The Sunday Oregonian., July 22, 1917, SECTION FOUR, Page 7, Image 51

THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN, PORTLAND JULY 22, 1917.
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MHO MEN'S TH1PT0
SEASIDE IS GAY DAY
Racing on Sands, Dancing and
Parade by Mermaids En
liven Week End.
CANNON BEACH IS VISITED
Entire Journey Is Made fcy Several
Cars of Association Members
With Perfect Score Side Trip
Made to Neah-Kab-NIe.
By no means all of the Portland au
tomobile establishments participated in
the annual "honk-honk" tour of the
Dealers' Motor Car Association a week
ago. but a sufficient number went
along to make the event a distinct suc
cess and every one of the 75 or 100
people who made the trip as a direct
result of the dealers' excursion came
home with a happy heart and thankful
that he had gone.
Choosing either the Inland road or
the Lower Columbia River Highway,
as the various opinions differed, the
dealers congregated for dinner at the
Hotel Weinhard in Astoria and later
drove over to Seaside, spending the
night at the Hotel Moore, after danc
ing away pretty much of the evening.
Early next morning the dealers made
which spelling Is meant to-apply in this
spelling of a very . familiar word, but
Instance?
Apparently there Is not one person
among the many who live along the
new six-mile roadway that can give
the correct spelling. A number of the
motorists who passed that way on the
dealers' tour a week ago asked the
uestion in at least a dozen spots along
the road, but not one satisfactory
answer was given.
"How do you spell "sour grass?" was
asked of one kind farmer met on the
road.
"Why, g-r-a-s-s," he replied, evading
the real purport of the query. Then he
admitted, like all the rest of them en
countered, that he really couldn't give
the correct spelling, but added that It
didn't make much difference to the
road, that It was in perfect condition,
no matter which way it was. spelled.
In view of the fact that we are not
In the mood to pay compliments to the
Kaiser Just now, perhaps we had bet
ter cut off the extra letters, thereby
making the name somewhat shorter,
even if it doesn't shorten the road," ha
concluded.
The origin of the name given this
stretch of road Is said to have sprung
from the fact that a considerabl-j bunch
FACTORY AND NORTHWEST OFFICIALS FOR OAKLAND, WHO
CONFERRED IN PORTLAND LAST WEEK.
ROAD OPEJf TO RIM OF CRA
TER LAKE MOTORISTS
PLAN TOUR.
Mr. and Mrs. L. K. Moore, of
Portland, who returned last week'
from a tour to Crater Lake In
their Reo report that they were
able to drive to the very rim
of Crater Lake. They made the
trip Into the park from the
Klamath Falls side. At that
time two miles of snow still
blocked the road from the Med
ford end, but Mr. Moore says
he feels certain that the lake may
now be reached from either ap
proach. At any event the roads
from Medford and Klamath Falls
connect with each other and mo
torists may now make the loop
trip, using the Central Oregon
Highway either going or return
ing and the Pacific Highway on
the other lap of the trip.
Due to the illness of W. J.
Clemens, who had charge of the
plans for the club tour being ar
ranged by the Oregon State Motor
Association for August, F. E.
Watkins, president, and George
Chambers, secretary, are now
forming definite plans for the
tour. It is possible that the
Dealers' Motorcar Association of
Oregon may co-operate with the
motor owners in making the tour.
The exact date for the club tour
has not yet been determined.
the run to Cannon Beach, where break
fast was enjoyed at the hotel and the
hard beach used for a low speed talts
between the different cars. Luncheon
was taken at the Hotel Moore in plenty
of time to give the bathing girls, eight
of whom were from the Multnomah
Club. Portland, time to dress for the
bathing girls' parade, the big event of
the entire programme.
Nine Mermaids Enter.
A total of nine mermaids entered In
this competition with Seaside's largest
crowd of all history, estimated to be
3000, as spectators. The two prize
winners. Miss Dorothy Arnold and
Edith Holcomb, each rode in Chalmers
cars, being entered by the Chalmers
representatives, of Portland. The two
Pembroke sisters, Irene and Virginia,
entered in the twin costume contest,
took first prize in that division. They
rode on the tonneau top of a Kissel
Kar.
