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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (May 21, 1916)
THE SUNDAY OKEGONIATT, PORTLAND, MAY 21, 191G. 7 TOURISTS AIDED IN PASS GREEK CANYON Comstock Residents Not All Charging Exorbitant Rates for Helping Autoists. ! ROADS IN BAD CONDITION .Many Motorists Report Good Treat ment Despite Muddy Thorough- , - fare- Roy Griggs 'Willing . to Do Work Free. The ' residents and newspapers of Douglas County are having quite a reerry time discussing the condition of the Pacific Highway near the railroad station of Comstock. in Pass Creek t Comstock people are mad. and we don' blame them. Men at work on the road told us that nothing could please them more than to have certain people attempt to strive an auto through the canyon at a time when the mud was at its best. The result would be as usual, and not a hand would be lifted to' help them out. They could "stick" and form part of the road ballast for all the Comstock people cared. Among the people included in the wish were the County Court and the State Highway Commission. As for fixing the responsibility for the condition of the road that is very easily done. The roadmaster said it was the fault of the district supervisor, but as usual the Roseburg people were wrong. In the first place, the County Court is at fault for es tablishing a new grade and leaving it In an unfinished condition. The result was in evitable. In the second place, Mr. Griggs went to Roseburg several times to talk with the County Court and try to get them to do something for the road. But nothing came of it. Mr.. Griggs spent his time and money, but the court remained obdurate. Now that we have good weather, and there has been so much agitation that the court could not afford to overlook it, money has been set aside to plank the road. More foolishness. Far better save the money spent In lumber and labor in planking and put it into crushed rock surface. The road would be passable without being planked, and in a veek or so it would be in first- class condition. Why. then, the need of planks? STOLEX CARS ARE RECOVERED Pennsylvania Rubber Company Has Plan to Aid Owners. The police departments of ' large cities are about the only organiza tions that have any idea of how many automobiles are stolen in a year. - There stands $500 or S5000 of con- 2 LONG TRIPS IDE Motor Parties From Far East Reach Portland. ONE DRIVER HAS ONLY DOG Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Lilly, of Water bury, Conn., Form Other Party. T. A. Hanson Reports Xo Mishaps Along Journey. Two motoring parties from far-East ern points were in Portland last week T. "A; Hanson, who left his -old home at Boone, ' la., on December 21. and Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Lilly, of Water- bury, Conn., who left their home last October and came through the South western states to reach California about the first of the year. "Although only my ljttle dog was with me, I didn't have to call for help y...... ............. .......... ....................................... t ......:...T THREE OLDSMOBILE CARS GO IN ONE SALE MADE BY "ED" COHEN. f-T-jm j iiiil. ' r" rrn"- n.... . . . T tTssn " j ' r i 0: y4"?-,fr.'!x&-''- ' MACHINES PlHt'HASKl) LAST V lOKlv BY ML'KFHV BltOTHERS. E. E. Cohen, manager of the Oldsmobile Company of Oregon, made a unique deal last week when he sold three Oldsmobiles, one eight-cylinder, five-passenger; one four-cylinder, five-passenger, and one four-cylinder roadster, to Murphy Brothers, barber shop proprietors. "After a thorough investigation and careful consideration of a number of machines. Murphy Brothers decided on buyingr Oldsmobiles on account of their distinctive high-grade quality and low cost of upkeep, which is within the reach, of everyone," said Mr. Cohen yesterday. These cars are to be used in a contest, which begins next Monday, by Murphy Brothers. VHt 7 . J I -Ml it f I IS Canyon, between Cottage Grove and Drain. No one disputes the fact that this stretch of road, amounting to a strip of some 3600 feet, has been in frightful condition tor tne major portion 01 tne Sear. The questions at point are who is to blame for the state of things and is it true that the residents of Com stock have held up motorists by charg ing exorbitant fees for pulling them out of the mud Without venturing to place the blame, all motorists who