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AUTOMOBILES, TRUCKS, ACCESSORIES A New Closed Car That Fills a New Need See ae Oe ee eee ee The GMC trucks shown in this pleture are on duty in the milk ha was taken one morning just as the trucks stood in readiness to carry | nation Milk Company to be candensed No Lowering in Prices for 1920 Opinion of Auto Man NEW YORK, Jan. 31 i led industrial condit of the h na, a continued | Price of m when there is nd the brain, and the rials can only be } ered leas demand for the More set . [CRG rereane St , Sroguet and U6) abor of the land and brain than 70 ALL APPEARANCES THE LEX. prospect of an early lowering there ts at this mon | prices are foreseen for the motor car SEDAN IS A CLOSED CAR OF THE TYPE No Overprod industry by Christian Girl, 4 te Wibkstaheg s to restock | WHICH USUALLY COSTS HUNDREDS OF of the Standard. Parts ¢! ,,2¢ Sill take some years to restook DOLLARS MORE. NO CASUAL OBSERV- Cleveland, and vc inti! this occurs, there can be no uch thing as overproduction, Tt APPRECIABLE DISCERN AN ER CAN Darin thie Shas tae eee ha, MAY be some unbalanced production, | DIFFERENCE. but no surplus of commodities in the No Drop in Prices average. All our debts have been of the peace treaty, , contracted with a riaing and inflated © in seme correct form market, and canont be paid with a flated market, This is another ason for the general prices of ma- jails remaining up. Demand for » will exceed the supply. This 1 be expectally true of the wonder n and transpor wn as the motor car. In nm the demand for cars this r will far exceed the demand and should run from 3,000,000 axed upon the work | to 3,600,0( luding trucks TRANSPORT EW ANGLE _ WAS BIG AID IN TRUCKING Ay to emr impetus YET THE LEX-SEDAN GIVES YOU THE UTILITY OF TWO CARS FOR THE PRICE OF ONE! A SEDAN IN FOUL WEATHER, A TOURING CAR IN FAIR. next | de fetal | r shed during the form of locome ke a Phone East 100 for a Demonstration ears, in ace RA | Shields-Livengood Motor Co. “The All-American House” Yakima Spokane loying the motor carrier by the HIDADED TRAFFIC BUCKS SNOW ict’ Samsun, OP Cis iy Se an and tra: portation ast over the Lincoln highwa le oth cstee a either stolen As © direct result of the educa : Reng Stanger en 4 en route towns and cities in the agri ee ne Liane ane ut or merchandise, has jets by the * wh . rat Many business house fed the cara nume vf eference to the motor on = short-haul many reasons for mg them being that prescribed and it fs nat elects the road pndition yes for good roads were ay proved In many places the issue) po f good roads hung in the balance,|/tnhis, chief am but the passage of the truck tra put the proposition over This news is brought back by C C. Witthoeft of the r pany, who has just week after five mor Mr, Witthoeft took one leontinental trucks to the coast [HELPED ROAD Loaded to ita 4,000-1b. re man| HON “MENT with baled hay. this picture was | =the res ES AR AR WEADS IN SESSION |‘! thr fresh snow up to its hubs.| Worth thousands of do! Mr. Henry hrman, general mana. | Utomotive Meeting of the branch | ser of the Spokane branch of th of the Eldridge Buick was Shiels Livengood Motor company Pattie this week, when I, S.| piloted the truck on this hazardo @ Walla Walla: T. A. Wee trip. conclusively proving that Hare to the industries, he = said. | Other carriers “Farmers came from miles Many around of them to see the trucks had never before 4 er takes pride In his work, which en Yakima, and C. Finlay, of |neither road nor load can feaze a ables him to drive his truck to death jie, met with Eldridge | Traffic truck nation without any George Purdy, district manager ar ia ‘at fede plans and policies for the eral hundred branches, and the plans |). — evolved this week will serve to aug Geribution of Buick cars and ment «till further the prestige of the Em fucks thruout the state of | company ston