The Oregon daily journal., April 14, 1907, Page 13, Image 13

THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SUNDAY . I.IORNINO. APRIL 14, 1SS7.
NEWS AfJD lllFORtlATIOfl
ABOUT AUTO DEALERS
Brief Items and Information to Those Who Are. Interested )n the
Speedy Cars Valuable Suggestions to Drivers t ,
. ' V',: ', , r end Owners. ', , - :
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itiv nil iiavw wwi, u iu v j
Seattle dealers sine the beginning of
the present year.
Th road about Bait Lake City ar
declared to be Ideal (or eutomoblUng
at tbla eeaaon of the rear.
The directors of the Lone Island Au
tomobile club have voted unanimously
to admit to membership 'women who
own cars.
The members of the St Louis Au
tomobile "club have approved of the
Plan to establish a chauffeurs' Inform-
President Underwood of the Erie rail
road haa . a touring car fitted' with
flanged wheel for use on Inspection
trips. ..,.;.'. ' :''.
" juei suioxnooinsis are psrrea irura
Turkey, as the Ottoman empire does
not permit the us of gasoline within
Its borders. ; . , - , -
A aaw field for the gnsollno engine Is
rectly to a dynamo for lighting small
buildings or yachts, , -
Th Mliw Yap iM1ia rinirlran( haa
ordered a number of motorcycles capable
of a speed of 100 miles an hour for Us
V -ycle squad.' ' . '
' Norman Belby, known In pugilistic
circles as "Kldi. McCoy." has purohased
a racing ear and expects to enter the
next Vaaderbllt cup race. . ,
a uwntu nil inTinim m muivr, u
power for which I provided by the
successive explosions of small quaatlr
; ties of gunpowder In a cylinder. .
iseapue me numoer ox eiji-cjiinucr
rare An th. m.rlr.f h mkktfl nf the
one and twe-eyllnder machines report
auins" as mucn ousiness over.
Wf L 1 . i - - I h. I
n seninarion, are remay la tocvit vium
for the Manlto Park boulevard, which
will be on of the best driveways In the.
nvnnweei. . . i , .
Queen Alexandra's private automobile
will be carried on the new. royal yacht
which bears her name la which aha and
, Xing Edward' will tour the Mediterra
nean. . . . ; i ...
Tb Dixie, owned by Commodore XL 3.
Bohroeuer of the Motor Boat club ' of
America 'will be sent abroad to tar for
. t. a. tiMi.Uh lt.iM.iiA.ial m, n In h m
Following the 'lead of W. E. D.
Btokea. several New Tork motorists are
sending their cars one day each week
to. hospitals la order that the patients
ma be gives airings. .
There ' are more automobiles In the
state of California for. Its population
than any state in the Union.' Tbero are
more high-priced machine sold In Cali
fornia than any other state.
Tho good roads movement Is gaining
ground In Tennessee. The legislative
has a bill contemplating tho cooperation
of the various cities in a complete ays
.tent or highways or the first class. -
Aa Indiana clergyman, -. Rev. & T.
Sweeney, has been granted permission
by the state to construct a railway to
-be operated by automobile between
Seymour ' and Brownston. It - miles
anart. - '
Missouri good roads advocates are en
deavoring to . have tho legislature ap-
mo
SUPPLIES
EVERYTHING TO EQUIPS
THE MOTOR CAR. '
OILS. JACKS, BATTERIES?
, TIRES, GOGGLES, ETC .
BICYCLES
National and Pierce
, FROM
$25 td'$60
Sold on Installments. Liberal
, AHowanc for Old Wheels. ;
GARDEN HOSE
This la becoming an Important -lino
with us. Our stock la .
fresh and price low. '
; jytf TO 1TV PER FOOT
8PHCIAL OFFER
Bring this ad and save a cent .
per foot
Ballou & Wright
85 SIXTH STREKT. '
Orpo't Wells-Pargo I u.Hlrg.
seasonaoie
Goods v
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prove a bill providing for the a of
convict In building two ? trans-state
highways, from east to west and north
to south. ' .
