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Automotive Section Part Three Four Panes F C2 VENTYFOT ITITTT VRAT? SALEM, 'OREGOtf, SUNDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 28, 1924 I' ' 1 ' ' i , r xi 1 - . f I i k u.: A , 4 ' t ; f . i J . I-- y c:3 mam .. em mm Over Forty Different Makes Shown Many Models of V Each The ; Automotive display at the Oregon State Fair this year; ex ceeded' all expectations There were forty deferent makes and many models of each shown, dur ing : the entire week crowds swarmed through the automotive department whidh was very J at tractively decorated It was a real treat to many of the visitors as most of the lines were display In? the 1925 models. These on display were:- Moon, Studebaker, Franklin, Packard, HuppmoMTe, G. M. , C, Trucks, Nash, Paige, Jewett, Gray, Willys Knight, Overland, Gardner, Fed eral Knight trucuk, OaklandStar, Durant, Flint, Dodge, Chevrolet, Hudson, Essex, Vllie. Weetcott, Maxwell, Chrysler, Cadillac, Ford, Fordsoa, White track, Ricken backer, Oldsmobile, G. M. C. trucks, Rollin, Buick, Dort, United Truck, Certified Used cars and the Ilarley Davidson motorcycle. BUS' ZD dig Gil Increase iri Oregon 21 Per tentFigures to July 1 announced ? 1 Automobilev registered in the various states during the first 6 months of 1924 amounted to 15.- '552,077, an Increase of 20 over, Jthe same period for last year, ac- fording to figuroes Just receive rom the National headquarters t ?the American Automobile assoc tion at Washington. These fir l3 are the result of the semi 'nnal count -made - by' the V, '.Bureau of Public roads. f There were registered d the first 6 months of the' ,13,645,726 passenger cars; 405 motor trucks and 74,94 'busses and cars . for hire..' estimated that before thet the year the total number classes of cars in use . streets and highways of tM try -will exceed 18,0 00,0 Of In each of four state were over a million notorX .registered from January lio'Ju 1, 1924. New York leads with 1,233,362; California comes sec ond with 1,184,015; lOhlo third with 1,160,000; and Pennsylvania fourth with 1,085,285. Illinois will-no doubt pass into the mil lion class for the first time be fore the end of the year. During the first months of this year there were registered In that State a total of 986,480 cars. The total receipts from registra tion fees, .licenses and permits amounted . to $199,472,682. and from the gasoline tax In - thirty six states 832.430.410. It is ex- pected that the receipts from re gistrations, license fees, etc., will exceed 8225,000,000 before the end; of the year and that -the re ceipts from the gasoline tax will more than double, thus making a grand total of about 8290,000.000, r an increase over last year of approximately $65,000,000. These funds do not include per : sonal property taxes on automobil es, which are levied In 36 states, the receipts from which are gen erally used for local purposes. The large bulk of the receipts from 'motor vehicle registration fees and taxes is expended under the direction of the state highway de partments, and in most of the states the money is utilized . for .maintenance. Out of the total amount receiv ed from registration fees, licenses land permits $163,011,594 is avail,- able for state highway work, ' while $20,065,581 derived from the gasoline tax is available from the same purpose, thus indicating that about $49,000,000 collected a i ! i iliWMsMMBWMMMMalWMWMMM Jm V. K. J. II. McALVM - ' 515 ICcrth 2,000,000 ACCLAIM 15 NEW STUDE 1 BAKERS IN FIRST 36 HOURS Crowds Believed to Records in Automobile History Fill Show Rooms of Over 3,000 Stadebaker Dealers All Over v. I. : America. Voice Approval in Wave, of Buying ; SOUTH BEND, Ind., Sept. 27. Records were broken at the initial public showing of the 15 new; Studebaker models ; "on Saturday and Sunday, September 13-14. not only in the numers of attendance bat in the enthusiastic and prac tically unanimous approval ex pressed, men long in the automo bile industry declare, rFrom ac tual count of thai crowds who visited over 3,000 Studebaker show-rooms throughout America, The Key where new cars were on display, it has been established that a total of over 2,000,000 people went to see what Studebaker , had done during the first 36 hours. j . From every Studebaker dealer come reports that the :" rush of keeping .up with business, . since then, has made it impossible to ptepare and send in a statement of; the opening-day attend Her. 1 NewOIJsmotfoSix Coach. 