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American Cars Are Also Said
to Be Rapidly Displacing
European Cars; World Be
; coming Market Now.
At Washington ;they ar apparently
m kJ- U V vnw juiiiuo fcrviiw w"v
Its 9Q-horsepower automobile Industry,
The government officials on January
29 caused to be flashed over the coun
try me isci msi uie xyui i ouiumuuuq
' trade of the United States for 1911 to
taled I20.OOO.O00. when Detroit alone
exported more than $20,400,000 worth.
Petroit officials declare that tae depart
rr-ent of commerce and labor made a
mistake in their calculations. The re
roTt ahowed that up to the end of last
October there had been shipped from
the American ports cars to the value
of JIB, 344, 577. The officials at the capl-
tal, evidently, "guessed" that the year's
total would be 120,000,000, basing It on
previous months. In the last quarter
of 1911 DetroltjmanufactttrertJWeiJt af
ter trade In foreign communities with
"the result that exports soared in value.
-"If that $20.000.000-figure for 1911 is
correct," said N. A, Haw kin. sales man
ager of the Ford company, "then you
can put us down for about half of the
automobiles sent abroad last year. Lat
year we sold 15,000 cars, valued at about
$600 each, or $9,000,000 In all, in for
eign countries. We are selling our oars
- everywhererthat' a motor car can run,
from New Zealand and Australia on the
south to Norway and Siberia on the
north. ..'- :
Visitor from Japan.
"We ship parts for complete machines
to our Canadian plants in Walkervllle
and in - Manchester - England. From
the latter place they, are sent all over
Europe and Asia after being assem
bled. It was only last week that our
agent from Japan was here getting
ready for the future trade.'
. Qo to "the roof of the world," the
Himalayas, there you will fipd a Detroit
made automobile. Motors made in De
troit are plowing their way through the
wastes of northern Siberia and the
Scandinavian countries, only a few
hundreds of miles from the north pole
iziex ppna uouk uuucr iua buuiucim
cross in New Zealand and Australia, in
- al the countries Of Europe, Asia and
Africa, under the waving palms of the
Hawaiian Islands, the steep mountains
of Nippon have succumbed to their un
tiring energies; they traverse the moun
tain mum of Mexico, and. in short, are
to be found In every country of the
world where an automobile can run,
whether It -has roads or not Detroit
made automobiles are making the roads
la. places that were once deemed im
Y penetrable. -.. ?-''. v-:
' . All this ha been done. In the last flveH
years and most of It In the last two
-Tears. Even the factories that a year
ago were shipping only onor two cars
to foreign shores, now have actively n
tered Into the export business and -are
making the names- of-Detroit automo
biles familiar, In hundreds of other coun-
i' tries. ,-"'.: & ':' :v;' '
i Driving Bnropesns Out r -
Detroit-made cars are driving the Eu
ropean make out of the "American mar-
Four Great Pilots to Drive Finn's Cars
Famous Speed Champions Will Kellete One Another in Gruollinjj 500
Mile International Ilace td lie Held at Indianapolis May SO.
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Four of the world's most successful
ra.ee pilots will be responsible for the
two National cars in the 500-mlle" inter- j
national sweepstakes motor car race on i
the Indianapolis Motor Speedway May
80. The National company at Indianap
olis, nominates Harvey Herrlck and
Charles Men of the west and Don Herr
and Howard Wilcox of the east All
four of these famous speed champions
have won their laurels driving National
cars,' and every one bids fair to be
a strong contender at the wheels of this
famous "breed" of machines.
Numbers $ and 9 have been allotted
the National cars. Just what two driv
ers will pilot each particular car has
not been decided. The company will
enter a special car, B0 horsepower, mo
tor 6x7 H. The other will te a 40 with
regular .motor. ' v -.
v-'V;' ...Interest In Baoe.
