The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current, March 21, 1915, SECTION FOUR, Image 54

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Newspaper Page TextTTTE STJKDAY OREGOXIAX.' ' PORTLAND. BIARCII--21,r 1915. ' - 6 EAST IS INTERESTED npominefPI Numerous Inquiries Are Made of Portland Automobile As sociation Head. r. Truck Buyer SEATTLE ASKS FACTS, TOO gggtlanders VALVE-IN-HEAD yy& MOTOR CARS OREGON ROUTES M onnd City Will Send Thousands of Motor Tourists Through Here, . Writes Autolst, and Others From Elsewhere Coming. BT CHESTER A- MOORES. Borne inkling of the general Interest throughout the United States in the feasibility of the respective transconti nental routes leading- to the Exposition cities of California may be had from various letters of inquiry which pour Into the hands of W. J. Clemens, presi dent of the Portland Automobile Club almost dally. ' A letter received by Mr. Clemens yes terday from R. O. Smith, of New York City, chief cleric of the bureau of tours of the Automobile Club or .America, follows: "Wo anticipate an unusual volume of transcontinental traffic during the coming season and are therefore tak Jng the liberty of asking- you for any information concerning routes In that section which you think would be of interest to our members. "We are particularly desirous of as certaining the condition of the roads over the Pacific Highway between Portland and San Francisco, as well as hotel and garage accommodations, points of scenic and historical inter est along the road, and any other in fnrmation which vou think would be good for us to have on file. Prints of photographs which are suitaDie lor re production in our Club Journal will be especially appreciated as well as an ac count of any short trips radiating from Portland to points if interest. "We would like also to ascertain if there is a feasible run east from Port land along the Columbia River to Walla Walla and thence north to Spo kane. What is the condition of this road and are the grades excessive? Likewise is the route from Walla Walla southeast to Salt Lake-City via Baker and Boise one which oan be covered with any degree of comfort by an au tomobile during July or August?" Another letter came last week from the Tacoma Automobile Club announc ing that thit organization was con templating making a run to Portland during the coming Rose Festival and inquirirg for detailed road and tour ing Information.- F. M. Fretwell. of the Seattle Auto mobile Club writes that from indica tions his club "will be able to send several thousand tourists over the Ore gon roads en route to California." He also says that he had always doubted the truth of Major Bowlby's report on the condition of the Pacific Highway. In the act of wrestling with count less letters of road inquiry, Mr. Clem ens heaved a sigh of mingled satisfac tion and relief as he recalled that the Portland Automobile Club will elect a new president .April . at a meeting to be held at the Commercial Club. Mr. Clemens Insists that he will not accept the office another time and C. F. Swi gert is being urged to accept the post. Did you know that every road super visor is directed by law to erect road signs at all crossroads within his dis trict and that they are not entitled o their pay until they have satisfied the County Court that all such road posts have been set in place? Such is the case, according to a decision of Attorney-General Brown. Attorney-General Brown was asked recently to interpret the' following sec tion (6317 of Lord's Oregon Laws as set out at pages 2276 and 2277 of the code): "Every supervisor shall erect and keep up at the forks of every highway and every crossing of public roads within his road district a guide or finger board, containing an inscription, In legible letters, directing the way and specifying the distance to the next town, or public place situated on each road, respectively; provided that the road supervisions shall not be paid after submitting their report to tile County Court until they have shown to the satisfaction of the court that the provisions of this section have been compiled with." The Attorney-General says that the words "shall" and "shall not" in the above section are mandatory and that it is imperative that all supervisors carry out the duties imposed upon them by the law. To demonstrate their unselfish in terest in the success of the $1,250,000 bond election, the members of the Portland Automobile Trade Association and of the Portland Garage and Re pairmen's Association have launched a campaign to secure garages and other suitable spaces free of rent for polling places, thus saving the county about $S000 in the expenses of the election. The former organization has agreed to canvass the West Side precincts and the latter the East Side districts. Wherever possible judges and clerks will be asked to donate their services. W. J. Voit, of San Francisco. Pacific Coast sales manager of Diamond tires, was in Portland last week visiting the Diamond distributors in this field. Ar cher & Wiggins, Marshall-Wells Hard ware Company, R. E. Blodgett and the Western Coast Hardware & Auto Sup ply Company. After a trip to Seattle and Spokane he will return to Portland. Mr. Voit reported that conditions for . the tire business were better than he had ever seen them, but that he had no way of tell-ng whether or not the pres ent prices, which are the lowest in his tory, would prevail for any length of time. He says the Diamond and Good rich companies have never regretted their step in leading the procession in tho recent cuts in tire prices. m m m About a dozen dealers in electric ve hicles, central station and storage bat tery people met at the Hazelwood last Monday noon to effect a temporary or ganization