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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (Feb. 25, 1912)
TITE SUXDAT OREGOXIAN, TORTLAND, FEBRUARY 25, 1912. s : t HARD TEST AHEAD FOR SELF STARTER TWO MORE BUILDINGS BEDTO ERECTED TOR EXCLUSIVE USE OP PORTLAND AUTO DEALERS Cadillac Car Starts on Trip With Starting Crank Shaft Sealed. PORTLAND IS AUTO CENTER AmmoTT Distributor .Vunn TbU City ai Logical IMacrlbnUnc Point for Northwest. ilotor Gossip. One Portland motor car alr Howard E. Corey haa unlimited faith In the self-starter. Tbat la. Cover think hlchly of the device on th lilS Cadiliao and la quite wlUlnc to pot It to tha moat gruelling kind of a teat. Ha la backing tau faith In It with tha most practical kind of a demonstra tion. Last Thursday C B- Minora, of tha Cover Motor Car Company aalea force, , left for a trip through Benton. Lake and Polk counties In a 113 Cadiliao. Tola machine la equipped with an eleo trlc self-starter. Minora will endeavor to make the trip, which will probably take a month, without the use of a band crank to start his car. Before the machine waa shipped to Salem. Dcudua Shelor and Paul J. Teely. respective automobile editors of the Journal and The Oregonlan, sealed the cap over the starting crank shaft. Each privately marked the seal for future Identification. Bolts were driven through tha cap and a wire run tnrourh the bolta and sealed. The seal mark waa S4-A. To start the engine by the old method of cracking It will be necessary to break the seal. If the seal la tampered with In any way It can be readily discovered by either Fhelor or Feely. The cat contained motor cumber 1S. When It la realised that Minors will be forced to start the car at leaat 10 ttmea a day while on the trip, an Idea of the chance Covey Is taking can be appreciated. Minors' mission .la to demonstrate the efficiency of the ma chine to prospective motor car buyers In various parts of Polk. Benton and Lake countlea. One of bis main talking points will be the absoluta certainty of the Cadiliao self-starter. Minora' feat. If be carries It through, will be one of the moat thorough testa a self-starting; device haa ever been put to. There can be no "hit and mlas about It. Should the device get out of order, there will be no way of start 1 ng tha engine unless the seal la broken. In that event, the Cadniao system will be given a severe setback In this ter ritory. Covey has often made the boast that lie handles the only car en the market that Is equipped with a self-starter that will work at all times. He baa declared that other self-starters are of little merit when compared to the Cadillac's. The present trip should clearly establish the efficiency of the device. 'William R. Johnson. Pacific Coast . distributer for Ftewart at Clark speed j otnetero and 8tromberg carbureters, , concluded a trip through the North i west last week and returned to his i headquarters In Ban Francisco. Mr. ; Johnston had every opportunity to also . up business conditions In this section and was quick to give Portland and Oregon credit for being vastly so, ' perlor to Washington and British Co i lumbla for automobile dealers and ao- cessory men. He thinks that thla city Is the natural distributing point for the Northwest, when the Canadian province la not Included, and that branch houses for several of the lead , Ing automobile companies eventually will be established here. Mr. Johnston I said be Is thinking of placing a branch bouse here In tha Spring. e e After ordering a new Plerce-Arrow. ; which will be delivered to them In New Tork. Mr. and Mrs. Philip Bueh ner left last week for Europe. They : were accompanied by their eon Renry and daughter Lillian. Thornton A. i Ladd. son of William Ladd. of thla city. I win join the party In New Tork. The Portland motorists will sail for Naples. ; Prom there they will tour continental J Europe In their new car. The trip will consume about eight months. L IX. Rose, 'who recently assumed i charge of the Northwest branchea of ; the fctodebeker Corporation, left for Seattle last week. Rose Installed a sew manager In the Northern city re cently. He wlil return this week, see The "Newport and Lincoln County Commercial Club, of Newport, has ap pointed a