, THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLA NP, SUNDAY MORNING. OCTOBER 21t 1917. , - ' " '
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HIGHWAY TO SEATTLE
'SOMETHING DIFFERENT'
; FOR LOCAL MOTORIST
Del Wright Finds Tour of Ad
. jacent Region a Journey
Out of the Ordinary,
GREAT TREES FASCINATE
IS VERY NEARLY HALF
PAVED, SAYS WRIGHT
ExactProportion of Route
Hard Surfaced 87,7 Miles,
Portland Mankinds-.
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ROAD BETTER THAN EVER
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SAUVIES
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ABROAD AT HOME ON SAUVIES ISLAND, I
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XJttle X.aka That Mirror the Beauty
of Their Sarrouaaings Are
Beautiful to Behold.
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On wrek ago, Df Wright, Ilka a
lot of other motorist who have een
much of Oregon and have been over
almost every trail that a motor wheel
can get a footing- on, set out to find
a new route. i
.That, within a fe milea of Port
land, there is a road or aeries of
roads In a amall piece of country
that is as different; from most of
the roads around thei city, as Eastern
Oregon is from Western Oregon,
would have been entirely beyond , the
belief of the manager of the local
XlsselKar ,branch. J?ut be did find
anch a place, and ori Bauvies Island.
H aaya It la one of the moat enjoy
able short trips thM he Mas ever
taken.
To Sauries Island
He left the city on a Sunday after
noon about 4 o'clock.! via the Llnnton
road. At Burlington, he drove the
Briscoe on to the ferry across the
Willamette slough to Sauvles Island.
Once on the island. Mr. Wright
turned to the left and at once waa
able to Imagine that he waa In a
different land On the rolling mead
ows great oaks cast long shadowa.
In the open sleek fat cattle graced
on the green, which here offered a
a harp contrast to the mainland where
the heat of summer long ago dried
the grass. Comfortable farm houaes
and bulging barns, grouped, were re
flected In the pretty land-locked lakes.
Farther -on, the growth became
dense and the car brushed its way
through groves of oak and cotton
wood. onset to Be Bamembered
The sunset was one long to be re
membered. Every detail of the sky
was reflected In the waters below.
Then as night settled down, the
ha down and mists fascinated. As
ha drove along under th big oaks,
It was Impossible not to think pf
the old Indian chief and his warriors
under those same trees years and
years ago.
It woul-1 have been pleasant to
spend Several more hours In pleasant
wandering dn the island. There en
tered two factors that spoiled it all.
Hunger Is a powerful driver, and the
last ferry across the slough leaves
at 7:30 w m. So those two' "framed
up a deal" which took the motorist 1
off the Island long before he was
ready to go.
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THE INTAKE
WUklaa to aemoTi Offices, M. O.
Wllklns. president of . the Dealers'
Motor Car association and publisher
of the Automobile Record, will re
move) his offices to the Commonwealth
building. Sixth and Ankeny streets,
for tha purpose oft getting closer to
the automobile trade center.
Xapp Joins BBtehaU Toroes. The
'Mitchell Motors company, Inc., of Ra
cine, Wis., announces the appointment
of Frank A. Kapp an advertising man
ager. Before taking up his new duties
on September 15', Mr. Kapp was asso
ciated with Willys-Overland. Inc. He
had been In the advertising depart
ment of that concern for three years,
during which time he held various
positions.
Baaiels to runtH. S. Daniels,
whoae services have been for some
time given Jointly to the Dort
Motor Car company and the Dooley
Brennan company, will hereafter de
vote his entire time and attention to
the advertising management of the
Dort organisation, under the title of
advertising manager. This new ar
rangement has necessitated the re
moval of Mr. Daniels from Detroit to
Flint, where the Dort factory is lo
cated. Waller to Tour California. E. R.
Weller, head of the used Car Exchange
at 57 Washington street and a famil
iar figure on the "row," is about to
leave for an extensive motoring trip to
California. Accompanied by Mrs. Wel
ler he expects to visit all points of in
terest In th Golden state in his Cole 8.
