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THE OREGON . SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, - SUNDAY MORNING. vMAY. 21, 1918.
1916 SEASON TO BE
ONE OF GREATEST IN
SCRiPPS-BOOTH LINE
WHO'S WHQ IN M0T0RD0M
IOWAN MOTORS TO COAST BY THE SOUTHWEST ROUTE
CHANGES IN THE NEW
TRAFFIC REGULATION;
Chairman Coffin of Safet
Commission, Explains Sit
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BY BRALY AUTO CO.
Shorter Races and Faster
Models of New Cars Now on;
- ' Time Will Be Features of,
j Display at Salesroom, 19th
, t Sport This Summer,
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'500 MILE CLASSIC ENDED
and Washington,
uation to Local Dealers. A
ROADSTER MAKES BIG HIT
UP TO COMMISSIONERS
Oil ot Galaxy of Stars, Bob Barman,
, Will Bs Missing Six Towns
to EtT, Btotl.
Car Baa Decidedly Italian Tread la
Body UnesZ-Seats tares Persons
Wire Wheels.
Attempt to Bare Bridge Kule Alter
Has Thus Far Been Without Suc
cess, Says Oof fin, -
MOTORISTS AWAITING
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New York. May 20. fU. P.) Prom
the viewpoint of the fans the 1918
season of motor racing promises to
r one of the greatest In the history
of tha sport.
Tt will bemSde no by a new policy
of the promotem-Mhat of keeping tha
rare short and demanding higher
pnd still higher speed. This was ex
emplified In the bill at Siieepshead
' Hay, where Instead of the usual long
grinds, four short races were carded,
ISO, 60, 20 and 10 miles.
The season, too. will give the coun
try Its master driver. He is to be
. delected by the American Automobile
association from among all contest
' ants In the road and track eventR
. -which have official sanction. He Is
4o receive a medil and In all proha
tlllty a cash prize, though this has
not yet been determined.
. The famous 600 mile Memorial Pay
.' classic of the Indianapolis brick oval
,; Is a thing of the past. The race this
. year will be 300 miles and but 33
csrs will be allowed to start.
- The reduction in -distance is ac-
, (Otnpanl.ed by a reduction of the
purse from 130,000 to $30,000. En-
trance feeg for the racers will be
lewer, but each will be forced to
'..travel 80 miles per hour to qualify.
1 Instead of 7S as heretofore. j
Sioiyc City's 3.00 mile contests of
yesteTyear will be replaced this sum
( rcer with a CO and a 100 mile event.
The total trrk evpnta nnw RphtiilH I
' -s XI, It la experted this number will
: be added to.
t, The road race events of national
Importance will be run at Elgin Aug-
tist 18 and 19. and at Ranta Mortlca.
t Cal, In November. The events In ,
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4 M'e vatiiurnia cuy are ine vanaeroiit
cup and the Orand Prix.
The big hill climb event of the sea- I
I son will be the Jogr up Pike's Peak J
August 11 and 12.
Blx cities have track races arranged.
Oalesburg, 111,, scheduling a 100 mile
event for June 20.
In addition to Indianapolis and New
York. Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis,
Omaha, Dps Moines. . Tacoma and
Sioux City will hold the speedway j
events of greatest Interest.
t This,,, despite the avalanche of
speedway plans of last fall. At CIn-1
) clnnatl some protrress on a speedway I
has been made and Philadelphia, too. I
; gives promise of getting Into the
! Ktme with an oval. The others pro
; Jectcd, however, 1-ave vanished. I
Some of the cities that had hoped
for speedways wore Cleveland. St.
IyOiels, Pittsburg. New Orleans, IjOtiis-
vine. Kansas fit jr. wt. josepn, Dallas,
Birmingham and Detroit. j
t -teen tomnletelv abandoned and the
j building of speedways now would call
Tor a qpmplete reawakening of ln-
'; terest.
One grim, tense face of wonderful
popularity will be missed from the
galaxy or stars, wild Bob Burman
Is through racing. His car threw a
; tire In the Corona racw In April and
Bob died In a hospital a few hohra
j afterward.
Bob was always willing to make a
sprint In a big race. It was this that
? kept him from winning many of them.
as he never attempted to nurse his
car. But it always gave tne rans
thrills, for when Burman started the
others started and turned more than
one long race into a hair raising
event.
