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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 7, 1926)
ii&iif 1 M SECTION THREE i Pages 1 to 8 j w - Betterj Homes GiPEANA'N D VI GO R O USW ft 7 . V- . SEVENTY-IflFTH YEAR SALEM, OREGO, SUNDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 7, 1926 t" as ZZi ' i?RICE FIVD CENTS i f 1 ..-1 i- - i'.i r X ! ' i. i ' i S I ' : SITU ID WJTK1S 1IVID iTIK R001VI Jim to Sell MLaren Tires, Gas and Oil Bill Retains Accessories, ; Jim- known somewhat less fa miliarly as James M. Smith -and Bill sometimes i called W. E. Watkins botlf known cbUectlrely as Smith &;' tatklns, cow Tiare a little partition; ' between themi Every oiicej ia' a wfiile jnowrr Jim pokes his head arotxnd th parti tion and says,-"Well, pill, how's business ini th " adeessory line?' Bill responds Tieart fly that -thinea are moving? ?splerididly" and ' In quires, "HowV are 'BjlcCliirenltires iieUinc theaf-TlaysTH-- ii. 'fbtl'KJ In other words, thle famous firm of Smith & Watklns has separated although he nreniber hare not gone separate ways. They are still at thejr old-stiad but are now connected in spirit-only. The change was made test week', . Jim Smith is now selling Mc Claren tires gasan& -oit Sle oc cupies the, front corner on High and Court streets, Bill Watkins lias the Higlt street space and sells auto parts and accessories.' - - Jim Smith and IB ill ! Watkins came to Salem .In'; 19?1." They first started business in ihe West ern, garage and built up a large trade and niade "niany friends.1 rThe large and thrlVing business there was huild on the ground work of hdnesty, integrity and fair dalingjj T After a short time thy moved to the present location ai the cor ner of Cqur and High streets, where they continued to thrive and where they now have one of the best accessory stores in the Valley. " ; u jj ' . j " I Bill Watkins was born and raised in Ohio and came to Oregon in 1908. "He! has dope everything from raising Seattle tp selling cot ter pins. Bejfore coming to Salem he was a first string! catcher on a fcemi-pro baseball team in Port land, vm?- Jim Smith rw as born in Indiana. e worked! for two years in one or Henry"crtrd largTBr- assembly plants. Increasing,- ihe modestly says, the output of that plant to a. remarkable ; degree.? Hej came to Oregon in 1 9 1 8 and jhas been en gaged in the;;automOtlve industry in this state ever since, j In distributing tie McClaren tIreriSmithdefclares he has a prod uct "-that cannot be j equaled for miles per dollar. Toe great suc cess of the f ftm, he- Ibelkires, has been Centered 'around;; this tire. The names 5df : mdny firms who have been asms" McClarens ex clusively' for five Teats, appear on the company's! books! j Anin Rhnvt In Book! Distributed by National Automobile Bureau What thlsHcojantryjnow has to offer for the World's otcr.trans portation is shown In the twenty third annual Hand-Book of Au tomoblles. just.lssued by the Na tional Automobile S Chambeir of Commerce. rjldatrated apecifica tjons are given of 178 motor ve hicles, and 770 inodete Are listed. Th specifications are grouped In lotrr secHona Including 10; private passenger cars; 4 taxicabs. 15 mo tor' busses at$ 5 1 commercial cars and motor trucks representative of this gear's product of thej manu Jactnrers who! are members of the chamber. ! All iof the t Vehicles showif are gasoUne driven except three "electricicommerciaFfehlcles. The makest the various classes of carsf'areas toiloxSi. fc. I .'. GasoMne passenger rehciles Ajax, 'Anderson! Apperson, An bum. Bulck HlCadUlae, jCase. Chaadler. JChetrolet Chrysler, Clevelafld,'-c Cunningham; r Davis. Dodge -Brothers; idtt Font, purant. Elcar, Flint. jPrankUA. 4 Gray Hodson Huptf. Jprdaa, Kls- eel. Lexington. ' Lincoln, imcow Ue, McFarlan, V wer:er, y ash,.Nordyke & Marmoh. Oak- Aod; Olds, Packara, raige-sLjiBirui., Peerless, Pierce-Arrow, ncu, enbacker, Boamer, sayerai vlll, 1 Stearns, , Studebaker, Velle WUls Sainte Claire, & Sco- fStHtX, Willys- Taiicabs Checkeri H. . C. s. "Premier, Recj YeilowvTJab.f : tfntor Basses American La n. norris. Gatford, Graham, TrT!iHonai if narvelter, j. Hack, MM HAND BOOKS IE litMBLE ruiui Pierce-Arrow, Jleo, Schact, Seldea, White, Yellow! . p ! 'J "' i Gasoline Commercial Tehicles- Acme, American LaFrance, Atter bury, Autocar, Chevrolet, Com merce, Corbitt j JJenby, Diamond T, Dodge, Dorria', Duplex,1 Federal, Garford, General Motors, Graham, International " j Harvester, . ; Kelly Springfield, Kissel, Kleiber, Larra-bee-Deyo, Maccar, Mack. More land, Pierce-Airow, ReOij Republic, Sanford, . Schact.