TIIE SUNDAY OREGONTAX, PORTLAND.- DECEMBER 10, 1911.
MOTORISTS SUPPORT LIBERALLY
WEMME'S IDEAL MT. HOOD ROAD
Oregon's Enthusiastic Exponent of Good Roads Movement Transforms Winding Trail to Baso of Snow-Capped
Peak to Sixty-root Highway, With Aald of $15,000 Contributed by Portland People.
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SHOUT STRIP OK TIIK KAMOIS SCE.MC HOl'TE BKTWEEX PORTLAND AXD MOIST HOOD.
FADS and hobbles hare been cloaely
allied with men and women ever
alnce the . world awoke from Ita
Ion ir lumber. Some of the fads have
'caused the needless expenditure of
fabulous sums of money, and many per
sona have been stamped aa eccentric
because they persisted in carrying; out
their particular hoDbjr.
Portland, and the whole state, too. Is
extremely fortunate In ha vine a cltlxen
whose fad ia beneficial to all: one who
continually dotes n something that
helps others jum as much as himself.
He Is K. Henry Wemme. the man who.
Individually, perhaps, haa done more for
the came of rood roads than any other
person in Oregon.
Better highways Is 'Wemme's hobby.
Recently he selected the Mount Hood
road for his activities. What ha ac
complished Is known to every one who
has maile the trip to the base of Ore
gon's st enlc wonder. He was respon
sible for the collection of over 115.000
and the expenditure of that money on
the Mount Hood road. That the sum
was used JudK-lousiy Is beyond argu
ment, for those who have made the
trip through Clackamaa County to
Welsh's cross road are unanimous In
declaring that for the amount of money
he had. Wemme performed a feat that
oorders on the miraculous.
Bis Intmrwst Made.
It Is not so long ago that It la be
yond the memory of motorists that It
used to take the better part of a day
to go by automobile from Portland to
Mount Hood. Now, thanks to the change
that haa been made In the. road. It Is
possible to make the trip in a few
nours.
In this undertaking; Wemme had the
undivided support of the Portland Au
tomobile Club, which made It possible
lr him. an a large meaaure. to gain
the large subscriptions he received.
The trip to Mount Hood Is the best,
from a scenic viewpoint, around Port
land, or. In fact, the entire state. It
rivals In variety and plcturesqueness
anrthlng la the Northwest. Until this
Kail, however, the road waa In any
ting but a perfect condition. Crooked,
narrow, with ateep grades and plenty
"S" curves. It taxed the Ingenuity
f clever drivers to get over the route
in anything like sharp time.
When Wemme's crew got through
with Its reconstruction work It looked,
for the most part, like a real highway.
Every place where the road builders
thouglit It necessary to work they made
It 60 reet wK'.e aiul provided for drain
ige. something that was entirely Over
looked all the times the county had re
salred It. Culverts were put in, bridges
oullt. hundreds of stumps and trees
removed and In many places, for 300
tnd 400 feet, an entirely new road was
built.. Driving a car to Mount Hood
now does not entail any wonderful
amount of ski!!; a notTre ' driver can
make the trip, with comparative ease.
' 1.1 Ule Werk I aMnUked.
All but four of the i miles to Gov
ernment Camp Is graded and In good
condition. The stretch ungraded Ilea
between Welsh's eroaa road and Rho
dodendron. T..ere are no hills to cut
down and the work can be done. ac.
cording to 'Wemme, for lesa than HOuO.
Another piece of the route that should
be attended to. aaya Wemme, Is Cher
ry vl lie Hill. That stretch of one mile
should be planked, he declares, and
this can be done for not mora than
I1S00.
One of the first thlngsthat Wemme
accomplished when he started to put
the rtad Into a passable condition was
to cut down Mclntyre Hill. This for
merly had a 15 per cent pitch: now H Is
a 10 per cent grade. The road there
was narrow and so steep that it was
Impossible to are whether a machine
waa approaching the top while going
up It, and until one got right on the
edge it could not be discovered whether
anyone waa coming up. Now there Is
no danger at all.
Starting at the Flrwood sawmill.
Wemme graded the toad for 1 miles
te Welsh's Cross Rn.i. All the work
was done unde the Immediate super
vision of David Douglass, road super
visor of Clackamas County, and to him
Wemme extends the credit for the
good results obtained.
sastrtlaleB la Praia.
