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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (Sept. 20, 1914)
6 THE SUNDAY OREGONIAX, PORTLAND, SEPTEMBER 20, 1914. 4000-MILE JAUNT TESTS ENDURANCE OF BIG CAR Portland Business Man, Surprised by Reliability of Lozier That Has To taled 40,000 Miles, Plans on New York as Long Journey. 1 v 1 1 qP1 'Tlil ST T is IfG - 'V - '' rl 1" X IP the number of miles traveled on any vacation Is an indication of the pleasures that may be experienced on an automobile tour, then the one taken recently by Mr. and Mrs. Clarence E. Lucore must be reckoned as one of the best. Mr. Lucore is engaged in the wholesale piano business, and has made Portland his headquarters since the first of the year. When in Los Angeles last May they determined to take a lengthy automo bile trip, traveling where he pleased and taking as much time as he de sired for the trip. He planned to visit Mexico, but after traveling a short distance in that war troubled zone he decided to return, not on account of the war, for excitement pleases Mr. Lucore, but because there were noToads on which to travel. Consequently they turned back, trav eled through ; San Francisco, into Ore Ron, Washington, British Columbia and then to Calgary, In Alberta. After a uhort stay they came back again to Oregon, reaching the Bilers ranch, about 23 miles up the river, on Septem ber 6, having traveled over 4000 miles on all sorts of roads and mountain trails. Car'i Endurance Surprise. The performance of his Lozier. the last 1913 model turned out by the fac tory, which has been run, over 40,000 miles, astonished even the owner, who Is enthusiastic about the many good qualities of the car. Is'ext year Mr. Lucore intends to mo tor for two months, visiting the Yo uemite Valley and then proceeding to Mew York by the upper route, to re turn to San Francisco for the exposi tion by the lower route, thence to Port land. Speaking of his trip, recently, Mr. Lucore said: "Mexico proved' a great disappoint ment because there are no roads out Bide of the main cities. Reluctantly, therefore, we turned back and decided to travel north. Eventually we reached Calgary, in Canada, and then returned to Portland, landing- at the Eilers ranch, about 20 miles up the Willam ette River, on September 1. "We followed the Coast route to San Francisco, when we determined not to trespass In Mexico, and I may mention that this route Is not only the best at that time of the year, but always. Sacramento and Redding Seen. "From San Francisco we passed through Stockton and Sacramento to Redding. Leaving Redding, we fol lowed the Sacramento River to Shasta, where we passed a week. Our party then took the Pacific Highway through to Portland, where we stopped for four or five days. "Then we went to "Vancouver, B. C. To go to Calgary it was necessary to return to Seattle and go by way of Spokane, because there Is no other way of crossing the mountains. "There are many good roads in Brit ish Columbia and in Canada, but there are also many very poor ones outside of the main traveled routes. In Al berta, for instance, there are practi cally no roads at all. We were told, however, in Calgary that there are good roads leading into Eastern Can ada, with 500 miles of regular boule vard. Wnile we had no chance at these t is probably so, because they, were not slow to mention the bad roads west of Calgary.' "I think, however, that the worst roads exist in Oregon and Washing ton at the time of our trip. By 1915 I expect they will be improved and as good, as the roads in any other state, Judging by the work being done on them now. "At one place, about four miles from Kelso, in Washington, there was some road work in progress. Here we were stuck,' and six mules hitched to the car could hot pull us out of the mud. "Motorists should travel to Goble and take the , Hoven Independent ferry across to Kalama. . It is much better than going- to Vancouver. "My car, which was the last of the 1913 models, has traveled more than 40,000 miles In a little over a year. After this severe trip I decided that I would have the car overhauled. The motor was torn down and the chassis taken to pieces, but they have been un able to find anything to speak of that needs to be replaced." HUPMOBILE AGENT HOME W. S. niJLSIAGE TELLS OF VISIT W FACTORY AT DETROIT. Dealer Returns Enthusiastic Over New Model and Tent lie Gave It on Ride Through Sand. W. S. Dulmage, of the TJulmage Man ley Auto Company, of this city. Hup mobile distributors for Oregon, recent ly attended the annual convention, of "Hupp" dealers at Detroit, and while there made a test trip in one of the new models. In selecting his passengers, he chose the largest and heaviest men in at tendance and succeeded in carrying comfortably in the rear seat three with a combined weight of more than 650 pounds. Besides himself in the front seat were two other average sized. men They thought it would be a good joke on the officials to take a long ride into the country for fresh air and at the same time to try out the car thoroughly. Mr. Dulmage Immediately opened up the motor of the new Hupmobiie and started out. searching every side road for deep sand and chuckholes. After a diligent search, the Inves tigators were rewarded by a long stretch of fine sand for which they headed the new car at a speed, of from 35 to 40 miles per hour. The