MTCDFQRT) MATL TRTTRtWT? MEDFOTtT). OREflON. SATURDAY. .TUNR Ifi. 191T.
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A Kemmder
No matter what make of bat-;
tery you have, you are bound
to shorten its life if you neg-!
lect it.
Drive around today and have your
battery inspected, tested and supplied
with distilled water., ,
This will help you to prevent the
little troubles from growing into big
expensive ones.
Repairs and Recharging
No matter what car you drive, or what
make of battery you use, we extend to you
a cordial invitation to make use of our
battery service.
We carry a complete stock of neu
batteries and battery parts for all
makes of cars.
We offer expert inspection, repair I
and recharging service for all bat' '
tery owners. All work handled at
reasonable prices.
A New Battery for Your Car
Sooner or later your battery will wear out, even with
the best of care. When you need a new battery, remem
ber, there is a Prest-O-Lite Battery of correct size for
your car a battery designed and built to give you the
utmost in power, service and value.
C. E. Gates Auto Co.
We have a Service Battery for yaa to oe tohih
your i left with u tor repair or recharging.
STORAGE
BATTERY
Service Station
feAUTOSBILK M
REGISTERED IN
MAY 1 OTALS 1 823
The month of May, 1017, was (he
banner period in all history for the
sale and delivery of new automobiles
in Oregon.
A total of 1823 new automobiles
were registered" officially by Oregon
motorists last month as eompared
with 15(18 new ears for the best pre
vious month of history, Atay, 191(1.
The outstanding feature of the
situation is that already 80 per cent
of last month's new ears wer. de
livered in tho eounties outside of
Portland.
To date .18,2:!!) automobiles have
been registered in Oregon under the
1!U7 series us contrasted with Xl.fllT
for the entire twelve months of the
1910 registration period.
These figures indicate that there
are 431.'! new ears in Oregon, but as
a matter of faet there ure nearly
twice that number, 7130, uccoiding
to Air. Wilkins' count of the new
: cars on a systematic basis.
I The reason for the discrepancy
: lies in the fact that many used ears
i that were in use last year have not
yet been registered and placed on
the road this year. This is proved
by the fact that of the total rogi-il ra
tion for last month, ll-l'ili, only 1823
were new cars, llus means that II ere
are probably more than 40,000 auto
mobiles in Oregon.
Multiiomash leads with 12,405 ears,
followed by Marion county with :!"73,
Uniatillo 2000; Lane with 1G02, and
Jackson fifth with 1002 cars.
These warm davs increases the
eroi of tourists and thev have homin
in inquire about when they can reach
crater lake. . .
There arc still many people who
consider the motor car as a luxury.
said a local dealer receritly.
Some figures just compiled which
arc particularly timely und of inter
est just now, show that the uutuno
bile is an absolute necessity und util
ity and not a luxury.
They bring out the interesting and
instructive fact that the motor ear
surpasses the railroad today in the
carrying of passengers. No one to
date has looked upon the railroad or
the. street car as a luxury und as
the automobile is operating in the
same passenger carrying field there
is no reason for regarding it in this
light.
These figures, gathered by extrts,
how that on n basis of 3,000,000
passenger cars in use this year, and
an uverage mileage per car of 0,000
miles that the motor car mileage for
1917 will be 18,000,000,000. Assum
ing an average of three passengers
nor trip the passenger mileage by mo
tor car for this year will be 51,000-000,000.
Railroad traffic is now at the fig
ure of 35,000,000,000 miles, which is
less than that of the motor car mile
age. Kven if we assume that the
average load is two passengers in
stend of three still the mileage by the
year in motor cars is one billion miles
more than by railroad.
The recent shipment of 50 Fords
received by the C. E. Gates Auto Co.
.was the largest shipment of cars
ever received in the county and those
that were not sold in advance were
sold within a week after they were
received. That's sure going some.
'The government hns just distrib
uted orders for 50,000 motor cars
of all descriptions," said a repre
sentative of the Hcrnard Motor Co.
"This is the first of the war orders
which shortly will demand practically
all the cars of certain grades that can
be manufactured. Wo can only con
jecture what tremendous demands
will follow when tho government be
gins to mobilize the great army which
will begin to take shape in a few
weeks. "Automobile men know thev face a
shortage. Tho general public also
is beginning to lvalizc that the car
murket will be short this year. It
is not improbable, indeed, that tile
shortage will be so acute that dealers
who have ears on hand will be able
'o nsk almost any price- they wish
for them.
"If wc need- nn example of bow
war strips the motor car market we
can find it in France, or any other
of the nations at war. France is now
making five limes as many cars as
it did before the outbreak of the war,
and only n few of these nre available
for nrivate purchase."
Expert
Repairing
We now have in charge
of our Repair Shop Mr.
Bert O'Connor- of Seat
tle, who is an expert me
chanic and we are pro
pared to do work on all
ehusses of cars. Bring in
your troubles. All work
guaranteed.
Riverside
Garage
Engineer l)avis and l'cail Davis,
assistant, were down from Siskiyou
Friday. They arc preparing for the
work to begin on hard surfacing of
the mountain highway in the near
future.
J. R. Rochon
The
Automobile
Painter
Work Guaranteed
nt. Walker Auto Co.
There's a Time
for Everything
Mow Is the time to have your auto
fixed so you can us It to sleep in for
camping.
MITCHELL
Does It
We Mako and Ilcpalr
AUTO TOPS
and Do All Kinds of
Auto Trimming i
Dressing and dyeing old tops. Also
Furniture Upholstering and Mattress
Making.
W. H. BROWN.
113 North Front
r -. .'.w-.' ya-n !
V-PLEX
Piston Rings
Take your car to any
garage and they will
tell you the merits of
this ring ,
V-Plex Ring Co.
Medford, Ore.
THE PLACE I
To get your repairing done. See
DAV1KS
Pacific Highway Garage
29 Souih Bartlett
PI one 59
! ' Remember the price of the
Chevrolet will advance on the
first of July.
J L
CHEWRQt
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J
Are yon driving one of these
wonderful little cars? If not,
why not?
Chevrolet Beats Time of Fast Limited Tr
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All Previous Records Beaten with little "Four Ninety" Chevrolet. Shasta Limited
time beaten 22 minutes from Union Depot, Portland, Oregon, to S. P. Depof, Eugene,
official checked time : 3 hours and 49 minutes actual running time, 3 Hours and 29 Min.
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A Car of Proven
Worth for
$625
F. 0. B. MEDFORD
Thoto Showing Chevrolet Leaving Portland at 3 a. m.
rl Buy a proved car. A car like the Chevrolet. Your in
vestment lasts. The Chevrolet is good, for great care has
been exercised in designing, in the selection of material, and
l " kit" "XV 1 i fcW
th building of each model.
If we furnished an inferior motor but everything
else of good quality what value would your car have?
If we furnished a gord motor, Uil a poor tr;'.m;mis:;ion,
would you be any belter (.If?
And then again, suppose we equipped a car with a
good motor and transmission, but a poor clutch, wouldn't
your car still be weak?
In the Chevrolet, the motor, the clutch, transmission,
end rear axle system must be true true to each other
and each must be a perfect mechanical unit.
The Chevrolet is true all the way through.
Tho Chnyroht hns ('cmonslrated by the most severe
Icl-'.j to be all that is claimed for it.
I 'Tio to bno wing Chevrolet Arriving Kugene at 5:49 a. m
I'or further particulars inquire of
W. R. DeLay
West Main St.
Phone 73
Claud Miles -Salesmen- C. A. Baer