Second prize in the main contest
went to Constance Meyer, who rode in
a Buick, while third prize was awarded
to Miss Thelma Payne, who chose to
ride in a Cole.
The other entries Included Mrs.
Brownie Miller, who - appeared in
Hudson car; Edna Vonderworth, who
rode in a Saxon, and Miss Laura Rob
arta Barrett, a Seaside girl, who ap
peared in an Overland car.
The judges for the contest were Qus
C. Moser, Phil Metschan, Jr., E. C.
Habel, the only member of the dealers'
tour committee, aside from Mr. Wilk
lns, who was present; Mrs. Chester
Moores and Mrs. M. E. Bristol, all of
, Portland. The prizes were a $25 ward
robe, a pair of Indian robes, a silk
parasol, silk stockings, a beautiful
bathing robe and a swimming costume.
Diving Exhibition Given.
Following the parade over the
streets of Seaside, in front of the Ho
tel Moore and along the beach, the
swimming girls gave exhibition diving
in the natatorium and then the vaca
tionists were free to enjoy the even
ing as they chose.
After breakfast Monday morning th
dealers drove over the new road from
Seaside to the attractive Neah-Kah
Nle Tavern, along the beach in Tilla
mook County, where an appetizing
lunch was served under the direction
of Mrs. S. G. Reed. Then the dealers
left for home via Tillamook City, most
of them reaching McMinnville in time
for dinner.
Too much credit cannot be given to
the tour committee, especially Mr.
Wilkins, its chairman, for' the way in
which the affairs of .the trip were
managed.
Most of the cars went through th
entire trip without " any distressing
mishaps. Mr. Wilkins, perhaps, took
the cake for trouble, being pestered
right and left with punctures and
blowouts. He even lost an entire tire.
The Chalmers car made the run from
Portland all the way to Astoria with
out dropping down from high gear,
proving the worth of the car as well
as the good character of this highway.
Mr. Wilkins said last week that th
Hudson Super-Six, the Cole car and th
Chalmers were an entitled to a per
feet score for the run; as they didn'
even have any tire trouble and made
the full loop oh schedule time.
How Do You Spell "Sour
Graw?" I Query.
AUTO TRAIN COMING
Northwest to Get Many Cars
From Oakland This Year.
BUSINESS IS ON INCREASE
Capacity of Plant Has Been En
large by Elimination of Four
and Eight-Cylinder Models
and Sticking to Six.
A long tralnload of Oakland automo
biles, fresh from the greatly enlarged
Oakland Motor Car Company's factory
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mediate vicinity of Dolph, But that
doesn't settle the spelling.
AUTO LOCK IS INVENTED
NEW DEVICE! WILL BE MANUFAC
TURED BY COVEY COMPANY.
E. A. Olsen Seeks Patent on Invention
for Lockins Gear Shift In
Neutral Position.
E. A. Olsen, of the Covey Motor Car
Company plant, Is an inventor as well
as a successful automobile salesman.
His latest device, an automobile lock
which holds the gear shift in neutral
gear, is to be manufactured by the
Covey Motor Car Company.
Mr. Olsen says the lock, which is of
bronze material, positively cannot be
picked or tinkered with in any way ex
cept with the lock key. The first sam
ple locks made by Mr. Olsen fit the
Dodge Bros, car gear shifts and Mr.
Covey took one on his present trip to
the Dodge factory. It is said that the
lock will prove practical for any make
of car.
The patent covering Mr. Olsen's latest
invention is now pending. His previous
inventions Included an egg crate, a
match . safe and an automobile non-
skid chain.
OXE IX EVERY
! 9 HAS CAR
Government Discovers That Iowa
Motorists Lead Country.