T, A. Hanson Visits Portland on Long Swing Around Cir
cle That Reaches From Mississippi Valley to the '
Pacific and Back Again,
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Five months ago, a Hupmohlle, T.
A. Hanson and brownie, a little red
Hpaniel, left Boone. Iowa, to see the
west in the only way that It should
ba seen from the Quarter deck of the
modern prairie schooner. Since that
date the car has traveled 25 days of
eight hours each and when it turned
Into the rooms of the Dulmage-Manley
Auto company in Portland it had reg
istered 4800 miles.
That little .figure means that when
Mr. Hanson was in a driving mood he
put the car over the roads at the rate
of about 190 miles per day. To the
honof of the sturdy little car, be it
remarked that in that time the wagon
was not in a garage and that in Port
land it Is receiving Just a superfluous
overhauling beTore it goes to Minne
apolis and back.
Mr. Hanson likes the west. He has
been spending the last weeks in Al
bany, Or, with his brother-in-law, and
lu now on his way over the Northwest
trail to the eastern objective after
which he will come right back to Ore
gon to spend the winter.
day Days Spent.
It lias been a gay life says Mr. Han
son and he and the little brown pup
enjoyed it immensely. Pup holds down
the back seat and does it with royal
dignity while Mr. Hanson handles the
front compartment.
They left Boone, Iowa, by way of
the Meridian highway and traveled
south. They visited Dallas and Fort
Worth and then struck west. They
took the southern national highway to
Tularosa. Here they struck the na
tional old trail and took the road to
Flagstaff, thence to Needles, Barstow
and San Bernardino.
Much of this road was pood but a
lot of It was pretty rough. At one
point Mr. Hanson met five machines
going east and waiting for a horse to
come back and pull them out of the
mud. The Hup owner was able to get
through on his own power and held
his slate clean over the entire road.
Traveling Bourn But Pleasant.
On the Flagstaff pass he found roads
which he was traveling as the first
machine since the fall and for miles
the mud was Just tracked by the ruts
of the year before filled with drifted
snow. Somehow, be got through all
of it and arrived in Los Angeles after
Above, left to right Chalmers Six-40 in Oregon spring dress; T. A.
Hansen, in tour of coast, found some bad going near Flagstaff,
Ariz.
Below, left to right- B. Roost, who is making an extensive tour in a
Mitchell Six; Hansen's HubmobiJe on the desert.
having done some rough but otherwise
pleasant traveling.
He stayed in Los Angeles for a
month and then started again going to
Sacramento over the Midland Trail,
by way of Bakersfield. The roads
through that part of California are
good over every mile. From Sacra
mento he again hit the Pacific high
way and found it fair as far as Baird.
Then more troubles began. The road
was rough and muddy but he reached
Ashland. For a while he seemed
doomed when the mud of Pass Creek
canyon loomed ahead. One man on
the southern end of It heard the story
of his trip. He smiled as he said:
Skeptics Were Bouted.
"It's a shame to spoil that record
but you never will get any further
than here without a horse. The fel
low down the hill will pull you out
for a "V."
Mr. Hanson looked at the. mu1 and
road. He made one start. It was a
failure so he backed up. Be asked
another where the horse was to be
fcund. He was told that he would
have to wait until the "boys" got
through their lunch. Then he made
another start and the next few min
utes he passed the "boys" who watched
the little car ho-t out a sheet of
mud in back.
That was a month ago when sev
eral attempts at the Pacific highway
south were futile.
Mr. Hanson and the pup have seen
about all of Portland for the time be
ing and so he left Thursday for 'Jpo
kane. He tackled the Columbia river
highway. From there he will go to
Butte and Great Falls, Havre, Glas
gow ar.d back to the Northwest TraiJ
at Glendlve.
He also will touch Grand Forks,
Duluth, and then Minneapolis. If he
has not enough touring then he will
come back over the Lincoln highway
and then north over the Northwest
Trail, returning to Oregon in about
two months.
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The Scraps-Booth line of motor
cars, will be distributed in Portland
and throughout Oregon by the Braly
Auto Co., J. C. Braly announced the
annexation of that line during the
week and models of the cars are now
on the floor of his salesroom at Nine
teenth and Washington streets.