have reported their Comstock experiences at the va rious touring headquarters in Portland have spoken well of the treatment they have received from the residents'- of Comstock. Charge Is Moderate. During one of the worst storms of the year the members of the Buick Oregonian pathflnding party were stuck in the mud near Comstock earlv in April. At that time Roy Griggs, load vertible wealth, all ready to be moved to a point) where it can be turned into cash. The man with loose ideas of prop erty rights so reasons, and as a result the los3 to motor owners has been enormous. - The owner of any car equipped with Pennsylvania vacuum cup or ebony tread tires who will immediately no tify the Pennsylvania Rubber Com pany or any of its branches or dis tributers of the serial numbers of his tires will receive without charge the co-operation of an organization which should result in the rapid recovery of his property. . Naturally the details of this organi zation's methods will not be printed. Its efficiency, however, has been proved in several of the larger cities and the system has now been extended to cover the entire country. INDIAN MOTORCYCLE MAKES REMARKABLE TIME IX HOV9iD TRIP. J. Johansen reports that he rode his- Power-Plus Indian motor- . cycle to Roseburg and return, a total distance of 435 miles, last Tuesday, in the riding time of 14 hours, which averages up to the wonderful speed of 31 miles an . hour over good, bad and indiffer ent roade. Mr. Johansen, who is sales man ager for "Lystul, the Motorcycle Man," made the trip to familiarize himself with the route which is . to be covered by the riders who are to compete in the Portland-P-oseburg .endurance run next Friday, Saturday and Sunday. 'NEW AUTO RECORD MADE I.OS ANGELES-SAX FRANCISCO RUN TIME IS 12l4750. Trophy, Contested For Since 1004, A on by Joe NIkrent, Driving Biilck IJ-C-45. Is Driving the same Buick D-6-45 which broke the record via the valley route on April 25 last. Joe Nikrent started from Los Angeles Monday night and. once on the entire trip," said Mr. Han sen, in praise of his 1916 Hupmobile. "After leaving home I drove to Dallas and Mineral Wells, Tex., where I stayed for nearly three months with out seeing any fights with the Mexi cans. T , "From Dallas I drove west to Los Angeles and then came north via Ba kersfield and Sacramento to Redding, Cal. From Redding north over the Pacific Highway to Cottage Grove., Or., I had a pretty tough tussle five weeks ago and they told me I was the first to motor across the Siskiyou Mountains this year. Trip Route Is Mapped Orat. "I have; just spent five-weeks with my brother-in-law, G. A. Flood, at Al bany and am starting east now via the Columbia River Highway and the Northwest (Yellowstone) trail for my new home in Minneapolis. "Although I have been on my way since December 21, I actually drove my Hupp only 25 days and averaged 192 miles of travel each day of eight or 10 hours. . In all the 4800 miles I have covered since leaving Boone I haven't had a particle of real trouble with my car, -which has run on its own power without being helped out of difficulties. ' considering the season of the year in which I traveled I could not. of course, expect good roads and J really didn't find good high ways except be tween Los Angeles and Redding, Cal. I didn't expect to get through without being hauled a good many times, but my car never failed me. Railroad Bridges Are Crossed. "At Winona, Ariz., many . serious washouts made it necessary for me to o DENVER., Afore Than Two-Thirds Across the Continent "7. o EWYORK 1819 Miles in' 24 Hours by a An Hudson Super-Six Endurance Record Never Matched By -Any Traveling Machine No man today if he knows the facts doubta the Super-Six supremacy. At first the truth seemed like a romance. Think of one new invention, applied to a light six, adding 80 . , per cent to its power. Then official records began to pile up, certified by. the A. A. A. The whole motoring world then had to concede this the greatest motor built. - But many men asked, "What about th endurance? Can a motor so flexible, so speedy, so powerful, stand . . up in years of road use?" -So we asked Ralph Mulford to take a stock Super-Six chassis and, under official supervision, show the world its endurance. ..All Records Broken He took a Super-Six stock chassis certified by A, A. A. officials. It had already been driven over 