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8 THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, MONDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 23, 1914. VETERAN Cher is VISITING PORTLAND TO SEE HIS ORCHARD Will Coach White Sox Back stops at Paso Robles Training Camp. Billy Sullivan, veteran catcher of. the Chicago White Box,' and Chehalem valley orchardlHt. Is visiting in our fair city today. Billy dropped In un announced, but did not take the pre caution to leave hl name off the ho rtel reenter. Hence we are able to chronicle hla presence amongst us. Today he In talking baseball and In vestments with , his old pal, Fielder Jones, tomorrow" he will take his first squint In a- year at the young apple.' orchard he. panted about four years sko nar iiewberg, and Wed- nrsauy n wm on ms way to "so Rob If, where the Box take the kinks Out of their muscles this year. "The failure of Charles Kbbetts to met the demands of Joe Tinker, whom he secured in a trade with the Cincinnati Nationals, 8xn after the deal was marie .gave the Federals a big slarf" said Hullivan. "If Kb brtls had agrerd to pay Tinker the sum he offered late right after the trad. the Federals would find the go ing pretty tough. "The Federate will have their hard est row to hoe during the spring training season, because they will not be able to get many games with teams of their caliber. , (lames will be arranged with amateur teams, but m that they 'may make, more money than the National and American clubs do on. their training trips. "The fans Ih- Chicago are support ing the Federals v ry well and a great number of them are planning to go south on' th speihil train which will take Tinker's men to their camp. A number of clubs have been formed, which will support the Federals. The "Harry Williams Club" is one of the strongest." Williams acted as secre tary of the Chicago Cubs for a num ber of ycut and Is very popular among the Windy City fans. He Is now connected with the Federal league. "The White Sox ought to have aj pretty. good club this year, provided! ui r.u niinii comes Dack Into h-1s old form, Cicotte reDeats. n,uiE goes, like he did last year and JlmT neon snows up. i think we have a good young ball rlub with a veteran pitching staff and that is a fine combination." BASEBALL NOTES m a 1 ----. Jj Howard Mundorff, tbe former Port land Colt outfielder and now the prop erty of the San Francisco Seals In a letter to Arthur Krueger, who Is George Stovall's agent on the Coat stated' he would like to play In the Federal league. v.iir uiioowin, me promising in flelder of the Angeles team, has jumpea to me Federals and later de clared he would Dlav With t llA Art rc a Now he says ho will stay with the jreuerais. M U RPH Y, BASEBALL OWNER BY COINCIDENCE By Herbert Corey. ! New Tork, Feb. 23. ' Coincidence made Charles Webb Murphy a base ball millionaire. Five minutes either way 'and he might have remained a newspaper reporter to the end of his days. Now his fellow magnates in the National league have thrust Mur phy out of that organization on the general theory that he is a disturber. But no matter. Murphy has his; mil lion. - j Every one knows at least, ' every one who turns to . the baseball column as soon as he has digested his morn ing murder that Murphy was the principal owner of the Chicago Cubs. Every one also knows that hia man ager used to be Johnny Kvers re member tnat "Tinker to Evers to Chance" refrain of three season ago?. and that Murphy slipped the skids under that young gentleman when Evers had his head turned. I This is how he got in baseball. It combines coincidence and tears In a real human interest story. i Murphy began as a drug clerk , in Cincinnati. ' He was alert, snappy, a hustler, with a wide streak of real humor. He thought he saw a future in the newspaper business. So he seized an opening on the staff ' of the Cincinnati Enquirer. By and' by he Joined the Cincinnati TimesStar, which Is owned by Charles P. Taft, brother of former President Taft, Saved His Money. Murphy made a fair salary, saved his money, and hustled a bit on .the Bide. Each year he published a police annual. A percentage of the profits of this periodical went to the police fund. . Lots-of people "who paid money for advertising in the same spirit in which they would cut their throat nevertheless advertised in the police annual. It was considered lucky. - Murphy was something of a base ball writer, but more of a b. b. bug. For years he looked for a chance to connect himself with baseball in some capacity. Eventually he came to New York as a sort of press agent and secretary for the Giants, th-roughi his friendrshlp for John T. Brush. He was not particularly successful in that capacity.