77 hoiy A The coach has more . than the ordinary amount of head room, being four feet from floor to top. It is 70 inches from, the instru ment board to the ack seat. This seat is 2 2 inches deep and 46 inches wide. TTfaere is an 18 inch space between the front of the rear seat and the of the Pullman type drivr's sat. The' seats have high grade springs and the cushi by the states from motor vehicle taxes and fees is turned back to the cities, counties and twnships for local use. : In the amount of motor vehicle registration fees and taxes collect ed from . motorists, Pennsylvania beads the list w it h $23,086,413; New' York comes second with $20, 197,362; California third with $11.794.0t5;1 V Michigan : Fourth fourth withx $10,950,393; Illinois fifth with $10,696,508; and Ohio sixth with $10,509,916. Oregon's Registration to July 1, showed an increase of 21 per cent over 1922. . ; . Church Street. f desired to place orders. v. Automotive authorities ' state that nothing since the advent of the self-starter has so sensational ly aroused the interest of Amer ican car-dwnefs as the new-type Studebaker body;- the ' Duplex Phaeton, in every shew-room the biggest crowd-was invariably cen tered about these beautiful, radi cally new model3. IhiFlcx Hotly A Sensation i An upper structure, framed and Studebaker4 Special J5ix DunzS'FawsTi shaped In steel, ' Is integral with the lower body- a fundamentally new principle. It was explained that this construction makes pos sible a beauty of top-lines har- monlus with the lower lines, and obviously permanent, . By use of substantial curtains, operated on concealed spring roll- rs a powerful alert, open car is -'v.i pr iji r4j3s0 seconds U by Fttlur and uati pvi pattenytrt. ons are i7 inches deep. Cowl mights with frosted glass faces, ; an automatic windshield wiper attached to the outuside of the car Under the surf visor -Jo eliminate any operating noise and connected with the -live mfenl fold, sand a tire carrier are stan dard equipment. . 1 The coach is priced $1,065 at the factory. " Noted Methodist ; Bishop ,. States That Conditions Here are on Mend MANILA, Aug. 27. Bishop Johu.W. Robinson of the Metho dfet Episcopal church, with head quarters in Bombay, India, thinks the moral tone of the United States is imprqving and that it is becoming a better place in which to live. He is returning to India after spending several months in the United States. He has lived more than 30 years In the far east. ; "... .'. ; "Greater charities are being an nounced, said the bishop, "man kind is -more thoughtful of his neighbor, and more hospitals are being .erected. to tare for the sick, making the United States a better place to live In. I visited all ; of the larger cities of the country, north, south, east and west and saw no drunken men.- Christian ity is strong throughout the cows-' try, greater churches .are . bcin built, and more progress is being SUDTDH PROVE makers have attempted, it is said. They have excited comment alto gether unique in automobile his tory it is positively; stated upon authority. , 0 j "Apparently this is exactly what the public has been waiting for a note of absolute difference from the average, the usual,' yet in per fect keeping with good taste," one official declared today, as he plowed through an accumulation of enthusiastic communications. Details Closely Observed "And people have taken the keenest interest in each detail of this appearance: the new, extra-deep-crowned fenders built for balloon tires, the big, dark tires themselves, the natural wood wheels, the brilliant, n"keled ra- 0 diators," the same Official is quot ed. "The satiny) new lacquer finish which is used on six of the new models has come in for a great share af this praise, as have unusually attractive color schemes our designers have worked put. "The same is true" of the genu ine Spanish leather upholstery of Duplex models or the fine, soft mohair of closed bodies. The new :adiator caps, the head- cowl-llEhts each of r and unusual design, -,of hardware which Jwn high quality, the