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Section Three . Pages 1 to 6 SEVENTY-FIFTH YEAR SALEM, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 29, 1925 Automotive ffl un THOUEHTTHE BEST Unit-Built. Arrangement Said by Studebaker to Aid in Cooperation ' "Unit-built," now spoken of extensirely by a leading automo bile manufacturer,.; is far- more than a catch-phrase or a sales slogan.. j v Most drivers now understand the engine is only one feature of the car. However good and re liable It Is, nevertheless its func tioning in a car ia contigent upon the support and cooperation- it re ceives from the clutch, transmis sion,' propeller shaft, differential and rear axle. A clutch may work well with a certain engine, but how will It function with an entirely differ ent one? Transmissions may oper ate smoothly and -without bearing wear or excess strain with this en gine; but another engine is an oer story. privers realize that only when th whole power establishment engine, clutch, transmission, pro peller shaft, differential and rear axle, are built for each other to' work as one unit -can that power plant be expected to deliver the best results. It is not difficult to understand that one part bought" at this "store" and another part bought at that "store" obviosuly have not ' been designed for each other. i Under such conditions, the man !who finally groups them into one unit has to trim a little here, ex pand a litle there, and fihd the beBt common ground for all parts to meet on. At best, it is a make shift not Imposed on the concern with enough plant and equipment to build them all together as one unit. . To design and build a car as a unit requires a lot of equipment. An Investment of $10,01)0,000 Is only a drop in the bucket and cannot possibly be made to build a whole motor-car complete, in cluding the body. : Thus far, only Ford, in the Iow- price group andr Studebaker in the fine-car class have ample facili ties for producing all vital parts under one supervision, with the Tesultant advantages of unit built construction. But these ad vantages are becoming so gener ally known that the trend of in dustry Is definitely toward such manufacture because it gives the purchaser smoother operating equipment with lesser repair costs and maintenance charges. What has been said 4f power plants is true of bodies. At the New" York" show last "year , there were four coach bodies, on cars selling from $800, to $1700, iden tically the same except as to color and cloth upholstery. ' Four com- Champion Fiddler Plays for Ford ; Is Wizard at Making Snow Shoes " " ' ' ' I Mill IJMI ' M'l ft A. Monia jJunnam, above, 72,aud champion fiddler of Maine, had to halt in his busiest season to-ctinstder Henry Ford's reinest that Jie Journey to Dearborn, Mich., from his home at Norway-Me.i to-play the fiddle forlhs anto magnate. Dunham is known throughout the Maine regions tor his ability to Bake "good ridin" snow, shoes, . InventorBegins v . - . t" , . f WI,n t, r.m.miattowm m i..'- : fcssssssssssBsassfissiissJsais 1 m ' " 7"? .111 In - . - n i f a l ver f If rf A FOOL THERE WAS The man who didn't know It was loaded. The cut-up who rocked the boat. The driver who would never stop, look, and listen The sport who could take it or leave it alone. AND THE MOTORIST WHO RAN HIS ENGINE IN A CLOSED GARAGE. . -From the, Paige-Jewett Magazine. panies had to sacrifice their own engineering designs to accommo date this body, and the buyer of the $1700 car was not complacent at seeing the some, coach, body on an $800 car. Wider knowledge of motor cars on the part of the public is forc ing the industry to equip itself to supply public demand. If some concerns cant afford it, they will join the 567 other makes of cars no longer in the market. Ford and Studebaker have an advan tageous position in already pos sessing sufficient equipment to al low them to build all vital parts in their own plants. v.? tec- v Again as Failure Crowns Success GOLDEiy-TflRPLEY PBEGHHSALESin Headquarters for Ambulance Service Are Changed to 252 South Liberty The Fire Proof Auto Storage company, located at 252 South Liberty street just in back of the Salem Natatorium, has been taken over by V. T. Golden ana Homer Tarpley. Golden runs the Gold en Amouiance service, which shall from now on have as its headquarters the company's loca tion. Homer Tarpley is well known in Salem's auto circles, having been foreman of the Bone- steele Motor company's garage for eight years. The garage used by this com pany is the largest storage room in Salem, with a capacity of 150 cars. The plant is fireproof, be ing constructed entirely of con crete, it is also freeze proof, re gardless of the weather, as the entire garage is steam heated. The company is operating a steam cleaning business for autos, and this garage is said to be the only plant in town - where there is provision made for cleaning autos by steam. Tom Leather- wood, well known in this city in the car washing business is now in charge of this branch of the coiupanys service. Tne company also include in their service the vacuum cleaning of the interiors of enclosed cars, charging a slight fee .extra for this service, which is said to be given at few places .in the city. The company also operate a car greasing business. Under the new management it is the plan to have someone in charge and on hand in the garage all the time GOOD BYE, 40 PERCENT Everytime a new, annual model motor car comes out, the fellow who has bought one of that make recently sees 40 percent go off his - investment right away. His new car becomes obsolete. Yet it doubtless has many miles of good service in it, which would be pro fitable to the owner It he didn't face embarrassment of driving a "last year's model." Some man ufacturer's, guided by sound econ omic principle, have decided not to have any more annual model changes, so the man who' buys the car can use it without embarrass ment until he has had the full In vestment returns from iU With car built so carefully and with such staunch materials that it Is "good for 100.000 miles and more, it is waste to make It obsolete with a 'new annual model. American Singers Offer program at Monmouth Soon OREGON NORMAL SCHOOL, Monmouth, N'ov 23.