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TIIE SUNDAY OREGONIAX, PORTLAND, JUNE 18, 1923 UK FOR AUTO ! TOURISTS PLAMi 'RODOME," NEW TYPE OF HOTEL EXCLUSIVELY FOR MOTORISTS, TO MAKE APPEARANCE ON PACIFIC COAST TRUCK PLANT FOB COAST INDIANA VEHICLES TO BK PCT OUT AT SAN FRAyCISCO. MEET THE VERY LATEST FROM THE PEERLESS FACTORY, THE NEW PEERLESS SEDAN. ,v;jirirmimrWM C. M. Menzies, Former Portland er, Visits City on Return From Factory in East. Pacific Coast to Have Big Chain of Taverns. m iiumi mill 1 1. mini nHMinr'niiin 1 ' -- FEATURES ARE UNIQUE Modernised System of Housing Will Include Portland Among Cities to Be Benefited. The Rod o me, a modernized tavern designed to meet the needs of tour ist travel, the open road and the new era brought about by the auto mobile, is soon to mifce its appear ance on the Pacific coast as a new industry, according to Bert E. Hilhorn of Spokane, who, with W. D. Whitcomb of the firm of Whit field, Whitoomb & Co. of this city, and others, is interested in the ven ture, i The Rodome, which covers four acres of ground, embraces' some of the salient features of the tavern, apartment house, garage, general store, service station and cafe teria. The America Travel System cor poration has been formed by Pacifio coast men to build chain of 20 of these standardized caravansaries at strategic travel gateways om the Pacific coast, from San Diego to Vancouver, B. C. and as far east as Phoenix, Reno and Spokane, includ ing Portland. Rodomea Day's Trip Apart. These Rodomes, to be constructed within the next 12 months, will be located a comfortable day's automo bile journey apart, and are designed to meet the requirements of tourist travelers in California, Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Nevada and Colorado. , The first Rodome will be, built at Sacramento. It will be a replica of all other units of the extensive sys tem. It will be especially designed and constructed to furnish a stand ardized servic and operated to af ford to traveling moterists and their families every convenience usually desired in an overnight stop. The unique building will consist of a one-story bungalow construc tion, entirely fireproof, with a paved enclosed court, and capable of ac commodating comfortably 420 per sons and 90 cars. The furnishings call for the best of clean, comfortable beds with a daily change of linen. Attractive fireproof rooms, steam, heated when necessary, will be available in sin gles, doubles and suites; with hot. and cold water, individual bath, kitchenette with gas or electric range, pans, pots and dishes and an attractive built-in pullman break fast nook. ' A safe fireproof garage will be immediately adjacent and a night and day cafe, store, service and supply station will be available for those who leave early and those who come late. Company Is Representative. Identified with the corporation and responsible for the carrying out of its comprehensive programme are Charles B. Bills of Sacramento, George A. Phillips of Spokane, Clin ton E. Miller of Lios Angeles. Brous C. Beck of Seattle, E. W. Murphy of Los Angeles, W. D. Whitoomb of Portland, Harry A. Flood of Ta- coma, and Bert B. Hilborn, f tela representative, now at Sacramento. "The Rodome is the modernized 'Pullman of the road' and bears somewhat the same relation to mo tor travel that the standard Pull-mam does to rail travel," stated Mr. Hil born, who was a Portland visitor recently, conferring with Mr. Whit comb here. Mr. Hilborn has just completed a six months' automobile survey of the Pacific coast estab lishing tentative locations for Ro domes. v "Sacramento has been selected for the location of the first Rodome and other units will be built, a day's travel Apart, radiating from this point. Each Rodome Is Same. "Each Rodome will be the same a standardized building with a uni form service maintained throughout the 24 hours of the day for the con venience and comfort of automobile travelers and their families. "When the motorist once reaches this system he may make his reser vation ahead knowing just what'his accommodations will be and the price to be paid, which will be con siderably less than the .prevailing rates of standard hotels today. He may make a budget for his trip be fore starting, knowing exactly what his cost will be and that he will have comfortable lodging quarters each night- "In spite of our present splendid hotel facilities there is a great need and demand for additional accom modations especially at travel