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i 1 1 , 4 i i i - i i t r .. i ' i i ? f s ; . ;!- 1 I - ' i. I i 1 a, 2 - m - g v i f i . ' - ' - ; j . . ' l . , ..... .1 (SLEWS-; - TIDEDITIOi Suggests Mental and Physi- cal Examination Before K ' Licensing By WAL.TKB P, CHRYSLER Chairman, Board of Directors, Maxwell, Chrysler and Chalmers Motor Car Companies Every time a bandit makes his escape la an automobile that fact is recorded. But how often is It also recorded that the police went in pursuit in a motor car. The: automobile like everything else ever made by man has been abused. The criminal, especially has found many uses for (he motor car. But so hare the police, hos pitals and fire department. And out of fairness to the motor own ins public the entire story should be told. I approve of the recommenda tion of Governor Smith of New York state that there should be a state, department of automobiles. There should be a medical and mental examination of all persons who want licenses to drive cars The mentally and physically unfit, for the sake of themselves, the pe destrian and motor car owner, should not be permitted to operate ears. - - ' I "aSTe with the recommenda tion of James P. Martin, Probation Officer of New York, that there should be an examination of the character of all applicants for li censes. If necessary the candi dates for licenses should be finger-: printed to make sure they hare no criminal record.' ." , v More care should be taken in the Issuing of license plates. , There shrould . be separate licenses for pleasure cars, commercial vehicles and omnibuses. - , , . . To relieve congestion licenses for pleasure cars could be issued at one time if the year and license for commercial vehicles at anoth er. , j.... ,., . - ... , i It Is hoped that at some future conference of the governors some of these common problems relat ing to the motor car will be con sidered.. For example, hand sig nals differ fa various parts of the country. Why wouldn't it be far better to have them standardized so that a man may go into any state and feel safe in driving be cause he is able to understand sig nals? ; ' ; The automotive Industry will probablr never face an economic saturation hut It will have to con tend with a highway and street saturation unless some of . these common ' problems are considered In thefr national aspect rather than locat No. one Is .more Interested. than the motor car owner himself In working ou. these problems satis factorily- to all. The owner of an automobile is a man who has made an investment s in transportation and everything that tends toward solving; some of these problems neips mm to ret a bigger return on his investment.' FARMER FASHIONS TRACTOR FROM CAST-OFF AUTOMOBILE FRESNO. Cal- April 5. From the wreck of a, smalt obsolete an tomobile R. H. Bartlett, street' car motorman who also owns and- cul Urates a farm, has built a home made tractor at a cost of $15.00 Those who have witnessed the ma chine's performance declare it does the work." rne tractor is mounted on a wooden frame that Bartlett built. Authorized Service mm m : era Startuiff, ' Lighting-, Ignition V Service go Steps) gj Also exclusive agents Autolite, Westing house Electric & Manufacturing Co., At vater Kent Manufacturing Co. Splitdorf Electric Co., Robert Bosch Magnetos. 2;m.burrell 03 NORTH HIGH ST. liiiJ OitUWI Uliii-. ) - ' , - - MMMM i"-1 The gear is from a worn-out pump. It runs on the wheels of an old automobile stripped to its ; rims. On one set of wheels he fastened outer rims from wheels that once did duty on a mower, this pair giving him the required traction. "Many farmers could build serr vlceable tractors at small cost," declares Bartlett. s - . FRENCH TRADESMEN RIDE OPPORTUNITIES TO LAP OF FORTUNE 1 ' j : ': (By Man) ? ; PARIS, March 20. One of the contributory causes to the present increased cost of living in France is the apparent determination to day of sellers of goods to get rich as quickly as may be. This Is1 a relic of war days whe"n those able to supply commodities could sell at their own .prices, and those who needed these commodities got into the habit of paying without dis cussion the prices asked. Instead of looking forward to the traditional life of hard work, with the hope of retiring after saving enough to. pass his last few years free from toil, the French dealer in meats or vegetables, for Instance, ,; expects today to retire In five or ten , years. Investiga tion in small towns or Paris