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THE SUNDAY OREGOJflAN. PORTLAND, OCTOBER 18, 1914. jsr 81-TIS NEWEST SIX TO BID FOE FAVOR IN PORTLAND AND WHICH HAS BEEN TAKEN UP BY FRANK 0. RIGG-S. DESERT RAGE IS SET ARE YOU GOOD AT FIQURES? LATEST HERE COMPARE THIS DIAXOM) SdrEKT.GK TREAD LIST WITH OTHER MAKES. TIRE Los Angeles-Phoenix Event to Sueeice THE- ... Treaa Price". Size S4 x 4H... FOR Follow Old Trails Route. H7.UO 11. lO DLJ I a a 3V.. Low-Priced, High-Class Auto mobile Is Much Like Big ger Model 80. S3 x 4 Mx4 S 5 S57.30 ARCHER AND WIGGINS ROADS ARE OF ALL KINDS OAK STREET, COKXER SIXTH. OVERLAND GAR Sqaeea-ea Tmd rlee. R35.00 gggg OAK STREET. CORXEB SIXTH. jj3 PROPORTIONS ARE AMPLE Start JFYom Standstill and Climbing of King's Heights on High or Speed of Two Miles Hour Are Accomplished. an The latest of the low-priced high class autos arrived In Portland the past week. In a model Sl-T Overland, the new product of Wyllls, which will sell at 1965 at Pacific Coast terminals, of which Portland is one. In general appearance, the car is much like its popular bigger brother. model SO. and in all its refinements, it is characteristic of Overland workman ship. In size it compares favorably with the other model. It's wheelbase is 108 Inches, eight Inches less than the model S0. The motor 1b of ample proportions assuring comfort in all speeds and seems particularly well adapted- to the road conditions or the INortnwest. 30 Horsepower Is Rating. It is rated at 30 horsepower with a bore of four Inches and stroke of four and one-half. Manager Fred West, of the local branch of J. W. Leavitt & Co., is very proud of the motor which the hood of the new product contains. The design has been, worked out so that accessibility is a prominent char acteristic. The cylinders are cast sing ly which allows space for five large crank-shaft bearings, which the Over land engineers insist upon having in place of the two or three, 1 of some motors. The pistons are light and are de clared well balanced, designed to avoid the "pinking" or knocking which some motors exhibit when under a load, large riickel-Eteel valves are actuated by squaro push rods. These big little cars have the two unit lighting and starting system. The motor and generator are separate and perform their functions without regard to each other. In the Overland system, the current generated is used only for starting and lighting. The ignition system is de pendent on its own high tension mag neto. Orders May Be Increased. The car has long been talked of around the Overland shops and the branches. Here, it caused a big sensa tion. But one car has been allowed Portland until the regular output is established. But Manager West is al ready talking of increasing his orders for Portland and the Northwest. Eight orders were secured on the strength of the early arrival and one customer even offered a handsome bonus if Mr. West would allow him to take away the first car. Portland's car Is upholstered in a manner which gives it an appearance of real distinction just one of the points which help to bear out that im pression. It is of heavy braided mater ial, of a make heretofore secured only in cars which sold for higher prices. In every way, the car has answered all expectations. The local salesmen have all been putting it through their pet demonstrating "stunt." To wit: Start From Hitch Is Feature. It will start from a standstill in high. It will climb King's Heights in high. It will idle down to a pace of two miles an hour. There is power enough in the starter to keep the car moving. The skeptics have found it not want ing. Just when the first large shipment of them will arrive here is not known, but Manager West expects to be able to make definite promises before the end of the week. The shipment probably will be a large one and the purchasers will be amply provided for, though other Oregon distributors have been calling for some days about their particular consignment. , ---- r--fIL I -r rt V y'V-vl s4 n ? Contestants Will Find Stretclies of Good ' Highway, Heaty Saud, Deep Rata, Terrific"1 Heat, Rocks and Sagebrush. THE JEFFERY CHESTERFIELD SIX, WITH D. M. SMITH AT THE WHEEL. OTHER PHOTOGRAPH SHOWS HANDY AllltAGKME.T OK TIIK IXSTRl.ME.VT HOARD AND THE CONTROL. GARS BEING BOUGH T President of Cole Motor Car Company Looks to Future. BUSINESS