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I THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SUNDAY v MORNING," JUNE 27.' 1915. SUBURBAN ROADS ALLl CROVDED VITH CARS THROUGHOUT SUNDAY People in D roves Go' to Take m Different Scenia Points 'Near Portland. . 750000 AUTOMOBILES PROMINENT IN AUTO TRADE X- X ' 1 MIL , Vhl LV I'LAv'IIM 1 J IU OnLLO OLMOUM Studebiker Manager Returns Front East Where He At- -tended Managers' Meeting - - MANY VISIT VANTAGE POINTS ON SUNDAY AFTERNOONS ESTIMATED CROP FOR V OF.: MOTOR TRADE Castor Oil "fubrloates Tord Over Vuli County Kills When Keg- ington solar Variety Tails. liy Douglas Shelor. . A. H. BJrown, northwest manager for the Studehaker corporation,- returned to Portland Last -week 'after several weeks spnt In the east, where be had teen attending- the branch managers' meeting nd Inspecting the new Stude baker link for 1916. Mr, Brown would give out no information regarding what thi new line ' would be. but .promised that In the Sunday papers of July , 4 the Studebaker -people would have something- to say to the general public-that -would open Its eyes. He also stated that after consulta tion withj one of the biggest rim man ufacturers of the country, he estimated that therfs would be built In the United States, during-the 1916 season, 750,000 automobiles. The Studebaker corpora tion -aiorw will built 0,O0. and ' with the prod Oct ion announced by the rep resentatives ; of other? manufacturers this seems to .be a very conservative (fcstimate. -' . v ' ""Ned H -Manley; secretary and treas urer- of I the i Dulmage-Manley Auto Co., ',; lef 8 Portland i'rlday morning for tlje bast. - He will spend several feionths ' nrtstting his mother in his home tofc-n, Hartford. Mich. He will also visit thfe .-automobile centers with a view, off new contracts for the com ing season. j . f- The old story about castor oil for the Ford was oat in actual practice NOTES Jaat Sunday by George Johnson4, man- ! rying four passengers.' cut latt hour aser (pf Ithei Changlor & Lyon acces-.' and a half off the coast road record soryhouSe of this city. George John-j between the two southern cities, yoffead ted Johnstone,- the Hughson & ! - Only-a person who - has drtven to 34erton ftuuiager, went to Hillsboro to Francisco. In a motor car or rid? go fishijg with the Ford agent at that t df" on the Lark ln lts speedy over l,iace..orgetting to take a supply of i?1 Journ,e?. an, appreciate what a 5il teall2mUe drive. over the moun i ,2?s m!L,ad tain ' roids. they found themselves 5 be hu!j? tf .An?el!? the without J this . adjunct After much ' scouting they found a rancher who liad a lojjrge supply of castor olL Now lUeorge declares a Ford will run with xnost any kind of a lubricator. f Roy wllsoh. of tho Dulmage-Man-4ey company, delivered a Hupmobile at Seaside last ; week, He drove it down, but vaima all those -who try to get through) within the next few weeks that they are up against some 'of the fcvorst ifoad conditions It has been hfs experience ' to travel In Oregon. As far as Buxton the road is in good shape. &ut through the mountains is corduroi by ; the ' mile, most of it in very bafcl ; condition. In some places the oldjtorduroy Is being replaced with new. Through this -travel Is almost lmpossltfle. He was pulling through njdbvMr tke, rennlng board for miles; n Tiacis It, 'was -., necessary to " put double chains' on the rear wheels to ecura traction. "When he arrived at Sttasiejhe put the car.ln a. garage to he 'cleaaed. After the hose had been turned on at full' capacity for two hours. He says, hardly enough mud to b ioti)ed had been removed. . J :i 'f . : . v M.' iJ Gallagher, who has been con nected -Flth the sales- force of the Ore ffon.Mo or Car company for 12 months, was mi de sales manager of that or ganization Jast'- week. Gallagher is well kr own in Portland, having been engagec , ia the real estate, business here "fqr years before taking up the :' Jack Irwin, a well known tire man of the Pacific vcoast, at one time con nected with- thej Goodyear branch in this el ty,..