Boat Goes Bast, C. L. Boss, head of
the C. I a. Boss Automobile company,
will leave this week for an extended
trip east. In Detroit he will visit tha
Maxwell uid Hudson factories for
which he is the local representative.
Accompanied by his wife, about five
weeks will be spent on the entire trip
which will include Omaha, Los Angeles
and San Francisco.
Albright Beams on Mow, W. D. Al
bright, the genial northwest manager
for the B. F. Goodrich Rubber com
pany, visited Portland for several days
the latter part of the week. Mr. Al
brights headquarters are In Seattle
and he gives a favorable report of
the tire business of the northwest.
C. O. Cook Passes Through. C. C.
Cook, sales manager of the Western
Truck Attachment company of Seattle,
pasoed through Portland Thursday on
his way home from Los Angeles. Mr.
Cook reports an Increased demand for
light trucks in the California territory
and has established an assembling
plant for his concern in Los Angeles
In order that deliveries might be made
more: quickly in that section. .WTiile
here he conferred with A. J. Lormor,
local representative for Oregon.
Xnignt Ke joins Chandler forces.
Ralph Knight, who has been affiliated
with the Apperson Motor Car company
for the past several months, has re
joined the Chandler organization, now
the Twin States Automobile company,
under A. H Knaus. Knight was for
merly connected with the Gerlinger
Motor Car company when they han
dled the Chandler line in this city..
Clomonco Goes to Billings, J. Stan
ley Clemence, who has been city sales
manager for Ballou & Wright for the
past five years, hag accepted the po
sition as general sales manager for
the Northwest Motor Supply company
of Billings, Mont., and left Saturday
night to acquaint ,fclmself with his
new work. Mr. Clemence has accepted
an interest in the firm and is very
enthusiastic over the new fierd. Prior
to hlg connection with Ballou &
Wright he was branch manager for
Chanslor & Lyon, . opening up their
first store in this city over two years
ago.
Why Light Varies
One reason that lights grow brighter
with icreased speed is that the gen
erator is not perfectly self-regulating.
so that its electro-motive force in
creases with its speed, which, of course,
is proportional to the engine speed.
Vehicle Owners to
Pay in New Roads
The Oregon plan, of making motor
vehicle owners pay for state road im
provement has been adopted in Illi
nois. It is proposed to build 4000
miles of hard surfaced road at an esti
mated cost of $80,000,000.
The principal, and interest on the
bonds are to be met out of the reve
nues arising from motor vehicle license
fees. As was done in Oregon, the pres
ent fees are to be practically doubled.
The first bond issue will be in 1920
when $10,000,000 will be floated. In
each of the succeeding five years there
will be an issue of the same amount,
making the total $60,000,000.
The motor rates in 1920 will total
$4,800,000 and will then Increase until
1924, when the estimated income, will
bej6,000,000.
uhlef State Highway Engineer Marr
has 'worked out a plan showing how
the motor owners will not only pay
the $60,000,000 cost of the roads, also
the interest of $2,050,000 on the
bonds, but also $65,250,000 for the
maintenance of tho roads and for the
purpose of giving state aid to the
construction of still other roads. The
total receipts from licenses up to
1944, the end of the bonding term will
be $147,300,000.
Chicago will pay 40 per cent of the
license fees.
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When writing to or calling on adrertlser
pieaae mention Toe journal.
There is" exactly 87.7 miles of pave
ment between Portland and- Seattle,,
according to Charles F. Wright, man
ager of Ballou A Wright, who has
Just returned from an automobile trip
to the Sound city.
l&r. Wright finds it necessary to
make frequent trips to Seattle, where
Ballou & Wright have a branch, and
nftn makes the iaunt in hla Packard.
The roads were found In better condi
tion on his last' trip than ever before
and thev will probably be that way
until- the rains set in, according to
Mr. Wright.
Sigh Water Area Avoided
The route taken in which the 87
miles of pavement are traveled is
via Tenlno anj Roy. avoiding Olym
pia. 'Driving in a leisurely manner it
took 10 hours to make the trip. The
worst roads were found between
Woodland and Kalama. One improve
ment found on this stretch was a fill
being made over the lowlands along;
the Columbia where the high watsr ob
structed traffic last year. This will
help to make the route an all year
road and avoid the using of the Goble
ferry Jurins high water.
