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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 14, 1926)
1 4. the :qkecon.ate4anJ SAU1U, pHEGO:i 7T;-: SUNDAY. MOIlNmG; FXBRUABY 14;1023: raioii am is D DBI IrnualPar Mirror is- Latest W nnklej.Two Occupants f"HirFront-Canee Vtfie i I Is CO 'I'V'Tn thescAiays of congested traf- f'tlcZJibt only w the 'huslness thor- ghfares, but xm the highways. a attention rth careful anyer constantly rireted on the, road. 1 ,0aV?AVong with; this necesalty comes the need of increased Ylellanee! in - peeping a watchful eye-on traffle coming up in the rear. - ' I , Perhaps 'no device for automo- biles has combined to such a high degree the elements of safety and ' rnnvnlfnee aa the rear Tlew mh ?' ror." I Its efficiency Is even ,'mbre anwMlated. after ? rnerson" has ror and then one not so equippeu. . -tened, orer the ninasnieia ana en ables, the drirer to obtain a clear TfcW ot the Iroad for ; a tong ,dls .slnce:to.the rear at a glance, and i 't ' drirer can tell instantly the condl- fuoo OI iramc oeuiuu mm nis criYing signals uiiuu(vt T 'inasmuch as the great number oFmlnor traffic collisions are due tq sudden stops and failure 'of the r drire to signal, or oncoming cfrs failing to ohserre the signal, the mirror is invaluable In enabling frrtSr flmerpt the car-equipped with -BttCn'j ' device; -to instantly ten 1 whether or not his signal has ben observed by the driver of the Car Ibehindv WtU..ij-.'-: I'- i rOne of the latest type' mirrors,, j f shown in the mirror department; of 1 I thAIVetern Auto Supply cbn3 ; jpany Is adual mirror. pTwo niir-; , llors arj 'jpaountod on pno bracket; ;t pne for each oceupant'et the front ; i ieat'Sor botH- f or-he asd-of the ' dr iver.; Each mirror : can be ad- I justed independently of the otherj either high or low, for persons1 of 1 j vraying heights, up and down and : from side to side to change jthe; scope; of vision. ! W k ;Tbe big advantage of the dual ; r mirror over the single type is that it furnished Individual mirrors; td ' occupants of the front -seat and '. I reflects the road 'at the side as well as the highway in the rear, j ' i It Is a valuable addition to. the I car ' when two people ? drive the , a same machine. Seldom can two i drivers use the same mirror ad i j- Justment and the two tnirroTB, jset to meet individual requirements,; tl do away Rk the readjustment Bootlegger I- ' 'X- -If t ' - v : ' " i lIBIIplllipl! to f - ' ; ? v , L ": - ' W - -" --W: - ' nuisance-each .time drivers are t changed. Vyf j-f ' ! ; PHILLIPS BACK AGAIJT W. I. Phillips, manager of jthe! Valley Motor company,' has return- ed toi his desk after an attacK 01 influenza. . ".' t: : 'r. ?H Jipptng a Crime in Russia J But Continues Nevertheless. I r 1" -)? jri innr wa much mental ananJshl about the munclpal. dock at Savannah, Georgia, recently, when if Klxmmfl k Mown that a track carrvlnk 200 cases? of liquor had dropped through a hole la the wharf. sinklmr lta cariEO.i beneath ' th waves.1 iLater the Coast Guard 'service, draggecji th river- iand recovered every bottle of the- forbidden Tbevetp. Thoto shows how railway isteam crane wa used to recover the truckJ .Two captured ruin runners are shown at the wharf, next the Coast Guard cutter, Yanacraw. . '; . .- :, " . " ' I ' ' ' '"jT ' '' t Death valley Scott Deserts , i Gold Nuggets for Fruit TpNOPAH, Nev. Walter Scott, better known as "Death Valley Scofty,' Islecomihg1- almost famous for;sthe vproductsiiof "bis Ranichero Inferno, Aear Grapevine canyon in Death .Valley, California as he was' a few years agd'for the gold; nugget he displayed so. lav ishly and made such a mystery of. John G. KlrChenV Nevada min ing (man,; has. visited, Scottys ranch "down in the bottom of "the world." - j ' iy H . V. , "Scotty;,", said.KIrchen, CVls as much; a mystery, as ever, ,r He Is' producing huge quantities of figs, apples, pears, peaches and .grapes. the latter, of unsurpassing quality. He treated us royally, talked a lot and jtold us nothing." v i x. -4 1 Scotty still insists he .has the richest ; gold toine . In the world somewhere In the recesses of , the sinister valley. When he attract ed iuch wide attention with his nuggets, he never ; revealed their origin. f ? '! ' "It's too hot and too much work to dig gold, he npw contends. "It'i lots more fun to raise peach- Us and look alter jny-trlng,f -04H mufeS." , J . " Scotty's ranch has amazed old timers. The land had been con sidejred Irredeemable,! - i j - ' '- Insurance has been written, cover-. Ing exports' to ninety-one coun tries In every part of ' the j world and every line of American ex ports. J ., !