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&ttVtt.N TX-KLXTH YEAR SALEM, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING APRIL 18, 1926 ' PRICE FIVE CENTS v. I: " , Ht BROTHERS fill WIEIfiD DEALERS Salem Company to ; Distrib ute Complete J-ine of HigiK . graae.jrucKs The Moreland Motor Truck com pany announces the appointment X for their -complete line ot trucks, -which includes the smallest ttnlt, r - . . -. tne roaa-runner, to the large 10 ton. stx-wheeler. l Since the announcement of the road-runner, which has created a remarkable sales record tor the Moreland factory, and also, the an nouncement of the six-wheel drive tracks ot heavy-duty character, there has been an outstanding In terest created, not only amongst truck dealers trot also.wlth fleet corporations, contractors .and truck hauling concern for these I products for these products, ac cording to-George A. Keep.' whole sale manager for this territory vt ' The road-runner Is a light com mercial truck that : gires high speed performance plus a depend able serrlce, which lias been test ed throughout California under the most severe and gruelling condi tlons, '' ' '-' The Vldk Brothers, of Salem, are well known dealers here and veterans In the' truck business and their affiliation with the Moreland sales organization . Is . a ! splendid I rncornition of the merit of thena trucks. ' r'vt'?-ts--V &(-u vie Brothers report rery good t" sales on the Pontiae, . , the new . General Motors car.; , On February jflrst the first Pontiae car arrived ' in Salem and to date 57 of these cars hare been received by Vick Brothers and practically all $ of them are sold to retail purchas ers. ' . This new car was developed by General Motors Corporation - and was expected to dominate the light six field. So far it has more than come nxT to the mark set ifbr it. Over- -hree .years - experimental -jtltaa' dojWap - 4lnsiBgMhta -ont. For this reason it is really not a hew car in the strict est sense. :iJ'-:'-.a i- -J;. March production figures at the Oakland-Pontlac factory broke all records with, a total of 120135 cars. This is more than was built in the first four months of 1925.' " LiiGinyici.'ES form een discs Ring Gears for Ford Rear Axle Are Made Without ' Possibility of Error Transforming a couple of miles of .steel i bars - into ring gears .for Ford cars la all in the day's work at the Highland Park plant of the Ford Motor company. Here, in genious machinery which obviates all possibility of human error fur nishes an interesting study in ef f icltacy methods characteristic ot Ford manufacture. - t " . ; A mighty important feature in the line of .power is this rear axle gear, although not much larger in aize than a china saucer. As the principal driving ngent ; between the drive shaft and rear axle, it must not only be tough enough t6 stand strains, but must also .be hard enough to resist wear, for a worn ring gear is a sure source of axle noises. ' V Quality is closely guarded m " manufacturing these gears and the steel that goes into them constant-- Iv held tn tha most rild SPecIfi- V cations. ArrtTlng at tha Highland r Park plant in -long 4ars. it iS cut to exactly the length required for! . the finished ring. The steel Is - ' heated white hot and in powerful machines capable of hair's.bresdth accuracy, is formed into a perfect circle. ( Then, by means of an elec tric current of tremendous amper ' age the butts of the rirfgs are xusea into eacn other. ,u i't - - - j ' t in subsequent operations, the rings are trimmed, hardened and gear teeth cut Into them and It is interesting to note that at.no stage ' ) of 'the development or even in the ftC bed product is it possible to " dg,ct the point where the weld r" wa made. "vv " :.'.-.; This method of producing ring - " gears is doubly significant in Ford J ..car manufacture." In point of econ- ' v omy. It represents a material sav t tngs over stamping the ring out of steel plates a method by which V the 'disc cut out of the '-center" of the 'ring and, the trim are wasted. Tiien, too, steel not unlike wood, fca "grain" and it Is obvious that s 6tamped-out ring: must contain & certain 6S95St tf ?I;3-gral5. Motorist and Pedestrian Must Obey Traffic Rules 1,1, -. Commissioners of motor vehicles and others charged with the responsibility of ? supervising the regulation of i motor vehicular traffic throughout the United States, are pretty well agreed that the big problem facing congested communi ties today is the creation of an adequate public understanding of traffic rules and regulations and an observance of them by motorist and pedestrian alike. 4 The education ot the. child in. the school, supplementary instruction of the child by the parent, education of the man who drives and the man who walks these are thjngs of the greatest importance in the opinion of those whose official duties cover the regulation of motor vehicular traffic. , These are some of the facts brought out in a survey made by Walter; P. Crysler; president and chairman of the board of directors of the Chrysler'Corporation.who communicated RMDEDlflllL Union Oil Company Award ed Lincoln Piacque tor tx ' cellent Poster For the first time, the Abraham Lincoln humanitarian award. 