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WILLIAM COLEMAN BRISTOL, a
prominent Portland attorney
and a kingpin Shriner. is one
of tlie original "motorihg seven" of
Oregon, and his automobile has borne
license No. 7 ever since our state
fathers first formed the habit of tag
Sin? cars.
Mr. Bristol, always rea&y with an
argument, says the number is' entirely
applicable, because each division of his
name contains precisely seven letters,
and. besides, his car is one of the seven
wonders of the world, which none of
os can deny when we have heard Mr.
Bristol's sworn testimony that his car
has been driven 137,860 miles.
Continuously since 1904 or 1905 Mr.
Bristol has operated an automobile for
pleasure and for his business conven
ience in getting from one place to
another. First, he Had a one-cylinder
Cadillac, then a Studebaker and now.
and forever, he says, a Fierce-Arrow.
He bought his first Pierce in 1910
and still uses this car when he tours,
because it was originally constructed
especially for heavy touring.. Its
springs and brakes are extra heavy, it
has four sets of batteries, a 60-candle-nower
searchlight on the dash, an ice
box think -of it! and . "all-that kind
of monkey business," to employ Mr.
Bristol's exact phrase. ; -
When it comes to touring, Mr. Bris
tol has tackled everything from Alpha
to Omega. With Edward 'Jorgensen as
tour partner, he has crossed" the United
States rrom Portland, Or., to Portland.
Me., covered 13,000 miles on the Euro
pean continent, particularly in the
countries that now form the scene of
the present war: been to California
four or" five times, once through Mex
ico, and at one time or another covered
Utah. Nevada, Idaho. Montana and
Washington. At all times of the year
he frequents the Oregon roads and in
the Summer time likes to jump from
one beach to another. Perhaps hie fa
vorite drives are out over the Colum
bia Highway and down to his duck
"ranch" on Sauvie s Island, along the
Columbia River. .
"This year, if we live and the Demo
cratic Administration doesn't drive us
out of the country, the Jorgensens and
my wife and I are going to drive over
the old Canadian Pacific Railroad right
of way to Montreal." said Mr. Bristol
yesterday as he grabbed his customary
Havana and slipped on the leather coat
that has accompanied him on all of his
trips. - -
For, as most everyone knows, Mr.
Bristol Is a good Republican of the old
fashioned brand and ia now a member
of the executive committee of the Re
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H. L Ke
ats Auto Company
Seattle, Wash
.1513 Broadway
' Portland, Or.
Broadway and Burnside
RAGE PLAfJS GO ON
Rose City Speedway Being Put
Into Condition.
ENTRANTS TO BE TRIED
Jim Parsons, Back From Vanderbilt
aces, leclares That Car Is Ten
Miles Faster Charles Latta:
to Pilot "Romano."
The work of preparation for the big
Inter-city Auto Kace Meet, to be held at
the Rose City Speedway Saturday and
Sundav. May 1 and 2. has been begun
In earnest. H. U Keats. Oregon, repre
sentative of the American Automobile
Association, in company with Fred T.
Merrill, manager of the Rose City
Speedwav. and Robert A. Hiller. of fee
sttl manager of the Northwest Auto
mobile Association, visited the track
last Thursday, when Mr. Keats made
"nis recommendations and sugrirestions
rh to what must be done to condition
the track, and have all possible obsta
cles removed from the danser zone to
both drivers and public. The work of
putting the track in the fastest possible
condition will be immediately, begun.
After rortland, Vancouver. Wash.,
and Salem drivers and mechanicians ap
ply to Mr. Keats for their 1915 licenses
Mr. Keats will designate some after
noon in the near future when he will
allow the drivers and mechanicians a
private trial as to their capability and
efficiency. . .
. Pirwoi Sy Macklne Is Faster.
Jim Parsons, known in California as
the "Speed King of the Northwest." has
arrived at Seattle after racing in the
Vanderbilt Cup. the Grand Prix and
V the St. Tatrick Pay racinK features of
California. Parsons says that his ma
chine is now ten miles faster than ever.
Jean Romano's Romano" has re
ceived great attention during the past
Winter from its inventor and builder,
, and Mr. Romano firmly believes that
1 he will lower several world's records
at the coming Portland meet. Charles
lAtta will pilot this fast car. Chauncy
J Wright, president of the Northwest Au
' tomobile Association, prominent Seattle
business man. and axito race sportsman,
is now negotiating to have that well
known Northwest speed king. Percy
Barnes, drive his Mercer in the big
events scheduled for Portland. Wright
xi-ects his car to be the fastest that
will race here, and will bring over a
party ot Seattle friends to witness the
two days' sport. Harry P. Stratton.
another prominent' Seattle ' business
man and auto race enthusiast, has had
his Mercer in the hands of expert me
chanics for the past two months, and
expects great things of his machine.
Cliff MacBcth was mentioned as the
probable driver of the National, and
W. H. Wallace is now tuning up the
Thomas which has already shown 70
miles an hour In private trials. There
are .also several other cars being pre
pared at Seattle, but unless they show
sufficient speed to prove to their own
ers that they will have a chance In the
racing here they will not be shipped to
Portland.
