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THE SUNDAY OKEGOXIAX, TOKTLAXD, FEBRUARY 3, 1918.
ES FAST
TIME TO SEATTLE
lap of tha run la Coble. Or, and
Ihcnca across tha Columbia by ferry
to K llama.
Actual Running Time Over Dis
tance of 206.8 Miles Only
8 Hours 58 ,J Minutes.
W. C. MONTGOMERY DRIVER
Trip Pari ir Trl-Maic Ran I'm on
by Automobile Clob of Western
l a-ltlaslmt lo Mmw Winter
Toarins In urtliwrl Good.
Bf LAIR 11. CRKOOnr.
IThila the East was anow-bound and
vn railroad travel was tid up by
blluard. an automobile wrnt from
Portland to Sratllc 2'a. rallea by the
tpwInm'tT nrtr t h firfftc Utah
GeMt Haa Mara Better.
Tbe Coble road ia vastly the better
of the two. however. It la now paved
all the way V Sranpoose. and la good
from' thero to - i;obIe. Any motorist
who plana to make the Seattle trip will
d well to so to Gobi and ferry to
Halama.
From Portland to the end of the Ta
cific Highway pavement beyond Van
couver la 14. mile. From that point
to Kalama the htichaay la nothing for
any man to brag about.
In fart, taking It by and large. It Is
hy long odd the worst vet-ttou of the
' hole highway from Portland to Seat
tle. Tbia la due partly to the fact that
a detour road mutt ba taken nearly
Into Ijk CVntr. and partly to the fact
that much of the main highway be
yond La Center and to the other aide
of Martin's Kluff la not greatly bet
ter than thla detour road. -
The detour la for the moat part plain
mud and deep mud, made worst by
the fart that It haa been cut up by
heavy tram hauling. The mud cornea
lo the huba of a car and over.' Afore
aan half an hour of tha two houra
difference between running time and
elapsed time for the trip was devoted
to trying to make chalna fit the over
due cord tires on tha rear wheels Just
befora the plucge waa taken Into tha
mud of thla detour road. - ,
The handy Knox' finally solvofl the
problem by hooking tha ends of the
chains together with wire filched from
a nearby barbed wire fence the barbs,
of course, being twlated off before tbe
chain waa wired.
Much haa been said by motorists of
MANY GAHS AHE HERE
Number Represented "in This
Territory Totals 47.
TWELVE SINCE LAST YEAR
Importance of This City as Distrib
- tiling Point Coming to Bo Rcc
ogniwd and Other Factories
Look for Dealers.
It will probably be quite a surprise
to most folks to learn that no fewer
than 47 different - makes -of passenger
automobile are already represented in
the Portland field. The fact is a strong
Indication of this city's growing impor
tance as an automobile distributing
center.
Models of 38 of these cars have been
entered in the coming automobile show
Since last year's show 12 new cars
have entered Portland. Seven or eight
other manufacturers are known to be
looking over this field with a view t
IN FRONT OF HEADQUARTERS OF AUTOMOBILE CLUB OF WESTERN WASHINGTON AT
SUNDAY AS BUCK CAR FROM NORTH AND BUICK FROM PORTLAND MET ON
GREAT TRI-STATE MIDWINTER RUN.
SEATTLE
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way last Similar In hours US mln-
ttte.. actual running tim. .
Thia was an averare of Just a shade
ls than -1 mile pr hour over the
whole dtstanre. taking the roads as
thy camerare, wrtl-done or medium.
The rar th-et made thla remarkable
performance was a Itulrk light six.
f.nt out by neorre V. ian. manager
of tha Howard Automobile Company in
Portland, as one of three itulck cars
that on (taturdny and Sunday made the
run between Portland and Vancouver.
B. C.
This trl-stata rttn. tha first of Its
kind aver held here at this time of
yar. was undrr the auspices of the
Automobile Club of Vetm Washing
ton, cf wbirh DotigTaS Shelor. formerly
a Portland automobile editor. Is man-
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Its porpoee was two-fold: To demon
strate tha possibilities of rald-Wlntrr
touring in the Pacific Northwest, and
to otitatn accurate data on road condi
tions between Vancouver. D. C. Scat
tie and Portland.
