THE OREGON STATESMAN, SALEM. OREGON
SUNDAY MORNING. MARCH 8, 1923
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40 PER CEfJT OF
FOHDS CLOSED CARS
3,68000 Yds. of Cloth and
Fleece From Over 875,
OOO Sheep Used
Increasing demand for closed
car among other things, is fur
. Dishing the textile industry of the
country with a big and annually
growing business.
The largest user of upholstery
materials is the Ford Motor com
pany and figures which hare just
been given out by- the company
not only show how the closed car
popularity Is growing, but also
present an interesting picture of
the great quantity of cloth in
trimming automobile bodies. Ford
production records disclose that
In 1924 close to 40 per cent or
the company's passenger car out
put was closed ; ears,-which Is a
new high record. Ta trim these
cars it took, approximately. 3, 680,
000 yards of cloth, the equivalent
of the entire annual output of ten
mills of twenty fire looms each.
Another thing, It required the
fleece of more than 8 7 3,0 90 sheep
to furnish sufficient wool for all
this cloth,-and an interesting fea
ture in this connection is that
within the last two years the price
of wool, such as used in Ford
upholstery, t has more than doub
led. However, manufacturing
economies effected in other de
partments permitted the company
to each year lower ; the price of
the Ford closed cars to the pur
chaser
" Buyers ; for the company start
with the fleece, specifying in detail
the exact kind of wool to be used.
The quality most: desirable was
determined upon only, after much
experimental . work and long and
severe tests. As Ford cars are
for the most part subjected to long
and hard servicer it Is necessary
to provide In the upholstery cloth
not only pleasing and attractive
appearance but also unusual wear
ing qualities..
Many New Features Make
Chevrolet Drive Easily
Smooth motor car operation is
one of the most desirable qualities
in any automobile today because
of the extensive and constant use
to which the average car is put
on .both short and long trips.
The thousands who have pur-
. chased the new Chevrolet report
that the driving of his car requires
little physical effort, due in great
measure to the perfected single
plate dry disc clutch. . ) V '
j This new type clutch not only
' starts the car smoothly and opera
tes with only a light pedal pres
sure, but has such large contact
surface that 1 It delivers ; all the
power all the time. , It requires
no lubrication. - -" "
; While the new type clutch Is
one of tbeitaost obvious of the
mechanical features,' It is only one
of the many features that makes
" for easier driving qualities, more
sturdy chassis and more. economi
cal operation., '
.To improve the riding qualities,
the .new Chevrolet has been equip
ped with new semi-elliptics. They
are chrome vanadium, steel, th
rear springs being 54 inches long
and ' the front springs VZ6 Inches
long To lower the center of
gravity and Improve the road
ability of the car, the rear springs
have leen underslung.
Both front and rear axles are
new and have V been greatly
strengthened. The front axle has
been strengthened and redesigned
' to accommodate the semi-elliptic
springs. The rear axle is entirely
new and has a one-piece banjo
type housing similar In construc
tion to that used in the more ex
pensive cars.
The frame Is longer and strong
er, is constructed of channel steel
and n fi sturdy cross members
Instead of four previously used.
The already famous Chevrolet
motor has been refined and im
proved in many ways;- such as
heavier crankshaft with larger
connecting rod bearings; longer
and larger center main bearings;
ithorter intake manifold bringing
the carburetor closer to the cylin
ders, insuring better carburetion
and easier starting; rocker arms
WHERE FORD ENGINES ARE BUILT
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Company's River Rouge plant. Ail Ford engine are now, being built at River Rouge and from, the
motor assembly line go immediately Into the test department.
FORD PLANT USES MUCH CLOTH
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Critics Defend Saxophone,
: Put Onus on Jazz Artists
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LONDON, Mar. 7 A good word
at last has been said for th$ saxo
phone". Quite a number of letter
writers to London newspapers
have come to he defence bf the
Instrument and by argument and
facts have ndeavored tof shlllt
the onus on the jazz saxojsiontst
and not the Instrument itself. ..
