Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (April 11, 1926)
p mmium IS FE PERFORMER 5 " : Hills Are Flattened by Re markable Engineering -Principles of Car Affci'?u of tteVkmed engin eers Eare passed upon a new mo del automobile and the new car hs been put through all known testa for performance at the fac tory, the only true Terdlct of that car's popularity la the comment and enthusiasm with which flta performance is receired '.by the new owners. Such la attitude that present dafr manufacturers are taking on their Innovations the safest way to 1isure the popularity : of any product. Now, with two inontlrt of pro duction gone os this new model. according to officials, the first of fhat apparently appears to be a Mf flood of acclaim for thia fine per j forming .carilsreachlngthe fac iei j. rrom Tery - sectron or the country are letters complimenting the Willys-Overland engineers on the outstanding performer in its class. Such Instant "popularity, officials awv musi ba- based on certain, mechanical advantages for the new Willys-ltnight Six "70" that aregpnique In this car. . Among the 'first . pi adTantagea pointed out by these owners let ten Is the readability of the new "Seventy." have nerer driven a six-cylinder that possesses such a fine balance and road poise,' writes one enthusiastic owner who has given hia ear many severe, testa, while another simply says, "It ont-performs any other six cylinder automobile I have ever driven." ; In the designing and construc tion of the first "Seventy" Willys Knight Six, i YVf llys-Overland en gineers spent months and moritha of planning to develop a perform ance in the- new car that would be outstanding. That they have succeeded is evinced, not only by the- popular stamp of approval voiced for this new car, but In the resnlts of the most strenuous "of engineering testa before the car was accepted for production. Cove Mountain, Md., was the scene of official tests of the new "Seventy." It was here that, un der the closest of observation the new car was tested under similar loads and tests . with twenty ' of some of the -most prominent of American-made automobiles and some half dozen foreign cars. The results of these engineering tests indicated that the new. Willysr Overland product - developed . the surprising torque of 118 foot pounds, the highest torque of any of the American-made cars tested. This exceptional performance was equalled by only one car, and that another - sleeve-valve engine '-vjf foreign make. Under test the new Willys - Knight "70' developed .668 foot pounds per cubic inch you should know about SiudebakerCa m Completely Machined Crankshafts STUDEBAKER spends $600,000 a year to give you this costly-car ' feature. There are probably less than ten cars in the world with fully ma- chined crankshafts and there are less than ten other engines in the world that run as smoothly as Studebaker. -Vibration is eliminated. Longer n jglne life is the result. Compare Stud 'r4 Jebaker prices with prices of other cars that have this important feature. MARION AUTOMOBILE CO. - 235 South Commercial Street Telephone 362 DAY AND NIGHT SERVICE Ma geeto oeci alist 11 Magneto repairing and replacement of parts done by long experienced men. No use to worry-if the job is done here-it will de done right, OfficiaSemSceoEd AUTp ELECTRICAL WORK OF ALL KINDS BATTERY TESTING AND REPAIRING Battery and Electrical Service . E.E7II.B V.' - URRELL I 238 N. High Street Phone 203 of displacement', while the " next tlon of Georgians will accompany highest, was but With- the the aUtue to Washington for the compression ratio of - the sleeve- valve engine i greatly " exceeding that of the poppet type; this' fea ture in combination with the un usually high torque is responsible. according to engineers, fpr.tne remarkable flexibility of the new engine and its ability -to climb steep hills without seeming, effort. he compression ratio of the new car is 18.4 and, with the unequal led cooling arrangement about- the cylinder, makes possible engine operation 'under load or at exces slve speed with no detonation. , - Another practical test of, the new "Seventy," conducted with two of the new cars, was a 2500 mile run north into Canada and return In which .the greatest pos sible range of temperature were obtained. During this long dis tance the