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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 27, 1914)
6 QLD WORKS FANTASTJC TRICKS WITH FALLS ON HIGHWAY l Towers and Castles Formed in Ice Make Scenery on Sides of Driveway More Beautiful Than in Summer. v J Is Lot s WtJ rr THE Columbia River Highway and its waterfalls present a scene of . entrancing beauty at any time of the-'year under ordinary conditions, but since the start of the unusual cold snap, under Jack Frost's hands, fan tastic towers and castles of ice have been built where Multnomah Falls, Coopey Falls, Latourelle, Gordon and the other famous falls usually foam in the mild Winters and Summers of Ore gon's climate, making- them more beau tiful than ever. The man wh) drives out there these days is given a view of nature irot seen In this section of Oregon for many years. The cold has not been excessive but the snap has been much longer than is usually the case in Oregon. While it has been, colder in other years, it never has had a chance to build up towers of ice 25 to 50 feet high at the foot of the falls and on the face of the cliffs, Shapea f Towera Fantastic The shapes are fantastic and ex quisite in the extrem, -Multnomah Falls looks much like one of those castles which the "Bo iW FUEL IS IDE Substitute for Gasoline Is Subjected to Tests. SUCCESS IS INDICATED Compound Is Said to Drive Car at Taster Speed and Farther to Gal lon and to Cost Only About 11-2 Cents a Gallon. INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. 26. (Special.) cial.) The supposed discovery of a substitute for gasoline as a motive power for automobiles, successful tests of which have been made by officials of the speedway and experts from In dianapolis automobile factories, leads to the establishment of a new indus try at Indianapolis. Those interested in the new product are said to be Carl G. Fisher, president of the Prest-O- Lite Company, Indianapolis Speedway and founder of the Lincoln Highway James A. Allison, secretary of the Speedway and associated with - Mr. Fisher in many adventures: H. B. Joy, of the Packard Company; Roy Chapin, of ' the Hudson Company; Howard C. Marmon, of the Marmon Company, and A. C. Newby, vice-president of the Speedway and president of the National Motor Vehicle Company. With the marketing of the product it s predicted, the automobile industry will be revolutionized. It is said the . new substance can be manufactured for lji. cents a gallon. 15 was discovered by John Andrus, a Portuguese inventor, of McKeesport, Pat, Vho recently received $30,000 from the United States Government for his discovery of a method of toughening armor plate. Tests Are Made. Mr. Fisher brought Mr. Andrus to In dianapolis last July, where he has had the co-operation of the Speedway man agement and the officials of the Na tional Automobile factory, in perfect ing his compound. Since that time all kinds of tests and demonstrations have been made for automobile officials and expert chemists. The substitute is -being made in a still at the Speedway and Mr. Andrus explains to those interested 3 44 I'll ' 5- ,1? " -X Sit' a. hemian glass blowers" used to make at the sideshow of the circus. On each side of the falls are tall firs which the flying spray has made into pillars cf ice. The rock walls all around are covered with ice. all with long icicles. At the foot of the falls Is a pile of ice much of it washed down from the highlands, 'and more of it is formed by the spray of the falls. Water Babbles in Caldron The water drops through a hole in the top of the ice and bubbles and boils in the caldron of its own making. To stand on the ice is a new sensa tion. The water has built many caves, and holes in the ice, and as it rushes In and out of these and is thrown from one to the other. In its endless dropping, it occasionally whis tles. At other times it roars and drums within the hollows of the ice caves until it seems that the small mountain of ice would burst into a thousand pieces. The lower bridge looks like a painting in which the artist has shown no regard for the quality of paint used. Under it is a frozen river of blue ice. Many Tourist Visit Falls. Below the highway- bridge, the river the simplicity of his mixture, keeping secret only two of the ingredients which he says can be bought at any drug store. In tests for speed and miles per gallon the substitute has ex celled regular gasoline in every in stance. At a demonstration which was ob served by expert engineers from the automobile factories, the instructor of chemistry " from Michigan University and newspaper representatives, regular stock touring cars were taken from the Indianapolis factories and tested first on gasoline and then, without changing the cars in any way, they were tested on the substitute. Marmon, Cole and National, six-cylin der cars, were used. The Cole made 12.9 miles to a gallon of gasoline and 5 miles on the substitute; the Mar mon made 12.2 miles on the substitute and the National touring car made 16.5 miles a gallon on gasoline and 17.75 miles on the substitute. One of the most remarkable demon strations was made with a regular stock National touring car with all equipment and four passengers. Using gasoline, the National attained a speed of 66 miles an hour; then, Immediately after, the same car was driven at the rate of 61 miles an hour on the substi tute. In a country road test of 157 miles a. National Six made an average of 16 miles a gallon with gasoline. Experts who observed this test were surprised that the powerful National obtained such a wonderful mileage per gallon. - Two large stills for making the new mixture have been erected near