The Sunday Oregonian., June 17, 1917, SECTION FOUR, Page 9, Image 55

THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND, J LLNJE 17, 1017,
BORDER TRIP IDE
BY DICK BURSOfi
Virginia Motorists Skirt South
v and West States With
i:- Studebaker Six.
OREGON ROADS FOUND GOOD
Highway on California Side of Sis
It I yon s and In Cow Creek and
Pass Creek Canyons, Easily
j Passable, Though Bougb.
"what's the poorest automobile you
know?" demanded Dick Burson, past
master motorist of Bristol, Virginia, as
lie arrived in Portland last week after
a trip along; two borders of the conn-
drop on me If he wanted to do any
damage.
"When coming- through Northern
California I ran across a man, woman
and child who said they were walking
to Portland. It was a temptation to
give them a lift all the way through
but I finally decided that I couldn't
take such chances and had to content
myself by hauling the boy to the next
town and leaving him there.
"Once I picked up a tramp who said
he was going to the next town but
when we got there he protested vio
lently as I told him to get out. He ar
gued that I had plenty of room and
might as well take him on Indefinitely
but I realized the danger and finally
even threatened him with a monkey
wrench until he allowed me to put him
out. Even so, I had to warn him that
I would beat him to death if he didn't
go. Oh yes, the cross-country motorist
Is called upon to give a lift to all
classes of people from tramps to pretty
country girls."
On Mr. Burson's entire . trip from
Tampa to Portland he averaged 14
miles to the gallon of gasoline, which
is regarded as a remarkable showing
for a big six-cylinder car. From Port
land Mr. Burson left via Hood River,
The Dalles and Pendleton for points
east.
GOLDET WEDDIXQ IS TTSZQXTE
Plains Crossed by Couple' Last Time
In Automobile.
To cross the plains by ox-teams and
horses over the trail which cut the
BETTER TIES SEEII
Young Industry Sets Others
" Example of Efficiency.
FARMERS ARE NOV BUYERS
General Prosperity of Ration, Says
George Walte, Has Boomed Au
tomobile Business Beyond
Nearly All Expectations.
BT GEORGE S. WAITE,
Sales Manager the Grant Hotor Car
Corporation.
Motorcar manufacture has reached
the stage where .the automobile plant
must be entirely distinctive from all
other kinds of factories. The efficiency
engineer has applied his ideas to the
building of model motorcar factories
in which the laborer, by labor-saving
machinery- and ingenious location of
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try from Tampa, Florida, to Portland,
la his Studebaker Blx.
"Well that car you have in mind
could make the trip across Oregon with
only half of its cylinder in action,"
commented Mr. Burson without waiting
for an answer.
Despite the fact that Mr. Burson's
trip across the country was full of In
teresting incidents he insisted last
week that his trip was not of sufficient
Importance to merit a newspaper story
as nothing on earth went wrong with
liis Studebaker during all the Journey.
In other words, a fellow who wants an
uneventful cross-country automobile
trip, uneventful In so far as accidents
and mishaps are concerned, he ought to
pick out a Studebaker, according to Mr.
Burson's way of reasoning.
Siskiyou Road Passable,
Mr. Burson had no fault to find with
the condition of the Pacific Highway In
Oregon when he drove over it a few
days ago, but the fact remains that he
left his car at Dunsmuir, CaL, nearly a
month waiting for the Oregon roads to
dry out before coming north. Mean
while he made a trip to the Oregon
Coast districts Inspecting timber lands.
Even when he did go back to his car
he was frightened by harrowing tales
about the condition of the roads in
Oregon, but he decided to take a shot
at them anyway and reports that the
rurface of the highway on the Cali
fornia, side of the Siskiyous, and in
path for what is now known as the
Lincoln Highway and then on the fif
tieth anniversary of their wedding, to
drive over "the same trail with a 1917
Mitchell "Six" is an occasion to be
enjoyed by very few.
George Hollaway, of Oakland, Cal.,
with hiswife has Just celebrated their
fiftieth anniversary and to repeat their
early history drove into Gilroy once
again, this time, however, in a Mitch
ell car instead of by ox-team.
Three years after Mr. Hollaway ar
rived in California, Mrs. Hollaway
crossed the plains by a horse-drawn
prairie schooner and coming by Gilroy
met her husband.
A part of the wedding ceremony was
the taking up of their abode in their
present home, in which they have lived
during the &0 years. At the recent
celebration there were two of the wit
nesses ox me marriage.
POTtXI.ATVIJ AUTO DB.VLGRSTO
MAKE AKNV.VL "MONK
HONK" TOt'R TO SEA
SIDE! AI TILLAMOOK
BEACHES.
