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V THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, . PORTLAND, 1 SUNDAY MORNING,, JANUARY . 14, 1917. AUTOMOBILE-SHOW 1 NIT. HOOD COUNTRY IS NEV YORK STARTED IN ON HIGH FLIGHT VERY DELIGHTFUL ONE E, CV Habel Pilots Car to a Four Hundred Luxuriqus Ma chines, With Loud Paint Louder Salesman Evident. - Point Beyond Rhododen- dron Tavern, PARTY TAKES TO SKIIS DOLLAR TO DAY OF DEATH I fDA f IT PjrArMrO DAIMT IM MT UnAH PAI 1MTDV MCrD DCCAnC ATTAIMm 1 Kl 1 A Ml I A D V "l MIDWINTER RUN INTO 1 1 - nr f i xi i r-c r ui . i i i i 11 ii i iixi ivi i i it 1 1 i i 1 .1 11 iixi 1 n t i m i w 1 r- 1 1 1 1 r-t 1 1 1 1 1 i 1 j 1 1 i . 1 - 1 xi 1 1 1 x 11 j 11 1 1 ix ' 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 11 1 m 1 x iiixi 1 v v 1 x a 1 x 1 x sm isx im s -m xv m - y . -ill I Though HoTlces Otherwise, Kotorists . Have Bars Sport la Attemptiag Thelr Successful Manipulation. JTl i-st i9J7 honorsin the Mount Hood foothill country go to R. C. Habel. sales manager of the Manley Auto Co md bis Grant Six. last Sunrtay. :t support of the "Oregonlans Motor All the Year" slogan, Mr. Habel, who .s a member of the committee boosting that idea, left Portland over the Mar mot road and In three hours was 1ft the mow which stretched from "Welch' tip. Conditions were so rood, even In thawing weather, that the little ear" riowea tnrougn- witnout tne use 01 chains and the weather near the moun tain was no warm and balmy that skiing and sledding were enjoyed with the participants wearing nothing but the lightest wraps. And when leaving the resorts after dark Sunday night, there was keen regret among every member of the party that Portland does not take more recognition of this play land at all seasons of the year. The Marmot road with the slight detour oy way of Sandy, was Just a little bit sticky in spots, but the Grant Just groveled down for a second anJ took the bad spots a-flylng, but cars much heavier and less adept on the road would not have trouble with chains on. The way from Portland to Sandy- is now, all rock or gravel and by taking the plank road over to the Sandy river towards Bull Hun, the right font up the east bank of the river, the one bad spot near Bull Run will have been eliminated. From then on, new plank, as good as pavement, gives- good rid ing for several miles. Just before reaching Marmot (Asch off's) the tourist will find some mud, butthere Is bottom and the Grant, for one, did not have to shift gears get ting through It. At Aschoff's is an other short piece of mud and then at Mlaslnger's Is a piece about 300 yards long which will make chains neces sary for some car?, but which, wet as It Is, has not even caused hard work for those who hare gone up in the last two weeks. j UTom men -tn- trie roaos have a sandy bottom which may hold water In puddle, but offer no resistance. Once up ir. the foothills the weather was like spring and the only thing to the contrary was the snow all , around. Just beyond the turn off .o "Welch's, the car planted both wheels In the snow and for several miles - trekked over the path wh)ch the for estry officials had plowed. That made It easy and chains were entirely un ' necessary. Beyond Rhododendron Tavern. This plowed way went a little ways beyond Rhododendron tavern, but afff I -M 'ffd .. ;-s tr r... M 1 rteiil--?' -iiXsJSr s-tV -lw faT nl 1 III TSy .r. .wjj.-r,?. . :,.ia k. VC2n-S!5iSi.5SS ... Ill I It ii. .. V n - i w ", k v 1 I SU.w ; k.', :x -g . ' - M ' IT ssi S -rwrr . . 9L4 L;-,:-.:-v :fL::AT . nWl te2 M ,; J;: : 11 1 roQed In Vlfty Cars Art Tery Zag, maaaVrate Ara BmtIit aad Mm miag; Color Fradomlaate. Above, left to right E. C. Habel and the Grant Six In the alders near Welches; an ice-bound pond on the Wtmme road abore the toll gmte. BelowwHere the) the Wemme road; digging deep, the car somehow found something to hang to and poll itself into the next drift. Qraa ft snow a foot deep on that the Grant had to rnaka Its own way'. The snow was soft and packed hard as ice, so with dint of much rush ing, backing and grovellngr the car climbed steadily through the deeper snow until it had covered more than a