5 T TOURING CAR RECORD TIME MADE HISTORY OF AUTO UP it farther on ' thtt road toward -"ths takes It apart One wheel is still good and be puts that aside. The head lights are battered ,up, but can be re paired and he sates thetri also. 'Per , haps one fender Is still worth some things and - that, 'too, is saved ; from the Junk pile proper. If there is any ' brass or ropper. you may be ' sure this will, be sorted out from the Test of the. meal, for these bring high prices especially In war times." Finally, when he has aved every thing that is worth saving, he scraps the rest' of the -car. Even th body the body which once was shiny and new is broken up and It rnay ' even find its way into the kindling pile." graveyard. ; -. . ;- f v' ? Owner No. J follows, about ths sarae program. Ha gets whuJ he can out of the old boat, tries it out under ftll kinds of conditions and does not spare it, because, you see, it' second hand car at the best. 4 i :, ; ' y s Finally a. trader geU it ftnd'he may swap it for another car before night, especially If It doesn't run to suit biro. The car may still change bands sev eral times, but eyentually.lt goes the way of all old cars dies, a natural death and' ends up in the automobile graveyard. - ... . - - ' Then the Junk man gets busy and TtiVS MANY AUTOS WITH SMALL EFFORT TO TO" TIME IT IS J SAN FRANCIS BAY OFFERS VARIED TALE 1 PARLQkn MOLE Machine Which. Weights but . 1700 Pounds Performs a Task That Causes Wonder. W. S, Dinwrddie and W, J. Silent. Forms in Auto Grave Byrne Reach Point Near yards Once Moved and Benicia in-28 Hrs, 5 Min. Made Racket, CHEVROLETS ARE IN NOW RUN .MADE IN A HUDSON FIVE PERIODS IN LIFE California's Unpaved Boftds Declared 1 After Junk Sealer Bene Old arts to Be Worse Than Oregon's, Es- Old Term Xs Besurrected, Bo to sstiillv is xonnt&uii. I Speak, and. Takes Kew Torm. THE OREGON SUNDAY " JOURNAL, i PQRTLA ND. SUNDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 7, 1917. L1GH I TOURING CAR SWITCHES FREIGHT CAR , , ' ', ' - : FROM UNK iMtt mm. j ' ' TAUTOl -Ij".-. i ii 1 1 .M:fViMi i i i in. lignum i mi ii 11 ..,nnm'.; i fur nldf, ZrfKftI Distributors, molT Mpmnt of Cars for , iNdi of tly. Tte Territory.. A 1700 pound light touring car pull ing ft largo box oar containing, a car load of automobile, which altogether weighed about, 60,000 pounds, was the unusual sight at one of the east side freight yards last Friday. ' A carload of Chavrolets consigned to Regner & Fields, local distributors arrived In Portland last week and was switched over to one of the east side yards for unloading. Hers was an opportunity to test the pulling power of a Chevrolet so one or the 480 models was chosen by Mr. Fields to . pull the car. - Bystanders said It could not be done with a light touring car, but knowing the past performances of the Chevro let, Fields drove the car ' down and hooked ft cable to the rear , trucks of the freight car and attached It to the automobile. Without any undue ef fort the little car snorted and pulled the big car along with the ease' of a locomotive. "This unusual performance adds an other feather to the Chevrolet's cap." says Roy Fields, "and this Is another demonstration of the power and en durance of this popular car." One of the largest orders for elec trically equipped automobiles in Mult nomah county, by any dealer for 1918 allotments was signed last month by Regner Ic Fields, local Chevrolet dis tributors, according to . Roy Fields, manager of the firm. "We have Just signed sn order for 715 cars to be delivered for our 191?. allotment, said Mr. Fields, "and the Chevrolet has shown one of the most marked Increases in the sale of elec trically equipped automobiles In the "We feel that this remarkable show ing is due to the wonderful"! perform ance of the Chevrolet In the many tests on the Pacific