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The San Francisco call., 1909-06-13

A most remarkable and unprecedented
sale OF automobiles is revealed by an
Investigation of
of Bucks bile company. dis
= : tributors for Cali
fornia of Buick automobiles. establish
Ing record for popularity. of which
every one concerned may feel justly
proud.
For the three months ending May 81
9Os Buick automobiles were actually
delivered. By an unusual coincidence the
months OF March and April produced
precisely the same number of deliv-
cries, 80 each, and during the month OF
May III automobiles were delivered.
With reference to this business How
ard said yesterday: Notwithstanding
our heavy receipts and deliveries OF 09
Buick models. we are not yet entirely
up with our orders, and leave tomor-
row morning for my fourth trip this
season to the Buick factory at Flint.
Mich, and If my efforts are successful
in further increasing our shipments
our deliveries for June will materially
exceed even those for May"
A carload of SpeedwelI cars was re-
ceived Friday by Manager L V. Lynch
of the Speedwen
speedweIIs Here motor car COM
and Gone pany Of California
s All but one of the
cars were sold and
the one was not on the floor of the
salesroom a half an hour before II
was sold and delivered to G. w. Pratt
of Lompoc. Pratt took the car of OF
the salesroom floor and Immediately
drove 1t home. Another carload OF
Speedwells will be in this week and
another within 10 days. The larger
number of these are sold. The short
time the cars have been on the market
they have made many friends.
Norman de Vaux of the Auburn
motor car company states that he has
sold and delivered
Have Purchased an A u burn &c
Auburn Car. horsepower four
-----.. cylinder tourine
car to ]. W. San
ford of Oakland, a "a horsepower two
cylinder roadster to S. H. Horn and a
80 horsepower four cylinder touring
car to Charles H. Cook.
The San Francisco call., 1909-06-13

ACCUSED OF FoReERY-w. NJ Thompson
Of S. y. Wood & Co. obtained warrant from
Police Judge ConIan yesterday for the arrest Of
Earl B. Willis for forging the name Of James
Wills June TO a check for So drawn on the
Swedsh-American bank.
The San Francisco call., 1909-06-13
I Good Roads
! North
NorEs oF TRE AUTO

In 1898 there were not more than
zoo automobiles made and put into
use in the United states. IN 1903 the
total number Of automobiles made and
sold in the United States will approx
innate $4,000.
The horsepower OF which the average
automobile produced this year is capa-
bic is about 90, the $4,000 machines
making an aggregate of l,640.000
horsepower. At the beginning Of this
year there were IN use in the United
States over $4,000 automobiles, capa-
BILE Of close to 100000 horsepower.
Robert Russ Monday purchased Of
the Frank o. Renstrom company top
tonneau Pullman automobile. The
same firm also sold a Pullman touring
car to Robert Christie.
The Touring club Of France has OBJ
tanned a subsidy of $4,000 toward the
construction of what viii be the high
est road in Europe open to motorists
The road will unite Thonon and Nice
and pass over some of the most pic
turesque portions OF the Alps. reaching
an altitude of more than 5000 feet
The San Francisco call., 1909-06-13

The Portland. Ore. automobile club
has purchased 25 acres of ground at a
cost of S25.000, on which it will erect
a bungalow.
The San Francisco call., 1909-06-13

An express company in New York
city which replaced So horse drawn
wagons with 40 electric trucks, has
found that the net saving on delivery
costs for the first year of the service
amounted to S35,771.93.
The San Francisco call., 1909-06-13

George c. Allen of Chico. a popular
auto dealer has been in town the last
week. He took in the tiremen's picnic
yesterday.
The San Francisco call., 1909-06-13

Cuyler Lee reports the sale and de-
livery of a 80 horsepower Cadillac
touring car to j. A. Pardee of Susan
vile. Pardee drove the car home on
Friday.
The San Francisco call., 1909-06-13
BERT DINGLFY
wins BIG RACE
Captures the HOnOrs in Annual
Road Contest at
Portland
Murray Page Enters Protest
Against the Driving of
Charles Arnold

