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THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 27. 1908
FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS YEARLY
TRIBUTE EXACTED BY GARAGES
' It costs $500 a year to own the ave
rage automobile. For some Jt costs a
' treat deal mor than 1500 and for
others, the smaller ones. It cost a
little lest provided one has no acci
dents. , ,
For $500 one can atom his machine
at a garage when it la not in use, oil
It. clean It and polish It, and, perhaps,
replace an occasional bolt that slip off.
At the end of the year one's 50t is
crone and if one has any amaahups, the
cost for repairs must all be paid over
and above that figure.
When one buys his gasoline from the
: average dealer or garage keeper, ac
cording to the statements of some of
the city's most prominent dealers in
automobiles, one must pay Just 94
. cents a gallon more for It that does the
keeper of the garage. In other words
one not only pays for the gasollnp but
40 per cent of what is paid is the deal
er'a profit. Jt costs him 1 6 u cents a
gallon from the Standard Oil company
and out of every 200 gallons there is
an average of about 5 gallons wasted.
If benzine Is used it Is a little
Cheaper than gasoline by the gallon.
The Standard Oil company receives 13H
cents a gullon from the' dealer, who
sella It In turn to the consumer for 18
MANY BIG LEAGUE BALL TOSSERS
; OWNING HANDSOME AUTOMOBILES
While automobiles ars not quite as
popular with, ball players as diamonds,
; due no doubt to the difference in price,
quite a few of the big league stars have
'fallen for the whis wagon.
No one for a minute thought John
Anderson would ever fall for the speed
fad, but he did, and no wealthy guy in
Worcester has a better machine than
John, in fact, it looks as if the song,
"I May Be Craxy, But I Ain't No Fool'
bits Anderson's case.;
' 8am Crawford of the Tigers has a
swell roadster and rides to and from
the park every day during; the summer.
Sam is the extravagant cuas, and has a
Gabriel horn on the machine. He 1"
the envy of all the other Tigers.
Hans Wagner has a swell touring car
: and gets a lot of enjoyment out of the
whiz wagon.. Elmer Flick, of the Naps,
FAMOUS 0EM0ND BACE
COURSE TO BE KEPT UP
' ( There Is talk now of having more
.motor races on the -famous beach at
Ormond. Fla,, where , so many world's
records have Tbeen made In the past.
It is very doubtful, however, if there
will be any races there the coming
neason which, will be of much impor
tance. .
Ormond beach as a motor racing
ground will not be allowed to drop
completely out of sight, however, even
ir mere are no racr m coming; Ben
son. Flans are now under way that
will bring greater glory than ever to
the beach. '
It is proposed to arrange a series of
motor races and aerial flights there for
the winter of 1909-10. Men interested
In aeronautics have visited the beach
a number of times and they have re-
. marked that it would be a splendid
place to try their flights.
With this as a basis, the plans will
be developed until there will be In
duced to come here some of the fa-
-mous aeronauts of Hurope to meet
those of this country. At the same
i time there will be held some more
big races for the various trophies
which have figured in competitions in
tbe past.
ST. LOtJIS' -NEW MANAGER IN ACTION
, ,, r - - - f ,.
Hojjor Uresnahan, the famous backstop 0f tne New York Giants,
ho will manage the Cardinals next t season, Roger went to St, Loots
ii V thrce-cornp red deal between SU Loni8t Cincinnati and New .York.
VJ.b Mn' guards, the same as those n8ed ln football, are the occasion for.
"r.rh ,'qrhlns among the big brush fans, but Roger doesn't mind It.
Tluy liave tred Mm frotn many a in , ,
cents. The nil company doesn't say
what Its profit per gallon is.
Then there are' expenses by the
ifcore; little ones to be sure, but they
count up, too numerous to mention
and never Imagined until one owns an
automobile and tries to run it.
Tires cost $60 to $300 a set every
time one runs 4000 miles. Perhaps if
one has a good set and a light machine
they will last a little longer but not
much. The heavier the car. the greater
the expenses, not only for gasoline, but
for tires, for cleaning, for the innum
erable little repairs and almost for
general principles.
