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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 10, 1916)
C.v 8 THE SODAT OREGOXIAX, FCHTULND, DECEMBER 10, 1916. TOLEDO CONVENTION n DRAWS THOUSANDS i Overland Dealers From All Parts of Country Guests of Jofin N. Willys. .-1 80,000 CARS ORDERED Tactfic Coast Has 22 6 Representa tives, Who Contract for 16,000 Machines Valued $14,000,000. at 4 t -. ' ' - . ' . ' . OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT MADE. Official announcement of the fact that Frank C. Rise. ex Packard distributor in this ter ritory, had been appointed to an executive position with the Willys-Overland Company, of To ledo, O.. was issued from the Willys-Overland offices last week confirming in every detail the original announcement published .in The Oregonian 10 days ago. For the present Mr. Rigrgs is to be known as general manager of the Pacific Coast organization of the Willys-Overland Company, and will divide his time between the various Coast branches and the home office at Toledo. AUTO CLUB IS NOW STATE ASSOCIATION Oregon 'lifotorists Are Eligible to Membership in New Organization. V John A. Keating. Lumbermen Trust Com pany, White. C. K. Tickborne, 121 " .N'orth Sixteenth, Ford. Lucy I. Clarkson, GS9 East Twenty-first North. Studebaker. J. G. Chiodo. (iresham. Overland. Xlckolas Kurth, Beaverton. Ford. NO REPAIRS NEEDED ON TRIP Mitchell Driven. 6832 Miles With out Mishap. From the Mitchell factory at Racine, Wis., to Boston ami back to San Fran cisco without repairs of any sort and only two punctures in a total of 6832 miles is the record reported to Mitchell dealers in San Francisco with a re quest that it be sent to John W. Bate at the factory, by F. A. Chamberlain, of Merced, Cal., who made the trip in a Mitchell Mid-Season Six. Chamberlain bought his Mitchell at the factory in Racine, and in order to make the coast-to-coast trip was obliged to tour East before starting on his transcontinental drive. He was accompanied on the trip by his mother and his uncle. E. B. Fuller, a Rhode Island merchant. The entire party enjoyed the trip thoroughly, tak ing ample time to visit all the points of interest, and stopping at the va rious pleasure and vacation resorts along the way.. Va.n .. 1 .. T .7 . r1. 1 J ... v j i The Portland Automobile Club be- A touring party in an Overland car cams the Oregon State Motor Associa- day's meeting was plainly in favor of recently made the trip from New Plym-I tion and a set of 15 directors were I placing the outside members on equal outh to Masterton, New Zealand, a dis- chosen to govern the new organization ) standing with the Multnomah County NEW BOARD IS ELECTED Each County to Have Director Plea Is Made for Bond Issue to Pave Pacific Highway and East ern Oregon Roads. Overmire. Ira F. Powers. J. C Olds, Charles F. Wright. J. E. Cronan, A. S. Robinson, J. L. Meier. Emery Olmstead, W. B. Fechheimer, Phil Metschan. Jr., J. B. Teon, Amos Benson and John E. Kelly. The -six names added to - this list by nominations from the floor in cluded Robert G. Morrow, C. M. Menziee. Walter M. Cook. H. M. Covey, Frank E. Watkins and H. L. Keats. Original Slate Indorsed. When the results wee tabulated by the election judges.' John Hall and Tom West, it was found that the original elate was Indorsed by the electors, ex cept that Judge Morrow and Walter M. Cook, llth-hour candidates, nosed out John E. Kelly and A. S. Robinson. The six candidates receiving the high est number of votes. J. B. Yeon, IraF. Powers, Amos Benson. J. E. Cronan, J. C. Olds and W. B. Fechheimer. are to be directors for two-year terms, while C. F. Wright. Phil Metschan, Jr., and Robert G. Morrow, each of whom tied at 22 votes, will draw straws to deter mine which two of the three are to complete the eight enjoying the two year term. The one losing out in this draw will serve for one year together with W. J. Clemens. J.. I. Meier. Emery Olmstead. John H. Burgard. C. C. Over mire and Walter M. Cook. Although the by-laws as adopted last week classify all members residing out side of Multnomah as associate mem bers and the directors to be chosen from the respective counties as advisory di rectors, the sentiment at last Wednes PACIFIC NORTHWEST SENDS MORE THAN 100 ON WILLYS-OVERLAND SPECIAL TO TOLEDO, O. TOLEDO, O., Dec. 9. (Special.) With the greatest gathering ever at .t tempted by an automobile manufac . .. turer in the history of the Industry, . thousands of Overland dealers from all '. cections of the United States are rolling . ; '.- into Toledo by special Pullman trains as ' ... v jpruests of John N. Willys, and during -! the first week of the dealers' conven- - '. ; tion the sales department reported the wonderful business of 80,000 cars con- .'