The Ogden standard. [volume], January 10, 1920, LAST EDITION - 4 P.M., Page 8, Image 8

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If q THE OGPhN 5 1 ANDAKD; OCDfcX U1AH, SATURDAY, JANUARY 10, 1920 I v '
IHIGH GRADE TRUCKS
: ILL SOI BE
; OVERSOLD
Congestion of freight transportation
i facilities has already assumed a very
serious aspect and this winter will ox
fl pcriencc difficulties that will surpass
those of the winter of 1917, according
i to IL E. Fulton, of the International
1 -Mootor company. Mr. Fulton wnrns
r ' shippers lo prepare now to mee: the
emergency.
"During the congestion of 1917, the
f motor trucks in use hauled 1,200,000,-
'000 tons of goods," he says, "and this
J year with production greatly increased
' nd the railroads crippled by the coal
--orlage, the demands upon the irucks
will be many times greater. ,
'The inability of shippers of goods
;.o get satisfactory service from the
railroads has already caused many of j
'them to use motor trucks, and If the j
present demand keeps up, the produc-,
lion of high grade trucks to meet the;
demand will be impossible.
"Another point that shippers should i
not overlook is that the railroads arc I
sure to be turned over by the govern-j
meut to their owners about the first of
I .March, and that increased freight
rates, as a result of this, are inpvita-
hie. The Esch railroad bill, which
1 .aims to give the railroads a helping
1 "hand during the period of transporta-
1 tion, has provisions which stipulate
I that ihc railroads shall immediately i
apply for increased freight rates. I
"This certainty of increased railroad j
rates, as well as the inadequacy of the i
railroads to give the kind of service1
that is being demanded, points to an
oversold condition in the high grade
truck market before very long. Busi-j
ness men. In order to be sure that)
Uieir freight will be handled should'
pflaoo their orders for sufficient motor
transportation now, whilo deliveries
are obtainable.
"The increased demand for trucks
from foreign countries will also have
a big influence on conditions."
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COLLEGE STUDY
. of wm
That the establishment of depart
ments of highways engineering in the
larger colleges and universities of the
Uniled States is essential to tho wel
fare of the "good roads" program,
which is rapidly assuming immense
proportions in this country, was
brought out recently at the conference
of the highway engineers and officials
of the B. F. Goodrich Rubber company
i held in Detroit. The conference was
! attended by not only the Goodrich
representatives, but also by sales man
agers of many prominent truck and
passenger makers.
Largely through the efforts of this
conference, concerted effort of the en
tire motor truck industry along educa
tional lines will inaugurated when
one or more members of the sales
s.taff of many truck manufacturers will
attend a special class in highway en
gineering and transport to be conduct
ed at the University of Michigan, Ann
Arbor, during the week of February
' - 9, which directly follows the Chicago
Truck show.
Anolhcr accomplishment of the
Goodrich highway conference was to
lay before the National Association of
Motor Truck Sales Managers the sug
gestion that it appoint a committee to
bo placed at tho disposal, of the. uni
versities of the various states to aid
them in handling the problem of high
way transportation in the best Inter
ests of tho people In those states. The
I suggestion was adopted. This commit
.tee will endeavor lo establish definite
courses of highway engineering Jn all
the big stale universities.
The necessity of an intensified edu
cational campaign wan emphasized in
talks made by Roy F. Chapin, who
was chairman of the highway trans
port committoo during the war, and by
F. W. Fenn, secretary of the motor
truck division of the National Automo
bile Chamber of Commerce, and J. E.
Tracy, president of N- A. M. T. S. M.
Robert C. Hargraves, chairman of
the conference, explained the progress
made by the University of Michigan
in ihis field. In part he said: "Mich
j igan has been quick to appreciate the
need, and the university at Ann Arbor)
! is the first one in tho United Sta,tes to i
I provide courses of instruction in high-1
I way transport engineering. Of par-
tlcular interest to tho manufacturers
I of motor trucks is a short one week's
j course during the first week in Feb
ruary. Professor Arthur II. Blanehard
j is in charge of this course, and ho
extends an open invitation to tho auto
! motive industry to use this opportuni
j ty for tho improvement of its sales
j men.
