THE ' OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL PORTLAND, SUNDAY. MORNING APRIL 18, 1918.
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HIGHWAYS
GOOD
CONDITION IN CENTRAL
OREGON COUNTRY
',, Condition of Highways From
'I La Pine to Silver Lake as
Good as'Could Be Desired.
NEW SIGNS TO BE PLACED
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SuUrs Oregoa xogaway xrom cauxor
b1 to TIm Balles Will be Marked
X - St t&e Goodrich People.
"Road conditions through Central
Oregon
are reported the best ever
known at mis season or me year.
writes tiarry w. tiaya, irayeung repre-
tentative of the Howard Automobile
? company, distributors of Buick cars on
I the Pacific coast. -it
in a Buick 37 touring car. and ac
t 1 eompanied by Peter Lacy, driver for
fj he Southern Oregon Auto Co., in a
-4-Bu(ck 1500 pound truck. Hays left The
if Dalles Thursday rooming, April 1.
1 1 Writing from Lakeview under date
I OI April , ways cays:
t Ve arrived at 10:30 last night.
Taking It all in all, we had a fine trip.
J We had splendid success with our rigo,
I and thi roads were good, but don't for
! get that it is 405 long miles from The
Dalles to Lakeview.
. Good and Bad Xoads. .
i "Last year, when we had the same
J trip,, we probably picked the worst
I lime to make it, andjthis year prob
i ably the best.
I We left The Dalles Thursday morn
'ing In a heavy rain, and until we
) reached Miller's Bridge, about 14 miles
I out," we were in the mud all the time..
I "From Miller's Bridge to Shaniko we
; had good roads, but from Shaniko all
? the way through Antelope Canyon the
i roads were really bad.
s. "We found very slow going just out
' side the town of Shaniko, as here we
encountered high centers and deep mud.
; ''After we passed through Antelope
V Canyon, tha roads were Just like pavd
' streets clear to Prineville. .
1 "We stayed all night at Madras, as
' It was late, and we did not know the
road? very 'well, arriving in Prineville
at'9 o'clock the next morning."
. Some Mud. Encountered,
"From Prineville to Bend the roads
were good, and we.stayed at Bend all
night.
f'From Bend to La Pine we encoun
. tered some mud, but not enougjh to
binder us at all.
"From La Pine to Silver Lake I never
saw better roads. The truck was ahead
; of me and certainly did some traveling.
"Just outside of Silver Lake we met
the mail truck laid up at the side of
. the road with a broken Jack shaft. We
i put the mall on our truck and I took
i , the passengers in with me and we
continued our Journey.
"The great Silver Lake hill was pret
ty slippery for about six miles, but
' from there through Paisley to Lake-
s view, the roads were wonderful
"The mail delayed us quite a little,
and we did not reach here until 10:30
& last night
t "From Bend to Lakeview we used
"f the second gear only three times, and
If the roads were dry throughout the
Journey I believe the drive could be
i- made on high gear.
"The first automobile tourists came
I through from Reno this afternoon in
a Haynes Six.
I - - "They say the roads are bad. but
:- that they got through without serious
1 difficulty..
To Pat Up Signs.
They complained bitterly of the al
I most total absence of .signboards, but
thev should wait until thev leave here.
as X believe there are not more than
12 or 15 signboards in the 405 miles
between Lakeview and The Dalles.
"We did not take the high desert
road as we did last year, as it was re
ported that there were -many wet spots
in it and it is a hard road to follow
through not being signboarded
Mr. Albright, local manager of the
. Goodrich Tire & Rubber company, has
i . been informed by the touring depart
L ment of his factory that the eastern
i Oregon highway from the California
! line to The Dalles will be marked With
; Goodrich road signs some time this
'summer. It has been recommended
by Mr, Albright that the road marking
1 be done, if possible, before July 1,
r when the heavy tourist travel will
start over this highway and down to
Portland over the Columbia highway.
Sweden Now Has
Motorcycle Corps
Movement to Provide Army With
. Heeded Arms Was Voluntary, Btart-
i tuff la Stockholm and Spreading.
When the Swedish army, shortly
after the outbreak of the great war,
j was partly mobilized, the absence of a
military automobile corps made itself
j - keenly felt. As the news from the
j battlefields of Kurope still further
j; accentuated the great usefulness and
; importance of motor cars in warfare
i . some patriotic , citizens of Stockholm
: undertook the organisation of a volun
i teer automobile corps. About SO ex
I : perienced motoYlsts enlisted lmmedl-
ately, and the number has increased
steadily ever since. The enthusiasm
for the project displayed all over the
country has caused th establishment
or branches of the corps in several
Other localities. It is expected that by
April 30, when a general review is t3
be held, every army division will have
l as its adjunct one of these motor
corps. Regular courses of instruction
and drill practice wUli then commence.
