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TIIE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND, 3IAY 27, 1917.
PENDLETON
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OTOR
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Fifty-Cent Wool and $2.50
Wheat Provide for High
( Priced Automobile.
EVEN INDIANS DRIVE CARS
Good Roads Tempt Wealthy Farmers
to Buy Machines Tourist
Travel Heavy and Itound-
,-v ; Up Visitors Numerous, .
3 J. W. MORRIS.
Consulting Engineer. Oregon State Mo-
tor Association.
IPENDUETON, Or.. May 26. (Special.)
Pendleton claims the distinction, of
haVlngr more automobiles in proportion
to-populatlon than any city in the state.
Otje Is not inclined to dispute the as
sertion after a visit here. The most
noticeable. Impression upon leaving- the
depot Is the number and quality of au
tomobiles on the streets. The people
who laid out the townslte must have
had a "hunch" the main street Is
broad enough to permit of parking on
both sides with room aplenty for traf- j
flip'. In between.
And Pendleton Is no "Lizzie" town!
"With 60-cent wool and $2.50 wheat the
beat is barely good enough. A car a
year old Is passe and Is turned In on a
nfcw one. Most of the "capitalists"
have two or three apiece. (This year
thy are all "capitalists").
IVhen a man buys a new car. his
neighbor immediately goes him one
better. There are black, cars and white
cars, blue cars, green cars, maroon i
cars, fawn-colored cars and purple
cars. The owner of a new "purple"
car corrected me "amethyst." If you
please, and he waa a man at thatl (He
didn't show me his wrist watch). There
are a dozen 1817 12-cyllnder machines
and' scores of "eights."
Indians Drive Cars.
And they way they use them would
brine tears to the eyes of the makers?
I saw one farmer with a trailer hooked
on behind a new eight-cylinder car. On
the trailer and in the tonneau were
2000 pounds of oats. This same car
last year did the "chores" for a thresh
ing crew over and across the wheat
stubble carrying distillate, water and
whatever else was needed. Most of the
cars are kept washed up and polished
to a queen's taste, but this particular
car; has not had a bath since it left the
dealer.
It is not unusual to see a long-haired
Indian drive in from the reservation
in an up-to-date touring car. Now that
the state is "dry" the Indians get along
pretty well with the substitute for the
pony. A year or so back this was not
the -case. It was not unusual for an
aboriginal to load up the tank with
gasoline and himself with "booze" and
start home. The machine and the In
dian got warmed up about the same
time and then they proceeded to climb
a telephone pole. The driver was nice
and- limber and didn't get hurt. The
car, being less elastic, was usually
hauled to the repair shop or the junk
heap.
"Improvement" Spoil. Road.
There are two main reasons for this
multiplicity of automobiles the first Is
money and the second is that Uma
ti!14 County has been wonderfully blest
in the matter of good roads. And they
were there long before. the advent of
the; white man. Just good dirt roads,
and good 10 months out of the year. In
fact- the only poor road in the county
Is the one to Walla Walla, upon which
there was spent $220,000 in improve
ments three years ago. The improve
ment (?) consisted of macadam, which
now rivals the "rocky road to "Dublin."
The popular "paving" in the country Is
hay.- This Is put on during July and
August when the teams hauling wheat
cut- up the roads and render them un
bearably dusty. At this time of the
-yar they are packed hard and, are good
tor the limit.
si Two years ago TJmatllla County or
ganized an automobile club. Roy W.
Ritner was elected president. They
.had quite a respectable membership,
which represented every part of the
county. When the opportunity was of
fered this year to affiliate with the
lOregon State Motor Association and
thereby become state - wide and,
through the American Automobile As
sociation. Nation-wide, it was seized
Jupon without hesitation. -All of the
iold members that could be reached
Jcame into the new association together
iwtth many new ones.
( One of the most surprising things
Jabout a town of 7000 people is that
seven of the members required two
Jradiator emblems each. The new or
ganization will shortly be affected and
Umatilla. County will be in shape to
Jdo her part in the propaganda for good
jjroads- and tourist traffic. ,
'-Visitors Are Numerous.
