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THE OHEGON SUNDAY JOURNAL. PORTLAND, SUNDAY HORNING, NOVEMBER 19, 1S22. 4 T dowUnd. back of AUantic City, has vard. The plans for the speedway are in 'the hands of the Osborne Engineer ing 'company of Cleveland, the build ers of the American leagn baseball grounds and the Polo grounds in New York. Plans have already been com pleted for the one mile and half mils banked board track, as well as mam moth concrete stands, with a'-, seating capacity of 15.004. - BLUErBOY: FINDS AHOMfc''t" v .1. W.liaIl h thJ. 4datiatH and J ia- -inors - 'than '400h.feei across, it is located one half mile from the Boardwalk and the Absecon boule- FILMED BY COPS 111 ENGLISH CITY Photographs of Noisy Motorcy cle Exhaust Given to Court as Evidence; Man Is Fined. FOR 1923 ARE AIlilOUiiCED m Q ITA L I T Y ' GOB 3 CLE A R , AT U R O UGH Estimated That 1,000,000 Will Visit Northwest in the Com ing Season. i -C ' 0U1 London, Not. IS. According to the Express ... correspondent at Bromley (Kant), sound (photographs and wnnd camera, were, produced aa ' scientific vritneseas fori the first time la police court records before the magistrates of Bromley. The ease was -one of wide Import- ance, for it -Involved an attempt on the part of the Auto-Cycle union, on behalf of an motoritsts, to obtain of ficial recognition, of a "sound stand ard," . on which the noise of motor engines can; he judged. Stanley Pound Vine, s, young- man 11-rtng at fis-snaham, ' near Sitting bourne, was summoned by the Metro politan police, for riding a . two-stroke motorcycle with an inefficient silencer at Keston. common. The camera, which reproducesi actual sound, - named the audiometer by its inventor. Dr. Ai M. Low, was produced in court, and laid across the witness box- -. Sound entering the open end of the audiometer strikes against s sensitive ES diaphragm, to which Is attached a small mirror. Light from an electric lamp is foeussed on the mirror, and is reflected back to a moving photo graphic film, wound through the closed GetNeuChaim Who would be quicker than yourself to criticize the man V ,who "was injured or who injured someone else because of t" skidding on a slippery pavement. You would immediately ass judgment: He should have used skid chains." Yes, e should. ' : f For "saf ety sake" skid chains should be in every tool corn apartment, ready for the first rainy day. Select them for -" your car from our very complete stock of "McKay's, Tire -chains. These chains wear longer than any other because of a special process of hardening. . Black gunmetal finish prevents ? rust. ft;:, ; y . -. t .. Tire Chain Prices ; "wp- yon nava soma aid JOxtH. 5 Mx4H.... BJB - chaJn;tht need new link or.: StxS 4JBO 83x4V....... BJB& cross chains. Taik it over with I. ;" rJ i2x:5? S3x4...MM. 60 JSxS.. ....... 6.75 s4x., 8 86x......... 70 17x5.... . 7 JO Automatic Cleaners Your v windshield kept clean continuously with no effort on your part. Connects with intake manifold and operates on vacuum principle. Very easily 'installed and practi cally indestruct- fktZ ibl Oar price.'. v'SaalO TZive for Christmas what you would like for- yourself something for the' car v Rat t- 3 t .11 WES' I 60 . SOT Broadway Corner Oak Open Saturday r2 -r2rt THt wesrcfeN giant jcor Mrs. Ii. E. WiUard, wife of weU known Ureatock dealer, recently saw the Jordan Blue Boy at the Mitchell, Lewis Sk Stayer establishment and proceeded to adopt It as her own. Mrs. WlQard, ft appears, showed yery ood taste. . end of the camera. The diaphragm vibrates to all sounds and the vibra tions move the mirror. As the mirror moves the light it reflects oscillates and the oscillations are recorded by Ones ur salesman and see bow easily " cnply Tu c" "P yowr j d ecruipmeat. ' Ton may b : sttxnriaad. Motor Robeo Tn occupant of the tonnean appre ciates a good rob. : Soma new ones have arrived at our stores which are bound to pleas you fine wool robes in solid colors and -beautiful plaids comfort -providers that axa distinctive and