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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (April 22, 1917)
THE" " SUNDAY OREGOXTAN, PORTLAND, APRIL 32, 1917. AUTO DEALERS HAVE BIG PART IN PARADE 10 RUBBER IS RELEASED U-Boats More Restricted With America in War. Employes of Many Portland Houses Show Patriotism by Helping Demonstration. ENGLAND HOLDS. SUPPLY Mitchell six car and this entry also r .ade a decided impres Ion. Near the head of the procession car rying officers of the parade were three beautiful Win tons, pa, ted red, white an blue, respectively. . The Studebaker Corporation of Amer ica don. ted the use of eight cars to the Navy Department to carry the newest recruits, the Red Cross demon stration, etc.. and a lumK. of other c npanles were also represented in the general parade. C. M. Menzles, of the Northwest Auto Company, sent a Reo back and forth as "first aid" to the press representatives and photog raphers. In the division allotted exclusively to the automobile dealers tnere were 90 or 100 men. including the Overland and Man ley teams. GOODYEAR TEACHING ALIENS STORES CLOSE FOR DAY Uniformed Teams Are in I-Jne and Attractive Cars Gain Applause from Spectators on Route. ' Some Are Impersonators. For -weeks the automobile dealers of T'ortland have shown their patriotism by a liberal display of American flags In their store winaows and offices and t SIX "SUPER" CHARACTERS OF AMERICAN HISTORY WHOSE IMPERSONATORS OCCUPIED 1 HUDSON "SUPERSIX" IN LAST THURSDAY'S PATRIOTIC PARADE. ". - 7! 1 1 f HI p- i ifrilri I'll iWKf l V I' From Left to Kivrht Lee KojterH. an Prmident Wilannl lieiir lirnn its I nele Sum; ram. Uacoir . loonett as the iodle of Liberty, Who Piloted the HndMOnt J. I.. Smith as tieorte Washington; Murray 91am Tille n Abraham Lincoln, and Jack Peternon as Theodore Koosevelt. t ' by sending a number of their employes to military ranks with assurances of their same old jobs upon return, but It remained for the patriotic parade of last Thursday to give a complete demonstration of their loyalty to the Government in the present crisis. Though the automobile men were stationed at the end of the parade line and were compelled, therefore, to wait nearly three hours In the rain before they were allowed to march, a con tingent of nearly 100 filled their ranks. A uniformed team from the Portland branch of the Overland Pacific Com pany Included every employe of the establishment, about 50. The night be lore the parade each of the employes under Branch Manager Eling voted to jtppear in the parade, and as a result the branch was as dead as a cemetery during the parade hours. The Overland frroup looked well in their special uni lorms of light color. Stanley Employes In Line. As another group in the automobile iealers' division were 10 employes of the Manley Auto Company, who ap peared In their service uniforms. Undoubtedly the "hit" of the division, as well as one of the most effective entries in the entire parade, was the Jludson "super-six." in which the out standing characters of American his tory rode one great American in the ear for each cylinder in the Hudson euper-six motor. The Hudson was driven by Mrs. Oscar Clossett dressed as the Goddess cf Liberty. Additional passengers were Gene Evans, creater of the float, who Impersonated Uncle Sam; J. L. Smith, vho appeared as George Washington; Murray Manvllle. who was dressed as Abraham Lincoln; Lee Rogers, who Tlayed the part of President Wilson, nd Jack Peterson, who impersonated Theodore Roosevelt. Mr. Evans, Mr. Smith, Mr. Manvllle. Mr. Rogers and Mr. Peterson are con nected with the Boss & Peake Auto mobile Company, dealers In Hudson and Maxwell automobiles. Everywhere the Hudson went in its line of march It received applause and hearty cheers. Each Plays Role Well. Following an extended sitting with n- experienced "make-up" authority, each of the impersonators played his or her role admirably. Each carried a flag to wave in response to the dem onstration along the line of march. The Laurelhurst float, which also boasted of an Uncle Sam and President Wilson in costume, w .s carried on a 4 V. PORTLAND BOY, 21 YEARS t . .- t it . E. M. MeCargar, Salesman for Oldsmoblle Company of Oregon, at Wheel of New Oldamobile; Mr. HeCargu Leaven This Week for the Government Aviation Heaaqunrtern nt Snn Diego. Enrollment Reaches 1000- and 11 Instructors Are Employed. One of the first of the great manu-fact-iring concerns of the country to realize that the inculcation of Ameri can ideals in our alien-born workmen must be worked largely by the em ployes, . themselves, is the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, of Akron, O. This company is making great efforts to educate these alien workmen to un derstand our language, customs and living conditions tn nhnw them that Just, so long as they neglect to learn our language, live In unclean surround ings and below the American standard of living. Just so long will they fail to n A- attain the respect of their American born fellow workmen. The instrumentality which the com pany is offering to these alien work ers to perfect themselves, is the Good year Factory School, which is more and more attaining the proportions of a university. There are now 1000 pj pils enrolled in the various, classes, re quiring the services of 11 Instructors. Among the alien workmen taking ad vantage of this opportunity to advance themselves are represented 28 different nationalities. AUTO SIAKES FIXE RECORD Unpmoblle Travels 12 09 Miles on 50 Gallons of Gasoline. Word has Just been