the Prest-O-Lite plant and adjacent to the Speedway, so that more exhaustive tests can be made. SPEED KING USES FIKESTONES Earl Cooper Decides on Tires for Xext Season's Races. Earl Cooper, veteran of many motor classics, visited Akron, O., December 10 and 11, to purchase Firestone tires for his next season's races. His personal visit also was prompted by the desire to learn how the Firestone factor makes the tires which, by their past performance, have caused him to stake his faith in them. Cooper is one of the top-notchers among speed kings, having dis tinguished himself many times in the past two years. The Montamara Festo race at Tacoma on July 5, 1913, was one of Cooper's prize packages. On Au gust 9, 1913, he also won the Santa Monica race, driving 445 miles at the rate of 73.5 miles per hour. Barney Old field won second place in this race. The annual Corona race, on September 9, 1913, was another one of Cooper's tri umphs, when he drove 250 miles on a high-crowned track at the rate of 74.5 miles per hour. is frozen and is as smooth and clear as a mill pond. Multnomah Falls was the objective point of almost 100 tourists last Sun day, as the Columbia Highway is in good condition for travel. Roadnas ter Teon will leave it open as long as it is hard enough to stand the weight of automobiles. A mile back towards Portland is Gordon Falls. This stream has frozen to three times its natural size and is a big white streak through the green woods. Kach ,0f the falls is encased in ice. under which the waters are heard gurgling and grinding in the unnatural prison. Latourelle is as beautiful as Mult nomah. Almost the entire 220 feet is covered with a coat of ice over which the water still falls. At the base is a hill of ice as at the Multnomah. Trees Are lee Covered. This is cut by deep crevices through which the water runs occasionally like lava down a volcanic -mountain. Through the Ice are many small caves. On all sides the trees are covered with ice. The ice In many places is pushed into fantastic array by the rush of wa- MAXWELLS ENTER FIRST 1KDIANAPOLIS BOO-MILE RACK YET SIX MONTHS AWAY. Billy Carlson Only Driver Named for Three Cars, With Tetzlaff and Oldfield aa Favorites. I INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. 26 (Special.) First entry for the next Indianapolis 500-mile race has been made already, three Maxwells being sent to the post eix months ahead of the contest. Billy Carlson, the Los Angeles veteran, is the only driver to be named thus far, however. The rest are reserved for choice later on, with Tetzlaff and Old- field as favorites. The design of the Maxwells, as last year, is attributable to Ray Harroun, winner of the 1911 500-mile contest. They are said to spell the last word in light-weight and high-speed construc tion. The piston displacement of the care LATEST MODEL MAXWELL WHICH HAS BEEN SOLD TO BUILDERS OF PACIFIC HIGHWAY AND WILL DO DUTY IN THE SISKIYOUS, MAXWELL 23 WHICH WON A REPUTATION "OR ITSELF" ALONG THE STATE LINE AND MADE FRIENDS BY THE SERVICE IT PERFOKJIFJ). THE SUNDAY OREGOXTAX. PORTtiAjm. DECEMBER 27, 1014. V i 4 s 3 it i ter, which still has considerable vol-1 ume at Latourelle. Immense icicles, falls barely under 300 cubic inches, the limit prescribed by the speedway man agement. Their bore and stroke Is 3 by 6, classifying them as of the so called long-stroke type. Speeds are predicted for them up to 120 miles an hour, despite the fact that they are fully one-third smaller than the cars of last year. Refinement will more than make up their lack of size, it is said. One of the machines will be finished shortly, and taken to the speedway for a thorough tryout, lasting a week or ten days. Harroun himself will con duct these tests. Originally, Harroun planned to pro duce a double set of cars, reserving one for entry in the French Grand Prix. The European war, however, called a halt to that programme, so that this year the firm will have- to confine itself to American contests. Other entries are expected for the Indianapolis race shortly, among them several from foreign countries. Eng land and Italy are counted on this year,. to furnish the bulk of European drivers, though France may send sev eral cars, to be handled by Americans. In any event, no difficulty in filling the total field of 33 cars is anticipated. A pawn shop may be a friend in need, but at no other time. 8K . 1 1 - , , " " J' f jff- VtL ,.'.',. Y jf S1 A 4 6r 4 10 to 20 feet long, hang from the up- permost ledge of the cliff. CAR TAKES THIEVES FAR STl'DEBAKER PUT TO HARD TEST TO ELi'DE TRAILING POSSE. Machine Returned and Men Held by Vigilant Corps In Service De partment of Company. After a highly adventurous month, during which it had left across five states, according to Little Rock, Ark., officers, a trail of grand and petty larceny, jumped board bills and cracked safes, a stolen Studebaker automobile has been returned to its owner and the three men who were its passengers are now in custody. The car was stolen in Atlanta and recovered in JLlttle Rock. Though po lice and private detectives had combed thoroughly the entire South Atlantic section for it, the recovery came about through the efficient method by which the Studebaker service department traces stolen automobiles, through the medium of its field organization. As a touring exploit, the dash across A i. J ? 