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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (June 4, 1911)
KIPLING 15 F JOY IN HIS GAR Motoring Quickens Intellect and Stregthens Morals of Autoists. MRS. CHARLES MICHEL IS SKILLFUL MOTORIST Chauffeuse la Equally Skilled in Handling Automobile and High-Stepping Hones in Racing Events Is Going to Exploit Both. OTHER VIRTUES NUMEROUS Machine HHpa Owner to Lire (;ood ptatance- lm Ton Wlih oat Ixwtn Amenities, a Many Prominent Dealer Say. Rudyard Klpiln. the Ena-Ilsh write, la aa ardent loer of tilings out-of-door. Ha lores hi horse. Ma doaa, hta sua and hi rod. Among otoer thlna-a he la a motor deirotes and taal written aa Interesting- paper on Ma motoring- experlencea. Ha aays la part: -1 itka motor1 n a because 1 bare Buf fered for Ita sake. I ben years o In the daya of the tuba la-nitlon when mix horiepower waa reckoned fair al lowance for a touring-car and 1 mllea an hour waa somatome to talk about. My agonies, shame, delara. (ices, chllla. par-bolllngs. road-walklngs. water-drawings, burns and starratlone. at wM.-h you laughed In tha Klnfauna Castle In loe all want to maka a car of today aafe and comfortable. "It there wars no do(f thera would be nn elelsectlon and people would still be treated on tha lines of Oalen and Aelcenna- Any fool can Invent anything, aa any fool can wait to buy the Invention when It la . thoroughly patantad: but tha men to reverence, to admire, ara those Promalheuses and Ixtons (maniacs, they used to call us) who rhaaa tha Inchoate Idea to nxlty up and down tha King Highway with their right red ahouldera to tha wheel. Motor Helps to I J re at Distance1. "Yes. I lore beeausa I have suffered suffered, aa I now see. In tha causa of humanity. "too ask how tha motor haa helped me? Tha early Neo-Galllc car did no mora than ralaa ma to a noblar plana or thought. I have heard men of tha new generation late-comera to a game aaade easy usa language over a faulty apark or a stuck valve that would al most disgrace the childish golfer. My mouth waa emptied of these vanitiea long ago. I can spend three houra In dark and Cold with a leaky tuba that needs attention every 2i0 yarde and virgin may listen to ray every word: bat of the moral aspect of things here after. "Nowadays; my car helps ma to live at a decent distance from any town without sacrificing what house-agents call the amenities. I am Hd of tha whole tribe of coachmen, saddlers, corndealera. smiths and vets. I can catch ma a train anywhera within IS mllea when 1 please and not when Jenny's hind leg or Jark'a cough la bet ter: and If I visit. I do so as a free agent, making my own arrangements for coming and going, in all cross country Journeys 1 am from ona to four houra quicker than by local train ser vice, on main Una routea I hold my own In greater comfort than tha rail ways can give me up to 40 mllea. England to B Discovered. "But tha chief end of my car. so far as I am concerned, la the discovery of Khgland. To ma It la a land of stupe fying marvela and mysteries: and a lay In a car In an English country la a day In soma fairy museum where all tha eahlblts ara alive and real and yet none tha lesa delightfully mixed up with books. For Instance. In six hours I can go from the land of tha Ingoldsby Legends by way of tha Nor man Conquest and Barons' War Into Richard Jefferles country, and so through tha Regency, ona of Arthur Young leea known tours, and Cella's Arbour, Into Gilbert White's territory. Horses, after all. are only horses; but tha car la a time-machine on which one can allde from ona century to another at no mora trouble than pushing for ward a lever. "On a morning I have aeen tha as sise., Jevellnmeo and all. come Into a cathedral: by noon I was skirting a new-built convent for expelled French nuns: before sundown I waa watching tha Channel Fleet off Pel sea Bill, and after dark I nearly broke a fox e back on a Roman road. Ton who were born and bred In the land naturally take such trifle, for granted, but to me It la still mtracuioue that if I want petrol In a hurry I must either pass tha place where sir John Lade lived, or the gar den where Jack Cade waa killed. In Africa ona must only put tha miles uader and go on: but In England tha dead. It coffin deep, clutch hold of my wheela at evarv turn, till I sometime wonder that the very road does not bleed. Thst Is the real Joy of motor ingthe exploration of thta amasing Eng!and. Efficient Trmprrsnce