THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN, PORTLAND,,' JUNE 22, 1913.
ADMIRING CROWDS
SURROUND BURMA!)
Noted Auto Race Driver, Heed
less of Gazes, Affection
ately Fondles Cars.
FIRST VICTORIES RECALLED
.Karl - Fame Comes With Winning
Endurance Run of 5 0 Miles and
Is Added To by Capturing
21-Honr Contest.
BY WALTER GIFFARD.
That elusive maRnetism which draws
the eyes of thousands to a baseball
player, to a jockey, to the hero of a
prridiron (tame and to the athlete any
where the world over, must be pos
sessed b Bob Burman to an extraord
inary deprree. Durlnjr the few days he
Ir-H li?pn here there have been crowds
around him as he passed bis mornings
t luunJ hia hix rai'iuR' cars at. the Keats
Kiirage.
It didn't seem to matter whether he
was doing anything: or not. this, col
lection of sportsmen was just content
to watcn him, and whenever he spoke
at all they listened carefully to what
he had to say. - " -
This fellow Burman Is not conceited
like so many racing drivers, or appar
ently in the least desirous of publicity.
His first and only thought seems to be
of his cars. When he reached here and
drove up to the garage, tne Blitzen No.
2 was at the wash rack. Tony Jean
ette, the man who, until five years
pgo, was private ' chauffeur for' the
Queen of Italy, was washing down the
car and great streams of mud, water
and oil were spattering about all over.
Burman is almost as particular about
his appearance olf the track as Jules
Cioux is cn it, but the first thing he did
on arrival was to walk right over to
the car. He paid not the least atten
tion to the splashing he got or to where
the mud was going.
! fSplaxhinn Mud I n heeded.
, "Get cut cf the way. Bob," shrieked
Tony, a3 he turned the spray full on,
j but the great driver merely stood there
j running his hand over the oar like a
tjockey over his favorite mount, abso
lutely oblivious to the ruin of hi;
; clothes. All he said afterwards was
ilaconic "It pays to look after your cars
j yourself."
i Burman, unlike many -other drivers,
ihas always tinkered with machinery.
As long ago as he can remember he
! was a boy mechanic working in a shop,
land he helped to put together the first
! Buick car ever assembled. Over the
luncheon table a few days ago he with
.drew from his shell a little and talked
,over the early racing days.
His first race was a 50-mile affair,
and he won it.
"Fifty miles in those days was an
endurance test, you understand," said
Bob. "Most cars overheated so much
'that they never lasted that long. I was
driving on antique old Jackson, with
.brass connecting rods and every other
conceivable weighty stuff which made
the motor heavy. Several well-known
men were in the field and no one had
even heard of me. Not that I expected
to win: don't think that. I .merely had
made up my mind to keep the old boat
going till she burned up, just to show
them that I could stay with them while
the car lasted.
Race ReMOlt Surprise.
"Well, I got the lead, and I drove so
Ifast that T stayed there. Everyone else
expected I'd drop out from mechanical
j trouble of some sort, and : no one
thought that more than I , did., but we
lasted alright and we actually won the
't race. . . . '. .
j "A year later a - Packard owner of
! fered to pay all my expenses and. to
! buy me a new racing car if I would
, enter a 24-hour race and stay' with it.
So T accepted, came down to the course
!and had everything ready. At the start,
which was at 10 P.M. on 'a Thursday
night, with the finish, of course, on
-Friday; I'd made up my mind not to be
such a fool in the way of speeding at
;the start. I set her for about 35 miles
an hour and that's all 1 did until 9
o'clock the next morning. Of course,
'the cars ahead of me at the start had
Just gone by reeling off the laps and
lapping me time after time, but I didn't
worry. As I said, at 9 o'clock next
morning there was only one car ahead
of me, a Thomas Flyer. I was in sec
ond place, all the others had gone so
fast that they had had to stop for
tires, for gas, for trouble of all sorts
,with the result that they lost their lead
as soon as they got it. All the same
the old Thomas was 60 miles ahead ot
me and that meant more then than it
does today.
