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THE SUNDAY OBEGONIAN, PORTfcAJTD, APEIt 18, 1915:
INDIAN FARMER USES AUTO ON
WHEAT RANCH WITH MODERN HOME
Car That Other Salesmen Mentioned Is Chosen by Purchaser, Ignorant of Automobile
Rented Out and Family Rests After Year of Bumper Crops.
Values Lands Are
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Piah Chick Chick?"
This is about what Thomaa Schelell,
a full-blooded Umatilla Indian, says
when he invites his friends to take a
llShtnins-fast ride with him out over
the attractive Eastern Oregon country
in his "fire wagon."
The "piah chiok chick" in this par
ticular instance happens to be a seven
passenger eix-cyllnder 1915 Buick
automobile, which Schelell purchased
the other day from B. F. Trombley, the
Buick agent at Pendleton, Or.
In June last year Schelell purchased
a four-cylinder, but the status of the
wheat market was too much for his
rich blood to endure and he felt that
he would have to celebrate this year
with a larger and more powerful car.
Behind these two sales is a lesson
in salesmanship which might well have
originated with some experienced sales
manager instead of in the mind of a
full-blooded Indian.
"All the automobile agents were try
ing to sell me a car and I looked at
practically all of them," says Schelell
In explaining: his purchase. "I didn't
know anything about automobiles at
that time, but I bought Mr. Trombley's
car because he never said a word
about any other cars while. every other
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salesman talked to me a lot about Mr.
Trombley's car.-'
Schelell, with his wife, two children
and mother-in-law, reside in a modern
two-story house built recently on his
half-section of wheat land near Cay
use Station on the Umatilla Indian
Reservation. The house Is handsome
ly furnished with leather upholstered
furniture and affords a commanding
view of the surrounding country.
Schelell is not actively engaged in
farming this year, having rented his
property to a white man. Wheat land
in Umatilla County, which Is said to
produce more than 1 per cent of the
world s crop. Is this year bringing- re'
markable cash rents.
TIMBER SALE PLAN .
TO REPAY ROAD LOAN
Proposed Use of Forest Re
serve Is Outlined to
Club at Albany.
CAMPAIGN TO BE LAUNCHED
Enactment Into Lavf by Congress to
Be Urged on Oregon. Delegation
That Funds May Be Had
for Highway Work.
ALBANY. Or, April 17. (Special.)
How ' Oregon counties may secure
money for road building without issu
ance of bonds or the payment of inter
est has been explained to the Albany
Commercial Club by representatives of
the United States Forest Service. .- The
Albany Club is taking steps to interest
other commercial clubs of the ptate and
the County Courts in the project.
The plan proposed by the Secretary
of Agriculture would apply only to
those counties which contain within
their borders Government forest re
serves but according to F. H. Brundage,
supervisor of the Santiam National For
est, whose headquarters are at this city,
all but six Oregon counties have forest
reserves.
Under present laws, SS per. cent, of
the amounts received from the sale of
timber and lands in the forest reserves
and also from rentals go the counties
In which the timber is situated for im
provement of roads and schools. The
new plan contemplates loans by the
Government to such counties for road
building, the loans to be repaid from
future sales. Thus the people would
be receiving immediate benefits from
the big timbered areas which may not
be sold for years.
Plan Outlined t Clnb.
The plan was outlined to the Albany
Commercial Club Monday by Charles H.
Flory. of Portland, assistant district
forester. The club had passed a resolu
tion favoring the plan and has decided
to inaugurate a campaign to interest
the commercial clubs of the state and
the county courts also in a movement
favoring the enactment of the plan into
. Jaw ty Congress. The Oregon Dele
gation in Congress especially will be
appealed to in the matter.
As a committee to take the matter
up with the county courts and coinmer
cial clubs of the state. Dr. J, H. Rob-
nett, president of the Albany Com
mercial Club, has appointed D. B. Mc
ICuight, County Judge of Linn County
E. D. Cnsick, State Senator from Iinn
and Ivans Counties; C H. Stewart post
master of Albany; George Taylor, real
auid E. M. Reagan, editor of the Albany I
Herald and vice-president of the Com
mercial Club.
"One of the great needs of the unde
veloped localities in Oregon is more and
better roads," said Mr. Flory in explain
ing the new plan. "Without them the
struggle of Individuals to gain a foot
hold is much more difficult, while isola
tion from neighbors and the outside
world means meager educational facili
ties, a lack of comforts, and conditions
unfavorable to community life. A road
system, Howivs'. constitutes a capital
investment which a handful of settlers
must make a little at a time.
