TIIE SUNDAY OREGOXIA PORTLAND, SEPTE3IBER 12, 1915.
KISSEL KAR BRANCH
; TO HAVE NEW HOME
PACIFIC KISSELKAR BRANCH WILL HAVE NEW HOME.
WINTON SIX
Structure 100 by 90 Feet on
Broadway, at Davis Street,
: Will Cost $25,000.
Style and the Man
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FINE QUARTERS PLANNED
New Models of Company Praised
Highly and Samples o Briscoe,
- WhrJch Will Be Handled, Too,.
Are Expected Here Soon. -
BY CHESTER A. MOORES.
Clear the way 'for the erection of a
handsome new home for the newly
organized Pacific Kissel Kar branch on
the northeast corner of Davis street
&nd Broadway, directly east of the
Custom-House.
Decision to locate In the fast grow
ing automobile center on lower Broad
way was made last week by H. C.
Skinner, who, as vice-president and
general manager, will have charge of
the Oregon and Washington branches,
and by W. L. Hughson, the veteran
Automobile genius of San Francisco,
president of the corporation.
Pursuant to a lease agreement drawn
by 11. Q. Terry,, representing the own
ers of the property, Mrs. Mary T.
O'Brien, Mrs. Josie Brinkerhoff, Mrs.
Frances C. Harrington and Miss Minnie
LATEST REPORT OS ROAD
CONDITIO' 9 ARE GIVEN
B V AC TO CL C B.
The Base Line road is hard
sur faced from the city limits to
the Bairdsdale road. In driving
through Montavilla it is neces
sary to turn to the right at Seventy-eighth
street, drive one
block and then turn to the left,
driving two blocks and then
again to the left to the Base Line
road, on account of sewer con
struction in the center of Monta
villa. The Powell Valley road is hard
surfaced from Ninety-second
street to Linnemann station. Do
not drive all the way to Linne
mann station, but take the first
road to the left west of Linne
mann station and cross to the
Section Line road, as there are
no crossroads from Linnemann
station to where paving is un
, der way.
The Sandy road Is hard-surfaced
from the city limits to the
Bairdsdale road and one should
cross here directly over to the
Section Line road.
The Columbia River Highway
is closed at the Sandy River
bridge at the Automobile Club
and will be for several days.
Meanwhile motorists will be com
pelled to take the old road over
the Troutdale hill to reach the
entrance to the Columbia River
Highway.
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Ing body is much the same on all
chasses, high with a boat line sweep
from the windshield to stern. Blind
doors are used and the fender forms
a perfectly smooth, wide and grace
ful oval."
A. Harrington, the contracting firm of
Boyajohn - Arnold will immediately
commence construction work that will
require about 75 days time. Meanwhile
the Pacific Kissel Kar branch will oc
cupy its present quarters at 68-60 North
Twenty-third street, where the latest
models of the Kissel Kar are now on
display. Samples of the Briscoe, which
will also be handled by the company,
are expected, shortly.
Building Is lOOxBO Feet.
The new Kissel Kar building will
have a frontage of 100 feet on Broad
way and of 90 feet on Davis street.
The building will have two stories.
Without basement, and it will cost ap
proximately $25,000.
" The salesroom will extend the full
Mgth of the Broadway front, without
a post to interrupt display, and will
run 30 feet in depth. Directly back of
the salesroom will be the administra
tive offices, the booth of the service
department head, the telephone ex
change and other supplementary de
partments. The floors of the salesroom will be
of tile and mahogany finish will rule
In the offices.
The garage will be located at the
back of the building, separated by a
firewall from the front part of the
building, except for .a small passage
way. The garage will have 45x90 feet
of floor space, entered from Davis
etreet.
A stockroom large enough to hold
$50,000 worth of parts will be located
on the second floor, with a large
freight elevator connecting the floors.
The second floor will b& equipped with
eliding doors that will make it possible
to throw the stockroom, shop, storage
quarters and wash rack into one main
moth room of 9000 square feet of space.
where any number of cars can be
handled without difficulty.
Second to Be Storage Floor.
Here all the cars will be stored. Mr,
Skinner was insistent that the building
should not have a basement, contending
that it would be a bad place to store
cars because it could not be kept dry.
