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AT the time this sketch was pre
pared no ono knew for sure
whether or not Roderick L.
Macleay was to represent Multnomah
County at the next Legislative Assem
bly, but many of his rival candidates
had learned to appreciate how much
an autor-obile can assist a candidate in
rushing him from one political meeting
to another.
Mr. Mf cleay was seen several times
last week piloting his new Chalmers
6-30 from one part of the city to an
other to scatter his election cards and
urge his supporters to shout all the
harder for his candidacy.
Mr. Macleay Is one of the prominent
Portland business men and property
owners who has 'motored extensively
abroad. He has driven- from London
to Budapest by motor. Twice he toured
Europe by motor car. the last trip be
ing taken In 1912. Once In Italy he
paid as high as a dollar a gallon for
gasoline because the government had
a monopoly- on Its sale.
OREGON TRIP-LAUDED
Motor Age Republishes Article
iy From The Oregonian.
SCENIC GEMS ARE SHOWN
.Variety of Attractions Listed and
V . Question Propounded as to Where
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Else Such Wealth of Beauty
Could Be Offered Tourist.
T"our pages In the current number of
ISTotor Age. a Chicago magazine which
is said to reach more motorists than
any other automobile publication, are
devoted to an illustrated article writ
ten by Chester A. Mnores, automobile
Teporter of The Oregonian, on the
Packard-Oregonian pathfinding trip
which was taken around Mount Hood
last year in Henry Wagner's Packard
car.
Broad space is given to beautiful pic
tures of Crown Point, Shepperd'e Dell,
Multnomah Kalis. Mitchells Point Tun
nel. Mist Falls, Wahkeena Falls, Tyg-h
Valley and Mount Hood as seen from
Government Camp.
The article is captioned ''Circling
Mount Hood In a Motorcar Grandeurs
of This Trail -Said to Surpass Any
Other Known." In the body of the
story quotations are given from eu
logies pronounced on the Columbia
Highway by General George W. Goe
thals. builder of the Panama Canal,
and Chief Forester Graves.
After a full discussion of the inter
esting incidents of the initial automo
bile trip made around the mountain
the following complimentary allusion
la made to the Oregon country:
"Trip de Lnir" la Title.
"Oregon claims that a consecutive
tour of one day embracing this wide
variety of scenery and atmosphere
amounts to the trip de luxe of America.
It challenges the world to produce
continuous drive .that will match the
loop around Mount Hood.
"New York may have its drive along
the Hudson River, just as Southern
Italy has its Amalfi Drive and Gr
many its boulevard along the Rhine.
But Oregonians will not grant that any
highway in the world excels the paved
boulevard that winds through the
gorge of the Columbia River, and
thousands of Easterners who this year
drove over the Columbia River High
way have, by their superlative words
of praise, entrenched that pride in
Oregon hearts so deeply that it will
never surrender.
"The fruit groves of. California and
. Florida, of Hawaii and the tropics may
surpass the beauty of the Hood River
valley, the home of the standard an
pie. but the picturesque sweep offered
the eye of the traveler who ascends the
hills above the Hood River orchards
Is competition for any landscape.
Great Variety Surprises.
"The wheat fields on the plains of
Russia and Canada may overshadow
those on the rolling hills near The
Dalles, where there Is nothing but
wheat as far as the eye can reach In
every direction, but you cannot con
vince an Oregonian of It.
"Tygh Valley may not rival the des
erts of Arizona nor the Grand Canyon
of Colorado, but it is bleak enough to
hypnotize the tenderfoot.
Perhaps Mount flood is not as
mighty as India's peaks and Japan's
sacred mountain, but it stretches-near
ly two mllee a1)ove sea level, far enough
to make it lond of all Oregon.
i "Even granting that the Columbia
River Highway, the Hood River Val
ley, the wheat fields near The Dalle,
the desert of Tygh Valley, and the
mountainous country about Mount
Hood are not superior in their respec
tive fields, where on- earth, except in
Oregon, is there a drive that embraces
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STCDEBAKER SALES " INCREASES
Second Quarter of Year Promises to
Make Record.
While the first three months of this
year marked the largest quarter in
the history of the Studebaker Corpo
ration, the present quarter, from every
indication, is certain to surpass great
ly the previous one from the standpoint
of production and sale of cars.
Sales of Studebaker cars for the first
quarter of the current year, ending
March 31, were 16.952 automobiles, as
compared with 9400 for the same period
a year ago, an increase of 75 per cent.
The completion of the new $1,000,000
factory extensions will be a consider
able factor in enabling Studebaker to
increase its output for the present
quarter and the easing up of the freight
situation will permit of shipping all
the cars that can be built.
Wolf Chased in Overland.
This tale of a wolf and an Overland
comes from Sealy, Tex. It happened in
this fashion: Mr. and Mrs. W. J. New
com, with a party of friends, were
driving over their ranch, six miles
from town, when they saw a red wolf
running across the pasture. Mr. New-
corn was driving the car and gave
chase. The wolf had a good start when
discovered, but Mr. Newcom and his
Overland gained on him steadily. After
a run of about two miles across the
prairie he came within shooting dis
tance, and letting go of his wheel took
his shotgun from Mrs. Newcom's hand
and opened fire, bringing down th
animal on the third shot. The body
of the wolf was placed on the run
ning board and brought to Sealy. It
is -one of the largest wolves ever killed
in that district. He weighed 54 pounds,
and was a beautiful specimen of his
kind.