of the-Electric Vehicle Club of Portland. Will Spalding, the Miiburn and Walker agent, was chosen tempo rary president. -Meetings will be held each Monday. .There will be no automobile show at Seattle this year. Joseph M. Reig. who -went to Seattle several weeks ago to promote an exhibition there, has re turned with the message that there is "nothing doing." The Seattle dealers gave the excuse that it was too late in the season and Joe's insistence that many Eastern cities were still to stage Allows was futile. - , sr,v?s VV a?ML"t-' ?fJ k " - ' s jf Jw THERE is one man in Portland who has a different automobile at his disposal each Sunday in the month. He is Orange M. Clark, presi dent of the Clark & Wilson Lumber Company, chairman of the Panama Pacific Exposition Commission of Ore gon and president of the Portland Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Clark has been an enthusiastic motorist for about 10 years and says he has owned eight cars in that span of time, as nearly as he can recall. His first car was an old-fashioned Olds moblle and he now has a Packard, a Franklin, a Chalmers and an Ohio elec tric to rely upon. Last year Mr. Clark spent several months touring .6000 miles through Africa and Europe in his Chalmers. Within the next 10 days he will ship his car to San- Francisco and use It in driving over California roads. On week days Mr. Clark and his family find adequate' use for ' his cars and they are fond of passing Sundays along Portland's boulevards and out on the open roads of the country adjacent to Portland. Every day Mr. Clark uses one of his cars to carry him from the mill along the Llnnton road to his city office, where he spends, afternoons. "Sometimes I begin to think I am almost car poor," remarked Mr. Clark Jokingfy yesterday as he slid behind the wheel of his big Packard. "Bui i guess I could hardly conduct business any longer without them. ADVIGEFORTOURISTS Taking Meals at Regular Hours Advocated. BAGGAGE REQUIRES CARE Owing to the great influx of 1915 or ders, the Studebaker automobile facto ries. In Detroit, are now working over time. The company is employing as many men as the capacity of the plant wm permit and even with this large farce tincls It necessary to work several liours each evening. Motorists Warned Against Xegptiat- lng Slippery Koads Without Proper Precaution to Pre vent Skidding Accidents. F. W. MUU.KR. The pleasure of a two weeks' tour through the country generally greatly depends on the physical health of the tourists, and there is not a better way to keep this at par than regular meals. Endeavor to take meals at the regular hours. Breakfast may be a little early, but if so have lunch at the noon hour and not at 10 or 2 o'clock. It is hard to get a good lunch at 2 o'clock, it takes more time than 12 o'clock, and it not so good. It will always prove a good invest ment to be regular in this respect You will get better service and will keep In better health. Going without lunch is a poor policy. It means an extra heavy dinner at night, wnicn, tonowea by early retirement. Is anything but good for 'the motorists. The hundreds or tourists wno wiu leave during the next few weeks on a vacation will find greatly increased pleasure on the trip if adequate bag gage facilities are provided and if pro vided in a rational manner. Organiza tion in this respect is of prime impor tance. If the trip Is to extend over a few weeks provide yourselves with bag gage trunks or suit cases especially In tended for the work. Care In Baggage Advocated. If ordinary suit cases are taken and thrown into the tonneau they will be In a badly disfigured condition before the trip is half over,' and it is ques tionable if they will ever be respectable for other services after the completion of the trip. It is money saveed to get suitable baggage facilities - and to have them properly fitted in place before the trip starts. The rear baggage trunk Is gen erally satisfactory; there are others for the side of the car and others for the tonneau. If spare tires are carried on the rear advantage will have to be taken of the running board and per haps the space within the spare casings. It is a good investment to have some form of waterproof carryall to hang from the robe rail at the back of the front seat. Such a carryall will keep extra coats and wraps free from dust and protect them from rains. The added comfort of such fixtures cannot be overlooked. . . When traveling tin wet, muddy or slippery roads the motorist should drive slowly and cautiously. Skidding is not an airy fairy fancy of a fertile imag ination. Every motorist who has ex perienced the sensation of -having his car frantically try to slide from under him and go slithering into a tree, curb or passing vehicle is well aware that skidding is a dangerous fact that calls for drastic preventive measures. Skidding is the greatest danger that besets the motorist. It comes without warning, turns pleasure into peril and takes enormous toll in human lives and wrecked cars. . - Skidding Pleasure' Foe. To match man's strength against the crushing power of a skidding car is usually futile, often fatal, always folly. Skidding is no respecter of person. purse, time, place or conditions. Pride, strength, will and bank accounts fall before its relentless force. Statistics prove that fully 90 per cent of motorcar accidents and fatalities are due directly or indirectly to skidding. When a car starts to go it's usually a "goner." There is no time to wait or cogitate. There is no chance to adjust differences between the car and the slippery street. The only thing to do is to surrender to the inevitable Life can be lost but once frightful Injuries may happen frequently. You cannot afford to deny yourself, your family