ROSEBURG NEWS-REVIEW, ROSEBURG, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 2. 1929.
FIVE
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10 BEK
Trucks, buses and motor coaches
built by Vodxe brothers under t!i
name ui Graham Brothers ar to be
known in future as bodge brothers
trucks, babes and motor coaches,
according to an announcement just
made by officials of the company.
The entire line now will take
the name or the makers and the
change will go into elfect imme
diately. All units always have been
powered by Dodge Brothers en
gines and built for years with
bodge Brothers parts in Dodge
Jlroiuera fee lories, according to
Ixxlge brothers slnadards. They
wilt be known hereafter as Dodau
4 brothers products.
Korty-two models of truck chan
Bia, with wheelbases of UO to 1X5
inches are included in the line.
When combined with the various
body styles and equipment, gear
ratios, tires, wheels, etc., they ex
tend to many hundreds of truck
types designed to meet more than
itti per cent of all hauling require
ments. They range from the mer
chants express light deMvery car
to the heavy-duiy 3-ton truck. In
addition many types of unusual
and highly specialized bodies are
supplied by the special equipment
division of the company.
Dodge brothers have been build
ing motor coaches and buses for
the past five years. Thousands are
ill use today, in city and inter ur
ban transportation lines from
coast to coast. In Detroit alone,
coaches built in the Dodge plants
have been operated virtually 25,
000,000 miles over the city's
streets. The line includes two mo
tor coach types and several school
buses, varying in capacity from 18
to 52 children.
"A recent survey shows it is
, possible for us to assemble ap
proximately 2,000 different types of
trucks alone," said Charles V.
Matheson, general sales manager
4 for Dodge brothers. "The.-e aie
combinations of equipment on
varied chassis. This shows why
wo are able to meet the transporta
tion and hauling demands of virtu
ally every kind of business. Pro
duction today must take In every
angle of the complicated require
ments for dependable, speedy and
economical transportation. The
high public regard in which they
are held explains why keen busi
ness men have been impelled to
purchase Dodge trucks at a rale
of more than a million dollars
worth a week."
Among the many outstanding de
veiufiiitmis of Dodge brothers en
gineers in, the commercial lines,
which include trucks and coaches,
are six-cylinder engines, four
wheel brakes, four-speed transmis
sion street car type and parlor
coaches,, school buses, merchants
express," one two and three ton
trucks.
All coach, and. truck. models are
powered with six-cylinder engines,
and have four-wheel brakes. Four
speed transmissions are used on all
models from the one and-a-Quarter
ton upward.
With output of tho newly design
ed Whippet fours and sixes speed
ily stepping into high production
at the Willys-Overland plants and
trainload after tralnlond of the
striking new models leaving the
factory at ail hours, every indica
tion now point 3 to the speediest
tilling of retails orders on new
models In the history of the com
pany. Pinna hart been wpI) laid for lite
NEW WHIPPET
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The new Superior Whippet Four bring hieh pricea1 car beauty into the low priced field. Setting- a definite
new trend of style and quality in thit classification. The upper left picture shows the Superior Whippet Four
Coach with larger and roomier body. The front view of the Whippet Coup above shows the smart,
new Whippet radiator design. The Whippet Four Sedan below is an outstanding example of the beautiful
new lines developed for these new cars. The inset shows the new "finger-tip control." A single button
in the center of the steering wheel controls all the functions of starting the motor, controlling the lights and
sounding the horn. This feature is designated as the grcax-st driving convenience since the self starter.
Toledo company to reach a daily 1
car building schedule beyond all 1
marks ever before- uccoiuplishm
in a short ptrid of lime. These
pxans have bet-u under deveiup
mem for the p;it year and all of
u.o vast manufacturing iucuilietf
01 U iiij's . ' Vtiimuu WtiiB Keyed up
ior the anticipated buying demand
hicn fohuwed ti.e luucuuction ot
the new VMwvi lour and fix
cjl.uuor noue.s whicn made then
bow to Uitj public two weeks ago.