gate ways, now quite well defined, offer ing a specialized service that more nearly meets the requirements of the automobile traveler. "The .great motor tourist family may be said to include every owner of an automobile who stays over night away from home. We are planning these rodomes to provide a few of the following service feat ures for travelers: Equipment la Fireproof. "A completely furnished fire- proof apartment, ready at a mo ment's notice, with linen, water, light and gas or electric range, bath and individual toilet. "A fireproof garage adjoining with exclusive key for garage and apartment with assurance that bag gage and car are always safe. "A cafe - delicatessen - cafeteria with good food, well cooked, at any hour of the day or night. "A small general store carrying meats, vegetables, dairy products, magazines and papers, drugs, tq baccos and auto accessories. "A service supply station with gasoline, oil, air and water. An au tomobile expert ready to diagnose car troubles and make necessary minor adjustments. "A wash rack with hose and warm water and a pit for cars in need of such service. "A laundry equipped to furnish a six-hours rough-dry service laun dry left the night before ready in the morning with ironing board in every apartment. "A community camp-fire and radio station. "A place where visitors will be so comfortable that they will stop a few days longer is order to see the scenic drives and beauty spots and acquire the real atmosphere of the community and its surroundings. List et Cltlea'ln Plan. "A list of places at which the ro domes are now planned is as fol lows: Vancouver. B. C, Seattle, El lensburg, Spokane, Portland, Hood River, Pendleton, Eugene, Medford, Redding, Sacramento, Oakland. Monterey, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Los Angeles, San Diego, Bakersfield, Merced and Reno." ' v..' i.aHial1 liaffllii i.iiigrsaigadUgl8ai ' , - 'X,, ' Sketcn of firat of chain of 20 "Roaomea" planned for Pacific eoaat cltlear Including Portland. Constrnetlon work on thla first one haa already begun at Sacramento. The bnnealovrllke structure around tke aquare provldea the Individual rooms for the aruesta, with -Individual auto garasea adjoining:, while the building: in the center provide apace for restaurants, delicatessen, general atore, auto equipment and parts atore, auto repair department, etc., with a camp fire and social center in the center of the square. GRAY BOOSE ON FLIGHT! CHARLES FAGAN MAKES TIME ON RTJN FROM PENDLETON. Local Wills-Sainte Claire Dealer Reports Outlook In Inland Empire Excellent. That the "Gray Goose" can show as clean a pair of wings in this section as in any other part of the United States was demonstrated last week, when Charles C. Fagan, head of the Charles C. Fagan company. Willa, Sainta Claire and Pierce Ar row distributors, drove down from Pendleton to Portland in a Wills Sainte Clair touring car in just a trifle more than one afternoon. Fagan went up to the eastern Ore gon city and on to Walla Walla to look after Wills and Pierce interests in that section, and had to hasten back to Portland to greet George M. Graham, vice-president and gen eral manager of the Chandler Motor Car company, upon his arrival here. Graham was for five years vice president of the Pierce-Arrow, and is a close personal friend of Fagan's. During his brief stay here he was the guest of Mr. Fagan. In describing his run to Portland Fagan stated that he had intended to leave Walla Walla early'on Tues day morning, but that business de layed him and he was unable to start away until 10:45 o'clock. He reached Pendleton before noon and had luncheon and met a business engagement there, with the result that he did not leave the "round-up" town until 1:45 o'clock. Knowing that Graham was to arrive in Port land at 9:30 o'clock and being de sirous of meeting him, Fagan lost no time on the run and let the "gray goose" fly. He reached The Dalles at 6:50 o'clock, and after a stop of 25 min utes, continued his drive, arriving at his home in Laurelhurst in this city at 8:20 P. M. "Of course the roads were in splendid condition or I could not have made the time I did," said Fagan. "From Pendleton, to The Dalles the highway is now in won derful shape, except that it is soft on the sides where the gravel has not packed in and the driver needs to keep to the center of the road. This makes it necessary to slow down to pass other cars, and delays traveling a little." On the trip up to . Pendleton and Walla Walla