The Scripps-Booth company claims
to have been the originator of the
luxurious light-car type. The Idea
aimed at is to furnish the owner of a
big car, a small car for individual
Journeys in which every comfort and
improvement is brought Into distinc
tive lines. j
The Scripps-Booth model which has
made the biggest hit is a roadster,
having a decidedly Italian trend fn Its
body lines. It seats three persons in J
a body which is finished in pleated
leather, with seats so arranged that
tl.e car is c omfortable for any number
of people from one t? three.
The cars are all equipped with wire
wheels, adding to its distinctiveness.
Where the car is better known It is
prized as part of the stable of the
wealthier .folk. In California it has
taken hold with a vengeance and Is
one of the most popular of town and
country cars.
The car comes in two models, the
four cylinder roadster and the eigh
cylinder four passenger, which has the
same lines as the well known roadster.
T.he engine in both cars is the valve-in-head
of the smallest bore consist
ent with the weight of the car. All
this will make from 30 miles up on
a gallon of gasoline.
Wagner electric system is used on
the starter with a Bendlx drive.
Rerny ignition of the automobile type
is another high class assembly unit.
The little car weighs 1800 pounds and
the larger 2300 xiounds.
Coincident with this announcement
is the news that H. W. Lyon has re
turned to the Braly Auto company as
sales manager. Mr. Lyon was identi
fied with the Franklin for many years
and with the same firm. Mr. Lyon
also will supervise the sale of Scrippa-Bootb,
Ancient Armor Revived.
Paris, May 20. (I. N. S.) French
poilus may soon fight In ancient or
mor. The success of tfce new steel
helmet in reducing fatal wounds has
started a movement here to protect
the throat, cheeks, shoulders and heart
region by steel plates capable of turn
ing a -bullet.
(Dealer Is Held for
I .Faulty Construction
Canadian Courts Co Further Even
i, Held Makers Besponslble.
New York, May 20. Recently th
state court of anneals held that a man
ufacturer is responsible to the retail
purchaser of one of his cars for an
Injury resulting from defective con-
Hsiructlcn.
Now comes a decision In a somewhat
J similar case from a Canadian court in
i which the dealer is held responsible.
fir. each suit a broken . wheel was the
cause of iniurv to the owner of the
car, but In the Canadian case 'the
i owner was killed . and the suit fo
5 damages was brought by the widow.
jThe superior pourt at Sherbrooke, Can.,
I awarded the plaintiff $2500 damages.
; i ik ueiuiuani a.ppea.iea tne case ana
tine court or review at Quebec sus
tained the judgment. Justice Guerln,
, or tnis tourt, in giving his decision,
saald:
', "In selling such a motor car the
i manufacturer was selling a machine in
wa.,4 1 I a. . V a . II..
jjfar as the manufacturer Is concerned
lt was criminal. So far as the vendor
Jls concerned It was not a crime, but
-Is was a fault for which he is liable
v for damages."
Hood River County
To Buy Auto Truck
Modern Means to Transport Gravel on
Long Hauls Expected to Besult in
Considerable Saving.
Hood River county will purchase an
i auto truik for the purpose of gravel
distribution on the long hauls on the
county roads. County Judge K. E.
Stanton stated that after investigation
as to the efficiency of the auto truck
for road work purposes n.aiie in Mult
nomah county by members of the
county court that It was evident that
a considerable saving could be made
over the present method of hauling
by team.
Judge Stanton said that the statis
tics In the office of Multnomah county
court indicated that a truck could haul
from two and one-half to three yards
to a load to one yard by a team, and
that the distribution of the gravel and
crushed rock could be made much
more evenly and rapidly than jy hand
from a wagon bed.
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SUPPLIES
Day and Night Service.
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THE INTAKE
Winton Manager to
Get After Joyriders
Manager A. C. Stevens of the local
branch of the Winton Motor Car com
pany is writing letters to all th Win
ten car owners in the city In which he
is offering to these owners the serv
ices of his entire force in an attempt
to stop the stealing of these ears, of
which there have been four cases
within the last few days.
