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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (June 29, 1924)
LjUxtUdki. iaUniiliiU, UUiii-j 4-., A- i II I. .1.11,1 .MAI I ..V.I Aid. IJ1lIIiU14 . . . . ; , " mm 1 Automobile Engineer T Rounding the turn at the Indian apolis Speedway. RolUn II. White, Chairman of the Board of Directors of The Rollln Motors Company, designer of the Rollln car, like other prominent engineers, looks upon the Speedway . as aa experimental laboratory. A spectacle well worth seeing, i ah event attracting world-wide at tention because of Us thrilling na ture, the annual 500 mile race held in Indianapolis on Decoration Day, is not, by any means.soley a "circus" performance. l - This event, surrounlng the au tomobile Industry with an aura of sport and thrills, is in reality a io t sober and prosaic "engineer ing experiment r designed solely with a view to developing more, ef ficient engines and accessories. When a certain organization or an engineer has designed a new motor, embodying new princi ples and new ideas, they build it and then enter it in the Indiana polls Sweepstakes. Here it 'is subjected to a terri ble test, " and in S00 miles of gruelling punishment, the motor's stamina and correctness of princi ple is irrefutably proved i Thus it is that races such as this and the Grand Prix in France, are the laboritoires the cruci bles of the Industry, offering an opportunity for - tests, which, by their nature, would be impractical elsewhere. v ' ' " . . Engineers and technicians - ob tain much Information and inspir ation from these contests and all the prominent figures of the in dustry can he seen each year In at tendance at this event. I always eagerly await and closely study the ' results of each year's 500 mile race, gays RolUn H. White, designer of the Rollin car. :rr, . , -' "As each year's entrance' quali fications are so framed as to bring out cars designed to investigate a certain principle of design, a close study of the performance oi all the .entries is" most .illuminat ing to a, car designer. ; '. : "In this study.' the name of the winner means little. - Perhaps the DOT11ES . . . . . OTIB RECORD Gardner Climbs Cravford ' NotchThru, Snow-Drifts ' m . 2 to4Q Feet Deep. ; "Cannon Ball' Baker has add ed another record to his long lisL In a stock Gardner touring car, with 22,000 miles of service as a demonstrator to. its credit, he re cently pulled up Crawford Notch, the famous New Hampshire hill which has always been a thorn in the side of automotive tourists. ,.. It all started when Baker, in Boston to broadcast the story of his record midwinter " run from New York to Los Angeles in i days. 14 hours, 15 minutes In a etock Gardner Sedan, learned that the state highway commissioner had reported that Crawford Notch would not be opened to traffic un til the-latter part of May or early June. "Let's open It now," the noted driver suggested to his friend and host, George M. Leg born, V Gardner " distributor for New England. : Though I Leghorn" '. demurred, saying that the Notch has been closed to vehicular traffic for sev eral months and - that travel in that section was impossible, Baker Insisted on tackling the job. Ac- W. R. AND J. He V McALVIN Gciicral Auto Top and Upholstering Work . Glass Enclosures a. Specialty "13 ?. Church St., Salem, Ore. Interested in Races .11 3 performance of some obscure 'also ran will show that some particu lar detail of -design has stood up remarkably well.'. We then con sider it worthy of "tests on our stock cars and in time every mo torist benefits from Increased eco nomy or easier driving. "A glance over Itollia specifica tions and those of the ears entered in these races shows -a striking similarity. i ' "For Instance, in this year's Indianapolis Sweepstakes all cars entered were either four or eight cylinder cars. ; In this wracking and intensive te3t of superiority, nothing but j the basicly correct principle of four cylinders or double-four cylinders can endure. A similar occurrence was observed at Grand Prix races. "This yearj more than ever, mo tors entered were of very small displacement, the Rollin is some what ahead of the times, in this respect..,- ',: "This year most cars at both races were equipped with super chargers, a device for crowding an extra charge of fuel in the cylin ders, to develop more power from the same size engine; ' "When results are analyzed en gineers might find it advisable to Install . this device on passenger automobiles within a few years. "We might then have a onotor even smaller than the Rollin perhaps with but an 1 Va Inch bore, developing even more horsepow- er- : u . : ' ;'''"K-; '' ; " "And I also might point out that the Rollin, whose exceptional mechanical advancement has been accorded the; universal respect of automotive experts and automo bile users, owes a great deal of its