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Part Three I SEVENTY-JHIRD YEAR SALEM, OREGON, SUN DAY-MORNING,. MARCH 23, 1924 , SECTION THREE 11 Pages 1 io (5 , : ' ' ' 1 ' ' 1 ' ' .. . , . , ., , , ,, , , , , ,. , i . PPJWJS " SUG6 EST UNI FORM -SfefeMessii &miKama WIll'S MOUNCEs" StlTEBIBilH i GOOD FOR OLDS TMFF1C RULES ,J..L.5TL PRICE REDUCTIONS UP BOW BE1DY Sales Exceed Those of Jan v uary Sales Increasing, : v on New Six - In the month of February the Olds Motor Works broke all pre vious sales -records tor a single month. February files exceeded those ot January, previous high month, by over 1S00 cars. I The figures show an Increase of 840 oyer . Febrnarr 1923 and 220 over 'February 1919, next highest February. . During , the five month period starting with October 1st. the time when the new Oldsmobile Six was introduced, the number of cars sold was- greater than the total for th entire year 1923. ' It also ex. .teeded: the 'total ,'tlgnrea for the tame fire month period year ago by almost 25.000 cars and bettered be next highest similar period ,1919-1920 by over 20,000 cars. , i In fact since the Introduction of the new, six each month's , sales hare exceeded.,' ,the . previous month's figure by a wide margin 'Production 'elans for the remain : i der of 1924 call for a total figure ! for the - year , S00 xreater than anv Weviona vear In Oldsmohile'a ' 27 years of manufacturing exper ience " ' ,3 V pi i ;t ft'-''. r.i -';-; . LONDON, March. 5. Art deal era are said to be puizied Just now at a sudden Invasion of Germans . anxious to buy expensive are books and pictures in, London. The buy era. are most Insistent for impres- fionist and u. post-impressisionist -,,-work, and aparently do sot minds What they pay for them. , A, A, A. Promote Uniform Regulations Want Help of Motorist . Motor tourists will havchii new- duty to perform as they travel to and fro across the land from now on it they are willing to aid a plan evolved by the American Automo bile Association to promote uni formity of traffic regulations and provide better motoring laws generally. It appears that a main difficulty in the way of effective uniformity of traffic regulations and motor vehicle laws is the unfarailiarlty of one section of the country with conditions prevailing in another. and it is the opinion of A.A.A, of ficials that uniformity would be several steps nearer a reality if automobllists . would familiarize themselves with the conditions un der which other folk operate their cars. According to President Thos. P. Henry of the A.A.A., heads of traf fic bureaus in many prominent cit ies are now studying conditions in other cities with a view to determ ining whether or not they them selves are on the right track. If motor tourists would make a simi lar effort to Btudy conditions as they find thenf in various parts of the country and make recommen dations for improvements accord ingly, the main stumbling block to nnlfoTmity, Mr. Henry points out, would be eliminated. "With respect to uniformity," says Mr. - Henry, "the coantry is faced with a problem of first elim inating the sort of situation which makes the people of one city ignor- List Provided by Oregon State Highway Comission Clip it Out for Future Reference Albany 26.0 Alsea i6.3 Amity 1WJ& vm Rickreall. Ashland 272.2 Astoria 136.8 via Portland. Astoria .IC6.5 via Tillamook. Astoria 137.0 via Forest Orov & Vernonia. Aumsville 13.0 Aurora 23.3 Baker 392.2 via Portland. Bend 1S9.2 via MoKeniie Pass. Bend 291.8 via Portland. Barlow 27.0 Bay Citv 98.2 Beavfrton 59.3 via Portland & Canyon Road. Brownsville 31.3 via Halsey. Canny 29.0 Carlton 37.8 via Rickreall. Cascaaia - 70.5 CTatskanie 116.6 Clatsop Crest 131.5 Coburg 65.2 via Harrisuurg. Cornelius .. 59.2 via Rickreall. Corvallia 37.0 via Albany. Corvallis 37.0 via Rickreall Cottage Grove 93.6 Crater I-ke 339.3 vi& VTedford. Crater Lake 257.4 via Oakridge & Crescent. nUx '. 13.1 bavton 23.0 via Wheatland Ferrv. Holuh 60.2 lnl,l ' 30.0 via Anw.v Dnndee - 28.3 via Whom I Mid Ferrv. nuiule. 42.2 via R.iekr&ll Estacada ." 62.0 .. ... via Clackamas. Eugene via Pacific Highway. Eugene via Corvallis. Falla City KoreRt Grova via Rickreall. Fores. Grov via Portland. Gaston via Rickreall. Gates Uearh.rt via Tillamook. Gearhart via Portland. Gcrvat Gladstone Goble Government Camp via Boring. Grant Pas Grande Konde tiresham via 82nd St. Halsey Ilarrislmrg Hebo Hillsboro via Portland & Canyon KoikI Hillsboro via McMinriville. Hood River Hubbard Huntington vis Portland Independence Jefferson Junction. City- via Albany k HarrUburg. Junction City Via Corvallis. Klamath Falls : via Oakridge. Klamath Falls via Ashland. Lafayette via Rk-kreall. La Grande via Portland. Lebanon via Albany. Marshfield via Itoseburg. .... 