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TIIE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND, 3IAT" 21, 1D1C. "
MOTORCYCLE TRIP
FULL OF PLEASURE
Vomn and Son Experience
Thrills Galore on Trip
to Exposition City.
VIVID ACCOUNT IS WRITTEN
falls Are Frequent and One la Se
rious, but Good Health Over
conies Minor Accidents and
' Tour Found Delightful.
The following Interesting article was
written for The OreROnian by Fenton W.
Ifoover. vho. lat Summer, piloted a Harley
Jiavldon motorcycle from Portland to San
J-'ranclsco. Hts mother, Mrs. Nellie S.
3-foover. rode with him and the article out
lines the many experiences of the trip.)
"It's a long, longr way to California."
Eo sang my mother and l as. light
heartedly, we sailed out of Portland,
tandem on a motorcycle June 13,
headed for San Francisco and South
ern California. We thought -we knew
About what such an adventure would
Jo to us, but our varied experiences
far exceeded our wildest expectations.
Our machine was of the strongest
make and all new and shining -and
thoroughly equipped with every possi
ble appliance for safety, convenience
and pleasure. "When we got back to
Portland about two months later the
motorcycle was still all together and
In the running. but not new and
eliining, and she limped into the last
grarage of the trip gasping for breath
and making a. noise like a frog in
distress. .
Oh, the sunshine and the wind. Be
lore the end of the third day's travel
we were drunk on fresh air. The stiff
ness of the muscles caused by- sitting
hour after hour in one position, which
made us feel, when we alighted, as if
our feet did not quite reach to the
KrounJ.. passed away after the first
iay and every day added to our orig
inal stock of health, endurance and
color.
Words Xot Sufficient.
No mere words can give a true idea
ef the pleasures, dangers, magnificent
scenery, variety of emotions, hardships
and happiness derived from auch a
trip. By experience only can it be
realized. We traveled over the Pacific
Highway where it was open; but some
times it was necessary to travel 15 or
20 miles out of our way to get around
construction work. One place in Co
lusa County, California, we climbed one
continuous, rocky, barren hill for about
BO miles to get around 10 miles of men.
horues, sand and machinery. In some
of the worst possible places, where it
was necessary for all vehicles to travel
slowly, jitney card artists would hail
us and tell us what a fin picture they
could make of us in less than 10 min
utes. Some ft these pictures were not
only wonderful but also terrible.
We depended entirely on hotel ac
commodations along the way and sev
eral times the town that we were look
ing for seemed to have been mislaid
causing us to travel very late when
we preferred to be sleeping. But when
this happened we made up for it by
sleeping the next day either at a hotel
or under a tree, until we felt that we
were even with the world again.
Mountain Taken on Icrli "
Our first exceedingly bad piece of
xoau was jow creek Canyon, which
was a long tale of woe. But we had a
rreat advantage over four-wheeled ve
hides, and when we came to where we
eould again reach to the bottom of the
road, it was such a pleasure that we
Torgot all our troubles immniiatolv
"We went all the way up the Siskiyous
on tn nign" and coasted down the
other side. . But we stopped a while
Tight on the top- of the mountain on
CLUt'cH ON NEW CHANDLER CAR
account of runnmg Into some gumbo
soil that stopped up the front wheel
suddenly and we went over the handle
bars with more haste than grace. We
waded out on the grass, taking a con
siderable quantity of the highway with
us. Our only damage was a broken
pedal. Fortunately, there were some
boxes and old boards near there, left
"by the road-builders, and we made a
fire and waited for the sun to rise and
dry the ground, so we could travel. We
slC'ed there from about 7 o'clock In
the morning until after 10.
And all that time the wonderful
view grew, more and more beautiful.
The highest peaks were covered wjth
snow and the shadows kept receding
before the rising sun. First the
shadows, then the fog, or rather the
clouds, moved away as the sun climbed
higher and before we were tired of the
shifting panorama, our road was dry
nough to travel on. That tumble and
wait up in the clouds is one of our
most cherished memories. Once we
were halted by the road-builders until
a mammoth tree that they had just
about ready to fa.ll was down and a
path cleared through It. The death of
that big tree was spectacular and it
thundered a protest that echoed and
re-echoed through the mountains. The
workmen gave us a little drink of
warm water out of a little bucket and
we went on.
