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Ay TOM BILES. TRUCKS AND MOTORCYCLES BICYCLES Accessories RAGTOR k i I- r ti " ? ; : - !.- ; . v ' ' K it . ." w -f I 1 .' . - ' ft- 1 5" 'V ; I y. y i i PIKERS GET I. ' '- u i "fj" "' ' III, 1' President of Olds Motor; Co, . Says Public Receiving Greatest Value Competition raised to the Nth degree frill feature the automotive Industry daring 1924, with the re mit that the automobile buying public irill receive the greatest dollar for dollar ralue ever known A. B. C. Hardy, President and General Manager of the Olds Mot or Works, told 75 service manag ers representing Oldsmoblle dis tributors from all sections of the United -States and Canada, at a meeting at the Lansing, Mich fac tory this week, i ''The cards are on the table and the picture for . 1924 is now aet up." said Mr. Hardy, j "It does not require the abilities of a seer to visualize the path the an- tomoblla business will tread! dur ing the next 12 months. ; The man who runs maj read. ' j "The present competition in the automobile business will grow hot ter during the coming year. And, as In similar occurrences in other Industries, the entire condition will resolve Itself into a question of economics. The company who can maintain production and ellm mate every unnecessary cost: no matter how small, will be the one that will weather the storm, j . "There are probably only a fevi big companies that could do what the Olds Motor Works, aided by the General Motors .Corporation, has just accomplished in the re equippicg of its immense plant to produce the new line of six cylln der cars the lowes priced six Viylinder cars In the . world. It sss Sssj- sssai.ssjp sjs" '"'Radio 924 ' ' Jjpsawsss ANEW Gardner Sport Model in which "snap" and distinctive appearance are happily combined with the rugged dependability and sturdy construction that , so defi nitely characterize all Gardner models. ! : , FEATURES 43-liorsepower Gardner motor. 5-bearing crankshaft. Force-feed lubrication automatically regulated from gas throttle. - Inverted type service brake 200 square inches. : -'Nickel-plated drum-type head lamps. Nickel-plated front bumpers. Nickel-plated radiator shells. Nickel-plated back curtain light frame. Nickel-plated motometer with bar radi ator cap. Aluminum step and scuff plates. Aluminum body moulding. Aluminum trunk rails. 18-inch steering wheel. Double - texture rubberized top tan color. Hand-painted Gardner blue or lake color. ' Substantially mounted, felt-lined trunk. Spare tire, tube and cover mounted on " side, i Tuarc steel wheels. An outstanding example of the prin ciple on which Gardner success as r vehicle manufacturers since 1882 has btcn built : "Not how little but how much." V $1095 f.o.b. Factory F. W. PETTYJOHN CO. 21.9 N. Commercial Salem, k i""" "" 1 1 ' 1 " '"-"I 1 meant a sacrifice of equipment that was but a few years old, but which had become obsolete due to new designs and advanced meth ods of manufacture. It meant the expenditure of more than $2,000,- 000 for new machinery so that manufacturing costs could be re duced. The result is that we are using less plant space than ever before and are turning our more automobiles pe day. "Purchasers of automobiles are receiving more value for their dol lar today than erer before. In fact tho automobile Is the only manufactured product that has kept pace with the price of a bush el of wheat, and today automo biles are selling lower than Is wheat when prices for the past 10 years are compared." What the General Motors Cor poration has done and Is doing to reduce the cost of producing auto mobiles was described by B. C. Koether, Director of the' Sales, Service and Advertising Sections of the Advisory Staff of General Motors. "Through standardiza tion," he said, "the number of different small parts being used in General Motors cars has been re duced during the past few years from 13,000 to 2000. This means a saving of many dollars during a years period, which saving was passed on to purchasers of Gener al Motors cars. . "The combined ages of the automobile divisions of General Motors give the corporation a tot al of 116 years of experience in automobile building, an industry that Is hardly a quarter oi w cen tury old. This experkJc r feing used for the benefit of each com ponent part of the corporation.' Mr. Koether also told the Olds mobile service managers, of the various cooperating groups which give their services to the affiliat ed companies In Quantity purchas ing, .experimental work, testing, chemical research and engineer ing detail. , The service convention was in session three days and was under ilrMniWirr Special 7Tlodel Oregon the leadership of R. M. Hatfield, service manager. The meetings are held annually and they result in material benefits to Oldsmo blle owners through the inaugura tion of new and better service fa cilities and practices by Oldsmo