The Oregon daily journal. (Portland, Or.) 1902-1972, November 21, 1920, Image 51

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Newspaper Page TextSIX PAGES SPORTS SECTION SIX AUTOMOBILES (TV u I 1 If II II ffx -fly if. 2 ''y - s4s $ '4nmA Wt MAM'S George Adams and Jabe Smitk of , nn Cl Bpss Aubomobilerowpawiilluslralc , vith Essex Pour and Chaiwcrs: mx.. some common Ifaffic violations. . r , DON'T Y v f IRA I J Utter Indifference, Carelessness and Ignorance Conspicuous Faults of Motorists and Pedes trians in Crowded Streets. By Frank A. Clanw If the average motorist and pedes trian would exercise half the cour tesy In the midst of street traffic that they display on the dance floor, there would be fewer accidents. fewer killed, fewer hurt and lower yearly totals in repair bills. Cour tesy and common sense are two requisites both for operating a motor car and for la person on foot. The driver has to have them already in his makeup; .- he has to cultivate them, or else he has to have them hammered into him by fellow mo torists or by the men of the police force. Indifference, carelessness and ignor ance are causes for traffic jams, for bent fenders, for frayed tempers and for fines in municipal court or elsewhere. The city of .Portland has a traffic ord inance written In excellent English, easily understandable by the rank and file of men and, women driving cars. Yet it Is safe to say that not one mo torist In 20, and not one pedestrian in 100, knows the provisions of that ordin ance, either through hearsay or direct contact with its-provisions, and of -the few whcr are familiar with the details of safe traffic navigation, scarcely half observe the provisions with any degree of regularity. The gTeat majority motorist or pedestrian simply do not know, the smaller majority don't care, a whoop. They are for themselves, first, last and all the time, breezing Merrily through the streets as If they were the only ones within a mil. They get by. apparently, througn special a J7 "'., t M I t t ' J ..... I I iflA iirai jy ..v i""- Passing 'alliil&eclioK i one bad practice. ' , . , . 13PJ 1 v , tin , rfW- ' ' ' III IT TO ' I J pensatlons of Providence, though at times we have evidence of that benefi cent Providence losing patience and withdrawing its guardianship. HORSES DID THIUKIKG There are something like 30,000 au tomobiles being operated daily in Mult nomah county, most , of them coming at some part of the day onto the streets of Portland. Those streets are narrow, because the city fathers who platted the city copied after the narrow streets of old New York city lower Manhattan. Kven during the horse and wagon days the streets failed to fill the bill. Though most horses and practically all mules have sense. Anyhow, the driver of a team of horses did not have to be on his or her toes at all times. In a close place the horse probably did the bulk of the thinking and the driver the bulk of the praying. With automobiles this is not the case. It may be possible eventually that mo torists will handle their vehicles with the same consideration for the other - fellow that the horse used to show, but there is evidence a-plenty that such a ' state of affairs has not become strik- ingly noticeable. With motor vehicles it is entirely up to the driver, and it is literally true that half the world the motoring world dqesn't know one min ute -what the other half is going to do the next minute. That means that onto drivers have to do all the think ing and trust to luck to guess wliat the other fellow is going to do. In the ab sence of a traffic officer, a good driver must be a seer, mlndreader and prophet all rolled into one if the cars they drive re -urn to the home garage With practi : cally the same paint they sported when first the bus rolled out. Many drivers confess to going through the streets with "fear and trembling. Why? Be cause so many people are afflicted with selflshlness to the nth degree. AUTOMOBILE HEBE TO STAT ' There is one thing that people who drive cars and those who hope to drive cars must come to realize: The auto mobile has come to stay. It is the solu tion of the problem of Individual trans portation, it is a time saver and, there fore, a necessity, and it is economically the most effeclent piece of machinery when correctly operated that the world has ever seen. . People, the world, must have motor transportation. We have had it too long now to ever get along without it, and as time goes. on there will be more and more cars running on . the streets of the city. How are they going to do it? There are two elements that govern sensible