Roseburg news-review., June 06, 1928, Page 5, Image 5

ROSEBURG NEWS-REVIEW, ROSEBURG; OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JUNE S, 1928.
"Chevrolet 'Snow Boat Braves Alaska Drifts"
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Suowslioes and doj learns were loo Blow n mentis of (rnnsportaflon for this pioneer miner In ne
gotlatlnir the -100 miles between Clillinu, Alaska, an Fairbanks near the Arctic Circle. By mount lug1
the wheels of bis Chevrolet on sklls and Unklna; the paddle-wheel propeller onto the rear wheels of his
ntr, lie quickly covers Rnow of anr depth. Losi of life nilffht easily result on the 400 mile trip wero
Ids rugged engine to fall Mia.
Automotive history was madtt
last month in Alaska, when the
city of Fairbanks, held Its first
autoraobfle show, which according
to advices received from dealers in
that fiii northern point, was an un
qualified success. More than l.OuO
residents of Fairbanks took an
active part In the event and every
denier of tlie city pronounced the
show a most interesting one.
This jevent was the. first of Its,
kind ever held In Alaska and was
the farthest north automobUe;sliow
In the world. Every General Mot
ors car represented in the far
North occupied a commanding po
sition in the display, which was
held in the Moose auditorium.
. Motor cars have been known in
Alaska for some time. The first to
arrive In Fairbanks was a Pope
I Toledo of 1U07 model. It reached
I the territory in July, 1928, and was
operated as a stage between Fair
t banks and Fox Gulch, a distance
of 11 miles. Lute in the fall of the
! same year, two more cars . wero
j shipped in from the "Outside."
One of them was used as a stage.
between Fairbunks, Cleary City
! and Chataniku, a distance of 35
miles. - 1 -
Since that time the number of
automobiles .has Increased from
year to year in the Fairbanks dis
trict, until today there are more
than 1,000 cars and trucks' in tho
'vicinity, represent Ins a total .in
vestmeiU of more than a million
and a half dollars. They Include J5
different makes, ranging In price
from $500 to $5,000.
Eight automobile dealers, In
business in the Fairbanks district
have organised themselves Into
the Fairbanks Automobile Dealers'
Association. It was this group of
men who prpmotcd the automobile
show. There are five automobile
garages' and repair shops in Fair
banks, where first-class mechanics
are employed. Three warm-storage
garages are maintained, where
cars may be stored during the loug
winter season.
r Good roads have followed the ad
vent of automobiles in Alaska and
today there are more than 600
miles of excellent . thoroughfares
available . to motorists of Fair
banks three times the mileage of
any othar town in the territory.
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A new trend In llio CQjistvUOtlpn
' Df light-eix cars is seen ly leaders
In the automobile industry follow.
Ins Wlllys-Overln nil's leoeilt , sua
cessTul presentation. oC a now
Whippet Six with advanced en
gineering features. Those features,
it is said, hnve set a- new high
standard for quality in tho lower
priced liglt six cylinder field. '
The new Whippet Six is equipped
with a power plant that already
has surpnssed the existing 24 hour
record for cars under SH000. Card-
fill observers declare that this now
performance rating will fori other
manufacturers of light sixes to
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concentrate more than ever before i
on quality construction and more
careful attention . to engineering
details.
The most notable departure in
constructional features in I he new
Whippet Six Is the Incorporation
of a seven-bearing crankshaft. It is
pointed out that the Whippet Six
is the first car among the lower
priced sixes ; that ; includes this
feature. The . nearest . priced six
with tho soven-bearing crankshaft
sells at a price rnnging $150 higher
than Willys-Overland'a new . pro
duct. Other features in tho . (yaw
Whippet Six Include full forco feed
lubrication to all main and con
necting rod bearings: invar-strut
pistons; 4-wheel brakes; low cen
ter gravity ; construction, which
provides maximum toad stability
at every, speed range, and unusual
ly roomy interiors for driver and
passengers. . -TV -v., ",
Tho hew lino of light 'nixes is In
addition to the Whippet four cylin
der models, which are' now enjoy
ing tho greatest sales demand ever
registered by any model in- Willys
Overland history.. - .
