THE ST7XDAT OREGOXIAN, PORTLAND, FEBRUARY 2S, 1911.
AUTO OF HEALTH
BOARD SAVES LIFE
'Machine Big Factor in Pre
venting Spread cf Con
tagious Diseases.
EXPENSE ALSO LESSENED
llralili OffW-rr WtweWr Lauds Car,
Tllii(t Vuirk Sr rt lor t.hrn Is
Cirra I Art ( m I a gr--. a tonioM le '
CVt Is hut SI tOO.
"THir RoaM of Health autr.mor.lle. In
th II month tve bare had It. haa
unloabtr1!y been the notni of savins
many Uvea, and it servU ha bwn
a tremeiHous factor in minimising the
spread of 'nntaa-ioua diseases."
S.ich Is the statement of Health Of
ficer WhMnr. wno la moat enthuslas
tle In hla Indorsement of tha automobile
a valaaMe time-saver and a paving
orfMnrr In almoat any profession or
Una of business.
"Aside from all consideration of Im
proved service ami the elements of
savins: life and ilamplng out dnnKernn
rontajrlnn. said r. Wheeler, "th
Board of Health motor la a monrjr-ur
ing Investment. Heftr we secured
the automobile we had to turn prac
urajiv an our i-ont.glous rft an
emergency work over to outside am
tulanrrs. wM.h wa costing; us
average of 1-irtO per month. When
aira ine motor to our aerrlce wa
were enabled tr handle all our eon
tasloua work, hurrying the patient
trom home to hospital and effectin
quarantine In a most prompt, efflrlen
and satisfactory manner. The ambu
lant-e companies now handle only ou
emergency work. averaging about II
a month, as asalnat the previous av
erase of There Is a monthly eav
lng right there of t-0 per month, or
mora than 1300 m year.
Salaries Are Savrtl.
"In addition to this." the Health Of
Ilcer continued, "the automobile saves
na a number of salaries. Without I
we would surely have to have another
assisting physician., and at least fou
more inspectors. The run and speed
witr which the official car can I
around euablra one man to rover
lot of jrround. and do the work of three
or four quarantine officers. Our force
is all too limited now. and but fo
our car we would simply hare to 1
the different contagions have full
swing, unless we doubled our force. Our
machine coat ua only $lt0 and you
can easily see by a little figuring how
I not only paid for Itseif the first
ear. but for Its upkeep aa well. De-
iuct the In'tlal cost and you still have
uore than IlOrto left for maintenance
nd repairs on the savlng'of ambulance
Mils alone, to say nothing of tha
mount saved In salaries.- It would
take about three irood horses to iret
over trie ground covered by the motor,
and as one horse costs about 110
month, the three would coet $0. which
irlvea the car the beat of It by a irond
margin on the upkeep proposition, with
absolutely no comparison aa to tha
superiority of the service.
"Put If you want to know the most
important feature of our automobile
in the strenuoua routine of the Hoard
r Health, you should think of what It
means for this vehicle to handle
all the contagious work. Including the
transportation of all our physicians. In.
spectors an. I quarantine officers. Kor
meriy inny usej random vehicles, or
the streetcars, and It was necessary for
our quarantine men to ride to and from
thrlr work on the streetcars, without
change of clothing or any effective
means of disinfecting their garments.
I is necessary ror the Inspectors to
go rluht Into the homes where small
pox, diphtheria, measles, scarlet fever or
other contagious disease la raging In
order to enforce proper quarantine, of
to fumigate: of course they come out
fairly reeking with tha bacclll. and
the toougat of their Immediately rn
terlng a crowded streetcar for trans
nortatlon hack to headquarters Is ap
palling. Vet this was formerly done.
miw e we rtaxe had the automobile,
this has fortunately been a thing of
the past. All of us who come In con
tact with contagion travel only In tha
machine, and all patlenta suffering
from any contagious disease are trans.
ported In it. It la used for no other
purpose and our men are not even on
ine street, after visiting a quarantined
iouse. until arter they have been
nrought back to headauatera. had a
change of clothing and iiad thelt per
sona disinfected. The automobile Itself
is Kept fairly steeped In formaldehvae.
else It would be a hot bed of deadly
crma. some time ago some onaj raised
tne question of Joy rldea In the Board
or Health car. Just think of up
Car IVd XUht ami Hajr.
u- rwr'i 01 uraitn car was pur
chased on September 1. 1 . and has
been In constant service ever since.
irequentiy ootn night and day. On
Wednesday morning It was out for one,
hour and 30 minutes conveying a crew
Vt Inspectors lo seven different rases
svtending from Piedmont to South Port,
land, taking In the hospitals and al
lowing; ample time for proper Inspec
tion and precautionary measures at
each place visited. This Is no unusual
record, being merely given as an ex
ample of the usefulness of tha rs
il. le. which had Just returned to head,
quarter.
