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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (March 20, 1921)
SECOND NEWS SECTION PAGES 1 TO 4 mm ; - i t -J r , ' ' r i 1 -1 m iitiiii dizfomo&ile, Special Features and General News SEVENTIETH YEAH SALEM, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, MARCH 20, 1921 PRICE: FIVE CENTS A U T O M O B I L E S T R U CK S.T RACTORS Motorcycles Bicycles Accessories i r ? 5 1 L " 11 a 17 wSl-z W. - "w "v ii u i , wpw f i ir " i - 1 j IISN1ED 10 HEAD FIRIUI Men Long Associated With' i Founders Continue With Dodge Company DIRECTORS ARE CHOSEN Personnel is Entirely Made Up of Seasoned Auto mobile Veterans " . ' Announcement of the election of Frederick J. Haynes as presi dent and general manager of ! Dodge brothers which was made ifn New York last week. Is now ' followed bv a comolete list of inw directors and - chief - execu tives. Arthur , T. Waterfall is - ftade vice president and assistant general manager; .Harry Y. Po- peney secretary of the corpora tion, and Reginald. Fry. assist' ant secretary. Charleys W. Mathe son has been advanced to the po sition of general sals manager. Howard B. Bloomer Is made chair man of the new board of direc tors. Tlje other directors are Frederick J. Haynes, Arthur T. Waterfall and John Ballantyne. Service I"eriol lmg Mr. Haynes ; association with the two Dodge brothers covers a period of over 21 years. During this time be was not only chief executive of their great business, but was also a close personal friend. By reason of this long association, there is no one more familiar with their aims and prin ciples or more admirably quali fied to carry on their work. Im mediately after the death of John Dodge a year ago, Mr. Haynes was elected vice president and general manager, and has been the active head of the business during the long illness of the late Horace E. Dodge. It was Mr. Dodge's request, jusl before his death, that Mr. Haynes be elect edto the presidency of the insti tution. His election therefore comes as no surprise to those fa miliar with, the implicit confi dence which the two Dodge bro thers placed in his ability as ft manufacturer and chief execu tive. lias Thorough Training Mr. Waterfall was for many years superintendent of the Bus- FOR REAL CAR SERVICE GREAT WESTERN GARAGE 'Automobile Supplies Auto Repairing Welding Tires, etc. Opposite Court House We Never Sleep Phone 44 sell Wheel & Foundry company of Detroit, and later vice president and director of traffic for the troit Hoard of Commerce. In the latter position he gained national prominence as an authority on transportation matters.' While Mr. Waterfall is generally known as a traffic expert, he has had long training in the more general executive duties required of a man in his present important po sition, with an intimate knowl edge of all questions attending the operation of a great irtdustry. Mr. Popeny 'joined Dodge bro thers about 10 years ago, and since that time has occupied var ious positions of responsibility. For some years he was assistant to the former secretary of the company, and in that capacity ex hibited unusual ability in ' the handling of financial and ac counting matters. ' Mr. Fry's as sociation with Dodge brothers dates back to 1910, and he, too. has developed with the company. Ia recent years he has occupied positons as auditor and office manager. Hails From Xcw York. Charles W. Matheson. who now takes the position of general sales manager, has been associated with Dodge Brothers Sales Department since they first started to manu facture a car of their own. He first acted as New York district representative and later as di rector o service at the factory. Since the resignation of the for mer sales manager, he has been the former sales manager, he has been the acting head of Dodge Brothers Sales Department. Mr. Matheson has been connected with the industry" since the' inception of it, and was for twelve years a manufacturer of one of the early high-priced cars. His ability and training and thorough knowledge of Dodge Brothers policies make him particularly well fitted to di rect the marketing of their prod uct. Mr. Bloomer, chairman of the Board of Directors, was for many years the close personal friend and legal advisor of both John and Horace Dodge. He has been a member of the Board of Direc tors since the reorganization which followed the death of John F. Dodge last January. He is a prominent Detroit attorney. Ballantyne in Banker. Shortly before Horace Dodge's death, John Ballantyne was elect ed to the board of directors. Mr. Ballantyne is president of the Merchants National bank of De troit and is widely known and ac cepted as an authority on finan cial matters, which makes his presence on the board a distinct asset to the institution. For a great many years he has been a close personal friend and con fidential advisor to Horace Dodge. To every one interested in he Affairs of Dodge Brothers, It is gratifying to know that the ex ecutives now in charge of the bus iness are all seasoned men. By reason of their long ,and thor ough training in the policies on which John and Horace Dodge built and developed their business, they have come to know and be lieve implicity in these policies. It is absolutely certain that they will continue to apply these same principles to the future of their great organization which the two Dodge Brothers left as a monu ment to their genius. T E IS DECREASED Vick Brothers Informed Of Cut in Cost of Samson Farm Implement i il ; The high standing of the Business Car is due to the fact that it actually does all that is claimed for it It is a steady, dependable, sturdy means of delivery, keeping operat ing cost down taa very low figure, BONESTEELE MOTOR CO. Mtrloa and Polk County Dtrtrilrator Ferry and Commercial Streets Salern, Oregon Tb gaooHn coraramptten ia wnwawlly low TW tiro miloag la unnouolly high 1 III I ill 'V M ' jK -"t" 1 II . p v . - f - Vick Bros, are very much nleatod over the receipt of a ire from the Samson branch at Stock ton, Cal.. announcing a reduction in the price of tne Samson trac tor pf $jIS0. reducing the price from $1295 to $1015. This reduction coming now at the beginning of the tractor sea son will be of much interest to the tractor buyer as there is now no need of waiting longer, and farmers will now buy their tractor and get busy on the land. Owing to the continued wet weather