called attention to the fact that no other large industry was specifically mentioned as a possible source of war revenue, and indicated that the Pacific Coast trade was a unit in its opposition to any law which would discriminate against the automobile business.

The discussion developed the fact that a Federal war tax based upon horsepower or original list price would not be objectionable to motorists generally and would effect a fairer distribution of the burden. A tax upon new business, such as the 5 per cent levy upon the industry at its source, would, on the other hand, practically defeat its own ends, as it would serve to discourage the demand and in consequence the output of the factories, thus working a distinct hardship on hundreds of thousands of people all over the country.

It was also suggested that a uniform tax on the cost of every article manufactured in this country, based on the list price at the factory, would be more equitable, and inasmuch as it would bear equally upon every industry, could not but be acceptable to the manufacturing interests of the entire country.

President Arnold, in the course of the discussion, said: "What would happen if it was proposed, for instance, to lay a direct tax of 5 per cent on every farming implement turned out in this country? The makers of those implements would immediately object. to such a tax as discriminatory, and justly so. Besides, it would be pointed out that the campaign to increase the yield of foodstuffs would be interfered with, as the farmers are a vital unit in our defense problem. But have our legislators at Washington stopped to think how important a cog in the national machine, both offensive and defensive, the automobile has become, or how such a tax as that proposed will interfere with the plans of the captains. of the industry? In the last analysis the people will pay this bill, and it is but just that any tax upon the industry shall be so imposed that all shal bear their proportionate share of the burden. And if an industrial tax is found necessary to provide the money to fight this war to a successful conclusion, that tax should be imposed upon ever industry alike. If the amount produced proves insufficient, impose an additional tax, but make it bear upon all equally. The makers of automobiles will not be found wanting when the nation calls upon them for support."

Olsen Heads Roesch Northwest Sales.

Max Olsen, of Seattle, has been appointed sales manager in the Northwest for the Roesch Motor Car Co. He was formerly district representative for the Velie factory in the Northwest.

PROSPERITY IN

HAWAIIAN ISLANDS

Studebaker Official Finds Conditions There Better Than Ever BeforeWar Stimulates Business.

Upon his return from a recent trip to the Hawaiian Islands, Earl R. Carpenter, manager of the San Francisco branch of the Studebaker Corp., was interviewed by a "Motor West" representative. In summing up his observations during the trip, Mr. Carpenter said:

"Conditions in the Hawaiian Islands reveal an era of prosperity which they have not heretofore experienced over there by reason of the present price of sugar. Boats now going to the Islands, for the first time, are able to carry all of the automobiles that the dealers can take and sell. Heretofore dealers have been far behind on their orders. They have only caught up with their sales because of a slight uncertainty in the minds of the buying public of the Islands as to the effect of a declaration of war will have on their commerce. "I interviewed bankers and chants as well as automobile dealers and they are all of the opinion that a declaration of war cannot but stimulate business there and they will be unable to supply the demand for cars sixty days from date.

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"The good roads taken the Islands and is being prosecuted vigorously by the advertising clubs and local chambers of commerce. and when the Hawaiian Islands get a series of good roads they will undoubtedly get tourists every year who have heretofore gone abroad.

"It is interesting to note that they have in the Hawaiian Islands one of the best equipped and most thoroughly organized National Guards of any center in the United States. Their ranks are full and volunteers are coming in daily. The people on the Hawaiian Islands have no fear whatever of a Japanese invasion or of German submarines. Honolulu, while a city of many thousands, has fewer than 15,000 white people and supports far in excess of 3,000 automobiles at this time. In the course of another twelve months in the city of Honolulu alone there will be over 5,000 automobiles running. The predominance of high-grade cars is particularly noticeable."

Three Northwest Firms Consolidate.

In one of the biggest consolidations in the automobile history of the Northwest the Northwest Auto Co., Portland, Ore., of which F. W. Volger is president, the Cole Automobile Co., Seattle. Wash., controlled by W. C. Ruckman.

and the George L. Trotter Co., Seattle, George L. Trotter, president, have been combined under the name United Mo

tors Co., Inc., with Seattle headquarters at Pine St. and Bellevue Ave. The Northwest Auto Co., founded by Vogler in 1908, is Portland agency for Marmon, Stearns, Cole, Reo and Dort cars. and Reo, Indiana and Stewart trucks. The Cole Automobile Co. handles the Cole car in Seattle and the George L. Trotter Co. Reo and Stearns cars and Indiana, Reo and Stewart trucks. The Northwest Auto Co. is now doing a business of some $1,000,000 annually.