attractive..; Drop In and see 'them - white the - stock la new and complete. ,j $&2S to $30.03 St, Phone Broadway 5308 Eveniss; to 9 p. m. trmrrn ftr-r- - -OUAWAN TEX - n ooo MILES GUARANTEED - I2.DOO Mil fk -. i I -. ... " ' - the film. Thus the greater the sound the greater the movement of the mirror and -th greater the movement of the light on the film. The -film when de veloped gives a, perfectly clear photo graph In a line of light of the sound variations. : .j-c' Such photographs of the noises made by the motorcycle ridden by Vina were handed to the bench' with the noise- photographs of other motorcycles for comparative nurposes.. - It came out in police evidence that the police who are detailed for special motor duty go through a course of in tensive i trauung- at scouwa iara ne fore they beeome road noise sleuths. They are taught all about motor en gine silencers, and are sent out armed with steel skewers with which to' test if exhaust boxes have any baffle plates. The magistrates, after a retirement, decided that Vine's motorcycle was un duly, explosive, and - they, imposed Hue of 10 shillings. , .... Speed King's Car In Crash; ,Wants A Brand New One An old friend, tried through many cross-country trips, was lost to Barney uiurieid c when bis Marmon car was stolen recently and smashed beyond repair, says H. R. Hopkins of the H. & E. Auto Co. Uninterrupted satisfac tion was his lot with his speedster, and he writes factory officials as fol lows concerning a new modeL "You have doubtless read In - the newspapers of the wreck of my Mar. bob speedster and I know you will be interested to hear how this happened weU as the little history of the car. "As you remember I purchased this car to pace the Indianapolis race in May. 1920. Since that time I have iiimuq iour complete rouna trips iron) coast to coast. "I drove the car to New York to see the World's series, and, left -It in ths garage) and you can imagine my stn prise when the next day I read In the papers a Marmon . speedster was wrecked on Riverside drive while going to. miles an hour, and my Call fornia license was found in on of the pockets. "It appeared that some of the chauf feurs took the -car out on . an ordinary joy riae, ana wmie rounding the turn irom raversiae drive, were going so fast that they could not hold the car on the road, as you can imagine they went well over 70 when this happened. ana crashed head on into a tree." Bear State May Be Second in Number Of Cars Registered r . Ixs - Angeles, Cat," Nov. 18. (L N. S.) With t its increase in automobile ownership, believed to be unequaied by any o trier state, California is expected to rank second among the states this year in the number of machines regis tered. Auto club statistics show that . there are 834,192 automobiles registered in California today,- allowing an Increase of 400 automobiles a day. New . York, which has always ranked first in Its automobile registration, had - 812,031 cars registered on January l. (i - Durant Announces A New Locomobile Following the reorganisation of the Locomobile Company of America un der the leadership of "W. C. Durant, announcement - has been made of the new Locomobile, the Series 8. Because of Duranfs activities tn the Locomobile situation, the new car ia awaited with keen interest- among; owners of fine cars, and especially in the motor car in dustry i Fundamentally, the chassis re mains unchanged, with large, powerful six-cylinder, : low-speed motor, with rated horsepower of 48.8 and an actual horsepower of approximately -100 : its cylinders cast ia pairs, bronze crank case, : rear construction of familiar de sign with radius rods, torque arm, dou ble brake drum and full floating rear sale.-.. . . . Elwpqd Haynes in fc - Contest, of Tame I Kokomo, Ind.; Nov. 18. That Klwood Haynes, the . inventor, designer and builder of America's first mechanically successful automobile, is held in the highest esteem by his fellow Hooaiers is evidenced' In the state-wide contest now being conducted by the Indianap olis News to determine the ten great est living Indl&niana. In a great ma jority of the lists submitted vby people from all sections of the state, the name of JSlwood ? Haynes .invariably, appears as ox - the ' ten . notables selected. DXAST iw KIXSO V Kelso, Wash.. : Nov. 18, William S. Strangev and Dr. R.