mile of un tracked whit, or almost to the first bridge on the Wemme road. Here the snow stacked up higher than the running boards and in the drifts it ranged to a depth of three DOES YOUR CAR CRANK HARD these cold mornings? ARE YOU DRAINING YOUR BAT TERIES trying to get yur starter to turn her over? DOES YOUR MOTOR OIL CONGEAL and fail to feed properly for the first 15 to 30 minutes while warming up? This is due to the use of a poor cold test oil which congeals or thickens up and does not flow freely in cold weather, mak ing the motor stiff and causing undue wear through faulty lubrication. To overcome these troubles and get correct winter lubrica tion you must use an oil that flows freely at zero temperature zero cold test oil feet. .Finally, the car was up against a pile of white that came half way I up the radiator, so here it was left while the party went on a jaunt on skis borrowed from Mr. Welch. None had erCr tackled them before and, to say the , least, the behavior was most ungainly. After several hours' practice. Habel. for are, was ale to keep the toes of the long sla's from continually being entangled. One man said the correct motion was Just like 'treading a bicycle. ' Another Insisted ,lt was best illus trated by the long strokes of a skater. Mrs. Habel claimed It was Just ths same as walking with big steps. Anyway, they all got to the stage where It was easier to walk over the snow with sktis than mushing through it. Mr. Hebel's party was about the only party up there last week, though there had been several who had reached Welch's the week before. Where Mr. Habel reached will prob ably be the limit for some months to ARMORY IS BULG1 WITH SURPRISES TOR THE MOTORING PUBLIC Managers Are Puzzled How to Provide for All Cars Of fered for Show. By Ralph J. Staehli. Portlands Armory Is just bulging with surprises for Portland's motoring come, as the Grant broke the trail Pbll nd would-be motoring public. through tho foot of snow right up to' An we long, the committee irom where the big drifts sifted so hl?h th Motor Car Dealers' Association of that a crew of men would have sev- Oregon, which is conferring with Min eral weeks' work to clear the way. , aer Joseph Rieg, over the details of even for a short distance. A Sew Record, This Is the first time In Oregon trace of European domination. Tn meet cars, they will find better and more carefully planned upholstery. Several booths which, from advance promises, should prove of absorbing In terest, are the places of the Boss A Peaks Automobile company, the Win- ton company, the Northwest Auto company, the Paclflo KlsselKar. the Manley Auto company and H. L. Keats. These several agents will alone exhibit almost 60 cars. Hudson closed cars hare enjoyed a remarkable popularity in Portland this winter and to show what has been de veloped by that factory, a special car Is en route here. The feature of the Northwest Auto company will be found In wonderfully colored Coles and Marmons but the prize of the exhibit Is a "dark horse" which will be veiled until the night of the show. The Wlnton exhibit will be but typ ical of the whole line of that make, and will be a display of both closed and open cars which bears out the makers' claim of "personality." The Manley exhibit will be made up of open and closed staff, while the Covey, will show the newest things In the Cadillac, with Us lower body and straightened lines. The Pacific KlsselKar will have a Move to Round Up All Auto Thieves Xa Effort to Stop Xacbias Thefts De troit, MOctu, Zs gslUrtfsg Kelp of Oarage JCsa. Detroit. Mich. Jaa. It. In the cam paign being planned to round up auto mobile thieves, thereby stopping the theft of cars, the Detroit Automobile club has enlisted the aid of the gar agemen of neighboring cities. William B. Gtlbreath, manager of the club, has taken up the matter with the Michigan Automobile Trade association, and through that body's By George Martin. Nsw York. Jsn. 18. (U. P.) -The : 1917 automobile show, four thick. -3. layers of It. started In on the high week ago among the five stories of Grand Central Palace. One hour or It makes you want to mortgage the old . home and move in to