TJIE SUNDAY OREGOXIAN, PORTLAND, MARCDT 15, J914.
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HAS LEG INJURED
Good Samaritan to Autoist Is
Himself Placed in Need by
Harness Breaking.
ROADS IN SEA OF MUD
Harry C. Hays Writes of Trip to
Lakeview Motor Breaks Through
Frozen .surface and Drops 3
Feet Trip Stood Well.
To go out with a team of horses to
help a mud-stuck motorist and to get
your leg broken in rendering assist
ance is what one might call "adding in-
the ground is frozen solid. Through
out the whole distance there is about
a foot of water running down the road
wav. "When you break through the Ice
vou go down seemingly about three
feet. From Silver Lake to Paisley,
nothlnfr but deep mud and hills. At
Paisley they told us- wecould not get
through, and begged us not to try, but
It was too late to turn back.
"For the first 25 miles the road was
fine, but after that no words can ex
press the conditions. We practically
rebuilt four bridges and were tied up
at one of them for three hours. Then
v-e got stuck in the mud half way up
to the radiator, and had to have a big
team pull us out. Then about four
miles in deep mud. We had a puncture
and that made it nice.
"Three miles farther up we got stuck
in the mud in a low swale. The wheels
were cut of sight. Huff walked about
a mile and got a rancher to come down
and pull us out The farmer had a
youns Kam, but poor set of harness,
and the most deplorable feature of our
trip developed here.
"As soon as the horses started to
pull, the harness broke and the single
tree flew back and struck the farmer
on the leg, breaking it. A telephone
message was sent to Lakeview for a
surgeon to come out and reset the
limb.
"After that we slept all night in the
car, and were then compelled to get
another man to pull us two miles. '
"We drove for 19 miles in the low
gear, and such pulling has never been
equaled.
"When we arrived here today, with j
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RACES
URGED
Eastern Promoters Declared
. to Be Behind Times. "
ACTIVITY IS FOUND LACKING
Enthusiastic Western Motorists Ad
vise Revision or Attitude by
'American Automobile ' Asso
ciation Promoters Blamed.
Eastern critics, who, in reviewing the
1913 , auto racing season, decried the
sport, simply because they did not hap
pen to have a couple of events in their
own little bailiwick, are advised not to
be so gloomy by Western motor en
thusiasts, who have Just completed a
most successful season, and stand on
the threshold of another even more
promising. The trouble lies not with
the game but the promoters, they as-
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MRS. FKAJiK S. HENDERSON AT WHEEL OF HER NEW J.OZIER. SIX. t
1 It la very seldom that women prove as efficient learners as men. Mrs. . Henderson is an exception. I
MRS. FRANK S. HENDERSON AT WHEEL, OF HER NEW J.OZIER. SIX.
It is very seldom that women prove as efficient learners as men. Mrs. . Henderson is an exception.
The first day that she owned her car, the Northwest Auto Company, distributors, sent out a man to teach
her. From the first she showed an aptitude capable of grasping the intricacies of gear shifting, throttle
and spark advance that the demonstrator said was unequaled in his experience. That was a few days
ago. Today Mrs. Henderson would be considered one of the best women drivers in the city, in traffic or
out. It is, of course, a great tribute to her, but she lays all the credit on the. car for being so delight
fully easy to handle.
suit to injury." yet that is what befell
a farmer recently near Lakeview, Or.
It was the culminating incident in a
trip through seas of mud and miles of
frozen water and hard going- under
taken by Harry CI Hays, traveling
salesman for the Portland branch ' of
the Howard Automobile Company, from
The Dalles to Lakeview and back.
The first part of the trip, that from
The Dalles to Prineville, though bad
going for the.firrt 90 miles, was un
eventful. They needed no assistance
and had no trouble, though having to
travel on low gear for several miles at
a time, notably for six miles each side
of Shantko.
Speaking of Prineville Hays says
that they have nothing but stages from
the railroad, that Rulcks and Fords
are the only cars selling down , there
and that they think nothing of SO
miles as a demonstration trip. In fact,
luring the time he was there Hays
demonstrated his car over' 200 miles.
