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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (May 30, 1915)
TTTE RT7NTAT DREGOXf ATT. PO RT TLA T5TJ. 3IAf tt&, 1915. PRIZES TOTAL $1500 QUEEN SYBIL AND 1 1 Eli ATTENDANTS. PAY OREGON CITY "OFFiCiAL VISIT AS GUESTS OF NORTH WEST AUTO COMPANY, Vehicle Pageant to Be Centra Festival Feature. -power of - - - - TTX H : -hjfr mzzr- - ;L! a locomotive" ENTRIES TO SET RECORD More Beautifully Decorated Auto mobiles Than Ei'er Before Are to' Be In Ivliie; Motorcycle faction Is Planned. More than ILSOO has been. set aside by. the management of .the-JJli. Rose Festival -AsocUtUm- foe .prises .in Xbo deeorated automobile- und vehicle, pa rade, the pageant that will he the cen tral attraeliou . of -VUe - fiesta. -- . The review of millions of .rotes is scheduled lor the afternoon, of Thurs day, June 10, . the second day of the ninth, annual festival. Already -Irs-F. Powers, chairman of the festival eom mlttee In charge ol the event; has been assured, of the participation of the Portland Automobile Club', Hunt Club, M.9.tercyji:; Glut, , tire- c department, cijools4.c6ilseB arjd various urganiza- tionj, M,wjllas.;i'ortupd..woini;n. in general, as a result of the organization of the board of patronesses of the floral toarade. More beautifully deco rated automobile-t all types will be in -the- floral parade this year than ever before. - -v The festival board will rive- a grand prize of $230 for the best-decerated-car or float in any class. The winner oi this prize will be eliminated from par. ticlpating iri . any other class. The prlxes for the touring car. class have also been .changed and. three awards will be mjide instead of ' two.' - .. ' -1'rlzes will be given- tor the best- decorated motorcycles this year. . This Ik a new. feature In the annual florAl parade. Mr.l'owera has been assured th?re wlH.be 25. cars entered.and all will be handsome, in appearance. atto ToiiiixG ox ixcHeaSe INorthoru Routes to Paciric Open Month Earlier Than tsua'l. WASHl:6TO:T. Jday t9. The rn'iled out the United States. road officials everywhere are showing themselves keenly alive to the enormous increase In automobile touring manifested this year from all sections, as evidenced by the information, they are forwarding to the good roads and touring' boards of the American Automobile . Associa tion. This information -covers . the work in progress, and the work to be commenced during this month. . . , .. The Northern routes will be open a month earlier than usual because of the light snows in the Rockies and Cascades.- Aggressive action ,all along the -route has come from., the recent organization of the National Parks Highway, the road . from the ilreat J-akes, via the .Twin Cities- to- Fuget Sound. After -an inspection of every mile, this route Is to be dedicated on-June 15, . .. ..v ... The- value, of competition and .con; structlon rivalry is daihunstrated. .by the central routes.. . The various. direct lines and options. all through that sec tion, have- been a stimulant to. the fcj-ea.lest activity , In - piacing .the ya riaus.roads of the -different highway associations in. the pink .of condition, that luris-distance. tourlsla.ire.nl. the Kattt- shall. return iionle with., enthus iastic, appreciation of the country..tra; eled by them. Of course the. Lincoln Highway, will, command a large share of the patrpnage.. .... , . . -In 4he Southwest early Bpriog . and 1 ale Fall touring is. being looked, aitej by the same active methods, o road work, both by road associulluns and by state, .officials. ... . .The - eastern enji of this -section at present, .is provided, f of by several north and south trunk lines to ahd from prominent points. GOODYEAR TIRES MEET TEST Slue Credit in Franklin Mileage Runs Given Equipment. Goodyear men are highly pleased with the results of the Franklin Auto mobile Company's mileage tests held in 137 places throughout . the country Saturday, Alay. 1. Accurate tests of Franklins . were made In these cities to determine the., mil.eage obtainable on one -gallon -of gasoline.. . Sixteen,. of .the. cars. .went, more than 40 miles on- the solidary, gallon, and on lQottbe 16 .Ooodyear.crd tires were the equipment. , The . highest, mileage to the-gallon obtained at New Haven, -was-5. miles, and from ihat high point down to the 4-p-mile mark -the win ners were frank In giving due credit to tloodyear cord tire equipment. Forty-four cars, ayeragfid 40 miles a gaN Ion, and. all. the entrants, j37.averaged 321. miles a gallon. . Codyear, eqtilp ment was prominent throughout. . Fol lowing are the results, from the cities in .the..:'nighe&t-iO" clamj, .where Good year cords were the equipment: .New -Haven.. 