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CHALMERS
SHOWS
Alucleay Boulevard Slope Is Taken
on High Arlington Heights Is
Made From Standing Start,
on Same Gear.-
Intent upon playing a few tricks
with a random Chalmers 6-30. Roy
Hemphill, who draws his weekly, or
maybe monthly pay check, from the
cashier of the H. L. Keats Auto Com
pany, last week induced 830 pounds of
masculine bulk, divided among four
newspaper reporters and himself, to
enjoy a short skip and jump over the
western hills of Portland.
In proceeding out Morrison street,
Mr. Hemphill purposely chose to drive
over the rough dirt .road along the
extreme upper end of that street, over
the old Exposition ground fill. to
demonstrate how smoothly the Chal-
GERLIRRR COMPANY TAKES
AGENCY CONTRACT ON
CHANDLER CAR.
The selling privileges on the
Chandler car for the state of
Oregon and the 10 counties of
Washington adjacent to Tacoma
were granted last week to the
Gerlinger Motor Car Company,
the Portland headquarters of
which are located at East Third
and Oregon st -eets. A. H. Knaus
is manager of the Portland
branch of the company.
A shipment of the new Chan
dlers, which sell for $1445 in Port
land, has been received at the
Portland branch. The Chandler
Six is built at Cleveland. O., and
has long been popular in this
territory. Last Summer a Chan
dler Six achieved world-wide
fame by traveling from Mexico
to British Columbia without a
stop of either wheels or motor.
To do this it had to cross the
railroad bridge between Port
land and Vancouver.
mers is accustoed to straddle the
bumps.
Then, after taking upper "Washing
ton street at a lively gait, he swung
to the right at the turn in the car
tracks and aimed the car at the steep
incline of Macleay Boulevard, which
stretches on toward King's Heights.
Although the speed of the car was
only an even 25 miles an hour at the
base of this hill, it reached the crest
on high gear with the speedometer
clicking off 19& miles an hour.
Another Climb Made.
Here the party paused long enough
to give the passengers a glance at the
wonderful sweep of scenery that is
afforded from this point, and to give
Mr. Hemphill an opportunity to ex
plain that it never pays to back down
hill in turning around.
The next stunt involved a standing
start at the bottom of Kingston ave
nuc. which leads from the upper end of
Washington street to Arlington
Heights. Although the Chalmers still
carried its 830 pounds on the cushions,
and commenced the climb without any
momentum, this hill was mounted on
high gear at a pace of five miles an
hour. Just setting in under the gong,
however.
Next, to show how evenly balanced
the car Is, Mr. Hemphill sent it ahead
at a pace of 45 miles an hour down
the "Washington-street hill, and shut
It off sharply with a full application
f brakes, but the tall-end of the car
cud not swerve an iota.
Turning Qualities Shown.
After swinging back and forth
nrougn Washington Park. the car
was guided to the small circular road
that forms the end of the short side
ptreet known as Douglas place, where
the Chalmers was spun around much
like a kid's top to demonstrate its
turning radius qualities.
Later the car was sent over the lonE
two blocks of steep hill along Heights
Terrace leading to Portland Heights.
without going below the intermediate
pear. Then, as the final trick In the
series of demonstrations which Mr.
Hemphill says he uses in selling cars
to ordinary customers, he idled the
car down to a pace of three miles an
hour and suddenly gave it the Juice in
such a pronounced fashion that it
lumped to a gait of 30 miles an hour
within the course of a city block.
KECOKD BROKEN BY PAIGE
Amateur Driver Goes From San
Francisco to Eureka in 2 4 Honrs,
A stock car in a 300-mile drive, no
Fpecial preparation, an amateur drive
quite innocent of any intention to make
records, yet the best previous perform
ance for the same route beaten by fou
hours and 20 minutes that, in brief.
Is the achievement of a Paige "6-46" in
a recent run from San Francisco to
Eureka. The peculiar circumstances
under which this exceptional record
was made seem to make it worth sin
filing out for special mention.
Harry M. GrofF, district manager for
the Paige at San Francisco, was the
man who turned the trick. Mr. Groff
is neither a professsional driver nor a
mechanic. He simply wished to run
up from the Golden Gate city to Eu
reka. 300 miles away on the northwest
coast in Humboldt County, for business
purposes, and he drove an ordinary
Paige Six out of stock, starting out
witnout any "tuning up" or other spe
cial preparation. Mr. Groff. who held
the wheel throughout the run. had no
thought of going after a record and
he did not choose a time when the
roads were at their best.
