TOE OREGON STATESMAN, SALEM, OREGON
SUNDAY MORNING, MAY 31, 1925
UNOBSTRUCTED VIEW
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Every doted motor ear hould
have an unobstructed view from the
interior, not alone. for the driver, but
for passenger as well. -
Driving through beautiful America
has no pleasure for anyone shut in
from the outer world, h f f ; ; i
A one-piece . windshield, standard
on most better cars nowadays, has
BUS-RAIL MEET PLANNED
TRANSPORTATIOX OFFICIALS
TO ATTEMPT SETTLE3IEXT
Hoping to find a way out of
the conflicts which have arisen
from . rail, bus and truck compe
tition, transportation i chiefs are
to meet at the Mid-West Motor
transport conference at the Hotel
LaSalle, Chicago, May 27-28.
The battle at this gathering will
be a. three-cornered one,, with the
farming element acting as referee.
The rail and electric lines hare
been claiming that they are suf
fering from cot-throat ) competition,-while
companies! operating
, motor vehicles have charged that
extension of their operations is
being blocked j In sections where
they could give better service at
lower . prices, r ' Meanwhile, the
farming associations want to know
when transportation is going to he
improved and ' distribution costs
lowered. . J,i J
The mid-west region is the hot
bed for these issues at the present
time. Interstate commerce com
mission representatives are to at
tend the session on "la Regula
tion of Interstate Motor; Vehicles
Necessary?" . With many lines
crossing between Indiana, Ohio,
Illinois, Michigan and Wisconsin,
this question is a major issue.
Charles W. i Chase, j vice-president
of the Chicago, Lake Shore
and South Bend Railway, is going
.to .state the situation of the elec
tric lines, and John A. Ritchie of
the Chicago Motor Coach company,
will present the position of the
bus in the transportation picture.
Hon. Wm. M. Jardlne, secretary
of agriculture,! will address the
conference.' W. H. Lyford. vice-
president of the Chicago and East
ern Illinois Railroad company, and
T. C. Powell, vice-president of the
Erie Railroad! will be the opening
spokesmen for the steam roads,
to be followed on the second day
by E. C. Woodruff ', general freight
.WHERE TRAFFIC IS
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Fifth Avenue. Hew h York, is
one of the world's great avenues.
It is one of the world's busiest
streets. ; :, y .',: "i .,-
The picture above was taken on
the corner of 38th Street and
Fifth Avenue. It shows two lines
f parked motor cars land four
additional lines of traffic, two
running north and two south.
Buses which - operate - more
slowly than passenger motor cars.
Buy the Boy
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taken away that rubber gasket thai
formerly cut right into the view
ahead. : Great, j wide side window
now give as open a view to the pas
senger as to the driver : :-i .-.'
These are the things of benetl to
the. car owner and user -to which
modern motor car builders have had
to give attention. They should b
insisted upon. " I
agent 'of the New York Central,
and R.j C. Morse, general superln.
tendent of transportation,! north
western
district, ; Pennsylvania
railroad.
FORD TOX TRUCK GAINS
DETROIT. Mich., May 30. Use
of the j one-ton truck .in delivery
and hauling system appears to be
greater this year than ever before
and ' buying : which reflects in
healthy business condition gener
ally, is likewise increasing. :
This condition in the commer
cial car field is indicated by sales
of Ford trucks which during the
first months of the present year
have established a new record.
The preference shown all along
for the one-ton truck Is growing.
Retail sales reports of the Ford
Motor company for January,' Feb
ruary, March' and April this year
show that 71,352 Ford trucks were
delivered to: customers in the
United i States during these four
months, as compared with 65,111
for the! samt period a year ago,
an increase of 6,241.
PRODUCTION RECORD SET
DETROIT, Mich., May 30. The
Ford Motor company set a new
record j for j production Tuesday,
May 19, when Its assembly plants
turned out 7,858 Ford cars and
trucks in th eight-hour working
day. This rec6rd Is for the United
States planti alone and does not
Include i foreign plants and asso
ciated companies or the Ford
Motor company of Canada, Ltd. ;
An Interesting thing in connec
tion with this remarkable produc
tion is that the company is exceed
ing its most careful estimates for
May. Current Ford billboards,
which were (prepared sixty days
ago, carry the message "7,000
more since yesterday." But in
actual output the company ex
ceeded this by 850. - M
A REAL PROBLEM
complicate the handling of traffic
on this street. From this picture
it will be seen how difficult xt
' would be to cut around a bus.
. Heavy vehicles are not per-
, mitted on this street except dur
ing certain hours. Cruising taxi-
cabs .are not allowed at any
hours. ' .
The handling of traffic on this
great street is expertly done and
.the credit must go to New York's
finest the frame officer.
