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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 22, 1925)
tiii! cr.r:Go:r STATZoiLir,'EALr:j, cr.zcc:: SUfiDAY, HORNING FEBRUARY 22, ,1023 'Si - ' BED BY DEALER Present Sales Said. to Indi cate Significant Trend r in Auto Industry -In talking with Fred If. Powell. Hudson and Essex dealer, the ther day we asked him to tell, as something about the Essex -Coach and with an air of pride he said: "I belle-re. the,. most significant trend in the automobile Industry la Indicated in the present sales of Essex cars. "Two of every three buyers of Essex care come to It from those who formerly owned cars "bought chiefly because of tnejr low first cost and. reputed . : economy of ownership. "It Is -trikine " recosTiItlon' of the fact that with all its superior performance, good looks and rid ing comfort, Essex is also a most most economical car to own. ' "Price considered, Essex gives .r V.- You can get the best in auto top - and upiiolstt - Work at the J-Iost f".". REASONABLE PRICES , - y - ir .-ir1 i ttifi - . ' ' ; j.. ! If You Bring Your Work to - I . jv.ji. .. , . j. n. McALVIN 613 NORTH CHURCH Prepare Now for Spring f f- GET YOUR - 1 BICYCLE Now so yon will be ready for those long spring rides j : 1 Everything for the Bicycle; Lloyd E. Ramsden 'SB; 1m. 837 COURT STREET" , PHONE 1687 the utmost in transportation Tal ue. Ask any owner. Take a ride. Note its. performance,-riding com fort and handling ,ease, With all closed car comforts, at this price, why-would anyone be content with less than the Essex offers." . CONSTANT SERVICE "A man has his doctor, his lawyer, his banker, his ' grocer, says the inanager",bf the Certified Public Motor Car, Market. f. "In fact he' Is atttfstumed to refer in . that way- to. whom ' he gives-the loyal pttreaage born of responsibility and 'fair , dealing. ,Weaxei trying-Ato;; sell used cars and serve , the. buying public in this. CertirieUPubiTc Motor Car Market in such a . -fashion that more an3.jt-.iore of. out townsmen will think of us here to give them al service.'-' ;. . - iielp mm Woman Packard Dealer Em ,; ploys Simptet Explanation in Salesmanship ' A piece of twine constitutes the principal part of the equipment with which Mrs. A. B. Kelly sells automobiles at -Bhelbyville, in. Mrs. Kelly is the Packard dealer at Shelbyville and one of the few women automobile merchants of the country. She' believes most motor car salesmen have an . en tirely wrong conception of" the things about an automobile which interest women. - ? I "Women resent the Idea that they have not sufficient brains to understand the mechanical parts of a car," said Mrsw Kelly.- fl use a piece of string to show them lust ?what seven main bearings for a crankshaft .mean. They can see at a - glance that the stfing held down at seven points has much less wobble to It than if it is. held, down at fewer points. ' It s Is easjrtoJ-pnt this In terms of motor yibration. . "r stopped to, look at one car at the Cicago J automobile show Sal v.whe'n a salesman hurried up to me and said 'can I tea yoa what makes the wheels go round? I -didn't like It. He of fended me In assuming because I am a woman that I know nothing about the mechanics of an auto mobile. ;." .. 'Vmv-'. ''.. "More and more women are learning, about , the , -mechanical features of the automobile. They often like to'have cars reduced to the terms of their sewing mach ines-when they are, being told the advantages of a motor. : When yoa Jfekr f ai,woman what would- happen to her sewing- machine if she did not keep it well oiled she knows and answers promptly that it, would -wear out quickly. That "brings. home to her the necessity of keeping a car well oiled at all times. 