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THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING, AUGUST 13, -1922. f 3 PAST FEATS IM TRANSPORTING MAIL RECALLED C, L. Boss Tells of Service Rendered by Motor Cars in Last Rail Strike. Present day troubles with the trans portation of mail by the railroads, due to the strike, recalls to the mind of C L. Boss, head of the C. L- Boss Automobile company, distributors of the Hudson-Essex line, the aid the-Essex gave the government in carrying transcontinental mail two years ago. Four Essex cars were Impressed Into mail service to carry mail from San Francisco to New York, he said. These cars made the trips regularly and es tablished transcontinental records that have not been beaten as yet. From information reecived at his office. Boss said the cars are still being used. "Two years ago this month two Es sex stock cars carrying United States mail started out at midnight, one from New York and the other from San Francisco on their way across the continent." he said. "They passed each other near Council Bluffs, Iowa, and four days, 11 hours and 43 minutes after it left San Francisco the east- bonnd .car deposited Its mail in the "New York postoffice. "This was a new transcontinental record made.. And this record still stands. "Four Essex cars in all made this transcontinental trip in August, 1920, in an average time of four, days. 21 hours and 32 minutes, a mark which likewise has never been equaled by any other car. "Attention was turned to these transcontinental: performers the other day by Essex motors, when the ques tion was raised as to whether or : not automobiles could be pressed into use as fast transportation vehicles in case the nationwide railroad strike should ever become a complete tie-up of rail road transportation. 'The run these Essex cars tirade carrying mall brings out forciblxj the possibilities of passenger automobiles as fast transportation vehicles. Be cause of the performances of these cars and the lessons learned by the automobile industry during this trip, several improvements in motor car de sign have been possible. The perform ances were a striking illustration of the durability of today's automobiles, especially so in view of the announce ment that all four of these Essex cars are still in daily service. They have been run an aggregate distance of more than 200,000 miles. "Automobile merchants agree that any car withstands a more severe test in undergoing such a feat than the ordinary car receives during an entire life of hard i sage. "Transcontinental No. 1 was the car which made the fastest time. No. 2. running west, was second in four days, 19 hours and 17 minutes. No. 3. run ning east, made the 3347 miles in four days, 21 hours and 66 minutes, and the fourth, starting from New York, reeled off her trip in five days, six hours and 13 minutes. The last two cars each started after the first two had finished and their, slower tMne was The ease with which it is controlled makes the DURANT a safer car for women wwbv. : i i i . n J i i . . jk k. I Broadway at Flanders JmsI a Real $oeJ Vw" Watch for the Star Car MAKES f X... .- ' J&f X hU Holder of record for fast time across continent carrying United States mall. This Essex, though having run more than 50,000 miles, is still In service and recently performed at the Galveston racing beach. due to heavy rains they encountered, particularly la the Rocky mountain re gions. The average time for the cars was four days, 21 hours and 32 min utes. The first car hadi to make more than 30 miles an hour, including stops, to finish as it did. Only four cars were used for the test. '.'No. 1. the fastest car, which has been driven more Hhan 50.000 miles, was in Galveston, Texas, not long ago, and Charles Newdlng, dealer there, had an opportunity to drive it on Gal veston's famous racing beach. He re ports that it worked splendidly at all speeds, even up to 65 miles an hour. "No. 2 has gone more than 50.000 miles and has not yet even been over hauled. No. 3 has been driven more than 63,000 miles and its motor parts were scarcely touched until last spring. The fourth car, owned by E. H. Car penter of the Hudson Motor Car com pany, has traveled about 25,000 miles." Public Demanding Low Priced Cars; Analysis Is Made That the American public will buy a completely equipped, low priced auto mobile is evidenced by an analysis of the sales of the Willys-Overland com pany during the month of June as. an nounced by officials of the company, J. J. Miller, sales-manager