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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 21, 1910)
4 THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAy. PORTLAND, AUGUST 21, 1910. lEGON'S NEED IS MOVED onus Fortland-Salem Highway Very Bad, Says H. G. Bemiz, Noted Autoist. CONDITION IS DISGRACE California Pathfinder," Touring; to Vancouver, B. C, From Los An relea, Praises) Btato Otherwise. Ba Fine Csunp Outflt- Toarta- from Is Angeles, Cal, to Vancouver. B. C, In 40-horsepower Auburn touring: car. n. O. Bomls and wife have arrived in Portland and will remain several days to enjoy the beauties and the climate of this city lye fore starting on the last lap of their Journey northward. Sir. Bomls has probably made more krlps along; the aclfle Coast than any fat trie veteran motorists. This Is the (tenth season that he has been spend ing In the open air. driving here and there In California and Oregon by auto .rnoblle. It Is also Interesting- to note that Mr. Bemls holds the California (Xecord for discovering" new routes ana Uetabllshlnr drives for motor cars. He lis accorrtlnirlr known as the "Callfor- la pathi:nor." Between Los Angeles and Tortlend ' there are soma fine roads and there are some roads that one would not have Icause to praise, but the worst stretch tcf highway Mr. Bemls passed over on The trip wss between Salem and Port land. Sal-ra-PortIand I toad Bad. "From Salem to this city, we had the most tiresome time of our Journey." aid Mr. Bemls. "The road was rough and dusty and at places we had con siderable trouble. The condition of the road between Oregon's capital and Oregon's metropolis does not speak wary well fur the progresslveness of the farmers and property-owners. I 'had been advised, too. that the people ill ring along- that road are about the ixnoet prospexoua farmers one can find auiywhere." In preparing- for the Journey. Mr. P.mls spared nothing- to provide for comfort. He has as complete a ramp In outfit as an autoist could desire. In fact, he has a standing offer of 10 jxor anybody who will suggest to him Muiy necessary addition to his luipcdt jmenta that he has not already pro vided, lie la absolutely Independent of hotels, has no need to consult a time table, and makes camp wherever ahade and rippling brook lure him. Camping- Outfit Complete. Parked In his big- touring car are a .tone camp ntenslls of all kinds, fold 'lng chairs, table. mirrors. dressing tease, camp stove, folding bath tub. air tight coropartmenta for keeping pro visions, and In fact, everything that la seeded la a modern kitchen. Provisions can ha carried without being- soiled by dust or Injured by tho heat of the sun. The car Is a kitchen and pantry com bined. Mr. Pemts believes In having those with him enjoy life, and, so ha has been careful to provide bees on which each person can sleep until morning without tossing- and worrying through the night. Then, when It Is time to cook breakfast, everything can be found In Its place and things move on in lively manner. After leaving California. Mr. Bemls headed for Klamath Falls and thsnce on to Crater Lake. Talking of the beauties of this wonderful body of water, ha said: Oregon Scenery PraJfrd. "1 have traveled all over the United ftates and through a large part of Canada. I have visited all the famous points of Interest and have marveled at the great handiwork of nature. But the crowning- natural feature that re mained for me to see was the great Crater Lake, unquestionably the most beautiful and striking scenic spot In the entire country, fcvery man In Ore gon who owns an automobile owes It to himself to pay a visit to this greatest of all natural wonders. When the roads are made better between the centers of population and Crater Lake. I Im agine that one of the most famoua re sorts of the United States mill be lo cated there." Mr. Bemls drove a car from San Francisco to Portland five years Siro and claims ths distinction of being the first motorist to make the run straight through without being aided by tearaa or given any assistance whatever, lie says the roads show marked Improve ment over their general condition whun he made his first trip. Notes Made for Trunk Road. While hts present trip Is made for the benefit of his health and to enjoy the Summer In a leisurely way. Mr. Bemls la filling his notebook with de scriptions of sci-ncry. diagrams of model roads wherever he find th. m and with general Information for another pur pose