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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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Racine Tires
EVERY TIRE A GOOD TIRE
A Trial Will Convince
Ballou & Wright
Broadway at Oak - . rti
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