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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (March 15, 1925)
SEVENTY-FOURTH YEAR " SALEM, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING MARCH 15, 1925 Ml 'JV,J- TO I ill' 3 ( (v t I H IBM New Oldsmobile Six First Motor Cafin Jungles of v i Central Australia Uaily the number of places "on the earth's vast surface that, hare not , yet heard the chug - of -he automobile are becoming fewer and fewer. In fact there are bnt few remaining spots -invaded by v L f V ' i. t 15; man that have not' seen the motor car. One of the last to get the first view of the "autombbile were . Bushmen of the native tribes of , Central Australia, a. virgin terri tory invaded recently y 'Francis , Birtles In a pioneer automobile trip across the island continent. . Birtles started at Darwin and droYe a new six cylinder Oldsmo hile directly across Australia to Adelaide, a distance of 2,091 miles eimal to a trip from New Tork to SaltXake City. lie made the run in nine days and nine hours elaps- MOTOR STAGES TO amanriiEs Railroads Will Be Saved $536,656 Annually, Au- thorities Believe BUS Y Aggregate losses annually on 186 miles of 'branch lines on the Boston and Maine Railroad which Athe railroad wishes to replace with motor bus and truck' service are $536,656, according to W. A. Cole, attorney for the , road, . testifying A Good Insurance Policy They Won't Skid McCLAREN CORD Bill I " i ' I , ed time, - which jls considered phe nomenal in. yler of the fact that mucn.or that distance was travel ed over crude frails made' by na tires and animals.' j I ; About half jha distance had never been traversed toy any auto mobile before of food could Only the ; crudest be obtained, with the f result thai ' the explorer, had to carry most kf hi4 stores with Of course J it was impossible to obtain any gasoline or oil en route, and this difficulty was over come by the Dirties sending sup plies - ahead, faostly by camel teams. The caW of gasoline were buried at selected places, three to four feet underground to reduce evaporation to a minimum.; The supply rains i apprised the ' t ... 1 ? .(t natives of the "devil wagon" that was coming. Even' thi3 -advance information and assurance of Its harmless character failed to still the fears of the natives, and It was with only with great difficulty that Birtles induced some of the natives to enter the Olsmobile with him. ; 1 i ; The entire trip of more than 2,000 miles was made on 100 gal lons of gasoline, showing an aver age Of 20.01 miles per gallon. Des pite the rough going no mechani cal trouble was encountered. in hearings at ! Boston and Con cord, N. H.; before Interstate: Com merce Commisslohet B. H. Meyer Communities j affected by , the projected discontinuance of branch line service are invited to form committees with pcjwer to deter mine how mulch bu$ service shall be given and (what fares shall be paid, provided" that ; operation costs are met, j asserted Homer Loring, chairman of the B. & M executive committee In the coarse of the hearings. Describing his plan, Mr. Loring said: j f - "The quantity of, service or the schedule of operation, and 1 the fares to be charged fare, of course. closely interrelated; and it is our desire to balance the two so as to best serve j the communities. We are willing to give! the views of those served great weight in this adjustment f 'j - "We belfeve thW may beat be accomplished ! by the oBannnitle affected appointing a bus serviee committee. We are willing, to leave with this committee the de termination of what tus trips 'will be operated and the fares to be charged on the' bueasO long s the service- fares are so adjusted as to have the revenue equal the cost of providing thie service. We will cooperate withkhe committee in every-way f to' sei that they are furnished with fall j available data which will help them in determin ing what seijvie woald 'be war ranted. We will also give them complete flnancjal reports regard- ing the bus operation so they may determine ? what, adjustments are desirable Or becesdary from time to time. j ' - ! ' !' '' " : "It is ouM belief that through an arrangement of thltf iincl 'a service can be j furnished which will ' best serv-yodr- commontties ' and insure confidence that those served are gettin j gthe greatest value possible fin the form Of transportation., ' "Green makes dark women at tractive.". : Long green makes any oi them attractive - ' - ii )ir, RADIO PliEflR M OF IS Studebaker, Sets Pace and Captures; Grand Prize ! From 24 Starters I BUENOS! AIRES, March 14. An Angel won the year's premier South American automobile road race of ; 1,509 kilometers (805.4 miles) here today, lowering I all previous records for the course, which runs ' through sand, muck and mod, and rocky as well as over hills iroads. r The Angel Marelli, who number! 