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The Oregon Daily Journal from Portland, Oregon • Page 52

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iE CASE 1920 MODEL ARRIVES INTO THE MT. ST. HELENS COUNTRY jiiiLEs mm SAYS- SPIRIT LAKE i TRIP DELIGHTFUL VoaderfuI Scenery 'and Bracing Air at Foot of Mt. St. Helens Lure Manley Auto Manager.

HUP GOES 19 MILES TO GALLON GIAIIT AIRSHIP IS PLANNED TO MAKE OVERSEAS TRIPS Dirigibles That -Have Made First Flights Entirely Too Small for Commercial Work. BRITISH OFFICrALS 'HOPEFUL Few Years Will See Air Service Capable of Making Fast Trips to All Parts of the World. xS-s i I o' -1 A' iy.iS:fmm i 0 '-fir, -yA iffr! vI GREAT STRIDE IN I MOTOR INDUSTRY mil Growth of Automobile Sales Has I a Been Marvelous During the 5j fit Past Eight Months. 4 hi 4 5--; by Graham Motor Car Co. that they will remember it when they go on the stand.

If the pavement was wet or otherwise slippery at the time of the accident, he should show the wit nesses that iiis chains were In place on the tires. "A very important point to prove in court is that the car was in its proper place on the street' when 'the accident occurred. Measurements, 'corroborated by. witnesses, will establish this. If the trouble came when the car was making a turn, get witnesses to prove that it was a wide turn, as provided by the tratfio The writer proceeds to cite instances In which car owners have neglected to gather the -proper evidence at the time of the accident, to their later undoing.

He points out that much of the evidence in these cases' is of "very temporary nature and must be gotten on the spot or it is gone forever. He further suggests the drawing of a diagram showing all the principal persons and things any way Involved In the accident, with various pertinent distances marked on the chart Altogether this is a most valuable article and one that every car owner should read, as It may save him a considerable sum in real money, Tighten Engine Bolts In some cars looseness of the engine bolts which hold the motor In place may cause misalignment of the engine, with serious consequences. If there is even slight looseness of the bolts it may permit the engine support to hammer and poundi and in time the supporting arm may actually break Washers A leather washer placed underneath the metal washer not only helps to eliminate unnecessary noise, but gives a sort of elastic compression that prevents stripped threads when the bolt is a little too small for its ob. It I Aug. the first experimental ip trans-Atlantic voyage by airship written in history by the K-34.

two issues arise: First, further experimental flights by the Zeppelin type of airship; and, second, commercial possibilities with, types far larger than the R-34. Giant airships which will bring evrry Important city in no wthin 'en dara of lysndon are. f.rcsha lowed by Sir. Trevor Dawson, director of Vtcker. UroiteiV which las DUiit air-shins of the jSeppeltn for the admiralty.

Brigadier-General Grove, in charge of the air shin fleet of the royal air force, e'ays it will only be a few years until airships of four times the power of the R-34, capable of traveling 45,000 miles. re sailing the skies, bucn air ships would have 8,000,000 cubic, feet ga capacity and a lifting abUity of 150 GIA3TT SHIPS PBEDICTED More optimistic observers, like Massac Buist, expert, says the 10,000,000 cubic feet airship of 200 tons carrying capacity will be a reality by the summer of Brigadier-General Groves also has planned an experimental trip for a R. A. i SV seaplane of the latest type by short stages through the heart of Africa, from the mouth of the Nile, going across the Great Lakes, the Zambesi and the Congo to the Cape. General Groves points1 out that eight great rivers of over 4000 miles in length passed through the world's markets, and there fore there was a great future ahead for Hying uuais.

B-S4 -TOO The trip" of the K-34 to New York and return demonstrates that an airship of only 2,000,000 cubic feet gas Capacity has no future in. the commercial world. They must be larger. That is clearly rvognlsedr here, and an airship of 3,000,000 cubic eet capacity will be completed this year. However, this will be used, like five others of similar by the admiralty, i At least a crew of twenty-two were necessary for operation of the R-34.

and thus a ship of this size, with all. avail-; able cargo space Tiaed for supplies needed for operation of the ship, could carry only persons to America, which would be wholly impractical as a commercial proposition. Thus only a larger airship, whereon the operating crew would practically be the same and with but slightly more supplies needed, can hope to be of value in air commerce. A ship of the R-34 type, out In all weather, would be serviceable more than two years. Then it would have to be rebuilt.

The initial cost of such a ship is about 31,675,000. HIGH SPEED POSSIBLE A S.000,000 cubio feet gas capacity airship would be 870 feet long and could easily lift 100 tons. Such a ship cer tainly could be used in trans-Atlantic air voyages about nine months out of a year. carrying passengers, mails' and lighl cargo of great value. A ten miUion airship would be 1100 feet long.

