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THE OREGON STATESMAN, SALEM. OREGON SUNDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 24, 192 i IHPf ill 1 II illlil 1 ' c . a s I X i : 1 ' H ill! !l ,i i lilll.lh) rilH i Mini; 1 i if Lowest Prfecd Sis In the WorM This car is so great a success because it incorpor ates more desired features than any other car in its price class. Here is what we mean a 40'horse power six-cylinder engine, Delco ignition, Borg &. Beck clutch, Alemite lubrication, oversize cord tires, 110" wheel base with 86' spring length on each .. side, 2260 lbs. weight, full five-passenger capacity, head lights legal in every state, lasting baked enamel body finish. s .This amazing situation, in spite of the low price, can best be explained by the fact that this Six is the joint product of Oldsmobile and General Motors. Don't buy any automobile until you have tried this one. It willgive you a new conception of the car buying possibilities of $795. F. W. PETTYJOHN CO. 219 North Commercial Street 1:1 HI ! ! Roadster 785 Touring -m 795 Sport Touring $915 985 Coupe Sedan 91075 1135 Th4 Q. M. Ai C mddtpywux pUn mmkn hqrfaic cu AM price, a. k. Sport tin nd tax extra. r Novel Stunt at'Parade " Of Star Cars at Portland ' Most jnteresting of the features of the recent parada of Star cars at rdrtland was ilto elcvalion o! the front end , of ar standard car Kino six and one half feet above the ground leaving the rear of the car , almost . ' dragging on the rprings. It merely showed that the oiling system would work per fectly at an angle never used .in crdinary ". driv-ing, and that the iree flow of gas was. uninterrupt ed when driving np a steep hill even when almost perpendicular. vi The stunt waa the 'result of a oiling1' system as used in a Star could be depended upon driven unheard of angles. The resutl proved beyond a doubt that the force! feed oiling system used in the Star would function uudtr all conditions.. .. ; . . . . 50 P. C. of 1924 Autos Likely to Be Closed Cars So great 'na: wen the growth in the use and popularity of closed automobiles that some Detroiters phophesy that "50 per cent of the cars built this year will be of this type. . Ten years a'o "but ' of every thousand were closed, the. major- inn.Awht hoatnH discussion as tolity" of them costing inore-tban whether a car lusing ft'force feeiU 3.5 6o." Today 350 out .of every years old. i . t - thousand are closed and in many cases tne price runs telow $1,000. vvmie it is admitted that in creased production has permitted a decrease in price it is also by the same process of reasoning as serted that lower prices will yet prevail as a result of still greater production. The per cent of closed cars to total production during (he past six years was seven in 1918. ten in liil'J. seventeen in 1020, twenty-two in I'll I, thirty in 1922, ana thirty-five in 1923. CTC OEVELOPMEffT Annual Meeting of Columbia lire Corporation Is Held in Portland the majority of the automo biles owned in Berlin are the pro perty of youths between 20 and 25 I I How would you like a finish on yocr next car that retains its beauty indefinitely? Oakland 's special, permanent Duco finish keeps its rich appearance in spite of sun, mud or rough usage. VICK BROTHERS ' Trade at High The annual meeting of the Co lumbia Tire Corporation, held at its big plant in Portland on tho 12th. brought out many important Phases of development of this new industry in the northwest. It was disclosed that, though the first year of the corporation's exist ence had brought C-T-C tires into the market against the severe competition of the tire price cut ting war of 1923, when between 70 and 80 of the eastern tire con cerns liquidated, the corporation pulled through without the loss of single penny, and assets com pare with the current liabilities at a ratio of 60 to J, and that th distribution and sales of C-T-C tires is far ahead of the most optl mistic anticipations of its builders. It will be remembered that C- T-C tires first made their appear ance on the market just a year ago, after having been announced as the development of a group of nationally known tire engineers who for five years previous had been putting the C-T-C tire throughout stages of development and design, experimental work and through testing with a view of putting on the market a tire which would carry lower inflation than that so long recommended in otner standard cords, and It was proclaimed that no small part of motoring economy and satisfac tion would be enhanced by greater riding; comfort "and a resiliency that would conserve the car. This end was achieved, it was an nounced, by the building of a stronger tire with heavier side walls and an improved compound ing, bringing into use only the best rubbers, combed long staple cotton and other materials obtain able. Hand-building also is said to play a large part in the special qualities claimed for the endur price of C-T-C tires and their abil ity to withstand rough usage. The low inflation principle In C-T-C cords does not necessitate change in either rim or wheel equipment of standard cars,- nor is this tire designed for only special purposes, but to meet the mor severe motoring conditions and longer distances of the west. In the few short months since C-T-C tire3 were introduced their field of distribution is reported at fcrVing spread ovfcr nine states New exclusive distributing connec tions recently Include the Zion Co operative Mercantile Institution of Salt Lake, the largest concern of its kind in the Rocky mountain district, which covers Utah and laits of Wyoming. Nevada, Idaho and Arizona; the Holley-Mason Hardware Company of Spokane, which intensively covers pastern Washington, northern Idaho and western Montana, also the Butte Tire & Uattery company of Butte. Montana, with California as the next big objective at which C-T-C's ar9 being aimed. Production i being pushed a rapidly as distribution and. sale are increasing and, over a good part of the time, night shirts at the factory are necesary. C-T-C tires are handled in Salem by Marion Automobile Co., Vick Bros., Salem Automobile Co., Ira Jorgenson, and the Columbia Tire Corporation factory branch at 477 Court street, who reports that the recognition of extra qualities in the handbuilt C-TC over-sized low inflation cords is developing m the local territory at an amaz ing pace, and that customers who have bought one tire on trial and fully demonstrated its ability to