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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 31, 1909)
N ' . . ' 5 THE SUXDAY OREGONTA, PORTLAND, OCTOBER 31, 1903. , WEMM t ASKS WAR 1 " HAswori!-.. in - i DEPAffTMEHT S AID Petitions Secretary to Build Better Road Through Vancouver Barracks. HEAVY TRAVEL ON HIGHWAY : r. ' rr?;-- '-; ' .-I : 5 V-L-1 : . i - - :rr :A s . .VMmim ItT"-" .W. U ' L. ' S.. . f I - f -Sf'v ?Hr . s. e U U ' Is Only Accessible Way to CroM Res- 4 crvation From Eas to West and Connects With Business Por tion of Vancouver. tt TCmme. president Ported Automobile club, continue, to road in Oregon and the immediate ' r0.. " r--tin.l. During the past ,m' " J the Secretary War at Washington. D. C. to Include in tne estimates for the Improvement of known an rii.i "f" : .!., t Vancouver Etarracas. petition s.gne.1 y nearly 10 PLrt owner, along thla particular highway Is now on Its way to the executive at Washington, and nets forth the reasons why Congress should be asked to fur nish the funds for the Improvements requested. ' Croft- Military Reservation. The road In question crosses the military reservation In nearly an east-and-west direction. It Is almost a -mil" long, and connects the older business par? of Vancouver with the suburb known as East . ancouver. It is the only accessible htghwsy across the res ervatlon for public use. and while it la virtually a military road, yet by its con stant use haa come to be known locally as a "public road. Two important county roads connect w,tth the reservation highway on tha est which lead Into thickly populated People living along these r,r roans, as well as residents Kat Vancouver, are compelled to use the mltltarv roid l order to reach the, business district of Vancouver proper and the railroad station or terry to Portland. To pain access to these polnta bv passing around the reserva tion would involve a detour of several miles, with a rise of over feet, travel Does Not Wear. The traffic over the highway is nat urallv neavv. and from time to time it has heen necessary to Improve Its sur face. Oravel has been the principal In crement .n the Improvement, but this will not withstand the heavy travel to which the highway is subjected. Usual ly the traffic Is the greatest durlnfcthe Winter months' when the surface is roverril with deep mud. Owing to the topography of the highway, the water remains in stagnant pools until tha close of the rainy season. In the petition forwarded to the Sec retary of War President Wemme asks the Oovemfnent to rectify these condi tions .and stipulates an expenditure of $4wiA for dran.age and $SOn for grad ing and macadamizing. In view oT the fact that the State of Washington is " now engaged In the construction of a state road extending from a point about IS miles east of Vancouver to the gorge of the Columbia River, and Intended to form a main artery between the east ern. and western portions of the state. Mr. Wemme is taking advantage of the opportunity to procure a passable road , way from Portland to the country east of the. Cascade mountains. - . ,iould the plan proposed -by the head of the local motorists" organization and ' the petitioners meet with the approval of the Government, the road, if con structed, will become an Important .In terstate highway. GREATEST SEASON IS ENDED Vanderbilt Cup Race Closes Vear of Spectacular Event. , What is conceded the greatest auto mobile racing season ever known In the history of the siort waa practically brought to a conclusion yesterday with the Vanderbilt cup race. Unlike former events, this. year's con test, which was the fifth competition for the cup offered by William" K. Vander pilt. Jr..waa open only to stock chasses In Classes 1 and 3 Iclass B as defined by the rules of the A. A. A.), instead of specially built pqwyrful cars, 'as was the custom of formiT years. In other words, this year's Vanderbilt ra-e was open to cars from tol to M cubic inches piston displacement, with . a minimum weight of J) pounds, and for cars of 1 to 450 cubic Inches piston displacement, with a minimum weight of ;i10 pounds. .While these two classes of 4f cars raced jointly for the trophy, they also competed In their respective classes for additional trophies awarded by Mr. Vanderbilt. V Aside from the assemDiage or tne ence me paiance oi iu i HARRY MURPHY HAS A FEW PEN Aside from the assemblage of the KENNEDY. RNj) BRbSET, Two nmBEB OF pofn- LB'Nb BRLL. TPRMSj RRE 1 U.JMrlKiRrVTION'bBRVK E PREVENTING (LLEGRL ENTRY OF ORIENTALS FROM VESSELS. r--:c"r-: :rtr;" ' ... ' W m mm m m mihotes . If Hudson in- ''""" .ki- record for Itself duHn tlie race by covertn ' 4 Mil Mill H . " ' IH I I II carnival at Seattle t.ctoier sr.; rr-'XBXin Daily of Seatle at his side. world's most noted drivers .and cars, an other innovation in connection with the r vesterrinv was that it bogun at o"clock in the morninc instead of at daylight as heretofore. "The latter fact wae greatly appreciated by the spectators and drivers. Note of Motordom.