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THE OREGON STATESMAN, SALEM, OREGON 1" SUNDAY SIORNINO. AUGUST 2, 1023 Clips Seven Hours From Coast to Coast Journey New York to San Francteco in 102 hours and 45 minutes la a motor car! ' A few years agd such a propos al would , hare been considered preposterous.; . v Today It is an actual achieve ment. . ". i. The man who accomplished it was L. B. MHler, Pacific coast tooo 19fcV ,Cta.lorW CO. l eor4 tir 'on m taaes, two 55 & a. iri"- - m. ww rao Boei';Sh count j V.A t w"- .IS wi 4j -'.' ahnost tlnbe- buslness man. - -. His car -his own car, bjj the way,, and not a factory car j-was a Willla Sainte Claire. To achieve this Hevable record it was necessary for Mr. Miller to beat the best previous transcontinental trip'jby more than even hours.' That he was able to do It, driving Inces santly, day and night, without! rest and with only occasional snatches of food, is a remarkable tribute to hie endurance." Mr. Miller, bow- ever, modestly gives major credit to the car. "The wonderful hand ling and riding qualities of the car made it easy," he said, j Miller was relieved at the wheel only a half hour a day, by C. I. Hansen, a San Francisco friend who made the trip with him. This is the : first time a continuous drive across the continent! has ever, been attempted by one hriv er. And to make the record all the more remarkable, the distance covered by Miller was 3,423 miles. This Is 265 miles farther thai the distance usually covered in " mak- - t PHI BEiil Dodge Brothers to Invest Eight Million in New Biul(K .. ins: Before Jan, 1 buildings are the great ' assembly plants into which -machining de partments feed their finished parte.- s " ' ' -v' Thei reputation of Dodge Brothers car and the character of Dodge Brothers dealer organiza tion, plus our . determination to make a j good car continually bet ter, leaves no possible doubt a. to our future market," said Presi dent Haynes. "Our only fear I that" even 1,500 cars a day will be insufficient for the requirement of 1926." ' . .. , lours Imagine your Eis trade-Trunk bs stood far that letter, do foe you. exactly what dependabilif btned with exclusive and tires- to know how all-around pull up at vice itgn and CecL Cords own signature at the bottom of I realize what C & L Tires will i ate bound to get out of a tire built into it. In C 6t LTiRES the if a pioneer Western firm is i resources of the world's largest distributor of automotive equipment OiANSioa LYON o. It you wane much safety, service, and genuine satisfaction you can get out of tire, that displays the LcL ser on lure-footed, long-wearing I lamauued red Tubes. CLARK & VIXCKXT- U. 660 N. Capitol St. " ' 5lem, Ore. seirve you weE Ing New York-San Francisco! rec ords. The extra distance was ne cessitated by detours around I new road construction. j . His average time for the entire distance was 33.4 miles per ljour, including all stops for oil and gas. Every experienced driver jwho knows the con gee ted traffic 'con ditions found in the east and the difficult road conditions in parts of the west will appreciate ithat this average maintained for Ifour consecutive days of driving byj one man is almost beyond the bounds -of possibility; . . "v- j -i ., y Mr. MiWer left "New York CUy at 1 a. m. Tuesday morning, July 14th, and arrived at San. Francis co at 4:45 a. m. Saturday morn ing, July 18th,, 9 9 hours and '45 minutes later. By adding the three hours dueto change 1n tl&e from Eastern Time to Central, to Moun tain, to Pacific Coast, the total time- was 102 hours 'and 45 min- utes, establishing - a new trans continental record for human and car endurance by lowering the old record 7 hours and 44 mtn Utes. '? - s ' . ' C'V I TO-anyone who has driven the trip and knows the difficulties and vast distances to be surmounted, the log of the trip seems almost prenomenal. '-' ''-- j ' ; ueaviagew. xora: at l $a m.. he went through Trenton to Phil adelphia. From Philadelphia 'he went through Chambersburg, Bed ford and Ligonier to ' Pittsburgh From Pittsburgh to Canton, then to South' Bend. He arrived in Chi cago Heights at 2 a. m., just 25 hours after leaving New York City.': Then on to Cedar Rapid: to Marshaltown -to 'f- Boone--to Carroll1 and then into the Mlssou- Ttt Tailey 50r ll minute' ahead5' of schedule. ' ' ' ' ; V"-'-":' : From Missouri ".Valley Miller " wired; "Passed " at -4 p. m.' nine hours crossing the state of Iowa. The largest expansion In the history of Dodge Brothers, Inc., Is now in progress. j Continually oversold since the business, began, and particularly oversold'this year In spite of the fact that production has been con sistently in excess of 1,100 cars a day, the management Is deter mined to take extraordinary meas ures to meet the requirements of its dealers In 1926. Five large new buildings are al ready under construction and three others " will ' begin