For the month of January. HOT, the
total value of automobiles and parts ex
ported from the United States reached
the stfm of 57M7, as compared with
12(7,6(4 for -the corresponding month
of 10. - "
In purchasing a closed carriage 'on
hould examine the glass very closely.
Imperfections It) window are very an
noying when a person Is traveling
through a oountry where tho scenery I
on of the attraction '
To obtain the horsepower of an auto
mobile divide the total capacity of the
cylinders, expressed In oublo inches, by
10. The figure of the quotient will
very dearly represent the horsepower in
a majority of cars.
Fast autpmoblllng. It Is contended by
an expert, le the beat form of exercise
for' lung development, for a man who
constantly ha to 'face a gale of neces
sity keeps hi lung filled with air that
la changing every minute, i
With the opening of tho European rac
ing and competition season the new
repletions of the Automobile club of
France, requiring every driver to have
a license, come Into Operation.; . Thl
rule will apply to Americana. , . -
Although the Philadelphia motor-bus
franchise was killed in tb closing hours
of h last city councils, duo. It la aald.
to street railway opposition, a new ordi
nance waa introduced in the new coun
cils which were organised last weekv -
The Weybrtdge motor track near Lon
don la to b opened July . "it is a
three-mile' circuit, well banked at the
turn.. At tha opening C. F. Edge, an
English motorist, will try to average 0
miles an hour for 14 coneecutlce hour.
. For the Peking-Paris enduanc eon
teat, for Which no entry fe 1 charged.
It car have been entered. ' Tpe car
will bo shipped from Paris to Peking
about April 14 and the partlclpaata will
follow a month later to aogw uie return
run. .-. . . ,' '
Ownera and driver of chain driven
car will find their machine will run
better If every time the car 1 washed
the chains and sprockets are brushed off
thoroughly with kerosene and ruDoea
over with a light coat of graphite and
grease. . v-' .
Honduras ha only ono road aultabl
for auto, but that road, which lead
from Baa Lorenso up among tho moun
tain to TeruclKaloa. S.0O0 feet abov
the sea, is considered the finest In Cen
tral America.' It cost i;.oo,oo Jin goia
to build.
..Automoblllsts of Milwaukee and Chi
cago and of the olttea along the shor
of Lake Michigan between the two are
planning to rvlv tho project of com
pleting the ramoua enenaan anv
Which now extend from Chicago far
aa WaukeaarL llllnola. ' f ' s
A new car for King Edward of Eng
land was' totally destroyed In a fir at
Blarrlts. en the BDanian-rrencn douu
darr. The tire Is said to have. been
started by a- customs official breaking
bla lantern over an open gasoline can
or tank on the car. i
-fin on edition of Victor Hugo'.."Le
Miserable!," published in ISZ. the word
'chauffeur Is given this definition: "A
band of felon - who, about 174-i.
burned the soles of their victims feet
to make them confess where they kept
their money." . v-' '
The Massachusetts supreme court has
decided in favor of a motorist a suit
for damage against a street railway
company which used such a powerful
headlight on a ear that the motorist
was temporarily blinded and ran -into an
obstruction, wrecking hi automobile.'
Owing to the difficulty of arriving it
a basis satisfactory to touring machine
and runabout of different horae-power,
the fuel test baa been dropped a a part
of ,th endurance ron or the New Jer
sey Automobile and Motor club, ached
uled for May 30. tl and June 1.
The annual Frencn industrial vehicle
tests will be run between Msy to and
June 10, and will Include an endurance
test and a fuel consumption test, based
on a useful ton kllometrlc calculation!
Ther will be flvo elnsnea of vehicles,
with loads varying from 110 to abov
1,400 pounds. r
It should be remembered that alkalies
have considerable corrosive effect on
aluminum or alloys containing it, and
that soapy water splsshe4 . on crank
ease and other pajt ot a oar mad of
that metal la liable to bavo a pitting
effect and afford a place for the Idtlg
ment of dirt , and dust.