'has been won by a corporation. This unique honor goes to the Union Oil company of California in re ciprocation of its Be Careful cam paign. Announcement to this ef fect was made yesterday , by the Oregon Humane society which made the award. In a telegram to W. I. Stewart, president of the Union ! OH com pany, of California. Mrs. F. W. Swanton, of the Oregon Humane society, stated: "I take great pleasure In j informing you that your fine posters on safety first when .driving have been noticed and commented upon favorably all over the country. You have won the great honor of receiving the gold and bronze Oregon Humane Society Abraham Lincoln human itarian award for cooperation. h.The- Union's caafetyv, campaign was inaugurated 'Some months ago - he - ia the automobile accident situation was becoming acute. - -The Union officials went on the premise that automobile drivers were not, as a general rule, deliberately careless, but rather, were victims of the urge . for greater speed, which is inherent in so many motorists.' It was felt that if some means could be f evolved ; which would fe'rlng home to the careless motor ist the folly of his actions, a halt would be called to the growing total of automibele accidents. The present campaign which provided for the utilization of 1500 posters on the Pacific coast typifying mo toring situations in ; which careful driving is necessary and wmcn carry a direct and positive appeal to observe safe driving practices was therefore inaugurated. ; IMS OF SHIES IS TO BE TIE!) UP Willys -Overland Company Adda-New txecutive to Coordinate Efforts Of interest - to the automotive industry is he announcement by Willys-Overland officials oti the appointment of Robert P. Attll to a sales executive position In charge of sales analysis with the Toledo company. ,.'" - Anil, who .was formerly assist ant to the vice president in charge Of sales for the "Dodge Brothers oMtor company, is known as one of the keenest thinkers among the young men of the industry-With extensive - sales experience . tn ' the analysis ot both local and national markets, Mr. Anil ' will assume work of that nature with WTOys- Overland,.Inc. : v . - . In his more than, five years ex perience with Dodge Brothers, Mr. Aull held various sales (positibns. In addition to assistant to the vice president ! in t charge of .sales; be was field representative and later statistician of Dodge Brothers. He was in, charge of 'market research and yarlouB other sales, capacities that acaquatnted ! him with every phase -of activities , in this t direc-4 tionv In analysing sales markets and volume sales for both manu facturer and dealer; Mr." Aull be came noted -: for his ' extensive study.; s "1; .fi'ii Mr. Aull will; in Ills present ca pacity, be in charge of sales analy sis for Willys-Overland, as well as the coordination fOft. sales? efforts in the field with those of the fac tory, ! " r To avoid that run-down feeling. jsim gayogsljr, with every commissioner of motor vehicles in the United States, and asked what in his opinion is the most important , work which his state is doing to cut down i the number of motor vehicular acci dents. The ; investigation which Mr. Chrysler made is of especial in terest in view of the fact that at the National Conference on street and highway safety held at Wash ington recently under the direc tion of the department of, com merce, it was agreed that the national conference would be fol lowed by state and regional con ferences in which an effort would be made to take further steps to carry out the recommendations of the national body and to .apply them actually. - Practically all of the commis sioners with whom Mr. Chrysler communicated attended the Wash ington conference and their in fluence in the coming state and sectional conferences will be con siderable. Bobbins B. Stoeckel, commis sioner of motor vehicles in the State of Connecticut, points out that there - are two broad lines along which a state can take hold of the problem of the prevention of motor vehicle accidents. "One is to make its highway systems so safe that only' people of. low degree of mentality need to be caught by ;conditlons,M he writes.' 