THE SUNDAY OREGONIAX, PORTLAND, NOVEMBER 26, 1D1G.
ROADS MOSTLY GOOD
IN EASTERN OREGON
HERE IS PORTLAND'S NEWEST TYPE OF CAR WITH ITS OREGON DISTRIBUTOR ON THE RIGHT AND
HIS STAR SALESMAN ON THE LEFT.
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Cold Weather, However, Is Re
ported by Portland Auto
Men Making Trip.
Advance in Marmon Prices
Effective January 1, 1917
BLUE TRAIL IS PRAISED
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Magnificent Views More EnjoycC
Due to Absence of Dust Even
Bad Stretches Made Fass-
nble by Freezing.
Eastern Oregon roads are now for
the most part in remarkably grood con
dition, but the weather Is extremely
cold, according: to Jean W. Peters, traveling-
representative for the Overland
I'acific Company, and Harry C. Hays,
traveling- representative for the Port
land branch of the Howard Automobile
Company. Mr. Peters is still driving a
tVillys-Knistht car over the Eastern
Oregon roads, while Mr. Hays returned
Just week from visitations at Vale, On
tario, Baker and Condon, and as each is
an expert on road conditions their re
ports can be depended upon as au
thentic. "At the beginning- I wish to say that
the. roads were never in better condi
tion than they are at the present time,"
Bays Mr. Peters in a special letter writ
ten for The Oregonian and dispatched a
few days ago at Baker. "Recent rains
helped to settle the dust, at the same
time filling up most of the chuckholes
In the road, which were once so disas
trous to a car and to a fellow's back.
"Leaving the Columbia River High
way pavement I struck stretches rather
bad, due to the fact that neither sun
nor wind had much of a chance to iron
out the rough and wet spots. Still this
Toad was not what one could call very
bad.
Road RookH but Clean.
"From Hood River on to The Dalles
end Wasco, even as far as lone and
Heppner, where Just a few days ago
one would say "never again until the
roads get better,' the going is now
fine. The surface is rough, but clean,
and there are no longer treacherous
chuckholes covered by the blanket of
dust.
"The 'Blue Trail,' from Heppner to
Pendleton, is very good. Really, this
is the first time of all the trips I have
made in this section that X enjoyed
the trip all the way.
"While in Pendleton I Inquired about
the possibility of going over the moun
tain to La Grande, and was informed
that the mountain road was impassable
on account of heavy snow and mud.
Reports came from the last venture
some party that they had to be pulled
by horses for 14 miles. 'Great.' said I.
1 then telephoned to the postmaster at
Meacham. and he informed me that if
I got an early start and came while
the ground was frozen that I would
have no difficulty.
"It developed that I did not leave
Pendleton . until 10:30 o'clock in the
morning. Having unlimited faith in
the Willys-Knight, which I was driv
ing, I said "Let 'er buck' and away I
went.
Freien Roads Passable.
"Leaving Pendleton the roads are
good. Cabbage Hill, which is seven
miles long, was in splendid condition.
I did not strike any traces of impass
able road until after I had passed Dead
Man's Hill. From that point forward
I saw places that would certainly have
made tire chains necessary if the
ground were soft, but as the ground
and its snow covering were both frozen
the car Just hopped over the hard
lumps of ice, snow and mud.
"After passing Meacham I struck
good roads all the way to La Grande.
Aside from that run from Pendleton to
La Grande all roads are good In Union,
Wallowa and Baker Counties.
"Before starting on this trip over
the mountains, however good the roads
or weather may seem, I would advise
prospective tourists to make arrange
ments with prohibition officers to allow
them to take at least one bottle of
prohibited liquid, for they will find it
pretty cold in all of the canyons.
iWHIya-Knlght Shows Class.
"With respect to the machine. In all
tny 13 years' experience with automo
biles of both domestic and foreign man
ufacture I never saw a car run smooth
er and develop more power, for its size,
on all the grades, than the Willys
Knight. If anyone doubts my Judg
ment in this matter, let them consult
with C. A. Galloway, of Elgin, to whom
I delivered the Car.
"As to the country Itself. You see a
fellow cannot appreciate it much in the
Bummer months, because dust prohibits
vision beyond the mere boundaries of
the road. But now that the air is clear
one gets a true conception of entire
Eastern Oregon.
"Now for the first time I realize the
grandeur of her scenery, the salubrity
of her climate, the greatness of her
mountains, the grazing advantages in
the valleys for sheep and cattle, and
her Immeasurable' agricultural re
sources, which in total spell wonderful
opportunities for the worker."
