THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND,' SUNDAY MORNING, MARCH 8, 1910.
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Premier First Car to Mak6 Of
ficial Entry for This Yaer's
Long Tour.
-Indianapolis, Ind.. March , Follow
ing; etoaiy upon the ewa of Its entry
of the rim oar In the Denver to Mexico
City endurance oonteat, baa come the
announcement today that the Premier
Motor manufacturing company has for
mally entered the first two cam In the
annual reliability content of the Ameri
can Automobile aaaoctatlon for the Olid
dan trophy. Aa in the 10 event the
number 1 and a will be carried by the
two Vremiera. At the "recent automo
bile ahow In .'lca(?o, the entrlea were
made with Barouel M. Butler, chairman
of the contest bo&rd, of the national as
oclatlon. and thla will atari the ball
rolling for the Hating of other entrants,
Start rrom Cincinnati.
Until recently there haa been -eonaid
arable speculation aa to the probable
courae which the real big tour of this
year will take for Its 1910 route. Cin
cinnati and Indlanapolla have been the
two cities considered for the atartlng
point, and It la barely possible that thla
city may secure the honor. The only
difficulty would be In the fact that the
contest board of the A. A. A. haa prac
tically given Ha word to Cincinnati, that
tne three weeks trip will start from
that city. The route selected will, take
the cars through the great southwest,
which la proving Itself to be the great
est automobile buying section of the
country, and which has never as yet had
a national tour. It Is probable that
Nashville, Memphis, Little Rock, and
Dallas, Texas, will be visited .In the
downward travel, and then Oklahoma
City, Topeka, St. Joseph and Dea. Moines
in going northward. At the Iowa state
capital the tourists will take a turn to
the east, winding up at Chicago. The
real details of the course have not been
mapped out, and will not be definitely
decided until It is time to send out the
pathfinder.
On account of the 'heat In the section
through which the contest will be run
ft has been derided to hold the event
earlier than heretofore, and Wednesday,
June 16, has been definitely cecided up
on as the date for the strt. Chicago
will be reached on June SO, thereby
keeping the entire duration of the tour,
Including the preliminary and the after
math, to within three weeks. It was
considered that the 109 tour, which oc
cupled four weeks, was too long, and
that It broke Into the routine of factory
work to an extent that waa undesirable.
Pathfinder Boon
Because of the early. start, it la likely
that the pathfinder will commence its
laborloua task during the latter part
of April, and this would be made even
earlier If there was any asHurance of
fallry good road conditions. It was the
experience of the tourists last year that
siimmer roads were -very much better
than those which the pathfinder had
to choose In the' early spring, and be
cause of that reason, the cars were
forced many times to break roads across
the prairies in cases where there was
a splendid highway leading more di
rectly between cities.
While It has not been decided .what
car will lay out the route for 1910, and
subsequently pilot the tour, it la likely
that a strong supporter of toura in the
past will be selected.
H. L. Keats of the Keats auto com
pany Is a visitor In Boise, Ida., this
week. Mr. Keats is making an extend
ed trip through that state visiting; his
agents. He will return next W9ek.
Lots of Sixes on the Market Now
Buyers want Sixes.
Because they're better.
Demand-always brings a sup
ply. So there are many Sixes on
the market this season.
Some of them aew and un
tried. Nobody knows whether they
will make .good.
May even go bad.
Then Sixes will be blamed.
No justice in that.
Yet it may happen.
Just as it happened before.
At a great expense to buyers
in grief and money.
There is a safe way:
If you want a superior
get a Six, but
car,
Call us up today and make appointment for a demonstration
PORTLAND MOTOR
DISTRIBUTORS FOR OREGON
522 ALDER STREET
. DEALERS WHO HANDLE THE WINTON SIX
W. S. MOON, , X
Eugene, Oregon.
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The enclosed touring caf the latent- model of body to be designed by American manufacturers.
