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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." '
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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
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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 : ;
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- 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.
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