The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current, April 16, 1911, SECTION FOUR, Image 47

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Newspaper Page TextTIIE SUNDAY OREGOyiAN, FOKTXAJVP, APRIL 16, 1911. ' AUTO ROAD BETTER SCHOOL GIRL BECOMES ADEPT AT DRIVING CAR Misa Marie Haller Says That Motoring la Suburbs of Pure Spring Morning . Is Great Relaxation From Study. 'i,;!i.Vr,iii-:)1.':li:.;!!!i'H!i;i:'H!1 ffi.iiliiliiiill j'iiii'ij'iiiloi; li'liiOii''iiniliiii::'1 ii!ii!:iiii!ii!!liii!!;il!li;i!iil!lil!!!!l!. Difficulties of Mountain Trip Are Overcome. v i'ii1-. i ' .-n: ; i. : "i : i -in 1 1 i ;ji!!l!jip!Hl!li!li!;:!'Hiri!!ii i'Sijlll'jliiiv'i!;:!;!!!!'!- ROUGH PLACES BRIDGED iaSi!llll iln. i, ' in.- n ,:;:MHUui..:ii!ii-,i.hillil!lllltlllil.Ullll!l i I !l l m I ! Mill I: ill : ;!iIM !'! 1 ' !i ! I I II If ll'il I'l 1 ' .fc. - i". ae. v m mmPi mm 1'mT B f mam hi imp m 1 fllll ! ffew -efRI mt. elfll : It Sl'lr silliifliSliliil V I Redaction of Grades and Elimina tion of Other Tronbtes. Will In crease Trarrl to Rnoru r Monnt flood. With a few day of pleasant weather automobiles will be able to run to the Toll Gate on the Mount Hood wajron road without trouble, and ti e outlook lor heavy travel over this picturesque road la ancoorartne. Several have one to the Toll Oat this year, among; them being H. U Keats, who waa the first to make the run. Mr. and Mm. Le G. Ijolden made the trip to Rhododendron Tavern last week by stage and found the ro Ails In aood' condition, except In a ffw places where th late ruins had made the surface somewhat slippery. We went out on the stage from Boring a week aco Thursday." aahl Mr. Holdrn. I nevwr saw the weather finer than that day. The roads are drylna; up except where they were shacfed by the bord-i-In tree and . shrubbery, but as thsa wr cut back last year under the direction of Henry YVemme. the road quickly dries out. We found the Cherry villa hill a little slippery, but not really bad. Kor several miles at Klrwood the road has been planked and the soft places bridifd over so that a machtno runs over It with none of the former troubles. The work on Cherryvllle hill wtu remove that place from the list of tafflcultles. It was made wider and some of the steeper (trades were re duced. Near the Whisky Creek bridge there la a bad place, but not. serious for a maciilne. The work done on the Mount Hood waa-nn road lam year will make It comparatively easy this year for auto mobiles. I would suitirest that as soon as possible the holes alone; the road be drained and filled. If a harrow could be run over portlona of the road this ("prlntr It would be a -rood thing;-' Sammf r Co men and Cot. "When we reached Rhododendron Tav ern It appeared like Sprlrr weather. Tha sun was shlntnir on old ZK-Za and Hunchback mountalna This was Friday, and It then seemed as If Summer had rotr.e. However, a chance came In the night and the next rnornlnn snow cov ered the around to the depth of seven Inches and the mountains around wore white mantles. It was a heavy snow fall, but It did not last Ions;. "Even such a snow would not have prevented an automobile from reach Ins; Rhododendron Tavern. Harry Hud son started from Portland In his bis; car. but In some way s-ot off the plank road near Fir wood and he had some trouble, and after a delay turned back and returned to I-ortland. Thomas, who was following Hudson In a llRht car. went throuah as soon as he trot past Hudson. Ha went on to Rhododendron Tavern and tha Toll Oata and he told me that he had no iouble at any point Mclntyre'a bill, at Brtithtwood. which formerly waa considered the worst place on the road, has been a-reatly im proved and has no more terrors for automobtllsts. The hill has been cut down and planked and tha brush Is cut soma distance on both sides of the road, so that tha road quickly drlea up. Cutoff Will Be Popular. The Marmot eot-off will likely ba used lar-rely this year. Thia branch Uaves tha Mount Hood wag-on road at Sandy and extends down the Sandy hill to Sandy River on a newly-constructed, plank road. Crossing the San dy bridge, tha road leads np to Mar mot on a a-rada that averages from 10 to If per cent, and then extends to and across the Sandy River near Mrln tyre's old place. On this cut-off there are no (Trades to exceed IS per cent at any point, but the road la either planked or solid gravel. It is nearly a mile longer than by way of Cherry vllle. During- the wet weather It la considered the best: "It the road supervisor will do a little work on the main road this princ It will ba good all year, and