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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 4, 1925)
'Auto -CLurel::; Society Radio iv 1 1 i SBVEinY-FOTOTII rSAT. :A; :;;rvii.bULi.bll" liiJjl 15; Claim. That Prices Here, are ', Cheaper aod . Term's arc . . - . ; . getter - . v .The Used , Car .Corner ara an tounclng - in thl issue, of ; The Statesraati thefr third annual ; inld wintex . aalean.d a r e . ; qf eri n s, cars at real bargain prices. Tha com Xatix. announce that it isjnow pos sible (or people to bay used Fords cheaper lie re than in Portland and the terms offered here' are more reasonable. , the financial charge being all the way. from one; third to one half less ... .- . j .- A large assortment of cars are on hand to choose' from Including all models - coupes, sedans, road sters and touring cars. The' com pany claims that ihis.is.thV he time of the year to boy open cars as the demand for the open models will Increase : with ,thev signs of spring weather and ;by theu tlw spring arrives ft will be hard .to supply the demand for theBa open cars. They ?a jr that they can af r ford to sell ties ears cheaper nosv; rather than ,:store, "them until, spring. 1925 license Is to be given free with every car aoldby the company which - in Itself figures quite a savins: to the buyer; , f r "I SALEM, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, "JANUARY 4,1925 Kirkwood Motor Company to . .. Havel Fine Garage. by the. Kirkwood Mot! r company. The. company intends' to rempfiel the, building and. ,piitj in a first class place ta handfe their liars. A large and attractive show room will put ia,on the "cotrner and th service department, vrfjl be onth.! vweraejita. street enjtrance,.-. The Kirkwood. Motor; c)ompauy tare iQcal dealers for .tJie Nash .and Ilupmobile ; Automobiles. .,' '..Mr. Kirkwood has been in1 the 'auto mobile business in Salen,' for' a number of yeara, . iras" made ' a thorough j?tudyt of : the1 ' busihess an has faith enough in its future to invest a, large; sum.! of', money In establishing- a fiist. class place. . 14 Yti.3 OLD.FOfln OIcfFord Makes 100 lour MonStoj) - Recently ; - Ford ohduraace , and . stabil'ty ware interesttngly demonstfaiid at Fond du Lac, 'Wis.. . recently when, a 14-year-old Ford touring Aar bearin motor No. 36536 made a' 100-hour, non-stop run. v The ; event 1 was - staged by the. Service Motor company, Ford Ideal era, arid the car, which ia .toWned by, II. . D. Vinton of Fond dmlLac, was the" first one sold, by I that company when? It ; started In busi ness. ; f -'. Hi . 1 H.I - I ..This 1900 Ford started oa the endurance run at noon Dn 'Sat urday ending at noon the fqlloTi Ing Wednesday, uuring the period the car traveled 1,373 milef and covered practically all df Fod du Lac county.;1 The drivers, at the wheel day. and - night,' worked in three shifts daily. The cat was started off on its remarkable run without any special overhauling and finished the long grindiiai ex cellent condition, atsplendid :ilus tration of the " high quality-which makes Ford long- life-possible. Katibiia! Highway dTrcific .. Ihsasihg.,Witli. EacH Year Fred Kirkwood announces' that work will start Monday on the remodeling of the Y.M.C.A.1 build ing which was recently purchased 1 ' i' v I. '! XT 3-: . i. y 4. :::V-:'-W:.t W; -us v.AV--r . : a. j The trouble -with"' most fellows keeping company with a girl is that they want : to form a holding corporation. ; ' '. S Highway traffic, in the United States has .Increased so rapidly in the last few years that some of the statistics which have been, col lected seem hardly believable. For example, it was announced recently- during thej summer months a volume; of ; traffic . amounting to 300.000,000 passenger miles per day , was carried . by. the highways of, the. country. ; Inasmuch as the railroads f ol ItheQ United States handled a ' volume oV traffic a mounting Co 600,000,000 passeri- I ger miles per year, the Importance of th highway in- national .aevein opment can hardly - be overesti mated. ? -Under the 'Federal Aid system - Left: Wehdoveif Road across Great Salt