. tracted for, at a total of $75,000,000. , ; V The Pacific Coast section of the con- ' ' vention, which includes 226 passengers . ." from the states of Washington, Ore ' ' gon and California, contracted for a . . 1 total of 16.000 automobiles at a total . value of $14,000,000. ' ' John N. Willys, president of the or- ,1'" ganization, -receives each delegation ! personally on the steps of the new ' Administration building, which, by the . ; ' . way, is one of the handsomest admin- -. - Istration tjuildings ever constructed by an automobile manufacturer. Frank C. Rlggs Is There. i Frank C. Riggs, former Packard dis-'- " . tributor of Oregon and who has re- ' .. cently been appointed general man- ager of the Pacific Coast division of ;i the Overland organization, as well as . v.'. Uranch Manager H. H. Eling, of Port land, who is attending the convention . with the Oregon dealers, are waving :. their hats with enthusiasm over the "- . . ; wonderful new line of machines being fihown by the company. This is what . is being termed among the factory and branch managers as an advanced auto ' ;" '.v mobile show for the special benefit of '. ' the Overland dealers throughout '.the ' , ; country. .' . i The new line, which will include a ':- new country club roadster model, is " ,. ? meeting with immediate success with J the dealers, and from the advance or , ders on this one line the officials al '. .. ready are planning an increased pro- '. '-. duction of this model. - -s .' w Coast Train Creates Interest. . ' m. . The Pacific Coast special train, ."- . i which included It special cars, is said by railroad officials to be the largest m J special train ever to cross the Amer . . ? jean continent, and created much in- ". - ; terest among the hundreds of special : .. ' representatives from, all other parts of the United States. ..'..-'J The dealer from the Philippine - ". I Islands, E. N. Bachrach, arrived at the V i factory with a certified check for $100,000. Being the dealer from the "j ' " farthest point west, Bachrach received ..V-- a great deal of personal attention from ; the managers of all branches and or ' i ficials. T ' The great trains which are handling ,-' "J the dealers are parked inside the Over- - land grounds, which include 123 acres, . ' J on the outskirts of Toledo. The fac r. . . ! tory. through which all dealers are ' ; conducted by specially drilled guides, " occupies 103 acres of floor space, and ".'-' Is the largest automobile factory in i the world. There will be turned out I f t . rtvrlfinH nl r n t f n r" tYit pnminff season more than 200,000 automobiles, N which is the largest production ever .-j attempted by any manufacturer of i automobiles selling at the Overland ', prices. Immense Resources Impress. J To walk through the great Overland -'. plants and see $30,000,000 worth of ! material stacked one immediately is ' it Impressed with the immense resources . of the Overland company. - A special dispatch received Dy the .V automobile editor of The Oregonian ; on Friday from Mr. Riggs, who is now . at Toledo, has this to say of the big jrathering of Overland dealers at the factory: "This convention is stupendous and is the most wonderful trade event in ; business history. Everyone attending - ' 1 so dazed by the magnitude of it that - j it will be weeks before it is fully 1 anDreciated." The Washington and Oregon special ' : train left Toledo homeward bound - Friday night. tance of 221 miles, in less than 7M hours, at an average speed of 31 miles an hour. This sets a new record for the distance. Car Travels 3 6000 Miles. SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 9. With a previous record of more than 35.000 miles already to its credit, the world- famous Maxwell nonstop champion has ust finished a two days tour out of this city, during which time it com pletely circumnavigated the Santa Clara, Salinas and Pajaro valleys, run ning up an added total of more than 300 miles. The car, once more on dis play in San Francisco, now shows a grand total of 36,050 miles, and is again New Cai; Owners in County. A CCORD1NG to the reports of M. O. ; XJL Wllkins, publisher of the Auto ; mobile Record, the following tempora- t ry police permits were Issued in Port i land last week to the purchasers of ; new automobiles pending the arrival of the official state license tags from ! Salem: - i Frank JI Kins. 492 Union North. Saxon S O. w. Hur'.burt, Fairview. Or., Overland, L. A. Bersemann. 8802 Belmont, Fora. ! Benjamin 8. Houck, 403 Barker apart' : ments, Ford. i c v. rlffvpland. Oresham. Or.. Ford j K. F. Davidson, 707 East Broadway, Ford A. C. Power, Bandy. Or., cnanaier. I Florence Doan. 500 Tillamook. Paige, i Mrs. J. D. Fobs. 04 Gantenbein. Dodge. ! . H. Duncan. 