f 2 w THE SUNDAY OREGOXTAN, rOETLAND, DECEMBER

SCENIC WONDERS OF ROCKIES ENJOYED IN TRD? TO PORTLAND FROM MONTANA. wmL DPiEGO in i nisi OUOBILE 1D0S A ROADS PASSABLE UDEL

Trip From Butte Made With gmicfSatufxtm 2 l- - Edward E. Cohen Brings No Difficulty. t Word of Brand New Car. f5 CjyOIFER and dependability Buick, J? jfprinciples characterize the new SNOW NOT YET BARRIER '.ft: DEBUT WILL BE AT SHOW Buick Nineteen Twenty One Series .1 as they have distinguished Buick cars for two decades. 4: Former Local Xewppaper 3an and A Xew Line, Result of Long Experi- Added to the service value of the new Wife Caver. Distance With mentation, s Oldsmobilo Buick models is a distinctive beauty of Bnick In Fire Bays. Four, Six and Eight. body lines and appointments. Amongf professional men, the new Buick Large !3fc- 'Si rour Passenger Coupe is especially Motoring1 from the mountain heights Now comes a real surprise for mo popular because of its everyday useful- of Montana, through the panhandle SMI toring circles announcement of a o Idaho and down the lower altitude brand new model of one of the most ness for business and leisure hours. of the Columbia basin to the "near-sea-leve- l" popular makes of standard cars. The ac Portland turned, out to Oldsmoblle eight and the Oldsmobile Reinforcing Buick reliability is Author- be an uneventful triD for Joseph H. six hare long been standard In their ized Buick Service, nation-wid- e Jordan, former newspaper class. Now comes addition of a third man, and his wife, who made the trip car to this line, the Oldemobile four. in extent. recently. All fears of bad roads and E. Cohen of the Oldsmobile Trices of impassable to Edward the New Nineteen Twenty One Bnick Series. stretches were thrown company Oregon, which many One-Fort- y of for Model Twenty Four, tnree-passenir- car. .S'Jnfi'MS wind3 spite of good of One-For- ty the in a deal years has distributed Oldsmobile cars Model Twenty Five, er car. . .:'J06S.18 advice to the contrary. and trucks in this territory, has Just Model Twenty One-For- ty Six. f er coupe. .f?0:4.B4 Model One-Fort- y .S-- Winter descends upon the mountain factory Tyenty Peven. f sedan i 224.4 1 returned from a visit to the One-Fort- region a good Model Twenty y Eight, er coupe. s.l4'!.44 deal earlier than it news important new One-For- ty with of this Model Twenty Nine, seven-passeng- car. does on coast, especially pur- One-Fift- y, seven-pasaeng- .S36.S9 the in the - Oldsmobile. He went east on Model Twenty er aedan ....S36G2.91 vicinity of Butte and Anaconda, .. . - .3 pose to attend a meeting of all Olds- where the Jordans commenced their mobile distributors at the Olds fac- T. O. B. Pacific Terminal Points. trip. was snowing quite heavily .r Mich, was Coast Prices Include All War Taxes. It tory in Lansing, at which the morning they left Butte in a revealed the company's plans for its Bulck Six and freezing weather ac- four-cylind- er model. mm a mmmmfA companied day, ac- tel5 them all of that This car is no sudden dream carried cording to Jordan's account of the out on the spur of the moment. For MBit, trip. However, after getting well the past two years the OldH Motor SSSK down Deer Lodge valley the sun Works has been experimenting with came out and kept them company for a four-cylind- er model. Mr. Cohen the five days they were on the way. brings the official factory announce- Pend d'Orielle Followed. ment that the Oldsmobile four not On account of the Saltese pass over only is now in production but that the Bitter Root mountains being one carload of the new models al- snowed in. It was necessary to follow ready is en route to Portland. the water grade of the Fend d'Orellle To Make Its Bow at the Show. river to the lake that bears the same The Oldsmoblle four will make its name and thence from Sand Point to debut to Portland and the Pacific Spokane. This route is much longer northwest at the Portland automobile than the Wallace route, inasmuch as show in the city auditorium, January It Is necessary to almost touch the 10 to 17. It is being manufactured in Canadian line in order to get Into roadster, coupe and Washington at this time of the year. sedan models. In appearance It has The National parks highway is the same distinctive features that along this route and is well marked characterize other Oldsmobile models, so that the tourist has little difficulty and the same details in finish and re- In keeping on the main highway. finement. It will not in any way cup-pla- nt These red and white signs were fol- either the Oldsmobile six or lowed. eight, but Is an addition to the line. Roads from Butte to Allssoula The