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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 16, 1923)
AUTOMOBILE SECTION i SECTION 3 wmm. PAGES I TO 8 4- ffllREE SECTIONS TODAY SEVENTY-TIIIKD YEAR S ALEMrORECON.'SUND A Y MORNING, DECEMBER 16, 1923. - .... f : ,".. . . , 1 J , : J : r MOTORCYCLES BICYCLES V ... in-.. i urn i in. ii.-.. 1 " in i hi ' ' 1 - " . ,i ''. AGOESS0RIES u LEKLEV VISITS GnnnriER factory :Local Tourists are Surprised at Service Accorded By Gardner "People Mr. E. R. Jacobs of Salem called ' .... i today at the request of hi? daugh ter and her husband, Mr. and -Js. K. Lemley who are now. tra veling in the, south, and stared (hat , he had received letter from them asking him to relate to ns , tome of their experiences on the "trip from Oregon to Virginta. On July 8th, we purchased from the P. W. Pettyjohn Co.', of Salem. Oregon, a new Gardner .touring ear. Shortly; after jour , purchase : we left Oregon : by .way of the Colombia highway, and tra veled through Yellowstone park, through some of the J roughest -roads In the United States taking the most direct route to the state of Virginia, we had a misfortune in the breaking of spring which rwas no fault of the car or its con struction. Shortly before , we ar rived at . St. Louis we Tisited the factory and told them of tur trip ;and of our misfortune, the heads - of the Gardner company received .'us and treated us royally asking .us to make ourselves Tat , home . ! there and if they eould beof ser vice to us would be glad to show us anything that we would like ;to see; then came the real surprise -.when we were ready to go and iwere advised that our car was ready, we went to the : service room and there we found our car much like a brand new one. they had washed the car oiled and greased It, and tested it out, ad justed the brakes in addition to putting Jn the new spring, and when we asked for a bill " they only laughed and replied: "That is Gardner serrice;"; since that time we hare had no trouble of any kind, and on the entire trip from Oregon to Virginia, we had but three punctures, we are com ing back to " Oregon . and we . wl II be boosters for the Gardner .. al ways. i v; -! -j ' :,:V 4 HUM A XNESS "-' NEEDED ' SAYS SCHWAB Charles ;M. Schwab, addressing the Engineers' Club,. Philadelphia, this week. ; urged -the quality -; of "humanness" in dealing ; with workers. '-'The fundamental prob lem In all industry." he said. Vis to so relate the human elements' in the men who do the work to the machines which they operate that the men themselves, first of all. shall be happy and healthy and that they shall thus be able to op erate ; their machines' with good spirits and efficiency." RU.VS AUTO OX' . -ABAXDOXED RAILWAY i - An enterprising native of the state of Maine has solved- the problem ; of what to do with an abandoned railway. Some months ago the -Bangor and Aroostock Railway 1 discontinued, service over its 12-mile branch, running from Brownsville, to , Katahdin Iron ' Works. 7 Henry Green . saw his opportunity. " He started with a small automobile - and an idea. The idea fwas to fit the nar with flange wheels and : make It run on the unused rails. He rented the whole branch . line ' from the railroad company at $100 of-month and started business. ' Now traffic is so brisk he is using a trailer behind his car. MICIIIE TO GAR SM Auto 'Underwriters'! Confer. . ence .Opposed to Four , - ' Wheel Brakes At a joint meeting of the Actu arial and Forms Committee of the National Automobile (Underwri trrs Conference and the Automo bile Committee ot the National Duerau 'of' Casualty aad Surety Underwriters, held recently, InjNew York It wts decided that four wheel brakes upon automobiles, do not increase their safety, but fn fact rather add to the (danger of accidents. ' and that, therefore; there will be no reduction of rates because Of their use. IA leading underwriter, discussing the subject is quoted as Saying that the opin ion among underwriters has de cidedly changed, ? owing ; among other reasons, to the fact that, a large manufacturer of automobiles who placed four-wheel brakes up on his machines during the cur rent year' has decided to elimin ate them on his 1924 cars because he found by actual experience that a four-wheel brake was not as cafe as a two-wheel. . . ' i Many A accidents hare occurred in both Chicago and New York z a result of two-wheel-brake cars not being able to stop promptly when , behind 7 four-wheel-brake cars, with the result that