THE OREGON STATESMAN, S A! .EM. OREGON
SUNDAY MORNING, MARCH 4, 1926
OLDS TOUB CAR
BBS DID Hi
Run From Chicago to Detroit
mrtie; 301 Miles Done in
ysThan 6 Hobrs
All previous records ot running
heJjEen Chicago and Detroit were
broken this week by a stock Olds
mobile touring car driven by loyd
Clymer of Denver. The 301 miles
from the loop in Chicago to the
center of Detroit was made by
Clymer in five hours and 58 min
utes, including two stops en route.
frtita ia ttiA faateat tfmo oror m nrla
between these cities by an auto
mobile and is 16 minutes faster
than the Wolverine, the crack
Michigan Central train. The run
was officially checked by West
ern Union.. :.' ;''
: The best previous time made by
an automobile between these two
'cities was over a route 297 miles
'long and required 6 hours and 5
.minutes, or seven minutes longer
jthan the Oldsmobile' time.
I Clymer, who made, the record
breaking trip, last fall lowered the
Pikes Peak and Lookout Mountain
ytock car records in an Oldsmo
folle. He used the same car. on his
Chicago-Detroit run. It Is a stock
car with top and front side cur
tains up. The only changes made
in equipment were the additions
of two extra spot lights and a
muffler cut out.
' Clymer was accompanied on the
run by his wife, Mrs. Meryle Cly
mer. . This was her first partici
nation in any of the several record
breaking trips made by her hus
Dana, wnen tne uiymers were
met at Dearborn by an escort from
the Detroit branch of Olds Motor
Works .and. bi ehanged places
with-a pilot to guide hCT husband
into the center of Detroit, she was
asked if the run had frightened
her.
"Yes," she replied, "I was
afraid Floyd wouldn't break the
record."
Clymer and his Oldsmobile
checked out from the' Western
Union office at Washington and
LaSalle streets. In the heart of the
loop district, at 12:1 a. m. central
time, Thursday. During the first
hour, which incladed miles of
driving" in Chicago, he registered
47 miles.
When about half way to this
city, the Oldsmobile orecord seeker
lan Into heavy snow for a dls
iiftc yft vS-miles. This caused
'the slowest time of the trip 44
miles in an hour. The most miles
run in a single hour were fifty-
One stop was made, at Kalama
too for gasoline, which took two
minutes. The Oldsmobile did not
halt again until it reached Dear
born where about four minutes
were lost in picking up the pilot.
A Detroit motorcycle policeman
also met the Oldsmobile at Dear
born with the intention of clear
ing the way for the car, but the
Oldsmobile ran away from the
motorcycle, which was handi
capped by side-car equipment. The
fastest speed consistent with safe
ty was maintained through the
city, and the 'Western Union of
fice in the Union station. Fort and
Third streets, was reached at 5:59
a: m. i
Clymer said that he rarely
drove his car at excessive speeds
on the run, but that it was the
ability of his Oldsmobile to main
tain a hixh rate of speed hour
after hour,, together with excep
tional braking and acceleration
powers, that enabled him to set
up a new record between Chicago
and Detroit..
. Road conditions were far from
favorable for the test, in fact-only
- the afternoon before Clymer start
"ed. the Detroit Automobile club
'.advised against making the run
at this season.
Western Auto Celebrates Tenth Anniversary
Ceo- Pepperdine
roanacr anq.
fresident of the
western Auto
Supply Company
By OLIVER WEST -Ten
years ago this March, the
Western Auto Supply company
opened its first store. on the Pa
cific coast.. Today over. 125 stores
throughout the west carry the
Western Auto banner.
The first Western Auto Supply
company store was opened in Los
Angeles h-lW by George Pep-
perdine, founder of the company
and Its present head. This small
store was opened with a stock
worth approximately $4000. Mr.
Pepperdlne had had some previous
experience in the automobile ac
cessory businss in a middle west
ern state and came to Los Angeles
with a thorough realization of
the value of advertising and the
friends that could be made by
selling standard merchandise at
as low a cost as possible consist
ent with quality, and standing ab
solutely back of very sale that
lOIIK HUES GREAT
HID 1 HDL1G
Lower Center of Gravity in
i New Willys-Knight "70"
Affords Safety
With the buying Interests In the
automobile market centered on the
nw rri nf moderate price, un-
uanal comment f automobile
show crowds has followed the
showing of the new Willys-Knight
Six-70. The unexpectedly low
price on this sedan . likewise has
brought thousands of Inquires to
.wniys-"Ojrerland dealers through
out th Wintry.
