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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 2, 1914)
mrrrt j OTTVn.l V PORTTjAND. 1914, 5 - , i GAR VALUE GUIS AS PRICES LOWER C. L. Boss Tells of Growth of Dependability Idea in All Auto Factories. SERVICE IS THE FIRST AIM tTpkeep Cost Reduced T Plant& in Kffort to Populurize Machines and Increase Sales of Good Lou-Priced Material. Three letters received last week by C. L. Boss, the local distributor for the Hudson line, caused him to comment on the wonderful change there has biles even in two jr three years and of people every week. Some go just for the week end, others go prepared to enjoy this beautiful beach for a week or more. At Bay ocean one can either stop at the hotel or take ad vantage of the numerous camping spots there. Gearhart and Seaside, along the Clat sop Beach, are easily accessible by automobile. To make this trip drive via Banks, Buxton, Klsf (.be sure to take the road leading directly to Kist from Buxton, Vernonla. Pittsburg. Mist and Jewel to Astoria. This covers a journey of about 121 miles and can be made in seven or eight hours. From Astoria to Gearhart Is a distance of about 17 miles and from Gearhart to Seaside about three miles. With the exception of about two miles of road out of Astoria, where they have beeun on the hard-surfacing of this highway, the roads are fine. Autolsts making their headquarters at Gearhart or Seaside can make the side trips to Cannon Beach and Elk Creek over roads that are delightful. This trip more than repays one for the drive from Portland. The trip up the Xecanicum River is an excep tionally pretty drive through the woods. The drive to Newport and Agate Beach is a popular trip this year and numerous requests for information In connection with this drive are being received daily by the Automobile Club. From a scenic viewpoint the trip is delightful. Although there are several Fteep grades along the way. no one need have any fear of undertaking the trip as long as the roads are dry. The NEW MODELS ARE IN Studebaker Corporation Chas sis Shows Marked Change. ROADSTER FOR 3 FEATURE Prices Are toner and Additions to Factories at Detroit and South Bend, Assure Purchasers Prompt Delivery. The Studebaker Corporation Portland branch is unloading the first shipment of the 1915 models of the pioneer ve hicle makers' autos. The Studebaker, contrary to the ma joritv of manufacturers, has changed its styles somewhat and more than ever the Studebaker gives one of the perfect designs of modern automobile engineer- THE 1915 STUDEBAKER SIX WHICH ARRIVED IN PORTLAND DURING- THE WEEK. ALTERED LINES. THE LATEST OF THE SERIES SHOWING THE ONE-MAN TOP AND SLIGHTLY LINES. on the fact that what was formerly the bugaboo of motorists, the upkeep cost, now has been brought down to its lowest. u ..- ... vonrfl nEO asked recently, "that persons who went aut in an automobile never felt sure they would ever reach their destina tion, let alone get back home safe and aound? Any one can remember the time, which seems just like a few days ago. when one had to get out and get under' as regularly as clockwork on a trip and tinker here and make an adjustment there. "That Is whv so many bought tne excessively small and cheap cars. They then knew they would have to expend a considerable sum :f money on re pairs and on 'upkeep' and they nat urally thought they might as well pay for the smallest ones possible. Good Cur Offered Low. "Such a day has gone past TDdiy .11 cars have come down In price with ?he march of science, until the automo bile owner can purchase excellent cars, reliable in every way. at an extrenie y reasonable figure. What is more with a car like the Hudson, for example. . he has no reason to figure out the old upkeep' bills. Cars are made today to run and to run cheaply. No car that dldn-t stand up could remain in bus! ness and today it has even reached the point that, for the average person, the car that is heavy on gasoline Is not wanted any more. thi The three letters I received this week tell the tale perhaps better than I can. They are from three of our owners who recently bought on and who havo sent to me "a"3"'1 as to their performance. They speak for themselves. .- 'One is from C. S. Windsor, of North Bend, in which he says: 'Dr. Bartle with his Six 40 Hudson, arrived here today (July 20) after a trip V" H"" "ele. and Mexico. He made UIW to the gallon or gason " , ' ; geles to this place. Can you beat it. The second is from J. D. Abbott, of James. Kerns & Abbott Company . of this city, in which he says that in his recent trip to Salem In a 1U light Hudson he made an accurate test of gasMlne consumption by measuring the contents of the tank before starting and on return. His speedometer showed just 102.6 miles and hts gasoline m e age was slightly better than 1- miles to the gallon. Trlir- "The last one is from J. R. FW more, of the real estate firm of Prig Sore Younger, also of Poland, who recently wrote