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i, THE OREGON STATES2IAN;SALE1I, OREGON . SUNDAY -MORNING, DECEMBER 16, 1S23 v r . .37cIiidQii by LStfqf "tflt;:- Ey CAM, IT. GCTZ uucjues -sra tunsag as a result of the motor taiv '.The real sraall v'.llaa disappearing ; be cause u .ro la no reaaon -why a person' should be content-to occu-py-one of a dozen homes " la a group when it-la possible to ijaove to the -iiext town where there are churches," good "schoolsr parks, playgrounds and in.- recent years municipal" swlrin pools, tennis courts ail gelt link-CThere-was a time when jtae ity authorities thought these" thingsWere unnec essary. Today they are essential to" the tr?a which wishes to' hold us- inh'aiitnti.:'; t i ' I . This 'rrora .r Walter'- P. Chrysler Is the conclusion of a man -whose wide.exrrieace in! the automotive .Industry '....eminently qualifies, .him , to. speak. pa-lhe.iiubjsct; ..." j -'" .- The ..man, who .goes -to Detroit and -asks to be directed to the biggest, producer in the industry will' be sent to Henryf ord 1 It -Ford Is out. ot, the' city he-will be ,told Ux see "Walter. P, Chrysler. - . Chrysler is -the man who,-went -from general-managership -of the American LooomoUve company of Pittsburgh- In 1911 to the Buick . 'lotor company when thatcOm-.-I any was making from fifteen to , forty cars -a day. '-When he left U 1919 an aTerase of 540 Buicks -were being turned out dally; and $43,000,000 was being poured an nually -Into the- treasury of - the General rMotora corporation: f - - From ITaieS:, Chrysler went to WK BROTHERS Used Car Bulletin ? SEE THESE Late Chevrolet Sedan v. Runs like nev. OvcrLind CD, excellent chaps ....01C0 f 1022 Ca!dand Spcrt IllJllCSSO j 1022 Or.!:! J Tcurin-, Ii!:e new 0750 j Fcrd True!: villi body rmd ceb C275 ' 1913 CheviIet Tcur :.i.JlC0 t r.Ictcrcycle- indien.........! ; t. --.-:-55Q j lYzTcnTmzlz vithJbody and cab I in e'eed rendition :.:2j.lLllr.l"030O ! i ? I 3 ! I I i .. .- " . ... ..... . I , , Tcnhs'to responsible parties '"'if Ircct if t i rriii trr vritiotit prodaciiig' cjarbca,' fonl epark I lz vslra "troabls. "-""? : -. vv ' Ilurdredj cf ; tha VcrldY best ctoisti ' tiva Icca'esaTcrizj-; to produce aa oil rrculi xsix wi'ta-2oliao and atomiza in ti.3 czrtzrctcrj yet ret turjx ia tlid'cca lUca cLonrs, t-t leave a Ujiit 'tin cf cU to v.Lic'a cirtcn xr21 ret adicr3, laxricf tlit. tlcjr inijhtVc'Jziita hcit 'ad itcidy drcj cn tha nctcr cimid by liirtipa . trd effect a ejeit civirj Li pocr aid pro- . dzo snootier .ard -better rj-.rictcr ' It Has r a t f Da rot b-lisve 24 , 'cr eiIj atdls 'f:"?T7i. : sta'Jlczj at tlia sans prica aa -. :-rr .-:'c:J ry fsllro . . '- . '- cli:: J:. J. a L to i:xc. i a'cit . ... -. . - - - . . . the ' Willys-Overland : company In Toledo Ha ihelj .that company 'see Its' way through' the post-war j depression.- Chrysler reorganized the company, eliminated waste; placed She company on- a sound financial (basis and left It In- a genuinely healthy -condition. .r . From" Willys-Overland Chrysler was called .to .take charge of 'the Maxwell and . Chalmers com panies," which were within forty eight shouts br bankruptcy. -The success? of t these .two companies during the past two years, .espe cially . this, year., again. stamps Chrysler as a. manufacturer of ex traordinary ' capabilities'." : -' 5 ' Chrysler not only knows the manufacture of motor cars hut lie also ' knows the 'economics- of the petroleum ;( industry, the J good roads business, the influence5 of the motor car upon suburban de velopment and 'finally has a. real appreciation of what the autotno bile has meant to industrial life in the United ' States : V i ; '. "Did; you f ever stop to realize what the automobile Is contribute ing to . modern ' civilization?,'! ; he asked. , "Do; you know that the motor car ,1s not, only- influencing our economic and- industrial- life but also our thinking?. ... ! ? . : V First we had the invention of the steam engine,- which gaye us our railroads and steamship lines. Then the telegraph. -the telephone, the wireless