week ago Thursday Fagan was forced to take the ferry tilla, he said, as the Columbia river was so high the back-water was over the bridge. On the return, however, the river had subsided suf ficiently to put the bridge back into use. - Conditions in Pendleton and Walla Walla seem excellent, he stated, al though the farmers have suffered some from the unusual weather of this spring. Considerable damage is reported to the fruit as the result of the cold weather of a few weeks ago, he said, while the .wheat" suf fered some from the hot wave which followed it. However, the rain of the last few days up in that section has greatly improved the wheat out look and added about 15 bushels per acre to crop prospects, he said. . parttterct and entirely diffeirerat f ixwn tire usiual cold-noaTted-, , irapaitiein.t, stern business man. Miss Taylor is the general man aged: of tlh.e Pittsburg-Lexington Automobile company ait 5920 Pemn avenue, on of the oldest ftens in the automotbrvo industry. She is eligible for membership in the "Old Timers' Motor club," having beero dm the trade since 1905. Sine has been with the .pneaemt company elmoe its format ton in 1908, when, ahe was engaged as staniograptuer. Later she was bookkeeper, assistant man ager, and finally general manager. In the six years under her manage ment the business has more than trebled in volume. It has developed tnito one of the foremost companies of it kind in Pittsburg. Miss Taylor disclaims any credit" for this success. She said during an Interview thia -week: ' "It has been the Lexington oar and mt my personal ability that has brought success to the branch. I have just returned from Washing tont after my first read nide in a Model U Lexington. Every foot of the way from our office door to the capitol in high gear over the mountain tops at 35 mile toV 40 miles an hour, and I can remember in the old days when we drove from our office, which was then, in the Old Power House, where the lib erty theater now stands, to my home in Wilkinsburg, without having me chanical trouble, we telephoned tlhe office that we had 'some oar.'" MISS TAYLOR FINDS ATJTO GAME FASCINATING. Popular Lexington Executive Is Only Member of Sex at Active Head of Car Business. PITTSBURG, Pa,, June 17. Miss Margaret C. Taylor, one of tha most popular executives in the auto mobile industry, in Pittsburg, has the distinction of being the only representative of her sex who is the active head .of an automobide bual- so far as can be learned here. All this happened long before the women of the world decided to fight for the voting privilege. Tfoirough- out the country there are numerous women who have won fame and for' tune in various professional and business enterprises. Perhaps none have achieved greater success than Miss Taylor. Her career is remark ably interesting and fascinating, especially so because it is a story of a woman, handicapped by are-old prejudice, rising from the ranks to a position that thousands of sue cessful men would, fight for. And despite all, Miss Taylor remains tlhe trne feminine kind, gym'pathetlo, $25 Discount y' ON . ' FORD Order Covey Motor Car Co. 21ST AT WASHINGTON Broadway 6244 EASTERN ROADS ONXY FAIR Marmon Tourist Reports Unusual Success With Coast Tires. OAKLAND, Cal., June 17. C. B. Leebold, who left Miami, Fla., this spring, driving a Marmon car equipped with Coast cord tires, has encountered types of roads r- that fortunately are unknown in this section of the country. The un paved mountain roads and detours are velvety boulevards compared with the roads in the south and east, according to. advices received from Leebold by the Coast Tire & Rubber company, Oakland. Writing from Detroit to the gen eral sales manager, John I. Pan kratz, Leebold makes the following interesting observations: "The roads through Indiana, Ohio, part of Illi nois and Michigan to Detroit were not all good. Many had loose rocks on them, which are not known to lengthen the life of any fire, no matter who made it, nor what it cost. "My Coast cords, installed on my Marmon on April 3, 1922, at Miami, Fla., and with which I have driven nearly 5000 ..miles, still retain the same Florida air and show little wear, with no outside signs of un usual wear. Here in Detroit (in cluding its surroundings), wherein it is claimed 95 .per cent of the automobiles are made, no one wants to believe that my Coast cords have been driven nearly 5000 miles. I might- have doubts, too, had I not driven them every mile of the