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SEVENTY-FOURTH YEAR
SALEM, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 21, 1924
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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
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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
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A FACT- The present
change is contemplated
Price F. O. B. Salem
Essex Coach $1070
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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
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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
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CARS
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vice and receive the Hudson and Essex Bulletin and also that we may
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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,
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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
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The nope, of course, is the scra
ter of the human body. St. Loulf
Globe-Democrat
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