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c:;i:go: cunday jouiinaiu ro:;LAKa sukday ::oi::;ing, 1ZZ2. HBP ABBOTT IS Mo;e INVESTED lil MOTOR GAME EXCEEDS BANKS Frank Ansted Says Automotive i Industry .Largest in -U. S.j Figures Are Given. lLos Angeles Brf3aks lor 4l Lyon company, who has recently, purchased nine carloads of Farran-Oid fan belts, the largest purrhasa of belts eVer made. ' He explained,' when inter viewed, the great , importance of the fan belt in relation to the "proper op eration of the motor. " A fan belt." he said. ,"to properly function, must above all things, grip the pulleya .in such-- a- manner rthat there is no slippage andat the - same time, should always be applied loosely thereby saving the strain pn- the .belt as well as the wear on bearings. Worn bearings result in pulleya being out of alignment, which . quickly destroy belts. " , - rl , - 4 . . - . NEW HEAD APPOINTED ; , IS STILL OUT AND AFTER THEM ; Own Accident Eecord FOR HUP SALES FORCE '; Ios Angeles, Nov, S5. LN; S.) Breaking all records by; nearly , Ifl.ovio em&shups,. there lave ?een more than SS.eCd auto and traffic accidents In Lo:, Angeles, so far this year, 'according t- a "report Issued r-ytthe safety bureau Of . the Automobile Cluh of Southern California. , The great Increase in aco.i- --.- . J C ! Cars Former Speed "Cop" Tackles Prospects With the New - Buick Model. ' dents is due to automobile owners who i neglect to keep their brakes in proper condition, according to the Auto cluh. l &t.W X -i J ti; NOW SELLING Nffl DELIVERY VAGONS - What chance has the poor prospect gotr , -;-:..",. , v ., First the Howard Auto company an nounces the arrival of the new Buick Vpht commercial car,1 and 'then it an-, .'. nounceg -that "Red" Abbott, former peed officer for both Columbia and Multnomah counties, has been de tailed to sell the car.. Such a com bination will indeed be hard to beat. " .Abbott la on speaking- terma with 'more motorists in -the state of Oregon than: any other man. . Abbott has met them all personally and his winning' .swajt will undoubtedly prove a great asset in his new venture.' , ' The Buiek needs no. introduction, to : the public as a pleasure car. bij the ltrht delivery wagon Is a new addi . tion to the already large family. The first of the models was received last .week and is how being shown by the Howard . company. ' The special delivery wagon is mounted" on a standard Buick chassis that has been strenrthened. .for" such: ' work. It has a wheel-base of lu9 -inches. , ''.-.' SIX BODY TTPES t It is made in six different body types, the open express with cab com plete, the parfbl body, canopy top with . . cab complete, canopy, top with side screens, de luxe body and the com . hi nation passenger and express body. i The price of the car for Portland de- Ilery ranges from $1050 to J1155. de pending upon the body , type. The car is powered with the regular n . . I ... i 1; 3 t . t. valve-inrhead type. The actual Jprake horsepower of the engine is 35 h. p. In building- the delivery body on the - chassis. . specially constructed springs are used to .withstand the additional weight. This makes for a wagon " that can deliver fragile articles with the maximum element of safety. - STEEL COIfSTBCCTIOSt The bodies are built of steel and -. are well braced to prevent- rattling when' on the road. ' V . Of particular interest is Jthe com . , binatlon passenger and express body. ' This car was especially designed for rural school work. It Is also - well . adapted for light stage work In moun- tainous regions where a light ear is essential to good operation. . "This new model is one .that will - fit the need of many, merchants," A. s D. Kearns, sales manager of the local t : Howard branch, said. "It has possi- blli ties in many classes of business ( where fast delivery is needed. That V. the car does-fill such a demand is';, shown most clearly by the number of ; . inquiries we .have had about it. It seems to be taking very we'll indeed. s "One of ; the most Impressive things "', about the car is the care taken in the s finishing. Ordinarily the light delivery wagons are somewhat slighted. Not so fin the Buick line.: r If- f 4 . :.: . ..... ' v V. WwWMii(W'awivraw. sWi.NSs-ww.wssMvwj.