The Oregon daily journal. (Portland, Or.) 1902-1972, January 17, 1915, Image 23

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Newspaper Page Text"-THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL. PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING. JANUARY 17, 1915. .... 1.11. AM I II h 1 1. H v j A V uiumiiiu iiiuinini HORSESHOE SHAP E DISCUSSED REPORT Lorfgest'Motor.Trail in World Would Include Portland on Its Route, ABOUT 8000 MILES LONG .rath Starts la lau; South, Bd Tbvovtfi Canada aad Back to South AfaU. . . DiSTRIBUTION OFPOWER TO All. FOUR WHEELS s motor highway which will have form of a horseshoe and will be the longest motor trail In the world la dincusscd in the consular reports. by Consul General R. K. Mansfield, ata tlonJ at Vancouver, B. C. The great highway which will start in the. northern part of the united States, bend northward through Can ada and , end again in the south, will pass through f'ortland. He says: "The Interest In motor hisrhway con structlon that - has centered In these sever! International and transconti nental roads during the past few years Is now i being focused upon another project of greater magnitude, one that rorntemplates' the;, connecting of thej several , Important sections into one great : jyatem, encircling the North American continent, the Great Ilorse shve lUKhwiy, which will be the ln ct motor trail In the world. It will . hava an spfx-oxloiat length of 8000 ml I oh through th United Slates and Canaila. The route will Include the soenle beauties and attractions of the sunny south, quaint. New Kngland, the ' great: takes and streams of 'Canada, the broad prairies and agricultural dis tricts Of the middle west, the Rocky mountains -and the Cascade ranges, thn valleys and fnrestn of the far west, arid the panorama of the Paeiflc coast from 'AlHska to California. , The Pa cific "section of the road will pass through the roast cities of Vancou veiv Seattle, Portland, Sacramento, San Francisco, Lkis Angeles, and the re sorts of souther i California, giving to, the trip a variety of scenery and cli matic conditions sufficient to satisfy the most exacting1 motorist. ' lews Are Wonderful. ,'Tbe western section of the Cana dian division of the route pierces the lieArt of the Rocky Mountain range, wBer wonderful views of ,now crowned peaks, great glaciers, beautl ; fui lakes, and waterfalls are presented. Throughout ita length across the con , ttljent the. rdad follows- the trafris : irountain lines of the Canadian Pa 1 elfic ;- railway, connecting tKe ' well : VrJowA points of that scenic route. Same, of the grades on the Canadian section are heavy, but there are none "that ean not be mounted with ease by a Par of moderately Mh power. Nearly 606 miles of the road over the Great Dtvlde Is completed, amd the remain ing distances .are being, linked up as rcr'dly as possible. f Canada Is rapidly developing . a spjUndid . system of automobile roads, eomnecting the points of interest to tojlirlata. Every province, district, and .municipality is uniting with the led - erp.1 , government; in roaa Dunaing bc- tiritles, thereby encouraging and of ! fering special inducements to: metor enthusiasts to vtsU the country. - fOne t' the good -effects the Great '' Horseshoe Highway- will have upon 'th;ountry through which It passes la the" interest it will create and. the encouragement 'It will give to con structing branch and connecting roads. Each section will vie with other lo calities in building and maintaining good roads for sharing in the benefits f! the traffic resulting from improved transportation routes. Good roads are also an inducement to tourists to lin ger in the Interesting places' made ac resslblc thereby, and in addition to the : money spent by motorists, the ad vertising the country receives from " " " ' - " . " ' ' 1 f ' 7 II ' 1 7 - " i II IK " jVi '', . , ' 1 , U z- -z-r wri rf " fLz ;.rr. K"-"L' ,. x- -, '--'3 mh? : - r H V - ' t & r . J I , r r- ' l i . K COAST VILLHAVE AN ERA OF PROSPERITY FROM THIS TIME ON ..E, Gerlinger Says All Benefit by Enormous Vol ume of Tourist Travel. E. EX Gerlinger of the Gerlinger Mo tor company has just .returned from a two weeks trip' through Oregon and California and from- what he has seen is confident that the Pacific coast will benefit by" an ; enormous volume . of tourist travel during! the coming: spring and autumn. During his . absence he visited San Francisco Los Angeles and San Diego. with the outlook and with Portland and- lt future, -1? .""T." rM ' - ' ' "California Is expecting and Is pre pared for "a heavy volume of tourist travel. It Is estimated, .and conserva tively so, that no less than 25,800 cars will-invade the Pacific coast from points further east. Naturally, they will .make California their destination. Oregon, however.