Car Propels 'Phone Take-Up Reel.

The wide range of adaptability of the motor car is shown by the take-up reel designed by F. M. McNeill, local manager of the Oregon-Washington Telephone Co., at Goldendale, Wash.

The reel itself is similar to the ordinary hand operated reels commonly seen where telephone wires are being strung. A three-foot iron rod, which has universal joints at each end, connects the reel to a rear wheel of a motor car, the wheel being jacked up far enough to allow it to run freely.

When the clutch is thrown in, the reel takes up the wire at a uniform rate. not only preventing the breaks and snarls incidental to hand operated machines, but doing the work more rapidly and evenly.

Fageol to Build Trucks in Oakland.

The opening of a motor truck factory in Oakland, Cal., is planned by the Fageol Motors Co. of that city, builders of the extremely high priced Fageol car. The first allotment will call for 150 trucks, ranging from 2-ton to 5-ton size and deliveries are scheduled to begin July 1. The first unit of the factory, will be of concrete and steel construction and will have dimensions of 50x250 feet. A four-acre site at Foothill Blvd. and One Hundred and Seventh Ave. has been purchased. It was announced some time ago that no more Fageol passenger cars would be produced for a while, since the Government has contracted for the entire output of Hall-Scott airplane engines, which were used in the Fageol passen

ger cars.

Van Auker Gets Vapor Inspirator.

The Vapor Inspirator Co., Inc., inventers and manufacturers of the "Green Frog" combination vaporizer and air auxiliary for all water-cooled motor vehicles, has contracted with G. W. Van Auker for the Southern California rights to this money-saving, carbon eliminating device. Mr. Van Auker has opened a distributing station at 1518 South Grand avenue. Los Angeles, and already has inaugurated a

ROSE PROFITS IN

USED CAR SALES

Chalmers Representative Limits Second-Hand Stock to Twenty BetterClass Cars, Then Clears.

When we reach We trade only

Lou H. Rose, Chalmers car distributor in Northern California, in commenting upon the used car problem, states that his organization trades in used cars at a decided profit in San Francisco. That is to say their trades since last July have shown a net profit of exactly 21⁄2 per cent, this being ascribed by him to "system." Rose proceeds, "We've organized our used-car department, laid down certain rules, and lived up to them. We've fixed a 20-car limit and never allow over 20 on hand at one time. that mark we clear. for the standard or better class cars and don't stop at higher priced cars. R. S. Elliott, who has charge of our used-car department, thoroughly apappraises the value of every car traded in and there is no appeal from the price he sets. Every used car is put into first class condition. Another feature of our work is the little work-out we give to every used car twice a day, say for 15 minutes. We demonstrate every time. to the used car purchaser and everything is understood and agreed upon before he pays his money. We feel that we have solved the used-car problem, in our territory at least." Rose has just returned from a visit to the Chalmers home organization in Detroit.

Ames-Ton Truck Units Popular.

The Ames-ton truck units, distributed on the Pacific Coast by F. Moon, 805 S. Los Angeles St., Los Angeles, are having a wonderful sale, although less than six months old on the Coast. The Washington and Oregon agency, handled by the Northwest Auto Co., of Seattle, is using several carloads monthly and Southern California sales are very satisfactory.

The Moon line includes the Parry commercial bodies and Ames special Ford pleasure car bodies, and deliveries of these, as well as of the Ames-ton, are made out of Coast stocks.

Mathewson Takes Davis Six.

The Mathewson Motor Car Co., San Francisco, has taken the Davis six-cylinder car for Northern California. The new car is built by the George W. Davis Motor Car Co., Richmond, Ind., and is produced in two sizes, one built upon a 119-inch chassis and with a small Continental engine, the other a 124-inch wheelbase and a large Con

in touring, roadster and enclosed car types. The Mathewson firm is also distributor of Lozier cars.

SKF Bearings Open Coast Office.

