The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current, March 21, 1920, SECTION SIX, Image 93

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Newspaper Page Textt-9 1 TIIE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND, 3IAKCJI 21, 1C20 0 . -, -. .- - ; i V - . -'I .! . .,i ' . .. . . . v V r. J ?.' . v 1 IP IKES II FAS! m D. E. Agnew Drives Up From San Francisco in Three Days. SISKIYOU STRETCH GOOD DniiMmiir-Reddlng StreU-lj Xow Excellent Grave!, but Xoncalla Drain Section Fierce. What Is believed to be an early Beasnn record for motor travel be tween San Kranrisco and Portland was established a few days aso. when D. K. .kiu w of 567 Kast Peventeeth street steered his 1919 Hupmobile of the commercial club appoint an Important committee to put some thing across, "Q. F. Bennett, chair man." appears on the secretary's record. That means that the Job Is as good as done. His long suit is writing his dally ads for the local paper. It is said that many busy citizens turn first to the Bennett ads to get the really im portant news. He keeps the city posted on anything from how to cure the "flu" to ways and means of pre venting forest fires. He is strong for newspaper advertising and is a liberal space buyer. What is more important, he Is a master of the psy chology of advertising. He knows the public won't read ordinary cord tire, gasoline and oil ads, so he gives them live sluff--aomething about and for themselves. Here is a sample from a two-col umn-ten, headed "What's What In l.ewiaton": First he gives the Moose lodge a boost, then announces tn coming of "America's greatest tenor, who will sing in the high school auditorium; next in order is notice of the next American Legion smoker following this he calls attention to the commercial club meeting, cer tain dolnps of the Elks and Dokle an appeal for the Roosevelt memorial, a boost for the stork show, and last of all, "Bennett's Garage-rWe Never Close." Other subjects treated in his inim liable style, and filling several pages FAST TRUCKS KEEP PORTLAND SUPPLIED WITH MILK. Wigs. tv,fr' Ilrrr'x a Xorrlnnd titt-toi truck that Is part f the "milk fleet" nklch Huppllrs thU city's StHMHH) folks with milk and cream for dally use. tourinsr car over the 795 miles of good, bad and indifferent road within a three-day period. Even In the best of weather, with the roads at their best, four or five days is considered good running time from Portland to San Francisco. Therefore, Air. Agnew's feat may be interpreted not only aa a tribute to the driver, his Hup and Pacific coast Itarch weather, but also as proof that the highway commissions of Oregon and California have made extensive improvements on the Pacific highway since lust season. Incidentally, Mr. Aifnew made a fast trip to San Franlcsco early in February through muddy roads of that time. The down trip was made in four days, despite discouraging road handicaps and mud, tlie final 312 miles from Dunsmuir to Oakland beirifr covered iu IS hours, elapsed time." This wan Mr. Agnew'a first time over the Portland-San Francisco road, and he says he was somewhat timid in turning the Hup loose to its limit. Ile'fl Real Speed Hound. Last summer Mr. Agnew hung P a road record for the run from Van couver, B. C, to Portland, only 14 hours' time elapsing between his de parture from Vancouver and his ar rival in Portland. With the same car lie used on all three of these speed trips Jlr. ARnew says he expects to Ilia Re the Portland-San Francisco run about one month from now in two da s. By leaving Portland at midnight he can time his drive through the rough and muddy roads 0 as to have day light for the worst spots. He is sure he can make Grants Pass by the end of the first day out of Portland and sail all the way from the Josephine county metropolis to San Francisco in another full da)'. "On the upward trip we left Oak land Saturday noon and were home In Portland Monday evening," said Mr. Agnew at the llanley Auto com pany last week. "From Oakland to Kcdding the roads were fine, being paved all the way to lied Bluff, with a fairly good dirt road for tho re. inainlnir 36 miles. "The 67-mlle stretch over the moun tains from lieddinn to Dunsmuir has a good gravel road, but we found Home bad places between the latter point and Yreka, though nothing was bad enough to stick the Hups rear wheels. An ful .rnr Yonenlla. "There was no snow whatsoever crossing the SiFkiyous Into Oregon. From Ashland to Grants Tass the road was all in fairly good condition. Then came Cow creek canyon, with its proverbial discouragements. The road through the canyon was badly cut up. but chains were not necessary. "The stretch encountered about eight mile south of Glendale was downright bad, with rain falling all around us. The road going into Roseburg wasn't anything to brag about. Roseburg to Oakland was all right." Air. Agnew reports that the worst "mess" of the entire round trip is between Voncalla and Drain, where the Hupmobile was obliged to plow through deep, sticky mud. For a mile and a half, he says, the car was down to the axle in mud. This leg of the trip was made in the dark and. to make bad matters worse, rain was falling much the same as it does in Los- Angeles when perfectly good Ore gonians are turned loose there with out their umbrellas. From Drain to Portland there were no particular in cidents except some stretches of rather rough road south of Eugene. Mr. Agnew was accompanied on his trip to San Francisco and return by Mrs. Agnew and their youngster. While in California they toured around Monterey bay and enjoyed other side trips out of San Francisco to the extent of about 2000 miles. of advertising space, are the follow ing: Mothers' day. Salvation Army, children's book exhibit at state nor mal school, fuel anortuge, traffic reg ulations, open forum meeting, life in surance, Boy fecouls, census enume ration, Ited Cross, war drives, chil aren a home, fall fair, Y. W. C. A.. good roads and church socials. December 28, 1919, Charlie Bennett gave his readers a little food for thought in connection with the new year. He told them about a Chicago traveling man who came from Spo kane, "Just to see what Idaho was like." and who remarked as follows: "It seems that Idaho has a reputa tion back east for raising fine pota toes, and many times 1 have heard people phone for spuds with this con dition added to the order, 'and be sure to send