THE SUNDAY ORKGOXIAX. PORTLAND. MARCH 10, 1913.
GOV
R1ENT
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BUILDING IS
ROAD
URGED
Portland Auto Dealer Says Na
tional highways Should
Be Constructed.
BIG APPROPRIATION NEED
Howard M. Cnry Also Sj federal,
Scale. County and Municipal
Improtrmrnl Work Sliuiilil
B- Done srparalelj.
If the I'mre.i S-stes Government ean
srnd . 00 In huiMIn the f"n-
ante ranah It ran well afford t eprro-
from- ttila tourist trade a do tha
farmers and hotel people. Tha vlnlllnc
auiolst does not buy anything from tha
motorcar dealer eaeept accessories,
and this trade helps only those dealers
who have a frarase In connection with
their selling business. Of course. Rood
roads also help the local aeUintf situa
tion. "Those hundreds of motorists In
search of scenic wonders and tha
pleasure of Jaunts through a country
of Interesting and varied acanery. who
now haunt California durlnr lha Sum
mer, or take their machines abroad,
would pay orison a visit. And onca
they a,ot a pllmpse of tha wondera
nature has btowel upon this state. I
am sure they would come acaln and
ssain. until they had exhausted tha
state's numerous picturesque tours.
"The development of country roads
In any state Increases property values.
Tha farm owners are the onea who
Bet the profits. They also would ba
brouftht In closer touch with tha cen
ters cf trade. Their families would
benefit materially by this. Their chil
dren would be a-tven rreater advan
taaea for education, for If is only a
question of a few years when the resi
dents of the rural districts will ba
itslns automobiles In the same propor
tion as the city people.
Road far Kaeeallal.
"Good ronds are a necessity: bad
roads are a luaury that the people can
not afr-Td. After buildlnc a road, a-reat
rare should be, exercised to keep It In
proper shape. The patrol system
sho-jM be ,nrodurd. A small hole In
s rodbd will work unlold damage
COUNTRY TRADE BIG
Out-of-Town Agents Taking
Many Automobiles.
ORDERS UPON INCREASE
Rnahmore Appoints Distributer lor
Federal Trucks and Palge
Detrolt Cars In Territory
Hereabouts. '
AUhouh five carloads of automo
biles were received last week by the
rUoddard-Dayton Auto Company, the
city supply of the firm la still In the
same condition, and President Qerlin-a-er
Is anxiously awaiting; the next
shipment. Three out of the five car
loada were delivered to purchasera In
Portland, and the rest went to out-of-
riKST 1912 MICHIGAN ROADSTER ARRIVES IN PORTLAND.
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KHtK CAKV AT TIIK WIIKF.C OP THK MICHIOAX -49" ROADSTER.
l.rUte at Irast 10. 000.000 for the ron
mrurtiu.i of a series of National hlf.l
w a y s.
Such l.e t!ie contention of Howard M.
fovey. one of Portland s leading motor
car dealers. In support of his scheme for
developing tha country's road. Mr.
fovey s ld'-a Is original In tnat It re.
emb!-B nothina: of its kind heretofore
put forward.
In irovl.hnz for a Natun-wlda sys
tem of road-buildlna. lr. fovey saya
thwe mutt he four kind of road. Just
lier are four brancn.- of Govern
ment Federal, atate. county and mu
xilirp.tl. Kurh department, h contends,
mui build and maintain Its respective
rCi Independently. If any real . ro.
teM Is to b had In developina; the
whole country'a roads.
ladepearirat telloa I tjpj.
Federal or state aid never will work
on:. In the opinion of the Cadillac and
I'le e-Arrow dealer. He is firm In tiie
b Uf that tther. In.-ted of heipinit to
st arod roade. woulii only mean a
waste of money and constant frirtlon
betmeen rtal state and county officials.
Ills doctrine Is Independent aition.
In Illustrative: his araument against
slate or Federal aid. Mr. Covey points
out that fear of friction between offi
ciate of the reiecilve branches of ov
ernment has been the areatest obstacle
placed In th. sir of S'k.i roads less
latlon. He says ram department must
act separately. In order to still all fr!c
tton. and thus accomplish real aood.
Mr. Covev cites President Taffa pres
ent objection ! Federal aid to cood
rosds in support of hla theory. The
President's opposition to It Is baeed on
his fer that anv sort of an aid law
would lead to an endless draft on the
Treury. Kvrryhod a roal everywhere
would want aid. while tho plan of a
aiven number of National trunk hlKh
waTa would. He contend, mean that tha
approximate expense could b estl
ma;ed. 5ef at IMiooo Mile.
Mr. ("ovev's plan provide for the In
ltl.il expenditure of approximately 10.
e.ito by the National Government.
This, he flaure.. would build 10.000
m:le of rood roads, eatlmattna the cost
at ahout t'ooO a mile. There would be
one trunk line cxtcndin'a from Atlantic
C'.ty to Bin Kranclo. and four or five
smaller ones, radiating from the trans
continental road.
stai-s thronah whl.h the National
l.itiwaxs soull iis would build Intra
state trunk l:ne to connect with the
National r-al. Counties In turn would
bu;!l roids to crnert with the state
lilKhwav. and thus a real sv.tem of
roa.'s would tw olatned. he believe..
