid solution in a battery and It should be used at least every two weeks. To take a : reading, the rubber bulb Is pressed and the point of the hydrometer is placed in the cell ; the bulb is then re leased and the acid solution is drawn up in the hydrometer. If the specific gravity is below 1.275 the battery must be charged from an outside source. Targe Tax Paid Motor manufacturers In and around Detroit, Mich., paid to the United States government J21.50O.00O for the first four months of 1920. This is said to be the largest automobile excise tax ever paid Uk the United States. Many Travel by Auto In Philadelphia, approximately 60,000 men are carried from their homes to of rAa in ail, nmnKI lam ts.tviMI lh, mi rm of 8 :30 and 10 every week day morning, i: n.infff i II II HI! COUPE, ' v' It is looked upon as the family's most faithful friend because of its instant readiness, at any hour, in any weather, to serve each individual member at remark ably small cost gasoline consumption is unusually The tire mileage is unusually high. Covey Motor Car Washington St at 21st Portland, Ore. I DADTI llin lllll 1111 I if A"' - ll " '' ' ' . ". ' i - ' I runiLniiu mAn vtili. uu i 1 ' . " '. , " Li-J TIT IfWR ! im F . A. L. Smith, former sales manager for Mitchell. Lewis A Staver, automobile department, who Is leaving that com Dany to take up his headquarters In Chicago in business for himself. Mileage Is Scraped Off Auto Tires by Careless Operation Many good miles are scraped from tires by carelessness. This may seem a strange statement, but tire men throughout the country are busy proving it every day. When you turn a corner and the tires scrape against the curb, rubber Is sure to come off. thus reducing the mileage of that tire. "It has been found that many a mile is wasted on a good casing by just such abuse." says Martin F. Swift of the Howell-Swift Tire company, local dis tributors of Canton and Blackstone tires. "It is eas to secure maximum mileage from tires If one exercises onjy reasonable care. "When you turn a corner be gure you are going slow enough so that the car does not skid. Sliding around the cor ner cuts off a lot of good, tough rubber that would carry you many miles." Fountains Are Junked Cast-iron drinking fountains, set up In various parts of the city of York, Pa,, were recently sold as Junk. The foun tains have passed into disuse because of the passing of horses as means of trans portation. - New Tork's Busy Day The busiest day in the history of the traffic court In New York ctty was re cently recorded when fines 4or the day totaled $5325. Amounts ranging from $25 to $50 were Imposed on each of the i 125 offenders. II II II I! ! Illlll I! 1111 I! HDD IC low. Co. II ; , v iA UMf II UlAi HtlllL. IU fl iA III" IRVIN S. COBB expressed his"StudebakerConyictron' and likewise voiced the conviction of all owners of ,tne tie- series Studebakers when he taker is a WONDER CAR. Cobb came West to rough it. He instructed his gui to show him the wildest 'and most out-of-the-way spdfs i Eastern Oregon in. order that his thirst for wild game an' adventure could be gratified to the greatest possible degfel The Big Six Studebaker was loaded to capacity the occi pants and luggage weighing over a ton, ; Considering that this load was to be carried over m lava beds of Eastern Oregon up the highest and steepej mountains across miles of country covered only wit sagebrush and badger holes and not the slightest sen blance of a road being present in many instancesor, would think that with this sort of work ahead, a load "Of ton would be sufficient, but in addition to this a trailer bu dened with a further one-half ton was attached to the B; Six and that "WONDER CAR," with its marvelous mbto carried the compound load snips or tne wnoie uodd expedition without a hitch. Most ordinarv owners would not subject a car to tl hardships of the Cobb trip in a'lifetime of driving. Thej are many of our owners, however, who have this sunim) covered much territory and have encountered all kinds' road conditions. They are tne atuaeoaKer. Following are tome statements from a few Studeb&k owners: "I have owned and driven nine STUDEBAKERS and have had the privilege of riding in a great many cars of other makes, but never have I come inv contact with such a satisfactory car as my present Big 6. Its performance cannot be surpassed. - ' "I have owned and operated a number of auto mobiles of different makes .and am a crank on per formance, and I can truly say that my present Stude baker is the most pleasing car I have ever owned. "R. L BALZER, Mgr. Qyde Equipment Co." "My present STUDEBAKER SedanMs a source of satisfaction that words are inadequate to express, v "W. A. KNIGHT, "Pres. and Mgr. Knight Shoe Co.". "During all of my driving this summer from Tia Juana, Mexico, to Vancouver, British Columbia, I never had to put a wrench to my STUDEBAKER. 1 "J. L. HARTMAN, H "President HarUnan-Tbompson Bank." . . "I enjoy driving my STUDEBAKER exceedingly. The ease of control, resulting from its great powerful motor, coupled with the comfort of US road ability, makes it a car of great satisfaction. .- "B. C. BALL. r "President Willamette Iron 4 Steel Works. "I have been drivfng cars ever since 1910, having' owned seven, and they have all been STUDEBAKERS. j The Light Six that I now drive is the most satisfying car I have ever ridden in. . "A. W. CLARK, "President ClirA Lumber A Mfg. Ca v v : ' "When it comes to roughing it over the roughest possible road conditions, the wonderful riding quali ties of our STUDEBAKER have been very marked i and the ease of control with a great excess of power 1 makes the car a real joy to drive. : ; 1 as t "Believe me, I know machinery from soup to nuts it's my business and when I bought. my ' STUDEBAKER I examined her from differential to' radiator, and her performance has since borne out all that her excellent construction indicated before, my purchase. . -i "STEVE WESTOVER, : "Plant Supt. WllUmetu Iron 4k Steal Work" I f The STUDEBAKER Big Six is a WONDER CAR. "IRVIN S. COBB." Most reneralljr read of all American writer Big Six $2150 Special Six $1750 Light Sii$K: Y. O. B. YACTOKY , , LIST OF DEALERS Alfcasr Carafe Albasy, Ore. BirmeiUr Usraea. .Kortb Bead, Ore. Clackamas Co. Aate Tractor Ce... , ...Orejos City, Ore. dtosfleld, Oee. H Waseo. Ore. Dalle, G a rare Ce lie.. The Dalle. Or. Daahaas Aate Co... Klamath Falls, Ore. 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