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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 24, 1926)
Miniature City Built! by J " Business Man for Diversion ...... , , . i DENVEII, ' Colo. ' A DenVer man's diversion from-Uft caret of his business has resulted! In on of the major attractions 'along he city's mountain park drives. f From a modest beginning has rrown Turner 'Tiny Town,' a miniature. Tillage in Turiey Creek eanyon. SO miles from beret' Th townf covers' several aicres.'.iaa electric lighted streets ajreal rail way . system, . a smalt t steamship that plys on a miniature lake; as well as smelters and mlnjes on ihe hilly slopes and outlying ranches, dairy barns, silos and farmhouses. . The spire .pi the - cata.edral'i is on the ievel with the head ok a six-foot man when standing erect; a child figuratively . wears svcn leagu eboots when it strides about the streets; and the railway sta tion makes a cmofortab for a small dog. " E, Turner felt he must havefsome outdoor diversion, -He did not care for fishing, .golf, hunting, or hiking, so he seized upon the plan of building the "Tiny Town.' across - the - road - from his moun tain summer home. ... Two Forms of Death Punishment in Kentucky ' 1 '! ' j - 1 FRANKFOlVr. -l Kentucky Is unique In having two forms of death punishment, hanging; and electrocution. Hanging la for crimes against women; electrocu tion for murder. j The 1920 legislature passed the hanging' law. A Lexfngtcn hang ing recently was the flist cue un der the act which ' brought jback the , discarded gallows, which Clerk Goodman of the Kentucky court of appeals, said has deterred unlawfnl ; commissions pronounc edly, r e home i i i;', ' r - v-- r More than a decade ago! George SaV It With a Classified; Ad 9tf Miles PER '"Callo I' ESS than carfare or busf are, far less than automobile csi-- riding- the new Har- ' 'leyDavidson Single is the most economical . . . means, of comfortable travel. ' : "Wholly a new type of machine. Travels SO miles on every gallon qI; "jras" r ample power , and speed for all road and ..traffic conditrons--above all, a safe, sensible, comfortable mount Afor everyday; use by everybody." . ; Easy to ride! 1 practically self-balancing. afou'U jrnaster it ijnjthe lengtlof ,i4city block.. t , 0 Hide it to.work ana bacli: on errands for" pleasure on , evenings -and Sundays and SAVE MONEY EVERY MILE t i" ' ' 1 ,8ee this new model or write ror utiutrata uter at ore. 1 f f . Come THE CYCLE MAN . ' 147 Commercial St; lIPROVED GlIEV IS till LEES GEfllTIFII t young Women tour rim of united states 1 Authorized Electrical SmGiyeiinl-Nineteeii rr l .-B- . K Different Mak-ies oiaCats This fact alohe ;!asstiresVou3 of expert ilec- ' tncal' service ori your car. Bring your car in and let bur experts look your car overU 1.5 J i . ; The price will be reasonable. r - Batteries. for -1 . Your Car! - line of guaranteed Philco" Batteries-i-one for -your car; at I the -price yoa wish to pay. Wet 4A"anT "B" Batteries - Everything - in the line of batteries for your Radio you will find here.'tm ii Vjri 3 -pn-': ftfl Battery and Electrical Service ; . f ;TelVphohe:203 233 N. Hish Street h New Standardise for. Small Cars; Four CarsTrodpcecl, .t.i , in Cjoiecl Models 4- ?A new Htodard. - of. smalt.- car, beauty has ' been - established by the improved, jCherrolet models which were displayed for-tbevArst time at the New York Automobile Show, ; t f Besides the landau, latest, of the Chevrolet products, the closed group - includes a aedan. ' coach and coupe,, All have "bodies by Fisher. .. The company, also pro duces; a roadster and' touring car and two trucks of one-hair ' and one. ton capacities! Despite the many improvements and refinements on the Chevrolet caVs."jiti 6t all -models wer6 substantially, reduced flan 1. ' ' fThef complete appointments 'And distinctive lines of the , , landau make this car the aristocrat" the Chevrolet closed"line.C ,The exter ior body pane.l8,-dlsfr: wheels and hood are in the new Arizona, gray color. The fcoxly stripes axe la gold. The leather-ebvered read qu arte With .its f laid u, .windows and graceful landau ; bars adds a final (ouch to