IOWANS RENOMINATE .. 1
CONGRESSMAN HAUGEN
GASOLINE
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. STANDARD Oil COMPANY Of CMJrOBKIA
PES MOINES, Iowa, Juno 5.--
OHbert M. Haugen", co-author of
the McNary-Haugon farm ' relief
bill and the oldest member in
j point of continuous service in the
was renominated by republicans of
the fourth Iowa congressional dis
trict In yesterday's primary elec
tion. He defeated J. A. Nelson, of
Decorah, by more than 4,000 votos.
Gov. John Hammill, running a
four-co'rnered race for republican
renominallon, won handily from
tho field.. With more than half the
; precincts reported he had a aub
istantfal majority of all votes cast
(Ho campaigned on a platform fa
voring a $100,000,000 road building
program.
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THE GREATEST zjvIO YEARS
01 WILLYS OVERIAND HISTORY
MAY SALES SET NEW HIGH MARK
With May reaching a new high peak Whippet and
Willys-Knight sales continue to mount, month after
month, week after week,.day -after day, .
The five months Just completed were by far the great
est in all Willys-Overland nistory. In spite of the fact
that April had produced the greatest sales on record.
May established a new mark with an increase of 14
above the previous record-breaking month,-
The perfected Whippet Four, at greatly reduced prices,
is a tremendous national success. The new Whippet Six
the world's lowest price six-cylinder motor car is
paralleling the Whippet Four in popular acceptance.
The recently announced low price of the Willys
Knight Standard Six has resulted in greatly increased .
demand for this splendid car, Sales of the Special Six
and the Great Six continue in unabated volume.
Come in and see the Willys-Knight and the Whippet
Four and Six lines. And for esrly delivery it will pay
you to place your order now. . ,
Now Active in Industry
They Condemned in 1903
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A. R. Glancy, lower left. nd Pul
Owhard, lower right, when they wrote
a thenit at Lehigh 25 yean ago con
demning the auto a "a rich man ' toy
with no future." Today, Glancy,
above, is pretident of Oakland Motor
Car Co. and Gerhard it one of bit
dealers.
Reverse Conclusion of
College Thesis That
Auto is Doomed
Back in 1903 two bright youne stu
dents at Lehigh University collabo
rated in writing a pessimistic thesis
which scornfully criticized the auto
mobile as "a rich man's toy, a useless
invention with no future."
Their treatise was based upon per
sonal experience with several popular
cars of the day, including the long
forgotten Knox which reared a lona
and sizzling cylinder head right up
through the floor-boards,
Tho students experimented also
with Borne of the first four-cylinder
cars which then were breasting a
stream of adverse advertising spon
sored by the single cylinder manufac
turers who drew discouraging com
parisons between the complexity of
''handling four small horses instead
of one big, powerful horse."
But onecylinderor four, the young
essayists condemned theentire horse
less carriage idea as unsound, im-
firactical end doomed to certain
allure. ,
Today, a quarter of a century later,
both of the former Lehigh Btudents
are actively refuting their collegiate
conclusions. One of them has just
placed in operation a $3,000,000 addi
tion to a $J6,000,000 group of auto
mobile factories. He is A. K. Glancy,
president and general manager of the
Oakland Motor Car Company. The
other is Paul Gerhard, president of
Paul Gerhard Motors, Omaha, Neb.,
who sells the Oakland and Pontiac
Sixes which his former college chum
manufactures.
Appointment of ROBCburg Motor
Company as Oakland-Pontlao deal
ers In Rosoburg, Oregon, and tlif
adjoining territory, has Just beep
announced here. . The latest Oak
land. All American1 and Ponlluc
Sixes are already on display at tho
firm's headquarters on ' Oak and
IJose streets and complete arrange
ments have been made by the now
dealers to handle Oakland-PpnUac
servlce.
