THE SUITOAY DREGOXIATT. PORTTJANIF. JANUAET 17, 1915.
LIGHT CAR FAVORED
Cherry Island Shooting Club and ls a
Knights Templar, 32d degree Mason,
Shriner and an Elk and for 25 years
was a member of the Detroit Athletic
Club.
The Speedway Country Club will con
struct a speedway ot two and one-half
miles in circumference, within a few
C. F. Duryea Reviews Devel
opments in Autos.
miles of Detroit's center and located
along the waterfront. The speedway
will be at least 100 feet in width, will
have retaining walls outside and in
side and will be safeguarded in every
way.
AIR CRAFT LEND IDEAS
Seating capacity will be provided for
300,000 people and two-thirds of the
seats will be removable, so that they
may be arranged around the athletic
grounds, the polo grounds or along the
waterfront for aquatic sports, includ
ing motorboat racing.
The Concourse of Clubs, as this Great
Lakes Speedway will be known, will
be the country home of many Detroit
organizations and the grounds will be
devoted to every sort of sport and espe
ciaily golf. The Speedway Golf Club
will have a fine home on the grounds
and perfect links. The clubhouse will
be located midway of the home stretch
and right at the tape and will be sev-
ai-al ; , . -i ... in ha irh, with a i-nnf
A comprehensive resume ot me i d d wiae iawn terraced from the
year's development in motor cars has I clubhouse to the side of the speedway.
been made by Charles V. uuryea,
whose studies in auto enginehring have
long ago made hira famous. He de
clares that the industry as a whole has
arionted the idea of lighter, more
powerful cars. His views follow:
Each mechanical advance, no matter
in what line, helps other lines ror-
Small-Bore Motors With Longer
Stroke Are Xow Used Pointed
Fronts and Mnd Guards Aid
in Giving Speed.
The clubhouse will be for the exclu
sive use of members and their friends
at all times. The big grandstands will
flank the clubhouse on either side. No
buildings to obstruct the -view are to I
be constructed in . the speedway' ccn- I
ter, which wilt be reached by several
tunnels. There will be an inside ho
tel for drivers and their mechanics and
ward. This has never been better 11- 2frge plunge for club members.
lustrated than In the relations of the
motor vehicle to the aeroplane. . Me
chanical propulsion on bad roads-
Wharves 800 feet in length along the
waterfront will allow big boats to land
passengers right at the grounds, and
railroads and the electric lines ' will
American roads in particular requires haTe tracks into the grounds. Detroit. I s
so murn power mat iwni nu the logical location for a great speed
ful motors had to be designed. Jt was way ls taking an active interest at the
outset and hundreds already have ap
plied for the club membership, while
many local organizations have indorsed
all of the plans. The Speedway Coun
try Club has opened a suite of offices
in the Majestic building, Detroit.
MlkESTOXES IV MOTORCAR
I'M OGRESS. J
General simplification. f
- Accessibility or chassis.
Carefullv fitted fenders.
Rear location of gasoline tanks.
Separated front seats.
Cantilever rear suspension.
More tubular propeller shafts.
Spiral bevel final drive.
Block casting of cylinders.
Detachable cjlinder heads.
Simpler magnetos. -
Gain in battery igniter sys
tems. Spark plug refinements.
Smoother appearing lamps.
Demand for anti-dazzling de
vices. New horizontal type carbure
tors. Hand-operated signals.
Motor World.
LONELINESS OF FARM LIKE HITS
THEM ESPECIALLT.
not possible for American pioneers to
use the Bmall and heavy motors used
by early automobile makers abroad, so
they had to design and build lighter
and more powerful ones.
' Aircraft Lend Ideas.
The knowledge of and possession of
such motors makes flying possible and
Jt may be said with some degree of
truth that the improvements made
necessary by Ihe bad roads of this
country were more or less directly the
cause of the problem of aerial navi
gation being solved by Americans. The
name motor made both possible and
having seen the automobile furnish the
motor for the flying machine, we now
see the the flying machine pointing out
the lines for the motor vehicle.
Visitors to the 15th National Auto
mobile Show in Grand Central Palsce.
Manhattan, noted not only that motors
are being made much lighter "with
smaller bore and longer stroke than in
former years, but saw the influence of
the aeroplane pointing out the lines
for automobile bodies. Boats and air
ships use smooth stream lines in their
bodies and exposed parts, that they
may move with less friction and dis
turbance of the air or water. In this
respect the automobile has been a
sinner, as the constant clouds of dust
In Summer too often prove, but 1915
reveals a marked improvement in
bodies. Designers aro rapidly adopting
the stream line body and its use has
become almost universal. It not only
adds to the looks of the car. but to
the speed and comfort of road travel
ers and dwellers along the road as well.
