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2 THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNfAL, PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 19, 1920. BIG CROWDS AR E EXPECTED TO VISIT SHOWS IN EAST Advance forecasts Indicate Rec- ; ord Attendance at. New York and Chicago Expositions. New York City, Dec 18. Advance forecasts indicate that all attendance records at. the coming New York and Chicago automobile shows will be smashed, with a revival of motor car buying following closely in their wake. . .. A canvass of manufacturers reveals that more careful attention is being paid to the preparation of exhibits than ever before and this, with the numerous new models that will be on display, is ex pected to stinfulate, interest in a degree that will cause all previous show rec ords to be surpassed.. ,; , . In.; yar gone by', , many shows have been open to the criticism that they were generally drab and colorless, most manufacturers displaying their standard models, a finished in dark blue or black. rj nis year it is expected mat tne re verse will be true, with sombre colors conspicuous for their absence Manufacturers are known to be "devot ing close attention to the color scheme of their exhibits, so that the show vis-, itor may expect to be greeted by a dis play of vivid brilliancy when he enters the portals of either the Grand Central Palace or the Chicago Coliseum. - The fashion set by the national shows, of course, will find reflection in all the other shows held throughout the United States next spring, auguring exhibitions of greater interest and attractiveness than have been witnessed in years. NEW CAR WILL MAKE ITS APPEARANCE SOON fe, -' Uit . PERMANENT ROADS SPELL ECONOMY, ? ..-Vi v.r,Vo-. v ...... '"'r'V., - . v.. " " iSglp KM 3 I - Here Is the new DuPont Four, which will be handled here by the Weller Motor company, Fifteenth and Washington.. The Pa Pont is j.be latest acquisition to the motor car world and Is a creation of the vast Du Pont Interests, of Wilmingto n, Del. - A distinct foreign note can be seen in the lines of body and - chassis aiHl as a four will bo one of the higher priced cars of that unit Of power sold in Portland. H. H. Bromberg, sales manager for Weller Motor company, has arranged with factory representatives to have one of the cars in Portland for the automobile show. It will be the one absolutely new car to be displayed this year. ' f SAYS MOTOR MAN R C. Atwell Believes Fewer Dur ' able Highways Better Than Greater Number of Poor Ones. SOMETHING IN AUTO E IS FINE PRESEN T (Con tinned From Pf On) the top. Arrange with a top man to fix the hole or buy some cloth and a can of top material ;and go over and fix the weak spot yourself. A man may have a horn of too raucous a tone. Buy him another warn ing: signal with a sweeter voice. . Some motorist may have persisted in trying to run you down each day as .you emerge from your home-. - Suggest a pair of spectacles and offer to .defray the expense. Another man's car may need polishing. Get a can of dressing,, tie It up with a blue ribbon or some gilded string and leave it on his door step with the morning paper. IT WOULD BE A CHAJf GE With simple Joy .one could surfeit the heart of the . man down the street by going over early Christmas morning with an armful of . rags and cleaning and greasing, his car for him. You would b friends for life. Another fellow with a passion for warming up his motor be fore breakfast has been shattering your sleep. Buy- a hot-water bag for his manffojd or chip in with the householder on the other side and purchase a garage heater. The mere fact that a tinge of self-interest has prompted your thought fulness will not detract from the value oi me gut. Many a man nas made nts wife the present of a library smoking set for Christmas. A couple of new spark plug would fit in the toe of the average sock, as would a box or tire or tube patches. A silver-plated oil can would-be the very thing for a man one knew to be without that useful instru ment. And so forth. Vho knows but that the first automotive Christmas woufd see many useful and needed gifts find ing their way into the hands of friends. Eventually; of course, the public would fall Into the habit of presenting a friend with articles of which he already has an abundance. But we do that now. The man who already has a nice pipe and who intends never to