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THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL PORTLAND. SUNDAY MORNING APRIL ltV 1803. 3 1 ., .... r-1 n rnr. nnnrrrN n i. i u f U 'The Quality Car U W it ' MODEL 30 TOURING CAR '. , , . j( j ' . l HHi' iVl P THE WINNER .' I Xf? Utah I Mo- I jT" J 'i I ' (cwo I I f I C " and figure the distance from New York to San Francisco and return to Omaha 4,906 miles; that is the distance a Premier car ran, with a load, under official supervision, without a stop of its 1 motor. 1 This is the world's record by more than 1,300 miles. Again take your map and trace the route from Cleveland to Chicago, Indianapolis, Columbus, O., Pittsburg, over the Alleghanies i t1,,a DMm n nalJmw Dliilalrttiia " tmrl Nrur Vrlr -1 . SRfi m9. That1 i what the PrmiW AA witVimit an niHiifttment nr renair. ant withniit ner.MSitv fnr thm in th orMtMt nf all II niiMHen Tours 007. in which it was the onlv 4-cvlindcr contestant for that trophy, listing under $3,500. to receive a perfect score. Finally, study a road map. count and measure the hills be tween Boston and New York, and ask yourself if any car could make the round trip in a day with bonnet and high gear sealed. The 'Premier is the only car ever to accomplish it, also breaking the road record each way. lj , If these remarkable results determined by its list price, rnake-and-break ignition were accomplished with the 1907 car, what may not be expected of the new 1908 cars with their refinements and improvements based upon extensive experience. The value of a motor car is not but by its ability to give satisfactory results in service. We want .YOU to determine the REAL value of the Premier. The new 1908 models embrace high tension jump spark, and low tension witn itosch magneto: multiple aisc inclosed ciutcn; selective type siiaing gear transmission ; ciutcn anven real axie; powenui internal ana external praxes on rear wneeis. nanasome, last, powenui . IK quiet and comfortable, with very lpw cost of maintenance. Visit our atore nd aee them ,or send for new catalog. 30-35-H. P., 4 CYLINDER, 5 PASSENGER TOURING CAR $2,600 $2,600 All equipped with metal bodies, five handsome lamps, generator, horn, tools and tire repair kit MhrtFI Ml 30-35-H. P., 4 CYLINDER, 5 PASSENGET UilL JU TWO OR FOUR PASSENGER ROADSTER MHriFI AK 45-55-H. P., 6 CYLINDER, 7 PASSENGER TOURING CAR $3,750 If.UULL 43 TWO OR fOUR PASSENGER ROADSTER - - - $3,500 Ford Roadster $750 15-18 H. P. Four-Cylinder Roadster, $750 F. O. B. Factory. ANOTHER FORD SENSATION The greatest value ever offered in a Gentleman's Roadster. Carload just arrived. , Kisselkar $2,000 " I ) 20 H. P. Touring Car $1,250 F. O. B. Factory Why pay $3,000 for a five-passenger car when this car will carry five pas sengers anywhere that any automobile will go at less than half the first cost and less than half the cost of maintenance. Think This Over 20 H. P. Roadster $1,000 10 H. P. Runabout ...$ 650 and call and let us prove to you that it will do just this. F. O. B. Factory F. O. B. Factory 35-40 H. P. Four-Cylinder Touring Car or Road ster, 108-inch wheel base, tonneau seats 52 jnches wide. $2,000. F. O. B. factory. Get a ride in this car and compare it with other cars at the same price s o REO PREMIER KISSBUKAR FORD BENIN D1ST. Washington, Oregon, Idaho, British Colombia O Duor 498 Alder Street Pbftlahd, ini n 1409-11 Broadway Seattle, VVash, ior IOI 309-11 Second Ave. Spokane, WasHt IOI IOI 30E 201 o .n HOTORIHG NOTES ?' Motorists of Portland, Mains., r,or j fantilng a club. . - - : ! A new auto livery company Ir being ! formed in Cleveland, with a capital of ! $60,000. . Although Globe, Ariaona, has 10,000 i residents, there is not an automobile In Hhe city. . , One of the best methods of savins ; repair expenses Is to pick the best road , for the car. 1 5 The new car designed for Fire Chief Wallace of Cleveland will : be equipped ifor carrying a life net. The Automobile club Of Switzerland ' has organised a war automobile corps, i which will constat of ISO cars. i A slnvla New York City motor cycle policeman recently arrested- 85 chauf- g fears for speeding In-one day. v f ! The Pittsburg Motorcycle club will thold a race meet- June 8, with alx events, including a one hour handicap. !. A car recently purchased by the town of Tynemouth, England, can be used aa . an-amoulance,. f ire apparatus or prison Van. , i'S'--'.'!-:-! ,'.