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THE OREGON STATESMAN, SALEM, OREGON SUNDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 27, 1923 li Ml 1 t I.: 'i .v. ' 1 1 r J Vf I ii f GHUELLIfie TEST IS JE by stab car Gears Locked in High, Popu- lar Machine Successfully ;;;' Negotiates Hills . WATSONVILLE. Ca!., Sept. 26 t A stock model Star car driven by D. C. Case of this city, has ne gotiated the steep and 'dusty road over Mt. Madonna with the trans mission gears locked in high. ; This latest demonstration feat of the Star car was witnessed by a number of WataonviUe people and the car was officially checked by Gay R. Kennedy, Watsonville manager for the Standard Oil rampant, John G. Turney, mem ber of the Watsonrille police de partment and Clement 1 R. Frye, Watsonville newspaper man. Tne gear nut lever , was re moved and turned over to Turney wno carried ! it throughout the . fun. ' - '. - :: he start of the Tun was from Watsonville; but the climb did uot actually begin until the Gaf- fey road Intersection was reached ' The Star climbed the 3.4 miles of winding, steep and dusty mountain road to the summit in less than fifteen minutes. Case ' then drove down the , mountain at the foot of the grade and drove back up the' 2.6 miles j of ' steep road to.' the ' sumit - again. The . climb from the uilroy side was even nvore difficult that the drive up the mountain from Watson ville; but thf.Star made the. run both ways thout any ;great dif- f lculty, despite the ' fact 'that" the road crew had that morning blasted out a 'large portion 'of rock and dirt tor road repair. This loose dirt and rock covered about 300 yards of the steep road near the summit and added greatly to the difficulty. . . At no time on jlhe run did the speed of the car go above the 25 miles per hour mark and at the finish the radiator was cool. The temperature was so low that a man could place his cheek against the radiator. . The. Mt. Madonna summit is IyOO feet above sea level. The raise is 1600 feet in the last 3.4 miles from WataonviUe. The grade is increased in difficulty by many sharp turns. ' The road is rough and rutted. The Star ear has made another record run. This time it was a standard stock Star Coupster that was used on a remarkable power demonstration. A. W. Thresher, Star dealer at Gridiey, Cal., decided to create a real high gear record in his own territory and. Instead of using the touring model which had been used for high - gear record .runs by ; private " owners factory . em ployees and Star car dealers from the Canadian line to the Mexican border. Thresher ' chose a Star Coupster. He drove from Gridiey to Drakes and back in high gear by way of Chico, Butte Meadows and Chester' reaching an eleva tion of 6500 feet and covering 246 miles. r The time of the run was 7 hours 30 minutes and the average miles per hour was 246 which Is excellent time for the "run, even when not limited to high gear only. The oil consumption was practically none at all. There were two 3 quarts of water used and, the Star Coupster averaged 24.6 miles to the gallon of gas oline. ; No car bd ever before made the trip In high gear and this run has been recorded as one of the outstanding demonstrations of the power of the "Million Dollar Motor" and the efficiency of the Star car. . BULlfT BELIED FIRED BYT E BUICKS Type Common Among Early Settlers Declares.Histor ical Society Curator nan Home Factory Is Swamped With Orders Sent in Local Dealers EIKER'S GUARANTEED .k .USED FORDS PRICED EIGHT THE BLUE FRONT Iibcrtr end Ferry , 7 : W . . - V In spite of the fact that the Buick factory has been swamped with orders for the new 1926 models from dealers all over the country, prospects continue to crowd , the salesroom ofvOtto J. Wilson, local Buick dealer, accord ing to 'reports. "That motorists everywhere feel that Buick has fulfilled its pledge to build a better Buick Is over whelmingly proved by the actual orders that have been taken,' said Mr. Wilson. "The public has been quick to realize that Buick is far in ad vance of many other cars in the same price class. It must be re membered that Buick is a pioneer In the industry. Twenty-one years of accumulated experience, and the immense resources and facil ities which it has built; up, have put the factory in ! a position to day to produce a car that has un rivaled value both from a quality and price standpoint. "Although Buick has held a po sition of unchallenged leadership from the day the first car was built, the factory has never been content to rest with its achieve ments. Always they have kept before them the pledge that the slogan Implies "When better auto mobiles are built, Buick will build them." And so they have devoted all the immense experience and resources to produce the Better Buick that Is rapidly going Into the hands of the thousands of new owners.' "Word from the factory brings the message that the entire United States has gone Buick mad, and that at no previous' time in the factory's history has there been a greater demand for Buick cars