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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 5, 1915)
THE SUNDAY OHEfiOXIAX.' TORTLAXD, DECEMBER S. 1013. CORD TIRES TESTED poptlandeps AS AIDS' TO AUTOS! ; .notop VcJ Sirperiority Over Fabric Con . struction Is Proved by Use on Cole Eight. EASIER RUNNING IS SHCMN 1 - I 1 V Natln of. Trial. With Alaaaja Mmr l uaiif.-Ar-CarWvljr Made mI KlflrraMwv for slox , ( uai-arrl tm Detail. T prove tat erl rf rurtia B-J tenet. l tire. r rpr4 with far lint, ' a rar more taer aa the kill ao4 cua II l coaaat fartir ' tar ti9ipa Joo ft ale. W. I At br ht. mmeaer at ! Fitlarl k(aa ( IK B. r. ai.aoelra.-B) Cerrreet. mj hla rMef Ifntium. Carl C"4IU y.na4 a ti Col EKtl aoi at tle ort&aet . A ate Cora pan a le' IVa.lwav aay laat weB a4 put it Ikrtuil IB fcae of aeaeral teats tKh ex-a-da-l their oa earec tat ana. 'rat. tli taa tmoolk faBrr tires a the front ! an- lo roucl feirw: tires na -.na-t. ma ""Vie aa turM4 looee era ii a atear. nil at the fcae.i of Ui-i,bi:u trail at a Clwd ?ee at speaA. Tfc-a. antra the lira rjuipmot. t car vj e Ki-t aui l'rrr Thur mjq etret Jaat above the Lt 'oreetrv fcuUcl.ta. r,p) lato neutral sar an4 - Baal alK'tax doaaa i:e Ina-llne. VieeatvaWeie) ee t era rail v Tat.a Jnre an.l the notetinne care f.lir re.areW '. f I'wkiaa. te car vae rrurnit fa r rei ts're tor r !ritltrl iwnrr. r:nil au atitut4 loi- ! J'uf U'l I'rrt. T-iaO taa car aae pt ever the M r ere.t IBe former lota a4 !a coro f rla i.f a.te. feofrt the Tata evtvaa br 're-ie, lu.itan. r-.. b" l atrrl af tfca ,arihnl Aultf Cam fay aa rrfj)l to rla-a Iba trat' a4 pr at tba aama BKbaa a bat ft trtpa. t Ua Hr.t trip It rulr4 a pa4 af 1J mltaa a ftr ta a-t tba rr r .ha M.I it at-o tba aira- . Wblrnto frb tt tbla taal ta sa on tba apaa-loiratar rtoa4 a ait af r.a mi ia an aaur at tba lop n r,. ar.4 a tba al.'pri... (rll aa t"a tatoL'ttr lnrrl. until at tx lap of tia r"a1. "bare ir:a Kmfii IIXIHU an4 Arl.aaloa IUI1M1 eoat bra a- b !. tba la at -la at a 2-ott1a rlitx Wltb) tba itilrart-taa ror4 tlraa Ob tba aar4 iria r tbta :H tba ama apaa4 u attn4 tt tb rarli aatranra an4 tba Ibrotlla a r4 " piara4 a ta mirtt ma.ia bt Mr. Mottoa on lb r.i tnix Tbia lima al Iba loa of la la. ii. tba p.4 oaa i mlla aa ti"t mm (nmur4 ai.b mtm milaa aa tb frrrr -ir ar4 at tba loop of tba roa. tba raa4 araa ii mtl an bir mcara itb mi.ra aa bur aitb It tabrl.- tlraa. Attbaucti tha v :a. la apa4 frora itM lb tad tram to mtlaa aa k4f Boaar t rapa-tia mu- mBt In tba BJin4 of tba atf 4rlr, lr. Halloa. bara aa 4'H,ln lh fa. I Ibat tba d trip bl rn Kirt.Kai tunt. to IK IT.tHTtn TWUOM KOM. Aanaunramant ma4a y Ir4r b M. C. Sklanar, Nortb aat inanar of tba rbt-lfi KiaalKar brBrb. 4itrlbalora of Iba KiuriKar aa.1 Url-a auto mubilo. tbat roorat will aa br. b t.nvrroar for tha r iroriicn of tba irw braa--h batldnc on tba itorthaaat or a r of (ai atrt aMt lrvaJ- a t'laaa f r tba bulMinc ara 4raarn ama tlma ifn. bot tb final d--iii a not 4atartnlaat antil bftr r. larabla rorra. t-n.ln.-a ba t w n Mr fbinnar a n4 ina bamc eruc la Aaa fraa c t Tba final plan aa a!erl4 ytrd. falioalnit tba arrival In rortlarxl of W. 3 Cmpba.l. a r-ar af iba iUs 'raarla-a affVia. aiala J-Ir unfao'ta ronlitlona. Ji.l bafara palling Bp to tb hill vtrn tba Hllvrtoiaa cord aButpmaol tia taaatiatar aol :-4 tbat a bla mtr aprtnblar hal 4na rani4arabla airlr work b ap.radintr waiar frnm mmm ai4 of ta atrvat to tha otbar. TB I ni4ii!aitiT ova4a tba ro4 aur- f a m'l.