Slnoe its recent Introduction, tho
Oakland -'AH- .American n Six has
proven to be one of the hits of the
11137 season. With longer wheol
base,' new body lines; new motor
aud many interesting mechanical
improvements throughout the
chassis, the All American Six to
day Ib enjoying nation-wide popu
larity that Is taxing the utmost ef
forts of tho Oakland factory to
meet. Pontine, which 'sold-' moro
cars In the first year of Its .manu
facture than any other newcomer
to the automohllo industry ever
registered, Is Increasing its popu
larity and salea this year. To
gether, the two cars mako a re
markably strong sales combina
tion, and a record business In this
territory is anticipated by the new
representatives here. "
"We are especially anxious to
make the acquaintauce of all Oak
land and Pontiac owners in our
torritory," said Roselmrg Motor
Co. yesterday. "We have mndo
great efforts to prepare our ser
vice, department to efficiently
handle Oakland and Pontiac ser
vice work.
"As members of the General
Motors family, both Oakland and
Pontiao new models are tested on
tho great General Motors proving
ground in a manner so tnorouxh
that no room for question regard
ing any feature of their perform
ance or reliability exists. The
manufacturing methods used In
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modern and accurate known to the
Industry. The fact that tho Oak
land Molor Car Company's re
sources are backed by those of the
immense General Motors organiza
tion has resulted in both Oakland
and Pontiac representing very un
usual valines in the motor car mar
ket, as the response In sales has
shown. We are very glad to repre
sent rtakland and Pontiac: hero and
are confident of cxcellunt business
on both lines."
WILLYS-KNIGHT
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$995
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Standard Six Ccupe fICMSi SiHan (1095; Tourint
S99S RoaJiter $995. Special Six trial jnm $1295
la $1495. Ureal Six prim from $1S50 to $2695.
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I '. ; y Whippet SlxTorlnB S U 11 T7 ll
I : - r niiirti II Roadster 685 " Jr
I '-r i .iniiiiiiiimaiiiiai.il , -II Sedan 770 Coupe $695 , au
,:' ?'-::'F;W. CHASE' 1 V,
Fcur-tylmder Touripg $455 1 Roadiltr (2-liall.) $4S5f
Roadster with rumble ieat) $525 Coupe$535 Cahriotet
Coupe (iw; collapsible up) $595, Sedan $610. jilt prices
f. o. b. Toledo factory and specifications subject to changt
without notice. It i(ys-Oinrlund, Inc., Toledo, VAi
F.W. CHASE
Phone 399
Salesroom 317 North Jackson St. . :,
Roaeburg. Oregon
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SUMMER TOV3
Remember Carr's have a turne
alJ-lho-year toy dept. Santl polls,
jump ropes, dolls, balls, toys of all
kinds for now. Carr'a.
REV. LUTHER B, WILSON, OF
M. E. CHURCH, PASSE8 ON
(.nciatH Vnm rsnwl Wife)
nAL,TIMOHI3. Mcl.. June 5. Ill
nesa which Interrupted hie dutlca '
at the New York conference and
later caused his collapse while de
livering an addresH at the general
conference ot the Methodlut Kpts
copnl church at Kaunas City, Ust
nieht brouRl'it about tho death of t
the Right Rov. Luther Barton
Wllfson, retired resident hiRhop of
ihn New York area, at hla home
here.
Bishop Wilson,, who had served '
for many years aa president of
the Anti-Saloon afrue, had heo:i
subject In heart affliction thought
to have resulted from a fever con
tracted In Africa. ATter the acute
attack fn New York he wai
brought to his home here to recu
perate. I
CANOV 15c LB.
Hand mix candy special at 15c
pound. Fresh summer caudles of
all Uuds at Carr'a, j
WASHINGTON,' I). C, Juno fi. .
Placing of a cross uIoiik the roud-.
side for every person killed in an I
automobile accident within the past
ten years would mean one to ap-,
firoximatcly every three miles of
mproved highway In the United.
States. I
This statement, issued today by
national headquarters of tho Amerl-'
can Automobile association, iu i
based on a death toll on the
streets and highways of about 170,
000 within the last decade and a
present aystem of CO 0,000 miles of!
Improved roads. I
The A. A. A. also pointed' out
that if these crosses were confin
ed to one transcontinental high
way such as the Lincoln highway,
stretching 3,200 nit Urn across the
country there would he over five;
crosses to every mile of roadway. '
Turning to Ihn non-fatal acci
dents on the highways Hud by
ways, the national motoring body
Raid Hint If n murker umik nliwnri
for every person Injured in an au'J
tomobile accident, there would be!
two to every mile of road of nil i
types In the country and along the!
