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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 24, 1915)
TTTE SUNDAY OKEGONTAN, POTITLANU, OCTOBTTR 24, 1915. YEAR'S PAVING IS ABOUT COMPLETED AFTER SEVERAL DATS AT WHEEL, PORTLAND WOMAN IS CONVINCED THAT SALESMAN TOLD TRUTH ABOUT CAR'S QUALITIES. , WINTON Some Stretches, Aggregating 8.8 Miles, Will Have to Go . Over Until Spring. s3- HIGHWAY OPEN TO STONE FTB Detours Made to Give Access So Far but Even if Travel Were , Per mitted Farther Hood River Road Would Be Impassable. The paving companies which have been engaged during: the past several months hard-surfacing the main rural highways of Multnomah County have now called their crews to a halt until next Spring when several little patches, aggregating 8.8 miles, will be finished and the entire programme authorized under the J 1.250,000 bond issue com pleted. Today and during; all the months to come, rain or shine, the Columbia River Highway will be open as far as Stone, a point about one mile beyond Warren dale. To give residents of Multnomah County the benefit of this privilege it was necessary for Mr. Yeon to con struct a short detour connecting with the old Latourell road so as to avoid traversing the new fills on the highy way Just beyond Crown Point known as the figure eights. Also In places where short dirt fills were not settled sufficiently to make paving feasible Mr. Yeon has either had the gaps bridged with planks or macadamized so that vehicle travel may pass all year long. In the Spring these places Vrill be ready for hasty pavement. Hood River Drive Not Feasible. Those who have hoped that they rnlsht be able to drive to Hood River and upper points during the Winter will be disappointed to learn that travel will probably not be permitted any further than Stone. If the weather had permitted the gravel surface would have been laid at least as far as Bonne ville, but Mr. Yeon said yesterday that he did not believe it would be possible to work liny further on account of the recent heavy rains. At any rate motorists driving as far as Hood River County this late In the reason would have run Into dirt roads along the new construction surveys there that would have been impassable. Therefore, it will be out of the ques tion to drive to Hood River and The Dalles over the Columbia Highway this year and it will probably be Impossible iilso after the heavy rains have had tlielr full effect to follow the Wash ington side to Stevenson and then ferry across to Cascade Locks. Of course, after the cold weather comes and the road surfaces are frozen hard there is no telling how the dirt roads on either bank of the river may lie, but it is reasonable to assume that, as a general proposition, comfortable through traffic will not be advisable, even if the road officials wilt permit it. Stone Road Heavy. Just now the road above Stone Is so heavy that it would be foolish to al low the machines and wagons to cut the highway into deep furrows. With respect to the three paved roads leading to the entrance of the high way, the Sandy Road has 2.6 miles on both sides of Troutdale that will not be done this year, there is a half-mile stretch along the Base Lice that will not be done until Spring, while the Powell Valley road Is entirely completed. The Base Line and Powell Valley roads will be passable their full distance, but it will be neces sary to leave the Bandy road at Fair view and cross to the Base Line in or der to get to the highway. There is half a mile of work yet to be done on the Foster road, a mile on the Capitol Highway, and one-fifth of a mile on the Canyon road that will go over until Spring. Either with planks or permanent gravel, however, these roads will be kept passable during the Winter. The Canyon road, which has been tied up for some time on account "of the paving work will be opened agatn In about two weeks. A few oi the railroad crossings on the road to Linnton are not finished but virtually so. POSTAL CYCLIST WINS SI It. BFRLESON INDORSES I SE OX k BtRAL D10LIVKRIKS. Idea ( Illnsraue to Expansles I'arcel Post Is Corrected Accent 1 plishments Are Shown. "Postmaster-General Burleson's order authorizing the use of motorcycles on rural free delivery routes la received with satisfaction by millions of people in the United States who have become accustomed to receiving their news papers and other mail matter on sched ule." said P. L. Abbott, of the Motor cycle & Supply Company. Harlev Davidson dealers, in Portland yester day. "Last July the postal depart tnent was inclined to believe that the Motorcycle did not permit expansion pf the parcel post. Mr. Burleson Assumed personal charge of the Inves tigation, and the reports