TTTE SUNDAY OHEGOXIAX. PORTLAND. SEPTEMBER 2i. 1911. . 5 .
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IY
WORTH
BEING RECOGNIZED
Mapping of Route Through
State Arouses Much
Praise for Plan.
PATHFINDERS ARE HONORED
Banquets Are Tendered Association'
Representatives on War
fornia Border I.lne by Xnmer
ous Civic Clubs.
The story of the Pacific Highway Is
the story of a road nd a motive: It Is
a short story meceuse the time of tha
action has not been very long.
One year ago a group of men from the
three states bordering the Pacific met
at Seattle and formed an association
with the object of promoting and es
tablishing a trunk highway, which
should bes;ln as far north as possible
and extend as far soul J as possible on
the pacific Slope. These men knew
that In every state the history of the
railroads began with the binding of
a great artery: that In due course came
the construction of lateral and feed
ers.' and of more main lines with more
branches and connections.
They believed that If a areat north
a. d south road could be selected and
Improved and made famous and pop
ular as a route of travel so as to af
ford a direct comparison with the
neighboring roads unimproved and In
correctly maintained, the moral effect
of auch an achievement would be
promptly seen, and that the pople of
the West would be aroused to the need
and stimulated with the desire for more
good roads. There Is nq Incentive to
the build Ins; of better roads so vig
orously effe-tlve ss the success of a
conspicuous specimen of good road
RmIv la "teleete.
The Association proceeded to select
sections of roads, already built between
Tla Juana. the Mexican border town,
and Vancouver. B. I'., tied them to
gether, gave tire resultant continuous
highway a name, admirably marked it
with a uniform sign of simple, strong
d:n. The result was electrical! The
Interest and pride and Icyalty of the
lates and provlnres through which th
road passes was Immediately displayed.
It caught the fancy and favor of the
f ria and commercial bodies. It ap
rea. to the imagination of the Eait
and Middle West and the projwt was
pictured and described In prsctlcally
every motor and tourist magaxlne. and
In many of the farm periodicals of ths
I'rtted States.
The province of British Columbia,
which has amaxed the world with Us
recert achievements in roa.lbiilldlng.
was prompt, as a government, to rec
ognise and approve the project. It has
at'Proprlated funds to extend the Pa
cific Highway from Vancouver north
ward ! miles to llsxelion. and it Is
irpsed to carry the highway on over
he intervening miles to the Alas
aan border. 1
In Washington. across which
4ite the algns were first placed. !H
has been spent on surfnclng sec
tions of the roads and preparing pro
file mapa and other data. The road
las received much attention by state
tnd county authorities.
followed the highway signs from
Portland north through Washington
ind across the Canadian border." says
Frank B. Riley. "I found the road
everywhere the object of much concern.
nd found farmers working on the
road In front of their lands Indlvld
isliy and Independent of any state or
ounty assistance.
Dlrkliua Staswls Fx peas.
But far more Interesting has been
. the history of the Pacific Highway In
Oregon. At a convention held in Port
land In August It was decided to mark
:he Pacific Highway through Oreson
Trorn the Columbia River Kerry to the
rail fornia border.
M. C. Dickinson undertook to fi
nance and become responsible for the
nanufacturing and placing of the signs.
The work was started September t and
finished last week.
"The progress of the crew southward
assumed the aspect of a presidential
tour. At every county line It was met
' jy delegations of city and county offl-
.Mais and cltlxens who escorted them
, tcross the county. In the larger towns
subllc receptions and banquets were
;he order.
"00 signs now serve to mark the
alghway across Oregon and the motor
tnd other tourists may go from Van
couver. B. . to the California border
without a guide hook.
"t'attfornl baa authorised the e
endlture of $lS.OiI.OO on roads. O'V-
irnor Johnson says that the Pacific
Highway from California to the Mex-
lean border will receive Immediate at
tention and will be In first-class con
dition in lli. We may look for a
continuous procession of tourists psss
' lag up and down the great road and
diverging over Its laterals and seeing
' the country as only It can be seen
from the common road.
Opigsa te Get Tewrlala.
