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THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAE, PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING, ' MAY 12. 1807. i: AUTO BOULEVARD FROM PORTLAND TO; SEATTLE Reids Like Dream, but Local Club Proposes to Make It Reality This Summers-Mount Hood Road Project Abandoned , " Barney Oldfield Try for .Record Here. r ! a- r The Portland Auto eliih haa decided to gtva up it plana for improving th nooa roaa. . , 1 Th matter of spending money to put the roadway to tha freat mountain In aeceni, condition waa taken up aoma ma ago. Tha club want ao far aa to nd a ooramlttea over tha course laat week and to Interview tha toll ' gat People, but the latter treated them ao shabbily that tha club haa adopted th committee' recommendation that th project b abandoned.. . Th toil gata people flatly refused to allow th club to, Improve tha road, ven at lta own expenaa from f lrat to laat Tha only proposition that they would hear to waa thatjthe club turn -,0ver tbe .easb, t them and aUow.tham , to apend It aa they wlahed. Tbia, of couraa, waa out of tha queatlon. Tha toll gat neopla are now charging a , loll of Ilea, for autoa. The road la In ' frightful condition, and club member y that It will b practically lrapassl hi for six or ven week yet - '."'. A Xiarr Vrojeot. Th auto club will devote it entire nergiea during th coming few week toward launching a movement to con- Heauie. Tacoma and Portland with a fine boulevard, araveled and bal- , lasted. Similar club in th two aound citlea hav Intimated that they will not ' be behind the Portland motorist In the project, and It la planned to take op th matter In all plaoea at Ui aama time and begin building at both enda : simultaneously. Thla 1a a largo under taking, but It la believed that th boule vard can b perfected during tha um- . Blr. ,. ,'.,' ' ' i , i; f - f ' Oeorg Klelser haa Just returned t from ' a trip to Seattle in ' hla Pope ' Toledo. He report that the road from Beattl to Chehille la In tin condition and that-tie mad th run between the tw pointa in eeven and on-half houra. " "' ' ' i ' . Treat for yorUandera, ; 'Word haa been received from Barney Oldfield, tha apeed demon of Los An aeles. Barnev announcea that he will be her to hold his race meet about the middle of June. Two weka ago, on a raea tragic In Ban DleRO county, Oldfield brok the record for a mile, making the distance In II seconds. lie aaya that ha will attempt to break that record at tha Jrvlngton track while here, and It la quit possible that Portland people may aee him do It The treat will cer- tainlv ha worth while, t v, As aoon aa th roads ar dry again th Portland Auto club will experiment with a chemical which ha been very noneaafullv used in th east and in mnri&nd for lavlnr th dust. The cham leal baa already been obtained. - Should It prove a success - not lesa than 10 mllea of road about Portland will b treated with tha preparation.. , ' - - ' r 'BigVMl na of Saaoni f . 4 4 The blggeat cliib run of th aeaaon will be held a Ireek from today -on May 19. A trlpf will be 'made to La. tourelle Fall a, abd already more than 10 car hav alghifled Uieir intention of maklnr th run. Th club 1 grow. lng exceedingly faat having doubled lta mamberahln during th paat thre week. Sixty-seven have been taken In durinr that period. 