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Newspaper Page TextTHE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNiNG, NOVEMBER 22, 190$, ri r I A. i ALL AUTO ROADS ARE LEADINGTO SAVANNAH GRAND PRIX OF AMERICA RUN WIS WEik All road In the automobile world are leading; to Savannah, Ga"whero the culminating event of the 1808 American automobile racing season , will , take place Thanksgiving day. It la (ha , American Grand Prise race, and will be to this country , what the Grand Prix la to France. Georgia hae loyally dona her part by the automoblllsts, and Sa vannah has been particularly enterpris ing, prattlcally the entire ayatem of roads constituting the race course has been rebuilt '-While a map of the course shows that there are soma rather sharp curves, the engineers have used the railroad method of e leva tin the outer aide of each curve, so that It will not . oe necessary to slacken speed. ..This race will be the longest of Its kind ever undertaken, the entire dis tance to ba covered being a little more than '400 miles. The course is 4.73 tmles long, and the racers will go sound If II times. It will be policed by the State militia, and there will be no such overcrowding of tha track aa marred the finish at tha Vanderbilt race. Ma chines have been entered from America, Germany,' France and Italy, with drlvera from as many countries. There will be about 20 starters. A large proportion of tha northern, contingent will go to Savannah by rail. There are hundreds, however, who will study their route books and take the trip through the country. Most of these will take the Shenandoah valley route, paaslng through Hagerstown, Staunton, Charlottesville, Richmond, Greenville. South Carolina, and Atlanta. No estimate ha been made of the fiumber of people who will attend, but t Is flsured that at least 80,000 will come from outside the state of Georgia. Aata Crowds Beat .All. Baseball can muster Ha crowds of 15,000, football can go It 10,000 better, and horae racing has sometimes drawn a bigger crowd than the two together, but automobile racing can ahow a rec ord which the combined attendance of the biggest baaeball game, the biggest football game and the most largely at tended horse race cannot equal The recent Vanderbilt cup race brought to gether more lovera of sport than any other event in American history. It is difficult to estimate the else of a large gathering, but many who are accus W-.-M l ifxar Mljtr IsOP WaV "-fa lTjf,T M H $1400 F. O. B. DETROIT - t - . Funny proposition, thig automobile business. The general Impres sion for a good many years has been that automobile manufacturers were making too much money. Now, however, we have an occasional skeptical prospect who doesn't know the reputation of the Cadillac Co.; look at the new "Cadillac Thirty," shake his head, and say, "No, there's something wrong; they can't do it for the money." But there isn't anything wrong. 10,000 cars for 1909 and a small profit on each, is the Cadillac policy-' If these 10.0OQ.cari don't make good, they have a poor chance of selling the 20,000 they are figuring on for 1910. If their 1908 cat hadn't made good they couldn't sell the 10,000 cars in 1909. Here are names, addresses ana telephone numbers of thirty-five '07 and '08 Cadillac owners. Ask any one or all of them what kind of service the Cadillac has given: . Owners of Four-Cylinder, Model Q Cadillacs Dr. Geo. Ainslie. . . . . i . . A. S. Ellis J. R. Bowie...., H. T. Clark... - J. H. Cook... Miss Vera Goodnough... JT H. Gibson M. F. Henderson....- . H. E. Harris Dr. G. Orlo Jefferson.... F. I Knight r. Marx, ; F. E. McEldowney....... D. C. O'Reilly, E. W. Ringer. ., Slnathan Sweet . Tberkelsan Jr........ A. J, Winters. .......... Pr. G. HI Watts...... .... J. H. Weiss Dr. Otis B. Wight T. L. Evan Paul M. Frenoh. Leslie Butler ........... W. E. Sherman ft Ia Bel she .......... L. Barnum B. W. Ansln W. 8. Houcb. ........... W. A. How .... Dr. F. M. Brook. ...... F. C Walter C. E. Hadley J. R. Oliver ......... McGowaa aV Niohols. .... ..