6 cylinder 66 horsepower Pleroe-Arrow. '
AMU CARS
ENTER EUROPE
Automobiles Manufactured in
U. S. Popular in England
and France.
Back from a motoring trip in Europe
that was productive of much valuable
Information, as well as brimful of pleas
ant - experiences, ' Captain William
Mitchell Lewla, president of the Mitchell
Motor Car company of Racine, and ?.
Vernon Rogers, its secretary, traversed
a little more than 2000 miles of diversi
fied roads rsnglng from the broad
highways of England to the mountain
roads of the Pyrenees and the mediocre
roads of Spain in the Mitchell "Six."
TVe touted from London to Folke
stone," said Captain Lewis, "thence
from Calais to Paris and over the Pyre-
neea to Barcelona, and back to the
French capital. The American cars are
enjoying a wpnderful amount of popu
larity In continental Europe an4 in the
British isles.
'While In London we visited the
Olympic show, the largest and heat
automobile exposition ever held. The
success of ' this show has taught the
continental 'makers, especially the
French aad German manufacturers,
their great mistake in not holding the
usual big annual expositions that have
served to direct the attention of the
world to their wares. As a result of
the lesson given to ttiem, the French
makers are even now planning for a
huge Paris salon in November or De
cember, 1S10, to offset the depressing
effect of the failure to hold the salon
this year. Germany also Is figuring on
a great, show revival, while the French
makers,' who now realise the lack of
wisdom In abolishing great track and
road race classics, are planning a race
revival upon one of their three big
tracks during 1910."
Get one that has made good.
Don't take chances.
Don't gamble.
Don't risk your enjoyment,
your money, and your safety on
an experiment
Now in its third year, and
manufactured by the only com
pany that has made Sixes exclu
sively since 1907, the Winton
Six is a proved success. Twenty
Winton Sixes ran 184,190 miles
(more than seven times around
the earth) on, $142.43 upkeep ex
pense. That averages 77 cents per
WOO miles.
No experiment about that
Third year of the Winton
Six self-starter. No experiment
about that
The 1910 Winton Six motor Is
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University of Oregon, Eugene, March
5. The basketball game scheduled
with the University of Washington
Friday- afternoon did not materialize
as the northerners did not show up.
Manager Terry today received a tele
gram from Manager Zednlck saying
that the team was held up near Cen
traila by a washout on the Northern
Pacific and would be compelled to give
up their 'southern trip. They had
games dated with several Oregon
teams and Thursday night disappoint
identically the same as in 1909.
No experiment about that.
The 1910 Winton Six buyer
frets four forward speeds, a
arge - diameter multiple - disc
clutch, the liveliest carburetor
we have ever seen, dual ignition
(magneto and storage battery),
a superb, roomy body suspend
ed low on semi-elliptical springs,
124-inch wheel base (four inches
more than last year), and an in.
swept frame, giving short turn
ing radius.
The 1910 Winton Six (48
horsepower, $3000) represents
the absolute limit of motor car
.value, and is the safest invest
ment on the market"
Let us send you the particu
lars. Especially get the detailed
records of the 20 Winton Sixes
that established the world's up
keep' record.
Main 2583, A-4944.
CAR CO.
IN OREGON
M. A. RICKARD,
Corvallis, Oregon.
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HROUGH DELAY
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The toy tonneau a Stearns 30-60 owned by Walter Gearin.
ed Willamette university through the
same trouble.
One of the latest inventions added to
the auto world Is that of A. 8. Balls of
this olty who has purchased a Maxwell
auto and uses the machine for running
his vacuum cleaner. Mr. Balls, who
devised the Idea, reports that It does
splendid work In much faster time
than by the old method.
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PEERLESS, POPE
CHALMERS, HUDSON
BAKER ELECTRIC
GRAMM-LOGAN COM
MERCIAL VEHICLE
There's a
Reason
More 1910 Chalmers "30"
in hands of private owners
in Portland than all the
rest of cars in its class
combined.