"In orler t accomplish an unerlflsh
ilevelopmcnt off the country, so must
have Netonal road-, and the onlv wav
to act the .leslre 1 class and number of
h ii;hm as Is to let each branch of the
ilotrrnmrn: work In.lei-entlrntly. said
Mr "ovey In di. us'ns- his scheme
e.teray.
"A countr '- Idc crv has been raised
f-tr better road.. We must have tl.om.
And tie Federal Government must help.
itt-.out National financial aid there Is
no h.fe. And I believe, without state.
1'e.leril and count v offVlaU wnrkina
er.ira-.e! . with their own money, the
rlunt resalta cannot be obtained.
AM to x-sny Kareaeea.
Tte militarist will aaree thai the
evlopment of tve roads on a larae
scale Moul t be a great help In mohllli
ln war forces at any part of the coun
trc TJiore are thousands of automo.
b.I- that could be pressed ln; service
in an m.n.nrt. and If we bave the
pro'-er k.nd of roads, they could trans
port an arm, supplies and ftsr.tine
paraphernalia a considerable distance-in
J'. time.
-That, however. Is only one of the
l-s-.r reasons why a series of trunk
road, s'lould be built. The country
Heed, tlcvelopmcnt. This development
wl'l not cme unless the rural districts
are covered with a network of good
road. "
"Farmer.. Insse.td of opposlnir lejtls
latlrn In favor of better hi(chwas.
should be the flrmesl advo.-tes of rmii
development. They are the people who
will benefit most by It. There Is no
question but that orea-on's .Summer
climate is Ideal. It is b far the best
on the Pacific Coast. We have scenery
that Is unsurpassed In beauty and un
equa'ed In variety anywhere In the
worbL Those are the thlnga that will
attract the autoinc tourist. Summer la
the time shrit peopla think of and
take vacations. We have the natural
4rintiZ" every Ihing to get the
tourists. Yet we aro losing thousands
of dollaas every year because we
have not a sutT.vlent number of good
reads.
-rxaera aasl Hotel People Hclpesk
'Automobile dealers, as a class, do
not receive nearly a much benefit
If It Is not attended to Immediately.
With men patrolm the roads, repair
ing damage as It fa done, the cost of
maintenance would be brought to an
absolute mlnlmun.
"It la to the future aa much aa the
present that w should look. The
time Is r.ot far distant whan virtually
all our locnl transportation will be
done by motor ptiwer. The farmer and
t.ie mercantile houses of the small
towns will be using auto... Think of
the savlrir In the cost of maintaining
the thousands of autoa In use that
would coma with an Ideal standard of
roada. The money necessary to keen
up the roads would ba saved through
other channels. Tha aggregate ex
penditure would be far less than with
bad roads.
"Kvery effort Is being made by good
roads and auto associations to procure
National highways development. We
mav be a little slow in netting the
desired lerlsla'lon passed, hut there
Is no question but thct It will be ulti
mately gained. Once It Is started, the
p-ofde will see its worth, and then this
country will start on an era of syste
matic road building that will be the
greatest In the history of the world."
r.llZZMU) AIDS WILY DEALEll
minding Snow Storm Has Terrors
for Auto Man.
A howling bllxxard that blocked
street cars, leveled wires, halted busi
ness and enveloped all Chicago in one
great, fleecy drift, was enough to keep
most of the members ef the "Windy
City's" motor row Indoors for the two
days during which It held sway. There
was one dealer, however, who was
brlaht enough to sea his chance and
to turn the elements to his own
1. M. rUrlebe, manager of the
dera "30'" retail department
Studebaker branch, consulted
town agents. Another shipment will
be sent to the Portland firm as soon
as conditions wlil permit.
C. D. Rushmore, sales manager of
the Btoddard-Dayton Auto Company,
returned last week from an extended
trip through Washington and Kustern
Oregon. During his stay he signed
agencies In Seattle. Spokane. Kllnns
burg. Yakima. Walla Walla. Pendleton
and Baker for the Federal truck and
Palge-Detrolt touring cars. The Star
Carnage Company will handle the ma
chines In Seattle; the Pacific Motor Car
Company. In Spokane: Reynolds Auto
mobile Company, In Ellcnsburg; Yakima
Auto Company, In Yakima: Central
Automobile Company, in Walla Walla:
K. U Smith & Co., for the Stoddard
Dayton, and Long Bros.. Federal trucks
and Palge-Detrolt, In Pendleton; and
the First-Avenue Auto Company, In
Bakes.
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Come SeevThis
New-Type Motor
The Knight-type; en cine is today the leading topic in
Motordom.
Not in ten years has there been an invention which rneant
neariy so much to the motorist.
Daimler England's greatest car adopted this motor in
1908. Their sales have quadrupled since then.'
Mercedes and Panhard doubtless the two master cars of
the world are now Knight-motored cars.
