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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 21, 1924)
i i r . -. ' , , . : t i I I " ' I Part Three Four Pages I j : ? " ' , - . . . i ! Auto and Radio SEVENTY-FOURTH YEAR SALEM, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 21, 1924 ! f I f i j n I I i i ' ' ' ' - I - ' ' - 1 , . " - . ' . ' V y 9 I r i f r I I I f 4s. t- r 1 l j . I I J AUTO BETTERED ey lira use Stored Car Mav Be Harmed s By Cold, Moisture and - Lack of Care Strange aa it may seem. It 13 usually better for an automobile, and It may be cheaper, " to keep It .in operation all winter than to lay it vpf Outside of a slightly larger consumption ' of gasoline and the cost of alcohol or other anti-freeze compound, it is scar cely more expensive to run a car during the winter than during the summer, while it may be most ex pensive to lay up a car and have it. meet with, harm through cold, moisture j and lack of attention. For a car that is in daily use must receive a certain amount of care to be kept running efficient ly, while; a car, that! is locked up in a cold, sometimes snowbound garage scarcely invites attention. ill yon intend to run your car through the winter, as most people do, , you must do three : simple things, writes George A. Luers in the .January, number of .Popular Science .Monthly. , You must prep pare the engine for; antl-freeze compound, put in anti-freeze com pound, and renew the latter ( as It evaporates or fa lost' through leakage. " ; 1 The first, of these . precautions amounts to litye.more than seeing that your; water circulation system ..-' is tight. A small drip during the summer is j inconsequential; it means merely adding water from time to time. The same drip in the winter, though, is likely to Jam into money, since it is carry ing away an anti-freezing mixture that costs you between 5 0 cents and a dollar a gallon. Rubber hose connections are the most frequent cause of leaks, and it is usually well to renew these before filling with anti-freeze if doubtful. Renewal of the pump packing is another job that should be done . before the anti-freeze is placed in the radiator. It is. also well to tighten , the hose clamps and pump gland every two weeks or so during -the winter, since these parts jmayj become losened in driving. j j Small leaks in the radiator can be repaired jwith fa radiator leak sealing compound. This should be done a couple of weeks before the anti-freeze is put in, to give the, cement a chance to set and harden. In addition to the various commercial anti-freezing solutions, denatured alcohol, a mixture of half denatured alcohol and half glycerine, and calcium chloride, mixed with j the water in the cool ing system ;in correct proportions, supplies effective means of pre venting a car from frezing. If your car is in good mechanic al condition the foregoing is really all you need do to enjoy it through the winter. 1 Scientist having now discovered that King Pharaoh had hardening of the arteries, we get a new light on the passage .in Exodus, "and Pharaoh ' hardened his ' heart."- Cleveland Plain Dealer." To the Citizens of Salem and Vicinity: HUDSON Fred M. Powell is well versed in the requisites of an organization which makes for permanent friendship, loyal, faithful service, and fwe bespeak for him that success which is merited by the rigid service policy which is a re quirement of the Hudson and Essex franchise. PORTLAND MOTOR CAR GO. V . R. S. W. Peters, Vice President I ) A FACT- The present change is contemplated Price F. O. B. Salem Essex Coach $1070 Ml ML BACK FROM SOUTH Local Packard Dealer Re turns From San Fran cisco Convention : Fred M. Powell local Packard dealer, returned from San Fran cisco last Monday, where he at tended a convention of Pacific Coast Packard dealers, held at the St. Francis Hotel. fA number of Packard officials from the big Detroit factory were present and told the dealers many things of vital interest to them in connec tion with Packard business and in creased service to Packard owners. "The Packard Motor Car com pany will close 1924 with one of the most successful years in their history," said Mr. Powell, yester day when interviewed by the Statesman reporter. " The Single Six has proven universally satis factory and the popularity has in creased to such an extent that the factory is preparing for a record breaking year in 1925." The Packard has always been popular in Marion County and it is surprising to note that there are over seventy Packard cars of various vintages owned and oper ated in this small territory. ? Mr. Powell has been associated with Packard cars since 1904, having been sales manager for the first Packard dealer in the city of Seattle, subsequently becoming a dealer himself and, on account of his long experience, Packard own ers in this vicinity are fortunate Announsnriinit 1 . , : ; . I - . . ' " ' 1 1. - The Portland Motor announce the appointment of We have on our sales inspection and will be models will remain standard and no either mechanically or in style of body. FRED M. POWELL MOTORCARS) Cottage and Ferry Sts. SALEM, ORE. in having a dealer who is so well qualified to care for their cars and render them real Packard ser vice. Alterations and improvements will be made in the garage and sales rooms at 680-690 Ferry Street and an organization of Packard specialists is promised. Hudson and Essex Dealer Enjoys the Cold Weather This cold snap takes me back to my old home days in south western Iowa, said Fred M. Powell Hudson