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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (May 16, 1926)
. v - 1 1 . . - , . . , .I!, mmamm - : ... ir o : -rzrc.Li.i-L- : . ; -' remarkable -achievement. .j " yinoias- .possible. evidenoe i that If calculations-are based on pas thrvijodpct todayis morfavQijl senger " car. ship toenls " alone lfhe- . -- ' --' BBiy regarueu vj tut) yuuiic uua j 9 T 0,4 14, cars shipped fronv fac eves before, and 'that the present prices 85re the most, impressive val tories In the United States, show a gain of only 13,192 over the, cor- responaing ugure lor iua nauie auarter two years ago, or. U$S per L nes" uoage- uroiners nar ever 150& Ahriiyersary of the Signing or offered.'" cent for the entire indiistryj , Since production activity during ' The Dixie Bakery leads on high class bread, pies, cookies and fan cy baked supples-, of every kind. Best by test. ' Ask old customers. 439 Court St. () I C. A. Luthy. Reliable jewelry store. - What you are-looking for In' jewelry. Where a child can buy as safely as a man or woman. Re pairing in all lines. . () DECLARATION OF the first quarter o f the, yea; is to enable- . dealers t .to build up stocks in anticipationtbe. sprang 1 JtlLY FOURTH 1926 season as well as' t.; supply, pub lic demand for immediate delivery careful study of - the olficlal re Cords of new ear deliveries,. by One hundred and fifty years ago this Fourth of July the Declarer! heir '.'Dealers" released eekly by Dodge Brothersv Inc: afford a more accurate, barometer pf autq mobile market conditions. . . ation of Independence was signed. Everyone .will ant to fly a' fresh, clean flag of the United States of America in qommempra "The mounting ;retaU, salesr : CapItal City Cooperative Cream week after week, to new record ery; Milk, cream, -buttermilk. yThe Buttercup butter has' no equal. Gold standard of perfection. 137 S.rCom'l. Phone 29?. () breaking levels," . says, the Bpne steele Motor company, local Dodge tionof that-historic event. Brothers dealers, "is the most con :W'a .j r. v: ': ' S-'-1"- ; , -r '- ' ' (N': :. ' . 11; . t -. " ' ' - nrHl Mr( r . .' f 1 i'.- " j i mi f-iii - - 'i . J-"' . ' i "" TZZZr- . we"5-f ..--- IT, i INDEPENDENCE v v li i U u u -a; The serrice sUtlbtfs pictured aboreTare25ryear apart; Lower right insert is the first serriee statlojyhuilt. hUe the other view shows the type of serriee station being baljtr by the .Union Mateo streets Ioai Angeles. , . wAf&f--"-''--. v - ! - '.J - , ...... V , Oil and SERVICE STATIONS i Wonderfur .Imwovemeflt iti Dispensing Gas-WJtnesSf : i Alt .'INJ'? LOS ANtiELEjS, CaL; M ? One morning, 'nearlytwfttfynf ; years ago, Loa gelewptoriats ' awoke to find tSeyieed-teWnger climb on the running board or on i a handy - box, : tip up jthe old oil , can after . remoTing the p'otato y from the spout in-order 4o'fHI the gas -tank. They found that an automobile filling station or what ' is now known as a -serriee station . had been provided by the Union I Oil Company of California.1 The station, which was the pro ' genitor of the"pre8entTImmehse chain of-8erTice stations, was lo cated aV'SliOT and "Mateo streets, . Los Angeles. It has flourished in the intervening s years Jind al though in design and facilities of; f ered the motorists litis oVershad- owed by the ew Union 'Oil sta tions, Ifl still ah important unit of the marketing system. : From the motorist's point of ; .view the new facilitiea.were pleas ingly surprising, for it-wa'Bow ..possible to secure gas and oil re quirements with minimum of in convenience. He manifested his . approTal of the.'change by hla pa- i tronage, and m response, the Un " ion Oil company extended' its fa clllflesr utfttt today," its red and rrar iertioestatlons'-are ta be found In ' practically -every com munity and along every ; principle (ighway in the Pacific coast states. " These marketing, facilities are , ugumented by many hundreds of independent dealers dispensing tfie neV popular non-slenotating gaso ilie'ind Arisid oil. f SomSlhing "of themagnitude of thiS- merchandising' accomplish ment can Te grasped from" the fact that theLpnioA Oil company's in- vestmealvin marketing stations is in excess of $22,900,000. To this must be added another 114000, bOO f oVinarlne and ' marketing equipment. But even these impres sive figures fail to convey an ade- qaate hiea'of how the,Unlon feeds the motor riaw in the territory In which it. operates. . . Here are some figures which tell a story of their own. Over 5,000,- 'OVO: miles Vrere trav?ed by its tank cars andi over'TJSO, 00 0.. miles by "its tankers' last year in trans porting its prod nets to marketing centers, and in the same period Union. Oil trucks ravele 16,000. 