Earnest Schneider, proprietor of thej
tc.Kiiimin Antn Comoanv of Northi
"Brock Car." Recently Mr. Schneider
gave a prominent society belle of North
Yakima a ride around the Washington
State Fair Grounds" track at a speed
of better than a mile a minute.
Mr. Schneider may drive his own car
here, or he may select another driver,
but he confidently believes, that his car
will be the astest over the Portland
track, which is conceded to be one of
the best. If not the' best, mile track
in the Pacific Northwest for automobile
racing. Cars are also being prepared
at Tacoma, Spokane and Walla' Walla,
the greater 'number of which will be
assembled in this city for the first Meet
of the year.
C. C. Clinton's "Blue Bird" already has
received several try-outs, and has con
vinced Mr. Clinton after expenditure
of much money that his car is. the one
they all have to beat to win first prize
in the feature events . of the meet.
There are other local cars being pre
pared, and Manager Hiller. has request
ed taelr owners to have them in readi
ness early next week for their first
try-outs over the local track.
O'Connell Wins Plioenls-Tucson. .
An Arizona rider. Joe O'Connell. was
winner in .the . recent annual Phoenix
Tuoson motorcycle road race time,
3:13:30. This set a' new record for the
course, the fastest previous time hav
ing been made by E. G. Baker, when
he covered the distance .from Tucson
to Phoenix in 3:20.-iorenxo Boldo fin
ished second In 3:25 and Bill Gerig
came in third, completing the course in
3:26:30. ' -"' '- - '"J
NIGHT RACES TALKED
Fair Secretaries Consider
Auto Sport Feature.
LIGHT EFFECTS DISCUSSED
Ten-root Cunvas AVall Suggested for
Track to Reflect and lie tain Rajs
- and : to Form Background.
. Course Illumination Provided. "
' Automobile races at night, and with
drawing automoDile contests from the
American Automobile Association sanc
tion, are the two subjects which re
ceived, tile most seftous consideration at
the meeting of the state fair secreta
ries held at the Auditorium Hotel, Chi-
Mnrh 9 and 10. when the secre
taries of 30 or 40 of the leading fairs
held their annual meeting to discuss at
tractions. . .
There is no question, but that the
feature sport at state fairs for years
has been harness horse racing. In fact,
many fairs are built around this at
traction. The automobile sport, however, has
come to stay, and the automobile races
have, from an attendance point of view,
relegated almost every other sport to
the rear. ,
How to make the state fair as attrac
tive for the entire dai as it was years
ago, when harness racing and night
fireworks lured vast crowds through
the turnstiles, is the matter that is
agitating the leading fair secretaries at
the present time.
Automobile races at night never have
been a success excepting in New York
City, where several famous 24-hour
races were run years ago. - on account
of the fact that night auto contests
require costly illumination
In the last four to five years great
improvement has been made in port
able electric lighting systems, so that
today it Is possible to overcome the
item, of illumination if the equipment
is prepared with sufficient expense.
lighting Troblera Solved.
- Several experiments have been, con
ducted at the fairgrounds of the. Indi
ana State Fair at Indianapolis, and the
lighting problem has been solved.' To
meet the expense or the equipment nec
essary, the management of the various
fairs will decide whether or not to con
tract for night racing in . sufficient
STUDEBAKER IS FIRST MANUFACTURER TO RECOGNIZE IMPORTANCE OF JITNEY BUSINESS.
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vrvRiiia UIITI1RHI S BKING OPKRATbD l KA.!A C1T
The sudden demand for suitable automobiles to handle the trafflc a0J.l,lu "111"
wasrapidy supplied by the Studebaker .Corporation of p.t.t. because , tad LUistn us
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the entrance ana exit oi a pasociistrj is j -tr - -
fpr rontrol and
nf ihf chauffeur, who sits on the left.-
RecocniVins -the Tract that patronage flows to the best equipped bus. Studebaker .has given
Mher u'phoufered eats.- 16 Tnches deep, with backs IS inches high. The body of the car ! has
Inches, givinsr ample knee room for passengers seated opposite each other.
trs7that,tlwSwlH' be no frequent stops for gasoline, a 25-gallon tank is carried,
car is 116 inches, eight inches longer than the Studebaker. delivery-car. , : : ;
its machine
a width of 60
The floor is covered with sani-
The wheelbase of the
numbers' to enable the purchasing of
ih. necessary equipment.
The engmLrs working on this prob
lem have suggested the following: That
a ?0-foot canvas wall be used to sur
. . . i .... i ii r-H of the
rouna tne en mo - -
track, to reflect and retain the rays.
also to form a background to make the
cars visible piaifiiy i "
side wall to be suspended from a ca
ble, strung on the tops of poles, each
pole 10 feet apari,
.. . . i Gnnnn at the tOD
wall periecnj "b-- - - - -
of the side wall, and ropes at the bot
tom, to be lasnea to -
the ground, will form a solid back-
grToniliuminate the track. 150 nitrogen
lamps, each of 10U0 watts, or 2000 candle-power,
will be used. These lights
will be placed on the inside poie of
the tvack with their rays reflected
toward the outside, and pointed in the
ji,..., that the drivers are traveling,
so as to prevent blinding rays.