purchase or to smoke another until his- own-pet goes by the board would be no more cha grined or disgusted at receiving another than would the man possessing a cigar lighter on his dash at finding another among his Yuletide presents, probably presented by a man who had lit his cigar at the self-same contrivance only the week before. But It. would be a change, say for the first two years. IdSnmaiet Fojjr-Cylinder Car Is Soon to Appear in Oregon, Says Edward E. Cohen. Edward E. Cohen, manager of the Oldsraobile Company of Orego". re turns from a trip East t6 the Olds mobile factory with news that Olds manufacturers are putting a new car, their four-cylinder job, on the market at once. .Cohen was able to arrange for a shipment before leav ing Lansing and word since has been received that the" cars are now on the road. This will give Olds fan ciers three models, an . eight, a . six and a four, from which to choose. The factory has been experimenting with this car for over two years and it is now in production. The car is being built in 5-passenger, roadster, coupe, and sedan models, and resembles the present models turned out by the company in many particulars. The chassis has 115 inch wheel base, calls for 32x4 tires, the motor is the valve-in-head type ' with cylinders 3.11-16 bore and 54 -inch stroke. The cylinder head is of special design with three exhaust ports. In addition to filling himself up with tales of the new car, Cohen was well satisfied with business conditions in the East. He expected to find them in bad condition, but upon arriving at Lansing and holding pow-wows with bankers and merchants of varied and sundry degrees of optimism and pessimism, .he was fi nally convinced that things were not as bad as they had been reported and were slightly better than they looked. Eastern men are taking the present depression with becoming fortitude. ; Here is what Cohen heard : "Of course we are having a depression, bnt it Is only business returning to a pre war basis" ; "salesmen must realize their vacation is over and get to work" ; "real salesmen are hitting the ball harder than ever" ; "what we need is more faith more belief" ; this readjustment period was bound to come it is here and it will be here tor several months, but ele ments of prosperity are to be found if we look for them" ; and so forth. Everybody is hopeful. Cohen admits he didn't have such a bad trip, after all. Nothing in a Name; E. G-. Shirk Becomes Goodyear Manager P. G. Shirk, formerly with the Good year factory at Los Angeles, has just been appointed sales manager for South ern Oregon and will make his headquar ters in Portland. The state will be di vided between the present sales manager, C. B. Reynolds, and Shirk, both Good year officials, having their working forces reporting for duty here. "Shirk V queried the man with the cloth hat "Well how in the world did you live it down sufficiently to become sales manager?" "Son," said the new sales manager, politely, "one thing. I like is originality. There have been too many before you for me to laugh at that pun." HIGHWAY BIDS TO BE RECEIVED Tenders' to Be Opened at Meeting of Commission in Portland January 4. The state of Oregon is now em barked on a road improvement pol icy which, because of the vast mile age and enormous expenditure in volved, is receiving attention from those Interested, in highway con struction in all parts of the United States. While there are many angles for the state officials having the highway work in charge to con sider. Judging trom the experience of others, the most important ia in J relation to traffic the roads will be called Upon to bear. It is pointed out hy F. C. Atwell of the Mack, International Motor .Truck corporation; distributors, for Mack trucks, that hundreds of millions of dol lars have been spent on highway . im provement in varjous parta of the coun try,, which , in subsequent years was found to have been largely wasted, . in asmuch as "the roads proved but . tem porary expedients. PEBMAIfEST ROADS SUGGESTED' . Highway engineers five years ,ago could not approximate even the traffic of today, and ' it is probably -equally; as true that today cannot indicate the" future needs. However, it is advisable, in Atwell's oplpion, to approximate these needs as nearly as possible. . "From all past experiences, would it Hugh Higgenbottom, Dodge Traffic Man, Is Entertained Here