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USE GENERAL GAS
One Thousand Dollars Worth
of Fuel Keeps Three Cars
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One thousand dollars worth ot
gasoline, that amount -would keep
the average family fHrrer running
for a long, long, time. Yet, such
is the itinerary laid out for the
Portland Motor Car .company's
Hudson-Essex -closed car caravan,
that a thousand dollars worth of
General i Petroleum Corporation
gasoline script was given the driv
ers as a starter.
Comfort and economy in mo
toring is the doctrine the Portland
Motor Car company's caravan is
preaching on its long run in and
about Portland and then through
out the entire state. The caravan
got under way onMay first and
already is a .familiar sight about
Portland with its three brightly
painted coaches.
"As economy of - operation is
one. of the point we are seeking
to demonstrate,' said Sid Peters
of the Portland Motor Car com
pany, "it is natural that we were
very careful in the selection of
gasoline to be used on the long
tour. Economical transportation
lias long been a well-established
merit of the Hudson-Essex line
and for this tour particularly, we
wanted to be assured that both
as to fuel and lubricants we would
be as well fixed as possible.
It is significant that, as a result
of its erperience through all sorts
of tests and observations, the com
pany selected General gasoline
end lubricants for ae throughout
Hudson Caravan "Filling Up" at General Gas Station
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Over $1000 Worth of Fuel is used by Three-Car Equipment
the: entire tour.. Not only was the
excellence of these two , products
taken into consideration; the thor
ough distribution of green-and-white
independent stations ; over
the state was of prime impor
tance. Consequently the caravan
drivers are equipped with General
scrip! books and, will be served
toy the authorised Independent
deaUrs handling General products
from line to line ' north and south
and . as far east as Baker, states
O. jit,. jSpencer, distributor of General-
Petroleum Products in Mar
ion and Polk counties. ! j
It will also be noted that the
company has chosen Goodyear
balloon tire -equipment for the
display. It is said that 5 in the
recent, automobile show, Goodyear
had jaj large majority of aU the
balloon- equipment. ? ; The service
from; these tires is said to be ex
ceeding all expectations. .
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Chevrolet Plant Uses Rigid
Standard in. Assembly
,Line, is Claim
jThere are 60,000 motor buses
operating in the U.S.A., 3,250
being owned by electric railways.
Buy the Boy k I Columbia
BICYCLE
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$53.5G'
$5 Cash
51.50 Week
He Has Always Wanted a
Bicycle Get a "Colum
bia" While; These Easy
Terms Prevail. V 'i
The Columbia Bicycle lias stood for Ivears as on of the best
bicycles "made -backed by the'manuf44turers". as well as guarah-J
tee. The model offered this week lis a double drop frame style,
with trussed forks. : It is equipped with Morrow brake, clincher
tires. Diamond roller chain, pressed steel mud-guards, one-piece
crank hanger, steel rims and is offered In a good selection of
colors. With every bicycle sold this
charge a jewel rear reflector.
week we will give free, of
Lloyd E. Ramsden
387 Court 'Street .
One employe in every six In the
motor assembly plant of the Chev
rolet Motor company plant at
Flint, Mich., does nothing but
check the rigid standards required
in the motor parts and the accur
acy with which they are fitted to
gether. " . ; v '. - : ;
There are 2,776 employes in the
motor plant. Of-these, 463 are
inspectors who demand a precision
too minute for detection by the
unaided, .eye. '
, Before1 the engine block starts
down., one of the assembly lines it
is given a triple inspection for
possible irregularities or defects',
each inspector checking his pre
decessor. Next it is washed, dried
under compressed air and again
inspected for cleanliness. If a
dirt spot is discovered, the cast
ing is sent back to the washer.;
Almost endless tests mark its
progress down the assembly line.
precisions being gauged down to
one-thousandth of an inch. The
moment an inspector detects any
variation from the standard, the
motor is taken from the line. It
the defect is only minor, the mo
tor is sent back on the line for
adjustments or replacements sub
ject , to subsequent re-inspection.
If the variation from the standard
is fundamental, the motor is dis
assembled. As the motor is built up, all
parts and fittings, are subjected
to constant examination and re
examination. Precision is law.