WASHINGTON, July 21. Iowa led the
United States in 1916 in the number
of motor cars registered in proportion
to population. It had one car for every
11 persons. California was a close sec
ond with one car to every 12 inhabit
ants. Nebraska and South Dakota had
one for every 13. Arkansas could show
but one for eevry 1116.
The average for the united States Is
one car for every 29 persons, according
to figures presented by the office of
public roads. United States Department
of Agriculture, in circular 73, "Auto
mobile Registrations, Licenses and Rev
enues in the United States. 1916."
The New England states were more
uniformly supplied with motor cars
than any other section. They averaged
one car to about every 27 persons. The
prosperous cornbelt states also showed
fairly uniform distribution of cars.
The South, which does not possess as
great mileage of improved public roads
as other sections of the country, had
relatively fewer cars in proportion to
population.
at Pontlac, Mich., Is to leave for dls
tribution In the Pacific Northwest, ac
cording to arrangements perfected in
Portland last week between w. H.
Masten, sales manager of the Oakland
factory, and R. K. Roberts and E. 13
Van Dersal, officers of the newly
formed company that is to have charge
of the distribution of Oakland cars in
this territory. '
- Now . that the Oakland has elimi
nated its former four and eight-cylinder
models, confining itself exclusively
to the standard Oakland Six, the Oak
land factory will be enabled to in
crease its production materially. Last
year the Oakland factory built only
25,000 cars, but the new schedule calls
for the manufacture of 60,000 cars the
coming twelvemonth.
. Orders Tax Capacity of Plant.
"Conditions have been very good
with us," Bald Mr. Masten at the new
Oakland headquarters in Portland last
Wednesday, after making the trip over
the Columbia Highway with Mr. Rob
erts and Mr. Van Dersal. " Our deal
ers all over the country have been
wanting more cars than we could pro
vide and the boys out here .in, the Pa
ciflc Northwest seem to have been un
usually anxious to get deliveries.
"This year, with production greatly
increased, we expect to take care
them in fine shape. This Portland ter
rltory will probably get three times
many Oaklands as came this way last
year.
Train of Overlands Coming;.
"Mr. Roberts Is planning to bring
out a full trainload about August
following his trip to the factory. After
visiting the distributors and leadln
dealers up and down the Pacific Coast
I am convinced that the West will
bring forth a big business in auto
mobiles during the coming year.
"Tour Columbia Highway is wonder
ful, a thing you cannot overcapitalize.
They took me as far as Multnomah
Falls today and I would be out there
yet If it were not for the fact that my
train leaves soon.
Mr. Masten has been in the autoroo
bile business only since last December,
when he-was appointed sales manager
following 20 years' business experience
with the Moline Plow Company. For
a number of years he has known Mr.
Roberts, who was formerly sales man
ager for the Howard Automobile Com
pany and later assistant sales manager
of the Oakland factory.
First Car Reaches Crater Lake..
KLAMATH FALLS, Or., July 21.
(Special.) The first automobile of the
season reached Crater Lake Lodge, at
the rim of the lake, July 18. It was
run over planks laid on the snow. The
shovelers are now busy in the remain
ing drifts, and it is believed that cars
will run to the rim on dry roads in less
than, a week.
WINNERS OF TIIE TWO FIRST PRIZES IN LAST SUNDAY'S
BATHING GIRLS' PARADE AT SEASIDE.
Name of New Route ond Tillamook
HlKhway Puzzles Motorlxts Krom
Portland.
WILL some kind person please step
forward and announce the offi
cial spelling of the name given the
new stretch of road on the Tillamook
Portland highway, which eliminates the
old tollgate at Dolph? Is it "Sour
Grass" or "Sauer Grass?"
"Sour" and "sauer," of course, mean
precisely the same thing, one being the
English and the other the German
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Photo by Gifford & Prentiss.
Kdlth Holcomb, In First Prize Swimming Costnme, and Dorothy Arn
old. Who Won Grand Prize aa Beat-Coatamed Beach GlrL. Both Ap
peared in the Parade In Chalmers Cara.