of the Willys-Overland Pacific company, local distributors, said. "Fifty per cent of the June sales of Overlands were to former owners of Overlands, owners of Fords and own ers of Chevrolet cars, and 13 per cent were to owners of cars in the $900 to $1250 class." he said. "That the proven economy of operation of the Overland Four appeals to the new car buyer is further evidenced by the fact that 37 per cent of the sales for the month of June were to persons who never owned an automobile before." BRIDGES BEING HEPAIK.ED Eugene, Aug. 12. A county crew has been sent to the north fork of the Sius law to build the new Carlson cut-off bridge. Other bridges in Western Lane will be repaired before the men are withdrawn from that section.. Pacific Motor Co. Phone Fours and Sixes . SPEED ACROSS COUNTRY AMOTVE MEN TO HAVE PMC Gala Event Is Scheduled August 17; All Work to Be Stopped. for Automotive repair activities in Port land will be seriously crippled on Thursday. August 17, for this is the date of the eighth annual picnic-frolic of the Portland Automotive ' Trades association. The picnic will be held at Columbia Beach. The committee In charge of the fes tivities are planning to make , this not only an association affair, but a jollifi cation in which all members of the industry 'will participate. Nothing Is planned to particularly interfere with the "Keep 'Em Rolling" campaign, but Mr. Car oOner is asked to remember the day next Thursday and be pre pared for a turn down if he expects his favorite shop to turn out work on that day. Beginning with the annual East Side versus West Side baseball game early In the morning, the day will be crammed full of competitions. There will be a number of car contests, featured by such things as slow and reverse gear dashes ; numerous field events, aquatic sports and a big dance in the evening. . Several thousand tick ets have been secured for use by the kiddies at the various concessions. This year a tire changing contest will be introduced in an effort to establish a new record. The Hudson Products company, 155 Grand avenue, has of fered one of Its tire changers as first prize In this contest. - The special i committee In charge of the picnic consists of C. V. Conant, August Benz Jr. and John Weber. The program committee consists of T. R. Conway, Guy Spencer, Lee West, G. G. Gerber and Will Lester. The reception committee is comprised of L, L. Blu menthal. A. E. Fobs. R. D. O'Brien," Lee West and H. B. Black. The dance r Broadway 7916 u E . m"m nam J rlP committee. E. R. Wiggins and F. H. Hildebrand. The trade has responded very liber ally with prizes for various competi tions and scores of awards will be made, ranging from pocket flashlights to automobile tires. THRILLS TO BE HAD (Coo tinned From Page One) lines. All in all, the contest promises to be a grim battle for supremacy. This is borne out by the fact that this year the Excelsior won the Capis trano hill climb in California and broke the run of victories bagged by the Harley .outfit. The Journal event is open only to Oregon riders and ma chines, but the various local camps are In keen competition. The major trophies for the event are The Journal cup to the dealer sell ing the- machines that wins the 61 inch stock event and The Journal per sonal trophy to the rider of the win ning machine. The big dealer's cup is awarded to the winner of each year's event until such time as it has been won three times in succession. Then it becomes the permanent property of the winner. The riders personal trophy becomes the winner's property upon award. Outside of "stunting" in an airplane, hill climbing on motorcycle is un doubtedly the must thrilling of all sports to the spectator and participants both. A hill to be used for motorcycle climbing must be steep enough that no other form of vehicle can negotiate the grade. The hill chosen for this event Is the same as that used in the first hill climb. It has an average grade of 60; degrees, rising in spots to almost 75 ! degrees. A space of lesser elevation is used for the start before the ma chines hit the actual grade. It Is a common thing for the riders to make half of the hill then to turn over backwards. Agility in clearing the machine Is a prerequisite In such riding "and that, f.oo, is appreciated by the spectators. None bu riders who have . abown .their .ability will be al lowed to take the risks of being In jured In the climb, so officials of the motoreycle -club, 'Who have complete charge of the events, announce. t