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GROUP OF THE FAST ONES WHICH WILL BE ENTERED IN SALEM RACES JUNE
PICKWICK SERVICE HERE
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PORTLAXD . SAN FRANCISCO
BUS LINE STARTS BUSINESS.
HUD
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Service Two Days Each Week
From Municipal Bus Terminal
Here to California Announced,
Old-Time Drivers Will Aid in
Directing Event.
THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN, PORTLAND, MAT 21, 1922
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AID
FOR SALEM RAC
S
MIDGET CAR IS ENTERED
Tiny Stephens Special Will Make
Mile Ran Against Time in Ef
fort to Break Record.
Officials for the automobile races
scheduled for the state fair grounds
at Salem n Saturday afternoon, June
t, were seleoted and announced yes
terday by the Oregon Auto Racln.gr as
sociation. In charge of the event. The
choices were pronounoed by local rao
ing fans an excellent throughout, and
will give to the Salem event a flavor
of old. time racing In Portland and
vicinity, as several of the officials
took part In the road races which
were the vogue a dozen or mors years
ago.
for tho position of referee, Fred
Jonds well known machine-shop
and automobile repair man, was se
lected. Dundee has been active In
all racing events in and around Fort
land for years and Is considered an
unusually capable official. He also
has bad his taste of the racing game,
being . driver for the old White
steamer organization back In the days
when the automobile was an infant,
tn those days road races and records
for drivers in all parts of the coun
try were the height of Interest, and
Dundae hung up no small number of
these records for the later comers to
shoot at.
I Therkelsen, sales manager of the
Braley Auto company, and starter
for the race, is another race driver
of the early days who will help make
the Salem event a success. Therkel
een was ons of the best known of the
amateur drivers in the days when
road raoes out the Base 1ln.e road
and other roads in the vicinity of the
of the city kept the inhabitants agog.
Timers Are Selected.
Timers for the races have been an
nounced as follows: Ben Trenkman
and Hal de Walde of Portland, and
Larry Hofer of Salem. All three men
are well known as racing. fans and
have officiated before at races in this
section. De Walde is a builder of
sport and racing bodies for automo
biles and more than one of the cars in
the professional race will be equipped
with bodies from his shop. Hofer is
one of the most enthusiastic race fans
of Salem, and has a race car of his
own in which he takes greatest inter
est, although he does not drive it
himself.
As chairman of the technical com
mittee, Vic Under of the Factory
Motor Car company of Portland has
been named. This committee will
have charge of the work of going
over the cars and making sure that
their specifications are such as to
allow them to enter in the races. In
this work Mr. Unden will be as
sisted by other members of the com
mittee not yet named. Mr. Unden is
considered an excellent choice for this
position as not only is he an enthu
siastic race fan, but he Is well ac
quainted with the specifications of
the various cars and fitted to check
up on all entries, particularly In the
dealers' stock car events.
The Judge. of the race will be James
Linn of Salem, head of the state fair
board, if the Oregon Auto Racing as
sociation is able to get Mr. Linn to
serve. The choice of Mr. Linn is con
sidered an excellent one by those in
charge. In view of his experience in
former raoing events, particularly in
the days of horse racing, and be has
been asked to accept the position, al
though as yet his acceptance has net
been received.
Midget Race Cad Entered.
A unique stunt for creating interest
in. the forthcoming event throughout
the Willamette valley was arranged
last! week when the association sent
out the Stephens special midget rac
ing car, said to be the smallest racing
car In the country, for a tour of the
valley. Pilot Holt, at the wheel of the
little vehicle, visited all of the larger
towns of the valley from Oregon City
southward, putting up posters for the
race. The little car was a stunt car
In San Francisco in 1915 and has a
record of a mile on a dirt track In El
seconds. As an additional feature of
the programme at the races Holt will
make an exhibition run around the
track In the effort to lower the for
mer records of the car.
That the cash prizes for the win
ners in the free-for-all race for pro
fessional cars will be increased con
siderably over those first announced
was the declaration of officials of
the racing body last week. Just what
the new schedule will be has not been
determined, it was said, but the cash
prizes will be considerably larger
while lap money will also be given.
Plans for putting the track in shape
were made last week, and a caretaker
was employed who will spend all of
his time from now until the race
working up the surface of the road
way. Every effort will be made to
keep down dust, and not only will the
surface be well fixed for the races but
arrangements will be made to work
the track between races, also, it was
stated.
PACKARD INCREASES FORCE
ECONOMY RON MOVED UP WTTf
CAMP CURRY TO BE SCENE OF
- ANNUAIj test.
Entry tlst Shows Many of Blost
Popular Makes In Country.
Everyone Has Chance.
