Ttt-E SUXDAY OREGOXIAy. rORTLAXD, SEFTEHBEB 17, 1911.
THKEE MORE 1912 AUTOMOBILES ADDED TO PORTLAND SHOW BOOMS ET PAST WEEK. i A HTfl MM SfJBfi I Ml
AUTOISTSBESTMUD
nU l U Lnii uuniiLLu
Archer & Wiggins
Company .
AUTOMOBILE SUPPLIES
Wright & Ditson Athletic Goods, Guns and
Ammunition, Fishing Tackle
N. W. Corner Sixth and Oak Streets
State and Municipal Regula
tions in Conflict. -
Two San Francisco' Men Drive
From Bay City to Portland
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CLUB IS PREPARING TEST
Through Rain.
innfl n
Rule Compelling Multiplicity of
License Tag Is x-aructu-r.,
sented by Motorists Lights
on Wagons Are Demanded.
HARDSHIPS ARE ENJOYED
OPlEGOfJ ROADS
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fljn Mot Vital Teed of lUgtowsr
In Thl State at Pwn Accord
Inf to Tourlau Trip la .
Xot One for " otVwv.
Splashing; Uirtmga mud that at time
reached axis depth and forced to con
tinue driving until the lata hour of
th. Blr'-t over unfamiliar road In
arch of shatter from the element waa
tie eperlnee of Farold Johnatone and
. Vincent MaeArthar Ran Francisco
enthusiast , ,!! making a trip north
last -week, TVlla. aU their Inoonveo
; lencaa. ther 'daciare .that thv nsvar
had a better time and that lley enjoyed,
verv mile of Xr tmny.
after a brief star In .-tUnd." the
euthera .autolafa proceeded on their
war north la tftelr haimare "an." It
la their intention-, tu vlait Vancouver
an Vlrt.rha.;. !.- C f Wr relurnln;
borne. Thej- n-tff shift their car from
, Feattle to Fair r"vsnclace.
"Recent ralna have made the road
prettr bad." raid MacArthur In telllnc
of the trip. "The mud 1 frl-htful In
many placea and It certainly tax tha
, Iriamultv of a driver to pilot an auto
mobile over them In safetjr.
Thte la the first time either John
; itone or I have taken aueh long trip.
f It certainty we a revelation, and al
though tnoet of the time we ware kept
hoy looklner out for harp curve and
rnurk holes wa aw umi beautiful
rencry.
Trie net fur Seviee.
"The Journey from Fan Francisco' to
Portland by auto la one that I would
not recommend to a novice. Consider
ing them aa a whole, the roada are
not of tha beat. Tha main fault I hava
to. find with them I the countless rierht
n:e curves and tha steep grade. Why,
If the brake should fall on anms of tha
Mils, there la no telllna; what damaaa
would be done The roada are also
very rarrnw. In passing vehlclea at
1 several dlfflrult places, wa had to uea
, every precaution to keep from tipping
rver the bank.
"Sourre-n Oregon at present does not
iford ldel n:otorina. The l:avy raln
fa'.l haa ore! !iavoc with the soft
i road ha-K and tiie mud at soma placea
j went up to the hubs. Just before reach
, Ire: A'Manrt we met a fellow tourist
j who m mm aa.llv up aaalnat It. His car
; was stuck in the soft earth, and try
as he nrsM. cdn'd art get the en
gine tT T.;0- e"it. either of us had
rope or cnaln. so a e had to hunt up
s tea-n for Mm. lie Intended coming
throi'"? to Tortland. hut decldeJ the
coin waa too atrenuous and turned
pack
. Ta.pinitlc.g. of .slaua along tha Pa-
. . ii "'"firtirrggra" to the
?ri-ir T.rKVTirKT'at I5an average
I'vT"! .fSlirrPn, f?. last leg of tha
trip we were g-.itded by tha white and
:eck a'rta They soon became familiar
friend' and n were on U lookout
for thern.
L4 Man nig Aid.
" '(-- ( iff, rat Southern Oregon and
NortheH V':fornla asdlr lack Is proper
.- si r " 4 -v'f i ' ttveH rrimi Redding
north anbl we.- ttruek the paelfle Klgh
.. way .star a-there waa hardly anything
"'worth mentioning that wa could find
to &te t us bow to continue our Jour
.'iter -IH th movt part It wa guess
work, eiihj few favor thrown In by
t-e rfirt: foika.