PROSPECTS GOOD MACHINE TRIES OUT GAR III PMOBILE MUST STAND TEST DEVICE I SED IX FACTORY Dynamometer Approves All Autos Be fore They Leave Plant, Insuring HlKhest Efficiency la Service. In line with the policy of maintain Ing only the Dest equipment lor pro ducing Hupmobiles. the Hupp Motor . Car Company has recently made a large addition to Its factory in the form of a dynamometer test department. "The dynamometer test." said S. H. Humphrey, manufacturing manager, "is a mechanical apparatus used for test ing automobiles under all conditions of road work. Formerly our method of testing, as is the practice in most mo tor companies, was to turn the chassis over to a tester to drive it around in any shape or manner that he sees fit. Now in a test of this kind, where the car is turned over to a mechanic, the personal element of the driver enters strongly into the results obtained. Fo; instance, a certain car that one me chanic may say is in perfect shape might be turned down by another man, You can plainly see where matters of this kind are left to one's own Judg ment there will be a difference of opin ion between the employes. "With the dynamometer, the exact opposite is the case. Each motor and chassis is tested under the eye of an expert. Electric charts on the dyna mometer switchboard accurately show the exact conditions under which a car is working. At the will of the op erator the machine can be taken off of a smooth asphalt road and made to run under the worst sort of sand and mud road conditions, or the car can be made to climb a hill. In this dynamometer test we get an accurate reading of the actual horsepower that each motor de vctops and every car that is turned ou must absolutely be un to a sriven standard, which is Impossible to obtain vnoer any other method. Another important reason why the dynamometer Is more efficient and ac curate than the former methods o testing is the fact that the new ap paratus relieves the company of the responsibility of having testers on the streets. We know that the machines are being actually tested and we know that the mechanical test is accurate to a degree which would be impossible unaer i.;e uanas ota mechanic. "The new installation cost the com pany more than $75,000 and it is simi lar to that which is used by manufac turers of the leading high-class cars. it is just anotner reason whv w. h. Merchant, Firm Believer in Ameri can Brains and American Ability, Decries Pessimist Opportuni ties Xot to Be Overlooked. INDIANAPOLIS. Ind., Oct. 17 (Spe cial.) People are buying motor cars. That fact Is certain.'- What better proof that business prospects are getting brighter each day can be desired. The motor car factories of this city are pro ducing cars every day, and shipping them to their various agencies which. in turq, deliver to the purchaser. J. J. Cole, president of the Cole Motor Car Company of this city, is a firm be liever in American brains and Ameri can business ability. He decries the pessimist who can see nothing but chaff in a sheaf of wheat. 'American business is sound." Mr. Cole said recently, "and it will take more than generally is imagined to keep the American mind from its busi ness transactions for longer than a few weeks. Bumper Crop Means Money. 'Although deeply interested in for eign conditions at this time, America cannot and will not give up its business to dream about the outcome of the con flict now in progress. Each day finds business conditions improving, and this improvement has been going on for some time. Bumper crops in every sec tion of the country mean money, and that money is going to be put in circulation. "The first thing that money is used to procure are the necessities of life and those conditions which will de crease the cost of living and the cost of production. The automobile is a production cost reducer, a time-saver and a means of procuring health and pleasure; therefore it is a necessity. The farmer sees the need of a motor car on his farm and right now farmers are purchasing automobiles to fill that need. "While It is true that American ex ports into European territory are re stricted, it also is true that such exports are only a minute part of the great volume of business done in our coun try. America produces first for home consumption, then for outside friends and neighbors. Home markets are be ginning