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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (March 27, 1921)
SECOND NEWS SECTION PAGES ! TO 8' mm ft . rl i4afomcHfei, Society, Special Features end General News SEVENTIETH YEAR SALEM, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, MARCH 27, 1921 PRICE: FIVE CENTS AUTO M-0 B F L E S f R' U G K S T R ACTORS Bicycles Accessories "i: . - - i f :- ' i : i : Motorcycles : 1 m j aa a a f . a a ai - " i. n. i v- m - cava1 a a a a raw r . (T W , ' v'W4-7fea- - - v- T " V I xeaah II I - - Jill a. vy I 11 i n -a. , . - ? 1 r m ai 1 -a l xaf 1 BBb. r SSI 1 Sill 111 Mm LLI ILII IIIIILU ment, "Immediate" and "rush" H X - ViZfS-SZW M , I V .. 74 t A .7.7 - I V' - I 111 Blllf III 111 I nuest Tar artditlnn. rt nriri..l . . ' i I 1 . M r AUltflUMltllt ?u r SCi;) ' tr.,,.,. I ' ' IU ' ' III " I P I IIMI I III - ' ' , " I I Manager Strong of Buick .Company Does Not Wait For Later Things 'It U not a case of what Is to las to happen in the war of brighter condition. . .We want to tij In all frankness, so tar as the tulck. Motor- company Is con crna, the time la here," said General Seles Manager E. .T. fltronr. "and Increaeina: demand (or oar product throughout, the country is hound to produce pros perity. As further eridence that there Ii a decided Improvement thrugh cut the Industrial centers of the United States, Mr. Strong exhibi ted, a number of recent telegrams In each Instance expressing anx hty Ja respectire localities for immediate dellTery of shipments 'containing eertain models. - "Need shipments badly," and ' 'please rush two carloads." These are . characteristic messages re ceived bf the Bulck tsles depart ment. . "Immediate" and "rush appear In most of them and re quests for additions to original orders are freqnent. "The sun la beginning to shine in this part of the country; get ready for It," Is the message of H. B. Penfce, head of the Pence Puick company of Mlnneapolle, which in normal times buys its Buick by the trainload. r Itertrai Is Widexptvd. ,'Since February 1 we hate en Joyed. a real revlraK in our reUil business, not only in the city of Philadelphia, but in other centers of ' large population In ' our terri tory," the Philadelphia branch wired on February 12 and in eri dence it presents the statement that in the period from February 1 - to 12 the , Philadelphia retail department sold a total of 32 Jobs, all for immediate delivery. From its Chicago distributors the Buick received Tuesday a re quest for the shipment of eight carloads as quickly as possible, while rush orders for varying amounts, received from Dallas, Tex., Memphis, Tenn.. Pittsburgh and Denver gave indication of the widespread character of the re vival of demands for motors. f i . - I THE ROAD AND5 THE VEHICLE "Can't I get that number?" Not today," said the telephone girl, not unkindly. "The lady of the house is telling a chum about ter vacation."- Judge. FOR REAL CAR SERVICE GRIWESulRI GARAGE Automobile Snpplics Auto'Repairms Wcldiug Tires, etc. Opposite Court House . We Never Sleep Phoue 44 ; By A. T. STEINER Representative Mack-International Motor Truck Corporation. At a time when the long stand ins national need for more and better highways is being substan tially met by legislative appropria tions in: the hundred million dol lar figures, it seems appropriate to ask the question "What has made this huge expenditure possi ble and in what terms will the dividends from the Investment he expressed"?" . It seems appropriate further to consider what is the basic idea be hind this expenditure who pays for these highways, for what pur pose are they built, and who bene fits by them. v I Two Classes Vised. ' Two classes of motor vehicles use i our highway the motor truck and the passenger car. About S per cent of the people, in the United States own passenger cars, yet through the medium of the motor truck; every person in the country. Is directly benefited by the money that is spent for building highways. As a matter of fact. If the seven million people who own passenger ears' were the only ones to derive "benefit from the road, our; government would scarcely be justified in spending for this .purpose : money which comes from the entire one hun dred and fifteen millions. But since practically every article that is consumed or nsed by everyone In this country makes some part of its Journey-from, producer to consumer in motor trucks, the en tire population receives a dollars and cents return in the form of lower living costs, from the 1m , provement in transportation which When comfort is complete and cost of operation at the mini-v mum there is little more to be desired in a closed car The Coupe adds to those qual ities real beauty of design and excellent good taste BONESTEELE MOTOR CO; Hartaaa'yolk4Coattty DUtrfVators Ferry and Commercial' Streets V Salem, Oregon The gasoline conaanplioa is omeoalty low The tire aailaage is wraeoalty bigli . L motor trucks and good roads make possible.' Truck Indispcntfble ' : Adequate transportation is es rential to general welfare and prosperity, and as conditions ex ist in the United States today, adequate transportation is impos sible without the use of the motor truck. For example suppose eery motor truck in the country was suddenly put out of use. It would cause a paralysis of the1 railroads through inability to! clear terminals; it would mean the cessation of practically all bulldiag operations through lack of materials; it would stop prac tically all . passenger automobile operation as almost all gasoline and oil is transpaorted to retail nlling stations In motor trucks; it would tie up retail business in large cities to nearly a standstill add ! countless