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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (May 14, 1916)
II CHEVROLET IS FIRST PROMINENT LODGE WOMAN WILL START NEXT MONTH STATES. ON AUTO TOUR OF NORTHWESTERN M 12 i V . 1 Rains and Mud Encountered Fail to Delay for Long on Way to Portland. ft Fl t V - - THE SUNDAY OREOOXTAN. PORTLAND, MAT 14. 191G. CAR 0 SPOKANE We Am Ym ROAD OFTEN SLIPPERY fuel Economy Is Practice on Trip Which Covered 5 00 Miles Over Roundabout Route, but Way Is Generally Good. The distinction of being the first to tnotor from Spokane, Wash., to Port land in 1916, belongs to G." B. Crlsler and H. B. Fassett, of Spokane, -who stabled their 1916 five-passenger Chevrolet "490" in the agency head Quarters of the Benjamin E. Boone Company, Sixteenth and Alder streets, early last week. "We can't find words to say too much in praise of our little Chevrolet," said Mr. Crisler on his arrival in the course of the recent rain storm. "In coming over the upper portion of the Columbia Highway we encountered several deep chuck-holes that had been caused by the heavy rains. In many places the car went down to the engine in mud but we found that hardly any thing could stick a Chevrolet, which I believe can climb a telephone pole. For several miles, however, it was neces sary to use chains. Help Nott Needed. "Teams were on hand to haul cars out of the mud but we didn't have to ask for help. These teams were work ing on the highway and their services were offered at the expense of the county. It was unfortunate that rain chanced to come along just as the upper part of the highway was opened. The condition was evidently far worse last week than it had been for several weeks just preceding and it will probably improve rapidly as the sun erets a eood chance at it again. Between Spokane and Colfax Mr. Crisler and Mr. Fassett, who alternated at the wheel, found the road in good condition. There were a good many hills to battle between Colfax and Walla Walla, they report, but the road was hard except in those places where road crews were at work. They found the roads in good shape from Walla Walla to Pendleton. Road Slippery In Spots. "Across the desert and sand hills this side of Pendleton we found thin rather hilly but the road dry," reported Mr. Crisler. "We came through Cecil and past Lexington to Wasco, completing the trip from the latter point to Port land in one day. From Wasco to The Dalles and to Hood River we were in the rain and the roads were slippery. but there was always a bottom so we .didn't have any trouble. "I really don't know how much the trip measured but it must have been in the neighborhood of 5U0 miles be cause of the rounaabout route we fol lowed. In that entire distance we con ' mimed only 20 gallons of distillate, which indicates an average of 25 miles to the gallon. On the streets of Spo kane on a test trip we got 35 miles of travel to the gallon of distillate, but of course we couldn't expect like re sults on rough and uncertain roads. There is no question but that the car wil travel farther on a gallon of dis tillate than it will on gasoline, which costs about twice as much as the other fuel." ' Engine Gets More "Kick." Mr. Crisler and Mr. Fassett- have taken the Oregon agency for the Calls Vapo Distillate Burner and have opened up ofiices at 305 Olisan street. They made the trip from Spokane to Port land to give the burner a thorough 'trip before locating here. "In the Calls burner distillate is passed through three or four inches of water and carrfed from there into the burner which is located on the exhaust pipe," said Mr. Crisler yesterday. "The fuel is then passed from the burner to the carburetor. There is a tendency to create more or less vapor and possibly carry some water to the engine. This serves to prevent carbonizing and gives the engine more kick without doing any damage." V 4 sulfa I ' v ... v. :r "w. .... .ajf-.. . . . 