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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (June 13, 1920)
8 THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND. JUNE 13. 1920 GREATEST DRIVERS WILLDEATTACQMA Chevrolet, Boyer, Murphy and Other Stars Entered. antelope during the three years that . he spent in the flockies. During that period his men built roads for him into many portions of the mountains. In 1856. General Bela XI. Hughes, pioneer stage manager, opened a route between Denver and Salt Lake over Gore pass, taking advantage of the work already done by Sir George's men. A stage company was char tered to operate vehicles between the two cities but the stages were never run. DE PALMA IS COMING, TOO BoM Programme in Tatoma's Nine Vcart. of Automobile Racins Promij-cd for July. I 1 o-, S3 - " ' r TACOMA. June IT. "The greatest drivers ever seen in the west will ra at Tmoma Monday. July 5," de clares V. C Baldwin, president of the , in all directions Tacoma speedway, referring to the line-up of stars for the big Indepen dence day classic at the Tacoma speedway. Mr. Baldwin returned to Tacoma last Monday after two weeks in In dianapolis, where he watched the drivers at practice, was present at the fiualifying tests and witnessed the Memorial day race that brought added fame to Gaston Chevrolet and other stars ot the saucer. wo art- in position this year to offer the very best programme in the . . i T- . ... . . . L-na(twflV. 1 nine years ot wie . he savs. "With Gaston Chevrolet, Joe 4 Boyer. 'Miff Diirant. Kddie Hearrie. Ttalnh Mulford. Eddie O'Donnell, Joe 4 Thomas. Roscoe Sarles. Tom Milton and Jimmy Murphy already signed and more to follow, motor car racing fans have a big treat in store on July S. Ralph De Talma will also be in the field, if his new car is ready. Louis Chevrolet will be at the race with his brother Gaston, but it is doubtful if he will take part in the speed events. However, he plans to bring a car and may enter. Driver I.Ike Tacoma Track. "After watching the Indianapolis races this year 1 can truthfully say that the Indianapolis track does not have one thing on Tacoma for thrills. Our races bring out more real gener alship and present a more thrilling programme than that at Indianapolis this year. The drivers are anxious to get "to Tacoma because they have been told by the men who have been here that the track is one of the fast est In the country and that to win a race at the Tacoma speedway the driver must watch his job every sec ond the wheels are turning." Mr. Baldwin predicts that the cars will be in far better condition than they were at Indianapolis, as all are new creations and follow the rules of 19'jn racing that the piston displace ment shall not exceed 183 cubic inches. Several of the cars have not more than 1S1 cubic inches piston displace ment not much larger than a Ford motor. Kim! Real pred Tet. Several of the. new cars were not teen on the track at Indianapolis even in practice and the fans had their first view when they entered the race the morning of Memorial day. This placed several of the drivers at a great disadvantage, since they did not have time to work on their motors. The cars, so the drivers say, will he in real condition for the events at Tacoma. which "thus present the first real speed test for the new type of racing cars. The grandstand at the Tacoma speedway, to seat lS.fUO people, is rapidly nearing completion. The seat sale will begin in about a week. It is planned to close the grandstand seat sale about July 1. Last year the grandstand was sold out a week be fore the races. STAGE . BUS1NKSS EXTENSIVE Highways in General Are Reported in fine Condition. MARSH FIELD. Or., June 12. (Spe cial.) Marshfield is the center of an extensive auto stage business. Each morning a person can leave the Chandler hotel at 7:30 for almost any point in Oregon, by automobile. Five commodious, fast cars depart daily for Gold Beach and Crescent City, Roseburg, Coquille, Bandon and Sun set Bay. Connections are made at Koseburg with north and south trains on the Southern Pacific and at Gold Beach with stages running to Cres cent City and on to Eureka. The highways in general are in fine condition and good time is made The Roseburg auto travels over the old Coos Bay wagon road, through Brewster canyon, and MARMQN WILL LEAD SHE'S PARADES Factory Sends Car Here Imperial Potentate. for PAINT WORK IS ARTISTIC Red, Yellow and Blue of the Sbrine, With Emblems or the Order, Decorate Its Sides. A new series Marmon 34. especially made for the occasion, will be a fea ture of the parades in Shrine and Rose Festival week. The