operation of traffic : One is the law, the other la the Individual. The law takes the form of state laws and city .ordinances executed in Portland (Concluded oa Pai Two. Column roar) Ocean Koute Found Best in Closing of Gaps in Highway Olympia, Nov. 20. The ocean route was selected as being more feasible than the Christmas i creek survey in closing the gap In the Olympic highway in Clallam county, at the Joint meeting of the executive committee and peninsular legislators in the Chamber of Commerce .Sunday afternoon. The meeting also de cided to ask the next legislature for an appropriation to lay a temporary road on the permanent location. Frank H. Lamb of Hoqulam, president of the as sociation, and H. B. Fultz of Olympia, secretary, together with the other mem bers of the executive committee and in terested legislators from the Olympic peninsula and Puget Sound, will confer with the state highway board and en gineer in making an estimate of the cost of temporary and permanent con struction. 1 V This signal was divcn too Mate. 3 W3 0- D 1 iZSySSTi-'i- NAMES TRADE WEAVER AS HEAD WEDNESDAY Meeting Also Considers New Ar ticles and Change of Name and Listens to Annual Reports. Stolen Gars ' i : The wave 6f crime upon which the Burglars' association rides seems to af fect the pilfering of cars but little. Car thieves seem i to have reformed and taken up second story work, or perhaps that form of livelihood is merely a side line. At all ; events the list of stolen cars changes but slightly. The follow ing: motor vehicles are still wanted: Buick tourinr, 1916 model, Orefoa license 8T88S. motor No. 19343S. ; CheTiolet tourini. 1820 model. Oracon H- enw 25120, motor No. . C231S. Dodge touring, 19.0 model, Oregon neeon 04326. Motor No. 531158. Dodge touring, 1920 model, Oregon HceMe 73969, motor No. 491630. Dndgs touring, 1920 model. Oracon neanaa 9379R. motor No. 628689. Dodge touring, 1920 model. Oregon license 82998. motor No. .6094 86. Dodge touring, 1920 model. Oregon lki.ni S7455. motor No. 621139. Dodge too ring. 1920 model. Washington B- eenie 111582. motor No. 504021. Dodge touring, 1918 model, Oregon Heenae 51678. motor No. 39905. " Ford touring 1920 model, Washington li cense. 41824. motor No. 3558809. Ford touring; 1920 model. Oregon licemw 00217. motor No. 4023167. Ford tearing, 1916 modeL Oregon lloeam 21511, motor No. 1064257. Ford touring, 1917 model. 72069, motor No. 1952046. Ford coupe. I 1920 model. 91,823. motor No. 4047638: Ford Mirinr, 1920 model. 72185, motor No. 3725043. Ford track 1818 model. 64994. motor No. 1444W. i Ford roadster, 1919 model. Oracon license, 15737. motor No. 3215014. Ford touring, 1918 model. Oregon license 20148. motor No. 3042796. . Maxwell tearing. 1913 model, Uo missing, motor No. 227941. OrerUnd deliTrry. 19 Is model. Oregon license 11078, motor Njl 140941. OTerUnd touring, 1918 model. Oregon lioente 47765, motor No. 31670. Standard 8 touring 1920 model. Oregon B ctnse 83177. motor No. .1631. Harley-Dandson motorcycle. 1919 model. uregon license a-05, motor No. L18A22401 Harley-DaTidion motorcycle. If) 1 8 model. irrecon neerise K-95, motor No. L18T1294 tiariejr-jjandm motorcycle. 1920 model. vregon uceose ar-js, motor No. L20T15384. Oregon ficense Oregon license Oregon Ucenae i "i - r ii1-rr ii" i rimn' i hi, iiiiisj jpiini. Wm. L. Hughson w Sorth Broadway, at Davis fnone Sdwy. sal Brake j Service Is Instituted; City ' Recognition Aim The Brake j & Greasing Service station has been started at 513 Alder street un der the managership of E. E. Campbell, who expects to conduct a brake inspec tion service with 'hei privilege of fur nishing motorists with brake inspection certificates under the official oath of City Commissioner Mann. Campbell has had 15 years' 'experience in the auto mobile business, his most recent connec tion . In Portland having been with the Twin States Motor Car company, Chan dler distributors. v Through the office of Commissioner Mann, Campbell, who is interested in the city's effort to keep tab on the way motorists take care of their brakes, is arranging to. be designated one of the municipally recognized stations for brake repair and service. It is said that certificates of this sort will come to bear weight in court should action follow street accidents Involving supposed lack , 01 control on me part of th driver. FACTOR IN Effect on Roadways Must Be Considered in Figuring What Ultimate Cost to Consumer Is When Trucks Are Used. :'A '" ' : :CriA. rl cor , A - C. L. Weaver rode to victory aa president of the Portland Automo tive Trades association last . Wed nesday night over a field of three