The Sunday Oregonian., October 25, 1914, SECTION FOUR, Page 7, Image 57

TTTE SdTDATC OREG OSXAX. IOinXAXI, r. OCTOBER', 23,
LONG TOUR IS IDE
G. H. Jessup and Family Back
From 5600-Mile Trip.
RUNNING TIME 42 DAYS
Konte to Iowagiac, Micb., and Re
turn That Is Followed Almost One
to Be Open When Columbia
Highway Is Ready. .
G. H. Jessup and family have Just re
turned to Portland after a 5600-mlle
automobile trip to Dowagiac, Mich.,
and return. In their Studebaker "SO"
.touring: car.
The party left Portland the latter
part of May, going over the Barlow
Trail, around the base of Mount Hood,
through Shanlko. Prineville. Burns,
Vale and Boise; then taking the regu
lar southern route to Chicago.
The party camped the first night
back of Mount Hood, in four feet of
enow, sleeping In the car. The greater
part of the Journey the tourists camped
at night. They had cooking utensils
With them and bought their provisions.
One striking feature of the trip is the
economy. The cost of the trip amount
ed to only $361. This covered gasoline,
oil, tires and all expense of operation.
It also Included living expenses during
actual time consumed in travel.
The party Included Mr. and Mrs. Jes
sup and their three children, and they
were on the road 42 days, going and
coming. About 324 gallons of gaso
line and 31 gallons of oil were used on
the trip. The time was approximately
21 days going and 21 days coming.
Mr. Jessup reports bad roads near
Pocatello, Idaho, on the return trip, but
except In a few cases, where heavy
rains had weakened bridges and made
the roads muddy, there was no dif
ficulty.
All members of the party report hav
ing had a pleasant time, and all want
to make the trip again.
The travelers took almost the route
which will bring trans-continental
tourists to Portland when the Columbia
River Highway is opened up. -
The running time, even under the
present conditions, was remarkably
short, and the party took things com
fortably Two weeks probably will be
the average time for the trip each
way when road conditions are better.
according to -present plans.
FUEL TAKES COLE FAR
CAR MAKES RECORDS AT TEST AT
INDIANAPOLIS TRACK.
the north to the Mexican line on the
south will in much better shape than
ever before. The year 1915 will see
more automobiles In San Francisco
than the present facilities will be able
to care for.
"At all the Northwest agencies -1
found Buicks being delivered to new
owners who were taking delivery of
their cars at this time in order that
they might familiarize themselves with
the handling and care of their ma
chines before starting for the exposi
tion next year.
"The new Buick six is our best
seller in that territory. I attribute
this to the fact (hat in many places
the roads are still rough, and Oregon
and 'Washington are notorious for their
long, hard grades, where an abundance
of power is necessary, and it seems
that the Buick Six. with its powerful
motor and cantilever spring suspension,
is the ideal car for these conditions.
"Another cause that has helped every
line of business in the Northwest is
the fact that the season Just past was
a record wheat year, and, as wheat is
the main crop in this section, the farm
ers all have money. Up to October
1, 1914, my company had delivered more
than three times as many Buicks in
Oregon, Washington and Idaho as "it
had during the same time last year,
and the 1913 sales broke all previous
records."
AVIATOR CHASED AVAY
LETTER FROM PARIS SAYS GER
MAN CRAFT IS SEEN DAILY
Economy of Gasoline and Consistent
Speed Shown to Engineers In
Severe Trials of Power.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind.. Oct. 24. In of
ficial tests sanctioned by the American
Automobile Association and under the
.strict supervision of its technical rep
resentatives, a Cole four-cylinder stock
model, fully equipped and carrying seven
passengers, established a world's fuel
economy record on the Indianapolis
Motor Speedway here. The car showed
more than 24 miles on a single gallon
of gasoline. Chief Engineer Charles
S. Crawford, of the Cole board of en
gineers, drove the test.