Nevertheless, when he arrived at
Eureka, a town of 14.000. at 10:15
o'clock at night, he, had covered the
distance in 21 hours flat. The best
previous record was 28 hours and 20
minutes, so the amateur with his stock
Paige unconsciously did some rather
heavy record smashing. Mr. Groff was
accompanied on this trip by E. S. Mc
Millen, of the American National Bank,
of San Francisco.
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a LLLOW us to present today one of
Portland's most enthusiastic mo
torists. Carl D. Shoemaker, State
dame Warden, who now hitches a new
model 83 Overland in front of the State
Fish and Game Commission offices on
the ground floor of the Oregon build
ing-.
Mr. Shoemaker doesn't expect to
catch every violator of the fish and
game laws by hurdling logs and fording
streams with his new car; that would
be impossible, for. speedy though his
car Is. it cannot be in all parts of the
state at once. But -during the coming
months Mr. Shoemaker expect to drive
down the coast as far as Gold Beach,
at the mouth of the Rogue liiver. in
Curry County, through Josephine, Jack
son nad Klamath counties and thor
oughly through the vast Centtal Ore
gon and Eastern Oregon districts.
Since purchasing his Overland a few
weeks ago Mr. Shoemaker had covered
more than 1000 miles along the banks
of the Wilylamette, Columbia and San
dy rivers looking after problems con
nected with the administration of his
office, and he is already an authority
on road conditions in this section.
Before receiving appointment to his
present position Mr. Shoemaker wield-
News and, he also enjoyed thT dignity
of a duly examined and commissioned
member of the Oregon bar. So If Mr,
Shoemaker chance to com upon you
along an Oregon stream when you are
Joing something the state fish and
game lawn forbid, don't aggravate
vour case bv arguing the matter with
him. for he han supreme authority over
his department and besides he know
every paragraph In the volumes
ed an editorial pen on the Hweburg 1 Lord's Oregon Laws.
BIG PRIZES OFFERED
Bosch Magneto Company to
Donate $3500.
WINNER TO GET : TITLE
Point Mado That Any Racer Has
Chance to Take Money Because
Good Average Position Will
Overcome Few 1-Urst Places.
Negotiations have just been complet
ed between the American Automobile
Association and the Bosch Magneto
Company whereby the latter will offer
one of the largest prizes ever donated
outright in this country to an automo
bile driver, according to advices re
ceived in Portland by Ballou & Wright,
This prize will be known as the Bosch
Trophy and will carry the secondary
title. "Champion Motor Car Oriver
Trophy." It is to be contested for by
all drivers who enter into the American
Automobile Association sanctioned
automobile contests to be held during
the year.
The winner of the trophy will be
designated by the contest board of the
American Automobile Association ac
cording to the point system, in con
nection with the championship award
events. These events are to be picked
by Richard Kennerdell, the chairman,
upon receipt and approval of the apll-
cation blanks presented throughout the
year. A schedule of points for places
in such events will be evolved and de
termined by the character of each in
dividual event. In this way the course,
distance, number of starters, etc.. will
all have an influence on the number of
points awarded to each place. The
driver with the highest number of
points will be awarded the Bosch
Trophy and the sum of $2000 in cash.
The driver gaining the second best
number of points will be given a
Bosch cash prize of S1000, and the
driver getting the third best number
of points will receive a Bosch prize of
$500.
Owing to the method of the point
system. It is declared that any driver
has a good chance to win the trophy
because a good average position in the
races throughout the year is likely to
place that driver ahead of those who
win only one or two important races
and due to accidents, etc., drop out al
together in other contests.
It is the belief of racing officials
that the trophy will develop some of
the best races ever held in this coun
try because, irrespective of the prize
put up by the promotors of the indi
vidual contests, there is a big trophy,
the coveted title It carries and a good
sum of money to be won at the end
of the year.
STOCK CAR TAKES AUTO
MACHINE SUPPLANTS IIOHSK EVEX
IV THASPOHTATH.
four
miler,
round trip from
to Tucson."
the mine.
