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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (April 21, 1912)
TnE SUSDAT OREGONIAX; ' PORTLAND, AFKIL 2U 1012. GUIBHOMESTAHTEDl PORTLAND AUTOMOBILE CLVB'S COUNTRY HOME BEGINS TO TAKE SHAPE ON BEAUTIFUL TRACT N IS . NEAP. CITY. 3IAKKR OF "SILENT SIX," WILL ESTABLISH AGENCY. Country Rendezvous for Auto ists Begins to Take Shape. And The Factory Behind It i he Lar 1 1 1 . : 1 OPENING ABOUT JUNE Beautiful Tract of CS Acres, Two and a naif Hoar From City, Promtwi to B Popular Place. Fortunate tnfieJ art the numbers ct the PortiaaA Automobile Quo ia fcaTicar aa a a!ta for tbalr country boa a magnificent tract of II acres poe n!:r much canral beauty and eom tninainj from all sMss tliwi lnJ crtbably beautiful and varied. JLid not the least attractive fatura of a trip to the grounds is the scenery en rente. E. A. Nsate, of Neate A McCarthy, drove a party of club representatives to the grounds on Thnnday la a Loco mobile "t." Tha Base Una road was tallowed going oat and returning- the car. crossing tba river, traveled tha road on tha north (Ida of tha Ba dy, recrosslns; at Troutdala and continu ing to Portland orr tha Columbia plough driveway and Vancouver ave nue. Tba roads -are In excellent condi tion and are recommended to automo bll:ti who dritre to gt out Into tha country and close to mature. The brldice. howeTer. at Troutdala lias been demolished and a crossing has to be made on a ferry, which Is not much on speed and considerably less In Its guarantee for safety, particular ly for other than seasoned drivers. This can be avoided by rolng out and returning via tha Base Una road. A force of men are actively enraged ta the construction of the clubhouse, but tha work at present has not ad vance t beyond the foundation. Cora tnenclng Monday the carpenters will tackle the structural work and 1003 a modern building will stand araldxt the towering plants of the forest and the Jjxurlant groath if ferns and wild grasses. A gardener Industriously cultivating a generous-sized patch of loamy soil promised that he would do his utmost to produce a plentiful yield of fresh vegetables to accompany the chicken clnners that are to be a leading fea ture of the Auto Club's recreation spot. About June 1. when the gates of the grounds and the doors of the clubhouse are thrown open In welcome to mem bers and their friends, the house and surroundings will be abUse with ln ' candescent lights. Klectriclty is to be supplied by a dynamo of KUfTlclert fa rclty to keep the place brilliantly Il luminated. Rows of lights are to be . strung- throughout the grounds also. The clubhouse. It Is expected, will prove a popular evening resort as well as a Sunday and holiday rendesvous. The house committee Is planning to in clude evening orchestra concerts In the regular Summer entertainment pro gramme. This, together with the fa cilities that will be Installed for serv Ing light lunches and mild liquid re freshments, should prove highly attrac tive to the automublllr.g public Automoblllsts will find the spin out to the club grounds a delightful one and It can be made easily in two and a half or three hours without trying fur speed honors. The route Is over the Base Line road, beyond tba Twelve Mile House a couple of miles and down a gradual winding descent. Frequent guiaeboavds plainly Indicate the direc tion, turns, etc. At the present time It Is best to return over tha same route: the road is a little better and the experience will not be necessary of crosslns tha Sandy by ferry near Troutdale. TRIP TO STIMULATE SOCTH Annual Test Tour to Show Apprecia tion of Work lie Ing Done There. . In deciding upon New Orleans as the .terminus for its annual National re llaM.Ky tour, the American Automobile Association had in mind further accel erating of the good roads movement In tlie South, which, with its employment of convicts and a general realization of t:.e great value of improved blghwaya. Jia, been outstripping- other sections of the country in road build-r.g. The Northern city which shall serve as the starting place of the tour has not yet been selected, but of several mentioned the most prominent ore Indianapolis, I'etrolt and Chicago, tnough a begin ning at Minneapolis and St Paul is looked upon with favor. While a pronounced effort was made to have thla year's route from the Twin Cities to Seattle or Portland, the con census of opinion was that a