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on the new factory building!*. wWcn will be finished wishln lt;JQ days. Th-fir.«t of the plants will be ready In less than 39 day?.lt;;i:oma: strinh goes isim mouesON C’LEVKI Amhprncf of IfKb Hftlrv IVr Hour t*» K«*p(f [i l»j Meht Motorcycle I'rom fci|eo to I'ortlnnd.lt;;»orgv T, Strine of Portland Ore-( Kfti distributor for the Cleveland motorcycle. demonMrated the endurance of this liKht, machine and its ability t*» make speed when he came from the Mexican border to Portland last week in 6f. hours and 3 minutes* actual run-iijnp: lime.This was on average of 13,3 milesper hour i unntng time, as the total mileage recorded was 1314 mile.-. Mr Stripe was on the road five and one*IlttTf days, l.Tit this included m. stop oflt;lt;n*‘ and one-half days In San Francisco on business.He started from Tia Juana, Mexico, at 3 o’clock on th** afternoon of October 24. re;-.hlng Pori Land fiv. nnd ore-half days later. The whole route wascovered without mishap to the motorcycle. which stood up to the test jnBrand style. This is said to be therecord fur the distance on so light amotorcycle.The same Cleveland motorcycle on which Mr. Stripe made the run had previously been ridden from New York to L*»a Angeles in -1 day?, by WilliamSmith.Ever since the Oakland Trib up a Kre.it sliver trophy for tT h** old mountain n* ir Oaktr,been standing the brunt of the of these various hill climbers.Eights and twelves have bee: log on the hill day and nig I la^t week, when matter.- had cooled down. Then an eight-* car . which has made som* lt;records cur ;* hill climber adtie-J to the record made by the j high-gcar trophy holder.AH throuch these eventc. * as tic salesmen in the ranks Pacific KIsselKfir branch ,ir*ibay wanted W I* Huyhson loose the Kissel double *■,*. wi been on the Coast for »*%-*• raIAfter the first ride in tt. tl' 11 III ■ I 'II I ■ ——— — H ■■■ ■■ i J -
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Portland Sunday Oregonian
Portland, Oregon, US
Sun, Nov 04, 1917
Page 53
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