PORTLAND, June l2.-Thirty thou
sand persons witnessed the Portland
automobile clubs races over the base
line course near this city this afternon
and saw Bert DingIey Of Merced, Cal,
win the big race. the 1922 mile event
and the Wemme cup in 1:44:1S. almost
mile a minute clip. Dingley made
magnificent race. driving consistently
from start to finish
In the race for Sc, GEO cars Charles
Arnold Of New York. in a Pope-Hart-
ford, won, driving the 43S miles in
z5.53
Howard Covey Of Portland repeated
his performance of last year in the
race Of $500 cars by again winning
this event in a Cadillac. His time for
the zS.s miles was 47:0S.
Several protests have been filed with
the referee. the most serious being that
Of Murray Page, driving a Locomobile,
who charged that he had been persist
emily iOckeyed by William Wallace in
Z the Wemme cup race. Pages protest
viii be heard by the racing board Of
the automobile club next week. He
claimed that he would have won the
big event had he not been fouled by
Wallace.
No serious accident occurred during
the day Minor mishaps put number
Of machines out of the running IN each
event
From early this morning a continu-
Gus stream OF electric trains travelled
with their human burden TO the course,
while from 10 O'Clock a. m. on there
was q regular procession Of automo-
biles scurrying 70 the track 10 obtain
vantage points.
The dav was perfect and the road IN
prime condition. BY order OF the
county court and by common consent
county roads which made up the course
were turned over 10 the racers for the
DAY and We're perfectly patroued, the
usual heavy traffic over them being
either diverted or entirely suspended
The races started at l-l5 o'clock p m
The first event was the class race
No. & Cadillac. driven by Coyey- won
second. No. :. Chalmers driven by
DinEIey. Time 50 minutes seconds
No other cars finished.
The starters were; ]. Buick, Gill;
.. StOddard- Dayton, Bell; 4, Cadillac,
Covey: 6, Auburn, Murray; 2. Chalmers,
Dingley; S, Auburn, Cohen.
The class 3 event was won by
Charles Arnold. with Bert Dingley in
a Chalmers second and Christofferson
third. The starters were:
Stoddard-D Dayton. ChristoIerson; stu
debak ker. Parker; White, Wallace;
pe-Hartford Seyfred; Chalmers,
DingIey: Oldsmohile-
The last race was the class A, open
70 cars Of any price The race was
won by car No 6. Chalmers-Detrol
DfnrIev: car No Il. Stoddard- Dayton,
Cbristonerson. second. 44:31; car'No- 2,
Iocomobile, Page, three. Time, 1-5l;95.
The starters Were: Auburn, Murray;
T.ocomobiIe. Page; Franklin, Meclemi
White Dundee: Chalmers Detroit
DfngIey. Studebaker. Parker; Auburn,
Cohen; Pope-Hartford, Nalace' Cnal-
.-,s~s-nefroft. Arnold: Oldsmobile. Har-
-ison- Iocomobile, Peterson; Franklin,
r+ar,Ffn: STANDARDIZATION Christofter-
son. Cadillac. COvey; Studebaker, Vel
rrurh: White, Seyfred-
The San Francisco call., 1909-06-13

NTatch the CLASSIFIED ads for bar
gatls in lodging houses and business
chances. A good paving business IS
wise investment The Call adyertises
the best buys in the city.
The San Francisco call., 1909-06-13

The Chicago motor club has set
August for its fourth annual hill
climb on the Algonquin. ILL.,, hill.
The San Francisco call., 1909-06-13
HARRISON DID NOT
DRIVE CAR IN RACE
Telegraphs That Machine Was
Not in Shape for Com
test at Portland

HI. o. Harrison. the noted automobile
driver of Los Angeles and head of the
company that has the exclusive agency
for the Peerless cars for California,
who went to Portland to drive a car
in the race. wired yesterday to W. F.
Macdonald that he would not drive.
as the car he was going to handle was
not In shape. and that if IL went into
the contest it would be handled by
some one else. Macdonald, who is in
charge of the local office, reports the
sale of 80 horsepower four cylinder
Peerless touring car to c. A. Thayer OF
San Rafael and a 1910 so horsepower
six cylinder toy tonneau to Walter
Heyneman.
A late report from the east shows
an alarmingly low percentage of good
f1-- States. Although
Tnited teas state. the United States
- things it is up to
the present time sadly lacking in one
OF the great essentials of a well ball
anced country. The following is the
The San Francisco call., 1909-06-13
sfDexiI-Car"
vs.. "SkedaddIe"

Alfred J. Emo. the owner of the Devil
rar" the automobile propelled by
steam and drawn by a giant manikin,
70 race. Partington viii drive the
s.SkedaddTe" which he claims is the
first automobile ever made IN TINS
in 1854. The .'Skedaddle" is said to
resemble a hayrick with an old fash
ioned upright boiler in the rear, and
Is now owned by q farmer living near
NTineoia. II is geared so high that il
rushes of like streak and viii not
The San Francisco call., 1909-06-13

A p. Partington Of the Long Island
motor parkway. and chairman Of the
The San Francisco call., 1909-06-13

