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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (March 7, 1926)
V THE' OHEGON STATESMAN, SALEM, ; OREGON ' ; Sunday : Morning, march, 7, 1926 ! iBLEICGffij? FESGIBB ;peaters Open Campaign to Carry Out -Plans ! Made . by Home Office Men. t Visiting most of the principal Iclllea of the Pacific coast and With banquets and special sales meet 4iffs 4n Portland, Oakland and ff4i Angeles, the annual Inspection out of the execathrea o fthe Cher .froiet Motor: company for 126 Is ier the coast Is con cerned 'and dealers and off ictals v Tsie left to carry out tha many 1 -aafgestlons and plans for the com months presented them, by 'mejnbfra of the factory execnUTe t&f f dnrlns these conferences. w Becanse of bis prominence 'In Tthe. automotive world and his keen judgment on matters affecting: the ' industry, R.' H. Grant, sales head dbt the jrreat ; Chevrolet organiza tion, la always sure of an interest ed 'audience when he chooses to speak on-matters relating to his ipwh firm or to; the Industry as a . .whple. : Asked yesterday hU opin ion on foreigner trade conditions as they effect the automobile mar ket; Mr. Grant aaldi 2 ' J - -4 ?The .United States' will !co 'tihue to dominata. tha. foregln, mar kef aa long aa other coontrlas are Unable to compete with, us in aci ritiflc volume production of a tuality product, at a price within Treasonable range of our own. -, ;'Cltroen, a small French car, omes nearest to ua in price, but .It probably will bo , long time, iif.erer, before Citroen, aalea will ;jft fleet . our . own even- in - Prance. JThere. of course, the "home pro Iduct Idea and. the resistance to an "Ateerlcaa car because ot its tor- s relgn origin are factors no Te corf aidered. but thfa. situation is. not "at al fserious and probably never mill . be. . . yl .. j v-. . ..soj v:f r 1 "A a- result of; the Improve taent In four cylinder cara.1 the leld for" the T smaller, can la so atrongr that the tendency toward - tJlght six cylinder cars will irot re sult InMisplacIng'th betted qual ity' lightfoura. This la eTe.n inoe deflniteiy-the case in th United jBtes thaft ;OTerseaT-v i 4"We feeK that with the amooth : operating! ci we arvnow bail lng. a car that has glfeh sallsfao tion"tOk.tens tff-thousanda of own era at a price with fat, the- reach- of , large'numbers of buyers, the- light foTrr-cyUnder will , always lead: in ;.',grolume of'Sales -v; i ii .e 'Ught aiTnarket- aaa a ready hit its peak and la now de clining, and we feel that the econ omy, power.' and increased dura bility, together with the kmodth- ' riding qualities of the new Chev rolet wjU continue our j present strong market, necceasitatlng the it WINS CHEVROLET GQXCtjU Vi::j:; I V.I I s Sirs. CTuu-Ierf Goodwin, daughter of C. T. Pomerorj of romcrpy jk Keene Salem jewelers, is the winner of th Chevrolet poach, of fere first prize by the Oregpn theatre in its contest that closed last week. The ;car was purchased from, the Newton-Chevrolet company, local Chevrolet dealers. operation of all our factories at full capacity from now on until fall, In fact our production sched ule for the next three months hast, within the last few days, been boosted far beyond our most sang uine anticipations of sixty days ago.". . , ; . . k. :i Grant also outlined an elabor ate program tending toward a sol ution of the so-called used car problem, la which Chevrolet deal ers re to be- universally equipped, to reflnish used cars in genuine DuPont Duco, and to renew the cars and give them a definite guarantee that will relieve the purchaser of the necessity for buying "a pig in a poke! and wilf bring him back to buy another Chevrolet when, he gets, ready f on hia new car. U - The Chevrolet sales executives maintains a much closer contact with the Chevrolet dealer family throughout the country than most factory officials. 1 The dealers all like him tremendously. They say her-can be severe 'at times; ' yet kindly wav8, his human side, make him as friend at court, rather than a -f dictator" "of sales destintnei of the world largest producer of gear shift motor- cars. ' r ,f A graduate of Harvard, class of 19 pi. Grant carries with his the poise of a college man; the. self possession necesary to the- good speaker, and a command of Eng lish equalled by only a few in the great automotive Industry.. : His keeness of 'mind Js-' never so-' evident a when A: difficult prdblem arises, Be can concen trate well. He goes right to the heart knd will give? his' decision quickly, logically,, forcefully. The sentences come out : claarcut and every nt with a puncjsuIt is that punch that has brougnt him to leadership ih one of the greatest manufacturina; concerns of this 'twentieth century; j Show-' pedestrians the- same courtesy ' that -yon " want other drlvera- to show members of your family; urges the National Safety Council. " - : "- GREATER SAFETY 01 liHS IS URGED 30,000 Engineers and Of ficials Seek Methods ' Prevent Accidents WASHINGTON, March 5i -A nationwide movement for greater safety In the construction of high ways will follow in the wake of the American