The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current, July 18, 1915, SECTION FOUR, Image 53

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Newspaper Page TextIt TTTE SUNDAY OTITSGONTAN'. POUTLAXD. JVTJY 18, 1913. WOMEN MAKE LONG AUTO TOUR ALONE Two Arrive in Portland in Buick at End of Journey From San Diego. PART OF TRIP EXCITING 3lrs. Maretta Dixon Drives Oxer Dangerous Kenneth Pass Road and Guides Car Safely by Other Bad Spots. What would you say if you were told that a woman, with no trace of masculine protection, had driven a ma chine from San Diego to Portland? Bandon. Coquille and Myrtle Point the proposal has been Indorsed. Marshfield and North Bend will have meetings soon and are expected to show equal enthusiasm. A vote in this county two years ago was unfavorable. The plan belnff for warded this year Is to have the roads built of planking instead of permanent hard-surface. In 1913 the idea was to pave the roads between Myrtle Point and Coos Bay and for 13 miles below Bandon. and it was estimated the entire bond issue would not complete the roads so planned, amounting to about 43 miles. The scheme this year la to specify five Inch planking:, which engineers assure the public will last 10 years. The argument favoring planking is backed by the statement that 200 miles can be built for the 1440.000 a 2 per cent bond issue would raise, and that would mean a good road on all the trunk highways in the county. District Attorney I A. Liljeqvist is drafting the petitions to be circulated at once. The County Court will be asked at its August session to consider the petitions and call a special election Immediately afterwards. STUDEBAKER MEN" ARE INSURED Policies Provided in Each Fac'tory "Withont Cost to Beneficiaries. Through a contract with the Equit able Life Assurance Society of the United States by the Studebaker Cor poration, every workman in Its several FORD RAND COMING 55 Musicians to Give Con cert Here July 27. TOURS OF CITY ARRANGED Inspection of Portland Plant and Trips Over Highway Included in Entertainment- All Are Em ployes of Company. An1 Interesting musical programme Is promised the people of Portland on the night of July 27. when the 55 piece band of the Ford Motor Com pany, of Detroit, will pass through Portland en route to the Panama Pacific Exposition. The Ford Band will arrive in Port land at 6:45 A. 1L In the morning they will be driven over Portland, with a stop at the Ford plant. East Elev- WITH ONLT SIX-MONTHS-OLD PUP AS ESCORT, CALIFORNIA WOMEN TOUR TO PORTLAND FROM SAN DIEGO. i : . '" rVJ' ,r,-','"ij':-'' uC'--r": " 1 s t -s 7 !' T - : ; i r :. . i , w. i t 1 J : t X !,'.', "w v$ ' ' . - x i C. v r X : ;S . - X i ' - 'a ' x wf'S A t-? : I s; r ? i i- ft Jp -X If ' I . i ...... y riimum irf - r - - h i-- t . , . ., ) T MRS. DICKSON, OV SAN DIEGO, AND HER SISTER, MRS. BURKE, JOF S AN FRAN C ISC, STA.BIU j T BESIDE THEIR BUCK. j ................................................... ....... ........ Would you believe such an intrepid feminine tourist exists? Yet that Is Just what has happened. Mrs. Maretta Dixon, a business woman, of the California city, and her sister, Mrs. Frank Burke, of San Francisco, arrived in Portland last Monday, hav ing left San Francisco ' July 2. With only "Tough," a 6-moriths-old fox ter rier, as protection against the dan gers that lurk along the way, these two fearless women arrived ir a Buick roadster, with only one or two un usual experiences to report, and a worn set of brakes as the only machine in jury suffered on the strenuous 1200- mile trip. Camping Outfit Carried. Mrs. Dixon carried with her a com plete camping equipment, consisting of a small 16-ounce army duck tent, two army cots, two camp chairs, bedding, one trunk for clothes, an oil stove, a folding table and a provision trunk. Only three times on the trip from San Francisco did the. fair tourists seek the shelter and congeniality of hotels. These stops were at Marysville and Fallbrook, Cal., and at Medford, Or. The re3t of the time they camped wherever night overtook them, often sleeping in haystacks or "making camp" by the car many miles from the near est house. . "We left San Diego on May 17," said Mrs. Dixon, at the Seward Hotel last Monday. "We spent several weeks at Elsinor Lake, and several more at Ma rietta and Arrowhead hot springs. Then we came on to San Francisco and visited the fair there for several days. We then left for Portland on July 2 and came through without mak ing any long stops. Sand Storm la Met. "Betwten Los Angeles and Van Keys we got Into a sand storm and for an hour the sand was blinding. 