I "As conditions may arise In the fu-
turo calling for legislators to declare
a right policy, they have readily at
hand the same source of true informa
tion and scientific research on which
i to build soundly in the interests of the
people.
j ".Moreover," continued Mr. liar-
graves, "the public of a state may in
fluence any man who, for , lack of in
I formation, would block progross and
development, to check his position.
And eventually the university will
stand like a beacon light radiating the
truth to every one within the borders
of the state. Thus the great construc
tive power for economic development
bound up in highway transport will be
available to all."
WEDGE BIG AID VHEN
INSPECTING TIRES
i When examining the inside of a cas
; ing for a puncture, fabric break or
(weak spot most of us try to force the
beads apart with both hands, support
ing the tiro meanwhile upon our
shoulders as best we can. This task
;niay bo enormously lightened by us
;ing a wedge made of a substantial bit
of wood three-quarters of an inch thick
and three to five inches long, accord
ing to the size of the tire. This wedge
lis slipped between the beads and pull
ed around the circumference of the
casing with one hand, while the ether
I hand is free to hold the lire.
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' HAND BRAKE RATTLES.
J When rattles develop in tho hand
brake there is only one sure cure, to
; have the brake relincd and drawn up '
tight. If it is not possible to do this
at the moment it is possible to help
I matters by the use of a small coil
'spring hooked in such a way as to
take up the play. The springs should
be light, so that they will not cause1
: friction, but strong enough to support)
the weight and hold down, the band.'
which has been jumping and causing1
;lhe clattering. j
. w
I Well, now that the coal strike is
lover, we look for the professional pes
simist to turn his thoughts to another
i flu. rampage. j
TIRES VALUED
it sump
HOT 1 FNKE
WASHINGTON, D. C, Jan. 9 Auto
mobile tires, the property of the V. S.
government and worth more than $35.
000.000. thrown in a pile many feet
deep and covering moro than an acre
of ground, were ruined through expos
ure to tho weather at motor transport
corps base at Verneuil, France, Capt
Robert CTendenlng. an officer at tho
camp, told a house committee investi
gating war department expenditures.
Approximately 3500 motorcyclee, af
ter being placed In perfect repair for
use by the A. E. F., were parked at
the same camp and allowed to stand
exposed to the weather until they be
came useless piles of junk, other wit
nesses said.
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MClFICHHSHffl
NEW HOME HLOII
The building for the new home for
tho Pacific-Nash Motor company is
nearing completion and it is expected
that it will be ready for occupancy
about the first of February. Exterior
'work, including the placing of plate
glass on the west and north sides, has!
! been finished and workmen are now
i busily engaged putting on the linish
ing touches for the Inside. The inside
work is in the hands of plasterers,
. painters and carpenters.
I "In the course of a few days," says
i Manager P. J. O'Carroll of the Pacific
Nash compa-ny, "the building will be
: ready for use, the only thing remain-;
jing to be done for the opening of the t
, place for business will be tho decora-!
j tionu which we will furnish in the j
! shape of some very fine Nash cars
jand trucks and you may depend uponj
tit that they will be some fine decora-1
'tlons- We will be very pleased to
move ipto our new quarters and there
give the glad hand to our many friends
land patrons. We want them all to call
'and look over our new homo and make
ja careful inspection of our motor
1 stock."
The new qurters are situated on ,
Washington avenue and Twenty-sec i
ond street 1
on !
IRE ffl! US
IKE MOD RDADS
!
I By H . A. TARANTOUSN
We all know that the more motor)
vehicles there are in use, the greater1
is the demand for good road., and if
we glance at the road-building figures1
for the past ten years .we have visible
proof of the expansion that has taken
place almost in direct ratio to the num
ber of car3 produced.
; At the present time there are C.500.
000 cars in this country which is as1
nothing compared with the number'
that the people want and ought to '
J CHEVROLET performance is a matter 1
, of prideful tradition with us and an
I i accepted matter of fact with the general -r 1
III, public. . '
j C m ; So it is to the new refinements of f
jj r -3 Jnr comfort and added features of accessi- ; 111
i r ';'.) bility and beauty that we call your '
. '";;v ' attention in considering the new Chev- . , , '
,.v) rolet models.