On account of the extensive ground
It rovers averaging more than 1 doO
miles a month, and the great speed that
Is constantly required of It. Its repair
Mil Is not Insignificant, hut from tha
first It has demonstrated a regular
and steady saving.
CHICAGO FANS CURIOUS
TO KNOW "PING" BODIE
Lester E. Smith Reports That Some Think He Li 'Whirlwind," While
Others Harbor Impression He Is "Matt."
COST OF AUTOS CUT
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isoss n. ctxu'tK TiMxsramtD
Automobile Man to Manage Portland
Motor Car Company.
Rosa B. Cooper. who for several
ars has been connected with tha
Winton Motor Carriage Company as
salesmanager. haa been transferred to
Port land aa manager of the Portland
Motor Car Company and will make
Portland his future home. C. K Min
ers, who formerly conducted tha af
fairs of tha company, baa resigned aa
manager and left the company.
"I have had occasion to cover tha
whole of the Northwest." says Mr.
Cooper, "in my capacity of automobile
salesman. My tours have embraced
nearly every important point north of
the California line and west of the Da
kota. Including British Columbia and
Albarta provinces. L'urlng these trips
since last August I have visited many
cities but I win frankly say that Port
land haa tha beat of them all. when It
comes down to straight legitimate
business, not only In automobiles but
In other lines as welL I look forward
to a successful season In automobiles
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Make Cars Cheaper.
ADVANCE IS REMARKABLE
tittK -PING" DODIB.
HAT kind of a ball player have
the White Sox picked up In this
ldely discussed Bodle person.
anyway? asks Lester K. Smith In the
Chicago Tost. For a minor leaguer.
the Pacific Coast Lea-ue outfielder haa
coma In for more than his share of tha
limelight, and probably no youngster
will ever have been watched with
greater Interest than thin one.
Ilfferenl reports are being brought
Into Chicago about "Pins;- which Is
merely a nickname, for his real name
's Frank. Some who have seen him
work say that he la a marvel, others
have no hesitancy In calling him plainly
a "rumdum" and a "mutt." Home club
owners have come out with the state
ment that they wouldn't take Bodle
as a gift, while others have been cred
ited with offering fabuloua sums for
him.
It Is a sensational habit of slamming
out home runs that has brought Bodle
Into prominence. As far aa home runs
go. It seems that Bodle Is present. But
he Is not there with a high batting
averag.j. and hasn't been anything of a
sensation In the field.
The official records of the Paclflo
Coast League tell a few things about
Uodle that aren't bring told by those
who have visited tha Coast and aeen
him In action. In 211 games with tha
Kan Francisco club of the Coast Leagu
Hodle hit .2CS. Out of a total of 20
hits he amassed thirty home runs, five
triples and thirty-four doubles. Ho I
credited with 29 stolen bases, which
would be something In the American
League, but does not constitute much
of a feat In the Pacific Coast League,
where many players have atolen more
than 30 bases last season, and where
quite a few ware over the 40 mark, and
even had more than 60 to their credit.
In the fielding, the White Sox recrul
stands sixteenth among the Pacific
Coast League outfielders, with
average of .963. This mark Indicates
that Bodle la a good enough fielder for
most any club, though he doesn't ap
pear to have any brilliance of a Ty
Cobb or an Arty Hoffman.
As a matter of fact, the question
seems to be with some fans. Is it enough
for Bodle to be able to hit the ball to
a great distance when he does connect?
That seema to be his sole asset. He
swings and he swings with great force,
but that la all. Frequently he moots
the ball squarely on the none, and then
th ball travels, but more frequently
he doea not. and then Mr. Bodle travels
back to the bench on a count of three
strike. It seems to be a case with this
youngster of shutting his eyes and tak
Ing a wallop.
MEET TO BE LARGE
Columbia Indoor Contest Is to
Have Fast Men.