George E. Johnson, coast manager of
the Fisk rubber company, returned to
The San Francisco call., 1909-06-13
Good AutO
suggestion

susEe.tion ser. wR9 5,5asS5es9 SFRyg
EMF pathfinder over the Gldden tour
Some provision should be made to
rerr7ir cars participating in the Gid
den tour being washed every higAl' VI
ar least twice week
"Tt is shame 10 SUBJECT any
niece of mechanism 10 such treat
uent as g car gets when II must carry
fron7 Sav 10 day the dried and cakeQ
mud and sand that mas accuil u q Itlsse ste.,
Besides II defeats the real purpose
~ such 2 tour the object OF Whlch IS
10 test the mechanism under severe
touring conditions Any sane ma .i
81 an must not only be kept Wen
ofIed in every moving part but scrNpu u : :
lously clean as We'll The OBJECT o. OF
cleanliness, of course IS 10 permit "a
xamiuation and Oiling -
an past tours, no provision lot
washing has been made IN 1act, the
cars are taken out OF the hands OF
drivers at night and only permltteo 70
have the tanks hlled before sLaE ing <
To attempt 10 wash car Noulo De -
lose the rating. Now under these coz coz
5fffons the best car IN the contes1
.~fgh+ frequently has been. ueIeateo q
Nv one Of inferior quality. " hen saho
md grit has been permitted 70 aS-
.r-lr77uIete on the chassis, II IS slnlPl9
: T9afrer Of accident If some paruc9e
end their way to a vital point ana
fhough this point may pe more Cate-
ofber the better one is just as lkely
- s7lffer. Not once in a hundred tunes
vsll the same splash OF grit laoen
-s-srer strike two cars in the same spot
nor the same jolt send the destroying
and 40 the same vital part.
y On the 1903 tour, which is LOU
miles longer than any previous one
there win be is DAYS during which
under present rules, no driver can give
ais car rational treatment--can not
even wash IL. When you remember
rbat the pathfinder carried, by actual
weight 100 pounds Of mud when we
arrived al MankatO. Minnesota: that
rhat mud was Of the gumbO kind
which can not be washed OF, but must
he cut of with sharpened sticks OF
other tools. and that il wouldn't sha ke
off in several days running and then
onfv in spots. it viii be seen that a
caravan of cars subjected 70 such abuse
Svoufd prove little as 10 their real
touring quality under average cOndl-
lions OF course. It viii be said thai
The mud viii not be so bad in July
we an hope so. But there's nothing
certain about that. And il is certain
that a good rain on the previous day
WOULD make the gumbo s sticky as
II was in April when we walloweo
through Minnesota and Iowa.
The San Francisco call., 1909-06-13

The arrangements for the tour of the
Tourists are being made with an eye TO
"a
The San Francisco call., 1909-06-13
Tour of
the Tourists

Rene j. Marx, local manager of the
Renault selling branch, has returned
. I a Il
The San Francisco call., 1909-06-13

An important suggestion. which
might be considered with good resulls
The San Francisco call., 1909-06-13

sion Of the Queens
boro bridge cele-
bration, has issued
rna11puo-o Il
The San Francisco call., 1909-06-13
New Owners
of AufOcars

ster: Colonel G. L. Anderson a 80
horsepower four cylinder touring car,
and Ray Tharpe of Merced 80 horse
power roadster.
The San Francisco call., 1909-06-13

A most remarkable and unprecedented
sale OF automobiles is revealed by an
The San Francisco call., 1909-06-13
Good Sales of
Fisk Tires

Angeles, where he is to meet the
president of the Fisk rubber company.
Johnson reported very successful trip
up north having changed over dozen
cars to Fisk demountable rims while
away. Fisk will return north on June
20 with President Dunn.
The San Francisco call., 1909-06-13

Walter c. Morris, local agent of the
Autocar, reports the sale and delivery
The San Francisco call., 1909-06-13

A late report from the east shows
an alarmingly low percentage of good
The San Francisco call., 1909-06-13

Norman de Vaux of the Auburn
motor car company states that he has
The San Francisco call., 1909-06-13

Have Purchased
Auburn Cars
The San Francisco call., 1909-06-13

ford of Oakland. a
cylinder roadster tC
so horsepower fou
car to Charles H. c
The San Francisco call., 1909-06-13
Good Work of
Thomas Flyers

Roads throughout Butte county are
in splendid shape, according TO James
The San Francisco call., 1909-06-13
Poor Roads In
United States

or the great essentials OF a well ball
anced country. The following is the
The San Francisco call., 1909-06-13
Renault Taxi
cabs Popular