- L. Parrtah of this city have' taken the local agency for the Durant automobile; Strange Is manager j of the Vogue "Amusement corporation .and .will - divide his .Urns between the two businesses, v -m- 'AKTIFKXZE MTXTVMXm?? Water Alcohol - Frees 88 per ceat ...1 per eeat ... 88 T & per eeat L.. t per eeat ... 18 F 18 per eeat 88 per rest ... - F 88 per eeat v.. 48 per ceat F SeatUe, Nov. 18. On million touristb will come 'to the - Pacific' Northwests Oteno, ..Washington and British Co lumbia and spend 880,000.800 in 1928, accorf ir to the assertion here today of -Herbert Cuthbert, secretary of the Pacific Northwest Tourist association. Cuthbert said 700.000 tourists visited the Pacific Northwest this season and spent 845.000.000. . He pointed out how six rears ago less than 80,000 tourists came to this section of the country m a year. m:U'':-'.A::'i':": Cuthbert mads nubile today some of the plans the association has made for 1928. Ha told how tha transcon tinental railroads have been interested In the plans and have promised to co operate. The first arart or a targe col ored poster was displayed that will be usedi. by, the ; railroads : and .other agencies throughout the country, show. lag ; great, attractive pictures of the outstaTidlng scenic features or the Fa clflo Northwest. , .y . f-V; ' BATL&OASS TO ATJ S X C Ia cooperation with the railroads and local organisations. Cuthbert said it is planned .to make 1928 in the Paclfta Northwest "Festival Year and : Home Re-trnion Year." From AprU .to Sep tember : special entertainment features have been arranged in various cities of this part of the country. ' "The suggestion la that In 19Z8 there sli all be held In each City in the Pa cific Northwest.- Cuthbert said, "that is capable of cooperation in the Idea, a week's festival, commencing with the Tulip Festival , in Bellingham and the Bloom Festival at Wenatchee in April. th Rose Festival in Portland in June, until the Pendleton Round-Up In Sep-. tember. . h , ' y .. vr y- I2T DIA3T FESTIVAL ' ys--'?4 k - "Snokane has verv enthusiastically adopted this suggestion and will: hold a great International Indian Festival the latter part of July to 'Which they will gather Indians from three or four states and put on a spectacular show that has not been equaled in the .West outside of Pendleton, Festivals that have been held in the Pacific North west in previous years will be added to and made much larger events than they ever have been before.- ' These probably will include the Wayfarer or some other great s musical, event or pageant at Seattle, winter sports at Rainier National Park and Ross Fes tival at Portland. "The inauguration of those and other festivals -soon to be arranged will pro vide entertainment for our- visitors from the. East and South. This is one thins- in which the Pacific Northwest has been, in the past, remiss.. We have the scenery, the climate and the sport but-we have not had sufficient enter tainment and amusement and if fcnis Droeram is carried out as it wiy de velon within the next two or three months, there can be no complaint about the want of amusement lor our visitors in 1923. : "This program added to the Home Re-Union feature will make the Pacific Northwest the mecca, of at -least . one million visitors and- the revenue there from will be not less than sixty mil lion dollars." There is no . doubt but what 1931 will be the. year in which the Paclflo Northwest Oregon, Wash. fngton and British Columbia cornea Into full rocsgnition in all parts of llz America as the premier summer. play ground : for the' people of two con- Pierce-Arrow Fall Sales Continuing ' To Scale Upward Fall 'sales of Pierce-Arrow passenger cars are .continuing their upward curve