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? SEVENTY-FIFTH YEAR
SALEMrOREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, JULY 5, 1925 :
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Gardner Eight Carries Mail
2107, Miles in Fifty:
' Nine Hours
Duplicating the thrilling dashes
of the pony express men of pioneer
- days, Charles LCbidirJp V'and
James B. Thomas piloted a stock
Gardner : eight-in-line carrying- the
United States .mails over -2107
miles of , the worst roads in Ari-
sona, California, Old and 'New
Mexico In 5j hours, 27'" nilnutes
elapsed time on 133 .trallona , of
gasoline and 2 U quarts of oil
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and average of 18 miles to leach
gallon of gasoline and" more than
887 miles to' each quart "of oil. : -
Complete details of this amaz
ing feat ; are revealed "by a sworn
statement now on ! file in the
Phoenix, Arizona.voff Ices "of ' Har-
. i . .i.J.A. JLiftl .
California This statement is
signed by Gbldtrap and .Thomas,
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drivers, nd by.Jame aWow hardntes; strength and elasticity
Kay Robinson by heat treating and th4se-heat-The
purpose ot the run wato treatnient TnrriawS niaintain the
ance qualities; of ;the Gardaer
.l.kt I. lino V.o Tnnot I
severe possible. J Th Wafted
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', Marlow ' official observer, -M-hl
The roate ahead called for two!
great loops acrdss ' Artaona 4 and
into adjolhlng states,1' bne loop 1
lenamg nonnwara uom- i-noen.ix i
and passing -tlrrougn Trescou, l
.Ashfork, Hackberry. Kingman,
Needles, ; Parker, Xnma, ATtec,
Gila Bend. Buckeye and back to
Phoenix. rr
The second . loop Southward
from Phoenix 'to -Mes, Florence
and, Tucson then through Noga-"
les. Mexico. Bisbee. i Lowell ana
r Douglas, Arixpna, t Rodeo.
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Mexico. Lordsbnrg, New Mexico,
:, Duncan, - Arizona, Safford,- Pima,
San Carlos, Glober Payson.f Lone-
8om Valley, Pine Wlnslowj Flag-
'.siatr,' Cedar Springs; Grand Can
yon. Apex, r WilHams. Ashfork,
Prescott and return to Phoenix;
This gruelling grind was divided
into wrw reii uuiuir-p .h-
)BS tne nm , 58 muea ana iu
last 658 miles. Thomas piloted
the car over the second lap of
661 miles.; Astonishment was ex
pressed by drivers and observers
alike that any one car could stand
the grinding, racking strain to
"which the' Gardner I eight-in-line
was subjected from start to finish.
t One of the official observer
spmmed up the general sentiment
wnen ne saia aner ie curapiuUn
scarcely oeuevw in uy xr
M pumsnea jis m uaruuer
and at ihe end be "eejrom r1!
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troubles whatever. Not a wrench
was put to , the car from start jto J
finish, except to change punctured ;
tires. The four wheel enclosed
brakes performed perfectly on .
torturous grades and, '1iair-pla
tarns which were taken at terrific
steeds. We rode 'in" remarkable
comfort every .foot of the wayr
w" ?r5at Jn a f"
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tThe GVdner elghttls. Bold
fin
SjJem by the. Bur dett-Albee com
pany 217 'State street.
OIUXOMT. HOOD LOOP
0 The oiling of it niler of road
on the Mt. Hood loop! expected
td be completed by the latter. part
of this week. This -will be 'we!-
come news to motortstriinteridmg
I t make the trio this summer
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EIKER'S
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GUARANTEED FORDS
Tires Tubes . Gas Oil
GREASING
AccfcGsories 1 Open All Night
OiFficialAAA
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EIKER AUTFO GO.
