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v TTTE SUNDAY OWEGOXIAX, PORTLAND. SETTEMBER 24. 191f 9. , . MmBBinrMMmaiMiaaB ' t T P-a",l 1111 UrtAUP'aV.,. J'K.a.M..a .i., wT sTiMrtn nYii mis- s I l MrslisTHi UnwlMBBilM . LONG TOURS LIKED BY FAIR PORTLAND AUTQIST Mrs. H. J. TwitcheU Give Motoring Credit for Restored Health Mount Hood Trip Liked Best. r- . i n f - j . i . 5 i i X H a '-v' t , , ' .... i; : : . i - - i - r v.. . - . - i r-Trim V MRS. TWITCnELL IX A COI.B CAR. Mrs. n. j. TwrrciiEm of u:t Belmont street, i one of Tort land motoring experts of the fern. Inlne .ex. Mrs. Twltchell drives a Cols Thirty", and Is shown In the above picture at the wheel of her ear. Mrs. Twltchell particularly enjoys taking Ions; motoring trip., and has driven to ealera and Kuicne many time, to visit friends. She. has m!i the Mount Hood trip several times, and baa elro driven to Tillamook. I keep m7 car pretty busy." ld Mrs. Twltchell. "as I am out on the roads every sunshiny day. and a great many days when the sun doesn't shine, I mo enjoy the boautl'ul trip to Mount - Hood, and am perfectly happy when I have, the tonneau filled with friends and am off for the mountains. I always had bei somewhat frail and delicate in health, but since I have been motorlr.ir so much. I keep well and strong:. The fresh air and the Keen in teriit of driving rr.y car keep ma buoy ant and In hleh spirits." NEW DEVICE EXPLAINED SIMPLICITY is feature OP SELF-STARTER. Latent Innovation Hoc Away With Necessity of Cranking Automobile. Much can be said about, the various Self-startlnc devlcea offered on soma of the 113 models. Some are food ones, while no doubt others are yet only a experiment. The primary object of the self-starter Is obvious. At the same time simplicity Is essential to satis factory service, considering; the knowl edge the average automobile osjner haa ef such things. The one desire of auto mobile designers Is to simplify gas motors, so it Is but natural that the simple self-starting device will And the most popularity among purchasers. Then. too. neatness and cleanliness will hare equally with simplicity. -The principle of the Chalmers self starter is one of the easiest understood Pf any used." says C. H. King, of the IC. L. Keats Auto Company. "Com pressed atr is taken from No. 1 cylinder through a check valve located In the rylinder head and la stored In a tank under the body of the car. A dash valve, accessible to the driver, releases air from this tank when it Is desired to start the motor. This air is carried to a distributer operstlng upon th same principle as the commutator use' with the double ignition system. Thl Oininuuirr . . . - - Imlers which are ready for the working troke in the order of firing. In this way the motor Is operated by com- t -t - ln....il nf rmnklnr. until the cylinders draw enough mixture on the downward stroke xor wio to take It up. Thia system Is no doubt the most generally used, yet the enajmers inn- is a part 01 tne motor, in iwi u . i I. k n .1 nnt Mn AMUOrV. The coll prlng starting device has been In use for some time, out la ni .itnthr a satisfactory system. The - - . v, -. Mian miila Ita an pearance and Is said to have proven of great vaiue. Georgia's Governor Active. Since Governor Hoke Smith, of Geor gia, entered the Glldden tour from New York t- Jacksonville, Fla.. inviting nine other Governors to participate in the contest ana riae in m other well-known public men have quickly fallen In line. Mayor Court land S. Winn, of Atlanta, who Joins the Governor In a keen appreciation of the good roads campaign, was among the early entrants and private dispatches from tne Mium leu o iij " public men who contemplate entering the tour. The nolsv automobile Is In the same class with the common scoia e. neign borhood nuisance. PKOMETENT COMEDIAN 13 ENTHUSIASTIC MOTORIST. ! It I 1 . it A i r aa sr i h b f 1 M i ... J. i j f v, I I t i 5 i - 'M srp r si - " 7 i asaWsJsssaB The TEA RNS C3 IC MIGHT DEMONSTRATOR HERE THE CAR AND MOTOR THE ULTIMATE CAR ( KNIG-MT TYPE MOTORS THE CAR AND MOTOR that has aroused more enthusiasm and received more favorable com ment than anything previous in motor car history. proven to be far in advance and far superior to other types of motor cars, for today the sleeve valve motor ranks highest. . ACKNOWLEDGED AND ADOPTED BT DAIMLER as FusliaJ MERCEDES CThe F. B. Stearns Co. have spent over one hun dred thousand dollars to prove this motor in the new Steams-Knight and in addition Daimler. Mercedes. Panhard ana Minerva all world-lead ers spent over half a million before this motor was acknowledged and adopted by them. C Before you invest in a new car examine the new Steams-Knight see for yourself the car that has revolutionized motor dom. CAl though new to America this engine has been in use abroad for a number of years. C In the world's best cars this new type engine has