East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-09-16
COLE CAR MAKES
EXCELLENT RUN
After Journey from Portland to Pen
dieton Through Mt. Hood Trail
Arrives i'm Time to See Final
Scenes of Roundup.


Dust begrimed but happy over the
long, hard ride they had from Port
| land to Pendleton over the Cascades
through the Mt. Hood trail the four
passengers in the big transcontinental
test Cole arrived in Pendleton in
| time to have their machine take part
in the final scenes attending the
fourth annual Pendleton Roundup.
The big grey nosed six cylinder car
drove majestically down Main street
and just for a few minutes the auto
mobile took for itself some of the
| glory of the day, as it seemed to know
that the homage being paid to the
horse was a well deserved one and
that even with its standing in the
transportation world today, the auto
mobile believed the horse should still
have the major honors thrust upon
it.
The Cole party report the roads
from Portland to Pendleton in fair
condition. They seemed to be well
pleased with the trip for 1t gave their
their trip so that the chief engineer.
Charles S. Crawford and their chief
tester, Lew Pettijohn. from the fac
tory. will know just the condition
the Cole has to meet at the hands of
the automobile driver. Fred w. Vog.
Ter the Cole distributor at Portland,
was with the party.
! II Sc tba firot +;p,a
of automobile manufacturing that an
automobile factory has sent it's chief
engineer and chief tester here with
regular car for the purpose of test
ing it in this vicinity and getting ac-
quainted with the conditions that au-
tomobile drivers have to meet.
The grey nosed six cylinder Cole
with. Chief Engineer Charles S. Craw-
ford, Chief Ttester Lew Pettijohn and
Advertising Manager H. c. Bradwield
of the Cole factory, left Indianapolis
July 18th and without any predemi-
tated intention, made the trip to San
Francisco in nine days of actual rum
ming time. reaching San Francisco
the same day as the Indiana Automo.
that left indianapolis July End.
The Indiana tour went to Los An
geles from San Francisco where they
returned home by railroad. The Cole
test car is making the eastern trip
overland up the Pacific coast and
east over the northwest trail in an
effort to get data for the many Cole
ha
transcontinental tourists.
The Cole party reports the roads
over which they traversed as being
in good condition. In many places
they bring reports of added improve
ments under way and appropriations
available to fix up certain sections.
Advertising Manager II. C. Brad
field declares that coming west via
the transcontinental highway through
Iowa, Nebraska. and Wyoming to Salt
Lake City, and the Overland trail
from there to San Francisco is an
ideal way for pleasure touring and
that the route he Is now going over is
the way to go east
The test trip is made as a result OF
the recent western visit of ] j. Cole,
president of the Cole Motor Car COM
pany. The Cole continually have en-
gineer test cars on the road. but like
other factories they have not sent
these cars out in the west to see what
the motor car driver has to contend
with. 1t was President Coles idea
that his chief engineer and chief test
pr N RI oh OH %
experiment under the most trying or
deals
And now after coming west to San
Francisco and up the coast, Chief En-.
gineer Crawford declares that 1t Is
nothing to make a transcontinental
tour, that the days of getting honor
for 1t are passed and that 1t Is one
of the most pleasant and healthful va
cations that a motor car owner can
take with his family or party Of
friends. He declres that the road
conditions are good, that the drive
should be taken averaging about IS
miles an hour and only driving be-
tween sunrise and sunset to get real
pleasure.
One important fact determined by
the test TRIP OF vital Importance to
tourists is in the different grades of
gasoline obtainable along the road.
Gasoline of high grade down to raw
distillate is being secured and the
party reports no noticeable effect
whatever on the adjustment of the
carburetor or the efficiency of the
motor. Gasoline consumption Is no.
ticeably low, due to special hot wa
! ter jacketed intake manifold