The exterior of the new building will
be. of red tapestry brick, with concrete
floors in the garage and on the sec
ond floor. The floor of the shop, how
ever, will be covered with wood as i
protection to the workmen. The build
ing will also be provided with a fire
proof vault, 8x13 feet in area.
Mr. Skinner is delighted with the ad
vance models of the Kissel Kar and is
kept busy day and night showing cus
tomers and prospective agents how she
will perform on hills. His particular
feat is to drive them up AVashlngton
and around the King's Heights loops
and then back over Portland Heights
to a point well past the engine-house
on the high without so much as touch
ing a gear.
The Kissel Kars will retail at Port
lurid at prices ranging from $1185 to
5000. according to the style of the
body job and as to the number of
cylinders, four or six. The Portland
prices on the Briscoe will be $S50 for
the four and $1050 for the eight.
,1 New Body Design Show.
"Mr. Kissel was the. originator of the
divided front seat and the first to pro
mote the now popular all-year car idea
wuh a sedan top for Winter use and a
Summer top for the touring season,
said Mr. Skinner, as be stood admiring
the six -cylinder model in front of The
Oregonian building yesterday. "One
top can be removed and the other put
on within about half an hour. In all
models, of course, are new body de
signs and many improvements in the
construction of the 'all-year car, most
notable of which is the new detachable
coupe top.
"The new sedan top, as well as the
coupe top, is attached by boltings at
ten points, six of heavy steel brackets
nnd four of the regular top irons of
the touring car or roadster. The frames
are covered with sheet steel and alumi
num and the material and construc
tion are such that peeling and warping
are deemed Impossible.
"The distinctive form of the touf
PLEA MADE FOR GOOD ROAD
Short Connecting Stretch at Hood
River Declared In Bad Shape.
HOOD RIVER, Or., Sepc 11. (Spe
cial.) A score or more of the ranch
ers of the Odell district are beseech
ing the County Court to improve a
stretch of highway leading from the
main East Side thoroughfare to the
Neal Creek Canyon road. The ranchers
offer to contribute labor and funds
to aid with the construction work.
"This road Is almost impassable,"
says J. M, Taylor, a prominent Odell
granger, who is promoting the cam
paign for road improvement, "yet it Is
not more than a mile and a half long.
The roads tluat.it will connect are In
fair condition and well traveled be
tween the upper and lower valleys."
NEW ROAD IS PROPOSED
ABOIUHMEXT OF TOILGATE IN
BLIE MOUNTAIN PASS DESIRED.
Mcettns of Representatives from Pen
dleton and Other Towns to Be
Held on Summit for Plans.
PENDLETON, Or., Sept." 11. (Spe
cial.) For the purpose of giving add
ed impetus to a plan for improving an
old trail over the Blue Mountains, and
to interest the "better roads" enthusi
asts of several communities In the
scheme for spontaneous, co-operative
effort to this end, a meeting of good
roads boosters from this city. Walla
Walla, Elgin, Enterprise, Milton-Pree-water,
Joseph and other intervening
and adjacent towns will be held on
the summit of the Blue Mountains on
September 27, at the old tollgate mid-
Your motorcar represents you, because people zvitfi eyes always
judge the man by the car they see him use. That's human nature. Use
a commonplace car and you are a commonplace man. Drive a notable
car and your taste and judgment are above question.
This is more true today than ever be
fore. The streets swarm with ordinary,
look-alike cars. Only one in ten or twenty
is worth a second look. But when a Win
ton Six drives along, you can't help no
ticing it with admiration, because it is one
of the extremely few cars hall-marked
with character and individuality.
Practically bur entire output is bought
by men who have scored high successes in
the business or professional world, and by
women who have scored victory in artistic
careers The Winton Six meets their ex
acting requirements. Not only is it free
from mechanical worries, but more than
that, each car is virtually tailor-made,
allowing each buyer to possess exactly the
harmony of color and finish that expresses
his individual preference.
Perhaps you would be interested in our
newest publication, "Successful Men."
Shall we send you a copy?
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The Winton Company
Winton Building, Twenty-third ani Washington Streets
AUTO MEN GET LEASE
way between Milton and Joseph on
the road to Wallowa Lake.
One object of the campaign which
la being launched in this city by C. A.
Galloway, County Commissioner of
union County, Is to eliminate the toll-
gate at or near which the meeting Is
to be held,
This old stile, at which tribute is
levied from every vehicle using the
old Indian trail across the mountain.