1 had to turn the front of the car to the course of the wind ana wait until the storm had passed. After that storm we chewed sand for hours. "In the San Marcos pass we found the roads rough and rocky, the turns short and the grades steep. Coming then into the northern part of the Sac ramento Valley, we passed through the most wonderful country I have ever seen. In some places along the Ken neth pass the road was hewn from the solid rock in the side of the moun tain and from where I was sitting at the wheel it was impossible to see the side of the road, it was so nar row. "I met a number of tourists who were shipping their cars back to San Francisco, refusing to come over the dangerous road through the Kenneth pass, or to drive back over the roads they had already traversed. But I came through without a mishap of any description. Road One of Crookednt. "The road through this pass, how ever, means one grand shifting of gears and wheel manipulation, for it is known as one of the crookedest roads in the world. "About our only thrilling experi ence came when we were camped for the night 24 miles from Delta, Cal. We had stopped alongside the mountain road. I had been warned? to keep a fire up all night to ward off wild ani mals, but instead of a fire I lighted a lantern before we went to bed. The lantern had evidently been tipped and the oil spilled, for It did not burn long. The next morning, when we were getting ready to leave we discov ered panther tracks all around our camp. That experience was about our biggest thrill." Mrs. Dixon said that she was afraid she could not strongly recommend the Oregon roads, especially the ones in southern Oregon. Shejaid the worst stretch of road on the whole trip lay between Medford and Cottage Grove. Mrs: Dixon is the daughter of a former Albany man.f W. W. Parrish and she and her sister visited the up per Willamette town' on their return trip, leaving Portland last Wednesday plants is provided with life insurance without expense to himself. This policy is on the new group plan and protects the life of each employe Insured, regardless of how long a time he has been connected with the cor poration. No medical examination Is required by the insurance company. It accepting the one which all applicants for employment undergo before enter ing the factory. The policy Involves several millions of insurance, provid ing fixed amounts of insurance for each individual. This is not only one of the largest life insurance transactions that have taken place, but Is the first application of the group plan to the automobile in dustry. The Studebaker Corporation is 63 years old. The plants are at Detroit and South Bend and constitute the largest vehicle business in the world. j Gossip Along the Row ES. JORDAN, general salesmanager of the Thomas B. Je'fTrey Com pany, manufacturers of the Jeffery car. visited the Frank C. Riggs Company last week in company with H. E. Dove, the company representa tive for the factory in the Nortawest. Mr. Jordan is making a comprehensive tour of the Coast preparatory to the 1916 season announcement, which is ex pected this month. Mr. Jordan 'is a for' mer newspaper man and he can recite a list of automobile celebrities a yard long who commenced as cub reporters on metropolitan papers. Frank C. Riggs left for San Fran cisco yesterday to attend the Rotary Club convention and to see the fair. He is trying to hold off the arrival of the Packard Twin Six until he returns. ... Roy Hemphill, formerly superintend ent of the Keats garage and shop, has been appointed as used-car salesman for the Northwest Auto Company. He succeeds A. L. Smith, who became af filiated recently with the Mitchell Lewis &. Staver Co. D. J. McMullen. factory representa tive for the Willys-Knight Company, made a atop In Portland last week to acquaint the members of the J. W. Leavltt Company organization with the Knight-motored line that has been added as a running mate for the Over land. Mr. Eling, .the Overland branch man ager, said last week that he expected to move the branch into its new home at Davis street and Broadway before the rirst or August, w. J. Fedler. the Northwest manager of the company, was in Seattle and Spokane last week. . Intending to try out the handsome new Studebaker Six with a 3000-mile trip within two weeks. A. H. Brown, Northwest manager of the Studebaker Corporation of America, is now on i tour that will carry him through Se attle, Spokane. Idaho. Walla Walla, Pendleton, The Dalles and the Colum bia Highway to Portland, his head quarters. A young fellow arrived in town last week from Los Angeles who is liable to make folks sit up and take notice before he has camped here long. He ia A. H. Knaus, newly appointed sales- manager of the Braley Auto Company, t ranKiin