coast. In the state of Oregon we have Jumped from the sev enth place to the first place. Already the sale of Chevrolets in Oregon have reached the high number of 1061 for ' this year while for the year 11 the number of new cars totaled 492: si j I ii jf , r i. , s, S ' i v f ' S f re MaiatwMiaataiMWM . . " ' m pSjggt&BjSa'iw .... V "400" Chevrolet, spotting carload of Oievitileta in side freight yard. MOTOR AND TRUCK RECORD OF WEEK Speeds to Overtake Funeral; Fined $25 Haled before the Judge of the traffic court and asked what he ha J to say against the charge made by the off 1 eer that he was exceeding the speed limit exceedingly, the arrested one of fered as his excure that he "was chas ing a funeral," says a writer In the current issue of American Motorist. Even In New York, where excuses are many and orfglnal, this was the limit, end the Judge so intimated. The prisoner explained he was an undertaker, and that the funeral cor tege had left the church before he no ticed that the pallbearers had been forgotten, whereupon he grabbed the bearers and set out to overtake the funeral before It reached the cemetery. The Judge admitted the novelty of the explanation, and in recognition thereof he said the fine would be only I2S, whereas had the accused trotted out any of the good, olJ-time ex cuses he would have fined him all of 25. The following temporary police per mits were obtained in Portland -during the w5lc by new car owners, pending the arrival of state licenses, accord ing to W'O. WLklns. publisher of the Automobile Record: C. E Hardlhr. 31 Hassalo. Ford - Joseph Crawford, Oregon City,. Or,, O. M. C. truck. . -- Oregon Transfer company, 474 Gli san. Moreland truck. John H. Besson, Sellwood hospital, Bulck. J. F. Wood, courthouse. Chalmers. Ralph I. Thompson. 581 East Thir teenth street 'north. Dodge. U A. Andrus. 817 Lewis building, Dodre. Allen & lwis. Front street. Dodge. C. Duke, Gresham. Or.. R. R. A.. Fori Joseph Keho. 590 East Nineteenth street north. Hudson. D. S. Paige. 485 East Twelfth street north, Reo. J. F. VoKoun. "Wells Fargo building. UOQgt, . B. Friedman & A. Silverman. S54 Third street. Republic truck. v. C. Pleelev. Coouille: Or.. Dort J. D. Lindsay, 95 Russell. Maxwell. Fred Heimbucher. 411 Sumnr. Chev rolet. R. H. Linsev. 1084 East Washington. . m.. . trucK. A. W. Davis I! 0-2 3 Eihtv-ihth southeast, ' Overland. h. m. Hansen, 1179 East Taylor Ford. J. J. Davis. 241 Everett Ford. Pacific Fruit & Produce companv. Kast second and Alder, Jeffrey truck, Lily E. White, 348 Fourth street, Dodge. O. A. Brown, 709 Johnson. Ford. William Reidt. 410 East Eleventh street north. Overland. O. S. Botsford. 485 Davenport, Max well. William J. McKeown, dresham, R 1. Chevrolet. Mrs. Walter Cline, 404 Chetopa apart ments. Liberty. L. D. Howard. R. F. D. "A," Ford. T. Cernetto, box 950. 153 Columbia, Ford. E. L. Thompson, Chamber of Com merce, WInton. O. Wisslnger. Mllwaukie. box 14a, Oakland. J. D. Neiman, Beaverton, Or., R. 4. Maxwell. Gaylord .Banghman. 1883 East Gli san, .Ford. - ' Ausrust Obrirt, box 1(8, R. 1. Gresh am. Kepuoue truck. L. V. Henderson, Multndmah hotel, Maxwell. 4 F. E. Park. S59 Ivy. Oakland. Bertha Kreunthlehr, 861 Upshur, Ford. W. M. Jackson. 142 East Thirty ninth street. Dodge. . J. Blaine Troeh. 80 North Broadway. Paige. A. R. Zentner. 1151 East Morrison, R; L. Maclcay, 1000 Lewis building, Chalmers. W. TO.- Flanders, 885 East Forty-second street north. Overland. R. Hamburg. 618 Powell. Chevrolet. L. Zeiss, 1199 Halght avenue, Max well. Stephen Pesznecker, Estacada, Or.. L Dodge. Dn. Chester Moores. 409 Medical building. Overland. H. B. ThorBnea. 7? North Sixth, Ford. E. C. Gcnereaux, 715 Hancock, Bulck. Harry Brown, . 173 First. Ford. L. C. Reinholdt. 1499 Division. Ford. J. A. Byerly. 625 Thompson. Cadillac. John Schafer.'308 Cook avenue. Chev. roiet. Lee Honff. 