me an acocunt of how . . mi. c; Y,aA narfnrmeu. nil LrfiiLie si " , ' ..i i ' 'T have driven It 2250 miles and will make an affidavit.' he says, 'that It averaged 17 miles to the gallon. I drove It on a trip up through Tacoma. j Seattle and Belllngham. over some verv rough country roads, and on that , trip I drove 1020 miles In six days, never even had a puncture and never had to get out of the car once for anyH trouble whatever. I will not hesitate to say that the Little Six is one of the finest, cars I have ever driven, and I have driven j several.' " following route, which can be made in eight or nine hours. Is suggested: Leaving Portland, one may either go via the Rex-Tigardville road or via is it," he I Tualatin and snerwooo. io mow ueit. Thence througn jjunaee, Amu, re. .j dale. Dallas, Lewisvllle. Kings Valley, Blodftett, Eddyville, Chitwood and To ledo to Newport. Agate Beach Is about five miles north over a tine road along the coast. For the information of anglers here is a trip that one should allow about four days to make, but the trout are there and hungry: Drive to Salem and from Salem take the road leading east via Turner, Aumsville and Stay ton. From Stay ton cn to Gates the road follows within easv reach of the Santiam River. This part of the Santiam is pretty well fished out, but if one will go on past Gates for a couple of miles to C. B. Gaines' ranch, where machines can be left, and fish on up from there, he will be more than repaid for whatever hard ships he encounters. The latest report on the roads here mentioned is that they are in excellent condition. One of the mast delightful trips for a day's picnic that one may find is to drive over to Vancouver, Wash., and from Vancouver follow the road to Washougal, as shown on page 383 of the Automobile Club's tour book. Pass ing through Washougal, follow the road to where it crosses the Washougal River, then turn off of this road and follow the road leading up the Washougal River for a distance of four or five miles. The round trip will cover about 60 miles, but it will be a revela tion to those who have never made It. Another trip over a good road is to take the St. Helens road, as shown on page 257 of the club's tour book, and drtve through St. Helens to Columbia Citv. where there are delightful picnic 1 grounds lighter pistons and connecting rods. Tlniken Bearing L'sed. ' Timken bearings and a full floating rear axle continue as prominent factors In Studebaker construction. All models now carry crowned fenders and over size tires, with safety treads in the rear. The equipment on all models Includes the Wagner separate-unit starting and lighting system, gasoline gauge, dim- mlnsr attachment for headlights, switch 1915 WValve-mJiead MOTOR CARS The Car of Power, Speed, Dependability and Durability At a Lesser Price! THE 1915 Buick has all the fundamental Buick principles with the addition of every improvement that has stood the Buick tests of worth. In fact, the three chassis have been improved in every particular where 'improvement was possible. Many important m novations this season are added to increase the value of the cars. Among them are improved J starting and lighting system longer wheel base wider doors more luxurious upholstering the last wora in snappy, stream line bodies-new style electric lights with dimmer attachment-automata: spark advance instrument boa d with extension trouble lamp-fully equipped, even to the number brackets. New gaso line feed system, insuring ample supply of fuel no matter how steep the grades. The 1915 Buick Cars MODEL C 24 28 H..P. Roadster The 1915 Buick Portland . . .:.!... 'e ar-". ing. With the new models and the added improvements comes a reduction in the price. Additional importance attaches to the annuoncement, as it contained the first intimation that the Studebaker Corpor ation has added to Its line two new body types a five-passenger "six" and a three-passenger "four" roadster. The five-passenger "six" is listed at $1385 and the seven-passenger "six" at J1450. instead of 1575. as during the past season. Roadater Striking; Departure. The new three-passenger roadster is the 'most striking departure from the conventional motor car design. The body is unusually wide, seating three persons comfortably. That part of the seat reserved for the driver projects forward about four inches. The rear deck, which Is covered with aluminum, provides plenty of space for a trunk or other baggage. This new model sells at ?985, which is the same as the figure placed on the standard five-passenger "four" touring. Without increasing the bore or stroke nf ithr the four or six-cylinder motor. Studebaker engineers have practically ; . . . . I 1 lr i of each. This was one oy reaucmg ""--',, fenders. Shebler the welgnt or tne cars wnnout sicn- ."', ,,,, ti-.u rear . - ri . .1. ,. - r-arhuretors and non-skid tires on rear larrrer valves, an Improved exhaust w manifold, concentric piston rings and MODEL C 25 28 H.