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THE OREGON I SUNDAY, JOURNAL, PORTLAND, "t SUNDAY ' MORNING, OCTOBER "24, 1920.
WINNER OF LAST
AUTO RACE WILL
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new iorK uoDOier uay uiassic id
End Season; Milton, Murphy,
De Palma, Chevrolet Leadfng.
One more race for the speed
kings this .year and then, Old Man
Winter will put the kibosh on the
'steeds of the roaring read for a
few white months. The Gobbler Day
classics at Beverley Hills, N. T..
will be the final grind for the
speeders and then it's curtains for
the motor cars, except in barn
storming work in the Sunny South.
Tommy Milton's splendid showing In
the 200 mile race on the Fresno speed
way finally disposes of any worry there
might have been regarding the speed of
his car in the final championship event
of the 120 speedway season at Beverly
Hills, Thanksgiving day. His mount
showed as much speed as any car on
the track at Fresno and in his final bat
tle for championship honors he will be
In first class shape as far as his mount
Is concerned.
The standing of the drivers In line for
the championship title is so close that
In all probability the winner of the Tur
key day 250 mile race at Beverly will
likewise be crowned champion for 1920.
The one thing that has worried most of
the fans lately has .been the question of
Milton's new car. After the last Union
town event Milton severed his connection
with the Duesenberg factory and se
cured Cliff Durant's Chevrolet Special,
practically an unknown quantity.
5EW CAE FAST
However, Milton dissipated any fears
that bis admirers may have entertained
when he captured a close third at Fres
no, only an unfortunate tire change in
the 164th lap depriving him of the lead.
His car proved to be remarkably fast
and he gradually worked his way to the
front only to be forced to stop because
of the rough condition of the new track
which resulted In a flat tire.
Ralph De Palma, who, with Milton Mur
phy and Gaston Chevrolet, form the
championship possibilities for 1920, had
the same sort of tough breaks In the
luck, being forced to take his fast little
Ballot Into the pits several times because
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When madam Is disposed to wear her party regalia ont In the dusty dampness we have been subjected
to for the past few weeks, it behooves her to have a roof over her head and side walls that will repel
the precipitation. Here is a Jordan sedan Just about to ramble away to some festive retreat from
the shelter of the porte cochiere.
W. R. Delay of the D. C Warren
Motor Car company is out of town on
a business trip. He is expected to be
abseat from the row about two weeks,
on a visit to the Velie factory..
Howard M. Covey of the Covey Motor
company has rushed frantically off Into
the forest for the purpose of nabbing a
deer or two before the season closes
and the woods get too cold for hunting.
E. R. Francis and A. B. Smith are in the
party, which will hunt along the Mac
kenzie. ,
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J. B. McKensie, manager of the Fisk
tire factory branch, is also out of the
city. He is making a trip through a por
tion of his territory, and reports have
it that he took a gun along. The shells
were not marked with the names of
competitors, but are destined to end the
careers of "chinks" and kindred game.
Edward A. Scheu, general sales man
ager of the King Motor Car company of
Detroit, and C. K. Carper, western serv
ice manager for King, arrived In Port
land last week. Carper will remain here
about a week, but Scheu has already
shaken the dust of the city from his feet
and hied him back to the Motor City.
I V. Rawlings of the Oregon Lexing
ton company, Lexington Six distributors
for Oregon, returned the middle of last
week from a trip down the valley to
line up a few Lexington tealera He says
the roads are fair. He intends soon to
make a trip into Eastern Oregon.
Lewis E. Obye of the Lewie E. Obye
Motors company is back from an ex
tended ' stay in Eastern Oregon. He
made his headquarters at Wasco and
Pendleton, lining up some of the pluto
cratic ranchers ,.as prospects for his
lines.
Frank C. Rlggs. western coast man-
of tire trouble. Inasmuch as the Beverly
bowl has proved Itself to be' wonder
fully easy on rubber, the four leading
contenders will probably be able to bat
tle for the title without a chance tire
change upsetting their plans. -
LEASER LEAST FANCIED
Of all the contenders for the title the
leader, Gaston Chevrolet, is least fan
cied to capture the honors. Chevrolet
captured his commanding lead right at
the start of the season when he got
away with the 500 mile race at Indian
apolis and the 1000 points that went
with that position. Since that time he
has scarcely figured at all, while Mur
phy and Milton have been particularly
consistent In their victories. DePalma,
Hike Chevrolet, seems to be in the habit
of either winning or finishing nowhere.
The Fresno race did not carry with
It championship points and neither did
the last Uniontown event, so that the
standings remain as they did previous
to these races. Chevrolet still has a
slight lead over Milton. Murphy and De
Palma, all of whom have a chance of
capturing the title " by winning at
Beverly.
FEATURES LISTED
Not only Is the 250 mile championship
race to be a thriller but the speedway
officials have announced a number of
additional features, all of which are to
be included in the one price of admis
sion. Among them will be an airplane
show Inside the track at which will be
exhibited just about every type of air
plane known to fame and a few not so
illustrious. The military and naval au
thorities are cooperating and promise to
put on a splendid exhibit of modern
aircraft
There is also a possibility that the
free parking space inside the track will
have to be reserved In advance. The
tremendous crowd of 75.000 people who
jammed into the speedway at Fresno is
expected to be exceeded by the attend
ance at the Thanksgiving day race, in
which case it will be absolutely neces
sary to reserve parking space for those
who wish to drive into the basin and
view the race from their cars. An an
nouncement in this connection will
probably be made by the speedway of
ficials very shortly.
ager for Willys-Overland, who has his
office in San Francisco and his -home
in Portland, is in town for a few days
after .a journey over the seven states
comprising his "beat. He is sort of
looking after things down at the Over
land branch following the departure of
Bert Ellng in his merry Oldamoblle.