-hasV 'returned and taken . charge af the jKelly-Sprlhgfield f tire department of the Oregon Motor Car : compari y,. tJntir recently Irwin was jnanagc r of the Seattle branch of the Goodyeir company. ' W. ?. Garbe, general manager of - the Oregon Motor Car company, local distributors for the Studebaker, left Wednesday for a short trip easti Dur- ing bis absence H. C. Habels, assistant inanagi r, is in charge of the business. Mr. G rbe expects to return in. time to drivs to Tacoma for the races next ; Kundaj ajid Monday. . . TWIN-SIX MADE TRIP i i - . .. v- ' .. A : :' - D ESP! HEAVY GOING - "Sho w me," said Joy. "I'll take it out anjl bust it for you," This is the Packadd president's annual ultimatum to the engineering department. Aecerdingly. when Joy left the-Packard factory on May 27, en route to San FranciJco via the Lincoln way, he. sat at the wheel of Twin six. Hal ar rived in the western i metropolis on June 1 7. From noon on the day of de ' parturs it rained for 12 consecutive days i nd the highway S president, who . has bean making transcontinental trip . for y ars." declares : that- never before - did ; h' encounter such heavy . going. , During ; 12 days the Vwheels; resembled pneum atlc rimmed mud pies. - f "Thi . Twin Six llteraUy nosed Its way " t irough the mud, of four states, Until we reached the ; dry desert of Utah," .wired Mr; Joy: "By- actual ' measu rement the car?; wheels , were, re volvlnr for hour aftet hour In gumbo from 12 to 20 inches deep. In the streeti i. of North Piatt. Neb., they were feeing e'mall boats when we ' passed . through. Outside of "this city we had . to take .down the fences and drive to rouih the fields in. order to escape the miniature lakes which"the terrific rains had formed in the roads.1 A ware. from San Francisco tor Frank Qf HlKga, ; local Packard distributor, brings the information that the su perior jury of the Panama-Pacific ex position has awarded, the grand prise and fifrsf. medal of honor, their highest awardL to' the Packard Motor Car com pany bt Detroit. ' The) exhibit of the company consisted of a Packard motor carriage and a new type (Packard chalnless heavy duty truck!-4 It waa installed fcy CuyleV Lee, Packard dealer in San Francisco. ACROSS THE COUNTRY V:''ZX . '1 If 7 fc 1' iv V'' i "tr" r ' "rlTX. flr: - -r.7r t; ! : fe; 5 JJM: 1. A; fSM v IMG 1 - ,f '''LJUk -1,4 ! -'z; if"-'.. , ,;,7Xf -'- cfL "tz s ( fj . ffSS , Jff i t, ; , - - 7 ' ;' ' - vW l i i , t jf'y AUTO BEATS A FAST Four. Passenger. Eight I Cylin der Car Lowers Record Los Angeles to Frisco; . The .dash of the Cadillac eight from Los Angeles to San Francisco in a race with' the Lark,T.the Southern Pa cific's fastest train, recentlyj was thJ most spectacular record tun that has been made on th Pacific Coast since December. 1911. when, a Cadillac car- r.i . v,. uuuum. ' a ilia ucu viiu li ia; luauc vj the Lark by: one hour and 33 minutes and i was over two ! hours UndeY the Owl's, time. : ; The car used was not a stripped racer. It was a fully equipped touring car carrying four passengers. Only the top had been removed, j The -car was driven- by Ted Beaudet and William Bramlette. Both of these men are well known in coast racing circles. Beaudet still holds the rec ord from Santa Barbara to Los An geles. : Before , the". Rincon was com pleted he dashed over the Casltas in a Cadillac, making the trip in two hours and 42 minutes. . Bramlette' s Cadillac record from Los Angeles to San, Diego over the coast road and back: ove? "the : valley In eight hours and 26 minutes is still a record. Both men drove : on the Cadillac's round trip. !:i V - ' : s- i The previous record between here and San Francisco was 32 hours and five minutes. This was made over the coast road. .' , . f . ? I Test Was Severe. The race .with the Lark is a result of an ambition 'on the part of Don Lee to prove beyond all question the staying qualities of the "Eight," Sev eral weeks ago he called Into his office J; E., Brown, A. E. Landman land Beau det. - - --5 'j "What is the hardest stunt in Cali fornia?" asked Lee.