AUTO STS WANT
UNIFORM LAW
'" . , t
Say Automobiling Should Be
to Prevent Inter
ference With Travel.
To have a uniform law throughout
the-eountry tor ut regulation wasXone
of the Important subjects discussed: at
the recent convention of the national
legislative board of the American Au
tomobile association at the New Wil
lard hotel in Washington, D. C.
Thirty-three states of the union al
ready have general statutes regulating
motor ears. None of them alike. When
the autolat la traveling across the
country and cornea to an imaginary
state Una he does not know the laws of
the adjoining atate and much trouble
often times results. Even the county,
city and atate laws vary widely.
The act doea not violate any police
power of awy atate. It provldea for
regulation and Identification of autoa
engaged In Interstate travel so as to
give the owner of the vehicle the right
of free ingress and egress In the var
ious atatea in the union without fur
ther registration or identification. The
atatea cannot delay autos engaged in
Interstate travel and commerce by use
less and unnecessary registration and
license requirements.
The program at the convention was
of a very elaborate nature and some of
the most prominent men In the coun
try delivered addresses before the dele
gates of various states. The address
of welcome was delivered by Chauncey
M. Depew and such men as Senator
Beverldge of Indiana and L. W. Page,
director of tha United States office of
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Imi iff:
the best of your choice, regardless of 2
check up Ihelr mechanical features with the
)ETROIT "30" $1500 i
I-beam single-piece drop-forged front axle Yes
Unusually strong steering connections Yes
Aluminum crank case Yes
Cylinders cast en bloc IJY i 11- J
Clean chassis; absence of levers, wires, etc. Yes '
Grease cup on all spring hangers Yes 1 I I
Unit power plant Yes I 1 1
Annular ball bearings, F. & S. imported Yes I I I 1
Multiple disc clutch Yes (
Full floating type rear axle 'Yes j
Body hung between axle; easy-riding Yes I
Three-quarter elliptic rear springs j Yes j III
Foot throttle, swinging Yes I
Large brake drums . j Yes
Additional bolts thru spokes into brake drums j Yes
Extremely quiet-running Yes j
Drop Forgings throughout car Yes
Constant level splash lubricating system Yes
Sight oil feed on dasli Yes j
Does it weigh S, 2468 Lbs. No j
Spark and throttle on steering wheel Yes
Bosch magneto equipment Yes . i
Double ignition system Yes
115-inch wheel base, or more ' Yes ' I .
iSflAOTO
John Mathieson to Take Fam
ily for Extended tour In
Europe.
All over Europe In an automobile Is
the trio that will be Ukn by Mr. John
Mathieson and family of Portland.
The Mathiesons left the city last
week for St Louis, where they will
visit friends and aftor 'visits in New
Tork and Chicago, they will go to
Bridgeport, Conn., where the Locomo
bile to be used by them Is manufac
tured. At Bridgeport the party will
secure full equipment for their long
tour and then will sail In the Lusltanla
for Kngland. They will visit all the
Important cities In England and Scot
land and will then go to Germany.
Here they plan to make quite an ex
tended trip as thla ia Mr. Mathieson s
native country.
They will visit many of the relatives
of Mr. Mathieson In Germany and then
will visit Netherlands, France, Spain,
Italy, Portugal and part of Greece. Thu
trip, which Is to be over 10.000 miles
long, will be made In the Locomobile
of Mr. Mathiesons which waa pur
chased from the Portland agency.
They will return to this city the
latter part of September and will re
turn over the Canadian Pacific. They
bad planned to make the trip from
Chicago to Portland in their car but
have abandoned this part of the tour.
Mr. Mathieson is the owner of the
Mathieson and the hotel Zur Kheln-
pfali on Front street.
public roads, also gave talks on autos.
One of the incidents of the convention
was that eight secretaries of states
were in attendance.
The uniform bill will afford the mo
tor vehicle user, after he has obtained
a license from the state, the right to
procure from the federal bureau In
Washington, D. C, a license which
permits him to go from state to state
i without any further fees or licenses.