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BICYCLE
$53.50
$5 Cash
51i50 Week
He Has Always Wanted
a Bicycle Get a "Col
umbia" : While These
Easy Terms Prevail,
W1LLIARD COMPANY IS
PROOF AGAINST CROOK
SERVICE STATION ?TETWOItKS
OPERATE HARMONIOUSLY
Organization' Rringn About Down
Fall of Bogus Cbrck Men
And Others ,
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The network of wore than 5000
Willard battery service .; stations
throughout the United States be
sides being a selling and servicing
organization has proved a valuable
adjunct in the detection 'of crimes
as one man has found to h!s sor
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The sorrowful i man is known
under five aliases as a passer of
bogus checks, supposedly issued
by the Willard Storage Battery
company. With them he has vic-j
timized hotels, leaving a trail from
Georgia to Keokuk, la., where he
was apprehended. t r '.. !:;$' j
That's where ihe service station
cornea in for the glory. The .Wll-i
lard battery men .tipped off the
hotels in their own localities to
watch for the check passer.: I
A. H; and T. J. Conradt, Broth
ers,, operating a Willard service
station at Keokuk posted the hotel'
there and when J. B. Watson
presented a Willard' check for
payment he was detained for ln4
vestigation. He Is still heing de-j
talned and the nnderwold tele-f
graph system is buzzing with the
advice to "lay off the Willard
company-if check passing is your
"racket because the service stat
tion organization of the company
provides too clever an intelligence
bureau and Bertillon system. j
Underworld telegraph systems
are spreading the advice to bogus
check passers to keep away from
using the WiUard Storage Battery
company's name, j This is because
one of the . fraternity reckoned
without the network of more than
5000 service stations representing
Willard throughout the country. )
. A trail of fraudulent! checks
ended at Keokukj la., after cross
ing half the United States when
he Willard battery men, operati
ing service stations, stepped. Into
the picture and asked hotel own
ers to keep their eyes open fof
the man who had been victimizing
hotels with bogus Willard papert
CARS PAY HIGHWAY; BILL
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COST OP FEDERAL AND STATE
ROADS COVEfeED BY TAX
'Answering the current question1
-"Who pays foil the highways?"
Alfred Reeves, general manager
of the national automobile cham
ber of . commerce, ; stated at the
Portland Cement association in an
address at the Iotel Biltmore,
New York, tonight, that taxes paid
by the automobile are greater than
the entire cost of construction and
maintenance of all the federal and
state highways, j ir M
1 "Government figures now avail
able for 192V said Mr. Reeves,
"give $550,000,000 as the total
for motor transportation taxes
paid during the year. The cost of
the . federal and state highway
programs during the same time
was $512.000.000J I
""These , roads constitute the
main highways of the nation and
serve about 80 j per cent of the
total vehicular mileage. 4
The total highway bill, includ
ing county roads, amounted to
about $1,000,000,000. It will be
seen that the special motor taxes
now equal even more than one
half of this amount. The remain
der is paid for out of general tax
es, federal aid, and bond issues,
the interest and amortization
charges of which are borne even
tually, in part : at least, by the
motor tehicle user." i i
The Statesman cover ' county
news more thoroughly than any
other paper in Marion county. Our
special correspondents do It.
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MOTORCYCLE CLIMB : -TO
BE HELD TODAY
The annual' hill climb of the
Eugene Motorcycle association on
Mt. David, Cottage Grove, Oregon,
will take place today, under the
auspices of the Lyons club of Cot
-it:
Cody Evans, who' rides
Soott, Salem cycle
LAMENTS LACK OF GOOD
MANNERS IN MOTORING
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CODE OF ETHICS SHOULD BE
J ADOPTED. EXPERT SAYS
Common Decency Ought to Rar
Many Habits of AntolMts,
It lit' Stated :
That the present lack of good
manners in motoring calls for a
code of ethics to be observed by
automobile drivers, Is the belief
of Robbins B. Stoeckel, commis
sioner of the Connecticut state de
partment of motor vehicles, whoee
views on this subject are being
sent to the country-wide member
ship of the national safety coun
cil. Mr. Stoeckel's suggestions are
intended to impress motorists with
the Importance of courtesy to fel
low drivers and pedestrians alike.
His advice should not only help
to prevent accidents but, should
keep some motor operators out of
trouble. : , , . l- .
"To be a good driver. In the
terms of applied ethics, is to be a
person of good manners, truly' an
altruist, ready to see and appre-'
ciate the problems of others, to
make proper allowances for them
and to exercise even a little more
patience, care and consideration
than is actually called for by the
letter of the law," declares Com
raiEsioner Stoeckel's bulletin.
