The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980, January 18, 1925, Image 15

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Newspaper Page Text3 -- I . . . I" "--'i' i- . ' ' - - - - : f ' lit i I ' .. : - . ' f:-' j -'-'-.:'- : ' : : - - 'i i .. " ; ,1 ; .:' " - i - .-ji. j " . . -1 g d 4 V i y - -- - 4 1 I I J .!. t ' I - Aut6 r-- Bicycles Radio I t M 3 11 If , -' . . ; . if:..''; - . $ - v.. .. 3i .!.-... 1 r- Part Three Pages 1 i to 4 ; I'M i"J 1 i III SEVENTY-FOURTH YEAB SALEM, ORECON, SUNDAY MORNINGr JANUARY 18, 1&25 n I fill II 'J :'C no si M ji nil iv ; vv rr-i I Motor Industry iakes Ne$r Us of Device for Speaking Several DELEGATES" ENDORSE CAtXES ADMINISTRATION MFIXICO TO H.E IMTROVED HKJHAVS' AND FIXAXClfG For the first time in history of radio invention, ..a . device was psed to unite an' interna tipnjiX meeting by providing facilittpa for speaking several languages t once at. the conference of Maxlcah Automotive mission held this' jreek; at otfkies of National Automobile hamber C Commerce. Translations of the English ad- resses- are given in the adjoin- ng room and transmitted7 in the oreignlanguage ;to those in the udience from abroad by means of earphones. . .Good will toward Mexico and BDDreciation oi us mgnway proD- emg were expressed In a resolu- ion unanimously adopted at the onference, at which" , John H iVillvs. chairman of the Foreign p"ra,de committee of the manufac turers association presided. ) "Efforts are being made In leiico to link up the various Communities by highways of. a type consistent with present resources nd capable of serving largest part of population, according to B. Alastriste, - who Prepresented PJutarco Elias Calies and minis try, of commerce and Industry in llexico. Ilishway3 are ; also needed as feeders to railways of which there are relatively ew-f er-aa large a country as Mexico. More adequate Mir am 2?or And AlcCqijndQk'l flirilk I unseen Millions, Paving Way " For New Era In Radio Music 5 fX II v.-,y'f i .. t V' i. -it , ' ; it John Mceormack?and,Lcrezia jborl sang . to . their greatest au diences on New Year' night. Mil lions heard . their - golden aicea over the radio, inaugurating: j the Brat step in an extensive . plaii to ive radio fans, an opportnnitj' of Shearing the musical" notables: of (the -world. .- ;-n .r .,..;.. : j t The voices of McCormack" land Sort came as a 1924 New Tear greeting to a vast multitude aaithe iresult of the desire of E. R. John on. president 'of the Victor Tflk ng Machine Company,; to improve tho . standard of -radio - programs fend to stimulate a. tast tor let Ser music via the. ether.- Tbetr Voices we're transmitted . - eimUa beously from riht b'readcastin fctatiqns ia the United Stat j f H fortlv- Jfef.. rear uled Mr. Johnson was able to an nounce that 1925 would find notd fcrtists of the Victor' Talking Mcn- j pie Company jartlcipatlnar la radio' Radio Languages at Once Introducfd t; - financing to carry out road fpro- grams, however, is necessary',, in opinion . -'of, Sr, Gustavo i Atana; publisher of El j Automovil en Mexico, and William K. Booqe of Jala pa,, Mexico. t-;:;!j' ' rl'i i I A need also exists for financing facilities of the kind available to motor , trade in JJl S. according to pinions voiced fby Mortpi? , .eishman and W.'S. Benhow both pr aiexico ,uiy ana j. r. s. piea het of Tampico. , ; : , i . . ;i j Among some, .of otler Automo tive representatives present Jwere J. , Sewell, Stanley Copeland; an4 Augustin Diener lot Mexico .City Fast Driving Gains Littl In Long Drive, Test Shows - i-f ! -j,,'' --' !",.:; . LOS AKGELES. Jan. 11. A series of (tests made j here the Automobile Club of southern; Cal ifornia has demonstrated that the two old proverbs, ."More Saste, les3 speed' .and "Haste makes waste," might well be given? seri ous consideration by the modern motorist. j ! ;,; . A , in .making .the. .tests; rscqutiag cars were operated on ithree dif ferent routes inj the city o Lo9 Angeles 1 Each rout was first traveled at-the highest" speei pos sible and yet escaped arrest and advantage was taken of every bp portunity to ciake time.. Thej same driver went over the same froute a second time, observing alf' traf fic laws and conforming to the rules of safe driving. t A summary of these trips shows that' the driver who hurried saved only a. total q40 minutes,ut of two Jiours .driving, or five min concerts. He