This bill does no In any way inter
fere with the state laws against speed,
lights, signals and brakes. The bill
leaves the state the privilege to act
upon the man within Its borders as It
may choose In all these respects. The
bill which Is bulng favored throughout
the country by the autoist as well as
the driver of the horse was Introduced
by Representative Cocks In the house
of representatives.
Dr. C. D. Brown of Portland was
named by Governor Benson to repre
sent Oregon and attend the convention,
which was held February 16, 16 and 17.
A handsome electrlo automobile wts
delivered to Mrs. F. M. Grosse of Sen
Jose last Saturday by the Studebaker
Bros. The machine was equipped with
a coupe body which waa finished in
navy blue. The frames of the win
dows were of rosewood and the Interior
upholstered in rich blue broadcloth.
The local branch pronounces the ma
chine as one of the most elegant
pieces of work that has ever been
turned out by the Studebaker Automo
bile company.
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NOTES FROM" THE -AUTOMOBILE
WORLD
II A. Burch of the Crowa Auto
company la out of the city visiting Hie
Crow company's agents In eastern
Oregon. Ha will. return nest week.
Forty Chalmers and elx 'Hudson's ara
expected to arrive In this city any day
for the Keats Auto company. The cars
are among tha recent lot of SDH that
was ordered by the company. ' t .
The Henry D. Fujik Auto eompany.
distributors for the Pearry car tn the
northwest, have established an agency
at Tacoma. Five ears have been pur-,
oliaaed by tha newly Katrtred pranoU, -.-
....
Three carloads of Pearrys and two of
Palmer-Singers are on the way te the
Funk Auto company. The cars have
been delayed on tha railroads owing to
the severe weather that is raging in
the middle western states. :
(W
E. E. Cohen, representative ef the
Maxwell car In Portland, has left on
a trip through the valley. He. wlll
visit his agents In all the valley towns'
and is ant'ctpatlng- a great harvest
from his trip. He will return home
next weuk.
'
Norman De Voe of tha local agaaey
of the Buick auto returned to the olty
this week from a trip through southern
California and Oregon. Mr. De Voe '
was a visitor to the Los Angeles auto
show and said that it was a "corker
but that the local show takes the blue
ribbon. 'The show In the southern ,
metropolis was larger but was not as
artistic as Portland's show," aald Mr.
De Voe. ,
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R. S. Wilson of the Western Anto
company has returned from an ' autn
trip through Astoria, 8easlde. Corval-...
Us and Albany. Mr. Wilson made tne
trip through seas, of mud but even
with thla handicap tha .little Molina
which was driven by him stood tha
wear and tear remarkably well At
Seaside Mr. Wilson said there waa a
72-mlle wind blowing and would fairly
make the car sail.
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Not to be outdone by any of the aute
factories that are manufacturing aero
planes, Thomas B. Jeffrey, tbe ewner'
of the Rambler factories, is working on ,
two aeroplanes which ha hopea to have
completed by next year and to ba on :
sale for commercial uses. One of tha
two machines which the Rambler
owner Is working on Is of his own idea
and word was received but a short time
ago that his engine will be one of the
best that has been placed in an airship.
The Rambler company has 80 men at
work on the two ships.
Madriz Says He Will Resign. i
(OotUd Preu LeaMd Wlre.l
Managua, NIc, March 6.- President
Madriz announced today that ha would,
resign from the presidency If the United '
Statea refused to recognize the existing
Nlcaraguan government after the com
plete restoration of peace. Madrls an
nounced that the revolution haa been
quelled and that tbe remnanta of the
provisional army were in flight, cloaely
pursued by' General Vaaquez. Madrls
declared that his only ambition was to
serve Nicaragua and that If his pres
ence prevented American recognition
he would retire.
It is believed here that the Wash
ington authorities will compel Madrls"
to retire. '
Burnsidc & 'Seventh
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