way." EASTERN PLANTS BUSY -' : ' PETERS BACK FROM TRIP TO DETROIT FACTORIES. Nash and Packard Both' Going Top Speed in Effort to Meet Demand, He Stated. Industrially, especially in the automobile line, conditions appear much as they did during and just after the war, according to S. V. W. Peters, manager of the Portland Motor Car company, who has just returned from a hurried trip east in an effort to obtain additional allot ments and shipments of Nash and Packard cars, For instance, during May the Nash factory delivered 5S00 cars, the biggest month by over 20 per cent that the factory had ever experienced in its history. This with less men. Every man is giving a full day s work, with greater effi ciency than ever before and with greater skill, he declared. Mr. Peters said that more than ever he appreciates Portland and its wonderful summer climate. He was able to get . his first good night's rest after his return as the heat pre cluded any real sleep while he was away. While he was in Detroit visit ing the Packard factory he expert enced three thunder showers in one day with heat so oppressive as to be almost unbearable and the sight of the green trees and the feel of the coast air when the train pulled over the mountains were most ac-ceptable.-he declared on his return. While at the Nash and Packard factory,- although he was unable to increase his shipments as-much as he desired, Mr. Peters was able to get additional cars with which to decrease the advance orders which the company has on file, he stated. In an effort to secure more of- the new single sixes from the Packard factory Mr. Peters spent some time at the Detroit plant, where he found hirfiself one of 20 Packard distribu tors visiting the factory officials from as many different states on the same mission: One distributor from Boston had 200 orders on file and declared he was sold out up to October. Peters found the Packard factory working full blast with orders, especially for the new single six, which he stated is going well all over the country. Industrially and commercially Mr. Peters found con ditions much improved in every line In the east with every big business man optimistic for the future, he said. - That a factory for the manu facture of Indiana motor trucks will be established at Ban Francisco was the word brought to Portland last week by G. M. Menzies of that city, former Portland automobile man and now Paoiflc coast head of the big truck concern.-. Mr. Menzies a few weeks ago motored to Portland from the California city and leaving bis car here proceeded east by rail to confer with Indiana truck corpora tion officials at Marion, Ind. He ar. rived in Portland last week on his way back and after a few days her returned to California by motor. Mr. Menzies will be remembered by all along the automobile row as well as by many ether Portlanders, hav ing been one of the live wires of the automobile business here before go ing to California. During the last few years before leaving Portland he was manager of the Northwest Auto company. While at Marlon in conference with Indiana Truck corporation of ficials Mr. Menzies was appointed western district manager 'for the concern, for the entire Pacific coast district west ,ot Denver and the Hawaiian, islands, and was given as surance that work of establishing a plant for manufacture of Indiana trucks on the Pacific coast would begin shortly. VWe hope to have the San Fran cisco plant in operation by fall," said Mr. Menzies, "and probably will get started on construction of a new building in San Francisco within the next few weeks. , At the San Francisco plant we expect to turn out ail the trucks needed' to sup ply .ghe demand in -the western dis trict. The motors and some of the other parts will be shipped from the Indiana factory, while other parts will be manufactured here, making the Pacific coast plant a combina tion manufacturing and assembly plant. One feature will be the manu facture of chassis according to spec ifications, a purchaser being able to place an order for a particular length chassis for logging or other work and getting delivery within a few days. With savings made in freight charges we expect to be able to turn trucks out on the coast at a considerable saving to the purchaser over buying from the east. The Pacific coast organization will be known as the Indiana-Pa cific Truck corporation and will be managed practically as a separate concern, with Mr. Menzies as its chief executive, it was announced, although