-jt.vA - Wo! 4 "Red" Abbott, former spcctl oop: is now enticing prospects with the new Buick: special delivery car. The new model arrived in Portland last week. f Closed Car Sales To Be Big Factor , In, Year fs Record - That the percentage of dosed cars sold fit Portland this year will 'have a substantial gain over liftl Is the pre diction mad by Hal G Chflds of Bra ly, Cirabam Childsv- distributors of theDodge motor car.- -"Laet-year te ; proportion of closed cars sold was about 20 per cent of the total,-, Childs salcU "This .year it' is mounting rapidly and 1 believe . that by the end of December the percentage will be at least 60 if not mere. "The closed car is gaining in pop-' ularity most rapidly. One of the big reasons is that the differential in price between the closed and models, has been reduced to a- greater degree than ever before.' This is due- to quantity production: : - t ' '. "Jtist "now the sale 'of closed cars is fibout 0 per ent of the ;total . sates. Of-, course during -the Summer months this percentage decreases., but T am crrtain that this year more than half of he cars we sell will be enclosed Jobs. .The closed car has come into its own at last." i . , " MILL CREEK ROAD COMPLETED SOON . ; . e . Wasco County Market Bead- Is Now in Use; Is fteing-Con- ; tinued Up Valley.';. , - Huge Shipment of MtorCars Will Sbon-iArrive Here Records fdT;he largest single ship , ment of automobiles for distribution in 1 the state of Oregon will .undoubtedly . be broken this month when the solid train load of Chevrolet cars consigned . to the fields Motor Car company ar rives. IThe train, consisting of SO freight' cars, left Flint November 13. according to information received here by L Roy Fields. It Is due in Port land! within a week or 10 days. Fields attempted to get. cars from the Oakland factory. He was unable to do so because of the heavy demand for the Chevrolet in .the' .Bear state. Arrangements were then "made with the main factory, with the result that the train Is now en route. " The retail value of the cars in the ' shipment is approximately 1200,000. 'leWa said. The freight bill alone amounts to $27,000, There are 800 mo tor cars In the shipment. - New Paint Color Is Discovered by TKe Olds Factory An entirely new shade of green, known as . ."weathered bronze," has been discovered, by a paint expert of the Olds Motor Works, of Lansing, Mich., says Ed Cohen of the Oldsmo bile company of Oregon. ? In 'addition to being of an entirely new' shade ajid usedLfor the first time In finishing an automobile,' the Olds mobile experts assert, it is especially durable and .' promises ' to last much longer than some .finishes which have been , used in the automobile indus try: during the last few years. It , is said i that f the T Oldsmobile executives decided, when it was determined that a sport roadster should be marketed, that the car had to be finished in an entirely new shade - of , specially de signed paint to stand all weather tests and it also must be of a "smart, ap pearance. " I'v, . '..i 0 .v, THE SAGE SEZ: V If . the "Usste" dun't want a start, take a peep ia the gas tank. Chances are ye forgot to fill it. . .. .. ' t In the yeaj 1800 a man could sickle one-half sere of wheat TnAav with I a tractor and two binders, he can cu u acres, -s t-- -- The Dalles. Nov. 2fi. Another market road in Wasco county is searing com pletion, adding to the total mileage- of finely surfaced highways In this eecr tion whlcTvT not so many yearsago, had as poor 'roada as any to be found : In thest4te."i- j 'd fv' a The -fnarket " road now nearly - com pleted runs from the city southwest up the Mill Creek valley, the richest agri cultural section tributary to The Dalles. About sixmiles of ; it are ln; use and the contractors are continuing .steadily up the vallev, the. head, of which frames Mt. Hood, ialthough -work will prob ably ceaib in another four - weeks bei cause of the weather.! ; . As It now- stands, the road 4s one of the most beautiful; in Eastern Oregon and is through a section which should prove - of great' interest- to -tourists. MIU Creek valley's "activities are al most entirely ' horticultural In. charac ter and the orchard scenes tempt cane to linr long - through the highway stretches. ' - - In the meantime the contractors are going ahead steadily on construction- of the first link of the great ' Dalles California highway, a project equal in importance to the Pacific highway i in that it furnishes an interior north and south : lateral to ' the Columbia river highway. - ' ' . , . - This road leaves 4he latter, at Three Mile, a point. Just east of The Dalles, and ; follows Three Mile creek to the Intersection of Eight Mile, thence up Eight Mile to the summit Of ridge directly north and , east of Dufur. At that epot it : intersects approximately the old Dufur road from The DVllee. Work baa been completed almost to the summit : of Bight Mile.' Down along the creek construction has been heavy and', while the contractors have plugged ' along steadily they will not finish the work to Dufur before winter. 