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THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTL AND, SUNDAY MORNING. JULY - 21. 1312. REACH PORTLAND AFTER HARD TRiP; PEIJED WITH HAIL Party Arrives From Jackson Viller Fla.yToo Late to At 1: tend Elks' Reunion; Delay Autoists Risk Lives in Journey Tkrougk .Mountain Passes Travelers Ilare Narrow Escape From Death Crossing Arkansas Hirer; Machine GeU Stuck in Mad; Rough Roads Encountered on Waj Small . . Cyclone Hits Party and Tourist Take Refuge Underneath the Car. j Due to Sickness of Member. ua ToTThe sickness of Tils wlraat Denver, Colo., M. Hirschman, an Elk from Jacksonville, Fla., reached Port land one week late for the big Elk re union. Mr. Hirschman, his wife, daugh ter and Cliff Davie, chauffeur, in a 1913 Cadillac, Teft Jacksonville, FIa7,rMay 14, and after 61 days enroute over five thousand odd miles of the roughest country ever encountered, reached Port land Monday, July 15, juet two days after the closing of the greatesr'Elks' convention ever held In the history of the famed organization. Mr. Hirschman wants it understood that It was due to no fault of his Cadillac car that caused him to be late, but on account of slck neM of his wife at Denver, where 10 days were lost awaiting her recovery, In fact, the little sun-browned and wind tanned party had hard luck all the way over the long trail. The actual running time was less than 21 days. GUfi&en Route Tollowfcd. After following the route used last fall by thejjlldden tourists as far north as Atlanta, Ga.," It was" necessary' for the -Hirschman party to lay over at At lanta 10 days In order that the roads might dry out through the northern part of Georgia, where heavy rains had fallen for more than a week. The Cadillac party followed the American Automobile association route from Atlanta, crossed Lookout mountain at Chattanooga, Tenn., where a stop of two days was made. Crossing the river at Jasper Ferry vhey entered the Cumberland mountains. Through this region the roads are In name only; In many place there heing room only for the machine to travel and this on low gear, three or four inches would have sent the machine and Its occupants . tumbling far down tnto the gulches below. From Nashville the party headed north through Louis ville to Indianapolis, where they had Intended stopping for the 600 mile speedway race May 30. The big ra?e had been finished only a few hour?) when the party reached the outskirts of the wpstern automobile center. From Indianapolis they hurried on to St. Louis and Kansas City. Ban Into Hailstorm. After crossing Kansas they summed up the road conditions by paying that It was the wettest dry state they passed all the way out. In places the mud was axle deep for miles and mllee, and In tftifl Instances when on 10 per cent grades It was tiecessary to pull down the hills on lnw gear, the mud being so sticky. The party had a very narrow escape from death ne.tr Granada, Colo., when; thev crossed tl.o Arkansas river. Five miles bnfoie leaching tho river the rrud winds through a nmall canyon ranging from 60 to 100 feet deep. Ahout a mile from the mouth of this canyon and with out warning of any kind, hail as big as lien's eggs began to fall, according o the statement of the members of the Hirschman Dartv. The wind blew In Such force and with such suction through the ravine that It almost lifted the machine from the ground. Throw ing on all power they could they made the Bteel bridge across the river and roped the machine to the side of the bridge while they lowered the top. RVrs. Hirschman still shows bruises made from the pelting received In the hall storm. Each of the party is of the opin ion that it was a small cyclohe and the only protection they had from the fury of the storm was underneath the automobile after reaching the bridge-. The storm raged for mqre than an hour and when It finally subsided and they rnntlmied their Journey as far ns Den ver, Mrs. Hirschman was taken sick from tho effects of the drenching. From Denver the Old Oregon trail was fol lowed via Mdlo!n Bow, Raw Una, Grantccr and Into Idaho. A picture In shown ehove of cow punchers pulling the machine out of mud In Wyoming. Coming Into Oregon from Itolne, Idaho, the party took the rd eonth of Caldwell and entered Or egon T' Yalf, TMirns", Bend' and north over the old military road to The Dalles, from which point they shipped the ma chine to l'ortlnd. After staying In Portland a week Mr. Hirschman Intends following the Pacific Highway north to Tacoma, Seattle and then turn east over Cnorjualmle Pass, returning east over the northern trail now being laid out by A. L. Westward of the American Auto mobile association through northern Idn ho, Montana, North Dakota, Minnesota, Wisconsin, From Chicago Mr. Hirsch man will travel east to New Tork and follow the midden tour route along the Atlantic back to Jacksonville. He expects to' reach Jacksonville by late fall after having made a complete cir cuit of the United States. I & - $rz? v'" .. J t rr,r is Americas Automobile - Association - is charting from Chicago through Mil waukee, St, Paul- and Minneapolis to the Pacific Northwest, has now been carried