THE OREGON. gUNPAY JOURNAL. .PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING, JULY 13, 1913.
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HOQUIAM TO GET BIG GARAGE
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Only 25 in Entire Country Our.
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Tending to" enow . that ; automobile
grade crossing accident it railroad are
not so frequent as ordinarily assumed,
the bureau of newt ot the Southern Pa-
clfio railroad this eck announced th
results ot a, careful investigation of ac
cldents along the Pacific coast between
: prll t and May IS or this year,-..' '
; recording to the figures; ,there were
' auto accldenta In the United State
during, the designated period and only
- !S. or one: and one half per cent of them;
occurred where wagon roads' -cross
; railroad ' track' The remalnde were
- away from railroad beds. On. the Pa
cific eoaet eight auto accidents are re
corded which occurred on grade" cross
; Jngs, at 8an .Francisco and Fresno, Cat
t; jThlrteen accidents are recorded for
Port lend, with tour fatnlltlesand five
1 seriously injured. ,"'-'"
; None of theee occurred on grade crose
1 trigs, however.' In the, list of accldenta,
Ban Francisco lead with, tl and Ios
Angeles 4a a clow second with JO. Ten
. fat&ltti. ih Mtcardtd for each, city.
In the 1623 accident throughout the
Union 260 peraon were Wiled, and 431
eriouely injured.
Statistics for the Pacific coast are:
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Only Automobile Church in the
4. Country on Two Years' "
; Trip Through Texas.
tjht Initial aervioe aboard the) notor
chapel "St. Peter. " the only automobile
church In America which I on a two
year" trip through Texas In a movement
;to carry the gospel to sparaely settled
region, nave just been neid at Brown
vllle. Text.
From a radius of 64 mile members of
. the church gathered to participate in
these unique -out door exeroiaes' under
auspices of the Catholic Church Exten
Ion society, which has pressed . the
motor chapel into aervice to supplement
the missionary, work bow being done
with railroad chapels.
On the initial monthly trip, the chapel
will be in charge of Rev. Emanuel B.
LedViua of Chicago, vice president aad
general secretary of the Catholic Church
society, who designed the body: the
Very Rev, H. F. Constantlneau -of Ban
Antonio, provincial of the Oblate) Fath
er, and Father Yves Tymen of Roma,
Star county, Texas, who 1 chaplain of
the motor chapel. , As new missions are
reached by the car, the personnel of
those In charge will change. ,
The motor chapel is fitted on- a.. IK
ton, chaiala, and can be converted Into a
church by opening the rear and' side.
When traveling, it serves as a 1 living
room for the priests who are In charge.
bo xuiiy equipped is tn chapel that
a complete cathedral service can be
held, and yet, when it is closed for
; traveling it has all the conveniences of
a first class train for traveling. 'f-1
Just been completed and opened in this
city one of the largest garages of, tne
northwest, a two-story concrete, struc
ture, with floor' space for" $bout loo
car. , The garage is that of tbe Ho
quiam Automobile ' company, and was
made necessary by the rapid increaaa In
number of auto owners In Hoquiam and
the - Oraya Harbor district, fnd the
great growth In the tourist travel to
this section, especially to the ocean
beach. Hoquiam now has cloie to 15.
auto. J -
The garage Is thoroughly modern In
every respect. It is a reinforced con
crete structure, (OxltOfeet in ground
dimension' A complete machine shop
is one of the features. In planning tbe
garage the company, took special pains
to be prepared to maka ' tourists com
fortable, and a rest. room for women is
provided in case a party is detained la
the city for some time.
NOTES FROM THE MOTORCYCLE' FIELD
Knoouraged ; by marked improvement
In weather conditions during the last
week a number of Portland motorcycle
owners have essayed long Junkets into
the surrounding country and a few have
even set out for such distant points as
Vancouver,-. B.- G; r'c: r-r-:-f
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- Carrying tandem, . A. . Tandell atarted
for Seattle Tuesday, among others, with
tbe Intention of stopping off at Taconin
and viewing 'the Montamara race..
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Elmer Perry and Mr. and Mr. Jess
Jones left the same day for Vancouver,
B. C Mrs. Jones ridesiln a 'side car,
Ted Gilbert and P., J. Mathews will
return tonight from a fishing-trip into
the Milk River country. - Tney len
Portland on their motorcycles Friday.
i Riders who have made Short tripe re
port the roads good to Salem, fair be
tween Portland and Washougal and good
between this city and Hlllsboro.
