THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNiNG, NOVEMBER 22, 190$,
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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 -
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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
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.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
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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!: : - , .
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