su burbs, where conditions can be more easily watched than in the capital ifself, shows that bread. meat and vegetable shops have all changed hands since the war, some more than once. - Many such dealers sold out after the; warand went elsewhere to lire, thinking it would thus be easier to ? keep their financial status secret If the government sought to extract a share of their gains byjwar profit taxation. The good-will of these businesses ad vanced by leaps and bounds with each sale, thus1 forcing the last purchaser to sell his commodities at very high prices. , : The finance minister. Count de Lasteyrie, quoted some Instances of increased prices paid for good wills during ' a recent debate in the chamber. A business sold in 1919 for 75.000 franca was re sold In 1921 for 370,000, and sold again in 1922 for 900.000. An other sold in 1921 for 80.000 francs, brought 100,000 in the be ginning of 1922, and was sold for 250.000 at the end of the same year. Another business was sold three times in 1919 and 1920, starting j at 200.000 franca, and going to 300,000 and 800.000. Instances of how even the smallest produce dealers have ra pidly gained wealth can be given from personal knowledge. A man who once sold poultry, eggs and butter In a market place once a week, and for years moved his commodities in a,, .donkey cart, now has. a fine auto truck and scours' the country for goods. A womanj who three years ago hawked fish from door to door m a wheelbarrow, today has built a shop,' with an apartment above, at a cost of 100,000 francs, and has an auto truck to bring fish and other supplies from the cen tral markets.- Such .people in pre war' days made only a bare living. ' i i, ... 2: ' I " ' ': J ' - IMPERIAL COLLEGE STUDENT WILL BREAK OLD PRECEDENT (By Uafl) . TOKIO, March 8. Tokio Im periaL nniversity shortly, is to hare its first student of the imperial blood. :i , Prince Fujlmaro Yamas- hina, younger brother of the head of the Yamashina branch of the Imperial family. " will i matriculate in literature next month. Herto- fore the imperial prince have been educated in special schools or by private tutors. PHONE 203 SALE1 irac REPORTS SALES Fred Delano, of Salem Auto Co., Expresses Himself as Very Pleased With Sales The Salem Automobile Company reports the following Bales of Star cars the past few days: J Fred Shar, Silverton. route 2, Star touring. , -A , W. C. and C. R. Inman, hotel men at Gervais, a Star touring car. i A , A ' Jack Rockhill. a baker at Inde pendence, a Star Bpecial touring. L. H. Elliott, 2359 Center St., a Star touring. : , R. A. Bowen, of Albany, a Star coupe. 5 ' ' W. H. Chase, 332 North Com mercial St., a Star touring. G. B. Phillips, of Independence, a Star touring. C. M. Byrd, 1340 Chemeketa St., a Star touring. c E. "W. Sly, of Scotts Mills, a Star touring. F. H. Kaylor, of Scio, Ore., a Star touring. A,., Wm. Geistfield, Salem, Star roadster. Associate dealers: Grand Ronde Garage, Grand Ronde, Ore., 5 Star cars of dif ferent models. J. Wj Berkey, of Woodburn, 3 Star tourings. s Ball Bros., of Turner. Star tour ing. T J. P. Jensen, of Monitor, a Star touring. : ' . M. J- O'Donnell, Independence, a Star. touring. A total of 22 cars. RENTENMARK BRINGS LUXURY AND CHAOS TO GERMAN CITIES fBy Matt) BERLIN, March la-Germany's financial comeback with the stab ilization of the rentenmark still continues to be a marvel to for eigners living in the Fatherland, and Germans are little less sur prised. - ' - ; :' 1 1 It is impossible to explain where all the money that has suddenly appeared came from. Prices stand far above world figures in shops and cafes. Still there seem (o be plenty of customers, virtually all Germans. Prize-fights . and horse-shows. six-day bicycle races and theatres attract thousands of patrons. Com- iic opera producers have elevated their best seats to 35 rentenmarks, or about $8.50, and attract '.large audiences. Swiss. French and Italian re sorts are filled with Germans. Trains to Paris are loaded , with Germans, and the French consu lates are besieged by Germans seeking visas to France. Prices of clothing and i other manufactured articles are roughly only about half as much in the French border towns as in German towns. Consequently Germans are flocking to France to buy. Automobiles are becoming, more numerous In the .streets of uer man cities and many of them are new machines. Expensive danci clubs in Berlin are crowded an the display of costly private cars standing outside them gives