1207 Wells Fargo, Ford William Walker, 861 Sandy boulevard, ITord. M W. Fowler. 84 Glbbs street. Ford C. A. Maddux, 12 Alnsworth building, Maxwell. John Paull, East Sixth and Beech, Ford. N. J. IBlond. Hart apartments, Briscoe. A. H. Meyer. 314 Failing. Ford. F. W. ::tadter. 1440 Thompson, Velie. Sidney Brown, 174 First. Ford. Frank Wolyns, 707 East Sixty-seventh, I ord. J.-L. Montgomery, 1102 Hawthorne, Max. well. Dr. C. K. Wheeler, 60S Medical building, J Ford. wiiuam ienry, iiv .norm sixia street, Mitchell. J It. Spencer, Koute 1, Troutdale, Overland. M. Donion. 20 Grant. Ford. K. C. Hafer, 1140 Union avenue North, Etudebaker. Vernon B. Schmidt. Estacada. Ford. Oeorge Roab, Hillsdale. Route 1, Ford, Mrs. C. B, Funk, ixo9 Rodney avenue. Chandler. 1 Philip Parchi, 426 East Forty-first North 4,1 Si 1 Hi tit It - At 3 9 ' it 1. I December 1, 1916, Models Advanced $100.00 Each BUT We shipped in several carloads ahead of the advance, arid are able to take care of a limited number of orders at the old prices, viz: Model D. 5-40 5-passenger small six, $1050, F. O. B. Racine $1165 here. . x ' Model D, 2-40 2-passenger small 6ix Roadster, $1050, F. O. B. Raciius $1165 here. Model C, 7-42 7-passenger six, $1360, F. O. B. Racine $1475 here. Model C 3-42 3-passenger Roadster six, $1325. F. O. B. Racine $1440 here. Buy now and save the advance, which ia not confined to Mitchell's alone, but must be made on all makes to offset advance in cost of materials. EastKorrison I and East First St s. e Photo by Gifford & Prentiss. GROUP OF" OVERLAND DEALERS AND THEIR GUESTS AT TTKTIOjr STATION, PORTLAND, ABOUT TO ANSWER "ALL ABOARD" SIGNAL, WARNING GIVEN MOTORISTS WHO HAVE NOT SENT FUS 1917 LICENSES. The motor vehicle law of Ore gon provides that all licenses ex pire upon December 31 of each year. There are approximately 34,000 automobiles in Oregon, and in view of the fact that but B950 ap plications for registration for 1917 have been received in- the office of the Secretary of State, Mr. Olcott wishes to warn the public that a congestion of work between Christmas and New year's is apparent,, and possible disappointment in store for those who wish their .number plates upon January 1, but delay mail ing their applications until the last day or two. the center of attraction of hundreds of interested enthusiasts. Cadillact to Build New Plant. Announcement has just been made bv tne uaauiac Motor Car Company that it nas acquired in .Detroit nearly 50 acres of land, whereon it will erect a large plant to house all of its manufacturing- activities. While the present Cadillac factory is recotrnized through out the automobile industry as being one of the finest equipped motor car plants in the world, the company's Business nas outgrown present faciii ties. It is also desirable to concentrate all operations of production in one plant. at a general meeting of club members held in the Rosarian room of the Ore gon building last Wednesday evening. Hereafter the organization that has tor so many years been known as a Portland club is to be state-wide in its scope, with a. director in every county of the state and members from all dis tricts of Oregon. The principal objects before the new association, in addition to the various activities that have been carried on by the Portland Automobile Club in the past, will be the marking of roads, the issuance of trip maps for the use of its members and the promotion of progres sive highway legislation. Bonds for Pacific Higkiray Creed. While discussing the latter subject at last Wednesday's meeting John Hall pleaded for the issuance of bonds to fi nance the pavement of the Pacific High way from Portland to the California line and the standardization of a good macadam road from Portland to Baker and other Eastern Oregon points. He explained that it would be legal to bond the state for $18,000,000 or J20,- 000,000 and after pointing to the ex amples of extensive highway improve ments in the sister states of California and Washington, exclaimed: "We don't want to be the only mudhole on the Pacific Coast, especially since experi ence has 6hown that standard high ways are a state's greatest assets." He urged that the new association get back of a move to assist in bringing con structive highway legislation about. At the opening of the business meet ing Julius L. Meier, one of the prime movers in the agitation for a statewide association, submitted a letter which he had received from D. E. Watkins, sec retary of the California State Auto mobile Association, in which the bene fits of association work in California were recited in detail. He told of the activities of the touring bureau in com piling weekly bulletins, of the automo bile insurance department of the