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DOT DATCMT HID rmoi rnimi iuiv GAS AUTOMOBILE: SOUGHT IN 1879 Ram B.: Selden 'Finally Se- . cured Recognition in 1895 . '..Problem Long Being Solved. rrtm i model looking er mui like an overgrown baby carriage with propelling motor to a mighty ; truck that" today is one of the to-' ich carrier on the modern Com mercial, market, the history of the modern automobile, and especially : or the Balden truck. In this .particu lar instance, la told with. air the ro- ' mantle detail found In the pages of the most thrilling talee of fiction. km ..riv as 1130 and 1835. and even .long before that if Induatrlal history Js to be believed, men-were trying o solve ins prouiem ui udh s travel without the aid of horses. But It was not ontU 1877 that things fame : to a head and all that bad been done before that date aeemed to accumulate In the brain of George B. Selden of Rochester, N. T., with the result that a 'ucceeaful motor carriage made Ita ap- tit vin the tnhahttanta of the peaceful country.id. out of a few years Ma jaw . n "Strange aa It may seem." Bay the Baa HV.nnlar.A WMB. " ana ltD a lOOCn " of the ludicrous, the first combustion en-. mm wa ATMratAd br exDlosive vapor supplied by a combination of nitrous - oxide (laughing g-as) and kerosene, mixed by en atomising Jet, Very , high v Mn-u ri.v.Inned In nroDortloh to weight, but aa the exploaion took place In an asternal cnamner ana ins ex panding gas had to be Introduced into tfca .vllnrfr nrnrMtr throueh a valve, the heat of the explosion Invariably fused thla valve after a abort time ana aioppea the en nine." IIRStSi ACfilSE RIDICULED Selden' worked oat a lubricating" sys tem for the. engine and also a cooling vttn. Hla oil was manufactured from ' petroleum. The engine alons operated that year or nil uw gears, nn8 wheel, clutch, and the reat of the thing that really make the car move, being 411 tr tiarutr tTirtito-b natented from . moflela And capital was uninterested In such a,erasy thing. ... Todayha Selden truck Is a power In rnmmerclal work throughout the coun try. Peveloplng from a puny, smoky carriage, laughed at by a skeptical peo-. ple, there are toaay inciuaea in us make-up the highest grade units used ' Is truck manufacture In - the United Statea. The Selden patent waa United States patent No. S49160. Issued ' November t. 1S9B, covering tne gaaoltne automobile. It expired in 1812, 17 years after date of -Issue., . Selden filed application for thla pat ent May t, 1879. The laauance waa de layed because Selden was not able to latere anyone in his, plan, although be was convinced that' the automobile built In accordance with his plan would come Into general use. V; The Selden patent covered a road ve hicle driven by a liquid - hydrocarbon gas engine of the compression' type in combination with aultable steering gear, propelling wheels, fuel receptacle, clutch or disconnecting device between, the power shaft and. the propelling wheels, alee a carriage body adapted 'to the con veyance of persons or goods. ITJIT 1050 nr COURTS The patent rights were purchased by the Electric Vehicle company of Hart J ford, conn., ana tney commencea an ac-- tlon against the Wjnton company, who, after an adverse decision settled; Fol lowing this a suit was brought against the Ford, company and Panhard-Levas- Owtng to dalaya permitted by the pat ent law system, (he suit dragged through the courts for years, 19,000 pages of testimony and hundreds of exhibits be ing piled up. The circuit court finally sustained the patent ; the defendants ap pealed and the court of appeals, when the patent waa .nearly expired, held it Valid as the first gasoline automobile but not Infringed. Selden waa held by the courts to be . the Inventor of the gasoline automobile. -The final decision being, to. the effect that' the defendant' automobile used a four cycle type of engine, whereaa the patent showed a. two cycle. It wae held valid oDIy as to the invention and the type of engine used. ' The patent had a lasting effect on the motor Industry. It resulted; in the for mation of the Association of Licensed Automobile - Manufacturers, comprising practically all of the prominent makers, who established mechanical -standards, : definite policies and placed the Industry .on a sound basis. I Petite Maid Uses Side of Car When ': She Has No Mirror ; It happened at Broadway and Morri son, said by some to be the windiest comer in the Rose city. -She was just one of tne hundreds of the town's pre tleet v She wasn't ouite . big enough for vanity case. A a she tripped along a large blot ot aoot floated down the breeie and rested on. her nose, paused a mo ment and spread out like a drop of Ink on a