THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND, SEPTEMBER .7, 1919.
MYSTERY CURS LEAD
WRECKED ROAMER. REBUILT, SECOND IN ELGIN ROAD 1 RACE-
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New Overland Model Surprise
to Officers in Command.
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CAR IS HIGHLY PRAISED
MOTOK
Nfw Spring Suspension Proved Sac-
ces on Rough Roads en
countered en Route.
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Vnited States army officer are. en
thusiastic over the performance of the
new Overland four touring cars and
the sedan which are preceding- the
United States motor corps transport
convoy on its transcontinental tour via
the Lincoln highway.
Two complete companies of the motor
transport corps under the direction of
Brigadier-General Charles B. Drake are
making the trip across the continent.
The convoy is three miles In length.
It is due in Oakland. Cal.. about Sep
tember S. The convoy will then have
traversed the entire length of the Lin
coln highway. Every city, town and
hamlet on the Lincoln highway will
have been interested in the importance
and the practical utility of the motor
vehicle for cross country and transcon
tinental transportation and the neces
sity for constantly maintaining good
roads.
Overland Lead Convoy.
Preceding the convoy are these new
Overland cars. The company has been
developing this new type of motor car
for the last two years. Exhaustive
tests have been completed. How soon
the car will be announced to the public
has not. however, been disclosed by the
"Willys-Overland company, of Toledo.
Speculation as to the very unusual fea
tures of the new Overland has interest
ed the automobile trade for many
months to a degree exceeding the curi
osity and interest preceding the an
nouncement of any new model Amer
ican manufacturers have produced.
From the factory at Toledo comes the
statement that the spring suspension of
the newest Overland is an absolute suc
cess in the opinion of Lieutenant W. B.
Toran. one of the officers of the trip.
His telegram to the factory, dated Au
gust 1, from Kimball, Neb., reads:
Call It Mystery Car.
"The new mystery Overland Is pro
ceeding four days in advance of the
motor train. Inclement weather and
many miles of bad roads have no ef
fect on tbe splendid operation of the
car. The new spring suspension is an
absolute success as proved by tbe Ne
braska roads.
"The car is attracting great attention
and doing much to interest people in
this great test. It is being driven by
Erown with myself as passenger. It
arrived at Kimball through a sea of
mud in excellent condition. It is my
opinion that for economy, ease of op
eration, adaptability to all kinds of
weather, speed maintenance and at
tractive style this car exceeds any ve
. hide of its kind on the market." 1
Everywhere, great crowds welcome
the appearance of the three-mile train ,
of trucks and motor cars in the con
voy. There was a rousing good roads
celebration on the convoy a arrival on
August 1 at Kimball, Neb. Delegations
came from miles around to hear the
speeches, see the pictures and the cars.
WITH SARI.KS AT 1HK WHEEL, IT SHOWED ITSELF (iOOD AS EVER.
This Is the same Reamer that was wrecked at the Indianapolis races, its driver being killed. Roscoe Sarles
took it to the Roamer factory, where it was overhauled and rebuilt, and entered it in the Elgin road race
August 23 as a test. This photo, taken at the Roamer factory August 18 just before the car was shipped to
Elgin, was received last week by A. H. Knaus of the Twin States Motor Car company, Roamer distributor here.
Both the Roamer and the winning car had Duesenberg motors.
KEYSTONE TIRES ARE HERE
XEW FIRM TO DISTRIBUTE
OREGOX TERRITORY.
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Northwestern Tire Corporation
Stark Street Also Handles Big
Stock of Factory Seconds.
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MOID IS WELL MADE
PRESENT TIRE IS RESULT OF
MAXV TESTS.
Discovery of Crolidc Compound Big
Advance In Methods of
Tlrc-.Mak.ing.
There Is practically nothing we wear
r eat today that is not made by ma
chinery. Even warfare these days la a
question of machines and according to
the military critics the best prepared
nation la the one not necessarily with
the largest reserve force of soldiers but
with the most perfected and highly
efficient war-making machinery.
It is interesting to note, however,
says a statement issued on behalf of
Thermoid tires that a prominent manu
facturer of automobile tires several
years ago, after having made tires for
years by machines came to the con
elusion that no machinery could put
Into the ideal tire that he was hopeful
of producing the supreme quality that
he desired.
True, machines could build tires more
cheaply and more quickly, but he de
cided that no machinery could ever
match the cunning of human fingers
nd the intelligence of the human brain.
And so he dropped all his tire making
machinery methods and reorganized his
factory on the- basis that only slow,
painstaking handwork could give his
tire that perfection of detail and refine
ment of construction so necessary to
really superior results.
