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THE ;,ORECONSUNDAY;: JOURNAL, .PORTLAND,. SUNDAY MORNING."; MARCH, .12, 1916.
NOVMOi
sT OPPORTUNE
- TIME OF YEAR TO HAVE
AUTO GLUB HEAD BUYS PATHFINDER
YOUR OAR OVERHAULED
Repair $ien at Present Have
More Time -to Devote Ho
Each Individual Job, i
OWNERS LATER IMPATIENT
Automobile Caaaot B Orraaal4
miter Might and Boa Wall Car
Make Tham Last Jboaffar.
Just a few weeks more and the won
derful splendor of Oregon's trails
will be awakened by the purr of the
Horde or motors, which will this year
be more numerous than ever. Repair
men are now feeling- the first pnlsa
,tions of .the awakening; touring spirit
la the numbers of cars which are
coming out of winter hibernation for
their- annual overhauling.
Now is the time to have that work
done. In a very few days, the call
of the open will be o Insistent tht?. i
the average owner will only grudging
ly give up the use of his car for a
day or two so that the repairman can
not do himself nor the owner Justice.
. As' yet, the repairmen are not too
busy. At this time of the year they
ran take their time about the work,
not with an Idea of making the work
of longer duration, but of doing a sat
iafactory Job in overhauling the car.
When the rush of spring bualneas
engulfs the repairman the owner loses
many valuable hours' use of the motor.
Juet at present, the repairman la beat
equipped to do the work because the
heaviest part of the commercial work.
which always comes In January and
February, is now disposed of.
A job that 1 well done means much
toward motor satisfaction. The man
that continually has trouble with any
car of modern vintage Is probably the
one who rolls In to a garage at night
and says. "I'll be In for It about 10
o'clock in the morning." That man
has no right to expect satisfaction.
The proper treatment, which every
car deserves, is to take It entirely
apart so that every sign of wear can
be removed. Most of the bearings
need tightening up. The. gears prob
ably need attention. The Ignition needs
attention.
These many things cannot be done
in a moment nor over night. On the
other band, the car that does have this
attention, ' baa practically unlimited
life. . ' - - i ;
Wider; Pavement Is
Proposed in Clatsop
A few weeks ago a contract was let
In Clatfop county, for the paving of the
road between Columbia beach and West
station. The pavement was to be nine
feet in width with three and one-half
foot macadam ahoulders. The con
tract. ?prlce for the section, four and
one half miles lone 1" HMW).i
Th contractor has now made a prop
osition to the county to increase the
yavement to is feet, increasing the cost
$12,000 It Is claimed that it" would
bi cheaper to widen the pavement now
than to do It later.
County Judge Cornelius is not in
favor of a change In plans.
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WHO'S WHO IN MOT ORDOM '
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NW ''-J,J "III I Portlands first motorist to, own, i
If I T J? A Pathfinder "12" la C. C. Overmlre.
1 1 m l 'O- i .11 iprealdent of tna foruana AutomoDuei
-' V"' ill club. Several demonatratidns of the
I WVl flexibility and power of the Weldleyl
I I I lr I I I nlT.ln.httd motor, with which all
I '" U K I -Tthflnder. the Oreat" models are I
rll5ioV'5S I I I eauinoed. convinced thie veteran au-
HmMJ Vf I I tomoblliat that the Pathfinder came
i;y "l-iJ I Cl0""t 10 mbo4y,n nl ld1 of wh,u
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3ferrlll B. Ioore.
There will be a lot more of those .(
biaf" bsLndsotns wire-wheeled cars of
the kind that you have seen shooting 1 1
all the hill around here If Merrill I
B. Moo res lias bis way. lie is 'down
at the Northwest Auto Co. helping C.
M. Mensies and the crowd introduce - '
the Marmon, the aluminum cyllndered
car that is making its -debut. Moores ll"
has been with the automobiles, a long VV' I .,
time in spite of his youth. He always ' ffiSmmXJ
liked speed. In his college days he
EASTERN; PROSPERITY
LITTtEWCIATEDj
HERE, SAYS DEALER
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Car Shortage'. Beginning . to
'Make People prf Coast ' Re
; alize'How Good Times ATe.
DIFFICULTY, CONFRONTED
raotorles CompeUad to Speed Up to
Xdaait Without la Anywise Xe--?
; dudag Quality of Ooodg. j
the 'modern motor, car shouia be.
The sale was made by K. E. Oer
Unger, general '. manager of . the Oer-
linger Motor Careoompany. Mr. Over-
mire's Pathfinder la a seven , passen
ger car, "with white wire wheels and
finished in Pathfinder blaek. It has
divided front seats and is equipped
with all the conveniences and luxuries
that the up-to-the-minute automobile la
heir to.