-b lal-- aa4 tna Iracltoa alowar tbaa it au!4 kil baca ubvlar aartnal rimimataivr Utrkba baa Daa4 aionw im tna rd of tba taat tba rar r n tirrw ta ata.'a4 a: tria roraar at 1'aaotr-alaUk aaC Tburmaa atraata. 4il In t natral iai aav4 alloatd lo rail 4ai tba bit! asm It cant la a 4m4 atop, itb fabric lira Iba faataat anaa4 attaiti'4 br tba car aaf ta 4aail aa 14 auiaa aa bur tal it cama la a atop al a point ttra--M aooia of tba l aaerr bil.diat. bftar tr.irfi a au'al af bat aaanla4 ta about too tad n ba'f S!.b. moat of wblcb a (aa bllL talrr. .' Ia o4 tiraa. tba I'ola ran 9 a raa. af II tnltaa an loir al on font laataa4 of IXat 4a4 tia:l trka loratrT batldiaat. la ratia! an far aaotbaa tone biora an Iba op rri antil I cam a to tba craal at tba m.-nia al Taatr-anth trt aa I tbatt rlla4 an 4wa tba altcbt rad far II bloaaa lo Mltaaptb aa4 Tb rraian atraata aa4 t'arnaH tba roraar t:ira-4a.-ta' rf a bio a toworal Pa Biar '.rl. 0 rafa iba bl trVB tn tin. run oaa I1 .l--b ap tba bill frarn T o an t j .al Mb lo Tai - want i atri. Aftar II itarkad Iba rraat tba raat wa "rfi-'a a'n ana ll of tba-irirt tbo Tola) rarri.4 tba aama to4 af Bra paaaaaarara. w..b a la tba aatrafala about a la ana a:l of IM t'a carrl4 tba aa untoar of p-jua4a r'aaaura. la. "Tiara ta BbaoJattlr aa aaatloB boil tba alirl.-aecB of Ibia taal.aal4 M- Albrlarit al tba rloaa of prooa4 lata "tba curd tiro :! boaot a car ta V oar rant Mara poairr oa tbo btlla. II will a Wait n aav.ao rf B- Zl par aai In aiaaoltra nnnomr bh4 It aalU parmii a rar t rwoat J par coat tar lb aaHar a-4 aarr conatitleaa. "To aar aulB4 tbara la aa bo h 4it far. a.-- botaaa tba aualltiao af raai. I.B'-v IB tba ror4 tiro afwf Iba fabric Ibara la batwa'B tba paaamatic bn4 Iba aol4 rub bar lira a. raaliso tnat tna ararala anaa la aol raaJity roa ajina4 af IM fart, but In ollhaaT to bo tbat buck la tba caao. crrao Ibinc thai a'!'!' to tba raltllK- of tba (en! I e. af rauraa. la tbc fj- t Ibal It auf fra I h - dar.ll. ap of abo il 3V aa JO pa. cant laaa roa4 trtraion Tba tabrlr lira ta Ratlar aM b. Ova taa.ro of It camaaa la cuata-I oita 14a aurtaca of tt-a roa4-agr.- r 'W'ij i 1. - - - - - i iTTr i iat f A' UA.V baa lo war. a Dp pratir aartr la taa morptoa lo boot W. R Ulafha. tha pioaaar commlaaloa marrbant boao lama tfacorataa a tall tijt at ! t ! from rlroau on tba butomobtla ibrraraaka. Tor tbo paat axan aara Mr. Ulafka EASY PAY HEW PLAN P.taxwell Agent Anbunces Time Basis for Sales. AVERAGE MAN RECOGNIZED f. L. lUm Ktplalna t'oiitlltlona lok Inc lamaucHllaie larlltrrjr of Car mcxp-.lb ladrr ArraogcnM-ota ! rmiltlnc lamcnt Delay. a . ,t(-C nl lr" auno principle that tilomobilra rap rnd aalll eventually bo -nr-liy a I n IS a aatia baala aa pianoa. r.al aaiala nd other rommodt lias of vaiue. C. . U Booa. of C. U M Co.. local Matwell rrpraaentatlvra. la todiy annouptirif a time-payment plan by Which Iho proape. live molor- iata of ti la rttr and iktnlty ran ob tain Mamell card without any appre ciable ncroachria-i on tbolr Onanclal reaourraa and lnvlxrnt. -"y aa ton ride la tba conclao way la which Mr. Bona summarises the ale tail of the plan. "Modern roMl! t fna often demand tbat I irin make uao of hie entire cap ital q Ma bustaeae or la Ma prof re- m tonal aulpmant. dolarra Mr. Boea. ""ftn vvra the relatively small amotant peadad to pay Iba raah-dawn prtro of even Vtatwelt aulornobllo la tarce ar.ou.li to kaop blm from takloc hla monar frora Abe channels la which ll la al work. "Tha auiorr.oolte buatnaas mull rar oinlia thla eoadinan. I have worked oat a plaa which I am put Una lolo ef fect hero for the ban. tit of my cue lrn.ra at ho mar bo ao situated. -Tkla pUa aoablaa tba man of ave rage aaaaa to bur a car and enjoy it wbito ha la pa ln. for It and enables him aa Wall lo pay for It out of his recular an -me. 1 bla plaa I am put llBaT at work lodar. It will bo elicibla In Iba caao af v.