superiority to the time and the predilection 'European engineers have for submitting their motors to the test of the Grand, Prix and similar races." . - " companled by Bill Wade and Rob ert Nelson, the latter a newspaper photographer, he set "rbtir from Bartlett. N. H., on af 5 S-hour bat tle against snowdrifts, ice. fallen tree's and stiff, slippery grades. Ten minutes after, the: party pulled out, the ' battle ,. began. Head-on into a snow-drift. Baker drove his Gardner, reversed, got a flying start, and tore in again. lie gained a few feet. Time and again the process was repeated. Through drift after, drift- the Gardner battled, its way, only to find another just beyond,": "Many reached the ) top of the car in some places they were as high as an average freight car. . Baker finally told his compan ions that he was going ahead on foot to see just how the land lay. Late in the afternoon' he returned, after plowing through 12 miles of 1 - At Ms LnvPrice this (DILBMOBIIILIE !A- SIX . Sport Touring has n equal! I 40 H.P. "Six" engine with force ; feed lubrication , : Finest chassis units such asX)elco ! ignition ; 110" wheelbase with 235 0 i pounds weight Beautiful Duco or color enamel Jbody finish I 20 extra accessories such as trunk, bumpers, motometer, etc F. W. PETTYJOHN CO. 219 N. Commercial. deep snow 6 mile9 up and 6 back. : In the meantime, (Wade had developed a bad cold and was running a high fever; it became necessary, therefore, - for him to abandon the trip. As there are no hospitals in that section. Baker drove him back to North Conway, where he could catch a train for Boston should his condition be come worse. The three men stayed at North'Conway that night and at 7:30 the following morning Baker andNelson resumed their battle against the Notch. j Time and again. Baker's re sourcefulness and.: experience in overcoming difficulties were call ed into play. He and .Nelson would grab the" top of the car, then rock it until the wheels sank to a solid footing below. At Be lli la onlookers told Baker and his companion that they would never finish the trip. Baker merely smiled. He had often beard that said before, especially on his rec ord' coast to coast run in a Gard ner last February. So, though water seeping through the snow had made it 75 ice, the pair in the Gardner fought their way on ward. At times it was necessary to dig out the snow behind the car to. allow room for backing to get flying starts. Then, to add to the difficulties, a storm overtook the party, banking the road from be hind and making it necessary to keep on. Trees, blocking ' the road, had to be chopped away. Yet Baker and his companion kept going ahead. T ' After making only 12 miles progress in a full day's running, they stopped late at : night, 2V4 miles from . the Crawford House. This distance they trudged through the snow, taking nearly three hours to do it. ; i Tug-of-War Hill, the worst grade on the trip and the nemesis of thousands of motorists, lay dir ectly in their path, as they resum ed their trip early the following morning. Drifts, trees and cov ered boulders impeded progress over practically every foot of the way. At times, soundings were necessary, to make sure that a good footing was underneath, physical exhaustion forced fre quent stops for breathing spells badly needed by both men. After 48 hours of nerve-racking driving, Crawford1 House was still nearly a mile away. " Start ing at 8 o'clock Sunday morning. Baker smashed his way ahead, taking chances as the . Gardner rode over icy creses, until at 12:20 he whirled through the banked-up driveway of the Crawford House, to be enthusiastically greeted by the proprietors, Mr. and Mrs. Bar ron, and about 40 workmen en gaged in preparing the hotel for summer guests. His speedometer showed 22 miles covered. - That meant the wheels had whirled . seven extra miles in covering the 15 mile trip. No wonder Baker said: "Craw ford Notch, with, its 15 miles of ice, fallen trees, and stiff, slip pery grades, presented more ob stacles in its short stretch than any other 15 miles of road I have ever covered. It was a gruelling tr'fft' in, a fevonderful car. Our Gardner was in splendid shape When we pulled into Boston Sun day night." Balloon tires are now standard equipment with the new 1925 Cleveland Six. The adoption of the balloon type of tire by the Cleveland Six was due to the fact that practically 80 of the cars prior to the adoption of balloon tires were being ordered with this type of tire. I i; Lowest priced Six in the World. Product of Qeneral Motors. Q. M. A. C Easy Payment Plan. ; .XJ) Salem, Oregon - ft OFFICIAL DESIGN OF THE OLD r OREGON TRAIL ASSOCIATION v - ' i. v- N" v v. The design. ' of the ox team and covered wagon, symbolizes the spirit of the old west, ? f , It typifies vision, endurance, hope, suffering and final ac complishment. ' A Over the Old Oregon Trail