THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL. PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 21. 1003.
GILEAMIIMCS
QF...THI
AUT0.WOR1
AUTOMOBILE CLUB
'"WINNER OF -ISO-MILE ItACE AT ATLANTA
Archer, Combs & Company,
Anto Suppllci, 306 Oak Street .
FIXES DATE FOR SHOW
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Tha time-January l n January S
The Mae Tha Armry, ooriwr of
Twth n1 Oeuch. etrfrta.
The vent Tha ond annual auo
tnrMie show of the rorilfuid Automobile
rtutv
Htirh watha dw-Ulin reached by th
IVrtland Automobile dub fvr a wk
aa- flurh vti th 1lahn n-arhrd by
the jiimbre of ll. ''rtland Antonio
cf last yera highly anicceaafiil ahow,
will airaln handle ihe rrlna of (ha Port
land ilmw. Tliit dialer wrra unanlmoua
In aaklnc that hbe rlacted, and tha
atirlntmrnt wii made at once. M
Llpnian took up tha dutiia of the office
at once.
Th first aft of the new manager waa
to hire tha Annory. The contract rail
for the una of tha entrance linU, dance
Mle Uealcra' la Hon Wndiwutay hall on tha aernnd flmr. the rymnaalutn
night The two ixirtlca moet ilft-ply
concerned belna; willing accordingly the
econd annual automobile ahow of the
Portland Automobile club will be held
January"?! to January ii In the Ar
mory of the Oregon National Guard.
For awhile It aemed very dubtoua
whether there would be a ahow or not
.lor many of tha membera of the dealers
iiaaociatlon, the men who make th
how, wera decidedly aver to holdlnr
another ahow In the Armory. A apodal
meetlna of the association waa held
Wi-dneaday nljrht, with tho reault that
after much dlscuaaton tho dntea selected
by tha Automobile club wera ratified,
and tha ahow will be held on those
da tea. .
Will Llpman. secretary of tha Port
land Automobile club, and tho manager
and tha main drill hall. The entrance
hall and tha drill hall wera uaed laat
yr, while additional apace haa been
neoured In the dance hell and gym
naelum.
With the poaslhlllty of uelnf these
i wo niKiitionai room a tne mat posaioi
objection "of the dealers waa removed,
they had aceu no profit in holdlnf
how In which each man could have
hut little of the amount of apace ha
wanted, and aa a consequence many o
them were objecting- atrenuoualy to
holding: any ahow at all. They were
won over by the proepect of more room,
however, and at tha special meeting
held Wedneaday It was finally decided
that no .opposition ahould be, offered te
the Automobile club' in Its effort to
hold the ahow January 24-29.
STEINS
CAR
TO
BE REPOTTED
Western' Sales Manager -'Vis
its Portland and Places
. . . Agency.
A. 8. Holden, western sales manager
of tha T. B. Stearns company and who
has charge of H the territory weat a
Penver for the Stearns people, was a
vialtor la Portland for nearly a week
recently hunting; fpr an agent for the
Stearns car here. That he was success
ful was, shown by, the optimistic views
of the future of the Stearns car In
,rortland that ha maintained.
While A hitch In proceedings which
will undoubtedly. be straightened out
within the next few days will delay
matters somewhat, the Stearns has vir
tually been, placed in. the hands of one
of the moat wide, awake,' aqtompbtle
dea!ers In the city", and an announcement
to that effect cam be expected within
the next few day. ' The dealer; ln ques
tion already has afine 'line of machines, '
only lacking a high priced car, aucivaa
HEW MEMBERS .
Ill THE Jl. I il.
Atlanta, Waco and Rowan
Clubs Secure Proper
V Pecosniltion.
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BALLOU 6mm
AUTOMOBILE SUPPLIES
dorian & Wrtfct and
. ' CoodrlchTlrei ;
06 SIXTH STREET
' BCaia 1831 A-1834
Belmore, MacDougaIIr Moor Co.
AUTO REPAIRING AND REBUILDING GLASS FRONTS A SPECIALTY ,
V . " . , OAKAQX, OOCUnBB UTIITZI1TK AVD AiDIJa, . .
niFK Northwest Biiick Co;
Ul vbii V lv M VOGLER, Gen. Manager
7th n4 Coach Stt.