- At all events, he went on to Chicago. He had between $15,000 and $20,000 saved, as a result of that economy and zipp referred to ; pre viously. One day he walked into the office of "Jim" Hart, then owner of a controlling interest in the Cubs. There was something the matter with HarVs heart. When he felt ill he was full of pessimism. Here's where coincidence begins to figure. The day Murphy entered Hart's office ,. that gentleman was lying on a lounge, groaning. Said He Heeded Kest. "I believe I'm going' to die, Charley," said Hart. "I wish I could get out of baseball. I need a rest." Murphy's mental operations are dls-, tingulshed by their celerity. "Give me an option on your stock," said he. Then Hart didn't want to sell at all. But Murphy urged him on. Event ually Hart gave him an option, re stricted as to time very closely. A few days later he sent for Murphy again. . "I've given So-and-So an option' on my stock also," said he. "The first man to get the money gets the stock." Murphy hurried back to New York, I '' ' it ' ' A ; V i ' ' " -r i ' I v i V - , H Charles Webb Murphy. perspiring noticeably. No one here would go in with him to the extent of a peseta. ' He went on to Cincin nati, where he had lived almost all his life. He called on every business man he knew and begged, them to come in. "Ah." said the business men, "and who will manage the team?" "Me," said Murphy. Couldn't See Him. "We think it looks like rain," said the business men, almost as though they had. been rehearsed. Murphy gave It up, and bought his tickets back to Chicago. Here's where co Incidence starts in the second heat. Baseball bug to the last, Murphy went out to see that day's game. Charles P. Taft had been told by his phys ician to keep .more in the open air. He didn't care much about baseball but, after all, it Isn't played under a roof. He used to walk out to the park in Cincinnati every day the Reds played, with the managing editor of the Times-Star, Joseph Garretson. Mur phy and Garretson were close friends. Coincidence again. There isn't an other man in that part of the world to whom Murphy would have told his troubles. He called Garretson over. "I have a chance to get rich," said he. "But--" He told the story. Half way through it he broke down and cried. It was a real cry. Tears as big as eyeballs rolled down his cheeks. Taft Is a sympathetic man. He fidgeted as he watched Garretson's companion boo boo. By and by he called Garretson to him. "Who Is that man?" he asked. "What is he crying about?" Formerly on Payroll. "You ought to know him," said Gar retson. "That's Charley Murphy used to work on the Times-Star. He's crying because Taft listened to the story, but said nothing at the time. As they walked back to town after the, game he seemed deep in thought "By and by he said: "Tell Murphy to come In and see me tomorrow." Garretson told Murphy. Here's some more coincidence. Taft wasn't inter ested in baseball, btft years before he had loaned Adrian Anson, then man ager of the Chicago team, a sum of money on his stockholdings in the club. Anson had been a minority a very minority stockholder. The ma jority interests had eaten up the profits of the club in salaries and im provements, so that no dividends were paid. Anson was never able to get his stock back. After holding it for 16 years, or thereabouts, Taft had been forced to foreclose. Considered Stock Dead. "That stock is in my safe," he told Murphy. "I have always considered it a dead horse, which has cost me $30,000. If you can show me a way to get my money back, I'll help you." Taft did not then never has cared to get into baseball. Murphy con vinced him that a further investment would bring his $30,000 home, and Taft financed Murphy's Purchase of the .Hart stock. That year Chicago won me pennant, . under Frank Chance's wonderful field leadership. Marry jruuiam, then president of the league, told me the following winter: "r have Been the books of the Chi cago team. Murphy's share of the profits, by -way of dividends on the Hart stock, are sufficient to pay for that stock outright" Since then he added largely to his holdings in the club. He has also Baited away in gilt edged securities something like a million dollars.' His later baseball history is known to mose interested in baseball. But YOUNG MURRAY GETS CHANG HQUCK EAT 20 ROUND GO TODAY Sacramento . MiddlewetgHj Will Meet the Experienced Eastern Boxer in Daly City. RED TRUSTEES PUT UP MORE MONEY FOR ATHLETIC GROUNDS New "Running Track, Base ball Field and Tennis Courts Will Be Provided, PORTLAND WINS OUT FOR HARRY HEI Li MANN IN MAJOR COMEBACKS Beavers Also May Get Catch ers Brannrgan and Jenkins; Coasters May Profit, RAN SHOESTRING tJP : , TO MILLION AND IS GLAD TO QUrtiGAME Ike Rorkenfleld, who used to plav the second bag position rfor the Ta roma Tigers, is after an umpire's berth In the Union Association. Frank Kelly, the 8pokane plaver, who was sold by Seattle to the Boston Americana, left last week for the .training camp of the Red Sox. Ray Castleton, the former major leaguer who was with the Venice Coast league team for a season, Is anxious to break Into Coast league ball again and has written Arthur Devlin of Oakland for a Job. The Chicago Federals are Bald to have offered Outfielder Felts of Vic toria $400 per montfi.- Felts wired Tinker that he Is ready to talk busi ness. Unless Felts gets a three-year contract It would be useless for him to sign with the Feds for he Is not liable to hold his Job very long on ac count of. weak hitting. Marcus Marcolowltz. the young catcher who finished the 1913 Coast league season with the batting average Of 1.000, has signed with the Oakland team for 1914. He played In one game. ' Jess Black, the Portland pitcher who bs signed a contract with the North Yakima team, was the recipient today Of an offer from the Austin team of the' Texas league, a class B organization. RITCHIE JUBILANT AS HE READS A TELEGRAM It Says His Fight With Wol gast May Draw About. $40,000, The Oakland baseball team has en gaged William Morris of San Fran cisco as trainer for the 1914 season. Devlin wired Dock Ackerman. who trained the Colts last season, for his terms, but evidently they were too high for the Oakland club. San Francisco, ' Feb. 23. Light weight Champion Willie Ritchie was jubilant today over a telegram from .viilwaukle that his scheduled 10 round match there March.' 12 with Ad Wol gast probably would draw $40,000. Word to this effect was received from Promoter Tom Andrews, who said the advance sale had commenced with flattering prospects. "If Andrews' dope Is right,' said Ritchie,. "I will draw about $16,000 for my end. I have the privilege of ac cepting 40 per cent of the gross re ceipts. The new stadium will seat 10,000, and if it filled there will be plenty of money to go around." ! SOUTH PORTLAND CLUB HOLDS SMOKER FEB, 27 Billy Eyeman Will Return to Boxing Game at 135 Pounds, ' Joe Wood, the Boston Red Sox pitch er, was operated on yesterday at Twin Lakes. Pa., for appendicitis. It was entirely' successful. Charles Arbogast, the former Los Angeles catcher, has applied for a posi tion with the Oakland team, and may get a chance to try out with Devlin. Southpaw Oeyer has signed his 1914 contract with the Oakland team. It unwell Manages W. 8. Team. ' White Salmon, Wash.. Feb. 23. C C Russell was appointed manager of the local baseball team at the reorganiza tion meeting last week. Plans for the season were discussed by 150 fans of this city and a subscription list was started. The proceeds of a boxing meet swelled the subscription fund. Thompson on Way to Island. - San Francisco, Feb. 23. "Cyclone" Johnny Thompson, of Sycamore, Ills., Is here today on t&e first leg of a trip around the world. Four years ago Thompson was boxing at 133 pounds but he Is now a light-heavyweight. He expects to sail for Australia March 10. "What I want most of all is a match with Tommy Burns," said Thompson today. "Tommy is a favorite in Aus tralia, but so am I. The fact that Burns is ready to return to tlie ring is ine enter reason for the trip I am taking. If I am successful in getting a match with Burns and nut him r sleep, I will try to force Georges Car- penuer into a match with me,! either in Paris or London." j fe j "Welsh and Rivers March' 17. Los Angelse, Feb. 23. After days of dickering, Mexlcan Joe Rivers has con sented today to meet Freddie j Welsh, and the battle will be staged at Tom McCarey's Vernon arena on the after noon of March 17. The boys will box -0 rounds at 134 ' pounds ringside. Welsh has telegraphed McCarey that he .will leave New York tomorrow for Los Angeles. The South Portland Amateur Athlet ic club will stage its monthly smoker Friday evening, February 27, in the club hall at the foot of Sweeney avenue in Fxilton. This smoker is being held for the benefit of the baseball team. Manager Meinecke has arranged for the following bouts: 108 pounds Jacobs, S. P. A. C., vs Kurtz,' unattached. 