The Oregon daily journal. (Portland, Or.) 1902-1972, July 07, 1907, Image 17

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Newspaper Page Text1 THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAU PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING, JULY, 7. 1807. 'Ml !)-. 17 NEWS AND NOTES FROM FIELD OF AUTO OWNERS 1 latest Automobile Gossip of -This and Other, Lands- Interesting Bits of Information Gleaned Here and There AbbuV Chug Wagons and Drivers. : Then kr wior than 11,000.000 worth of automobiles In Ban Francisco. ' ' It U bsllaved that there will b at Ittat m entrlea for the CHidden tour. Cleveland hae a city ordinance for bidding; the practice of leaving engine! running when cara are stopped. , In an automobile the trouble with a little trouble in the mechanism Is that It will not remain little. According to oonsular reports a very ucoessful trade in American automo biles can be cultivated la Mexico by the proper methods. automobiles into France during the first four months of the present year, largely, aa a result of , the victories achieved by Italian cars in European raring events last year. 'A steam ambulance, caoable of a sptid of 45 utiles an hour, is . being tested by the medical department - of the army at west Point. If eatlsfae tory. it is said th army will adopt such cars for general use. The success which so far has attended the Peking-Paris run through the great Aslatio deserts has demonstrated that automobiles may easily be employed in regions heretofore - traversed only by ; -a .? . J. W. Halnsworth and party of Seattle) in 40-horsepower Oldimoblle tour ing car ea route to Yellowstone park Tla Portland and Spokane. To stop the incessant fracturing of ui speea laws tne aumorntea or At lantic City will equip squad of police with motorcycles. Th Automobile club of Buffalo. New fork, U out for the VKndorbllt cup rate, if it should be found impracticable to run it on Lionr island this year. A feature of tha next Paris Salon de l'Autoraoblle will be a display of the various types of ears used since motor ing became a recognised sport. Twenty autobuses are to be put Into operation on Fifth avenue. New Tork, this month, and SO mora will be added aa fast as the makers can furnish them. President Roosevelt is an ardent ad vocate of International contests, whether of motoring, yachting or rowing, hold ing that they stimulate patriotic feel ing. Although the natives of Mongolia are greatly excited over the Peking to Paris rac, .which Is now On, there la no fear of any hostile demonstration. Two chauffeur have been convicted in Ban Francisco under the new Califor nia law making it a misdemeanor to use an automobile without the owner's con sent. A three-months' automobile tour of Europe tend portions of Asia la to be taken by a Chicago society belle in an endeavor to cure her of a serious mania for music. The famoua Five Million club, of Texas, la arranging a 100-mlle endur ance contest across the state from El Paso to Texarkana and will offer 16,000 worth of prises. "What speed were you going at the time of the accident T" a motor-omnibus driver was asked, recently, in a London court. "Oh. I should say a gentle trot," he replied. Nearly every one of Detroit's auto mobile factories supports a baseball club, making that city the only one In , the world to have an Automobile Man ufacturers' lea-ue. Probably the most powerful automo bile engine ever built has been con structed by a Pennsylvania Arm. It is of 2(0 horsepower and will be used In a 12-meter motor boat. The -decrease In importation of for eign cars so far this year has been figured out at about 1 per cent On the other hand exports have increased nearly 68 per cent over 1900. From January i,to June 1 this year 0.007 automobiles were registered in New Tork state. During May J.275 cars were registered, as compared with 1100 cars In May. 1800. Washington university. St. Louis, 1 preparing to estaDiisn a cnair or motor ing in its manual training department, the new feature to be added to the cur w rlculum In the fall. A feature of a "Neighborhood Touring S"ll.. ft & A w . . . v-iuu lurmea ei rin mora, Connecticut, is that tne members make at a point to take along their wives and strictly observe the speed limits. Builders are Just beginning to meet , the demand for steering wheels, the eross-sections of the rims Of which are , oval instead of round, which gives a : more comfortable and secure grip. k A hill reeentlw Ttmmm&A k t)i. house of the Wisconsin legislature. a motorist tha rlvht tn naaa tened horse or team if he thinks miry 10 avom an accident -financial iuni. aHi4in. establishment of notor cars at St Petersburg last year, was great, but this year so many persons have gono Into the business that no one is mak inr any money. itwiy sent over . 