89 North Fourth, Paige. G. B. Woodward. Athena. Or.. Cad illac. William Klrlnear. 754 East Mor rison, Ford. J. B. Argabrlght, 192 Ivy, Ford. Chris F. Heick, 991 Belmont. Ford. Alice B. Beach. 1015 Quimby. Frank lin. C. A. Linen. 60 North Twenty-first. Chalmers. F. P. Kendall. 311 Falling building. Chalmers. H. S. French Transfer & Storage city. Packard truck. John M. S'ille. 175 North Twenty first. Ford. Martin Sattloe. 429 Henry building,' Dodge. I Juliuc Krieger. Estacada. Or., Denby truck. State Highway association, 1307 "Yeon, building. Reo. t E. B. Martin, 27 North Front street. Dodge.- Fred Groner.-Hlllsboro. Or., Marmon. W. J. Bishop. 335 Sherlock building, Hudson. M. F. Thompson, 64S Mllwaukie, Grant. Ben H. Jacques, It East Fifteenth street North, Maxwell. Charles B. King, 741 East Broadway, Dodge. L. J. Speck, Oak Grove, Or., Grant Louis Braghero, 1931 Endicott, Bris coe. ' Albert Scott, 1769 Peninsula. Paige. J. B. Lynch. Gresham. Or... Route 1. Chevrolet. Durable Roofing Mfg. Co., Kenton, Or., Oldsmobtle. Oskar Huber. 227 Sherlock building. Packard truck. Hally C. Christensen, Gresham. Or- ReDublic truck. D. L. . Blodgett, 1004 Chamber of Commerce building, Apperson. W. E. Wilkinson, 29 North Second, Chevrolet. Harry J. White. 115 North Second. Dodge. S. Soiobtorr, 706 Harney street ora. A. Gallon. 705 Savier street, Over- lapd Increase Indicated By Federal Figures Government figures, based on statis tics completed July 1, as compared with one year ago. Indicate that there are 45,531 car agencies, garages, repair shops and supply houses, an increase of 4619, the total including Hawaii, West Indies, Canada. and Mexico. , Dealers now number 27,053 as against 25,924; garages number 24,483 as against 23.686; repair shops number 13,161 as compared with 12,171; com panies having supply departments, 7723, as compared with 5675; supply dealers exclusively, 2433, as compared with 2503 for 1916. AUTOISTS NCOUNTER E HARD GOING IN COAST .... - . . i Tw a..mma11a t m TC ira TtlH I une or tne rast trips maae Detween i , ' - Portland and San Francisco bay was I human graveyard, is filled with silent made a week ago by W. S. Dinwiddle. fcrrBs. 7in nf0 these forms, in the tiromin pn t rnn t rani ri rf Tr t-4 1 o r! anrl 1 W. J. Byrne, of the C. L. BOss Auto- "h? 9f wheels, gears, pistons, cranx mobile company, in Mr. Dinwiddle's shafts and what not, were a part , of new Hudson Super-Six, according to the automobile world. ' They moved, detailed records brought back from v--- rvt hv wmt through SSTdth? cbayr YhF; Ber"e wreeyckT.aanda hTru'sage! SoaneS Mr. Byrne arove the car the entire . . ,.-n ,kv un l1"6 had.U ? HrSSi; ariast Vey 'gave up the" luai iuc; U1IVCU III ljUl UtSaid ian , . -the auto- MOUNTAIN HIGHWAYS Portland Party on Fishing Excursion in Tillamook Co, Finds Rain-Soaked Roads, at night after the Benicia ferry i ghost The automobile graveyara- siuppeo. running, tney migni nave inWU ,nk wht - -tory each Portland I Mi, ,r h hlilnrv of Although the glorious autumn weather Of recent days made for ideal touring in -the Willamette valley, mo torists who drive towards the coast will not find such ideal conditions, ac cording to J. G. Seed, who has Just returned from an extended fishing trip to several of the coast streams. Muddy roads that were slippery and difficult to negotiate were found on the Salmon river road and the Tilla mook road to Hebo; Last week Mr. and Mrs. Seed ac companied Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Danton In their Willys-Knight on a fishing expedition to Salmon river. Between McMinnville and Sheridan a detour of about eight miles was necessary on account of paving operations on the main road and. contrary to general expectations, the detour was found in good condition. Turning off on the Salmon river