Desert' in Utah. Center At work, 'on caissons of Victory Bridge across Raritart River, N , Right ; 'New hard surface highway which crosses the State of. Illinois. which has' been: in. existence for a number of years, new roads, are being built in every section of the country -which are ? paid through the cooperation of the United Bur eau of Public Roads with the var ious rstate highway departments. At the present session of congress, it is probable.; that $80,000,000 will be. appropriated for -Federal Aid ; during .192 6. This money will, of course, be. distributed a mong the states, each state match ing the amounts received, from the Federal 'Government "and Hustng it tor the construction of roads ap proved by the United States, Bur eau' of -Public Roads, of ; yhich Thomas H. MacDonald is the thief. " In every part . of the country roads are being built and there Is hardly a state whch is hot en gaged in some' notable highway project.1 The state of New Jersey is building' a "new- bridge' across the Rarltan river which will cost nearly $4,000,000 and which; will handle traffic on a,' busy day , a m pants to nearly 18,000 vehicles per day ' This bridge has been designated ' by the legislature as the "Victory bridge. In Utah the state j Is "building with the Assis tance of Federal; Aid .a, highway across the Great Salt Lake Desert known as the Wendover Road. An bnustial feature of this ' project is six miles of contsructlon extend ew Jersey. ;.x'. -"rf .- ..(Tf. ,.,, i ing acroos the salt beds which are subject to flooding to a consider able depth. The depth, of ' the salt ; varies, 'but j averages about 3. feet. . The embankment for' this Ejection .of road was . made by a trenching machine.- Wooden! cul verts through I the- embankment are used to equalize the water level, on s both." sidjes, at the "time of year when ' the salt beds! are flooded. . r , , i I lilinoii iu the center of j the country, has just finshed project No. d Which is a road, 1 43 miles in length extending acrossl the state and following the- route of the Old National Trail from Mar shall near the Indiana line' to the . i " western border of Illinois at East St. Louis, i Thl3 Is an important link,. in' nation's highway system. ' . " F Many others are big highway projects, such as the Pacific High way in California, and the , new bridge over the Savannah river which will make a new route to the south, also being put through. One after another, the weak links in the country's chain of highways are being strengthened. ! The. men who are doing this! work-will meet in Chicago, Janu ary 5 to 0. The American Road Builder's - association, which is more than twenty years old and has been prominent Jn the good road? movement ever since its organization, will hold its annual Convention y and Road Show at that time. .; The convention ses sions, which will be held at the Congress hotel, are open to ' all and the various problems of the great highway Industry will; be thoroughly discussed. The Road 'Show will be held in the Coliseum and adjoining buildings, the Coli seum Itself having proved inade quate, to hold the vast array of read -making machines and other exhibits. . Last year more . than 1 5,0 00 persons attended the Road Show and there will be an, even larger atendance this year. Con tractors, engineers, public officials and others are identified . with highway construction from every state and j from a number of for eign' countries will attend. . . The present officers of the as sociatlonn are': President H. Cranfbrd of Washington, D. C, Secretary, E. A: Blrchland, t and Treasurer, James H. MacDonald, of New Haven,' Conn. Mr. Cran ford Is a contractor.. . Mr. Mac- D6nal is a member , of the Con necticut stale; senate . and - for many years was highway commis sioner in that state. C. M. ! Up ham, the '. state highway engineer ot.North Carolina and director of the Highway, research Board is .Convention Manager. Chicago. has been selected for the convention because of its cen tral location; and this, time of . the year has been chosen because of the fact v that in so' many stales highway