"J-r. time we were catiaht In
.fava- ra it t -rrr"Rnd Haul to keep on
rtr!ng ir-r fl'rk to reach heltr. It
was lrrooath!e to make any kind of
ajeed o - ro me-d.sl not know. On
X-eva,r a-V fl i j rigta went back on
;rts in erere virtually forced to
rreep a!ona. Bit the experience waa
.r.Joab'e ueverthelesa The hardahlpa
we laj-cr.cd at. a.-rd had our beat fun
m&en Vir rain, and sometime hall, was
peltirp a-vav at the wind shield. Wa
-ai ro mear.a of protecting ouraelvea
frop. te elements and raturally wara
drenve aeversl tlmea.
.- '.tnt before coming to Meflford wa
tha.iihr we would have to turn back.
The roeia were becoming almost 1m
raahle In spots snd we aiera afraid
t at the terrific strsln would be too
much for the little Chalmers to stand.
However. we stuck It out. and now
the maohlne la giving Juat aa good aerv
Ice a :4ien-we left Ban tTanclsco.
t imil-rijiij the trip between Portland
and .-Wattle la the hardest part of tha
wolf journev. Well, we won't say
tvat wa will matte it. but we are going
to try pretty hard.
Crater I.ake Rea4 Fair,
t 'P-ape fie moat . interesting part
cf the ho Jnurney was the side trip
to Crater Lake. . It I tha moat novel
sight that I have ever seen and tha
scenery between Medford and tha lake
I Ideal. We were told that the road
waa In pretty bad condition, but wa
wr.t H-ourh without a hitch. If ad
vertised prope-ly. tire Is no reason
why Cratr Lake should not be one of
t"- greatest meccas for automoblllata
on the PacXflA Coavsu I would gladly
make the Journey from San Franclaco
to see this wonderful creation of nature
and If. the outride people understood
.m .a 1 Is thee would, too.
"Oregon's roads compare favorably
with those of CaliortUa in moat re
prects. yet there Is much Improvement
t ork muet he done before the Pan
FrancieornrUad trip can become
popular. .TTe praeent clay motorist Is
far too eacer to do hla touring over
htghwaya tttat look Uka city paveaienta.
H demands hatter roada and will not
lake a chance- ct.fulnlng Hla car -by
tjk ng It over country whara good
; ' raa4e aea- itt thwielrt. - Oregon la a
..aal sLelaw.-wllh few people, and It
'" wit-be many- years before It roada
ran come ut to the standard of Eaatern
atatea I think It haa done very well,
all thing srontdered. and can lay Juat
aa atrong claims to good road aa Call-f--?e":
T ?P Fyanc'sc" motorist" rout led
t;-ee:g ksaeramarfo. Tted Bluff. Red
ding. Punsmulr. Shasta Springa file
son. Montague. Ashland. Medford.
Grants Tass. Roaaburg. Eugene. Al
bany, falem and Oregon City.
Horfe-Drasa atrol Abandonee).
Another, rttp toward the nltlmste
replacirsr Of . H'waedrmern vehicles by
motcr car for use In city departments
ii trade laat week wiien a contract
waa awarded be the executive board
on recommendation of the Police Com
mittee ta the H. L. Keeta Auto Com
psny fcr a combination automobile po
; I----, patrol and ambu.anc. " It Waa
!r ee.ently thet t.ie city piTrchaaed
a touring car and a truck, for the water
"ierertmcnt. Ikl'tW ftnla been aaf
f.c.'ent the recommendation would
.-ave carri-d !th It the Indorse-nen;
t . tia.a rciaee ef e- tearing car for
Lea ue cf the Chttf of rolice.
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Monroe Goldstein Gets Abbot
Detroit Agency Here.
CARS INVADE PORTLAND
Modr'a of Manrell, Abbott-Detroit
and 'H'grren-nctroU Scon Here
Are Evidence of Rapid Strides.
Made-Toward Ideal Machine.
Among tha changes msde In tha
local automobile Sold last week the
most Important wag the announcement
of the Portland Motor Car Company of
the appotntment of Monroe Goldstein
aa aales manager for the Abbott-Detroit
care and .Jvertlsin manager of mo
joneem. - The first shipment of tha
laat auto to Invade thla territory ar
rived slmultaneou with the naming of
Goldstein. . The Portland- agency for
the Abbott-Ietro!t Company waa es
tablished but a few days ago.
Tetermlned to use every meana to
make the Ahbott-Petrolt Juat aa popu
lar In the West aa It ta In the East,
tha Portland Motor Car Company east
about for an energetic salesman and
their choice fell upon a man popular
among the dealers. For aeveral yeara
Goldatetn waa prominent In the Pacific
Coast newspaper world. He waa con
nected with a Portland publication for
aome time. Enjoying a wide acquain
tance In the automobile Held and con
siderable esperlence In the game, the
former Overland representative elec
tion la considered a good one.