"Douglass is one of the bet road
builders In the West," says Wemme,
-and If It wasn't for his untiring ef
forts and economy, half the work
would not hare been accomplished with
the same amount of money. It sur
prised me to see all the work he done.
To fully appreciate the change, one
should be able to compare the new road
with the old one. Then It will be pos
sible to realise the rast lmprorement
that haa been made."
Heretofore trips to Mount Hood In Ht-nry. Charles K.
October were unknown. By next year J Erckay.'JohaC,
It will be possible, according to mo
torists who hare made the trip recent
ly, to go to Rhododendron right up to
the holidays. In making this possible.
Wemme not only devoted a great deal
of his time In handling the numerous
details Incident to the-work, but also
contributed over I432 to the 115,000
fund. '
The people along; the route of the
Mount Hood road are enthusiastic In
their praise of Wemme. Many farmers
donated their services and did other
things to expedite the work.
. Three or. four years ago It took a
team of buggy horses with a light load
nearly 10 houra to make the Journey
from Welsh's Croas Road to Portland.
Now they can make It In about five
hours. The record time for an auto
mobile run from Portland to Rhododen
dron Is three houra.
Road's Ceaspletlea I'rged.
"Except for the short stretch be
tween Welsh's Cross Road and Rhodo
dendron and the Cherryville bill, the
route Is good, but I hope that some one
will take hold and see that this worn
la done." aays Wemme. who expects to
leave for a year's sojourn In Kurope
next Spring. "It will not take mucn
effort to raise the money necessary to
do the work referred to. W hen It Is
done the entire road will be ready for
gravel. When the hard surface Is ap
plied It will be an Ideal drive, for the
scenery along the route and at the end
of the trip cannot be equaled anywhere
else In the state."
Following are those who contributed
to the Mount Hood1 road fund:
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AlrBworth. J. C. .'
Archr-ombs Co. ,
A.lm. C. F
Averlll. A."H.
Alnalle. (ieorge ....................
Albe. H. R.
Abrey. J. II
Albe. II. K. . ..'
Avers. W. H -
Alters. William
Uhld e. Henry J
ilalfnur-Outhrls Co.
Heal I. John. ...........-..
Ilnfirld. M. C.
Bl-jmauer-Hoch Co.
Brown, Dr. C. B
Urady. M. K.
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Bristol. W. C
Benaett. T. A
Blaxlel. fherrtll W.
Buehner. Philip -
Brooke. Thomas Scott ."
Beebe. Kenneth -:
Booth. J. K l'
Bowman. B. H. -0
Hlaetins. H. J .- 10
Bates, oeorse W. .............. -.1
Beebe. Walter -ft
Botkln. J. C 10
Burrell Investment Co.. SO
Ballou A- Wright 60
BrW. Georse T 5
Hsrr. Guoree E. 25
Bsl ou A W right fnj
Bnlfour-Out hrl Co. .VI
Blumauer-Hoch. Co. 60
Bauer. Cecil H 23
Cohen. Arnold f0
Carlton A Rosenkrana ....
Cb.pln. W. H
Cherry. P. I Co
Corbett. H. W. estate .....
Cook. C. J
rlsrkimli County
Covey Motor CSr Co. .....
Claric. George Knight ....
Clemens. W. J
Cochran. C. K
Crows Auto Co
Campbell. G. L.
Clemson. John O. ........
Cohn. 8. Morton .........
Clark. F. N
Columbia DI(grCo
Cotton. W. W
Colt. C.C
Campbell. H. C
Coleman. H. C e-. ......
Corser. J. N.
Cox. Walter a
Creseenl Paper Co.
Clemson. John O
Columbia Olgrer Co
Cash
Dammeler Investment Co.
lw er. W. K.
Dickinson. M. C
Dooley A Co
Deere. John Plow Co
Delcum. Mrs. P
Klrod. J. O
Kd wards. Dwlgbt
Evans. G. L.
F.rtlnger. R. P
Elrod. J O
Fuller. F. I
Fields. C. E
Fields. Leroy R.
Fechhelmer. W. B. .......
Fenton. M. F
Falling. Miss H. E.
