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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 27, 1918)
TTTE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND, JANUARY 27, 1918. THOSE SMITH BOYS HERE THEY ARE THE SMITH BOYS ON THEIR LOOP-THE-LOOP RACE VIA COBLE AND KALAMA, AND THE PICTURES PROVE IT. S3S3 Road Man for Manley Auto Co. Had Grand Vacation. They Stage Race in Opposite Directions Around Goble Kalama Loop. NEW HUP GIVEN HARD TEST He Took New Comfort Car With Him BUICK CAR AGAINST BUICK and Tried to Break It, but It Proved Bungle-Proof and Is 'ow In Perfect Condition. 10 ROY WILSON HOI PUTOVERGOODON P :-l :. - : , ; is!'"".!, IX! George W. Dean Responsible for 3Iadhoue Karlnjr Idea That Ha SalrMnen Manning In Circle for Glory. HT LAIR If. GREGORY". Frank V tmlth. former carpet buyer for J a. Mack Co.. sella Bulck cara for the Howard Auto Company. And bow that lad dues hate bia driving;! l. Montgomery Smith no relatlvi also Hunk nalesman for the Howard Auto Company, whose years of car telling experience number 14. likewise bates himself bitterly for the way be can drive. And thereon hangs the yarn no bout to be spun of the two confident salesmen, each driving a Bulck and battns himself for the easy nonchal ance with which he doea It. a clash. challrnice, an appeal to Manager Ueorce V. Ivan to settle the ruction, a proposal. Its acceptance and the mad dash those Smith boys made In oppo site directions last Sunday around the Portland-Kalama-Goble-I'ort land loop to settle the question of driving su premacy. They were rolng over the prospect lists at the office the other morning-, making ready, for a busy day. when Frank v. Smith chanced to remark that while be wasn't strong: on tbis driving through traffic In town, when It came to country driving; be was there, boys, be was there. Hew They Talk. "Oh. yea." retorted D. Montgomery Finlth. "for an ex-carpet buyer you drive very well" or words to that effect. "I can drive past yon on any road, for all your 14 years' experience," napped back Frank V. Smith or words to that effect. "What!" said D. Montgomery Smith, Jumping to his feet. "Yea. what:" said Frank V. Smith. Jumping; to his feet. too. Hostilities were averted, for Man surer Dean came In Just then. They put It squarely up to him to say which was the better driver. He side-stepped very neatly, did Mr. Dean. "Boys." he said. "If you really want to settle this, let s settle It right." And then be outlined a little plan. "Next Sunday morning." be explained, "each of you will be here with your car and one observer. You will start from In front of this office promptly at o clock. "One of yoo will drive first to Kalama, Vash cross the ferry to noble, and return that way to Fort land. The other will drive first to Lioble. cross the ferry to Kalama. and return that way to Portland. Your speed limit will be 35 miles an hour 1 don't want to be paying any fines and the first one In wins. Doea It go?" Ah, the Rae la Oa! It "did. It went big. And so It hap pened that promptly at 9 o'clock last Funday mornina-. Frank V. Smith In his Bulck. with Edward V. Knox, another Bulck salesman, aa his observer, set out from the bulck q teenth and Couch st And D. Montgomery also with a competent observer, set out In his Bulck for Kalama. via Van couver. Wash. This race will never go down on the books, but It was a grand little con test for all that. Frank V. Smith, bounding along the smooth road on the Oregon side, reached Uoble In exactly 1 hour and 37 minutes. While D. Mont gomery Smith was still struggling through mud on the Washington road, bis rival signaled Captain lloven. the Goble ferryman, crossed the Columbia, and at 11:19 was leaving Kalama on bis return via Vancouver. He and his observer watched for D. Montgomery Smith over the whole way back. Tbey recognised the tracks of Smith's car when they were a few miles thla side of Kalama. but to their great bewilderment, they did not meet htm. Leaving him and his observer to their bewilderment, follow for a moment D. Montgomery Smith as he plunges on his way through the sticky mud of the I'aclflc Highway. Mad Cut StaasB Balek. He found the going fine up to the point where signs directed him to take the detour road to La Center. He put on his chains there, and though the mud was deep, the Bulck waded