THE OREGON, SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SUNDAY. MORNINO, , OCTOBER , S3, MM. .
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CALIFORi!A IN LAST 3
YEARS JOTAL 76,183
Interesting Figures Compiled
Show increase of 29 1-2
' PerXent.in Year's' Business .
RuDS ROAD TO LAKE
TAHOE IN GOOD SHAPE
Necessity, for Barging Is Done
Away With; Some of Scen
ery Is Superb, , ' , ":
Several : weeks ago . The . Journal
printed a story of Crater Lake and vi
cinity a seen by Claud McOee ot Ban
Franctsro, who visited the lake on his
return trip from Portland to San Fran
cisco after breaking the road trip be
tween the two pacific coast cHles by
making the run In .41 . hour ana so
minutes, i , s , 1 . ' "
Immediately upon the arrival of Mr.
McOee la San Francisco, be atarted on a
trip to Lake Tahoe In the mountain of
California which la also considered one
of the beauties of the Pacific, coast
In writing friend In Portland about
the trip, McOee stated that while he was
a Callfornian tie had to acknowledge
that Crater Lake, after all, was the most
wonderful sight he had seen on the Pa
cific coast Following Is Mr, McQeea
story of his latest trip to the mountains
of California; J ..-'"','
Dreamt Come True. . ; ''
"The dreams of the motorist who Is
familiar with the highways in the vi
cinity of Lake Tahoe, California, have
come true, and it is now possible to
make the trip to Tahoe via Sacramento,
Auburn, Colfax. Emigrant Gap, Truckee
and Tahoe Tavern and return via Tallac,
M eyers, Rlverton, Placervllle, i Folaom
and Sacramento without the necessity
of barging from Tahoe Tavern to Tallac,
according to a pathfinding party consist
ing of representatives of the Ean Fran
cisco and Oakland press, ' and . Fred
Cross and Claud MoQee 4f the Howard
Automobile company, who made ' the
round trip last week In one of the small
Buick toumlng cars, la two days and a
half.., ' ,..;S-:V'
"In discussing the trip the automobile
men, who are very familiar with road
conditions of the state, having driven
their cars to a winning finish In' every
contest held between Ban Francisco and
Tahoe, as well as winning for the last
two years the Tahoe Tavern silver
trophy offered as a prise to the first car
to reach Tahoe Tavern via Truckee Pass,
have the following to say: ..v - r
, Trip on gtate Boad, -, . . ..
The route we followed runs through
Oakland, Hay wards, Llvermore, Stock
ton, Sacramento, Auburn, Colfax, Emi
grant Gap and Truckee to Tahoe Tavern
and return via the new road which tha
state la building on tha west side of tha
lake to Tallac; from which place Piacer
vlile road la followed through Meyers
Station, ' Rlverton, Placervllle,- Folsom
and back to the main road at Bacra-
mentor . . - - . - v.,
"Both the Emigrant Gap and Placer
villa roads .era well known and well
marked, and the work which has been
done on them la the last few years baa
made them very much better than the
average mountain road. ,. Tha connecting
link between Tahoe Tavern and Tallac,
however, is practically unknown. In fact
ourcar waa one of tha first machines
to travel over it J
"With the exception of several short
stretches, which are not yet completed.
tne road is up to tha average and with
the large craw of men tha state has
working on these places at present they
should be In good shape by the time
the roads over tha summit open for
travel next spring. .,
r,: moaA AU Interesting. 7V:';:
"Every foot of the tHi miles separat
ing the Tavern from Tallao is Interest
ing. The finest scenery, however, la to
be found where tha new road rounds
Emerald bay.. This part of the road,
which is from 600 to 1000 feet above
the water. Is for tha most part blasted
along the fac of a aolld granite cliff,
and In many places one gets an absolute
ly, unobstructed view of both Emerald
bay and the lake.' ..-. .t.-'.y
"At the south side of Emerald bay
tha road climbs to the top of a bog
back, and one has a view of Cascade
lake 600 feet below on tha left: of Em
erald bay on tha right and of lake Tahoe,
spreading out directly In front with tha
rugged mountains on tha Nevada aid
of the lake a a back ground. . .