11 of whom were Uken In at the regular meeting iai Friday night The membership or tne dub is now about 115. Soma residents Of th Et Biae-ar aoon to oil the Baa Lin road aa ta, out aa MV Tabor.: Th auto ciub Ma glvn a liberal aubaeription to help tfila work along. MontavlUa people rnay also 11-their road, and should they do so th club will help bear th w pens. ...... , -.:'' IIEI'JS lllll IIPIE8 OF AUTO WORLD 'Items of Interest. to . Every One Who Drives, a Car or, Everf; Expects to Do Qo. .'x .KANSAS GYPSY KINO V RIDES IN AUTO CAR , Flying RoIIera Motor , About ; the , N Cfeuntrr In Their Hunt for Savablo ' Bonla Eswranto Name for the Women ClubGeneral Note. ''t&ieafaoioH'stg ar makinig afforta v.to Ublah t lxd garage ann repair ratea ' " " f " "" ' '" ' ' ' ' -'' ' " Tha." pollc' authoritlea ot jbetrolt ar about to purcnaao two autumoouea who which to purtue acorchara. ' Michigan autolata ar rejoicing, the drastic anti-apeedlng bill, containing all 'aorta of annoying restrictions, having been killed.' , " ' - Among the newest foreign device la 'a - warning mirror , which enablea th motoriat to at glance all th traf fic behind him. 1 , , Two automobiles, ona for tha official .use of tha mayor and th other for th chief of the fire department, are to be purchased by. Kansaa.Clty. , . . Among- th lntereating contesta in Franc thla month la on for eara d algned especially -Tor tha oaa of medl- rcal and other, professional men. , v - , Luxurloua electrically driven f auo- J chair will ha ' operated on AUanv.c Clty boardwalk th coming aeason. If 1 their promoter can oDtain. in neoeaaary ' franchlaa ' . -' ' ' : M .-Ia a, I0-horaepowr oar Barney Old field brok the world' automobile rec ord for ona mil at San Diego, Califor nia, Apr ai, doing tha distance In .114-6 aeconda. ' , The Kansas City Automobile club touring committee ia negotiating with railroad official for run on ralle thla aummer, after th faahlon net ? by Charlea 3. ' Olldden. ' h -:;':"'- ' " : " - The Cincinnati aalvaga corpa haa found that it coat IHT.14 ! to main tain and operate a motor wagon laat year ' than two two-hpra . wagon th lyear befo,o. w,'.v--'-'v'-i',:;i' .-: ;. "lieaiJajed Invalid . all apeed ordinance paaaea vj (own in wi sum, vpi ground that th-Ut law fully cover ' th BUbct v-.-j'.-," -).'. V: ' ., A number of touring cara are being need by tnlaetonarlea of tha aeot known aa "Flying RoUera," located near Ben ton Harbor, Michigan, to aconr tha coun try In aearch of convert. , Tha City and Country Motor club of Greater New York haa decided to admit women to full mamberahln. The Lake Mahopao Inn haa been secured for a aountry clubhouse. if ' ! ( Upon declaration that a car la tem porarily Imported for touring purpose, no' duty la required on entering Pen mark, but a license from tha owner'a na tive country or atate la necessary.. The new automobile club which haa been formed by Philadelphia aoclety women la ao up to date that It haa taken lta. name from Esperanto, "Movtranto Klaubo,", literally translated, "Moving CiUh.",,; ;..;, h- .;..,.i-v.r--.",- Chicago motorist ar planning to en tertain the Olldden tourists right royal ly during their two dayc stop In tha Windy City. The Chicago Automobile club and Chicago Motor club win unite Is playing hoat ; I Motor-cyclists of . both : Baltimore. Maryland, and Providence, Rhode Island, ava endeavoring to obtain the annual convention of th Federation of Ameri can Motor-Cyclita for. their reapeetiv clUea Th meeUn will b held In July or August ,,..,!;,.w.v!,,, ... Although a Toledo oculist blame mo toring for certain forma Of eye trou ble, he also aaya that, aa the practice becomea mora naarlr universal, nature will come to .the relief of man by pro ducing tougher eyeba.. muaclea. The competing cara In tha race for the German emperor cup are to be started at intervals of one minute apart on June 14 over a 7t-mll circuit near Frank fort." Ther will be ne control, and th couraa will be guarded by army veter an ...:..'