committee to select the beat , roots from Newport to Portland. Af ter It la officially accepted, the club will mark the route with slgna bearing the crest of the organisation. MOTOR-BOAT RACES PLAVJTED Cfcallrnge Issued by EnglWbnMtn Ac cepted by Americans. NEW TORK. Feb. it. (Special.) The challenge Issued by the British motor-boat men for another raoe thla year for th British International tro phy and naming a new Thomeycreft oat now being built for Dan Uanbury. bas aroused the lovers of the speett craft, and some good sport la looked for. Thla new boat la different from . former models and la aatd to be a great Improvement, according to tank ex ; pertinents. It Is to be driven by three Vsuxhall motors of eight cylinders ' each, each set to drive an Independent screw at 2000 revolutions a minute. Last year the Dixie IV achieved 1000 ' revolutions. If the new boat doea what la expected. 10 miles an hour will 1 be made. The defenders already h ve planned for the defense of the trophy, and new I boata are under way. Others will be I built. Some of these boata are now ' ready to race. John J. Ryan, who owna the Reliance VL la willing to match his boat against any In the world for any amount of money, and It haa only 110 horsepower. I " 1 -" - K - ...aaaaMaassassSssaaSssaasassasaaawai t ---- ' : . v s . v I . -j ?: ". 'is- n: -J - -i . War-Art rtp on SfewJfome OfJriartct Jfbior Csr Co rrrj?a 77 y. Construction work on two buildings that will be used exclusively by motor-car dealers is being rushed with all possible speed. The new home of the Portland Motor Car Company, which has the Oregon agency for the Win ton "Plx.- will be at Twenty-third and Washington streets, adjoining the Packard headquarters. The building, to cost I1S.000. will take up 110 feet on Twenty-third street, 135 feet on Cornell road and eight feet on Washington. The rear of the building will be 8 feet wide. The structure will be two stories. The Becker Auto Companv. agents for the Loxler and the R. C. H.. expect to move Into the new building at Four teenth and Davis streets April 1. This building Is being erected by Ballou & Wright at a cost of 15,000. It will be two stories, with an entrance to the second floor from Davis street, making It unnecessary to use an elevator. The building will be 75 by 100. . KNIGHT TRIP IS SUCCESS I5TOTOR ENTH CS I A S Tl CALL.Y RECEIVED BY ACTOISTS. Noted Automobile Engineer Plans Another American lectnre Tonr for Next Fall. Returning to bis homo In Coventry. England, after a triumphant lecture tour that took htm into automobile renters la tea states. Charlea T. Knight. Inventor of the sleeve-valve motor bearing bis name, announced a return visit to the United States next Fall that will swing him around the most oomprehenslve itinerary ever es sayed by a motor engineer. It Is Just possible that the former Chlcagoan may have to extend his tour to the Hawaiian Islands, so Insistent have been the demanda upon him for a ae ries of lectures on his Invention by motorists In Honolulu. Coming to ths United States In re sponse to requests from engineering associations and automobile and motor clubs, tn time to see the Importers Salon Exposition in New Tork and at tending the two big shows that fol lowed In Gotham, as well as the Na tional Exposition in Chicago. Mr. Knight concluded his programme of lectures In Boston on the night of Feb ruary It. sailing from New Tork on the Olympic February 11. During his stay 'In the United State Mr. Knight addressed "capacity houses" In several cities, speaking twice in Boston, twice In New Tork and two tlmea in Philadelphia. At the latter place ths Inventor was the guest of the Motor Club and 900 motorists formed his audience at the flrvt lecture. 100 lesa than the total at the second address. In Chicago his principal ad dress was made as a ruest at the Chi cago Automobile Club, before the largest gathering of private owners of cars ever assembled at the club. In Cleveland the engineer had an en thustastlo audience. 