THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN. PORTLAND. NOVEMBER 8, 1014.
REPAIRS 111 DOUBT
Should County Fix Linnton
- Highway Is Question.
WEAR IS LAID TO TRUCKS
DELIVERY
Portland Motorists Consider Needed
'Work to Connect With Columbia
Routes-Portion Free of Heavy
Traffic la Good Condition.
The Modern Business Builder
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BT RALPH J. STAEHLI.
Whese place is it to repair the coun
ty roads when their destruction can be
attributed distinctly to a restricted
number of individuals or corporations?
Portland motorists are asking themr
selves that with reference to the con
dition of the Linnton road, the first
"step of the Columbia River Highway
west of Portland.
Next year the result of several years'
agitation for better roads will be man
ifested in the Columbia River High
way through Columbia and Clatsop
counties. This part of the road will
be almost of as great importance to
Portland as the road on the Upper Co
lumbia, If not more so, speaking from
the commercial aspects. But this road
cannot be reaoied except over the
Linnton road.
At the rate the destruction of the
Linnton road has being going on the
surface will be a mud lake in the
Bpring. and the destruction over the
first two miles may be attributed to the
high-speed oil trucks which run be
tween Portland and the oil storage
plants on the waterfront below the
city.
While a road expert might be able to
show that the trucks are not respon
sible for the read eondition, the aver
age motorist might be led to believe
that they are because of the fair con
dition of the road just below the oil
plant, which the trucks do not trav
erse. The road to the Lower Columbia Is
expected to.be open next year. But
half the motorists will be scared out
by the first two miles.
Whether it is the fault of the trucks
or not is left for debate, but the need
for repair before next Summer is ap
parent.
The work In Columbia County is pro-.
gresslng rapidly through the sub-con-
tractor system. Some heavy blasting
has been going en in the vicinity of
Prescott and the road is taking its
place from the heavy forest of the
coast range.
Portland tourists will be able to take
the beach circle next year via St.
Helens, Astoria, Gearhart, Tillamook
and back through the mountains to the
Tualatin Valley,
.
The Maisamas have appointed a com
mittee to coroperate with the good
roads movements inv Oregon. , Frank
Branch Riley was elected chairman.
The hikers' organization has no plan
of aid in view, but for the time-being
will help the boosters with its moral
support.
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Motorists have complained much of
the bad condition of Broadway between
the Broadway bridge and Union ave
nue. The reason for -the laek -of pave
ment is a fight between Commissioner
Dieck and the property owners of the
district
Dieck wanted to try some expert
mailt of laying pavement In alternate
trips of brick and tar composition,
and this did not appeal to the property
owners, who stopped proceedings and
petitioned for any kind of pavement
which had been tried elsewhere.
One position "carried a wish for the
concrete base and surface type, but
this did not appeal to Commissioner
Dieck. And so motorists can keep
right on splashing, as no move for im
provement has been made either by
the city or the property owners along
the biggest thoroughfare of the East
Bide.
Portland seems to have another bad
Job in the Terwilllger boulevard, which
is so badly pitted that going over it in
a motorcar seems as bad riding as an
old-fashioned corduroy road.
Shortly after its completion the sur
face was several times soaked in oil. In
some places ' the oil matted with the
gravel and the whole made a sub
stance which seemed to have all the
good points of bitulithic or other hard
surface.
But soft spots soon developed and
now the road from one end to the
other Is badly scarred. In some places
workmen are already taking up the
surface and the base and replacing the
same in better shape.
GREAT RAGE ON MONDAY
OAHS LEAVES LOS ANGELKS FOR
RUN TO PHOENIX.
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8-Cylinder Motor
This photographic reproduction shows
the front end of the new Cadillac eight
cylinder motor, which the Cadillac
Company will use in its 1915 cars.
There are two groups of cylinders, each
a block casting of four cylinders,
mounted at. 90 degrees to each other.
The cylinders are 3Vs-inch bore and
538-inch stroke. In dynamometer tests
the motor shows more than 60 horse
power. The crank shaft is identical in
design with that used in the four
cylinder car, and the cam shaft carries
the same number of cams as in the four
cylinder motor. y , , -
The new motor Aveighs, approximately
60 pounds less than the four-cylinder
motor as used in the 1914 Cadillac, and
the total weight of the car is between
400 and 500 pounds less. There is but
one carburetor used. The crank shaft
is more than eight inches shorter than
it is in the 1914 Cadillac.
A carload shipment of demonstrators
is leaving the factory Monday, which
will make them due to arrive here
about the 20th. .
Govey Motor Car Co.
Cadillac and Dodge Bros, Motor Cars
21st and Washington Streets
Route Is Over Roads Varying; From
Paved Highways to Rocky Paths and
Hot Sands to Sleet Area..
won fame for his driving in a previous
Phoenix contest and the celebrated race
of last year, asserts the approaching
desert classic" will surpass all.