TRAINING IS IN PROGRESS
Willamette Inlvcrslty Kxihx'Ih t
Send Strong Tram to Compete for
Honor Invitation Sent to
Different Schools.
Proressor James fVich, chairman of
thletlcs at Columbia I'nlverslty. last
week completed the sending out of In-
Itatmns to the Columbia Indoor track
meet, to he held In the Coliseum April
In order that many persons who can
not get away from their business early
In the dnv may see the meet, the first
vent mill not be called until 2 o'clock
In the afternoon.
Although mora than a month away,
raining for tnls meet has already be.
gun at the preparatory scnools and at
he universities and colleges. Professor
Bach received Information from Wl
amette University . that the most
formidable team of cinder path men ever
sent forth to represent that school will
be In Portland on the date of the Co-
umbla meet to endevor to win th
meet from the bigger universities of the
tate. Track prospects at Willamette
re said to be better this year than for
he past decade.
Mr. bach's Invitation follows:
Meet lias Grown.
"The eighth annual open Indoor track
and field meet, scheduled by the Colum
bia University Athletic Association, will
ake placa in tha university Coliseum.
Portland. Or., on Saturday. April 8.
I nee lta Inception eight years ago this
meet has grown so tremendously in pop
ularity that last year It was the most
ucceesful event of Its kind In the North
est. Athletic organisations represent
ing all the prominent colleges, high
schools and amateur athletic clubs of
his section sent teams to Columbia at
heir own expense and took part In tha
eet.
Prospects already Indicate that tha
coming meet mill be by far the great-
st Indoor event ever held on tha Coast.
In order to make these prospects all
he aurer we are anxious that your or
ganisation enter as large a team as pos
sible, especially If It haa not entered on
In past years. The meet will be recog
nised by the Amateur Athletic fnlon of
America and will be held In strict con
formity with th rules of that organisa
tion. The complete order of events will
be aa follows: -yard dasli. trial heats
(open): 44oyard run (open): SO-yard dash,
serai-finale (open): B"-yard dash (acad-
finals (open); 60-yard dash, semi-final
(academlea and high schools): running
high jump (open): -x-yard dash, finals
(academies and high schools): 220-yard
aaan. trial neats (open): iuo-yard dush
(academies and high schools): 2-0-yard
dash, aeml-flnals (open): MD-yard run
(open); 50-yard high hurdles, trial heats
(open): l-pound ahot-put (open); 220
yard dash, finals (open): running broad
Jump (open); SO-yard high hurdles, seml-
nnsls (open); mile run (open): W-vard
high hurdles, finals (open); half-mile re
lay (academies and high schools); half-
mile relay (open).
Hold Medal Provided.
"A gold medal will be given to the
winner of first place In each open event
and a silver medal to tha one winning
secona Place in the same event. A ban
ner will be given to the team winning
ine greatest number of points In the
open events and a trophy cup will be
the prise for the open relay. A medal
win ne given to the winners of first
place in the academic races and a
trophy cup to the team, winning the
academic relay race. In the relay races
each consecutive runner will receive his
relay from the scratch and will not be
allowed a flying start. I mention this
because both these methods are some
times used for starting. All entries for
this meet must be In by April 1.
"If your men are not registered In the
Amateur Athletic f nlon. have them reg
istered by applying to T. Morris Dunne.
Multnomah Club. Portland, Or. Send each
man a number with your list of entries.
ou may enter aa many men In each
event as you see fit- but It will be neces
sary to limit the actual number of com
petitors to three men from each team
In each event. Points may be scored In
sll the open event five for first place.
three ror second place and one for third
place.
"The meet will begin at 2 P. M. on
Saturday, April 8. 1911."
SOCCKIt TEAMS WILL CLASH
Beaver and Columbia to Play on
Columbus Club Grounds.
An exhibition game of soccer will be
played on the Columbus Club grounds
on Williams avenue, this afternoon, be
tween th Beavers and Columbtas. These
two teams are chosen from the best
occer talent In this city.
The lineup will be aa follows:
Beavers. Position. Columbian
Buchanan Duncan
Ptewsrt KB Huch.n
Jlackle KB Lnsmond
N.-lham HB T.,wm
Robertson HK Howard
flsra H B Nugent
Fsrbour r Albinsoa
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I'lillnatun F limit
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Mr. Oreen. Oarae called for 2:3'i
llandon to (Jet Logging Roar.