2000 miles at speed exceeding 80 miles per hour. It had made a mile at Daytona at the rate of 102.53 miles per hour.' And he drove that car 1819 miles, equal to the dis tance from New York to Denver, in 24 hours of continu ous driving at an average speed of 75.8 miles per hour. At the end of that test after nearly 4000 miles of record-breaking strain the car, when officially ex amined, showed no appreciable wear. " The best previous 24-hour record for an American stock car was 1196 miles. The Super-Six beat that by 52 per cent. The best foreign-car record for 24 hours is 1581 miles. But that wasn't a stock car. The Super-Six beat that by 15 per cent. How Long Will It Last? It will be many years from now before we can tell you how long a Hudson Super-Six will last. But the records we cite cover the greatest strains a motor car ever met. Many a great engine has gone to pieces under far lesser strain. Years of" ordinary driving would never tax a motor like Unrivaled Records Made by the Super-Six All made under A. A. A. supervision, by a cer tified stock car or stock chassis, and excelling all former stock cars in these testa. 100 mtfes in 80 nun.. 21.4 mmc. averaging 74.67 miles per hour for a 7-paaaenger touring car with driver and passenger. 75.69 milmm in on hoar with driver and pas senger in a 7-pasaenger touring car. Standing start to 50 miles an honr in 16-2 sec On milm at the rate of 102.53 miles per hour. 1819 mitem in 24 hoxm at average speed of 75.8 miles per hour.. Oomr 3800 mile at speed exceeding 75 miles . per hour without evident wear on any engine part. those thousands of miles of speed tests. Yet the wear was almost nothing. Certain it is that fo man has ever built a travel machine to compare with this car in endurance. Endurance Proved That was the last question this one of endurance. In all other ways it has lonjy been evident that the Super-Six stands upreme. Never has a motor of this size shown anywhere near such power. Never was an engine made to match this in smoothness. Never has a stock car recorded equal performance in hill-climbing, quick acceleration or speed. Handsomer cars have never been shown. Finer engi neering is simply unthinkable, with Howard E. Coffin at the head of this department. You are getting the car of the day when you get the Super-Six. Every man who knows the facts knows that. And, in view of our patents, rivalry is impossible. No Need to Wait It is natural to say, "Let us wait and see" when we meet such radical advancements. We think that noth ing can excel in so many ways without falling behind in on. But not one fact about the Super-Six is left unproved today. Not in one respect has its performance been matched. Not in any way has a rival motor been made to compare with this. There is no need to wait to get Time's verdict on the Super-Six. The records" prove the Super-Six supreme. A half-hour's ride without those records would convince any man of the fact. Thousands of these cars arc now running. You will find them in every locality. And every owner will tell you that he never meets a car to com pare with his, in looks or per formance. These are things to con-. sider when you buy a car. HUDSON MOTOR CAR COMPANY. Detroit, Mich. .Phaeton, 7-passenger $1475 Roadster, 3-passenger . . ; 1475 Companion Roadster, 4-passenger. ' 1525 Cabriolet, 3-passenger 1775 Touring Sedan 2000 Limousine . . . 2750 All Prices F. O. B. Detroit C. L. Boss & Co. Distributors 615-617 Washington Street, Portland, Oregon allll ins cross 1 double-track railroad bridges and ford many streams and rivers. I was in the rain all the way from IOWA MAN DRIVES AUTO FROM HOME TO OREGON BY EASY STAGES. supervisor of that district, wno lives at Comstock, pulled, the Buick car for the entire 3600 feet through the mud when it was probably at its worst. On the entire job of getting his team ready and .pulling the car out he spent per haps more than to hpurs, yet he was patient and courteous and willing to work hard during the entire tussle. At the end of his labors he said he would charge SI for his 'services, but Harry C. Hays, territory man for the Howard Auto Company, who appreciated oo much the service had been worth. In sisted on paying him more, which Mr. Griggs accepted reluctantly. In reply to articles which have ap peared in others papers the Nort'i Douglas Herald, of Drain, has the fol lowing to say on