One of the new organization's prl
mary alms will be to promote the im
l provement of r the Swedish roads and
the building of new ones, principally
with a view to military use, but also
i for the benefit of motorists in general.
i-. In this work the volunteer automobile
corps will cooperate with the Swedish
Road association.
600 1915 Cars
RegisteredMrch 17 " to . April
17. 1700 re-issues.
Statistical Statements, Oregon
. Registration will be ready
. - Tuesday"
GENIUS BUG LONG ON IDEAS,
BUT VERY SHORT ON CASH
Letters Carrying Suggestions of All Kinds Received by
' Harry L. Keats; Money and an Automobile Objects
Sought in Exchange for Brilliant Tips, ? ' ; '
"If we accepted some of the prop
ositions made to us in the name of
advertising,! Chalmers cars would be
doing some 'stunts' in various parts of
the country that at least would attract
quite a bit of local attention," said
Harry U Keats, northwest distributor
of the Chalmers Xlnet
For years Mr. Keats has made a
practice of preserving letters from
cranks, and the big file that is kept in
a convenient drawer of his desk con
telns communications on a variety of
subjects that make startling reading.
A recent addition to this interesting
collection is a letter from a farmer in
Columbia county, who offers to drive
one of the hew Baby Six Chalmers,
Just received in Portland by the local
distributor, from Portland, Or., to San
Francisco with a prize Hereford bull
towing behind. He wrote: , ; ,
Makes "Modest" Bequest.
' "I see you are featuring .the fact
that your small Baby Six will travel
at the rate of three or four miles an
hour in high gear, and a scheme like
this would be a fine way to demon
strate It." ' 1
And to think that this enterprising
agriculturist Is perfectly willing to
make the trip for the small considera
tion of one car and $2000 for expenses
for himself and the bull!
A group of Pendleton youth offe?
to stage a bank robbery, and hold out
a glowing promise of realms of "pub
licity with pictures" in the paptrs ail
over the country, all for the modest
sum of $500 each; and a crippled acro
bat, living in Medford, is perfectly
willing to drive a car nackwaraa
around the world for $10,000 and ex
penses. Offers to "star" cars in vauaeviiie.
in the "Legit" and in the "movies," ror
liberal considerations are numerpus.
A Seattle renius has built a Doat
with paddles that can be driven by the
rear wheels of a motor car, and for
5000 and a car will cruise from Seat
tle to San Diego and drive tne car
back overland by way of Portland.
A SDOkane mechanic has aesignea a
wheel 40 feet in diameter to be pro
pelled by a motor car set within the
wheel, and he will tour the country if
e is presented with a car ana aiiowea
50 per day for expenses.
Genius Buff Busy.
Quite as interesting are suggestions
for mechanical improvements, and it Is
here that th genius "bug", is at ms
best. One man has perfected an at
tachment that instantly envelopes the
car in smoky vapor, enabling the
river to get away unidentified in case
f accident. Another has Submitted a
npHE lines of beauty are unmistakable
- whether in statue, painting, typography
or a motor car. 1
"Those things, are beautiful which are
completely adequate," says John Ruskiri;
Its the complete adequacy of the Chalmers
that makes it a beauty.
.The lines of the Chalmers car are such as
to make them noteworthy even when con
trasted with finest foreign' models.
Their streamline bodies possess a dis
tinctive grace. ;
There are no fenders built whether flat
or merely crown that are as handsome as
SEATTLE, WASH.
1513 Broadway
working drawing of a car with all
four wheels pivoted. making it pos
sible to run sideways as well as back
ward and forward. v if j. .
Still another has perfected a spring
motor, costing nothing to run, and
which is kept perpetually wound up at
its maximum horsepower by the turn
ing motion of the wheels. '
Probably no other, industry in the
world receives mo much attention from
people who are trying to get something
for nothing as does the motor car in
dustry, - n - ? . :
"Hardly a day goes by that we do
not receive a proposition from some
one Involving the exchange of an auto
mobile or cash or both for; an idea or
a service that Involves -. a minimum
amount of mental or physical ; effort
on the part of the one who puts it
forward.", remarked Mr. Keats. .If
these same people would apply a
small part of their fertility of brain in
other channels, the income tax would
soon show the results." ,;
Daring Driver Has
Peck of Trouble
Bene Thomas, After' ' Belease .' Prom
Trench Army, Crsts Piaohed,", la
Paris, But is Tlndioated Zn Bad.
Indianapolis, April 17. After his ra
lease from the French arm to parti
cipate In the next Indianapolis 600
mile race, Rene Thomas, winner of the
last Hoosler contest, again began tak
ing the air on the boulevards of Paris
in his little 12-horsepower car. In so
doing, he ran afoul the city's new mili
tary regulations.
