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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 23, 1923)
SALEM, 6rEG0N,TSUNDAY .MORNING, " DECEMBElt3i; " ' TflREE SECTIONS TODAY 'I i -( e-0 1 rvlQTO.RCYCLES eGESSORIES i. ;ty-tiihid year' MB : T f.;:o ims lino OK President-. Michigan Auto School Gives Direc-; tions "In spite of the largo' , number of expert drivers hanlUn auto' mobiles and trucks it , is surpris ing - how-, few "of them hold" the steering wheel In a correct man , ner.'V says Arthur GZeller," Pres ident of the Michigan State Auto mobile' School, Detroit. "- "A popular but quite. Improper way," Zeller states, "seem tif be to . grasp it near the,, front; side, renting, upon forearms across the Wl el .and leaning the body slight ly forward.-' While this gives fair ccr.trcl cf the car, all fthe engine vil rit!:i. and steering -gear road hcek passes, from the .wheel. rim int it3 muscles and bones. of the forarn. A feeling of fatigue is qu" kly eauied by the continued . . U U dUV.l1;, ' iM ' "PAICE BUILT ; . THE MOST BEAUTIFUL CAR I ' i IN AMERICA . - i - I I- - , . Pofe Thaetons (4 &r 7 passenger) $2450 Tal-t T : : Jm (5 passenger).'-. $2850 r (5 or 1 patscnzer) . $323$ L -I Jsrj. SjsHf ajtz$Ssw& 349 vibration and frequently, sets the' driver, to napping at the wheel.' I nave no : doubt that many highway accidents come front this method of driving. ; : "The. next time you go rr ;. a drive try It this way. Settle your self comfortably . in , the, driver's seat, grasp t that portion of; the steering wheel rim closest to yinr body in such a fashion , that yqur elbows hang closely to your sid each upper arm and forearm bent to approximate a : letter L. T right hand palm should be the left hand palm down. ."With the steering wheel .hei in this fashion the car will steer easier and vou will exnerience less! faUeue " T. PRRsiDEXT unveils f SAX DIEGO MILESTONE An electrical Impulse released by the hand of President Coolidge on a telegraph key 1n the White House offices late Novemmer It sped across . the continent and in San Dlega, California, a milestone marking the western terminus,, of the Lee Highway was unveiled. The late President Harding. ' to have performed the unveiling ceremony last August.' v r - ' AlvlNOUNCEMEPIT: rPclz Leads Fins Gars ; in Pcrfcrmancc and -Value rjTHB. IJaise .670, as all inez knbw, is the X finest perfennins big. car Builti Its mar; vc!ou3 motor is so designed you can drive as ibw as 2 miles an hour in high -and from thit to as fast as you want to go. In speed, . in hill-climbing, in acceleration, Paige is rzzzzexl In every department of performance it c:r3 new motoring delights entirely new experience even to owners of higher J priced cars. - :yUh - . ! .5 : Paise engineering provides not only for nnocth, quiet operation; NOW, but indefi nitely by cn autcniatic take-up, for silent driving , chains; by high pressure, hollow crcnHbift oiling system; f-x v' ' r Pa!c3 ccrnfort is unequalled anywhere. Wheelbase cf 131 inches rear springs 'i v more than 5 f wCt long snubbers front and rsardeeply upholstered seatiVand a road-f ' hucirj balance' at all. speeds,' produce iri Pai3 a riding comfort little short of ideal , Paige,-furthermore, is fully equipped.-. Two extra cord tires, tubes, rims and covers, mounted forward and locked on; spring bumpers front and rear, snubbers;stop-light; trunk rack; motbmeter; Waltham clock; gasoline gauge and cigar lighter on the dash; cutmstic windshiekl wiper; sun visor; rear vicv mirror; transmission lock? Every : v.2nted convenience included in the price ' cf C2450 Detroit Compare Paige point byv pcint-with other top quality cars. Compare '' the prices, FUULY: equipped.: Then youll .. teeth2tdgeisa$300Ocarfor$2450.r - North Commercial Street Mm UIL J CtlFOn,! 