Into central Montana. A. L. Westgard, the A. A. A. official repre sentative, left New Tork June 11 in a Tathf lnder" car, with the expectation of being at the good roads convention at Anaconda, Montana, in a little less than a month from the time of hia start. He followed the general line ofTlne Northern Pacific railway from Minne apolis - through - Fargo and -Biamarfc. North Dakota,-reachlng Glendlvev- Mon tana, after- traversing the i-bad lands" of North Dakota. Mr. Westgard wires the information bureau that Montana -'looks good? io him. and that "he received enthuaiastle receptions at Glehdlve and Billings. Up to last accounts, KewoTlTTfffwairTfl each one of the four tires, as there bad not been even a puncture so far. After attending, the g6od roads con vention In Anaconda, Mr.-Westgard will pass through Missoula and cross the Bitter Route range into western Wash ington at Spokane. It is not m ' -elded whether ha will eonCnua tt t; northwest from Epokane acl enter Seattle by the short route through Snoqualmie Pass, or whether he will go down from Spokane to the Colurabi. river and follow what would probably bo an easier route through the Dalles to Portland. If the latter la dectdod upon, he will go . from Portland to Seattle and . Tacoma by tha p acifle Highway, and afterward retrace his route to Portland before starting south through.. Western Oregon and Northern California to Sacramento and San Fran cisco. B. F. Jacobs. Pacific Coast rep- resentativa to the Pathfinder factory, is now in Portland at the guest of E. E. Gorllngery Pathflnder-r- agent, and will meet Westgard at Spokane and act as pilot from that point to Portland. Committee Continues Work. New York, July 20. The'Republlcan sub-committee of the national commit-tee-Testrmed ts -conf erenca todayrTprsj paratory to naming advisory amd execu tive committees. ; Friction Transmission Sell Starter, Certainly! Top, left to right Cowpunchers pulling HlrBchman party out of mud In Wyoming; bridge near Granada, Colo., that saved life of party, bridge Is over Arkansas river. Lower, left to right Party camping on desert In Wyoming; M. Hirschman and family who left Jacksonville, Fla., May 14, to attend Elks' convention, arrived In Portland July 15, one week late, after 5400 mile trip. II F RMS Michigan Auto & Buggy Co. Sets at Rest Persistent Rumor. W. A. Wlldrick, northwest manager of the Michigan Auto and Buggy com pany, left Portland this morning to visit h1s old home In Kalamazoo, Mich. This will be Mr. Wlldrick's first visit to his old home for nearly 10 years. The factory that he represents In the north west Is also loeatedat Kalamazoo and Mr. Wlldrick will make a thorough In spection of the 1913 line before return ing to the coast. Regarding the rumor that the Michigan people were antici pating increasing the price of the 1913 models, Mr. Wlldrick has to say: "The Michigan cats are to continue In tho mpdlum price field. "This statement Is authoriifd by the manufacturers. It will he hailed with satisfaction by multitudes who have been unablo to obtain1 their cars owing to the fact that the demand In many places has exceeded the supply. "The remarkablo class and perform ance of the car hnve given rise to spec ulation as to whether It would be moved Into the high priced market. This Is set at rent by V. B. Lay, president nf the rnmnHnr; !ti letter to the; local branrh recently. "With Its recent Mg factory exten sions and equipment, the .Michigan Is amply prepare to turn out 6000 cars, tho number agreed on for tho coming year," said Wlldrlc'f "While we are putting the construc tion and leatures into the car that be long to higher priced cars, we shall continue to hold it at the medium prlcn, which appeals to the majority of dis criminating purchasers. "As manufacturers on a large scale for 30 years, the problem of factory costs is one of long experience with us. We have solved 'the problem of costs so many times when other manufacturers said It could not be done, that we were PPMlllIli W Service - Service is built into every Stevens Duryea; and back of every car is our organization and co-operation in seeing that you get service out of it Any Stevens-Duryea owner will tell you this. GRAHAM MOTOR CAR COMPANY Fifteenth and Washington Streets Portland, Oregon rWpiimgsr Torpedo UxUl AA, Slcytt4r, Stevooa-Puryea Xocnpany Chkopce Fall Maw Honeei BuUdcroiAmcrican, Sixes loath to concede Impossibilities In the automobile. "It has been our ambition from the very firFt to bring more and more of high priced practice Into the medium priced car, as represented by the mighty Michigan. - , , "We have added something every year. But our 1912 car has eclipsed even our own expectations. "The mighty Michigan Is negotiating the worst routes of mud and Rand In the country every day. It Is climbing mountains. It has run blithely through every kind of road In every kind of weather. It hns proved Itself a thor oughbred, as armloads of letters from pleased owners would show you." HEAVY SALES OF USED AUTOS ARE REPORTED The local White Agency has disposed of over forty used cars and trucks dur ing the last thirty days. All of these cars were taken In as part payment on new White Gas