THE OREGON STATESMAN, SALEM. OREGON
SUNDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 24, 192 i
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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