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J ' THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND SUNDAY MQRNINO. MAY 281911.- 165 Mile Event In Los Angeles Proves Commercial Value of Machines Course Was Rough The Winners. - 11 1 " n r I ' . . ' i . J ' i ' Mill IKUUtt IN jr::SirmW s1fi : fty . oteaS ' hnuiy race Killli fi fW-- vma uro STANDHABDTEST HlpUi ;! , . .jM ::M:n BXVtrMtritrisr v..j. - -i .r..-. . r:f... .-i ntiF-t-n- -ii it aju0rmtminHr"P II I. on Anseles. Cal . May !7. -Wliut Is i:ndi'iiht-i:v one of the Rr'utit motor tru k p -liaMIHy roiiWts fver hfld wb conrlud'.l ln-r 0nrs1ny lit wcvk aftor lliriv flHyw" rn' over a course that lrMe.1 the motor velilclm to Hip utmont Acordlng to th nufprtlon of minv lorHl lolter nd retail merch ants thn conteat has settlod for them the question as to ths advisability of raplaclnr horses and wagons with mot or driven trucks. At both the start and finish, which took placa In front of th Examiner of fice, a ftraat crowd assembled, mainly composed of business men. The con teat lacked the spectacular feature us ually attendant upon an automobile race and there was none of the dash and fire Incident to a horse race. In stead. the driven of the trucks which varied In else from slender vehicle de signed for laundry and light delivery service to monster trucks capable of carrying several tons, calmly waited the signal to start Monday noen last for a trip that approximated 145 miles. The winners In the various classes are: Class 1 K. Division 1. Hupmoblle. Class K, Division I. Brush. Class K, Division I, Reo. Class K. Division 4. Franklin. Clasa K. Division 6. White. Class K. Division . Kelly. Class K, Division 9, Alden Sampson. , As a result of the "Examiner" con test It la declared that thousand of dollars' worth of commercial auto ve hicles will be sold In this section. Mayor Alexander at the close of the contest made this statement: "This contest shows to the public what the commercial transportation situation will be In the future. It means that the auto truck will be the vehicle of transportation of the very near future. "It will mean cleaner streets. There will be fewer accidents. These auto trueki havebeen tried through the fire of obstacles and have eotn back cov ered with honors. 'They have survived the test In such sbaye as to show that they are fit for all the service that can be obtained from a horse or any number of horses, and that their superiority to the horse for commercial purposes Is on the per centage of 100 to'l. This contest will mean that the streets will be filled with auto trucks In the near future, and In that way, twice as much traf flo can be handled. To my mind this con test was perfectly carried out and was a great success." The course led through canyons and across the dry beds of streams, that run bank full In winter. Rocks, deep and and ateep hills tested the endur ance of the cars to the last notch. There were no accidents worthy of note and the long line of machines returned to Los Angeles almost upon the min ute or the scheduled time. The gasoline consumption of the var ious entries wae its follows: 1, Chase, 1; , Bulck, 1JH: i, Reo, 15; i, Hup moblle, 1114; B. White, 17V4; 6, Hart, Kraft, 17; 7, International. 15; 9, Kel ly. J8: 11. Maytag, 14; 12, Franklin. 20H; IS, Brush, 8; 14. Flanders, 10; 16, International. 14 H: 1. Alden Samp on. 4 ton, 48; 17. Alden Sampson, on ton. 18; 18, Avery. 8; U, Randolph, 27; 81. Chase, 11. Along the route which Included a number of small cities and country town the residents turned out In crowd to view the paesltfg of the somewhat stolid looking machine and their dust covered driver. The con tent waa held under the rule of the Manufacturers' Contest Association of the Automobile association. The 'of ficials who handled the race were ap- no1nA bv thm Mt,.n. via k the leading western motor truck con cern. f Thorn making perfect scores received handsome trophies from the "Examiner." Mis Vivian Tlmbtri, the only woman automobile sales agent west of tha Mississippi. Miss Timbers sells the Brush machines. She has a reputation of being; one of the most expert drivers amom her sex. She came here recently from Dervey to act as saleswoman for the Oregon Brush Auto company. PICTURES ON SHASTA TRAIN E. M. F. Company Entertains Passengers and Does Ad vertising at Same Time. At the anecla! request of traveler on the Shasta Limited from San Francisco to Los Angeles the night or May t tney were treated to a moat novel and in teresting entertainment In the form of moving pictures showing every opera tion Incident to the building of auto mobiles In one of the world' largest automobile factories. The E. It F. company ha evolved this means of demonstrating to the Dublin lust how the E. M. F. and Flan ders car are built and what effect hun dred of thousands of dollar' worth or automatic machinery, drop forge plant, etc.. ha upon the building of the pres ent day automobile and the lntenae In terest manifested wherever the pic ture have been shown 1 trongly evi denced by this request from the tour ist. Six of the company's representatives have been traveling all over the United States for the past two months showing the 1800 dealers these pictures, and when the party reached San Francisco tbe other day Joe Hahn conceived the idea of letting