Kent in Cut Short.
"Well, 1 hadn't had any rest so J
signaled my relief man and he took the
seat. But he wanted to show people
that if Burman couldn't get any speed
out of the car, he could, and he sent
the old boat round fit to tear her head
off. I signaled him to stop and went
oat onto the course, but he oaid no at
tention, and so I had to get the starter
jto stop him. after he'd been going for
an hour and a half. There was only one
thing to do and that was to get back
into the seat and drive her myself
again. and I finished that course,
having driven all of the 24 hours ex
cept for a rest of an hour and a half,
most of which was taken up watching
the fellow race the car.
"That is an old achievement, but it
is one on which 1 look back with an
awful lot of pleasure, simply because
it was one of my earliest efforts.
"The Thomas eventually went out
from heating trouble, and towards the
close I did open the car up and no one
passed me for the last four hours of the
run. We won by 35 miles."
TKOPHY KKMAIXS IX AMERICA
heeler-Sdiebler Cup Won by Goux
Will Not lie Taken Abroad.
IXD1AXAPOUS, June 21, ( Special.)
The Wheeler-Schebler trophy, said to
be the most beautiful and richest of
all race trophies, valued at (10.000, won
Memorial day at Indianapolis by Jules
Uoux, French driver in the Peugeot
will remain in the United States dur
ing the coming year. In possession of
A. G. Kauffman, of the Peugeot Auto
Import Company of New York, who en
tered the car In the 500-mile race.
It was -expected - that the trophy
would be sent to France to be shown
In all the auto markets as a measure
Df the glory won by the young French
man in the greatest of all auto races.
According to American standards the
trophy, displayed all 'over . France,
would have been of great advertising
value.
The Peugeot winners have the right
to possession of the cup until a month
prior to the next race for it. when it
must ue returned to the Indianapolis
Motor Speedway. Before it becomes the
properly ot me matters or one car, it
must ue won inree times by that car.
Both Giijiix and Kauffman declared
the driver would return next year and
the next and win the other- two heats
of the race for the cup ownership. The
cup went to Goux for his being ahead
in the 500-mile race at the end of the
400th . mile. Goux" car did not have a
Schebler carburetor, which equipment
would have given him an' additional
$1000.
POHTLAXD-SALEM ROAD GOOD
Mel G. Johnson Makes Trip in Buick
.in Easy Time.
The prevailing .'road conditions be
tween Portland and Salem are de
clared excellent by. Manager Mel G.
Johnson of the Howard " Automobile
Company, who enjoyed a drive to Sa
lem this week in a Buick 30.
The roads leading out 'of Portland
are In excellent condition as far as
Tigard. Between- Tigard and Rex
some effort has been made" to grade
up the dirt road and this work, has
materially improved the roadway, but
has still left rather rough going. After
passing the railroad crossing no fur
ther unusually rough roads are en
countered. Johnson left the main Portland-Mc-Minnville
road at Dayton, and an ex
cellent road was found throughout
Yamhill County, Amity being left about
NOTED AUTOMOBLE DRIVER AND
CARNIVAL WHICH
BOB BI RMAK, WORLD'S
a mile to the westward of the road
followed.
The going in Polk County was not to
be compared with that of Yamhill
County, as the roads were found rather
rough.
The entire distance of 54 5-10 miles
shown on the speedometer was accom
plished without effort toward fast driv.
lng in 2 hours and 40 minutes.
PROPERTY SELLS FOR $55,000
Sherman County Court Orders Work
on John Day Hill'.
WASCO, Or., June 21. (Special.)
The County Court of Sherman County
has ordered a new grade on the John
Day hill, to cost In the neighborhood
of $5000. The grade, which will be on
the north side of the canyon, will be
16 feet wide and in no place over 11
per cent.
