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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1920
Page
2
The report shows significant gains in truck production despite wartime constraints. It notes year over year increases in wholesale prices and output, with overall industry demand outpacing supply during the period. The ware economy and public demonstrations by trucks boosted postwar prospects for motor markets.
Raw material, supplies and parts consume forty-five cents of each dollar spent by the Franklin Automobile Company of Sy Fecume. Labor costs account for twenty six cents. administration and operating expenses eight cents. merchandising and advertising five cents. taxes four cents. depreciation two cents. and two cents go to dividends. The data, attributed to president H. M. Franklin, outlines the factory’s cost structure and its impact on expansion and employment.
McCarthy Alaska June 12 two men Joe McLellan and George Walker trapped four hours on the Rohen glacier southeast of Mt. McKinley as a blinding fog and storm cut travel. They dug a snow hole to endure the worst storm in years cited by the Alaska old timer McCarthy residents.
The average motorist pays too little attention to tires, says I A Menton, Firestone dealer. He urges frequent inspection due to manufacturing refinements and higher quality, warns that tire choice and proper application matter, and notes risks from oil exposure, grease, overloading, hard braking, and neglect.
Hutto mail carriers have been granted permission to wear dive denim overalls pending a decision on postal regulation compatibility. Washington officials had withheld the permit until rules could be clarified.
A description praises a mechanical product for delivering a better day's work than rivals and justifying the capital investment in every car that uses it. The wording emphasizes efficiency, reliability, and the value of the device in improving output across applications.
At St Bernard Mining Company in Nashville Tennessee motor trucks replace costly conveyors for coal handling. Three trucks with damped bodies load at chutes, run up an inclined road to a storage shed holding 199 hundred pounds of coal, and dump into trucks below to repeat the cycle. The shed can be filled every 20 days while trucks handle routine retail coal work when idle.
An automotive oddity from a San Francisco show features a 1900 Winton that still runs on its original single tube tire on the left front wheel. The owner, GQ. & Waterman, claims the tire has never been deflated and was equipped at the Winton factory in 1900. The car has changed tires on other wheels but the single tube tire remains a point of pride amid questions about its enduring quality.
Wan made ow itetons. Associated Press reports from Melena Montana dated June 13 note partial text.
A report describes a wardenly stance against herons nesting at the mouth of Bridge Creek near the Yellowstone river. About 2,000 birds are blamed for devouring vast fish quantities monthly, with concerns over their impact on the river and creek ecosystems as hunters prepare possible action. Nearby, a note of Philippine internal revenue shows a 1904 increase of about 1,000,000 over the prior period.
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