The final straw was when his own
car was taken on the evening of May
I n. ivir. ot evens naa gone into one or
, the downtown theatres and on coming
out missed his car. He Immediately
: telephoned for another and between 10
1 p- m. and 1 a. m. did some of the fast
) est traveling that has been done
i around here for some little time.. but
1 could not find the tar.
The police had already been In-
formed and later found it standing at
Sixth and Yamhill streets.
The speedometer indicated that the
j car had done quite a bit of traveling
Itself, having measured up 44 miles
I in the time.
j "An examination showed no damage
! of any kind and that the boys who
1 stole the car had a Joy ride only in
I mind was shown by the fact that all
the robes and a spare tube were still
lying in the tonneau of the car," said
Mr. Stevens.
"I was told by one of the police that
Ihe practice of stealing cars for a ride
has become quite general because of
the leniency which the court shows
such offenders. This Is a serious
mistake and boys who are caught
should be made to realize the serious
ness of their crime. A car of this
type is worth $3500, the value of a
farm or a house.
"The robbery of a $100 diamond out
of some store window or any other
piece of property would put the of
fender in the penitentiary. Why is
the theft of a car any different?
"I am going to help the Winton
owners by keeping track of my people
and the minute that a car is gone I
will have the whole force out and
after them with lots of gasoline and
Instructions to keep to the road until
they find the car which they want."
Other Winton owners who had their
cars stolen lately are George H. Grum
bacher, J. R. Rurk and the Northwest
Trust company. In each instance the
car was recovered several hours or a
day later, never injured but always
after having traveled close to 100
miles. In each instance the car was
left somewhere near the postoffice. In
each case the car was locked but the
thieves had a duplicate key.
H. A. Conger.
fl. A. Conger can occasionally be
found In the ooms of the Benjumin
Boone Co., the Portland agents of the
Chevrolet. He has. been with them for
two years or more and when the firm
handled the Ford he was the high man
on more than one occasion. Mr. Con
ger formerly was in the electric busi
ness ag the representative of. the Ho
bart Electric Co.
New Record Made
By Stock Machine
Car Makes Trip Two Boars and One
Minute Ahead of Best Previous
Time Expect Beoord to Stand.
Driving the same Buick I5-S-45,
whlcti broke the record via the valley
route on April '25, last, Joe Nikrent
starting from Ixs Angeles, reached
San Francisco two hours and one
minute ahead of the best previous
record. The 464 miles were traveled
in 12 hours and 47 minutes and CO
seconds, thus winning the Fernando
Nelson trophy.
This trophy, which has been con
tested for since 1S04, has long been
considered the most prized cup o?
the Paciflc coast. It was offered by
B"ernando Nelson of San Francisco, as
a perpetual trophy for the fastest
time by automobile via the coast route
between Los Angeles and Ban Fran
, Cisco.
Prior to May 14, the Buick car had
never contested for this trophy ove
the coast route. While holding th
record between San Francisco and Los
Angeles via the valley route, the?
were not satisfied, and determined to
try for the trophy over the coast
route, although this represented a
much harder trip.
No trouble was experienced, but
half of the distance was run through
a very heavy fog, making the moun
tain driving unusually dangerous. In
spite of this the average time was
better than 36 1-3 miles per hour.
The trip was made with a regular
stock Buick light "Six," known as the
Model D-6-45, and it has undoubtedly
established a record which will stand
for some time to come.
' Portland motorists still s re await
ing for the promised changes 1, th
Portland traffic regulations which fi
a while seemed forthcoming, nd 1
an endeavor to speed the matfe
Safety Commissioner, Coftn was iv
vited to attend the automobile dea
era' association at the Wednesda
luncheon. " '
In reference to what la now-,onl
known as "the ridiculous bridge role
Mr. coffin said that lie had attempto
to secure a revision of the bridge Tt
Htrlctions so that motorists and Other
would be able to make the best lis
or the city's big viaducts, but that M
endeavor to help them out had thu
far not been: met with success. II
says it is up to the county commit
sioners. -
The question of safety signals frof
the operator of any self-propelled 'an
other type of vehicle, also was
cussed and a system to bs enforet
was talked across the table. a"v
The police have as yet made fe1
arrests for violators of the rule whlc
says that vehicles must not turn. J
the middle of the block. The fallut
of the part of many to observe the
particular rule, was the cause , f
a smashup on Stark street Wee
nesday morning, when a taxicab con
lng up the street Crushed the fendei
off a big car which started to turn !
the middle of the block.