of course close contact will be kept with the parent organ ization. Mr. Menzies announced that he would return to Portland in about a month In the Interests of increas ing sales of Indiana trucks here and In other parts of the Pacific north west. Denver After Speeders. Authorities irr Denver, Colo.: have adopted a most drastic regulation to prevent reckless driving. Anyone convicted of such an offense is for bidden to operate a motor vehicle for six months, and if he violates this order the police may Impound his car for 90 days. MAY GREAT PEERLESS MONTH Production and Sales Record Ex ceeds Any Past Month. With the close of 'business on Wednesday, .May 31, the Peerless Motor Car company of Cleveland concluded the greatest sales month in all of its 21 years of successful automobile manufacturing, accord inng to figures received from ths factory by W. R. Delay, local uis tributor. Not only, it is said, d'd the achievement surpass that of the previous highest month in the com pany's history March, 1920 but an unusually large influx of orders during the closing days of May in dicated n even mora remarkabl showing in June ana tnrougnout me remainder of the. year. An analysis of the monthly sales since the first of the year reveals that although the increases have been exceptional they have also been consistent. At no time, the bulletin et&tes, has the factory been so overwhelmed with hew business that its production facilities have not been adequate to meet all re quirements with only surprisingly small oversold conditions. OID ROMAN -SYSTEM URGED Spokane s Official' Investigates Stone Blocks for Pavement. SPOKANE. June' 17. The north west, in its search for a road sur face that will stand up under the '...' . - - If LlAjj &tv 2 A in ,11, , ..in., ., ml- ,r i. Mtiifi-t iWMi'tiiKT-fi.WTarr --va-.-.tfey. .....--.:.,.-.;-.-.-,.v.-:5it..v..-.. HANDSOME CLOSED CAR RECEIVED LAST WEEK BY THE W. R. DE LAY MOTOR COMPANY, LOCAL PEERLESS AND VELIE DISTRIBUTORS. , Latest among the aristocrats of the closed-car world to arrive in Portland is the new Peerless aedan, unloaded last week by W. R. DeLay, local distributor. This is the first of the new model sedans to arrive from the factory, and a study of the car shows many refinements designed to make the car the very last word In comfortable motoring. Body lines have been changed but slightly, and the attractive Peerless radiator and hoodi ia retained without. change. Slight alterations give the car a more roomy and snappy appearance, how ever. Immediately upon its arrival the car was turned over to A. S. Kerry of the Ma-llory hotel, who had already, purchased it This makes the second Peerless sedan which Mr. Kerry nas, his other being a 1924 model. The deal was handled by E. R. Dalton of the sales force of the DeLay Motor company. constant pounding of heavy- auto mobile traffic, may be compelled to adopt the old Roman system of fitted stone blocks. This Is accord ing to City Commissioner of Public Works Leonard Funk and City En gineer Fred Butler, afer a coast trip of 11)00 miles, during which they hunted "for a material that would outlast asphalt and concrete. The present life of a concrete pavesnent is about ten- years, it is stated. Sometimes more, sometimes less. The old Romans used basalt blocks. They've lasted for centuries. Sinslaw Again Bridged. EUGENE, Or., June 17. (Special.) ESSEX Coach '135 - Ideal for Summer, too Just sea-tha-Coach, andtake aride. 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Marking automobiles with a per manent number in much the same manner as ranch owners brand their horses as a means of curbing the activities of horse thieves is proposed as a means of stopping the increasing number of motor-car thieves, in a plan suggested by the association of federal and state prosecutors in New York. The as sociation is to father a nation-wide campaign for the adoption of the plan. The sponsors believe the leg islation they propose also would prove helpful in running down murderers, bandits, bootleggers and other lawbreakers who make use of the automobile for a quick getaway. Battery care pays well. n YOU know Hasslers; your friends use them and are delighted. You know Hasslers are best, not only because they are used on a million cars, but also because they are designed according to correct engi neering ideas (patented and rigidly protected). Hasslers give greater comfort greater economy on tires, upkeep and depreciation. 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