- .The local Maxwell agency experts the arrival of a new model demonstration, this week. C. H. Snyder, of Me.iford. Or., pur chased a 1M0 Cadillac ; during the past week. The car has been shipped to the purchaser through the lo-al aeenoy. H. Wittenberg. r-sident of the Pacific Coast Biscuit Company, received the de livery of a model O. A. White gasoline car last week. White Steamer cars were also delivered to C. G. Andrew. S. O. Murray and C. X. Atkinson during the week. B. R. Smith, of Portland, placed an ord.T for a seven-passenger White Steamer of the '"on type. The A. J. Winters Company, 76 Sixth street, agent for the Diamond tires, re ports a rushing tire business, both lo cally and through the country. The rubber market Is strong, with another advance of 10 per cent on rubber me chanical goods and accessories. SEALS CINCH, THEN LOAF RAX FRANCISCO TRYING OCT NEW, TIMBER. Ewlnft Gives Players Choice Between Salary or Percentage During Play With Nationals. SAN FRANCISCO. Oct. JO. (Special.) Having elnohe! up the pennant in the series against Portland, the Seals have Just been loafing along this week. Long has ben trying out some of his new ma terial in the way of pitchers and catch ers. fXt Tuesday, the Seals have arranged for a benefit game that will he played between the regulars and the Tannlgans at Recreation Park. In addition to the baseball gama. the chemplons will have the usuaj baseball "field day and there will also! be some boxing and wrestling. The members of the team deserve a boost from the public for their-work and the way tickets have been selling, they are bound to have a good house. Next Wednesday, the Seals will begin a series with the All Nationals and theJ week following will play against" the Athletics. Cal Ewlng told his players that they could either take their regular salaries or accept a percentage of the receipts. They have until the first of the week to give their answer and since then have been Tusy figuring out the best scheme. Kid Mohler thought it would be a grand idea to acc-ept the salaries with the' privilege of taking a percentage of the house in case of bfg crowds, but Ewing said, there was noth ing doing on such a scheme. Jimmy Durham, the pitcher who came to the Seals from the Oakland outlaws, is the first of the home teanyto leave. He took his departure for his home in Kansas City last Tuesday. He is having trouble with one of his hands and there was nothing special to require his pres ence the balance of this week. ;JEFF HMO FIGHT , BUT T pany.of Seatle at hi. s.de. - f ! Ml I 7 3 ' ft WW I li Johnson vvill IN THF MEANTIME THERE lb fTO 'BE COUUECTED. "'""T" ' ' seconds In time :? t' - n.i5 - Covey to Test Co-operative Plan in Business. DISTRIBUTE STOCK Piano to Take Certain Employes Into Firm Will ' Make Altera tions In Building, Giving Ad- dltional Floor Space. One ot the most Important deals con-, summated In local motordom during the past week was the purchase of the inter est of Dr. G. E. Watts' Interest In the Covey Motor Car Company by Howard M. Covey, president of the concern. Dr. Watts relinquished his entire 33 1-3 per cent interest to the purchaser for the sum of C5.0O0. , Under the present status of affairs. Mr. Covey is the sole owner of the business, which Is representative of nearly $100.0W. Mr. Covey Is now formulating plans whereby, when put Inta execution, he will become the proprietor of some of the best appointed salesrooms on the Pacific Coast. Within the coming 60 days the tenants of the building who occupy salesrooms on the north side of the Covey garage at Seventh land Couch streets will vacate. Following thefr departure alterations will be begun immediately. When these have been completed, both floors of the entire building, which covers a quarter block, will be utilised. Several hundred addi tional square feet will be given to dis play purposes on the low'er floor. An equal amount of space will be devoted to the livery floor on Couch street and the upper floor, the present mechanical de partment, will 'be augmented with addi tional machinery and space. On the heels of the purchase of the en tire control of the concern by Mr. Covey comes the rumor that he will distribute a large block of the newly-acquired stock among his workmen. Already; it Is under stood, several shares of the stock have been assigned to his workmen and heads of various departments on the co-operative plan. Mr. Covey will not enlarge the roster of his cars. but. on the contrary, will handle the Cadillac and Pierce Arrow exclusively, as has been his custom since entering