Besides making this remarkable fuel
economy record, this stock Cole set a
new ton-mileage record in the tests by
running 63 miles per ton of weight on
a gallon of gasoline, which is equiva
lent to carrying one ton of weight 63
miles on a single gallon of gasoline.
Previous to this showing from 38 to 42
ton miles was regarded as an extremely
good showing.
In a speed test the same Cole, with
out any adjustments, showed unprece
dented consistency, running a half hour
at a fixed speed of S5.6 miles an hour.
In 12 laps over the two and one-half
mile speedway oval the Cole only
waivered slightly in this speed con
sistency test in one lap. This test was
conducted with the car carrying its full
equipment, and is a world's record of
its kind.
The tests were supervised officially
by F. E. Edwards, of Chicago, as act
ing chairman of the contest board of
the American Automobile Association
and Secretary T. B. Shoemaker, of the
association. Efficiency Engineer Ches
ter Hlcker represented the Indianapolis
.Speedway, while T. E, Myers had charge
of the Speedway's electrical timing in
strument. The Stewart -Warner Corporation, of
Chicago, manufacturers of the Stewart
Warner Vacuum Gravity Gasoline Con
trol Syetem, which is becoming regular
equipment on many of the 1915 models,
planned the tests. Cole was the first
to use this system, and the standardized
oar was selected by the Stewart-
Warner Corporation for the tests, their
chief engineer, Berne Nadell, being in
charge.
Other engineers assisting were
Charles Stutz, of the Strombery Car
buretor Company, and Frank Edwards,
of the Dayton Engineering Laboratories
Company, Dayton, O., manufacturers of
the Delco electric lighting, starting and
ignition system. The records are the
first official of their Kind in the history
of the industry.
Both the pressure system and the ad
vance method of gasoline control, the
Stewart-Warner Vacuum Gravity Gaso
line system, were- tested.
The wonderful advancement and ef
ficiency of this vacuum system, which
is now standard equipment on a goodly
number of 1915 models, including Buick,
Lewis, Jeffery, Oakland, Haynes, Lex
ington and others, was thoroughly
demonstrated.
Packard Motor Car Company- Manager
Telia of Refugees Camped by Slde
of Roads From Bordeaux.
Intimate glimpses back of the war
curtain of Paris are given in a letter
Just received by Frank C. Riggs, local
agent of the Packard Motor Car Com
pany, from R N. Goode, manager of
the Packard Motor Car Company of
Paris, dated September 6. The letter
reached America via London. It says:
"For several days we had- German
aeroplanes over the office every day.
One was sighted steering for the Eiffel
tower. We Jumped into a car and raced
for the slope of the Trocadero, from
where we watched it circle, while ma
chine guns, rifles and cannon barked
all around. ' It was too high up and
soon flew off east, chased by a French
machine. It was brought down Just
outside the city. You can't imagine the
sensation of being right there watch
ing. "Road travel is Intensely interesting.
Returning from Bordeaux this morn
ing, we saw streams of refugees
camped along the way, people from the
northern provinces with nothing but
their clothing and bedding. At the
entrance and exit of each town and at
railroad crossings one must show his
papers.
"The roads are closed-at night. You
can't buy a can of gasoline within 150
miles of Paris.
"There must have been a car ditched
or abandoned every five miles all the
way to Bordeaux. The rush is over
now, but for four days it was a panic
Paris taxicabs were jogging along as
far as Bordeaux, loaded with trunks
and various belongings.
"Paris is rapidly being hemmed in
by trenches and barriers. Only three or
four gates, are open to carts and auto
mobiles. Before each gate frowns" a
barricade of cobble stones.
"It is my idea to keep the cars run
ning as long as we can get permits.
All arrangements are made in case the
Germans get into the city to place
seals on our premises, putting them
under protection of the American Em
bassy. All Americans will be thus protected."
AUTOS BKIXG GOOD ROADS
by
Crowtli of Industry Followed
Better Highways.