LOS ANGELES, May 20. Entries
and data for Los Angeles-Camp Curry
economy run for 1922:
Gardner. H. O. 8.. Dart. Oakland. lib
erty. Earl, Templar, Stephens, Reo, Jewett,
Ace, Maxwell, Dorria. Kiasel. Marmon,
Dueeenberg,' Chevrolet.
ADoroxlmate distance 564 mflea
Sanction American Automobile associa-.
tlon.
Start Auto Club of Southern California,
Los Angeles.
Officials H. F. Welier, manager; jxrg
F. Stephenson, representative, American
Automobile association; J. v. smltn, rer
eree; F. W. ("Teddy") Tetslaff, scorer:
George Adair, starter.
The Camp Curry economy run
from Los Angeles was moved up a
week on account of the unusual freak
storm in the mountains last week
and in bo doing the Los Angeles
dealers sixth annual trip into the
Tosemite valley will merge with the
sociability runs of the San Francisco,
Fresno and Merced dealers, making
four contests terminate at Camp
Curry today.
This will be one of the greatest
events of its kind ever-staged. The
road into the valley and to Camp
Curry will be the scene of a great
demonstation of the ability or late
models of sooTeS of automobiles. The
entry list shows many of the most
popular makes in the country, and the
classifications adopted will give
everybody a chance in the classes
beside an opportunity to annex the
coveted sweepstakes prizes.
Camp Curry is already ranked as
the motor mecea of America and this
coming week-end will be the largest
and most important In the history or
the California automobile world. It
is going to be interesting to observe
the performances of the various cars
of the same make entered from the
four different points. Eastern man
ufacturers and automotive engineers
are keenly interested in the event
because the results obtained are con.
sidered important in motor car dem
onstrations and the advertising value
of winning the coveted honors is
eagerly sought.
Camp Curry is making plans to
receive the official cars and the staffs
of attendants and automobile dealers
that will accompany the trip. Camp
Curry Is now open and ready for
thriving season of motor travel, so
this event will start the season off
with a rush.
Owing to the lateness of the winter
snows this year, drivers entered in
the 1922 economy run have not had
the opportunity of spending weeks of
practice in going over the route and
gaining an experience that will put
them in the most opportune position
for the day of the event. The run
this year, while finding many vet
erans at the wheels of cars from Los
Angeles, San Francisco. Fresno and
Above Baby Frontenae special to be piloted by X Eddie Hickey, one of the
favorites In the professional car entries. Below at left Statu "bearcat"
to be entered tn dealers' stock-enr race, with A. B. Hog and J. I. Jones,
driver and mechanician, respectively. Below at right Smallest racing
car tn the country, the Stephens special, which will appear on the track In
a mile against time. This car is now being driven throughout the Willam
ette valley to advertise the forthcoming event, and the photo shows
Pilot Holt starting out from Portland with a sheaf of race posters.
Merced, will be an open proposition
for them all and the skill of the
drivers and the qualities of their cars
will be put to the utmost test
Competition of the nature such as
provided for in these runs Is watched
with concern by the motorlnff public
as well as the dealers and manufac
turers and the four separate runs
being scheduled for the same week
end will make the situation all the
more interesting. It is likely that the
oars will find some snow still on the
high spots and this will make the test
all the more thrilling.
NEW TOURISTS' GUIDE ISSUED
Book Prepared Showing Main
Roads and Resorts of Oregon.
A new motor tourist's guide to
Oregon which promises to be one of
the most complete of the kind ever
put out is now in process of publica
tion and will be ready for distribu
tion with a week or ten days, it has
been announced. The volume is being
put out by the publishers of the Pitt
mon's City Official Guide.
The booklet, which will be of about
125 pages, will contain a history of
the state in brief, brief accounts of
the resources and products of the
various sections, a description of
ecenic attractions and a comprehen
sive series of maps and logs covering
the principal motor routes of the
state.
Included in the booklet will bo a
complete folder map of the state and
a series of strip maps of the principal
highways, the Pacific hightway, Co
lumbia river highway. Old Oregon
trail and The Dalles-California high
way, each strip taking in about 200
miles, and being accompanied along
side with a log of the route. A se
ries of transcontinental maps, includ
ing the Lincoln highway. Grant high
way and Yellowstone trail will also
be included. Considerable space will
be given to the city of Portland, with
a map of the city and eight maps and
descriptions of Bhort trips in Portland
recommended or visitors here. ' The
booklet will be placed on sale at local
book stores, garages and automobile
accessory houses, it has been an
nounced. Murphy Not In Grand Prix.
SAN FRANCItSCO, Cat, May 20.