Eastern Oregon Roads Good.
Mr. Hays also reports all of the East
ern Oregon roads to be in good condi
tion except for the stretch from Pen
.dleton to La Grande. He says the
weather is extremely cold throughout
the region, bo cold in some places that
those tstill engagea in threshing work
under difficulties. There is no snow,
he says, except on the mountains. At
Condon Mr. Hays met a man who had
Just driven by automobile from Port
land, and who reported the route to
be in good condition.
"All of the people of Kastern Oregon
seem to be hauling wheat," said Mr.
Hays upon his return to Portland.
"Wheat is stacked high in the ware
houses, in the stockyards, on platforms,
in yards and wherever else they can
find any room.
To relieve the car shortage situation
partially they are putting tops on some
of the steel coal cars.
"Next year should prove the banner
of all time for automobile business in
Kastern Oregon, as every next fellow
wifl have more than enough spare
money to buy a car. Usually it is rath
er difficult to sell cars in the country
at this season, but not so this year.
Mr. Dean tells me he has sold five car
loads out in the state today and that
dealers in the territory are still after
more deliveries."
GOOD-LOOKISG CARS FACTOR
Appearance of Salesman's Auto Is
Considered Important.
Big manufacturing. Jobbing and
wholesale houses whose representa
tives for the sake of speed, economy
end convenience call on their trade in
motorcars are reckoning with a new
force in the salesmanship of their prod
ucts in the attractiveness of the cars
their salesmen operate.
Many houses consider it just as es
sential for their men to drive good
looking motorcars as it Is for their
personal appearance and verbal sales
manship to be up to standard. This
fact is strikingly evidenced by the
persistant demand for attractive, low
priced, light cars for salesmen.
NEW AGENCY OPENED
Oregon Motor Car Company Is
Locomobile Distributor.
LATE MODELS ARE HERE
Chassis Is Lowest of Its Type in
Conformity With Present Ideas.
Motor Dealers and Sales
men to Meet Tuesday.
Coincident with the visit to Portland
last week of Factory Representative
Crosby, of the Locomobile Company of
America, came the announcement that
the agency for the Locomobile car In
the state of Oregon has been awarded
to the Oregon Motor Car Company.
Two of the new Locomobile models,
a pleasure car and an enclosed car, are
already on the floor of the Portland
company. The Locomobile has not been
represented actively in this territory
since the resignation of F. H. Downes,
now salesman at the Portland Pacific
KisselKar branch, who was manager
of the "Loco" branch here.
The schedulo of prices on the Loco
"38" ranges frvm $5600 to $5900, and on
the "48" from $6500 to $6800.
W. C. Garbe, manager of the Oregon
Motor Car Company, left last week for
the East to attend a general confer
ence of all branch managers, distribu
tors and traveling salesmen of the Stu
debaker Corporation. A. H. Brown,
Northwest manager; P. E. Sands, Seat
tle dealer; H. A. Clodfelter, A. T. Brown
and W. L. Richey, who travel through
the Northwest territory, were also pres
ent at this conference, which com
menced Thursday and ended last night.
The Oregon and Washington dele
gates joined the California contingent
at Salt Lake arid continued to South
Bend and Detroit on a special car.
During Mr. Garbe's abence the first
models of the Denby truck, a new line
annexed recently by the Oregon Motor
Car Company, arrived in Portland. One
sample of each model is now on hand,
including the ton, ton-and-a-half, two
ton and two-and-a-half-ton capacities.
"A low-built chassis, specially de
signed to receive a fine body, is an im
portant feature of the new Locomobile
models," said F. M. Leeston-Smith, sales
manager of the Oregon Motor Car Com
pany, last week. "There is a general
feeling that American cars are rather
too high in appearance. The new Loco
mobile chassis is the lowest of Its type,
foreign or American.
"It has a lower radiator, bonnet and
cowl, and the body is carried much
nearer the ground, producing a finer
proportion and a more distinguished
appearance. The low step facilitates
entrance and exit! The closed cars are
particularly attractive because of their
style and accessibility."
The members of the Dealers' Motor
Car Association of Oregon will be "at
home" in the rooms of the Portland
Press Club next Tuesday evening, com
mencing at 8 o'clock, when the sales
men of the various automobile com
panies belonging to the association
will be the guests. For the benefit
of the salesmen, various selling per
formances will be staged, with the
idea of instruction. Typical "deals"
will be tackled by experts and handled
on the floor in full view of the guests.
Salesmanagers, credit men and bank
ers will be called upon to pick certain
so-called good "propositions" to pieces.
