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2 THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 21, 1920. El STYLE IN GARAGES; CAR HAS COMPARTMENT Apartment Has Spacious Show room and Machines Each Have Home; Conveniences Included. Not content with having set the style for centuries In plan and up keep for the kitchen, the Dutch teem now to be about to set the style in garages as .veil. "Conceive of an attractive apartment house with ,a handsome , showroom on the street floor, and one will appreciate the setting in which a most unusual service station and garage is operated in The Hague," said" Th. van der Stempel of the tirm of Naaml Venn Hamln of that city, .recently upon" reaching the United States for the purpose of study ing Yankee methods for service and our way of handling automotive affairs. Van der - Stempel goes on to describe the Dutch method; "Between the show. windows la a drive way that leads to a spacious . paved court yard. This is directly In the rear of the show rooms and comprises a re markable arrangement of more 1 than CO easily accessible fireproof garages, constructed ; of brick, each separated .'from its neighbor by concrete walls. Every owner has his individual key that unlocks a small compartment in front from which is released a handle that very easily rolls up a fireproof steel shutter giving full width opening to the garage. Each garage contains two lock ers, a . specially made tire rack and a table. Besides a skylight, they have electricity and are steam heated., "There is a water faucet at every sec ond garage door. The monthly rental of these garages is 40 guilders, equiva lent to about $13 In United States gold, for which is guaranteed at least one washing of the car a week and twice when time permits. ; t - "In the -main building there are loung ing rooms for customers, as well as severs! rooms for the comfort of chauf feurs. Above the show rooms are apart, ments. The cool and dark basement of the main building Is used for tire stor age, unique racks being mployed, over each of which is a small shelf for boxes of inner tubus that properly belong on that particular rack." Tail Light Law Is Founded on Bible, Judge Explains , Morgantown, W. Va., Nov. 20. (I. N. - S.) Mayor William H. Gilmore of this city announces that law founded on the Bible is good enough for him, A local man charged with not having the tail light burning on his automobile was arraigned before the mayor and fined 1 3.. The accused protested and said It was a poor law, under which h was fined and he did not think it would hold water in court. The mayor responded thai any law founded on the Bible was good enough for him. The defendant said he could not see where the tail light of an automobile bad anything to "do with the Bible. The mayor looked pityingly at the accused. "Do you remember," he remarked, "that story about the ten virgins, five of whom had lights and five of whom didn't? Well, if you do, you will re member, that the Lord wouldn't have anything to do with the five without lights, and neither will this court" Highway Commission Lets Contract for Tire and Tube Supply Fletcher A James company,"" Oregon distributor for Oldfleld tires and tubes, was awarded contracts by the 'state highway commission over eight . other bidders last week to supply that body's tire and tube needs for the coming year. Wm. L Hughson North Broadway, at Davis Phone Bdwy. SSI DUTCH .. J - t -iriT --run j -MnrWm iffrtlMiBSissil iinwiuk . m "I -sgr r i-iii irn i pi 1 1 J Sherman Transfer Company ASTORIA ' Has Just Added Another - CMC Truck TO ITS FLEET Another Truck' Owner Is I Convinced of GMC Quality f W entworth-Irwin, Inc. Second St., Cor. Taylor, Portland, Oregon i ARM SIGNALS DEMONSTRATED i ((I.I1KWIIMIII ii urn M.WKiii.i,.'aii wxyn'' " -m : t ."'".. . 3 f j ' J ' A - - Y y- - A s 1 :::':'A 1 1 V 'V 't. A A riiiJii:., ....... r jHHTyp'TiiiIHHiinil ,M'il-,im-.IMr fcy Jw,'- n pi iuj u yy..m i. iM- jy S 'i', -.U'CZ -f: ; ??Vl3 si Tbe police are enforcing these arm signals, as hown above by two Es sex cars loaned to tbe police department for the purpose of showing ' traffic violations, by tbe C. L, Boss Automobile company. The top view shows the j car in front giving the stop signal, with the car fol lowing repeating the sign. Middle The turn to the left on left hand drive cars, where a machine following directly behind must slow down, consequently causing the driver to give the "slow" sig nal. At the bottom George Adams Is illustrating the "turn to ; the right" signal fojr left hand drive