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THE OREGON STATESMAN, SALEM, OREGON
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EXTREME CAUTION IS
URGED FDR AUTQISTS
Oregon State Motor Associa
tion Broadcasts Warning.;,
,;.-.. to Drivers ; -
Pavement are wet and slippery
much of thej time daring the win
ter months. ' ' Side curtains are up
on1 many autos. reducing; .to a
large -degree the possibility of the
motorist to observe approaching
or passing aatos. orA to give the
proper signal? wheif opraUng" a
car in traffic; Heavy fogs are
frequent additional hazards that
shorten a ' driver's range of road
vision and create slippery ,; trac
tion.' '. '. .. ...;
j' "these are outstanding' features
in. a great number of. circum
stances' and conditions that male
driving in winter . considerably
more hazardous than at any other
time of the year, and the Oregon
State Motor association is' broad
casting throughout the state safe
ty warnings calling the attention
of motorists to the necessity "' of
exeJsing extreme caution when
operating an auto during the
winter months. - ' ,.
''Speed is an item to be for-
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DO MY REPAIRING
WOOLEY
Located Back of Bicycle Shop
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235 North High Street Phone 368
EIKER'S
GUARANTEED
USEb
FORDS
PRICED RIGHT
FRONT
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end Ferry,
From London to Capetown Flier's' Hope
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Alan Cobham, British aviator, is attempting a flight Mm London to Capetown, South Africa
PAiffT EXPERT WILL
BE Will
C, C. Ijamesjo Have'Charge
of Duco Department With
local Company ,
most the time of the .first Ahorse
less carriage was painted. . -
He used varnishes made by one
company for 16 years, but took
up." the application of nitro-cel-lulose
of pyroxylin "finishes at
their first . appearance believing
it to be a. finish the motoring
public has waited for. -
He
is flying a De Haviland
photographer.
plane. Photo shows him making demonstration flight with motion picture
gotten," says George Brandenburg
general manager of the State Mo
tor association, "and it is up to the
motorist to keep in .mind the fact
that skidding is a great factor in
more automobile accidents than
anything else. Good brakes are
almost a hazard if they mast be
applied with such suddenness that
they result in a skidding car that
is entirely beyond the control of
the driver and transforms a car
into a spinning, hurtling hazard
that results, in damage and injury
to the car and its passengers as
well as every other vehicle in the
path of the skidding car."
Motorists are cautioned to be
extremely careful in giving proper
and distinct traffic signals in ad
vance of their stopping or turning
so that other motorists in their
immediate vicinity will be given
opportunity to apply their brakes
gradually or to turn their cars
carefully thereby eliminating the
hazard of skidding on wet pave
ment. "It is alarming to note how the
percentage of accidents mount
during the first' few weeks of win
ter driving conditions," says Mr.
Brandenburg, " and I feel it an
extremely timely duty to send out
caution notices that the motoring
public may be cognizant of these
facts. If the motorists will only be
considerate and cautious in their
winter driving, I am sure the ac
cident and property damage per
centage will be greatly reduced in
Oregon."
GAS TAX DECLARED
TOUTOIST
Standard Oil Company Be
lieves Tax Is Too Heavy
on One Commodity
Announcement was made by the
O. J. Hull Auto Top , afld f amt
company ft last .. week tbat C- C.
Iiarues, lacquer expert, will have
charge Of the Duco paint depart
ment in that shop.
Mr. Ijames has made an ex
tensive study of this highly tech
nical branch of refinishing in
Portland and San Francisco. Be
fore coming to the coast; Ijames
was employed in eastern factories
and his experiences in - automo
bile finishing 'dates back to al-
French Living Cost Takes
" Elders Back to Schools
PARIS -The high coat of living
has made itself 'manifest ia an
other French quarter. The French
universities all report the enroll
ment of an unusual number Of
elderly and middle-aged pupils. '
": Retired officers. merchant,
functionaries and others, finding
their Incomes, from investments
too small for present day needs.
are seeking to perfect thraselyes
in some subject "with a view to re
obtaining employment. The sub
ject most' -patronized is law. and
after that, the. modern, languages.
Transfusion Operations on
Sick Trees Are Successful
AUBURN, . pit Transfusion
operations on sick frees, with ' a
solution of ferrous sulphate as
suming the character of arboreal
blood, are being made successfully
in California, - Diseased trees have
been: brought Into prolific bearers.
Dr.,C. B. Upman, professor of
plant physiology at the University
of California, said when here that
the treatment promised to elimin
ate such plant scourges as aphis
and the blight.
The tree is treated as gently
as a human. A hole is bored about
three-quarters of the way through
the trunk, and a grass tu'je in
serted and sealed iu with specially
prepared wax. A bottle reservoir
Is placed at. the height of the tree
top and is connected with the glass
tube by a hose. Thus the solu
tion flows gently into the tree and'
is absorbed.
