COMING AUTO ICES
AT SPEEDWAY AUGUR
FOR CLASSY EVENIS
Fifty Mile Event, With $1000
in Prizes, Feature. of Next
Sunday's Dash,
DARING DRIVERS ENTER
rramoters of Speed Ooateeta Wwk om
Program for Tom; Satrle OIom
Tuesday; Track in Oood Slip.
Th auto raca to be held at the Rene
City speedway next Sunday are tha
most promising: from tha point of con
tests yet held tn this city. The meet
comes Just before tha Tacoma speed
way events of August 6, and tha auto
races and hill climb contests of Pike's
Peak of August 12.
Secretary-Manager Robert A . Hlller,
of the Northwest Auto Racing associa
tion, has announced a raise In the purse
for the 60 mile event, the conditions of
which are aa follows: Fifty miles,
class D, non-stock, free-for-all. Prises:
First, IBOO: second, $250; third, $16J;
fourth, $100.
Xreat Planned for Tear.
Mr. Hlller has been at work on the
Ppokane and the Portland meets for
almost a year. The Spokane meet,
from every point of view, was an un
qualified asccess, and the Spokane
drivers will meet drivers from San
Francisco, Oakland, Seattle and Taco
ma, who were not contestants in the
Spokane meet. The events of next
Sunday and the entries from the vari
ous coast cities make this the first real
Intercity auto race meet ever held In
the west over a mile dirt course, as
cars will be entered here from Los An
Kelts, Ban Francisco, Oakland, Seattle,
Spokane, Tacoma and Portland, and the
drivers, who are considered the best In
the west, are as follows: Omar Toft,
Sterling Price. B. M. Crawford, Fred
Forbes, Jim Parsons. Rea Leutz. Oul
Duray, T'lysaes Aubrey, Henry North,
Fred Barsby, George C. Beck and
others.
Entries Close Tuesday.
The official entries do not close un
til next Tuesday; but among the cars
already entered are the Omar, from Lua
Angeles, Omar Toft's great racing
machine, with the Dusenburg motor;
Harry Twltehell's Spokane Special,
which is a Hudson super-six engine,
modeled after the type of car driven
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the holder of many world's record
Harry Twltchell is well known In Port
land, and will bring over a party of
friends to witness the first real trial
of his car over the Rose City speed
way, which Is considered the best mile
dirt track in tiie Pacific northwest.
Fned Barsby, of Seattle, will pilot the
Spokane Special. Oeorge M. Price, a
Wealthy young man, of Tacoma, pur
chased the Stuts Special from Jim Par
aon.i, made practically a new car of It,
engaged daring Ous Ouray to drive it,
and woa the 60 mile free-for-all at Spo
kane, making a track record with his
car.
Each Oar le Special.
Every rW entered in the races of
next Sunday is a specially designed
racing car, and the full racing program
Is as follows:
Event No. 1 Class D, non-stock,
free-for-all time trials.
Bvent No. 2 Twenty-five miles.
Class E, special invitation race.
.Event No. 'I Class ',, non-stock Aus
tralian pursuit race, open to the four
cars making the fastest time In Kvent
No. 1, and limiting the distance to 20
miles, the referee's decision as to the
winners to govern prises. First, $200;
second $100.
Event No. 4 Fifty miles. Class D.
non-stock, free-foF-all. Prizes: First,
$500; second, $260; third, $160; fourth,
$100.
The work of conditioning the track
Is so well advanced that It will be thor
oughly oiled and made dustless on Mon
. day, and by Wednesday the cars will be
out for private time trials.
Splitdorf s Plan to
Widen Coast Scope
Visit of & Ik Johnson Burin Week
Indicates Greater Activity U Haff.
netos and Flugs.
' ' 'More activity on the part of the
Splitdorf organization In. the Oregon
xieia is predicted Dy tne visit or k. i
Johnson of the Pacific coast organ
isation of the makers of Dixie m&g-
netos and Splitdorf plugs.
Mr. Johnson la the territory man for
the firm, and he says Oregon's Im
portance In the automobile field de
mands attention as a separate unit In
the sales organisation,
eplltdorfs growth has In the past
, few years grown from the construc
tion of 200 magnetos a day to 3000,
and this la an example of what has
occurred in every department The
. company now features starting and
1-llghtlng systems for Fords very ex
tensively. FIGURE IN
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Omar, Toft at thm wheel of bis Omar,' built by himself and powered with,
- , . will be run here on July 19. .
