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About The Oregon daily journal. (Portland, Or.) 1902-1972 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 31, 1920)
V THE OREGON : SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 31, 1SS3. TOURISTS NOW TAKE . HOME ALONG -vt ILLINOIS PARTY Rock Island Business Men Bring Families From Mid-West Along .' National Parks Highway Route V 11 BEARS ON LONG JOURNEY I I . '-l , .... ... , .,',v'!' ' : -5 . ? ,;. .mn the family goes touring these' days t)i modern motor car is a thing of usefulness and a Joy for ever that la, if it's open camping and not hotels where the family will . spend the night. . The past year has seen number of "road wagone"make their appearance within the bounds of Portland, and even at this late , 4t t .Ro speed wagon drops In with all the conveniences of a cot . tags on wheels. John Dee of Rock Island. 111., manu- 1 faeturer, garage . man and automobile Ammlar. nt tha noble Idea of converting this Keo Into a touring camp-ear. He put the car In shape, built a special body for it and equipped It It has four spe 1 elal swinging seats ; medicine chest. 20 . gallon water tank for hot water, electric . lights throughout, lockers underneath the body for cooking utensils, camp cook stove and equipment, a "kiddy koop" " for baby Betty, and beds that swing out from either side. The beds are enclosed , with specially tailored awnings and they t have real springs on which to sleep. - SZABOHS FBOYIDED "FOB Besides all this there are special com " partmenta for winter clothing and for ' bathing iulU. The Dee party consists of Mr. and Mrs. John Dee and Baby Betty Dee and Mr. artd Mrs. H. H. Hoffman. Both men are prominent business men, In Rock ' Island. Hoffman Is manager of the t . official magazine of the Modern Wood .. men of America, known aa the Modern t Woodman. The party came through Iowa and Minnesota and followed the National : parks highway, which they say la ex cellent, and Into Portland via Pasco. White Salman and the Columbia river highway and say that they are In love "V with Oregon. OXEOON ROADS LIKED "Tour Oregon aplrit is certainly a I Wonderful thing," said Hoffman, "and I ,'your roads well, I'll tell you, if we had I roads like yours In Illinois we'd think I - we were in heaven." 't ' After spending several days in Port- J land visiting Dr. Dee, sister of John Dee, the party journeyed southward, bound for home via San Diego, Texas and Mis souri. They expect to arrive In Rock Island In time to pluck the family turkey now being fattened for their Thanksgiv ' ing dinner. Motor Transport Is Making Pronounced, Advances All Over . Motor transportation along lines of general hauling end Inter-clty express is making pronounced advances. In many parts of the country small com munltles have been built up, entirely dependent upon motor transportation. The probable returns from these hamlets and communities is so small that the railroads cannot extend their lines to reach these points, consequently all shipments depend upon trucks. In many instances businesses that started In a small way at a remote point have proved successful, entirety because motor truck facilities mads the market and raw ma terials available. There are other communities that have railroad facilities but of such limited extent that they do not meet the re quirement. The mobility of motor truck operation Is a pronounced advantage over railroads, as is evidenced by the experience of Francis O. Farney. About four years ago Farney purchased his first motor truck, a Mack. He started in a small way, but gradually acquired a crowing business and as It developed additional motor equipment became necessary. Farney operates a motor ex- " press line between Scappoose and Port land, and recently purchased from the Mack International Motor Truck corn poratlon a new I-ton Mack truck of the worm drive type. The new truck Is John Dee of Rock Island, HI., who reached Portland last week. In this "borne on wheels' LOCAL SALESMEN L W DISTRIBUTE STEAM PRODUCTS F. E. Manchester Will Handle All Models of New Company; First Business to Be Done in 1920. F. E. Manchester, head of Stanley Steamer sales for Portland for the past two years and for the past few months manager for the C. H. S. company. Moon and Dixie Flyer distributors, will have the Portland distribution for Stanley steam products under the new company, the Dahlhjelm Steam Carriage company, recently organ ized to handle Northwest distribu tion for the Stanley. The company will cover Oregon, Washington, Idaho and Western Montana. The company is a triangular partner ship, with one of the partners in each of the three centers of distribution for the territory. Manchester will have the Portland branch, R. C. Dahlhjelm will handle the Spokane territory and A. I Perry will look after the Seattle branch. The company has a five-year contract on the Stanley, which is coming out with a variety of models. The large car has been reduced In price to $4390, and one light model will soon make Its ap pearance to sell in the neighborhood of $2500. According to Manchester there has been considerable call for a light car and a roadster. Going a step far ther, the company manufacturing Stan ley steamers will put out each of the popular models known to manufactur ers of gasoline driven automobiles. In addition to the passenger car, the com pany here will handle the Stanley Bteam truck