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Cycles O. lv. for Mail Routes.
Through a misunderstanding it ap
pears that many H. F. r. men who
have heretofore used the motorcvele
for delivery purpose thought that the
use of these machines was prohibited
after the first of the present year. Such
is not the case. The R. F. I. man who
has been accustomed to using the mo
torcycle with side van may secure re
newal of authority to use the machine
upon ap-pllcation to the Postoffice De
partment, provided he agrees to use
the required side car.
NEW RACER IX EIRMAMEXT
Tom Rooney to Drive Car Designed
for Iate Bob Bnrnian.
INHIANAPOLIS, May 6. Tom
Rooney leaped from the minor to the
major league among race drivers in one
day, and at a rate better than 100 miles
an hour. Until a devotee of this dan
gerous sport can be a driver, little at
tention is paid to him while he is a
"mere mechanician." Rooney's lot for
mony years has been as assistant to
the man at the wheel who gets all the
credit. The mechanician seldom gets
his picture in the paper; seldom is
mentioned.
But last year at Xw York Rooney
had his chance at the wheel for the
first time since he used to be a "mech"
in a Marion racer. Rooney made good:
won second place and a prize of
$10,000 at 102.20 miles an hour. Now he
has another chance at the wheel of a
brand-new Premier car built especially
for the Sixth Annual International
Sweepstakes race to be held at Indian
apolis May 30. This is the car that the
late Bob Burman was to drive, and its
special features In some Instances were
pet ideas of Burman s. Rooney Is looked
upon as a great "find among the
racers, and is expected to do as well
if not better than at New York.
Five-Ton AVhlte Truck, Chain Drive,
Skipped to Tticnon, Arlx Dealer
on Rnxh Ordr.
"Ship immediately via "Wells, Fargo
& Company express, on Wljlte five
ton chain-drive truck," read the tele
gram recently received by the White
Company from the local White dealer
in Tucson, Ariz. "Shipping five-ton
White trucks by express Is quite an
innovation, and Wells. Fargo &. Com
pany had to be consulted with refer
ence to getting the truck into the ex
press car. The only car found available
for the loading was a palace stock
car. whoch opens at both ends. These
cars are used to express race horses
and blooded stock across country, and
now that the motor truck has supple
mented the horse in most every line
of business, it was found necessary
to usurp the equine's place in his
especially built palace car.' t-ays R. S.
Hurd, Portland manager of the White
Company.
"The remarkable performance of the
five-ton. chain-drive trucks in heavy
hauling in Arizona led B. M. Ray, oper
ating in Mineral Hill Mines. IS miles
from Tucson, to wire for this truck.
Ray hauls copper ore. He can afford to
pay over $350 local express charges in
order to put this truck In immediate
service. Copper ore is in great demand
by the smelters in Bfsbee and Doug
las, Ariz. Owing to the high price of
copper, abandoned mines have been
opened up everywhere and copper
dumps that would not pay to handle
heretofore are being hauled away as
rapidly as motor trucks can move it.
"The sight of the old-time 20-mule
ore wagon plodding along under the
boiling Arizona sun at the rate of two
miles an hour is noted conspicuously
by its absence. Rapid transit is now
the vogue among mining men. Ray
operates his White truck, using dis
tillate for fuel, on 24 -hour schedule
with three changes of drivers, making
CHALMERS CAR PERFORMS MANY TRICKS ON RUN OVER PORTLAND HILLS-
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STIIEKT IMPHOVEMEXT TOPIC
Biisiiioss lilock Owners on Ilroaclwny
Hold Meeting.
The meetinp of the Broadway Im
provement Association last week was a
Joyous affair. About 20 of the most
prominent owners and business con
corns met in the salesrooms of th
Northwest Auto Company at Broadway
and couch street.
A committee from Alhina reported
that they had withdrawn all opposition
to the paving on the east end of th
ttroaaway DrKlRe. This message was
Kreeted with cheers as it removes th
last obstacle for the perfect utilization
ol the bridge.
More than half of the owners alon
Portland's While Way have re-siKned
lor the lighting of the clusters whlc
will point the way for the night trav
eiers to the Kast Side.
Another committee reported th
Greeley-street property owners are
favor of extending that street and sur
racing: it to its proposed increased
width at a cost of about $163,000.