us Idaho potatoes.'" Then came Charlie's ringing peroration "With potatoes, grain, fruit, lettuce, livestock, railroads, waJerpower, good roads, our famous LewTstou hill high way, up-to-date wholesale and retai establishments, strong banks and ex cellent schools, we have everything to push us to the front. Don't let the grass start sprouting in our streets. Nineteen twenty calls for "DO IT with a big WILL before It. Get ready for that serious jump from 1919 to 1920. Land on the new fallow with both feet and brand it with prosper ity from the first sound of the whistle at 12 M. on the 31st. Next year we will want our tourist camp site, more good roads, better rural mail routes, more and better rail and water trans portation and many other things so essential to the steady growth of a city like Lewiston and the cities trib utary to it. Once again, union makes strength; don't scatter your efforts. During the war Charlie would drop into the garage in the morning to see if "DoC had things running smoothly, then away to. headquarters to help put the city over the top In some war drive. His greatest achievement in this line was raising Lewiston's quota in the last war .savings drive when everybody said It cant be done.' Charlie's live-wire teammate. Astor Seaborg, shared credit for the big success of that drive. The wonder has been where Bennett got all 'the time for his unselfish work for the community. The secret lies In the splendid organization of his garage business and in his em ployes. The loyalty and efficiency of his men have enabled him to de vote much of his time to civic activ ities in an unassuming way. His two hobbies are a bigger and better Lew iston and Bennett's garage. And he has reason to be proud of his garage j" SERIES 20 " MS II fr ALTHOUGH the Series 20 BIG-SIX has a wheelbase r of 126-inches and seats seven passengers in per fect comfort, it is not a heavy car. It weighs but 3X25 pounds and is so accurately aligned and so flex ible that the touch of two fingers on the wheel keeps it in the road. Its silent, longjstroke demountable head motor of 60-horse power, delivers the power to take you uphill, and over any highway as' easily as on the.chy boulevard. ' Standard equipment includes cord tires, shock absorbers, Gypsy top with one large beveled plate glass window in rear, im proved straight-side windshield with storm proof ventilator base with integral side lamps; extension tonneau lamp. Trimmed in hand-buffed genuine leather upholstery. $2250 f.o.b- Detroit W. C. Garbe, Inc. Formerly Oregon Motor Car Co. , Broadway at Burnside Broadway 616 NEW SALES CHIEF FOR TWIN STATICS MOTOR CAR fOMPANV. Lewiston Proud of Charlie Bennett, and His Garage. The l.attrr la One or llmt in .North vrf, While It Proprietor l an Indifcprnnable I'utilie Institution. mil! LEWISTON". Idaho, March 20. (Special.) Down around Lewis ton Charlie Bennett is a public insti tution. Incidentally, Bennett's garage is one of the best in the northwest. He admits it, and no one else denies it. But this is not to tell about the garage; It is about Charlie, the orig inal live-wire of central Idaho. Kor one thing, Charlie Bennett does not let the irariiKe interfere with his business, wiiich is ifr.st'nc for his home town. 'When'. .1 the pr'-s' lent i There Isn't a better known or more j popular automobile salesman in town than Bill Byrne, who recently joined R. E. Murphy of the Twin States Motor Car' company. Chandler and I Cleveland distributors, as sales man ager for both lines. He was christened William, but it is as Bill that he is Known and as Bill let him remain. Bill Byrne began selling automobiles nine years ago in Portland, his first efforts being devoted to the old Cartercar. He went with C. L. Boss in 1914 and remained there fWe years. From Mr. Boss, he went with H. M. Covey selling Cadillacs, and from there to his present position as sales It Is housed in a beautiful new brick uilding. fireproof in construction. and over 100 feet square. The spa- ious cement floor offers storage space for 100 cars, and in the me chanical department may be found every modern device and machine for the repair of cars. An exceptional feature of the building is an attract ively furnished and completely equipped ladies' rest room. For 24 hours of every day of the three years the garage has been in existence a force of skilled mechanics has been on the Job. "We never close" is the motto of the garage. . . Lewiston and central Idaho are proud not only of Bennett's garage, but also of its presiding genius who calls himself just a plain "garage man," but who is, nevertheless, an Indispensable public institution. Montreal Boasts of Oldest Kink. Victoria rink, Montreal, has the distinction of being the oldest build ing In America devoted to skating, this being the 58th consecutive year it has been used for this purpose. , Card Urtt indaiU 9EfirS Beautiful and Serviceable .Someone has said: "Long lines blended with curves that recall Greek sculpture quiet colors restrained richness of upholstery with here and there a touch of bright metal-work like high-lightsonanartist'scanvas." Besides, the new Lexington Touring Car is a great road-car. The reputation of its long line of eminently successful pred ecessors was built upon being the better cars of their times. Likewise this new Lexington maintains its margin of leader ship. 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We are especially equipped to take care of the tire needs of firms and corporations. For this purpose we maintain a distinct service department and will de liver promptly to any part of the city. We feel it unnecessary on our part to add any word as to the quality of Miller Tires. Their reputation for long distance mileage has been well established long ago. But we do want an opportunity of serving you once. With that we are content, knowing that with Miller Tire value and our courteous and efficient service you will become a permanent customer. Multnomah Tire Co.,I 102 BROADWAY NORTH PHONE BDWY. 4043 m 1 1 -m- H5 No matter what the handicap no matter how cold, how warm, how heavy the load, how bad the road, how quick, or sure, or urgent the demand, you can bet your last cent on the "Used the World ry f O 2V2, 3V2 and 5-Ton Motor Truck It has won its reputation for being "always on the road" because it is ALWAYS READY TO MOVE. 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