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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 8, 1925)
THE OREGON; STATESMAN. SALEM, OREGON SUNDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 8, 1923 FOI EXPOHTATIC?iS LI WILL n ME tntire World Soon to Be Dot v ted With Ford Cars; For-i ; "eiga Branches Busy . : Highway and byways all . over the globe will soon Ite dotted with u.nw line of Fordt care. , And curiosity will bv just as keen when fhe improved Fords appear on the Hfreets of Pari. Berlin. Rome, Copenhagen 'or. Yokohama av It ws along Fifth avenue or Holly wood ; boulevard. The Ford car familiar fa most nwrjr country on oarth will soon give way to the Improved andbetter looking Ford. .'With output rising tonew-rer-qs&b in' country ,Ford plants throughout the world also are get ting into production with the Im- proved cars. " iMstribtitlon to deal errand cuBtoruers is already under t x 1 S. , ! g ' - - : 1H59BH it! What More Could You Ask?- Ijong Milcagv anil 1 Perfect Xon Skid A :"-'Hv"iFM Two paners, w:;i from 25 to 30 holes in eaeh, ate grilled in one operation and tha machines used Sn the, Crosley radio plant in- Cin cinnati drill 4t)00 paselj u day. , Hauling of Materials Is Low ered 40 Percent by Use a of. Carriers By Ethelbert, Favcry, Consulting Engineer Moreland Motor Truck Company - HIS MASTER'S CHOICE i McCLAREN CORD I "Jim" " "Bill" I l Smith & Watkins t . Li ? . .i way In eevrral countries. , , ' The Ford Motor com pa ny' of England, X-td-. began praJuH ion on the improved cars at the Man chester plant October i oand Kng land ; was giren Its flrel y leV,of these cars; . , ' France, Belgium.' RpsIalio'Jand and the Scandinavian countries are just beKinniag to receive the improved Fords as production 1 now under way at the -plants in Antwerp. Barcelona, Bordsriux and Copenhagen, -Germany "also.; is be ginning to receive Ford rars which are shipped from the' Copenhagen ' plant. Shipments, are on the way to the Trieste piaf -ana it will not be lou before the new Fords will bo on the roadv of Italy The first cars for South" Amer ica have been shipped to the com pany plant at,j?antiago, Chile'' Tor tllptrlbufion to dealers and titbr fe'outh American p'ants will so Into production n "November. The Ford branch at Havana. Cuba, $nd tho plant at Mexico City, Mestco. will soon be distributing cars to dealers. .'-' ': .-. The Orient 'will have its first gL'ipps of the improved Ford cars most any dny now, as rhipments of parts for assembly have just been received by the Ford Molor company of Japan, Ltd., ?.t Yoko hama. . The Ford Jlotor company of Canada. Ltd., which supplies Can arfa and the British Colonial pos esion has been 4n production i with the new. riffs for some time jrd lwi .started shipping to FoYd i Plants in New,Zealand, Au&traliii I tmd Sotuh AfrTca. " . AVej watch the, bulldins of houses, excavating work, v the building of., roads, the transport ing of baildlns materials.- food staffs, and cthejr goods and com moditfss, and ar unmindful of our., obligation to the motor truck in this important work. our cities, where the streets are congested, trucks capable of carrying heavy loads are pressed into srv?ce more and more to cope with tha demand for the IranHporiallon . of materials and goods neccHsary in the various lo calities. Farmers, and others transporting prooris Ions distances clrim": for fater and more eco .noniicnl niear.s of transportation. The Innease in tonnage to be moved and the prevailing con jfVetfldnion Toadi ard in.;; cities hare siven ris to a new type of construction which has '- been brought to a high point of perfec tion in California. We are refer ring 1 to the 6-wheel dual-drive truck which was perfected by the Moreland lotor Truck Co., and as far as we are aware, it is the only company hi the United States in production on 6-wheel trucks. Another impetus given this type of, vehicle was the enactment of laws limiting the maximum load on e:ch tire. With the ordinary 4-wheeled truck, the load is not always evenly distributed and one rear tire may carry a considcr pl!y greater part 0f the load, than the other, rear tire.'thereby. caus ing damage to-city streets. Road engineers have long com plained about the destructive ef fects of heavy trucks on the city streets and highways in. general. By means of the 6-wheel dual-' drive balanced axle construction, as perfected by the Moreland company, the concentrated weight on each tire 13 considerably less when carrying a payload of 10 tons than Is the case with the or dinary truck carrying ; five tons. Du0 to the dual axle' drive (driv ing . through A wheels) . there is less slippage and grinding on the road surface ad the balanced tisle suspension. enables to wheels , (o !se ovpr jnennalitles of the road without the high Impacts-in- DW SUES SHOW SPECTU 611 Production Almost Doubled in Short. Time; .New; Mod7; .cis Are Added Boy 3 inte cogs. Doga like ra- dio.f This- little fellow uses his Crosley , 4Pup't. set tt let bis ca nine friend listen-in to broadcast programs. " ' '. cidental to theuse of the four wheeled truck. ' vt y Another - advantage of tha " 6 whtjrler is the greater -arry!ng capacity . thereby reducing the number of vehicles on the road fcr itransporting a given tonnage. Eviidently if 1000 tons of mer chandise had to be transported by trufk having -a carrying capacity of io tons each, it would 'require only one-half the ' number- of trulks than If their capacity were only five ton's. , Eugene Forest fire patrol wil" build 13-mile Nelson Creek-Itlach-ley! phone line. ' - The- Moon "Molor Car - company of St. Louis in a "decent report: on factory sales since June, when! Its new car . tho D!aia light straight eight was introduced to the public; shows that sales; in July jumped 103 per cent .'over ..July .'