Pendleton is on the main east and
jwest highway of the state and will
profit materially from the tourists
coming in fro mthe northern tier of
Jstates. In addition it catches a ma
terial traffic going south out of Spo
Jkane. Add to these the visitors brought
""there by its own attraction the incom
parable Round-up. This last alone Is
Iresponsible each year for thousands.
tWhen the Columbia Highway is opened
up through Hood 'River and Wasco
Counties and when a bridge Is built
Jover the John Day River on the line
Jbetween Sherman and Gilliam Coun-
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AUTO DIRECTORY
THE only super-six Hudson speed
ster in Oregon was purchased
within th last 10 dAvs br rr.
Charles Loeding, a well-known physi
cian and surgeon of Portland, from the
Boss Sc. Peake Automobile Company. It
Is the third machine that Dr. Ixeding
has had since he began driving a lit
tle more than three years ago.
He started out with a Buick and then
obtained a super-six Hudson roadster.
Every year he takes long trips in his
machine and he says that he has trav
eled more than 65,127 miles in three
years.
(Last Summer he made a 1400-mile
jaunt through Eastern and Southern
Oregon in his Hudson roadster. Since
he obtained his Super-six Hudson road
ster he has gone more than 1 000 miles
and although the machine is credited
with a mark of 85 miles an hour the
doctor says that he has not been able
to test It out on any of the roads and
what Is more, he believes in "Safety
First" and traffic laws.
- The new machine is a cla-ssy-looklng
affair and is a four-passenger. Dr.
Loeding Is a member of the Multnomah
Amateur Athletic Club, where he makes
his home. He also is a member of the
Waverley Country Club and quite a
golf enthusiast.
ties, the number of visitors each year
will increase manyfold.
The greater number of Pendleton
people realize this and are strong for
the bond issue to be voted Upon June
4, knowing that without state aid Hood
River and Wasco Counties cannot com
plete their portion of the Columbia
River Highway. The John Day River
bridge is of most vital importance. The
present ferry is put out of commission
with each rise of the river and traffic
is shunted across the Columbia at The
Dalles and forced to go out of its way
through, the state of Washington to
Roosevelt, where it again crosses the
Columbia to Arlington, Or. This detour
recently cost one Pendleton dealer four
days' time and $100, but there were
complications in his case. It does not
usually require so much time or so
great an expenditure. With the com
pletion of the highway, the run from
Portland can be comfortably made in
one day.
WAR SERVICE INVENTED HERE
Steel Turret Designed by D. Tj. Kim
ball to Protect Gunners.
A light turret for use on automobile
cars carrying machine 'guns has been
invented by D. I Kimball, of Port
land. The invention meets with the
approval of local military men and it
is considered likely that it may Boon
be adopted for use on European bat
tle fields.
The turret, which is constructed of
about 3-16-inch steel, weighs only
about 165 pounds and may be fitted to
the ordinary automobile at present In
use for mounting machine guns. The
turret Is of sufficient thickness to pro
tect from ordinary rifle bullets and
shrapnel. It is open at the back, but
protects the driver of the machine and
the man manipulating the machine gun
from projectiles in front, at both sides
and above.
An opening in front of the turret
permits of a good view on the part of
the men in the machine. This, how
ever, may be closed when in action.
The turret is so constructed that the
machine gun may be swung around
at right angles on either side.
JjJght Weight Makes Car Easy.
The economy of automobile operation
obtained by scientific construction of
the Marmon 34 is making a wide ap
peal to the buyers of high-class luxury
automobiles. The elimination of more
than half a ton from the weight of the
Marmon. much of the weight being
saved on the unsprung parts of the car
where weight is said by automobile
engineers to be nine times as destruc
tive and expensive as when sprung, is
one of the principal engineering accom
plishments in producing the Marmon.
Motorists who have tested the comfort
in rifling and the economy in operation
obtained by the lightness and correct
distribution of weight in the Marmon
say that this is one of the most in
teresting motor car developments.