Members of the Dealers' Motor
Car Association of Oregon decid
ed at the monthly business meet
ing held in the Hotel Portland
last Monday evening, to stage
their annual "honk honk" road
tour this season on the week
end of July 14. 15 and 16. Lake
last year, the run will be made
to Astoria and Seaside with the
likelihood that the return to
Portland will be made by way of
the Tillamook beaches, thereby
completing the famous loop from
Portland to Seaside to Tillamook
to Portland.
Before the tour Is made, a
scout car. with newspaper men,
will probably be sent over the
road to obtain route Information
and arrange details for the run.
The committee in charge of the
affair is composed of M. O. Wil
kins, president-manager of the
association; C. M. Menzies, A. C.
Stevens, B. C. Habel and F. M.
Irfeston-Smith. In addition to
the vacation, get-together Idea,
the tour is to celebrate the pas
sHce of the 16,000,000 road bond
bill at ".he recent election.
Cow Creek and Pass Creek Canyons
was rouRh, though dry and easily pass
able. He says there Is no longer any
snow in the Siskiyous.
Mr. Burson left Florida on March 7
and took the trip across the southern
border of the country by easy stages
arriving at Los Angeles about SO days
later. His longest day's trip was 207
miles and his average was about 100
miles a day. He thinks the trip from
Tampa to Los Angeles could be made
handily in 15 or 16 days steady run
ning. Motorists Takea Chancwa.
Because he found much of the main
highways along the border cut up bad
ly under the strain of Army trucks Mr.
Burson used the natural prairie roads
for the most part and found them "the
best any man ever drove over."
For two whole days once he didn't
see a human soul while again he would
meet numerous hikers along the road
Bias. xie was all alone In a seven-
passenger touring car.
"A fellow alone on a long motor trip
takes an awful chance taking folks
aboard with him out in a wild country,
but 1 took a number of such chances on
my trip through the desert country,"
said Mr. Burson in the office of t"h
Oregon Motor Car Company soon after
his arrival. "I make it a ml nn tn
take more than one person in my car
ana i always maae that one person sit
beside me in the front seat and not In
the tooneau where he would have the
FORD IN FROM NEWPORT
TRIP MADE BT YAQTJi:YA BAY MEN
OX WAX TO DAKOTAS.
Route Is by Way of Toledo, Blodgett,
Kddyville and Thence Up Ldttle Elk
to Corvallls and Albany.
The road to Newport and the Yaquina
Bay country is now open to automobile
travel, according to J. E. Davis, former
ly of Waldport, and S. S. Gossman, of
Chitwood, who arrived In Portland
aboard their Ford car last week bound
for South Dakota, where they expect
to locate.
Mr. Davis reported that he came out
by way of Toledo, Blodgett, Eddyville
and then up the Little Elk to Corvallls
and Albany. He says the worst mud of
the trip was encountered on the new
Simpson Creek road, which has dis
placed the notorious old Pioneer Hill
grade, but that he didn't meet much
difficulty anywhere along the entire
route. After a few more days of dry
weather he said he thought the road
through the worst districts would be in
fairly good condition.
WEST IS GREAT PLU'GKOUXD
Current Xumber of the Albatross
Illustrates Recreation Points.
The current number of the Alba
tross, the official publication of the
White Company, contains some 12
pages of illustrated publicity matter
on the Pacific Northwest. The issue
is called the "Western Playground"
number, and features the Columbia
River Highway, Crater Lake, the Jo
sephine caves, the McKenzle River and
Three Sisters, as well as Mount Rainier
National Park, the Tosemite. Yellow
stone. Glacier and other National parks
of the "last West."
Those article pertaining to the scen
ery of Oregon and Washington were
written by W. T. Perkins, of Portland.
advertising representative of the White
Company for the Pacific Northwest.
departments. Is enabled to do much
more work, with much less labor,
than ever before. Production of auto
mobiles has been reduced to an exact
science.
And mo we have the spectacle of a
young industry for the motorcar
industry is still young, despite its
great growth setting other indus
tries an example of efficiency. In sav
ing of production cost.
It is partly- because the leaders In
the motorcar field today are using the
wisdom of the efficiency engineer to
reduce the cost of the motorcar that I
have such great faith in the future
of the industry, which is being placed
on a rock foundation of solid worth.
In view of the remarkable steadi
ness that has characterized automobile
sales, not only during the closing
months of this year, -but during the
last three years, it seems hardly neces
sary to Install a note of optimism In
a forecast of business for the coming
year. Practically every manufacturer
reported a volume of business never be
fore equaled in the slack months of
the year.
