The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current, September 27, 1914, SECTION FOUR, Image 54

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Newspaper Page Text6 THE SUNDAY OREGONIAX, PORTLAND, SEPTEMBER 27, 1914. RAILROAD IAD IS A BUSY FACTORY AND A BUSY TRUCK. FOR GOOD ROADS YOUR OWN CAR ij President Harrison, of South jj ern Company, Discusses Ad :;; vantages to Producers. MARKETING FEATURE SEEN 1:1 ;. - 5s: Ability to Haul Yield to Town or Station at Will Instead of When Highways Permit Declared Big i-'J Factor With. Farmers. Regarding the public roads as an in- j,. dispensable part of the transportation ;system of the country, supplementing limits railroads and waterways. Fresi jj'dent Harrison, of the Southern Railway ; Company, takes an active interest in ; ; the good roads movement. He is vice-president of the American Highway As ; sociation and will be one of the speak ;;;ers at the fourth American Road Con .; gross in Atlanta the week of Novem ber 9. :;. Speaking- of the relation of the coun ts try highway to the railroad, Mr. Har ! rison said: "Whatever may be the final ,'; destination of the farm products, their ', "first movement must be over the coun !' try road and if the farmer is to re- I celve the largest measure of benefit jj from good roads the policy should be adopted of improving those highways j; -which radiate from market towns and (j -shipping stations and over which the ;;;farmers must haul their products. "The profit which will be earned by the farmer may depend largely upon ;j.the condition of the road from his farm r;.to a shipping station. ; ; "Statistics compiled by the United i; States Department of Agriculture show ;:-that the cost of hauling farm products I '.to shipping points over bad roads is a ; ; .disproportionately large part of the !;. total expense of their transportation to Jjmarket. This is not always fully real j;;ized by the farmer, but if he will take j;;into account the time of himself and ij.'his team, and the wear and tear on his J;; vehicle and harness made necessary by !;.a larger number of trips with smaller 1" loads, he will find that the cost ! I, amounts up fast and correspondingly I.'1 reduces his net profits. ! ' . Market Declared Factor. "Another item of the cost of bad 'roads to the farmer, which is often overlooked, is that he must haul his jj products to market when the roads are j in their best condition, with little re gard as to whether prices are favor able or whether hauling at that time interferes with work on the farm. With good roads not only can he haul heav ier loads in shorter time, but, except as to perishable commodities, he can ; -market his products when prices are most favorable and can do his hauling ; -when it is most convenient and even ; when the ground is too wet for work r in the fields. "The manifold advantages of an im i; proved highway in reducing the cost of j.'drayage. facilitating social intercourse, ,i promoting school and church attend :,'ance, expediting rural mail delivery, U increasing the value of farm lands and promoting agricultural development j back from the .railroads are so great j; that they need but to be enumerated ;;to present a convincing argument in : favor of road, improvement, j; South to Be Bene II ted. 1 "Since several years ago, when the : Southern Railway Company, in conjunc tion with the United States Agricul J ; tural Department and state and local '.' authorities, operated over its lines a ..'good roads' train, carrying machinery Hand lecturers, and building at central ! . points object-lesson roads, there has Jjbeen substantial progress in the good Inroads movement throughout the South. '.'This was accelerated in 1911 by the ; operation of another 'good roads' train, ;;in co-operation with the United States ; Department of Agriculture and the American Highway Association. The interest of the Southern people in good ; roads has been thoroughly aroused and in many localities the country high ;.ways have been highly improved and ;are being adequately maintained. '.: "I think it is fortunate for the South r.that the American Road Congress of : i914 is to be held in Atlanta. This un t" questionably will be one of the most .'"important gatherings ever held in the '.Southern states. It will bring together -'the official heads of the state high-;-way departments, the foremost experts ;.in road construction and maintenance, ;;and other leaders in the good roads movement in each state for an ex . ; change of ideas as to the best methods I'ot financing road construction and it building and maintaining the best types f of country highways. Its exhibits of !;road machinery and of model roads . I will be highly educational and It can ; ; not but serve to increase Interest in