The Sunday Oregonian., September 27, 1914, SECTION FOUR, Page 5, Image 53

THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAN, PORTLAND, SEPTE3IBfcR 27, 1914.
AUTO TRIP IS TOLD
Salem Man Describes Journey
to Wallowa Lake'.
1106 MILES TRAVERSED
Engine Gives Xo Trouble on Heavy
Grades and Tires Hold Out Until
Last Day Party Soon on Way
Again Despite Bad Roads.
BT MRS. B. O. SCHUCKING.
(Tho following is the account ot a trip
from Salem to Wallowa Lake, Or.t made by
the writer in a Buick.)
Leaving Salem at 6 o'clock one morn
ing recently we crossed the Willamette
River and proceeded via Independence,
Suver, Corvallis and Monroe to Eugene.
The roads being in excellent condition
the drive was easily made ' in four
hours. From Eugene we followed the
Mackenzie River for 25 miles before
we lunched. We rested three hours
during the heat of the day and camped
for the night two miles above Blue
River, after covering 124 miles.
By 8 o'clock the next morning we
were on our way up the beautiful Mac
kenzie, through magnificent forests
and over fairly good roads.
After about 20 miles driving we be
gan the ascent ' over the Mackenzie
Pass. We had been told many times
of the heavy grades and terrible roads
which we would encounter, but know
ing our car we had no fear. The drive
to the summit was made slowly on ac
count of sharp turns, loose rock and
some rough places, but as dusk was
falling we reached Bend.
We left Bend the next morning for
Burns, intending to go from there to
Huntington, but after 148 miles of
desert country the prospect of 150 miles
more was not alluring, and we there
fore changed our itinerary to Baker via
Canyon City and Prairie City, in order
to'get Into the mountains, despite the
fact that we were told the road from
Prairie City to Baker had practically
been abandoned.
Bad Roads Traversed.
One could not wish for a more de
lightful trip than from Burns to
Prairie City. The road leads through
pine forests and up and down good
mountain grades, most of which can
be made on high gear
At Prairie City we were told again
that from there on the road over Dixie
Mountain was in bad condition, al
though two or three cars had made the
trip from Baker this season. From 2.
P. M. until 6 P. M., when we pitched
camp, we covered only 17 miles. The
roads were badly washed out and led
mostly over rocks and boulders, which
persisted in appearing directly in the
middle of what were once roads.
The drive from Sumpter to Baker
through Union, Elgin and down into
the Wallowa Canyon, up the Wallowa
River to Joseph, and Wallowa Lake,
will never be forgotten. Five days
were spent with friends in Joseph and
at the lake, and on Wednesday, Au
gust 22', we began our return journey.
The first day we drove through La
Grande and on to Meacham, near the
summit of the Blue Mountains, where
we made camp.
Last Day Sees Tire Trouble.
The next day we drove into Pendle
ton and well on our way to Heppner.
From Heppner we intended going to
Shaniko via Condon, but were advised
to alter our plans and go to Wasco by
way of Shuttler's Station and Mc
Donald's Ferry across the John Day
River. From Wasco we drove through
Moro and Grass Valley down the Des
chutes Canyoh - and across Shearar's
bridge. Reaching the plateau above
Tygh Valley, after a steady climb of
one and a half miles, we camped in
eight of Mount Hood a'nd in the morn
ing drove to Wapanitia.
On our last day's trip over the
smoothest of roads, we found we had a
flat tire. Although, we carried a. good
supply of tires and tubes they refused
to hold air. We reached Clear Creek
with difficulty and decided to camp
for the night. It is fortunate that we
did so, because the next 17 miles to
Government Camp are not miles one
would care to travel over with a. flat
tire.
, Auto Give No Trouble.
We would have enjoyed a day or so
longer at Clear Creek, but as pro
visions were getting low, and our tire
mended, we left about 9 A. M., arriv
ing at Government Camp at noon. We
found the roads to the summit in very
good condition. Monday night we
reached home with a sigh of regret
that our trip was at an end. Our
speedometer showed that I had driven
1106 miles. We covered no roads twice,
with the exception of the road from
Joseph to Imbler, a distance of 64 miles.
For the 1106 miles 70 gallons of gas
oline, an average of 15.8 miles to the
gallon, and five quarts of oil were used.
We had no mechanical trouble what
ever. Three of the Goodyear tires were
used on the whole trip, two of which
had previously been run for 3000 miles.
