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THE DALLES DAILY CHRONICLE, SATURDAY, MAY 7, 1921.
FORECASTS CUT IN
FIRESTONE PRICES
20 PERCENT DISCOUNT EXPECT
ED BY MANAGER OF PORT.
LAND BRANCH.
Lclnnd Sparks, manager of the I'or'
land agency for Firestone tires, was
In The Dalles Thursday and said that
a sweeping reduction In prices will bo
announced by his company next week.
It is expected that the new prices will
,bo about 20 percent below those an
nounced May 1, by the other big tiro
producing concerns.
Sparks drove up from Portland,
making tho trip over the Columbia
River highway from Mosler to The
Dalles. He proceeded on into eastern
Oregon.
PORTLAND TRIP.
(Continued From Pace 1.)
highway to Portland. This all happen
ed about 7 o'clock Sunday morning.
Other tourists with "Welnle" wore
Judge Dlakeley, Miss Elizabeth Har
rlman, Harry Walther and u member
of Tho Chronlclo staff.
As a caged animal, "Weinie" quick
ly began to develop (symptoms of rest
less. Ho refused to stay put, and every
bump of tho rough macadam between
Ohenowlth and Mosler brought forth
a howl of protest. His racket was so
Incessant that no one else could be
heard, and to emphasize his dlspleas
n ro he insisted on reaching forth an
astonishingly long fore-paw and sink
ing his claws Into the nearc.it plcco of
human anatomy.
.Barring this interruption, the trip to
Hood Itlvor over a stretch of the high
way which has been bugabooed as a
fierce stretch of automobile traveling
was almost a joy, True enough tho
road is rough, but no huge boulders
oar the way, as some would have it.
Tho road has just been opened last
Sunday, and It has since been Improv
ing steadily. With a few more Ironings
Xrom a road roller it will be just as
good as tho stretch of macadam be
tween Mosler and Hood Illver.
MIrb Harrlman drove nil tho way to
Portland, and got through to Hood
Hlvor In one hour and 15 minutes. Af
ter breakfast, tho trip was resumed,
and the sedan was sailing the cir
cuitous roads of Laurelhurst at 11:30.
"Welnlo" was released from the box
at Hood Itlvor for tho sake of peace
with tho rest of tho party, and having
achieved his object, chose to survey
tho scenery for tho first 20 milos,
draped liko a fox fur across tho
shoulders of those in the rear seats.
Presently ho grow tired of taking in
view property and snuggled down for
a snoozu on tho seat.
It was well for "Woinlo," however
that ho was overcome by drowsiness
and couldn't see what was happen
ing, for tho passage over tho well,
oiled highway was full of thrills.
Whon a hundred thousand earn,
unoro or loss upced over any particu
lar stretch of highway, and ovory one
leavo n fow drops of oil snmiwhero,
that road Is going to bo pretty slip
pery on rainy days.
Tho highway was no exception,
leaving Tho Dalles, whero rain and
Biinshlne are said to meet, tho sun was
shining. Tho sun mot tho rain some,
whore down below Hood Itlvor, and
thereafter tho skating was fine. Tho
road was ollod glass, but the hand at
tho wheol was expert and nothing
outside of a few skipped heart-boa's
occurred.
Harry Walther drove back Sunday
night, leaving Portland about 7:20 and
getting to Tho Dalles at 11:45. Tho
rain was left behind at Hood River,
and the old road over Seven Mile,
which Whither knows like a book and
could negotiate without headlights at
night, was followed In from Mosler.
Seven Mile was in excellent condi
tion, but up on top one still sees
relics of those hectic days in Febru-
' ary and March when happy-tho'-crazy
'motor fans who Just knew they could
negotiate Seven Mile finished out
'their voyages in the rear of a sturdy
team of horses or two. Timbers along
'the road, 'big tire holes, now easy to
avoid, and a few miscellaneous parts
of cars are silent reminders of those
perilous times.
Speaking by the way, It may be ob
served that Wasco county needs con
cede nothing in the way of a beauti
ful highway to the lower counties.
