T. TnE ORECON -SMAN; SALEM, OREGON Sunday mohntnc; August ic-a 5 ! EII5S i am H, R. Speck Gives -ldoa of the Handling of Gasoline Before Used NEW OLDSMOBILES ANNOUNCED x. i v- f x r . . . -. ml 9 r t : 1 U--.:. Ik-. The roan who drives up to a freen and white pump and has ten or fifteen gallons of General fUHolIne pumped into the tank of his car seldom stops to reflect Just bow far and in what ways that gasoline has traveled before it gets into the station of the independent dealer, who supplies him, 'states W. R. Speck, distributor of Gen eral Petroleum Products.. 'J "If we could foliow It from the wells where it Is produced, per haps In the Taft, California, field, through miles of pipe line across mountains and over deserts to the refineries; ; thence j through -other pipe lines to the harbor, where it is pumped (into the huge ocean going tankerB that: transport it to the, storage tanks at Portland;' .thence by rail to our distribution tanks; thence by tank to the ser vice station; and if he could see all the care with which it must be handled at every stage of its jour ney, be could realize better just what Is necessary to bring his gas oline to him. I "The pipe line department of the General Petroleum Corpora-1 tion. has a mileage of over 400 miles in California! and last year handled over 25,000,000 barrels of V oil. In pumping j it over .the mountains it is necessary to have stations which heat the oil in the winter so that it will flow more I freely. Oil is routed and dispatch- d through the pipe lines in much the same manner that trains are dispatched on the railroad. ; , "In thia connection, a recent re port showed that I in connection with Its pipe lines, the General Petroleum". Corporation operates approximately 1,000 miles of tele phone and, telegraph wire, with 200 telephones and six telegraph offices. With the aid of these in struments and close observation of tank gauges, the operators and e:-. gineers are able to -i operate the pumps in synchronism, and the dis-. patcher is able to keep in touch! with every barrel of oil In transit." i ::: : '" 1 : - ;w I J iJ Mi I I j ! 1116 01dsmobile Six Touring ' Tll iT--Trr! J' , V j jThe Qldsmobile Six Coach , ' ' . J' ' -j all the way from one machine to f V""- fl 7A i "We have felt a pronounced Uie ow operating costs make? 5 Vi ' w ' w IJ- w .-. the motorcycle in great demand .-.-- ! j Jf V " :. i I . I ? W OVERLAND AND KNIGHT ANNOUNCE REDUCTION llt'GK TOLEDO MAXUPACTl R KU CUTS ON Atlj MODELS Announcement is i made from Willys Overland Sine.,- Toledo. Ohio, of sweeping ! price reduc tions on all models effective at once and covering both ieix and four cylinder models In the Over: land and the Willys-Knight lines. The cuts on the six cylinder "Willys Knight models range from 95 on the open-models to $200 on the Sedan and the Brougham; on the four cylinder Willys Knight line the cuts are $100 on all mod els with the exception of the se dan which has dropped $125. The new low prices on the Overland Six were announced two weeks ago. j j ! On the Overland, Four, the cut on the lie Luxe .Sedan is $45. and on the Standard Sedan and the Coupe, $35 Prices on the Tour ing car remain the 'same a in the pan. ."; j H . The pronounced drops In price on the six cylinder models In both the Overland and the Willys Knight lines comes as a distinct surprise after the low prices nam el on these models when they -1 ere introduced. . ! j The new prices on the Overland Font maintain for ' this car the 1 1 1 HE VICTORIES Toledo-Made Spark Plugs in Winning Engines on Land and Water great speed events both In Ainef-j contest. tLe Crnd.irix Tourlsrne, lea and ETurope. j In the recent Grand Prix of France, held over tti Montulei Course, rvnolvt won with a Cnarrt p;m Huiptted lk-Ltge. Wagner. Ui another lielage. power with tlw same type spark plugs, was sec ond. " ' All the Al.'a Romeou, withdrawn run over tho same course. Iioillot. driving a Peugeot, was the win ner In the five litre , (300-cubic inrhl dbilae-jTent class. All rar With-whir a. Lieut. Wade., of UhiK world airplane fliers, drove-fropt j Io Acge!e:io New TorkUa non--tn. run. , was'equlpped riianipitm-. as wn the Wills St e. ia t-ach o The three piston dU-iC'laiie )iich L 11. Miller use4 In establishing a new cofst to coat record of 102 hour and 4 5 minutes. Ten of the 15 spd boats par- rhnnpion spark plugs rontimir t o play a leading p-rt In vttriujs liacement t lasses were Ch-iiipioaj equipped. On Julj 20. Ralph DePatma drove a pretty race tit win the an- when Antonio A.scarl. leading Eu-i nual Denver event with his Vliller j titrating la the rei-ut farannah rup-an uriv-r. was wt-rt? j Speriat. urtrin ly fu-iMiou i. f Tia. water carnival ra.