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STOLEN
ENCLOSED CARS GAIN IN POPULARITY THIS RAINY WEATHER.
HEREIN
ONE YEAR
Of 474 Recovered, Many Are
Badly Damaged, While 52
Have Not Been Found.
TIIE SUNDAY OREGOXTAX, rORTLAXD, JANUARY 20, 1918.
GARS
THIEVES HOLD MERRY SWAY
'-peclal Committee of Dealers As- I
violation Decides to Have Own
Attorney Prosecute All Case
Involving Tbeft of Autos.
BT LAIR H. CREGOHT.
Stealing of automobiles has become
far mora serious matter In Portland
than motorist realize. What Is more.
the situation Is becoming worse Instead
or better.
The Portland police records show
that a total of S: automobiles were
stolen In Portland for tha year end
Ins; December SL At a conservative
estimate of $750 as tha value of each
car. the thieves sot automobiles worth
13,4.509 in a single year, which is
average of J3S.S7S per month.
True enough, many of these cars
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MRS. ADOLPH OLSOX, Of 8S3 WOODWORTH AVESfE, AM) ITER NEW OAKLAND SEJVSIBLE BIX FOCR-PAS-
8E.GER COLTE
Clatsop Begins Programme for
Better Highways.
18 MILES ARE NOW PAVED
were recovered later. But If thieves nnin ftf I HT III nP
were to get away, even temporarily, lillflll L I A U I MAUL
with any other property at tha rate 11 1 IU I I H I U H I If I U I 1 1
of $J2.7$ per month. 13M.S00 per year. IIUllLI U I ill I I lllllUL
in a city the size of rortlana. such an
uproar would arise that a few dead
thieves would most certainly clutter
up tha landscape unless the situation
were met promptly. Tet motor car
owners whose cars are recovered by
tba police generally hesitate to prose
cute U aa arrest baa been, made, tha
courts are lenient and tha thief roes
anorrily back to his work.
retle De TheH- Bit. BB
Of the ill atolea automobiles tn JUT.
the Portland police recovered 474. De
spite this very creditable showing;, tha
net total of automobile thieves residlnr
In the state penitentiary aa a result
thereof la little . greater. If any. than
before.
In most eases the stolen autos are
Joy-rtddea by the thieves until the
gasoline runs out. or the car la
wrecked, whereupon they desert It.
Somebody reporta the car to the police.
who restore It to the owner. But In
quite a number of casea the police have
made arrests and have obtained strong
Kit .imn.t th. ls ASTORIA. Or, Jan. 1 (Special.)
tory owner thanks police glowingly I Clatsop County Is steadily progressing
for recovering his car. but prefera not I in highway Improvement. Before many
to prosecute; or. If he does, youth of I mor- years there will not be a section
prisoner or some other extenuating I , ,K ,,, . r.Traed bv
circumstance moves court to pity and . rook(,rf or h,rd-surfaced road that
the rejoicing thief goes out to .steal I v.. ....i.h . .11 ....ans of tha
another car.
Ntur:iy. tha police have a fine, en- ' . h.. mll.a of
h...i...i ... . . i. i K-f- ' - - -
Of 263 Sllles of Road In County 1S8
3IIlea Are of Plain Dirt, While
134 nave Plank. Gravel
or Hard 6nrface.
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" plain dirt. 71 miles are macadamised,
mobile thief. planked. II ara hard sur-
nr.Tthe'Vo'weVt lrM -
been recovered. They are probably a r .K ,fcI. ,h . hlrvWI,
total loss to their owners.
. .J . " ' J J I dllurfs. In the past four, years ap
Tn innmAl!iti
mprovament baa requirea Dig expen
were In a aad state of wreck. Several
had been smashed In collisions. Some
had been run into telegraph poles and
badly damaged. It was a mighty
lucky owner who didn't have some
proximately $1,110,000 has been spent
by taxpayers of Clatsop County In Im
proving public roads and construction
of bridges. Most of this money baa
been devoted toward tha building of
four main arteries leading from As-
wtd o:.?ed.biU 10 P7 Whn b" anTtaVplngVa-Veveral' section.
