The Sunday Oregonian., September 21, 1913, SECTION FOUR, Page 5, Image 49

TIIE SUNDAY OREGONIAN, PORTLAND, SEPTE3IBER 21, 1913.
LINCOLN HIGHWAY
for the burglar, and taking a revolver
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from a writing desk, fired at him. fane
was greatly surprised when she
learned that the officer had made the
run on his motorcycle after she had
San Francisco -Portland
Road Record
PLAN IS OUTLINED
telephoned the call for aid.
XEW TERRITORY IS VISITED
Overland Trail May Be
proved as Memorial to
Emancipator.
Im-
FUND REACHES $10,000,000
"Subscriptions Will Be Received 1
Portland by Krank C. Rlsgs and
Forwarded to Kinory V. Clark,
Treasurer of Association.
A nrnrlamatlnn was recently re
celved by The Oregonian from the offl
clals In charge of the Lincoln Highway
Association, in which their findings
were set forth with regard to the best
possible trans-continental route. It i
of interest to motorists inrougnoui in
country.
In this proclamation those responsi
ble for this proposed highway memo
rial to Lincoln admit that they nav
not any power actually to force th
route in any given state or county.
What they desire to do is to show by
nlaln. statements that this road is, l
"the opinion of capable judges, the bes
that can be obtained.
Their reasons are fourfold and brie
but' to the point. First, for nearly
century the route has been the main
overland trail, and that part lying
west of Chicago is known by that his
toric name. Secondly, it Is the most
direct and most practical route as to
(Trades, curves and general topography,
Third. It is to the greatest extent im
I proved and marked throughout its
length. Fourth, it serves the greatest
population and can be established as a
fitting memorial highway at the least
cost.
There Is an appeal to all those who
have the power to dedicate. re-marK
and re-Dime the highway with the Lin
coin insignia, a, long arrow, placed
horizontally with a large L on a white
background with a red stripe above
and a blue one below, and the words
Lincoln Highway."
Of the money required, no less than
$10,000,000 has been raised, and all con
cerned are anxious that the work
should proceed at once, so that sub
scriptions, whether large or small, will
be welcomed. Frank C Rlggs. Port
land Packard agent, will receive all
subscriptions and will forward them to
the treasurer, Emory w. Clark.
The route touches Salt Lake, whence
tourists soon will be able to travel
comfortably to Portland via Twin
Falls. Boise and the Mount Hood road
in case they do not wish to go down to
San Francisco and then up via the
Willamette Valley route.
MACK TRUCKS ARE CHEAPER
First-Cost Argrument Raised by Pur
chasers Met by Manufacturers.
A great many firms already have
used motor trucks to advantage, but,
although the stride in supplanting the
noise has been remarkably swift, many
firms have been deterred from pur
chasing motor trucks, first on account
of the price, and secondly because of
the Immediate cost investment re
quired.
Some firms who could not keep their
motor trucks In constant use found
the horse cheaper, since the invest
ment cost of the horse was low and
the cost of the motor truck consider
ably higher. Such firms not being able
to keep their gasoline trucks constant
ly in service, did not relish the higher
first cost of the motor truck; because
they could not keep the money Invest
cd during working hours.
Almost with one blow, the Interna
tional Motor Truck Company, one of
the .largest, if not the largest, manu
facturers of trucks In the country, has
done away with this objection. "First
of all," says F. C. Atwell. local man
ager, "they have made radical reduc
tions In the prices of all Mack trucks,
a reduction made possible through the
Increase in volume of business of the
company, which has been quick to see
that the ultimate destiny of the motor
truck lies In a large quantity of busi
ness and practically unrestricted out
put. "Not only has the company made a
reduction In prices, but in order that
every business man now employing
horses can purchase gasoline trucks
they have Inaugurated a new selling
policy which does away completely
with the tying up of large sums of
money for financing the purchase of a
truck or a fleet of trucks. This they
have done by offering to sell trucks on
a 25 per cent cash basis, and the bal
ance in 12 equal payments distributed
over an entire year. Moreover, if the
buyer wants to pay cash, the company
offers a discount for bis money.
"Now that the company has inau
gurated this new policy, they have
largely Increased their manufacturing
faciltles. and can thereby offer not
only a standardized product, but with
wider sales can render even greater
value in the mechanism of the truck
Itself than has heretofore been post
Flble."
Trip From Tacoma to Quinault Res
ervation Made for First Time.
In this day and age it is difficult to
rind a locality which has not been vis
ited by some venturesome automo
bllist. The most recent explorer of wilds
unknown to the average automobllist
is Jack Crostan, .Buick agent at Ta
coma, who enjoy the distinction of
having driven the first car that ever
reached Tcholah, in the Quinault Indian
Reservation, nine miles from Mocllps
and 13 miles from Tacoma.