'It Is improbable , that any section of this road, along the lower end at least, will be read for use .before next year because of 'this . construction in - the deep gulches. , , - : Next year. will ' probably f see starf UigtJf market road work south from Mosler. That section has been clamor ing for the-benefit of the road act for several years.; and its turn . is just arouna tae : corner. Snoqualmie Pass Declared Blocked By Big Snow Field Spokane," Nov. 26, The Inland Em pire Automobile association today - re- porta the 'Snoqualmie pass closed and reported , impassible. The snowfall has been heavy in the pass for this period of the year! -" ..'v. Kastbound traffic has been practical- . ly suspended and - only in emergency j cases have motorists ventured far east j and then by way of Sand point, Idaho, I and Thompson Falls. Mont. The Wallace,- Idaho, route for eastbound is " closed on account' of heavy snow in the divide. . Spokane-Portland route is - consid ered good for, this period of the year. Spokane-Seattle route good to Ellens burg, , where shipping is made necesr sary -on account of all the passes, be ing closed.- .i.'r - J . . ' -. v- Frank , B. Ansted, president of tfie Lexington Motor company, In a recent address ibefore bankers, caused con siderable surprise when he said: i "Few people realise that the automobile in dustry has grown to such magnitude in a short time that today the capital invested in it is twice the capital' of all, the national banks in thla country." The gist of the speech was received here by R. . A. Spillane 6f the Oregon Lexington compwiy., ' v s - ' ; ' Ansted takes as the latest total of the capital of all the national' hanks the figures $1,276,177,000. - The amount of capital, invested in the automobile industry, ia considerably in excess of two billion - dollara He predicts that the industry, will build two and one half million cars in li2S. v ' With the t exception of agriculture (which is not a manufacturing enter prise), the v autctnobile business Is America's . greatest business. - The value of the 1922 output will be approximately as follows : Automobile.! . . .... . . . , ..11.350,000.000 Tlre 6900.O0A Itn'taccment part . . - 850,000,000 Accessor ia v ....... 150,000,000 Total . . . . . . ; .'. . . . $3,725,000,000 . There are today 61,000 retail trade units responsible tor the distribution sf automotive products. - This is ex ceeded only--: by the. sale of food prod ucjfl. cared for by 195,000 retail grocery stores.. The number of dealers In other Staple lines , ranges from , 47.O0O drug stores down- to 80,000 shoe stores, all. substantially under the ' total trade imits enjgaged in merchandising auto-, motive products. , ; -s Eugene Auto Park ; Liked by Tourists . ' ' . Eugene, Nov. 25.-More than 6000 au tomobiles' were registered at. the Eu gene municipal auto, park during the past season, although tourists are still allowed to park there if they furnish their own wood and can get along without other accommodations. Over 12350 was taken in in fees. : the Ktanley jCnto Co. . -.. .- -t 4- - .:' :;.."sti'- ,r-..--; "- Upon the resignation of Harry Moun tain, K. K. Burkhardt was appointed, last week, as sales manager ; for the Manley Auto .company, local distrib utors for - the Hupmobile. . ... Burkhardt has been with the Man ley organisation for two months but came irom Xacoma where, for five years, he held the position -: of sales manayer, for the Sunset Motor com pany.. While there he boosted sales of the" Hup In . Tacoma to a 'point where, that agency was outselling the Seattle branch.. Since his graduation from5 the University of Washington Jrt 1910 "Burkhardt has' been "actively en paged in the automobile business. As he says, he is - a. strictly Western produce K . - . Mountain,-who has held the . position of sales manager until last week, will remain with, the Manley company. Local Firm Gets Huge Shipment of Motor Fan Belts Ralph Kinney, vice