The Sunday Oregonian., October 05, 1913, SECTION EIGHT, Page 7, Image 83

THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAN, PORTLAND, UCTOBEK 5, 1913-
Six Cylinders
Six Passengers
Electric Starter
Electric Lights
F. O. B.
Portland
If You Are Going to Pay Over $1200 for Your Car, Buy a Studebaker "Six"
The depreciation of every 4-cyinder car in the next 12 months is going to be 30
per cent greater than it would have been in any similiar period for the past 8
years because the Six-Cylinder Automobile is certainly going to take the place
of. the Four in cars selling for $1200 or more. .
The cost of operation of a Six-Cylinder Car is a great deal less than a Four of equal horsepower, not only
in gasoline and oil, but in the general wear and tear of the car, the tire mileage is also greatly increased. This
is due to the great flexibility of the six-cylinder motor, the positive absence of all vibration, which is so apparent
in all four-cylinder cars. There is a distinct gap between each explosion of a four which cannot be overcome
by any arrangement of the gears 'in the transmission. ,
(The following is an extract from an article which appeared in the last issue of Motor Age.)
Wave of Six-Cylinderism.
A development of greatest importance to the industry and the motorist at large is the wave of six-cylindcrism
which engulfed the highest-priced cars 2 years a'go, swept over the next lower grade last year, and now threatens
the standing of the fours in the medium-priced cars. Of the sixty makers who have announced for the coming
season, fifty of them include sixes in their lines. Eighteen of these will have six-cylinder cars for the first time.
Of these, two are new makers, who make their debut in the industry with light sixes as their product.
Six of the eighteen six cylinder converts have dropped the four-cylinder models and will pin their faith to sixes
exclusively, while the other ten have added light sixes to their previous line.
Eighty-three per cent of the makers will have six-cylinder models in 1914 if the present record is kept up in the forthoomine
announcements of the remaimng makers. This means that between 50 and 60 per cent of the chassis models will be six-cylinder.
BUY IT BECAUSE IT'S A STUDEBAKER
What the Studebaker "SIX" 13
It is a first car whose six-cylinder motor delivers power with
incredible smoothness. - -
In any given number of revolutions there are 50 per cent more
power impulses than in most cars.
This produces an even flow of power, which you must experience
to understand. - .. . .
As a result a lighter fly wheel is used.
Again, this smooth flow of power reduces to nothingness the
shock which in most cars the motor explosions throw against the teeth
of the transmission gears, and which in such cars a heavy fly wheel
must be used to lessen. Consequently all the gears in the $1675
Studebaker "SIX" wear far longer.
For the same reason, the motor parts are relieved of vibration by
at least 50 per cent.
Again, this results in much longer wear.
Studebaker MANUFACTURES This "SIX"
It has been said by others that a "SIX" cannot be manufactured
for less than $2000.
Strictly speaking from their point of view, this is true, because
other Sixes practically every other six under $3000 are "assem
bled" cars, and no good Six can be "assembled" under $2000.
The answer is that the $1675 Studebaker "SIX" is manufactured
complete in Studebaker plants, from top to tread, from cylinders to
rear axle.
Never forget that. It is the first and great advantage of every
Studebaker product.
A Six Should Never Be ."Assembled"
The reason sixes for so long were unsuccessful was because com
panies tried to "assemble" them.
And a successful six depends absolutely upon the perfect co-
ordination of all parts, with the overcoming of vibration at every
speed," which can never be attained in an "assembled" car.
An "assembled" Six is of all cars the most dangerous, because
the very harmony of all parts, in design, manufacture and adjust
ment the one thing most vital to the car is the most difficult to
obtain by "assembling" methods.
How Well the $1675 Studebaker "SIX" Is Manufactured
Every part of the $1675 Studebaker "SIX" is designed to har
monize with every other part.
. It is built and tested, part by part, practically entire in Stude
baker plants. As a result it is a perfect unit, untouched by vibration
or strain.
The rear axleand transmission and motor, for example, work
together as smooth as wax.