This is a most difficult trip. In or
der to reach the reservation it is nec
essary to travel over some roads
that are almost impassable, on account
of the soft sand pockets and loose
gravel. It was necessary to sand one
of the stoepest hills In the State of
Washington and Mr. Crostan consid
ers himself fortunate to have been able
to negotiate it
Owing to the fact that the Bulck
was the first car to be driven Into the
reservation, the Indians were much ex
cited and some of iliem ran upon see
ing the motor draw up, apparently
without any means of locomotion. Be
fore leaving Mr. Crostan took a'party
of 12 Indians in his car and gave them
a "joy ride."
FIGHT HADE FOR AUTO
BLANCO WINS HOT BATTLE FOR
AMERICAN MACHINE.
Chauffeur Also Another Spoil of War
In Mexico Fend Rages Over
Studebaker Car.
BROWNSVILLE. Tex., Sept. 19 In
ratio of casualties to men engaged, th
bloodiest battle yet fought in th
present series of Mexican civil warsp
was the one which Ueneral Blanco,
the Carranzistas, recently brought on
at Matamoras.
The spoils for which Blanco's army
and the federal troops fought to th
death, in addition to the City of Mat a
moras, was an American-made auto
mobile, a veteran Studebaker car tha
had become famous throughout th
feud-ridden deserts of Northeastern
Mexico, first in the service of Diaz,
then of Madero.
Blanco won the battle and the auto
mobile. Another spoil of war was
Jesus Gonzalez, chauffeur. Signor Gon
zales has always driven the car. He
is IndlfTirent to a little matter like
changes of ownership. All Genera)
look alike to him, regardless of stand
ards and political affiliations. With
Gonzales at the wheel and a heavily
armed escort of six or seven men
clustered on the running boards. Gen
eral Blanco dally heads out across th
trackless desert, inspecting his out
posts and guarding against federal at
tack. Throughout the wilderness
spreads the fame of this rebel chief
tain who makes his rounds in an au
tomoblle.
Back in the hills from Monterey
General Quldas, federal commander. Is
getting ready to come back for "his'
automobile. In the meantime he has
notified Louis Brulay, Studebaker
dealer here, who sold the car, that it
has been "stolen" and affirms his right
to ownership by giving the motor
number 16318. He warns Brulay to
fiord the car neither comfort nor suc
cor.
up to date Brulay has refused to
Identify himself with either party.
there having been no occasion for me
chanical or other attention to the car.
despite tho terrific service asked of it.
REFUGEES TRAVEL BY MOTOR
Party From Oklahoma May Settle
In Yamhill County.
The Pacific Northwest seems to be
the Mecca of many of the former real
ents of drouth-stricken Kansas and
Oklahoma. Among the refugees to ar
rive In Portland this week were Mr.
nd Mrs. W. W. Brown and son, J. F.
Brown, the latter accompanied by his
wife and son.
The party left their old borne at
Oklahoma about five weeks ago in
their 1906 two-cylinder Buick touring
car, carrying a complete camping
equipment, and did not sleep indoors
uring the entire journey.
They experienced no particular dif
ficulty In accomplishing the long jour
ney, and the elder Mr. Brown Is au
thority for the statement that but (2.10
was expended for repairs on their 8-
year-old car, although $80 was spent
for tires during the journey.
The Brown families had intended go
ing to Southern California, but upon
reaching Ogden, Utah, abandoned their
original intention, owing to the long
stretch of desert between Ogden and
Los Angeles, and wended their way
northwestward to Portland.
The party has gone to McMInnville.
with a view to locating permanently
Yamhill County.
Officer Too Prompt.
Such a quick response to a call was
made by Motorcycle Officer Barr, of
Denver, Colo., that he was mistaken
for the burglar still prowling around,
and very near lost his life as a re
sult. Mrs. M. L. Walker phoned a call
to police headquarters that someone
was trying to open a window at her
home. Motorcycleman Barr was de
tached to the Walker home, and by
the time Mrs. Walker had got upstairs
from the telephone the officer was
hurrying across the lawn. Not dream
ing that sufficient time had elapsed
for aid to reach her from police head
quarters. Mrs. Walker mistook Barr
Butte Run Is Success.
The success of the first run of the
Butte (Mont.) Motorcycle club, held
last week, is making the members of
the club regret that these sociability
runs were not begun earlier. This is
the first run held this season by the
Butte club, but it is not going to be
the last event of this sort, as already
plans are being laid for a fishing trip
in the near future. Butte has a thriv
ing club of practically 10 members.
