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1 'r .'''. ,, ' ' ,1 ; v V.;- - j THE OREGON ; SUNDAY, JOURNAL, PORTLAND. ' SUNDAY MORNINO, JUNE ' 18, 1811. 1- U mm mm Ml RE-ENTER TO ' AUTOMOBILE GAME Charles Sparks, Once in Real Estate Business Here, to ; Handle Large Territory for British Commer Car. AMERICAN AUTO ' WINS BIG HONORS &:?'--VsTurnri AIMaIac IVJia 'TnVt' Part in Inc Annro!o Turn foci: :N6tes-bf.the:Motorb6at:ClubVv4i Winner of 500 Mile Race Was American Made Car, by American Driver. VM.mlum Is to have cnanc io wWomt bvk Into the automobile tr1e fold a popular and woll known pioneer In tha Industry. The rapid srowtn ana th Important plsce of rommenlal v- iilclo In motor rar manursciurms i i. r...nnclhU ror th return of . - - OiU veran onca mora to acuvt par fi,!iniloti In the marrh of th automo- Mio toward the top position in .... Inrinatrlxa In a WOrd "tllO Old ruard" will ho pleased to hrar that rrio R Khanks has coma Dec 10 tha trade. Mr. Khajiks will wenter tna inaustry (hrnurh an alliance ho haa last mada with Wvckor. (Tiurch farinose, inc.. of New York city and Kingston, N. T.. American representatives for the ra nioui British Commer which they will also manufacture at Kingston, together with the new Ouy Vaughn car. Not only baa he become a tockholder In the company, but he will join lta executive force aa manager of all the territory weat of Denver with headquartera at (tan JTranclaco. a heals Wall Knows. Than "Charley" Shanks no one la better known to eutomoblllsts. Ha gave nn nwanaier -work to become In 1818 alea and advertising manager of the wtntnn ' Motor Cart-tare com Da nr. TO i '.k. nvluit MNta vkiit nvr the advertlalng campaigns he conducted and his persuasive and efficient aalea management, are due not a little or tnt foundation of tha success or tnat pio neer manufacturing organltatlon. Mr. Shanks continued aa aalea manager for Alexander Wlnton until 1108, when he went to th F. B. Stearns company. In the aame capacity, remaining with that wall known Cleveland concern for near ly two reara, when ha moved to Port land. Or., and engaged In the real ae tata business. Impaired health of hla wife compelled him to quit Portland and go aouth laet winter, where reat and th balmy climate restored hi strength and kindled anew hla ambition to b up and doing one more. XJkaa to Business. Looking about for a chance to reenter th lnduatry tha W. C P. proportion ap pealed atrongly to him. A few months ago, a note from one of Mr. Shanke old frlende up at Wyckoff, Church aV Partridge's led to a lengthy correspond' ence which terminated in Mr. Sbanka deciding he would tak chance and Journey to Chicago to meet two of th . W. C P. men who were there with a Commer truck. Aa lnveetlgatlon of th , truck itself and. th policy 'and aalea .method of th reorganised company 14 Mr. 'Shanks to look over the company's plant at Kingston, N. T. It was then that he decided to "come back." A later ' conference In New Tork sufficed to . close thdeJ. . fc ) His now connection Is made because . . , his investigation shows, to us his words, that ha is not in th automobile 'game' but in a serious minded bual k - ness enterprise with plenty of latitude ytw,ana xna ngnt environment ror construe- The winning of the (SO mile Inter national Sweepstakea race at th la dlanspolla motor speedway Decoration day by Ray Harroun in th Marmon "M'asp" was distinctly an Amerloan victory. It was th victory of an Amer ican driver, piloting an American made car, equipped with American mad ac cessories Foreign made motor cars, driven by foreign pilots, have figured prominently In every other great race since the first automobile contests. Or-st International events held In Eu rope have resulted In victories for drivers at the wheels of products of factories of the old country. But It remained for the Pennsylvania born driver, piloting the car made In the to tt work." AUTO LINE STARTS OVER COOS BAY WAGON ROAD (SpeH.I tHptrb to Tt Journal ) Marshfleld, Or., June 17. William Wade and Thomas Goods le have started another auto line out of Coos Bay. They are running over the Coos Bay wagon road, the route over which the mall la carried on the stages. The entire route cannot be made by auto on account of the mountain. There are two autoa at this end and