THE OREGON STATESMAN, SALEM, OREGON
' f SUNDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 19, 1924
OHOBILE MEN
PADDLES 1,350 MILES FROM NOVA SCOTIA TO NEW YORK IN
43 DAYS, HAS ENGLAND-TO-ROME TRIP AHEAD I
front, rather than a command to,
the people. The courts hare held
that a retailer, impliedly warrants
the' wholesomeness of the' goods
he sella. The first step toward
protecting the food supply is . to
Insist that foods, such as milk,
hutter, etc., which are used raw,
be labeled in regard to their bac
terial parity. The .cap on the
milk bottle should state whether
the milk is pasteurized or raw and'
whether all the milk handlers
have been examined for carrier
conditions. I
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T1ST
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Reports Show That I General
I Business Conditions are
t Favorable for Winter
Steady Improvement in general
business conditions throughout
the country la shown ih a com
pilation of reports received from
zone and territory representatives
of ! the Olds Motor Works;: Lansing,
!Mich,.,TJiiy H. reasley, sales man
ager for Oldsmobile reports. The
Idata collected covers the impor
tant industries of the various sec
tions and the summary, together
with the growing sales of, Oldsmo
hiljes. indicates; an excellent out
look for the automobile: business.
"Reports from our men show,"
said Mr. Peasley, "that timely
rains in the northwest have aided
in inaking a big harvest: of wheat
4nd corn, both of which kre bring
. igj good prices. It is (character
istic of the northwest to respond
, quickly to a wave of. prosperity
and there are now many buyers
fori new cars.
From the southeast reports are
optimistic. The great increase of
industrial plants in thef Carolina
has made that district about 50
per! cent agricultural compared
to j72 per cent a few years ago,
and the mills are fairly active.
While the cotton arid tobacco crop
outlook is not the best, both are
bringing fair, prices. General con
ditions are much better than for
some time and indications point
to steady motor car demand dur
ing the fall and winter. The good
price of cotton is helpful in Mis
sissippi, Alabama and Georgia.
The cotton mills of Georgia are
giving steady employment. From
Florida favorable reports are re
ceived. While winter tourist busi
ness is a big source of revenue
the fruit and", early , vegetable
shipments are Increasing, and
Florida is becoming more evenly
distributed throughout Lthe year.
"Jn the big eastern Cities, the
refined Oldsmobile "Six" has
been well . received. The demand
In these centers this fall has been
almost entirely for closed cars and
the! attractive appearance of the
Oldsmobile!, combined v with the
complete line if Fisher-built clos
ed bodies; has made Oldsmobile a
popular car.' Business will improve
in the eastern cities after election.
There Is always more uneasiness
and a slacking up of business be
fore election in the big cities of
the east, especially New York,
than in any other section of the
country. - -: :
"New England conditions are
rather quiet, with only & few mills
running on full time but a grad
ual improvement is noticeable. 1
"In the middle eastern states
there Is a healthy business but no
boom. ) The outlook promises a
moderate improvement .: in sales.
Factories are operating with , a
fair number of employes. Farm
products are selling well at prices
that . are more in ; accord with
good a the 'farmer buys than they
havejeen for the past four years.
This will give the farmer some
cash this fall and after paying his
obligations to the bank he will
have some ready money as "well
as jextended bank credit and will
buy implements, house furnish
ings and motor ars. ,
f 'In the southwest f territory
TexaaJlas had agood cotton crop,
eelUngat good prices, gheep and
wool ..are also bringing good re
turns and there has been a slight
risel In cattle jrfces.
"In the central west farming
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inch beam; and draws four inches
of water, j Smyth was In danger
only once jwhen he was dumped
overboard Joft the mouth of the
Kennebec Iliver in Maine. Smyth,
a former Lieutenant in the Royal
George H. A Smyth, a: mining
engineer, thirty-three years old. ar
rived at New Tork recently from
Sydney, Cape Breton. N. 8., in a
fifteen-foot canoe, j His tiny craft
weighs fifty-five pounds, is of 32
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There Is today a growing dis
trust of uncooked foods and it
must be admitted that the more
the subject of raw food Is Investi
gated, the more j cause j there ap
pears for uneasiness. Ninety per
cent of all infections are taken in
to the body through the mouth
At least five epidemics of typhoid
fever occurring ; in Oregon , have
been due to carriers of this disease
infecting raw milk. Inasmuch as
milk is one of the most universal-.
