THE SUXDAT OREGOMAX. PORTLAND, FEBRTTARY 11, 1917.
AUTO DEALERS ACT
TO
DRAW T
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Portland Trade Association
Names Nine Committees to
Exploit Routes.
YELLOWSTONE WAY FIRST
Steps Taken to Induce 100,000 Mo
lorlMd Expected to Cross Coun-
Vielt Portland
and Environs.
try to
"Let s get mighty busy and see to tt
that Portland seta her just share of the
automobile travel that will come to the
Pacific Coast this year."
Tbats about the way the Portland
Automobile Trade Association wept on
record at its weekly business and
luncheon meeting at the Commercial
Club Thursday.
Already the association has nine live
committees working unselfishly to guide
as many tI the prospecyvo
possible over the northern route from
Mt. Paul through Oregon. As told in
The Oregonlan last Sunday, the best
road leading west from the Middle
wales starts at St. Paul and traverses
h rv-iirntax unii Montana and termi'
at Snokane. where It branches
off onto passable roads leading- to Port
land either by The Dalles or Seattle.
This roadway is known as the Yellow-
none Trail alio as me lenuwowuc
ttonal Park Highway.
VellOTtoe Trail Hoostrd.
To boost this route and give it pub
liritv throughout the country, especial
ly as It relates to Portland, will be he
jwrticuUr mission of the Portland au
tomobile dealers during the coming
months. The American Automobile
Asosdation estimates that 100,000 motor
cars will tour the country to tne ran
ama-Paclriu Exposition this Summer
nd this prediction is given substantial
backing by tie tart mat. so.uuu car
owners from New York alone have sent
word to California that they Intend to
make the tour over some route or other.
At the instance of H. J. Bante. chair
man of the general publicity commit
tee of the Portland Trade Association,
who first suggested the specific cam
Dai rn for travel via Portland, several
committees have been appointed to
handle the publicity work.
II. It. Roberts, president of the Port
land Automobile Trade Asociation, jvlll
act as chairman of the committee dele
gated to obtain advertising data and
information on the Yellowstone Trail
from St. Paul to the Montana state
line.
Manager Stevens, of the local Winton
branch, will head the committee, the
duty of which will be to obtain data on
the highway from the Montana state
line to Spokane, while H. J. Banta, wno
formerly lived In Spokane, will carry
the road through to that point.
Portland Dealers to Help.
Alt details connected with the routes
from Spokane to the Oregon state line
and relating to the Columbia Highway
will be handled by a committee headed
by Frank C. Rigs, the Packard agent.
This committee will also co-operate
with the civic and trade organizations
In Portland in the exploitation of the
northern route.
Y S. Dulmage, local dealer in the
Ilupmobile, Chandler and National, has
been appointed chairman of a commit
tee to give publicity to the road and
traffic regulations in the Yellowstone
and Glacier National Parks, which are
touched by the highway Portland is
backing. They will endeavor to explain
fully how to get in and out of these
parks and how best to derive the full
est possiblo measure of pleasure out
of the trip.
Every dealer in Portland whose
parent company publishes a house or
gan, will be expected to keep those
pamphlets alive with information on
the Yellowstone route. 1L J. Banta
will head the committee in charge of
This department.
The members of state societies In
Portland will be asked to send detailed
information on the route to their
friends In the states where they for
merly lived. This material will be
supplied by a committee headed by H.
E. Judge. '
Tab o Tourists Kept.
C. H. Williams, Portland manager of
the branch of the Goodyear Tire &
Rubber Company, who was transferred
recently from the branch at Fresno,
will act as chairman of the committee
that will keep in touch with the regis
tration books in California which list
the names and addresses of all who In
tend to drive across the country to the
1'acliic Coast.
When ail of the information required
is obtained the various links in the
chain will be placed together and a
composite map that illustrates the route
from St. Paul to Portland and San
Francisco will be published and sent
broadcast. This map will be accom
panied by complete general informa
tion on the route, so that every reader
of the pamphlet will know how to get
to Portland.
"This programme is the biggest thing
we have ever mapped out," declared
President Roberts. "It will give us a
chance to attract thousands of automo
bile tourists to Oregon who would not
have coma but for our efforts."
Bosloeao Ctaln Femers.
"Our plan is by no means a mercenary
ne on the part of the automobile
dealer, for the merchants, hotelkeepera
and business men generally will receive
more benefit from this travel than the
automobile man." said Mr. Banta. "But
t lis work we plan to accomplish will
do this Oregon country a world of good
and we are going to place our shoul
ders to the wheel without any hope of
immediate or personal return.