new. car averaged .18 miles per gallon under all weather and road conditions, neither "of the carburetors having their ad- ustment changed during the en tire trip. , . ' sin addition to these tests, some unique features which bring the design of the sleeve-valve engine to a leading position, assist In making this new car an outstand ing performer. With the carbur etor located on the opposite side of the engine from the exhaust porta, the enhaust gases are con veyed around the front of the en gine and into a header between the carbureter and the inlet mani fold. -Thls arrangement greatly assists In the vaporization of In take gases, maintaining the gas vapor at a higher temperature and assisting in a quicker and more complete combustion. In a recepk drive, a Willys- Knight "Seventy" produced some remarkable results. N. B. Broa ner of Little Falls, New York, in company with' four others, drove one of the new Willys-Knight Seventies" from Little Falls to Buffalo with these achievements: They covered the entire distance of 238.1 miles in 8 H hours de spite the fact' that they drove through one of the worst snow storms New York .state has ex perienced In years. , Leaving Lit tle Palls at 6 1 1 5 P. M. they start ed for Buffalo through the storm with a 927 pound load. The "Sev enty," ready for the road and carrying chains,,- weighed 3100i pounds. The accurate cheek of Mr. Bron- ner showed that during that dis tance the new car averaged 1J miles tothe gallon of gasoline de spite the high wind-and snow. Af ter the trip the driver made this statement: "I have been in the automobile business since 1911. driving all makes of, cars, but I have never yet found a car that would perform under such diffi cult and trying conditions as did the 'Seventy.' M 1 In another drive against time, the new "Seventy" bested the time of the fastest train between Chi cago and" St. Loli is,' making the 570 miles at ah average speed of 41.22 miles per hour. It is such performance records from owners and dealers that have paved the way for future success of this new six. ceremony.. Synopsis of tne'Assmat' Statement ef the UNION AUTOMOBILE r - INSURANCE COMPANY j of Los Angeles, in the State of California, om the thirty-first day of December, 1925, made.j to the Insurance Commissioner of tho State of Oregon, pursuant to lav; . r' H- - i capital Amount of .capital stock paid up . S 850,000.00 1. - ..-,, Income- St premiums received dur- - ins; too year . 3,454,87-55 uiKKii, ' omamai . ana - , . rents rereired donas too year Income from other soorees eeeived daring the year xnsainraemanta i - Net losses darias the year inetoin( adjnstmeat ex- - penses , S Oo.lTl.Sa Dividends paid on capital stork dttrinc tha year 4fU6fi.S Cammisnions and salaries t&id darinr tha Tear - 003.S78.1S Taxes, lieenre and fees paid dorinc tha year 85.373.87 Amount of all other ex- peaditcrea 123,503.26 Total expenditures ..$ 2.040.S43.T3 Assets . Vslne of reat estate owned (market Talue) 86.102.36 Valne of stocks and bonds owned (market valne 690.o27.eo Loans on mortsares and 1 eollateraL etc 228. 700.00 Cash in banks and on hand 428,804.62 Premiums in courie of col- lection writen since Sep tember 80. 1025 4S6.879.0T Other assets 6.009.87 Interest and rents due and accrued 20.153.80 Inabilities Gross claims for losses un paid , - , -8 86.102.86 Special reserve for unpaid liability losses 184,472.16 Amount of unearned prem iums op all outstanding risks 1.162.001.40 Due for commission and brokerage 82.852.08 All other liabilities 104,498.10 Total liabilities, exclusive of capital stock of $ 1.619,927.00 Business la Oregon for tha Tear Net premiums received dur ing the year 99.465.00 Losses paid during the year 16,619.47 Losses incurred during tha yeaj- 17." is. 7 UNION AUTOMOBILK INSURANCE , COMPANY Statutory resident attorney for sePvieo-i- lnsurance Commissioner. Erect Statue to Discoverer of Ether as an Anesthetic ATLANTA, Ga., Bruises led Dr. Crawford W. Long to the Na ti'onal Hall of Fame. His statue will be unveiled In Washington March 30, on the eighty-fourth anniversary of his discovery of the value of' ether as an anesthetic. Inhalation of ether for Its ex- hllerating effects and the subse quent discovery of bruises of other painful wounds on his person which he had no Tecdllectlon of receiving, led ' him to the conclu