ROSEBURG NEWS-REVIEW, ROSEBUG, OREGON, THURSDAY, MARCH 30, 1939.
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Dependable
Autos, Trucks
Offered Here
Trade-in Vehicles Given
Thorough Overhauling;
Worn-out Vehicles
in Disfavor.
Special cinpliuHiH i "ucIiik placed
thtB week on used car values by
Itosebui'K automobile dealeiH. The
miUHiiully large volume of new car
buIoh lu llio lato fall and durliiB tbe
first two and ono liulf months of
thi year renuUed lu iiRenclua being
well mocked with noou recondi
tioned uKcd ears. Figures compiled
nationally reveal that new car sales
are up 30 per cent for the flint ten
weeks of Ibis year as compared
with the same period In 11KJ8.
As the result of u survey of the
situation on HoHuhurK used cur lots
conducted Wednesday, the News
ltevlew learned that although in
ventories of used cars are large
enough to provide good selection,
the dealers are not overloaded.
General satisfaction was expressed
by the (Hi Nth with the used car sit
uation. The cars taken In tra.de dur
ing llillH and thus far this year
havo been generally much better
than in provlous years, they state,
thw old worn out junk cars having
been pretty well weeded out of the
market during the lean yeais.
Worn-Out Cars Spurned
"Tho depression years taught 'us
a lut about buying and selling lined
automobiles," was the way one
dealer expressed it. "We have
learned that an automobile worn
out and unable to give reasonably
gbod service Is worse than worth
less it Is a detriment to our busi
ness. Consequently nearly all deal
ers endeavor to put only genuinely
serviceable automobiles on salo on
their used oiu lots."
. In tho ruuurisvqf. Ihe dealers It
was learned also tiiiit used car cus
tomers are shown tho sumo court
esy and consideration as accorded
new car buyers, Tim dealers and
their salesmen have come to con
sider mi automobile us being mer
chandise they have for sale, regard:
less of its being new or used.
"Wouldn't you rather sell a new
car than n used car?" tho Nows-Ko-view
reporter asked a salesman.
"I'd rat hoi" make certain uf sell
Jug an automobile," was tho sales
man's laconic reply.
Reconditioning Important
Adequate reconditioning has had
considerable attention from Hose
burg dealers, It wiik discovered. In
tho old days, the Investigator was
told. It was not uncommon just to
Now! Quicker Stops With
New Brake-Action Tread
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TODAY,
THE
POPULAR
1939 PONTIAC QUALITY SIX FOUR-DOOR St.DAN
. . . Newest low-priced model ... 190 inches over-all
length . . modern styling . . . Silver Streak . . . chromed
grilles in fender catwalks . . . roomy Fisher urmteel safety
bodies with color and trim options . . . famous Pontine
SMART LINES
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1939 PONTIAC SIX ... ns stylish ns a debutante ... as correct as Emily Post
... as youthful in its appeal as swing. Streamlined in the modern manner.
More beautiful than ever, with the famous Silver Strcnk as the central motif
for the fifth straight year. Chromed grilles set into fender catwalks (lank the
radiator on cither side. Multi-beam headlinlita arc mounted on fender?.
shine up a Irade-in, paint a price on
tho windshield and hope for the
best.
Now tho larger dealers maintain
a completo recoulltlonlng depart
ment. When a used car comes in,
it Is taken Into tills department and
gone over from bumper to tail
light. Many dealers are now guar
anteeing the used cars they sell.
The reason for the special drive
on used cars this week, It was
learned, Is mainly because tho fine
spring wenthor is a commanding in-
k Stops
fr Steers
ou Can Actually Feel
Its Extra Stopping Power
Just nil) your harul over amaz
ing" Hrake-Aetion"Treavl. Keel
lor yourself the i:trj safety of
2500 l;xn.t (tripper.
HANSEN MOTOR CO.
Oak and Stephens Si.
QUICKER-STOPPING TIRE MILLIONS CAN AFFORD
PONTIAC MODEL SHOWN HERE
s a;
8 5 -horsepower engine . . . new clutch . . . improved steer
ing and knec-action . . . remote control gear shift with
new transmission . . . Duficx rear springs, newest Pontiac
feature, (five one passenger just at restful a ride aa six
passengers.
GRACE PONTIAC
vilation to the out-of-doorH. Now Is
i bo time for those people who have
been thinking, during the winter
months, about buying a car, to
make their purchases and enjoy
tho Hprlng and summer mnmrlng,
Tho dealers aro offering special
values to encourage this idea.
Tests indicate that rear tires
give Inn per cent more mileage at
rfi miles per hour than at 70 miles
an hour, while front tires give 142 i
per cent more mileage.
Amazing New
Safety Invention
Stops Cars Faster
It's here! The safety sensation of the
year . . . new "Urakc-Action" Tread.
1500 Extra Clippers open tip at the
touch of the brake . . . grip, hold . . .
stop your car quicker, straighter, surer
. . . even on treacherous wet pavement.