C. T. If. R.ot. district manager of the
Abbott-Detroit Motor Car Company, who
recently came to the Northwest to es
tablish agencies, will devote much of
hla time to the Portland territory for
the present. He will make this city
his headquarters. He ia now tn Seat
tle, where ha will' place Ui Abbott
Detroit with a Seattle dealer.
1 H. Rose, manaarer of the E. M. F.
Northwest. Company, made a buslnes
trip to Salem laat week. He report
the auto outlook excellent for that
territory.
With the retirement of the Smith
Cleveland Company, tha Hupmoblla
agency goes over to Oulmage A Smith.
Negotiations were completed Wednes
day and tha oral 11J shipment for
Portland la already on tta way.
Four new modela arrived here last
wtek. They are the Maxwell. Aopett
DetroH and the Warren-Detroit and
Packard six. A glance at th 151J
models easily convince one that sapid
strides toward tha Ideal automobile are
beinc made. The Improvements made
dnrlna tha paat year In almost every
make not only are noticeable on close
lnapeetlon. hut stand out prominently
and are easily recognised at a casual
glance.
Th majority of the 1?15 automobile
re now in the city. A study of all
machine' . makes clear the prophecy
that this will b a acasen for medium-
f 4t S ' , .
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MANAGER
NAMED
f-aiA; jg-,. rr.
- " w ?-r
priced cars. All popular-priced motor
cara hava embodied to a large extent
the feature of tha axcluaiye machine.
It seems now to b only a question of
a few yeara when thla type of auto
mobile will have everything contained
in th hlgher-prloed product.
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I C. Fe-ker. Loafer distributor, ha
returned from a two week' vacation.
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The Braly-Ihi Bel Auto Company,
Franklin agency, trill move Into Ita
new home September IS. Tha latest
addition to Portland garage la on
Nlnteenth atreet. Just north of Wash
ington, and la a model of an up-to-dste
place.
T-l- OharU CI PnVClval. Wll O WU 1n
Portland recently on hla tour of the
border of tha unuea Biaies, use " -i
c ttu The trio North.
writes Dr. Percival. was tha most se
vere test to which Dl Aooou-utuui.
"Bull Dog" haa been put. The burning
of a bridge between Vancouver and
KaUma necessitated a long detour.
One day it tooa mm n nuu
make 9 mile. Th mud waa up to the
k..K. mnA . - had to make his way
through plowed field and up moun
tain grade or is ana zu per ccui.
urs there are many washouts along
the line, caused by the recent heavy
rainfall. ,
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HASTTNOS XETtf HtPP MANAGER
Assistant Wl'h Long Experience Is
Promoted by An to Hone.
Charles Dr- Haatlng ha been ap
pointed general manager of the Hupp
Motor Car Company, of Detroit, to uc
ceed R. C. Hupp, who h resigned to
devote hla entire attention to other ln
teraata. according to Information re
ceived her. Haatlng haa been with
the .Hupp company aa assistant general
manager since Ita organisation and haa
been active tn the executive affair of
the concern, so that the retirement of
Hupp will in no way affect the policy
of the company.
Halting ha been identified with tha
automobile Industry since Its Infancy,
having been with the Olds Motor Com
pany long before the Hupmoblle came
on the market.
E. A. Nelson, designer .and chief en
gineer of the Hupp company, to whom
Is due tha credit of the unique dealgn
and motor of the Hupmoblle. will con
tinue at the head of the engineering de
partment, and the personnel of tha
other official of th concern remain
unchanged.
ANOTHER TIRE COMPAXY HERE
Competition In Portland Is Among
Hottest in Country.
Within the past two weeks, another
automobile tlra company haa Invaded
tha Pacific Coast field. Tha United
Tire Company has established direct
factory branches In Portland. San Fran
claco. 'Seattle. Los Angeles and Fresno,
gnd as soon as tha local trade 1 se
curely organized, the Spokane country
will ha made toe object of attack.
The coming of the United makes this
a field where th competition 1 mora
noticeable than In almost any other
city in the country. Nearly every houae
of importance la now represented and
the hus'ness necessarily must be di
vided. Portland Is looked on ta a hard
place for a branch manager to make
good and the Job haa been passed- up by
several In line for promotion.
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AUTO AIDS PHYSICIANS
MOTOR CARS PROVE HELP TO
DOCTORS IX COUXTRT.
Speed Wagon Increases Their Ef
flcksncy for Rural District
and Lessen Danger.