1 51 4 jC V 3k 0 v" I The Columbia River Highway is I worth a thousand visits under any con the Central South stands probably in a class by Itself. Realizing that efforts were undoubt edly in progress to recover the car, its crew made the entire trip of nearly 800 miles by unfrequented routes, and largely by night. Trunk highways in that part of the South are. at the best, but ordinary dirt roads. Deviation from them is attempted seldom. But, with the fugitives, it was a case of necessity. They climbed mountains, they forded creeks and streams, they plowed through swamps. To a great extent, they frankly admit, they lived off the country. Their kit included a set of burglars' and safe crackers' tools which bear the marks of frequent use. Not until the Mississippi was crossed did they relax their vigilance. .At Lit tle Rock, however, they garaged their car at the Polk Motor Company's place of business and registered at a leading hotel. Mr. Polk noted Immediately that sand paper had been used to obliterate someone's initial on the door panels. His suspicions aroused, he looked for the distinguishing marks and compared them with his Studebaker "stolen-car" correspondence. The Identification was complete. He informed the po lice, the men were arrested and A. H. Sterne, owner of the car was notified. He arrived the next day and Identified his property, which, he noted, was in good condition and carried consider able added equipment which he believes had been filched along the way. "A swell car, and we're sorry to lose it," remarked the leader of the party and a man with a long criminal record. "The best motor ever built or it would never have gotten us through. Use it kindly for my sake," he told Mr. Sterne. Goodyear Issues Figures. Figures showing the tire production of the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Com pany for the past six years recently have been compiled and sent to the trade, together with a chart showing, In the form of pictures of tires of dif ferent sizes, how the productions com pared, beginning with 1909. In that year Goodyear made and sold 102.669 tires; in 1910 the figure was 207,442; In 1911 332,458 tires were made; in 1913 1.132,869 was the number and in 1914 these figures were topped by a produc tion of 1,478,296. This accounts only for the pneumatic tire production of the company, and is the basis of the company's claim that it is the largest manufacturer of tires in the world. Speed of a Dollar. Washington (D. C.) Star. "A dollar doesn't go as far as it used to." "You very frequently sacrifice en durance to speed," replied the engineer. "You must remember that a dollar goes much faster than it used to." IS, V V dition, but in the last week has offered a sight which is decidedly impressive. A week-end holiday on the road has become the popular Sunday after noon diversion with hundreds of promi nent Portland people. It is not neces sary to have an automobile to enjoy the trip. Trains Make Trip Often. Trains leave Portland at 8 o'clock in the morning and return at a conven ient time at night to allow ample time for a thorough inspection of beauties along Multnomah County's scenic high way. On the register at Falls Chalet are the following names, but many more were not recorded: Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Kamm, Mr. and Mrs. P. S. Karam, J. B. Yeon, Senators-elect T. L. Perkins, Gus Moser, and R. S. Farrell; A. P. Knapp, S. M. Davis. C. R. Brasfield, Harry D. Jaeger, Mr. and Mrs. F. C. Knapp. Julius Meier. George Joseph, F. C. Buzan. Walter Knight, Osman Royal, C. E. Atlas, Miss Hazel Mills. Simeon Winch. Shanna Camming, Mr. and Mrs. w. I. Boise. Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Page. Mrs. George Fetz, Mrs. John E. Ecklund, Mrs. G. Kostengsen, Myron H. Baldwin, T. C. Warren, R. P. Bowman. F. J. Gerth and Ralph J. Staehli. FORD GAIN IMMENSE MOTOR COMPANY'S REPORT SHOWS ASTONISHING SUCCESS. Net Profits Are Said to Have Been f 22,000,000 or More Business of Last Year Doubled. The last annual report of the Ford Motor Company reveals astonishing success. Figures for the year ending Septem ber 30, 1914 .show total assets 61. 632,257.16 and surplus $48,827,032.07. Despite complaints of general business depression, these figures are practically double the corresponding figures of last year, when assets amounted to $35,033,919.86 and the surplus was $28, 124.173.68. Cash on hand and in the banks on September 30, 1914, amounted to $27, 441.468.79. against $13,225,710.82 at the same time last year. Buildings and of $10,714,928.45, compared with $4,615. 156.83 last year. There are also tre mendous increases in factory equip ment, office furniture and fixtures, power plant, machinery, tools, patterns and patents. The surprise is the enormous gain of cash on hand despite the distribution of profits among employes under the new profit-sharing system. A surplus of $48,827,000 for a com pany with a capitalization of only $2. 000,000 means a surplus of about $2500 for every $100 share of the company. More remarkable still is the company's- cash balance. On September 30 it amounted to $27,441,000, or nearly $1400 of cash for every $100 share of stock. During the year the Ford Company is understood to have paid dividends of 160 per cent in cash. Of this 60 per cent was the regular and 100 per cent an extra cash dividend paid in May. In 1913 an extra of f.00 per cent in cash was paid. This 160 per cent called for $3,200,000. but. of course, was a mere segment of the great bulk of net profits, which are understood to have run between $22,000,000 and $26, 000,000. "Invincible" Inter-tire is a form of leather lnterliner Intended to be-inserted between the tube and the cas ing. It is made of pliable chrome leath er, with a ply of sea island cotrbn at tached by rubber gum. The whole is molded to shape and vulcanized by a special process. It is said that the "Invincible" effectually prevents blow outs by relieving the casing of all pres sure strains