TIIE fUXDAY OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND, MARC1T 8, ' 190S-
AUTO CLUB TAKES
UPROAD QUESTION
Coast Highway for Machines
Pet Project of Autoists of .
the Pacific Slope.
UNITED ENDEAVOR LACKING
Even In Local Good Ro.ads Agitation
Harmony Is Wanting X'ew
.Model Crs Appear on
Portland Streets.
BT W. J. PETRA1N.
v.rv at the approach of Spring
the question of Rood roads is brought up
and agitated. It has Deen so mnw mo
.irlv days when highways were me pnn
cipal means of travel, and since the
coming of the automobile some eight or
n vun ro. the Question has Deen. an
vocatcd strongly in all sections of the
state. At the present day It must be
acknowledged that progress has . been
Hinall compared io wok ii ctuiu h-.
been had a concerted effort been made.
th riit trmihle experienced In mak
ing headway with road building is that
. i tm nmnnopri. to build a road
Into & certain locality, somebody else will
come forward and as earnestly aavoca-io
the construction of a road in another di
rection. As the advocates of each road
believe themselves in the right; and are
usually proof against argument id
contrary, the final accomplishment of
Av. min faiw hecause of lack of In
terest on the part of the public in gen
eral. ...
rri-.n- fiitr.frinHiiiat cannot build a road
of any great length by themselves, and
the sooner tliey get togeiner ana uy iw
certcd action start a general interest in
0nnj.hiohwsT the sooner oroirress
of the material kind will be accomplished
along tnai line.
The Mount Hood road, the road to Sea
side, and the road to Tillamook have
each received more or less attention, but
s j far there lias been no concerted action
toward raising funds for the construc
tion of any of them. Each project is in
itself worthy of consideration, but In
order that the state shall secure good
roads some plan must be developed
wherein all the autoists will be backed
up by the people of the entire state. At
the dinner given by the Portland Auto
mobile Club Thursday night. C. F. Swl
gert proposed the building of a road from
Seattle on the north to Los Angeles on
the south. Should the three states take
a united interest in - this proposed thor
oughfare and. by concerted action, build
it. other handsome driveways will be
easily secured to the other points desired.
This is the pet project of autoists from
the Canadian boundary to San Diego.
The autoists realize that it Is absolutely
essential to the success of road building
to obtain one good road, and for the pur
pose of selecting the proposed route of
improvement, a meeting of the Automo
bile Club will be held in the near future,
when It is hoped to have a full attend
ance on the part of all the automobile
owners In the city.
R. D. Inman, the speed marvel, and
V.-F. Upman. time-annihilator.-are-two
of the most active members of -the Port
land Automobile Club, and pride them
selves on owning the speediest machines
in the city. Each year it has been cus
tomary with them to parade a new ma
chine at the earliest possible date, and
this year each believed he had scored on
the other by having his car on the
ground first. Imagine'-, their chagrin
when one bright day- last week,
wliile spinning about 1n their bright new
cars, they met at a- prominent street
corner. The guests of the two men were
"wise to the situation" and proceeded to
Jolly the knights of the steering wheel
and prod them on being behind the
times. A challenge to a speed test was
immediately issued " and accepted, and
tmtil the roads offer suitable induce
ments to raclnsr. the merits of the re
spective cars will- not be known. . Lipman
says he has'it on lnman because his car
was unloaded, front a freight" car several
hours ahead-of Tnman's, , but the' latter
Tnerely smites and whispers. "Wait until
get him on the road and I'll lose' hint."
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Keveral " prominent ' Portland ' phys'tcians
who enjoy autoing audi own cars, ave cn
."ioylngi a laugh -at the expense of Tr.
Krnesfc V.. Tucker, who: s.o .far. has. held
out against all the arguments they can
offer in favor of the automobile and' con
tinues to use -the.- -reliable hocse ' and
buggy on all ' his . "pleasure" and business
drives. ': Tlie'-object of the autoing doctors'
mirth was caused by: an accident' which
lctcll their horse-driving comrade. At
that the' accident' was brought about by
j an auto. .According to the story .being
whispered about. Or. Tucker ' recently
purchased a brand new buggy, to which
lie hitched' hia splendid pacer. .' t"vVhlle
driving rmt .Aider street h -encountered
. an automobile which was . being con
trolled by a man who had but recently
eniharked In auto driving and was rather
unsteady In handling the steering appa
ratus. Tiie result of this, was a rollislon
in which the handsome new buggy came
out decidedly the worse, and now Dr.