two at the Roseburg end and for a short distance In one of the canyons the passengers are carried on stages which connect again with the autos. The auto line will greatly lessen the time between .Roseburg and Coos Bay, as the mall stage has heretofore been the only connection between the two places. Gervmis Star Is Sold. (SaecUi Dtep" to Th JraroaLt Gervals, Or., June 17. The Gervais Star, owned by William J. Clarke for the past 14 years, was sold Friday to H. I). Mars. Mr. Mara is recently from Michigan. He took possession on Fri day morning and will continue with the Star at Gervais in the same building. grrat factory In the Hoosler state carry off first honors la th greatest event In the history of motordom. remained for him to drive the five can tury grind at th rat of 74.11 mllea an hour, traversing the entire distance I hours, 41 mlnutea and 8 seconds. The Bens, th pride of Germany, th Italian made Flat, and th Mercedea of France very one representative of the best foreign workmanship and material yielded the crown of victory to th Marmon. Bo4 Carefully. Harroun raced carefully. He started at a ateady gait. Ills burst of speed was constant. His engine worked per fectly. One by one he overtook his 18 rivals, leaving each In the wake benma The race made by Harroun was re markable from every standpoint. In hla long .hooded Marmon "Wasp," without th aid of a mechanician, he made him self the greatest hero of th motor world, and with a perfect engine and perfect equipment, hla task was easier There was never a bit of mechanical trouble to mar the superb driving of Harroun. Not one during th more than six hour grind did he have to lift th hood of his racer to make an adjustment of any part Not a second did he loae ror trouble of that kind. Magneto troubles lessened the chance of many of the entrants. Several times did some of them change, but Harroun did not even have to make th slightest adjustment to th perfect spark producing magneto. There were no carburetor troubles ror Harroun; he never had to atop to re move his spark plugs; his engine kept so cool during' th entire period that, there was no call for him to put another drop of water In his radiator. Stops to Chang Tins. Che only stops made by Harroun were for tire changes, and it was only on one wheel that the tire had to be changed before the end of the race. The right rear wheel, where the strain is always too terrific for any tire to stand up for a long diatance at a 75 mile an hbur clip, demanded four new tires. The tires on th other tore wheels traveled the entire distance. Harroun's victory la the great meet ing proves conclusively that an Ameri can driver, in an American car, equipped with the products of American acces sory factories, can conquer any product made on th other side of the Atlantic, manned by a foreign driver. .It was an international race, the finest products of European and Ameri can vfactorle were entered; the drivers were of all nationalities; the accessories were made in all countries; but the vic tory waa distinctly American the first price money went to an American driver In a truly .American car. In addition to the f 10,00 received f.nm th. n.lwAV mininmMf Urn r ' w. uv " rt " roun captured $6200 . adldtlonal prize money from the Remy Magneto com pany, the Wheeler-8chebler Carburetor company and the Firestone Tire com pany, aa the winning Marmon was equipped with the products of these concerns. II - i .::.? . . Vr- 1 II t "J .J - - I ll iiAi"ift..iliij,.i 'iff- "tttT I , i ,1, " - J. C. Alnsworth's runabout. Roches- tor, was hauled oat last week to hav a bw 30 borsepower vim engine in' stalled. Th boat 1 again In th water and shows a speed of II real mil per hour.' This Is four miles aa hour faster than she ever ran before, The Curtis Power Boat company 1 Just finishing a new to footer for Wll Ham M. Ladd. "This will b on of th clalet runabouts on th river. - Th boat, is powered with a 10 horsepower Borlpps motor and la expected tq make 17 miles aa hour.. , ; ?Vv -, Commodore Boost has his new stern wheeler In oommlsslon. The new boat la called the Artisan, and haa a carrying capacity of 10 people. The genial oom- modoro Is noted lor his hospitality and Is never happier- than when entertain Ing a large party of friends on the river, It haa