Gas Stations Handy.
More by good luck than management
we made oil and gas stations before it
v-as too late, except once in Tehama
County we had about six miles to go
ejid nothing to go on. But it happened
to be a very good road and we got up
such a speed that the momentum car
ried ua into town. This was about tie
.only time that w let the machine out
to 70 miles an hour. For the most part
we tried to follow the "Safety First"
plan, but there were times when speed
and a little recklessness seemed to be a
good thing. Following the Sacramento
Kiverdown the Sierras we forded
streams 38 times. At first one of us
would walk around the water on stones
or wade through it, but after a time
that got monotonous and we both
stuck to the wheel and took to the
water like ducks. Through one stream
we barely had room to pass by an auto
mobile that had taken the deepest place
and was stuck fast We did not wait
to see their finish.
It was right in Sacramento City.
after passing through the unknown
quantity of mountain roads, that we
had our most set-ious accident. The
wheels slipped on some leaves wet by
a street sprinkler and threw us to the
concrete, broke the headlight and the
other- pedal and made us see stars.
This time one of us was knocked out
badly enough to be confined to bed for
14 hours. It was the "irony of fate
that we escaped the dangers of the
mountain trail and were bowled over
by a water wagon.
Desert Real Tent.
The real test of endurance was going
through the hot deserts of Northern
California. For 100 hot and weary
miles we were the only living and mov
ing objects, except a flock of vultures
sailing around and a chance lizard
panting in the heat. Our good little
machine after several punctures, blow
outs, upsets and burned out spark
plugs and a long list of varied acci
dents, seemed to feel that this was the
time and-place to be on its good be
havior. We jusigsailed right along. It
was too hot to stop for eating or drink
ing even if we could have found any
thing to eat and drink. If anything
had happened to our wheel while go
ing through that desert, this story
could easily have been a tragedy. But
"fortune favors the brave, and we got
through and finally imbed a long hill
and felt the first cool breath of the
ocean about 200 mlle3 away.
This history would not be complete
without our snake story, remarkable
only for what did not happen. It was
while coasting down the Coast Range
we suddenly came, upon his snakeship.
The end of him that was on our side of
the road was out of sight in the grass
and bushes that grew along the road.
To keep from running over him we
swerved suddenly to the other side of
the road and there was the other end
of him at the edge of the road. It was
only by running entirely off the road
and into a little ditch that we got by
without hitting him. I have often
wondered what would have happened
had we runt over him. It is likely that
one end and perhaps both ends would
have tangled into our wheel. In which
case nothing could have prevented a
fall and a bad mlxup. It seemed
strange to us that there- were so many
snakes and lizards and spiders all
through those mountains and so few
birds.
Towns Not Inviting.
Twice the little towns we were try
ing to reach looked" so sordid and dirty
that we passed on through and found
a clean grassy place with trees, and
one of us rested on the grass with our
trusty revolver near at hand while the
other would speed back to town and
forage for supplies for the inner man.
These were happy times.
Vulcanizing, oil and gas, hotel bills
and two new tires on our return to
Portland made the trip rather more
expensive than by rail or water, but
there was as much difference between
our trip and the orthodox trip to San
Francisco as between going on an en
joyable picnic and going to work in the
morning. We traveled all together
about 2000 miles and reached home in
perfect health, a little lighter in
weight, considerably darker in com
plexion and with a knowledge of the
country through which we traveled
that could have, been obtained in no
other way.
Trip Made In Seven Days.
'"We arrived in San Francisco about 5
o'clock Sunday evening, June 20, seven
days from the time we started. After
the intense heat of the desert, where,
by the way, we had discarded piece by
piece, every possible article of clothing,
the cold winds and fog of San Francisco
made our teeth chatter. We ran over
the cobble stones to the top of the
highest hill in sight to get the lay of
the city and exposition grounds, then
down again to Filmore and California
streets, where we located for our pleas
ureable stay in San Francisco.
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CLUTCH IS SENSITIVE
New Chandler Regulated So It
Closes Delicate Watch.
TIRE AND FLOOR LIKE VISE
Machine Is Slowly Advanced Until
Case of Valuable Timepiece Is
Snapped Shut "Without Caus
ing Any Damage.
