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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 21, 1917)
THE SUNDAY OliEGOXIAX, PORTLAND, OCTOBER 21, 1917. 9 MITCHELL, LEWIS & STAVER COMPANY IN NEW QUARTERS AT HEAD OF ROW Firm Here for 32 Years Opens -Attractive Sales and Showrooms at Broadway and Oak Street, Where Big Array of New Cars Has Been Arranged. I ' ' - ; Sat S1 - . f jtsj 1 iiugM i i r Jr;"" j'-"- " . K ri C - Ann t: II THE3 Mitchell. Lewis & Staver Com pany, distributors for Oregon and Washington of the Mitchell car, re now comfortably settled in their attractive new retail sales and show room on tha northwest corner of Broadway and Oak street, right in the downtown section. It is one of the most desirable locations in automobile row, being only two blocks from the busi ness center at Broadway and Washing ton street. The showrooms and. retail sales de- partment of the company have been since 193 2 at Kast Morrison and First streets, and many a proud buyer has driven his first Mitchell car home from there. But when- the opportunity came up to get so good a location for these departments at the head of automobile row, it was quickly taken. The move was made shortly after the first of the month. The wholesale, -used car and service departments will continue to be in the East Morrison-street quarters. Earl Smith, who has been with the company for eight years as manager of the serv ice department, will remain in that ca pacity. The Mitchell, Lewis & Btaver Com pany is one of Portland's pioneer busi ness concerns. This applies to the au tomobile business, too, though the com pany was flourishing in Portland years before the motor car had been heard of. The company dates back 35 years ago, when it was organized to deal in the farm wagons and implement trad-e. It entered the automobile business in 1907 with the Mitchell car. Inciden tally, the Mitchell who founded the Mitchell Motors Company was a rela tive of H. W. Mitchell, president of the Mitchell, Lewis & Staver Company. The company's motor car business in Oregon and Washington has been stead ily growing in volume. This year it will total about 1000 cars, the 900 mark hav ing; been passed already. fllVER VIEWS DELIGHT COLUMBIA HIGHWAY WOXDER, SAYS CALIFORNIA?). f. C. Gapp, Pomona Oranise Grower, t Comes Several Hundred Miles Just to Take l-'anied Drive. Wishing to view the beauties of the Columbia River Highway, J. C. Gapp. a wealthy orange grower of Pomona, accompanied by his wife, motored up from his home in that city last week In a Hudson speedster. They enjoyed a splendid trip in the bracing Autumn weather and were more than repaid for their tour by the beauties of the famous highway. They enjoyed other scenic tours ad jacent to Portland. pasFing almost a week in the Rose City. They count on making a return trip next year and expect to induce their friends to ac company them in their next tour. "The highway is certainly a wonder ful drive," said Mr. Gapp. "We had heard so much about it we decided that we couldn't wait any longer to see it. It surpassed our expectations. If there is another drive in the world to com pare with it I should like to be intro duced to it. "I have seen some of California's most notable scenic highways as well ss those in other parts of the country, but I must take my hat off to the Co lumbia Rtver Highway." Mr. Gapp came from Pomona by way of the Pacific Highway and says that ome of the Oregon roads are much better than many in California, espe cially in the northern part of that state. In the notorious Sacramento Canyon road Mr. Gapp says that meeting other machines he would be hailed by the drivers, who with tears in their eyes snd voices, would inquire how much further they would have to travel be fore the good roads began. Mr. Gapp kept track of his gasoline mileage and computed that between Pomona and Sacramento he made 17 miles to the gallon, between Sacramento and Medford 16 - and between Medford and Portland KS1 miles. The Hudson speedster has been driven more than 4000 miles and not a cent has been re quired for repairs. Construction work is being done on the highway in several places between Medford and Redding, Cal., a new grade being constructed along the top of the foothills from Redding to near the foot of Mount Shasta, which will eliminate the Sacramento Canyon nightmare. When these are finished the tourist will have an excellent drive