Sloping Fronts Prevail.
Beginning at the front, the fiat ra
diator and projecting dash have almost
completely given way to the curved
or pointed radiator, back of which the
hood slopes slightly outward and up
ward, until it blends into and becomes
part of the cowl. Then the windshields
sire not so prominent and projecting as
they were in past years. Some of
these windshields are Inclined so as to
offer less air resistance, and the tops
also have been considered from this
wind resistance point of view.
Only a few years ago mudguards
were often seen projecting upwards
Into the air as It to catch as much
wind as possible, but today the ovaled
or crowned fender is largely in evi
dence, and Is a thing of beauty. Be
ing rounded on top, it does not offer
a platform for dirt and mud as here
tofore. -and it is not liable to be used
ns a work bench with consequent
damago to its brilliant enamel. It
turns down in front of the wheel and
not only catches any mud thrown to
the front to be blown back in the
driver's face, but it shields the top of
the wheel from the air, thereby lessen
ing the wind resistance.
Mudguards Aid Speed.
Many people do not consider that
the top ot the wheel travels twice as
fast as the vehicle and its mudguard,
Congress of Club Members to Be Held
at Atlanta Tuesday to Consider
Means to Improve Highways.
' VV omen are more vitally concerned
In the good roads movement than
men," said Mrs. Robert Baker, chair
man of the Woman's Department of the
American Highway Association at
Washington. "The isolation and lone
liness of farm life, cut off for months
every year from communication with
the outside world, because of impass
able roads, falls most heavily upon the
women or the household.
"The young escape it by moving to
the cities, but the wives and mothers
must endure it. Schools and churches
can only develop their field of usefu
ness when they are made accessible to
the contiguous population. Next to the
home, the women should cherish and
upbuild most of all the church and
school, and as a means of accomplish
ing this good roads are almost para
mount."
A conference of women from all the
states has been called to meet in At
lanta, Ga., November 10, to consider
ways and means of making the or
ganized efforts of women most effect
ive for the betterment of the public
roans. Many distinguished women will
be present, including Miss Julia Latm-
rop, chier of the Children s Bureau
Mrs. Daisy McLaurin-Stevens, presi
dent-general of the United Daughters
of the Confederacy; Mrs. Thomas M.
Owen, chairman Country Life Commit
tee. Woman's Department ot the Na
tional Civic Federation: Mrs. Charles
J. Haden, of Georgia, and Mrs. Oscar
Hundley, of Alabama. The National Ad
visory Board of the Woman's Depart
ment Includes, among other distin
guished woman. Miss Mabel Boardman
Mrs. William dimming Story, Miss
Mary Johnston. Miss Julia Lathrop.
.miss Jane Addams. Miss Elizabeth Gen
try, Mrs. Daisy McLaurin-Stevens and
Miss Mauda Wetmore. '
The programme for the Atlanta Con
ference comprises. In addition to ad
dresses, a special demonstration of
the Government exhibit for the wom
en in attendance at the Conference,
upon which occasion the director of
the United States Office of Public
Roads will be host. A lecture illus
trated by moving pictures will be giv
en by J. JS. .Fennybacker. Chief of tit
Cadillac Enclosed Cars
' For 365 Days in the Year
NOW ON EXHIBITION AT SALESROOMS
sense in which the
Cadillac Enclosed Cars
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' ?25C0 V. O. B. Detroit '
The Landaulet Coupe provides seating capacity for three
persons, there being a small drop seat facing rearward.
The roof breaks directly behind the doors and folds back.
It is upholstered in hand-buffed black leather.
A dome light is provided in addition to the standard
lighting equipment. v . .
- The interior of the rear deck provides carrying space for
an extra tire. There ls also space for parcels back of the
seat, inside the car.
SEDAN
W80O F. O. B. Detroit
This is a type of car which hoJULs a strong position In
public favor. It is a car which can be enjoyed by the family
and with which the services of a chauffeur are not required.
There is-seating capacity for five persons, the rear seat
accommodating three. The two front seats are the individ- .
' ual type with passageway between.
The upholstering Is in gray striped whipcord.
There is carrying space for an extra tire underneath the
rear seat, accessible from the rear of" the car.
Two interior quarter lights are included with the stand
ard lighting equipment. - -
LIMOUSINE
(Seven Passenger) -93450
F. O. B. Detroit
IT WILL be difficult for you to suggest to yourself any i
beauty, the comfort, the luxury or the convenience of Cadi
can be heightened.