a limousine. Four hundred luxurious limousines, . lundaulets. long grey roadsters and ' short llckety-splltters. tr1mned In lou-1 paint and garnished vlth soft p-dal ta'esmen! . Dollar Starts Toa. Here, among the mild decorations -and the wild orchestras, nestled away where prying eyes can't see, you can , come In on the subway, pay a dollar . -down and ride out on four cylinders. . It's the Installment plan for automo- ': biles one company Is advertising' One dollar down and a dollar to the ' day you die. The real nifty ears are very lon this year.. One encountered was So . " long It took an expert salesman an hour and IS minutes to walk from the windshield to the tall light. A Tot of the spectators were too fast for him st that. They got to the next booth before he reached the running " board. , Bnnaboats Gala Weight. The runabouts have taken on a lot of weight since last year. They are t so chubby and fat. And their voices . have changed. One of them, a blue -one, with a snub nose, sang baritone . over by the grape juice booth all aft- V ernoon. Prise ring colors predoml- ; nate, black and blue that Is. For s trimmings only, however: that being what black and blue mostly are used for. Mauve, salad pink, suffrage yl low and white, and gold are favored for bodies. Make HEm of Gold. Next you go over and see the gold oar. They've shipped so many mil- ; lions of the stuff Into the country lately that they're making automo- . biles of it now. This particular ear is gold filled throughout Its metal parts and upholstered In pure white leather and everything, The booklets . admit that 400 ounces of 1 4 -karat gold were used to finish the car. And Heaven knows 400 ounces ought to be , enough to finish any thine, even a fast career. After that, you wander up a eouplo of flights to the accessories division. Going from 'the show proper to tho accessories is like walking through the dining room Into the kitchen. For accessories ars to automobiles what kitchens are to dining rooms; ugly and odoriferous, but necessary. Among Acoessorlss. But up there's where you get tho low-down on your car. Ton see. what looks to be a complete car down stairs but when you get up among the accessories you find that tho darned things are only half dressed. Tou pity the poor abandoned things standing brazenly around down there, with hardly anything on. Still thejr are consoled. Flunkies in uniform ge around patting them on the back' with oiled rags and telling them It's all right and not to mind. Awfal Big Saow. staging Portland's Eighth Annual Au tomob.le show, January 27 to Febru ary 3. has been debating how to get motor history that any car has reached ,n a11 t7le cars tnat Prud dealers want booth of many features. There will anywhere near this point In January, j to 8now- I be shown the various styles of the oslu rnivu l "all-year" car, with the tops mat make An annex is being built Which Will on. i-huili arv rhe nnroanea of both nouse aimoat nair as many oars a winter end summer ears. ln tne main snow l Mut attractive lobs of eelortnr and room or rormer snows, dui even witn finishing have been sent out by the this provision, the committee Is still Kissel In the oast Tear and era now pressed for room. The accessory and on hs Portland streets, but tvnes will specialty dealers' lines are always an be outdone, accordlna to the promises runnermore, now mat tne trail ! broken, others may folow and enjoy something which seems to have been overlooked In the generous distrib-i-1 have usually been tion of outdoor Joys In Oregon, namo ly: winter sports. Description never could do Justice to the oeauty of that whole land st assurance tnat tne garagemen will 1 " - - " 1 T gladly cooperate In bringing a check on r 101 of ro,una- 1 r. .Jr0f ca the automobile thieves who steal cars "park properly and run with jot rat and then sell them in distant cities. ' Hn after three hours on high at The first step In getting the gar- the automobile show pat yourself on sgemen lined up will be taken by the the hood and be oaPPT. Very Uw club In communicating with all garage of u" tw0 cylinder folks can do It. r.trni In th atato a flat havtnv hun One gOrgSOUS