6 "This consulates saftey engjnfterjnjwhichjp enlng of curves, betterment " of grades, preparation of , sight, lines for what scientists call 'an assured clear ; course, by fencing and by almost every other conceivable ad justment of highway for safety. Thus a much larger percentage of operators have found It possible to get by successfully. The other is to bring up the kind of quality of operation by education in the problems to be met. A state department of motor vehicles must make every attempt to get the problems ot motor ve hicle operation before the public ; to have the public understand the complications of traffic, and In general, to keep as far as possible, ahead ; ot newly arising problems. To accomplish this there are sev eral mediums. The principal one is the public press. By public speaking, by close cooperation with such, organizations as the (Coatia4 oa pag 6.). DOWN THE ROAD FOHEEHES El PHIL STUBS Bendix Type Now Standard j Equipment of All New Line; Six Machines . OAKLAND. April 17 - Four wheel brakes, of the Bendix type, as standard equipment; have been adopted for the new line of Star Six Cylinder cars, according -to an announcement from E. S. Jones, Sales Manager of the Durant Motor .Company of California. Prior to this time, four wheel brakes have been optional ' equip ment, but rigid tests conducted 4y Star car engineers here brought forth the definite approval of four wheel brake standard equipment, Jones declared. Coincident with this announcement,-' came' another from Jones to 4 the: effect, that four ' wheel brakes may be had on the Refined Star Four models as optional equipment on special order. VV - "Four wheel brakes, of the Ben dix type, are a proven success on the Star Six," Jones declared. "Car purchasers in the six cylinder class want and need four wheel brake equipment, our research and tests conclusively prove, and. we have adopted the Bendix-4 brakes as fully In keeping with the qual ity standard set by the new. Star Six." In making the announcement, Jones declared that the final test ing grounds of any automobile are found - throughout the territory served by any factory, and it is only in the owner's hands that an automobile proves the merits of its component parts. We should never forget .that the devil lurks In benzine bottles and burnt matches, comments W. Dean Keefer, director, industrial safety division. National Safety council. JDo You Lock Your Car? By G. CLARK MATHER Chief Engineer, Paige-Detroit Motor Car Company Is your car locked? r. No?" Then you can take some of 'the blame for .keeping theft in surance rates where they are." ' ' It there were no theives, there would be no thefts and insurance rates would drop abruptly. Neither would there be thefts if every owner made his car theif proof and the lower rates would follow Just the same. The - automobile owner who fails to utilise the safeguards pro vided by the manufacturer of his car thus shares,1 with the automo bile thief,- the responsibility for maintaining high Insurance rates. Owners have but little excuse for leaving their cars unlocked. Strict attention to locking the car, maintained resolutely for just one .1 AvilS Ix3i GREAT USE IS NOTED I RECEIPTS Nash Motor Company,: Net Revenues Show Tremen dous Increase for Year The Nash Motors company today reported that for the first quarter of Its 1926 fiscal year, covering the three months .ending Februarf 28, 1926, after deducting expanses of manufacturing, including de preciation, selling, and adminis tration, and providing for local taxes, and state and federal in come faxes,1 the net consolidated Income for the Nash ' Motors com pany and its subsidiary, the AJax Motors company, amounted to $4,137,508.16, .as compared to $3,099,292.92 for the same period a year ago. In commenting on the condition of the Nash and Ajaxi companies and the business outlook; Presi dent C. W. Nash said: "We regard the earning record of the initial quarter as . very satisfactory al though it is a fact that we were unable to manufacture all the cars for which we had orders due to changes made in design and cer tain physical rearrangements In the plants. "At no time in our history has our product been held in higher esteem by buyers and the demand is continuing to tax our production resources despite increased manu facturing facilities. "Reports on retail deliveries of cars received during the past three weeks from our distributor points including the major cities of the country show that they were the biggest three weeks in consecu tive order we have ever had since the company was founded. "At the same time during these three weeks used car sales at these points were the largest ever (Continued oa pc S.) week, will form a habit, so that it will become second nature to safeguard the ar at every stop. It's a good habit to cultivate. On both Paige and Jewett cars, we have adopted the coincidental style of lock. In an effort to offset the owner's carelessness and for getf ulness. This lock is so ar ranged that when the switch key is turned, to shut off the engine ignition, it also locks the steering wheel. Then the thief can neither start the engine, nor steer the "car if tie should try to have it towed away. - ' : But already we have found that no mechanical device dan ; ade quately cope .with human nature. Despite the facilities we have given the owner for safeguarding his car, we have been notified of the theft of a car whose owner, compelled to lock it to stop his