i . the good roads movement throughout i the South." : M AGNETO RIGHTS INVOLVED Splitdorr Company Asks Damages in '. Suit Alleging Infringement. Threatened litigation by the Splitdorf i Electrical Company, of Newark, N. J., i to protect its patent- rights covering - the method of attaching a magneto to .' an automobile, particularly Jn regard ' to the Ford type of machine, has been brought to a head by the filing of a ; complaint against the Elsemann Mag neto Company for infringement of i patent No. 1102385, issued on July 7, ' id it. The success of the Splitdorf Ford special high tension magneto, which is admittedly revolutionizing the running of thousands of Fords in every section of the country, made the company de termined to protect its own rights and the rights of the thousands of users. As a consequence, their suit against the Klsemann Company for infringement has been brought in the United States District Court for the Southern Dis trlct of New York. According to the complaint, the type of magneto mounting used by' the Else- mann Company is an infringement of trie patent issued to Ernest W. Brackett, of the engineering depart ment or tne sputdorf Electrical- Com pany and aslsgned to the company. The usual injunction, damages and costs are asicea. Motorcycle Militia Being Planned. Plans are being made in Baltimore for the formation of a state motorcycle militia company. Th,re are about 3000 motorcyclists in Maryland, the major ity of which are in Baltimore, and it is oeuevea tnat a run regiment of 1200 riders could be furnished. While ar rangements for the organization . are not completed, it is the plan that the cyclists will wear regulation khaki suits ror actual service, but have t clal uniforms for reviews and parades. It is also expected that each company will have its own motorcycle mounted band, the musicians riding on the rear seats of the two-wheelers. Olives ar the longest lived frtitr tra. 'i tome In SvriR having borne ahutniant vropa vr tuui w iiiitu vur iiuaium r.aro. Jzk&r- ti X" SU T "fi7- sar i NA lPr " P.nnl. 1 ,,: - r t-hl vi i . JT vionea a. uik auiomoDue ractory such as the Hudson concern can have but littl Me. SfaSi -1 f ,ntdustry that,n is- la thi Picture is shown but one of a large number of floors In th lr 2( ac?e demand for thwcaVg. a" " a8sembly floor- where worlt 18 now than ever! oSe to the great 1 T3?e !yolrUk 18 on of the MeJer & Frank fleet of two-ton Packard! On this particular occasion It was trfbe r:?I,i1n4?B.. aU PartS f tOWD- YCt U nly t0k veU,rouOrsCato,0dnel!tver:aa MOTOR'S AID SHOW! Scientific Achievements Cred ited to Industry. OTHER LINES BENEFITED F. W. Vogler Cites Development in Production of Steel, Electrical -Parts and Other Equipment Brought to Perfection. Every one knows what the automo bile has done for the world from a material ' standpoint, but few realize just what it has meant to science. It is admitted that the manufacure of mo tor cars has proved itself a valuable saver of time and money, as it enables the motorist to travel from point to point with less expense than otherwise would be incurred. To the busy man this means much. What the motor car has done for science has been a little discussed sub ject. F. W. Vogler, local distributor for Cole, Reo and Lozier cars, asserts that the automobile factory of today is constructed for efficiency, each depart ment being so arranged that the car in process of building would progress through the shops without backtrack ing. "To do this," he declared, "new scientific methods have been employed. Electrical Advance Shown. "Then take the various electrical parts of the car. Here is where the greatest development has been shown. To improve the self-starting, lighting and ignition systems used in the motor car has required deep study and the promulgation of new principles. Take as an example the Delco system used SEE AMERICA FIRST. "See America First" it used to be an appeal now it has become a necessity. For several years at least, the thousands of Americans who have gone to Europe for their tours, their coaching trips, will be forced to seek the possibilities of their own land for recreation. The European war will give American touring a wonderful impetus. We have a monopoly on the facilities. Europe is given over to slaughter, the foreigner- is not wanted, there will be no room for the pleasure - seeker for years to come. When the war is over, reconstruction will require every effort. Roads which have been the joy of the motorist will be torn up by the wheels of heavy artillery and the rapid passage of loaded trucks; bridges will "be destroyed, buildings dynamited; a year of war and the playground of the world will lie exhausted, a black and, unin teresting ruin, her beauty spots gone, her treasures