right through it on high. No trouble at all for that sturdy car. Along about Martin's Bluff. D. Mont gomery Smith began to watch for Frank V. Smith and his observer, for he had figured thai they would make good time on the Goble run. beat him to the ferry, and pass him a few mllesH out of Kalama. His own turn to make peed would come after he left Goble. To their deep bewilderment and per plexity. IX Montgomery Smith and his observer saw and recognised a few miles out of Kalama the tracks of the other csr. But they did not pass it. D. Montgomery Smith reached Kalama In 1 hour 53 minutes, which is good, fast time for the road conditions. crossed the ferry with Captain Hoven and was back at Buick headquarters again at i:av snarn. He found awaiting him there Frank V. Smith and his observer, who smil ingly swore they had arrived at 1:11, nine minutes earlier, or 4 hours 11 min utes for the round trip, to 4 hours 20 minutes for D. Montgomery Smith. Paaaed the Switch. There was honor enough for both of them In that showing and they shook hands on It- vt hereupon, being ques tloned. wank V. Smith admitted that be mlcLt have exceeded the 33-mile peed limit "Just a trifle, perhaps." dur ing moments of excited conjecture over what had become of D. Montgomery fcmltn. But a Bulck won. In any event. Incidentally, they found they had passed within a couple of hundred feet of each other on the one point on the round trip of 14.1 miles they could have done the trick. Just the other side of Msrtin's Bluff the Pacific Highway forks In a kind of switch formation for 30-) or 400 yards. D. Montgomery Smith took the right hand aiding at one end Just as Frank V. Smith waa taking the right-hand siding at the other end. And tbey passed eacb other on the switch. : I - r S w ...... T f ii i - i v ? J - I I -T-. - : ee In? "rrtf hit II - I M 9 M .. . -W-- r A w - pjj,- W..S ... t v - SJJ i I -v.i' -4 t ft i , H I WWW awawssjsjsjsaWMj 1-1 S l ' e IVr -vi -1 1 I I III. i I Jr l:'.5,Tl.f. Ll k I '111 I ill' : i ... i :tt -?"' i ll t' -i S',- 1 . i i "1 -"111 V ( y y 1 Freak V. nlh (Left) aad D. Meat goaaery Smith. Shaking Hands About It VI hea They ; Rack hlch Prevee They Did .et Hark. ! Frank V. Smith and Ills Bnlek the tioble Rend Which Proven He Really Waa on Thnt Kond. 3 1. Montgomery Smith nnd Ilia llulck on Captain lloven'a Ferry at Ooble V hlch Preven He K eally W aa en the Ferry. 1511 NEW SHOW SCHEME Roy Hemphill Would Make . Year-Round Affair. It EDUCATE PEOPLE, HE SAYS that every man, woman and child, you might say, receives some benefit. METAL SAW HAXDV TOOL, Chalmers and Hal Twelve Distrib utor Ik-Ilevcs Too Little Is Known bj Public About Im portance of Auto Industry. Storing Tire. If you store your car for the Winter, taking rare of the tires will pay big dividends. Ttres do not deteriorate with age If kept In a cool, dry place and protected from the livht- The car should be raised on blocks so that no weight rests on the tires. The old air should be let out of the tire and Just enough fresh air pumped In to round them out. Then cover them with cloth or paper to protect them from the light. BT ROT HEMPHILL Manager Western Motor Sales Com pany.' My suggestion for the Ideal motor car show Is one which would run with out Intermission from January 1 to December 31. There would be an en trance on the Atlantic Coast and an exit on the Pacific and a continuous performance would be conducted through the medium of the press by the automobile manufacturers. In place of the "latest thing" In sport or other models, there would be a com plete and elaborate exposition of what the automobile industry means to the country at large and is doing every day. Only through an earnest and tire less campaign can the-Industry secure the prestige and patriotic support which It deserves. In other words, the automobile in dustry should be "sold" to the Amer ican public The word "sell" can bave but one meaning. I do not mean the financial sales of any- particular one of the S50 manufacturers or truck builders, but simply establishing In the minds of the public the value of this unappreciated and comparatively un known Industry. It Is common knowl edge, even to the boy In the grammar school, that the railroads are our lead ing and greatest Industry. But many, even college men. do not know that the automobile Industry Is the third in rank. This means that In one-fifth of the time that the railroads have been climbing In Importance the automobile has outsrtlpped every other Industry save steel and the railroads.. It has become the bread and butter of 4.000.