tha public will get tha benefit of the Improvements which were made Inst year. However, at present automobiles ran reach any of the resorts at Mount Hood. Those which went to Rhododen dron Tavern had no trouble and I sup pose those going to Welch's got through easily. I look for a big run over the Mount Hood wagon roaj this year. There are about two machines la Portland where there waa one last year, and tha nw owners will want to run over the Mount Hood road and tha veterans will want to renew ac quaintances with familiar scenes." ACXD ACTOIST 0 NOVICE Forr-- Grove Man rrrtrnrlt He Is When Buying: Car. FOREST f.ROVB. Or.. April IS. (Special.) Among Forest '.rove's It 'automobile owners none flnt aa much enjoyment In motoring as John W. Car-tee. who la the oldest chaeffeur la Washington County. It was three years ago when Mr. laplee. who Is 7 1 years of age. first took a fancy to automo biles. Since that time he has had va rious makes of machines and some weeks aao purchased a I'uick runabout. Mr. Caples bellevea he has a good one on the manager of the Howard Auto Company's salesrooma In Portland, who thought the Forest drove man a novice In the art of motoring. When Mr. Ca ples called to purchase an auto, he did not show that he knew anything about machines, as he desired to se the ma chine run by an expert chauffeur before pun-haling. He wanted to see the run. shout perform In tha hand of a good mrhar :rln. "I prefer the automobile runabout to a horse and buggy. It la cheaper la the long run. and It la alwaya ready for n e. No currying, no stable odors, al ways on hand. 1 believe the Pulck is one of the most easily manipulated ma chines I have ever handled. Thia Is the first runabout I have owned: heretofore 1 had an Overland four-passenger. last year Mr. Caples made a trip from Forest Grove to Tillamook In his automobile, accompanied by his son-ln. Uw. Senator Waiter A- Dlmlck. of Ore gon City. They went by way of Sheri dan. Grand Ronde and Pol ph. Ixcal automoblllsts who had made the Jour ney, thought It a trying one. and did not believe that Mr. Caples could make It without mlKhapa. He reached Tilla mook In good time without a mishap. "I found a fellow there who 'got s'uck on my machine, and aa he want ed It worse than I did I sold It to Mm." said Mr. Caples. smiling as he was tell. Ing of his trip. 1 am not a fast driver: no scorching for me: I am not afraid of tha machine, but I prefer to go a fair, steady gait-" Tnere ere W suar fsetortes in opera tion la Queensland, employtnc over .; aa4 sad rrr.s1n aa lnmnl of arvnut ltlOOOuX The oet of production iarto from f J te SIO a toa ' raw ur. T.i m.'-Moer ud in the nulla la mostly cf Cas'laA BMulxtiua ' - 3 V. "V ,1-1- . r . . "v N - 21 . . J if .... MISS MAR1K 1ULLER AT AN ENTHUSIASTIC motorist of tha younger set is Miss Marie Haller. daughter of II. M. Haller. of 715 Schuyler street. Irvlngton. Although Miss Haller has not been driving her car long, she handles her smooth-running Chalmers-Detroit "Thirty" with a skill and grace that proved her nJ mere novice. Lte last Summer Miss Haller first took up motor)ng. and ever since her first dsy at the wheel, her enthusiasm haa been unabating. -I did not maka a great deal of progress at first." said Miss Haller yesterday, "and only had the car out a few times until this Spring, when we began having all that nice, sun shiny weather. -Those beautiful morn ings we had last month were Ideal from the motorist's standpoint, and the roads were In good trim, so a practice spin was Just pure delight. I am learning to operate our "Thirty" pretty AUTO IN NEW ROLE Undertakers Are Using Motor Car More' Now. MACHINES ARE SUCCESSFUL Tbree Portland Funeral Directors Supplant Horse-a With Automo biles Laundry Wagona Also In Vogue In Community. Three of Portland's largest undertak. Ing establishments have found the au tomobile to ba a time-sever, labor saver and money-savsr. They have adopted It for their use, dispensing with tha use of the horse-drawn corpse wagona as a consequence. The motor car has been put to almost every con ceivable use In Portland, but that of carrying the dead Is a new role. As In Its other occupations the automobile has made good as undertaker's assist ant quite readily. There are three trim-looking dead wagons now In dal'y operation on tha Portland streets, and. strange as It may seem. It can be said that Portland Is one of the most progressive cities In the United Sites In that respect. Many of the larger cities still cling to the horse-drawn dead wagons. Pro rata population New Tork City does not possees any