-Oregonlan Building Besides these thirty-fire. IW-Cylindef CADILLACS there are about fifty Single-Cylinder CADILLACS in use this commpnity, some of which hava been running fire years. "There's a reason.'' On December 1 we occupy our new and commodious quarters at ' Seventh and Couch 'streets- where we will be prepared. to give Picrce-Arrow and Cadillac purchasers and automobile owners in gen eral Good Servictu We solicit your patronage. - .. COVEY MOTOR CAR CO. 16th and Alder Streets ' Exclusive Picrce-Arrow and Cadillac Dealers tomed to blr crowds placed tha attend' anee at . 260,000. ' When last year's Tale-Harvard football game, was played it was , estimated that 10,000 people went to the game in automobiles, ana perhaps four times as many passen gers, In attendance.. If the Tale-Harvard football same caused a million dollars to change hands, the Vanderbilt cup race canea rortn at Mast nvo times as much from tha pockets of the peo- pie .,-,.-. Vx.";'( " .'' - It Is probable that the Savannah rac will be the last grand prize to be con tested for on southern solL This 1 not because of any lack of support In the south, but. because of the promised Dnmnletlnn of the Lonar Island motor parkway, which waa the scene of the Vanderbilt cup race. This automobile highway will be the finest and fastest course in the western hemisphere, If not in the whole world. It will be complet ed at an ultimate cost of 13,400,000, and will give a circuit of thirty-five miles. It wfil be as . scientifically constructed as the fastest railroad In America. Every public highway will cross It either above or below grade, thus com pletely eliminating grade crossing acci dents. - There will 6e no bar to speed, and nothing but the fear of death and the limitations of the machines will exerolse a restraining influence. , f Spectator Oo Wild It was thought that the wire fenoes and the private militia would be an ef fective check to the crowd at the re cent Vanderbilt race, but during the excitement at the finish the wire fences, private militia and every other check was whisked aside aa. feather are car ried away by a March wind. Even the fire hose in front of the grandstand did not have persuasive force enough to keen the crowd back, and the race had to be called off after the first car croased the Una. When the race was over every transportation facility back to New York was swamped, and thou sands camped out that night, as they had camped the night before the race. The vast attendance at automobile races Is another evidence that men love thrills. Danger la a sauce which whets their appetites. Tlie poetry of fast mo tion appeals to them, and the point where death lurks always has the big gest crowd of ' spectators. It Is prob ably the constant danger that threat ens the participants in a great automo bile race that attracts the crowd. "Thirty" 'Thirty' .Main $31 ... a4 1 am nu 1 street. ..Worcester Building Main 151 ..Portland: Iron Work. .......Main $16 .. Multnomah L. tt Box Co..Xxohange $0 ..440 William avenue. ........ East SOT ...14$ Second street Main 685 ..1015 Raleigh street ....Main 2947 ..Harris Ice Machine Work. ...East T38 .. $24 H William avenue ....... East $48 .. 474 East Alder street. ...... .East 66 ..$ North Fourteenth street.. Main 292 ..Ladd's Crystal Brook Farm......B 2232 ..181 Burnslde street ...Main 1517 ...860 Belmont street. ...Bast 4716 .. Corbet t Building Main 5790 ...7im Washington street. ....Main 8975 ..Archer, Combs A Winters.... Main 722$ a.-Oregonlan Building ......... Main 84 ..1020 East Market street. ...Tabor 256 ..Corbett Building Main $166 .Troutdale, Oregon. .. The-Dalles, Oregon. , . Hood River, Oregon. ..Hood River, Oregon. . Mora, Oregon. .. Moro, Oregon. . . . Wasco, Oregon. . . McMlnnville, Oregon, ..Carlton, Oregon. v . . Silverton, Oreron. ';. 