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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 4, 1921)
''! - - . . SECOIIDIIEWSSECTIOII PAGES 1 TO 8 Automobiles, Society, Clabs, llusic cd ... - General News SEVENTY-FIRST YEAR SALEM, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 4, 1921 PRICE: FIVE CENTS ' 0 I. A U TOM 0 B I L E S T RUCK S-T RACTORS Motorcycles Bicycles Accessories: to i! J f v. i 3 REPORT QN OREGON ROADS PORTLAND- Oregon City: West , side 7-oute through Oswego and Bolton crossing "Willamette river At Oregon City paved. Loads re stricted on Oregon City bridge. East side route through iMlwau kle open and paved. Oregon City. - Canby - Salem: Paved. Salem - Jefferson - Albany: Paved detour around washed out bridge at Jefferson made and traveled. Reported this date (Nov. 30) that Santiam river is rising dne to heavy ralna and de tour now under water. As soon at water recedes detour will be reestablished with plank and gra vel. For present until ater re cedes traffic advised to cross Wil lamette river at 8alem, south via Drunks corner. Independence, Su ver to Corvallis. . Signs will be poBted la Salem and Albany if routa through Jefferson is closed. Albany - Corvallis - Junction City - Eugene: Gravel Albany to Corvallis. Pavement Corvallls . Eugene. ' - Eugene - - Roseburg . Grants Pass - Medford - California line Large proportion paved, 'balance good macadam. All work has been completed which .has prior to this date necessitated, delays or de tours. The highway over the Sis kiyou mountains will be kept open RIMS anfl Rim Parts for all Cart Free Expert Advice IRA JORGENSEN ' ' 150 South High Street , throughtout the winter by snow plows If necessary. ' Colombia River Highway Portland - Astoria - Seaside: paved and open. ' Portland - Hood River - The Dalles: Open to Crown Point.' Crown Point - The Dalles: blocked with sleet and ice drifts. (Open IMtchell Point to 1V miles east of Hood River. Closed 14 miles east of Hood River to Twin Tunnels. Open Twin Tun nels to Hog Canyon. Closed Hog Canyon to The Dalles). The Dalles - Arlington; Open The Dalles to Rufus. Closed Ru- fUs to" Quinton. 'Open Quinton to Arlington: It is expected that the entire section from The Dalleg to Arlington will be open about De cember 6th. Arlington - Pendleton: Open; gravel road. Coast Highway Astoria - Seaside - Tillamook: Open for travel. West Bide Pacific Highway Portland - McMinnville: Paved. McMlnnville - Amity- Rickreall Monmouth - Independence - Cor vallis: Open; paved and gravel. Corvallis - Junction City - Eu gene: Paved. Battery Reiuyenators Bunk Says Willard In the old days, gasoline econ omizers were quite in style with the get-Tich-qulck fiends. They were much more common than they are now'. One could I buy them in powder, tablet or liquid form.. an$ probably administer them in horaeopathis or allopath ic doses for the effect was just the same. ! As long as the car! owner was very careful to have the carbon removed from the engine cylin ders, the valves ground and the carburetor adjusted, and then ap ply the so-called economized to the fuel tank, he was certain to get greater mileage, (per gallon of gasoline. And no wonder! The same thing applies to the present day storage battery "re juvenators," "recharging solu tions" and what-not, that are be ing sold as mysterious compound and wonderful discoveries which recharge your storage j battery in j 20 minutes. Any battery service Station can do the same thin? by doping a battery with strong acid but they know the harm-, ful effect of such treatment. The surprising thjng is the willingness of many people to pay fabulous prices, three jto five dol lars being asked for a single ap plication of these dopes when most storage battery Service sta tions would: do the" frsame' thing for 25 cents. j There is nothing mysterious about pouring strong acid solu tion into a discharged pattery.and Having it operate in 20 to 30 min utes afterward. Any service sta tion can do that, but the normal way to recharge a battery li to pass a current of electricity through it and avoid injuring it or shortening its life, i The quick way is to pay $3 to $5 for about 25 cents worth of strong acid and then suffer the consequen NEW MAXWELL MIKES 1 BIT Verdict of Crowds -ts That New Series Will Be Ex tremely Popular If you are looking for your money's worth in a - .. -'f -f ? Buy it from a Used Car Dealer. You will always