Officers who flew the Atlantic in the R-34 say a ship of five 'E firmly IE lieve 111 01 01 I 1920 Case 6, distributed million capacity would be easier to handle than one of two million. Viekers officials are convinced it would- be a practical proposition to build an airship of a capacity sufficient to carry fifty tons of passengers and freight fop a voyage of 10,000 miles at 80 miles an hour. They figure airships for commercial work may fall into: three classes First, ships of moderate size and high speed, such as the R-32. tor carrying express. mails and passengers.

The R-32's capacity is forty-seven tons. Second, air liners for passenger traffic of a. large size and high speed. Third, large airships of comparatively slow speed and a large carrying capacity for general transport. i Sir Trevor Dawson says his firm la experimenting with steam engines for use on airships, an engine of light weight but giving great power being the goal desired.

ACCIDENT ADVICE Steps Which Driver of Car Should Take in Self-Defense Are Outliried in Article. are something that the owner of a motor vehicle does not like, particularly to contemplate and generally puts off any consideration of, the subject until the mishap has actually occurred. -t This is probably the reason why most owners fail to take the steps that prudence dictates when an. accident has actually happened, and by the same token this is why car owners so frequently find themselves In court and "in Dutch" at the same In the August issue of MoTbR there Is an article detailing, the steps that the car owner, should take In self-defense when he is involved in any kind of an To. begin with author, William PierBon, suggests that "the car owner must remember that the wltr nesses of an accident are quite likely to be uncertain of memory as be himself is.

For this reason he should call to the attention of witnesses particular points in connection with the acident which be knows will his case when it comes to court For instance, he should point out to them and demonstrate that the emergency -brake Is set tight. If the mishap occurred at a street intersection he should impress upon their minds that he had slowed down his car for the crossing and had the vehicle well tn hand. He should impress upon them that he sounded bis warning, signal, so be Clackston. Tiraa 5000 M3m POLICY OWNERS ARE GIVEN mi If if I IN DESIGN Upholstery Is of Dull Grain Leather and Front Seat Is No Longer Divided. J.

H. Graham' of the Graham Motor Car company, local distributors for the Case Six. announces that the 1920 model Case has arrived and that the long Walt for the new model had been repaid by the snappy appearance of the latest work In Case Products. VUnttl I visited the Case factory at Kaclne, recently and saw the models then being produced, I did not see how the last year's model could be very much Improved. The additions to the comfort and efficiency of the car -have been most appropriate." The car is changed in appearance, being more rakish in design and having many refinements, making for comfort- and convenience.

The upholstery has been changed to a dull grain leather, and Instead of the divided front seat, the driver's seat now extends the' entire; width of the body, making for greater stability. The rear seat' has been made more comfortable by a slight change In the contour, and between the Jumper seats a walnut panel has been added. The same finish has been used on the cowl dash, on which Is mounted -a tonneau light. The robe rail Is hung from strong leather straps, and is covered with leather in a snappy style. The bevel edge of the body has given way to a smart oval effect, while the headlights are ef special Cane design, with small dimmer lamps hung below and Joined to the large lights, The light brackets have been strengthened and are Joined to the.

heavy steel fenders. The steep western hills bave been guarded against by the Introduction of larger brake drums, insuring extra braking surface. The top is full tailored in attractive whipcord material, with an oblong of plate glass inserted as the rear vision glass. The Delco lighting system has been installed in the new and the Alemlte lubricating system has been used throughout. The latter provision does away with grease cups.

Insuring sufficient lubrication' for the bearings by a pressure whose maximum reaches 1000 pounds to the square inch. Three of the new models were turned over to purchasers upon arrival, the new owners being Joseph Anderson, of Powers' furniture store, W. A. Smith, purchasing agent for the Northwest Steel company, and Bddle Nudleman, of the Fashion Suit and Cloak house. More cars are now on 'the way from the factory and regular shipments have been promised.

An inventor has brought out a tent with a frame so shaped that it can be used as a garage with very little waste of room. Irwin, Inc. COR. TAYLOR RAKISH 1 1 i if i iii it. GARRY BIGGER LOADS in less time and at a lower cost When Road Improvements Are Completed Route Will Become Very; Popular, Says Menzies.

A fast motor run was made to the wild, peaceful, picturesque Spirit Lake country at the base of Blount St. Helens last week, and by Charles Menzies, manager of the Manley Auto his personal car, a Hupmobile. In spite of the roughness of the road over some portions of the 47 mile stretch from Spirit Lake to Castlerock, and the detours along the 64 miles of Pacific highway from Castlerock to Portland. Mr. Menzies made the return drive In hours and 49 minutes running: time for the entire 111 --miles.