Tha very fact that In the middle of
January, tinder the worst touring con
dition thia favored" section of the
I nlted Places haa to offer. It waa possi
ble for a touring car to run from Port
land to Seattle ;. milra by the)
speedometer in one minute and a
Bil ivea nian Bin. i " -
"iil bad road handicaps, speaks for It-
awlf as to touring possibilities.
Batrka Makf treat Reeard.
Tha two Pulrk cars from the nortit
also mads good time. Tha Portland
jlt. however, had much further to go
than either of the other two, and hard
er road conditions to meet. And bow
It d'd stand up to its work!
Whether It waa plowing through
mud op to tha hubs, or running over
r month pavement, wbera it waa poeet-
pw to nil rr up m dii. '-i--etrated
over and over on that trip the
qualities that have given the Kuirk
Its reputation for sturdy reliability.
One Bunk left Vancouver. B. C . on
.Saturday with a mesaar" irom ine
Vancouver Oood Roads Club to the
I Automobile t'lub of Western Washing
ton. At Blaine. Wash., on tha Inter
national boundarv line. It waa met by
the aecond Kuirk. which on Sunday
r l.red tha measaga to Seattle.
'. The Portland car brought a mes
asge from Frank E. Watklns. president
f the Oregon ptnte Motor Association.
to the Automobile Club of Western
.'ashtngton.
The actual elapsed time for the Port-
1 .n.l-S'alil.t leg of tbe trl-atate run
wax 11 hours, almost to tha minute.
That in Itee f ia an average speed of
1 miles per hmir. without deducting
iinv time at all for stops.
The car left Portland at 4 o'clock
Mundey morning. It waa due to arrive
in front of the headquarter, of the
Automobile Club of Western Washing
ton, pourlh avenue and I'nlverauy
Street, at 3 o'clock.
Ussigeaerr Bay Tbera aa Driver.
Well, the watches of the official ob
servers registered Ita tune aa 1 S min
utes to 3 o'clock as the car rol.rd up
to it. destination and p"ked Ita radia
tor elmv.t aealnet that of the car from
I'.'alne. which had arrmed short y ba-
tor.
Thera waa no camouflage to tbla ar
riving time. The schedule aimply
couldn't have been better timed had It
been arranged for a limited railroad
tram.
And that la where W. C. Montgom
ery. Bmck salesman for the Howard
kutomoblle ompany and veteran pilot
many a hard road trip, haa coining
to him more than an ordinary rn-ed of
l-ratse. When Montgomery learned
thai tha time act for bis arrival at Se
attle was 1 o'clock, he ftird tha proper
testing time from Portland at 4 A. M
II surely knew what be was doing.
And aiso. he knew hta car.
In the car from Portland were four
persons: Montgomery, tbe driver: Ed
ward V. Knot, t.utck sale. man and also
evpert mechanic: tieorge. si. Chambers,
of tha Oregon litate Motor Association,
observer, and 1 H. Uregory. automo
bile editor of The iVrvsoman. observer.
To make It an ll-la. ilic liighaay
run. It was deciued to go from Port
land via Vancouver and Kalama.
Wash., ratnsr Lbao to mail this first
the perlla of the La Center MIL It la
not aa bad as painted. While muddy
and slippery. II Is not too difficult
provided chains are used.
From Woodland to Martin's Bluff,
tha highway la by no means In first
class condition, but It la passable. For
the last three or four miles into Ka
lama It la good.
Put as previously explained, any
motorist ran avoid the mud and other
troubles on tha Vancouver-Kalama sec
tion of tha highway by going to Goble
and ferrying across ".he river.
From Kalama to Kels, the road Is
fair. Ip to tha last weeg It naa oeen
necessary for motorists to cross the
Cowlits l'.Iver at Kelso and take a dirt
detour road to Castle Kock, 11 miles
north, because of a slide on tha main
highway near Castle Rock. v
Hut tha main highway waa open Sun
day and the Iluick made good time to
tha point where tha slide has blocked
the road. Here a big road gam; Is at
work. Planking has been laid down
tha grade off tha road and niolortsta
are directed to drive down It. through
a gate Into a field, up the field about a
quarter of a mile, then back through
another gate and onto tha highway
again.