year hence would find that route In better condi tion, and by that time the effort to open Yellowstone Pari to motor-driven vehicles undoubtedly will hare proven successful. Colonel Frank IT. Joyce, first vice president of tha A. A. A., recently made a trip from New Orleans to Panama In order to learn If It wouM bo possible to have a supplemented trip tn auto icobllee across tha Isthmus. The ver dict was unfavorable and ll Is doubtful If those who take the steamer to tba Isthmus after the conclusion, at New Orleans will be accompanied by their motor-driven vehicles. I'ncle Bam has yet to provide a real highway parallel ing the canal. Chairman Longstreth. of tha touring Information board, which thla year will have charge of the tour, owing to Its evident good roads character, has bad a half dozen offers In connection with the path-finding trip. The plan fol lowed will undoubtedly be to hold a ' meeting In New York, to which all tha applicants will be Invited, and at that time tha award will be made to tha suc cessful bidder. MAIXE TO IMPROVE HIGHWAYS Is latum KaTors Bond Issue for Funds $ J, 000, 000 to Be Raised. At tba recant apecla. session of-the legislature of tha state of Maine, a res olution was passed almost unanimously for a read bond amendment to the state constitution, to be voted on by the peo ple at a special election In September. Tha plan Is that proposed by Lyman H. Kelson, of Portland, a prominent mem ber of the A. A. A. Maine Automobile Association. The bond issue Is along entirely new lines and Involve the cap italisation of the annual registration and other automoblia fees, which are to be need to pay the Interest and pro vide a sicking fund for tha 12.000.000 of rsad bonds. In this way the money may be spent la Improving the roads at ence. without any Increase In taxation. Tba farmers favor the measure be cause It ia an Improvement for which they do not have to pay. and the au tomoblllsts favor It because tt assures early road Improvement, and tha ex penditure of automobile funds where they belong, on the highways. The constitutional an-.eodment. which requires a two-thirds vote of tee people to carry, la made necessary by the fact that tba atata limit -ef Indebtedness, J. -Workmva Comaletlas Kouadatloa ef Ao Cine Hnw K. A. Kealr, of Neat A McCarthy, at Wheel of lt3 Model N Levosnoblle 2, Kant Katraaee to An to club Uroanrta (Koad Circles Clubhonse Exit West .Side), Picnic Urouada" Arreni Hose (Wnt) From Clabhnase 4. Snadr Urldge. Looking Toward Clobfeoose bantmr rr epectlve A loos: .North Btsk of Bandy, Across From Clabhoase , tVest View Along Nerth Shore of Sandy, Bridge la Dtataare. ' . . .'""'..,-' 1300,000, has not befn changed since the stste was admitted in 1820. The success of the measure was due largelyylo the work of the State Auto mobile Association, of wbicli.W. B. Parker. Is president Tha association wUl U carry Xorward 44 educational campaign explaining- the measure to voters, during the Summer. ..-.'' Under the new automobile. law, the feea for resident motorists are as' fol lows: Cars of tO-horse power or under, 15: 20-horse power to and Including- S5 borta power, 110; cars, oyer' SS-hona power. motor trucks (any power), $10; motorcycles, $3; manufacturers and dealers, S25. . - The nonresident Is given - 30 days, but beyond that period la expected to contribute, to the atate's good roads funis, . v". rIv - --e-; - 1 1 ' ? . w S i - lv -ly-j rTTrTL r " - ' L - .- i- 4 J '- - ' ' . 1 .i'.V 4t . . N-.. . .4,--- ... ; 5-"4Y-t- i- - f i-i ii J-'tJ?:v'-r-;- . 1 . U :-l-S cTTu'T T ill 111 ' Jlllii , -Jr ill. Vjlv " - ' ; . ' '. .'' . ;V . .-.-ScV' t-'. - ll 1 - ' .Yx .r, " , - ll 1 It u , A' ' -V t-1 ' I-v - i T - ' . - .'.., -t . . . -.'. . ' . . - ' ' - Vr-.- . " i i . .- . , . " ' ' K- - s " - ,at V rv ' - . r- -jri., - Mri - " '. ., ' rr- - , 1 1 Principles Which Govern Quiet Running and Durability in Autos Explained by Popular Maker. C. "W. Matheson, of the Matheson Au tomobile Company, Wilkesbarre, ,Pa.