I I OGDENIOTORXARCO. . I
I Hudson Essex- Chevrolet t .-',;,
j 2345-55 Hudson Phone. 460 j
ii
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I . ; -' ; PEERLESS 4 Passenger Roadster , r ; j v
t J FORD One Ton Track ' -SaP' . V$
I : -r CHEVROLET 'Tow-Nineif 5-Passenger- " tt$
I -X ; CHALMERS Passenger j
I SAXON " 1917 Model . ,;..-.'f,'. l
J L; -K FORD Roadster ' nu. Hf
I ' FORD Touring Car ' ' ' . I J. .
1 DODGE BROTHERS 5 Passeeger - ' . I j!
"" ' . DODGE BROTHERS Roadster " 7 ''" "" ilj
These cars have all been through our shop and are in the best of condition. You can buy them Ik
j on very liberal terms. IK
2566 Washington Avenue ' Phone 325
have. Durant says we shall have 15.
000,000 In a few years. Ever: one
ought to have a motor vehicle. Ford
te.ils us. While it is quite true that
every one wants lo own an automo
bile "it is likewise true that everyone
doesn't want to support one and can
not support one. Fuel, tires and re
pairs cost too much money. When
I upkeep is reduced we shall see not
15,000,000 nor 20,000,000 cars but as
many cars as tho factories are physic
ally able to put together.
There is only one way that this can
be accomplished and that is by mak
ing our cars so light in weight that
liuel, oil, tires and repairs will amount
to a mere fraction of the ordinary
man's salary. When he doesn't have
to pay any more for running his car
' U1U11 IIC UUK.1 IU1 olliil-MV- amuuvuivmo,
Jhe will own a car. That stage in car
industry is coming and with it a pro
! nortionate increase in the building of
improved roads to accommodate' the
greater number of cars.
The light weight car must give at
least 30 miles per gallon; it must run
20,000 to 30,000 miles on a set of tires; i
the repair expenses must be so low
that the average man of today can af
ford to pay for it without any trouble
When tho car comes, and 1 predict it
will be here before long, we shall have
will make transportation infinitely
cheaper than It is today.
True, we have good roads in sections
of the country where motor cars are
used, but what we need are roads in
network throughout the whole coun
try, roads over which fast time can be
made by trucks as well as passenger
cars. When the light car brings more
good roads, we will be able to have
trucks moving in a continual stream
from city lo city operating on schedule
time such as will put railroad freight
time to shame.
But tho situation will bring about
batter results for the country in an
other respect. Since the light car will
stimulate road building, then when we
have thousands upon thousands of
miles of good roads, wc shall again;
lower the cost of motoring because the
light car, or any car or truck, can then
travel faster and better and cheaper
over the good roads than the bad. This
Is not to say that the light car cannot
travel the bad roads, for it can; but
obviously not with the same speed or
comfort as it can on smooth roads.
The average gasoline mileage and tire
mileage figures previously given are
based on average road conditions of
today which we know will be far bet
ter when the roads are better
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THE MOTOR TRUCK
A FREIGHT CARRIER
"While the motor truck as a freight
carrier and a dependable and econom
ical means of transporting freight md
merchandise may be a new idea to the
people of the United States, it ha3
been proven very successful In Eng
land," says L. D. Foreman of the Inter
mountaln Motor Car Co,
"I understand that In England right
now tho question of free road trans-
i HELD IN BOOTLEG CASE
8:
NEW FORK Adolph Paner
elll, "wine dealer, "who has been ar
rested In connection with the wood
alcohol poison caseB. Before going
to his cell Panerelli said, "I'm
glad you gxt me. I'll tell all I
know."
port as the only remedy today in the
case tho railroads' rates are raised
against the producer, tho merchant
and the individual, is receiving consid
orablo thought and study throughout
tho British empire.
"1 also understand that while all
forms of railroad transport, such as
tramways and railways in their va
rious forms are becoming more expen
sive to work, most forms of road tians
Iport promise to increase comparative
ly little in cosL
"Lord Montague of Calleu, states in
a publication called 'The Nineteenth
Century,' published in London, on good
roads as a means of cheap road trans
port that 'at the International Con
gress of 1913 it was remarkable that
practically every foreign road engineer
and road user who camo to England,
declared that the English roads wero
models to imitate.' How was it done?