For instance, the fitof piston pins
Into! the piston must be so exact
that the pin may be pushed Into
the piston hole by the mechanic's
thumb but will, not fall out of its
own weight. The clearance at
this point is about one-twentieth
of the diameter of the' finest hu
man hair. This is called a "push
in" fit. ' n :- ,
After being built up, the motor
is "run in" by electric-motors at
1200 revolutions ' per minute for
The Club Sedan
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Finer! Results Easier Ridine
Greater Strength, Lower Costs
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Miles
hi'-.! Gallon
Tearing Car, Cub Camp, ChA
S4m, fttndatd fMr-DMf
n KOHcnvcIv priced rm
Vi tai LOVS. All price ...
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Vk mtm plicated t xti thm
'Mvniracs of time -paymiintt.
Ark mhaw Maxwell' auruttM
N""v MflTwvl daalrrt mnd rpe
- kiaxmnU mtniiet everywhere.
One' of the first considerations of the designers and
builders of the"new good Maxwell was to make, sure of
ample strength.
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Transmission and rear axle are strong enough for the
most powerful Lugging through deep sand and mud. In
every particular the car is built to do the job whatever
the job may be and do it unfalteringly.
The Lew good Maxwell is in truth a car of exceptional
quality. The motor, is designed not only to deliver.
58 miles an hour and accelerate from 5 to 25 in 8 sec
onds. It also combines such structural features as force
feed lubrication to main bearings. .
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Facts like these account for the car's dependable service
and low maintenance costs. . We would like an oppor
tunity to tell ybi the complete Maxwell story. J3ut most
ef all we are eager to demonstrate the car's fix- results
and riding qualities, i J
O. B. GINGRICH MOTOR CO.
Corner Commercial and Bellevue .
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about two hours to work in the
bearings and piston rings.
The motor is then "taken
down" for inspection of the bear
ings, cylinder walls and all mov
ing parts. When it passes the in
spectors, it is re-assembled and
operated under its own power
while 'experts listen for any pos
sible noise, their methods being
comparable to a doctor's use of a
8tethocope.
If the motor sounds "sweet,"
It is returned to the assembly line
for final equipment and painting.
The last man on the line is an in
spector. From his hands the mo
tor goes to the various car assem
bly plants.
POWER IS GAINED
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15 Percent Increase in Same
Block, With Same Bore
and Stroke :
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EXCESS POWER IS
WASTEFUL. CLAIM
Economy in Gasoline More
Desirable Than fOccas
sional Use of Power i
: A statement of - the r Maxwell
Chrysler engineers that a 15 per
cent Increase in horse power has
been accomplished in the new
Maxwell without" Increasing - the
bore or the stroke, apparently
has considerable to do with-the
new engineering achievements of
combining into the new Maxwell
models, for the first time In low
priced motor cars, the three as
sets of economy, speed' and. f lexl-j
bility These sweeping improve
ments are said to haxe been made
possible through re-designing the
cylinder block, changing the valv
es and valve seats, Improving the
cooling system and1 lengthing the
pistons.
. Automotive engineers are au
thority for the statement" thatrr
with a proper basic design a com
bination of two of these assets of
economy, speed and flexibility is
relatively easy to obtain.
The trick seems to be-'group
the third with the other two. ,
r f 'These same engineers," says
Oscar B. Gingrich.I local Maxwell
dealer, ''declare that obtaining
the third is a most difficult en
gineering problem, even with the
proper design. An engineer can
get speed and acceleration; but
that almost invariably means loss
of. economy. He can have econ
omy i and also speed, but that
means slow acceleration because
of the: very high gear ratio. He
may secure the economy and ac
celeration through the use of a
small engine and low gear ratio,
but he will lose in speed. Max
well for the first time in all mo
tor car history is giving speed,
acceleration and economy In a
four cylinder car to a degree far
higher than practically any one,
except actual owners of ' the new
cars,' really suspects. . -
"Those acquainted with the
car's performance capabilities as
sert that it will outrun and out
perform any other 'four cylinder
car yet builtV
Credits on ' automobile timej pay
ments have proved sound, i Aver
age losses of ?0 leading finance
companies in one yearwer-but
Pone-fifths of 1. T '? r ;
Champion is outselling
throughout the world,
because it is the better,
spark plug.