Frelwald. Gustaf. .Ir
Forbls, Mrs. John F.
Fields. F. D
Ol.tke. W B
Gorman. Sam J.
fllldner. B. ....'. ........
Gsdsby. Ben
Oillen. J. O ......,
Gibson. John H. -
Gadsbv. WUUam
Griffith. D
Gltsan. R. 1 ........
Green. Fred !..
Glohlsrh A Joplln
Hsak. John H.
Begele. H. W
Howell. W. O.
Helllg. Calvin S.
Houser. M. H.
Holman. W. G.
Huston. . B
Harrington. John B. .....
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Holbrook. M. L.
Haak. C E.
Harms, H ,
Hlckox. H. O.
Hotel Oregon
Hotel Portland
Hume. R. A. ..,
Inman. Hobert
Imperial Hotel
Jones. Herman H. ........
Jackson. C. 8
Jorgenson. E. D.
Johnson. O. F
Johnson. Dr. A. II.
Juaton. L.E.
Joplln A Hecks .,
Klrkpatrlrk
Keata. H. I Auto Co
Keasey. Humiion A Jeffery
Kleiser. Ueorfs W
King. E. A
Klernan. Frank
Kllilngssrorth. W. M
K ruse, Theodore ..........
Kllham Htailonery Co. ....
Kribs. Fred
Sutherland aAbrey
Lang. I. A Co
Leadbetter. F. W
lewla, C. H ...
Lewis, Allen
I Mi Kay. Walter
Mitchell. Lewis A fitaver
Moaer. W. H.
Marx, D.
McPherson. W. O. A Co. .
Murhard. 8. A,
McKenney. W. F. ,
Morgan, W. L.
Masters. YW V
MacKay, A. K. .,
Mensies. DuBols Auto Co.
Moore. F. M
Malarkey. Dan J
Moore. Dr. A. W
Morse, Clay
McPherson. G. L. A J. L. ,
Mt. Hood Brewing- Co
McCargar. Bates A Lively
Netb. C F.
Menial, L.
Noble. H. E.
Northwest Bulck Co
Neate A McCarthy ........
.N Itchy. F. A
O'Bryan, Harvey
O'Reilly, D. C
Palmer-Jones. H. P. Co. . .
Portland Automobile Club
Potter. T. B '.
Powers. L F.
Prael. R. F. . . . .
Price. George D
Piatt. H. a.
porter Bros.
Portland Automobile Club .
Rusel A Blythe
Kiley, Frank B
RigKS. Frank C
Ransom. K. H
Houtledge. George L.
Roberts. -J. C
Roberts. Thomas .........
Robertson. Frank
Hose. George A
Rusmussen A Co. .........
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henard. John 8
mlth. Dr. Andrew C
Pharkey, John P
Fmlth. Blaln
8k Iff. Dr. F. 8
Kn-lgert. C. F
ttlgglln. Charles O
Kpt-edwell Motor Csr Co ......
ptrowbrlrige. J. A
Shaver. Captain J. M.
Slorum. Dr. 8. C
Hommers. Dr. E. A.
Jewell, Russell E.
Pliort. Dr. J. M
Stokes. T. M.
t-mlth, J.
Sleep. W. D
Sanford, J. C.
Slmona George W.
Seaman. Dr. Clayton
Strowbtidge, J. M
Strowbrldge, James A. (Estste)
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Shepherd. John A.
Star Brewery ........................
Stearns. D. 8 ....
Stanley, F. 8. ,...........,..........
Tenner. H. O
Thompson. Miss G.
Thompson. Mrs. Mary
Thompson. R. H ,.
Torgler. F. W. ,.
Trenkman. Bea
Therkelsen. L., 8r.
Thrana. Victor
Twohy Bros.
Verateeg. Marlon
Van Dusen. H. n
Vanduyn A Walton
Van Schuyver. W. O.
Vogler. F. ' W
Wadhama A Kerr Bros.
Warren Conatructloa Co
Wiles. EIwooil
Whiting. Sanford
Welnhard Brewing CO
Wlckeraham. I. B
White Motor Car Co.
Williams. C. B.
Wilson. R. W
Winters. A. J. Co. t
Woodcock. Charles C. ................
Watson. Rollle W.
Winters. F. W
Wise. Dr. W. A. ...
