THE OREGON STATESMAN, SALEM, OREGON
SUNDAY MORNING, AFRIL 20; 1924
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Ford Has Enormous Pro-
cram New Plants Start. .
ed This Year v
j;eir assembly plants of the Ford
,Motor company, now In course of
construction under the company's
enormous expansion program, will
'increase domestic production capa
city 600,000 cars' and trucks an
nually.' V v ;
Work on some of the plants be--gaB
last jar," but. on three of
them' contracts hare been let and
.construction started since the first
of the present year
Charlotte. N. O, and Jackson
ville. Fla.. will -for the first time
hae assembly plants, no cars and
trucks baring preriously been as
semtled at the branches In those
cities." ; V ' .
New'planU with their dally as
sembly capacities are is follows:
i St. Paul 750-
Chicago" 00. - I
Memphis 300., ; ..
charlotte 300.
Jscksontllle 150.
Kansas City (addition; total ca
pacity 500.) --:.;;. ,
v Oklahoma City (addition; total
capacity 100.)
The new St Paul plant will hare
a capacity 150 per cent greater
than the present plant. The In
crease In Chicago Is 140 per cent.
Other, Increases arer Memphis JO0
-per cent; Kansas City 100 per
cent; and Oklahoma City 33 per
ccenL
Plaats started since January 1,
are those at Charlotte. Jackson
ville and Memphis. 'The Utter
tares.. It Is expected will be com
, pletei ty early summer."
I Tt:: three projects represent
1 . .'-..d-tnri of eeTeral million
I dollars and while . contributing
muci to the Industrial develop-
meet oi w ogm v in
dicative of the prosperous condi
tions existing la ' that section v of
the x.aatry. :--V
I ; ; AUTO ADVICE
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Whfia Ton Walk ; . r. .
i If you cant learn to be a good
driver, , at least try to be a good
tralTIe citizen when you walk.
The Lira of Tour Car J. L
Depends on the way you drire
and operate daring the first 1000
miles. '
Defects In Ignition
Aw&t3 of engine trouble la
eaiiiei by defects In the Ignition
system.' ...
Best Way to Clean Plugs
One of the best ways to clean
spark plugs Is to soak them all
night In a mixture of Alcohol and
kerosene. . 'v
Care for Battery 5- , -
Examlaa the' battery terminals
often and see that they are tight
and clean. Keep supplied with
distilled water. S
Keep Radiator Pilled
Always keep the radiator filled
with clean water, f,
Inspect Fan Belt I ....
Inspect the fan belt often and
keep It adjusted so it will not slip.
Don't Change Adjustment
Don't start tinkering with the
carburetor and alter adjustment
unless you are certain it needs It.
Test Alignment I
The mileage you get out of your
front tires Is considerably short
ened if youP wheels are out . of
alignment.
Test Tour Brakes - :
See that the brakes tighten
evenly and stop both wheels at the
same time. i
Care for Springs ! '
Keep all spring? cIIds tlaht and
see that the spring Is properly lub
ricated. - i -
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Keep Tire Inflated ;
More tires are ruined by under
Inflation than from , any other
cause. .' . j ; . v
Keep Cars Clean ,
Do not allow dust and mud to
remain on your car If you wish to
preserve the finish.
Prevent Headlight Glare
Have your headlight properly
focused so as to prevent glare and
still give road Illumination.
WEKKLY LUMBER REVIEW
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One hundred and twenty-three
mills reporting to i West Coast
Lumbermen's association for the
week ending April 12. manufactur
ed 98.302.995 feet of lumber; sold
90.562.260 feet; and ahlpped 103.
477.239 feet. f
j Production for reporting mills
was 13 above normal. New bus
iness was- 8 below production.
Shipments were 14. above new
business.
-Forty per cent of all new busi
ness taken during the week was
for future water delivery. This
amounted to 36.363.197 feet of
which 28.269,007 feet was for do
mestic cargo delivery; and 8,09 4,
190 feet export. New business by
rail amounted to 1590 ears.
Forty-four percent of the week's
lumber shipments moved by water.
This amounted to 45.31S.176 feet,
of hwich 33,227.461 feet moved
coastwist and Intercoastal; and
12,090,715 feet overseas. Rail
shipments totaled' 1,722 cars.'
Local auto and team deliveries
totaled 6,4 9 O 63 feet
Unfilled domestic cargo orders
totaled 144.365,332 feet. Unfilled
export orders 129,738,209 feet.
Unfilled rail trade orders 5,097
cars. "' ; ' . i .- X
In the 1 5 weeks of the year, pro
duction reported ' to West Coast
Lumbermen's Association has been
1.495.944.421 feet; new business
1,440,724.278 feet; and shipments
1,517,923,209 feet.