arranged a lan jwlth the American Telephone and Tel egraph ;Company.wfcefeby..Atneri-j caa and Europe's bes aftlsti, re presented in the Victor rankavere to appear in, person,, jbefore the microphone of the radio studio. As a result : of this experiment which had Its initial test Iwitft. the New Year's nlsht concert by Mc Cormack and Bori, the major Mus ical artists will, be heaiid his year that is. if Mr, Johnson finds that ths experiment la successfiil, If , the air audlenoe wants something toora than ft Jara tet J Mr. Johnson found, the art5Ui sympathjctic in. his campaign or a higher stanaara in aiw-.w"- taintnenU,-' t ': ;. The noted Victor artists will be hear jyvaa the- radio at, rftgulag-ln. tprvals this 1 winter cunfess It Is found there ls.Jio. demand for bet ter caliber music i. - ' 1 ! RADID-- utes to the hour. The total f dis tance of : the three - routes " across the city was 31.5 miles, or an av erage of 10.5 miles to thei trip. One trip showed a saving of ? five minutes, another three minutes and ,the otb.er.two, minutes. ;r K; Club off iciala point out that in driving to save a possible f ivet min utes over a ten mile . trip, the small amount of time saved twill not compensate the average driv er for the extra gasoline used the increased wear on brake linings, the risk of arrest with fine or, jail sentence and the Increased liabil ity of collision. I ' s Great Savings Made in . . Buying Used Car, Claim - ! i H ' - "Can you or anyone else i tell a used car. When .you. see it, ; hear It or ride in It?" asks Mr. Wtight, manager, of the Certified Public Motor Car ilaket. ,"No. There isn't any warof distinguishing an autoraqbil .which ,was bought as a used , car frojn -one tfhat was bought as a ew one. They look alike, . they sound .alike;, they ride alike. In the strictest sense of the word,. ,any tar that .has toeen driven ajrpup4 .the .hlock, js a oised car, and the fact that another previously owned it detracts jnot one whit from Its value. j "The prices dealers get for used cars are ridiculously low in 3ew of the thousands of miles of good service In them, and the benefits they brings to their owners- in profit, health -and: happiness, f At prevailing prices, the Certified used jrar. bujer. .gets .dividend; all oat of proportion when compared to the new car buyer. ' Good Record Shown by Sales R. N. McDonald, the Marmon dealer ,256 State St.; reports the sale of five used cars last week which brings his record up to over 1100,000 of automobile mer chandise moved in the past eight months. This has been done ow ing to his guaranteed service with every jsale ..which, has meant that there ahs not been any complaint received on a sale made. It also shows ho is moving cars on ac count of his reasonable terms and being open to fair offer, as he wants to'do bunsiness with every one who wants a car to change his car. iV Mri. MDonaild has, at his gar age, now, a Marmon car to demonstrate-r to anyone, interested, this car under any conditions as no one can really appreciate the standing value of this make of car. until jthey have seen and oper ated the car themselves under any condition, local or otherwise. I i -f- CHEAP WALLBOARD MAKES GARAGE WEATHERPROOF Owners of corrueated sheet-me tal garages often find that the cold penetrates them to such an extent that is Is difficlt to start the auto mobile on winter mornings In the summer, too. these saraees are likely to become very hot, to the detriment of the car's finish, as well as the tires; upholstery. and top. i Any handy man can line one of these garages with cheap wall- board, and so protect his f car against changes in tenmerature. says Popular Science Monthly for reoruary. This comes In large sheets, and Is nailed directly' to the studding. The corners are finished with quarter-bound mold ipg and - a baseboard is nailed around i the bottom. . The cost often can be kept within $15. ' HIGHWAY TO BE WIDENED The Califoria Highway Commit sion during 1 9 2 5, will renewits attack on the "bottleneck" of the peninsula and, will commence wid ening operations on the state high way, between San - Bruno and Daly City, an Improvement urgent ly desired for. many years by us ers of the highway both in and out of San Francisco, I. i This was the announcement to day of Harvey M. Toy, chairman of .the California Highway i Com mission. Outlining the project to be undertaken by the commission, Mtl Toy said: j "I am happy to tell the people of San Francisco that the high way commission Is in a position to begin work this year In that mist-dangeroas seetldrf or the peh insula highway from Daly City to San Bruno. Including the section bordering the cemeteries, . . BICYCLE t)taiic.