Wade. R. M- A Co
Wakefield. Fries A Co.
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Scattering of Events Remedy
. . for Decline of Sport,
Says Speed King.
MAKERS QUITTING GAME
Automobile Racing Mut Bo Put on
Legitimate? Sport Basis If It Is
to Continue Successfully,
Says Pilot.
BT BARNKT OLDFIELD.
(Copyright, 1811, Barney Oldfleld.)
Of all he nerve-tlngllng, spine
chilling, heart-breaking- racea I ever
witnessed, the Grand Prise speed battle
from start to finish proved the most
thrilling. Never was such a long-dis
tance event run. There may hare been
moments during; a short finish of some
great horse race, bicycle contest, or an
automobile event that gave the spec
tators as great a thrill for a few sec
onds, but here was a great race which
for more than five houra held 100.000
persons spellbound, and there was
never a time up to the moment Bruce
Brown flashed across the line at the
finish that It was possible to pick three
men Between whom the race lay.
It waa a distinct triumph for Ameri
can drivers. Of course there were but
two great foreign pilots to oppose our
home boys, but there was never a sec
ond that showed either Wagner or
Hemmery as the equal of Hearne,
Bruce-Brown, De . Palma, Bragg, or
Mulford. Hearne was the surprise of
the race. Slender as a grammar school
boy. Hearne sat at the wheel of a big
car and mastered the monster at every
corner of the course, displaying a skill
and reckless abandon that no foreign
pilot ever showed In this country, at
least.
Too much cannot be said In praise of
Bruce-Brown. There were other driv
ers In the race who drove just as game
and heady. a race as did Brown. But
Brown won, and that Is the answer.
Praise must always go to the one For
tune smiles on. and Fortune certainly
gave Brown a good hearty grin during
the last lap. Mulford's Ill-fortune
alone prevented the Vanderbilt Cup
winner from finishing as good as third
but one such victory as Mulford scored
earlier In the week la enough for any
one man.
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The average piled up by the winner
surpassed the great record held by
Naxarro in the Targo Florio race In
Italy a few years ago. The distances
were about the same. Of course. It is
absurd to figure the Santa Monica
average of 74.6 mUes an hour In the
same class as the average of the Grand
Prize. The Santa Monica distance was
just half that of the big Savannah
race. The 76.2 average which Hearne
maintained past the 202 mile mark of
the Grand Prise Is the average which
must be compared with the California
record. At that, I believe the same
cars that were In the Grand Prize
would have piled up an average of 78
miles an hour over the California
course, even at the 415 miles distance.
I would like to see the Grand Prize
go to Santa Monica If It la abandoned
by Savannah. And I have heard some
rumors around the Georgia city to the
effect that there would be no racing
carnival next year.
I have read quite a few articles to
the effect that automobile racing is
gradually dying out. Many writers
bare pointed out the condition of the
racing sport In Europe as an indica
tion of what Is sure to fpllow In
America. 1
Automobile racing Is not on the de
cline. That Is. so far as the public
is concerned. Larger crowds are being
attracted to each successive road or
track race meet. The appetite of the
speed fans seems to be Just as keen
for the sensational sport now as dur
ing any period since the inception of
the sport. But motor racing is dying
out, so far as the manufacturer is
concerned. The fact that only seven
makers out of 400 and odd In the world
entered the Grand Prise at Savannah
is proof that the makers have had
enough of the expensive game.
For every dollar that comes In the
gate at an automobile race It costs
someone three dollars. The cost must
be shouldered by the maker. Promot
ers are responsible for the 'number of
race meets and road races throughout
the country, not the manufacturers. In
the early days huge profits and wide
margins enabled the makers to plunge
the limit at the racing game. But
with the advent of sane business meth
ods, the makers began to count the cost I
of racing and tried to strike a bal
ance by figuring up the number of
cars racing had sold for them. In many
Instances the benefit was hard to lo
cate. Racing made possible the suc
cess of many concerns standing at the
top today. But the sport has outlived
Its usefulness. There are not more
than half a dozen events each year that
can be used as good advertising or pub
licity material by the makers of the
winning car. Where do the makera
of the hundred or so losing cars come
in? Racing today 1st solely a sport for
the promoter, and should be figured
on that basis. To my mind, the maker
who abandons the racing game Is most
wise.
