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i THE OREGON SUNDAY, JOURNAL. PORTLAND. SUNDAY MORNING. APRIL 19. 1908. COUIlIf 10 HELP tie.' Real, Biiieience BIG AUTO RACES I'- ? ;'. ' ' -t.L. I ' gaaB4U.ia4..gXe jit. . .1141 '"i 1 , .ini' :r a,1 " an 1 r 'if . v . " ' 1 1 D .. . . '. . . . . , .-. . 'Splendid Course Will Be Thoroughly Oiled for (' High-l'owcred Cars. ' Gorernor Charabarlaln ha consented t ordsr U raclnr course rl' out by tha Portland AntomoH slab rscaua op afternoon during- th Rom Carnlral nd tha county commissioners will lend their aid in preparing th traok fur th 1 igh-pOWrl rmcln oars. iTml mmbrs of th rutins; com- tnltti-a went over the courie yTiraay and found it ldl for the purpose. At first H waa thought tbat wtr mifht be substituted for oil la laying- thn 1 at, - but tola ha benn found 4mpi-clchl. . Water would have to be tramjoi f-il from Portland or Oresham nd the sprinkling- wa irons could not k-?p Die . track properly dampened. It la eetlmated hat It will coat In the nrlahborhood of $1,600 to luy the stint with oil and In all probability It will be neoeaaarr to ralae a portion of tha mnne br aubaniotlon. The farm "'rs resMlnff alona tha course will also be solicited. Tha oiled road will be of great benefit to them, for the oil will remain with tha aoll for aever.U yeora. There la soma 14 mile of tha road to be tone over and a large number of , farm are reached over tho outlined ' rnnrse. ' . Just a eoon a all the plan can bal completed tha committee will .otnmtiies the canvas for funda to put uie roa.ta In ahapa for the speeding machines, starting about a mil from Mootavilla .. th iwirM la laid south over a cross road to the Section Lin road, thence east to point near u res nam, wnere a northward turn will be made. Tha ma chine will bring up at the lt-Mlle house, and the last leg will be on tha lias I'ln road from IS-Mile house to . the starting-point, near Hontavllla. Thl la the longest straight stretch on Uie course. . President Joaaelrn. of tha O. W. P. has assured the club members thet dur- respectable antiquity. The production that thers will be no danger of Injuring U mind of man for more than 100 any or tn anvere. iLji'n'i 1 j t mm . ' v 1 t 1 : i: - A Study' 7-. ' v;..-) i - .!' . . - - - is is i saaiii an in in mi ti ibi irawai ii i aaai a . . . r . . I if "'mi' Ha i i v. jl to Save $1,850 Mr. E. O. McCoy and a Tarty of Friend from The Dalle, In a 1908 Model M Oldsmoblle Recently Purchased by Mr. McCoy from the Crow-Graham Motor Car Co. of this City. HORSELESS CENTURJES OLD t Crude 3Iotor Omnibuses Car ried English Passengers 200 Years Ago. The automotrtla seems so essentially a modern Invention that we are likely to forget the motor car la a thing of quit ny of the drlvere. years. Sir Isaac Newton gives a sketch unnniur 11 waa nroDosea 10 nm . .. ... . two races of 100 mlfea 'each, but last " onw m a,m """,,"on " ln" night It waa decided to nave a 10 andlian pnnoeopny. wniten in isbu. r-apin, a to-mlle racat, The long race will be I Htin to r.ihntti in kail mxvm- "I pet tnem t muea an nour ana over, ana - - - "- th short race for cars with speed of I by thla force (steam), but I think tha lesa than 6 mi tea. mo car win oa per i laaquaiiiie ana ts mltted to be entered In either race which Iroada will make It t bad curvea of tha very difficult to ia not handled by local automoblla deal-1 brine the Invention to perfection. eta and all entrlee muat be In a week in 17, according to the Leeda Eng before tha match. land) Jdereury, Ftancta Moore, a linen A 1250 cup will be given by tha club draper, had Invented a steam carriage, to the winner of first place, to remain He sold his horses. Dersuadlng his In tha winner's possession until the friends to do likewise, because he an next annual race, when it Will again tlrlmtMl that the value of hnraea would be put up as pri. Th cupa for sec- be depreciated by Ws ISvenUon. The ond