1 ..Elm Ira, Oregon. ' ..Tillamook, Oregon. . . Ia Grande. Oregon. ..Burns, Oregon. Going at a speed which shows a clean pair of heels to the wind, which puts the fastest express train la' the also ran" class, which projects men through space at a greater and more dangerous rate than any other human agency, is nerve-racking, but It Is a thrilling sight for spectators. - - Cuba will witness the modern auto mobile race - this winter. Plans- ar bemg made by . the Cuban ' automobile association for a srreat road race in February. Governor Magoon is lending aia to tne project, ana me indications are that there will be some great en tries. The race will come at the cli max of the Florida and West India sea son, and it "will be largely attended by Americana The course will be a 28 mile circuit instead of a straightaway course, as heretofore, which will add sest to the race. Jamaica will probably become a favorite racing ground In the future, If England will consent. This island has some of the finest macadam roada in the world, and thousands of American automoblllsts have found it a veritaoie paraaise I or tourists. '. Kins' Edward Xas Frowned. ' ' Horse racing has long been "the sport of kings." Automobile , racing cannot successfully Ions aa Kit sfuiiy aspire to that honor so as King Edward has the say so on the subjoot He has frowned upon the sport consequently it has found less development in England than any where else. The British generally are tired of endurance race, and It Is said that the recent one held at Douglaas will be the last In England. President Roosevelt waa the lataat notable re cruit to the automobile ranks, but his action will not ba followed by King Ed ward, who unhesitatingly vows his al legiance to the horse. Heretofore practically all automobile races were held on race tracks built for horses, but With the evolution of the raolng automobile into a high-powered machine with possibilities of more than 100 miles an . hour, the ordinary raoe track became too small a theatre for ita operation, and too dangerous even for the dare-ttovils , who engaga in the same. 1 " Recently the Automobile Association of America, tne nignest court in tne Af rican automobile world, took strong round against races being he held on or- lnary race tracks, and it Is probable that this aotlon will be entirely ef fective. One of the most interesting commentaries on the tendency of the times waa ahown In a picture which went the rounds of the automobile press a lew weeks ago. ii anowea an auto mobile fitted out for the transporta tion of race horaes, the idea having or iginated in France. American Oar Winner. It is the hope of American automobile enthusiasts that the glorious perform ance at the Vanderbilt cup race may be repeated at Savannah. At this last areat event an American built car. made of American material throughout owned by an American, driven by an American 'completely American won the first honors of the world. It la believed that for utility and speed the American car is the peerless machine of either hemis phere, and that It only remains for American drlvera to reach that point or eiiiciency attained ny ineir roreign rival to lnaur American supremacy both at home and abroad. A great Jockey often commands a bigger salary than the president of the United- States, but even the best of the Jockeys are not aid as much as some of the automo bile drivers who will compete at Sa vannah. The decline of automobile re cine has been predicted for several years, but aa a matter of fact it seems to have a tighter hold on the people today than ever. While nearly every state In the union has a law against race track gambling, without which it eeems horse raolng can not flourish, no such aide is sue Is essential to automobile racing, and what has been a blow to the former seems to nave been a boon to the latter. Furthermore, the arowth of the automo bile business has been above every ex pectation. The manufacturer has found that it is more profitable to sell three cars at $1,000 each than to sell one car at $2,000. So the era of popular prices Is belna reached. -and authorities in tha trade make the confident prediction that tne unitea states will manufacture 76, 000 automobiles next year. With the DODUlarization of the auto mobile will come a corresponding growth of Interest In automobile races. and it Is probable that the next few years will see a great 30 mile track in every principal section of the country, where all the lead In r automobile events may be held. While the Long Island Motor parkway Is to cost $2,400,000, it Is expected to be a paying lnveatment from the start. It will be a toll road, and