Racing enthusiasts will follow the
cars the entire way In the Howdy spe
cial, as the train which annually car
ries them on this trip is known, uhe
Santa Fe's railroad tracks parallel the
road almost the entire distance and a
wonderful opportunity for Beeing the
oars in action will be afforbed. those
aboard.
This year's winner will be presented
with, a medal. It will be known as -the
Western Automobile Association per
petual challenge trophy and must De
won each year In order to be retained.
The medal depicts a raaing car on the
desert amid the cactus brush. In the
background is a mountain range
capped By a white diamond emblematic
of the blazing sun. The tropny and
its significance will make it one of the
highest-prized mementoes oirerea in
connection with automobile racing.
LOS ANGELES, Cal., Nov. 7. (Spe
cial.) When, Just at daybreak, Mon
day 20 specially prepared and equipped
racing automobiles leave the starting
line for the seventh annual Los Angeles-Phoenix
road race, one of the
most spectacular motor contests ever
run over public highways will be on.
Over the National old trails route.
which the cars will follow in their
three days of racing, It is 670 miles
from Los Angeles to Phoenix. Crews
that are engaged in their trial runs
report the road conditions the severest
Imaginable. Leaving Los Angeles over
an asphalt boulevard lined by orange
groves and marked frequently by pop
ulous towns and cities, In less than two
hours the cars will be among the San
Bernardino Mountains penetrable by
the famous Cajon Pass.
Immediately beyond the divide begins
the Mojave desert, inhabitable only to
ants, lisards and the little wren that
makes its abode in the huge cactus
trees. The first night control is at
Needles, Cal., 800 miles from the start
a town so named because of the rocky
parapets near by that guard the en
trance to California from the east
i'rora Needles to Prescott. Ariz., the
"mile-high" town, the second night's
control is 288 miles. It is mountain
work practically the entire way. Hours
of gear work has been found necessary
even for the big cars in practice. Sleet
and snow storms are common in this
region at this season and drivers who
were sun-baked the day before may be
suffering from the cold in the higher
altitudes. The descent into Phoenix on
the third day's run is notedjfor some
of the most treacherous going on the
entire course.
Headed by Louis Chevrolet and Bar
ney Oldfield. the field of drivers in
eludes the most famous road race pilots
In the country. Olln Davis and Louis
Nikrent. former winners, will meet
again. Billy Taylor, who finished
third in the J914 Grand Prix at Santa
Monica, will be a strong contender.
William Carlson. Jr., a member of the
Maxwell National racing team, who hi
rrc n cli Government l;ses Maxwell.
An Interesting story has reached the
Detroit office of the Maxwell Motor
Company concerning the use to which
Maxwell cars have been put by the
French government. To defend their to
possessions in the Pacific Ocean, the
French government has purchased sev.
eral Maxwell touring cars and has
mounted rapid-fire guna on them. These
cars so equipped will do patrol duty
in case hostile battleships should at
tempt to invade these islands. Droulett
.Bros., Maxwell dealers, whose head
quarters are on the Island of Tahiti,
report the sale of 50 Maxwells to the
French government, presumably for the
same purpose, that of defense work.
GOODYEAR AGEXTS CONVENE
Parade, Theater Barty and Banquet
Enjoyed by 500 Representatives
The jy or Akron was the prop-
arty of the Goodyear Tire & Rubber
Company October 29. 50 and SI, Good
urear salesmen, branch and district
managers captured the city, the ooca
sion being the celebration of the con
elusion pi a nigniy successful year
and a planning of the company's sales
campaign for 1915. The Goodyear men
arrived in three special trains Thurs
day morping and . were met by a re
ception committee and band and es
oorted to their t hotel, whore they
farmed for a big parade across the oity
tne irooayear Plant, una paraaa
Cars are
builders.
radius of
( Overland Delivery
economical business
0 They increase your
operations, and in consequence,
increase your trade and profits.
(J They are dependable and rapid.
(Of One of these cars will do the
work of three or four
with drivers.
teams
Overland Delivery Caxs are strong and dur-:
able, They are substantially built of the very
best materials.
. They are very economical to operate, costing
but one cent a mile for gasoline and oil.
The tires are unusually large for a car of this
size.
This car is equipped with a high tension mag
neto. Ordinarily, cars of this price have no
Magneto, But a magneto is the most dependable
A. circulating pump keeps all moving parts of
the motor thoroughly flooded with oil; wear is
reduced to a minimum.
ignition.
With open body
Being light, these cars get around with sur
prising ease and the expense of both long and
short-haul work is cut to bedrock.
There is large loading space.
Our nearest dealer will give you complete de
tails. It will pay you to see him at once.
Deliveries can be made right away.
Prices include Electric Starter tT f
ana xaectnc iiignting oysxem .