At every garage where I occasionally
stopped to go over the car I was given
the best of treatment. Our party was
composed of Mr. and Mrs. A. N. Gilbert.
Mr. Schucking and myself. We carried
a full camping outfit consisting of a
heavy tarpaulin. cotst cooking uten
sils and a well-stocked commissary.
The car has been washed, and from its
appearance one would never surmise
the roads it has traversed.
MOTORCYCLE TOURS STOPPED
European Flans Changed and One
' Pair Loses Machine in Belgium.
Many plans for long-distance motor
cycle tours have been suddenly shat
tered by the European war, and the
trips have either been postponed or the
itineraries changed to meet existing
conditions.
Miss Delia Crewe, of Waco, Tex.,
who had started on a three-year world
tour, has altered her schedule and in
stead of sailing from New York as she
planned, will "see America first." By
the time she has toured the States,
Panama and South America, she hopes
that it will be possible to continue her
journey to the Orient. Miss Crewe is
a magazine writer and will spend some
time in gathering material for a book
on rural life.
Joe Esler, of Quincy, 111- who had
planned a 30.000-mile motorcycle tour.
of Europe for this Fall, also remains
in America.
Mrs. Rachel Foster Avery and daugh
ter of Philadelphia, had reached the
continent and were touring in Belgium
when their trip was cut short by the
commandeering of their motorcycle by
one or the warring nations.
HILL-CLIMBIXG AVIXS BUYER
Demonstration Persuades Man, Xot
in Market, to Get New Car.
Although many motor car dealers de
clare that the day of the d em on at rati on
is over in selling automobiles, the.
snow me spirit still prevails to
great extent west of the MlssissinnL
Peter Stillmucker, wealthy business
man of Dubuque, Ia recently visited
Cedar Rapids to Eee some old friends,
among them John Moore, Chandler
dealer in that city. Stillmucker is no
novice at motoring, having owned sev
eral cars, but he exhibited keen interest
in Moore's statement that he could
drive the hilly 74-mile stretch between
Cedar Rapids and Dubuque without
once changing out of high gear.
"I don't need a new car," replied Mr.
Stillmucker, "but if you will drive this
or any other machine to Dubuque on
high gear I'll buy it' the moment we
strive there, regardless of the amount
of gasoline used. It can't be done."
Moore accepted the proposition and
the start for Dubuque was made im
mediately. Dubuque County hills have
more than local reputation, and Mr.
Stillmucker withheld his opinion until
the last hill was negotiated and the
car rolled up the main thoroughfare of
Dubuque.
The Chandler six made the 74-mile
stretch in two hours and 50 minutes,
without once changing out of high gear.
Mr. Stillmucker immediately bought
the car and drove it back to Cedar
Rapids himself without changing from
high gear. During the round trip the
car traveled 148 miles and consumed
eight gallons of gasoline at a total
cost of 98 cents.
SELLING BY GAR URGED
METZ COMPANY ISSUES BOOK
DEALING WITH SALESMANSHIP.
Advantages of Road Representatives
Not Having to Worry About
Trains Pointed Feature.
The matter of providing salesmen
with automobiles, instead of requiring
them to depend on railroad trains and
trolley cars in calling upon the trade.
Is a question that is receiving careful
consideration by the heads of many
large wholesale houses and manufac
turers. -
A number of representative firms
have adopted this plan, and report that
it works advantageously, particularly
in states closely settled with small
towns, such as Pennsylvania, New Jer
sey, New York, Connecticut and Mas
sachusetts. In line with this idea the Metz Auto
mobile Company, of Waltham, Mass.,
has just issued for free distribution, a
neat and cleverly illustrated booklet
addressed to the heads of sales depart
ments, and. entitled, "Selling by Auto
mobile." , Its text is confined to plain business
argument- Among other things it says:
"All salesmen study timetables. They
try to make connections. They figure
on train schedules and interurban trol
ley car connections. Unconsciously,
they allow these computations to weigh
more than they are worth, as compared
with the importance of getting the
order."
A number of Interesting comparisons
are made between railroad salesmen
and automobile salesmen, and the story
continues:
"Driving a car makes a man of a
salesman. It steadies him. It keeps him
alert and wide awake. It is the oppo
site from sitting in a stuffy railway
coach and nodding himself to sleep. It
develops his nerves, it quickens his
thoughts, it puts more red blood in
his veins. It makes him a better rep
resentative of your house."