( makers of the "Silent Six," one of the most popular high-srade cars of the Kast, has been at the Multnomah the past few days, seeking connections here for the future sale of Matheson cars. When questioned on the secret of quiet running qualities of the . "Silent Six" Matheson Mr. Matheson saVd: "As a rule sjlepce.' in a gasoline motor, is obtained at the cost of ' power, " and power is obtained at the cost or si lence. Our "Silent Six" motor, how ever, seta new standards, for it is both tha most quiet and the most powerful of all gasoline motays, di mensions considered. It stays quiet and retains Its power throughout years of service. Moreover, It is the most economical in fuel and oil consumption and in mechanical upkeep of any motor on the market, size for size, to our knowledge. - "Tha secret of Its unusual power I am not at liberty to tell, but shall be glad to explain, lit part, how wo ac complish such extreme silence. A gas oline motor which Is silent running when new should 'stay silent if there Is no wear. The problem then Is to eliminate the causes of wear,, which are, mainly: Inaccurate workmanship, undue heat. Inadequate lubrication, underslze bearing surfaces and unsuit able materials. "In the 'Silent Six' we overcome In accurate workmanship by triple In spection and by working to one one thousandth of an Inch, accurate dimen sions. Undue heat is avoided by our system of overhead valves, which pro vide the most compact explosion cham- 1 1 a1r nnxlhl, B HvlV nirnilA- liri 3 UU - - - tion of water all about the valves, lm- possible with valves locaiea m pucjieio cast on the cylinder sides. To accom plish adequate lubrication we Imprison four and one-half gallons of oil In a well cast in the engine base, a suffi cient quantity for 1000 miles: we auto matically filter and use this oil over and over, by a pump and Splash sys tem, so that every bearing surface Is freely bathed in oil. In proportion to Its cylinder dimensions the bearing surfaces are uniformly the largest to be found In any six-cylinder car. The use of unsuitable materiials is pro vided against by thorough laboratory tests. "It Is especially interesting to ob serve that the very conditions which produce silence In a motor car are also the conditions which result in mini mum cost of mechanical upkeep, be cause wear is minimized, and in the greatest economy of fuel and oil con sumption. On this account the 'Silent OIX iklillllCSUIl j sifxm o v. ' " and economical service, with power be- y on a zieea yiu ium; au ."i.". thrown in." AUTO SALES MAKE GAIN ..- - PRESENT SEASON" PROMISES TO ECLIPSE 1911. Dealers Say Other Business Equally Prosperous Medium-Priced Cars In Demand. Unusual progress made In the sale of medium-priced automobiles In the Northwest - during the past three months, when- sales might be expected to drop. Is an indication that the com" ing months of the 1912 season surely will show a marked improvement over 1911. "During January, 1912, there was an Increase of 60 per cent over the cor responding month of 1811," said F. W. Vogler. Northwest distributer for the Reo, Apperson and Premier pleasure cars. "In the following month there was an increase of 65 per cent, while March showed an increase of nearly 100 per cent .over March. 1911. These fig ures, to a large extent, also probably apply to all dealers handling reputable cars in this territory. "From the reports in trade publica tions, (t ds evident the whole . country is experiencing the same degree of prosperty. "I am often asked whether this de mand wilt continue and if it Is an In dication that other lines of business will have the same degree of success. There is no question. In my mind, that the demand for the well-built, medium- priced automobile will continue to grow. The marked increase this year is proof positive to me that men In other busi nesses are confident of having a suc cessful year. i - "In accounting for this healthy growth, we cannot overlook the farm er. Prospects are very bright for good crops both agricultural and horticul tural in the Northwest. Farmers, are taking up the motor car rapidly and naturally they want a. medium-priced machine. "The motor car makes possible the saving of from 30 to TS per cent over tha horse, in nearly every channel of business, and it is simply a matter of sense and economy that Is prompting the farmer to adopt the improved meth od of transportation. "The last shadow of doubt as to the security of Investment that may have existed among a few conservative busi ness men passed with the preceding year. There Is no lack of support and co-operation in banking relations, nor from any Important source, now. The I business cannot be given a separate j classification In financial matters; it is thoroughly Interwoven with every con ceivable Interest. Political situations forecast no trouble, and it is unreason able to presume