PORTLAND,
AFRIT, 7,
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LIGHTER BRINGS
JOY TO MOTORISTS
T7"C CTTVTT rVTT-7 TiT? T"7"R"P PAPTTTRRS HONOR
COVETED BY NORTHERN MOTORISTS
Mrs. H. W. Doherty Is First Antomobilirt to Motor to Gate, of National Park on Mount Tacoma in 1912-One
Machine of Party Disabled by Treacherous Road.
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We rebuild the "First to Hazelton" Flanders "20" tomorrow afternoon at our
salesroom. .We cordially invite you to see how automobiles are built.
Pacific Highway to Be Im
proved Immediately in
This County.
COAST TRUNKLINE FAVORED
County Commissioner Says Tht
Road of Thrre Nations-'
Means Much to Entire
State.
Belivln- that th Pacific Hihwaj
U to be the a-reatest boulevard for
tourists and for the transportation "t
commercial commodities In the entire
West. County Commissioner Llarhtner
and other members of the County Court
have completed arrangements to make
the part of the road through Multno
mah County tha model of the entire
htfhway between Canada and Mexico.
Orders have Just been riven A. H.
White. Supervisor of Road District No.
S. to beg-in at ones tha resurfacing and
Improving- of the White House road,
which forma the main part of tha Pa
cific Hlfhway in Multnomah County
from the city limits south to the
county lire.
Work is to be started as soon as the
crushed rock can be produced at the
Taylor s Ferry rock qnarry near Rtver-
.v!ew cemetery. inn r- "
used in laying; a surface on the road
which will make it probably the best
thoroughfare In the county.
Orralac of eaaoa Awaited.
At present the road Is In poor con
dition In many places, owing- to the
heavy automobile traffic of tha last
two years. Temporary repairs have
been made In various plarea to hold
the road In shape until the present
road-butidlna- season Is opened and the
rock can be laid under proper condi
tion, and for that reason the road has
been roua-h In some places and Rood In
others. The only part which will not
require resurfacing Is a mile stretch
from a point near the south end of the
Rlvervlew Cemetery to a point near
Rtverdale. This stretch is considered
the most perfect stretch of macadam
roadway In the state. It Is as smooth
as a paved street and aa straight as an
arrow for about a mile, forming- a per
fect driveway.
South from this stretch the road has
been worn badly In many places by the
automobiles. In some places the strain
has been so heavy durln the rainy sea
son thsi the entire surfacs has been
-worn off and the tires of tha wagons
and automobiles passing along tha road
are treading on the macadam base
which naturally Is rough. The repair
, ,. ..... All ii . n 4 make the
will lmini ' i ' -
road as perfect as along the straight
stretch to a point ner
The Wlilte House road Is one of the
most heavily traveled thoroughfares in
tie state. This is because of the un
usually fine scenery on all sides and
the rich farming country through
mhtrh the road passes, not only In
Multnomah County but also In Ciacka
maa. The road, which Is known as the
Macadam road, as far aa the elty limlta
's paved to South Portland. From there
t is macadamised and owned for a dis
tance of about a mile south by the city.
From there to Clackamas County It Is
iwced by Multnomah County.
caery la Beawtlfat.
The beautiful scenery begins In South
Portland. On one side Is the river with
one bank fringed with lumber mills and
Ih. other with stately plnee and pretty
foliage, and on the other side of the
read Is a hill covered with natural
beauty. The road wlnda about through
what might be called a forest for sev
eral miles. At Klverdale a beautiful
residence district Is encountered. On
both sides of the road are stately resl
rt.nces. with lawns and flower beds.
The residences In this district are de
clared by tourleta to be the moat ideal
In the eoantry. All overlook tha rtver.
on the opposite side of the river Is the
Rolf Links, which at this seaaon of tha
year presents a beautiful appearance.
The Pacific Highway Is a highly
Important project." said Mr. Ltghtner
yesterdsy. "and In my official rapacity
t want to do everything I can to make
"t a success. I can think of no better
Investment than making the Multno
mah County portion of thlr thorough
fare the model of the entire road.
"It serves mora than on purpose.
In tha first place. It forms a beautiful
boulevard for the people of Portland
as well aa for the residents of other
towns and cities of the county and sur
rounding counties. In the next place.
It forms an artery for commercial
traffic.
-The Pacific Highway courses a
great farming district and brings tha
farms closer to the markets in Port
land by giving; a-good road.