An extensive "anti-speed' campaign
-which- wHi cover Mseeachusetts, south
ern New Hampshire and ,R!)ode, Island,
is to be inaugurated by the Automobile
Legal, association. A squad of expert
motorcyclists" has been employed to
..it uii nri.1 . I.' in .!-! . i i
make flying trips to collect evidence on
which the association . may : proceed
against reckless motorists.' A fund of
14000 has been appropriated to carry on
this work. , -:;
ryt, t !cvl--..s..--. -j V .w ' ,
Harold 8tewart,H)f-Chlcagoris-ridln
his motorcycle to the' Paclf lo coast. H
is. a. veteran, rider, having traveled
around the world on his two-wheeler
He expects to be in Denver at the time
of tbe r. A. M. meet , - ,LV
fi ;'.' SrV-?'- ',; '-'
: The membership ot' the F, A. I. has
reached' the SS.000 mark, a membership
card of that number having been issued
to A. J. Fenner, of Geneva, N. T;
Chief Mahoney, of, the' Provincial Po
lice, has ordered s. motorcycle for test,
and if the same proves successful the
famous mounted police of Canada will
doubtless be sided by the two-wheeler,
It Is reported that about 100 motor
cyclists will, ride their machines from
New York to Denver to attend the F.
A M. convention, July 83-26.
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Edward JBaumgartner, a contracting
foreman, of Marietta, Ohio, has ridden
his motorcycle 20,000 miles and still has
the original tires on the machine.
SPEEDOMETER AS
EOR.WH
Oil Tfiem Monthly to Keep in
;6ood Shape; Drivers Should
.Get Grease Cup Habit and
Stick to It, . - ' ;
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One Local Company Operates
23 Metered .Cars; . Mileage
and Charges Made.
NEW MEXICO HAS TOLL 4 '
' ROAD WITH BRIDGES '
OF UNIQUE DESIGN
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"Between the towns of Roe
well and Vaughn, in the state
of New Mexico, there is an au
. tomoblle toll road with bridges
of unique design," says Dr.
Charles G. Perclval in hla inter
- Sstlng Hook ,of ,. automobile
; travel. enUtled the "Trail of
the Bulldog,', in: which he gives
his Impressions of r two years'
. travel 5n North-Amerioa. ,
,r "The ? road ' runs through
stretches of. almost Impaasabls
sand, and, in spit of the fee of.
6 cants a mile, it is very Yionular
ei with motorlets. . The peculiar
e feature of the route lies in the
' bridges, which can be used only
for automobiles. They .consist
of two wooden- troughs placed
Bf inches anart. and as thev are
not connected with crossboards, e
the middle of the bridge is open- e
Tor its entire length and horse
drawn vehicles cannot cross
over, Cach trough has protect
ing aid boards, o that th cars
cannot leave the track and slide
off into the ravine, - It is a pop
ular road for motorists when
touring the southwest" i
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' Commercial Pioneer Is Dead. .
- Berlin, July 12. WUhelm Schlmmelp
t eng. the ploneef in ;the i commercial
"agency buinee her on the pattern
originated In the United States, Is dead
at th at of Tl. H Introduced the
yttem of supplying mercantile and
credit Information to Germany 41 year
ago, and built up the egentfy which now
extends throughout-the world, v .
Very few people, even .owner of au
tomobile, realise bow many miles a day
the' average taxioab covrs, yet the rec
ords of th local taxlcab company show
that from 111 to 110 miles is the av
erage maintained by the oars every 11
hour day. Tha average automobile does
not travel mora tnan 40 : miles a day
and that is allowing- a very substantial
number.S;'i U-X'WT'V
One local company .operates 13; met
ered cars which cover . approximately
60,000 miles each month over the streets
of Portland. "The taxi rates In; Port
land for all companies are much lower
than n any ether city In the west."
said D. F. Stuart manager of the Port
land Taxlcab company, "There Is no
place where such long drives are taken
without return ''charges being assessed.