teness of equipment ew models: I per ve that these smaller done as much as any. a larger betterments to the American public, in me than ever before ac- A, that Studebaker has lnew cars of value such put precendent in autc- xory Ion PUTUP I !Vvifry Workman Put Buick I.I -r- , . I llf I r .logeiner ax rair vvea nesday A Buick was constructed at tVe Fair grounds Wednesday in just 39 minutes by two skilled work man who are on a tour of the United States constructing these cars from parts taken from the dealers stock. The pair will put Bulcks together in some forty dif ferent cities during their trip. The workmen. Otto and William Hess, were in this city Wednes day, on a two-ton General Motor truck completely equipped with tools and so built that an im provised stage about 15x30 feet is available for the work in hand wherever the exhibitions are held. The idea back of the plan is to impress motorists with the perfect interchangeability of Buick parts, a chassis being constructed at each stopping place enroute from parts carried in stock by the local branch dr distributing bouse. ' The caravan is to travel to all parts of the United States. ' from coast to coast, exhibitions being held in all cities enroute where Buick branches, distributing houses, or dealers aro located. The construction ' of the chassis is accompanied by a lecture by Mr. Patrick Keating, of the factory Service department, ' and to em phasize the event a moving pic ture exhibition is given in' each town following the demonstration. The film presented is entitled "Right on the Job" and portrays principally the efficacy of four wheel brakes. r'L The tour will take about . three or four months time. The cara van' attracted a great deal of at tention at the Oregon State Fair as is usual wherever it goes. ' """ -'v ' i 1 . What is probably the greatest, practical automotive test a field in the United States is to be found in Chicago, where a fleet of 30,00 Yellow CabS is in operation, total ing 12,600,000 miles of actual service , per month. Virtually every 'big development In the In dustry takes advantage of this test field. Horrid thought! It mar be a diseased gland that makes reform luBi UTS DISPLAYED HEBE Day & 2oseI Display Large Balloon Over Place of ; Business . A big balloon advertising the Goodyear Balloon tires which are sold by the firm Day & Zozel floated high in the air over their place of business at the corner of Chemeketa and Commercial streets yesterday. ' ' It was rumored yesterday that perhaps after the balloon was dis played here for a ihne Jt would be cut loose and some kind! of a reward given to the person who recovered it and brought it back to the company. ; f; The balloon is a product of the Goodyear tire company 'and is made from the same materials as are used in making tubes. FIID PRICES RISE DESPITE SUPPLY Increase in Animals Due to Way Fails to Stem the -Rising Tide I LEISIC, Sept. 8. Wfld fur bearing animals throughoutP Eur ope fared fairly well during the war. according to Lelpsle fur deal ers, but there are no present Indi cations that ' prices for women's garments in skins are to be cheap er, n fact, dealers say prices will be measurably advanced. While great tracts of forests and uncultivated lands inhabited by game were devastated or swept clear time and again by the marching armies, the animals of ten sought shelter in swamps and other areas eyond the range of guns and. came throffgh safely. The soldiers, when attacking or during. a retreat, -were mostly too concerned with the military man oeuvers at hand to think much of sport, and seldom had time to shoot unless it was for the pur pose of killing meat for food. ;f On the plains of Poland and Russia, along with the German and Russian armies clashed and held positions extending at one time nearly 1000 miles, there are enormous districts covered with timebr and here game was quite safe. The bison of Poland, how ever, which roamed , the wildi northeast of Warsaw, were nearly exterminated k by German soldiers Many prefer to take adTantage of Packard's e-xfreniely liberal time-payment, plan to enjoy Immediately the advantages of a. Packard Six or Parkard KlRht- purhasfng . out of Income Instead of capital, Just as practitntly all other necessities are now bought. ..... . who