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r1- ..r. Tiiuor.nGON statesman, sale:.i, ohegon. , : SUNDAY MORNING, AUGUST 23, 1923 IIITO FJCT01IES OF Comparison Is Made Be tween Artisans of Past ' and Those of. Today Tres. By I. J. REUTER . and Gen. Mgr. Olds Motor ; i. Works wnaue praise is Bestowed on thfe craftsman and artisan of the past. principally through oar ten dency to heap laurel ' wreaths on the brow of antiquity without proper knowledge. If guild work men of the Sixteenth century were to try to build a present Oldsmo bile, the result would be a car greatly lacking In. accuracy and precision and selling at a fabulous price. ! v - t Credit Is due these early work man for what they accomplished with the meager equipment- of thos times. But is decidedly un fair to present day workmen and industrial; scientist" ' t exalt - the craftsman , of, the past! . and . his product. It can be safely said that. these men. in an entire cen tury, failed to bring about econo mies and betterments in manufac ture as hare, for example,- been accomplished by the Olds Motor Works during the past year; . In. oldeni times men served long apprenticeships; learning to do as their elders had done for genera tion past. The more progressive sometimes traveld "to other 'cities seeking new! methods, and this was; the chief : way any . progress was'gained. Today corps of high ly tfained men are constantly di recting experiments and tests. Un : der them are skilled workmen who ! carry on th actual work. ; Every day something new is tried. and something new is learned. The recent Introduction by the Otds Motor works - of the ' latest ! Oldsmobile j with added power beauty and performance at dras tically reduced prices Is; illustra tlve of the .1 vast difference be- tween crafts of today and yester day. Under; the "ancient system I such ' all accomplishment would have been Impossible, j . 'For '.months an -enlarged Olds mobile staff has been working to i ward two purposes one to create improvements and the other to re ! duce manufacturing costs without the sacrifice, of. Quality . Unlike their proiutypes who strove to excell along established ; lines only, f these craftsmen of 1925 work oa the assumption that everything can be Improved upon I and that every process can be per formed better and moire simply. i That which has been proven good is to. them not good enough; One group of skilled engineers MOTOR TRIPS ABROAD Famoiis : Westminster Abbey ONE OF A SERIES OF TRAVEL TABKS L- - n ' - -fM.fMi?1 ft I If I: th-. fat'gv-? if m . Jr-J, . i . ' .--' . - : . :. v .w 'lAv.--i-Avrtv:-:-:-. ::::: -:--v'-:. v Little Repair Work Required i on Cars which Run Over Hard Route 200 Miles PUt0 CarUt Ckryittr Crir&m i$ one of the most famous brated men, it is regarded as the rim inirrv I 1 II Mia lur nuillit . a vamw.w w f ' . Its official nanie is 'The Collegi- inent within; its walls halor ate Church of St. Peter. West- since been considered the last and minster Abbey has been the cor- greatest honor that the nation onation church of England since can bestawi oa iti. great. The the- crowning of Harold in 1066. body of the unknown soldier of With its; royal burial-vaults and Great Britain lies here. devoted their time and talents to wards changes that would result in more engine power without ad ding weight or sacrificing econo my. A larger -valve here, a slight change in shape , of another part, the lengthening of one rod or the shortening, of another - such things as these were decided up on after exhaustive tests., Every idea was tried out thor oughly before acceptance of rejection- Engines containing . a proposed change iwere tested on dynamometers for ; hundreds ' ol hours and their every degree of performance registered by delicate instruments. Then cars equipped with these, engines were rnn thousands of miles' around , the 146 ' acre proving ground ' main tained by General Motors Corpor ation. The proving' ground Toads approximate every condition an automobile will be called, to face, containing varying type " grades and constructed of different kinds of roadU material, from ja rough dirt road "to the - latest (concrete speedway. j - At the same time another group of experts was busy with manu facturing methods. New ideas shaved seconds ' off single - opera tions. Machines' that appeared to. the layman - to have uncanny intelligence and speed were , Im proved upon. Changes in layout mide further1 savings in time and labor.; The xesults of these labors was the ability to make a better Oldsmobile at a lower cost than ever before. I'."