55 miles; PhoaniivAxlz., 53 miles; Akron-,. .51.8 miles; Canton, 43. B milesi Providence. 43. 8 miles; Port land, Or., 43.8 miles; Kansas Gityj 43.7 miles; Philadelphia, 41.9 miies; Syra cuse. 41.7. miles; .Hartford', 40.4 miles per gallon of gasoline, MILE OF ROAD AVORK PLAXXED raclflc tllglnvny to Be Macadamized Across Jackson Prairie. CHEHAL1S, Wash., May. .(Spe cial) County . Commissioner Long re turned Wednesday from Olymtoia, where he closed arrangements-with-ihe state highway department whereby it is planned to macadamize upwards of a mile of the Pacific Highway across Jackson Prairie. The portion of the road to be rebuilt begins a short dis tance north of the Keller sawmill and extends beyond .the home ojf A. Dqna hoe and will pass directly by the his toric Jackson Prairie Cc-UrtTibuse, which tlie women of the St. Helens Club of Chehalls expect to have re stored at an early date. The macadam will form the founda tion for tlie permanent concrete pave ment which will be laid over this par ticular portion of the highway in the next two or three years. ALTO OWNER VOICES PROTEST Charge of $3.50 for H'enth Horse power Declared to Be Outrage. HOOD RIVER, Or.. May 29. (Spe cial.) Oscar Vanderbilt. a local or, ehardist, . is making loud protests gainst the state motor registration laws. . Mr. Vanderbilt has Just had re turned to.him a draft for to which he ha3 miflled to Secretary Olcolt in -remittance of. the year's license. The let ter.accompanyirlg. the return of the ap plication said that Mr. Vanderbllt's car) a Peerless touring, car;, which is several years ojd, has cylinders "of 4 bore, arid that the. horsepower., i .therefore 36.1, instead of 36. as estimated by the owner, Because of tlie extra one-tenth horsepower, i.yr..Vanderbilt is asked to pay an extra $2.50. "I consider thi an outrage," said Mr. yandertnlt. THK ROYAL PARTY AS IT WAS ABOlt.TO LEAVE . Bundled, up. in..a C01e,.EUgJit, .a Reo and a Chevrolet, donaied for the oc west Auto Company, Queen Sybil and .the -attendantswho-are to -ee'rve he nwuopeo aown.upon-.yregon (Jity i riday- and captured Liph K. Jones, th - Bnt Mayor Jones ww eoual-to- th e oc,oasioh and. entertained the quee by- treating them to "ice. cream sodas" and.. the like tiritil the surprise wa the fence. One of the princesses was so. oomiilptl."iaitji" hv th mv with, all serious earnestness,-.as to.-.wh ether Mayor Jones was married or no ame ...Known, .sne -insisted on . .liking".. him Just the same. . .... .Before. leaving JPor.tland over the West Side route the Jolly autoists visit given a. box. of chocolates each. By .the time the three machine-loads return empty And .many a princess went home lacking an appetite for dinner. The r the. j;ast Side road-. In some, places the royal party ordered all speed ahea until the speedometer registered 45 miles. , PORTtAXD. casion by C. M. Menzies, of the North- r during her rule over the Rose Festl- e Mayor, completely by storm, n and the njajtx. near-queens so royally a really swifshad.jto the other side of or's generosity hat jhe made Inquiry, t- And even when the cold truth bo ed the Kratz Candy Factory and were ed to Portland all of the boxes were eturn trip was made to Portland over d and it is said they weren't satisfied MANY WAR AUTOS OURS HCPMOB1LE IS DECLARED TO BE among Most popular in use. Numb-r of Cars Made In America and Estimated to He at Front Now in More Than 10,000. An interesting feature of the Eu ropeaa war Is the great number of Ajiierican-made cars , that are . being used In. .the various maneuvers bvx the uin:. .unsarva.uve es timate, places, the number, of. -automobiles, .made, in America now. in. use In actual warfare. a.t approximately. lo;000. This comprises motor, cars of --ill de scriptions, armored truck's, light dis patch .cars,- light armored - oars for quick fire work and ambulances. "Of all the motor- cars mails in tha Lmitec..Jstates,.noV-iii.'Uee .by .the vari ous armies, none is more DODular than the HuTsmobile-.