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LATEST MODELS IN 1908 AUTOMOBILES.
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ETankGn. Buick
Local People Proudly Flaun
Next Season Machines
Before Enthusiasts.
ELABORATE THAN EVER
THE OREGON .SUNDAY " JOURNAL PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 13,' 1907.
PLACED OH SHOW
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Driver Feast Eyes on Graceful Can
and Try to Flguro So aa to -Cut
Down Expense! in Order to Pur
chase Heart's Desire.
Portland automobile enthusiast hr
been feasting their eyes this week for
the first time upon specimen of the
1908 models of several of the standard
makes, some of which are shown In
today's Journal, and are now lying
awake nights trying to figure out
where they are going to get the neces
sary money to purchase their partlcu
lar favorite make.
To the real live atudent of 'bubble-
wagons" the curve in the mud guards,
th nnaltlon of the brakes, and (he dta
meter of the spokes in the wheela form
as vital topics for earnest discussion
as the number of cylinders, the latest
sparking contrivances, or the system of
gasoline feed. Not a detail escapes the
vigilant eye of the real automobile face
and anymin mi moii i nw
twist in the exhaust pipe gets him
squirming beneath the machine to gel
Details Ferfeoted.
Despite the expectations of the san-
fUlne cnug-wsgon anver, itw i
rations have been made In the 1908
models save In perfecting such details
ss this year's experience brought out.
Lines of symmetry have been reached
to a greater perfection than last year
and most of the cars will have a lower
body with Improvements In the steer
log gear. Many of the factories have
fashioned their machines on lines re
sembling the racers with the result
that a combination of speed, endurance
and beauty has been obtained that
makes the American-built cars objects
of heart desire among the enthusiasts.
H. L. Keats, of H. U Keats Auto
company, said last night that his firm
would make a strong effort to win the
patronage of the local automoblllsta
with one of the finest lines of cars
ever bandied In Portland, lie said:
la xsoord-Brsaksr.
"We believe we have the strongest
, line of automobiles handled by any
dealer on the Pacific coast this year.
Among the lines wc handle is the
Franklin, which 1 so well known, es
pecially on the Pacific coast. The
108 Franklin cut tho recover from Chi
cago to New York 17 hours and 6 min
utes, driving 1,067 miles over all kinds
of roads and mountains ana mrougn
mud in 39 hours and 63 mlnutea. This
was on August 21st and 22nd.
"The Thomas linn for next year com
prises five different models, from the
six-cylinder seven-passenger Thomas
Flyer down to the 20-horsepowrr town
car and runabout. The stock Thomas
Flyer for 1KU8 has a guaranteed speed
of 64 mllea per hour. The 6-cyIlnder
Thomas has guaranteed speed of 75
miles an hour.
Graceful and Luxurious.
.The Pope-Hartford for 1908 Is slm
llftr to the 1907 model In many re
ecects. However, a number of Improve
menti have been added which makes
the car more graceful, more luxurious,
and minor details in the engine have
been improved upon, which gives more
BDced and hotter hlll-cilniDing power.
"In the Buick line of automobiles for
1908 we believe we have one of the
crreatest lines in America. In addition
to the well known 22-horepower liuick
listing at 31,260, the Buick people have
brought out a runaDout wnicn is a
four-cylinder, 24-horsrpower shaft
driven car listing at I860. The factory
is building 10.000 of these runabouts.
This car. the Buick people claim, is the
ercateat car In the world for the
money and for speed, hlll-cliinblng
durability and finish cannot be equalled
anvwhere for the price. They also have
a 24-horsepower four-cylinder Buick
touring car, which Is a wonderful car
tor power and hill-climbing. The
Buick people have brought out a 40
horsepower four-cylinder shaft-driven
touring car which has a great amount
of room and la very luxurious In every
detail.
"We are also going to handle the
Loxier car, which on June 6th started
in the 208-mile endurance run of the
New York Motor club from New York
to Albany and through mud and a
steady downpour of rain and over
roads which were In frightful condi
tion finished first and won the trophy."
Xacy Bunabonts.
Mitchell, Lewis gtaver company will
soon have 1908 models of Mitchell auto
mobiles at their salesrooms. First and
Taylor streets-. The line for next sea
son consists of runabout, racy run
about, five-passenger touring car, de
livery wasron and delivery truck. Of
these the racy runabout and commercial
vehicles will probably attract the most
attention as they are departures from
their regular line of this year.
