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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (May 30, 1926)
rw 1 V ( -TOE OBEGQNSTA? .-rr 3 ( m v..:" MISTS IKED s TOO PESTEB COPS Motorists In Need ofiTouring ; Information Should Go " to Eight Office vOIdsmobile Invents New Plating t YASHINGTON, D. C.i May 29. -yifcftffIc safety. facility and . di rection in America suffer because of the selfishness of motor tour ists who ntlliz traffic officers as information booths. - - The, American Automobile As sociation hak, reached this conclu sion, lallowlng investigations made by Its National Tour ins; Board and has taken the stand that the traf fic officers of , American . cities mast be relieved of this 'informa tion : service" t which ,sp ;iserlousJly interferes with- the' safe'- and free morement of vehicles.. '..A warning V this ffect was is sued todar at the Association's V , National Headquarters in this city. " f following receipt of requests for such action by .interested motor ists. " The association's '. observa tions of conditions range all the ytaj from local driTins to trans continental touring in the Inter ests of nearly a million organized motorists. The contention is that traffic direction in the country at the present .time puffers because tourists seem to think a traffic of ficer Is a handy information booth. ,? "Traffic officers in most cities at Deieng imposed upon by a species of motor tourist who asks as .'he sroea..', aava th Al A. A. tl "With motor clubs organized as t , .they are and touring - information services highly dTeeloped, a tour ist under ordinary .circumstances has no more right to ask a traffic officer which way to go than he has to .ask the officer to- help changea tire. . . " " "Motorists report baring been delayed a number of times by tourists who draw up to 'the cen ter of a busy thoroughfare and . ask their way, and we feel certain I that hundreds of ..thousands . of motorists hare experienced v the "V 1 " ! . .. . . . V"'":. '-V.-'. .... . L -','' -"j- . , ' " - 5" i k - ' - - : i" if i f J S . - -,n- fcV - --J ffllMSIS'lWliS TO SOLVE PROBLEM Dr. Herty Declares Rubber Question Is Vital toiNa- f . tional Industries Oldsmobile chromium plating unit. Cleaning tank at left. Chrom ium tank with -ventilating hood, center. Final wash -: tank, right. it: same annoyance. , .There are few occasions where a motorist is jus tified la Inconveniencing others in order to ask his ay ? . With tour ing lnformationa6,hlghly devel oped, -motorists r can plan their route, in; advance : and should do so.- No. experienced tourist ever enters a. strange city without ad vance knowledge of the names and the courses of the main thorough fares. He does not depend even upon signs.. ' . : tr. - . : "Many; tourists take advantage of thel 'foreign' license plates when seeking information that is not due them.; They reason that the off leers will note that they are strangers and will be disposed to help them accordingly. Unfortu nately, too .many . traffic officers are , too considerate of - strangers under such circumstances at the expense of local drivers, who must wait while the improvident tour ist Is being i given , directions. "There,; are l a few occasions when it is. difficult for a. stranger to find , his route, as when the streets given in -the touring direc tions or ' on' a map are being re paired and . one is forced to de tour. But these occasions are rare. - And when anything - like this confronts the motorist,, he is not helping , matters any- by dis turblng traffic officers. - If infor mation can not be obtained in the usual way, the more logical and courteous - thing to do is to park the ;: car and make inquiries : of those ;who are not obliged to in convenience others ; in order to dispense the information deserved. "Motorists wh oare annoyed and delayed by tourists who ask as they go can do much to stop this practice of imposition. The A. A. A. will not advocate ' any meth ods that will destroy', the feeling of good fellowship - which should prevail on the streets and high ways but will seek to get at the roots of the trouble. A. A. A. members will be encouraged to urge their friends to may out their trips beforehand and become familiar with the cities through which they; will pass. "It is a problem in tourist edu cation and safety. The -careless tourist must be ' made Ho realize1 that in disturbing traffic direction he disturbs, a system upon which the safety and convenience of the general public ; hinges." . qtoywheurget cmf cmf cmf cmfw Woods Aute Top Co., builders of the most elegant and - durable automobile tops in Salem. Repair ing of all kinds. Curtains with lass enclosures.Get our prices. () C1EVEIAND, May 2. The rubber situation is one of the most vital - Questions confronting the United States today : and will he eventually ,i solved by synthetic chemists, making the , United States independent of other : coun tries. "V'i This statement was made yes- terdav?bvs Dr. C. H. Herty. tNew York, president of thes Synthetic Organic Chemical Manufacturers association, at the opening sslon df the second , national convention of the Chemical Equipment Manu facturers" , association In : cpnnec- tion with the National Chemical Equipment show at Public .hall. ' "It's up-to the chemist, and he will solve the problem soon and make America Independent of oth er countries," Dr. Herty said. "Our big men of industry are aligning themselves t closely with the chemist, the physicist and all other . scientists. Take ' the syn thetic rubber question. A chemist will take a potato and turn .it into a solid rubber ball, but thex pro cess is costly and of no commer cial value. I venture to say, howV ever, that any day some one may come out with practical results that will put rubber below 20 cents a pound. "Rubber consumers should give this matter most earnest thought. They should not only .encourage the chemist to do research work, but should also give him 1 the accessary- tunds-to- go into -the ques tion exhaustively as 'soon, as pos sible. " . .vll' . "However, the chemist alone will - not solve the synthetic rub ber problem. There is nojdoub in my mind that he will produce synthetic rubber, that feels--, and looks like the real thing, mt I doubt whether the product. wlU have the same physical properties as caotttchOTCThe chemist needs. the physicist, and.; hand in, hand with rhitn, artificial rubber wjui some "day make' Tor .American- In dependence.