Remember These Things About the $1675 Studebaker "SIX"
There are over 250 separate drop forgings in every' "SIX" we
build; more, we believe,' than in any other car whatsoever.
Every crank 6haft is tested on knife edges until it will rest sta
tionary in any position.
Every fly wheel is in the same way perfectly balanced at motion
and at rest.
Every pair of pistons is absolutely balanced with both of the two
other pairs. They weigh exactly the same.
Every gear is made from drop-forged blanks, hammered out by
our own 40 huge drop forges, and later is heat-treated, ground, heat
treated five times more and finally finished to micrometer exactness.
They are silent and indescribably hard and tough. 100 tons could
not begin to crush them.
And in mechanical design we make this bold statement, that the
$1675 Studebaker "SIX" has absolutely no superior.
1675
FI.MSH AND EQUIPMENT.
Electric atarter.
Electric liKhts
Mx-pasxeniter body.
Two foldlutc aeata.
Twenty-four operations In painting.
lUl-lnch wheelbaae.
Rlectrlc horn.
Hand-buffed leather and ftenulne curled
hair npholatery.
Lone atroke. 4U b. p. motor.
Kudosed valve.
Italn - vlxlon. clear - vision, ventilating
nindnbleld.
Studebaker Jiffy curtains.
34 in. z 4 In. lire.
S ten-art apeedoineter.
frown fenders.
Demountable, detachable rims.
Extra rim.
Tire holders.
Honeycomb radiators.
Special tool box. and full set of tools.
OREGON
Phones: M. 9402, A 7656
Local Distributors Studebaker Automobiles
58 Twenty-Third Street
RQADREFQRMEPOGH
MAKING, SAYS RILEY
Oregon Highways Improving
Rapidly by Intelligent
Construction.
TOURISTS ARE ATTRACTED
Mad at Times of Rain Repels Would
Be Homeseeker and Investor
Good Work Gives-Impetus
to Advertising.
BY FRANK BRANCH RILEY.
Vice-President for Oregon of ths Pacific
Highway Association.
It was not reasonably to be expected
that the progressive people of the Pa
cific West much longer would be con
tent to live surrounded by moats of
barbaric highways: and we are wit
nessing a relentless change In road
sentiment stimulating, epoch making.
Like British Columbia, like Wash
ington and California, Oregon is finally
turning from the archaic system of
merely local district or "home rule'
construction and control of roads, and
we are beginning to take our place
proudly In the front rank of the states
which are building in a big. Intelligent
and permanent way. We shall" have
state roads for the state direct
strategic trunk arteries between the
great centers of population and in
dustrial county roads from the farms
to the shipping points. The counties
are beginning to appreciate the sound
business logic of the county bonding
act and to embrace its privileges.
For us, this change begins none too
soon. Washington. California and
British Columbia for some time have
been outstripping us in the construe
tlon of a comprehensive system of
highways, and the great unit of their
combined systems, and of ours, the
main artery, the north and south trunk
road. Is the Pacific Highway, the gold
en chain that binds the last West It
traverses our valley from the southern
to the northern boundary of our state,
the first real National highway of
America and the longest continuous
international roadway in the world. It
is come to be a challenge not to be
resisted by tourists, homeseekers and
investors. From every section they
rir i.' answering the call and are surg
ir.g un and down the road and explor
ing Its laterals in ever-increasing
numbers.
Highway to Be .Thronged.
There is no longer any doubt that
tn the next few years this particular
trunk highway will be as much trav
eled, as critically examined and com
pnrea witn other highways, and as
much talked about as any other con
tinuous thoroughfare in America. The
various units of the road shall consti
tute the standards by which strangers
shall measure the spirit, the progress
and citizenship of the people who sup
port and maintain these successive
iinks In the great chain.