cars, and the follow-up car, not necessarily having to slow down for this maneuver, is preparing to go on its way without deceleration. MOTOR TRUCK IS ESSENTIAL THAT the motor truck is an indispensable necessity In our modern commer cial and industrial life is an established fact.! But Just what part it plays is not clearly known. Therefore the table published below, whi'ch was printed in the report of the! National Automobile Chamber of Commerce from figures Industry Apparel ......... Biking nartwl and box .... Bottling . BuiUlinZ Bnildini mtrial . Central lUtUon v . Coal Dairy Dnpartmrat atore . Pruc and chemical. , . . . - - 4 ExprBM Farminc ' i " ' 1 ' Vin protectiOB Floral . Furnitar Gaa Grocery . . . . :::::::::: . . 4 Hardware ....... Ice ............ Iron and steel .... Ijaundrr Ijiimber ...,.. MacUnerj ....... Meat--'.. Milliin . . . Municipal . OU ; . . . ..j I'rtfe!ionl haulase . i . Street railway ...... I Tea, coffee and epiee. . Teirtrapb and telephone Tex tile Totals ..... 4 The competition for this privilege was keen, several old firms in the territory submitting bids for shoe equipment. Just what the supply, needed will be has not been estimated, but the determina tion of the state body to speed up their work with all equipment during the year Just starting may mean substantial busi ness for the Oldfield concern. The Fletcher & James partnership came Into being last year for the purpose of hand ling the Oldfield tlrei when Barney first went into the business of building cas ings and tubes. f ! Many Delegates; Are Expected at Meeting . i . , i v -. -i ' Spokane, Wash., Nov. 20. Two hun dred delegates are expected at the annual meeting of ; the Eastern Washington Highway association, which will be held In Spokane about tha middle of Decem ber, according to Frank W.i Guilbert, president of the association. I I Companies Number Value of Number of Using Mo- of Motor of Motor " Companies tor Tracks Tracks "" Trucks 89,779 608 1,924 8.848,000 ....... 23.941, 1.802 4,557 9,114.000 .i 3,125 2V 891 1,173.000 ........ 4.780 2,478 8. 673 80,855,500 ....... 41,650 2,109 4,393 15.382.500 ....... 2,535 1,059 2,12$ 8.512,000 ........ 4.980 652 3,878 11,628,000 28.998 2,539 5,733 20,065,500 6,751 1,216 2,376 5.940.000 I....;... 2,876 1.292 7.875 19.687.500 ........ 2,442 415 882 2,646.000 17,935 733 2,653 7,959,000 ........ 7,248.544 23,180 26,418 66,032,500 7,864 2,776 9,707 48.535.000 11,629 6S4 948 1.896,000 . . .. 21.044 2.095 4,134 9,108.200 1,783 850 2.132 , 4,903,600 ......... 173.945 . 8,114 6,534 15.681,600 .... 83,860 1,642 2,279 4,558,000 i... 8,965 877 1,845 6.535,000 1.773 758 1,360 4,760,000 . ...... . 9.545 1.458 2,714 4.885.200 i. . . 45.850 2.132 4,964 18.863.200 .....!... 2,235 1,384 2,243 6,729,000 . i... 66,257 1,067 8,989 11.967,000 i. .. 10,845 784 1.172 3,164,400 i... 14,186 905 3,683 11,049.000 ....!... 4.023 1,446 6.184 15.460.000 . 12,794 7.834 16.535 86,377.000 . ...j,,.. 799 237 925 2.775.000 ... ! l!426 274 585 1,756,000 3,230 832 1,827 6.481.000 ........ 2.385 897 544 1,632.000 I. ..1 7,852,67f .68.504 149,180 8417,858,700 HIGHWAY BOOSTED AT BANKS MEETING f . , , .. Legislature and State Highway Board Will Be Appealed To ! to Provide Aid. Banks, Nov. 20. Monday night "in Banks, j 200 people delegates and their wives from Cedar Mill, North Plains, Banks, Manning, Buxton and Scofleld gathered for the meeting of the Inland Loop Highway associa tion. Portland citizen and organiza tions are interested, in the proposed highway, and the Astoria Commer clal club has indorsed the movement with a promise of aid. ; An executive committee composed of Mrs. Weatherred- of Portland, Messrs. May and Reeves of Cedar Mill, Walters of North, Plains, I L. Crawford of Man ning and Dr. Via of Banks will have charge of all work between now and the meeting date of the Oregon legislature. Two thousand people, mostly farmers, are depending on the legislature to aid in recommending that the highway com mission designate this route as a state highway this winter. As it Is, It is a disgrace to Oreron that the best farm country of the state cannot get to market on account of mud. while scenic highways are pic tured in every Sunday paper. Every wholesale house in Portland is solicited and expected to get behind this move ment and urge their representatives to favor quick action, as the commercial men loss money every day they take a trip through the muddy stretch from Cedar Mill to Vernonla. Consequently the mall order houses of other states are getting the money. A deleration will