Just . what every line of, endeavor
connected with the automobile Indus
try and practically every other which
deals with ' manufacturing capacities
has , to face Is again brought out by
a talk with W.,D. Albright, who was
in Portland during the week. This
incidentally was Mr. Albright's first
visit to Portland since he was pro
moted to the northwest managership
of the B. F.'Goodrich Rubber Co,
about a month ago. when he moved
to Seattle, where he maintains head
quarters. t
Man after man who Is In touch with
manufacturing conditions in: the east
tella of the rush for . time, labor and
materlale . which 'Is now coins: on
f back there. They all say that the
west simply has no comprehension of
the true atate of affaire. Now that
the west la crying for freight cars
and cannot get any, it la beginning to
realise ' that there must be something
happening. . t
Souble Amount Called ' Tor. .. .
"Just an' exaropla of what the ' fac
tories have to deal "with, la our' own
bualneas." , says , Mr. Albrig&t. "Vuy
specifications - for . the northwest, - In
cluding Alaska, call tor double, the
arpount of rubber goods that was
used last -year. , .
' - "This' same 'condition : can be expect
ed from practically every part of the
country. . The -south especially Is re
porting heavier demands ; than . ever.
Air that means aa enormoua tax -on
manufacturing faclHtiea.- i V i 1
, "It means that all departments must
be speeded up, yet without - injuring
the quality of the product. It is in
the. face of. such conditions" that the'
manufacturing strength - of such or
ganiaatlons as the B. F. Goodrich Rub
ber Co. Is realised.: ' .; ' . '
( v V Oreat Xacreasa ta Alaska.
"So well - do the factories of that
size-keep ttp the pace that as yet we
have not been pinched by any short
age and : I am sure that we for one
win be able to keep going through the
year under this forced draught."
Mr. Albright reports a great In
crease' In -Alaskan business and In hia
line has felt the call for more goods.
He lived In Portland for so long that
he atill has his heart with the folk
here and declares it his honest opinion
that Portland merchants now have the
best- opportunity they ever had to tahte
a hand in the Alaska business.
.The northwest head of the B. P.
Goodrich Rubber Co. leaves for the
factory March 25 for a conference
with hia people, the first since he be
came the representative for the dis
trict. It probably will be a month
before hia return by way of Ban Fran
ciacov where hia mother and brother
resides.
Will Reward Prisoner.
Kansas is to allow one day out of
every three off the sentence of every
prisoner who labors faithfully and
cheerfully upon the public roads.
Hard Surface Road
Cheaper in Lon Run
Browasvllla Times Criticise: Plaa of
Una County to. rat Ooattaf of
Gravel oa Paclflo Highway.
Criticising' the statement that every
foot of the Pacific highway in Linn
county will be gravelled this year at
a coat of from 60 to 60 cents per square
yard, the Brownsville Times says, this
would cost approximately J37.900, and
the result would be a road open to all
traffic probably four months In the
year.. ; . . ,
- - "For the past twenty jraats," the
Times continues, "to ur knowledge,
and much longer, according' to reports,
we have been gravelling roads In the
county and what havo we to show for
the expenditure? A roadway 36 miles
long nd 15 feet wide could be hard
surfaced for $380,160 and the result
would be a permanent road open twelve
months in -the year and for several
years to come would be but little ex
penae for upkeep."-.
New Car Will Have
Two Big Features
Ooaaterhalaaoed Graaksaaft aad Alam-
laam Pistons Will Bo Usod, aad
Vsweat Model of Well Kaowa Car.
Notable' among the Important fea
tures which characterises the latest
Cole "8," the model 660. which was
first announced at the New York Au
tomobile ahow. are the counterbalanced
crankshaft and aluminum pistons.
The firat inkling that the Cole
company intended to better its al
ready efficient eight cylinder motor
by incorporating theae two additional
Improvements, was 'given in Last Oc
tober, when the chief engineer of the !
Cole Motor Car company, ; Charles . 8.
Crawford, announced in his address on
th eight cylinder engine before tne
Indiana . section, of th s Society. Of
Automobile Engineers; that these two
reatures already had ' been given a
most thorough test by his staff of
experts. ,"... .-W
Further than that.nhe Col company
nsed aluminum . piatona and counter
balanced crankshaft in the, last 609
motors, which were embodied in the
model 850 Cole "8" the car wnicn
preceded the newly announced model,
and it waa because of the Improve
ment -which thej- worked in th oper
ation of theae motors when they were
turned over to ownera that prompted
the company to Incorporate them in
th improved car, which will b pro
duced for the coming year.
Alternate Fast With
Slow Growing Trees
In planting shade trees along public
atreeta and roads it la a good Idea to
alternate treea of rapid growth with
those that grow more alowiy. V
The nature of the soil, the width
of the street, the height of the build
ings on the street, should be consid
ered in planting maples, elma, poplars.
lindens, oak and catalpas. - -. . ' '
The sugar red and Norway maple
are delightful street treea. The whit
or stiver maples are a particularly
graceful species for park planting, but
are not ao good Aa a atreet tree,
being easily damaged. - The horse
chestnut, planted everywhere, because
of its beauty when In flower. la not
always desirable as a street trees, a
the ground underneath is strewn first
with the aticky bud acalea, then with
falling flowers and later the fruit 1 i
audi an attraction to boys that they
damage the trees In attempting tw,
secure it. .