The Oregon section of the highway
is one of our chief assets, when it is
in passable condition. The lure of
Oregon's green valleys an4 bills, of her
mild Summer days and nights, is ir
resistible, and the tourist, always a
possible Investor and resident, is
tempted easily from the parched
brown of other states when the route
is plain and inviting. If the condition
of the road permits him to gaze about
with any degree of safety and com
fort, he grows enthusiastic over our
industrial landscapes and scenic pano
ramas. He talks and writes, and is
interviewed about, the products of our
orchards,, vineyards and fields, the un
matched beauty and grandeur of our
snow mountains and winding rivers,
and finally you may discover him the
proud owner of orchards, preparing to
colonize the unused land about him
with his friends.
Muddy Roads Cauae Dlsmst.
Another exploring party, encouraged
to come a month later, after a soaking
rain, arrives with . a recollection of
nothing, and will talk of nothing but
wallowing experiences in the mud of
the un-American and uncivilized road
which has distinguished the Pacific
Highway in Oregon, and shall con
tinue to make us notorious, unless we
continue in the work of permanent im
provement, tardily but surely begun. A
letting up of the forward stride means
the loss of the advantages temporarily
gained by the widespread advertising
or our commercial Importance and ag
ricultural possibilities. The prospect,
BANNER YEAR SEEN
tions of Oregon.
money would be drawn from the thou
sands of little home owners of Port
land who are already sufficiently bur
dened with taxes.
Road Needs Outlined.
There has invariably been a great
waste of money wherever a very large
Roads Agitation Felt in All Sec- work- " would be the same
In my opinion there are not more
than 60 miles more of main roads in
this county Which should be macad
amized, not counting the Hood River
road. The remainder of the roads can
ho Iran In .nltlm htr ff.avQ1lr cr
BOND ISSUES ARE OPPOSED and lf intelligently cared for makes a
very gooa ana cneap roaa ior usm
travel.
If the county should adopt the policy
of hardsurfaclng any roads the coming
year it should be done under the dls
trict assessment law passed by the last
Legislature, wherein it Is provided that
the property within one-half mile on
each side of the road to be improved
may be assessed up to 60 per cent of
the cost. This method will assist the
road fund materially, and will also
have the good effect of holding In
check real estate speculators, who
would be very persistent in getting
roads improved leading to their prop
erty if it could be done at the expense
H. B. Chapman, ex-County High-way
Supervisor, Says "Good Roads
Cost Money, but Bad Roads
More," and Tells Why.
continue
which he forces us indignantly to ad
mit will make his farm a prison bouse
wnen the first rain begins.
Some short stretches of the Pacific
Highway have been-made of almost
European excellence, and these afford
Benefits Are Told.
A hardsurface road leading out from
the city of Portland through any farm
ing community will add at least $15 per
acre to the value of the land within
one-half mile of the road and would
BY H. B. CHAPMAN,
Ex-6upervtsor of Multnomah County Roads.
The year 1914 will undoubtedly be a f h -en.ri .,hiio
uouiior j er m ine uuuaiug 01 ooin
charmed with word pictures and lith- nty and state roads throughout Ol
ographs, is easily tempted to come and son. The ceaseless agitation carried on
see for himself; but he will continue by the friends of good roads is begin
to retreat In alarm and disgust lf we ning to be felt In every locality. The
iu uirrei mm over a roaa l format - a11 o. t.,..in.o.
waking up to the necessity of better I equal lf not exceed the cost assessed
highways. I against the land. It would be a paying
Goorf mart, nr.., ha a investment ir nanaiea in a conservative
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morn. A guou roaa is a We often read ,n tne papers about
,, l j i -rt . . i v. mo preai cusi uuu niiuri ine 01 water
.vTI ""us 10 travel that is to be put upon it. Fifteen bound macadam, with advice to rush
thlt h" twenty thousand dollars a mile headlong into hardsurface. always
among the counties along the route to aDent on a road would be a criminal
build and maintain the best unit. And I waste of the taxpayer's money when a
if this work shall continue, the Pa-1 less expensive road would - nrrommn
cific Highway and Its laterals will bn date the travel Just as well. The nru
neiu up to praise instead of to scorn I ni tendency on the part of many good
by the great procession of world- roads enthusiasts is toward extrav-
visitors north-bound from the Pan-1 agance,
American Exposition to ionic I . . u .
ana 10 pass Judgment on the truth of I , Multnomah Countv whlla. In r. nr.. the Improvement of roads. A reasonable
U 11 I MT.rnKInP In 1 HI K I - I .. 1 , 1), i T ,, . .