- Selden!, Servica, Standard, Sterling,, Stewart, Wal ter, White, Yeljlow. t v -, ' Copies of this Hand Book are available for' reference n consu lar of f ices abroad and dealer asso ciations and motorists, club in this country i Thos desiring Icopies for their individual use may secure them by sending 50 cents to the National Autoihobile -Chamber af Oommerce. ,360 Madison Avenue, NewYorkityl. t1' htj - l POf-JTIAC SIX STIFIS IVEGIHCLE i- New Machine. Destined for Tremendous Distribution, Editor Believes I Among the njany technical ex perts who vis1tejl the Oakland fac-i tories at Pontiad, Mich., ah;d thor oughly examined and rode In the, new General Motors car, the Pon tiac. Six, was liran Bates Pope, technical editor of Automobile Topics. - i j In a recent issue of Automobile Topics, Mr. Pope had many inter esting comments to make; as a re sult of his thorough examination of this car. ' ; "As the new product is next In price above the Chevrolet! (in the General Motors line) it is destined to be distributed upon a! tremen dous scale," he jwrites, "and cre ate a big stir in jthe .market," , f "The Pontiac jSIxi proves, to be a great competitor in its;i class good looking, surprisingly roomy for its wheelbase, of 110 (Inches, nicely upholstered, thoroughly equipped j ij "A light car, with easy steering properties that iny buyeft of a modern automobile has a perfect right to expect, and not too much wheelbase, may ! be wonclerfully agile If the pow4r plant is right, but it was hardly to be expected that a car designed to sell at so low a price (both models J825) should show a top speed of) better than 50 miles' an hour Without producing extreme discomfort and a sense of considerable barard. Yet the new PotIaJ will safely maintain a 50-rail pace; rides well! ft high speed and holds the road as any good car should." -I K" r In wTitiBg of k.he 'engine. Mr. Pope, has the following to say, af ter giving the, specifications : ' "At this point ibo Pontiac power plant departs from- many low priced cars ha(j have been seen bfeore, for ii the vital parts of its construction, Ip lias many features of resemblance to the more modern and high cost de signs. .This resemblance also .ap plies to its manufacture, which is carried out to close limits and in volves such detailed refinements as the dynamic balancing of fly wheels and crankshafts," the hon fyg of cylinder bors,etc. ' f "The engine, In other words, is a combination of a tough and dur able structure with! such featares of design aa will enable it to "lug" most astonishingly jatj lowj speeds and also to carry its load up fnto a range of what are relatively high speeds for a motor having the oth er characteristics which i this one has. The output at 2400 revolu tions is 36 horsepower. ' It Is a fine example of adapting the whole tlesign of the power plant to the particular needs of ihe car - 4 j The coupe; readjj for the road, weight is 2,320 ! pounds. The weight of the coach complete with equipment Is 2400 pounds. ' This economy of weighty i plus good weight distribution,! Plus a very snappy engine performance. Of course, accounts for ihe lively per formance of the machine on the. road which is reaUji' far superior to the usual product ianywhefe ap proaching its siz-or: price.? -I Elaborate ceremonies- attended the Christening of the Pontiac Six at the Oakland factories at Pon tiac just j before "th4 few; 'York show. The tUrst a off the line was presented- in Nev 'Yorko Al fred P. ' Sloan, Jr., president : of General Motors Corporation by A. R. Glancy, president! and -general manager of Company. the - Oakland Motor FAIR, EXOTOGH . 1... fc- ' - t " .. i ; Cop: "Say, what daou mean by going forty miles an hour?" 1 Fair Driver: "Why, officer, -1 iave been driving only fifteen min- utes." - I lauds mm Harry A. Miller Declarfs n M U ! n H 1 R A I . . I . acting Motor Tests "With prices of well engineered six-cylinder cars such as the ..Es sex so low and with values froni every standpoint so high, there is no reason why any motor car; buyf er in 1926 should be satisfied with anything less than a 'six'." ! ; This foregoing statement : n line with numerous forecasts that "1926 will be a six-cylinder year" was Jnade recently by Harry Ai Miller of Ios Angeles, the world famous builder of racing cars, in connection rfth'the purchase bf Mr. Miller's 20-year-old soni Tfed Miller, of an Essex Six for his per-! son.il use.