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R. Harrison of the Portland dealers and H. C. Skinner, western salesmanager, in the new Crow-Klk-hart
car, which Skinner is introducing to the Pacific coast.
CROW-ELKHART AUTO
MAKES ITS PREMIER
H. C, Skinner Brings Old
Make for First Appearance
in Portland,
H. C. Skinner, well known to the
Portland automobile business, returned
to Portland during the week, bringing
with him a car, unknown to the coast
from a distributing standpoint, but one
which for 10 years has been demanding
attention throughout the east.
His charge is the Crow-Elkhart,
which manufacturing company he rep
resents in the capacity of Pacific coast
sales manager. Two models are shown
here, a three passenger roadster and a
five passenger touring car. Both sell
for considerably less than $1000. The
roadster Is extremely pretty, and Is o
popular that the demand keeps 60-50
with the touring car output, whicn U
an unusual situation for a' company
making two models.
Boadster Clever Creation.
The roadster is a clever creation that
will appeal to the man, who wants
something distinctive, at the same time
substantially constructed and able to
take the worst roads as well as the
best. This car has ample clearance and
roadablllty, coupled with the distinc
tive body work.
The car already has a home locally,
the Harrison Sons com parry having tak
en It on. O. R. and C. W. Harrison are
principals of the firm which soon will
make Its appearance on auto row. Now
they are located on Hawthorne avenue.
These men became acquainted with
the car In the east, whence they re
cently moved. " After becoming ac
quainted with the local demands from
a service and styse standpoint, they de
cided that the Crow was a car which
could fill a place here.
Headquarters at Trtsco.
Mr. Skinner will leave for San Fran
cisco In a few days, where he will open
the western headquarters at once. This
Is the first appearance of the car any
where on the Pacific, and a substantial
place of business will be organized Im
mediately. The western manager is already well
represented throughout the northwest.
In spite of the fact that he left the fac
tory but two weeks ago. Other dealers
at Sacramento and San Francisco are
waiting for the contracts for their dis
tricts. Plan for Improving
Old Military Road
The improvement of the old military
road across the Cascade mountains
from Eugene to Klamath county is
being discussed at Klamath Falls. This
road was used by the first settlers of
LAke and Klamath coutles who came
from the Willamette valley.
From Eugene the road leads up the
middle fork of the Willamette river
crossing the summit of the mountains
Just south of Diamond Peak at Lake
Crescent and thence across the head
waters of the Deschutes to Klamath
marsh. It Is a much shorter route
than the one used at present via Mc
Kemie pass. From Eugene to Crescent
by way of McKensle pass and Bend
the distance Is 170 miles. By the old
military road is would be 109 miles,
a saving of 60 miles. From a scenic
standpoint the road does not suffer
from comparison with the - McKenzle
pass route.
A
SELLING
COMING SPEED EVENTS
Hillside Drive Is
In Need of Father
City Vow Wants to Unload Xesponsl
btllty of Part of oad Onto Multno
mah County.
Nobody -seems to want to father the
Hillside drive, the 11 mile roadway
which skirts the northwestern hills.
The road was built by property owners
in order to develop their holdings. It
cost about twice the original estimate.
Some of the property owners objected
to paying the Increases assessment.
The matter was finally compromised
on the basis that the city would take
over the . road and maintain It. Now
the city wants to unload the lower
tniee miles of the drive on the county.
The proposition has been referred to
Roadmaster Yeon to make a report as
to whether the Interests of the county
will be subserved by taking over the
proffered section. There is also a le
gal question to be determined whether
the county can absorb a road within
the city or not.
MULTNOMAH ROAD
BUILDING EXAMPLE
Action in Building Columbia
River Highway Held Worthy
of Emulation in East.
The east is getting the measure of
Multnomah county's achievement In
building the Columbia river highway.
Under the heading, "Portland Shames'
New York," the New York Evening
Sun says editorially:
"The example of Multnomah county,
Oregon. In which the city of Portland
is located, Is worthy of emulation by
New York county and city in making
the Riverside Drive improvement.