than at the present time. ' '.'We are not at all surprised at this tremendous showing, realiz ing that the number "of persons who hare bought Bnicks in the past 21 years is rapidly approach ing 1,500,000." - George II. Himes, rnratcr ofj. Oregon Historical society, who read of a bullet being found in a log at the Spaulding Logging company's plant here, has written the following letter of explanation to The Statesman:. The large bullet of soft leai' found in a log at the . plant of the Spaulding Logging company. Salem, recently can be easily ac counted for, even if the Indica tions In the log pointed to a pos sibility of its having been in it one hundred years.' Hunters con nected with the North-West com pany", which succeeded the Astor party at Astoria, made trips up through the Wills mette valley Hi some extent as early as 1814. and followed by the employees of, the j Hudson's Boy company which suc ceeded the NortH-West company late in 1824. The guns used by these men were flintlock muskets which carried an ounce ball of soft lead. "As. a general thing the hunter made his own bullets, as bullet moulds were an essential part of his cutfit. These were smooth bore guns, and shot of various sizes as well as bullets were used them. . The first gun of that type I -ever, fired, was one of that kind in the winter of 1853; and. be lieve me, it had a very pronounced kick v . ' :. "Air the runs the Indians had prior to 1842 were smooth bore Hudson's company, muskets, with flint locks. "If the man who" found the bul let had taken pains to count the annular1 rings, it: possible, the exact year of its beln fired might have been, ascertained." PIT SHAKEUP ORDERED MOVE IS MADE TO PURGE EVILS IX GRAIN TRADING Under the metric system a mile a minute or 60 miles an hour be comes 1.609 kilometers a minute or 96.44 . kilometers an hour. Same speed but more figures and longer words. ; - For a month we have been gr oomihg them for the great race overhauling, repainting, testing and now they are at the scratch in prime condition eager to go. Today the Starter Says CHICAGO, Sept. 25. (By As sociated Press.)' Rules designed to eliminate many of the alleged evils' of grain trading were ap proved by the directors of the Chicago board of trade tonight1 The rules contained in a report from the program cojnmittee of the board are designed to curb wide price swings and improve business conduct and the methods of electing officials. ' ' The report plans for the most extensive over hauling in the his tory of the, Chicago exchange and will be submitted to a vote of the membership 'October s. The right of outside members to voto by mail has been a controversial point for 20 years. One of the new rules would permit votes by mail. A committee known as the business conduct committee would be charged with' prevention of sucn emergencies as inai oi iai winter when 'public speculation caused wide price fluctuations. To serve-; on this committee a member would be required to pledge himself not to speculate during him term and the commit tee would supervise the business conduct of members in their rela tion to non-members, the publicr the state and the federal govern ment and would be empowered to examine books and other records. Us decisions being final. I the conditions new existing they will soon see that this is a purely commercial proposition1 and that each and every man that pays taxes Is vitally and personally In terested. . ''It is futile to talk about mil itary aviation without first dis cussing the commercial develop ments, of aeroplanes, air-ways, air-dromes and everything else pertaining tt. it. , "Jut as only IS per rent of the cost of flylnrr. is In the air and 85 per cent on the ground, ro the military phase is only the froth on the top. "The only types of aeroplanes hlch will be of any earthly use in the event of war. will be those which are in production In large volume. "Obviously the government can not, use" a large volume of any tvpe of plane. Therefore, even If the young engineers of the army and nary department had the experience either in desisnin? or production, necessary, to develop a practical type of plane, there Ftill would be ni. facilities for pro ducing them either economically or insufficient volume to serve anv important purpose. j "On the other hand, any aero plane which will serve any com mercial purpose run also be adapt ed to serve a military purpose. "An outstanding example of that as exemplified during the last was was the much abused., much laughed at 'flivver.' "Every autcmobile concern in existence designed an 'ideal ambulance. "But the war coldn't wait while thoe ambulance were put into production. "There were Ford cars In ex istence millions of them.. ..The ambulance bodies which were quickly mounted upon them were by no means Ideal but thenars were available and they did serve the vital purpose of bringing the wounded quickly back to the First aid stations- "Similarly with trucks: RtVern ment engineers designed two or three mode's of trucks which they fondly believed