AIJ.
AUTOuOBILEGIIAT
OF EVERY fJATURE
. piSOREQOf DAILY JOURf:
tBOSBESS PURPOSES
REQUIRE "MORE ROOM
Rain of Past Week Interfered
With the Salet of Local
Dealers.
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?lumbian Woolen tlilli Store
eases Additional QuartertCJa
Comrzion wealth BuUdiag.
SEASON PROMISES TO
: BE A BANNER ONE
From ajf Idea eonoelved la ltteT fol
lowed shortly thereafter by a determl
patlon to pat It Into c.t'y efet. Orant
Portland Auto Men Are Making Sub
; stantlai Progress In the Building
mes:t y, niQMsr of iim
TVoolen .YJC5 com ban y. has - brofi
nm. cani.m ra u rorerroni ex t
Up ot tha Trade Brief Htntc and
t talloriag kaatneaa In the
clfjff hbfthweav Not ealy is the
Uo!p jpf th iay.
"Fred A- Bennett'g Fort y-Hor powar. Rao Car.
Intf'liH 'lwetteteae-Ha Wed 4n MM
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J"i asne-i m . i r t am wixe- - or - -,- sr jm a-P" -
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Rain during tht last weak put a
4mpr en local tales In the automobile
trade.- ' Every - auto maa in - Portland
was more or less affected by the rain.
yet. when tbe week'e bualneae w
looked over yesterday evening, there
was not so much cause after all for re
gretting the Inclement weather;' The
sentiment In Portland today regarding
the necessity and comfort or auto
mobiles Is fairly well established, end
a stormy week now does not affect the
trade neartT - so mors - as heretofore.
The auto business, like any other busi
ness, require Ann trad principle In
order to keep It on the right aide of the
ledger, ' but once get It thoroughly In
trenched In the substantial method and
forma and It will sustain and maintain
Itself In the most satisfactory manner.
Thus It la In Portland today. The local
tradespeople took tip aatomobllea at
their debut In Portland, and whatever
euocess l due may be attributed to the
untiring effort and honest application
to affaire that have characterised the
situation and the activity of the deal,
or ever since, ' . ; , , ' .
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' .An unusual motor event wad held the
past wee on the Hudson river near the
plaat of the Maxwell-Brlseo Motor
company. Tarry town. New York. For
the first time in seven year the river
waa sufficiently frosen at that point to
Dear tne weight or an automobile from
shore to a.jore. In place the ice- waa
over a foot thick, Tbe contest waa In
. formal, ana had 18 entries. Including?
four makes of ears. The course ex-
tended - two miles straightaway, with,
out obstructions of any kind, thus of.
ferine; an opportunity to teat the speed
of the various oars without danger of
violation of the laws. A feature of the
exhibition was a speed brush between
40-borsepower stock Maxwell run
about and a. Net- Tork Central osprea
train , for , a distance of three miles,
whtah was covered at the rat ot ft
mues an nour. . .- . -, , .
8. J. Blaedng of the Blaestng Granite
company baa bought a f-horsepower
Reo touring car. He ha been using a
Ro runabout about two years and
used, the machine for hauling barrel
or . cement and granita slab around.
but the ear 1 none the worse for the
'.A a result of numerous complaints.