blle dealers throughout the entire country, according to Mr. Hatfield. GARDNER MOTOR MAKING PROGRESS By comparing the position occu pied by the Gardner Motor Co., Inc., now with that which it accu pied four years ago, substantial progress is revealed. In 1919," states It. E. Garn- ner, Jr., president of the Gardner Motor company, Inc., "there were two Gardner models a touring and a roadster. Today there are nine distinct body types. "In 1919 there were 20 dis tributors and 100 dealers. Today there are approximately 50 dis tributors and 1000 dealers. "During the first year there were 200 men employed and 4000 cars shipped. This year there are approximately 1000 men employed and there will be around 12,000 cars shipped. "The first Gardners were man ufactured from units purchased in the open market. Today near ly every unit is special Gardner design some exclusive. "In 1919 Gardner was. in pro duction, at the tall end of 109 different makes of passenger care. It now ranks within the first 30, both in money value and in num ber of cars shipped." Japanese Move Building Matenais Before Food (Br Man) (By Ths Associated Press) Tokio, Dec. 8. Despite the great quantity of food and clothing sent to Tokio and Yokohama, there is still and wfll be throughout the winter much suffering among the poorer people. This is due large ly to congestion on the railways i and lack of freight cars. Most of the latter are being employed in the movement of building material and machinery for the devastated area while food and other goods are standing In thousand ton lots at the railway stations. This is mostly Japanese food which, besides being cheap, the people prefer to the food sent from America and other countries in great quantities. In many of the shops in Tokio and the villages outside the city stocks of canned goods given the sufferers are being offered for, sale, those who received them from. the relief committee having sold them to buy rife, fish, vege-? tables and other Japanese eata bles. Blankets, too, were sold to buy futons, the Japanese bedding. Now, however, with the coming of colder weather the people are glad ly accepting blankets and foreign clothing. I If The McClaren Rubber Company guarantee the Autocrat Cord Tire to Cost Less Per Mile Regardless of Brand Used or Price Paid This Has Always Been the Guarantee and We Back it Up VniTD PUnirr . A New Tire Free IUUK VrlUllE-: Your Cash Refunded If in a fair and impartial test an Autocrat placed opposite any other make, the Autocrat fails to deliver. "Jim" "Bill" SMITH & WATKINS Phone 44. CALIFORNIA MOTORIST LACKING IN GEOGRAPHICAL EDUCATION; FRED WILLIAMS .VOICES PROTEST Oregon roads are the butt of much unjust ' criticism in San Francisco newspapers, according to clippings brought back to Ssulem by Fred A. Williams, attorney, who spent the holidays with his family, and visiting relatives and friends, in Grants Pass, their tor-1 raer home. Before returning to Salem Mr. Williams spent a sh'ort time attending to legal affairs in San Francisco and Stockton. I Mr. Williams drove to Saleim from Grants Pass in 10 hours driving through a snow storm urn- til Cottage Grove was reached. Owing to the low temperature lie disconnected his fan belt and con tinued on his way home, the mo tor not becoming overheated until Waldo hill was reached. He made the trip by way of Corvallis. "People who have driven to pal ifornia may receive a 'kick' on I of this," Mr. Williams said, extern ling a clipping from the San Francisco Bulletin dated December 26. I In heavy headlines were the wocrds: "Heavy Snows, Mud, Block (Ore gon Roads." The clipping calls attention to boggy fields that are blocking travel over the Slskljrous, in the Cow Creek canyon, bet'.reen Ashland, Or., and Hornbrook, j Cal. That the writer's gegraphy is sad ly lacking is evident, for Cow Creek canyon, as everyone "vbo has made the trip knows, Is, in Douglas county, around 150 miles this side of the California Line. With the exception-of approaches to a bridge or two and a few open places, the Pacific highway is paved from Portland to the Cali fornia line, which is .several miles on the downward slope or Cali fornia side, of the Siskiyou "moun tains. In spite otf the writer's abuse the trip from Seattle to San Francisco was made In 36 hours. Another clipping, from the, San Francisco "Call and Post" same date, places the poor road in the northern part of California; but still clings to the point that it was in Cow Creek canyon. "We never experienced any dif ficulty in making the, trip," Mr. Williams said. "There is pave ment for the entire 200 miles. Driving from the state line to San Francisco, particularly " around Stockton, is not as much a plea sure as it is on Oregon roads, for a majority of the hard surface is only 15 feet wide." Following is the clipping from the "Bulletin:" v "With a warning to all motor ists who contemplate traveling