to clamor for American pro ducts and their cry has been heard. American manufacturers are now busy filling their wants. In the second place. is it not true that an added impetus will be given business in America by the withdrawing of European Imports Here is a chance for American capital and the chance is not going to be over looked. Certain things made in Europe exclusively will be taken off the market because of non-production abroad. American business brains are going to exploit these Industries. No Opportunities to Be Overlooked. "Then there is the business which can be had in other countries heretofore supplied by the powers now engaged in deadly conflict. America is not go ing to overlook such an opportunity. "After looking over the situation from every ssandpoint. one cannot help but be convinced that real prosperity approaches. The wide-awake American Is busily engaged in preparing to grasp each opportunity which presents Itself. Conditions are such that the whole try will reap the benefit-" That thosesin the motor car industry are in an optimistic frame of mind is proved by the fact that numerous con cerns are increasing thlr production fa cilities. The Overland. Stutz, Cole and National factories have been enlarged greatly by new factory buildings. A healthy production is noted at the present time and preparations are be ing made for big increases. Ford Salesmanship Suggest ed in Interesting Anecdote. Comments on Driving Manaarer, in General, Recalls Humorous Story of Southern 'Gentleman'' on Hunt. SPEAKING of salesmanship, the Ford "Times" for October cites an In teresting story. It follows: Some salesmen were talking about a sales manager who refused to accept excuses. The only thing that would satisfy him was orders. Ha wanted them in fair weather and In foul, in heat and in cold. In sickness and health. Ho never let up on driving and he never failed to keep his men so alive that they never failed to take their share of the business. "He reminds me of a Southern Colo nel," said one of them. "The gentle man from the North was enjoying the excitement of a bear hunt down in Mis sisaippl. The bear was surrounded in a small cane thicket. The dogs could not get the bear out, and the planter who was at the head of the hunt called to one of the negroes: " 'Sam, go In there and get that bear out' "The negro hesitated for a moment and then plunged into the cane. A few moments later the negro, the bear and the dogs were rolling upon the ground outside. After the hunt was over the visitor said to the negro: "'Were - you not afraid to go into that thicket with that bear?' " 'Cap'n.' replied the negro, "it was jest dis way: I nebbe had met dat b'ar, but I was pussonally Vuainted wid de old boss, so I jest naturally took dat b'ar.' " ( The Blowout. "What happened to Babylon?" asked the teacher of her Brooklyn class. "It fell!" cried the pupil. "And what became of Nineveh?" "It was destroyed." "And what of Tyre?" "Punctured." Exchange. 500 REOS PLACED Fred Vogler Says Feeling Insecurity Passes. of CANADA TRADE STAGNANT On Tour Through Northwest Terri tory Popular Portlartd Automo bile Man Takes on Eleven Xew Agents This Season.' The Pacific Northwest will put more than 500 new Reo automobiles on the roads of the section In the next six months. This .immense number of cars has been placed definitely by F. W. Vogler, president of the Northwest Auto Company, who returned yester day from a month's tour of his terri tory. He declares that the feeling of in security which was manifested a few weeks ago In a measure has passed way and, except In British Columbia. merchants and farmers again are wear ing the smile. Mr. Vogler, left Portland the middle of September and while away took in the Spokane Fair, the Walla Walla celebration, the fair at Lewlston and the ones at Pendleton, Boise, Payette and Welser. On his way back he looked matters over at Seattle and Van couver, B. C. People Preparing; for Boom. While conditions are naturally some what unsettled, he thinks that every' where the people are preparing for the future and that the real start of bet ter things is but a short time off. Though British Columbia does not seem to be much excited over the wa and talk really is quiet, business ii somewhat stagnated and the time of the break there is questionable. Mr. Vogler has taken on 11 new agents In