sion that ether was valuable as an anesthetic. Governor Walker and a delega- HTnnrnsis of the Annnal Statement of the MERCHANTS LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY ' "of De Moines, in tha State of Iowa, on the thirty-first day of December, 1925, mad to the Insurance Commissioner of the State of Oregon, pursuant to law: Capital Amount of capital stock paid up 8 400,000.00 Ineoma - Total-1 premium income for the year. , .. s,iS7,6o8.0 Interest, dividends a n. d rents received daring the -- year 402.153.70 Ineoma from other sources received daring the year .6.114.93 Total Income 2,595.936.71 Disbursements Paid for losses, endow ments, annuities and sur render values S 91B.S03.O4 Dividends paid to policy - ' holders during the Year.. 9,609.09 Dividends paid on capital stock during the year..--.-.- , 40,000.00 Comauastoaa eti salaries paid dories tha year . 454.056.16 Taxes, licenses and fees paid daring the year . 65,462.98 Amount of . U , other ex - penditorea ' 170,003.66 8 1.658.434.0O 184,416.51 - 755,707.14 Total expenditures .... Assets Value of real estate owned (book value) . :) Value of stocks and bonda owned (market value). Loans on martcsrasv . and colUteral. etc. uls-,u 5,777,819.55 fremiom extension agree ments and. policy loans 014.835.68 Cash in banks and on hand 243,625.86 Net vncollectsd -and ,do- , ferred premiams ... 271,800.21 interest ana rent due and accrued , ; 219.336.29 Other ssata (net) 10476.06 ' ToUl odmUted aesS 8,376.717 J9 - TJahilitlea :- Net reserve ,...f 7,131,580.73 Gross claims for tones un paid 76,371.07 AM ether liabi)itiea.2 466.628.67 Surplus ... 803,142.82 Total liabHitias, axcluslvo of capital stock Ot S40O.- 000.00 ..f T.976.T17J9 Bnsiaaaa lm O reran for tha Taax Gross premiuma received daring the year'. '.'f 82.353.10 Lossea paid during the- year T.OOO-.oe KEKCUAKTS LIFE JNSLTUJJCK CO. W, A. Watt. Froaident. - . W. W. Chambroaa, Secretary. StatB-tory ' resldesnv osseraiey for aorvieo -. jms 11. uasea. Portland, Clregos. Parlor, Bdioom.- IGtchen and Bath - Available on "Honeymoon B) ;. J m a l a 8 16.172 ji2 Total Income $ 2,81O,48.0 - Silinsr,sirir-ii-ii-wljii I mmmmil. '1 J ' i ,i aw ir"a : , s sw- I ' '7- i i . v 4:::.,:t mm mm ::::5r-:-:-:MW--::Kli-v:--:- iif i . O I -tfh Hi 1 Synopsis of the Annual Statement of THE FIDELITY MUTUAIi LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY of Philadelphia, In the State of Pennsyl vania, on the thirty-first day of Decem ber, 1925, made to the Iniurance Com missioner of the State of Oregon, pur suant to law: . Capital Amount of espital stork paid up ......:... sons Income Total premium Income for the year .411.ZS1.351.U4 Interest, dividends and rents received during the mr S.K7S.0OS.0O tncome from other sources received during the year 1,018,845.31 . Total income .:$15,940.202.25 Disbursements Paid for losses, endow ments, snnuities and sur render vsluea --.. 5.243.958.97 Dividends said to policy holders during the year 2,210,568.60 Commissions and sslsries paid during the year 2,074,441.11 Taxes, licenses snd fees paid during the year . 301,867.87 Amount of all other ex penditures 1.231,835.13 ToUl expenditures 311,062,671.68 Assets First mortgages on real estats - $28,190,626.20 Government, state, munici pal, railroad and corpor ation bonds (amortised value) 82.016.725.70 Rest estate owned .: 654.964.29 Loans on policies 10,758,678VS7 Lean's on collateral 44,000.00 Bank and other stocks (market value) : , . 380,512.77 Cash in banks and in Office 549,000.49 Premiums in course of col lection, etc. 1.996.398.79 Interest and rents duo and accrued . 1,026,603.96 ToUl admitted assets 865,619,510.87 Liabilities Reserve to mature policy contracts sse.zua, 033.17 Reserve for pokey eiaims awaiting proof Dividends payable to pot icyholders during ltres.. Reserve for deferred divi dends . Dividends due policyhold ers 'and left on deposit st interest Premiums and interest pre paid . Federal and atato taxes accrued but not due Miscellaneous liabilities. Reserve for contingencies (surplus) 858,209.60 2,82.249.00 966,141.80 1,121,668.29 242,773.86 261.252.28 82,737.62 3,501,445.16 There are, no coubt, thousands of newly married couples through out this brpad land who would desire nothing better than to start outpn the , matrimonial highway in this unlnue Cleveland Six "Honeymoon Special," states R. N. MacDonald, local Cleveland Six distributors. It surely lives up to its name for it's virtually a happy home on wheels- even to the ex tent of a shower bath. Full credit for designing this attractive "Honeymoon Special" goes to the Cleveland Motor Sales Company, Cleveland Six distribu tors at St. Louis, Mo. It was built from a regular series 43 Coupe model, but when one investigates its makeup it is so unusual that it has made people talk about it wherever it has been on display. At St. Louis, it proved to "be a sensation at the automobile show, likewise at Boston. At Cleveland distributors' salesrooms It pulled record breaking crowds to view it. Each year more and more mo torists realizing the -advantages to be gained through touring by mo tor car and because the , "Honey moon Special" completely -Incorporates all the necessities - of a most extended camping or honey- dows are equipped with detachable screens.! No - files or mosquitos will find entrance In this One Shot" Houeymojon Special. V-- ,; -' The car " Is ; finished ,- In a rich shade 'of! rookie! tan Duco with a green shade abojre the' raised bead The narrow horizontal door panels are hand-painted In colors, deplet ing1 iceajes iueii ; asf ;'The DeU'a Dance" kud otfijeY side "Dance of the Seven Veils." A pea green color predominates over the chas sis, while a pigskin brown la the rolor finish on) the wheels. In -alii this Honeymoon Special Is rarer creation. Ut Is antici pated that vthls model will be shown at the various distributing points -throughout 3 the, United States. I If it is, you want to see it, because It fa the most unique utility features you eyes on.- combination of ever laid your tell their mends about tBisk home complete In a motor car. ' . To 1 the casual observer the "Honeymoon Special" from the ex terior looks like a regular Cleve land Six coupe, hat an Inspection reveals the' fact that the entire turtle back lifts on hinges, thus bringing into view a hair stuffed mattress and soft wool blankets a real ' "bed which can be made ready for use by three moves and in less than three minutes. To make the bed ready for the night, the hinged seat of the coupe must be raised, .turned for ward, then doubled back irf the middle on the lengthwise hinges. making a rest for the pillows. The back i cushion Is removable and with the additional mattress cushions provides sleeping quar ters 40 inches wide and full six feet long. The shower bath at the rear actually works. It has a 15 gal lon reservoir for water with an air pressure tank which can be filled by a hand tire pump. By releas ing a valve, the air forces the water Into either the shower or wash basin, whichever is desired. In the right door is a writing desk. At the left door Is a con vertible dressing room. 32 inches square. A peep into thejfront In terior of the car will show a medi cine cabinet completely equipped On the instrument board is mount ed a five tube radio. Overhead. In the rear corner is a bulltin cab inet containing a loud speaker. In a waterproof case is includ ed dishes, cooking utensils, stove and food compartments. Everything which can be folded is folded and the rest of the equip ment such as chairs, fishing tack le, and gun are .nested like trick aluminum cooking pans. The fel low who designed the "Honey moon Special" could put a four- ringed circus In any little theater and not even omit the. elephants. The car Is upholstered in beau tiful unborn calf skin which great ly beautifies the interior. A slid- AMES. Ia, A- deslre"tc 1crv. t "what makes, the 'Wheels of r ress" go around prqTnpt&i'&ta Marlon Orchard, daughter of f . R. : Orchard, a Council Bluffs, lowal newspaper ' rjublisner, : take up the stud? of clcrlrnl ; engineering at Iow&, Stato colicca 1 here.; '"-, 1 - . - I elected my course in electri-, cal .engineering," she said, '"bs- cause I am a practical romancer. 1 To niustfateV Whenever I ofillf see" a tralnJ I wondered where !ie went,- but at: the' same lime wanted tV know -'how It got-thk r way., -f : "Thea there is another: viow point, j ft sincerely believe- there is a chsvnce. for women la IMS lie! J Just as Uhere is in any ther.'