. '-'v -'v.:. - Th poatofflc department haa estab lished by model automobile mall delivery line between Norfolk and Jatr.eatown x poaltlon "- postofflces. , There are three machine, each with a capacity of 60 mall aacka, and a apeed ft from to 40 mllea an hour , So long aa a motor has perrect-ntung cylinders, platona and rings, there should be no dlf f iorlty about starting from the eat on the spark, Th explanation Is that ao long a th compression can be held In the cyllndar the apark can be used to Ignite tha charge. In reassembling tha parte of a car, If a bolt-hole in any part does not line up exactly with the corresponding bole In the adjacent part, never try to force the bolt home with a hammer or mallet, but find and remove the cause for the hole being out of Jin. v - An enterprising aurety company ia now offering ; a v "chauffeur'a fidelity bond." guaranteeing that tha chauffeur Khali honestly perform his duties, and providing indemnity to th employer for loa or damage to tha machine during lta unauthorised uae by tha chauffeur. . Though not . absolutely necessary, a passport from V the United States gov. ernment ia a food thing to have handy when touring Europe. It may be pro cured by writing ' to the passport bu reau of the atate department at Wash ington, costs but 1 1, and la good for two yeara. . It seems to be cheaper to kill a man in Mexico than to merely injure one. An American recently touring that coun try ran over and killed a' Mexican with hla motor car and' waa fined $40., The next day his chauffeur blackened a na tive's eye with hla fist and waa sent to jail for alx month, v ":. So Ingeniously, arranged Is the pala tial new $1,000,000 clubhouse , of the Automobile club of America, Just opened In New York, that a guest might spend houra In the lobby, assembly room, grillroom and bllllard-room and hardly be aware that a garage accom modating SuO care la contained In tha aama building. . ' - ' . ,: , The Albany (New Tork) board of bu pervlsors ha; granted permission to the Albany Automobile club to close atate roads, extending n a 19-mile circuit south of he city, on the afternoon of September M. when the club will hold an amateur automobile cup tournament. The route will be traversed five times. A St Louis dealer haa supplied the typsy king, of Kansas with one of th most unique motor vehicle in the "world. It is a combination of the old gypsy wagon and the modern motor car, and will be used. by. the king and hla fara lly on their eontlnuoua - camping-out Tha motor la of Immense power, and, owing to the ear's great weight, the wheel have been equipped with solid tireBi y 'h'.-vy.j sy;, :, .x i The automobile haa been the primary cause behind the national movement for better roads; it haa made aummer hotels remote from railroad atatlona mora ao cesslble; it haa given many a country youth with a mechanical turn of mind a good. -steady position aa. a chauffeur. and haa been Instrumental In Increasing the permanent population of many towna within 10 mllea of every metropolis. Th projecting end of holt should oa wiped before taking off the nut1 Un- ncrewlng. and screwing with dust and and on the thread Is bound to result In cutting down the thread and may be the cause aoma day of an unfortunate breakdown. ' Before mounting the nuia a rag ahould be passed through them, and aa a further precaution a drop of oil or a little grease ahould be put on the enda of the bolta. , . KENTUCKY TO COMPETE ' . WITH ARABIAN STEED i . ' v. 1 " ', Sllverton. Or., May 'll. A telegram waa received last evening front Homer Davenports in which he aaya the United States war department la sending a Kentucky saddle horse, to Sllverton to enter tha endurance teat to be made by Mr. Davenport's Arabian horse.