Multnomah county has Just opened
to the public a great boulevard 42
miles long and paved like a city street
through the Columbia river gorge in
the Cascade mountains.
"The fact that stands out is that
Multnomah county has spared no ex
pense to take advantage of every scenic
opportunity offered by one of the most
magnificent combinations of moun
tains, canon and river to be found any
where in the world. It has thrown
out flying buttresses to carry auto
mobiles around sheer cliffs and has
pierced mountains through with clois
tered tunnels- that no bit of nature's
masterpiece may be lost to vision.
"The natural obstacles to the devel
opment of New York city's shorter
Riverside Drive are far Inferior to
those encountered along-the Columbia
highway. Her it is the much more
formidable handicap of established
trade which blocks the way for the
engineer. The city's railroad artery
to the west must be neither out nor
constricted. And competent critics
charge that in making the Riverside
plans too much consideration has been
given to the demands of business and
too little to those of the landscape
architect.
"That this should be true is all the
le& creditable In view of the fact that
plausible representations are mado that
the city can make the most of the
fine picture of the Hudson river and
the Palisades at little, if any, addi
tional expense to either Itself or the
New York Central. New York county,
with more than ten times the po;.ula
tion of Portland, should not be con
tent to let the Oregon city's gateway
of the west surpass our gateway of
the east."
a Dusenborg; racing motor.
SHAMES
NEW
YORK
He
FEDERAL AID
GOOD ROADS
L
REACH $75,000,000
Oregon to Reap Its Share of
Benefits to Extend Over a
Five Year Period,
The seventy-five million dollar ap
propriation for federal aid to highway
Improvement recently ordered by con
gress Is to extend over a term of five
years. It provides for a first year
appropriation of five millions; second
year, ten mHllon; third year, fifteen
million; fourth year twenty million;
fifth year, twenty-five million.
The appropriation Is to be made to
the different states on the basis of
area, population and rural and star
route mileage. The appropriation la
contingent upon the state putting up
an equal amount. The government is
to contribute only one-half the cost
of roads and not to exceed $10,000 per
mile
Oregon would receive under the ap
portionment $81,450 the first year;
$162,900 the second year; $244,350 the
third year; $326,800 the fourth year
$407,250 the fifth year.
Texas will receive the largest appro
priation, $301,060 the first year
and
$1,506,250 the fifth year.
New York comes next with $258,500
the first year and $1,292,500 the fifth
year,
The smallest appropriation goes to
Delaware, $8300 the first year and $41,
500 the fifth year. Washington is to
receive less than Oregon, its allotment
being $73,260 the first year and $866,
250 the fifth year. Idaho is to receive
$C2,760 the first year and $313,750 the
fifth year
California's apportionment is $156.
750 the first year and $778,750 the
ifth year.
BUICK OVERCOMES
Y OBSTACl
J
Car Catches Spirit of Wan
derlust and Takes Travel
ers Skimming Along,
Two tourists of more than passing
Interest are In the city now, In the
persons of W. P. Hardy, of Selma,
Alabama, and J. R. Gay, who is the
mechanical end of the duet. They are
seeing the country from a Bulck.
which left the salesroom on April 1
and which has been traveling ever
since.
They started out on what they
figured would be a 1600 mile trip.
But, that much reeled off and the
desire to go further overcame all
timerity. The original plan called for
a tour of the New England states, but
when they got up that far, the ex
treme cold weather turned their car
towards the west and the next potst
of interest was Chicago.
Stop at Factories.
They stopped at the Bulck factories
and went through the plant. After
watching the construction of the car
he began to see why a modern car can
do the things that his had done. Since
the beginning of his trip the car has
gone 6760 miles without a hitch or
feign of trouble. Starting as they did,
early in the- season, they met with a
great deal of bad weather; first at
Roanoke, West Virginia, where tbey
were snowbound for over a week.
In Iowa, they met with heavy rain
and in the soft roads they were at
times forced to travel 25 miles at a
stretch on the low gear. They have,
however, never experienced any diffi
culty with the car, and in all of this
bad traveling never Xound It neces
sary to -engage outside help.
In their original equipment, they
put in a "pull-you-out," but they have
never had occasion to try It.
So ads In Ctood Condition.