1 Manager, of Local Branch of Appleby System Stud. ; : ies Used Car Market ... The used car situation in some of the California cities is so acute that dealers will sot trade unless they, can. .to use their own terms - - M""uir dealers of Salem have sensed m?mt iuc uiu car. iub uuiuinu- his" approaching situation . here. nd to - seek n outlet f or; desir- le used ars; ; they - are spqnsor- ilg a certified Public . Motor Car rkn, in Salera, which has been fqmd In other states to be a suc- sful means : of getting a most iesfactory allowance for any usd car. This market is not to bel controlled by any dealer 'but kg independently" of 'the new carl mercnants. . Motning but re, conhitioned cars will be sold from it. fron Wright, who has been PaizAahd ,50 HiRvctSix: Icidipp;FIeia - EfOR sheer amaiing performance power for ' , weight r-aaunch'construcrlorj andr ease of handling, the Jewett Six has no equal. Accelerates from 5 to 25 miles an Iburin: .7 seconds, in high gear. Drive it from' 2 to 60 miles ah hour in high. Pass most any car ; onanyhilL . . Two hundred pounds heavier than any car its size yet drives with finger touch shifting of gears ; steers with the ; sBghtest : ; pressure on the wheel Paige-type- clutch arid transmission. Shift gears fasti as hand ; can move; ho pause or Iplash. ; vl! ; tn i Tour hard and fast ah day in your Jewett, . without tiring. Take the worst traffic the; longest road, with uttel confidence; Jewett Six springs are 80 of wheelbase.Big car -riding ease at moderate car cost? r " ' ' " " ' m Jewett's Paige-built 50 horsepower motor i is high-pressure-biled.Two gallons of 'oil' a ' minute are forced through all main and con necting rod bearings. All-steel, oil-tight new type universal joints have sealed -in lubri- cation good for 15,000 miles. Ba-bearig . steering spindles give instant,eCortless steer- ' - uig. Rugged, 6mch-deepframeiPaige-Tjni- ; Ken axles tront and rear, and Weight fpll anett'.rt - ' Small wonder the Jewett Six leads the thousand dollar ekes! Ask any of the thou sands and thbusandi of satisfied owners what they think of itV Let us demonctratethe Jew ett Six; .Na oblation. '-:" ; " 4- PhonS.95.9' selected . to - manage "the ' local branch of the Appleby System r Public markets, has Just returned from a trip to California,, where the methods of the markets there in .cities paralleling Salem In pop-' illation and industries were ob served. MANY XRW PRALKKHi , DETROIT, Mich., Dec. tcnsion - of the Ford Motor. Com- . v, I ......... . ! pany's sale's and service brganlxa Moa. during the" year has been ra ther; remarkable and ts due,' of course, to. the continually-Increas nS oejnina ior rora pruuucu. K Tbere.ha been 432; new deal- ing, demand for Ford products.' ers- appointed- since January .'Is. bringing tbe. total number of auth orized dealers in the United States up ..to: 944,' the greatest - retail safe, organization ever .Itnowa.-; Authorized service stations also have bee: steadily increased : In order -;to afford the best' possible service' to- the constantly growing numbea of Ford owners. ; At pres ent, the- Ford service stations tot al; around' 22,000. i - 1 -' la - foreign countries- there are 3809 authorized Ford dealers and f 00-. service stations. ' JcwcttTouring . $1065 Special Touring $1220. JeivetiBr&utham $ 1325 Special Roadster $ 11 9S Jewett Sedan . ' $1495 -Sptciat Stdan . $1695 &&wQm 2805 -pound rs i"!: ffl fSESDIG: 1 iff rCf;;-? -r Clairns: Most -Among n Low , Priced Cars for Months of, November- V : TIir n heaviest , gain i in ? sales "among, low priced carsduringOr veniDer,. in. jsuiofui was ,wuf by. the Star, car;' according'. to fig-f ures mide public in -the 'December Issue of Motor, neglstration News: r Star CaV sales were 33 per cettt better than thejr ; were In Novem ber. 192 2. this statistical magazine reveal ? The' extent of v this In crease is more " forcibly realised when- it is known'that 'the'regis-tratiohs-of all cars and trutks was only 23" pe cent' improved over the same' month bf last' yean ' ; ' " " 1 In-wo oH'th'e large 'counties la tne J atate material advances were shown by th 1914 Starcaff t - Los -Angeles ;coanty gained -100 per cenr ove u its ' volume dorln the comparative ? period; of 1923 and "A ramdr county bettej'ed' itft mark br20fr per cent, i Saar Dlegti county with m smaller sales Volume is credited by ;Metor News data wlth.'al:000 per cent: Improve-Inti.-Vv-' ." H '"T . ; ? A cat sales have Increased so has the dealer- orgasfzatlon 'been strengthened. I Theref 'r are now nearly 4 S O -S tar dealers -and sub agents on the Pacifie Coast selliBg I t hi product.: f t j: . ; ' Oregn registrations show a ma terial gain over.- November,. 