No end of Interest centers around the
promised race between the two cars,
even though friendly yet none the less
severe, - as these four pilots represent
the east and the west -of National vic
tories. From the west Harvey Herrlck,
recognised road race champion and win
ner of many events. Also Charles Mers.
the - victor in many races. From the
east Howard Wilcox, holder of the
world's fastest stock stralght-away
mile record among other notable victor
ies, and Don Herr, who sprang sensa
tionally Into -the limelight last yearly
his conquest at Elgin.
These four drivers will relieve one
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port trade Is rapidly- approaching the
taiiisjiiu. mm km Hiivnii &jr (ujq ai.-
ures of 1909 and 1910. In the former
yeartwe bought automobile from Eu
rope valued at $3,927,508, and in 1910,
$2,237,208, a decrease approximately of
$1,700,000.
It Is the motor car costing from $600
to. $1000 that is proving Its worth on
the roads of every other country of the
globe, The'European, the Asiatic, the
south American, natives of egtxothe?
country, have learned to depend 1m the
durability of Detroit-made cars. , In
many European countries, where motor
WARREN
DELIVERY
CAR
Everyone who thmks real
izes that these are motor
car days., -
The up-to-date merchant
now delivers goods with
an auto delivery car.
It has been demonstrated
. that,;f W a r r e n .,Deliverjr.
Cars have increased busi
ness 50 per cent for their
owners.
A shipment of these cars
just received. They have
demountable rims one
extra-"-over-size' tires.
Price $1450
. AT PORTLAND "
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Portland-Detroit
Auto Go.
J. E. MAXON,Manager
' Phones Mat' 1565, A-2103
cars are taxed, acordtng to their horse
power, the low powered machine, and Its
not, l'u:":ugi, """"; imMeljr-popular amtrng 4V elae;
FOR THE YffiR '11
ll'S 1! CREASE
Gain in Production and Shit)
ment From British Colum
bia, Oregon, Washington,
.133,467,323 Feet. : -
52-YEAR-OLD f-TATi HAS
TAKEN UP LAW STUDY
Daltun, Ga., Feb. 17. The determina
tion formed by W. II. Bird, a promi
nent farmer of this. county, to start the
practice of law at the ajre of 63 years
has caused decided lnterift in iegal cir
cles here. Mr. Bird, on Saturday, began
the study of law under Judge George O.
31enn, and has announced his intention
of being admitted to the bar within one
year's time. At present he is 62 years
of age.
-Mr Bird is one of the leading farm-
tablishing the Whltfiell county chap
ter of the Farmers' ur.Ion resulted In
his election as prfjent of the organ
ization. He held the office for several
years.'
He has been, for years, an Itinerant
preacher, and is a man of decided force.
Learned and well read, a gifted speaker
and a man of decided mental ability,
no one acquainted with him doubts hi
prediction that he can successfully pass
the examination required of applicants
for admission to. the bar w'.thin -thH
time limit he has set.
Mr. Bird will begin the building up
of his legal practice at the time a big
era of the county, and his worto in es- majority of lawyers retire from work.
but he t;-rr-. !.iit t. ? ;
deterred from his l urr
to work untirirc'y f?r s ,;
his- friends confidently pre
t
Socialist Hall at IUkcr,
(BlrUl l,i' Ti Jniirtut ' '
Baker, Or, Feb. 17. Ground
been -broken for a Socialist halt 30V. M
feet, on Center street. A free' rra.iii'.
room and employment bureau will le
connected with the' halL' The bulidlt'e
committee consists of W. J. Moody, W.
E. Brown snd 8. S. Start The hall
will be finally opened March 3, by Kate
O'Hare, the Chicago lecturer.
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During the yriW tharlousl
branches of the Pacific lumber Inspec
tion, bureau Inspected 1.H4.SS3.IJ4 feet
Of lumber produced and shipped from
mills In British Colsmbla, Oregon and
Washington, the grand total setting a
new record for the Paclfla northwest
Headquarters of the bureau are main
tained at Seattle, with branches In
Portland, Tacoma and Aberdeen.