"I don't want anyone to get the no
lion that we are 'bucking' Seattle in
this plan. We must co-operate in get
ting the people in this Northwest and
then divide the spoils between us. But
we do not want the people of Spokane
and Seattle to tell the tourists when
they have reached those points that
they cannot get to Portland and to rec
ommend that they ship their machines
.to California. All of us in the North
west have a big job ahead. of us. be
cause the trails and highways that lead
over the several southerly routes have
been advertised for a long time and
they are already well In the minds of
Easterners."
Contracts aggregating S900.000 have
been placed by the Canadian govern
ment with. American automobile man
ufacturers for motor trucks, ambu
lances and light transport cars.
The Chicago Speedway Association
has decided to lay the planks on Its
track with an opening of three-eighths i
of an inch between each plank, so that j
slipping due to oil may be lessened.
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The Louisville Automobile Dealers'
Association will hold its annual show
from February 1 to S, two weeks i
earlier than in former years. Cotton
plants will be used as decoration.
Chicago City Council is considering
an ordinance requiring all public auto- i
mobiles licensed for the carrying of ;
passengers within the ctty to be i
equipped with taximeters. I
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The annual meeting of the Cyclecar
Association of America will be held in
Chicago at the time of the National
Automobile Show.
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cars. The remaining space will be de- '
voted to commercial vehicles, acces
sories and motorcycles. f
...
North Carolina derived I98.S40 reve
nue from 14,877 automobiles last year.
The number of automobiles in use in
the state was 5759 more than in 1910,
licenses for 1300 motorcycles were is
sued last year.
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The wheel base of the average car
listing at over 93000 has increased
steadily for five years, jumping from. an
average of 124 inches in 1910 to 133.2
for 1915. In this period there has
only been one perceptible Increase, five
inches, between 1911 and 1912. and
since then it has steadily climbed up
one inch a year. The five-inch jump
was due to the six-cylinder movement,
which in that year grew from practi
cally sero to 4 4 per cent.
WOMEN GET CREDIT
Evolution of Motor Car Traced
to Feminine Needs.
COMFORTS ADDED FOR SEX!
President of Willys-Overland Com
pany Says Clioice of Make Jit'
Purchase Often Lies With Wife,
Mother or Sweetheart.
BY JOHN N. WILLYS,
Prosi'lent The Willys-Overland Company.
Much of the rapid evolution of the
motor car from a one-lunged contrap
tion of pain and sorrow to a smooth
running, luxurious vehicle can be at
tributed directly to feminine influence.
Woman has demanded and has been ac
corded her 'place in motordom just as
the has demanded and received practi
cally everything else she wants.
Motorcar manufacturers who fail to
heed feminine requirements have not
made the success they otherwise might
have achieved. In many cases it is the
final decision of a man's wife, sister
or sweetheart that settles the question
of the car he is going to buy. Conse
quently it Is only natural that we
should consider the needs of woman in
the design and construction of our cars.
From a womans standpoint a motor
that requires laborious cranking by
hand is a relic of barbarism. She. dis
likes puttering around with gas tanks
and matches in order to turn on the
lights. And her aversion to the car
that does not do away wtih these un
pleasant tasks is more than a mere
whim. An automobile without complete
equipment is as inconvenient as a suit
without buttons.
In the new Overlands every essential
and practical convenience known to the
automobile world has been installed
that will tend to add to the pleasure
a woman can derive from a car. The
electric starting and lighting system
has reduced what formerly was manual
labor to the simple pressure of a but
ton. Upholstering has been deepened,
springs lengthened and improved and
the riding qualities enhanced in many
ways to make her more comfortable.
Rain vision windshields of the venti
lating type protect her from the ele
ments. Foot rests, robe rails and many
other accessories and refinements have
been installed in consideration of her
interests.
NON-SKID TIRE FAVORED
I'SK OF UNITED STATES SPECIALS
OX PROMINENT CARS CITED.
Sales Maaaffer Pnlata Out Increasing
Du as Kvideaee of laterest
la Safety Mevcmeot.
Automobile Notes
PRODUCTION of motor cars in this
country during 1914 is valued ap
proximately at- 34S5.00O.00.
...
An ordinance prohibiting dazzling
headlights on automobiles In Baltimore
is being considered by the City Council
of that city.