CiltAXT DEALERS XtMBEIt 1200
Sales Jlroctor AValtc Credited for
Jump In Production to 20,000.
Working quietly with the skill of
veteran. Sales Director Geome
Waite. of the Grant Motor Car Cor
poration has within a period of tw
short years built up one of the most
complete and responsive sales organ
fxallons in the automobile business.
There are 1200 dealers selling: th
Urant Six.
Grant Sixes are betnir marketed I
practically every country on the Globe.
There are six Grant Six dealers
China. Japan. Australia. India. Russia.
tireat Britain. Hawaiian Islands, Cuba
Uenmark. Norway and Sweden
"It is this rrowlnir organization tha
has necessitated the wonderful ium
In production from 9000 cars a year to
zu.wuu cars. says Mr. Waite. "Gran
Sixes are enjoying a remarkable sale,
based upon what we believe are un
usual values In -cars priced consider
ably below tlOOO and Grant dealers
simply have to be supplied with more
cars.
VPIIOLSTEItY IS DETACHABLE
TTso of Fastcnlnps Abandoned bj-
Automobile Makers.
Formerly automobile manufacturers
thought It was necessary to attach the
upholstery securely to the body, up
holstering; the body after It had tone
to the paint shop. All of this Is chanced
now, as Is clearly shown by the Nor
dyke & Marmon Company In the new
Harmon 34. The upholstery of this
new car is removable.
It ts made In sections, each -section
on a special form, and after the parts
are finished they are hooked into the
car and fastened on securely. It is de
clared by the Marmon makers that
this method of construction allows
much better upholstery than could b
secured formerly, and that it is more
uniform and finished. If It Is desired
it can be taken out and cleaned, or
replaced by some other kind of up
holstery. For instance, a man can
have a set of leather upholstery and a
set of tapestry, and can alternate them
as he desires.
Xlne Men Are Naturalized.
CATHLAMET, Wash.. May . (Spe
cial.) Nine new citisens were added to
Wahkiakum County this week by
I'nited States Naturalisation Examiner
Hazard. The list includes one Cana
dian, two Scandinavians and six Aus
trians. The next date for naturaliza
tion In this county will be July Xa.
T0 build a motor car of light
weight, attractive appear
ance and. low operating cost;
to equip it with every device for
comfort and convenience;
throughout to instill a value and
character that we could be
proud to endorse with our name
and reputation; and to offer
such a motor car at a price
made possible only by scientific
manufacturing and a great vol
ume of business.
This ideal, conceived almost
thirteen years ago, has been the
guiding influence in the destiny
of our institution. Its sound
ness is established by our suc
cess and the great good will
earned by the Maxwell car.
One f hsai; aim body style.
Two-Passenger Roadster, ... $635
Five-Passenger Touring Car. . . 655
Touring Car (with All-Weathcr Top), 710
Two-Passenger Cabriolet, . . 865
Siz-Passcnger Town Car, . . . 915
Five-Passenger Sedan ...... 965
Full equipment; including Electric Starter
and Lights. All prices F. O. B. Detroit
I Five-Passenger Sedan ...... 965
Full equipment; including Electric Starter
j and Lights. All prices F. O. B. Detroit
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JIAXWELL MOTOR CARS
Are Sold in Portland by Our Representative
C. L. Boss & Co., 615-617 Washington St.
AUTO DIRECTORY
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PYRENE FIRE EXTINGUISHERS
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: Equip Yr Car Will) m Fyrene. Save IS Per Ceat on losaranee.
Brass, complete with bracket S7.50
Nickel, complete with bracket. SS.oO
M ARCHER & WIGGINS
DISTRIBUTORS OP 1IK-H - -RAlt: M OTO IK" A It ACCKSSORIES.
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Dim Your Lights
Perrin's No Glare Sl.OO
Approved by Police Department
Ballou & Wright 1'.
BOWSER
GASOLINE and OIL TANK3
STORAGE SISTEMS FOR PIBLIC A U P(U.
AT1 VtRibl, S. U. btoaaard. UUtriet bHL
ales. Corbelt Bids. Mala 147.
DIAMOND TIRES
Vulcanizing and Retreading R.LBLODGETT,
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Coaeh. Pbooo Blala 70OS.