jwwFonDrAnj trtbote, medford. orronoN'. s tt"rT)ay. FrcrmrARv 21, 1012.
UPPLY HOUSE
SOME OF MEDFORD'S LADY CHAUFFERS WHO ARE EXPERTS IN HANDLING CARS-MRS. ALLEN IN FJRST CAR IN ROGUE VALLEY.
LONG STROKE MOTOR
IS ABSOLUTELY BEST
a
CAR IS EVERYT0IN6
MQE EIGHT
GROWTH
Pacific Molor Supply Company Cov
ers District From Eugene to Duns
mulr New Lines Have Been and
Arc Bclnrj Added.
An exnmplc of the growth and de
velopment or tho lingua riviT valley
is the show window of tho l'ncilic
Molor Supply company thw week
which is piled to its fullest capacity
lutli automobile onxing..
Less than fifteen months ago thc-e
people .started an exclusive motor
Mupply business on both a whole-ale
and retail banis. Today according to
the president, P. S. SteouMrup, who
lias just returned from an extendi d
trio from southern California, the
arc covering a territory from Eugene
to Dunsmitir, California, and are
planning to reach out still further.
Many new lines hnvo been and are
being added, the most notnble t
which nvo the bicycle and motorcycle
department. The mechanical depart
ment which is now being fully equip
ped with tho latest npolinnees and
machinery w'" within the next thirty
duy.s, be as complete and up-to-date
as any on the Pacific coast. Homer
Elwood has. been added to the .staff
mid will have full charge of the motor
cycle- department which comprises of
the. Flying Jlerkel and Hurley-David-j
MHi ngencic". i
The bicycle department is slocked
Willi niirlit rcnri'seiitativc linos
nign-gracie, guaranteed wnecis aim i
tho rcsultl of n careful study of the
bicycle market.
In the mechanical department ma
chinery has been installed adequate
to take care of all branches of bicycle
and motorcycle repairing. It is the
aim of the company to mnke this de
partment as complete as any on the
Pacific coast.
In the automobile sundry depart
ment representative llinos of nil the
leading manufacturers are in stock
nnd within the next thirty days this
stock willl be as complete as any
of the auto Mipnl" stores hi Portland
or San Francisco.
The tire department contains com
plete stocks of eight of America's
lending tirres and on four of thee
lines the Pacific Motor Supply eom
pnny is on the same basis as a direct
factorry branch and can make re
placements ami adjustments from
stock, thereby eliminating delay and
transportation expense.
The Pacific Motor Supply com
pany issued a catalogue at the time
of opening of the store, but, n the I
same became nbsolete in a short time, I
owing to changed nnd added line, hi
new complete illustrated catalogue
13 now in preparation.
Tho Pacific Motor Supply com-J
panics sales stnlf is in charge oft
"Bob" Flynn than whom no more pop- (
ulnr salesmnn exists in the state. He
mid Mr. Elwood will handle the out-,
side territory, covering the same 1
monthly by motorcycle and nutomo-,
bile, thus giving the dealors in the
other towns of the territory such ser- (
vice as they could get no other way. '
Carried Deer on Car. .
During a recent trip to the moun
tains Ray Tabor, a Jeweler In Dor-
( jyjZb, - V
rls, Cnl., Just south of the dragon
line, bagged three mule-tall ler.
ami he carried the venison home on
his little nulck runabout.
The Center Control.
Both the Heo and Overland this
year have center control, this ar-
off rangomont of the levers making it
possible for the driver to outer tht
car .from either side. Tho Unlck has
placed the levers Inside the er, but
not in tho center.
No Hardware Visible.
The body of the cars this year pre
sents a smooth exterior except for the
hinges on the doors. There are no
handles protruding and the general
appearance is thereby Improved.
BABIES DIT WHEN PLAN
FOR REVENGE FAILS
fred A tik rati, a kitchen woman and
hospital iiukc. who admitted 'she
placed oxalic acid In the babies' milk
battle. On Saturday, according to
tho polleo version or the confession,
the woman stated:
"l put two or three drops of o-
lahtod more than twenty years.
J A. Fowler, assistant to the at
torney general, appeared for the
government. He i-onteudoil for the
upholding of the validity of the long
and short haul, the order of tho In
terstate commerce commission, and
alio actd Into the bottles. I did not contended the commerce court was
do it with intent to kill the babio, without authority la enjoining the
but I wanted to set snuaro with the! enforcement of the order. Fowler
nurses who wero my onemias. 1
wanted to make the babies sick."
The police believe the womau to be
demented.
LONG AND SHORT HAUL
CASE IN HIGH COURT
NEW YORK, Feb. 24. Tho mys
tery in the eight deaths of babies
In the Brooklyn nursery and Infants'
hospital was cleared up. tho no-
lice say, by tho confession of Wlnl-
WASHINGTON. Feb. 21. Argu
ment Is under way la the supreme
court by attorneys for Spokane,
Wash., and other intermountnln cit
ies to obtain final judicial ruling on
the order of the interstate commerce
commission granting those cities
freight rate lower than to the Pa
cific coast (Hilnta on shipments from
the east. The arguments marked
declared with the freight rates on
shipments from the east to Spokane
as high as to tho Parlflu coast cit
ies, the latter coukl compote with
SHikane In Its natural territory and
thus rob Spokane of Its natural geo
graphical advantage.
'Hie court will htar further argu
ments .Monday. .