and third places will pass Into th yMr Cugnot. a French engineer. t i! . ii -1 i in V'"c,-1 maoe a locomotive wiucn ran tnrougn very eiy e mi imwii vm . w-iuie streets or Pans. qti rea or tne cars to oa eniereo. wnicn g.venU other Inventions followed b will be returned after the contest has for th ,nd of th. e,-ntlntn century, been pulled oft This Is to insurs th in lm wimim Murdocka model loco- between Flnabury aquar and Penton vine. - xnev are aeacribea aa naving made no noise and no smoke, and the newapapera of the day remarked that horaea soon bocsme accustomed to thera and showed no sign of fear. Ballt Revere! Oars. The Inventor' of the Enterprise built several other steam omnibuses and car rlaarea. and for a time at least they be came very popular. Successful as Han cock omninusee were. ir. tnuren Indon and Birmingham coach wa cer tainly far handsomer. But one cannot help auapeotlng that many of these prints present a very flattering view of the steam coaches. Apart from th carlcaturna, hardly one of these picture show any steam or smoke coming from the vehicles. The tolls were Increased to such an extent that from 1840 ateam vehicles tn England practically ceased running. Later legislation mad it Impossible for them to travel on the roads, and so an Industry in which England waa far ahead of th rest of the world was orushed and remained dormant for al-j moat 60 yeara until the new gasolin and electric cars were Invented and turnpike lawa and toll were repealed, when the-"devil machine" waa again permitted to run on English highways. PIONEER AUTO RUNS i I SEodda COMPARES FAVORABLY WITH ANY CAR ON THE. MARKET IN ' QUALITY, PERrORMANCL; RBUTATION REGARDLESS OF PRICE tn las pan41l ooluiuui below we ha.v mad a osmparlsoa betweea aa averaga f seres of tha leading a marinas, built ears, ranglag tn prto from 94,000 to lo00O, s4 th BJTODSAU-BAYTO. UNDER compel The tltion of every car entered. racing committee, which is com- n, Rmuth Enaland. scared the posed of l Tneraeisen alter Bee be. aecretar: Ken Trenham. J. A. J Word. William Warren and M. C tlck Inson, will bold several meetings In th next few days, to complete arrangements tor tne races.. rT- Iullus Merer' Worth'r V,cr- who itook the hissing, AruD 111 nurio IH mm m m v at ULmymio 11 If! IIIIIIO IlfJE one bimseLf. Tint Bfotor tn 179& Than. In 1798. came Richard Treve- thlck. who built the first motor that succeeded tn carrying passengers along Kngllsn roads. Five years .later ,rreve thlck ran a car from. Leather la'n. iray'a Inn road. - to Lord 's cricket ground -and back, and two years after mat uuver jsvana. a rnuaaeipota wneel wrlrht. put a boat on wheels and used a steam motor to drive It to the water, tha same . motor afterward aervlne- to Drosel the boat on tha water. Bo Invention followed Invention until lb tha third and fourth .decade of th nineteenth century motor vehicle were . ' I .,1na.l. am ah v .1 a.iu luimicuuja . w . vuvi ml. imq VflTllrPAfjlT A 4i eTlllflr - Prt-1 eoachea. while In London streets motor laflAee - KhIIH XeCUliar XO- b which are 1ut belna- reln- sitioji. m BIgJfewTork to Taris Eace. '.The announcement th other day that the Thomas Flyer, American's entry In th New Tork-to-Pari race, waa re turning to Seattle from Alaska to em " bark for the orient, has put th whole outlook of th race In a peculiar light and on which raises som interesting Questions. . Perhaps the American car has already won th race without continuing th race to Paris, in the original rules, which were, however, very vague, it stated that should the Journey not be continued th winner would be that car 'which went the farthest on the original route. This the Thomas car has done by going to Alaska, and It Is altogether , unlikely tnat any otner car will go ny Way of that country. : Th Thomas car naa lost the lead of . two weeks which it had on its nearest competitor at San Francisco, through . a lot of strategy which