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' .' t , V P--R:T;::iteEiE::;;; ' .7 . i Ji ft ! V r J I Sf '-a i i t r r x i SEVENTY-THIRD YEAR SALEM, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, MARCH.91924 , PRICE FIVE .CEtT3 ,1 ,, -n-I. . ., ,n, , ., ,. in , , I, , ..,.,.. ILI . .. . ..,, H t I ! -' "" - .Mil., I U II.M H,.l.lWl. .11. Ill , 1 1 ,l - I - - - I ! li.l . .,.,,.,.4 f ,, , . -, . , , , ,,. ..,,.., Iff. .1- l I. rinnrnrn-nriir- - - -...-.-... . . v.iBiriMMirnnnn im , LHIIUL I LM ULlil : - imwi m iTlCi!SfIV 10 TOE 1110 -T V. Small -Portion ( Owned': By Foreign Lands, WhiteUi -s uaims nve-vjixinsv after tbe completion ot the 1924 registration of cars alreadr In ser vlce.u Sinee many of these are la winter storasc.'and will not, be li censed -until later in the spring several months are expected to elapse before the qount' is finally completed. - Iff EBHH 3283.) BIACHlXBtf EXIOUTE0 L.ST YKAR ' i ! On January 1, t there - were in round , numbers," 18,000,000 v tars and trucks in the world and fiye slilhr of them' were owned in' the UnhVd.' States. ': " , The actual figures according to 228,333 189,844 . r : '37,049 , 101,400 ers statistics compiled by. the Depart partment of Commerce show that at the opening of this year the en tire world contained approximate ly 15,763,28l passenger cars, 2,- 315.850 trucks and 1,075,000' mo torcycles,' bringing the grand total of motor Tehlcles up tO 19,184,131 ors thesex 13,484,939 , passenger cars,' l ,79 S,S 6 jrucks. 1 and; 171; ,568 motorcycles were owned in 'tlie United States thereby not' only placing America; In the lead but gii'lng it ft majority .representation ; of about four to one as against the remainder or the globe." The taEat: increase i id registra tion of passenger cars, trucks and molorcyclea" for theTwortd during the past year was 3,681,278 and of 5 this number 2,885,487 'tound their way into the hands" of resi dents of America.' At first glance these figures do not appear t1 be adequate since it . is know .. that America alone built 4",005,23Dm6i tcr cars and trucks during ' the Tear lust combleted. V ' ! The apparent i discrSpancy fli, ' however, taken" care ofTiy the' re gH3tration loss due to withdrawals of cars which' fcaTe been; destroyed by1 fire, worn out or have' become obsolete and of too little value to t'e' used, or registered. According t6' on competent "authority, , 1, 188,411 machines-were discarded during7 the first-sir. monthsrof 1923." Tho rnmnlpfft recofd of discard cannot lo readily obtained until pany. Motor1 vehicles' ex- k .' ported A Passenger cars - ex- T ported ........ . ., Motor trucks - ex ported l. . Assemblies abroad of ' ; American cars" v . . . " Value ot motor vehi- . - cles and parts (in- ' ' , eluding ':- ' engines ; .' , 'and tires) Vi..V . . ?324;129,000 Rank among all ex- "'?,-, "norts ' . .. .' ' Sixth Per cent ' of ;motor . : :. vehicles exnorted. v ? 8 Imports of motor 've hicles i '. t t 890 ;l : Slotor VcWclc Retail Iiusiao ; Total 1 car , andv tnict' ueai V. v- V:3.607 Public carages .'.50,911 Service stations" and repair , . shops .". 67.802 Supply stores :65,9s CAKKW Of j) XK WSPAPKI-i Saving things for a rainy day is always good advice, so don't laugh when it is suggested ; that," you carry wltTTyoir lirtheicar'a Bup- nlv of newspapers. Many an old newspaper ha protected some oct cupant of the car when a rain cur tain was tornA' Folks who' get caught without sufficient clothing for "protection'"" against" a' sudden change in the weather find that! a newspaper cdt so.asto slip ovte the neck, and 'fit; nn5er the coat protection Eighty-Four Per Cent of Cars totolen On; racitic-Coast ;-: ' Is; Recovered - : Two Views of the Valley ; Motor ' " ' ..; CoifipanyPlanf furnishes excellent against pneumonia. - V . A, , in T 50,000 YARDS OP LEATHElt '':'.';-;..