This healthy increase in American
sales can be attributed largely to re
markable records made by automobile
dealers in the farming districts. Big
crops, coupled with the highest prices
ever known in this country, have made
the purchase of automobiles a pos
sibility to thousands of farmers In the
agricultural sections.
But this is only one cause. The
general prosperity of the Nation has
tibomed the automobile business beyond
nearly all expectations. There is no
reason for believing that this pros
perity of the motorcar business will
be Influenced adversely by the end
of the war, for whatever falling off
in orders there may be in this country
If there is any falling off will be
more than made up by the increase In
exportation of motorcars.
The automobile business has experi
enced a great change in system and
wonderful prosperity in me n
years, but the end Is not yet even
better times are coming
sandyISffTs open
NEW HIGHWAY ALO.VG WEST BANK
IJf FAIR CONDITION.
Gossip Along the Row.
Gene B. Evans, who has been con
nected recently with the C. L. Boss
Automobile Company, last week ac
cepted a position with .the Saxon Sales
& Service Company as advertising and
publicity man. Before coming to Port
land Mr. Evans was -engaged in the
automobile business in California.
Jake HIrsch, Pacific Coast represen
tative for the Hal automobile, visited
Portland last week looking for a con
nection in this field. He will return
after an Inspection of the Seattle ter
ritory. W. F. Seel, district representative of
the commercial car division of the
Studebaker Corporation of America, is
making his headquarters for a few
weeks at the local branch of the com
pany. ,
George H. Smith, sales manager of
the Mercer Automobile Company, of
Trenton, N. J., was in Portland recent
ly conferring with a number of Port
land dealers who are negotiating for
Mercer line In Oregon.
Motorists Are Advised to Go Over Road
From West to East, as Some Bnmpa
May Be Taken Easier.
The new highway extending from
the end of the Base Line road along the
west bank of the Sandy River to the
clubhouse of the Oregon State Motor
Association has been opened to travel
and is reported to be In fairly good
condition, though rough in places.
Because of the fact that the slope Is
toward the river, motorists desiring to
inspect the new roadway are advised
to go over the new strip of road from
west to east, as the bumps may be
taken easier on the down grade. It is
now possible to make a delightful loop
trip by using the .Base jine road ana
its extensions to the Sandy River
bridge and there cross to the pavement
of the regular highway and then return
by way of Troutdale and the Sandy
boulevard without repeating any of the
route from Portland back to Portland,
The new portion of the highway, some
two or three miles in length, opens up
some beautiful country along the river
and boasts of a magnificent bridge,
'rimmed with white granite. It i
understood that the new roadway will
soon be standardized by permanent Im
provements which will make it an at
tractive driveway at all seasons.
Big Flag Raised at Auto Plant.
AKROX, O.. June 16. Employes of the
B. F. Goodrich Rubber Company re
cently raised the largest nag in the
history of-Ohio and the Central Western
States. The size of the flag was 50 feet
by 75 feet, and the' demonstration was
witnessed by over 25.000 people crowd
ing the Goodrich Athletic Field, and
over 100.000 more enthusiastic spec
tators lined the route of march of the
parade, which was over three miles
Ion g.
The Studebaker Car
Economy and Investment
E
CONOMY is judicious expenditure. The
purchase of a good automobile is a judi
cious expenditure.
To the business man, the professional man and
the farmer, the automobile has become a neces
sity it saves time, covers more territory, gets
more business in this way an automobile makes
money. "
To the family it brings health , enjoyment, open
country, better associations perhaps at less cost
than vacations and other forms of "amusements."
The purchase of a STUDEBAKER Car is not
only an economy and a "judicious expenditure,"
but it is an investment. The Studebaker Car is
a standard of value and quality. It is generally
recognized as one of the best motor car values in
the world.
The high used car value of Studebaker Cars in
ratio to first cost, makes it easy to change a
Studebaker Car back into cash, if necessary.
On the basis of a permanent investment, Stude
baker Cars are as economical to own and operate
as they are to buy.
In ratio to power, they are most economical in
their consumption of gasoline.
In ratio to weight and carrying capacity, tho
perfect balance of the Studebaker Cars, enables
owners frequently to get from 8,000 to 10,000
miles on a single set of tires.
Studebaker Cars are very economical to main
tain. Their perfect quality insures durability
and keeps the cost of adjustments and repairs at
a minimum.
Then, too, Studebaker Cars are distinctly the
"Owner's" Cars. Their great accessibility, their
simplicity of design and construction, and the
very complete instruction books that go with
Studebaker Cars, make them very easy, ir.deed,
to take care of every part is easy to get at
whether it be valves, gears, clutch, electric
system or rear axle.
