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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (April 13, 1924)
" c - 2 ' ftJj) c .J c ,2 PftIC ESBBSET ciine gives : 5 0;i 1'fflC . IllJ.bnU.nijJ.,.:. Gliila ulliiJlCE J C" r BTwi-W- : GJSOtlili'' . iiGEiiistion . ... " ' 'C" ,. ' :t . : - f - - - -Has Had no Complaint From tAny Purchaser Prospects '.. From as Far as Eugene A striking Instancy of . the man tier in which the Salem Certified Public Motor Car Market Is bene fitting, the public occurred last Manager Wright waa eei? when Able to assist a car owner who was called east on a sudden emergen cy. , t ; : The owner," a lady, received Vord of the death of heir father vnd at the same time was notified that it would be necessary tor her Jo return .home and take care of her mother and the family proper " ft y. It was necessary for her to leave at once, and before, doing mo to dispose of her car. Ifavfng, heard of the market, she drove -down there and explained he "circumstances. The car ftp- praised and bing . In good . condi tion' was placed on immediate sale . and sold In a few' days. p s ' .. "This Is. not the first, service Are have been able to render at our V v market," said Manager Wright. "Of course we. render a genuine service to the pdbllc. daily 1 in presenting a place .vrnere. even a blind man could buy good used :arfat the lowest possible price. jRut occasions' arise -where an em ergency comes and we are able to do an inMftriiil scre benefiC' , "In every case, we protect the -buyer against -getting stcr.g." That 4hlsTls pot an idle claim Is shown by thef fact that last week one car told to a 'rartV livingr-In a 'much larger fcommur.ifyv who came . a considerable dLtance to buy a car because he knew he could rely on Batiafa'Cltcnt?'-- "We also have a waitlag list of prospects lwL tate told us what hey are -16-1 ?. j - f of and are "bid ing their-tlaia : c ...111 'we.caa' secure .it. Scr.; ? ' cf ' t! 3 names on . this iist Are fxoia..j iiiU as fir away as f "Up t6 tl-J'rresent tlsa W have' . yet to ifeira cf a .ilrsla :atisfle4 : -: i i i VJ C ?.!'.tcr- six. Crank-sLaft Two fly wheels. Vibrationless Bal anced statically and dynamically. I: it fon- Bosch. C .as ia Lubrication Alemite. .--l Eseeiirs; Gear Irreversible worm and gear, rtooring swindles Bail bearing. Frame "Double depth" 8 side channels. Spring3 ZTx2Va" and 36"x2"; f Brakes Priniarr (service), internal expanding on all four wheej3 foot control. Secondary - 4 (emergency), on transmission hand control. Carburetor Special Stromberg. Wheel rCastf 117". .. . Wheels-r-Tuarc disc, steel. T7. HI " !' vr, ii; nVAir. . W. H. Evans who will head the new Salem Rickenbacker agency Will arrive in Salera about May the first. - Mrs. Evans i now here and has opened the agency In the tem porary location with ' the Great . Western Garage. Alf.- J. 'Morton, manager of the irherkeJsen Motor company og' Portland was-- here raosf of the week assisting! in the installing of the agency. TR6 Therkelsen. Motor Company are the state distributors for the Rick en.backeracrs. fi i ' The Evans famiry .are former resi dents of Winloclc, .Washington, where Mr. Evani Baa.". been con nected with the1 Li s Tf.' Menefee Lumber company. , . ... purchaser of a car 'from the local market." Would Ilave Been Lost Workman: "What are you looking for?". V. Pat: "My vest,". Workman: t "Y"ott ;have; it -on." Pat: VOh," sure. I . have. If yotf had 'not told me I would have gone home-without it. . ' Ji .-. IV W t i- nut 'm' ,ln -i if i. m, i ! XL Tlid'Opeiiihg df si Rickeritjaclcer Afjcncy in Salem -U -V a (vS; - Temporary location at ? the grMXt' Western? garage (i . . 147'North High Street V ; ; . 1- the RIGKENBACKEfe Bsiore: Buying Tlid RitIieribaclierHtK , advantage iti motordbm 1 H . ' I NOTE THESE SALIENT SPECULATIONS i I ; .I'Tcr; c:f Dlaplcy E3re: Touring '...L..:.lCC59. delivered lii-Salbitl Sedan.,........02425, delivered in Salem E. EVANS- Now at. The Great " , " 147 North EiCrCEMi:CKER - LEADS Problems are Not Nearfy;So : Serious as Some People ThinkThey are .. ' "In these days when city plan ning engineers- "describe the "triple decked streets for traffic reUef in the city of the future, the man who has eno.ngu money to' buy fcn auto mobile '-wonders-whether 'conges f ion Isn't sogre ter put his money- into something else," says Walter ; P. Chrysler, chah-man'of the tdard of directors of the Chrysler and Maxwell Motor Corporations.' "The truth Is that our