TWO TOUR DESERT
Mr. and Mrs. Hosford, Denver,
Reach Portland in Cole 8.
INDIANS TOW OVER SAND
Trip to Be Made to Canada, After
Which Return Will Be by' Way
of Yellow stone Park, Ending
Four Months' Jaunt.
Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Hosford. of Den
ver. Colo., who are touring the West
in their Cole 8, visited the Northwest
Auto Company this week and gave an
interesting account of their trip since
leaving home, February 26.
They traveled through the Southern
route to avoid snow, through Raton in
New Mexico, Santa Fe, Las Vegas, Al
buquerque. Socorro, El Paso, Demlng,
Lordsburg, to Globe, Ariz.; Roosevelt
Dam. Phoenix, Yuma, to Nil and, Cal.,
which is the head of the Imperial Val
ley and marvelously scenic, through El
Centro. San Diego, to Los Angeles, to
San Francisco and thence north to
Portland.
They intended continuing from here
to' Seattle and British Columbia, thence
return east by way of Yellowstone
Park, which will take them, they es
timate, four months' time in all. Their
speedometer read a trip mileage of
5459.
Iadlana Tow Car Over Saad.
An Interesting incident waa experi
enced in crossing the Gila River in New
Mexico, where they were towed by In
dians across a quicksand river bed.
over which it was necessary to move
quickly to avoid being burled, in the
stream. Indians to the front on horses,
at the sides and in the rear made up
a bodyguard for each machine to reach
safely the opposite river bank. While
on this trip they have found it neces
sary to ford more than 30 streams.
Between Phoenix and Yuma, Aris..
the roads were in bad condition, and
80 miles of desert was crossed. Sev
eral stranded machines were encoun
tered here, some minus oil, others
minus both oil and water, and others
without either fuel or food. In the
latter case they proved themselves
Good Samaritans, towing the hapless
party over the desert and into a vil-
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MR. A.D MRS. A. A. HOSFORD, OF DENVER, COLO.
lage. where food and fuel could be
procured.
No Trouble 1m Experiesced.
Their Journey to date has been made
without mishap, the Cole 8 bearing up
wonderfully under the severe strains.
In fact, the distance has been reached
without so much as a puncture and
with no engine trouble whatever. Bet
ter than 13 miles to the gallon of gaso
line has been made, and this over roads
of every description.
The HoBfords' enthusiasm was Indeed
gratifying to the Northwest Auto Com
pany, for theirs is the home of the Cole
8 motorcars.
The Hosfords reported that roads
generally were found fairly good ex
cept in one or two cases, where there
had been much rain. A number of
grades were encountered, one in par
ticular, which was all , of 30 per cent
deep with mud and streams of water.
which made it practically impossible
to get traction.
They were enthusiastic over the
Northwest and the Columbia Highway.
FAMOUS YACHT NOW IN NAVY
H. E. Dodge, "Motor Car Maker,
Gives Craft to Government.
Detroit's conception of what war
means has been considerably broadened
by the departure of the luxurious steam
yacht Nokomls. owned by H. E. Dodge,
motor car manufacturer, "for duty on
the high seas in the service of the
United .States Navy." Heretofore- the
Nokomls has been looked upon and
was a pleasure palace afloat. Now she
becomes An instrument of war and the
public mind begins to grasp the signifi
cance of the transformation.
The Nokomls, considered' one of the
finest yachts afloat, was offered to the
Government shortly after America's
declaration of war. Less than two
week ago Mr. Dodge was notified of
her acceptance and preparations for
the more serious business of fighting,
as compared with the delights of
smooth sailing on the lakes, began Im
mediately. On May IS she cleared from
her coaling dock in Detroit, bound for
the St, Lawrence River, the gulf and
New York. At the latter port she will
be formally taken over by the Govern
ment, although a navel officer was
nominally In command from the mo
ment she 'left Detroit. - Exact plans
for the future 6f the Nokomls are with
held by the Government.