-It must be figured that every mile
the farmer has to haul his products it
costs him something. This cost can be
reduced to a minimum by furnishing
j. -.vi.h nrr-- tha l.ait resistance
to a quick trip to the Portland markets,
-The value of. a good roadway ex
tending from Canada to Mexico cannot
be overestimated, and I believe It la
the duty of every county and city in
tr..hinrtfln. Orfsnn and California to
... . . Ivnnrrtv th hlrhVftT
v - ...a. ihbi irnitnnmih County
will do all It can. I am a firm believer
In good roads and am ready and will
ing at all times to do anything I can
to Help along ine cium i .
THICK HAS VAIUEH CAREER
Mo. I it g of People, Furniture and
rruli Part of Auto'a Work.
Tl.e Peerless three-ton motor truck
operated for a year by the M. Sweeney
Company, of Fall River. Mass.. has
probably had as busy, varied and In
teresting a career aa any truck In the
.-ountry.
It has been used night and day. with
two shifts of mn working It. and has
traveled more than 000 miles. In the
daytime It doea general trucking and
moves household goods. On Sundays In
tha Summer passenger seats are fitted
on and it takes excursionists to the
ocean beaches. In the strawberry sea
on It has regularly carried two truck
leads of strawberries every night from
r ail Klver to Providence.
Tha dens population of that part of
Massachusetts, where many cities of
considerable else are not far from Fail
Kirer. haa caused It to be used often
Vr transporting Interurban freight, and
o largely Increased tb mileage It has
sited up. '
OICK.sOVS REPLV DEFENDED
ruu-helder Says Racing Should Re
main In Control of Three) .Vs.
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A yearly event always certain to
take place In Seattle and Tacoma Is
to sea who can first reach the Na
tional Park gates on Mount Rainier
ahead of the touring season.
Th.t it la or rreat interest and worth
considerable hard work to claim the
honors la evinced by both Seattle ana
Tacoma automobile dealers calling up
the nearest point In the park, asking
the condition of the roads.
What proved to be a successful ef
fort In securing first honors for the
11J season fell to a party of eight In
two Flanders "20" cars, who not only
succeeded In reaching the National
Park gatea. but ploughed on more than
six miles further through deep snow,
to within a short distance of the Na
tional Park Inn. at Longmlre Springs.
Where heretofore the drivers have
manager of the company that builds
National 40 cars, came out with a reply
to the attacks made upon automobile
racing he said that the one sure way
of preaervtng the honesty and true
inrimihm of the events Is for the
American Automobile Auroclatlon to re
tain Its control over them. Opponents
to racing have urged that the Ameri
can Autc.moblle Association wash tts
hands of motor csr racing control.
Dickson has potnted out the many ad
vantages of tha various kinds of auto
mobile contests In which Nations! care
have been big wlnnera for years.
To show that LMcksun hits the true
understanding of the situation. A. u.
Katchelder. chairman of the executive
committee of the American Automobile
Association, has written Dickson as
follows:
"Tour published statement In regard
to the racing situation as to method of
control, etc.. certainly hit the nail ex
actly on the head. To be perfectly
frank. I cannot see any other plan for
the best general good. For the manu
facturers themselves to enforce and
Interpret tha rules would be most dif
ficult and unquestionably have a very
bad effect on the public Itself."
Players to Vie for Prize.
Baseball players In the Pacific Coast
League will have something to work
for this year besldea the monthly sti
pend they draw from their respective
clubs H. K Keats, of Portland, Karl
Anthony, of Los Angeles, and E. P.
Brlnegar. of San Francisco, have com
bined to give a Chalmers to the
player who doea tha. best work for his
team. Tha reward will be made after
tha rulea that obtained In the contest In
the big leagues last yesr. The Judges
will be newspaper men around the cir
cuit whose business It is to cover the
baseball games each
always been men. this year Mrs. II. W.
Doherty. wife of a prominent Tacoma
motorist, and herself an enthusiast
devotee of the automobile, claims tha
honor.
The partr left Lakeside Inn. 28 miles
out on the mountain road, at 4 o"clock
Sunday morning. The two machines
were held up on account of the road
being washed out by the Nisqually Riv
er. After conference with an engineer
of the Tacoma Kastern Railroad, and
through the kindness of the railroad
officials, the two machines were al
lowed to follow the railroad right-of-way
between Alder and Ashford. From
Ashford to the National forest reserve
boundary, more than 50 miles from
Tacoma. the county road was in very
good condition, but Inside the reserve
tha drivers found going an absolute
torture; the highway being narrow.
replete with chuckholes, stumps, mud.
and almost every imaginable vibration
producer. From seven miles through to The
Forks, there was nothing but low
gear work, the road leading fcirough
mud which at times hurled the hubs.
From the park entrance the fight
through more than five miles of con
tinual snow occupied much time. An
accident that delayed matters occurred
when the second car, following In the
tracks of the pathfinder, struck a rock
which the first car had passed safely,
cracking the transmission case, and
from this point back to Tacoma the
first car had a double load in towing
the second one.