-y car I can a vgrt from tba Ialroii faa-tory and my arjiaxl. ula ralla for n-orc Maawell car (haa have avar bora d-llverx baro la lor co4-weo!h-r naih. Al proaaet I raa make lmrad. I a d.tlver aeder tbl pay-aa-ou-ri4e" plan.' The etpertmeni la bcio eiplaiaed ta burara fr-inkly and witheul reaerv W. a ALBRIGHT EXPLAINS TO V I t - J V ' i i J ' -M - a t lltK r.lt.HT AIMJtT TO PTAKT 111 TRIP TO TkT LIHt lKMl Ob" haa ban an anthoalalllc motorlrt and ha baa lrarla4 ao far durina tbat tuna that no apaadomtiar on arts could irnthfallr 'S'l full dlatanro. Jlia flrat ca vm an Auburn, and ha ha alr.ro o par a lad thrra Cadlilara. Aftar arcoptlne alallrar of hla praa. ant rar al tbo Dal roll factory laat year and Iba lo-sl Maiwell salesroom will probably be crowded today alth inter ested -nolorlats STiDUiiAuiJts maki: Ri:conii Cara lo Kcllablllty llun of 1000 Mllc-ta LfaMlli New -Marks. Tha ttrrri IvOC-mll reliability run participated In b upwarda of 100 f4tudebakar cara In aa many different parte of tha rountr furnished tha most revere taat ever rororded for the read ability of any car. but In every In slsnre a perfect sere was recorded. Jt was a lest of the reliability of th Mud-baker car and the ItO miles Were to b covered wi'Vn I hours' actual runnina lima and there waa no sua Rrstlon tha any entrant try lo attain DCALCR VOTK MIT TO HUE A I TO JlllOW. After dlacuaalnc the matter for several weak a. the laadiOK auto mobile dealer of Portland, al a meeting Wednesday, decided by vote of I to & not to staae the automobile show that had bean propoard for Btkl January or February. A majority of tha dealrra feit tl-al tha benefits derived from a show do not compensate for tha tlma and money spent upon It. homo also e pressed tha view that a show hold bark buainesa. and the lark of new models worka a handicap on some of tba ex hibitors. For a tlma tha Multno mah Hotel sad the Armory wera .dtecueaed aa the probable lx a tlon for the display. Wlitla tha dealers no lontrer have a formaj oraanliation. I. icy meet weekly la tba Chamber of Commerce rooms and discuss tuetlona pertinent to their trade. The members take turna about at tba Job of preetdtna. but they have elected M. O. Wilkin, pub. lieber of tha Automobile Record, secretary of the organisation oa a sa'.ary. speed taurele. nevertheless several nw speed record In certain porta of Ike country. Wly scttlrred. were estab lished. ta more thaa run the boat train record was beltere-d by Mudebaker stock ears which had received no ape rial pre bare I loo for the ordeal to which they wera submktteH. For frata of thla nature the honor so lo cars from Kal amasoa. Mich.; reettle. Wash.: Port land. Me.: Aberdeen K. P.. and Coffey rill. Klb. though the last named rar did not participate In the reliability run. A trpaoritec to be-rs lafrodaad Into ladle ebi?a ai:i wr:fc tha 24 characters aa4 aro af iba Ptece;' e.Bhava".. C 3L MENZIES THE DIFFERENCE TIRES. Mr. Olafke ajrora back to Srw Tork. to Bofton. and on up to Portland. Ma., ba foro ralaylnr bark to tha fartory. On thla round trip al"no hla machine rollad ovar 13S0 mi l.a of road. Dnrlnit two different araiona the Olafke oar paradrd throush California with particular amphaala on tbo nciarb- NEW MODEL ARRIVES $615 Overland Demonstration Car Is on Exhibition. TWO SALESMEN ARE WED w. J. I'rdlcr Is to Move to Seattle