competitors, an election of unusual peppinesa characterizing the begin ning of a new year of work for the association. The evening's feature was the transaction of the business of two meetings, a special meeting to consider new articles of Incorpo ration and change of name, and the regular conclave invited to elect of ficers and listen to annual reports. From an attendance standpoint the meeting was one of the best the asso ciation has staged during the past year. Ane memners in attendance reu in with the spirit of the two-meeting idea, and brevity marked the disposition of busi ness at both sessions. Campaign speeches, yielding nominations with grace and offering retirement in favor Of an opponent, were many and varied, the early part of the evening taking the form of a convention of florists, with bouquets flying hither and yon. Axel Kudahl won out for the post of lirst vice president, Edward Burke was elected second vice president, and L. L. Blumenthal will fiTl the chair of third vice president. For secretary. R. H. Cross showed the best poll, while Don Bates was chosen treasurer. On the executive board, C. V. Conant and R. D. O'Brien were chosen for two-year terms. and in the departmental vice president race, J. W. "Van Matre was chosen to head the committee on battery and elee trlcal shops, E. N. Donaldson will handle garages; V. C Unden, machine and re pair shops ; JU ' M. Harper, tire repair shops; paint and trimming works will be looked after by Paul Staiger, and G. O. Berber, former treasurer of the asso ciation, will look after sheet metal and wheel shops. The business for the past year was reviewed by George Gerber, treasurer, by Jimmy Cassell, editor of Association News, and later in the evening Will J. Lester, retiring president. Entertain ment was offered by "Sadie" Spencer's committee In the form of music and dancing. CuttindoutT wiEhoul wanvi6 leaos U 'accidents. J Professor-Traffic. Lubrication Important Feature COST OF HAULING n t t ? ? Power Loss Can Be Saved W H - KUUKb 15 Change in Route of Highway to Allow Better View Likely Yakima, Nov. 20. A movement is on foot to have the legislature this winter change the route of McClellan. pass highway, taking It over the mountain and into Rainier national : park by way of Carlejon pass instead of by Chinook pass, as it is now mapped. The present route up American river and over Chinook pass takes the traveler through deep timber all the way and allows no view of the snow capped mountain until the lower levels on the other side are reached. The proposed route would leave the .American river at the mouth of Btimping river, going up the Bumping river and crossing the divide by Carleton pass. - - f Miners and others familiar with this route say that a road from Carleton pass to' the mouth of White river would give tourists a magnificent view of the mountain' all the way) and as the pur pose of the road is to open up the park for tourists it Is thought the change anouid 'be made. By Mike De Cioco I What is power ? When a motor ist says his car has lots of power. what does he mean? Whether that motorist knows or not, technically, power is the most essential element of successful motor operation. With out power the real pleasure and joy of motoring, the real economy of operating an automobile, is lost, un knowingly discarded, and constant worry and a continual shifting of gears at the slightest provocation is the result. The majority of motor car owners do not know that their lubrication system is at the bottom of loss of power. They try to account for a lack of pep" in the car, but seldom think of testing it out for faulty "clrculatoin." OIL LOSES VISCOSITY After a machine travels 1000 to 1500 miles, lubricating oil loses its viscosity, its flowing power; it thickens, becomes gritty from waste matter thrown off by the engine parts and from dust and grit entering the crank case in many ways. and all value as a lubricant is lost. This kind of oil, if not removed, is the sub stance that finally sends the car to the repair man. Ifthe oil is not changed it clogs up the oil pipes which take the precious lubricant to the bearing,' and may cause costly bearings to "burn up" or to so affect them as to get what we call a "knock." The grit from the oil works up into the cylinders, scoring the cylinder walls and causing piston rings to stick. A pis ton slap will result from this gritty in road, and when the rings no longer are serviceable, oil will work up into the ex plosion chamber and form carbon. POWER 19 DESTROYED . I This substance is the destroyer of all power and Is the motorist's worst enemy. It