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THE OREGON STATESMAN: TUESDAY. FEBRUARY 17. 1920.
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Under Auspices of Marion-Polk Dealers Association
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FHE MOTOR ERA IN COMPLETE EXHIBIT
50 PLEASURE CARS
20 TRUCKS
Artistic Decorations-Orchestra Music Afternoon and Evening-Adm'n, to Partially Meet Exp., 25c
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS TRAIN TO
QUALIFY AS MOTOR CAR EXPENSES
In an unpretentious building on 1
High street near Center Is a verita
ble hire of industry, little known .to
most member ot this community,
where 23 young men students ot the
Salem high school are perfecting
them sel res as automobile mechanics
under the tutorship ot E. E. Berg
man. ,
"The shop" as it Is known among
the students, Is a hobby with Super
intendent -of Schools John W. Todd,
and offers, a , thorough. (Course , In. me
chanics. ,. Automobile work, . is fea
tured, and although this department
is in its second year only it has
turned out some young mechanics
worthy of the name
The capacity of the building is
taxed to its utmost, and the increas
' lng number of students who desire
to take the: course wiirsdon make
neceszary larger quarters and addi
tional equipment. The present build
lng has a floor space of 800 feet.
Not long since a part was wanted
for a high class automobile driven
by a prominent citizen of Salem, but
it coud not be had this side of the
factory. This would require several
weeks, during which period the. car
would necessarly be out of commis
sion. The I school shop solved the
, problem. From raw material stu-
three days the machine was running
as usual.
Company Organizes For
' Inland Freight Hauling
EGIN SIX TOPS
IN ROAD RECORD
A recapitulation of various events
and happenings in motordom during
the past four years recalls to mind
the repeated triumphs whicbr the El
gin Six has made in stock car com
petition; and thus, the "manner in
which it has earned its title of
"World's Champion Light Six."
. Though the policy of the Elgin or
ganization has never been to enter
the kind of competition which re
quires specially built acing models
working, but I honestly believe I
ras within the law. My car runs so
smooth that 30 miles seems like
20."
That stall fails to turn the trick
nowadays. The judge merely yawns
and forthwith begins to enter the
sentence in the big book of doom,
usually tacking thereto a reasonable
sum as a penalty for springing such
an ancient excuse.
Read the Classified Ads.
visitor Have you a papa and
mamma?
Little Girl I should say so. I've
had three papas brv& first mamma
and two mammas by my second papa.
Judge.
"Darling." be said, "I have lost
all my money."
"How careless of you. she re
plied. "The next thing yon know
you'll be losing me." Detroit Free
Press.
With a promise of rates approx
imately 10 per cent lower than those
now charged by the railroads a new
hpatand truck, transportation com 1 .,Mfo.iAi.ai
ZZzi I - officials have been oter zlousln.
W7namWr-rane?-W;Marchl. entering strictly stock cars in scores
lauwsuiug siauons as tar tuuia iruui
Portland .as Eugene.
The plan as outlined to The States
man by President M. E. Lee. during
his stay in Salfm last week, is to
operate two steamboats on the Wil
lamette river with stops at Butte
ville, Crawford, Salem, Albany, Cor
vallis and Eugene, from each of
which places truck lines will deliver
feight to neighboring towns. From
Butteville six towns. Aurora, Barlow.
Hubbard. Woodburn, (Gerrais and
Mt. Angel will be served; from Sa
lem, Silverton, West Stayton, Tur
ner, Dallas and Monmouth will be
served.
The new company will be known
as the Inland Empire Transporta-
dents fashioned the part and within tnn. company.
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RENEWAL OF
Threaded Rubber
Insulation never neeas to
be given a thought But
that of ordinary Insula
tion does, at least once
before the battery is worn
out Threaded Rubber
gives far better protection
to plates and is the only
kind that can be depend
ed On to .last as long as
the battery. It can be
had only in the Still Bet
ter Willard
DEGGE & BURRELL
i Auto Electricians
.Through Service We Grow
238 North High Street
of gruelling events of wide public
interest. Most of these have been
unrestricted to cars as moderate in
price as the Elgin.
On numerous occasions Elgin of
ficials have taxed their ingenuity to
devise special feats of broad inter
rst, imposing critical tests for econ
omy, enduring and speed, in order
to prove for their own satisfaction
the full xtent of the Elgin's effi
ciency and stamina.
The record which it established in
winning the longest known cross
country scaled-chassis endurance run
during the summer of 1917 still
stands as one of the most brilliant
examples of high automobile achieve
ment. It was on this occasion that
an Elgin Six (an all stock model)
which had been selected by Secre
tary of War Baiter to report road
conditions for the IT. S. war depart
ment, taveled from Chicago to the
Pacific coast, a distance of 6202
miles with en average gasoline con
sumption of 19.4 miles to the gal
lon, ant with its chassis officially
pealed by President Chas. M. Have.
ot the Chicago Motor Club in such
a manner that neither the motor,
clutch or transmission, could -be in
merted or ad lusted enrotite. A
to the Elgin for winning "the long
est cross-con ntry, sealed-chassis run
in automobile history."
A most spectacular achievement,
and yet on? which has become quite
common to an Elgin car. is that of
tumping, under - maximum speed,
from a small incline into the air and
landing full force upon a solid ma
cadam road, at a distance of from
;0 to 70 odd feet. Tests such as
these serve to prove the perfect Da
snce of in parts and its ligid tenac
ity of construction. The world'3
record long distance jump of 73 feet,
one inch was made by an Elgin Six
at Rellvllle, Illinois, on June 18.
1917.
.As racing cross country with fast
express trains will always prove a
most thrilling event of vide public
interest anionic automobile men. Just
so do the it' any records that Elgin
stock cars have established in num
erous contests of this kind appeal
t those who are most experienced
'n judeinc the comparative merits of
speed and efficiency of cars In the
medium priced category-
A recent run of this kind was
tnade from Cb4caeo to Indianapolis.
when an Elgin ' Six Victory model,
carrying four adult passengers, beat
the time of the fastest extvss by ex
actly fifty-six minutes. William K.
Gibbs. formerly of Motor Age, and
Chester Fonst of the Chicago Ameri
can automobile department, were the
official observers of this remarkable
run. No water was added to the ra
diator enroute. and the car aver
aged seventeen and one-half miles
to the gallon of gasoline
1 IB oa g) ool
mV one jmmm
plows tlOfS ''arrow $ f? H -H Cultivates
Oh, No, That Ancient
Gag Won't Longer Work
A few vears aeo a fair percentae"
or motorists haled . before a magi
trate for speeding could escape wUh
reprimand when thev looked the
I judgs square in the eye and with a
I sorrowful countenance said: '
' "Judge, my speedometer wasn't
It Replaces the Horse
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As a Power Plant For
Belt Work
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it will even run up the back steps into kitchen or
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ROACH & TROVER
444 Ferry St. Salem, Oregon.
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