The saxophone was not bn ac
cident: by 'any means, it lis ex
plained In the Star, havini been
invented by Antoine Josepfi Sax,
born at DInant. IJelgiura. Novem
ber 6. 1814, the son of a reed
Instrument maker. : He eftudied
at -the Brussels Conservatoire of
music and his proficiency oh both
the flute and the clarinet became
marked, i There were maiiy op
portunities for Sax to became a
musician of note, but he preferred
to return' to the bench. J
"Moving to Paris in 1R42, Sax
produced the first saxhorn" In
saxo
and amily
1843. In 1846 a soprano
phone was manufactured
patented followed by" the
of the alto, tenor and baritone
saxophone. Sax, however, failed
to profit by his-work and t the
age of 82 he died penniless and
pretty well forgotten eveb in
musical circles.
Much-Sought Foundling
Disposed of by Lottery
PAALOZALA, Italy, Mar. 7 A
baby boy was recently the qapital
prize in a lottery arranged iy the
mayor of this city. The chiij was
found abandoned in the nparket
place and turned over to the
mayor, s Within an hour eight
childless couples had sought to
adopt the little foundling. .
The mayor had difficulty in
choosing among the would-bj par
ents. So he arranged to raffje the
baby off and allowed .tickets to
be sold only to persons who Would
make desirable parents, j The
tickets brought a good prick and
all the proceeds of the lbttery
were turned over to the winners
of the child to purchase a lajyette,
Swiss Writer Warns
Against German
Aims
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Seen In the upholstery department at the Highland Park plant of the Ford Motor Company, Detroit.'
The company fast year used more than 3,680,000 yards of cloth in upholstering closed cars.
and valve's: completely, enclosed..
The Improved, oiling, system to
gether wktr large bearing surfaces
tends to Increase the, life of the
motor materially. The Shorter' in
take manifold not only, makes, for
better ciarburetien and easier
starting, ,, but also for smoother
operation, due to the better distri
bution of .gas 'to' the cylinder? com
bined with! the heavier and well
balanced 'crankshaft.'
-The instrument board has-been
refined in, design and , appearance.
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SUCCESSFVL -MEHODS VOXl . . .
MAKING TRAFFIC SAFH
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1. Adequate traffic police force.
'2V, Through boulevards. . t
"3.," Education "Jn- schools. ;
s4TSevere punishment -of thp
reckless.-. f-'f i . .-.
5. Studyj of 'facts of, local traf-
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Foreigners in France May
Not Own Carrier Pigeons
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PARIS," Mar." 7 The homing
pigeon is a dangerous 1 bird for
the security of France when own
ed by foreigners. Is the reason
given ln! the preamble of a bill
Introduced.! by ; the government
under the signatures of President
Doumergue. Premier Herriot,
Minister - of War General Xollet
and Minister of the Interior Chau
temps. to the effect that henceforth-none
but Frenchmen, born
may own dovecotes.
"Reasons of national defense,
PHONE
JOE WILLIAMS
The Battery. Man
the bill begins, "has forced the
government to pass the measure.'
- -""The war - of .5 1914-1918 J has
proved the very great "services
which homing pigeons can fender
as liaison agents between, units
of the French army, .but It has
also 'demonstrated the -terrible
ravages they can' cause by giving
information to the enemy, espe
cially when they. have been born
on our soil or have been in France
for some time..", the bill says.
"Foreigners of any nationality
are forbidden to have in France
dovecotes and i homing pigeons
and any person of French nation
ality desirous of being proprietor
of such birds must first obtain the
authorization of the prefect of his
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Irish Charged With f
Boycotting Manufactures
DUBLIN, March 7 Thef Irish
people have been boycotting their
own goods, it . was declared at a
meetipg of the executives of - the
Cork Industrial Development asso
ciation. Some few years back
customers used" to Insist on Irish
manufactures, but this M now ex
ceptional. 'V..., 'i .,; ;:,-v-'-:i
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a. recent' -statement or. Prof essor
Smiddy in America that-Ireland
is a creditor; country rather than
a debtor country' and that Irish
men have a-billion dollar Invest
ment in foreign countries drawing
an income of about $35,060,000 a
year.'" . - "
; The secretary argued that this
export of Irish capital was suicidal
and it was ' suggested that the
government should put an em
bargo on further capita export.