The introduction of the new cars
has been responsible for a buing
demand on tne pnit of the public
that overshadows even the great
dtnianil which immediately follow
ed the drastic Whippet price cuts
in December of lil7 and con
tinued through the following
twelve months.
Commenting on the remarkable
reception for the new Whippets
that .would set a new high maik
for Miiys-Overland, Mr. John N.
Willys said: ''The most optimis
tic of our organization hardly ex
pected such a reception. We at
tribute tli.s to a public apprecia
tion of Willys-Overland, setting a
precedent by placing the cars ol
thu iow priced field, so far as
beau'.y of lines and mechanical fea
tures are concerned, on a parity
with motor cars that sell In the
high ptictd ranges. This accom
plishment Is entirely new to care
that sell in the Whippet price
range.
"iwo and a half years ago we
brought out the original vulppe.
four which set a new trend in the
low priced field for outstanding
mechanical advancements. This
applied especially to the four
wneel brakes, full forced feed lub
rication, fuel and oil economy, low
swung bodies, speed and power,
and other features which later
were universally adopted.
'The new superior Whippet
fours and sixes go even further by
embracing a type of beauty that
had previously been associated
only with cars selling in the high
er price fields. This Individual
move by Willys-Overland places
these new cars in an even more
conhplcous position of advance
ment than that of the original
Whippet cars. In advanced me
chanical features, these cars also
occupy a distinctive position in
this I refer specifically to the
'finger-tip control," which places
at the driver's finger-tips com
plete control of all the functions
of starting the motor, operating
the lights and Founding the horn
without removing a hand from the
wheel.
"From coast to coast and from
Great Lakes to the gulf, our dealer
organization reports that the Dew
Whippet fouffl and sixes were' ac
corded a reception unrivaled in the
taken as a fair barometer that our i
plana were well directed in call-1
ing for a dally capacity over 2,000 t
cars a day in i!2y as compared
with our capacity of ifo cars a
day a year ago, thus assuring
speedy delivery to all buyers."
S
The apportionment of approxi
mately li million dollars of fpd
eral aid money to the road build
ing program of Oregon each year
serves to bring out numerous ques
tions relative to the amount of
government owned land in D.ie
various states. .
According to statistics compiled
by the Oregon Slate Motor associa
tion, the total area of land and wa
ter In the 48 states Is 3,02t;,719
i square miles. The total urea of!
land owned by the federal govern-!
ment In the form of unapproprlat-J
od and unreserved public land, non-j
taxable Indian land, and national
forests, parks and monuments, is;
i til 2.108 square miles, or 20.2 porj
rout of the t.ital area comprisim;
LARGER, MORE BEAUTIFUL
WASHINGTON, D. C, Dec 24. i
Car owncia of the nation will
pay approximately 7K5,0oo.0i0 in I
motor vehicle taxes for li28, an
increase of about $15,000,000 over
P2i'( detpite the fact that the tux
bill during the year was decreas
,d around 1 35,000,000 as a result
of the repeal of the federal war ex
else tax on automobiles.
This statement was Issued to
Jay by national headquarters of
die Ameiican Automobile associa
tion In the nature of a timely
naming to those who would furth
er increase the amount of taxes y
the already over-buideued motor
ist. The national motoring body
pointed out that although the fed
3ral government has left this over
exploited field of taxation, repre
senting a decrease of $60,000,000 a
year in fHVor of the car owners,
..he total tax-burden has increased
at least 257 per cent within the
pas-t ten years.
The A. A. A. said the heavy tax
m the car owners should be care
fully considered by the forty-two
itate legislatures scheduled to
meet early in VJ'ld. when any move
is made to further exploit this
field.
In its survey of 1928 taxes, the
A. A. A. said that the gasoline tax
alone, which amounted to $25S,
83S.813 in 1927, reached a total of
$110.6o5,38 in the first six months
of this year and there is every in
dication that this amount will be
equalled. If not increased, for the
present six months.