It has only been a few short years
since the Pacific Northwest was un
heard of in the automobile industry,
but in the last three years this sec
tion has awakened to the fact that
goods roads are an absolute necessity
and the progress of the automobile in
dustry has gone hand in hand with
that of good roads.
C. S. Howard, head of the company
of that name. Pacific Coast distributors
of Buick cars, has just returned to
San Francisco from a visit to Port
land. Seattle and Spokane, and, in
speaking of conditions in this section,
says: "I have been interested in the
automobile industry on the Pacific
Coast since the eaily days when the
old two-lungers were looked upon as
the last word in autcmobile perfection,
ana wnen a man always carried a co
Plete road-building outfit with him
when he started touring.
. 'T have never before seen such rapid
growth in business and gcod roads as
there has been in the Pacific Northwest
In the last two years. The Pacific
Highway is an assured thing. There
are several hundred miles of construc
tion work being done on this road, and
It is safe to say that by next Spring
me roaa cram the Canadian line on
'Round the Row
ecord of Sales in Oregon
MOTOR
TRUCKS
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State registration for Oregon, authentic list gotten
out by the Secretary of State
Federal Truck registrations-
Packard Track registrations . . .
Studebaker Track registrations
144 International Truck registrations r 71
110- Buick Truck registrations 66
.93 Willys Overland Truck registrations 43
. 80 Menominee Truck registrations ....... 27
. 80 Ford Truck registrations .169
Reo's sales record is phenomenal nothing in Port
land to compare with it this last year
This
Will
Two -Ton'Truck
Convince You
of big earning capacity, less up-keep cost, less
original cost. We successfully burn distillate with
factory equipment. Distillate is less than half the
cost of gasoline.
We finance you $600 down $100 per -month
Price $1850, f. o. b. Portland
This is either an invitation or a challenge. Let as give too the facts. -
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615-61 V Washington Street, Portland
CO
ID SUITOR, of C. Xl. Boss & Co., is
out in Eastern Oregon selling some
of those wheat holders, some Heo
trucks, with which to haul that big
wheat crop a little nearer the sta
tions. Suitor Is one of the men wear
ing the broadest smiles, and at the
rate he has been getting rid of the
Reos, he has a perfect right.
"While Portland dealers of the new
product of Dodge Brothers, .who are
going into the business for themselves.
have not been announced,' it is Under
stood that many " applications have
been received for the product of the
parts-makers who had a lot to do with
modern auto progress.
The only Northwest agent to be
announced is the company organized
by F. C. Sheridan and C- E. Dow, at
Everett, Wash. For the time being,
they will cover that territory.
The man who has his monogram In
his clothes, his name on the cigarette
and other such -stunts now can have
his name on his auto tires. A New
York firm now is advertising this.
.
While not on The Row, it's of in
terest to every man. It has been wor
rying more than one man,' Just who
it's up to, to see that the-rfirsr five
blocks of the Columbia River Highway,
lower division, is put back in the shape
of a year or two ago.
More than one man thinks it's up to
the oil companies whose heavy trucks,
running at good speed have pitted the
first-mile of the Linnton-road until it
looks like a life-size relief map of the
Cascade Mountains.
It is a noticeable fact that the poor
condition of the road extends only as
far as the first big oil tanks, so it
would, indeed, seem that the trucks are
responsible.
-
The proposed $2,000,000 boulevard
which T. Coleman DuPont Intended to
present to the state of. Delaware, has
been thrown overboard by DuPont af
ter ' he had spent $100,000 on it. He
became disgusted with opposition to
his plans, which even went so far as
to serve injunctions. While Mr. Ben
son and Mr. Yeon have not been smoth
erea wnn praise over tnelr work on
the Columbia River Highway. Oregon's
people generally are quite appreciative
of the work of the big-minded gentle
men.
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The question of the worst corner in
town often comes up. - Designating the
particular one ' would be somewhat of
a task,' but Fourteenth and Washington
would have to be considered.