nd the radio- were invented and perfected and each has had Its Influence. "Bat: Include i 5 i at Trade : - r wails trd valTei of & taO- Been Done .... cr gtery. Let ia fiU yctar .; ''GATING" ... b ed-axaong-the Juvention that -have played . an important . part .la the development f t transportation lit the '-.gasoline rengine -which- has given us the automobile-rand -the airplane. s j , , . , t j, ''Railroads and steamships, but mere especially automobiles; ,have made It possible Jor family, groups to travel from' one country to an other',.' Such traveling U s form pf public education and such edu cation'. Is productive, Qf tolerance. And that contribution of the au tompblle . to civilization, is Indeed worthy. of note. ,. . , "IJntU you . know your : neigh bor he - probably looks, to you as an odd individual. Once you know him you find him to be &- pretty good scout, , ; ;j ' ' :"The' motor car has changed our whole ; thlnkinir. .Years 1 ac:o man was ambitious' to- turn, out some- thing-by -Kand -that -approached perfection. later we developed ) wfcaf jmight ,b$ -described ' as ' an j aristocracy : of Intellectual achieve 'menu.' In other1 words, 4 1 became man's desire to create something. Today 'we still have' this love for the' creative, li is well that we have - it because the -moment thai love wanes the arts1 and ' crafts suffer.: i.: '"But today in addition we have the desire for ownership: ' " The small boy wants a' watch. ' His little sister anU a doll. - Big brothel J want 1 a pony. :' Father wants an automobile. An.d the important' tact to be remembered Is1 that when father 'and mother agree that they .want car they usually -agree also to give ; up something else. . This willingness to-give up things so as to own a car is influencing American civili zation' more ' than' most.'; people realize. . . V.- . .1 " "It. Ij resulting in smaller houses." ;V Years ago large houses with unnecessary ' rooms ' were buift and these houses . were filled with ; "uncotif ortable furniture. Thlnk '.tor , tie days ..when sashes werer tled around piano legs, jrhen coal t buckets " and shovels were painted vWith flowers, . when ' mar ble J.was used for table ttops . and when pictures were .framed in plush. Today houses '.aremade to live in. They are designed pri marily 'for convenience"" and" com fort. But when the weather is good the family will be found out-of- doors. Who would attempt to determine how this1 has added-to the nation's health ,- .- : "Suburban i development has added millions to city real estate values and would have been im possible, without the automobile. The motor car has also affected retail merchandising. . In some cities stores are building ' subur ban branches; In others delivery systems are being developed which have a radius of as' many as 30 miles.' "- "" - -; ; Vlt Is the motor car which is responsible tor; the disappearance of s the little red - school house, - a pleasant 'place to think about . but in-reaiitynost inadequate and In efficient v Today there are nearly 30t,00 boyai :and girls who' ride td . school iia autdmoblles-'' main tained - by counties. . These i. chil dren attend;, what ' are", known as combiQfrd v county 'schools. . i In- steaa or r poor scnool at every crossroads there 14 one Urge school In the county and these In stitutions . are" surprisingly, ef f i clent, "ThlnK what the motor ' car is aoing to acquaint - the younger generation with, our -country.-. Get fifty business men into a room and ask them to J what : extent , they -5?.erei permitted to travel while toys and i the' chances are that not $ -per cent " ever1:, got out of the state In (which they lived- uatll after v they finished hlxh i school, Then ask) these same men to what extent their children" have trav eled. It I is : ten ; to one - they have been In from six to ten states. A friend of mine has two boys who weren't dplog very well iff school. Then he bosgntVcaf and took, his family on a tour of the eastern states. He visited places like Mount Vernon, Independence Hall In Philadelphia, the historical spots inl Boston, Bunker Hill monument In Charlestown,- Con cord and. Gettysburg-'' That tall and winter this friend couldn't j i . PATRONIZE HOME INDUSTRY; FUEL SAVER understaad-what-had happened to his .boys. . They - were actually bringiaff; home Vjepoxt5 cards that werer stvcred4t-to them. ".It so impressed- the f at her J that he went to, .see his boys" . teachers. 