Ex-Judge Henricks lias opened camp
at the bottom of the canyon and ex
pects to-have 20 men at work Monday
morning. , 1 . ' .
With Judge Krusoe driving a new
1913 Pope, Commissioner McKee driv
ing a 1913 Mitchell six and Commis
sioner Holt- driving a 1913 Chalmers,
Sherman County is going to have some
dandy roads.
It is expected that the two'countles,
Sherman and Gilliam, will in the early
part ef 1914 construct -a steel bridge
over the John Pay at the bottom of
this grade, known as McDonald Ferry.
DEALERS ARE CRITICISED
IvACK OP ATTENTION OHARGED
BY REGAL. DISTRIBUTER.
Frank O. Renstrom, Regal Distrib
utor, Says Prospective Sales
. Are Allowed' to Pass.
As the guest of Peterson and Sleret,
Oregon exploiters of tha p.egal under
slung car, frank p. Renstrom, the.
Pacific Coast distributer for the car,
paid his first visit to Portland during
the week. He passed much of his time
viewing the interesting and scenic
sights of the city and the surrounding
neighborhood, being Impressed espe
cially with the wealth of the country
and predicting a bright future for the
automobile business here.
Before returning to the Exposition
City. Mr. Renstrom had - a, few terse
criticisms to apply to local automobile
dealers. He particularly disapproved
of the manner In which the retail busi
ness is conducted and the lack of at
tention shown to showroom visitors.
He recited his own experiences in vis
iting several prominent automobile
houses to emphasize his remarks.
"Why, I waited fully ten minutes at
one of the leading places before any
one came to wait on me," said Mr.
Renstrom. "Instead of .having a sales
man right on the job. ready to find out
how the visitor can be served, it seems
as If you have to make several in
quiries before reaching the right
party here.
"This lack of attention is bad. It
not only hurts the business- generally,
but loses the Individual dealer thou
sands of dollars' worth of business an
nually. You couldn't step inside one
of the ' well-regulatd houses in San
Francisco, Los Angeles or Seatlte with
out having someone right on the spot
to find out what you want. It Is this
personal service that appeals to the
buying public, and service, mind you.
Is something the automobile dealer
must give in order to be successful."
"Those who have driven underslung
cars," continued Mr. Renstrom, "know
that they have a value that can be
found in no other kind of an automo
bile, and that value lies in safety.
"Because of its low center of grav
ity, underslung construction is the
safest method known. - The. weight of
the car is carried well within the
wheels and nearer the ground. At the
same time ample and even clearance
is provided, giving assurance that
country roads will offer no obstacles
to travel. With nothing below the
frame, the essential parts exposed on
other cars are protected. Such a thing
as 'turning turtle' is. unknown with an
underslung, while skidding is reduced
to a minimum."
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3 GARS TO START
One to Tour World; 2 Go Direct
to San Francisco.
AUTOS ARE HENDERSONS
Globe-Clrclers Expect tv Take Dif
ferent Route "to . That Gener
. ally. Traveled When Making
Round of Earth.'
Three Henderson cars will start for
San Francisco July 1 in two exactly op
posite directions. Two of these will
complete their drive to the Pacific Coast
FAMOUS "BLITZEN BEN2" CAR
WILL OPEN AT COUNTRY CLUB
CHAMPION FOR ON E MII.E IN FAMOIS
in 26 days, while the third will be two
years on the road, arriving in San
Francisco July 1. 1915, during the Pan
ama Pacific Exposition. .
The two Hendersons will be touring
models entered in the Indiana-to-Pa-cific
tour of .the- Indiana Automobile
Manufacturers' Association by th'e Hen
derson Motor Car Company and driven
by R. P. Henderson, vice-president of
the Henderson Company, and Ray Har
roun, the famous cup winner. These
two eara will be equipped with the Har
round kerosene carburetor and will use
this fuel during the entire tour.