Telephone Company
Is Given Two Jolts
Th county court of Jackson county
Mo.. Which recently Inaugurated a re
trenchment program by pruning the
annral $24,000 telephone bill of the
county has hit the telephone companies
another blow by decreeing that they
must pay for aet ting their poles along
the ccunty roads.
There will be a lot more of those
blgf handsome wire-wheeled cars of
the kind that you have seen shooting
all the hill around here If Merrill
B. Moores has hia way. He la 'down
at the Northwest Auto Co. helping C.
M. Mensies and the crowd introduce
the Marmon, the aluminum cyllndered
car that Is making its debut. Moores
has been with the automobiles, a long
time in spite of hia youth. He always
liked speed. In his college days he
was a printer what, met the best in
the country. That was at CorneH.
His first venture in the automobile
business was as a member of the firm
of Belmore. McDougal & Moores. body
builders. Then he started the Moores
Motor Car Co.. with hia brother Ches
ter, handling the Stearns' when that
make, was very popular here.
California to Vote
On Big Bond Issue
California will complete this 'year
the expenditure of an $18,000,000 bond
Issu.) for roads. A new Issue of $16.
000,000 is to be voted on in November.
The convict labor system will be ex
tended owing to the success achieved
In Mendocino county with a small
gang.
.UMATILLA PLANS ROADS
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Map showing proposed highway development In Umatilla county.
In connection . with the proposed '
bond tissue of $980,000 by Umatilla
county for a system of Improved roads
the following plan has been tentatively
adopted. A road from Pendleton to
the Washington boundary to connect
with the road from Walla Walla; a
road from Pendleton to Helix; a road
from Pendleton to Pilot Rock; a road
from 5 Pendleton to Pilot Rock Junc
tion ajid a road from Freewater to the
Sunnyslde district. .
For Improving these roads ; the fol
lowing apportionment rof th ' bond
funds, has been suggested:
Pendletoa "to WashlnsHott state line,
1300.000,. - - - r- -
, Pendleton to Umatilla $S00,0O.
Pendleton to Pilot Rock, $140,000. '
Pendleton to Helix. 140,00. --
Pendleton - to Pilot Hock Junction,
$20,000,
Freewater to Snnnyaide. . $30,000.
This leaves a surplus of 353,000 out
or th proposed issue. i "
' It ha been estimated that the cost
..of vtb bond lssu to taxpayers will
h. 83 cents for -every f 1000 of th
assessed valuation for th first year.
The average tax for 15 years, th term
of the. bond, laaue, will b $1,875 per
$100. .
The propoaed plan : has: been 'aub
Jected to some local criticism and It
will probably be modified "bef or final
action Is tataen. , t t
Th criticiam Is reflected by the
East Oregonian. which says edltorl-
4.Uy; "In -the plan suggested - there- la
no recommendation for any through
surfaced road to th Columbia at any
point. The appropriation suggested
for th road from Pendleton to-Umatilla
Is not sufficient to compUt th
road.' Ther was no recognition what
ever for th Cold Springs farmers, who
have been very anxious for a road to
the Columbia and have volunteered to
raise - a large sum of money among
themselves to aid in paying for such
a road."
Attention. Is. also called, to an en
larged use of river transportation, ow.
ing to the peculiar rate situation now
xlstlng. '
Uncanny Performance With Canny Thrift : The New 3400 r. p. m. Chalmers
Three years ago automobile manufacturers began
cut ing their eye teeth on high-speed motors.
'fhe value of high speed in el&tric motors or steam
turbines had long been recognized.' '
,But the application of high-speed principles to gas
engines was difncult to achieve with safety.
Now comes the remarkable1 3400 r. p. m. Chalmers
which develops an engine speed of 3400 revolutions
per minute with absolute safety.
Chalmers engineers solvedjthe problem of safe, high
engine speed by means of strength of materials, smalL
compact bearing surfaces, and ample lubrication. v
They did not translate the speed of this 3400 r. p. m.
engine into mere car speed. It is built for the road, not
the race-track. . "
' Its high-sieed engine, used in connection with a
low rear axle gear ratio, achieves a vast range of flexi
bility.that is worth more to the motorist than all the
two- iriHe-a-minUte spee4 on earth.
- An engine of might can give you one of two things :
great speed, or a wealth of great Case and smoothness
never Doth. - . ; : J . . .
It did not take Hugh Chalmers long to decide. , He
knew what American diiversprize beyond all thingisT else.
' So he built the principles of supreme acceleration ;
combined with all the necessary might into the abso
lutely minimum and most compact amount of engine
possible.. " ' ; .t y f.: . .
The result is the 3400 r. p. m. Chalmers 'at $1050, a
blend of ability and strength, fusing uncanny perform
ance with canny thrift delivering speed up to 60
miles an hour, 18 miles for every gallon of gas, and
longevity that will amaze and delight you. v ;
The car is here now, Teady to perform for yoiw
$1050 Detroit
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