The situation has become so serious . , ... -
, r- ... . I These main thoroughfares lead from
tion of Oregon ha. appointed a vlgl- AJor' to tPor,.
lance committee of three members to nd of tha county, along Clatsop plains
take steps to reduce automobile steal- Seaside and thence to the Tillamook
fng and to bring swift Ju.tic, to the County line; up the Wis and Clark
thleveai river to tha extensive dairy districts
Tha committee Is composed of Law- of that section along Young's Hlver
renc. E. Therkelsen. of tha Braly Olney and the rich and fertile Ne-
Auto Company, chairman: Isaac Brunn. ' v1Ie ln oulheastern part
of the Bruno Motor Car Company, and J" . . .
A. H. Knaua. of the Twin Statea Auto- Ot tha 11.110.001 spent oa roads
mobile Company. Following a confer- out 2S0 "04..,T" ,n tn' ium'
ence with Chief of Police Johnson and of 117. $100 000 being raised by
t.,Kii- c. - i-irt I special taxation in ins sever! ran
who promised their fullest co-opera- dlatrlcta. while $115,000 was appropri
tlon, the committee held a meeting
Friday, at which It decided that one
of the first things to be done Is to
see that every thief captured Is vig
orously prosecuted.
Piaeetatl to Be Tlaeieaa,
ated from the general fund for road
work and $35,000 for. the construction
of bridges. The principal Individual
Improvements undertaken or com
pleted in tha past Summer were the
bardsurfaclng of a mile of road at
Warrenton and a long stretch on the
To this end it haa announced that It. i. .h ri.rv Mrhnv
thereafter the Dealers Motor Car Aaso- , daltlon to this the State Hlgh-
ciation will have Its own lawyer pros- wmy Commission has undertaken the
. cute ail persona arrested by tha police hardsurfaclng of the Columbia River
on the charge of automobile stealing. Highway from Astoria to Svensen
The committee haa no dealra to convict tn. rocking of that highway the
Innocent persons, but it feels that the rt f the way to Westport, con-
snost vigorous action Is necesaary. tracts that entail the axpendlture of
Frank E. Watkina, president of the approximately $150,000.
Oregon State Motor Association, haa Notwithstanding tha amounts spent
announced that that organisation will tn tne pt fouP years for highway
co-operata to the fulleat extent In the improvements, the work is to be con
campaign to curb and punish tha auto- unued energetically tha coming sea
mobile thieves. son. Already the three road districts
In the last two or three weeks auto- lying outside the Incorporated cities
mobile thieves have become singularly ,nd towns have levied special taxes to
bold. One automobile firm alone has raise $7.80O, tha city ot Astoria Is to
reported that nine cars belonging to its raise $15,000. Warrenton haa voted to
customers were stolen a week ago. All raise 120.5000 to hardsurfare Ita hlrh-
these cars wars eventually recovered, way. Hammond will raise $2150 to Im
prove the road leading to Fort Ste
vens, while Seaside has voted $2300 to
be used In bettering Its public high
ware. This makea a total of $127,750
as the contribution of the several road
districts, and the county is expected
to appropriate fully
but one had been ron Into a curb by the
thieves, upset and totally wrecked.
Another automobile firm reported
that II of Ita owners cars were stolen
la two weeks. Hardly an agency in
tha city has not had .a similar experience.
from the general fund to carry on the
Improvement projects.
To assist In the highway campaign
the county, in addition to its road
building machinery, haa seven rock
crushing plants. The largest of these
Is at Tongue Point and runs practi
cally tha entire year, preparing mate
rial for use In the sections of the
county which can be reached by
barges loaded with tha crushed rock.
The others are portable plants and are
shifted from one location to another.
Clatsop County Is heavily timbered
aad at beat tha building of highways
la difficult, while It Is traversed by
several large streams that require the
building of numerous bridges.
SIAXWEXIi MAKES GREAT RTJX
Loaded Truck Runs 187 Miles
Through Snow In 15 Honrs.
At practically every military can
tonment in tha United States will be
found sturdy Maxwell trucks doing
their pit to provide food and other
supplies for the soldier boys and aa a
transport for the men to and from
polnta away from the camps.
