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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 6, 1925)
Ik t: -. c 1 Section Three Pages V to 4. 'Automotive SEVENTY-FIFTH YEAR SALEM, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 6,1925 BECOfiD RUN MADE DOWN THE ROAD-r- ifSTlEBIEIFSIX Trip From 'Roof to 'Base- merit' of the United States -Draws Interest By Beck WHEN yOU FINALLY VENTURE TO, OASS A MOTOR CYCLE OrHC-fcrt WW IS TRAVELING . QUITE LEISURELY Front the "roof" of the United States to the lowest point In its "basement" in 7 hours, 28 min utes. 1 -. A mountain tlmherline and a raging snow .storm at the start, with the dust and blinding heat of America's roost desolate ralley at the' end of the ride these were features of the record run recently completed by a Stude- haker Big Six Duplex-Phaeton from the baren slopes of Mt. Whitney, highest point in the Union to Death -valley, its lowest BPot. Charles Brown, veteran Sho shone driver, and "Dad" Fair banks, sole conqueror of the arid alley which lies 284 feet below the level of the Pacific ocean, are responsible fo rthe swift journey. practically over no roads at all. made by K. J. Fortman of Los v Angeles. Motion pictures, made on the journey, are being shown b"ytbe news reel in theaters throughout the country. customarily .the motor car Journey to Mt. Whitney stops at Lone Pine. The rest is made on foot. But the automobile Fort- man drove kept" on to the timber line, stopped finally amid a blind ing blizzard with its front bumper against at great boulder. The Journey from "roof to basement of America" began next day and carried the car through , the most picturesque scenery in California, ending in that deso late bit of forsaken ground made famous by "Scotty of Death Val- In a contest just conducted by ley. The trip required only 7 the Motordrome Nacional, in Par hour sand 28 minutes. Ten hours is, a Knight motor won'on every was the best time previously point, including continuous power made. I development, motor cooling, me chanical efficiency and freedom from - wear The" test called for 240 hours of continuous running at .maximum horse power with no adjustments allowed during the period. Prac tically every type of gasoline mo tor built at the present time was represented and "The findings of the lest were to help the French government determine the most efficient and reliable type of mo tor to use in aeroplane construc tion The search for lighter, stronger faster power plants with Increased Present day city traffie conges-j lifting, power and with demon- tion has developed an' ever in-1 strated ability to stand up under creasing demand for easier oper- the most gruelling service. "The ation, simpler control, " nuicker motors were bolted to heavy Iron getaway and gear shifting in mo- blocks and operated against a dy- tor cars. With tetery metropoli-1 amometer which gave an accur ; tan street and boulevard literally ate reading of the developed choked with-automobiles, drivers horsepower for every minute ox -r ! -V ' GUESSING CONTEST BiCSilEfill Harry W. Scott, "Cycle Man," Has Novel Display in Shop Window The Most Uncomfortable Feeling in the World momma wiiiipi bile sales i m ts ENDURANCE 1EST French Contest Brings Out - Points on Power Develop ment and Wear New Models Declared to Simplify Control in Con gested City Traffic EXCEED fiLt HOPES Demand for New Eight Es tablishes Record in Hupp Factory Annals TIOLIGIS Huge Shiny Lincoln Limou sine Is Presented to Or phan Home for Girls are quick to realize that the less complex control of the. car, the greater the element of comfort and safety in driving. Relieving the driver of exertion the long period. The motors were started sim-r ultaneously and with wide open throttles. They were kept run ning at top speed until they broke and distraction; permitting , him J down, either through over-heating to watch the road ahead and keep both hands on the4 wheel "'while threading through traffic" where I 'frequent gear shifts are necessary have always been outstanding vir tues of the control system of Ford : cars. In the improved cars, these wear on the moving parts or sheer Inability to stand the severe pace. At the "end of the first seven days of running, only a few of the original entrants were still running. At the end of the ten days, the features have been subjected to 8uperiority ot the Knight motor a number of refinements calculat ed to meet the demands of pres ent and future driving. was so convincingly demonstrated that there was no doubt in the minds of the engineers who had Driving the Ford car soon be- watehed the entire test. comes automatic ' action on the ! part of the operator. The-gear -shift is simple in the extreme and because ot the fact that all gears are constantly in mesh, it Is , physically impossible to clash the -.