Leaving for Lakeview via Redmond
and Burns, along with. O. L. Huff, of
the Huff-Noble Auto Company of
Prineville. their troubles began in
arnest. They arrived March 2, and
Hzya Immediately sent a wire to Mel
Johnson in Portland, as follows:
"Arrived 2 P. II.; 22 hours going 1
miles. Stuck In mud all night. Horses
pulled us two miles. Roads impass
able. Snow melting. First car to
reach Lakeview in eight days. It will
be two weeks before car can get out.
Buick 37 absolutely -greatest car ever
built. No mechanical troubles."
Bond Simply Awful.
In a letter dated at Lakeview. March
Hays says: -
"What a trip. Never has any auto
; mobile traveled over such roads. I do
not believe there is another car in the
country that could come from Paisley
at the time we did.
"From Redmond to Bend, the roads
ere fine, but from Bend to Paisley
they are in awful condition. About
two feet of snow, and in most places
car and drivers a solid mass of mud,
we were certainly the object of much
curiosity. Half of the town was out
to greet us. Everybody had heard in
advance about our being stuck in the
mud, and the farmer having his lee
broken.
"It seems to be a pretty good town,
and business looks Irood. In the garage
today, out of 20 cars, six were Buicka.
' Gasoline Worth Gold Weight.
"There are two stage cars hung up
here now. They say it will be about
two weeks before they try to get out.
Old-timers say the roads have never
been so bad for 20 years. No cars of
any kind being sold here at the present
time, but prospects for future business
are good.
"This county, with its wonderful
lakes, is certainly beautiful. One large
lake is 20 miles long, and the second 45
miles in length. It is certainly a sports
man's paradise as well, for the whole
country is covered with ducks and
geese.
"The trip was an awfully hard one
on tires. Gasoline and oil are worth
their weight in gold at Lakeview at
this time."
After wiring for a "new set of
money," as he expressed it, Hays, In
company with Huff, started on his re
turn Journey to1" Prineville, leaving
Liikeview Wednesday, March 11.
Weaver Broadens Scope.
By assuming distributing responsi
bilities for the Btudebaker line in San
Francisco and Northern California,
Chester N. Weaver becomes one of the
largest automobile dealers in the coun
try. For nearly 17 years prior to this
change, Mr. Weaver had been Studs
baker's San Francisco branch manager.
E. H. Carpenter succeeds him in the
latter capacity.
' For adulta over 25 years of ase the death
rate Is now about 40 per cent lower than it
was 30 years ago.
sert, not a man having shown himself
in the Atlantic states during the last
few Summers capable of handling an
event of major importance.
As case in point the record of the
New York Motor Dealers' Contest As
sociation is cited. This organization,
though avowedly brought together for
the purpose of fostering high-class
competitive events, last year had. an
unimportant reliability run on Long
Island as its only achievement, while
it had its greatest opportunity in motor
history, not even excepting the Indian
apolis 600-mile race, that of staging the
Vanderbllt and grand prize in the vi
cinity of the metropolis. Everybody
admits that these events, properly han
dled, would gather the biggest crowds
in the annals of motoring, yet . they
were allowed to get away to Los Ange
les. An odd deduction Is called up in this
connection by the fact that the closer
to the seat of authority, or headquar
ters of the American Automobile Asso
ciation, in New York, it gets, the worse
oft the game seems to be. On the West
Coast it is thus highly flourishing,
while in the Middle West, which is
practically independent, similarly fa
vorable conditions prevail, as mani
fested by Indianapolis and Elgin. East
of the Alleghenles, where it should be
strongest, according to character and
class of population, there Is little if
any activity.
A revision of its attitude on the sub
ject of contests by the American Auto
mobile -Association would seem to Nbe
the first step in order. In the past the
governing body has been merely pas
sive, content to consider the sport as a
means of income, nothing more. Good
roads have been its hobby. This work
it seems to have administered well, at
the expense, however, of its other func
tions, no less important.
In Borneo wingad creaturas are encoun
tered where one would leaat expect thara.
Flylnr fish, the alia of herrlncs, are tound
In air the waters, and there la the flying
fox, the well-known fruit-eating bat, which
the Malaya call -'kruang."