The responsibility or necessity ot
"making" a certain train is a disturb
ing element with anybody, and with
some people it is a nerve-wracker. No
salesman can sell goods if he is nerv
ous. He needs a clear mind and a
calm demeanor, and he cannot possess
either if he is worrying about getting
back home.
As the Metz Company's argument
puts it, "What you want to do to make
a good salesman is to take out of his
head, and keep out of his head, all
thoughts of "getting back.'"
F1RESTOVE COXFEREXCE SET
Salesmen at Home and From For
eign Countries Will Convene.
The third week in October will brine
with it another of the annual sales con
ventions of the Firestone Tire & Rub
ber Company. More than 250 men will
be called in from the firing line.
which extends from coast to coast and
into many foreign countries. It is
expected that a number of the foreign
representatives will be at the conven
tion.
Since the company built its new fac
tory in 1910 there has not been a time
when additions were not under con
struction. The visiting representa
tives will find that the same is true
this year; 95,000 square feet additional
floor space having been added since
last October.
A general spirit of good will and
fellowship will prevail, but, under it
all will be running a deep vein of de
termination to go back to their Jobs
fully equipped to make the coming
year the greatest in the history of the
organization.
The convention, last October, was a
grand success, which is proved by the
is per cent increase in output this
year, but it is expected that this sea
son's conference" will be the greatest
event of the kind ever held in the
history of the organization. As a re
sult the motoring public can expect
better service than ever before from
the Firestone Company during the
coming year.
Cyclists Plan Dash Across Desert.
More interest than ever is being mani
fest this year in the annual Coast-to-Phoenix
road race of the Phoenix
Motorcycle Club. This annual event
is one of the hardest tests of both
machine and rider ever made. Though
the course is only about 300 miles in
length, more than half of the way Is
desert which tries the skill and en
durance of the motorcyclist to the
utmost. More than 20 entries have al
ready been received for the contest, and
it is expected that there will be at
least 50 riders make the start. Last
year's event was won by Paul J. C.
Derkum, who covered the course in 16
hours and four minutes.
Paid
for
$235,600 in One Day
Per
His
casom
Week
Cars
By
Individual Buyers
The day before this is written September 15 the sales
made to users on the HUDSON Six-40 were 152 cars. That
is, yesterday buyers of new cars paid out for HUDSONS
$235,600. . '
The average for the past four .weeks is $930,000 per week
because that is the limit of output. "We are building and
selling 100 per day. That is five times as many five times,
mark you as we sold at this season last year.
And we had no war-then no talk of Avar's depression.
Our average sales have more than trebled since the war began.
That Means That Hudsons
Rule This Field Today
In July when we brought out this new model we trebled
our output to cope with the demand. Yet on August 1
despite our best efforts we were 4000 cars oversold.
We shipped by express nearly 1000 cars to minimize de
lays. That's an unprecedented act. But thousands of men
waited weeks for this car, when every rival had cars in plenty.
Nothing else could satisfy a man who once ' saw this new
model HUDSON Six-40.
Five-Fold Increase an Amazing Thing
Consider this fact: The HUDSON has long been a lead
ing car. Every model has for years been designed by Howard
E. Coffin.
. .In the HUDSON car Mr. Coffin has brought out all his
new advances. And "the demand for his models long before
the advent of this HUDSON Six-40 gave HUDSONS the
lead in this field. The first HUDSON Six, inside of one year,
became the largest-selling Six in the world.
Think what a car it must be when, in times of slow sales,
men pay $930,000 per week for it. And they would pay more
if we had the cars to deliver. They yesterday bought at the
rate of 50 per cent more cars because 152 cars arrived.
, The HUDSON Six-40 now far outsells any other car in the
world with a price above $1200.
See the Car That Did It
Howard E. Coffin's Best
Come now and see this model the car whose record is nnapproached in the
annals of this line. You Trill see a quality car sold at a price which is win
ning men by the thousands from lower-grade cars.
You will see a class car in many respects the finest car of the day which
is sold at one-third what class cars used to cost.
You will see how clever designing and costly materials have saved about 1000
pounds in weight. And in this light car the lightest of its size you will see
one of the sturdiest cars ever built. You will see a new-type motor which has
cut down operative cost .about 30 per cent.