Is one of the few toll gates remaining
In operation in Oregon from pioneer
days. A toll of $1 is collected from
each automobile passing the gate, and
as the road carries a constantly in
creasing traffic between this section
and Wallowa Lake it has been prov
ing a profitable franchise in recent
years. On one day recently 36 cars
paid toll.
It is proposed to improve the old
trail by making of it a dirt road from
Weston to the top of the mountain. A
mile or so from the tollgate it is pro
posed to construct a new road, paral
leling the trail past the tollgate, then
Joining It again.
Frank C. Riggs and W
Garbe J.o Have New Home.
C.
The Italian
machinery to
soldiers.
government uses American
manufacture ehoes for its
MR. MITCHELL, IN MITCHELL, FIRST
THROUGH MITCHELLS POINT TUNNEL
Beautiful Scenic Highway Admired and Praise Given Bore Which Eliminates Grade Not Only Difficult, but
Dangerous Every Motorist Advised to Drive Columbia River Road All Way to Hood River. '
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GAY LOMBARD WILL BUILD
Oreeon Motorcar Company Finds
Business So Good That larger
Quarters Are Necessary and
$30,000 Structure to Rise.
of he wonderful scenery on the trip J "This is a great record," says Mr.
was the
Gorge."
grandeur, of the Klickitat
1TC11ELL in a Mitchell through
Mitchell.
To obtain this combination H.'
Mitchell made up his mind to drive
the first car through Mitchells Point
tunnel on the Columbia River Highway.
In applying for information as to the
earliest possible time that the tunnel
could be used, Mr. Mitchell found that
the idea appealed to the officials in
charge of the work, and they advised
him that the tunnel would be open late
last Sunday or early Monday (Labor
day) morning. Saturday afternoon Mr.
Mitchell turned the nose of his Mitchell
Six toward Hood River, with . r- Mc
Cook, of Pendleton, and Mr. and Mrs.
Ray Albee for company.
Unfortunately, the Crown Point part
of the Columbia Highway was closed
on account of road operations, making
necessary a detour over the old hill
road. At Benson Park the party re
freshed themselves at the new foun
tain. They were obliged to wait here
until a motor truck piloted the way
through the newly laid crushi rock
and "hot stuff," which the contractors
then were applying. Although frequent
turnouts were necessary, most of the
journey was made over the new high
way, much of which is now paved. That
which is not paved is smooth, making
the. going nearly as pleasant as on the
pavement.
Dastcr Is Apparent.
At the approach Ao the road over
Mitchells Point the car was stopped
while one of the party tried In vain
to telephone the flagman at the top.
Mr. Mitchell finally decided to wait no
longer and that if anything was met on
the narrow road the proverbial goat
passing would have to be made. Rght
here let it be said that if anyone wants
to appreciate fully the necessity for
and the great advantage of the tunnel
through Mitchells Point let him drive
his car over the Doint from the west
side. He will not only be fully apprecia
tive ot the new tunnel, -ut he will have
tested his driving ability nearly to the
limit. Near the summit this road is
so steep that in spite of its rock for
mation the wheels of the Mitchell Six
spun as if on wet pavement.
At the top Mr. Mitchell paused long
enough to say: "That's the - worst I
ever saw: it must be fully a 35 per
cent grade." Mr. McCook's comment
was that it looked like a 90 per cent
grade to him at the start. A half
hour's driving brought the car to the
town of Hood River, where the party
put up for the night. Sunday morning
about 10 o'clock Mr. Mitchell decided
to drive down to the point and learn, if
possible, when he could go through. Mr.
Mitchell asked one of the men In charge
what chance he had of going through,
and was told that he must wait until
morning.
Right Granted Mitchell Car.
"We are only going to let one ma
chine through," he continued, "and that
is Mr. Mitchell, who is going through
in a Mitchell car." Upon making him
self known, Mr. Mitchell was taken to
Frank Wilson, who generously offered
to move the track from the west ap
proach ,to the viaduct, which would
then leave barely enough room for the
car to pass. The party all fell to in
cleaning the tunnel and viaduct of
nails, kegs, loose boards and such
things, so that the car couM have a
clear passage.