the Impression of great wealth. Caviar and other luxuries are " LET US HELP YOU GET g "o V WHAT YOU NEED IK) ' ' ' . - $ WHETHER it is employment, employees or the sale or J O purchase of goods our classified, columns will bring you ' ' Q the desirable results; , , - 4 - v Qff i tO "V- Telephone us your wants today! , :',', . .' ' . ' r Q p The Oregon Statesman on served at prices double or treble Parisian prices and find plenty of buyers. , ; ' r The conditions are not unlike those in Russia after the Bolshe vists set up their "chevronetz," or stable money. A public which had figured so long In millions and bil lions and trillions was unable to think in small figures. Conse quently prices did not fall when considered in terms of hard mon ey. German merchants insist they are justified in keeping their prices up because of turnover taxes and the high duties of all Imported ar ticles. - L All in all the situation is ab - normal and unnatural, and the av erage man with small wage is un able to buy anything but the bar est necessities, j. .'1 Germans who represented, .that they had nothing before the intro duction of the rentenmark have suddenly blossomed out and seem quite prosperous. Various expla nations are made but none of them seems to explain very satisfactor ily. There is undoubtedly a great calling back of exported capital. Persons who. weref unwilling to keep money and securities in Ger many when the mark was falling every day have undoubtedly drawn back their deposits; from foreign banks, and converted them! into rentenmarks. t ", The lavishness with, which some Germans spent money in the 'days of the declining paper markwas always explained by Germans on the ground that people got rid of their money because it would be worthless in a few days. That ex planation no longer holds good. and the expenditures get more lav ish daily. ; ; While the wages of workmen are more satisfactory now, ( be cause of the stability of the rent enmarks in which they are paid. iney nave not been raised . to a point where they are in proportion to the greatly increased cost of livings The surface prosperity which Is so amazing Is apparently confined for the most part to mid die and upper-class persons, p The streets of German cities are still filled with beggars, and every? where there are collectors Taistng funds for mass feeding and vari ous other forms of relief work The newspapers overflow P with stories' of the hardships which pro fessional classes are suffering. Doctors and lawyers and teachers complain .they are in hard straits. And many of them, probably a. ma jority of them, doubtless are. But the prices which foreigners pay for professional service is well above world standards. DEMOCRAT FOR 93 YEARS (By Jtatt YREKA, Cal.. April 5 The will of Dave Ream, widely known northern Calif ornian.,. who., died. here recently at the age of 93, was found to contain the request that this inscription be cut on his tombstone: ' "I have been a staunch Demo crat from the cradle to the grave." 1 Turks Regulate Religious , Instruction by Foreigners CONSTANTINOPLE, Mar. 15. -Heads of American missionary schools in Constantinople have re ceived the following order from the Angora mihistry of public in struction: j . "It Is learned that some foreign schools devote more time to re ligious exercises than to regular teaching, ; that they compel pupils to attend Christian; services, and that they hang on the walls of class rooms and courtyards texts and Plards dealing with religi- uus tuunei a. i "Schools which are now engag- ing in religious activities, of the above nature will be immediately closed. Consequently the follow ing regulations are brought to the notice of . the administration of these schools, which must conform strictly to them: i "It is absolutely forbidden to al low Turkish students to participate In- Christian services S either com- pulsorily or voluntarily. No Turk ish student shall be permitted to attend prayers in connection with the .religion of the directors of Christian schools. 1 "Foreign , schools may give "re ligious instruction in a separate chapel but they may not conduct prayers , elsewhere or set up sta tues or suspend texts of a religious nature in class "rooms or court yards. - ' "A strict control .of foreign schools is necessary in order to see that recommendations of the min istry are carried out.": ' This order preceded" -the recent decree closing all foreign schools on Friday, the Moslem Sabbath. English City's Refuse Dump .