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21 CARS RAGE FROM
RUSH OF ORDERS GIVES LOCAL SALESMANAGER NIGHTMARE.
CHICAGO TO SEATTLE
Today and the Rest of This Week
Entrants Due to Arrive Today
if Run Is to Be Made in
Allotted 100 Hours.
AUTOS CARRYING BANNERS
THE SUNDAY OREGONIAX, .PORTLAND, JUNE 20, 1915.
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Object of Relay by Yellowstone Trail
.Association Is to Prove Tbat
Every Mile . of Route Is
' Open to Tourists.
CHJ(GO, June 19. To prove that
every mile of the route from Chicago to
Seattle, Wash, is In condition for tour
ing at the present time, officials of the
Tellowstone Trail Association held a
relay motor run over the. transcon
tinental highway this week as the fea
ture de luxe of the dedication cere
monies. Twenty-one cars participated in the
drive against time. The- trip from Chi
cago to Seattle was -to be made in 100
hours and the "pilots drove day and
night in order to cover the 2439 miles
on schedule time.' The drivers, there-
ASK THE OKBGOMAJf.
The automobile editor of The
Oregonianr makes it his particu
lar business to gather and dis
seminate information and data
on the condition of automobile
roads in this section and on the
main highways leading south to
Mexico, north to British Columbia
and all the way East. If you or
your friends are planning a trip,
or if your guests from the East
are desirous of any road data, the
automobile editor will do his best
to supply the information. He
also will be glad to receive from .
tourists, automobile dealers and
the public generally a report of
trips already accomplished. .. Such
information will be published in
the automobile section of The
Oregonian and its benefit will
thus be scattered over a wide
area.
fore, will have to make an average
speed for the trip of 24.39 miles per
hour, which is considerable of an under
taking, and. if they are successful in
maintaining such a schedule, the run
will prove beyond all doubt that the
Tellowstone trail is all that is claimed
for it by its proponents.
The first car. a Mollne-Knight. driven
by Dan Boone, a former University of
Chicago football star, left the Chicago
City Hall at 12 o'clock noon Tuesday.
Boone carried with him a letter from
Mayor William Hale Thompson, of Chi
cago, to the Mayor of Seattle. In addi
tion to the communication, each driver
had a yellow banner with black letter
ing, reading: " Chicago to Seattle Over
the Tellowstone Trail in 100 Hours."
This gonfalon was transferred from car
to car as the relays were changed.
In order to deliver the letter and ban
ner on schedule time, the last car must
have the brakes applied at Seattle not
later than 2 o'clock this afternoon. This
would be 98 hours, but as there are two
hours gained in traveling from east to
west, the total running time will be
100 hours.
The relays for the run, the distance
of each relay and the starting and fin
ishing times are as follows:
1. Chicago to Milwaukee, 97 miles Leave
ChlcSKO 12 noon Tuesday; arrive Milwaukee
P. AI. Tuesday.
- 2. Milwaukee to Oshkosh, Wla, 83 miles
Leave Milwaukee 4 P. M. Tuesday; arrive
Oshkosh T:40 P. M. Tuesday.
3. Oshlcosh to Stevens Point. 79 miles
I.eave Oshkosh 7:4o P. M. Tuesday; arrive
tevens point 11:20 P. M. Tuesday.
4. Stevens Point to Chippewa Falls, Wis,
117 miles Leave Stevens Point 11:20 P. M.
Tuesday; arrive Chippewa Falls 3 P. M.
Wednesday.
5. Chippewa Falls, wis., to Minneapolis, 96
miles Leav. Chippewa Falls 3 A. M.
Wednesday; arrive Minneapolis 8:10 A. M.
Wednesday.
. Minneapolis to Olivia, Minn., 104 miles
Leave Minneapolis 8:10 A. M. Wednesday;
arrive Olivia 12:25 P. M. Wednesday.
7. Olivia to Ortonvtlle, Minn., 103 miles
Leave Olivia 12:25 P. M. Wednesday; arrive
Ortonvtlle 4:50 P. M. Wednesday.
8. Ortonvtlle to Aberdeen, 8, ., 12S miles
Leave Ortonville 4:50 p. M. Wednesday;
arrive Aberdeen 10:05 p. M. Wednesday.