1L H. Hower. of the Stearns company, assisting In wel coming the throng of technical experts and laymen who wished to learn Mr. Knight's views on the future of the In dustry In which his engine bas wrought an almost revolutionary aeries or cir cumstances. Detroit, with Its myriads of men vitally Interested In the me chanical development of the automo bile, turned out a big erow. After his Chicago address Mr. Knight followed an Itinerary that took him to Minneapolis. Denver. Kansaa City, St. Louis. Indianapolis und Cincinnati. Re turning to Chicago before the National show was concluded. he responded to toasta at several big banqueta given In honor of prominent automobile man ufaeturers. Accompanying Mr. Knight abroad Is H. J. Edwards, former chief engineer of the United etatee Motor Company, who recently resigned his position to become associated with the Edwards Motor Company. Mr. Edwarda Intends to Investigate Knight engine manufac turing not only In the Daimler works, st Coventry. England, but also In the big planta of Continental Europe. In cluding the Mercedes, Panhard, Miner va and others. to say nothing of the alumni of other first-class colleges who are Goodyear men. "Among the colleges represented on our payroll are Tale, Harvard. Penn sylvania, Michigan. Cornell. Prince ton. Reserve. Bowdoln. Williams, Beth any, Case. BuchteL Wooster, Mount Union and Colgate. "Tire manufacturers have realized. continued Shilts. "that there Is a great difference between modern and old- time business methods, and they are equipped accordingly. University men have had a great deal to do with bring ing the tire business to Its present state of advancement and perfection. Goodyear university men could quickly form a football team that would in elude names well-known on the grid Iron. And their achlevementa In the laboratory are not leaa noteworthy. "Some time ago the president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technol ogy made a tour of the country and visited a number of the larger cities, where he waa the guest of honor at banquets given by alumni of "Massa chusetts Tech. One of the most nota ble banquets of the tour was given, not tn a metropolis, but tn Akron. O., a city of 70.000 people. In which the rub ber tire Industry bas taken over a large number of the talented graduates that the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has produced. Tire-making la not guess-work, but has been re duced to an exact science by experts of ths highest grade.' BRANCH HERE LEADS NORTHWEST PROVES FERTILE FIELD FOR JOHNSON. BANQUET DATE IS NAMED Portland Anto Clubs to Hold Feast March T. Invitations were sent out laat week for the annual banquet of the Portland Automobile Club, which will be held In the banquet nail of the Multnomah ho tel March 7. The cooamltee arranging the affajr promise some unique "stunts." Several men prominent In the affairs of the club will speak. President W. J. Clemens' plan ef limiting each address to Ave minutes has been accepted. Motion pictures showing the differ ence In roads In California and Oregon will be shown. Single slides, showing parts of the scenery along Oregon's most famoua automobile routes, also will be flashed before the motorists. CNITERSITY 3 LEX IX DEMAND College Graduates Form Important Part of Tire Industry. Development of the finer details ef the automobile tire business was prob ably never more forctbly shown than in the statement of W. D. Shilts, mana ger of salesmen for the Goodyear Tire A Rubber Company, that many of the largest and best universities of the country are represented on the ataff of experts of tire companies. "It used to be,- said Shllta. "that tha business of creating a rubber prod- work- Goldendale Men Bay Autos. COLPEXDALE, Wash.. Feb. JJ. SpeclaL) A. L. Hall, L, E. McKee and P. A. Smith, business men ef this city. have returned from Portland, where Bt w. considered nnrelv they purchased new 40 H. p. astomo- man's Job. but the technical aide of biles, to be delivered March 1. These ( th, business baa dsveloped wonder are the first machines to be purchased funy m the last few years. In this city this year, but It Is estimated -Rubber and tire manufacturers are that SO new machines will be purchased, aching out In every direction for ex 1n and around this section, during this prts- For example, the Goodyear Com. Spring. The firm of Brooks Cof- pmny nm. n ,, employ In the expert field have completed their new garage, mental and other departments of