and the Stanley steam tractor, the latter vehicle being a distinct sur prise to the trade in general. Built to haul two plows, the tractor in demon stration work during the past summer hauled as many as four plows with ease. The company has been organised tinder the name of the Dahlhjelm Steam Carriage company and plans are being laid for spring business. Little will be done before the first of the year ex cept to cover the territory in a general trade Investigation. A headquarters, for the Portland branch has not yet been decided upon, according to Manchester. Shock Absorbers W. R. Delay of the D. C Warren Motor Car company has left the city to return to his home in Iowa for a short time, where his father is 11L Fol lowing the recovery of his parent. Delay will probably pay a visit to the Velle factory before returning to Portland. Howard M. Covey of the Covey Motor Car company is still out in the woods after deer. Reports of the party's suc cess has been meager. A. B. Smith of Robinson & Smith, is with. Covey. Ted Herllhy, Chalmers booster for the C Lb Boss Automobile company, is back from an extended trip into Eastern Ore gon. He found the territory there in as good condition as could be expected with crop damage In some localities. Business, though quiet, shows improve ment, says Ted. Rod Murphy of the Twin States Motor Car company has returned from a trip to the Chandler and Cleveland factories. He returns with all kinds of pep for pulling additional business out of the fire before the first of the year. J. A. Frye, district manager for Can-ton-Blackstone tires, with headquarters in San Francisco, was a guest of the Howell-Swift company last week. How ell & Swift are distributors for this line of tires. - L. R. Jackson, coast manager for Firestone, Brownie Corslake, factory representative for motorcycle tires, and J. A. Woods, coast motorcycle tire man for Firestone, were in town last week. hobnobbing with Lehtnd J. Sparks, man ager of the local Firestone branch. Sidney Beck, quandam head of the accessory department of M. Sellers & Co., was in Portland last week calling on the trade. Beck Is now with the Hoover Spring company of Frisco. "BULL" THINKING Readjustment Now in Progress Is Forerunner of Stabilized In dustry, Says Manufacturer. SCENERY IS FINE, BUT ROADJSJUST FIERCE (Continued Prom -Pice One) "Wh.il e there are many concrete contributing factors in business to day that have undoubtedly caused a slight slowing up of motor vehicle sales, it is also undoubtedly true that the mental attitude of dealers every' where has had its effect upon the general situation," says M. I Pul her, vice president and general manager of the Federal Motor Truck company of Detroit. "There is in every market forces which we call bull' forces, which tend to In flate prices," he said, "to keep them high as possible and then there is also the so-called 'bear' element which tries to deflate them to pull them down. "Business today is good in some places and bad in others good for some dealers and manufacturers and not good with others. Many factors contribute to this condition, but none more forcibly than the 'bear' tendencies on the part of some short-sighted men who are analysing the present situation as a "natural tempo rary depression' which has arrived and which, they believe. If they sit quiet, will eventually pass over their beads. "With a thorough knowledge of this situation before him, the wide awake dealer dares not sit down and wait for what he considers a temporary storm to pass for It will not. He must accept the situation and work. TW E; V W IWB ESS Afc CAR Oregon Drivers Need Ford Sedans The closed car is the comfort car in Oregon in rain, snow, wind storm or sunshine. Just as much air from outside as you want and no more Just as much, warmth from inside as .you want ana, no more. Always a cicar vision in an directions afe to idrfye anywhere.. With the sturdy Ford motor and chassis, the Ford Sedan weighs only 1875 pounds. It has the most power per pound of weight thai is why it was The first car in 1920 to Government Camp on Mt Hood. May 17 A FORD SEDAN. The first car over Willamette Pass under its own power, Aug. 28, 1920 A FORD SEDAN. Over mountain roads, forest paths or city streets, wherever you want to go in Oregon, a Ford Sedan will get you there and get you back in comfort. Your new car should be a Ford Sedan. Get it now and enjoy driving every day of the year. The following prices are now in effect on Ford cars, F. O. B. Detroit: Chassis ....$360.00 Runabout, regular $395.00 Runabout, with starter $465.00 Touring, regular $440.00 Touring, with starter $510.00 Coupe, with starter. $745.00 Sedan, with starter. . $795.00 Truck, pneumatic tires $545.00 For Sale by the Following Authorized City Dealers Francis Motor Car Co. .Grand and Hawthorne Ave. Palace Garage Twelfth at Stark Wm. L. Hughson Co. Broadway at Davis Rushlight & Penney East Third at Broadway Talbot & Casey, Inc. East Ankeny at Grand Robinson-Smith Co. jSixth and Madison equipped with cushion wheels. Consistent and dependable service by Farney has created for him a responsi ble clientele. He realises the importance of return loads for lnter-clty hauling, and knows his trucks must be kept busy, and they nearly always carry a capacity load. His service, the responsibility of which he attributes largely to the per formance of his Mack trucks, he said, has been one of his best