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7 GAP LEFT BY LAWS FIRST AUTO RIDE AT 103 YEARS OF AGE MAKES INDIAN CHIEF HAPPY Wallu-la-tum Loses Faith in His Ponies for Speeding and Expects Some Day to Own His Own Machine Where with' to 'Do His Traveling. Washington to Have No Auto gets away like a racer" Act From June 1 to 10. FEE .COMPARISON IS MADE Oregon Statute Provides That Tag FVIIow Car While legislation of Sister State Bars Traus- fer From Man to Man. TTTR KXTSTiAY nTHSffOTTTATir. POTtTLAXTf. MAT 23. 1915. BY M. O. WELKINS. Secretary of Stato Howell, of Wayb ill St on, has no authority to receive ap plication for automobile registrations under the new act of the Legislature. The applicant must Bio. a verirled state ment with the County Auditor of his county, and it is then forwarded by the Auditor to the Secretary of State. The law will not take effect until June 10. The County Auditors have no au thority under the law until that date, end all the old licenses expire with the end of the fiscal year. May 31. for this reason Washington will have no working automobile registration law from June 1 to June XO. Beginning at that time, however, all automobile own ers in that state must make an appli cation with their respective County Auditors and pay an increased license fee. Vrrm Are Compared. The following is a statement of the license fees of Washington compared with Oregon: All motorcycles, $3 in each state; au tomobiles, 25-horsepower and more, Washington,- 3; Oregon, 26 and more. Si; 26-horsepower to 40 horsepower, Washington ?5; 26 to 36-horsepower, Oregon, i5; 0-horsepower and more, WaahinKtun, $7.50; 36 to 40-horsepower, Oregon, $7.60, and in excess of 40-horsepower, Oregon, $10. There is no distinction in the Oregon law between the license fees of automobiles and motor trucks, while in Washington the motor trucks run from two tons, $10, to 6-ton, $25. while if the truck is operated for hire the rate is doubled. Stages Car Added Tax. In Washington automobile stages are required to pay, in addition to their an nual license fee, 50 cents per horse power and $1 per passenger capacity of the stage. .Demonstrator licenses are likewise provided for, and. also for transfers. The new Oregon transfer law re quires the license tag to follow the car, and cunnot be changed from one car to another; in Washington the license can not be transferred from one man to another, but can be transferred from one car to another. Therefore, if a man sella his car in Washington and does not procure another car, his licefise Is lost and a new purchaser of the car must obtain another license tag. wnue in Oregon, if the owner of the car dis poses of it to his neighbor and buys a new car, he must immediately buy a new license and his old license must go to his neighbor. In Washington there are 81,600 plates, or 40,800 pairs, and cost the state $11, 802, and are to be manufactured by Charles . Post & Co., of Los Angeles, Cat. Tio Colon Differ. Washington license tags will be blue with a white stripe around the edge mud embossed white letters, with the state's initials, Wn., appearing at the left Of the numerals, the "W" just above the "N." as contrasted with yel low with white letters in the Oregon tags. In Washington automobile pleasure cars will be numbered from 1 to 25,000, automobiles for hire bearing the words "for hire" will be numbered from 25,000 to 30,000. Private trucks bearing the word "truck" will be numbered from U0.O00 to 31.000. Trucks for hire bear ing the words "for hire" will be num bered from 31,000 to 32,000. Automo bile stages will bear the words, "stage" and will be numbered 32,000 to 33,000. Dealers' plates will bear the word "dealer" and will be numbered from 83,000 to 35,000. Exempt cars bearing the word "exempt," pay no license fee and include the tire and police depart ments and United States Government owned cars. They are to be numbered from 35,000 to 35,300. Motorcycle plates are smaller in size and bear numbers from 1 to 4000 on a separate numerical series. Provision is also made for dealers in motorcycles and exempt motorcycles. Application Blank Complete. The Washington application blank is complete in its detail. It provides for a complete description of the . owner, of the car, its manufacturer, detailed information concerning the car itself and the use it is to be put to. The application must be sworn to before the County Auditor in triplicate, one copy of which is retained by the owner, one by the County Auditor and one Bent to the Secretary of State. Upon making the application with the County Auditor, the applicant re ceives a temporary license tag at the expense of the county and later the metal tag Is sent to him by the Secre tary of State, when he must return his temporary license to the County: Auditor. The law apparently will supply to the public generally all the informa tion that is usually required from a registration record. Registrations are not published by the state, but prob ably will be published and distributed under my supervision within 60 or SO days after the new law Is in operation. 