If one is a business man and does
much running about, one will have to
buy four or flee new sets of tires a
year. One prominent contractor In
town Is said by the dealer with whom
he trades, to run 25,000 miles a year
about the city. The same dealer says
that tires are not expected to last over
6000 miles. f
An automobile In itself mar be cheap,
even at a profit of say $500 to the deal
er who sells lti but pay for the gaaa
line and incidental repairs, not mention
ing smashups or explosions, and to keep
a machine in condition so that it can
be run at all times, one does well to
get off at $50 a -month.,
has a nice machine, as well as a cou
ple of fast horses, while Larry Lajole
has an electric in which he covered a
lot of ground during the summer. Now
6hat Larry Is living in the country he
will probably dispose of the electric and
get a roadster that is of more use to
a man residing outside of the city.
Johnny WcGraw, of the Giants, has a
swell car, and can be seen most any
night doing a stunt on Broadway. Jlggs
Donahue runs a swell bowling alley in
Chicago, and when not taking In aome
easy money Is out In his touring car,
allowing the fans to look, him over. Re
cently Jlggs evceeded the speed limit,
and as a result his auto has been in
ine repair snop lor a couple of weeks.
xney are not giving autos away
these days with a pound of tea, so it
appears , as if baseball was. a pretty
vrunutRH Business. , .-
"VV01IEN AUTO DRIVERS
MAKE TWO BAYS' RUN
New York. Deo. 2$. Entry blanks
have been . issued for thtTTwo day run
of the Women's MOtorlcur club of New
York from this city" to Philadelphia on
December 19 and 30. It the first run
exclusively for women ever held In this
oountry and the interest aroused ex
ceeds expectation. Hardly had the an
nouncement of the contest been made
than inquiries began to pour In from
women motorists, asking for informa
tion regarding the run
The committee is now at work fram
ing tbe rules for the run. They are to
be based on the skill, grace and accu
racy in driving with immunity,! or the
reverse, irorn pnnotures or tire trouble.
It is the first time that this phase has
been applied in a contest On tires.
The start fill be made from the Ho
tel Plata, where the committee meets.
A ttre concern In Newark will entertain
the contestants at a luncheon when
they reach that city, "while the Quaker
City Motor club and the allied automo
bile clubs of Philadelphia will escort
the tourists Into Philadelphia.
A number of prises will be offered
In the various classes.
WHITE STEAMER WHICH CLIMBED SAN JUAN HILL
, "The 1901 Model 'A,' 6-fcorsepower White Stanhope which climbed San Juan Hill In 9 minutes and
64 seconds, and a 30-horaepower 1908, Model White Car, showing seven years advance In automobile
building. "
In the car are Mrs. J. J. Hanlfln Jr., Mrs. C. L. Hogue, Mrs. W. M. Gardiner, Mrs. Tesch Dean and
Mrs. A. H. Plpenberg. In the stanhope are A. H. Plpenberg and William Wllllford. The photograph
was taken in front of the San Juan Mission after-the stanhope had made a record trip tip the San Juan
grade.",.. ,-.-..
.PEIERSiraY
MEET O'COIELL
Former Champion of Sweden
Probably Here for Match
, January 7.
When Eddie O'Conncll goes on the
mat along 'about January T" he wlli
probably meet Jack Peterson, one of
the cleverest grapplers in the middle
west, In the former welterweight
champion of Sweden, who is now a
resident of St. Louis, the Multnomah
club instructor will meet one of the
classiest men in the game. Peterson
has beaten everything of his weight In
the Mississippi valley and will no doubt
carry a lot of eastern money when he
cornea out to wrestle O'Connell.
O'Connell has won hundreds of
friends since his meeting with Mike
Dwyer of Chicago, when the latter
failed to throw him three times in
a handicap match. All the criticisms
against him have fallen flat, there be
ing absolutely no truth to statements
that Dwyer had given in to the local
man. In fact O Connell emerged from
the recent bout with Dwyer more firmly
Imbedded in the hearts of the local
sport lovers than at any time since he
Introduced high class wrestling In
Portland In his capacity as instructor
at the club.