Twenty-two different companies now
belong to the dealers' association.
The officials of the Paige Motor Sales
Company, of Oregon, will entertain the
out-of-town dealers of Oregon with a
dinner at the Hotel Portland tomor
row evening commencing at 6:30
o'clock. W. B. Doan. president of the
company, says plates will be set for 40.
Motor Car Hailed as Latest
Cure of Lung Trouble.
Former Los Angeles Banlc Clerk
Gets Out In Open and Recovers
Health.
SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO, Cal., Nov.
25. The motor car is hailed as the
latest cure for lung troubles.
No longer is it necessary for the suf
ferer to betake himself out on ,the des
ert in search of relief from the dread
ed "white plague." All that is necessary
is a motor car, according to Alfred Gill,
to overcome this 111.
Alfred Gill is a former Los Angeles
bank clerk who had to get out. in the
open for his health. His lungs were af
fected; and he was told by Dr. W. Fred
Stahl, well-known Throat and lung spe
cialist of the Angel City, that if he did
not get out in the open and give up the
work in the bank, he would follow sev
eral fellow-bank clerks who had died
from the same cause during the pre
vious few months.
Bank work was all that young Gill
knew and he was afraid to give up his
place over- the books of the bank for
fear that he could not .make a living on
the outside. Finally Dr. Stahl made him
see where it was no worse to be with
out a Job than to die like his fellow
clerks on the Job had, so Gill took the
Jump.
The young bank clerk had a very
small bank roll so he was not able to
invest in any business; but he hit upon
the idea of a traveling garage. With
the small amount of capital he had. he
purchased a Chevrolet "Four-Ninety"
touring car on the time-payment plan.
He then had a small truck body built
to replace the touring body. This he
stocked up with-tires, oil, tools and a
small line of accessories and started
out to get the business on the highway.
At first business was slow. It looked
as if the venture was bound to fail; but
little by little the young man with his
traveling garage worked up a business
and today he has his health and is
making more money than the highest
paid clerk in the bank.
OIL 15 HOT GREASE
Lack of Distinction Causes
Many Ruined Cars.
FRICTION IS BIG ISSUE
Aztec corn 1000 years old was re
cently planted in Kansas. It grows
much faster than modern corn and the
grains will be at a premium.
Three Principal Lubricating Medi
ums Are Oils, Compounds and
Graphite Selection of Proper
Grade Vital to Automobiles.
The average consumer and a large
percentage of garage men seem to think
that oil is oil and grease is grease. A
great many consumers ruin their cars
due to this belief.
Buying cheap lubricants for an au
tomobile because of a low first cost is
a case of "a penny wise and a pound
foolish."
Good oils and greases in a motor car
mean that friction is reduced to a mini
mum feed the working parts of a ma
chine cheap lubricants and friction be
gins its sly work of depreciation. Fully
60 per cent of the prematurely wornouc
cars are caused by Improper or insuf
ficient lubricatton.
"The three principal lubricating me
diums used for preventing friction in
the engine, gears and bearings of auto
mobiles are mineral oils, greases or oil
compounds and graphite," ssys Walter
Shulman. of the I'acific Coast branch of
the Joseph Dixon Crucible Company..
"The first Item varies from light
fluids to extra heavy viscous bodies.
"The greases, or non-fluid lubricants,
are a heavier bodied lubricant than the
oils and should be compounded from
mineral, oils. However, a great many
cheap compounds are on the market
and the consumer should avoid these
for his car's good as well as for his
own. A grease that contains clay, wax,
talc, rosin or resinous oils or other im
purities or foreign matter should not
be used.
"Graphite is a solid form of lubricant
and when properly mived with an oil
or oils as carriers adds wonderfully to
their efficiency. There are several
grades of graphite.
"Selecting the proper grade of oil is
sometimes confusing, as different types
of motors and oiling systems must be
considered. Generally speaking, a
light grade of oil Bhould be used in the
Winter, while a medium or heavy oil
should be used in warm weather. Most
manufacturers recommend several well
known brands, so that the consumer
can obtain these lubricants without
trouble. Owners should change the oil
in the crank case at least every 1000
miles and before putting in a fresh
supply of the lubricant allow kerosene
to be inhaled through the Intake of the
carburetor. This will loosen the car
bon deposits which form from improp
erly burnt oils, due to a bad mixture
or oil passing by the rings."
TOILETTE AND SMOKING SETS ARE AMONG FEATURES OF NEW CAR TO REACH PORTLAND.
!
THE WHITE "TOWJf CAR, WHICH HAS MANY NEW APPOINTMESTS.
