The Sunday Oregonian., March 07, 1909, AUTOMOBILE SECTION, Page 2, Image 26

PORTLAND'S FIRST AUTOMOBILE SHOW AND MEN WHO PROMOTED TT
EXHIBITS TO
Leading Models of 1909 Cars Will Be Shown at Armory in Initial Display
That Opens Tomorrow and Lasts Week.-
THE Portland Automobile Show,
which opens tomorrow, will bo
the first exhibition of Its kind
held In this city. It will be the most
Important affair of the kind ever held
In the Pacific Northwest, and will not
be surpassed by any automobile show
ever seen on the Pacific Coast.
The doors of the Armory, on Tenth
and Couch streets, will open promptly
at 7:30 P. Jr.. and on successive days
at 2:30 P.M. and 7:30 P. M.. until the
close of the event,' March 13. There
will be no preliminary exercises on
the opening: day. the management hav
ing: wisely concluded to let the exhibi
tion speak for Itself as to its manifold
features of excellence and interest.
Every night visitors will be enter
tained with a high quality of musical
diversion, furnished by an orchestra
from Salt Lake City, selections from
popular and classic music having been
arranged for nightly. The electric dis
play Is promised as the most brilliant
and elaborate ever seen In the city.
The plans for the show Include the
decoration of the hall with palms and
appropriate scenery, together with the
. display of electric lights, and the in
terior will present a picture which will
be remembered as one of the most ar
tistic ever offered on a similar occa
sion anywhere.
The chief particular attraction of the
Portland Automobile Show will he the
exhibition of all leading models of
motorcars for the year 1909 under one
roof. Together with this notable dis
play will be the exhibition of all of
the latest accessories In the shape of
tires, tire protectors, tools, implements
and all the various improvements up
to date.
There will be exhibitors from every
factory in the United States in attend
ance at the show, and Coast managers
from Los Angeles, San Francisco and
Seattle. Separate inclosures will be
provided for each different class of
cars. The exhibitors and demonstrators
of the automobiles exhibited at the
Portland show will be selected for
their ability and experience, and this
branch of the exhibition will be one
of Its most Interesting features.
A carpet will be laid on the floor
of the Armory, and coat and cloak
rooms provided for the visitors to the
show. Tho iuHnasrement has spared
neither pains nor expense to make the
exhibition complete in every detail,
both as to the convenience of exhibi
tors and patrons. The plan for the
Portland Automobile Show originated
with Will Lipman. secretary of the
Portland Automobile Olub. As far back
as last November Mr. Lipman began
working on tho idea, and the Portland
Auto Club was enlisted and began to
lend its influence and aid to the pro
posed exhibition.
To an outsider, no adequate idea can
be given of the difficulties to l.e over
come In arranging for a successful
show of this kind. Manufacturers and
dealers have -to be corresponded with
and shown th advantages to bo gained
In sending on their motors, special fea
tures have to be obtained, local dealers
must be interviewed, a site for the af
fair jselected, tho building prepared for
occupancy, catalogues printed, space
provided for without any favoritism,
music contracted for, stationery print
ed, and a myriad other details man
ROAD RACES GREAT SUCCESS
Fine Highway East of City Scene of Annual Speed Tests That Will Be
Unusually Popular This Year.
THK Portland Automobile flub,
which presented the first road
races for automobiles In Portland
last year. Is planning a similar event
for the coming season. These races
will undoubtedly be held In conjunc
tion with the Portland Rose Festival
Association, as were those last year,
and the course to be selected will be
along the same route. This route, while
necessitating eight turns. Is, In lieu of
a straightaway course, the only feas
ible runway for such a contest.
To be sure, the course has Its draw
backs, but the lessons of last June's
splendid contests have been learned
and future events of the kind held in
Portland will be much more capably
planned and conducted with a view of
accommodating the spectators. It is
also hoped to havo better accommoda
tions in the way of streetcar service to
and from the scene of the races.
When the auto races were first
broached the scheme met with many
adverse criticisms, for a number of
autolsta and others were doubtful of
tsl success. Financially the race was
not a success, but the lack of transpor
tation facilities was responsible to' a
great degree for the deficiency. This
proved an object lesson to the Automo
bile Club, and when the next races are
run the affair will be managed In a
more satisfactory manner, at least as
far as the accommodating of the pub
11c is concerned.