dealers. Aitnougn a. young chap even yet, Mr. Knaus is a thor oughly experienced automobile sales man. For a time he was district man ager for the company that handles the Chalmers car for the southern part of caiirornia. At the close, of business last Tues day 20,814 automobiles had been given license numbers since the first of the year. This figure is more than 4000 in excess of the entire registration for 1914? enth and Division streets, for an in spection of the . Portland factory branch, and at noon they will be re turned to their special cars for lunch. In the afternoon they will be driven out over the Columbia Highway and at night, commencing at S o'clock, they will give a public concert In the South Parkway bandstand at Park and Jefferson streets. Because of the slxe of the band an extension will have to be built to the present bandstand. The band will leave for San Francisco early on the morning of July 23. The Ford Motor Band was organized four years ago. the instruments and mrorma being furnished by the Ford Motor Company, and the members of he band giving their individual time for the purpose of furnishing musical ntertalnments to Ford employes. The band Is never permitted to play for an admission fee. At home in Detroit It gives frequent concerts, during the Summer in the public parks; In the Fall and Winter it gives one or two concerts monthly in the largest audi torium In the City of Detroit, espe- lally for Ford employes, who are ad mitted by ticket, but without price. Where there are in -excess of 20.000 employes, it is necessary to give a half dozen concerts, in order to give all an opportunity to hear the band. The band is traveling In what may be called a special train; though their several cars are attached to regular rains of the diiTerent railroads over which the itinerary carries them. They have two Pullman hotel cars, one standard Pullman and a baggage car. They leave Detroit on July 20 and expect to reach home about August 20. Members of the band are bona fide employes of the Ford Motor Company. I hey are enrolled in the various de partments of the Ford factory, and represent eight nationalities: 4 Eng lish. 12 Americans, 10 Italians, 15 Ger mans, 1 French, 2 Polish, 10 Canadians and 1 Scotch. They are under the di rection of H. C Philp. while the tour proper will be looked after by H. S. Morgan, secretary of the Ford Motor Band. F. B. Norman, manager of the local COOS ROAD CAMPAIGN IS OX Bond Issue- Plan Is Indorsed at Meetings In Varions Towns. MARSHFIELD, Or., July 17. (Spe ciaL) The Coos County Business Men's Association Is leading a movement for a good roads bonding campaign in Town Adds Motorcycle Officer. Increased court revenues at New London. Conn., may now be looked for following the Installation of a motor cycle in the Police Department. The machine is electrically equipped and 1 geared for a speed of 72 miles hour, which is sufficient to overhaul anything short of a Vanderbilt Cup mm 4.0 Horse Power FOUR T-PA3SENGER the BE?ST ralae in 4-cylinder cn ever offered. has 40-45 h, p. has 112-inch wheel base. carries 7 passengers in COMFORT. pholstered with finest, genuine, hand buffed leather. r-onz POWER r.ioRE ROOM -moRE QUALITY and Lower Prices not "little cars'" built for a price, but QUALITY cars, built with the sole object of making them as good as cars can be made and priced LOW solely because Studebaker's re- sources and manufacturing experi ence make possible economies in the manufacturing that few other makers can approach. 50 Horse Fower TASSENCXB Mm the most powerful SIX for its weight. derelops 50-55 h. p. increased to 122-inch wheelba.se. full-sized, 7 -passenger body. the ONLY big Six on the market of high quality at a reason able price. The 1916 Studebaker Cars are the Best Values on the market today. We make no exceptions. And we make no qualifica tions. We are not saying that they are the best at less than such-and-such a price. But we are saying that they are the best values at any price. That they give more for each dollar you pay. That they give you quality in every detail. And all we want is the opportunity to show you the cars. The cars will do all the talking that's necessary. Other Studebaker Prices root adster, S-pasaanger - . - I SS0 Lands- Roadster, X-pajseagcr HIS Caape, 4-passenger - Llmaasiae, 7-pasceagcr ... r r. a. s. svetna srz tioss 135fl its SXSf STUDEBAKER Soatb Bead. lad. WaDxenrflle. Oat. DetraU. kUca. sasstss ui csBaispaaaiacs t tbsit Come in today, or send for catalog ilizrstrut ing all models and giving fall specifications Studebaker Corporation of America Portland Branch, Chapman and Alder Street. Phone Main 5969 LOCAL DISTRIBUTORS: Oregon Motor Car Co Chapman at Alder Street Phones: Main 9402 A7656 l.rN.lS Ford branch, received word lat week that E. Q. Llebold. Henry Ford's secre tary and a prominent man In the au tomobile world, also will accompany the band. irixoitn on eat l'Xm magneto BomcIi Factory Turns Out Two-Mil lionth Auto Part This Year. Thoso who seek to estimate the ex-1 tent of the production and popularity of the. Internal combustion engine in its various capacities, will no doubt be Interested to know that, anions other thins. 