thousands of automoblllsts will go there week after week to enjoy a few hours in their paradise the place where speed laws are unknown. Its success Will lead to the establishment of similar courses elsewhere. CHINESE MINISTER IS ENTHUSIASTIC DRIVER Wu Ting Fang, the Chinese minister at Washington, Is constantly giving new exemplification of the merging of the ancient east and the modern west. In no particular Is his eagerness to be up to date more evident than In his use of the automobile, and he has been known recently to run one himself. That was at Battle Creek, Mich. He for a short time toiok the steerln- wheel of a Franklin automobile, but for the most part he was content to let the driving be done by F. J. Rathbun, of whose motor car he was an ocoupant. Minister Wu is known everywhere for the string of questions he asks. No in terviewer has ever scored against him. He had no more than stepped into Mr. Rathbun' motor car when he wanted to know how many people the automo blllst had killed, where the Franklin was made and how much money the Franklin company was worth. China's representative is a sealous vegetarian, and he believes that with a vegetable diet he can prolong hi life 200 yeara NEW YORK GETS MANY NEW AUTOS ON RECORD The automobiles registered In New Tork state for tne. week ending Octo ber 81, 1908, ar as follows: Gasoline cars Thomas, 21; Bulck. 19; Packard, 15; Ford, 14; Cadillac, 12; Lo comobile. 7; Chalmers-Detroit, 6; Frank lin, 6; Maxwell, 5; Pierce, 6; Rainier, 6; Wlnton 6; Elmore, 4; Old, 4; Pope Lines. 4; Peerless, 4; Steven s-Duryea, 4: Mitchell, 8; Reo, 87 Autocar, 2: Jef-fery-Rambler. 2; Klbllnger, 2; RoyaL 2; Btudebaker 2; Stearns, 2; Waltham Orient. 2; Apperaon, 1; Cleveland, 1; Hewitt l:Haynes. X; Holsman.1; In ternational, 1; Knox. 1; Loxier. 1; Ma rlon", 1; Northern, li National. 1; Oak land. 1; Overland, 1; Regal, 1; Selden, 1; Stoddard-Day ton. 1; U. S. U IX. 1; Columbia 1; Klink, 1; Burrell. 1: Assem bled. 1; Palmer ft Singer, 1; Worthing ton, 1; New Tork Gas Eng., 1;-Tre-bert 1; Esperanto, l;.Smack,kl; Cook, 1. Steamers White, 2. Electrics Babcock, 2; G, V. C 2; EL V. C 1; Rauch A Lang. 1. T Foreign Renault, 10; Darraoq, 8; Flat 5; Panhard, 2; CO. V 2; Mer cedes, 1. Total this week, ; 222; total same week, last year, 122. Heredity. ' From the New Tork Sun. Knicker Whom does the baby re semble? Bocker Its yell takes after Its fathefs college. What do you know about those free tickets for the Exposition Skating RtnkT They are free with Journal "want ada." PAPRE IS FAVORITE OVER STAN; RETOHEL FIRST BLOW MAT AGAIN DECIDE CHAMP - " ' By Will J: Slattery. , San Francisco. Nov. 21. The prise fighters, promoter and manager - are playing the game of fisticuffs how aa Abe Ruef did. politics In his palmy days and consequently,, the game is be ing promoted after the' fashion of piracy.- Nobody can tell at present. what is due to come off, the way the. boys are Juggling around. It is a case of one promoter, ; one manager or 'one fighter beating the other to It as best he can.- The more coin the better is the slogan and the man who can make the best inducements to a pug of his confidential advisor can induce the lat ter to do almost anything. Just at present,- the rival promoters, Jim Coffroth ' and Jack Oleaaon, are wrangling and getting ready to settle their differences , in the courts of Jus- liar place .for a bunch of and their retainer to look clusr utiles for refuge. But this is the trend of the tide at present and it was all brought about the other evening when Coffroth tore1 In and stole the Papke-Ketchel match away from Gleason. It was one of the most daring feats of ring piracy that has ever been at tempted since the game first saw the light of day and Incidentally, It has aroused the sporting world to a high pitch of excitement and convinced everybody that the coming. Thanksgiv ing day card 1 one of the greatest that haa been pulled , off In this city for many a moon. The sports figure that so long as Coffroth took such desperate chances to land the match It must be the real cream cheese and consequently they all want to see It. Coffroth alone and unaided could not possibly have Stolen