You will see new beauties, new ideas in equipment. You will see new com
forts, new conveniences scores of attractions you have never seen before.
They are all in this masterpiece of Howard E. Coffin, who has long been
the leading American designer. This is his finished ideal of a car of the man
who is conceded to be final authority.
Mr. Coffin has worked for four years on this model. And the whole
HUDSON corps has worked with him 47 able engineers. Part by part every
detail of this car has been brought to it final refinement.
Think what a car this must be this new
This is the coming type. This lightness, this beauty, this economy, this price
are new-day standards which men are demanding. And this quality Howard E.
Coffin's level best is the least that men who know will take.
Come This Week Sure
Now's the Time to Choose
This is the time to pick your new car. Nest year's
models are out now. You bave seen what the field has
to offer. - .
If you buy a class car this- new HUDSON' Six-40 is the
car you'll want. The exclusive features which have won
such an avalanche of favor are bound to appeal to you.
Come now, because the best touring months are before
you. Don't miss the bright, cool Indian Summer days.
Get your new car and enjoy it.
We won't keep you waiting. We will see that you get
the car when you want it if we have to ship by express.
HUDSON MOTOR CAR CO., Detroit, Mich.
Five New-Style
Bodies
7-Passeng-er Phaeton
$1550
3-Passenger Roadster
$1550
3-Passenger Cabriolet
$1750
4-Passenger Coupe
$2150
HUDSON Six-40 to multiply that popu-
larity by five in one year; And to do' it at a v :l :;.4 $i$S
time like this. Think how far it must out- ff ztrfnSgii'"
rank all the cars that compete Uv j g ) y DJ!XGiflSt )J
with it. Think what tremen- ' a T'r''W
dous appeal it must make to r I - - - - J - !liyr0i
car buyers. ; (rS&f
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The Extra Tonneau Seats Disappear When Not Wanted ah prices u o. b. Detroit
C. L. BOSS & CO., 615-617 Washington St., Portland
CONVICT LABOR IS TRIED
WISCONSIN FOLLOWS LEAD OF ORE
GON IN PRISON REFORM.
Tito Camps of Trusties Used for Road
Building; With Unarmed Experts
on Work as Sole Guards.
Wisconsin can now be numbered
among the states successfully employ
ins their convicts in road work.
Two years ago E. Stag? Whltin. a
representative of the National Commit
tee on Prisons and Prison Labor, made
a careful study of the prison system
of the state at the request of Governor
McGovern and the State Board of Pub
lic Affairs. In his report Or. WJiitln
recommended that all prisoners who
can be placed on their honor should be
employed out of doors In quarrying
stone, clearing stump lands and build
ing roads.
In his message to the Legislature,
which followed the receipt of Dr.
Whitin's report. Governor McGovern
drew attention to the successful road
work In Colorado and Oregon and sug
gested that the Legislature empower
the Board of Control and the Highway
Commission to try the experiment of
working a limited number of convicts
on the roads In the northern part of
the state, reporting the results of the
experiment to the next session of the
Legislature.
The Legislature of 1913 followed and
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the suggestion of the Governor and
authorized the Board of Control and
the Highway Commission to employ
such convicts as they deemed suitable
in the road work.
The Summer of 1914 saw two camps
established, one near Waupun and the
other at Taycheedah. At the Waupun
camp two miles and a half of road is
now under construction, and when com
pleted will connect Waupun and the
village of Chester. The road is 15 feet
wide and of the best possible macadam
construction. The men are under the
honor system, wear a neat khaki uni
form and live and work exactly like a
hired crew, the only guards being two
unarmed experts in road building.
The success attendant upon this work
points to its fullest development and
to the reconstruction of Wisconsin's
prison system along the lines suggesttd
in the report made by the National
Committee on Prisons and Prison Labor.
Studcbaker Asserts Xeutrality.
The interview in the press which
quotes the German Ambassador as de
claring that the Studebaker Corpora
tion was shipping contraband goods to
England, was called to the attention
of A. R. Krskine. first vice-president
and treasurer of the company, who said
that his company had not shipped any
of its products, either directly or in
directly, to any of the belligerent coun
tries since the war started. He assert
ed, however, that if his company should
sell goods in the United States which
might later find their way to belliger
ent countries, such action would not be
open to censure under the terms of the
neutrality proclamation issued by the
President.
Canadian Packard Agent Loyal.