asso ciation, of the trip maps giving exact routings as well as hotel and garage in formation, and of the numerous import ant acomplishments credited to the as sociation. When official ballots were passed around containing the printed names of 15 directorships there was a request from the floor, voiced by C. M. -Menzies that additional names be added to the slate so that members might exercise some choice in the selection. The original list contained the names of J. H. Burgard, W. J. Clemens. C. C. members and giving the directors from the various counties full voice in the affairs of the association. Nothing is said in the by-laws about turning over the valuable property of the Portland Automobile Club to the new association. but it is known that such is the avowed intention of the directors, who are em powered to change the wording of the by-laws from time to time as their judgment may dictate. Committees to He Named. - Subject to the approval of the direc tors, the president of the new associa tion, who Is to be chosen by the direc tors at an early meeting, will appoint the following committees: Financing, highway and state-wide, house, mem bership, entertainment, touring, public safety, legislative, street and bridge and nominating. Those particular articles of the by laws pertaining to the objects of the association, the rules governing mem bership and elections, are as follows: Objects. 1. To promote the construction and main tenance of good roads. 2. To further all good roads projects. 3. To accomplish the proper marking of highways. 4. To collect and disseminate accurate touring Information for the benefit of mem bers of this and affiliated organiaztlons. 5. To urge Just and rational highway legislation. . To protect the legitimate Interests of members. 7. To compile trip maps for the use of members. 8. To affiliate and associate with itself similar associations. 9. To teach by precept and example care and consideration both for the pedestrian an4 user of vehicles on the public highways and to assist in securing the punishment' of those who, through recklessness or careless ness, violate the traffic laws of the state. Membership. 1. The membership shall comprise four ciassee. namely, active, associate, honorary ana nie. 3. Active membership: All persons In terestd In the objects of this organization and who are otherwise acceptable to the board of directors, shall be eligible to mem bership. 3. Associate membership: All persons re siding outside of Multnomah County, and ac ceptaole to the board of directors, shall be eligible to membership. 4. Honorary membership: The honorary 1 membership shall be composed of such per sons as shall be elected thereto by the unanimous vote of the board of directors. Such membeis shall be exempt from all dues, but shall not be entitled to vote at any meeting of the organization. They may be given the privileges of the clubhouse or rooms on a like vote of the board of directors. 5. Life members: Any person aeceptaoie o the board of directors upon paymeat of inn shall h elirlbln to a life membership in this association and shall have all the privileges enjoyed by an active memDer. The life membership In this association shall be limited to 50 members. 8. The entrance fee lor active memoers shall be $25. 7. The entrance fee for Individual asso ciate members shall be $1.50. 8. Dues for active memuers snau oe t the rate of $12 per calendar year, payable yearly in advance. 9. Dues for individual associate members shall be at the rate of 6 per calendar year, payable yearly in advance. jMertions. K.flnr, 1 Thft first meetlnr of the asso ciation after the adoption of the amended by-lav.s. of which this section is a part, eight directors shall be elected to serve two years, or until tneir successors nvo elected and have auallfted. and seven di rectors shall be elected to serve one year, or until their successors have been elected and h, v, ntiflllfted- Threalier at tne annual meemiMs .m directors shall be elected in the years end ing lh even numbers, to hold office for two years, or until their successors have been elected and have qualified, and eight direc tors shall be elecfed in years ending In odd numbers, to hold office for two years, or un til their successors nave oeen tiecwu ui have qualified. The board of directors may eiect one pri son from each county to act as an advisory director. NEW WARDEN OF STATE PRISON USES MOTORCAR TO DRIVE FROM PENDLETON, VIA PORT- i LAND, TO SALEM. 'm.i.i Mil .i.i.i .iinii.1 '"VI" 'LLZ" !m -'"'"l"1"- "' .' -A'JJWj.'.' W"," 1 ' "i.' V.W.M.M'iwwjM.iii.W .. -.'..w.