the card away from Gleason. It took the strategy and the soft salve of Willis, Brltt to turn the memorable trick. Once Willis got the Idea into his head that he could switch the double-faced O'Connor, Ketchel'a manager, he went at his task like a Roman. When he had the sign on O'Connor, the Job of Inducing Tom Jones, Papke's manager, to forsake the camp of Gleason and cast his fortunes was an easy one and ere the original promoter of the mill realized what was about to be slipped over on him, the great match waa lost and he found him self high and dry without an attraction. Now he is threatening to take the mat ter to the courts, but the chances are that Papke and Ketchel will have set tled their differences In the ring in the meantime. ' The betting is now down to 10 to 7, with Papke on the long end and the Ketchel money, rather hard to find in the roar, unless conditions are cnangea as quickly as the promoters were. It is HKeiy inaeea mat rapae wni enier the ring a 2 to 1 choice over the man whom he laid low in Los Angeies a little more than two months ago. Papke has more than made good witn the San Francisco sports and from the moment thev saw him work Out In his rough bouts with his training partners thev felt sure that he was Ketchel's master In the ring. A rough fellow, he tears right In and slam-bangs through out. He Is far from being a boxer and really makes no pretense of knowing the finer points of the game. A punch for a punch is his motto. Ketchel, on the other hand. Is prac ticing a bunch of new punches, new shifts and new defenses which he be lieves will enable him to win back his middleweight championship crown. Though he was badly crushed by Papke when last they met. the Michigan Hon seems to still cling to that spirit of bravado which used to be his when he was a champion. Unless he loses heart, in the meantime, he should give Papke a grand time next Thursday. The general impression prevails among sporting men here that the man who sticks the first punch over will bring home the glory. That's the way It happened In the aputh the last time. When they answered to the clang of the bell, Ketchel put out his mitt for a shake, but instead of grasping it Papke swung his right to the chin and Ketchel was a defeated man. Though he lasted for 12 rounds, he was never there after the Initial wallop, which everybody be lieves won the fight for the Illinois thunderbolt. The story that Ketchel lies on hi hlD and takes many and lasting draws out of the cheering hop pipe is still on the boards and half of those wno. near this take it seriously. The wise ones are betting against him on this Informa tion, bellevlna thai a man wno smoaes the pill can never come back and nut up a fight once his nerves are shattered as Ketchel's have been. Papke, on the other hand, is a man of good, clean habits. Nobody has ever known him to linger when the lights burn red and late, and the way he is training convinces everybody that he Is In good enough shape to beat any man his weight in all the world. He has a large following here, and as money from the east ia fast pouring In to be wagered on him, he Is bound to rule a very heavy favorite when he enter the ring with ketchel. Willis Brltt hopes to bring hi great champion. Battling Nelson, to this city to fight Packy McFarland before Cof f roth's club on Washington's birthday. To those who have the low-down on the affair, the match is aa good aa made, provided that in the meantime Paokey can bring himself around sufficiently to make the lightweight poundage, 181 pounds. This is the fight that the eyes of the sporting world has been tfocused upon for the last three montha and the one that will get more money than any of them. It is the big noise in sportdom and everybody who ever saw a fight and lots of otherf who never did will fall for It The man who wins the battle can safely emerge from the ring and retire on the coin that be gathers in as his share of the purse. McFarland Is looked upon as the only lightweight in the business who has a possible chance against the great Dane. He Is young, la possessed of a punch In either band and, to . boot, he Is a clever and a game chap who