-gears or fail to accomplish the i shift. . Refinements in the design of the pedals wider with flanges For the full 2"40 hours, the Knight motor steadily delivered its full 550' horsey power without a fluctuation in the indicating dial. At the end of the .run it was shut off. Then, without ad justments of any kind, was Im mediately started again and' when the -throttle was opened up, it An investment of $32,000,000 has already been, made by the pub lic in Hupmobile Eights, says O. C. Hutchinson, general manager of the Hupp Motor Car Corpora tion, though the car has not yet been on the market a year. This fact, Mr. Hutchinson points out, is another record for. the car which, from the beginning, became the largest selling straight eight in the world. ' When Huppej?idi'Tea'J before the car actually appeared, to build a straight eight, it based its decision on the advantages of the eight-in-line principle in its smooth "power, flexibility and in herent freedom from vibration," he says. "Smoothness of per formance at all speeds, all-around reliability and an economy of op eration unknown to the eight cy linder field were features toward which our engineers and manufac turing departments built. They also strove to bring to the public, through these and other features, a new conception of really fine motoring, combining comfort with speed; -captivating beauty of ap pearance and line; powerful, hair trigger pick up; steering and braking of unsurpassed ease with the dependability, long life and economy with which the aame Hupmobile has been indelibly as sociated. Actual road tests by the1 company, .together with the records the car has already made in the hands of thousands of own ers, have proved that the features we desired have been built into the car. "The ?32,000,000 which buyers have already invested in this car in less than a year is only the be ginning. The year 1926 will be an even larger one for the Eight, which simply means that the car will go right on breaking its own records, which are, likewise, rec ords for the entire Industry." Do fairy tales and dreams cdme true The tiny wards of St. Vincent's orphan asylum for girls at Syfa cuse, N. Y., declare that they do if one wishes hard enough, and long enough. And they ought to know, for Just see what wishing did for them. Being an orphan doesn t pre vent one from .wishing, ana ior a long time these little girls have concentrated on .. Wish for an automobile. Not an ordinary automobile, but a sleek limousine with wire wheels and shiny nickel fitftngs that would glide silently down the boulevard and sweep up the hills with a mighty surge of power. And then, one day, there ap peared at the door of the orphan age, as if by magic,' just the car of their dreams. They rubbed their eyes and pinched themselves but there it stayed with the sun glinting on its nicked fittings. A very rich man made possible the fulfillment of the dreams of these orphan children. He bought a Lincoln limousine and presented it to the asylum, perhaps in re membrance of the days ,when he sold newspapers on the streets of Syracuse and dreamed his draems. to prevent trny possibility ot fHP- showed the full 550 -horsepower . nine contribute 'further ' to the ..simplicity and certainty of oper- ation. Frequent starting and stopping . i means .more wear on the clutch lot the city driven car and the im 'proved FbnJV'are Spared for ' this strain. Ford clutch disks i are notjlrned Ita the'conTentioii- al composition, but Instead are operated in oil. -the'. strain- ot -starting" the propeller shaft beln, taken up by the film of lubricant At points where there was form allv contact '' between steel ' and : case iron; redesigning nu orouRut- . steel tofethef -with steel Insuring , unusually long life for the clutch Danger of skidding upon ap- ' Diving the brakes is- reduced to v minimum be'eause-of the fact that J 'the braking Action is" applied t i'the rear wheels' eqrially throng " ithe drive shaft-t Braking unit! - both in the transmission' and -the rear .wheels have been en i inrpod to insure ifonflr 1 life ' and 'greater ease in brlnging'lhe'car to sudden stops demanded in emer- , gencies. without the slightest sign that 'it had been deteriorated in the slightest by the run. "Alt people lasf alike to a mos quito. rA massrGlorylforA rmynA ir'jtdces A novel window display in the Harrv W. Scott s cycle shop at 147 South Commerlcal street is attrac ting unusual 'attention and draw- ng large crowds. The problem, for those who have seen it is to find out how fast the wheel is turning. The display consists of a bicycle mounted on a frame. An electric motor turns one of the wheels to which" a sealed cyclometer has been attached. The problem is to determine how many milps the wheel will travel in the time it is running. Tlie diameter oi me wheel is given and the -number of hours if is to run is given. The broblem in determine how fast it revolves. Tn the liukv euesser or to the scientific investigator who ar rives closest to Uip result of the cyclometer, Harry Pcott will pre sent a high grade bicycle abso lutelv free.' Other close guesses will be rewarded by credit slips on bievcles in the shop. "There are no strings atached to the offer," Harry srott de clared. "Anyone; you or anyone else, can come to the shop, look at the display and hand in your guess. That's all. Maybe you'll win the bicycle. Tf you do, I'll deliver it to you free." The wheel will be turning until Saturday night. December 12. It stated Saturday morning. Decem ber 5. It runs between the hours of 7 a". nCand 10 p. m. each day. a total of 116 hours. It will be stoped at 6 p. m. Saturday, De cember 12. CHEVROLET LEADS FIELD I, .. ... .... ........ j ' ,,v:riWt o?..i. .j i ,iMtiULypiniir,mt 1 I r I fjrs- -Jun ir" - I 'A V i I J i - i i s ' " 1 yytv ft . V V dt V X AUTO MEN VISIT SALEM FORD MAX.itiKRH FROM PORT LAND SAY CONDITIONS tHMHt Army air service is wrapped in new glory as a result of expert piloting of these two men in Pulitzer and . Schneider international plane races. They used the same plane. Left; Lt. J. H. Doolittle, uv,n iiiloteil machine to victory in Schneider cup event; and right, Lt. t'vrus Bettis, winner of Pulitzer trophy.. Motor car registration in Cali fornia for October showed Chev rolet leading the list of -automobiles with three speed transmis sion. Tfimires throuehout the state indicate that this make of motor car continues astride the wave of popularity upon which it has been so spectacularly riding in recent years. Production in all of the several Chevrolet plants throughout the United States is exceeding sched ule by a wide ; margin to take care of an unexpected year-end boom in sales. MSIESPLEIID Business Conditions Could Not Be Better, Sales Manager Declares DETROIT, Mich., Dec. 5. Bus iness is wonderful," says R. T. Hodgkins, general sales manager o fthe Rickenbacker Motor com pany. "In all the years I have been in this industry, I have never known such a fall demand as we have ennoved these last two months. "September shipments of Rick enbacker sixes and; vertical as were one hundred per cent' over those of the same month in 1924. October showed thirty per cent in crease over October a year ago and if business keeps up during the last half of November as it has during the first half, this month will show more than one hundred per cent increase over November. 1924. "instead of slackening off as we all expected in November, each day shows a marked acceleration. "People need motor cars,, they have the wherewithal to buy them and they are buying as never be fore. "While this demand at this seas on is unprecedented, there are several good sound underlying L. F. Henderson, assistant manager of the Ford faetory -branch of Portland, and T.; II. Drewery, wholesale manager ot tbe Portland branch, visited the .Val ley Motor company here: during the week and expressed, great sat isfaction with the sales -of Fords, Fordson tractors and Lincoln cars In this territory. A complete review of sales ot the Ford products In Oregon in dicates that dealers'" efforts ' and the buying of the public has not diminshed during the wlnttr months. ENGLAND INVADES FIELD England will make an attempt to invade the American . motor market when four of the leading. British automobile manufacturers establish branches in Canada next year, lu the meantime American made automobiles continue to reign supreme . both, .here and abroad. uldl What More Could You Ask? Long Mileage and Perfect Non Skid I,. t ? I rr I'fia" McCLAREN CORD "Jim 'BilT Smith & Watkins Snappy Service ' PHONE 44 Continued on page 4.) It seems that an educator gets less money out of education than any one else. BALLOON'S, DISCS, STANDARD Balloon tires and disc wheels are standard equipment on -the Chevrolet ; sedan. This type of car represents a high quality car celling at a low price. When you kno how" to keei out' of law. you1 know more Jlav than the lawyers. Don't work your dyspepsia . of f ' on your friends in the shape of- EM UP! PACKARD HUDSON ESSEX TOSEsfESS IS GOOD s This w6ek has been a huge success' for our used car show; vand salesmen' 'price the carsale. Of course there is a:j r reason. . THE MERCHANDISE v OUR PRICES ARE RIGHT 1 Our Terms are Right I ;. , - - - - . "'-. i ' We incite ydii 'to come in, look over bur stock and prove; -for yourself that we are offering you unheard of value for your investment. 1 A Used Car Is No Better Than The Firm You Buy From . 1! Fred:M:iPowdrM6tor Cars 350 North High Street PACKARD HUDSON ESSEX . Treat the old bus -to a whole new set of SEIBERLINGS ! I'll swap your old tires in! X mm 3 ZOSEL'STiRE SHOP. ' 10 Sonti"Oorinerclal v. - 1 1 3 THIS FINE HIGH GRAPE RACING 1 Will be given away ABSOLUTELY FREE to the person guessing the "nearest to the exact number of miles this bicycle will run in our window between the dates of Dec. 5, 1925 and Dec. 12, 1925, inclusive. The wheel will be run between the hours of 7 a. m., and 10 p. m each day or a total of 116 hours and. will be stopped at 6 p. m. Saturday, December 12th, At that time the sealed cyclometer will -be opened and the wheel will be given away. In case of two or more persons guessing-the winning number the first one to register his. guess will win 1st prize. ,. , . - " There will be 14 other BIG PRIZES besides the bicycle. Prizes as follows:. 1st Prize Racing Bicycle 2nd Prize $10.00 Creditor! any New Bicycle I . 3rd Priz5 $ 8.50 Credit on anyNeW Bicycle 4th Prize 7.50 Credit on any New Bicycle To the next 11 persons guessing the nearest number f miles t hie wheel will travel, we will give a $5.00 credit certificate to apply on ally hew bicycle purchased, and to; each and every: other person registering a guess we will give a $2.00 credit allowance on any new wheel purchased before DeCvJ 31, 1925.' All credits void after that date. ' , , , , ' EVERYONE in the family is entitled to register a guess brother, sister, father and mother; but only one guess to a person. Come down and see the wheel, and put "in your guess, you may be one of the lucky ones. IT'S ALL FREE. A special prize will be given to the first 25 boys registering a guess after 3:30 p. m. each day. 147 So. Com'l St. "The Cycle Man Phone 68 v SpeciaK" J :Sale ROLLER MATES Best Quality Ball Bearing, ;On Sale This Week,Special at 11.85 pr. v conversation. .