engine, left the key In the lock! WHEN YOUR NEW CAR IS BEING -TOWED IN, AND YOU PASS THE BIRD WHO Always Cheap. New Ford Steel Plant ; To Start September 1 By WALTER BOYNTON ; : ' . ;- CAatoawttw Safly Kws) 1 . DETROIT, April 17. About May I the new open hearth steel building at the Fordson plant of the Ford Motor com pany will begin production, j 1 . ; ' ' . Ground for this large factory was broken in February, 1925, and work has been pushed since that .time, but the size of the undertakings and the character of equipment-to be in stalled have required months for the completion of the work. Among other operations that required iimei was the driving of more than 7,500 piles, of an average length of 78 feet. . The building itself is 1,066 feet long and 240 feet wide and houses the most modern equipment known, to the open hearth process. More than 12,000 tons of structural steel were.erected in the building, with 16180 lights of glass,' each with an average area of 10 square feet will furnish natural light to the workers. The roof, equipped with monitors and I ventilating shafts, together with means for wall ventilation, will assure maximum supply of fresh air. Two cranes, one of 125-ton and the other of 175-ton capacity, op erate on a runway 56 feet above the ground level. The building has two floor levels', the ground floor and the charging floor, which is 21 feet 6 inches above grade. Railroad tracks approximately a mile in length serve the ground floor and another mile of tracks; cross-overs and switches is requir ed to serve the needs of the charg ing floor itself. The entire charg ing floor is paved with fire brick. Four units of the tilting type open hearth design are installed, and the gigantic structure will house six mere, or their equiva lent In electric furnaces. Normal dailj production from each fur nace is 200 tons of steel, In the form of Ingots, which will be roll ed to required shape In "the Ford rolling mill. An idea of the size of the plant may be gathered from the state ment that It includes four distinct operating units Tinder one roof. There are - a scrap loading build ing 66 'feet wide, a boiler and bunker building 30 feet wide, a Charging building 72 feet wide and-a pouring building 72 feet wide. In the scrap loading building, magnet cranes will load charging box cars on the charging, floor, either from -a atoekvue or from caps delivered from the various departments of the Ford organiza tion. ' The boiler building is equipped with a battery of vertical waste heat boilers, from which the out going furnace gases will emerge at about 300-400 degrees Fahren heit. Steam from these wiU- be utilized for general plant purpos es. Automatic conveying equip ment is utilized for . transferrins raw material from incoming freight cars to the bankers locat ed in the boiler and bunker build ing. The charging building contains a 600-ton hot metal mixer, which is filled with hot metal direct from the blaBt furnaces. It may be tilted mechanically, discharg ing into a giant ladle, which is handled by a 125-ton crane; this, (Continued on pf 8.) By FRANK BECK ADVISED YOU TO BUY fT- S TESTDRIVE Lookout Mountain Grind Is rMade Every Sunday Morn ing, Reports Say. j DETROIT, Mich., Aprill7 To make a record un Look-Out Moun tain once ;in Its lifetime is enough for any ordinary automobile. I It is . a feat to be performed bnce and ialked of forever after This proof of prowess Is gener ally attempted only by a oar that has been! specially prepared for the stuni and it goes directly back to the garage for a general over-hauling! . 1 Don Hogan has changed" all this: , j . , I "At the stroke of ten, every Sunday morning" he advertises "two Rickienbacker8 a six and a Vertical Eight, will leave for a demonstration drive to the top of L Look-out Mountain and return.'! And he invites any who desire, to phdne and -reserve a seat tor the trip. n f. . . 1 "Get that and return" sava Hogan, '."The- way a lUckenbacker goes' up is a revelation to anyone, but the trip down Is most amazing. Here is where I demonstrate the smoothness and sureness of Rick enbacker i 4 - wheel . . mechanical brakes as Jit can be' done only on such grades, with such sharp curves and at high speeds on the declines. . j . ' . . i ... .. J "To persons at a distance. Can non Ball I Baker's famous feat. When he ascended Look-out Moun tain In 10 minutes 31-2-5 seconds, made a -greater impression than his downward , flight In which he knade the $.2 miles in exactly one minute less. ' , ?To us Denverites who know! this road, his descent was ten; times as thrilling as the climb. . . . . . "I confess, when I saw Baker do it I believed no other driver In the world could accomplish the feat. I "Then found it tried it myself -and was the car ' wltn Its marvellous, engine and matchless brakes, rather than the driver. ."So now we do It as a regular wing oncv a wees ai leasi; -ana as many times more as prospective buyers ask to see and are willing to take the ride." New Type Speeder t6 Make i m i :!.. it i:t '.T .t.t.