110 pounds Gonzoles, S. P. A, C vs Santo, S. P. A. C. " 130 pounds Buckner, S. P. A. G vs. namson, unattached. 130 pounds R. Jones. S. P. A. C, s. D. Robinson, unattached. 125 pounds Trambetis, Newsboys s. Colvln. Woodlawn. 135 pounds Joe Williams a t a C, vs. Billy Eyeman, unattached. 140 pounds Schlip, S. P. A. C, vs. Kelt, Woodlawn. 135 DOUIlrifc Hnllanfl i,n..Jv..a . , wub(.av.ucu, vs. Miller, unattached. Bob Brown, of Vancouver, has offered to sell Catcher Carl Lewis to the Vic toria team. Owner Wattelet is anxious to land Harry Ostdiek. former Spokane manager. The Bee owner thinks he has discovered a star In Blackburn, a first sacker, who halls from California He is 6 feet 2 Inches tall. i Federal Motor Tracks SOLID AS A ! NATION Sold on Monthly Payment Plan A Federal is a big advertisement for your business. If you want one call or phone ' Gerlinger Motor Car Col I 690-694 WASHINGTON STREET WJF i BASKETBALL NOTES If Jim Hart had not hoon mffariio at the Treeis moment tbaf "Nf i,-vt walked Into his office; If Taft's phy sician naa not oraered him into the open air; If the one man who saw MuiDhv Crvlnsr had not banning be the one man who held the ap parently valueless Anson stock; if Joe Garretson had not been Murphy's only confidant in all th wnrH Mumho would today be a reporter, with a lik ing xor managing visiting teams from the northwest corner on his day off. nows mat tor coincidence? San Francisco, Feb. 2S. Promoter James W. Coffroth's proverbial luck for Bunshine was with him again today and the Leo Houck-Billv Murrav 20 round match will be staged this after-! noon at Daly City as scheduled. De spite the prediction of Father Jerome S. Ricard, Santa Clara university's "Padre of the Rains," that today would be stormy, it dawned cloudless, with every indication that fair weather would prevail throughout the after noon. Both Houck and Murray were pro nounced fit for the contest. Although Houck Is a 10 to 8 favorite over the Sacramento boy, Murray's supporters rallied and snapped up all the Houck money in sight. Good judges of odds predicted that the price would be even money at ring time. Murray finished his training Satur day. He is In fine condition and Is confident his punching ability will more than offset the Phlladelphlan's experience. Three preliminaries were carded, the first to start at 2 p. m and the main event at 3:15. ; Zoltang Tobias Is Winner. New York, Feb. 22. Zoltang Tobias, unattached, won the 500 yard Metropol itan swimming championship, the fea ture of Saturday night's card at the Sportsman's show at Madison Square garden. His tlm was 7:17 2-5. In the fancy diving championship Mal colm MacGregor of Yale won. Soccer Elevens Play Tie. The Mount Scott and the Columbia university soccer teams played their second tie game yesterday afternoon. Each made two goals. (The high wind maae last piayiag auncuit. The trustees of Reed college have granted an extra appropriation of $1500 for the purpose of putting the new athletic field Into the best of condi tion at once. The Improvements will Include an efficient draining system, and two ten nis courts. In addition the running track Is to be completed. It will be a cinder path 15 feet wide, encircling the field. There is yefa great deal of rolling and leveling to be done. The entire field is to be graded and the Inside of the track will be rolled. A cement gutter, marking the inside edge of the path, will be laid the entire length of the track. Catch basins every 100 feet will be drained by tile pipe. The curbing on the outside of the track will be a 12 inch plank ex cept on the east side, where it Is the Intention to Install a cement curb. The depth of the cinder surface will be about two Inches. City water will supply drinking fau cets at either end of the field. The baseball diamond Is to be lo cated at . the southeast corner facing in the same direction as the grounds of the Pacific Coast league. While tie sthletio policy of the college states positively that there shall be no grandstand at Reed, nature gets ahead of the administration in this case by supplying a natural grandstand. The entire ground is In view from any point on the slope, which lies between it and the gymnasium. Both th dia mond and the outfield will be put Into the best of shape within a few weeks. The tennis courts, which are to be of dirt, will be graded and rolled. A wire netting will surround them. It Is quite probable that the men of the college will turn out and devote Walter McCredie