- ' ' - ; - . -i , '. '. k I Front .80,00 6 . to 5 o'O 0 ( yards jof artificial . leather are ' made- every day il vtho 4rnal leather de-' partment of the Ford Motor Com- W St. f - .f It T'here were 39,612 . automobiles stolen last year, according to fig' ures just made; public by the. Na tiodal .Automobile Dealer;. Asso ciation, v in- 281 key cities of the United States. . Of this number 7,228 were unrecovered on Janu if. The percentage of unrecovered stolen cars in the 28 index cities, i ...... .. for 1923 was J per cent, the low-, est;- recorded since the 1 records have beenftcept? " . I Police Efforts, certificate of title ldws," registration provisions-, all haVe had an effect on the recover ies of cars in 1923: it is believed. In fipite ' pf" the -lowest number of uVJrecovered'cars 1 9 23 also regis tered the highest total number. of cars stolen in six years In those 28 cities." ' 1 t - ii The Pacific coast region as rep resented' by;' six. key - cities made ti record of recoveries better than that;of the -eountry ' at large,-its percentage j. of - unrecovered cars being only 16. ' T ' ' In, these-cilies there were 8,715 cars stolen4-of .which-; 7,3 14 were recovered. f - The number of t thefts and -v percentages y of .'- recoveries were: ''V' 'V PerCent " j.. . Cars Kecov- . . Stolen -San Francisco ...2,154 Los Angeles".'..'. .4,218- Portland ;&56 Seattle ; .1,342 Salt Lake City rV. 430 Oakland . .'.. 1,01 5. Thefts in the'28 index cities in six years ' toUlled 203,499, of which 49,677 or 25 per cent were unrecovered; , The figures quoted are compiled ' from reports each year to the NADAf rom the off i clal record7 of the . police depart ments of the key" cities. r -- -rj.ii-" .j z . - .; ;.u - - .&" l-.. rJ Z' '. -A . -aMMM.v .... . 2. ll";.-v-;,...j.l..li.; . ' . - " MMMlllii 1( rw4 Picture taken from the corner of Chemeketa and High streets, showing the new addition to the Valley Motor Company's' Ford plant A view of the" Us"ed ' Car" Departments f r'dnrHbe Church street entrance " - . t . - . ACTO SALES GAIX JW1T1 GOOD ered 90 6g; "98' 67. 98 . 96 f 7 1 X v 'Yo-U.iCan't':S Vies: Brothers report good. busi ness Bince the first of the month Quality Car sales. - Oak lands have been delivered to the follow ing buyers:. tou'rTng'Vo'.Saine Kazer of Silverton; 'sport tourning'to'Lt J. Post," local contractor; sport roadster to S. A. Spon'g, snpervisor at the Oregon State Hospital, and sporttouring to"J:'A.-Fehler of the'Villamette grocery.. Willys-Knights have been sold as; follows: - Sedan to John : F. Mieike o Stayton; coupe sedan to H; A. Morrison of Saiem and tour- lags to - Tom Clark of Elliott's Prihting' House. Miss Hazel Tod hunter of ' the Oregon'Growers. and A. D. Wilcor of 840 N. Suni mer -street. Overlands have ..been sold - to George Htfg and T Jd. Curry botti from Salem.' , Mtch:;it Its users will tellyou The Gqod Maxwell Club Sedan is' a superior carjin sturdy strength, in unfailing performance, in all-around utiUty. ' 4 J1 , t 1-: v.' Examine it and note also how superior it V, is in rooniinessand-adaptabilitY.' Injits;; : price field you can't approach it for sen- I QSGAR B. GINGRICH'MOTOrl 6c TIRE CO. ; - ; Saldift'; Oregon- . II . . ' . I Yf p; 'i f -1 i: WEATHER " - WILLARD