WKlV Irtitonrbbile show visitors
nntlnnallv Draised the low and
racy appearance of the neW'Ser
'only, there .are, some 4 unusual
-features Incorporated in Its design
-which are in a great measure re
sponsible for the ear's outstanding
. performance on the. road. Con
J forming,. In lines with, the latest
-trend in jsuropean cax oesign uu
l- Mafafishinj? a precedent in the
; manufacture of domestic carabine
new sleere-Talve car has secured
I an unusually large Jollpwing , on
the strength ot automobile show
: - .c:lzzl . cz.zlz.ztzi Se-
wuai '(m r. ut'i 1 s wssi warn T" 'it v.?;- i
lip-- fiKk 1m w
Jr'fviSstSiiafi Lena Rftpperdhiel' i&h'- -
AV ILI s Company store opened March 20. tSmfi UWTft?-
-ffrKfe 1916 -and still n operation f & U&MSp.
I Sk
I 1ST
Veedol Motor Oil, Gas
s Representative Is Here
Veedol ihotor oils and gas, dis
tributed in the northwest by the
Tidewater' Oil Bales corporation,
is now represented personally in
Salem by Dave M. John, Jr., for
merly of Corvallis, who has now
taken up his permanent residence
here at 630 Elestxic street.
Friday the big Veedol service
car, driven by D. C- Evans of Port
land, was In Salem, in connection
with sAles work. ; This Well equip
ped car is on the road much ot the
time visiting stations throughout
the northwest. on company, busi
ness. .Throughput Abe United
States (there are 30 similar cars
used for display and for service.
British Tea Hour Only
Movie Change for Gish
NEW YORK. Five o'clock
the British hour Tot tea cojk
stitutes the chief difference be
tween American and English
methods of motion picture produc
tion. .
-So .concludes Dorothy Gish,
Ameivcan film actress, who made
"Nell Gvrn" ror a British concern
and soon will go back to make
three more pictures, one of which
will be "Madame Pompadour."
"When It became known last
year that I was going to England
to make my , first film there, ev
ery one told s me X would find
things rather slow. she said. "I
soon found; however, that things
were, done -in the studios there
with the sams rush; that character
ises our production.
"For seven weeks we worked
twelve hours a day', butAQ xatHctfai
what was haDDcnine at tirtk nvinrt-
always sioppea ror Jfeju j UTLI
siue ui mis, & iouna uttic GiilvT
ence.';-;: 5' -
"Progressive .Dinner? pacH;
Had Found Way to Paris
PARIS.- The- "Progressive don
ner" fad has struck Paris : much
to the disgust ot those, who lilje
to enjoy the national cuislne in
peace. -
Among the younger ret. it Is
now the stunt to eat one's oysters
at the apartment ot a triena. sa,
way out in the Passy region to y '
quarter for the lobster atajiothcriJ
friend's home; to pick up tha.
chicken at a studio in -Montpar-na&se,
and so on down the lino
The guests-hosts draw lots tS ;
see which courses they shall seTte?
in their homes. The last . lot V
be drawn is the costliest, for that I
uins tuts lunuiiiasuEHUU I lix Ju t-
gestive jaxs in an all-nicht.. re-st
taurant of Montmartre.
was made. This policy, which
has continued through the entire
growth of the company, has prob
ably been the secret of the or
ganization's success.
From th modest start with one
store in 1916, the Western Auto
Supply company grew to a chain
of 20 stores in 19 20, and the busi
ness had incrased 'to an annual
worth of about $400,000. The
business was then incorporated
and additional capital secured
through the sale of stock, a large
portion of the stock being pur
chased by employes of the com
pany. The business was extended
to all the large towns and cities
in the Pacific coast states and
grew with such rapidity that the
13 5th store was recently opened.
Western Auto now has 90
stores in California, and one or
more stores in every other im
portant community jn Arizona,
Colorado, Idaho, New .Mexico, Ne
vada, Oregon, Utah, Washington
and the Hawaiian Islands.
The growth of the Western
Auto Supply, company is actually
the growth of an idea plus a de
termination on 4he part of one
man to see his idea through. The
indomitable courage of George
Pepperdine in rigidly adhering to
his policies -in the face of compe
tition,, both fair and Unfair has
resulted in the bulldmg up of a
business that liad a turnover of
over Jll.000,000 in 1925.
" Wth "a growth of from one
store to 135 in ten years, it would
be interesting to khow what the
future has in store for the West
ern Auto Supply company. The
history of this organization is def
inite proof that the motorist is
quick to realize the savings of
fered in purchasing automobile
equipment .from a concern of this
kind and it is reasonable to be
lieve that Western Auto may so
continue to grow that it will at a
future time become as much a
national organization as it is now
a western concern.
As a token of the company's
appreciation of the patronage that
has made its tremendous growth
possible during the past ten years,
the Western Auto Supply cfmpany
is giving to each tire purchaser,
duriri? this' sale, a new standard
inner tube. Present high prices
of rubber make this gift a money
savin? featureof great import
ance. Throughout the three weeks
of the sale, standard Western
Auto merchandise in the most
popular accessories will be of
fered at prices considerably less
than the regular Western Auto
low prices at which these goods
are sold. The prices and the free
inner tube will be in effect in all
Western Auto stores, wherever
they may be located.
signed the chassis of the new "70"
to provjde the greatest possible
rigidity and strength in a weight
consistent with the greatest pos
sible economy. The heavy pressed
steel fram of 3-16-inch material is
2 4 inches wide and AVi inches
deep. Five heavy cross members,
flattened at the. points pf greatest
strain, further insure easy riding
qualities as well as fine road per
formance. To remove all possible
sidesway, the radiator is triangu
larly braced to the cowl, while
heavy cross plates under it elim
inate all radiator movement.