Jimmy Murphy has announced that
he will not compete in the French
Grand Prix again this year. It will
be recalled that Murphy and ., his
Duesenberg won this race last year.
This year the rules governing the
race are so stringent as to virtually
exclude all American cars, and the
Grand Prix will not be run at all,
unless at least 75 per cent of the en
tries are French cars.
TIRE PRODUCTION JUMPS
DEALERS ARE REPORTED TOO
CAUTIOUS IN BUYING.
Portland has been designated as
the northern termlnul for the Pick
wick stages, and the first regular
Pickwick service from Portland to
San Francisco, . consisting of two
cars each way each week, will leave
Portland on Tuesday morning, ac
cording to C. Christie, C Eakin and
J. Hall, managers of this new Pick
wick service, which for the first time
extends north of California. The
first stage to make the trip for the
new service actually left Portland
last Wednesday for San Francisco,
but this was in the nature of a spe
cial trip, it was announced, and on
Tuesday the regular Bervice will
start Thenceforth the cars will leave
Portland each Tuesday and Saturday
morning.
The three men earns to Portland a
short time ago to arrange the service
and will make their headquarters
here. Mr. Eakin Is already well
known in Portland, where be has
lived for a number of years, while
the other two men are from California.
Anyone who has visited California
will be familiar with the big Pick
wick stage service, which connects
the important cities of that Bttote.
The company now runs stage service
between San Francisco and Los An
geles, between Los Angeles and San
Diego, between,, El Centro and San
Diego and between El Centro and Los
Angeles, besides many shorter feeder
lines.
The organization has 14 Packard
twin-six cars, each with a capacity of
eight passengers, for use on the Port
land-San Francisco run and will
bring all the stages into use if nec
essary, it is announced. While the
only regular service is that leaving
on Tuesdays and Saturdays additional
busses will be run whenever there Is
demand, and those in charge hope
to put a bus out of Portland every
day.
The ran, as it has been mapped
out will take two and one-half days
from Portland, the buoses traveling
only during the daytime. A car leav
ing here at 7 A. M. will reach Eugene
in time for lunch and will stop at
Medford, where the passengers will
spend the night The second day
will be spent in making the run from
Medford to Redding, with luncheon
at Dunsmuir, and the third day will
be consumed in making the run into
San Francisco, the stage being sched
uled to reach the Bay city at
2:30 P. M.
The trip is being arranged more as
a vacation trip than as in competi
tion to railroad service, it is an
nounced, and the trip will be adver
tised as the most scenic long distance
bus drive in the country. The Pick
wick organization has affiliated with
the Oregon Auto Stage terminal or
ganization and all stages will start
from the stage terminal at the cor
ner of Park and Yamhill streets.
Summer Demand Results In More
Men Being Employed la Akron
Factories to Meet Calls.
AKRON, O, May 20. The rubber
tire industry in Akron has reached
the point where it is practically im
possible for manufacturers to meet
the current demand for tires without
drawing upon their finished goods in
ventories.
The biggest single spurt the tire
industry has taken since the begin
ning of the depression period early in
1920 has caused a call to be issued by
Akron manufacturers for 1000 expe
rienced tire builders. These men now
are being taken on by various tire
companies ; in addition to 1500 men
employed by the Goodyear Tire and
Rubber company, since April 13, and
1000 more absorbed by Firestone,
Goodrich, Miller, General and the
smaller tire factories.
Manufacturers here attribute the
sudden and unexpected spurt in tire
sales to the fact that both automobile
manufacturers and tire dealers have
been too cautious and conservative in
ordering supplies for the spring trade.
The manner in which orders are pll
lng into Akron Indicates that there
are not enough tires on dealers'
shelves to meet the current consumer
demand, and indicates also that motor
car manufacturers have exhausted
their supplies of original equipment
tires, having plainly underestimated
the demand for motor cars this spring.
Tire manufacturers who had built
up a finished goods inventory of about
60 days' supply of tires, admit that
they will find It necessary to tap
these reserve supplies until such time
as enough men can be employed to
build up production commensurate
with current demand. They fully ex
pect the present spurt to continue
without abatement until at least Au
gust 1, and In re-employing tire build
ers are Informing them that the work
will be for at least three months and
possibly longer.
Tire production in Akron has
Jumped up to more than 80,000 a day,
which is more than 80 per cent of the
peak production obtained in the first
five months of 1920.
Goodyear has a production ticket
calling for over 25,000 tires a day.
Firestone has a production of 24,000
casings daily.
See Its New Motor
A Ride Tells All
No Advance in Prices
At the height of success, Hudson adopts a new motor.
No car has had a more famous motor than the Super-Six.
' More than 125,000 owners know its performance. Its
reliability in long, hard service is outstanding.