cars. In dlscusblng the second-hand phase of the automobile business, E. W. Hill, manager at the White ("ar Agency, said: "The demand for good used cars throughout Oregon Is phenomenal. We are selling every car we can trade In, and as long as the demand keeps up we will get a chance. Most of our buyers' of used cars come from the country, and we nro drawing our clients from all over the state. We have sold several cars to out-of-town customers through the mall without their even seeing the car. Of course, this Is unusual, but as as one doctor wroto us from Glenwood, Wash: "I know that the White company has been In business for fifty years and feel that they cannot afford to misrep resent anything, so am sending you my check for the car described In your let ter of June B". This car was sold through an advertisement carried In The Journal June 1. "The car has now been running over a month and has proven to be just what we said It was, a rare bargain. Buyers living In the country seem to appre ciate the fact that a b !i-grade used car is a much better buy-than a new cheap car selling at the same price, providing It has been overhauled and guaranteed by a reputable concern. "We do this with every car taken In, and they leave our hands in as perfect a mechanical condition as expert work men can turn them out, and a good, high-class re-palntlng Job makes them look like new. - "We expect to sell two hundred used cars In Oregon this year, and prebably half of them will go to country buyers." MIES LONG If WITHOUT PUNCTURE Pathfinder Car Reaches Mon tana From Starting Point in New York. More than 410.000 passengers were carried on the electric railroad through the Rimplon tunnel between Switzerland and Itaiy last year.' ihiimii i in i in i i i.,,LI,n i i ,tmm,i umii. .ij.ii.mm .-. yMM l( ar.- , . II ,rVl; I1IIIIIM Mil III , MMMMMMi Model K, Fully Equipped, f. o. b. Portland $3000 There is a delightful individuality 'and elegance about the new Five-Passenger Ohio Electric Brougham that stamps it at once as luxurious and beautiful. Its pecu liar fitness for solid tires makes it the ideal car for town and country use and one of the most practical closed cars ever offered to the public. The long wheel base, large wheels and wonderful resilient springs make pos sible a degree of riding comfort unequaled by any other electric car in the world. Call or Phone for Demonstration MAIN 4880 H6ME A-3881 Braly-DuBois Auto Company 31 North 19th Street, Near Washington, Portland, Or. -4 ! ! ! The transcontinental route which the touring Information board of the This splendid Coupe--$17Q0 -protection in any weather Atr ideal-car for physfctans,- ladrend others who want perfect protection from all kind3 of weather. With the self-starter absolutely no exposure is neces sarythe car is controlled entirely from the seat. The luxurious design makes easy riding the friction transmission makes easy driving. It is controlled with one lever. Cartercars will go through' muddy and sandy roads where other cars cannot travel. They will even climb a 50 grade easily. They are, in fact, the "all year around" motor cars. Chain-In-Oil Drive, full floating rear axle, three- strong brakes, and many other features with the Friction Trans mission and Self-Starter, combine to make tho Cartercar Ideal Five good models touring cars, coupes, roadsters, $1200 to $2100. Let us send you complete information. Cartercar Company Pontiac, Michigan j CARTERCAR SALES COMPANY Seventh and Couch Streets Portland, Oregon 8 1SU LooemebOe Sis" Dereitslac II BJl j npHE Locomobile Company, having loh since attained J ftJL a material lead in fundamentals, has ' been able toJ devote unlimited attention to new. details and new$ features. As a result, the 1913 models offer more luxury and more comfort than can be found elsewhere. For 1913 the Locomobile will be built in three sizes: the long 8troe Six "48," developing 82 horsepower; the Little Sir, developing ovor ' 60 horsepower, and the "30" four cylinder, dcvcloping41 horsepower. The Six "IS" frill be equipped with touring, torpeda, rotditer, 1 limousine, ind lindaulet bodiet The Little 6ix will include ill the above with the addition of bertlnea The "30" four cylinder will be in touring, torpedo and reiditer medils In addition to new body designs which express unique ideas, as well as the latest features of American indEuropeanpractice, these cars include every feature contributive to the comfort and convenience of the pas sengers or the driver. The long, sweeping straight line bodies are united to the bonnet by a well-stuped curved dash. The body surfaces are un- IS, 000 to $4,100 $4,300 is.sw $3,600 marred and unbroken by hinges or handles. Long wheel base, perfect spring suspension, absolute balance and ten-inch upholstery assure the maximum of comfort. Ventilated glaiafionta, integral with the curved daih, dynamoi supplying all light, aircoropmeon for inflating the tirea, Diaro Starter for Parting the motor, all are contributory factor for convenience. The equipment includes quick detachable, demountable rime. Demonstration by eppointmc-t neate & McCarthy, inc. 690 Washington, Corner King Phone Main 6374, A-7577 If" SUM Cv I (
