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THE CALL'S AUTOMOBILE SECTION
George A. Jones passing the judges at full speed in the" Maxwell hill cli^jU^lumßock^iTheTvin
ners receiving the cups. On the left is E. Lion and on the right Dr. Ri L RigdorL 'behind the cup
are Miss C. Bsron and Mrs. J.C. Brodie t the too women who* took part in th'ej:ohtesU'j^ :; :, , • •V~\;
Autdmobilisis Are Now Barred From
/Ac Yosemite Valley
R. R. l'Hommedieu
No more will the automobilist be
tble to tell of the trying times he had
In going Into and coming out of the
Yosemite valley. Hereafter automo
bilists will not be, permitted to enter
the valley — thus .sayeth Uncle Sam.
This means that the .'federal govern
ment has put an end to the touring of
this gre^,t park ,by drivers of cars.
Major H. C. Benson, Fourteenth cav
alry, acting superintendent of the Yo
fcemite national park, has issued the
following in circular letter form, dated
June 4:
"By direction of the secretary of the
interior, automobiles will not be per
mitted to enter Yosemite." \u25a0
J. W. Leavitt. in discussing the Yo
eemite order yesterday, said:
"I am not surprised. When I was In
the valley I realized that they were not
In the least overjoyed at seeing us.
They* showed about as, much -pleasure
ts must have been displayed by - the
hoble redmen of the forest when the
Srst paleface encroached upon his Yo
*pmite preserves. If there had not
been a law against it we might' have
received a redman's reception. The |
tact of the matter is there are so
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Just Receiving; New Stock of Fine
CARRIAGES
BROUGHAMS
VICTORIAS, TRAPS:
AND'PHAETONS;
Carriage Depi:; ; : Automobile Dept - ;
MARKET and 10th STS. 465 GOLDEN C^JE^AV: ;
\u25a0;' -Two i more carlo<a&outomobiles
just received r Immediate delw- t .
cries 6f the car built
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many old people who are doing the val
ley that it is a little dangerous to have
automobiles cavorting \u25a0'- around 'there.
The elderly tourists' travel^from place
to place on the : backs of horses "and
mules. Generally they are ? afraid of
the horses and mule?, the latter In turn
are afraid of'lhe automobiles, riot. be
ing, on terms *of close , -intimacy, .with
the motor car. ; In consequence, when
i an automobile puts in an appearance
there is something doing. '., Should one
of the four legged -transportation ve
hicles take fright when on the edge of
a precipice, loss of life. might result.
For this reason the federal authorities
cannot be blamed for wanting to pre
serve peace and quiet in the valley.
The . advice to go into the Yosemite
by train still holds good."
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Walter C. White has sent a letter to
the local branch of the White company
explaining the circumstances leading
up to the disbarment of his White
steamers from the Wilkesbarre hill
climbing contest. He writes: N "About
ten days 'before the contest entry
blanks were sent me by the committee
and I decided to enter the free for all.
I shipped my. cars from Cleveland,' ar-
the mm \u25a0:mm®m i :Q^mmmmmsm&;^ .wot.-
riving :with .tKera-on Monday. I met a
member of the committee and, after a
general discussion regarding:! the -test,"
fjlled out the entry blanks and , turned
them over to him.- I jthen went- to -the
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The agency is now located at 442- Golden
"Gate /Avenue; between Polk and\ Larkin
streets, where Mr. V S. ; J. ; 'Levy ; will !be
. pleased [;'at all times^to meet His friends and
; prospective :, purchasers i'/foif a Ailiigh grade V V
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,7-Passenger Touring' Car $4^500^ f. o. b. Factory
The Matheson Co. of Cal.
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J-; 442 Golden Gate Ay. ; Phone Franklin 3025 ;
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Oldsmobile '06, and 2 Renault^
MAUVAIS MOTOR $R#IPAN\J
Mpw»e .Market 3 1 00 Caolden Gate AvenueJ!
hill "and tried out my; cars with, results
which .apparently ! aroused s much local
interest. ;; When ;i returned Uo i myi hotel
, late, in the evening Islearned|that Mr."