It really isn't necessary, of course, to
use an automobile to close the lid on
an extra fine-grade watch, but it is
often quite handy to have & car with a
clutch that will permit its driver to
switch the machine backward and for
ward a tiny fraction of an inch at a
time.
Just to prove how easy it is to han
dle the new Chandler models in this
manner A. H. Knaus. manager of the
Portland branch of the Gerlinger Motor
Car Company, last week staged a little
demonstration in the Chandler head
quarters at East Third and Oregon
streets, that would have made you gasp
if your itlceat little watch had been
employed in the test
With Mr. Knaus kneeling on the floor
in. front of the car to give directions
and. L. V. Rawlings at the wheel, a
delicate gold watch was opened and
placed directly in front of the right
front tire.
When the order was given to go
ahead the lid was closed as neatly and
quietly as though an' anxious school
boy had closed it after stealing a look
at it in the classroom on a bright
Spring day. The crystal is still there
to testify to the sensitiveness of the
Chandler clutch, which is of the dry
disc sort.
Slow Pare Mark In Made.
While performing the feat Mr. Raw
lings was as cool as a veteran judge
and remarked that he Had many times
proved the quality of the clutch by
holding, the car down to srueh a slow
pace that It traveled only five inches
within the course of a full minute.
"The Chandler Company is following
the policy of mingling ability with
economy, which all will agree I quite
important in these days of gasoline
shortages," said Manager Knaus after
the gold watch had been pocketed
again. "The owners of the 20 Chandler
cars now running in Portland tell me
they average about 18 miles of travel
to the gallon of gasoline consumed.
"The dominant feature of the Chand
ler six if there is a dominant feature
is, of course, its motor.
"But the Chandler, Is not simply a
motor with a car built around it.
Complete Harmon y Imprenalve.
"The point that impresses buyers Is
the' complete harmony of every detail
of construction, the perfect unity of
the whole car. ' The fine motor is
matched by an equally fine chassis.
"The axles, the frame, the springs,
the transmission, the steering gear and
the other important details of con
struction yield to no suggestion for
betterment.
"Its quality Is of such evident charac
ter that it appeals not only to the eye
because of its beauty, to the senses be
cause of its luxury, quietness and flexi
bility, but also to the keen judgment
of the careful, discerning buyer seek
ing fine quality linked with honest
price.
"The Chandler line is complete. -It
includes all those models of open and
closed cars actively in demand."
Overland Shipments Almost Trebled.
According to a report submitted by
the sales department the other day.
Overland shipments for the 12 months
ending April 30. 1916, were 137,665
automobiles, an increase of 174 per
cent. During Aprjl. 1916. 19,781 cars
were shipped, the largest monthly
shipment ever made by the Willys
Overland plant.
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POWER Ample to take this car. loaded
anywhere that &y antoroobUo can so.
CPKSD Mar than 999 oat of erery thoa
md cmr owmu would ever want or dmro
to use
MOTOR The tnarvckraa Chandler Motor,
built in the Chandler factory for threeyeera
past and famous the world over. Free Cro-a
my faint of experimentation.
If you
BUT if you want a motor that has
in it three years of making good,
If you want the motor that turned
the whole automobile industry
. away from high-priced sixes and
wasteful heavy fours,
If you want the strong", sturdy
chassis that showed men the folly
of needless weight,
If you want the solid aluminum
motor base, and Bosch magneto
ignition, and the silent spiral
East Third and
TIRE CARE IS URGED
Dirt on Garage Floors Cited as
Source of Danger.
MANY DONT'S MENTIONED
F. W. Thatcher Tells How Better
Serv ice 3Iay Be Procured and Rec
onmiendatlori Alfio Is Made
to Attend-to Repairs.
BT F. W. THATCHER,'
(Portland Mtnafer Klretoni Tire &
Rubber Company. Twelfth chapter
of a general aeries on tire care and
usage.)
It is pretty generally known, that
gasoline, grease, oil and other fatty
substances are solvents -of rubber.
Oiled parkways and roads are not par
ticularly harmful, especially after the
oil has soaked Into the roadway.
