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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (May 14, 1911)
TIIE SUNDAY OREGONIAN. PORTLAND, 31 AT 14. 1911. rv3 THE FAITHFUL HORSE IS DOOMED Commissioners Select Popular Motor Car for Battalion Commander Award Made After Exhaustive Tests by Corps of Municipal Experts THERE A REASON Forty Horsepower Overland Purchased for the Fire Department f: V- ' - V (f K':7 L X 7 1 " :1 -ipawsgJ Tlr Caasslsai.rr . C. Ple, Mr OulMloirr J. F. CSh. Overland Model 54 The Edition de Luxe of 1911 Automobiles, $1930, F. O. B. Portland, with full , equipment. i r-s M ' . t is r " s' ' v ; plre Commiaflloaer Samuel Coaaell Chief David Campbell. Cars for Every Purse J. W. LEAViTT & COMPANY Cars for Every Purpose Washington at Sixteenth Phone Today for a Demonstration A 2444, Marshal 2779 AUTO CLUB ACTIVEX Site for New Home Will Be Se lected by Board. ROAD WORK IMPORTANT 3fw Driwa - Arranged Inc)uIlnr VMt to Be. Made by 100 Cars to Aatorla, Ontenall Celebra tfam 'About Aogost 1ft. "Tt la xpet4 tba.t th Portland Au tnmoMI Clnb -will be ready to an itnct th parebaaa of a sit for Its new elDbbeoa this week. SeTeral lo cation bavra beeo submitted to the board of director, bat It hum been deemed advisable to suspend action un til th sal of tha club's property on the Saady. River la effected. Some of th members seem to be disinclined to purr has a building; site this year and Instead, orira that ajTeater activity be s;iven by th club to the g"ood roads BBOvement. . . Troni th expressions of the mem bers. It seems to be a funeral desire that we should Bo ahead with the project of building; a clubhouse." said W. J. Clemens, president of the club. We are retting; many new members oa the strength of the movement for a new home and (rounds, and we believe that if our plan of promoting- the project can be carried out. we should not withdraw now.' Of course, all the members are Interested In the Rood roads movement and every thins; will be done by the club to aid this cause. The club proposes to take a leading; part In helping; th state and county g-ood roads organizations in carrying out their plans for a satisfactory system of road bulldlng." Wlthln the past few weeks nearly 100 new members have been added to the club and more interest seems to be tsken In this Institution by auto owners than ever before. Each of the 600 membera has pledged himself to secure two new- members and many are ful filling their promises. Secretary Potter Is -of the optnioa that 'the membership win be 15A before th end of tbe year. In addition to. tha club drives an nounced a few. days ago. another Im portant run Is to be made. The drive will be given for club members who. may wtsh to visit the Astoria. Centen nial. The date will be about August 14. By that time it Is practically cer tain that the new road between St. Hel ens and Astoria will have been com pleted. An effort will be made to get 10 cars to take th trip. most extensive, plants of the sort the Coast. Th plant will employ many men. hototrraphs of the output of this plant are In the hands of th commit tee and also the financial standing of the company, which th committee says appears to be satisfactory. A site is wanted where the company will have railway facilities, and it may be close In or out some distance. President Kellaher says th com pany only asks that the ' club assist It in securing a suitable site for Its plant and not a cent Is solicited. th company has ample funds to pro ceed with th erection of th proposed plant. "Th committee will get busy at once.' said President Kellaher. snd find a site for these people, and they are the- men who will make up a pay roll. I believe they mean business, and that they will turn out first-class auto mobiles and trucks. There is no rea son why these trucks cannot be mad right her in Portland, where so many are being used, and we shall get tha payroll. "We shall undertake to make a spe cialty of locating concerns of the sort. As soon as the Hose Festival is off our hands the Kast Sid Business Men's Club will establish manufacturers' days, and on will be devoted to a visit to tha great stockyards and Union Meat Company's plant In the Columbia Slough district. Ji. great many people have never been there and do not know how extensive that . district has been built up with manufacturing establish ments. A visit there will open their eyes. The company will entertain and show the business men over their plant. This Is the general programme we pro pos to adopt and carry out this year.' ROAD PROJECT PUSHED KEX-TIOAROVILLK HIGHWAY TO BE tKGED AT -XEWBERG. SITE FOR. ACTO FL.AXT IS CP East Side Club Will Select Suitable j - - Location. In the appointment of XL O. Collins. I. H. Ctrowbridge and C A. Blgelow Special committee to locate a large automobile factory on- the Kast Side, by th, President of the Kast Side Business Men's Club, a start has been made to develop the manufacturing in terests of that part of the city. About on acr of land) Is- wanted for the plant m whioh.auto trucks and auto dump wagons, which will be on of Portland .Persons. .Interested Will . Attend Meeting: for Discussion , of Way to. Secure Funds. ' A delegation of members of the Port land Commercial Club, th Oregon As sociation . for .. Highway Improvement and the Portland Automobile Club will attend the good - roads meeting to be held this week at Newberg. The date of the meeting will be announced