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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 15, 1922)
3 1BIIM AGl TO sideration of the new board, al though the time for the show is yet too far distant for definite plans. The big event wiU be held in Feb ruary, according to present indica tions. '.,.... That the dealers should get better acquainted and keep in closer touch personally was a point stressed at the session, and it was decided to a,,ninflhl dealers LEAD DEALER BODY and their guests on the evening of Announcing for 4 today and all week a miniature auto show of one of the finest eight-cylinder cars ever manufactured. Annual Meeting of Portland Y Association !s Held. THfi SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, PORIXAD, OCTOBER 15, 1922 October 2U. - om ---- club house on the Sandy river was selected as the place tor the fes tivities. ' MORE IiANE WORK YVAXXED Seven-Mile Extension of Florence Road for Next Year. TrT7-nrT5v fir Ort. 14. (Special.) nnSc ic xirc.DDcoincMT Show Flans Discussed and Deal ers' Party Decided Vpon for Jiext Friday Evening. A. S. Hobinson of the Robinson Smith company, authorized Ford dealers, will head the Automobile dealers' association of Portland throughout the coming year, while C. L. Boss, head of the C. L. Boss Another link of seven miles of the Willamette . valley-Florence state highway will be built next year, according to announcement of Lane county officials. The county court received the blueprint show ing the location of the highway be tween Harpole Corners, a few miles west of Junction City, to the Bear Creek falls, where it vill join onto the summit section of the highway built during the past two 'ea!"s- The route as shown on the blue prints extends through the town of Cheshire and follows in a general PROMINENT PORTLAND AUTOMOBILE MEN TO DIRECT DEALERS' BODY FOR COMING YEAR. Ill- - finw I if M'l f3t Left A. S. Rabiuoi of Robinson-Smith company, elected ' president of the Automobile Dealers' association of Portland at meeting last week. Mr. Robinson nerved as president for the term of 1920-S1. RJKht C I. Boss, bead of tbe C. I. Boss Automobile company member of the board of directors, who has been elevated to the vice-presidency. Automobile company, Hudson and Essex distributors, will serve as vice-president, according to the re sult of the annual election which as the feature of the annual meet ing of the association last Monday evening at the Portland Chamber of Commerce rooms. Both Mr. Robinson and Mr. Boss are among the pioneer members of the automobile fraternity of the city and are well known. Both have been active in dealers' association work for some years past.- Robin son, or "Bob" as he is known to his many friends, in being elected president returns to the executive position witn the dealers' Doay which he occupied a year ago, this being the second term which he has served, although not consecutively. Mr. Boss has for several years past been a member of the board of di rectors of the association and has been very active in association work, particularly that dealing with study of legislation affecting the automobile. Mr. Robinson, who served as president during the period from the fall of 1920 to the fall of 1921. succeeds A. H. Brown, manager of the Portland branch of the North west Oakland company, Oakland distributors, as president of the association, while Mr. Ross succeeds A. C Stevens, Earl, Haynes and .Wlnton distributor, aa vice-president. . Roblnaon Election Surprise. - Tbe election of Mr. Robinson came as a surprise along automobile row. It had been thought by many that Mr. Stevens would be elevated from tha vice-presidency to the head of the association, but his name, placed In nomination, was withdrawn be cause ef his urgent declaration that his private business would not per mit him the time for the association work. Mr. Robinson at first stren uously refused to consider the place en the same grounds, but finally after his election had been virtually forced through despite his protest agreed to accept. Others elected to serve with the president and vice-president on the board of directors of the association for the coming year are: A- B. Graham of Braley, Graham & Chllds, Dodge Brothers distribu tors; J. C. Crittenden of the Covey Motor Car company. Maxwell. Chal mers and Cadillac distributors; C G. Irwin of Wentworth & Irwin, G. M. C truck distributors; H. J. Casey of Talbot & Casey, authorized Ford dealers; L. R. Fields. Fields Motor Car company, Chevrolet distribu tors; S. V. w". Peters. Portland Motor Car company, Packard and Nash distributors; L. R. Therkelsen, Therkelsen Motor company, Ricken backer distributors. Ralph J. Staehli, secretary of the association, was re-elected to that position for the coming year. -Show Plans Under XVay. While problems of legislation af fecting the automobile, the possible establishment of a, state-wide asso ciation embracing all branches of the industry and other strictly business activity of the association will take probably more than the usual at tention this year, the big job on the hands of the new board will, as usual, be the handling of the an nual Portland automobile show. Al ready this matter is under the con- way the old low-pass road, but a number of hills are eliminated by building the road up the Bear creek bottom to the falls. The county court passed a resolu tion ordering the establishment of a county road over this section so that right-of-way may be obtained at once. It is estimated that two miles of right-of-way are to be ob tained where the highway is to de viate from the old route. Springfield Pavement Repaired. EUGENE, Or.. Oct. 14. (Special.) The pavement of Main street at Springfield, which has been in very bad condition fo several years and has been growing much worse dur ing the past year, is now being made smooth. The city council recently ordered a small paving outfit and workmen - are now tearing up the surface of the old paving and lay ing new. As Main street is Spring field is on the route of the McKen zie highway the traffic on it is very heavy. j HEWITT WMJ L tires y&y r"" ' with Pride on HEWITT TIRES' Sold by Malcom Tire Co. Broadway and Everett St. PORTLAND, OR. Branch Store: Commercial and Court Sts. SALEM, OR. TRUCK and STAGE . Car Owners were first to discover the value of the new patented TIE; N ' SPRING Springs made with the new liestrap process have no bolts, no lugs, no collars at center. Made of the finest alloy steel. Lowest cost, because made by simplest process. Strongest guarantee known. You can't break 'em. Bay No Springs Until You See It LAHER Auto SPRING Co. 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