TIIE SUNDAY OREGONIAN. PORTLAND, 31 AT 14. 1911.
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THE FAITHFUL HORSE IS DOOMED
Commissioners Select Popular Motor Car for Battalion Commander
Award Made After Exhaustive Tests by Corps of Municipal Experts
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Forty Horsepower Overland Purchased for the Fire Department
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Overland Model 54 The Edition de Luxe of 1911 Automobiles, $1930, F. O. B. Portland, with full
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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
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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
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