TRIP THROUGH ROUGH
COUNTRY MADE UPON
IE SET OF TIRES
SAIV
Tourists 5 Change -Air in Only
; One After Leaving San
Diego.
Probably the most ex
tensively traveled auto
mobile tourists through
eastern and central Ore
Ron for tlie season vt
19H are J. P. Murray and
W. A. Zwelfel, who ar
rived In Portland Tues
day night, after a tour
through eastern Oregon,
western Idaho, southeastern Oregon
and central Oregon, covering a dis
tance of 635 miles. .
Their advice to fellow automoblllsts
Is to stay out of southeastern and cen
tral Oregon at the present time.
Although these doughty tourists do
not complain of the slight troubles
encountered pn the long Journey, they
declared the road conditions abomin
able. Mr. Murray shipped his touring car
from San Diego, Cal., to Portland by
boat late last fall. He is a. .machinist
and foundry roan by occupation, and
In looking for a location went to La
Grande. He shipped his oar by rail
from Portland to La Grande, and last
month, accompanied by W. W. Zwlefel,
a pattern maker in the La Grande
Iron Works, started on their tour.
Bnake Blver Crossed.
They traveled from La Grande to
Huntington, Or., In one day, finding
the roads in excellent condition. A
crossing of .the Snake river was ef
fected at a ferry a few miles south
of Huntington and the travelers con
tinued through Welser and Payette,
Idaho, to Ontario, Or.
From Ontario they struck westward
ly to Vale. Prom Vale to Burns the
most difficult roada of the whole
Journey were encountered. Fourteen
miles east of Westfall they encoun
tered a mountain, the ascent of which
measured four miles, and the road
over which they found In a most de
plorable condition, through neglect
and washouts.
Although the car was loaded with
five passengers weighing 1200 pounds,
no serious difficulties were encoun
tered, and they continued their jour
ney through Beulah, Drewsey and Har
ney to Burns.
Boads Are Veglected.
The roads from Vale to Drewsey
have been absolutely neglected, by rea
son of the recent construction of the
railroad from Vale to Juntura, elimi
nating the earlier methods of freight
ing by wagon between Vale and Jun
tura, en route to Burns.
From Burns the party continued
northwesterly to Bend, expecting to
go to Klamath Falls, but finding, the
roads impassable, turned northward to
The Dalles.
Exceptionally rough going through
mud holes and over rocks In the high
centers of the road were encountered
In the. 14 miles between Antelope and
Bake Oven.
TJie tourists contemplated an at
tempt to cross McKenzle Pass, but tel
ephonic communication with the for
est' rangers' camp near the Pass,
showed the :'ads to be ' impassable,
snow being still on the ground In
depths varylns from seven to Is feet.
Without accident or serious Incident,
other than or.) blowout, the party
reached The Dalles, and while passing
through the city to the boat landing
broke a rear spring on the machine.
Carried Soma Air.
The travelers shipped their car by
boat from The Dalles to Portland, and
Mr. Murray proudly remarked to the
Bjuick agent on his arrival here that
three of the tires on the car still car
ried the same' air with which they were
Inflated at San Diego.
A careful record of gasoline used on
the trip shows that 49 gallons were
consumed in covering the distance of
625 miles, or an average of 13 miles to
the gallon, under the adverse road
conditions and a heavily laden car
carrying five people with camp equip
ment. Mr. Murray and Mr. Zwlefel will go
from Portland to Marshfleld In the
near future, with a view of locating In
thf Coos Bay region.
In lia J and SIS, valued at $614.87?, In
1914 .
Shipments : of parts, except engines
and tires' decreased in value from
$16,122 In March, 1913, to $9673, In
March last,, but Increased from $40,
458 to $58,171 during the nine months'
period.'- ' "" ;
There were three ears . shipped to
Alaska in March last, the value of
which was $2875. None were shipped
in March a year ago. During tie nln
months period the number Increased
from five, valued at $8050, In 191$, to
24, valued at $22,008, in 1914.
The receipts of cars from the United
States by Hawaii during March, 1913.
was 55, valued at $90,972, while in
March last the number was 81. but the
value was only $7.7,179. During the
nine months' period the number de
creased from 636, valued at $891,538.
to 191$, to 606, valued at $652,781, Jn
1914.