"On a recent trip through the country
I was aurprlsed at tha number of doc
tors In small towns who own automo
bile." said M. a Dlcklnon. of the Ore
gon Hotel, who recently returned from
a ahort tour through Washington and
tha territory north of Seattle.
"It strikes me that thia I one of
tha greatest services that the automo
bile perform. I really believe that the
Increased. use of motor cars by doctors
In small town 1 bringing about a de
crease In sickness and deaths In rural
districts.
"Take, for Instance, the case of a
farmer I know who lives twelve miles
from the nearest physician. Before
the day of the motor car he would
often have to wait ten or twelve houra
before th doctor could get to blm, be
cause so much time would be con
sumed tn locating a medical man and
bringing him out to the farm in a
buggy.
"Aa a result the farmer depended
upon home remedies to a large extent.
Tn critical cases the danger point often
would be reached and complications
set in before the doctor arrived. Now,
with the motor car and the telephone
Invading the outlying districts it is
almost as easy to locate a physician in
the country as It la In the city.
"My farmer friend tells me he has
never had to wait more than an hour or
two for the doctor, and at one critical
time, the physician mad a record run
reaching he patient forty minutes after
the call waa put in.
"Another great advantage the motor
car glvea to the medical man is for
consultation. He can telephone up the
nearest large city and have a colleague
out fn a very ahort time. This was
practically unthought of before the ad
vent of the automoDiie.
T have talked with a number of
doctors In rural towns who own autoa,
and they tell me they don't see how
they took care of their practice when
they used a horse and buggy. They are
now able to be many mora times use
ful to their patients. At the aame
time, they can save their own energy.
Their life la no longer one continuous
round of pressing call with meals and
sleep snatched any time the opportun
ity offers. They hava more leisure and
time for self-Improvement at their dis
posal."
Tiro Men Celebrate.
Over Its members of the Firestone
salea force, from an pans oi in coun
try, gathered In Akron last week to at
tend the tenia anniveraary or ire ruo
ber company and It aixth annual a!es
convention. President Firestone In his
annual address submitted figures
showing that the past year has wit
nessed the greatest Increase in busi
ness the company haa ever had. He
stated that the new plant will more
than .treble the present output, and
that the difficulty of filling orders,
which haa been a serious one the past
year, will now be successfully over
come. There were speeches, dinners
and enthusiasm In plenty.
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.. .i... i-cnsnlzed inter-
Deroanaing . - - .
pretation of the state automobile, law
. the Portland Automo-
ne eeieuii" mat-
b. Club ha. decided to carryth. mat
!' "d necessary by the dl-
tor, in oTder to get a decision
r-nda? tn.-Ur meeting they
fn.tructed the clubs attorney John
JT.,1 ...United Btates District At
torney, to act at once. .
U will b. " hive th.
.TmaTarrr. on th. thre. fol
lowing charge.. .tomob... ot hl.
own without a chauffeur". Ucm-
Running a motor car aiwr
out lights. ,, '
Driving witnoui "i
. ... .rate law went into
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effect the automobile world of Ore
. . i . . t r what
gon haa oeen ai . '"
couree to puraue. Although drafted by
automobile men, the new law is not .as
clear as it might do, anu in '-"""''" "
the motorist does not fully understand
many points.-
Many Laws Confusing.
The state law, according to gen
eral opinion, is supposed 'to do away
with all municipal regulation. It pro-
vldea for a "reasonable" speec, unaer
existing conditions, whereas me cny
ordinances set the limit at 12 mile
an hour. The trarno regulation.
Portland pertaining to .the operation
of motor vehicles, recently promul
gated bv the automobile registry board,
are manifold and In some cases In con
flict with the state law.
What the automobile club is trying
... j . . . i - - ..... a -11 nth.r thfnz'g.
W UCin Uillll!, - "
1. whether a driver of a private auto
mobile. If it be his own or not. Is
compelled to have a city chauffeur'
license. Thl Is one of the main points
at Issue and will be warmly contested.
Anotner imng iubi lmo mwiuuuinoi.
do not like is the. order compelling
th,m tn armt rltv llr.naas. The State
law provides that each auto must
carry a license on the rear oi tn. car
and a duollcate on a prominent part
of the front. The city also demands
that it carry two city licenses, placed
n ,V- " - - I. , ). - mmmm Ynnnnae am
designated In th. state bllL
mis maxes a total oi lour signs, an
to occupy conspicuous positions, which
ine RiiiDmuDiiB ciuo says is too many.