Last year's century run, or 100-mile
road race was most successful for an
initial attempt at auto racing in this
vicinity. Not a single accident oc
curred where any driver or mechanic
or any of the spectators were Injured.
This race, as well as the 68-mIle event,
which preceded It on June 4, tvas keen
ly exciting.
In the lesser distance eent only two
cars finished, for the other six starters
left the course in disabled condition at
different points of the route. The cars
recorded first and second in this event
were the Cadillac entered and driven
by Howard M. Covey, and a White
Steamer driven by Fred Dundee.
In the 100-mile event 11 cars were
listed. The event was won by a Stude
baker car driven by II. Bell, while an
other of the same make driven by J,
Cooper took seoond place. The re
markable feature of Bell's victory was
the fact that on the third lap he came
the closest of any of the entries to
having a wreck. This Incident occurred
when he was passing the stands on the
third lap. His machine shot off the road
and came near crashing into the fences
along which were lined a large num
ber of carriages and automobiles. Bell,
however, straightened himself out be
BE COMPLETE
aged with ability and Judgment in or
der to make the affair a success.
It Is no exaggeration to say that the
burden of bearing the "laboring oar"
in an enterprise of this kind Is one of
the -most difficult and exhaustive tasks
Imaginable. A man must be diplomatic,
patient, resourceful and possessed of
Infinite tact. He must be prepared to
meet certain disappointments, and ha
must be willing to give up a vast deal
of valuable time In order to assure
success for the enterprise. In this re
spect, according just and due rucognU
tlon to many who have helped on In
the work, Mr. Lipman has been partic
ularly active and able in handling the
show and has earned distinct lienors for
his large share in the management.
A complete and accurate catalogue
of the show will be given tq visitors.
This will include cuts of the various
automobiles exhibited at the show,
prices, advertisements, etc., together
with an elaborate and correct system
of road maps, taking In an extent of
territory about 50 miles in each direc
tion from Portland, and the city of
Portland proper. This catalogue sys
tem of road maps is going to be a re
liable guide In future for all persons
using the roads they cover, whether by
autos or horses.
The significance of such an exhibition
as the Portland Automobile Show is
apparent in the' widespread Interest
which it has created In the ranks of
manufacturers all over the country.
The Pacific Northwest is comparatively
virgin territory for motoring compared
to the thickly populated centers of the
far Kast, and yet the outlook for busi
ness is so good everywhere In the au
tomobile line -.-at manufacturers have
not hesitated to send, at great expense,
models of their best machines all the
way from the l"ast to be exhibited at
this show. They have sent expert
demonstrators to. display these ma
chines to the visiting public, and have
spent thousands of dollars to give the
people of Portland and of the adjoin
ing states an opportunity to Inspect
the very latest Improvements In their
line.
The local promoters have spent in
the neighborhood of 15000 to make the
show a success, outside of the time
and energs they have devoted to the
matter. It has been a feeling of pri(e
with them to bend every effort toward
making the present show a record
breaking one in every particular, and
their enterprise and unselfishness Is de
serving of a generous response on the
part of the public.
The admission fee has been fixed t
60 cents to all. Catalogues and music
are free, and, of course, all exhibitions
at the show itself. The -exhibition will
be well worth seeing by every one,
whether from a. standpoint of prospec
tive purchase or from edur.atlonal-.mo-tives,
or from pure curiosity.
Demonstrations of the different auto
mobiles will be made daily in the
streets adjacent to the Armory, and
representatives of all the Kastern fac
tories, together with the local dealers
and experts, will he on hand to Instruct
visitors and answer questions as to
their exhibits.
The Portland Automobile Show will
be an event of moat unique and inter
esting significance, and one which will
be a genuine landmark In the growth
and advance of an Industry which. has
been marked by phenomenal growth. '
fore he struck the fence and'after that
had no trouble. At this time he occu
pied fourth or fifth position In the
race, but the Oldsmoblle and Locomo
bile, both machines having made a
splendid showing, were disabled and
left the track at different points. , The
same fate occurred to R. u. Inman's
Thomas Filer, and William Wallace's
Pope-Hartford.
The distance around the course oyer
which the automobile races were run
is a fraction over 14 miles, 'and this re
quired the lapping of the course seven
times in the century run, while four
times around constituted the 58-mile
event. At the southeast corner of the
track is found the famous "S" turn'
which had proven the bane of several
auto parties before the races took
place, and which was also expected to
cause the racers soino trouble In ne
gotiating without accident. This turn,
however, failed to bother the drivers
In the least.