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if frayed wire ends come in contact
with the magneto it will immediately
lose its value as a spark-producing in
strument. ...
Two-thirds of the space at the forth
coming Tacoma show, from February
IS to :;, will be given over to pleasure
When J. C. Weston, sales manager of
the United States Tire Company, was
asked what changes in the way of tire
equipment the automobile manufac
turers are making in their 1915 produc
tion, he said:
'The most noticeable change in the
tire equipment of the various auto
mobile manufacturers is the use of
anti-skid tires as factory equipment. It
Is only in recent years that automobile
manufacturers have commenced to
equip their cars with anti-skid tires,
but as a result of an earnest interest
In the welfare of their patrons, many
manufacturers now equip at the fac
tories with anti-skid tires.
"Among the prominent makes of
automobiles which are supplied at the
factories with United States 'Nobby
tread' tires, or United States 'chain
tread' tires, are the following:
"Chalmers With 'Nobby tread' tires
as standard exclusive rear wheel equip
ment: Buick. 'chain tread" tires on rear
wheels: Maxwell, 'chain tread' tires,
standard equipment for rear wheels;
Reo. 'Nobby tread' tires, exclusive rear
wheel equipment; Mitchell, 'chain tread'
tires, exclusive standard rear wheel
equipment; Jackson, 'chain tread tires,
standard equipment for rear wheels;
Cadillac "Nobby tread' tires, standard
equipment for rear wheels; Pierce Ar
row, 'Nobby tread" tires on rear wheels
without extra cost; White, 'Nobby
tread' tires on' rear wheels without
extra coat; Lexington. Howard, 'chain
tread' tires, standard equipment for
rear wheels; Dodge Bros., 'chain tread'
tires, standard equipment for rear
wheels: Regal, 'chain tread' tires,
standard equipment for rear wheels;
Marmon, "Nobby tread' tires on rear
wheels without extra cost."
Lebanon Starts on Building Era.
LEBANON, Or., Feb. IS;. (Special.)
Considerable building activity is ex
pected in Lebanon, this Summer, with
the erection of, five or six dwellings
and soma improvements in tha busi
ness center. The first residence is that
o( f. A. Basils, owner of the Lebanon
Creamery, who started work this week
on a 33000 bungalow.
News print paper baa been made by
the Forest Service laboratory from 34
different woods, and a number compare
favorably wits standard sprues pulp
paper. i
Help us to "down"
the PADDED Price-list
GREAT Industry" is" threatened : with
Self-destruction i 1
More than 5000 Auto-Accessory
Dealers, with some 25,000 Agents, Garages and
Repair Shops, who retail Tires in U. S., are permit
ting a Vicious and Out-of-Date Custom to under
mine Public Confidence in their Business.
This growing Want-of-Confidence is demon-'
strated by the growing number of Cut-price "Spe
cialists." as well as by the banding together of
Consumers o buy Tires and other Auto-Accessories,'
direct from the Makers, at Normal Price.
In practically no other line of business must
this latter kind of Competition be met by Retail
Dealers, in America.
The Merchant who sells Hats, Shoes or Clothes
would, for instance, bitterly resent any Association
undertaking arrangements to supply at supposedly
Wholesale prices, the Merchandise he must make a
Retail profit out of, or close up his store.
But, that same Merchant will combine with
others to de-price his neighbors, the Tire and Acces
sory Retailers, of the profits they must make a
living out of, or close up Shop.
Why this difference in the ATTITUDE OF,
THE PUBLIC toward the Tire and Auto-Accessory
Retailer?
Because of, the PADDED Price-List!
He would not deal at a" Dept. StoTe,a Tailor",
Hatter's or Shoe Store, which had several prices for
the same article, requiring "haggling" to get value.
So why should he leant to deal at the Store of
a Tire-Retailer who requires the same sort of Lost
Motion, Lost-Time, and Dissatisfaction?
He doesn't.
TsF
'OW this is to put "the TIRE RETAILER
"right with the Public.
The B. F. Goodrich Co.'s Rubber
Factory, at Akron. O.. is the largest in the World,
producing more than 90,000,000 lbs. of Rubber Goods
yearly.
Auto Tires are necessarily a large part of this.
Tire Retailers Stores are the logical outlet for
such large volume as Goodrich facilities produce.
Without the Convenience and Facility which
Tire Retailers' Stores afford the Public, increase in
Tire Sales must be hampered, and made unsatisfac
tory to both Manufacturer and Consumer.