Advocate. "Bat to revert to tha moral aspect. Have you ever noticed how tha motor la tha moat efficient temperance advo cate and tha only education act at preeeat enforced In Oreat Britain? A horse In meet harnesses does the work for which his driver Is paid and when tha man la more than unusually drunk tha beast will steer htm home. Not so tha car. 9he demanda of her driver a certain standard of education, tha capacity of unf Uckertng attention and absolute eobnety. Failure to comply with her Indent meana certain death, mutilation, or fine In the srtape of a heavy repair Mil "There la no argument: there la no concession: above all there are no carrots. she la a condition, not a theory. Think what her presence. In registered thousands, will mean to a nation which has laboriously trained never to admit the existence of a con dition If that condition conflicts or seems likely to conflict with any ona ef theea theories? Even now-1 can sea Improvement. There are on the : odd mllea which divide me from the nearest town westward 11 or a; puba In front of each I used to find at least two un attended horses. Now there ara fewer beata autelde and thoee within are not ao sodden. They keep one ear np tha read; they set down their tankards: they leap from the bar: they run to their horses" heads. They break. If It be far an Inatant. the habit ef agea. What haa wrought tha change la our midst? Tracts? Blue rthoone? It Is the car the unexpected car around the corner. Car Qalckrns Intellect. "1 have seen carrier, awake and erect on their seats by tha hour, both reins In their hands and both ayea on tnelr pair. I have seen the fat coach man of the fat landaua and barouches trat bambie around the eountryotde visibly driving a thing which, the horses attested, they had not done for year. I have eeen the whole of a huntlng-neld alt down and really fide fhe-tr mounts, (tome of them did It very badly, but they all tried. 1 have aeen men walking on tha road suddenly and t .- 1,11 " ' V . .. ''XmZ. li V".1 kt -p- x- . ..XmJirf- -- at4f a- I ig-Sg- T- . , ... ?i ;v.- b MBS. CHARLES MICHEL I HER NEW WARBEJI-DBTROIT. AS EXPERT chauffeuse whose akUt at tha wheel of her handsome new Warren-Detroit -thirty" torpedo car entitles her to place In tha front ranka of Portland's fair motorists, la Mrs. Charles Michel, of 111 East Third street. North. .Mra. Michel haa driven several other cars, and haa had her four-passenger Warren-Detroit only about two monfha. She Is much pleased w'th the trim, graceful appearance of her latest acquisition, and declares It to ba tha ideal car for pleasure jaunts. While an enthusiast on tha subject of motoring. Mrs. - Michel also appre ciates the horse, and her loyalty Is di vided between her car and a pretty, high-stepping trotter, which she drives with a handsome, rubbar-tired buggy. Bhe la as expert at handling the rib bons, aa she la at the wheel, and every day. fair weather or fine, finds her out on the avenues and roads, with either motor or buggy. Mrs. Michel waa the first or her aez to drive a Warren-Detroit in Portland. accurately distinguish between their left and their right, and this not for political reasona. as a tenet of religion or aa a form of sport, but automatically and almost as though it were the In grained Instinct of a highly-organized rlr lllxatlon. "Seven years ago accuracy, precision, restraint, the Idea of projecting ones Imagination 100 yards ahead of one'a nose down an empty lane, did not exist. It Is the car that we have to thank for the quickened Intellect, the alerter eye. the mora agile limbs and the less unquenchable thirst of our fellow-cltl-sena. aa well as for the higher standard of decency now attained by our of ficially dumb companions. I know a rooster on the Heathflrld road who, but that he Is honest, might ba made con- stable over a trap. He can Judge to a , fraction of a second the speed of every motor that comes hla way, and since he j haa no tail to speak of he takes chances that brings the heart Into one'a mouth, j But he survives, and I do not aouot will be the aire of a Una of double breasted, facing-both-waya poultry. "And there Is a dog who waa once bold against the bare legs of children and the skirts of nurses the sort of j ravening hound on whom his master aays: "lt a his play. He won't hurt you unless you're afraid of him." Last year my car caught him on the shoulder and hoisted him nearly aa high aa Slrlus. He came down quite well, thank you. but