attend the next meeting of the State tiignway commission In Portland. Rusty Clamp Will Cause Drive Grab If the sliding member of the clutch Is rusty it will give the effect of grabbing. Tne rusted portion will prevent - the clutch's engaging gradually holding for j a fraction of a second and thus forming 1 a quick engagement. The operator often j believes that the trouble la due to poor lacing or. worn engaging members. OL fi FIELD S CIGAR IS NO! PR1 Big Issue at Beverly Hills on Gobbler Day Is Whether Chev rolet Will Retain His Crown. Beverly Hills Speedway, Los An geles, Nov, 20. Barney Oldfield, peer of them all, will bring his. cigar to Beverly Hills for the Gobbler day speedfest, where he will pace the fiends around the bowl even as he did at Indianapolis and Taeoma, Fred Wagner, for many years as good a starter as Barney was a driver, has been roped In to do the flag waving for the boys. But the main question is, not -whether Barney will smoke more than one cigar during the race, nor whether Fred's arm is as supple as it used to be, but who is to cop the big changer when the flag flips for the final lap of the racing sea son. Fans are looking for a lot of things to happen, and one expected ceremony is the lifting of the crown from the head of Gaston Chevrolet, where it has rested since Indianapolis, and the placing of i the same diadem upon the brow of one Tommy Milton, who .has been the biggest consistent winner of the year. Gaston won the race at In dianapolis but has done nothing since. Tommy Milton, Ralph De Palma, Jimmie Murphy, and Eddie Hearne are the prin cipal star drivers who 'have put their names on the dotted line, and when the entry list closed last Wednesday, ft was discovered that the Deusenberg, team, two Frontenacs, and six Independents had lined up against the time the gong sounds at the Beverly dish. A IX CAIT DO 109 MILES Every car In the race will be able to do 100 miles an hour, and the track, be ing a fast one, the time made by Jimmy Murphy for the Fresno race, when he cavorted around the bowl at a 118 m. p. m. clip, will be faded into the. Umbo of forgotten things. Kvery driver will have to step, and Ralph De Palma, who has completed a flying trip to Paris since the Union town party, will be in his element If he can obtain a car that will stand the gaff. Cars of De Palma's caliber are few and far between, . being about as numerous these days as feet on a fish, He won at Uniontown by strok ing his rabbit foot with one hand and driving with, the other. Tommy Milton, who has copped about everything worth copping this year, except the big money it Indianapolis, looks as If he will brine his new car, a Cliff Durant idea, out into the open for a win. Eddie Hearne with his "L.i'1 White Baby" Revere. who ranks rather low among professional drivers, but who has driven more con sistently than any other non-winning driver this past season, is r'arin to erO and is looked to place well up in the money. OKE BABE HOESE There is -one dark "horse promised for the big'meet, provided its construc tion can be brought to completion be fore the tune for the final speed trials. It Is the product of an old-time race driver, name withheld, has 183 cubic inch piston displacement, and Is said to be one of the fastest looking combina tions the game has seen. It may be that this newcomer will give some of the old and young hands a tussle for the $25,000 purse before the final flat flios. secretary A. M. Younsr reports a rec ord sale of seats and expects the speed way capacity, saia to be in tbe neigh borhood of 100,000, to be taxed to capa city, xne cnances for a thrilling go are brightening dally. MOST TRAFFIC JAMS fContimiad Prom Tit One) through the police traffic department. The Individual takes the form of the motor car and truck driver, and the pedestrian. Streetcars need not be brought into the controversy, because they operate along fixed lines and any motorist who gets into an argument with . a streetcar gets, the worst of It nine times out of ten, whether he is right or wrong. The motor car .has practically the whole street, the streetcar has two rails. BOTH ABE JUST ALIKE Of the pedestrian and the motor car driver, neither has any right, either le gal or moral, to go continually at vari ance to the good of the other. Between the motorist and the pedestrian there has been war since the time when the first motor car tooted Its first sassy notice to the pedestrian to skeedaddle out -of the way, and there will be fric tion between the two until the last pe destrian dies and the