--s nid riiuiptx-d ith t'hawpious, Li-, 7, ,., ipa,k j,iUgH wre ! rhauipiftn. Baby Sunh!ne. wlu cludins As:ti'd car. an Important fartor in two greut tt-r ia Loth nain rveuts, and Mis; lUe ('.land irix toiioed :;'.or-1 cross-conntry .'drives during tlieif.i. I eter.burg. the moner-up. ly ufler the great touring ear lat few weeks. The Packard were both Champion equipped. distinctibn of 'being the lowest priced four cylinder f car on the market eotiHd-witli . alandard , three-forward speed Iransmissicn. Reports from the Pacific coast territory indicate that the demand f r all raodel3 has been above the quotas set toe the territory while all over the country, the price drop comes in the face of a sus tained demand which has kept Willys Qyerland production at the highest point ever reached in the hkstory of the company. No changes in specifications or equipment are announced or con- emplated, " the price; drop being iUBtifiedj by the .high output rec ords of .the factory which have ktpt the manufacturing ; ; coats down. . Local - representatives for Over load a n(J Willys Knight when in terviewed regarding the price drop. said. "That It was entirely unexpected is borne out by the fact thatj pur regional sales meet ing Just I closed, Saturday and at that time we : had no Information regarding the change.- -" "It comes only a day after the arrival ht. Mr. John N. Willys, president of the Willys Overland Inc., from a trip to Europe and Is ; undoubtedly a part of his general WORLD'S SMALLEST RADIO SET UTILIZING VACUUM TUBE . ; ; rL- 1 a . cr which" he hascalledthV "pup" because it is Ihe smallest real radio set in the world.' 'I'll, t r-m inH ri i iifwliilin fJ I ilvnry rord 01 Radio, ne want- ciintes ia his Cincinnati plants ,cd to buy a one-tube radio re- makes it possible to sell the set 1TP HE lire ambition of Powel V Cro-ley. Jr.. is about to be irealized. tour years ago. be- lore ne was reierrea 10 as mc r t-iver for his son to play with. .He was informed it would cost 3 1 30.00. Feeling that was en tirely too much money to spend for a boy's toy and also realiz ing there must be other fathers who would like to give radio sets to their children, he made up his mind to someday build a radio set which would be within the pocket-book reach f everybody. 1 , Success has crowned the ef forts of the inventor of the new for S9.7& A radio of this kind makes it possible to "lake your entertainment . with" you. - It weighs about a pound and is only 3yvby 4Vby-4K Inches. Experiments - have demon strated this single-tube receiver will pick-up signals from dis tant broadcasting stations with excellent, volume and the super power stations ;pound right in. Its .inventor believes that it will not be long until foreign nign-power stations ; win De l&inslc-tube regenerative receiv. beard with a one-tube receiver piogram which is aimed at keep ing the high production figures of his-company up to their present rate til during the fall and winter seasons. ! We have felt a pronounced trend toward Willys Knight and Overland products this year, not particularly became of price but because of the recognition on the part of the-car . buying public ol the values we have to offer. Theso new pricee make this value moie evident than ever before. : j "On our standard production they are the lowest ever reached in . the history of the organiza tion. .We are mdre than ever ; In a; position of being able to serve th price demands of betler than 7e of the entire car buying public from one organization with one basic source of responsibility, j "This will add. to the strength of our position and at the present tme we rank as the,third largest a,nd strongest motor car manufac turing company In the world." HARLEV - DAVIDSON POLICE SALES SHOW RIG' INCREASE Police and sheriff's, depart ments throughout the country are fast turning to the motorcycle as a! solution of handling their .fast increasing traffic problems. This swift, 'economical : means of trans portation for officers In chasing speeders, running down '-bootleggers and drunken drivers has made the motorcycle very popular with all law enforcement depart ments. ' j There are now 2433 depart ments using Ilarley-Davidson equipment in the United State3. says Harry W. Scott, local cycle dealer, and these departments purchased during. the past season a, total of 2236 motorcycles: These were purchased In varied amounts Yosemlte National Park Mo torists by the' hundred arrived Jn Yosemite National Park over the Wawona road thia week and ex pressed much satisfaction with the abolition of controls between In spiration Point and the floor of the valley. The road between these points as Improved by the National Park Service during the summer, prov ed plenty wide for up-going and down-going machines to pass. Relegation to the scrap-heap of the old regulations permitting as cent of a the grade only on e?en hours and descent on odd hours made a hit with Mr. Motorist. It may be time to remark that, in spite of the generwal uneasi ness about 1 von Hlndenburg's election, the kaiser does not seem to be geting nearer to Potsdam. i5 Accessories and Oil BARRETT BROS. GARAGE I00.1 North Capitol GENUINE Willard Battery Fits practically all cars made S12J JOE WILLIAMS The Battery Man 531 Court Street ; Phone 19S Member Willard Battery Men one -But All Three With one swift sure stride, Oldsmbbile at- ...... I j ' tains a position of commanding importance. Here is greater 'beauty 'and finer per formance an impressive achievement that becomes doubly so with the drastic reduction of Oldsmobile prices! In fairness to yourself, your pocket book and your sense of satisfaction arrange to see and drive this latest Oldsmobile at the earliest opportxinity. Touring '875 Coach '950 Sedan '1025 1. f. o. i. Lansing, plus lax -'. , i ... I j F. W. Pettyjohn 363 North Commercial Salem, Oregon ' " - VTA 7wiir.rUo..t K oV