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HUDSON SUPER SIX
GIVES NO TROUBLE
PORTLAND ENGINEER RELATES EXPERIENCES OF 1407-MILE AUTO TRIP TO ELK O, NEV.
Louis Kelsey Reports on TriD
of 1407 Miles at Average
u. Speed of 19.6 Miles.
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THREE STATES TRAVERSED
Machine Equipped With Goodyear
All-AVeatner Tread Tires, Which
" Have Gone 30 00 Miles Wlth-
out Puncture or Blowout.
The experiences of a 1407-mile motor
trip from his home in Portland to
Klko, Nev., by way of The Dalles, Bend,
Burns, Vale, Boise, Idaho; Twin Kails
and way points,, are related tersely by
Louis C. Kelsey. a civil and hydraulic
engineer, in a letter received in Port
land last week by C. L. Boss, Hudson
distributor for 'Oreg-on.
Mr. Kelsey, together with his son,
Chester C. Kelsey, made the trip In his
Jludson "super six," which averaged
19.6 miles per hour on the entire trip.
The car was equipped with Goodyear
all-weather tread tires, which have
jtone. 3000 miles without a puncture or
blowout, Mr. Kelsey reports.
Record Is Given.
The complete story of the trip, as
to itinerary and road, conditions in
Oregon, Idaho and Nevada, is told by
Mr. Kelsey In the following trip notes:
May 8 Left Portland at 7:10 A. M., via
The Dalles, Oufur. Alaupln and Shanlko to
Madras, U12 miles, arriving: at 7:40 P. M.
Roads ver ypood. except two bad places
between Cascade Locks and Hood River.
May 0. Left Madras 7:07 A. M via
Jlend and Hrooklngs to Burns, .200 miles,
arriyinff at 6:13 P. M. Roads very good,
except about 10 miles east of Brookings
that were very rocky.
May 11. Left Burns 6:39 A. M., via Har
ney, Beulah. Westfall and Vale to Nyssa.
3K2 miles, arriving at 8:03 P. M. Greater
part of roads from Harney to "Westfall
rough and rocky. Heavy rain at "Westfall
MOTORISTS IRGED TO DECO
BATK HOODS OK TH KIR.
CARS WITH AMERICAN
FLAGS.
Officials of the Rose Festival
Association and of the Oregon
State Motor Association have Is
sued a request urging all autorao
mobile owners in Bortland to dec
orate the bonnets of their cars
during Rose Festival week with
large American flags, as a. dem
onstration of their patriotism.
F. K. Watklns, president of the
Oregon State Motor Association,
isays that the request is intended
to cover all motorists, Irrespect
ive of whether or not they belong
to the association.
and roads badly washed out between West
fall and Vale, particularly in Cottonwood
'an yon. Roads In fine shape from Vale to
Kyssa.
Boise Roads Fine.
May 12. Ieft Nyssa at 10:04 A. M. via
Caldwell and Aampa to Boise, 57 miles, sir
;uj P. M. Roads were in fim
at 1:0
Tivinflf
shape. '
May 14 Left Boise at 7:17 A. M.. via
Mountain Home, Olens Kerry, Bliss, Hager
inan and Buhl to Twin Falls, 150 miles,
arriving at 3:10 P. M. Most of these roads
were exceptionally good.
May 15 to l!) Side trips to Burley, Hailey,
.Shoshone. -Gooding and Buhl. Most of these
roads were splendid.
May -JO Left Twin Falls at 7:17 A. M.,
via Salmon River dam. Contact and Wells
for Klko. Nev., 181) miles, arriving at 0:10
I. M. Bridges washed out on Salmon River
and we had to take old road from Salmon
River dam to Contact. Road has been used
little and was very rocky. From Contact to
Wells roads were good in spots. From Wells
to Leeth. on account of late rains, roads
heavy and sticky; from Deeth to Klko very
good.
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SALES RECORD SET
1823 New Autos Registered
Puring May.
OREGON NOW HAS 40,000
sr.
ROAD JOKER OUTDONE
BOXDS VICTORY DISPROVES CRUSE
SIGX AI.OXG HIGHWAY.
H. K raus Say. Some Fonny Cbap
in "WanhlnKlon County Made
Merry Over Mad.
The ioke is upon some -witty soul of
Washington County, but it would have
been otherwise if the road bonds had
failed of indorsement at last Tuesday's
election.