the controversy. There has been considerable newspaper comment recently upon the condition of Pass Creek Canyon near Comstock. Several articles have appeared in the - Roseburg papers, and one or two in Portland papers. All of them refer to the canyon as a bot tomless mudhole. and the residents of the vicinity are anathematized because, accord ing to the papers, tourists were charged exorbitant rates for team hire to get pulled through the mud. In an article which aDneared in one of the Roseburg papers recently the responsi bility was placed upon the shoulders of Roy I Griggs, road supervisor of the Comstock district, our newly appointed roadmaster making the statement that the condition of the road was due to the inactivity of the supervisor. Resposibility Is Placed. We like to see responsibility placed where it belongs. Upon Investigating condi tions we find the following facts to be true:. The road just north, of Comstock was' a bottomless pit. We say was. advisedly, for the road has dried up and the worst por tion has been planked. The Comstock Can yon is now in a fairly presentable condi tion. A month ago any tourist who was so t-.nf ortunate as to have to pass through the canyon could feel certain that he would have to be pulled through. Now comes the part concerning which much has been said and printed. It was stated in the Rose burg and Portland papers that prices rang ing from $2..0 to $15 were charged for hauling tourtets through the mud. and that some of the Comstock residents did nothing but wait with teams near the mudholes. We find the facts to be exactly the op-, poslte. At no time has more than a very reasonable fee been charged for the serv ices rendered, and most of the tourists have been pulled through .for nothing. Many a time Roy Griggs has gone out to his barn, harnessed a team and gone out in the rain to pull some tourist out of a mudhole. When the tourist said "How much?" Mr. Griggs said "SI 5 please" (according to the Roseburg papers). However, the Roseburg papers had it wrong. Mr. Griggs has re peatedly rendered the services aforemen tioned for' nothing, and Mr. Griggs is not the only one, for others in the community have done the same thing. Two weeks ago last Sunday the men from the hotel went out in their Sunday clothes and pushed a tourist through the mud for nothing. Comstock Folk Vexed. Then came the newspaper articles with the assertion that Comstock people were rot satisfied with the normal precipitation. but that artificial means were used to keep --the- canyon in a condition sufficiently moist to "stick" ambitious tourists. Kow the ' Vfc&i& &t& t V ' ..-wy V- ' ... ..v:V:..v:.:.v:::;::..v::: ... .. HWlBHIIilEllWfflffiiiVT 'ti ' ' i "" ' ' ' 111 , J",WM''" - M IAh L. irf jZTZZZ ; - mr , Os. On Tod of after crossing me three mountarn ranges, reached San Francisco two hours and one minute ahead of the best previous record. - The 464 miles were traveled in 12 hours and 47 minutes and 50 seconds, thus winning the Fer nando Nelson trophy. This trophy, which has been con tested for since 1904, has long been considered the most prized cup of the Pacific Coast. It was offered by Fer nando Nelson, of aSn Francisco, as a perpetual trophy for the fastest time by automobile via the coast route be tween Los Angeles and San Francisco. Prior to May 14 the Buick car had never contested for this trophy over the coast route. While holding the record between San Francisco and Los Angeles via the valley route, the Buick men were not satisfied, and determined to try for the .trophy over the Coast route, although this represented a much fiarder trip. No trouble was experienced, but half of the distance was run through a heavy fog, making the mountain driv ing unusually dangerous. In spite of this the average time was better than 36 1-3 miles per hour. The trip was made with a regular stock Buick light six. known as the model D-6-45, and it has undoubtedly established a record which will stand for some time to come. ' A sum of $2,800,000 has been included In the Corean government's general budget for the next fiscal year of railway expenses. No new lines will be constructed, but the work "already begun on two of the 'lines will be completed. If 5'i Baird, Cal., to Cottage Grove, and of course got into some pretty tough sit uations, which, of course, would not prevail now." Mr. Hanson has-been in the hardware