Porto Rico took 22 cars, valued at
$33,106. in March. 1913. and 21. valued
at $16,761, in March last w.hile the
number during the nine months' period
decreased from 167; valued at $330,-
azz, in to 223, valued at $255,555,
in 1914.
NEW MODEL AUTO
ARRIVES IN PORTLAND
New System of Feeding Gas
oline Into "Carburetor Is
Applied,
Recently the Cole Motor Car com
pany of Indianapolis announced an
entirely new model automobile and sev
eral of these cars now have arrived
at the Northwest Auto company's
salesrooms at Broadway and Couch
streets. This latest product of the
brain of Chief Engineer Crawford
differs very extensively from previous
models and is yet another proof of
what F. W. Vogler has always assert
ed, namely, that there is, all along the
line, a steady return in many Instances
to the four cylinder engine.
There is one mechanical feature on
the new Cole which has not been seen
on any of its predecessors, and that
is a new system of feeding the gaso
line to the carbureter from the tank
by means of another small tank on the
inside of the hood which works on the
vacuum system.
This is the invention of a motorist
of many years' standing and was taken
up and patented by the Cole company.
Once it had been installed, it was in
vestigated by all the other manufac
turers of high standing and all are
anxious to have this latest system fit
ted to their models.
The result of this patent is to do
away with all fear as to the possible
failure of the gasoline supply from
tanks in the rear, which fear has
heretofore been the one objection to
this position for the gasoline, for this
otherwise is the rational position, be
cause it aids in the proper distribu
tion of weight. By this new patent
there is always a constant and steady
supply with gravity flow Into the car
buretor -and yet the main supply Is
carried in the rear.
RUN FROM EVERETT
TO SEATTLE IS MADE
' IN LESS THAN HOUR
During Part of Trip, Which Is
Made - at Night, Speed
Reached 68 Miles.
In the six years that Kansas has
had primary elections there have never
been so many candidates for office as
this year.
Traveling 68 miles an
hour at times and averag
ing 85.47 miles an hour
for the distance, Tommy
Good, driving a four-cylinder
Apperson touring
car, lowered the road rec
ord between Everett and
Seattle last Saturday
night. His time for the
run of 33.7 miles was 67 minutes,
which is remarkable considering tha
fact that the run was made at mid
night and that considerable traffic was
met on the road.
The sensational sprint came as the
result of the determination of C. M.
Simmons and'C M. Hill, of a Seattle
motion picture exchange, to get a five
reel feature from an Everett theatre to
the express messenger aboard the train
that leaves Seattle at midnight for
Portland. The run of the pictures was
not completed In Everett until 10:40
p. m. Saturday, or 10 minutes after
the last lnterurban car had left for
Seattle. The films were promised to
a Portland theatre for exhibition Sun
day evening, so they had to be sent on
the owl train Saturday night.
High Speed Heoessary.
"We must deliver the films; and,
furthermore, the run must be made in
an hour," said Simmons to Hill, dele
gating the latter to make the arrange
ments for the lightning transporta
tion. Tommy Good, who drives a 1913
model Apperson 45 horsepower touring
car owned by Mrs. Cleo Orey of Seat
tle, is thoroughly familiar with the
Pacific highway between Seattle and
Everett To further substantiate his
claims to knowledge of the route, Tom
my has the scalps of three 1 wounded
"Bob Burmans" who were neatly
trimmed by him In races on the rural
highway.
Tommy was approached on the prop
osition by Manager Al Guichard of the
Seattle branch of the Apperson fac
tory, who had heard of the driver's
exploits in the speed line.
Guichard had but to outline the plans
briefly, and Good gave his word "that
the films would be delivered in Seattle
in time for shipment on the owl train
for Portland. He had. no time to pre
pare his car for the fast run, the only
special equipment being a spare tire.
Trip is Started.
The run of the films was finished in
the Everett playhouse at 10:40 p. m.
and as the hands of the clock pointed
to 10:46 Tommy was given the word
end the faithful Apperson, carrying
five passengers and the quintet of
reels,' shot away In the direction of
Seattle. Fast time was made over the
gravel roads to within a short distance
of Bothell, where the car's speed had
to be cut down owing to the bumpy
condition of the road; but Bothell was
reached In 37 minutes flat.
Driving with the daring of a Barney
Oldfleld and with the caution and clev
erness of veteran in the speed game.