The body types represent the most advanced conceptions of the designer's
art and the builder's skill.
You are at once impressed with the handsome lines and the graceful con
tour, with the rich and dignified appointments, with the quiet good taste every
where in evidence and the infinite care manifested in executing every minute
detail, leaving nothing more to be desired, nothing more to be obtained.
With, the super-smoothness of the Cadillac Eight-Cylinder Engine, the yield
ing springs, the deep, soft upholstery, the quiet richness which surrounds you,
mind and body are enveloped in an indescribable sense of relaxation and ease,
almost oblivious to the mechanical means which gives you motion.
The production of closed types in quantities exceeding those of any other
maker of high-grade cars in the world enables us to avail ourselves of economi
cal manufacturing models and processes, and to employ special equipment which
would practically be prohibitive with makers producing only in small quantities
because of the heavy cost of installation.
The result is quality unexcelled, even by custom body makers who cater to
an exclusive clientele, where price is seldom a factor. -
The body framework is of hard wood, substantially joined and braced.
The panels, window frames and roofs are aluminum.
The windows, which are fitted with silk curtains, are of heavy crystal plate,
seven thirty-seconds of an inch thick.
Doors and windows are of weather-proof construction.
In the windshields, the upper portion is double, providing clear vision and
protection when raining; the lower portion swings inward to provide ven
tilation. The lower panels of the bodies and doors are finished in Calumet Green;
the upper portion and mouldings are finished in black.
The Limousine
Here ls marked the utmost in motor car luxury.
Its style, construction, finish and appointments appeal to the most exacting.
The body and roof are made oC aluminum.
The rear seat accommodates three passengers. There are also two comfortable auxiliary seats which fold
into recesses, out of the way when not in use.
The passenger compartment is upholstered.-in Frlezette, the standard shade being taupe.
A belt line of inlaid Circassian Walnut arfds to the richness of the trimmings.
The doors and door frames are of weather-proof construction.
The forward, or driver's, compartment is upholstered in long gralit, bright finish, black leather. The
seat is plain and the back cushion is tufted. Protection curtains are provided.
In addition to the standard lighting equipment, two interior quarter lights and a dome light ure provided,
and a pair of pillar lights out3ide. -., .
' It Is a car among whose most enthusiastic admirers are those to whom price is a secondary consideration
those who favor the Cadillac for its merit alone.
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, Washington at Twenty-First Street
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Division or Road Economics of th
United States Office of Public Roads.
Mrs. Daisy McLaurin-Stevens, wh
typically represents the women of th
South, has assured Mrs. Baker that she
win address the Congress on the open
ing day, November .
NEW TRUCK HELD IDEAL
LOCOMOBILE INTENDED FOR AMER
1CAX ROAD CONDITIONS.
S. T. Davis. President of Bridgeport
Concern, Saya Company Plana to
Build 1200 to 1SOO a Year.
In answer to the demand of the
and so offers four times the wind re- times for high-class trucks, the Loco
distance, but men is the fact, in theory mobile Company of America has pu
ai jeasi. y moiuing me guara so as on the market a new model, which
10 lessen mis resistance power lull-resident S. T. Davis nf tho PtriHo
saved and speed gained. I port concern, savs Is an irtoni m.
jne imcrom eiues 01 me venicle al- I chine for American rnid nrniHtlnr..
low the wind to stream past with only "Owine to a better market mH in h
slight resistance, while the absence ot I fact that the trucks that we have been
boxes, tires, etc., 011 the running boards. I delivering for the past two vears h
lurim-r auu iu una oesirfa lacior. 1 given satisfaction in all cases, we are
cmoom unaeroooies or orip pans are a increasing the outnut verv materially
jurincr Minor in xpeeu not oiten con- and Irom now on will mn niifaotnre
Binereu oy ouyrrs oecause iney are noil trucks in a lares wav " nM Mr lm-
rami. r.vtn me rears OI me "Our annual nroductinn will ha from
bodies are following the shapes of the 1200 to 1500 trucks, possibly as many as
en'piauc mk-ms nu are poinira or ex- 1 uu trucKs in a year. The engineering
tended to cause less vacuum as the car design and the qualitv of shop practice
speeds. This lessened vacuum is so entering into the construction ! in oil
much power ailrtnil. not to mention the respects the same as In our touring car
C ilivu in. i niiii ...unci ai'l-mi Hint. wont.
e test a true model two years
I oeiore we put it on the market, and
leave no stone -unturned to build into
I our product the greatest possible value.
The models comprise three and four-
I ton trucks, equipped with worm drive.
