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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 18, 1925)
Automotive CKurches - Bicycles SEVENTY-FIFTH YEAE SALEM, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 18, 1925 V. V I - HBE'SJIB D All Records for Previous Sales Are Broken by. lire Corporation "With less tfian a month of Its fiscal year remaining, sales of the Klf estone Tire & Rubber company have already exceeded J100.000. flOO, compared with $85,61ff.004 In 19? and 177583,149 la 1922,' according to an 'Akron dispatch to Dow Jones & Co. ' iAdleatfbhr are gross business for the fiscal year ending October 31 will surpass the -preTious 'rec ord in 1920, -when sales tdtaled $115,090,000. Certainly u'n I t volume of sales will be 'larger, on the basis of business -in 'the1 past fleren months. . Net profits of better -than -S10,- 000, 000 are anticipated thi year, .:oivaIent to about $30 a share on the 3,750.p00 shares of $10 ftmraon stock outsiandlng. N'ei i-amrngs in 1 94 were JS.TTC:68ri The company has $$,451200 6 per . cent cumulative . preferred stock outstanding, and JS, 312,800 7 per cent preferred. A general surplus of $30,247,530, shown. in the las annual report has' b!ei further, iullt up. .' Important developments during tho year included purchase of the Ran ford cotton mills at Fal RIvec, Mass., now operated as a substf , diary nnder the name of Firestone irotton Mills, and the beginning of negotiations for leasing 1,000, 009 acres of rubber growing land In Liberia. - ; , . ' i Another source of income which did not show in the report last year Is the Firestone Tire ft Rub ber company of Canada, which has made splendid progress' and sub stantial profits. Earnings in 1924 were used to Increase, its capacity and na dividends were paid to the. parent company. A. D. N. REPEAL THE EXISE TAX - OX ALL AUTOMOBILES! ( Frankly, this Is one of the big qnestions which the -manufactur ers of motor cars and, parts are facing today. It M ot"nb leSa im portance to the general. public as welL? Because, after all. the "ex cise tar in the last analysis ; is shouldered by the motorists of America, and in the last year was paid by some 17,591,981 car own ers. - v ' - ' "This hoped-for repeal, says Edward S. Ver Linden, president , of the Peerless Motor Car com pany. "is receiving agrtat dea of thought and attention ly the manufacturer and hope is express ed that through the special efforts of the American automobile asso ciation some definite results may be obtained before the year Is ant - wmin Young Lady: "I'm having ; trouble with my car. Have yOa a spare plug?" Farmer: "Sorry," miss, I don' chaw, but I got and old cigar ye kin have. The Automobilist. Lew' Price. Now you can Have the handy personal mount yoav way CktMp UpUtp One gallon of g takes yoo 70 to TOiiiilesicgaUooof o3 800 m3es; owe pair of inexpensive tires 10,000 to 12000 mile, j to tide. Beginners learn witbJa a hiock. Coeitroki are nmple and bandy. Park k anywhere. Little garage space needed. V : Cm hWi-fcf'J? FOR YEAB 61 f?C7h37lciv- r-r- HARRY W. SC6TT : - The Cycle Blan" 3 147 South Commercial " Telephone 63' Buys iKS fiS L crf tram ifm - J."i'''" --' " --Vtim rrgi!tfc i 4 . . . - The above Wo cars were 'purchased last week by Frank Bligh from the MacDonlad Auto Co. The Sedan is for Mr. Bligh's mother, Mrs. T. G. Bligh and -the Brougham for Mr. Bligh. S H udson-Essex People Look tor Une 01 Most prosper ous Automobile Years One of the best automobile sea sons In year is looked for this autumn . by Hudson-Essex dealer, who declares that eery factor) he can observe points to unusual prosperity and activity. j "The most Important of all fac tors," said Mr. Powell, "Ilea in the fait thafTfhe ayerage motor "car buyer 'believes taut right now he cdn obtain the best values "ever offered .him.