-'of ' last year, T1 cent in August and S3 per cent in September; wbHe orders in hafid for October indic ate that this month will show the greatest galn yet recorded. This almost doubling of sales is of course due to the spectacular success of the new Dbna. Early this month two new models wera. added to the Diana line, a five passenger touring and a seven passenger sedan, which now makes it possible to, offer three popular body styles including the standard two-door sedan at a low list price and factory officials are confident that fall and winter business will mark a new epoch in the history of the Moon Motor Car company for this season of the year. The means by which' it is found possible to offer all the advantages of eight cylinder construction at a price which competes with I the "ger six cylinder cars. Is explain ) by Stewart McDonald, who has accomplished this feat, by pointing to the fact! that the Diana is the prcdutt-of a ?T5, 000,000 combina tion. J?iK-' " .';" , ';. -sv?'. "The 'DUna. says Mr. McDon ald, "enjoys the advantages of quality w5roducUouxt.Jlowered costs; resultant from the resources and savings in proup buying of the f 7S,00.-Oft .combine by which tho car Is Fponsored," . s STAGE OPERATORS ; AGAINST ATTACKS . - --C-'- -.- Parker Says There is No Sympathy for Fight Made Upon Gasoline Tax . According to ,J. W. Parker, manager of the Parker stage -line and a member of the Oregon Mo tor Stage' association; the organ ized stage operators of the state are not in sympathy with the at? tack on the gasolipe tax. made by W. K. Crawford In the United Statescourts in behalf of certain Oregon interests. ; v Mr. Crawford seeks to have the United States courts - invalidate the law of Oregon providing for the present gasoline tax which is used for the construction and maintenance of the highways. s Mr. Farker states that the stage operators of .this state, through the" Oregon Motor Stage . associa tion representing 8 5 per cent of the stage interests or Oregon; have, several times gone on record publicly and of flQlally, ai being In favor of. not only the present gasoline tax, but an increase In this tax if additional- funds are needed for construction and main tenance of our highways, their po sition being that the- gasoline las. together with-a lieense 'fee based on the weigh t of yehfcles, i$ the fairest and mpt equable measure of the use of and damage to the highways eo Tar devised or sug gested. - - . . ALPS CONQUERED BY WILLYS-KNIGirr SK ! (Goutinued from p; 1) . ous performance was givn Willys Overland.'s representatives for the accomplishment.. Klausen Pass is located about 50, miles dlrectlj' south from Zu rich, Switzerland, and is in that section of the Swiss mountains called the Glarun Alps. For years automobile men have - attempted to ascend thla treacherous slope in high gar, being unsuccessful until accomplished by the Willys Knisht Six, attesting the unusual flexibility arid -power performance of. it3 engine. E u g e n e Permit issued for 130,000 apartment house on Lin coln street. Med ford, Price of S 3 cents for but terfat stimulates dairying here. and $1.50 Weekly BUYS A NEW BICYCLE This is the time to select your Christmas gifts while our stock is complete. Children's Wheel Goods Velocipedes, Wagons, etc. LLOYD E. RAMSDEN 387 Court Street 4 , i f r -t,p Po & Th os & Wri a Care What Th ei r M o n eV B u Ys Tudor Sedan Touring ' 290 Runabout - - 260 Coupe - 520 For dor Sedan 660 Clow cam' la color. D MuntabU riot mad acatwr PL AH riocs l.m.W. Detroit Color t Channel Qreen. Up holstery to harmonize. All tcl body, polliked nickel radimtor. Oncpiect platt glass windshield. Fuel tank under COV. L Standard equip meat include windshield ' per, rear-vieU! mirror, dash lamp Hatter, demountable rlma and four cord tireu Balloon tire $25 extra. Lowest in Price Yet Built to Sedan Standards - ' "; v " - '- - -t., V-- as'.'-'- i' , - -" ?-"-- - -- - - - -4 - .'-.- v r-v - '. - jCharacterizedbylow, trim body lines, -witE well-molded panels and graceful " front pillars, the Tudor is a Sedan of sturdy, all-steel construction. It has , . plate glass windows, ; deep, comfort able seats durable, high-quality upholsteryJ V i; , V . . 'r Substantially built and attractive look ing, it is a closed car of which you may well be proudavailable at a ' price far below what you" would ex pect to pay for Sedan quality. ' v Any Authorized Ford Dealer will be glad to show you this-desirable car. t Ci Detroit, Mich." 7,;;- Dodge Brothers, Inc. have always , built a good, sound, long-lived product. They have never built "yearly modelsl and never wilL . ' They do not make frequent expensive changes simply to catch the whim of the hour. On the contrary, they devote themselves steadfastly to the improvement of a car that has been good from the very beginning. : This process of improvement has now been going on for 1 1 years. - -; " - -. - - ' ' - . Its influence on the car's appearance and performance has been nothing short of remarkable. . - i v ' . ' . : - "' . " ' . v i '- - Always eminently dependable,t is now also an exceptionally easy riding car. , Always j up-to-date, it is now strikingly. attractive. - u Style and smartness stand out in every line . Sheer logic never made the choice more obvious Dodge Brothers Motor Car for those who really care what their money buys. 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