Therefore WE always have, and always WILL, '
tailers.
do our
heren
Best
to foster the best interests of Tire Re-
T!
kHE day has gone by when the Public can
be successfully and continuously bamboozled.
The averaee American hates, above all things,
to have something "put over on him" when he isn't
looking.
He resents the enormous retail profits that Tire
and Accessory Price-Lists have too generally been
printed UP to seemingly show. ,
He dislikes to find out that while one dealer
may have given him a 5 Discount off the Make
of Tire he favors, another Dealer would have
offered him 10 off, and that one of his Friends
secured 12y270 off the self-same Tire and Makers'
Price-List, elsewhere.
He wonders what the bottom price would
be, if he had. Time enough to go around the
Dealers' Stores and haggle for it.
He concludes that there MUST be "out-,
rageous" retail profits charged ion Tires, when
so many Dealers can so generally cut the
List-Prices 5, 10, 12 and even 20,
while still making profit enough to pay rent.
So, he Shops around, from Dealer to
Dealer, at great loss of Time to himself, and in
creased selling Cost to the Dealer, ultimately
perhaps lbtening to the Siren-Song of a Consumer
Supply Dept. chiefly to protect himself against
SUPPOSED EXTORTION.
But, he does this neither willingly not
maliciously.
That is whv we now tell the Public that it is
NOT the Tire Retailers who are chiefly responsible,
or chiefly to blame, for the seemingly Extortionate
profits quoted on Tires generally at "Price-List"
figures.
The Retailer is SUPPLIED with the printed
Price-Lists, by each Manufacturer.
The Public therefore assumes that these Price
Lists are the Makers' bona-fi.de Valuation, to Con
sumers, of the Tires they cover.
The Public assumes that practically all reputa
ble Tire Manufacturers base the Wholesale price of
their Tires upon what it costs to make them, and then
H1
Y
"E knows that it is a great " conven
ience to Autoists to find Auto
Accessory Stores, Garages, and' Re
pair Shops, all over the Country, from which he can
secure the Tire ne wants, wnen ne wants it,
without waiting, Telegraphing, or Long-distance
Telephoning.
He knows these Retail Dealers could not main
" tain Stocks, for his immediate Use, without the pat
ronage of Autoists.
He knows that there is only a relatively limited
demand for Tires, among the population of a Neigh
borhood, and that if he, and his Neighbors who own
Automobiles, do not patronize the local Tjre Dealers
there would soon be no Tire Dealers in that
Neighborhood to patronize.
Therefore, he only buys from Sources antago
nistic to the interests of the legitimate Dealer, when
he feels compelled to do so, and because, he resents
the APPARENTLY "Extortionate Charges" of the
average Tire Retailer. '
Because,' a busy Man resents the need for Hag
gling, Bargaining, and Shopping-around among differ
ent Dealers, Garages, or Repair Concerns, in order to
obtain the Tire he wants, at a FAIR price, and as low
as his Friends have bought it. v
Compare these Goodrich "Fair-List"
prices, showing tremendous reductions
with prices you have previously paid.
For instance, old price on Goodrich 34x4,
Smooth Tread, $24.35. Present "Fair
List" price, $ 1 9.40. Ask your dealer for
Users' Net Price List, showing prices
all
on
sizes.
SIZE I PLAIN SIZE I
-TREAD TREAD
30x3 $9.00 30x3 $9.45
30x3 11.60 30x3 12.20
32x3 13.35 32x3 14.00
33x4 19.05 33x4 20.00
34x4 19.40 34x4 20.35
36x4 27.35. 36x454 28.70
37x5 32.30 37x5 33.90
38x554 43.80 38x5'i 46.00
GOO
DRICH
print "the" Retail price'at a FAIR profit on that, for
the Retailer, at a figure for which the Tire will, in
their judgment, render "Value Received" to. the
Consumer.
This conception covers what ought to exist
but, too generally, does. not exist in the Tire Manu
facturing field.
e e e
AV LARGE number of Tire Manufacturers
purposely put Retail figures on their
, Price-Lists that Retailers are not EX
PECTED to obtain for the product there listed.
These Padded Price-Lists are printed UP, so
the Dealer can offer a LARGER Discount OFF "the
List-Price" than lYthe Tires had been FAIRLY priced
at the beginning.
This is an attempt to trade on the "Bargain
hunting" spirit, instead of on a VALUE basis.