A 3330 -M 433 J
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Ray.W. Harroun In tht.No. 81 Marmon, winner of th H0-mtl race," at" Atlanta,. Noyember 11,, 1909...
This car was also the . winner or tne wneatley Hills ; sweepstaea . tropny preliminary to th , yanderbUt
cup, race October-30. . V . -, '." : "'y;- ; . V . , 7 kj'.
Three - new clubs were . elected to
membership In" the American "Automo
bile association at the regular monthly
meeting; or the executive committee,
held recently at national headquarters,
437 Fifth avenue. New York. They were:
Atlanta Automobile association of At
lanta, Ga.; Waco Automobile club.
Waco, , Texas, and the Rowan County
Automobile club of Salisbury, N. C. At
the same time favorable reports were
received Indicating- that active work
Is progressing toward the formation of
state associations In Texas, North Caro
lina, Alabama , and Florida.
Secretary B. M. Reed, of the Tampa
club, stated that automobile interest
Was increasing" rapidly In all parts of
Florida and the clubs that are lfkery
to be affiliated, with the state body will
be, the Tampa," -DaytonaV De Land, Or
lando.' Bartow, Brookvllle, Ocala. Gaines
ville and .Jacksonville clubs. :, President
ROBERTSON TO
0R1UE SIMPLEX
.' . , , , I i ' in
Winner of 1908 Tanderbilt
Cup Will Kace at
New Orleans.
EVENTS TO COME IN r
WOiaD 0F 3I0T0RD0M
the' Stearns car is, to complete his , line. 4 Lewis 1 K.' Kpcare . of Boston, who pre
Holden is one or. tne-youngent .aaiea.' sidpd at 'the meeting,- announced the
managers in tne auiomooue Runiu. ohii-b
jrraduatlna; f ron thfl. Case Technological
s school he has been .through every de
"rnrtnient of the Btearna factory and
has learned hla Cftf! from the ground
He. was well known In the east, where
he was assistant: manager of sales of
the Bt earns company before coming
west to toe the western sales manager.
Holden has had much experience In
the handling of exhibits in the big- au
tomobile shows and will make a, special
display in tha Portland show this year.
He will go east to the New York show
and then come to Portland In time for
the opening of the show here. His head
quarters are In San Francisco, but he
expects that much of his time will be
epent In the northwest
NOTED AUTO DRIVER
IS GUEST OF HONOR
Harry FJ Grant, who drove the Alco
car to victory In the : Vandeitellt cup
race, was the guest of honor -at a dinner
given py the -officers of the American
Locomotive company at the Engineers'
club. Grant was congratulated on hav
ing won the most severe Vanderbilt cup
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a stock car. He was presented with; a
check from the company for a substan
tial sum.' F. H. Lee, Grant's mechanic;
V; J, Harris and George Babcock, who
were hia training attendapti. and pit
(ssiBtants, were also rewarded with cash
.. presents..:, iv', :
Othar Interesting points brought out
In the speeches were the facts that the
course was only half the length of for
mer ones, with twice as many turns,
nd this made It the most bruising of all
races, as shown also" byT there being a
greater number of cars killed off.
Jn all former races for the Vanderbilt
cup special racing cars of much higher
horsepower were used, yet only once
was any faster time made. Grant was
congratulated on the fine head work his
driving showed, his laps being evenly
timed until toward the end, when he be
gan to forge to the front, just as bad
been planned.
His final lap was the fastestt and his
laot four laps were made at an average
speed of 70.44 mlli-s an hour. Grant re-i
appointment of Ralph, W. ' Smith; Dres'
lilent ) of " the" "Denver "Motor club, also
president or the Colorado. .State. Auto
mobile association, aa a member of the
A. A', A. executive committee.
secretary rreaerick H. Elliott was
instructed to make arrangements for
the . customary reduced railroad rates
for A. A. A. members desiring: to at
tend some of the meetings to be held
In New York city during- the" coming
two big automobile ! shows. uthe i Grand
Central Palace show. ,. from December
3! to January 7, and the Madison Square
Garden show, from January; 8 to 15.