Road Builder's con vention held recently In Chicago, according to H.G. Shirley, president-elect of the organization and chairman of the Virginia State Highway commission. "It;' was the general consensus among- the 30,000 engineers, con tractors and highway officials as sembled at the convention: that something should be done to" check the enormous loss of life in' auto mibile accidents. As -a result, safety is now one of the principal thing taken into consideration in the construction and location of highways," Mr. Shirley said, j ' ! ; Perha.ps the most prolific of accidental death to motorists is the grade crossings," according to Mr. Shirley. "In. a few cases such crossings cannot be removed with out an unreasonable expenditure of money. The majority, however, will be eliminated from the na tion's highways, while the. scien tific location of routes will make a complete abolition of grade crossings possible on the " newly built roads. ' ; "Nearly one thousand people were killed in and near Chicago; last year by automobiles. A great many of these deaths were' the re sult ot careless driving and; speed ing, but a large number' were also caused by the roads too harow to handle the traffic. Highways lead ing into the large cities are 'now being planned, wider than ever be- . , - - : : : fore. Modern safety signals and devices are being adopted in the cities and along the national routes. Curves are scientifically constructed to reduce the possibil ity of accident, and-steep grades removed where possible to elimin at the dangers of such places. ' f; "This movement in. behalf of safety is not confined to the Unit ed States alone," said the Virginia highway official. "It was learned from hundreds ot delegates from Canada, Mexico, Panama and the South American countries at the American Road Builders' conven tion, that such a movement was fast growing in these nations. For that reason it is believed that the 1&27 meeting of the highway or ganization will show great prog ress along safety lines. Detailed reports ot deaths caused by im properly constructed and routed highways will be greatly de creased. In speaking' of the 1926 road building program of the nation the president-elect was Very opti mistic. "The United States regis ters approximately ninety percent of all the automobiles of the world. The country should, there fore, possess a highway system of comparative extent. Of the three million miles of highways in the country a small portion is im proved. The program of 1926 will not only greatly increase the sys tem of hard surfaced roads, but will greatly decrease the death hazards on the present highways." Mr. Shirley was elected to the presidency of the American Road Builders' association during the convention in January. He will succeed W. H. Connell, engineer ing executive and acting secretary ofi highways of Pennsylvania whose term expires in May. Mr. Shirley was secretary of the Fed eral Highway Council before ac cepting the chairmanship of the Virginia commission. ' The most remarkable automo bile road, in the world extends along the Pacific coast from Ti juana, Mexico to Vancouver, B. C. l . -V. . : Xpia c4il x .stay Where are You turn through a kodak album-arid smile at old-style clothes.1 Skirts cluttering the ankles . . . hats perched high upj on hair . . . wasp waists . . . awkward sleeves -odd how your taste has changed! i v Yet day by day your taste changes in all you wear and db. You 'don't like the same books, enjoy the same movies,! choose the same underwear, prefer the same soapy you did a short while ago. You are so used to the better, you wonder why you liked the old. Advertisements make yqu know the better as soon as it's, proved to he better, -They tell 6f good things accepted as, good taste ; the best korn.es. I. The hosiery glassrcurtains, lighting fixtures other moderns use; why their use is preferred. Adver tisements influence so many around you, sooner or later you'll feel the change. Even if i you never read an adver tisement, you'll, use in timesome of the conveniences which advertisements urge you to use today. Advertise ments form a tide of taste that sweeps you forward; you cah't stand still. Since you'll enjoy what they advertise anyway, why not begin enjoying it now? ' .f.(. s l'- ' c Read the advertisements to be alert to the best today t, s PAIGE-JEWETT F LESt9 POIIO First Six Months of 1926 Will See 45,024 Machines Made by Factory - DETROIT, Mich., March 6.