At 2 o'clock Mr. Mitchea got in be
hind his wheel, and the first of the
thousands of cars which in the course
of time will pass through Mitchells
Tunnel was piloted into the east or
Hood River sido of the tunnel. In the
center of the tunnel a stop was made
for a photograph, which was possible
on account of light through the win
dows of the tunnel. These windows,
or holes, give the traveler a wonderful
view of the Columbia River and rocky
cliffs on the opposite shore.
. Last Danger Point Removed.
On emerging from the tunnel the car
crossed the. viaduct, which is such an
example of fine bridrework, and con
tinued to the fill connecting the new
road with the old. Here 'the workmen
were removing the track and -dumpcars,
and it was only a short time until Mr.
Mitchell was permitted to drive his
car slowly over this fill and to the old
road.
The Mitchells Point Tunnel removes
the last reason for anyone owning an
automobile hesitating to drive to Hood
River over the new highway. "It is a
trip that you will talk about for days
and which will linger 1n your minds
for years," says Mr. Mitchell. "Surely
there is nothing more beautiful In
America than the varied scenery along
the highway, from enchanting green
clad, roiling hills to the awe-inspiring,
lofty cliffs and crags, and, dropping
the gaze, one is always rested by the
broad. caln old Columbia, which in
years gone by has made the whole
thing pofcsible."
Frank C. Rlggs, president, and W. C.
Garbe, secretary, treasurer and gener
al manager of the Oregon Motor Car
Company, retail dealers In the Stude
baker automobile, yesterday closed a
lease agreement with Gay Lombard for
the construction of a two-story and
mezzanine floor building to be built
immediately on the southeast corner
of Park and Xavis streets, adjoining
the structure recently completed by
Mr. Lombard for J. W. Leavitt & Com
pany, Overland dealers.
Plans will be prepared immediately
for a building to cover the entire 100
by 100 floor area. The building prob
ably will cost about $30,000 and will
be one of the most modern automobile
stores In Portland. Concrete materials
will be used in the construction and
the facing will probably be of brick.
"We are moving to the new location
because the space in our present quar
ters at Chapman and Alder streets Is
now too small for our growing busi
ness," said Mr. Garbe yesterday. "Busi
ness Is so good that we feel warranted
In moving Into larger quarters.
"Ultimately I expect to see the dis
trict along northern Park and West
Park streets to be the automobile row
of Portland. The proximity of those
streets to the business section, the
lack of carlines and the freedom of
movement made possible by the park
blocks makes that district the logical
place for automobile houses."
.
' The location of the Oregon Motor
Car Company and of the Pacific Kissel
Kar branch on corners diagonally
across from the Custom-house on Low
er Broadway have given that district
the aspects of an automobile row all
by itself.
Only recently the Overland distribu
tors settled in a new home directly
south of the Custom-house and the
Flsk Rubber Company, of New Tork.
Is completing a building on the south
east corner of the same street inter
section. Just one block north, on the
southwest corner of Couch street and
Broadway, the new branch of the Olds- .
mobile Company has opened handsome
new quarters. This gives a total of
five new automobile stores within a;
distance of one block from the Custom-house
corner.
Among the pioneer automobile firms
already located along Broadway are
the H. L. Keats Company, the North
west Auto Company, the wholesale
accessory house of Ballou At Wright,
the White Company and the B. F. Good
rich Company.
A remarkable loop trip by automo
bile has just been completed by Mr.
and Mrs. Charles R. Frazier and Mr.
and Mrs. Fred A. Rasch and their fam
ilies. In a comprehensive tour that
embraced three days of travel the
party drove Mr. Frazler's Cadillac
Eight over the Columbia Highway ot
Hood River. They then ferried across
to White Salmon and .drove via Husum
and Trout Lake to Guler, a settlement
at the base of Mount Adams.
Here they passed the night and vis
ited the famous ice and lava caves un
der the guidance of Halbert McCray
whose brother-in-law first discovered
the caves.
On the second day they drove thorugh
the KMckltat country via Glenwood
and Goldendale to Maryhill, where ahe
far-famed Samuel Hill roads were in
spected. They then ferried across the
Columbia River again and passed the
second night at The "Dalles. From that
point they followed the trail blazoned
early In the year by the Oregonian
pathfinding car through Dufur. Kings-
ley. Wapinitia and Government Camp
into Portland.