The directors see no need of the city
licenses and are going to test the
l.t,.IU- nf . K . I
Lights for Wagon. Demanded,
The reason for having the man ar
rested for driving without lights Is
to determine if there Is not soma way
by which the driver of a vehicle, other
than an automobile, can also be
compelled to have lights. The state
law, which was originally intended to
apply to vehicle, of any description,
has been Interpreted aa applicable only
to those propelled by motor power.
"We want wagons to carry lights,
too," said W. J. Clemens, president of
th. club. In discussing the move. "It
Is for the safety of drivers of that
clasa of vehicles Just as "much as for
ours that we want this done. If wag
ons would carry lights there would be
a minimum danger of collisions. Au
tomobiles would not run Into them so
frequently. It helps them just as much
as It does us, and aa the law was meant
for that broad view, there Is no reason
why It should not be Interpreted that
way."
George Wilder, of London, England,
who is coming to Portland In January
to engage in business, has purchased a
Peerless Six "88" from the H. L. Keats
Company of thia city. Wilder tours ex
tensively, and among his automobiles
are a French Mors and an English
Standard. He aelects tha Peerless as
being far above the foreign-make au
tomobile. LAUGH PUT OH CLEMENS
BEX TREXKMAV GOES TO BAT.
OCEAX WITHOUT W. J."
President of Portland Automobile)
Club Has "One Pnt Over on Him"
by Man Who Dared Roads.
An apt illustration of the truth of
the ancient bit of philosophy. "Where
ignorance is buss tls folly to be wise,"
was handed W. J. Clemens, president
of the Portland Automobile Club, re
cently. -A few days ago Mr. Clemens
and his family started out for an au
tomobile ride to Bayocean, Intending
to visit Sulphur Springs. He agreed to
lead the way for Ben Trenkman, who
also wanted to go to Bayocean.
Beaching Mcllinnvllle. the auto
mobile began to skid, the rain began
to come down in buckets, and . things
began to look blue for the continuation
of the ride. President Clemens prided
himself on his knowledge of the Tilla'
nook country. He had been there be
fore during the rainy season. He
"positively knew that the roada would
be Impassable. So he gave up bis jour
ney and returned home.
Not so with Trenkman.' He ad
mitted Ignorance of the roads -under
such conditions, but - he was going to
have a try, anyway. What mattered
If he. had to turn back? He would at
least profit by the experience.
So Trenkman continued on hia way.
A few miles the other side of McMinn
vlll. the roada were aa dry as the floor
of a dwelling. . He wa. elated. He
went a little farther. 'Twa Ju.t tha
same. Then he reached Tillamook.
Here he decided to call up Clemen, by
telephone and give him the grand "ha!
ha!" On second thought, however, he
refrained. He had better wait tin til
there was no chance to turn the Joke
on him. So he postponed th. call until
m would reach Bayocean. And this
he did.
Trenkman arrived home late last week
and all his friends have learned of the
Joke. He thinks It a good one on the
president and never tires of telling it.
Trenkman was accompanied on the
trip by his wife. In -Clemens' party
were Mrs. Clemens. Miss Lucile Cle
mena and Visa Elenor Gansmiller.
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Large Stock
Automobile Accessories
M&. W. TIRES
MONOGRAM OILS
80txt St, Porttavnd. Or.
BOWSER 1
STORAGE
Braly-Du BoisAuto Co.
IMMF.niATE
Phonet A 3881, Main 4880
TilJl' TIRES
Valoamtssjss? at ltatsdln R. E. IliODOETTi II iMa ae. Mafa VMML
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f Washington and 15th Streets Portland, Oregon
Schacht Motor Car Co
COMMERCIAL AND PLEASURE CARS '
COR. FIFTH AND HOYT STS.
NEATE & MCCARTHY, Inc. 1
Main 6374 A 7577
694 Washington Street, Corner King
Our Motto: "Quality aad a Square Deal"
Western Hardware & Auto Supply Co.
SEVENTH AND FINE STBEETS
Vulcanizing, Hardware and Auto Supplies.
Phones: Main 8828, Home A 2016.
HOTORCYCLES.
MOTORCYCLES
INDIAN AND EXCELSIOR
BALLOU & WRIGHT. 86 SIXTH STREET
OREGON MOTOR CYCLE CO.
189 BTONSIDE STREET.
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Marshall 1018. 627 Washington Street. A 7633.
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DELIVERY
Seventh and Davis Streets
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Northwest Distributors,
EAST MORKISON AND SECOND STS.
Phones: E. 3887, B 1625.
J.W.HAVITT&CQ.
629-681 Washiagton St.
Distributor for
Oregon, Washington, California
and Nevada.
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