to Take Over Office There. Editor la Named on Content Board of AaaocUtlon. "lt"s here." said Bert El Ins;, manager of tha Portland branch of the J. W. Leavltt Company, the other morning. -Whsfe here?" "Why. the new tlS Overland that Is to aell In Portland, electrically started and llehted and with four-inch tires, for titi." And ao It Is. Tha first sample of tha new rar arrived In Portland Thursday and before a couple of week bava passed deliveries will be made in Port land, so Mr. Eilntr say. Tb new Overland has a pure streamline, live-passenger body finished In black with nickel and polished aluminum fitting. The motor ha 20-23 horse power, with cylinder cast en bloc, and the wheelhase Is 104 Inches. The car carries a floating type rear axle cantilever springs In the rear and a one-man top" a a a Mayhap there was something pe culiar in Iba air. Or il may be trace able to the holiday spirit. Anyway Cupid has been doing some mishty good shooting lately In the Covey Motor Car Company building that loom tip on the southwest corner of Tweniy-first and Washington afreet. Only two of his friends In the auto mobile trade. W. D. Albright and Carl Cadwell. knew It. but F. C Atwell. the popular and good-looking represent live of the Interests of the Intematlon Motor Car Company In thla terri tory, who sells Mack at 8auer truck from tha Covey building, allpped away on Thanksgiving day and married Miss Lincoln, of Mllwaukle. Or. They were married ty the He v. John Boyd who taushl Mr. Atwell tha ten command ments whan the latter was a little tot back In Cranston. III. a a a But Mr. Atwell wasn't the only victim Cupid caught at -the Covey building. BETWEEN CORD AND FABRIC till KK TOWJt COHU TIKIls. ?"ajwa t borhood of tha Gltfke lemon and or anre ranch. In Oreson Mr. Glafke'a favorlta drives are the Columbia River Highway and to the various beach and mountain resorts. Now that be pos seraea, a country home near Oak Grove the utility of the Cadillac will be multi- piled several fold. Within 41 hours after the Atwell Llncoln marriage. Vincent Halley, who has been foreman of the Covey shop for two years, answered the call of (he altar and soon was off on his honey moon. a a a W. J. Pedlcr. Northwest manager of the J. W. Leavltt Interests, is now on his way to the Overland and Wlllys Knlght plants at Toledo. On his re turn he will pack up his "doll clothes and depart for Seattle-where he will maintain his headquarters hereafter. Mr. Pcdler. who started out with Mr. Leavltt n-sny years ago In the bicycle business, first came to Portland ss manager of the Portland branch of the company but he act too big for the job and waa soon elevated to the position or northwest manager. Reaontly the entire Pacific Coast was divided Into three (ones with Los Angeles. Ban Francisco and Sent tie the sore headquarter. Mr. Pedlar's many friends will be glxd to learn that. although he will not maintain his head office here, that he will be in Portland frequently on trips over the Northwest territory. a a a The offices of the Portland branch of the Firestone Tire & Rubber Company were closed to the public for two hours last Monday morning during the fu nrral of Mrs. I. J. Firestone at Akron. Ohio. I. J. Firestone is sales manager of the great rubber factory, and brother of the chief, H. S. Firestone. He has been in Portland several tiroes and haa many friends here. The late Mrs. Firestone was related to the Oolph family or this city. a a a . The news reached Portland last week that Al Waddell. automobile editor of the Los Angeles Times, had been ap