THE SUNDAY' OREGOXIAX.. PORTLAND, DECE3JBEK 4. 1910.
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ABBOTT COMPANY
POPULAS PORTLAND ROWING CLUB CAPTAIN IS RE-ELECTED
FOR 1911.
Always Satis
TO OPEN AGENCY
TO LUCAS'
Proposed Union Leagire in In
ter-Mountain Country Gets
Little Enthusiasm.
Detroit Firm Chooses Port
land as Location of Its
Northwest Office.
FANS LUKEWARM
factory
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CARS POPULAR ON COAST
Modcratr-I rlrrd Automobile De
tljrnfd to ITU IVminJ by Men
of Moderate Means Racing
Car to He Exhibited.
F. R. French. dls-irlrt sales-msnsasr of
th Abbott Motor Company, or Detroit,
illcb, fei now In Portland seeking to
NUbllili grncy fcr the Abbott-Detroit
motorcar. Tlil will be the flrst
arney of the Abbott Motor Company to
be Installed In te Northwest and from
Portland, no doubt, the a nolo Northwest
territory will be controlled, although aa
yet that ha not bren arttlod.
The Abbott la a new car to the Pa
nic Coast, havlnr been Introduced out
I re Irsw than two years ago. an agency
being established In San Francisco, here
the car met with considerable farvor.
Being of moderate prU-e it has a certain
popularity with the mnn of moderate
means. A It la tl;e man of moderate
meana who la now buying aut.wnohllrs the
Abbott. In the belief of Mr. French, will
t accepted In the N'Tthwo-t with
aU'-rtty.
The Abbott llotor rvn:f jny nia'nta'r. a
rai-ing team U at Is s- ml to noi.e In tte
country. M'i'3ue l:oSerl. drove the
Thomas car In the Nw lork to Pari
race, romlrg out vlrtoi ..ur. HI brother.
Mortimer Kt'rt. and Vlmrnt Hailula. of
7'M!au'l;i;a. are the :nrr ff tlie speed
cans. They have cunt. In many of
tl traca and roal event the par-t ear
and made a creditable record.
Two of theee cars will soon be shipped
to tha- a-lflc Coast to be used for racing
ao-i advertising purposes. It being the
belief of the Abbott company officers that
thai a one of the mwt profitable methods
of advertising. In the'r tour of the IVast
these car will be exilllte4 In Portland.
tVa-tpr-setl In ti;e territory presided
over by lr. r"riu-i- In behalf of his firm
lei all that wret of Iowa and from tlw
Mextran border to tt-e Canadian border.
In htm travels about this territory Mr.
en-h baa come to the conclusion that
the Taclnc Coast l on of the best auto
mobile neids In the I nited Ftates and
that the Northwest offers Jura a large
Inducementa aa any other section of the
country.
Aa soon aa be can complete arrange-
wierts f'r the opening of hie agency In
Portland Mr. French, who as at the Hotel
ForMand. will leare for Seattle, later
vieltlng Tacoma. Spokane. Vancouver and
Vh-toria. B. C Mr. French waa In Phoe
Boa. Alia, at the conclusion of the Ixa
Angeles-Phoenix long-distance race. He
sstabllehed agencies In Artxona and In
many parts of California before coming
to Portland.
Tha car 1 made In three style-, the
ava-paaaenger ftre-l,nr touring car. the
fore-door roadster and the fore-door de
tachable miniature tonr.eau touring car.
This latter machine has proved popular
with tha farmere because when the ton
neaa la removed a small, light delivery
car ta had.
The engine la one of four c llndera
capable of developing JO horsepower.
It la a ahaft drive car. Electric head,
aide and tall light are feature of
tha car's construction.
Breaking all records for cars of Ita
(lass. "Old Bullet." the flying K-M-F
car. showed her fighting colors at a
recent speed meet In Columbia. S. C.
The ear took three firsts and one aec
ond out of three races, defeating; a
Chalmers and Maxwell.
In the Han I eandro endurance run a
Carter car. equipped with ltamond
tires, completed the run of lloo miles
after having been run I00 miles pre
viously without any trouble.