-P. 5-Passenger Touring Oar MODEL O 36 35 H.-P. Roadster MODEL O 35 H.-P. MODEL O 6 Oyl., 5 37 5-Passenger Touring Oar 55 & 7 Pass. Touring Oar ... $1010 $1085 $1335 $1355 $1800 1914 was unquestionably a Buick year; 25 per cent more Buicks were sold than ever before. Demon strator now here. Orders filled in rotation. Place yours early. ANOTHER YEAR OF $ukk TRIUMPH BEGUN. Deliveries Commenced August 1st HOWARD AUTOMOBILE CO. 0- 14th and Davis Streets Portland 4b device, anti-rumble i i. Tn insure nromDt deliveries in greater uantitltes than ever before, important addif ns have been made to the fatuae- baker plants In Detroit ana bout;i isenu. Auto Takes Lesson From Cow. It has remained for the motor car industry to take a lesson from the cow and her rural owner. As nearly every person knows, the farmer has a separ ator to take the cream from the milk. Here is the way the automobile Indus- gasoline, try has taken a lesson from the farmer and his cream separator. In every Dig factory hundreds of gallons of oil are used, while various parts of the motor car are being drilled. The oil streams nvpr the tool as it bores through the MOTORISTS. NOTICE YOU CAN GET PURE mi Auto Club Notes The Portland Automobile Club has Information that the construction of the new bridge across the Sandy River t the clubhouse will be begun at once. According to Mr. Teon, the county oadmaster. this bridge win 01 nc rpuitv be a substantial structure, for The patronage at the clubhouse Is Increasing to such an extent that the ftuuae committee is wormns in.t.11 a new water piani i an early date. ... The Automobile Club offers the fol lowing suggestions for automobile trips which can be made easily In a week or less, allowing two or three , at one's destination. First, the beach trip will be con sidered! Tillamook and Bayocean can now be reached by autolsts easily In eight hours, going via McMinnvitle and Dolph The stretch of road through the Grand Ronde Indian Reservation has dried out. allowing automobiles to travel along the side of the old cordu roy road. This trip is being taken by a number ASSOCIATED GASOLINE WITH MORE MILES TO THE GALLON AT THE FOLLOWING DEALERS IN PORTLAND AND VICINITY IHI llil GARAGE OR DEALER AND ADDRESS. Allen's Drug Store and Filling Station, 221 North Sixteenth St. Blue Taxicab Company, 25 North Fourteenth St. City Taxicab Company, 128V1; Broadway. Columbia Boat House, Foot of Salmon St. East Burnside Garage, East Tenth and Burnside Sts. Field & Poonnan Auto Truck Co., 271 East Water St. Krederickson & Sons, M., Skamakowa, Wash. Gray & Horback, Rainier, Oregon. Hess & Halladay, East Sixth and Belmont Sts. Kari, H., 357 Burnside St. Kelly-Thqsen Co., 52 Union Ave. Latourelle & Son, Gresbam, Ore. Lincoln Garage Co., 374 Union Ave. N. Matthews Garage, Vancouver, Wash. Mabie. W, A.. Vancouver, Wash. Mitchell's Boat House, Foot Burnside St. Mnntavilla Garase. 2043 E. Stark. GARAGE OR DEALER AND ADDRESS. Muzzy, J. N., Failing and Williams Ave. Oregon Motor Car Co., Chapman and Alder Sts. Pioneer Paint Co., 186 First St. Portland Taxicab Co., 209 Union Ave. North. Reid, A. D., Foot Hawthorne Ave. Redman-Boyd Auto Co., 1130 Albina Ave. Reliance Garage, 1063-65 Hawthorne Ave. Riggs Co., Frank C, Twenty-third and Washington Sts. Sell wood Garage, 1614 East Seventeenth St. Standard Boat House, Foot Madison St. Sheik, Louis, Linnton, Ore. Smith, M. G., Garibaldi, Ore. Union Avenue Garage Co., Union Ave. and Wasco St. White Garage, The, Sixth and Madison Sts. Winters Co., A. J., 67 Sixth St. Zimmerman Garage. Gresham. Ore. P. Schnell, East Eighth and Willamette Blvd. metal. the metal cool. Consequently much oil sticks to the metal shavings and dust. At motor car plants like the V. B. Stearns Company. Cleveland, O., mak ers of Stearns-Knight cars, the shav ings are scooped into the 'cream sep- aruinr." The oil is sennrated from tin- metal and used saving during i again, effecting year. a big The Can.dlan fov.rnm.nl t Ottnw. has decided to abandon the retlrem.nt fund )- tern for civil perranls, which lia. bn am 14 mn In operation, anil lo revert to th. ,M Ul''ll CfflJ SB S3 Buyers to Share in Profits Lower Prices on Ford Cars Effective from August 1, 1914, to August 1, 1915, and guaranteed against any reduction during that time: Touring Car - - - - $490 Runabout 440 Town Car ------ 690 F. O. B. Detroit, all cars fully equipped. (In the United States of America only) Further, we will be able to obtain the maximum efficiency in our factory production, and the mini mum cost in our purchasing and sales departments if we can reach an output of 300,000 cars between the above dates. And should Ave reach this production, we agree to pay as the buyer's share from $40 to $60 per car (on or about August 1, 1915) to every retail buyer who purchases a new Ford car between August 1, 1914, and August 1, 1915. For. further particulars regarding these low prices and profit-sharing plan, see the nearest Ford Branch or Dealer. Phones: Sellwood 2323, B-2341