Hundreds of experiments were made
in the laboratories and shops along
new lines, particular attention being
paid to the personal equation in the
making of the ideal tire.
All common tire shortcomings were
studied faults that lead to bruises.
blowouts, tread separation and the like
and new principles In tire construe
tion were sought that could help to
overcome them.
Twenty-four months of untiring re
search, the statement continues, finally
resulted in the development of new
hand methods radical departures from
commonly accepted theories of machine
construction and the result was finally
the Thermoid tire, said to be the most
costly built in America.
The personal equation, it Is asserted.
Is absolutely necessary in order to give
the Thermoid tire the features that
make it extra strong that give it add
ed protection against shocks and
bruises, added resistance to tread and
fabric separation, added resilency for
riding comfort and added all arouna
satisfactory service.
Every Thermoid Crollde Compound
tire is said to be a duplicate of the
original model of tbe Inventor an ex
act duplicate in every detail of work
manship, and in quality of material.
The thousandth tire or the hundred
thousandth will match, down to the
smallest degree, the first. Every mo
torist knows how important It la to
have such absolute uniformity. It
means dependability.
Each Thermoid tire, the statement
says in conclusion, is the work from
start to finish of one man who is re
warded not on the basis of how many
tires he makes but how well he makes
them.
Another big tire firm has entered the
Oregon territory. "With Jack Rosen
stroh as president and manager, the
Northwestern Tire corporation has
opened quarters at 444 Stark street.
near 13th, in the building formerly oc
cupied by the Brunn Motor Car com
pany. This concern has the agency here
for the Keystone, National, Speedway
and Batavia tires, brands very well
known in the tire trade. The first two
are guaranteed for 6000 miles and the
Batavia for 4000 miles.
In addition to these makes, the
Northwestern Tire corporation is also
handling a complete line of tire seconds
and surplus stock of big tire com
panies. It is starting in business with
three carloads of tires stored away in
the salesroom and basement.
"The Northwestern Tire corpora
tion," said Mr. Rosenstroh, who has
been in Portland for some time making
arrangements for the opening of the
store, "is one of 145 similar stores in
the principal cities of the United States
from one coast to the other. It will do
both a wholesale and retail tire busi
ness.
"This company is able to bring stand
ard high-grade tires and tubes to the
consumer at low prices because of its
large buying power. Twenty-one of
the leading tire manufacturers market
their seconds and surplus stock through
our organization, which has its head
quarters In New Tork City. .
"By seconds are meant tires that have
some slight defect that prevents their
being sold as firsts, but does not im
pair their wearing qualities. They in
clude also overproduction, factory sur
plus, changed treads and discontinued
models. Our branch not only will sell
tires, but will give service on those
sold."
Lee B. McKnight is salesman for the
Northwestern Tire corporation and
George Goodrich will be floor salesman.
LEWISTOX CAMP SITE FOCXD
interest by good roads men from both
sides of the mountains. Sentiment
generally favored making an effort to
keep the pass open.
A specially-built machine for the
work would cost about $25,000. Mr.
Ellis said, and the annual operation ex-
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MAIXE REGISTRATION BIGGER
Fees Increase by Big Amount Over
Year Ago.
AUGUSTA, Me., Sept. 6. Since Janu
ary 1 of the present year the state o
Maine has received $027,385.54 in auto
mobile registration fees, an Increase o
$94,687.34 over the corresponding period
of last year.
So far this year 60,077 operators'
licenses have been issued and 43,418
pleasure cars, 5084 trucks, 459 auto
mobile dealers, 1349 motorcycles and
18 motorcycle dealers have been reg
istered.
CAR
TAKES HILL- CLIMBING
PRIZE IX CANADA.-
Xcw Owner Issues Challenge for
Hard Climb and Then "Wins
Against Many Contestants.
Cleaning Seat Covers.
Seat covers -nay usually be cleaned
very satisfactorily with a non-alkallne
soap ana warm icr. x ne di way I
to carry out the job Is to take the cov- I
era off and give them a good, scrub-I J.
bing on the board. J
Use of Ideal Tract Xcar City Is
Urged by Commission.
LEWISTON, Idaho. Sept. 6. (Special.)
-The municipal park commission of
Lewiston. after an investigation of
camp sites, has agreed that Delsol
park, five minutes east of the city, will
provide an excellent camping ground
for tourists and has reported to the city
council to that effect. In the report it
is asked that such improvements in the
park as the situation may suggest be
made, and that the entrance o the
grounds be made more convenient.
The tract, which lies near the fair
grounds belonging to the city. Is a
wooded flat with several ponds, along
side a fine stream which runs into the
Clearwater. With little effort It can
be made an excellent camping place.
