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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (April 2, 1916)
10 TITE SUNDAY OTTEGOTTTA?; POTITXATTO, APItrL 2, 1916. BOULEVARD RUN IS MADE FOB CLUB. LOG Chalmers Car Lays Out Scenic Trip of 19 Miles as Suitable for Afternoon Spin. GREAT PANORAMA IN VIEW Willamette, Columbia and Tualatin Valleys Seen While Mounts Rai nier, Adams, St. Helens and Ifood Provide Background. Borne of the Oregon roads have won derful drying-out powers, as was evi denced last week by the stretch of dirt on the Skyline boulevard, which leads into the old Germantown highway, one of Portland's most beautiful drives Irom the standpoint of scenery. The mann the Great himself would have looked on with wonder. Presto, change two minutes flat, and the Oldsmoblle. a four, stood com plete upon the floor. Twenty-one sec onds later and the Buick followed suit, defeated but not disgraced. GOODRICH niLLBOARD POST ERS ARK BE1XG PREPARED TO HELP BOOST ATIOAL TOLRIXG WEEK NEXT MONTH. In a spirit of co-operation with the recently announced plan for conducting a "National touring week," commencing May 28. the officers of the B. F. Goodrich Rubber Company have ordered large 24-sheet highway posters placed on prominent billboards all over the country. Those 104 posters which are to be placed in the 35 most promi nent cities and towns of Oregon will consist of immense maps showing all of the roads of Ore gon and .the distances between various points. The posters are to be located near garages, hotels and along' boulevards where they will be the most apt to catch the attention of motorists. The maps will be printed In blue, green, purple, black and white colors surmounted by a bright red ball that can hardly fail to Inflame all automobile owners with a desire to "hit the open country." National Touring Week is being-planned by automobile clubs and civic organizations all over the country. . drive, as mapped by a Chal" s car from the H. Keats Auto Company, Is 19 miles long and just the thing for an hour's run on any bright Spring afternoon when the balmy air makes one too restless to remain at home or In the office. To get the best panorama of the "Willamette, Columbia and Tualatin Valleys it is best to follow the route as made by the logging car, under the direction of Clement W. Ausman, sec retary of the touring committee of the Portland Automobile Club. By going out the Cornell road one always has the view ahead of him and if the day is like last Thursday the motorist can gaze at the splendor of Mounts Rainier, Adams, St. Helens and Hood. This is by far the best trip for a general perspective of the river basins and the Cascade Mountains. The Spring and Kail of the year are the best for viewing the scenery far off because during the late Summer months smoke from the forest fires partially obscures the view. Sharp Turns Require Care. Many of the turns are sharp on this liighway and it is well to give warn ing and be careful in making the curves. In the week days teams and trucks are apt to come from the oppo site direction. Multnomah County surveyors are at work on the Germantown road run ning a new grade line so that the road surface can be repaired in the near future. The Chalmers pathfinder last week found onfy one remaining muddy piece on the dirt road 7.1 miles out. Here the sun and wind cannot dry out the surface as rapidly as along the ex posed parts. The roads this way suf fered somewhat from the heavy rains, which caused the hillsides to slide in many places, but workmen are busy removing the .debris and filling the places where the water washed down. The run was made for the touring committee of the Portland Automobile Club by the Chalmers and will be set forth in the new 1916 tour and map cook of Oregon. The new Skyline boulevard built last year is closed to traffic for the present and will not be open for some time. Following is the log: Skyline ISoulevard Trip, 19 Miles. SI i I OK. v-' tart at Broadway, run to Burnalde street, west on Burniijde and Wash ington to Twenty-third street. Turn I to right, then take left fork, whicii is Cornell road. Keep to left two t blocks further and go past St. Vin cent's HosDital. 1.4 Turn left, go up sharp grade and TnaKe warning at snarp turns. 1.6 Keep to left. (View city and moun tains.) 