been suggested, however, that the commodore should remember that, ho is not running a wheelbarrow. A, straight eourse Is always preferabl to a crooked ne. , , ' . v ;i . ' t ... Mrs. Oeorge W. Kendall la her hand Some runabout Sylph, la In evidence Sunday . afternoons on. the river. The Sylph has a new 100 horsepower Scrlppa motor that drives the boat it miles aa hour. Mrs. Kimball Is always at the wheel and th able manner In which she handles the boat Is a lessoa to old sea dogs. Th By lph won th pleasure boat race on June i... a Much favorable comment has been heard about the marine parades on the opening day of the Rose Festival when the Portland Motor Boat club showed IU ability to handle one of the prettiest affairs of the week. The king should be -received In similar style every year. Portland Will Attend Roundup. (Special Dfopateh te Tbe Joarail.t Pendleton, Or., June 17. At a meet Ing of the board of managers of the Pendleton. Commercial ... association yes terday afternoon, a motion was adopted to extend an invitation to Portland pA) pie to attend the annual round-up on one of the three days, which will be designated as Portland day. This ac tlon was taken upon recejat of a com munication rrom becreiary u. J. Chap man of the Portland Commercial club, eaylng that organization was contem plating running an excursion to this city during the wild west show. Special entertainment will be provided for the Portland guests. APPOINTED WESTERN MANAGER. Boy From left to right, upper row Hans Nicklas, w. Emlg , A. Bauingarten, professor uenserowiki, o rector; A. Plebock, Ote Hochull, captain; Joe Riesch; second row, John Relsch, w. Kranse, F. Laub, Jack Zeller, Chris Zeller and Ernest Smith. Girls From left to right Professor Genserowskl, Char lotte Ballin, Rath Ballin, Rose Klein, Anna Riesch, Louise Bou'an, Clara Habekoat, Anne Hochuli, Hannah Buck and Hazel Henrys. Twenty-two members of the Portland Social Turn-Verein, accompanied by Physical Director and Trainer Professor Genserowskl, will leave tomorrow ntght for Los Angeles, wher they win take part in the Western National turnfest Professor Genserowskl has been work ing hard with both classes of young men and ladles and expects them to gather In a number of points in tbe southern California metropolis. Before they depart for California they will parade around the principal streets un til they reach the Union depot The following cities will be represented in the meet. Portland, Seattle, Walla The Bayoceaa will eooa b ready for This boat is only th forerunner of mors like her. . The gasoline engine as it becomes better known, will super- . ;.. Fleet Captain Jack Tate' runabout Bllllkln haa again been on the operating table. He says there has been so much he matter with the Bllllkln that he would not 'be surprised to hav her develop any old ailment. The Bllllkln IS all right when ah goes. With par Ucular emphasis on the "when." The new. nyer Oregon Wolff, wss towed home the other evening. But that Is nothing for a new greyhound. It takea time to regulate such a power plant aa her's and when there is a race In alght the craft will be found attend ing strictly to buslnesa , Oeorge Kinnear's Ruth ran up to Or egon City laat Sunday. Nothing Is said aa to how long It took her to make the trip up there, but It is authentically stated that one cylinder gave out on the trip homeland It took her six hours to go the II miles. . If the cruiser Boston, which has been turned over to the-OregOn Naval Militia arrives In Portland Sunday afternoon, as scheduled, there will be a large party of motorboets cruise down to the mouth of the river to meet her. It Is sug gested that all Interested watch the daily papers se aa to know when to make the trip. 11!.:... i .. ..'.;: .. ' ' ' - muon enjoyment, juuging vy ner oon stent gppearanga on th river.- Sh can be seen at almost all times flying along carrying Mr. Cooper, and hi . friends. ' Th Charmale was. tbe marshal's boat during the marine parades June I, . ' ; . . . Jhrls Winners el Tub 1. ' T : First, free-for-all, 100. Oregon Wolff. ', First, It foot aoratctt, $80, Spear. First.' cruiser handicap, bon bon set, riiot im s, Astoria. -,., 1 First, pleasure boat handfeap, silver tea set Bylpn.' 