Lincoln highway (hero would be ,
158 to every mile. This is based
on an average of 2 It lnjure-1 for
every person killed and around
three million miles of mails.
The A. A. A , In launching
through the Safety Departments
of Its 1047 amilated motor clubs
an Intensive and continuing cum-
n-ilnn .n lin.l.il.h lt.n i. I ... .Kiln
traffic hazard on the streets and!
highways of the nation, declared j
that there must bo a constant na
tlonal effort on a more coord i na t-1
ed basis than has hereto bcon j
the case.
"If some cyclone or tornado !
should suddenly sweep down and;
destroy 26.000 liven and injure!
764,000 people, there would be an'
outpouring of sympathy and aid'
fro mevery far corner of the f
world," Thou. P. Henry, president ;
of the A. A. A., aald. "Yet this I !
the annual toll on the hlghwnys of'
the nation and from (lie limit' d 5
attention It receives, I often ffMl ;
U at many mill. ens of our et.'Z('is
c:ten take it fo f, ranted. j
"If th automobile death rate
should continue at the present rate)
for the next, two decades the toll!
on the highways will exceed fi2vj
000 parsons, or a number roughly
t'julvakut to the total present pop-1
ulatlqn of cities like Milwaukee
Wis., or Washington, I), C." The
statement continued:1 ' '
"Careful -estimates of tho total
highway fatalities for 1U27 is found
to he the appalling number ot 2fi,
000 human Uvea. A conservative
estlmato of the ratio ot serious per
sonal Injury highway accidents to
ratallties Is 20 to one. Thin gives
an CHllmated total of 725,00 serious
personal injury accidents".'1
Arthur Long la putting n branch
ImrnosH shop at Alyrlle Point and
will also contlnuo a shop In Rosa
burg ut 3M West . Cans St. , Mr.
Long and I). V. Fisher aro In the
Hiimo budding. AH work will con
tlnuo the fiamo aa before. Arthur
L01.K, 333 W..Caafl.
Lime
Displaty
Chunking tires around from ti'iioj
to time will result In longer ttrcj
life 11 rut better all 'round unrvice,
according to the C. A. I.ockwood
Mntijr Co.
"When a motorist buys a new
spare, we recommend that tie put
II on the right rear nud give that
tire a refit for a while," be stntei).
"The . other tires should be
changed, t"o, left front to h ti
rear, etc. Km h wheel puts certain
Rtrains on a tire different from
Hint of Ihn other -wheels, and hv
using the tiro on each In turn tho
wear Is evenly distributed and toe
lire lasH's longer anil gives heller
service.
"It Is aluo Important to have
tftftB looked over frequently for
minor cuts and bruises, etc., and
to have small repairs made prompt
ly. Tires should- he Inlhitnd lo the
correct pressure as under Inflation
of a few pounds will often result in
ttie loss ot hundreds of miles of
useful fferviep. Valve caps, screwed
down tightly by hand, should al
ways be used tn prevent air leaks.
"If motorists will give, tbrlr tires
ordinary care and attention they
will hare lend trouble and enjoy
greater tire sat Inflict ion."
Learn how you can pay all or part of
your vacation expenses
Everyone will find something of unusual In
tercst in the vacation time display we have
arranged in our showroom! But no matter
what your plain are, vacations -call for extra
money. During Vacation Time Display, we
have a way for you to earn all or part of your
vacation expenses. Come In and learn about
this special vacation time plan, ' .. ' ;
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VACATION SKRVICK CHPCK UP Hfor itnlnnn To..r
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actlon loofiitil
POPULAR R08E GLASS
Special 81.98 Set
lleaiitlfnlly cut rose color it las.
Thfn sparkling wure at about h
what you expert to pay. (Inblets,
sherbets, cocktails, plates, water
sets, etc. Cool, refreshing ware ,
that rail tat or quality. Kuth piece to
match. H pedal prlcoa. tiee this ,
war at Carr's.
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