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THE OREGON SUNDAY - JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SUNDAY J.IORNING, SEPTEMBER 24, 1S22. PHAETON ARRIVES IN PORTLAND; IS EfflEER TELLS OF STEVENS PASS A BRAND NEW .ONE -ARRIVES HERE Fo Bobhomiemt TrmnqportmUoa ..j'' U s fit! illM .. ;'. - , : U - r NOW OH DISPLAY E r- New Reo Model Attracts uch Attention Since , Arrival j " Is r-. . f . 1 A ' Striking in -Appearance -V Road, From S ummit to Merritt to 'Be- Built This Year;' No Provision to Pave.. " '- 7 - . iff! ' - PRO ET PROGRAM li- , Snappy In appearance "and with lots of power tinder the hood the, new Reo pbeaton haa been the cause of no lit tle comment since It was placed on die play last week at the sales rooms of. the Northwest Auto company. - This car Is the latest thing in the J?eo line and while of a sports design Is conservative enough to have an ap peal to any rtiotortsU The verve and enappiness of the lines merge with a sedateness that more than enhances the appearance of the new model. - Arriving last week the car Is the first of Its model to be shown In Port land. It has attracted attention from the time of Its announcement and the car itself does not in anyway disap point those Interested in It. DARK B1UE I2T COLOB , . Finished In a dark blue with nickel trimmings the car, stands as one In a class of Its own on the floor of the Northwest Auto company. The disc wheels, aluminum foot plates on the running board and 'bale headlights make a combination that Is exceeding ly pleasing. Nickel plated bumpers are mounted both front and rear.' The motor is a six cylinder with a rated horsepower of 24.3. though the actual horsepower at 2000 revolutions a minute is SO. The springs are semi elliptical and so placed as to give the greatest riding comfort possible. The car has separate ignition-generator and starting units of the Northeast equip ment. - The headlights are equipped with non-glare lenses. Standard equipment for this model Includes the difek wheel and one spare rim ; Spanish leather upholstering on the deep cushioned seats ; heavy carpet on the floor boards ; moto-meter ; park Ins, lights ; cowl ventilator, and a spe cial electrically operated stop signal -on the- rear end. SEW WIXDSHIELB DESIGN : One of the striking and attractive features of this model Is the new wind shield and wings' ; The - wings are joined to the windshield by a one piece frame! and form an absolutely weather proof protection for the driver. A wind shield cleaner Is Included. Alumln,um Is used generously in the trimmings of this model. -Seven pol ished guard bars protect the rear end seat panel, while aluminum moulding fitted back of the hood where it Joins the cowl prevents scratching from ; careless handling of the cover at filling stations. - Of special inters' tc Milady is the disappearing vanity case in the ton ne au. This Is mounted on the rear of . the front seat panel in between two curtained compartments for storing packages. A tonneau light Is also plaaed on this panel with an extension cord so it may be used lor a trouble lamp. ' r According to Fred "W. Vogler. presl ' dent of the Northwest Auto company, the new model will sell for 11835, Port ! land delivery. I'- S v. v; V- : -. -ex"- . 1 ::vi- Z'. v s The gangJfrt the Northwest Auto company jjres the new Reo phaeton .the once over. The car an-ired last week and the cans decided tt was sure rtnger, . Pierce-Arrow Has :' Big Sales Kecord in Month. of August In the number of cars shipped and actual sales made, the Fierce-Arrow Motor Car company of Buffalo, N. Y., during the last month enjoyed the greatest volume of passenger car busi ness of any August in the history of the company, according to Charles C. Fagan, local distributor.: Sales during the month totaled 200 per cent more than during the same period a year ago, according to. a statement issued by the factory today. In fact, sales since mid-summer have been received in so great a volume that the factory, which is running full time, is behind in production. "The significant fact In this record of a 200 per cent sales increase is that July and August ordinarily are consid ered dull months In the automobile Industry,, said Fagan. ."This means that an even greater sales period, awaits; us during the fall and winter months. Fall orders to gether with those we -now are endeav oring to fill will keep the factory run ning full blast for an indefinite period." Opening of Paving To Be Celebrated Centralis, Wash., Kepi 23. Mayor George. I Baroei wHi lecVare a half holiday on September 29th to mark the opening of the pang on the Pacific highway, between Urand Mound , and Tenlno. On that . day a Joint celebra tion will be held b Temno and Cen tralis.. Centralist wti. go to Tenlno for the afternoon cnttvtalnment and in the evening; a diace will be given In the Centralia Matf.o street auditorium. mm amp REVENUE MAKER Tourist Tells of Benefits De clares East More Hospitable Than West : Wenatchee, Wash., Sept. 23. Tour ist camps are revenue producers for any city and money can better b spent on them than on celebrations and gatherings that have only temporary value, is the expressed qplnion of Dr. J. T. Wilson of Spokane, who passed through here recently on his way home after an 8500-mile-trip by automobile with his wife and. .seven children. He spent three