- It. is expected that the start will be made In a few daya. ;X . -,. OLD Jill MADE iriTO CARS WHILE YOU 17AIT What Pullmari Company Does in .Matter of Rebuilding ' Local Auto Notes. A ' The Pullman Auto Car company of Portland is. working a large ; fore of skilled ; mechanics rebuilding aoma ,of tha ' handaomest ' cara ever turned out by any factory. The Pullman factory la altuated at Sixth and Everett atreeta and not only receives patronage from Portland and surrounding towns, but alao from Seattle, Tacoma and Spo kane.! On "all sides are automobiles of all makes in all stages of repair. There are large masses of wreckage lying here and there which to the uninitiated appear like worthless Junk, but whton in reality are aoon to be transformed into handsome cars. ' ' -,; H. L. Wemme ' bought a 40-horse-power Old runabout from th H. L. Keats Auto company last week.' Thla make Wemme' fourth Old car. ' Dr. Oustav Barr bought a Franklin Light touring car. Dr. George F Wilson bought a Franklin Light runabout, I. N. Llpman bought a Franklin runabout and C K. Henry bought a Franklin Light touring-car.. JiWxPrkln bought a Thomas Forty j touring : car, W, M. Uodson bought an Old touring ear, th Portland Face Brick company bought an Olds runabout and Preston Brothers bought a Thomas Forty run aboutall from tha Keats company. Frank R. Chambers Jr., Is the owner of a nw $0 horsepower lierc, v ! ,i ' be purchased from II. M. Covey, The Oregon AOto Dealers' ai" ' tlon wlU hold a race meet et Irving i t on May 80. ! , SON OF WARRIOR CHIEFS FATALLY HURT BY FALL! (ApmIiI Dtoteli to Tht JnenMl) Tacoma, Wash., May 11. To avoid be lng run down by an Interurban train, Seymour Leschl, an Indian of the Puyal lup reservation, leaped off the Interur ban trestle spanning th Northern Po. ctfir tracks thla morning, a distance of 28 feet, and may die from the effect of the fall. Both hie wrUt wera sprained, hla spine , Injured - and bot lege paralysed.. He Is a descendant of old, Chief Leschi, one of the famous warriors and enemies of the whites in the pioneer days. .,'.;''.' i i Ul LLX 1. ..JLUJtI..JLJLL.ji Everybody VHEELo O! some kind this year, If you own an - AUTO , Wa can furnish averythlnf In the way of SUPPLIES For it. If you cannot afford aa i AUTO, wa can sell you a Bicycla or Motorcycle." : - National, Pierce and Emblem BICYCLES . R, S. ft M. M, Motorcycles. " Let us demonstrate ROLLER SKATES Almost Any Family Can Afford to Own a i.; " ' s r . '..l.-' r . . bf" "M Mill. mn - - .,' - , ? " !- Single Cylinder Touring Car. Price ?1050. You hear lots of people say that an automobile is a nice thins; to have and all that, but costs too much to keep it up. T V .Maybe that is true in many cases. But. cost of upkeep depends largely on the kind of car. r" k A If economy and efficiency appeal to you the single cylinder "Cadillac" will come nearest meeting your ideas.; They will carry you any place any automobile will go, as fast as it is safe to ride and the average expense pf upkeep is not even; ap-. proached by any other automobile regardless of price, doesn't the fact that last year the sale of Cadillacs of the 10 horsepower '; ;type exceeded the combined sale of any three models' of other makes carry a pretty strong conviction of superiority ? n; There are 15,006 single-cylinder Cadillacs "making good" all over the world, six of these cars just arrived. We are always glad to demon strate, telephone Main 6470. , a v. The New Model CADILLAC THE, TOURING CAR WITHOUT A RIVAL AT $2,000 . ' f ' ' The high principles of honest workmanship and the ad . vanced Ideas of desfgn that have made Cadillac construction famous, find full expression in Model G, a thoroughly de pendable, powerful, four-cylinder car, which brings