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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (April 26, 1925)
, x i, ' Part Tared Automobile Section 7- I SEVENTY-FIFTH YEA& SALfeM, JpREOONi SUNDAY MORNING, APRIL 26, 1925 if 7 f t n n n 1 i I 1 I , i LU RADIO I I -. i ' - - - i ' i . l . -'.. , v ..... t j 9 BICYCLE E3CPERT ARRIVES IN-iBMSil iF& ':; iMlSE)NAL; (GYGLE WEEK PROGRAM IGI1J ILL Member of Staff, of Cycle Trades of America to Arrive Today 1 Ji Howard Rodda, one of the staff of the Cycle Trades of Amer ica, will arrive In Salem today and win remain, during the National Bicycle week April . 27 to May 1 . The work performed by Mr. Rodda is bf a general .educational nature in -connection with the bi cycle, for he delivers addresses to the - children on the "proper way to ride a bicycle, how to . avoid accidents by observing the 'traffic rules, general hints bn . "Safety first," and other important points about the bicycle that the average rider should know. - ' Mr. Rodda; is welcomed here by the Salem bicycle dealers, and they '.are assurjng.rhiin-, their JLntt cooperation tofnake this, week a, great success. xatjoxai. Bicxicria wek National Bicycle week this year will be celebrated April 26 to May t, botn Inclusive. It will be un der the "auspices of the Cycle Trades.; of .America, Inc., an or ganization .which includes practi cally all bicycle ; manufacturers and makers - of . parts, accessories and tires. . - . - The "purpose of -the week is to mark, the official opening of the bicycle riding season and. to sti mulate bicycle sports, among rid er's and dealers In all Varts of the icountry. tional and In this; period na local ' organizations everywhere vie with one another In putting on races of every de scription, parades, hikes, and in numerable stunts and ! contests )n Which the bicycle plays the major rolei '" - ! V: ' j ' . I According to the latest compila tion j there are approximately 3,000.000- bicyclee In j the United Stales with an annual production reaching almost to the half mil lion mark. . - j, ; rj -.- .-.J' f More than j fifteen . thousand Sealers in bicycles and accessories take an active part in, the annual vreek, with the Cycle 1 Trades of America augmenting their efforts to make the . celebration an im pressive one by r advertising in a list (comprising nearly! 700 news papers throughout the country, f Iflj addition to this national ad Vertising, thousands of dealers ad vertise in their local newspapers, prganlr'e bicycle parades, and races, And hold demonstration of jail sorts. Headquarters reports that! more than a hundred, race mees and parades will be conduc ted during the week this year, j '.National Bicycle week happens ib Till thU season during the same period ;that. National ;Beys',eek will! be supervised by! the Rotary 'clubs, of America, v In . a, large numher of. "cities . street parades of boys' organizations will be put on andj as many of these 'bodies have bicycle corps, the bicycle will be demonstrated In all its pleasure and utility phases. Bicycling has hecqme one ot the. most popular of .the recognized actirlties of the Boy;Scouts of' America, and Young Menfe Christian assocIaUotfs, and also Is extremely -popular with the Campfire Girls organization, and theirs. ' ':;f j Those who wish to itbnduct Jbcai race meets can get full par- J ' j II i. . (0Bttau4 uMi Si I V EOT iff ... I T i 1 I ' I ! ; I i 4 t 5 Get Yours Now Only iffe it Your car fare Your Time Your Health Your Tun I Dbvn V I ! :. The Balance 0 150 -a Wccli and Ride a Bilic : i -1 ' HARRY S SCOTT The Cj'da IIsltT 147 So. Commercial St. Phone 63 rao BID KNIGHT SIXES Vick Brothers Deliver Two Willys Knight Sixes -l Last Week L ; The new Willys Knight six is now a reality In