SUNDAY ! QRNlifG, A PI IL ' 12. 1925;
U. S. NAVY OFFICERS IN FRANCE
Re turxvFrom GOO 0 Mile Trio
Pronounce Salem Best City Seen
John Williantoon and Family Travel 'Texas . and Rac k anil Are
Satisfied Orejcon the Ilest Slate Priced Hirouti and Rilejii the
r IUHt City In Oregon i'Lin DpvdJmnt a'Xrih (Vpiloi-Street
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Sf-V fnnnfKi acwrtPaotriirrl hMMn aclrlnor all Kiivra
of Packard! everywhere how long they expected
to keep their new carl.4 t ;'.
The record show&that 90 intend to keep their
Packard three year br nV6ret5 four yeart faif
more, and 60 five vears or more.
Every seventh .owner expects to keep his car
ten years: fC.l ! t -J -
The. Packard, owner does more than expect to
Keep msr car-ne Kerp iu
For example, in Wilkes-Barre, Pa a town, of
77)00 poptdaon, 215 Packard Six cars"Were
bought durinsf 'the past live years and 212; are
suu in service mere, i
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Americana more and more are
taking . their automobiles-, with
fhem lo'ngTand''and'usIhk them"
ttr-tour the-roirtinent.'".T1xe-ac-
eompanying plcture,""taken In
I little French village, is that of .a
car owned by Capt. Cf. R. Edie,
Washington. D. C retired United
States jiavy officer, Cantaiij Edle
won an automobile beauty content
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with his car at Touquet when, be
cause there was no other plaee to
park. he'was;f6icd' to enter ttie
contest, to find a place to -leave
his car. '. Judges r h warded him
first ; place despite the ; stains of
trdVertn hIs"Pa-cSard"with"which
j he, had just driven 180 miles. 1
"BUYElt IS QUICK" " ?
"The automobile buyer of to
day Is' quick on tfie trief and
loses' '.'.little 'time in determining
wRat Is the latest 'thfne in en
gineering or body design, and the
best " buy an tbe ntaTket." says
j Captain E. V. Rickenbacker, vice
I president and director of sales,
I itickenoackeT Alotb'r company;' !
Those manufacturers who have
vainly tried during the past two
or three years (o'stem the tld of
progress have found to their cost
thatv the aJage buyer ,1s pretty
well informed and fflways-on the
alert to discover newer and better
things .: inaufdmoblles "continued
the Rickenbacker sales head ' i-
"It "1s a notable facrtliat the
buyer was much ; Quicker- to- an-
I predate .the advantage jof 4-wheei
. brakes ; than ; the average manu
facturer. " It was otilv a f tr"r "the
buyer began to demand this greit
Improvejnent and to refuse to buy
an automobile unless it had them,
that most manufacturers reluc
tantly put them on. ; ' ,
"Bven now If is a difficult and
an expensive process some ot
them" are going through. In trying
to sell cars with brakes which ate
simply r'tagged'on'lnstead of built
Into the very design and sinew of
I the car. .". ' j. '
Mr. and Mrs. John Williamson,
ant!sori':Jeant have jut refufned
from a 60IM) mile' 'trip. to Texas
points by auto. They traveled by
wpy or, Jgan Francisco, Los . An
geles. Phoenix, El aso. FC Worth
abtftO Dflllaa. IhfP rioeHnafr
Efthf and ahalf ys '. were"" con
sumed in going, and the return
was nae ny onei div Hw.o.
Their-dnl autdtrouble "tor ' the
eniir tnp was two punctures.
The Williamsons I came tn fia.
lem from Texas about four, years
ago,' and, this Is their" second visit,
"'They selected Salem W their
home ; and have been very active
factors in the development of the
city during that time. .Thev he-
came interested in property along
the .north end -of Capitol street,
They built a fine--home of stucco
In 'Spanish fetrle 1 thidvS Vniu fw
Lone StariBerv1cie Itknonr ih ame
style of architecture. Across t fie
street thev built i a fin oo.
building and called it the Tia'
Garage. They opened up an auto
campT ground.' -buftdlna?-ten- rat
line stucco
completed.
style.
in addition to
iment for. th4t
that7 vicinitv
homes which
tages. They built
store building, just
also in the Spanish
Mr. Williamson!
all of this develop
Part Df the citVr K Koon 2r, n.o
In building homes for sale. Lafet
year i ne built- in
forty neat cottage
he eold oa the payment plan.' tn
tact that section of Salem mlrht
jusuy be re-named Williamson
ville. ' J " t
fWter Pleased Than -Ever
Since his return! from Texas
WrJ i Williamson savs "that h t
better pleased with Oregon, and
Saiem in'iartlcular: than ever arid
that on the entire trip he saw noth
ing that would tempt him to leave
Salem. To prove jhis assertion h'e
has already begun work on im
provements at his . auto "Tcam'n
groond'-which Willi cost S25'.Oo6.
