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
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Mud and Rain From Seat
:. tie to Portland. .
ELECTRICALLY LIGHTED
ELECTRICALLY STARTED
SEVEN-PASSENGER
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CAR'S WORK IS LAUDED
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'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,
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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
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"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.
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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.
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Some Good Territory Open for Live Agents. Investigate.
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Broadway & Oak St.
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522-2S Alder