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FRED VOGLER BAG
New York Automobile Show
Great Success, He Says.
TIIE SUNDAY OUECOMAX, TOKTLAXD, FEURUATIY 3. 1018.
CAR CHANGES NOT RADICA
idrnt of Northsir-M Auto Com
panr f ind Outstanding feature
of This Vrar'i Xrw MoaVIa Is
Their AU'lrJ Srrflcrablllt j.
Fr4 W. Vatlrr. pridcnt of ths
Northwest Auto Company, cam bom
last week from a month's Tlslt In t
Ka-it. during- which ha attended the
Now Tork Automobile Chow. lie say
that aho sr u a remarkable sorres
In erery way. and a -reat thin for th
aotomoblle industry.
"it demonstrated to many unthin
trg persons, for on thine the rast
tnportanr of the aa'omobtle Industry
as a r-tlm National asset." laid
Mr. Vocler. "and It rare those, In t
Industry themsettea nrw roursve an
renewed optlml.-m.
4o far iji change In rgm were con
cerned. nothing; very surprising;
shown, mji Mr. Vos;ler. Chanres I
d e : (rn wrr fear and mostly unlmpo
tant. They constated principally of
sllfrrt modifications In body line, but
with last year's chassis unmodified.
Generally speaklnc. many of the cars
are alone lower. Aside from the
points Mr. Vos:ler noted no marked
differences In design from the 1
models.
On the ether hand be a Trry much
Impressed by what be termed the
"sanity' of the show. That Is. It was
entirely free. Ju..t as the eomtnaT Porv
land Automobile Show will be. from
freak models. There was an absence
of features appeaiinc to th mere!
luxurious.
Caawlla Mllewae laereaaea.
And In line with the trend to sanlt
there were many Improvements de
a&jrned to vtve rreater ?aottn and
tire efflcienrr. and seaerally to In
crease the serviceability of cars. Near-'
ly every manufacturer raJleel attention
to some device for superheating the
manifold to break up the low-grade
aasollne now la u and le In
creased arasoltn mlleace.
Attendance at the show was t re
saendous. and visitors came to It from
all parts of the country. On the fire
three deis of the show attendance was
merely ordinary, but on the final three
days, say II' Voaiter. the h"ow paiac
was so vrowded with people that on
coM hardly t around.
With on exception, the new "Utt!
Overland."" which was shown In public
at th New Tork show for the first
time. Mr. Voeler say that there
no new car model of outstanding Im
variance. In this respect the show
differed rreatly from Its predecess
for asoally there are two or three new
models that dominate the show. Tn
eSDlenatlon. Mr. Vocler says, lies
the fact that manufacturers have bee
devotms? their enerffles to adding t
the serviceability of their present mod
els. leaving aew tfesisns until site
th war.
Hotel aii mn-i p.
"It le literally a fart." said Mr. Vi
imr. "that the automobile show Is the
one bis; show event each year In New
York that exceeds every other snow I
Interest. That was emphatically th
rase this year. It seems atrana tha
... show could fill up New York 111
to overflowing, and yet It Is also the
fact that the automobile snow am tna
war thin.
-I have ood reason to know that
he hotel, were so filled that It was
net to impossible to obtain ac core mo
datlons. Hvery available room na
aee taken for automobile show wee
- was fortunate In belns; abl to ret
a room In the Astor Hotel for th first
two dsrs of the show. It naa oeen re
served by a friend of mine with on
of the bis; automobile factories, and
ka lei me hav It tboee two aays o
cauae he was coins to be out of the
citv. A hen he returned I bad to let
..m have the room aaTain.
-Well. I went arroe the street to the
Knickerbocker Hotel ami ashed for
actommodations. The vlerk said be
f i me un In the ballroom.
-I suppose I will ha It to mysrlfr"
I merited
-.. will hav It with 7 to 1
hee men on cots." replied th clerk
There I absolutely nothing else I can
civs you To share my room wnn
to I'" others didn't appeal to me very
sironely. so I rn-cas-ed a tamtcab aod
made the n in.ls r all tpe nois.
Me t'laally . Ml Rooea.
"Well. sir. we went from the Astor.
m ".rtv-fourth street, clear up to
One Hundredth street. Inquiring
every place, and there wa not a room
to be h-td- They all said that every-
thins hjd been taken durtnc the auto
mobile show. Finally. In desperation,
I vat about to s:o back on the chanc
of looklnit up some friends when the
tanrab driver said w "uld try one
more rtlsce.