Old glfl With a tn furnished Mr. Ollbreath. The garage-' passenger husband, upholstered In af men as an association will also take f luenee. was leaning up against an up the matter. I arlstocrstlc slab of limousine varnish, - With complete records of stolen as though she were as full Of auto cars sent out Immediately to the gar-, mobile show as her husband eras of age owners tn Michigan, as well as la whiskers. "Well." he was ssylnff, cltles outside the state and within a ; "which will you have, a Hackkard or 250 mile radius, "It Is figured that a Fleroe-NarrowT" to which she re many thieves can be headed off and plied: 11 take a ham sandwich and ; brought to Justice. I a mattress if you don't mind." this time of the year. The Dretty Interesting adjunct to the show and drives along the rivers, which In sum- Manager Rleg is trying hard to take mer are cool, shady groves, which the care of them. However, it Is certain of A. 8. Robinson, local branch. manager of the sun never pierces, are now covered with the delicate tracery of the bare limbs. The people who are op there all the time like It even more in winter than they do In summer and It probably will not be long before many city resi dents will realize that they are mls-j-ing much by not making' an occasional winter visit to Portland's nearest mountain playground. ike Standard Oil or Motor Cars that at least part of the room where accessories formerly held sway, will be used for light touring cars as will also the main lobby space where trucks formerly held sway. There Is a lot In store. One of the reasons for the number of cars this year Is the fact that It will take-many cars to show the progress manufac turers have made this year, for there will be little new In chassis but much that will catch the eye and the sense of comfort in variety of bodies. Snappy roadsters of Individual de sign 'which cater to an owner's sense of pride, will be many, even from the ranks of the production builders. For example. Manager Ellng of the Over- v.nanaior Oc uyon company, wn.cn dmm , country cIuD roadsters which demon- Battery Expert in Business for Self The battery department of the ZEROLENE, on account of its fluidity at zero temperature, keeps your motor flexible and easy to turn over in the coldest weather. Eliminates the sluggish action, lack of lubrication, and consequent wear on bearings and cylinders while your motor is warming up. or- It's a real zero cold test oil rectly refined from California asphalt-base crude. Drain your crank-case and fill with ZEROLENE, then note the easier cranking and quicker accel eration that you obtain. Dealers everywhere and at our Service Stations STANDARD OIL COMPANY (California) been occupying a separate store, ad jacent to the supply house, has been sold to J, W. Van Matre, a man of long battery experience, who formerly headed that department of the Frank C. Riggs company. He purchased both plants and at the store on north Broadway, he is con ducting the service stations for both the U. S. L. starting and lighting systems and the Philadelphia diamond GRID batteries. He is also sales agent for both. Mr. Van Matre formerly was with the Exlde factories and the Edison lab oratories in the east and in his shop will make a practice of rebuilding bat teries. He conducted the battery plant of the Frank C. Riggs company for the last seven years. s FORD OWNERS: oes yur o& congeal between the clutch plates, mak " ing your motor extremely hard to crank, and causing your car to creep as if high gear was partially engaged? Drain your crank-case and fill up with ZEROLENE LIGHT and you can absolutely remedy this. Archer & Wiggins "Family" Banqueted The Archer & Wiggins family ban queted Wednesday at the Multnomah hotel and after the feast attended a theatre. E. R. Wiggins and S. B. Archer gave the IS men present short i talks on the firm. 1 This is an annual affair with the firm and each year sees Just a few more added to the roll of those pres- ent. Both officers of the firm ex pressed their appreciation of the ef ; forts and - the personal Interest which each of those present had shown' In . the'. year4' past.