was played by - tha foreigners. Arriving at San Fran ' elsoo, about 1,000 miles ahead of the ' race, there was no opportunity for any conference nor any decision as to the future course, and It remained for the Thomas car either to await the coming ' of the other competitor or to start on 1 the route originally planned. No satis factory direction nor explanation could be received from the officials and com mittees in charge of the race and there- ' fore the car waa shipped to Valdes by , the steamship Santa Barbara. Upon their arrival at Valdes, the Am erican crew apparently discovered what : people familiar with Alaska hid already surmised, that the roads were absolute . ly impassable, and It remained for them i to retrace their course to Seattle. Here ' they found the Italian and French cars had already been shipped to Japan, whence they will continue to Vladlvos , tok and by the central Asiatic route, rather than by the north coast. ' .This will put America's champion back on an equal footing with Its two Searest foreign competitors and within ailing dlatanoe of the third. The lead Of about a thousand miles, or. reckoned troduced after a laps, of TO years, were familiar features. In 1881 wain Hancock hunt two steam omnibuses, the Enterprise and the Autoosy. and they Vere oterated in London, the first between Moorgate street and Paddington, and the aecond Oldest- Machine in America Attracts Attention at New York Carnival. Averages of 7 Leading Car STODDARD- DA 1 TON Power of Engine 43-50 ' 40-43 Wheel Baa, 121-6 -113 Seating Capacity : , , 7 - 7 Transmission Geara C Nickel ' "C Nickel Engine Oiling System Capacity 1 Gallon , , 3 ballon Size of Wheela and tires 36x4-. 34x434 ' Ratio of Power to Weight. 1 h. p to 83J lb, 1 h. p to 66.6 lbs. Average Weight of Cars 3,750 lb, .'.000 lba. Ignition System Double Double Percentage of Partt Manufactured 60 Per Cent . 80 Tcr Cent Appearance and Quality ' WE INVITE COMPARISON Performance . . j Some have beaten ua We have beaten all of them Price Per Horse Power $98.80 $67.03 Price Per Pound. $L25 $0.95 Selling Price $4,700 I $2.850 7" One of the most interesting features In the parade during the automobile carnival In New York last week waa the complete exhibit, of Haynes 'cars which ran the gamut from the first automo bile ' which El wood Haynes built In 1893, . and which Is the oldest automo bile In America, down to the-uresent year's model, which was the only car Tka above eosnpartsoa is mads oa a Touring car fully equipped less the top. The only tiff areao of any ooaso.aao la tha selling prtoe. gTOSDAJtD-DATTOV 1 the eo.ual la every praotloal way aad at tleUO ' lass smoaey. DELIVERIES LAST WEEK-40-45 H. P. Touring car, C. R Moores, Salem; 18;H. P. Runabout, Dr. Sanford Whiting, city; 40-45 H. P. Limousine, W. H. Warrens, city; 18 H. Landaulet, W. H. War rens, city; 40-45 H. P. Touring car, H. E. Noble, city. RECENT SALES-40-45 H. P. Roadster, Wright & Dickenson Hotel, Oregon City; 40-45 H. P. louring car, j. v.-oiorcy, tuy. , to come through the gruelling Thanks- cars shown Included the 189S model. giving day content of the Chicago Mo tor club with a perfect score. The 10 which is still In shape to run. and waa operated by Mr. Haynes himself, to the ISO runabout, with his 14-year-old daughter, Bernlce, at the wheel. Said Mr. Haynes.. referrtnsr to the old J&3 car: 'It has always been one I tha first r wa huilf. bad the follow In H our argumenu urn me ri or ouuu- i Two-rvrla me tor threa-nnint ins a motor oar waa something that was P,nt"- . Two-cycle nftor, tnree-poini acquired from experience only, and suspension, douDie-siae ensm drive, that. Inasmuch as we are the oldest I make and break ignition, ball bearinga. manufacturers, that we have had time I vertical motor, pressure feed gasoline reverse. 36-Inch wheela for both a-aa and ' water. for lubricator, pneumatic y WUiametteM to try out many devices which the I to small reservoir, three speeds, for newer manufacturers have not had the ward, three reverse. 