There are scores of those who believe
that O'Connell will be greeted by the
largeat house that ever attended a wres
tling match in Portland, when he steps
on the mat, for nis next match, wnetner
It De wun vacit .reterson, ecu Aaamson
or Carl Kusch. two other nrst rate
grapplers. It will be In the nature or
a testimonial to nia cieancut tactics.
his knowledge of the game and bis gen
tlemanlv and sportsmanlike oualltlea.
Handling the wrestling crowd has
been more or less of an experiment to
the promoters. Bach time has seen bet
ter arrangements than on the previous
occasion. wnen tne next xnatcn is
fulled off, the management says, all
he seats will be on a gradual incline
so that there will be no more stretching
of necks to see over the head of the
man in ironu .
FRENCH TIP ON
HEADLIGHT USE
Much of the penetrative luminosity of
expensive headlights is wasted and lost
by Inattention to and ignorance of the
proper setting of the lamps upon the
frame. According- to a lucidly written
article In our smart contemporary, La
pratique Automobile, it is most import
ant to see that the forks of the lamp
brackets are absolutely perpendicular
to the horiiontal plane of the car. This
in order mat tne axis or tne conical
beam of light projected by - the lens
should be at right angles to the vertl
cal plane. This principle Is an abso
lutism with the great lamp making
nouses, and runs counter to tne ideas
of some drivars, who, think that the
lamps should be set slightly forward
out of the perpendicular in order that
the light may be more proruseiy tbrcmn
upon the ground, which will be .quite
sufficiently illuminated by the lower
oortions of the beam. The idea of rood
road illumination is not to light up the
Immediate surface of the road itself,
but to Illumine space far ahead Of the
car for the distant discovery of every
thing in- the roadway. The rays will
strike and light up the surface quite
early enough to discover loose metal,
bad holes or bad crossings. A photo-
grapnic exampia or tne . manner in
which a properly east beam should op
erate Is ahown by a photograph taken
ai nigni, wnere a nooaeo wagon and
two horses are olainlv discovered at a
distance of upward of 150 yards, the
rorms almost tne features or the an).
mals being quite distinguishable, while
the curtains of the wagon show up very
cieany. 10 .currecuy Dosmon iamns.
the car should be" placed on a level
piece of ground, or jacked or shored
up until tne frame Is level each way.
then the forks carrying the lamps
should be set so that the lenses are ver
tically parallel with a plumb line held
In front of them, and are proved to be
dead square with each other h a
straight edge being placed horlsontally
acrun twin mnws. .: ; . ....
' Iii for Dig.",
Front the Macon (Qa.) News.
Digging dirt in Panama doea tint an
fiear to be the only digging o be done
n regard to the icanaL It Is proposed
that congress dig- Into the transactions
at tbe purchase of the ench enmnanv
and make the covering dirt fly from a
ion writ aumcswe scanaaia
p.-,. - V
FAMOUS INDIAN
LONGBOAT
Toronto,' Dec. 26. There "is a great
demand for tickets for the big benefit
performance to be given in Jdassey hail
tonight for Tom Longboat, the Indian-
long distance champion runner, who
recently defeated Dorando In the Mara
thon race at New York. The occaalora
is to be an eventful one for Longboat,
for. In addition to receiving the tes
timonial from a legion of friends and
admirers, he Is to be married at the
conclusion of the benefit. - His bride to
be is Miss Lauretta Miracle of the
Deseronto Indian reserve. Miss Miracle
is a beautful girl of exceptional charac
ter and wen educated.
German Budget Items.
Further portions of the German im
perial estimate or the financial year
au snow uiai ine orainary recurring
expenditure upon the army will amount
to J133.147.85S, an Increase of 11.333,
800. Nonrecurring ordinary expend
iture will amount to $8,665,000, a de
crease of 11,436.750. There la thus a
net decrease of about 15.000.000 as com-
Fared with the present financial year,
ncreased expenditure is required by tbe
transport department in consequence of
ine ueveiopmeni or motor experiments.
ana aiso ror neia Kitchens and gam
son hosoitals. . .