If gar a are floors are not kept clean
and the tires stand tn a pool of oil. the
tread softens and the traction strain
in service stretches the rubber in a
wavy outline, eventually causing it to
separate from the fabric body under
neath. Probably the most damage is experi
enced from grease in differential hous
ings working out into the brake drtfms
and then to the side walls or tne tires.
This may result from loose bearings,
too much grease or from using grease
not suitable for differentials.
Gasoline Removes' Crease.
Grease and oil can be easily removed
bv a rag saturated with gasoline. Gas
oline, although a solvent, evaporates
quickly and. If applied tn small quan
tities, will not. therefore, cause any In
Jury when used as a cleaning agent.
Ordinary injuries to the rubber cover
do not prevent successful repairs, but
not often can the work be well done
when materials have been affected by
oil or grease. If either soaks into the
fabric, the repair work invariably will
blister during vulcanization.
It is recommended that when either
the tread or side walls, show a soften
tng effect from oil or grease, the tire
be reversed on the wheel; that is. the
damaged side wall changed to the out
side. This will usually protect the
side wall from further accumulation of
grease and the change win also rest
the tread and fabrlo of the tire by re
versing the - direction of the traffic
strains. v
Be careful that a sharp turn of front
wheels does not result in treads being
rubbed by spring shackles or. other
harp projecting objects. If a bumper
or guard be applied to front of car, be
sure that the ends permit enough clear
ance for the front tires so that the
want to eeriment-
If you want to try out some new
of motor construction
You won't be interested in the Chandler,
Seven-Passenger Touring Car - $1395
FouT'Pasaenger Roadster - $129 '5
F. O. B. Cleveland
Prompt Orders Secure Prompt Deliveries
Gerlinger Motor Car Co.
Oregon Streets Telephone Private Exchange East 7222
CHANDLER MOTOR CAR
same will not be gouged when-'making
a sharp turn. -
Fenders Source of Danger.
When the car is loaded heavily, there
Is danger of the tire treads being
bumped or gouged by fender when
passing over rough places in the street
or road. ; Fenders bent from accident
may be entirely .too close to the tires
and cause a great deal of injury, par
ticularly If there are any sharp ex
tending bolts underneath the .fender.
An inspection under fenders sometimes
discloses bolts worn smooth and bright, 1
due to continued buffing and rubbing
by tires. '
If a change be made from regular
to oversize tires, make sure that there
will ,be sufficient clearance between
tires and mud guards when car Is
loaded to capacity this is. however,
provided for by most car manufactur
ers. The treads of rear tires are some
times cut and snagged when wheels
slip and spin In mud or on. toy pave
ments. It is advisable to have the damage re
paired before moisture and dirt work
under the rubber cover, and affect the
fabric.
MAXWELL. CAR IX TEST ABROAD
Machine Tries Ont New Fuel arA
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Gives Strang Performance.
That the remarkable mileage piled
up by Maxwell cars is by no means
confined to the American field Is proven
by experiments conducted in foreign
countries. The results of economy tests
conducted near London, England, have
lust been sent on to offices of the
Maxwell Motor Compnnr at Detroit.
Several makes of cars TtTf used in
testing out a new fuel mixture intro
duced by a firm in Belfast. Ireland, and
the performance, of a stock Maxwell
touring car was so notable that the
conservative motor trade: Journal of
London, the Autocar, commented on it
as follows:
"In this article we are concerned
primarily with the behavior of Econ
omee fuel, but we feel it only fair to
give a word of praise to the behavior
of the Maxwell, which, brand new as
It was, ran exceedingly well through
out the tests, and showed altogether re
markable acceleration and hill-climbing
ability."
BIG MOTOR SHIPMENT DUE
Special Train With Right of Way Is
Being Rushed Here.
There is scheduled to arrive about
June 1 the largfct single order of mo
tor equipment ever shipped to the
Coast. This shipment is coming through
on record time and consists of 15 10
passenger "White busses. 10 7-psssen-ger
White touring cars and five White
trucks. A special train carries the
equipment and has right of way over
all freights. The railroads are rushing
the train through, according to R a
Kurd, manager of the White Company.