than self-satisfaction nlone. He Is a strong advocate of good roads. He believes that the only thin needed In the Pacific Coast country now Is bet ter highways. So. when he arrives In Seattle on the fourth day of next month, he win have something Inter esting to tell the autolsts of Oregon and Washington about the fesslbtllty of a great trunk line from the Mexican border up the Pacific Coast to the Can adian line. , "I have always liked Portland, the home of hospttaMe people and the city of roses." said Mr. Bemls. "I intenj to remain here as long as my scheduli will permit, for you certainly have an Incomparable climate. California peo ple. I And as a rule, have nothing but admiration tor Portland and the Wil lamette Valley. Better Roads Great Need. "So here is a gentle hint. If your good people will get together and build better roads, and especially one main road to the California line, you will be visited by hundreds of tourists every Fummer from the Golden State. Msnv have money. Some of It will be left here. Those who will not have surplus cash to leave up here will return to their homes with praise of the beauties cf Western Oregon." COLUMBIA RIVER ROAD GREAT Highway to Extend Finally From Vancouver to Spokane. Arthur Aadersoa arrived In Portland Friday from Carson Landing. W miles np the Columbia River rn the Washington Ida. and made the trip In a few hours In a Locomobile "SO." Mr. Anderson came s far as Vancouver on the new slate road beltuc built by convict labor and ay the highway Is In good condition, considering the unusually "rig dry period. "This roed will be one f the beat In the country after It la worked a little more." said lir. Anderson. "It la wide enough to permit vehicles to pass easily and has a very easy grado- When com pleted tt will extend from Vancouver to Walla Walla, and thence on to Spokane and wOl be built entirely br convict la bor. "The road across the Columbia River j on the Oregon iM will not stand com parison w.ui U1B iiaauiujwu sirou uu you Oregon people want to keep pace with us. you will have to get busy. The good roads idea In our state Is among the leading topics of the day." AUTO FIRM OPENS QUARTERS Xeste Jk McCarthy In New Building at Washington and King. Xeate & McCarthy, agents for Loco mobile and Everltt cars, are now es tablished In their new headquarters at the corner of Washington and King streets. The building was especially constructed for this firm and every thing la arranged to excellent advan tage for their business. The office and salesroom face Wash ington street, while the garage and re pair shops in the rear of the building "TUB Ull'BBA MOTOItlST AT face on King street. The building Is of brick and concrete and Is fireproof. The latest Improved automobile ma chinery Is to be Installed and ths firm will be able to do any kind of repair work on cars. C B. Brtstow. for sev sral years employed In the Locomobile factory, has arrived In Portland and will ha.ve eharge of the repair shops. prehierWIfended ENTRANT IN GIJDPES Twvi TELLS or CONDITIONS. Case to Be Hoard Before) Supreme Court This Week Owner Says Inspect100 VVa" Expected. INDIAN APOLI3. Jnd- Aug. IS For over a month tne coairmtnj " aard to ths winning of ths annual Olldden tour baa been ths most promi nent one in motordom. for ths various situations have been occurring mica and fast, and soms particularly Inter esting points havs developed In con nection with It. There la still a great deal to be brought out evidently, how ever, for ths case will be heard before the Supreme Cotfrt of Nsw York on August 17, but In ths Interim the facta are being set forth by the Interested parties. 11. O. Smith, of this city, entrant of Premier car No. 1. which was itx-iared winner by the referee, tonight Issued the following snswer to some of the statements made In this connection. He says: "The public Is sntltled to be set aright on a statement made by a repre sentative of the contest board of the American Automobile Association and also by Hugh Chalmers. "In entering the Glldden tour an en try blank was signed with the follow ing conditions: I make this entry sub ject to all the rules of the conteet board, the general rules and those gov erning the tour, and hereby accept all stipulations and conditions therein con tained.' lt can be seen on ths surface, how ever, that this does not contemplate a pledge to abide by any decision. Irre spective of whether It was regular ac cording to the facts and the