So many Tire Manufacturers adopted the
PADDED Price-List System of selling Tires to
Retailers (on the claim thct Retailers .could sell more
Tires by offering large DISCOUNTS o.T Price
Lists) that practically all ofirr Price-Lists became
infected, too.
Responsible Tire Manufacturers insidiously
"contracted the Habit" of pricing UP their Tires,
so the Dealer would still have a profit after meeting
the Discounts of the original "Discount Specialty"
Manufacturers.
Now the Tire Retailer, especially in large Cen
tres, having established the CUSTOM of diicounting
"Padded Price-Lists" thinks the Public expects it of
him to discount other Tire Price-Lists cs well.
He has thus placed himself in such a false
position toward his customers that he cannot do
justice to the best (non-discount) Tires end. because
his Customers being supplied through other Sources
than that of the Legitimate Dealer,' he finds, his
Trade slipping away from him.
This condition PROMPTS us to RISK a
Bold Move, in a determined attempt to check
the Suicidal Tendency referred to.
Here's our Move.
THE Price-Lists of 15 nationally
known Tire Manufacturers lie before
us, as we write (Jan. 1st. 1915).
On 34 x 4 Plain-Tread Tires, these Price
Lists are printed to 6how prices (to Consumers)
of $24.35, up to more than $32.00, with 10 in
termediate prices.
The Retail Profits (over Net-Cost-To-Dealer),
oh these IS Makes of Plain Treads,
range from 30 up to more than 55. up
to $11.00 per Tire in some cases.
Of course neither ivianuiacturcr nor.
Dealer expects to receive these "top-notch"
figures and "Padded -Price-List" profits, from
Consumers generally.
But, they do expect, by offering big, and
maybe progressively -increased, Discounts off
Padded Price-Lists, to receive a larger profit
than if the same Tire was FAIRLY priced at
the beginning. ,
.Whether that "Game" succeeds or not will, in
future, depend upon YOU, Mr. Tire-User.
Because,
The B. F. Goodrich Co. will not haiv. any-.
thing to do with the CUSTOM of padding Price
Lists, and will now fight it to a finish.
Their Tires will be dependably priced, by the
Makers, at figures which will insure to Tire-Users the
Maximum Mileage, per-what they cost Consumers.
The margin of Profit to the Retailer, -nder he
dependable GOODRICH Price-List,--will be FAIR,
more than he averages now on Tires generally (under
current Price-Cutting and Discounting conditions)
but less, by far, than Padded Price-Lists make it
possible for him to occasionally secure from Easy
Buyers.
, When, under these circumstances, a - con
scientious and far-sighted- Dealer advises YOU, Mr.
Auto-Owner, to buy GOODRICH Tires, you can
reliably feel that he is a safe Man to do Business
with, intends to give you the maximum Value for
your Money, and rightfully expects you to come
back again for more Tires and Accessories When you
need them.
By dealing with that kind of Dealer you help
US to Put "down" the Padded Price-Lint impo
sition on Tire Users.
Will you thus help along your own Interests?
THE B. F. GOODRICH CO.
Akron, O.
Portland Branch, Broadway and Burnside St.
FAHRJLJSTED
TIRES
FUEL COST HALF CENT
JEFFERY SIX MAKES RECORD
" ECOXO.MT OF GASOLINE.
Machine Show. Flexibility and Hill
Climbing Power on Volant Test
by Chicago Auto Club.
An operating coat of less than, half
a cent a mile for gasoline was the sur
prising result of an official test made
by the Chicago Automobile Club with
a six-cylinder Jeffery. The car with
its passengers weighed 4100 pounds.
The fuel consumption, according- to
Chairman F. E. Edwards and Harry A.
Tarantous. of the technical committee
of the club, was JS.7 miles to the gal
lon of gasoline.
"Such wonderful operating- economy
has never before been attained with
any, except cars much smaller in size,"
says Frank C. Biggs, local distributor.
"Indeed, there are few small cars of
less than one-half the weight that can
consistently equal this record. Pre
viously it has been tacitly assumed that
such qualities as distinction, class, com
fort and luxury, tho attributes of the
more pretentious cars, were always as
sociated with high initial cost and al
most prohibitive operating expense.