So is Minerva Belgium's pride.
So now is the Stearns.
It means an engine, which grows
quieter and better with every
month of use.
On a hill it means that persist
ent power for which electric mo
tors are famous.
It means no waste of power.
We guarantee an excess of at
least SO over the rated power of
an equal-sire poppet-valve engine.
You will abandon poppet valves
just as we did when you once
learn the luxury of sleeve-valve
power.
$1,000,000 Spent
Perfecting This Sleeve-Valve Motor
Ten thousand owners of high-grade cars hrfve Knight-type
engines in them.
The Knight-type won the Dewar Trophy. It won the Scot
tish Economy Trophy. It holds the world's records on some
very vital points.
To buy a car now without knowing the Knight-type means
simply to court regret.
For your own sake come and see it.
Every Great Maker
Sees the Writing on the Wall
The ablest engineers have spent
' a .million dollars perfecting this
Knight-type motor..
We have ourselves spent ?200,
000. Yet we had for our guidance
all that Europe had done.
Mr. Knight states that never
was his motor better adapted than
in the new Steams-Knight.
But the change meant more
than money.
The world's top places had
been held by the cars which
adopted the Knight-type. The
engines which won those places
had to be discarded.
All the prestige of famous cars
was staked on a new-type motor.
That was so with the others,
and so with the Stearns. No en
gine in Ameaica gained greater
renown than- the Stearns in its
16 years.
One can't suppose that this
change was made hastily, or that
it lacked incentive.
We followed three years after
Daimler. And two of those years
were spent testing this engine out.
Consider these facts when some
body tells you that poppet valves
are going to continue.
Makers Overtaxed
Sales Doubled in a Month
In' every great shop inventors
are working to do what the
Knight-type does.
Some are seeking sleeve valves,
which avoid the Knight patents.
Some hope for rotary valves.
Every great engineer knows
that poppet-valve motors now
face the setting sun.
They are noisy and slow and
leaky. They depend on springs.
They require frequent grinding.
The cams grow noisy when
they wear. "The timing gears are .
never silent.
When carbon accumulates so
the valves don't shut, a large part
of the power is wasted.
Makers know these shortcom
ings. Their only question is, how
to end them. '
The Knight-type, we believe,
forms the final solution. And the
leading engineers agree with us.
It forms the best motor yet
invented that is sure.
The demand for Knight-type
motors has taxed the capacity of
the greatest European factories.
Over 10,000 cars ot the latest
ffrade are already equipped with
this engine. ,
The first announcement of the
Steams-Knight fairly overwhelm
ed us with orders. And from t'.tat
time on our sales have doubled
over any record for our 16 years.
In November of last year we
had to lease a new factory to keep
up with winter orders.
Hundreds of these cars in the
hands of owners have now had
months of usage. And the letters
which come to us form the highest
tribute ever paid an American car.
You men who this year want
this new-type car should get your
orders in.
Luxury of Motion
The Coming Type
The Steams-Knight means the
luxury of motion.
It means to glide on the road.
As one user sajrs, "It is like slid
ing on runners.
No valves springing shut no
valves to grind. No cams, no
timing gears. Just silent, steady
power.
It means immense flexibility
jumping quickly and smoothly
from slow to high speed.
The Knight-type ' engine is the
coming type.
Poppet valves are abandoned
by the world's leading makers,
and the rest must soon discard
them. Men may wait for devel
opments. They may seek other
methods. But they know, as we
know, that the day is ending for
the poppet valve.
Look into this matter when you
buy a car. Ask yourself these
questions:
.c.hall I buy an engine of 'the
type discarded by Mercedes, Pan
hard, Daimler and others?
Shall I be among the first with
the new type, or among the last
with the old?
Equipment
Warner Auto-Meter, Model K Continental Q. D. Demount
Bsnker Windshield able Rima (two extra rims)
Silk Mohair Top and Cover Klaxon Horn also Bulb Horn
Vesta Drnsmo Electric Light- Trunk Rack, Robe Rail, Foot
iaf System Rest, etc
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Touring Car
Toy Tonneau
Roadster
$3,500
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615-617 Washington Street
Phones: Marshall 4022, A 4959
id.
Man
or the
his list
of -prospects" awaltlns; demonstration,
and sallied forth.
The Idea t.f Judging ear In a blix
aard appealed t- the Chlcagoans. One
after another they bundled up. ot a
firm atrip, and faced the storm, with
bold Strlete at the wheel. The results
were far better than he ever dream
ed of.
ri-seJLas
The big. thick, diagonally-placed
knobsof
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prip the slipperiest road
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will leave the Buick factory at Flint, Mich., March 20, 1912.
The First Special Train
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was made up of fifty cars, containing 224 Buick automobiles, and left
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The Second Special Train
composed of fifty carloads of- Buick pleasure automobiles, -was dis
patched from the factory February 27, 1912.
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are ready to take the next step
and find out why. You'll discover,
as thousands of other car owners
have done, that you cannot cut
down tire expense until you begin
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vice basis, until you begin to buy
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