ao changed and ao vastly for the j better. He. too. will propagate po- i ilta pupplea. j -Thus do we all benefit by the not ! of the age. which la tba motor norn. GARAGE CXDERGOIXG CHANGES E.M-F Xorthwrat Company Will Have I p-to-Datc Establishment. When alterations on tha building of tha E-M-F Northwest Company ara completed the concern expects to have the most up-to-date plant In tha North west. The salesroom on the gronnd floor Is to have a frontage of M feet on Alder street and So feet on Chap man. The Interior decoratlona ara mission, walls being paneled eight feet to a plate rail, with a row of mission windows above. The side walla will carry Is atngle electric fixtures, which with five groups of ceiling llghta and ) floor liahte will supply over 00O candle power to tha room. Tha lower floor, excepting tha sales room, will ba devoted exclusively to tha service department." which the E-M-F Company consider the moet Important branch of their organisation. Here the owners of the E-M-F and Flanders cars will receive the careful attention which haa made and held the host of friends and followers of these two care. The next floor will carry stock rooroa. car delivery and receiving de partments. Top floor, machine and re pair shops. The company will do no general gar age business whatever, the entire plant being maintained for the exclusive usa and convenience of E-M-F and Flan dera owner. Many Antoa Are trood. There has been a tendency of late ' for some motor car manufacturers and dealers to belittle, or. If I msy ua tha expression, 'knock' other makes of cars. 1 am not at all In sympathy with such salesmanship." aaya deorge V. Hippie, local representative of the Chalmers Motor Comoany. "I presume current gossip to the effect thst tha "weaker , brothers' of the automobile Industry will soon be eliminated haa made many manufacturers anxious to prove their . own etablilty. And ao they have In- i dulged In diatribes against other cars. Thera are lots of good motor care. I j might mention a number of manufac tures woo ara building cars and mar keting them at fair price. Any one of these cars is a good Investment for a buver. I am quite content that all should get credit for their honest ef fort There Is plenty of business for all of us who have good motor rare to sell, and ao I have no sympathy with that salesmanship which can aee no good la another's work." llt.Ooo Antoa In Paris. The number of cars now operated In Paris baa Increased to mora than ll.oen. In contrast Moscow, with half of Tarla' population, haa only " 14. FAST TIME 15 EXPECTED MOTORCYCLE CIXB HAS DARIXQ EVENTS TOR BIG MEET. Better Than Mlle-Pcr-Minnte Clip Promises In 6ome of Races That Are Scheduled. Twelve motorcycle racea will be helJ In tha first meet of the Portland Motor cycle Club, to ba held on tha Country Club track. Rose City Park, next Sun day. About 26 daring rldera will com pete In tha races. Ten of tha events will be contests between rldera of mo torcycles only, while two others will ba races between automobiles and motor cyclea. The County Club track Is expected to be In the -beat of shape for the races next Sunday, and better than a mile a minute will be made. Three or four mo torcycle meets will be held by the Port land Motorcycle Club this season. A great crowd is expected to see tha thrilling racea next Sunday. Verne Maskell. the moat daring rider ever eeen In Portland, and who last season startled the Portland motorcy clists by his daring, will give an ex hibition ride on hla seven-horsepower csr next Sunday. A special racing mo tor has been shipped to Portland for this season's racea. This la a four hore power Flying Merkel, stripped. Prises will be given for tha winners In all tha eventa. The racea will ba open to amateur riders only. A. J. Ed wards Is the man who will drive hla racing automobile against tha speedy motorcycles. Six different types of mo torcycles will be In the races. Three classes will be held, three, five and seven-horsepower classes. The first event wUl begin promptly at 2 o'clock. The course will he kent perfectly WLMINE "The Best Ever" Bob Burman Indianapolis, Ind., May 29, 1911. " "Standard Oil Company. At my first trial today I broke all world s speed way records from quarter to one mile. Time for mile, 35.35 seconds; kilometre, 21.41 seconds; half-mile, 16.83 seconds; quarter-mile, 8.16 seconds. Used your POLARINE OIL, as always. It's the best ever. (Signed.) "BOB BURMAN." Burman also used