9. Aberdeen to Mobridge, S. X.. 103 miles
Leave Aberdeen 10:05 p. M. Wednesday;
arrive Mobridge 2:20 A. 'M. Thursday.
10. Mobridge to Lemraon, S. D., 118 miles
Leave Mobridge 2:30 A. M. Thursday;
arrive Lemraon 6:10 A. M. Thursday.
11. Leramon to Marmarth, N. D., 112 miles
Leave Lemmon. 6 : lO A. M Thursday; ar
rive Marmarth 10:45 A. M. Thursday
(mountain time).
12. Marmarth to Miles City. Mont.. 145
miles Leave Marmarth 10:4S A. M. Thurs
day: arrive Miles City 4:35 P. M. Thursday.
13. Miles City to Billings, 157 miles
Leave Miles City 4:35 P. M. Thursday; ar
rive Billings 11 P. M. Thursday.
it. Billings to Livingston. 130 miles
Leave Billings 11 P. M. Thursday; arrive
Livingston 4:20 A. M. Friday.
15. Livlngsten to Butte. 137 miles Leave
Livingston 4:20 A. M. Friday; arrive Butte
0:55 A. M- Friday.
16. Butte to Missoula, 131 miles Leave
Butte 9:55 A. M. Friday; arrive Missoula
8:15 P. M. Friday.
17. Missoula to Wallace. Ida. 124 miles
Leave Missoula 3:15 P. M. Friday; arrive
Wallace 7:20 P. M. Friday (Pacific time).
18. Wallace to Spokane, Wash., 86 miles
Leave Wallace 7:20 P. M. Friday; arrive
Spokane 10:55 P. M. Friday.
19. Spokane to Coulee City. 115 miles
Leave Spokane 10:55 P. "M. Friday; arrive
Coulee City 3:iO A. M. Saturday.
20. Coulee City to Ellensburg. 121 miles
Leave Coulee City 3:40 A. M. Saturday; ar
rive Ellensburg 8:35 A. M. ' Saturday.
21. Ellensburg to Seattle. 131 miles Leave
Ellensburg 8:35 A. M. Saturday; arrive Seat
tle 2 P. M. Saturday.
The schedule was not used as a run
ning time card, but as an Indication of
whether or not the cars were ahead of
time or behind.
H. O. Cooley, secretary of the Tellow
stone Trail Association, had charge of
the run. He had been perfecting the
arrangements for the relay race for
the past two months and appointed all
drivers.
II EXIT. Y HOWER IS OBTAINED
Motor Expert Joins Knight Division
of Willys-Overland Company.
Henry H. Hower, for the past eight
years with the F. B. Stearns Company,
is the latest Knight motor expert to
join the forces of the Knight division
of the Willys-Overland Company. He
started his new duties June 1.
Mr. Hower is regarded as one of the
best informed Ivnight engine men in
the industry. "While with the Stearns
Company he was, successively, service
manager, advertising manager and
sales manager. In securing his services
John N. Willys has added another
strong link to the coterie of experi
enced Knight men In this new branch
of his organization. Mr. Hower was In
Portland recently to place the Stearns
Xnight agency with C. C. Clinton.
In addition to Mr. Hower, the Knight
division has acquired the services of
Lawrence T. Wagner, former manager
of the Argonaut Motors Company, Ban
Francisco distributors for the Steams
and Pathfinder cars. Mr. Wagner will
make his permanent headquarters at
San Francisco.
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H- H. ELIXti AS HK DH EAMS HIMSELF TO BE.
SALES FORGE BUSY
Leayitt & Co. Has All It Can Do
Handling Overlands.
82 CARS SOLD IN 2 WEEKS
Thousand Machines on. Hand on
Coast at Time Price Reduction
Is Announced Shipments to
West Begin In May.
To say that the sales force of the
J. W. Leavitt & Company branch In
Portland is being rushed to the limit
these days demonstrating the new 1918
Overland model and making deliveries
is expressing the truth quite mildly.
Within the past fortnight, commenc
ing even before the announcement of
the price reduction was made in The
Oregonian. no less than 82 cars have
been delivered into the hands of new
owners.