Canadian Flying Corps, says he is jy use(j 'raw foods, it has naturally
making the trip oft a wager. To
win, however, he must paddle to
Home from Liverpool or South
hampton. : U I
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states conditions are better than
they have been for some time,
with wheat, corn and hogs all
finding a ready market at good
prices. There Is a great improve
ment in alii business as well as
banking and credit conditions.
While farmers still owe consider
able nioney bankers are more in
clined than j in the j past few years
to assist farm clients in the pur
chase of new cars. Business is in
a healthy condition and a reason
ably good motor car business can
be expected! to extend later into
the fall than in previous years.
All folks in central west "and
southern states are more optim
istic than for some time. The Eu-
H CAR
IS
HI H
Manufacturers are Making
Every Effort to Meet De
mands of Needs
"While the basic reason for the
early growth of the motor car in
dustry was j the need for personal
transnnrtJifnYi foot hot fha
ropean settlement will help in theinduStry has!rched such g,ganj
sale of meat products, petroleum,
cotton and other staple commodi
ties. : ' ; ' -"The
far; west continues to Im
prove and California looks for its
usual good i winter trade."
USED CAB LOSSES
AIM S ! 4
Average Dealer Profit Less
Than Three and One-Half
- Per Cent,! Report ;
Losses of automobile dealers In
selling used; cars were cut from
$123,000,000 in ,1922, to $60,-
000,000 in 1923 and for the first
nine months of . the current year
to $18,000,000, according to re
ports rendered In Atlantic City
this week at the convention of the
National Automobile .Dealers'
Assn. It was declared that dealer
profit for the years 1922 and 1923
was less than three and one-half
per cent and 65,000 dealers were
forced out of business.
Silver Jubilee Shows
The New
York and Chicago
shows of early 1925 will be Silver
Jubilee expositions of the auto
motive industry. In celebration of
the twentyfifth anniversary of the
motor vehicle, the Industry in
concentrating on what promise to
be the best shows in history.
The New; York, shows i will be
held January 2 to 10; Chicago,
January 23 to 31;
Here's An Easy One
Owner: "What will it cost me
to have my car fixed?" j
Garageman: "What's the matter
with it?" f : I ; '
' don't I know."
"Forty-eight dollars and fifty
cents."
Don't Envy Your Friend His
Car Buy One for Yourself
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You can drive a big car, too. We have cars every bit
as good as the one he drives. Some are even better cars.
Some show less mileage on the speedometer. And they're
all priced for a lot less than he would be willing to take
forjiis. ' ! ; " '
Come in and see some real used cars. Here are a few
exceptional bargains:
I.
1920 STUDEBAKER SPECIAL
'Rebuilt from rear axle to radiator,
r guaranteed to be just as good as a new
.car. We are pricing it so cheap we
fought to be ashamed of ourselves.
1922 JEWETT A wonderful car to
drive and you can buy it for the price
of a new cheap car. j '
1923 WILLYS KNIGHT "Nuf said."
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. Car Market
tic proportions is due to its ca
pacity fori constant improvement
of Its product to meet the ever
changing needs of transportation.
New ideas of design or manu
factureare quickly taken up.
The industry is not static. It is
eagerly open to new suggestions.
That Is why any motor oar five
years old looks so antiquated. It
13 a swift-moving industry.
Thus it lis that each year, on
some make) of motor car, appears
a new feature or a series of new
features that are soon taken up
by the whole industry.
.During the last year and a half
the Oakland Motor. Car company,
one of! the General Motors group,
has Introduced some of the most
important new features of advanc
ed design.;
Oakland was the first motor car
manufacturer to introduce Duco
finish as standard on all its mod
els. hiS jtype of finish is un
doubtedlyjone of the most impor
tant developments since the be
ginning of the i industry, and
scarcely a ; month passes but an
other motor car cotnpau'y is adopt
ing it as standard on certain or
all models, i 1 !
Though automobile tops are
scarcely ever putfdown the ma
jority of motor car tops' are still
of the collapsible- type.! Oakland
was the first to introduce a per
manent top.
' The real value of the perma
nent top lies in It$ rigid iconstruc
tion and the snugness with which
the curtains; fit against the per
manent metal strip on each side.
' This construction also enabled
Oakland to j Introduce glass en
closures, an invention which has
made closed car comfort avail
able to thousands of open car buy
ers. r f !
; The centralizing of all controls
on the steering Wheel was like
wise first introduced by Oakland.
This feature adds comfort and
safety to driving; as the hands
need never leave the wheel, save
when shifting gears.
Oakland was the first light six
to offer as standard equipment
the following features:
i Four wheel brakes; indirectly
lighted unit instrument panel;
interchangeable bronze backed
main bearings; perfected automat
ic spark control, honed cylinders;
adjustable full pressure' oil sys
tem and oil-tight universal joints.