POLARINE to break world's straight away records mile in 25.40 seconds, April 23, 1911. POLARINE Stands Up Under All Conditions of Service. OL STANDARD OIL COMPANY, (Incorporated.) I H k -mJ US SB MOTOR CARS Rambler Automobile Agency Show Room 688 Washington, Near 12 1st clear of spectators that no accidents will occur, the gates on either side of the track being locked so as not to permit any persons upon the track. The officials for the meet have not yet been named. The sun exerts about two-thirds as much force on the earth's tides as the moon. DO YOU KNOW that one of the best automobile accessories, or rather necessities, is being manufactured in Portland, 173 East Water street. The Rohrbacher Power Tire Pump, which a Chicago man nicknamed "The Little Wind-jammer." Fifty of the largest auto dealers in the United States have catalogued this pump, giving it a full page. The factory is busy fill ing orders for these pumps, which are going to all parts of the United States, also the Philippine Islands. The Canadian Rohrbacher Com pany has just been organized to take care of the trade in Canada. The factory will install the pumps permanently right in your automobile, and guarantee them to give satisfaction or refund your money. You have a complete power plant in your automobile, so why use a hand pumpt The space used at the factory will soon have to be enlarged tr necommodate the trade. Those wishing pumps installed are re quested to either call or phone and reserve space in advance. Get your order in early. Rohrbacher Automatic Air Pump Co. 173 EAST WATER STREET Portland, Oregon Phone East 506 Warren - Detroit "SO 99 ate 4 Paaaeagera. ;$lSSO Warren "30" Demi -Tonneau lta-la. Waeel Baa, ta-lau Wheel, SVt-la. Ttrea. Seata 4 Paaaeagera. The price includes two complete and distinct sets of ignition Bosch high-tension magneto, gas lamps, generator; oil side and tan lamps, hem anrl eomnleta tool eoniDment. Special mohair top. highest grade class wind shield and top dust eover, $100 additional PORTLAND This Car Gives the Strength, Power and Reliability You Want you are right in aemanoing me oikb"'- p "" ble value for every dollar you put Into an automo bile You want alxe. roominess, comfort and style up-to-date lines high-grade finish. You want power and speed and. above all things, you want strength and reliability, and these are the very grounds upon which the Warren "30" .urgently claims and merlta your most careful consideration. Th. Warren "10" will give yon tha day-ln-and- day - out service you want, because It haa tha s'rength. tha power and tha speed. It will carry you and your family wherever you want to go. quickly, comfortably, economically, and you need not take tha dust of any other car If you do not want to. J . ... :x TP. ...... 9fl, A ride, which we cheerfully give, will convince yon 01 mo utm - " " ir'. e ' a , J. E. Max on, Manager Portland-Detroit Auto Co. ma and couch su Opening Week ARCHER & WIGGINS COMPANY N. W. Corner Sixth and Oak Streets COME! ' mdsauYiH vrrttrlii -ra-----t- ' j hirTjuTt-'-i'irtiF'i -tub i ft iiiiwAif vr- J AUBURN Anbnrn Motor Car Co. 505 BURNSIDE ST. Phones: A 7339, Main 2674 BALLODS WRIGHT Largest Stock Automobile Accessories M. &. W. TIRES MONOGRAM OILS SS Sixth 8U, Portlauid, Or. BOWSER GASOLINE and OIL TANKS STOHAGSI ITHEMI FOR FUBLIO AND aU- VXTE OARAGE, a. IX Maava,lt. SOS claabu ! Mate) Mr Crowe Auto Co. 16th and Alder Oldsmobile Marion TIRES WnieaaaataaT at Retreadiag. R. S3. BLODCKTT. Bl Alder gt. Vela TAWk 5TEVENS-DUKYEA GRAHAM MOTOR CAR CO. Washington and 15th Streets, Portland, Oregon jJl'm J.W.LEAVITT&CO. 629-531 Washington St. Distributor for Oregon, Washington, California and Nevada. MENZIES-DUBOIS AUTO CO. laiaasiints Delivery. A wt. Maf 48. Pa-eta ejreeea, APPERSON REO Northwest Auto Co. Fifteenth and Alder Sts. Distributors. Phones, Main 7179. A .959. MOTOR CARS Osen & Hunter Auto Co. A. I LUTZ, MANAGER -88 North Sixth Street Marshall 22T Schacht Motor Car Co. COMMERCIAL AND PLEASURE CARS COR. FIFTH AND' HOYT STS. h.-- -V " 1 """"" 1 ' """" ""nm GUARANTEED FOR LITE Foredoor Runabouts and Foredoor Touring Cars now at salesroom.. SMITH-CLEVELAND COMPANY Seventh and Couch Sts. NEATE & MCCARTHY, Inc. Main 374 A 7577 694 Washington Street, Corner King MOTORCYCLES. MOTORCYCLES INDIAN AND EXCELSIOR BALLOU & WRIGHT, 86 SIXTH STREET OREGON MOTOR CYCLE CO. 189 BURNSIDE STEEET. OT A TV A fCMTC NEW ERA AUTO CTCLE b 1 A 1 L Aut 11 1 O FLYING MERKLE MOTOR CYCLE