displaced the power plants that made those cars pre-eminent. It has caused the manufacturers of the finest engines in the . world to acknowl edge the supremacy of the Knight type sleeve valve motor. C Power far greater than is possible in other engines YOU ARE INVITED TO RIDE IN THIS CAR ACKNOWLEDGED AND ADOPTED BT PANHARD in Fraaca MINERVA In Belgium of equal size is produced. All com plications are done away with. In their place is a silent, smooth-running motor that adds pleasures previously unknown to motoring. Clt gives the owner an engine far in advance of anything before pn duced an engine that is always silent and vibrationless that takes a sharp hill at slow speed or rushes it with quiet irresistible power. An engine that runs silently along on high speed, yet with a touch of the throttle leaps eagerly to any speed desired. The feel of the engine the touch the response all furnish a new sensation to the motorist. C In this motor, action is not depend ent on ordinary valves such as used in all other four-cylinder American cars. Cam shafts, springs, stems, timing gears and the attendant com plications, trouble, noise and loss of power are eliminated. Instead, in each cylinder are two thin cylin drical shells of iron, called "sleeves," one inside the other, sliding smoothly up and down in a film of oil. These sleeves have ports in the sides and as they pass each other produce posi tive valve openings impossible to secure in any other way. C Briefly, the new' motor is silent, vibrationless, flexible, powerful and simple. C There are no complications no timing gears, cam shafts, poppet valves, spring or stems. C There is no loss of power valves do not wear, compression does not lessen, power is not wasted. Stearns-Knight Auto Co. 492 ALDER STREET F. W. Vogler, Manager PORTLAND, OREGON A Few Agency Propositions Open CThere is no guesswork action is not dependent upon springs it is abso lutely positive. C Efficient in the extreme more power is devel oped all gas is utilized cooling is much easier.; C And in addition to a most perfect power plant and car, the Stearns Knight is the most com pletely equipped car in America. This equipment includes: Warner Auto-Meter Model K Banker Windshield Klaxon Horn Silk Mohair Top and Cover . Electric Generator Lighting System Continental Q. D. Demount able Rims Muffler Cut-out Footrest, robe rail; trunk rack, bulb horn, etc. CYou. will find in the above the highest grade and most complete equip ment that could possibly be put on a car. C We invite you to call at our salesrooms and ride -; in this car. CA phone call makes an , appointment for a; demonstration. WILD STUNTS DEAD Auto Building Now Conducted as Sane Business! BARNUM IDEAS EXPELLED RICH ARD CARLE IX FIVE-P ASSF.NG K.R LOCOMOBILE. Conservative Element Cpllfts In- dnstrjr to Rank of World's Stable Products, Says Portland Pealcr. "To the Initiated and those who have followed the trend of the motor-ear- Industry, It Is not difficult to see that It Is going through a process of limlnatlon the weeding out of un eslrables. both men and things. says Tom Deerlns, manager of the local branch of J. W. Leavltt 4 Company, distributors of the Overland. Today there are none who can say that the making of good motorcars Is a game. The Infantile diseases have been cured, the Industry has been f u mtcated and. now stand- before the. world In lta rlsrhtful place at the top of the country's Industrial achieve ments, ranking with the shoe, steel, cotton and woolen Industries. ln brief, the business of building automobiles Is being conducted by merchandising methods and Is thor oughly commercialised. I refer, of course, to the Industry In general, not to those stragglers who never had nor never will have a chance to make good. "It Is Indeed gratifying to witness the elimination of those who were lured into the Industry through fas cination alone, and who could never adapt themselves to business princi ples. Surely It Is a pleasure to see the passing f the sportatlve fratern ity from the ranks. "The day of so-called 'stunts is but a matter of history. P. T. Barnum Ideas no longer have a place In thia great business. There have been a few good atunts pulled off by the live wire publicity men and there is no denying that some of those accom plished considerable good in the early days but no more. There was a period when the publlo was not motor wise and 'had to be shown' what the automobile was capable of accomplish ing. "Today the entire civilised world knows to Its own satisfaction what the horseless carriage can and does do. It knows .that the motorcar will go anywhere and everywhere, as fast as one may care to ride, and, better still. It Is reliable and will get them home again. For these reasons atunts have passed their usefulness. "In their place the reliable manu facturers are all using their genius, mechanical ability and business