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Dealers Over , Pacific Coast
, vHaveright Prospects for
. a Good Season -
The, Star Motor Co.. of Califor
nia completed its : first month's
production, of 1924 models on Fri
day with a' volume very close, from
a c.aantity standpoint, to Its rec
orl manufacturing- month of last
11.: .. That the mark of May was
net f deeded was due alone to ma
te: I shortages, the orders on
ha I s!t the factory . In Oakland
hf'n greater on Dee. 1 than on
acy previous period since the first
Sue car wa3,produced In Oakland
1 months ago.'- . , r .',
: If percentage rains In business
can be Accepted as a criterion', the
prospectsnawaitins the 1924 Star
are exceedingly rosy for dealers all
oier the Pacific coast. - v
- San Francisco;- Ixs 'Angeles.
Oakland, Sacramento dealers have
. seit - ear -requirement orders ' to
, Sales' Manager Forrest' Arnold of
tl j western Star executive offices,
which- are-more-than double the-
- quantity from the same territories
during a liked period of 1922, im
mediately following the introduc
.tlon of the models.
t Spokane's request for 1924 cars
I J three times, ia excess of the
salei made In western. . "Washing-
; .ton lor the comparative era of
last . year, Seattle! took eight
times Its November, 1922 schedule
Riiereas Portland far outdid- Its
previous best showing.
i An Interesting fact, from SL fac
tory standpoint is that Its Spec
ill Touring model , outsold'' the
ttmdard and lower priced tonring
car. This indication of popularity
1 3cpnvinced factory officials at
; .3 Star plant .that price is .not a
rzzm factor in the purchase of a
- r.torcar. . '-, "'
Skilled employees areTb'elng ad
ded to, the payroll as rapidly as
they can be selected with care in
order to Increase' the daily out-
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' VKEES BliOOM TWICE .
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. v MOUNTAIN .VIEW, Cat, Dec.
CD. Because f the unusually
5varm autumn la-central Calif or-
jila, some fruit trees blossomed
: for : the second time this season.
J. W. Cornell reported recently
t .that many of his cherry trees were
; Jn bloom. h ' ;-
A Permanent Tire Offer
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Per Mils Rrardless of
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If In a fair and Impartial test-an Autocrat, placed
4he Autocrat, fails .to delivers ! .
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Gardner Shown to Be
; Very Strong Financially
The balance sheet of the Garn
ner Motor -company. Inc., of St.
Louis shows a further strengthen
ing of the financial position of the
company; which isj making rapid
progress In its sales development.
Quick assets are shown at over
a minion dollars, with total tangi
ble assets of approximately a mil
lion and a half. I There are Tin
bank loans nor commercial debts
no bonded ' debt or preferred
stock outstanding. - .
During- the current' year the
company has appropriated consid
erable money for 'the purpose- of
enlarging Its -sales organization
At the-close of October: distribu
tors and -dealers1 havine affilia
uons-wicn ine company were ;n
greater number than ever before
in Its history - totaling around
1200. . -! a '
Despite the heavy expense oc
casioned by this expansion policy;
net earnings for the nine months
ending September 30. 1923. total
1128,484.66.- i ' ' -
The;company is well within the
first , 30 among over 100- passen
ger car manufacturers In produc
tion both in volume of sales in
dollars and cents and In the num
ber of automobiles shipped.
New contracts with distributors
Tor"1924 fiave'jUsrbeeti concluded
and carry a total annual estimate
from these distributors, as to their
requirements for next year, of 17,-
545, cars. .'. Event discounting this
figure for .some over-estimation,
it would indicate a splendid1 In
crease for the company during its
next sales year, j
free Land Is Offered
To Australian Settlers
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' (By The Associated Pmi)
MELBOURNE; Nov. 15. In or
der to encourage cotton ' growing
In northern Australia, the- federal
government Is offering-' leases in
perpetuity, consisting of 57 blocks
of 100D acres each. The leases
are rent free for the life of the
tenant, or for 21 years front the
commencement of the lease:
, This is the first definite step to
encourage cotton' growing' the the
northern territory.-
POPUlTION OF IKEIiAXD
' t CBy Kafly
(By The Associated Press)
1 DUBLIN, 1 Dec. 6. Official sta
tistics show the estimated popu
lation of the Free State as 3,165,
000 persons. Births , marriages!
and deaths for the last quarter all
show decreases'. - - s
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Former Pacific Coast Man
to Assume Duties Jan
. uary .1
Ernest N. Smith, formerly of
San Francisco, Calif., has been
appointed General Manager of. the" I
American. Automobile Association i
according to announcement made
here Monday by Thomas P. Henry
or Detroit, president of the Assoc
iatlon. The position to which Mr.
oumn nas Deen appointcq was
created at the last meeting of -the
executive board. Mr. Smith will
assume his new duties January 1
and twill be located at Washing
ton, D. C. where the National
u eaa quarters otuoe A..A. A. are
established. ;
Mr. Smith was educated in, the
public schools of -San " Diego and
San Francisco, Calif.; and Is an
alumnus of Stanford-'University.