the field five years ago. The Standard Motor Car Company is the latest to enter the field In local motor dom. The new organization was formed last week for the purpose of handling the Ford product exclusively. The field as signed to the Infant concern Is confined to Northern Oregon and Southern Wash ington. Contracts have been made with the Ford Motor Car Company for $100,000 worth of lta productions. While seeking permanent quarters, the Standard Motor Car Company wilt occupy temporary quarters at 86 Tenth street. The Northwest Buick Agency is con- NEW SCHEME TRIED mM- ' A HARTFORD JX j The Covey Motor Car Company de- , ' 7 T. u. ' ft i WILL UlOlnlDUIt OIUVI white Steamer during the past week. IJ - r - ww.ni.mm gwi .uwiwh.ii-j'"' '""'L - AND INK PLEASANTRIES ON SPORTING EVENTS a , yi:2 mm- y$xs& tw?frw D"t'- fai ; i&m X JTv I 1 1 -YLJ.Vi J'J. B a mile in a 20-mlle stretch. The r.f o.yp.c M.t.r car cov ing purchasers In this city during the IVNS fess, 1 W t&zSZ st A past week: George C. Mason. S. Fried- r V -..-.n,, ' yNJ lander. Dr. W. B. Holden. E. D. Kings- . S!S VIPTOkY 52- ley. Dr. George Alnslie. H. A. Moore. r!j52S. ' 1 V X Vl X fO--r-Or-j Fred Zimmerman, A. J. Kroenert and fc ' . A. E. Curtis. ! " - ' . s Wily am "Eccles. president of the Mount Hood Railway Company, pur chased a "-passenger 40-horsepower White Steamer during the past week. Fred Bennett, president of the Ben nett Motor Car Company. Is expected to return to the city today. During his sojourn in the east for the past sev eral' weeks he has renewed contracts with the manufacturers of the tjtod-dard-Dayton and Reo cars. Don McKay of Seattle and F. O. Nel son of Los Angeles, managers of the respective branches of the Diamond Rubber Company in those eltis. spent the early part. of the pat week here. They accompanied J. E. Mattbewson, Pa clfic Coast manager of the concern, eastward where the yearly conference wlfl be held in Akron O., this week. The new Studebaker electric lan daulet received by the local agency of the Studebaker last week is virtually 'the acme of manufacturers art. It is the classiest car ever turned out by the factory and is finished in .beautiful levant morocco. The Interior of the cab resembles closely a completely equipped compartment of a Pullman. A prominent feature in connection with the new model Is its collapsible top. It can he folded and arranged to meet the needs of any climate. A single charg ing will travel the car over 75 miles with an attainable speed of 20 miles an hour. Several prospective purchasers have been interested at a price of $2300. Dr. CT E- Watts, who until last week controlled 6ne-thlrd" Interest in the business of the Covey Motor Car Com pany, has secured the local agency of the Knox cars. He is taking the pre liminary steps toward opening sales rooms in a down tOwn location as yet undecided upon. R. J. Firestone, traveling representa tive of the Firestone Tire Company spent several days here last week as guest of R. E.'Blodgett, the local rep resentative of the concern. Mr. Fife stone spoke enthusiastically of the in creased demand for his product In Port land and along the Pacific Coast. DUFFY MAN FOR COMISKEV Old Roman Thinks New Manager's Fighting Spirit Will Help Team. CHICAGO, Oct. 30. Inside Informa 'tion of the deal by which Hugh Duffy was obtained by President Comiskey. to manage the White Sox next year has leaked out. It was learned that his salary will be $7000, "that he Is under s one-year contract, and that he stipu lated that' ne was to have full charge and control of the team on the. field, and is to be held accountable only for results. The old Sox players slated to- go are Parent, Isbell, Tannehill and Hahn, and probably Sullivan. . "I appointed uuiry pecause no- is a SIX A PQRTLRND MRN THINKS OF OFFERING iOO.0OO FOR THE JEFFRlES JOHNbOM FlbHT IFTHE MUNICIPAL? LEBGUE WILL CrvE ITS CONSNl. 4 11 i i v urn www it . ii ii K 9.nn nnn Ponle Cheer the 1 1? 1 1- I ' -POPE- 11 ill! - " In the Portola Road Race held in San Francisco Saturday. October 23, the Pope-Hartford car won the 150-mile race defeating the best the country affords. Not satisfied with this brilliant victory, the dare devil Fleming kept up a frantic speed and also won the 258-mile race, defeating his nearest competitor (Apperson Jack-Rabbit) more than 21 miles. The only reason the Pope-Hartford is not credited with all tfiree of the races is the fact that it was not eligible for the 215-mile race, although she was 18 miles ahead of the nearest competitor at the finish of this race. The Pope-Hartford won a race morally. When a car is not allowed to enter a race because its cylinder displacement is not great enough to compete with cars of greater power, and that same car finishes the race 18 miles ahead of it nearest competitor, it