has reached its present | sodlins sil a When you come right down to it came along and helped them to de cide In favor of the qu All the trucks ma fine shape. Th tha "HL AS PAPER the business-like way in| i m port has ben handled by the El-/the reckless driver is rarely wreck. |‘! ng sont a a ee tly exploit Bae Pele company and ite sev-' lens, j@long the route of their a ecentary ff seven ltarte dint r jd resource | MARK ROADS —_* = cee i to the motoring f the Automo: DOWN SOUTH bile Club of Western Washingtor which began by iewu I YGELES, Cal Jan a1 in ta offi e Went Se . now nt * Washir now £6 enam metal s wui ‘ nw, woatt ero f 70,.| tiv 99 square na, according to the r annual fe of the Automobile | ist was au California for iast! theTnterest 9,929 new signs | we neton Quality Goes Clear Through |") “vs: placed tr working with the outhern part of the ab fe ment 0 It is entirely natural that there should be a " a =F steady, growing eagerness to own the Dort. ee “ Phen Such manifest merits as its reliability, its w t ; staunchness, its casy-riding quality, and its * fe Spier : t ma marked economy in operation, are attract ing the attention of motorists everywhere. this | USE THE CELLAR FoR) A GARAGE WITH “THIS STYLE BUS - new Mee Roadstar, $985; Fourseason Sedan, $1535, Wire Wheele and Spare Tiros Extra m Towing Car 3985 St Sore, 41535 FO. B. Factory United Motors Co. A. F. HAWKINSON, Manager UTOMOBILE, ng business at Ariing their daily ‘PERMALIFE | that the | OTTO AUTO SHOWS NEAR-BE THE NOISELESS VALVE-IN-HEAD Improved Falls Motor puts the new SAXON SIX in a class by itself. Its flexibility and power will astonish the most experienced drivers. even load of milk to the Car We Invite You to Sit Behind the HEAD HERE Wheel of This New Light Six We want you to feel the thrill that comes | from driving a car that responds instan- taneously to your slightest wish. Call us at East 704, or drop in at our salesroom. Summit Motor Car Co. | 1016 East Pike Street BIG INCREASE IS PREDICTED SPEED COP "TRUCK MAKES LOSES OUT NEW POSITION at-any-cost” spirit) w the t of the motor W. E. Bushong f tb ver the top| ep -£ . truck, a new business or prof jor : er at th r was throbbing in 9 or profession On his first trip to the west ad ' # the heart of Allen Van Sinden when | 8 tken tts place in American bu BE. Bushong, assistant secretary 4 Careful stu of | he shoved off from but the | He € of motor truck treasurer of the Permalife Storage is firmly war ix over and instead of gncounter Battery company | with factories at Poughkeeprie past week in Beattle in with Bob Redpath and Chi of Indianay machine gun nests he bumped) The who traffic business of the motor truck ager is to study the area h his trucks operate in the iling of goods, supplies and mate- returned from |rial. The object of his job is to de- d iw “buy 1 may not right into a country constable informed him he for exceeding the Allen has recent ‘On our Mr. Find man of the Master iater, “most of our large ributers | Overseas, where he was a member liver and haul goods in the quickest pany, distributors of the made ful inquiry as to just how of O'Ryan’s famous 27th, and this | posstble Ume and at the least operat Battery tine in the state of Wash: many cars their subdealers felt ort. | particular outfit was not in the |ing cost per ton mile. To accomplis!; ington tal noving In each territory. Mj) habit of falling bebind schedule. | this, he should have at his finger-tips Mr. Dushong brovght with him on the eubdeniers were asked | Now he fs employed by a New York/the shortest and best possible route news of the new Permalife|+, give their extimate of the total /4istributor of Maibohm automobiles |to any given destination, the loca that Ix now being manufactured. | somber of care of all kinds which |!" driving a Maibohm ta various dis-| tion of terminals and unloading faci! includes many Improve-|iney qelt would be absorbed. GBn-| tributor: ities of every busfifess concern and found tn other batteries | sorvatism was urged upon each one.