He was in business in San Fran
cisco and Los Angeles-for a num -
ber of years. He went east: In
1917 to become general secre-
tary of the Chamber of Commerce
at Indianapolis, which organiza
tion he. built up until it was one
of the largest in the United States.
In 1921 Mr, Smith was called to
Washington, -D. C to -create a
campaign 5 department of the
Chamber ' of Commerce of . the
United" States. - ,
In his work of making effective
the policies of the National Cham?
ber, Mr. Smith came in intimate
contact with Congerss and business
interests of the country, and visit
e'd every state in the Union. He
Is also' a writer and lecturer,
The appointment of Mr. Smith
as executive head of the 'Ameri
can Automobile-Association makes
the first step In- a new program of
development.- The organisation is
to be enlarged, new departments
rrAflt ndHJtlnnfll PrviCAS to mo-
torists rendered, and an aggressive
membership campaign started to
make -the famous old Three A's
the greatest automobile federation
, in the world.
In Los Angeles, they are ob
jecting to dancing without lights, j
Called on account of darkness.
The college girls are forming
redhead. clubs, but you never will
hear of a shiny-nose club.
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Munich Hotels Open But
There are no Patrons
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j MUNICH, Dec. 6. Munich . ho
tel keepers are heavy hearted.
They would,, like tq close up, for
their houses are virtually empty,
but the law provides that If they
do they, cannot re-open for- 15
years. -: , . : - . '
! , One; well , known ' hotel has 25
guests, and employs well over 100
men and women to keep the estab
lishment going. Others are echo
ing solitudes' during the day, and
count but a-few guests for dinner
m tne evening.
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AI. Vick, of Vick Brothers
Local Auto ueaiers, e.
ports Big Sales
I : Vick Brothers report a record
I dav fnr anfrlmnhnn uIpi rr tKpir
firm for last Thursday when they
sold at retail ($10,000) ten thous
and dollars worth of new cars in
a single ay. In fact December
has been a bumper month for
Vicks in spite of the bad winter
weather. This" record" day's Sales
include two Overlands, four
Willys-Knights, and two Oaklands
besides some used cars. -
Vick Brothers believe In their
slogan that the car. Is onlyhalf
sold whenjt is first delivered to
the customer. The last half is giv
ing the customer satisfactory ser
vice or in other words keeping it
sold. This firm has been improv
ing its-service department consid
erable, of late . so that they , can
give "Sudden Service This de-
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MAX KXOWX TO M1XXIOXS
NEGLECTED AT HIS DEATH
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 29. -At
6ne time' or another millions un
doubtedly knew: Pierre Gasnier
For years he was a- "strong man"
for one of the largest circuses. '
Bnt lS or 20 years ago he retir
ed from the sawdust tours to set
tle in San Francisco. - Here thous
ands of a new generation came to
know him;
He made his living
by givin physical' culture : demon
strations and selling his "system
on a ddwn town street corner.
At his stand he never missed a
day. He called himself "the
strongest man in thet world." Us
ually he had a little knot of pass
ers-by viewing his muscles and lis
tening to his friendly badinafee.
Gasnier's little peddler's auto
mobile became a -landmark as
familiar to Kan Franciscans as
Twin Peaks or the Ferry Building.
. He was" assisted in his demonstra
tions ; by a Chinese servant, his
companion for many, years. "
One day receritly the traffic po
liceman sensed something wrong
with the topography of the. street.
He saw that Pierre; Gasnler and
his tiny car were missing. The
policeman told headquarters
Headquarters investigated and
learned-that Gasnler had died in
the isolated shack he called home.
The authorities waited for rela
lives' and friends to come forward
with arrangements for the funeral.
But it seemed there wereno rela
tives, at least none could be found
and no one else was Interested.
So. with .the faithful Chinese
the only mourner, a modest f uner
al was provided by the municipal
ity..