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150-Mile Race at T acoma
First Third -Fourth
Eleven cars started. Three Hudson
Super-Six Specials were entered and all
finished. Patterson first Roades third
Malcolm fourth.
Patterson led at 50 miles, 100 miles
and finished a minute and 23 seconds
ahead of the second car.
Roades and Malcolm each drove Hud
son Super-Six Specials, which were
stock cars they had converted into
racers. They are professional drivers,
who enter and drive their cars inde
pendent of factory assistance.
Two Races at Omaha
First in one Second in other
Ralph Mulford, in a Hudson Super
Six Special, averaged 101.26 miles an
hour in the 150-mile Championship
event.
There was a field of 14 starters.
Mulford made one tire change.
In the 50-mile race he finished, 42
seconds behind a Hoskins Special.
Two tire changes In this event cost
him first place.
Billy Taylor, In a Hudson Super-Six
Special, finished fifth in both the 50
and 150-mile races.
At Uniontown
First in one Second in three
The principal event at the Union
town (Fa.) meet was run In three
heats.
Ira Vail drove Hudson Super-Six
Special. He finished first in the 29
mile heat second in the 10-mile and
second in the 50-mile heats.
A tire change cost him the 60-mll
heat by one second.
A dealer's rebuilt Super-Six demon
strator, driven by a local Hudson
dealer, finished 15 seconds behind the
winner in tho non-professional event.
Another rebuilt Hudson finished fourth.
Super-Six Specials Defeat Rival Racers in Every July 4th Championship
Event More Proofs of Endurance
Championship Speedway Races again reveal the mighty
endurance of the Hudson Super-Six.
In the three July 4th events, Hudson endurance defeated
the fastest cars known to racing.
In a field of 28 starters at Cincinnati, Memorial Day, the
four Hudson specials finished first in the free-for-all; sec
ond, seventh and ninth in the 250-mile event.
At Chicago, Ralph Mulford on June 16th established the
American Speedway records for 150 miles and for 200 miles
at an average of 104 miles per hour.
Made Stock Car Records
Last Year
Last year Super-Six stock cars and stock chassis made
new and important records for endurance, power and speed.
Those were non-competitive tests. They were made against
the best times of other cars.
They included the fastest stock chassis mile the 100
mile stock car record the one-hour stock car record and the
24-hour stock chassis record. These were officially timed
by the American Automobile Association.
Then in addition to these, a seven-passenger Hudson
Super-Six Phaeton broke every transcontinental automobile
record. It did it both ways in the only double, twice-across-America
run ever attempted against time.
All Hudson records are the result of Hudson endurance.
Cars may be built lighter and have more power, weight
considered, just as most of the racers are, but none have
proved an equal degree of endurance.
That is why Hudsons win.
It is why so many professional race drivers have adopted
Hudsons in their speedway races.
In the three, July 4th races you will note some of the
Hudsons were rebuilt stock cars. They were made suitable
for racing because their owners had confidence in them to
win prizes.
The cars were entered independent of any factory
influence.
Race drivers know that endurance wins. They know
they can rely on the Hudson Super-Six to endure.
You, Too, Can Rely
on Hudson Endurance
In converting Hudson Super-Six stock cars into racers
these men made no change in the principle that accounts for
Hudson endurance. They merely made such changes as
can be made to any Hudson Super-Six. They did not have
to do anything to increase the endurance quality of the cars.
That quality is built into every Hudson Super-Six.
Y(Ju, of course, are not interested in awning a racing car,
but when racing reveals a quality so important as that of
endurance, as it does with the Hudson Super-Six, then you
are interested in its performance.
The speedway shows, in a few miles, weaknesses that it
might require thousands of miles of ordinary service to
reveal. You are not interested so much in what the per
formance will be in a car you buy in its first few thousand
miles.
You want to know what you can depend upon after the
car has seen thousands of miles of service. Look at these
records and you will see what you may expect of the Hudson
Super-Six.