In order to more readily supply the rapidly increasing demand for SK F bearings on the Pacific Coast, the S K F Ball Bearing Co. of California, Inc., has been organized for the sale of these well-known self-aligning radial and thrust ball bearings. The officers of the company are: B. G. Pritz, president; A. M. MacLaren, vice-president and treasurer; Clarence A. Schuey, secretary.

The main office of this company, under the direction of A. M. MacLaren, who has been specially trained in ball bearing engineering, has been opened. in San Francisco at 341 Larkin St., and at this office a large and assorted stock of bearings will be carried. The engi neering services of the company will also be available by addressing this office. The company's engineers will be glad to investigate condition and assist the users of ball bearings, present and prospective, in determining the best means of reducing friction losses and selecting an equipment.

From sketches showing the arrangement, with data giving loads and speeds and other conditions which bear on the problem, the engineers' suggestions, based on their wide experience, will be found helpful. They will gladly answer questions, make suggestions upon the data submitted, examine and criticise the drawings or make drawings showing the preferred method of applying SKF ball bearings to meet particular conditions. Proper sizes and arrangements will be suggested.

The Hartford, Conn., factory from which the California company get its supplies has now been largely extended and is in a position to take care of the rapidly increasing demand for S K F ball bearings throughout the United States. Notwithstanding the difficulty of importing from Europe, the Hartford factory has been fortunate in getting many large consignments from Sweden and the outlook for sales of S K F ball bearings for the Pacific Coast is very promising.

Harris to Manage Paige in N. W.

Charles B. Harris has been selected to manage the Paige-Detroit distribution plant in Portland, Ore., and will have supervision over the territory in the State of Oregon and Southwest Washington.

McDonald-Goodwin Adds Garford.

The McDonald-Goodwin Co., Tacoma, Wash.. distributor of Mitchell cars, has added the line of the Garford motor truck, manufactured by the Gar

U. S. SPRING TO

ERECT NEW PLANT

Los Angeles Organization Preparing to Build Best-Equipped Spring Plant on Pacific Coast.

The United States Spring Co., recently incorporated and successor to the A. & F. Spring Co. of Los Angeles. will in the near future erect a new building, 100 by 150 feet, on Los Angeles street, the exact location to be determined later. Until such time the new corporation will conduct its rapidly expanding business from the present location, 1120-22 South Los Angeles street. The new structure will provide 15,000 square feet of floor space, which area will accommodate one of the best equipped spring factories on the Pacific Coast.

Negotiations are under way with the Moreland Motor Truck Co., now putting up its new plant at Burbank, with the view of the United States Spring Co. locating its main factory near by while still maintaining its present Los Angeles street plant.

Philip Riedele, the company's president, leaves for the East very soon to inspect the large spring factories for the purpose of securing at first hand the latest ideas in factory construction and equipment. The company will specialize in chrome vanadium, alloy and carbon steels to meet all requirements needed in the manufacture of automobile and truck springs.

The company's officers are: Philip Riedele, president and former head and owner of the Cambria Spring Co.; Herbert Athons, vice-president and manager, formerly in the same capacity with the A. & F. Spring Co., and John B. Rauen, secretary and treasurer, for the past six years secretary and treasurer of the Cambria Spring Co.

Warner Moreland District Manager.

R. L. Warner has been appointed district manager for the Moreland Motor Truck Co., with headquarters at San Diego. He has been manager of the Los Angeles branch of the Remy Electric Co. for the past ten years.

Murphy With Denby Retail in Seattle. J. R. Murphy, formerly with the Howard Auto Co.. San Francisco, Buick distributor, has been made Denby truck retail sales manager of the Farnsworth Motor Car Co., Seattle, Wash.

Miller Mfg. Co. Incorporated.

The Harry A. Miller Mfg. Co.. Los Angeles, Cal., has been recently incorrated for $150,000, according to the "ncement made by Harry A. Milresident of the concern. Frank

A. Adamson, associated with Miller for many years before the incorporation as business partner, is now vice-president. M. B. H. Miller, brother of Harry, is secretary and treasurer. H. A. Burgess, former Coast representative for the Jeffery Co., is conected with the Miller Co. office force. Adamson is in Indianapolis, looking after the overhauling of Oldfield's De Lage, which will be entered in the Uniontown, Pa.. races. The car is equipped with a Miller engine and a Miller carburetor.

Boy Scouts to Be Free Repairers.