Settlers are Sought
For Jsiand : in Japan
. . f.nia Aireaeiitad Press)
TOKIO. Nov. 23. (By Mail.)
As a part ot its' contribution to
i the relief of earthquake sufferers,
! the administration of the Island
! of Hokkalda is offerin gspecial in
dncements to settlers to take up
land in that rich agricultural, sec
The administration is . offering
700 yen and' traveling expenses to
those wishing to take up land and
300 yen, plus , traveling . expenses.
I to those coming - to the island to
become tenant farmers. .
One of the surprises that greet
foreigners visiting Hokkaido Is the
In reference Japanese ; exhibit 'tor
UettHng abroad rather than in that
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aismcrrwnicn nay ir boh ana cmn
i ate similar, to those of the north
'western states in America. :
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Mr. Hoover,-. Almost Century
Old, Drives Oakland Five
, Coupe
Today is not only: the day jot
youth but. the. day ot age turned
yoiithU Age is keeping the spirit
of. youth because U is doing the
things that youth likes to do.
In Portland, Oregon, lives one
of these old-young youths.. Wil
liam. Hoover, who has five mouths
to go to reach the century mark
of age. His recreation 13 motor
car driving.
I Mr. Hoover - enjoys' driving ; his
Oakland ' five-passenger coupe,
which is owned by his grandson.
It is believed that Mr. Hoover is
the oldest man driving an-automobile
in the world. During his
life he has owned and 'operated
many cars, from the flivver ; up
and has taught the younger gener
ation of his-family how to drive.
Until six years ago he drove al
most constantly.- Since-then, he
has been driving more or less over
short distances and . Is... lively
enough both in body and mind to
enjoy operating his grandson's
Oakland.
The .easy driving qualities of
Oakland, particularly the centrali
zation of hand controls on ' the
steering column, have appealed to
Mr. Hoover. The venerable " driv
er believes that the modern 1m
provements in Oakland driving
controls -tends to take considera -
ble of the . strain out of driving
and. enables persons of advanced j
age to continue driving for years :
in comfort and safety.
FASTEST RUN
Trip of 1 55.7, Miles Made in
165 Minutes Made by iiaies
Manager of Lincoln bar
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DETROIT, Mich., Dec. 30 A
Lincoln ar Is credited with the
fastest-run on record between pol
ice headquarters at South Bend, I
Ind., and the state .house at In-
dianapolls. The trip of 155.7 miles
was made in ita minutes, an aver
are ot close to a- mile a -minute
despite frequent slow-down In cit
ies and towns along the way and
occasional pauses and stops due to
traffic and road conditions'.
The' car . was commandeered by
Chief ot Police Laurence J. Lane
recently In order to secure-; -the
governor's signature to extradition
papers which were urgently need
ed. ; - -' - '- ' a
W. W. Farrar, Lincoln sales
manager for W. R.. JUnkle, Inc
South s Bend Ford Dealers, piloted J
the car on the Hyins trip to the
capital.
JAPAN PLACES ORDER
WITH-GARDNER FACTORY
On the heels of the heaviest vol
ume of export shipments that the
Gardner -Motor Company, Inc., has
made- in ? one . month comes the
largest single : export order .that
has ever been placed wjth the fac
tory, f rom Yokohama, Japan, the
center otthe Japanese disaster.
The Gardner factory is located
on the banks - of the Mississippi,
within a half-block ot the newly
erected, modern government wharf
and as a consequence this large
order will be shipped via govern
ment "barge down the ; Mississippi
to the Gulf and there transferred
to an ocean going steamer.
With connections established in
nearly every foreign", country ; ot
any consequence, export shipments
are rapidly increasing, and,' states
Mr. Fowler, head, of the export di
vision of the Gardner Motor Com
pany, Inc., "If there are any im
provements at all in the European
situation 1924. will be by far the
best Gardner has ever had."
SWISS LOSS HEAVY
(By Tb Associated PrtssT
-i BERNE, .pec..-e,rT(By; Mall.-)
Switzerland has lost $1,000,000,-
000 since ' the - beginning ; of;
OLD
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the i
world war because of the deprecia
tion of Swiss Investments abroad.
The practical wiping out ot Swiss
moneys invested In Germany, Aus
tria:- -Russia and- Hungary -
counts for more thaii ulne-tentha
of the loss." - . -
Internation Port Use
Debated at Convention
(By Tbo Associated Press)
GENEVA. Dec. 4.- (By .Mail.)