the traveling public In on the thing and showing the picture In the dining car while en route from Saa Francisco to Los Angeles. The passenger Immediately took the thing up and showed keen Interest In watching the 10,000 feet of film which was shown to them a the train rushed through the night at the rate of 60 miles an hour or more. The lights In the diner were put out, heavy curtains draped over the window and the pic ture flashed upon a screen which had been hung for tbe purpose at the end of the car. A soon as on sleeping car full of tourist watched the operations another group cam In and saw an E. M. F. automobile brought through the various processes, from the raw ptg Iron to the Joy-ride. Picture showing tee analysis, heat treatment of met als, drop forging, part from one white- heat billet of ateel to the finished- ar ticle, automatlo machine almost un canny In the human nees of their action forming' Intricate finished parts from a bar of steel, and on up through the construction of the ear. until it waa tested out on It own power on the sandy road of Michigan. There waa much comment among th passenger on the exactness with which li r-33&w N MAXWELL ECONOMY CAR a- it m i ... v 7& y m m " ii lilt TOilKTf lVK:cXEJ7 aT j . . MW Model Q, 33 h. p. fon-oylHidr Roadster .1 g&A Model t, 3S b, p. roredoor Touring Oa . .ftlOSO Model E A, 30 a. p Foredoor Touring Oax .1625 Model 0 A, 30 h. p. roredoor Soadater with demountable rims, extra tire, tube and rim, Hartford Shook Absorber 81S50 PRICES POSTTjAITD DELITEIT More Io-tors and Mercantile Establishments In Portland Using Maxwells Than Any Other One Make of Automobile. UNITED AUTO CO. 838 AXiDEB STREET PXOVES VAIBT 4337, A-T17X Distributors for Oregon. JUXWJIL COLUMBIA SAKPSO TRUCKS xJUsm BA BP 'H W LW I IL " m m m m m rlvii "THETRUCKTtlir DEUVtRS THE MODS DOTM INEATE ANDMCHARTHY IMP. l!M-fl7.d. PHON LSI 094 WA5M. T. COR. KINC T. A-737Z each part of th automobile was mad and th myriad of email part which go Into th construction of th car, each one In It place without any hammering or fitting; made absolutsly Interchange able from stock die and patterns and worked up by automatic machine with which error I Impossible, Even the train crew left their peats, on or two at a time, and watched tbe picture with very keen Interest WANTS TO USE AUTO T 0 PUMP WATER WITH That th hard headed business farm er of th northwest do not buy auto mobile for pleasure alone I once more evidenced by the sale of-a car to Bernard Bmead of Trent, Wash., a few mile from Spokane. M. R. Cummlng of a Spokane auto mobile company waa buy at Ms desk when Bmead entered the sales room. Will that 'ere thing pump waterT drawled th farmer. Cummlng replied that It might hatch chickens thinking he was be lag Joshed. "Look here young fellow, I'm seri ous. I own several Irrigated lands it miles from here, over In Trent My water proposition 1 a serious one. I want a machine that will pump enough water during week days to cultivate my fields and then go Joy riding en Sun days." Cummlng immediately got busy and assured Farmer Smead that the car would pump enough water to empty th Mississippi river. The sal waa made, after which th purchaser went acroaa the street and bought a new supply of rubber ho. ; Chief of Police Hamilton of Salem 1 strictly enforcing the new trafflo law aa regards turns In th business district In Salem. They are the same as govern turns In Portland, a short turn when turning to the right and a I long turn past the center of the street I when turning to th left Our Eh tire Colony of Busy Bees Has Left the Qld and Swarmed. Into the New Hive at N. W. Corner Sixth and Oak Sts. We took the old B. & O. T. building, opposite Wells-Fargo building, and entirely remodeled 'it New plate glass fronts and modern showcases make a well appointed and commodious business hornet We are better, prepared than ever to work with and for you, and hope you will, help to make our hive hum with activity. In some of the new cells we will store a complete line of sporting goods in charge of a King Bee in his line. ARCHER & WIGGINS COMPANY Automobile Accessories Sixth and Oak Streets, Opposite Wells-Fargo Building i ii v m l - iii i a i j v j u. r m v wFr SMa.MM n X fflMmmfa mmr !5 &' fii,' .villi b ffeM 'I'li ANTICIPATE THE DEMANDS OF THE TEN YEARS AHEAD WHEN BUYING A MOTOR TRUCK. Results now and for years to come are what yon want in a Motor Truck a truck that will "head the list as long as it lasts. Results such as are shown in the Los An geles truck contest, with Paul Melchert at the wheel, were secured. because "White Is King." because "White" excels In simplicity. because "White" is unbreakable. because-"White" is free from ignition trou bles. because "White" is most reliable. because "White" leads in low cost of main tenance. Anybody can run a "White" Motor Trucfc Buy a truck that does nof compel you to go out side of your present working force for a driver. NOTE THIS (EVERY WORD) PARTICU LARLY: "White" Trucks have won every Re liability, Endurance and Economy Contest held on the Pacific Coast in which they have been entered. , Let us send you our newest catalogue of "White" Trucks, testimonials and other literature. WIHIU MOTOR CAR COMPANY 6th and Madison Portland, Oregon C A. EASTMAN, fAuiAga. 4. vV n - r , X.it''lfc''iftifc'-,iX :: -