A 'good deal of road construction
has been done near Toledo, and while
paving operations have been sus
pended, the road commissioners have
graveled the part not finished in or
der to make a gooJ road for winter
travel. Motorists should avoid the
Winlock road and cross the bridge at
Toledo for they will find this route
far better than the other.
Paving ha not yet been completed
from Olympla to American Lake, al
though from Tacoma to American
Lake is is finished. Detours are
necessary around the unpaved portions
and therefore the Roy road which
joins the Rainier Park highway is
the better, as from' there to Seattle a
distance of 52 miles is paved.
raved Distances Tabulated
Mr. Wright made a tabulation of
the paved stretches between Portland
and Seattle and the distances figured
from the Electric building in Port
land to the Smith building in Seattle
are as follows: Portland to Vancou
ver, 14.7 miles; Woodland, .9; Kelso
.4; Toledo, 3.4; Chetialis to Centralia.
IS. 2; a break of .4 mile intervenes.
then. 1.3; Tenino, 1.4; Rainier Park
highway to Seattle, 52.
The speedometer on Mr. Wright's
car showed a total of 200 miles over
this route.
HIUGE
TU.IRF
g St-V M eUl J B gnl
7000 Tires at Prices Far Below Their Present Value
STANDARD MAKES, INCLUDING GOODYEAR, FEDERAL, REPUBLIC,
GOODRICH, FIRESTONE, QUAKER, FISK, CAPITOL,
MOHAWK, DEFIANCE, PORTAGE, ETC.
Our Store and Wareroorri Are FUIed With Tires and Tube That We Purchased and
Contracted for Before the Last Two (and Three) Advances in Price.
WE OFFER YOU THE ADVANTAGE OF OUR FORESIGHT
BUY NOW BEFORE WE ARE COMPELLED TO ADVANCE
The Price of Tires Will Go Higher and Higher Already Prices Have
ADVANCED 50 PER CENT SINCE JANUARY 1, 1917.
Boss Agency Proud
Of Selling Record
Total of 338 Haxwells and 99 Sudsons,
All Kew Cars, Disposed of Since D
comber 1, 1916.
Statistics compiled In the Automobile
Record from December l, 1916, to Octo
ber 1, 1917, showing; the Oregon regis
tration of motor cars in which classi
fications are made, first by counties
then by makes, reveal to C. L. Boss
of the C. L. Boss Automobile company.
that, outside of Fords, his organiza
tion holds the palm for selling effi
ciency In Portland in the retail line.
In the 10 months for which the state
record was computed Mr. Boss and
his force have sold 238 Maxwells and
99 Hudsons, outdistancing his nearest
competitor by 68 machines.
In November, 1911, Mr. Boss organ
ired the C. L. Boss company and han
dled the retail . agency for the Reo for
two seasons. In June, 1913, Mr. Boss
obtained the agency for the Hudson for
the state of Oregon and one third of
the state of Washington and has han
died this line ever since.
The Maxwell car is now a prominent
part of the sales equipment.
On June 1 this year R. J. McRell
came into partnership with Mr. Boss
the firm being a partnership instead
of a corporation. Mr. McReli was for
meriy . conneciea wun Mr. Boss as
agent at Eugene and later as territory
representative.
In addition to the state record for
retail sales in Multnomah county are
to be added the retail sales in Oregon
City, Vancouver and Washington coun
ty, this territory being retained by the
Boss firm ' for-retail business.
The 337 sales of new cars added to
the sale of ufced cars, makes a grand
total of 649 sales at retail for the pe
riod since December 1, and combining
the wholesale and retail sales the vol
ume of business transacted during the
last fiscal year makes a totol of over
$800,000, Mr. Boss reported last week.
REG. GUARANTEED STOCK
30x3 $10.85 and up
30X31! 13.80 and up
32x32 15.85 and lip
34X3V2 17.95 and up
31x4 21.90 and up
32x4 22.40 and up
33x4 22.05 and up
34x4 22.10 and up
35x4 24.50 and up
34x44 31.50 and up
35x4lx 31.20 and up
V 36x44 . . . J 31.70 and up
37x4Vz 33.15 and up
35x5
36x5
: 37x5
Our Amazing
Prices
FACTORY SECONDS
Read these prices carefully
and you will see where
money can be saved.
