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- ' - it Section Three Automotive - - - - f SEVENTY-FIFTH YEAR ' SALEM, OREQON, SUNDAY MORNING, JULY 19, 1925 t i .v..t.--. :3 V) If. .1MM0li Hf! Cape r4eon Kohl" Brt Satkawa- Garibaldi' e ? -rfTTC rfi.- If x 1 ft v a m am . 1 w a I a .J MS slami i St. Helena !"'.! , srren . i Ore KcsWvi ou 1 I I V X . - 111 Lll.-S. 1 TIT. IWWV. 1 41 WMtf Kini V . i i T - CO).' -JW; IT ' i Mir - rj - 3 AT M f r 'lsi' 1 o ; vv - silw fv rR 0 : L UN I fXtbJ . Rani 1 51 i': i-J - I ,. - , - - - - fottmm,tit kC0 y Tapster "mrrJKZZtS 7 1 v1 FT" l-r-l V-l ,B A " mm m m f .'vw , i r- V? .... wot City I Cnliy It i &rooklna 5 ' Kef FortRooJiv T 0 J 1 1 I 1 I 1 ValL 4- font XV SanwneriaVe SL;a;,ii-a t h t, , t I Hi P o t n I 1 flfA W.N 11 t I I i i J. ill.. A. 4 m m : ; y wv K&rtL 2 SUt highway u4 by ;tnoUir Sllge n( itliCk J fCrturtZ ' Highys 64 fcy motor sines n T r I '! ' ' . ' i rucks . - !Add RaiircM$ ttsnder . towstriicllon) in N IS E - a! : in 4 SaperlmpoBed tge nd MotortrucX Atoutq lpa Vrtyarcd by Oregon auto liigtawy Comraiwoioa Corty yortiand, Onyn, Jowail ; ' . rair!:" i : r - ... I !- ... ....... . TRUCK AND BUS LINES REACH ALL PARTS OF THE STATE--The great revolution in local transportation which has followed the highway improvement of the past few ycdrs is readily appreciated in looking at a map cbmtDiled by the state highway department, from records of ,the public service commission. which has jurisdiction over commercial.bus and truck hnh. for ViNpt alone on state nignways out an main county roaqs ine system nas spreaa neanyfu over me enure state, reacnuig even w jjuhiuj jwucre mgnway ucyeiopment nas .not touenca, example, the f reigril ; truck line, from Crane r to Bl jtzbh; in HarneV jcounty. In some sections the freight truck lines and the passenger bus rb utes are not coextensive, one feectidn may have a freight line only, while another will have only a passenger line, ihese variations are shown on the accompanying map, which is made up by imposing one system upon thether. 1 " ' f 11 z : . . . . ' 1 . . " t Atife Editors Ldjict Pr&is&s WiilysuKnigKt Six ill Nfcwspapermen Drivers - of. Cist-to-C6ast Car .Deeply Hn pressed by Performance bf Fanimis Car i ' When President John. Willys I o! the Wlliys-Oirerbind.ilnc.. deei fldcd tb iefad a WlllyB-KnlghV six 1 Irom fco8t - to coast, wth only newspaper pilots, hi Realized that ftery tist ,1tnowo to iatomobHe driTere buld be nsd on Ms prod ueu'j Now toat the fear is on the racl'ric coa8tj dellTerln greetings from Eastern offldas to western etpcutlvos, it Is interesting to note He original j comments of well Howh automobile editors , who tftove the'ear on its westward trip. .'buring the last 20 years I hav itIrin tit timmit prvthinr the f ttomohJlflJndrtstry has produced td'I thought I wablase." writes i v narles F. Marden, automobile ea Itor nt Via nnsrnn Kventnz tran acHpt, -but I tertaialy "had a new inrui in driring ihe Transcomi- tental urtir. trlvt K nrMia r;ir u vu vt iMjirnutuh v . It hun. VX.,r. JtnlVrnsnlTlfte td the throttle, effortless travel ni comfort rfowca rewarkabie The JJCVJTlys-Knlgbt eU j rrohs ut tbe hills, , and one rides inrougn the nigged New fcngland conniry wttt. nttln rnucern for the abll- vf till - . . ; Ity'.ot the car to Tnister the cen- tnnr of the road as u on ine aeaa level f the. plains." - . ' ! .Duncan Curry, unto editor of the New York -American, wrote Mr,;Willys : that: "The ,;Wiltys Kntght six has ahundance. 6t re serve power, specdi. acceuerauon end absence of vibration which make it as comfortable ar to ride in as I ever aat in, regardless of price. Not only that, out -ine body of tbe car to luxunousiy iin i bed,' and one that any one would be proud, to drive and own.". Annther New York newspaper- V T KhMViMV, rt Ti Wall nan, i. u. nuuiumo t Street Johmal; hat this to say: of i, t.W Willys-Khlght Biiv:: "My - tiir th Hudson In the.Wil lyi-lCnight six. .was, in . many, re elects, a rcu gu;mg. iuivv." running motor with " its surplus power, ready lor any emergency, gave one a eenseidt-relief as well as security.;. Negotiating all hybt with ease, the .at revealed a flexl. billty of power that was scarcely discernible." J f . Pred C. MeAlIlsler; motor trinsi port editor of t.he Journal of Com- if -I'M merce of New York, -wrote that 'The flow of power from the mo tor, was so smooth and silent that unless I knew the number of cyl inders it would have: been difficult tor me to designate them.". ' ; Cory Adams, maaager . oil the &(okiyn Standard Unl6n automo bile department, hae this to say: "After personally driving this sew six a little over 75 miles,; and 1 drove it both fast and hard, I am thoroughly sold oh this new prod uct." "I wish' to thank you for the Invitation,' Jam Ford, auto mobile editor Of the New York , ., r'. ' it i : ; . (Continued a pf 3) iv.