'Matheson; \u25a0 who , was^ in^ charge zof
meet, 1 had i tried Ho ; get \u25a0 nic { on •; ttie^ tele
phone.^ Tuesday.- morning;.: when
out for practice/ several people 'told me
that I t was. to be barrei'^These' reports,*
; at j first 5 incredtble, 1 were 2 s^ I persistent
1 that =1 1 finally ' sought out \ the i president
: of ; the' club \u25a0 and i through ; him ;net i Mr.'
Matheson.': Mr. ! i Matheson s told k met that
at a : meeting*of the committee 'held Ton
May 22; i steam i cars \u25a0} had been "; barred
' from competing, with I the gasoline ' cars.* <
; He. said?. that' the committee i found; that
they > could 5 not .; get * manyg entries |? of
gasoline r ears unless'this step .were^tak
en.'; 1 5 asked • why " no announcement ?of
this i'rule :' had been '; made.^or l-why^ -I
'had^not been: notified.? I am still await£
i ing a the 5 answer. The newspapers.lby".
the way, T announce '. that .the , action'! °f
the'cdmmitte had been taken on ' Mon-'
"day,*vMay,-27.-- ' .' '•: ' -'\u25a0
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'' /"When the ofHcial program , appeared
on/ Tuesday i I saw that my gentries ; had
beenicut^ from? the -free" 5 for; all and? in-"
ser ted \ln j a class , for steam; cars,.- wWch
was !not: even ; mentioned' ln the origin.il
entry \u25a0: blanks ' and -which i I • had ;, in* no
Tway . intimated that 1 1 would* enter. *. On
Wednesday my entry fees were ;re^
turned.' • - - " ; ' ; : - ' .. J '
t^'lt \ was announced .that .the meeting
was to be held under ' A. '\u25a0\u25a0A.-' A. rule*, :
which > recognize . no : distinction : as V to
motive power. : In >" face r of .v all these
circumstances, to' say. nothing f of .;'. the
fundamental -principal of sport,' ;'Md|\
the -best win,*, the committee can , urge
In "justification of their : action only, the
stereotyped clause , that; they^^ 'reserved
the ' right ' to 1 reject fall fen tries.' .V In . last
year's 1 climb' over.. the] aameTcourse 'no j
question was '\u25a0: raised \u25a0 regarding \u25a0 the \ ell
giblllty of one i'of Jour 'cars; which; com^ j
peted In i severral \ events ' (our" last : year's'
car was of : much ! less ; power -than "? bur
present • model).V; : It 7 . is '\u25a0 my \ opinion \ that, j
as a '\u25a0- matter^ of. : simple : ; justice, > the
time i which . V scored in ? the ;" time t trial
should { be considered ; as ':\u25a0 my ; perform
ance lin % the?; free c f or ' all '.-: arid > that ; I
; should ,be ; awarded * first - place f in that
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, \ N. I R. Cooper •of the . MotoriCar^ com
pany,,was ;in j town a. ', short time yesterf
day,' v having: Vcome }\u25a0. down '{, from - Sacrar'
mento Ito j bring home ; the ' silver '•\u25a0. trb
phies^iwon - by^jthe s Moon . car ? In "( the
automobile races >; on; Decoration .day.
He returned ; to the ) Capital \ city In * the
afternoon; as , he had . several ; engage
ments with v prospective'^;. buyers," tho
Moon having made an extremely^ favor
able impression' during > the race meet
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:". Fred .'Tlllmann Jr. will leave today In
h|s;Royal;Tourist;ear' with *a; party of
friends I ?for;fAlta,:in: the; Santa" Cruz
mountains. \u25a0' He will return"- Monday
morning. \u25a0:'- • \u25a0 \u25a0;\u25a0••;-'.!