of art and his tory destroyed. It has been estimated that no less than 200,000,000 American dol lars have been left along European thoroughfares every year by American tourists. But one thing is needed to distribute this vast sum and more across this nation every year, where it will reach American industry through a thousand channels, aiding business, progress prosperity. That thing, is good roadsl What more beautiful trip could be imagined than a tour across America over the Lincoln Highway, a route rich In historic memo ries of the past, in the grandeur of its scenery, in the diversity of its thousand points of interest Where In Europe will the tourist find anything to equal the Grand Canyon of the Colorado the Yosemite or the Yellowstone? True we have not a Parthenon, but the ruins of the ancient Uoundbuiders, the buildings of the prehis toric races on the golden border of our great Southwest were over grown with the vegetation of centuries when the Parthenon was building. The lake regions of New York, Michigan, and Wisconsin offer weeks of new delights to days . among the Scottish lochs. Surely the battlefields of Gettysburg and Antletam offer more of historic Interest to the American than Waterloo or Hastings. America's scenery, her climate, her every requisite for wonderful tours, except her roads, is unsurpassed anywhere In the world. We now have a great opportunity. We can make America tne touring ground of the world. Our chance lies in the improvement of our roads. - A start has been made. The Lincoln great American tour, a 3400-mile trio Pacific, a road the like of which ta world." Connecting roads will Join this great transcontinental artery with every section of the Nation, but the first need Is to complete the Lincoln Highway. The people of every locality should make it their business to push construction as rapidly as possible. Their reward will come next year and every year as the route grows in beauty and perfection. tit ..... . " in the Cole motor car for starting and lighting. From a small beginning sev eral years ago, the experts of the fac tory have evolved new theories and today we have an electrical system which requires only the touch of a but ton to set it in motion. "They have experimented, eliminated and finally perfected a system which now is so compact and efficient that a comparison with their first product would show almost . unbelievable im provement. The new principles thought out and used in this particular con struction are a direct aid to science. 'Then take other various units used in the construction of a motor car where steel products are used. Chem ists always have been .employed wher ever steel is manufactured. The au tomobile requires the best of steel with the least weight. This fact alone has caused scientific investigation which has produced steel of a high tensile strength, as strong in fact as the for mer product of twice the weight. "Carburetlon, the cooling system for the motor and the proper lubrication are among the other problems which the motor car maker has been com pelled to solve. In each of these sub jects scientific principles have been brought to bear. The construction of the motor used in the automobile is such that former lubricants prepared by these refineries would not grease the parts properly, hence the new high grade oils. "Looking at the subject from every standpoint, I am firmly convinced that the motor car has done more for science where structural building is concerned than any other industry. Take the railroad locomotive as an example. The massive engines of former days are being replaced with more powerful lo comotives by using the steel which the automobile builder first caused to be forged. "And the automobile has not finished its work, for I believe that new scien tific principles will be evolved and put Into use as the' motor age progresses." Six-Year-Old Boy Is Motorist. A feature of the West Michigan Fair at Grand Rap Ida was & Studebaker "Six" which was started, stopped and driven around an exhibition course without difficulty by a 8-year-old boy. Highway offers the first from the Atlantic to the impossible anvwhere else in ha 9 w ..