The total estimates for the German
colonies balance with a revenue and ex-
enaiture or tt,tit, or IG.26S.S10
ess than last year. The total amount
of the Imperial subsidies for the ordi
nary purposes or tne colonies Is 18.
602,020. or 13,532.670 lesx than last
year. Of this amount West Africa is
allotted nearly $5,000,000 es compared
wiwi umny aiu.vw.uuu JUST vmt. an.l
attics is auoitea S69,7U0, or
about $225,000 less tban last year. To-
goiana inss year, requires szz.500. and
the Caroline Islands and Samoa alone
requireSno subsidy. No mention is made
of any sum set aside for military air
ships, but these are nreatimahiv in
cluded in the sum of $677,185 set aside
for purchases and experiments in con
nection with military communications.
: Dental. !
The characters In this tale are rii
A and B. A has a frightful toothache.
B Is playing the part of consoler. -
"'My dear A." savs B. "ron mnf nn
succumb this way to the rvain. Ton mn.t
not thrash around and bury your head
in yonoer pmow and , indulge in such
Inelegant and thunderous language. 'Be
w ii-, .a. ob a sioic:
A sits up.
"Rats!" he roars. "Btvloim 1
off where toothache berlns."
epigram: -
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ARCHBISHOP DECIDES
LONGBOAT CAN'T WED
(DdIUA Press Leased Wlrs.1
Toronto, Ont, Dec. 26. Tom Long
boat, world's champion Marathon run
ner, and Mlsa Lauretta Maracla, the
Indian school teacher, who took his
heart into camp as easily as Longboat
did Dorando's feet, will not be married
in Massey hall next Monday night, ac
cording to program if an English
church clergyman has to do it Aroh
bishop Sweatman has written to Rev.
A. H. Creegan, of Deseronto, who is In
charge of the reserve where Longboat
met Miss Maracla, and who waa an
nounced to come here to perform- the
ceremony, intimating that he must not
do ao.
The same prohibitive order applies to
other Anglicans. The objection of the
archbishop is that Longboat's advent
from heathendom to Christianity at
Deseronto last week was "a rush" job,
and as there waa no evidence of Long
boat's conversion to Christianity, that
he is still a heathen. Flanagen,
Longboat's manager, is greatly dis
turbed - over the affair and says some
other minister must perform it, as Tom
must get married. So far, however.
"the other minister" has not been
landed.
NEW BOOKS FOR THE
LIBRARY "
The following new books may be ex
mined at the publlo library during thla
week and will be ready for circulation
Monday, January r
.. . BIOGRAPHT-
Channlng Autobiography and Dairy
of Elisabeth Parsons Channlng, 1807.
Eddy Mary Baker Q. Eddy; by Ar
tbur Brisbane. 1908.
Lull Raymond Lull, First Mission
ary to the Moslems; by M. Zwetaer;
moz.
BOOKS IN POREION LANGUAGES
Aubln Dai Heutlnge Marokko,
Barrie Den' Lille Praest.
Bnhlau Ratsmadelgeschichten.
Bourget Le Disciple.
Defoe Robinson Crusoe's Llr og
Haenaeiser.
Eider Klhrwedder.
Gran Norges Daemrlng.
La Rochefouchauld Maxlmea
Maupassant Les Dlmanehea d'un
Bourgeois de Paris.
DESCRIPTION AND TRAVEL.
Koebel Modern Argentina, the El
Dorado of Today; l07.
Bewail The Log Book of the Cap
tain's Clerk; Adventures in the China
seas; ioa.
FICTION.
Bates The Intoxicated Ghost and
umer e tones.
Bell Tales of Greyhouee. r
MacGowan Judith of the Cumber
tanas. :
Sanders The Forest: Playfellow.
White The Riverman.
Wilson Mariam; a Jtomanca of Per-
..' HISTORT. , ' ; f
AiurrtT lmneriai iiurnnafa wmm .
