The Oregon statesman., September 21, 1924, Page 20, Image 20

STATESMAN, SALEM, OREGON
SUNDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBEH 21, 1921
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LCD LDEf.LER
TO PiEET FLIERS
Genera
' kenbacker
Patrick Selects Ric-
as Official
Car
' , It wilt be recalled that before
Starting from San Diego on their
world encircling flight, the group
cf -American aviators nominated
the RIckenbacker as official car
of the expedition. "
' This was in appreciation of the
great record made by Captain E.
V. RIckenbacker, America's ace of
aces, himself one of the world's
greatest ariatora. ,
1 At every landing field on this
great Journey, the first thing the
flyers looked for on stepping out
of their planes was a car with the
Insignia 1 Uncle Sam's Hat-In-the-Tting
on ' the- radiator. '
? Even In .England, when they
glided to tjhe ground at Craydon
, just .outside London, they, found,
the faithful , RIckenbacker Six
ready to take them to their ho
tel, i y I. . ;
"Where and when. do we eat?"
were the first words of Lieut.
Smith after Rlckenbackers repre
sentative had extended the con
gratulations of his chief. ,
... Then came the series of record
freaking-. jumps over seas with
p ater "landings.". ,". There Uncle
f ara's cruisers waited for them. ,
1 But at the first : land field
loston -they again, found the
X peedy j RIckenbacker . waiting.
"The sight of that car has come
to mean food and a place to sleep
;r U3," fays Lieut. Smith.
V In a telegram to RIckenbacker
under date of September 6th, Gen
eral Patrick, chief -of America's
air forces, again nominated RIck
enbacker as the official j car .and
suggested that all RIckenbacker
dealers along the line of the final
continental . flight - get in touch
with the "C.Oy of landing fields
and hare cars ready to receive the
flyers. It is also ; requested that,
should any forced landing be made
at other than the regular sched
uled fields, the , nearest Ricken
backer dealer will hasten; to place
two or three cars at the ' disposal
of the party, which comprises
three pilots and three aids.
, Stops will "be made at Boston,
Sew York, Washington; : Dayton,
Chicago, : St. : Joseph, Omaha,
Northplatte, Cheyenne, - Rocks
Prince, Salt Lake City, Salad uro,
Reno, Sacramento,, Eugene " and
Seattle, at which point the flight
officially started and will end. -From
there to their home in San
Diego the party will proceed and
at the end will be met by the
same car In the hands of the same
man, Dewey RIckenbacker, who
last bade them God-speed on the
greatest trip accomplished 1 since
thef world begatt. tr IfTrTt
J. H. Madenmanager of the F.
W.;, Pettyjohn company, accompan
ied by newspaper men will meet
the fliers at Eugene. The. trip will
be made in one of the latest RIck
enbacker cars.
NEW MODEL KNOCKOUT
The new 1925 Harley-Davidson
motorcycles are a "knockout' ac
cording 'to .Harry Scott, local cycle
man.' "There Is more Interest in
the Harley-Davidson tn ever be
fore,! said Scott. , "Wifo all the
new . improvements and the , easy
riding- qualities y given by baloon
tires the demand for this machine
Is rapidly increasing." ;
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W. R. ' J. II.
-HMcALTN
545 Jforth Church Street. -
'vi3cialj ill Uc'ad Cars . .
If t' ' 'Jsmobile Sedan!
11 'ord Touring .VV
f ' -1" erty Touring
11 "riaklin Sedan
12 JTnpmobile Tonrins
1021 Ter& Sedan
1821 Dodge Sedan
1919 Jordan Touring ?
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. J GUARANTEE
MacDcnald Auto Company;
Packard Distributors 1
FERRY AT COTTAGE '
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' Makes going to school pleasure.
Get a new BICYCLE or the -old one repaired
Lefpre school starts. -
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LLOYD E. RAKlSDEI
367 Court-Street
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. u're in Gao3 Company
Why Hesitate Longer?
l isten, yon conservative men who are , waiting until you
: -lord a brand new automobile. .There are upwards of
. ),000 motor cars running about la these United r States.
- a than ten million of them are more than a year old.
. elr owners have a pretty good time driving around in
"used" cars. Why not buy one and' have a car now?
ci these la good enough for anybody, ?j' i
f. ' . ' - .'. : - i - :- - : 1-. 1 1 -. ;:- i '! 1
( ikland Touri3, driven CdOO. injQLes. $ 905 -
ViUys Knight Sleeve Valve Motor............ 005
2 w Model Overland Torrlnj. .......... 450
1 Iievrolet Saperijr Blodel qpnj , . . . .'. ..... 1595 ,
Door Ford Sedan, extras .........'....... 675 ,
: oxwell Touring, like new, $150 worth of extras 70S
:liA FiiLIis Xlolor-Caf LJnrliet
J. Church' SU "'
BYr.o:i vrniGHT, rrr.