Tucker waxen exceedingly .wrath when
ever the toot of an auto horn reaches
; his ears. Drs. Markay and Rockey.
; 'however, are hopeful that he can yet be
prevailed lpon to buy. an automobile.
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O. R. Henderson, of Cleveland. O.. a
traveling agent- for. the Baker Klectrlc
Auto Company. spnt a few days in this
city last week. Mr.- Henderson stated
'that the electric car as a means of
transportation in ; a city" far surpasses
lite other motor vehicles In all depart
ments. Tills type, of machine is being
perfevted to greater possibilities each
' year, and at present they are. capable of
b-ltii; run from SO to 100 miles a day
wlthnut having the batteries recharged.
The advantage of an electric car is said
to lie in the fact that they are free from
the fumes of gasoline and -can be han
dled without cranking of t lie motor. They
HPe hunt merely for use in the large
i-ifies as runabouts. While in Portland
Sir. Henderson arranged with 11. . 1,.
Kivats A Co. . to handle this machine.
Miss lietta Jewell, the leading woman
of the Maker Theater Company, is an
enthusiastic automobilist. She" has a
Maxwell" runabout and puts in her spare
time between the hours of rehearsal and
performances by touring Portland and
Its suburbs, rhirtng the short time she
has been In tills city she nas become
yntte familiar with-all the beautiful sub
urban spots. She takes the keenest de
light in visiting the City Park and other
jwtlons of the city and vicinity which
.nn pc reacned by automobile.
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All the garages In the city where re
pair work is done are working overtime
at present in the effort to prepare the
cars stored there during the Winter for
the coming season, and incidentally it
m Slit also be mentioned liiut the me
chanic are busily engaged in putting to
gether the new 1F08 model cars.
Every day witnesses the speeding of a
new automobile around the principal
streets, and to judge by the ever increas
ing number of these cars, one would
hardly realize that there had been any
sort of a financial flurry.-. .
EAST MAY liOSE BIG-CUP ACE
Savannah and St. Louis in Line -for
Vanderbilt Classic.
Announcement that the racing board
of the American. Automobile Associa
tion is giving serious consideration to
the applications made by Savannah and
8t. Iuis for the next "Vanderbilt cup
race means there is . not much -chance
of completing the Long Island motor
parkway iri.time for the international
struggle, the motor critic's contend.
If any one had" hinted a year ago
there was the slightest chance of this
classic being run anywhere in the East
he would have .been laughed at. In
deed, California and Missouri did have
the temerity to file applications for
the race last Fall, but the A. A. -A. did
not go Into the matter deeply. Now,
however, the National organization has
announced it would run' the Vanderbilt
this year, anticipating -the completion
of enough, of the parkway for a course.
"But recent-devclopmentssmake it look
doubtful if the parkway will be avail
able, so when St. Louis, and. Savannah
came forward with- - guarantees that
they could offer soldiers to police the.
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course- and that they had roads which
would be suitable for such a race, the
powers that be sat up and took no
tice. The racing: board has not committed
itself in the matter. fhouKh. It sim
ply has told Chairman Thompson to in
vestigate the conditions when he makes
his trip to Savannah, but even this is a
Brain of comfort -for the Westerners,
who have looked at the classic with
lonirinjr ' eyes for the last two years,
believing it would do the sport and the
industry treat stood. It has been
demonstrated It is impossible to get the
troops in New ork stato, so the West
ern offers have made an impression.
If the big race does icet away from
the East, it Is believed Savannah will
land the plum, for the critics who have
Inspected the course for the racing
carnival there March IS and 19 say it
excels anything; of the kind In this
country. The Georgians can furnish
troops and the Southerners are so
worked up over the March affair.it is
thought they would give the Vanderbilt
strong support and make it the great
est event of its kind.
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THE SOW WAS SO OKKP THAT THU Bl M BOARD PRSTKU OX
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SCOTCH TEAM TIED
English Have Chance for Soc
..cer Championship.
EACH SCORES FOUR GOALS
English Players Show Big Improve
ment Oyer Former Games Teams'
Will Meet in a Decisive
Contest Next . Saturday.
Scotch, four goals; English, four goals.