-a Nets Big ; Revenue BIRMINGHAM, England, Mar. 18. This city is now' recovering products from Its refuse heaps ev ery year worth $180,000. A few years ago the city built a salvage plant at a cost of $2,000,000. This will be paid for in a' few years, after which ! the profits will be used for the reduction of the city debt, says a report of the commit tee responsible for the building of the. plant." The city also saves $260,000 annually which It form erly cost to dispose of the refuse. A Birmingham has a population of 919.438.- The salvage plant last year produced 25 tons of pure tin, 5000 tons of fat, and several boat-loads of fertilizer. - Food for pigs and poultry and oil products for candle and soap making also were soldj and the - clinkers- and stone were used for repairing roads. -, ! ' - Butter, Honey nd Flax - Bring Manitoba Wealth J." T ! ' WINNIPEG, - Man.. April 5.--Mixed farming in Manitoba, has msde unusua progress , in recent years, according to" Premier John Bracken, in an address to the pro- vincial legislature on agricultural conldtlons. ' ' ; f Although wheat Is commonly regarded as Manitoba's most im portant crop," said Mr. Bracken, "its value in 1923 was only twice as 'great as dairy and allied pro ducts.' The wheat crop last year was valued at $23,000,000 as compared with, 199,000,000 n 1918." A--h' A:-.:: .-a.-,:. "Production of creamery and dairy butter made remarkable strides Iast year. Since 1913 the value of creamery butter in Mani toba has grown from $4,000,000 to $11,000,000. . Dairy butter in the jsame period Increased in value from $4,000,000 to. $9,000,000. In two 'years Manitoba has developed from an , importer . to an exporter of dairy products. ' l j "The outnut of spring rye is rap idly Increasing the flax; crop of 1923; was the most valuable ever grown, and - the production or honey has Jumped 2,500,000 pounds in four years." Many houses ' for rent See the classified page Ml 111 in ' ft hiji We have a KELLY TIRE for your Car or Truck It Costs No More to Buy a Kelly MM SALEM'S 235 S. Commercial 9 " P" - ii I 11111 .. : See FN648 Russian Emigrants Rciunr From Many Foreign Lands By Mali) . RIGA, March is Large groups of Russians whoemigrated to Aus tralia and the Americas before the war are returning ,to their native country to re-establish themselves In the various occupations they adopted in foreign countries. One group that went out to Aus ti alia has applied to the , Soviet rtvorninent for permission to re turn to Russia to develop sheep- breeding. - The group possesses capital amounting to! $50.000. and has agreed to bring' 1.500 cheep. ronosal is looked upon with hv the Soviet in view of the fact that sheep-breeding, is almost extinct.; A representative of the group has been Invited to kusbi. a contract, and the gov ernment is willing to apportion a piece of land .M sotttneasxera xu, Parties of settlers from Seattle and Montreal, returning with capi tal and machinery, will establish themselves in the Don territory u Keep Smiling with A CC 0 V7S. We carry a fullstc ck 01 Pneumatics in all sizes from ' 30x3 to 40x8 LARGEST GARAGE Open Day and Night Phone 302 as StmrUr mnd It requires no technical knowledge of auto mobiles to appreciate the outstanding value of the Ford Touring Car. Not only is it the lowest priced five-passenger car on the market, but it is also a car that costs litde to oj)erate, litde to keep in con dition and has an. unusually lygh resale value after, years of service. All Ford Cars are sold on convenient - deferred terms, or may be purchased " - under the Ford Weekly Purchase Plan. A' V Detroit, Michigan Valley Motor Co., Salem, Oregon 9A07J CARS - TRUCKS - TRACTORS .! the provinces cf Odessa. A liun'r : 1 DuLL ilies from the Unite! '.:: large stocks of poultry and implements have been aiottcl in the Melitopol district. Spanish King's Racing .Stable Helps Pcckcll SAN SEBASTIAN. Spain, Zlt 17. The stable of the Dnke cf ledo, the incognito under the King of Spain's colors are 1 on the Spanish turf, has gath In 2,116.954 pesetas in stakes t Its creation in 1916. The King's best year was 1922 when his three year old I an won the 500,000 pesetas C: Prix de Sebastian and the t winnings of the stable amoa to. 626,730 pesetas. Horses bred and born in Tr lead the king's stable with 1,C 827 pesetas; English stock c second with 249,750, wbHs Spanish horses could not do I than bring ,240,977 pesetas : their loyal owner's pocketbocl. m m Pill tMnmmtmlm Rima. iSS jttrm n