other situations Equally serious would result. It Is jl fact that the average person does not realize how dependent he Is upon motor transportation. . Good roads must be built if the county is to profit to. the largest extent by the economic advantages of. the motor truck, and it we are to have good roads than Toad fi nancing , must be placed on a sound 'basis. It Is quite natural that the task of collecting and disbursing ; funds forv supplying good roads should be undertaken by government in behalf of the people, since it Is a national prop osition and since there is no other agency large enough to handle the problem efficiently. I Arrangement it Iluine. It Is a business arrangement, pure and simple the original In vestment comes from. the people of 'the country as a whole, while the upkeep and maintenance of the roads is paid for by the vehi cles that use them in accordance with the ahount of road wear each causes. The latter is. of course, a just arrangement under any ron dltions, yet the former the in vestment on the part of the en tire population of the country is only Justified thr tuh the use of the motor truck which gives each investor a return on his invest ment. In fact it Js only through the increasing use of -motor trucks that an enlarged road building program has been justi fied and consequently possible. leration. to have rach- times rec-i ognized as "Worlds Records." The eyes of the world ate there fore turned to th American mo torcycle classics of the 1921 sea son, as it is expected that not a tew international or world's rec ords will ba exceeded in this country which are now held by British riders. These expecta tions were already realized in part when Otto Walker on Feb ruary 22. 1921, on the Fresno. Calif., board track, exceeded four of the international records now held by British riders, namely, the 1-mile. 5 mile. 10 mile and 50 mile, solo, in all of which he av eraged over 1A0 miles per hou. Application has been made by the Motorcycle & Allied Trades Asso ciation of America for official rec ognition of the above distances as world's records. SIHE OF IK N Marion Automobile Company Has Luxurious Car In -k Display Window changes In thoir car. as is eutto-J. mary with other manufacturers of automobiles. On the contrary, they haTe adhered to a polky of simplicity, economy and comfort, and haTe worked along: these lines. wltB now and then a minor change or refinement. This" year. howeTer. a new style hood baa oeen adopted, replacing the former sloping type, which gires the car a more -conventional appearance without losing Its distinctiveness. With this excep tion, the present car is about the same as last year's, there being practically no mechanical chang es whatsoever. However. adoption . of thia new hood will probably eliminate some 4 obJec tions or; prejudices regarding the Franklin car. HON1lTY IS MOTTO Our motto la the garage and tractor business la honesty, good work and quick service. The fault in many Instances caasea the former a lot of annecessary expense, time and trouble. Of poor workmanship, the men In our buslneea Is trustworthy, picked men, of long years experience In both trades. We guarantee all work of any kind. The Advance Rumely .service car will come at the any tlme and any place. , Roberts What's the matter? Finances bothering you? Richards Yes, I owe Rogers $5, and today I've got It. and he knows I've got it, and he -knows I know he knows I've got it. The Marion Automobile Com pany has received the new style Frantlin, which la now on exhibit in their show room and "they ex tend an Invitation to the public to call and Inspect it. The Franklin Is rapidly Increas ing in popularity' as nearly as many new Franklins were bought during the past three as during the previous 16 years. It has not been the policy of the Franklin '" Automobile com pany to make any radical yearly TOWING FREE OF CHARGE ; ADVANCE-RVMELY; GARAGE & I MACHINE WORKS 1 Tractor work in the field ; ' , And, ' ? Automobile ."work in the shop All we ask is a trial to show our ability as Tractor etr pdrts on any make cf, tractor- Fordsona a Specialty Phone 222 326 N. Com! StSalem, Oregon RIGHTFUL POST n U. S. Is Leading World Power in Motorcycle i Competition The United States Is officially placed in her rightful position as a leading world power in motorcy cle competition as a result of a meeting of the Federation Inter nationale des Clubs .Motorcyclistes In Hrussels. Belgium, on January 20th? 1921. This federation, which is the governing motorcy cle competition organization of Great Britain. Canada; France, Italy, Denmark. Belsium. Sweden and Switzerland, and with which the Motorcycle tc Allied Trades Association of America has re cently consolidated, has no otfl cially recognized 1 the solo and sidecar kilometer, mile and five mile .records made by American machines and riders on the fam ous ocean beach at Daytona. Ha.. during the year1920. . Although American riders and machines hold records which greatly exceed the International records now on file with the F. I. C. M-. it was not possible, be fore America's entry into the fed- -L TRADE MARKj.; "T i r - -- i ' m i I r x Mir r w 3 1 " 1 .V. 1 K Tractor Only ..; .$7255 " Belt Pulley , 30.00 Governor $1250' Fenders and Tops I 40.00 Tractor complete delivered on your farm $837.85 .No. 7 Oliver Plow, 2 bottom 14 inch 144.85 Total $0S2.43 i Compare this with the price of any other. Tractor and equipment, then compare the cost ' of operating a Fordson with that of any other tractor. We know that unless yon hare a lot'of money that you want to "Throw Away" you will buy a Fordson. Ask any Fordson owner how he Ikes his Fordson. . Arrange for a demonstration on your farm " " '