Chinese Suffragist Awheel. '
One of the interesting features of a
picnic and banquet held by the Pro
gressive party at Chicago on August
SO . was a special motorcycle brigade of
women. These women motorcyclists
formed one of the main divisions of
the parade to Riverview, where the
outing was held. Among the riders
was Marian Moy, a 13-year-old Chinese
girl, who is an enthusiastic motor
cyclist as well as a suffragist. Miss
Moy appeared in Chinese costume.
Established by a
Flo
A fully equipped Buick roadster this week cov
ered the 741 miles from Sau Francisco to Portland
in 40 hours 50 minutes, or at the rate of lSy2 miles
per hour.
You can buy a better Buick roadster than this
one for
$1060.00 Portland
including electric generating, starting, lighting
and ignition, the Delco system. Electric horn and
speedometer also included at the above price.
Howard Automobile; Company
MEL G. JOHNSON, Manager.
14TH AND DAVIS STS:
Phones: Main 4555, A 2550. .
SILENCE IS OBJECT
Sliding Sleeve Valve Eliminates
Noise in Motoring. -
INVENTOR FIRST DERIDED
F. J. Pardee, Stearns Sales Manager,
Tells of Device Vsed by C. Y.
Knight to Mjake Sucess of
Valuable Invention.
Almost every motorist knows of the
great struggle for recognition that
Charles Y. Knight had to undergo be
fore finally, after being spurned by
American automobile men, bl3 patent.
the sliding sleeve valve motor, was ac
cepted by the Daimler Company In
England. Tet there are few men wh
knew Mr. Knight personally In those
days who have ever come out here able
to tell of the man from an intimate
viewpoint
F. J. Pardee, the recently appointed
sales manager for the West for
Stearns-Knight cars, was in the city all
last week paying a visit to the Moores
Motor Car Company, distributors for
Oregon of the silent cars. At the time
Mr. Knight was trying in vain to se
cure recognition Air. Pardee was the
agent in Chicago for one of the most
popular high-priced poppet valve cars,
Idea lav Worked Out.
I knew him well," said the visitor
only the other day. "He originally
drove a poppet valve motor and as far
as I know was not In any way con
nected with mechanics; in fact. I do
not think that be had had any me
chanical training whatever and was not
at the outset even of a mechanical turn
of mind.
'Xn day the Idea suggested Itself to
him of having a system now known
all over the world, namely, a sliding
sleeve valve, which would eliminate
valve poppets. He used to go around
talking to people. He would talk to
many of the dealers in the city and
they all, with one exception, laughed
at him. They used to speak of it
rather as an obsession of a private
owner, and private owners with obses
Ions are often looked upon by dealers
as cranks.
This much I will say for myself. I
did not laugh at him; I honestly en
couraged him and I have ridden many
hundreds of miles with Mr. Knight In
the first sleeve-valve motored car that
he ever made and which is still run-
lng today. He made two of them, and
the other Is also running, down at
Reno, where it was put to use as a
stage of some sort, I think.- Anyhow,
they never have been scrapped.
Invention Is Improved.
After he had first built his engines
with the sliding- sleeve valves Mr.
Knight went on improving, eliminating
this and adding that, all the time pick
ing up mechanical knowledge, which
he assimilated with extraordinary ra
pidity. The rest, of course, is a mere
matter of history. All the big com
panies abroad have come to the silent
Knight engine, and the Stearns Com
pany has pioneered it here.
And my belief In it led me to change.
Perhaps, from the interest I took in It
through knowing Mr. Knight. I watched
it a trifle more carefully than others,
and was more ready to believe in iti
through knowing the man, but, be that
as it may, I consider myself, like all
Stearns owners, unwilling to go back
to the poppet valve type, and my ex
perience as agent for the latter was
with no mean car, but with one gener
ally considered to have the best poppet
vaive engine or them all
"People today will have silence. You
can get It in a new poppet valve car
for a time, but you find after a few
thousand miles that there Is more
noise and after a certain mileage has
been covered there Is an increasing
volume of noise which cannot be
quieted. With a Knight type engine
your silence lasts and you develop more
power instead of less almost for an in
definite mileage. Tests have proved it,
customers have testified to it and there
are still running the old Knight-type
engines, just as sweetly as ever with
their original sleeevs in, which hav
done more than 200.000 miles."
CAR TER CAR OPENS AGEXCT
M. J. Mitchell to Sell Machines at
Vancouver, B. C.
After spending several days at the
Cartercar factory to satisfy himself in
regard to the Cartercar, M. J. Mitchell,
of Vancouver,, B. C, has completed ne
gotiatlons for the British Columbia
agency and will begin selling cars at
once. The new firm will be known as
the Cartercar B. C. Company with
salesrooms at 723 View street, Victoria,
and will handle the Cartercar exclu
sively.