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In the grand prize event two foreign
makers were represented by three en
tries each. This combination proved
the backbone of the race. In fact, had
these two factories not guaranteed
three entries there would hardly have
been a grand prize race. A week be
fore the race was run one of the for
eign concerns announced that Irrespec
tive of the result. It would never again
enter its cars in road or track races.
In view jf the fact that this particu
lar make of car gained Its prestige In
America solely through being the win
ner of one grand prize race, the run
ner-up In another grand prize classic
and through winning many track races
and holding world's records for beach
trials, it looks as though this one in
stance is the best indication of whether
or not racing pays tha manufacturer.
' If racing is to continue, there should
be some skillful figuring on the part
of the manufacturers who favor such
contests. They should curtail the
number of events, weeding out the
ones which prove the less beneficial,
and then award the necessary events
to widely separated sections of the
country. There Is one territory which
has always been neglected by the men
in charge of automobile race promo
tion. That is the Northwest. Califor
nia has its full quota of races and con
tests, but Oregon- and Washington
have been neglected. I believe a big
road race or other contest with a Na
tional flavor should be awarded to
Portland or Seattle, preferably the
former city.
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. The curtain has Just been rung down
on the final event of the racing sea
son. Hurry and set the stage for the
opening event of next year. For It will
soon be time for a Florida beach meet
at eitheV Jacksonville or Daytona.
The first road race of the new year
Is scheduled for Washington's birthday
at San Francisco, the Panama-Pacific
It Is the intention of the Northern
California crowd to make their race a
big event for the next three years and
then put on a race for a $50,000 prize
in 1915, when the big exposition Is In
full blast.
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How fleeting is fame, especially
when that same fame is gained at the
steering wheel of a racing automobile.
Not more than one-tenth of motorists
generally can tell the name of the win
ning driver of the $25,000 Memorial day
race at Indianapolis or the car he
drove. The winners of former Vander
bilt cup races, heroes of the sport for
a year after their victories, are scarce
ly remembered by even the well-posted
men of the game today.
I felt like a Civil War veteran as I
sat In the stand at Savannah and saw
the honors of the world's greatest au
tomobile race being won by school
boys. For the first four to finish.
three of the men have been out of
school but a couple of years at the
most. In no other sport is the young
ster crowding back the veteran as they
are doing In automobile racing.
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Although the recent grand prize race
was not sanctioned by tne American
Automobile Association, there will not
be any of the drivers "outlawed by
the triple A's contest board.
Few motorists know that the Amen.
can Automobile Association has noth
ng to do with the running of th
grand prize event. The great race
under the control and sanction of the
Automobile Club of America, which
organization, by the way, is the only
body in America recognized or afflll
ated with the International Federation
of Automobile Clubs.
The grand prize is the spoils of war
marking the victory of the Automobile
Club of America over the . American
Automobile Association In a bitter
fight some three years ago. When the
smoke cleared away, the American An
tomoblle Association was lying pros
trate with the Automobile Club of
America waving Its war club, the
grand prize gold cup. But as the Au
tomoblle Club of America is not
boastful organization, and as the
American Automobile Association is
bit sensitive about the subject, the
public is seldom reminded of the fact
that the grand prize Is run free from
Three-A interference. v
Fire Ousts Family to Snow.
PENDLETON, Or Dec 9. (Special.)
Fire of Incendiary origin destroyed
the large double residence belonging to
the Arnold estate, early Wednesday
and forced the families of Attorney G.
W. Coutts and E. F. Averlll to move
into the snow in their nigbtclothes.
This is but one of many incendiary
fires which have occurred here during
the past several weeks and was the
second time recently that an attempt
was made on the same property. The
loss was about $5000.
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War Route Traversed In Auto.
W. C. Fraxer. of Wellsville. O.. a
veteran of the Civil War. recently com
pleted an automobile tour from his
home In Ohio to Savannah, Ga., over
the. Identical route which he marched
with General Sherman almost half a
century ago. he drove a Maxwell run
about, and his only guidebook was a
diary which he made while the army
was advancing on Savannah. Mr. Fra
xler was a member of the Seventeenth
Army Corps, commanded by Major-Gen-eral
F. P. Blair.
1912 FormJoor Touring CarflBOO Complete
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SELFSTARTING ,
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FLANDERS "20" TOURING CAR, $800.