imme diately, it Gs announced by F. J. Haynes, president and general manager.' The total floor area of the eight new buildings will exceed of a million square feet and will af- ford-employment for several thou sand additional men. The cost of thj expansion will be at approxi mately eight million dcdlars. t When the present construction program is completed, on January 1, 1926, Dodge Brothers, Inc., will have a capacity of 1,500 cars; a day. The present intention is to go into full production on this baste the moment the new facilities are available. Dodge . Brothers construction department has erected every building in the enormous factory and similarly will he responsible for every detail of -the present program. It is estimated that" fully 1000 men will be -employed:' the rest ot the year -iovjhe expansfon project. now underlay. Km When t Dodge Brothers factory began operations late in 1914, lit consisted of a few buildings with a total floor area of some 20 acres.! Today it consists of UOacresjahd the, addition of the five new build ings will Increase it tol30, I ' It will make J Dodge Bjrotber.; one of the largest factories in the world. i ; . " I A compile series of new build ings as large In. Itself aa many factories, Is , already under con struction 'on- Lynch 'Road. One building. 75x500 feeW. will Hons the heat treat department; anoth er, also 75x500 the.; heavy 'ham mer shop; another: 5x500, the light hammer shop. A died shop, 100x312 will also be ' erected . - To supply the power for these enor mous new. units a laxgfi and Oiy; Paige Aids Tourist j With Air Cleaners ' '1IAC DOXALD ilOTEs! S R. N. Tklacbonhld. "local Marion; Cleveland and ' Chandler dealer has moved to his old hxatlon at the corner of Ferry and Cottage streets. In this new home I Mac- Donald expects to be better able to display' his line and to'render better service to his patrons. Skipper and Vincent have leased the repair shop and will have charge-of that department. - HACK OS THK JOn ,. , . : Donald Macy who has been III at his home was back on the job at the Valley Motor company Friday.- - - .r - . . ;. .; - Ifrfc f'' pOii r4f fa Aarer Orrfa lJJ Jfe jC oy are sanyp thetuixs wiTiiour awheel brakesSS (j Increasing popularity of the New Paige Six as an automobile for long g'jnrs ' convinced Paig engineers that tneir motor car needed an air cleaner, according to Mr. Miller, manager of Trumru Motor Car company. Perfect carburetion may be ob tained with the newly adopted air cleaner las It only allows the air to become a part of the gas mixture, the explosion of which furnishes the power for an auto mobile.; Mr. Miller states that Paige owners now may chase the fastest of cars) on the dustiest roads in the country and be assured .the car is not suffering any loss In power because of the heavy dust, New Record Breakin AO VIBRATION" The Paige Six is now equipped with a counterbalanced crank shaft according to an announce ment madethis week by Mr. Mil ler manager of Trumm Motor Car company. "An absolutely vibrationless motor' has been the result," states Mr. Miller. '"The natural In crease .in power that Is enjoyed by "sr periectJTunning motor's own er is another result. - la counterbalancing the huge crankshaft In the new Paige per fect equilibrium was reached by addingj weight .to the opposite sides ot tne anatu The proper amount of weight for each shaft is determined by a counterbalanc ing machine which adjusts the balance down to the thousandth of an inch." 1 ' VISITS 'SALEM AiericaGre Nash Models with ! 1 t - - - . g Crowds By the hundreds of thousands American men and women have thronged Nash showrooms from one end of the country to the other since Announcement Day, Thursday, July 23. And the nation-wide enthusiasm these new Special Six and Advanced Six models have al ready created has launched Nash on a new year hound to eclipse by far the phenomenal success of the past twelve months. . .... i ,' - ' J, Attendance has been so heavy that hundreds have been prevented from adequate inspection of the new models so we are extending the Special introductory Exhibition for a period of two weeks more VK. 1. Carter, manager of the Albany; branch of the Fred M. Powellj Motor Cars organization was a Salem visitor Thursday transacting business with the distributor. -v--1 - - . . Nobody cares much what you balterye- so long as you don't Irri gate htm by discussing it. KIRKWOOD MOTOR CO. Corner Commercial and Chemeketa fTfie Country Has QoneHqsh" New 192 Cleveland SetsvRecora Sales- r " . Cleveland delivered more cars during the first six months of this year than in all twelve months 0fj924ty: my yyy ly -V;U ; y ; : y. - And now the new Cleveland is already setting . even a faster pace. - Naturally enough. The new Cleveland .'achieves beauty , of a kind rarely seen except in motor cars that cost a ransom sum to buy. "One-Shot" Lubrication System Cleveland