When this year's events take place
next June It is safe to presume that
there will be a much larger list of en
trios than last year. This is so be
cause Portland now possesses many
new agencies, and the majority'of these
will make a special effort to have their
cars entered. Additional care will also
be taken by the owners of the cars en
tered to have thein in first-class shape
for the raoea.
Automobile races of this sort are
keenly exciting. Along the route over
which the autos raced last year are a
number of excellent viewpoints, and the
site selected for the" grandstand was a
splendid one. The spectators were an
abled to see the machines immediately
after they bad rounded the corner of
the Base Line road at tUe Twelve-Mil
House and from that time each racer
was In sight for a distance of one and
one-half miles coming toward the
stand and a similar distance westward
after passing the finish line.
The races to be held here this year
will be under the sanction of the
American Automobile Association, and
as that organization recently held a
meeting and decided on some new
ru'es, the following no-Ice of their
meeting sent out by the recretary will
be of interest:
A meeting of ths A. A. A. Contest Board
and its advisory committee was held Feb
ruary 23 In New York. This Is the body
which will in future have control of auto
mobile contests, inoludlns; track events,
other than International, In this country.
The classifications and formulas according
to which the contests will te conducted will
be furnished by the Manufacturers' Contest
Association, which has been organised re
cently by the American automobile manu
facturers and Importers.
The A. A. A. content Board Is constituted
as follows: K. B. Hower (chairman), Frank
O. Webb snd A- I.. MoMurty. An addi
tions! member of this committee Is to be
appointed. The advisory committee, through
whicb. the Manufacturers' Contest Associa-
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made up of K. I. Chalfant, of the A. L.
A. M. : Alfred Reaves, of tho A. M. '. M. A..
nrt K. R. Hollander, or the Importers
t-alon. Howard. K. ofTin Ts chairman of
the organlzittion committee of the Manu
facturers' tontsst Asuoi-iation.
Tho followinK vcre present at the inect
Ins: K. n. tiower. A. I.. McMurtry. Frank
i. Webb, E. P. Chnlfant and K. rt ltol
landor. Tlie purpose of the new arrangement is
to advance uniform and rational conditions
In contests, at the anie time vesting con
trol In a body having National club ofrlliii
tions. and to insure that adequate ,-are be
taken In eranttng sanctions for t-oniexis and
tlml the same l.e carried on fairly and
e-rioleiuly. prizes being Kuarantecii by those
in immediate charge of contents, and tro
phies with valuations attached bemK ap
praised with Integrity. it must be proved
to the satlefac.tion of the hoard t hat t ronhies
or cash prizes, as advertised, win be award
ed promptly; and when values are stated
the awards are to be in cash or plate at
the option of the winner.
The different districts of the Vnlted States
and Its possesions will each be represented
V?" ciatloi, menibr of the ..'ontett
J . j " au""m t'tng to Kee:, the board
dvied of oontet mutters in his district
The aiidden tour is not ulTected bv the
tVJfKf1 u,eJ'rpen""- between the insnu
wm b" and lUe. A A A auction
r.llh1iV.rnl'" .1or. 11 '"' B-lis-ence road
reliability contest within a month of the
duration of the Glidde,, tour. a uniform
entry blank for application for sanction for
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will be uniform for corresponding events
"I 'J. e?.'ry b"'n.k m'"" "'" t'e w.rd
t nder the sanction and rule, of the Amer
ican Automobile Association '
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S23!L9IjXgECE-tVED FIRST
M"" "& a-- in 188S by E. H. Wemm.. wit In Statt Owo.d
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N Tllli vear 1S9S. in the Spring of
that year, being- Just 11 years ago,
a strange monster In h ..
machinery made Us appearance on the
streets of Portland. It puffed and
wheezed at times, It emitted odors
which were not those of-Arahy the
blest. It caused stsld o'd horses of
generations back to blink suspicious
ly from thlr "blinders," and It made
nervous colts Trout .the autslde farms
nd ranches shiver as It passed.
The "oldest Inhabitant" looked at it
with a stare of derision, and shook
his head disapprovingly. Women gaged
"Barbara Frletchle-like" from the win
dows and shook coffee-stained table
cloths In defiance at the Invader.