farm work is very much delayed and the farmers will be very busy as soon &3 weather will permit. Those owning tractors will have the advantage, as trac tors can be worked ni&ht and day during the rush and g"Jt the grain in early, while with horses it is imDOK.sille o work overtime, as they must oat and rest. Often the difference in ; yield between early sown grain or late nown srain wilt more than pay for a tractor. carburetor adjustment abovld re sult in saving half this amount, for most engines are operated on rich mixtures suitable for -easy starting and maximum power but very wasteful from the standpoint of gasoline economy. A surpris ing number of carburetors are set for winter operation and not changed in summer. It is urged that people be Impressed with the saving In gasoline resulting from the use of lean fuel mixtures. Auto is Most Familiar Among All Machinery greatly exceeds the number of cars more than 7.500.000. Oth ers who have never driven car know something of its operation through riding as passengers. "With all Us usefulness, v the automobile la not a complicated machine. "Medium-weight ears. In parti cular, are desined with the great est simplicity and fewer parts. It as easy to care for such an auto mobile at to drive it. And this in greit measure acdounts for their popularity. "People have learned that to keep this type of car running and get the otmoct servtc from it re quires only the application of common sense." IMPORTANCE. OF CARBURET OR ADJUSTMENT That nearly 30 per cent of ev ery gallon of gasoline burned it wasted through faulty carburetor adjustment. Is the startling con clusion derived from exhaustive tests of the composition of ex haust gases from various engltes tested by three prominent chem ists of the U. S. Bureau of mines. It U further stated that careful "Feople are geaerally more fa miliar with the automobile than with any other piece of machin ery." says K. G. Delano, local dealer in Chevrolet passenger and commercial cars. "It is seen on the streets of every city. On the farms and ranches and In sparsely settled re-i gions. everyone knows the auto mobile and Its purpose. "It has become the great pas senger and commercial transpor tation medium. "Only specialized worker know the machinery of the rail roads intimately enough to oper ate them. But the Automobile it quickly mastered ty thousands of new owners every day. "The total number of automo bile drivers In the United States Salem Police Department Buys Harley:Davidson The city council has purchased from Harrr W. Scott, local Har-ley-DavlC&on motorcycle dealer, a new 74 coble inch llarler David ton motorcycle, to be used by the traffic officer, of the police de partment. This type of machine It being adopted for this work by many of the larger cities of the United States, (or the reason that It de velops much more power and speed than.th average machine. The Portland pollc .department has recently added several of these machines to the force aad now has a total of 27 Harlsy-Da-Idson machine In use. Funny Questions Asked Service Battery Dealer Is the man who repairs and re- tharjrea storage batteries likely to be oppressed by the monotony of his job? "Not by jugful," says Mr. Degge, Willard service Btation dealer. "Everv day we are asked un usual and surprising questions and we have to keep on our toes to answer them all in a u e- lan guage." For instance "How can a battery get not when there's nothing ni it but so lution and lead plates?" "Can I use dry cells for starting and lighting while you repair my battery" Can I take my battery oil my car and use it to run my imun fan?" "Can you charge my battery while I wait? I know it's in good condition because I poured all the solution out of it and kept the box under the stove all winter." "Ckn you fix my battery up? I ran out of gas just outsido the rarase and used the starter to holD run the bus Inside. Now there seems to be something the matter with the current." All of the.e questions seem sen cible enough to the folks who ask them, and the battery man s abti itv to answer them withont seera- in to reflect on nis customer's intelligence, is an important fac tor in hi success. i AJLSW TO ORIGINAL COST i r In making your original investment; in tliis car, you reeeivr the lenefit of the Manufacturing taring estimated at 20 per eent to -o ier!eent, made possible hy complete manufacture in the new modern .LM,000,00 Studehaker plants at South Uend, Indiana, hecausc (a) the price includes lmt one manufacturing profit on casting, forgings, stampings, motor, axles, transmission, frame, body, top, etc. (U) the amount of overhead expenses included in the price is very small. (e) excess weight is eliminated without sacrifice of durability or quality. The fthippinj weight of the tar, 2.VH) pounds, is distributed equally over the four wheels. OPERATING SAVINGS thousand miles on the standard 2x4 eord tires. mile on a gallon of gasoline. SIDKCAK BOIlV KAVKK IfUXTKIt'S I.V DUCK Driving from Los Angcie? to Big Bear Lake, a distance of lw miles; through 75 rWles of des ert, and over two ranges of moun tains for a day of duck shooting. John E. Edwin Hojrg. an outdoor enthusiast was muth chagrined to find all the boat3 rented in ad vance. Duck shoottng without a boat was impossible, but boats were not to le had lor love nor mnnev. N'ot to return home dis appointed, the motorcycle tourist removed the bod of the sidecar. plugged the bolt noles with wood en pegs, camea ine seams 1 " pitch, borrowed an oar and pad dled away to tbe hunting grounds. The small ije and Ineonsptcuous- ness of the Improvised boat was a valuable factor in stalking the game, and at sundown the motor cyclist hunter paddled ashore with the limit of birds, while In operating this ear. you receive the benefit of the eenomie advantage arising design, skillful manufacture, excess safety factors, and high quality, U-eause (a) it will go from 12 to 1 (b) it will go from is to 22 i (e) it will render from H to 10 years of satisfactory service. , BECAUSE IT'S A STUDEBAKER Have vou noticed the beauty and ! the comfort of the STTDEHAKER closed from its tupcrfi cars! Models and Prices Touring Car .... Landau UoadsJer Sedan i... $17.V) lfr:iO Large Stock of Tires, Tubes and Accessories Open Day and Niht Expert Repairing 235 South Commercial Street ntemobili -enpaBy Phone 362 many of the boat-equipped sports men bad Inferior success.