received by the Manley Auto Company, local Hupmo bile distributors, of a wonderful per formance made by a model "N" stock Hupmobile at Seattle under the auspices of the William T. Patten Company, the Seattle distributors for Hupmobile. The performance was a high-gear test with hood and speedometer sealed and was in the form of a guessing contest for the Seattle public. The idea was to guess how far this four-cylinder Hup mobile would run on 50 gallons of gas oline and a prize of $25 given the win ner. A total of 25,000 guessing slips were issued, placed in theater pro grams, and each patron given a chance to guess the ability of the Hupmobile. When the car was sent on its Journey 2000 persons watched the start from the Pantages Theater. The remarkable record of 1209 miles was made on the 50 gallons of gasoline, or an average of a little over 24 miles per gallon. The entire mileage was made over the prin cipal city streets of Seattle and the roads of King County. The record is all the more remarka ble as the entire performance was made on high gear in heavy city traffic, which naturally Increases gasoline consump tion. Representatives of Seattle papers accompanied the car on Its trip. Anto Men to Bear Part in War. The "10.000,000 nephews of Uncle Sam" will have an all-powerful ally in the American automobile. Not only can the motorcar companies be relied upon to transport troops, ammunition and rations, but they will be a funda mental and vital factor In the develop ment of aviation engines and the es tablishment of aeroplane corps. mm l -m lit i,MunJiiimjHjji II ujium mi in mmui ,Vn .u v 't 1 k,. - .... . . I OLD, LEAVES AUTOMOBILE SELLING POST TO JOIN ARMY AVIATION CORPS. 4 Exports of Past Three Years Con ditioned That Manufactured Product Should In No Way Reach Germany. Every man who owns an automobile, every man who hopes to own one, as well as all automobile manufacturers, have been asking one question since the United States plunged into the world war. "What effect will the war have upon the crude rubber market?" As the rubber -capital of the world. Akron. Ohio, is keenly Interested. This city will build and sell over 18.000.000 automobile tires in 1917. This huge quantity of tires is needed for pleasure cars alone. In addition hundreds or thousands of trucks must be supplieo with solid rubber tires. Then, too. a tremendous tonnage of rubber is" need ed to supply the thousand and one de mands of the public for such articles as fire and garden hose, rubber boots and shoes, raincoats, surgeons' gloves, aeroplane cloth, etc. In discussing the suject Jacob Pfeiffer, president of the Miller Rubber Company, of Akron, Ohio, one of the largest buyers of crude rubber in the United States, says that the war, in hrs opinion, will tend to boost the rubber supply rather than to diminish it. The submarine activity of the Germans has for some time past curtailed the impor tation of rubber and that situation will now largely be alleviated since the United States has become an ally to England, which practically controls the supply of crude rubber. According to Mr. Pfeiffer a large quantity of crude rubber has been reaching the United States at Pacific ports, coming from the East Indies, where it is produced in large quanti ties. He says, however, that the bulk of the supply is held in London, where thousands of tons are available at the present time. This gum has been at the disposal of the United States man ufacturers, though shipping has been seriously jeopardized by the German U-boat warfare. Now that this Nation has Joined in breaking up the subma rine menace, the shipping of rubber will be made easier. It is not generally known that it was only through an agreement with the English Parliament that no manufac tured rubber goods should reach' the enemy that England in the last three years has permitted crude rubber in any amount to leave her markets. Mr. Pfeiffer is firmly of the opinion that if any change results from the en try of the United States into the world war, it will be for the best, but that our ability to secure crude rubber de pends on the power of the 'two govern ments to furnish sufficient bvats to protetc & lane across the Atlantic. Overland Sets Australian Record. A four-cylinder Overland touring car has established a new record in West Australia, covering the 238 miles from Albany to Armadale in five hours and 25 minutes. This is 19 minutes faster than the best previous record, set by a "six" of larger wheelbase and suppos edly greater power, in April, 1916. "-. i ft , j - 1 1 1 -' ' ' . " ' " I i j Ntj Sirrrrmnimr 1 f' rmrifflmmiiOTimtinimHHmiHiiiiiimHm h J suwwunmiiuimmiitituiummiimimHHiuiiiiMiHiiiimfiitiiiiiuuiiiiiHiiiiiiHmmiiiiiiuHimiut FOREST ROADS SET Agreement Reached With Members Highway Board. $250,000 YEARLY IN SIGHT Programme for Post Roads Will Not Be Definitely Decided on TTntH Vote on $6,000,000 Bond Issue Is Taken. Members of the State Highway Com mission and officials of the Government forestry service, during a conference in Portland last week, agreed upon a network of forest roads which are to be (Traded and improved durlmsr the next three years with moneys derived from both Federal and state funds. Each year a sum of $127,500 forest service money will be available, and as this is to be matched by a like sum from the state, it means that about $750,000 will be available for expendi ture on forest roads within the three year period. The following: roads were designated last week: Pendleton to La Grande on the Wenaha Forest reservation. Pilot Rock to Prairie