from San Fran cisco to Portland and Mr. Gapp predicts that the different automobile dealers will start competition next season in breaking time records between the two Coast cities. CONCRETE ROAD WORK BEGIN Construction Humming on 16-Foot Strip 3000 Feet Long In West Linn. OREGON CITY. Or.. Oct. 20. (Spe cial.) Construction work on the con crete roads of West Linn is being pushed rapidly along by the Glenmor rie Quarry Company, which had charge of the road building. The roads are to bo IS feet wide and about 3000 feet of roadway will be constructed. This is to extend from the roadway above the paper mills to the road leading to the suspension bridge. At present travel along this roadway Is diverted to the road leading toward Sunset. SOUTHEASTERN ROAD WANTED Jackson. Klamath and Lake Coun ties Interested in Project. KLAMATH FALLS, Or., Oct. 20. (Special.) With the idea of obtaining an improved highway between South eastern Oregon and the Rogue River Valley it has been learned that a move has been started to get some action by the State Highway Commission. Petitions pointing out the need of a better highway have been prepared and circulated throughout Jackson County and are now being circulated here and in Lake County. MIMM GOES HIGHER ASSISTANT MANAGER OF" FORD BRANCH HERB PROSIOTED. Success In West Rewarded by Transfer to Wichita. Mbere He Will Manage Plant. W. S. McNa-mara, assistant manager of the Portland branch of the Ford Motor Company since August 16. 1916. left Portland, laji Tuesday night for Wichita. Kan., where he is to become manager of the Wichita branch. The transfer is a promotion for Mr. Mc.N'amara. and a big one. He was selected out of a large field for the Wichita post because of his success here as assistant manager. News of his appointment dropped on him out of a clear sky October 1. Just who his successor will be here as assistant manager has not been announced. Word is expected from Detroit in a few days. Mr. McNamara had been with the Portland branch of the Ford Motor Company since 1913. He became chief clerk here In that year, when the branch was opened. In honor of Mr. and Mrs. McNamara a dinner was given at the Benson Hotel last Monday night by Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Jones, followed by a theater party at the Orpheura. ' Mr. Jones is Portland manager for the Ford Motor Company. Those who attended were Mr. and Mrs. W. K McNamara, Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Jones, K. L Getz, superintendent, and Mrs. Gets: Thomas J. Johnston, chief clerk, and Mrs. Johnston; Will iam H. Goodwin, wholesale manager, and Mrs. Goodwin. The lilium chaiecedonium is supposed to be the lily indicated in the sixth chapter of Matthew, 28th verse, where it is compared with the gorgeous robes of Solomon, and its color was scarlet or purple. FRANKLIN K. LANE. SECRETARY OF INTERIOR, VIEWS HIGHWAY IN WHITE CAR. rr ' 4" ' K se rfs' x - - 'r-f V v' i t X. - I 1 - p. - - V - J 3 it . : ' i SECRETARY LANE IS THE CENTER M N IS THE REAR SEAT. THE PHOTOGRAPH WAS TAKE IN FRONT OF VISTA HOUSE. Grateful appreciation of a morning spin along the scenic Columbia River Highway in a purring White car was expressed by Secretary of the Interior Lane on his recent visit to Portland in connection with the liberty loan campaign. After a ride out along the highway. Secretary Lane felt greatly refreshed for the hard day's work which was before him. He was the guest of the Portland White dealers on the trip. y(TModel 38 Five-Passenger, 2. cU?fe Sffnnounces 9&zucfan3ardscf9tor QarJieauty Tourina Sedan, f 1833 : krK TwaAnanr Roadcter. $12a Team Car. S2400 NINE superb body styles now clothe the latest Velie Biltwel Series. The famous Velie body builders here record a new achievement. Every motor car enthusiast will appreciate the aristo cratic lines, smart upholstery, choice coach fin ish, and wealth of refinement ir those little de tails which please and satisfy and which experi ence only can produce. Bigger Better More Power, was the" watchword of Velie production just ended. The use of Conti nental Red Seal Motors, Timken Axles and Bear ings, Enclosed Disc Clutch, and innumerable fea tures of equal merit, brought the Velie Six Chassis to a state of mechanical perfection. Now, to all this retained and even bettered, have been added qual ities totally unexpected in cars of such a price. You will find the new models at our salesroom today. See