ei ther north from San Francisco or south from Washington or Oregon that they should be fully advised of' road conditions before making an attempt at the trip, Pete Steen strup, Buick factory representa tive on the Pacific coast, is back A Permanent Tire Offer Without Strings or Restrictions as to Time- A McCLAREN. AUTOCRAT; CORD j Wfll Outwear Any Tire Made We Invite Competition: .. Distributor! K. W. in San Francisco after a tour of the northern territory. "Streestrup, in Bpite of heavy travel conditions all the way, reached San; Francisco in 36 hours running time from Seattle. He re ported to R. F. Thompson, gener al manager , of the Howard Auto mobile company, that snow, mud and boggy fields are blocking tra vel over the Siskiyous, in the Cow Creek canyon, between Ashland, Ore., and Hornbrook. Between Yreka and Weed, Cal., Streen strupt says he spent some little time on a boggy detour through a' field. The delqur, while not long, stuck several motorists who were going through. "The road from Seattle to Port land is now in perfect condition, Streenstrup said, quite a differ ence ffom traveling through a foot of snow over the mountains with one track, deeply rutted, for automobile travel. "Road authorities of Washing ton, Oregon and California, as well as the automobile clubs, will keep motorists well informed as to the condition of roads during the com ing winter months, and Street strupt advises all car owners who are planning a trip through the northern country to keep in touch with the authorities. "Streenstrupt drove one of the new 1924 Buick models with four wheel brakes, reporting the car as having no trouble on the trip." BIG I Local Used Car Dealers Say They Have Big Returns , From Advertising That advertising pays has been proved to the Used Car Corner, the nearly new Ford dealers locat and according to a statement made by the company the advertising that they have been doing has done the work of eight salesmen at a much less cost. The gross re ceipts of this company is reported to be $150,056.17 for the year 1923 and yet the company is not satisfied. The management claim that they are going to have a turnover of at least $250,000 for 1924. Mr. Frank Wager has been ap pointed local representative for the Tide Water Oil company sell ing Vedol and assumed his duties the first of the month. USED MB CORNER n Cor. Court and High Sts. LXECUTIV OF Oi MEETS War Excise Tax Repeal and Activities Discussed New Gen. Manager Installed In' connection with the program of enlargement of all of the ac tivities of the American Automo bile association during 1924 in augurated with the appointment of Ernest N Smith as the new gen eral manager of the AAA, a meet ing of the executive board of the association will be held at the Ho tel Biltmore. New York. Mondav. January 7. At this lmnortant meeting the program of 1924 work which has been In the pro cess of development during the greater part of 1923 under the guidance of President Thomas P. Henry of Detroit will be under dissuasion. The word to go ahead with the most pretentious plans for enlarged service to the affil iated clubs and to the members of the association ever undertaken by the AAA will be given at this time oy the governing body of the as sociation . Further plana in the fieht the American Automobile association is making for the elimination by congress of the war excise tax of five per cent on automobiles, tires, accessories and repair parts and three per cent- on motor trucks will be made by the legislative board of the AAA which will also meet at the same time and place. Mapor Roy F. Britton of St. Louis, president of the Automobile Club of Missouri and chairman of the legislative board is in personal charge of this fight. Closer cooperation with the var ious state highway departments, and a campaign for the appropria tion of federal aid of $75,600,000 authorized for 1924-25 together with the appropriation of $100, 000,000 a year for a period of three years beginning with the fis cal year of 1926 will be among the subjects of discussion at the meeting of the good roads board which will also be held in New Tork January 7 in connection with the meeting of the executive board. w. T. Calerdine, of Cincinnati, for mer president of the Ohio Good Roads federation is the new chairman of the good roads board, It is Mr. Calerdine's belief that with the aid of the strong execu tive committee of the board which has been appointed, the work of the good roads board can be made one of the most important activities of the American Auto mobile association. GERMAN' DEERj ATTACK AUTO (By Mail) FALKENBERG, SUesia,.Dec. 11. Fran Martha Ahrens was resl- Moreland Trucks are made in the west for western work. They can be serviced in the west through the extensive Moreland Service Organization without long delays for the shipment of parts and at a minimum of cost and maximum of satisfaction. The