-..TwV -'..ij: TEST IS Wisconsin Motorists ReVive Grade One Rules. STUDEBAKER "FOUR" WINS At End of Three-Day Tour Around Milwaukee Contesting Cars Are Put Through Careful Exam ination to Find Defects. MILWAUKEE, Wis., Sept. 26. An, automobile tour of the old-fashioned sort, a tour in which stock cars only were allowed to compete, in which ob servers rigidly scrutinized the work of the cars from start to finish, in which the close was followed by the most rigid sort of a technical examina tion, has Just been given by the Wis consin State Automobile Association. The event was the first in several seasons In which the strict Grade One rules of the American Automobile Association applied. - and created un usual interest among motoring writers and others who have lamented the ab sence of intimate data regarding car performance, derived from recent tours in which promptness In arrival at controls was almost the only quali fication of success, and in which non stock cars were entered without re striction. The tour "consumed three days, and covered a course of about 600 miles, starting and finishing at Milwaukee. The cup winner a Studebaker "four." driven by E. S. Schank and entered by the Wollaeger Sales Company fin ished with a perfect road score, having made every control on time, and brought in a record of absolutely no attention to any mechanical part from start to finish. Perhaps the most interesting feature was the technical examination which followed the finish. Skilled men gave a careful and intimate combing to each of the contesting cars. They meas ured, shook joints and tested every nut and bolt. They made each car undergo a standard -test of clutch and brakes. Whenever -the least symptom of looseness was found, a point or more was deducted from the car's score. There were instances of deficient brakes, sagged springs, miscellaneous Bmall parts lost on the road and loose nuts and bolts. One car was carrying a loose body, and another finished with a cracked water jacket. All the cars suffered from penalties, some of the instances totalling over 100 points. It was in this test that the winning Studebaker showed to Such marked ad Vantage. After prying and pulling at hundreds of places, the officials found an insignificant oil cup and two top bolts which could be turned with the fingers. In every other detail the car was absolutely beyond criticism. During the final day of the tour the Studebaker averaged 25.5-miles to the gallon of gasoline a considerably bet ter average than the aggregate score of the wjnner of a special price offered for economy. Throughout the tour, however, the driver had devoted his sole efforts to the winning of the main trophy. Sixty What? Dogs or Chickens? "That your car outside?" asked the chauffeur. "'It be," replied the village grocer. The chauffer gave a superior smile. "I wonder you fellows don't get tired," he said, "Jogging along in them old, ramshackle carts." "What pleases one doesn't please 'nother," replied the grocer philosophically. "Should say not!" replied the chauffeur. "I suppose you get used to It. But look at my car outside! I can drive that oar over sixty an hour!" "Which dogs or chick&ns?" asked the grocer. A. I' i 536, HARD GIVE Your automobile is 3-our traveling representative ; it speaks for your stand ing, judgment, taste. Make sure that it does you justice that it is the kind of car a man of your position ought to have. Select a TVinton Six. You will then own a car that meets the most exacting requirements, and particularly that important social requirement of individuality. Your personal Winton Six will be exactly as you want it; not merely anybody's car, but distinctly your own personal possession. The Winton Motor Car Co. BAD ROADS CONQUERED 1015 HUPMOBILE MAKES SUCCES9- FUI. seatti.e-por.tLaivd TRIP.- Party of Kive Traverse Pacific High way Through Sea of Mud and Clay When Others Return Baffled. One of the most difficult trips at tempted this year was that of the new 1915 Hupmobile from Seattle to Port land. W. S. Dulmage. of the Dulmage Manley Auto Company, received the 1915 demonstrator In a pooled carload shipped to Seattle. Accompanylng-him were his wife, Mr. and Mrs. C. B. James and A. B. Manley, all of Portland, who were anxious to test the new model over rough grades. The party left Seattle Tuesday after noon, and upon arriving at Tacoma found It necessary to call into service the one-man top, owing to a heavy rain. Before starting from Tacoma it was necessary to use chains on the muddy roads. Arriving at Chehalis in the evening, the party was informed that, owing to extensive grading on the Pacific High way, the roads were practically impass able between Chehalis Kelso. Mr. Dulmage was most anxious, in fact determined, to drive the car through to Portland, but decided that it would be best to remain in Chehalis -over night, out of consideration for the women in the party, as a steady rain had set in, which made riding dis agreeable. Wednesday morning peo ple familiar with road conditions ad Vised the shipping of the car to Port land, but to this Mr. Dulmage would never consent, so accordingly the par Tire Attacks Which Goodyears are Best Fitted to Resist The Fiercest These are the four chief Rim-Cuts Blow-Outs Loose Treads Punctures Note, for your own sake, how Good years meet them in ways exclusive to these tires. Rim