- News of the purchase and of the noted expert's opinion have Just leached the F. W. Petty john Motor Co., Hudson-Essex dis-' tributors. , ! I; The celebrated motor engineer sai4 when asked for a forecast which might be made public: " Those who have forecast this year as one in which the 'six will dominate and in which new an nouncements will feature six-cylinder motors and closed bodies at moderate prices, are absolutely right, I believe. f ' "Although I build eight-cylinder racing cars and have an 'eight' for my personal use, I am proud of a 'six which. I frequently drive, I surely believe that my son made a wise selection in buying an Es sex coach. It is a well designed motor car and well worth more than the price asked for it." 'Ask ed if he might be quoted as to Es sex design and value. Miller re plied, "It's Just the truth, isn't it?? That the statement of as noted an engineering authority as Harrjr A. Miller, whose fame is not .only nation-wide but known and re spected through Europe aa well, is one of the finest tributes ever paid the Essex, was-the opinion expressed by the Pettyjohn Com pany. , . -ij "When snch - air-expert : as Mri Miller declares. that sixes domin ate the 1926 field and that buy ers need no longer be satisfied with less than a six, and when he approves heartily his son's selec tion of an Essex coach," he com mented, "then those in the mar ket for new motor cars may well hesitate before buying anything else. , . . His words confirm the1 pub-i lished statements of. other author ities that the buying trend of 1926 will be toward -sixes. You will see 1926'as a six-cylfnder year and the largest builder of 'sixes' in the world is Hudson-Essex." DuPont 'Ducois furnished in a wide variety of colors including Chevrolet Buckingham gray and various blues, greens, yellows and reds. . . . '. ; : ' ' ' DOWN THE ROAD after giving a lift, he Keeps GOING . WHEN YOU BREAKr DOWN ' . ' - ' fh 1 Such Is Gratitude r s 'I .rr:S'rt.l 16OJ000 Gallons of Oil Go Up in Smoke as Fire Rages - , , . . v , '- . ; - 1 h,s. ' - vs j i 'f ' r w.w. ' - ' " - " f ' ' r , . - v V ' 1 . - - J , . 'Xv-' . A- - -is , . ; - v f jr. I r I v v ss 1 . s - k v i 1y--w? L is- I S5 i ? i- v - - i ' '" A $300,000 blase at the Beacon Oil Works in Evrrctt, Mass. destroyed 160,000 gallonsf the iiel and for a : time threatened to wipe out the entire town. Photo -was Uken at the heiffht-f th conflagration. " ' ... Would Use Illuminating Gas for Automobiles By R. M.: PETARD ; (A. D. X. Staff eSorrespondent ) PARIS The dearth of gasoline continues promoting" the research of substitute fuels. .Illuminating or city gas, already Sased during ithe war, especially in i England, again comes to the fore, fh France this time. ' faH " The French makers of a grade of compressed acetylene similar the old American Prestolite have succeeded in storing com pressed city gas in much lighter pontainers than heretofore deem ed possible and this at once was Considered to ffer sulficlent pos sibilities for the Automobile Club Of France to sponsor active re search as to possible applications. j The "bottles" are being experi mented to operate taxicabs driven by 2 -inch bore, 4-cylmder mo tors. The results obtained show that an outfit .weighing 150 pounds (including weight. of bot tles and weight of gas) will drive the taxi fifty miles rnr normal run ning, on an expense for. fuel amounting to not more than one third of the cost of gasoline operation.- , ' L j There is a possibility of depots being located at various points in the city of Paris where empty bot tles will conveniently be exchange ed for full ones, ' if ' the, system proves satisfactory undeV more protracted tests and if it Is found FELLOW A RIGHT ON HAVE possible to so arrange the bottles in the chassis that their replace ment be a quick and easy job Bottles would also be supplied to those (private cars which, used exclusively in city work, could without inconvenience call for a new supply within the mile age limitations of a normal charge. It Is said that thi3 limi tation is no different from that existing with electric cars, the development of which was only hindered byj the very high cost of electric current in France. DECEMBER BIG MONTH LARGE AUTO SHIPMENTS ARE SEXT OVERSEAS Continuing the progress in sales of American automobiles abroad, the motor vehicle manufacturers of this country established new ex port records! in Decembef both for motor cars and motor trucks. There were 31,110 cars and 10, 410 trucks exported from United States and Canadian ports. These figures do not include the motor vehicles of American make assem bled abroad. The gain is considered by the automobile