- 000 men. women and children, directly dependent on Its wages. Include the plants of sccessory makers and other lines dependent on the motor industry, and in round numbers there are 5.000. 000 people who obtain their livelihood from the automobile Industry. The wages paid to the automobile and allied Industries total t74S.OOO.000 per year. This Includes SS0 automobile factories, 1080 accessory plants, 2800 distributors. 15.000 dealers and 13.500 garages. But wages Is not the only proof. The materials built Into motor cars come from every section of the country and In the aggregate total annually hundreds of millions. For rubber alone $500,000,000 Is spent each year. These and other figures which might be quoted are sufficient to awaken an appreciation of the Intrinsic value of the automobile Industry. With machines distributed Into every nook and corner of the country, a large share Is distributed through tbe tbousands of dealers, so But Care Should Be Taken in Saw ing as Blades Arc Very Brittle. The metal saw is a mighty handy garage tool, but there are certain things to remember In its use. The steel blades are brittle and easily brok en unless the sawing operation is prop erly carried out. For iron and steel, fine-toothed blades should be used, while for brass and soft metal, coarser ones are advisable. Before sawing make a true circumferential line around the tube, where the cut is desired. Then by turning the tub around a little be tween each cut, the operation will be straight and true. Incidentally, broken saw blades are useful for various small repairs. Board man School to Cost $9000. BOARDMAX, Or.. Jan. 26. (Special.) The new schoolhouse at Boardman Is now well under . construction. It will cost about $9000 and Is built of con crete. The architecture Is so arranged as to provide for additional wings without marring the symmetry, when ever the other schoolrooms are needed. The district Is about etcht miles long and three miles wide and the town is centrally located. One year ago there were nine children and one teacher in the djstrict. Now there are three teach ers auJ 80 pupils. Roy Wilson, himself, is back home again from a long vacation In Southern California, full of pep and new ideas to put into his work as territory man for the Manley Auto Co., Oregon dis tributors for the Hupmobile, the Grant Six. and the National Highway car. He was gone six week and had the very time of his life, lire says so.. In deed, he was away so long that some folks got the idea the Southern Call fornia climate had won a convert an that he wouldn't be back at all. There never was a chance for that, he says. When he left Portland. December IS Wilson took with him a brand hew Series R Hupmobile that had not been run a mile. He shipped it to San Fran Cisco, and then spent the rest of his six weeks trying to break It. Well, he tried Just about every way in the book to bunsrle un that ca ! somewhere and somehow. But it wouldn't bungle. It proved absolutely bungle-proof. . But seldom does a car have such a run for the money. When It was shipped back to Port land this week. Its speedometer-showed that Wilson had run it 2484 miles in his combination testing-touring operations. Yet It ran as sweetly as a car could run; in fact, was in perfect condition. Just to see what the new Hupmobil motor, for which so much has been claimed, would do, Wilson tried it ou for 2000 of the 2484 miles on straight distillate. Tbe test was entirely sat isfactory. It did just as well on dis tulate as on gasoline. During his stay in California, Wilson motored from San Francisco to Los Angeles, San Diego and the California border line just opposite Tia Juana Mex. Then he motored back to San Francisco, doing a little exploring meanwhile on the side roads. He is warm in his praise of the California highways. While in San Francisco, A. B. Manley, president or the A. B. Manley Auto Co. arrived, also on vacation. This was the night before New Year's. While Wil son drove to Los Angeles, Mr. Manley took in the New Year's celebration in San Francisco, then took the train to los Angeles and met Wilson there, and accompanied him on a run to San Diego anu oacK. James Randall, also of the Manley Auto Co., and also on vacation their vacations seem to run in crowds like wise accompanied Wilson on part of his louring in southern California. One point which Roy Wilson empha sises in his account of his trip is the rine treatment he received from the California Automobile Association.