"The roads for nearly all of the 32S
miles were in good condition, but ex
ceedingly dusty." said Mr. Rasch upon
his return. "There were no ' mishaps
except a puncture caused by picking
ud a nail.
"The trip was merely a family out
ing party and did not entail any hard
ships on the women ana children
the party. 'It proves beyond doubt
that the trip can be taken with a great
degree of pleasure and enjoyment and
without tiring anyone. Not the least
Among the prominent visitors in
Portland yesterday was Charles C Mc
Cleverty, former resident manager of
the Savage Tire Company at San Fran
cisco, who now represents his company
for Northern California, Oregon, Wash
ington and British Columbia.
Del Wright resigned his position as
salesman, for the Northwest Auto Com
pany las week to become salesmanager
of the Pacific Kissel Kar branch com
mencing today. H. C. Skinner, man
ager of the branch, will announce the
personnel of his entire selling staff In
the near future.
PACKARD PLAXT IS EXTENDING
Latest Purchase Brings Holdings of
Company "Cp to 100 Acres.
The Packard Motor Car Company,
again has been forced to a consider
able extension by the growth of Its
motor carriage and truck business. It
has purchased more than ten acres ad
joining its present holdings. The tract
Is valued at upwards of $73,000 and is
located between Strong avenue and the
Belt Line Railroad in the outskirts of
Detroit. With its latest purchase, the
company now has more than 100 acres
in Its factory site, a strip about 1000
feet wide and just a mile long.
While the use to which the new hold
ings will be put ha not been an
nounced. It Is believed that large ad
ditions to the forge shops and foun
dry will be erected. The Packard forge
department already Is one of the lar
gest In the Industry, and the proposed
extension is taken to mean that even
more attention will be paid to high
quality steels entering the manufac
ture of Packard products and their
heat treatment.
Kuhn, "but that's my record with my
Pathfinder Six since May, 1913, until
July 1, 1915. During this time I have
toured not only to the Pacific Coast,
but throughout the East and Canada.
My gasoline consumption has averaged
15 miles per gallon. The Pathfinder
is extremely easy on tires. I have
traveled 12,000 miles on my present
set of Kelly-Springfield Kant-Slip tires.
The general construction of the Path
finder is superior to any car I have
ever owned and I have driven cars for
nine years."
Man's Weight Held by Tube.
' A novel and daring feat to prove the
strength and durability of the United
States Tire Company's inner tubes took
place recently in New York, when one
of the members of the advertising crew
was lowered from the sixth floor of
the First National Bank building with
his entire weight held up by one of
the Inner tubes made by this cornpany.
A rope "was rigged on a pulley out of
one of thv front windows, and to this
rope was fastened the rubber tube,
after the operator had securely belted
it around his waist. When he swung
clear from all support, his entire
weight was held by the rubber tubing,
which easily held him until he could
be lowered to the ground.
Salublte, a new explosive. Is 50 times
more powerful than dynamite and la much
safer, for It will explode only by means ot
the percussion cap.
WALTER'S
FREE TIRE
SERVICE
CRATER LAKE DRAWS TOURISTS
Visitors for Season to Date 7 28 5
With 14 08 Cars Registered.
KLAMATH FALLS. Or.. Sept. 11.
(Special.) There were more tourists
and more autos registered at Govern
ment Camp, at Crater Lake. August 18
than for any other day in the history
of the lake. There were 484 passen
gers and 108 care.
The following are the actual figures
to and including August 18:
Total number of passengers, 7285; to
same date last year, 4823; autos this
year. 1498; to same date last year, 898;
total attendance during last year, 7549;
total number of autos last year, 1446.
Pathfinder Goes 61,000 Miles.
George A. Kuhn, assistant secretary
of the Aetna Trust & Savings Com
pany. Indianapolis, has driven a Path
finder six-cylinder car more than 61.
000 miles, at a service expense of 11.90.
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Broadway at Ankeny
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not adjustments. Less than one and one-half per cent come back
for adjustment. Distributors Splitdorf Mfg. Co.'s products.
ARCHER AND WIGGINS
OAK STREET, CORNER SIXTH.
Purveyors of Everything for Autos.
Gates Folding Stove
Just the Thing for Picnicking
Burns Gasoline Perfectly Safe
BALLOU & WRIGHT
Broadway at Oak
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