-eaia-Ned il'. Manjey, the Portland Hupmobile agent. , '.'John L.,Pople. European export mahager .for the Huipp .iviotor Car Company., .who is l, Parisi France, states that there "r6 oi-.er live nunured Hupmobllfee now be ing used by the Germans arid allocs. The, high standing .of the Hupmobile with the -armies in Kurope can.be at tributed , to the tact that the ear was o popular with military, authorities etere the outbreak oj. the -tyar. "In Russia, the. Hubmoblle B-alfiAI great renown wie'n a "32-horse-power model won tlie .annual. fcOO-mlle "sweep Stakes' at Pelrofcrad more iharl.a year ago. : In. France the Hubmoblle - was the official car of .Ihe aviatloh corbs. ."In . Germany, and- tengland during various military maneuvers, .the Hup mobile had. been tried out to a treat extent and had been found 'satisfactory in all performances.- At the outbreak of war, when automobiles were com mandeered, the Hupmobile was the first American. made car on the list. Every private, owned Hupmobile., how owned in Europe has joined forces with some of the ..various armies. . Even, in .remote Tsiftg-Tau, . when the Japanese were . fiehtinfe- the Rpr- ma'ris, a fleet jpf .Hiipmqbtles was used to do various sorts of work bv the wilv Japs. -The cars - were- commented upon lavoraoiy on account or their excel lent performances. . . .... . ., . .... "Word has Just heen received bv ih Hupp Motor. Cac-.Cgm-pany. of. a number of Hup cars that are now being used by -the-Britigre in South .-Africa., - Re cently, the Hupmobile factory--sentSO cars to Pretoria for military purposes. These cars ar to be - used . Tor Rod Cross .work and have esbeciallv con. structed.ambula nee bodies.- - - -- - "The- popularity of .the Hupmobile. In South Africa is as great as in any part of Europe, for the ear is - used to a great extent- by military- forces." MUSitROOSt" TRfccK FEARED Frank Riggs Says Wildcat Competi tion is Most Dangerous. .-"Up to. this tirne there has been a ot of uncertainty in the truck busi ness,", says.. Frank C. Kiggs,- the looal Packard arid. . Jeffery agent. - --"'Each year. has brought. Itscrop of mushroom truck factories and each, year a bunch of -orphan.-, trueks. has-been. dumped.QB the market. Some of the largest manu facturers have stated that they feared thft wildcat competition much more than, -that ,.of .more .substantial - com panies. The .reason.is that an., invest ment In a truck that is inferior.. to be gin wJtb and has. no responsible com pany -back of .it. Is liable to antagonize the buyer against the whole truck proposition. , , .. .. -"There aj-e indlcatioos that the era of standardization and . stability in. .Jthe truck industry ls -at hand.. -Aa. evidence PfONfcEH BlICK MAN- TAKES CHARGE OF LOCAL BRANCH. :5 ,:,:.',--: t 'iUZ is -: : r " G. U. McCutcn'eon. G. It. McCutcheon, the newly appointed manager -of the-How-aTd Automobile- Company fer this territory, arrived in Port land last Sunday from -his for mer post, at Oakland, Cal., and has already made' a-, host of friends -among,. the trado-.locally. ,.Mc.. McC.utchepn;'s .experience in,, the auto.mobile business dates acK. tQ.the formation of the Uutck - factory.. .11 . ysare. ago, when -W, C Dyra.nt was .the ton trollins genius, and, even, before ths.wBuick car. was., .b.uilt.,- He came ..West three.. years ago to take, charge pf the Buick branch of the Howard. Automobile Com pany at Oakland,. George ,.W. Dean will serve -as assistant manager under Mr. Mc Cutcheon. - Mel G. Johnson, Mr. McCntcheon's -predecessor -in Portland; will leave some- time this week for Seattle to take up his new duties with the North west Buick Company. NO STOP IN 50,000 MILES HAYNES ".LIGHT SIX" MAKES REC ORD, MOUNTED IN WINDOW. ot this, fact attention Is" called, to a rather remarkable record . of selling made by the Packer Company. ."Since, tfie announcement .Of the .new models, February L critical buyers have placed, orders for.more tban one $1,125. 000 worth of Packard trucks, and in few Instances hav.e the purchasers seen anything but the blueprints and ad vance., catalogues. . It- Is only within tho last week or so that demonstrators have been iilaced in the. hands of deai ers. The. line contains six un,Sls, rang ing In capacity from-brie t6 Bix tons." . tlST OF PRiZF:S..l9ta. .... ... SECTION ONE FIRE DEPARTMENT,- - .. - -- - ' " 1st Prized 2d Prize. Best decorated horse-drawn apparatus. Portland Fire - --Department -..