Salem, two of these models having been deliver ed the past week to prominent Salem people. The first to be delivered was a Touring model to Edd Blessing 'of Center street, SaUm . and the other was a Sedan ito Thomas B. Armstrong, superintendent oX . the Oregon Pulp fcn& Paper company, of Sa lem. gEaek of these owners are' most enthusiastic concerning their new cars. ; ;: 1 , ; Other sales made recently by Vick Brothers are as follows: Overland, coupe ed.an . to H. M. Smith of Salem; :WIUys-Knight touring to We .J. .Williams. of .Woodburnj , : Overland Six sedan to W. T. Simon of Salem; 'Over land touring to S. W. Marsters of Salem; Willys . Knight sedan, to B. A. Lee of Salem ; Overland Six sedan to W. J. Nelson of Selam; Federal Knight truck to.JBalem Sanitary Milk company, of Salem; Overland touring to M. ;p.;Hen: derson of Salem; Overland : tour ing tcj Paul N, Bassett of Salem; Overland touring ,to ;Mlss 5 Laura Yantig of Salem- Ovfijland Bedan, to A. N. Moores.ot Salem; Willys Knight touring to Sam Stevens of Black Rock; Willys-Knight, sedan to Adam Engel of Salem; Willys knight touring to L, A. Scheelar of Salem; , Overland ! sedan to Prank , Hettwer of Mt, : Angel; Overland touring, to John Nage ot Mt. Angel, and to VJ. A. Fer scheiveller, alsd of Mt, Angel. Vick . Brothers . report ; sales to average one per day of jjew'cars and Tbetter . than one per r day of used - cars. ', . Second rdfib transtoi pOvne.he "maiden bEAkfabRN' .lMlieH Mjm AlMES StEELVMil5 ivlILES AN HOUR - J1' - tit ii.. The. ;. '.Maiden , Dearborn? was pbotog-raphed. at . the Ford . airport at Detroit, followingf trial flights in which -the giant all ' metal plane !" made ' nearly two miles ja minute. I Its slater ship Is now in the all mall service. The - planes : can be ullt as quickly aa there is a . de mand for them, the! Ford plant having been placed at the disposal ot, the.Stout f Air , Trinsportation Company, which is manufacturing . ; : .-it. them. - The' Fords have, gone! deep- Ty 'into the" aviation question and! are backing .'the , . Stout ; . com pan jj with. I the Udea of jadvanefng com mercial aviauon. 1 . . .' ,' , UP; TAX IS LOW Standard "Adds Regular Cost; 2 Cents to Michigan : to Profit Xoledoans, not I in sympathy wih the Ohio Legislature's plan to put a 2-cent tax bn each gallon of gasoline- will be 'confronted on Sunday T with in Increase In the price of gasoline of; 2 cents a gal lon. , ' . ! . I The Standard Oil company, an nounced that filling station prices will be 22 cents a gallon, -In stead of 2Q cents. The. raise goes Into ' effect also, In Colum bus and other Ohio . cities. The Hickok company, trhlcb; sell Hi- Speed. ;gasoline, has not'anounced aniiherease. x j ..---..j t " .Toledo executives of the Stan dard pil company would not - say if this raise anticipated an im mediate application of the gits tax but were of ' the opinion . that it was meant only . as a straight, ad vance. , If only an advance Toledo motorists may: look, .forward ito gasoline .selling near 25 cents a gallon when the gas tax goes into effect. - NEW OFFICERS ELECTED EdwatTVer Linden was elected president of the Peerless Truck & Motor Corporation at a meeting of the board .of directors, held at the reeriess piant, in uieveiana. -rues day April 1 14.. Mr. Ver Linden was. elected president and general manager of the . peerless Motor Car. company;" which Is the oper ating company, on February; 12, and- has been In charge of the- "cpmpainy'i busifiess .since Feb. 16. . L . R. German, 'who'ft Mr. Ver Linden's assistant in the manage-, ment of the company, was elected j vice-president of - the corporation. . F. A. Trester .' secretary, and John ,F. Porter, treasurer, were re elected tOj ther respective of flees. reappointed as- A L. Pearca was is tant treasurer. corporatibn in Richmond . . Yu, April ; 7, directors were,, elected as follows: Edward Vep Linden,' C.'E. Sullivan, .H- X. .Roblnsoir, H. "A. Tremaine, Victor-W.