according to announcement made by Charles Fagan, local dealer of the Pierce-Arrow line. Total sales .'made during the month of September - were the greatest made in any September since 1915, showing a 150 per cent in crease over the total of a year ago. Indicative of the increase in volume of business is the fact that September orders showed an increase of 10 per cent over ' the previous month which was the biggest August in the history of the Pierce-Arrow company. The company's big plant at Buffalo, N. Y is running on a full time produc tion schedule to keep pace with the ac celerated demand for Pierce-Arrow cars. .!,, - .,. ,. Western Trip in Big- Car Enjoyed - By Nebraska Man . Dr. Charles Wonder of Omaha, Neb. who recently passed through. Portland lu his Cadillac, pulling a trailer loaded to capacity, has arrived at his home, according to information received by the Covey Motor company, where he stopped for an inspection of his car and to refill his ras tank. ' Ihr. Wonder terms the Cadillac "The Wonder car," basing the name in the performance which his "Cad" mads on his trip of 7200 miles made in .eight weeks of travel. The car, in addition to pulling the heavily loaded 1200-pound trailer, car ried six passengers and their luggage as well, averaging 12 miles to the gal lon of gas. and he spent not one cent for anything on the- car except gaso line, and oil.. Dr. Wonder traveled through Colorado, New Mexico. Mexico, Washington, Oregon and Utah and spent much of his time on rough, little traveled roads, he writes. . Atlantic City to Have Big Wooden Motor Speed Track ' - (Br tTatwaal Serrfeal" Atlantic Oty. N. J Nov. IS. Plans for what is said win b . the world's largest motor speedway, -to be located In this city, are now being; formulated. It haa been - announced. The project will begin with tha Incorporation of the international Speedway assorts tion, which is back, of the proposition. ; A group of x prominent automobile manufacturers and men interested in the progress of the industry have been working quietly on the plans for many weeks. A number of leading Atlantic City residents have become interested in the location of . the speedway here and have pledged their support. A large tract of ground in the mea SJWi". . s-t ... t- . rr , 'Recently Dort introduced to &e; motoring public a SIX with new beautiful body ; lines 1 and ,' a new powerful motor that cut straight through accepted values and set up a new standard for six-cylinder cars.' On the same day Dort reduced prices substantially on all ' tour- cylinder cars and announced -important changes in design." The result has been staitling. The attention of the whole motoring world .has been focused on Dort. Everywhere crowds have flocked to Dort show-rooms. Dort sales have been exception ally large. Public opinion has pronounced the Dort the great motor car value of the day. Harvazd Six Dort Six-Cylinder Cars, $990 to 8)1495t at Flint Dort FcnnyCyilndec Cars, $865 to $1370; at Flint . Now on Northwest Auto ISth and Alder Sts. n w misi(S We have closed up our Spokane Store and moved the stock to our Store T.Trr year. To SftSU w sSrIP0? 10 normalpropdrtions we are going to GIVE IHaBGakTSAtv0U CAN NOT FAIL TO BUY AT THE 5P 4?SGoiNG TO OFFER FOR NEXT TWO WEEKS. come eSy than Rket ce-AT WHOLESALE. 700 FORD SIZES AT LESS THAN COST TO US 30x3 Non-Skid . $5.85 30x3 Nori-Skid ; . . $6.95 Fabric Tires 31x4 NonrSIdd $10.95 llflWcl .",r i 30x3. Tnbes . . . $1.35 30x32 Tnbes . $1.60 32x3y2 Tnbes:.. $1.90" 31x4 Tubes . $2.40 32x4 Tabes . . . $2.60 33x4 Tabes . . . $2.75 '. , MAIL ORDERS FILLED WE SHIP - ANYWHERE PORTLANID) tire-CO. SIXTH AND BURNSIDE .. . 11 " 00 Sedan, $1495 ' Display at 1 Company, Inc. Portland, Oregon M63) CORD TIRES . j I I 30x3 Larce OvfirsizA 1 n M 31x4 Large Oversize $16.90 m m -va"a nin nn oox? Large uversize $iy.u 34x4' Large Oversize $19.70 32x4y2 Large Oversize $24110 33x4VS Large Oversize $24.65 3DLarel0vereize 33x5 Large Oversize $29.50 35x5 Large Oversize $29.95 v - PORTLAND, OREGON i 3 l i i I 11 1