Ilil 6a a e G ost Is tHe
Test 6f the
mile-
costs.
i It iiat the price you pay,, but the
tzt yea cet that determines tire o
At eo hi-her price than ordinary tires,
pest oversize C-T-C hand-built
k bv ihtica cords will run rincs around
: j aaj tlia-j else you have ever dn
driven, and
thzs reduce your mileage costs.
AzI it Is easy' to understand whv when
tf s Us custom-built appearance and examine
ILcz slroo'er aidewalls which will aafelv
', staai reasonably low inflation, and that
j tott er tread especially compounded to defy
. raoia and crushed rock roads. Only the
I tert csierials are used and the most expert
taad-crarumanship employed.
TWib a C-T-C MatWltt BnHitm tir far iinm few
i iim viica lam uf
C-T-C Ttiea add mileage to almost any easim;.
; llarlon Antomobile Co.
EjUem. Automobile Co.
atcy Motor Co.
Ira Jorgenson i "
Tkk Bros. '
Colombia Tire Corporation
Factory Branch, 477 Court St.
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Dodge Brothers have again es
tablished a new record for retail
deliveries. ;
Daring; the week ending April
5th, 5.C94 cars were placed In the
hands of buyers by Dodge Broth
ers dealers. This exceeded the
best previous week's deliveries by
more than 100 cars. The former
record was made the week of May
7th, 1923.
In making these figures public.
Dodge Brothers emphasize the
fact that they represent actual re
tail deliveries to users, not factory
production. They have, an accur
ate system which gives them a
weekly check on the exact num
ber of cars in transit, In dealer's
stock and weekly deliveries to
users. Deliveries to users, they
point out, rather than production.
is the real basis for judging busi
ness conditions.
Not only was the week of April
5th a .record breaker, according to
the factory official figures, but
the entire period dating from De
cember 1, 1923, when the produc
tion of the present new types of
Dodge Brothers cars began reach
ing large proportions, shows a tre
mendous gain in retail deliveries
over the corresponding period of
the previous year. The first quar
ter of 1924, in fact, was 21 per
cent greater than the first quarter
of 1923. Every week of this quar
ter was far ahead of the corre
sponding week of the year before.
Despite the great Increase In
production which makes these de
liveries possible Dodge Broth
ers are now building close to 1000
cars a day the stock of cars In
dealers' 'hands, available for de
livery to customers, is lower than
ever before during any corre
sponding period since Dodge Bro
thers attained a real volume of
production.
BEST WEEK FOR
DODGE BROTHERS
Deliveries to Buyers Exceed
All Records; First Quarter
1924 Sets New Mark
Protection Against Forest
Fires Studied This Week
Forest Protection Week for
1924 has been designated by Pres
ident Coolidge and Governors Hart
and Pierce for April 21-27, inclu
sive, announces the District For
aster's office at Portland.
In ; these proclamations.
attention to the appalling losses
that occur each year from forest '
fires, and urge all citizens, either
in association or as individuals, to
protect all wooded areas from fire.
It Is peculiarly fitting that the
Governors of Oregon ' and Wash
ington should Issue special mess
ages on forest protection for
within these two states are the
greatest stands of '. virgin tlmebr
left in the United States. Govern
ors of many other states will issue
proclamations supplementing the
one Issued by the President, and
Arbor Day in several states will
be observed during Forest Protec
tion Week. ;
Secretary of Agriculture Wal
lace, W. B. Greeley, Chief Forest
errand District Forester Geo. H.
Cecil have many times emphasized
the Importance of preventing for
est fires, about. 36,000 of which
every year sweep 11.000,000 acres
of land in the United States.
People Are Careless With Fire
Secretary Wallace . has stated
that eight out of every ten forest
fires result from human careless
ness and will not happen once the
public is brought, face to face with
the serious losses these fires cause.
These losses fall epecially heavy on
the American public since the Unit
ed States UBes more saw-timber
than all other nations combined.
, Chief Forester Greeley says it Is
not difficult for everyone to be
careful with fire while in wooded
areas. "District .Forester , Cecil
gives the following simple rules
which If observed will go far. to
ward reducing the appalling num
ber of man-caused forest fires re
ported every year In the Pacific
Northwest: r
Be sure your match is out - be
fore throwing it away; don't
throw cigars, cigarettes, and pipe
ashes along the roadside; build
small camp fires away from brush
and small trees; never leave your
camp fire unwatched; make sure
your camp fire is dead then bury
it; keep In touch with forest rang
ers and firewardens and report all
fires you may see, no matter how
small; be as careful with fire while
you are In wooded areas as you
would be in your own home.