-' The best engineers and experts agree that this is so With this firm belief in his -mind. the motor car bujrer is obeying his impulse to buy the ear which he may have been, considering for months. "The great nation-wide factors favoring this activity -are general ly good crops, good prices, wlde spread employment at good wages and a general air of enterprise and optimism. - When you add to these underlying, factors the all- Important favorable opinion of the man who Js gOlng to buy you have a situation which means . good business for all concerned. - - . ; "We dealers who handle the tiuason-Kssex line or cars ; are gratified to see the increasing emphasis which is placed Yipou value in motor cars.? Value Is made up of no one", thing Jnf Eui BY DEALER f : NOW . Two Locomobiles 5 Passenger Junior Eight Locbmobile Brougham & raSsenger Junior Eight Locomobile motor car nor even a combination of special features, but . rather Is the whole total of the usefulness and reliability of the whole car. The motorist thinks to himself," What will this car do1' for me? What'service will it" give, and is that service In proportion to the sum which I am asked to pay for t? This state of mind, in the buyer is commendable Indeed, and incidentally tt is one" which Hudson-Essex has been seeking to create over a period of many months. 'Value for the money offered' has been the very key note of the Hudson-Essex story. "The sale of Hudson and Essex cars continues active. In part this is undoubtedly due to general con ditions, but there is behind it also particular demand for our line of cars. At the present time, as foraereral Tnonths; HudsonEssey la the largest i manufacturer of sixcyllnder 'cars in he world. It is this volume indeed which makes opr values possible." NEW FACTOttY MANAGER I. J. Renter, president and gen eral manager of the Olds Motor Works, has just announced the appointment of J. J. Carter to the position of factory manager. Mr. Carter. joined the Oldsmobile staff last Mkreh as assistant- factory manager, coming from the Remy Electric company, another General Motors unit, where during his thirteen years association with Remy he had been superintendent of the tool room.-master mechanic, and manufacturing engineer. He succeeds John Scottvwho 'recently resigned-as factory manager at the Olds plant. Mr. Scott and family Will sail in November for an ex , tensive trip abroad. NEW M11 K1RKWOOD MOTdR CO. i" ' 1 . 311 North Confmertia1TeItfloltf3li . ' Sedan mm. will BUILD NEW PLANT Large Spring Factory Will Cost $300,000, Man ufacturers State Building operations will be started in a few days for a new spring plant for the Studebaker , . v,ui,iuu, lo cost auu.wuu. n. was announced here today. ine most modern equipment will be installed in the new spring plant, which is intended to take the place of the present spring department "KoUsed in one of the company's older buildings. The new building will have 112,500 square feet of floor space. The corporation has contem plated ' the building of the new spring1 plant for some time, said A. R. Erskine, president. He add ed that it will be another step in the expansion of the Studebaker factory here, which in his opinion will rate It as one of the finest and most complete in the world. A. D. N. A KARA AVIS A prospective buyer walked into a garage and said to the prop rietor: "I would like to see a first-class second-hand car." The proprietor looked at him and smiled as he replied: "So would I, brother." The Automo bile Journal. STUD enii Buns 'swfeiGiis Truck Production Is Greatly Increased; Factories Are Rapidly Expanding Official figures disclose the fact that production of trucks by the entire industry during the first eight months of 1325 exceeded the figures for the correspjonding of 1924 by 23 per cent, according to Russell Bonesteele, of Bone steele Motor company, local Dodge Brothers dealer., "Compared with this sound. healthy gain made by the industry as a whole," explained Mr. Bone steele, "Graham Brothers sales In crease of 105 per cent for the arst eigM months of this year over sales for the same months last year Is convincing evidence of public recognition of the merit of their product "An annual increase in sales of over 100 percent is not unusual with Graham Brothers," Mr. Bone Steele eontinued. "Their sales, in 1922 exceeded their 1921 sales by 154 per cent, 1923 exceeded 1922 by 105 per cent, and 1924 ex ceeded 1923 by 54 per cent. The 1925 growth would logically be. expected by anyone who is fa miliar -with their policy of giving the greatest possible -truck value at the lowest possible cost. "To produce sufficient trucks to supply the constantly growing de mand has necessitated repeated and extensive enlargements in manufacturing facilities. When Graham Brothers moved into their new Detroit factory. July 1 this Vear. thetr flftn smnra faaf represented a 19-fold increase in lioor space in Detroit in a little over four years. In addition to this modern steel and concrete building, ideally laid out for econ omical manufacture of highgrade trucks, and to their Immense fiant ivansvine, ina., oraham Brtbe ve i a plant, opened this summer, m Stockton, California. to manufacture trucks required by thei dpaw. in th paHf, ,n9s ft iM. yn i u "" jj.gjjiu - ' ?VerUcal-8-Superfine, . I Jf0g"'''X'!U''ym " l""'..