"Madam, allow me to adjust the carburetor." "Please, miss, may I help you start your engine?" "Permit me to change your tire for you, lady." Such expressions of friendly aid and service will be heard from the lips of young boys and older lads whenever a feminine motorist is in trouble, if the plan for organizing Boy Scouts of Motoring, as suggested by Andy Baldwin, who represents the Mitchell car in Los Angeles, is carried through. The plan is to start a school in each city, where the youngsters will be drilled in emergency automobile repairing. Instruction will be free and classes will be formed as soon as sufficient enrollment is reached. It will be a component part of the Boy Scouts of America. There will be three courses, an elementary course, a high school course and a college course, taught in lectures and by actual demonstration by prominent automobile men. Instruction will range from the menial task of changing a tire to intricate work in assembling an entire motor car. Officers will be chosen according to marks received in final examinations after each course is concluded.

Fields, of Hupp Sales, Visits Coast.

J. E. Fields, general sales manager of the Hupp Motor Car Corp., Detroit, recently arrived on the Coast to start a tour of sales inspection of Pacific Coast distributors of Hupmobiles. Reaching Los Angeles, he was made the guest of honor of the Greer-Robbins Co., Hupmobile distributor for the Southwest.

with territory reaching

from San Luis Obispo on the north to the Mexican border and including Arizona and a part of Nevada. Over sixty Hupmobile dealers attended a banquet given in his honor.

California Vaporizer in Los Angeles.

The California Vaporizer Co., Los Angeles, Cal., capitalized at $50,000, has been formed to manufacture and market a heavy fuel outfit for Ford cars, which will operate on gasoline, kerosene or distillate. The outfit consists of a vaporizer, carburetor and starting tank. Castings on the first lot

of vaporizers have already been produced in the foundry. The device diifers from other heavy fuel systems in that the fuel alone is heated after leaving the spray nozzle of the carburetor, while in other devices the mixture is heated as a whole. L. E. French is president and manager; S. B. Brown, vice-president and secretary, and C. E. Welch, treasurer.

Seattle Agency Adds Drexel Car.

The Pacific Motors Co., Inc.. Seattle. Wash., which recently took on the Harroun car, has added the Drexel agency for Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Western Montana. The company was recently organized by Grant A. Mark and R. B. Mark.

Marie Heads San Diego Chevrolet.

Louis C. Marie has been appointed branch manager of the San Diego County branch of J. W. Leavitt & Co., San Francisco, distributor of Chevrolet cars. He was formerly manager of the used car department of the WillysOverland Co. of California.

Mathewson Orders 800 Maxfers.

The Mathewson Motor Co.. San Francisco, has contracted for an allotment of 800 Maxfer one-ton truckmakers. The deal represents an investment of $250,000. The truck-makers will be distributed in California and Nevada.

Reliance Takes Allen Agency.

The Reliance Automobile Co.. San Francisco, has taken the distribution of the Allen car throughout Northern California and will conduct parts and service departments for Allen owners. The Allen car is equipped with a fourcylinder engine, rated at 37 horsepower, and is built in the touring, two-passenger roadster, chummy roadster, cabriolet and sedan types.

Gilnett Heads L. A. Regal Sales.

H. S. Gilnett, formerly with the Rowan Auto Co., Portland. Ore., has been appointed sales manager for Justy J. DeVaux, Regal car distributor in Southern California. Charles A. Frazer has joined the Los Angeles agency as traveling representative.

L. A. Firm Takes International Truck. The Ruth-Hallett Motor Co., 1142 S. Olive St., Los Angeles, Cal., has become distributing agency for the International truck, built by the International Harvester Co., Chicago. Specifications of the International truck are Model H chassis, capacity 1.500 pounds. $1,225; Model F chassis, 2,000 pounds, 128-inch wheelbase. $1,500; and Model F chassis. 146-inch wheelbase. $1.550, The prices are f. o. b. factory.

Liberty Sales Head Optimistic.

After a trip through Western cities and up and down California, E. J. Kilborn, sales manager for the Liberty six car, insists that as far as harming business, the war has made no impression. "In fact, business was better than I expected. I sent three men in other directions from Detroit and took this new territory in my own hands just to discover conditions and not trying to sell a single car. I visited Kansas City, Denver, Salt Lake City, Los Angeles, Vancouver, Victoria, Seattle, Portland, Spokane, Boise, Helena and Butte on the return to Detroit." J. W. Frawley and M. A. Leach, at the head of the two large distributing agencies in Northern and Southern California.

have added Nevada and Arizona to their territory as Liberty six distrib

utors.