to morrow. Progress is being made in th move ment to Improve the eight-mile stretch of road between Tlgardxille and Rex. in Washington County. The campaign to secure funds for the-bulldlng of this road is being conducted by the Yamhill Auto and Commercial Clubs Improve ment Association. The results of the work will be reported at this meeting. George E. Waggoner, of Dundee and Fortland. is directing the movement. He announced in Portland Thursday that the peopleof Tamhlll County were showing interest In the project and that over ione-thlrd of -the-funds had been snbscrtbed. Th. County -Court of Washington County lias agreed to ap propriate as much of Its road funds as It can. Autolsts and good roads advo cates of Portland are expected to as sist the promoters of' th project. "This Is one of the worst pieces of road .in the Willamette i Valley," said Mr. Wsggoner. "There are good roads leading up to it on either side and we are determined to improve- this stretch. The work can be done for about 115. 000. When the road is repaired, the Willamette Valley will be opened up to automobile travel for nearly 200 miles, with good roads th entire distance. FIRETRUCKS PURCHASED TWO ACTO(VEHICXES ADDED TO DEPARTMENT APPARATUS. President Tucker, of Humane So ciety, Believes These. Sltonld Re place All Horses In TTse. "It Is most gratifying to see that th Portland Fire Department has taken steps to eliminate the use of horses," said Robert Tucker, president of the Oregon Humane Society. "It is to be hoped every horse-drawn fire apparatus will be replaced by motor flre-flghtlng apparatus 'In Portland as soon as possible. The long runs up steep grades require too heavy work for horses. Besides, a motor-driven ap paratus can cover the ground much more quickly and In frequent cases reach a fire before It gets a good head way. - "The movement to install motor driven apparatus In the fire department service Is not only in line of progress, but It is another step forward in re moving the horse from exacting hard ships on the paved streets. The time is coming when the use of horses for heavy draft work will be more the ex ception than the rule on the streets of Portland. The society believes that the movement should be encouraged in removing horses from the hard pave ments entirely, unless the animals are provided with rubber shoes. These shoes are now being manufactured and are giving practical results." Mayor Simon and Fire Chief Camp bell announced yesterday that they were pleased with the showing made by the two pieces of motor-driven ap paratus which were put to an official test Thursday. The Mayor said that Portland should not delay in equipping the fire service with these vehicles, believing that the investment will re pay the city In a short time through the ability to reach fires quickly and to put them out before much damage is done. It is expected that the vehicles will be turned over to the city and placed Into service within the next 10 days. In addition to the apparatus, the Fire Committee has awarded contracts for two auto runabouts, one a Cadillac, costing 12000. and the other an Over land, costing $1930. These will be used by batallion chiefs, replacing horse- drawn carts. a stump when the explosive went off. A piece of the wood was embedded in the young man's cheek near the right eye, and one of his hands was .badly mangled. His brother, Fred, was also hurt, but not seriously. Steamer to Replace Stages. EUGENE, Or.. May ' ll (Special.) For the convenience of tha large num ber of Eugene people who annually at tend the rhododendron festival at Flor ence May 24 and 25. arrangements have been made by the Florence committee to have the steamer Anvil run between Florence and Yaqulna this year for pas sengor transportation. The stage roads are very bad at this time, of the year, making It difficult to get to Florence over the regular route. Centralis Men Hurt Blasting Ixgs. CENTRALIA; Wash.. May 13. (Spe cial.) Wllber F.Young. a well-known young man of this city, suffered the loss of part of his hand yesterday while blasting stumps at his father's farm three miles -from Centralla. Young, with his father and younger brother, were engaged in inserting a fuse into s 120-inch Wheel Base jg $1900.00 Portland, Fully Equipped. Fore - Door $65.00 Extra Comfort in Motoring Without Extravagance Get down deep to the real root of the motor-ear problem. There are no clap-trap schemes to the Schacht "40" ;no hair-brained theory. . Instead you will find a thorough-going motos car of standard construction and BUILT TO STAND THE GRIND. Power and low cost of np-keep. The SCHACHT argument is clinched by a Schacht demonstration. The price of our car is as low as that'asked for many 30-horsepower cars. . Before parting with your money, telephone for demonstration and be convinced. Scliaclit Motor. Car Co. PHONE MAIN 7093, A .7093 ' - FIFTH AND HOYT STREETS. TO AGENTS: WIRE FOR INFORMATION ON AGENCY PROPOSITION. STOP, LOOK, LISTEN $2100 F.O. B. PORTLAND for THIS POWERFUL 40 H. P. F0RED00R CAR, FULLY EQUIPPED. The inevitable is bound to happen. , In the end you will buy an AUBURN Do it now.' Don't "yait. If 3rour mind is not quite "made up to buy, let us demonstrate. We have no fear of the outcome. THE AUBURN MOTOR CAR CO. Main 2674 507 BURNSIDE ST. A 7339 MOTOR CARS neAte & McCarthy, inc. Dl'TRIBl'TERS OREGON AND COLTJHBIA RIVER COUNTIES. MAIN 37, A 7577. . . ' ' '. , i 694 WASHINGTON STREET, COR. KING