"The Eaaterner. who. after a winter
In Southern California, has been In
the habit of shipping his car home, is
asking oar headquarters If he cannot
Instead tour over the Pacific High
way through Oreson and ship his car
from here. He Is coming this wsy In
greater numbers and he Is beholding
the Pacific Northwest at the most al
luring season and Just as the winter
' playground In California Is getting
baked and brown. For the same rea.
en that he has bought an orange
grove In California, he Is buying an
apple orchard In Oregon and Washlnc
lon. -A path-finding car Is preparing to
leave Tla Juana to blase a trail to the
ritv of Mexico. The Taclflc Hlghwav
'Association Is offering a solid gold
medal to the first rsr to go over the
route selected: and another gold medal
to the first person to propel a car
from Vancouver to Haselton.
-It is not only possible but prob
able that br ISIS this "road of three
nations" will be In good condition
from the Alaskan border to the City
of Mexico and that It will realty be
the first International Highway to be
built on the Continent of North Amer
ica. 'Iet us regard these little white s'.rns
met at the crossroads and forks with
respect and interest, aa the material
proof of the reality of a great achieve
ment as the links of a vast chsln
which shall bind together for soclsl
snd economic supremacy tha people of
the great West."
SALEM ACTO PROGRESS GOOD
Machines Prove 1 "actor In Mate
Good Roads Movement.
SALKil. Or, Sept. :j. i Special.)
With approximately .400 automobiles in
this vlcinty this year where there were
only U the year before, the progress
of the automobile here Is self-evident.
It was but compsratively a few years
ago when an automobile was a curios.
Uy In Salem, but today the streets are
literally alive with them."
Not only doea this Interest extend to
those who own machines merely for
pleasure, but In the list of the machines
in u.e can be found a score of delivery
wagons, express wagons and various
other kinds of motor vehicles for com
mercial uae on the streets of the city.
Farmer In this vicinity are using the
machine for farm work and delivery
of their produce to the city markets
There are perhaps II or 15 deeds on file
which show that a part of the consid
eration for property was the transfer
of an automobile from the hands or a
city man to the hands of a farmer for
use on his acres.
An active automobile association,
headed by R. P. Boise. Jr.. with E. T.
Barnes as secretary, both of them lead
ing business men. has had considerable
to do with auto activity here. The
club has devoted its greatest efforts to
the Improvement of the roads. While
its demands have been modest for new
reads, from its Inception the Idea of
the club has been largely toward plac
ing the old roads in condition and It
has spent considerable money In
smoothing out the rough places and
Ironing out the kinks along the routes
In the county where machines are
driven most.
Automobile owners here have been
decidedly active In their participation
In an effort to secure the Portland-Sa-lem
capital highway.- George F.
Rodcers. one of the commission named
bv r-.nvernnr West to put through thla
I highway, is an ardent motorist, as Is
his wife, an expert at me wneei.
H. Albert, president of the State Au
tomobile Association. Is also a resident
of Salem and he has worked Indefatlg
ably for good roads. He has assidu
ously lahored with the County Court
in securing appropriations which have
proven a wonderful aid In building np
tiie roads of this county. In addition to
his work generally In connection with
the state association.
With these Influences, as well a
scores of others at work here, the prog
ress which has been accomplished for
tne motorist, and Incidentally for tne
farmer, has been" marked.
In addition "he man who owns the
automobile hss been largely Instru
mental In developing the streets of
Salem o that they are row a Joy for
him. Over 10 miles of paved streets
laid during the past three or four years
testify to the fart that trse value of
good streets is ss .paramount as the
value of good roads.
DEALER GIVES ADVISE
PHILOSOPHICAL "DOXTS' WRIT
TEN FOR XOVICE MOTORISTS.
AuloM Warned to Be Careful In
Selcrtlon of Machine and In
Running It.
Playing the role of "guide, philos
opher and friend" to an unsuspecting
public, a local automobile dealer has
written a few don H for motor car own
ers He Is going to have them printed,
distributed freely and also will have
them printed In large type, framed ar
tistically, and have them adorn a con
spicuous, place In his private office. .
l'mcr the caption. "When Judgment
Whispers Don't., the following advlca
appears: '
Iion t mistske the silence of Inac
tivity for silent performance.
Don't pin your faith to every ancient
proverb: one old saw has it that the
wheel that turns gathers no rust.
Don't relv too much on your chauf
feurs eyesight Just because occasional
y he sees double.
Don't rorget that the bucolic Vldocq's
Idea of speed Is apt to be exaggerated
whenever an automobile Is concerned.
Don't go to extremes In automobile
styles; In this age of rapid progress
r.asse Is Just around the next corner.