the. jappearance o the car. "The. gray .of the interior harmonizes with the outside panel colors, i J iiiuutL ;uienor niiuip ment includes ' .daHh"-,ajid dome lights, roller: shades." f6bt Y6st!, robe raif: smoking ' set' and door - The coupe i' la finished in the Arizonavgray?Duco,' the coach in Bloom QeW gray and the sedan in Algerian- fclue. - The" front seat of the sejan has been given a slight ly increased tilt. This affords greater comfort to the front seat passengers and increased leg room to those in the rear seat. The se dan has a foot rst similar to that in the landau. : All of the closed cars have the VV one-piece ventilating wind shield, automatic windshield wip er, sun visor, parking lamps and Ternstedt interior hardware The attractive gun metal gray Duco finish IS retained on the two open models. ' ' i t " . ". - . . V - ' . 'j. r S I L :;: If i , ' . , S LJI i 1 riu-- v. : siT 1 , r . -'fn-.-i. . fill - " " """it. ' Nl lit J .-r-J'-.- p. (t 1, n .' T liir-WM'rr ) i r r -ri-TTlf4' i .,vX.M nnnmii ill' i n n i - ti r -mi imiiii i iiiinii 1 ' 7 Chfiaper Clothing Way : .; -I ; Result From : Discovery : ilAXCllKSTEn. "England -Za wool substitute; said to be Just as warm and comfortable as'tho real thing, is expected- by its- inventor to result 'in cheaper clothing.: . The cloth is called Woolulose and the: manufacturer explained it consists of 70 percent ute fiber and 30 per cent ordinary recov ered wool. "' ' 1 -Supplied -in thQ raw stafo. tin material will sell ct approiitLia'-iythe-qnar.t-rf -of- tli price wf cheapest wool." Chevrolet is the oa!y ii r-1 three-speod trdnmlssion ar tnu; has attained the two million piu duction mark. '& .JUlsS Juisa ifli. woorowj, seat en, ana miss orace i eHc7ion'. both of Minneapolis. Minn., with their AJax sedan in which they are .making a circuit of thri border states of the country. Starting from Minneapolis last July they toured the west and plan on dividing the winter between California. and Florida,! returning to4 Minneapolis next July via the Atlantic seaboard. PRODUCT OF STAR GOMPAnr extolled Nbw Star Six Announcement Brinss'High Approval From Dealers h MARIE BRE1I3I DiES LONG BEACH. 'Cat.. Jan. 21. Injuries received in the collapse of a grandstand at Passadena New Year's day led today to the death of Miss "Marie S. Brehmy 66, who in 1920 nominated William Jen aia ga,JIry a fog-president.a the prohibition jtlckefe and-f who; her self was thi irty'-candldate in the same year for vibe president. UAKLA.NU, i Jan. Z3. am ween long, telegraph offices east, north and south of here hav4 been send ing every superlative adjectiye-in modern language frc&n Star-distributors and dealers to executives of the Durant Motor company of California; following the initial western showing, last week, of the new Star sixes. Hundreds of thousands all over the west have jridden in and driv en the new Star six demonstrat ors, more man a munon interest ed motorwise bf the general ( pub lic have seen S and inspected the car, and words of praise over the new creation-l-the lowest priced six cylinder car in the world have flooded into the big factory here in wires, telephone calls, and through' the mails. DeVaux, vice president and gen Never, according to Norman erat manager of the Durant or ganization here, has any product known to him received such a tre mendous ovation. Never has. the factory been ! besieged , with so many orders in excess of a possi ble supply. Never in the com pany's history has the future held forth such a bright promise of rapid business expansion. "with an organization of. approxi mately 600 Star dealers in the west, with news of this ew Star six being broadcast to every possi ble interested motorist, we are surely entering our jjreatest era of nrosperity." The new . models, he added, have treated an impres sion In the public mind that was never believed possible when the far was first announced and shown to the dealers. "A new car is certain to create Interest," DeVaux staled. "The low price of this new six was cer tain to add greatly to the interest. But whe"n we receive hundreds after hundreds of messages of good will' regarding the new prod uct, the realization is