or others the luxury of a physi cal existence. You cannot afford to coax calamity. Then why drive a car unequipped to conquer the hazards of slippery streets and roads? You would consider it foolhardy to drive a car with faulty brakes. Yet the best brakes cannot prevent skidding. There must be even and secure traction action not merely brake action. Brakes can only control the rotary mo tion of the wheels. They cannot stop the side glide of rubber tires.. Rubber alone is not a skid preventive. Rubber slips never grips. Rubber will agree to anything the road has to offer. It Is the weaker element. It slides on wet pavements and roads like a cake of soap rubbed on the moistened hands. Rubber lacks the bite-and-hang-on ability to prevent skidding. Nothing has ever been created in the way of anti-skid devices to equal tirj chains. It doesn't require the gift it second sight to see why this Is true. AUTO COST IS 4 - CEXTS MILE Chicagoan Tabulates Expense ol Running Jeffery Fonr. . For a fraction -more than four cents a mile, actual out-of-pocket expense, the owner of a Jeffery Four automo bile has run his car a distance of 8000 miles In Chicago during the season March 25-November 10, 1915. The items entering into the cost statement are as follows: Variable EipfMe. Gasoline (523 gallons) $ 73.30 Oil (20A eallons) 7.90 Grease 4.33 Tire expense . .. - lOl.oO Toots and equipment.' li.47 Labor 27. us Repair parts 3.80 IS INTERCITY CONTESTS TO BE BIG FEATURE OUT CIRCUIT. Speed Event to Start In Portland May 1 Nine Town Included In List for 1015 Races. The Northwest Automobile Associa tion has Invited a auto race con testants to assemble in Portland the last week of April for the opening of the racing season under the auspices of that organization. The itinerary an nounced by Robert A. Hiller, manager, is as follows: Portland, May 1-2. ' Salem, May 8. Vancouver, Wash., May 12-13. ' Centnalla-Chehalls. May 23. Seattle, Wash., Ma- 29-80. . . North Yakima, June 0-6. Walla Walla, June 12-13. Spokane, June 18-19-. This arrangement of dates gives the drivers two weeks in which to make adjustments and tune up their ma chines for the Tacoma intercity trophy. It is the object of the Northwest Automobile Association to promote yearly intercity auto race meets over this circuit; to encourage competition; to bring together the fastest machines and crack drivers of this section; to discourage the racing team or hippo drome methods of the past; to give the spectators real racing contests at a reasonable price and to conduct the meets under sanction of the American Automobile Association. . Plans of an entire reorganization of the Northwest Automobile' Association next Fall are already being discussed whereby directors from each city will be elected. Manager Hiller has received advices of the preparation of racing machines from almost every city on the circuit, with possibly two or more from Tacoma, The official entries for the Portland meet will not close until April 26, but it is known that Ernest Schneider, of North Yakima, will send over the fast car he purchased from Brock just after the Tacoma meet. Seattle will send several machines, including Jim Par sons' Stutz, Chauncey Wright's Mer cer. George Neep's Velle and Harry D. Stratton's Mercer. Jean Romano's Romano, which made a world's record of 22 minutes 74 seconds for 25 miles over the Rose City Speedway last June, will be driven by Charles Latta this year. Other Seattle, possibilities are already in sight, with two entries now known from Spokane. C. C. Clinton is putting his machines In racing com mission to uphold Portland's entries. With the meet still six weeks away. every indication points to a brilliant auto race meet of actual contests. Sleighbells Save Geese. From Mink. COTTAGE GROVE, Or., March 20. (Special.) Harry Parker, of Lund Park, has discovered a certain method for protecting his ducks from mink. Not long ago he purchased a flock, but noticed soon tha,t a duck was missing occasionally, due to the mink in the neighborhood. A friend suggested that he tie sleigh bells on the ducks, and since then they have not been molested. Men attending the pans In salt ?rk are generally supposed to be exempt from cholera. i,maIlDox. scarlet fever and in fluenza. Total t 1237.78 Fixed Expense. Taxes and Insurance $ 40.60 Rent of garage 3.02 Total Grand total Mileage (8000) Direct expense per mile Overhead expense per mile 93.S2 $331.4(1 . .1 .0297 . . .0117 Total expense per mile $ .0414 Mileage per gallon of gasoline.... ...13.3 Mileage per gallon of oil... ......400.0 An-itemized statement of the repair parts may be interesting. Spring for brake pedal.... .'. ,.f .40 Lieht bulbs (spare) 1.50 Gaskets - .30 Fan belt - tio Fan belt - 1.4u Fuses - . Spark plug 1.00 Total ' . . . . :jjjjjjjJJLL1. 13.80 CHAIX ASSEMBLES CAR QUICKLY Saxon Factory Speeds Vp Output by Use of Xew Machinery. An " electrically- driven endless chain which will carry Saxon cars through the- various assembling departments with greater speed is the latest inno vation at the plant of the Saxon Mo tor Company in Detroit. The Saxon Company has begun the Installation of this apparatus. With its completion this company will have the most up-to- date and efficient assembling plant in Detroit, it is said. Plans for this "endless chain" sys tem have been approved. 'and It Is ex pected that the system will be com pleted within a few weeks. This chain will carry the machines through the different stages of assembling from the time that a Saxon is nothing more than a frame, axle and set of .wheels until it is ready, to be driven to the loading dock. '"...". Run for Your Life For sure as you're horn. Here comes the car with the Stewart Horn! 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