-. ' ;L 'The actual -loss on the first $7$, 090, 006 of insurance "written waii slightly hx iexcess . of 55 0 ,0 0 0 or Approximately, three-fourths of pne: pe cent. Officers estimate that at least $200,000,00 0 more of American , export business . was done - on- the basis of, information supplied by the pooled, ratings..: Export vozume for the Chevro let' Motor company during 1925 amounted to "almost : ohequarter of this country's &50;ooo. : ? total. volume of Russia Is a punishable of fensej ll -' The fewAmerlcans who . b-avei til t I Sjl tionary land have been astonished, j - to find tht the Bolshevika Ibol f ?nnponi any, kind ot pratnitr ai 4 r'-briba-.-iA- :'ir.1-,, t;-rvi ; ' i I . One of the most freqnent stgna I M la the Moscow restaurant; is hzt "Don't degrade-- your fellownan ',.!"( offering him swtia tipping is si ' , i form of briber.? Another is,j "A Hi bribe! Is, punishable as a criminal , ! offense; therefore don't mtteinpt I-, f Despite warnings, however j l tourists soon find hotel employes, 4 , waiters and public senrants show ! !a surprisingly readiness to accept 4 "tips," particularly If no one U U hooking.. L:fr-: z As the . Bolsheviks regard tlpf j, ping as a species et fbribery,?;s V 1 they,regard 4 the white i apron, ; ; laundered shirt and stiff collar, usf 2 nally worn by waiters as "de'gradl- 1j lng Therefore, 'n order Jo.jgiv i t complete "equality" to this class of workers, they have " ordered 1 4 them to wear, natty blue blooses, tw Credit Exchange to Sum Up Growth in Business dHICAGO-Fivo . years of pro gressive effort In the extension of America's export business will be summed up in reports of 4he fifth annual meeting here January 25 of the American Manufacturers' Foreign -.Credit ; : Insurance Ex change, a cooperative organiza tion of 1,100 firms and corpora tions In thirty-four states. c These ' ' members have : pooled thejr credit." information on 250,- 000 foreign buyers of . American products,' the index to; this vast amount, of business;: information providing a basis upon which the exchange Issues insurance policies upon exports of its members.4 , Almost ' f 1 0 00 0 0,0 0 0; ,of such with (army style, collar and noi Desolate Island of Vest i Coast Feared by;Yach ers lil 1 1 a . , wwub i wm vu wi i i uwiiwi a I t ' : ,.r :j f . SAN PEDRO Desolate and I t wind-swept San Nicolas, one Jof " ' chain , of islands , lyin . off the ft coast of southern California has become a spot shnnned by mo$t J ,i I yatchtmen.. c f j ; , : - ? 1 Old-time mariners who gather f oathe docks of this harbor city to utawap yarns seldonr fail to speak L t , of barren San Nicolas. . Jtls In I 1 ! habited only - by t a - man named , , , Mac Arthur and his wife, who care I I for 2,000 sheep owned by a cait t tie company which Ieanes the la- I , ...' - ; f Howling offshore winds j, and great seas, against I which- jlitUe Ul progress can be made br the small . craft, often are encountered by , inose wno iry to reacn tneKisiaiwi. t, 1 4 Should the . mariner overcome j these elements, another obstacle j - s has to be overcome before aland f lit iag can be made.iVlrtuaJlyl;Iih- l j , , passable i kelp beds aTpiost; sur , I round the island and extendi from a quarter of a mile to three in Ilea t- i offshore. - They may be reeot!at i The 7rinltfc !! is the nevr j. SEIBERLING tireshape tube which fits ! r . r -your 'tire. perfectly ' without wrinkles--:;-. the only practical ' r tube for balloon ; -' : tires I J ' ' ' - , Let me fcaow-it to-. . w- -fvouii.