will fight while there la an ounce of fight left in him. He Is considered the nearest ap proach to Joe Gans that tha prise ring has known In ten years, and when he roe against Nelson he will have youth to reenforee his fighting qualities something that the old master had lost when the champion wrested bis title from him last ourtn or July. see There are a lot of likely younr light weights hanging around here, all anx ious to get a match, but for some unknown-reason, nobody takes them se riously and the challenges which they keep constantly burling -at ' the higher ups In the game pass by unnoticed and they find themselves as worse off now as when they started to become great. Amonr these boys are Lew Powell. Johnny Murphy, Kid Dal ton. Charles Rellly and that war veteran and tryout horse, Cyolone Johnny Thompson. Tl hey ail seem to be in a ciaaa ny them eel vea. with nobody to recognise them, and un less something crops up shortly, they btd fair to either go to jail as vags or else start out and do soma honest toll for a living. t Powell and Murphy have already fought a couple of great twenty-round draws and given the fans runs for their money that will be remembered in years to coma 1 However, It. is just like a prophet In his. own .country for them, and tbey fail to get recognition from the masses. . Perhaps if they got together in some village where nobody -knew them they could fight it out and perhaps gain a ' foothold on. the ladder which might some day lead them right upstairs to the star that twinkle.- ; -..( : . ,- n, Now that both the Pacific V Coast league and the outlaw California State league have declared for war and Mc Credle Is to put a team la the North western league aa well as In , the Pa cific Coast organization, the baseball outlook for next season ' Is enough to cauae any of - the fans to jump out of bed at night and call for police protec tion. ' " On thing Is certain and that Is, that there will be a nice little fight to a finish In - California, with one of the leagues standing in a fair way to blow a lot of money before the white flag of truce waves on high. Each side is going to spend some money and aa each side says it is a survival of the fit test it is up to the patrons of the gama to decide. It Is a foregone conclusion that both the San Francisco and Oakland man agements will have to put far better teams in the field next season If they expect to hold tha crowds. The out law outfit has a lot of money behind it and also a lot of renegade big league tossers who are putting up a far better brand of ball than any of the coast league teams did, barring Los Angeles. With the present Stockton team In Oak land, playing six games a week, the league authorities will have to show a lot of speed in order to reinforce the tall-enders so that "they may properly ompete with the rival team. That the state league look good to the major organizations is shown by the fact that the big fellows are going after the bushers with a will of late. The latest to be signed up Is Harry Hooper, left fielder of the Sacramento club, whom. Boston grabbed the' other day, after1 coming through with the Juicy sura of $2,500 for his release. This Just goes to show how badly theyf need men In tha big brush. Hooper Is one of the sweetest ball players who ever left California' and that Is saying a lot for the Golden state has turned out some1 baby dolls. He is a left-hander who batted .360 against thS beat pitchers this season. He can do the 100 yards in 10 seconds,, led the leaaue in stolen oases, neiaea uks a champion and scored more runs than any other two men on the team. Char ley Graham, who signed him for Boa ton, recommended the lad as the bent outfielder that California ever sent forth, barring Bill. Lange. It is llKely mat several more,or ine promising youngsters irom me nusn league will be signed up by the majors shortly and it this is tne case, tne coast league will have a far better chance to win out. Oakland Results. Oakland, Cal., Nov. 21. Weather, loudy track fast. Results: First race, futurity course, selling Deutschland, 116, (Powers) 18 to 6, 4 to 6. 