actual wording of the rules. Chairman Butler, It seems, has Issued a statement that the Premier Company has refused to give him Information regarding thess cars, and this statement is a distinct error. In the first place, it Is expected thiil the technical committee, which advises the contest board In such cases, would examine the factories and prod uct prior to the cars' participating la contests. This. I believe, has been ths Invariable practice with racing cars, and I know with some of the cars entered In the QUifclen tour that the product was inspected at the factories. "That the Premier product was not -inspected at the factory before the start of the tour cannot be chargeable to the company, and there was no re fusal on the part of this concern or disposition not to tllow or encourage such an examination. In fact we an ticipated that thsy would examine the Premier cars both at the plant and at Cincinnati. POSTAL RECEIPTS HEAVY The Dalles Has Bis Business la Reg istry and Mono Orders. THE DALLES. Or, Ang. 0. (Spe cial). Postal receipts at The Dalles post-office show a large Increase over last year. The receipts for the months of April. May. June, July, and up to this date In August show an Increase over the same time In 10 of el per cent. There has been also a large Increase In registry and money order business. Since the beginning of the fiscal year, July 1, this office has registered more pieces than any other oSics in ths ui except Portland. Recent essevtsseBte have proved eenclu Ive.jr tust eieJ dust which has been ground to a stale so line thet It wiU pas a 200 mesH sieve, will explode from contact with either a naked llama or 1U the are of an electxlo currvnfc , e it, r . i - v - r I -III 1 4. - j. f- v Jl t- - y ft fS ii; . a -nt , J . a " -r J- H T- vv ; '?. A I ..JX&& - ' h -wA Tit '? Jt I'JS'aw reT.V.rs44- r-rr-rf vi'Vw;; V '"r'Jf'A IS Y. M. C A. to Bund Structure for Its Auto Class. COST OF BUILDING $3000 Chalmers "SO" for 1911 Same In All Vital Features as This Tear's Cars New Cadillac Roomier Than Automobile of 1910. The Portland Young Men's Christian, Association la to have a new garage for Its automobile school within the next few months. The board of directors at a recent meeting voted to appropriate GARAGE PUNNEO A. M. KKAPP AND FAMILY IN THEIR MAXWELL OAS. -V W ' THE WHEEL IS OXE OK OREGON'S money for a structure and plans for Its erection are now In progress. The site of the garage has not yet been selected. The building Itself will cost something over pm. The T. M. C. A. now owns an auto for use In Its class which occupies space In the White gar age. Ninety-four young men have been enrolled in the auto class during the post year. The T. M". C A. has also added to Its library all the latest books on automo bile construction, and has provided In Its reading room the leading automobile mag azines. The H. L Keats Auto Company has re ceived three 1911 Chalmers 'Iff' cars and has placed two of them. The other will be held for demonstrating purposes. A shipment of 19 cars of this make will be received within the next lew aavs wnen deliveries will be made. A noteworthy feature of ths 1911 Chalmers models Is that In all vital featurea they remain the same as the cars that have created world records for efficiency, endurance and speed such as winning ths Indiana and Massapaqua trophies and not only mapping the path for the Glldden tour of 1310 but winning tt as well. Ths best evidence of the Chalmers merit, however, is not the trophies nor ths tests of all kinds, but the thousands of satisfied customers, a majority of whom have the means to purchase cars of any kind. In general, ths greatest Improvement on the 1911 Chalmers consists in refine ment of detail. Lines have been beauti fied In body and fender. In detail ths curves Just back of the tonneau doors have been straightened out. making a low rakish straight Una body, which every maker Is striving so hard to ob tain. Ths tonnes us of both the "9y and "W are longer and wider. The angle of the steering post has been changed slightly so as to allow mors space between ths steering post and driv ing seat. . The Covey Motor Oar Company last Toeoday received five 1911 Cadillac cars shipped direct from the factory at De troit by express. The car transporting the consignment across the continent was one of the largest ever seen In Portland, be ing 73 feet long In the clear. The new Cadillac Is roomier than last year's product. With Its