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.
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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.'
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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.
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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
$2100. Let us send you complete information.
Cartercar Company
Pontiac, Michigan j
CARTERCAR SALES COMPANY
Seventh and Couch Streets Portland, Oregon
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1SU LooemebOe Sis" Dereitslac II BJl
j npHE Locomobile Company, having loh since attained J
ftJL a material lead in fundamentals, has ' been able toJ
devote unlimited attention to new. details and new$
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
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