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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (April 16, 1922)
rv rr 1 1 L r I f VIlRresWCTtof th - Iff r- c . der; Springs, Denver El , - Ceairo, Everett, Fresno, Greeley, ', Holly wood Long; Beach. Los Angeles, Oakland, Pasadena, Pomona, Phoenix. Portland. Riverside, Sacramento, San Bernard.no, San Diego, San Francisco, San Jose, Santa Ana, Cinta Barbara, Salt Lake. City. Seattle, Stockton, Spo kane,! Tacoma, Walla Walla, Yak ima. Pueblo, and the latest" link in this large chain of stores is forged with the opening of the new Salem store at 125 North High, street. The local manager of Salem's newest and best equipped auto supply store extends a hearty in vitation to mortorlsts to come in and get acquainted with "Saving Sam" and his policy of 'Serving and Saving with a Smile." Mee vgavSM: gam HERE- IS THE LIFE STORY OF MR. SAVING SAM aTlng"Sam7, U the name ot the; smiling )ittla , mait, jpfctnrcd above. He Is trade-character for the Western.Auto Supply company and represents their policy - of "Saving and - serving , with a Smile." He, is always on the lob. caving money- for motorists, 'and serving them with the best in auto-supplies ". , '- , "Western Auto's new local branch store which has just been opened. at. J 25 North. High, street is the .latest addition' to Salem's auto row. ;, The best' way of servlng,motor Istv claims, the manager., or this new auto supply store. Is to have on hand a complete,' fresh stock of all accessories and supplies so that.tli auto owner can Ret Just exactly what J he .wants;, when ( he want It. and.' at a Dries that, he is wflllng to pay.'' This company's tremendous volume of business and . the rapid turnover, In : 40 stores makes possible a "factory- to-you'.' distribution plan that not only 'Insures complete, fresa stocks, but also, makes possible prices that are substantially; low- er- " ..- ,, - '. This merchandising plan does away .with broker's and joibbcrs profits which are passed along to the ult'mate consumer and is largely responsible for . thoj re markable growth of this .concern, according to the manager. ' The growth of the Western Au to Supply company is a most un usual And. remarkable oneaqd Ui history reads more like , flv.Upn than fact. Mr. Georgo, Pe;g'per dpne, who is president of this largest organization of its kind in the western United States, iwas recently asked to tell how he got hla start. He said: i "When I first: started. 4with a desk la a garage in Kansas -City, ust thirteen, iyears ago, my capi tal consisted: ots about d and a lot of nerve:": " ;'.""";. '" '"' .. "However, with this nerve I se cured i'a.'conslgnmenti ,of.$100l worth of merchandise and went to work and while in those days there were not as many automo biles as there are today, they needed accessories then just as they do now, and it was not long before 'my first' stock was ex hausted and I was fairly on the road to building up a 'big busi ness. . "Getting an idea and sticking to it, giving the public something they want and need, giving taem quality merchandise, and . above all always- keeping faith with them, is, I believe, the explana tion for the continual growth of our, business, the business, which grew from a desk in a garaga in Kansas City to one of the largest In the world In the short space of thirteen years.'; v, , I J Today the Western Auto Sup ply company " owns . and" operates forty large and completely stock ed auto accessory stores in every Important western city Bakers field, BeUingham.i, Boise; Colara- These Cars Were Used But Their True Value Remains ; ; Qur principal business is seUfo&.new motor cars. Necessarily we have acquired a number of used cars1 which have been traded in. : These used cars were not bartered for with the idea of selling them at a profit. They came to us merely as a part of our regular business thle,ofneVcars? v . :. ... ' ' The original owners of the trade-ins have naturally sacrificed some thing; The. mere fact that the cars have been used, ever so slight Jy, necessitates such a Sacrifice; But the real value of the car is . till there unimpaired. ? Consequently at the price we are able, to offer them bur used cars are truly a rare investment opportunity. .. Inf dollar-for-dollar value they are nothing short of rraarlcablev 9 : v Furthermore, when you buy a used car from us you are dealing with a responsible Business concern that gives you .all the facts about a car and will back up its statements. - We suggest aih immediate examination of the opportunities our used car stock now offers. . v f : . ; We guarantee our used cars to be exactly as represented or money refunded VIGK BROTHERS - , Dealers in Overland Oakland r Paige ; WiUys Knight - Jewett - 'tr V 4 U' .- nnY aots pun con Spelling and Declamation Meets and Athletic Com petition Arranged JUST SOME GOSSIP By LCE F. VEKXOX Tot the charge that they are not fit for selfgovernment the Fili pinos may retort that neither is the rest of. the ao-called civilized world. After a man !rta in hia ahmit 50 years old the insurance solici tors give him a rest. There is nothing more tantal- izig to a man than to go home with something in his mind he wants to scold about and find v'.sitors there, and be obliged to act agreeably. What is to be done with the mother who Insists that her daughter sings and plays divinely to the consternation of other guests of the house who gather in the sitting rooms of family hotels? There ought to be some punish ment to fit the crime.' " "There's no place like ; home. thank heaven," sighed the hen pecked man, as he locked his ho tel room from the inside. And yet it is doubtful "if one ex- navy workman will join the blacksmith's in repairing plow shares ag the poets depict. A Mormon boy out in Utah One day chanced to meet his own pa. Cried the glad little one. ' "Shake, pa, I'm yur son!' "Indeed!" said the man, "who's your ma? - - It ; is evident enough that the most disastrous war of aU time left in its