piece of blotting paper. The big smoke atack on the Plttock block had committed an unpardonable crime. A number three shoe came in violent 4Khtact with the pavement, and she looked around for a mirror. There wasn't any. Then she smiled, stepped, up to a car parked at the curb and rearranged her face by the reflection In the "bril liantly polished aide. -The car chanced to be an Annersnn . Just then the owner came as to the .car. Saw what was going on, stopped and chuckled to himself, saying in an aside, "1 see what they meant when they me uie cars cms year, have a mirror Ilk finish." ' DON'T HA VETIRE TROUBLE ' - . USE OCB , . NON-PUNCTURABLE TIRE I INSOLE WITH AIR ABSOLUTELY GUARA5TEED MORE MILAGE NO WORRY AGENTS WASTED for Oregos Lovett & Waddell ili Stark S W Portland, Or. U; S;Motor,Trucs :. Soon to. Be Shown At New Home Here ' A new and- permanent location-" for the salesrooms of U. 8. motor trucks has been obtained by E. L. King, local dis tributor for the carrier for Oregon -and Southwest Washington in the building oocuoled for some time , by Ttvdmen Brothers, bicycle dealers, who are mov ing to their new building at Williams avenue and East Broadway as soon as their building there can, be , completed. ' The location la not far away from where the company has been making Its temporary quarter, and Is well located for trading purposes on Broadway near Ankeny. The Interior of the budding will be remodeled, and made suitable for the handling of the big trucks that have recently made their debut here. E. Lfc. Kins has Tomb varklnr Inr th Past few days with J. W. Bayard, west ern representative from the U. S. truck factory at Cincinnati, getting the plans for the new location fully laid out and a aalea campaign for nutting the truck over In this territory eomntetelv ltnari up. Bayard has left for other points -In hii big territory, and King la awaiting witn some eagerness the departure of Rydman Bros, for their new etamDiiut grouna on uie eaat aide. Buntzel Company to Distribute Marvels Im. H. Buntsel A Co.. a new firm re cently organised here on the row, an nounces that it will handle the local distribution of Marvel carburetors. In addition to their main line of Buick repairing. The new firm is composed of Louis Buntsel, president; P. F. Flnser, and P. V. Forbes, who have arranged quar ters at im xnineenrn All are men thoroughly familiar with . automo bile repairing and have had considerable experience in automobile affairs here In thla city. The Johnson gear shift lock will also be an article of distribution, and the shop will contain equipment for expert Delco work and carbon burning. Two Vancouver Auto Firms Are Combined M. L. Kurtzhal, who la well known In the city across the river, and who has been operating a garage and repair ahop at 109 Washington street, Vancouver, has joined hands with John J. Edwards, an other automobile man In that city, They have formed a partnership, and will operate In the same Icatlon .under the name of the Dixie Salea company. They Will represept the Dixie Flyer in Clarke county and have already received their first carload. Mr. Kurtzhal and Edwards were convinced that the Dixie was a real automobile after driving one from Pen dleton to Portland, and in fact theirs was the only car that navigated the Mosier hill at that time. Breaking Records Current sales of Flak tires are creak ing all records, the total for January reaching $6,800,000 or at the rate of over S&0.00Q.000 per annum, - the turnover projected for this year. To keep pace with salea production has been pushed up to 11,000 easlnge a day. exclusive of roild tires, tubes or bicycle business. - double Cable tv rmt Macs Kea- t SMU Xenfl Jin Stop Rim Increase Road Use . . . . i. x ' " YOU can eApect more, miles from Federal "Tires because their Double43ablBase avoids rim cuts, blow outs above the rim and all rim damage..;.;j These provements are to be had only with Federal Tires. Get Federals on your car and start saving Lthe miles rims steal from ordinary cars. The) Federal' Rubber Company . ef IlUaeUv FeaesfeeSt Oadahyv DEALERS Write for exclusive proposition If FEDERAL : v-v ., '- TIKES are not sold In your town. wiviTtii company Oregon Vulcanizing Co. . i SSB-SM Bsraslde Street, at Broadway Telepboae; Broadway SJ ; ?