said to have been mad on the part of
New rork' city householder in what
; is known a the automobile district, to
the effect that the . cellar of bouse
- were eo filled with gasoline fumea a
to make It danrerous to etrlk a light
'in theme A baa ring -waa held by Hugh
, Pomv, chairman of the municipal ex-
; plosives commission, at fire beadauar-
tsrs, in which be discussed the matter
with C. h.- Ma bley, representing the
New . York Automobile .Trade assocta,
. tlont 8. M. Butler, secretary of the Au
tomobile Club of America, and Thomas
; X. Winters, superintendent of the club'
. nT:-reRs say the Automobile. .-It
waa decided tbat all garages ehould be
compelled to install a . special form of
- trap In the drain pipes, so as to catch
eny gasoline that would otherwise find
its ..way Into - the sewer. It is cus
tomary with chauffeur to wash the
machinery of the, cars , with gasoline,
and also to wash their hand in It to
: remove oil and grease, the latter prso-
; tie being th moat proline source of
complaints - ,r - . .--'-. -
i Mabley and Butler were given ; the
task, of settling on some form of trap
that would separata the gasoline from
other forms 'f sewage, the device to
be officially approved before being Anal
ly adopted. This will probably take
' th form of what Is commonly known
as a grease trap, or settling trap, ex
cept .that a cold-water Jacket will not
be necessary, . : - : v-, ; v': ;
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Th H. 1 Keats Automobile . com
' pany report the following sales last
wses: . Pioaeer Aatomofelle aonrpany,
- Estee ... Bros., -; -horsepower - Tbomaa
flyer: , Jack 1 Riddle, lo-horsepower
Thomas flyer; ' Preston Bros., Walla
Walla. Models H, Olda flyer and -horsepower
Thomas 'touring cart F.
Holt, Walla Walla, Pope-Hartford tour
ing car; Ir. Q. T. Trommald, Bulo run
.about; F. M. House, La Grande, Bulo
runabout and touring ear, - , -.. ,
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Physician an over the country have
been discussing in their medical Jour
nals and convention th relative ad
vantage of i. the automobile and the
, bora la making professional , calls.
There i no doubt 'that the motor car
' ta rapidly uaurplng this Bald, especially
In - cities and in rural eosnmunlUe
where the road ara reasonably free
from hill. A Pittsburg physician, who
uses an autocar runabout on his dally
' rounds, kept a careful record of it ooat
of tnalntenano during 1101, and h de
clares It to have boon much lea than
the expense of keeping a horse, evert
, allowing for depreciation ta th valu
"af th maehlna' -" '.t,-. .'. v
r Mllwaukle Country Club.
' Eastern and California race. ' Take
gellwood and Oregon City oar at First
and Aider. ,
EWS;ANP?SUGGESTIONSI
OF INTER EST TO A UTO 1 STS
JDtei jof AaceMeetJlV3ot Penatured. Alcohol"th Latest In
. Driving Scarfs, and a Variety of Items for the.
rrf-': .Vv-;Vv; Ownflr Pperators. -'S
Th city council of Pueblo; New Mex
ico, has promised 10,000 toward the
construction of a road for automobiles
from Pueblo to Mexico City,
Automobiles nav penetrated Afghan
istan, the amir having so muck enjoyed
tiding In them during his recent vlalt
to India that he ha purchased four.
It baa remained for David L. Cannon,
a drover, and. a atockbuyer In eastern
Michigan, to employ a motor ear to
look up stock among farmer and drive
them to his home, ,
It is conservatively estimated ' that
nearly 10. 000 ears are registered In th
six states comprising Newt England.
According to the latest statistics. Mas
sachusetts was . in the Jead with
M.8TT. -",'
Th Atlantlo City ' AutomobUe club
will hold a four dayf spring race meet,
probably beginning April 18. A sum
mer show on one of the pig piers aiao
I contemplated.
Teat of denatured ' alcohol ' tend to
prove that It la a success only In en
gines of comparatively low Speed, as It
vaporises too slowly to work sffeotlvely
In hlgh-apoed motors. - :-
There Is no longer such a thing as th
"automobile season. " . Improvement in
propulsion and modern closed ear make
motoring in winter month a easy and
comfortable aa In summer. . . - -
Automobile soarfs are knit of allk. In
dark red. blue, green and gray hades.
both plain and with atrlpes at th end.
and bav long silk fringes, ones iia
lenrtK is mora than five feet, and they
are worn wound twice around th nook
and tied In a knot. Ilka th old-fash
ioned mufflers. They ara exceedingly
tna and comfortable, and, even for
city dress, rather eaaerter than th long
handkerchief murrier wnica lor to last
few year ha taka th placa -of th
folded alike handkerchief.
