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i L ' - 1 i-') , ij i i , ... W till Uf, W V i i - .. - f-, J, i J i w'. i . i .1 ; t i n fi m i ' 'i lit it- il. h'.i k.i.i kU rt'i 1IJ...I Several State Association!: to . Apply .When Annual-, Meet ing Opens at Belmont Hotel, New York, Nov. 20. V., -1 1 H 1 - If S J & 1 t 1 ' i When the i annual meeting1 of th American AOtomoDue association con venes at the Hotel .Beimont , In New York city on NovembsrSO.and Decem ber 1, the . report bt the . membership comnjlttee will show a total closely ap proaching - 34,000, Several V additional stata associations - are practically as-1 Bured,1 the most recent applicant being the Idaho State Automobile association, which will Include clubs la Boise, Twin Falls, Idaho Falls and Montpeller.: Rob ert - W. Spangle , la the one who has been carrying on the organization work bo successfully, v.; -. . New Hampshire will be another new comer to the national list., and Presi dent I R. Bpeare, who la & summer ' resident of that state, has 'particularly Interested .himself In the work there. . The largest ; club in Tennessee, : the Memphis Automobile club, has notified the A A. A. board Of directors that Its , application will be In tor action at the annual meeting, and the clubs at Nash ville and Knoxville hare given assur- ' ances of participating; in the formation of a state association. Vbx Clubs la OsorriA, Georgia now lias available the three clubs necessary to start a state body, two of which, the Savannah Automobile club and the Floyd County Automobile Association of Rome, are already, un federated members of the As A. A. Leonard Tufts, the well known ood roads advocate, is aiding in North fero- ; Una-to form a state association there, and South Carolina is another prospeo- , tive; with the-clubs in, Columbia and Charleston particularly active.- '--The south, more than ant other- section of th country,', appreciates the value of irop4 roads, for-ths tourists follow In - their wake and the fact that the fourth annual good roads Convention is likely to take place In Atlanta further accen- ; tuatea the .awakening of. the south to the value of highway Improvement' ' Preliminary ' to the recent election, the Pennsylvania , Motor federation, through its .clubs and affiliated good roaaa organisations in that state, com municated with the candidates of . all Tpartlea lit regard to highway measures .to t introduced at the coming- session of the Pennsylvania legislature,- : ' tor : KtgbwaV legislation. ; . The rtajorlty of replies received Indl- . eats a favorable attitude towards high way legislation. - In other parts of the country, th AJL-A. State associations and clubs figure prominently - In the good roads results sought, and the i whole trend of national sentiment shows that the owners of motor driven vehl cles must carry ..on a large part of the work in order to, sector satisfactory . gooa roaas uwi - ' w-. (-. . . , Coincident with, the Improvement Of roads, is their " greater use nd A. A. A. members art keen for new territory and new' scenes. .Thus the touring bu reau - at national : headquarters ' has a formidable task on hand to keep track of roads building in the various states. .Even the Inveterate traveler who hies : himself to Europe li beginning to ap preciate that his own, country is be coming a better touring ground month : by month. fW.-'t-'- 1 'v ?.. - '.' "... . ! . " . ' Your attention Is; called to the number of home offerings and Investments ad vertised In the classified section of to ' day's Journal.. iNo matter in what sec tion bf the city you may wish to possess a piece of property. you .will find that section represented. ' ; SET Reo Climbing Montgomery Drive on. High Dear. , WILL DELIVER WOOD II II mi iiiTniijinni ro run huiuh udild Two 5 fuel companies, the ' Banfleld- Veysey 'company and ' the Sunnyside Fuel company, are going to Install motor truck delivery systems within the next two weeks. . With the Increased mileage in bituilthlo ; and mother ; hard ' surface pavements available , the motor truck la becoming more and more valuable 1 in Portland. Decision of4 these two. fuel conipanles to enter the yst ! of compai nles using motor trucks was reached last week, -I,,-. -t ,; The ianfield-yeysey Puel company is to -start with One Packard five ton truck, which It will place In .service In delivering woodj to the big buildings of urn .ciiy vuiui ubo wwu lur nesungi They plan eventually, It is said, to in stall a large - Una ot trucks to handle their, business. .'