more automobile undertak er wagons than Portland. This shows that Portlanders are awake to the pos sibilities of the motor car. In view of the fact that the Portland undertakers were so quick to grasp the significance of the automobile as an economist It la not a far cry to surmise that within another year or two fu nerals a la automobile will be tha gen eral order of things. In fact, a locul funeral dlrrctor Is contemplating the purchase of a motor-propelled hearse. If this materialises, tsxlcabs will be borne Into service as parts of tha fu neral cortege. The Edward Holman Undertaking Company was the first to receive Its specially-constructed dead wagon. Then J. P. Flnley Son received a similar machine and now Punning & McEntee have one. while the other funeral di rectors of the city are planning similar Investments. Tha one recently bnllt for Dunning & McEntee serves as the Coroner's wag on, and during Its short career haa done yeoman service In emergency case runs. In connection with the firm's private business and the county's funeral busi ness. It has been necessary to operate four horses and two wagons. Now the motor oar cornea along and relieves the horses of their work, saves the firm un limited time and a great deal of money. In the course of a week the Coroner Is often called upon to make many long trips Into the country. With horse and wagon these require many hours' time. With the motor car speeding along at 30 miles an hour a round trip can now ba made In less time than a single trip ma1 by horses heretofore. We have not taken time to assem ble the cost of maintenance of our car as yet." said one undertaker last week, "but we are satisfied 'that the machine has cost less thsn half what our horses and wagon formerly did. But It was not tha cost of upkeep that haa been 3 i. I H ' . ft 7 :i 'I-fV WHEEL OF HER CAR. well now. and before the Summer Is over. I mean to be a real expert, so that I can make all the long trips, to Mount Hood and Tillamook, and all those beautiful places." Miss Haller Is a student at the Allen Preparatory School, "and says that the best thing in the world to brush away the cobwebs and freshen up one's mental faculties, is a Jaunt at the wheel of a motor car. In the good fresh air. For the "brain-fag" that follows a round of Latin. Greek and higher math ematics she prescribes a swift run through the woods Just outside the borders of the city at the wheel of an automobile. The concentration upon running the car, she says, distracts one'a thouguta from books and lessons, and leaves the mind all the fresher for study when the drive Is over. Her en thusiasm for motoring as a sport fo! the feminine sex is unbounded, and she is a loyal champion of the Chalmers "Thirty" In particular worrying us. It was the time-saving properties of the automobile that at tracted us. In funeral arrangements we are often rushed and the use of the automobile facilities matters a great deal. The motor car Is certainly a val uable asset In our business." Another branch of Portlands business world to supplant the horse and wagon with the motor car Is the laundry trade It is estimated that there are more than a score of automobile laundry wagons now In commission. More are In prospect. In laundry work there Is a large area to be covered, and the mo tor car can get over twice the terri tory that a horse and wagon formerly did. The Yale Laundry Installed a mo tor car In its delivery service recently, aa a sort of experiment. It made good, and now the company plans to do its entire delivery work by motor car. Nowadays it Is hard to think of any line of work In which the motor car or motor truck does not plar a prominent part. With the arrival of the new au tomobile Are englnea the field will be well covered. Success of tha automobile as ratrol wagon In Detroit and other Eastern cities baa fired tha city authorities of Portland with automobile enthusiasm, and to hear that such a vehicle for the use of tha Portland Police Department 4ias been ordered will not be a great surprise. AUTO MARKS KCGE.YE JOI RXEY Puntlrltjr Manager for Lane County Town Geta Car Here. During the heavy rains of last week, Fred Moullen. of Eugene, accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. D. CVFreemsn. of that cltv. rnmo to Portland and selected for ' - CTU A TUT vin oLliALlil 4U i y. sr.? awr J I V.. eri-' $1750, Portland, Fully Equipped. Big, and Built to Stand the Grind la addition to its bigness its power its speed the SCHACHT "40" is built in a way no other medium priced car has ever been built. A great big engine the