- d only hf extremely small! craft. The wise -roan always throws 1C3 EouCi Commercial OF the COST of a car is in tKe. body PI ft is in the motor "I .. Studebakers experience shows that , it would cost them more than 40 more to buy their bodies than-to build, thm. And; they would not get as good a body. -The manufacturer's prof it and the high cost of transporting and handling is saved by TU-4 DEBAKER ONE -PROFIT MANUFAC 1 ;' . i Studebaker builds all its own bodies, all engines, all clutches, all gear sets, springs, differentials; steering' geafsMsrakes, axles, J gray-iron castings and drop forgmgs. " And the same saving is passi on to the buyer in better quality and lbwer prices, as on trie ooaies.- . r sr ' -Let us show you a ONE PROFIT STU- V4'.'.'.(.';...v,'''-f'r'--'';v 1 -Marion- ;iiut6m'6E:l i - ComDan" -V' . .... . . .. - - H Open Day and Niht 1r 'i 1(UH0M PH Working Force to Be Aug- : menteq by About 60U c r::(Men;fealReached;:3; -The force of .3,000 emplayes now engaged in production and admin Istratrre work at the dak land 'Motor' Car company' to pro duce - the . Oakland and Pontlac Sixes Is gradually being . augu- mented. A. J. Brandt, rice presi dent In charge of operations states that within the next two taonths this orce will be increased by ap proximately; 600.: bringing the number of employes -up to the highest peak In the history of the company - equally, only in the boon) year of 1919. v. . V, That this number of employes can build the number of cars of both .lines scheduled for this year illustrates, according to Mr. Brandt, the great stride j that hare been made in production effici ency,:,,.:..; .-.l ; 1 1 - "Manufacturing equipment is being improved so rapidly that it has the practical effeet of increas ing the potential capacity of every motor' car plant by a significant percentage each year," he states. "Every time a factory set-up lit laid out for a new model, it. is found that considerably less space is required for the same sequence of operations than for cars built in f ormer years. , A '" . " ' "The removal of all body-build ing activities to the Fisher Body corporation"! p"lant ; within a few blocks from the factory t has given much space in the Oakland plants. Conveyor systems; x more efficient j arangemenl of production machin ery and more effective use oi m power has enabled us to turn out more automobiles in a given space than ever before." KttEEX PI4JXKET SUCCESS LONDON Honorable , Eileen f - 'mmmmmmmmammmmmm . Plunket; sister jot.Xrd Tlanket. who is a gradii ate or the tloyal Academy of Draj matic Art; his be- gun-her professional stage career a production of "The Blue Bi I d'Vat' the Garrickwv theatre.. ; I ! f i Firejirbpf Storage "Fuel :Transfer Coal and Dry Wood at Reonable Pnce C - - . w Iff ! v : : J 1 f) J ' : ' , : CRATING : LOCAL arid LONG HAULING f.iOVf HG 143 South liberty - M H MM: ' . . . - . . - - 1 .. i . , .... . . . . ' ! . t - : , . t - I f VV The history of Dodge Brothers drastic price reductions; is simple and brie ' r l " A better and better product followed by "greater and s I greater demand. . , - jj To meet that demand, an expansion of buHdings andil equipment involving an expenditure of ; more than' $10,000,000. V Output vastly increased, with consequent reduction in i the cost of materials and production. . ! 1 Ipstellation of advanced labor-saving and quality- j - rncreasing equipment For lfistance one giant steel- body press costing $10,000 replaces ten former presses costing $7,500 each, and does the work more efncientlyV Result: The finest line of vehicles in Dodge Brothers I ' history at prices that seem incredible" in view of Dodge Brothers traditional quality - - - . - That seem, more incrediblo still when considered in j f :- r connection with improvements that include - m . Rich, and ,at tractive never colors. ' : . ' . : Smart and stylish new body lines, j" !i :Four dependable cylinders, ... j Absolute smoothness of engine 'Operaon;il' -i'- : Greater povrer, snap and elasticity,- ' , s. j;. .' And advanced steel body arid windshield construction , ! thatj afford excepUonaZ dnving vision at ri time wlieh ' clear vision and safety are paramountiri. the mind oflr . every motorist . ; v Touring Car Roadster -Coupe; - -Sedan - if- Delivered - $ 367 - '$ 962 .-51019 - $1083 1 '4- BONESTEEEE $A OTfe GO; i ri 474 South Commercial -Phone 432 El OH . f : r v j u U U.U r f '"win n .y ""m mi, i t fPhcno 332 235 S. Com'l St. himself oa the side of his assall- aii:r'nrt:f8t!j tis interest k . i A. "Cz2 Itz'.rs to tlzl Lis V -Is pc 1st. r