- is certain to benefit Just how much, depends on what steps we take to attract the travel our way. . "With the lumbering business liven lng4 up, business expanding and farm ers , securing record ' prices -for - the crops, not counting the flood- of tour- 1st travel that soon win ' oreak, Port land : and the northwest Is a bound-to experience.- prosperity. . , - "Locally. I. find that conditions In Portland are equal and for the most part better., than other coast points. And . things are getting better all the time, I was much pleased.-with the fact that our local sales force disposed of a number of Federal trucks during my absence." Promcinj: Big; Fair. For the purpose", of raising; funds with which to-stare a. bir maton-vel He was accompanied by . R... L. .Saun-1 meet next . summer, riders of ADDle- ders. manager'nf . his Seattle branch. , ton.. Wis., are -promoting a mammoth After viewing. . the ' conditions lr. California one cannot help but -fed that the entire-coast Is on the threah hold of an era of prosperity," said Mr. Gerlinger.."! am, more than satlsf led Indoor fair, to be held February 10 to 13. The fair will be in the nature of an industrial show, and many of the local -merchants have reserved space in which to exhibit . their wares. RIGHT TEMPERATURE OF . WATER WITHIN RADIATOR IMPORTANT Relative Necessity Is I Com parable to Steam. in Steam Engine, Is." Asserted. 1 An average - ranging - between 150 and 170 degrees should be the temper ature, of the water within the cooling system , of an, automobile" engine If best results are to be obtained from the motor, according to H, , L. Mann of the Nob Hill '. Garage and Auto company, distributors for the Haynes. "The proper degree of heat- is as sential lni the economic operation of a gas engine" as it is in - the produc tion of steam In a steam engine,: said Mr. Mann. ' - "The gasoline now being sold dees not give proper combustion unless the temperature is right and as the gtmde of gasoline goes lower the problem of "The effect of a low motor temper ature increases correspondingly, v? - The effect of a low motor temperl ature is best demonstrated en a steep hill. - Vlth the motor temperature down to about .9 degrees.: It Is very probable that the hill cannot be taken on . high gear, though If the temper ature is brought. up to at least ltO de grees, the hill could, be taken on high -with ease. ; tThe - radiator or : cooling surface must be designed to take Care of the most extreme conditions in hot weather, to eliminate any -possibility of. overheating. There is an at mospheric temperature range of from 7 degrees in the south to 140 de greea in the north and west sections . of "the country, so that It is not rea eonable to expect the cooling system to retain the deaired heat at the other extreme of sero temperature, "The qnost practical method Of mmln tain lng the proper motor temperature Is to use some sort of temperature indicating device in the radiator and then cover up a- part of the radiator ; accordingly. . This - is - a ' very- simple . expedient and effects wonderful re sults. The . water will remain at. a much 'higher temperature.- and more power will be developed. -Asa, matter of fact, a thermometer placed in the radiator of most cars when operating In a temperature near sero will Indi cate less than 90 degrees. The gaso line engine la a heat engine, and Its power depends upon the expension-of. the gases formed during;' the combus tion of the mixture of . gasoline" and air." - s ' --V : :y:v' Long expected Jeffery Quad, which has Just arrived in Portland and is now being shown at the sales rooms of the Frank C. Riggs company. Tho first of these trucks was given a bunch ' of red hot endurance tests last week end came out of. them all muddy ' but triumphant. Among the so-called "impossible roads" selected was . a stretch over the Pacific High- ter. Wash. Fourteen miles from Van couver the road is a series of fills, broken corduroy and 20 per cent grades, with plenty of mud and a bottomless roadway. Horses and mules have failed to negotiate the distance. But the quad did. - Accompanied by Captain 11. A. Hagerman of