-- : SCOUTS FIND NORTH BANK ROAD ROUGH (CoatuMMd Trpm Fin One, Thla Secuoa.) handy, and running through Vancouver in the early morning hours la no mine dodging feat, so hi good time the mem bers of the party found themselves pass ing the great high school that is a prtae of the city across the river and well on the way out the highway and towara the open country. On beyond the ' last houses the road takes a dip toward the stream where the fish are born and bred by the state of Washington and where the ' road commissioners have been lavish with their warning signs of danger ahead if the curves be taken at more than a moderate speed, and then rises again up the hill that need to b a favorite spot for the command- In ogflfeer of the irfst provisional regi ment at Vancouver during tne war oaye to call for double time from the safe Security of his horse's back. AHB TBOCBLE BE&IHS The stretch of saving reaches to Sal mon creek, where the iron bridge spans the stream, and then the trouble begins. The hill is not so bad and for a short distahoe beyond the road la in fair con dition. .But at the intersection of the road from Sara the eye is cast along the tangent bead where a profuse succession of ruts and old mudholee have bean built by winter travel. A turn to ine left will lead on to Sara, and there is a long stretch of paving to be enjoyed. If the motorist has no particular end in view .other thaa a day of driving under Dleasant circumstances as possible, it la advised that this route be seized upon without delay. But no such luck for the scouts. Their" s was to do or die, and vents have proved that they did. But that road ! Words known to Noah Web ster in his more high-brew momenta fait to give an accurate description thereof. But the country surrounding. the road amply made up for any little roughness of travel. There are farm houaes scat tered along the. route and all of them bore the signs of Sunday and activity prior to going to church. In one place a quartet of boys, safely behind the barn and out of eight and earshot of their parental guardians, Indulged In an early game of baseball, with the odds fer en- Joying the game being heavily In favor of the batter, who -warn giving the two fieldeji all the exercise they wanted. FtTLX. OF BtieiOBaTIOK On beyond a man with an axe and a predatory gleam in his eye was ap proaching the chopping bleck . with young but exceedingly lively chicken in one hand, his movements full of sug gestion and his intentions an too obvi ous. That family undoubtedly dined on succulent fowl that day and perhaps the preacher of their faith graced the feast. In another district a farmer with an apparent plan of starting the spring plow ing on the morrow waa In the implement shed, oil can. tn hand, busily greasing what machinery he needed for the pre eesa .and anxiously examining a half dosen plowehares left over from last year. A. dog of uncertain ancestry played the part, of an active assistant. Cro cus set there were along a path or two, I and jonquils and daffodils, braving the j frosts of early March and willing to risk their necks to help scare winter away, rose with their yellow and green blos soms and tines Jie re and there. In a fence corner a calf waa daintly sampling an old shoe, one eye on the house door and the other on the road, and a mind wrest ling with the problem of what distant Abuse relative had gone to help make the foot wear being thus cast away. . . SCEHKBT IS ATTBACTItB ' V - As the car nears the brow of the bill above La Center the road changes some what In appearance, being patently of last fairs, newness, and becomes a trifle smoother. There Is a real "ST curve that one lakes down the hllf toward the town, probably one of the best figures of that port to be found on the highways m this, part of the country. The engineer ran true to form, and the curves are well eonstructedV the grade la easy, and the surface of a sort that may be subject to argument . on - both sides as to lta smoothness. The long bridge Into the town is next reached, and the car runs past the old shingle mill and over the stream where, the good ship Xja Center lies at anchor, nearly wide enough to flit the stream ; or else the stream Is of such aarrowness as to bo almost filled by the craft. Visiters may say one thing, the natives of the place another. BO AD IS BXTTKB .. . A glimpse at aome new and hlrhlv painted farm machinery In front of a atore and a run down a lane of curious eyee and La Center is in the rear, the CHEVRQLET is certain to! be oversold. The very grave question is will you get yours ? CHEVROLET satisfaction is universal; in all countries, under all conditions, in all branches of light car service, it has more than made good the various promises made by all who have to do with its manufacture, distribution and sale. Asms ear la climbing the hm road beyond, and one remembers Woodland is ;. the ; next town. "From La Center to Woodland the road is better consisting of well-packed gravel and day that makes a good sur face and permits a faster and pleaeanter pace. The Don had navigated the bad stretches with credit and pa the smooth miles toward