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CKampimXforFad6Qc.Blmm '.
BaxformUmhrrcmrt, 75c Mr '
tham 95.000 denim MU Chatn -.
(miu. Yaw mnil (maw tht gn. -iM
by tKc doubit-ribbcd cvrs. ' :
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.Champion Spark Plug Co. -Toledo.
Ohio
Windio, One, LoiuUm, Pri
Decided, emphasis' has been jgiv
en to, gasoline economy In motor
car operation through the Incneas
lng number of states that are; ad
opting a -gasoline tax in the opin
ion of W. R. Tracy assistant
director of sales of the Oakland
Motor Car company, who recently
returned from a two month's'
tour of the western states. j I
On the Pacific coast particular
ly there always has been a 1 keen
Interest in economical motor car
operation, he states, as attested
by the fact that two of the most
popular, annual - automobile con
tests, there feature gasoline econ
omy. : - - : I !.'
"A motor can be both poe,rful
and economical at the same time,"
he states. "A motor that is! pow
erful alone, without economy, is
wasteful. It Is just as sensible
to wear rubber boots all the time
to be, prepared in case of rain as
It is .to "have an over powerful mo
tor with consequent waste foif the
occasional hill climbing that j the
average, person requires in the
daily use of his motor car. j :
The trend In automobile f de
sign for the past three or four
years has been towards motors
with smaller bore and obger
stroke somewhat similar to; the
type that has been so successful
in the great motor car speed con
tests.':. - ,V 1. ;.': 8
"Our, Oakland high speed If
engine has been developed i along
this line small bore, long stroke
and high . efficiency, yet produc
ing more power for a given weight
of the engine than the old large
bore engines because it Is using
its. 'piston, displacement" , tnore
times per minute and converting
into power more of the latent en
ergy of each exploding chargel,
"The great American motor
car racing classic at Indianapolis
to be held Memorial Day I will
again prove, as it has in the! past
few years, that the small , bore,
long stroke engine Is both pow
erful and economical."
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WETTER AND Id ETTER
Dependable .ten v years ago, and five
years ago, and more dependable than
ever today Dodge prothers Motor
Car simply represents the latest phase
in a process of. continual betterment
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The first cars Dodge Brothers built
established a world-wide reputation.
The cars they are building today in
corporate the accumulated refine
ments of those ten intervening years.
That important improvements in the
comfort and appearance of the car are
made from time to time, implies no
basic departure from Dodge Brothers
traditional policy of progressive
rather than seasonal development.
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BONESTEELE MOTOR CO.
474 Soutli Commercial.
Phone 423
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Performaince
"Seems to m it was driver as much as car," ex-
' claimed an envious rival in discussing the
several record smashing feats of Rickenbacker
Six with f'Gannon Ball Baker" at the wheel.
"Could any other than this Man of Iron, endure-
a drive of 11558 miles Canada to Mexico--
over three mountain ranges -Cascade, Siski
you and f Tehachapi with ; the steep climbs
and hair-raising plunges down the mountains .
and around hair pin turns?
"Could any other thing of flesh-and blood and
muscle, make that continuous drive of 40
hours 57 minutes without relief, rest or sleepl '
."I say a lot of credit goes to the driver for that
record. A ",r r'"-:-';;. .1 , : I
VAbaolutelyl replied another "but could
any other j car stand the merciless driving
accelerator down to the floor boards all the
time save when, to slow down for a turn,
That's why "Cannon Ball Baker ? "waaTmada
Chief Test Pilot of Rickenbacker Motor Corn- :
pany. ' : " ' ' "1 . ,
No other driver could push this . new Rlcken- '
' backer Six sufficiently to really test ita j
.Baker drives for the record and the car must
'ktand all the vrief ha can viva it. if It la in r-
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Its, stamina its power, Its oiling system its
brakes must be equal to his amazing physl
r cal endurance. V V-" : ' '
That this new Rickenbacker Six, has In every test
been equal to Baker's demands for t peed, and
has smashed every. record this great pair have
gone after, J proof that it is a wonderfully
good automobile.
Drive this Rickenbacker Six yourself it will
. axevelation to you. ;
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