standard colors of dark blue for the body and cream for running gear. It Is one of the prettiest cars yet seen In Portland. The new car has 36-Inch wheels. Mr. Barnes, sales manager. Is sanguine over the prospects for immediate busi ness and la now taking orders for the carload of Cadillacs which will arrive in Portland by the last of the month. Three of the five cars which arrived Tuesday havs already been delivered to the fol lowing: Dr. O. B. Wright, of Portland; A. Brlghom. of Seattle and C. H. Snyder, of Medforvi. Two of the shipment will be kept for demonstration purposes. Driving a Hupmobtle which had Just been delivered to blm in Oakland. Cal.. H. P. Ray, of Vlsalla. reached the latter point in 9 hours and IS minutes, hav ing covered 95 miles In that time. The average speed, in spite of the frequent grades encountered, was 18 miles per hour: and another notable featurs of the run was ths average of a 1-S miles per gallon of gasoline consumed. Mr. Ray writes that the Hupmobtle be haved admirably throughout the long grind, and finished In perfect condition. In spite of the fact that Frank R- M. MoGlll. of Columbus. O., has two arti ficial legs and feat, he recently won two races In a Htipmoblle, doing a half mile In U seconds and a mile In 1 minute 17 seconds. F. W. Vogler, manager of the North west Bulck Company, reports that mors than 600 Bulck cara havs been sold In Oregon and Washington so far this sea son and that prospects are good for a brisk business this year. Recently a number of Bulck delivery trucks havs been placed ta Portland. F. & Kwry, of Woodstock, mads a trip In his four-passenger Mitchell last week to Kewberg and McMlnnville and reports a pleasurable drive. The Hupp Motor Car Co- is in receipt of a letter from John Heath, consulting engineer of the University of Virginia Aero Club, who is touring Italy In his Hupmobtle. his mother and sister trav eling with him. Upon landing at. Ge noa. Mr. Heath started for Florence. Ths road between the two cities is con sidered the worst and steepest In Italy, yet ths Hupmobils, earning 9JQ lbs.,. Including three passengers and baggage, had no trouble. In Florence, Mlas Heath drove the Car about and had the dis tinction of being the first woman to drive a motor car in tho ancient Italian city. Bolla "Watson. Tillamook County vice president of the Stats Automobile As sociation, was In Portland last week and returned boms in new touring car. Members of the Portland Automobile Club are being warned not to patronise Itinerant supply purchasing promoters who are said to be operating In many of the large cities. Neate McCarthy, agents of Loco mobile, Oakland and Bveritt cars, have removed their headquarters from 16th and Alder streets . to 694 Washington street. H. E. Btemler. manager of the I C Smith Typewriter Company, made a trip to Seaside last week In his Whits touring car. Mr. Stemler covered the distance In good time and without In cident. Frank Rlggs. agent for Packard cars, received a consignment of 111 models Friday. The new oars have a number of new features and are among the moat attractive autoa in town. "Portland and Oregon loos: good to : :? GOOD ROADS ENTHUSIASTS. me." said H. E. Shlland. general sales manager of the Bulrk Motor Car Com pany, who was In the city last week. "This Is my first visit to the Pacific Coast, and it baa beon a succession of surprises. This Is a great country and the only thing needed to complete your Paradise Is better roads. Of course, these will come in time, as it takes much money and patience to construct good public highways. . t The average fins Imposed on auto mobile scorchers In Chicago baa been Increased about It per cent In the past month. In the same period the number of arrests decreased by 80. A newly designed motor omnlhns is expected to displace all other vehicles for the cheap transportation of people In London. It will have a body of sheet metal, so riveted that there will be little rattling. In June ths Ohio Stats Motor Vehicle Department issued registration num bers for 237s machines. In the sams month driving licenses were Issued to 450 chauffeurs and 23 manufacturers and dealers took out registration num bers. Twelve hundred taxis Is ths estimate of ths number now operated In New Tork city. London has about 3000 and Paris 2000. New Tork livery people say that the horse-drawn equipage Is again coming Into favor and that this Is true of London and Paris as well as of Nsw York. A blight