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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (March 23, 1924)
1 J .'- I II .. . .: ... McCLAREN . A . t Large Shipment of High Grade ' ; Chamois 90c to $1.50 ,! " J Large Shipment Just Received Sponges from 35c to $1.50 SEE THESE SPONGES CORP HAS XO EQUAL "JIM". , SMITH & WATKINS "BILL" Use Our Flivver ' ; Phone 44 0i! Men, Gathered in ! ! Chicago to Open Campaign week of March 24-29 has heea an nounced ai "Petroleum Week" by the American Oh Men's Associa tion, during which tima U ,wlll hold its convention here and begin a campaign (or the purpose or "In forming the public of the facts re garding the oil industry," Filling stations and. garage associations, as well as automobile clubs are cooperating. ' " DAYTON !;; Jt rj COLUMBIA : 'J VimlM BICYCLES lm- COULSON - WWjB LINE OF ' I - JUVENILES ?''' ""'' ft -l .'.": ' - 'II - " ' . Wagons Scooters Velocipedes - LLOYD El RAMSDEN - I - .n. n -1 a rti i : - m unm II II i i,; . oo yourt oireei rnone 1001 mill A parade of rolling oil equip ment of various companies operat ing in and near Chicago, led by three bands, will be one reature. At the annual banquet, U. S. Sena tor Medil McCormlck of Illinoia will be the principal speaker, h.. W. Marland and E. Jordan, president of the Jordan Motor Car company, will be two of the speak ers at the general sessions. STAR HAS MADE RAPID PROGRESS New Models Are Meeting With Favor Out look Bright, Cutlerv of Late Czar Now . . . . Used in London Hestaurani (By MQ) LONDON, March 5. Cutlery which was once the property of the late Car and which adorned the ta bles of the royal palace, is now in public use in an obscure restaur ant in one of the slum districts of London. There are 600 knives 'at the es tablishment each bearing the royal arms engraved upon the oiaae. Some of them have the device lin ed in with gold, but these the pro prietor is not using in the restaurant. Th history of the knives since they left the Russian Court is not known, hut when they came into the hands of the previous owner of the restaurant they all had mas sive handles of solid gold. These were replaced, however, by more conventional and less tempting ones, and although the cutlery is kised daily by customers it is sel dom that, these historical relics are recognied. . r. i i Smilinig with The Star Motor Co., of Callfor- nia has made rapid strides slnceit was organized approximately IS months ago. At its head is Norman De Vaux, one of the genuine pioneers of the automobile Industry factor of national reputation In the past 15 years one of the many men who grew up with the bicycle industry and launched into the automotive world when motor cars first came into occasional use. De Vaux has been identified with the sale of automobiles on the Pacific coast since 1905. In those trying days of the "Horse less Carriage," when motoring was still reckoned as a fad which would die out just as the sport of bicy cling did, De Vaux was associated with W. C. Durant as a factory Buick representative. In 1907 he took the Northern California agency for the Auburn automobile and disposed of this car in what was considered "large quantities" all over the northern end of the state. Later he was offered and accep ted the Reo franchise for the terri tory from the Tehachaplg to the Oregon line. His success with Reos was as great as it had been with Auburn. In 1908, W. C. Durant was forc ed out of General Motors Co., con trol. Almost immediately Durant started the manufacture of what he called the "Little" car' named after his former General Manager, at the Buick factory. Production of the Little was carried on in the Whiting Motor Car Co., plant at Flint, Mich. When Durant attain ed volume he offered the Little franchise in the Pacific Coast ter ritory to De Vaux. This car, the records show, later grew into the Chevrolet. When the "490" Chevrolet was introduced, De'Vaux startled the motoring public of California by flashing the news in double page advertisement, a practice unknown at that time. Its popularity was instantaneous. In 1915, Chevrolet sales had grown large enough to warrant a factory on the Pacific coast. De Vaux, R. C. Durant, then the south em California Chevrolet distribu tor, and W. C. Durant merged their interest with the resulting establishment of a branch factory in Oakland. To this trio of men Oakland owes much in now being known as "The Detroit of the Pacific," for It was the action on their part in se lecting Oakland as the site for their factory which has since brought to this city many allied manufacturing plants. - De Vaux remained as president of the Chevrolet Motor Co., of Cal Ifornia until June, 1922, when he resigned to head the Star Motor Co., of California. R. H. Mulch, who had been his sales manager at the Chevrolet factory, quit at the same time. Forrest Arnold. now sales manager of .the Star Mo tor Co., also with the Chevrolet forces at that time, joined the first named pair of officials soon after ward. With remarkable construction celerity, the Star executive office building and warehouses in Oak land were completed and produc tion of Star cars was under way in October, 1922. In each succeed ing month the output was. increas ed, dealers were added with mar velous rapidity, sales territories were extended and an air of per manency pervaded the . Pacific coast atmosphere in so far as Star cars were concerned, much sooner