The other day A. H. Knaus, manager
oc ine i-ortiana Dranch of the Gerlin
prer Motor Car Company, Oregon dis
tributors for the Chandler automobile,
had occasion to drive over into Wash
ington County. He used the newly
paved Canyon road to leave Multnomah
County and found everything; in ship
shape until after the Multnomah County
line was passed the and the roads of
Washing-ton County met.
Mr. Knaus has motored in a good
many parts of the country and encoun
tered terrorizing road troubles of all
degree, but he says he never in all his
life saw quite such roads as those
which met hi3 eyes between Beaverton
and Hillsboro. This road was hard-
surfaced at some prehistoric time, Mr.
Knaus reports, but has been badly dis
connected until now, so Mr. Knaus tes
tifies, the Jolts and Jump-offs are so
abrupt and severe that eighc miles an
hour is as fast as any motorist dares
drive.
"Some funny chap over that "way got
out a rough brush and some thick
black paint one day recently and made
a crude sign with this inscription:
'These roads are exemplary of the pro
gressive spirit of Oregon," related Mr.
Knaus as he was anxiously awaiting
to hear the election returns last Tues
day.
But the worm has turned on the sign
painter and now the word is being
flashed over the Nation that the state
of Oregon, despite the world war and
other disturbing influences, has spoken
and spoken definitely for a progressive
road programme.
KEW CORD TIKE OX MARKET
Tircstone Company Announces Prod'
uct of Special Type.
Combining all the merits of the best
cord tire construction with the advan
tages of oversize, the Firestone Tire
& Rubber Company has announced the
production of a new and distinctive
equipment the Firestone supersized
cord tire.
It is the result of three years of ex
perimenting and testing by a score of
tire engineers, builders, testers and
chemists. They sought a product that
would be a definite and conspicuous
improvement in cord tire construction
The principal advantages of a cord
tire are its superior resilience and
wearing qualities. It absorbs road
shocks, instead of fighting them, and
because its iaDric is not interwoven
but made up of thousands of strong,
heavy cords imbedded in tough, pliable
rubber, the cord tire has less Internal
friction.
O. "Uilklns Gathers Statistics
That Show Great Increases in
Xumher of Cars in Use and
In Output of Dealers. '
The month of May, 1917, was the ban
ner period in all history for the sale
and delivery of new automobiles in
Oregon, -according to the figures on
last month's automobile registration,
tabulated last week by M. O. Wllkins,
publisher of the Automobile Record and
president-manager of the Dealers' Mo
tor Car Association of Oregon.
A total of 1823 new automobiles was
registered officially by Oregon motor
ists last month as compared with 1568
new cars for the best previous month
of history. May, 1916.
The outstanding feature of the situ
ation is that nearly 80 per cent of last
month's new cars was delivered in the
counties outside of Portland and that
Multnomah County did not show as
heavy an increment of new cars as the
corresponding month of last year.
7130 Are New Cars.
To date 38,230 automobiles have been
registered in Oregon under the 1917
series as contrasted with 33,917 for the
entire twelve months of the 1916 regis-,
tration period.
These figures indicate that there are
4313 new cars in Oregon, but as a mat
ter of fact there are nearly twice that
number, 7130, according to Mr. Wilkins"
count of the new cars on a systematic
basis.
The reason for the discrepancy lies
in the fact that many used cars that
were in use last year have not yet been
registered and placed on the road this
year. This is proved by the fact that
of the total registration for last month,
3453, only 1823 were .new cars. This
means that there are probably more
than 40,000 automobiles in Oregon.
Cars Are "Well Distributed.
As the registration stood at the end
of May, Oregon's 38,230 automobiles
segregated among new and new and old
combined were distributed among the
counties as follows:
County. Jfew cars. Total.
Multnomah ...............
Baker
Benton ...................
"iackamas ................
Clatsop
Columbia
Coos
Crook
Curry , '.
Deschutes
Douglas
Oilllam
Grant
Harney
Hood River
Jackson ..................
Jefferson ................
Josephine
Klamatn
Lake ....................
Lane
Lincoln
Linn
Malheur
Marlon ..................