-Sincere, LJ. Wolf,. Fred ;R, White, G. A. Coul ton,; W. it. , Angell, L. R. German and F. 'A. Trester; HUP TEST PROVES Q VIBRATION Cigarette Stands Upnght on Fender While Engine, is Run "at Various Speeds A cigarette doesU't weigh ver much.. . :.' ' . , Stand It up on end . and the slightest Jar. will upset It. ; . . So when, officials of the Hupp Motor Car r Corporation were look ing f or a suitable .object to ' test the smoothness of the Hupmobile EjlghV engine they selected a clg arette ahd plaeed It on the fender ola'ltt'ew Eight. touring; car, The engine was .started and xun at varying speeds from idling to wide open .throttle "f-the equivalent of 70 juilles.an.Jio'ur. I l; "Throughout ; the engine's "eQ tlre .'speed range thjs cigarette re mained upright. - Were there any engine .vibration it. surely would be so znagnifIed-.lA transmission t'otti fenders that. no. such olrject as a cigarette would remain there amomentf said O. p..f Hutchin son, general ..sales manager, ho was "an interested spectator while this test was being made. . Thli result was , not unexpected, how ever," as Idurlffg; the blocktetlcj of the motor 'before -production started, 'another more difficult test was jmade by standing a pen ney upright on the -cylinder heal and running the engine wide open. Despite the -different spetdV at which the engine was turnei over the penny didn't culver a-tit. It stood-on -end -.Just'-a Qu!::!y, as when ' the engine wasn't running ataii. :;. t , , : .Factory men made a nurrl-:r of other e n g in e demonstratloas, .showing , that the new Eijbt rawer plant ,ia entirely. Tree froa- vibra tion and; runs Just . as. smoothly at top. speed, "as .when cjeratlng at ordinary, driving ranges., . .In '; cqmmentlng . on what fhe termed, f most remarkatla exhibi tions", Mr Hutchinson. added:; , , .'When Hupmobile was Ciaking plans, toj build this Eight the en gineers, were instructed to j reduce ,an engine that would ta entirely free from .vibration., ,They have been singularly successful. -1 Lave witnessed . many , different nth ods of demonstrating the en soth ness of an ' automobile ec r'.3.e-r-but never i before, have I een a cigarette jxsed.1 " And lt is -twice as -effective "because it is so much lighter. The slightest Jar will up set it. . - . - ' y , "If. ypu don't believVlt, try , it on 'the lender 6f your own car." I r, ' ' . - . . - i" '1 I : x y.. a j . y J "' ' - jt1y i. i, j.-l:y yi ,.,.. . Per Week UYS ANY ; in Our Immense Stock: AH RIfjht, Dbys! NoWis ybiir chance I ngC packages a h d doihgfbt her errands : VvyAV-: fJ:yAA,l :yy:iy:! A This Week is Natidnal Bicycle Week and We. Want Every Boy' Who Wafttt a! Bicycle to Have It. LLOYD E. RAWISDEW 387 Court Street 1 ; fi r Phbae 1687 - i i Wlien a Feller Needs a Frieftd! 1 a . t - . ! ". -y ..-if i ir r ' There - isn't a youngster "anywhere who hasn't - a bicycle who doesrCt need a friend! ' t ! : your boy has hela bicycle to keep him outdoors getting a healthy tan, growing stronger day by day, developing into theVery picture of perfect health and clean-living boyhood? ; ( ) 'A - f The initial cost of a bicycle is ryinioderate--:iiei upkeep is . practicaUy nothing. Your dealer will be pleased to show ytfa. tha litest models for .your boy, your daughter, 'your wife, ycbraell i You- ought to see them today. j i t u Everybody, from six Jo sixty to enjoy the b encfLtJ cf joutdocr life, 'get "plenty of exercise, ahHIkeep in "the pink of conHItioa-- , should . r''"-- v7 i ! ) : At'i : i) .,,('' ; i;;'.-'-'ikiv.-v; .. AyAA A.A I i t " - I ' ' 1 7