Speaking of his trip from San Fran
cisco to Portland, they found the
roads through California in very good
condition, but were somewhat sur
prised at the narrowness of the roads
through the mountains, and were a
little disappointed in finding the
Pacific highway so rough through
southern Oregon.
After spending a few days here tak
ing in the points of Interest, they ex
pect to continue on to Seattle and
return east via the Yellowstone Park.
Although, only the two were travel
ing lit the seven-passenger car, they
figured that with the extra equipment
which they carried they had the ordi
nary seven passenger load, and even
under these conditions, and the heavy
work through the mud, much of which
was driven with four chains, tbey
mads 6200 miles on their first set of
Goodyear tires, and were making a
straight . average , on the trio of 17
I miles to the gallon. ,
Wl
MAN
HARD
OURNEY
CLOUDBURSTS
MAKE
LIE i INTERESTING, IF
NOT DANGEROUS, TOO
Henry Lambert of Montana
Reaches Portland fter
Real Thrilling Experience.
EQUIPMENT IS HEAVY
Six OkmaBurst Encountered at Col
fax, Wash.; Many Others Are
Kst on the Way.
To motor for hundreds of miles with
cloudbursts in front and behind was
the experience of Heitry Lambert of
Livingston, Mont., who arrived in
Portland last week in his Reo six, on
two months' tour of the northwest.
Mr. Lambert, who Is a prominent farm
er In the famous Paradise valley, south
of Livingston, is accompanied by his
wife and Mrs. Dr. S. r . Way, of Liv
ingston. The first cloudburst was encoun
H
ERE are
Muscles and
laid bare!
Here are the two
transversely one layer over the other with a layer of
live Rubber between. ,
Here is the Secret of Silvertown Cord Tire Strength
and Endurance, revealed.
Each Cord flattened like a tape, so that each strand
may overlay the other, at the tread (as fish scales do)
bridging the interstices.
Each Cord STRONG enough to lift a Man's weight.
Each giant Cord laid side-by-side with the next
Cord, but FREE.TO MO4E INDEPENDENTLY of the
rest, without friction.
Free, because each- Cord lies between two layers
of Elastic Rubber.
Each Cord sothickly coated witl? that Elastic Rub
ber, so thoroughly impregnated with it, that no two
strands of Cotton can touch each other, "saw" across
each other, or wear each other out through Friction,
Heat, or Chafing.
T
U3AT is the
IBILITY in
pla freely, m its Elastic Rubber bed, a3 the Muscles
of the odwerful, but nimble Athlete, play, in action.
Tffis sinewy FLEXIBILITY then, i3 what reduces
GOODRICH
t.
tered at Colfax, Wah.', and thereafter
there was an almost constant succes
sion of them up to the fatal one at
Wasco, Or., which occurred a few min
utes after they had passed that point.
Party Travels Xisurly.
The party left Livingston on June
18, traveling leisurely and stopping
as fancy directed. On the first day's
run, however, they drove from Living
ston to a point west of Deer Lodge,
Mont., a distance of 194 miles, which
carried them up and across the main
range of tha. Rocky mountains, the
road leading over the Yellowstone trail
from Livingston to Spokane. From
thatfeity they came down via Walla
Walla and Pendleton, coming into
Portland over the Columbia highway
from The Dalles.
Mr. Lambert carries a full comple
ment of camp iequlppage right along
with him on his R?eo, which Includes
a large tent which completely covers
the car and leaves ample space on one
side. Whenever the weather permits
the party camps at night by the road
side, at other times stopping at hotels
or farm housea
The party left Portland on Thurs
day for Seattle: from that city they
will head the Reo for "Vancouver. B.
C. Returning to Seattle they will
motor leisurely home, crossing the di
vide over Snoqualmie pass and Teach
ing home about, the middle of August
Fourth "Visit to Coast.
Dr. K. F. Way, of Livingston, hus
band of the vivacious little woman ac
companying Mr. and Mrs. Lambert,
has been twlcelsent to Minneapolis In
connection wltH the promotion of the
famous Yellowstone trail, which Is an
LIFE-SIZE SECTION OF A SMALL SILVERTOWN CORD TIRE.