road, they followed through the tim- establlshed a record between ana san .Francisco. The actual running time from Port land to Cordelia was 28 hours and 6 minutes, or at an average of 24.96 miles per hour.. After reaching Cor delia they were informed that it would be .impossible to get across .the bay, so proceeded on to Sausalito via Napa and San Rafael In a leisurely manner h- , i I thousands of miles, w ."i; ici i y in ma iiivi ii- ing. Their running time to Sausalito was 32 hours and 5 minutes, or at an average of 23.87 miles per hour. . To Medford la 14 Hours The best time of the trip was made between Portland and Medford, which was 14 hours and 5 minutes. Leaving Junk, pile could tell if the history of each car and eacfc part of a car, could talk. There lies an old. old facx ard. of the vintage of 1903. Here lies ' Ford of the 1902 variety. In that pile are & couple of Hupmobiles, ft Winton, a Bulck nd a Maxwell. Each has a story, untold. Each has traveled, at the least, tens, or f miles. They were "gooa old cars." but finally iron ana steel, and copper and brass, and leather and wood went to pieces and then the Junk man got them- The life of a car is divided into five periods, as a general thing.. First it's a new car. spic and span, right out of the shoD and happy is tne Portland at 5:10 Monday morning, they owner who grasps the wheel and starts arrived in Medford at 7:15 the samel th hnuiovarri with it He drives evening. Spending the night in Med- u thousands of miles, possibly 60.000. ford, the run was continued early the or Ven 10o.000 miles. Then, no doubt if he can afford a new one he trades in the four and five year old car and gets it That's the close of period No. 1. The car is then overhauled, given frcH mat nf nfllnt and fsAld. The ana marxs tne ourerence Detween tne new owner may keep it until it will run no more, or trade it in himself at a later date for another car. But in any event he will have tried it out next morning and Cordelia was reached that night at 12:30. The record time between. San Fran clscto and Portland was made some years ago by a Bulck In 39 hours of elapsed time, not allowed for stops ber up and, down steep grades one party was added. departure in San Francisco and the ar rival in Portland, At that time the roads were in poor condition and motor dealers agree that the record run u a few thousand miles, and sent Anxious to get his new Hudson to San Francisco, where a few business deals required his immediate atten tion, Mr. Dinwiddle and Mr. Byrne de termined to drive the car down. Ac companied by John Ker, the fast time was made to Medford, where a fourth Something more than power; something more than smoothness; something more than economy a com bination of all. Such is the Hal-Twelve valve-in-head motor. It develops 87 horse power, is gentle, and is sparing on fuel. Western Motor Car Sales Co. Distributors for Oregon and Southwest Washington Broadway and Burnside Whether in Storm or Sunshine TTOUR Vdie Sedan is there for serviceat your will, . V. wide open for pleasant weather, or completely cn " closed when the clouds break with abundant speed and power to plow manfully through washed-out roads or master hills on high. Its roomy body seats five with comfort. There are seven other Velie body styles, open and closed, including 5, and 7-passenger Touring, 2 and 4-passenger-Roadster, Coupe, Cabriolet, and Town . Car at prices from $1185 upward. Let us demonstrate' the .car of your choice. -. ; 1 b. c: warren;motor car cb, inc., 58-60 N. 23rd St., near Wash. Phone Main 780 ( VELIE MOTORS CORPORATION, MOLINE, ILLINOIS after another and along the tops of hills until they came to what looked like Salmon river, but proved to be the toll sate. A fare of 75 cents was extracted from the WIllys-Knigrht par ty and inquiries about the road ahead