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THE - OREGON - SUNDAY- JOURNAU .PORTLAND, SUNDAY -MORNING, OCTOBER, 31, -1920.,
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Prediction of Two Decades Ago Is
Borne Out by Export. Records
for 1920;Va!ue $232,252,376
Pioneers of 20 years ago in the
Automobile business predicted that
eventually the world would come to
the United States for its automobiles
and trucks. This dream" seems to
day to be about to come true. The
world is Indeed coming to us for
their cars. Records of the depart
ment of commerce for the fiscal
year 1920, just ended, show that
automobiles and- parts valued at
$232,252,876. were shipped, from
this country, in the face of adverse
exchange conditions. This figure
furthermore represents an exporta
tion nine times as great as before
the war.
The number of commercial cars tx
ported during V the 12 months ended
Jane SO was 24,356, valued at $41,677.
684, as compared with 12,921. valued at
$32,223,495, in 191$. Passenger car ship
ments showed an. even greater increase.
the total being 115,619, valued at 1125,
294,025, as compared with 41,291, valued
at $46,852,705, the year before.
BRITISH IMPORTS BIO
The - United Kingdom led In the Im
ports of both commercial and passenger
cars, taking 4593 of the former and
17,528 of the latter. Canada was second
In .the matter of both types of cars.
taking 2441 commercial and 9993 pan
senger vehicles. Cuba imported 4663
passenger cars and 1526 commercial
automobllea BratU was next behind
Canada in imports of passenger cars.
to the total of 6109. British India Im
ported 8144 passenger cars and British
South Africa 6752. Australia took 6989,
Argentina 8343 and New Zealand 523$
passenger cars.
SCASDnTATIAXS BUT
The Scandinavian countries also were
heavy purchasers of .passenger automo
biles, Norway taking 3035 and Sweden
4056. Spain purchased 2714, Denmark
2374, China 1059, Uruguay 2764, Peru
1051, Mexico 2749, Philippine islands
2444 and Chile 619. France imported only
S39 passenger vehicles, but it took 1393
commercial cars. Japan also purchased
1096 commercial trucks and Mexico 1017.
American motorcycles also continued
in heavy demand, a total of 85,041, val
ued at $9,550,022, being exported during
the fiscal' year.
The demand for, American machines
brought with it a corresponding demand
for equipment The value of automobile
tires exported during the fiscal year
1920 was $39,919,777, as compared with
$22,630,200 the year before. The total
of automobile engines shipped was 39,
421, valued at $6,070,449, compared with
28.445, valued at $4.44.244 the year
before.
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Edward S. Jordan, left, wbo spoke before antomoUre men and bankers
at the Chamber of Commerce last Friday night, standing with H. W.
Mitchell, president of Mitchell,' Liewia & Staver company, Jordan dis
tributors. Jordan Is president of the Jordan Motor Car company,
Cleveland, Ohio.
Washington - Idaho - Montana -
British Columbia
Owing to the heavy demand for in
formation concerning the roads between
8pokane and coast points and into Cali
fornia, the following chart of road con
ditions has been prepared by F. tt.
Crowe, in charge of the tourist bureau
I of the Inland Empire Automobile as
sociation, located in Spokane. These
conditions are subject to change, ac
cording to weather conditions down the
Pacific coast, but will not vary much
during the next two weeks, according
to Mr. Crowe.
Spokane to Portland The route from
Spokane is via Cheney, Sprague. Rits
viUe, Washtucna, Kahlotus. Connell.
Pasco, Prosser, Mabton. Goldendale, The
Dalles, Hood River and Portland, ap
proximately 40O miles. The roads from
Spokane to Kahlotus are improved.
thence to Connell is IS miles of bad sandy
going, requiring about one hour to ne
gotiate. From Connell to about 15 miles
the other side of Mabton the roans are
Improved gravel highways. Mabton to
Goldendale is poor, rocky and muddy
through the canyon. . From The Dalles
to Hood River construction work Is
I In progress, but roads are open and in
fair condition, providing wet weather is
not encountered. From Hood River to
Portland the road is paved.
Spokane to Seattle Roads between
Spokane and Seattle are good at pres
ent, going via Reardan. Davenport, Har
rington. Odessa, Wilson creek, jspnrata.
Vantage Ferry. Ellensburg and over
SnoQualmie pass. The roads over the
pass are sloppy, due to the constant
rains in the mountains ana a ngnt ran
of snow, but It is open and will per
haps remain open for another two weeks.
The route via Colfax, Walla Walla,
Pasco and Yakima to Seattle is good
at present
East of Spokane Easterly the only
road In shape for automobile traffic is
that via Sandpoint, Idaho, Hope, Thomp
son Falls, Montana, Plains and Ravalli
to Missoula. The route is in poor con
dition, but cars can get through with
out difficulty or danger of encounter
ing snow in the mountains.