(',' - The 8 panlsh postal officials are fla voring on introducing motor vehicles for (delivering letters and packages in rural diStrtCtS. - :; 9 .' A French metallurgist ' has - at last . ? achieved the long sought for process of copper plating ateel, protecting It from tCorroslon. . -, A consular report says there -were about 86,000 pleasure automobiles and 1,111 commercial cars In Prussia on January 1. , , ' Thlrty-ona different makes of cars are represented among those owned In Mew .York City for the use of officials and departments. "Black smoke' Indicates too much gasoline to the amount of air In the carburetter; blue smoke indicates too much cylinder oil.- k juage m. it- uary. neaa or tne steei trust, will be elected president of the Automobile club of America at New York Tuesday night The municipal authorities of Jersey City. New Jersey will amend their, fire regulations so as to prohibit the storage of automobiles in stables. The Motor club of Harrisburr la the latest acquisition of the Pennsylvania Motor federation,) wnicn -is a nontrade. nonsupporiing organisation. Autos and Geography. One unique result of the New Tor io fans race nas oeen io spur scnooj children In both America and Europe tj a closer study of geography. : Never use emery cloth to clean the point of the spark plug or the porcelain. as it rougnens li. maaing sooting au the easier. Use an old tooth brush. With 4 clubs as members, the New York State association of the Amerioan Automobile association is the strongest, numerically, in the country. After having furnished for many years a large proportion of the steel used In automobiles built ' In othwr cities. Pittsburg at last has a factory of Its own. )'-- , French chauffeurs have secured the promise of the minister of publio work to support their bill to require every driver to be a mechanical engineer. "If a motor does not start by turning It over tWLF bi three times, -one should be sure that the switch is on, and thatl the carburetter Is properly primed for starting. Automobiles loom uo as a strong fac tor in breaking strikes of drivers or teamsters, their speed and power to glide through crowds making them es pecially avauaoie. " Owing to the large number of auto moblllsta which now frequent that city, the - Toledo, Ohio, city council has adapted an entirely new set of rules designed to am tranrio. Red and white, with touches of gold, enhanced at night by 10,000 eleotrlo Hants, were the colors used in the fittsburg dealers' second annual show the past week. Actoual test has shown that the auto mobile ' used by Fire Chief Coots of Indianapolis' can be started and got ten unaer way quicKer tnan a norse can The kaiser and German empress took with them to the Island of Corfu, where they are spending geveral weeks, six touring; cars ana two motor trans ports for baggage. The management -of the annual fall fair at Appleton, Wisconsin, already Is making arrangements for a series' of automobile faces during tne tnree days of this year's show. Special care should be taken in fill ing grease cups to remove mud which may hara splashed upon them, other wise the grit is likely to find Us way to and injure bearings. Milwaukee automobillsts are Jubilant over the plans for the Milwaukee county park commission, which Is plan ning to make Milwaukee a succession of : parka and boulevards. ' . , .', Znjury o Auto Bo ads. Much tlma will be devoted at the In ternational consrress of highway en gineers at Parts la October to discuss ing "methods to prevent automobiles injuring macaaam roaas. . In the endurance contest to be held by the Norrlstown (Pennsylvania) Au tomobile cub on April 37, no mechan ical device for showing speed will be permutea on any or the machines. The Automobile club of Little Rock is the first to be organised In Arkansas, while others are under way at Pine Bluff and Fort Smith, with a state as sociation in signt. President J, P. Coughlln of the Dor chester (Massachusetts) Automobile cluo, who recently sailed for Naples wiu Ms wire, intends visiting France In time to witness the Grand Prix. New Haven auto lovera still are com pllmenttng the promoters of the recent show there on the excellent taste dis played In using stately palm trees aa the principal floor decoration. The cities of Frankfort. Wiesbaden and Hamburg; have united with the Imnerlal Automobile club or Germany in pushing the - proposed 1 1,009,000 speedway or motordrome. The Automobile club of Bridgeport, Connecticut, will hold Its annual hill climb on the morning of Memorial day, on Sport 'Hill, Easton, Connecticut, the road up which Is both steep and tortu ous.," i'H..)