.Motor vehicle registration fees,
licenses, permits, etc., which cost
the car owners $301,061,132, will
easily be Increased around $325,
000,000 in l!)28, especially in view
of the fact that the automotive in
dustry ha3 witnessed one of Its
greatest periods of production.
The statement continues:
"Personal property taxes,
amounting to $125,000,000 per year
and municipal taxes on motor ve
hicles costing car owners $15,00'),
ooo annually, will remain approxi
mately tlje same, for the present
year.
"The year 1928 was without
doubt one of the most eventful In
the history of taxation on the car
owner, as It witnessed the final
repeal of the war excise tax of
three per cent on new passenger
cars. However, this measure was
not repealed until May 30, and In
the meantime well over $20,000,000
had been paid by purchasers of
cars In the tirst five months.
"Moreover, the tremendous rise
in motor vehicle (axes in the past
few years has been a source o
great alarm to motordom. Fair
taxation, with the bulk of the col
lections used to build roads, has
always been favored by the cr
owners, but they are no longer
content to sit supinely by and
watch an ever-Increasing burden
without an equal gain in the benefits-"
ON OCCASION
''Full of fun, your wife is."
"Yes, she's a WOT." Judge.
the forly-elght states.
The land owned by the federal
government Is not distributed even
ly among the 4H states. Nine states
have no federal land- In 16 states
the federal land Is less than 1 pet
cent of the total state area. In 9
states the federal land represents
from 1 per cent to 4 percent of the
total state area. In 14 states the
federal holdings are from 7.2 p"r
cent to K4.2 per cent of the total
state area.
Oregon has 45.6 nor cent of Its
total area taken up by federal own
ed land: Washington has 30.6 per
cent and California has 40.7 per
cent.
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NEW YORK, Jan. 2. Severe
sunburn some times breaks up
comets.
This sensitivity of comets to the
sun's ultra-violet rays was report
ed to the American association for
tlse advancement of science by H.
H. Marrts and E. O. Hulburt of the
naval research laboratory, Wash
ington.
They found several historically
famous cases of comets either
breaking In pieces, or flaring up
which followed magnetic storms
on earth, by Just the period ne
cessary for the sunlight which
caused the earth storm to have tra
veled the additional distance to the
comet.
Their theory was that the ter
restlal magnetic storms are caused
by flashes of ultra-violet light from
the sun. and that these flashes
seem to come from areas on the
sun that are heated to more than
50.000 degrees Fahrenheit.
On earth the noticeable effects
of the ultra-violet flash are the
rare displays of northern lights in
temperate latitudes and the inter
ference with telegraph wires and
magnetic compasses that accom
pany magnetic storms.
Tiny But Costly
Hormones are the active prln-
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WHIPPtT
POUH COACH
Greater Beau ly LoaigfcrWI-ccj base Larger Bodies
VIE nrw TUiipiwt
licn-ilv of rxix'iisiva rum to tlio
I- light rur fii lil. 'I
V liiicl is tlicNlyli-triumph of i niiin-n t
arliHln, tni-n of long cxprrirnce in In
dlgning eijiciiHive cimtom-ltuilt rum.
Ilcaulv Ihot commanil your innlunt
Bilmirulion ! rpn( lii thr lunprr
lioilir. low, (trureful linrn. Iilhrr
railialur and IhmmI. more dintinrlive
rolorp, Bwcf-plng onp-plirc full rrimn
fi-ncl.-ra xlnlili-hiii(i the nrwcvt t)o
motif for Fours aud light Sixes.
More room
ra'r comfort
The liirgrr hodirs of the nrw Superior
Vhippi-t afTord more fpH ioim interior,
villi extra leg room and illiow room.
The seats are wider and heavily uphol
stered, and have form-litting contours.
WILLYS -OVERLAND, IN
317 N. Jackson
lara per pound were described to
day to the chemistry and medicine
section, by Dr. Oliver Kauuu ut
I'a.ke, Davis & Co.
Mormones are the active prin
ciple whereby ductless glands ex
ercise their powerful functions in
controlling such things as growth,
brain development and energy.