The distance from 'Castlerock td" Portland was negotiated in three hours flat, Mr. Menzies taking: advantage of parts of the new road between Castlerock and Kelso. On i the way to Spirit Lake he was obliged to use the detour which meant mile after mile of tough driving through patches of road where the dust came up to the axles of. the Hupmobile. GOOD ROADS FOCJTD Accompanied by Menzies and Mr.

and Mrs. O. M. Fletcher of Portland, the Manley Auto company manager left Portland oh Friday evening. After taking dinner at Vancouver, the party drove through to Castlerock and then 10 miles out the Spirit Lake road to' a point beyond the town of Silver Iaka where qamp was pitched In the middle of an oats field with bundles of; oats for pillows.

Mr. Menzies says the road as far -as Kelso is In as good condition as he has ever seen it. Early Saturday morning the start was made and. a few hours later breakfast was eaten at. Spirit Lake, where Mr.

Menzies son, Donald, is camped with the boys of the Toung Men's Christian association, under the direction of J. C. Meehan. A considerable portion of the road from Castlerock to Spirit Lake is not in first class condition, being rough in places and rather too narrow through the trees, but Mr. Menzies.

reports that i the wonderful scenery more than compensates for the road The climb over what is known as Green Mountain, where a new and improved grade is about to supplant the old road, has, long been reputed as a hard tussle for motorists, but Mr. Menzies said upon his last week that he preferred the. corduroy road on Green Mountain to some of the other roadways leading to Spirit Lake. JUKE TO SIfOWLIXE "On Sunday we made a hike to the snowline of beautiful Mount St. Helens and enjoyech-f Ishing in the clear waters or tl lake." related Mr.

Mensies. "I cannot commend too highly the splendid discipline- maintained by the Young Men's Christian association in its management of the boys camp. It is really remarkable how efficiently they handle the boys. "Few Portlanders'. realize what a de- lightful.

scenic playground Is accessible to them at Spirit Lake. The air in that whole, region Is most refreshing, everything is green and beautiful and there are enough roaring mountain streams and rivers to satisfy the most exacting -fisherman. "The principal stream crossed along the road to Spirit Lake is the Toutle river but there are also the Alder, Houff stead. Wine, Studebaker and Outlet creeks. The shrubs are luxuriant.

The principal. trees growing In that district are yellow fir, big hemlock spruce, cedar, alder and cOttonwood. POPULAR DRIVE SOME DAT "Until road improvements now under -way are finally completed the trip to Spirit Lake and Mount St. Helens will involve certain hardships, but I predict that this drive will some day be one of the favorite mountain objective points out of Portland." The 240-mile round trip was made by Menzies' Hupmobile on a gasoline consumption basis of 19 miles of travel to the gallon of fuel. Number of Trucks And Capacities Are Shown by Eigures The 1919 truck production in America is 'estimated at 350,000, of which 40 per cent will be in the one-ton capacity.

This means In figures that about one-ton trucks will be built in 1919. i The next largest number be produced will be of the two-ton capacity, of, which close to 50,000 will bi manufactured, or 15 per cent of the estimated total. king the various capacity 9300 trucks of half-ton capacity are to be built; 80,040 of three quarter-ton, 43.300 of UVi-ton; 10,600 of 2i-ton 8155 of J-ton 19,210 of 3-ton 3550 of 4-ton 16,992 of 5-ton 1000 of 64-tonj 1070 of -ton and 950 of 7-ton. the truck production was esti mated at 4 0,000 commercial vehicles and 84.701 were manufacutred in 1913, 1914. 44.043; in 1915.

65.288 in 1916. In 1917, in 1918, 227,250, and ln-i919 the peak will reach 350.000. In 1918. of the trucks -manufactured, tt.9 per cent were of 1-ton or less capacity 37 per cent 1 to 2-ton capacity 11.9 per cent to 4-ton capacity; 2.4 per cent of 6-ton capacity. And the good roads program, which will be mora than under way in 1920, will greatly Increase production of one and two-ton truck models.

Plan Model Stretch On Lincoln Highway Transformation ot the 40 mile stretch ef the Lincoln highway from Upper Sandusky west through Hancock county into the model section pf the transcontinental roadway: is the plan of the Uncoln Highway association. This is the longest stretch on the entire road, us a result of this change eliminating Hardin county andUma, in Ohio. Plans include making the: road 60 feet "wide, building special fences along each side, planting trees and arranging lawns attractively. jTh.e growth of the motor car industry in Oregon during the last four years has been beyond all belief." said M. O.

Wflkins, president and manager of the Dealers' Motor Car Association of Oregon, discussing the automobile situation in this state. "Every year finds a greater number of cars- and trucks being operated In this section of the Northwest, and the difference? as far as this state is concerned does not Indicate a slow and. steady growth, but rather one that is steady and rapid. "If one cares to examine the figures showing' the number of motor vehicles now In operation, he will be amazed by the difference between those of the current year and those of 1918. Up to ust 1919, 77,035 motor cars of all description had been registered with the -authorities in this state.