Strategical and Commercial Aspect;
with Special Reference to the Japanese
Alliance; jvvi-
O'Donnell Causes of Present TX-
content in inaia; iu. - -
LITERATURE. '
Faauet A Llterarr n ntnr r
rrance, ivvi.
Morler Critical Mlacellanlea. nl I
- - . .
AOOO.
PHILOSOPHT. ,
Bishop Se'
eventy Years Tounr 1()7.
Kautsky Ethics and
-Ethics and tha MTHnii.f
voncepiion 01 , History; tr, by J. B.
AIHW,
Curtis Loss of North fllam tani
Lelchton Jesus Christ and tha rMvit.
sation of Today, I07 .
Shedd Islam and tha n-lni
unurcnes, ius. . .
underwood The Call or lTnnu loss
Van 8ommer and Zwinur cvar Una
im oisiers. CjO. z, jiui,
Watson Egypt and the Christian
Crusade, 1907.
iwemer TBI Moslem nnoirln. r
Zwemer and others. Eds Tha urntiam.
medan World of Today, Ed. 2, 190.
, SOCIOLOOT.
Darwin Municipal Ownership, 1907.
Fuller Government bv tha rnni-
the Laws and Customs Regulating the
Election System and the Formation
Control of political Parties In the Unit-
ad States, l0t.
s social Psvcholoer.
1908.
rin ' ana
Weld Private Freight
American Railways, ISO. " ,
. .. USEFUL ARTS.-
Berah Safe Bulldinr rnniinriina
1908. . , . '
eterbiirk Mechtnical . hnwln
- Whipple Typhoid Fever: Its Causa-
lArcher, Combs
. ' r Auto Supplies,
BALL0U& WRIGHT
AUTOMOBILE SUPPLIES
AUTOMOBILE
Belmorc, MacDougall, Moores Co.
AUTO REPAIRING AND REBUILDING GLASS FRONTS A SPECIALTY
oabaos, oasarzB isvestxeitth ajtd az.desl ,r
Mac
Chalmers Detroit
3 "CS-
irestone
S I
B.
"
IMlTfHi:
IVfl! H UIIL.iL
HCKA OFh H. L KEATS AUTO CO.
nili I Corner Seventh and Barnside, Portland, Or.
oo-virr motob cab oompaitt, seteitth auto oottck.
Pope Hartford
Portland Auto Commission House
NEW AND SECOND HAND CARS
. B34-M ALPEB BTBCTT, COTB BTEITTEXWTK
THE LOWEST PRICE STAN
DARD FIVE PASSENGER
CAR IN THE WORLD
Stoddard Dayton
THOMAS
tion. Transmission and Prevention.' 190S.
BOOKS ADDED TO REFERENCE
DEPARTMENT. .
Bach Die Wasserrader. 1 y.
Baker Dictionary of Engraving. 1908.
Carnegie Institution of Washington.
Handbook of learned societies and insti
tutions in America. log.
Lake Placid Conference on -Home Eco
nomic, proceedings 1-107.
Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce.
Report Of the citizens' relief committee
for the relief of sufferers : from the
eartheuaka and fire. 1108.
Merck's Index: An encyclopaedia for
tne cnemiat, pharmacist ana physician.
1S07. - -i- .
National Conference on State and Lo
cal Taxation. State and Local Taxation;
first national conference. 1808.
Rhead Studies In Plant Form: In
tended to demonstrate the method of da.
riving ornamental suggestion from nat
ural growtha. 1903.
Ban Francisco: Charter of tha city
and county. 1908. -
Han Francisco: Auditor, annual finan
cial statement of the city and county.
isus. .- '
T Sauare Club cPhlladelDhia): Amer
ican competitions: coma, and ed. by A.
B. LacVy, 1907.
Tennyson wonts: ed. by iiaiiam.
Lord Tennyson, i v., 1908.
zwemer una Moslem worio. lioi.
BOOKS ADDED TO JUVENILE
- ;, DEPARTMENT.. . .
Janvier In tha Sargasso Sea.
National Rhymes for the Nursery.