the territory which he cov ered. The Reo, a-e a result, will have a big season throughout that country. t Farmers Happy Now. "The Northwest, as a whole, looked very good," vouchsafed the popular auto dealer. "The farmers are happy over their wheat crop and the mer chants, of course, jump in with the farmer. "And, while British Columbia is somewhat unsettled, I like to think that the people there soon will be back on their own level. They still are training and enlisting men and as long as that continues conditions are boud to be somewhat uneasy. "But the great mass has not the least concern over the outcome of the war. and while one of them jokingly re marked that be had learned to eat sauer kraut and pretzels, they expect to see the mother country out of trou ble very shortly." IXS AXGELE9-FHOEMX RACK IN BRIEI'. Promoter Maricopa Automobile Club. Phoenix, Aria. Management Racing committee, W. A. A.. Lm An.elea, CaL tatee November 9. 10 and 11. Price Caih awards varying from 94500 (in caae of 10 entries) to $10, 250. (In case of 40 or more entries. Also Phoenix Republican and Bul lock's perpetual challenge trophies. Course Via San Bernardino. VIc torville, Barstow. Needles, Kingman, SepsTRian, Ash Fork, Prescott. W!- ken burg to Phoenix. First night control Needles, 303.5 miles. Second night control Prescott, 354 miles. Finish at Phoenix. 134 miles. - Rules None, except that all cars . roust cover the same course; must start and finish each day's run under (heir own power and 'must not use the railway right of way except at crossings. LOS ANGELES. Cal.. Oct. 17. The last few days have been frather stren uous ones for the Los Angeles-Phoenix race management, inasmuch as It was found necessary to seek out a new route for this year's "Desert Classic." Owing to the spontaneous generosity and sportsmanship of the people along the national Old Trails Route, the course was decided In their favor a few days ago. Leaving the starting poiDt at the south side of Eastlake Park, which lies on the eastern limits of the city of Los Angeles, the route will follow what is known as the Valley boulevard. The course follows Holt avenue 8.6 miles straight east to the main corner of Ontario, where it turns north to Uplands, makes a sharp right turn over the new boulevard and the state high way to and through Cucamonga. From Cucamonga, the state highway leads straight east to the Santa Fe round house at San Bernardino, 69.6 miles from the starting point. Turn to the right over the Santa Fe tracks to Third street, thence east on Third street to the first official checking station, thence north on Highland avenue, thence west to the Cajon boulevard, thence north through the famous Cajon Pass, through Victorville to Barstow, the second official checking station. 137.1 miles from the starting point. Santa Fe Tracks followed. Out of Barstow, the course follows the Santa Fe main line tracks direct east to Needles. 166.4 miles. This stretch of the road across the Mojave Desert is typical desert driving, where will be found short stretches of good road, heavy sand, deep ruts and ter rific heat. Over this entire stretch there Is scarcely a sign of civilization and aside from sagebrush and cactus there is no vegetation whatever. At Needles, 303.5 milea from the starting point, the cars will be taken in charge by the chief of control and will be parked under heavy guard until 5:30 o'clock the following morning, at which time they will be checked out for the second day's run in the order of their arrival at Needles and at two minute, intervals. The next 16 miles, between Needles and the Santa Fe rail road bridge, over the Colorado River at Topock, is a fairly jrood stretch of road. The racing cars will cross on the Santa Fe bridge at this point through the courtesy of the Santa Fe NO ACHING BACKS NO PALPITATION OF THE HEART When You Use the New Stewart Tire Pump Complete $15 BALL0U & WRIGHT Marshall 5860, A 6638 BROADWAY AT OAK BOWSER GASOLINE and OIL TANKS STORAGE SYSTEMS FOR riBHC AND PRI. ATE GAH4(.ES. S. I. gtnddard. District Supt. galea. 