--The' Paige-Detroit iMotor Car com pany will produce 45,024 cars in tho first six months of 1926, com prising 20,934 Jewetts and 24,090 Paiges. The total is 5910 more than the production of both mod els in the entire; 12 months of 1925. ; The new Paige line, announced February 20, is starting out, to make a production record, having already reached quantity figures. The new cars were exhibited at the leading automobile shows, and the advance orders received were far In excess of present possible production. It was possible to build only 2000 Paige cars In Feb ruary, yet this is an increase of 500 per cent over ! the Paige out put of the same month last year. The general announcement of the new Paige, and its showing by dealers throughout- the country, brought a flood of orders, with the result at least 5000 Paiges will be produced in March, making a total of 7000 cars in the first forty days after the Paige was put on the market.. The Paige-Detroit company's "new-day" policy has given it two quantity production models in stead of one. The New-Day Jewett introduced December 12, is run ning ahead of the old Jewett, and the new Paige is exceeding the production of the former Paiee and jewett combined. Increased plant facilities have been put in operation, and the company is operating two parallel assembly lines, each 850 feet long, one devoted exclusively to the Paige and one to the Jewett. Pro duction will increase as the feupply of, bodies, always slow when new designs are adopted, becomes adequate. PACKARD. MAN BACK FROM FACTORY TRIP (Continued from pace 1.) school, one of four to be held from all over the United States and Canada. One man came all the way from Coblenz, Germany. The students were housed at Webster Hall, one of the finest hotels' Ini Detroit "and - were taken to', the ' plant each : morning and given 8 ; hours "of, hard study and trips through the plant. In .the evening ' it took from 7 to 12 or 1 o'clock to get notes taken dur ing the ; day straightened up so that they, could be read, j jThls school cost the Packard plant 140,000 but they felt. It has been well; spent: that; by training those men in Packard principles, construction and; repairing that they will ; go to their j various homes and be able to give better Packard service than ever, before. The Packard factory was born in a barn in : Marion, Ohio, in 1899. , ' ' .. They moved to Detroit in 1903. The present plant covers 58 acres. -31 acres are covered by buildings from 1 to 7 stories high. The balance is storage space. The class covered thl4 plant from one end to the Other and saw everything theirvwas to be! seen. There are j around 10,000 men employed of 1 whom 433 are in spectors who. test various parts of the production of the plant. Packard also makes alrdraft and marine motors. ; f Packard has 2i million dollars invested in buildings in different parts of the country used as dis tributing points and also to study the performance of their product in each part of the country. Packard has a very large export trade also, i i Mr. Bartlett made a very care ful study of repairing while there in order that Fred M. Powell Motor Cars may give the bes"Cx)f service according to Packard principles. Lovers Df Robert Burns in Atlanta Have- Own Cottage "ATLANTA, 'Ga. -The memory of Scotland's famous bard, Robert Burns, is commemorated here by a club- formed of admirers and lovers of the great Scotch poet. An1 exact replica of the cottage f i- i -i - i ' at Ayr in which Burns lived, was builtf by the club where it holds monthly litej-ary meetings. The cottage walla' are covered with ivy brought from Scotland. The in terior, "plalhlr Jfurnished tp show how Burns lived, contains numer ous relics, mementos and pictures. The club ifirst came - into ex istence in 1896.' Vernonla -j- Oregon - American Lumber company orders 27 steel logging trucks. ; j T MARCH ER.16.1925 ii-f ' . ' ..... i 1 tS I Bruns wick and Dunlop TIRES For Sale at Barrett Bros. Garage 1999 North Capitol On March 72, 1923BuIck. celebrate4 the building of the millionth Buick. Approximately eighteen yean were coo aimed inj the accompUthmfnt. ' ' On Decetaber 16, 1925; Bolck reached the millioa and -half mark A mil lion Bnicka in eighteen yearstbe next half millioa in two years and nine far tittkt tinimirtw year Bwicli hat led, in laim 0 aoles, U mi At the present time, public demand caUa for more than 20,000 Buickt evrv. month. This means the next half vniU lion in the hand of Buick owners, with Ut two years. These bare figures tell a graphic scory of Buick continuous advance in public regard. The great acceleration f de mand, at the present time, speaks strongly of the increased value and de sirability in the Better Buick. Leadership belongs to Buick because nation famtliT with many motor cars has given it to Buick. . j f .- j - ! s The American public wants "finer transportation at lower cost", and Buick provides Ul , ; BUICK MOTOR COMPANY FLINT. VOCHK3AN i 1 H' Otto J. Wilson 388 N. Commercial 1 Telephone 220 $1595 DELIVERED Tax Included " ' Four-Door Full Five-Passenger Sedan Four-Wheel Brakes Dalloon Tires Sweepingthecountry! , And the one great reason is the fact that this is the first Six that brings really fine six performance down to where the average American family is justified in buying it. Velvety smoothness, a world of speed, flashings acceleration, genuine in-built beauty. . and'Buik like Hupmobile always builds, for long-life and low upkeep costs, A great motor I car buy a car that wise buvers are insisting upon, j u SBMMIiSK mMl L i 1 1 ' 1 1 m gBBag issjuLL 11 - ' ' ' ' . 1 Kirkwodd Motor Company A V ! i I if N 1 ,..... f. Telephone!311 i I I ( - 1 t Uv'f,.!..),.,. y . , . . j ... . 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