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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
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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.
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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.
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KIRKWOOD MOTOR COMPANY
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Corner Commercial and Chemeketa
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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.
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: 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
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2195
2095
2295
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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. .
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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
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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. ' : .
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Coach 950
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Salem, Oregon
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