This street is. by popular assent.
cross-town lateral, and one which has
been the scene of many small accidents
in the last few months. Because of
the hill to the north, autolsts have
fallen into the habit of taking the
block at a bad pace. A red danger sign
SCENES ON TRANSCONTINENTAL TRIP OF PORTLAND FAMILY WHO TRAVELED THOUSANDS OF MILES FOR $350 IN A
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11168 Solid, Substantial
Business Men
had, up to October
10th, applied for the
privilege of acting as
Dodge Brothers' deal
ers. They reason that
with the knowledge of
costs, materials and
methods acquired in
manufacturing the
vital parts for more
than half a million
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motor cars,
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are sure to produce
a car that will play a
very large part in
determining automo
bile values for the
future.
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1 BIT,
OF MESA COUNTRY.
I'ltOM TUB NORTH
2 FERRY OX THE SXARE. 3 MR. JESJT AJSD HIS FAMILY IX CAMP AT MOVXT HOOD. .4 MOMT HOOD
-V BltOlvEX BRIDGE, EXCOl .MERED tQ THE RETURN. 0 THE ROCKY FART OF THE 9.VKB RIVER.
at the bottom of the hill, might help
some of the men to remember the cars
coming up Washington street, and con
sideration by the motormen of that
hill also would help matters.
H. I Keats and Fred Vogler have
found a "standardized" restaurant
where the charge is the same on every
meaL That leaves no room for argu
ment, and they are taking each other
to lunch every day.
"Although nearly everyone has seen
an automobile speed race at some time
or other, I doubt if many ever saw
the sort of a race won by a Buick car
the other day," said Manager Mel G.
Johnson, of the Portland branch of the
Howard Automobile Company. "This
was a hard test, too, but it was lust
the opposite to most motor car races,
for it was a matter of creeping along
at a snail's pace on high gear without
stalling the motor or using the clutch.
"This event took place in San Ber
nardino, Cai, and there were five cars
entered for the slow championship of
California. The course was over one
city block, and it took the Buick "six"
just S minutes 43 seconds to cover the
distance. This was by far the slowest
time of the five competing cars, and
the average speed was nearly 1 1-3
miles an hour.
"While to many this may not seem
like a great feat, still I doubt if there
could be a much harder test given a
car, for it means that every mechanical
part must be as nearly perfect as man
can make them. In the past Buick
cars have won an enviable reputation
as speed cars, and now that we have
demonstrated that they are Just as ef
ficient at a slow gait, we don't seem
to have much more to do in the way
of contests. The test also demon
strated the flexibility of the six-cylinder
motor."
Instead of going to work a dog will
stand still and shiver. .
MERCHANTS TO USE HOE
BEAVKRTOS BUSINESS MM CLOSE
STORES AND WORK ROADS.
Thursday to Be Big Day, Wkem All
Able-Bodled Mea Will Be Oat !
Crews Highways.
BEAVERTON, Or, Oct. 24. (Special.)
All stores have signed an agreement
to close their doors next Thursday and
all hands will go out to work the
roads leading Into Beaverton on that
day.
Every business man has agreed to
take hoe. shovel, team or whatever
tool or device he may have at hand
that can be used In improving th
roads, don his working clothes and put
in at least one good, hard day's work.
In fact, the improvement spirit mani
fest in Beaverton has developed won
derfully along many lines.
Recently a board of trade was or
ganized, composed of nearly all the
business men of the town. The result
of that organization's efforts is now be
coming apparent. Yesterday two car
loads of crushed rock were received
from the quarry at Oswego, which Is
now being hauled onto the roads by
volunteer labor.
Besides the road improvement the
Board of Trade has taken up with the
City Council the project of improving
the streets of the town. Grading and
the construction of concrete walks In
the business district and board walks
on the residence streets are proposed.
Nearly a mile of sidewalk has been or
dered already by the Council to be
constructed at once.