car will be used by W. Freeland Kendrick. im perial potentate. It arrived in Tort- White Horse creek, eight miles this side of the park. His party will be J and the latter's workmen and teams. ana me i wo parties win orca.K mo road from White Horse to the park headquarters at Anna Springs camp, five miles this side of the lake, and on the Klamath side, on which Mr. Grieve has the contract for con structing several miles of road. SATURATION POINT NOT NEAR Edward S. Jordan Doesn't Believe There Can Be Too Many Cars. In reply to the question. "Where is the saturation point In automobile sales?" Edward S. Jordan, president of the Jordan Motor Car corrfbany. says: "When everyone drives and no automobiles wear out." "The tendency, however, is defi nitely toward standardization of the industry. With production still far behind orders, every effort is being made to bring the number of cars of each individual factory to the maxi mum of production. Labor condi tions, lack of materials and a tight ening of the money market have caused many plants to fall below quotas set for this time of year. "Consolidation of plants is a prob lem of the future. The need that confronts the automobile manufac turer is not the market saturation OLDSMOBILE USED IN CARS-WITHOUT-DRIVERS FLEET. , jr ..w.'--.. S I 1'hcHe fl r (MiNmohilr Mixrs and elhtu were wold recently by the Olds mobile ronptvy of Owi to AM hoff & Rennett of the Army garage, 250 .Tytor street, which rents them to persona wanting cars with out drivers. is the roucrhest of the several routes, but no trouble is reported by the drivers in ma kins time. HiO RIVER AUTD GAMP ANOTHER OHLT.OX TOWN PUTS PORTLAND TO SHAME. LICENSES FOR DRIVERS NEAV LAW KKFECT1VE FIRST OF NEXT MONTH. Atlra-lMe 3-Acrc Tract Equipped for '1'ouris.ts, When Portland Hadn't Even One Acre. HOOD RIVER, Or., June 9. (Spe cial.) The new camping park for motor tourists, just Opened to the public, is already winning the plau dits of travelers. A partv of tour- Every Pilot of Motor Vehicle Must Have Card Officially Issued by Secretary of State. SALEM. Or., June 12. (Special.) Preliminary plans for the registra tion of between 2500 and 3000 drivers of motor vehicles in Oregon under a law passed at the s-pecial session of the state legislature last January, are under way by the secretary of state, and actual registrations will start soon after July 1. This an nouncement has been made by Sam A. Kozer. secretary of state. The registration law provides that no person under 16 years of age shall operate a motor vehicle, nor shall cars be entrusted to men and wo men physically defective unless the applicants obtain a special permit from the secretary of state. The reg istration fee is 23 cents, and all drivers, whether or not they own the vehicles in their charge, are subject to the law. Inasmuch as approximately 100,000 motor vehicles were registered in Oregon for 1920, Mr. Kozer believes between 1000 and 3000 persons are affected by 'the Bo-called driver's registration law. Application cards are now being printed and these will be sent to all motor vehicle owners In the state. Upon the return of these applications, properly filled out and accompanied by 25 cents, a card will be Issued by the secretary of state showing that the applicant has com plied with the law. Mr. Kozer made it plain, however, that it would be futile to send in applications for these licenses at present, as the law does not go into effect until July 1. ists here last week from southern California declared it the best they had encountered on their long jour ney. And the Hood River park to date is only par'ly completed. W. T. Price, city water superintendent, has just completed installation of lavatories. Six ovens have beev- provided for cooking and neat tables have been placed under shelter of oaks that grow on nearly all parts of the three acre tract. Other conveniences will be needed at once and the plot will be leveled and attractive shrubbery planted. The Hood Kiver Woman's club has offered Mr. Price the co operation of its members to make the camping park one of the beauty spots of the city. A limit will be put on the time of tourists using the plot. Otherwise it would soon be overrun with straw berry harvest hands, many of whom come to the valley in their own auto mobiles. Additional land adjoining the au tomobile park may be acquired. At a recent special election citizens gave the city council authority to expend funds for park purposes. The park property was donated last year by the commercial club and the volunteer fire department, the mem bers of these organizations obtaining sufficient funds to