BOYS OP THE FARMERS,
, : , SEE THE 'WORLD
BERLIN, Mar. 7 A group of
farmers "of Pomerania are. plan
ning an ' exchange of their- sons
with farmers sons of equaj'ige
in other parts of Germany. The
purpose Is to give the boys a
broader view of life, and an op
portunity to observe and become
familiar with agricultural methods
other than those' qf their home
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GENEVA. Mar 7 All Switzerland
is talking about letters written
to Swiss newspapers concerning
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Germany's military position by
Prof. Paul Seippel of the Federal
Polytechnic College of Zurich
Prof. Seippel depicts a preserit day
Germany, imperialistic in nkture.
and Insists that within a I very
brief period Germany will be able
to place in the field a large and
menacing army.. His letters con
stitute a sequence to the recent
report made by General Wprgan
of England concerning German
milltarv nrenaratinna. t
. The professors sets : forth,' that
the German universities, both
professors and students, are seized
with Imperialismand that amone
the German people this doctrine
is rapidly, making progress. "I
do not believe in an immediate
war," he continues, "but. I am
convinced that there is developing
a situation which will permit the
German imperialists to cast off
their masks and show all their
arrogance and all their ambitions.
They have not changed an iota
after a defeat which they have
steadily refused to recognize.
Competition Seen as Sign
Of Rate War on Atlantic
ORGANIST HEARS HIMSELF BY RADIO
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A RTHTJR BATS, organist at the
World l Theatre, f Omaha, . who
plays through Radio W O A W.
and 'is 'a great favorite with .the
lUteaara. listens to his own playtrg
by radio, through the use of, head
phones, his Freed-Elsemana receiv
er teisx placed scar tia crgaa.
Microphone are placed fa. five
parts of the auditorium in order te
earry. the i beautiful" muskT to. 'the
transmitting room and thence' te
the invisible audience. U .1 -
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erday night between 11:39 and 11
o'clock and between. and: f:JI
o'clock' pa aioaijay eTeatajs. :
DUBLIN, Mar. 7 The Irish
Times points out' that 30 years
ago 3,000 emigrants sailed each
week from Queenstown to Amer
ica. Two shipping lines were then
able to handle the traffic. Now
less than a fourth of that emi
grant traffic ; survives, yet five
lines'are fa competition for it.
The latest competitor is the
United American Line, which has
established an office In Queens
town. Directors of the North Ger
man Lloyd company recently
visited Queenstown and interview
ed the port authorities as to the
provision for facilities in the event
of the - company deciding to in
clude Queenstown in its trans
Atlantic service. '
It costs $1,000 for a ship to call
at Queenstown, ' and it is stated
that sometimes the companies
have found it cheaper to tarry
passengers on to Liverpool and
pay their expenses back, lo Ireland.
A Queenstown resident is quot
ed in the Irish Timos as saying
that "the" present evidence of com
petition for what te a mere shadow
of the former traffic points to the
probability q another rate war."
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Statue of Pee! Characterized
Worst in Westminster Abbey
LOXDON, Mar. 7 The statue of
Sir Robert Peel, who organized
the London metropolitan police
force, has been -characterized as
the worst in Westminster Abbey
by the Bev.f Jocelyn Perkins, -who
has suggested that It' be taken
down. .The statue reminded Rev.
Mr. Perkins of a man going to a
.Turkish bath, because of the ef
fect of its drapery, and since it
was given publicity in this respect
has become known as "Bath
towel statue."
Sir Robert in his younger days
was popular known as Bobby, and
it was from this name that the
London policemen derived their
nickname.
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