Don't knock the motor that knocks:
the fault may be your own.
Don't forget that Ill-mated parts
must clash and lhat Incompatibility of
temperament ! a legal ground for di
vorce. Don't allow an Infected part to con
taminate its neighbors: quarantine the
car until the trouble Is eradicated.
Don't forget to scrutinise more close
ly than usual the credentials of the second-hand
aUitomoblle that is painted In
gay colors.
Don't rely too much on a 7S0-word
guarantee: in case of a stiff hill a good
performing motor Is more to the point.
Don't take liberties with a grade
crossing: play things safe stop, look
and listen.
Don't forget that adages, like dreams,
frequently go by contraries: a horse
ahoe In some esses brings anything but
luck to the automoblllst.
Don't allow the Jejune activities of
the blatant salesman to act as blinders
when on a still hunt for a good car.
TOIR TO BE GOOD ROADS TRIP
Chicago Motor Club Will Spend
Eight Ias In Travel.
Announcement of the American Au
tomobile Association that the Glldden
tour Is to be a good roads trip Into the
South has caused the Chicago Motor
Club to change Its plans regarding Its
annual reliability contest. Originally
set for a four-day test, beginning Oc
tober . the tour has been extended to
eight days and will last from October
f to IS Inclusive.
This action was deemed necessary
because the club fancies the trade will
demand a test that will take the place
of the Glldden. The route to be fol
lowed will be lit miles In length,
running through five states.
The pathfinder, a Halladay. furnished
by Charles M. Hayes, who paid tha
club ir for the privilege of hlaxlng
the route, went out August 15 and re
turned to Chicago September 4. having
spent a week on the road. A hearty
reception was- accorded the pathfinder
en route and they assert: that the
route selected l the most picturesque
ever laid out for a Chicago run. The
roads are for the most part stone and
macadam, not t per cent being dirt.
Some ef the hills In Kenturky and
Southern Indiana will test tha cars.
PRY BATTERIES EXPLAINED
Proper Care Solve-. Trouble for Mo-
torit. Declares Expert.
-One ef the most predominant causes
for calling for the aid of the friendly
horse In the early days of motoring
waa the dry batteries employed as the
sole means of furnishing the Ignition
current." ssys Ft. I- Short. "Nowadays
nearly every car Is equipped with a
magneto and the dry .cells are used
merely In starting the machine. In this
capacity they are satisfactory since
tt-,e work Is merely of an Intermittent
nature.
a. great many motorists have trouble
with their dry batteries because they do
not glva them proper care and atten
tion. In order to have a current of
sufficient amperage and voltage It is
necessary to connect several cells In
series or multiple. This Is done by
means of short Insulated wires which
are apt to be loosened by a little vibra
tion. If one terminal Is partially dis
connected, the whole battery Is prac
tically dead, therefore all connections
on the primary circuit must ba clean
and absolutely bright."
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AMATEURS ARE WARNED
TINKERING WITH CARBfRETOR
XOT ALWAYS BEST.
Care Should Be Exercised When
Adjusting Sensitive Organ ot
Automobile.
Whenever tha engine has been mis
behaving for a length of time and the
owner of tha car has reached the con
clusion that it behooves Mm" to do a
little tinkering and 'thus cut down the
repair bills, he will almost Invariably
start to work- on the carburetor, no
matter what the previous symptoms
may have bee-n.
In doing this he not only exercise
a commendable spirit of economy, but
a very unenviable lack of foresight.
Any carburetor will balk If It Is clogged
with foreign matter or If It la not regu
lated so that the besi carburetlon may
be had at the greatest range of speeds;
but when an Inexperienced motorist
or perhaps an experienced motorist and
an Inexperienced repairman starts to
work with a hammer and screw-driver,
the result la very aura to be not only
a balk, but a permanent disinclination
on tha part of tha carburetor to work
at all.
Tha symptoms of carburetor trouble
are sometimes rather elusive. It Is
truex but they may be located by a
careful process of elimination which
will after a while bring the searcher
down to the heart of the matter. If
the trouble is finally located In the
carburetor and the matter Is a lack
of suitable adjustment and not a piece
of cotton waste In the needle valve or
other foreign matter the adjustment
will have to be systematically taken
up and not done In an erratic fashion,
as this will only lead to greater
trouble and dismay on the part of the
operator. Almost any carburetor en
the market wMl give very satisfactory
service for a limited range of action,
but this range Is often found to be too
small, and it Is then that the car
buretor needs adjustment. The action
a -rm- k i a r-a mm -a m I m m . . fr1 i n 1.111 m j'M r ri .. . mm
The Pabkard.