W. J. Pedler, manager of the Port
land branch, and H. H. Elins. the sales
manager, have troublesome visions
every night of being hustled down to
the freight yards by angry car nur-
chasers and forced to chase back with
cars tucked away under their arms
and bulging out of their pockets.
a100O Cars oa Hand on Coast.
A "peculiar thing marked the Over
land announcement. It was not one
made with merely a sample car to
show the interested ones. So well was
the "scoop" planned that nearly 1000
cars were on the Pacific Coast ready
to be delivered to the buyers when the
price reduction was sprung.
To see the tail end of the Rose Fes
tival and help Mr. Pedler and Mr. Eline
with the present rush A. D. Plughoff,
the next highest trump -card In the
Leavitt organization, arrived in Port
land late last week from San Francisco
and will remain in Portland for sev
eral days. "Plug" always likes to be
where the going Is the thickest, as he
is Just that 'lively a wire," so he is
due for a string of uninterrupted hap
piness wniie nere, according to the
business programme laid out for him
by Messrs. Pedler, Eling and the re
cently augmented sales force that is
"hanging out" at Sixteenth and Wash
ington streets waiting for the hand
some new Overland home on Broad
way to open its doors.
New Model Declares! Epochal.
"The announcement of the Overland
new model marks one of the most stu
pendous moves in financial and com
mercial markets of the world," said
Mr. Plughoff last, night.
"With this announcement the buy
ing public can walk into the sales
room of any Overland dealer through
out the world and purchase one of
these-latest models. 'We have on the
Pacific Coast 1000 of these' new ears.
Every, one of our 400 dealers has his
demonstrator and cars for immediate
delivery.
-This is in marked contrast to our
previous . year's announcement, which
was not made until August, and it
was not until December that we could
deliver cars to our dealers.
"The shipments to the Coast began
May 5, and 100 to 125 cars were shipped
daily until 1000 cars had left the
factory marked Pacific Coast. These
gigantic shipments have been made
possible by the many additions made to
the Overland plant during the last 12
months, which now has a capacity to
turn out 600 thoroughly tested motor
cars daily."
Automobile Notes
THE general condition of the roads
throughout the. state has greatly
Improved in the last few days. While
there are still a few mudholes to be
found, all the roads are passable.
The roads to Tillamook and Newport
beaches are now In fair condition. The
Astoria trip is not advisable at present.
The Pacific Highway via McMinnville,
Corvallis and Eugene, is reported good.
Between Albany, Salem. Corvallis and
Eugene, fair. Cow Creek and Pass
Creek canyons, dry. From Roseburg
south to California line, fair. . Pacific
Highway between Dunsmulr and Red
ding, In California, is again open for
auto travel after having been recently
washed out.
The roads from The Dalles to Bend
and from Bend to Klamath Falls and
from Bend to Lakevlew are" now at
their best. No report has been received
on condition of roads between Bend,
Burns and Vale.
The Highway between The Dalles,
Pendleton, La Grande and Vale are good
with the exception of a part of the
highway connecting Baker City and La
Grande. This section is reported as be
ing very rough, calling for slow and
careful driving. The road supervisor
at La Grande has promised to have this
road In good condition within a short
while.
The McKenzle Pass, which is a con
necting link between the. Pacific High
way and Central Oregon, from Eugene
to Bend, Is now open for travel, the lat
est report advising that the snow has
eltirely disappeared from this pass.
Travel over the Barlow road from
Government Camp into Central Oregon
is held up by one of the bridges having
been washed away. From the latest in
formation received by the touring board
the toll gate bars are down on the
Mount Hood road and no charge is be
ing made for automobiles over this road
at present. Neither is there any work
being done on this highway and there
fore it Is rather rough driving.
The Pacific Highway to Tacoma via
Goble and Kalama ferry through Kelso,
Castle Rock, Toledo. Chehalis and Olym-
pia is now being traveled without many
hardships. Between Kalama and Kelso
construction work is now under way.
It is advisable after leaving Castle Rock
to take the second ferry and make a
short detour to Toledo. Between To
ledo and Chehalis there is not much Im
provement over the condition of - this
road a year ago. Several machines have
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Of Showroom Cars and Demonstrators
Starting today; Oregon Motor Car. Company announces the STUDEBAKER "Opportunity Sale" of
Studebaker cars at prices ranging down to cost. The cars included in this sale are:
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SHOWROOM CARS
These are cars that we have had on our floors and used as exhibi
tion cars in selling hundreds of Studebakers to Portland owners.