Down at the White Company's salesroom at Park and Couch streets there is now on exhibit a most dis
tinctive and luxurious automobile a White town car, the first of its class ever shown in Portland.
The car is of moderate size, fashionable in design. Four persons can be seated on the inside and two In
the driver's section. A detachable extension roof, which reaches to the windshield, protects Uie driver dur
ing inclement weather, as well as affording a pleasing variety in the appearance of the car. There Is also
an emergency top curtain, which is unrolled and attached to the windnftield when required. The chassis
is of the standard White 30 design, and the car is equipped with self-started, electric lights, demountable
rims, tire carriers and power tire pump.
The last word in luxury and convenience is afforded by the women's cloisonne toilet set. in a case of
polished, inlaid mahogany, and a gentleman's inlaid smoking set, with ash tray and cigar-lighter, which is
also inclosed in an inlaid mahogany case, both cases being conveniently attached to the side of the car.
IN COMMON with other
manufacturers of mechan
ical products using the
finer materials and higher
class workmanship, the Nor
dyke & Marmon Company
is obliged to increase the
prices of the Marmon 34.
The new prices will affect
cars purchased from this date
for delivery after the first day
of the coming year. But cars
ordered for delivery before
January 1 will be sold at the
old prices.
Notwithstanding this ad
vance, the Marmon 34 is by,
far the most economical car of
the luxury class. Due to its
scientific construction, 1 1 00
pounds lighter weight, and
wonderfully efficient over
head valve motor, it averages
from 50 to 75 per cent more
miles per gallon of gasoline,
ts tires give hundreds of miles
more service than the same
kind of tires on other cars of
equal size and power.
The Marmon 34 is al
ready priced lower than com
parable cars, and it probably
will remain sol
NORTHWEST AUTO CO.
Broadway at Couch, Portland, Oregon
IKDdDlIba
C. M. MENZIES, Sales Mgr.
F. W. VOGLER, President
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ROAD WORK ADVANCED
DELE.XA-CLATSKAMB STItETCH
HALF COMPLETED.
IS
Nine Bridges Are to Be Built on Short
Section of Lower Colombia
River Highway.
The new direct course of the Lower
Columbia River Highway between De-
lena and Clatskanle is now 50 por cent
completed, according to A. A. Rosen
thal, of Portland, Who makes frequent
trips to the scene of activities to pay
off the road crews engaged in carrying
the project forward.
The new stretch will be seven miles
In length, cutting some eight or 10
miles off the present routes between
Delena and Clatskanie. one of which
makes the circuitous detour to Mayger.
Nine bridges are to be built along the
short cut. one of which is already be
ing constructed by Columbia County.
The entire road will be ready for auto
mobile travel next Spring, thereby
eliminating the most unpleasant fea
ture of the drive from Portland to the
sea. There are no grades more than 4
per cent on ths new survey. .
The new road runs through Beaver
Creek Canyon, which embraces some of
the most beautiful scenery along the
lower highway. There are four or five
beautiful waterfalls along the course.
It is estimated that $25,000 will be re
quired to complete the road, and al
ready $12,000 of this sum has been
advanced by S. Benson, Portland's
eminent good roads enthusiast, who
formerly lived along the course of this
road. The work is scheduled to be
completed by January 15.
THE BRONSON
0XY-GEN-ERAT0R
Gives Perfect Combustion
by Increasing the Oxygen.
Consequently, with Distillate
or Gasoline,
1 Less Fuel
2 More Power
3 Carbon Eliminated
For any make of automobile.
Installed at the
Bronson Shop
Burnside at 14th. Phone Main 395.
Written guarantee of
money back if it does not
do all we say.
Price, put on, $12
Send for Booklet It Tells Why.
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L Vf FACTORY DISTRIBUTORS i
XVV JOHN A' WALTERS CO., Inc. vSi
V, V Sixth, Pine and Ankeny Sts.
No two ways about it!
If you want
1000 miles more in
the guarantee allow
ance, and
Anywhere from 1000 to
10000 miles more in ac
tual mileage than with
other tires, and
Freedom from tire troub
les, and
More liberal service
The one sure way to get
them is tocome tous and say
"Savage Tirea"(and Grafi
nite Tubes).
They make every day
Thanksgiving Day.
Willlrl
TaADt mum itaniuio
Do You Lay Up Your Car?
Whether you store
your car for the winter
or not, don't forget to
keep your battery filled
with water and charged.
In either case, let us tell
you the easiest way.
Auto Electric Equipment Co.
Sixth and Burnside
We'll be glad to tet your battery at 'arty time