buy the place from proceeds of Fourth of July concessions. CORK PASS TO BE OPENED Motors to Travel Oldest Highway Across Continental Divide. STEAMBOAT SPRINGS, Cold.. June 12 Gore Pass road, probatily the oldest wagon road across the con tinental divide but over which, it is said, no automobile has ever gone soon will be opened to motor traffic The state and Routt county have each appropriated $10,008 for the improvement of the road and work is scheduled to begin soon. Only a mall portion of the road on top of the Divide is in poor condition, but that portion makes the pass impass able for automobiles. Gore pass road connects Toponas in the southern end of Kgeria park, with Kremmling in Middle park. It has easy grades and is said to be clear of snow a month later in the fall and a month earlier in the spring than any other road crossing the Divide in this region. Gore Pass road was first crossed with wagons in 1856 when Sir George Gore, an Irish nobleman, and an army of servants and retainers, traveling in 30 wagons under guidance of Jim Bridger. penetrated the wilderness beyond the pass in search of game. Sir George is reported to have killed thousands of bison, elk, deer and One pint of gasoline contains enough power to lift six tons 750 feet into the air 200 feet higher than- the top of the Washington monument. land last week and is now at the salesroom of the Northwest Auto company, distributors for the Mar mon. At the Shrine convention in Indian apolis last year a Marmon was placed at the disposal of the imperial po tentate and made such a hit among the Shriners that the Nordyke & Mar mon company, manufacturers of the Marmon. arranged with the North west Auto company to tender the use of a Marmon car for the potentate for the coming convention. The of ficial chauffeur for Mr. Kendrick will be Roy Fike, salesman for the Northwest Auto company and mem ber of Al Kadcr Temple. This Marmon is one of the finest examples of automobile painting that has ever come to Portland. It is painted In the colors of the Shrine, red. yellow and blue, with Shrine em blems decorating the hood and door panels. The car is a f our-passenser model with top and upholstery har monizing with the color scheme of the body. After the convention it will be reoainted to standard colors. A. H. Lea, potentate of Al Kader Temple, will come second in the pa rade, driving a Cole aero-eight, now in the paint shop of the Northwest Auto company, being decorated like the Marmon. The Cole aero-eight is a four-passenger model and was pur chased by Mr. Lea at the auto ehow. The Northwest Auto company is making preparations to house a pa trol of 25 or 30 Shriners at its sales rooms. Several tents, each accommo dating two men. will be set up on the salesroom floor and the sands of the desert will cover the floor to remind the vistors of their journey to the oasis. CRATER. ROAD TO BE OPENED Pass lo Be Cleared ot Snow to Per mit Passage by Shriners. MEDFORD. Or., June 12. (Special.) Present indications are that by June 25 Shriners returning this way from the Portland convention and hoping to take a side trip to Crater lake will be able to do so by being able to drive by auto within three fourths of a mile of the lake and walking the rest of the way. Every thing possible will be done to break up the huge snow drifts and clear the road. Superintendent Sparrow of Crater National park, 'with a force of men. teams and trucks, left today for the lake region to clear the way from but rather how to produce cars to cover orders already on file. No doubt the time will come when the ! automobile industry will shake down to a few great controlling companies. This is seemingly a long way off. however. "When the day comes when auto- mobiles will be bought rather than sold, then the test period will have arrived to determine how many of. the cars built today can survive with out consolidating with other car man ufacturers. "Such a move would bring produc tion to a higher degree of efficiency and would minimize financial diffi culties, always so prevalent when sup ply exceeds demand. TRUCK MAKERS GIVE HELP KISSEL FACTORY HAS AGR1 CULTURAL DIVISION. REPUBLIC TRUCK RUNS 1300 MILES TO STOCKTON. CAL., AND RETURN ON FIRESTONE PNEUMATIC TIRES. - OX THE PACIFIC HIUHWAY JN" CALIFORNIA. This truck, owned by the Portland branch of the Firestone Tire & Rubber company, was sent with the Northwest Ad clubs caravan tour by L. J opurKs. inniiitser ui ine oiancn, as a oaggage transport trucK. It was driven by Carlton Olmsted, of the advertising department of the branch Equipped fore and aft with 36x6 Firestone cord tires. It made the round trip . on the original air, and without trouble of any kind. The picture showing I the truck beside a palm tree was taken on the Pacific highway Just outside I of Marysville, Cal. I Purpose to Aid Farmers Through-! out Country Solve Problems of Transportation. 