Just west of town there Is a straight-as-an-arrow
speedway for two miles
which will tempt many a motorist to
do a lltttle stepping on the throttle
when the paving Is In.
Going around Crate's Point one
passes through a succession of allur
ing little pine tree parks, with the
river below and the lofty hills beyond.
Soon comes the figures 8 that lead
up and around Rowena Point, and
when that, stretch Is completed, there
will bo nothing finer along the high
way. The vista from the place where
the road bends around the cliff at tho
highest point Is every bit as dominat
ing as Crown Point. In fact, many
thing It Is superior to Crown Point.
And going down Into Mosler touiis's
are going to see the most beautiful or
chards thati exist In the land. Alto
gether, "Wasco county has a very sat
isfactory bit of highway to be proufl
of.
80,000' TRUCKS IN
RURAL DISTRICTS
POTENTIAL MARKET 8AIO TO
EXI8T FOR MORE THAN SIX
' MILLION TRUCKS.
Travel &
Transport
Topics
Conducted by Goodrich
Nearly 80,000 trucks are now used
m rural communities, which, accord
Ing to figures compiled by the Na
tlonal Motor Truck committee of
the Automobile chamber of com
mcrce, Is 10,000 more than are em
ployed by next, nearest class of users
the manufacturers.
Figuring from a basis that there
are 6,351,502 one, hundred and forty
acre farms in the United States, and
that farms of this size or even small
er can use a motor truck to advan
tage, it is evident that there Is a
potential market for more than six
million trucks.
Immense savings in shrinkage of
livestock and perishable farm pro
duce have been effected by the use
of trucks in general farm hauling. As
an instance or tne saving oi snnns
ntie. the incident is cited In which
6,800 hogs valued at $200,000 were
hauled into the stockyards at In
dianapolis in one day by 500 motor
trucks, which traveled 2,500 miles.
Also, at St. Louis, Mo., and at Omaha
motor hauling as a means of safe
hauling with a minimum loss or
weight is daily proving of adcantage.
The fruit grower also has his mar
kets literally moved miles closer to
his orchards and the question is not,
can lie afford a truck, but can he
afford to be without one
Not only does the farmer find
that the truck is saving him time
in transportation along the highways
of the nation, but also in his general
utility work on the farm itself,
where by motorization, both time
and money are placed on the credit
side of the farmer's ledger.
vulcanized piece of rubber is com
pressed beyond its power of resist
ance it will break down. It is evident,
therefore, that solid tires are not only
destroyed by continual overloading
but by overloading them once. The
tires should be sufficiently large to
take care of the greatest load the
truck will be subjected to.
0 PERCENT GRADE
IS EASILY SCALED
DODGE BROTHERS CAR, WITH
SPECIAL TRACTION GEAR,
CLIMBS STEEP SLOPE.
Now York state has more motor
vehicles than South Dakota has in
habitants. Tho figures aro: Now
York, 658,155 motor vehicles ano
South Dakota, 653,047 persons. New
Tork leads all the states in ownership
of nutos and trucks while South Da
kota has more cars in proportion to
population than any other state. She
has one car for overy 5 2 persons.
Socrotary of tho Interior Fall says
tho govorntnont Is doing overythlng
'posslblo to oncourago private motor
travel. Free camp grounds In each of
tho national parhs are provided. In
'thotn are proper sanitary facilities;
garbago is collected and disposed of
ench day; pure water Is piped whom
ever nearby streams aro polluted;
flrowood is provided for cooking pur
poses and small evening camp fires.
Who does not want to be the proud
owner of an automobilo? "JJhose who
haven't one yearn for a car of their
own, and the majority of those who
already havo a car hanker after a
'new an dbotter one. It's human na
turo and we aro all victims of it. Af-
'ter all, what is more exhilaratlnj
than Jumping into a new he-man auto
mobile, pressing the starter and gild
ing away into the country?
Approximately
vd In
7,000 people gather-
In Japan you must bo a man of
means to own an auto! No gentleman,
though It may bo sporty to drive his
own car, over goes without a chnuf
four. Tho Japanese invariably havo
two moil, one to drive and anothor to
perform that heavy chore of opening
and closing doors, also asking direc
tions and running ahead to measure
tho street to determine whether It Is
wide enough.