Portland company. Marx remained In
the north until the service was estab-
Iished. The first day the six cabs We're
in town they earned $40 apiece: Marx
also reports that another carload of
taxicabs for the local company will be
received this week along with one
ton truck, which has already been sold.
The San Francisco call., 1909-06-13

Women autoists, that is those who
drive their own cars, are exceedingly
The San Francisco call., 1909-06-13

The following telegram, dated Cobre.
New. June 10, has been received by the
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-07-26
DEVOTION OF WIFE OF
HARTMAN LIEUTENANT

San Francisco, July ga pretty
story of wifely devotion was brought
10 light today when IT became known
that Mrs. f. r. Calvin, wife of the
vice. president and general manager
of the Southern Pacific. nursed her
husband back to health after an op-
Grafton for appendicitis performed
July 4th, while she was suffering from
the same disease, and so i'll that she
at times was hardly able to come to
his bedside. Her forced smiles and
cheerful words assisted materially in
bringing about the rapid recovery.
Finally when the doctors ordered Mrs.
Calvin to undergo an appendicitis op-
Grafton she was scarcely able to
walk. She entered the sick room and
told her husband that she was going
to Los Angeles for her health. In
stead she went to the hospital where
the operation was performed and now
the husband visits his wife daily.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-07-26
TRY TO TRACE PISTOL
THAT KILLED SUTTON

Annapolis, July 26.-Pursuant with
a promise to recall every witness in
the inquiry into the death of Lieut.
James Sutton, of oregon, Attorney
Davis, representing the officers moth
er, today examined Lieut.. Osterman in
an effort to learn whether he had
handed pistol to Sergeant DeHart
on the night Of the tragedy. Oster-
man denied that he gave the gun. At
torney Davis action is the result OF
DeHart's testimony in which he de-
clared that he came to the marine
naval academy in a drunken condition
on the night that Sutton died. He
said he had a hazy recollection of
someone handing him a gun. When
Davis heard this he declared he would
call every man connected with the
fracas preceding the alleged suicide to
learn If the Seargant's story was cor
rect.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-07-26

Portland, July 26.-That Mrs. Kate
Collins, who shot and killed her hus-
band. DIR. r. A. NJ. Collins, in her
home Saturday morning, was hope
lessly insane and mentally unsound at
various times in the past twenty years
is the contention of her counsel,
Judge p. l.. Willis.
He declared she would be brought
before the county court Thursday,
when an application will be made for
her commitment to the asylum at Sa-
lem. He says it will be entirely use
less to try her on charge of muir
der.
He asserts she can get evidence to
show that if she did kill her husband
1t was the act of a maniac.
Mrs. Collins is still at the Noun
tain View sanitarium, where she is
under guard of a policeman who is
to prevent her suicide.
Yesterday she wrapped towel
around her neck and tried to stran
gle herself. This is the fourth at
tempt she has made to kill herself
since she was arrested.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-07-26
MORE LITIGATION
IN THE WEST END
INDICATIONS THAT WHOLE
SECTION WILL BE INVOLVED
Three Water Right Injunction Suits
Have Been Filed in Two Weeks
Last Injunction Is Filed by Henri
eietta Milling Company Against
Joseph Cuhna, the Stocizman.

1t was prophesied several days ago
that the whole west end of the Una
river would soon be involved in liti-
CATION and from appearances the
prophesy is about to be brought to
pass. For the third time within two
weeks, an injunction suit was filed
this morning and hole has been torn
in the third dam to comply with the
instructions of the court. 1t would
seem that the inevitable result will be
general litigation which will settle
once and for all the question of water
rights among the users of water in
the west end of the river.
The suit filed this morning was by
the Henrietta Milling company against
Joseph Cuhna, the well-known sheep
man, who has a ranch near Echo. 1t
was alleged that Cunha had construct
ed a dam and was wrongfully divert
ing waters from the ditch of the
Henrietta milling company. Cunha,
it will be remembered, was one of the
men who last week enjoined the mill
company from maintaining a dam
across the river.
Sheriff Taylor went to Echo this
morning to serve papers on Cuhna
and it is believed that he has already
complied with the order of the court
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-07-26

Washington, July 26.-President,
Taft is standing pat today for free
hides and determined to win his point
"There is no change in the tariff
situation" declared Senator Bris-
tow today.
"The president is where he was
yesterday" said Frank Carpenter,
President Taft's secretary.
The remarks sum up the whole
situation.
The house insurgents favoring the
free admission Of raw material held
a meeting today and decided to send
a committee to Representative Payne
to urge that he support their stand.
Worked All Day Sunday.
Sunday brought no cessation Of
President Tariffs activities. His con-
ference with house and senate lead
ers covered practically the entire day.
The president frankly admitted to
some of his callers yesterday that the
situation was not all that he desired
but expressed the hope that another
"a hours would straighten out the
tangle and that the report of the con-
ferees would be presented in the
house on Tuesday next. It is also
hoped at the White House that con-
gress may adjourn by the last Of the
week.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-07-26
JOHN KINDS KILLED
IN DRUNKEN QUARREL