Early Benefit Plana Laid. -In
counties where National Forest
lands exist, which pay no taxes, their
case is much more difficult. Were the
forests private property they would
pay their fair proportion Of the cost of
road development, public schools and
other public activities, through taxa
tion.
"The Government, unlike the private
owner of timber land in such region,
is holding the timber, not in order to
make a profit later by the advance in
value, but in order to make it promote
public welfare. This principle has been
sufficiently recognized in the provision
of Congress whereby 35 per cent of all
gross receipts from the National for
ests go to the counties for road, and
school purposes.
"In order that the people living in
such localities may reap the benefit
at present, during the piokieer stages,
of some of the future returns from
the National forests, the Secretary of
Agriculture proposes to Congress that
At make advances of funds for roads
and bridges and other similar works.
Such funds are to be based upon the
estimated value of the timber and other
resources and appropriated for indi
vidual meritorious projects selected by
the Secretary of Agriculture upon the
recommendation of the counties, in co
operation with the Forest Service."
EXPERT DESIGNER STILL USES HIS ORIGINAL MODEL.
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HOWARD K. COFFIN, OK HUDSOX ORGAlVIZATIO?r.' IJT CAR BUILT
WITH HIS OWN HANDS 16 YEARS AGO.
Howard E. Coffin, vice-president and chief designer of the Hudson
Motor Car Company, once In a while rides in the first automobile he
ever built. It was on view recently as a part of the exhibit of his
torical early-model motor-cars at the Detroit automobile show.
It was a two-cylinder steam car, with a bore of about three and
one-quarter Inches. The car was built by Mr. Coffin with his own.
hands in the engineering shops of the University of Michigan, dur
ing the latter part of 18a8 and early part of 199. The body was con
structed in one of the carriage shops at Ann Arbor. Mich.
The car was operated on the road for many thousands of miles in -1900
and 1901. It was then sold and, after passing through several
hands, it was finally purchased by the Hudson Motor Car Company
between three and four years ago and is preserved in Mr. Coffin's
garage at Grosse Points Farms, near Detroit.
The building of this steam car IS years ago led to Mr. Coffin's
association with the Oldsmobile Company In 1902. Since being con
nected with the Olds Company in 1902 he has designed the follow
ing successful care: The four-cylinder Oldsmobile, the Thomas-Detroit
"40." the Chalmers-Detroit "40," the Chalmers-Detroit "30," the
Hudson 3S.' the Hudson "37," the 1913 Hudson Slx-54, the 1914 Hud
son Six-54 and Six-40 and the 1915 Hudson Six-54 and Six-40.
Sow Stiidebalssr
cars are built-
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that is daveloped by a masnete
or other firing ayatem and how It
varies when the a Deed of the motor
varies. This Illustration Uarcord
hewing the variation la the en
ergy of a magneto when the motor
was turning COO times minute
and 400 tiroes minute.
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UIME steady fin&m
Magneto? No, sir! Better than thatthe Studebaker-Wagner
Electric System that's built to order for Studebaker Cars. Lots
of cars of course, are still using magnetos. But study of the
leading cars at the Auto Shows disclosed that more than 52 of
the high-grade cars are using a battery-ignition system.
And the reason is simply that electric-system ignition is better
than the magneto. When the motor is turning fast, the magneto
is satisfactory. But the minute you slow up on a grade or in
city traffic the energy developed by the magneto weakens
and that is just when you need ignition energy most.
For when the motor is running at low speeds and the charge ia
highly compressed, it takes a hotter spark to fire it. And that's
why Studebaker is using this battery-ignition system, which
is not only simpler but MORE RELIABLE, because it insures
maximum voltage at low speeds as well as at high speeds.
It guarantees SURE, steady firing. For the storage battery is '
ready to deliver the maximum voltage at all times. The motor
doesn't skip or miss at low speed. And it PULLS steadily and
tenaciously ALL the time the car 13 moving. Guarantees the
CERTAINTY of operation that a man looks for in this car
Electric LlirhtinK and Starting FnTI tHea
fn Rear Axle Tlmken Bearings Safety
2read Rear Tires One-man Type Top.
Studcbaket ROADSTER. 9 88
studebaker FOUR. . . . . 68,
studebaker LIGHT SIX. 138S
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fj t f ifjf jLLJ''!!,-- nSi"' this 8tudebakrignition System
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wiring t
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convenience and the COMFORT and the safety
built into it. And well gladly arrange for any kind of tests yoa like
hills, roughest roads, anything. Will you phone ns? Orif you cant
com in, writ tot cur booklet on the Studebaker Electric System
The Oregon Motor Car Co.
Portland Dealers.
Chapman at Alder Street.
Phones, Main 9402; A 7636-
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Best Drivers to Compete in
Portland Meet May 1-2.