... i : ;;..i,"v r'o v-: i'Tht - Sunnyside r Fuely eompany-hti' weejt inauiuea wnuo iivt. ion gaso line truck to handle a Dart of thelr.work, The yards of the Sunnyside Fuel com- pany are at, Thirty-nun ana Hawtnorne avenue, and through the hard surfacing of Hawthorne avenue they are able to reaoh the business district at a mini mum loss of time and tires, They, too, will, In all probability, extend . their line from time to time. " '.; . ,; E. . E BRETTtJOWfei HAS. NEW POSITION ., Elliott L Brett for several "year connected with the ' Covey . Motor Car kjompany, and a pioneer In Jhe automo- duo ousiness on me faciric coast, nas accepted a position as sales manager with the : white Motor - Car - oompany Brett will have charge of the sales of the White iras earsi't ' -. -K : .Brett Is one of the most widely known Of local automobile men. He started in thr automobile service ; la the,. Tourist rsetory iff nam Angeies, ana worxea up from tester to racing driver , and sales man. He has sold Cadillacs exclusively since coming to Portland. CARTERCAR COMPANY , NOW IN AUTO TOWN A new uptown garage was opened yes terday, when the Cartercar Sales com pany, formerly located on the east- aide, moved into, the garage at Seventh and Oak streets,, formerly occupied by Frank jC.. Biggs, the Packard agent The Cartercar factory Is going to make an especially hard campaign In the Port land territory, and . expect to place a number of these ' popular little" cars in service, , William. Hull is tha Portland agent : . . , v : j-i. . ... HERON FALLS. ON DECK ' OF LINER OUT AT SEA If e w York,,' Nov. 19. When, the CeJt te was 450 miles from New Tork a , large blue heron was seen following the liner. For two hours the powerful bird kent up with the ship but finally, becoming exhausted, made a swift -rush -and alighted on the foremast - There it re mained for a little time, "when, over come by Its exertions,, It fluttered and fell to the deck., 'v Vs. v A. B. Williams, a sailor, ran forward, and as he stretched out his hand to catch hold of the bird's neck the heron flapped .its wings angrily and knocked tne saiior over; inner seamen maae a daeh for ;the bird, which stood on one leg and flapped - Us wings so swiftly and with such force that In a few min utes Jt had cleared a circle round itself. By this time all the passengers were watching the fight and when someone offered to bet five dollars that Bo'sun Hughe could not catch the bird, Hughes made a quick run, dodged beneatn tne heron's starboard wing, slipped A noose over Its blue bill and grabbed it by the neck. - The bird- fought furloosly for a little while, and Hughes received many scratches before he managed to tie his captive to the taff-raiL v Meat and potatoes . were red' tne pira. whioh was half starved. : It ate the food ravenously and .soon, gained 'strength. When the , Celtic reached. Fire Island the bird -was "released, v it . quickly stretched, it wings and, after wheeling round the masts for. is-minutes, new straight to tha. Status of Liberty, y- MUtionsireir to the BfsctiS. . J From the Sa,n Francisco Chronicle' - Vrtunr Mr. Rvan. who nronoses to rive the government a reserve of l(ft0 aero-! planes to be used by the army and navy lrt case of war, finds a new outlet to the surplus beneficence of millionaires. Hitherto, with the "exception of Com modore " Vanderblirg " gift ' of a fast steamer to the navy during tie civil war and John Jacob Astor's present of a light battery to the army during the Spanish war, the millionaires have con fined their public gifts ' to colleges churches and hospitals, libraries and scienmio researcn... , . . " s v Think of the Dreadnoughts Mr. Rocke feller could build' if ho really started tnl Think of ' the strong forts J., Pierpont Morgan could erect with three months' lncomel Colonel Astor might do a lot with batteries. Carnegie could Increase the glory of his name and Incidentally help the steel business by providing a stock of float ing mines for every American port In deed, If. he goes Into furnishing war material for the nation,- his yerll of dying rich will be appreciably lessened. The Guggebhelms might support a bri gade of v coast . artillery and offer trophies for markmanshlp. , ' Wlth the plutocrats setting an ex ample like that who is there that would care to knock a chip off the fankee shoulder? FAMOUS MEN TO SPEAK AT EUGENE CONVENTION , x ; Three 'Speakers of national reputa tion are to be on-the program of -the Oregon-Idaho Toung Men's Christian association, which is to be held In Eu gene, December 2, ! and 4. - These speakers are: E. L. Shuey, of Dayton. Ohio: fa -member cf the International committee of the Y.' M, C A.; Charles R. Drum, who is associated' with Fred B. Smith in the religious work depart ment of the association and George B. Hodge, head o theY. M. C. A. educa tional work In North America,', Besides these men' there wlB tie Oth-' er speakers of prominence, including XI. A. 1, Booth, of .Eugene; P, I Campbell, president bf the University of Oregon: J. ' A. . Goodell, j international Industrial work secretary, and Gale