months on the road. He says the Eastern cities have bet ter tourist camps than, cities of the West. "They pay more attention to it," Dr. Wilson said. "A tourist wants a sani tary place with conveniences. Big cities put you in the main parks with Access to everything. "Indianapolis has provided a fine tourist camp and asks the farmers to come In to do their trading. It is esti mated that because of t this camp the farmers spend $5000 to $10,000 a day in Indianapolis., They would not come in if they had to stayt hotels, nor would they come If they nad to pay for the" camp or stay in a poor camp. "The East is more hospitable than the West in this respects Cook county has bought land "with;: trees; and has made a forest reserve -out of It and lo cated Its tourist camp- there. Police protection is provided.-. " Beware of Deadly Carbon Monoxide Fumes in Garage Motorists must beware of the deadly carbon-monoxide fumes when working In a small garage wlfh the doors closed. With the approach of cold weather It is the tendency of the motorist to go out in the morning a-nd start the car without providing proper ventilation in the . garage. The carbon-monoxide fumes from the engine exhaust are inhaled without knowledge, as they are odorless, 'and the motorist Is asphyxi ated. The gas works rapidly and the first wsi-ning of the deadly fumes is a slight headache. Oft-times even this symptom falls and death arrives with out warning. Last -' winter there were several deaths caused from carbon-monoxide. In each case it was found that the motorist had gone into a closed garage and started the engine. While, ordinarily, work about the machine is safe when there is ample ventilation to carry the fumes off, it often happens that the motorist crawls under the machine without shutting the engine off. This la the most dan gerous of all, for the fumes accumu late along the under body of the car and kill those inhaling them. Under no circumstances should the motorist get near the exhaust when the motor is running. si.AAa.nna protit snftwif ... VI For the fiscal year ending August St the Packard Motor company showed net profits, after charges and taxes, in excess of $1,000,000, or Just enough to meet dividend 'requirements. - Wenatchee. Wasi., ScpV 23r Engin eer J.H Meyers, of the United States bureau of public . roads ot Portland, who is in charge, ,f - the "constrcctloo of the Stevens Pas highway, furbishes the Dally World -wlU. the 'following statement regarding the project is-j "It is the intent ;a oi this bureau Jo construct this .y.ar, a road witti ; a minimum width of iiie ieeV'-exclualve of ditches, between u summit of the Cascades at Steven I'jc- and Merrttt ; fifteen miles, conntUng with the pres ent traveled road ai Jnerritt. , At fre quent intervals the graue will be wid ened to provide ample passing places. The maximum grade is to be six per cent, maximum curraiure, 100 foot radius. "At the present time no provision haa been made f-v surfacing. - How ever, Uie road should swtd rather well under traffic aa the road bed is good, solid material." v, '" The work la being carried on by the station contract method, there be ing 60 men employed at this time. Work was started with a small crew on July 22, of this yea ana nas progressed very favorably, threo miles and a half of the most dlfr cult portion . being completed and six utiles more being partially complete. "By October 30 we expect to have 10 miles completed, reacung from the summit down to a point which we hope is below the line of trly snow. Should we be compelled' to discontinue; con struction on account ol snow, this fall,1 we will be at an elev&t.on where we can 'resume operations early -in the spring and complete the project before the saow is off at the summit. TOURISTS STAY MAIN ROAD (Coatiaasd from Pic On) onstrncttiKDinL the Acid test of tire performance Pages and pages have been written about the merits of this tire or that! There are hundreds of tires on the market today but few good ones. The Mohawk Cord is leader of this few. Mohawk (instruction accounts for its dominating super iority. Don't take cmr word for it but come in and see its many improved construction fea tures over any other tire. And, today, you can buy Mohawk Quality Cords for less than many cheap "off brands." Even though the price were vastly greater it would well be worth 'it Mohawk Cords render a vast difference in additional service. t 3R OA D WACQ OAK) SI - . .- - Portland's X . Largest" lire IMerchantS, Alj h " fAaM. t - . a-.- . k ' 2 Phones Broadway 0180' 2300 The 'resident motorist knows all the forest roads and byways, and the less developed but more attractive roaus that lead into the mountain regions, if he is the kind who goes out a few weeks every summer. - MILEAGE LEKES But the motor tourist from the East who has been or expects to be out a year or more, as most of them do, and who Is out to "see the country. for him there is chiefly the lure of city after city with its auto camp grounds where baths can be had and washings done.. The lure of watching the mile age creep up into the thousands, and the topic of gasoline, tire troubles, auto "camps and road conditions is for him the topic of conversation. - A summer of talking with visitors at the auto camp grounds has con vinced the writer that an extremely small percentage of transcontinental