XOW AT lMtlDGE
"Stub" Thompson, I formerly
with Smith & Watkins, ; local tire
and accessory dealers, is now op
erating an auto supply' house at
Bridge, Oregon. The! place Is
known as the Stub's Auto Supply.
i Human nature is what makes a
man mad when someone steals
announcement is made that some the same overcoat he did.
fallen frequently ; under suspicion
as a vehicle for contagious dis
eases. This demonstrates the fact
that it is. not only necessary to
issist on cleanliness, . but steps
must be taken to provide for the
examination of every food hand
ler. , .
There is no question that a
number of communicable diseases
owe their origin to infected food
handlers. There is no possible way
in which the absolute purity of
the food can be proved or estab
lished. Although water and milk
are perhaps the commonest ve
hicles of infection, it must be re
membered that other uncooked
food products may carry infection
Investigations of epidemics
demonstrate the fact that i there
are three common ways in which
raw food Is infected by handlers
by individuals having mild ; cases
of contagious f disease, by acute
carriers or those just recovering
from a contagious disease, and by
chronic carriers who may be eith
er "recovered cases or merely the
harborers of the germ. A carrier
Is a peson who harbors the germ
of a contagious disease, and does
not have the disease himself.
The human disease carrier ex
plains to a certain extent the mys
terious .spread of septic sore
throat, diphtheria, typhoid, j pneu
monia, influenza, and probably a
number of other infections. Rou
tine methods for recognizing the
carriers are needed which make
the1 problem a more difficult one
to solve. Even though it is not
possible to detect all carriers, the
importance of examining all food
handlers needs careful considera
tion. ' . -. : ,
It is obvious that either food
must be prepared so as to elim
inate the danger of contagion or
provision must be made to vouch
safe the health of every, food
handler. The dealer who handles
food assumes a , certain responsi
bility. Needed reforms in the dis
tribution and marketing of foods
must come through a demand
T HIS IS A S T U D E B A K E R Y E A R
The New StudcbaLcr Big Six LhipUx-Phaeton
Two
s imu
One
oAn open and closed car combined
STUDEBAKER Duplex a closed
and open car combined. An en
tirely new-type car developed by
Studebaker and available from no other
maker. . V ' y
It is the most sensational most
-talked-of car in America.
One minute you are enjoying the
comfort and protection of a closed car
next the unhindered freedom that
made the open car so popular. And
the change can be made in 30 seconds
by simply lowering the roller side
enclosures..
Yet -with all this two-fold con
venience, the Duplex-Phaeton sells for
. no more than an open car.
The new Studebaker Big, Six is strik
ingly beautiful with long, low sweep-
1
ing lines. It is especially designed and
powered for seven-passenger service. t
The Big Six Duplex-Phaeton is de
livered to you with , complete equip
ment. This even includes two highest
grade .bumpers, extra balloon tire, tube
and tire cover there is nothing else
to buy.
But to appreciate this car you must
inspect it drive it Test its delightful
ease of operation steering mechanism
especially designed for its full-sued
balloon tires. M j
Notice the new location of : the light
ing switch on the steering wheel and
many other new and unusual features.
See. this car that has definitely solved
the open-closed car problem.
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STANDARD SIX
113 in. W.B. 50 H.I.
SPECIAL SIX
120 in. W.B. 65 ira
BIG SIX
127 in. W.B. 75 H.P.
5- Pus. Dnplez-Phaetoa 81385 '
9-Pwi. Duplex-Roadster 1360
3-Pasa. Conpe-Eoadster 1645
6- Pasa. Coupe j . 1760
S-Pasa. Sedan 1868
5-Paaa. Berlins 1925
5-Paas. Dnplex-Fbaeton m $1785
3- Pass. Dnplex-Eoaditer 1745
4- Pas. Victor! I j. 2375
B Pass. Sedan i ; 2495
5- Paaa. - Berlin i . 2565
7-Pms. Dnplex-Phaetoa
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5-P?ts Coape ,
7-Paaa. Sedan
7-Paaa. Berlin
4-
-;2i85
3025
3175
3250
ft-wbeel bzakes, 4 disc trbeels.
I ' $60 extra
4-wheel trakei, 5 disc wheels.
$75 extra
4-wheel hrakea, 5i diae wheels,
$75 extra; '
(All prices f .o.b Salem, and subject to change without notice.) ,
MARION AUTOMOBILE COMPANY
1 235 South Commercial Street; Telephone 362. HJf
SjliODEBAKER DUPLEX
i ! The New-type Open-closed Car ' !