- , . S", .... . ..... V - ,-K NEWlRANSUISSION-WltL ELiMINATEALlSKlDDlMG the i use , ti it when, jpubllcauy known, almost imperative. '.This differential will be one of the greatest devices . ever used upon our roads. The. fact that one wheel cannot spin or pick .up speed upon leaving' the roadbed, will practically stop the action that Is at present pottinff the macadam roads. Just how great a saving it is impossible" to determine until it Is actually In use. , "There is no question as to its strength., as It will easily stand upon under any I strain that may be applied to it. In ita nse in either cars or trucks the question of wear also Is of minor importance, due to the fact that jt functions very slowly and .wlU'run In a bath of ou. . . "The cost of construction should not exceed the cost of the present differential, and with a quantity production, should be less, due to the fact that there is no cutting of gears. "I feel that there is a wonderful future ahead for this differential, and without doubt It wUl he a money maker, for . the ones Inter ested, in the company." No gears are employed In the construction of the new differen cial, bther than that connecting It With the nropellor, or drive shaft. Slow moving cams take' op .all action, v . . 5 DIB X&' FIItE ' r- - ROCKPORD, ; I1L, -May S8f ( AP, ) --Fi v girla are nd eighjL persons are known 'to be seriously lnjured'as the result of a: fire xWhich iswept building oc - --- .. - - cupied by the Sutton top shop, a concern dealfag in automobile ae cessories. Thef: bodiea .were bu?ned ,so badly, they . could noU be - recognized. I The Capital Bargain House ani" Capitat.Tire Mf g Ce and iaje'l Auto Wmdtrngr: Three in one. Bari gala - tenter of Salem. Theasamis ' bf haralns. H. Stein bockj prtprl-. etor. 215 Center. ), The MalccJm Tire Co., Court at N. Com'l St. Largest ne ot automobfle ttrer, nbe and acces sories Prices never xau xo nring Ton back. I .' t i 'lir aim A Mwk .v f 0 JUf a a . ft n ' V Tf1 o .i A at, I L : 0y: . ; i FINANCE PLAN Smmtler down ptof ' 1 menlf and smaller thm lowct jcrcdit colinlh industry 7? TJIFTEEN months ago this Overland Six set a new jL..'standard in engineering construction, -r- Today, with; more than 92,000 in use, it has established a new standard in performance. ; ,!... In value it is insurmountably the leader in its class a! light-six of tremendous power and amazingly long life. In city driving it is without equal in -its class for ciick getaway" over the road itjme' cnd; of the clay's run, it will out-average cars of far greater price in the mountains it will'out-clirnb" any other car :of its si2e.v&';4U-- -? - 1 . And today, with thousands of owners showing am azingly high mileage figures on their speedometers, it presents a service record never before reached irr its class.- ' j , 1 You can buy this Overland Six with the certainty that your ' investment will pay you unequalled returns in satisfacripa l itnd convenience with the knowledge that your dollars are protected by the high value still left in your car after thousands of miles of driving. i , And you can buy it on terms that are suited to your own personal requirements. f l7 WrlffTl.'L Jr i llr-T Y1 1 , II Jl II U D - VV .0 D IMni v " ' p . i i . a " " t Cottage and Ferry Streets s fTelephone 409 ' r MAGNETOS GENERATORS i . REPAIRED and ADJUSTED -.- VH - -:' .V:1'. ..'V. . ,To assure the maximum jlife and power of your car the magneto and generator system should be lnspetecb ahci adjusted regularlyi Starter Specialist If your ear is hard to start- Bring it in WV51 tix it. Batteries We carry a completeline of Phil co Batteries and do Battery test:. Jng.ahd.rehargin , E H I : . BURRELL Battery and rHectrical Work 238 N. High Street Telephone 203 -f : l ' I i j i ' i i J 1 1 . ,. . BsBstssSBssaWBssaSsSBaaBsSBlBaWH " f i IME GREATEST MONTeI' ; !J( " PACKARD r i . - ! ' : ' V TTORE new Packard cars Packard models, costs but v ; IVil ORE new Packard cars were delivered in April tRanin any month or the twenty ;8ix years that Packard has beerx. making fine motor cars. May promises to out-do record breaking ApriL With' retail, deliveries much greater than, current production, June will surely see a shortage, of Packard cars. As a matter of fact, there is already a shortage in several models. , - . . Quality cannot be hurried nor production doubled quickly. Pack a-rd models, costs but $291 9 at your door with freight and tax paid. '4? Among the . cars on which prompt delivery can still be made is the Packard Six Five-Passen-t ger Sedan. .. This1 car, the most popular of all When bought on the payment plan the sum of $729. 75 - is re quired on delivery with pay ments of $123.25 per month : If you have a used car it will be, appraised fairly in this, the Best" used car market of the yeaV, and . its value applied against the de- -livery payment on the neiv car. ' Any . excess will l be credited against the monthly payments, ' j . --'- -'' -. If you cannot come to our store, . a telephone call will brihgl -a car 1 to your door for examinatibnLfid--. any denionstratibnlyou rriay e-y : sire Our telepKone is 2 1 26. f HS It.' ASK T H E . ;M A N W H 6 O W N S ONE it, 350 kW-"'-Hry3 A. L .r fL'l!"-Tclspoas 2123 ' i.B, 4