.Vi -r .i ssr . r - ' - i A Cooca, ptiomd M4Q ast mnnn tour. Deonle flock to see it. study it and then go away and lng steering wheel is used to slide FEARS W ; . - n t with which Oldsmobile Six absorb road punishment U directly traceable to the , exacting standards and precision of 01ds- v - mobile manufacture. Soundly designed,' ' accurately constructed, superbly capable of u meeting every driving condition here is a car, high in quality, low in price, Big, beautiful; l staunch powered by a motor of extraor- "M ,ri dinary performance capacity it asks no favors ' ! and fears no road 1 370 COACH ! 950 F O B Lansing, Mich. Capitol Motors' BIDDY BISHOP, Mgr. -; V N. High Street Telephone S126 Th Eggs JssW ni.i j.' n New Total liabilities ...S65.619,510.87 Basin ess in Oregon for ths Yssx Gross premiums received dar ing the year 886,366.85 Premiums and dividends re turned during the year 12,056.63 Lossea paid daring the year.... 13.710.20 Till- FI'DEUTT MUTUAL. Lilt'ld INSURANCE COMPANY Walter LeMar Talbot. President. S. r. Tall. Secretary. Statutory resident attorney for service: T, J. Kendenhall, Portland. Synopsis of the Annnal Statement of the HOME UFB JJ. of New York. In the State of New York, on the thirty-first day of Decesaoer, ia&. m-ade to the Insnrsnce Commissioner of the gists of Oregon, pursusnt to law: Capital Amount of capital stock , paid op o Income Total premium income for t ths year s.aoa.oza.u Interest, dividends and rents received during the . year ., 2,683,500.08 Income from other sources received during the year 458,249.45 Total income . .4H.704.274.S1 Disoarsements Fsid for testes, sndow ments. snnottiea and sur render values 8 4.98T.231.52 Dividends paid to policy holders during the year 1,476,921.08 Dividends psid on capital stock during ths year None Commissions snd salsries paid daring th year 1,333.139.67 Taxes, licenses and feea paid daring the year 236.697.78 Amount of all other ex penditure - 1.050,588.62 Total expenditures 8 9.034,568.67 Assets - Value of real estate owned . (market value) ..-8 1,500.000.00 Valne of stocks snd bonus . owned (market or a mor tised value) .- 26.205,194.50 Loans oa mortgages and eollaUrsl : 14,285.100.00 Premium notes snd policy . loans - 10.486,872.61 Cash in hanks snd on hand 345.522.58 Net . uncollected snd de ferred premiums .- 1.292,779.26 Interest snd rents duo sad srerned . 481,100.58 Otter assets (aet) . . ' 34.982.64 'Total , admitted assets..S54,631.9o2.17 - " . IJaMlttiea Net reserves ; ..48,095.452.00 Gross claims for losses uo- , paid . 470.534.66 All -other liabilities 8.457.493.62 Surplus , , , . , 2,608.081.89 Total liabilities .454,631.552.17 Bsslnsss in Oregon for ths Yssr Gross premiums received during the yes .S.189.5 Pnmimi and dividemda re tarded during the year. 1.294.65 Lmsces paid during ths 7esr.. S,100.00 HOME 1'irE INOUKANCS roaKAHJ, ; Ktbefbert Ids Low, President. W. R. GsrlorS. Secrets rr. Statutory resident attorney for service: laaursnes vnisniiiiostt, Now on display at our showrooms : . . . a car of unparalleled efficiency, powered with the engine, oui-perf or iiiuj v natented l&iight sleeve-valve anything ever built of its N ml .- . c size, OW the 470": A new Willys-KnitSii.:..flvh paten lv-vnlvf encrine ' A new runninii-itiate for the car with nerformance-record in America: . In every sense aepmrader to tne m. type, or classi famous Willys-Knight Great Six., .And tHisnew creation is ,npwtavailal to a welcoming public at the price ofJtheVqrHnafepoppet-va The world's acceptance pf the Knight sleeVeave engine periority over all other tjgf internal come an unquestioned fact At admib bfjria control tion of the Knight patents in Europe, the jen SqlIea across the water has definitely turned tord the of the equipages of .Royalty,; and;df the:vnnmg -onstrates this beyond the shadow ofla dbiubt f v: , In speed and powenthe new 707tWiHy84gl-.tliferally 6ut-pCTijcra other stock cars of cornparable sizeV'Juj4bmbite encihe in its utmewtperfeconw of brilliant enmneers on ootn siaes or me r-vwcuiiiq. ruw uir;uicocuis i M. ,? parallea engpine-erjiciency, a.supe:jAiwciiiy the Knight type of engine. 5 It affords aiijimeuaU room with compact appearance. r. It"-Kasjsl6n,vra actual length. Here, too, is economy of weight never before achieved in a motor car of ;its .type. '!- p 4 Is See this Vcar; today or during' the veek MacDon aid Auto 4 CorncriCbttage and Ferry s -, . s .1 t 4. 1 V. iti: Vt ComiS ass at JTelcpHoncMOD; 4 ' ? ' r . r t t