THE' PACKARD "SIX" has set a -new mark for the Forbes road,
303 miles from Philadelphia to Pittsburgh. Driven by J. M. Murdock,
treasurer of the Standard Auto Company of Pittsburgh, the new car on
August 1,1911, clipped an hour and ten minutes off the best previous record
of twelve hours and fifty-one minutes.
For 160 miles the Forbes road is a succession of steep and rocky grades in
the Allegheny mountains. Obstructing the entire route, are thousands oi
water breakers which retard the speed of a car and subject it to almost constant
strain. This run is considered the supreme test for automobiles when traveling
at sustained speed.
The feat of the Packard "Six" so faj surpasses the former records, as to
mark a new epoch in mountain motoring.
FRANK
Demonstrations
of the "Six"
by appointment
of the Instrument may be all right at
low speeds and all wrong at high, or
the opposite may be the case, accord
ing to the original factory adjust
ment. In the case of a float feed carburetor,
tho gadolrhe level rises in the float
chamber gradually, lifting the buoyant
float until the proper level Is reached so
that the aurface of the gasoline Is about
1-32 of an Inch below the noxxle of the
Jot and the current of alaln passing by
the jet will suck the gasoline through
the orifice in the form of a spray.
After having approximately regulated
the gasoline level so that the float will
close the needle valve at the proper
time the next regulation will be in the
way of a proper adjustment for the
amount of air permitted to be drawn
throiich the carbureter at medtum
speeds.
After havine the carburetor rojrulated
so that It will work satisfactorily at
medium speeds with the correct spark
advance, throttle the engine and r
tard the spark: if healing results, close
the needle valve opening slightly and
observe the action. The needle valve
should bo closed until the motor does
not smoke and runs satisfactorily, then
run the engine on medium speed again
and make any slight adjustment neces
sary. The same process should be gone
through repeatedly until the motor will
run well on both medium and low
speeds. The adjustment Is then made
for high speeds In the same manner,
wllh due regard for the auxiliary air
regulation if there is any.
Tne difficulty of satisfactory car
buretlon are. of course, much greater
at low speeds than at high speeds, and
there is a great tendency to draw the
liquid gasoline through the manifolds
In solid globules Instead of the fine
spray which Is the Ideal state in which
to attain perfect vaporisation. The
gasoline If drawn through the inlet
vslve in the form of a liquid will tend
to form carbon deposit In the cylinder.
OLD SHOWHOUSE IS SECURED
Madison-Square Garden Will House
Automobile Exhibits.
The twelfth annual motor car exhibit
will be held In the Madison Square
Garden. New York. January to 20,
1J11. the offlcal announcement of time
and place hivlr.g set at rest all doubt
In regard to the staging of the show In
the parden this Winter.
The ssle of the old structure, which
was tha scene of last Winters gigantic
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C. RIGGS
exhibiton. raised, the question as to
whether the building would be avail
able for the purpose this year, but it
has been secured and the committee,
consisting of Colonel George - Pope,
chairman: Charles Clifton, Alfred
Reeves and Merle L. Downs, who so
' Watch
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The greatest sensation in the East
among valveless motors for 1912.
The 5,-Passenger Torpedo, fore-door, selling for $1250, has been
pronounced bv those who know as the greatest automobile value
in America. It has all the class, st-le and finish of a $2500 car.
Don't fail to see it on arrival. - ; "
We will be located in our'new salesrooms after October 10.
46 Twentieth Street, Near Washington
Temporary Location, Seventh and Ankeny
DULM AGE & SMITH
nirrrirT Tpg
5ix
Cornell Road, Twenty-Third
and Washington Streets
Complete catalog
and any informa
tion on request
successfully conducted the 1910 ex
hibit. Is, already busily at work on the
Intricate details Incident to the undcr
takinc Like that of last year there will be
two separate exhibits. Part 1, to be held
.Tanuarv 6 to 13. will be devoted exclu-
hibits.
the New Valveless
slvely to passenger and pleasure cars
while :n the period from January 15 to
20. commercial vehicles, electric car
riages and motorcycles will be shown.
Complete displays of accessories will
be made In connection with both ex