automobile travelers ever see the best in the country through, which they pass. They "haven't time. They have ,to get over the ground in time to reach California fot-the winter. If they come by the northern route, they manage to take in Teilowgtone park ana tne Co lumbia highway. If they come through the Southern states, they usually visit the Grand Canyon and Yoaemlte. - FEE SEE 8CEICEBY Not one-4ranscontinental automobile traveler but of 100, traveling between California and Portland, visits Crater lake or the Oregon caves. They are too much in a hurry to reach Portland or Saa Francisco, as the case may be. They get no nearer Mount Hood than the Columbia highway. One woman motorist who came through in hasy weather remarked that she liked Colo rado better than Oregon because there were mountains there. The cross con tinental traveler sees only the road ahead of him. and if it isn't a. good road he Is emphatic in saying so. He starts out from an auto camp in some city in the morning with the idea of making a certain number of miles' to another city auto camp by night. If he has any extra time, he spends It at some City auto camp. ' There are, of course, exceptions to the general rule. Seaside and Mount Rainier com In for side trips by a con siderable number of automobile tour ists. But the cross continent traveler hesitates to leave the main connecting, highways between the large cities; He is afraid of bad roads. He doesn't want - to leave the. crowds. Ha to a gregarious creature and wants the com forts of the modem auto camp. T In many instances, he 1 so loaded with unnecessary baggage that he would have difficulty getting along on a sec ond grade road. CRATES LAKE WEGLECTKD Crater lake Is marked by an almost total absence of foreign cars. Oregon cave automobile visitors are practically all from Oregon and California. Dur ing tho entire summer, tha writer met on party of cross continent trarelera at the auto camp who had stopped to tish on the McKensle river.. . Oregon is remembered only for Its Columbia highway, its rosea and it fruit- . . ' . . IV w. Norcross, chief engineer of .the United States forest 'service from Washington, D. Cj. who is Inspecting road projects In Oregon, believes the present tendency of covering miles which ha gained such an impetus within the last few years because of a nationwide road building program, is but a- step toward the fullest utiliza tion and enjoyment or tn country s at tractions by mean . of automobile roads. . . . - -"At present our forest ana mountain roads off the main highway ar little used except by the resident , of the State in which they are located, said Norcross. - "But the people who are now hurrying over the country : and burning up gasoline, will noon get over IV and will, on their next trip, go to some one portion of the United Statea which appeal to them. and. spend a longer time in on locality. " ' To everyone comes at somettaJ the org to take a long trip and to cover a great many mil. The length Of the trip i it greatest appeal. So there will always be this type of cross con tinent traveler, but out of this type la, rrowlnir the autemobll tramp who se lect some wonder region and spend some time to it. rather than hurry on to the next city." 1 ' GOOD. STAG TIME. - Bandon. Or Sept. it The Coast Auto stage now make the trip from Bandon to Gold Beach la roar hours, while few year ago It r took two J The World's Lowest Priced Quali ty Sedan V-f VJ" Tils car with high crade Fisher Body on the celebrated New Superior Model Chevrolet Chassis is the most sensa tioo&l value ever offered in motoring. Its crtistic lines, hsTmoriiaus two color finish, refined appointments and me chanical efficiency make it the most, desirable car. for all who seek year . 'round service combined with small investment and economical operation. o. b. Flint, Mich. AH .that has kept the majority of motorists from owning closed cars has been the high prices heretofore charged for this type of automobile. 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MA I vn I M - Wff A r - - - a w mmm w -ai mm mmer -mmmw TXd J V Smdard of Csmtpmrieom A "Four,, That Sets a New Standard The 1923 Buick Foiir Touring $885 . -'.-,' -,:;.'-. .i'' '-- 'w... -U ; :i:-;:J ,':-'. . In beauty of appearance, deperbiUty auod economy "- of operation tha Buick four-cylinder, fivfr-pasaenger. Touring has 'established an entirely new standard for ' . four-cylinder cars. , . - ' " Its ltx1r body with its clean ttrait lines, accentuated . . by tha high radiator and straight bixd, give it a long, racy spiwrance that is new to cars of its class Uassrtw cirowo fen ' tbei enug-etting, abapdy (op md the band ' type bead and cowl lampa. - t , AndrrttbtbisbeaTBtyfaaaeetxMaT cpmforV The seats are deep and low with full leg room in both compartmentav The steering coluran has been changed ' in position to increase driving ease and the gear shift, lever has been raised--to meet the driver's hand A transmission lock, a. windshield adjustable from tha inside, and a traramisaicn-driven speedometer hkewiss are arnong tha many new refinements of this model. . Material changes aiao havw baen made in motor , chasaia and body canstrnction which contribota st21 farther to the wondarfal perfbemanca record crharac teristic of Buick cars for twmtj : . 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