"The law respecting motorists woul
rather see the police enforce tbi
rule and the rule which says that il
man on the right has the right '
way, than any of the bridge ar
bridge speed whims." said A. C. Bte'
ens after the meeting.
Motor Cars Help
Country Ohurche
A new phase of the automobile s a
tlvlty bobs up increasing attendani
at rural churches. Rev. K. F. Bahru
pastor of the Pulem Reformed churj,
of Waynesboro, Fcnn.. recently, mat
this statement: v
"My suggestion for building up
church Is for the country people :i
procure motor cars and take the
famillen and neighbors to churcK sat
Sunday. The motor enr will bo -tl
salvation of many country chnrche
My experience In eo'intry churchjWOi
is not as disheartening now. as It Wi
several years ago. The motor car h
helped very much In building up tl
church." .-,4.1..,;
Barrla Boms Prom Coos Bay.
Charles B. Harris, wholesale manager
of the H. L. Keats Auto Co., returned
from Marshfleld during the week. He
reports that road conditions in that
section of the country are not yet
what they might be, that the very
heavy rain of the winter has not
yet opened them. In spite of that,
the automobile season has started
and with logging camps opening up
and other conditions favorable, many
Chalmers are expected to go In there
this year. Fishing is the best ever
down there and the natural beauty
of the section brought Quite a few
sportsmen down.
oglsx Talks on Efficiency. "Auto
mobile progress or improvement now
adays Is not accepted until Its per
centage of efficiency Is established."
said Fred W. Vogler, president of the
Northwest Auto Co., in a talk at the
Spokane chow. ir. Voglec was called
upon to tell the technically Inclined
the advantages of the aluminum cyl
inders and parts of the new Marmon.
"Lynlte aluminum was only accepted
as a suitable substitute for steel after
It had been tried out and found that
Its efficiency along tne lines of light
ness and economy . were balanced by
the more Important factors of strength
and durability. It used to be that
things were accepted without great
regard for their actual value."
Hinckley With Beats. F. G. Hinck
ley, late of San Francisco, has Joined
the sales force of t.ie H. L. Keats
Auto Co. Down there he was con
nected with the agency which han
dled the Stuts and Mercer automo
biles. Hemphill Zs Ysrsattle. Roy Hemp
hill of the Keats Auto Co. is 1U
the late lamented Julius Caesar and
can do thre: things at once. Sunday
he went to Talem to carry out the ser
vice idea of tne Chalmers distribu
tors, which is to look after the cus
tomer until the steel of the car moldsi
jj also inspect ! the roads on the way
up and found that the west side road
to Salem is In such good shape that
a car can make it without trouble In
two hours. He left Portland at J
a, m., and was In Salem when the
courthouse clock struck 11. , T.he re
turn trip wag mads via Monitor. .With
Mc and Mrs, Hemphill were Miss Bor.
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It stands for a tire of the
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money and an easy-riding car.'
For the long trip over hard roads or for slip
pery pavements for all kinds of every-day
use, Savage Tires are unequalled.
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Portland.
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ESTABLISHES NEW
Transcontinental Auto Record
LOS ANGELES to NEW YORK
7 Days, 1 1 Hours, 52 Minutes
Beats Best Previous Record
by 3 Days, 19 Hrs. , 23 Mins.
Tin's stock Cadillac roadster was officially
checked out of Los Angeles from the Courthouse
by a committee of newspaper men.
The car reached New York May 15, completing
the 3471 miles at an average speed of 3fi 1-6 miles
an hour, not deductinjg time lost in sleeping, eat
ing and taking on supplies. One man, E. G.
Baker, drove the car every, inch of the way. He
was accompanied by W. F. Sturm, an Indian
apolis newspaper man. Deducting time checked
out for stops the average was 48 miles an hour.
By its wonderful endurance, power, and all
around reliability the Cadillac Eight once more
startles the world.
We can show you the exact duplicate of this
machine in our salesroom today.
Cadillac Eight Leads the World
Motor Car Go,
Twenty-First and Washington
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