were given encouraging answers, but all anticipations were badly shattered when miles of corduroy and frequent chuckholes were encountered. Three mile an hour waa fast speed for this road and Seed says it Is no place for a large car. On reaching Salmon river they were rewarded with good fishing and were rejoicing over this fact when clouds of the big black variety that have a meaning all their own appeared. Im mediately camp was broken and all haste was made to get out before the rain transformed the would-be road into a sea of mud. The road was then taken to the Nes- tucca river, near Beaver, where re cent rains provided good fishing. A good deal of road work is being done on the stretch between Hebo and the Sour Grass road. Crushed rock Is being used for surfacing and in one place, where grading had Just been completed ready for rock, rains had made it a veritable sea of mud and a Ford was in it up to the axles. Road commissioners expect to have this portion of the road surfaced so as not to Interrupt traffic. On the whole the Tillamook road Is not in bad con dition, butjnotorlsts should take into consideration that in the timber re gions of the coast country rains are more frequent. Elgin Oar Scores In Jumping Test Before a large . interested group . of military experts, an Elgin Six stock touring car proved that it could Jump army trenches and withstand the strenuous strain without damage, ac cording to a report received by A. C. Stevens, local distributor. At Port Sheridan. 111., recently, a strictly stock Elgin touring- car Jumped four and a half feet clear of the ground and proved to the satisfaction of the hun dreds of army officers and soldiers who witnessed the test that it could hurdle army trenches. In order to per- form this unique feat, the car ap proached the mark at a speed of more than 45 miles an hour, Vising on a slight incline 18 inches high at the point of Jumping off. The car hurtled through space and alighted safely at a distance 'of 60 feet and 6 inches. The performance was repeated immediately afterward with equal success. xne .igin bix noias tne world rec ord at Jumping, having covered 73 feet 'at Belleville, '111., on June 18, 1117. Mitchell. Salesroom Established on Row Mitchell, Lewis & Staver company opened up their west side salesroom on. automobile, row (last week in the Beck building, cornerof Broadway at Oak street. This down town location or tne northwest distributors or Mitch ell cars - has .been secured for t. term of two years and will be in- :harge of A. I,- Smith,-sales manager of the automobile department. The whole sale, second hand and service depart ments will remain in the old location on East Morrison street. Daring Auto Driver To Join Air Squadron Eddie. Rlckenbacher. Detroit's popu lar racing star, member of the former Maxwell racing team, has been inter viewed in Paris by lAuto. He told the Paris editor that the trip over to Europe with the Pershing expedition, for which he is driving, was very dull. He wanted ttf-see a "Boche party" -as a diversion, but no submarine -. ap peared to give the gunners a chance. "Rick"; was inspired by the spirit and confidence in the outcome . aa dia- The first stretch of bad road encouniereu in pass Creek canyon. where about 18 miles were rough. About eight miles of rough road were found in Wolf creek canyon. TJnpaved Soads Bad "The worst road encountered on the whole trip was found in California be- tween jjunsmuir and Redding, says Byrne, and it was the worst I have ever traveled over. ' Short t urns.' steep pitches and a road bed of holes and ruts for 35 miles made very unpleas ant going. California has some very good roads on the level stretches, but in the mountains where they most need them, very little has been done to remedy them. Californlans crow a good deal about their roads, but I they should travel over this- -stretch ' and learn something about actual con ditions. The unpaved roads In Oregon are much better than the unpaved ones in California." At Red Bluff the state highway was followd through Willows, Woodland ana u:xon. . Following is the log of the trip: Leave Portland, Monday, 5:10 a. m. Leave Oregon Oity, 5:45 a. m. Leave Canb-y, 6:07 a. m. Leave Salem 7:05. 