The site of the hill climb affords-ex cellent vantage spots for the spectators. The events can be seen from the west side of Council Crest park ; from .the Fairmount boulevard, where the top of the hill is located, and from the base of the hllL The route to the hill will be marked with posters by members of the motorcycle club. Inspect Ignition System Before You Make Long Jaunts Before you get too far Into the job of looking up maps, picking out hotels. and deciding which points of interest to visit, it might be well to take a few minutes to look over the electrical sys tem of your car, and assure yourself that everything is ship-shape, and ready to do its part toward making your tour a success, says Bowman of ; the local Willard service station. Loose connections may mean that the battery does not receive the proper supply of current from the generator, or that tt is not able to deliver it properly when wanted. Xuts and screws that hold the connections in place should be clean and should be screwed tight, so that there is no pos sibility of their working loose either through jarring of the car on the road, or the swaying of the wires themselves. ; Begin with the battery and follow each one of the cables through the switches, assuring yourself of every- connection as you go along. If this job is done thoroughly you will have no reason to worry aoout loose connec tions. . NEW LOWER PRICES! Now yoa can buy a genuine Seiberling Cord with the tread that cannot separate at prices charged for ordinary tires. r 32x4 $2840 SEIBERLING CORD 30x3y2 PEERLESS TIRE and RUBBER CO. 13th jtt' Stark & Burnside MOTORCYCLE CLIMB $12 Inland empire , m- m m m m m m k srw sr sv n si m TO BE IMPROVED General Road Work Progress ing; Rain Hardens Dirt Roads; - Routes Given. , Walla Walla, Wash.. Aug, IS. Roads throughout Southeastern Washington wtrt generally Improved by the rain which - fell in this section last week. The dirt stretches, which were begin ning to get cut up .by the wheat battl ing, were settled and hardened by . the precipitation, and during the last week wore in better condition than they had been for some' time. Road work throughout" Eastern Washington is Im proving many of the highways. . The rtad report in detail for r his section follows: - x ' Walla Walla, to Spokane via Central Frry Main road to Dixie," good. Dixie to Waltsburg Closed; detour begins ZVt miles north of Dixie ; signs. Waitsburg to Colfax via Central ferry, good macadam. Colfax to Spokane, macadam. All roads good with excep tion of small distance of gravel. Walla Walla to Spokane via Lyons L Ferry Good to Fresco tt. Fair dirt road from Prescott to ferry. erry to Washtucna, fair dirt road. Wash tucna to Cheney via Ritz villa, all good macadam. Cheney to Spokane paved.' Ail roads out of Ritzville, good. Walla Walla to Lewiston Paved from Walla Walla to Dixie. Detour 34 miles out of Dixie to Waitbsurg. Old road. Dodge to Pomeroy. closed. Go several miles north of Dodge and take first road to right: signs. Pome- iiHiiiiiiMrainiiiiMiiiiiiii nee THE idl It excels even those beautiful Hud sons which were counted matchless values at above $4000 the Limou sines, Town Cars and Landaulets, famed for their distinction. No other Hudson so completely sums ,1 the body-builders art. It blends rich- i ness and luxury with a simplicity ; that is the hallmark of Hudson in- closed car charm. And the promise of its beauty is borne out in the un- j usual personal comfort and service- ! ability this model affords., Ow 615-617 WASHINGTON ST. :iiiiiiiriitiiiiiw t C- SU ' Bose of the Lehnherr-Rosa, Inc. Coast Tire distributors.- left Port land ' last- week j for an i extended trip throughout the state ' and Southern Washington, to close up some valuable territory tor the Coast line. i Fr4 W. IToraana of Paths, and wife, left Saturday for a motor trip to San Francisco In his new Durant Six to Je gone until about September X He will return over i the Roosevelt highway north as far. as Roseburg. continuing to Portland over the Paci fic highway. .Mri Normand who Is district manager -for Pathe, will stop at several cities - on the way . down while he' will ' visit Eureka, : Crescent City and Marshfield coming up. h (. . ... '- r George K. CaIdyy the tire merchant who handles-the Mohawk ana India tires, returned last week from a three weeks' teur of Oregon, i visiting sev eral good fishing streams throughout the state. ' He caught - a good many fish also. He started his trip - wijtb his wife and four children and first