last motor car is sold for junk. A pedestrian is not neces sarily a man who does not own a motor car. That used to be the correct way to draw the line. There were people who owned auto mobiles and people who did not Now people drive and walk as they see nt, and it is no longer a matter of won. der for a man to have a motor car. The pedestrian Is the man on foot at a cer tain time, and the motorist is the man at the wheel of an automobile at a cer tain time. An illustration : A man will drive downtown, miss a pedestrian by two inches, through the fault of one or the other, will think harsh things about the pedestrian even as that pedestrian is thinking harsh things about him. -will park his car and return to the place where he graced the pedestrian to be grazed in the same manner himself. If that man is human he will say the same things to the motorist of the second part as the pedestrian of the first part said to him. True? Certainly It is true. Again, a man will be guilty of a breach of traffic regulations and In doing will fray the temper of a fellow motor 1st. Two minutes later his own temper wm be irayea by another , motorist doing exactly the same things of which he himself was previously guilty. Can you beat It 7 Driving is largely like politics ; It Is a matter of give and take. EDUCATION IS SOLUTION What is the solution? Can we create a rnUlenium overnight and make auto mobile driving and pedestrian Ism safe for the individual In either case? Not a chance. We must ba educated. Who Is going to do it? The motorists them' selves in the first place, and the police force In the second, place.' , The law of self-preservation will have to aid In the instruction of the pedestrian, aided and, abetted by the courtesy of the mo toring public. j - The traffic ordinance must be en forced to the letter. If every breach of that ordinance were a bullet, the original document would now be shot so i full of holes it would look like a ggsket PAL QUEST ON IN RACE rmi nr ninr CAUSES UUN uAnt WILL SPEED KING KEEP HIS RIGHT TO DIADEM? ft Gaston Chevrolet Will, this great race driver's crown be lifted at Beverley Hills, and that before the speed diadem is firmly seated upon his head? Chevrolet broke all records at Indianapolis by driving the race for the winning end of the purse without a tire change. He has not been able to repeat since, and critics think some other driver will "cop" the final reward as king of speeders. for a washtub. How long then will It take to get at the bottom of the mix and find a way out? Just as long as motorists and pedestrians each con tinue to feel that he occupies the streets through divine right, and that no other mode of travel, or transportation, than bis own has any rights he is bound to respect. Common sense must be taught or forced onto both motorist and pedes trians. Pedestrians must be forced to regard the semaphore at guarded cross ings and milady to stop thinking about something 5000 miles away when she is negotiating a crossing on Broadway at Washington, or anywhere else. Pedes trians must stop darting across the streets between intersections, where the chance of our heirs collecting on our life Insurance is far greater than at the intersection. The motorist should not be compelled to take all the bawling out when the pedestrian is at fault On the other hand, arm signals must be obeyed and hogging tbe road must cease. Don't let us wait until the police take the matter into their own hands. Lets start using a few brains in get ting about every day, whether it be on foot or behind the windshield of an automobile! Let's wake up! Of the 36 automobile manufacturers to declare themselves on the price re vision move, eight makes, have been re duced, three advancedmd 25 remain the same. 1 00 in Ford Closed Car Sales wanted and no ways a clear vision in all directions safe to drive anywhere. - The new four-to-one gear in the Ford Sedan and Coupe takes it over mouptain roads; forest paths or city streets, wherever you go in Oregon. It makes the Ford closed cars capable of going wherever touring cars can be driven. All the sturdy dependability and economy of the Ford chassis and engine, and all the beauty and comfort of an electric, at a price you cannot resist. Get your Ford Sedan now and drive all winter in real comfort. Francis Motor Car Co. Grand Avenue at Hawthorne Palace Garage Co. 12th Street at Stark IFIXXJOW JUUU JOCT Paul A. Nygren, manager of the WU- ! lard service station at Roseourff, Or was a Portland visitor last week at the local headquarter of