FDflEIGfJ FIELD
BUYS un
Many Foreign ; Countries
nealize Intrinsic Value of
Durant Cars
One service station dealer wrote
complaining that the last three he
had disappeared, and asked for
another to be labeled "poison."
He complains that he never got
any of the wine he has a good rea
son to believe fills his missing
water barrels.
Correct this sentence: "No
news Is good news," said the re
porter to the city editor.
The smaller the town, the great-
the I er the percentage of people who
President and the Governors call can have it charged.
"Seventy-eight distributors In
35 countries outside of the Unit
ed States now represent Durant
products" according to J. W.
Hawk, general sales manager of
Durang Motor company of Califor
nia. ., " .
"Argentine holds the lead In
volume . of . purchases. , Holland
and the Scandinavian countries
are Also bright spots In the ex
porrtield while Senegal In South
Africa has developed a good mar
ket and even the Island of Cr
press has applied for a Durant and
Locomobile franchise. Fifteen ap
plications .have been received", by
Durant Motors, Inc.. of New York.
from Germany." points out Hawk.
"and some of these were to have
been added to the list on March
1 when the embargo, which has
existed . for - several ; years, was
scheduled to. have been lifted.
Due; however, to the : treaty
which is being prepared between
the United States and Germany,
this matter has been temporarily
neid up by the senate."
I Seattle Will Have Show I
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SEATTLE. April 1 9. A com-
plete representation i of the pro
ducts of the states of Oregon. Id
aho, Montana and Washington is
to be the DrinciDal obiect of the
fourth annual Pacific Northwest
Merchants' Exposition which will
be held here May 4 to 9. inclusive
according to a statement Issued to
day by R. W. Frame. ; general
chairman of the exposition.
; The committee proposes to take
advantage of the national advertis
ing of the Pacific Northwest as a
unit that has been conducted by
the railroads at a cost of over , a
million dollars, by presenting j
solid front Industrially. The Pen
dleton Woolen Mills, exhibitors in
last year's exposition, were the
first exhibitors outside the state
of Washington to reserve space in
this year's show.
As the exposition will be held
during the peak of the vacation
and tourist season, an . elaborate
program of entertainment Is being
planned. One of the chief attrac
tions will be the presence of the
Pacific Fleet of the United States
navy, which wlli be in the harbor
with 75 warships of all types.
Over 4000 merchants from the
four Northwestern; states, includ
ing a number, fromHawaii, Alas
ka and other distant markets, and
mora than 300,000 visitors attend
ed the 193 exposition. . This year
the committee Is planning to en
tertain 7500 out-of-town merch
ants and a new record attendance
of visitors. . "-'
Since the exposition was started
In a small way four years ago. "its
ntteowance has' doubled every
year. Last year. 3 SO firms placed
exhibits, and this year the number
will be limited to 400, the maxi
mum that can be accommodated.
Headquarters have been opened
In the RIalto building, Seattle,
with Paul V, Knudsen, executive
secretary. In charge. Owing to th 9 r--Impossibility
of gettign In touch
with the entire Northwest exeft
through the. press. Knudsen Las
asked that merchants or others In
terested in the exposition write to
him for any information they may
desire. ' ' ' , ...
Oregon has 206 miles of con
crete paving.
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The Ford Runabout is the most economical car lor person,
transportation known. .
Priced lower than any other motor car, its maintenance and
running expenses are in keeping with its present low cost.
To salesmen and others who. average a high daily mileage in
business, the Runabout has a special appeal both for its operating
economy and its convenience in making city and suburban calls.
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To see this car , is to commend its beauty.
It stands out strikingly, both in the symmetry
of its design and in the excellent good taste A
r and smartness of its equipment.
In the final analysis, however, the most
popular feature will unquestionably prove '
to be its exceptional riding ease.
The seats, the new spring suspension and
jLPoage xsrorners special o-ply balloon-type'
tires unirp in nrriifirino art o1-rkfr4-vM.
efficiency in protecting passengers from the
l;A& . ruts and ?olts of the rnH '
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Built into the good Maxwell is the kind of ,
quality that makes for trouble-free service the
year rounds':",- ' - r. .'.-'.-'
Only' by using a grade of materials and work?
manship usually found in cars of much higher
price have Maxwell engineers succeeded in get
- ting this service, and in elirrunating the litde
cares and worries that sometimes beset the
owner ofa low-priced car. ' -
Question a good Maxwell owner. Hear him tes
tify to the built-in. goodness that sets his mind
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SALEM, OREGON
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