acu men in making honest cars honest in construction and In price, and selling them by honest business principles. That is, and of necessity must continue to be, the paramount issue in the build ing and the marketing of automobiles. That Is the predominant demand of the buyers, coupled with the taking care of. the car after he haa made a purchase, and standing back of the guarantee. It Is one thing to sell an auto and another to keep a parental eye on it after It reaches the owner. "The Overland organisation has an efficient corps of "trouble men' who do . i- . v.. . umintrv from one end to the other educating dealers and repair men In the right methods of caring for Overland cars, which are in the hands of owners. "So with the weeding out of the un desirables, the passing of the circus stunts, the adoption of strictly business and merchandising methods, we have today an industry built upon a foun dation as firm a Gibraltar, employing a vast army of men, payrolls which reach Into huge figures, besides pull ing, up with It hundreds of accessory and parts concerns, employing another army of workmen, the Investment of capital totaling hundreds of millions from which tha state treasuries re ceive fabulous amounts In taxes." COUXTV BALES GROW One Hundred Machines Purchased In the Past Season. ALBANY, Or., Sept 28. (Special.) The number of automobiles In ' Linn County Increased more than BO per cent this year. At the beginning of 1911 there were about 150 cars owned In Llnn County. During the past season between 80 and 100 cars were sold to residents of the county, making the number now in use la Linn almost 250. Not only has the number of automo biles Increased but their use by people not owning machines has become much more genera). Two years ago there were no cars for hire in this county and a year ago only a few. Now there are a number In this city and some in al most every town in the county, used extensively both for business and pleas ure. Llnn County has no automobile club, but one is being formed in Albany. Committees have been named to take preliminary steps for organization and it Is probable a strong club will be formed. i Albany has two of the beet equipped garages in the state. It also boasts the largest between Portland and Sacra mento. This one has a floor space of 106 by 13 feet and is constructed al most entirely of concrete. The other garage here, one of the nrst estab lished in the state outside of Portland, has a floor space of 0 by 90 feet with a machine shop 32 by 35 feet attached. Lebanon. Brownsville and Harrisburg alio have good garages. Extensive work In road improvement in Llnn County has been one potent factor in making automoblllng more popular.- J AUTO GLUTOH EXPLAINED PROPER CARE IS ESSENTIAL DECLARES DEALER. In Adjustment of Device Beginners v Are AdTlsed to Study Cause of Trouble. The average clutch has Its vagaries," says Manager Cohn, of the United Auto Company. "Sometimes' it may be Just right; at others It may be slipping; again, it may be what is called 'fierce.' The second condition manifests Itself in such unpleasant situations as climb ing a hill when, with the engine run ning at its highest speed and the proper gear engaged, the car starts to run backward instead of forward. Or on the level, when, with the engine rac ing and the high gear In, no Bpeed re sults. "The last condition shows Itself In the sudden Jumping forward of the car when the clutch has been let in. or it may even be so severe as to shear off the bevel driving gear when used with the studded nonskid tires or any form that will not slip easily. "To repair the flrsj, look at the leather. If this is all in good shape, with an apparently good surface, but has lubricating oil on it, wash the sur face well with gasoline. It 1b not a bad idea to roughen the surface of tha leather a little with a coarse file. "The harsh or fierce Clutch is reme died by the application of a proper oil for this purpose. Castor oil Is uni versally used, and a good way is to soak the complete clutch in it over night. This will cure a case of harsh leather, but it may oe that the trouble is only a lack of adjustment of spring tension. Usually there are an adjust- Ing nut and a locking nut. Back offl the" latter and make an -adjustment Then tighten the lock nut to retain it. For the beginner It is better to adjust a little at a time and make several successive jobs of it than to try to do it all at once. But always adjust! it Just as soon as poseible." , More 1912 Models Here. Among the new arrivals of 191J models last week were the Pierce-Ar-row, Cadillac and the Wood Electric They are now on exhibition at the Covey Motorcar Company. The best roads are sometimes ths scenes of the worst accidents. Throw Away Your Prest-o-Lite and Generators Install the APLCO Electric Lighting System on Your Car Phone Marshall 3230 804 SPALDING BUILDING