1922. All sections ef this .state have ac cepted the Star In a manner which -assures Its future success , in - th Web foot ; state Portland was : a particularly responsive market. In-Washington the 1924-models; met with an acclain "which caused repeat teleerrtphic requests to the factory n Oakland for Increased' shipments' of cars In exess'of orig inally drflgnated alldtments. .Jdat id.'eyacIa'wJreflofJfar b1' ind.- jr wester nstates in 'de mandl ng their qU6ta of Uw Star mode's.';; -t1 -''.VlVw :J-'X'-; Arizona'; 'started "out; 1U ' Ndfem ber and has continued during' De cember to take a healthy appor tionment of open and. closed -cars and-'i dealer ; are'' being added : ' In that state at a Reasonably rapid rate; . . 1 : ' " The' outlook for' winter1 business is exceptbanlly brlghi both" PreSl d ent Ndrman Vaux and" Sales Manager Forrest Arnold' ! of ;the Star Motor Co. of California state; and itheir alms wilt be 'continued to Veep' -production on an -eveir plana with sales. 1 ; ,A ' r,mma;k EE i Driver of 4D " Car : Cannot Understand His Fel-51 ' ; . . - low Driversr.. . By A 4DOXII 1 Maybe my-machine ain't got sd much class as some "of them big buggjes that roll, by, but' believe me it - has- glass all' around, and wn'eels oil eaelrcorner; which Is as much'if ndt mtore than'some othera ain't got'on theirs. .All of wnlch goes to remind, me that there Is a multlttfdlty of-things I wish, that other pilots of evil-smelliag gaso line' propelled vehicles- would not do.i Many qjlbese things gets my goat, so-to. speak, - ;,' ..' r First come 8 ' . the bimbo tha dashes toward a corners and thrusts out one. arm into ' the at-' mosphem He, or- she, evidently believes himBelf, or herself,' play ing -a little guessing contest with the driver com lag behind,' for the arm serves to signify that the 'driv er '.intends to .do; something! and to; guess what it Is before-lt hap pens. 7a Perhaps they is planning1 on stopping, or turn to'the left or the rights If . you ' gttess right1 all right, but if j yo guesser -wrong, theh you get; cusp." f It is a' be driv.er or bawled bat if ft Is a shft drlverr.when you happen to mts theVstgnal.- ' ' - " ' ''I ha- my hand out Can't you see signals? they yells at you. I Sure- I ain't 'blind', but how- in thunO ean - iTtell by- a 'wild' stab at' the air' whether It 'means "right or letttr 'A-SyhbW,-1 ttf general ly !: wrong1, f " ' ' Th'eft'eohxes the geek with the spotlight, llgfctin g-' every ptot' but the ;rirbt spotv- He' has! the gllnj meritfainedSrighti'downr .the", road and dashes' merrily on' tis iray with dimmers-'on:bei:;v!n-r tLat .e l3 in the-risht.-whlci he ain't, for I !can,t'see ahead or me'when a bulls-eye ligh t 1 is right in my eyes. Then' he'ets sore" 'whenTI turn on ' my bright 'light ; sos I.;can see where' I am going -and to -keep f row hittlnR the boob ahead -what I drivfng-WHhOnf a tail' light on his ar.-l ThW iaf ff particularly - en-i JoyedVoff arainy ufght when 'the pavement Is moulting' up the 'light qufckev'u a-6k?f-tim barfly used to soak 'vp-a "free beer. - ' Att3thSV ain't all that (gets an other i feeble Wat 5 froni my tired and overworked "nanny, f i don't like !th bird that comes downthe street tor the omerjstlekaouf hfs hand for a fUirn' 'howling -so' to speuk, for-the? Ish t f "wky for more'n- hundred feet;' and theh'j stcpY -a )d 'Io3k around ttnsee vir aayone -coming .- behind. z': Why don't .ho' go on f.vHe 'has served notice to. me, his Is going to turr. so why al l. the -grand 'delay t v - r : ThesIsJut a few of the things that rotaer drivers do that I wish they wouldn't, but X, euppose that as- longas: me and my Utth old 4D kesep company, the bleats from my goat will get weaker 'n weaker until .something- .hsppes and , and' the goat - part company "for good. I rarjs: :;:$ r Russian StUdieVWemoc, ' of :Arnisrican umbering BIO BAYr Mich.,' Dec 2 2. Fil ing donkey , engines,; working on skid ways .and swinging : an a in the irrtow covered timber regions of " iUrtheni j Michigan Is part- of the work now -being vdone -by A M-' Korlof f . ,forraer captain In the Imperial Russian ; army.i ... ,ThIs is the se renth state In which Captain Korloff has worked? as a lumber jack" to : obtain Information which he expects to lake . back to Russia In' order to teach ' American for estry methods to ills countrymen. Kbitloff; who is a graduateof the 'Imperial school at Petrograd and who "receiveU a master's -degree from' the University of Wash ington' last year,: now is working under the auspices' of the school of forestry rTle university; - -Bbrn Inr Siberia 32year; ago. Captain KorlofrspeatL five years In the Russian army during which time -he served against the Ger-; insns In the Riga crAi-n. ' " '' ' ' - j . JTJRY IS CONSIDERED I TOKIO. Nov! 19. (By Mall)! In addition to manhood suffage, the Yamar to cabinet . purposes to bring 1 . f otce 7 nest year ' a jury Jsystfciri r f) a' system! of . In dustrial in- s.