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DEATlf OF HID PORTLAN D'-N EWPORT-AGATE beach trip.easily made IS KEENLY FELT IN AUTOmOBILE CIRCLES Sage of . Roycroft Was Stu dent of Anto Industry and Gave Many Good Ideas,: MAMUFACTURERSjIRIEVEO tO SOOTM, ' HANDSOME CAR BUILT FOR STAGE SERVICE " , 'y . v" 'A yr . ...... .. ,; ; ..; . ..... I. ' ' ""' '" " ;v : .:: .: . ... , '.:.;.:': J f V , I i L ' ' .," .ii ' v 1 f s- . , , v' - . ; ienv .' . 11 . , '- -' - - - ' ' - J - i " " sMsSSssel M w seesaw i B "W,Bw :' f.-:"-'--. f'- IF V,., HIv-T "'"T. v-;:,v: m ' ' -' V. ' TV ' " -r- ' - ' " . - ,' 1 - 'i'v J V -iX ' s I r Motorists r now jnakiB,th" trip from Portland to Newpbrt And Agate Beach without any lnconvenienc. 1 Th 31stancB 1 138 miles,' and reports say the road ttt in better condition than It has ever before been. . - City Detectlva W. H. Royle, ac companied by hi fe. and Mr. and Mrs. R. Bussell, also of Portland, driving a podge machine, left this city itt 4 a. m.. July 1, following the Bex Tlg&rd .road- U McMinnvllle, - where they - arrived "af 6:50 a. ml for -break-fast 'Mr. Boyle writes The Journal that he found the road from Portland to McMinnvllle In much better condi tion than he had expected, and was greatly .surprised at the -ease with which the Dodge sailed over the coun try. '"" "''' '" . leaving McMinnvllle aV7 a. in., he describes the - roads . by Corvallis, where they; arrived at 10:15. as per fect. -. . t Leaving CoryaUis the party struck due west over the mountains to Blod gett. At Wren, about 12 miles west of Corvallis Is where the climb over the mountains begins. ;H , ,;: -';J.', The scenery through this section of the country Is wonderful. The roads have been improved and will be found In good condition. 5 After taking their time through the wooded-part of. the mountains, and: lunching along . me : roadside, they reached Newport in the early part of the afternoon with out feeling the latlgue 01 tne trip in any way. After stopping at the beach for a few weeks the party will motor back to Portland.: j, UPLIFT INFLUENCE OF llAVO 10 1 ! SHOWN BY BOOKLET Public Gradually Awakening , to Fact That Better .Roads Are Essentially Important, : The Garford Motor Truck company Of Lima, Ohio, has taken the Initiative In an educational campaign' for the sole purpose of increasing public In terest In tetter thoroughfares. A book let just Issued by that company points out the epnomic and social influences exerted by roads, both good, and bad, 1 Copies have been sent to .all county commissioners in the country and other i public officials - through whose agency road development is carried on and to Influential people throughout the entire United States. It Is declared that half a million copies of the book let will b distributed. . "The public is gradually awakening to the Importance of r permanent road construction, says the booklet. ' "But with only 10 per cent of the publlo roads in the United States improve and many states with less than; five per. cent of improved roads, we are still ip the Land of Mud. Many sec tions of the country are opposing road improvement, because of a lack of un derstanding of its value to their own communities. - , "In rural communities,-one day in a Week was -set aside from farm duties for going to town. The farmer was satisfied to drive through the mud and over tne rough roads.. Unfortunately, in many sections they continue to be . satisfied , with such road conditions, but in other sections the farmer. knows better. He W Jdjemandinj: the same ad- - vantage enioyl by his competitors in other, sections, Tsund due to the building of good'roads. . : ' -- "Careful investigation and compar ison in n the . showing of the. farmers' and other teams before and. after road Improvement,; disclose ' some remark able results. In one case an Increase of 8 SO, and another, of 234 per cent. " Compare and consider this profit for the farmer -with his small proportion of the road improvement cost- ' r "The United States department of agriculture estimates that the fanners of the United States- are losing an nually $250,000,000 on account of the . Icaccessibility of their products at cer tain times of the year, due to bad road W who llva in towns, often fail to realize the Influence of road conditions ipoa the social life of rural commum , ties. It ts onlyifair to say that the National Congress of Mothers and Parent-Teacher association, with Its . branches in 40 states of the union, is ..-Yielding a powerful influence for good roaos. experts nave round that insan . ity is a social condition with a diatinc . relation to good roads, j Two states were recently astounded by a report of an investigation Vthade, within their borders, as to the causea of insanity. In both states, the road . conditions were miserable and it was found that : a large percentage of the insane were the wives and daughters of the farm ers where there was little or no oooor tunity. for . social intercommunication, but whose lives were of monotony and loneliness, due to isolation on account of .miserable road conditions, Poor roaas mea illiteracy or worse.. In 1S09. the percentage of Improved roads w is Xxew England jstates was 22.2 and, tne , percentage of illiteracy was , only, 1.7. In the South- Atlantic states, the percentage of improved, roads was GOOD UIPLT niumirtivj Top, left ta right ome of the good road between Portland .