-(V;!A, ::y .flVii.rfi- It is now thought that either" the Atlantto City or Cape May beach, la New Jersey, will be. selected as 'the course for the annual race for the trophy offered by Sir Thomas Dewar. ' Dr. Henry Ostrom, an evangelist, who is nreaohlnr in Philadelphia, urges mo torists not to be afraid to attend church in their machines, and to use them to carry awed and Inflrm ohurch-sroers. The Massachusetts highway commts- J sion. which has charae of the reals-1 t ration of motor v Tehlcles, expects to J collect 190,000 in license fees this year, of which nearly one half already has been received. Americans who winter in Paris have adopted the fashion of breaking the season by motor trips to the Riviera, and at this season of the year many Amerioan oars are seen dally on the roada of southern France. A light for good roads has been in augurated in Virginia by the board of directors of the Virginia Travelers' Protective association. representing wir a.ove traveling men, wnoietnuers iu oieuiuiuciurerB. , iraw AmtonoMla Iawa. The Minneapolis Automobile club has pvrsuaaea tne city council to agree to repeal all of - the exlstlnr municipal motor vehicle regulations, in return for which the club's attorney is to fur nish a draft of a proposed new ordi nance. -M,... -;). ... . .. As an lnatanoe rf th Stmlr at the municipal authorities of Kurooean re sorts to eater to the pleasures of tour- mta, tne councu or JN we recently tm- firoved Its principal street and coated t with a dust preventive to attract mof)rlsfS to the city. -The Chicago Motor club, the young est organisation of a.utniats In that city, has begun injunction proceedings to prevent the enforcement on May 1 of the wheel, tax, which Inflicts upon motor-driven vehiclea double the tax Imposed on horse-drawn ones. A Paris court has sentenced to six months' Imtn-isonment the chauffeur who fatally injured Mm. Lamber. wife Of the architect t of Versailles palace, and has ordered the owner of the car to pay the widower an annuity of I40 during the remainder of his life. In the Wisconsin city made famous by beer -they have this most euphonl- cue way of announcing that a motorist has been fined, for exceeding the speed limit: "John Heber has joined Judge Neelcn's 1908 auto club, and has paid his Initiation fee of 110 and costs.'' Alexander 8S Bevell of Chicago, who im uiq una ox tne commission in charge of the erection at Paris of the statue or iarayette. paid for by Amer- in his car with Mrs. Revel I while await 4 tng tne time ror tne official dedication oi tne statu.- -- ... , ( Explosions in the muffler of a multt cylinder car are caused by the cvlln ders flrtng irregularly. The unexploded charge passes through the exhaust pipe Into the muffler and Is ignited there by the beat of the next explosion. Very often a poor spark caused by a weak storage battery Is the cause of the trouble, ' ' 1 - New Jr..reape 85,69 from mo torists in 190T, 180.064 from 17,019 reg istration certificates and 18,089 drlv- rs , iiconses. ana &,su from fines for law fractures. All-this money was used for road Improvement, the cost of ttnwm"jr the department of motor Tehlcles, lU.srJ.i being borne by the state department . . George -W. Cooley, engineer and sec retary Of th MianMSOta tat htirhwav commission, is working on a unique rxpvrinieni witn Sana roads. : Me nas riantea clover in the road and along he - sides. ' When it sttains a rood growth .he will cut it and mix it in tha sand of th nmi1b In thla man ner he hopes to so change the nature of the soil as to make it good -for road- outturns;. : . . OR AS 01 250 MOTOR CYCLES Portland Has; Club "Which Takes Cheap 'Run to Capital City, . t It ia estimated that South Amerir fumislies about (SS per cent of th worlds supply of India rubber, ; That the .motorOycl Is rapidly com ing lnt favor as a mod of conveyance Is shown in the. targe number of ma chine Owned In tha, state, there beln ia th neighborhood of 860. From ord-t s received by local dealers there is every possibility of this number being sent up to 850 beror tne year is over. . Th latest thing is motoring Is the Motorcycle club, which ha been Inform ally organised by 90 or 40 Tort!.!! riders. The first run of the r!ut y h to Salem last Sunday. The ri'. !. the Hot City at 8 o'cIik k, 1. - -. the capital and returned In t noon. Tlit lit miles ( ii v. slight expenee. t rr- . . r , of gasotln used lr -v " being lea than t-i Of tne " range from t -,- -h'ij '.-!." . ! I..' lar, ' -