-.---1 -$ 75.00 J25.00 Best decorated auto apparatus. Portland Fire Depart- . ment 75.66 25.bS SECTION t. Class A Best- single saddle, horse with boy or .girl - , . under. 1 years..., ... . ...1 i'6.00 $ 3.00 Class B Best pony cart and driver with boy or girl - upder.is years .. ... 18. W 5.00 Class C Best single driving horse to cart or buggy... 50.00 20.00 SECTION THREE. Best club or organization consisting of 20 or mnr nni- formed and decorated mounted persons $125.00 SECTION irOUR. Grand prize-; Best decorated car or float In any class. $250.00 The winner of the Grand Prize is eliminated from participating for any other prize. ... ,.. ... . Class A Best decorated electric or gasoline runabout rtwo.-or more- passengera. ...... , i-f 75.00 Class B Best gasoline touring car v- 130.00 Third "prize ,v. , 25.Q0 Class C-r-Bes.t. car or float decorated' entirely in roses - and greens. w...... 75.00 Class D Club's", colleges, organizations or societies t-Pf float..... . . . 75.o'o ClasaJEi But.in.ess-bouses or public service corporations -oeairar or rioat.... .. . Jo.OlO ..-.25.00 Class I' Best public school Trophy or pennant . SECTION FIVE. Class A Best decorated motorcycle ...."...........". $ 66.00 $25.00 $50.00 nr.. oo 75.00 25.00 25.00 Motor Is Ran With Hood Removed Kiid V ithout Any Auxiliary Cooling Asent. -"At the .Newark,. N. J., iranch of .the Haynes Automobile Company,. the motor . of a. Model 30 Haynes light six was started . on 'December 1, 1914, -anti ran night .and day until. April 6,-191&. when the speedometer registered -50,000 miles.", says H. L. Mann, the Portland Haynes agent. ... .. . , - "The entire car, WAS mounted in the show window on blocks so that the rear wheels could revolve and operate -the speedometer. The hood was removed ahd the motor ran without any- auxili ary . cpling agenL. "JTie, surrounding temperature was that of the salesroom. No adjustment was . permitted at any point. The valves .were used the entire 50.000. miles . without re-grinding and the spark plugs. were not touched. - "tThe vacuum system-of jsasoline feed is employed , bo that It was- a - simple matter to refill the gasoline tank -from time., to time. 1 he- oil consumptwm averaged 600, miles to the quart But one pint, of .water was poured in the radiator after, each 850 miles of travei. An average gasoline consnmption or as miles to the sralron was secured.- - - - "An Unique method of illustrating the performance .of the Hayne light- six ujider test was adopted.- The mileage indicated " by the speedometer '-was marked off, on a arge map of the tjnit ed Slates .so as to give a graphic rep resentation of what - distance would have been covered had the car been actually traveling on the road. "A mini ature automobile, mounted pn the map, moved from .city to city as the motor ran off the mileage.- ... - . "A hfravy black track was left be hind. , The miniature automobile made two complete circuits around the coast and border line of the United States as . well as two -trips across the conti nent to -the Paciric Coast and back." Gossip Along the Row LAT Thursday's meeting of. the Port land .Automobile .Trace Association might Well hflVA kAAn 1 . ' -.""cu visitors day. for. not only, .were a large num ber of local dealers-and. accessor men present for the first time, but several out-of-town, visitors as welL Short speeches were made . by three of the -lsltrvr T . n- i, - .1 . 1 ' .;r v !vaitirer, . .qi tetrojt, Mich, father Qf .Fred W. .Thatcher. .the o.uuc jnHser; j t: -Wallace, nf I h ft n&r r i .'n .5 .... . . . , factory, and Fred Baker, of the Spokes- - . fw-i. l . DttKer . re- DOrtftd flint tho aInr 2 . . ' ' s K'" mviB CUlUUMOElt O SpoKajio. are planning: the erection of a twn-mi I a cnoo iB tr , . .r v.v . tuinu s nit;, ueaieri pre ent.at the nieetiDC indk atecL .that most . ... H,.v,v WUUIU. u. ciosea tomor rorw 011 account of the-holiday. ' " a uu . x1 in H K Murray,.. xt k San. Ffrahcisco. ara Jtusy o-eu -"Js . me jiuick an tne more nrnminanti v .n v. uas .C0 XUlir . . . . . . . j -Xts following tlegrara received last week.. bytj.. H.