To be gone for several months tour
ing California and the Hawaiian Islands
Mr. and Mrs. K. U. Crawford, of Port
land, left for San Francisco recently,
whence they will embark for the
Islands of the Pacific. They are going
to make the trip with their. Cbalmers
-SI." If their Itinerary Is followed
Ihey will not return to Portland until
next fprtng. Ity that time they expect
lo have driven more than sou miles In
their Portland-bought car. They will
tour Fouthrrn California after comlnr
home from the Islands. Mr. Crawford
Is president of the First National Bank,
of Vancouver. Wash., and la also Identi
fied with the management of the Lum
bermen's National Itank. of Portland. I
It la probable that no quicker aale
of automobiles has ever been made than
l hoe recorded by F. ". Hnnett. of
London. Kngland. representative of the
Cadillac car. As soon as his 1911 car
waa unpacked he beean making demon
strations and sold five ears to the first
five persons getting demonstratlona.
1. U Winters, of the A. J. Winter
Company, has Just returned from a
two months' trip to the varloua fac
to r 1 e in the Ka.t, and reporta a very
promising outlook of business for the
cofntng year. He closed a number of
exclusive agencies for hla firm for tha
coming year, and rxpecta to make an
announcement eoon.
He visited a number of manufac
turers. Including the Mamond Kubber
Companv. of Akron, Ohio, the Pennsyl
vania I'.ubber minr of Jranetle,
Pa. aad the Packard and Cadillac fac
tories at Wtrolt. and he reports that
the factories are working night and
day on their orders, and that 111 will
show the best automobiles evsr placed
In the market. Automobile accessories,
too, are more finely manufactured this
year than formerly. The prices of ac
cessorise will be reduced somewhat,
especially glaa. fronts. tlrrs. spark
piuge and other sundries. This, he be
lieves, will eventually prove a benefit
to the manufacturer as well aa the
ronsumer.
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ARTHIR A. AUEX.
Arthur A. Allen, orte of the best single scullers In the North
west, was elected captain of the Portland Club crew for J 91 1 to suc
ceed himself, lust Wednesday night. Under the leadership of Captain
Allen last year the Portland Rowing Club oarsmen won all but two
of the events In tha annual regatta of the North PaciHc Association
of Amateur Oarsmen.
With all the members of last year's junior-senior crew available
for lsll. Captain Allen la optimistic of the cluh'a chances In the re
gatta, which will be Weld In tha Portland harbor next June or July.
Mr. Allen. Is a Portland product, having learned the rudiments of row
ing at the local club under the tutelage of the late Dan It. Murphy,
tha famous Stanford coach, w.-o .lied this Fall at New London, Conn,
the scene of many famous rowing races. '
He Is one of the most popular captalna the club has ever had. His
popularity among his fellow c.'.rsmen was evidenced at the conclu
alon of the rovrlnc season on I-abor day, when the members of 111
various crews presented him with a handsome testimonial .vatc:t
fob, bearing an engraved sold charm.
OOADS ARE VIEWED
California's Do Not Surpass
Oregon's, Wemme Declares.,
AUTO RACES ENJOYABLE
IH-al enthusiast Declares Even's
Just as Good Have Item Held
Here. However Few Idea
Are Garnered In South.
BILLIARDS ABSORB FRENCH
Total of .: Table Is Deviant!
lo Exls In France.
PARI". Dec. S. Spe.-Ul. etatntica of
the b.lllard tables In France et.ow that
sxcliutve cf ihnee In private house
Ci.rw are no fewer than billiard
tableex Parai and the Se ne department
accounting for 10X4 of t:-t total.
It rasr seem strange on the face of It
that there are more billiard tables In
the north than In the south of FrstC9.
Thia ta exp'.amed by the better weather
condition prevailing In the south that
temp: people to lounge in the open air.
Illessednesa of Work.
Exchange.
No parent la doing hla duty by his
children who leaves any child without
duties.
California has nothing on Oregon In
roads." This Is the sweeping statement
brought back to Portland by E. Henry
Wemme. ex-president of the Portland
Automobile Club, who returned from
California last week. He spent two
weeks in the South.