red electric auto truck has recently made It appearance in Boston. It is business-like in build, being of the express body type, is fast, sasily handled and quiet running. This wagon carries two tons and Is used for the col lection of bones and greass from the hotels around Boston. Ths people of Baroda, India, will be surprised when they see the Oaekwar's train of automobiles. In Detroit, where he stopped recently in the course of his American tour, the agents interested him In American horseless carriages. Unable to decide which was the best, he got one of each, and machines of every conceivable size and make will be ar riving In Baroda for some months to come. But that Is only a trifling ex pense to a man who has an income of a million a month and will be another object lesson to bis people to lift them out of the rut of ths centuries. A newly invented "punctureless" tire is reported by the American Consul at Leeds. England. It is composed of an inextensible heavy canvas lining, the crown being packed with a puncture proof material and placed between the outer cover and the inner tube of ths ordinary pneumatlo tire. The lining is so made as to cause a low pressure on the tread and to equalize more nearly the pressure on the Inner air-tube. The lining is thickest at the crown and ta pers to a feather-edge near the rlm. The external appearance Is lfka the or dinary tire. . t -. i ft .!-. vi A BIG FEATURE ABOUT THE IS ITS DURABILITY It is lasting;, strong, capable of working day after day, and in all kinds of weather. That's why people are so enthnsiastio abont the Hnpmobile. That's why it is still tb,e first of its type, in the estimation of care ful motor buyers, and in the opinion of thousands of Hnpmobile owners. Investigation and comparison of Hnpmobile value with values presented elsewhere will wipe out your last faint doubt if yon are in the market for a car at a price approximate with that of the Hnpmobile. SMITH -CLEVELAND CO. D STRIBUTORS S. W. rORXER SEVENTH Phone Marshall 2378. Its Use to Generate Power Spreads Rapidly. FARMERS TAKING IT. UP Engines Driven by - Gasoline Now feed for Large Variety of Pur posesFarmers Enthusiastic as Drivers of Automobiles. By C W. Myers. That ths use of the gasoline angina or motor Is rapidly superseding other kinds of motive power in many activi ties is now a generally accepted fact. While ths automobile Is filling a need ful place In rapid transportation in the oltles. Its praotlcal use is being equally demonstrated In the farming communities everywhere. With tho srreat progress that has been made in the methods of farming during the past few years, and with the perfection of farming Implements and machinery, ths evslutlon of the coun try's moat important Industry Is ln debted lnsno small way to the use of gasoline power, puruuimn; ui uv v eratlon of the large wheat farms. The change from the old methods to the new has been marked to no greater degree anywhere than In the wheat producing territory.of Eastern Oregon and Washington during the last few years, and with the perfecting of the gasoline engine to its present thorough ly practical use In machinery and vehi cles other than automobiles, it has been demonstrated that this power-producing agent Is now a most necessary ad dition to a farmer's equipment lor up-to-date farming. If you should happen to visit an ex tensive wheat farm. In the Inland Em pire, there you would find many things that would be of Interest and you would no doubt satisfy srourself that the farm ers of that large area employ ths most lmoroved methods In harvesting their grain. If you chanced to be going through that country In the Spring of the year, you would not be surprised to see a mammoth gasoline motive engine drawing from six to ten plows, capable of turning over ground at the rate of from 26 to 40 acres a day. Or, should you postpons your visit until the har vest season, you would enjoy still mors Interesting spectacles. Unless you axe made acquainted with thosjiature of the beast beforehand, you will no doubt become greatly frightened upon seeing coming right towards you a huge "caterpillar," easily as big as the first story of a house, shrieking Its way across the wheat neia. xour iears will soon be allayed, however, for you will find that the gliding monster is nothing but a'powerful gasoline motive engine drawing a comoinea nmir. Here Is a combination of machines, op erated by six men and not a horse in sight, that Is