I. Freeman of the 'Aerocar agency left
for the east yesterday ; morning; to look
up his motor car interests. He will be
gone six weeks."' -
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P.; Fuller left yesterday morn
ing ;In ? his ; six -cylinder/ Franklin for St
Helena, to be gone over Sunday. '
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\u25a0 Emmet ; Hayd'en, - with I ii.l B. Golden/
Miss i Rita^Curtis, . James ; Hanrahan and
Mrs.^ Hanrahan.* will ; 'go "\ to | San Jose j to
day.' in i Hayden j and Golden's \u25a0 big leven
passenger. Steams car.
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; ; Tho honor of being the last person"; to
\u25a0 drive \u25a0 an /automobile'; in :s: s the {.Yosemlte
;\u25a0 valley; has-, f alien ?to E.~; M. Mobres/ who
came out onrFriday' in' his Reo touring
>; car.' ; Heihad'-gone Vin-Jby /.way* of Wa-"
, wona" and ' had the of , paying
* %40 % t011.",' Moores " read r, Leavitt's • : de
\u25a0 scription of theCoulterville'road In The
.' Call . and : decided to 1 come home that
way. \u0084-On reaching he "said
that Leavltt was an :at de
scribing • a road." It was not ' a ' road,
he said, but a trail.
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.The ''Automobile club of California . Is
considering the project of giving a: run
:to ..-Del? Monte over July 4. The hotel
representatives ' have '- offered ; a special
rate "' and will ,have * the track put into"
It is a 20. steam horsepower WHITE" runabout, swift as the wind, strong as a loco-
motive, and as \u25a0easy -to >: control as a gentle : horse. . .
;It ; is'a car that any^ladyj xan handle,with the utmost, freedom,, and yet one whose
splendid* power and service will i delight any man who takes pleasure in automobiling. \;
v For-fast long distance \u25a0tquring itis hard to excel: It has ample water and gasoline
facilities,' 34x4 inch tires and all the strength and power and endurance of the touring car.
;In fact, it is a .touring car chassis called upon : to do only, runabout duty. :'...,
Figure it ' out for yourself what this means in the way of : reserve strength and power!
If joufwant^a runabout, get one with some reserve, in "it.
Right here let us tell yoii^ something 'wlu^'may;iibtliave!odrarred'to/y6u:'
A man : who : is buying power plant for purposes which demand a constant stated
horsepower does not buy a plant of that power, but one rated at nearlytwice the power. Then
he runs his plant on half \u25a0load'and gets no end of good wear and sefviceout of it, while if he
had run it 'at^ v fullload it .would soon have required considerable; repairing. . . >
This runabout gives the same reserve power 'that the stationary plant does; the "re-
serve is just the same. \u25a0<
i If you are thinking of a runabout, hereis the car. for you.
{Several bargains to be had \u25a0in' : late models. .We -are offering a limited number of
A I Second Cars
suitable for the rough knockabo^^ work demanded in the city V business life/
TKe White Company
Market* Street* and Van Ness Avenue
Telephone Market 1 705 San Francisco
perfect [condition for, gymkhana games
and automobile -races, v "Besides, there
is ;to^ be' a" barbecue 'at ; Del " Monte ranch
-x°ne .? ."of r the "old .fashioned Spanish i
barbecues. 'The plans -provide for " a
run ! down on .Wednesday, 'July^3. games
on§ the - 4th, ; a" ; barbecue sth, the ;
17 ? mile ; drive on the 6th and the re turn
home *on • Sunday,; July', .l.'ij This will af
ford an elaborate ; outing .for,, the auto
mobllists.;iOne.ofithe members of the
board of directors 'of the club : said • last
nighti^pipjpsn^HPQpp ":\u25a0-•\u25a0
•;vit:ls probable that ;the club will go
to Del Monte over the'jthl .. A decision
will be reached »at a meeting to be held
early ' next .week- .%This i. will be merely
a, formality, l^ as -niost r of the members
have ; already . declared In"; favor of the
run."
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,- President R. P P. Schwerin is expected
to}be in the xityi this week. L' The mem- I
bers : of the {'committee that \u25a0 is . handling
the '^boulevard -are », waiting i for his re
| turn .to make a definite statement con
; cerning the work done on the highway.