( 'A-' number of menr'will t, .rainedy as JaroTs jury tHal courts will-, be establish ed In different parts of the coun- try, And -.men verBed'in law'-will', be sent-to America and sEuropn j to study the Jury systems thero. f ' - ' - Jim asn Bill S Xmas i presents for Tire or Tube . Robe; , ClOCk:, v Visor-' , Bumpef WhisUe" V Tool, Kit -Flash Light , Spot Light": . Parking Light; -r , , Set Spark Plugs ; Windshield ? Cleaner RIDESi BICYCLE He'd Meverv Expect to Find the spring of eternal youth in Bicycle, But it's There Witness the record of Hiram F. Bearse, who has ridden a bicycle in Wichita, . Kansas, ; ever - since there were any;- lie was bdrn'ln 1825. during the regime of John yuincy ; Adams, who Was . our sixth President. That "makes him just 9$! t . -f : Sorry we couldn't get a pic ture of another genuine-- veteran, William Rothermel, who fomanjf many years" has pursued his occu pation 1 of saw filer, on - a bicycle. Bill isf only 90. but he hopes -his bike will help him to live to a ripe old' age7- - ; ' Then- there is Charles -W Brig-den,- an' 85-year old blacksmith l Iri Moravia N.-Y.", -who rides' daily, i '( Aftd here's William A." Buckbee mere Infant, Cf course, because he's only glwho" has beeh a; b cycle rider for over 40 years. Even i . . -.. i . . aS 15 miles a day in -and around f his home town of Dunellen." N.-J.J - That's thati Do you' suppose We have reached tha'limlt? Isn't there a' rider somewhere lwho can fop the century mark? - Let's see who will be the first dealer 0 re port THE HUNDRED-YEAR-OLD RlDER.BIcycle News. ' " ' i " ,-" 1 " ' . - HIS! IAJESTT'S CAR ; ' ' ,.;f - U?S LICENSED ' The ' only ; motor cars ' in ' En g-' land " which ; are allowed by law to have no nnniber plates" are those belonging to the King, When his majesty is on- a '; cere- monial tour his car Is distinguish ed by the ; royal standard badge, which is tlxed in front. At night time' this badge is. superseded by a small blue, 'light on the canopy above-the--chauffeurs'head.--- Gardner Proves Itself "An Economical Car D. S. Knapp factory representa tive of" the-Prest-O-Lite Company called and stated that ' he; " was very much pleased with his Gard ner car, stating that be had made a trip from San Francisco to Sa lem. ' : s::,--- ; Leaving San Francisco at 7:30 a. m.on Dec. IS, in a 1922 model Gardner touring car that had gone 37,000 miles he arrived"1 in Salem at 4:0 p. -m. on Dec. 17 having stopped for meals and rest, mak- i i. r ... j i - the car.'There are many . ;. . ;. f.:.- ' i - . A Present fcr lI- Dcar CIJ N. VV. Cor. Court and Hi-h lng a tots! mileage br &04 nll,;. Before leaving San Francl.it- he had the crank case of the ca drained : and : cleaned and put ia 6 quarts of fresh oil at a cont " $2.10 including the filling cf tl gas tank at his starts He f; i a total of S8.G7 for gasoliae a: ! on bis arrival in Salem had about 4 gallons of gasoline in the tank, making his trip at a total cott r f S10.47 for the 804 miles, for c -ollne and -oll.'and he still haJ fcu:' fklent oil in the crank case to t . i many miles.' Mr. Knapp - .was - very ' muf'; pleased,' and' says that he can if ommend the Gardner for any of -une-to which automobile;- i..'.. be put.- . ' SAME OLD CILAP : The chap" who kept 'you fr reading your 'paj-pf tfti.i r.-.e-rr.: by boring you with a recital cr i: wondrous" thrills of pur.- . - : golf" ball air over creation, 1j t: same" chap, who, a 'few lar s ago called It; an "ell ' n: : . game." ' " "' I? " i $1710 : iters have to C; admit. th:;t vfC'iir-cyI!hL;r. greater rc .1- valuo rcccrc!3 u , provo it .. '. . - . . ; ' F. W; PUTT YJ0 III 1 ; co. , 219 n. co:rL cr. t r of them to pick from Horn . Vase". Jack Mirror Heater Bar Cap Step Flate Stop Lfcht Motometer Cisar Lighter . Set Liht: Bulbs - Fire Extinguisher Eaa Phono s 1