Price . o. b. Toledo . QjUS
With closed body
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. J. W. EEAVITT & CO., Distributors
52S Washington St, Portland, Oregon Phones, Marshall 3535, A2444
The Willys-Overland Company, Toledo, Ohio
Manufacturers of the Overland Pleasure Cart and Willys Utility Trucks
contained many novelties. The Call
fornians, for Instance, brought with
them a live, bear, the state 'emblem.
The Chicago district men were made
up aa minstrels. The men from the
South -were in costumes suitable to
their climate.
After the 600 visitors had been re
ceived at the factory the business of
the convention began, . with trips
through the factory so that the visit,
ors might become more familiar with
the actual' processes by which Good
year products are made. Thursday
night there was a stag party at the
Colonial Theater, !? entire house bav,
ing been bought out for the occasion.
There were conferences on Friday and
Saturday, and on Friday night the
crowning feature of the occasion was
a banquet to all of the territorial men
and managers in the lunchroom of the
company's general office building.
There were inspirational addresses by
the president, vice-president, Assist
ant Treasurer Palmer, H. S. Quine, W.
1. Shilta and C. C. Hopkins, of Lord
& Thomas, and C. H. Carlisle, manager
of the Goodyear Canadian Company.
Assistant Secretary Osterloh was
toastmaster. '
It was the largest sales convention
ever held by an Akron company.
Officials of Balboa Canal Zone has
ordered three motorcycles from the
States to be used in the police and
fire departments. '
NEWEST
POURS AND SIXES' TO ARRIVE IN PORTLAND.
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THK SIKW MITCHELL FUtll AT TIIK LKIT, AM) TIIK AT THIS 1UUHT. WHICH AltltlVMU FKIUll.
The MKchell, jtewis & Staver Co., distributors of the Mitchell automobiles for. the Northwest, received their first shipment of 1916 models Fri
day. A new four and the Mitchell Baby Six made up the first allotment. The light four is a duplicate of the famous little car which made the
7500 reliability run through the Eastern and Middle States. It is rated at 30 horsepower and hs 118-inch wheel base. The standard equipment
includes J4x4 tires and sells for tl2S0 f, o. b. Racine. The Baby Pi is similar to-the light six of last year, and, with refinements of lines and
equipments, presents the same high-class-' appearance. It has a 85 horsepower motor, with l?8-lneh wheelbase. S6x tires, and sells for 1585 at
Racine. Both models are lighted electrically and started and have "one-man tops." A new windshield Is another favorable point.
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DODGE AGENCY SETTLED
COVEV MOTOR COMPANY TO HAX,
DLE NEW LINE WITH CADILLAC.
Small Uetrolt Machine Shop Has Be
come Largest Manufacture' of
Automobile Parts la Werld.
It has been announced at last that
Dodge Bros.' new car, about which
there has been so much secrecy and
interest,, is to be handled in this terri
tory by the Covey Motor Car Company.
"The fact that we have been willing
to take this line, in connection with
the Cadillac, without knowing anything
more than that Dodge Bros, were to
make automobiles, might seem exceed
ingly foolish to anyone not fully ac
quaintied with the situation," ays Mr.
Covey, of the Covey Motor Car Com.
pany, "but when you know the facts
anyone readily can realize why we, as
well as more than 12,000 other dealers.
were not only willing but anxious to
get it.
"Every dealer knows that a large
part of his success Is based en his abil
ity to seleot lines to sell which already
are leaders In their" class or are des
tined to become so. In selecting the '
Dodge Bros." car we certainly feel that ,
we have made a connection of which.,
we have a right to be exceedingly
proud.
"This extraordinary confidence is T
based on what Dodge Bros, have ac- ;
compllshed already. From a small ma
chine shop in Detroit at .the beginning: ,
of the automobile industry, they have
become the largest manufacturers of ,
automobile parts in the world, having,,
manufactured the vital parts for mora,
than 500,000 motorcars. They have fa .
oilities, capital and experience second'
to none, and the new car they are to.
manufacture must become the largest ,
seller in the world in its class."
Intimate Journalism Revealed.
John Facklam went to Salina, Mori-"
day, and returned with a fine new
Studebaker. It is a three-passenger
1915 model roadster, complete with '
electrio equipment. All John need,
now is a wife and she shouldn't be
hard to find.. Enterprise (Kan.) Push.;
Paint - Expert Promoted. r .,
William Rauschenberger, paint and.;
varninh expert of the Studebaker autor
mobile plants in Detroit, has been as
signed charge of similar operations 11.,
the corporation's South Bend works aa
well.
HERCULES TIRES.
uLtJL flurry
The Tire That Stole the Skid '
Non-51rid
Until
Worn Out
From the Automobile.
Sea Island Fiber n edg,'
placed at acute angles with
road, interwoven with high-.v
grade rubber, prevent! eutsj--,
punctures, skidding and in-"
sures 5000 miles.
F.H. SHERMAN, Gen. Agt5
335 Burnsid. Nr. Broadway
fbone Main