president of the Farran-Klnney company , of Chicago, has lust arrived in the city with his sales organisation to assist the Chans- D DDGfeB ROTH ER USErb CARS . , People have gotten over the idea -; that "used cars' " and ' 'abused ' "cars' axe synonymous, Erery car 7' seen on the .street is a Used Car. v.They now realize that it is purely.a -.. - matter of judgment oh their part; that is, judgment,' in choosing a dependable 'dealer,. to buy 'from. Remember: . A used car is only as good as the firm with which you deal 11th Braley, Graham & Chilcf, Inc. at Burnside Broadway 3281 Police Perfect a Paint Perambulator To Paint Streaks White stripes at the street intersec tion to mark the limits of the' cross walks will soon be in vogue again, t. Under the combined direction and work of Captain H. A. Lewis, C Shaf fer and Jack Keegan a- special vehicle is being , made at the police station to Daint the strinea. Th dn-lm mnlii of a paint tank, mounted on two blcy- . wirew nnu a revolving Drusn so ' arranged that when the' "paint peram- bulator la pushed on the pavement a broad white streak of paint is - left on the surface. - . j , Iaat week a trial, was madfr atfthe circle in Ladd's addition. Minor trou bles were encountered and the fperin . is now back "in; pe police carpenttspl shop- for overhaul. Captain Lewis said that it would moon be ready, and ' when once started the motorist weald; have no excuse for stopping his car inside the crosswalk area, r:"". . - 111 ' '.- 3 Ciilver Makes Visit To Portland Branch E..N. Culver, president of the Willy s Overtand Pacific company, and Harry Hays, head of the Seattle branch of that- concern were Portland . vlaltors last week. . While here both men held conferences with Frank n Rlrs man ager oi tne .foruana branch. " L -. ismij-A l.J EM p-'- la V r : Get Behind the Wheel. I ' t - w - ' 1111 Ml TTae Seven-PasseBser Sed a;n . $4900 F. O. B. Detroit Ten Body Types I The ease o mindi and sense of security m trying at Lincoln, endures from the ' minute you open the throttle until you arc back from the trip. ; The 8rcylinder motor cylinder blocks set. at an included angle of 6o. the refinements of which show the greatest engeering skill in the motor : car industry, gives to the Lincoln, without qualification, the finest automobile power, plant ever developed ' . Ask Any Authorized; Portland Lincoln arid Ford Dealer EQUIPMENT - 4 Automatic windshield wiper. Rear-view mir . : ror. Beaded radiator. Heater. Courtesy . !. light. Jeweled eight day clock. Cowl ven tilator. Thief - proof ' transmission lock. . Rainviaor.Opalescent corner lights. Massivw headlights. Arrdstie t coach lamps. - JFour; doors that swing wide' open.. Simple . auto : matie window lifts ' ; , raise or lower plate ; glass windows. The pride. which a former genera tion found in Studebaker equipage is modernized in. the Special -Six Sedan. . , ' . t . Una Sedan is built In Sebsker - plants, under highest standards of manufacture the use of the finest materials and most skillful work manship. v. " : It' is a rare combination of ! beauty and all-year utility. It is - economical to buy and own.' Its fasdnatinglines are enhanced - by, artistic paneling, coach lamps and massive headlights. The in- 1 terior is finished In exquisite taste. : There is inviting depth tp,the nine inch cushions and fine lianno-4 niring of upholstery and carpeting. The thorough dependability of the Special-Six with its flexibility. quick acceleration and ample power, carries the endorsement of many fJaxwands of owners. - The four-bearing crankshaft, eeven-inch frame with five cross members, sub -frame suppcrtinj the motor and separate urut trans mission, rear axle shaft of special alloy steel,--- these and other Special -Six improvements add greatly to motoring satisfaction. V The Special-Six Sedan well up holds the Studebaker 7 0 -year reputation for business integrity and genuine value. . MODELS AND PRICES, o. b. factories LIGHT-SIX ' 1 - SPECIAL-SIX I - mci.tnr Tourin . : 4. ... $ 975 Touring 127$ Tourtn J517BQ Roadster 3 IW... 97S RosKbtcr (3-Paaa.), vU50 Speedster- (4bs0 t83S OMpe-Romdater Roadster (4-Fks,).u t27S Cbpe iJaaJ, Z400 (2-Pss.).........;V t22$ Couse f4-PsajL tT Coup (5PasH ZSSQ - feds.: 1550 .wSS : It (. JAHN..K. OLEANDER , COM PAN Y, Studebaker Automobiles KERBUILDING, TENTH t ANDGLtSAK STRt&TS I - ..I' ' .. .'!" ST.UDEBA Phone , Br t hi s j 1 s ;ja: S, T TJ D B B A K E R Y E?A R 1