By the daily co-operation of the local
authorities with the road board, just
as here in the United States the good
roads assocations in every city and
community co-operate witn the taxpay
ers to further the best interests of the
community by building new roads and
improving present ones. j
"To shov? how the automobllo and
I motor truck have proven successful as
a passenger carrier, the same writer
, states that road borns passenger and,
' freight arc once more rapidly increas
ing and no one can set a limit to that j
i increase in tho future. He states fur
Ither that the road borne traffic is al-1
ready more important than tho rail '
borne traffic, which lie stacs explains'
tho desire of railway officials lo se-l
curs control of roads and road trans-1
port, claiming they are not blind to(
the trend of events and desire quite
openly to crush their most powerful!
competitor tho motor truck.
"I also understand that in England j
in many respects and some notable;
inslances, road transport is already
cheaper and more, convenient.
"This stop the motor truck and au-'
tomobilc has taken in llie matter of
overland transportation of goods, sup
plies and even of passengers, indi
cates that it will not be long before
the United States will be using motor
transport just an much as abroad and
undoubtedly at a cheaper cost if the
present tendency on the part of the
motor truck manufacturer in making
their products more efficient and eco
nomical of operation, can be taken as
a criterion."
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Mrs. Kimball Laid to
Rest in Mountain View
Servicer, for Mrs. James N. Kimball
were held yesterday afternoon at
o'clock at tho Episcopal church. The
funeral cortege left tho homo. 11S4
Capital avenue, at 1 o'clock. The at
tendance was large.
ic5o"S- IVmba!1, was born in lnf"ana in
1S2S and for the past 30 years was a
resident of Ogdcn. She was tho wif
of Attorney James N. Kimball
Pall bearers at the services were-
I,,1' "od' H- H- Henderson,
Jrtdgc A. W. Agee, Judge A. E. Pratt
George Halverson ami Thomas Ma-'
- 1 -J" " I I I I II l i g i iii hi hi ... . ... t ' ju-
ginnis Interment was In the Moun- . 6,'Amer
tain lew cemeterv. f":"j
oo ; IjjSjro
WOLVES CAUSE TERROR. ' El.!
BOMBAY, Jan. 9. Raids by a pack I K
of man-eating: wolves are causing' lEr.
great terror among the villagers of fmm
Berar on the border of Nizam prov- fiSfei
ince Recently seven persons were IKrK
killed and devoured., while manv oth- ffi;
crs were attacked but escaped. A re- ttsSt
ward of 20 rupees is offered to every- Sf
one who kills a wolf. Krl.0i
oo lie'.
CONFAB ON PACKERS. IIIS'Z
WASHINGTON, Jan. D.-Atlorney
General Palmer will meetf next month Ir
with representatives of five of the big tt'SS-T
Chicago meat packers to complete do- t fc
tails of the arrangement through tho J -'jW11
packers will confine their business to 1 Yg0
the meat ,egg, poultry, butter and i 1 Ttnii
cheese business. f tyV-
The only Russian who can consist- lvJIHgften
ently break into the front page of an 77$f ?)mlr
American newspaper is the czar and ll
he has to come to life to do iL lf.S,lnH
But referring back to prizefighters fr-dfe'
away back what will Dempsey ;
give as an excuse for his knockout I1IS
now that booze is gone. Ifr-i1.
Mi.,.., , . 'i K&Sjttd.
, hed with the security commissioner and received a S1 1
,y Pmit to sell a limited allotment of its capital stock, i I
the purpose of completing its factory now in the '! I
, course of construction at 29th and Pacific Ave., and 1
! I Myfhe. Cltl2ens of gden who desire a safe and I
j profitable investment may secure same by notifying 8 , '. Jl
; j the resident agent of the company, before the allot- i 1
a ment is sold. H 1 s h
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Aero-GushioiiTire I I L
Company . J j
I ' ': '? - r W. E. WISBY, Resident Agent! ' I J j (