1.0 Turn riht and follow car tracks. 2.0 Straight ahead on macadam road of I orneu road. (Sound horn on turns.) 4.1 Turn right at sign, "Skyline Boule vard." R.O Ton of first ridsre. fXote vlewi to rijfht of Vancouver. WaHii.; Columbia River. VSMlamette River and new in terstate bridge.) 0.3 i On left is the rich Tualntin Valley, one of Oregon's early settlements.) S.r Turn right up sharp grade. t.7 Turn risrht into Germantown road at blockhouse. Down winding road, where caution Is necessary. (Several excellent views of Lower Willamette and Columbia sloughs. ( Kigtu rork is new sky. OFFICE CHOKED BY AUTO 3 1 Air. Willys-Overland -Company Sends Mail to Office on Tracks. Writers of all" kinds, especially news paper reporters, frequently make use of the expression "swamped by mail"; cartoonists, too, dearly love to picture persons buried chin-deep in mail of all descriptions. But in reality such hap penings are a rarity. Yet an actual occurrence of that phe nomenon has been taking place in To ledo for the past few weeks, postal au thorities of that city declaring that they are literally buried under the tre mendous amount of mail being sent broadcast by the Willys-Overland Com pany. Each day load after load veritable mountains of mail are sent to the To ledo postoffice on Overland trucks. On Friday, February 25, a new postal record was established, when 96.426 pieces of mail were sent out of the Overland plant. Of these, but 40.0 DO were folders, circulars and catalogues. The remainder was composed of letters to all parts of the globe, on Overland business. CAK MAKES THRILLING TRIP "Death Valley Dodge" Driven Over California Mountains at Night. "Death Valley Dodge," the famous Dodge Brothers motor car that was the vehicle of a trip last year through Death Valley that attracted National attention because of the nature of the journey, has won new fame on the coast. Driven by Teddy Tetzlaff, the famous racing driver, the car made the night trip over the mountains of California from -Nordhoff, in the OJai Valley, to San Luis Obispo in slightly more than 12 hours. The run was started at 10 o'clock at night after all the wiseacres had pre dicted that it would be impossible to get through owing to the conditions of the roads which are regarded as ex ceedingly dangerous even in the day time. -closed to traffic for 30.8 Turn left. line boulevard, the present. 1?. Straight ahead on XJnnton road. Ifl.ft Follow Nicolai street to J7.i Twenty-fourth street. turn right. (Recreation Park baseball grounds on right.) Follow Twenty-fourth street to Washington, turn left. 39.0 Washington and Broadway. ASSEMBLING CONTEST HELD New Competition Inaugurated With Oldsmoblles and Buicks. .SAN FRANCISCO, April 1. A new form of automobile contest that prom ises to spread from coast to coast has been invented bv members of the Olds mobile and Buick sales agencies here. It is an assembling contest, in which 12 trained men from rival sales agencies vie with each other in piecing together two machines, which have been previ ously disjointed into as many compo nent parts as possible. The initial contest was held recently mid scenes of wildest enthusiasm. The curtain went up on a clutter of auto mobile parts defying description. Fend ers were off, lamps on the floor, radi ator leaning against a post, the axles out, the transmission torn asunder in hort, instead of there being cars there was simply a chaotic mass of parts. At the shot of a revolver 12 men Bprang to their work and then began a chapter of Grimm's fairy tales a me chanical fairy tale,, in which a dozen nimble young men In overalls srppart ently waved, hands and caused ahjncta TIRE GAUTiOfj GIVEN Danger of Running Deflated Is Pointed Out. CAR RAILS INJURE RUBBER Continued Driving on Tracks Short ens Mileage, Dae to Cutting and Breaking of Fabric, , Developing Weakness. BY F. "W. THATCHER, Manager Portland Branch" Firestone Tire & Rubber Company. x (Eighth chapter of a series of educa tional articles on tire care and usage.) Running a deflated tire for any great distance is harmful and inexcusable. When traveling at a very high rate of speed it may then of course require some little time to bring the car to a stop. A soft or flat tire on a front wheel can always be noticed by the difficulty in steering the car in a straight course. The steering wheel