gets under the valves, pits and forces 1 them to remain open when, to give the greatest amount of power they should seat snugly. When valves do not seat snugly when the springs bring kthe stem downward, loss of gas and compression results, and your power flies out the ex haust pipe. Tracing power from the oil intake to the exhaust pipe is a regu lar trail for following that precious ele ment When the motor gets in this condition the only thing is to pay for a costly overhauling of the whole power plant. People as a rule wait' until they are rather sick before they go to a doctor. They fail to take preventative measures for the health of their bodies, and they do the same thing with their motor cars. But for those who would rather do a lit tle oily work, this procedure may be of some use ; to change the oil in the crank case, take out the plug and drain the oil. FLUSHING PROCESS After the flow ceases, screw the plug back in and fill the crank case with kerosene. Usually about a gallon of kerosene or flushing oil is the amount required. Run the motor briskly for a few minutes to give the kerosene or flushing oil a chance to thoroughly clean all oil pipes and bearings and carry away all waste matter In the motor. Then drain the motor again, and when kerosene or flushing oil ceases to flow. FOUND 10 BELOW Difference in Cost Between Mod els Determined; County Fairs Report Growing Interest. Ford Plants Save On Fuel Shipment During September and October the" Ford blast furnaces, Detroit, Mich., shipped to the Ford assembling plant at Cadiz, Spain. 20,000 gallons of benzol. At present gasoline in Spain is selling at 90 cents per gallon. Benxol is being shipped there at a maximum cost of 4!c per gallon. This not only means a BO per cent saving in cost, but also a large saving in time and inconvenience in pro curing gasoline, as Spain Is experiencing an unusual shortage of motor fuels. Distribution transportation is con sidered in determining any price that was ever charged for any commodity. The cost of the raw material and the cost of production are factors that contribute to the final charge to the consumer, but a greater fluc tuation can be based upon a change in- transportation expense, in pro portion to its Importance, than upon a change either in original coat of material or -in cost of production. The price paid for the smallest and most insignificant article of mer chandise has its transportation price percentage, for transportation may figure many times during the process of manufacture. ,' ' Recently the railroads were allowed; Increased transportation rates, "and lm mediately practically every commodity handled over -the rails, and some that were not, were marked up from previous figures and the change was "caused by Increased freight charges." With-Increased costs for rail transportation and decreased facilities for giving that trans portation, the buyer and, the seller, -B I well as the manufacturer, are finding the motor truck more and more their friend in need. Not only in the short haul, from city to city or from city to country, Is this coming to be so, but In the long haul as well. Trucks are being used to transfer goods for long distances, not profitably, It is true, but as a means of trying out the gasoline commercial carrier In an emergency. Express shipping at - one time" solved the 'emergency shipping problem, but that avenue of escape Is now overcrowded because of Increasing demands upon its facilities,; and the truck is coming Into prominence, not as a competitor for the express but aa a coordinate worker. The difference In cost per ton mile between truck trans portation, express transportation and freight transfer is too great for the truck to show how money can be saved by Its use other than by filling some n--ed In a hurry where money might be lost through inability to fill that need. . ROADS MUST BE CONSIDERED With this increase In the Importance of the truck as a transportation factor, where money can at times be saved and " where the consumer may eventually ben efit through that saving at a source of supply, arises the question of adequate highway construction, so that the com mercial vehicle as well as the passenger car may operate without serious dam age to expensive paving. Engineers in the employ of the United , States government have been studying for some time the wear and tear on (Conrlndrd on Page Three, Cohnaa Three) The average cost Of hauling crops with trucks, including the '."driver's time at 50 cents an hour, was found during the past harvest season to be about 50 cents per ton mile with half-ton model trucks, 