than was usually accorded stand ard makes of motor vehicles fol lowing their presentation to the buying public. . The most recent stride forward made by the company was the an nouncement of new models on No vember 4th. To state In cold print that they created a furore is to ut ter the truth, though the expres sion is commonplace. The 1924 Star cars attracted as widespread interest as did the original show ing of the first Star models. They met with approval in a measure best testified by a sales increase in California alone, dur ing November, of 97 while in De cember the same state shows a 35 increase in sales in the face of rather heavy losses by competi tive lines. Within the last month, three of the largest dealers on the Pacific coast have relinquished old estab lished, and similarly priced, lines and have taken on representation of the line in their respective territories. The outlook for 1924 is a bright one for Star cars in all points along the Pacific coast, as it also is throughout the United States. k 1 7t 5 Because the Kelly Kantslip Cord combines tne features of the safest non-skid tread with the greatest possible wear it is the ideal tire. IK , We have a Kelly Tire for your car or Truck. " v ; , It Costs no More, to Buy a Kelly f.MPJON AUTOMOBILE CO. SALEM'S LARGEST GARAGE , 235S,-Cpmmercial- Open Day and Night Phone 362 . "A 4. LONDON, March 5.- The an cient and honorable and useless office of master of the horse to His Majesty will be the first to succumb to the new Labor govern ment The Marquis of Bath, the holder, has resigned and it has been unofficially announced the ! office, will be abolished. In the past the holder of the title has ranked as the third great officer of the Kings court and the appointment has always been re garded as a high honor. The mas ter had to be a peer, 'a privy coun cillor and a member of the govern ment, which entitled him to a sal ary of $12,500 a year. The office is of great antiquity predating the invention of the car riage. The master of the horse1 then claimed the privilege of hold ing the horse for his sovereign to mount. Nominally he had control of the equerries, pages grooms and stable servants. Since the king and queen took to motors his lab ors have lost even their nominal ly. Here is some real SPEED and POWER This fine late model 74 Harley-Davidson completely overhauled, repainted, new tires, speedometer, saddle, etc. Special This Week $245 $85.00 Cash Balance on easy, payments. . Come over and see it. HARRY W. SCOTT "The Cycle Man" 147 South Commercial Street . Write for Free catalog Government to Abolish Ancient British Sinecure (Br wtc -a It is impossible to do this, but there are a lot of people trying it every day. " ; We owe a lot of commissions to so-called salesmen, that are doing this very thing every day, and if they will call at our of fiice we will pay them for their services. It goes without saying, that when a line is knocked, some one's toes are being walked on, and it hurts. The Star Par is the worst-knocked car on the American market today, which plainly shows that some one is getting hurt, for the fact remains that the Star .is the most popular car in the low-priced field, and is fast approaching the top notchers, in sales,' and only a few months remain till it will occupy a position at or near the top where it, msiuujo, auu ib lima viuy ucch uu mc uiaiactr auuui oocuvecu mviimo. w i ...r We make this unqualified proposition to any fair-minded man that knows' the es sential units that go into an automobile. Go into any other car selling around the' price of the Star, or even three hundred dollars more, and if we can not prove, clearly and conclusively, that the Star contains the best and highest class of standard units compared with any other car, we will make that party a present of the Star car. The only man that does not like a Star car is the man that does not own one Salem Automobile Go; F. G. DELANO A.LEOFF tl t .. ' If i -H Luxuriously Smboth and Silent at Every Speed! WHEN they set out to design this new 4-door model, Cleveland engineers knew that noise, vibration, and drumming were distinctly noticeable in most moderately priced closed cars. They also knew that in such a car, scientific engineering could produce the luxuriously smooth and quiet operation that is characteristic of the heaviest and most expensive sedans. In collaboration with Fisher,' they produced a body that is a marvel of structural rigidity. The framework is clear second-growth ash, carefully seasoned and solidly rein forced. The body proper is built up of heavy, securely anchored sheet steel panels. The soft ceiling has no acoustic properties. Thus were drumming and rattling and squeaking eliminated. Vibration was conquered at its source in the power plant; conquered Sb completely and absolutely that even the driver is never conscious of it. Nowhere between the traffic crawl and the full throttle gait is there t speed which is not luxuriously smooth and free from labor particularly so on the hills. Arrange for a demonstration.' We promise you a ride which for sheer un blemished luxury, literally cannot be duplicated except in the heaviest and most expensive closed cars. J f . Gentdnt balloon tint (31x3) optioned, $70 extra. Cleveland chassis design pcrmio thrfr km without ojtfecting roaniorenderckaranca, F.W.PETTYJOHN 219 North Commercial Street mm '1 CLEVELAND AUTOMOBILE. COMPANY CLEVELAND J1