-.-.::.4"-v s ; if - . 1 i T .V A , The above prcturo or the Willys Knight i press tat which passed through. Salem last week ea route from Boston, Mass., to Los Ange les; was taken 'by . A. Rhoten-. livestock eitcr -gf iUe Oregon V Statesman-in zront ef his resi dence, 1595 S6uth lligh strtect. George A'ick of Vick Brothers, io cal distributors is standing to the left with his tack to the camera shaking hahii 'w'itb ilalp Kietz- FUNDAMENTALS OF WEVf ERA OR PROSPERITY SEEN U .: .J... .1:; BCSIXE8S BEING AUJCSTED TO ; INCLUDE INCREASE Geaermt Brightening In all Line of Commerce Witnessed by Firm .... a. ..g.. ing, ibto editor of the tatesmkri whd la jcst ehteHag the tar. to drive it td Eukene. J. C. "Slim" MacCracken, of the sales promo tion department' 'of thd Willys Ov$riaaa, U itaadihg to. '9 right By RUSSELL E. GARDNER. JR. President. The Gardner Motor ; Company, Inc. ' For the flrit .tlme in at least five years, it now looks as if all tlx fundamentals of prosperity are basically i healthy. I would list theae fundamentals; In the follows, ing order;' (1) farm condition!; (t) industrial 'tad labor situa tions; (3) foreign relations;. (4) dealer stocks; (6) administra tion at Washington, and (S) plentiful supply of money. . Theae conditions certainly point definitely to a continued business prosperity, despite any temporary slow-up which may be encounter ed from month to month. Well informed business, leaders throughout the country seen to ta looking forward to a gradual gen eral Increase in activity through tha summer and fall of the current True, the month of Mar did show 'a slight decrease in Indus trial activity and ' baying has oca tin ued on a hand-to-mouth basis. But since the end of April, the money market has grown easier. This la very Important. For it certainly Indicates that tie slight business recession experienced generally . during early' May Is only temporary, and wo can con fidently expect June to be the big gest month of the current year to We rirmly Delleve that many constructive plans wtli te consu- mated In WaahiBgtda darinr the next .two years that the adminis tration will favor the further de velopment btlg business and that coattaued wosnerity win retort from lowered taxes. Torrlga trade expoBstoa. railroad -consolidations Federal aid to the farmers, and development of. constructive' In dustrial combinations. ..We. expect that health r. thontfi not extravagant, business: condi tion Kill prevail Tor at least two years t come, and ir the present administration make 4ni with the people, it Is altogether likely that the prosperous era may con- uaue auue wbne longer. .-: " Here at the Gardner factory, prodtCtion la rolBr fhrWarf mtmnA. Ily, which Indicates that "people OREGON JOl BE PIVOCI P01flT CrSALES PUfiS WILLY 8-OVERLAN D" FACTC !tY to liirLotri west statIj I ' "f ... , - Jl 1025 WU1 Be the Largest Prv ac tion YearU History of tli , Plaat . '.-I " ' ' JJ "Building on the aeblrrsorits of the gist seven months, the ties campaim ror the balance of ta year. oa the part of Wllly'a 0r- land,.iac, will be the larte.'.'la the history of the organitatUa." say's J. Alfred, northwest t ia- ager for this huge motor cttx n- afacturlBg and selling orgiL'sa- tioa. ii - '.Siafe'ApriL tha general j ci htva been id the bourse of d.rel opment;"The Sales Depart! at counted heavily on tbe populsrlty of the hew Orerland Six ancf tbe new WlUjKcUt Elk but'.wired uttll It', jK?ar!ty had tout a permanent basia before actrin J putting i Its " plans Into .opera jn. I NdwV haVe recefred wor 1 to so taa ins .rcusiiuz; luonti: ! o the yfirwlll see'actMties vr kh wm surpass all previous e! , "Already, Willys Overlasi rts. (V?Ua?t4 v pi 'I I