000,000 worth ofi Judge Fowler, of the circuit court at Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, has ruled that an automobile may cross through a funeral procession in that olty. although an ordinance prohibits vehicles drawn by horses or mules from so doing. It is pertinently pointed out that while the 140 automobiles which com posed the line on Orphans' day in New York seemed a oodly number, yet It, represented less than ona per cent of all machines owned in the city. In the fecent show at St Petersburg practically every bis firm in France wae represented. Belgium was represented by Ave makes of cars, the United States and Italy by three each and Germany by one, while Great Britain had none at all. Although far behind the other Eu ropean nations, Portugal at last has begun to import automobiles in suf ficient numbers to interest manufac turers In the United States and nearer home. In 190S there were but X cars in the country. General C. M. Soltser, the well-known banker, of Cleveland, who la touring Europe, accompanied by Mrs. Spitier, expects to cover 8,000 miles In his car, traveling through England. Scotland. Francs,' Belgium, Holland, Germany and Austria, . . . . ... . In" retaliation , for tha stopping of Sunday baseball in . Worcester county, New York, the mansgers of the White Plains Baseball association threaten to stop golf and the running of automo biles on Sunday. , ; - . Another learned English Judge has de cided that an automobile Is a "nuisance on the highway." and has held the own er liable for damagea for accidents i oc curring while the chauffsur was diso beying orders by, taking drive for his own pleasure. - ' -- - - . Motorists organisations of Hampshire. England, will hold a gymkhana at Southampton In an endeavor to popular ize both automoblling and motor cycling in a district where police prosecutions and accidents have thrown .both Into '"'There Is : possibility ' that ' motor 'buses will be barred from London, or at leaat from some sections of the city, as two of the Metropolitan councils have under consideration complaints that the big vehicles are damaging buildings by vibration. . . ; - , . . Paris makers are planning to build their II 08 chasses wider than hereto fore, making It possible td have strong er, lighter and mora comfortable bodies, to give their cara better balance and to reduce' the danger due to taking cor ners at high speed.;- .4 . . , - ni thousand dollars In arold coin, to be divided between the two drivers, of the winning team, ana a gom ana wnhv tnr th Awnar of tha ear are the prizes offered to the winners of the 14 hour race at Brighton Beach track. New Tort August and 10. 7 v A MOW XOrK auiomODUIBl mm lounu many Indorsements to his proposition that hereafter tha owners of automo biles participate in Memorial day exer cises by providing the veterans cars In which to ride during their parade to and from tha cemeteries. , The Royal Automobile ciud or urai Ttritsln la oonduotlna an Interesting se ries of dust contests over a road special ly coated With finely powdered lime stone rock. Photographs of the dust elouda nrodueed by the different rare will be used to determine tha winners. Miss Victoria Godwin, tne woman mo-tra-iat at international fame. Who recent ly raturnad tn England after a short visit in this country, announces that she will again visit America in Septem ber, and pilot a 00-horsepower car Jn the International cup races on Long Is land . The new hill on Schooler's mountain. In Morris county, New Jersey, which will be used hereafter for cllmblnr oon taata la a t,rrnr It la twa miles lonr. has Ihree sharp turna. one at a right angle, and is wen stuaaea wiuj water breaks. The grade averages it per cent. .... There ls perhaps nothing which better Illustrates the healthy condition that exists in the automobile Industry today than the fact that some of the manu facturers already are building 1I0S mod els. Tbe II 07. product haa been closed out and a rush Is on to produce the "new machines. Tbe first automobile railroad terry in the country has been established be tween Atlantlo City and Ooean City, New-Jersey, end it now is possible for motorists to drive the -entire length of the state without settlne- out of slant of the Atlantlo ocean. An armored automobile recently tried before the kaiser and Intended for use of -officers in the field, Is protected by armor alx millimeters thick. It Is en veloped by a steel hood, with two loop holes In front for quick-firing rifles. Inside it is fitted with leather pouches containing a amau battery of quick firing pistols. . ,. - T. The recent arrest of John D. Rocke feller because hla chauffeur was break ing the apeed law Is giving New Tork motorists a laugh at the oil king's ex pense. Only a few days before he was held up by a rural constable he gave positive orders that his estate near Tar ry town be cloaed against all automobiles because some drivers were reckless. -rt By making a test case tn court the Ohio Valley Automobile club has suc ceeded' In having the chargea on all toll roads reduced to a Itt-oent basis for visiting automobillsts as well as local drivers. Heretofore automobiles cross ing the state line from West Virginia have been taxed cents a mile. Walter Stevens, a merchant recently ran through a flock of chickens at Law renceburg. Indiana, with his car and an old rooster became entangled In tbe steering gear.