1U1UIOAD GIA'KS WAY TO STATE &lHkane, Portland & Seattle to Grant Rights for Xew Highway. OLYMPIA, Wash., May 22. (Special.) Highway Commissioner Roy has an nounced that the Spokane, Portland & Seattle railroad has agreed to a friend ly condemnation suit, by which the state will receive sufficient railroad right-of-way to make possible the con struction of State Koad No. 8. between Collins and Cooks, connecting with the Stevenson section, built by the state lat year. The decree will solve a difficult prob lem for the state, as with the Columbia River on one side and a steep moun tain on the other, no room was left fcr a road, except of the right-of-way The- new highway will relieve farm ers of the necessity of driving upon the railroad track for several miles, as they have had to do because they had no other means of ingress or egress. It is considered remarkable by high way officials that serious accidents have not occurred heretofore. Highway Work to Begin Soon. VANCOUVER. Wash., May 22. (Spe cial.) Work on the construction of the Pacific Highway from the end of the present Improvement at Salmon Creek will begin within 30 days, according to an announcement made this week. Bidu have been asked by the State Highway Commission and will be opened In three weeks. About $55,000 Is available with which to Improve the highway and bids for grading only are being asked, the proposals for placing crashed rock; macadam to be received later. I . sir" ' , - a --." - i f."-- !jf , -v - mi mi i i'----''--i;----ag.t!r." --c--: I ' JV u .8Pyjfc" 'MMWijuaww w im y v vj- jk-x Wv?j .J,, 1 S Csels -JsP ' - V !W! f 2 BY CHESTER A. MOORES. ff? FTiJK reeling off a full 103 years jl f existence In the Pacific North- west, old Chief Wallu-la-tum, of the Wasco Indians, who had come to Portland for the first time to testify in Federal Court, experienced the sensa tion of his first automobile ride Wednesday In a 1915 Overland Six. But it will not be his last ride, for Wallu-la-tum now vowa that he will some day own a machine if he can pos sibly scrape enough money together to buy one. He says he likes the auto mobile far better than a cayuse, be cause it will go much, faster, because it is strong and because you don't have to use a whip and spurs to get it a-golng and keep it there. He was also thankful that the car didn't tire his legs and back as the horse does. To use his own Chinook phraseology, the automobile is "Hocus carta dolo," which means "there is no way to beat it," When he saw an automobile for the first time he says he didn't know what was going to happen. He ran, thinking some devilish machine had come from the "world of darkness." Then, as he grew tamer, he concluded it must be simply a queer-looking boat or wagon. Indian Heart Made Clad. In the machine with Wallu-la-tum on his maiden "Joyride" were Charley Pitt, an intellectual Indian interpreter, who also lives on the Warm Hnrlti Indian Reservation; Mrs. W. Carey Johnson, a friend of the Indians; W. J. Pedler, manager of the local branch me j. w. Leavitt & Co.. the Over land distributors, and the writer. As the powerful Overland wn cnf skimming over the business streets of roriiana ana over Its hills and boule vards, the 103-year-old Indian told In his native tongue how his heart over ran with joy. "This is all too great for an Indian," he told Mr. Pitt "It is beyond the dreams of the redskin, beyond the lim its of his' imagination and understand ing. But I'd like to have an automo bile if I could get one, and I will have one some day when I get rich. I want to go heap fast and heap far in one of these chick chick halo cuitan (wagon without a horse). "Now I know what h I have seen beautiful Portland its fine buildings, ita marvelous roses and flowers and I have ridden in. nr. automobile. These wonderful revolu tions make me believe that preachers are telling the truth when they talk about the hapDV land tv,t i. to come and all .the nice things that are In heaven. If little men on earth can make building ma terials out of mere dust and polish up stones with -their own hands to make giant buildinirs. think wh.t God must be able to do." Whii h stood on the street corner "taking .14" the Portland skyscrapers he craned his neck until he nearly reeled over backwards. First White Seen In 1843. It was way back In 1843 durinir the early immigration to this oountry that Wallu-la-tum first saw a white man. Having been born in 1813 he was then a grown man but he was nevertheless startled ab what he thousrht to be m. 'dead Injun come to life rrt tumorf white." During the three score and ten years since that time he has un derstood that almost all white people were bad and mean. He said Wednes day that he had never reallv known white people until he came to Portland and that he is so glad that he came. Many of the white men he has chanced to see on the reservation countrv have been drunken and cruel. But the people of Portland treated him like a prince all during his stay and he was made supremely happy. ' "Hias Kloshe" (very good) said the old chief as the Overland whisked merrily up Washington street, and when the party came to Mrs. Solomon HIrsch's residence, on St. Clair street he actually gasped out loud at sight of the bright rhododendrons and the flowers and shrubs on the landscape. Again he referred to heaven, and he said it was "grand" the way the Over land climbed up hills. "How would you like to drive this