Good took the turns at high speed and
held the road well on the . straight
aways. He exercised care- when cars
were approaching, slowing down for
each one to avoid the possibility of
accident due to the blinding .glare of
the headlights of the passing; machines.
It was the quick pick-up " of the
motor that aided the party in reaching
Fourth avenue and Pike street at 11:4$
p. m. -; His time for the distance was
67 minutes. With plenty of time - to
spare, the car was driven leisurely
down to the depot and the films were
In the hands of the express messenger
three minutes before the train was
scheduled to depart for Portland.
Deduction.
Kansas City Journal.
"Grace must be neglecting her
music."
- "What makes you think that?"
"I see her father has lost the ha
rassed look he had." , . . - .
SIGN POSTS PLACED
ALL ALONG
ROUTES
Guides to Motorists 'Are Dis
tributed in Many Sec-
tions of the Country. '
"From Cape Cod to the Golden Gate
and from Michigan to Florida, the B.
F. Goodrich company's touring bureau'
has covered the country with sign
posts to guide : the motorist on his
way," says Mr. Albright, local repre
sentative for that company.
- "Not only that, but the Goodrich
touring bureau has mapped almost
every good road In the country and
put its vast collection of data, relatlnjr
to routes and touring information. In
its famous "Route Books, which we are
now ready to distribute free.
vYear by, year this service, the only
one of Its kind, in the world, has been
extended till now. 1914. will see 300,
000 miles of the best touring routes in
this country, Canada and Europe,
plotted so that motorists can go any
where they want to and have a safe
and sure guide all the way, either with
a Route Book for, the section or by
the road markers, which have been set
up to the number of 46.000 or more. -"If
a man -wants to 'cruise down
through the Sacramento valley, or take
a run through New Jersey, he can get
a Goodrich Route Book covering the
trip, free for the asking, and it is a
better book than many so-called Tour
ing Guides' sold at fancy prices.
"There are also "road logs' of differ
ent tours and routes connecting the
large centers of population throughout
the United 8tates and Canada; 'Rules
of the Road,' crammed full of lnfonna-
tion about driving, care of car and
tires, and other data; and the Memory
Book of Motor Yesterdays.' In which
the tourist can record his trip records,
odometer readings, speedometer read
ings and character of hotels and gar
ages found on. the way."
WELL-KNOWN TIRE MAN
WILL BE IN CHARGE
George Johnson, Portland manager
of the Chanslor A Lyon establishment,
has jus secured the services of U K
McEllherren of Seattle. Wash-, to take
charge of the Lee tire department of
the Portland house.
Mr. McEllherren is one of the best
known tire men in the northwest and
comes to Portland highly recomended
by his many friends In the north. For
several years 1 he wag's eonected with
the Firestone tire branch at, Seattle,
and with that firm made an enviable
record as a tire salesman. Alter, leav
ing the Firestone people he became
manager of the automobile accessory
department of the Ernst Hardware
company at Seattle, and resigned "that
position to come t- Portland. -,
In handling the Lee tires Mr. MeEll-"
herren lias a product that is advertised
as the only guaranteed puncture proof
tire on the market. The Lee people
make a tire Inlaid with copper dtso
between the tread of the tire and the
fabric, and It Is claimed by the manu
facturers that nails cannot be driven
through the casein g into the tube.
Since the Chanslor h. Lyon firm nave
taken the agency for the Lee tire.
George Johnson Is authority for the
statement that the tire business of the
concern has more than tripled.
v: Pittsburg barbers have been grant
ed a wage Increase and a shorter
workday.
J CSJ E-iJ ClJ C
By ELBERT HUBBARD
BIG SH1PMEN
T TO
PHILIPPINES MADE
During March last 65 cars were
shipped to the Philippines, the value
being $55,736. while in March a year
ago the number was 17 and the value
$23,862. During the nine months end
ing with March, the number of cars
hipped to the Philippines from this
country was 345, valued at $418,840,
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Previous Record 1 28 Miles to the Gallon
. RESULT OF PURE GASOLINE
HE
AsKYour
Garage for
ASSOCIATED
REFINED BY
Associated Oil Company :
A. D. PARKER, Agent
I HAVE a saddle mare .that is nineteen years old. I have
ridden her almost daily for fifteen years. This animal is
not for sale, nor do I care to trade her off for a younger horse.
I HAVE a watch that I have carried across seas and over
continents, on mountain peaks and down into mines, for
over twenty-eight years.
When I lecture, it lies patiently on the table, where I can
seee its restless hands and open, honest face.
I HAVE a violin made by Joseph Guarnerius in 1710. The
thought that it was made by a pupil of Stradivarius Stradi
varius, who made violins to the glory of God means much
to me.
I do not care to exchange this violin,
satisfies.
It serves and it
CAJi
I
HAVE an automobile that I bought six years ago. Con
servative in outline, perfect in mechanism it has been run
almost every day, eight months in the year. . . . .
It has never flirted with a street car, argued with a telegraph
pole, disputed the right of way with another, nor shown a
Fondness for the ditch. ...
And because it never was freakish in outline, it will always
be in style.
We call this automobile "Old Betsy."
Last year I was offered a glittering machine in trade the
newest creation of a factory whose principal business was "to
create new creations so often that none of their customers
could remain in style or the style as outlined by that fac
tory and keep their car over six months.
But instead of trading, I sent "Betsy" to the sanitarium,
where she was Overhauled and painted.
On her return my two little grandchildren raised the joyful
cry, "Betsy is home our Betsy is home!" For no new car
would ever replace in the future in their affections a car that
had done so much for their happiness in the past.
AND so when I-read the glorious slogan of The White Com
pany that has made literature' of their advertising cam
paign this season "Keep Your Car," there was an extra circu
lation of red corpuscles in my veins, for here was at once the
solution of what is the matter with the automobile manufac
turer, the automobile dealer and the automobile owner today.
"Keep Your Carl"
You would do so if . you knew what these three words really
mean. ,
It means first, careful buying a clinging to conservatism,
propriety in outline, in your selection, because you are going
to buy for keeps and not for trades.
It means a great load off
your mind to think that not next
year nor the year after that, nor
for half a dozen years to come
do you have to worry about a
trade, for if the car you buy this
year is right, that car will be
right then. But in a broader
sense, it means still, more. It
means that the automobile deal
ersthose men who have made
the world marvel at the growth
' of the American automobile in
dustrywill make money from
the sale of new machines and
will not have to take their place
as merchants on the level with
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dealers In second hand furniture
or second hand articles of any
kind.
What matters it if only one
manufacturer in America today
is broad . enough big enough
and confident enough in the per
fection of their manufactured ar
ticle to advise "Keep Your Carl"
Other manufacturers will fol
low shall follow must follow I
KEEP your Car! Buy a good
one and keep her. She is
worth more to you than to any
one else. Treat her well and do
not trade her off to satisfy a
spasm of vanity.
Keep your Carl
The old aristocratic familv
used to-buy a family carriage, and it lasted a lifetime. Then it
was passed on in the will to a new generation.
.
The modern, . completely, equipped automobile approxi
mates the perfect.
fhalyo u should want to have a "newcar every year is
silly and absurd.
It tokens the Newly-Rich the Bounder who may be poor
tomorrow.
KEEP Your Car! When you do, it dors not suffer that
thousand-dollar slump. When the auto was being
evolved, and every year meant marked impjovements, "there
was a reason."
Dont' buy a car that was built for trading purposes.
There are various makes of good cars. Select the car that
is built to keep, not to trade, your ideal of what a car should
be, and buy it. Then treat it well.
Automobile extravagance does not consist in owning- a
machine. It lies in the bughouse idea that you have to have
a new one very year..
If your chauffeur gives you an especially good run, hand
him a "V," and say, "Good boy, Charlie! Some machine,
eh!"
Once in a while at the garage, hand a crisp, green one
dollar bill to the chap who gives her "treatment." Not that
the man needs the money, but you owe it to yourself to let
him know you are a gentleman, and not a gent.
Show the cop at the crossing that you are no piker
Loosen up, and be a big, kindly, generous human being
The world is short on this kind.
Instead oHthrowing good money away on "swaps," keep
your car and pass out a little love and srnall change as you
journey.
Then note how much better yqu feel; and others will
feel just as good as you do.
Keep everything that serves.
Don't be a jing-bing get credit
for the past and the present,
then the future is mortgaged to
you abas the bounder!
Love Is the great lubricant.
Keep your temper.
Keep your friends.
Keep your health.
Ana lastly
My 'hat is off . to the automo
bile maker ; whose work and :
worth enable him to popularize
the three greatest words ever
used In automobile advertising:
KEEP YOUR CAR!
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