Another thing that travelers say of. the
taxtcabs found in Portland is that they
are the cleanest and neatest of any on
the coast," added. Mr. Stuart Seattle is
said to charge one-third higher rate
than Portland due to tbe fact that com
petition does hot exist there.
ii, very aay the taxican invaqes new
flelda The slow moving carriage that
has characterised the funeral for years
is being rapidly 'displaced by the taxi
can. Ona company last month handled
funerals, where. nothing but taxicabs
were-used. In addition to the. axl equip
ment this company has four limousine
cars especially for. funeral work. 'U.:
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Paris,: July U.i-The,Harvar4 club; of
Paris, gave a dinner July' B In honor ot
President Lowell ' and V distinguished
members of the1 faculty of the - Sor
bonne. ' Iriman Barnard presided.. Among
those present were Ambassador Myron
T. Herrlck, Justice James W. Oeraid,
recently appointed American ambassa
dor to Germany, Prof. Henri Bergeon,
of - the (University , of Paris; Charles
Byet director- of ' University Educa
tion in France, and Alfred Crotsefc deaa
of the Faculty of Letters of the 8or
bonne. i . ,
lEBEJIIEO
Appliances Are Being Tested
in Paris That May Prevent
- Splattering Mud.:
Did you ever stand on the street cor
ner to wait for an auto or auto truck
to pass you and then find to. your dis
may that as a result of your courtesy
to tha machine that you were splashed
with mud from head to foot a the re
sult of the auto running through a mud
hole?'' :., ,
There is a possibility that some day
Sou may stand with. impunity aa near
as you wish to an auto, no matter how
rainy tne. aay, and sun be just as free
from mud as .you, were before,
.."This la possible, now in Paris,, where
the city authorities recently ordered
the equipment of the hundred of buaee
with splash guards. . These guards are
now being tried out. At an initial test,
S00 appliances were submitted'. 47 of
which were selected for practical use.
.The- teat; wss made by. running the
buses over a prepared mud track with
white canvas' covered boards beside the
road.. ..As soon as. each bus passed a
photograph was taken of these boards,
It Is not the Intention of the officials
of Paris to compel the equipment of
private cars with the splash guards.
OVERHEATING COOLERS :
DUE TO MANY CAUSES
Just as a red light at a street cross
ing is an indication of danger, . so is
the boiling of water in the cooler of an
automob(le an indication of trouble in
the auto.,; Too many drivera an In the
habit of replacing the boiling water in
an overheated cooler with cold ' water
from the first faucet Instead of seek
ing to correct the trouble in the engine
that, has caused the water to bolt '
- If; you cure the overheating of the
engine there will be no further trouble
from overheated water. . Overheating of
the motor may be due to several cauaas.
There may be, too much carbon in thai
cyunaers, too mu on or. else a poor
grade of oil, too late a spark, improper
valve timing, too rich a. mixture or the
clogging of the water circulating sys
tem. The cleaning of the cooling sya.
tern and . the cylinders will generally
solve the problem, but. if not the other
possible causes should' be Investigated.
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.' . Although the great majority of motor
ists do not know it, their speedometers
need Just as much careful attention as
any other; part; of th machinery. Con
trary to general . opinion; speedometers
are not built to run month In and month
out wlthout'looklng 'tSttrti&?0&
Wheh a man buys a motor car. the
speedometer usually accompanies It and
rarely if ever la the purchaser told to
keen an eye n the speed, gauge along
with other working parts. As a result
the motorist soon is a patron of tbe
repair -man. ;-'-; ,'','v-.-.;,'::-'T?-1.
, And for the first time he is' told to
give the grease cup a little attention.
As a general - thing a bit of lubrica
tion about once a month will keep a
speedometer in good shape and will re
sult in cutting down one of the little
items of expense. - - .
In this connection it Is a pretty good
thing tor automobllists to get the grease
cup habit.' 1
'A large percentage of road tleups are
caused indirectly by the fact that the
driver ;f orget'-'-vHe neglected, prob
ably, quits innocently to take care of
this , moving part or that ona But
regrets do not keep the machinery run
ning. Only care and attention can do
that 'One formed the habit of watch
ing the grease cupa will be performed
almost automatically.-
- Cups on th rapidly' moving starts
should be given dally attention, such
as the cups on the clutch cone and the
universal , Joints,; particularly when the
gearsets are located on the rear axla
And above .all the crankshaft should
never be overlooked. This is something
even: experienced - motorists do more
often than they are willing to acknow
ledge. - Care must be ..taken , at all times to
see that the moving parts are not over
fed or . starved of lubricant Steady
feeding Is what should be aimed at,
and in a car that Is kept In any sort
of shape, the right amount of lubrica
tion can soon be ascertained.
