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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 13, 1925)
2 THE OREGON STATESMAN. SALEM. OREGON SUNDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 13, 1025 OLDEST STEAMER BURNED hf-h KOEP1XQ, er Fenix, w was the oldest active service troyed by flret weden. -The steam , it waa claimed. la the world Id recently was dea Buiit in 1848 at Motala wharf, the boat had been making regular trips between this citt and Stockholm. ; Since its launching It had been reehrlstened several times and was rebuilt in t the time of -its t destruction there were 16 passengers besides the crew aboard, all of whom escaped. McMinnville. New glove fac tory turns out 50 to 100 dozen pair weekly. . ' WorUi otor Vatu Vv I ' SAFETY WAII WILL BE LflUii'GliED Union Oil Company Will Change Lntire Outdoor Advertising Campaign !: 4 t V. The New SPECIAL SIX) SEDAN ; brake, fall balloon tares and 5 disc wheels included at no extra cost All over the country they're look ing at other cars in the field of this new Special Six Sedan and then buying the Nash product. There's no secret to itit's the appeal of quality KIRKWOOD MOTOR COMPANY . -TL . . -iv Commercial and Chemeketa v F1NANCECHARGES LOWERED' i INSURANCE RATES REDUCED LOS AXCELES. Sept. 12 The ational campaign for street &n,t highway safety received its big- Keai t-aniic coast boost when It was announced that the entire outdoor advertising campaign of ne l nion Oil company of Callfor ia, supplemented bv it remiir newspaper advertising throughout u lerruory in which the comnanv operates, costing in excess of half minion dollars, for the fnnrn months beginning October 15. will be devoted to the fostering of safe- rules and precautions amonr motorists. The announcement i signed by L. P. St. Clair, vl president. The company will disntav . total of 20.000 full size posters during the period of the campaign. These posters will annear rnn. tinuously until December is. t9r. on all of the 1.500 board locations which the company has under con tract. There will be fourteen sep arate desingns, each covering one or tne Dig phoses of the present safety need. The first broadside. a poster showing a group of chil dren playing and a motorist slop ping, is headed "Children Will Play. Be Careful." Thl noster will be on the boards October 15. staying up until November 15 when the second shot will be fired. Decision of the comnanv to rfpr. ote over five hundred thousand dollars to the safety cause comes after a lenghty and complete in vestigation into the accident situ ation on the Pacific coast. Th rnvestigaUon convinced the of ficials that the Pacific coat is facinra crisis in th'a ' " - - - - CI 1 hat efforts should be directed to ward safe motoring and safe ureers before any further at tempts to increase automobile usajre. , , . J,.:,:::v;,,:,: .,-:,;.:vv:;v,:.:, P7 EBMSa I CHEVROLET CELEBRATES TWO-M1LUOXTII CAR TURNED CUT BV THE PLAXT Excessive finance charges and too high Insurance rate have made it difficult for many people to bay automobiles. i The Chrysler Plan, Inaugurated by the Chrysler Corpor ation, will save purchasers of Chrys ler cars VXX),000 daring the first year of the ope ration of the Plan, In reduced finance charges and low ered insurance rates. The Chrysler Plaa was Inaugur ated July 1 and Is resulting In a saving to date of about 400.000 a month to Chrrtler car buyers. It Is a plan which marks a new clay In the history, of motor car merchandising. DUBLIN WILL HAVE i WOMEN'S CONGRESS DUBLIN The Congress of the Women's international league for peace and freedom next year will be held in Dublin. This city was chosen over Chechoslovakia by a vote of 13 to 10 at a recent meet Ing of the executive committee at Innsbruck. The two-millionth Chevrolet buUt September 8 establishes a new record In automotive history. The Chevrolet Motor company Is , the first maker of selective gear shift cam to attain this pro duction. "Passing the two-million pro duction mark emphasizes Chev rolet's progress." said W. S. Knudsen. president of the com pany. The present record should not be the last as the company expects to produce close to a half million cars during 1925 which will exceed by a wide margin the 1523 Chevrolet peak production. When the first "baby grand