WilliamsHo w 1 1 Works. . :
; ITiere Mai's His Owiv-Boss.'
, From the New Tork World.' '
lit New Tork ltv 140 fin amen atand
ruard at 7 nolma Without these men
every streetcar would be In danger, for
It is the flagman's duty to see that
other cara are held back while one la
sately crossing. This necessitates five
or si a distinct signals in aa many dif
ferent directions, almost, simultaneous
ly. Between the-hours of 4 and . when
traffic is at itst height the signals by
which collisions and delavs are avoid.
ed, are made by 'amasing; Contortions
and spectacular gestures: In crossing
Broadway at' Thirty-fourth street anadownward course to the sea.
& Winters Co.
306 Oak Street
Morgan Wright and
Goodrich Tires
6 SIXTH STREET
BtaU 1834, A-1B34
REPAIRING SUPPLIES
Second -Hand Automobiles
Bought and Bold. -
PORTLAND MOTOR CAR CO.
Sixteenth and Alder.
H.L. KEATS AUTO CO.
Corner Seventh and Barnside, Portland, Or.
Phone Main 5363
H.LKeatsAutoCo.
Cor. Tth ft Buraalda,
. Portland, Or.
Phone Mala 6368,
SEVENTH AND COUCH
Main 6470;
A 4587
VulcanlzloRetrudlsi;
R. E. BLODGETT
510 Alder Street Mala 7005
FRED A; BENNETT
495 Alder St; Portland 1416 Broadway.
SeattIe4!8 Second Ave., Spokane
s num. piuiu aiiivw
CoveyMotorCareo
Tires
PORTLAND MOTOR CAR CO.
r 326 AWer Street, Near 16th' "
A-4944. Phones: Main 2583
if. L Keats Auto Co.
Corner Seventh and Barnside
Portland, Or. Phone Main 536S
Main 440S
FRED A. BENNETT
9JA!dtrSL . Perttend
Mlilraadway Seattle
418 Stoma in SpoKait
FRED A. BENNETT
49$ Alder St Portlaid
Ult BroadwtT Sunk
411 Second Ave. Spokeet
II. L KEATS AUTO CO.
Corner Seventh and Earnslde,- Portland, Or.
Phone Main 5368 ;
Sixth avenue, one's attention Is sudden
ly arrestedjby a man, who, frantically
waving a flag, stands between tracks
in the midst of a seething rush of cars
i,Bjon,-Srblle,.i,or.'?"' vehicles and human
ity. With the thunder of the overhead
trains In his ears and alert to the move
ments of cars in all directions, now look
ing backward suddenly leaping forward,
waving ' his flag to the left and right,
without a moment's respite this curious
mad dance goes on until one marvels at
the endurance of the man. :
- When asked If he felt the tftraln of
such an occupation, tha , flagman re-
i,rWThJ. ra o u to the noise
that I don t even hear an elevated train
when It parses overhead.' Of course
you have sr me at my busiest hour
tT.(l"IJT!,e '-eou'dn't keep It up that
way air the time, for wa work 10
hours a day, but a lot of men prefer the
worst sections and I am glad when the
busiest time cemes." "
. When asked if he would not prefer
to bs a conductor or motorman and re
ceive higher wages, he replied: ,
athr b ut her 'n. the street
nd get less pay than be on a. car. There
are no paaaengers here to bother with
and a man is his own boss.".
. "Instinct of EelSt.
From tha London Outlook. -
Ws know that vry autumn and win
ter (tha bis; -eels run downward to tha
sea.. But what became of the eels when
they reached the sea, and where the
young eels came from that every angler
has seen ' swimming their way un-
strean In the spring, were problems on
which there, was room fof speculation.
We know now, thanks to the patient re
search of scientists at sea. that ha
rent eels make their way. to very
eep waters right out from th
and there the young eels are born or
navvusa. ma ii is rrom thence, that
thev have their starting nnint n
wonderful Journey which Instinct leada '
them, back to the fresh watera of river
and lake
ii ma nwri or ine eminir.
where their
parents sUrted on their