Read Tareaah Vt'easi Goad.
It will be several weeks, at shortest,
bef.-fe the damage dona by this slide
ran ba repaired. Tha main highway
will probably ba closed again, making
It necessary to use tha detour road
between Kelso and Castle Rock.
Tha road from Castle Rock through
tha woods to Olco.ua, where the ferry
crosses tha Cowlits, Is for ths most
part In first-class condition. It has
been rocked and graveled 'and the
rock Is well packed. A. year ago this
road waa very bad In wet weather.
Ths Pacific Highway bridge across
the Cowlits at Toledo being out, the
Rulck crossed by the Olequa ferry,
and thence took tha Vader-Wtnlbck-
Napavine road to Chehalis. Rut instead
of going to Wlnlock from Vader, the
Automobile Club of Western Washing
ton recommends that motorists turn to
the right at Vader. to Toledo, and there
take tha main highway. Thla route
glvea seven more miles of pavement
than that via Wlnlock and Napavina to
Chehalis.
From Chehalis north tha highway Is
In fine condition all tha way to Seattle,
with much pavement. From Olympia
there Is almost continuous pavement
to Seattle. Prom Chehalts tha Bulck
took the Grand Mound route Into Ten
Ino on the way to Olympia. and found
It In fine condition. But here again
the Automobile Club of Western Wash-
I'M VI tRT Or POKTLAVIkVAX.
cut V E. B. C PAllf-lC
HIGHWAY KinwlV.
TFR nt V
Total dlstanre rnvered. IM.1
miles between Vancouver, B. C,
and paetlsnd, fr.
Actual mnnlpfr time. IS hours
4 minutes 30 seconds.
Actual time deducted for stops.
3 hours 4 minutes 30 seconds.
Total miles pavement covered.
1M
Total miles hard gravel road.
loS.s.
Total miles ordinary road. 10.7.
Total miles "muddv road. ..
Total miles covered In high
gear. 341. r
Averce speed attained during
entire distance, -rnlles per
hour.
Average miles per gallon ef
gasoline. IS.ft.
Total number tire changes, 1,
for nail puncture.
Weather Cwadltseaa.
Amount of snow seen on road,
noee.
Hours of rstn. 4 minutes.
Cars used. Bulck. six-cylinder
E-4i.
Drivers. A. A. Ross. McLaugh
lin Carriage Co, Ltd, .Vancou
ver. B. C: Tudlev Fortln. Eld
ridse Pulck Co, Seattle. Wash.:
W. C. Montgomery. Hosrnrd Auto
Co, Portland. Or.: Edward V.
Knox. Howard Auto Co, Portland.
having representation before another
year.
Tha cars now distributed from Port
land that were not represented here
year ago are the Premier, Liberty,
Iloamer. Stuts. Olympian, Elgin. Apper
son. Hal, Peerless. Lexington, Nash and
Harroun.
The 47 different makes of cars now
represented here Include, in addition to
the 13 just named, the following:
Hudson, Maxwell, Franklin. Cherro
let, Paige. Dodge, Cadillac Ford. Bulck
Hupmobile, Grant, National, Mitchell,
Oakland. Reo. Cole, Dort. Marmon
Stearns. Oldsmoblle, Studehaker, Over
land. Willys-Knight. KisselKar, Pierce
Arrow. Packard. Wlnton. Haynes. Chan
dler. Velie, Mets, Saxon, Chalmers and
White.
Ington recommends the road Into Ten
liio via Bucoda. It Is not bad and has
the advantage of being five miles
shorter.
Klae Work Done by dab.
Here let It ba remarked that tha Au
tomobile Club of Western Washington
Is doing a grand work in putting up
signs on all the highways. Wherever
there Is a detour, a sign points the
way. As the result of the work of this
organization and of Mr. Shelor, ita
energetic manager, no motorist who
uses his eyes could possibly take the
wrong road.