the United States army quartermasters' depart ment. W. B. Froude of the Frank C. Riggs company, set out with the big truck loaded. Three quarters 1 of the way the wheels were buried so deep tu mud that they could not be seen. Mucn work was done on second gear and Froude later declared that he was mighty glad that ' the machine has its power distributed to all four wheels Instead of two, the rear ones only. When . the trip was finished investi gation showed that the machine had I made a perfect score. people passing through is an Import- ! ant consideration. Through Principal Cities. "Beginning at Miami, Fla., the route of the Great Horseshoe Highway runs directly through the principal cities of the Atlantic seaboard to Mon treal, and then west through Canada to Vancouver,-where it connects with the Pacific coast highway. From this port the route runs south along the coast to San Diego. Cal representing in Its course the form of a horseshoe with the lower points on the extreme southern limits of the United States, one on the Atlantic'and the other on the Pacific coast, with the outer curve or toe of the horseshoe covering Can ada. When completed it will be 'the longest, most interesting, and import ant motor road on the continent, and will add another conspicuous feature to the wonders of the Western World, which until recent years have been so little known to and appreciated by people who travel extensively in "lands across the sea." SALE END IS TAKEN OVER Local representatives of the Good year Tire and Rubber company have received information to the effect that it has taken over the sales of the products of the Motz Tire and Rubber company as concerns tires for elec tric, gasoline and electric . commercial cars and Motz cushion - side flange tires. ' The formal transfer of sales will take place February 1 and thereafter Goodyear will make all sales and adjustments. In the meantime special representatives of the Motz- company will call at the Goodyear branches to rnake sure that all details are handleJ Without confusion." . The sale of Motx tires for the pres-4 ent at least, will be handled byC W. Martin Jr.. -manager of the Goodyear motor truck tire department. TRADE REVIVAL WILL BE FELT IN ALL LINES DURING THIS YEAR Head of. Big Auto Manufac tory Predicts Motor Busi ness to Reach Half Billion, New Branch for Portland, According to Information just re ceived here a branch for handling the' Pilot car in Portland soon will be opened. 1 The Pilot car is new to the Pacific northwest, and is classed among the powerful . Sixes. ' j Li. A. Baragar, the sales manager will be in Portland soon to look over the territory. A forecast that-the volume of motor car business for 1915 will reach half j-a billion dollars la made by John N. Willys, --who couples this statement with the declaration that January 1 saw the opening of a new era, of pros perity for this country. 'As president of the Willys-Overland company, Mr. Willys is kept in closest touch with the business situation th'rough the medium of 4000 Overland dealers who cover practically the en tire civilized world. Although his es timate of this year's motor car busi ness shows a material .advance over the total business of the past, year, he declares it to be extremely conser vative in view of present conditions. "The new year brings with it a na tional trade revival that will be felt In all branches of our industrial life," stated. Mr. Willys. "Business already is beginning to boom. The optimistic spirit of the banker, farmer, merchant and manufacturer alike plainly Indi cate a wave of prosperity. "A thorough investigation of condl; tions shows that business confidence has returned after the set-back caused by the opening of war. We all do business on good cheer, courage and hope. Although the sudden crisis caused by European hostilities almost deprived us of these for a while, and brought about a psychological depres sion, we have recovered from the shock. Trade has been steadily pick ing up since last October. ''Enormous orders from abroad are keeping our textile industries busier than they were last year at this time. The hardships threatened in the cot ton belt of the south have been averted. The opening of the federal reserve banks has relieved the strin gency" of the1 money - market. And most important of all, the American farmer Is more prosperous today than ever before. "It is difficult for city dwellers to realize this fact, but the farmer is America's greatest