The racy runabout is very similar to
model E runabout with the exception of
the body, which Is of the low racing
type, now so popular in the east; with
a chauffeur or single third seat In the
rear.
Carry 3,000 Founds.
The delivery wagon and truck are
especially designed for heavy work,
weigh about 2,000 pounds each, and are
supposed to carry about 3,000 pounds.
One of these cars Is now making an
exhibition run from Chicago to New
York lnaieri with 3.000 Dounds or mer
chandise and is averaging about 12
miles per hour including stops. A new
feature of Its construction is the spiral
gear drive Instead of the usual chain
or shaft drive.
The Mitchell is now practically stand
ardized and the slight alterations which
have been made on these models are
mainlv refinement of detail, the most
noticeable being the shape of the dash,
hood and guards, which tend to give the
car a more rakish appearance.
Save string of Stores.
Fred A. Bennett, northwestern dis
tributor for Peo, Premier, and Ford
automobiles, has Just returned from a
trip through Washington. He reports
a good season's business at his Spo
kane store. He is opening a branch
at Seattle; this will give him the best
distributing organization of any auto
mobile house in the northwest, having
stores at Portland, Spokane and Seattle.
Mr. Bennett is enthusiastic over the
new 1908 Premier car. which has Jit'
arrived and expects a largo sale of this
car which has done good work In the
eaHt the past season: among other featB
making a record of 4,906 miles without
stopping the engine.
He thinks next year will be better
than 1907 for the automobile trade in
the northwest, as the people are be
ginning to realize the value of the auto
mobile for business purposes. One real
estate man states his car has enabled
him to do enough business this season
to pay for It three times over.
Covey & Wallace wlM handle the fol-
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Thomas Flyer, 1908 Model.
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The prospective purchaser of an automobile cannot be convinced by flowery language and circus adver
tising, and consequently our main endeavor is to direct your attention to our lines of 1908 and convince
you by practical demonstrations, of the true worth of our cars. It is to your own interest to convince
yourself that our claims are true, and that the above lines are without doubt the MOST SIMPLE,
MOST ECONOMICAL, MOST PRACTICAL, MOST IDEAL motor cars before the American people
at the present time.
Thomas
for
1908
rill consist of a $4,000
car similar in mechanical
construction to the 1907
but straight line body; a
127-inch wheel base, larg
er and more powerful car
with hand - hammered
aluminum body of ex
ceedingly graceful design ;
list price $4,500; a six
cylinder 3,000-lb. touring
car of 75-H. P., guaran
teed 73 miles per hour, de
signed by Chedru, the
great French designer.
This company will con
struct a town car capable
of holding from two to
five people.
POPE
HARTFORD
for 1908
Faster, stronger and pret
tier than ever. The most
perfect motor car ever
created by an American
factory and the best suit
ed for western conditions
no radical changes
just refined. A car that
won all the races, hill
climbing contests and en
durance runs needs little
improvement. All we ask
is the opportunity of mak
ing a demonstration.
franklin
for 1908
The Franklin has been in
creased in power 40 per
cent. This increase is cer
tainly wonderful on ac
count of no increase in
weight. Their line will
consist, as of last year, in
the small touring car and
runabout listing at $1,850
and $1,750; the large frve
passenger touring car and
runabout with magneto,
$2,850, and the six-cylin
der seven-passenger tour
ing car and runabout,
$4,000.
Buick
The eyes of the automo
bile world are centered on
the Buick for 1908, and
particularly on the foar
cylinder $850 24-H. P.
runabout. This will not
be an assembled car, but
manufactured even to the
wheels by Buick work
men. We only can have
250 of these; over half of
them already spoken for.
This company will con
tinue the 22-H. P. touring
car for $1,250, 24-H. P.
touring car and runabout
with sliding gear trans
mission, $2,000, and 40
H. P. touring car, $2,500.
ASK THE, OWNLRS OF THLSL CARS.
NORTHWESTERN DISTRIBUTORS
H L KEATS AUTO CO.
Seventh and Oak Streets, Portland, Oregon
AGLNCILS: , TACOMA, SLATTLL, SPOKANE AfND ALL IMPORTANT CITIES
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Mitchell Racy Runabout, 1908 Model.
