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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (Nov. 9, 1913)
TITHE STTNT1AY ORTSGONTAN. PORTLAND, XOVE3IBER 9, 1913. LONE DEALER GOES Oil LONG TEST TRIP LITTLE CAR PLUGS CHEERFULLY THROUGH RAIN AND MUD ON INITIAL TRIP FROM SEATTLE TO PORTLAND. Ed E. Cohen Drives Through ' ".y.. v. i. Mud and Rain From Seat :. tie to Portland. . ELECTRICALLY LIGHTED ELECTRICALLY STARTED SEVEN-PASSENGER IT-. CAR'S WORK IS LAUDED 8 'XVIctlon-Drlve Metz Performs Ably, :? "IVltli Result That Vnited Auto j; "V Company Decides to Opea Agency for Oregon. ':. To Bd E. Cohen, of the United Auto Company, belongs the credit of one of the most sensible though novel ways of deciding: on an agency. Alone and with no experience at all the greater portion of the road, with wind and rain most of the time, Mr. Cohen drove a car with which he was entirely unfamiliar from Seattle to Portland last Monday and Tuesday with the express tbject of trying- It put. If It proved satisfac tory he had agreed with the Seattle agent to open up an agency for Oregon and the Cdlumbia River counties of Washlngtn. That, in brief. Is the story of the way In which the United Auto :. Company has definitely decided to take : on the agency of the Metz car, and that. ; too, after an announcement last Sun day that they would retire from the : celling game for some time. It Is no news to the dealers of the city, though It may be to the average motorist, that Mr. Scearce, of Seattle, was over here about a month ago trying to establish an agency, but without suc cess. Tho Cohen brothers turned him down Just like anyone else. Edward Co hen, however, had to go up to Seattle ;On. business last Saturday week, and while there Mr. Scearce put up a prop osition to him which was a most sports manlike one. "Drive that car down to Portland just is she stands," he said, pointing to one tort "the floor. "If she'll do It all on her jown power and do "it satisfactorily jf-nough for you to take up the agency, !why, that's all I ask." i Tests Made on Seattle Hills. Cohen took him at his word, drove :t!ie car around the Seattle hills for a :tw hours ("and Seattle has hills that ,rn:ike Hall street and Council Crest look ;rmUl." added Cohen), and then filled ,ji.' with -gas and oil and set off along .Hi Pacific Highway, unaccompanied flaTe for his corncob pipe. ''The roads between. Seattle and Ta :Ooma are a credit to the State of Wash Jntfton.v said Mr. Cohen. "All hard .Murface except for a very few miles, ,itnd when I opened the little car up on this stretch I expected to beat the train ;to Portland. Before I reached Castle Jock I changed my mind, for, after ;leaving Olympia, the roads gradually :grew worse, although they would have been excellent to Chehalis had it been fdry weather. About eigbjt miles out of Chehalis I encountered the first stretch of really bad road, where con struction had been postponed on ac count of the rain. My car was hub deep 1n the heavy mud, but by backing up and taking another run, I managed to Jjlow through. :; "When I reached Napavlne a store keeper came out. looked at me and drawled: "Why in Sam Hill didn't you tak the right-hand road, young fel ler?" to which I replied that the right hand road might be as level as Main street for all I cared, but that I. was going to stick to the Pacific Highway all the way down jnst to ee what It was like. I had no intention of going to Mount Rainier or some equally unin viting place at that time, like other motorists along that route have done through being off the highway, j.:; Castle Rock Stretch Had. ::' "After that It was clear sailing until I was about two miles' out of Castle , Rock, except for hitting an occasional mua noie tne entire width of the road and about two feet deep, almost thaw ing me over the steering wheel and .giving me a nice muddy shower. "About four miles out of Castl Rock I thought I had met my Waterloo. There was a space of about 60 feet .that the road builders had left unfinished, with ruts and holes from one to three leet deep. A man passing by told me it would be Impossible to get through and that he had pulled -eight machines out within the last few days; bnt I de cided to take a chance. Accordingly, I carried a few fence rails, threw them Into the deepest holes and then mafle a fllve and a splash. My pan -is jammed VP a little, but otherwise I got through without any damage. I passed a high powered machine this side of Kelso be ing pulled by a team of horses, beside all power on low gear." I was compelled to take the side of the road to pass, and the way the little car plowed through the -slippery mud was the surprise of my me. "After arriving In Portland we looked the car over thoroughly and not a thing was wrong except the dent in the pan. I can easily understand why the Metz won the Glldden tour and consider wo are fortunate to have the agency. Some curs should be here the end of this week." One thing that makes Mr. Cohen's performance all the more remarkable is that he was changing from a gear transmission, and In consequence was probably more skeptical than even most Hher dealers about the possibilities of the friction drive, which is one of the 'Kpcelal features of the Metz car. It will ho remembered that this was the little ;(-ar of which three made a perfect score V captured the Glldden trophy in the ist run of the Glldden tourists to Gla cier National Park. WEST SHOWS HIGH