LOCAL CARS ARE STRIPPED
Interest in Approaching' Races
Growing And Large Number of
Machines Are Expected Sew
Ko cor ds 3fay Be Made.
The speed kings of the Pacific
northwest, Jim Parsons, Charles Iatta,
Percy Barnes, Harry D. Stratton, Ernest
Schneider, Fred Bareby, Cliff MacBeth
and Billy Wallace, have announced
they will drive at the coming auto
race neet at the Rose City Speedway
May 1-2. They are all auto race drivers
of experience, and PRrsons, particu
arly, is heralded as one of America's
foremost young drivers. He twice has
won the Tacoma inter-city trpphy,
many lesser events in Pacific North
west racing-, and was prominent tn the
Vanderbllt cup race, the grand prix
and the St. Patrick's day events In
California, and, except for valve trouble
with his machine, it has been conceded
that he would have been close up at
the finish.
Race -Irt or Kind Here.
The racingf of May 1-2 will be the
first in Portland lnter-city racing1 ever
held in this city, and some of the
fastest cars in the Pacific Northwest
will be entered. Racing over a mile
circular . dirt track is considered even
more spectacular than that on the two
knd three-mile speedways, and the Rose
City Speedway track is said to be the
best mile course for auto racing on the
Pacifio Coast.
The following are the one-mile cir
cular dirt track world's records:
One mlla. 46.20: Disbrow (Simplex). St.
Louie. Mo., August 8. 1914.
Two miles, l:3.v; Disorow isimpiexK st.
Louis, Mo.. August 8, 1914.
Three mues, -t-i.bi: jjisorow (eimpjex,
Cleveland, O.. September 14. 1912.
Four miles, S:17.02; Disbrow (Simplex),
Cleveland, o.. September 14, 1912.
Five miles, 4:OiJ.5S; Disbrow (Simplex).
Cleveland, O., September 14. 1612.
Ton milei, 8:1T.02; Disbrow (Simples),
Cleveland, O., September 14, 1012.
Fifteen miles. 12-4T; Burmss (Peugeot),
Peoria, 111.. September 12, 1914.
Twenty miles, 17:10.60: Burman fPeugeot),
Springfield. 111., September 18, 1914.
Twenty-five mues. st:3i.txj; riurman (feu-
geot), Springfield, 111., September 19, 1914.
- Jean Romano's fast eight-cylinder
car. The Romano, hung up a world's
record at the Rose City Speedway last
June of 22 minutes 7Vb seconds for 25
miles. Later In the year Bob Burman
lowered that record to 21:37.60. World's
records are . hobby with Romano, and
during the past Winter his machine
has received every attention from its
Inventor, designer and builder, and
driven by that capable little race pilot,
Charles Latta, the Romano will be
sent after new world's records Satur
day, May 1. There are other cars com
ing here whose owners say are as fast,
if not faster, than Romano's car.
"Beat Driver Will Witt."
Robert A. Hiller, manager of the
Northwest Automobile Association,
does not wish the coming meet to be
confounded with team racing or hippo
drome affairs, but says that in every
event the best machine and the best
driver will win. The object of the as
sociation is to promote good auto rac
ing, he says.
The official entries do not close un
til five days before the meet, and it is
known that several cars are being pre
pared at Tacoma, Spokane and Walla
Walla. Notwithstanding the fact that
the best racers are coming here Port
land has the racing fever, and some of
the fastest cars in the city are being
stripped and put in racing commission.
C. C. Clinton has a car which he calls
the Blue Bird. After the expenditure
of considerable money this car has
shown undoubted speed, and Mr. Clin
ton has a new patented axle which he
says will not only revolutionize auto
racing, but will be a wonderful ad
junct to the ordinary automobile.
Portland Cars to Compete.
G. N. Smith, of the Pacific Tire At
Supply Company, will enter his car,
the White Bird. The 40-horsepower
Polk special will be driven by C. A.
Bankhead, with K. Llnneman as the
PORTI.A1VU WOMAN IWKVTS
LAPSTBtB TBLK THAI
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Design Perfected by Mi Maria , C.
' Cavalfne.
It has remained for Miss Maria C.
Cavaline, an enthusiastic Portland au-
toist, who resides at 452 Morrison street,
to Invent what is said to be the small
est collapsible dinner . table on the
market that will seat eight people.
After noticing the clumsy way in
which automobile tourists and picnick
ers have been forcerd to sit about on
the ground when eating lunches in the
country. Miss Cavaline, who is a great
lover of outdoor life herself, collected
her wits and the resultant invention is
now a practical reality.