$i&rs Bicocidcast In -First Step ,t A new era. In radio -musie opened i with the New. Year, a f a result of which the radio fan jwho has con fidently predicted j that ( the time would oomeJ when America's fam ous opera and concert stars, would take their turn at the piicrophone can now, throw out Ills. chest and say "1. told you . Bo.'!i I . .. jmtb, the radio, public applaud ing the Joint, experiment Of the Victor Talking Machine Company and the American telephone and Telegrapk-rafapany'n ,irS T'&rt night, when. Madame t.ucresia Bori and' John -McCfrniack. broad casted for. the first t(ma, , comes. the announcement frori- tho Victor TalUing r-Iaichihe Cornany that a galaxy of its artists are scheduled to appear - (before ridio autences during the i coming year. ; Ahiong iho'e whdiart has al- NOT VET BUD OldsrpobHe Dealers are 0p- umistic tor iruture or industry The much mooted and hooted saturation, point has been reached In the automobile Industry, which business today: faces the keenest competition in its! more than a qqarter ot a century" I history, ac- cordiag.to tho pie xpressed by authorities at the annual dinner of Eastern Oldsniobile dealers held in the Hotel Commodore, New York City, bn I Wednesday, January 7 during thej week of the annual New York automobile show. : i -: i I I The speakers, j while sUting tacts as they saw them, also highly optimistic; decjaring that the next two years; promised excellent busi ness opportunities! for the winners In the commercial battle. The winners were j that the replace ments and. normal new .' business would require a jreproduction at least as large as. that of 4924. The reaching of the ao called sat-. u ration point : was explained as being the. end of the abnormal de mand o( itho oastjuecade.. ,4 J A. ' B. C. Hardy, president of Old Motor Worksi Lansing, Michi gan, quo tad figures which showed what competitions had done in the past twolor threefyeairs. In 1922, ho said there were about 90 ex hibitors at the, national automobile shows, while this; year there were oaly about 50. I This- Indicated that in three years! the cumber of. companies had; been reduced by almost one half! . He predicted that still more automobile manu facturers would Ibe dropping out of the' race before the close of 1125.: f Flguresj for' 1924," said Mr. Hardy, "show tiiat seventeen companies manufactured and sold 9 ft per cent of all cars merchan dised in; this countryi--leaving bul fqur cars in every hundred to be divided among - the i other thirty odd makers. It; Is likely that In 1925 these seventeen leading com panies wilf do their utmost to sell 98. per 1 cent of the total number r of cars sold 1 -Radio 77 ,- .,.-- 11 It t::.V-.:9:i-.SCS.--i. -II'" mr r v . : : . . . . - ; MOTORCYCLE- f- i To Improve music Standards -.:: --.y- vj -5 If-fKfV i ready been - popularized by the. Victor Talking Machine Company': are Rosa Ponse and EmlHo de! Gorgorxa, both of j whom will sing thia year , over the radio for the first . time. . i , 1 . . ' The experiment, of broadcasting opera and concert? stars is the out growth of a movefnent on the part' of officials of tho two companies to .1 improve standards of radio: music. Whether f it will be eon-; tlnued t indefinitely depends, it is understood,' on.tho . radio public ntffiTprTliere a. "hdmerous ob- stLcles In the way of broadcasting by these artists. But as long as the radio public? insists on; their continued - appearance, the (Victor Talking Machine jCompany, accord lag to E..R.: Johnson, its president and founder, will da ' everything it can to keep them on radio pro grasn. ' " i " L1.