The third car' will be driven around
the world by Edwin P. Kohl. This will
be a roadster model. Mr. Kohl has just
graduated from the University of Wis
consin, and spent several years in news
paper work, establishing a year Ago
the Wisconsin Daily News, the evening
paper of. the students of the university,
at Madison; Jn the capacity of general
manager he: built up one of the strong
est college sheet in the country. .. .j
.-"Koil to Correspond for Jtou'rnls.
" Tjuring the:journey round the world
he will contribute to a number of news
papers, Katlonal and monthly magazines
and also to several automobile trade
papers. 'He will be: accompanied by a
Harvard graduate, who is an expert
photographer and haa had several years'
experience in driving automobiles. -
Several cars have made the trip
around the globe, but as. a rule they
have followed the beaten paths. . Kohl
and his companion are going to keep
away from the. usual routes and. take
the Henderson Into territory where a
motor car Is seldom seem They expect
to penetrate the steppes of Central
Russia and the wilds of Southeastern
Chinj.,.north of -the Himalaya, mountains,-
cross the Syrian . desert, follow
the East Coast of South America to the
Panama Canal and run along the West
Coast of Central America and Mexico to
California. The drive in Western Mex.
ico will be fraught with danger, as the
oountry Is sparsely settled, Indiana pre
dominating. Roughly, the Itinerary of Mr. Kohl
and the Henderson la as follows: Start
July 1, 1913, for New York City; sail
to Liverpool, touring England, Scotland
and Wales: cross to -France, touring
France, Spain, Italy, Switzerland, Ger
many, Belgium, the Netherlands, cross
ing Germany to Russia and north to St.
Petersburg, east to Samara, west to
Moscow and Warsaw, crossing- into
Austria, From Vienna the Henderson
will be headed toward Asia, crossing
the Balkan States to Constantinople.
Mr. Kohl plans to spend some time in
Asia. Minor, visiting the historic spots
of the Holy Land, and then following
the Mediterranean to the Suez Canal,
crossing to Cairo and Alexandria in
Egypt. The Henderson will then be
pointed eastward toward the Pacific,
and the route is laid across Arabia,
Persia and India to . Calcutta. Here
they will bend ! slightly northward
across the mountains into China and
sail from Shanghai to Japan. After sev
eral weeks in Japan they will sail to
the Philippines and thence to Aus
tralia. After touring Australia, the Hender
son will be loaded again and shipped to
Buenos Ayres, Argentina, The tourists
then will drive along the East Coast to
Panama and northward along, the wild
West shore of Mexico to Los Angeles.
If they maintain their tentative sched
ule the Henderson will arrive in San
Francisco July 1, 1915, after having vis
ited almost every civilised country in
both hemispheres. After spending sev
eral days at the exposition, Kohl and
his companion will head the Henderson
eastward across the Rockies, finishing
the long tour in Indianapolis. '
What the Row's About
Not only tlre men, but all members
of the Row, will learn with regret that
C. H. Mayer, the jovial manager of the
local branch of the United States Tire
Company, Is at the St. Vincent's Hos
pital under medical treatment. He is
going along well, and hopes to be out
again before ao very long. . In the
meantime he can receive visitors, and
that should be enough of a hint on the
subject. Mayer would not mind so
much if he could watch the ball games
from his windows, or even hear the
cheers which the Beavers earn once in
a .while, Here's to his speedy recovery.
. -
Titus,' formerly a Hupmobile "expert
and afterward . With the Paige' car, is
now. celling Appersons, as fast as .ho
can 'handle them. . . . ' ' '
- , . - '''- . . '
"Who was the-dealer caught speeding
last week tbat made use of. an awful
excuse? He read a joke somewhere in
Life, at least if it was a joke it could
hardly have been in Life, about the
fellow who, when asked why he drove
so fast, replied that he was afraid he
was running out of gasoline and want
ed to get home first. This same dealer
tried to pull It on the local police., but
it failed miserably, because most of
the cops know how to drive and un
derstand a car.
'.