The speedway test of 150 miles, is more trying than thou
sands of miles you will drive with your ar.
You want to know what the car you buy now is likely to
cost in maintenance. You want to know how much time it
will be in the repair shop after a half season's use. Do not
these proofs persuade you to buy a Hudson Super-Six?
They should. 37,000 have already bought and they have
added to these records their own experiences with the Hud
son Super-Six.
There are eight body types on the Hudson Super-Six.
The Phaeton 7-passenger car sells at $1650 at Detroit.
WhudsonJ'
C. L. Boss Automobile Co.
615-617 Washington Street
Portland
New Car Owners in County
THE dally reports of M. u. wiiKins,
publisher of the Automobile Record
and president-manager of the Dealers'
Motor Car Association of. Oregon, show
that the following temporary police
permits were issued in Portland last
week pending the arrival of the offi
cial state license tags from Salem:
J. Schultz, 704 J. Adams, Ore ion City,
Saxon.
G. L. Richardson, 432 Larrabee, Maxwell.
Rufus C. Holman, 111 Second. Hupmoblle.
W. Schmidt, Hillsdale, Or., Maxwell.
E. Salto, 68 North Fourth atreet. Saxon.
Tom Hale. Antelope. Or., PalRe.
R. G. McPheraon. 3H3 Aapeil. Dodge.
A H. Brown, 684 Lombard, Dodg-e.
E. E. Mailt, Worcester building. Grant.
U. Morgan. 198 Morris. Dodge.
Mrs. Qua Mankerti, 483 Williams. Stude
baker. E. C. Halllman. 88 North Twenty-second,
Velle.
L. C. Schafer, 893 East Sixteenth, Max
well. J. Blekner. Oswego, Or.. Saxon.
W. Helgesen, 255 North Nineteenth. Saxon.
Mrs. Gladys Goldblatt. 313 Stanton. Over
land. E. H. Ruppell, 638 East Forty-first North,
Oakland.
U. M. Cornett. Prlnevllle, Or., Cadillac.
J. II. Morrison. Moro, Or., Oldsmobile.
1.. Gibson, Arlington. Or., Overland.
Mrs. Ethel Williams. 242 East Forty
fourth, Scrlpps.
L,. R. Hadley, 2R McMlllen. Maxwell.
J. F. Becker, 6931 Thirty-ninth street
Southeast. Maxwell.
R. Winston. Gardiner. Or., Overland.
J. J. Shekter, 203 Stark, Overland.
M. Barde & Sona, 240 Front, Wlnton.
P. D. Sulphen, 2132 Twentieth North.
Studebaker.
Metropolitan Investment & Improvement
Company, Portland, Or.. Studebaker.
E. H. Downard. 232 H Nartilla. Overland.
H. L. Hazel, Rose City Hotel. Maxwell.
C. Officer, Halfway, Or., Cadillac.
J. S. Marin. Llnnton. Or.. Stutz.
V. S. Shuer, 9520 Thirty-ninth avenue
Southeast. Metz.
Blake-McKall company, city, buick.
S. O. Owen, Hubbard, Or., Overland.
Ida R. Fox. Sutherlfn, Or.. Cadillac.
L.. B. Reeves, 170 East Thirty-ninth
A. r . Hunt, Nortn rortiana. veiie.
A Edwards, Turner, Or., Chalmers.
F. I.. Burrell. 1140 Williams. Chevrolet.
C. W. Hopkins, 87 West Church. Dodge.
S. Kammlskls, 709 Morgan building. Max
well. Mrs Le Smith, 491 Jessup street. Maxwell.
Marie L. Plerrard, 65 East Twelfth North,
Chevrolet.
J. Dennis. Oregon building. Bulck.
Mrs. Henry Berger. Jr.. 850 Wasco. Dodge.
G. C. Bunnell, Goldendale, Wash., Mitchell.
Patrick Kellly, Aahwood, Or., Cole.