Harper-Burg. Inc., ; Willard distributors. Bruce Bailey, the Lochinvar who went out of the West to Eastern Oregon some time ago to handle the Stephens Six for Gene Hamilton In Pendleton, is back again with us on the Portland row. Ray Albe, advertising man for Mitch ell, Lewis & Stiver company, was in Spokane the early part of last week, re-, turning to Portland last Thursday. He reports things quiet in the Eastern Washington territory. ". C. E. "Gene" Hamilton is in Eastern Oregon looking over the field for new prospects for the Stephens . Salient Six. He reports that with a hole knocked in the bottom of the wheat market buyers for automobiles are not found on every bush. R. J. Kron of the Paige-Detroit Motor Car company, manufacturers of Paige Six automobiles, was a visitor at the Cook Si Gill company headquarters lost week. Kron Is making a trip through tbe territory to enUven sales during the winter months. J. Lemon, genial partner In the Wil lamette Motors company, la smiling again on the row , after a trip through the territory of Southern Oregon. He found business showing some signs of life with a few Indications of better things m the future. Which is vague, when one comes to think of It. ' P. K. Starblrd, Firestone, , Western sales manager, with headquarters In Akron, and L. It Jackson, district man ager for the same company with his hat hnns-incr in FrlHrav Vfr In the CltV last week, passing the time with Leland J. Sparks, local Firestone manager, iaey are maknlg tours of the territory. Jimmy Graham, formerly distributor for the Crow-Elkhart car, and, later. In the automobile business In Vancouver, wh lit now with the Peon Motor Car company as salesman for H. C. S. cars. Jim is looking rorwara to some pickings before the year gets much older. . H. H. 1 Franklin, president of file Franklin Automobile company, Syracuse, N. T., recently announced the appoint ment of A. G. Maney as director of dis tribution, a new post recently created within the FrankUn organisation to give closer attention to the needs of dealers and distributors throughout the United States. . J. E. Harley, manager of the sales de partment of the United States Manufac turers Sales company, returned last week from Seattle, where he has been con ducting traffic investigations relative to the introduction' of .various safety de vices for which his company Is the dis tributor. C. H. Williams of the Goodyear Tire & Rubber company, who passed through Portland recently on his way East from the Orient left for Akron by way of Los Angeles, where Goodyear maintains a branch factory. Williams says the demand for tires In the Orient still con tinues good in spite of financial depres sion in many countries. A. M. Colvine, district factory repre sentative for the .Nordyke & Marmon THE THE UNIVERSAL CAR Why has the Increase ing months of last year, you see tnem everywnere now. It simply means that Oregon drivers have decided to be comfortable in future. Just as much 'air from outside as Just as much warmth from inside as needed and no more. Al more. Chassis (Starter $70.00 additional) . . . Runabout (starter $70.00 additional) Touring (starter $70.00 additional).. Sedan, with starter Ponn. ritri ctartor AJU- ABOVE PRICES For Sale by the Following Wm. L. Hughson Co. Broadway at Davjs Rushlight East Third 'Every Oregon Driver company, with headquarters in Oakland, was tn Portland last week visiting the Northwest Auto company, local distribu tors. From Portland, Colvllle went to Seattle to see what he could stir up in the way of business in the Sound country. He will be in the Northwest territory about two weeks. , F. L. Pierce, general sales manager of the Federal Motor Truck company of Detroit was a Portland visitor last week with the William L. Hughson company's branch house here. He Is making an extensive tour of the territory in the Interest of his line. Mt came to the coast by way of the Southeastern states and went North to the Washington country. , ' ; ' , John N. Willys, president of the Re public Motor Truck company, announces that at a meeting of the board Of di rectors of that company, held In New York on Friday, November 5, W. J. Baxter, first vice president of the com pany, resigned that position, and Col onel Frank E. Smith, well known in the automotive Industry, was elected a di rector and first vice president to suc ceed Baxter. J. A. Stoner, vice president of, the Mack International Motor Truck company, with offices In Los Angeles, from which he handles Mack affairs for the coast, called on F? C. Atwell at the local