71.8 ...77.8 24.1 36.5 75.0 49.5 .. 43.5 .148.9 ..174.4 .14.0 ... 41.0 ... 92.4 ... 9O.0 223.8 48.8 57.0 44 3 53.2 71.1 68.9 C2.6 .120.3 208 440.3 12.7 17.1 ... 57.7 63.7 295.2 336.4 35.8 341.9 40.1 ......235.8 ... 54.4 ... 17.0 ...118.0 ... 99.6 ... 84.3 ... 30.5 McKenrie Bridge 127.6 via Eugene. McMinnville .... 30.8 via Rickreall. Medford 259.2 Mehama .-. 30.3 Mill City 40.0 Molalla 35.0 ' via Silverton, Monmouth - 15.4 via Independence. Monmouth . s 16.3 via Rickreall. Monroe, Mt. Angel Nefaaieni ... via Rickreall & Amity. Ketarts , via Rickreall tt Amity. Xeskowin Niewberg via .St. Paul. Xewberg 31.0 via Whtallaud Ferry. Xewberg , 44.7 via Rickreall. Newport 98.1 via Corvallis. Niagara , 48.0 Ontario 47.6.2 via Portland. Oregon Caves '. 275.0 Oregon City 38.2 Orenco 67.0 via Forest Grove. Oswego 43.8 Pacific City 79.6 via Rickreall ft Amity. Pendleton : .Jc4.....28 3.9 via Portland. jC3S Philomath 45.3 Portland 51.3 Prineville 206.8 via McKenxie Pass. Priavcille 292.3 via Portland. Rainier i 99.1 Roekaway 107.6 via Rickreall & Amity. Roseburg 14R.0 Sandy tO.O via Boring. Eandy C8.0 via 82nd St. & Gresham. San Francisco. Cal .680.0 22.6 146.4 176.9 24ff.0 34.3 40.0 Scio via Jefferson. Scotts Mill Seaside via Tillamook. Seaside via Portland. Seattle, Wash Sheridan via Rickreall & Amity. Sherwood via St. Paul or Wheatland Ferry. Sherwood - vis Rickreall. Silver Creek Ti.lls via Macleay. Bilverton Sodaville via Albany. Springfield via Eugene. Stayton St. Helens ..: St. Panl Sublimity Sweet Home Tacoma, Wash The Dalles Tillamook via Rickreall & Amity. Toledo via Co.-vallis. " Trcotdale ., Tualatin via St. Panl or Wheatland Ferry. Tualatin - via Rickreall. Turner - Vancouver, B. C - Waldport - Warrenton - via Tillamook. Warrenton ' via Portland. Waterloo via Albany. West Linn Wilhoit Willamina via Rickreall Amity. Woodburn Vachats Yamhill .25.0 54.0 ; 26.0 15.0 46.0 70.1 21.1 80.3 22.0 18.8 . 55.5 214.0 144.8 91.6 89.8 .. 67.3 45.0 58.0 10.5 .410.0 103.3 160.0 165.0 48.0 38.5 29.7 39.1 . 17.3 113.3 41.3 Demand Permits Production Increase of Overland and Willys-Knight Sedan ant of the motor regulations in force in another. When we hare removed this feature it should be a simple matter to do away with the unnecessary regulations be cause everybody in every section of the country will know what regu lations are necessary. v , "As matters stand, uniformity is I' i a ii 1 i nniiiniiiiiiiininnniniiHiiiiiiaiisji r a asw m m m . m, m Roadster, $ 765 SportTeuring 91S Cob . . , .985 Coup . . ,1075 Sedan i. 1135 ?. All fricat f. K Lmdf. Ju mndtpan unt Qumtrn OldtmMU Pmrta m b PTchd from mrnf OUsmuM dtmUr U any part f lK Vnifd Statu, at m ttamAati Sties aab IUKJ bythm factory, ssttk rnmt thm mdAitiomof mny wmr tma, kmndllaM. or Crcmev tmtiomchurf. Every Old mohUooUmior fcattWafer ' porta ric lift itturd by th factory, svkick la (ways op tor iiwctioi Oldsmobile SIX is a great success. It's good looking and roomy, weighs 23CX) pounds, and the supple springs are extra long It has a 110-inch wheelbase; powerful and smooth six-cylinder en gine (40 H. P.); body finished in black enamel a lustrous finish baked on to last the life of the car; oversize cord tires all around, and the finest chassis units, such as Delco ignition. Harrison radi atbr, and Borg fit Beck clutch. All this is made possible through the cooperation of Oldsmobile and General Motors. You, as the purchaser, reap . the benefit. . , F. W. Pettyjohn Go. 219 N. Commercial St. ' A-.-- Hffl I DKssafi ' rf-nrV Hi;.! ! 1 ! irr iiwi - nil i nf -,i ri irrr or virtually blocked by reason of the fact that the motorist from Oregon i thinks his regulations are the best that can be provided for him. Like wise the man in New York. Neither may suspect that somewhere in be tween their respective states there may be methods of regnlation su perior to those in the west or the east. "But how are the bulk of the Nation's motorists to know what is going on in other sections of the land unless the tourists themselves who have intimate touch with the subject make their observations known? "Traffic officials are making some important discoveries in their tours of investigation, but the motor tourist could do even more for the Nation's motoring. "The motorist is the party who knows whether the laws are work ing properly, and when he tours he has a unique opportunity to get an entirely new viewpoint on the whole subject. When he returns from a trip on which he has dis covered important improvements in traffic regulation, he should re port the facts to his local automo bile club Immediately. The infor mation would then be tabulated and forwarded to A.A.A. head quarters in Washington. "I am of the opinion that useless or even dangerous laws and regu lations