If you wish practical, real economy, in buying
your new car, read these paragraphs again ; then
study the Studebaker Car and have us show you
just what every statement in this advertisement
means.
FoiaCylinder Uodela
FOUR Roadster . . $ 983
FOUR Touring Car . 983
FOUR Landau Roadster 1 1 5 O
FOUR Every-Weather Car 1183
Attprlctf. o. b. Detroit
THE STUDEBAKER CORPORATION OF AMERICA
Wholesale Only
Chapman and Alder Streets
Oregon Motor Car Co.
RETAILERS
Park and Davis Streets. Phone Broadway, 616.
Six-Cylinder Models
SIX. Roadster . . $1250
SIX Touring Car . . 1250
SIX Landau Roadster 1350
SIX Touring Sedan . 1700
SIX Coupe ... 1750
SIX Limousine . . 2 GOO
AMpricaf. , &. Detroit
OLD THEORY IS OPSET
CHAMOIS SKIS CKUKELT TO CAUSE
SPARK IX MILD WEATHER.
Franklin Automobile Company Makes
Experiment la Process of Fil
tering; Gasoline.
Static electricity, superinduced by the
passage of g-aeollne through chamois
skin during the filtering- process, was
declared, about a year ago, to be full of
great danger. The automobile trade
publications and press of the country
devoted considerable space to the sub
ject and motorists were advised to dis
continue the use of . the chamois for
fear a conflagration would result from
a spark igniting the fumes of the gas
oline. When the Idea became prevalent, the
Franklin Automobile Company, of Syra
cuse, IV. Y.. determined to make a rigid
Investigation to learn what prospects
there were of real danger. The result
of this investigation has been an
nounced recently from the factory to
all Franklin owners.
"It seems as if the static electricity
scare from the use of chamois skin In
filtering gasoline was baseless so far
as the real facts are concerned. states
Belt's off or
Krnlcpn fan races
motor overneata can t
run car. Long delay I
Vexation I Trouble! Buy
new belt grease ruins it
SO days later; Slip 1 Whizz t
Same old story but never
again
I'm Using a
Crowe Mechanical
Fan Belt Now.
They grip the pulley eently and
will not Blip. Made of sole-leather
blocks inaorted in a steel chain.
10.000 to 15.000mileaof satisfactory
service is not an annual record.
Opetmte noiselessly on reg-ulmr flat
pulleys;neverbreak. Carry one for
emerarencies same as you carry ex
tra tire. Pot it on when old belt
breaks you '11 then have no other.
For Sale by Leading
Accessory Dealers
Sizes for Ford ears. $1.00 each: far
other cars priced on application.
Ask your dealer or write lor
Free descxipnve circular.
Mechanical Belt Co.
bt. Joeepn, jvto.
the Franklin Owners' Bulletin. The
company has secured as much authentic
data as possible, from which It is
proved that a statio electric charge
cannot be developed with the temper
ature above freezing, while at sero the
conditions for producing the spark are
most favorable.
Only one case was reported where
an explosion of gasoline could be di
rectly traced to such a cause. The con
clusion drawn was that the chances
are not greater than one In a million,
if that high. Kxpert -opinion from
many sources agrees that there is no
need to worry about a condition where
there Is so little likelihood of static
generation of electricity, especially in
sections of the country where freezing
temperature is seldom known, and
where sero weather is never exper
Miss Adah Clays, of Bingham, Utah.
Is a girl who can pitch with either arm
and can hold her own against the best
boy teams of the state.
THE UNIVERSAL CAR
To Owners of Ford Cars
The Ford Motor Company, of Detroit, appointed us authorized agents for
Ford cars in this territory, to properly represent Ford interests, to give
service to Ford owners. The company in turn demands that we equip and
maintain an adequate service station, employing competent Ford mechanics,
using only genuine Ford-made materials and charging regular Ford prices.
This is the service we are giving to Ford owners. Material workmanship
prices, the standard of each guaranteed.
When your Ford car need3 attention, bring it to us, and get the benefit of
expert Ford mechanics. We give you the assurance of genuine Ford serv
ice, with genuine Ford-made parts.
Ford cars Runabout $345; Touring Car $360; Coupclet $505; Town Car
$595; Sedan $645, all f. o. b. Detroit.
On display and for sale by authorized Ford agents, sales service, Portland, Or.
FRANCIS MOTOR CAR EXCHANGE
East 13th at Hawthorne.
PACIFIC KISSELKAR BRANCH
60 North Broadway
PALACE GARAGE
22d and Kearney Sts.
RUSHLIGHT, RANSOM & PENNEY
Union Ave. at Wasco St. -
TALBOT & CASEY
754 East Morrison St.
W. H. WALLINGFORD
526-28 Alder St.
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