-- ' 7 r4 ESTATE LEFT TO POUR COMPRISE $50 AUTO OROVILLE, Jan. 17 One 1917 automobile of popular make val ued at ?50 comprises the estate of Silas N. Daffen and thia is to fro to four heirs a brother, two half brothers and one half sister. All of this is set forth in a peti tion for letters .tof administration filed by Public Administrator W. E. Rothe. ; : l ' ' '. S'ew Ford Truck Nearly Ready The two-ahd-one-half-ton truck which, ;it is reported," the Ford Sfolor company has been develop ing for some tiftie, 1 Is understood to, be about ready for production. Announcement of this job is ex pected to be forthcoming in the near future. ; ' ' - DOES YOUR FORD START EASY I No need to crankand crank arid prime, and! coax and ''tea-kettle" your Ford to get it started on a cold morning. ; ,f . . . ;. The Ford ear should start just as easily, and ron as smoothly, as any other kind pt car. i - If the motor! is hard to start, THERE IS SOMETHING WRONG and IT CAN BBFIXED. . Perhaps the Jcoils : need adjust ing or maybe the oil is not right, or there may., pe, a drag in the clutch due to improper neutral ad justment. , The! trouble may be In the wiring , or :;the. timer or the carburetor; possibly . it is ; the valves or it might be the piston rlBs.; ;(;.;;.h- ! - S J In many cases hard starting is due to nothing more than a defecT tive spark plug which. will look ah right to the eye and has to be put ontithe, electrl Jester ..before the trouble will show up. v -. when an engine And then' too starts extra hard. Ik I IS MO UiUIV fcaSOTU likely that it does not run ecoh omlcally, so tp operate a car In this condition Is ! not only annoy ing but expensive ai well. 1 t - 4m. AUTOMATIC TRAFFIC COPS : ' 1 " : i i Several towns have cut down the number of policemen assigned to traffic duty by Installing elec trical automativ traffic signals, says. Popular Science Monthly for February. The "stop" and "go" signs revolve at regular intervals, which can be shortened or length ened to meet the requirements) of any., particular crossing. These devices, it is said, command vir tually the same - obedience from automobilists that policemen do. A SPONGE THAT STAYS VET A rubber sponge, kept wet y running water,- is a new time-saving invention : for cleaning auto mobiles, says Popular Science Monthly for February. A rubber tubing is fastened to- the sponge through a hollow handle and j the other end of the tubing is attached to a faucet or garden hose.; fA small stream of water is sufficient to keep the sponge moist. THAN HORSE 11A11, CROSSING Automobiles should be. safer at railroad crossings than horses be cause they do not become fright- lened and are better controlled; but the opposite seems to be, the case. :i ii , - ..y.to describes the proper method of ap proaching a railroad Crossing! as follows: "Gather up the reins tight, take put the whip, and bring the horses to! a walk." j ; An experienced automobilist ad viser: "Alwaya go Into second speed. The; method is precisely the same in . either case, i driver, has absolute control The -can stop or go ahead as conditions: de mand, and is alert to, the situation. If ; all 'drivers would "but "kdopt Wor In Effort To Radio listeners . throughout the CTnlted States and even in distant lands were thrilled recently: by the, announcement that voices of some jt : the world's ' grea I singers would be heard, on the. air, as the result of an arnrement between, the Victor Talking Machine j:Com pany and the America .Telephone and Telegraph Company, the for mer . organization r; , providing; the artists and the latter broadcasting the voices through the ! powerful transmitting stations' of. its circuits. Had the ; selection of the first famous artists to appear ! . before the microphone been eft tola re ferendum of radio j enthusiasts. It Is doubtful that it would hav been more wisely made. This wasj mani fest by the enthusiasm' I Which greeted the ' selection by j E. R. Johnson, president of the I Victor Company.! f John' .! McCdrmack and Lucrezla Borl as 'the pioneers who made the experimental! . 1 j Ever since ths. first, radio cott cert-jwaa. broadcast ,thra. has - bea an agitation which started ; mildly enough bnt became more Insistent ye ttay- wat ' on or a, bigher W U M Ox: r i !: i ( 1 I'"!' SEHTIKELS OF Mi !i .:; T- ' Nipo Mountain Peaks of Ore gon That Rise, Above -j 7000 Feet . I . ( By the Cub Reporter) If the bold assertion ohea madn by Ruskin, to the ) effect that "Mountains are the beginning and pjijd j pf all natural scenery,', be true' jhen, indeed Is Oregon one or the scenic wonder spots of Amer ica jTo j j the mountain climber, Oj-egon should be a veritable par adise. . Beginning with Mount iiocid and going" south- along; the beautiful Cascade. Range, : are to With an elevation exfceediong 7000 withj an elevation ceeding 7000 bitious hik'er. j .j '. i ! j Finer Than Swiss Alps TheA Cascade ; Range is some mes called, '-The American Swit zerland,-' a name tbfat does injus tice to both lour mountains and the Alps. As a, wild, barren, ice cov ered, and tumultuaus sea of moun tain tops, the Alps have no equal jiK America,; But neither can' the Alps, on the other hand, boast of jsjoj long a line of lohy, green clad i?a4geswit. their Occasional, iso lated and snow covered peaks, as are found in the mpuntaia ranges Of Oregon. , JThe raire combination jf Ice scenery with roodland scen- jthig; simple rule arid adhere to it falthfull2J;heprp51exnwjmldbaj ! 