AUTO RESERVE (SURGED
CORPS IN EVERY CITY IN I'NITED
STATES IS FAVORED.
will prove of unusual Importance to
the officers of the Army in their pre
paredness plans.'
"I should like to see a general ex
tension of the automobile reserve corps
principle in every city of the United
States.
"The united States now has prae-
THE large truck users of this country know
by experience the economy of White
Trucks. They buy them in fleets and add to
these fleets year after year, basing their
selection upon accurately kept cost records.
The small truck user who has never had the
opportunity to make his purchase from such
comparative cost data may very profitably
heed this well founded preference for White
Trucks.
jTHE WHITE COMPANY, Cleveland
PORTLAND
Broadway and Oak Street.
sstfea
Tha Ward Baking Company owns a total of 43 White Trucks
Old. Motor Works Head Haa Plan for
Rushing Troops to Menaced Points
In Event of War.
The establishment of an automobile
reserve corps in every city of the
united states, as factors in the present
preparedness campaign of the United
States, is urged by Jay V. Hall, active
executive of the Olds Motor Works, of
Lansing, Mich.
"Our country has some 4000 miles of
shoreline to protect." says Mr. Hall,
"with the possibility of troops being
landed at any point.
"The only possible way of combat
ing such an attempt would be our abil
ity to throw large masses of soldiery
against any given point on short no
tice.
"With huge fleets of motor cars, such
as could be mustered in almost "any
city of the .United States, this could
be accomplished with little trouble.
provided the proper organization be
had.
"The plan has been tried recently at
San Francisco on a large scale, and
with marked success.
"General William L. Slbert. com
mandant of the Pacific Coast Artillery,
and Captain H. D. Ryus, president of
the Oldsmobile Company, of California,
co-operated In the formation of a San
Francisco automobile reserve corns and
the staging of a series of maneuvers
which give every hope for the future.
"In one of the maneuvers, a large
body of regular troops from the Pre
sidio, accompanied by a complement of
light artillery, was rushed to Half
Moon Hay, a comparatively inaccessible
spot on the west coast, suitable for in
vasion, in the space of a couple of
hours, over a route which, under ordi
nary conditions, would have taken a
day and a half.
"Concerning the outcome of the ex
periment. General Slbert said: 'The re
sults of this experiment, which is the
first of its kind in the United States,
tically 8.000.000 automobiles, with the
probability that this number will be
increased to . 60. 000 before the close
of the present selling season.'
Overland Pays for Itself.
Odessa Waller, of Emporia, Kan., has
made a success of the taxi business. It
has not only enabled her to pay for
her car, an Overland model 83. but it
has also earned her a good living be
sides. She holds the record In Em
poria for tire trouble, having had but
one puncture in 12,000 miles and no
blowout.
Rldgefleld Census Shows 54 6.
RIDGEFIEUD. Wash., May 30.
(Special.) Mayor Buker has seen that
the latest census of his city Is an ac
curate one. He has just completed
taking the school . census of this dis
trict. No. 80. and reports that the ex
act population of Rldgefleld. Including"
only bona tide residents, is 546. There
are 156 within the limit of school age.
This latest count shows a substantial
gain over the last census taken. Mayor
Duker is also clerk of the local School
Board and a contractor and builder.
Th Prince of Wales is also bom Duke of
Cornwall and derives hla Income from the
valuable lands, fee, royalties and the like
comic with that position, the total amount
Ins to something lik $43.foo R yenr.
UNCLE SAM'S MEN RIDE TO MEXICO ON MOTOR BIKES.
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UiU'lbUl OK Mttbsio.ieE.Ukii-i-Ku haHLKI .DAVIDSONS
STARTING IN SEARCH OF VILLA.
"On to Mexico!" was the cry of Uncle Sam's machine-gun squads
in pursuit of the elusive Villa. Mounted on motorcycles and carrying
complete equipment, these men chug-chugged over Mexican soil, leav
in the dusty trails bordered by cacti and mesquite the clean-cut im
print of the word "Non-skid," for these motorcycles are ail Firestone-equipped.
Motorcycle machine gun and ammunition cars are a
new departure with the Government, although even in the short time
they have been in use they have demonstrated the suitability and su- .
perlority of the motorcycle for machine-gun service. These cars, de
signed by William S. Harley, of the Harley-Davidson Motor Company,
possess the utmost utility and mobility and are"able to plough through
deep mud without trouble. The gun car is designed to carry 2400
rounds of ammunition in addition to spare parts case, extra barrel
for gun, two entrenching spades and a broad-ax.
EIGHT-CYLINDER
CA
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ESTABLISHES NEW
Transcontinental Auto Record
LOS ANGELES to NEW YORK
7 Days, 1 1 Hours, 52 Minutes
Beats Best Previous Record
by 3 Days, 1 9 Hrs., 23 Minutes
This stock of Cadillac roadster was officially
checked out of Los "Angeles from the Courthouse
by a committee of newspaper men.
The car reached New York May 15, completing
the 3471 miles at an average speed of 36 1-6
. miles an hour, not deducting time lost in sleeping,
eating and taking on supplies. One man, E. G.
Baker,, drove the car every inch of the way. He
was accompanied by W. F. Sturm, an Indianapolis
newspaper man. Deducting time checked out for
stops the average was 48 miles an hour.
By its wonderful endurance, power and all
around reliability, the Cadillac Eight once more
startles the world.
We can 6how you the exact duplicate of this ma
chine in our salesroom today.
Cadillac Eight Leads the World
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CBrey Motor Car Co
Twenty-First and Washington
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