and Essex dealer, last Thursday. "Except that I had to ride in a buckboard drawn by a flea-bitten old mare with no wind shield and the snow and sleet would beat against my cheeks un til they were almost raw." What a difference today he tween that old buckboard and a warm Hudson or Essex Coach. Now we step Into the car, sit comfortably on a finely upholster ed seat, step on a button and the engine starts, throw out the clutch and push a handle and the car moves forward at any rate of speed desired. No cold, no sleet, no raw cheeks and no uncomfort able jolting. Great stuff, we are certainly living in a wonderful age. , School Census Shows Increase 1 Tracy Staats, clerk of the Dallas school district, assisted by C. E. Staats, has just completed . the annual census of the district. This year 1342 children of school age- 672 boys and ,670 girls were listed as residing in the dis trict. This is a total increase of 31 over last year. -Dallas Item izer. , Gar Company, FRED M . MOTOR As Dealer for Salem and Vicinity for floor the latest models of both Hudson and Essex Coaches for your glad to give a demonstration to any owner or prospective purchaser. LACK OF WATER IS HARD Oil BATTERY Local Battery Man Says That Overfilling Is Also Dangerous Back in the adventurous days of '49, many a gold seeker died in his covered wagon from thirst. Cat tle, horses and other live stock fell beside the various trails - that wound ever ! westward to the promised land of plenty. History tells us that the trails could be followed by the bones of animals that had died from thirst on the westward journey. Bones in little heaps; bones, scattered, bones in great piles bones. The westward trails of three quarters of a century .ago were blazed with them. : . Today, these trails are national hihways, paved and wide, where speeding automobiles have taken the place of the plodding ox teams and the tourist replaced the pio neer. Where water is i needed there are reservoirs and irrigation projects. Today the wayfarer dies not of thirst, at least from lack of water. "Yet there are many deaths from thirst along these old histor ic trails, says Joe Williams, the local Willard storage battery deal er. "These are battery deaths, however," he adds. "If every stor age battery that dies from thirst were discarded on the road, these highways would soon resemble the distributors of P WE CARS AND IMPORTANT In order that you may receive the full benefit of our ser vice and receive the Hudson and Essex Bulletin and also that we may check and correct our records please sign and mail the coupon. trails of the Forty-niners, with bat tery cases, jars, plates and separat ors strewn along the way in place of bones. $ "Permitting a battery to go thirsty is the quickest way' to kill it," says Williams. "The- water evaporates. The generator on the car that charges it produces heat in cells. The quick discharge of starting the motor heats the bat tery. The heat of summer keeps the battery at a high temperature while the car is running. All these will make the plates buckle and destroy their life unless the battery is filled to the proper level with water regularly," he says. "Overfilling is also toad. It will cause the acid to overflow and eat away the case and any part of the car it touches," he warns. "Any owner can service his. battery if h4 cares to do so," says Joe, "if he he will follow the simple directions that tiny battery man will give him. It is better to have it done by re liable repair men, however, as they are quick to detect hidden trouble, and it is less expensive In the Ions run." j AUTOS KILL, AXOTHKK IX JH'STRV LONDON, Dec. 20 (AP An other of Britain's industries is disappearing with the increasing use of motorcars. This is the sell ing of old horse-shoes. Scrap-metal merchants former ly made much money through con tracts with horse owners for cast off horseshoes, which were ship ped to Manchurian ports and for warded into the interior for nat ives to convert into utensils. With a decreasing horse population this business is gradually dying out. Hudson and Essex Motor Cars, LL . t Phone 523 GROWTH OF PAAT5 BUSINESS 10,000,000 Active Auto mobiles in. Use Today Is Claim The newest feature of the auto mobile business to define itself, is the replacement parts division. The 'term "replacement parts" as explained by Mr. Jim Smith of Smith & Watkins, includes those parts which go to make up the mechanism of the automobile such as the i motor,-differential, 'trans mission i and front axle parts.in fact the whole of the chassis. f For j many years past ! during the automobile progress the me chanics ; and car owners only source of supply for parts needed in making repairs was from the car distributor who was often un able to supply the parts needed, 1 They ; were forced to resort to the slow and expensive method .of making them. The developement of the demand for replacement parts in this day of 10,000,000 active automobiles was what in spired i Smith & Watkins local automotive supply house to add a stock : of genuine replacement parts for all makes of cars. After an ambassador to a fore ing nation has been at his post for a little while about the only way for him to get into print again isc to resign. Pathfinder. Motor Price F. O. B. Salem Hudson Coach $1 585 Cars GUARANTEED to- cost less per mile than n? tire, regardless of the make or price paid. : i McCLAREN CORD Srnith&WatMirT j : Snappy Service. PHONE 44 -1- The nope, of course, is the scra ter of the human body. St. Loulf Globe-Democrat i 1 i I