Burly police officers looked scornfully
at thu puffins; Juggernaut, and laughed
at the temerity of the man who drove
U- The plg-talled Celestial, from his
grimy window, gazed at this appari
tion guided by the hand of one man,
and jabbered excitedly as It whirled
by. Dogs slunk back, their tails
tucked between their hind legs, and
some of the more bewildered citizens
Imagined that a "wild-cat" engine had
Jumped the track somewhere and was
careening madly through the city
streets.
Strangest of all. Its arrival, though
heralded tar and wide within a few
days, was not followed by anv more
of its kind. For four years Portland
was without any more of Its make, and
the reign of the first automobile was
complete and unchallenged, ltound the
corners and through the streets It
went, and the rains of four Winters
came and went, and four times the
roses of June scattered sweet fragrance
along .the slopes and hills of tho city.
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follow: Rnjid race, where a vtand is rrl
fl, f ;;40: iruck moat ing, $ HiO ; trak mt-
In inrlu.linic 24-liour rvnt, hill
limb. ndurani c rnnrjit, .o road
a-'Hl bearh hb1 trlaU. fioo.
All lt,hn H(TiiiMtd ilh th A. A. A. ftr
ami for four Springs the violets
sprang from the awakened sod and
showed their deep blue against the
gold, red and saffron of Jonquil and
tulip.
This vehicle. which was neither
coach nor carriage, landau, . victoria,
stage, truck, wtigon. omnibus, buggy
or brougham, was Henry E. Wemmi'i
lmpnrtathm into Portland of the or
iginal automobile brought and used
here, and the machine which for Jour
long y-ars held undisputed away as
the only specimen of Its kind In the
city thoroughfares.
Mr. Weinine since then has bpught
between 21 and 26 automobiles. He
has experimented with many makes of
machines. lis has gone to Parts to
buy an auto ami come back to America
to Invebt because the European rna
chines were too complicated In their
machinery and too delicately built to
stand the wear and tear of American
roads. lie has used the auto as a
business vehicle and as a pleasure oar,
and more than all as a real and al
most magical means of bringing him
back to health and strength. Increas
ing his weight from 117 to 160 pounds.
He sari: "1 would rather live on dry
bread and drink water than to go
without my automobiles."
Mr. Wtrairn has seen "the Improve
ments year by year of the various
manufacturers, and says, "the Indus
try is In Its Infancy. Every year
they are reducing the complexity more
and more, and American manufactur
ers are succeeding wonderfully In their
resolve to simplify the auto. Foreign
built a it lot, caunot compete with our
machines In this country. At least,
when a man knows anything ef the
subject. Our roads are too rough for
the Kuropean models. Besides, our
machines are vastly more simple, and
entitled to a 50 per cent reduction from
thesa ratva.
A nietin(t; of t1 Content Tlnard
wa Jield Wbnaary ml th t;niiieT'
1'lub ( compli-l-i mjin-rous unflnlnlintl de
tails carried ovtr from tha previous day.
AUTOMOBILE
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therefore lss liable to breakdown or
get out of order. The horse? The
horse, my dear sir. will be of uso In
IiIm Hunted place, but the automobile
will be the vehicle of the future.
'Commercially I do not consider that
the possibilities have been touched yet.
even with what has been already dono
In that line. As for nut-door use and
business availability, think of the dif
ference! I can run out 60 miles of a
titinday morning with my family, eat
breakfast at a mountain Inn. and be
back by noon, having covered 100 miles
without any trouble or without any
reckless driving. Where wouhi a
liorsa be? . I can give ten minutes a
week to an auto In my barn, and that
Is all the time i need give to It. I ran
leave It out to the wind and rain and
un. and It ran stand It. I can use
It, If necessary. 24 hours continuously.
I ean take It out In weather which
would be so hot a horse would drop
dead, and ride In comfort and .eat.
The horse? Yes. the horse, what of
him as compared to the modern auto
mobile?" Mr. Wemme'a first automobile went
up In fire and smoke, a fitting end
to the reign of wonderment which It
created. To have been sent from hand
to hand after It had outlived Its use,
fulness would have been an untimely
fate for so dauntless a "path-finder."