One hormone that chemists hare
succeeded la Isolating la from the
pituitary gland, and la really twins,
one knowu as Beta and the other
as Alpha. Or. Kamm said that a
pound of highly purified Alpha
would cost about $3,000,000. while
Beta would cost about $1,000,000.
TEXAS MAN AND WIFE
FOUND DEAD IN HOME
(AMorUtvd Vrrm l.---0 Wttv)
FORT WORTH. Texas, Jan. 2.
K. A. Wllllu.uson, 35, and his
wife, 22, were found dead with bul
let wounds In their bodies today
In their room downtown.
The bodies were discovered
when a negro maid went to clean
up tho room. ..Williamson was on
the floor and Mrs. Williamson iu
bed. They apparently had been
dead but a few hours. Both were
dressed. A pistol and a note Wil
liamson wrote were round near the
bodies.
An inquest verdict was with
held. WOMAN DIES AT 114
( Vmnriitfi) l'rt-M luil Wirr)
Tl'LSA, Okla.. Jan. 2. Mrs.
Elizabeth Gfllls, the cltys oldest
resident, some times called "the
grandmother of Tulsa" who, ac
cording to her count, would have
been 115 years old next February
22. is dead.
me New swripmmnQDiM
Corh ftiflSt Coup CAMl Coup (whli
rtinhl Mt) 724t 8iort lLui
Roadster IH50 (Including rumble Mat
and uiru).
SIX SEDAN
rmip Srdun Wit noiid.tftr
Tmirtns '7.,, ( Vi-iiprrUI i ,m.
mim .-MiT. AH W IMvB.Ot rrlinH nrlrM f,
o. It. (,lr-lo fttttn. anl ifli tifnns
ul ii t to rliunu uilliuut nolii-
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In' n-H Shim rl.ir
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VETERAN ALLEGES BAD
TREATMENT AT HOSPITAL
( A iatl -li Ul Wire)
NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 2. - Po -
Ilee today were holding for invest! -
gatlon Vernon Bagby Wheat, 31.
wno C1HIN1S 10 ov a KruiiuNuu m
rnrmer Uovernor nasby of Wyom
Inn. alter he had told of alleged III Mips Wllllta made a general Ue
treuiment In the veterans' hospital i nlul that there was a shortage,
at Oulfort, Mini. o
.1,'.H"a.1raVlf.'i LUMBER DEMAND INCREASES
of a Standard Oil company ship I
after he had a
shock and wnt
return of shell
rp tarHe and other pa !
wire badly treated there, he aaid.
to the Gulf port
and DCraiiFe of hla treatment h
excaped Christina niisht aud re
turned here.
U. S RADIO OWNERS HAVE
CAUSE TO BE THANKFUL
(AwooLtt-d Vrew UhbhI Wtrv)
NKW VOHK, Jan. 2. It cost
the National Broadcasting com-
pany ii.iwuiiu aiiriiig "V.r'.
inr Uiieill aim ""rB''Mrlv ...Huff
In giving these flRU.es M. II. I e",r)? ' ' .,. ..,...,.., .. .
iAyle.worth. Pres'jlen. of IJ. "
pany aald that if radio enterta In
i nited Sta es were financed byir"0y a"u manufacture approxl
iuxedon radio r-Swl'" I""""" '." lumbsr
American tuners-in would have to
'pay $191,000,000 a year.
RETIRING LADY OFFICIAL
FACING SHORTAGE CHARGE
HEPWOOD CITY, Cal., Jan. 2.
A complaint charging six counts
of emberalement and two of fail
ure to turn over city collections to
the treasury was sworn out against
Miss Nettle A. Wllllta. former city
clerk of ban Uruno, by Edward J.
Maguire here today. Magulro went
Ilotli tlio front and rer Hprings of the
lew .Superior W hippet Jmve lieen ron
siderahly lengthened. The jnerease'l
vheelhuHe, sihiIiImts nnd ovcr.izo Iml
loon tires further enhunce tho car's
superb riding fluidities.
