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THE OREGON STAtESMAK. SAtEM. OREGON
SUNDAY MORNING, MAY 2, l926
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Calls Its Abilities an Edpca
tion to Him; Engine. Body
work Praised
, Edgar N. Duf field, British au
tomobile authority. Is enthusiastic
over the Hupmobile Eight, which
he recently put through Ha paces
- 6ver British ' roads. Writing in
The Auto, leading English motor
magazine, he says, in part: V
MI am nothing if not candid. I
hare "nerer sat -behind a more
wonderful motor than this of the
Hupp. Until its air-intake was
really fierce I, could not hear the
engine, aiM :ren when the car;
was ' running at a pace - which I
hare not the hardihood to mention
in cold printer' ; ink.; there was
only the faintest sibilance of the
carburetor to be heard.
"Ot course the engine will run
very slowly. It should. One ex
pects good slow-running from
such an engine.? But the surprise,
to me, was the. remarkable stream
Of power; available. That there
should be plenty of ..- power from ;
an engine ef such volume was in
telligible; but the joke was that
even when the yield was at its
most sensational, this .engine- was
still a pattern of refinement. . ;
"There are very few' faster cars !
on the road than a Hupp straight
eight. - I wondered If , the speedometer-reading
was - dependable,
because when. this car Is, progress
ing at quite an Immoral pace she
rides so sweetly as to feel not at
All fast.. I therefore checked the
meter by Portsmouth road mile
stones, to find it as near right as
makes no odds. -. Io: do not doubt
It now; but: that, makes only safer
my statement that there are rery
few cars o& our Toads potentially
faster than a Hupp straight eight.
Her acceleration from, 25 to 60
miles per hour is electrical, and
as free from fuss or noise as can
be wished.
; ."She bad wooden wheels. One
'can hare steel disc wheels at
slight extra charge. I should hare
them, because the price of this
completely - equipped saloon, in
txndon today, is 625 pounds
(with wooden -wheels), that of
the chassis being 200 pounds less.
"Whether -the body Is a Hupp
or a Fisher product I did not in
quire. I should call It a Peach.
Cellulose-finished, of course, ex
ternally; beautifully velour-uphol-stered
tlnslde,: 'With "-every 'last
thing in the way of dill-dolls and
nick-nacks; thoroughly restful,
alike to driver and passengers,
who ' all sit in and not on the ear.
' "But all the finish is not on the
bodywork. The power plant is
most refreshingly-clean -for any
thing hailing from America. Not
merely in design, but as to the
metal Itself, in fact, the motor,
when we lifted the bonnet to pho
tograph It, was a heal .Bight -cleaner
than those of the majority of
motors (of a nationality which I
will not particularize) which I
- bave Inspected for quite a long
while. y; - -
"It may be highly unpatriotic
and helpful to the hated foreigner
to say so, but this is the sort of
American up to which, I want to
lead anybody who has a "down"
on American cars. All who really
-TJalcers -Famous Slogan Is Exemplified in -Latest Model
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PAIGE INTRODUCES CABRIOLET -WITH -MAN 1 DISTINCTIVE FEATURES
Can von recall, off hand, the sloean of the Paize? The Illustration should refresh your memory.
for no one will denv that this latest Palze la a car of suDerlatlre' beauty. The cabriolet Is built on the
new 125-Inch chassis. It is quickly convertable from a completely enclosed car to a roadster type. The
deck opens to provide a roomy rumble seat fer two passengers. The interior lutings ana upnoisierwg
are strikingly handsome.
know cars understand that a good
American car is a good car.
"The Hupp, straight eight is an
education to me. I know at least
one ear of four times its price
which functions no more pleasing
ly. She has a phenomenally nice
motor, a clutch and gear-box
which could not be bettered, her
steering Is excellent, her suspen
sion Is very good indeed, her
brakes are the brakes that appar
ently 90 per cent of buyers of to
day like .to have, - and although
her bodywork is frankly and cla
mantly trans-Atlantic as to line,
it' la very nicely, turned out, and
Mr. Turner Smith would Just as
soon sell : one the chassis at 4 25
pounds as the complete car at 625
pounds, I gather.
"Now that I have tried the
saloon I want to try the open
tourer, or the roadster, which is a
two-seater with a doable dickey,
equipped -as standard " with disc
pattern steel wheels. But I want
to get outside Britain,, or at least
outside the Home counties to try
that open Hupp Eight, because al
though I try always to drive any
car 'well within itself, I should
love, just for a few hours, to see
how it feels to be handling a few
hundreds of pounds' worth of
some other fellow's money at 8fo
to 85 miles per hour, other than
at Brooklands.
" emphatically, unmixedly good
motor car, the Hupp Eight, and
(to the hyper-patriot, . et c'est
moi) " most disconcertingly low-priced!"