A rally as pretty as it was unexpected
on the part - of the determined English
association football team enabled that
doughty eleven to equal the Scotch lead
in the second of the international series,
yesterday afternoon, and trie Oest efforts
of the Scotch could not give them a de
ciding goal before Referee Mounts blew
the whistle.' This result forces the Scotch
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to give their foes another game, for by
winning the third of the series, the Eng
lish would be able to tie the points. A
tie or a victory would give the Scotch
the 1908 series. This game will have to
be played next Saturday, which prolongs
the season a week longer than was ex
pected. The English forward line Ttaverl much
better football than it did in the first I
game. Mills, Dean and Hanson doing the
bulk of the work. Their defense was
particularly aggressive., and the switch
ing of Steele to the half line and Law
renqo to left wing aided matters consid
erably. The Scotch probably had a little
the best of the game, inasmuch as Mc
Icholas stopped numerous exciting shots
that looked like winners, while : Pattullo
was given only eight or nine chances
during the game. Shots that Just grazed
the bar or that struck the posts and
bounced back were unusually numerous.
This-hard luck was about equally dis
tributed. . .
The first goal to each side was
awarded' from a penalty kick. Harrv
Matthew and Rylance scoring them
DISPATCH CAR BEING SHOVELED OUT OF THE SNOW
easily for Scotch and English, respec
tively. Mquntz decisions on these pen
alty kicks were peculiar and criticised by
both players and spectators. Both were
awarded for fouls inside the penalty
area, but not for the class of fouls that
usually calls for the extremely severe
punishment a penalty - kick ' involves.
Mounts' offside rulings were also ques
tioned, but he Is a hard-working referee,
conscientious and popular,- despite . all
criticism. .
The second English goal r was secured
by Hughes.:-, who kicked a .long lob onto
goal, which Pattulla' let bounce 'over his
head and past hini. This' gave the
Britons the lead, but the -Scotch -evened
after 30 minutes of play by a beautiful
shot off Dick's accurate instep. McNich
olasf who had been stopping everything,
could not see the ball for the crowd uitil
too late. Half time saw the score two
each. .
The Scotch rushed things in the next
half,, and for 15 or 20 minutes had the
game, thejr own way. Stevenson ham
mered through a sizzler that McNicholas
could not reach, though he threw him
self full length. Burns secured the fourth
from a shot that rebounded "from'" the
post. Meanwhile Andrew Matthew had
been.' shooting persistently . and , sending
over some beautiful centers, all of which
resulted fruitlessly. -
The third English goal was due to Ry
lance, who made a sensational dribble up
field, passing the Scotch forward line.
The Scotch defense made the tactfcal
error of falling back instead of tackling
him, and he was enabled to make a pass
to Mills, from which the latter scored on
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a cross-shot. Hanson shot the fourth
goal, which was the cleanest the Eng
lish made. ' ....
The star of the Scotch defense was
Bennett, who was back in the game for
the first time in several weeks, and is
apparently a born Tialfback. Iickson and
Mackie were strong, too. Stevenson's
playing is very popular with the spec
tators. Line-ups:
Scotch (4). Goal. Patullo; right back.
Dr. Short: left back. Dynicnt (captain);
right half, J. K. Mackie; center half,
Dickson: left half. Bennett; outside right,
Burns: Inside right. Dick: outside left,
A. Matthew: inside left, Stevenson; cen
ter, H. Matthew.
English (4). Goal, McNichoIas: right
back, Rylance: left back, Jago: right
half, Fenwick: left hair. Bteelc: center
half, Hughes: outside right, Kilpack; in
side, right. Dean; outside left. Hanson:
inside left, Iawrence; center. Mills (cap
tain). Referee, Mountz. Linesmen, Stewart
and Clark. Attendance, 600.
According to M. Abraham, the best tele
phone does not transmit to the e'ar more
then one-thousandth part of the energy
tt'hu-h it receives from the line.
THE DRIFTS. MAKING IT III'OSSIBLK
NEt ESSARV TO SHOVEL, IT OCT.
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TTHl famous army dispatch car selected by Gen. Frederick
Dent Grant to carry a message from New York to Fort
Leavenworth, Kansas, ih the quickest possible time. The
STUDEBAKER was selected on account of its unquestioned
ability to meet and overcome all kinds of unfavorable road
' and weather conditions.
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Automobile
BRITISH builders , are devoting more
attention to the manufacture "of cars
that will come within the means of per
sons of comparatively moderate Income.
The first annual show at Rochester, X.
Y.( which has been arranged for "March
18 to a, by the Dealers' and Motorists'
Associations combined, promises to be a
succesi.
It Is almost exactly 100 miles from -Nashville,
Tenn., to the Alabama state line,
and within that distance an automobilist
is obliged to pay $1:95 in tolls to turnpike
companiei. '
Carpet cleaning by automobile power re
cently was devised by a San Franciscan,
who mounted a vacuum pump and qael of
hose on the back of his car, connecting
the pump with the motor.