'yTho Blue Front
Cci:: :r LIL zrty Stlee't'at' iFcrry Phcne 121
470 hEAT TREATMENT
MILLION V OP BTEETj PARTS
; TKEATED AT FORD PLANT
DETIUT, Mich., July 4. If the
average car owner gives any
thought to the subject - of heat
these; days other than to try
motoring to a cool spot to escape
it, there's one place wherV he can
take a little tesfebn that will he as
Interesting as! It Is, perhaps, snr-
prising to him. That place Is in
a department at the Highland
Parif plant !of the Ford Motor com
pany where he may learn how
heat, . when it, Is controlled and
maintained ,to a certain; definite
temperatures, works wonders " In
treating steel. . ? :
.'The," purpose, of course; is to
give steel parts used la the bulld-ing-of
'automobiles' dualities' that
make forthe' greatest durability
andt thus - Insure the ' Utmost " in
safely
It-Is -'demonstrated here
more impresslvelyf than 'most any.
where else; for in 'this division of
FoTtf'm inn fact lire there' are 470
heat 1 treatment 1 furnace through
which 'steef parts by the million
pass dally In ' preparation" or the
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Steel,
as most everyone knows,
may be- given "various 'degrees of
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forth- fit for duty but thkt i could
h made better by- any other
means at present known.
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aetermlned the exact treatment
lTieded'td Drod'uce'iust the ouali-
ties required, processes Varying ac-
cording to the chemical analysis
of the steel used and the function
the finished steel part is to per
form.
Eminent Surgeon Claims
Cancer Can Be Removed
MCa.ncerU 'the -"great VhtrmaB
menace. It Is' increasing by leaps
ana bonnas. it anytnmg, it is in
creasing more rapidly in the Unit
States than it is In the British
Isles. Of those now- living in the
British Isles, 5,000,000 are doom
ed to die of cancer if they do noth
ing to prevent it. In the United
States the A doomed -, number "is
10,000,000 and might easily rise
to 15,00O,00J) or 20,000,000
k This remarkabla statement ' is
This remarkable statement
made by Sir W. ' Arbuthnot lane.
Bart., one of the world's 'most
eminent surgeons and dieticians,
in an article appearing In the June
20 issue of the Dearborn Inde
pendent. ( ' .
According to Sir Arbuthnot,
cancer is not caused by the bac-
clllus that scientists have solong
80Ught and not yet found, but
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a fnth disease, and its pre-
yention ' i accomnlished 1v keen-
hng the digesUve tract thoroughly
drained of its accumulations.
' Continuing . the doctor ' says:
doctor
What we . should do then,' if--we
would avoid cancer; is to eat
Wholeweat bread and raw fruits,
and vegetables, 'shunning all meat.
first ' that ' we may be "better
nourished, ''second thatwe may
more easily eliminate. waste prod
ucts and thus adequately drain the
house in which our cells live,
Whoever fnre&rnes white bread will
Whoever foregoes white bread will
perform a great service, for him
self. It is deadly."1 " '.
It' is a difficult task to chang
the food: habits of a nation or to
Induce the people to take suffi
cient exercise each day. : SIrf Ar-
I buthot says, however, that 'who-
lever will correct 'his; diet to a
1 reasoriable extent take reasonable
exereise and keep - his 'digestive
ItTact, absolutely clean,Ttteed have
. no fear of cancer
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Modern teproo? remrorcec
al was r'nsed hv the Salem office
stated, it understood to have been approximately 23;t)00 cash. The
348 leet n-onting on oom commercial ana iiDeny Bireeis. ii is jiniiruca wiiaxne moaera garage ouna-i
he planned on extending the garage building through'the entire block, thus making one of the largest I
and finest garages in Salem. Mr. C. S. Parker,-who has owned and operated the garage business in
the Sas will continue to operate
that'sa tjkrt' of the transaction they
Parker. Under the terms of the
the Parker Realfy. Company.
Unif orm! Trkf f ic Regulations ' Will Be j
r Considered at Meeting'm Detroit
Conference to Be Held July 15th to Be Attended by Civic
Officials and Representatives of Auto Clubs . . ,
The conference of civic officials I
and representatives "of local auto
mobile clubs to be called July 15
in Detroit to correlate the traffic
regulations ot the cities and towns
of Michigan is an important, con
structive, move 'in-and attempt to
formulate uniform . nation-wide
traffic rules, in theoplnion of A.
G. Glancy, president and general
manager of the Oakland Motor
car company.
"It must be borne in mind that
before any- attempt - ismade to
correlate the laws jpf -the various
states to bring about a uniformity
of traffic regulations, each state
should have uniform ordlannces
in all the villages, towns and cities
within Its own boundaries Mr.i
Glancy points out. !