- At tne orrice in San Francisco, the secre tary, Mr. Grant, supplied him not only wnn maps, put with complete road aaia. telling what roads were paved, wnai were not, ana everything else motorist from another state would want to know. And the best of it was inai me inrormatton proved absolutely accurate. Roy is now a great admirer oi -nr. uranu New Car Owners in County. DODGE DELIVERY HERE H. M. COVEY RECEIVES FIRST OF NEW COMMERCIAL. CARS. Practical and Substantial Light Vehicle Makes Great Hit In the Light Delivery Field. The first of the new Dodge commer cial cars was received last week by the H. M. Covey Motor Car Company. This Is virtually a duplicate of the car that Dodge Brothers have been delivering to the Government in large quantities for several months past, but which they have only Just placed on the commer cial car market. The new Dodge commercial car Is of -ton capacity. It Is a practical, sub stantial, fine-appearing vehicle. The specifications are similar to those of the Dodge standard touring car, except for such details as over-size tires, heavier springs, steering post set at higher angle and gasoline tank under the driver's seat. The mechanical features of the Dodge touring car chassis have made such a strong appeal to firms desiring a sub stantial light delivery vehicle that many of the chasses have been bought separately ana equipped with delivery bodies. To fill the demand for a factory-built commercial car on the Dodge chassis. Dodge Brothers have now turned out the new commercial car, which the H. M. Covey Motor Car Com pany will handle In this territory. The body of the commercial car Is of pressed steel, with a black enamel finish similar to the finish of the stand ard touring car. For enclosure of the car there is a set of substantial oiled duck curtains for both sides and rear of the driver's seat, as well as for the sides and rear of the body. The driver's seat and back are upholstered In gen uine leather. The wire screens of the body are rerr - -Kle. iuiuir ponce licenses were issued In Portland last week to the following buyers of latest model motor cars, pending arrival of the official state licenses from Salem. The list is compiled by M. O. Wilkins, publisher of tne AutomoDUe Record: F. J. Currlgan. Lents. Ford. Gustav Walstrom. 4K5 ni,wn . . Ford. t E. Stroud. 80S South SMiuin .... J. C. Russell. Linnton. Ford. " ' j u. rieiainK. an Cleveland ,-.n,.. Ford. Mrs. C. O. Mounce. 483S Slxtv-fmirth Southeast, Ford. Dwlsht Edwards Company. 84 North Front aireei, r ora. united Htates Rubber Company, 24-26 wm r inn street. J-ord. A. L. Pellan. 229 PJne street. Liberty. Charles Lerner, 149 Front street, Chev- F. B. Ley. 814 Grand avenue North. Ford. H. S. McCracken. Hlukn-Mr-kaii r-nmnan Dodge. " Mary C. Wood, 603 Holly street. Peerless. Fred Smith. Troutdale. Bulck. D. Marlmoto, 807 Everett street. Ford. A N. Lesure. US East Twenty-first street. Oldsmobile. Mrs. R. W. Davis. 4127 Fifty-seventh ave nue Southeast, Chevrolet. George Schaefer. 40 Stanton street. Ford. Max Bramberser, 456 Sherlock building. Overland. Mary B. Larrabee, C55 Hawthorne avenue, Dodge. S. M. Mears, 4B4 Northrup street. Veils. A. E. Clark. 1208 Northwest Bank build ing. Ford. . W. A. Norby, 239 East Forty-eighth street. Ford. American Tire & Rubber Company, 74 Broadway, Ford. Mrs. L. S. Alexander, 749 Overton street. Ford. Carl L. Ceorge. 25S First street. Ford. John P. Nelson, Columbia Contract Com pany, Ford. A. C. Smith, 205 North Edison street, Chevrolet. G. N. Smith. 121 North Third street. Chev rolet. G. N. 8mlth, 121 North Third street. Chev rolet. Floyd P. Brewer, 145 Sixth street. Dodge. P. Negard, 1711 Brandon street. Ford. Merrill F. Parker. 261 East Third street North. Buick. Dooley A Co.. 812 Board of Trade build ing, Buick. S. Shirley. 181 East Seventeenth street. Chalmers. H. H. Schlelger. Portland. Ford. I O. C. Kadolph. 