cutting, threshing and sacking, in a single operation, the grain at the rats of from 20 to 80 acres a day throughout the harvest season. Perchance, If you are not too deeply absorbed In watching the operation, you will see somewhere in the field, coming or going, as ths case may be, a six cylinder automobile of standard make, driven by Mr. Farmer, the bucolic au tocrat of the day. Yet, you will find him congenial in bis way, and perhaps he will stop long enough to lignt nis corncob dIdo and give you a short dis sertation upon the uses of ths auto mobile and kindred subjects, and not a word will you hear from him about the old sorrel horse thafs been in the familv for a generation. If your trip Is continued for the pur pose of gathering points pi lniorma tlon besides satisfying your curiosity, you will find that tb.e farmer has been won over completely to the use of the automobile. It took several years of education, but the change- of heart fin ally came about, and now the farmer is not only a motor enthusiast but also among the strongest good roaos aavo- One of ths most practical needs of the auto is shown during ths busy har vest season. During the months of July and August wheat growers elim inate the word. "rest" from their vocab ularies, for usually they are "on the go" both day and night in the effort to har vest their grain and get It to the ware house before the rains set In. And here Is where the motor car Is made good use of. Besides making hurried trips to the nearest town for harvest hands or getting, supplies for ths "chef of ths cook wagon." the farmer finds that his car is Indispensable in cases of emer gency. If there Is a breakdown in ths harvest machinery, the car la sped on Its way to the Implement dealer to procure "extras" for the broken parts. Often half a day Is saved through the use of an auto on an errand of this kind. This much time In the midst of the harvest season means dollars to the farmer. Many an automobile has paid for Itself in a single harvest sea son. So, do you wonder that the far mer today is the automobUe'a best friendT Earthquake Felt In Algiers. ALGIERS, Aug. 20. A shock of earthquake was felt at Aumale today, 55 miles southeast of here. Several houses were damaged. In Finland the women consider a kiss en the Hps a the eatest Insult, even from their own husbands. GARAGE FOi RENT New building, cement floor. Park and Flanders. Telephons Main 861, A B501. ABTD COUCH STREETS. Portia- ESTABLISHED 50 YEARS n wot Don't Forget This Archer, Gombs & Co, 306 OAK STREET SUPPLIES Ton YOUR AUBURN Belmore, MacDougall, Moores Co. Automobile Bodies and General Repairing SEVENTEENTH AND ALDER BOWSER DICK Crowe Auto C9. 16th and Alder - Croxton-Keeton HOLLENBECK MOTOR CAR CO, Dlstributsrs Agents tor Exoelalor Motor Cyolss. fi ($:?' r First-Class Repair Shop in Connection 86-Tenth St MSSMt:;S Talranlalnat Jt Hereadlns R MOTOR CARS Mitchell Xmo SEVENTEENTH AND ALDER STREETS MENZIES-DUBOIS AUTO CO. Iauaediata Phones .A 3981, Maim 4SSO. NEATE & McCARTHY, Inc. tfS . juiCGmGom 6M O'GORMAN-YOUNIE CO. REPUBLIC TIRES DEMOUNTABLE RIMS AUTOMOBILE SUPPLIES 71 SEVENTH STREET PORTLAND, OREGON Phones Mala 3820, A 3S3 v-tav mr r n o T M " 17 D PALMEK 1INVI-K n a -r V rn tr AsVTV X VT-C CLEMENT BAYARD aeroplanes INTER -STATE AUTOMOBILES Tha Car of Genuine Merit, Licensed Under Selder Patent WATSON AUTOMOBILE CO. 503 Alder Street. Agent. Phone A 7612. WINTON PORTLAND MOTOR CAR CO. - Distributors for Oregon. APPERSON THOMAS FLYER EAST SIDE AUTO CO. DI STRIB TTOBS. CaloS Aye. aad Holla flay St. East ! Host Complete Repair Skea la the CUT' Anburn Motor Car Co. 505 BURNSIDE ST. Phoneat A 7339, Main 2674 MORGAN & WRIGHT NOBBY TREAD HAVE MADE GOOD MORE WEAR LESS TROUBLE No Skidding BALLOU& WRIGHT 86 Slacth St Portland, Or. GASOLINE and OIL TANKS STORAGE! STSTTCtf FOR PTJBLIO AJT1J PRI VATE GARAGES, S. n. Stoddard, Act- SOB Colombia Bid. KaialeTS Northwest Buick Company F. W. VOGLER. den, Mtfr. rrh-asd Cooob. A2520. Main. 4535 Oldsmobile Overland Marmon TIRES BLODGETT, SU AlAer a atala tOOS. BARNES Automobile Co. SSNorlhSiithSt. Phone 'Main 702Z A s-,T?1VTriV Dell wry. SSO-SSa Sa-U Street. -44 r nr m OAKLAND AND EVERITT Main 6374 7377 Washington Street, Corner King The name of Palmer 8 anything is a sufficient tss ot ls worth. Slng-sr on a-uaran HSA'Rf ITHK AUTO CO. DlstribHt mnnn 329 Everett Mam 7280 Gasoline TADC Electric LAliO Pbeoe ISS3 Obpoan and Alder Sts. 22-528 Alan Street. Phones Main 2S83, A