FIGURES Xeiivitt Company's .Const Business ;i! " Needs 3 1 Complete Trains. Fred "West had a fit of figuritis the ther day down at the Overland dis trlbutory, namely, 3. W. Leavttt's em porium. Some one had been talking to him about shipments, and It seemed that he had to put it all down on paper just to show that any firm beating the ,)verland for Pacific Coast shipments lfad to "go some" to do it. ,;, Here Is the list: Five thousand Over land cars at $1200 each: total, $6,200, 000, 1000 six-cylinder Garfords at J2900, .total J2, 600,000; 1000 Willys utility trucks at 1400. total $1,400,000; 500 Oarford trucks at an average of $3000, total $1,500,000; 50 Overland coupes at 31700, total $255,000. This makes a grand total of $12,255,000 worth of automobiles tor the company he represents. "." To bring these cars and trucks to the Pacific Coast it takes 833 cars for the Overlands, 334 cars for the Garfords, 8E3 cars for the Willys trucks, 167 cars Jor the Garford trucks and 60 cars for flie coupes. That spells a total of 1717 carloads., or. at 50 cars to the train, S4 complete trains, 1 - V1 too a i 1 l Z2.lJzr JFcc2 vSfr-cs. NEW BUIGK ARRIVES Latest Six-Cylinder Touring Car Now on Market. GOOD FEATURES EXPLAINED lng that they have to, be tested on the road for six months to eradicate any possible fault. Take that recent Cole transcontinental trip, for instance. Much of their work will be Incorpor ated in the 1915 cars. "What is more, the wise dealer can tell whether the next year's model will be worth while having on his hands, and by going early enough and often enough he Is able to avoid 'getting stung' on some bad model, for it Is a well-known fact that even the best of firms have a bad year every once in a while." . Speed at Which loaded Automobile Will Run on High Gear Is Real Test of Engine's Worth, Says. Howard Branch Manager. The new six-cylinder Buick touring- car which reached, Portland last week created much Interest in automobile circles. In speaking of the new car M. G. Johnson, manager or tne tiowara au tomobile Company, Pacific Northwest distributors, said: In designing tne 6-bo duic. cylinder car and. establlsning me price it was never intended that this automobile should compete with any six-cylinder car on the market listing at $2000 or less. .On the other hand, v, civU mil nerf ormance of the new Buick-six-cylinder touring car entitles it to comparison and makes it worthy competitor or any iu-cjhu- der car on the market, regaraiess oi price or size. "If a slx-cyllnder car in which a prospective customer becomes interest ed, is satisfactory as to style and. de sign, then there are only a few essen tial facts that a purchaser should es tablish before reaching a decision. First, he should determine the stability and permanency of the manufacturer; second, he should prove oy actual dem onstrations how slow the car in ques tion will run in high gear, developing sufficient power to carry a full load; third, he should acquaint himself with the speed at which the car will nego tiate the same course in high gear with full load. "If the results are satisfactory with reference to how slow the car will run in high speed he need not make the test as to how fast it jpill run, because the slowness with which it will operate with a full load in high speed will demonstrate its pwer, and if you have sufficient power at slow speed you can rest assured you have it at high speed, because power and speed In a properly designed gasoline pleasure car go hand in -hand. You can't have one without the other, but you can have spee"d at high motor revolutions without power at slow motor revolutions. "Fourth, he should satisfy himself as to gasoline consumption, especially .on a six-cylinder car. Fifth, electric starter; the efficiency and dependabil ity is important. We use nothing but the regular Celco starting, lighting and Ignition systems. . "When a prospective purchaser has satisfied himself on the foregoing, he need have no hesitancy in making his ourchase. He should, however, insist on a substantial guarantee, and. not promises, which are frequent and oft times unreliable. "The manufacturer , of the Buick six cylinder car makes no promises. We guarantee that the Buick six-cylinder car will travel a given distance in high gear with a full load at a Bpeed of not to exceed four miles per hour, and we guarantee it will negotiate the same course with a full load at a speed of not less than 55 miles per hour with out vibration and carry its load at all speeds and under all' conditions with perfect comfort to the passengers, and we further guarantee it will do all this on less gasoline than any other six cylinder car manufactured. "We guarantee that the Buick six cylinder car with five passengers will tour over ordinary roads on not to ex ceed one gallon of gasoline consump tion in every 15 miles traveled, and frequent actual road tests have assured us that It Is possible to get as high as 20 miles per gallon. VALUE OF TRIP EAST SHOWN Dealers Able to Avoid Models Likely Not to Stand Strain of Season. There s more significance than one would think in the majority of these Eastern trips taken by local dealers. Some people have an idea that such trip only spells one of two things, a new line or an Increased, allotment of cars. While that may be true in, quite a number of cases, it is not so invaria bly. One of the reasons, why F. W. Vogler makes at least two and gener ally three