Portland, Or., who says:
"This shipment marks the first con
signment of the Desmond Park Service
Company White equipment, who hold
a 20-year contract direct from the De
partment of the Interior, Washington,
D. C, on hotels, lodges, camps and au
tomobile service in the Vosemita Na
tional Park,
bevel rear axle, and Gray & Davis
starting and lighting; and a dozen
other of the highest class features'
at the lowest obtainable price, and'
'If you want
The Most Beautiful of All the
New Motor Car Bodies,
You will be interested in the
Chandler.
m This isn't argument, or persua
sion, or contention. It's just a .
simple, provable fact.
CO., CLEVELAND, OHIO
AUTO RACE JULY 16
Rose City Speedway Events
Are Arranged.
OTHER MEETS PROPOSED
Opening Competition Will Be Held
at Alan Mile Track at Spokane
on July 4 $1500 in Prizes
Are Promised for List.
FinsI arrangements have been closed
between Robert A. Hlller. of the North
west Auto Racing Association, and Fred
T. Merrill, manager of the Rose City
Speedway, to hold an auto race meet
at the local track on July 16.
The opening meet will be held at Spo
kane at the Alan mile track on July 4.
and a special car will bring the racing
machines direct to Portland, while oth
ers that may race at Tacoma on July
4 also will be shipped here for the
Portland meet and still others that are
to race at the Tacoma Speedway on
August 6 will hsve full time for the
Portland meet before shipping to Ta
coma. Mr. Hlller writes The Oregoninns
follows: "We will hang up $1600 in
prises for the Portland meet and the
programme will conform with the gen
eral public sentiment of shorter races
for auto race meets, and at least five
events will be on the programme. In
former meets held In Portland they
have been conducted along the co
operative plan among the drivers, but
this year no driver will have any Inter
est whatever in the meet other than
to collect the money he rrra-y win. There
will be four moneys in each event, and
we have advertised our meetings all
over America to attract drivers to the
Pacific Northwest, and expect as a re
suit to give the public some excellent
auto races.
"One-day meets are our plans for the
mile tracks of this section. Seattle,
Spokane. Tacoma and North Taklma
have some racing cars and we hope to
see Portland" get in line with a few
good cars. Men of means in the vari
ous cities Of the Northwest are taking
an interest in auto racing and the re
suit will be some excellent sport.. There
is not a better mile dirt track for auto
racing In America than the Rose City
Speedway.
Fred T. Merrill states that he will
leave nothing undone to have the track
in the best possible condition for speed.
Hlller is anxious to have Portland
represented with one or more racing
cars of class, and believes some of the
Automobile dealers and representative
business men of the city would Boon
find it worth while to get behind the
movement to have this city properly
represented in the racing circuit. Spo-
ku Till have at least . lour care to
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race over the circuit. Seattle already
has four. Tacoma three and North
Yakima one. while several cars are ex
pected from California and a possible
representation from the East.
DODGE TO TRY GRAND CANTON
Pathfinding Trip Across Desert Also
Is Being Made.
"Death Valley Dodge." the Dodge
Bros. motor car that has hung up a
record for surpassing performances on
the Psciflc Coast, is now to be sent on
a trip that daring motorists have many
times contemplated out never attempt
ed. With O. K. Parker, one of the
most daring drivers tn the world, at
the wheel, the sturdy little car Is to
ttempt a trip to the bottom of the
Grand Canyon of the Colorado.
Mr. Parker is now driving "Death
Valley Dodge" across the desert from
Los Angeles to the brink of the Grand
Canyon, incidental to the main object
of the trip he is trying to find a short
route between the points and expects
to cut 60 miles off the distance.
"Gas" Test Proves Overland.
A novel test, demonstrating the effi
ciency of an Overland model 75, was
made at Keokux, la., recently, when an
Overland traveled 24.8 miles on one
gallon of gasoline. On this test the car
made 88 stops. The test was made by
a baker's delivery wagon, and the car
was driven on its regular route. The
test was made by the driver for the
bakery company, accompanied by one
of the men from the Overland garage
In that city.
Telephone poles of class molded over a
hvy wire net are rein made In Europe.
Thse piles sre rarely broken, will neither
rot nor rust and ars ImprgnaMs to Inaoota.
Gasoline
18 per Gallon.
Ti
ires
3500-mile guarantee. All
sizes.
less than others.
Supplies,
. Day and Nig-ht Service.
H. L. Keats Garage
Department
Broadway at Burnside.
Both Phones.
Chalmers
Distributors
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used cars.