chassis, says Mr. Cohen, who - through Deer Lodge valley and the enjoyed his ride in the four first CB-6- i Eearmouth canyon were found in while at Lansing, has a 115-in- ch 61 good shape and continued on to wheelbase and is equipped with 32x4 Dixon. Through the lower corner of tires. The motor is of the valve-in-hea- d tha Flathead reservation the road ia type with 3 llxl6-inc- h bore by poor and the driver is forced to a 64-inc- h stroke a long stroke with le gait or less. Sharp curves all the flexibility gained by the long Immediate Deliveries on 1921 Models and slow road follow the upper tribu- stroke and the cylinder head Is of ' til-):-- tary of the Columbia through Perma, ' : v special design with three exhaust and opposite Paradise to Plains. Road i ports. construction has been the task of "For power and riding qualities this county commissioners in this section car is a veritable little dream" de- HOWARD AUTOMOBILE CO. and the motorist is able to make a clared Mr. Cohen. "It has the flexi- ' Largest Distributors Automobiles in the World San Francisco, Los Angeles, Oakland little time. bility of a six and the easy riding bmmv. iV i" Fourteenth and Davis Sts, Portland, Oregon Highway In Idaho Good. qualities of a big car. It is econom- Thompson to ical In gasoline and oil consumption, From Falls Clark's yet a hear for power, especially on fork is slow going and required care. -. it Tha highway around Lake Pend f . the hills. One simply must ride in WHEN BETTER AUTOMOBILES ARE BUILT, BUICK WILL BUILD d'Orellle is in fairly good shape and to appreciate its qualities. When they THEM the roads from Sand Point to Spokane see this car at the coming chow. Port- all-ye- ar excep- land people will be as enthusiastic are in chape, with the Is saying tion of a few muddy places. about it as I am, and that years The scenery from Missoula to Sand a lot. in the past few has spoiled us but for weeks thereafter, until the either the service or emergencj Looks Like Other Olds. a little. What we must do is to Ret country had caught up with lt3 brake. At the Detroit police test Point carries any amount of interest condi- nickel-radiat- or accustomed to normal business hauling." skilled drivers of two other cars wer for the motorist and surpasses that "It has the same tions. significant of rest of trip ex- same general appear- The fact about this able to stop in a distance of IS feet, the the with the design and the readjustment is that there Is no real LIBERT!" BREAKS RECORD which was the best reported record. ception of the Columbia highway, ance as the other models in the Olds money, in- caps, deep can- in every way a car scarcity of as the fact of Another record was made by the Jordan said. Snow mobile line. It is creased bank deposits, especially sav- Liberty six while at the 20-m- speed. yons, high bluffs and winding river of distinction and class, just what ings deposits, greater num- Stock Car, in Test, Stops In case, are contiiuous over this distance. people have been wanting In the way bank and Detroit this the use of the service all-ye- ber of savings depositors, emphat- brake in stopping car in ar four-cylind- er per resulted the The splendid condition of of a car tiat can ically bear testimony." Within Short Space. a distance of 28 feet. At the police graveled roads from Spokane to Pasco form right along with a six, yet at test, best was 32 As In A Liberty six has hung up a new the record feet. is worthy of particular mention. the price of a four. 10-1A- Y in cases, four-cylind- er AUTO BAN DISASTROUS other the drivers were all the eyes of Mr. Jordan. This stretch "Addition of this recorod for brake ability by stopping men furnished by the factories of tha of road, which goes through a large model makes Oldsmobile dealers the within a space of 4 feet while trav- different cars represented. agricultural country, is in excellent best equipped of them all. When it eling at 10 miles per hour. The test give public Such Action Would Emphasize the ehape. This same class of construc- -- arrives we can the three was officially conducted by the Lib- Ball Bearing Adjustment. tion also continue to Mabton in the Joe Jordan. former Portland newapaer man, and Mrs. Jordan, with their Bnick ear. near picturesque eras; beautiful Oldsmobile cars to choose Necessity of Motors. erty Alotor Car company on a dry sngrebruah water-pow- er heart of the Washington sheep coun- in the mountain and country of Montana. 2 Thompson Kails Mont., one of the sites from, the Oldsmobile four, the Bix and asphalt pavement In Detroit, in ac- Ball bearings must not be adjusted try. on the Pend dOrille river, as seen from the national parka highway. 