from the Missouri river the cov ered wagons came and won an empire for the United States. The design is the work of Avard Fairbanks of the Uoiversit) of Oregon. STATETRAVEL ifiUGH HEAVIER Count at 159 Salient Points in Oregon Made By De partment June 13 The totaT' volume of traffic on Oregon highways has increased In an unprecedented degrte. this year over last, accod ring to a statement issued by the state highway department, founts of motor vehicles were made at 159 salient points throughout the state on June 13 between 6 o'clock a. in., and 10 p. m. "Of the total vehicles which were tabulated, 65.78 were pas- enger cars, bearing Oregon licen ses. 22.87 were passenger car bearing licenses of other states and Canada, 5.1 -were trucks of 1.5 tons in weight and under, 4.15 were trucks of over 1.5- ton in weight, 1.5 were horse drawn vehicles and 0.60 were motor cycles," says the statement. 'The counts indicate that the advantages to the tourist includ ing Oregon in his trip are becom ing known. Compared with a count taken a year ago. the proportion of non-resident cars to the total traffic counted Increased 3.50. Decreases are noted in the percen- Marking Tire Progress Not since the development of the cord tire has anything marked so many exclusive fea tures of superiority as these great oversize C-T-C hand built low - inflation cords which we are handling. C-T-C's were designed and are built by nationally known tire engineers to carry lower inflation than so long reeom mended for stand rd corri. itnd still give greater mile age. The sidewalls are stronger, the tread tougher, the non-skid safer. Thar is als a C-T-C haa4-bailt Bal laaa tire far ntnat law Inflation, which fits aar staasr4 wheal aa4 rim. C-T-C Tubaa sad atUeags ta aiauat aa Salem Automobile Co. Valley Motor Co. Ira Jorgpnson VIck Bros. Columbia Tire Corporation 'Factory Hram-h, 477 Court St. Marion Automobile Co. l Jf Vs ti v - - I t&ges of all of the various classes of traffic except non-resident cars, with the Oregon licensed automo biles decreasing from 67.81 of the'total traffic to 65.78 of the total, a decrease of 2.03. This does not ; mean that, there was a decrease In the total volume of any of the classes, but simply a decrease in the percentage which that class bore to the total traf fic. These changes are explain ed by the extreme increase in the number of non-resident cars which are visiting the state during', the present year. "Included in the total of 15ft counts made on June 13. counts at 12s .-of these points were 4- First Aid for. DoSots The doctor needs an all-weather car of high quality but low in cost and economical to operate. ( Here it is. ' ' ' aa IV I I I I I I 1 f&n fctai -nTTr NEWTON-CHEVROLET COMPANY CHEMEKETA-AND made a year ago on June 13, 1923. A comparison 'between the results at these' 128 identical points shows an Increase of total traffic of 41 and an Increase of non-resident owned cars of 2. These points have all been select ed for geographical considerations and, may be considered a struly representative of the relative traf fic increase throughout the state. Care has been taken to select points which are free from the lo cal variations in traffic adjacent to large cities in order to elimin ate distortion In the comparative figures from year to year. "A comparison between 1923 and 1924 at 20 points on the Pa ihi i f7m -.11 MM- 1. It ' l.fl ull know TUESDAY Chevrolet Utility Coupe 680 f. o. b. Flint, has a hih-Srade body with extra wide doors, lare plate glass win- ; dows with Ternstedt window rtu9 roomy single seat, and a mammoth rear compartment for instru ments, sickroom supplies and luggage. It is easy to handle, dependable every day in the year, and has amplo y power to contend with bad road conditions. " j See Chevrolet first. 44 Easy Monthly HIGH PHONE cific highway shows an Increase of 34 in total traffic and an in crease of 49 in non-resident cars. The results on the highway in the southern part of the state show a comparable increase and indicate that the difficulties atten dant to coming across the state line from California are not dls couraging the normal flow of traf fic to -any appreciable extent. In fact. It Is found that more ornla than are bound In the oppo site direction. "On the CohmVbia river highway form Astoria to Pendleton, counts at 12 points show an Increase of 41 in total traffic, with an In- IVyka&s Michigan " for Economical Trontporiation J h 1 Delivered in' Payments 1000 ACROSS in ron-r cars. ' Continuing on the OU c. trail to the Idaho state line i Ontario,- tabulations at t points give a total Increac 46 and a non-resident car crease of C0. Cleveland Six engineers ft: that greater comfort has been ; .j1 - .lB tne latest Cleveland by increasing the wheelbase, 1 , K.ing the seats and applying new type of spring mounting. 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