THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL PORTLAND. SUNDAY MORNING APRIL ltV 1803.
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' MODEL 30 TOURING CAR '. , , . j( j ' . l HHi' iVl P THE WINNER .'
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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
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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 .
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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.
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The greatest value ever offered in a Gentleman's
Roadster. Carload just arrived. ,
Kisselkar $2,000 "
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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
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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
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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
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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
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