G. R, Trasalla, Multnomah Station, Max
well. Charles Early, Northwestern Bank build
ing. Hudson.
P. Bosettl, 83 H First street, Brlsooe.
Lewls-Stenger Barbers' Supply Company,
Portland. Or., Overland.
C. B. Dahrkrof, Lewis building. Overland.
Mrs. W. F. Gibbons. 4U0V4 Washington,1
Hudson.
B. H. Glrllck, Selling building. Oakland.
Mrs. P. K. Egbert. 078 East Eleventh
North, Overland.
A. E. Baldwin, 4908 Fifty-eighth street
Southeast, Dodge.
H. J. Ardriss, Fifteenth and Hoyt. Over
land. Fred Hesse. 434 Belmont, Oldsmobtle.
L. L. Stewer, Fossil, Or.. National.
Z. C. Rldehalgh, 654 Wasco street, Hup
moblle. H. K. Hlldebrandt, Rainier Hotel. Over
land. Worth Welst. Alberta, Canada. Dodge.
W. T. Burns. 16l3 Rochester, Maxwell.
A. G. Enrlght, Broadway Hotel. Ford.
W. D. Allen, Golden West Hotel, Paige.
J. Talbot. Corbett building, Chevrolet.
G. M. Loffaw, Marshfleld, Or., Chandler.
Harry E. Mullholland, 656 Alberta; Dodge.
E. J. Stack. Hillsdale, Or., Overland.
W. C. Peer, Plttock block. Overland.
W. F. Cox. Northwestern Bank building.
Saxon.
Western Supply Company. 81 First street.
Chalmers.
J,. M. McDonald, Chamber of Commerce.
Oldsmoblle.
G. N. Smith. 121 North Third. Chevrolet.
L. W. McDonald, Chamber of Commerce,
Chevrolet.
V. Wiggsworth. Echo, Or., Liberty.
O. G. Gerber. 601 Alder, Hupmoblle.
W A. White, Amity, Or.. Overland.
A. L. Blans, 6028 Forty-second avenue
Southeast. Maxwell.
Bass-Hunter Paint Company, 100 Grand
avenue. Maxwell.
John D. Twohy. 200 East Sixtieth North.
Hliander Lewis. Montavllla, Or.. Maxwell.
W. H. McCrossu. Hillsdale. Or., Maxwell.
T Bitch, Baker. Or.. Chandler.
J M. Carson. Corbett building. Bulck.
Mrs. G. E. Maxwell. 701 East Forty-fifth,
Overland.
II VWAII VN S BUYING SIOTORS
Registrations Total 6250, With Par
chases Increasing.
There are 6250 motor vehicles reg
istered In the territory of Hawaii, ac
cording to U. F. Sullivan, Chevrolet dis
tributor at Honolulu. Of this number,
3465 are registered on the Island of
Oahu, 699 on Maui, 686 on Kauai and
1500 on Hawaii. These numbers rep
resent an Investment of $6,250,000.
The Department of Commerce gives
figures which Indicate that the auto
mobile field Is rapidly growing larger
In Hawaii and that the number of ma
chines Imported Is constantly Increas
ing. During the month of March, 1917,
there were 212 automobiles imported,
with a valuation of $204,400, against
177 machines during the same month
the year previous at a total valu-.tion
of $153,842.
Another startling Increase shown In
the figures is in the nine months end
ing March, 1915, and in the nine months
ending March, 1917. In 1915 there were
662 automobiles imported at a valua
tion of $750,784, against the 1917 im
portation of 1461 cars, st a valuation
of $1,411,378. This is an Increase of
799 machines, an Increase In valuation
j of $660,630.
Irrigntion Project Nearly Ready.
KLAMATH FALLS, Or.. July 21.
(SpeciaL) The Modoc Point irrigation
j project on the Klamath Indian reserva
j tion north of here will be completed in
I about three weeks. according to
Project Engineer H. W. Hlncks. of the
Klamath agency. This project embraces
'about 6340 acres of rich land, and was
I started In 1912.
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