has pioneered automatic chassis , . i' lxobrication and Cleveland alone offers the "One-Shot" System. More than 25,000 ' , Cleveland's with the "One-Shot" System are now in use. You simply press a plung- ' - . er under your heel that's all and every part of the chassis is flushed .with fresh, , : clean lubricant under pressure. Good-bye ; A prease PTins! Gortd-bv nfl ram! : V 'Its great power-plant stands head and shoulders . above everyday standards uv the delivery of power in the way it flashes from a crawl to a race and in sheer never-get-tired endurance.', ; , Distinguished Sixes "'895 to '1725 v t 4 MacDonald Auto Co. Corner Cottage and Ferry rgn. w J Lid CL2VELAMD AUTOMOBILE CO IIP AH Y mm mm CLPVELAIID bughly .modern 'oweirhous,e'.,"Wil5 be' built. Dosena ot new-railway tracks are' already being 'laid, hundreds of wocjkmen. being em ployed in this project alone. The largest. of the.additionslfo the main plant will be a six-story extension of assembly' nlant.No'. 2 100x462 feet in dimensions. This addition" alone will have" a floor area' of 282,000 square feet." The new forge 'department on Lynch Road replaces a. similar de partment in the main factory and the buildings " " which,' formerly housed it . will ; make way for a huge five-etory building; 205x100. This building will be for machin ing and storage purposes -What will be known as main plant N. 4,i measuring 76x475, will Join the machining and storage plant.' It will also be five stories and win complete an enormous L shaped unit. ', Dodge Brothers factory is one of the most compact in the world and the new buildings fit perfect ly into the vast system , of pro duction. Flanking a series ot main buildings on one side are .huge warehouses, where the raw ma terials are received and fed out Into the various machining de partments: ' 1 On the other side of the. main The farther the ear goes the bet ter it gets." i . : As the sun was sinking behind the. far-off reaches of the vast western plains, : he crossed the Mlteourl river Into the state! of Nebraska passing to the north ot Omaha the eastern terminus : of me union raciric, the line over which the Overland Limited pass es In its dash across the country. Biaire, then Columbus, on to Kearney, arriving at North Platte at. 2 a, m., 1,659 miles west ; of New York City, in Just exactly 49 hours after the Weetern Union officials stamped them out at the Weehauken Ferry. . ' With the dawn of a' new day the Gray Goose was speeding over the gray ribbon of dust which waB the old trail of the pony express through the land of the Pawnee Indians in the days of '49 into Cheyenne, Wyoming, and then In to Laramie.'---A; From Laramie to Medicine Bow, then southwest to Rawlins, to Evanston, and into Salt Lake City. Then southwest across the Great American . Desert; the smooth, powerful hum of the Gray Goose sending a greeting and a farewell to the coyotes as it sped on to Ely, under a myriad of stars. . . Ely, Nevada 2,842 miles from the. Weehauken Ferry580 miles from San Francisco and 15 min utes ahead of achedulev ' From Ely 330 miles to Carson City, then, up into the Sierra and down . through . the San Joaquin Valley, the Gray Goose new to ward San Francisco and home, crossing the bay and arriving at tbe.San, Frssctsco dock at 4:45... .T ' ' ' bsssassaBBSsa , t .-..: -... j, r .. .v. .... . . . j .. l . j SlK-Cylinder Coa rf-Broughm ('J , ) f. o. b. factory, plus war Ua ' New Models New 'Prices-- S 1 Like all progressive concerns,' Ricken backer, ,the acknowledged leader, j at this time announces a full line of new models. ' . And just to emphasize that leadership " Rick n backer also announces sensa tional reductions in price. j Stand-patters will try to stand pat, as usual, of course. -,-.. i . I ; h Fine! - ' ' - . ' . ' ! , Rickenbacker will continue to refine and : improve this product and at the same . time give buyers full benefit of all savings we are able to effect on larger output, as this dynamic concern continues to .stow. . ' '. -. j;-, June was the largest month we ever knew v; -- ' ",r' July, just ended, was the biggest month in our history. : , ' ; , 'I .- ' i' This 6-cylinder, 4-door Coach-Brougham is one of the chief reasons for the tremendous business we enjoy. Performance this car is bought on its matchless performance. It is the most amazing thing in action as sweet running as it is swift. 68-horse-power vibrationless the greatest brakes and springs ever built into an automobile. And finally, this beautiful 4-door Coach- -Brougham is upholstered in Baker Velvet Velour at the price you for merly paid for an open car of ordinary quality. . Price how of this1 new refined, more - powerful modal $1535 f. o. b. factory. Drive this Rickenbacker yourself it will be a revelation to you. v A F. :W. PETTYJOHN CO? - 365 N. Commercial St. i Telephone 1260 A. C A. R: 3J ii U WORTHY fl- n v ( of v! its MAtv4g- yx