prevent skids, to reduce upkeep expense on the car and to roll ex traordinary mileage, are coming back for full equipment. after all in the engine. The pub lic each month is waking up more and more to the fact that the Willys-Knight motor grows better with use. Well as the engine runs after S.000 or 10,000 miles It is t:ot at Its very besb until after 20.000 or 25,000 miles ad after that it shows no let up in its smoothness 'nd power when it has reached l.'O.OOO or 200,000 miles, which is by no means unusual longevity for a Willys-Knight. In fact it is remarkable how many owners ran boast of such I0113 dis tance performances by their car as these. "The whol? difference in the length of life of the WiHys-KntgM as compared with cars otherwise motored ( lies in its sleeve value construction, .which does away with the pounding and strain that are so wearing on engines of the poppet valve variety and rob them of tre lasting qualities that are so conspicuous in Willys Knight cars." c 1 1GHT GLAR E Lira AAA. Works With Automo tive Engineers in Effort , to Overcome Evil WASHINGTON, Feb. 24. Re cognition of the work the Amerl- ca automobile associaiton has been doing in behalf of tbe use of standard headlight devices and their proper adjustment has been accorded the AAA in tfte form of a request from the American en gineering standards committee to name a representative to serve on a sectional committee which 13 charged with the work of keeping tbe present tentative standard spc cificationt for laboratory test3 for headlighting devices for motor ve hicles ud to date. Major R. E. Carlson, an engineer of the U. S bureau of standards is the repre sentatfve designated by President Thos. P. Henry of the AAA. The Illuminating Engineering society and the society of Automotive En glneers are the joint sponsors foi thp work of the sectional com mittee. The American Engineering Standards committee in November 1922. anoroved snecifications for laboratory tests1 of automobile headlisrht devices which were pre pared by the Illuminating Engin eering society. The list of -head light devices manufactured in the United States which conformed tr. tmr-specificattona were approved by eleven states! In addition tr working for the approval of stan dardized specifications by the var ious states, the American Auto mobile association through it affiliated clubs has been. carrying on an energetic campaign to have motorists check un oh their head tifihts and have them properly ad justed, so that it will not he neev sary to dim lights in approachin.e another vehicle at night. The sec tional committee on approved headlight devices is as deeply in terested in the proper adjustment :is in the use of the proper device as the elimination pf the glare cannot be accomplished unless 'r.t proper lens is properly adjusted. Oakland Company Shows Increase in Production rONTIAC. Mich.. Feb. 24. The Oakland Motor Car company is keeping up ,its remarkable in crease in sales which made a rec ord for the last quarter of 1923. Production figures for January show that the opening month of 1924 wai the biggest month iu Oakland's history in sales, with the exception of January. IS 19. In the last week in January the daily output hovered between 2?b and COO Oaklauds. Compared with th erush days of 1919. when 250 cars was regarded as exceptionally high, this record promises to make the 1921 sales of Oakland the greatest hi its history 1 entire year. The company also announce liat deilors urr layiug their plans for a heavy spring sulo and arc not going to be caught short of cars RAMSEYER BROS REMODEL Local Firm After Two Years in Salem are Remodeling Their Building Why Willys-Knights Have The Highest Resale Value It h:i3 oftcu been noted by visi tors to the used car sales rooms lhat the highest prices arc asked for Willys'-Knighls as compared with their original rort. Asked to account for this E. N. Culver, gen eral manager of the Willys-Over-Imd Pacific company replied: 'That Is aa easy question to answer. - The crux-of the perma nent value of an automobile lies The transfer of the building lo cated at 54 4 Ferry street, which was formerly owned by Eva M. Darr and which was bought by Walter Stoltz, was the beginning of a series of improvements for the firm of RamReyer Brothers who for the past two years have been the tenants. Extensive improvements are now under way which Include the remodeling-arid repainting of the entire front portion of the build ing . An up to date wash, rack is being installed. This is the larg est wash rack in any town in the valley and will accommodate four cars at one1 time. Excellent light ing will render a thorough wash job more easily than in the old location. Cars may be driven iu directly from Kerry street without going through the storage: depart ment. There will be room for nearly one .hundred cars under the present system and nome mem ber of the firm will be on hand at all times to see that the patrons secure the best of service'. Both Albert and Ben Uamseycr are lads who have spent their en tire lifetime in Salem and arc well acquainted with' the wants of the Salem people. Born of pioneer parcuts they have grown to man hood in Salem and insist that it is the only town worth living in. At the present time nil of the bus lines running into Salem are patrons of I his firm and am very strong in their recommendation of the service that has been accorded them while patrons of the Ram seyer Brothers. "When the motor is scientifically balanced, "high compression in creases the output of power and decreases lue consumption of gas oline. ' - : DOD BE B RDTHER5 i TYPE-B 5EDAN 1 A vcnon v.i!l usually admire one thing about -a car ezid a man another, but there is one feature cf the new Type-B Sedan which both admire equally and emphatically its exceptional driving ease. , This is due to a combination of several im portant improvements a roomier front -compartment; a readier clutch response; a new steering wheel that offers a trim, firm " 1 : Crip; and control levers that are ideally accessible, yet conveniently out of the way . of robes and luggage. Th& price is $1250 f. o. b. Detroit $1475 delivered BONESTEELE MOTOR CO. 474 S. Commercial St. Phone 423. I o I Last year 350,000 buyers waited for delivery. ! Insure yourself against delay this spring by placing your order for a Ford Car now. VALLEY MOTOR CO. SALEM OREGON Detroit, Michigan TOURING CAR $ L A V7 OCT 7 F.O.B. Detroit j "Lf7"- I Surfer 4 DnwaMiKi Kmu $tS ntr