34 cents per ton mile with three-quarter ton models, 26 cents with the one-ton, 24 cents with the 1-ton, and 18 cents with 2-ton models. The difference in expense between trucks and horse drawn vehicles was large enough to show decided economy in the use of motor equipment. - According to reports that have been received from the agricultural and live stock fairs that have been held this fall in various parts of the state, unusual interest was shown by those attending in the remarkable progress that has been' made toward labor saving through the use of mechanical equipment At put back the plug and refill with fresh practically all the fairs there were ex motor oil. Do this every 1500 miles at the most. When a motorist remarks that his car is fast n earing the Junk heap while that of his friend across the Street, who bought his car at the same time and who has driven it no further than he himself has gone, nine times out of ten his lac(c of success in obtaining power is due to the fact that he is neglecting his lubri cation system. When the oil pump is not working up to pressure, get busy with your crank case oiL Trans-Atlantic Air Service Plan May Be Put Into Effect Chief Engineer Pratt, of the Tickers airship department recently described a scheme for a system of trans-AUastio air service, requiring three planes car rying 24 tons of passengers, mails and light freight on a trip requiring SO to SO hours, each plane making two cross ings each week, according to London copyright cable to the New York Times. Capital of 2,500.000 would provide, it is said, three planes at 500.000 each, and would be sufficient to provide sheds, terminals, working capital and other necessities for successful airplane operation $2,793,355 Total . 1920 Eeceipts for Washington Autos Olympia, Wash, Nov. 20. Total re ceipts of the motor vehicle' division of the secretary - of state's office have reached 2,793.353 since March 1, 1920, according to L. D. Conrad, superintend ent of the division. This figure repre sents an increase of 20- per cent over the corresponding period of last year. , The number of licenses for private cars since March 1 has reached 140,906, for- hire cars. 2921 ; stages, 833 ; trucks. 25,119 ; trailers, 996 ; exempts, 1274 ; orig inal dealers, 1080; adldtional dealers, 2855 1 motorcycles, 4845, and transfers, 11,800. . . hlblted automobiles, tractors and trucks. According to F. C. Atwell, manager of the Mack-International Motor Truck corporation in Portland, the motor truck has established its value on the farm, and there will be an Increasing demand for trucks fron all parts of the state beginning with the advent of spring. The department of agriculture of the United States recently made public a report on its survey which had to do with the compilation of data relative to the use of motor trucks on the farms of this country. The most conclusive evidence- set forth by this report was that there is a tendency on the part of the farmers to employ tracks of larger ca paclty because of the reduction in haul ing costs incident thereto. " Atwell presents the following summary of the report from the department of agriculture: : "The average life of the trucks is be tween six and seven years, and in most cases depreciation is the largest single Item of expense in" connection with their operation. .' "Most owners of one half and three quarters ton trucks prefer pneumatic tires. ; Owners of one ton trucks are about equally divided in their prefer ence, and most owners of trucks larger than one ton prefer solid tires.' 1 "Over two thirds of the trucks had not been out of commission when needed for a single day during . the year covered by the report, and nearly the same pro portion of owners reported they had not lost any appreciable time on account of motor and tire trouble when using their trucks." . NCC PROVED COLUMBIA Storage Batteries were proved at VmS the factory first, and approved by motorists later. So hearty has been the endorsement Jof users, the demand for Columbia Storage Batteries neatly exceeds the supply. ' The efficiency of the Colombia Storage Bat tery is not based on a single outstanding feature. Every part of the battery is equally important; and Columbia Storage Batteries are designed and built so that each part functions harmoniously with another. That's why Columbia Storage Bat teries give such good service for so long a time. Before you install a new-battery, let us see if your old one is worth repairing. Our service may save you money. Columbia Storage Battery Co. Park and Couch Street Phone Broadway 546, ' ' H." M. NUbet, Mgr. n a .. "