-i-, ueDux on namim -i racK ai , International Event -; INDIANAPOLIS, : AprU , 17. Another front drive racing car; the Hamlin front drive special- has been entered in the fourteenth annual 800-mile international sweepstakes," to be held at' the In- diaaapoiis! Motor speedway on May 31. i .'.. .-"-..- v s- " ... I Last year It will ; bo- recalled, Dave Lewis, In a front-drive Mil ler special took second place;, less than a minute behind the winner, Pete DePaolo.' in a Duesenherg speciaL i- , , ; , Behind the entry of the Hamlin tront-nrive lies :-the story .of a group of ' Chicago . men who are putting! their product ' to the su preme test ot high speed, every other test,! they claim, having been satisfactorily passed. For six years the Hamlin : Motor ' company of Chicago has been designing, build ing and testing a front-drive auto mobile. The cars have been driven from coast to coast, up and down mountains; through sand, -mud and anowJ-: x-c v - t- ? " " : In the hands of a careless man no machine is safe,-notes the Na tional Safety council, : . ; j RIGKEIUBflCKER ROAD G0i;3inUCTG:j PRO&RAM IS PUSHED U. S.;Road Chief Says Im provement ot 4DlUOO:-v v" Miles Is to Continue " j" WASHINGTON, D. CM. April J7. ? -The annual . Improvement , of . ITIAM tl art in RAn mlW ,nf hlvhl ways In the' United States as a re- , suit of combined efforts of federal. state and local agencies .will con tinue during ; the next -few. years, in the opinion of Thomas H. Mao ' Donald chief of the United States Bureau of Public. Roads. Jurlng the past several years the mileage . ot improvements on our nighawys has exceeded that figure", he jaid. L Although Mr. MacDonald would not : venture a prediction of ; the , probable number ot , miles .to -be . Improved in the United States dur ing Tlhe next few years,- he. ex pressed the belief that the; proven economy ot good . roads .will - do much to Influence an increase pver the programs of preceding years, - ln speaking of the present init ial objective of the .road building industry in the United -States, Mr. MacDonald stressed the need, for )hn immAtllat ImnrftTftmnnt of Jill . roads included . in - the federal-aid enlng, surfacing, and. elimination of danger points. , V c f 5 . "In this manner," he said, "wa. can" promote the fcest interest of the nation at large7both in the matter of economy and the wel fare ot its Industry. The Increased traffic On our public highways has not only , made their. Immediate improvement a.matter of , good pol icy for public '';-eouvenlence,ihnt equauy . necessary, to ooum the lowest possible- cost ' of .highway The progress of the roadbuild- Ing Industry In thls.tcountry during the present year will , be climaxed by the 1927 road show and Con vention of ' the American Road Builders , association, plans ; tor which, will be completed at : the yearly, meeting of. thfe organization. . to: be Jield- in. New -York-City on May 14. . , At .the latter date' new officials ot the organization will be installed. ' : i " Depresentatlves of the - United States Bureau ot Public Roads1 will attend the road builders meeting In May.' according to Mr. MacDon aid,' and It. is! very probable thai the department will -continue its exhibit at the road show in Jan nary.-- tU-iyx- tft'-'k-'i'i -More than 35,000' engineers, contractors ahd highway officials are : expected to ' attend the 1 9 2 7 conventipn of the road organiza tion, representing all. parts of North and South America. A large part of the association wilt be in attendance at the May meeting. T 1-!. . Balloon Tire Mold - Installed . in Salem Plant; Extra --Miles Added : Walter H. Zosel of Zosel'a Tlfe Shop, 19 8'. South' Commercial street .has . installed ;a retreading mold for balloon tires and' is now able to retread all sizes of balloon tlrea in his shop.- . With this add ed equipment Mr.. 2ozel stages that he'nowvhas one of the most complete .vulcanising and retread inr shops . in thia district. He claims that the retreading of bal loon? tires will add many, jaUeslo the service oLthe tire and proves proflUble to the tire owner. .. ,' Northern Irelind "Has Autf -for Every 40 Inhabitants " ; DUBLIN. Northern Ireland, although better served by railways than the Irish Free States, has an automobile for every forty inhabi tants. In Southern Ireland there is only one motbryehlcle tor every, eighty inhabitanta: v ' To avoid that run-down Reeling, cross crossings cautiously:; ;T ;vCARBp?l"lSgLErT;;. I'y ' Accessory thieves who didn't take the carbon from; the cyl inders of the Ford roadster be-, longing ' to .' Sebastian Roth. Wednesday, took the following:, '.. Rear axle and housing, live tires, three wheels,- speedome ter, foot throttle, dash . light, both headlights, Ruekstell axle, tools,-battery, Tlrive siaft. gen-, erator, carburetor, floor carpet, colls, stefr!- -? wheel, etop llt and tail 11; l.t. - EBHDIilG PUP isin oy zosa f