XIAN. VISITS L. L. Deffenbaugh, factory rep resentative of the Willard Baltery, was In Salem, during the week conferring with the newly ap- polntedr Salenr -Sealer, Mf. Joe Williams BYST Special-Six Cuts 16 Hours '. Off Between Freementle I and Sydney, Australia Speeding across desert wastes, mountainous roads and rugged mainland, a , Studebaker- Special- Six touring car has just estab lished a new record in a thrilling race against time from Frecmantle to Sidney, Australia. ? M : The car was driven by "John Burton, a veteran Australian mo torist. t " . , ') It' went through the gruelling grind of 2.883 miles in fire days. 21 hours and 45 minutes. . This is 16 hours and 12 minutes faster than the previous record of 6 days. 13 hours and 67 minutes. 1 In addition. Burton drove , Ibe Studebaker through to a new. re cord in his race, by clipping off considerable.. time -between Free- mantle, Adelaide and Melbourne. The Special-Six negotiated lh" en tire 2,889 .miles under -extremely severe u conditions and ' wame through .in perfect running Order. -This new Australian record of Studebaker' comes, on the lieels ornew'jmaria'recetttiyesialilished by stock, model Studebaker cars in the Syrian deserl and in the Union of South Africa.-; r - v . I arVmeanTcal" brakes' with" hy draulic equalizers. ' Ant .extra charge of fifty dollars will be made for thcnrl ' ' ? c ; ' i It $8 ' not the . way with XW. C. Durant'td let an of his cars trail along long' at the tair of any pro cession of their class especially in the case of a member of his line,' on which whose high quality h'e bo Justly ' plumes himself . a3v" this "Baby Locomobile.':' Hence four wheel' brakes for the Flint six. 1,800 INSPECTORS, AT FORM, 1 - - PLANT- -ft ) FOUR: WHEEL" BRAKES TO BE OPTIONAL ON FLINT SIXES I ' . Word has reached . Durant Steves fit LW Angeles that "on anil after March 15 four wheel braked will be optional on Flint sixes, These brakes are known ; as the 'Durant; Perfected Brakes." : Theji device, r , The Highland Park plant of the Ford'Motor Company at Detroit has affotcs pt .more than 1,800 in spectors. While H is said that the Ford : insDec'iion system' goes to Unnecessary-lengths.f, it jf must be remembered', that t absolute inter changeability, of parts is thts: basis of all Ford" production! ; ".It . is, therefore, essential that every" part be exactly like every similar part and to achieve thTrf accuracy "close and "frequent" inspections are- re quired. J.'" 1 ; - . . " ?. FIGHT AGAINST SMOK" BEGAN . , OOO 'YEARS AGO. . - The tight against , smoker has been going on for more than 900 years. In 1316, a 'royal procialna tion was issued" forbidding V3e use of coal in London, on account' of the "noisome' smell."' , In 158 0'. the tise - J of coal - waa prohibited by I Queen; Elizabeth in -London vwWto parliament was in session necause 'thee health; of the:knIghtsof the shires might suffer during their abode in the metropolis." A large number, of American'.- cities t now have smoke ordinances' which: art rigidlyenforced. " 1 SAlwayg signal with hand .when slowing down," turning , or ? stop ping, even though 6u haveifcn 4d tomatie ' or mechanical' warning LDr.TCS : ill Auto'-.' Electrical Business to' " Be Established. By Ray- '-mono, wni ryian That Salem is to be preferred to southwestern' Washington i ll.a opinion of ? Joe ' Williams, a ne w- comeV td the comm-unity, "who h i s purchased a residence prbpert y and t wo"!o a on North Com m e r c i 1 1 and is establishing, himself in the automobile y electrical