Portland branch of the' Moreland factory has in stock every part for the More-. land Truck and prides itself in its prompt service. Moreland Trucks are built in all sizes from the one ton Fast Road Runner to the large heavy duty five ton trucks. Moreland trucks while especially designed for pay-load capacities will carry safely and economically, as heavy load Model for Model as any trucks in the world. See Us 1 ously injured when her automo bile surprised four stags in a for est near this city. The animals became so excited that they ran Into the car. One of the deer Jumped into the seat where Frau Ahrens was sitting and its hoof cut her face seriously and Injured one of her eves. POPPY CULTIVATION IS CHINA MORE EXTENSIVE THAN EVER (By MaU) (By Tli Associated Press) EKING, Dec, 5. The extent to which the poppy, for the manufac ture of opium. Is being cultivated in the province of Kansu is illus trated by the experience of travel ers who try to hire carts, the only mode of travel in some portions of the province. Owing to the fact that practical ly all carters were engeged in transportation of opium, the price demanded per day for a cart var ied from one tael (about 80 cents) if the carter were permitted to carry opium at the same time, to $48 Chinese currency (approxi mately $24) if objection were rais ed to this arrangement. In many towns it was said prac tically all of the inhabitants have reverted to the use of the drug and the cultivation of the poppy is car ried on more Intensively than ever before. E Production for Year of 1924 Planned to Be 75,000 " Cars f Oakland sales during the - last quarter of 1923 were three times as large as the sales during the same quarter of the previous year and within 300 cars of the record last quarter of 1919 the previ ous high mark. The sales of Oaklands in both November and December of .1923 were the highest for these months in the company's hlBtory. To produce the 75,000 cars planned for the calendar year of 1924, the company expects to at tain a monthly production of 8000 cars, starting February 1. So well sustained has been the demand for Oakland cars sincethe announcement of the new line early in September, that the fac tory has not yet been able to ac cumulate any surplus of cars for spring delivery when the demand is the greatest of any period of the year. This is attributed to the in crease In the dealer organization with the increasing result in sales during the last year. C .J. Nephler, general sales manager, sees no indication of a lull in business -which will cur tail the proposed Oakland produc tion schedule. WM MM unras MORELAND TRUCKS The Best for the West For Prices and Specifications Quauty Cars High Street atTrade fiSwi 10 New Dies and Punches Were Required to Pro duce New Tudor DETROIT, Mich., Jan. , 1S24. f The die making division of the i jp'ord Motor company set a remark able record when . within, eight weeks it designed and manufactur ed a complete set of dies and tools necessary for the production of the New Tudor Sedan body. Five to six month would 'previously have been considered a standard of speed for such an undertaking. Contributing greatly to the speed In producing these 'tools were the mechanical-electric en graving machine. v available now for only two years. Many changes ware made by Ford engineers In the original de sign of curves and "sweeps' be fore the desired staunchness, and beauty of appearance wa secured and the final designs were turned over to the Tool Design Depart ment. In all 110 new diet and punches were required to, produce the new Tudor Sedan bodies which like other Ford car bodies are made from- pressed steel sections assembled to a hard wood and me tal frame. , ; ! As master dies were completed they went to the mechanical-electric engraving machine, which has revolutionized die making and has done away with 80 of the band work, and these machines cut In to Steel exact replicas of the mas ter dies. . Operation of these machines is most interesting. Movement of the tracer point, which, passed over the design to be reproduced, is transferred to the cutter by electric Impulses and so sensitive is this tracer to pressure that It has been possible to- cut the form of a human finger In tough steel simply by placing a finger under the point as it moved back . and forth.':" r,S- : - The significant" featured how ever, is that In the Ford organiza tion nothing is spared, to' produce the finest possible' results In thS shortest time and with the least metal and physical effort on thi part of the workmen by providini them with every, mechanical aifl Inventive genius has devised. PACT DISAPPROVED DRESDEN. Dec. 13. The Sa. on Diet has refused to confirm a contract made by the Saxon gov ernment with the Moscow govern ment for the delivery of grain on the ground that the contract is un favorable to Saxony and the con- , ditions of delivery are unfair. , -A