'And they explained that the boys kept telling about the places they had visited. What these boys had seen were real to them ' ' '"The' motor car is a natural de velopment of the age In- which we live.' The industry is at last up4 on a sound basis. - It, has been re sponsible, for the development of the .third largest -manufacturing business petroleum,-It has made possible the greatest -of all con struction business road, building; The , automotive-- industry? Ia the third largest rail shipper , of man ufactured .rtlcl. ' ttf i i - S v! (V Finally, r motor car develop ment,' motor construction and car design are Just beginnings The potentiality of its influence Ui 10 great that one' hesitates to think about it. v It is enough to say that the- motor car Is the greatest revo lutionary J Influence in -American lLfe today. :.. PI l-W PIIQTQ : r -J-- CHICAGO, Dec. ' 16-Pletuwn. of-mummied taken with the X-ray disclose conditions existing in the bedies' of - ancieat Peruvians and Egyptians which Otherwise would escape'i tour" knowledges onwrapiH ing the mummy means Its destruc tion for purposes of accurate stur dy.; - Such pictures have been ?ta'- ken by ; D. C Da vies, d irector ! of the Field Museum of Natural Hls taryooperating with the Victor X-ray Corporation.'. 4" " Vr. ' 1 These pictures revealed ' also what had been buried with - the body. For Instance," various Pr ruvikn mummy packs were, found to contaln' ears of.. corn, pottery, Vessels ' of . clay c6ntaining. shells, bits of metal,' gourd .vessels, beads clay figurines and cut bone " ob jects. . . . ' :.' - V, in addition ' to the range 6t objects found In the bundles,, we learn from the X-ray pictures something definite concerning, the age, sex, and condition Vot the bony -structure of the individual buried therein' said Mr. Davles. "We are able to discover the na ture of Injuries ' received daring his life; as well as determine .whe ther the deceased was a sufferer from chronic, rheumatism, tuber culosis of the bones, caries, arth' ritls of various kinds, -and other conditions of disease. - " -J- -': "In the Egyptian collections the mummy -of ;a man l of- the ' 26th. dynasty-was photographed in four sections, beginning at the (head, and furnishes a wonderfully dear picture- rthe i ' entire - skeleton.' Here we m ay xpect. io find: frac (ures, pathological conditions such as bony turn era, rickets, hydrocep halus, pyorrhoea an4 carles of the teeth, all of which have been shown in the examination of un wrapped skeletal material to have been common conditions of disease among the Egyptians of the most ancient times. The great, advan tage " of " the X-raying process in this regard jlsthat Jtis possible to discern accurately these' facts without injuring in any way the exhibition value ot the specimens. -"Mdmmif led i cats.- hawks? jack-' als, crocodiles and gaxelles, also . have been .plctnred. with Xtrf. Eat- Isfactory results. In the case ot the hawk, even the : tail feathers are very , definitely Shown. The picture of thl mummy of .the' ga zelle' brings but the skeleton with marvelons distinction. .Thai ' of the crocodile" also shows the -bones till to-be fit- thelr proper -relative position to one another." - f Further Investigations are to be made "uopn 'the Egyptian-material as well as upon vessels made of marble, alabaster -and metal. - The work" will" be' extended to several department $, and . plans also are n w1 tmder way to take X-ray iIc: tures of rock formations which are tuore than 300O :years Scl& Moving pictures oMhe process Are contemplated. ii5 ir b mi:; mo PIPEr PirfLESS furiiace At Pactcxy Priccj . . - . . . ... s n . i j .a ' E03 N. LlLcrty Street OEEIIICOI -iff ft Beats Los Angeles Limited --From Salt Lake City 1 -b Angeles; : 1 , Breaking the record time of the famous, Los Angeles Limited from Salt. Lake' City", to Los Angeles by one hour and ,10 minutes,, a stock 1924 Studebaker Specialy, Six. ri ve u by D. JA..",Jenklns. of Salt . Lake CJty,lias established motor car performance .marl;' ttatjis", causing wide-pread ; comment Tamong mo torists along tne f acme coast, i , . This Is the fastest that, man has ever itrayeled v overland between these two cities, r-It ia one -hour and SS minutes almost two hours faster , than.