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WE HAVE A FACTORY EXPERT
IF YOU OW A REMY COMB
Archer & Wiggins Company
Oak Street, Corner Sixth
Expert Explains Practical Ad
vantages of This Type
of Auto.
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PERFECT STAGE REACHED
AdTrnt of New Battery Marks Im
portant Adrancerarnt In
Operation of F.lrrtrlc
Type.
BT LXWJS H. REESE.
- Th "Qurttlon of Power" se.ms to b
en of th predominant questions th
projetlTe purchaser of an electric
will Inrartably aik the dealer whan
Inquiring Into th posslbllltlea of th
Jectrlc car.
There ara two poslbtlltle tn an
lectrle car. hl-h speed and lonir mtle
t(. Ton cannot have both. It la a
viatter of record that tha fastest mil)
rr marie was ma.le with an electric.
Alan It la a fact that an electric auto
mobile has been driven 600 mile. In
tb first atunt the batteries wera abso
lute!? worthies and In tha lone dl
tanc ran the ear only aerae4 two
ari one-balf mllea an hour.
Ton can readily aea that neither of
these two pror-osltlona would be aatla
fartory for general utility purpoaea,
but there la a happy medium between
the two eKtremes and It Is ha been
found and. Is Incorporated Into the
irake of eeery euccessful electric. In
either words, any prospectlTe buyer
nay rest assured that any atandard
make of electric will run aa far In a
day aa he would ever car to ito, at a
apeed that would be consistent with
aafety.
Barrtrteat Mllea- Whtalaakl.
As a general proposition any mod
ern electric will give an averaae of
0 mile per chars; up hill and down,
and where more level country la en
countered this mllear will b bettered
by Si per cent. Thl mileage la ob
tained with a lead battery equipment.
More will be said later In regard to
th Thornaa Edison battery.
Another question Invariably asked
J. -Will they climb hills?- Thia la bst
answered In thia manner. "Can a duck
awlmT Of course they will climb
kills. They can't help but climb. Just
aa long; aa the current flows from tha
battery through tho motor, the wheela
bave to turn.
ttld Dlffereae Betweea Type.
Naturally the question arises. "What
la tha horsepower of tha motor?" Tou
can imagine the parried expression
which greets .the answer. "Three
horsepower."
Looks small, doesn't It?
Just about enough power to propel
baby carriage, in comparison with a
40-horsepower gas car that chugs,
groans and lies down on Ford-atreet
kill. Sounds unreasonable.
But there la a world of difference
between "gasoline" and "electric"
horsepower. A gaa engine to develop
certain horsepower haa to maintain a
certain speed. Consequently, when
your engine slows down on a hill It
beglna to lose horsepower Juet when
you need It most. Tho alower you go
the less power your engln develops.
High Speed Net Repaired.
on the other band, the electric mo
tor will develop Its rated horsepower
ar.d 3ii to 500 per cent overload at
any speed.
; In other words, the electrio motor
t111 develop any amonnt of power to
get you there.
Thue. Instead of lytna; down on a,
bill, the motor geta down to work and
gets you up. slowly but none tha less
aurely.
The next question la. "What doe It
cost for electricity a mile to run an
electric." and to the answer the pros
pect usually responds with a look of
Incredulity. The fact remains, how
ever, thut It costs lea for current than
It costs to run the ltg-hta In your bouse.
Fewer I Cheeps.
About a cent a mile running will
cover It. This point Is one on which
more people have a fund of "misin
formation" than on anything els per
taining to the whole proposition.
The writer wishes particularly to
emphasise and Impress on the mind of
the prospective purchaaer of an elec
tric car that the Item of electric cur
rent Is so small that It Is practically
of no consequence whatever.
An Inquiry to the Portland Railway.
I.lifht Power Company, from whom
you would purchase your current, will
verify this statement.
i ew Battery Eltmlaatea Treable.
Aa a rule we very seldom get over
the ground without being asked "What
about the new Edison battery?"
The whole battery proposition re
solves Itself to this, that If you are
operating a ear equipped with an Edi
son battery you can run It day In and
day out for yeara with so little trouble
that you will forget you have a battery.
This battery is backed by Edison.
This, perhaps. Is a rather strong
statement to make and hard to believe,
especially so by one who has had ex
perience In operating machines with
the other form of motive power, but
the truth of which can be easily dem
onstrated and Is backed by tha guar
antee of Thomas A. Kdlson himself.