. "We made tha round trip of approxi
mately too miles in two and one half
days. The average owner, who expects
to enjoy the trip, ahould figure on mak
ing it in five days." rvt::.;.i.-, - ,....
SEATTLE FIRM IS TO J
HANDLE POPULAR CAR
Captain W. H. Gray, who looks after
U that Fred Vogler overlooks for the
Northwest Auto company, recently re
ceived a telegram from Seattle to the
effect that th Harmon Motor Car com
pany bad signed a contract , with Mr.
vogler to handle Losier cars for Seat
tle and the vicinity. The Harmon Motor
Car company is well known In the Puget
pound city for its progresslveness,' and
they expect to do a large business In
Loziers, especially since the announce
ment of the cheaper four cylinder car.
SPLITDORF
SPECIALISTS
MAGNETOS
COILS
PARTS
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UIIITED AUTO CO.
" Main 4337, A-7171 .''
Ctbt Equipped for Service
522-28 ALDER ST. ' '
1
HG OF,
MAY BE TACKLED BY
IE
Removal of Signs of Wear Are
Not So Difficult as Might Be
Supposed. ?'
Beauty may ba only akin deep, but
there may ba Quite a lot of beauty In a
skin of paint It goes without saying
that there ara few things that depreciate
the' value of a car to a greater extent
than ' does the condition of tha paint
work.' In the marketing of used cars
In particular, appearance is, almost lit
orally, tha whole thing, as nearly every
one who has attempted to dispose of
oars taken in trade knows, a To nmsn a
oar from. tha rough, Just as H comes
irom tne snop, is not an easy jod, ana
though It should not be attempted
probably never will have to be attempted
by tha average garage or repair man
or dealer, ref inlsmng a car that has
been In use for a year or ao and shows
signs of some of the knocks It haa re
ceived la not as difficult as' might be
supposed. It is a Job, in fact, that may
be tackled by almost any one who' has
the necessary room for tha work. ' Ac
cording to an expert who has made plain
the method in tha Carriage Monthly, the
work amounts to little more than a coat
or two ot color and a coat, of varnish.
. The first step, of course, is to touch
up any bare or fractured spots,-and for
thia nuroose a little red lead "saddened
down" with a good, strong lampblack
and limbered up with soma raw linseed
oil Is tha proper thing.' After the frac
tured spots have been scraped and sand
papered out and the debris brushed
away, the lead and lampblack should be
applied with a small, well-pointed soft
bristle brush. The whole of the car
should be gone over In this way, getting
all the bare spots under a coat of
"touch-up" color. . t
' Xemove Dirt rirst, ' s "
The chassis should be served In the
same way.' areaBe and road dirt accum
ulations .first ' bavin . been removed,
using a softening material composed of
one part crude oil and three parts tur
pentine for the purpose. Apply this ma
terial with a swab of soft cloth and let
It stand long enough several hours, or
all day, if necessary for the accumula
tions to soften, when they may be re
moved with old burlap or some other
coarse fabric. - The same oil-turpentine
EFINfSH
CAR
AM
REPAIR MAN
mixture should ba applied to tha body
wherever oil or grease spots appear, v
There are .two way a open to the
painter for preparing the body surface
for color.. One way, and the very best
way, la to rub down with water and
pulverised pumice , stone. This takes
everything off the surface that doesn't
belong there, and, Incidentally, fits It
to receive the color, v Tha second and
cheaper method consists In aaudpaportng
the surface down with No. 0 or No,
paper, the coarseness of the paper de
termining the choice. Before follow
ing either of these Ways out, however
ell - surface defects, are to . b puttied
with hard drying putty, and allowed 24
hours . In ' Which to dry, v Face thette
putty ' spots down with rubbing ' brick
dipped In pure turpentine In the event ot
sandpapering the body, and with rubbing
stoiie dipped in water In cas the sur
face la rubbed with water and pumice
stone flour. ,- ,
Possibly the old paint on certain parts
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Top, at left-Claud McGee and party
Bottom, at left On Auburn, Emigrant
of the car body, noUbly thosa parts sub
ject to acute vibration or violent strains,
show ; a series of force 'checks 'which,
while not' deep, are sufficiently ao to
get In the way, like a sore thumb, under
the one coat of varnish practice. To put
these well out of sight,' temporarily, at
least, break up some hard putty In tur
pentine to a consistency to work freely
from a i inch half elastio scraping
knife, and face up the parta referred to.