(IM OF THANKS.
To our neighbors and friends who
so kindly and generously assisted us
In our boron voment, we return our
heartfelt thanks.
Mil. A.N!) MUS. V S HAMMOND
AND FAMILY
TAFT SAYS HE FAVORS
J10RE BATTLESHIPS
WASIIINOTON. Fell S I --President
Tuft, spenklns at llio peace
mooting of the Navy longuo today,
declared tho titmo has not emtio for
this country to be economical at the
expense of an adequate naval estab
lishment. He oxprossod the hope
that tho present eongmss would an
thorlxo tho construction of two bat
tleships and wild ho would gladly
sign the bill that carried such an
authorization.
Hoar Admiral Wslnw right, retir
ed, Representative Swnger and
Shearloy of Kentucky mid Charles
Francis Adams of Huston wore, the
other speakers at this meeting,
which was tho Inst of the seventh
annual conveiitb u of tho league.
Secretary Mors accompanied tho
president to tho meeting
Wli.lo oaiofiilly xt nl luisr the earn
of tho big motor shown iu Now York
ami Chicago, II, I,. Kent noticed oho
piodoininnting iiiccliimicnl tendency
that is, towmd tho long-slinko motor,
"Some innnulnotuiom huo It, oth
ers are get'tiug to it mid a few still
stand liv tho old shoil-siruko motor,"
su.nm tho iiorlltwosL tlisli ilmtiir for
the ChulmorN and Popo-llaitfoid,
wlin-o agent hero is the Valley Auto
Co "There aio a low fioaks which
would do credit to tho wildest long
stioko fauatio in Europe, wheio tho
construction originated. Hut on tho
whole tho trend is towutd u sensible
and cnusonulixo development of the
i Inug-Mioko principle,
"That tho de-signer who hao adopt
id this oonsltuotinn mo on the light
tiiick, is beyond cavil. Kogaided fiom
i'cr angle, the long-stroke principle
is null!. It's as simple as adding two
and two when olio stops to consider it.
"Wo all know that the longer lover
age we yet with n ciowhar, the casior
it is to litt a given weight. The 'jim
UP'.' htirgliiiioiiM tool that it is, is one
of the most wonderful tools hoentlM'
of the grunt leerage it gives. Most n
us are familiar with tho ordinary iow
boal and tho nut rigged row limit; tho
latter is much easier to row than the
former. Anyone who has oor pad
dled a online knows that tho paddle ',
uscIoks for propelling the boat uuless
tho propelling hand grasps near the
bhiilo, mid thus secures ii long lever
age." Less Brass to Clean.
Many of this year's models nro fin
ished entirely In black enamel and
iilckol, offering no brass stirfacos to
bo cleaned. On somo ears this Is
carried out on every model and on
others It Is optional. A nickel fin
ished Chalmers Is on Its way to tho
Valley Auto company.
Coast Asscmbllnii Plant.
Within a short ttmo tho Ford Mo
tor Car company will stnrt tho erec
tion of mi assembling plant In l.os
Augolos that will cost close to half
a million dollars Tho building will
bo so constructed that It can bo en
larged from four to ton stories
"Nothing is ho conducive In tho at
tainment of maximum enjoyment mid
NiitlHl'uclluii in the use of it molor cur
its llio fuel (hut its axiom, trnnwinhv
sioii, ditfoioutliil, Htcnrlui; p.our,
springs nnd other vital purls am built
of tho veryriiost mntoriiil obtainable
iu the muikol," says It. K. Olds, prol
dent of tho (oo Molor Car company,
represented hero by Kims Kline.
"Iu our ooiupleloly equipped mud
era laboiatorv all the material used
in the Ken the Filth is thonmghly
tested. Not a gear, homing or other
vital pail, own to the minutest seiow,
nut or bolt, outers into lis construe
torn Ini measures up to the rigid Ken
slaudaiil of slioiiKth mid huiduoss,
Our gears are all carefully tested in a
crushing machine, capable of filty
toiiN pioMMiic. The usual lest is a
hummer lent, whieb, to say Iho leas),
in unscientific and inexact,
"Iu our crushing iimolinio we loam
oMiotlv what a gear will sliiuil, Hole
lies one of Iho seerels why the Keo
the Fifth mude so oniaho a toeoiil
as official pilot oar iu the last (Hidden
tour fioui New York In ,laok.nuills.
"The diameter of the rear ulo has
been euluiged mid the n.vlc shafts aio
built of nickel steel. It H subjected
to chemical analysis, to crushing, to
gear tests mul to tests of (ensile
slteiigth. 'I'ho weakness of most oars
is found in the rear a-xlo. Nothing in
our inochuuisui shows a larger margin
of safely. Nothing has uioie exact
scientific attention.
''The differential gears have bosu
greatly iinprincd. The gears are
made homier Hum ever hofnic The
ditferonlial is designed for forty-five
horsepower. With a tlilrty-horscpow-or
motor this leaves a wide margin of
safety iu one of the most vital pnrto
of the ear.
Demonstrates In Snow.
Despite tho snow of 'Iliursdny
morning, dealers wore demeiiHtrntlin:
eais. Union, the Overland mnit, has
three pontile out In tils runabout. Mr.
dates Is expecting n big touring car,
"the big green fellow." next week.
Legal blanks at the Mcdford Print
lug company.
the closing phase of a tight that has !
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MME.
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