Other Eeslrant Serviceable.
Let It not be understood that
the electric la not practical or serv
Icable when equipped with the ordinary
battery. It is both. In fact, a great
many people are buying electrics
equipped with the lead battery who
have full knowledge and information
f the many advantages and super
iority of the Edison.
The reason for doing thia la that
they figure that by the time the lead
battery Is worn out the price of the
Edison battery will have coma down
considerably. It being tb common
Impression that the price at tb pres
ent tlm Is too high. This may or may
sot be so. but the fact remains that
the Edison battery at Ita present high
price is an Investment and not a run
ning expense.
In brief, the forejrolng are about the
asual questions asked by prospective
electric auto purchasera and the an
swers are given from an absolutely
unprejudiced standpoint, and the writer
la frank to say that they will apply
to any standard make of electric car.
. It la only fair to add that the elec
tric as It la being manufactured to
day la a highly efficient piece of mecn
anlsm. No on can possible make a mistake
In buying right now.
This statement Is for those who want
aa electric have the money to pay for
tt. and will have nothing else, but who
are waiting for the proposition to b
"perfected."
Vr. jsarmh piatt-Decker has decided not
to b a rn1l1l for I nltl Stairs na-l-r
tn ivt"ra-3'. Any lTjm hpjr.
Bi-h Mrs. l'.atl-l-Mrr. the Kansas
Cttv Tim, muit raitM that tha price eX a
Caluula teana'arslup la Ute alao. . .
AUBURN-
Auburn Motor Car Co.
BOBT. SIMPSON, Mgr.
505-7 Burnsido Street
A 7339. Mala 267.
CRANK IS ON WANE
Self-Starter Springs Into Poo
ularity Rapidly.
SEVENTY MAKERS ON LIST
Wide Ranee of Device's Gives Auto
lst Big Field From Which"
to Select Hla
Dec Is n.
Last Fall few designers rave the
self-starter serious consideration and
few of the 1911 models announced at
that tlm wer fitted with device
which eliminate th starting crank.
Then two or three makers climbed into
tha band wagon, and tbeae have been
followed by many othera. until now
statistics show that more than TO dif
ferent manufacturers are using self
starters. Starting the, engine has been the
great bug-a-boo of tha novice. It re
quires much physical exertion even
from those who ar strong enough to
guide a car. No driver likea to get hla
feet wet and muddy and work himself
into a perspiration In front of the car
as a preliminary step to gotng for a
drive. Thls condition haa been recog
nized for years, but with the excep
tion of a few companies, like the Win
ton. Cadillac Amplax. for Instance, tha
remedy was not supplied.
Idea la Net Sew.
Tb self-starter makes tha gasoline
car aa easy to handle as an electric
and wipes out that one point of differ
ence which some fastidious drivers
have considered of Importance In the
paat. It flta tha gasoline car to the
average woman'a use and may even
be regarded aa marking the passing
of the chauffeur, for It removea tha
main dread which many owners have
felt when driving alone.
Th self-starter Idea la not a new
one. It was experimented with by
the Duryeaa mora than IS yeara ago
and with an Increasing frequency by
many othera since. Th oldest form
was tha spring starter. In which tha
engine atored enough power to turn
itself over a few times. This had th
disadvantage that It might not have
range enough for an obstinate engine
and ao fail when wanted most. The
Peerless and soma other cars are
fitted with a modern form of spring
starter which haa given excellent re
sults under severs tests.
Th next form waa the compressed
air or gaa device, which stored gas
from the engine cylinder or air pumped
by the engine In a tank from which It
could be admitted to the cylinders for
turning the engine over for starting.
This waa flrat applied aa a regular
equipment to the Wlnton car and a
a success thereon had much to do
with tba coming of Ita preaent popu
larity. The Chalmers, Amplex and
others ar using devices of a similar
nature
Elsetrte Device Effldrae.
la th Cadillac and some other cars
aa electric motor and atorage battery
furnish the needed current for turning
over the engine. After which the
ragln In turn keep th battery
charged. In these days of electric
lighting and high grade Ignition thia
system seems quit the light thing and
Ita action la all that could be desired.
Th Simplex. Warren. Reo. Veil.