| OPENS house he does business with. He © of the most im INCREASE SHOWN BARRAGE must even have it figured down a the new typ But the doughboy ts a versatile be. | t© the exact time a truck of a given with simply astonishing. Of who responded not one anything but a substantial Many reported that they *hangove ‘ort Orford oe results, as compared ing and {t was not his intention to/*!¢, lodded with a certain tonnage, pay a fine and lose his job eo he| “ll arrive at a given point. opened up a barage of mixed|— French and English which soon/ made the honorable constable’s eyes pop out. He concluded his appeal predict increase sos sos MR. OAKLAND OWNER: 1 wh already had * orders equal oy © around to their entire allotment for 1919. with a crestfalien remark that “This i ’ of any kind. It seems certain, therefore. that! is my first job since getting out of in Trouble, Cail of the new .| the long awaited saturation point is) my and now I supose I'll get which ena ax far off as ever, and 1920 | ¢ ttl me * of 1919 Why in heck didn’t you say that Sea e akland ervice ¥ and owners who —_— roared the constable, cast rain in time | ing aside all dignity. “I had two boys t themselves) over there myself.” “Not guilty.” | a choice cur or! And, as usual, the doughboy rode vie@riousty on at first failed to get their or ard|were forced to ¢ cal) with a se k for the full Queen Anne 4071 Open Sundays and Holidays No Overtime Charges go without week of the ex ion finh — + an 5 ere put the tank, t the . ss eee ene tae k nee were na {The delivery service of a large] American manufacturers have 518 Westlake No, : w York department store has 150| practically controlled the South Af sos as ever, absolut battery w without a part chipper y proving tight a of leaks line and electri trucks emplo and Miean automobile market for the past The store de four years, 1% 50,000 packages sag drum. 7. aor as the slightest amount of ac livers annu ae in the w would ght-inch| A proclamation has been issued bumped off the goldfish in rec by the commander in chief of the ‘ima ato 3 s forbidding the owning Mr, Bus 8 enthusiasm and | three ‘ of an automobile or straight business methods made a| tall very and t in Ireland except by} ve pression on M for ght hauling ‘special permit nd} cote" Specializing in “se ="l Magneto Repair— ark plug the truthful but kind je admitted it sooted him to perfection ERMOBILE —at— Harvard and Pike HAS YOUR Rebuilt Truck READY FOR YOU Choose one of these for a GOOD INVESTMENT res most modern electrical equipment and trained magneto repair men insure the lasting qualities of our magneto repair work. The guarantee that covers the finished job is binding—on us. Li . ¥,-ton GMC. East Pine East 9 ‘the above model is the 1920 Prohibition Six ‘ apable More spe 1 ni be obtained by using wood aleo Drive in for Jervice 1" stor GMC eth bea 5 hie-power, One of the latest features ol, but as this model isn't equipped with shock ab: 2 : : . the 18th ame f cops the sorbers it makes the running hurder over granite hea¢ 2-ton Federal with body. | a i the Tah amen me iia sori ine “i Wynset Lilectric m Federal with b Among the od, are Id, bra (family entrance lights, eliminating crank «run of the en i danger when ing. It gives the ¢ h mild speed and never causes any morning afte on effects in the ey! inders, Care should be not to spill any near beer on the Ures as it makes them flat. holstering. novel features corks lamp post radiator cap and spigot starter. The body is finished in nose-red, of this will be irive, bottle opener wind Broadway, Bet. Pike and Pine. nd clutch, swinging doors the limousine body) Big Mike head Seattle 1918 Buick Delivery. 1 chain drive Ford with body, $300. BUY NOW East 160 Portland with bar towel up ‘