But In these piping times of the
automobile, with hundreds of them
threading the streets of Portland, with
the flying tires of many standard
makes darting over the highways and
the forest-lined country roads, with
the warning "honk, honk" of myriad
horns signalling careless pedestrians,
what a peculiar halo and romance of a
miracle of men's Ingenuity and rest
less achievement, seems compassed
and bound In the story of Portland's
first automobile.
OWNERS HAVE STRONG CLUB
Organization Founded Four Years Ago Is Active in Interest of Road
Improvement. Proper Laws and Their Enforcement.
THE history of the organisation
of the Portland Automobile
Club dates back some four
years. The owners of automobiles In
the city met at the Commercial Club,
on April !t05, for the purpose of
organizing, and Robert I Stevens
acted as temporary chairman of this
Initial galhcrinjr.
All those present expressed them
selves in favor f forming a club, and
signed their names as memliers of the
new prganlzatlon. A committee of
three was appointed to draft a sot of
by-laws, this committee being com
posed of P. P. Malcolm. Dr. A. K.
Muckay and Will K. Lipman. It was
agreed to hold another meeting April
15 for the purpose of completing the
organization and electing officers and
directors.
On that ilate Sol. M. Bltimauer was
elected president and the following
board of directors was also Installed:
Robert V. Inman, Dr. C. B. Brown, Sol
M. Blumaucr. Dr. C. O'Reilly. A. K.
Bently. O. T. lioneyraan and Will F.
Lipman. The fir Hi track meet was held
on Decoration day. Msy 30. 190S. The
first club run was made to the old
Twelve-Mile House, to which about 30
members came.
The ftrst step tak. n by the club for
the Improvement of the roads was In
August, l'J(l3. at which time the club
members subscribed $2625 for oiling
the I.innton road. At that time the
cost of oiling a mile of road was f)J5.
Today it can ie donu for a little over
J100 a mile. On April 2S. 1906. there
were 142 automobiles in use In Port
land. On February 1. 1S09. there were
close to 1400 licenses taken out.
' stands for I.aw Kiiforcement.
The club lias had a great deal to
content! with, owinji to the reckless
driving of irresponsible persons, but
with Hie co-operation of the City
Council and the Police Department,
complaints have becutup less and lens,
until this year the club has received
virtually none at all. In every way
possible the Portland Automobile Club
is doing its utmost to see that the
laws are respected by Its members
and by outside drivers. It is a mat
ter on which the club prides Itself
that the worst offenders In speed
breaking regulations do not belong to
the club.
tin May 4, 1908. Robert D. Inman
was elected president. On April 23.
1907, ljuis Russell was elected vice
president. The second race pieet held by the
club was at the Irvlngton track, where
the club held a serle of races In
which the celebrated Barney Oldfleld
drove. The next meet was during the
Rose Festlvsl, In Juno, 1908, at which
the club Inaugurated Its first road
races.
The aim and purpose of the Portland
Automobile Club can be summed up
In two words, namely, "good roads";
also to see that the users of automo
biles receive the Just anil proper pro
tection of the laws, and respect the.
laws and ordinances governing their
use of motorcars.
Th club Intends to erect sign
boards as speedily as possible on all
roads suitable for touring adjacent to
Portland which will enable all users
of the roads to save time and trouble.
The Portland Automobile Club Is tak
ing an active part In the frond roads
movement and Is expending money and
time In that direction.
As an Instance of. this, on one rot
leading out of Portland, there were
Ave miles of corduroy road almost Im
passable for vehicles. The club re
moveu the worst pat t of the road, used
considerable money In taking away
rotted and broken planks, filled up
holes and made most of the road
fairly passable. At first the farmers
were up In arms against the Improve
ment, but after the first season the
farmers themselves removed the entire
corduroy, repaired the road, and offered
the club 600 toward Improving the
road last Summer.
Good Roads Increase) Hevcnue.
Good mad In the vicinity of Portland
it is estimated would bring In a yearly
income to the city and county of ITi.ono.ooo
Increased revenue from touristF. Ixjk An
geles County, Cal.. is spending J3,0X.W
on roads this year In that county alone.
The estimate In Los Anaeles County from
Increased revenue resultant on automobile
travel Is from I1O.P0O 0" to tl5.Oivt.ooo yearly.
The State of Wushiiigtoii is dxing creat
work in rod building. Tho defeat of the
gotid roads bill in Ihe last legislature was
unfortunate, but the fight win BO on and
ultimate succevs is boiuid to come. In
diana farmers now pay In many tfWricts
I he entire cit of tho road building, and
the Oregon hill only put a three-elahtli
proportion of the cost on the fanners).