ECONOMY SERVED IN
NEW TYPE LIGHT CAR
(Ooti tinned 'from page
If we follow the European trend
where maximum economy is es
sential. Already we have seen
tires shrink from 42 inches in dia
meter to 30 inches and the gener
al acceptance of the balloon tire
has made the larger sixes "adrng
on the market. We can still lower
tire "sizes and at the same time
add to the efficiency and economy
of our small cars. Engineers have
already indicated that sizes down
to 27 inches in diameter are not
far away.
The next important step, follow
ing the adoption of smaller motors
and smaller tires would be the de
signing of bodies to meet the re
quirements o fthe motors and the
tire sizes.
The European type motor, with
its greatest power and speed pos
sibilities, would require a .balance
in body weight which is , not ne
cessary with our present power
plants. "Bits balance could be ob
tained .only by lowering the bodies
a thing which has already been
done with signal success on our
larger cars. So if the European
trend is to mean anything, one of
the most significant notes will be
the designing of a type of body
to which we are not at present ac
customed. This body would be consider
ably lower yet on-the market but
this reduction in height could- be
accomplished without sacrifice in
the - Interior dimensions of the
body.
The advantage to the farmer,
of such car as is forecast by our
sudden Interest In a European
type of construction would come
from Increased speed over the
road, marked saving in operating
expense, greater convenience due
to increased motor flexibility, and
the satisfaction o having an at
tractive looking car.
Body designer8 have said that a
motor car with standard road
clearance could be built in a sedan
model with the total height of
the car not to exced 5 feet 7 inches
and yet affor even greater inter
ior dimensions than those now
common on our small cars.
HOW THE ROADS ARE
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vllle, Corvallls, Junction City, Eu
gene : paved.
Old Oregon Trail East of The
Dalles
Ontario, Huntington, Baker, Un
ion, La Grande, Pendleton, Uma
tilla, Arlington, The Dalles: mac
adamized entire distance and In
good condition.
Old Oregon Trail West of The
Dalles- Columbia River .
v Highway '
The Dalles, Hood River, Port
land, Rainier, Astoria, Seaside:
paved. Svensen, -Astoria section
under construction; one way traf
fic and subject te short delays.
Roosevelt Coast ighway Clat
sop and Tillamook Counties
Astoria-Seaside: paved.
Seaside-Cannon Beach Junction:
macadam.
Cannon Beach Junction-Hamlet
Junction : Under construction.
Newly graded with temporary sin
gle track gravel surfacing. Rough
but passable in all weather.
Hamlet Junction-Mohler: macad
am. Mohler-Miami: ' Highway route
via Brighton now open but on ac
count of danger on planked road
aBetteir
Btaicfc
GaoKne-fabrication, water and
fair treatment are all the Better
Buick needs to. deliver its mileage at
aatonJthinchr low coat, i :
The Valve-tniHead engloe, as Buick
. 1 bnildj it, develop more powir from
given quantity of g Vt. Boick
Automatic Heat Con
troLan inteeral oart of '
mmmemtm tho -Bnick carfmretoc.
till farther aids fuel economy, by
wywiiincnc carpurenon,
In no other car, regardless of price,
S21JZ ' - completeness of
ST-
K ,1 formaSe attordU : ?VATE-i-h
7J1 ed by the Buick ( h
'"oeaiea uuiar' ena-"jiripie
Sealed Engine." Dirt cannot get
in anywhere, to auae wear,
looseness and vibration.
To know what motor ear
economy reaDy is, for finer transportation at
lower coat, own a Better Boick, ; ; : M 'J 1
BUICK MOTOR . CO FLINT MICH.
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388 North Commercial
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Telephone 220
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ion of W. J. Anibal, whose services I have
recently secured. , ,
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1 See Us for Good Painting . -
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Telephone 296 Salem, Oregon
H.UPMOBILE
" E I G H T'r
Quality WitAout lAmxt'
At a Limited Price
The Hupmobile Eight has completely revised the
public's conception of the price it must pay for
finest motoring luxury.
There is, literally, no finer performance in any
car at any price.
There is no finer comfort, ease of riding; surety
and safety of control; dependability, and long life
Yet this great Eight the largest-selling straight
eight in America sells for hundreds of dollars, less
than the fine cars which presume to give as much.
Hupmobile Eight
UUa. Sn nwicir, CMt Safes, BciOm, SJ44J. Cmh
,nir. with raabl wot. S2MS. Tomrimf, ttm n w
S194J. Towiagk urn -faawaccr. S2041. All ydoa i. . k.
Dwtt. ttm mmm m. ,
. Hupmobile Six
tttmn. In mir. fr. 4omr.tl yt . Taariac. ! innmii.
SI 111. Ewripaort tahta ) by S.tl fcaUm tm. inrkcol
bnta. ctaca f tw oatora. Alt fnsw U b. Vtumu -Mm
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KIRICWOOD MOTOR COt
4677
1511 -North -Ccrasiercial Telephone 311-
between Wheeler and Brighton,
traffic ; for , Garibaldi and points,
south is urgently ttdrised to take
road Tia' Poley I creek which . is
graveled throughout.