The action of the Dominion Motor
Car Company, Ltd.. Packard representa
tives at Vancouver, B. C. in voluntarily
turning over their trucks to the pro
vincial forces, has called forth commen
dation from Major Moore, commanding
the 19th Company Army Service Corps.
In a public statement. Major Moore
said: "This firm has, no doubt, ex
perienced considerable inconvenience by
the commandeering of trucks and on
this account the favor of additional
trucks is all the more appreciated by
the officer commanding, who wishes
to express his appreciation through
the medium of the press before his
departure for the front."-
MOTORS GUT FOOD COST
CHICAGO COMMISSION TRACES EX
PENSE TO HORSE. DELIVERY.
T cm in-Drawn Goods Exposed to Sun
and Delayc! While Trucks Lower
Price of Living. Says Report.
CHICAGO, Sept. 26. Motor trucks
are strongly recommended as & means
of preventing the increasing cost of
living here in a preliminary report is
sued by the Chicago municipal markets
commission, appointed by Mayor Harri
son. After showing that the city con
sumer pays an average of $1.90 for
produce that the farmer sells for $1,
the commission says'that it costs more
to haul 100 pounds of potatoes, fruit
or other farm products five miles from
the docks to the city consumer or the
retail store than to ship them by boat
from Michigan to Chicago, and it costs
nearly half as much (50 cents) to de
liver a ton of coal from the railroad
tracks to the consumer in the business
district of the city as it costs to ship
the coal 400 miles by rail ($1.05) from
Southern Illinois to Chicago.
It is estimated that in an area of
less than two square miles in the heart
of the city, 150,000 tons of freight are
hauled daily. About 1000 teams are
engaged in hauling food froducts, ex
clusive of the delivery service of the
retailers, and, to make a profit for
their owners, single teams must earn
about $6 a day and -double teams $S.
. "Team hauling Is decidedly anti
quated, wasteful. and Inadequate," ob
serves the report. "Because of the
congesion existing In the streets of the
central business district and the conse
quent Inadequacy of the streets to af
ford free passage to vehicles, the aver
age wagon or truck spends one-third
of its time actively hauling commod
ities and two-thirds In waiting, load
ing, unloading and In delays to traffic
"Animal transportation is out of
place and an archaic survival. Under
present methods of hauling, food prod
ucts are invariably exposed for hours
to the heat of the sun. The motor
truck as a carrier of food products
assures to the consumer better food.
lower prices and. a lower cost of haul
ing. Detailed comparisons showing
the cost of hauling by horses and
wagons and motor vehicles indicate
that the average cost of hauling in the
city by motor is 11 hi cents per ton mile
as compared with 17 cents by horse,
a saving of 36 per cent.
"The average cost of deliveries by
department stores, grocery stores and
meat markets is shown to be approxi
mately 8 cents by motor and 15 cents
by horse."
AUTO TKTTCKS V IE FOR HOXOKS
Firestone Tires Aid In Victory In
SO 0-Mile Run at L09 Angeles.
Word has been received from Yaa
Angeles that a contest was held re
cently in that vicinity which was con- .
ceded to be the greatest of Its kind
ever held. Twenty-four motor trucks
of various makes and classes were
pitted against each other in a strenu
ous run of more than 200 miles.
In laying out a route for this test,
a committee appointed by the Motor
Truck Dealers' Association of Cali
fornia, selected the worst roads in that
section. Some of the roads were in such
condition that the touring car in which
the committee traveled met the great
est difficulty. Rough dirt roads with
deep ruts, stretches of deep sand, where
the wheels slid and" foundered almost
helplessly, steep hill climbs, slippery
oiled roads and in fact every kind of
obstacle was arranged for that would
make the affair a real test of tires
and mechanism.
Starting at Los Angeles, they went
Southeast to Riverside; then north
through Redlands and San Bernardino
and went again to Los Angeles.
The best score was made by a 1500
pound Menominee truck. In the two
days it consumed about 16 gallons of
gasoline, one quart of oil and one quart
of water. It made the last 91 miles in
four hours and 28 minutes. The driver
givea much credit for his victory to
the behavior of the Firestone tires with
which the truck was equipped.
Studebaker Stock HeM in Europe.
A New Tork financial authority has
ascertained that European holdings of
Studebaker stock are $3,443,100 out of
a total of $27,931,500. and that the cor
poration has 15S1 woman Fjckholdera,