An officious corporal, not knowing
who he was, requested him to produce
his driver's license. This Thomas,
who had passed his first driver's ex
amination some 12 years ago, and
therefore, felt himself capable of han
dling anything on wheels, cheerfully
did, whereat, to his astonishment, he
was promptly remanded to Jail.
Asking what was wrong, he was
Informed that his license read for a
three and a half horse power car.
which was about the largest size used
In the early days, and that, therefore,
he could not legally pilot a 12 horse
power machine. After much expostu
lation, and a demonstration of his
skill. Thomas was finally issued a new
license, and is now free to drive a
car any size he wants to. without re
striction. ;
Ckalmers New Six,
Also Light Six 48, $1650; Master Six 54, $2400
Koaitis Anjitto
Distributors
PORTLAND
AUTOISTS
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CAMP IN GOOD TRIM
L J. Clark, Driving Jeffrey
Chesterfield Six,' Takes
Party to;Mt. Hood.
FIRST CAR OF SEASON
Xaododendroa Tavern Beached Over
Good Bo ads Without Trouble tit
tle Snow Hampers .Journey.
Again Government Camp, on Mount
Hood, has been reached from Portland
by automobile before May.;,
f Testerday -morning. Just as the sun
was neeDlnsr over the eastern hills, a
Jeffrey-Chesterfield Six from the local
salesroom - -of Frank C. Riggs left
Portland on -the 66 mile grind, to be
the first to arrive at the mountain re
sort for $be year 1915. This is one of
the most coveted performances of the
local automobile agents, and the car
that first reaches the mountain each
year is given much publicity through
out the country, for none but the best
dare attempt the trail for fear of meet
ing defeat.
Driving the Jeffrey yesterday was
E. J. Clark, one of the firm of the
Frank C. Riggs company, accompanied
by H. E. Dove, factory representative
of the Jeffrey concern, Bert Roberts,
sales manager for the Frank C Riggs
company, and Chester Moores, a news
paper man.
Last year Mount Hood was reached
on April 9 by a party in a Mitchell,
which broke all previous date records.
The party last year, however, met with
much trouble, and was delayed six or
seven days while crews of mountain
eers shoveled snow several feet deep
for more than, a mile. From the tele
phone report received in Portland,
those , with the Jeffrey did not have
quite so much trouble. They did,
however, have to shovel enow for
short distance.
They also report the roads in pass
able condition between Portland and
Rhododendron Tavern, and say the trip
that far can be made without trouble
of any kind. The trip to the camp
was made in four hours, running time.
Tires' Remarkable Showing.
Hot on the heels of Barney Oldfield's
300-mile no-stop victory St. Patrick's
day. comes the news that he has won
the 100-mlle road race at Tucson,
was made in four hours running time.
REACH
GOVERNMEN
the Chalmers molded oval fenders conform
ing with exquisite harmony to the clean
cut sweep of the body lines. .
The doors are wide and flushfitting, the
ninning boards are clear. The tires are
carried in the; rear.
It is a woman's car in beauty, a man's in
performance, a child's in safety.
But there is only one way to observe
beauty and that is to observe it. .
We invite you here to observe '
speed of 66 miles per hour over-rough I
desert roads, also without a stop. The
most remarkable thing about this vic
tory Is the fact that the same set of
Firestone tires which carried Barney
the 301 miles to victory over macadam
roads with 391 right angle turns on
March 17 were used . again 1 In L. the
Tucson, race. . . ' . "
Jitney Far Erom
Temporary Craze
Prediction Made However Crude Serv
i tee Zs Vow, St Will Be Developed to
i Meet Modern Conditions. , j" ;
"Street railroad people who; profess
to be confident that the Jitney bus
service Is only a temporary craze and
that eventually It will go the way of
horse and cable cars, are overlooking
a few fundamental facts,' says H. H.
Franklin, "or else they are Just giving
out a line of cheerful talk, hoping to
discourage the jitney promoters. '
."When a man of moderate means can
afford to carry himself around In, an
automobile, It would be strange if
automobile service cannot be so devel
oped that the public ean be ; carried
economically and profitably. ' I
"Street car ; service is hopelessly-
loaded down with -expense in compar
ison to the possibilities of the Jitney
bus " secvice. Street car service has
the investment and , maintenance of
central power stations, the track sys
tem, the power conveying system, not
to mention the street cars themselves.
The cost for equipment per passenger
carrying capacity and the cost for op
eration is much heavier than by auto
mobile service. !
"The people finally are going to de
mand what is cheapest, quickest, most
convenient and most satisfactory.