- j . Several things were proposed. '"' "Not . hard enough," was Lee's com ment. . "1 want something j that will Startle the " state, something every man, j-oman and child will be Inter ested in." . ' j " ". ; This was a poser, but finally some one said, "Why not race the ; Lark to San Francisco V . "That's the stunt,' said Lee. "Take the first eight cylinder Cadillac sent to Los Angeles and beat the Lark. He didn't ask Beaudet If it could be . done because he knew from past experiences the Frenchman ' had never failed to get a record he went after. Boads la loor Shape, ' The next day Beaudet, Bramlette and Brown started over the road for Sad Francisco. They found the road 20 miles longer than it had formerly been to San Francisco. ' It was neces sary to . go through Bouquet Canyon instead of ' San ' Francisqtiito. They went over the Tejon and found it in terrible shape with long detours, deep creeks and a series of foot-deep -ruts for 20 miles. Beyond Bakersfield they found 80 miles- of boulevard. After this there is ; much rough : road until the boulevard lsa encountered going into FresrioAThe: road from' Los .An geles to Fresno Is, no better than it was rive years ago, but With the road work under way will be greatly im proved before the end of summer. ; From Fresno there is a: boulevard on the Oakland side almost to Oakland, but as it was necessary to finish in San Francisco and not Oakland the record breaker left the valley road at Fresno and cut off toward the Coast range, 'crossing the Pacheca Pass, dropping down into Hollister and then along the t coast , road through Gilroy and San Jose. rtoal 80 AXiles Semaxkable. -," The time made in the run to Bakers field -was four hvurs and 24 minutes. To Fresno seven, hours and nine min utes. . : fhi'n t'.'iis " r - - J One of ; the remarkable features of the run. was the time juade on the final,; 80 miles ofr- the' trlpi Althougn the drivers had been pounding over the roughest roads for 480 miles they made the last 80 miles ln. 93 minutes. This was over' road that took them through Gilroy. San Jose.1 Palo Alto. Kedwood City, San Mateo and many otner smaii cities. - i At the finish the car was Insoected by a committee of San Franclseo mo torists and newspaper ' men and pro nounced ln. perfect shape, i The only preparation made for the trip was the removal of the tor; Plac ing an extra .brace on the demounta ble rims and putting two headlights on tne siae. jno -extra oil, v water or fuel was carried. Stops were made at Bakersfield, i Fresno and Gilroy for .supplies. ; - ' i- This rast trip , was made possible by the sturdy construction of the car, the perfect oiling: and cooling system, the wonderful, power and the? quick pickup. It was possible to ttrOss all the ' grades on the intermediate aud most. or them ob the highj and on thu level the car was: capable of a sped of 70 miles an hour, i So perfect was the oiling and cooling ? tnat the fan was taken off before the start And the entire run was made without a. fan. TRAIN ; IN A HIGHLY Wmm MttM mm race htf ' ss; . . . i ' :. -r., ;; :?;,wi ,2- licl i : Top, left to rightNew 1016 Buick' little sfar on the Base line road," with Miss Bertha' Merrill at the wheel; Base Line road In , ftont ' of .Twelve MUe;h recently opened again 'for dinners; and lunches. .' - ' ' f $ Bottom A few of cars along bluff i near Sandy postpf fice ' last Sunday, viewing Iount Hood. BIG STRIDES OF AUTO BY CARS 1 0 YEARS AGO American Technical Genius - Responsible for Wonderful " Advance Made. r . Anyone who will recall, the automO bile of . 10 years ago . with all their crudities and high selling prices, can appreciate the remarkable advance that has been made in this Industry. Primarily the wonderful strides ; ln automobile manufacture can be traced to American mechanical genius and to the rise of the so-called captains of industry, whose ability to organize large scale production., is famous the world over. ; . ' In spite of these factors, however, the industry, would never have arisen to its present proportion, were It' not for the enormous wealth of the Ameri can people, which has enabled this country to absorb the ever-Increasing output of the hundreds, of factories which give employment to hundreds of thousands of - skilled ' mechanics. When - one considers that almost five hundred thousand cars have been made and sold during the past year, this wealth of the American people can be more fully appreciated. Furthermore, it is interesting to note that the 1 automobile trade has probably - been less effected . by the present European war than- any of America's great industries. - - Standing in the third rank. It Is only surpassed by the steel Industry, which it aids so materially, and by the clothing trade. This is probably the: most remarkable growth in all economic - history,- and is a source of amazement to the other nations of the world. In tracing the inside history of auto mobile manuzacture, one is; strongly impressed with a special feature of it, which commands immediate attention. and that is the evolution of the best made automobile from mere assembled 23 yeais' successful ixzjVdintf jnoton, cars NDUSTRY RECALLED - I U I I I ! v Placing your; order; investigatetthe rsterlingi quality of the Haynes. a cLi L For .durability, powerlight.v'Welght;faxxessibflityand ' economy the ; - - .; . , . ... 