Hudson. Moon and other cars use a
starter la which acatylen gaa from a
tank la admitted to th cylinders and
Ignited by an electrio spark. This gaa
la explosive and th eaae of Ignition
practically Insures that It develops the
power wanted to turn tha engine Into
activity. The amount of gaa required
Is little and tha system Is not com
plicated. The Mclntyr Is fitted with another
form of gaa starter. The Lambert cars
use a foot lever for starting from th
eat and the Stevens-Duryea buggy
auto us a hand-operated rope, so It
Is seen that there la ample range of de
vice from which a buyer may choose.
Madras Auto Man Cheerful.
J. C Robinson, of Vadrae. Or, Reo
and Appereon agent for Crook and Har
ney counties, was in Portland last
week arranging for a carload of both
machines. Mr. Robinson said that
propped for a gemexal boom la tha.
...tmnhita hi.iini in Ma territory are
bright. He disposed of 25 cars last
year and expects to sell at least 3S
thia aeason.
LOADING SYSTEMS ATTACKED
Noted Truck Expert Telia now to
Minimize Loss by Delays.
In an address to tha Retail Coal
Dealers' Association of New England,
at Boston, William P. Kennedy, head of
the Alco transportation cost bureau,
pointed out the waste In hauling sys
tems from delays, primitive method of
loading or other reasons, and how to
minimize It.
Mr. Kennedy, who Is eminently known
as a leading expert on motor truck,
costs, told bow difficulties that wer
met with In tha past are being over
come, alt with a view to utilizing the
motor truck to Its fullest capacity and
reducing the cost of hauling. The
speaker said that no general rule may
be laid down and that only the analysis
of a particular situation can determine
the amount of saving It la possible to
effect.
'There is no question that. If condi
tions are arranged so that the motor
truck can be permitted to operate for
a sufficient period of the working day,
it will readily effect a saving," said Mr.
Kennedy. "There are at present Im
pediments, due largely to delays Inci
dent to making the delivery as well aa
the delays frequently experienced In
loading. Unloading conditions present
tha greatest difficulties often because
they are usually beyond the control of
the operators.
"That the difflcultlea with regard to
loading operations can be changed to
' provide quick loading by mechanical
! meana la quite apparent from the num
' ber of yards equipped with hoppers and
i other devices.
"It goes without saying that the Ideal
way to load motor trucks would be
automatically from the hopper system,
the machine passing under the hopper,
taking Its load In a few minutes and
Immediately starting upon tha deliv
ery." Mr. Kennedy cited Instances of the
need for better facilities In handling.
He continued:
"In many clttes coal has to be deliv
ered In the most Inaccessible places;
sometimes to small manholes at the
edge of the sidewalk; sometimes through
openings located at the building rather
than the edge of the sidewalk, and In
other instances Into openings which
are In the walls of the buildings above
the sidewalk."
2694 Cars Shipped to West.
According to L. H. Rose, Northwest
manager of the Studebaker Corpora
tion, 2694 cars were shipped to Stude
baker branches on the Pacific Coast
during the past six months. The
Nortnwest's allotment of E-M-F and
Flanders cars was considerably larger
than for the same period the preceding
year. .
GILL TO CHALLENGE VOTE
Investigation In Interest of Defeated
Man Now In Progress.
SEATTLE, March SO, (Special.)
Attorneys representing the special
commission that has been investigat
ing the Mayoralty election In the In
terests of H. C Gill began today the
drafting of a complaint In quo' war
ranto proceedings to force a recount.
George F. Vanderveer. Frank E.
Brlghtman and George Tennant are the
attorneys who represent the commit
tee. It was decided to challenge the
vote In all those precincts where the
polling places were kept open outside
the regular election hours, to contest
the right of students of the Univer
sity of Washington residing elsewhere
In the state to vote at a Seattle elec
tion and to point out specific Instances
where Illegal Influence waa exerted
on voters, unauthorized votes were
cast or legal voters were prevented
from casting their ballots.
On the theory that the election
boards were organized favorable to
Mayor George F. Cotterlll. the com
plaint will charge a general conspiracy
to conduct the election In his lntereets.
A eheck mad of the State Univer
sity vote shows that 180 students who
registered In the Fall as reeidenta of
some other part of the state, regis
tered this year as qualified voters of
Seattle.