During this Interim he made two vis- i
lis lo ine lamina rtin"muwi"f 1
Association show at Idora Park. Oak
land, and saw the Santa Monica road
races on Thanksgiving day. He waa fa
vorably Impressed by both events, al
though he said that, with the exception
of maintaining better speed, the racea
were no better than have been held In
Portland, and that shows held In Port
land In the past compare favorably with
the Oakland ahow.
But the road question Involved moat
of the time of the Portland good roads
and automobile enthustaeta. He made a
trip to Loa Angeles especially to sea
the much-talked-of boulevards around
the Southern California counties.
"Some roads are better, some are Just
as good, while others are much Inferior
to the Oregon highway. sal a air.
Wemme. "All In all. I can't see where
Oregon should take off Ita hat to Cali
fornia In any respect. Considering tha
fart that Multnomah County, until aix
enra ago. didn't own a steam road
roller and good roada were an unknown
factor. Multnomah County can boast of
Just as good roads aa any place In Cal
ifornia.
flood and Bad Roads Found.
In California I found, where thero
were good roads, they were good In the
true sense of the word. But also where
found poor roada they were poor In
every aense or the word. i traveiea
n Southern" California particularly to
see If I could get any ideas about good
roads that I might adopt for the Mount
II. mm! and Hood Itlver roads, but I
found very few.
"Almost aa fast as they build road
he automobtlca tear them un. Why, In
many places I saw ruts as large as
they find In Washington County ti as
sure you the roads are much superior
to the Washington County roada. In
which the wheel of an automobile
would alnk to the hub. Just out of
Vom Angeles, at a cost of approximate'
ly 194.0'M). right miles of road were
t.ullt. This waa only a few years ago.
Already they have been rendered ob
solete by the wear and tear of automo
blllng. The whole trouble Is that the road
builders fall to real lie that they need
a hard foundation for the roads In tha
first place. This they have apparently
overlooked. They eeem to think that
all that It renulres for a good road la
to mix a substantial quantity of oil
with their rock and dirt. nd that a fine
road will reault. And so It will for the
time being, hut It cannot last. This
baa been evidenced thoroughly down
there. In obtaining rock for the roada
It Is necessary to haul It In some cases
more than So miles.
Jast as Good Rork In Oregon.
"Then the rock Is no better than that
which can be obtained along the aides
of any road In Oregon. We will not
have to haul our rock more than five
or six miles at any time. While down
South. I fully awakened to the possi
bilities of good roads In Oregon with
Ita unlimited natural resources., Hera
we hsve basaltic rock, cement rock,
gravel, and If necessary, concrete rock.
which could be used to make a solid I
roadbed for the topping.
"Within the next twe years. I expect
to sea Multnomah County have the
finest roada In the country, excepting
no place In the Union. With the start
we already have and the aaaurance
that baa been given that tha good work
will continue. I predict that roadmak
rra throughout the country will be
looking to Multnomah County or th
atate of Oregon Sot examples In road
making. "Automoblllng down In California la
all the rage: everybody and every
body'a cousin baa a car. All day long
you can see automobllea In every direc
tion, still they are not motor mad.
People are aenatbla about automoblllng
and there are very few violations of
tha speed laws. I am told, especially
In the cities, each motor car owner
taking It upon himself to keep within
the law without the threatening club
df the traffic Dollcemen.
"I enjoyed the races at "Santa Monica
very much. Those machines fairly
flew around that course. Just think
of a car going at the apeed of 7S and
tn miles an hour. That Is what they
did right along coming down that
stretch in front of the grandstand.
where 60.000 people saw the races. One
thing the races lacked, and that la a
systematic method of patrollng. The
California militia waa not on hand. Still
there were no accidents a,nd thecrowd
waa orderly. It waa a very successful
meet"
Q. F. McLaln. Pacific Coast manager
or the Franklin Motor Cqmpany. waa
In Portland last week on his way to
Seattle and Tacoma. He called upon
the Menzlea-Du Bols Automobile Com
pany. Portland distributors of the
Franklin and announced that he would
pas through Portland shortly on his
way home.
Venx Bauer, a Central Oregon repre
sentative of the Molina. Knox and Pre
mier cars, was In Portland last week
concluding arrangements for his 1911
cars. Mr. Bauer reporta his cars mak
ing excellent records, one of them go
ing 10.000 miles In the Interior and
never being In the repair shop.