pointed Southern California representa tive of the contest board of the Amer ican Automobile Association. "Al" is said to be tha first newspaperman to hold such a position. He will be re membered by many Portlanders as one of the participants In the recent Chan dler non-stop run from Mexico to Brit ish Columbia. a a a When Roy Hemphill resigned his po sition with the Northwest Auto Com pany the other day to become aaJes manager of the Hunter-Smith Sales Company, of Tacoma. his brother, Stan ley Hemphill, wss appointed to fill his hoes as dlpener of second-hand car at the Broadway and Couch-street store. Still a third Hemphill. Ollie, Roy's twin, now with tha Covey Motor Car Company, was formerly employed by tbe Northwest Auto Company, also. a a a How's this for a record? W. B. Doan, tbe Saxon and Paige-Detroit distrib uter for this territory, on one afternoon laat week sold It cars at wholesale and slipped over two at retail. He had to stsy away 'from the Syracuse-Aggie game Wednesday to pull the trick, how. ever, for the purchasers happened to bunch on his shoulders that particular day. . y ' ' "There Is nothing quite like it any where" was the remark of W. H. Bell, of San Francisco, district manager of tha Kelly-Springfield Tire Company, after Frank C. Rtggs and W. C. Garbe, officials of tha Oregon Motor Car Com pany, Oregon distributers of the tire, bad driven Mm over the Columbia River Highway In one of the new Stude baker cars. Tba Kelly-Springf leld Com pany was the first to iniroduce the solid tire. Mr. Bell say, and he con ferred with Mr. Oarbe last week on a plan to place this brand of tire more fixedly on the market when the Ore gon Motor Car Company moves to its new Iration on the southeast corner of Park and Pa vis streets. EUGENE BUILDING GAINS Inereaae of 4 1 Per Cent In Activity Over November, it 14, Noted. EUGENE. Or, Dec. 4. (Special.) November building, though naturally at an ebb because of the Winter, showed an Increase of 44 per cent over November, lilt, according to tha re port of the building inspector issued today. The building Inspector states that the report next month for the entire year will show a material increase over tliat of 1114. Among the larger- November permits Is one for the construction of the Allen ek iwis warehouse at a coat o .11,000. The Most Wpnderf ul of Motorcycles A look will convince. On display now. BALLOU & WRIGHT Distributors , Broadway at Oak Can also be seen at Jefferson Cycle Co., 273 Third St. H. Lystul, 488 Union Avenue 2C rai'is mmr-frlrr mvm Sold direct to you at low prices, because the middleman's profit is saved and taken off the price. If you want the greatest value the first in the land see our employed distributor, or phone or mail your order. Atk for 77r Book THE SAVAGE TIRE CO., San Diego, Cal. Factory Distributor JOHN A. WALTERS CO., Inc. Broadway, at Ankeny, Portland r Splitdorf and Remy Magnetos f Expert repairs and service on any ignition, starting or light j. ing- system. Distributors high-grade motorcar accessories. ARCHER AND WIGGINS COMPANY SIXTH AT OAK STREET U Nobby and Chain Tread Best Wet Weather Tires Ballou & v Broadway BOWSER rtJHAOE ATB OAR kale. 413 DIAMOND TIRES Vulcanizing and Retreading R. E. First in quality, service, satisfaction. Superior materials, add ed plies of fabric and excellences of manu facture mean maximum mileage and satisfaction. TIRES Wright at Oak GASOLINE and OIL TANKS MYSTKSf rUR PUBLIC ASU PHI. AUKS. S. Du Stselatard. DlatraaC Baal. Caarlaelt Ula. Mala IBTaV BLODGETT, Kortb ldtla. Near turh. Pliose Mala ouS a