Some months sgo the
formed - by the
Oregon and Washington' lumber Inspec
tion bureau of Portland, and the Pacific
lumber Inspection bureau of, Seattle,
and the grand total for the year Is made
up from the figures furnished by these
two organisations up to the time of the
consolidation' and the . records kept
since that time.
bureau., was
consolidation "of the
Phone Main 4337
A7171
The report for 1911 shows an Increase
In the volume of lumber Inspected of
1SS.467.S23 feet over the best (com
bine! records of the two associations in
previous years. -Following
la the report i .
Bomesilo.
British Columbia Ft. b. m.
Alaska ' .,...,...... .217,681
Local . . ............216,011
Even the high priced Detroit car Is
Invading the sacred precincts of the field
Once entirely dominated by the high
priced French, Italian and German-made
cars. As one -manufacturer' put It
"There will soon be so many Detroit
machines In foreign countries that an
accident in northern China will cause
no more loss of time or trouble than
if It had occurred in front of an auto
mobile repair shop In Detroit"
LUNATIC IS CAPTURED
BY ELECTRIC CURRENT
Blnghampton,- N. Feb. 17, A pa
tient at the Blnghampton state hos
pital, known as "Pat,"., escaped from'
that institution yesterday , and eluded
the vigilance of the attendants, who Im
mediately made a search of the city,
his morning a man who had the ap
pearance of having been out lit the
storm all night entered the electric
light station at Union, eight miles from
this city, and . asked to be allowed to
get warm. - ;""-
His actions were' peculiar, and Max
HlUsinger, in charge of the plant; fear
ing that he might get in contact with
some ft the machinery, ordered hiin
out. The intruder refused and resisted
when HlUsinger tndeavored to eject
him. ; . .' v ; v V-. ... i
In, the struggle which ensued Hill
singer placed the man's hands in eon
tact with a live wire carrying 120 volts
of electric current He' could not re
move his hands as long as the current
was turned on, and HlUsinger bound
him securely before turning off the
electricity. The authorities were noti
fied and Jhe man was removed to his
regular quarters, :.. -.' .
another at the wheels of their particu
lar cars.- Wilcox and Herr are now in
the employ of the company at Indianap
olis. - Men, formerly a factory employe,
is connected with the National company
of Los Angeles as mechanical expert,
and Herlck Is with ' the same company
as a salesmen. . ;: j-r-,:
World's Beeord. '-''-":-Sj-
Just when these four drivers will
gather at the famous paved track for
practice has not been decided at this
distant date, but Wilcox has kept the
knowledge of the speedway fresh In
his mind this Winter by frequent spins
in the course. Johnnie Altken, who has
resigned from the position as one of
the race drivers, after covering himself
with glory, and who Is recognized as
one of the best-posted racing authori
ties in the land, will act as team man
ager and be captain in the repair pita.
It took Harvey Merrick to lower the
world's road race record made In 1908
by a Flat. In Italy. . Herriok'r record
time how stands, an average of 74.63
miles per hour made at Santa Monica in
a 202-mile race. Just previous to this
Mens lowered the same Flat record, his
average being 74.42 miles per hour, also
done at Santa Monica. Herrlck won the
Bakersfleld road race last season, and
the Los Angeles to Phoenix, Arls.A
desert race of 660 miles. -
Begins -Career Early -
Men has driven a National for yean.
He began his speed career 'in 1906 In a
24-hour .race .at,; Indianapolis fair
grounds. Since then every year has wit.
nesaed his victories.- Last year he won
the Oakland Panama-Pacific road race
for class O 600Tand under; was second
in4he minolstrophyTkce'ar71gin
without a stop; won the Los Angeles
motordrome 10-mlle class E 800 and
under; and at the same place the 26-
mile class E 600 and under event; and
placed in many other contests both on
track, road and beach.