Mack factory branch last week. He paid a flying visit With him was T. J. Fletcher, auditor for Mack accounts on the coast With 158 trucks to his credit for the past fiscal year, AtweU bought the cigars. . Well Known Salesmen Are Added to Force Of Weller Motor Co. E. R. Weller, president of the Weller Motor company, announces the addition of three new salesmen to his corps of .Elgin and Westcott marketeers, one of whom is a Portland man.' E. N. Rlckert formerly manager of the Sandy Road garage. One of the Weller Interests, has been relieved of his duties In Rose City and will handle sales for Elgin Six motor cars. He is an experienced auto mobile man. From San Francisco comes W. It Reeves, until 'recently a member of the sales force of L. D. Allen company, Cole Eight distributors in the Gate City. He will, specialize on the Elgin. C. E. Boone, who has been, connected with various automobile concerns In Idaho for some time, has come to Portland to sell the Westcott Six for Weller. Most Use Care The time of slippery, skiddy pavements Is now almost at hand. If accidents are to be avoided, motorists must exercise care in driving. , The best way to pre vent dangerous skids is to use just a lit tle common "horse sense" in rounding curves. Chains help a lot but they're not a cure-all by any means. Passenger ear and motor track owners in New Jersey are facing an increase in tax fees from 20 to nearly 400 per cent for 192L sale of the Ford Sedan and increased 1500 in uregon tne -past year: Thatmeans fifteen time as many Ford Sedans and Coupes purchased every month of 1920 as during the correspond New 1920 1914-1915 Prices Prices . . . . . . 395.00 440;00 Z?a? 52 74500 (without 440.00 (without 490.00 (without 975.00 (without 750.00 (without F. O. B. DETROIT Authorized Ford Dealer $ Talbot & Casey, Inc. East Ankeiiy at Grand RobinsoH-Smith Co. Sixth at Madison & f?enney at Broadway Need a Ford Sedan' ALBANY DEALER MAKES KILLING AT BIG OPENING Lee 1. Gilbert, Elgin Six Agent at Salem, Proves He is Right Sort as Entertainment Host Lee L Gilbert, Elgin Six dealer at Salem, who was In Portland last week visiting the Weller Motor com- -pany, Elgin distributors, "killed! s big one at the time of the opening of his new salesroom at Albany. Gil bert doesn't tell; about it himself, but reports have' it that invitation were sent to the Salem Cherrlans to attend the opening of the new plaee and avail themselves of the Gilbert hospitality. The same report goes , on to tell about how they did It Fully 70 Cherrlans donned their white - garb and with their wives motored to Albany to be at the killing, Salem, as far as Cherrlans are concerned, rep resented a deserted appearance on the night of the feast The Gilbert aalea- 'i room, which occupies ; considerable space next door to the .Albany hotel. was crowded to capacity when the visit ors arrived. A dinner was planned at the place, but when the i Albany Hub barians sensed the presence of the In vading hosts a dinner wu spread for them at the community club rooms. Later In the evening the bunch came -en masse to the' Elgin, headquarters where an orchestra was encamped, and the evening and the floor were given over to dancing. Refreshments were served and the still Small hours of the -morning saw the return of the Cherrlans to the Capital city. The event was heralded as one of the social events of the - week at the Hub city. : In addition to Mayor Curl of Al bany, who gav the welcoming address, fully 500 people took part in the affair, and others viewed the proceedings frnm the sidewalk, unable to obtain a- foot hold inside. Gilbert was at one time Elgin distributor in Portland, and a number of Portland people, to whom ls vitations had been sent, were present. J The new salesroom boasts 7500 square feet of floor space over all, and contains bosido the usual features, a mezzanine floor and office space. Service depart ments have been arranged, and rest rooms for customers. It is said to be one of the most completely appointed automobile places In the territory out side of Portland. . Motor Show Will Be Held in Delhi A motor show will be held in Delhi in February of next year under1 the aus pices of the local Motor Trade associa tion. It will be open only to those firms In India which are agents or recog nized Bubagents for motor vehicles, cy; I cles and accessories. A motor gymkhana 1 will be held In connection wlUithe.shoWi-, In which there will be competitions for private owners as Well as for dealers. the Ford Coupe , starter) starter) starter) starter) starter)