People have sat in then! and handled them as people will handle a
sample car and the varnjsh may be scratched here and there by an
incautious heel and other such slight disfigurements, but the cars
are in as perfect condition otherwise as the day they came into our ;
showroom, only they are a little shopworn and we won't attempt to
sell them as new. So they go
to the First Comers at COST
A FEW DEMONSTRATORS
,'. ' These are cars that have been used by our demonstrators run less
than 2000, miles are in first-rate order and guaranteed by us as
( , " fully as new cars are. These, too, go
to the First Comers at COST
A FEW USED CARS
These are cars that have been traded in as part payment on new
Studebakers. They have been overhauled in our shop and are in fine
shape. Some of them have been repainted and look like new cars.
You will be surprised at the values offered during this sale. All to
be disposed of at once
to the First Comers BELOW COST
It is needless for us to say anything of the STUDEBAKER CARS
and the values they represent at the FULL list prices. It suffices
to sav that here in Portland, for example, you will find niore Stude
baker SIXES than any other -make of Sixes. That popularity exists
everywhere. It is proof of the merit of the cars. And a sale like
this that enables you to buy such a car at cost to us is a remarkable
OPPORTUNITY in every sense. . Only a few men will be able to take -advantage
of it, however, owing to the few cars included in the sale,
and we advise you to come in at once.
OREGON MOTOR CAR COMPANY
Chapman and Alder Street
Portland, Oregon
recently made the trip by Winlock and
Napavine and report the road to be in
fairly good condition.
It will be interesting to the members
of the Automobile Club to know that
one may now drive all the way from
Portland to Stevenson. Wash., via Van
couver and Camas, without much diffi
culty. For detailed information in con
nection with this trip, call at tne ornce,
52 2 Selling building.
The 1915 three state tour books ar
rived last week from San Francisco.
These tour books cover Oregon, Wash
ington,- California and British Colum
bia. The price of J1.50 to members of
the Automobile Club is to cover the
states of Washington. California and
British Columbia. No charge being
made to members for the state of
Oregon.
. The book is on sale at the various
accessory houses and book stores, in
addition to the office of the club, 522
Selling building.
Toledo Men Buying Kords.
TOLEDO, Or., June 19. (Special.)
Toledo seemed to be backward about
securing automobiles until the last
year, but now. has several Fords and
several persons are talking of buying
machines. Among the Ford owners are
F. W. Hayden. editor of the Lincoln
County Leader, and Antone Jacobson,
who owns a poolroom. A. T. Peterson
has the agency for Lincoln County
and has sold quite a -number this year.
AFTER PICKING OUT HUDSON LIGHT SIX VANCOUVER FAMILY PRAISE QUALITIES OF CAR.
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' . P. CRAWKOUD, PR.ESIDES1T OF WASHINGTON. EXCHANGE BANK, AND HIS FAMILY IN 'NEW CAR.
After investigating the automobile field- for two years W. P. Crawford, president of the Washington
Exchange Bank of Vancouver, Wash., recently picked out a Hudson Light Six and immediately wrote out
a check on his own institution to silence G. D. Rushmore, one of the star salesmen that works under the
colors of C. L. Boss & Co., of Portland. Miss Crawford, who, perhaps, had as much to say about the
purchase as anybody, says the Hudson is the easiest car to drive that she has ever seen, and Mrs. Crawford
is quite fond of adding that the car is the easiest In which she has enjoyed riding.
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ATIONAL
PKECES
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AUTOMOBILES
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Name your own price from $100 up.
Write your own guarantee. Take
your pick of many makes, many
sizes, many colors every car a bar
gain. You can NOW be a high
grade car owner for amazingly
little money.
See Them. Try Them. Buy One
It's the chance of a lifetime, for we
are selling cars at from $100 to
$500 lower than the lowest price
ever offered before.
OPEN SUNDAY
Open Evenings Until 9:30
Tlie Winton Company
Twenty-Third and Washington Streets