City via Ritter. Nye and Albany through the Umatilla, Whitman and Malheur reservations. The Medford to Klamath Falls road throug-h the Crater Lake forest reser vation. The John Day Highway in Grant and Baker counties. The road from Enterprise to Flora. The road from Mitchell to the west Wheeler County line and the road from Keedsport to Marshfield. At a previous meeting- the Highway Commission adopted the MrKenzle Pass road from Eugene east into Deschutes County and also the road east of Prine vllle to the Wheeler County line. The route from Pendleton to Cold Springs, in Umatilla County haa been designated as a post road. A survey from Pilot Rock to Heppner, in Morrow County, has been authorized, and provision has been made also for an expenditure In Curry County. The work on the forest roads is to be done regardless of the outcome of the proposed $6,000,000 road bond bill, but the work to be done on post roads, through the co-operation of state and Federal Government, hinges largely on the fate of that measure, and for that reason the post road work will not be outlined .until after the special elec tion, June 4. Under the terms of the Shackleford act of Congress, the work on the forest roads will be done under the direction of Government officials, with the in dorsement and approval of the State Highway Commission. OLDFIELD BREAKS OUT AGAIN Barney Predicts That lie Will Be Driving Car 150 Mll.es an Hour. The versatile Barney Oldfleld has broken out again. This time with the most sensational prediction of his sen sational career. Barney is going to cut into the long-talked-of three-mlles-a-minute class, to be made possible only by the use of a newly designed body, fitted to a chassis equipped with a huge twin-six motor being built in the (hops of Harry Miller, the Los Angeles gasoline engine wizard. Here's what Barney has to say about his next stu-it: "My specialty is going the other fel low one better. When they were say When You Buy a M' ARM ON 3 4 you are assured of a life-time job. Its scientific, light weight construction marks it as the car of no wear-out. To those who can secure deliveries on Marmons in these uncertain days of transportation, there is an assurance of lasting satisfaction obtainable in no other way. No other car has its pronounced marks of assured suc cess, of individuality, of performance, of real economy. Those ready now for immediate delivery are a worth while investment. Can you be satisfied with less! Can you ask for more! Northwest Auto Co. Broadway at Couch St., Portland, Oregon F. W. Vogler, President. C. M. Menzies, Sales Mgr. ing nothing could beat the old Ford 899 I woke them up by breaking the records with ths Winton Bullet. Then my Green Dragon kicked the Bullet's marks in the shins. They had not re covered from the surprise of the 120 Benz records I set when I became the world's speed king by sending the 300 Blitzen Benz along the Florida beach faster than any human had ever sped. "The present peed mark has stood long enough and Just about the time the writers begin to send me into re tirement I am going to give them the surprise of their lives. Within the next three months I will be on the Florida beach with the greatest speed creation ever built. The body will be an ultra streamline design and will be absolute ly unsmashable. Nothing can happen to the driver if the' machine capsizes. A periscope will enable me to see ahead, and 150 miles an hour speed will be the pace she will step." A Judge in Alton. Mo., has decided that to constitute a breach of the peace, profanity must be audible at least fifteen feet away. Six Glindors Qaolve Cylinders 4, 4, Built by "National" Seventeenth Successful Year SNOW DEEP ON ML HOOD TWELVE-FOOT ST.VXD REPORTED AT GOVERNMENT CAMP. Two Yeara Ago Last Wk Jeffery-Ore-Koa Pathfinder Made Trip Not Yet' Possible This Year. First-hand reports obtained last week from the region below Mount Hood on the south side are to the effect that there is a 12-foot stand of snow at Government Camp and that snow is 15 inches deep at Rhododendron Tavern. Two years ago last week, on April 17, 1915, to be exact, the Jeffery-Oregonian pathfindlng car made the initial trip of that season to Government Camp, which stands at the southern base of .he mountain. This year, before anyone makes the he- sB 1 QSilieal Verio This new National Twelve excels in outright ability the champion stock car of America, which was a National. We honestly believe, and our belief is substantiated by conclusive tests, that it will outperform any genu inely "stock"car in the world. MANLEY AUTO CO. Eleventh and Oak at Burnside St., Portland mountain trip and thereby wins tha silver cup. It will probably be at least several weeks, in view of the unusual depth of snow over the ten miles be tween Rhododendron and the camp. Motorists who now drive to one or other of the resorts this side of Row-e use the Sandy road and switch off from that town to Marmot. Two places, both between Marmot and the bri-ige which connects the Marmot road wim the old Cherryvllle road, are almost impassable, but a few machines have been maklsc the trip.. Akron Has' Had Many Nanus. In half a century the City of Akron, Ohio, has grown from a village of less than 10,000 to a city of 120.000 people, one of the most prosperous cities of the United States and the acknowl edged rubber manufacturing center of the world. The city has been succes sively known as the Oatmeal City, tha Match City, the Mower and Reaper City, the Sewer Pipe City and the Rub ber City. Hawaii is making bricks from lava. rmer