made by ostornees throughout the country thowed that the motorcycle and side- fan Is meeting the needs of the depart' kient satisfactorily. I "In the suburban districts of the Brge cities, as well as in the rural diS' Iricts, the regular mail established rith the aid of automobiles and notorcycles has accomplished wonders h the daily life of all who are eniov- kg the rural free delivery service. To live that service curtailed In any way lould affect not only the people on ia rural routes, but all with whom tey have social or business relations. i"The usefulness of Uncle Sam's Iral routes has been increased greatly K the parcel post, benefiting not only t- patrons on the routes in receiving Apments from the cities, but city resi dnts who receive farm produce by prcel post. Consequently the deci an of the Postmaster-General approv lf motor deliveries and collections on rral free delivery routes la meeting iti approval in the cities as well as II the country, the subject being a nftter of Nation-wide interest." Dayton Road Contract Let. AYTON. Wash.. Oct. 23. (Special.) -Jhe contract for finishing the re ninder of the permanent highway be tren Waitsburg and Dayton has been olcially given out as having- beea let tithe General Construction Company, oSpokaue, for tl3,:4S.90. There Is a dtance of 6.8 miles to be completed. Ml the grading will be done this Pall. J early as the weather will permit In d Spring the crowning will be built, ai will no doubt be finished by June Is will give an unbroken road be fcen Dayton and Walla Walla thai f. I""" vea T-, 1 & A .. , yt - , JmSS va . fa i A MBS. THEODORE DOSCH, AT WHEEL AND MISS PEARL COLEMAN, IV MRS. DOSCITS NEW STUDB- BAKEB SIX ROADSTER. After waiting patiently three months for her new car to arrive, Mrs. Theodore Dosch cow may be seen almost any day driving the first 191S six-cylinder Studebaker roadster to reach Portland. With her on most of her trips about Portland and over the newly paved rural roads is her sister. Miss Pearl Coleman, The new Itasca car is a roadster, to be sure, but it Is roomy enough to seat three average sized people without any discomfiture and It has power enough in those six cylinders to carry a whole . regiment, she says. When R. R. Coster, an Oregon Motor Car Company salesman, took her order for the car Mrs. Dosch thought He was talking rather extravagantly and discounted some of his promises, but now that she has received her roadster and driven it day after day, she is outtalking Mr. Coster on the good points of the car. Mrs. Dosch is practicing hard to master every detail of the car before the return of Mr. Dosch, whose business keeps him in Middle part, N. Y a good share of the time. ENGINEERS ARE BUSY Motor Car Designers Are Mak ing Rapid Strides. LAYMEN SEE FEW DETAILS Ideas Exchanged Freely at Annual JUjeetang of Society and Better Automobiles Is Mutual Spir it of Entire Session. During the past three years motor car engineering has made and is still making most rapid strides. Due to the fact that first princi ples were well mastered and out of the way, the engineer has been left free to exercise his genius and inge nuity m the finer and, in the last analysis, many of the most Important details of this development are not evident to the casual observeir such as frame design, clutch and clutch collar mechanism, brake and gear shift devices, etc.; but the obvious manifestations of this progress are electrical lighting, starting, the V shaped motors of various numbers of cylinders and the growing tendency to reduce weight without sacrifice of strength. During the annual Summer meet ing of the Society of Automobile En gineers, held this year aboard the steamer Koronic in the Georgian Bay district, perhaps the best discussion on the subject of motor design was brought out that the society has ever presented to Its members. Ideas Exehansed Freely. The most prominent men, in the in dustry freely expressed their ideas, told the secrets . of their laboratories and experimental departments and ex changed mental sallies with each other and their more obscure brothers, all to one purpose build better motorcars. The paper which evoked a flood of comment was presented by Alanso P. Brush, a prominent engineer of great professional attainment, and was en titled. "Modern Tendencies of Motor uesign. The author briefly touched on the relative merits of four-cylinder vertical, six-cylinder vertical and eight and 12-cylinder V-shaoed. The general tenor seemed to be that mere was considerable room for all the designs and each had their sphere and uses. Some Problems Plata. If the number of cylinders was the only point considered, there would be no logical reason to stop at IX cylin