However crude the Jitney bus is today,
its development to meet modern condi
tions is sure to come."
Truck Business to
Be Made Important
Scale Will Be Maoa Larger Thaa Au
tomobile Sad Bas BeeaOarrie4 on
Heretofore.
The Columbia Carriage & Auto com
pany is preparing to enter the truck
business on a much larger scale than
they have heretofore in the automobile
end. And in this connection C O. Ir
win, secretary and treasurer of the'
concern, left Portland last ! week to ,
visit the -automobile centers of the i
east for the purpose of securing ideas
that will be applicable to Oregon cop j
di turns. This concern has the Oregon ,
distributing agency for the G. M. C. I
line of commercial vehicles, and it will
be at the Pontiac factory that Mr. Ir
win will spend the greater portion of
his time while away from Portland, "
Quality Fir$tj
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$1400
Co.
PORTLAND, OR.
Broadway at Burnside
AUTO ASSOCIATION 1
SECRETARY RESIGNS
Jack Qrittendon Will Be Suc
ceeded by J, C. Gay; As
sistant Also Named.
At the weekly meeting of the Port
land Automobile Trade association in
the Commercial club- building Thurs
day noon, Jack Crlttendon. who has
acted as secretary of the organisation
for the last year with great success,
resigned, and J. Ciay. office manager-
of the Portland branoh of the
Firestone Tire & Rubber Co.. was
elected as Mr. Crlttendon' successor.
- Jack Crlttendon, is one of the best
known automobile men In Portland,
having until recently, when the Deere
concern gave up the distribution of
automobiles, been manager of the au
tomobile department of the John Deere
Plow company, northwest distributors
for the Veils line. Mr. Crlttendon
has accepted a position with the Covey
Motor Car company, Oregon distribu
tors of the famous Cadillac 6 cylinder,
and will act as road man for that con
cern. Mr. Crlttendon Is well fitted for
the new position, as during bis stay
with the Deere company, he became
acquainted with the leading business
men In every town throughout the
northwest. - "-.'... .
Mr,. Gay, the new secretary of the
trade association. Is comparatively a
newcomer to Oregon," having assumed
the office management of the 'Fire
stone branch about a year ago. when
that company established its branch in
Portland. Prior to the- opening of a
branch in Portland, the Firestone
product was handled by Bob Blodgett.
At the meeting Thursday It was also
decided to give Mr. Gay the services
of an assistant secretary, ana he was
Instructed to secure Walter Whiting
In that capacity. Mr. Whiting is as
sistant secretary of the Rotary club,
and will now act as assistant to both
organizations. The arrangement
whereby Mr. ! Whiting could act for
both organizations was engineered, by
Frank C. Riggs.
Main 8887
Has Distributed $230,000.
With the running of the next 100
mlle race, the': Indianapolis, motor
speedway will have . distributed $160,
C00, or a quarter, million dollars, among
the various , entrants who have com
peted in its events since the beginning
Ss
Ford economy ia not alone in low price, but
in the low cost to operate and maintain.
For an average cost of two cents a mile, they
serve and save; add luxury to pleasure and
bring profit to business. Over 700,000 own-,
era havefound the Ford dependable, eco
nomical and easy to operate. And in any
contingency, there's a Ford agent close at
hand-with a complete stock of parts.
That's'Tbrd After-Service forFord Owners."
Buyers will hare in profits if we sell at retail
300,000 new Ford cars between August 1914 and
August 1915. j
Touring Car $490; Runabout $440; Town Car
$690; Coupelet $750; Sedan $975, f. o. b. Detroit
with all equipment. j
On display and sale at Ford Motor Co.. E. 11th and
Division streets, Portland. Ore. Phones Sellwood 2323,
B-2341. , i
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Tuesday, April 20
This sensational I car,
which has already won
thousands to eight -cylinder
construction as applied by the
Cole engineers, will be j here
Tuesday andjwill be on display
at our sales room.
Developing over 70 horsepower,
weighing only 3400 pounds ready fort
the road, with luxurious comfort for
five or seven passengers.
Allimportant Cole units are the
product of America's greatest motor
car specialists- -j- the acknowledged
bests of their kind.
Cole JVIotor .Gar Co.,
Indianapolis, U. Sl A.
Builders of the Standardized Car
$1785
. o. b. Indianapolis
Distributors .
Northwest
F. W. VOGLER, President
BROADWAY AT COUCH STREET
of the Institution. In 1101 and 1910,
the first two years of the track's ex
istence, over $25,000 was distributed
in prise money for minor contests. In
1911. the first 600-mile race was held
for $26,000. In 1912 the purse was
raised to $60,000, where It has re
mained ever since. 1
A-4959
M. O. Wilkins
Portland, Oregon
Let your next car be a Chalmers