Buy a Want Ad It Pays Big
' Tie New Model 43
Special 4-Door Sedan
Nown295
On
It s a PovferM v
and a Big Buy
COMPARE, one by one, all closed
cars of equivalent size and quality
- with this new Model 43 Special 4-Door
Sedanand note the difference in price.
People everywhere voice their sur-'
. ' prise at such a low price for a six
cylinder, 4-door Sedan so big and
roomy, so richly built, so powerful.
Only four years ago a Cleveland Six
of this type sold for $2495! Now at
practically half that price this newest,
improved Cleveland Six offers the
owner many more advantages and
stands without a rival in the sheer
' appeal of vahie. "
COMPARE beauty of design; width
. of seats; lee-room; the quality of uphol
ii!fiiii
" stery. Compare pick-up, ease of steer
ing; compare brakes for quietness and
soreness in stopping.
In equally big demand are the new
Model 3 1 tour-Door Sedan, now $995 ;
the new Model 31 Coupe, now $975,
. . and the new Model 43 Special Coupe, .
now $1175v Prices f. o b. Qevdand.
, Cleveland Six is , the car with. the
famou s"Ctoe-hotIbrica.tion System.
Merely press your heel on a plunger
v and "One-Shot" instantly Sashes every
moving part in the entire chassis with
'a fresh supply of clean hibricant. You
do it as simply as, stepping on the
starter button. One-Shot" is licensed
."under Bo wen patents. -
MacDbnald Aiito Go:
Collage and Ferry Streets;
CLSTtLARD MOTOUOBILt
COIf part;
CLIVIIARB
(From Standard Oil Bulletin.!
On a number of occasions this
company has endeavored to" bring
to public attention the evils' of
gasoline taxation. From its own
point of view, such taxation is un
just it puts upon its. principal ar-
tide of trade a burden which.no
single commodity should be asked
to bear. It likewise singles-, out
a certain class of people, the! mo
torists, to pay for public improve
ments practically all gasolihe
tax revenues go to' building br
maintaining highways which are
of benefit to all business and
property. Good roads enhance
property values, but owners of
property benefited by roads built
from gasoline tax revenues make
no direct payment toward the im
provement of their property.
"The fir6t gasoline taxes wer
adopted only 6ix years ago. Btncfe
then this method of taxation has
swept the country lfke an epidem
ic. In 1919 there were only four
states having a gasdlinV tax; to-:
day there are 44. Thirteen' have
been added this year.. Only Mass
achusetts, N?.w .York,. New Jersey,
ana Hanoi are gas taxless.- Tin
principal reasons for the spread,
of this method of taxation; art 1
magnitude of revenue and ease 'of .
collection. Legislators . impose'
upon oil companies the duty of
collecting, the tax. from the motor
ists. 'The oil. companies turn' the
revenue over to the state," and
ffat is all there is to it: ' ' '
The motoring public of the na
tion has been apathetic, but the
trend of events is such that hence
forth there will be greater resist,
ance as the motorists realize what
is happening'to them. One of the
country's business journals has
lately compiled interesting- statis
tics. These show that six years
ago the motorists of the country
paid $550,000 in gasoline "taxes',
while for 1923 the bill will be.
nearly $140,000,000. In other
words, revenues have 5 increased
280 times. This is due not only
to the increasing number of states
adopting the tax, but to the steady
increase in the tax itself. Legis.
lators have found it very easy to
add a cent or two to the levy. The
first gasoline tax was one-centTa
gallon. Now there is one state,
South Carolina, with a five-cent
tax. There are two states with
a four-cent tax, one with ,a 3
cent tax, 12 with a three-cent tax..
one with a 2 -cent tax., 23 -with
a two-cent tax.; and five with a
one-cent tax. The average tax is
2.44 cents per gallon. This is
equivalent, to about 15 per cent
of the average wholesale (price of
gasoline throughout the United
States. This is indeed a very
very heavy tax on the motorist;
and? is also a very heavy burden
to be placed upon any product. v It
is a sales tax of unprecedented
size. .
Gasoline taxes are not the only
ones imposed upon the motorist.
There are federal taxes on motor
cars, taxes on autombile parts,
taxes on vehicles for hire, taxes
in1 the form of registration fees
and weight fees, personal proper
ty taxes, and here and there other
forms of taxes. There is no es
timate of the total taxation. It
runs to hundreds of millions, and,
unless the motoring public, and
the petroleum industry as well,
awaken, the annual bill will be
much higher. ;
St. Paul's Vicar Preaches
as Pal, Not as "Highbrow"
KINGSTON-ON-THAMES. If
the parishioners of St. Paul's
church, Kingston Hill, desire in
tellectual stuff in the pastor's
sermons, they have been told to go
to someone else. But if they want
a' pal0 the Rev. A. Wellesley Orr,
the Vicar, has asked them to come
id him. ! .
"The Archbishop of Canterbury
advised me that the mistake 1
have been making is that I look
upon my people, who have to lihten
to :my sermons, as just ordinary
men and women," said the vicar.