far in ex cess' ot our anticipations." try as a whole for the first eleven months of 1925,. according -to of ficial figures recently released, to taled 426,487 units, an Increase of 76,685 or 21.3 -per cent over th record of 349,802 for the cor responding months of 1924. LiRGE OAI.V SHOWN The recent absorption by Dodge Brothers, Inc., of Graham Broth ers, the largest exclusive manu facturers of motor trucks, lends special interest to the new busi ness record achieved by Graham Brothers during 1925. Shipments by the truck indus- The number ot state highway patrolmen will be tripled in Wash-.; ington. No Demonstration can reveal . alloi BUIGK ExceUence The ad ministration's tax reduc tion bill included a saving of $58. CS6,734 for the motorists of this country. ; , Exceptional Values in Used Cars Ford Itoadster J'24- First class condition .... , . .$300 Ford Touring wifhont starter " Oakland "23 Speedster 877S Oldsmobile Sedan, good rub ber . . ,S7.'SO' BARRETT BROS. GARAGE 10W X. Capitol ANY time you drive XvBulck you will wonder how such a remarkable car can be sold it such a mod crate prlc. - la juit i few minutes you will realize that you are start ing, stopping, parking, driv-. ing with much greater ease and security. And that you are surrounded by quality and luxury which tank with the very finest.- -....- But demofistration will tell ' only part of the Duick story, andyoushouldknowallofit. A demonstration cannot -show you the enduring' C-lJ-26-Nr ':. stamina of body and chassis r thatbeloagstoBuick. Years , are necessary forthat. It can i only suggest the powerful 1 ability of Buick's 75 horsc- power Valve-in-Head en f gine, built for hills. It can t not tell you how thoroughly ' the Buick "Sealed Chassis" 1 and the Buick "Triple 1 Sealed" engine will protect t Buick performance on dusty, gritty roads. -1 And if cannot even hint of ' the mental ease you. wilt 1 1 enjoy, wirh Buick Author f Ised Service "just around " jthe corner," everywhere in . j America BUICK X:OTOR CO.. FLINT. MICUICAN. Division jf Central Matn Crt Ua the Better Buick Better Buiclt Six C7iiar Vmlee m-H t4 motor ca ts rung in price tromStl25f$l995.t.o.b.B-U-k Sactoric. Amor. the Buick ofwm mmd dmcd nvrUel tk -t u war ehc t viii Mfff ir dtt.rs rr" r--' WHEN BE 1 1 Lit AUTOMO- BILES ARE BUILT. BUICK WILL BUILD TltEM I CYTTC f U7II CrfcM i. 3S8 North Commercial Telephone 220 Buy a Want Ad-;It Pays Big And now, DeVaux' commented. ! ' i i- d' J I I t ; ' ' " I-.'- ' " 1 ' I. 1 7t Ca; FS At Attractive Prices .jew "1 ' V Here are a few of our standard used cars ;We have others at prices that 'are right:;- Oakland Touring with glass, (RQCfft enclosures fullv eauiDDed ! tuuv - - " 1 " Oakland Sport Touring with lots of extras. Oakland Touring Oakland Coupe Essex Touring 4 cyl. ..... Jbdce Roadster 'late 1924 t with balloon tires and ful- j , ly equipped 1925 Ford Coupe ... 1923 Overland Touring :L; 1922 Overland Touring i uiuivwuusit .... $775 $475 $525 $425 $675 $450 $325 $200 $110 Brothers durine 1925. I 1WH Capitol I ' T O M O R R Q Wj ' S C A R. X O P A Y .' r Ai . W : . ; v i v r -r1, s Healthy Praise for the Mew Hinli Street at Trade STAR SIX! nrHE.tide of Star Six popularity 1 rolls oveivheliningly across the ? ltni i cpuntrysincet the, car was first dis- piayea one weeK agoi rne iracinc ' Coati'inotdrf wise millions give big;. healthy applause I And no wonder . r. . forget the low price of 9095 deuvered here : Think only of : the tremendous power ; of ;the . smooth, sixcylihder Cbntinental' motor ! Think of the long, speed lines of the two- -tone bodies on the low slung, . y rugged frame; think of the it ' . ' - f ' i . , . . I Y . '.if-, . . 1. t double weight top material arid the Spanish leather upholstery. . ; Think of the genuindy-plcasant rid- " . ing ease because of 90 inches of semi-. elliptic springs, for the 107 inch : - wheclbase.- ; ' r- "The. days of unsafe inadequate brakes are over." Star-Six has. famous Behdix Four Wheel Brakes as standard equipment. Bendix type brakes are used by Packard,. Locomobile and v v J9 per : cent of all Euro-2 pean cars. - I; Vi ' sss4 : Salem1 Automolsile Co. not North High w- .;'-. Tekphona 97