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TITE SUNDAY OliEGOXIAN, rOKTLAND, MARCH 9, 1919. 11 AMERICAN CAR WINS TOP 0' WORLD RACE Seven of 12 Entries Wrecked in Mountain Contest. KING GREETS HERO DRIVER Spanish Motoring Classic Run Over Tortuous Roadway, Gruelling Hest for Drivers. BARCELONA. Spain, March 8. It was in the gray of the dawn. Beside a little wayside Khrinc, a remnant of the middle ages, stood an aged priest in full vestments, a crucifix up lifted in his hands. In the dusty road before him two grim-covered men sat with bowed heads in a low-hung power ful, racing car. The priest's lips moved In silent blessing as be stepped close to the car to allow each of the occupants to kiss the crucifix. Then he moved back and, with a sullen roar, the" great engine awoke. There was a clash of gears and the car vanished in a whirl of dust, its exhaust echoing from -the mountainside like the thunder of a battery of heavy artillery. Hardly had the din subsided when another car rolled up out of the mist, paused, and the ceremony was repeated. Twelve times this happened. And, as the last car disappeared up the tortuous roadway it left the priest surrounded by a little group of peas ants, their brilliant-hued head dresses offering a strange contrast to the eomberncss of the scene. Tlrbute Paid to Speed. For it was in the very heart of me dieval Spain, the sunny land of the Crusades and the Grandees, and these representatives of a bygone age were paying a tribute at the feet of supreme speed and endurance as exemplified in the finest creations of the foremost automobile engineers of two continents. The great Partridge mountain race, the premier event of the year in all Spanish niotordom, was being run. "With the sun not yet in sight 12 great tpeed creations were hurling tliem stlves along the treacherous, winding road, through a dangerous mist, to ward Spa.in'3 "top-o-the-world" the cloud-capped peak of Partridge moun tain. Breathlessly the little group of men and women at the foot of the shrine waited, peering intently upward to where the rising sun was painting the top of the mountain a dusky blood-red. A man at a roadside telephone turned. 'Jose 'is out. Car went over on a turn. Mechanician killed." he cried, witn a bob in his voice, for Jose, who drove a high-powered Italian car, was a pop ular favorite with the villagers. 1'ive Cars Left in Knee. Silently the seconds passed, and, be fore the contest was ' half finished, only five cars were left, the others being strewn - in splintered heaps of wreckage along the treacherous road. It was a saddened little watcher at the telephone after the time of" the con testants had been computed. "Luis Carreras, in Hudson super-six, wins," he shouted, and a ripple of cheers greeted the sun, visible for the first time through the mists. In winning with a stock car, the only change in it having been the use of a Epeeial body, Carreras had broken all records for the course by 13 kilometers. Carreras reached the top of the moun tain in 35 3-5 minutes at an average Bpeed of 121 kilometers an hour. In recognition of the feat King Al fonso had his chief, secretary send Carreras a letter which said: "I have had the honor to convey to his majesty the news of your victory and he has specially charged me " to convey to you his congratulations on having won the race with a Hudson super-six." BUI COMPANY BUILDING DISTRIBUTOR OF LKXIXGTOX TO HAVE NEW H03IE. Structure on Broadway, Between . Couch and Burnside, Will Be 50 I toy 95 Feet and Cost $15,000. TY'ork preparatory to the construc tion of a new home for the Brunn Motor Car company, distributors of the Lex ington car, was begun last week, and Isaac Brunn, head of the company, cays the building will be ready for occupancy by May 1. The structure will be located at 2S-30 Broadway, betwen Couch and Burnside. It will be 1)0x93 feet and cost approx imately $15,000. The space will be de voted exclusively to office's and sales room, a service station being main tained near by. A feature of the building will be a tiled floor throughout, which will add about $3000 to the cost of con- PARIIY COIIPAN'T SAL.ES3IAX VISITS FOHTLAND. It. p. Henderson. R. P. Henderson, sales manager of the Parry Manufacturing com pany, Ii.dianapolis, makers of commercial bodies for cars and trucks, was In Portland last week for a brief business visit to the local Parry distributors. He is visiting the larger cities on the Pacific coast conferring with dealers. His trip to the coast will also be the occasion of a short visit at Berkeley, Cal., with his brother, C. P. Henderson, who is the Pacific coast distributor for Cole and Xexington passenger cars. .1 .V. ; j -f ' j structlon. The floor will be unob structed by pillars or posts. Workmen now are tearing down the building on the Broadway elte to make way for the new structure. Automobile men consider the location one of tba best in the city. - "Our business has grown so rapidly that we need more room and so are erecting a new building," said Mr. Brunn yesterday. "The new home for the Lexington will be one of the best In the city." PAVING PROGRAMME IS LARGE Grays Harbor County Commlsioners Talk of $100,000 Expenditure. ABERDEEN, Wash., March 8. (Spe cial.) Grays Harbor county will go in for a big road-building programme this summer. The commissioners, in discussing the subject, have indicated their intention to go the limit in taking advantage of the government offer to match the county, dollar for dollar, on