A valuable contribution to the tour
ing material being supplied by numer
ous A. , A- A. -clubs if or the benefit of
tneir members will be the new road
map and. route book of western New
York now being prepared by the Auto
mobile club of Buffalo,
Five draughtsmen have been at work
on the maps for several weeks, and
number of ears have been engaged In
touring .out every available road In the
western part of the state,, obtaining road
and hotel data for. scores ; of routes,
The map will be ready for presentation
to the members at the annual meeting,
December 20. v
The big tour recently held to At
lanta. Ga., from New York, in the in
tereats of good roads and the organi
sation and election to the A. A. A. of
new automobile clubs in Georgia and
North Carolina are clear object lessons
In themselves of the growing popularity
of the motor car and the desire to ob
tain-better, highways. An 'ambitious
plan is now under consideration by the
officials of many, counties in Virginia,
North and South Carolina and Georgia
to make a continuous stretch of im
proved road ,750 miles long. : It is to
be known as the, capital highway, be
cause It will connect, the state capitals
of the four states, Richmond, Raleigh,
Columbia and Atlanta.
According to General John T. Cutting,
there are 10,544 grade crossings In New
York state alone, all. of which are a
constant peril to motorists.
ceived his honors modestly, but said
that he could hve driven on for 300
miles more. V. "
New Orleans, Nov., 20. George Rob
ertson, winner of the 1908 Vanderbilt
cup, the 1908-09 Falrmount Park cups.
tho Lowell national cup and two 24 hour
Brighton Beach races of this year, will
comDete at New Orleans during1 tha
Good Roads track meet to be held today
and tomorrow. This meet Is being held
by the New Orleans Automobile club In
connection with the first Louisiana Good
Roads convention, called by Governor J.
Y. Sanders, the New Orleans Progressiva
union and the automobile club.
Robertson will drive the Simplex car
with which he has won his honors this
season, both on the track and road. He
has competed on the New Orleans track
in the past, and knowsevery Inoh of Its
wonderful soil. It was Robertson, in
fait, who first declared the Fair
Grounds track to be thp fastest and
safest mile track in the world.
Robertson will not be alone when he
faces Starter Wagner In tha various
events in which he will compete; A
number of other prominent eastern drlv
m will .he here - with the fastest ears
shown In the Vanderbilt cup and other j
races of recent times. One of the cer-I
tain starters against Robertson will be
Lewis Strang, his oldest rival of the
present day drivers. Robertson and
Strang have always been rivals, even
when working together In the establish-
ment conducted in New .York by Rob-
'
Thirty-third
November 19-17
annual Stanley ShoV of motor
vehicles, in Agricultural hall,
London, England.
November - 10-21 Annual fall
track meet. New Orleans Au
tomobile club. New Orleans,
La. Homer C George, secretary-manager.
November 22 Start from Denver
of the Flag-to-Flag- reliability
run.
November 25 Hlll climbing con
' test at Redlands, tinder tha
auspices of the Mile High
Climbing association.
December 6-19 Reliability trial
for light cars, ' under direction
of L'Auto, Paris.
December 29-30 Fourth annual
mid-winter endurance contest,
under direction of tha Quaner
City Motor club.
December 31-January . 7 New
York city. Grand Central Pal
ace,, tenth International Auto- .
mobile Show. Under the man- '
agemont of the American Mo
tor Car Manufacturers' associ
ation with Importers Automo
bile Salon and the Motor and
Accessory Manufacturers. Al
fred Reeves, general manager,
506 Fifth avenue, New York
city. " ; '
January 8-16 Tenth annual Na-"
, tlonai Automobile Show In
Madison Square Garden, New
York, under the auspices of
the Association of 'Licensed'
Automobile Manufacturers.
January 17-22 Annual Automo-i
bile Show of tha Automobile
Trade association of Philadel
phia, in the Second Regiment
Armory, Broad street and Sus
quehanna avenue. Second An
nual Automobile Show of the
-Portland Automobile club- of
Portland. Or,
"PASSENGER ft
STANDARD) MOTOR; GAR. CO.
TENTH STUEET NEAR. STARK , ; PORTLAND. ORE.
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CARS
FOR EXPLORERS
Railroad Surveyors Will
Give Jlotor Severe Test . ,
in Australia.'
Vulcanizing & Retreading R. . BL0DGETT, 510 Alder St Rlsln 700S
"It's All In Ihc TIpcm V- :
ertson's father. Strang is to drive the v January 24-29 Third annual Au-
-
tomobile Show in Detroit,
. Mich., under the. direction of
"" Detroit Automobile association.