-"-,? . " v-i V: ivi . . V.: Vf : ,' ; ; ''fyj 'I v.; strate the desire of the big builders to give comfort and beauty along with service ability even at a moderate price. Formerly, when a man .was looking for a good motor and a food chassis at "under a thousand" he really thought that he had no right to expect anything that had much com fort and beauty besides. Two or three of the big builders are sending to Portland some of their proudest efforts In the way of big cars that have paved the way for the world e motor fashion. In this respect, this year's show will be different from any other, for the motor-wise no longer look to Europe for the best in lines and build. It only win be tne uninitiated who, on look ing over the lines of one of the stun ning models, will remark:. "Why, that looks exactly like the Daimler, or the RoUs-Royce. I am glad to see that the American builders indeed are copy ing tne European lines." America Aeada the World, America now leads the world in the class of cars that are built and in the styles. in a unconquerable ' re sourcef ulness of the American builder. has expressed itself in spite of the fact that every factory in the land has been swamped by the insistent demand from agents everywhere for cars and more cars. In the models that wilt be shown Portland people will see the graceful streamline effects which last week astonished sod surprised' even -blase Now 'Tork. In other cars they will see the broad angular fzecttbo vsry-laat California's Vote For Good Roads Big The growth of good roads senti ment In California Is shown in a striking manner by the vote on the recent $15,000,000 state bond issue There are 65 counties in the state and In 1910 only a slight majority was obtained for an $11,600,000 bond issue. Fourteen counties in that year vote". against the bond measure and It only carried by the close margin of 93.297 for and 80,609 against. In the recent election every county gave a majority for the measure and In no coanty was the plurality less than 2 to 1. In one county it was nearly 20 to 1. Two counties which in 1910 voted 4 to 1 against bonds voted practically 3 to 1 in favor of the 191 Issue. Increase of Private Oars in Wisconsin The state of Wisconsin absorbed ap proximately 35.600 motor cars from November 1. 1915. to November 1. 1911. Judging from the report of the motor registry office of the secretary of state. On November 1 last year US, lis ears bad been registered by private owners, compared with 79.700 on the same day a year ago. This is sn actual gain of 35,413, and nearly 6(00 more licenses issued than esti mated at the beginning of the year. AIM EXAMPLE: You come to the f arafe, itep on the starter and find that the motor will Just barely turn th en fine over. It Is a Job to start the car. Either you left the trnltton "closed" and so ran down th bat-' tery or else there Is a leak which drained the life of the cetL See us by all means. In either event it will take more than the charging ability of the car's engine to. bring the cell back to normal, and an Inspection for greater damage may sste yoo rainy; dollars. '. , "Z- Remember.lt Is our pleasure to make Inspections frt of charge. Oar Pisco Is the Homo of tho Fsmoms Dr. Spark Gibson Electric Garage & Storage Battery Co. Twelfth at Alder Street ' . Service and Sales Station for tho following i Gray k Davis. Worth seat Electric Co. and Electric An to-Lite, Starting and Lighting Systsmst Edison aad General Load Storage Batteries, s DIAMOND TIRES 4 Compare these January First "Fair-List" prices with rhat you are asked for other "Non-Skid" tires. 35x3 T3hSVtI 34i4 I 34x4 37x5 " $11.35 I $14.70 $24.60 $31.20 $43.10 Cut your Tire upkeep with a Diamond. Archer and Wiggins Sixth Street at Oak Chehalis Club Asks Money for Highway The Citizens club of Cbehalfs, 'Wash., has passed resolutions asking the legislature of Washington to make an adequate and sufficient appropria tion to improve tho Pacific highway between Cheballa and -the - Columbia river that it may be traveled the year around. . , -. . r - : " . . X r ..- ..V Racine Tires EVERY TIRE A GOOD TIRE A Trial Will Convince Ballou & Wright Broadway at Oak - . rti 1 ?r (--. 'V i