The Wallace. Idaho route Is nracUcallv
impassable over the Bitter Root divide
east from Wallace. From Coeur d'Alene
to Wallace the roads are fair, although
If much wet weather is had during the
next week the road across the Mission
flats near Cataldo will be bad.
There is some traffic daily into Brit
ish Columbia and Alberta via Sandpoint.
xaano, ana Kings Gate, B. C, and the
going is reported fair, there being no
irouDie reaching destinations as yet
Pacific Highway
The road situation In Douglas county
is marred by one bad spot In the whole
length of the county, and that Is be
tween Roseburg and Winchester, a six
mile stretch that was graded late this
fall and not surfaced. The mud and ruts
are bad In this section, but the high
way engineer hopes to have this all
graveled before the winter rains set In.
The only other section that is at all
slow going is pie Rice Hill road. This
IS between Oakland and Yoncalla, partly
paved, and partly loose dirt road. The
recent sunshine dried up the roads very
rapidly, and by the end of this week
they will again be in fine condition all
the way through the county. The road
out from. Roseburg to Glendale Is open
over the new paved highway, and from
Roseburg to Glendale the time can be
made in two hours, some drivers making
it In an hour and a half. The distance
is 60 miles. Tourist travel is again
at normal, and many of the tourists are
camping in the local camp grounds,
despite the coolness of the nights and
the dampness of the grounds.
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This two-ton White track has just been put In service by the Sinclair Provision company of. this city,
whose parent concern Is Wilson A Co., of Chicago, meat packers. Judging from the load, Portland is
oat after the bacon.
Has Safe Road Federation
Massachusetts has a safe roads feder
ation made up of representatives of num
erous organizations. Including motor ve
hicle clubs and dealers, automobile Insur
ance companies, chambers of commerce
and boards of trade, women's organisa
tions and others interested In the cause
of preventing highway accidents.
New Management of
Los Angeles Club
Issues Map Series
Los Angeles, Oct 30. The new man
agement of the United Automobile Clubs the Xero c,ub of, America, under whose
ui Aiuoriva, W 1 uu iicsMiitiu&rivrs 111 UUsl
Aerial Speed Race
For $5000 Prize
Will Start at N. Y.
Members of the contest committee of
Angeles, CaL, has taken over full con
trol of the affairs of the organisation
and Is working out a new series of maps
and' general Information pamphlets to
aid those who are Interested In rood
roads and other important motor pro
motion work.
The club haa taken over the old organ
ization which Is incorporated under the
laws of the state of California with the
sanction of the state corporation com
mission. Among the new officers are
president Stephen P. Moore, farmer
gierchant of Asusa, Cal. ; William Hum
mel of Pomona, Judge Charles Thomp
son, attorney of Los Angeles, and other
well-known Californians. An entirely
new, progressive policy has been adopted
by the directors, the Los Angeles home
office announces.
direction a speed airplane race will be
held Thanksgiving day for the Pulitzer
$5000 trophy, have ' selected-New York
for the contest Officials have been
looking over the ground, with a view to
selecting a suitable course, possibly on
Long Island.
Planes entered from this country for
the Gordon Bennett cup. over the course
In France, are expected to be back in
time to take part In the Pull tier trophy
contest These planes, which represented
America against foreign competition,
are known to be capable of making 180
miles an hour or better, so that It is
expected the race from Mitchell field,
tentatively named as the start and fin
ish point for the race, will be finished
well within the hour.
Tourists Come to V,
Camp, but Eemain
To Purchase Homes
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Salem, Oct 30. More than 10,000 att 4
tomoblle tourists have taken advantage -
of the free camping facilities afforded
at the camp ground here since it was
opened last April, according to en esti
mate by T. G. Albert, caretaker of the ,
park, which Is conducted by the Cora- ;
mercial club and Cherrlan organisation. -V
A total of 2545 cars have registered at
the park for overnight stops during the
season, campers at the park represent- .,
tng practically every state in the union. ? .
It is estimated that not less than $50,
000 has been spent in Salem by these
campers and thousands of dollars in real .
estate has been purchased by tourists
who, In passing through this section, ,
have stopped over night at the camp
ground. ,
The shortest
costs $5.
taxi rids in . Berlin
AUTO MECHANICS
TO HAVE LECTURES
Prof. Granning of 0. A. C. Will
Give Course on Engine Con
struction and Repairing.
AUTO DISTRIBUTOR
PRAISES
CAR
FILM
Motion Picture Showing Passage
of Machine Over Prairie
Called Remarkable.
Northwest Dealer
In Motorcycles Is
Back From Survey
Verne Outhrie. Northwest represents
tive for the Harley-Davldson Motor
company, arrived in Portland the early
part of the past week, after completing
, a three months' inspection tour of the
. business centers of the country. Outhrie
'left Portland the early part of July.