wake the most disas trous peace of all time. ' If1 we were a young girl, and we lack much of being anything of the kind, we would rather the ribald' wretches called us a. chick en thart a flapper. : Los Angeles has a negro publi cation (a weekly) called the' Los Angeles "Hatchet'." The name reminds me of a" weekly newspS- per published in Forest Grove years ago; hot whether or not the paper in question is still issued 1 do not know. At any rate, at the time speak of, on the front of Us frame building was a somewhat unique signj First was a picture of George Washington, then the word "coun ty" In letters, followed by the picture of a hatchet. Thus the sign) read: "Washington County HatoSet," It was a novelty in Ilk Three big county school events are la process of incubation, all to be staged during the month of May. The first is to be the spelling contest, May 6, in which all the schools of the county are "urgea to take part. Each school may have one contestant from each grade from third to eighth inclu sive. Gold medals are to be giv en for first prizes, and silver med als for seconds. The words are to be taken from the New World Spellers according to grade, and the work is to be written, except that ties will be spelled off oral ly. The county superintendent is is now sending out the blanks and the instructions for all the en trants to use. The contestants must be on hand when the boll rings, or they wttl be barred. The match is to be held in the Salem high' school building, starting-at 10:30. It may not be as thrill ing as a duel with swords, or a hanEtng. but it promises to be worth a lot to the business and literary world. The county declamatory con test is ty be staged at Silver ton the evening of May 19. This will be in the nature of a final con test, the preliminary or elimina tlon contests having been settled earlier in the - various districts. For convenience, all the schools around each center, like Wood- bhrn, Silverton, Arrora, Stayton, Mill City, Jefferson and all other towns will go together for their elimination series, and so the Sll Tertdn contestants will be weeded down to a comparatively small number. There are three general classifications for the finals Class A. high schools and Junior high schools; Class B, grades 6, 7 and. 8; and class 3, grades 3, 4 end 5. Gold and silver medals will go to the winners of the first and second places in each class. All selections are to be limited to seven minutes. B. T. touel of Silverton is the chairman for the cotanty committee. , ?Thft county track und field meet is set for May 20, at Salem The details are not yet put out in! circular form, but a full pro gmm ot athletics will be put on and" every school in the county is to be urged to take part.. considered among finest students. Principal J. . Nelson spoke very h;ghly of Wilder scholarship while in the local school, which. he says, was of the highest. Although not active in high school affairs of student govern ment Wilder tried out for and made the football team during the last season. He was injured during the first part of the sea son, and as a result did not get to participate fin many of the pames. During the time he dta p'ay. however, he showed unusu al promise and played a stellar game in the backfield. 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U-Salem, Oregon t .w '-j Established 1017 ' ' V thfe line of advertising those days add was' an attraction of the town which I remember distinctly. lit was an odd sign; you'll ad mlt,, LUE F. VERNON. FREDERICK WILDER RECEIVES HONOR Chemavva Youth,' Now o .Salem High, is Accord ed Albert Cash Prizes The February graduating class of this year came in for its sharo of the high school senior class honors Thursday when by an overwhelming majority the class elected Frederick Wilder as the recipient of the Joseph H. Albert award. "Wilder will receive the prize of S20 at the graduation exercises on June 16. Wilder came to the high school from Chemawa where he was wall practically Impossible fox. girl to live on 60 cents a day to her food. ' What they me that it is not- impossible, but . hardly worth while. - LADIES 22 xsisevsstt , 'SwTlM&iW JClhwaSi Wis. Why not. raise your boy-tobe GARAUt. A division of normal scho3i girls In Kansas reported thct it CHICHESTER SJPILM rz Reduced Round Trip Fares , Tickets on sale daUy on . and after ApriJ 15. Return limit seven days after sale. Oregon Electric Ry. To and From Portland $2.75 Albany 15 Corvallis .-.2.05 Eugene 3.90 Forest Grore .3.40 Harrisburs .2.90 Hillsboro ..3.10 Junction City 3.15 Woodburn .95 ProportionaJ round trip fares to and from all oth er stations on the Ore gon Electric Ry. where the one way fare is SO cents or more. Oregon Electric Ry. J. W. . RITCHIE; Agent Telephone 727, : JtlAMtKB tOLXhb fllXjk. Urn Si SOB BT mtiOSIS RIKfmEK! NEW where we will do all kinds-of expert auto repriug- PgJgj where we will do all kinds of expert auto repairing. Spectalttis n KU1CKS 1X)RDS kUWEIXS Labor scale II per hour ; Our ten years experience means oodwork. done WQOT at right prices , , j - Oxyv Acetylene welding, braxlng and cutting Doerfer & Campbell 410 South Commercial street , - r- . rr ; -1 : ... I ftouble Cable 'i' ' I I ' " 1 ! n l! I IKE a ship's anchor saves it from grinding rocks orr v'shore the Double-Cable-Base anchors the Federal Tire secure from chafing against the wheel's steel rinu Added to the miles you ordinarily expect, you I get- the extra , miles Federal improvements save from rm damage. Federals are saving miles for thousandsthey will save for yotu , t a y FEDERAL TIRE SERVICE Katty Korner Marion Hotel i .Ifl'i .1': PEE New Series of the . good Maxwell has an - ease of control and a flexi' , : ; bility in traffic that is a de- ! light to experienced drivers. Touring Car - $885 Roadster - - 885 F. 0. & Detroit, Sedan - $1485 Coupe - - 13M GINGRICH MOTOR & TIRE CO. 371 Court St. Phone 635 Kike Good MftHBiL .t ' ""' "" ' - "-- r-ia 'jitti . t'1 ' " "' ' .a v 4. V . f A t -f:."-rV- -It