KEEPING PASS CLEAR URGED
Good Roads Men Discuss Snow Prob
lem at Snoqualmle.
YAKIMA, Wash., Sept. 6. (Special.)
Ways and means for keeping Sno
qualmle pass open in winter time,
which were the subject of a talk be
fore the state good roads convention
by D. L. Ellis of the'state highway de
partment, were discussed with much
Climbing hills and goiny through its
paces without a hitch is the record of a
Maxwell car made in a recent run in
Canada. This car had no previous tun
ing up or special work done on it and
was a stock model In every particular.
It was driven by a private owner.
In a drizzling rain this car captured
the most-coveted prize in Canadian mo
toring circles.
Just three weeks before the annual
Ottawa Journal reliability tour, D. E.
Grant, an insurance agent, purchased a
Maxwell touring car. Despite the new
ness of his car and the fact that many
expert drivers and more powerful cars
were entered against him. Grant had
such confidence in the Maxwell that he
challenged every entrant in the tour for
hill-cllmbing honors.
On the Lake Placid road, six miles
below Malone, he drove his Maxwell
over Chasm Falls hill in what was even
better than a perfect score. His Max
well time was 59 4-5 seconds and the
official perfect score had been previous
ly announced as 1 minute and 55 seconds.
There were 24 cars in the contest and
t least two OI mem cost more ana
were larger than the Maxwell. It was
a dangerous day for a hill climb, with a
steady drizzle making the crooked
winding incline slippery and difficult.
DUESEXBERG UNDER WILLYS
INTERSTATE MOTOR COMPANY
ENTERS FIELD.
Daniels Eight and Anderson Six to
Be Handled by Organization
Headed by Frank McCord.
A new automobile concern, the Inter
state Motor company, has been formed
by three Portland men who have ob
tained the Oregon agency for the Dan
iels Eight and the Anderson Six. They
have opened attractive new showrooms
at 111 Thirteenth street.
Incorporators of the Interstate Motor
company are Frank McCord, president;
H. G. Reed, secretary-treasurer, and J.
J. Collins. Both Mr. McCord and Mr.
Reed are well known from their con
nection with the Reed-French Piano
company.
The Daniels Eight has been repre
sented in this territory for nearly two
years The Anderson Six is a new car
in the Oregon territory, though it has
been in Seattle for several months and
in California considerably longer. It
has been manufactured for the past
seven years and is very popular in the
eastern states.
The Anderson is made by the Ander
son Motor company of Ttookhill, S. C, i
formerly the Rockhill Buggy company.
which made buggies and horse vehicles
for many years before automobiles
were ever heard of. It includes such
standard units as Continental Red Seal
motor, Borg & Beck clutch, Atwater
Kent ignition, Columbia axles, Timken
bearings and the like.
The makers of the Anderson special
ize in their bodies. They have had long
experience in making bodies, dating
back to their buggy manufacturing
days, and have produced some very
striking effects in design and finish.
The first shipment of Anderson cars
s due this week. It was expected last
week, but railroad delays prevented its
arrival. Other cars are on the way.
The Interstate Motor company has
made arrangements for giving owners
of their cars first-class service facili-
Servlce will be handled by L H.
Buntzel & Co. at 110 Thirteenth street.
ust across from the new showrooms of
the Interstate . Motor company.
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2,000,000 CARS THIS YEAR
Famous Motor Factory Now Subsid
iary of Big Corporation.
NEW TORK, Sept 6. That the Due
senberg Motor Corp, is one of the sub
sidiaries of the new Willys corporation
is now known and Indications are the
six-cylinder car designed by Willys
Overland will be produced at the Due
senberg plant at Elizabeth, N. J.
Production of the Willys six in a fac
tory outside of the Toledo plant of
Willys-Overland already had been fore
cast, but its location had not been
given out previously. It is believed
production will be under way shortly
and that the car soon will be placed
on the market.
Confirmation also has been obtained
that the Electric Auto Light company,
Toledo, and the New Process Gear com
pany, Syracuse, also are 'Units of the
Willys corporation.- j
That for Industry Considered Big
Joke Ten Years Ago.
Here is another estimate on the 1919
automobile production in the United
States:
Two million passengers cars of all
types.
Four hundred thousand motor trucks.
Two hundred thousand tractors.
The estimate, claimed to be conserva
tive, places the total automotive vehicu
lar production at 2,600,000. Twenty
years ago the "horseless" car was a
joke an alleged dream.
Today the manufacture of automo
biles is the third greatest industry in
the world.