- -- - . What the 1 Oldsmobile has suc ceeded in accomplishing, and its continual striving for improve ment toward perfection, is just one illustration of the spirit that has made the automobile business the foremost Industry of this country and its : craftsmen ' the peers of the workers of all times. Two- motor- cars. In. California have run up a total of more- than 1,400.000 miles. Their records ats more tnan 700,000 miles each and each has been running eight years. They are still oper ating In" uninterrupted daily serv ice and their owners say they will be driven for years more before they are retired from service. It was in May of this year that each car turned its 700,000 miles. a distance the equivalent' of 2S trips around the world. The, two machines are standard touring cars made by the Packard Motor Car company, each one of which was lengthened in wheel base to carry- a large motor car stage bodyj They have been operating constantly night and day for eight years each in the fleet ot thirty Packard care operated by the Pickwick Stages System. Tbi veteran Packard.: stage coahes, each carry 14 passengers besides the driver. They are fully loaded on nearly every trip and from the time they were first placed in, service they, have car ried 3,000 pounds more load than they were designed to carry. De spite rough' roads, mountain climbing and runs through the desert, neither car, overloaded a ton and a half as they alwaye are. ever has broken down on the road. The, entire Pickwick fleet of Packard cars has run a total of more than 12,600,000 miles. The routes of the line extend from Ei Centro and San Diego in South ern California to ' Portland, Oregon. The two Packards with the greatest mileage have One of the NEWS FROM BEACH RSS0RTS fCoUaa4 fra p&f 4) Billy, Robbing flyweight , boxers of Portland. ' Mrs. Nels Sornsav Harry Sor ensen, Carrie Sorensen. all of Portland, were at the camp ground for the week-end.- Mrs. Jas. Elliott and Lueile El liott of . Astoria are at the camp ground during the convention. Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Bra it h waite. Portland, Mr. and Mrs. W. McGliachey and son of Seattle, Washington, are at the camp ground for the week. Mr. and Mrs. Rr C. Danford and; family and Harold King of Portland were guests ot Mr. and Mrs. Toot Swennes at their cot tage for th week-end. ! Among the Artisans at the camp ground for the. week, were: Mrs. Mary Rde and daughter Florence, of Cheney, Washington; Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Sprouse, John Sprouse Portland; Mr. and Mrs John J.' Loyd, Portland; Mr. and Mrs, M R. MJnMnger, Portland; Mr. and Mrs. A Marin,. St- Hel ens; p. it. MiUer, Portland; Mrs. Jno, T. Reisaeher, Mr. and Mrs W. M. Hoover, and Fossie Hoover and M. Stavseth and family all of Portland; Mr. and; Mrs. L. O William. ad Mr. and Mrs. O. L. Dumer, Salem: Mr. and Mrs. Jack Mans and daughter Rosemary.- A. P. Kless and family, Grande Ron- de. Oregon; Geo. G. Vetet and family; of Portland. Mr. and Mrs. T. B. Torson of Portland motored in and spent week at the camp ground. Another party of motor camp ers from Portland were Mr. and Mrs. A. P. Wllbnr. Mr. and Mrs C. A. Wilbur and Mr. J. E. Wil bur. Mr and Mrs. Frank Gollelirr and daughter Rhoda are the guests ot Mr. and Mrs. R. G Jubitz at their charming new cottage. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Goodwin are the guests of Mr. Goodwin' father; F. M. Goodwin, at his cot tage for the week. AJAX CARS APPEAR Fred Kirkwod. of the Kirkwood hardest stage runs in the entire Motor company, local Nash deale . VICK MAKES TRIP ' ' Alfred Vic, of Vic Brothers, Salem . Overland, Willys-Knight and Oakland dealers, left on atrip around Mt. Hood" loop; Thursday. east. Their route . lies between Los Angeles and Bakersfield, over the Tebaehapi pass and through desert and hilly roads that sub ject, to. as. severe, a. test as they could undergo anywhere. Each car averages more than 200 miles a . day. annually, on the present run. In former years with fewer cars operated by the company their daily average had to bo much greater. Officers of the Pickwick Stages System are authority for the state ment that little repair work has been necessary on even the old est Packards in eervice. returned from Portland with the