-, the '-best previous motor car;recprdrf n-rr; r J rThe Arrtrwhead Trail ' over which the record was made winds through many, treacherous moun tain pusses "and traverses hund reds o miles of desert reads. For this reason and' because no at tempt "was made to:wult for ideal road'-and weather conditions, the feat' is all 'the more Impressive to those', who- are -famllUr with- th route. ':yvtf,-ji m&A.-; blif. w Kb 'Water Added to Radiator Bveif more remarkable than the speed attained was .the 'endur ance displayed by the car. Despije the- fact that Its 'cooling rystem was naturally subjected . ta ' severe test over the-nrountaln and desert roads; no -water wtmt added to the radiator during the : entire'' run. The-Americatr -Express company sealed the filler cap at Salt' Lake City and'fbroke the .seal I at Los Angeles.'. When checked in at Los Angeles, i the motor-iras running as smoothly ahd' as quietly as? It was when it left Salt Lalce City. V The run,' arranged bytherTi W. Naylor company "Studebaker deal ers 'in Bait Laker City, was timed and authenticated by the Western Union. - . nw x'ri'" y . The distance of 8 5 9 ' miles was covered by the Special Six in 23 hours,' 42 minutes. X The best- pre vious automobile record . was .25 hours, .41 minutes and the time of the Los Angeles LImIt4K'-,24 hours. 50 minutes. -VsT Other Studebaker Recorw With; the addition' of this rec ord, four .of ficial road records are now: held by Studebaker" in Calif ornia, " Considering the fact that the per capita ownership of auto mobiles in California is higher thaa lnrany other state, with the result - that rivalry ' for automo bile -records -is i extremely - keen, iLliSeoi' M743. HOLDER FOR NON. SXJD CHAINS. Harasy a Steelev JeluMtowa, Pe- i'i M I. An anti-skid"" chain-holding de vice 'for vehicle wheels including an annulus convoluted parallel to its axis and tranrrerselv tof ks circuto f erence. certain; ot i the, cpnvoluttous being formed to embrace the upows 01 the wheel and certain ef the convolutions .being stdiptedUto receive the ends of i antikcrosjehaiaai - 3,345. CASS FOR AUTOMCCILE f:G7IALS;ReWrf F. VilaU, , - . ... -m -l. - ' - - The ornamental desisa for a case for automobile signals, as shown. . 1474,S37. BRAKE... AlWt H. tha. -. oM-kalf t Roy A. wiriifNoUt, PaW Neble.Fa. I. The combination in a brake of relatively fixed and rotatable mera- Iten ra cylmdeT-connectgd-to- ene-of ! -Ttsbers 7 an eccrr.tric cocnectsd " t':e wJf t ----' '::vfi aWDIQI -v - V ..' ' l' , . aii Priees"ofliodels Touring Car i630 Roaditer -"CIS ConpeJ. - - 830 Sedan .. . 990 151 , the acconipllshments' are all the more important, ' The three pre vious records ' have been held by the Studebaker Light Six for near ly three years. They are: r ; Valley Route Record:- Los An geles to San Francisco; total dis OS: Saleb Drery , V : Recently vGrnntcd by U. 3- Patent Grr;ce , - Compiled by! CLARET(CE A. eCIUEII( Registered Patent Attorney, VasIibrtca, T. C by the eccentric and operative in the cylinder; and a yielding fConnectigo between the eccentric -and It) r Ti"g lr47X3S. BODY FOR F 6 R D Jay 4L toller, Kewark, OUsv1-,H - :V'.?i V? In a device ef the daks described, a motor propelled vehicle comprising front wheels and a frame; "and pro vided adjaccsit to its forward end with an emergency brake lever, a reverse pedal,-a dutch pedal and a service brake pedal a body mounted c j the frame and including a floor, the body bong provided at ha rear end with a depmrlma comorisinsr a bottom located at a level below that pi the floor: ether pedals mounted at the bottom of the cab, connections be tween said ether pedals on the one hand and the brake lever and the first specified pedals on the other sand, the connectioas being extended upwardly in the cab and iorwardlv beneathHhe floor; an vpfigbt shaft supported "fer . ! 