Mr. Mitchell was given a thorough
aemonstration or the Cartercar over
the worst Michigan roads that could
be found and he pronounced It Just
the car that the buyers In his territory
were demanding-.
M. J. Mitchell will be active head
of the new agency, but W. M. Mitch
ell is also a member of the firm. They
are prominent business men of Vic
toria, and their progressive methods
are shown by the fact that they have
placed an order for several carloads of
Cartercars,. to be delivered immediate
ly. It is expected that they will open
up a branch agency at Vancouver In
the Spring of 1914.
RUMOR IS DEXIED BY STTJTZ
Racers Killed at Xashville Not Rep
resentatives of Company.
It has been rumored repeatedly that
wuilam Sherrod, driver, and "Gooch"
Brown, mechanician, who were killed
at Nashville, Tenn., September 1, while
driving a Stutx racing machine In the
reature event of the day. were asso
elated with the Stuts Motor Car Com
pany of Indianapolis. Harry Stutz,
president of the company, denies that
the men were In any way connected
with the firm.
In speaking of the accident that re
sulted In the death of the two men.
Mr. Stutz said: "This company does
not sanction racing on one-mile tracks
and we will not permit any of out
drivers to compete in events held on
tracks of that size. The men who so
unfortunately lost their lives were not
associated with the Stuts company;
they were competing in the Nashville
events entirely independent of this
company."
Employes Drink 328 Gallons. -On
one day of the recent warm wave
the office employes of the Studebaker
Corporation's plant in Detroit drank
the contents of 38 six-gallon bottles of
distilled water.
i Motorcyclists Are Millionaires.
Another bridal couple to take their
oneymoon trip by motorcycle, not be
cause of the economy of this means of
travel, but for the pure Joy they find
in motorcycling, is Mr. and Mrs. Holz,
of Evanston, 111. Mr. Holz is rated as
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NOW SOLD IN PORTLAND
- We have secured the agency for Oregon,
Washington, and the Panhandle of Idaho, for
the Cartercar, the famous gearless transmis
sion car. A complete line of models is on dis
play at our showrooms.
This is the car without any transmission
gears at all a feature which enables the
Cartercar to give service impossible for a
gear car.
The Cartercar is absolutely reliable, because
there is nothing' to break. It is easy to drive
because of the very simple control. Unlimited
speed with a one-lever control. There is so
little waste power that the car will easily climb
steep hills and go through deep mud and sand.
Another valuable feature is the elimination
of jerks and jars in starting and changing
speeds. This means comfort the very ut
most comfort but it also means that the up
keep expense is reduced to the minimum.
Many owners report about twice the usual
mileage from their tires.
If you want service every day, over all roads,
if you want to get full value for the money
you invest in your car, then you will appre
ciate the remarkable Cartercar. Come in and
let us prove to your entire satisfaction that the
Cartercar has no equal for the practical owner.
Just phone or call glad to demonstrate any
time you wish.
Oregon Moline Plow Co.
105-7 Union Avenue North, Portland, Oregon.
East 92 C 3041.
Branch at Spokane, Wash.
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millionaire, and could take his bride
on any sort of a trip that he desired,
but he prefers the motorcycle, and so
they are going to Journey to the Rock
ies awheel. And Mrs. Holz is just as
enthusiastic about the sport as her
husband. A few weeks ago I. L. Hib
bard, son of an Eastern railway mag-
ate, and his bride abandoned the com
fort of a private Pullman "car to com
plete their honeymoon on a motorcycle.
Tire Expert Is Veteran.
During five years of uninterrupted
service, George Benninger, foreman of
the tire-mounting and repair depart
ment at one of the Studebaker plants
in Detroit, has mounted on wheels and
rims a quarter of a million automobile
tires. He has a record of mounting
with his own hands 310 tires in one
working day.
Car Goes Far Without Repulr.
. C. H. McCausland, New York repre
sentative of thp Kissel Kar, has re
ceived word from W. H. Stafford, of
the Safford Ink Company, saying he
has thu far driven his Kissel Kar
"6-60" over more than 3000 miles of
European roads and up to date no trou
ble has been encountered. "Since my
last to you," Mr. Stafford writes, "the
car has been through a grueling test
and came out with flying colors. On
top of the Stelvio, where we spent a
night, we drained the water out of
the radiator and it was well we dll
so, for next morning eve.-ything was
frozen and there was two inches of
snow on the ground. Have been all
through the' Dolomites to Venice and
across to Alx-les-Bains, France, before
coming to Switzerland."
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