12 was Angel y Luis bearing the hoodoo on nis . studebaker Special Six, led a field of twenty- four starters from the finish to the end of the ' course which broke down all but nine -entrants. The route was from Buenos Aires; to Rosario tq Cordoba and return. His time wjas 21 hours, 27 min utes. The best previous record was 24 hqurs, 45 minutes, set by a Studebaker! last year when Ma rlano de Fuente won. S Paris G janhini, also in a Stude baker Special Six, was second and Zanardl, fdrfving an Italian car, and Alfa Eoineo, was third. 1 - iTwenty jof Itbe twehtyfour cars entered were,1 manufactured in the United States, including four a Packafdj Lincoln, Chrysler, Reo, Gardner, Eaynes and Flint. This 1st the fourth consecutive year! the 6ran Premlo of the Ar gentine Autoinobile club, as it is called, has been won by a Stude baker. each jrear with a different driver, j . i ) I The race attracted attention first ifii 1F22. when drivers from all over South America entered, the course then being 750 kilo meters. t Was won by Antonio Ovides in a ( Studebaker Special Six.! In 1923, William T. Burke, in the same i kind of car. led the field from the start.; Iast; yarj de la Fuente, who had driven Iii every previous Gran Premfo Ih different makes of cars, mounted . Special Six and set a course : reford for the 1.509 kilo meters wblch had not been equal led until Marelli cut nearly three and : a half hours from his time today. j M ;;' Road r)ace drivers in North America ' ave no conception i of the character or the roadway over whic'h thfae! races &re run- The outcome is much less a test of speed than it is of the ability of a car to' stand the worst kind of usage, I At db time since the race was: run fcav.e as many as half the starters finished This gear only nine of the twen - SOUTH Compare these prices on STANDARD FACTORY armatures i r with the prices to which you have been accustomed NEW PRICES DELCO and REMY Armatures Effective Mart-h i; 1925 Built to Factory Standards and Specifications Here are a few typical examples: J Ktki fteaty Generator r BtarUos Motor Aubdrn ! t t I Chevrolet i Chryilet 'Jewett' I Maxwell Oakland . i Studebaker' Stata C. 11 C. Truck IlupfnoW (1919) i Paigjs i : ReoITrUck (1919-21) r Too can no longer affdrtl to take rhlcp : r on cheap, revroudd arroatnres wlien v ' ' . I TXITED 3IOTOIW 'J'"! annovnees sreatly reduced prices oa PKLOO aitd'-IifiJlt". AIl5LiTtTvE3 Ei HI BBMSEL BICYCLE- MOTORCYCLE MOTOR TRIPS ABROAD The Cathedral of Notre Dame TENTH OF A SERIES OF TRAVEL TALKS ESS t H 1 Photo Couritty Chrysler Mmttt Motor Corfoniiot VKts'in this cathedral that Henry VI. of England VMS crowned king of France and in 1560 Mary Stuart, afterwards Mary Queen of Scots, urns crmvned queen-consort of Francis II. The coronation ef Napoleon I. and the marriage of Napoleon HI. took place here. THTL American who goes abroad for the first time will spend much of his time visiting cathe drals and one of the most famous he will probably visit and always re member is the Notre-Dame, the cathedral of the Archbishop of Paris which stands on the site of a church of that name already exist ing as early as 365, i!- In Roman times ' the ' site of the church was occupied by a temple of , Jupiter. . The present church .was befrtm in 1163. In 1240 the driginal plan of ty-four lined up at the starter's tape finished the course. The frist two home were Studebakers. Last year the same car won first, third and fourth; second place going to a Hudson. The race has . established Amer ican made cars firmly in the Ar gentine and adjacent territory, as so foreign-made car ever has seriously -threatened to win the grinding rnn. This year's per formance by the Alfa Romeo Is the. best a foreign made car ever has Cr Owntt'a Hew Excbs&K List ' Car Esse (1919-22)Di or -Jordan Marmoh . Moon ; Nash ; " Oldsmobile Peericas "8" . Pierce-Arrow $7.00 Huiek $8,00 Cadlllktf Hudson (1F17-21) 'Lincoln Wills St. Claire BATTERY AND ELECTRIC SERVICE construction had been entirely car ried out. At the beginning Of the 14th cen tury the cathedral assumed the form which it is in today. A thorough restoration was car ried out after 1845 by Lassus and Viollet-le-Duc. The facade - of the Cathedral which is known to be among the finest in the world, dates from the 13th century, was completed in 1240 and is thetoldest of its kind. The church is 426 by 157 feet and 115 feet at its highest. shown. It is the third year in whleh'. a veteran driver of the course, abandoning his other mounts, has come to victory in the South Bend car. 1 A very considerable conveni ence to the driver of a car is the designing of all locks so that one key will fit each one, a detail designers of Packard cars have' worked in. J ' How Bxcksoge StitU( Motor - .!. " - " ' ' . " " : " $9.00 lle9 'Motor Q on on tor . . $18.00 BAIUIUER YEAR FOR SALES REPORTED Maxwell-Chrysler Company Has Largest Retail Sales in its History With the largest retail sales for a single week in this season of the year ever recorded in Maxwell Chrysler history, officials of the company are convinced that their two