to its owner every touring luxury enjoyed by those possessing the. most expensive types. -Examine it; observe its long, rangy lines, the racy at mosphere about it, reflecting lots of spirit and "go"; ride in It arid note the feeling of security prompted by a wealth of - hidden energy beneath you then you will appreciate why - auiuac xviouei vjt is wunout a peer among ail cars 01 us class. The, demand for these cars is so great that they are very hard to get, but X succeeded in getting one shipped May 0 H. P.. Price. $2000 ,. Four-Cylinder, 1800 Pounds. '11 and expect it to reach here in two week from date. Pierce Great Arrow, ARISTOCRAT of AMERICAN AUTOMOBILES, two 80 H. P. to arrive in about two weeks, one 45 H, P. in ft month. The last chaqce to get "Pierce" cars this year. ' 'i . COLUMBIA has not been previously represented here, but it is known as one of America's best cars. .We will unload Monday three of their 24-28 H. P, light touring cars. Telephone Main 6470 for demonstration. ' , HOWARD M. COYLY, Agent PIERCE GREAT ARROW CADILLAC LOCOMOBILE ' COLUMBIA AND KNOX 16th and Alder Streets THE TRUSCOTT A boat that" is built to meet the requirements of a good substantial pleasure craft. , The price ; is Duiit to tit tne Doat-Hne ooat is not ouut to tit the price. The ; Refsrspn Machinery Co. Everything and Anything in Pleasure Crafts. 182-4-8 MORRISON STREET n rinrrrn r KsU J) For vouns! and old. It l f i,.1 - " ' 1 "i BASEBALL' GOODS, ' 1 1 - ' ' rl -' yXa'lbV "j" 'ts U '' " . ' I w . - sr. - k II t -. - . j . v i . A a . a m m aa bi s .. i i m - , .. -, , .. . . . . r- -a x . ? a . . . ' .. a- - a V'aL, Th Rhod Ilano Buprm court haa ernment la a food thing to bar handy DALLUU U HlilUlll A ',,-- tj?' ' ! JJ(A 's7 - -I ' f fciared lnvalW . aU apl ordlnancea when tourlnr EJurop. It may b pro- viaa v v i a. va a i . . , v , ,,v ' ttSA ' ' aR t ' -fj paMi ty towna In th aUt, o4Mi cured by writlag to tha paasport bo- 86 Sixth Street Opposite Wells - 1 ' - 1 s h'ZZss&f' ir-Xaffertsrj L - I ' U Iound that tha-aUt law tullyeovera reauot tha atat department at Wash- 00 0 !Ui!: V 1 V , - - - - r- 't' t f Tmr' V I th iibac.-.i5:-. :t..K:.' Inston, costs but fl, and Is good tot .-.v -rarfo JJUlWllif. , , j v v ' B f IS - 'III THf t I 1 . A number of touring cara are being two yeara. , . LmbmmbmmmmI I "'..V''-- ,;,-. ;' X 1 !i I ll M I ' s i " I , I ' , Li " -i. .n ' I', i ' '.' i . i . J , ! . ....!...,., x iJ H 'iiX. 17 " h , ? ; 7 I .h ..,....., --- .-fl .,1 - . I i : -ilSW Ik .rjvvjy,.'... , f Ate You interested . in Good Launches? ) 0 Ls ii-- XiWS5i7te -- - ' IP SO, YOU HAVE HEARD OF THE TRUSCOTT. SEEING IS BELIEVING THEN ) A ' I (f&Asg ' : I ' 1 . ! s v 1 - -- .Trlmminis,, II ; - - M ,-, rr, , Ll ' " : ' . II III II Ailvr 1 ii I II II 1 ll Alra U ; 1 Wl ,MIl II-'. ' " .,.."r.T't r MI II II I II ,. II ; I W II f 11 I I v i fl It II I II II If : : 11 ' fl 11 II 1 W ml U m Willi- fl 111 VIM ' ? Your Service It - . . . . - . i h. . , i.. BaaakaM" . - . .. . . .. .....aMiaBBaakauBBaaaJBBUBr s mm t .i -i a The largest; best equipped factory west of NewTork lot the building and repairing of automobiles and all parts, is equircc 1 with all modern machinery for both wood and iron work and with the finest milling and gear-cutting machinery on the coast. 1 : We can build you anything that youant front an automobile to tops, glass fronts,' dashes, fenders, springs, wheels, ta !ir gears, axles, steering wheels and all parts 6f an automobile; also all other machine work. Tools, milling and patterns. V An inspection of our work will convince yoti'that-we have no equal in this class of work west of New York. PULLMAN AUTO GAR CQMP TEL. MAIN 41 SIXTH AND EVERETT STREETS