the two-wheel-brake ears hare jammed the ears ahead 0 them. More serious still is a' recent report from Scran ton. Pa., underwriters say. where the danger of front wheel locking pointed out. by, opponents of. four wheel brakes forcibly was illustra ted. In this case the front wheels locked, and the 'car turned turtle, killing three people and severely injuring several . others. Front wheel locking and skidding, which experts say is much "more Berious than rear wheel skids, are but two of a 1 Koodfar "number of reasons. some underwriters. maintain. j whyv four-wheel brakes in their present stage of develompent and use are most certainly not ; entitled to a rate credit of - any ; sort. : S .. . It hardly could' be said in fair ness, however, J that the s members of the twocommlttees.'with whom the decision In this matter" rested, went to the conference with mind.- filled with dogmatic preconcep tions. On the contrary, they ras efdiiously collected all information bearing bn this subject One J way or the other. The best thoughts and writings of automotive engi : neers on four-wheel brakes ', now are Jn their files and Teceived fair, careful and exacting consideration at their hands.- Insurance' World. OAUD SALES KESTBEB November; of This- Year : Proves Banner. Month .-..) for Popular Car PONTIAC. MiCh.. Dec. 16. The Oakland Motor Car company reports the sale ct cars . during November was the ; largest In Its. history for that-month. .The sales . thrpp j times .those of : N(h vf-mbmr. 1922. and exceeded -even the previous high November, rec- 3Vcc!ratlhe Used. Car sCcrricr . 4- 1 ' I) 4 )m m ii r-- a."5 1 , v r . 4 iM' 1 mmmv g m m mm J I WW 1 ff v m w We 'have maHe a .hdli-. day reduction of 550 on pur AFour-Door ,Sef dans. y-'r - v A: - They MuitlBe Sold , Yesterday -ended 'last night -tomorrow 7 will never arrive BUY NOW an kw k mm mm mu We've just received ?a new shipment of closed ED FGSiED y ' . ' 1 '' ' ' . " They're beauties, every one of them bo nearly new that even the manufacturer ' roiiniosr.iiistnictioxis . is cn tha Windshield, wrappina: paper is still on the steering shaft, speedcracter registers .far lc than five hundred miles and the condition or tne interior and exterior luush is jneci. -ce pneeru uio r tijest difference, and that's in our favor. We believe that Henry would tell you-thatthese cars are aseood as new and you'll actually gave from $150 to; $300 on the buy. ; ay, rvcul!tfcn3 cf (ibics :cs;rdjre a7cndcr for the ord of .191-9 during year; which was considered banner one -in the motor car industry. , 1 ' The company likewise .reports than an analysis' of r country-wide sales i of rail makes of cars- shows the ' Oakland adraneed In " sales from 19th place: in October. 19 22, to 7th place In October, r 19 23. ; The" phenomenal jump -in sales for Oakland: Is particularly5 signif icant at this time of the year when sates ordinarily- taper off some what. i; " : :: i t "-r :-;iL-y "'C' J. Nephler, general . sales manager of Oakland, ;attributes the large' fall ' and ? early' winter sales -record - to . the ; many':dlstinc tlTe ifeaturea of t the new ' tine of cars,; and the rapid growth of Oakland's dealer "organization. ' nAltiO BF.STA 'comes BACK" IN SPAIN Hario 4 Resta, ten years ago Jtalph de 1 Palma's chief rtfa! in eastern track and road races, .who failed - to "come back" at Berer lyrBowl last February r crossed the pond to seek racing honors abroad. Cables - from Barcelona report his - victory in the '"Spanish ; Grand Prix at 600 kilometers, which was a light car event on the SItges track. His time was 4t22rOO. i BEARS Fl FRESH Ul! '.'Idaho 'Bill" Pearson ; Deliv - ers Gift -int Dodge Broth- ' ers Car. HALF A MfLLIOX ' , "... CHEVROLETS SOLD . On the basis; of factual sales to date : and December ; prospects, It Is estimated.that total sales of 4he Chevrolet Motor Car - Co.. f or . 1923 will exceed it 54)0.000 .cars 1 , and trucks.; .Tentative .scheduler for 1921 has been set at 800,000 units These figures compare with sales of 235,000 in 1922. and 68.000 in 1921. 'R,,B.