FLANDERS "20" USED TO BE jealous of the victories of
its bigger brother E-M-F "30".
BUT NOW IT'S DIFFERENT Flanders "20" holds all
world's records up to 20 miles for her class on the Indi
anapolis Speedway just as complete a cleanup as the- "30"
made at Savannah last week.
NOT ONLY AT RACING but at hill climbing has this light
car demonstrated its prowess its superiority over all com
petitors in events such as the Dead Horse Hill Climb
America's great hill climbing classic and a score of other
events as important.
THEN TAKE ROAD RUNS such as the gruelling race
from Los Angeles, Cal., to Phoenix, Arizona, in which $1,000
to $5,000 cars fell by the wayside, this great light car gave
a splendid account of herself.
PERHAPS THE GREATEST OF ALL the great feats tha
Flanders "20" has performed was the "First to Hazleton"
run, when this car undertook the task of laying out a road
through the wilderness of' Northern Washington a feat
that no other car had dared attempt during the two years
that a trophy had been offered for the accomplishment.
YOU CANNOT APPRECIATE the conditions unless you
have been there. We have a little illustrated booklet that
shows some of the seemingly impassable roads and th
barriers that this car surmounted. Let us send it to you.
ESPECIALLY IF YOU AJRE one of those folks who have
hesitated to buy an automobile because you felt you couldn't
afford a higher-priced car such as an E-M-F "30." for
example, and who had the prevalent idea that in an $800
car one got only an excuse a car of mediocre quality and
small efficiency one that wwld do all right on paved streets
or good roads but utterly incapable of tackling a really
hard job of touring over bad roads.
IF YOU HAVE HAD THAT IDEA in your mind let us send
you two booklets one entitled "First to Hazleton" and the
other "Down the Dixie Trail," and you will experience a
radical change of hearJL
DOWN THE DIXIE TRAIL is an account of the GHdden
Pathfmding Trip of Flanders "20" in which she again
essayed a feat of hard road work that never before had
been performed by a light car and did it so well she made
performances of $5,000 cars look like the proverbial thirty
cents plugged.
NO, YOU DON'T HAVE to apologize for your car if it is a
Flanders "20". It is just as good in every detail as E-M-F
A little smaller that's all. And owners of either of
these cars know they can say to owners of 60 horsepower
cars costing $6,000 or more "lead the way we will follow
and we will arrive with or ahead of you."
POWER ALONE DOESN'T MAKE EFFICIENCY its the
relation between power and weight. So it is that E-M-F
"30" will go anywhere a 60 will go and the "20" will
follow just as easily and of course at a fraction of the cost
per passenger mile.
OF COURSE SPEED DOESN'T necessarily prove quality.
In a "freak racer" it certainly does not. But in a stock
model it does and it proves that the owner has at his com
mand at all times power in excess of his ordinary needs
which he can use to meet extraordinary conditions.
BUT ROAD TESTS DO tests such as the Hazleton or
Glidden these do prove quality in every part. And so,
until some other car selling for $1,000 or less has duplicated
or at least attempted the feats of endurance Flanders
"20 has accomplished we will feel justified in using the
superlative and proclaiming this the "Greatest Light Family
Touring Car on Earth."
AND IT SELLS FOR $800 f. o. b. factory and carries with
it a full year's guarantee. Your local dealer can tell you
how soon he can deliver better get the order in his hands
now and not be compelled to wait three mcut'js or accept
as second best a substitute.
E. M. F. NORTHWEST CO.,
L. F. Rose, Manager.
Chapman and Alder Streets.
Main 5969, A 2436.
Studebaker Corporation
E-M-F Factories.
Detroit, Mich.
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Five Models, 33 and 40-Horsepower.
Fully Equipped, $1350 to $1750.
All 1911 models equipped with the Michigan Self-Starter.
Every "Michigan" car is covered by the strongest guarantee
ever backed by a manufacturer. It will pay you to investigate
it. You want service, and that's , what you get with a
"Michigan."
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Northwest Branch W. A. Wildrick, Mgr.
Phones: East 1421, B 1345. 369-371 Hawthorne Ave.