. The supreme court of Massachusetts
has ruled thst k traveler on a highway
I not bound to be continuously looking
or listening to ascertain whether motor
car are approaching, under the penalty
that hi failure to do so will constitute
contributory, negligence, precluding.
recovery for .. Injuries sustained n a
oolllslonw . , v - , '
A Chicago alderman proposes that all
car owned by the city, except those for
the ns of the fire and police chief,
be kept in ft municipal garage and aent
out on call front .any city department
bead. , 'When 'a machine goe out tb
tlote 'wlU be registered, and also tho
us for which it 1 taken. , Tb return
also will be ehecke4. ,
With 1.000 taximeter cabs awaiting
Official sanction to begin operation at
London. , the old hansoms and four
wheelers . seem doomed - to extinction.
They will add a lively touch of eolor
to the streets, for they have red bodies
with yellow wheels, and tho driver will
wear gorgeoua blue uniform with plen
ty of bra .button - - :
It takes very little experience for the
motor cyclist' to discover that It re
quires more care to round corners with
a machine than It does with an ordin
ary blcyole. Always shot off the pow
er well In advance of reaching tho cor
ner and alow down to a pare that keep
the machine In easy control.; Remem
ber That tho unexpected Is generally
risht around 1 tb corner.
Inventors are turning their attention
t device to rid sutolsts of the "boy
evIL" Two recent Invention are tb
"boy dropper" which Is a reck for the
back of car which separatee when
boy tries to rid on It, while the "boy
eradlcator1 I a brass bar. heavily
charted with electricity, which gli
an unwelcome passenger a sever shock
when It is touched. 4
Vsnderbllt cup condition will bo an
nounced before tho end cf this month,
so that American and foreign maker
will know whether or not the former
weight limit of 1.100 pound will be the
main point-Of the rule, or whether they
will have to run their car under some
sort of a fuel-capacity regulation, as
In the French Urand Prix, or to oom
ply with a combined cylinder oapaelty
nd weight limit regnUtlon a Is the
main rul for th Kaiser cup face.-
A purchaser should bo careful to aeo
thst leather upholstered ears ar don
In gostnktn and not sheepskin. Tho
real goatnkln upholstery hss a soft
touch, while the imitation md of
e!icjsk!n is dry and hard. , All leath-
Ifli Ilfiiitipir Of Alwayr Being Fir sf 7 "
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NORTHWESTERN
DISTRIBUTORS
or should be hand-buffed and not machine-buffed.
At first machine buffing
does not show, but it bad qualities will
soon com out In uss. A machine-buffed
victoria hood will look a bad In on
Tear a a band-burfedj hood will look In
f lv year. ,. - .
According to M. raroux, th French
authority, th United State built fO.OOo
automobile In 10. Franc 81,000, Eng
land SS.00O, Germany It. 000, Italy
000, and Belgium 12.000. . In 1901,the
United State built only lit cars and
that am r Franoe' built St,Ttl.
Tho It 1 shown that, although .the
United Slates was th last of tho grsat
nations to begin th manufacture of
automobile. It ha not only raught ap
with th procession la half a decade, but
I now at it bead.
ABERDEEN TEAM IS
v ROUNDING INTO FORM
(Srertal tHaeatrb to T Joe rati.) ' '
Aberdeen, April II. Word has boon
received from Manager R. p. Brown
who 1 at Pendleton with th Aberdeen
baseball team that th team 1 doing
fin work and he haa every confidence
that they wlU be a winning combina
tion thla summer. ' Th team returned
horn Saturday and on Sunday will play
a game at Electric park with s nine
to be picked from th best timber to
be found on tho narbor and strength
ened by member of th regular team.
Thl will b a fore taut of th work
to be expected from th team during
th
. Will Add Water Polo. V
t 1 (ttperUl Dlapatc. to Tea, Jseraal.)
Seattle. April IS. The students Of
th University of Washington aro to
add water polo to their list of athletic
porta, .Tho atudeat board of control
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bleeest little car aa applied
Thomaa Forty Is somethirlg
more than a mere clever catch-
a literal' statement of the
truth.