5 'Vlitthti&!:2Qb,-li241i'' cars to a produet-wjilchls built' prac tically entirely by-'tbe manufacturer.;-" Tires and such accessories as speed ometers are purchased, but - in , general the big manufacturers actually build in . their own factories f nearly every part of the .car JJnfortunately, such big manufacturers, while their output is enormous, are very tew ln number in comparison to the hundreds of small companies who lend their, name only, to an assembled car, -but there is no doubt but that In. a few years prac tically all automobiles will be "built by the maker." ,. .. . . ' -r T WOMEN INTERESTED IN AUTO MACHINERY Member of ColJege, Faculty Gives Deductions After ' : investigation. . 4. "Do . mechanics Interest young wo men?" . , "Teg." answers Miss Mary.M. Calla ban,, directress eof the -physical train ing department of St. Mary's Academy and college at Notre Dame, Ind and much more than Is ordinarily the case. as I have -found, if she is a motor car enthusiast." . Miss Callahan is in position to speak competently on the subject for at her suggestion the faculty of St. Mary's adopted a - course of study : for the young ladies who might be Interested, and this did not prove to Include only those students who drove or had 'ac cess of cars; the others were possibly looking into the future. It is prob ably the first Instance of - Its kind, with institutions devoted to the educa tion of : young women, but - the an nouncement becomes of. more than or dinary interest from the fact that it evidences a timely recognition being given 'the' rapidly -growing popularity of motor; driving among -the fair sex. It is not regarded essential, with present simplified methods of automo bile construction, 'that the . owner be especially schooled. ln a knowledge, of the . parts entering . Into - the construc tion. of the car, but nevertheless this -ixri iciiui uic T " 7V PREFERS BLOWOUT ; TO BEING BLOWN UP Florida Man Decides on Long f Auto Tour Instead of 1 Sea. Voyage. W. ' . "Safety first," said Robert Simms ; of ' Jacksonville, Fla, when he provisioned his big six Steams-Knight for; a voyage over the Lincoln high way from Baltimore to San Francisco and return. .- j Simms has been , accustomed to .a European trip every three years and was scheduled for another this year. -"But after . careful deliberation,' said-. Simms, "carefully considering both arguments, whether it was to chance a blowout on the highway or a blowup on the sea. I decided that -while a blowout in a neutral country ' was a nuisance It was much to be pre- ; f erred to a blowup on the sea." - - . j On. board the big six Steams-Knight are the crew; consisting of one ohauf- -feur, with Simms acting as com mander; and three passengers, Mrs. Robert W. Simms,. her niece. Miss Clarissa Starling of Jacksonville, and Miss Ellen Howell of New York. The party arrived ln Cleveland June 9, two days ahead of Its schedule, 5. leaving there for Detroit on June 11, from whence -after a brief visit the ' trip will be continued to Chicago, then ' on to Clinton, Iowa, where the . Steams-Knight will be Joined by an-1 other motoring party. Simms expects j to reach San Francisco July 1. ( "' The entire trip, including a trip to I Portland, Or, and1 other cities along ' the coast and a detour through Tel-4 lowstone park on the return will cover j ln all about 12,000 miles. knowledge adds to the satisfaction of owning and greatly increases the pleas ure of driving, according to those who have so familiarized themselves. For another ' Important reason, it. Is recog nized" as insuring better cars and less abuse of the car. . "" ,i T. O. 8. FACTORY ' wuiiu. " : ' ,; ' 59 N. 