car took this sand beautifully, and after a mile or more emerged on the ma cadam road on the other side without having once slackened speed. "This trip through loose sand," Baid Mr. Dulmage on his return, "would surely satisfy the most chronic "kicker' that the motor had plenty of power in re serve. "After every one was covered with dust, the roads out from Detroit not being oiled, we returned to the fac tory. One very amusing feature of the try-out happened after the pas sengers had alighted from the car, when, someone suggested to rne that 1 1915 Chalmers "Light Six" 1675 S-Passenger Chalmers "Light Six" Touring Car, $1650 3 000 000 Mill of Proof smoothly, and to look like new ,UUV,UUU IVllieb Or IrOOl - after months of hard usage. Here is a proved 1915 car. Announced in May, over 3600 ' Wfi OnaKfrr rvo have already been sold and are in use throughout the quality founts country. These 3600 cars have been driven a total of over . J-he owner really begins to real- 3,000,000 miles, and they have universally made good. ze J1? real quality is after he So popular has this car proved that the Chalmers Com- driyen his car 3000 to 4000 pany has now started through the factory an additional miles. "making order". of 5000 more 1915 "Light Sixes." Keal worth does not" always rvu , v . - , r, . . ' show on the surface. A coat of The well-tried chassis -has , not But we said, m offering it, that paint skilfully applied makes it as been changed on this new lot but we believed it to be the greatest all- hard to discover the presence of a number of improvements and re- round automobile for the money quality as it is to discover its ab- finements have been made in the ever built. And 3600 owners are sence. bodies, and the equipment. now saying the samething. So, do nbtf let $200 or $300 dif- fVn11?113 add P?rxi- Proved Riaht bv Use ference in first cost keep you from mately $50 to the manufacturing . Y USC deciding in favor of the Chalmers, cost, but owing to changed condi- This 1915 model has an aggre- A Chalmers "Light Six" is worth tions due to the European war, the gate mileage great enough to prove the difference. It will easily re factory, instead of adding to the beyond any question that it has pay you the slight additional cost price,-has actually reduced it ma- strength for every emergency, in repairs saved in a year or two terially. power to spare, the easy riding of service. When this car was put on the qualities of cars costing much r t tl. market, we offered it as a "Qual- more; that its medium weight is Come Try This Car ity" and not a "price" car. We scientifically distributed and .its We can show you in our .Chal- recommended it to the public, not upkeep cost unusually low. mers Test Ride some of the fine -because it weighed a certain num- So here you have a 1915 car qualities of this car which 3600 ber of pounds, not because of any which has already demonstrated owners have learned in 3,000,000 abnormal design, not because its its ability to "stand the road" to miles of driving. Will you let us? price was sensational. continue to run silently and Please call or phone. ' "Master Six" 5-passenger Torpedo $2400 ." "Light Six" 2-passenger Couplet .$1900 "Master Six" 7-passenger Touring Car . .' . $2400 "Light Six" 5-passenger Sedan $2750 "Light Six'' 5-passenger Touring Car $1650 "Light Six" 7-passenger Limousine $3200 - "Light Six" 6-passenger Touring Car . . . $1725 Fully equipped f. o. b. Detroit H. L. Keats Auto Co. PORTLAND, OREGON SEATTLE, WASHINGTON start the motof so that they ' might listen to its operation. I promptly Informed him that the motor was still runnlnsr. and It wa necessary for the inquisitive one to get down very close to the bonnet in order to believe my statement, so quiet was the operation. "This roomy, luxurious full five-pas senger model will fill a. long-felt want in the Hupmobiie line, continued Mr. Dulmage. "The present models of 1914 are being continued .with the newer one for the coming season, as they have proved so popular and in such great demand. The 1915 new model Is to be known as the Model TC' and is now on exhibition in our salesrooms at 46 and 48 North Twentieth street." Divided Front Seats Popular. The latest and what Is said to be a very practical convenienca In auto- I the example of the Packard. Peerless, mobile design Is the divided front I Pierce and National, is taken as a seats. That other makers will follow I matter of course, because of the added style, comfort and convenience afforded Every man is exceptional. Emerson All Day on Low Gear On Thursday, September 24, 1914. Franklin dealers all over the United States and Canada will make a 100-mile low gear non-stop cool ing demonstration. Direct air-cooling is right or it ia not right. " If it is right, it is the one best sys tem; as all agree. If the mere fact that this test is to be made does not prove to you that direct uir-cooling is right, watch the test. To Franklin owners the test is simply a demonstration of an established fact. - "Water-cooled owners naturally look upon the test as impossible. To set them right, and thus still fur ther expand the sale of the Franklin car (Franklin sales increased 76 dur ing the past 12 months) is the imme diate purpose of this test. Each test will be Officially observed and sworn to. IBtfaly Aotto Co. 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