One of the most notable achieve
ments of the Maxwell truck occurred In
Ohio recently a. J the record was so
Impressive to W. E. Griffith, a friend
of C Ik Boss, Portland Maxwell dealer,
that It moved him to wire tha folow
Ing message:
Camp Sherman, Ohio Maxwell
truck. Camp Sherman special, arrived
here last night, breaking road through
bad anow drlfta for full distance from
Toledo. 117 miles. Running time, 15
hours; carried 2900 pounds suplles for
Toledo men. Moat wonderful test of
motor efficiency the writer has ever
seen. W. K. GRIFFITH."
The forcible note which It strikes Is
LEXIXCTOV CAR IS WEDDING
AKMVER9ART GIFT TO
MRS. K, F. liAYDEN.
There Is one woman In this
town who will never say that
her husband did not remember
their wedding anniversary when
tha day cam around. Mr. and
Mra. R. F. Hayden, of Flan
ders street, celebrated their lith
wedding anniversary last week.
As a gift to his wife. Mr. Hay
den gave her a fine new five
passenger Lexington touring car,
purchased from tha Brunn Motor
Car Company.
LEHZ IS 010
OFFICIAL APPROVAL GrV'EX
FOUR COAST CITIES.
the fact that the truck was on one of
Ita regular dally trips and was not
staged for a special run for publicity
purposes. .
ADVERTISING AIDS CAR SALES
Stuts Dealer Gets Many Inquiries
and Two Sales From Publicity."
C T. McPhalL manager of the Auto-
rest Garage. Oregon distributor for the
Stuts car, la a strong believer In the
benefits of newspaper automobile ad
vertising. As the direct result or his
announcement advertisement on the ar
rival of The Stuts In Portland he has
lready sold two carsv haa signed con
tracts with a couple of dealers, and
ad had manv Inquiries. He could have
closed other sales if he had been able
to obtain the cars.
Only two Stuts cars arrrved in tne
drst shipment. One Mr. McPhall used
s a demonstrator and tne otner, a lour-
passenger model, he sold immediately
to W. Bulst. of Irvington. He nas aleo
sold one pf the bearcat models to C. W.
Byers, of Pendleton, to be delivered as
soon as an expected shipment arrives
in the next few days. Mr. McPhall has
received inquiries from all parts of the
state about the Stuts. and haa a lot of
Ita Diffused Lhxat Meets All Demands
Portland, Seattle, faa Francises
aad Oakland All Indorse It.
That the Warner-Lens claim of "legal
everywhere" Is true. Is proved con
cluslvely by the recent findings
Seattle, . Portland, San Francisco and
Oakland.
The Warner-Lens compiles with the
"no-glare" headlight laws everywhere
In the United States and Canada. This
Is an Important point for tourists. Som
other types are legal at one point, but
when touring a motorist finds trouble
outside his own territory. .
The Warner-Lens Is based upon th
principle of light diffusion. It consists
of 176 lenses In one, scientifically
staggered. The diffused light abso
lately eliminates glare. There Is no
direct beam at any angle or height.
Due to thla fact, the provision of the
headlight laws, holding tha light down
below a 42-lnch line, doea not apply to
Warner-Lens, therefore It lights th
road and the roadsides as well. Also
the upgrades, the downgrades and th
turns.
Other devices and lenses meet the
law under certain conditions, but
Warner-Lens are legal no matter what
conditions apply. With other devices if
the lens turns in the lamp rims, as all
lenses will, or if the bulb is slightly
out of focus, the light either glares, o
la reduced to such an extent that
does not illuminate the road. Also
alight roughness in the road will cause
held-down light to dance and raise
above the 42-lnch limit.
The soft, diffused light of Warner
Lens Is ideal for use at any time, and
under any conditions. It requires no
after attention or care. Once installed
It may be forgotten and depended upon
to operate perfectly.
The most significant fact about
arner-Lenz la that more cara are now
equipped with this lens than with any
other kind. In addition to this fact, 2
motor car manufacturers have adopted
It as standard equipment on all new
cara Warner-Lens is unique in this
respect, as no other lens has received
so widespread an Indorsement. Not
more than two or three cara have
adopted all other types combined (and
there are more than 100 on the market)
aa compared with 23 manufacturers
using Warner-Lens alone.
It
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and spark points properly adjusted.
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