Th same sort of a habit should be
cultivated in relation to the motors,
although they are generally not so
much overlooked as the pther driving
machinery. There are very few part
of an engine that does not call for reg
ular and careful Inspection if the motor
ist would escape the cost ot repairing
bills. -
In . short ths auto owner or driver
who trajns himself or herself to habitu
ally inspect a car from top to bottom
before starting on, a spin, is tne one
wno win nave ma lease numoer ot
breakdowns, and better still, less re
pairing bills. : ,
SMALL TIRE CUTS
In western Oregon partlcularliy, auto
mobllists should - watch for and mend
small cuts -in the tire treed, because
such cut . give water an opportunity to
work it way Into the fabrio and pre
mature deterioration la- the result In
other words .the simple precaution of
patching cuts, will mean longer life to
tires and lessened expense. ,
But car owners east of the mountains
muet not pat themselves on the back
and boast freedom from trouble, of this
sort bcaus these self-sams holes ad
mit dirt and sand, and they aocomplisa
the same result
A vtalt to any of the' big tire manu
facturing plants will soon convince on
that th elimination of molatura Is of
prime Importance if the motorist is to
get the best service. After washing the
crude rubber that later goes Into th
tire, it Is carefully rolled and placed
In room where a high temperature la
maintained. It is kept there until every
trace of moisture is removed. -
The fabrio la run : over heated ' rolls.
Until perfectly dry; and (throughout tbe
remaining operations of tire building
the same, extreme care to ' keep 'out
moisture is followed. When completed
it Is 'absolutely free from ' moisture.
But' allow a.: small' cut to go unat
tended to, i and water or dirt eventually
find Its way , beneath .the tread and
breaker strip and into the. fabric.. This
causes . separation r of th, individual
plies of the fabrio and ths next thing on
the program is the purchase of a new
tire. . - . '
There is practically no coat attached
to th mending of cuts. Several pre
parations , are on, the market all of
which can be easily applied. The main
thlog-is to, get the Outs washed -clean
and dried perfectly before ualng the
preparations,. t . t
; By following such simple procedure,
autolsts will not be so prone to ex
claim: - '? J' J
."That's the last tire t get of that
make.' It vent to pieces without gtvln
me more Chan half the service - it
should." . i -- - . i i
, Moral- The tire Is not alwsys the. one
to blame. t - i i r ?' s
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- O. W. Kennedy, former president of
the Auto Painting company, has sevyed
his connection with t,iat concern, I1
ing bis Interest to the Covey shop. He
retusns to the - Studebaker shop, at
Chapman and Aider streets.
SOUTH CEND COV.rLf.'.iiT ;
drought no hec:,::
(United Prra Uiata' Wr.
v Bremerton, Waah., July 12. Notice
was issued at the flag office of the
Paoirio reserve fleet today that the fail-'
ure of Commander C. J. 'Lang of tha
cruiser Chattanooga, to atop at toutu
Bend on July 6, ss previously arranged,
was -due to the -cltlsens there having
neglected to make provisions for a place
to dock. It is denied that Secretary
Daniels has ordered an investigation.
- Many a man who hitches Ms wagon
to a star finds himself up in the air.
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Thio . id -asiother
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increase the comfort and luxury
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Each Goodrich Tire is made
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Regal tlnderslung Car protect you against skidding and 'turning tur-
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era minimised bv distinctive method of attachlns sorinsa so that 1
Ing in each "half spring" a different . The limited upward rebound of
Brat.
springs relieves strain on tire casings.
ana means gasoune economy, -in low raaian appearance
underalung compels universal admiration. t
The straight line Saves .power
oi . a Kegel
Those are cold, Regal facts., They represent the biggest value in the
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Write, phone or call for a demonstration today. ' , "V
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V ' Portland Dealers, . -Phones
East 648, B-2177. ; Hawthorn Ara, t Eart Elf at ii
Everything in auppliea and repairs.' Trank (X'Rengtroa 4
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The Overland Automobile is the most popular
car in the world today in its price class. Forty
thousand automobiles is the production of the
Willys -Overland plant this year. This; is the
greatest business- in dollars and cents ever
done in the history of the industry.-
If our cars did not give more value for less money ; .
than other cars, this immense business would not be '
possible. , - . -. ' , - -
People buy where they get the most for the least '
money, and where at least twenty-five per cent can be '
saved it is always worth consideration. . ' ' ,
A striking example of this is our Model 69-T for
$?83. al , , ; t .f ;
;This thirty-horsepower touring car by actual point
for point comparison will duplicate any $1200 car -made,
, It has the power, sire, finish; comfort and com
pleteness. - - , i . S ;
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