Miami. Tilramook, Hebo. Nesko
win. Derila Lake, SUetz Hirer:
part paved, balance macadam. .
f Hfewport, north to Otter Rock
in Lincoln county; open for tra
vel. Willamette Valley Florence "
Highway
Junction City, Cheshire, Gold
son. Blachly, Rainrock, Mapletdn:
macadam. ,
Mapleton-Florence : dirt road.
Impassable after heavy rains.
CorvaMa-Newport Highway
Corrallis, Philomath, Eddyvllle.
Toledo, Newport: macadam.
Roosevelt Coast highway open
north to Otter, Rock.
McMinnrille-Tillamook Highway
McMinnTille-Sberidan: paved.
Sheridan, Willamina, Grand
Ronde, Hebo, Tillamook: part
paved; balance good macadam.
Mt. Hood Loop Highway
Portland - Government Camp:
paved to Gresham; balance good
macadam.
Government Camp, Summit,
Thief Meadows, Forest'Boundary;
closed .on account - of snow.
Forest, Boundary-Hood - River:
macadam. : r
.Central Oregon Highway
Bend-Burns: First 12 miles ma
cadam. Balance fair dirt road
open to travel. .
Burns-Crane: macadamized.
Crane-Vale: rough but passa
ble. '
McKenzie Highway t
Eugene. Belknap Springs, Sis
ters, Redmond, Bend: macadam.
Closed between Belknap Springs
and Sisters on account of snow.
1 Alsea Highway
Corvallls, Philomath, Alsea, Lin
coln county line: macadam.
Lincoln county line-Tidewater:
Dirt road. Rough but passable
when dry. Impassable after
reins.
Tidewater-Waldport : macadam.
Baker-Unity Highway
Baker-Foot of Mill Gulch: Im
proved earth road.
Mill Gulch-Hereford: Under
construction but passable.
Hereford-Unity: Fair county
road.
S;!lE0F
BESTSFOHP
Record
Year
Firs
Figures for .Last
Exceeded During :
Quarter 1926 .:
records '
Sales
ter of
Overland
plishments
year placed
among all
stepped
popularity
months, of
have been
same period
this
fair
of
for the first quar-
year show that the
Six, the sales aecom-
of which in its first
it second In volume
light sixes, has already
ahead of its-initial
and for the first three
1926. retail deliveries
f7,906 over those of the
for 1926.
Measured against aN sales total
for 1925
during the!
the first
stitutes
total business
the rate
Of
three
nekrly
65.000 of" these cars
year, the Increase for
months alone con
12 per cent of the
for last year or at
approximately 50 per
cent increase for. the totaTperioc
of 1926 already la view. '
' With this increase being main
tained, and with the consensus of
opinion-of the major, dealers and
lUSinuuiuiB -
creased as - the summer months
come on, this Overland Six is in a
fair way to exceed in volume "all
other light sixes built.
t "While no attempt has been
made to crowd the market and
while production ha .been kept at
a, point measuredJ the actual
orders on band tit I Ihisar, the
production figure f ' i '-Cactdry
are considerably ahekwrthe peak
production months for last year
even at this early period of the
buying -season,; .r. . . .
: riAa.lr -stocks 'in 'the Overland-
Six ,have been practically depleted
all over the country na an acute
shortage Is looked for within the
next thirty to -forty-five days de
spite: the efforts at the -factory to
keep , production up .to sales de
mand. ' ' . .
Much interest 'in 'being maIfest
in the -current trend io he Tig,
sixes in . motor cars. '. -
DM Yon
A
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em toe
racie
In last Sunday's Oregonian and Oregon Journal
written by Sir William Letts, president of the
Society of Motor Manufacturers and Trades of
London.
If you want to wise up on the ultimate automo
bile of the future better get the automobile sec-
tion of last Sunday and read
it
carefully
!
Sir William in describing the car of ithe future .
paid the finest tribute to the STAR SIX that hag
ever "been accorded to an automobile 1 ;
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certainthatthe high
Here is what he says: "I am
speed motor, small in bore, long in stroke will be
the motor of the future." also stetesf Brak
ing safety will require a high development of
four wheel brakes on light cars to meet the de
mands of increased traffic.'
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The STAR SIX measures up to every require
ment of the future and is truly 'morrwsar
Today."
The car of tomorrow must be light in weiffht -
strongly built -torque that will enable it to get
away likeatlash m high gear capable of throt
tling down to one mile an hour, or less on high
gear short turning radiusu T
28 to 30 miles per gallon of gas, roomy fin-
ished, quiet and easy to handle, and "with no vi
bration, and this is a correct
STARSIX.
description! of the
this
you to ride in the car of the; futurearid you t111
not be disappointed.
SAUSM
AUTOMC
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