- and Newport beaeh, near Blodgett,-: Or. ' Studying road map on bridge, , three miles from McMinnTllle. , BottomGetting near beach, showing machine on sandy road near beach. . - t - I Instrument-.Shows ' Overheated Motor lt is a significant fact that 12 out of the 22 cars In the recent Indianapo lis Speedway races were equipped with moto-meters," states H. I Mann, manager 'Of tha Nob Hill Garage ; A I Chandler Was Months Ahead npHB is ttann6tmcehienf,i fime 2: srems. You 4- are being told:ab6ixt:-'?n lower prices.1 Well the nesrmodds and the lower prices had to come, for. the Chandler pointed the way months ago not with a cheapened car but with a car that had made good for thousands of owners, at a price that made the industry gasp. 1 i ' wmm The Chancier: annrxuKed ita NegrSeacm8 car in mobiles, Imow this is true.- If -Caere issttrjooe January, at a price of only $lt9Sw That price was - who does not know it is true, we ask the oppor. hundreds of dollars under the price of any other tanitv tor show him and nmu it-. . . (; Tt of really similar character. w ww, u spiie a price A S ' . . .. models rushed, out in the hones of murtinir th . doctioa of fan thousand cars for this vear but even Chandler competition, the fftgnrtlfT is fo7 under that great number will, leave hundreds dlsap priced. s i r fv. , . ; , s pointed. like other Chandler dealers everywhere. Such a car si such a price nteranv stamneded 1 T .e,beensnowed tinder" with orders. In the tradowardth? JoSTLT r .1 COCld not vonr tinues mkmm ia its leadership of the high-cracia - TGth J, licht six field. -M1t - well with the demand, Our allotments for July f A Men who are motor-wise, men Don't be s any but 3iandler Features chwwtw Moeot oadsia uM oiadiT factory. . 1. Bosch Magneto, Gray A Davis Electric Starting and T-igg System. Hayfield Carburetor, setmine May Mercedes Type Radiator, cast aluminum motor base, . three Silent for drivintf motor .hfta tA .i.-Tt - - -it . V ( f ' I aato, aruihMhatid-baffed rw Fl I giiiii niuMMml.KI. - ' I ( jr t I ( - Come Distributors ' , CHANDLER MOTOR r - ; Tooting Car or RoadstT, t " . p--- $129S , ;.. p ;. .. uk. h' I. Auto i. company, : distributor t tot the Haynes ears, because of Its . great value as a check oij the memory of the driver. ' ' This device is nothing- more tr lesr than a thermometer which is Inserted in . the radiator cap. It Is carefully graduated and is mounted- in such -a way as - to be easily - read from the driver's seat. . ' "This thermometer; will - quickly jTho PSoaeer Iisht-WdgLt Six AD ever the coontrv thsi Cha reancnons m -. ' a . I : 4 been tremendous who know auto- .ujSo..: OIC. prompt deliveries misled. Don't be 'satisfied Svith the best. Choose the iChdndler! t m v v eivfs swBSia;w a4saasjbaaa svajgiaA B9se, juasBaps) aaassaaa wma upuv vp si ayaaC leather upholstery. Stewart vacuum Baseline feed. Golds patent one. B,wuw iwwwea, jury curtains, waroer aiagaetie - - Now for Yotrr Demonstration , . f 4 6-43 .Twentieth St., Portland CAR COMPANY, Manufacturers, CLEVELAND, OIUO . show any tendency of the motor to overheat, due to lack of lubrication., to a stoppage of the water circulation' or to any cause-Whatsoever. iThek driver is always forewarned. and the irregularity may be adjusted. "It is said that this device la so sensitive that the - difference in the temperature of the motor when a good or a bad on is used may -be readily detected." 1 -A Chandler demand has The factory has reached a pro- UUUOI OUU WO UJCH HI gi V on orders received early. ' Althoug-b both America and Europe are mourning- the death of Elbert Hub bard, th. world-famous author ana editor, who was killed when ths Lusi-tanla-'Was sent to the .bottom tv a uerman submarine off the coast of xreiand, tners la no troop of men who feel the loss mors keenly than the au tomobile manufacturers of . Indianatv. oils. , , Elbert Hubbard was a. rlnx. ,tui.nt of the motor car Industry from its ear liest days. Just as he was a keen in vestigator of everything- else that ran contemporary to his times. He found points of appeal, new arguments alonsr euing- unes, mat were used most ef fectively in the merchandislns; of au tomobiles, and as with everything- else that he touched, he . injected a spirit essenuaiiy nia own, into all he ac complished In the motor world. . And or the . automobile manufact urers of this country, to none was the loss of Elbert Hubbard brought - home more intimately than to j.f Cole, president or tne coje Motor Car com' pany. - - - , xaelaeat Xs Beoallea. Mr. Hubbard was as areat an: ad mlrer of J, J. Cole as Mr. Cole was an ardent appreciator of the talents of the bard of East Aurora. A few years ago, Mr,, Hubbard, devoted large space In both - the Philistine and . The Fra, the Roycrof ters magazines, to a num ber i of ; epigrams - which t were