2 to S. won; Cresslna, 111 (Holmes) 9 to 10, 2 to 5. second; Here after, 102 (Sullivan) 7 to 6. third. Time. 1:09 4-5. Second race, five and a half furlongs, purse Madman. 109, (Schilling) 8 to t, 9 to 6. 1 to 10, won; Cotytto, 109, (Archibald) 1 to 4, out, second; 8em pronlum, 109 (Walsh) f to 10, third. Time. 1:0. Third race, mile and a quarter, sell ing County Clerk, 110 (Schilling), 8 to 1. 8 to 1, 6 to 6, won; Mike Jordan, 107 iKinr). 7 to 5 3-to 6. second: Nadsu. 102 (Sullivan), out, third. Time. 1.07 2-6. Fourth race. Burke handicap, mile and one-eighth Dorante, 111 (Schil ling), 12 to 6, 4 to 6, 2 to 5, won; Don Enrique. 104 (Klrschbaum). 1 to 1, 4 to 6, second; Montgomery, 120 (Koerner), out. third. Time, 1:61 2-5. Fifth race, one mile and 60 yards, selling Husky (105), C. Miller, 6 to 1, 2 to 1, even; Royal Ben (110), Powers, 2 to 1, even; Fred Bent (109), Klrach baum, 1 to 4. Time, 1:42 4-5. Sixth race, six furlongs Royal Tourist won, Jeanne d'Aro second. Sew ell. third. Time. 1:11 2-5. BOY BUILT AN AUTO II Has Made 80 Miles an Hour Can Carry Three- .Passengers. Brlce Cowan, a Los Angeles boy 15 years of age. has just compierea the construction of a real automobile, He calls it the California Midget. It la built uoon orincinles similar to those of the factory made cars and is capable, demonstrated by actual testa, of skimming over the roaa at Zft to u miles an hour. It haa also climbed hills or so per cent arade accord in to tne Tecnnicai worm. and haa carrle orrilnsrv roAda. three passengers over The car ia six feet in lenath and Welchts about 200 pounds. It is provid ed with a 2-horsenower engine, has a friction transmission and a double chain drive. It haa a three foot tread, with nine speeds forward and three on the reverse. The machine Is air cooled, the battery control is through an electric light switch and the differential operates suc cessfully. There are external brakes on the rear wheels and the machine la otherwise fully eauInDed throughout. Aside from the engine, the machine waa built entirely by the boy, and even the engine had to be rebuilt to conform with some of the peculiarities of the automoDue s maaeup. mis omer pur chaaea consisted onlv of rods. wire. nails, pine boards, a few castings and such material, even the wheels recre sentlng his workmanship. The latter Sire equipped with motorcycle tlrea WANTED DISCOUNT Even If It Was Only m Quarter of One Per Cent. It ia funny how a trifling discount for eaah will sometimes work," relatea a sales manager In System. "I had a cus tomer In Chleagk -one of h big rail road a ' They hadn't been very prompt paying thelrsbills with us. rThe man that had them before I did waa selling them net 80 daya He would wait 20 or 40 days and then, have to dig for his money down through the depart ments, tracing it up and getting a voucher through. r "I resolved I wouldn't have similar trouble with them.. Tha first order I sold them something1 waa said about dis count i or casn. ' "Certainly.' ! answered. "Quarter of 1 per cent-off for pay in 10 daya' I rThey took It The first month they sent the check 11 or It davs after the delivery of the goods. We sent it back. After that the check always came be fore the 10 days were up sometimes the eighth or ninth, but never after the tenth. ,. They were keen after that llttle quar ter of 1 per ceat, all riaht and It was that odd fraction that caught them. I hadn't any authority to name' any dis count, but when they asked I figured out quick that It wouldn't par to offer 2 per cent or even 1 per cent. . Tbey would think we wanted the money too had. Bo I made a stab at the per cent and won." . - !