Gerlinger Opens S. F. Branch.

Offices have been opened in San Francisco by the Gerlinger Motor Car Co., Tacoma, Wash., manufacturer of the Universal tractor attachment. The branch, which is located at 112 Market St.. is in charge of Arthur H. Hertz. It will distribute the Gerlinger Co.'s product to the California trade.

Kearns Takes Hollier in Spokane.

The Kearns Motor Sales Co., Spokane. Wash., has become distributor for the Hollier car. built by the Lewis Spring & Axle Co., Chelsea, Mich., in both six and eight-cylinder models. F. H. Lewis, manager of the Lewis company, visited Spokane recently in making the appointment.

Smith Form-A-Truck in Seattle.

The M. S. Brigham Motor Co., Seattle. Wash., Cadillac and Scripps-Booth distributor, has taken the Smith FormA-Truck for Western Washington. Strangely enough, the Smith truck attachment was really born in Seattle. Smith had a small blacksmith shop at 10 Mercer St.. at the foot of Queen Anne hill. He made several truckmaking attachments, whose design attracted so much attention that capital came into the concern and it was moved to Chicago.

Prominent Tradesmen Visit Portland.

Among the prominent visitors along Portland's motor row during the past fortnight were Henry H. Hower, head of the Knight motor division of the Willys-Overland Company; J. R. Findieter, general supervisor for the Briscoe Motor Car Company: J. E. Fields, sales manager of the Hupp Motor Car Corporation: I. B. Meers, Pacific Coast manager for the King Motor Car Company; and R. D. Horning, newly appointed western manager for the Uni

Covey's Employes Raising "Spuds."

Howard M. Covey, Cadillac and Dodge distributor in the Oregon field, has made arrangements with the King Estate of Portland for the cultivation of 21⁄2 acres of land directly east of his motor car establishment. With the understanding that all of the sixty employes of the Covey concern will spend some time each day at gardening, the owners of the property have donated the land. Within a few hours after the use of the land had been granted a tractor plow was at work turning soil and it will not be long until the women employes of the Covey company, dolled up in sunbonnets and whatever other attire they select for gardening, will be busy on the garden tract helping the company executives, salesmen, shop and garage men in the art of raising "spuds" and beans.

Harris Represents Paige in N.-W.

Charles B. Harris, one of the best known automobile men connected with the industry in Portland, has resigned his post as sales manager of the H. L. Keats Auto Co., wholesale distributors of the Chalmers and Peerless cars, to become territory representative of the Paige-Detroit Motor Car Co. for the State of Oregon and Southern Washington. Owen McCusker, Northwest district manager for the Paige factory, will still retain supervision over the Oregon field, but active management of the territory about Portland will be handled by Mr. Harris from the wholesale headquarters in Portland. The local agency for the Paige is now in the hands of Cook & Gill.

Oregon Registrations Gain 30%.

Figures just compiled show that there were 30 per cent more automobiles on hand in Oregon at the close of registration May 1 than there was at the corresponding date of last year and that the same percentage holds good as to the increase of new cars registered.

Of the 34.777 cars registered on May 1, 1917, a total of 5307 were new cars. Some counties of the state show phenomenal increases, while only three show losses.

Oregon Dealers Protest 5 Tax.

Officers of the Dealers' Motor Car Association of Oregon have filed protests with the Oregon representatives in Congress against the proposed 5 per cent tax on automobiles and are exerting every possible influence to bear in that direction.

With the proposed war tax and the 15 per cent increase of freight rates staring them in the face the automobile dealers of Oregon are a bit troubled as they see that any considerable increase in the retail prices of automobiles at this time would undoubtedly

MORELAND PLANS

A PLEASURE CAR

Los Angeles Truck Maker to Begin Building Light Vehicle Designed to Burn Distillate.