is a moral victory, but not an official one. However, the Pope Hartford carried off the honors in both races in which she was entered, and broke the world s record doing it. You remember 'it was the Pope-Hartford also which won the Mount Baldy race a few days ago in Los Angeles, breaking 'the record by more than 36 minutes, and incidentally, you remember it was the Pope- Hartford which won tha Rose Festival 50-mile road race Iiere in dune, is to da Let us show and demonstrate va Pope-Hartford that has covered between iitty ana sixty rnousana miies, num unc . uumc, ..g fhe statement ol the owner, wnose name win ire g.vrn lH, ,,,.,...,....... .... .... ....... ilv by the original owner, too. ne could say a great many uungs coiuwcimauic ui mC uia.u.u. THERE IS NOTHING BETTER H. L. KEATS AUTO COMPANY BURNSIDE AND SEVENTH, PORTLAND, OREGON fighting manager, and I want and need a fighting manager." Comiskey said. "I mean by that, a man who is full of the fighting spirit, game to the core and who will Instill his own fighting spirit into his men. "We lost the pennant this year and the city series chiefly because my team wasn't figTitlng as hard as it should have. Duffy is the man. "I'm going to land that pennant in 1910. I'm going to have a new park, a new manager, and nearly a new team. Duffy knows how to play fny kind of baseball." x Approves Baseball Contracts. NEW YORK, Oct. 30.. President Hey dler of the National League today ap proved the following contracts and re leases: ' Contracts With Btfston. J. H. Moron- with Brooklyn, "William F. Dah- len' Vlliott F Dent. R. E. Erwin. Johni, J ' 7 J - ' u rwr..T J. King. L.ee Meyer, Harry H. uyers, James A. Tonjies. Harry J. Redmond, Z. D. Wheat, Irvin K. Wllhelm; with Chicago, Henry J. Smith. Releases By Boston, unconditionally. William F. Dahlen: by Chicago to Louisville, I. C. Higginbotham. to you the 1910' Pope-Hartford. GAR SHORTAGE IS FELT LOCAL DEALERS ARE AXXIOCS OVER SITUATION. A . Unprecedented Demand Causes Auto Manufacturers to Fall Behind in Their Deliveries. A dearth of cars caused considerable anxiety among dealers during the past week. The unexpected demand for sev eral makes of the standard cars during the past 60 days Is said to be directly responsible for the car famine. Dealers in some instances are overwhelmed with rush orders and have kept the telegraph wires sizzling with Instruc tions to the factories in the East. The Keats 'agency assert that it has been almost Impossible to keep abreast with the demand for deliveries. This Is es pecially true of its mascot car, the little Hudson "Twenty." The sales of this particular car far exceeds their or iginal expectations, according to the statements of the management. The pressure of orders for cars at ssasissMssisnspsss"i Second-Hand Automobiles Exceptional Bargains in Used Cars Must Be Moved to Make Room for New Stock. Call at once. Thomas, 7-passenger SI 500 Buick, Toy Tonneau . ..1050 Cadillac, 5-passenger, 30 h-p $1050 Premier, 5-passenger 1400 Oldsmobile, 5-passenger 850 Some of these cars are repainted, and all are in first-class condition. CROWE AUTO COMPANY Phones : Main 7867, A 2642. Sixteenth and Alder. ana we roigm mum ion hiu uihi u the factories in the East is directly at tributable to the present dilemma of the local dealers. Correspondence tends to show that the manufacturers of many of the standard makes are from' 30 to' 60 days behind in their shipments and are compelled to strain points in order to""forward samples and demonstrators of the 1910 models. The situation is harrassing to sev eral of the local agents who control sub-ageircles throughout the state. It .Is no seldom occurrence that the coun try agent who has made sales becomes vexed with the non-delivery of his sales .and proceeds to negotiate his anxiety wltn tne neaa agency. While the present conditions are. to a certain extent distressing, and have caused considerable worry, yet tha dealers hereabouts take their fate with good grace. They regard the strenu ous demand for deliveries as a good omen Ho future trade. It is expected that the situation will be adjusted within the impending 30 days. The manufacturers, at least, have ' heralded, the assurances to that end and are working night and. day shifts in their factories to catch up on orders. Keene's Coronal Wins Race. FOLKESTONE, England. Oct. 30. The moderate two-year-old plate of 100 sovereigns, distance five furlongs, was won by J. R. Keene's Coronal: MOTORING In Wet Weather made a pleas ure. Use Woodworth Treads. They save your tires and will not skid. See us about them. Rate proof Coats and Caps, Weed Tire Chalnn, Monogram oils. Every thing for the Auto or Bicycle. Dis tributors of Indian Motorcrcles, M. A W. and (Goodrich Tires. BallouS Wright 86 Sixth Street PORTLAND, OREGON