was one of the hap piest individuals in town this morn ing "when it was made-known to him that he had been successful in win nlnir Harrv Hil ing first baseman, drafted from the romana woits by Detroit, in the major league comebacks. Secretary Farrell of the National as sociation made public the awards yes terday, and besides Hellmann, Port land won Brannlgan of Petersburg and Jenkins of Keokuk, two catchers draft ed from the majors. San Francisco won on Barham, the Victoria pitcher who was drafted; Sacramento won out on Catcher Kafora. drafted by Pitts burg, and for whom Portland was beaten out in the - draft by delayed work on the part of the national com mission. Oakland secured' Outfielder Messenger. If these players do not make good in the major leagues the clubs to whom they have been awarded will have the first opportunity to try them out. Manager McCredie has said often , that he would like to have Harry Hell mann back, for he figures that Harry Is destined to be a great first baseman, and that his hitting and fielding abil ity will make him a great ball player with a little more experience. If Mc Credie gets . Hellmann, he figures to put him on first base and keep him there. Murphy, Deposed Owner of Chicago Cubs, Jboiesn't Care Who Buys Old Stock, 1: one day to working on the athletic field. Everyone is anxious that the grounds should be completed as soon cs possible, and again Buch a day would afford an opportunity for all the men to get together and give vent to their "Reed spirit." in a way, they have tried and found out that they line. Chicago. 111.. Feb 5S ! mnr1A worry." said Charles W. Murphy, when -toid here today that a syndicate com- . posed of James Pugh. William Half , Thompson and Charles McCulloch. ' stood ready to buy Charles ; P. Taft's interest in the Chicago National league DaseDau club. . Through pressure by Governor John K. Tener of Prniurlva of the National league. Murphy was xorcea some time Saturday ! to dispose of his interest to Taft, who started him in the game. "I started with a shoestring." said Murphy, "and today I am worth more than $1,000,000. I am gladto "get out of the game. ' The story ijiat I was kicked out by National league directors Is not true. I got my pric. and now that I am through with bastball, I am a. happy man." f A report circulated in baseball cir cles today that the national commis sion would rule that Boston must pay the owners of the Chicago -dub $15,000 for Johnny Evers was generally cred ited. The Boston club took over the Chicago contract with Kvers .after he had been deposed by Murphy. Training Ship Smoker Tuesday. The Boston Training Ship Athletic club will stage a smoker in its club rooms Thursday night for its members and friends. There will be several boxing events and lunch will be served. Allen McNeill, who recently joined the club, will be one of the boxers. Millionaire: Horseman pead. Pasadena, Cel., Feb. 23. -Samuel Al lerton. multi-millionaire horseman and Republican candidate for 'mayor of Chicago against Carter II. Harrison in JS3. is dead at tha ar nr nr. The Jewish Ytnvm' ha straths 11 oam which has lost but five games in three years, will play the first game of a series of three with the Christian Brothers college quintet Wednesday night on the J. B. A. C. floor at Second and Wood streets. A preliminary game between the J. B. A. C. second team and the Amicus club will start about :4b o clock. The J. B. A. C. was organized In 1911. and durlnsr that season it wnn is out of 19 games. Last season it won 15 out of 16 games, and this year It naB won iz straignt games. The team won the 135 pound championship in the city in 1911 and the 145 nonnri tm last year. Clatskanle, Or., Feb. 23. The Clats kani High school hnnkothnii defeated the Washington High school ieam oi -oruana Friday night by the score of 23 to 17. The Portland team was ahead at the end of the first half 13 to 10. McMinnville, Or., Feb. 23. The Mc Minuville college basketball quintet de feated the Chemawa Indians Friday night by the score of 30 to 22. Oregon City, Feb. 23. The Baraca basketball team of the First Baptist church of this city went down to over whelming defeat Saturday evening at the hands of the RellwnnH v i.r f a quintet. At the end of the first half the score stood 8 to 8 in favor of the Baracas, but during the second half aeuwooa oegan to shoot baskets when ever they felt like it and ended with the score of 22 to 11 In favor of the visitors. The lineup was: Baraca bmnnis and Miller, forwards; Hankins center; Milliken and Selby, guards