3 Snow caps In the heart of the the eight, all of them in standard It has been suggested several times cordance with the rules of a similar so that they are too tight or cramped. The newly constructed highway Rockies, near Plains, Mont. open and closed car models." In connection with revenue taxes on test made recently by the Detroit po- A small amount of looseness is neces- west from Mabton has done away Mr. Cohen said conditions in the motor vehicles as a luxury and as lice department. At the police test, sary. When bearings are fitted with with the old bugaboo road over the new east were not nearly as bad as he had emergency war measures to conserve the best record reported was eight adjusting should be big hili and easy grades the sheds, if the snow was not Equipment association will expected to find them. He returned feet, the driver being a representative nuts the nuts first allow the T1SKE HONORS all melted by the time the roads to fully with the Automobile supplies of steel, gasoline and other of factory made tight and then backed off until motorist to tr verse in high without the were open, Dealers' decidedly optimistic as to a revival materials, that the operation of all the which had furnished difficulty. Not much of a compli- sheds it would require association in making the 1921 show In business In the spring, and a real automobiles and motor trucks be pro- the car. the bearings turn freely. Since the 1ES but a few hours to shovel the remain- a big success. 10 While traveling at a speed of 15 bearings are very sensitive to adjust- mentary nature was said of the road ing snow away. revival at that. hibited for a period of a Week or from the top of this hill to a distance "I really expected from all I had days to prove whether or not the miles an hour, the Liberty car, a ment, a slight change in the position rear Goldendale, but it is not the' THREE CARS BEAT ALL FIELD Minimizing Skidding. read and heard," he said, "to find motor vehicle was essential. The stock er touring, carry- of the adjustment nut will make a lot type will compel TOLAXD HEADS TRUCK SALES in a state, but was never was seriously ing one passenger, was able to stop of difference in the adjusting of the that motoring to AUSTRALIA. Don't apply the brakes suddenly business terrible proposal taken in a distance of 12 feet by use of bearing. divert to another route. when driving on a wet pavement. most agreeably disappointed. Of except by the fuel administration, Great View Stir Goldendale. Hare's Motors Announces Appoint- This will cause a skid, especially if course we are navlng a depression, which ordered gasollneless Sundays, the do but it is part of the readjustment pro probably because everyone tacitly An Incident over this stretch is the Second Kelly-Springfie- ld. brakes not take hold evenly. First, and Tlilrd Places ment for If you feel car cess Inevitable to bringing business recognizes the important place filled descent Into a canyon, crossing a the start to skid turn back to normalcy and putting it on by motor transportation. Some bank- Won ly Drivers of Machines Vice-Preside- nt In the steering wheel in the direction of etream at the bottom and ascending Henry Lansdale, ar the skid, a pre-w- basts. ers have been inclined to treat the the other side in plain view of the charge of distribution for Hare's at the same Instant releas- un- in Queensland Races. ing the brakes. re- Loafing automobile and jnotor truck as other road. It is a wonderful sight Motors, Inc., has made public the ap- Better control will Time for Past. essential when dealers ad purchasers and requires care in driving, Jordan pointment of William Q. Toland as sult If the brakes are applied grad- "The big lesson of the present In for loans to finance their said. general truck sales manager. ually. Many drivers lose their heads the automobile business is that sales- have asked far-o- ff new Over- In an emergency purchases, but John G. Lonsdale, Tremendous In Australia the such and feel that men must are At Goldendale, Jordan was directed new Since the announcement that Hare's they realize vacation times president of the National Bank of to go to Lyle and cross the Columbia land recently established a Motors, Inc., had taken over the have done everything possible over, it is no longer a matter of Commerce of St. Louis, has a broader Kelly-Springfie- ld when they have locked there and continue down the high- standard of economy and reliability. Motor Truck com- the brakes. taking orders, as was the case when conception of present-da- y conditions. way to Portland. At Lyle this infor- Three