-WcC-utcheofn-manager of the local branch of the Howard -Automobile Company, is self-explanatory: - - . m-riveo I BM Tav em .May thereby winning. Tahoe Tavern eIIvak t..iK.. i .- vimicu annually t h r ' f .. 1 1 . 1 . . . , . . .uii7-CTjutppen automoDiie to-cross thesamini. of Sierras and ar- n- ; j. idik i-avern' Via immigrant Gap etate -road.- This Is the fourth con secutive . year Tahoe trophy has been won by a Buick." Since, the announcement was made re cently that .a.Hudson ligt six had ne gotiated the steep curves on the. noto rious Latourell Hill without descending to, the low. gear, many Portland deal ers and auto cranks have been scratch ing their, heads. In wonder. When C. Lw- Boss, the local Hudson distributer, learned last week that one man had said -he would bet $1000 to $500 that no. -automobile could . perform . such .a stunt. Mr. Bess simply smiled and said: "Send that ellow and all others around and we'll take -the bets" - ( - . JP. Hi Punn.an pldrtime .auctioneer, who formerly seryed for five years as advertising manager . t or . the Clarke, Woodward Drug Company", is planning to pull. off. an auction of second-hand automobiles in a speciallyrconstructed snea on tue city, market brock, at Third and Clay streets, during Rose Festival week, frbih June 7 to-12. inclusive. His plan Is. to induce the dealers to pool their used cars and have them sold at auction tb the highest bidder. The pro posal Is to stage sales from 2 to 5 In the afternoon and from 7 to 9 In the evening. Private sales may be held in Luce a giant's strength, 1ft a man's body, the high speed, .long stroke, valve-iri-head motor with overhead- camshaft gives the Chalmers New Six an abUndarice bf vitality arid Competency. A,nd.because of the un usual efficiency of the trans mitting mechanism this energy reaches the rear wheelswhere it Counts. Result: TKe car has ikJ pqrocr of ,4 JocoTtipe: JLt climbs hills like a chamois. It gets away like a racer. . An .entirely hfew type of Sprlng.eJiSehoioii rnake the Chalmer New Six Tide like a Pullman. Come in and see it ahd let-lis hbw you. Other sig jisll.y ..ujjenorJfeaturc which this caf possesses' 5- F.O;S.Dfetrb i ?Moc L L. KEATS AUTO GO. . . PORTLAND Uroadway at Burnside SEATTLE 1513-17 Broadway Phoned RIatri S368, A 1170 -Let your next car te a Chalmtr' the morning. Mrl Dunn says he will be equipped to handle 100 cars. - . . - . J. D. Hill, who -came -to- Portland: In iSlb as "trouble-shooter", for the F. B. Stearns Company, joined the sales foree of the Northwest -Auto- Company lwt week. Recently Mr. Hill has been with the Curtis. Aeroplane Company -in the motor assembly and -testing - depart ments at, the factory. -He has also been flying some of their "kites." - . , .... . . . The new booklet propared by the An tomobile Association to- Advertise -the scenic highways of Oregon has gone to press and' will be-issued-next-week. It contains descriptions of the scenery-on the Columbia, Pactfie- anK -Ocean high ways, the Oregon Trait and the Central Oregon Highway, and the nran prenii nent laterals connectirnr with them. The booklet contains 64 pages and -is beautifully illustrated with half-tone plates. ....... ----. .... The materiaHn the booklet -was-writ-ten by E. N. Welnbatim.-of the Cham ber of Commerce, and Frank Branch Riley. . .. . j'orest .(Jrove XVomeh Elect. FORRPT ttftOViB. Ort.-May- 29. f-fpe- cial.) At the trnnual election of ths Forest Grove .Woman's Club, the fol lowing efflcers were chosen: President, Mrs. A. B. Todd vice-president. Mrs. B. K. Williams secretary. -M fen Li IK art Eider:-- corresponding oecretary-treM-urer, Wr. A.- Oilmore; twrnlter oC eteetitlve bowrd,- Mm, F. J. Miller. Starting STOBAJE'f BATTERY M- Lighting Isiit It Provoking to press yoar mtarting button and get no response? ' lii this dy of WiHard Storage Batteries arid Service Stations such a thing is unnecessary. Come Around and We'll Prove it Portland OrtlianMlor loon Co, VT Washington St. Astoria. Or Atlas Supply Co, 508 Bond St, . , Knarene, Or. Snrct-Urala Auto Co, 1030 Oak St. Bnlem, Or. Salem Electric Co. 1 USE YOUR CREDIT Did You Realize You Can Buy A Ford Automobile on Terms? Agents for Gray & Davis Electric Lighting: arid Starting System Vrite, Phone or Call on Us Benj. E. Boone & Co. iF3RD AGENTS 514 Alder Street, Portland, Oregon A