In surfacing down this putty glass dip a
block of rubbing stone, cut to a conven
ient slse. In turpentine. Avoid using
water for such work on account of the
moisture jikely to find Its way Into the
crevices. This moistura - during : the
process Of evaporating servea to break
the fissures into wider and deeper
cheeks, making their last state ' worse
than tha Hrattf K ; Tv..'.
Having thus finished stopping up the
fractures and fissures, and making the
surface like new, with : the necessary
smoothness provided for,; the next step
is the application ot the color.. In this
matter1 avoid,' If possible, the use of
black or exeremely dark colors, Cue h as
the very dark blues or gresns. These
colors naturally exaggerate surface in
equalities, and for finest display i re
quire specially thorough surfacing work.
Medium deep greens and blues, and light
blues, with any of the beautiful browns,
along with deep, rich reds, including
a number of the lead lakes, are colors
particularly adapted for color, and one
coatvarnlsh' work..v
,v Coat of Via Colo 'KrsC-l
V. Scarcely any of these colore, however,
will furnish the requisite color density
and intensity on one coat. Therefore,
apply one coat of flat color and .follow
with. one coat ot varnish color, or one
coat of glasing color, as It is termed,
when using such semitransparent' pig
ments aa ultramarine blue, carmine, and
any one of the lakes. -:?; -
In making up a varnish color, or glase
color, for one coat work,' use aa a rule,
two ouncea of color to one pound of var
nish, first thinning the color with tur
pentine to a cream-like consistency, and
then gradually stirring In the varnish.
Apply the varnish color, or the glase
color, freely-, to the surface, using for
this work a flat, chisel pointed, badger
hair brush, one email brush for wiping
up and running edges and one t or 2
Inch width brush. As this is to be a
one-coat Job extra care must be taken to
have a solid, uniform coat In place.
The day following the application of
the varnish color or glase coat, go over
the surface with a H4 inch thick block
of felt saturated with water, and dipped
lightly in No 00 pulverised pumice
stone. 'Finish off with a light water
Lrub, and ..confine the rubbing ' procets
to aimply "kuunr the luster, and clean
ing off minor surface blemishes. Run
on the "striping lines, if any,' and then
in due time apply a heavy coat of the
best finishing Varnish obtainable for use
directly upon, the flat color or the Var
nish COlOr COat ' v' iV';,,1- :.y
- In. the meantime, bring the chaseia
along rn practically the same way, put
ting on In varnishing all the material
the surface will carry, this being the
saving factor in the matter of appear
ance, In all one coat Varnish work. Lick
over the fenders, and guards, and radi
ator," with something to match them up
with the car in general. Brighten up
the braaswork, if any, and when the ear
is assembled give it a close inspection,
and the proper touching up to insure a
well-balanced finish throughout . While
a Job of this kind is a comparatively
cheap one, and offers no extravagant
profits, it is worth while doing well up
to the limit of the price received.
, - White Slaver In Prison.
' Loa Angeles, Cat., "Oct. 16. Charles
It Duvell was sentenced to serve four
years at San Quentin for white slavery,
It being proved that he forced Gladys
Allen, at the. muscle of a revolver, to
enter a life of shame.
on neyr road overlooking Emerald
Gap, road near Cisco. ' At rightEmerald Bay, from new road.
PORTLAND
DECLARED
iTOWCr'AUTOPlE"
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Notwithstanding Rainy Season
f but Few Closed'Cars'Seen
'if In This City,
One would have thought that all the
various phases of an , automobile had
been discussed over and ' over again at
full length, by now. We have heard
cost and maintenance talked to ' death,
streamline effects, eloctrlo lighting and
starting, weight beauty, and so' on and
so forth, but it has remained for Cap
tain Gray, the man with the engaging
smile, to strike a phase as interesting
as it is ref reahlngly new. -. . .