cities haven't begiln to use immediately available means of relieving traf fic congestion. The synchroniza tion of traffic 1$ just one instance. Imagine what would happen on FifthAvenue, New York, or Mich igan Boulevard, Chicago, If an at tempt v were tor be:, made,- to have each ' traffic officer ateach street crossing direct the movement of cars regardless of how traffic was moving a IocE -' away. In less than It takes to tell it there would be absolute confusion. ytAUantfc qfty points the way to smaller cif ieL ; " There traffic on certain much-used streets is con trolled by over-head lights which are suspended from the middle of crosslngsv- These Jigffts" are ; con-s' trolled by a ' central ' operating board automatically and do not re quire the presence of officers at each corner When the lights vere" first Installed there was a tenden cy on th" part oX some drivers to ignore he lights but a few-arrests and heavy, fine soon discouraged this.- " "Traffic in -New York" has been greatly helped by the synchronized traffic control. Contrast the "traf fic conditions on Fifth Avenue where traf f fc Is synchronized 'and on ' Sixth Avenue where - it ' isnl. One of the things that should b,er done In New York Immediately Is synchronize J all traffic .between TV1 Wl In v.tK. fi; XI WitfA N Y . i TIres-i-32"x4 cord;.or-3trx5J4r balloon, $75 extra ' : Standard Eqipment- "Nothing, Else to buy" ai: models:. Bumpers iront ana rear; oiDenn Automatic Windshield Cleaner; Motor-Meter; Motor-Meter Wings; s Tranamjsslon Lock, and Ignition Switch; Lock; Drum s Tire Cover with - lettered-warning "4Wheel Brakes"; "Stop" light; Heater which, is cast integral with ex haust manifold and controlled frbm toe-board; . Aluminum f toe-board;: Rear View Mirror; . Shock1 Absorbers. Sedan and Coupe Vanity Case and Clock. Phaeton and. Roadster Bevel Plate r Windshield K Wings, ; J. ' ! Color Optional, Rickenbacker Special - Blue or " Maroon. ': l : MOTOR (DOB Western Garage High Street 4 '"" Interior View'yallpy' fotor Company 14th and 57th Streets and between Lexington land. Eighth Avenue., ,; r "New Yorkrhas greatly .simpli fied Its. traffic problems. by the nse of ! one-way 'sfreets.'. Other cities should profit'-by ;thei'sameexam pie'J.;l"i:....,;;.'; . . ' "Mahy a so-called twoway street" is 1conVerteo5"lnfoarbne 'way street because ofmotor cars park ed parallel jwith ?the sidewalk 'on one side. ofTthe street and trucks are backed -np at-an angle on'th'e other. Is -there any particular reason vJhy; trucks must be un ldaded from the rear? Can't they be unloaded from , the side? By unloading and - loading from th' sida more room: will -be left in the streets for cars. Freight cars are loaded ' from the ; side and motor trucks should be also. ."Traffic problems aren't nearly so: serious as some people like to think they are. All that Is requir ed: is a bit of enterprise .antt, imag ination and many of these so-called problems will disappear." CttOSSEn THE SNOW CLAD ' SIEKRAS IX A STAR Far more important because of the-fact that it is the earliest In history that the Placerville road over ? the Sierras hap ever been crossed, and because of the size of the' car completing the grueniqi: tesi, 14 the latest feat' of a' Star t6uring car. -1 This ' has almost always been t j all riPANY IT. nUHLLEE, Salesman V looked upon, iasr a f'big car"j stunt, bni nevertheless James W. Sweeny ey, Star dealer at PTacervilte, and a'party-of four others; left Sacra mento ' March 4. to, cros the sum mit: 'The fact has generally been accomplished " with the aid -of ., a party of men who were flanked by another -car and perhaps a. truck. llth", equipment necessary tof Ighf the snow .- j , - ;- a Sweeney's paryhoweyer, went up the snow-covered grades with a stock-equipped Star tonrlng car, 1924 model; and bucked drifts of snow that .ranged J p depth toujour feet. It was stated that the snow was nof hard, enough to be driven over, and. almost frozen too hard to . be '-successfully , bucked, even by a much larger car.- ; But Sweeney and" is party, thor oughly familiar with the . Sierras and snow conditions, pluckily tack led the fight, and practically shov ed" the snow .all over the m6un tains, getting through the road.' More than 2500 people . wit nessed ; a test of six Bulck - road sters,' with : four-wheel brakes. at the civic center of Sap Francisco recently. ";-;.-" V -O " -: 'x ' -r i' ..