Sellwood Jones, and Korlann, for wards; Kerns, center; Pegg and Wat son guards. . , Major Leaguers in Liunnon. London. Feb. 23. The Chicago White Sox and the New York Giants arrived here today for their London baseball exhibition. The first game will be Thursday. London newspapers devoted much space to the Reams' presence and printed elaborate explanations of base ball, accompanied, iin most cases, by diagrams. The two teams were In stalled at the Hotel CeciL The Cadillac Company has no intention of marketing a six cylinder car V THE Cadillac Motor Car Company ha9 always believed that there are so many good features in the Cadillac Car, that its advertising space could be best utilized exclusively in acquainting the public with those advantages. We regret, however, that the occasion arises which makes it appear desirable for us to depart, temporarily, from that policy. Inasmuch as it is not possible for us to con trol the "mouth to mouth" advertising wjth which we are favored, and inasmuch as that gratuitous publicity may sometimes contain elements of inaccuracy, unintentionally, per haps, on the part of the authors, we feel that we would not perform the duty which we owe to the public, and the duty which we owe to ourselves, if we did not correct any misunder standings or misconceptions which may exist concerning the methods, policies anil plans of this company. The pre-eminent position of the Cadillac Car as the "Standard of the World," its rec ognition as the criterion of excellence in prac tical construction, are not matters of mere chance. For eleven years' the Cadillac has been man ufactured and marketed upon Nvejl defined principles. Adherence to those principles has been the dominant factor in Cadillac success. The Cadillac has never aspired to ideals set by others; it makes its own ideals and raises them higher and higher. The Cadillac has ' never striven ,after the achievement of other plants ; it is a school and a model unto itself. V- The Cadillac has never been obliged to make apologies for its product. It has never been obliged to smother its past, nor to dis credit it by wiping the slate clean and begin ning all over again. The immaterial and the impractical, the fad and the fallacy, the delusion and the shallow "talking point" have no chapter in the "Storv of the Cadillac." 7 The "Story of the Cadillac" is the story of the mechanical and commercial advancement which makes for permanency. The Cadillac product has been only that which its makers knew to be right ; that which it's makers knew would satisfy and give to the purchaser "value received" in abundant measure. The policy of the Cadillac company has ever been to avoid exaggeration and overdrawn statements. Its policy has ever been to under claim rather than to over-claim. The Cadillac Company is gratified that the public feels secure in accepting Cadillac repre sentations at their full worth. These' represen tations are so accepted because the Cadillac Company has never misled and because the public could always expect and has always received more than was offered. The Cadillac Car of today has behind it the experience gleaned in the successful produc tion of the seventy-five thousand Cadillacs which have preceded it by far the greatest number of high grade motor cars produced by any one manufacturer in the world. The Cadillac Company is ever alert its ear is ever to the ground ; it feels the throb of the public pulse. Yet never has it yielded to clamor by giving indorsement td principles which would take advantage of the uninitiated or the uninformed, even though temporary benefits might accrue. The experimental division of .the Cadillac Company is not excelled .in the motor ear industry. We do not believe it is even equalled. Every design, every appliance, every idea, every principle offered which has a semblance of merit, is subjected to the most gruelling tests. For every idea or feature adopted or con sidered worthy of the Cadillac seal of approv al, scores are discarded. One reason why most of the new ideas of inventors and manufacturers are first offered to the Cadillac Company is because these in ventors and manufacturers realize that with the Cadillac seal of approval, their future is practically certain. As an example, take the electrical system of automatic cranking, lighting and ignition, first introduced by the Cadillac Company and now used almost universally. Take also the two-speed axle introduced into the present Cadillac and which engineering authorities on both sides of the Atlantic