Atlanta Representative Named.
L. W. Kennedy is no-r special truck
tire representative of the United States
Tire Company in the southern district.
His headquarters are in Atlanta.
MAXWELL TEST IS MADE
PORTLAND CAR GOES 30.4 MILES OX
ONE GALLON OF GASOLINE.
Chalmers
SIY-aOi d.PASENRER 1250
S1X-80I 7-PASSKNOKR 6l3oO
1'. U. B. Detroit.
H. L. KEATS AUTO CO.
ProirliriT at r-nranlde.
Phone Wrowilwy K!?.
CHANDLER
4-pass. Rdstr, $1545.00 7-pasa. Touring.
All Chandlers are equipped with Bosch magnetos.
GERLINGER MOTOR CAR CO.,
75 Broadway. Phone Broadway 512.
Franklin
offers more of "what you actually need and want in
an automobile."
BRALY AUTO CO.
Main 4880, A 3881. 19th and Washington Sta.
"trucks
General
Motors
Company
Trucks , 1, l'j, 2, ZVt and 5-Ton
The Standard of Portland Business Houses.
Went worth & Irwin, I no,
200 Front Street
sdsoa Supendx.
"Of all the ears beneath the nn The Snperslx is the only one.
Boss & Peake Automobile Co.,
eiK-BlT V'hlnsron St.
HT -1 O C Capacities 1, 1, 2, 3. 5, 5, 6. '
1Y12.CK & LJcUirer Ton- Complete Stock Repair Parts.
MOTOR TRUCKS Washington at 21st. Tel. Mar. 440
M
ell.
"I got the facta well, then took the Maxwell.'
Boss & Peake Automobile Co.,
1S-W1T Wsnhlmrton ft.
SIXES
New Light Six, $1195, Factory
Mitchell, Seven-Passenger, $1460. Factory
MITCHELL, LEWIS & STAYER CO.
First and East Morrison
Oldsmobile
Distinctive High Grade. Light Weight.
OLDSMOBILE CO. OF OREGON.
Broadway and Couch.
Phone Broadway 1640.
CAPACITY IN TONS
91325 S1525 1835 S2S75
Price Delivered at Portland.
ROBERTS MOTOR CAR CO, Park and FlanSeva Sta.
Smith-Form-a-Track
BAXLOU & WRIGHT
Broadwrnr at Oak.
T1fttributr for Oregon.
Some vnoecupled territory
open. Write tor proposition.
STORAGE
BATTERIES
ELECTRIC STARTERS. MAGNETOS
GIBSON ELECTRIC GARAGE AND
STORAGE BATTERY CO.
12th and Alder Sts.
Trucks
Moreland Distillate ton to 5 ton. Vim delivery. yt.
ton capacity.
M'CRAKEN MOTOR CO,
Main 9019. 445 Stark St.
The "Blltweir Seriee Represent the Latest and Best
motor Lara, new value at jneaium fricea.
D. C. WARREN MOTOR CAR CO.
SS-SO North Twentr-Thlrd Street. Phone Main 7 NO.
Wh
Plpnsiir 7nrs nnrl TVTntnr Tmrka
itC The AVhite Co., Park and Couch Sts.
Telephone Broadway 827.
Latest Pla-area Received br Local
Aa-encr Show Record Is Best
Reached on Pad fie Coast.
Last Wednesday was set aside by
the Maxwell Automobile Company as
a test day for its product throughout
the united States. The purpose of the
test was to see how tar a Maxwell
would go on a gallon of srasollne. Each
branch of the company sent out two
machines.
The Boss & Peake Automobile Cora
pany. the Portland branch, sent out
the two machines and the best mark
made was 39.4 miles for the sjallon.
The other machine went a little better
then 34 miles and a blowout occurred.
The latest figures received by the local
branch showed that the 39.4 distance
made in Portland was the best of any
along the Pacific Coast and no East
ern results were obtained.
The machine used in the test was a
privately owned one, belonging to O.