J The Thomas Forty possesses two essentials of "blg
ness" which set it in a class by itself. V
It has the biggest wheel base and the biggest horse
. . . power possessed by-any car in "America of the same
' or approximate price. V;,".. ':v'w'.' '--'
: In everv cart, point and detail of its construction the
; same policy prevails-- always a ' little more, u. little
- j better than your fondest dreams could hopeor . :
A truly big little car bif in its beauty. and big in
lu luxuriousness, and little in the liveliness with which .
; it gett away" and Heeps going. 7,;(,-.-;SJ .J. ", 7
! You will most quickly appreciate the Thomas Forty
if you consider it in comparison with other cars of ap
:', proximate price,' or costing considerably more. ;
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POPE-TOLEDO, POPE-HARTFORD, POPE-TRIBUNE, THOMAS FLYER, THOMAS FORTY,
BU1CK, OLDSMOBILE, and FRANKLIN for the State of Oregon
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will have th bottom of tho lake bleared
oat for a hundred feet or so and th
game will be played there. Th work
will be don by th student them
selves on Csmpu day, next Friday.
Campua day 1 an annual event at the
nlverslty, when all th students turn
out In working clothes and davot their
energies to working on th ground.
Tho men handle th picks and shovel
and th girl provide luncheon. -
LINEUP OF TEAMS IN ' "
: THE OPENING CONTEST
'The following will be th line-Tap of
th Frake and Brewer thl afternoon
at Recreation park:
I. a. Frakea, Position, 1 North Paelflo,
Whit,... o King or King
Myra or Johnson. p. Pender or Goodwin
Fay ss ..Frys
Parrott ...... t. . .lb. . ...Helser CapC)
Newell (Capt)..,.lb...... ....... Wood
Houston ....lb... Griffith
Parrott ,.lf .Van Rapier
Mangold ......... cf Mcilolland
Oliver ........... rf Farrell
Umplr. Jos. A. Btutt..
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7 Bargains in Harness.
Th Keller Harness Co., at 4t North
8lxth street. Is offering loma great bar
gain In harness and blankets. Although
there has been lota of th fin hamea
old ther la still enough left to satisfy
th admirer of good durabl harness.
Remember th plaoe. 41 North Sixth..
' Barbers, Attention.
i Th bos barber will meet at Crew'
ball. 141 H Second street, near Morrison
street Monday. April 16, s p. m. All
boss barbers wilt attend. Business of
Importane.
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60 BL P..Tbooas Flyer, SiOQS, F. 0. B. Factory .
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And so do we. We aim to keep In the lead and have succeeded. "Thi Trv .
is a launch of style and durability;as well as of speed. Solid ccrrlcrt can t ; f
in a Truscott Launch. .We carry a full line of Launch Trirr.rr.ir.s, I.;:!i v
heautifv vour old launch. Our repair shop is at your serv ice. Ccr.ccs cr, 1 V
t4- -o Mienn!ih1s ntnrft
stock of gasoline engines of
REIERSCBI VI:
X : 7 The Biggest Big Ctar;
TDE 60 HP. THOMAS FLYER
t 154,000 F. O. B. FACTORY
Big not In mere size, but in the policy that dictates
. its construction. ;: ---7 ..'-. f: i ;';'-'
V Big in the insistence that demands the costliest ma
' terials made. : . -'' ' . '
, : Big in the scrupulous attention to the hundred and
' one little refinements that go to make up a harmonious
:,' whole ' , , ' .ri". sJ' '.V-7 V::,. ?;
-r - Big in the spirit that seizes upon the best produc
tions of the whole world. V
V - Big in the policy that gathers together the largest
7 corps of American and European engineering experts
associated in one factory. ' : -
.7 ' Big in the records and test that
make for reliability the most remark
able collection of valuable road and en
durance contests ever won by any car
in one season. v- ,;':
Tbis car Is replete with surprises I
Far and away the richest looking car In
its class and this high-grade goodness
obtains in every ounce of. metal in its
makeup and every mechanical detail
that enters into its construction. The"
ThomaForty in its class perpetuates
and emphasizes the excellence of its big
brother, the. Thomas-Flyer.
NORTHWESTERN
DISTRIBUTORS
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all sizc3 and styles.
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