-"'rir iTi' iw-jj5" ' Brougham:-;."'' j , l '-i i. , W' If ; t - - t. o. b. factory, plus war tea v Never before since the first automobile was built, has the buyer been offered so much for his money. And of all the cars offered, this new! Ricken backer 'rVertical-8" Brougham, at iU new reduced price, is the most amazing value. Two years ago only two years back you could not have possessed so beautiful a car as this for several thousand dollars more jt ' rvN " than its present price. M This 4-door Brougham mounted j on that wonderful eight-cylinder ; chassis how lists at $1,935 V. o. b. factory. : j Did yeni not know its price, you would, on see- mi i m rimnir Sefe - CeA-rMf Am u hiii rn , Kimiw 'JSPKZVC. W O R.THV ' . OF ' I III I I! ' 'I ,i i ' , ,n . u i ii i i - ii Radio On Radiator Tbe arrow point! to the smaller factory-built radio et It is the one-tube Crotley "pup", only 3 1-4 inches high. Its size rosy be com pared with the radiator of the new auto.,""" j ! : i U and the Rocky Maulntaini states. "Within the few! months since the Stockton plant was ojpened the rapidly increasing tlemahd in the far western states h.as fir exceed ed expectations and it jis under stood that plans are already being made to increase its size. Oregon eggs being -shipped in cold storage to exclusive English market. ! ' MOLYDITE Auto and Furniture; Polish Cleans and Polisiiea $1.00 a Bottle Bine Ribbon Wfnmy at State Fair Barrett Bros. Garage 19 N. Capitol ! 1 I i i -J' . F. W, PETTYJOHN COMPANY 365 North V Fric. - - 11 . . ft. fmctmry plaa mar tax ... . r if...- ... .. .... fi . i " !jl NEW PLUGS NECESSARY REXEWAIi OF; SPARK PLUGS I SAD GREAT ECXJXOMY - ? Local dealers automotive equipment -are Uniting with , the Champion Spark Plug company in urging all motorists who did not renew their spark plugs earlier in the year to install new sets now so that they will be ready for winter driving. ) During -Champion- National Change Wreek last May literally millions of car owners put in new Bpark plugs as recommended. Their reports tv the dealers have been so enthusiastic that the trade has gotten together to urge YOUR BICYCLE is like AN AUTO JT VEENS Repairing at frequent intervals to assure the best service. We do expert repairing at reasonable prices... Let us overhaul your bike. New Bicycles Sold on easy terms Lloyd E. Ramsden 387 Court Street Headqnarters . for -. scooters wagons and all kinds of child ren's wheel goods. III ren's wheel goods. - t II n US7 ing it expect to pay more nearly $5000. In performance, it' is ,'1S27' no such per- , f ormance was obtainable at any price two years ago, or even one year back. v Two years hence, other cars will be as this Vertical-8" is now. ... , Unless you Have seen unless you have actually ridden in this car you cannot appreciate how great is this value. Arid, until you have held the wheel with your own hands and sensed the thrill of this beautiful silent thing in action you can have no adequate idea of what we mean hf thai word Perf ormance" as achieved in this Rickenbacker Eight. r - - - J . Commercial ITS all those who did not act earlier in the year to do' so n'ow. It is generally agreed by auto motive experts that present day engines are so hard on spark plugs that it is desirable to in stall4 new ' plugs -every 10,000 miles and this is mora than ever necessary in cold weather as new spark plugs make starting very much easier and improve car op eration materially. , I :- -this week -or . -next iriorith when you're buying your Tires FOR YOU CANT TIE MY TIRE SO T-I-E your finger and remember Salem's best tire buy , is at Ferry and Commercial ZOSEL'STIRE SHOP 198 Bouth Commercial PHOXE 471 , fnll XI , Vartleal "Elcht" TAmm ' fhmetoh "- $1S Bmfhmm " . . Rmmdmtmr . - mi. lttS 5u . - -. - . mi Dm Lmxm Cmmpm . A . til LxJk -.VTv. N AME
