THE OREGON STATESMAN, SALEM, OREGON
SUNDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 27, 1923
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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
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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 ,
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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. ;
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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."
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FORMER DEPUTY HELD
And the Greatest Used Car Sale
in Salem's History Is On
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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. '
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Every car plainly tagged nd guaranteed as to year and model All late mod
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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.
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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
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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
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