- hen I asked the usual question,
without any rxpcc!attn of cettins;
what I wanted, the clerk said: 'A room
Why I wouldn't know what a vacant
room looks like? There Is only one
room In this whole hotel that Is not
rull. and that has been encaced by the
week br one of the bis automobile
companlea
-'What company Is thatT 1 Inquired
He replied that It was th Rco. Well.-
said. "I am a representative of th
Rco Company. The clerk asked me for
mv card, looked m over two or three
times, said I seemed to look all rleht
and that he sruessed I was all rlfiht.
and save me that room.
-When I once But Inside It I locked
the door and I wouldn't open It asain
la let so much as a bellboy com In.
I wasn't coinc to take any chance In
the world of loslnc that one vacant
room In all New Tork. And I didn t.
kept It for the rest of th automobile
snow I was luckv. There were liter
ally hundreds of visitors to the show
who bad to walk the streets
Mr Verier ram back more firmly
convinced than ever that there la cer
tain to d an automobile shortage, and
that ro-rtland dealers will sell every
rsr they can ret. and then hav waiting
lieta
F.W COMPNY KXTrmS I1F.LD
Hood River Mrn Orjrant Snow.
Fordcn .Motor Corporation.
1 1 -!- P.IVER. Or. rb : Spe
i tl. V With the hectnnins: of the year
a new motor concern enters the Hood
River field. W. ... :now. who for the
last IS year has conducted a local
machine shop, associated with J. R.
Korden. a former spray manufacturer,
and 0. V IHck. a mechanic In the em
ploy of Mr Jtnow for years, has organ,
lee) the Snow-forden Motor Company.
Incorporated.
The new concern has just purchased
from J K. Volenrff and Charles Tucker
th Cascade Harare, which will be ope
ra led in conjunction with th machine
shop.
In addition to maintaining all the
machine shop department, the new
acern will distribute cars end motor
tricks.
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mi " T -ilT . 7v.i..-7- .of ' I ;,
Touring
Limousine
Hu
Runabout Landau
dson Super-Six
Closed Cars
New Beautiful Types on Display February 5th
We will show for the first time this season, a com
plete line of closed and chauffeur-driven Hudson Cars.
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fiur-Dtv Stdan
It is in reality an advance exhibit
of the Hudson closed cars that
will be seen at the larger Auto
mobile Shows just after the first
of the year. '
You will find much in these cars
to admire. They express the
wealth of experience that Hudson
coach builders have gathered
through years of leadership. The
unpracticed eye will appreciate
the beauty of design, the good
taste expressed in the detail of
finish and will admire the com
fort and luxury each type offers.
But the greatest appreciation by
far comes from the enduring satis
faction of Hudson Super-Six
performance. The smoothness
of operation with which the
Hudson mechanism performs its
work under every condition of
stress relieves the passenger of all
sense of mechanical labor. There
is a thrill of freedom and com
fort about the operation of the Super
Six that is common to few cars.
These Hudson cars know no season.
They are warm and comfortable in the
coldest weather. "They are dry and
clean in the wettest and dustiest seasons.
For winter or summer you will find
either of these models ideal. They give
the security and comfort of your owd
drawing room.
Whatever your taste, you will find the
car of your choice in this collection.
Immediate deliveries can be made of
some models. I
Limousine
C. L. Boss Automobile Co.
615-617 Washington Street, Portland -
Ttwn Car
Limousine Landau
Town Car Landau
To the Seasoned Motorist
it is apparent as it is to the layman or the business concern and the
producer that for all motor heeds the concern with a complete line
of passenger cars, motor trucks and accessories is the logical institu
tion with which to do business assuring as it does disinterested ad
vice, complete service and a full supply of parts, coupled with the
ability and moral obligation to rendftr that service.
Your attention is called to the series of announcements in this pa
per. Your presence is sincerely asked at the Auto Show and your
problems of transportation put to us for solution.
Northwest Auto Company
Factory Distributors v vv w. Pt.oc The Line Complete
Broadway at Couch ' w" VoSlcr 1 rcs- Portland, Oregon
GlVlC Siimson Tractor
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This GMC Samson Tractor is not an experimental tractor, the first machine having
been built in 1902 and is still in general use.
A careful investigation of he different types of tractors has convinced us that
the GMC Samson is 'the most practical tractor for operating the machinery necessary
to the modern farm. -'
SEE THIS TRACTOR AT THE AUTO SHOW
Wentworth & Irwin, Inc.
Second and Taylor Sts.
in
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