Automobile men proved of great aid
to the Indianapolis T. M. C A. In rais
ing 160,0 for a new building, giving
the free- use of machines by which so-'
llcltors were speedily transported about
th olty. . ,i -
An automobile recently purchased ror
an offteer of the New Tork fir depart
ment several times has made a -speed
of 41 miles aa hour through slush-cov
ered streets, and one attained a rat of
It mile aa hour.
May II and June 1 are th date defi
nitely fixed for th spring endurance
oontest ot th New Jersey Automobile
and Motor club. - The rout probably
will cover tit to 490 mile, with a start
front Newark. " " : r-1- 1T
On advantar of denatured aieonni
aa a fuel I that It tie will materially
decrease Insurance rate on garages.
for when on fir ft can b extinguished
with a stream of water that would only
spread gasoline flames.
Th carburetor in a gravny-iou or
should be placed at least . lx Inch'
lower than th lowest part of th gaso
line tank, otherwise the car probably
will fall to climb hllla, owing to lajk
Of gasoline reaching the oarpuretor.
A leak la a honeycomb typ of radia
tor can be repaired on th road by
blocking up th leaking hoi with a
cork or "putty. - Th tubular typ of
radiator may be repaired by binding a
strlng very tightly around th defective
tebe, u,:. ... ,. ' . . . ., ,
' Much more ecaalderatlon now Is being
given by builders to the baggage-carry
Ing capacity of their carer several new
modela ahow a roomy apartment for-Impedimenta,
greatly enhancing th pleas
ure and convenience af thoa fortunate
to own them. ' ... ,
- Walter Wellman. who I fitting' out la
Pari for a dash to th north pole, ha
had a special automobile conatruoted to
aid him. . The coming British expedition
to the south pot slao will be supplied
with an automobile specially designed
for travel over loe. ,
Philadelphia motor cycllsta ara talk
ing of a ahow all theltJiwn. - .
Not a single person wa killed In Ver
mont during 10 by automobllea
Aa automobll show I to be held In
Copenhagen, Denmark, In September. '
Membership of th Chauffeurs club
af Maryland doubled during; th past
rear. . , i '
Motor baggage truck ara In ua la
larg stations of th Pennsylvania rall
road. - - '
. Indianapolis la credited with baying
more automobile than any other city
of Its sis ta th country.
- Scarcity f skilled labor aa com
pelled a big Omaha firm to discontinue
the ' manufacture of motor ' tracks for
a year. .. v
Th beat raerulta along th Mn ot win
ter touring have been obtained by car
ot medium weight and short wheel base.
It 1 better to leave behind th tool
box than one's courtesy end considera
tion tor feUow-travaier oa th road-
Denver motorists, members of th
Colorado Automobll club, bav decided
to invest tlO.OOO In their new clubhouse.
Mall boxes have been installed on th
outside of London motor buses from
which letters ara collected . at regular
Interval. ':
' Th Taooma Automobll club Is mak
ing an effort to secure the rescinding ot
th order barring- ear out o( Rainier
National park.
-A race from 8U Petersburg to Mos
cow Is being discussed by th Busslan
Automobll club. Grand Duk Berglus
has offered a cup.
F. C Donald has been (looted presi
dent of the Chicago Motor olub, vloe
W. H. Arthur, who resigned owing to
pressure ot business. .
PROFESSOR OF CIVICS
ASKS ABOUT OREGON
" (Spedal Dtssateh ,te Th Joeraal) -
Salem. Or.. March !!. (Secretary of
state Banaon had recelvedTk letter frora
Professor Oeorg H, Hayne. Instructor
In political science at Worcester Poly
technic Institute. Worcester. Massachu
setts, retarding th success and prac
tical application of th new measurea
Among other things th latter aayfl: '
1 am Inures ted n getting data to
th working of th Oregon Initiative
and referendum. 'A stock argument
against such nodes ot legislation here
In the eaat la that it puta questions
to th decision of majorities who know
llttl af th real Issue involved. I
know af bo sUte, American or. foreign,
which ha taken such pains as has
Oregon to avoid -this by giving each
voter ample opportanity to tarorm him
self as to the matter to be voted npon
at least, so Z Judg from reading th
law." .