naturally favors the side of the flat or soft tire. If on a rear wheel, pound ing and bumping will' be noticeable. Demountable and quick detachable rims make it possible to chango tires very quickly, but even if not so equipped it is wise to stop and give the tires attention when needed. Damage to the side walls, beads, fabric inside, also the Inner tube usually makes it difficult to execute practical repairs. Damage May Itewalt. A deflated rear tire ridden very far may result in damage to the differen tial of the car. Rough streets tempt one to drive in car tracks. It is more comfortable for the passengers and may be econ omy to protect the car. at times, from bumps and unusual vibration by run ning in car tracks rather than over rough cobblestone pavements, and the tires won't be injured noticeably by doing this occasionally. It is con tinued practice that shortens the mile age. Quite often the pavement along in side edges of rails is very rough and may result in cuts to the rubber and bruises to the fabric Driving over streetcar track switches at the point ed frogs may cut the tires seriously. Spllatera Cat Tirea. Rails on hills are to be avoided as much as possible as they usually have sharp, thin splinters on the edges, which are liable to cut or puncture the tires. Be careful when driving on wet rails. Quick twisting of the front wheels may result in accident from rear of car skidding sidewise when leaving rails. Edges of the rails wear away the tread rubber and cause a sharp bending action of the fabric, which will usual ly develop breaks Inside. It is Just a matter of time until the rubber cover loosens underneath and the fabric weakens from moisture and decay. Later an unusual bump or shock may result in a blowout while running on a perfectly smooth street or road. It is careless, indeed, to spoil a tire lr this manner when possible to secure so much more mileage from it if used correctly, or if reversed on the wheel. 1. e., the worn side turned toward the car. - 2 5,000TH: CADILLAC 8 SOLD Value of Cars of New Type Is Placed at $50,000,000. -The shipment of the seven-passenger, eight-cylinder Cadillac to the Boston distributor from the Detroit plant on March 16, marked the delivery of the 25,000th Cadillac eight since produc tion of this type' began. It is only a little more than 17 months ago that' the Cadillac Company worked one of the greatest revolutions yet witnessed in the automobile In dustry. This was In the production of a car equipped with an eight-cylinder, V-type engine. How great was the in fluence exerted by the Cadillac was evident at the automobile shows the past Winter by the number of cars exhibited with V-shaped engines. Figured, at retail prices, the values of the 25.000 Cadillac eights built thus far reaches the total of more than $50,000,000. Motor Driven Warning Signal Warning Signal Now America's Standard Warning Signal The commanding blast of the Stewart Warning Signal is now.familiar to pretty nearly every American. You hear it in the west over all the mountains and prairies ; you hear it in the south in the cotton belt and around the ranch houses ; you hear it in the north penetrating through the great forests, along rivers, streams and the great lakes; you hear it on Fifth Avenue, New York, as it makes the "surging crowds stop, 'look and listen. In short, you hear it everywhere; The Stewart Warning Signal was the last to enter the fielcl and now stands first in sales. The hand operated Stewart costs but $3.50 the motor, driven . Stewart $6. No others are better, although all others cost more. Get a Stewart for your car. Stewart products will cost you nothing extra on your new car, be cause most cars are so equipped. Buy one that is equipped with Stewart Tire Pump, Stewart Speedometer, Stewart Vacuum System and Stewart Warning Signal. It is a sure sign of quality. For Sale by Accessory Dealers, Automobile Dealers and' Garages Everywhere Stewart Products Service Station 333 Ankeny Street No car is better than its accessories f' I, ii 1! Him Operated ymmmm -7 . U pJBglpij - Warning ; j5,.... ., pignai INVASION TAKES GAR SEW PHASE OP FREIGHT CARRIER SHORTAGE CONSIDERED. Delayed Shipment to Europe Also Are Blamed for Tie-Cp In Roll Ins; Stock. new phase to the freigrhtcar shortage that threatens to make a shortage of motor cars on