Morrow
Polk
Sherman
Tillamook
Umatilla
Washington
Wheeler
Total for state 7.130
, 17 8.-4
119 6M
. 25 1.4ICJ
, 110 71"J
."i 1'74
63 r."J I
82 ami
. 8 511
70 .".!.-
. 1 4! H!)H
. 116 34H
5 215
.".3 3I2
71 4il!t
. 275 3.B.-.6
HI 2:12
. 102 513
, 139 713
43 2R:i
. 320 1,0!2
4 54
. 2KB 1,346
. 116 502
. 417 2.573
. 132 427
. 1 76 So
. l.-.S 507
72 411
. 432 2,0110
. 3 9 J7
. 102 440
. 173 810
. 221 1,086
O 87
. 220 1.100
.7.130 38,230
many motorists assume to regard these
guardians of the public welfare as en
emies, when, as they well know, safe
driving would not be possible without
them.
"Kveryone owning or driving a car
should commit to memory the rules of
the road and city ordinances govern
ing motor vehicles. And he Bhould obey
them Implicitly, not only for the safety
of the community, but for his own wel
fare and peace of mind.
"I want Dort. owners here to be re
garded the same as those in Detroit,
where a traffic officer had this to say
to the Dort dealer: "You must pick the
people you sell cars to. Whenever I
see a Dort coming I feel sure a good
fellow is driving it"
DODGE CAR TAKEN TO FRAXCE
Sedan to Be Used In Film to Aid
Restoration of Art Treasures.
By special permission of the French
government the first pleasure car to
enter France since the beginning of the
war will be a Dodge Bros.' convertible
sedan. The car was purchased by
Comtesse Hegina de Regis de Olivera
and will be used in France in motion
picture work when the art ruins of the
war, including the cathedrals at
Rheims, . Soissons and Ypres will be
photographed under the direction of
Rodin, the greatest living sculptor.
The pictures will be shewn later In
this country for the benefit of the Com
mittee for American Aid for the Resto
ration of French Monuments of Art,
of which Mrs. Cecelia Sartoris, grand
daughter of General Grant, is the
American representative. The commit
tee itself has a list of notable members,
including Theodore Roosevelt, Jules
Jusserand. Robert Bacon, Myron T.
Herrick, Cardinal Gibbons and others.
In the 'collection of the fund for the
restoration of France's works of art
this American-made motor car, now on
its way to France, will play an Impor
tant part.
HOOD AUTO COMPANIES MERGE
Gilbert & DeWitt Takes Over Hood
River Garage Company.
HOOD ' RIVER, Or., June 9. (Spe
cial.) A" deal of record magnitude in
the local automobile business was con
summated recently when the Gilbert &
DeWitt Company and the Hood River
Garage Company merged. The new
concern will be known as the Gilbert
& DeWitt Company. O. T. Wedemeyer,
one of the incorporators of the Hood
River Garage Company, which recently
erected one of the finest garages in
the state,, will retire.
The repair shop, formerly operated
by Gilbert & DeWitt, will be closed.
and all work will be fallen care of at
the repair plant of the new concern,
which occupied the full lOOrlOO-foot
basement of the new building.
OLD CHALMERS RUE
Machine o!d in Portland, Me.,
Arrives in Portland, Or.
CAR IS VINTAGE OF 1909
ROAD IS CALLED ROUGH
HERROX ' DRIVES CHANDLER
TO RHODODENDROX.
Strips Near Mlnslngrer Place and
Ckerryvllle Hill Give Mo
torists Trouble.
The road leading from Portland to
the various resorts at the southern
base of Mount Hood was not in extra
good condition a week . ago, but the
clear days of last week should have
placed it in fairly good order for
travel, according to G. W. Herron, who
drove his new Chandler car as far as
Rhododendron and return last Sunday.
"On the way out we chose the Mar
mot road and found a lot of mud and
corruption on the Minsinger Hill and
along the flats below that point." re
ported Mr. Herron last week. "We re
turned over the Cherryville road by
way of Sandy and again met . plenty
of mud, but not enough to stump us
in any manner. Considering the im
proved state of weather. I believe the
Mount Hood road will soon be in good
shape.
"We ' were told at Rhododendron
Tavern that we could, if . we, desired,
drive on about five miles beyond that
point toward Government Camp be
fora reaching the snowbanks, but we
didn't tackle the Job. I Believe we
were the first guests of the season at
the Tavern, and Mrs. , Franzettl was, of
course, happy to greet us.
TRAFFIC OFFICER'S JOB HARD
Drivers Advised to Help Rather
Than Trouble Guardian of Road.