This crusade for g.Kxl roads the Portland
Automobile club will always be found
advocating and fighting for as a measure
which will be of more benefit to the peo
ple of the entire state than any other
measure possible; a source of prosperity
for the present generation and for all
generations to come; the source of
France's prosperity. ,d VPry ,)fe
blood of an agricultural community.
The club has bean greatly ansisted In
Its work for good roads by the County
Commissioners, who last gprlng put the
road for the races In excellent condition,
and who in general have gone Into the
movement with much more vigor than the
city authorities have displayed.
Tl-.e ciub belongs to the American
Automobile Association, and can offer
Its members the same privileges both
In the country and In Kurope that
are enjoyed by the members of that
body. These privileges Include a re
duction of railroad fares to Its con
ventions, touring Information on ap
plication, suggestions as to garages,
hotels, customs duties, registration and
touring Information for those desiring
to travel abroad, special discounts In
forwarding cars, etc. Names and prices
of best guidebooks are also obtainable
from the same source, and reciprocal
arrangements with the Touring Club
of France, headquarters In Paris, and
the Motor Union and Automobile As
sociation at London. All courtesies ex
tendable to the members -of these clubs
will be available to members of the
Portland Automobile Club, on presen
tation of their cards shot-Tint affllla-
tlon with the American Automobile
Association.
This gives the members unusual and
thorough facilities for traveling any
where In Kurope or America, and es
tablishes a fraternal system of reci
procity, wh one advantages can readily
be estimated. The Portland Club will
endeavor to bring about a. grand road
race thi.t Summer, from I.os Angeles
to Portland, ami has o.-cn working on
this project for ,ir time, with good
pt-OHpectK f..r suri-ow. At the coming
Koae I-Vstival it will be represented
with a superb turnout of the members
and their automobiles.
The favorite auto In use by the
members Is the one which each Indi
vidual member prefers. This of course
takes in a number of the standard
maker of motors, and shows the gen
eral distribution of high-grade cars In
Portland. There has been no organiza
tion of its kind In the United States
which has gone ahead more rapidly,
with a better purpose in view, or with
a superior record for doing things, and
obtaining results, than the Portland
Automobile Club, and this Is not meant
to say that It has not met with diffi
culties In its path.
But tho tide has already turned.
Month by month, even week by week,
the extraordinary impetus given to
automolnltivg is being felt everywhere.
There has been nothing to equal It. not
even the remarkable growth of the
blcicle trade of years apro. The club
WUK started at the right time. Its
motto of "Good Roads" Is the need
of the nour. Its membership repre
cttits men whose Ideals are for the
best interests of the city and the state,
and Its future is assured.
Northwest ward now. and riot west
ward, "the star of empire takes its
way." The J-aciflc Northwest Is the
future battleground of commerce; In
Oregon and Washington the greatest
financial ventures of the century are
destined to be placed. In the develop
ment of the modern Idea, in the march
for improvement, in the blazing of
the ways of progress, tho Portland
Automobile Club has already borne
and wlil in days to come bear an
honorable and a highly Important part.
The membership of the Portland
Automobile Club is as follows, with
the list of members increasing dally:
J. -. Alnsworth. It H. .Trtnri.
'. F. AilntnK. )I. 1.. Krnte
LW. Ct'iirsB Alnslee, J. I;. Kllrv'
W. H. Ayer. 1 Y. KeMlV.
I-. YV. Haltes. Yh.-nms Kerr,
W. Marker. N. A. Klim.
I'anl Baumel. K. A Kins.
. IV HauniKartner, ticorgf Kltjttr,
W. B. Heche. Krc.l A. Kr.-h.
Kenneili Keebe. I N. I.lpman.
.1. tf. Herman. Will t-ipresn.
K. A. Hf-unett, lr A. K. M.t'-Kay.
Henry .1. Hi.ldle. Itr !?. t Mnr,li.
K. lfl. P-lorlKoll. K W. Mannioc.
J. It. Howie-., William MaMnlMts.
Sol Hlumaiicr. t a. m-- i tter
tr. H. Hrown, llarrv Mi -.rmlrk.
IV If. Rronn, .1 A Mcl'hrrsnn.