stopped at Astoria; Seaside and Can non beaches, continuing to Tillamook, where he fished the Wilson and JOr- 'dan rivers.; He returned .to Portland so enthused over the first part of the trip - that he decided he would make it longer anc immediately started for the- McKenzie river- and fished f It from- Blue - river to Belknap Springs. He showed a .great mess of fish; George took his newly purchased Win- ton on the trip and was very much impressed with the riding quality of the big car. ! Godfrey Seaburg, shoo foreman for roy to Lewiston, new state highway. good. Road to Boise via Whiteblrd somewhat rough but open. . Walla Walla to Seattle Good ma cadam all the way to Yakima either via Hoover ferry or Toll bridge and Pasco. Proceed from Pasco to Tim merman's ferry at Richland to make the crossing of the Columbia river, ! if Is Everybody is interested in the new prices $2000 reduction from war prices of a Hudson chassis, with an enclosed body, built by Bid die & Smart of Amesbury, Mass. MOST U i The New F r Delivered m super Mr The De Luxe Gar of the Year L- -1:!i!' Boss the Covey-Motor Car company, showed on Portland motorist - that Covey's service does satisfy- While on a trip over McKeazie pass Sunday.' Seaburg ran onto a motorist who was driving In the same direction who seemed. to have motor trouble. Seaburg stopped and offered his service. The driver of the ear did not know what was wrong, whether It was a broken axle or differential. A moment's examina tion enabled Godfrey to find out that the axle was broken. Godfrey went back to his own car, from which he produced an extra axle which he al ways carries for an emergency. After a little time the car was ready ' to continue the trip. The motorist asked what his charges were and Godfrey pointed to a sign which read. Covey's Service Satisfies," and said there was no charge. ' -. P. J.' McKay, who for some time has been connected with the Rubber Prod ucts company, .is now with the Kelly -Springfield Tire & Rubber company's wholesale branch. - W. H. Booth, Pacifio coast manager of the Hudson and Essex Motors, ac companied by C. ; Lewis Hudson, an Essex service manager, and M. E. Scribner. coast representative, were visitors-with C. 1 Boss of the -C I Boss Automobile company, last week, having driven up. from Oakland in an Essex Cab. Scribner and Lewis com mented on some of the highway which they traveled, but said that a side tri from Roseburg to Marsh field was no so good. They will leave some time this week. Scribner going north and Booth and Lewis will return south. the route via Pasco is chosen. Detour around construction work at Granger to Toppenlsh. Toppenish to Yakima, paved. Yakima to Ellensburg. . fair. Ellensburg to Cle Elum, good. Through the Snoqualmie .pass, good. Pass to Seattle, mostly good. Lewiston to Points South and East Lewiston to Grangeville via Culdesac B E A U T I I . V Redectio in the Air e(iaii Here $2675 The lustrous, lasting finish reveals the unhurried and painstaking-care given every detail by master work men, who have always specialized on the finest, costliest cars. Of course, it has the new Hudson motor, which won such instantane ous admiration everywhere. It is the top step of seven years develop ment of the patented Super-Six prin ciple. It is equally a revelation to Hudson owners. AiitomoMle PORTLAND, OREGON - : f-f - - fit good: partly paved. All roads out, of Culdesao good to Asotin .and Anatone. Good to Moscow; and 'Genesee, partly paved. Ckwd; to Colfax.? -?i - vff-f Spokane to Points East nd North" Good, la general over the Yellowstone trail, although It i somewhat rough over the mountains at Wallace . and again at Belgrade and Boseman, Mont.' Spokane , to Marcus good. Spokane to Ellensburg. good. Cle Elum to Wen atcbee via Blewltt pass, fair. ? McCaUum Is Now : With A. C. Stevens Well known in automotive circles of Portland W. J. McCallum recently Joined the staff of A. C Stevens in the capacity of sales manager. McCallum'e arrival was almost simultaneous with the arrival of the new Earl car . and I Stevens believes the combination to be : a good, omen and one that Is hard to beat. McCallum was formerly with Fred Vogler as general manager of the Northwest Auto company. He served with that firm for three years. PUT GEARS IIC 2TET7TRAL ; As a safety measure put the gears in neutral when you stop. If you do the car won't suddenly jump ahead if you take your foot off the clutch. JACK FROST SERVICE I means Better Lubrication FashionGarage 188 Tenth St. I F U L L Co