businets. having icfen connected- . with5 tho Willard Storage Battery' company for years." Before coming to tl.s city, Mr- Williams- lived at Rar- mond" for IS years, "Mr1 Wiinai i Is niarried and has two 'chhjrc a. Ho' is a member of the Elks ar. 1 IOOF fraternal orders. , Wftfle' MrJ ? Vnihinlsi re'grt 1 3 leaving his former friends in t:.e adolning state, he brought i thtir kindest regards with him and cx- pects" to icel at home in' a tbert time." Pebple Vho' have known 11 r. Wflliaina. prior to, his locating her a are high? in 'their expresslch r- garding -the' character -of the c. v citizen. Mr. r : Williams declar s tl(liI1iasbe.yo-'SarenT to s?.. v and that it is a mighty fine hot city. ; ; - - K. 5,000. STUDEBAItEH XXS.U.7. Studebaker has 25. branch c' ces;H,00Oaealers and 3,6 CD e vice7stationa in civilized coctri These branches and dealers car I in stock 14,000,000 ot repair pai lor all models ot Studebaker car NEW YORK CUTS SIDEWALKS TO HELP TRAFFIC NEW YORK. Feb. 23. New York exports have been pondering for months on a remedy for. traf fic congestion. With 40,000 new cars to be added during 1924 to those already in .service, traffic officials haVe wondered t j how to . j .... - .. ( j . ..... provide additional roadway.' New street, and boulevardscan- not be cut except at enormous ex pense and whplesale destruction ot buildings. . : -'.- - ' " In one year l46.B4Sr square feet have been added to streets by widf ening them. Many--, streets f that formerly had broad,- expansive sidewalks four, and In some cases, eight feetwlde have, been remod; eled, increasing the street width from eight to sixteen feet. u ' . IAY DISTRIBUTE NEW ETHYli 7" TTT jsr'r .m; .- .- .-y -VN '-'' v ' f",;;- """-- '- :"' "--.$ . . . , 1 ',' t " ' '- " t-., - v' ' - - ' ; : - . i ..SLisH! V . i - W ?": v Delivered in Salem ; - x&-"-X1,: ; t - :: ; ' ,r s- LJ;,,...,,, ,, ,.1 1, Xj: ':-" ' ;;'.'''.-'"' I . ' - i j .V -v : .'. - . : " . ; , The SUndard OH Company Jersey, and 1 the Genera1! Motors " Corporation announce. toS- d'ay' that ''they are - negotiating contract under which .the .e former will act as distributor in meeast em part of -the United States )f or thro neW product developed Tjy; the General Motors Research Corpora tion of Diyton, O. This iil an 'ahti-knock" mixture ? khdwn as ethyl." which' will be Offered to niotoristsln- connection -wltht thfe . . ; " .V-: - .- .,: I sale 01 gasoune. ; s CARBON AND VSpnE8HION ; Euronean automobile race, driv ei-s; are experintcnlinga with' pisf- onstbat are raised and rouno;?a ai the tof. They call thU doming' the Pistons .and Tind. that it in creases cpniprcssfoiv and power by forcing the gas vapor to occupy vi Fmallcr'i spaed when compressed This Is "exactly what happens In tbd average, motor (only.- oa m smaller scale). when, carbon cakes off the piston tops: Bufthe carbon preicQlles the sas and -thus wastes .- ' fr-L' -A . ' -i, -7 .. . ... ... j: . . - i:"- ' - -' : 1 -' -s - - v " - ' . , . . -... . 'v ' ' - : 'A .... . . . . , . - ' , ' '. Why ;y bu need a Chevrolet A Chevrolet will save valuable time for youl- "Itr annihilated distance. - ItV will transport you to your destination; in Comfort and, economy. ' : ;"It will cut your -doctor bills and broaden the sphere of your activities.' A lChevrolet: is more 1 essential' to the i mbdern family than anything else but . a Home.-. . -y - 1 1 .1 ; L rAskU8 About r v- ; , A " The New Way to Pay for, a Chevrolet" , . 227-231 NORTH HIGH STREET 1 TELEPHONE 1CC3 See Chevrolet First n ' -. Trail 'Em To Snhir