car and take some pretty little maiden out for a joy ride? Would you race us with your ponies?" When these queries were put the centenarian chuckled with glee until the whale frame of his body shook noticeably and he grinned Joyfully. Wallu-la-tum knew he was among friends and he was his natural self. The "woodenness" was apparent only when he was the subject of curiosity as The Oregonian photographer was catching him in characteristic poses. Pride. In Ponlea Gone. Of course he would like to joy ride with the car but he made the matter quite plain that if a race were staged that he would bet on the automobile against his own ponies. An tne time he was being questioned Wallu-la-tum was a close observer of Mr. Pedler us the latter operated the machine. He wanted to know how muvh the machine cost and how long it would run. He was "sizing It up," and remarked to Mr. Pitt that some day people, at least all people who have lots of money, will get entirely away from the horse. He also was positive that he liked the automobile better than the train. When asked to give the Chinook name for an automobile WaUu.la.tum called the questioner to account. They didn't have automobiles in the days of I ' - - ' a J, J -V , . I waniinitrt. ijbVi.a... .MMOi'jfift'aTA in""r i imiiM-.nMitJ'. 1 i - i,ii'fi,.ii ij nii rii- 2 jO&cfer- yTszyjc? fZyAe: fcz-Z-yw the Chinook tongue, he said, and as might properly be expected there was no word in the vocabulary for auto mobile. "Wo have to adopt the white man's name," he said. "Well. then, what name would you give it if you were doing it?" was asked. "I'll call it an automobile." he re plied quite firmly. first Shoes Are Bought. WaJlu-la-tum bought his first pair of shoes while in Portland and initi ated them on his initial automobile ride. His moccasined feet got tired pat tering around on the hard pavement, and Wednesday, while it was raining he skidded unmercifully. Charley Pitt lost track of him while piloting him through town and looked back to see him huddling up against the side of a building. He was afraid to walk further on the slick pavement because he had nearly fallen flat. He told Pitt he had grown tired of being an Indian in that respect and that he wanted a pair of real shoes like civil Ued folks. Wallu-la-tum also experienced his first cigar in Portland. As it was handed to him he didn't want any body to think be was not used to smok ing, and he was game enough to smoke it after someone had prepared it and lighted It for him. Not long after ward, however, after puffing away valiantly for a time something caused LITTLE LANDER MOIST OWNERS OP SMALL WESTERN OREGON FARMS BUY CARS. Men Who Till s or 40-Ac're Tracts Also Make Best Use of Their Ma chines, Investigation Shows. PHILOMATH, Or., May 22 (Special.) Investigation proves that it is the "little lander." rather than the "big farmer" In Western Oregon who is buying a motor, car. Out through the country districts almost every owner of a 20-acre or 40-acre farm owns or is getting ready to own an automobile. Many .f the owners of the bigger farms own machines, of course, but the I EASTERN OREGON CITY WETS ITS STREETS BY AID OF T MOTOR CAR. I i 4 , 11 2 Federal Water Sprinkler Pur chased hr C-itr of Ukei From Gerlinser Motor Car Company, of Portland. it? 5 i him to change his mind somewhat, ana he was seen to tons the cigar in the gutter. Nevertheless he continued to accept every cigar offered him during his stay. He admitted to Mr. Pitt that he didn't like his first cigar, but that he was going to save all the cigars given him. take them home, cut them up and emoke them at his leisure. Tepee Is His Home. Wallu-la-tum etill livea in a tepee. The tepee is located in the same yard with his son's modern residence, but he absolutely refuses to go indoors. He can eat with a fork as neatly as the professional society man. But when it comes to sleeping, nothing but out-of-doors will do. Mr. Pitt, who serves an his inter preter, is a model Indian. He has three grandsons who have graduated from the Haskell Indian School, and he la no mean student himself. Evidence of hia sense of humor and his appreciation of human nature ar these two poems which he has written neatly with his own hand on the in side of hie wallet: TWO PERFECT MEN. There is a man who never drink Nor smokes, nor chews, nor swears; Wlio never gambles, never bowls, Who shuns all sinful snares lie's paralyzed. There U a man who never does Anything that is not right; His wife can tell Just where he is At morning, noun and night He's dead. fact remains that the greater majority of cars belong to the so-called "small farmers." As a matter of truth they are small only in the number of acres to which they claim title. But they are big in their ideas of progressive farm ing, of getting the most possible from the land they till. They are big, too, in ideas of comfort and convenience, in keeping In touch with the business world, and In the advantages allowed to their families. Investigation also proves that the "little lander" makes the best use of his automobile. To him it is a thing both of pleasure and actual profit. He uses hia car every day. and he uses it to the best advantage, His car enables him to get to market the produce from his little place, at a