'Cars might last longer if wa.the job M the woman to see ; that they were oiled and I greased. Mrs., Kelly la small in suture, vivacious, attractive and has - an -unbounded enthusiasm for her Job of selling automobiles, consid ered, for no good reason she in sists, generally to he exclusively a man's occupation. , ; 1 DRAKE SPECIALIST t H u w Ou 55 w YOUR : V $ s 4' ' DEPENDS UPON YOUR BRAKES :r THE RAILROADS employ !meii to do othlns but iaspect their brake systems. The average motorist NEVER looks at his PLAY SAFE DON'T NEGLECT YOUR BRAKES "'Drive in -today and let ns inspect them. Perhaps ' ' all they need is proper adjusting MIKE PANEK'S - J Roybestos Brake Station Tshrs CTH COM3CERCIAI STREET ' Two Blocks South of 17. S. Nat'L Bank ' "e Milce Panels and Avoid a Panic" w w Q I I BRAKE SPECIALIST I (?i-nrrM' A nn - , t ,. 1 1 , , ..... 1 1 . II I i - The new Hupxnobile Eight at !last I : strikes that fine balance between price and efneiency toward which' the motor car industry has been wrking for 20 years. . j If your experience has included eight-cylinder cars -and if you have ' thought you already know the very finest in motoring -drive the Hup- mobile Eight. You will find that in many respects , ; the Hupmobile Eight far outdid tances anything hitherto acconv- " ;plished in eight-cylinder- engineer : ing in America. ...,.. ... .. , i . . . It has beauty of design, finish and Ini U 7 o combination of speed lugging v power and rapid acceleration than e t type herer before jDre- . sented. It records an average gasoline econ- ' omy heretofore 'unequalled amon? eights both in continuous high-. .1 S.J i' j m. . . 11 1 equipment not excelled wiinin z : i Sl.OOOofitspncejandjtsopnce -' nfflgour pa- is leca than that of many sixes. : - It produces more power per cubic In ,ul!son sPeeds.f?r t " inA of bbton disSacemenf than- .ts.Pick-up that ll. Li aimost taKes your Dreatn.away. Wk Sl Zwm. mm mJL. mm. Ik mm. .a a -J -J Z Urn. tuivuuaji Miiiuiuoauictcucuu. i .r - . . . rr i i t Its performance w so smooth ;and 5; dfaulic brake control: it offers un ' .symmetrical that there is not; even a'. " Vredented KtlindaWolin ' ' " "r ' urmurcbf "roughness" anywhere . economv. suroassine beautv of de- - - - --. sign; and all the old-time Hupmo- . ; r bile reliability. " '' " ' " " We are ready to demonstrate the -Hupmobile Eight against all eights arid all superior sixes, and put it to .any tests you desire. Come in or , phone now. 246 STATE 7 ;,:vr.;:;;HdNE 311 an? the engine's entire power and speed range. - More than any other fine car, it combines compactness for. hand ling and parking with roominess for riding comfort T: Jt has a finer and better -balanced 11 l M t j t ) y c 3- ' K I ... x i .-J - I ' l I ! I. . C ' . x 0 Production in Olds Works . Shows a 30 Per Cent Gam ; The largest number of - Oldsmo blles ever made In one year were produced by . Olds , Motor. Works, Lanslns Michigan, during last year as shown by figures Just tab ulated for. IS 2 4. This was not only; the beat of the twenty-eight years In the history of the com pany but also showed a gain ; of nearly 30 per cent'orer the pro ducjtlon, of,, 1923 despite. the fact thit the automotire Industry, as a whole produced ten per cent fewer cars In ,1924 than during the pnTlous year. . The total production of Oldsmo bUes In 1924 Increased nearty It, 000 oyer the number of cars made" Iftl923. These can were'ill of the six cylinder model now pro doted ezclusirely by Olds Motor Works. -' -" f t)uring the same period the nujtnber of Oldsmobile dealers In creased at practically a like ratio. Tfernexf 639. (ilealera .the sUrt of 1924; while at the opening- o19i2frther-were-neaf ly - 2 2Q0 1 dealers, an Increase of more thai S00. -'The Increase in aales of Olda nebUei dur Ing. 1924, wkileOhere was a decline ia thejtotal .xolume otj iutombb'e buainessv is ajuJa dication of the increasing demand foe light weight, easily handled six . crilnderf ar.l sal guy, H. Peailfygenerataale-gff; Olds ilotor Works.