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
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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-
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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." '
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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
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Donald Macy who has been III
at his home was back on the job
at the Valley Motor company Friday.-
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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
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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.
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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.
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. . 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! :
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'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
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MacDonald Auto Co.
Corner Cottage and Ferry
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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...
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('J , ) f. o. b. factory, plus war Ua
' New Models New 'Prices-- S
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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
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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
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F. :W. PETTYJOHN CO? -
365 N. Commercial St. i Telephone 1260
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