1 . . ' - : Second, pleasure boat handicap,' sil ver piicner, rairpanas mom, .. "... - Bay Sarade. .. -First, beet decorated . wbrk boat, tog Dl s, sliver ooffee set' - ',-. .-' Second, best -decorated work , boat. tug Eva, stiver soup toorteen. First.' best decorated cruiser. Artisan.' silver tea set First, best decorated pleasure boat, Oregon Wolff, sliver liquor set. j Beoond. nest decorated nlaaaura- hoaL. Charmalee, chocolate-set. . . - jjjyenlne arads, . , ' First best decorated work boat. Fir Boat vgtabl dish. , X Second, best , decorated work Cbat ' Dlx. fruit dish. , First bst decorated cruiser, Emma, stiver ted. set . Second, beet decorated cruiser, Nl- agra, silver water pitcher. First best decorated pleasure boat Jug. bon bon set , Second, best decorated pleasure boat Naughty Olrl, silver vegetable dish. HIS E IS mm FAR Secretary C, V. e Cooper's , handsome Walla, Taooma. Bacrameotp. 8an Fran- J runabout Charmalee, affords her owner cisco trour ' teams;, nan uiego, biock- ton, Denver, Oakland, Santa ,Crus, Esoondldo, Los Angeles, San Jose and Anaheim. ; (rabUsBera Press Leesed Wire San Francisco. Juns 17. Ho In and Tse Bheung, millionaire Chinese mer- hants of Hongkong, who represent practically all the commercial organisa tions of the Chinese Empire are In San Francisco to investigate and report on the Panama Pacific Exposition. They arrived yesterday on the l'ner Persia. The commercial organisations of China are sstd to be united In their desire to make a big showing at the 1815 exposition. "We believe San Francisco will hold the biggest exposition ever witnessed," they said, "and f re here simply to look over the situation. aVe represent the commercial organisations of China, which are practically united In their determination to ahow the world at this exposition whst we ere doing in th way of business expansion." Hard Surface to Replace Plank. (Spcctsl Dispatch t Tbe Joortsl.t Hi I Is bo ro. Or., June 17. The old plank , roadways, which have covered Hlllsboro streets for many years, are being torn up this week preparatory to laying . hard surface pavements. Bids will be opened by the council Saturday evening and. work will begin as soon as possible after the contracts are let. . Storm and sanitary sewers will be laid before the paving, which will be bltuli thle nd cover the business section and five residence blocks as well. Journal Want Ads bring results.' I NON WANTED 1A J E WANTED Governor of California Asks for Certain Brand of Tire and Gets Them. found It necessary to rouae Brundige from his sleep near midnight to- get tbe much wanted tire. All of which goee to show that in automoblllng as well as ruling the great state of Call lomla Governor Johnson makea aur he Is right then goes ahead surmounting obstacles that at first seem sure to atop him. AUTO GOSSIP IS- Word comes from BaVersfleld that proves that it Is poor policy to. deny Governor Hiram Johnson when he ex presses a desire. Accompanied by Col onel D. M. Duffcy and his son, Archie, who acts as chauffeur, the governor of California recently made a trip from Sacramento to Los Angeles In his loco mobile. The entire trip is in the form of an outing and tire troubles were the only bad feature experienced on their jour ney. The governor likes Diamond tires and a Diamond tire he needed badly when he arrived in Bakersfteld, but the local garage were not boosting for Ben Brundige, who sells Diamonds in Bak- ersf leld. Upon being told that ' mere were no Diamond tires for sale in Bakersfleld the governor remarked that surely they must be mistaken and after leaving the garage In disgust Instructed Acting Chauffeur Archie to find the Diamond man. After hunting nearly all evening he was finally put on the right trail, but R. J. Linden, of 161 Holladay avenue. Is the happy possessor of a brand pew model "M" six cylinder Locomobile tor pedo car, the aame having been delivered to him by Neate A, McCarthy, Inc., local agents, during the past week. -The car presents a very striking apeparance, be ing painted Palo Alto yellow, an exclu sive Locomobile color. e O. E. McCarthy, of the firm of Neate A McCarthy, Inc., spent several days In Balem last week. While mere he deliv ered a model "L" Locomobile torpedo car to James Linn, a prominent citizen of that city, the car being a dupli cate of the one recently delivered . to Russel Catlln, also of Salem. J. H. Wilcox, the genial automobile salesman, formerly with the "K. M. F." company, has accepted the Dosltton of sales manager for the Michigan Auto-1 mobile agency, who have recently es tablished a branch on Hawthorne ave nue. The Michigan car is very attract ive looking, and Mr. Wilcox believes has a great future In this territory. i Ouy Hallm&n, formerly salesman for BOATS AND BOAT ACCESSORIES the Stoddard-Dayton, Is now selling Speedwells, and will be pleased to wel come his friends at all time. The eight-cylinder engine for the Cur tis biplane, used by Eugene Ely, which was left by .Ely at the shop of Neate A McCarthy, for general overhauling, was shipped yesterday to Kalispell, Mont, wnere Kiy has arranged to give an ex hibition ln--the near future. WALDO HILLS PIONEERS WILL PICNIC JUNE' 24 (Balem Bureau ef The JonrosL) Salem, Or., June 17. Plans for enter taining; between 1000 and 1600 people I are Demg maae ny the - committee in charge of the Waldo Hill Pioneer asso ciation wmcn win hold us annual picnic June Z4. as is the custom of the pio neers, th picnic will tak place in the grove on the farm of John A. Hunt, some five miles east of Balem. There Is a special committee to look out for the welfare of those who are seed. Special numbers are being arranged for the program. , There will be music and speeches. Everybody is Invited to as sist In making the picnic a success with his presence and his lunch pall Ranch House Burns. (Special Olsnstebi to Tbe Joemsl.t Fteewater. Or., June 17. Fire de stroyed the residence of John Davidson. a prominent farmer of Hudson Bay, five miles neiow Freewater, yesterday after noon. Neighbors succeeded In saving the outbuildings. 'Fir caught from the! kitchen stove.- The loss is 12000, prob ably with no insurance.- - a S 'it''y" jy. waB rina"y pui n ln "nt aii, out' ouy Mailman, formerly salesman ror t ably with no insurance." . rf ; i ? 7 -trkjx Water Craft on Willamette Show; Yearly 'Improvement . fsi I - - - , '( "JZPjH -hE2! Motor Boat Fairbanks MorMsred 20 mU per hour." - ' s ' . "'- '''.V" Fairbanks-Morse demonstration motor 1os,ts on the river, "''and la alwayf re- Wheel, who is A. D, DaJy, in charge of . "J' . 'rV"W Sw ' boat, which appropriately has . been ceived with a great 'deal interest the marine engine department of the (5223BlS3nZ3? nned Talrbenks-Mor" This motor !EJLS?3w ' s Fairbanks-Morse engine, and Is guar- Mrftor . Mr Roaidinc. resident of week - the "Fairbanke-Morae woa sea. . - Charles B EhanV r"" n,e w per the P. I. A N. ranway. of weiser. Idaho, fc' - " ,r . ' -a ' "r"1 f.' .-i-.i 4 ,i si fctt'': "f ".S ', fra'cefta I is etandlnc lust fme -e.1e ) .at b POWER BOAT & AUTO CO. ' We arc now the exclusive agents for the National Boat and Engine Company Which is composed of ten leading Boat Manufacturers of the United States. f It has been the policy of the Racine-Muskegon Boat Manu facturing Company to give the boating public the full benefit of the saving possible-through its tremendous business. -We.: can sell you a, guaranteed boat a 36 foot by 10 footTaised deck cruiser that sleeps six persons daylight accommodations for twenty, galley; toilet, electric lights in fact, the most' complete boat ever turned out at $2700, Portland. This means a saving tq yoi pf 25 over any local price, v EverytHngin Water Craft from a Canoe to ah Ocean Yacht We have the most modern machine and repair shop in the country Marine and Auto Repairing a specialty. Agents.' for the Mianus 2-cycle motor. Used by the U. S. Government.; East End Hawthorne Bridge . , PORTLAND, OREGON. " JUST ARRIVED Large Shipment of Columbian Propellors Gies Reverse Gears GIVE US A jAUL Gas Power and Supply Co. 244 HAWTHORNE AVE. Phone Eut 153 GRAY MOTORS 3 times ; at 'many Grays used on the Pacific "coast -as any) L other ,,one makei A tomplete Model IT ' l stock of these pop Note its Sturdy ular niotors carried : appearance:",;. .w;:v-T,r;. ii 258HaythorneAye. Call and j See Therri ' BefeBuyinjf ond prize in the class of II miles andl V .. i v. ' i ' j . ''vi:,! .;,? Repraaentativa ..... t r i. . awiuiiuic vanoes rvowuoais j -; FOR HIRE Phones 176. A-5S11 KELLOGG BOAT HOUSE FOOT 8 AtMO W STStUT s JOURNAL ,VA'N:TfADS: BRING OUICK 0- RESULTS1"' H'.I.. ...4..-...t- . 3-- "ej.