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'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
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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
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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.
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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
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' 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
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ZOSEL'STiRE
SHOP.
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THIS FINE HIGH GRAPE RACING
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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"
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:Sale
ROLLER MATES
Best Quality Ball Bearing,
;On Sale This Week,Special at
11.85
pr.
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