Fishing and : other ports desig
nated for-the use of national com
merce, but not . for international
commerce, formed the subject of
lengthy; .discussion ; at the recent
transport convention;.? Delegates
from Chili and .Venezuela; argued
that these ports should be exclud
ed from the proposed convention
establishing equality for all coun
tries in; maritime ports, while del
egates; from r.eeveral . 5 European
countries favored including .fish
ing poftsi in. the general fixation
of the regime of maritime ports.
M. Rivas Vicuna, Chlllion min
ister to Switzerland, suggested an
arrangement whereby ships in dis
tress could always seek refuge in
nationar port's whether or not they
figured among the so-called open
ports. The suggestion Beemed
likely to be adopted and included
in the convention. - '
G. L, Newton Claims That
Chevrolet Bodies Com
pare With Best
'Like Sterling on silver," says
Mm Newton of the Newton Chev-
orlet company, in speaking of the
1 Fisher bodies which' are used in
General Motors automobiles. Mr.
Newton is - under the Impression
that these bodies are the very best
manufactured today and the Chev
rolet is in class with cars of much
higher price when it comes to the
bodies. , Such cars as Buick. Cadil
lac, Oakland, CHdsmobile and oth
ers - use the Fisher , bodies.
'Body building is a much more
important factor now than It used
to be, owing to the increased de
mand for inclosed ears. All man
ufacturers are planning to in
crease the' percentage of closed
cars to meet the anticipated de
mand in 1924," adds Mr. Newton.
Good bodies are to a car the same
as Sterling is to silver."
The storage battery in an auto
mobile is the one living thing that
never rests even though the. bal
ance or tne car may ne iaie. it is
the Hfef the heart of the machine;
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ATTRACTIVE BARGAINS
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Manchester ford Plant Is
Largest of the British
Isles
DETROIT, Mich. Dec. 0. -The
Manchester plant of the Ford Mot-
tor company of England, Ltd., the
largest automobile factory In the
British Isles, will produce approx
imately 30,000 cars during the
year 1924, according to a recent
report." ''";virSv . . '-.''' 4
The English Company, formed in
lslo began operations in h-small
factory -near 'London where: 570
cars were turned out in the first
year. The factory was- moved
shortly afterward to Manchester,
forming the nucleus about- which
the' present mammoth plant - em
PlbyIngJ2,2flO men has developed.
: wwie the company was origin
ally dependent' oh the' Ford -Mo
tor company in America for parts.
the new plant Includes on its 316,- controversy - over the- custor.i i
92r-sqnare feer of floor - pacezone to settler by arbitration.
ANNOUNCING
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The arrival of the new Essex Six:, the first car
to arrive in Salem, is now on display in our show
room. ' : - - - ' '
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246 STATE STREET
CARS
192! Ford Goupfe.:Ui;j.: ....:. ...$350.00
1923 ; Chevrolet Touring -.. . .. ... 475.00
1923 Dodge Touring.......;... 850.00
Like newLots of extras ' '
1920 Dodge Coupe, repainted:.:: 55.00
1 922 Oldsmobile Truck; like new 650.00
1 920 Overland Touring!::. '.U:I! 200.00
Several Ford pourings from $50
' and up ''-:'-. V:: - -
1919 Dodge Touring. 225.00
1921 Overland Roadster.. 300.00
1919 Chevrolet Touring.. . .. . . .. 1 25.00
Wire wheels
1918 Chevrolet Touring 1 25.00
Several good used trucks priced for quick'
sale
Terms to responsible buyers
High Street at
complete up to date automotive
production machinery for . every
important unit. This, the English
Ford .car, originally a combination
of American parts and British as
sembly, is now 95 per cent Brit
ish, both in manufacture and ma
terials.. V -. .) .! - .
Since Its inception 13 years an
the1 Manchester i plant has fcrrv i
to be the largest Ford plant or.i
side of the United States, and it i
estimated haardrrectly and indire t
ly given employment to 20,00 3
British worknien. '
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League Campaidn Rdvivc
: ! In Switzerland Pre.
(By Mail)
I (By Th AssodsMd Pms)
' - GKNEVA, Dec. 6. -Newspapers
qf Switzerland" report a renewal
Qt campaigns a throughout - the
country in -behalf of the League
of Nations as t-n organism of ben
efit to humanity.
Speakers at publ ie . meet I n?.
have emphasized , that it is to tli
existence of .the' League' of Nations
with Jts aim of conciliation and ar
bitration that Switzerland owe t
the' fact that-France has accepted
In principle' the submission of tb-
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