56 miles. Arrive Albany 8:00 a. m. Leave Albany 8:15 a. m., 85 miles. Leave Corvallis 8:30 a. m. Leave Eugene 9:50 a. m., 136 miles. Leave Cottage Grove, Pass Creek canyon, 10:36 a, m., 157 miles. Leave Drain. Pass Creek canyon. n:4U a. m.. no miles. Leave Yoncalla 12:00 a. m.. 180 miles. Leave Sutherlin 12:40 a. m., 197 miles. Arrive Roseburg 1:15 p. m., 210 miles. Leave Roseburg 2:15 p. m. Leave Grants Pass 5:45 p. m.. 287 . miles. Arrive Medford 7:15 p. m.. 821 miles. Leave Medford Tuesday 6:00 a. m.. I 321 miles. Leave California state line 7:Z0 ft. m., 358 miles. Arrive Treka 8:15 a. m.. 883 miles. Leave Treka 8:45 a. m. Leave Weed 9:45 a. m- 418 miles. Arrive Sisson 10:10 a. m., 423 miles. Leave Sisson 10.Z5 a. m. Arrive Dunsmuir 10:40 a, m., 432 miles. Leav Dunsmuir. io:oa ft. m. - Arrive LaMoine 12:15 ft. m.. 457 miles. Leave LaMoine 1:15 p. m. Arrive Redding 3:45 o. m.. 500 miles. Leave Redding 4:05 p. m., 532 miles. Leave Red Bluff 5:10 p. m.. (32 m'lea- Arrive Willows 7:00 p. m., 579 miles. Leave Willows 7:20 p. m. Arrive Maxwell 8:00 p. m.. 697 miles. T.Aav Mwll 8:20 d. m. Leave Dunnigan 9:12 p. m.. 627 miles. Arrive Woodland 9:40 p. m.. 645 miles. Leave Woodland 10:15 p. m. Arrive Dixon 11:15 p. m.. 673 miles. Leave Dixor. 11:30 p. m. Arrive Cordelia, Jameson . canyon. n m. 701 miles. Arrive NaT) a. Jameson canyon, 1:46 a. m., 714 miles. T .ao va n rift 2 " 1 K fl TT). Leave San , Rafael 4:20 a. m.. 752 Arrive ausallto 6:00 a. m.. 766 miles. Actual running time Portland to Cor delia, 28 hours, 5 minutes, average rer hour. 24.96 relies. Actual running time Portland to Sausalito, 32 hours, 5 minutes, average per hour. 23.87 miles. ccxbcco I L ; I - vgry . j G30CDDOGZN3 No Gasoline Sold, Sunday Tours End The,action of many dealers in gaso line and accessories In Texas in clos ing their establishments on Sunday has brought about; a remarkable condi tion in touring on that day. It is now almost impossible for long trips to I be made in any part of Texas on Sun day, as no gasoline for the exhausted tanks is obtainable. played by the French people. Tho great driver said that he did not In tend to remain an automobillst, but would Join the Lafayete squadron at Vaond, where he hopes soon to gain glory hunting the Boche. He expressed his admiration for the French avia tors and for Guynemer in particular. The French paper said that Ricken- bacher's knowledge of explosion mo tors would be very valuable to his chiefs. v F. O. B. FACTORY. - A motor truck must submit and PASS, the acid test of COST. That is the test we want you . to apply to the one-ton .Maxwell truck its first cost audits operating cost. .; . A Maxwell truck which is a REAL truck, worm-driven sells at a price that can riot be met in any other motor vehicle of like efficiency, durability, and economy. A Maxwell truck will cover 100 miles in a work day twice the distance covered by two teams and two drivers It will do this at an operating cost of less than that of one team or horses. Moreover, it is of a size and capacity adapted to the needs of almost every form and phase of commerce, industry, or, farming. The question is not, "Can I afford to have a Maxwell truck?" The FACT is, Mr. Business Man, you can not afford to be without one. One-ion Truck Chassis $865$ Chassis with cab and windshield $900; Chassis with cab, windshield, and Stake Gate . Jody $950. - C;L. Boss Automobile Co. ; 615617 Washington Street, 1 V 1