The most surprising thing about It all is that of the number of pleasure vehicles registered the greater number of them were cars of the more expensive makes, indicating that the taste -of the man who buys a car has increased along with the proportions of his bankroll. The present wave of prosperity has been a great thing for the industry; The following 'figures are those com piled from the official records of this association, showing the increase during the last four years Aagmt 191 S. 191T. 1918. 11.

Rafefetratioa ...33,908 48.614 68.300,77,039 New aatos and trucks' ..10.542 14.914 16,000 21.000 Commercial can registered 1,200 S.64 8 5.100 T.782 rds excluded. 2.38T 2.980 4.405 Kow commercial can 600 864 1,300 2.600 New Fords eieluded 246 608 800 1,300 Which Shows "That Horse Is Passing Fizures published by the sanitary bureau of the department of health, of New York city show that from March, 1917. to March. 1919. there was a de crease of 2664 occupied stables in the city with a decrease of 52,296 in the number of horses.

The total number of horses in the greater city at the census In March, 1917, was 108.036. The one this year the same month showed only 75,740. Above Mount rSt, Helens from Spirit party in Hupmobile on Spirit lake out of doors. Big Noise; Lots of Smoke Monkey Wrench Ends It All i lake. Center W.

Menzies and Below An Inviting bit of trip, the garage "was the granddaddy of all cars coughing away, while a stream of smoke that would have choked a mule came from the exhaust pipe. lie of the overalls- went under" the hood and could hear him tinkering away. Presently some of the noise quit and a lot of the smoke cleared away and out he came looking pretty well pleased with himself. i- -j "'I fixed he said. Arid whatever had been the matter with the thing was evidently aU right, because the noise sounded a whole lot healthier.

'And I. had all my run for nothing. Yes, we have some excitement' now and then. We have a trailer that will best meet your nees. Used trailers haul the load as well as new ones.

Save 70 to 85 by seeing us first DAVID H0DES COMPANY MThe Home of a Million Parts" Broadway and Flanders Broadway 196 that CONFIDENCE AND USED CARS Blacks tone Tires are the best made in their class and that they offer an exceptional value to the car owner who wants a good medium priced tire. The sun was. bearing peacefully down upon that section of the city in the vicinity of Sixteenth and Hoyt streets, and all about the quiet of a sultry mid-afternoon held man and beast enthralled in a covering of contentment. "It's like this al good part of the time," said a companionable storekeeper, whose shop stood near where the cars stop, fbut sometimes we have a little excitement to. sort of relieve the vYesterdayi for Instance, I was standing here when down the street came a man in overalls as hard-as he could Kow, it isn't, the usuat thing for men to run while at-work, yet this fellow was-armed with a monkey wrench and looked as if he were going; somewhere.

Just as he turned that, corner I heard a kid yell "fire," and as a fire is something to see, I lit out and started after him. "Soon I saw Jt was coming from a garage about two blocks away and ahead of me I saw the man tearing along waving the monkey wrench. Now a wrench isn't the latest thing In fire-fighting tools, and 1 -wanted to see how he was going about it. So I hit up the pace and was just a length behind him when he plunged into the smoke. I ducked in after him.

"I didn't see any blaze, but there in Gigantic Air Motor Is 1000 Horsepower An airplane engine said to be the largest in world, of 1000 nominal horsepower, developing about 900 horsepower" at normal working, speeds, has recently been put under its first test at Wolverhampton, England. The engine has IS cylinders, arranged fashion and weighs less than two pounds per Special alrplanes.are to be built to suit the engine, while it is also probable that it will be fitted to some ofr the later giant The largest airplane engine previously made was of Italian production. Value of Chalk Don't leave tire chalk out of your tool kit. Some of it should be shaken into the shoe every time you change iuDes. ix.

neips me tube to settle Into. Piace ana reduces friction between tube and thus prolonging the life of the tube. The placing of confidence in one concern makes it a moral obligation on the part of the dealer to see that ypu are: satisfied. If you "are not you will change your business dealings. 'l '-V' -f -T' f- -V 'i-i We urge you not to make your decision as to the purchase of a used car until we have had the opportunity to into the matter with you in full detail.

We want-you to see our extensive line of dependable used cars. 1 Factory Distributors Howell-Swift Tire Co. Pacific Tire Rubber Co. 445-447 Stark St. Broadway 290 Portland, Or, Pacific Fruit Produce Co.

have added another truck to their making "12 'M trucks' now in use by this company. Experience has shown them the most satisfactory and economical truck to buy. CUR 100 Qaalxty 100 ScnrfcDi 100 Satisfaction Call On At lYour Earliest Opportunity THe: Used Car Exchange "Home of Used, But Not Abused Cars" 127 Lowmdale Washington at 15th St. Wentworth 200 SECOND.

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