purchasing power. Consequently his financial status is the best criterion on which -to base an estimate of the country's prosper ity. There are 12.600,600 people en gaged in agriculture, or more than 1-3 of those engaged In any industrial occupation in the United States. i . Eight Cylinder Car In Speedway Races Machine Will Be Tlrst of Its Xlnd la Big Event if Plans of Klein Do Hot Miscarry. Indianapolis, Jan. 16. An eight cylinder- racing car, the first of its kind, will be entered In the next Indianap olis 500-mile race. May 29, if the plans of Arthur Klein, America's youngest registered driver, go through as sched uled. The car is the King, j of 27i cubic inches piston displacement, and only 1750 pounds weight. Its esti mated speed is over 110 miles an hour. A similar car, the 12-cylinder Sun beam of Jean Chassagne, holds the world's record of 107.95 miles 4n hour, so that with an experienced driver lik Klein, who scored second and third In the Tacoma and Montamarathpn con tests respectively, the King may be expected to make an excellent show ing. START UPON LONG ALWAYS A - M Our i The , , Is T We V. 'ILL Exhibit at the Auto Show ,Jan.2J-30 TRIP Two motorcyclists of Tiffin, Ohio, Ervin Cook, and Charles Boroff, have started on a long cross country motor cycle trip. These riders expect to take their time on the trip, hunting and tak ing pictures enroute. They iwill go first to Cincinnati and Louisville and then follow the Santa Fe trail to the coast, planning to arrive in San Fran cisco In time for ' the opening of the exposition on February 20. The return trip will be made late in thej spring. probably by the 'northern routfe, whicl will carry them through Portland. Tlmey Aire j VALVE-IN-HEAD "fT mm7 MOTOR CARS 1 J 0 The Special 1 t i i lrainioad 41 Carloads 1 95 Automobiles VALVE-iN-HEAD fc) V - MOTOR CARS Model C-24, two-passenger roadster . . . . . $1010 Model C-25, five-passenger touring car. ...... 1085 Model C-36, two or three-passenger roadster .... 1335 Model C-37, five-passenger touring car . . . . . . . . .1385 Model C-55 Six, five or six-passenger touring car. 1800 EQUIPPED WITH DELCO IGNITION LIGHTING AND STARTING SYSTEM Prices f . o. b. Portland, Including Buick Guarantee and Howard Service MAKE YOUR CHOICE NOW ! Howard AMtomoMle Co. Mel G. Johnson, Manager FOURTEENTH AND DAVIS STS. Phones Main 4555, A-2550 car ment Camp (Mount Hood) last year was a 1914 Mitchell 43 days ahead of the previous record. The first car to run 7500 miles with bonnet sealed (250 miles per day for 30 days), was a 1915 MITCH ELL LIGHT FOUR. SEETHE SHOW BY ALL MEANS, men come over and weigh the claims made for other cars against the Mitchell by driving it yourself. "GET THE PER SONAL TOUCR" Mitchell, Lewis & Staver Co. believe that nothing offers a prospective buyer the oppor tunity to gain automobile knowledge as does a show, of this character. it must be admitted that judgment at an automobile show must of neces sity be baaed on appearance That is not the way to buy a car. Auto Show Is on All of the Time Essentially a Show Car first car to be sold, publicly on "The Personal Touch Plan" The First (1914 model) to run 2500 miles without a stop of the motor The to Govern- . EAST MORRISON AND FIRST STREETS MITCHELL LIGHT FOUR i . , . . - . ...... $1250 at Racine. ' . .. Two and Five Passenger (a to f"ew Installed '. ! ( Includins Bumper); .' ., rFilElpfoi 11 O5 -1 You Ride on toe Springs All your weight is on the springs of your car, all the jars ,and vibrations of. the wheels . come on the springs. Your car safety and your personal safety. and comfort depend . I - . - ' on ine springs. 10 DAYS' TRIAL AH Laher -Fuli- El lyptic ' Ford Springs are sold with the understanding that . if not satisfactory after 10 days trial the purchase money will be refunded. ' i I (7 SAFE I I I SILENT I COMFORTABLE DEALERS We hare some qpen territory in Oregon, Washington and California. Our sales contract . is i liberal , and co-ope rattve. Write or -wire today j for full information in regard to our sales propojion. Written Gu jar antee For Sis Months There are many features of the LAHER-FULL-ELLYPTIC FORD SPRING. It adds greatly to your comfort. Gives your Ford a distinctive appearance. Lengthens the life of your engine. Holds the front axle firmly, in position, and aids in your, protection against accidents. Laher-Full-EUyptic FordSpriiigCo. C AERNE, JR., MGR.' 25 N. FOURTEENTH ST. -t PORTLAND, OR. OUR EXHIBIT AT THE AUTO SHOW BOOTH I 1 1