January 28-February 3 Automo
bile - exhibition at Waverly "
Market, Eclinburg, Scotland,
under direction of Scottish
Motor Trade association.
Fiat which he piloted in the Vanderbilt
cup race. .
A number of . other drivers will be
here. Including the most prominent in
America. Entries are promised Secre
tary Homer George by several manufac
turers, but none is being made public
until actually In hand. ,Many local en
tries are also being received or various
local events.
Work- has been started . on the mils
race track at the New T Orleans fair ftATFSlvTCLLTCTi AT
(reminds 1 nronarfttfnn fnr th ' croon I .
roads automobile race meet. The course j AUTOMOBILE SHOW
win oe scrapea oi aii i is-present iop-,
sou uniu lnVu - , V" . a reveatlon in the rathskeUer line la
a - - a mi 1 a era- --. fr a . t-ha . wart 11 tiA ntlAfl I ,
InK fast time as was made over : the I ,uiuio avl,.iui,u m w
course last February.- - I neia in Madison, square Garden during
Arrangements have , been made with I the week of January .8 , to j 15..v Every
Captain w. 'H. naraee, ciiy engineer, i nook and cranny, or . ttia historic bulld
for the use of the city .road repair intf has been considered "In the nlan of
rorces lor mis worn, wyum I decoration. ' and those who havn -benn
and Mayor Behrman are both hearty d- privileged to see the flecoratlve scheme
vocates of good roads, and are doing adopted for the ' forthcoming show bv
this work to further the cause, since the I th cnmmitten in chr -v th
greater perceniase oi m nsceipu so I amphitheatre will present a scene of un
the good . roads fund being? raised .by I .urnaased e-mnHmir m. wiii mu it
uovernor eanaera ana ouwr. inrougnoui unrecognisable to its regular1 patrons,
the city and state. 1 1 - . s-. xhe basement, where the commercial
vehicles and motorcycles are to h r.n
As a result of the excellent work' of I view, will be decorated more attractively
motor truck bought by . the "Pioneer than aver before and here, burled immi
Fire company of Jenkintown, Pa.,-tt Is I dans-Una- foliae-e. tha rathnknllpr n
possible that the Philadelphia fire de-1 be found. Tha rathskeller is of the
partment may shortly Introduce the Dutch-eolonlal tvoa uid l nulnt in
automobile into Us service. I cream white. The entranca with it.
two dorie columns Is unlnun and It fa
A snortage or cars is oeing preaictea said that there is nothlna- alonr Kw
I or iviu. iei ii was oniy a enorx lime
ago that It was predicted that 200,000
cars would be produced.
Tha premier of .'Australia has desig
nated a Cadillac "Thirty';. f or ' one
of the most difficult tasks ever asafgned
to a motor oar the exploration of tha
proposed route of the Australian; trans
continental railway. , .5
The proposed route.'.' for' hundreds of
miles, lies through trackless wilderness
es. Including some of the' wildest coun
try on a continent, 'which abounds . In
wild country. It Will be .necessary ..to
complete the stupendous undertaking,
for the car to carry all; the. essentials
for living in the desert.. Tents, water
food, etc., will form the most Important
part of the equipment. 1 '
The Idea of exploring the route of tne
railway was promulgated by the Austra
lian newspapers, which secured the gov
ernment's sanction and support of a
project whlcth undoubtedly will save
thousands of pounds when construction
work actually begins. ','' V
Doubtless the premier's selection,-of
the Cadillac for this work was Impelled
by the car's recent feat in crossing the
continent from Sydney to theGulf of
Carpentaria, v At the time that trip was
undertaken, no motor nad ever attempt
ed the terrible journey, and none has
yet assayed to duplicate it. On this oc
casion the -route ' followed : was practically-identical,
with that proposed for
the, railroad. At one period of the pil
grimage, no white man waa seen for
five days "by those In the-car; and the
blacks fled at the motor's . approach.
They nad never before seen an auto
mobile. - ,
'.It was necessary for a gTeat part of
the distance to travel by the compass
alone, keeping in the general direction
as closely as topographical conditions
would permit. Again it was impossible
to make progress until the undergrowth
and bush has been subdued with axes
and ' knives. There .were rocks and
boulders innumerable, and deep sand for
miles, but the Cadillac emerged. , trl
umphant, with' the distinction of having
blazed the first motor trail across an
almost unexplored continent.
