&ttVtt.N TX-KLXTH YEAR
SALEM, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING APRIL 18, 1926
' PRICE FIVE CENTS
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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
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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
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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. -
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