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SPORTSMAN'S CAR,' DESIGNED BY HEAD OF FAMOUS FIRM, EXHIBITED AT SPORTSMAN'S
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PACKARD CAMP CAR.
The Packard camp rar Is the only automobile now being exhibited at the Sportsman's Show, March S to
14, in Grand Central Palace, New York. The special body was designed by Henry B. Joy, president of
the company, as a suggestion to sportsmen who wish to remain independent of civilization while on a hunt
ing trip.
The body Is of a modified prairie schooner type, and is especially adapted to "roughing it," Provision
has been made for a food supply large enough to last several weeks.
There are accommodations for two persons in the front compartment, where touring ear -seats are
used. An Ingenious arrangement of the cushions forma a second seat for two in the center of the car. The
side seats are easily convertible into bunks. By means of side and rear curtains with a windshield in front,
the car may be entirely enclosed. i
The car carries a complete camping outfit, including a firelesa cooker, tent, canvas water buckets,
self-cooling water bags, cooking utensils, dishes, electric lights, food bags, airtight tin cans, lanterns,
axes and guns. There is storage and locker room beneath the side seats and an extra luggage box Is
suspended from the floor. The body Is mounted on a Packard "48" touring chassis. -
1 0,000 Man
,i ower
1 ,000 Man Power
. sir a, a rjb&JbV mm
THE Overlandplanti employ 10,000 men and produce 200
r crs,? dv Thls the latest production of its kind in
$W0rld WpM the average factory employs less than
ww men and often produces only 2 cars a day.
The difference between 10,000 men and 1,000 men and 200
cars per day as against 2 cars per day is so enormous that the
number of material manufacturing economies which the larger
production can effect must .be apparent even to the most un
informed. And that is why we can market this car for less than any
other manufacturer in the business.
See this car at our dealer's. It is beautiful, graceful,
powerful, economical and remarkably efficient and it costs you
fully 30 less than any other similar car made.
The Willys-Overland Company, Toledo, Ohio
J. W. LEAVITT & CO., Distributors, 528 Washington Street, Portland, Oregon
$950
Completely etaififitJ
f. o. h. Toledo
Electric bead,
tail and dash light
Storage battery
33 horsepower motor
33 z 4 Q. D. tires
114-inch wheelbaso
Stewart speedomoter
Mohair top, curtains
emd boot
CleajvrUioa, rain
viaion windshield
Electric hom
tf tht OvrUnJ Mivry Wtfma, GmrftrJ and ViHyfUtiRly Trncl,.
Full information on rafsU .y
$1075
With thctrie starter ana
g$nrator, f. o. b. Toledo
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"I HAVE OWNED
A CHEAP CAR
And now I want a good one." That's
a statement we hear every day.
Because, in motor cars as in every
thing else, experience with risks
teaches men to turn, to the things
that are worthy and dependable.
If you have had your share of auto
mobile disappointments, it's time
now to Juit experimenting and tc put
in your service a car that every expert
knows is genuinely good. Xhat's the
WINTON SIX
The Winton Motor Car Co.
23d and Washington Portland, Or.
SAXON $395
The price of $395 includes Top. Windshield. Lamps and Tool
Come See the Saxon
Thousands have said thoy would buy an auto
' mobile when one would be built with standard fea
tures to sell at a price below $400. ,
Are yon among thenif If so, it will pay you to
examine the Saxon. It will pay you in first oost.
It will pay you iu operation and maintenance cost.
The Saxon is a light ar light yet staunch and
sparing1 on tires and fuel. Equally important, it it
backed by an organization of experienced automobile
men, well financed and ably managed a guaran
tee of the car itself.
In the Saxon are embodied features of standard
motor car practice: Standard tread, 4-cylinder, 15
borsepower Continental motor of special Saxon de
, eign, 90-inch wheelbase, left drive, with renter con
trol, streamline body, wire wheels, tapered bonnet,
shaft drive. It is a good car and a good-looking one.
Come to our salesrooms and arrange for a
demonstration.
H. L. Keats Auto Co.
Broadway and Burnside Streets
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