- :r;, Jf 'pQy traffic' conditions and economy both-fa-jor car of this tipe. J3"be slx cylinder car has p 50 ten more" flexible and- more ea'sIlyHhkndled ini heayy traffic than VarP wlthfewer i cylinders, yet cai be manufactured and op erated economically, 'frr'- xM . ci'lteports received from: Olds mpbile dealers at recent' meetings held throughout the country are zpt optimistic. Practically with out exception every dealer has de clared his belief that he will sell more cars this year than, he did 4ing 192 4. "' These reports sus tain our belief that an equal gain will be registered by Oldsmobile during 1925, It is our policy to continue the model 30 Oldsmobile ajx from year to year, making such refinements and improvements, from time te time, as engineering research developents prove sound, k It is our ambition to ; have Old'smoblla ' .known - as - the best light six in the world, said Mr. Peasley. , ' m e J Comparative Distances Are. v ' Illustrated in Club Paper . ''.- I According . to the : information contained in the Chamber of , Com merce lulletin," readers ar able to compare the Willamette Talley. 8Tnd distances with other noted places. . Tor , instance, attentidn is calledto two world famous val leys, the .Jordan river valley In Paradise and the Willamette val ley in Oregon. The Dead Sea Jt, placed fl ,the Willamette Talley would extend rom Salem to a point two miles beyond: Portland.. The. iSea.; or. Galilee would extend 7 from ' the State fairgrounds In Salem to Cervals.-, The sea is 13 miles long and" seven wide. Trom J ! Jerusalem to -Jericho Is 14 miles mad from Salem to Silver ton 15 miles. From Jerusalem to "Bethel, which is north- -a distance of ,10 miles intervenes, while in the Willamette valley it is 9 miles north to brooks from Salem. 't It if five miles south on the Pa cific hfghway to Rosedale and just thp isame dstance from Jeru aiem.to Bethlehem. '-: j ;The Jordan'rlver,, -flowing south cuts deep into the surface .of the earth, and as it nears the Dead Sea it passes through almost a desert country The Willamette river 'f through one of the garden's; ots of the world, i ,' 1 il 1 1 . ... ... i -si. ... . . 1 . Buy For:; Ten Years the Worlds Greatest Hudson's position as the world's greatest value is riot merely a r new attainment. For ten years the Super-Six has stood alone in V mechanical ; supremacy; Basic patents have kept others from copying its'1 motor. The smoothness and long life it gives are V exclusive. No motor has yet equaled the Super-Six in smoothness ; and long, economical car life. Leadership Never Disputed ' Hudson, . because of the simplicity of : the Super-Six,v has always enjoyed manufacturing advantages that per mitted a lower selling price than is - possible with, more complicated types.-" ' - That, in part, accounts for itsO-ycars r of leaders hip. Hudson" is 'tJie'AVorld's,.- - Greatest Value, because it -roslimujcji less than any comparable car.5 And because it has alwayi provided better ! m, ' m' t - ' looks and more comfort at less money. ."'No rival disputes that and every motor ist knows it. - H UDSON COACH JLkJ SEDAN '1795 -. - Frtight nd Tmm Extrm "The World's Largest Builders of -Six-Cylinder Closed Cars .-. : Corner Cottage and Ferry. FRED Mi POWELC MOTOR CARS . Phone 2126 ' 1 f : . T- h. w m m w m- mr is " m mTy i , m i i- f - j r- l f, -1- , . - v i fY W4 :v:k L i . , . ii V HAT cair-r-t so moderate a price can rise to any occasion CsLozo Ccdsn f.o.b. factory, tax and spar tire extra. Ij 1 I er as quickly or gracefully as this 3 sixcylinder Deluxe Sedan! . Low enougn in cost to use ior the family's everyday needs fine enou-h in appearance for the debutante's wedding sturdy, enough for years of depend-bis, trouble-free service! Fisher body, of course! -.And Duco finishVL-Head en-iiie, bumpers, trunk,' heater and fittings galore! And you ' can', buy 'Ais .' -'best "of the ; liht sixeson General Motors' easy payment plan! y f c :-:Fm:M- Petiyjolin Go. AFTEU'WE SELL VrTE SIIUVE ' 219-Norlh Ccrsrscrciil : I ..n G r j : . . -