I and the driver's seat located back of
the motor. The live and six-ton sizes
I are of the iieavy-duty type, equipped
with double side chain drive and chain
I cases, and the driver's seat placed over
the motor, to give a maximum length
I or loading platform on minimum wheel
1 base.
"Aside from the substantial construc
tion of our commercial vehicles and
I their attractive design, they all have
four speed selective transmissions.
DETROIT. Jan. 16. James B. Hayes, I coupled with engines of liberal bore and
rell Know n as an amateur sportsman I stroke. For example, in our three and
and better known as proprietor of the tour-ton worm drive trucks we use
Park Hotel at Hot Springs, the Wayne four-cylinder motor. 4Ji by S. and the
Hotel and Wayne Pavilion at Detroit I use of four speeds enables the driver
since l8t. Park Hotel at Sault St to operate the trucks in the most eco
Marte and proprietor of hotels at San-I nomical manner possible. We will make
ford, Florida, and Rock Ledge, Florida, 1 early Spring deliveries."
has accepted the presidency of the
Speedway Country Club of Detroit, or
ganized to build in the City of the
Straits a speedway rivalling Indianap
olis in features and construction and a I
apeedway constructed for the highest
obtainable speed.
- Mr. Hayes is a member of the Der I
troit Golf Club, the Detroit Motor Boat
SPEEDWAY CLUB WORKS
HEAD N AMED AND DETROIT COURSE
PLANS ARE MADE.
Seats to Accommodate 3OO.0OO People.
tiolf Links. Clubhouse, riunge and
Whwe on Lake Features.
23 Koad Supervisors Re-appointed.
ALB ANT. Or.. Jan. IS. (Special.)
Twenty-three of the 33 road supervi
sors of Linn County have been re-appointed
by the County Court for 1916.
Ten of the old supervisors were re
placed with new men and the court
Club. Wolverine Automobile Club, Mon- I also appointed supervisors for the two
oskonc Hunting and Fishing Club, new road districts.
PACKARD MEN TELL WHY
PROSPERITY IS AT HAND
Stupendous Orders Received by American Industries Cited and Salesmen
Advised to Trace Profits and Tind Where They Come In.
0
FFICIALS of the Packard concern
have taken the trouble.to list and
enumerate for the benefit of the
company's salesmen some of the things
which have happened in the last six
months which ought to cause the auto
mobile salesman to get the business.
The letter which Frank C. Riggs, of the
local Packard agency, received con
tains a lot of logic and applies to every ,
line of business and is a convincing
summarv of Drosoerity reasons. The
letter follows:
After one look p.t Kitchener's poker face,
EnKliind tossed S l,2r0.00O,000 into too
greatest lack-pot of ail time.
Germany retained her hand and seat in
the international gamble by covering wltn
a similar amount.
France Is reachlnc for another stack of
chiDS. For Russia the limit is tne biuo
kv. Everv war cloud has a sliver lining.
As Goldber says: "Now that you v g-oi
It what are you KOlnrr to do wltii it 7
Jus: this. Find your own little lnuiviauai
porat of contact.
Get the man htg-her up ana tne man De-
hind. They live somewhere in your vicinity.
Somebody in your town is in on tne
dividends. She may be a poor widow with
00 shares of Armour & Co or a tnruty
spinster with a single fahare of Du Pont
powder stock. '
It ;s an ill breeze-that won't turn a
butch windmill. If the wind isn't blowing
right for you and yours, It is a lot tetter
chance vour oositton tnan to wait ior
the next monsoon.
For Instance:
A Minneapolis firm has the largest order
for heavy coats it baa ever known. Who
are thestockholder; who are the farmers
hat raise the wool: who are tne manuiac-
turers of the buttons for the coats: who
are the men who sell the coatmakers their
machlnerv. Who are the men who sell the
coal for the boilers?
Did you ever ret the picture this way?
Somebody is jcettinv the money and every
man who ls making money nas a buying
potential.
Vnfortunately. some of the first families
are saltlnr it rlaht now In the old family
sock. But The men who are making more
money than ever before are merely waiting
for some real salesman to come around and
convince fhem as to what they should buy.
New England snoe manufacturers aciu-
allv have orders for 2.2Z!0.uvO pairs of
hoes. Some chan holds stock in the tallow
works that furnishes the crease. Some other
fellow is furnish inic the brass stampings for
tha. erelets. And certain rural centieroen
are shlDDinr hides to be paid for in gold
coin.
There Is an order for 2.000,000 woolen
blankets lust bea-cmr for somebody to take
It In out of the wet.
The French and Ensllsn have orceren
200.000 saddles In ChlcaRO and the vicinity.