Captain blurted out the other day, in
the midst of a general shatter on cars,
something' that was at first 'entirely
Inaudible, A "Say that again, "k Captain,
there might be something InteresUng in
what you say if you'll let us hear it"
wak ' the comment from one of '., his
bosom friends, land 'Captain came out
very elowly and, for him, very solemnly
with the remark; "I have never seen a
city where there is so little automobile
pride among the motorists as in Port
land." 5 j ;-;'-; ii. '':'.-.''
. Just at first people did not gather
quite what he was driving at but finally
NOBBY rr
TREAD ' Jvu tuc
safe as it might be
expense as low as
Anrm balLou &
. uvmai . aw
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NORTHWEST AUTO CO.
, Factory, Distributors of ,
-CROADWAY AT
Main CC37 - ' . ,
Bay. ? At right On new- road at west
it dawned on them that after all; he had
Struck something which really did af
fect the city's automobile altuattaa,.. i-
There is novelty of this slse Jn 'Amer
ica today he Baldjitvith "o many open
ears and. ao. few closed care. . People
coming here in the winter are surprised
beyond speech almost: they Invariably
turn round and ask:,. 'But where are all
your covered cars, your . limousines,
coupes and such like?' "Alas, we have
no answer for them tn the shape of an
answer that could b called in the least
satisfactory, a. av..t -v : ''
- "We have the rain we have mora rain
in the winter-mon the than nine cities
out of 10, so that we should really oc
cupy a leading place among cities pos
sessing closed : ears, ' Instead 'of being
placed away down at the very bottom of
the llSte'i'-:-, WUji.s "
. "With an open car. no matter what
one may do in the way of wind shields,
wind curtains and auch like, it is im.
possible to keep, everything, and every
body dry and comfortable: WJiat Is
more, there Is a general air of slop'pl
ness, Untidiness and discomfort ; about
an open motor car in the wet weather
whloh ill accords,- for instance, with a
Visit to the theatre; to a dance, to an
evening "at home", or some such; func
tion. ';; . 'ri -,:- -4 't S: ;V 'ivi; h s
; "The appearance of such -a cai when
compared with a limousine, will explain
what I mean when I say : that Portland
motorists have no sense of pride. With
tha limousine, everything is enclosed
against wind, rain, storm . and cold.
There is a general atmosphere of clean
liness and at-homenesa about an vh
closed car that is absolutely lacking In
the touring type of an automobile. -i
"If any one doesn't believe me, let
. CHAITJ
uauig uicsc iwy ; , jr arj
nor is your t
it ought to
wright
wauvvajr
COUCH STREET
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are
end of .Emerald Bay--,!;.
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him watch at . the theatre some night
and -notice tha difference between the
arrival of the - limousine an of - the
open car and the different appearance
of those who come in the two cara Then
you'll-understand whaf I mean by talk
ing about automobile pride." , .
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- For' many years North Carolina hss
been the f greatest ; producer . of rnla
among the states. ' ,
"FORlNSTANGE:w
' A COOD.RAINCOArOR pVERCOAT -TO
KEEP YOU DRY DURING THE WINTER
Archer and Wioblnp
"OAK STREET, CORNER SIXTH ' ' ;
Automobile Supplies-
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AUTOMOBILES; RIJCKS
C I v';D"liT X- Distributors for Oregon and South. - Wash.
e aW DQS3 QZ VOealso. Portland Agency, 615-617 Wash. St
IJOTOR LUBRlCATIttN SPECIALISTS
MONOGRAM AND MONARCH DIAMOND OILS
AND GREASES , FOR ALL PURPOSES
BALL0U & WRIGHT, atScvst-
, Phones Marshall BS60, A-0638
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The Oar With The Vpwerfnl Motor 4-48 X. ' tl950 4-65 H. ' $3380
- STnUy Equipped With O.H . starting and Lighting Bystam
, Am(OV MOTOaAB CO., :
31 Uorth. 19th Mear -Washlngtoa. Fhoaesl Main 4880, A-3881. i
AUTOMOBILE AND SHOP SUPPLIES . . , ,
5park PIu-s TOOLS . ; Drake-Lininj
MOTORCYCLES AND ACCESSORIES ' . . ' . "
Prcer "Tool" and 'Supply Co. i
74 flith and 911 Oak Sts.