Wilcox ..tede the world's stock
straightaway mile record In a National
at-Jacksonville beach last year, time
of 40.83 seconds. Before last season
Wlleox had also won many notable
events. Last seesonhe- was a whirl
wind conqueror of hilf-climbing events
as well as being a star In other kinds of
contests. ; At Dead Horse hill climbs
Wilcox took -seven first with National
cars. He also led the field at the Stan
ley avenue hill climb at Cincinnati.
- ; jui Bound Driver, v
He won the ten-mile freeifor-all in
7:00 flat at Atlantic-Pablo beach, the
ten-mile handicap at the same beach
with time of 6 : 5 Sr. 5 3 ; the five-mile 'class
B 301-450 at same beach, time of 8:66.83,
an average of 76 miles an hour, estab
lishing the beach championship
To- show what an all-round driver
Wilcox Is, he won the- five-mile
free-for-all, time of 8;2l, and the
60-mlle Clans El 600 , and under
time of 40:23.80 at the Los Angeles mo
tordrome.
Don Herr, another versatile driver.
last season won the Illlonls trophy
event -at Elgin, 111. This was for 203.36
miles, over a highway, for Class B 801-
460. Herr . won with a National, time
of 185:65.18, an average of 65.8 miles
an hour. Herr also "cleaned up" last
season at the Port Jefferson hlll-ellmb-ing
contests, annexing four firsts. At
Brighton Beach, Herr won the 23-mtle
non-stock Australian pursuit race.
The National cars closed last season's
racing activities with 84 first 48 second,
30 third and a total of 162 places made
in various kinds of contests.
.." ., V" " ' 433.593
Wsshlngton .
California .......... ..4.... .S44.102.001
British Columbia ........ ..." 7.778,568
Alaska . . 1850,019
Atlantic coast .............. 6,009.487
Hawaiian Islands 46.0S9.133
Panama . . 2,355,665
Philippine Islands .......... 7,923,124
Local . 1,624.174
WATER COLOR EXHIBIT s
. WILL BE SHOWN ABROAD
Los Angeles, Feb. 17. The elaborate
exhibit of the Morgan Studio of Water
Colors at the Angelus hotel .will .bo
taken to all the big cities of America
It contains the best there Is in water
colors, showing the superior work of
Los Angeles artists over those of the
orient , .' ' .
The. Morgan studio, 2000 East First
street, which employs 50 girls and young
men artists under tna direction of G
M. Morgan and O, If. Joy, supplies stores
not only M Los Angeles but through
out the IJnited States with water color
goods, including- the department and
Jewelry stores. .
The work done here and sent all over
the United States Is declared to be by
critics the best, the most original and
by far the most artistic. This refers
more especially to the work found In
the moet exclusive art shops and Amer
ican stores. ' v i - .'
"The Japanese Import quantities of
this work," said, Mr. Morgan yesterday,
"but It is sold only in their own stores
rnd the lies Important American stores;
They in turn dp not handle American
water color work." : V ; i ; -
LINDSAY AND ASSOCIATES
BUY MOUNT SHASTA MINE
nn!td Proas Leaied Wlrn.l - .
Redding, Cel., Feb. 17. A. A. Llndsav
and his aenoclates, of Portland, have
purchased the Old Mount Shasta mine,
one of the assets of the defunct Bank
of Snasta 'County, which fell into the
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nannir or Aiqen AnaerBon, iormer slate
superintendent of banking, when he
bought the assets of the Institution and
eetabltohed. a new bank here. Lindsay
paid se,oop xor tne mine. : .
Cargo , ,Trriiiwirr817,682,169
, Rail shipments Inspected.. 32,886,768
' -Oregon--- . !