The world's largest motor-driven fire
escape is now in operation at Liverpool.
It is both driven and manipulated by elec
tricity, and the main ladder can be raised
to a height of 87 feet In 20 Eeconds.
Every doctor In Rushvllle, Ind., about 40
miles east of Indianapolis, uses an auto
mobile, and it is said the city has more
motor cars in proportion to its size than
any other city in the Hoosier State.
On account of the long distance between
supply stations, one of the French ma
chines constructed for the run from New
York to Paris has a tank in the lower part
of its body holding 260 gallons of gasolfne.
Cleveland's police have been ordered to
forbid automobile owners leaving their
cars along the curbs in' the shopping dis
trict while they are shopping or transact
ing business within doors, as 'they inter
fere with traffic.
There probably are more than 50 so
called "schools" for motoring in New
York, of which less than five have the
approval of genuine autoists. Some grant
a "diploma" after a pupil has spent but a
few hours in a car.
New York City motorists will ask tle
Legislature of that state for a law to
hedge abqut with safeguards the granting
of chauffeur's licenses. At present any
one filling, out a blank and sending it with
$3 to Albany can secure a license.
Boston automobilists won public appro
bation by offering a substantial reward
for the conviction of the motorist who ran
down a little girl in the suburb of Milton,
carried her to the door of her home and
sped away without driving his name.
There is a lot of Interest In regard
to the probable driver of the second
Fife car. The name of the driver may
not be made known. Jimmy Ryall has
be-n mentioned as a possibility, as has
also Mr. .Parker, who drove with
Cedrino when the Fiat won the last
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24-hour race at Morris Park in such a
sensational way. Ryall, should lie
drive, will operate his own car. as it
is- his intention now to purchase the
car outright.
.Tire agenta of San .Francisco estimate
from the orders they "have, received that
9000 automobiles will be sold in California
during -1908. Some .of . these will be sent
to Hawaii, Washington and. Oregon, and,
estimating the cars at $2000 each, the total
reaches $18,000,006.
Los Angeles can claim credit for the
latest novel use of "an automobile. D. C.
Wilgus, a manufacturer, moved a com
plete machine shop, including planers,
lathes and general machine tools, from
an old plant to a new one. using the motor-car
to tow the machinery, piece by
piece.
"People concerned in the motor industry
In the United Kingdom are beginning to
believe that the productive power of fhe
industry here haa finally equaled and will
soon if it has not already done soexceed
the demand," reported United States Con
sul Halstead, of Birmingham, recently.
Two horseless cars, eacb capable of car
rying 12 men and a4l necessary parapher
nalia, have been purchased by the St.
Louis Fire Underwriters for use of their
salvage corps. The machines are provid
ed with extra emergency brakes, and It
is claimed can be stopped within 20 feet
while running at a speed of 30 miles an
hou!.
The army car. from New York to
Leavenworth, Kan.. is smashing
records. The first day it covered a dis
tance of 293 miles through snowbanks
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In the annual Fasadena-Altadena Hill Climb, at Los Angeles,
the $2000 Kissel Ear won first place in event for roadsters selling
at $3000 and nnder, and also won the event for touring cars at
$2000 and under. The time of the speedy Kissel Kar roadster was
'only beaten by four cars, each selling for $4000 and. over.
. The Kissel Kar was the only car to win all the events in which
it was entered; in fact, the only make to win more than one event,
and .making better time than the following well-known cars:
Ha'ynes $37o0
Stoddard Dayton 2."00
Thomas Flyer 400Q
White Steamer ..... .. 3ri00
Thomas Detroit 27o0
Oldsmobile 27o0
Tourist 3000
And all other ears of lower price. The Kissel Kar covered the
distance, 1 3-10 miles, in 2:22,. over an average grade of 11 per
cent. Arrange for a demonstration in the Kissel Kar.
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and over ice . and slush at .various"'
periods of the day. . The car carries, a "
message from General F. D. Grant, of
Governors .Island, to commanding offl- '
ters of Army postB. The car Is equipped '
with Continental anti-skid tires. Rouge "
Ferre. No chains are used. This Jour
ney gives a fair opportunity for decld- '
ing whether Continental antl-sktd ties 1
are faster than other tires with chains.'
A test case before the Federal Gen- "
eral Board of Appraisers to determine '
the amount of duty to be paid on ferro
manganese, ferro vanadium and other '
ores containing iron in combination
with .other metals used In the manufac-
ture of steel developed the fact that'
pure ferro vanadium, much used In
steel for automobiles. Is worth $10,000
a ton. -V '
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