TIIE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND, OCTOBER 1, 1922
VIEWS SHOWING FORD SPEEDSTER OX 7800-MILE TRIP TAKEN BY PORTLAND COUPLE.
. TRIP TO M YORK
NEW
Motor Tour 7800 Miles Long
Much Enjoyed.
EXPENSE COMES TO $315
Mr. and Mrs. George Standley
Have Iiittle Trouble in
Ford Speedster.
In some respects one of the re
markable automobile Jaunts of the
summer reported by Portland resi
dents was that of Mr. and Airs.
Oeorae Standley. 193 St. Clair street,
who traveled to New York city and
return, covering a distance of 7800
miles, in a Ford speedster.
This lonsr tour was most note
worthy for the fact that the little
car in which the Standleys traveled
was never in a garage for repairs
on the entire trip. Two punctures
and the loss of wire spokes from one
wheel constituted the most serious
car troubles encountered. Accord
ing- to Mr. Standley they reached
New York in 23 days, with Port
land air still in the tires.
A good measure of the credit for
the car's excellent record, reports
Mr. Standley may be given the re
pair man who went over the ma
chine and tuned it up here in Port
land before they embarked on the
trip. This was Ben Tillman, whose
shop Is at the corner of First and
Mill streets.
The chassis and motor of the Ford
had seen rather heavy use as they
had trundled a truck body about
the city prior to the time the speed
ster body was put on for this trip.
It was a 1920 car at that. Mr. Stand
ley says he had not a bit 'of trouble
from overheated motor or water
circulation. The punctures were
caused by a tack and a phonograph
needle picked up In a tourist camp.
The Standleys left Portland on
June 27 and on July 19 drove into
New York city. They carried rather
complete but light camp equipment
and camped out every night of the
Journey. Excellent camps were en
countered all the way to Chicago,
they report, but beyond that city
they have not yet become eo popu
lar. Most camps were found elec
trically equipped, with washing ma
chines, stoves and other conveni
ences and equipment. Shower baths
were found in most of the camps
and Mr. Standley declared these are
greatly enjoyed by the tired and
dusty tourist.
Going east they traveled by way
of Pendleton, Spokane, Montana,
North Dakota and Minnesota, along
the Great Lakes to Buffalo. On the
return they came over the Alle
ghaney. mountains to Pittsburg,
thence to Chicago and from Chicago
homeward over the Lincoln high
way. Incidentally, It was found more
difficult to cross the Alleghaneys
than the Rockies, due to steeper
grades and poorer read construc
tions. Trouble was encountered In east
ern states in driving at night, be
cause so few motorists follow the
practice of dimming their lights.
On two occasions he had a hub cap
clipped off by one of these heavy
machines, speeding past 50 miles an
hvuY without dimming Its lights. .
Throughout their trip the Stand
leys talked of the 1925 exposition
and found most people acquainted
with Oregon's plans. They heard
Innumerable favorable comments
and not a single derogatory state
ment about Portland and Oregon,
they report.
Account was kept of their total
running and living expenses. East
bound they spent J165 and on the
return trip $150. This was much
cheeper than they had expected to
make the trip. Living expenses
were lower on the homeward leg
of the Journey because there was
greater abundance of vegetables
and fruits. They had so little diffi
culty in obtaining fresh eatables
that they returned to Portland with
some of the canned goods they
started out with. Gasoline prices
ranged from 29 to 40 cents a gallon.
On their long trip they carried no
weapons and found no use for any.
With their light equipment they had
things systematized so it was pos
sible to pack and get on the road
In 16 minutes. They lighted their
tent at night by means of an ex
tension from the spotlight of the
car.
Both enjoyed the trip very much
and found It beneficial to their
health. Both Mr. and Mrs. Standley
gained 15 pounds. The primary pur
pose of the Journey was a visit to
Iarents and relatives of Mrs. Stand
ley, living In New York. Because
of her- yearning to visit the home
folks there they named their speed
ster "New York Blues," and this
nnmA th.v hnri nnint.H ih. ;
of the machine. They also carried
posters and pennants announcing
the 1925 exposition.
2,225,000 IN INDUSTRY
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Above This sort of BOing- was enconntered bx Air. an A Mr. Georse Standley beeanse tb7 toolc a abort eat.
Unfortunately, it bes to be admitted, tbla vfli In Oregon, on tnelr return journey from I rw rk. Below
Here Is an idea of tne tight camp equipment tba t enabled them to camp out every nlgbt of the trip.
to 60 per cent within the next few
years.
"Our reports ehow an increasing
use of motor vehicles over the high
ways, not alone in the use of pas
senger cars, I t trucks and motor
buses.
-"Over half a million persons motor
camped in our national parks dur
ing the past year.
"Motor bus lines are now running
regularly In 108 of the largest
citlt'S.
"There are 12,000 consolidated
schools in the United States, ac
cording t the United States bureau
of education. Most of these are
using motor buses to transport
children. Th.re are still 194,000
rural schools not yet consolidated.