Phone 8S5.
SPEED COP HITS FORI . , . a -
. WHILE CHASING SPEEPER
That ? too much speed and too
little presence of mind when con
fronted by an emergency may
prove the downfall of . even a speed
cop was shown by an accident that
occurred on a downtown street
corner Tuesday morning.. A local
traffic officer was pursuing jl
speeder down ' Court street at i
rate -of speed estimated at forty
five miles per hour when as he
reached the intersection another
machine crossed In front of him
at a rate well ; within that pre
served by law. ; Owing to the
speed at which the official ma
chine was traveling it was impos
sible for the driver of the other
machine to see it until Jie had
started to cross the intersection,
and as he had the right Of way it
is doubtful if he realized that tho
machine was coming until it
crashed into him.
' Had the. traffic of ficer kept nis
bead he could easily. have swung
hia machine around vjjehind the
other machine but instead of this
he applied his brakes and his ma
chine skidded, crashed into the
left rear, wheel of the other ma
chine. : --rpr '
h Not content with having caused
the accident the officer insisted
that the driver, of the other ma
chine, wh was a Willamette stu
dent, - snould pay- the: bill for re
pairing both cars. This the stu
dent refused- to do and insisted
that Jils damaged car be repaired.
Later it was learned that the re
pair bill bad . been charged to. tho
city and no. report of te accident
entered on the police docket even
though the bill for repairing, the
official car alone was. over twenty
dollars. - - . - - -
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EXHIBIT
IE
ST STATE FAIR
Used Car Dealer and Auto
Jop Co. Combine to Dem
onstrate Closure Tops ; .
The Certified Public Motor Car
Market and a local auto top com
pany are combining their exhibit
at the state fair this year. The
auto top company is putting some
of its Closure tops on some of the
certified cars in order!; to show
those who are interested how easy
it i3 to turn .an ordinary tourin
car Into a well lighted ! and cozy
sedan. .' -
Space immediately west of : the
automobile pavilion has been en
gaged by these two firms to make
their Interesting showing. .
ENGLAND
"We were very courteously re
ceived with, smecial dinners by the
officials of the English motor car
manufacturers with whom we are
cooperating in taxation and other
matters. -
We alSo had an Interesting
luncheon meeting at the Amen
can , Chamber of Commerce with
the imoorters of American 1 cars.
The English agree wfth. us that
they sell many things in this
country. : including : some motor
cars and anite expect:' that' we
ahould sell more of our products
to : England, including American
motor cars. ;
PLANS TO 1 AID DIS
TRIBUTOR ARE SOUGHT
Banking organizations, trade
associations, manufacturing . and
distributing groups a a well as Tail
road and transportation bodies,
are being Invited by the Division
of Simplified Practice, Department
of Commerce to a conference on
September. 24, In the department
of commerce, ; With, the . public
warehouse industry tQ, consider
the simplification of the present
endless variety of forms used in
warehousing and to act on ; uni
form documents for the warehouse
Industry which have been prepared
after nearly two yean study by a
special committee of the American
Warehousemen's association head
ed by A. H. Greeley of Cleveland,
Ohio. ' . i .-
Invitations Bent oat by. Ray M.
Hudson, chief of, the Division of
Simplified Practice, include trade
associations and other groups " in
' ; There are 6000 taxicabs not do-
very well because they charge a
shilling a mile, . while the very
efficient buses ' only charge two
cents - a : mile. ' There are. about
40Q0 buses In London.;
more than 100 cities in 36 states',
as well as Canadian organizations
Which are affected ; by any action
taKen Dy tne unuea states ware
housing industries. " s
T DUBLIN BUILDING FLATS
DUBLIN, Sept. 2 (AP)Twen-
ty-two thousand families,' number
ing almost a third oX the city's
populationi are living in Dublin
In one-roomed - tenements. It li
estimated-that at least 20,000 new
houses are needed. !P'
The municipal commissioners
have1 drafted .schemes to provide
for- 7000 families, -"fhey propose
to clear away old tenementa and
lay out a- number ' of blocks in
flats.- Temporary- structures will
be r provided to house the people
during reconstruction.
EAGLE GOBBLES GOLF BALL
TALLAHASSEE, Fla., Se'pt. 20
(A?, A possible eigle on .the
course of the Tallahassee country
club here was made impossible by
a real eagle, the big bird swoop
ing down on. the eighth green to
seize a golf ball as it was trickling
in the general direction of the ciip.
Pred C. Elliot was the victim and
gained scant comfort from, the as
surance that the eagle was fan
agency outside the, match" and the
incident could not bo held "a rub
of the green."