"Stand by the traffic officer, his is
a hard Job and he needs your encour
agement and co-operation." said F. W.
Vogler, Dort distributor. A threat
Stripped of Forward Gears by Ac
cident, Abraham Toubo Drives
on Reverse Gear 315 Miles
"With Wife and 8 Children.
A 1909 Chalmers automobile which
has been in continual use since it was
purchased years ago in Portland, Maine,
is now in Portland, Oregon, ready to
be converted into a farm tractor that
it may do its bit in cultivating Oregon
fields, thereby boosting the world's
food supply.
The car was driven into Portland a
few days ago after having traversed
the continent on a trip which started
last December. Abraham Toube. the
owner of the old car, is said to be the
holder of the world's record for op
erating a car backwards. Recently,
near Needles, Cal., he lost the road,
ran his car off into a gully and on a
rock and wound up minus all gears ex
cept the reverse.
Undaunted he circled until, he was
back on the road headed again towards
Los Angeles. Nine days later he
backed up in front of the Chalmers
salesrooms and the speedometer showed
he had driven 315 miles in reverse
gear.
Mr. Toube is the father of eight chil
dren, all of whom have been with him
and his wife on the long trip. The
Chalmers, fitted with a body for use
in truck gardening, has provided a
home for the family, including a sleep
ing place, dining-room and touring car
and the trip has been the means of
Mrs. Toube recovering her health. Dis
tillate and even kerosene has been
burned In the Chalmers engine with
good results.
Mr. Ttoube says he gets nearly the
same mileage out of distillate as from
gas. Though the body of the car was
in bad shape after years' of strenuous
service, the engine was running sweet
ly when it was driven up in front of
the salesrooms of H. L. Keats, local
Chalmers distributor. Mr. Toube is lo
cated at 688 Mead street, Portland.
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Batteries Are
Like Tires
(Except that they coat
less and wear longer)
You wear out only'one
battery at a time you wear
out four tires. And one bat
tery properly cared for will
outlast any set of tires.
Battery care is made easy by
Willard Service. You keep it filled
with water, and come in regularly
to let us do the rest.
Our job is to keep your battery
full of pep.
Come in, get acquainted I
We have a battery for your use
if yours needs repairs.
(OpnUfct
1917)
Auto Electric Equipment Co.
- Phone Broadway 1073
Sixth and Burnside Sts.-
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service on a gigantic scale is indidcated
by .the announcement that bids will be
received on June 13 on from one to
10,000 motorcycles. 6000 of which are
to be equipped with side cars. The pur
chase of these machines involves the
training of men to operate them, which
will become a part of the duties of the
motor- transport committtee of the
Council of National Defense. Shelby A.
Falor, manager of the motorcycle de
partment of the Goodyear Tire & Rub
ber Company and president of the Fed
eration of American Motorcyclists, has
been appointed & member of this com
mittee, having been chosen for his wide
experience in motorcycle affairs.
There is no pauperism in Servia. The
poorest have some sort of freehold
property.
Army to Buy 10,000 3Iotorcycles.
That the United States Government is
preparing to use motorcycles in Army
You Half-S ole
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You Can Get 5,000 to 10,000 More Miles
out of them by using Gates Half-Sole Tires.
We will put them on for you and change your old tires
into new ones at about one-half the price you would
have to pay for new tires.
Your tire comes into our plant, worn and scarred
from service, and we deliver it back to you the same
tire made oversize and with a . brand-new non-skid
tread of fresh rubber. Not a square inch of your old
tire will be in sight, and you will not be able to tell it
from a new tire.
Are absolutely guaranteed for 3,500 miles of wear without m
puncturo and many users are averacing from 6. COO to 10.000 miles.
You cannot get this kind of guaranteed service from any tire on the
market without paying two or three times the cost of a Cates
Half-Sole Tire.
LET US SHOW YOU
Don't throw away another worn tire until you have investigated
the Cates Half-Sole, (f you are paying the tire bills you will be in
. terested and we are ready to show you how to keeD in vour own
pocket a big part of the cost oi new tires and get better tire service
tnan you nave ever naa oeiore. we guarantee it. -
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I Linwood "Six'-xo is $ii7. On
purely comparative basis, there is no
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so little money.
But take advantage of this rare oppor
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now before the list price of every
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Sedan '-Six-51"
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Town Car "Six-Si"
seven-passenger
seven-passenger
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" four-passenger
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' five-passenger
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