cuts are impossible in Goodyear No-Rim-Cut tires. We control the way the only feasible way to prevent it. Blow-outs most of them occur in weak spots, due to wrinkled fabric. We remove this cause by our "On-Air" cure, which no one else employs. Loose treads are combated by a patent method, which creates in each tire hun dreds of large rubber rivets. Punctures and skid ding are best met by our exclusive All Weather tread. It is touch and double thick. The grips are deep, sharp, resistless. THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY, AKRON. OHIO This Company feas no connection whatever with any other rubber concern which usee the Goodyear name Any Dealer can supply you Goodyear Tires. If the wanted size is not in stock he will telephone our Local Branch ty set out Wednesday morning for Kelso, by way of Xapavine and Win lock. Arriving at the Cowlitz River, they were Informed by the ferryman that it was useless to go further, as two cars that had Just gone before had been obliged to resort to being pulled through by horses. But the Hupmo bile party claimed that they would get through entirely on the merits of their car and certainly would not submit to being helped by teams. The chains were again put on and the trip to Kelso made over the Pacific Highway through red clay, over a seemingly im passable road. "The car never faltered for a single instant with its load of five passen gers, taking all the hills beautifully," said Dulmage on his return. Between Kelso and Kalama the grad ers quit work on account of the heavy rains and the roads were a sea of mud and red clay. At no time this year has the Pacific Highway been in such con dition as it was during this trip, but the new motor only gained In power and did wonderful work. The entire party was most enthusiastic over the splendid performance during this most difficult test, and all enjoyed it very much, arriving In Portland about 8:30 Wednesday evening. 1000 Motorcyclists Go Bathing. More than 1000 motorcyclists attend ed the recent annual run of the Los Angeles Motorcycle Club to the Venice bathing beach. The day was ideal for bathing, it being estimated that there were 5000 people in the wte at Ven ice and Ocean Park, and 50,000 In the Crescent Bay district. Cyclists Plan Dash Across Desert. From Coast to Coast and almost from lakes to gulf is the motorcycle record of Mr. and Mrs. D. T. Johnson, of Spo kane, Wash. Mr. Johnson Is a steel Four . tire troubles: Yet the tread flat and rerulai runs as smoothly as plain treads. No tire ever built offers one of these features save the Goodyear No-Rim-Cut tire. It's Up to You These things mean safety, strength, endurance. They mean maximum mileage and minimum trouble. Getting them depends on you, for any dealer will supply you Goodyear tires. And at less than usual tire prices because of our mammoth output. ' Countless men do get them, and tell other men to get them. More men now buy Goodyears than buy any other tire. Please remember these things when you OODpYEAR &r AKRON.OHIO. No-Rim-Cut Tires With All -WeatherTread or Smooth worker and uses the two-wheeler in traveling from one clay to another. And he is always accompanied on his trips by Mrs. Johnson. On a recent journey from Spokane to St, Paul, Minn., they traveled the entire distance in 14 days, averaging about 100 miles a day even over the mountatnous roads. SEW MODELS ARE LIGHTER Apporson Cars Also Meet Popular Prices for Medium Power. H. W. Curtis, local branch manager, has received word from the factory that Apperson brothers, of Kokomo, have added to their line & light four and a light six-cylinder model. Both cars will be produced in quantities and sell at popular prices. "The building of .these two models Is an Innovation for thiB company," said Mr. Curtis, "for they have devoted years to the production of high-powered cars, and the new four and six are being manufactured in answer to a demand made by those who have desired an Apperson, but wanted a medium pow ered, popular price car. "The bodies of both new cars are of stream line design, and the many fea tures for which Apperson cars have long been famous are Incorporated in these new models." "Like all our cars, these two new models were designed by Elmer and Edgar Apperson. The price of the light six is 1786. with full equipment: and. the four is $1485. fully equipped." Dealer Forces Winter Sales. "Send me Immediately 100 posters, showing the different models," wrote a Wisconsin automobile dealer to the Studebaker Corporation. "I want to post them in the saloons and country stores. so all the people will be looking at them all winter." next buy tires. Don't trust to luck. Don't think that tires are much alike. The only way to save tire troubles is to buy tires that combat them.