Woodland' fairly ate up the distance, ;-v : ; 7 - Between La Center and Woodland some of the best bits of scenery along the trip may he seen, : The road rises up toward the heights and off to the left one may see the Oregon . side ot the river, separated from the low pond tend nearer the ' road by a fringe ef treea bordering the Washington bank. - There are coves and sandy, beaches in abund ance, places to tie up a boat and camp or hav a quiet fish far from the mad dening Crowd's scrambling effort, and so forth. The valley seemed to be getting Its green cloak on again after the win ter, of discontent, of perhaps the eyes of the party were a little bit too.'opti- mistie. . .. This la new road through, here. but the old way may be seen- rambling abMit among the hills and gulleys to the V TOURING . ROADSTER SEDAN Olstributori for left and right like a tramp very much down at heel and out at elbow. HEW BOATJ KEBEX.8 ' . - ' 1 In one place even the new road had decided that the burden of travel waa too great and had started Its slide to ward the river. A temporary bridge spanned the washout and afforded safe though 'cautious passage. A. long bridge spans the stream separ ating Woodland from the rest of that part of the world, and the road swings to the left, over the high viaduct, and so on into the town. The river stretches away to the left and right, the rocks In eome cases covered with logs, and one long piece of timber perched - yaklshiy on a permanent boom, a reilct of the times' of high water. Giving a oold Shoulder to the village, for the way does not go through Its center, a stretch of concrete leads away ' to the right, only to be forsaken before a chance to be en joyed as the highway swings once more to the left and the final lap toward Ka lama la under the wheels of the car. The road for a portion of the way Is sur faced by creek gravel, taken from the river near Woodland by the Insatiable steam ehovel. operating en ropea fronuKalama ehowg eome Improvement. Tak MOTOR CARS ritoriouii; PRICES F. a B. PORTLAND, OR. "EB" MODELS . 1 "490" MODELS . .$ 93&20 i TOURING ROADSTER . SEDAN . . COUPE ...... . . 91S.00 1455.90 COUPE ...... 1377.60 '-DELIVERY , .-. 1-TON TRUCK. . . . . .$1515.50 Multnomah, Wasco and AT FOURTEENTH ST. the steam plant at the point where the traveler leaves the concrete road. Thla affords dry travel and will perhaps be suite smooth and enjoyable la the course of time, f Farther on ia the end of thla gravel and ' the real road -construction going On for some time In the region of Martin's Bluff UJelt beneath the car. WORD T8ED ADT1SED1T ? rThe word "felt" le used advisedly, for the highway becomes a succession of bumps, generous la else and making up in height what they lack in depth. The going is soft and rather unpleasant in tuns of rainy weather, -such, aa we have been having lately. It la easy to see the amount of work that has' been done on the stretch. In one place a fill across the low ground has cut off soma thou sands of yards of travel, and in another half a hill hae been moved to give easier access to the wheels of motor care. Aleng the railroad a cement watt pro hibits too great familiarity with the Union Pacific tracks which parallel the way for a few miles. - After the point of last construction la mat the road becomes sUgntly better j and from about the 40-ndla mark on Into mm CHEVROLET in mileage and years of usefulness holds an enviable place in the world-field of motor cars just as in the Pacific Northwest, its popular ity has been earned wherever it has entered com petitive service. CHEVROLET Four Ninety Model is the lowest priced completely equipped car on the market.. It is well worth waiting for. cm $1499.10 1468.05 2102.70 2102.70 . 918.05 Sherman Counties ; ing everything into consideration, how ever, thla mote, ia not the one advised. .. When Kalama Is reached, the best way . to get back is to ferry across the river and take the road from Ooble. Of tb two, the Oregon route to Ooble ie the one recommended. North of Kalama the road, is undergoing construction to Toledo, at : which point the paving begins and the way ia In excellent ahape from that town to Seattle. i The log Is appended: LOO OF TBI j 0.0 Journal building. Go over- Broad way bridge, turn left at Union , avenue. Follow travel straight, to Interstate bridge. , 7,2 Interstate bridge. 8.1 Sixth street. Vancouver. Turn right" one block to Main street. Left 1 on Main etreet. t.S Vancouver. Out Main atreet Onto Pacific highway. 14.B Salmon .creek. Follow travel and' Pacific highway eigne and poles. " 27.1 La Center. Through town. tt.O Woodland. Right. . Jg.4 Mgrtln'a Bluff. 41.3 Kalama- Straisht through the tew. to Carrollton and the north. ice