touring model was turned out at the Flint plant in 1913 Chevrolet production for tha year totaled only 5.99? which today would represent less than three days work. The original plant would be lost today among the huge buildings of the organization which Include motor, preesed me tal and assembly plants at Flint. Mich.; slv other assembly planta at: Tarrytown. N. Y., St. Louis. Mo.. Oakland. Cal , aJnesville. Wis.. Norwood. O.. and Buffalo. N.: Y.: three factories at Detroit for the manufacture respectively of gears, axles and forgings; transmission plant at Toledo. O.: a small parts factory at Bay City, Mich., and an export assembling plant at Bloomfield. N. J. The company occupies 167 building with a total floor space of 6,!r5.- 227 square feet. The varlons planta occupy 34 acres. The first Chevrolet, purchased by the company a few years ago from the original owner, la still la n. At the conservative average ot 10.000 miles per ear, the two million Chevrolets produced since the completion of this first Chevrolet represent 20.000.000.000 miles ot transportation or more than 40.- . 000 round trips between the earth and the moon. - Placed end to end the 2.000,000 Chevroleta would form a traffic jam 4. CSS . miles long. St, Helens. McComick Lum ber company sells light and power plant to Portland Electric Power company for 1250.000. RADIATOR 'FENDER " BODY WORK WELDING E. W. MOODY An expert In that line In charge O. J. HULL Aato Top aad Paint Shop Alley Ib-ar of City Hall XKW CYCLE COMIXG A new model, one cylinder Har- ley-Davidson ' motorcycle will reach Salem early this week. It was announced Saturday by Harry Scott, Harley dealer for this dis trict. The first model to reach Oregon was driven to Portland by Joe Schantin. dealer In that city. He rode the machine from the fac tory. !!' Uorner 1 - . . .,. ': - : : : f f 2?22S 2S2S2S5S3Sfc ? -' ' " I 1 1 j A Compliment!-WWch is also a Problem I MM Hi i 1 1 1 ki is New Vertical-8 Model n f tkf Nmv Price Is Almost Unbelievable Vahxe the ThoM wbo anSov th distinriinn nf alltrwr Rickenbacker automobiles and especially the new Vertical-8 models find themselves confronted with a problem it is difficult to SOlve. , . j j -;. ; ; , ; . "; J if It is the exact reverse of the problem of which most automobile dealers complain. In most cases it is difficult to make buyers believe the prices are low enough. - . t Our task is to eradicate from the mind of the average buyer, the pre-conceived impression that Rickenbacker prices are much higher than they actually are. ! i ; "Why U that all a Rickenbacker Verticals costs? I had an idea you couldn't look at a car of that make for less than $5,000." That U a remark we hear every day.i, And models ad yet since the advent of the and the aimultanaonm arnuHmeMnant rf tH great price reductions, you can possess a Vertical- Phaeton for $1,935, f.o-b. factory. A beautiful 4-door Brougham for $1,S?5, or a Sedan for $2,135. It is a compliment to this product that every body considers a Rickenbacker Vertical-S atl a , s among we nigness prxceci In quality it does belong there. In performance it will make many a higher priced car "look like a fool," as one owner expressed it. But we feel that if all buyers knew that its new price is as low as that of ordinary cars well no one would think of lookmi at any other. F. W. Pettyjohn Company j 365 North Commercial Salem, Oregon 5 :n - -i-:r,. n n uL M IS) Si Ja CAR: WORTHY OF ITS I TO) o ma ( XB'9 isSC adloaosaasa t , For the second time within four months, Graham Brothers announce a substantial reduction in price. j ' Effective Wednesday; September 9th, the f. o. b. Detroit price of Graham Brothers lrton Truck chassis is This reduction is in line with previous assurances that the truck buyer will always benefit equally with Graham Brothers by every economy effected through increased production. Now first in ihe world as exclusive manufacturers of motor trucks, Graham Brothers are able to make this second reduction without the slightest sacrifice of quality. J i In fact, the truck today is better than ever before and this new price will seem remarkably low to those who know what Graham Brothers Trucks will do. BONESTEELE MOTOR CO. 1 474 SOUTH COMMERCIAL GlAIAM BlDTHEHS 1?1 cm SOLD BY DODGE BROTHERS DEALERS EVER YVHERE 9 r