biggest and strongest crank shaft ever put into a four-cylinder car gears and transmission aa big as you find in the average "sixty. Every part built to stands the hardest kind of hammering and come back for more. Specification for specification, the SCHACHT "40" cannot be duplicated for less than $2200. SCHACHT MOTOR CAR CO. Phone Main 7093, A 7093. Fifth and Hoyt Streets. WE STILL HAVE SOME GOOD OPEN TEEEITOEY FOE LIVE AGENTS IN PACIFIC COAST STATES '!: X- Ml' III1 II I J&mrnJLz i w I iM 11 I. ii af ' '' . . .... -.V the latter one of the latest automobiles. The party returned home In It- The trip was made through slush and sticky roads for about half the distance, and sleet and a sprinkle of snow fell. The new car. without a single adjustment, showed a splendid .performance. The Eugene Commercial Club, of which Mr. Freeman is publicity and promotion manager. Is one of the most progressive In the stata. and It is partly for the purpose of more expeditiously discharging his duties that Manager Freeman haa purchased a car. In the Commercial Club's work, which extends over all parte of Lane County, there la a good deal of traveling over all kinds of roads. The oar proves bandy In pub- MOTOR CARS . NEATE & MCCARTHY, Inc. " DISTRIBUTERS OREGOV AXD COLUHBU RIVER COTJNTrES. MAIN' 63T4, A 75TT. 694 WASHINGTON STREET, COR. KING i i .. ... .,. 120-Inch Wheel Base 5 or 7.Passenger Touring Car Atlantic Pablo Beach, Florida March 28th, 1911 Warren "30" wins One-Hour Event, covering 80 1-12 miles. March 29th Same place, Warren "30s" won 1st and 2d place . in Five-Mile Open National Championship. March 30th Same -place, Warren "30" wins Ten-Mile Event; 7 minutes, 9-10 second.' April 10th Los Angeles, Cal., Warren "30" wins 24-IIour Race, covering 1167 miles, and is awarded the Trophy Cup. The world's record for cars in its class using only, one set of Firestone Tires. . . . 4-Passenger Torpedo $1600 Portland-Detroit Auto Co. J. E. MAXON, Manager - Oregon Distributor 526 Alder Street, Portland, Oregon Phones Main 2583 A-4944 Out-of-Town Agents Write for Agency Proposition e IIHLiilrfv'fc. . - ilMisa. . - TV ' -V.- llc functions in receiving; and showing prominent visitors arouno we universiiy city. ' POLO TO BE PLAYKD TODAY Third Game of Series Scheduled at Vancouver Banacks. VANCOUVER BARRACKS, Wash., April IS. (Special.) The third of a series of polo games will be played on the artillery drill grounds of the post this afternoon at 2 o'clock between the Vancouver Drabs and the Portland Whites. The srame will be over In time . t A MfWeleW4( f for all to see the baseball frames that day. and the public. is invited to at tend. The Vancouver Drabs will be repre sented by Williams Walters. Eugene Oppenheimer. Lieutenant W. H. Ruck er. Lieutenant S. W. Scofleld and Ser geant Marquette, who will oppose the Portland Whites, composed of W. J. Norlin. Thomas Monks, Chester Mur phy, H- L. Corbett and Joseph Cronin. The referee will be Lieutenant J. R. Starkey, and time keeper, Lieutenant Arthur P. Budd. Announcement Never since the advent of the automobile in Portland has any car met with such a remark able demand and universal approval as that given the E-M-F "30" and Flanders "20" cars this, season. With the allotment of 1200 of these first choice cars for the Northwest, the local branch of the E-M-F Company have found it utterly impossi ble to keep up with their ever-increasing de mand. Besides the mechanical analysis of these re markable cars, which will convince even the most skeptical, there are many important prac tical business reasons why YOU should own one. The people who own and drive them are in best position to explain these reasons, and we will publish a list of over ONE HUNDRED NAMES ' next Sunday, every one a SATISFIED OWN ER. You will, no doubt, know some of them, and we trust you will inquire. "The proof of the pudding is in the eating," and these people are enjoying a "big feed." THE E-M-F NORTHWEST COMPANY L. H. Rose, Manager Phones M 1853, A 2436 Chapman and Alder Sts. . -.11 : h i ll Ml II 1 II II hi VSu , till, I Tk.o. tanrrta hiiVA PHph WOI1 3. VlC- tory from the other this season anil . today's game will decide which is . the better team. Much Interest in the post has been created in polo this Spring and tho officers spend much leisure time in practicing the excit ing game. Weather conditions promlsn to be more pleasant than last Sunday, when a cold raw wind was blowing. About 80.000.000 woriffi a v(ar pa. unrtcr the sea, through cabins linking British and North American ports. 5w k 1 n y laJ TXWiN III' 1 rm i iQ.2