"The conference in Michigan Is
an' effort to bring , this about.'
Those who studied the situatiori
in thi3 state found that cities and
towns within a very close radius
Story of Pilgrim's Progress !!
Found in (Translation
SEATTLE. -An Old Testament
Pilgrim's Progress has heenound
in four of the psalms by Dr, Her
bert H: Gowen, professor of, Ori
ental languages and literature at
the University of Washington.
Dr. Gowen's translation differs
from the standard one. He says
he has preserved as neany as pos-i
gible the original meter of the Old
Testament songs and has diligent
ly connected the four chants. into
continuous story of the pil
grims' return to the Promised
Land. '"' ' " ; - '
"The conception , behind the
four psalms, which begin with the
120th. was the return of the Jew
ish exiles from Babylonian captiv
ity," Dr. Gowen said. "The Joy
of the returning captives as they
noticed the hills of their native
land and the towers of Jerusalem
is reflected in the songs." '? ;- f
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GARAGE BUILDING
concrete garage building sold by C.
of the. Parker Itealtr Company.
the business, according to the rarker Realty Company who stated!
had negotiated a ten year lease
lease Mr; White-win receive over 'z
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of each other often had "Very; dif
ferent ordinances for making
turns-, for cignaljing and for other
phases of 'driving,- including - the
various speed' limitations. - !'
. "It .was found that very fre
quently the many suburban towns
surrounding the large cities ; had
different sets , ofV! regulations,
which only those " who drove
through these towns 'actually
knew. Thus a problem ""w"as pre
sented even for the driver-who
lived in the state, which, of course
wasreven more complicated for the
casual tourist who happened to he
'driving through.
- "Uniformity of traffic within
Cach individual state must precede
'any. attempt to coordinate ' the
traffic regulations of the different
stales, and"thls'atteinpt by Mlchi
gan tteserves to be "watched " with
interest by most of - the other
sates. It is a movement that has
nation-wide -significance."
DEPARTMENT IS MOVED
VALLEY MOTOR CO. USED
CARS ARE UPSTAIRS
The Vallejr Motor company has
vacated the room formerly been
pied on Church by the used car
department and "moved this de
partment "upstairs. G. A. Coffey
and S. M. Hayes,'; former proprie
tors of the Western Garage,' will
open a modern and up-to-date ma
chine shop in the front portion of
the room vacated by theValley
Motor company. Parker stages
will be given storage room in the
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TO INDEPENDENCE
The delegation of Salem Lions
motored to Independence last Mon
day to visit 'the I Independence
Lions lub at the regular Monday
luncheon. . -
PHILCO BATTERIES
the Hot Summer Months -Your
two weeks to assure getting
your battery-
BEFORE YOUvSTilRT
on your vacation let us Idols over the 1
" IGNITION SYSTEM
on your car. It may save you a lot of time, worry and trouble
I Battery and Electrical iService
IS SOLD
S.' Parker to D. A. 'White. The I
While the consideration was notlcouver. n r.
property consists of a 'lot 56 byj
between "the new owner and C. S. I
j,uuo.uu m rentals, according tolurant cumpany. inese two or
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DRIVING IS PROFITABLE
NOTED DOCTOR CLAIM WORTH
260 TO DRIVE DAILY
To the average woman, it is
work.. $2 60" to drive everjy. da
this summer in a Duplex-bodied
car, believes Dr. Lucas C.-French,
noted Chicago physician and sur
geon,. i ' ' .
His computation is based on her
gain in health, her freedom from I
ttrimciai Deauwiyers. ana ner i
savings in household expenditures j
ana cost 01 doming.
This is how Dr. French Arrives I
at his $260: . " ; I
Tmnrnvempnf In nfl -health I
allavins of nervousness, im Drove-
ment of digestion, improvement in
sleep, and In the "good will" gain
ed thereby, $100.
Saving in expense of -medicines.
physician's services cosmetics and
special diets $20. ;
Saving in clothing and millinery
because open air does not require
elaborateness. $100.