products are well started on the way to a banner year. The reeord week-ending Feb. 21, showed -a 'gain in Maxwell sales over the same week last year of 72.5 per cent, while the in crease over the .preceding week was 44.2 per cent. Chrysler sales gained more that 4 5 per cent over the week ending Feb. 14. Although the views of business prognostieators held the belief that 1925 was to be an excellent and perhaps a record year for the motor car, the gains made by Maxwell-Chrysler to date are. far above the automobile sales curve as charted for the. entire industry. This is not based upon production records at the factories but Upon actual retail deliveries as tele graphically reported by the deal ers in eveTy section. The Maxwell - Chrysler group was generally expected in the trade to hang up high marks this year for the Industry to. shoot at, market especially Indicates a tre mendous year . Unsettled weather conditions have been an obstacle to extensive sales operations on the part of the dealer organiza Ull Lb the protection and comfort of a closed car. He wanted the freedom and airiness of an open one. They got both in a . . with the roller enclosures and steel body. Look at this car before buying STUDEBAKER PRICES STANDARD SIX Four Door Brougham ! , . looe nA 5 Pass. $2100.00- Duplex Phaeton ................$1385.00 Victoria 4 Pass. ,...$2195.00 Duplex Roadster $1360.00 gedaa T.$2315.00 Coach 5 Pass $1545X)0 Berline Sedan ... $2300.00 Country Club Coupe v 3 Pass $1595.00 BIG SIX Coupe 5 Pass. $1710.00 Phaeton 7 Pass. ........ ..$2185.00 Four Door Brougham Coupe 5 Pass. ..... ....$2825.00 5 Pass...... Sedan 7 Pass. .... $2950.00 Sedan SPass.- ....,.....$1815.00 BerIine Sedan 7 Pass. ....$3025.00 f. Berline Sedan . $1865.00 A , M. .... , . r Extra for 4 . wheel brakes and 4 SPECIAL SIX disc wheels on Standard Six - models .........". $60.00 Duplex Phaeton $1785.00 Extra f or 4 wheei brakes and 5 Duplex Roadster -.....-$1725.00 disc wheels on Special and Big Six Duplex Sport - $1825.00 models .-.:.-.-..-$75.00 SALEM PRICES T Phone 3G2 tion and the full force of Maxwell Chrysler influence upon the buyer certainly has yet ah enormous power" In reserve. J. E. Fields, vice-president in charge of the sales of the Maxwell Chrysler companies, is of the opin ion that the business done by the two cars in 1925 will exceed by at least 50 per cent the volume of last year. "We have every reas on to believe," said Mr. Fields, "that our sales will tbp by more than half our reeord volume of 1924. The motor buying public appreciates the extraordinary val ues offered to them In Maxwell and Chrysler cars. The early de mand, despite inclement weather proves this." Good Eyesight Needed To Confirm Scientist LONDON, March 14. The tin iest things which the human eye can see are the black spots and patches sometimes visible in soap bubbles, said Sir William Bragg, lecturing recently on "Ray and Soap Films" at the Royal Insti tution . The rainbow-colored soap films are, therefore, not the tiniest things the human eye can detedt. The black areas are so thin that if the soap bubbles could be mag nified to -the-size of the earth and the thickness of the enveloping film increased . in porportion, the film would then be only the thick ness of a sheet of glass. STATK GAMB RESERVE State Senator Sam H. Brown has had his farm Just east of Oer vals declared a state iganie reserve. liffaToneday last "week" released thereon 24 pairs Of Chinese pheasants. These birds are all mated and will soon be raising families of young pheasants. AV OPEN DAY AND NIGHT Oppotito Hotel Marion SPRliRESULISIO CLEIflG OLD BUS Automobile Owner's Fancy -Is Stirred Bv Brieht Sun shine and Breezes In the spring an automobile owner's fancy turns to cleaning up the old bus. During the re mainder of the year the color of the car may be unrecognizable but somehow the bright sunshine and the clean breezeB form a kind of a tonic that gets Into -an auto mobile owner's blood that urges him to clean up the car. If for no other reason than to be in har mony with the spirit of the season. The Tesults of such manual labor are often real gratifying, in fact; inspires a kind of pride of ownership which may have palled during the year. But if the car chances to be a couple of. years old, there are some tell-tale marks that reveal age . It was because of the fact that rain and sunshine will form rust on most-metals that engineers of the Chevrolet Motor company set to work to find a type of metal that would hot rust. The results of their experiments along this line are embodied in the new Chevrolet in an air plane metal radiator shell, which is non-rusting because of the com position of the metal used and ha all the beauty of nickel. Like thi Duco finish on this car, this radW ator-"hU etea41y- improves - it lustre with rubbing and age. There Is no possibility of rah the whole shell is made of the same material. : I i sxatpt. k:::;victi . - nioxu i S38.KOXITU HIGH STREET PUOXE 203