Siill (ho
oiifSinMriitg fmlcr
Meeliimieally, the new Superior Whip
pet furthers u long lead over com
petition. A new higher ronipresnion
engine gives more thun 20 added
liorsepower, with greatly inereaned
sjeedl Higher second geur speed fives
faster piek-up.
And this new ear is well qualified to
carry on W hippet's unniirpune(l reputa
tion for dependable performance and
minimum operating eon is. '
ORDER NOW FOR KAHLY IIXI KKY.
C.Toledo, Ohio
W. CHASE
Phone 399.
to Durllugame to seek a warrant
for her arrest.
Miss Wllllta, who was city
clerk for 12 years, was defeated
for election last April. An audit
j of her books disclosed a supposed;
, shortage of $2,759 and a civil suit j
, .as ui?u hkhmibi
her for that
- 1 amount.
In an answer to the suit
SEATTLE, Wash.. Jan. 2. Or -
ders have exceeded production by
""''-.'"'JTr
been n excex. of cull In b, '4 3 per
rent during the 'A3 eek from May
I to December 13, atudlei made by
Uie West Toast Lumbermen's asso-
elation on tiie reports of 103 ma
jor mills of the Douglas fir region
in Washington and Oregon show
Mill stocks are 11.6 per ceni un
der those reported as of May 1
for In:) Identical mills. Stocks
have been increased slowly during
the fall In expectation of the usual
demand in the late winter
aud
- !,;;, ,0J up8ialon8 are
- hv ,n 1(u( f(r lir.
shipped from this region.
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THE SKIRT PROBLEM
LONlON. A grove problem
confronts the Madras courts. Mrs. i
Hilaiia Moursuud, an Indian Christ-!
Ian, has filed an action against
the superintendent of Malabar j
Mission high school because her
daughter's skirt was lengthened
at school. She says the skirt was! Kl'B: What did your new amok
an heirloom and the "stretching j Ing set cost?
process damaged it to tho extent PUH: 1 don't know yet. My wife
of more than $25," I gave it to me! Life.
VODWEDCBtJ
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The
Style Creation
ifmnstct
LXTRODUCIXG THE XEW
THE MOST NOTABLE ADVANCE
l. DRIVING CONVENIENCE
SINCE TIIE SELF-STARTER
f 1 VIa. BBBBttv
DIM
A single button, conveniently located In th
renter of the steering wheel, eonlrols ull functions
of Blurting the motor, operating tho lights and
sounding llin horn. This does away with all
troublesome foot fumbling for the starting but
ton. It also avoids changing from the comfortable
driving position to reach a light switch on the
dash. With the new "Finger-Tip Control," you
ran at all times keep your kiuids ou the wheel
and your eyes on the road.
APPLICATION OF ELECTHICITV .
TO FARM IS DEVELOPING
"It la nrobabla thai no vmp In
Mr? h wy!?U?
- nt develomnenta In the annllca,
l?$cJ&tit
i ,ha , . ,.
; V" 'J "V. T Z tid lL
committee in making ita annual
report for 1927 to the National
Electric Light association.
"Farmers, farm organizations.
agricultural colleges, the electric
; industry, manufacturers of electrl-
eai equipment and farm machinery.
governmental departments, all
have been Btepping harmoniously
forward, overcoming obstacles, de
veloplng new facts, interchanging
Information, building farm lines
and pulling electric power to work
at more tasks and on an ever in-
creasing number of farms.
"One of the bigest problems still
remaining is that of acquainting the
farmers themselves with the possi
bilities of electricity on the farm.
Times have been far from prosper
our for many of them. They have
been too busy scratching a living
out of the soil to keep pace witn
the rapid progress being made in
the application of electricity to ag
riculture. The vision of electricity
on the farms la confined, with
many of thein. to better types of
j illumination; they do not know
that nearly 200 different services
on the farm can be performed
by
intelligent
employment of elec-
trlclty.
FULL O' CONFIDENCE
series
Roseburg, Ore.