'But the best joke of all the week
was on a newspaperman! He borrowed
an automobile .(with permission, of
course), and - was rushing some pros
pective buyers down to catch a train,
when the old boat Just laid down and
died on him at Broadway and Wash
ington street. No gas. Owl drugstore
close by. Time precious. Entered the
store. "One gallon of gasoline, sharp.
please." "Yes, sir; but we only have
it in quart bottles. "We should worry.
Give me the four bottles." And the
price of that gasoline was 20 cents a
quart or the small sum of 80 cents per
gallon. AutomoDlllng on that basis
would be extravagant to any but a
newspaperman.
You know the reputation an English
motor mechanic has got. Well, there
are three of them all In business of
TO BE SEEN IN TWO DAYS' SPEED
THIS AFTERNOON,
f
XOO-HOR SEPOVVER CAR.
their own at a shop on Seventeenth
street, between Washington and Alder,
Their names are Hanslmaire, Bragg
and xoiKien, but they really are Eng
lish, don't you know. One served all
through the Boer war, drove a car dur
ing the trouble and generally covered
himself with fame. T'other day a man
drove up and wanted to borrow a tail
light. They hadn't one to spare, but
they fixed him up by getting a piece
of red kalsomined paper and sticking
it over one side of a side light. Who
ays the English have no ability.
........ . ,
This Hanky Fanky bunch has at last
brought out the secret of when the
dealers like to lend cars. As soon as
they heard that they could take out a
small herd of pretty damsels, the ad
vance agent for the company got all
tne cars he wanted Inside of five min
iltes, but from each dealer, married or
otherwise, came the-request: -"Give me
four of . the prettiest and I'm on.
That was easily settled,"- said the press
agent,' , "for all the girls are tip-top
pers.- ; . - .-, ; ..
"' ... "I '. r
we were going to asK now It was
that Stanley Clements does not linger
quite so long as-he used after hours
down at Ballou & Wright's, until- we
remembered that he is no longer a
happy "bateh,'"bvrt a married man of
dignity and reserve. Stan used to be
quite- willing to stop and talk, but soon
as 5 o'clock comes around. he displays
an awful anxiety to cut the chatter
short. . P'raps, he has to buy some sar
dines before dinner time. . Anyhow
Stanley's advice is: "Dort put it off
any longer tnan you can. . If you re
minKing ot getting wed."-, ,:J
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The. Mighty' Michigan bunch are
tickled to death "over their new quar
ters, and. they point with pride to the
sidewalk they have put in. Certainly
the white paint, coupled with the
sturdy-looking blue-gray cars in the
windows at Seventeenth and Alder
streets, makes a great showing and at-
$2150
'-
Ik
T'W "Til
This five-passe age r car, with its roomy tonneau space and
handsome buffed leather seats that afford the comfort of the
much higher priced machine, is backed by the guarantee of a
factory that has been building automobiles and similar products
for 60 years. They arry with them the invaluable Velie.
' ' SERVICE AND SATISFACTION' '
Everything that excellence and workmanship, skill in finish
and yelie reputation for quality of materials can give is found
in this car. No automobile on the market, at any price, excels
ill, in dollar for dollar value. It will pay you to investigate the
Velie.
John Deere Plow Co.
OF PORTLAND, OR.
EAST MORRISON ST;; AT SECOND. EAST 1034, B-6125
DON'T make your car
r
fy iui your tire
experiments. Increase
your car's efficiency, and
reduce the upkeep ex
pense by equipping with
NON-SKID TIRES
Car owners of experience
have proved the car-protecting
resiliency, . the mileage
and security value of the
Firestone tough, pliable tread.
H. S. Firestone's book, "What's
What In Tire" tells how rtid why.
R. K. BLOIMiKTT,
29-81 14th St., Portland. Or.
TMstrltmtor" for -The
HrrMone Tire and Rubber
lai Atrim, Hilo. "America's
largest KxcluBive Tire and
Kim .Uultfrs."