- Ths oar erashed into a telegraph pole and was sadly wrecked, while the rooster struggled out of the wreckage and marched away, crowing derisively. , f " There were more automobiles at the Bheepshead Bay track. New Tork, when the Suburban was run than ever have been together in this country, with the possible exception of the last Vanderbllt cup raoe. Of tha 740 cars .all but 2S0 were of American construction, repre senting the work of more than SO fac tories. The valuw of the collection was estimated at $3,176,000. Important work in the line of erect ing road signs is now being done by the American Automobile association through Ita affiliated clubs In Callfor nla. Connecticut Massachusetts. Nsw Jersey, New Tork, Ohio and Wisconsin. Preparations are being made for similar work . In Illinois,, Indiana, Iowa, Penn sylvania, Maine. Maryland, .- Minnesota, South Dakota. Vermont Virginia, West Virginia and Washington.'"- "" The automobile which the British ex plorer, Lieutenant Shackleton, -will take with him when he stsrts next month to search for the south pole, will be sup piled with several sorts of wheels adapted to the varying surfaces over which It will be driven. It will be used to haul the sledges, the members of the expedition having to walk. Benslne, or some other non-freeslng liquid, will sup ply the motive power. . The . autodrome suggested ' by the kaiser. - which will eclipse anything of the. kind In the world, will be equipped not only with several straight-graded trarTts , for jhort-dlstance - racing, but with a magnificent long-dlatanoe course, fully tl- milea long. There will be a series of dangorous curves, descents and hazards, while the grand stands will ac commodate 1,000.000 persona. Privy Councilor von Friedlander Is raising 16.000,000 for ths project. . V ' W THE , AUTO WORLD. "vlllliam Wallace, who helped to spread tha fame of Portland aa an auto- moblla racinsr canter bvbreaklnr world's record on ths Irvington track In June In a touring car,' has formed a partnership with H- M. Covey of this city. The firm will be known In the future as the Covey-Wallace Motor com pany. Mr. Wallace baa been connected with the Keats Auto company for the past four or. five years and Is well Known in louring circles. - Mcdowan Nichols of Burns, Ore- ?on. have purchased a 10-horsepower our-cylinder Cadillac from the Covey Wallace company -and -will use the ear extenalvely this summer f touring through eastern Oregon. - -; ; . . A 2-horaepower machine, driven by a couple of young men of Boise, Idaho, reached Prinevllle last .Thursday. The tourists were on their way . to The Dalles. Ths trip from Boise to, Prine vllle, a distance of 160 miles, was cov ered in 72 hours, and time was allowed for resting and repairs. F. A. Bennett local agent for Ford cars. Is jubilant over the outcome of tha 24-hour endurance race held at Detroit last week. The Ford six-cylinder '40- noropower ran l.iift miles in tnai vmn, beating the world's record 412 miles, making an average of 47 miles an hour. The ls-horsepower Ford runabout cov ered 7IS milea in the aame content, which was within 25 miles of the pre vious world's record for any car. . The Covey-Wallace company haa sold a 20-horsepower cylinder Cadillac to B. W, Ring, a 46-horsepower Pierce Arrow to H. L. Chapin, a 10-horsepower Cadil lac to Tug. Wilson and a similar car to C. 8. Smith. H. A. Burgess sold a Stoddard-Dayton touring car to Frank Raley last week. I Dr. E. E. Cable purchased a rnnahvt from the, aame firm and a seml-raotr was alao sold to Wright Dickinson, proprietors of the Oregon hotel. A. D, Perkins, president of the Tull man Car company, states that automo bile enthusiasm was never aa apparent as at the present time. Ills machine shops are overloaded with work, auto owners showing every desire to keen their horseless machines In the best ft condition. ; . . i. , The White company haa JustMssuM Its Route Book No. 4, containing the detailed road directions f the "airline' route to the Jamestown exposition via Philadelphia, Wilmington, Dover and Cape Charles. Supplementing the road directions Is an illustrated article full of useful hints to tourists contemplat ing a tour in that section. Road direc tions are aiso given lor a tour from Baltimore, over the National highway to Frederick, and then by way of Har per's ferry to Halltown, West Virginia, where connection la made with routes north and south. A fine double-page map is another feature of the new hook let Copiee may be obtained, free of charge; on application to The White company, 200 Rose building. Cleveland. Ohio, or to their agent J. B. Kelly, Hi Second street, Portland, Oregon. REBUILDKRS REPAIRERS DESIGNERS 01 iU KAOI x OF aUTTOMOBUU. 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