ders, as IS or 31 cylinders even would be still better but the problems go beyond merely the Question of Infinity of cylinders. There are plain engineering prob lems, such as suitable camshaft drives, elimination of long chains, proper lub rication, proper cooling and carbure tion. and not least by any means, proper ignition. When there Is so wide a divergence of opinion as on thexe points, the road Is not clear. The best minds of the Industry are split en them, so we cannot lightly brush them aside. There Is only one test for all these things time. Ex periment and experience take time and UNCLE SAM PERMITS USE MAIL NEW TYPE Or HARXEY-D AVID SON KITTED OIt T'SB ON H. V. D. ROUTES. that element cannot be put aside lightly, - ATJTO TJSE TS WINTER GAINS Dealers Report Greater Sale Than Ever of Closed Cars. "This Winter will see a far greater number of cars in use than ever be fore in the cold season." says A. C Stevens, manager of the Winton branch. "Owners are coming to realize that the automobile renders the most valuable service in precisely the season when many of them were accustomed to store their cars. "When sleet, snow, ice and freezing blast make walking (even to a streetcar) and waiting on a street cor ner extremely disagreeable and often dangerous, then It is that your johnny-on-the-spot motorcar is most needed. The demand for closed cars this Fall is unprecedented, and there Is a heavy call for sedans. This indicates that many families that do not employ Chauffeurs intend to enjoy closed-car comfort. We have also had a consid erable request for coupes." fflNE MARKET PREDICTED MAXWELIi MANAGER IN ENGLAND FORESEES GREAT FCTEBB. American Cam Declared Bouii Cap ture Practically All Trade la Paasenser Vehicles. DETROIT, Oct. 23. That America will soon own bodily the entire automobile trade of Great Britain and such parts of Continental Europe as are open to commerce is the confident declaration of Ernest A. De Lorenzi, of the Max well Motor Company of London, who has been for several days In confer ence with American officials of the parent company. Mr. De Lorenzi believes that the Max well company should expand the scope of its export campaign, even to a greater extent than the normal rate of Increase provided for in the allotment of cars in the season's schedule. "European factories are producing virtually no passenger-carrying cars at all for private consumption," says Mr. De Lorenzi. "Most of them are work ing solely on government contracts, building cars adapted for war purposes with various types of body. Some of them are changing their entire plants over to the production of aeroplanes. Touring cars of British make are pro duced only in such a limited way as to create no impression whatever on the market. "British makers are still further handicapped by the fact that, unless they are working on government con tracts, they have only the , lame, the halt and the blind among the nation's workmen. The pick of the British me chanics are all either at the front or at work on government enterprises. "To still further increase the handi caps of the British makers, the price of skilled labor has Increased nearly 100 per cent a condition which would bar the door to the production of any car at a profit." Mr. De Lorenzi says that, aside from the smallness of his allotment of cars, the feature which worries him most is the difficulty of getting cars across the Atlantic Virtually all the available vessels are chartered for war munitions and his firm has now in New York considerable shipment of Maxwell cars which have been awaiting transit for two weeks. OF MOTORCYCLES ON RURAL ROUTES. - -v SLOW BRAKING BESt Shut Off Power and Gradually Come to Stop, Is Advice. SLIDING HARD ON TIRES Best Method Is to Apply Pressure So Evenly That Forward Move ment of Car and Rotation of Wheels Stop at Same Time. Few motorists intelligently use the brakes on their motor cars, a great number on account of carelessness and the others on account of the lack of experience. When the brakes are applied with full force to the wheels of the car speeding along at the rate, say, of 30 miles an hour, the braking action will be so powerful as to immediately stop the rotation of the driving wheels. But the car will not come to an immediate standstill. Its momentum will send it forward and the locked rear wheels will slide over the ground with the most destructive effect on the tires. When you consider that in railroad practice the so-called "flat wheel" Is produced by too sudden braking, you will be able to appreciate the effect which a similar practice must have on rubber tires of an automobile. Bear In mind, therefore, that the best method of using brakes is that method