23D STREET The roads leading from. Portland in every- direction last Sunday were lit erally covered with machine parties goinir to and from different scenlo points. G. H., McCutcheon, the new manager of the Howard Auto company, Buick distributors, i took: one of the new 1816 Buick light sixes and drove over the greater portion of the Powell valley, country looking for a ranch lo cated on the Foster road a short dis tance, from Damascus.; After circling round .by Sandy Post office, and. viewing Mount Hood from the: bluffs, one of . the most perfect points In Oregon- from -which to .view th enow capped peak, the ranch was located, and the Buick put to a very satlsfyina- test. ' :-'i'-'"v Monday Mr. McCutcheon, with' his road man, Harry Hayes, left Portland for a week's trip through the southern part of the state In order that, the agents en routa might see just .what they had for the coming season. . GASOLINE WARFARE IS . ON IN KANSAS CITY . Kansas City, Mo, - June. 28. What looks like the opening shot in gasoline price : warfare, between ; the Standard Oil interests and : the Independent op erators and refiners, has started here by . the Standard Oil company, reduc Ing; price of gasoline 1 cent per. gat- ion, from 9.8 to 8.8 cents, which Is the only, cut since February 22. . ' Up to the. present, local independent refiners have refused to follow this. cut' and are appealing to their custor mers to oppose the old rate. Twenty f9ur" refiners representing 'I western petroleum interests in Kansas and Oklahoma fields, have met in Tulsa. Okie-, and" have refused to follow the present cut 'saying that such prices are profitless and that the Standard com pany would 'probably ; advance crude oil and further reduce' gasoline, v The Claim is made. In this .section .that the independent refineries which control much of .the mid-continent and Cush Ing pools' are gaining control of the market and that it maybe such a con dition has prompted the present ap parent price war of the Standard com pany. The Independents declare that the present European, consumption of gasoline warrants an increase rather I than a decrease in the price and that oexore lue exul ui we jrebr n jujcooo of ilicent or a little more is expected. )) Ch Xef t ' to j right Norman De Last week there blew Into Portland' from San Francisco a man who at one time was a factor In : the automobile Industry of the northwest, i The" man, Norman. D Vaux, who with Fred Vog ler had the distribution in : this terri tory of the Buick line, in J 1910, was greatly 'f surprised to ,ffnd " the many noticeable - improvements ' that have been made in Portland's business sec tion. - . f V- When the Howard organlation took the Pacific coast distribution of the Buick line.. De Vaux went to California to handle the :Reo line, -while Fred Vogler j took the, same - line .. for the northwest.. Both nave met with much success in the automobile distributing Gibson Electric Garage & Storage Battery Company A-7435.' ; : ALDER AT TWELFTH. ManhU 1752. HA'? :-.; , H . - .ill pUT on a ' Genemotor iL and let your Daughter DHve your Ford - The Genemotor gives every 'member of the family an opportunity to drive your Ford . , . ' f ' A touch of a button starts the car and gives added pleasure to the whole family. : The Genemotor starts your car in the coldest weather and generates a brilliant light. Made by the. General Electric Com pany and. costs but $82.50 We can put one-on for yda imme diately. : 4 - i ansior er jL.von DISTRIBUTORS 627 Washin-jton Street Vaux and Fred Vogler..- business, and on June IS when De Vaux, gave up the II eo line for Cali fornia to cast his fortunes with the Cheverlet' people as Pacific coast di tnbutor, he decided -to pay-his 'old partner, Vogler, a visit. Mr. De- Vaux is prophesying great things for. the little 1490 car that waa announced by the Cheverlet people ut the New York show In January. H has. the first shipment of. demonstrat ors now moving from the factory to the coast, and predicts the new ma chine , will outsell everything in thn territory with the possible exception of Ford. Before returning'1 to Hrj Francisco, De Vaux will visit Seattle and the northern territory. The General ' Lead Ballcri:: . Co. Storage Batteries For All Furpc3 . Oregon Distributors i 0 K t o.