The San Francisco call., 1910-08-20

suggests itself as being highly feast
bic. San Francisco to San Jose and re-
turn would make a likely days run.
Let each car be loaded to its rated ca
pacity and then a strict account should
be made OF reliability, combined with
economy of running cost as compared
with work done. AS agent for the
Chase motor wagon, | would gladly
welcome and enter such a contest"
In speaking of the output of the
three factories which he represents S.
G. Chapman, who
Chapman Back has just returned
From Factories from a visit east
found unusual ac-
tivity in all the plants visited. The
Hupp motor car company was espe
cially busy and in spite of the reputed
general qufetness of this season in the
automobile business was still behind
the demand with its supply of motor
cars. The first of the new 1911 coupes
has just been built and are sure to be
an important addition TO the Hupp out
put. They are inside drive, with drop
seat, making them three passenger ma
chimes. and have plateglass drop win
dows identical to those of a limousine.
The regular conventional car remains
other addition that Will be put in the
next 80 days is a torpedo body machine
that, according to preliminary design
should be a sensational feature in the
coming seasons automobile develop
ments. At the Oakland plant I found
them sending out from 20 to 80 cars
full blast. Agents were in from all
over the country renewing contracts
and making arrangements for new al
the scene of great activity. A large
distributing system is being built up
for this car, three big. agencies being
plant Word received from owners
everywhere predicted splendid repu-
tation for this machine"
Some remarkable records for large
mileage have been madet on Diamond
tires. Here are
Big ON lsass Diamond. s 6aVs bss sent m'fo 70
- G.. E. MathewSon
Pacific coast man
ager of the Diamond rubber company,
from the home office, which have been
carefully kept by a number of Lozier
owners, showing the following mile
and 1890 miles; rear tires, $500, 1000.
5000 and 5000. Mileage for one set of
tires, $500. $500 (without puncture);
changed). 5000 zone tire changed),
5000 Qandau1eD.
Dr. Cressy L. Wilbur a prominent
physician and statistician, in speaking
of the liabilities of
Auto Not s ID den accidents
Life Destroyer strdnd snd deaths a ttio,a in -
Gently published
writes: THE automobile is the greatest
surprise of the whole list, for in the
course of a year you are twice as likely
to be killed by sunstroke or heat
stroke, two and a half times as liable
to be shot to death and more than four
times as liable to be poisoned to death
as to be killed by automobile, COM
pared to which as an engine of death
the trolley car is more than four times
and the horse drawn vehicle nearly five
times as fatal. But, of course, this
showing results from the fact that in
vast area of the country the automobile
is as yet little used, save by the opu-
lent classes. Yet last year we turned
out $4,000 new automobiles and the rate
of production this year has been much
greater"
A novel motoring diversion in the
shape of new kind of tour has been
for Premiers dianapolis. 1t will
----e be known as the
Tour of Mystery"
Fifty Premier cars, and almost 200 per
sons assembled at a park in Indianapo-
lis recently and only two persons in
tourists were to go: and they would
not tell. The only direction given was
to follow the confetti and this the
motorists did for $50 miles throughout
the day. The path finders selected one
of the quaintest locations in the coun-
try for their destination. 1t was a little
Dutch village, Wnefe the settlers still
wear the wooden shoes and smoke long
clay pipes. The outside world seems
to have been forgotten or never known
in this quiet little village of BatesviIle
Before the cars left Indianapolis in the
morning each passenger was given a
card on which to guess the destination.
the distance, and the schedule of time
which was to be followed, and valuable
prizes of automobile accessories were
awarded to those who came nearest
to the correct answers. Charles LfRaI-
linger drove the confetti car which
was one of the Glidden tour Premiers
The picnic was, of course. an import "a nj
feature of the day, for each party had
to take along their own lunch, and a
stop was made early on the return trip
in a shady grove, for a real old fash
ioned picnic in the modern way Their
mos bottles, ice cream coolers, chaf1ng
dishes, coffee percolators and Similar
equipment were brought into reuuisi-
ton which never were thought of so
years ago when out of town lunches
and drives were so popular The start
caravan broke UP in the heart of the
city.
CHURCHNEN ORGANIZE LEAGUE
The Oakland Church athletic Ieague.
which conducted successful basket
ball tournament last season, has or
ganized again for the approaching sea-
son by electing Frank j. Guilford pres
ident, Reed Robinson vice president,
j. s. Teddy secretary and L. c. Fish
treasurer. Twelve different church or
ganizations are prepared to enter teams
for the coming basket ball champion
ship tournament. which will be started