construction is suspended fffiQil fl'J in a J toy bi Motor Vehicle Fees Incrcc " Nearly $700,000 Over ; ; Previous Year There iare more than 3 00.C licensed automobile drivers ia t state and 192,616 duly lie i uiuiur eaicies, ccor llig to a t port by Sam A. Kozer, stcrtt; of state. The number cf vcLL" represents a substancial gala o the previous year, when ICG, 4 I were licensed. Fees received f the two years were M.76C.07C. in 1924 'and $4,069,609.40 1923. Registration in 1922 ed 134,466, in 1921 a total 118,615 and 1920 a total of 1C 790 vehicles. - More vehicl?3 t- licensed in December 192 4, r cording to the report, which 8bc ed 2473! and 188 machines f the twp different years. During the last! year a total 17.7,558 passenger machines w licensed, against 152,795 for IS Other classifications for 19 24 v trucks; 15,057; motorcycles, . 764 dealers, 600J chauffers, 1' 624; and operators, 4 9,0 44. I 1923 the following registrat! were shown; passenger cars.K 975; trucks, 13,437; motorcyc' 3140; dealers, 565rchauffers, 1 258 and operator permits, 4 8,S', .The, report, shows a decreas? thernumber of motorcycles darl the (last five years, all others ' creasing with the exception dealers, 751 of these being rer ' tered in 1920. There were 27 motorcycles licensed in 192 4 gainst 3140 In 1923; 3206 in. V. 3164 in 1921 and 3517 In 19: The greatest number of operate cards i wad Issued In. 1920, wl the law went Into effect, a tc' of '139.568 being issued. ; At - any rate the wages of s keep up with Our higher stand of living. ' I ' . w -- i z v-. -: . cr n i- 1 -AUULLiLJ&U' ' Z2 ri ' i I f ', . f - T s 1 U'. v y ,L i I 1 - f . . i ,. . t yg am TO $200 ' ON; M& H.T FROM U, - ' ' -; i It Y -4 x-' -X -, m.m'-....1 ,.-. r .'111 HM IHKWW1'Wi''K1t tttfhtf ITll'ltll IHtillltlUSUi! ttl.'HR'lill't'!! ItH'W j . - - Li : ' ' . ' ' J . . . ; ' . Every One ; a; Real Bargain I ..Czr fi::. ccnsiilQraticn is to c-ifc'Sr-cnr cu:tci:2rG. ; i r-v ' . I-' . ' : .... If i7 MlfdG: 5 11.". lit n i . -mr, - . 1 1 a -v 4 .... r . ' . . j vf-- -.y .r (11 ..... ! 4 , : -. '.-if'.- i ; If ycu'&ro c:c!: or dirablcd, . cur special incurdnco plan t ta!:c3 care cr. your pay-'. COME IN, TALK IT : "oyer . -y. ; And ceo hov easy it b lo ' cvm r. err cf ycur crh. 90 DAYS FREE SERVICEh 1C21 Ford tc-arirj car has cord tires and if- ; other cxtrc.3, cost new C323.C0 our price..$425.00 ; t 1C2 4 Overland tolirin-j car carinct be told h ? from new, cost new $733.C0 our prlce..$550.00 ! ? 1021 Tcrd rcadster' cannot be told from 1 ?l : new . $100.00! i 1223 Coupe has lots of extras.: L...$300.00 i 1C22 Ford coupe has disc wheels, Hassler ! i , Chocks, cord tires, a real barffain:.-..$375.00 im Hoadster. wire wheels, cord tires, can- ' i r r.rt ba told from new, cost new:about - ; wj0.C0, our price . -I. -....$100.00. j ZJ i! 1923 Ford roadster, cord tires, spotlight ? K several I other extras...:...-..:...:..:..-..;. ..$375.00 1923 Ford touring car,? cord tires all round J. extra tire, lots of (extras, our price $100.00 1923 thoroughly rebuilt; see this ons .'. $323,00 1922 touring' car in best of condition, cord tirea and -other extras, too numerous to " ' -' 1 -' mention .:;..r;.:.:.UU. L ..r.....:....$200.CO' 1923 Fcrd touring U. i,"-..". $300X0 1923 Ford touring Jnxii 1 "-.$310.00 1C23 Fcrd-' roadster . .tL: i .-.-?325.00 r-ordcr Sedan, lots of extras...l........$C50.00 1C21 Tudcr cedan canifoi be told from new 3Q0.C0 And Ilany Others - , NO SEHVICE on follothi: 1920 Ford tourinsr in best of cenditicn. .ccrd tires, a dandy car..., $1C0.CD 1922 Ford touring priced to sell l.$150.C0 1C21 a real bargaiav,.i..-.T....:...j.:$lC3.C0 1921 Ford touring, just been overhaul; d....$145.C0 1919 Dodge touring, in best cf mecharicxl condition . ........ .C170.CO 1913 Ilazwell truck, a real biroin, 1 tc 2 C123.C3 1922 Fcrd touring, without starter in I. ,t of condition :-......:;.....i.............$ C.3.C3 1917 Ford touring, a good serviceable er r 5 10.C0 1221 Ford touring, one man top thorouIJj rebuilt ........ . C2C0.CO 1C23 Fcrd bedy .....................5 a.C'X r I v 1C3 south ccr.ir.izr.ciAi: V-. . L J I I