Then how great is the new motor to warrant
a change at this time
Ottawa to Have Races.
OTTAWA, Ont, May 20. The
dl-
All the patented advantages
are retained in the new Super
Six motor. Without them the
improvements would have
been impossible.
Even Hudson owners marvel
at the change. Discover the
difference, ifou must know
the latest in motor perform
ance, and you will like the new
Hudson in other advanced de
tails; Come, drive it. You will be
surprised.
Co L. Boss Automobile Co.
615-617 Washington St.
Portland
rectors of the central Canada exhibi
tion here have decided upon a novel
innovation for the exhibition in Sep
tember. Automobile races will be
featured on the Friday and Saturday
afternoons. Plenty of support Is
promised from many American pro
fessional racers, amateurs not being
allowed to race, so that accidental will
be reduced or avoided as far as possible.
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S'TANLE
T E A ME R
with its flexibility, easy control, low cost of
operation and small number of working parts,
gives the best service of any car in the world
on long trips, " through mud and sand; con
tinuous use three hundred and sixty-five days
in the year.
AL. McCARLEY
DEALER
62 Cornell St. Main 3061
HERE'S THE ONLY UNPAVED STRETCH ON PACIFIC HIGHWAY BETWEEN PORTLAND AND SALEM.
Over 1000 More Workers to Be
Added to Big Detroit Plant.
DETROIT, May 20. Directors of
the Packard Motor Car company at
a special meeting today announced
that the company's schedule of pro
ductton in its principal departments
would be increased 60 per cent and
that 1000 additional workers would
be added to its Detroit factory forces.
The company is at present employ
ing 5600 factory workers, an in
crease of 1600 since the first of the
year. At the worst period of the
business depression, the company s
factory employees numbered about
2300.
Says President Macauley: "It now
develops that the country's pur
chasing power for motor cars is
muoh greater than was believed pos
sible six months ago. Detroit today
is a very different city from Detroit
at that time. Most of the motor
plants in the city are working on
heavy production schedules. Packard
sold at retail 1473 of its new model
single six cars four days after it
was announced. People seem to be
as keenly interested in a new motor
model as they were a dozen years
ago."
Record Made for Day's Delivery.
SYRACUSE, N. Y., May 20. Final
figures compiled by the Franklin
Automotive company show that the
total retail deliveries on the first day
this month amount to 408 cars. This
establishes a new high record for the
largest number of Franklin cars ever
delivered to customers in a single
day. ,
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Short section at Pudding river, with bridge la background, which still remain, to be hard-surfaced. This section
la all rood armvel except that portloa oenylea by tko bridge Tha emw fa tho Immediate foreground im a 8toaa
baker bis atx, ,
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Maintenance and repair
costs of the Hupmobile are
almost unbelievably low,,
and the car is particularly
free from the need of con
stant and petty adjustments.
Its uninterrupted regularity
makes the Hupmobile
known above and beyond all
else as a reliable car to buy.
MANLEY AUTO CO.
Eleventh and Oak at Burnside
Do You Know What
Is Happening?
WE ARE ALMOST GIVING AWAY SOME OF OUR CARS LOOK
AT THESE PRICES EXAMINE THE MACHINES
Every One of the Cars Listed
Below Is Being Reduced
$25 a Day Until Sold!
1917 Oldsmobile "8" "Chummy"
Starting Price $575
A snappy, small, comfortable car
tnis year's license. Vflf.Il
Viviu
with
Today's
price..
1915 Overland "V Touring
Starting Price $275
This Is real cheap trans- I C(
portation. Today's price.. Vl
1920 Monroe Tonring
Starting Price $425
A late model, light weight COfin
car. Today's price (PUUU
1915 Chalmers
Starting Price $375
A very good, dependable tOCfl
car. Today's price. ..... Ww"
1919 Haynes, 5-pass.
Starting Price $975
Cord tires, good mechanically,
finish is good. Today's
1918 Studebaker "4"
Starting Price $350
Good mechanically; a real car for
little money. Today's J j QQ
1915 Cadillac Tonring
Starting Price $800
Many thousands of miles of serv
ice are to be had from
car. Today's price i)JIJ
1920 Studebaker, 7-Pass.
Starting Price $1075
New paint, good tires, mechani
cally all right. Today'.
1918 Cadillac Touring
Starting Price $1775
An exceptionally good model 57,
painted a soft gray. This is not
an ordinary car. Today's J JQQ
1919 Cole, 7-Pass.
Starting Price $975
Practically new cord tires a
very beautiful car. To-ffCnn
day's price... ?dUU
Covey Motor Car Co.
21ST AT WASHINGTON. BROADWAY 6214.
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distributors for
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