Overlands, the firet driven by pany of Springfield, O., there has been the car shortage was so acute in the Speaking of the effects of a 10-d- ay was also given him as the much interest shown in the plans of Weller Adds to Sales period following the war, but a situa says: Reductions mation a private owner, were entered in the Force. ban on motor vehicles, he best route. Unfortunately these ad- Queensland, Auto one-da- y Hare's Motors for Its truck sales or- tion where the salesman who realizes "The of automobiles for Australia, club ganization. M. R. McKay, former resident of he cars elimination visers were hot thoroughly familiar reliability and economy test on The appointment of a Faulkton, S. D., w.ho that must sell and takes off 10 days would have disastrous results three-inc- h man to head moved to Port- overcoat goes to Is getting with the route and crushed September 25. In the race, which was that organization was land with his family a ago, his and it beyond a mere physical slowing down IN rock had a good feed of rubber be- by large field of logically tie first step and Interest short time as much business today as ever. The In movement of men and commod- contested a other now has joined the sales force of the Wel-l- er the tween the ferry point and Mosier, ac- makes of cars, the three Overlands is centered in Mr. Toland's plans Motor company, real salesman don't quit working. ities. Bank credit, for example, for the development of Kelly-Springfie- ld distributors for "What we need is more faith In up. Foreign exchange cording to Jordan. finished one. two and three, making Westcott and Elgin cars. Mr. McKay the would be frosen From Mosier in to Hood River ihe a clean sweep of the honors in the sales. has general solvency of the country. This would be affected by the inability highway was followed without detour been in the automobile business readjustment period was bound to to make overseas ehipments accord- test. for several years and was the dealer come. was a good thing to trans- USED and paved roads from that point on - In the reliability test the Overlands It for it ing to schedule. Brokerage un-pav- for the Studebaker at Faulkton and were a mighty contrast to the ed finished one, two and three with rec- 1921 AUTO SHOW PLANNED throughout that territory. come. It is here now and will con- actions would decline in volume until mountain roads of Montana. ords of 200 points, 199 and 198. The tinue possibly for some months, but the business world could see its way With the exception of picking up a ton mileage per imperial gallon rec- Contlnued From First Pape.l the basic elements of prosperity are out of the tangle. tack, causing a tire, not a bit 68.39 tors In 1901 England wrote for the first so evident that it is absolutely ridicu- "it is not stating matters too flat ords established were for the of the Automotive Equipment time the modern fire, thief and public lous of say AUTOMOBILES of trouble was encountered during winning Overland, 48.02 for the Over- Manufacturers and Distributors' as- to think having really hard strongly,, in fact, to that genera! the entire trip and Jordan is loud In place, liability Insurance on commercial ve- times. business chaos would be In evidence, which finished in second ay land sociation last week at quarters in the hicles. over-abundan- ce 10-d- period. his praise In the performance of the and 43 for the Overland that carried "An of prosperity not only during the Buick. The trip was made in five Pittock block. It was decided to off third honors. make extensive displays and exhib- Real Savings to You days and four nights, traveling leis- The actual mileage per Imperial ft 1921 urely and stopping at hotels every gallon of gas established by the win- its the automobile show. 6 The board is composed of J. E. Regular Sale night by o'clock. 42 hi to gal- vice-preside- ning Overland. miles the Harley, president; P. Hager, nt lon, set a mark that approached the E. Price Price Savinjr Australia, especially In and treasurer; C S. Piper, BIG YEAR AHEAD FOR CTCLIXG sensational in secretary; J. M. Tuttle, W. H. Barnes, Paige, 1917 Light Six. . . .$ 950 633 $315 view of the fact that the car was F. W. R. Freer aad F, W. Robbins, driven by lt owner. Tha Overlands directors. Paige, 1918Light Six... . 1200 785 415 Thirteen National Championship which finished In second and third 1- While in the opinion of the acces- 39 3 and 35 -8 JPaige, Six. . , . 1350 990 360 Motorcycle Meets Planned. nlaces delivered gas. sory men the .balcony rooms of the 1918Light 'miles to the imperial gallon of auditorium are not of the proportion Taige, 1917 Big Six . 