-: Pearson. "Colonel .Idaho Bill," rolled into the-White House a' week ago 'to 'present -President Cbolidge with f a .brace, .of ' Swlld bears. He bad them -with ' him. outside in a Dodge Brothers screen side ear. : , ; r i , t '-. "Colonel Bill" has long .made his home in the West moving f ur tiier and further fnto the wilds as settlement has forced him , from his preserves.' He now lives down in the mountains of Mexico,' where he captured the bears that he gave to the president. President Coolidge enjoyed fhe presentation ceremony immensely. Known . ,s i ; a . man who seldom smiles, . he enjoyed the antics of the bears , with all of the enthus iasm of. a." school, boy. - There is:-no : doubt about the bears being wild. ; "They .carry jen ormous. marks of - combat with horses and, cattle in the wilds of Iexicov -Tbeir spirit. s has rln ; no way been subdued by their, motor trip, across country... They wilt be turned, over to the National Zoo logical Park. ' " VKhe Dodge Brothers ear used in delivering . the bears made .4600 miles on this particular, trip: from Mezleo and has made a ;. total of over 100,000. miles' in-exploration and hunting trips undertaken by the Colonel. And these trips nave been' in the the Wildest and roughest parts of the United States and Mexico. first Moimps :FRonuonoN of stars close to record The new '194! Star, has met with a. rousing. welcome from. buyers of low priced cars, y This . is only what its makers expected and: pre parations wero , made at the : Oak land plant' to meet- the. initial rush. .Production In Xovember. the first month of the building of the new car, ? reached -sa volume very close, from a quantity standpoint, to its record raanutacturlng month of last May. - That .the .mark, of May was not ? exceeded ; was : due alone, to material shortages, the orders -on hand at. the factory! In Oakland, being greater on ? Decem ber 1 than on any previous period Since the first Star car was .pro duced in Oakland 14 months -ago. an Francisco, Los t Angeles, Oakland, Sacramento dealers have sent car requirement orders to Forest Arnold,' sales manager of the "Western Star executive of fices, which are more than double the quantity from the same terri tories during a like period of 192 Immediately - following the Intro duction of the models. TO STUDY AMEni- , CAN HIOnWAYS Forty delegates will, be brought to this country from .Pan-American countries to' make an Intens ive 'shirt-sleeves" study of high ways, and ' highway transport un der the- terms -of -a plan approved by ; government, - automotive, r road machinery, road , 'material and, banking representatives at a meeting held in New York. iXov ember 22. 'i GSIil EES. ' OOaD FL F W. Pettyjohn Pointc , : Many Good Features v This Car Outstanding among , the : gocd features of the new C Sedan,. now on display at t W. Pettyjohn salesrooms ct North 'Commercial street cr: nine comfort, sturdy cor.str and abundant power t!. ; ities' eo vitally necessary t: satlsfactton in, a closed car. This car' Is driven by U.a ous Five-bearing Crankr! : horsepower ;raotor, there I; reserve' power .necessary ta the added weight of the c body an . Important featur 3 ing in so many closed cars. Five bearing crankshaft, the long connecting rods, an I light weight pistons have t ated annoying and desir :J bration an icrorUnt i: ;'. the cars driving comfort. The -sturdy construction t body stands : out '.noticatly. body frame Is. bard maj'a ' covered throughout wilh : 20-gange ateel aheets necLa: flanged. ' The -roof - is tot type, substantially built t body as a whole ru.le ar i proof. 4 ; A terfectIon:hater set in ; out panel in. the back of C? seat so as to be out of ths Interference fn the tonnt: per, , provides amjla ccsl. the coldest -winter drlvlJi?. iahnouncerihe addition of the Moreland line of Motor Trucks to their present 5 line of Quality Cars. . We have accepted this newSsiles 'ncl Service contractbeuse wefeel ' that there is a real demand here fof a line of real ' Quality truclcs backed up with real quality "service., ' ' 1 , .' . , t . . ... i . - . . We decided tin tKeMoeland line for several reasons. 1 MTV ... tL '---; ' ' " 1 . rirst ic:is a 'quamyvprouueu - v Theht isW complete line of sizes, 1 , 1 Jxt 2. 3 and5-toVi izes aiidl four models of Busses. . . r " . , i Y " ' - t Also' it is & Coast-made product. tiismadelin quantity, -hence the low, omparaUveprices. , ; They haye a directjfectbry branch in Portland. This means - service' to the owners. $80iOOO.OO :stock df repair parte an iRortland -for rsudden Service. They believe in service. .. ' 1 ; andimanylother adveiitages are' to be found in the More- . - - f . i . .... .. iand tliat: we would likfe to o into in detail with anyone in- ' teresteq inctruclts. i'Seelthe,Moreldndfbefore:ybu clecicle. The' three-ton size is on hand now and we will soon have a complete stock of sizes. t k 0 liGM'STREET AT TRADE Terms Tr y . . 1 .. . .............,....