THE SUNDAY OKEGONIATT, PORTLAND, MAY 21, 191G.
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TOURISTS AIDED IN
PASS GREEK CANYON
Comstock Residents Not All
Charging Exorbitant Rates
for Helping Autoists.
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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
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THREE OLDSMOBILE CARS GO IN ONE SALE MADE BY "ED" COHEN.
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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.
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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
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DENVER.,
Afore Than Two-Thirds Across the Continent
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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insurance against tire trouble.
It stands for a "tire of the
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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.
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