Jefferson City. Mo., has a little order for
165.000 saddle treea. See bow It spreads!
Sit down today and ask yourseii wno tne
oeoDle are In vour territory who are getting
rich in this aulet. unassumtnic way.
A New En eland firm received an order
for 1.OO0.000 sweaters from England last
mon t Is: somebody else got an order for
200.000 suits of underwear. Who said It
looks like a hard Winter?
Of course, those who are getting the
tnonev are not DUttimr uo any holler about
it. They are busy piling it up and getting
Just as much as they can gather in.
In a half dozen davs 4.000.000 pounds of
wool were bought in Boston alone. The
ortiers come' to the East first, naturally, but
the money flows right through to the
Golden Gate. Fortunately, the ocean stops
It there.
The French are buying steel for bayonets
in Pittsburc. 500O tons to the lot. Are you
ready for the order to charge?
They are sending hi guns from the
steel slants of Pennsylvania through Can
ado, in trainload lots. They travel like
twentieth century limiteds. ahead of the
Canadian Pacific's de luxe trans-continental
trains. -
Baltimore mills are working day and
nieht on chlrt orders that run into the mil
lions. Think what a tale that will make!
Factories in Windsor. Ontario, right across
from Detroit, have orders for thousands or
pajamas for the Enelish army hospitals.
The stockholders live in the United States.
A Pennsylvania stove company has orders
for 50.000 stoves for French and English
camsi
A bie fence firm has orders for thousands
of miles of barbed wire from Russia.
You can't ret away- from it. If you don't
watch out. business will get you.
California within six weeks after the war
shlDoed more than 1.000.000 cases of .canned
fruits.
The dru firms have thrown up their
hands. For evervthinr from aseptic cotton
to anesthetic the buyers are waiting in
line.
We haven't space to enumerate the grain
shipments or the orders for flour and
cereals. Thev are stupendous. They can't
be described bv any other word.
The nackers in Chicago are inunaatea
with orders for canned meats.
And the farmer who can t sell wneat or
meat on the noot is selling nis norses.
That means more motor vehicles.
Five thousand motor trucks nave teen
ordered for export. Some 800 Packards are
belne shipped to New York and some or
the mv show un close to tne firing una.
Good trucks are rolne to be at a premium
in the Un ted States.
The tovmakers are expanding tneir plants
because German competition has been swept
awav.
Think this over. Try to trace the ultimate
destination of the profits in just one in
stance. " ' - 1 .
; Then, ask vourself: "Where-d I come
In?"
In the schools of Australia boxing has
been Introduced as . regular- exercise for
school boys, in Sydney io7 boys responded
to the call for those desiring It, and in
Melbourne the plan has proved even, more
successful, i . . . J
ANNOUNCEMENT
Signa
Motor
Tracks
We have secured thetigency for the entire State of Oregon for the Signal Motor Truck
line, consisting of One-Ton and One and One-Half -Ton Worm Drive Trucks.
The Worm Drive Truck sounds the death-knell of the chain-driven truck. The Worm
Drive has been adopted by some of the leading truck manufacturers of the country, such
as the Packard, Pierce-Arrow and others.
While the Worm Drive is especially efficient and serviceable in all lines of trucking,
for certain classes of service, especially for ambulances, hotel and depot 'buses, passenger
coaches, undertaker's vehicles, patrol wagons, high-class delivery, etc., where absolute
silence is very desirable, this model is unequaled..
The construction of the Signal Truck embodies nothing but the best and most standard
units, such as The Timken-David Brown Worm Gear Drive, Continental MotorfTimken
Axles and Bearings, Gemmer Steering Gear, Detroit Self-Lubricating Springs (guaranteed
for two years against settling, cracking or breaking), and Strombcrg Carburetor.
DEALERS, ATTENTION Make immediate application for
territory in the state for the best selling line of trucks on
the market. '
Trucks Now on Display in Our Show Rooms.
PRICES F. 0. B. DETROIT
One-Ton, 120-in. Wheelbase Chassis, with Driver's
Seat and Priming Coat $1300.00
One-Ton, 144-in. Wheelbase Chassis, with Driver's
Seat and Priming Coat 15 0.00
One and One-Half -Ton, 120-in. Wheelbase Chassis,
with Driver's Seat and Priming Coat 31700.00
One and One-Half-Ton, 144-in. Wheelbase Chassis,
with Driver's Seat andPriming Coat $1730.00
i nr
'regoniviotorLarLompany
Distributors for Oregon
Frank C. Riggs, Pres. ' ... Phone Main 9402
W. C. Garbe, Sec and Treas. Cor. Chapman and Alder bts. A 76o6
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