pro whlch will be ready for business auction no less than 17 graduates of II arch J. J AUasacbusotta JaiiUute of Technology, Howard Automobile Company Does Big; Business From Oregon Sales Headquarters. California may be able to boast of harboring thousands of more automo biles than the Northwest, but Indica tions point that thla section of the West Is outstripping the southern state In point of present sales. This, of course. Is leaving a fair percentage In proportion to population. Evidence of the unusual prosperity of the Paclflo Northwest Is shown In the statement of Mel G. Johnson, man ager of the Portland branch of the Howard Automobile Company. John son's district comprises Oregon, Wash ington and Northern Idaho. He de clares that nine carloads of Bulcks have been disposed of direct to his .sub- agents. These cars will come out of the second train ef 60 ears 225 autos that will reach the Paclflo Coast, consigned to the Howard Automobile Company, within a few days. The first train, carrying the same number of motor cars, waa received last week and the cars disposed of. In comparison with tho California branches of the Howard Company, ths Portland branch Is far In the lead. Los Angeles took but 11 carloads of the first train and San Francisco nine car loads. The Portland branch sold nine carloads of the first train direct to sub -a cents. William A. Brown. Baker; I. K. Tower, Marshfleld; C R. Segulne, Ontario; B. F. Goodpasture, Eugene; Washington Motor Company, Seattle; Frank Wil cox, Vancouver, Wash, and Harry K. Moore, Walla Walla, will each take a carload of the shipment now on Its way. O. J. Wilson, Salem, will take two carloads. The first special train of cars, which left the Bulok factory January 15, car- I f ."J! ' . lj' I 1 I M I I I I I tevens Care-frec Motoring You don't have to think about the car when you ride in a Stevens -Duryea just about the good time you're having. Its builders have done az years of original thinking for you. Graham Motor Car Co. 15th and Washington Sis. Sjlllli Q Model AA, Six-cylinder Torpedo Q rled the same number of machines that the present one holds. An equal num ber was sent to the Portland branch, the following agents receiving them: Spokane Automobile Company, Spo kane; Harry K Moore, Moscow, Idaho; B. F. Pasture, Eugene; I. R. Lower, Marshfleld. and the Bear Creek Motor Car Company, Medford, taking a car load each. O. J. Wilson, Salem, and Frank Wilcox, Vancouver, Wash., took two carloads. The second special train left the Bulck factory, Flint, Mich., last Tues day. It will run on a daylight sched ule. The machines for the Northwest are expected here about March 10. MEN JOIN IN BOOST FOR ROAD Leading: People of Hood Klyer County Want Appropriation. HOOD RIVER, Or., Feb. 24. (Spe cial.) Letters from private indi viduals, county officials and the board of directors of the Commercial Club have been sent this week to Oregon's representatives In Congress asking their support for the appropriation of $150,000. which was asked for the pur pose of completing the road surveyed by the National Government last Sum mer through the forest reserve from near Lost Lake In the southern part of this county to the headwaters of the Sandy River. The route was opened up for forest rangers last Summer, when an appropriation of $10,000 was spent In cutting a six-foot trail the en tire distance. A crew of about 80 men passed the Summer removing the trees and cutting the grade. The route, passing through a virgin forest for the most of the way and at the base of the wonderful mountain, offers one of the most scenic locations for a highway in the state. All who have seen It state that an excellent grade may be had and that the cost of construction will be surprlsngly cheap. In no place Is the grade over seven per cent. Hood River County will build a connecting link to bring the highway In from the Lost Lake country. With the - building of thla highway and ths Columbia River road, an Ideal boulevard for a day's automobile jour ney will add to the zest of the state s motorists. WAYSIDE WAG WAGES WAR Protest Made Against MJxlng Whisky With Gasoline. The wag Is always with us. A . party of autoists of Baker was recently returning from a visit to the town of