t-lmA pr.j,.-'-4 p r ft f
W. C. Garbe and E. iWinchell, ' of the "
Orgon Motor Car company; local dis
tributors of the Studebaker, are much
elated over a recent report from Call-,
fjornla shewing that the number of 8tu- t
debaker cars In use far outstrips all au
tomobiles In Its price class, and far out
strips all makes of cars except one. 1
C. N. Weaver, general manager of the
Studebakftr Corporations' San Francisco
branch, ha just completed a list of all
the automobiles registered In California '
during the last three years ending Sep-:
teinber 1, 1918. which date Is now con sidered
the end of each automobile , sea-
son. i ' " ' 7
These figures which show tha Im
mense Increase of ! per cent In the .
automobile business this year over last ,
in the state of California, are abso
lutely correct, according to Mr. Garbe,
ss they were teken from" the secretary ;
of state's office at Sacramento. One
out of every seven automobiles irt tha
state, a Studabaker, is the wonderful'
showing f this popular car , in Callfor- v
nia. The car has also made a wonder
ful showing In Oregan. havln cr -out
of every nine registered In thl V;
state,- according to figures furnished by
Mr Brown manacer 'of ' the Northwest'
distributing branch of; the Studebaker
Corporation located an' thin city.
A list ol all xna auiomooues rc-
istered In California covering a period
of three years will be of Intense Interest
to the Oregon automobile world, and is
given herewith showing tha Studebaker
people with ssoi, ana toiai ot o,ioo:
Abbott-Detroit J6
A lOO a a i 1.84-1
American ;;,..;
Apperson .. , 338
Maxwell 1.9S .
Mercery...... 16s -
Mets ........ 88
Michigan k.,.J 20 ,
MttcheU ..i..- 1.639
Moline ...... U i
Moon ....... 1J0,
National 23 ,
Oakland ,'V. -.1,181; V'
Oldainoblle n. 469 '
Overland i ... ,305 :. .
Packard '.v.. r06I
Paige-Detroit - 810 -Pathfinder
i,. . M ; .
Peerless v....i 35a ,
Plerce-Arrow v 810 V:
Pope-Hartford 784 v
Premier .. 165 ,
Pullman ;...-'.' ID
Auburn ..... . ." 871
Autocar i.... h. 8ri
Brush, .;.. v
Buick .4...." 4.9V
Cadillac ... 1,91.1
Chalmera , S.366,
Chase :..,..r,s J;
Cole ........ -'533
Cuttlnv 56
Detrolter .... 13
Duro .......181
Dornis 14
Elmora : 807
Everett ........ 85K
VttAmrmX ' ' 168
Rambler .... 29
Flat .v..V.. :'V-S8 R. C H.
28a,
Vireatona. .i. 127
Regal 1,117,:,.
Ford ...,,..,,3J tteo .........
Franklin .... . 711 Simplex
Oarford mm :' 14 Speedwell-
Haynes ,,wm ? 661 Stanley .....
Hudson ... k.1 1,350 Stearns .....
'iii:1
107
151
804
408
74
" is;
48
,807 '
HupmoDiie -. o.-u ........
Henderson a-DSyton... . .
Imperial .... , l'H
International '300:
Interstata .';A"5. 4
Stuta
8. O. V. ... .f
Studebaker , .
Thomas. ..v..
Jackson, 839
24T
Mussel ,
. 8461 Tourist 289
Kif -1 ..J 128W.-D. . . ...... .', 24
jvitne
$1 Velle 145
na'vir w 1 n i
Krlt ISS WestcOtt ... ,,10
Locomobile .. 1 746 White . . . t -' B24'
Losler , J 262 Winton - . .,,,
Little .i...i, . 79 Mis, Gas..... 8,629
Marathon It.-?- 66'Electrlo ..... 1,411
Marion ...i..'.-J4 , V:'
Harmon .... 1261 Total .4... "6,113
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