Hugh Hlgginbottom,' until recently traffic manager for Dodge Bros, at their central Vactory, . passed through Portland last week en route to his headquarters in Seattle, where he will assume the post of representative in the Northwest for odge. He was the guest of the Covey Motor Car' company, Bodge dis tributors, while in the city. Hlgginbot tom takes the post recently vacated by John A. Kicholls Jr., who has been re lieved as district representative to take over the New York distribution for Dodge cars. ' . . Higginbottom has been with Dodge for th past 10 years, before the time when the now famous dual partnership began the manufacture of its own motor cars. - "We were making units for Ford In those days," said Higginbottom, "our first contracts calling for 300 units. In side of five year 8 our contracts had jumped to 300,000 units yearly, the figure for the last two years we were engaged in that business." Dodge has since man ufactured 500,000 ears. Oregon's 112 flour mills have a daify capacity of 22,000 barrels. Of the year's output of 3,800.000 barrels, 2,500,000 bar rels went into the export trade. . 1 to 5 Tons We do not claim Federal Motor Trucks to be bet ter than the best, but bet ter than, the rest. A Size for Every Business 60 North Broadway at Davis Street Phone Broadway 321 San Francisco, Oakland, Sen Diego, Seattle, Los Angeles, Portland Salem, Dec. 18. Bids will be re ceived by the state highway commis sion for the improvement of 4.1 miles of public highway at its meet ing in Portland January 4, accord ing to notices being . forwarded to contractors by the department here. This Improvement work includes 15.7 miles of paving, 20.9 miles of grading, 12.5 miles of graveling and 25 miles of crushed rock or macadam. Six different projects are represented in the call for bids, as follows: Huntington-Nelson section. Old Oregon trail in Malheur county 19.4 miles of grading. Port Orford-Hubbard Creek section, Curry county, .b miles grading. Seufert-Deschfltes section, Columbia river highway, Wasco county, 12.5 miles graveling. Lexington to the Gilliam county line section, Oregon-Washington highway. Morrow county, 25 miles crushed rock or macadam. - Roseburg-DIUard section, Pacific high way, Douglas county, 6.7 miles paving. Divide-Walker section Pacifio high way. Lane county, nine rnlles paving. , build less not be more advisable to mileage of greater permanence than vast mileage of less durability?" asks AtwelL . "The roads of California have a na tional weputatlon, but indications are at this 4ime that this reputation is not going to survive for many years. The reason is that when California's popula tion voted millions for highway Im provements political influences were ex erted whereby roads were offered, In trade for , votes. That is. it was found the easiest way to get support for the bond Issues was to designate In advance where the roads were to be located. That meant the amount of money ob tained bad to be distributed over a wide territory. CALIFOBKIA KOAD8 THIX . "Highway engineers recently made a survey of California's highways," and it was stated by a road engineer that California's roads are the thinest, light est and poorest in the country consider ing the amount of money expended on, them. They were spoken of as mere shells or a veneered surface which can not withstand traffic 'needs'. Fortunately for Califorina, climatic, conditions are less severe than in most states, so the veneered roads will last longer' than In other places, but nevertheless the nelgh boring state some day will awaken to the mistake of building roads primarily for mileage rather' than for durability." Barbur to Take Steps Get Share Of License Money City Commissioner Barbur will at an early day ask the members of the city council to cooperate with him to secure state legislation changing the state law disposing of the automobile license money collected from Portland automo biles, that the city may participate in the revenue, amounting to approximately J175.000 a year. The state law gives the state highway fund to per cent of the licenses collected, the remaining 25 per cent going to the county road fund. The city was entire ly eliminated in the disbursement of the funds thus provided by Us citizens, and Barbur insists the City is entitled to a fair portion of that revenue. "The city keeps its thoroughfares up Tor the use of these