Professor Hayne etates tbat h
wants th Information for V In dls
eusslnc direct leglalation befor hi
elaaae In gbvernment 1 , ,
On Bxtsnaloa Bra ad way Oar Una, '
Lot 75x100. on west side of Eaat
twenty-fourth etreeu between Hasoock
and Tillamook, , aorrounded by larg
houses; street extra width and grsveledi
gas, water, ' sewer, cement ' sldewilka
had, treea ' Price tl.100. . B, M. Lom
bard, corner Twenty-fifth and Hancock,
or room U. Third and Madison, north
east eoraen. . - . . -. ..... ..
PLANS FOR REMODELING
STATE CAPITOL OFFICES
; tSpecUl Stseateb The Joeraalt
Balem. Or March II. -Improvement
In th Interior of the aapttoi building
ara to - be made soon. D. D. Neer. a
Portland architect, waa here- yesterday
gather Ins data and measurements for
the remodeling of the third story snd
Its reapportionment Into offlc room.
Th room which, wa occupied with th
temporary office of the state engineer,
library commission and corporation do-
?artmnt during th eesslon of th leg
slat u re, will b rearranged. ,
It 1 believed th offlc at the at
torney general will be moved from the
second floor to the third, where It will
be more accessible to th supreme
Judges. Th commissioners of th su
preme court ara also to have their
Quarter on th third floor. Th a tat
engineer may be transferred to th
lower floor. In th effloe now occu
pied by tbe state- printer, who In turn
will mak hi headquarters In th room
oppoalt hi present of flea -
There la also a rumor that th sen
end floor la to be tiled, that th ele
vator is to be occupied by electricity
and that fire capa ar to be built.
Tb legislature appropriated 125,000 for
Improvements.
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Th Bw Ttlngler kali now ready for
dancing parties and society entertain
ment. Beat floor In city. . Rtngler
dancing classes meet every Tuesday and
Saturday and children Saturday after
noon. Private lesson dally. Grand
avenue and East Morrison atreet . East
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Ford Blx-CjHnder Runabout Kow at, Fred A. BeunU' Qaxaga, '
anadlan. line- to
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r.agalcMt a aoiuhly.pavgsM'fUwn MI0O,.l-M
r-lt la. now nenr1yBCfM; as eaalnst-an 1 j I .
.venrtzrfUB a week tnruvxl';bvt 'J
I theT7!lTvergfi-now lj aotwthf t5"S
ana I OS. ng growing so rapidly tlint ah'i a
esaWrssldn be beeit inly on, the, wvews
rxceas fit Ut9rjnt J4fgctyLunJfiresg'
Ufni.. .
fin gr-fl tr.
rapid, that
wnce cnTerred Hp ejit.-irer nti'tlliv
hswsttn Inne,?
'th Kwniaflr ha t-hi)rr
ed Hp ejit.-irer nti is. noiy..
partment Intou large and commoUiafi
rooms In thV.Com mow wealth 'boittrwiR
in that place, aver .99 qur:teetri
space na-oen: leniMKr, wrier, tartmr
tilm a an liiiiaewxwswjsa
the larra knanafact ur.hit kuffi tit tfat.
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P 'J At th time f th oslps; t th
store. Mr. JPhegley eevered fcj tenrfee-,
7 Ilea with a local tallorlha etiaolisn-
ment and stated t a'-reperter thai In
the Inaugurating f,a new enterprise ft
this kind, although -fully aware of 'thi
marrelotta posel hill tie f th rtan, hl
was inclined to be . co.nsorvatlv and j
putova ni vnginai oruera xvr goois
wblla In that. framf mind. Ho pur
chased In small wuanlltlca.llttla aware
that the buelnees' waa about to grow to
suetr proportions, trees th very outset,
Aa a eoaeequenoe, almost befor he
knew It, b was keeping th wire hot,
beseeching' the aastarn mills to hurry
additional order, at Broods forward to
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Today tha weekly business of th Co-
lumbia Woolen Mills company will aver-1
age from Tg t let aults. or nearly four
time th amount at tb outsat. While
h bad eva or eight men working for
him at that time, with a monthly pay
roll af about (too. he points with prld
ta th fact ht ha now -baa five times
that namben with a neerthly pay-roll -of
ry nearly 88,00. ' It Is a significant fact
tbat his business, ht number of am-
arte Iployee and hi pay roll hav all in.