1100 693 405 There will he IS national motor- News of the big Australia victory to hold all they would like to display, HO? WE HELP cycle championship race meets in 1921 was contained in a cable received at they expect to out unique feat- Chevrolet, 191& ss. . . 500 295 205 if the plans made by the "M. and A. Willys Overland company offices work the ures for this part of the show. This is the way we line up: ss T. A." mpetitlon committee at a re- a few days ago from F. Z. Eager, the it Chandler, 1917 . . , . 1200 765. 435 f In Chicago Sydney, Aus- Definite plans have not yet been cent meeting are carried Overland distributor at ss. o made to submit to members and oth- First Service. 1915 . . . 475 250 225 to a successful conclusion. Twenty-tw- tralia. er accessory dealers and distributors, Mitchell, national championships will be but these are expected to be com- Second Advice . 700 390 310 decided at these meets, of which 11 ROAD OX SSOWSHEDS PLAN pleted the early part of this week. are in the 61 cubic inch solo class, six Allotment of space will then be Third Battery Sales in the 81 cubic inch sidecar class and one Many Others to Choose From the remaining five in the 30.60 cubic Expert Urges, Unique Construction of the first matters for atten- "Service" is, and always will be, our job 365 days inch Bolo class. tion, and Judging from the inquiries The committee has selected Over Sierra Nevada. already received the balcony rooms CWfflgrctJ in the year, but we're on the job any time to show tracks will be well filled. The Automotive you a Still Better Willard Battery with Threaded and tentative dates for the meets. The An authority on mountain road Never again will we offer such bargains because we distances will be: One, two, five, 10. building suggest the reconstruction Rubber Insulation the kind selected by 163 manu- positively closing every we own 25. 50, 100. 200 and 300 miles. These passenger motor are out used car and meets will be contested by the pre- of the wooden snowsheds of the facturers of cars and trucks. at a tremendous sacrifice. Look at the prices and mier motorcycle racing stars of the Southern Pacific railroad through the world. Total minimum prize money Sierra Nevada mountains, building compare the values. Every car in fine condition and $11,950 them of concrete and utilizing the top . has been fixed at but as there HARPER-BUR- G, guaranteed to be just as represented. We guarantee ;' will be additional races at most of for a paved highway over the moun- Inc. the meets the actual prize money for tains, says Motor Life. the regular price above quoted to be the true value of the entire 13 meets will total nearer The Southern Pacific has about 35 WILLARD BATTERY SERVICE the cars listed, and the difference between these $15,000. The 200-mi- le International miles of wooden snowsheds over the Sierras. These are diffi- prices and the sale prices represents the actual loss 1 road championship will be raced on crest tif the NINTH AND EVERETT the famous Elgin course near Chi- cult to maintain owing to the fire to our company and your saving. Every car plainly cago. All races for 30.60 cubic inch menace in the dry season. It is prtf-pos- tagged and ready to demonstrate. machines will be held on half-mi- le to build them of concrete in 61 to tracks. All cubic inch events for order eliminate all maintenance. Sub-Agen- distances under 60 miles will be raced On the top of these sheds, or con- Branches and ts on one mile The 100-mi- le tinuous shed, the road authority dirt tracks. TTXION event will be run on the two-mi- le would have a highway, which would AVE. TIRE A BATTERY STATIOX, dirt speedway at Dodge City, be a much easier grade than the road Union Ave. nnd Sacrament, & inc. Kan. Other long distance events will now used over the mountains, as it COOK GILL CO., be held on board speedways at various would be of the railroad grade. The ST. JOHNS ACTO ELEC. SERVICE, points. warmth from the snowsheds, he eays, St. Johns. Broadway 3281 11th and Burnside The competition committee is look- would prevent rain and snow from WAT STATION NO. 3, ing forward to a season of racing even freezing on the eheds and would William L. Haghsbn Co. C. E. OSBCRN CO, G. E. niXGLE. OPEN SUNDAY more strenuous than that just passed, keep them clear most of the year. 1. Broadwar Davte St, E. 17tU i Burnatde Sts. Gresham, Or. Rainier, Or. which was the biggest in the history In the spring, months of work are SB BELHONT sport. required get open. BrMlnr BATTERY STATION, COPELAND AUTO CO, CLATSKASIE AUTO CO, of the to the road With Belmont and Grauid, St. Helens, Or.. Clatskanle, Or.