Wi TRUCKS NOW
LISTED IN OREGON
WASCO COUNTY HAS TOTAL FOR
ALL CLASSES OF
169.
Spotlight, please! For the motor
car. A fow of tho many reasons fol
low: Nearly 500,000 passengers arrive
in New York by automobile dally;
without uutos city rents would quick
V double; without antes thousands of
muib j.oiiiu, vai., recently 10 s,ii,nilmii tiiii, wnni.i i ,.,,,. inm,l .
mim-HH a mil eiiiiio sucu as mm
never before boon attempted In an
highway transport reduces the coat
and Increases the pleasure of living;
automobile, the climbing of a 70 per Lu ..,. , , , .
, , . .? . tnu automobile Industry pays tho rail.
r rSaTTr",rslu ""rao or ,umu
Dodge llrothera touring car.
Tho only way which tho car used; Privately conducted tours are no
differed from an ordinary touring longer restricted to steamships and
car was In the wheels, which were! foreign countries. A Now Jersey or
equipped with steel bands in which ganlzatlon will conduct two American
were Inserted lugs 4 1-8 Inches apart, coast to coast tours this season, us
A track up tho grade had been pro- lng rtKar touring enrs. Knch will
vlously constructed, Its holes exact-, C4rrv four j,orsona ln adlU,ion to tho
y fitting with tho lugs, thus form.; ,,rlvcri Tho say that manv
ng u means of securing traction for more Un(8 of mtorost can be iMn
car' , , , Und explored that would be passed
Tho climb wua wade from a Bland-V ..,... K .,
Of ull possible abuses to solid motor
iUK start, the little car In low gear
r.ootlng up the steep acclivity wtlh
Utile apparent effort at a spe-M of truck tires, overloading Is toe piost
15 miles an hour. disastrous. The first time a properly
SALEM. Ore, May 7. (Special.)
A total of 0870 motor trucks had been
registered ln Orogon up to March 15,
according to a table just prepared by
Sam A. Kozer, secretary of state
Multnomah county hoads tho list with
4461 and Marlon county is second with
601.
The llghtor trucks prevail, with
those under one ton and from one to
one and one-half ton capacity leading
by many hundreds above all others.
Tho different classes of trucks to
tal as follows:
Undor one ton, 3905; one to one and
ono half tons, 3842; one and ono half
to two tons, 966; two to two and one
half tons, 362; 'two and one-half tons
to threo tons, 202; three to three nnd
one-half tons, 390; three and one-half
to four tons, 53; four to four and one
half tons, 3; four and one-half to five
tons, 147.
By counties the totals for all class
es are:
Baker, 84; Denton, 148; Clackamas,.
455; Clatsop, 378; Columbia, 102
Co6s, 214; Crook, 30; Curry, 32; Des
chutes, 144; Douglas, 229; Gilliam, 32'
Grant, 22; Harney, 32; Hood Ulvor.
171; Jackson, 271; Jefferson, 24; Jo
sephlno. 119; Klamath, 99; Lake, 24;
Lane, 336; Lincoln 23; Linn, 223; Mai.
hour, 74; Marion, 601; Morrow, 36;
Multnomah 4461; Pork, 119; Sherman
42; Tillamook, 140; Umatilla, 363; Ui
ton, 111; Wallowa 28; Wasco lt)Y
Washington, 320; Wawltr. 28; Yam
hill, 197; total, 9870.
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The Riding Comfort of the Nash Six
Equaled Only by Higher
Priced Cars
One quality that impresses you with the fact that the Nash Six is the
greatest value fruits price field is its exceptional riding comfort. Low hung
and nicely balanced upon its staunch chassis, this roomy car, has unusually
long springs, and its broad, restful, deeply cushioned seats are thickly up
holstered. Compare this quality of the Nash Six with that of other cars costing
from $100 to $600 more and you will have one reason why, from the time it
was first introduced, this comfortable automobile has been a sales leader.
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