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Premier 24 Horsepower Touring Car, 1908 Model.
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lowing well-known cars next season:
Pierce Great Arrow, Corbln. and Cadil
lac. It will be their policy to keep only
one line In each class which will en
able them to carry a full line of parts
and to better look after the Interests
of their cuBtomera.
The Cadillac line will consist of their
well-known single cylinder runabouts
at 850; touring cars at $1,000 nnd a
four-cylinder, 20-horsepower car at $2,
000. In the Corbln make thev will carry a
24-horsepower, four cylinder, air-cooled
runabout with magneto, at $2,300; a 24-
horsepower, air-cooled touring; car at
$2,600. a 80-horsopower. water-cooled
touring car at $2,600, and a runabout at
$2,400.
The Plexce Great Arrow line will con
sist of a 45-horsepower. six cylinder
tourlntr car, at $R.600. a 45-horsf power,
four-cylinder, at $6,000, and a 66-horse-powwr,
six cylinder car, at $6,500. En
closed bodies may be bad on any of
these cars.
MAGIC OF NEW YORK
A MOST WOBTHT AXTXCIS.
When an article has ben on the mar
ket for. years and gains friends every
year. It is safe to call this medicine
mfji L (1 line. ouvii no. u o iiui r:-
hound Syrup. It positively cures coughs
and all pulmonary c'lseases. One of the
-best known merchants In Mobile. Ala
bama, says:
, "For five years m v family has not
been troubled with the winter coughii.
we owe this to Ballard's Horehound Syr
up. I know it has saved my children
from many sick, spells."- Sold by. all
druggists. :.' i
whole building and carted It away since
I quit town.
"This mornln-- I Seas up in the Thir
ties and went to a corntr to see a man
on a transaction about which we had
talked before 1 went away. The house
wasn't there. It had been demolished
and workmen were engaged In placing
the foundation for a new structure.
"Coming down here on the elevated
road I looked out and saw a number of
great buildings which have sprung into
nhape since I made my last trip on
the line five weeks ago.
"It kept me guessing as to where I
was. M'hen I was a bov I was always
skeptical about that Bible story of the
growth in a single night of Jenah's
gourd. But It is simple now.
"What puzzles me Is the rapid growth
of the bljr city when a fellow is out
of sight of it for a short time. You
huve to go out of town in order to
realise Its rapid increase and sudden
changes."
. A High Protectionist.
From the Toronto Globe.
"I would make the tariff as high as
TIaman's gallows If it is to keep the
Yankees out," said Mr. Edward Gurney
to the Canadian Manufacturers asso-
ciaiion.
MAYOR'S WALNUT OIL
The City's Growth as It Strikes One
After Five Week's Absence.
"How the city grows when you are
away from home," said a returned tour
ist, an old New Yorker, as he stood in
lower Broadway gaalmr at a great struc
ture the tower of which rose above the fl,tore Color to Gray Hair or Beard
surrouJiaing sayscrapers. : i was aoi
sent only five weeks. I passed here the
day I left and only the skeleton of e
few stories was up: And now It is ap
ploachlng completion. In all the months
during which I passed by It, it see me J
to me as it It would neverget shape.
"I went down Maiden lane yesterday.
and, hang me, if I didn't turns ror a
minute that I was lost! I saw the day
light breaking throurh an open apace
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ARROW
1908
OTHER MODELS
60 H. P.
Six Cylinders
Price . . . $6500
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OTHER MODELS
45 H. P.
Eour Cylinders
Price . . . $5000
45 H. P., Six Cylinders . . . Price $5500
THE INDISPUTABLE LEADER 0E AMERICAN TOURING CARS
Your attention is called to the fact that we have been
appointed agents for the "Full Jeweled" CORBIN built
and backed by the "House of Corbin," whose reputation
for quality is world wide $2,300 to $2,750.
The "Old Reliable" Cadillac, the car that "almost any
family can afford to own" has been retained for 1908
the single-cylinder touring car at $1,000; the' 4 -cylinder,
20 -H. P. car at $2,000.
ALL PRICES F. O. B. FACTORY
G0VEY& WALLACE ,
SIXTEENTH AND. ALDER STREETS '
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