which applies pressure on them so gradually that the forward move ment of the car and the rotation of the wheels are stopped at the same time. Nothing is more severe on the car than the spectacular stopping often in dulged in by ignorant drivers in an effort to "show off. The careful driver shuts his power off -before be reaches the stopping point and permits tne car to carry him along on its momentum, bringing It, with a gradual application of the brakes, to a halt at the exact spot. Although the foot or the service brake may be used to slow the car down while the clutch Is in, it is a poor practice to do so. Whenever It becomes necessary .to slow down, release the .clutch first that arone will have an immediate slo wins-down effect on the movement of the car, because It disconnects the power. If additional checking is needed, apply the foot-brake, or, for a quick stop, the foot and the emergency brakes together. To make it plain, the clutch pedal goes down first, the brake pedal next. If a full stop is not desired, merely a temporary slackening of the speed release the brake pedal first, then let the clutch pedal come up. Releasing the clutch first would compel the motor to pull against the brake, with conse quent rapid wearing down of the brake lining. No motorist is qualified to give his car the best of care until he has mas tered the control of the gears and of the brakes. These understood, he may, witn aafety, go anywhere. TRUCK UPKEEP 13 SHOWN NEWARK CONCERN CITES FOITR SOURCES OF TROUBLE. Negligence, Igaoraaee. I ad If f ereaee and Lack ef Time Given as Oat ataadlwa Reeseaa. "While in most Instances trucks re ceive more or less intelligent and care ful lubrication of motor because drivers quickly learn that no oil means no work from motor, it Is to be regretted that such is not the case with the rest of the chassis," says J. L. Black, super intendent of motor equipment of C. Feigenspan. Incorporated. Newark. N. J. "This la due to several causes, the first and principal one being negli gence: the second Ignorance: the third indifference; the fourth, which is more prevalent than is commonly known. Is lack of sufficient time daily being al lowed the driver to properly do so. "Taking up the first reason; The in dolent driver soon finds out that his truck will stand an enormous amount of abuse, and thereupon decides that the lubricating will do some other time, or something to that effect. This man. It b to be hoped, is soon found out and exrLsed from further troubling. '"The second reason. Ignorance, is a Are You a Winter Stay-Indoors? When Winter's bite makes the touring car cheerless and uncomfortable, do you become a stay-indoors, limiting your activities to absolute necessity? Or do you enjoy the wonderful freedom of going and coming that a closed car provides? The work a touring car does for you in Summer is nothing to the grateful service rendered by the closed car in even the worst weather that old Father Winter can funs' at u. Betwaen borne and office, to the theater, the dance and dinner, to the homes of friends, for every en . gagement of every nature, the limousine or the sedan is a coach that defies the weather and af fords living-room comfort and good cheer. Every successful family requires a closed car. It is the car of greatest convenience and of most distinction. We can make for' you a Winton Six closed car of whatever variety you prefer, and finish it exactly to your taste. We take especial pride in the excellence of our coach work, and that requires time. Better place your order now, and have a delightful surprise in store for your family and your friends when Winter sets In. Prices range from 3250 to $3500. Sport limousines, coupes and other special types of closed cars designed to order. Telephone us today. Winton Building be more or less with us, but can be more easily overcome .than any other. Xbird, indifference. This. like the first, will soon show itself In more ways than one. and can be overcome in various ways. The fourth lack of time is. we be lieve, a serious one. It involves a great many phases about which we have not the time to go into detail. I would like to say, however, that careful and sys tematic lubrication of all chassis parts some of which are unfortunately quite inaccessible will well repay any truck operator or "owner in the added dependability of his truck and the de creased cost of maintenance. "As an illustration of the. truth of the above, I wish to show you some interesting figures taken from our own records. They are of three cars of a well-known make which have done substantially the same work and mile age: No. 1 No. 2 No. 8 .o:5T .001:11 .oi:;s4 .0023 Qas ii4o:: .O.liT Oil O024S .H:t73 Repairs uu .o:tin Tires K38 .0532 .131SS .14113 -.10515 "In the case the driver of the No. 3. who is a very conscientious and me thodical man, you will note his running expense per mile is so consistently lower for all items. And it is of great importance to emphasize the fact that when his machine was taken down for a general overhaul It required less than half the replacement of parts due to wear than was the case with either No. 1 or No. 2." This brewery is operating 35 motor trucks, and Mr. Black has been in charge of this fleet since its beginning, five years ago. VAKDiA SEEKS ACTO ROAD Connection With Lower River High way and Portland Proposed. Evidence of what the proposed North Yakima-White Salmon road will mean to Portland may be read in the fol lowing article which appeared in the Yakima Herald recently, under a head ing "Road to Portland god for Yakima construction of missing link in this county would afford route incomparable for beautiful scenery": "Yakima delegates who attend the state good roads meeting in Ellensburg next month will go with a very clear opinion in their minds as to what par ticular road development this section is ready to boost for It may not be a matter which will Interest the good roads convention as a state organiza tion, for it looks toward Portland and not to Seattle and Tacoma. '"The Snoqualmie Pass road offers a delightful scenic route, which is. how ever, available only about four month' in the year. It is a steady uphill pull for at least half the distance, no matter on which side of the divide the start is made. The road which would seem to be the natural outlet to this valle7 is along the Columbia River, and what road construction enthusiasm is bub bling about loose is to be bottled up for us in making apparent the advan tages of a road from North Yakima to he Klickitat County line, to connect with a road which that county is to construct from White Salmon, which road. In turn, connects with the admira ble hlabway along the south bank of the Columbia, which has been built by the State of Oregon. "People who went over the Columbia River part of the road the past Sum mer say that it affords 40 miles of scenery than which the much-talk-of Riverside Drive of New York has noth ing more beautiful to show. The Yaki ma County part of the route, as tenta tively outlined, would mean the im provement of the present road to Fort Slracoe and thence down the Klickitat River to Glendale. " It wouldn't be a nad Idea for Yakima. said a "business man yester day, 'to have a big city like Portland accessible by automobile. There is no reason why we should be dependent on Seattle and Tacoma for our purchases or our pleasures. Portland, on a down grade haul. Is our natural big city, by all geographical standards. That it happens in another state does not alter the advantageousness ox its location so far as we are concerned. I should like to see this road built without delay.' "Another deckled advantage of the Columbia River Highway is that It will be open the year through." Grays Harbor Licenses 970 Motors. ABERDEEN, Wash., Oct. 23. (Spe cial.) Grays Harbor County has up wards of 970 motor vehicles upon which state licenses have been paid. Of these. 603 are automobiles. The county baa 191 motorcycles and boasts of 25 auto stages and 47 cars used as jitneys or antos for hire. Auto dealers are re porting good sales and before the end of October the county will easily have upwards of 1000 sucb vehicles. Highway Grading Started. NORTH YAKIMA. Wash.. Oct. 23. Contractor Thomas Dingle began work today on a stretch of five and one-half miles of highway grading near Kitti tas Canyon. This piece of road has been the source of complaint from au tomobile tourists across tbe mountains The Winton Company 23d and Washington Sts. BATTERY GABE H) STORAGE SUPPLY SHOULD WOT PE OVERLOOKED, IS WARNING. New Company Starts Campaign to Doctor Ills ef Balky font ri ff vances on All Machines. "Just because the storage battery used for cranking an automobile is usually hidden beneath the floor boards of or seat of a car Isn't any reason why tbe motorists of Portland should "overlook it entirely until It bucks for want of attention." This remark was made last week by C. A. Bankhead. who, with William Christman as partner, recently opened the offices of the Storage Battery Com pany at 348 Couch street, in the H. L. Keats building. The company has employed Ralph Whitcomb. formerly head of the battery department at the Portland branch of Chanslor & Lyon Company, to doctor the ills of balky batteries, and J. C. Fischer, of Pittsburg, as generator ex pert. The company has taken the agency for the i9tate of Oregon on the exlde battery. Mr. Bankhead