Seaman, stud ent secretary for the Paclf to coast I. B. Rhodes, Oregon-Idaho secretary, has charge -of the convention plans. i' " " ; The convention will open Friday af ternoon and will continue In session un tllunday night-; The Y. M. C A. quar tette from Tacoma will sing at every service and there will be other muelo. The -new city association building at Eugene will be the convention head quarters.; It is expected that more than 150 delegates will attend. Including from M to 80 from Portland, v - The coming convention will mark the close of ten years of work of the Oregon-Idaho organization, the first con veotfon alio , having been held in Ett- gWne. The , gathering will, therefore, spend some time in- reviewing thejpro- gress that has been made by the T M. C. A. during the decade., In that period the membership in the' two states has grown rrom ioo to nearly io.ooo. stu dents An. night classes have . increased from J (8 to 1400, and the value ot asso ciation property - has advanced from $160,000 to 1780,000. - ' 1 A Chines mining company ta trying to Interest the .Pacific coast In ft coal. coke and cement Journal Carriers Skate Benefit Oaks Rink VOVBAT K V B&I& O, sTOTZlEBSa 81. Dent fall to attend; special races, large . orchestra and special car service. - AjDKissxoar,' so czsts. BBIB,,',I",""I",BB I' WlUti SOON ARRIVE 1 v Kloool Kan & Tori Truck SPECIFICATIONS - MOTOR Four cylinders, 50 H. P. cylinders Cast in pairs; -TRANSMISSION-rFour-speed transmission, with heavy . water-cooled; bore i, stroke . ' .. . V 1 ' rome vanadium gears; F. & S. annular bearings. ; . LUBRICATION Self-contained oiler in .oil' basin with" :v: ' -geared pump, forced feed to each bearing and to each , V section of oil bain for splash. Oil reservoir carries , about V3 gallons of lubricating oil, sufficient to run at , least 20O miles. . . . ;v . : '0 . ' l - CLUTCH Cone clutch with leather face, and.with springs , under leather with an adjustment.' T ' - UNIVERSALS Ful, universal between clutch and trans- . DIFFERENTIAL. AND JACK SHAFT Differential of Lv large size and made of chrome vanadium steeL, . Pinion 'X , t - shaft supplied with two Timken bearings, also Timken '" hearings on differential."' Differential is equipped' with; v . 'our special patented lock, giving positive drive at all : v times. Special alloy steel, gears "are connected to -solid . . rear axle'-' with extra heavy, chains, giving final chain -' . drive - ' ' V , r , W. ''' K mission, also on Spicer drive between transmission and, REAR AXLE Solid special alloy steel, with Timken roller v'.dlf?ren?ia,, ' . It-' v ' '"bearirigs. - ' ' v " - E ; f IOLMAN, Asetlt e ti 9 Call or Wrlto ' for -Ctitnloffuo i'; "StoddordO" 11-M Tourina Cat A 5-passenger car, wheel base 112 inches, tires 32x3, cylinders 4x4, dual ignition sjstem, including magneto, -fobe-rail, 5 lamps, generator, horn, jack, tools, tire repair outfit, top, glass front v and speedometer: . F. O. B. PORTLAND, ;-:?v " t ; -: ; -NOTICE r'"- - ' x ,To lotendlng PuiLTCliaseFG - We . are now , making deliveries 'on the STODDARD "20 V ' and STOD DARD "30's" and have five carloads en route from the factory; so that for the next few weeks -we can make Irsmmediate Delivery 1 C?'l- w'-. ' JM-V.-.- 'A:y- -y.-t:-; ':;r;;'',';r:,',;'fr:i';:'vt;;":';'' -';,',' - : : ' ' ' " -'i '''"'i-'; r;?':-.;. s-V Y Come in at once and see these "marvels, which offer, the' . - MStoddard-39ff 11-D Tourlaa Ccp , , ' Five passengers. Front doors if desired J50 extra;. cylinders 4jx5j4 dtial ignition system, including Bosch -magneto ; wheel base 1 14 inches,tires 34x4; No. 2 Universal Q. D, DEMOUNTABLE RIMS, including-one extra? -robe-rail, 5 lamps, glass 'front, Jones' speedometer and top. ' F. O. B. PORTLAND, 91950. : ;SpfiarI-pPeyil(DE Aeto Co. 86 TfNTH STREET, BET. STARK AND BURNSIDE. SALESROOM. ' GARAGE. REPAIR SHOp! Don't Wait Till Wiiiter Is Nearly Over " i fc , - t - ' V ' ' V " : ' : .. . : . ',: . . . . . : ... . -'." ' ;. -.. " - : . ' .' . . . . . r.. f . ' y i r-. ,..-.-.-.1 .--'- -'--' !-Jr'-" v- ' 'j v. - For Delivery of Your Enclosed Car . The Handsomest . and Most Luxuriously Equipped :H Town Car mi Portland m 4i i:, iV.'5'--li it- The aPressw Says:. "A Master piece of the Coach Build er's Art" ! j. V , .,'-,'! AsMlisasMsiilleiS' V t PRICE $4000- F. 0. B. PORTLAND : - t: , ' , y - ; ' -..Ji .: : - ' r- ' ----4- .fei-:-.' f '-f.. vT- , fr :"yvi .J" : -y-:- : .', .SV',' T . . . Xs t '-!'-X - ;: .' :X-' V'' ' "' V -' ' '.''-:-'"":'-'' '.-v ?',; V!. ';...' ;k This Beautiful "White" Cfasoline Landaul'te In stock And ready for immediate delivery . 1 . ' '..':'.. '...... . .. V.i -i V i i ': ' ' ..'.'., i ..i '...: ,': : '! ..... . " ' ' 'i'Xf jv:'-;s f:f:'y-X:4X:X- 0'' Now on Display in Our Show Rooms -w-ei -TE-M0T0R-AE ' Sixth and Madispn Streets, Portland J V,