... t or rnn Htna Alt In th. V, n .. .u. icny levy will pruviue ail ine money
oreatest amount nf tTihu 'nmn..t I needed. The amount of taxable pron-
DrPFERKVP i-m? ix-ntc -r.TTtr.rm and the ereatest number nf miio. nf ertv outside the city of Portland is
JJJC l... rJ.,..-1 -r r - mgll .nmninl tn Ih. f...hl.
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ISA mil., oil K.,11.. i. . I ertv in the cltv. and neonla hellovA
Simple Method of Determining- DI- years on the best engineering prlncl- tnat Portland is carrying about all the
. . . . I pies ior water-pound macadam. I musuwumsM moi n bmuu
alKaI Wroe Given. These macadam road, will !n at the present.
Direct and alternating .,n I the future for the base for a more n. Three hundred and fifty thousand
to puzzle a -great manv neonla Tt nn. Pensive and durable surface of some ?llars. can .be raised each year by
nnt mav. . . .1 .... I form of hitiimlnnii. ruirac. r r, I airect taxation without unduly burden
V-.I"" """" DI o'erence,,r th on. ... -, ,
wnai you are using so long as vou hava I " ui me ou neiens road was " -
the right kind of appliance, as no c! lven a bltulithlc, or warrenite, redress. J"" Jn5.ey a8.can 1
magnifying the cost of macadam and
minimizing the cost of hardsurface
roads. Look out for such articles. They
are written for the benefit of paving
companies by theorists.
Bond Iaanes Opposed.
The taxpayers of this county should
never be called upon to vote bonds for
win furnish as
be economically ex
pended. Two hundred thousand dol
lars can be set aside for hardsurface
which will put down about 20 miles of
asphaltlc surface. If a plan like this Is
followed for five years we will then
have 100 miles of roads as smooth as
The
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simple magnet bar near a lighted In- . " lne pian ot DIaclnS similar sur- "H i"". " "', "Ze
. ny great numoer or miles of ' ' -- viuuu, cue
""o jiu ruou veins uuuul 1:1 a only
cessory made for a direct current can two incnes in thickness, at a cost of 97
be used on an alternating current .n 9enta P" yard, or T9106 per mile. 16
vice versa. I teet wide. This piece was put down to
To find out which Is which one has n 118 cost' and to giva an oppor-
to ask someone better informed or set tun ty to obaerv whether or no It
-i . j .. . " "' would nfaiu th hmv t.fri t k. I
the" differencial? following.. 0W,been U8a "ma 14 months, and is "J..0' th "V"3 0f " clty
Pie way Is open to everyone: Ho e ,ta' wel1- . . C!" "Jf'li? ra'
simple magnet bar near a lighted In-
rn nrlasnoTi 1 a m r T4 W .
alternating, the Mamenfc that Ib "th" 'tt? ta lt 7m. be "ecessary to fa '
part Inside the lamn from ihiS VIZ ,n?rease th 'mount of road funds con- exception. '
part Inside the lamp from which the
light emanates, will vibrate: lf the cur.
rent Is direct, the filament will be at
tracted or repelled as the positive or
tne negative pole of the magnet is held
near the lamp.
siderably, provided lt Is desired
prosecute the work rapidly.