Auto to Re Publicly Rebuilt.
Portland motorists will be given an
To Get What You Pay For
Invest in an E-M-F "36
or a Flanders "20
THERE IS NO NECESSITY for you to take chances in buying
an automobile. The purchase of a car today need be no gamble
that is, if you look what's behind, as well as what's in front
what's INSIDE, as well as mere appearance. It's what you can
do with it, and in it that counts and that means SERVICE pure
and simple.
BE SURE OF GETTING QUALITY-SERVICE as well as quan
tity. The most uninitiated readily understand the supreme
service of a factory branch, such as ours offers with its $50,000
worth of parts with its specialists to adjust special parts only
an expert who makes minor adjustments only, and so on; advan
tages that are possible only in dealing direct.
THEN CONSIDER THE CAR ITSELF: Has it got in it what
you think? Automobiles are like men. Only a real test proves
them. The man who sits behind the wheel of an E-M-F "30" or
a Flanders "20" is going to tell you: "Here's the realgar. It
has the goods I have driven it and believe me, I know."
WE KNOW THE BIG ARGUMENT FOR ANY CAR doesn't lie
in pictures or flowery words. No! You get the real test out on
the country roads when you drive the car through mud and sand
or up steep hills. We know, because we have tested them. Dur
ing the past year our cars have: First Broken world's speed
records 1-20 miles. Second Won in record-breaking time the
most important hill climbs in this country. Third Proved by
service in the hands of owners, by victories in numerous Reliabil
ity Runs, by Glidden Tour Pathfinding and "First to Hazelton"
pioneering.
ISN'T THIS THE KIND OF CAR YOU WANT? With quality
second to none at any price, of speed, handsome appearance and
tireless endurance, backed by a direct factory service and parts
department? Don't, you want to get what you pay for? Then
invest in an E-M-F "30" or a Flanders "20" and cut out taking
chances.
BAKER
fude:
CORPORATION OF AMERICA
L. H. ROSE, NORTHWEST MANAGER
Portland Branch Chapman and Alder Sts.
SEATTLE BRANCH
2201-3 SECOND STREET
TACOMA BRANCH
1129 TACOMA AVENUE
excellent opportunity of learning how
an automobile is assembled when me
chanics start to rebuild the Flanders
lO" at the E-M-F Northwest Company
tomorrow afternoon. The parts of the
machine have been on exhibition for
several days, and attracted wide atten
tion. The car that was taken apart
was the one that made the now famous
trip to Hazelton. B. C, pathflndlnff the
Pacific Highway
Due to the good showing made by
hose trucks Shreveport Ala..- is now
considering the purchase of an automo
bile engine.
Alwaxi5
THE ONE
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R ere it is
NEVER
FAILS
Don't bother with
matches.
Don't get out of
your car.
Push the button
Start-Lite does the
work.
1- button outfit, for
headlights only, $25
2- button outfit, for
head and tail, or
head and side lisrhts,
for $30.00
3- button outfit, for
head, side and tail
lights $35.00
ASK, TO SEE rr
Chanslor & Lyon Motor Supply Co.
Mar. 1018
627 Washington Street
A 7633
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Carburetor
There lare many reasons why the RAYFIELD CARBURETOR
has met with phenomenal success, but the principal reason for
its popularity is due to the fact that it never fails to accomplish
more than is expected of a carburetor, and makes good in every
branch of the automobile industry.
OUR CLAIM FOR ECONOMY is established more firmly
than ever through the performance of cars in the various ECON
OMY RUNS throughout the country.
THE RELIABILITY OF THE RAYFIELD cannot be ques
tioned when it is known that thousands of miles have been cov
ered by hundreds of cars, on BAD ROADS, VARYING TEM
PERATURE and SUDDEN CHANGE OF ALTITUDE, without
carburetor trouble or change of adjustments.
OUR CLAIMS FOR MORE POWER have been fully estab
lished in the various HILL CLIMBS where power and speed is a
factor IN TRUCK RUNS, where excessive power is necessary
in pulling heavy loads on country roads through mud and sand.
The RAYFIELD CARBURETOR is proving its superiority
for use on COMMERCIAL VEHICLES. It has never failed to
develop GREATER POWER and ENDURANCE with less gaso
line than any other carburetor.
THE RAYFIELD CARBURETOR HAS MADE GOOD ON
MOTORBOATS. In many speed contests throughout the pres
ent season RAYFIELD equipped boats have won. The Kitty
Hawk, now holding the WORLD'S RECORD in her class, uses
the RAYFIELD.
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