At Dodge City, Kan., the local man
! saw the great motorcycle games in
which Harley staged practically a
' clean-up. From Dodge City Outhrie
went to the Harley factory, where he
found conditions unusually good, with
; output scarcely lessened. Milwaukee
: was the scene, of the Traveling Men's
. conference, in which Verne tried bis
' voice. Leaving Milwaukee on August
1 for a trip through Montana, Utah,
j British Conimbla and Washington,
' Outhrie came by devious ways back
t to Oregon and so to Portland. Outhrie
will leave again this week for MU
I waukee, where a conference of Harley
) Davidson dealers will be held to discuss
; sales policlea Following the convention
, he will attend the Chicago Cycle show.
Anto Mechanics local 1338 of the
International Association of Machin
ists is arranging for a series of lec
tures on automobile engines and au
tomobile repair as extension work of
the Oregon Agricultural college.
Professor Granning will handle the 1
lectures, beginning November 6 and
lasting for 20 lectures to April 1.
The course is open to journeymen
only, according to Rex N. Shlnn,
business representative of the lo
cal.
These lectures mark the Initial effort
of the union to turn out better mechan
ics and is arranged with the hearty co
operation of the members of the associ
ation Shlnn voiced the general desire
of 600 members by declaring that the
course was an effort to improve serv
ice to the automobile owner through de
tailed Instruction In rep&lr work. Gran
ning has a thorourh course and will
conduct examinations and tests at regu
lar intervals, and will graduate students
ac certain ratings and grades. Shlnn
is of the opnlon that should the first
course prove successful, luture work will
he arranged with the extension depart
ment of the state college.
The auto mechanics' local is of a year's
standing In tfte automotive Industry
here and is recognised by a number of
employers. A. A. Johnson is president
of the association, E. L. Forbes is vice
president and Harry Herr is secretary
and treasurer. Meetings are held every
Monday night at the rooms of the local,
arter which lectures are given.
C. L. Boss of the C. L. Boss Auto
mobile company. Maxwell distribu
tors, was notified last week that the
picture coming to the Hippodrome
soon, known as "Something New"
to movie fans, with Nell Shlpman
in the leading role, is the same pic
ture he saw recently at the Max
well factory. Boss is expressing con
siderable satisfaction over the ap
pearance of the picture.
The film Is remarkable because it is
really a wonderful exhibition of driving
Land stamina on the part of Miss Nell
Shlpman, who drives the car over some
terrible stretches of rock and prairie.
and on the part of the car, which was
not Included In the picture as an adver
tising feature, but in the role of a ma
chine needed for the work called for in
the scenario," said Boss, upon hearing
of the booking of the film for future
display. "The picture was offered to
the Maxwell factory, but oflcials at
headquarters suggested that its release
be brought about in the usual way and
shown at the usual theatres."
The theme of the picture is built
around the struggles of the heroine to
attain the Mexican border and the shad
ow of Old Glory. She Is a writing lady,
is Nell, and our Nell went Into Old
Mexico in search of local color. Local
color In Mexico is the same hue as gun
powder, a fact she soon? found out. She
falls for a young engineer, and when
the bandits become anxious to shove
htm over the border between life and
death, she, our Nell, fills the tank with
gas and decides to fly with the young
chap to the border between the greasers
and the U. S. A. She has some time, and
at one point uses the Maxwell to kick
a boulder over onto the heads of the
pursuing band. Naturally, safety being
attained, she and the young engineer
get mushy and a preacher is called In.
'Endurance in a motorcar means tKat a
month or a ytirfrom the day ol pur
cluue it holds its strength and to-ahead
pint, i always willing and always
wedy. For that reason the Anhnrn
Beuty-5DC, maasorina up to the test,
is dmittedly, an ovtstansluift buy ia
tha moderate pries) class. Endurance,
fatbirilt into every part of h, is poZ
sored by twenty years' experience. c
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Ernest M. Berts, formerly with The
Oregon Journal, recently became a mem
ber of the shop force of the Fields
Motor Car company. Berts is a me
chanically inclined youth with a gas
engine hobby who is trying to satisfy
his craving by a closer acquaintance
with things automotive. He is a world
war veteran who had . completed train
ing In the tank corps, but was deprived
of expirWnce at the front by the sign
ing at the armistice - i . ,
This is a tire that seldom shows its age. It's built like some
people who won't let themselves get old and whose good
looks and strength stay with them to the end.
The surface of The General Tire wears so evenly barring
accidental cuts and rough usage that it always adds attract
iveness to your car in spite of the ripe old age it attains. Try one
alongside of any other tire made and let it prove its worth.
Bixilt In A&ron. Ohio, by
The General Tire and Rubber Company
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