THE" " SUNDAY OREGOXTAN, PORTLAND, APRIL 32, 1917.
AUTO DEALERS HAVE
BIG PART IN PARADE
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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.
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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
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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
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PORTLAND BOY, 21 YEARS
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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
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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.
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OLD, LEAVES AUTOMOBILE SELLING POST TO JOIN ARMY
AVIATION CORPS.
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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.
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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.
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