be ahead because a Used Car Dealer makes it bis business r- to find used car bargains. We are Salem's Used Car Dealers. Come to us for your used car wants. We Have 30 Exceptional Buys in stock( at this time. Come and look them over Oleson Auto Exchange ' 341 North Commercial St. 6&0 North Capitol' St. Phone 666 Phone 376 ."V Will JiUdge Auto Honors by Figures, not Percentage The strength of the position taken by the National Automobile Chamber of Commerce in basing its awards for honor position at the National automobile shows only upon actual figures of busi ness done, reported byjeach man ufacturer, ir readily apparent. The percentage method of de ter mining the leading automobile company would be manifestly un Just to many companies whose yearly volume runs Into many thousands of cars like Buick, which has again been awarded this position at the shows this year. A manufacturer who made but 500 cars last year might increase bis production to 1000 cars this year a 100 per cent increase- yet its contribution to the auto mobile industry as a whole would be Immeasurably less ! than that of a manufacturer who built 50,- 000 cars last year and brought his volume of business for the following year up to" 75,000 cars an increase of only 50 per cent. Percentages don't exactly ' lie. but they frequently are mislead ing. Judging by the verditt expres sed by the crowds who have been looking at the new series of the good Maxwell at the show rooms of Oscar B. Gingrich company, the Maxwel ltouring car Is going to bf extremely popular. The excellent lines of the car attract attention and those who have tried out the seats find n degree of comfort that calls forth enthusiastic comment. The steering wheel and the driving mechanism is so placed as to be easily accessible and the clutch action is particularly easy. Sturday side curtains, mounted on rods and which attach to the body of the car with a new catch that works without any skinning of fingers, are a touch that will be appreciated. Also, the fact that these cur tains instead of being, rolled up with the result thak the lights soon Crack, are placed in a neat compartment In the back of .the front seat. The upholstery of the touring car is real leather and the top is smartly designed of water proof material. Disc steel wheels with demount able rims are regular equipment, with artillery wood wheels op tional. The appearance of the car i3 added to by a plate glass rear win dow in the curtains. The Alemite system of chassis lubrication is an added conveni ence. are by political troubles and forces of the transportation problem, the j naiuans nave - ouisieppea many cities more advantageously situat ed. Interesting photographs of the noael street cars " were brought back by Edward Henkel. who vis ited Haiti recently on board the U. S. S. Henderson. ' For the period of the last six or eight republics, as they Hgure tinio in Haiti, railroads and street cars there have been operated by the Haitian American Sugar com pany. For many years large sunu of money have been squandered annually in the upkeep of ancient steam locomotives, wnich con sumed fabulous quantities of coal iu their short trips. An economical solution was finally reached by the railroad superintendent with the help of Auton Kneer, Dodge Brothers dealer in Port Au Prince. With a Dodge Brothers cnassis as a be- power which coma be applied wai ginning, a complete street rail- greatly increased. way coach was built. The gearing j irom me original rear axle to the) 32-inch locomotive wheels whlrh :, drive the car was greatly reduced i so that the sprockets ou driving , axle and driving wheels were : equal in size. In this way the i With a total weight of 7250 pounds, the chassis could now be sped up to forty miles an hour without overheating the motor. On this chassis a complete street car was constructed, and the com pleted job is now? making regular trips on the streets of Tort Al Prince . So successful has the ventud proven that the Haitian America! $ugar company contemplates ai dine throe or four more strw cors on Dodge Brothers chassi and similar Jobs to haul sugar 01! of their plantations. Law operating cost WM POSIT! GIVEN TO BUICK Popular Car Again Comes off Ahead in New York Automobile Show Top Work and general Upholstering Our equipment and our practi cal experience enables up to do any and all kinds of auto top work in a manner that insures satisfaction. "Our prices workmanship are the right, best." our All work guaranteed Hull's Top Shop . 