killed them by the thousands for food. i ! Reports from Russia are to the effect that ermine, sable and oth er species of marten are quite plentiful this year, and fur dealers predict a good - harvest la the fall. TRICK FAUCET SERVED 4 BOOZE i SALT. LAKE CITY. Sept 27 (AP) A double, action faucet which when turned one way flow ed water and when . turned an other flowed moonshine liquor was found by the police dry squad is a recent raid. The" faucet Was buried four i feet underground in the basement of an alleged "soft drink" establishment and whs forced into the tap by a com prssed air arrangement. ' ' OFFICER Will GOT TO BLUE Report of Accident Was Made f Ford j Driver Traveling Too Fast . According to information : from City Traffic Officer Cannon, the report of him hitting a Ford while chasing a speeder in last Sunday's paper, was not exactly correct. Mr. Canhon states that a report of the accident was made at the police station immediately after. lie says that the driver of the Ford looked before entering the. intersection, that he saw him com ing and deliberately went ahead. Also he states that this driver was traveling faster' than the fifteen miles- peh hour allowed at the place of the mishap'....; SOME 30x3i2 5 S.15 31x4 I.-.;;;;;..;;.. 13.45 32x4 13.75 33x4 . .. .. . .. 14.40 30x3 11 Jim" G smite 'csi THERE md BACK :."' '-.if-:: v f - t s . t FOR 7 ONLY PAGKARD CAN BUILD A PACKARD ASIC T H E M AM WHO OWNS ONE CHEVROLET IS nil Differs From Most of Coach es on Market Many Extras I ' . : The Chevrolet Motor company announces a new model to Its line the Chevrolet ! coach; which will be the lowest priced coach on the market. N'l ; .! This Chevrolet coach however. differs from most of the coaches on the market ; in that' the rear panels are steel clear to the top, like the other ; I Chevrolet closed models,, and is finished in black with gold strips the same as the Chevrolet sedan. r i The door on each side In - ceptionally large allowing for easv entrance and exit," while the wide ran coach 'EDERAL AID PROJECTS COMPLETED AND UN DER CONSTRUCTION 1916 TO JUNE 3182 L We ' j Concrete Brick .;.. . Bit. Concrete ....... Bit. Macadam ........ W. B. Macadam .... Gravel Sandy Clay Graded . I Bridges ... ..... ; Total Cost . ?928,621)44JD0 51,CQ3.0 Compiled from statistics of the bureau of public roadsj by the Portland - Cement Association, Chicro. Fisk Premier Cord 5 9.95 15.65 17.20 i- 17.75 ; . Standard . Cord FABRICS 56.55 I 30x3V2 to-10 YEARS .More More More it- windows, two on each side afford an extreme range of vision during all seasons and refreshing ventila tion in warm weather. The rear, quarter windows are the 831-.? width as the door windows. - The interior of the ; coach i.i large and roomy, with the driver's seat stationery and a folding seat to the right of the driver. The rear seat across the back has am ple room for three. ? The seats, and cushions are upholstered in striped taupa wool cloth, while the sides, doors and head-lining are in a mottled tanpa of the same material. There i3 a floor carpet to match. ? Door windows, as well as side Windows are raised and lowered by Ternstedt window regulators. There is a dome light la tie car. f'The rear window in the car is wide and deep and Is equipped with a satin curtain. a . metal sun visor ; comes as standard equipment. , ' It takes a lot of hard practice to give some girls that charrai--naturalness. . ., . Cost. .-$371,15SV22S5 30,02063.80 49,345,210.98 84,687,624.69 - 25,471,6119 .- 201)12,422.63 - 3522,084.43 90,339,311.21 - 40,360,189.62 9,71 3.0 1419.9 i0fc::.o 4,774.1 10,G1D.0 103.4 PRICE f r Grey f Tubes 51.45 ' 2.00 2.10 20 Tubes 51.70 2.25 2Z0 2 r .1. S7.S0 r Tl "Bill" JSM0 Any car vfll take you tlicrc end bring you back. And do it, for 2 or 3 years. But then it's through unless ycu don't mind the repair bills end the noise it makes. The Packard Six is cood for 7 to 10 years of more. It's built that way. Its repair costs have hardly star lid by the time the owner of an ordi nary car is half way through Ilia second car. . . ' t ; . - ' . And all the while, in every, ni:, the Packard Six is giving miles to the gallcm of gssu miles to the gatlon of. " miles to the set of tires." McDorjald Auto Ccriiriny Ferry and Cottage Streets t ers so good.