the Pacific Coast this Spring and Summer is the invasion of Mexico by United States troops," says A. D. Plughoff, vice president and general manager of J. W. Leavltt & Co., Pacific Coast distribu tors of Overland and Willys-Knight motor cars, who is in Portland for a visit to the local branch. "Delayed shipments to Europe have tied up thousands of freight cars along the Pacific and Atlantic seaboards for many months. Now comes the Mexi can situation. As soon as these freight cars are unloaded. Instead of being rushed East to fill our shipping orders, they are rushed to El Paso and other border cities in case they should be needed for the transportation of sup plies to our troops in Mexico. Every time that we unload a freight car full of automobiles in San Francisco, fcacra mento, Los Angeles, San Diego and other places, it is diverted in the same direction instead of being sent back to the factory for more machines. "Automobile freight cars, being espe cially constructed to prevent damage to shipments, are naturally most in de mand by the War Department." Mr. Plughoff, after his visit to the Northwest branches with W. J. Pedlar, assistant. general manager of the Lcav itt company, is very enthusiastic over the outlook here. The. revival of the lumber business 3 particularly no ticeable, he says. Boat Late by Full Year. Because' they were started originally in a German ship, a large quantity of Maxwell motor cars, sent forward to Robert J. Lewis. Australian dis ributor, arrived at their destination only after going through a prize court and nearly a year late. They were) doubly welcome, however, as all trans Pacific shipments have been delayed and the country is in the throes of a motor car famine. Master Cuts Fuel Expense. What is said to be the most remark able economy record achieved by an automobile marked the performance of three Master-equipped machines in the recent run of the Automobile Club to San Diego On the occasion of the open ing of tire state highway. The thres cars," a Maxwell, a Ford and a seven passenger Paige touring car, carried 12 persons from Los Angeles to San Diego, a distance of 132 miles, for exactly 60 cents fuel cost. The run was a test of the ability of the Master distributor to break up heavy No. 2 oil tops enough to make it suitable for high-speed gasoline motor uses. Two years ago the Master was used In this connection with a truck in a run from Los Angeles to San Francisco, but never before had a touring car run on such heavy low-grade fuel. THE FOUNDATION OF A MOTOR CAR IS THE CHASSIS When you build va good house you put a good foundation under it. When you buy a motor car make sure it has a good foundation. REVERSIBL LA MPS CHROME VANADIUM FRONT. WHEEL SPINDLES GEAR r -T-r- L- i ll - U ? 1 SIMPLE ; DISTRIBUTOR 1 ' REMOVABLE . CYLINDER HEAD f VANADIUM STEEL WORM AND FULL ! WORM STEERING ROAD CLEARANCE lOii INCHES SILENT CHAIN DRIVEN GENERATOR AND STARTER L HEAD CYLINDER CAST EN BLOC RAYFIELO CARBulITOR' INTAKE CAST EN BLOC STEWART VACUUM GASOLINE f ''V v a j $ T AA-s-r ' f 1 f$ i r PRESSED STEEL CONE CLUTCH MOTE THE STRENGTH OF- FRAME A NO CROSS, MEMBERS 8 INCH STEERING WHEEL 1 ' . ' ' -v-'x t .VS. 7 PI vr t M 8 ;:;l:;i&s ... ' 1 Jr. EQUALIZER ON, BRAKE STRONGLY BRACED. FRAME rHG ."f r;S', ;,.-; t . ' .J 2 S,;nST 1 nlBKir w yjv .? jjjl III 4 r- i r2l& 1 Wr , ru. f , Juv.'.'.jaww ,i t v i v. . m. t j i. . -idf r ::. i rrf! CANE HANDLE - SHORT SHIFT TROUBLE PROOP STARTING SWITCH COMPACT GEAR ABftAW' GBMENT. VANADIUM STEEL GEARS PRESSED STEEL BATTERY BOXIZO AMPERE WILL A RD GATTERV VANADIUM STEEL SHAFT BATE IMPROVED CANTILEVER SPRINGS FLEXIBLE CANTILEVER SPP. ING FASTENING ON AXLE INCH BRAKE DRUMS FULLFLOAT ING REAR' AXLE VANADIUM STEEL BEVEL DIFF ERENTIAL AND DRIVE GEAR EASILY REMOVABLE ORIVE SHAFTS 34 X . NON SKID TIRES re GALLON GASOLINE TANK THE SIX OF 'IS Has a Foundation That Is Right Note the long Cantilever Springs. Note the Bate 2-unit, 3-point suspension. Come and examine the chassis from which the above photograph was taken. In no other way will you fully appreciate its wonderful design, simplicity, ac cessibility and sturdmess. MITCHELL LIGHT (2925 lbs.) SIX OF '16 2 AND 5-PASS., $1250; 7-PASS., $12S5. Mitchell, Lewis & Staves- Co. East Morrison and East First. Phones East 7272, B 1216 about- thm to ha transformed. . Her-