WW?'' t--
Our object is not
- merely to sell you a
WHITE
MOTOR TRUCK
' but to make sure in
advance where it
will make you money
and prove it to you
before you buy. Let
us demonstrate this.
White Company
hi. W. HII.L,. Ms
68 BROADWAY
In the business din
trlvt for your con
venience. Salesman Wanted
TO SELL AUTOMOBILES
Previous experience unneces
sary ; . must . furnish first-class
reference.
PETERSON & SLERET CO.
East Eighth and Hawthorne
tracts a lot of attention. Live bunch
tnese wolverines.
Centra lla Org-anizea Auto Club.
CENTRALIA, June 18. (Special. )-
At a meeting held in Centralia last
night the Centralia Auto Club was or
ganlzed with a charter membership of
81. V. F. Oavies was elected presi
dent:" Abe Fiewelllng, 'vice-president;
E. H. S. Mulder, secretary-treasurer,
and G. B. Mason, David Livingstone L.
E. Titus and 51. E. Johnson, directors
The charter of the club will be left
open tor 30 days, at the end of which
time it la Deueved that the. club mem
bershlp will be close to 100.
F.O. B.
Portland
l
'fa
"CURIOSITY"
IF NOTHING ELSE, WILL PROMPT YOU TO SEE
OUR LINE OF ALUMINUM CAMPING OUTFITS
FOR TWO, FOUR OR SIX PEOPLE.
ARCHER AND WIGGINS
OAK STREET, CORNER SIXTH
AUTO SUPPLIES SPORTING GOODS
Bosch Service
Complete Stock of All
Bosch Goods
Official Distributors
Ballou & Wright
BROADWAY AT OAK
Indian Motorcycles
Distributed in .Northwest by
BALLOU & WRIGHT
Broadway, at Oak, Portland.
817 Eaat iih.e St- Seattle. Wash.
C. L. Boss & Co.
BOYSER S
STORAGE
Vnlcanlxlns and Retreading". fU K. BLOUtiEIT, 28-31 "ortb 14th St. Main 7003.
FORD
REO HUDSON LITTLE
NORTHWEST AUTO CO.
DISTRIBUTORS
F. W. VOGLER, President
617 Washington Street. Phones Main 8887, A 4959.
mm
AUTOMOBILE AND SHOP SUPPLIES
Spark Plugs TOOLS Brake-Lining
MOTORCYCLES AND ACCESSORIES
Preer Tool and Supply Co.
i Sixth and 311 Oalc Sta.
No-Rim-Cut Tires
10 Oversize
Don't Pay
a Higher Price
Since our 1 1 per cent reduction, numer
ous tires cost users more than Goodyears.
That's a unique condition.
No-Rim-Cut tires used to cost one-fifth
more than others. Yet they never were
made better than today.
The Utmost
Bear in mind that, for years and
years, No-Rim-Cut tires have been
the high-price tires.
Nobody claimed to make tires
that were better. But other stand
ard tires cost less.
Yet No-Rim-Cut tires came to
outsell all others, because of their
proved economies. They saved
their extra cost to users, two or
three times over.
The demand
doubled over
and over, until
last year's sales
by far exceeded
our previous X2
years put to
gether. With this mul
tiplied output
the cost came
for these tires
GoodjSyear
No-Rim-Cut Tires
With or Without
Non-Skid Treads
THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER CO., Akron, Ohio
This Company han no connection whatiinr with any other
rubber concern which oaea the Goodyear name.
PORTLAND BRANCH, 62 BROADWAY
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AGENTS
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Phone E. 648
Phone. Mala 168S. A 1MS2
down, and the saving ras de
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Now no standard tire of any type
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And lesser tires, with a limited
output, cost more than these
famous tires.
You get, as always, in No-Rim-Cuts
the utmost In a tire.
You get tires that can't rim-cut.
You get 10 per cent overcapacity
compared with clincher tires.
You get the tires which, by
sheer merit, have won the top-
most place in
Tiredom.
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pay more.
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