1 " -'it ' 1 f T" - 'I " - J I : i.'K r s 't r " - ''i -f'ff?) "1 1 , . Un'O. C. Van Orsdall, brand (iuardlaa of Womea of 'Woodcraft for the pacific Coast States, at tka Wkeel ot Uer New BtsdebaJker Six. At the Lett Is Air. Van OndalL , Where Else Gould You Find Such Supreme Motor Car Quality as in the ' W )oT J" heSltmdairfcfVaJi&twdQualifj BUIGK SETS NEW PAGE LOS ASGELES TO SEATTLE HADE UXDEH. OWN POWEH, Road Conditions Declared to Be Favor able and Improvements In Oregon Are Noticed. EEATTLE, Wash., May 13. For W. A. Lark in and E. H. Bailer, of Los Angeles, is claimed the honor of bring ing a Buick 1913 model 25 from the Southern city to Seattle, the two men reaching Puget Sound after a trip which kept them on the alert most of the way. They asserted that the Buick is the first car over the Pacific Highway this Ueason under its own power all the way, fand consider themselves fortunate in having been able to travel the entire distance on their own power. -Had they not been equipped with block and tackle they would, not have been able to do so. The most difficult road encountered on the entire trip was in Pass Creek Canyon. They said that the name of this canyon should be changed to "Un passable Creek Canyon." Mr. Larkin said that while it is a little early for transcontinental tour ing, that the roads in general were very good, especially in California and Washington, and that the Oregon roads are being improved as rapidly as pos sible. - Mr. Larkin announced his intention to ship this car to Alaska and drive into Fairbanks, where he intends to put it in the rent business. By having the back of the front seat cut out and hinged at the bottom, it was possible to fold it down and make a very comfortable- bed and thereby One of the particular advantages of the Buick is its light weight, which enables it to get over the roads with out sinking into the mire, Mr. Larkin declared. " Attention was called to the fact that the car was equipped with the Kaster Gifts Go Fast, When A. R. Davis, Studebaker dis tributor In Cleveland, inaugurated t plan of presenting each woman driver of a Studebaker car in Cleveland witi) an Easter plant, the total number of plants distributed was six. That wai three years ago., This year, in pur suance of the same policy, Mr. Davis distributed close to 200 plants at East er. This unique plan gives an interest ing insight into the tendency of women to drive automobiles in ever-increasing numbers. New Car Owners in County old steel detachable rims which cuts down the weight considerably in this respect. Another fact which was par ticularly Interesting to the mechanical department of the Northwest Buick Company was that the Buick was equipped with the special Buick carbu retor, manufactured by Mr. Buick, of California. Mr. Larkin said that he had no difficulty in obtaining 27 to 30 miles per gallon of gasoline on tills trip with the new Buick carburetor. TRUCKS GIVE LITTLE TROUBLE Jeffery Cars Used in Mexico Need Very Few Repairs. The surprise of the reports from the United States punitive expedition in Mexico, according to the Motor Age correspondent at the front, is the ex ceptionally light repair cost of the motor trucks, particularly the Jeffery sauads. The roads and trails are un usually difficult, including hub-deep sand and mud and some very severe grades. The report indicates that the truck which drives, brakes and steers on all four wheels is less expensive to main tain that the rear-drive type of truck, owing to the continual climbing of all four wheels over the road obstacles, and the consequent elimination of Jar and vibration, it is said. OTERLAKDS SHIPPED BY WATER $65,560 Worth of Machines Make Record Boat Shipment. Sixty-five thousand five hundred and sixty dollars' worth of automobiles were shipped by water the other day by the Willys-Overland Company to Cleveland on the steamer City of Buf falo, establishing a new record for au tomobile shipments. The Willys-Overland, Inc., of Cleve land, uncertain as to whether It would receive its Spring shipments of cars in proper time, owing to a shortage of freight cars, decided to take the bull by the horns. To get prompt delivery, the City of Buffalo, second largest fresh water passenger carrier, was chartered for the trip. FACTORY IS EXTENDING BIG STRUCTURES IS ADDED TO "WILLYS-OVERLAND PLANT. Available Floor Ipse Is Iaereaaed by 600,000 Square Feet .Build in; la Five Stories. The completion of another big fac tory structure at the plant of the Willys-Overland Company last week gives the Toledo automobile manufac turers an additional 500.000 square feet of floor space available for immediate use. This new unit of the Overland will be occupied at once by various de partments of the factory proper which in the past few months have outgrown their old headquarters. The building, known as No. 49, is five stories high, built of reinforced concrete throughout, and is one of the largest of the many new structures erected by the overland company. The entire amount of space will be given over to the manufacture of closed cars, a branch of the business which in the past year has developed beyond all expectations of Overland of f icials. Heretofore, the demand for motor cars has been confined almost exclu sively to