O. Cady. department manager of the
Meier & Frank store. There were four
in the party that made the test: Carl
Odgers, salesman for the Boss Peake
Automobile Company, who did tne driv
ing; J. K. Webb and Lee Odgers, who
were passengers, and Earl R. Goodwin,
of The Oregonian, as official observer.
The party went beyond Multnomah
Station over Terwilliger boulevard, and
came back the same route, through the
streets of Portland to "a point hear the
brickyards on Linnton road, back again
to Multnomah station and returned to
a point along the Linnton road. 8S.4
miles, before the fuel was exhausted.
The other machine used In the test
waa owned by N. T. McMinamln, of 673
Halsey street, and had Mrs. X. D. Mc
Minamln aa a passenger: G. V. Adams, a
salesman of the Boss & Peake Com
pany, as driver, and Joseph Jordan, of
the Journal, as- observer.
Circus Will Use Wlllys-Knlghts.
"The flying squadron" of the United
States Circus Corporation's "million-
dollar" motorized circus will be mount
ed on Willys-Knight cars, made by
the W illys-Overland Company of To
ledo. O. This decision has been made
by Frank P. Spellman. president of the
big circus corporation.
Douglas Has 82 2 2 Voters.
ROSEBTJRG, Or, May 8. (Special.)
There are 2I1 rir1stAred voters In
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Saving in Your
Tire Expense
Aja tires - are guar
anteed, in writing to
give 5000 miles road
service i 1 500 extra
miles that makes Ajax a
43 gf eater .tire-"value.
Ajax,ires defjf-.the road.
HUGHSON & MERTON
. pacific Coa$.t Distributors
329 Ankeny-St
AUTO ACCESSORIES
ARCHER & WIGGINS
BUY
DIAMOND TIRES NOW
Sixth Street at Oak.
BO
WSER
GASOLINE and OIL TANKS
UTORAGE SYSTEMS FOR PT"BHO AND PRI
VATE! GARAGES. 8. D. Stoddard. District Sapt.
Salee. 718-3Q Corhm Wlda. Main 147.
SATISFACTORY
MOTORCAR
REPAITtING
COOK & GILL CO.
Phone Broadway 26.
409 Davis Street.
Itfw Teav Toy
We Make
A a to. Carriage.
Hna-e-y Top.
Cushions and
Backs,
la Bnataesa IB
Tears.
DV BRILLE TOP
CO.
BTew Location
West Park at Oefc.
Phone Bdwv. 14.
We Stock Tfcera. We Repair Them.
We Charge Taem.
Pre Advice and Inspection.
AUTO ELECTRIC EQT-'IPHENT CO.
Sixth and Haraatde Streets.
Douglas County, according to a report I Republicans S84S, Democrats 2682. Pro
prepared by County Clerk Lenox. They I gressives 31. Prohibitionists 10S. Social,
are registered by parties as follows: I lsts. 338. and miscellaneous 111.
Touring Information
Up-to-Date
1917 Tour Books $1.50
BALLOU & WRIGHT
BROADWAY AT OAK
Sluiioiis Cafer pfflatfTraad
SMS'
Solves Fan Troubles
Ordinary belts wear out or break in a
short time at inopportune moments.
You Can't Drive Your Car
Without a Fan Belt
The engine gets too hot, hence all kinds
of accidents are liable to happen.
For Emergencies, Carry An Extra Crowe Fan Belt
It ordinarily gves 10,000 to 15,000 miles of satisfactory
service; can be installed, removed, shortened or lengthened
in a jiffy, and never breaks.
Crowe Fan Belts are made of concave oak sole leather blocks
fitted into a steel chain base. They grip the pulley gently, will not
lip, operate noiselessly. Your fan revolves at uniform high speed.
Your motor keeps cooler.
FOR SALE BY LEADING ACCESSORY DEALERS
Size for Ford cars, $1.00 each; for other cars priced on application.
Ask your dealen or write for FREE descriptive circular.
MECHANICAL BELT COMPANY
1204 Frederick Ave. St. Joseph, Mo.
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