Thete Prices Subject to Your
Immediate Acceptance
34.15 and up
2530 and up
33.85 and up
Our stocks of Accessories
are full and complete. We
make our own prices, ir
respective of what others
charge.
Plain' Nen-SloJ
30x3 $ 8.55 $ 9.50
30x3.'....... 11.20 12.25
32x312...V 12.70 13.45
34x3V2 13.45 14.90
31x4 16.50 18.05
32x4 17.15 18.35
33x4 ........ 17.45 19.65
34x4 18.90 20.25
35x4 19.40 21.05
36x4 ........ 19.90 21.65
34x4 23.25 25.15
35i4 24.10 27.30
36x44 ........ 24.65 27.65
37x4....."..;. 25.40 28.50
35x5 28.4530.75
36x5 V 28.90 . 31.00
37x5 . . 29.45 31.50
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Finch Returns From
Visit to Factories
After spending the greater part of
three weeks visiting various automo
bile factories of Indianapolis and De
troit, R. E. Finch, .sales manager of
the firm of Mitchel & Wallingford,
distributors of the Premier and Lib
erty cars, arrived home last week.
While In Indianapolis Mr. Finch at
tended a sales conference as the guest
of the Premier factory. In Detroit
the Liberty factory was the center of
attraction, although several other fac
tories were visited. Mr. Finch re
ports that both the Liberty and Pre
mier factories have received contracts
from the government, the former in
the manufacture of the Liberty motor
and the latter In the manufacture of
the Mays truck.
While In Chicago, Finch's sporting
blood was aroused when he attended
two games of the world's series.
Chanjberlain-Dent
Measure Indorsed
The board of directors of the Ns
tional Automobile . Chamber of Com
merce has endorsed the Chamberlain
Dent bill, which provides for prepara
tion . by the war department of plana
for. and the construction and main
tenance of, a . continuous military
highway along or near the Atlantic
and Pacific seacoasta and along the
outaarn border of the ainUed States.
The Hew' 1918 Maxwell
Gives you all the room all the
comfort all the conveniences and
beauty obtainable in any car selling
at $1200.
And yet the operating economy
-the mechanical reliability the
ease of handling and the wonderful
power that have produced such
marvelous road and economy, re
cords in every section of the world
are not only maintained but augmented
can SEE the VALUE in the
MAXWELL at $745.
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Touring Car $745
Roaditmr $745 1 Compm $1095t BHinm $109Sg
Sdan $1095. AUprict f. o. 6. Detroit
C. L. Boss Automobile Co,
615-617 Washington Street
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The Ford is acknowledged to be "the universal car"
because of its demonstrated usefulness. There are
solid reasons for this, as back of the remarkable per
formance of Ford cars and of the car' strength and
dependability is the quality of material built into
every vital part at the factory.
And yet, if your Ford car is to continue to give the service intended and desired, all
adjustments and replacements rendered necessary through the wear and tear of usage,
or accidents, should be made by competent Ford workmen, using genuine Ford - made
material of the same quality and strength as the identical parts they replace.
This is the character of service wegive to the owners of Ford cars who favor us with
their patronage. Everything in our workshop is genuinely. Ford materials, workmen,
and even charges. Bring your Ford cars to us for service, and thus have'the assurance
of getting the most possible use from your car.
Prompt care given orders for Ford cars. Runabout $345; Touring Car $360; Coupelet
$560; Town Car $645; Sedan $695; One-Ton Truck Chassis $600. These prices f. o. b.
Detroit. -
Palace Garage Co.
22d and Kearney Sta.
Francis Motor Car Exchange
East 13 th and Hawthorne
Pacific KisselKar Branch
( Broadway at Davis
W. H. Wallingford
Sixth and Madison Sts.
Rushlight, Ransom & Penny
Union Avenue at Wasco
Talbot & Casey
Grand Avenue at East Ankeny
it will pay you to know the Ford dealer in your neighborhood.