"Home, Ga., is organising a rural
agricultural school, using motor
busses to market the products and
to transport 600 students.
"Chicago L lines announce plans to
use busses as feeders,
t "Twenty-three electric railways
are using busses as feeders to their
main lines.
"Twenty-eight steam railroads In
lit states are using flanged wheel
motor busses to handle the short
line business.
Opportunities In Accessories.
"I have been asked to say some
thing regarding the future of the
accessory business. One can only
outline general principles and not
predict In detail.
'"Parts and accessory makers may
look for business even better than
they are doing this year. But I be
lieve there are additional possibil
ities open to those firms which can
develop new and useful devices,
"This Is fully as true of the for
eign field as the American. In fact,
in some countries, such as Argen
tina, owners will sometimes me sev
eral types of horns on one ear.
"Aside from the fact that the pub
!o Is an Intelligent Judg of motor
products, and hence has an Interest
:n improvements as they come
along, there is a potential accessory
demand in the fact of the great
number of low-prlQe cars which are
being manufactured. The man-, who
buys a low-price car and finds that
he would like some particular added
feature on it usually feels that he
has bought his car at such a low
price that he can afford to pay for
minor improvements.
Autos Pay for Themselves.
"An important assurance of the
future of the automobile business
lies in the fact that cars and trucks
in the main are creators of wealth.
It was readily recognized- from al
most the beginning that- railroads
were builders of empires, but the
editorial minds were slower to real
ize that motor cars and motor
trucks, developing the country in
tensively, are also- productive of
economic value. The Industry Itself
was partially responsible for this
lack of apprehension because in its
advertisements it stressed the rec
reation feature, a desirable element,
but one which could not alone ex
plain the continued increase in mo
tor transportation.
"But recently even as critical a
mind as that of Roger W. Babson
hss pointed out that thousands of
persons have been buying motor cars
and moving In to the suburbs. A sur
vey of the various real estate boards
developed the fact that around 60
cities in the country, there are over
135,000 suburban homes depending
chiefly on the motor car and motor
truck for transportation. This re
lease of housing pressure on the
cities and the settling of families on
loss expensive land gives promise of
lower rentals, a prediction in which
many leading economists of the day
concur. i
Farmers Are Big factor.
"There are about 3,000,000 farmers
in the country owning cars today. A
survey of farmer car owners indi
cated that the use of motor trans
portation increased the average
farmer's efficiency by 68 per cent.
In olden times it used to be said
that the farmers could not afford
the number of horses which they
were using, hut still less could they
afford to be without them. The same
applied to power machinery, includ
ing motor transportation today.
"With these two Important points
of lnoreased efficiency for the out
door worker and lower rentals for
the city man accomplished through
use of the car and truck, there ap
pears to be before us in the long
run a continually growing market
for motor vehicles and allied prod
ucts. "This progress, of course, is con
tingent upon adequate servicing of
the product, development of high
ways, constant vigilance for public
safety, and city planning." ,
HIGHWAY- DRIVE STAHTED
AM-TEAR ROAD ITf KEVADA
IS PKOPQSED.
Campaign On for $1,100,000 for
Constructing Link From Win
ncinucca to, California.
ALTITRAS, Cal., Sept. 80 A cam
paign to raise 1,100,000 for con
struction of a highway from Winne
mucca, Nev., to the California state
line, and thereby provide an impor
tant unit in the proposed Lassen
highway from "Winnemucca to Eu
reka, Cal., via Alturas, Redding, or
Yreka, thence to the coast, has been
launched by the Lassen highway
committee. The movement is of
great importance to Oregon, as It
provides a feasible winter route to
that section, the new road tapping
the Pacific highway.
George P. Armstrong of Reno is
chairman and announces that 180,
000 already has been pledged. Dr.
S. D. Conwell is secretary and J. B.
Niles treasurer.
Armstrong declares this highway
will "provide a "honest-to-good-ness,"
all-year route through the
Sierras, via the Redding-Altui
state highway lateral.
He is credited with stating
northern California should have an
all-year road. He continues:
"It should not matter where this
road is located, nor how, but the
main desire should be to get it built
so this sehtion of the state can
enjoy the full measure of tourist
travel the year around. Just as Los
Angeles and the southland does and
has for years, through the all-year
route in Nevada.
"There must be no camouflage
about' this thing. This section of
the state needs an all-year road and
that Is what its name implies. It
is all very well for this section
and that section to say tjjey have
an all-year road, but when actual
truthful records are searched. It will
be found thair all-year road Is open
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McAllister Laminated Wood Bumpers
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Auto Accessories Tires . Tubes m
Service on All Makes of Batteries
g 6-Volt, 11-Plate
Batteries for...
Ford -
Chev. P
Overland "90". . ..
.75
6-Volt, 13-Plate
Batteries for... ,
12-Volt, 7-Plate
Batteries for lSSi
f Studebaker
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' Hudson
fDodga
A Maxwell
$24
H. M. NISBET CO.:
Cor. 10th and Couch Sts.