1813 has wltnesed the produc tion of the 2.000,000th Bosch magneto. The bare plate was engraved in Janu ary and the magneto shipped and paid for iu May. The occaHlon was notable even in the history of the rapid growth of the Bosch Magneto, while Its Importance ln the chronicles of the internal combustion engine is not inconsiderable by any means. From a small and Insignificant be ginning some 30 odd years ago. Bosch magnetos have grown to world - wide popularity, and their reputation has spread so rapidly and so far. that they are today u.ted on all kinds of engines, for all kinds of purposes, under all sorts of conditions, everywhere on the globe. Thousands of farm engines, tractor engines, lawn mowers, pumping stations, motorcycles, motorboats, auto mobiles, motor trucks, aeroplanes, sub marines and a score of other types of apparatus, are faithfully assisted in the performance of their duties by the re liable Bosch magneto. CHANDLER TRIP SETS RECOUP Model "16" Goes From Cleveland to New Vork In 22 Hours' Running;. Perhaps one of th most remarkable automobile endurance runs ever under taken was that just completed by a model "16' Chandler Six. which cov ered the 6S7.3 miles between Cleve land and New York in 22 hours and two minutes' running time. The av erage of 31.3 miles an hour was ob tained in the face of discouraging road and weather conditions. S3 sep arata detours being made en route. The trip was the result or a wager between President F. C Chandler, of the Chandler Company, and A. T. Mur ray and J. M. Breitenbach. of tne Brady-Murray Motors Corporation, met ropolitan dealerKt Murray and Breitcn tach were visiting the Cleveland fac tory on Jure IS. and in a conversation with Mr. Chandler. Breltenhach stated that he believed it possible to drive a Chaniler Irora Cleveland to New York City in 2t hours' running time. While a thorough booster of his own product. Mr. Chandler thought the stunt a little beyond the endurance of any car. unless special preparations had been maxie for relief drivers and a clear road. The upshot of the matter was the posting of a $100 wager, with conditions stating that the New York men should start at once and make the trip in less than 24 hours' running time. In comparison with the fastest train time of between 14 and 15 hours for the Cleveland-New York run. the 2!-hour record of the Chandler tinder adverse conditions, was a most creditable performance. The same firm lo haa a crew at! mile of t lie laciflo Illiwar is being work north of Toledo, where notlier I hard surfaced. Highway to Clielialls Hardsprfaced. CEXTRAUA, Wash.. July 17. (Spe cial.) The hard surfacing of the Pa cific Highway, between the Southwest Washington Fair Orounds and the north limits of Chehalis has been com pleted, and the highway will be thrown open to traffic about July 20. Speaker & McK.ee. the contractors, have moved their equipment to a point near Forest, where a mile of paving will be laid. JUS T ARRI VED 1916 1916 SIX CYLINDER R0ADSTE 45 Horsepower Price $1100 Portland SF.F. THIS CAR AT OUR SHOW ROOM 14th and Davis Streets PLACE YOUR ORDER EARLY DELIVERIES IN ROTATION RECEIVED Sixes Exclusively Roadsters-Touring Cars $1100 to $1635. Coupes and Inside Drive Sedans $1500 to $2025 Howard Automobile Co. 14th and Davis Sts. G. H. McCutcheon, Manager Main 1130. A 2550 It's NOT hac k Tire service is not a matter of luck, of chance. The distance any tire will travel depends first of all upon the quality and integrity that are built into the tire! There's no need for you to puess at the tire question. The makers of Ajax Tires have enough confidence in their product to give you a written guarantee for 5000 miles with each and every Ajax Tire you buy. That's exceptional for when you examine into tires you'll find that most standard makes have only an implied life of but 3500 miles. You are told that, from custom alone, -manufacturers adjust tire differences upon this basis. But not so with Ajax Tires. They guarantee you in writing 1500 more miles, or 43 more tires for the same investment and you save from $3 to $15 on every Ajax Tire you buy, according to the size you use. 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