When spread the table has a surface
of 44 by. 48 inches, but after the leaves
and legs are folded up the entire table
can be placed In a neat handbag that
may be tossed into any small nook
about the machine. When the table is
in use each of the four legs is made
firm by a steel clasp that connects the
two rods forming the one leg. Except
for the clasps the table .is made en
tirely of Oregon fir.
mechanician. Earl Burch will drive
his own Buick. James Turner or Em
merson Reid will pilot the Turner loco
mobile. John Boscovich will be at the
wheel of R. O. Welch's Buda Row, W.
B. Strauhal in a Stoddard and several
other local machines.
Fred T. Merrill, manager of the Rose
City Speedway, now has a force of men
at work on the track. It will be oiled
to lay the dust, and nothing will be
left undone to guard the safety of both
the public and the men who will con
test in the races.
TRIP TO LAKEViEW IDE
PARTY 1ST TRUCK DECLARES ROADS
IN CEKTRAIj OREGON AT BEST.
Start Tfrosa The Dalle Is In Heavy
Rain and Hind Prevails Until
MUler-a Bridge Is Reached.
"Road conditiona through Central
Oregon are reported the best ever
known at this season or me year,
writes Harry C. Hays, traveling repre
sentative of the Howard Automobile
Company, distributers of Buick cars on
the Pacific Coast.
In a Buick 37 touring car, and ac
companied by Peter Lacy, driver for
the Southern Oregon Auto Company,' In
a Buick 1500-pound truck. Hays left
The Dalles Thursday. April 1.
Writing from Lakevlew under date or
April 4, Hays says:
"We arrived at 10:30 last nlgnt. Malt
ing It all In all we had a fine- trip. Wo
had splendid success with our rigs, and
the roads were good, but don't forget
that it is 405 long miles from The
Dalles to Lakeview.
"Iast year when we made the same
trip we probably picked the worst time
to make It, and this year probably the
best. We left The Dalles Thursday
morning In a heavy rain, and until we
reached Miller's Bridge, about 14 miles
out, we were In the mud all the time.
"From Miller's Bridge to Shaniko we
had good roads, but from Shaniko all
the way through Antelope Canyon, the
roads were really bad. We found go
ing slow just outside Shaniko, as here
we encountered high centers and deep
mud.
"After we passed through Antelope
Canyon, the roads were Just like paved
streets clear to Prineville. We stayed
all night at Madras as it was late and
we did not know the roads well, arriv
ing in Prineville at 9 o'clock the next
morning.
"From Prineville to Bend, where we
stayed all night, the roads were good.
From Bend to La Pine we encountered
some mud, but not enough to hinder us
at all. From La Pine to Silver Lake
I never saw better roads. The truck
was ahead of me and certainly did some
traveling.
"Just outside of Silver Lake we met
the mall truck laid up at the side of
the road with a broken Jack shaft. We
put the mail on our truck and I took
the passengers in with me, and we con
tinued our journey.
"The great Silver Lake hill was pret
ty slippery for about six miles, but
from there through Paisley to Lake
view the- roads wars wonderful. The
mall delayed us quite a little, and we
did not reach here until 10:30 last night, '
From Bend to Lakeview we usod tbs
second gear only three times, and If
the roads were dry throughout tha
Journey, I believe the drive could bo
mnde on high gear.
"The first automobile tourists came
through from Keno this afternoon in
a Haines 'Six.' They say the roads are
bad. but that they got through without
serious difficulty.
"They comnlained bitterly of tho al -most
total absence of signboards, but
they should wait until they lcava here,
as I believe there are not more than
12 or 15 boards in the 405 miles between
Lakeview and The Dalles. We did not
take the high desert road as we did
last year, as it was reported that there)
were many wet spots in it. and it la t
hard road to follow because not sign-
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REPRESENTATIVE FROM KING
FACTORY TO COVER WHOLsj
0RE60.H TERRITORY.
E. G. BeratasL
During the coming fortnight
E. G. Bernthal, Western repre
sentative of the King Motor Car
Company, who has been making
his temporary headquarters in
Portland for the past 10 days,
will cover the Oregon territory
in company with Fred W. West,
manatcer of the Gerlinger Motor
Car Company, King agents for
this territory.
Within the next 60 days 15 car
loads of King eights will cpme
to Portland and large shipments
. already are en route to the
agencies recently placed by Mr.
Bernthal in San Francisco, Los
Angeles. Seattle, Spokane and
Walla Walla.
"It is merely a matter of get
ting them out fast enough," caid
Mr. Bernthal yesterday. "The
factory at Detroit is working
three shifts daily and is turning
out between 25 and 50 cars every
day."
Mr. Bernthal formerly covered
the Western territory for the
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company.