- raul AH house,' tenor, 'and Arthur Middle ton,1 baritone well known Ameri can singers - and formerly of the Metropolitan Opera company, will give a "concert on Monday evening in the chapel of the Oregon nor mal school- " . Not daunted by crashing of His ' autogyro" plane in Eng land, after it had been proclaim ed first successful heliocopter and most important aero devel opment since "Wright brothers flew their first plane, Juan -de la Cierva, Spanish inventor, is preparing to build an improv ed model. The plane is shown above before the wreck. Cierva (left) is seen with Sir Samuel Hoare, British air minister, and Capt. Courtney, pilot, who es caped injury when the machine fell. b c. i!6m n Manager of Certified Car Market Will Take Posi tion With Valley Motor Byron C. Wright, for two years manager of the Certified Public Motor Car Market, has re signed his position with that com pany and on the first of the month will take up his new work as sales manager of the Valley Motor company, authorized Ford distributors. Mr. Wright has been in the automobile business here since 1919 and is widely known in automobile circles in the North west. He was formerly with the tractor divison of the Valley Motor sales force, and later wth the Vick Brothers firm, Willys Knight, Overland and Oakland dealers. Ralph Morris, now with the Salem Automobile company will take Mr. Wright's position with the Certified Motor Car Market, at least temporarily. Harris Lietz, formerly assistant shop foreman with the Valley Motor company has been made the new service manager of that firm. my store is r because folks seem to like my tire, and MY SERVICE and a Full House for that reason is hard to beat and good to have! ZOSEL'S TIRE SHOP (ii rwniFin KB uLlVlLH! SfiE SRLK FUST Largest October. Volume of Business on Record Re ported by Factory From a recent report received from the Cleveland Automobile company, Cleveland, Ohio manu facturers of Cleveland six motor cars .this company is at the pre sent time enjoying record break ing sales. Carefully compiled production figures of this company show that last October was the biggest Oc tober in the company's history. It was 91 per cent better than Oc tober sales In 1924. The number of Cleveland cars shipped up to November 1, 1925, is. 5 5 percent greater than the same period last year or 42 percent better than the entire twelve months of last year. The unusual market which is "Out of the dark ness, the first grey light of breaking dawn and then the new day." 385 Ml Lbeing felt for the new Cleveland series motor cars is not wholly domestic in its scope. Export ship ments alike are showing equal in creases. To keep up with this insistent demand for Cleveland cars .the factory has been obliged to en large its working forces and the plants asya whole are working overtime to fill orders. Approximately 70 percent of the total rolume of Cleveland cars be ing built are enclosed models, this being no doubt due to increased popularity of the closed car and because the recent reduction in Cleveland closed car prices has put these models within the reach of those who In the past have been obliged to' buy an open car because of the difference existing between open and closed car prices. LINCOLN TOURING BOUGHT. R. M. Ho(er of Salem took del ivery, on a seven passenger Lin coln sport touring car last week, one of the first of those machines purcnasea in ealem. The car was purchased from the Valley Motor company, local Ford and Lincoln dealers. ' EW N ME The New Cadillac Emerges Triumphant in Every Paraphrasing Kipling: "A Six is a Six and an Eight is an Eight and never these twain shall meet." You cannot get Six riding and driving qualities in a Four ; nor Eight riding and driving qualities in a Six. Nor, by the same token, can you secure Cadillac Eight riding and driving qualities in any other car but the new 90-degree Cadillac. Is this mere say-so or braggadocio? As you well know, Cadillac has never indulged in either. The evidence is overwhelmingly yours whenever you care to, make comparison. Whether you drive the new Cadillac first and the others afterward, or vice versa, is of little xonsequence. The contrast in favor of the new Cadillac will be equally striking in either case. - F. W. PettyjpJhh Co. North Commercial CA ML L.AC: l IBS "IE - SEI1 FLOIS ! Graham Brothers Ship Sojid Trainload; Retail Deliver ies Phenomenal Every truck in a solid trainload shipment which recently left Gra ham Brothers factory bound for Florida was delivered at retail within ten days of the time the train reached Jacksonville, offi cial records show. This train consisted of. 34 rail road cars containing 91 trucks consigned to seven dealers. The allotment to the Miami dealer alone was 31 trucks of 1 ton and y ton "capacity. "These and hundreds of other Graham Brothers trucks,' accord ing to Russell Bonesteele, i local Dodge Brothers dealer, -"are play' ing an important part in relieving the transportation situation which has resulted from inadequate ca 2C S3ES3S Telephone Contrast pacify of Florida' railroads to supply the needs of her unprece dented numbers of winter tourists and homeseekera. - ', "Vast amounts of merchandise, subject to freight embargoes re cently placed on certain classes of goods in order to reduce delay in moving necessities, have been moved south' 'from Jacksonville and Inland from Atlantic and gulf ports by Graham Brothers trucks." 1 -'- Brothers Reunited After ' War; Service' Parallel- WINNIPEG, Sask. Wounds re ceived by Ernest and Harry Grid ley, twin brothers, on the western front in the World war left each minus his left leg. The brothers were wounded at the sams tlmi on the morning of October 30, btft one year apart.' Records show that each was op erated on nineteen timet for war. injuries. . i v . The brothers were reunited at a convention of the' Canadian Amy putations' association here. Ernest lives in Winnipeg and Harry la Toronto. " ' ' f '" 1260 .