Critics Are Criticised.
to
Many Antos Use Base Line,
Very little has been expended In the
upkeep of this road for the last two
years because we thought this road
ine60 miles of macadam and arravnl hm.i4 v.. th. ,
roads in Multnomah Countv ha hn U..j.. m .l. .,
dnin .n ... - s mis nu
k-."" " lurrying me a count was made of the automobiles
' "ioiu o.ua t a moo- that passed a given point 10 miles out,
Gerllnarer Takes on Oakland Car.
in addition to his other car, and with Zirj&J0 ffr" fd " w '"" " "" '
trucks, which comprise some of th ht .nd ti Vi, . " " 7,T 1 VTT l". u nour? eacn IOT 0 " it any
selling motors in the country. F. E. I moiii k.. h mv7. " w "at tne surrace gets rough.
Sara ?iS sssh.ttr'c55 rs s ss s Wff
day that he had made all trrnmn. I Z'Z:,---?. l"era . speed we can duuu roads that
for taking over.th. well-known Oak- .dT""- " W" ! , Z,"6 are
i&na. - tne ear witn a oomni ahm " o it I ktai-k- u i. . i
- - - -i "ciluci otuumj. ii uo necessary or ad-
Is advertised all over the states. Mr. visable to raise one and a half million
Minneapolis Likes Kissel Kar.
Cll.... u.. . - i . I ; .7 -- w uoil mi.
V i euim-iwiuur new un i collars ror hardsurface roads for the
n7h .. n7:r.C"B"t J, Le" l"4..ln.tnls.county-. a J Rand, president of the Mlnne-
I. : .uio mo uewspsperj some automobile men spoils Gas Company, recently
in tows.
Dur
Northwest Kissel Kar Branch. Harry
Helm, vice-president of the Russell
Miller Milling Company, Is driving his
second Kissel Kar, while Emil Ferrant,
grand exalted ruler of the Minneapolis
Elks, is a recent convert to the at
tractions of the same make.
Studebaker Wins Cup.
A Studbaker "25" roadster won the
trophy in the recent Seattle reliability
run. with a perfect score and without
adjustment or repair In the 800 miles
of rough going. The fluid of contest
ants included 23 other cars.
14 Wlotoo Six
Long-stroke motor, left drive, center control, electric lights, self-starter, finest mohair top, easily
handled curtains, rain-vision glass front, best Warner speedometer, Waltham eight -day clock,
Klaxon electric horn, tire carriers, four-cylinder tire pump, demountable rims, full rOOf A
set of tools, German Silver radiator, metal parts nickel finished. Fully equipped . pJa)U
Every Car Needs a Maker
NOT only to design and build it. Not
. only to give it the right features, the
right material, and the right work
manship, and to leave out what should not
go in. But, most of all, every car needs a
maker after it has been sold after you have
bought it.
After you have put your faith and money
into a car, then is when it needs a maker
standing behind it with the financial
strength and the moral determination to
make good on every promise that his adver
tising or his salesmen held out to you before
you bought.
How Owners Suffer
When a -car loses its maker, thAugh failure or
otherwise, its market value drops 50 to 90 per
cent instantly. That car becomes discredited,
commanding neither price nor respect. Nobody
wants it, least of all the unfortunate buyer.
More than 25 makes of cars have lost their
makers within the year. Thousands of owners
suffered financial loss and annoyance. Guar
antees became worthless. Repair parts could bo
secured only with difficulty even for cash in
advance. And the maker's much boasted "serv
ice" proved to be a hollow promise, with nobody
at the maker '8 plant to express regret, much less
to make good.
What's Most Important
Find out, before you buy a car, whether the
maker is solvent and is likely to stay solvent.
That's more important than to know the speci
fications of his car. The maker who is solid, who
will be in business next year and the year after,
is invariably a maker whose car has the sub
stance that gives satisfaction. But the best car
in the world isn't worth having if its maker is
in danger of being wiped out. Just keep that in
mind.
You Need This Book
Look up the maker first. Then find out about
cars. We have summed up the present situation
in the automobile industry io a booklet that vou
ought to read before you buy any car. Ask for
book No. 27: it includes car description.
Phone for Demonstration Main 4244
THE WINTON MOTOR CAR CO.
Factory Branch-23d and Washington Streets, Portland, Oregon
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