When the Bulck reached Seattle at
69:19 o'clock P. M, after making fine
time over the fine paved highway from
Tacoma to Seattle, the Portland party
were met by a big delegation of Seattle
good roads workers.
Among those who received them were
Manager Shelor, of the Automobile
Club of Western Washington: A. s. El
dridge. of the Eldrldge Bulck Com
pany, of Seattle, and Herbert Cuthbert,
executive secretary of the Pacific
Northwest Tourist Association, which
Intends to give wide publicity to the
mid-winter run from Portland to van
couver, B. c
The Bulck car from Blaine, Wash.,
was driven by Dudley Fortln, of the
Kldridge Bulck Company. Others in
the car were Irving Brogan. assistant
secretary of the Automobile Club of
Western Washington, observer, and
William A. Simnnds. automobile editor
of the Seattle Times, also as observer.
Mr. Simonds had made the run all
the way from .Vancouver, as he came
from there to Blaine in ths Buick car
sent by W. A. Ross, manager of the
McLaughlin Carriage Company, Bulck
agents in Vancouver. This car was ac
companied by J. P. Fraster, automobile
editor of the anconver Sun. as offi
cial observer.
All the Buicks in the great run went
through without mishap. The Buick
from Portland had one punctured tire.
caused by a nail picked up somewhere
this side of Kelso. This nail caused a
slow leak, which did not show until a
half hour's stop was made at Kelso
for breakfast.
Average 33 Miles Per Hear.
Incidentally from Portland as far as
Kelso the run was made under night
driving conditions, which makes the
record of only 8 hours 68 minutes
for the trip from Portland to Seattle,
104.1 miles, in mid-winter all the more
remarkable. That is an average of just
a shads less than 23 milea an hour.
In every respect the run was a great
success. And from Portland all tha
way to Vancouver, B. C. they are sav
ing that the Bulck once more showed
its dependability and Justified Its se
lection for the honor of making the
mid-winter tour.
Hera are a few interesting figures
on tha Portland-Seattle end or tne
trip:
Miles of pavement between Portland
and Seattle. US.. It will no doubt be
a surprise to most motorists that more
than half the distance between the two
big cities is over paved highway. The
writer has been over the route several
times, but It was a surprise to him to
find, from carefully kept mileage sta
tistics taken on the trip. That there
are HS.s miles of pavement on the
highway. And it was also a surprise to
find mid-winter travel conditions on
lh hithway so good.
By taking the Goble-Pnrtland route.
(.1 more units of pavement are added
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Oldsmobiles for 20 years, and they know how.
Because
It is a high-grade light-weight car and has proven to be ex
tremely economical on gasoline, tires and lubricating oil.
Because
Any Oldsmobile owner will be glad to tell you of the universal
. satisfaction their car is giving and why they recommend their
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Six-Cylinder Roadster $1350 Eight-Cylinder Roadster. .$1660
Six-Cylinder, 5-Pass. 1350 Eight-Cylinder Club 1660
Six-Cylinder Sedan 1875 Eight-Cylinder, 7-Pass. .. . 1660
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to this 116.9 miles, bringing tne total
to .121.1 miles.
Of good gravel road there are 40
mii.s 11 miles of ordinary road, and
roughly. 44. miles of mud. But much
of this mud may be avoided by going
via Goble.
The Bulck came this way on tne re-
urn trip. It is also worthy of note
hat chains were not used at all on
h ..turn and that except for start
ing. It waa not necessary to shirt once
Into low gear.
Slgnallntc Pedestrians.
ftarruloua Pedestrian How did I
know what you were going to dor
Ought to have a system of signals.
Impatient Motorist wenr
Garrulous Pedestrian Like this: One
honk, "atand still": two honks, "dodse
right"; three, "dive to left"; iour.
Jump straight -up ana 1 11 run unuer
you"; five, "turn a handspring and land
behind me."
Impatient Motorist Honk, nonK.
honk. honk. honk. Milestones.
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