But here was such a car, costing only
$1650. with the fuel economy of a min
iature automobile.-
"The test was made without the
knowledge of the manufacturer of the
car. Instead, it was conducted in the
interest of the maker of the Strom
berg carburetor, which was used in the
demonstration. Besides fuel economy,
the accelerating power, flexibility and
hill climbing ability of the machine
were also determined by the demon
stration. "Good roads were chosen for the fuel
test, 58 test gasoline being used, the
fan kept running and the clutch being
slipped only when traffic made It nec
essary. The dash adjustment of the
carburetor was disconnected through
out the run. Only one gallon of gasoline
was used, the automobile being kept
running until all of the fuel was ex
hausted. In the acceleration test the
car was driven from a standing start
to 30 miles an hour in 13 4-5 seconds.
The flexibility of the machine was
demonstrated by speeding It from 4 to
44 miles an hour on the high gear.
Traffic conditions prevented greater
speed than this. Up Hubbard's Hill
the car progressed from a standing
start at the bottom to 15 miles a hour
at the top, on high gear. With a fying
start this was increase to 18 mile an
hour.
"These phenomenal results were ob
tained with the 1915 model of the Jef
fery Chesterfield Six. in which was fol
lowed the European practice, of using
comparatively small, although, highly:
efficient, long-stroke motor. The Jef
fery six-cylinder motor has a three
inch bore and a five-inch stroke. It
'is a French type, improved by the In
genuity of American mechanics and de
signers. Its wonderful economy and
SPECIAL -CAR TO GO FROH
PORTLAND TO VANDERBILT
RACE AT SAN FRANCISCO.
All who expect to leave Port
land, next Saturday night on the
special car bound for the Vander
bilt cup races at Ban .Francisco
should communicate their Inten
tion to Edward Johnstone, of the
Hughson Merton Company, who
has charge of local arrangements.
Mr. Johnstone is arranging to
' have a car made up for Portland
racing enthusiasts. This will be
hooked on to a similar car from
Seattle and sent through to the
exposition grounds over the
Southern Pacific tracks. The
' train .will arrive at the exposi
tion grounds Monday morning In
time to see the great Vanderbilt
race, which starts at 10 o'clock
A. M. that same day.
Returning, the tickots are good
for an Indefinite period. Seats
at the track side may be re
served by mailing orders to the
Panama-Pacific International Ex
position Company, at San Francisco.
power as shown by this test are a
triumph for the Jeffery engineers.
Silvertown cord tires were used In the
demonstration, while the mileage was
recorded by a Stewart speedometer."
.NO SEQUEL GIVEN AUTO SHOW
Pioneer Manufacturer Consider
Both Attendance and Sales.
"I have attended every automobile
show held in New Torf and Chicago
during the last 15 years and can state
without reservation that the event
which closed at the Armory recently
was the most wonderful of them all.
not only from the point of attendance,
but from a sales standpoint as well,"
declared Elwood Haynes, pioneer auto
manufacturer.
"The increase over the attendance of
former years is due entirely to the In
terest of the public In the automobile,
which now is regarded universally as
a necessity Instead of a luxury.
"The industry is built on a solid
foundation. It Is here to stay and
destined to grow in magnitude with
each succeeding year. Progress is the
keynote of tho Industry and this
progress is due to the keen competition
among the manufacturers. As a result.
th3 intending automobile purchaser Is
astonished at the unusually low prices
asked for the remarkable values of
fered. "I d not know how much the total
business done at the show amounts to,
but wc are more than plened Mli
the share we have received. Hundred
of dealers from Illinois. lows, Indiana.
Michigan, Wisconsin. Kentucky and
Missouri visited the Chicago event, re
gardless of the fact that many local
shows will bo held In the frlnclpet
cities of esrh eiste."
CITY PARK IS REJECTED
Hood River Commercial Club Inaug
urates Movement.
HOOD RIVER, ur.. Fb. 13. tSf
olal.) The Hood River Commercial
Club is Interesting Itself In Hi Im
provement of a city park. Ilsvlna com
pleted a new municipal water system
the source of which Is a large sprlna
about seven miles from the city, the
old spring and reservoir In Hie rlty
limits are no lonaer In use. A Irart
covered with pines, firs and msplen le
available for park purpoees. A num
ber of rltlsens have offered aid In beau
tlfvlng the premises.
V. C. Brock ws appointed bv 1ne
club to confer with the City Council.
Lebanon High Uuy Willi Anneal.
LEBANON. Or.. Feb. 1 ff5pelal.
The trfhanon High Kohool student body
is buey at work on Its annual, which
will conlt of about 110 pse of
school history and activities stid pic
tures of the officials, faculty sn
school organization.