exist in many parts of the country without the local public being fully aware of it, and that sane ideas which should be stand ardized have not been brought to the fore. "With the opening of the tra vel season It is hoped that auto mobile tourists will assist the A.A.A. in the work of 'clearing these facts by studying traffic con ditions as they find them and by speaking up." are giving the same rates of inter- on a new machine. This is the cheapest rate ot interest to be hed in Salem for used cars. est on a buyers note when made for a Certified car, which they give No better indication ot the In creased demand for Willys-Knight and Overland closed cars during the current winter can be given than the announcement from Willys-Overland headquarters that prices on two ot its most popular enclosed types have been slashed as a result of a factory output in excess of all original anticipations. According to the announcement the price affects the Overland Champion model, which has been reduced 1 40, while the Willys Knight standard sedan has been reduced $100. Accompanying the announce ment is a brief statement from John N. Willys, president of Willys-Overland, setting forth the rea sons for this remarkable action: "January and February produc tion has exceeded all expectations During the first month of the new year we manufactured 22,048 cars, more than double the output of a year ago. In February we main tained an average shipping record of more than a thousand cars dally, closiong the month with to tal shipments of 22,136. "This remarkable increase in demand has stepped up production to a point where our production i (Continued on page 2) New1Sl24 Issue of State De- a.aa . a t partment Distributed oy Roy A. Klein Copies of the 1924 state high way department- map of Oregon are now available and were distri buted to each member of the Real ty club after this week's luncheon by Roy A, Klein, state highway engineer. , '. Two general .tables are given. one a general table giving distan ces between the more Important cities of the state, via the shortest ' route and the other table the dis tances of cities from the intersec tion ot Broadway and Washington, in Portland. In addition there is a good map of Portland, showing' the different routes and entrances to the city and which streets to follow in order to hit the high ways. '.-T: ' :" ' . i- . Another section of the map de notes the nlaces where non-resl- dents" axe required to register upon entering' the state and the more important of the state traffic regu-. lations. The interest on $70 will amount to 114,000,000 if you can afford to wait 300 years for it - - .:. , In St. Louis, a man of 76 mar ried a woman of Z4f this being the first sign ot spring In St. Louis. . What will they do In Washing ton when they run out of officials to be Investigated? Now Sir Oliver Lodge is worried about the world, Indicating he is getting along In years. ASSISTANT MANAGER Howard Acfkerman has been em ployed as Assistant manager of the Certified Public Motor Car Market Because of Mr. Acker man's years of experience in the automobile field as a salesman, factory representative, and dealer, he has a very accurate knowledge of sales conditions as they exist today. The Certified Market now is in a position to make Quick: and ac curate appraisals on all cars brought In for attention. Form erly. If the manager was away on other business customers, were of ten caused a delay which was more or less annoying. . , The Market Is doing a thriving business. which is evidenced by. the fact that the new building lias been filled and the stock moved put twice over, in the twoorad one half months of operation. .People are ' buying 'good ears at . a fair price. The. banks realize the value NINETY DAYS SERVICE ON OUR Nearly New FO R B Here's the Secret How We Get the Nearly New Ones pay cash for our cars and take only, the cream of the. market. Oft times people need money and need it badly and are willing to sacrifice a I great deal for ready cash, that's where we buy our Fords. Our buyer takes only the late model ones that have been driven .only a short distance and are practically as good as new. While we. do not take unjust advantage of people who must sell we do buy at a price that will enable us to go over every car and put it in shape so that we can guarantee it for ninety days (the same guarantee as is given with a new Ford) and then sell it with a small margin of prof it to our customers at a price $100 to $150 lower than a new Ford. Many of our cars have cord tires and other extra equipment which the buyer gets advantage of . USED CAR CORNER Ferry and Commercial 1924 LICENSE ON OUR NEARLY NEW FORDS EASY TERMS OPEN SUNDAYS ; f i l aV of this kind of merchandising and -rr