Haines, some 12 or 14 miles distant. They were making good time over the graded macadam road, when one of the passengers in the rear seat addressed the driver. The driver turned his head but for an Instant, but the Instant was a consider able lapse of time, for in the moment the car had left the road, struck a tel ephone pole. Inclined It at an angle of 4S degrees and had shoved Itself well up the Inclined pole. All four of the occupants of the car escaped Injury, but the car did not fare so well. Several hundred dollars were required to pay the repair bill. The disabled telephone pole still stands at the roadside, and to it some wag has attached a placard which reads: "Do not mix whisky with gasoline.' Here Is Your Ideal "We are after business and are now pre pared to make immediate de livery on the long looked for Auburn 30-H. P. Roadster The ideal car for medical or busi ness men. Its beauty surpasses even the most vivid imagination. This long, low, classy-appearing and Powerful Roadster, which represents the mechanical perfection reached in this class of cars, propelled by that power ful and ever-efficient Rutenber Motor, is now offered to the public at these unheard-of prices : 30 H.-P. Roadster, fully equipped $1275 30 H.-P. Touring Car, fully equipped . ... ., $1275 35 II.-P. Touring Car, fully equipped $1675 40 II.-P. Touring Car, fuUv equipped $2000 50 II.-P. Touring Car, 6-cylinder, fully equipped. $3100 Price F. O. B. Portland, including self-starter. We Invite Your Attention Cars Now on Display in Our Salesroom AUBURN MOTOR CAR CO. Main 2674 505-7 Burnside Street A 7339 THE MIGHTY MICHIGAN WE GUARANTEE YOU SATISFACTION Could we and would we do this if our cars were not right? You want serv ice, durability, style, power and speed. You want economy in operation and maintenance. In the MICHIGAN we offer you all these things and you get them at the right price. 33-35 H. P., 3 MODELS $1350 to $1500 40 H. P., 2 MODELS $1725 to $1750 Fully Equipped and F. O. B. Portland Generator System Electric Lights $100 Extra A large stock of parts on hand at all times. As to . our service policy, ask any Michigan owner. Michigan Auto $z Buggy Co. NORTHWEST BRANCH W.A.Wildrick, Mgr. East 1421, B 1345 369-71 Hawthorne Ave. No-Rim-Cut Tires 10 Oversize Save $1,000,000 Monthly Goodyear No-Rim-Cut tires now far outsell any other make. The multiplying demand is sensational. The pres ent demand is three times larger than one year ago We have proved that these tires cut tire bills in two. And tens of thousands of users have proved it. Based on present demand, that saving this year means a million a month to motorists. 900,000 Tested Out That demand is based on ac tual experience with 900,000 Goodyear tires. t The demand is increasing by leaps and. bounds because of what users say. It has reached a point where bo other tire compares in sales with Goodyears. And 127 leading' motor car makers have con tracted for these tires this year. The Reason Why Men who know that one tire can't rim-cut don't want tires that do. When oversize tires cost the same as the skimpy, men want the oversize. Statistics show that 23 per cent of all ruined clincher tires are rim-cut. Men want to save that 23 per cent. Experience proves that 10 per cent oversize, under average conditions, adds 25 per cent to the tire mileage. Men want that 25 per cent And No-Rim-Cut tires now cost no more than other stand ard tires. So men naturally want the best. The Only Way We control by patents tho only way to make a satisfactory tire of this type. Our Tire Book will prove that to you. There are only two ways. One is to cling to old-type tires the hooked-base clincher tires. The other is to get the Goodyear No-Rim-Cut tires and cut tire bills in two. The figures show that men who know choose the latter way. Our 1912 Tire Book based on 13 year of tire making is filled with facts you should know. Ask us to mail it to you. The New Bulldog Crips Goodyear No-Rim-Cut Tires With or Without Double-Thick Non-Skid Treads THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER CO., Akron, Ohio This company has no connection whatever with any other rub ber concern which uses the Goodyear name. PORTLAND BRANCH, 3 Seventh St. Phones Main 2190, A 40M. 9
