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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 29, 1922)
0&kwam SECOND NEWS SECTION PAGES 1T0 8 Automobiles, Society, Clubs, Music tsii General News it ; SEVENTY-FIRST YEAR SALEM, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, JANUARY 29, 1922 PR1CBTFIVE HENTS S AUTOMOBILES, TRUCK AND TRACTORS MOTORCYCLES BICYCLES ACCESSORIES i I 1 . - 1 ? i V h i 1 1 1 1 1 i ft! i i I: i TRIPLEAWILL EXTEND SCOPE American Automobile Asso ciation Not Content to Pause in Progress UNIFORM LAWS OBJECT flew England Next Territory to Be Invaded by Power ful Organization Big, powerful and influential as it unquestionably is today, the American Automobile Association, thoworld'a greatest organization of motor car owners, now pro poses to reach out and bring into its fold by means of intensified and concentrated effort In each section of the United States every I motorist in the land, wherever he or she may be located. This was the decision reached by the A.A.A. executive board at a meet- ing held last week iu New York city. Not only does the A.A.A. intend to weld into one gigantic organi zation all the car owners of the United States, but it proposes to set before each individual motor ist every conceivable variety or reasonable service I hat such an association should render to it mernlers. That this should bo dorrA was the unanimous verdice of the executive board. More Comfort s Addril Feeling lhat ita years of efforts to bring about a comprehensive road building program have ad vanced to a point where almost complete success may he boasted, the A.A.A. now intends to bring closer and make more readily available to itts members all the lesser comforts and conveniences for which the touring motorist frequently finds need. Henceforth, according to the ex ecutive board's recent decision the A.A.A. shall bend its energies in obtaining for its members uni form traffic laws, national motor ing reciprocity, reliable garage service, dependable aid when acci dents occur, the establishment of more and ' better regulated camp sites, and the giving of better and broadened touring directions as well as a multitude of personal services that will make the organ, ization invaluable to all who may be fortunate enough to hold a membership card in the national body or onw of its affiliated clubs. No Aiitivilie Abandoned 'According to President George Diehl, the A.A.A. does not intend by any means to abandon any of its previous activities, but rather to add to them. In a statement dwelling on this point, President Diehl says: I "The A.A.A.'? past achievement j in behalf of roads building and! providing map service are gener ally recognized aid praised by all who motor. Uut this work has now reached a degre of success where attention can be given to other needed activities without losing ground, and the opinion prevails among our executive board members that more direct and personal service to the indi vidual motorist should be taken up and carried along." The New York City meeting was held primarily to pass on the many suggestions received at the rscent Detroit conference where there were present several hun dred delegates representing prac tically every motoring and good AUTOMOBILES' are a matter of paramount importance to us because we are in the auto business, but of infinitely more importance are the friends that we make through our treat ment of the public. We always strive to apply the Golden Rule to every transac tion and we ar$ convinced that we have succeeded in gaining the friendship of every customer with whom we have had dealings. We are in a new. location now and wish to make more friends. Won't you call and get acquainted, and examine our line of cars? Auction of Cars Every ' Saturday 7:30 p. m. Oleson-Rookstool Auto Exchange 173 S, Liberty St. Phone 666 and 88 A goad name Douse Brothers I - BONESTEELE MOTOR CO. Commercial and Ferry Streets Salem, Oregon roads organization in the United Stat -s. and at which time it was the consensus oi opinion that the good roads program in this coun try and the individual motorists in the United States would bene fit more through one, large, influ ential organization combining all roads and motor interests rather than through several smaller assi ciations of naturally 1 sser strength and influence. Iii')n Addresses Mtii IMs The meeting also followed the recent rally of motorists at Jack onville, Fla., where a southeast ern division of the A.A.A. was successfully launched- with a mem bership including the buik of the car owners of Florida, Georgia. Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee. and the I'arolihas. It was at this meeting that William Jennings Bryan addressed the assembled motorists and urgod organization as the quickest and most effec tive means of bettering motoring conditions generally. So successful was the Jackson ville gathering and so eidetit was the enthusiasm for the A.A.A." that no. doubt was lift in the minds of the executive board as to what procedure should be fol lowed iu other sections of the country. New England is the next terri tory to bv invaded by the A.A.A., and plans am now well under way for a meeting in Boston to in clude all roads and motoring in terests in that section when it is hoped to form a New England di vision which in its potentialities should equal if not surpass iu strength and character any other division of the national organiza tion. The A.A.A. drive will be under the direction of Executive Chair man D. L. Morgan who thus com ments on the organization's activ ities: '"Ever since Us inception in 19 02, the A.A.A.A's activities have accrued to the benefit of every' person who owns or drives a mo tor car, but the organization itself has never made the intensified and concentrated drive for the membership it d?serves and tau unquestionably muster. The De troit meeting and the Jacksonville gathering together with a general survey of the nationad situation have luon winced us that - motorists everywhere want and would wel come established A.A.A. divisions. Hence we are going ahead, for the will of the motorists is our guid ance, i ne a.a.a. is not a com mercial enterprise and piles up no profits lor any person or persons It is cooperative and its officers serve without salary. They are just everyday motorists doing their part in a program of mutual help for motorists. All revenues are expended for its members and the more revenue, the more the individual member will receive." During its New York City meet ing, the executive board arranged I for a representation or n at the American Roads congress held in Chicago last week. American and English i Automobiles Compared j The Car. one of England s old- j est and leading magazines devot- ! ed to the interests of motorists. J motor cars and uiotorins. com- : parrs, in a recent issue, the vir tues of a certain unnamed Brit- j 'sh-made car and au American automobile o about the same i class. It is not difficult to reason why . the iiritish car goes without name ; in the article, for the I tro!f-1 made product is given the prefer ence by a wide margin. The romparison is made in an swer to the niieiy of a l.rit'sh army officer who sought advice i regarding his contemplated pur chase of an automobile. His choice lay between the unnamed British car selling for 41 sterl ing, and the Miod Maxwell, whlcch sells m England for mT" sterl ing. 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