419 Corbett Bids. Mala 147ft. DIAMOND TIRES Vnkaiziiig & Retrcaii: K.E.BLOD&Eir. i"3,FiU2:c'' NORTHWEST AUTO CO. Factory- Distributors of Cole, Lozier, Reo Cars . BROADWAY AT COUCH STREET Main SS87 A 4959 Company, which is planking the bridge for this purpose. The entire route from Needles east to Ash Fork, through Topock, King man, Hackberry and Seligman, follows the main line of the Santa Fe Railroad. From Ash Fork south to-Preseott ends the second day's run a distance of 254 miles. H licit Altitude Reached. It Is worthy of notice that the be ginning of this day's run at Needles is at an altitude of 260 feet, while at Prescott the altitude is a little over 5300 feet. The cars go into control at Prescott until t o'clock the morning of the third day. at which time they will be sent out in the order of their ar rival the night before at two-minute Intervals, thus Insuring an exciting finish at the State Fairgrounds at Phoenix. The 134 miles from Prescott to Phoenix will severely try the en durance of the much-abused cars and Jaded drivers. Almost every condition of road, known to civilized communities will be encountered. Immediately out of Prescott the cars climb to an alti tude of 7300 feet, and by the time they have reached Wickenburg. 71 miles out, everyone will have had his fill of moun tain driving. From Wickenburg to Phoenix, 63 miles. Is to be found one of the hardest laps on the whole course. A little more mountain driving, a little more sand, dust, rough, back-breaking. Jolting and Interminable slaps in the face from overhanging sagebrush fea ture this twisting, tortuous, typical desert going. The official time for closing the en tries is noon, October 15, and up to that time the entry fee Is 1200 for any- one desiring to enter. Those desiring to enter from that time to noon, Octo ber 22, must pay an entry fee of 1300. No entry fees will be accepted after the latter time under any consideration. CYCLIST CLUB TO BE HOST Portland Organization to Kntertaln Multnomah Body. At a special meeting of the Portland Motorcycle Club, held October 15.' It was decided that a special Invitation be sent to the Multnomah Motorcycle Club, requesting Its presence at the Portland Club smoker, the night of" November 5. The committees are working hard to make this something original. All mo torcyclist" are Invited to attend. For Auto Tops Auto Bodies Auto Painting Ask OREGON TOP COMPANY The AUTO PAINTING CO, Inc. THE AUTO BODY AND WHEEL WORKS. ' N. W. Cor. 14th aaa Conch Sta, rhone Mala lb I. NEWEST PRODUCT OF OVERLAND FACTORIES, WHICH ARRIVED IN PORTLAND THIS WEEK, u1 r"4F--y The Model Sl-T, Which Will Retail at Pacific Coast Terminals for 9963, Is Shown to Be Oae of the Btgn-eat at the Tndcr HHM" Cars, am the Photograph MlKht Kaslly Lead Oae to lauirlie. Manager Fred W cat, of J. W. I.eavltt Co, Is at the Right of the Picture, Ready to Climb lm and Give It 'the "O. O." HUDSON SIX-24-S2350 Costly Cars Have a Rival In This Big, Distinguished Six You men who want the utmost, want size, appearance, power and room; want luxury and finish, comfort and conven ience, will find your every idea met in this big impressive HUDSON. And it will cause you to revise your ideas of what such a car should cost. For here is the maximum, all that new day cars, can offer. And the price is only $2350 t o. b. Detroit. Howard E. Coffin's Third-Year Model The first-year model of the HUDSON Six-54 came out threeyears ago. It was designed by Howard E. Coffin, the great HUDSON engineer. He was then, as now.considered final authority in motor car engineering. And this HUDSON Six-54, in its first season, became the largest-selling Six in the world. Today we show you his third-year model, his finished conception of a long, roomy, powerful car. The HUDSON Six-40, this car's smaller sister, is today the most popular class car built It is, for its size, today's finest example of modem motor car en gineering. This HUDSON Six-54 is simply a larger edition. Only Five Great Cars There are in America five great cars from an engineering standpoint. This HUDSON Six-54 is one of thejive. The others cost a great deal more. None has a greater designer, higher standards, more of beauty, luxury or comfort. None has more power or room. The difference in price is due to HUD SON efficiency and to HUDSON out put We are the largest builders of quality cars. Come make your comparisons with cars which cost from $3500 up. Judge for yourself if any car offers more than this. Made as a Touring Car, Sedan or Limousine. C. L. BOSS & CO. 615-617 Washington St., Portland I I rr - lleve the Hupmobile is the best car of us ctass in me world.