1. Huhnor. lr. Byron K. Miller.
W. J. Burns. t . B. Mirier.
J. A.-Hyerley. II. M. Mit. liel!
it. I.. aniptcll. Mr. .1. w. Morrill
II. i. C-rter. H K. Noble,
i'. .?. 'it.-rlln. Irk o-nelI!y.
II. I., tclispln. .S. r. Palmer,
lieorge K l !irk, J y I'nuers.
.T. i " ! tn u. . a. r-tiarua.
K. 1'. Cnlifii. - .1. Kales-.
II. I., forlx.it. .lames . Randall.
Klllntt l-orhctt. Ir. A. K. Ro.-key,
f. J. Conk. It. rtuhrntleln.
1. K Crowe. I.imi It Rull.
H. M. t'tivov. 1 1 . O S.-hl.tldtr,
W. It. DeVarney. .1 I. Khnrker
rt M. Imnley, Jr., Itussell -e all.
M. '. Dickinson, 8 Silvernld.
H. B. Kdward. 1 r. A. Smith.
B. I". Kntnger. y n-igri.
l-hiirlr F. K1hr. rherkfln. J ,
W. H. Keohtif inter. ftpn Trenkman"
J If. Gibson. -. H. Tvler.
nr. A. J. (iiesy. H p. Van Pusen.
K. Clreenfleld, '. A. Vnnchn,
t". K. tJrello. P. W. Vogter.
T:. i;l!tnor. , t W. Vrrelsr.0.
It. If. rioo-dard. M 11 trrn,
J. I. Hart. tr. rt. Watts.
W. T. Hw !y. Jr. If W emme.
M. F. Henderson. Ir. J. R Wethei-ree,
K. li. Hoch. J-.dwsrd W Pes.
Ir. II. !. Hesola, II . C Wilson.
M. Ik Holhrook, ijenrpt si- Wilson.
r. T. Hon-.vman. c Wrlctit.
IX. It. Inmin, r K Wright,
J P .lat-r. A. Wolft.
fillver Jeffrey. J. B. Teoa.
F. A. Jones,
The coming show t the Armory will
give Portland residents a feplendld op
portunity to see In the concrete what
tho Portland Automobile Club has done
In brlneing to the city the standard
makes of every motor manufacturer
of note in the country. To the clnb.
snd particularly to Its secretary. Mr.
I. lpman. the honors of this event are
due.
HOW TO SELECT AUTO OIL
Mut Xot Only Lubricate but Burn
Cleanly.
While every motorist reTCRtiizes The ne
cessity of using only the be. t oil 1n lit?
cylinders, he Is apt to experience diffi
culty In selecting the best, because every
oil Is claimed by lis maker to possess su
perlative merits. The confusion Tihlfli
surround. this subject has been Intensi
fied rather than tomtl!fied bv the var
ious articles that have appeared In print,
because no one but a finished chemist
In a perfectly equipped laboratory would
be In a position to make the testa usual
ly re ferret! to.
A cylinder oil must do two thlnars: fl)
lubricate. and ! burn up cleanly,
without leaving any carbon residue.
Practically all the cylinder oils now- on
the market are good lubricants, and
there 1m very little to choice between
tlient In this respect. There Is a hie
difference. however. between the
amounts of carbon which they contain,
and it Is this difference In carbon which
makes ionie oils so much better than
others.
There Is only one thing which will
remove carbon from mineral oils, and
that Is filtration. All ods In their pa-,
tural stnte are either black, broati or
green. Filtration removes t'loyo extrane
ous substances, and experiments have
proven that when this coloring mailer
Is gone the oil will deposit losa carbon
than before. As an oil can be filtered
until It is white or colorless, a perfect
automobile lubricant would be a colorless
oil. The reason that all oils uro not fil
tered Is because filtration is both dif
ficult and costly.
If the motorist's personal preference
Is for a thinner or a thicker oil. he can
usually find something at his saiace to
answer bis requirements In this direc
tion. Beyond this. If he will simply pick
out the oil which Is llshtest in color, or
in other words, the oil which is most
highly filtered, he will materially lessen
his carbon troubles. Motor.
Special Oourt for Auloists.
Austria Intends setting all other nations
a good example with the erection of an
automobile senate at its higher courts,
which is to daal with all Icgsl ques
tions of liability and recompense. This
Innovation Is made by th Ministry of
Justice at the Instigation of the Austrian
Automobile Association.
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