BAXDON. Or.. Feb. 23. (Special.) Ban-
don Is anon to have a logging road, built
about 15 or 20 miles Into the country, for
the purpose of hauling logs In from large
tracts of timber contracted to he cleared
Ithln the next few years. It Is rum
ored that a new sawmill of 1.WOV) f0et
capacity will be built this Summer.
In Ten Ycer IndnMrr Strides For
ward at Great Pars Machinea
Far Superior and Ijess Costly
Than Those Fire Years Ago.
BT HOWARD E. CCVFFTN. Er-Prestflsnt So
ciety of Automobile bnglneora.
Ptnce transportation has been th
greatest factor In civilization, the mod
ern motor oar. which represents the
highest type of practical locomotion.
becomes of serious Importance.
From the time of th early Egyp
tians, with their camels as the only
means of transportation, man has been
trying to Increase his efficiency by-lm
proving his transportation. Centuries
rolled on with virtually no Improve
ment. The steam engine revolutionised
the common carriers on land and sea.
but still the Individual's transporta
tion remained almost aa crude aa It
was 1000 years ago. To be sure, the
rubber-tired, ball-bearing buggy was
superior In appearance to the ox cart
of the long ago, but little better other
wise.
Then oam the agency that had been
sought for since the beginning of time
the gas engine and at last man had
a self-propelled and self-contained unit
of his own. The lad In his teens re
members when that engine first waa
used In vehicle propulsion. But nobody
quite foresaw the automobile's future.
Think wah has been done in those
few years to bring the first-class auto
mobile within the reach of the moder
ate Income!1 Ten years ago very little
was known of the gas engine and ve
hicle construction was an entirely un
known science, except as applied to
horse-drawn vehicles. Thus, you see,
that In 10 years the whole Invention
and development of the automobile took
place. It began aa a proposition not
taken seriously by very many peo
ple, struggled on until it became the
plaything of the rich and now Is within
reach of moderate Incomes. And the
story of hoW one may buy an automo
bile today for a very reasonable figure
that will prove a far more serviceable
car than was possible at any price five
years ago. really tells the story of the
whole automobile Industry, which, I am
told, has come to rank fourth ' among
America' industries.
F-nrly Cars Resemble Buggies.
As a starter. It was only natural th.it
the crude gas engine should have been
placed In a vehicle closely resembling
a buggy, since our knowledge of vehicle
construction was almost entirely along
the line of horse-drawn affairs, which
were rarely called upon to go more than
10 miles an hour. That we should have
embodied a hundred features of design.
qualities of material and methods of
construction that had been fonnd satis
factory in the past was 'only natural
It took several years of experiments
and practice In motor-car building to
teach us the vast difference In mechani
cal requirements between motor-driven
and horse-drawn vehicles.
Wheels, bearings, axles, springs, etc,
hlch had gtven perfect satisfaction un
der the requirements of the horse era.
were found to be of little value for the
more speedy motor cars.
One of the old laws with which all of
us are familiar Is expressed In the for
mula of MV2. In which M stands for tho
mars and V the velocity at wh.ch the
mass moves, it is easy to see that the
shocks which must be sustained ny
wheels, axles, springs, etc., of a 400-
pound carriage moving 10 miles an hour
present a very different and a very easy
problem besides that of the 2000-pound
motor car with speed possibilities of
from 50 to 60 miles an hour.
When you are looking at a stripped
chassis, observe the pressed-steel frame
very carefully and think of the frame
on cars turned out In the early day of
the Industry.
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tion that haL 5W fe5Nothe top through
unflinching 4;nU& t ithe principles that best
serve the intkifc. -Xilf he buvinsL public.
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are not onlfc :mm 4oor in large stocks dis
tributed byfetfeMit511 from Goodrich stores,
but in addifeii, loosest and best equipped
rubber factfo- FI Jt ?orld stands sponsor for
your compMf. Kikn.
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Better Metals Available.
The great progress In other lines
closely allied with the motor car Indus
try has played an all-Important part In
bringing down the cost of the car.
Kor Instance, the metals at the com
mand of the motor car engineer for
1911 are far superior to anything ever
dreamed of 10 years ago. .
The machine-tool maker has done his
part and the special automatic ma
chinery of today la capable of a pro
duction of vastly more parts a day than
could have been obtained from the ma
chines of even five years ago.
