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SALEM, ORECON, SUNDAY MORNINGr JANUARY 18, 1&25
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Motor Industry iakes Ne$r
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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
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2?or And AlcCqijndQk'l flirilk I
unseen Millions, Paving Way "
For New Era In Radio Music
5 fX II v.-,y'f i
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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
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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
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. 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
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"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
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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
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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
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music Standards
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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.
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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
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SEHTIKELS OF Mi
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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
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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
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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. -