L la gorasd In substantially th Sam n
4 - von- nmri rmirrr -
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Mr. Phegley, "X had only a handful of
goods and waa vary caution about ob
ligating myself too heavily. My no
tions war wot In vary good harmony
with facts ha I soon found them ta be.
I bought with limited tdeaa and It wa
tot long. before I tsad to change my
mind and Increase my purchases. : For
Lpstanoa, , I purchaaed mora goods by
four ttmesnht spring than I did last.
I cava already purchased awer lt.OO
yards at sptiag goods for this season."
As th average cloth to a suit af
ill i Ji atiiil II I'll II I III , III
will be readily seen tl
Sock of (ha Columbia Ml
company la sufficient to build I
suits of clothes for Portland m
spring aloaa, There haa not .
Instance alnea th atora - was op
aecordmg ta . Mr. Phegley, that
much stock has bean ordered: on -Jr.
contrary,, moat order hav 'had ba-
duplleatd..,Thls number fts'sprlhg
t aoia oy .one isiJAgewg company,
aesa that la being dona . .
-It ta troa." said Manager Phagiex
"thafw ara actually doing th largest
LUllorlag business la tha Paelflo aoHb-
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atlma I waa engaged lor' selling "cloth
on tha road nad-l-knaw tha amount af
business jthaA l,Jelng Jon by all th
no the Columbia Woolen Mills company
la-the only , tailoring . company In th
city that maintains Its awn manufac
turing plant. All other . housoai let
their work out oa contract or by tha
piece. In" this company's buslnesa, t:
manufaotur f Its awn clothing Ivf0t
only a aourc of great conomvlit It
arentees a more tierrect fitalrid facll
IM HUilllUlf Dl iWcimpany.
Eleetrl 'peeer t used In all af th
machinery. When th business Waa
new-tber wer only twa eewlng ma
cblnaa, whil now 18 machine art re
quired to keep up with ' th ordars.
Thea r all of th latest pattern and
operated by electricity. Another fea
ture, af th mechanical department U
a creasing machine. This I a wonder
ful little Instrument - and ta tha only
aa In Portland. It haa a pressor ot
l.ioa pound anor tn iron, which 1
sufficient to pres tn most stubboi
goods to . in thinnest pouibi crce.
"No teller buy better a-oods Jnlan
we aw. "eimiiuiu :ui. fiirii;.'
also a fact that son buy
quantity that w da A '
X eriil call' to your mind th
offer that w hav hcea
Pfor th last tw months. TV gar an
extra pair of trousers free with every
ault. To take car of that business. I
ordered t.io yards ot goods Just after
tha woolen market broke In the 'eaat.
Aa a result I bought th goods for S
par cent Jee than they had previously
sold for. Th wholesalers lost money
but I took advantage of tha market
conditions and th result was aver 809
suits sold on that special offer In two
month. That, as far .aa I know,
breaka all tailoring record in Portland
or anrwher etae on tht coast. -
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"llio Ull' U'liH'HJlHo' In th business of
ith coiumoia woolen aline oempnny I
t : r.aa necessitated only two increase, but I
' I. h,M K M ni-,1- .1- A M . -. A - irw
first on wa mad Isst summer. Be
fore that tlm th shop work had all
been don on th ground floor la th
fear of tha aslesroom.. Th business
cam o feet, however, that a balcony
waa built, where th Tailor hav keen I
working all winter. Now. thla ha be- j
come so entirely-too small that 1.800 1
square rear or spec nee been leaeed In
the Commonwealth building, where all
in Biecnanics wars win D done from
tht tlmo On, . The salesroom of the
company will b continued at Its present
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