(-- i , Archer, Gdmbs & Winters Co. 7 Auto Supplies, 306 Oak Street .' .. .. . " , BALLOU St WRIGHT "1? AUTOMOBILE SUPPLIES AUTOMOBILE Belmore, MacDougall, Moores Co. AUTO REPAIRING AND REBUILDING GA2tAOS, COUXTXX UllCIC Chalmers Detroit m rrn .rcsionc i I VlJtVllV U HTfHF1 1 VI 1 Illl. . BU a VrilCOsliL. A fU A DIY H-L KEATS AUTO CO. Hi U m r i I y Corner Seventh and Eurnside, Portland, 0r I BXSH ml Mil 11 PhnnsMaia Mft JW Cm COVBT MOTOK OAJft OOSCPANY, 'ope Hartford k Portland Auto Commission House Phones A -4465 NEW AND SECOND HAND CARS J B34-38 AXPBB WI2CT, OOBITEB BBTEirTEEITTTI RE THE LOWEST DARD FIVE CAR IN THE Stoddard Dayton THfllIMM H. L KEATS AUTO CO. 118 Vf 11 tJ Corner Seventh Md Barns,dc' Portland, Or. SPINAL DISEASE NOT DUE TO AUTO HABITS In the earlier days of. motor cars scarcely a month passed that did not see some new disease ascribed to the use of an automobile. But In the past few years the belief that the extensive use of an automobile could be directly responsible for any malady has been so thoroughly refuted by eminent physi- pcians in America and Europe that con siderable surprise haa been expressed by both doctors and laymen at the contents of a cablegram received from France a few days ago. This cablegram said that a promi nent American motorist who-Is also identified in an official capacity with the Aero Club of America, had been removed to a sanitarium in France, a victim of spinal meningitis. This was brought on, his French physicians were reputed to have said, by excessive mo toring. - . As this was the first time such a the ory had ever been advanced, considerable Interest was taken in the matter by the Oeorge N. Pierce company at Buffa lo. In order to test the truth of the matter as far aa possible two of the Pierce Arrow testers Edward Retllng and George TJlrich were taken before Dr. E- R. Linlclater of Buffalo and sub jected to a thorough- physical examina tion. Both Retllng and Ulrich have been testing pierce Arrows since 1901. At the conclusion of the examination Dr. LInklater pronounced that both were in splendid phyaical condition. Neither, he said, was In a condition that would make him any moro susceptible to ati- nal meningitis than the ordinary healthy mortal- who nad never traveled la a motor car. . V "AS far as motor car riding being re sponsible for acute spinal meningitis, there la nothlna to that" the doctor said. "Since it is an infectious disease, riding a great deal In the open air would have, the effect of braelnc the svstem and making; it better able to withstand tne lnwaas or. teat, .or almost any other dlseas - '- ; . ' M BTXTK VTn STOBTst Main 1834. A-1834 REPAIRING SUPPLIES Second .Hand Automobiles Bought and Bold. - PORTLAND H0T0RCA2C0. Sixteenth and Aide. GLASS FRONTS A SPECIALTY AMD AXJBB2. ILL KEATS AUTO CO. Corner Seventh and Bornside, Portland, Or. Phone Main 5368 H.LKeatsAatoCo. Cot. 7th h Bnxnslda, Portland. Or. 2hone 2ain S36S. Cove SIXTEENTH AND ALDER Main 6470 A 4587 Valcanlzing&Retreading ires & e. blodgett 11 fJ Kin iM, fires! M,fn 7nfK viv iiiwwi iivi i'iwh ivvw FRED A. BENNETT 495 Aider St.. Portland -1416 Broadway, SMMleif8 Second Avt. Snokane . iivii. ., vvw vMotorCarCo PORTLAND MOTOR CAR CO. 526 Alder Street, Near 1 6th A-4944. Phones: Main 2533 SIXTEENTH iBO A I. DEB . Keats Auto Co. Seventh and Barnslde Portland, Or. Phone Main 5363 Btaln 4453 PRICE STAN- ) FRED A. BENNETT PASSENGER ( .., st . r.md WORLD SscdwL siub FRED A.' BENNETT 49SA!d.r St Portland 1416 Broadway Seattle 418 Second Ave Spokane u viiv pi am ovo NEW MAIL SERVICE TO THE ANTIPODES Hearst News by Loagest Leased Wire.) Ban Francisco. ' Nov. 21 A regular mall service Is to be again established between this city and New Zealand an1 Australia, though the United States government In extending no aid ta the enterprlsa When the Sprekele liners. Sierra, Ventura and Sonoma were on the route they- enjoyed. a subsidy from, the New Zealand government, which : while not large was sufficient to enable the Oceanic line to maintain Ita steam ers In commission. "When this subsidy was withdrawn, -. II months ago,, the steamers ceased to ran. Despite the fact that no subsidy Is avallaole from New Zealand or any other government for the resumption of the mall service to the colonies, the Oceanic, or Bprekels .company. has agreed to transport all malls from this city to the Island of. Tahiti, there to connect with tne steamers of the Union Steamship company, plying thence to Auckland. Eyes tested free at Me timer's, tocaubs rm tnrrrs aztd - -,:- - OYXBCOATS. - TrircAXun ron gum jjtd . , OTXaCOiti. . TjrrcAiTiinj tot wvrrt juto . OTXAOOAl. . On Sale Tor 3 Cays Cn!y AO' One-Third tie Hernia yrfoe ; , All Tailor Z&auc American Ccr.t!: : - , . ,' .' . ' . TcHcrs ' - M 813 Tit r?.