or four trips to the East every year is to see what Is going on In the way" of new ideas, new models and so forth, not for the forthcoming year, but for the year, after that. He is leaving again this week. "People may think that Is too early," said Captain W. Ii. Gray, "but you must remember that, construction work, is well under way now on 1915 cars, see- SIOUX CITY AVIIiL HOLD MEET Old-Fashioned Programme Is Aim for Fourth of July. A speedway programme of the old fashioned sort will be offered at Sioux City July 4, with $25,000 hung up in cash for four days' racing. The lowans have an excellent two-mile dirt track, -oiled and fully fenced at an ex pense of about $20,000, the net pro ceeds of four years' racing, and feel they would like to break into the speed limelight good and p'rpper. ' What their oval is capable -of, th-e performance this Fall of Rickenbacher, who turned a complete circuit at an average of 82 8-5 miles an hour, amply demonstrates. The best of cars will be sought, the assistance of the Indian apollse speedway Jjetng solicited in this respect. " It is planned to induce a number of the foreign drivers who will come over for the 500-mile race to enter the Sioux City sweepstakes also. The Hoosier track has offered every assistance, short of loaning its personnel. As man ager of the contests, it is said, E. A. Moross, who formerly led the destinies ot the Indianapolis oval, may be secured. TEN-YEAR - OLD CAR REPEATS AVlnner of Early Reliability Run Is Still Among Beet. Ten years ago a 10-horsepower Cad illac, then a new stunning representa tive of the latest In automobile devel opment, won the Royal Automobile Club of Great Britain 1000-mile re liability run. The car emerged from 3 'X Ia r Vi" 1 Jin V? X "SIX" is ,the only anywhere near the This $1575 Studebaker "Six" in the world at price. The price is made possible only by the huge ness of Studebaker operations. Studebaker will build more "Sixes" this year than all the plants in America produced last year. Studebaker, Petroit Monti. hr M Ulna Model "25" Toarfnjr Car $888 Model 35"Tourina Car $1290 Six-PaMenger "SIX" $1550 A -siA-LdudM-KOMUur uou -aC l I I J&ftKrT UJ i I s S-f' OREGON MOTOR CAR CO., Chapman and Alder Sts., Portland Dealers Phones: Main 9402, A-7656 the trial with a remarkable record, making 2979 marks out of a possible 3000. Recently over the roads of Southern England, under the auspices of the R. A, C, the same' little Cadillac two seated machine has been making' a re markable showing by participating In the anniversary run of this famous trial and coming through with flying colors. What makes this performance even more remarkable is the fact that thi3 little old car has been on the road con tinually since the trial of 1903, travel ing many thousands of miles. General Sales Manager on Trip. J. B. Eccleston, general sales man ager of the Oakland Motor far Com pany, is making his annual trip through the Western states.-. He will be gone until Christmas. He will make stops at Chicago, Minneapolis, Omaha, Den ver, Salt Lake City, Seattle, Portland, San Francisco and Lo- Angeles. This trip Mr." Eccleston has taken for years, and In this way he gets a good Idea of the outlook for the coming season. Girl 14 Years Old Drives Big Car. Miss Dorothy Walker, of Columbus, Wis., 14 years old, drives a slx-cyllnder 60-horsepower Klsaelkar with as much ease ' and facility as an experienced chauffeur. Miss Walker is a daughter of E. H. Walker, and until a short time ago had little knowledgeof motor cars. Mr. Walker says that his daughter manages his new car without the slightest trouble and recently drove all the way to Escanaba, Mich., and return without assistance. You see them where. The Continuation of a ,Great Success The Automobile surprise of 1913 becomes a certainty for 1914. - The Oakland has been the phenomenal success of the past season. Never before has a car re- ceived such unstinted praise. Never before has a. car been so generously admired. It has been the talk of he automobile world. Briefly, the Oakland for 1914 is a continuation of a great success, making our position so safe as to se cure the world knowledge that we are selling the most beautiful and dependable car to be found. Fours and sixes in a wide range of body designs, $1150 to $2600. All cars fully equipped. Gerlinger Motor Car Co. 694 Washington Street Manufacturers OAKLAND MOTOR CAR CO., . Fontiac, Michigan. WatcJi for the German Silver V-shaped RadlatoV. everjr J , S-?f"T' rr7?f j I i I Jk I III 1 The lowest-priced, most economical closed " (I j B 3 car on the market. Six-passenger 4 cylin- . i It II , der 20 horsepower. Price "includes two 6- 1 I i s inch gas lamps, generator, three oil lamps," II 3 li 9 horn and tools, including jack f. o. b. De- fi III ft trolt. Get particulars from Ford Motor Com- M I B Is pany, 61 TJnlou avenue, corner Kast Davis B II Bill a street, Portland, or direct from Detroit fac- 1 II fj f il 'Slljil; -ii I Model 648 5-Passenger Touring Car Fully Equipped $1785 F. O. B. Detroit. ' . v ' ' Ihmi'w 1 : ... - - Some Good Territory Open for Live Agents. Investigate. NOBBY TREAD Sit n If you are not now using these two famous tires your car is neither as safe as it might be nor is your tire expense as low cs it ought to Sold by BALLOTJ & WRIGHT Broadway & Oak St. CHAIN TREAD 22 II. P.,' 4 Speeds Fonvard 1 Reverse. G-LIDDEN TOUR WINNER $550-SSS5 S550 UNITED AUTO CO.," Distributers 522-2S Alder