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IH.1 H. ;S. ; Demlng ;of Santa Criiz came
: up to •- the city on 7 ; Friday in his White
; seven-, passenger : steam Pullman. He
reported the roads o\-er the - mountains
, to be in the .best of condition. \u25a0
.C.A. Hawkins, the general wesßern
manager .of • the -White . Company, will
: leave ; for) Chicago and f the ? far east in
: a few days.'?; He, will visit. the branches
! in ; Seattle, Portland,' Spokane and Buttc ,
on the way. v " "• - . '
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. : .W. \u25a0\u25a0 H.": GebVge will tour to : Martinez
today; in -his Studebaker.; From that
place he will' start on a serie? of short
runs' through Contra Costa county.
|ii On*. ;Of ;th'e- handsomest automobiles
iiuLi has-been "ordered this year .will
fc« f»r Mrs.jA- Pissls. She has instructed
the-' Pioneer ;• automobile ; : company. t->
' deliver.to'herJa 60 horsepower. Thomas
flier ; limousine car. Among the strik
: ing* features iof this carfare: The
limousine 7; will ' seat five > persons,
extra, seat , to ., be; supplied, -which will
fold Into"' the' 1 upholstering; the ; interior
\u25a0 to~ be '{, finished ' In • maroon cloth; foot
pads,^: pillows and robes 'of the same
kind \ of cloth used In the. interior, with
monogram worked in gold an pillows
and > pads.- \u25a0
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The . Matheson company has made
several improvements - % in the I. W.
Hellman's " demi-limoudlne . Matheson
car. ; It is now one. of the most strik
ing 'cars seen on v the line this year..'
r The Lambert agency reports that It
willfbe able to dell\-er several friction
drive 'cars ; to those who have placed
deposits ) for them. One carload of
Lamberts is very close to the city.
Charles d'Arcy said yesterday that he
would ' put ' the \u25a0 Dragon ' caj \u25a0 through a
few stunts ; soon that would surprise
automobillsts. The showing of the car
in the- run .around the bay would be
insignificant.' he said, as compared with
soma of , the feats , planned.
A carload of Auburn automobiles has .
arrlved'in this city and will s b« on th« j
fioor of . the salesroom tomorrow morn- \
Ing.
The new Moline car that .haa Just ;
come ; to \u25a0 the coast . Is meeting with fa- ;
vor. Shirley Walker's" runabout.* In. lts ;
dress of French grey, was quite prom- j
inent on Van Ness avenue, where It j
was easily picked out as a new design :
among the local cars.
• • •
Charles Howard of the Howard Aoto- j
mobile company reports - that -he- win j
have several carloads of Buicks in this. J
city soon. He has received word that t
the shipment, is being hurried by th« j
railroad.
TOUR OF MITCHELL CARS
Thirty of the Vehicles Participate in j
the Run to Del Monte
DEL MONTE, 1 June 8. — About 10 I
\u25a0 Mitchell cars took 'part In th« first an- |
I nual Mitchell - run to Del Monte today, i
\u25a0 One hundred and twenty-five persons ;
i sat down at 3 o'clock to luncheon In J
; the- clubhouse, the host being G. V. •
Rogers, secretary of the Mitchell motor •
car company of Racine. Wls. ,'•
The cars came from San Francisco.
Oakland. Alameda. Berkeley. San Jose.
Santa Clara, Ilanford. Stockton \u25a0, and
Sacramento. They started from San
Jose at 3 o'clock In . the morning and
reached Del Monte at various times
after noon. After luncheon, which was
1 not over till 5 o'clock, several ot the j
automobillsts made a trip round the j
17-mile drive. Dinner was served In ;
the Hotel del Monte at 7:15 o'clock, and !
was followed by an exhibition by Jap- .
anese swimmers and an orchestral con- *
cert at the Del Monte bathhouse, which '\u25a0
is electrically lighted and connected I
with Monterey by a ooard walk.
Various parties of automobillsts will
go around the 17 mile drive or to Car
mel mission and Point Lobos tomorrow.
Some of the automobillsts will return
home tomorrow, but others will re
main until Monday.
Whatever offense is committed by
many goes : unpunished. — Lucan.
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