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THE OREGON SUNDAY, JOURNAL. PORTLAND. SUNDAY MORNING. APRIL 19. 1908.
COUIlIf 10 HELP
tie.' Real, Biiieience
BIG AUTO RACES
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'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.
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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
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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
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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,
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ULmymio 11
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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 .
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? 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.
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5 miles in 4 minutes 58 seconds.
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Jerusalem. t .
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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
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