-ni 1 1 i-- j'"' "- tj , , Luyy . eg t' ;'-vr:-y-Ar ... - v,. .t.. . . - ,3i CHARLES A. MURPHY AT WnEtai OF HIS OAKLAXD EIGHT OUT AKIVAL IN rORTLA.D ON WAT TO SALEM RECENTLY. When Charles A. Murphy was called from Pendleton to accept the position as warden of the State Penitentiary at Salem he grabbed the wheel of his Oakland Eight and drove all the way to Portland, through the first snow of the season part of the way, rather than forsake his trusty . car for the railroad trains. As his car pulled up at the door of the Oakland Auto Sales Company on Alder street with its 800 pounds of baggage It was spattered with dirt gathered along the highways of several counties. Mr. Mur phy came over the old Oregon Trail from Echo to Cecil and he advises all drivers without full knowledge of the directions In that locality to travel by way of Olex and then proceed to Echo. It was snowing hard when Mr. Murphy drove from The Dalles to Hood River, there being a blizzard on the divide, but he man aged to shove his Oakland up the Mosier hill without going into low gear. now in use show some startling con trasts. For instance, the cast-iron pis tons used in the 'Limited' were seven inches long and five inches In diameter, while the present Lynite pistons are five Inches long and 2 inches in diam eter. The circumference of the old Iron pistons was 16 inches, while the alumi num alloy pistons are only 9H inches around and the iron pistons were more than 12 times as heavy." 3000-MILE TRIP COMPLETED San Franciscan's Tour of Oregon Is Narrated In Magazine. In the Mercer car, Goodrich equipped, J. J. Collins, of San Francisco, recent ly completed a 3000-mile trip covering four states and a part of the Dominion of Canada says the Goodrich maga zine. The Collins party, embracing Mr. Collins, his wife, daughter and sister-in-law, . headed north from San Francisco over the Pacific Highway, finding excellent roadways and Good rich guide posts everywhere. Reach ing Vancouver the party started back by way of Portland along the Colum bia River to The Dalles, then through Central Oregon, past Crater Lake and through great banks of snow. From Klamath Falls the route followed turned southeast by way of Susanville to Reno, Nev. The latter road, though not a state highway, was found to be in good condition. There was not a Klgn of tirr trouble during any part of the Journey. The article is supplemented by a photograph showing the Collins car in front of Multnomah Falls. llllliililllllllll Gossip Along the Row. The rights of distribution on the Stewart truck have been granted to the Northwest Auto Company for the entire State of Washington, In addition to the Oregon field, according to an an nouncement made last weeK Dy j. j. Martin, Western representative of the Stewart Motor Corporation. Mr. Martin reports that for the first time In the history of the automobile industry au- tos are being driven from tne tactory plants at Detroit to Chicago in order to be shipped West. This procedure is required, ne says. on account of the car shortage situation. C. M. Menzies, sales manager or tne Northwest Auto Company, said last week that the spompany had obtained the selling privileges on the Dort car in Northern Montana. II. C. Beltz, office manager of the Firestone Tire & Rubber Company, is on his way to Akron, O., where he will attend the annual convention of Fire stone office managers. W. E. Rogers, distributor of the In ternational Half-sole Tires in Oregon, left last week on & business trip to Denver, where the tire factory is lo cated. PISTOX WEIGHT IS DECRE.SED Startling Contrasts In Motors of 1916 as Compared With 1912. "A piston weighing six pounds and fourteen ounces in 1912 and a piston weighing nine ounces in 1916. That tells the story of the marvelous devel opment of automobile motors in the last four years," says E. E. Cohen, man ager of the Oldsmobile Company of Oregon. "Comparison of the six-cylinder mo tor used in the famous Oldsmobile Llmiteds,' which were built in 1911 and 1912, and the eight-cylinder motor FORD TIRES GREATLY REDUCED Former Price- Now. $10.30 S6.75 $ 9.95 S6.65 W.H.WALLINGFORD Ford Sales Agent 526 Alder St. Bet. 16th and 17th. The Price o;f Briscoe Motor Gars Advances $60.00 Jail. 1st SAVEO'byYeTtlnfjout Briscoe car before .th$ -first of the year. On1 and after New Year's Day the priceof .the Briscoe Foiir Twenty-Four Touring Car and Four-Passenger; Road? ster will be $685 f..j3.Jb. Jackson, Michigan; the beautiful Coachaire will.be' $ 8 10 now is J 7 5 0. , - See the Half-Million Dollar Motor and the stunning Briscoe models at our show rooms today. SAVE OVER 11 PER CENT BEFORE JANUARY FIRST. PACIFIC KISSELKAR BRANCH BAN FRANCISCO OAKLAND PORTLAND BRANCH uroioniT at uavu SEATTLE PASAXtENA LOS ANGELES 8AM DIEGO 5- 'SbI I FULLY EQUIPPEDf tmi? wiTtr usi&W mJT ..'. if iiti i&igga Tia&r HALF MltllONJCOLLAR MOTOR r - V. f t Chevrolet.
