The San Francisco call., 1910-09-06
MANY new TYPES
FOR new SEASON
Automobiles VIII Have Wide
Variety of Body Designs
to Choose From
By r. R. L'HOMMEDIEU

Confusion and CONSERVATION often
come to the automobilist, and the
sources of these overwhelming feelings
are numerous and varied, but probably
the greatest source is the names of the
dlHerent models. 1t has been easy for
every one to understand and pick out
the runabout, the roadster and the
touring cars, but when during the last
lew months, with the coming of the
new models for 1911, and the later
ones of 1910, the enthusiast has been
assaulted with such terms as .'hiker,"
naturally ones mind turns to a car
with sturdy, enduring propensities !;
'dreadnought, stanch and fearless !;
limited or vestibuled." elegant and
ref1ned to the extreme as of the parlor
boat" shaped like the speedsters of
the waters. Now comes the most con-
fusing, and q great big question mark
"Aushsided. foredoor,' "foredore.S
'frontdoor' or "fourdoor.' Who shall
say what 1T is?
Experiments made by cadets of the
Northwestern military academy with
rapid fire guns mounted on motorcars
have demonstrated, according to Major
Davidson, in charge, that mot only is
the automobile a ready and effective
means of keeping In touch with NOV
ing aerial craft, where roads are in
normal condition, but the rapidity of
fire is such that military automobiles
must be reckoned with as weapons
against airships and aeroplanes." The
experiments begun at the academy will
be continued throughout the summer
by the war department at the various
army maneuver camps.
H. g. Bemis of Los Angeles, the own
er OF an Auburn car. is touring into
the wilds OF the
Tours Wilds in northwest a q
His Auburn Car royer Rritisb Goy e1oy
lumbia before he
makes his way back home. He
has written that he is having a very
successful and pleasant trip He tells
of visiting Crater Lake in his car.
Arriving at Fort Klamath" he said,
there is steady climb which must
be taken to reach Crater lake, high
In the hills. The road is particularly
good and we sent the Auburn ahead.
We came out on the edge of the Annie
canyon, which has such wonderful rock
walls that they appear to have been
built by hand. We passed the hotel
and headquarters where many auto
mobilists make. the drive, and then
We preferred to drive the Auburn. and
today we entered the road over which
a motor car had never been driven
before We drove to the very edge of
the big extinct crater, and as far as
/ can learn the Auburn is the first
car that has ever made such run. The
something wonderful. The car brought
US here. and that is all there is to it.
1T was necessary to jam on the brakes
rather suddenly today as the road ends
at the edge of steep abyss. The al
most perpendicular walls drop 1000 feet
to the lake below. We are camped un-
der some pines on the very edge of the
crater. Our butter is being cooled in
a snowbank, as the ground is covered
with light fall of snow. Another road
We had quite an experience today
after starting for the lake. Coming
around a turn in the mountain we al
most ran over big black bear. Bruin
was directly in the path of the car. At
first he was disposed to be curious.
opened the exhaust and honked the
horn. That was enough for his bear
ship. He tore away through the thick
brush"
Announcement has Just been made to
the effect that Burton Parker will as
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