Broadway 0346
nearly all year around, but Is closed
sufficiently with snow to cut off
travel that should move uninter
rupted into northern California.
"The road via Alturas- is such a
road, as records will bear out.
There is no seLfishness in this
thing; we are out to .provide a road
tourists or others may travel in
the dead of winter, and I defy any
section to disprove our claims.
"The Truckee river route is not
such a road, neither is the Feather
river route, but they will both make
admirable highways. At the same
time they are not all-year roads,,
and It is ridiculous to maintain that
they are.
"How can we hope to get tourists
in the winter and spring, wheri we
have no road they can travel? They
come to Nevada and go south; why,
not because they want to, perhaps,
but because the way is open.
"This question must be answered
here, and the answer does not. lie
in the Truckee river, nor the
Feather river, but in the route to
the north, which is not blocked by
snow, and which will be open the
year round, providing a good road
is provided from Winnemucca.".
The distance from Winnemucca to
Redding is 350 miles. The road is
terminated at Winnemucca in Ne
vada so as to tap the Victory high
way at that place.
'Conrtesy to Be Watchword.
"Courtesy, a watchword," is the
basis of a programme which has
been instituted In Cook an adjoin
ing counties In Illinois, by the Illi
nois Automobile club, Chicago, which
Is affiliated with the National Mo
torists' association. This campaign
has as its objective the exercise of
consideration for the other fellow.
As explained by Manager Carter,
very many motorists who display
the rectitude of good beltavior In
the living room are often prone to
adopt a policy of Indifference to
others when, dashing across the
country or through a city thorough
fare. This campaign has struck a
chord of popular favor with not
BUYS
208X 1917 Chevrolet tour. .$ 95
2080 1921 Maxwell touring$473
19981914 Franklin touringr.$275
2084 Satnson truck ....... $465
2074 Model 85 Overland 4.. $145
19401921 Chalmers sport.. $923
1785 1919 Chevrolet, 5-pags.$250
1956 1918 Chahneri 5-pasa.300
19471920 Ford, 5-pass....$373
1926 1920 Maxwell, 5-pass..$325
20101918 Chev, OW top.. $315
19481920 Patters'n, 7-pass.i 415
17281919 Dodge, touring-. .$535
19711920 Franklin, tour...$1150
18971920 Dodge, coupe . . .$900
20221918 Buick, touring.. .$435
17801918 Overland, tour.,. $390
20481918 Overland, C. C...$285
2046-4912 Cadillac, touring.$125
20521920 Ford, sedan $440
20661920 type Dodge, rds..$545
2059 1920 Ford, coupe ,...$450
2049 1920 Stephens $585
20651918 Chevrolet, tour. .$145
20621917 Oakland, tour. . .$275
Many Others to Choose From
COVEY MOTOR
CAR CO.
28-30 NORTH BROADWAY
21ST AT WASHINGTON
BRoadway 6244
MATRICES
1375
Almost Unbelievable
The 4-Cylinder Bearcat Touring $
Trio
The Little Cylinder Aristocrat $
Touring An eight weighing less
than 2750 lbs. ,
The Larger 8-Cylinder Thorobred $ 1
a roomy seven -passenger I
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Coupe Brougham Sedans in All
Models With Corresponding Reductions
f , Prices f . o. b. factory
OLDSMOBILE DIVISION GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION
The Oldsmobile Co.
Broadway at Couch
Phone Broadway 2270
only' the motorists and the trade, I the Illinois Automobile club. The I dorsemfnt of the National Motorists' I bile in good standing In the com
but also the publlo at large, accord'
ing- to reports received by officers of
the Illinois Automobile club. The I dorsemnt of the Nations
programme Is largely educational tn I association as one of i
character and hes received the In- ' principles. I. e., to kep t
its cardinal munlly, in the state and throughout
he sutomo- fhe nntlo-n.
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.Official Opening
Automotiye Hotel
Finest in the city Generally known as
Imperial Garage '
Fourth Street at Pine Multnomah Hotel Opposite Phone Broadway 6122
Distinguishing
Features -
5-story reinforced concrete steam
heated, fireproof building, 100x100,
costing over quarter million dollars:
Two high-speed elevators.
400-car capacity.
Two wash racks.
Well equipped shop.
Tire and battery service.
Washing and polishing.
Simonfeing and refinishing.
v.
Day and night storage.
Gas, oil and accessories.
Special Free Service
You Will Appreciate-
Cars received at elevator by ex-service
men and placed in private stall;
delivered at the exit upon request or
by phone.
While cars are stored during the day
or night, they are thoroughly sur
faced inside and out.
Each car is examined daily, the
radiator filled, windshield wiped,
battery tested (upon request), and a
check taken on the gas, oil and brake
lining. The tires are kept inflated
to the pressure required. A card
giving this information is attached
to the steering wheel of your car. .
We will give you service which is not obtained elsewhere
Why not give your car the best?
We Never Close ' W. F. Holden, Mgr.
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