that the Industry should ba, affected any more than a wheel foundry or a shoe factory by the coming Presidential election." S3LVLL BCICK MAKES RECORD Model "34" Wins Ten-5IHe Race In 10:80. Another remarkable performance on a mile dirt track, was recorded at Fresno, Cal., Sunday, April 14, when a Bulck Model 34, the smallest model built by the. BuICk Motor Co., won the 10-mlle race on a dirt track in the remarkable time of 10 minutes and 30 seconds. ' , The fastest mile was negotiated In. 1 minute 1 3-5 seconds. ' . - While the time made was not equal to that established at San Jose on a mile dirt track, where five miles were covered In :63, and 10 miles In 10:40, with a record of 68 seconds for the fastest lap. the performance at Fresno proved an equally remarkable one, through the fact that the track con ditions were not so good as at San Jose. - - A machine has been Invented with which the magnetic effect of the Iron and steel parts of a .hip upon a compass needle can be measured, , ! Wi J f.jv. uaH ,r.w . .1". -i- J'-'1 ssMaa Michigan Five Models, 33 and 40 h. p. Prices $1350 to $1850 When you buy a car, there are two things to con sider First, the car itself. Next, and equally important, the factory behind it. v Anything that tends to distract your attention from these two essentials is immaterial. And in the face of all the fancy sales talk you hear every day bear in mind these two big things , THE OAR! AND THE FACTORY BEHIND IT! You are buying an automobile. You want one that will give you the most for what you pay. Most in specifications. Most in quality. Most in service. A car in advance of the market in which you get the 1913 features TODAY. You want your car to come from a concern that knows how to produce a good article mechanically. And that has confidence enough in its product to guar antee it with the financial ability to make the guar antee WORTH SOMETHING. The Master Car All these requirements are met successfully in the "Michigan." Other cars are being sold at the "Michigan" Price. Of course. But in the "Michigan" you get the maxi mum of value. In other words, you get "more car." Thirty years of success in pleasure vehicle building v has established our reputation, both in a manufacturing and a financial way. Millions of people all over the country know of us of our business ideals. And when we guarantee FOR LIFE the mighty "Michigan," they know that the car is good. That we will stand back of it. That there is responsibility back of our guarantee. Imchigan Auto&Buggylo. Northwest Branch, W. A. Wildrick, Mgr. 369-37 Hawthorne Ave. East 1421 B-1345 ' - iirar" -r. J-n,7.i. f, , li. -- 200,000 Adopt Them Over one million of these tires have been used, on some 200,000 cars. As a result, the demand today is six times larger than two years ago. As another result, No-Rim-Cut tires now far out sell any other tire. . For all these users are advising others to adopt this patent tire. 126 Braided Wires Vulcanized into the base of this tire are six fiat bands of 126 braided wires'. These wires by making the tire base unstretchable give us a tire that need not hook to the rim. , So your removable flanges way be reversed curved out ward instead of inward. It is', done 'in a moment Therf the rounded side comes next to the tire. ' Our Patent -Tire These six flat bands of braided wires form the only way known to make practical tires of this type. And we con trol this feature. That is why the demand fo this new-type tire has cen tered on Good year No-Rim-Cut tires. And that Is why this tire has so quickly come to outsell all others. Save 48 Per Cent 23 per cent of all old-type tires become rim-cut. This is shown by statistics. No-Rim-Cut tires wipe out -that loss completely. Then wemake these tires 10 per cent over the rated size. And that oversize, under aver age conditions, adds 25 per cent to the tire mileage. You get both these savings in No-Rim-Cut tires. Yet they now cost no more than other standard tires. Don't you think such a saving- worth while? No-Rim-Cut Tires With or Without Non-Skid Treads Our 1912 Tire Book, based on 13 year of tire making, is filled with facts you should know. Ask as to mail it to you. THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER CO., Akron, Ohio This Company hm no connection whatever with any othgr rubber concern which use the Goodyear name. PORTLAND BRANCH 62 Seventh Street. Phone, Pacific, Main 2190, and Home, A 4046. '1 S