271 Chemeketa St. SALEM Phone 809 OREGOX B0NESTEELE MOTOR CO. Commercial and Ferry Streets, Salem, Oregon Dodge Brothers ' 4 Some men are so lazy that we often wonder where they found enough energy to get a wife. They were probably looking for a meal ticket and took chances. Exchange. ! : 3 m U I G K Ohio Letter Praises Buick About two months ago, Mr. O. C. Porter, of Mill City a stranger to us called, and we sold Wm our demonstrator, the first new 4-cylinder Buick we received. Yesterday we received the iouowing letter utto j. wusoxl , Findlay, Ohio, 11-20-21 I MR. OTTO J. WILSON, ' Salem, Oregon. Suppose you thought you would never be bothered with me again but here'l am. I should of wrote ypu sooner but neglected to do so. AVe drove the Buick 4 across in 17 days and had several days of real mud roads too. ! So.' pakota and Iowa simply has no roads after a heavy dew. . j ' - Our total mileage was 2963 miles, used 136 gal gas and 2Y gal. oil. .Tell y6ur customers they can make no mistake in buying a liuick 4 for real service. Lived in the hills for 14 years and have had several makes of mach ines and driven across this old U.S.A. on two separate occasions and never real steep grades until this last trip and the Buick Four cannot be equalled for stiirdiness, power, comfort and mileage. I am not much of a fellow tj make a fuss and brag but I do take off my old hat to the Buick Four. Yours Respectfullv, j v ' C.C.PORTER. i R.F.D. No. 7, Findlay, Ohio. , - . JS. I expect to be'in Salem some day so you see you are liable to Ihj .bothered again. You sure did me, a great favor when you got that machine for me. "The honor nosition at this year's New York automobile show, again awarded tn Bnick bv the National Automobile Cham ber of Commerce for the greatest volume of business during the Drevioua venr in nfp-nifirant not only in Itself but because of the reasons which brought about this leadership" says E. T. Strong. general sales manager of the Bu ick Motor company. No car can build up such tre mendous nilhlir pnnfWsnco aa ren- resented in Buick production and saies unless that car has fully sat isfied the motoring public," de clares Mr. Strong. "No single quality in a car it is apparent can onng this about, the ca rmust measure up to nubile demand in every respect- Whether car owners are con scious of ft or not, the chassis and mechanism -of a car are the most vital parts and Buick for 21 years has constantly and unswerv i i . . ..... mgiy ueveiopea its weii-aennea engineering principles. This me- cnanicai soundness of Buick is one reason for the prositlon at the front Bnick occupies today. ine economy of Buick owner- snip 13 represented m tnree things each of almost equal im portance low upkeep, high re sale value and the nationwide ser vice maintained by the Buick Mo tor company. "Buick mechanical excellence means a minimum of renalra and replacements. 'The noted high resale value of Buick indicates very slow depre ciation find an wnnnmT nn tra.de- 1ns that is apparent on the face OI 11. "The third eeonomv. resulting from authorized service every where, which returns every Buick car to its owner in the shortest possible time, provides as nearly as possible uninterrupted service. Ana the Imal factor In liuick pales is the public knowledge that ouick responsibility ronows every Buick far tn mnlro fttire that ev ery Buick owner1 gets full return on nis investment. ' 1 Wi .Reat Your Epitaph d Like T bis? ITIIS MOTOR W Otto J. Wilson Center and Commercial Street - Naval Attache Finds Street Cars Driven by Dodge Brothers Motors tCriCTEEa AUTOMOUILESARE BUIIX, BUICK WELL BUILD THEM Small, sneedr street cars run by Dodge Brothers motors are help ing to solve the street railway problem of Port Au Prince, capi "Here lie the remains Of Johnnie Drake He heard the trains Bat had no brake,' ft It doesn't pay to take a chance by driving on slippery streets with poor brakes. You may save your car from a bad accident by having your brakes adjusted or relined at once. We do mechanical work of all kinds, from a missing spark plug to intricate motor mech anism. Tires and Tubes Hgh Grade ACCESSORIES of all kinds at reasonable prices Washing and Polishing Oiling and Greasing Open Day and Night Marion Automobile Company 235 South Commercial Street 1 ' Phone 362 tal of JUltf. Hampered as they