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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 5, 1922)
i SEVENTY-FIRST YEAR " ' SALEM, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 5, 1922 " TRICE; FIVE CZTtTS 4 i BILES, TRUCKS AND TRACTORS I MOTORCYCLES BICYCLES ACCESSORIES r t AUTOMQ 1 z IS FIGUREHEAD School Bus Makes Attend ance asy for Children ; . in the Country " 'HOLLYWOOD CREEPER TOPOLAR VEHICLE AMONG FILM FOLK. - With tha almost aniTenal adop tion of the school-bin ; begins a lonf period of restfaln8i (or the country truant officer whose duty la 'to check up on school atten dance. Rainy days, long distances and muddy roads, no longer make the district school look like a de serted Tillage. . . Used 'now by more than 12,000 consolidatad sehdoU, the school. bus. system Is a simple and practi cal lone. "Every morning the bus, with driver Drotlded by the school, drlres up before each farm house where there are children of school age. The sound of the horn Is the signal for ' the ' children to cone rushing eat of the house, and they are on their way to school, stormy weather Is bow a feeble excuse for n ot attending. More 'anad more, the truant offi cer; of these consolidated schools Is' coming tt lead the life of ease. 'General toeot Dodge Brothers can and Braham Brothers trucks with Dodge Brothers power plant shows how well they are fitted for this service, says H. A. Bonesteel, local Podge dealer. - The propor- tlem of Dodge Brothers cars among the 12,000 schools is high, andthe reason may be 'found by taking particular instances -where tby are used. In Beckham coun ty.' Oklahoma, for example, three Dodge Brothers cars take the i lace of six smaller cars formerly used by the country schools.! To fttor some idea of the amount of fti! KKB I 1 ' and Rim Parts 'for all Cart Tt Expert AdTice ISO South High Street tr . n s w,rN Ar V: v A- t . i , - - Jnf if X Y m " 1 1mi1'"i i ri ir g-: r-i i "fin t nrfiinriTiT(rii mim ii-ir----- -' m timnmryii:iLmiiiiM for 24 hours so that the texture will not be torn. Lack ot a single code compli cates the work of the establish msnt. "Mi sa Merwin says. There are three codes the New York Point, the American Braille and the revised Braille. Type of an these systems is used at the plant. Mailplane to Encircle The Globe in 17 Days Viola Dana and Alice Lake, all ready for a ride along the southern California boulevards in theh new style gasoline wagon, which is proving to be popular in Los Angeles and-the rest of the film cities The contraption can make about thirty-five miles par hour. walking thi kids of that county save, tbe buses each travel 35 miles on their way to school every morning, and the same distance going home. In another case, that of Winnebago Community school near . Rockford 111., 30 or moro children travel to school each morning ' in the comfortable, roomy, interior" of a Graham Brothers school bus with Dodge Brothers power plant. By reason ot their reliability and economical operation. Dodge Brothers cars and Graham Broth ers school bus are admirably suit ed to the use of country schools. Good Saturday Business xteported by Vick Firm V ' ' Vick Brothers report good bus iness, having -made a large num ber of sales yesterday. The sales included two i Overland sedans, one Overland touring car, one Samson truck, and the following second-hand cars: One Hupmo bile, one. Dodge, one Overland, one Paige and .one Ford. Every day, George Vick says, is bargain day at Vick Brothers. There would be less domestic infelicity In this world if so many women did not imagine that all household 'duties could be per formed by pushing a button. The young lady across the way says that she would marry and be the mother of a child, but she could neve bear to haul it about in a percolator. UNIQUE n PARIS. eb. 1. A trip around the -world In 17 days by interna tional airplanes is regarded as one Qf the possibilities of the future by airplane experts. They say 17-day Bchedutec with stops for deliveries at the chief cities n route may be realized when trans atlantic flying becomes a reality. A suggestion for even reducing the tima to 300 hours was made by one expert who said this would be. possible if "airmen's Islands" or floating: fuel bases were sta tioned at rfbiats in the Atlantic where the mallplanes -could re plenish their fuel. Such a scheme would make possible a speed of 100 miles an hour, he estimated. It Is claimed that In a recent test-a letter dispatched from ew York by land and sea went arouni the; .world is 89 days and that this is the world's record to date. If you are in tbe market for a warship, get ready to bid, for they may soon be on the market. IS IIP TO MP Shop at Louisville is Onlyj One of Its Kind in the United States v THERE'S A. BIG SURPRISE FOR YOU 'Just Around The Corner" Pi r - ipw(snttH( ilUMbHlintSlMUlriUIHfcUtMiaillll MtlMilMlttr $675.00 f.o.b. Salem MAINTENANCE Makes the Car Go Farther v The value of maintenance is getting increasing recognition inn the automobile owner. Knowledge of the car, necessary stock of parts, proper service these are the elements of maintenance. The manufacturer provides the car. The local dealer provides maintenance. r For every Chevrolet we sell, we have made tile necessary in vestment and preparation for its maintenance on the highway.' ' CHEVROLET Salem Automobile Co. .if.., F. G. Delano A. 1. Eoti Salem Dallas Hats off totUnsle Sam! It re quires some nation to owe twenty three billion dollars. v ........ Q 1 Ur - - : ! i1 , A dDQd name !- " - 1 '!'" i x . ! VI U . - pSSSeXSROTHERS i . i ; ',, ...... I t . I irfo4""' ':" '', r '"- " : . ''. I J ti K Hh -It . : El LOUISVILLE, Ky., Feb. 1. Louisville has a printshop such as is found nowhere else in the tuned States. Its books for ele mentary grades weigh 15 pounds; its typo setting jnachfnes have on ly six keys as compared with the 90-odd combinations possible in the average type Betting machine. and a hammer and a nail punch are the tools of the proof reader. Mis3 Susan B. Merwin, superin tendent, says all this is true, and he nrobably knows. The publishing house with these queer devices is me American Printing House for the Blind, and because of its publications thou sands of blind persons read what otherwise would not be available to them. The federal government pays the house $50,000 annually, and for this amount books are provid ed for 655 schools for we blind throughout the country. As an indication of the volume of work put out by tbe house, the report for the last fiscal year snows that 3,489,786 pages of printed patted and 12,580 bound volumes were produced and in addition, 4.211 pamphlets and 1,044 copies of musical selections were printed. The typesetting machines have only six keys because the alphabet for the blind comprises six points or dots, with each letter consist ing of from one to. six dots, in dif ferent combinations. Sheet brass is used in the ma chines, the words being punched in the metal. The plates go from the machines to the proof reader, who removes all mistakes with a hammer and a nail punch. Plates are then sent to the press room, where they are placed on cylinder presses, which uses paper that has been immersed in water TO ATTEND PRINCESS MARY ssHsassoBon BONESTEELE MOTOR CO. Commercial an3 Ferry Streets' r ) :h ! 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