LONG JOURNEY HEARS END
SAN FRANCISCO TO WELCOME
ARMY CONVOY TRAIN.
out success to find somebody to make
the return trip with him, H. F. Miller
started back alone in the Dixie at 3
o'clock. He arrived in Portland at
8:45 Tuesday morning, having made
the round trip In the night.
Read The Orfsonlan classified adfi.
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Great Fleet of Motor Trucks, After
3000-Mile Tour in 60 Days,
Almost at Its Goal.
Lots ot Trucks.
There are now 450.000 motor trucks
in service in this country. Allowing
an average of ten tons a day to each
truck, which is a very conservative
figure, these trucks altogether will
carry 4,500,000 tons of freight every
day.
Worth Knowing.
Strong soap suds made from auto
mobile soap, rubbed on the windshield
glass and allowed to dry. Is said to
help prevent fog or rain from obscur
ing vision through the glass.
TIRE MAN BUYS STEPHENS SALIENT SIX ROADSTER.
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C. KIIOotv, viee-presldrat t Edwards Tire Shop. In hla aew ear,- the first Stephana Salient Six . roadster, model deliv
ers im Portland by the Hamlltoa-Leatherman Motor Car company. It la finished In khaki ?olor. with top to match.
SAN FRANCISCO. Sept. 6. This town
is all set to give Uncie' Sam's first
transcontinental army truck convoy a
mammoth reception this week when
the goal of the 3000-mile trip is
achieved. Airplanes representing the
city will swing toward Sacramento to
meet and greet the army truck caval
cade. A fleet of San Francisco motor
trucks and passenger cars, organized
tv the B. F. Goodrich Rubber company.
and accompanied by the U. S. marine
band of 40 pieces, is escorting me army
ctravan irom uarson wi), i-ev., iuiu
San Francisco. Truck loads of Cali
fornia fruit, including oranges, melons,
angles and .grapes, will be provided the
soldiers by the Goodrich company.
The 250 doughboys and oincers wno
have manned the trucks, most of them
overseas veterans, will greet the Pa
cific coast with enthusiasm nearing
that which attended their arrival in
America from France. Although the
men have been royally entertained in
every city and hamlet along the 3000
mile route from Washington. D. C.
where the tour started on July 7, the
tour has been a tiresome grind and a
real test of stamina.
KureDt on Sundays the programme
for the past 60 davs has been to arise
at 5 A. M.. clean, oil and inspect mo
tors and then drive until the night
control station is reached. Very of;en
the day's journey was not completed
until 8 or 9 o'clock at night. Each
Monday morning the men began count
ing the hours until Sunday when they
coi:ld take a real bath and get a regu
lar night's sleep.
The long trip has been a pronounced
success from every viewpoint, accord
ing to reports from army officers in
command. Unusual interest has been
aroused in the communities along the
route on good roads work. At every
stop official speakers accompanying the
convoy have lecturea on ine neea oi a
better national highway system as a
means to combat the high cost of liv-
Motor transoort. engineer corps and
artillery officers of the army have col
lected a wealth or data on lopograpnic
and other military phases which will
be carefully compiled into permanent
army records. xno government as-
igred a force or signal corps pnoiog-
ranhers to take a complete moving-
picture chronicle of the entire trip.
Ihe convov wi.l arrive in San Fran
cisco about five days later than sche
duled time. Heavy rains and storms
in the last few weeks caused muddy
roads and slow going.
DIXIE KEEPS APPOINTMENT
Train Wreck Delays Contractor, but
He Meets Engagement Via Auto.
The train wreck on the Astoria road
last week demonstrated anew the use
fulness of the passenger automobile.
If there hadn't been any automobiles.
J. A. Miller, Astoria contractor, wouia
have missed an important engagement
in Astoria.
To meet this engagement he nad to
be in Astoria at 9 o'clock Monday morn
ing. But along came the train wreck
and blocked travel. This was Mon
day. Mr. Miller began to wonder how
he was going to keep that appointment.
His son, H. F. Miller, salesman for
the Dixie Flyer, which is handled by
the C. H. S. garage, came to the rescue.
With three others aboard, he and his
father set out from Portland at 8
o'clock Monday night via the lower
Columbia river highway, and at 1:15
were there. After looking around with-
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Eighth and Davis Sts. Broadway 126
Automobile Electric Equipment Agents Representing
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Electric Auto Lite Corporation Bijur Motor Appliances
Remy Electric Co. Waltham Speedometers
Splitdorf Electric Co. Spartan Horns
Atwater-Kent Mfg. Co. Gray & Davis
Gabriel Snubbers Connecticut
Telephone & Electric Co.
K. & W. Magnetos. Detroit Starter Co.
Howell-Swift Tire Co. and , fi
a Pacific Tire & Rubber Co.
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