Household -economies (if she
has picnic lunches and' dinners)
including food. gas. electric cur-
rent $40. Total $260.
n.itn i v t i
uimug m luo uycu air, wucrc
sunlight has purified it, and where
new1 vigor comes to 'taut nerves
and to organic functioning of the
poay; where sounder, more re-
freshing sleep follows, will- im
prove the average woman's health
an equivalent of $100 without
question, he believes.. . C"
Motorists Hear Call
of Fine Oregon Beaches
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Beaches are calling .to Salem
motorists ana among those who
areleading the call and who will
spend a week at the coast are
Dr j A. G. Bates and wife, who
leave for Seaside this week. Dr,
Bates Is with the Staples optical
company and during his absence
Senator Staples, of Portland," Will
have charge of the Salem office.
WJ F. Powers, local insurance
man. with his family, father, II.
F. Powers and a brother, E. F. 1
Powers, who are visiting from
Michigan,' will spend their vacation
at Newport.
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LOCALDSTHBUTOR
I Star arid Du rant Safe Have
: Increased Is Report of
Visitors
E. T. Tnller,; sales manager bt
the Durant Motor. Company of
California,' and S. S. Jones, repre
sentative of the company in this
territory, visited the Salem Auto
mobile company, local Star and
Durant dealers, last week. Tuller
and -Jones are on a tour of all the
Star and Durant dealers in west
ern Oregon and northern Califor
nia and are holding dealer meet
ings - in those leading sales cen
ters. .
Tuller has recently returned
from a swing of the entire north-
west territory, having visited Van-
Spokane. Bellinghara and Port-
ianj on th trr nnrti, vn
n-v- in-.-?!--. orman
' T ce PresJaent and gene-
sr uu ueurse .. ocon.
assistant general manager of the
ficials of the Durant organization
left from the Canadian city to
visit W. C. Durant in New York,
where they will -go over western
trade conditions and new country
wide movements in the trade
They will also visit the numerous
plants that supply - materials to
me Durant Motor comnanr of
California for the manufacture of
Star and Durant cars.
On the trip Tuller, Is making
an analysis of business conditions
in the northwest. Both Star and
Durant sales have materially in
creased all over the Pacific coast
ne states, and tin finta
statistics particularly favorable to
tne Star and Durant cars. He
was enthusiastic in his praise of
the new Star coupsten which has
recently been placed . on disnlav
here and has been received with
""ca enmusiasm py jocal motor
ists. Since the intrndncttan f
the coupster, he said, production
on this one unit alone has more
than doubled
GUIDE BOOK PUBLISHED i
BY CAMP NEW YORK
An attractively illustrated -48
page booklet entitled "Camp New
YorV descrlhinp- thA - in
camping ground of NewYork City
first motor tourists' Mmn h.a .
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been published.
This book. also contains maps
of the neighboring states with the
routes ef the main artlrles leading
to the metropolis clearly defined.
In an Interesting style it briefly
outlines the historical-and Impor
tant places which lure, daily, thou
sands of-sightseeing, tourists to
the Wonder City.
Copies may be obtained by writ-
? vt01ih1V Teta7' Cap
I York, 191 Fulton street, Nei
New
New York
City.
OX VACATION
. Ben Vick; manager of the used
car department of Vlck Brothers.
I left -yesterday for Lake county.
eastern Oregon. ' where he will
visit his old homestead. From
there he will go to . Crater lake,
then to the Oregon caves, and
home by way of Grants Pass and
Eugene.- -r '-.-'?: .
A city of beautiful streets1 and
well-kept lawns Salem, Oregon. ;
"One SMt" ftubHcatipn Syptm
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LIKES THE 'MARM'ON CAR
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OWNS TEN AUTOMOBILES BITT
FAVORS THE MARMOX CAR
Nothing proves the' mechanical
perfection or imperfection of an
automobile so well as the use "of
it, .day in and day out, for long
tours over all kind of roads and
under all sorts of conditions, ac
cording tq E. S. Gorrell, vice presi
dent of the Nordyke & Mann on
company. Of more than usual In
terest therefore Is a letter which
was received recently by Mr. Gor
rel from Mr. Burns Lyman. Smith,
president ot Smith Wheel. Inc. and
a son ot the founder of the L. C
Smith Typewriter company.