first of the new Ajax cars to be shown in Salem. f -BDQ,i:I 5: I The Nctw fz SPECIAL SIX SEDAN I I r n J 4wheel brakes, full balloon tires and 5 disc wheels inc laded at no extra cost The body of this new Special Six Sedan is an original Nash-Seaman conception and brilliandy exem plifies the ablest work of craftsmen known the world over for the distinctive beauty of their designs. j I KIRKWOOD MOTOR COMPANY ! Corner Commercial and Chemeketa H!H!U! ill If" llitMliIStaTMtld HEW EdS ME vftilisse NEW LOW PRICES YOj can NOW drive the car have ahways wanted Illicit ENTK Nominations for Breeders' Futurity for 1925 Exceed Expectations you jTHlNK'-OF IT-this world famous cat with the sleeve ; valve motor brought into the buying range of hundreds of thousands of motorists who realize its tremendous superiority- the avalancKe:lias started toward Willys-Knight. -- ,.;,l::(v:v".''.:rV.,;. j-:..-x. ..y . ;-.!.,..;. 1 .,...!..: ' "... . !--',.!.- .... v i - -' . i -j.. - . ' 1 -- ; i ---..--'" . -M f .-' - F - ' : eNeew Reduced Prices Tearing :$li95; Touring . i : . $1750 1395, 6Saiim-t 2095 1450 .Coupe'v K 'KA 1595 Brougham i 1050 Sedan. Coiipe Sedan Brbushant 'Chassis L 2195 2095 2295 .1.- 6flt prices f:CbToU2o Th&e are the Ste get Up to 50JOOO WitKout a cent Eniire'freeiiom horn, vibration Jormotor repairt proved by -i learn .wHaf the Lahcbtstcr bal-' anccr aocs. - . .. thousands Of liscrs. i trttdom from all voire adjustments, noise; Trrar and repairs. Power c.ld Tv far every, need at " the.Iovest cost per mils for fuel A tidtor that actually improves and 'oil. j, r. - - iWiuvuse twitted by everyone. Ssnother rttssuB, with every addi tional mile you drive your car. . ' f Ugh Strc . T" CIS- ct.Ti:i:Ue: .in - . . Telephone 1841 tEXINGTON. Ky. Record breaking nominations for the Breeders' Futurity ot 1925 and 1927, and a large list named for the inaugural of the Centennial Futurity, feature races at the Ken tucky association track here, are indicated by the complete list ot eligibles. The Breeders' Futurity for 1925 (foals of 1923), to be run at the fall meeting November 11 to 21, had an eligible list of 112 two-year-olds, fourth payment baring been made on that number this month.' he list closed July 1, 1923, with first payment on C7S nominees. The Centennial Futurity, the new stake race to hare its Initial running at the Spring meeting in 1926, which yearlnarks the 100th anniversary of the association, re ceived 330 nominations. This event, like the Breeders' Futurity, fs for two-year-olds and "is over the futurity route, about 170 yards less than six furlongs. The Breeders' Futurity for 1927 (foals of 192S), closed with more than 800 nominations. John E. Madden of Hamburg,, Place. Lex ington, was the largest nominator. having made 54 entries. j The-list of eligibles for the 1925 Futurity shows a number of roy ally bred Juveniles, including the get of such great sires a Man-O'-Wa. Friar Rock, Omar Khayam. The Finn, Black Toney. Fair Play, Hourlesi and. Broomstick. - A number of these juveniles al ready have won brackets this year, while others stil lare in training on the blue grass farms here or at eastern stables. Upon the show ing of the entries in this race fre quently depends whether the own er nominates him for the Kentucky Derby. Walter J. Salmon and Harry F. Sinclair; New Tork sportsmen, lead tae list wit n, seven eligibles each. Harry Payne Whitney. New Tork, and Idle Hour Farm (E. R. Brad ley, Lexington.) have five apiece, while Greentree 'Stable (Mrs. Payne Whitney. New York); Aud ley Farm (M. B. B. Jones, Ken tucky). Willis Sharps Kilmer. New Tork; Log Cabin Stnd (O. IL J. I J j ' i If tr. ''!), ' ' , Ay- ' 1 I. "" 950 one of OQtone-But All Three Almost over nicht. the latest Oldsmoriile Siv ha rwome the most widely discussed cars in America. The reasons are clear-cut: Longer, lower, handsomer bodies buili by Faher and finished bi two-tone Duco. Finer performance expressed in swtflcr, smoother acceleration, in greater economy, ti easier steering, and in a broader pemer range. Greatly reduced prices that ghe Oldsmobile a new 1 dominance In tts price field.- ; ! Confirm this nationwide swing to the newest Oldsmobile! Drive it yourself. ' : . Touring 87 5 Coach 950 f. I. Lcnax. phu tax. Sedan ' 1 025 F.W.Pettyjohn 365 North Commercial ji Salem, Oregon "Product cf Gk-bj.i.Motor p -r-x i . t; C . ' : 4 c: Walker), and J. E. Madden. Lex- TTngt6iirrtTii"rnirwtries; - I:-.