Before You Buy Any Tire. ..THINK
Can you alfiml to he without the pro
tection ol this tire's quicker-stopping,
non-skid "ISrake-Action" Tread i
1)0 KS THINGS You Never
Drciimetl A Tire Could Do
uiikcr
Sir.iiii liter
"fc Wears I .oner
"to Rules Smoother
Roseburg, Oregon
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The new Plymouth for 1!K!. now
on display here, has been complete
ly rest y led from radiator to tall
light, local dealers stale.
Headlamps and tail lights are
Htrcamtined into the fenders, and a
new Vee-type windshield adds more
ihan six inches to body length il
ium the belt. Mailt on. a longer
wheelbase now 111 inches brand
new features Include softer-riding
coil springs of Aniola steel; new
high-torque engine performance:
remote control gear shift up on the
steering post, and a new "safety
signal" speedometer that flashes
traffic lights right under a driver's
eyes. The new Plymouth rides bet
ter, handles easier and prices are
still lower this year, the factory
just announced.
Our Used Car
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TWENTY .USED MS
Contest for Firm's Prizes
Ends April 21; Upswing
in Business Noted.
PORTLAND, Ore., March 30.
Bulck salesmen of Oregon and
southern Washington are compet
ing in a sulcs contest for tbe larg
est prize ever offered in such a
contest, the prize being a 1IKJ9
Hulck coupe.
Not only will the top man profit
for bis efforts, but all salesmen
will, according to A. II. Graham
of Hraley & Graham, Oregon (Us
tributors.
Points will be given for every
transaction turned both on new
and used cars, and merchandise of
almost any description may be or
dered from a catalogue according
to points compiled by salesmen,
(inns, fishing tackle, furniture,
jewelry and household articles of
every description aro included.
Business Uprisng Noted.
A marked upswing In business
this year is helping boost the con
test, according to Percy O. Pullen
and Warren llralcy, district man
agers. Kales for January and February
showed p 30 per cent Increase over
the corresponding period of 1!K(8.
and March sales aro holding up
equally as well.
The contest, which started Feb
ruary 21, will end April 21. j
'The year 1U39 offers such great
travel possibilities that automo
bile sales are being greatly stimu
lated." said Graham.
"Why a person can buy a car
through his local dealer, either
for cash or tradein, ride by rail or
fly lo the San Francisco and New
York expositions, take delivery on
his car at tbe factory at Flint.
in
stock is very low
large trade-in
YOUR BUICK - PONTIAC DEALER
Discuss Buick Contest HIGHWAY TRAFFIC
F "tez3gtp DEATHS DECREASE
Northwest Hulck salesmen are competing in a contest for sales of
1930 Huicks. Here are two contestants talking it over inspired by one
of the new Huicks.
Mich., and save money on tho
driveout.
"In other words, the saving in
freight by driving out will pay for
oue's vacation, what with bargain
transportation rates this season."
Graham said numerous Huick
purchasers already have gone eaut
to take delivery of their cars, and
many more plan to follow suit
shortly.
FAMILY TOURIST COACH
After railroad connections had
been established between the east,
and California, many of the immi
grants in the ISSO's came "across
the plains" lu family tourist
coaches. Although many of tbe
hardships relative to crossing the
plains by ox-team were eliminated
and the time shortened by many
weeks traveling family tourist stylo
was not without its trials. It Is
not known exactly how many fami
trade
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- therefore during this week we
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ROSEBURG
lies traveled in a tourist coach but
one pioneer who cume to Oregon,
via California, says there were six
teen children in a single coach.
Each family carried its own bed
ding, including mattresses, which
were usually ticking filled with
straw that could be thrown away
at tbe end of the journey. They
also carried their own food, which
was cooked on a stove at one end
of the car. The women carried
brooms with which to sweep out
the car.
The train . (raveled very slowly,
especially going up hill. Ono train
moved so owly that a man whose
hat blew off as tbe train moved
westward was able to get off the
train, catch his hat, and board the
traiu again.
That drug store strike in (.Move
laud is terrible. It's awfully hard to
irft a sandwich.
jjl psp
CHICAGO. March 29. (AP)
Highway traffic deaths declined 12
per cent in February, the Kith
consecutive month to show fewer
fatalities than the same month of
the preceding year.
Tho nation's February death
toll was 1.810, or 250 less than
that of February, 1938, the Na
tional Safety council reported to
day. It raised to 8,900 tho theoreti
cal number of lives saved on
streets and highways since the
record period of unbroken traffic
improvement began in November,
1937.
Added to the 210 lives saved lu
January, tho February mark made
the 1939 total -5 GO. Both the Janu
ary and February death totals
were the lowest lor those months
since 1933.
A most encouraging phase of the
sustained improvement, tho coun
cil said, was that It came without
a decrease in travel. In 1938 the
19 per cent death reduction was
accomplished with no change in
mileage from 1937. In January
this year the record was better,
the S per cent cut in deaths com
ing with an 8 per cunt iucreuso
in travel.
U. O. Entries at Peak
EUUBNE, March 29. (AP)
Nearing tho 3000 mark, regisliu
Hon at the University of Oregon
for spring term brolie all previous
records in the history of the insti
tution, and showed n six per cent
increase over that of last year at
tho same time.
Continued uso of water other
than that which lias been properly
distilled may daniago a battery per
manently. will give extra
if.
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