000 miles supplying service sta-tions-wltlr gasoline and" Aristo oil. Over-r.OOO-pumps-.dispense this gasoline to motorists. :'; r. CAPITAL TIRE MAN (Continued1 from page 1) tires built to a standard in an Ore gon plant. . . ' .'' . In speaking .of the Saieni in dustry, H. S. Steinbock declared that lie , has great confidence in the possibilities here and believes that the Capital Tire company in this city is the nuclpous for much greater development, k ; - The BalenfpTafcVtias greatly in creased : its (facilities in recent months,' has added: number of employes to ' the payroll; and has increased the size of the factory, An additional -expansion ; is. looked for in a short time. The most mod ern equipment obtainable is used in the - factory which is 'modeled after the large plants in the east tern states.' , ' ' r i DON'T TAKE OUR WORD KMX rjf ''yki'uT -t)f$t: the- Philco Dynamic-Battery is the . bighest-ixweredf - . ' longest- life battery; built tor auto- ever mobile service. ' Aslc any car owner who has one. . 1 Once you have tried a "Phil " co provert, its tremendous : reserve, j9irer(and freedoni. from" ordinary ; battery! troubled you'If tievVr again put up with ' just an ordinary battery, t f '' ' We Know! 4 :fit Lf I; Battery and Electrical "Work-f 23A. N. 'IIigh Telephone S03v a f " 'IT. , . . t aL " Philco Diamond Grid ' Batteries' 4 " 1 -IT II S 'i Retail Sales, by, Theif p.Deal- Official tigtrres just teleasedby theV United State departweht of Commerce covering the shipments otmotor cars and trucks frojtf fac tories in the United States during the first quarter of 1925 lend un usual interest to the c6rrespond ing records v established by Dodge Brothers, Inc. r J During the first three -months of' this Year the entire automobile Industry In the .United States has- shipped 1,085,394 complete pas senger ears and ' trucks which," compared" with , the corresponding figure of ;9 8,08 6 for 1925, estab lishes' a gain of 12,1 per cent. : The1 shipments of "Dodge, Eroth ers .passenger and , commercial cars and Graham Brothers trucks for the same period this year were 86,883 units and for the-Bame quarter last year were 59,363. The -gala was 46.3 per cent or nearly. rour times the gain made by the industry. . . . ' : ;U gain of 46 per eent by a build er whose output places him easily in third rank among motor car nttnm.acinrers-' is regaraed ' uy those who watch closely the pulse of the autoingblle, industry's a S B1W Lanriaii $ T?? 4 Although it is bigger, and more rugged than other low.priced can, Chevrolet has a world-wide reputation of costing less to own and to operate. This reputation has been won, first, by the longer life, slower depreciation, and freedom from repair that result . from' Chevrolet's modern design and, second by the oil and gat econ- in-head motor. omy! of Chevrolet's powerful valve- 395 H Ton Track X Ton Truck $CtCtf All prices f . o. b. -x Flint, 3Uch. ' Hwndreds of thousands of Chevrolet owners will tell you that this car is not only powerful, speedy, comfort able and smart appearing but that you can enjoy its exclusive advantages at a cost which" is lower than you imagine. Get a demonstration and let us show you why this is true Newton Chevrolet Co. Opposite City Hall w Telephone 1000 I.1 4 Every one Is alung Jphevrolet iQUAilTT. AXiO-W COOT HIGHSYIELD AND SAFETY Two things the prudent investor always looksjfor when considering; how he shall pat his spare money to work. j I Safety of the Investment. ,2 Attractive rate of returns ' At the present time there is not a public utilit seciiriiy "on the locar market that meets these two acid tests any better. t"ian does the 1 wS ASj&Qfa First Preferred Stock uof the " 1 J .v-. Pordand Pectric Power Company The safety of this investment is based upon the essential nature of the Utility service which this company is how rendering; to a population of over 400,000 in a total'of 67 different communities, and also upon the large capital investment over $75,000,000 in physical, property, which is de voted to giving these services. , ;i " N . . " Yon arejassured of receiving regular dividend' checks at the rate of ' -ty 1J20 per cent per annum, which' is the highest. rate .of return paid on any utility security now of f ered local investors. i . ; It will pay you to investigate this opportunity, 'at nee. t Investment Department if 237 N. Liberty St., Salerri: U1L IL aimed. Electric 4 Co Portland, Salem, Oregonj City, St. Helens andlllioroOreson, -4. " . v and Vancouver, Washington'1 "f 'vT"'' 5 - .' j . 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