industry to be particu larly significant since December is Usually lighter in exports than the prfng month-j. ! r - J- SALEM AUTO MAN WINS PRIZE IX COXTEST WOX BY XEWTOX-CHEVROLET BIAX The Newton-Chevrolet company of Salem again wins attention in nation wide contests. This time the honor goes to O. W. Watkins of the Chevrolet company for his window' display during the holi day week. !. In an international contest con ducted during Christmas week by the Automotive Equipment asso ciation, automobile dealers " in every state in the union and in every nation in, the world, entered displaysj The Chevrolet company here was notified laBt week thaju the wTnTHwr erecw&ieo: uy Mr. Watkins had won One of the prizes: ' '' f ; Mr. Watkins Is in charge of the parts and accessory department of the Newton-Chevrolet company. The front window of the show room was used fn the display, an imposing array of " accessories be ing featured. ! " TRY THIS Motor Officer: (after hard chase): "Why didn't you stop When I shouted back there?" ' Driver (with only five dollars, but presence of mind) : "I thought you just said, 'Good morning sen ator'." - ' ' - - ' - , Officer J "Well, you see. Senator, I wanted to" warn you about "driv ing1 fest through the next town ship." Middleburg Blue Baboon. By FRANK BECK 'PFOrTnr ?m ifi - r . .ii vtsi a .i 'i . a a Ultimate M(or yaPnrict ' Be Foreseen, -President of Company Says; By HARRY M. JEWETT ' Pres. Paige-Detroit Motor Car Co, One of our most treasured pos sessions is a print of a 1912 ad vertisement announcing ("the final step in Paige Policy." This piece of copy announced tha startling fact that "Paige regular equip meat now includes top and ; wind shield." . T T I - Of course,! we, really thought that this momentous improvemeat marked the final step in automo bile development. - No .one, then foresaw the tremendous that were to Come. J advances Today, despite these wonderful developments that have place, ..with automobiles -taken many times better in every respect than were the cars in the days when we announced this "final" step In the Paige policy, there is not a manu facturer in the world who would be so hardy as to hail any oddl tional step in advance as the ulti mate im provemenr. , We have learned better. ' - ICo matter how nearly . perfect a "car is today., tomorrow's car will be better. There never has been a "final step in automobile devel opment. " .--'. The "original solid robber, tire no doubt ; was considered .-a final steptoward riding comfort in the days ..of bicycle and baggy; Then came the pneumatic "tire." Later the cord construction wrought fori ther inrpfoyeinent.t; Today the bal loon tire holds -sway. ' jBat -who would say that; the balloon Is the f inalj development that here: Vlll be no farther Improvements in tires? -: HI 4 r-' I The same, sort of : sten-br-sten improvement - has , marked .other units of the automobile. Contrast the present with the' oast In en gines, electrical systems. ' trans missions, motor and chassis lubri cation, brakes;: spring' ' suspension; coolingand Iff every! Otaer'nnit; They are nearly wrfect accords ing todayV judgmeat;4 but in--"a few yearr they mayseem-'as crude and Inefficlent as lhreearly'startr ing crank and the tiller isteerlng gar Seem 6if.:slli'j-?rxi- H-fr. r ,Of coarse, the change now Is more gradual than at flrstl though some- Improvenjfents sweep the tn- aastry in a very short serf od. as did the balloon tire' Ah it' fnnn wheel brakes. Two j years raro these were novelties- at the aato mobile shows; now: they are ac cept as the general practice. How ever, gradual- or 'sudden',! change goes on' constantly; every maker's announcement of new models list's improvements over ! the previous cars out no one repeats Out-early "enthusiastic "assertion that anv one improvement IS a "final step, One thing certain Is that we of the Paige company will holt repeat that mistake. -. We changed our point of view long ago." mat ter hpw good we ' make a j car. of an individual unit of the car.' we don't cease our efforts to-Improve and refine that car or unit.! "Hence our policy Is no such aa wiir per mit ns -to . announce 'anything as "final" rather "always making mem nner". is pur attitude now, ior toe iutre. STOLEN CAB PliEASES - ' A motor firm in the east hand ling the Chevrolet line . left, their salesroom doors ' open' one night recently and found, next morning, that one sedan was missing; t" A 'tew : days'- later the" f irrm re ceived a letter signed -rWTOIam Sykes" staUng The car laj giving every satisf action. , My -wif e : Is also pleased and wants one for herself.' If consistent,' kindly leave yonr showroom unlocked again tor a mgnx or two, and. oblige,"" CHEVROLET BUILDS SOUTH "MELBOURNE.I Aoa tralia iFeb-.r TW.O : radditional buildings have been secured here by. Chevrolet to house the tremen dous increase, in' number of. cars and trucks to be turned but. ; T Big, shipments, of .chassis parts have arrived, already; and Jothers are due In quick succession. ; " r TvX-itAXDis -srins fiirow;; ; ' ' --(' i 11. C. "Bttd'T Landis. nationally known , columnist' and assistant Pacific coast advertising, manager for the Chevrolet Motor cciapany, returned to 'Oakland'recently tZl r a three weeks trip through the east during which he attended the New. York - automoMIe' sIioV end visited ; the.1 big General itotori headuaftera at Detroit. :n"p rin n in JiUiuL... t lU J lu iv i :jt C nl i - Old 0kcpj!djl(,!ay Be m "Launderedt'Scientists - H Find In Tests j h U -, !i: j' - V - . ! ' ' '-i . - : -. ; jLUBlRNrFeh. (SDemonstra tions here indicate that old crank case oft of "automobiles which has ben regarded fit for nothing may be reclaimed' and used again. - Dr. C.ID. Miller, who i engaged In research ' work in the depart ment of tasrlcultural enKlneerfns Of the Alricultutal College of the Alabama Polytechnic institute, has soeceedefl In w6rklng. out a meth od for reclaiming or laundering old Oil at a cost estimated by him at less tftan five cents a gallon. In stnllying the problem, Dr. Miller found that oil does . not "wear but" by use in a crankc-nte. and neitjier. does 'it, rhange its composition. Some losses occur mechanically and - by oxidation, but the Oil itself remains substan tially th; same as it was before used. It-? is rendered unfit for Bervice by contamination with other substanceSi "euclf as carbon and other solids, and certain con stituents of gasdlineT " y -t The removal of these substanc es, is all : that is required for its Successful' reclamation. This can be done by pouring the oil into a tank, adding , a washing 'powder, blowing steam through , it for about three hours, allowing' It to settle, and then' drawing off the oil from the top. leaving the for eign substances, both solid and liguid, in the bottom. ; . , When treated this .. way the steam -. is ipartly condensed,' : dis solving, the .washing .powder. .which has the property of loading down' the; carbon and ..other solid particles in the oil with a film of tbe solution,, causing .themto co agulate somewhat as casein coagu lates m nnii wnen u curaies. Tnia causes the solid particles to' jcttl to the. bottom i of- fhe container.. forming ajayer of sludge or-ttuck between 'the "oil and the solution. The'.pncocdensed1 portion of " the steam , carries . the gasoline away with; U asiyapbr. - v On. the efficiency of this meth od, I Dr. i SliUeri Bays that ' four quarts of. oil aa It Is drawn ordi narily .from a crankcase should return, three, quarts" of oil as good j Vhile the practical use of'; ibis discovery remains, to be deter- ' mined, Dr Miller predicts ' that many garages and service stations will take adyaatage of It: f li pl'.; is ik: Finance! Plan to Cover Pur chase 6f Car to Be Used ' , by AH Dealers A- Announcement is made by Willys-Overland, IncL, of the new Wil lys Ffnanc; Plain to j cover time purchases of automobiles manu factured by Jthls organization over extended periods " ' ' . The rate;at which the difference between the; Initial down payment and' the full purchase price cf the car; la- han!Jed Is the lowest y tt offered through 'any'' finance r : ;n aow1s. ope'r.itlon.1""; j - 1' -'The eharfes fo the financial ac commodation offered through IA plan-are n6i vr't n Into the dov.n payn-ent TStff firai ipread throup.h the life of the purchase contract. The car buyer figures his dj a payment on the delivered prlca cf Che' car and hot on hl3 price r : the finance charges. ' I . The dowp payment ; is con vc n iently low iad conforms to t: generally accepted basis for t! Initial outlay of mOney. This move on the part of -'"Lil lys-Overland Is one of the most im portant yet, made In automo: : merchandising and opens up t' Purchase of both Willys-lln: i and Overland cars to thousand i c hew buyers. 4 v '".In a stateaent rerardlrr ' general situation la car r an 4 finance' arrar smeats, Ur. . . says:' . 'i - - . : "The cnest'an cf I. purcL.a3 cf a motor car tj c first 'iciportiica ta tie r!..: the 'buyer.' lt Lzs V.. ; Jsct cf ccud and tlzzzco t year. - - v Tie 'ccr,'t accorarci: ' chasa-as'I nca r.s t' . .itiv-'- 7.. - . ... !