primary road progress. One hun dred thousand dollars of county money was the tentative estimate. The state of Washington Is entitled to $3,500,000 of the $200,000,000 appro priated by congress, all unexpended balance of which will be lost. The only road that comes under the designation of "primary," to which the appropriation is limited. Is the Olympic highway. So it ls'the intention to pave as much of this as possible. This will finish the paving between Aberdeen PACIFIC TIRE COMPANY .3 1f. It mm IS. Leo a Peterson rlRht. naiBKCr, and firm irhicb has opened nt 437 Stark . tube In this territory. The Gordon Rubber company. Canton, O. and Montesano and probably some ad ditional between Montesano and Ehna. Columbia First to Offer Au tomobile Course. Uarly Horseless Carriage Runaways Declares? ot I nfrcqncnl." The first private garage constructed In New York City was built in the spring of 1900, by a prominent New York automobile enthusiast, who at that time owned three motor vehicles. .. . ... The Chinese looked with disfavor upon the early automobiles, fearing that their introduction Into the land of tea would displace the portere, who were very numerous, from their jobs. That even the early horseless car riage retained at least one character istic of lis honorable predecessor, the horse. Is evinced by the following item written in laoO: "The claim advanced by the early pioneers" that an automo bile could not run away like a horse. is Deing disproved by actual experi ences? Accounts of automobile runa ways- are not infrequent in the daily press. , In 1899, New York automobile laws allowed automobiles to travel not more than four miles around street cor ners. Among: the first great institutions of lcarning to officially recognize tlio mo tor car was Columbia University. In May, lKOi), the faculty of that univer sity announced a course in "Traction Engines and Carriages." Chevrolet Review. When a leak develops In one of the tubes of the radiator the only per manent cure is soldering. A good emer gency repair may be made by pinching the ends, rolling them up and then pinching r.'gain. "The Gordon Store" Announcing The Opening of The Gordon Tire Branch Because of their great popularity it has been impossible in the past to secure enough Gordon Tires to supply Portland motorists. Thanks to the increased facilities of the manufacturer we are now able to announce the establishment of a Portland Branch with a complete stock of the kmc? &r$W NEW OAKLAND FIRM IS E James H. Lemons and Norman E. Eley Incorporators. RETAIL FIELD IS ENTERED Northwest Company Will Continue to Handle Wholesale End In Oregon Territory. A new retail automobile organiza tion in Portland Is the Willamette Oak land company, incorporated by James H. Lemons and Norman E. Eley, both experienced motor car men, to handle the Oakland car in the Portland terrl- ENTERS PORTLAND FIELD. y t s. r J. Louis Tlerney. office manager of aeir afreet to distribute Gordon tlren and Is manufactured, by tbe Gordon Tire A tory. The wholesale business In Ore gon will be conducted by the Northwest Oakland company, with A. IL Brown as manager, as it has in the past, it is announced. Both organizations will occupy the quarters at 344 Burnside btrect for the present, but the new organization soon will be in a new location. Mr. Lemons is president of the new concern and Mr. Eley is sales manager. Both have been in the automobile game for some years. Mr. Lemons is a grad uate of the University of Michigan, was formerly connected with the Goodrich Tire & Rubber company's branch at St. Louis and is a graduate of that company's technical school at Akron, Ohio. He spent several months in the service and only recently was mustered out. He held a commission as lieu tenant in the 14th infantry. He is mar ried and has made his home in Portland for some years. The sales manager, who was a mem ber of the Northwest Oakland com pany's force for a year and a half, has been connected with the automobile In dustry in Oregon for the last ten years. He was formerly with the Covey Motor Car company and later with the Howard Auto company. He predicts a big auto mobile business for the coming years. "The Northwest Oakland company will continue to be Oregon distributor for tthe Oakland and-handle the whole sale business, and our new company will concentrate on the retail end la this territory," said Mr. Eley yesterday. "The volume of business assumed sucli proportions that it was found necessary to divorce the retail and wholesale departments. "The Willamette Oakland company will transact business at 344 Burnside street for the present, but a new lo cation which will furnish adequate sales rooms, service station and shop will be obtained in the near future. "We expect to pursue an aggressive and broad sales policy and will make a specialty of service. We will establish a service station where all Oakland Famous Gordon Cords and Gordon Fabric Tires Gordon Cords are the tires with the 7000-Mile Guarantee that is often only half large enough to cover their actual mileage figures. Truly an Exceptional Tire. Drive around and see Gordon Tires lation to you. Pacific Tire The Gordon Store 437 Stark Street 1 none Broadway ORGANIZED HER Gordon Tires HThe Gordon Store" $1795 This is the Chandler Motor Famous for Its Excellence CHANDLER owners, and men generally who know automobiles, talk about the Chandler motor for its marvelous performance and endurance. 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