Rod Murphy of the Twin States is
still In the East dashing about in search
of whatever he can bring back to Port
land. When asked when Murf would re
turn. Bill Byrne, his side kick with
Chandler, said he wouldn't tell.
W. D. Sapp, factory representative
of the Columbia Motors company of De
troit, Columbia Six builders, was in
Portland last week as the business guest
of the A. M. Beaver Motor company. He
left for Seattle about the middle of the
wesk, but will return to Portland Mon-
F
0RE1GN TRUCKS
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AMERICAN
L B. Graham, Detroit Automobile
Man, Says Slump Put on Mar
ket by Credit? Exchange High.
F. J. Laher, president of Laher Spring
company, with branches in Seattle and
Spokane, was in Portland last week for
a few days visiting the central factory
here. Laher divides his time between
the three cities where his business flour
ishes. Ray Hart of the Stewart Products
Service station Is "out hunting," ac
cording to laconic information obtained
at his place of business. Verily, the
boys of gas and juice cannot withstand
the call of the wild and the pop of the
gun, whether anything drops or not.
M. D. Baker, president of the M. D.
Baker company, local Prestollte battery
distributors. Is out on the territory with
J. G. Brown, factory man for Prestollte,
signing up new agencies for the battery.
Brown Is from New York, where the
central offices of the company are located.
"Foreign trucks simply cannot
compete with American made trucks
in the foreign field." -said L. B. Gra
ham, general sales manager for the
Denby Motor Truck company, of De
troit, recently. Graham was Id
Portland on business with the locaj
branch of the company. "Of course,
this means in price only, for when
it comes down to workmanship and
actual worth, foreign builders take
more pains in finishing their jobs
than we do, and thy last for a life
time, both cars and trucks.
Graham analysed the export situation
very carefully, pointing out that for
some time the Denby company had
been sounding the prospects of foreign
demand and answering as rapidly as pos
sible the cry of those abroad for Yan
kee carriers. Graham handles both the
domestic and foreign sales ends and
admits to having had his hands full, up
to the present time.
DOMESTIC DEMAHD STOCK
Seeing a slackening in domestic de
mand, due to a variety of conditions
here, he went strongly into the export
business some years ago and today has
a healthy field for exportation, quiet
though it is at present because of sx . :
change conditions. .. 4 t- -
"The Orient, 8outh' -ft fn erica and Af-'-'
rlca have been our prlnclpaj fields, . ;
continued the Detroit .mas. t "Europt
has been closed to us because of the r"
low rate of exchange. Some trucks ars .'' '
going in now, st Increased prices to take
care of this ItrerenUal, and ws ar '
finding practically no competition from
foreign builders. All makes of Yankee
commercial vehicles are,. papular over . l
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"Steam machines are numerous In for- -elgn
hauling, the Jobs are old fashioned , ,
and cumbersome and. though used in
numerous cases to the exclusion of our -v
own goods, are making little progress
with the man who wants a serviceable
vehicle at comparatively small cost.
With freight rates on trucks to Africa
and South America prnctlcally equal
to the coFt of the vehicles. English and
French makers simply cannot compete..
"One of the reasons for a slackening It
in foreign demand just now, which seems
to have followed our own domestic
slump. Is the price of petrol, which has 4
Increased 300 per cent in price In some
countries, particularly France.
CJIEDIT MARKET Cl.OSK
"Another reason for a falling off of
fore.ign buying Is credit. The demand
is there. jeople want trucks for work
everywhere, but with limited credit, they
have small chance of retting alt they
want. Their circle of credit seems to '
have been impaired along with ours,
and inasmuch as credit must be estab-
llshcd and night drafts honored before
shipment from New York, foreign deal
ers or direct buyers are suffering.
"This wilt not mean that we will lose
our market. English and French build
ers can do no better, and when the
credit clouds roll away we will again
have the jump on the boys across the
seas."
Graham added that the Orient Is a
promising field, and the American-Hawaiian
company, handling the Denby
truck in Hawaii as a sub-distributor to
the house-in San Francisco, is the old-v
est truck distribution point In the Pa
cific and has a wide circle of distribution.
Plans for Portland's park site ars
are nearly completed, say city officials.
Read What a Service Specialist
Says of Our 52 Weeks' Service:
C K. Carper, Field Service Representative of the King Motor Car company,
after investigating first-hand our year's free service plan, says:
"I am convinced that you have solved the problem of automobile service. Al
most anybody can sell a car like the King, but it takes Service to keep any auto
mobile sold. I have made a careful study of service problems in my organiza
tion work throughout the United States and I find that the 52 weeks free service
plan inaugurated by Mr. Rubin approaches the ideal. The dealer knows that
under this plan every King owner gets maximum efficiency from his car. I be
lieve Mr. Rubin has the right idea and the right man as head of his service
department. Mr. Winder's rating as compared with other efficient King Serv
ice Managers throughout the country (and we pride ourselves on the high
standard of our service) is AA-1."
Mr. Carper will be in the city the entire week and is at the service vf King
owners at the Rubin Motor Car company. A cut-out motor ond display at the
showrooms will be used by Mr. Carper to demonstrate the inner workings of
the King. '
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Designed and built complete at the King factories, T type, water
cooled, four cylinders on a side, cast en bloc and mounted on an alumi
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regulator, "water inlets on the side and in center of each cylinder block,
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Wonderfully efficient carburetor of maximum power and economy.
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