Willys-Knight Six-70 is one of the
characteristic features of this acr.
An unusually low center of grav
ity, in which the engine and body
weight is evenly, distributed, gives
an ease of handling to the new
"Seventy" which is a subject, of
much comment. "Eight Tlmken
bearings in the front axle provide
exceptional, steering ease, together
with an absence of all wheel-fight.
The "blond Valentino" of tier
many, Andre Mattoni Is going to
play Romeo to Mary Philbin's Jul
iet in a Universal production of
The low-hung chassis of the new Shakespeare's play.
Bootleggers' Former Nesi Harbors
Troops Guarding Indiana Mines
-2Hr C''4 AiT.' ";v .I -u-j
V k i f! X fzrt; i p vi. ,
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1 Central Prcaai'lwtost . J .-.X-'' J4'':'-:'i':'-' s3
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Former haven of liootleggcrs is billet of member of Indiana
itate militia being held in reserve outside of Evsnsville. to cope with
- t - v l j.-i-1 tr ..lii-i.n..in :.nt. ..... r
any irnuuie arising in iuc uuir-tiiiiuii uhucs n nmuirm .Indiana,
wherr outbreaks are threatened. Photo-show, the bou?,Ji W.J cf-fiTT
.lacludina svUtor( of tbe dftachro--. v ; . . s
Spmppmng Week
THE latch string is out all day and every evening of our
Spring Opening Week. Drop around and help celebrate
the start of the big riding season, Whether you own a
motorcycle' or not, come and get better acquainted with
motorcycling and its joys and pleasures.
The countrywide sensation the 80-miles'tcr-the'gallon
Single will be on display. Look it over, take it for a spin.
Its comfort, ease of handling, its 80 miles to the gallon of
gas economy have set pew standards in safe, individual
transportation. So easy to ride, even a beginner can learn
in the length of a city block.
Come on over and join in on our good times. You'll like
the bunch you meet and you'll like motorcycling.
HARRY W. SCOTT
. 'The Cycle Man"
147 South Commercial Street
; Special Ndtice to Motorcycle Riders
Tuesday, April 6, 6:30 p. m. Club Ren " , j
Saturday, April 10, 6:30 p. rn. Ifare and Bound Chase
Get in-on thcc -jico liirat&DoVi'inlsVhcTn"1
v- uie v can it
JJ I Ml S-ltnncmwrrGctbnt. 16?Ot Drhtxm 7-m ;.H I,
V price f.u.b. Dctn. Mx extra. 4 i
-and its as goodaf tttootfi
It's a powerful Paige, Youll never meet adriv
ing emergency calling for more than the mighty
power that flows steadily from this smooth,
perfectly balanced and highly perfected engine.
It's a comfortable Paige. The amcunt of leg
room Paige body designers have built into the
beautifully proportioned body of this latest and
greatest Paige is truly amazing. You relax in
perfect comfort always even on the longest
tours.
It's an economical Paige. This newest Paige
engine develops the same power and speed as
Paige motors of old, yet at an appreciable sav
ing in gasoline and oiL It is built to stay out
'f
of repair shops, trat when necessary, repairs
can be made with a hew convenience and
quickness. ' ' " " -'
T f i l.lf. 1
only of highest quality- materials manufac-
tnred according to th? exactoig -standards of
workmanship that for 1 7 year have prevailed
in the Paige factories this latest and greatest t :
Paige will, with ordinary care, serve its owners l- !
just about as long as he cares to drive iVU JJ
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PAIGE
Trumm Motor Car Co.
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Phone 959 . Open Evenir.js
(764'r?)
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It gives FULL-WAVE rectification therefore clear
HUM-FREE, undistorted reproduction. ,
Plugs permanently into a lamp or wall socket
'ON" and "OFF like an electric light; y'vj;
Can be used on and will improve any set. ; Has.no tubes -"""
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to burn out no acia to coroae- no water to aad-t-no
high voltage transformers. - i V
Ask Your Dealer to Demonstrate:
PHILCO SOCKET
POWER
'-T.it iSr A
SALEM
HaJik & Eoff
Vick Brothers
Square Deal Hdw. Co.
Vibbert & Todd
Stiff Furniture Co;
Moore's Music House
Bonesteele Motor Co.
TURNER
Ball Brothers
STAYTON
Wood's Battery Shop
DALLAS
Launcr . Ralston
P. J. Walton
If:
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SILVERTON
P. W.Noftsler
INDEPENDENCE
. . ..Ross Ielson
L23aNor0i bich Street : .
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DISTRIBUTOR
Battery '&ndi Electrical Service
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