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onroacner
AUTOMATIC AIR PUMP
Reduced to $20.00, Attached to Car $25.00
Inflates tires to just the pressure required. No work, no bother.
Attaoh bose, turn knob, your engine famishes the power. The gange
tells the pressure at all times, thus saving tire expense. The gasoline
spray attachment will clean the engine in a jiffy $3.00 extra.
It's simple no repairs. First expense is only expense. Made in
Portland and sold under an ironclad guarantee. Your money cheer
fully returned, if you are not satisfied.
Every user is a booster. Joseph Supple says: "I don't know what
Mrs. Supple would do without it. Have had the pump over a year
and recommend it to all automobilists."
Ask your dealer, call, or write factory.
Rohrbacher Automatic Air Pump Co.
PHONE EAST 506. 173 EAST WATER ST.
Watch for Our Spring Announcement of
MOTOR SUPPLIES
Chan;Ior & Lyon Motor Supply Co.
Pacific Co eta t Distributors
627 Washington Street, Portland
San Francisco Los Angel .-s Fresno Seattle Spokane
MOTORCYCLES
INDIAN AND EMBLEM
B ALLOU & WRIGH I, 80-82 Seventh Street. Cor. Oak
BALLODS WRIGHT
Largest Stock
Automobile Accessories
M. & W G. & J. and Hartford
Tires, Monogram Oils
80-82 Seventh St, Cor. Oak. Portland. Or.
Atterbury Truck
Columbia Carriage & Auto Works, Agta
209-211 Front Street. rho Kaln 289Z
General Auto Repairing. Bodies and Wheels Built to Order.
GASOLINE and OIL TANKS
6 TO RAGE SYSTEMS FOR FUBl.lt AAD fkll'
VATE3 GARAGES,
a. D. Stoddard. AsU JW3 Oolambia Ulda Mala 1T
Crowe Auto Co.
Sixteenth and Alder Streets
RAMBLER STUTZ MARION K-R-I-T
MAIS TRUCK (Gear Driven)
The Best American-Made Truck
Distributers for Oregon and Southern Washington.
JOHN DEERE PLOW CO.
Northwest Distributors,
EAST MOREISON AND SECOND STS.
Phones: E. 3S87. B 1625.
FORD
The car that comes faHy equipped
Best for the Money
Ford Motor Car Agency
A.J. Edwarda, See. and Mar. E. 8tk sad Hintborae Arenac Pkoae Eat 94K-
CURES
VoleaaUlaa- Retreadlaa-. R. E. BLODQBTT, aa-31 N. 14th. Mala 7005.
OVERLAND CARS
J. W. LEAVITT 8c CO.
52S-571 Waafclaa-toa St.
Dlatrlbators for Ore, Waahlnft-lon, California and Ke-eada.
33 H. P.
40 H.P.
The Mighty Michigan
MICHIGAN AUTO & BUGGY CO.
East 1421 B 1345
369-371 Hawthorne Ave.
THE AMERICAN
1013 CIVDERSLUNG.
A Car fer the DtaerlialaatlBS Few The Safest Ca OS Earth.
GARAGE STORAGE REPAIRING.
Nob Hill Garage & Auto Co., Inc.
90-M Kearaey Betweea Tweatr-firat and Tweatr-aecaad.
APPEESON STEARNS REO
NORTHWEST AUTO CO.
DISTRIBUTORS
F. W. VOGLER, President
617 Washington Street. Phones Main 7179, A 4959.
PREER CUTLERY & TOOL CO.
Headquarters for Shop Supplies
and Automobile Tools
74 SIXTH AND 311 OAK STREETS
Schacht Motor Car Co.
COMMERCIAL AND PLEASURE CARS
COR. FIFTH AND HOYT STS.
Our Motto: "Quality and ft Square Deal"
Western Hardware & Auto Supply Co.
SEVENTH AND PINE STREETS
Vulcanizing', Hardware and Auto Supplies.
Phone: Main 8828. Home A 2(116.
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AUTOMOBILE
Come and see this wonderful
car today, now on exhibition
at our showrooms, 688 and
690 Washington St. This
car will be on exhibition but
a few days, for we must
make delivery of this car
this week. Remember, we
have been only allotted 5 of
these cars for the season.
See it and get your order
placed at once.
STQDDARD-DAYTON AUTO CO.
688-690 Washington St.
The only Six-Cylinder Silent
Knight Car in Portland.