and automobile business for many years. While in Portland he visited S. K. Grimes, at 204 Kast Twelfth street. UTJ DER-INFLATION VITAL AUTOMOBILE TIRE 1JIBV CAUSES ARE EXPLAINED. the combined sales of- all tire compa nies ii 1915. Of that amount $100. Q00.000 could be saved the consumer. according to statistics of a prominent technical authority who last year re ceived thousands of reports from own ers of cars of all makes. Only, Relief for Tax on Energy In De clared to Be Automatic Pump Attached to Motor. Several of the leading automobile tire manufacturers were asked recent ly to give the most common causes for tire failure and depreciation. Without an exception they replied that one of the principal sources of tire trouble la under-inf lation. With the old hand pump, it is said that the average tire is inflated to only about 75 per cent of what it should be, due to the energy required and exhaustive labor necessi tated by the pumping-up process. The only relief lit sight for the utomobile owner who not only wishes to save wear and tear on his tires, but wishes to avoid the exasperating hand pump is the motor-driven pump, in the opinion of a local representative of the Stewart-Warner Speedometer Corpora tion, of Chicago, manufacu trers of the Stewart tire pump. "The Stewart tire pump is the big gest little money saver in the automo bile accessory market," says the dealer. "Besides its economical advantages, it is the greatest labor-saving device con nected with the driving of a car. When our motor-driven pump is used there is absolutely no excuse for under-in-flation of tires. If your tube requires 43a cubic inches of air to Inflate it to the proper degree, and that is the average amount, you can be sure that It is pumped up to Just that degree without expending any physical en ergy or hard work on your own part. "It is easy to understand why under inflation of tires is so common among those who use the old-fashioned hand pump. Tire trouble in itself is most provoking, and when the new tire is put oi, tir the puncture repaired, the averarre driver" is not In the proper mood to enjoy a ba-l: -breaking ses sion with a hand pump. The result is that Just as soon as his tire begins to feel hard and firm he disconnects the pump as hurriedly as he can and climbs into his machine for a rest. He is too wrought up over the accident to worry about proper inflation all he is hoping for is that the tires will keep the rims , off the ground until he reaches a garage .where free air is available." and the remarkable time of six and one-half hours was made by the Army car. As reported in an El Paso paper; Dr. Brown said that the roads were in horrible shape, due both to their nat ural condition and to the constant travel of the heavy motor trucks used in conveying supplies to the American, troops. 1 -1-Vear-Olcl Hoy Buys Overland. Everard Lehman, 14-year-old boy so prano.' of St. Paul, Minn., has Just re cently purchased a car from the St. Paul Overland dealer, paying for it in cold cash, every cent of which he has earned and saved. Young Lehman is w11 Wnnwn ha the bov Ronmnn leader '. of the choir at St. John's Episcopal DOCTOK SAVES OFFICER'S LIFE Dodgre Bros. Car Makes Trip Across Oesert to American Front. Word comes from Mexico of a thrill ing trip from Columbus. N. M.. to Caaas Grandes made by Dr. W. L. Brown, of El Paso, who was called to attend Lieu tenant-Colonel Tyre Rivers, who was ill with pneumonia at the American t ront. Dr. Brown was conveyed across Ihe Church, and Is also a member of the Mexican dewert in one of the regular I Fisher Stock Company of the Shubert Dndcre Brothers cars in use In the Arniv 1 Theater. St. Paul. r .11 fer kin p. . t. . c .. cr II 4 4 4 4 4 o i 4 4 4 T Tire Bill $100,000,000 Too Bir. The annual tire bill paid by Amer ican motorists is $200,000,000, as re vealed by recently compiled figures on 4 4 o, o 4 4 4 4 4 :i v, 4 41 4 41 4 4 o 4 o 4 4 4 4 HE name "Savage" is your insurance against tire trouble. It stands for a "tire of the highest quality, more miles for less money and an easy L riding car. For the long trip over hard roads or for slip pery pavements for all kinds of every-day use, Savage Tires are unequalled. Ask for Tire Book. THE SAVAGE TIRE CO., San Diego, Cal.. FACTORY DISTRIBUTOR John A. Walt Broadway at Portland ers Co. Inc. ??3r Ankeny St. TC!3-T-" . fate 'cw ;L:t:t:c:t:ciC