36-Inch opportunity of doing. force continuing. Air. Haynes saia: it I sisrtit may bo of interest to you to know that 1 tires. three pump Teed "Some of th specifications for this car ws still embody In the car of to day, and others have proven unsatis factory, and we have discarded them for more suitable practice. However. there are a number of points which we have discarded that manufacturera of more recent date have heralded as be. mg their own design, and have mad quite a rigure or . rxuxsxsssxzxzssssxxxsss sszzs:sss3xsrz:szzssssif ? gays,' of about two weeks, which It had upon the foreigners at San Francisco. Is lost. --The advantage which It would have had by arriving; In Alaska on an . earlier steamer is also lost. It now has no advantage over the foreigners, ex cept Its reputation. Its crew of Ameri can experts, and the excellence of Its American manufacture. On the other hand, it now has an op portunity to win this race for the third time, ft baa already defeated the en- tire field by a sufficient margin to prove finally and conclusively that It Is the best car for American road condi tions and American road travel. Sec ondly, It baa won the race according to the original rules, by going farther over the original cour than any of the other competitors. W It now remains for the Thomas, starting on an even footing with the foreigners on foreign soil, to domonstrsts its superiority over these on re on tneir sou as vouuiusiveiy- as u did in its own country. Indian Motorcycles! - Automobile Supplies! 2y4 H. P. Single Cylinder a. f210.OO H. P. Double Cylinder f 260.00 'And most economical method of transportation. Note these records: 10 miles in 10 minutes 2 seconds. 5 miles in 5 mintitcs 6 seconds. 5 miles in 4 minutes 58 seconds. Made at Los Angeles February 22, 1908. It will pay you to investigate our DELIVERY VANS for business and TRI-CARS for pleasure. Jerusalem Jerusalem. t . is feeling a the modern pint. - W ruing irom imi ciiy a irav- I n - lHk.Mtant. TliM aM not goaded on by competition, and their aurroundings luaae ror inaotenoa .ana tasnatlon. Nevertheless, t a spirit of rtmu-resa has develooed which com '-mands respect If you lived hers you would know what a new house in Jeru an inn means.- and you would stand MihHKt 1 Jld when I was told that ic.i) had been completed In the last three months. At Jatfa, the Improvements have been still more extensive. An art Kt hool under the direction of Boris Mali, vlio- vti at the head of th liolsnrfan Acndemy of . Fin arts at Hofia, Is flourishing and carpet and rur wcuvliitf, corvlna modeling and metal .'!Kini are taught to boys and girls ho urn of the same class a the chll ,! r-i ho yrars are were tauaht to beg . ' tt tourlsta Jerusalem is shak-j BICYCLBS EMBLEM AND READING-STAND ARD. Prices $20 to $60 See us when looking for anything in the bicycle line. We carry the largest stock of these goods west of Chicago W00DW0RTII DETACHABLE THREAD ' ; FOR "'1908.. . . Prevents skidding, nuncturea and wear. All popular sizes in stock. Prices fp.00 to ?25.00 each. These re no longer an experiment H 3KSBRATNARDS J, OILS Monogram Is the recognized standard we carry it in all grades suit able for any car. Good oil fyt, ' ; i ; Lamps,Jacks,Horns, Qloyes,! Coats. Caps Everything for the motorist. Headquarters for BASEBALL and ATHLETIC GOODS. FISHING TACKLE, GUNS and AMMUNI TION, BICYCLES andSUNDRIES .k ''' . 122 GRAND AVE. 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The Dealer Takes No Chances Wifien He Reccjmmends, ii H w II B . n ii N Cut from "FIRESTONE ties with any M mechanical construction; testrthe "life" and H rtd fabric you , will then ursderstand why U ii v . "Flrestone'VPaeuiJaatlc Tires " R. E. BLODdETT;' 510 Alder St. M f i V ;. The Only uiiyiiquippea rvepair Shop in; the City1- r.if t earn or antiQUity a new I