P. R. Whitman, - manager of J. W.
Iavttt Co.. has heard that a
three-ton Kissel Kar truck carrying a
capacity load made a record In the re
cent Chicago .to Milwaukee reliability
run. It left Chicago at i. In the
morning and arrived at Milwaukee at
4:30 In the afternoon, stopping one and
're-half hours r.t Kenosha for lunch.
The distance was ml miles and tha
running time was t hours and IS min
utes, or an average of 11 miles an
hour. The gasoline consumption was
74 nations. The return trip was be
gun at (:2f In the morning, arriving
at Chicago at 1:50 la the afternoon,
stopping 45 minutes for lunch at Ken
osha. The running time was 6 hours
and 3 minutes, or an average of 17
miles an hour.
Charles 8. Howard, head of the How.
ard Automobile Company. Pacific Coast
distributors for the Bulck line of au
tomobiles, haa gone to the factory at
Flint. Mich., on a short business trip.
Mr. Howard resides In San Francisco,
but went to Los Angeles to witness
the Santa Monica road race and tha
recent speed contests on the Los An
geles Motordrome at Playa del Ray.
Mr. Howard haa advised Mel O. John
son. Bulck manager for the Pacific
Northwest, that he will visit Fortland
on hla return trip.
The Howard . Automobile Company
received this week from the Bulck fac
tory at Jackson. Mich., a carload of
Bulck light delivery trucks. Included
In this carload waa an. entirely new
model In thla truck, being one In which
there is a flat decked body with stakes.
The regular express body model was
also Included in this shipment.
PROMOTERS NOT DISMAYED
McCloekey Proceeds With Organiza
tlon f. Butte Club Marshall to i
Manage Butte, Blankenshlp
Takes Vp Salt Lake.
BOISE, Idaho.. Dec. 3. (Special.)
W. H. Lucas and his associates ; re
not meeting with the success they ex
pected. in their effort for the organixa
tlon of a new baseball league in the
Intermountaln country to be Known aa
the Union to which National proteC'
tlon has been granted, for not only are
Boise. Twin Falls. Focatello and Helena
opposed to It. but fans generally are
Inclined to take a skeptical view of
the success of such a league.
Regardless of this tact, however. Mr.
Lucas Is gradually perfecting arrange
ments for the launching of the new
circuit and has even gone so far as
to place the franchises In the hands of
responsible parties and called a meeting
to be held In Butte for the purpose
of perfecting the league.
McCloskey Is Busy
Since returning to Butte several days
age from the East, where the National
conference was held. In company with
W. H. Lucas and L. L. Thlel. two of the
main promoters. John J. McCloskey, who
Is to manage the Butte club, haa been
quietly proceeding with his plans, ac
cording to reporta' from Butte, and the
Indications are favorable that when the
season opens next May Butte will be
represented by one of the strongest
clubs In the Northwest and will be
playing ball on one of the neatest In
side parks In the country. ' Although
aa yet the park site In that city has
not been aelected it la understood op
tions have been aecured on several de
sirable places.
The Incorporation of the Butte Base
ball Club recently haa given Mr. Mc
Closkey an opportunity to raise con
siderable money to aid him In getting
things started in the right way. Many
fans have already-subscribed for stock
nd there appeara to be all kinds of
confidence In the new venture. The
fans of Butte have always relied on
Honest John's" honesty and Integrity
and also hla ability to furnish the city
In which he Is located with good base
ball. McCloskey waa former manager
of the Milwaukee team.
Marshall to Manage Boise.
Home-run Joe" Marshal, will man
age the Boise team. Marshall haa- al
ready wired his acceptance of the of
fer and will get busy signing players
for his team Immediately.
There is opposition to the league.
however. In Boise, owtna; to the fact
hat two years ago tlie Intermountaln
League, composed of Boise. Butte, Salt
I.ake and Helena, of which .Lucas was
also president, went to the wall through
poor management and with it went the
good money of the local fans. Be
fore the league was forced to aban
don the schedule a meeting- was he'd
In Butte at which It was voted to drop
Boise from, the league on the grounds,
that the Jump to this city was too
long and In face of the fact this city
was known as the best paying city
In the league at that time, aupportlng
a team that held a cellar position and
only seeing average baseball. Fana do
not want a repetition of the experien e
of two years ago.