"I was reminded that you are my
Intellectual superiors, who need
from me far more than I have ever
given you.
4Ypu -have learned to play the
piano, to knit Jumpers, and by
wireless you: have been brought
into contact with the most intel
lectual subjects. You have a mo
tor bike and: side car, and so yon
have traveled- Tou visit the movie
once or twite a week and see the
Intellectual Charlie Chaplin. vYou
have made such advances that you
can easily spot the winner in the
2:30 horse race almost any after
noon. ,
;' "I have not ,time for these in
tellectual things."
The vicar believes men and
women go to church seeking ideals
Teachers' Institutes in
State Call Instructors
OREGON NORMAL SCHOOL,
Monmouth, Nov. 25. President J.
S. Landers is attending institute
at Ontario.! He will return to
Monmonth thanksgiving day. This
is the last of the series of .institute
trips made by the president of the
normal school for .this school
yean Miss; Emma Heckle ot the
English department, is attending
(institute at Marshfield.
DRIVER'S VISIBILITY IMPROVED
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One of the marked improvements in the present Ford coupe and
Tudor sedan is the ne-pece w-indshield and narrow roof pillars
These changes have materially 'inereased visibility for the driver
; The lower portion of the"wrhdshieldv i3 curved, fitting snugly down
along ihe contour of the coSrl and secure against the elements.' '
Exceptional ventilattoiittf permuted by. installation of a channel
opening: extending acrttaf -lhe e 1nst back of the windshield This
permits a full sweep, of -air dowtfhehind thej instrument board when
the windshield, whichTiwings; forward is only slightly open. Lessen
ing of the air draft is Effected by swinging the windshield further oat
and by closing the windshield the' air current Is cut off 'completely.
Y T,h1 "UD VIsor ls ??f?,'c,1 ends givins it a more sub
stantlal appearance. . ? - I ; ; ,
' Completcfy -concealed under , the cover on the cowl which resem
bles a cowl ventilator. Is the gasoline tank intake. ' ( ;'
. FOUR CYLINDERS
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Touring . . SI 195.00
Conpe . . '. 1395.00
Coapt-Sedin . 1395.00
Sedan . . . 1450.0Q
Brougham , 1595.00
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' SIX CYLINDERS
Touring i' .
Roadster
- Conpe . .
Coupe-Sedan ,
Sedan . . .
Sedan, 7-pass.
$175X1.00
.1750.00
2195.00
2095.00
2295.00
2495.00
ALL PRICES F. 0. B. TOLEDO
Pm
-is an outstanding
feature of this car
withtiie motor ytm cannot earcut
COMPRESSION hermetically sealed in the cyl
inders by the sleeve construction gives a "Pep"
to the Willys-Knight motor that will surprise ,
you. There are never any burned, pitted, warped
valves to let the "life" of tbe motor runout in
unburned gases. -
COOLING so efficient that yon can bold the
throttle wide open, bout after hour, without 1
the slightest sign of beating, gives you a day in
and day out ability that simply does not exist in
other cars.
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SILENCE as a result of the entire absence of
valve mechanism, lifter rods, rocker arms, valve
stems and noisy cams tapping against noisy ma
chinery makes this car so quiet in operation that .
you scarcely realize that the motor is turning
oyety .
ECONOMY obtained through proper cooling,
the elimination of fuel waste through valve
mechanism, the absence of tbe heavy load of
valve springs to detract from tbe usable power,
gives you a fuel and oil mileage that is a distinct
revelation.
ABILITY;--beyond that of any other motor ia
the world- proved by a Knight motor in tests:
conducted by tbe Government of France 240
hours steady running in which the Knight mo
tor won hands down over all others demon
strated in the gruelling Yosemite cooling tests
-; , tbe 1 00 boor Big Bear Lake test and hailed
by every Willys-Knight owner who swears that
. his individual car is the best one ever made.
THESE FEATURES alone -are enough to
bring you into the honor roll of 250,000 pres
ent users of Willys-Knight cars who represent
the most satisfied group of motor enthusiasts in
- the world.
ADD TO THEM the present low prices, the
present beautiful lines, and the acknowledged
continued high value of your Willys-Knight car
and further search for the motor car perfection
in the service features you require, is useless.
YOUR PRESENT CAR IN TRADE UNUSUALLY CONVENIENT TERMS
WILLYS -KNIGHT
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Six he knows that no one can
- pass hirri on the Toad unless
ne gives consent.
i He knows that when he comes to a
. hill--rno one can go up faster.
Ho knows, that in, traffic he can
.get away first. - v.
He knows that. In an emergency.
by applying his brakes the car
will stop absolutely and yet
smoothly, without skid or tar.
' It is these qualities the power
ful, yet silent motor, the wonder
ful Springs and the absence of
noise and vibration that
make this car first choice of men
whoknowmostabout motorcar.
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