Durkee. tJuly 26-At II o'clock Sat-
urday John Kinds was shot and killed
by man named Jake Howard who
has been employed as a ranch hand for
the past two months on Albert Hind
mans ranch at Durkee. The shoot
ing occurred over some names that
Howard is supposed to have called
Albert Hindman and his son Claude.
The statement supposed to have been
made by Howard was settled as be-
tween Mr.. Hindman, his son and
Howard, when Kinds pulled a gun
from his shirt at the same time stat
ing he guessed he would kill How
ard, at which Claud Hindman grabb-
eG Kinds gun and led him through
the door. Upon reaching the door
Howard shot Kinds three times in
the left arm, the mouth and through
the chest. Kinds died in about five
minutes.
Mr., Hindman had narrow escape
as one of the bullets just grazed his
finger as he was holding Kinds.
Kinds leaves a daughter of sixteen
years Of age, who is living with his
father and mother, who own a large
distillery somewhere in Tennessee.
Howard is about % years of age, is
unmarried and his people are said to
live in Indiana.
Howard made no attempt to escape,
but went to the hotel and turned his
gun over when called upon to do so
by one of the boys. The trouble oc-
Cured in Livingston Bros. saloon
where both prisoner and dead man
are now held awaiting the coroner.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-07-26
ROCKEFELLER GIVES FREE
ADVICE TO SUNDAY SCHOOL

Cleveland, July 26.-As an after
meeting speaker, John d. Rockefell-
er is a decided success, in the opinion
Of those who heard him address the
Sunday school class yesterday at the
Euclid Avenue Baptist church.
He said: 81 find every day in my
own experience l have to learn over
and over again the things 1 thought
| long ago had mastered. I am con
tinually confronted with the picture
of how different life and affairs
would be if only at the proper mo-
ment we could remember the truths
once learned. DR.. Bustard and I are
attending a little school of our owr.
We are taking lessons in golf. Every
day we promise our teacher that we
will be good boys, nor do we fotget.'
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-07-26

Walla Walla, July 26.-The burning
OF the Farmers rooming house in
Waitsburg early yesterday morning re-
suited in the death OF three men, two
identified and one unknown, and in
the narrow escapes of several others
who were in the building.
The dead are:
GEORGE BURKHARDT, a German
from Redmond, Oregon.
JOHN FRY, of Cottage Grove, Ore
gon.
AN UNKNOWN MAN about 80
years Of age, with brown hair, 5 feet
and II inches tall, weight about $50
pounds.
A man and his wife whose names
are not known here had miraculous
escape from the second floor. The
wife OF this man proved the heroine
os the tragedy and saved her husbands
life from the angry flames The hus-
band, who Is helpless from an attack
of rheumatism, was thrown through
the second story window by his wife.
had thus disposed of her helpless
helpmate she remained in the room to
get out some articles OF clothing. In
the meantime the window dropped
down and It was with difficulty she
lifted It again. BY this time the
flames were so hot and close she
jumped to the ground beside her hus-
band and dragged him through the
narrow alley to safety. They were
soantly clad but were soon supplied
with the necessary clothing. They
saved none of their clothing.
All of the dead could have escaped
death had they been awakened in
time. II is supposed by the authori-
ties they never awoke and were over
come by the heat and smoke and
burned to death in bed.
Coroner MacMartin visited the
scene of the tragedy yesterday and
ordered the remains of the dead men
buried
The harness shop of G.. w. shuman
was also destroyed. The entire loss
by fire will be $4,000. No reasonable
theory has so far been advanced as
to how the fire originated. The vol
unteer fire department did good work
in saving other buildings. This is said
TO be one of the worst fires Waitsburg
has had in years.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-07-26
MAN DROWNED IN
TRYING TO RESCUE OTHERS.

Seattle, July 26.-Lake Washing
ton is being dragged in the vicinity
of Madison park for the body of Jes-
Sc w. Bissett of Hillman City, who
lost his life yesterday while attempt
ing to aid young woman whom he
thought to be in danger. Seeing the
young woman on a raft pushing from
the shore, Bissett thought she needed
help and started in canoe, but be-
fore he reached the raft a squall
came up and overturned the canoe
and the boy was drowned.