-"I rt r n3; . . - Touring Car t Jl- Me V it -- ' 227-231 AAA Ussues, Bulletin I : Many Drivers Deliberately Care - less Says President - Warning motorists that gasoline Is how a greater hazard because it is less! feared, the American Auto mobile Association' has issued a bulletin from its national head quarters in , Washington ', that marks' the " beginning of a drive oh what" is termed -"contemptuous carelessness.". , r . . . v Because, ( "nothing I happeos, the bulletin states,, the . average motorist .reaches . the, hazardous conclusion' that "nothing will hap pen," and as a consequence he lets down .on.. precaution and actually encourages trouble. ' 'GalTofirie 'is mucfl mbfVdanger ous 'to the. motorist, than ,itfver rasr'' the.AAA "paper explains', J'ror the simple reason that ; the majority of motorists take" undue liberties with It. .; The story got out that gasoline is less volatile, and from this the motorist seems to have 'reached the conclusion that he can be reckless ith gaso line and still be safer." This explanation is said to dove tail with, the experience ' of the leading insurance companies writ ing automobile fire coverage. While; the companies enjoyed a more, profitable year than former ly, it Is stated, the losses by fire are still excessive and 'still far be yond the conception; of the Aver age motorist. . ; : " "We are out to " forestall the sort of carelessness that develops from, contempt,", declares Thos. P. Henry, president of the- AAA. i J 1 1 1 r I Tie (Las- W 'cannot make people buyChevrolel5,.but the people have been crowding us for. three years, making us-prcduce. more and more of the cars they Wctnt. In 1922 we built more than 200 per cent more Chevrolets than in 1921. i - In 1 923" we built nearly " 1 00i; per ' cent more- Chevrolets tnanin 19221 Hi1! 924! we" will build nearly-100 'per cent more th'n': in 1923 or more than ten times what we built in 1921.' What other automobile or other high ; value commodity has ever Equalled this record of public accepiancc? Ncrth High Street i t : OTTO WILSON v : Otto J.K Wilson, well-known Sa-. lem .automobile dealer . handling BuicKautombbiles, . finda time to help .run the government of the state when not . selling'" cars and looking' after his own private in terests.', i Mr; Wilson has served ope term In the state legislature as ) representative - from Marion county .and is now put for re-elec-tton. r Z:-;:;, ' : '. ,. : ' ' . ; " 'jVV haft a , motorist '; reaches , the point where "a danger . no . longer looks like one to him he lias reach edj the danger line. Knowledge of the facts is the only thing that will keep. him on the safe side.. , , I "Investigation, of. accident caus e's has developed' the", "fact thai many, drivers ' are deliberately careless in. the belief that so 16ng as the other . -fellow Jias -good brakes there's nothing to worry abbut. This, same .reasoning or lapk of reasoning applies, particu larly to the matter 61 the gasoline hazard. . "... -m , .'J "It has come to. the. attention" of i I I I . in - M il nil I (Continued on page 4)'- People feIjpK6he vv 205,735.' Ford, Cars f.'ini: j factured During This : .Month .. ' " DETRiO IT, April 12. Retail" de liveries of Ford , Cars and True' ? in the UnRedt .States' idur!?g'tL? month of March reached the rec ord breaking total of' 203,72. it was .announceti by. the Ford" Motor company here today.. Nothing: the .the history of tLs automobile ' 'Industry-' comj'irea wltbTthls! rem ark'able' record'. A' significant' feature dc-v '. during the last ten daj-3 cf t. ; month when saies averaged 1 0,8 C i cars' and trucks a day. Indicating that" the spring buying rus,";i La : begun and that nnder th's tncr;j ouS demand production of tha com pany wllllbe! taxed 16 the limit i.i" ait - endeavor ttf meet- the" heavy flood' of orders." JfRW PKNXZOIf. pr.rt opkskii in xoi.iinvr " Evidence that the recent pred:? tlon of; a big oil year is 'aire--.'. coming true, is seen in the an nouncement last weekby L.c j A : -gele's Pennzoii officials' $hat a i s ,,' Pennzoil' plant is beifl? 1 i.i Portland'.with Fred1-!.!.; Pu 2a charge. ; - 1 V'Thls, according forT N.- I.r.( E. , , sales manager uf tLa Penmolc . . pany here, completes tie" dlitriL -1-Ing chain of Pennzoil plants j'in-t.' ed on" the Pacific coast. ... - Adequate storage . facilities are being installed au4 4IstrIVutic:i I . the - Northern . territory surrot: - ! Ing Portland twill -be greatly expedited-by this new branchy Powell reports... : H I 1CC0 Trail 'Em To Szloni. ' fct W trttf a i . -: i