are predicting will soon come into general use. Witness this from "The Automobile Engi neer," published in London, England. In commenting upon Cadillac engineering prog ress and Cadillac initiative, it says: "Already there is a very decided move ment among other makers to try and provide some type of two-speed rear axle similar to the Cadillac, for 1914 or 1915." In our experimental divison we have built automobile engines of almost every conceiv able type and size and have tested scores which we did not make ourselves. We have built them with one, with two, with three, with four and with six cylinders. We have never tried five. We have cast them en bloc, we have cast them in pairs and we have cast them singly. We have made them with water jackets cast integral and with copper water jackets. We found the latter method most expensive, but the most efficient hence we use it. We built cars with one cylinder engines, rnore than 15,000 of them, ancLlhey were good ones. "One-lungers" they were called, and they are practically all going yet, after eight to eleven years of service, hundreds of them having passed the 100,000 mile mark. We built a few cars with two cylinder en gines and they were as good as that type could possibly be made. But we never marketed any of them, although the rumor was cur rent that we intended doing so. Yes, and we built cars with three cylinder engines, as good of that type as could be made. Probably few readers ever heard of such a car. Some people thought they wanted that kind and they 'bought them. But not from us. Rumor had it, however, that wi intended to market them. j Cars with four cylinder engines! -We havj: built and distributed more than sixty thou sand (60,000) of them. That was something more substantial than a rumor. Cars with six cylinder engines! We have1 built a number of them in the last four vear?-' We have tested them to the utmost, and' thtjy proved to begood ones by comparison. In' fact, by comparing them point by point witlr a number of the most highly regarded "sixes;'; which we bought for the purpose of making comparisons for our owirenlightenmenr, vve failed to find .a single car which, in otir opinion, outpointed our own, and our own outpointed most of them. i : These experiments may have given rise to the rumor that "the Cadillac Company conH templates marketing a six cylinder car. JButi as in the cases of the two and three cyjU inder cars such rumor is entirely without foundation. This Company has no such ir)J tention. . lr And we made other comparisons as well ; in fact, nothing worth while was overlooked or omitted. J; ! Our tests, investigations, experiments and! comparisons demonstrated conclusively to us, that a four cylinder engine, designed with the skill and executed with the precision which characterizes the Cadillac engine!: and scientifically balanced, affords the higir-1 est degree of all 'round efficiency possible ft? obtain. : ' These tests further demonstrated that with such an engine, in conjunction with a propcr-i ly designed two-speed axle, there is obtained an extraordinary range of operating flexi bility, an extraordinary reduction of. friction an extraordinary degree of operation arkl riiaintenance economy, an extraordinary deV gree of luxurious riding qualities, and a re duction of vibration, particularly at high; speeds, almost to the vanishing point. J?i We have cited the foregoing facts because we believe that the public is entitled to know them, because we believe that we owe, it b the public to make the facts known and be-, cause we want the public to know that the Cadillac Company leaves no stone unturned! that it spares no expense in its efforts to di cover and to provide that which it knows to be right, that which it knoTurill satisfv and that which will give to thefliuyer "value re ceived" in abundant measure. - v ; And above all, the Cadillac Company has fto intention of departing from that policy. There can be no better evidence of the ap preciation of the Cadillac policy than the fact, that there have already been manufactured and distributed, more than 9000 of the 19tl model Cadillacs, amounting in selling vale? to more than eighteen millions ($18,000,000) of dollars a volume of cars which nearly equals, if it does not exceed, that of all other 1914 high grade American cars combined, sell ing at or more than the Cadillac price, re gardless of their numbers of cylinders. CADILLAC MOTOR CAR CO. Detroit, Michigan. COVEY MOTOR CAR COMPANY, Twenty-first and Washington .Street Oregon Distributors. 'Is 1