them. Try them. Test their marvelous riding qualities. Experience the exhilaration of excess power and learn for yourself why the new Velie Six marks an epoch in motor car values. Ask for Literature Describing All Models in Detail D. C. Warren Motor Car Co. Oregon and Southern Washington Distributors 58-60 North Twenty-third Phone Main 780 VELIE MOTORS CORPORATION, MOLINE, ILLINOIS Fonr-f ini Coapa, S1S50 Three Pawnees Cahrlolat. S1750 Model 89-SsearfM nrer. 1 SBi?;r DEALERS GET POINTERY I.VDIAN MOTORCYCLES DISCUSSED AT CONVEXTI05T. Factory Representatives Meet Sellers Here From Three States and Talk Over Problems. Forty-eight dealers in Indian motor cycles from the States of Oregon. Washington and Idaho attended a con vention held Tuesday and "Wednesday of last week at the headquarters of Ballou & Wright, distributors of the Indian in that territory. The convention was one of ten like it that the Hendee Manufacturing Company, makers- of Indian motor cycles, are arranging for dealers throughout the United States. George W. Sherman. J. B. McN'aughton and H. S. Barrows, representatives of the fac tory, conducted the convention, which included a programme interesting to every dealer. Also attending the convention were M. E. Toepel, of the Splitdorff Elec trical Co., and K. H. Dresser, of the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. They, with the three Indian factory repre sentatives, are attending all the deal ers' conventions. They are experienced men in their line, and able to give dealers advice and pointers on many problems of their trade. C. V. Wright, of Ballou & Wright, presided at the convention. One of its features was the presentation of a film showing every process in the man ufacture of the Indian motorcycle at the factory. A banquet was held by the dealers In the Chamber of Commerce Tuesday night. They also visited the Columbia River Highway. GASOLINE TEST BEING MADE Driver Trying to Run Briscoe 1300 Miles on 50 Gallons. In an attempt to drive 1S0O miles In a stock Briscoe on 50 gallons of gaso line, or an average of 26 miles to the gallon. Charles F. Hopkins. Jr.. ia now piloting a brand new car over the Dixie Highway toward his home city of St. Augustine, Fla. He expects to hang up an economy record that will stand for a long time. The chief purpose of this test by Mr. Hopkins is to prove that the aver age automobile can be driven on long trips at less expense than railroad travel, more pleasantly and in not much longer time. 3 MAKE TRIP TO LOST LAKE Hood River Men See Hundreds of Waterfowl on Mountain Water. HOOD RIVER. Or.. Oct Z0. (Spe cial.) C. A. Bell. Leslie Butler and Walter McDougal just returned from a trip to Lost Lake, deplore the fact that the beautiful mountain body of water is so inaccessible. The men drove in Mr. Butler's automobile as far as D. I. Stone's ranch on tne headwaters of the West Fork of Hood River. They hiked the eight miles from there to the lake. "It Is beautiful now at the lake," says Mr. Bell. "The frost has painted the foliage of the bushes in many vivid colors. We saw hundreds of water fowl on the surface of the lake." On the return trip the men left the lake at 1 P. M. and arrived in Hood River at 5, a record speed for the 30 mile run. CLEMEXCE GOES TO BILLINGS Northwest Motor Supply Company Takes Well-Known Accessory Man. J. Stanley Clemence, for the past live years city sales manager for Ballou & Wrluht. left PortlRnd Snturday to be- i i m a crnpral IMPTir::r.r for the Northwest Motor supply Company, at Billings, Mont. This firm does a strict ly wholesale business and has three im portant branch houses. Mr. Clemence, who came to Portland seven years ago from Los Angeles to open the branch house here of the, Chanslor & Lyon Company, will have a. stock bonus interest in the company. He is one of the best-known automo bile accessory men on the Coast. We beg to announce the removal of Our Retail Automobile Department to our new show room roadway at Oak The most conveniently located Show Room, we think, in the city of Portland, being but two blocks from Washington street one block from the Im perial Hotel opposite the Benson Hotel five blocks from the Portland Hotel and Postoffice. Here we have seven models of the new Mitchell Six on display and we will welcome your inspec tion of these new models at your earliest con venience Mitchell, Lewis & Staver Co. BROADWAY AT OAK Broadway 515 A 3343