saving of time and the making of money. By using his car on the road for transportation pur poses, for hauling and trucking, he needs to keep only two horses, where the "big farmer" must have six or eight. It Is learned by Inquiry that a num ber of people are taking to the coun try because of the automobile; and these people frankly say that they would not have come to the country but for the automobile. For the auto mobile removes the bugbear of dis tance and isolation, and enables them to get the most from their labor In the matter of returns from products sold. It follows, quite naturally, that the small farms and good roads belong al ways to the same community. One brings the other. AUTO CLUB NOTES AT the regular meeting of the board of directors, held Thursday, plans were discussed for the 1915 annual banquet. Heretofore the annual banquets have been held at the larger hotels, and there have been so many complaints from members for not using the club house for these annual banquets that It was decided to hold this yearly event at. the club's country home, about the first week in June. The house committee is already pre- The Chalmers New Six-40 "gets away like a racer." The new high 6peed, long stroke, valvc-in-head motor with overhead cam shaft is what makes it "get away." It is efficient, very flexible and unusually compact. This new motor gives the car the power of a locomo tive. A wonderful new spring suspension, & new principle, ? makes it ride like a Pullman. Come in and let us intro- duce you to this "new thoroughbred." It is the lowest price at which Chalmers quality) has ever been sold. 1 " r",B' DKTIM H PORTLAND Broadway at Burnside paring for the large number of mem bers and their guests who will be present on this evening, and the enter tainment committee is at work securing the best talent obtainable. The evening will be given over strictly to pleasure. Whatever speeches are to be made will be short. After dinner the tables will be cleared away and the balance of the evening devoted to dancing. This banquet win be strictly informal. Members will bear In mind that the office of the club has been moved to room S22 Selling building. The prediction made early In the season that this would be the best year the Automobile Club has ever had is proving to be true. The number of applications for mem bership received at the office is very encouraging. One reason for the in crease in membership is probably due to the fact that the initiation fee was recently reduced, making a flat rate of $20, which pays Initiation fee and all dues to January 1, 1918. Reports received on road conditions by the club's touring department show that the recent heavy rains have put MARVELOUS CHANDLER SIX What Makes It So ? DURABILITY Best motor of any six. ECONOMICAL 16 milea to the gallon of gasoline; 700 miles to the gallon of oil. LIGHT WEIGHT Model 16 only weighs 2890 lbs. 1916 Chandler Six $1450 Portland IMMEDIATE DELIVERY DULMAGE-MANLEY AUTO CO. 46-48 North Twentieth St. Phones, Marshall 1699, A 1299. L. KEATS AUTO CO. SEATTLE 1513-17 Broadway Phones Main 5368, A 1170 Let your next car he a Chalmers' a good many of the highways In bad condition. None of the beach trips are advisable at this time. The roads through the valley are in fairly good condition to the California line. Between Dunsmir, Cat., and Red ding, CaL, the Pacific Highway is Im passable owing to the washouts. Those intending to drive to San Francisco will have to go via Klamath Falls or Lakevlevr, Or., through Alturas, Cal., and Susanville, or to Fall Kiver Mills and thence to Redding, CaL Central Oregon Highway south to, the Cali fornia line is in fine condition. . In regard to local drives, reports say the Mount Hood road is slippery at present. Roads along both sides of the Clack amas River are good. Columbia Highway (east), on account of rain, is not a pleasant drive to make at this writing. A few days of sun shine will greatly Improve this road. Highway ta St. Helena and Ooble good to Columbia City, and bad be tween Columbia City and Ooble. Of the roads leading out to the club house take cither the Sandy or Powell COMFORT Best of upholsterinff and "roomy" enough for seven passengers. APPEARAN'CE Fine enough looking for the most exacting. THE CAR YOU SHOULD OWN ' fcilatti sV Valley. The Base Line and Section Line are rough. Terwilliger boulevard will be closed for a few days this week for repairs. MERCHANTS WORK ROADS Dullness Men Invided Into I 'our Crews for Day ol Labor. KLAMATH FALLS, Or., May 22. (Special.) More tnan 100 busines men. attired In overalls and armed with picks ar.4 shovels, assembled at the courthouse here at 7 o'clock Thursday morning and were transported by wait ing automobiles to Jobs on the four public roads leading Into the city. Judge George T. Baldwin, R. C. Short. Captain J. W. Siemens and Percy Evans were bosses of the four crews. Each worker received a souvenir ribbon showing he had worked one day on the roads. These ribbons later admitted the wearers to the Orpheus Theater's special programme. The day closed with a big dance, at which the four bosses submitted re ports of the work done. The courts were not In seslon and practically every business house In town w rj cloned for the dHV. . JJ rw--r-"-,r