business build ing assets. ALIVE THERE'S energy animation life an in sistent activity to "do the job" there's all that about a Columbia Storage Batlery. .That's why motorists everywhere speak of that Columbia "difference" in standing up even while subject to a prolonged starting drain that would greatly lower the vitality of the ordinary battery. Our specialty is service, and we will prolong to the utmost the life of any storage battery you may be using. But when the day for a new purchase arrives as you expect it to eventu allywe wifl demonstrate "Columbia Reserve Power so effectually that you simply wifl in sist on putting it on your car. "Qwr service always at your service COLUMBIA STORAGE BATTERY COMPANY PARK AND COUCH STREETS H. M. NISBET, Manager 0 titse shade, and an occasional hill from which charming spreads of landscape show tilled, fields, orchards, and, at this time of the year, wild riots of color in reds and yellows. The land in many cases seems to have been riven over to truck farming, one thrifty man of the soli falling- to take his Sabbath ease for fear of losing a good plowing day. His horses divided their attention between the task In hand and the passing motor cars on the highway. Two miles from Damascus the paving ends. A sign at the side of the road said it was two miles but it might have been wrong. It seemed like four miles. The road is not very good. The' scouts would like to recommend that road, for it traverses some wonderful country, but a youthful conscience precludes road praise where none is due. It's a rough road and that's all there Is to It. Da mascus is reached anon, and by turning to the list and going straight ahead one will, with about 4.5 miles of traveling, reach Boring. Cross the tracks and turn right at the Karaee. The road between Damascus and Boring is hot as bad as some other parts of the route. BOAD FAIBXT GOOD As one nears Boring the surface is macadam and gravel and fairly good. though with some sharp curves, and one or two excellent glimpses of Mount Hood surprise the traveler. For ade quate descriptions of this phenomenon see any good Oregon prospectus. Out of Boring g few miles lies Barton. Bar ton is not much of a town to look at The settlement Is not large and unless one has friends there the only signif icance attendant to reaching the place Is that one turns to the left at the sign marked 'To Oregon City 13 miles. Don't be misled by that sign : there's another down the road a few miles that says the same thing. A gradual slope leads the road down from Barton Into the canyon, or valley of the Clackamas river. The last part of the descent before the floor of the valley Is reached is bad road. Numbers of springs rush merrily from the side of the hill and merrily course down tha ruts in the road. Nice place to give the car a bath and fill the radiator. A short stretch from the bottom of the hill in tervenes before one reaches the approach to the long steel bridge over the river. To obtain a real view of the scenery one can shinny up to the top of the super structure and get an eyefull. Taking pictures from the narrow steel ledge at the top In a strong wind Is not the easiest feat in the world, and a scouttah photographer became so excited at his elevated position that he doubled on his films and didn't discover the error until some miles away. Leaving the bridge on the south side of the Clackamas is to ford through some mud and coarse gravel extremely annoying even to the rugged nerves of the habitual motorist. This lasts for some thousands of yards, the surface gradually becoming more smooth until a fair road can be followed for some miles. Road crews have been working here. A bad stretch or two have to be negotiated on farther In the vicinity of Clear creek, and in fact from this point on to Gladstone the road is not any too good. At Gladstone one comes onto the paving and reaches the bridge connect ing with the Milwaukie road. Taking everything Into consideration, the loop isn't what it should be. As a scenic drive few roads can excel the Boring loop offering, but in Clackamas county as well as In some other coun ties of , this state and of Washington motoring is fraught with mixed bless ings. If the country is beautifu. fre quently the roads are poor.' If the roads are good, something else is the matter. The Columbia river highway ts the great exception. Some day, perhaps, we may have a combination of all - the good thtnes to the exclusion of those not so HsBimiBii'gflnm'niiiiTnnD v 9 Q It is hard to imagine a busi ness needing delivery at all which could not profitably use a car so even in service and so economical in cost. Covey Motor Car Co. Washington at Twenty-first r PERFORMANCE COUNt$ Protect Your Motor Truck Investment Your business judgment warns you against buying a motor truck the price of which is not guaranteed against reduction. You don't want to be the prey of unscrupulous truck makers. The prices of all mode Is of MACK trucks are guaranteed against re duction for at least six months from October 1. This should mean much to the prospective truck buyer, as it is ABSOLUTE protec tion on the investment. The chance to profiteer did not enter into determining present prices of MACK tmcks- nothing counted but actual costs and a fair profit. Performance of ; MACK trucks is always dependable and so are MACK prices. MACK-INTERNATIONAL Motor Truck Corporation Ten tli and Davis Streets -V: