THE v OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL. PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING.' JUNE- 21. 1914.
ROS
E CITY SPEDVAY
ED 10 INVITE
I TO
DECLAR
COUPLE'S WAN DERI NGSHAVE
TAKEN THEM TO MANY LANDS
AH
DRIVERS
Several " Race Officials Flat
Footedly Refuse to Handle
Events Unless Dust Is Laid
- , By DoughiM Shelor.
Is it coneistent with the "safety
xirst" movement to attempt to hold
automobile races on the Rose City
speedway until some oonittve orovlslon
hB been tnad jtJ protect the driver
from the terrible dust?
The ropffnuui of opinion among: the
ertclala who participated In the han
dling of the rare lat Haturday and
Sunday, la that to hold races on the
trark lu its present condition is to
Invite death to the drivers.
. i i i n.wnn If i.Trili ' ill Ti ir.f wwmmmr
MOTORISTS
SHOULD
: MASTER DETAILS OF
THEIR OVN AUTOS
By So Doing Much Time and
; Money Can Be Saved In
Ordering Parts, Supplies.
Let all automobtlists who think they
have done "some tourings give their
attention to & few of the adventures 01
Several of them came out flat foot-1 Mr. and Mrs. Will G. Creasy, which.
d with the statement that they would are narrated below. They are vouched
reiuse to participate in any future I for by everyone who knows tne vrea-
event until proper precautions had I avn. both on the ataee and off.
been taken to lay the dust while the The Cressys. it seems, are in the
cere are racing. I habit of going on tours every summer.
The men who have the management I Durina- these wanderings, they have
of the track at the present time were I three times Crossed the American con-
proimc in their assurance that the tlnent, the entire length of the Faciric
hloride of lime solution with which coast, and through Mexico and Canada,
the track was supposed to have been Incidentally and by the way they have
saturated prior to the race last week 1 toured extensively In France, iiouana.
would lay the dust. 1 Belgium. Germany, England, Scotland,
This, however, was a complete fall- I Wales and Ireland. This energetic
Mr. and; Mrs. Will G. Cressy In t&eir machine.
during the
Panama
ure irom both a driver s and a spec
tator's standpoint. Even the motor
cycles' that appeared in the first race
(Saturday raised so much dust that it
was a dangerous undertaking, for the
machines to attempt to pass one an.
Cther.
pair have' also spent two summers in
the Hawaiian islands, fnuippinea,
China and Japan.
Now the envious reader is convinced
that all touring efforts seem reeoie
with the wonderful showing made by
the Cressys. And only the bare facts
Kred Merrill, wlo has the track have been given, without embellish-
under lease, has stated that it wa I ment Here are a couple of proved
his intention to put crude oil on the feats accomplished by Mr. Cressy. in
track. If several applications of oil hit, various cars; they're something to
are properly distributed over the I b croud of. During last summer he
course-and allowed to settle it should I drove his car over 16.000 miles with a
In a great measure prevent much of I total repair Till of thirty cents. How
.the disagreeable dust that was pres- does that sound to some of the rest of
pheum Theater,
Exposition.
The Cressys are members of the
Touring club of America: the Automo
bile Association, of England; the Mo
tor Union, of England; the Touring
club, of France; the Touring club, of
Italy; th Hawaiian Automobile Asso
ciation; and honorary members of 84
automobile clubs of America
The best way to find out what the
general motorist does not know about
his automobile and what he should
know to save himself time, expense and
trouble Is to work for a time as a sales
man in the auto supply house, such as
Ballou & Wright's, for example. '
Apparently the average - motorist
knows that his machine is .- equipped
with tires, spark plugs, engines and
what 'not, but exact knowledge as to
their make and sire is something he
lacks. -
And a little knowledge m this con
nection would save much trouble and
real money as well.
A prominent man of this city tele-
ohoned to a garage from out in the
country and said his spark plugs were!
DroKen ana ne wanted some more i wni mnu i
brought out immediately. He gave the I "How in thunder do I know,
nam of his car which : used seven
eighths plugs. The garage sent out a
man In an automobile and after a trip
of IK mile reached the stalled motor
tat. .Then It was discovered that the
auto was an old model and needed one
half Inch plugs Instead. ; Another trip
was necessary- to secure the proper
plugs Just four of themand the mo
torist waa compelled to pay for two
trips and $7.50 extra for the man's
time. Had he known what kind of plugs
he needed In the first place he would
have saved the bigger part of a 120
MIL
Another ctttsen of Portland suffered
a tire blowout while motoring with his
family In the country. Over long dis
tance he said he wanted quick detach
able "tires, a name he had seen once
when casually looking over his ma
chine.- 'What he really needed was
straight aide Dunlops, and he paid
$10.50 extra because he had not learned
that there are several kinds of tires.
and they don t all fit the same rim.
But not only do automobile owners
cause themselves much trouble-and ex
pense because they fail to note down
things they should know but cost sup
ply store and garage employes much
extra time and worry.
A good illustration of this occurred
recently at a big supply store. A man
walked into the place, waited a couple
of minutes, grew red in the face from
anger and as a clerk approached, he
shouted:
"Why can't T get waited onT
"You can. What do you needT"
"A lamp bottom."
My
machine la outside there, go look." :
Tee,- replied the clerk. -That's why
you don't ret waited on. All the clerks
are outside trying; to find out what you
people who don't know, really need."
And that Is no fairy story. It hap
pens every day. and a dosea times a
day. It happens In the country. In the
eitT anrwhere. And when mistakes
are mads because the motorist falls to
rive the supply man the proper meas
arements and make of parts needed he
blames the supply man and never sees
where he Is responsible.
Information fox the Motorist,
But some motorists, taught by ex
pensive experience are learning, xney
carry a note book In which Is noted
down things they should know and the
precaution Is a money saver. Here are
a few things the pages of the note book
should have answers to.
The else of tires on both front and
back wheels: whether they are quick
detachable, clinchers, or straight side
Dunlops; name and sise of rims; sise
of spark plugs and name; name of
lighting system; voltage of bulbs, can
dle; power and whether Ediswan, can
dlebra. or miniature base, single or
double contact; name and type of mag
neto, whether dual or Independent;
name of speedometer and model; width.
thickness and length of brake lining;
size and number of prestollte whether
it is an A. B. or E. and the name and
finish of lamps.
In these things half knowledge Is
almost as bad as no knowledge, while
full Information means dollars saved
time saved, and tempers conserved for
real occasions.
cnt at the last meet. But until this
Is done, the use of the track for auto
mobile races should be prohibited.
W. J. Clemens, president of the Port
land Automobile club, received a tele
gram Thursday from E. Maross, who
lu business manager for Bob Burman,
asking that a race meet be arranged
for In Portland Immediately after the
races at Tacoma July 4 and B.
us? That same fall he drove from
Lake Tahoe. California, into Chicago
without a puncture or a blowout. And
yet people say the days of miracles are
over. If any reader or tnis column is
disposed to question these perform
ances he may save himself the trouble
because they are known facts to hund
reds of reliable witnesses.
The Cresays have had many mishaps
Mr. Clemens, or those who will have I but never a serious accident to them-
the meet In charge, should first as
certain If the track is to be put into
rendition before another series of
races is attempted, and by this pre
caution poHslbly nave such an acci
dent as that In which Edwards and
his 'mechanician were both nearly
killed during the laHt meet.
The races themselves were the best
ever hold In Portland, and all that
the race loving public of this commu
rlty could aak. Especially were the
motorcycle races very closely contested-
and Interesting. Should the track
be put In proper condition. Portland
would turn out lnrge crowds to wit
ness races such an were held In Port
land last Saturday and Sunday, but
certainly not while they have to put
mm with the discomfort they did last
week.
WASHINGTON MAY BE
LINCOLN
HIGHWAY
President 1 Wilson Impressed
Arguments in Favor of
National Capital,
by
President Wilson probably will In
dorse the movement to have the route
of the proposed Lincoln highway pass
through Washington. Impressed by ar
guments put up to him by a Joint dele
gation of business men from that city
and Ualtimore, he Instructed his visit
ors, at the close of his talk with them.
to prepare a letter to the Lincoln High
way, association, which he might de
ride to sign, unking that the route be
changed so as to include Washington,
As the proposed highway is a pri
vate enterprise the government has no
direct Influence over the selection of
the route. The delegation urged that
t' ? route be diverted so as to run from
1 tiiladelphla, through Wilmington,
Baltimore and Washington, and thence
by way of the Ridgevllle road to Fred
erick, Md., and thence to Gettysburg.
where the main route would be picked
up.
It was pointed out to the president
that no actual -construction would be
needed in making the change of route.
Inasmuch as the road commissions of
Pennsylvania, Delaware and Maryland
have practically completed a new and
continuous highway passing through
all points on the newly suggested
route. All that would be required
would be for the Lincoln Highway as
sociatlon ' to designate these roads as
portions of the memorial roadway.
selves, to members of the parties, or
to pedestrians. Here are some of the
true stories of their adventures which
their friends are fond of telling.
In Nebraska, a bridge broke down
under them, landing them, safe and
sound. In the river below. Four cow
boys, with lariats, assisted them in
regaining the banks of the river.
During a fog, following a cyclone,
they crashed into a fallen tree, but
escaped Injury, and damaged the car
but slightly
Owing to the railroad strikes, and
inability to secure new tires, they
rolled into Cork, Ireland, one night
with three flat tires, but engines run
ning perfectly.
For three hours they drove across a
portion of Death Valley with the ther
mometer at 180 degrees; during this
three hours they boiled away seven
psilfuls of water in the radiator. They
had to tear up strips of cloth and
wrap the steering wheel as the metal
was so hot they could not touch it.
In Southern California and Arizona
tl-ey drove for five days without see
ing a white person. On this trip they
carried 60 extra gallons or gasoline
and ten gallons of water.
In Japan they drove for days on
roads four feet wide. In China they
found the city streets In Canton only
four feet wide, with six story build
ings on each side, and had. to leave
the auto outside the city.
They report their hardest climb as
being on the road from Lake Tahoe,
California, leading up over the Sierra
Nevada mountains; there Is one section
of this climb, five miles long, at a 27
per cent grade, and a poor road at that.
They give the palm for good roads
in the United States to the 6trlp from
Bridgeport, Conn., to Boston, Mass
The best strip of road In the world
they claim Is the road from Paris to
Pome; one thousand miles long, sixty
feet wide, with perfect roadbed and al
most no grade.
Mr. Cressy was. In his younger days,
a:i expert machinist and marine engi
neer.
After their next week's engagement
they will immediately start on a three
months' tour, up through the Adiron
dack mountains, eastern Canada, and on
through to San Francisco, where they
win appear ror eight weeks at the Or
THIS IS BIGGEST SEASON
It Is perhaps not generally known
that during 1918, despite all sorts of
thought to the contrary, there were
more automobiles sold than In any
year to date. This should be a very
comforting thought to those inter
ested in the Industry, and additional
pleaant food for reflection Is the fact,
just announced, that during the first
five months of this year, 30 psr cent
more cars were sold than in the cor
responding months in 1918.
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SEVERAL LOZIER DISTRIBUTORS were
' visiting the Loiicr factory in Detroit and a
.. group of them were discussing various mat
ters of Loxier policy with President Gilbert.
A TESTER IN A NEW SIX drove out of the
yard and as hepsed the administration
buildingaon his way to make the final test
on a completed car, about to be shipped to
some lucky buyer, the President, Indicating
. the silent beauty, exclaimed enthusiastically
the words that head this ad.
"THAT'S A REMARKABLE STATEMENT."
said one. "And the more you analyze it the
more remarkable. Is the fact, responded the
. President.
"LOZIER HAS ALWAY8 MADE big, power
ful, expensive cars. Formerly the business
was what might be termed a 'Custom Made
one. By that I mean that there was no
standard model. Standard chassis, yes. But
too many of them. And a special body was
made for almost every buyer.
-THE ENORMOUS COST of new tool equip
ment for, and the tremendous overheard that
goes with, the making of a multiplicity of
models made it necessary to charge accord
ingly. "FOR $5000 and $6000 and any price the buyer
wanted to pay for the special 'job' he wanted,
Lozier made wonderful cars. The cars that
'made the Lozier reputation made Lozlers
the recognized standards of perfection,
"BUT THE BUYER PAID MORE than the In
trinsic value of the product albeit the manu
facturer made no more than a fair profit, and
hardly that.
"THE NEW LOZIER POLICY, Inaugurated a
year ago, was to confine the product to just
two chassis models a six and a four and a
few standard body designs with standard
finish and trimming for all of them.
"AND TO SET A PRICE on that product that
the introduction, of sound commercial prin
ciples would make' possible.
"THERE GOES THE RESULT," concluded the
President, as another of the latest series,
seven-passenger sixes, glided out of the yard.
Its final test trip.
MULL THAT OVER that statement of the
President of the Lozier Company, inspired
by the sight of the car that he considers the
crowning achievement of long years of striv
ing towards an ideal.
ANALYZE THE ASSERTION. "The Best
and the Biggest Automobile Lozier ever
1 made."
"YOU'LL OBJECT to the last part of the sen
tence, although, of course, you will concede
the first. The best, because in all the prog
ress that has been made in the production
of cars that would STAY good Lozier has
led the way; and, being the higher priced of
the two Lozier models, it can be said with
truth and without in the least disparaging
the other.
BUT "THE BIGGEST?" you ssy. Lozier has
made seventy horse power cars and this
Light Six is not rsted so high. Answer: it
is relatively higher power in proportion to
weight. So he could also hsve said the most
powerful but that would have called for an
explanation, since not all persons differenti
ate between efficiency and mere power.
BY "BIGGEST" HE MEANT passenger
capacity naturally. This, six, which we term
the "Light" Six, is a big seven-passenger
car. Those expensive, high-powered Loziers
were four-passenger only.
. "LIGHT" IS A RELATIVE TERM. This
big six is 500 pounds lighter than other high- '
class sixes we do not, of course, recognize '
the kind of lightness that amounts to fiimsi
ness. THINK IT OVER 4haf sterling remark of
President Gilbert's. And then come in and
let us show you a lot of other things he might
have said about features in which the Lozier
Six excels.
THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN YOUR CAR
that identical one that, passing his window
on its way to some fortunate buyer, inspired
the remark.
"THE BEST AND BIGGEST CAR LOZIER
EVER MADE" may be yours if your order
is in before our allocmen, which is all too
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