char' acterized by what has since come to be known as "Joe Cole's punch.. "i In speaking or the- Iualtanla disas ter, and or Elbert Hubbard's death. Mr. joie said; - . "The tragedy of the times the ter rible catastrophe which befell - the great ocean greyhound, Lusitanta, was not i Drougnt horns to most of us Jnti mately until we learned definitely that Elbert Hubbard, who we knew had been a passenger on its ill-fated Jour- .1 la. The following letter from the Cadillac Motor Car Company to its dealers explains itself. i CadUlac strCnl ucc sometluriS - v 1 rHJ.M - ' . , Twenty-five passenger Winton V , , " , A car that looks to be better baf anced for boulevard stage use and sightseeing. Is the big 26 passenger Win ton Blx owned by K. H. Kellogg, of Seattle. . Wash., and used In stage service between Seattle and Issaquah. This makes the fifth Wintxm pur chased for this purpose. Mr. Kellogg is one of the pioneers in the automo bile bus - business,, and now. has four mfechlne operating fro irk the heart of iseattie tjo issaquah tnrougQv the year with a special service to - Snoqualmle ney. had gone down with the other brave souls ; whose . death : cam. when the magnificent liner: went" to the bot tom. - ,.v . "I "knew Elbert Hubbard for- a num ber of years, and in my dealings with him I feel that I came to know him rather '-well. While he - was r eccentrie in many ways, be was a brave, keen man, -who knew : more about making himself understood and who had finer thoughts on more varied subjects: than any man of his day,, .' - t "Elbert Hubbard , was my guest In Indianapolis a few years ago, and vol unteered his services as a speaker at a ' convention - of automobile dealers called by our company.. - : "I shall never. forget the clear con ception of - .the- automobile . business that he displayed on -that occasion. Hubbard was one of the few men who placed performance . above promise, who knew ' the- value of human ser vice, and who had the courage to com pliment ths great army of American men that has -brought to oar nation Pnce constructed the price rf pany never to ...tification r "lfCssaT7. " ' Cadic ?rc on aoUv -- v-;i...hlliis.' - . , .1- AflES w " , ' .J. at IDC the ooix Camu- Six, owned by R. H. Kellogg, Seattle, who usee it in stage service between Seattle and Issaquah. i Falls for- ths tourists travel : during 1 the summer.. It will only be a short time now until the many beautiful drives around Portland will ' be . covered by stage lines of this nature. The car that will accommodate About 20 or 25 r people, and will not be much higher from the ground than the. ordinary touring car will no doubt be : the most popular with tourists. . i : .-.-. It is said by A. C Stevens. Portland I manager ... for the Winton people, .that the distinction of being the greatest commercial lnstltatlon the . world has ever seen. . ' .- r f ' ' He was " a staunch friend - of the man who works with his hands, and praise of - the constructive business Just as strong In his appreciation and builder; - His ideas were at times rad ical, but his mind was always clear. He spoke with a two-edged, tongue that cleaved its way through ; the ve neer of conventionality and ; got a( the very net of things. It i Will be many a day before America finds an other who can so weld the composite thought of the nation with a trip hammer force. Those of us who knew him, forgave his eccentricities, and . if we could find his resting place, nothing-would be more befitting than- to rear a monument to his memory, bear ing this simple epitaph "Here lies a man in spite of the fact that he lived and died ahead of his time." 1 - From the very nature .vf his- contact with ', the Cole family, the - officials there learned to know a side of El ' 7laric.W 1915 - . . thati lor t.r an exaspera.w& incc9 .wthe pert w MiA tHaT.- , . . . .M Ulv- .. ..a 6acc. - yt tHaston at Twcnty . ' ' . " he has seen practically every kloi of bus equipment, i but considers the. new Winton Just placed in service by Kellogg, the most) appropriate for sightseeing and stage .service that ha' has ever seen. The new car has a wheel base of 152 Inches and will seat' 26 people comfortably. It is fully provided v. with electric flighting' ana starting equipment and has 87 . by 5 tires, dual on the real wheels, and these are set on 'demountable rims. bert' Hubbard with which the publla in general was not acquainted, and In giving his appreciation of the man, Mr. Cole has expressed a true con census of the opinion of all those there who knew him. ; Lad of 12 Years Is : Regular Detective i i ' Warren, Ohio, July 10 When Murel Taylor" lost his blcyols he turned his 12-year-old head to the problem of, recovering it. No bicycle has passed' him since without close scrutiny. . Finally he saw one be thought was , his, traced the rider to his home, then went for bis revolver. With the re volver he held the bicycle rider cap tive until he could get word to the police, who took 1 the boy's prisoner to the police station and locked him up on a larceny charge. " 1 rewb - .. I - . . - - Firtt Street : -J:.'.:,,' c .7 and illiteracy 12." .