1 V A I '1.1 rouaoa ta xic pwij via provtaca with a steering wheel located above the floor" in; advance of the cab but accessitlo irom the cab; and means for, conaectbs' said shaft with the frent wheel r tit9JB22. MOUNTING FOR UNL VXnSAi ?OTLAJHPS. Ernst a .. K. Amimom, -Chlcage, CI., as- igaotv wras assigwiwats, to AppUtoa, OactrW Co, Chicago, CL a Crpratiem el Ciaeia, , -1. A' universal spot lamp mounting, embracing a tubular bracket adapted for rotation mounting and provided at one end with a hand piece to ro tate it, a support at the other end of said bracket a . lamp .structure, . two independent rotational joints to sup port the Ltoip structure for rotation on said support in a plane at a right angle to thr plane of the rotational axis of said-tubular bracket, a shaft within the tubular bracket and geared to one of Etd rotational joints, the etfef je-int-1 einj adapted to be man-r-" - -Liir?endrat!y ef ttli a ! - 1 r :s f:r 1 s'.ift. d . . . - "pi pi. . MV'; - ! . . I 1 . ' I 9 f , i - f far - -v i Cive her NEV STAR CAR for her Cxlzz' -It will Urhten her Ulxwe, cula ii7 1 plnr. aml brlrig heroer.W (tlsizZi 'Ii r perhaps neglected. - 1 ,.. 1 - F. G. DULAIiO North High Street- ........ . tance,' 411.1 miles Official' time, 9 hours, 15 minutes,' 5 0 seconds. Coast Route - Record: ' ,Third and Townsend, San Francisco to Main Postofflce,-Los Angeles, tot al distance 453.7 miles. Official time,' 10 hours, 12 minutes, 30 Iiniteireot to M74,B07. BUMPER. Joha L Mo .Cnkk, FLi.J Jphia, Pa. y.S r; - 1 i. . The f combination of k bumper bar; arras on Which the ban is pivot ally, mounted ; and corrugated pUts springs located back. of . jt bun:pcr bar.r i-xfik . ii ' - 1475)25. UCEN2-CARD HOLD . EIL Joba J. Newxaaa and Mm I , L. r'ewtnan Kekeod, Pa. : '-' - ' I. A license card holder comprising a channel frame having a removably section, transparent - panels, tyieldably held in said channel frame and ri3 yteidably spaced ' a part to crevide a rpocket therein open at the removhble I section, said removable "Section having a cusnionmg- - element, t or engaging against -the ends of the panels and having a f.IJer strip adapted to engage between the glass panels to close the cpening in the rocket and to cushion the panels, and means for4hingedly supporting said-frame to enable it to be moved ta expose both sides ol the license card held therein, v 1,474,964. '5 HOCK AESOKTEn. Lewis P. HaSadayi PkU; IX 1. A shock absorber comprising a floating spring platform, a pivot con nection between it and one of the spring elements of a vehicle, an aux iliary spring resting upon the plat form, and a lever pivoted on the spring platform bavins' its free tr,4 in pivotal cenrwtion w:h t'.s ' 1 cf ere crr-'-i vch!;!s t;r. 'z ' ' ' " - 3. - i. - Tt3 fd ffinn"'.- V T- O r-r r:. . , Eeccn.C3. Cl3C3 t5 L . Ctl. 3 t-l t south tr : rout a, . vel'cj; t . .-c5. : " t.z ; and a r!ur r-rod 'passt.-t ,'- t! , r!-; ind pivoted it h t fc.ite pc'. -.6 enohe le- .r s.r i 'ported at its v; per eel ty i iary rrio- - 322. TirtE. C I ' .'"tfc Tmnitr IuL'. er . UUbtia, U. S. A., L Pa., a Corperatla L The ornamental desi subtaoti?"s shown. for a M75.U1. AC" LEHATCn. .Crfj. I' -et, II. Y. 'j A a accelerator of the char" scrIwcd'c;.;r;-uLrif a ubsUr... shrj-rd st:?p&rted bracket, a t bri J ;lng tlie arms of the I ra-. beis j provided with i trally c'.rosed therf' rc . : ins J 'at formed on t r 1 - -t thet racket, 'a heaJ-.-1 si' 1 thro-.h the f'jt: i.r moverr.crt and tt ir J i -" plurr'ity-cf netel r-"t i 1 rr?er er.i, 1 . nu-t on t 1 i -1 i-i for opera: i a pair cf 1 arrar ;i i . one of si' 1 f receive! i-i a stem a." ! a c stem r ! ! " . . f- ' : f ? J I j k .-1 -