'hese giant
fiTH
JiMeage
the Thews and Sinews, the
Tendons of "SAMPSON,"
layers of giant "Cords," laid
secret oftsuch wonderful FLEX
Silvertown Cord Tires!
Each "Muscle of Mileage " permitted to
A Western Hardware & Auto Supply Co.
C Broadway and Pine Streets Phones A-2016, Broadway 759
U OFFICIAL SILVERTOWN CORD SERVICE STATION
integral part of the great highway
which leads from Plymouth Rock to
Puget Sound.
This Is Mrs. Way's fourth visit
to the Pacific coast, but her first one
by automobile, and she is heartily en
joying 11 Mrs. Way is the daughter
of Oeorge W. Wakefield, known
throughout the west during the days
when the great transcontinental stage
routes were the principal means of
locomotion between the east and the
coast. Mr. Wakefield promoted the
first transportation line running
through the Yellowstone National park
and he now lives near the spot whero
he passed so many of his active years.
Forest Service Has
McKenzie Road Plan
Surveys Being- Made Aoross Cascades
Along- River Between Summit and
Bisters Through Pass.
The United States Forest service has
begun the permanent survey of the im
provement of the McJCensle pass road
between the summit of the Cascades
and Sisters. The cltlxens of the road
district in which Sisters is situated,
have promised to raise $5000 by spe
cial levy to improve the road between
Sisters and Windy point. Crook county
probably will be asked to appropriate
a like sum to be used in the betterment
of the McKenzie pass highway. Should
the money be raised It will not be
available until next year. At that time
the forest service probably will have
"Munscles of
"Traction-Wave" to the Minimum, in Silvertown Cord
Tires!
It conserves practically all of the Motor-Power, to
turn the Wheels.
This, instead of wasting a large part of it, in
continuous BENDING of the stiff unyielding Walls,
of other Tires.
It takes out of Motoring that continuous "UP
HILL" work which the bending of stiff Tires is equiva
lent to.
H
ENCE, the Car equipped with Silvertown
Cord Tires will
Coast down hill 80 further!
Travel 25 further on each Gallon of Gasolene !
Develope 17 more Sveed from same Motor !
Ride with 50 less Vibration !
With all this, Silvertown Cord Tires have such
giant STRENGTH, that they are practically immune to
Stone-bruise, Puncture or Blow-out.
Such marvellous ENDURANCE, that they have
been driven 1500 Miles, at an average Speed of 76 Miles
per hour, without changing a Tire.
Silvertowns are the easiest of all Tires to. perman
ently Repair, the most Aristocratic, in appearance,
and the most LmuriousTy smooth-running to ride upon.
You are paying for them NOW (without getting:
them) in the 25 additional Gasolene your 'present Tires
consume.
THE B. P. GOODRICH RUBBER CO., Akron, Ohio
Local Address Broadway at Bufnside
available 16000. The cooperation , of
the government and cltltens of Sisters
will enable construction to begin next
year.
When the McKensle pass highway Is v
finished It will be one of the" state's
chief tourist attractions.
Passing at the base of the north peak;'"
of the Three Sisters it crosses the Bel- '
knap crater lava field and commands1
a view of Mount Jefferson, Mount
Washington and the Three Sisters. It
follows for miles the scenic McKensle .
river.
Joy Heads Packard I
Board of Directors
President Maoauley Denies That Com
pany Has Entered Into Any Com
hlaattons or Consolidations.
Detroit, Mich.. July 1. At a meeting
of the Packard board of directors, held
Friday, Henry B. Joy was elected
chairman of the. board; Alvan Macau--ley
was formally elected president, and
a stock dividend was declared Of 60
per cent on the common stock Of the
company, payable August 1, to holders
of common stock of record at the doss
of business on June 18. '
In an Interview following the board
meeting. President Macauley expressly
denied current rumors to the effect
that the Packard company had entered,
or was about to enter,' any of the
prevalent combinations or consolida
tions. Mr. Macauley stated that no
such combination is either pending or
contemplated.
P. S. llse you vrr been shemm
what lie under the "Silvertown Rib"
Tread of so-called "Cord" Tires tost
are NOT 2tlvtrtown CordTirei?
Why are the "liujde-Worki" of
OTHER, to. called. "Cord" Tires
NEVER illuatrsted r
iires
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