West Coast Supply Co. ;
326 Burnsld St, -
H.L.Keats Auto Co
Corner Seventh .
) and Burnside,
Portland. Or. -
PEERLESS POPE HARTFORD CHALMERS-DETROIT
HUDSON, s
AUTOMOBILES
W.CGREEn.DisIribuIor
.331 Everett. Street '
' Betweet 6th' and .7th
MclNTYRE
133 Alder St. Main 6500
Tnll , line nrSVMATXO and IOU9 BVBBE1
Tlr Pleasure and Oonunarclal Cars
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Slstrlbators, rerttand, Or, ,. ,
VOKTHWB8T OAJUUAOS AUTO COMPAHT
Ganaral Agents, Port land, Oxm and Baattla
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York's ' "great white' way" to compare
with it.
Crimson and green ramblers, clinging
to lattice work effects, adorn the edges
pf the Inn and autumnal foliage trails
to the top of It on each aide of the en
trance. There Is a passageway on either
side of the inn,' and a glimpse of what
is within its clapboarded walls can be
had by peeping through the old fash
ioned windows, which front on the pas
sagewaya. Bay-trees in boxes adorn the
base of each column in? front of the Inn
and one side of the entrance is flankad
with a rustic seat.
Both New Tork state and New Jersey
have practically abolished toll roads.
Pennsylvania has 17,018 miles of .toll
roads, threugh 21 counties.
The Automobile club of New Haven
is planning to hold a paper chase or a
gymkhana some time this fall. - -
CAR FITTED FOR WIKTER WEATHER
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8,-dn "TorpeJi- raoM xpp-ted la this city ifhln tfc But few tJayi - Th?i ear Is iot
m si hw or., but whftj f.ftei with top and t!aM front will N one of th warmest cf. winter rarm.
re !! a Xhe JrMJ of lh car. R. H." Thorr.n Jr., tie ig'tt for lit S;;t
TiieMewS
7-Passenflcr Touring Car
equipped wllh self aUrtlna- dv1ce,haa etrork the - keynote of automobile
! or and durability. The Bale In tha east haa been tremendous. Thla Is
a big wrjrd, but In thla Inataitce there ia no other word that will fit condi
tions. The automobile bnrlna ruhllo haa found an murh .Tr-ll.n
dieit up in thla car eo many eitraordlnary features, one ia the magnetic
make and break Irntttnn ayvtem that there la no failing off ta demand
at thla aon of the year. Thr ta much Intrinsic value in this rar that
the ru-He la iiwn to it Irresistibly. The good Id reliable bouae of
Stodetr atanda back of thia car. aTiaranteefng It for one yar, and makee
It a rlaaura to Ita owner. If ru are aware of th-rlnriM nfMtin that
thia car haa tha world ever. Blace reur'ordr-r at sum. for (hla li.ik. dm.
to d" it. . ...
Thla car baa to 4iarpHng . fnaktng It a 8 prr-r car when
not rqulid for 7.. It 1 bantlfuliv urholat-re4. vrf mt,m r tn4 rlrfM l k
a Pullman mafh. It oaa mow be aea at our aelearooma.
Dcnonjlrzlloa
Aprolntac'nl
Cbapoza
aid
Alier SMttti
Palmer-Singer
The nape of "Palmer and Slngrer'
on motor car is sufficient guaran- ..;
tee of its worth. . '' '
The 1910 Car 3S,?aon'
FUNK & PROSSER, Distributors, 329 Everett. Near Sixth
Auto Co.
ULBIO0fl
Firteeati an4
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Gasoline, Electric
1 9th and Alder Sts., Portland
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308 First AvtnneSo., Seattle
WINTON MOTOR CO. OF OREGON
SIXTEENTH AND AUTOMOBILE ROW' . .
' : Demonstration by Appointment Phone Main 2583 " .' -
Steam and
Gasoline
WetorCarCo.:
Oil .
C AEASTMAN. General Manager.
Tenth St, Near Stark St; .
a S. BRACKETT; Secretary.
Phones: Main 692, A-2234
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for six months. You cannot afford to be without it.
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