Blankenshlp Takes Salt Lake.
Cliff Blankenshlp has signed a con
tract to manage the Salt Lake team,
and Is now said to be In- California
looking for players. The league Is
fortunate In securing the services of
Blankenshlp for he has an Intimate
knowledge of baseball and his knowl
edge Is backed up many years of ex
perience. Thlel and Kelly, two well known
players of Salt Lake, are In Ogden.
where they are looking over the field
with a. view of sizing up how that city
looks upon a franchise In the new
league. Kelly la an old Spokane player,
having pitched and played outfield with
the club there in 1901. In 1902 he -was
with Seattle. A year later found him
With Warren-Detroit "30's"
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Warren - Detroit Roadster $1 200
Bosch Magneto Thirty Gallon Tank 500 Miles on One Filling
We have received a shipment of WARREN-DETROIT
GARS, the first to arrive in Portland and the biggest val
ue in the automobile market. Several models on exhibi
tion. Demonstration by appointments -
Agents wanted for outside territory, in Oregon and Southern Washington
PORTLAND-DETROIT AUTO CO., Inc.
Office 526 Alder St. Phones Main 2583, A 4944
1 . New Garage Under Construstlon a 14th and Couch
he pitched and played center field for
Salt. Lake. He waa in the California
league In 1905 and 190$ and had a
team In the Oregon State League In
1907 and 1908. Last year he managed
.the Chehalls team of the Washington
State Lea-cue. He Is a brother of the
famoua "King" Kelly, last year with
Dubuque.
Helena Dropped Out Early.
Helena was promptly dropped from
consideration for a franchise In the
new league owing to the attitude as
sumed there by the fans. In Southern
Idaho where It is planned to secure
several cities there is little enthusiasm
shown. Twin Falls fans do not think
they can stand the expense. Boise hss
to be "shown" before sinking any
money In the new venture. Pocatello
favors a state league and Idaho Falls
does not want to be seriously considered
in the class "C" organization.
Washington Carries Millionaires.
When the steamer Washington swung
away from Inman-Poulsen's dock yester
day afternoon, headed for San Fran
cisco, with her hold full of lumber and
her deck piled high with the same ma
terial, there lounsred in her cabin Mr.
and Mrs. George McLeod, millionaires,
who selected the smaller vessel In pref
erence to the Dalatlal Bear, which sailed
an hour later, solely because the former
was a lumber carrier. The fact that a
friend was saved from the steamer Co
lumbia three rears alto and hauled aboard
with Butte, and during: the year 1904 the lumberladen steamer San Pedro is
said to have actuated
electing to travel on a
steamer.
the McLeods in
lees commodious
Killing Pugilist Not Crime. - -
LIMA, .Or.', Dec. . 3. Jack McHenry,
local pugilist, charged with man-slaug-hter
In the death of his op-
ponent. Leo Gerhardt, of Detroit, iraa
dismissed from custody Friday by
Mayor Dyer. McHenry was held blame
less for the death.
Five patents upon safety razors have beea
in-anted to English women In the last year,
his engine for ten years without accident
gets a government reward.
Schacht 40, Model A A
120-inch wheel base, Bosch magneto, Schcbler carburetor, 34x4 Q. D. tires, gas and oil lamps.
$1435.00 Cincinnati, Ohio. Other models same motor and equipment Four -door Touring,
Baby Tanneau detachable and Two-passenger Roadster.
Schacht "3 in 1"
Two-cylinder, 22-24 II. P., Four-passenger Touring and Light Delivery, $850.00; -ton Delivery,
$1000 Cincinnati, Ohio. Equipment Bosch magneto, gas and oil lamps, generator, 32x3V
Q. D. tires, also equipped with 36x2 cushioned tires $50.00 less.
Good Open Territory for Live Agents in Washington, Oregon and California.
Schacht Motor Car Co.
Cor. Fifth and Hoyt.
Portland, Oregon.
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