1 I eratic rove standard of; air. music. Only, a day or two before President Johnson announced - this treat for listeners In, Secretary f Commerce Herbert Hoover , urged that such ' programs be improved ant that Jazz music yield in. some degree to the com posiUons eg the masters. Obviously this departure IS made the mora impressive by hiving the classics interpreted r by artists .who . have proved . to the world their trans cendent talents, j ': . - ; ... Any introduction of John- Mc Cormack j would! i be inadequate. For years he has held hie place lq the hearts . of lovers . of good music throughout the werid. He has appeared inj concert : and on the grand opera stage In virtually allcountrles,buti never before, has he sung .into- the microphone.. -. ; Luorezla Bori'i "career ; has been a trtmnph.. Het debut In th epera t Milan was followed b; in si. most Immediate j enBKemetuWlth the Mctropolltaui Opera Company, in this country, and she was one ot rthe youngest artist sve . n. gaged- -by that-Jwerid-fameus-er-ganlzation for a 'prima donna role. She 13 a soprano: of splendid voice. - Tb . - JlcConrT-i: , j;0rl .New Sirier ! Far Vast erjr can nowhere be compared. The first ; and highest of these Oregon mountain teaks traveling south from the Columbia river is Mount Hood. In 1792, Ueuten whlle exploring ant Broughton for new territory. In the name of the king of England, sighted the bears the name he gave it in honor of Rear Admiral Samuel Hood, a distinguished offi cer of the British navy. The first ascent of the mountain was made on August 4th, 1854, Trom the south side. Since that time the mountain) has been climbed oftener than any other American mountain peaks. In about 1S94 or 1895 a pafty of 200 climber made the ascent, and there organ ized the Mazama mountain climb er's club. This club ha3 since be come famous, land has done more perhaps than any other organiza tion to create an interest in the mountains of There are the northwest, eight real lifeslzed glaciers on Mount Hood, and they hare cut deep of the peak Although the peak dates from the Miocene period, it is still . conical in shape. The height of. the j peak has been fixed by government observation at 1.1, 225 feet. Atj the base measuring from east to rest it has a diame ter of seven jmiles. v v The Other Eight - . Mt. Jefferson, with a.height of 10,552 feet; Mt. Washington.-with a height of 7769 feet; the Three Sisters peak3j with heights of 10, 067, 10,039, j and 10,052 feet re spectively; Diamond Peak, with 'a height of 872 feet; Mt. Thielsen, with a height of 9178 feet, and Mt. McLouehlin with a heieht of 9493 feet are all, in the spirit of gCQtt."n.ntjnels of 'an -enchanted 1o i 1 in rams: Prog Air Audiences C.K..UUHNSQW I WHO &ES ur&yfR - , Year's concert unquestionably was heard by a larger audience than ever before; listened simultaneously to eeeh famous artists. An in dication of the vast number of music lovers reached by their voices is evident when it is re membered that the program was broadcast jfrom stations WEAF, New York WCAP. Washington; WJAB. Providence..-R. l.y- WN AC, Boston; WDBH. Worcester, Man; WGR, Buffalo; WFI. Philadelptii, and WCAE, , Pittsburgh. Th:a group of stations has been, uun-et before to broadcast such features as President Cooltdge's addresses and has-been heard In the four corners of I the United States and Canada and even in several Euro pean countries. . , President Johnson, in arranging with -'these artists of the Victor Talking Machine Company to broadcast, sought for two objec tive.. He Is agreed with Secretary Hoover that the standard of radio music should be raised and he be lieve .frankly that occasional radio recitals -wyi whet the appetit of the listeners f or oti.,st nt contact with thttri favorites through the medium of: the rt?noT9rh. -