1138 Woodward avenue. Ford. Oscar Holmes, 1235 Delaware avenue. Ford. William F. Kell. Portland, Ford. Standard Oil Company, Uresham. Ford. Mrs. Neta von Klein. 6(16 East Fifty- fourth street North, Oakland. National Laundry Company, East Eighth and East Clay, Ford. Gel man & Bader, Front and Gibbs streets. Ford. H. M. Shepard. 60 North Broadway. Ford. William J. Sovers, 6029 Eighty-sixth street Southeast. Ford. Coast Steel 4: Machine Company, B0 First street, Oldsmobile, Dr. M- Basalllan, Corbett building, Olds mobile, J. -F. Brandt, Tlgard. Or., Chevrolet. W. L. Thomas. 106 Cook avenue. Ford. F. A. Ellis, Portland Transfer Company, Ford. Alblna Fuel Company, 61 Broadway, Ford truck. W. C Lawrence, 80-36 First street. Frank lin. George W. Lawrence, 80-86 First street. Franklin, O. J. Boyd. Edel Brau Hotel, Ford. Roy O. Vincent, 1037 East Sixteenth street North. Ford. M. B. Carter. 1136 East Thirtieth street North. Overland. G. N. Smith. 121 North Third street. Ford. Wells-Fargo Confpany. 81 Sixth street, Moreland truck. M. L. Sill. Associated OU Company. Hup mobile, Mrs. Marcla Pike, Beaverton, Or., Oak land. Merrill F. Parker, 261 Third street. Ford delivery. D. K. Wood. 1808 Hamlin street. Ford. Covey Motor Car Company, Twenty-first and Washington, Dodge. T. J. Munkers. 600 Thompson street. Dodge. Mrs. Max Daua. S85 Lovejoy street. Bulck. Dr. W. A. Wise, Tillamook. Or., Ford. J. W. 8ttit-r"l. ''I Hrnlmy. Chandler. THERE IS ALMOST NO "UNBURNED GAS" THAT COMES OUT OF THE EXHAUST OF THIS GREAT CHALMERS ENGINE "Unburned gas" is waste. It means power that was never-put to use. , And any engine that throws out any quantity of "unburn ed gas" through its exhaust is hardly an efficient engine any more than a man who wastes much of his time is on the job. Results show that there is almost no "unburned gas" from a current Chalmers engine. Largely because of two important engineering feats : the "hot spot" and the ram's horn" manifold. One breaks up, cracks up into infinitesimal molecules the raw gas and then warms it up like toast. The other speeds the gas thus conditioned on its way to the combus tion chambers simplifies a formerly more or less involved procedure. So that the jiffy a spark plug touches off the gas there is 100?b, or very close thereto, results. All the kick that's in the gas comes out in power not in the exhaust pipe. And that power is harnessed so wonder fully in. this great Chalmers engine that your foot can tease it up or lull it down with a response, once you have called upon it, you will never forget. TOURING CAR. 7-PASSENGER $1535 TOURING SEDAN - - $! TOWN CAR LANDAULET t3V TOURING CAR. S-PASSENGER S14U CABRIOLET 3-PASSENGER - 81775 LIMOUSINE, 7-PASSENGER . $291 STANDARD ROADSTER - $1485 TOWN CAR. 7-PASSENGER $J925 LIMOUSINE LANDAULET - JUf . ALL PRICES F. O. B. DETROIT SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE Some good territory open for live dealers. Write or wire. Western Motor Car Sales Co. Distributers BROADWAY AT BURNSIDE Jam, McXauRhton, Pres. J. A. Dougherty, Sec-Treas. Roy Hemphill, Gen'l Manager. I III Will H"l I I I II 1 II aMJLMlIUIWM ha George H. Crawford 1433 East Nineteenth street. Overland. . Bell & Co.. 114 Washington street. Ford. O. B. Snider. 41'9 Hawthorne avenue. Ford. HOT-SPOT" SELLS CHALMERS Bayer Knew What He Wanted and Wasted No Time Getting It. J. A. Daugherty. secretary-treasurer of the Western Motor Car Sales Com pany, distributors of the Chalmers and 1 the hands of one of his friends, and the Hal 12, who has lately entered the automobile business in an active capac ity was surprised the other day to see a stranger walk Into the salesroom at Broadway and Burnside and in less than 10 minutes walk out the owner of a new Chalmers car. The man need nrvinr to sisrn the contract for the machine, for he had sold himself Dougherty said. Detore ne came m. He had read about the famous Chal mers' "Hot-Spot" motor, had watched the performance of one of the cars in that said. was enough to satisfy him, Metal Rubbing. Wherever there is metal rubbingf against metal wear Is bound to take place, and much of this can be lessened hv a Judicious use of the oil can. REPUBLIC TRUCK iliiiiiiiii'ilili II ':ii'!H ! Kii'l.li i ' liil'ten "An Honest Truck at an Honest Price." 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