At the present time, Mr. Smith,
owns ten automobiles V Including
several which are higher priced
than the Marmon but bis favorites.
according to his better, arc his.
three Marmons. ... . , -
wnnout a n y so lid tatlon or
suggestion by anyone, I am writ
ing this letter to you only actuated
by my personal feelings and estim
ation of the Marmon car," Mr.
Smith wrote.
"Last year about this time. ,
purchased a Marmon car and liked
it so well that about two months
later I purchased another and
about three months after that, -a
third one was delivered to me. 1
"1 have personally driven these
three cars, all toldmore than 20,
uwo miles and I am wont to sea
wherein they fall short of the
mark in speed, durability and
other features that go to make np
me - aesirabllity of the : highest
class of automobile, regardless of
price.
Announce New Officials
Of Willys-Overland," Inc,
Three of Wlllys-Overland's "of-
iiciats, all well known in the auto
mobile industry were promoted
according to the announcement
following the last stockholders
meeting of the company in Tole
dj.
A. B. Qualy fcvho-has been for
years secretary to President John
N. Willys of Willys-Overland, Inc.
was announced as the new secre
tary of Willys-Overland. Inc.' Mr.
Qualys association with automo
bile men throughout the country
has resulted in a wide acquaint
ance of friends who are wow of-
lering congratulations to him In
his new position.
Secretary aha. treasurer of
Willys-Ovexland, L. A. Miller's
elevation to first vice presidency
of the company has received con
siderable comment throughout the
Industry. Mr." Miller's acquaint
ances include men in every branch
of the Industry. ' '
' H. J. Leonard, formerly the
general manager of the Stephens;
Motor Car Company was announc
ed at the stockholders meeting as
new vice president- of Willys
Overland. LIKES OREGON ROADS
Phillip Mendelsohn of Los An
geles, 'Cal., who stopped over; In
Salem last week visiting-his father
Dr. M. P. Mendelsohn, admitted
that there Is one thing Oregon has
J better than California, and that
is good roads. : Mr. Mendelsohn
motored from Los Angeles In a
Chevrolet sedan and la going- to
spend the summer months In - the
vicinity of Puget Sound.
BONESTEELE IN EAST
H. F. ' Bonesteele," president of
the Bonesteele Motor company,
is visiting the Dodge Brothers and
Graham Brothers' plants in . the
east. He is expected back in Sa
lem in a few weeks. . .
Is the'bnly car that nas
excellent feature '"
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AtD THE PRICE IS LOW,
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Prices P. O. B, Factory
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iSlFKlES
More: Than "100,000 Cars
Made and Sold by . Hud-'
son-Essex SlnceJan. 1
June is " another record-breaking .
month for Hudson and Essex cars,
with business:'- good anc public
demand exceedingly active, accord
ing to Fred M. Powell, Hudson-
Essex distributor. v ' ' '
"This will prove the. sixth suc
cessive month In which all pre
vious totals of Hudson and'Essex ,
business are surpassed." said Mr.
Powell. 'Startlng with January
of this year, Hudson-Essex started
in the habit of. breaking records.
In ach: month since then if has j
bettered all former marks. . "
"In so doing,' Hudson-Essex has
become the largest and. most pop
ular line of six. , cylinder , cars
which this or any other year ever
knew. The -more than 100,000
cars which have been made and
sold this first six months of 1925
would be in fact a most handsome
output for an entire year. But
the public for the cars which has
called for. this volume Is on the
Increase and still greater Hudson
Essex marks may be. looked for in
the last half of the year.
"The reasons behind this extra
ordinary record are of vital in-
terest. There is no one single !
feature of Hudson-Essex construc
tion on which public interest has
centered:- but there is an all
around standard of well balanced
value which we considered ' un
matched elsewhere-i-and apparent
ly the public agrees with us.'
.A. city of .beautiful streets 'and',
well-kept lawns Salem, Oregon. ,
This summer while
you are working and
have it: all paid for
when school starts.
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Easy Teritis
wen sen. you -one lor. .a
small 'payment down "and
TV . -r ' dm
the balance on small weekly,
payments.
SEE OUR BICYCLES.
BEFORE BU Y ING
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