automobiles at great expense and is certainly entitled to A share of the licenses collected." Barbur said. Pacific Highway Is ' Now Complete From - Castlerock North Kelso, Wash., Dec. 18. The Pacific highway route north 'from Castlerock hao been completed and thrown -open to traffic. For the past i-ear grading op i.atfons on that portion of the highway h jve forced travel over a bad detour r&ad. 1 i.; THE UN B VERS AL CAR Gravel Contract Let South Bend, Wash., Dec.; 18. The commissioners of Pacific county have opened bids for graveling the Ocean Beach Wghway from Neman to Naselle. a distance of about six miles. Schulz A- Tuttle were the lowest bidders with 89,931.95. Bids were also received from K. L. Coulter, Willapa Construc tion Co. a no H. H. Ross. In the AlgerUn Sahara the Arabs are abandoning their famous horses for motor-propelled machines. For the Whole Family A Ford Sedan Use your Christmas money "all of it if necessary as a payment on a Ford Sedan- (or Coupelet) for delivery on Christmas morning. Pay the balance in monthly installments if you desire. But arrange today to have a Ford Sedan de livered to your home Christmas morning. . - ThfFnrH Arlon.ic Hrs every wnere, all winter, with as much comfort as if you were home by your own fireside, inat is why Ford closed car sales have increased '1 500 each month this year over the cor responding month last year. The price is right it" is cut to the lowest price ever quoted on the Ford Sedan. The retail price-is fixed by Mr. Ford even to the amount of freight charged. That is your protection, wherever you buy, from Ford dealers everywhere. All the beauty of an electric, all the comfort of even temperature, regardless of weather conditions,. with the sturdy power, dependability and economy of the Ford chassis and en gine, at a price you cannot resist. Chassis ... . , r. ... .$360 Runabout (regular) ... . . 395 Runabout (with Starter) . . . . 465 Touring (regular) ... . , . . 440 Touring (with Starter) Coupe (with Starter) Sedan (with Starter) Truck (Pneumatic tires) .$510 . 745 . 795 . 545 The Prices Listed Above Are F. O. B. Detroit For Sale by the Following Authorized Ford Dealers: Francis Motor Car Co. Grand Avenue t Hawthorns Palace Garage Co. Wm. L. Hughson Co. Broadway at Davis Rushlight & Penney, Inc. Talbot & Casey, Inc. East Ankeny at Grand Robinson-Smith Co. IZth Street at Stark East Third at Broadway Sixth at Madison "Have a Ford Sedan Delivered Christmas Morning" 1 " . " ; -- f - " - . - - - . I : i . 1 (l j'l'Sf"" I l UGHSKSEDAN U lilfT' $2150 The Gift Supreme for All the Fami i America's Greatest SEDAN VALUES There never was a better time than now to place your order for a Sedan. And while- you're doing it, better: ehoose v a Sedan that rives you the maximum value in quality. performance, appointments and enclosed ca comforts in other words, a Studebakcr Sedan 1 Such quality as you find in a Studcbaker-built Sedan such stability of design and refinement of appearance is possible only because of Studebaker's great resources and manufacturing experience, and the fact that these cars fare 1 ! . 1 t - l it t Duiit complete oy btudebaker in btudebaker lactones. The LighiSix Sedan Spassengwr; 40-horepowet i 112-tnch whatfbom Low-hung, instantaneously responsrre, easy to drive, and remarkably safe and comfortable. Its light weight, in combina tion with its mechanical efficiency, insures unusual economy in gasoline and tires. In its quietness of power and freedom from vibration, it sets new standards in closed car cojnfort. Distracting noises and dis comforting body vibrations have been flimintw. $2150 Cord Tire Equipped . 0. A, SKtk Bend The Special-Six Sedan S-pasngtr; 50 hortepoumr: 119 inch mkmtba Everything essential to the owner's satis, faction, pleasure and comfort has been provided. Nothing that would add to com fort and convenience to protection and utility has been neglected, j Its four doors offer easy entrance and exit for all pas sengers. Its performance and appearance are combined with features of appointment that every connoisseur of closed car quality will quickly appreciate. - - $2750 Cord Tire Equipped . . b. Detnit ALL STUDEBAKER CARS ARE EQUIPPED WITO CORD TIRESrANOTHER STUDEBAKER PRECEDENT j W. G. GARBE, Inc.! Broadway and Burnside Phone Broadway 616 There is a Studebaker Dealer Near Your Home SPECIAL-SIX SEDAN 4. V- 7 I I $27so cTuii 1 , q ' i 9,.,, 1