Across the street and a block
north of lits present buildings he
is building a -5-pump 'servIde sta
tion Which he nronnsen mnlrlns'
thD ' finest ''service! "station fri the
state f- OTegon;
Mit.WiHiamsod
is lust-asr mnch
insists that .he
Of' A" Texan n'o
ever and" that his ' attachment
his old "state" is "best represented
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by the following
Texas paper:
The State
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The above headline from Thursday's Statesman is
i. pott tops brealv under tne
r nr minnna the occunants. lo
new tvne of automobile Kasbeen
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Thg Studebaker Duplex Phaeton
! MlHf tbe steel top built integral with th bo4y, sufficiently
strong to bear the entire weight of the car,f is by ? far tKe
sfestcar built today. In addition its roller enclosures give
rvoyvj t YviLii open car rreeaom.
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' Thy seccjs from an open to a closed car.
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;eulogy from a
of Texas
Texas- occupies' all' the conti
nent of North America except the
small part set aside for the United
States. Mexico and Canada. Texas
owns all the north of th nia
Grande, ; the only dusty river In
the world;, also the only one with
the pdssible'exceDtiorTtjf'tae Tri
nity which is navigable for mud
caxs ancr pedestrians, r . . , t
Texas is bounded on the
norm oy twentV-Hvil; nfatpa nn
the "easl by aIT "the oceans in the
world except the! Pacific, and the
South by the Gulf of South Amer?
ica, and on the, west by the Pacific
Uceatti the Milky
ereal universe.
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"If -Texas were
dig p the Panama Canal in three
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"If all the Texas sleers were
one big f tee.r, he would stand with
hi front feet in the Guir of Mex
ico., once? hind foot th Hudson .Hay.
ainj- the other in the Arctic jOceara.
and; with his tail 4rusU . Hte ml it
from 'the Aurora HclrealUl Some
Stated A Texas Visitor."!
c The following . lines were recent
ly Itteir by Mr. Williamson's
pother,1- who is wett'up1 In tbir
eighties: ' S' : i r I:
"Itur, glad I'm down in Texas
Where- -there's always plenty of
: ' ' ,robm,"' ). '4J ..; V .
Where v'the landscope is never
. scriPpy '.'':-
And the sunshine kills the gloom.
Th east just crampa my elbows
Aja tlie'north gets on my nerves,
Sof I'nr glad I'm -down-In Texas.
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Say? Did you ever go to Tevas?
Why man, you've missed a sight;
There's nothing on a small scale;
You: can travel day; and nieht 4
And when you thing you're some-:
: where , 1
You've just only made a start. '
For; there's only 'two of U.S.A.. .
Texas and the other Dart.
Cotton! ! ! why i nothine ever
beats it " 1" Pi - I
It clothes ' more tlinnl half' fhe
:V earths '!' i '"' ' i '
And, take Texas out of cattle i
There' is precioas little: left. ,j
If-yon want," a piece of j Heaven, I
Of-i. be purest, sweetest kind:v 1
Just eat a . Texas .melon , ,
And ytfu will lose your mtnd.i
There's an open sky in Texas,
And an open handed heart;. '
There's' a big broad grip iin Texas
Wnlcb. makes the pblses start; '
There's greater joy Iin Texas
Than 'the other sections know;
Sirre-here -Is- good old 'Texas
The biggest people growl '
. Mr. Williamson says the above
expresses his idea of Texas, and
if you wish to .know his apprecia
tion of Oregon and Salem ; jremem
ber ' he Insists he nrefers it to
Texas; and does not think any the
less' of Texas, either. j; f
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i! ' : Tht Club Sedan
, In your own interest, four consideration
should govern you in the selection of your j
next car.'.' -
Performance in actual tests, riding and driW
ingqualide,ewnomy of operation andmain
tenance and tnanufacturing back-ground.
Vc are eager to demonstrate the'eary-riding
and driving qualities of the new good Max
well and toe fact that It delivers 58 miles
an hour and accelerates from 5 to 25 miles
in 8 seconds. ! ' : -
Tor-economy we direct, you to thousands
of contented owners who report 25 miles
to the gallon of gasoline and amazingly low
upkeep costs, t ! ' ;. '"' . : . . '
As for soundness of construction, depend
ability; and long life, bear in-mind that the
new good Maxwell is completely built
' within its' own great plants.' In no other
way could you be assured of Maxwell qual
ity at the new good Maxwell price.
RerhCmber, we are eagerly awaiting the
opportunity to prove these Maxwell facts.
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tMAXWLLL
Touring Car, Roadster, Club Coup,
Club Sedan, Standard Four-Door Sedan
r attractively priced from $885 to $1095.