Factory methods have Improved so
amazingly that the vastness of the
change seems Impossible. I remember
In the early days, when I was with
one of the first companies that manu
factured automobiles, we turned out
20 little one-cylinder Jobs In a week
and a statement to that effect was sent
to one of the trade papers. The paper
wouldn't publish it until the wonderful
feat had been verified by telegraph.
Twenty cars a day Is now considered a
modest output. Think of the labor that
had to be paid for by the buyers of that
week's output a few years ago!
Standardization and Interchangeahil
lty of parte have been recognized by
the American maker as being absolute
ly essential and aa being the only
foundation upon which quantity pro
duction and low cost can be based.
During the development of the auto
mobile vast and varied have been the
materials, accessories, frills and gim
cracks used on motor cars. They kept
the cost up. Simplicity in design and
construction has been one of the great
est aids in making a good car a possi
bility at a low price. Mind you, the
extra materials put Into a car as frills
don't cost as much in themselves, as a
rule, as the labor which handles them
In the factory.
simplicity, making as it does for low
factory cost, permits to the maker the
use of better materials and Insures to
the user a far better motor car. The
purchaser has to pay the whole bill, so
If he buys a car which Is not simple
In design and construction he is merely
paying double price for something he
does not want. And later he will have
to pay again for repairs on parts which
should have been left off at the start.
The Improvements in ignition and
carburetion have entered strongly into
the perfection of the modern car. Very
rarely do we see an operotor tinkering
at the. roadside with his car. That was"
a common sight only three or four
years ago.
And finally, the knowledge we have
gained of materials and the treatment
of them, haa enabled the engineers to
put staying qualities Into their cars.
So that aa much mechanical perfection
can be found in a car of moderate prl'U
as In the most expensive turnouts.
The Millions Saved
on Ti
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Goodyear No-Rim-Cut tires actually cut tire
bills in two. They trebled our tire sales last
year. They are saving millions of dollars to
motor car owners who ascertain the facts.
Sugar alone will ustaln lif or
ftlderahle time.
TREE FROM ENGINE TROUBLES
The Elmore
Las no valves. VaJves are parts you don't want to buy. There were
six valveless motors exhibited at the Paris Automobile Salon. Never
in the past ten years could you purcha.se an Elmore at the low price
you can today 11250, F. O. B. factory. No crank case compression.
Fully guaranteed for one year.
Dulmage Sl Smith
Distributors for Oregon, Seventh and Ankeny.
The NoJUovCut Tire
This Is the Goodyear No-Rim-Cut
tire as it fits any standard rim. Note
that the rim flanges which are remov
able curve outward when you use
these tires.
The tire comes against the rounded
edge. One can run it deflated for 20
miles without cutting the tire in the
slightest.
No-Rim-Cut tires have no hooks on
the base, as have all common tires.
They don't need to be hooked to the
rim.
The tire base is made unstretchable,
so nothing; can force the tire over the
flange. Into the base we vulcanize
126braided piano wires. These braided
wires contract under air pressure, so
the inflated tire is held to the rim by
a pressure of 134 pounds to the inch.
. We control this feature by patent.
It gives us the only practical tire with
an unstretchable base the only safe
tire which isn't booked to the rim
the only desirable tire which gets rid
of rim-cutting.
. This saving alone cuts tire bills 25 per
cent. As a
result, 64
leading
motor car
makers
have con
traded for
Goodyear
N o - Ri m -Cut
tires on
their 1911
model.
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Ordinary Clincher Tire
Here is a clincher tire the ordinary
tire fitted on the same rim. The re
movable rim flanges must be turned to
curve inward to grasp hold of the
hook to dig Into the tire when deflated.
This tire can be ruined in a single block
if you run it flat.
10 Oversize
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With or Without NonSkid Trmad
Goodyear No-Rim-Cut tires are made
10 per cent oversize. The hookless
construction allows this.
That means 10 per cent more air
10 per cent more carrying capacity.
It means, with the average car, 25 per
cent additional mileage per tire.
This extra size takes care of the
extra weight the top, glass front, gas
tank, extra tires, etc. It avoids over
loading the cause of most blow-outs.
Yet this extra size costs nothing extra
now.
these
two fea
tures to
gether cut
tire bills in
half for
men who
get Good
year No.
Rim-Cut
tires.
It is now well worth while to study the tire
question. Conditions are changing. Write for
our latest book.
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