will be remembered as the man who drove his own specially built racer in the local automobile races last Summer, carrying away honors In several of the races reserved for Portland cars. For two years Mr. Bankhead had charge of the batery de partment for the H. L. Keats Company. "An automobile starting battery does not require a great deal of attention, but oftentimes an inspection saves the battery from worthlessness or the ne cessity of expensive repairs," says Mr. Bankhead. "The storage battery has often been called the 'heart' of the automobile starting and lighting system. The best system in the world with a poor bat tery means constant trouble and ex pense, for there is no place where qual ity counts to a greater degree than in a battery for automobile starting, light ing and ignition. "Of course, the battery must be prop erly charged. It is also important that the cells be filled with pure water, not acid, from time to time, so as to keep the water even with the top of the plates." MOTOR LAW CODE IS READY American Association Completes Record of State Reqniremcnts. The touring bureau of the American Automobile Association has Just com pleted a codification of the motor car laws. This codification will soon be ready for distribution and a copy may be had by sending to the National headquarters of the association either at Washington or New York. Study of the report shows that with few exceptions most of the states Im pose a double tax. The notable excep tion wherein the paying of one tax definitely bars all othtsr forms are in the state of New York. Idaho, Iowa and Oklahoma. These commonwealths spe cifically provide that registration is in lieu of all other taxes. To this list 1916 Harley-Davidson Motorcycles Have arrived. Have you seen themU On Display a Motorcycle and Supply Co. 209 Fourth Street Phone Main 4244 should bo added Pennsylvania and Ver mont, wherein there are no added taxes, though not so specifically pro vided for in the legislative acts. "Those states where the owner Is re. quired to pay a third tax are Connecti cut, Delaware, Florida, Maine, Mary land, Massachusetts, New Jersey and the District of Columbia. In Vermont, while escaping tbe property tax; the owner pays for a driving license. HTJDSOX CAR WILL BE SIX Simplicity of Xevr Motor Type IS Argued in ItH Favor. The Hudson car will use a six-cylinder motor exclusively in all future models planned by this company. "Our refinement and development of the six-cylinder type of motor leads us to believe it surpasses in simplicity, low cost of upkeep, performance and general adaptability, any other type so tar developed for use in pleasure vehi cles," says C. C. Winningham. of the Hudson factory, in a letter received last week by C. L. Boss, the Oregon dealer. "We have built every type of motor" from one to 13 cylinders. The recog- nixed ability of our engineering de partment insured that these motors would be the best of -their kind in the present state of motor development. "The result of this research con vinced us more firmly than ever before of the absolute supremacy of the Hud son six-cylinder motor. "It is therefore more than pleasing to us to announce the continuation of the consistent policy which has marked our progress and advise Hudson buy ers, both past and future, that they are securing the best engineering develop ment that the industry offers. NEW KISSELKAK IS PRAISED 11. C. Skinner Says "All-Year Car' Is Winning Its Way. "There is no denying that Kissel's In vention of the all-year car was a bril liant idea and that it has proved a wonderful success," says H. C. Bkinner, manager of the Pacic Kissel Kar Com pany. "The all-year cai- a Kissel Kar la the only design really offering two cara In one a complete touring car and a complete closed car, neither indicating that it is anything else. No one but Kisssel has accomplished this, because few others build their own bodies. The all-year car is a highly specialised ar ticle and to be successfully built must be constructed with the car, not by some organization apart. Baoh top is fitted Individually to the touring car it Is to mount. "The new all-year models are hand some, including a coupe as well as a sedan type. The coupe Is built for use in connection with a nifty four-passenger roadster. It is already so popular that many predict it will outsell the sedan." The Goodyear Tire A Rubber Com pany during the first six months of 1415 produced 3,700,090 feet of hose, which equaled Its production for the entir eyear of 1914. There has been a phenomenal demand for garden hose, necessitating the operation of this de partment day and night. Recently 240.0O0 feet of garden hose were turned out in one week.