Watt Moreland announces that the first unit of the Moreland Motor Co.'s projected $1,000,000 plant at Burbank, Cal., a suburb of Los Angeles, will be ready for manufacturing operations by September 1, The first building will cost $150,000. The company, which has hitherto operated an assembly plant for commercial vehicles, will begin the complete manufacture of motor trucks. In addition, it will commence building a light pleasure car, with an engine designed to burn distillate, which is a special feature of all the Moreland products. The present Los Angeles plant will be retained and all standard units used in motor vehicles, tractors, marine and stationary engines will be manufactured by the company.

Handle Crump Ford Transmission.

LeMunyon & Bidleman Co.. Inc.. makers of the well-known L. & B. Ford truck attachment, are manufacturing and marketing Crump's AuxilThis iary Transmission for Fords. transmission gives the four-speed range which is so much desired in the Ford and holds important points of advantage which commend it as a highly desirable line for the dealer, to whom an attractive proposition is made.

This transmission is made in overdrive for pleasure cars and under-drive for chain, worm-gear and internal gear trucks. The heavy 7-inch gear faces are always in mesh. The change is made by shifting a spool with a threeway dog, making it impossible to strip the gears.

Will Distribute Disco Systems.

H. N. Landon announces that distribution for the Disco starting and lighting system has been taken over by the Electric Starter & Armature Co. of 1033 W. Pico, Los Angeles. with territory including California, Arizona and Nevada.

Mr. Landon, who is president of the company, is well fitted to handle the line by reason of having been closely identified with electric starter manufacturing for a number of years.

The sales work of the company is in charge of Dunn Van Gieson, formerly connected with the Bank of Italy. The company maintains a very wellequipped service station in Los Angeles. They are contracting for subterritory among the ignition men and dealers and offer a very attractive

Government Work Will Soon Make These
National Pleasure-Grounds Accessible
To the Motorist

S

OME day in the not far distant future the farmer in Kansas, Oklahoma, Nebraska, indeed in any of the great farming states, may, when the work of harvesting is over, pack tent and camp equipment in his automobile and with his family seek rest and recreation almost anywhere in the mountain reaches of the National Forests, east or west. He can journey at his leisure, camping where fancy leads, untroubled by need for making a town or settlement each night. This is the prophecy of O. C. Merrill, chief engineer of the Federal Forest Service in the government bulletin "Opening Up the National Forests by Road Building."

He may go by ways hitherto closed to all but the adventure-seeker with saddle horse and pack outfit, through the Colorado mountains or into the beauties and healthgiving air of the high Sierras of California, the coast ranges of Oregon and Washington, the northern Rockies or the cool altitudes of the Southwest.

Similarly, the farmer living within the boundaries of the National Forests may find what now is often lacking-easy contact with markets for his produce and with sources of his supplies. Forest communities now isolated by lack of good roads will be brought into touch with the outside world. All this is made possible by the section of the Federal Aid Road Act, signed by the President on July 11, 1916, appropriating $1,000,000 a year for ten years for the building of roads within National Forests. The sum.

FOREST IN THE CALIFORNIA SIERRAS.

however, is but half, or perhaps less than half, of what will probably be spent for National Forest roads in the next ten years. More than $20,000,000 will, in all likelihood, be spent in that period on good roads in these forests.

The National Forests total 155,000,000 acres, an area considerably larger than the German Empire. They contain the highest altitudes and roughest topography in the United States. The greater number are in the mountains of the West-the Rockies, the Sierra Nevadas and the Coast Range. Nowhere else can be found such unlimited opportunities for every kind of recreation. The most rugged and impressive of mountain scenery, forests of spruce, fir and pine, high meadows deep in mountain wild flowers, beautiful lakes reflecting the snow-clad peaks around them, and shaded trout streams are there for the nature lover, the fisherman or the vacationist. At present, most of these places are reached only after days of travel afoot or with saddle and pack horse. Roads would make them accessible by automobile or other conveyance to thousands of people at a relatively small expenditure of money and time.

Even today one of the commonest sights in the summer months in such National Forests as are traversed by good roads is the automobile camper with tent and other necessary equipment and with family or friends in his car, seeking pleasure and rest in the mountain country. The licenses which cars carry show that they come from many states near and distant-New York and Pennsylvania tags may be seen almost any day in the National Forests in Colorado and California-but chiefly from the plains states and other farming regions of the West and Middle West. The automobile has solved for many farmers the problem of a means of obtaining a vacation trip for themselves and their families. Hotel expenses there are none, and food may be obtained at reasonable prices from ranches