All prices f. o. b. Detroit, lax extra.
; We are pleased to extend the convenience
- of titne-payments. Ask about Maiut-Il'i
attractive plan-- Maxwell -dealers and ;
. super lot Matu'fll service evcry-ui.eret - c
scar BingrichJMotor & Tire Co.
313 o. commercial .-
MOTTO i
The world admits "that! we have
a goo( system' of government,' but
we ourseives insist tnat it is badly
managed. An engine may be ever
so good, but a bad driver, will
bring "it down to his own level. It
is operation, administration, tha't
determines the matter every time.
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Good doctors help people whatever
pay' bei, the system of medicine
they use; and a good administra
tion 'is a heln no matter how crude
the form of government may be.
The difference between a good
government system and its poor
administration is easily explained:
the chief administrators are not
Losses in the best sense. The old
political ' "bosses' had that to
their credit they were boss. The
limited monarchy is' an essential
in every job 'or";Tesponslbility.
Democracy may be observed to the
limit in making plans and reach
frig decisions, but - performance
calls for a monarch, a boss. Th
Committee System is the best for
getting nothing done,
Henry , Ford.
Way and the'sld-
the east of the "United t Staffca
and the Panhandle rt would float
out into the ocean, as it rests up
on a vast subterranean sea of
fresh water. j ; '; ,1
'"Texa9' Is so big that the nennte
in Brownsville call the Dallas peo
ple Yankee -"and" the citizens of
El Paso sneer ait i the citizens $f
Texaskana, Texas, ' as being sno$s
from "the effettej east. ' ; "T
.It is one bundred and fifty
miles farther from El Paso. Texas
to Texarkana, Texas, than it is
from Chicago toi New York, Fort
Worfh fs nearer! St. Paul. Minn..
fBanT IP Is ' to Brownsville Tonfa
The chief occupation of the
people of Texas,! is trying to keep
front making alii toe -money In the
world. The chief pursuit ot the
people of Texas was formerly Met
leans,- but now it i is land buyers.
steers and Texas crop records. ;
ot would look like'a three-legged
isoston terrier, n ? i v 7 , f
"TMns . ami , nrnn A rT
Texas that they cannot sleep at
uigni. -ii- a leian g neaa should
be'opened the map of Texas would
be found photographed on his
brain. - This Is I also) true of his
heart. Unless your front gate is
eighteen miles from your front
dobrryon do' hot belong society
as- 'constituted 1 in Texas Oile
Texan'i''gafe is :one hundred d
fifty miles from his front door arid
he is thinking of moving his house
back so that he will not be an
noyed by passing automobiles and
peddlers. j J
"Other Texas i landlonds have
whole "mountain ranges "and rivers
on their ranches.- On Texan' his
forty miles of havirable
hia farm.T If the ftrbnortion i At
cultivated land in Texas vwas the
same as In Illinoi!'ihe-wot.;- At
Texis Trops ; wouTar equal "ILaf ol
JwrxyHseveik-.otheratesr-----
Texas has enouah land in tn''
Ply every man. woman am i.im
In the world with a tract r
feet by twenty , and i hava enough
ur ior the armies nr ,
world to march around the border
ie aoreast. ' . , - . .
If the alfalfa grown in Ta
were baled and built into a stair.'
ay If would reach the noaVi
; i CAB. WORtHY ' OF '
m . it eirif
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OFmaince
'Velvet" -exclaimed a customer of
long experience -with nrie autbmcH
biles, when first he felt the even
flow of power in this Rickenbacker
Six. ' 5 -Y"" r ': '
f Velvety,!' is the only term that ex-
the riding characteristics of this
Rickenbafckerr"l "7"
Grank-shaf t, held in seven extra-large
,"1 ".' haan'nn. ' CITT"2 "1 t
r-?"s iiseu, exira targe
so there is no whip.
Then the other Rickenbacker features
two" fly-wheels j and accurately
profiled cylinder headsall comr
bine to eliminate vibration.
Here you have tremendous -power
witn not tne slightest evidence of
exertion. Its a grateful relief to the
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nerves to sense the smoothness of
this moor.
The chassis and body possess similar
' qualities;' .i? !- ' 'j ' . . - -- - -
The rigid "double depth" frame
cradle springs and finally the deep
luxurious upholstering, make this
a wonderfully comfortable and
restful car in which to ride
In all round performance in power,
c acceleration, speed, fcill-climbin j,
and finally in it's ability to deceler
ate rapidly, but smoothly with
its wonderful 4-wheel brakes this
Rickenbacker Six has"; wo verily fc o
lieve ho 'equar at i'a pries end
no superior at any price.
Drive this Rickenbacker Six yourself
it wiK tfQ a revelation to you.
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