Special reflectors win do ucu
fuse the rays, while the distance be
tween each lamp will be 52 feet, which
will flood the track with almost sun
light, giving a lighting ray of 1 can
dlepower per square foot. (It is esti
mated that sunlight diffuses two can-die-power
to the square foot.) A spe
cial steel-armored cable will be laid
on the ground around the inside of the
track, excepting in front of the grand
stand, where the lights will shine from
the outside of the track into the pole.
Dust Absent at Klght.
To supply the power for the lights,
the generating plant will be located in
the center of the infield of the track
and will consist of two 100-horso-power
gasoline-driven, heavy service
motors, each operating a 50-kilowatt
generator, making 100 kilowatts in all.
Two transformers, a special switch
board and equipment will supply the
light units.
The racing cars will also carry elec
tric head and tail lamps.
Night racing has many advantages
over day racing; the most important
being the elimination of the dust. There
is no evaporation at night, and a track
properly chlorided will not dry out or
become affected in the night, in fact,
the tendency will be rather to diaw
moisture from the air than to lose it.
The entire cost of the equipment for
night racing will be between approxi
mately J20.000 and $25,000. A private
.demonstration will be given the. fair
secretaries at the grounds of the In
diana State Fair at Indianapolis in the
near future.
The engineers experimenting with
the illumination have now pronounced
the problem solved, and several of the
leading fair secretaries will witness
the demonstration before contracting
for this feature at their fairs.
FIHESTOXES MEET RACE TESTS
Macadam Courses and Desert, Rouds
Show Tires Stand Strain.
"Hot on the heels of Barney Old
field's 300-mlle no-stop victory St. Pat
rick's day, comes the news that he
has won the 100-mile road race at Tuc
son. Ariz., March 20 at an average
speed of 66 miles per hour over rough
desert roads, also without a stop." said
F. W. Thatcher, manager, of the local
Firestone branch yesterday.
"The most remarkable thing about
this victory, is the fact that the same
set of Firestone Tires which carried
Barney the 301 miles to victory over
macadam roads with 391 right-angle
turns March 17 were again used In the
Tucson race.
"When Barney made the 300-mile no
stop record on the high-crowned track
at Corona, Thanksgiving day. bis Fire
stone tires were much commented upon
and it was said "They certainly show
up well on the track." When Barney
repeated the performance March 17
over the macadam course, it was said,
'Firestones certainly can stand the
grind of the macadam," and now, after
winning this last victory over rough
Western roads, critics have been com
pelled to admit that Firestones, as a
tire for any condition of service, have
proved their merit without a question.
'These three victories are only a few
of the long- -list?- in which - Firestones t
hale made records within the last few
years."
Many Xcw Cars in KviiU-nce.
RICKHEALL. Or., April 10. (Spe
cial.) The roads in the four directions
out of Rickreall have been used for
heavy automobile traffic during the
warm weather. Farmers from Polk iind
Marion county sections have exhibited
many new cars. The pood roadwrnovt--
mcnt which visited this section sev
eral years ago has had u material ef
fect upon tho number of cars to be pur
chased, in the opinion of inhabitants
here. Autos are used not only for pleas
ure but practical use both by farmer
and dairymen.
Thre 1 a planl urowtnfc n mountain in
Central Kur'ipe that .levHnpi enouKh ht
to ),iifh Ita flower atalka lhrou'.i anow ana
tirtnlu'-p l.lognomn.
ervice
To Owners of
CH MOTOR CARS
This system consists of a card bearing the owner's
' name and address, the date of purchase, the model of
his car, and the motor number. This card is divided
into two sections: One contains a list of the chief
mechanical features requiring attention, while the
other contains a list of the principal parts requiring
lubrication. The border of the card is made up of a
series of squares numbered from 1 to 52. When a new
car is purchased one of these cards is made out by the
foreman of the Service Department. '
The new owner is instructed to take Ms car to the
Service Department on his allotted day of each week
to have it inspected and oiled. When this inspection is
made, the man in charge of the work makes a note of
any parts that are being neglected. This enables the
Service Department to give such further instructions
to the owner as may be necessary.' When the car is
delivered back to the owner, the service card is punched
in the No. 1 square and advanced to the next week's
file.
This operation is repeated for fifty-two weeks.
In addition to the Buick Motor Company's published
warranty, the Howard Automobile Company will install
such parts as are replaced by the Buick Motor Com
pany without expense to the owner.
The owner will understand that it is not a part of
the service afforded him by the Howard Automobile
Company to clean or rehabilitate any part subject to
wear and tear in the ordinary operation of an automo
bile. ' '
ASK ANY BUICK OWNER
Howard Automobile Co.
Mel. G. Johnson, Mgr.
Fourteenth and Davis Streets
Thones: Main 4553, A 2350
Takima. baa a fast car knowiL.s the