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Tme product of a high purpose
fleet, worthy, beiautiful it is
not surprising that) the Oakland
Six is ! winning and holding the
good will of all who buy it.
Q Standard equipment include four-wheel brakes, disc steel wheels, balloon tires,
permanent top. Fisher Bodies, one-piece ventilating windshield on closed types
Duco finish, centralized controls, indirectly-lighted unit instrument panel, auto
ynatic spark control. Q Qlass enclosures for dpen cart at small added cost.
Itoadster $1005; Touring $1005; Special Roadster $1103; Special Touring
$1105; Landau Coupe $1203; Coupe for Four $1405; Sedan $1343;
Inndau Sedan $1645. Prices at Factory
VICKBROS.
! High Street at Trade ! .
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PRODUCT O F ' GENERAL ji M O T O R S
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There Are
You Cannot
Thing
Nor Describe
The Silent Swiftness: the Soft Smoothness: the Fleetness: the
Flexibility the Luscious Luxuri6usness-oi this "Vertical'8'
Superfine' are indescribable. You must see and feel, to understand
SINCE IT WAS DISCOVERED, the
great writers of theworld have
tried to describe, and famous
artists essayed in vain to portray,
the : magnificence of the Grand
Canyon cf the Colorado.
YET YOU WHO! HAVE SEEN IT
and who had read extensively about
it were speechless with emotion
when your eyes first gazed upon
this American Wonderland J ,
AND TRY AS YOU WILL, you can
not now describe it to your friends.
When they ask you, you exhaust
your : vocabulary and finally in
despair exclaim "You must see,
to understand and appreciate.'
YOU CAN APPRECIATE, then, his
feeling of impotence, Iwhen this
writer is set the task of describing .
the various phases of perform
ance of this latest product of the
Rickenbacker
shops.
laboratory
and
it
WHENTOR THE FIRST time, with
your own hand on the responsive
steering wheel, your own foot on
the sensitive accelerator, you tool
her down a straightaway and
round a turn, you will admit that
never before, have you handled a
' real automobile. I
HOW SHE "ROADS!" hands off at
a mile a minute or more, and still
she holds straight as an arrow the
crown of the road. Yet the slight-.
est urge on the wheel and she
responds like the thoroughbred
she is.; ;'...
NOW FEEL the accelerator you
must press it gently at first for the
response is instantaneous.
CLOSE YOUR EYES , and try to
estimate how rapidly she acceler
- ates. . ; - f ' . '
NOW GLANCE at the road but not
at the speedometer and t tell if
you can, by the feel, how fast you
are going. j ,
NOW LOOK! and you are going
twice as fast as you thought.
WHAT IS THAT AHEAD? looks,
from herej like a steep hill.
BUT IT IS NO HILL unless your
senses deceive. For you are almost
unconscious of your extra pres
sure on the accelerator, and she
takes it as easily as if it were level
stretch. '..
YOU WONDER how much steeper it
would have to be to offer any per
ceptible resistance to this powerful
'. Icarv-'-' j v ::-i -.1." '
THAT GIVES you some idea for
comparison with the best cars you
have previously driven.
FORTY MILES feels like twenty,
sixty like thirty seventy like
i thirty, too! .
NOW TRY THE BRAKES those
wonderful Rickenbacker 4-Wheel
Brakes which set the standard
! for present safety codes and revo-
' lutionized an industry.
i TRY THOSE BRAKES! First at 20
miles per hour if you are not
! used to first class 4-wheel brakes.
TRY THEM AT 40 50 0 or as
3 fast as you dare to drive. You will
:be amazed to find that at any
speed they are just as smooth,
just as certain and just as silent.
NOTE THAT THEY DO NOT affect
' i your steering in the slightest. (
BUT WHILE we are talking you are
i "feeling something you cannot
; describe. ,
NOW YOU UNDERSTAND why it is
futile to attempt to describe that
which we have felt and know you
: will feel when first you drive this
" 1 car. . '" j,: " r
SO WE INVITlt YOU to come in and
i seer study in detail the many
5 points of excellence. , ;
DON'T DELAY. Come right now
or phone. L
and a demonstrator will be at your
' door. .'
F. W. PETTYJOHN COMPANY
219 N. COMMERCIAL STREET
i. Famous "Six" Pric (
Sport Phaeton - - SIS$S
Coupe - - - - 2095
Sedan - , - : 2I9S
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12195
2695
2795
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235 N. CUUECIL
PHONE 883