Alaska . .................. 715.298
A-tlanttd coast. 868.178
California . . ...............189,962,306
Hawaiian Islands .......... 14.361
Honolulu.. ,. 874,827
Panama . . 998,913
Local
8.673,043
Cargo . . ....199,681.624
Rail shipments Inspected.. 73,697,021
Total domestic .'...862,188,071
rorelga....:
British Columbia-
Australia
New Zealand
West coast S. America
Mexico
China -
South Sea Islands
TJ. K. and continent ........
South Africa ..............
88,423.295
Hnn,Of)0
1.BJ2.8
244.7
m 748,097
1.970.226
2.710,147
R tna onl
I6!640!l59
49.097,464
.Washington-
Australia . . .113.683,415
New Zealand 8.044,279
West coast 8.' America ..... '90,745,902
F.ast coast fl. America ...... 10.362.684
Central America ... anir. r 555,475
Mexico , .... s,n52,77S
China . 23.318.847
Japan , . 2,017,704
South Sea Islands .......... 6.684.113
U. K. and Continent ",...,;.. 16.879.346
India ...................... 1,789.463
South Africa ' 3.850,507
Winner of
1912
Glidden
Tour
MAXWELL' SPECIAL, .
"Equipped with top, wind shield and speedometer.
$1550.
V
" ' MAXWELL MASCOTTE.
Equipped with top. wind shield and speedometer,
$1200.
Australia
New Zealand ..............
West coast of S.
China
U. K. and continent
India
South
Africa
I7M5MSS.
36.719,301
3,080.265
9.415,089
19,887.116
7.067.746
6,638,079
2.489.415
1,441,877
86,078,888
Total foreign '. ,411,6'0B,248
Total' domestio ........,809,400,170
Total local 8,297225
Total rail ,... 85,190,684
Grand total Inspected ...1,264,893,224
The total lumber, lath, pickets in
spected for 1910 by the Paejfio lumber
Inspection bureau was 1,023,884,273 feet,
while the amount for 1911 was 1,167,
851,696 a gain of 133.467,823 feet For
1911 the Oregon A Washington lumber
inspection bureau inspected the remain,
der of the total given above for the two
bureaus, or107,041,628 feeCJotal ship
ments reported to the two bureaus for
1911. were 1,630,290,194 feet, ' or only
865,896,970 feet- more than wag inspected.'-
:,
Undisputed
Leaders
MAXWELL-M ASCOTTE.
Equipped with top, wind shield and speedometer.
$1150.
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ORTACOi PLANNED
The amateur automobile race drivers,
of which there are quite a number In
and about Tacoma, ,Waalu, not content
with the unusually large percentage of
hard surfaced streets already open 'to
trafflo In that city, are debating the ad-
vlsabillty of the construction, of what
would probably be one of the largest
automobile race cources In the world.
To the southward of Tacoma lies
a great piateau wnicn is proDamy ora
uniform gravely surface for an area
Of 25 miles square. . ,
The surface Is Bp level that the county
road now leading across it Is of even
grade, yet Is capable of the maximum
speed of the ordinary automobile with
out danger. , . - .
The .Tacoma enthusiasts are debating
the question of the establishment of a
circular course anywhere from S to
25 miles in circumference, which could
be constructed at a most nominal cost
as what little grading would be required
to level the few uneven, surfaces, could
all be done with mechanical graders.
-Such a course would, no doubt, at
tract many of the speed kings by rea
son of the fact, that the Indianapolis
speedway, prooaoiy tne pest Known au
tomobile race course in tna world, is
bu 24 miles In circumference.
The Santa Monica read course over
Which world's records were established
OTHgeasT4S6fris"ut""8" 2-10
miles around, while the Panama-Pacific
course. Just . outside of Oakland, Cat.,
is about 18 miles In length, and of lr
regular shape and surface-. ',..
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L. Keats Auto Co.' .
Portland, Orf "7
have Just received seoohd report, order American Express Company ten
more trucks, making sixteen in all, This is further i
endorsement of Peerless "superiority by , people who have used other
makes in the past. T-
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Peerless Trucks En Route to Us' Now Our Allotment Fs Limited