would be superior to anything then in production. But while waiting for those trucks the government bought standard types ' from all manufacturers and they were the ones that did the most to' win the war although their original mission had been purely commercial. "That the types developed by the government engineers were not better was best proven by the fact - that nobody is producing those types now. "Tbe same holds true In case of aeronlanes. "No less an authority : than j Colonel. William E. Mitchell " whom I consider the greatest authority on military aviation in America concurs with me in the opinion that the development oft aviation commercially will be our "la' a recent discussion of this tr. atter by a group of practical flying men. Colonel Mitchell alli ed. 'On hat conditions coald I (donate a trophy which wuuid surest guarantee cf a fleet quickly th treatest good ?' available in the event of trouble. I l was unanimously areea that the niot practical thin; to do, would be- to frer a trophy wIcU fhouM be awarded to th aerc-tlane. - which, designed for specific commercial purpose, could most quickly be converted to serve a specific miliiary purpoe." I ' ' ' - ' The New I. The New ADVANCED SIX SEDAN 4-whecl brakes, full balloon tires and 5 disc wheels included at no extra cost . There's iio equal for this new Ad vanced Six Sedan in its field in QUALITY and VALUE ! Look it over carefully and you'll see a hundred different points of vitalsuperiority. KIRKWOOD MOTOR COMPANY Corner Commercial and Chemeketa . GO! FORMER DEPUTY HELD And the Greatest Used Car Sale in Salem's History Is On - SPOKANE, Wash..! Sept 25. ( By ' Associated Press ) . Indict ment and arrest of Cline Ledger wood, former deputy sheriff of Ferry county Wash., on a charge I of selling liquor to Indians on the Colville reservation, became known here today. Ledgerwood lis in the county jail here In de fault of bond. ' - . ' 1 l- 1 lI U '. u -,: t EVERY CAR REDUCED - i. . , . . , .. . . . Every car plainly tagged nd guaranteed as to year and model All late mod ' v els in Top Condition ; u THE GREATEST DOLLAR'S WORTH OF AUTOMOBILE VALUE OBTAINABLE The manuscript of Scott's "An tiquary" sold recently for $10,- 000. It brought $200 when sold 93 years ago. Photography has been substi tuted for. typewriting in the office of the Register of Chicago, where , great saving 4s anticipated. CWM H LYII 1923 Gardner Roadster-. . $675 1924 Studebaker. Demi sedan... 925 1924 Jewett Sport tour. S75 1924 Chevrolet , tour. ::...425 1921 Ford tour. 175 1924 Gardner Sport tour r--$725 1924 Gardner coupe ;JlL .L 900 1919 Velie roadster- 250 1920 Studebaker Special : - 375 UT Ten others at cut 'prices, easy terms Light cars taken in trade Rickenbacker Says Business Men Should Take Hand in Development i a nr-s . Gardner Dealers for Oregon 217 State Street Corner Front DETROIT. Mich.. Sept 28. "There is Just 'one way to clean ud this aviation muddle, and 1 for the bi&ineas men of America to take a hand in the matter," says Captain E. V. Rickenbacker, i America's ace cf aces and now head of the automobile manufac turer concern which bears his name. ... . "All aviation Is commercial aviation," says Rickenbacker; military aviation Is inseparably linked with the eommercal devel opments of the art. " "If the business men of this country will inform themselves aa At The New Price The New Rickenbacker Vertical-8 Represents Most Sensational Value In no other commodity doea the buyer receive ao great value for his money as - in a motor car. Thanks to keen rivalry, the values this season are greater than ever bef are. And, leading as usual, you find this beautiful new Rickenbacker VerticaJ-8, the greatest value ever offered in a motor car.. t It is difficult for the average buyer, who ' has been in the habit of paying $5,000 to $3,0CO for a Vertical-8 car, to realize that there Is now within his reach an eight of more modern design and better performance, at prices ranging from $1,995 for a five passenger open phaeton . to $2,320 for the Sedan De Luxe. When you consider that a similar model but with a smaller engine sold for $600 more up to July Jstt When you realize also that besides the more powerful motor,' many other refinements have been incorporated in , this latest Vertical-8. Then the wonder Is that such a beautiful thing can be sold at anything less than twice the present price. There are good and sound reasons for this . however. One is the fact that so many parts in the new 'Eight' are inter changeable with those in the famous Rickenbacker Six Space forbids telling this full story but we will be glad to do so if you will but indicate your desire to know. And you will find it absorbingly interesting. In fact it Is one of the romances of this amazing industry just as this Vertical-8 is one of the most amazing things this romantic industry has ever produced. y F. W. PETTYJOHN COMPANY 365 North Commercial Telephone 1260 8 .o A C A. R. c t G 51 nmaiM iJ WORTHY OF . . 1..... , ' ,2 Q t? ITS - NAME i to tie fundamentals of fljing ana