'A step that indicates the scientific manner in which the motor truck manufacturer is providing dependable transportation to the farmer is the formation of the agricultural division of the Kissel Motor Car campany fac tory at Hartford. Wis.," says H. J. Mcintosh of the Mcintosh Motor Car! company, local distributor for. Kissel autos and trucks. This division has been utilized by- farmers from every part of the coun try, helping them solve problems and advising with them on the basia of actual facts and figures. "The Kissel agricultural division is composed not only of the regular engineering corps or the factory, who for the past 14 years have been de signing and constructing motor trucks, but also the factory's trans portation engineers, who have been giving special study and analysis to the farmer's requirements from every angle of farm truck transportation. "Their experience ranges through the whole list of transportation de mands, their services have been used by farmers not only in the New Eng land states, but in the eastern, south western, middle west and southeast ern and Pacific coast sections. "The efficient hauling of grain, cat tle, tobacco, dairy products and every other farm produce demands not only adaptable farm truck bodies, but the truck itself must be designed and geared to perform satisfactorily on farm lands and country roads. To do this the engineers have had to de termine the proper gear ratios, axles. m mmm 1 h W: far SMm 1 w '(0 f : 1 f AO. : a w ! V i J A I M JK JW 1 m m 1 m 1 m I i lave ilvertown CordCIh'es added a brand new word to the language of motoring Jilv ertoivn -which stands tor service. TSestJnthe Long Run The S. F. Goodrich Rubber Company Ikron, Ohio Adjustment 3J sis Silvertown Cords, ZoooXtiten Tabrie Tires, fioooMiles. frame, springs for country usage, all parts strong, durable and easily ac cessible. Different body combina tions as well as differently designed truck sizes are necessary to solve the problems the farmer must solve to secure efficient, dependable and econ omical transportation of his produce, livestock or supplies." NEVADA TO CURB THEFTS That State and California Unite in Common Auto Policy. RENO, Nev., June 12. Steps to curb automobile thefts in California and Nevada are to be taken by authorities of the two states. A conference was held here this week among Secretary of State George Brodigan, G. S. Mor rill, superintendent of the California state bureau of Identification, and B. W. McKay, investigator of the Pacific Underwriters' association, at which a plan of action was outlined. Morrill is to be furnished with the number of every car licensed in Ne vada, to assist in detecting stolen cars here. It was found three Nevada licenses were issued by mail to the same person in California, and it is believed they are intended for cars stolen in that state. TOURIST TRAVEL NOT HURT Number of Autoists Around Uma tilla Apparently Normal. UMATILLA. Or., June 8. (Special.) To judge from the number of auto mobiles that cross the ferry at Uma tilla, leaving the Columbia highway for points in Washington, the gaso line shortage is not hampering tour ists in this part of the state. The local supply Is not seriously low, but may be at any time. Gasoline and lubricating oils in Mo rocco may be purchased at virtually the same prices as in most European countries. IME1AUTO SWM REPAIRING MANUFACTURING 20,000 in Stock Compare the quality, workmanship and finish of LAHER SPRINGS with springs shipped into this territory from the East; most of which are made up in quantities for jobbers who, in turn, call themselves spring companies. I s LAHER SPRINGS are made in three of the finest factories in this country, most springs made with bronze bushings and finished to fit perfect. All auto springs sold with a written guarantee for one year against breakage or settling. i B Depend on us for your eprings. We never fail to fill orders promptly. 1 SEATTLE Factories and Stock at PORTLAND I SPOKANE J ffiftl' TTTm-fl STORAGES! CXmy V)l 1 fa BATTERY II " ML Wilhgdl J! THERE'S one way you can be certain of battery newness, and of a battery that will put an end to re-insulation worry. Just make sure the battery you buy is a Bone Dry Willard with the Threaded Rubber trade mark on the box. WILLARD SERVICE Ninth and Everett East Burnside at Seventeenth 443 Stark 454 Burnside (Between 12th and 13th) ii it