the open-body types, and every new addition to the big Toledo plant has been utilized for the manu facture of this style of car. But dur ing the past season the demand for closed cars for all-year driving has shown a remarkable Increase, and im mediate steps had to be taken to pro vide adequate facilities for their manu facture. Track Makes Record Run. More than 125,000 miles of service with a total of repairs and replace ments costing but $33.84, is the re markable record of a 1909 KisselKar until recently owned by D. C. Newman uomns. or ivew Jork. According to the records of M. O. Wilklns the following police temporary automobile licenses were issued in Portland last week for new cars reg istered this year for the first time: Ir. P. K. Hal. Eilers buildlnff. Chalmers. K. Lehnherr, 6-3 Vancouver avenue, Saxon. Ella Lm Maurice. SOo Orlando Apartments, Fori Cora Thompson, 1047 Hancock, Overland. C. M. Kynersoa, 303 Oreonlan building. Overland. A. L.. Anderson. it'JO Woodward, Todge. fc. Grutze. 072 Gladstone. Iodffe. . M. H. Baldwin. 4S1 East Eleventh. Ford. E. W. Morse. Stevens building. Overland. K. B. tudley, S34 Nortnwestern Bank building, Studebaker. M. O. Ott. East Ptark, Ford. A. C. wyekoff, 59 Trinity place. Franklin. H. P. Cloyes, 174 East Twenty-eighth Street North, ford William O. Wilson, 761 Gautenbeln, Iodfre. K. T. Coleman. K. F. D. 1, Box 611. Port land. Overland. Walter Kuhl, Gresham. Or., Overland. 0. I.. Dunham. Clinton. Saxon. Ezra Gaser. 109 East Thirtieth, overland. Monroe Palmer. 6-i. H Vancouver, Oakland. J. A. Henderson, Bryce street. Buick. Otto Krederickson, 106 North Sixteenth street. Ford. Eugane BlazJor. 10 N'orth Third. Reo. A. Gustafson. 375 Railway Exchange, Ford. C. A. Brazen, tilo Board of Trade build ing, Oveiiund. . K. K. Rout. oM East Main, Saxon. Louis H. Centro, 714 Corbett building. Chevrolet. Mrs Robert Williams, 8S1 East Sixth street North. Chevrolet. E. Hotmann. U'O Killlngsworth. Overland. C. W. Pilchard. Keats Auto Company, Chalmerd. Robert Demmer. 623 E. Sixteenth, Briscoe. H. C. Melby and J. c. Meehan. Y. M. C. A., 1-Vrxi. Nelle C Crout, VJSO Hancock. Studebaker. Adams Bros., 3'J Columbia blvd.. Ford. A. N. Parsons, Grants Pass. Reo. Watson Eastman, Watson Cooperage Com pany, Buick. Victor Johnson, Borins. Crerland. 1. Lang, First and Ankeny. Dodge. Clyds Hein. Slo Willamette blvd.. Dodge. la bunuoJi, .'-3 ttaiLwajr fexcn&nge, Chevrolet. J. C. Gardner. 2S3 East Third N. Buick. . w. p. Fuller. Twelfth and Oavis, Packard. H. B. Walker. Yeon building. Dodge. R. -V Vaughn. Electric building, Cadillac r red Barnes. Harney, or., Hudson. I E. Meadows, Pacific Telephone A Telegraph Company. Ford. Mrs. E. B. Kramer, Portland Fish Mar. t. Oakland. , , H. Jacobson. 542 H Fourth, Grant. W. w. Krunke, I'JOl Clinton, Ford, i BaUa Bioam, Tark. Chaimsra White Truck Performance ; Past : and Future EVERYONE knows that White Trucks predominate in this country have done so for years. - They give universal satisfaction; and that satisfaction has resulted from a mechanical design fundamentally right from the beginning. Whatever improvements and refine ments have been made, the product has had a continuous development of its original design. Yeats of use therefore not merely demonstrate White Truck performance in the past; they also insure White Truck performance in the future. O THE WHITE COMPANY, Cleveland PORTLAND Broadway and Oak Street. The American Can Company nozv owns a total of 11 White Trucks (.wtpxw,. I -Tn 'Ty rr THE CAR De LUXE IN the earlier days of the automobile indus try "wealth and social position traveled almost exclusively in the car which bore a foreign maker's name. But times have changed standards of value have changed personal viewpoints have changed. People of wealth and social position still in sist upon luxury and elegance in their motor cars. But now they also demand at least, a fair return upon their motor car investment. It is for this reason that the Paige Fleetwood "Six-38" has been so universally adopted by .well-to-do people in all sections , of the Nation. In beauty of line and design this car rivals the most artistic productions of Europe. It is refreshingly distinctive and embodies every convenience and luxury that a crit ical motorist could desire: It is a big car, a powerful car, a comfortable car and, withal, an economical car. It is literally and actually "the standard of .Value and Quality." The price complete is $1175, Portland. li aige Motor Sales Co 529 Washington Street PAIGE SERVICE "Ajb If kmt mm Tsar Telep feme" MAW 305 Fleetwood "Six-38" $1175 v . PORTIVAMJ.