Pointing out that there are cer
tain actions which are so obvious
ly bad manners that it becomes a
source of wonder how any person
can bring himself to commit ne
of them. Mr. Stoeckel cites exam
ples, such as:
Driving an automobile through
water or mud so as to splash same
upon pedestrians, a common pas
time with some motorists who
have peculiar ideas of what con
stitutes a Joke.;
Failing to give proper warning
to a pedestrian or other user of a
highway. Even animals should re
ceive reasonable notice.
" Using the horn to signal a per
son Inside a house or to attract
the attention of people passing.
Instead of reserving the horn for
safety purposes only:
. Neglecting to give proper atten
tion to headlights, thus often caus
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DAY & ZOSEL
tage Grove. About 75 motorcycle
riders from Salem will attend the
hill climb. The Salem riders enter
ed are: Frank -Hoover. George
Caster. Cody Evans, all riding
Har ley-Davidson machines.: Cody
Evans, who, last year won the two
main events, will again ride in the
1 cubic inch and also the SO inch
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man.
ing inconvenience and danger to
others. ' ". ' . '
.Disobeying the instructions re
ceived from traffic officers and
trying to steal a few feet of space,
instead of remaining in the proper
spot, a practice that, not only an
noys pedestrians and other mo
torists but which is dangerous. .
Starting an argument, with the
traffic officer is not only bad eti
quette but is courting trouble with
the law. j
"Keep In the middle of the
road" is a tip .that has been con
strued literally by the road-hog.
Drivers of heavy vehicles should
keep to the right side of the high
way where they belong. " '
The. expert ; driver must tone
down his skill by not swiftly weav
ing in and out of a moderately
moving stream of traffic, i
A common offense against road
etiquette is com mitted, when a mo
t tor car operator places his car at
a crossing so as to obstruct pe
destrian traffic, thus compelling
pedestrians to walk around his
machine.
Drivers who wish to bevconsid
erate of other people will concen
trate on what they are doing, look
where they are going, not attempt
to gaze at passersby and stay In
line. ' " " '
"In conclusion. Commissioner
Stoeckel says:
f'The exercise' of kindness to
others," consideration and true
courtesy will prevent any operator
from getting a wrong attitude of
mind fori driving in1 traffic. .Any
operator who loses his temper,
who becomes sulkyf or is abnormal
from any one of many different
causes is unfit to drive because
hia ajutomobile provides a medium
of expression for his personality.
If that personality is upset, he is
bound to make trouble for himself
or! for others, generally for both."
KIElCAXAh TRAFFIC GROWS
BERLIN.- Traffic through the
Kiel -Canal last year had more
than tripled since the close of the
World War and the total tonnage
surpassed that of 1913. In the
latter year 53,382 vessels with a
total tonnage of 10,349,929, pass
ed through the canal. The num
ber of vessels in 1918 was 15.929
aggregating 4,720.000 tons, j j
'Last year's traffic showed 2,
373 -ressels with a total tonnage
of 13.434462.
open events Cody rides tor Harry
Scott. , Salem cycle man. George
Caster and Frank Hoover will ride
in the novice events. Mt. Dav.id has
a grade at ; the place where the
hill climb id to be held of about
65 to 78. Several of the ma
chines have been able to go over
the top.
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Mt. David, Cottage Grove, Ore.
HUDSON SETS? RECORD
rRODrcTiox op six cylixd-
ER CARS' SAID LARGEST !
The biggest month'e production
of six cylinder cars in the history
of the industry was scared in
April by the Hudson-Essex organ
ization, according to officials, who
announced that 24,000 Hudson
and Efeex cars were made and
shipped. - ; j
Even this" production, according
to word received by Fred M. Pow
ell, distributor for Hudson and
Essex Un this city, was far from
sufficient to meet the enormous
demand which has developed all
over the country. Mr. Powell said
that he could' uee 50 per cent
more cars than are coming to him.
and that be is doing everything in
his power to obtain cars for imme
diate delivery. ' ! j
"Our business has been most
active all spring," he said, "but it
was still further increased when
the price on Hudson super-six cars
was reduced to the lowest point in
the history of these cars. The pub
lie knows of the Hudson 'super
six as one of the world's fine cars,
and this price reduction made It
also a car with a moderate price.
The super-six coach now sells at
les-a than half as much as the Hud
son open cars of only a few years
ago, and yet the present Hudson
car is superior In every detail to
(be. products of former years.
"This betterment In every de
tail and this reduction of price
have been made possible simul
taneously because of the vastly in
creased Hudson-Essex business.
Hudson-Essex is now by far the
largest six-cylinder manufacturer
in the world, and is one of the five
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companies in the Industry. making
1,000 cars a day or more.
VThe reduction In the. price of
the Hudson super-six is simply an
instance of how the benefits of
this great volume of business are
passed on to the public'.
""Better 1 quality, lower prices
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