MILLER GETS OFFICE
ST. PAUL, Minn., Sept. - 18.
Thomas W. Miller, alien -property
custodian, was elected -president
of the inter-allied veterans asso
ciation in London today, accord
ing to a cablegram received by
American legion officials here to
night. - -
Michisan Studies Traffic Planning
f Recognizing that the efficient
and safe operation pf motor traf
fic in- cities is closely related to
Street design and city planning,
the University of Michigan is for
the first, time this year offering a
course under, the heading "Trafc
Engineering and its Applications
to Street Design and City Plan
ning." This course will cover stu
dies in the traffic capacity of roadj
ways, causes of delays, control and
management, regulations, com
mercial garages, parking, acci
dents, city and regional planning.
and related topics. .
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Welshmen Turn to pigging Gold
LLANDOVERY, Wales, Aug. 27
(AP) In a marshy field at
Caio, near here, gold mining has
been recommenced on a site said
to have, been worked nearly 1,700
years: ago by the Romans. ,
! Samples taken by the firm
which has secured the mining
lease are stated to yield free, gold
valued at from 5 to 9 shillings a
pubic yard, and in some instances
70 shillings a" cubic yard with an
assay result of 84.1 per cent of
fine gold.
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233. ITcrthH'-H Street. f. Phone 203
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PROBABL
May Connect Our Gulf Ports
With the Island . tor -
Quick Mail Service
NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 14 (AP)
Airplane passenger and mail
service between New Orleans and
Cuba and Mexican Gulf ports as a
private enterprise is a subject of
discussion here, with many pre
dictions that it is likely to be
come an accomplished fact in the
not distant future. .
Suggested terminals would he
Tampico, Mexico City via Vera
Cruz, Merlda, Yucatan - via Pro-
greso, and Havana. The type of
seaplane believed suitable for the
lines air cruisers such as are
used, between Florida and Cuba
and the Bahamas but equipped
with, at least two: motors could
make the hop from New Orleans
to Tampico, 710 miles. In about
nine hours. The 900 mile jump to
Mexico City via Vera Cruz would
require, about 14 hours. The Yuca
tan, run of JJ40 miles .would con
sume about eight hours while the
550 miles to Havana, could be cov
ered in approximately 1 the same
length of time. One.Ot the aug
gestions in connection with the
Tampico and Ver-a Cru service, in
volves . a relay . at BrpwnsviUe,
Texas, .with , planes operating be
tween New - Orleans and Browns
villa and the sou,th. , , , .
Postal officials are authority for
the statement that approximately
1,$00 pounds; pt first class, mail
dispatched .from New Orleans to
Mexican ports ach, week for which
the government pays $2- cents ;a
pound. Incoming mail Irom much
of the territory is transported free
of charge by the steamship com
panies but it is believed the Unit
ed States and Mexican govern
ments would agree to pay $1.50 a
pound : for all first class mail
handled by the planes should such,
a per vice be established. The reve
nue derived therefrom, it is esti
mated, - virtually- would support .a
tri-weekly service. .
, Establishment of regular air
service to Mexico recently- was the
subject of a conference between
AJ V. Dye,t American commercial
attache at ; Mexico-' City, -and
George E. McLeod, district man
ager of the bureau of foreign' and
domestic commerce. Subsequently
Mr. McLeod conferred with A. E.
Pradillo, foreign trade secretary
of the New Orleans Association of
Cpmmerce. While it is understood
nothing tangible resulted, it is de
clared the subject is in abeyance
for only a short time and that the
plans will he discussed more fully
in the near, future.. " '
SMOKES ALONE OX ZIt-3
, FRIEDRICHSHAFEN. Germany,
Aug. 31 (AP) -Dr. Hugo Eckner,
who will pilot the airship ZR-3 on
her trip across the Atlantic, is the
man who makes the rule that no
one ; on board the vessel shall
smoke at any time, and he Is also
the only man who breaks this rule,
, Smoking on board an airship Is
exceedingly dangerous. An open
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flame might at any 'time ignite
the gas. But the doctor, who Is
very fond of his pipe, (Occasionally
locks himself In the pilot" house
and, entirely alone, takes a short
and hurried smoke.
ROMAN PAVING ON RHINE
. TRIER, Germany, Aug. 31
(AP) Road builders on the Alt
bach river valley have unearthed
a stretch of stone paving blocks
dating hack to the djys of ttj Ro
mans. -These stones, cover'ri a
stretch of several hundred Sards,
are to be numbered, ta'.en v and
relaid for exhibition,, purpofc, s in
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' Meet uq at the Fair from
Sspfcmter 22 to 29th in
the Automobile Pavillidh;
SALEM AUTOMOBILE 'CO,
"F. G, iJElANO A.I. EOFP
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