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Pacific-' &omi .u. s from TT t- mi Mew Maz SECTION TH&EE Pages 1 to G Good Roads N A N"D VIGOROUS -. . . ......... . V- . - I ... "J . - - .1 r - r. i il 'V I J vl- r h i y 4 r SEVENTY-SIXTH YEAR F.'WiPe LDSMOBILE ADDS SAFETY FEATURES , J as One Example of Im provements Appreciation of the numerous safety features incorporated in the latest Oldsmobile and par ticularly the anti-glare headlights is being voiced by motorists throughout the country, according to reDorts being received fronH Oldsmobile dealers by officials of the Olds Motor Works. j r Every section of the country is represented in . the favorable re ports on the anti-glare efficiency of the new double filament head lights, factory -officials report. This feature is uppermost in most automobilist's minds .at this sea son of the year .when the warm weather induces much night driv ing with its consequent perils from glaring head lamps. The reports indicate that the driving public is keenly appreciative of the im proved mechanical safety devices on the better automobiles holding them fully as important in acci dent prevention as are safe driv ing campaigns. Headlamps with double fila ment bulbs are used In the new Oldsmobite .to eliminate glare. With the light control switched on at the "bright" position, a strong beam of light is thrown from "the lower filament straight ahead, il luminating the road far in ad vance.. When switched to "dim" position, the upper filament is used, and an equally strong beam of light Is thrown on a downward angle on the road. This removes air possibility of glare in the eyes ofHiyproaching drivers yet gives perfect illumination of the road and V(dde ditches. These - lamps also qpnform to all state-law re quirements.. . . , ... As a farther, safeguard against accident during night driving, the light control t9"f een.' placed ton the steering weel at the finger lips of.vfhe d jive. This allows full manipulation of controls with out the driver having to remove either hand from the wheel. The switch at, this point also gives a balanced appearance to the steer ing wheel as it is directly oppo site the hand' gasoline control. There is no spark control lever, as automatic spark control eliminates the necessity of such. A third step taken by Oldsmo- (ContinueJ on page 5.) , MILLER THE CO. EXPERT REPORTS Factory Running at High Speed to Catch Up on Increasing Orders An Interview on the Rubber Situation, by W. F. Pfeiffer, gen eral manager of the Miller Rub ber Co., Akron. Ohio. "Th rubber business, by rea son of a full realization in the en tire industry of the conditions confronting it by reason of crude materials, is being conducted on u better bsis than ever befos. "Improvements in methods and operations, have, been progressive ly made tor years so that uniform prod nets are now easily made. Provision has been made by near ly every large unit for a continu ous,, satisfactory source of fabric supply fortified, against excessive conversion costs such as exper ienced in, 1919 and 1920 and the subsequent wash-out period all of which has now been washed out. "In crude rubber the, Industry is maintaining only such position as Mi necessary, to insure a steady )Vy without disturbing a sensi tive market. It is gauging its production on the basis of suffi cient stocks and possible- con sumption, so that present inven tories, which are supposed to be large, in the hands of manufac turers do not. appear, in the light of the number of miles driven, and in the face of shortage of dealers tocks, to be sufficient to meet the anticipated consumptive de mand for the balance of the sum raer season., - "We are running our plant from midnight, Sunday night until mid night Saturday night and endear orlng to Increase our production; ttyjohn Has Good Record Photo by Retmell-EUU. -J. H. MADEX J.. II. Maden was born in John son City, Tennessee,'' in 1886. He came west in 1904 to Milton, Or., in the Walla Walla valley, where he engaged in wheat raising. He was so engaged until 1910, when he went to Spokane, and entered the real estate business, Mr. Ma den came - to Portland in 1918, end was employed by the Mitchell-Lewis-Staver company. He was manager of the used -car depart ment, and then territory man for this company, handling Jordan, Mitchell and Gardner cars in Ore gon and Washington, when the Mitchell - Lewis - Staver company discontinued their auto business in 1923. He came to Salem and accepted a partition as sales man ager for the F. W. Pettyjohn com pany, then the Salem agency for the Gardner automobile. Mr. Ma den has been with the F. W. Petty john company ever since. The company is now located at 315 N. Commercial street, in a splendid new building constructed and ar ranged especially for its use. It is the Salem headquarters for the Cadillac and Nash line of. cars, and every facility is maintained that is usually found in a high class place devoted to automobile services in all of its modern phases. With the driving force of Mr. Maden. there is something doing all the time in the sales de partment of-, that concern. The Pettyjohn company now has a branch in Eugene, where the Cadillac and Buick cars are han deled. JOIN'S SALES FORCE Lloyd Estes, 'who has been in (fie fruit business for the past five years, in this city, has joined the sales force of the Certified Public Motor Car Market. State supreme court of Arkan sas has banned selling gasoline on Sunday. Chevrolet is the largest selling gear-shift automobile in the world. DOWN THE ROAD V i .' i : i' GVERY TOURIST ASKS ABOUT r2 THE DETOUR. VmH.r& m,vJis. A.tf-r r.r- 'i7 iTiini nm i". i iii TT i - - T' - - Appointed 1,?38out Rapid Expansion of Com pany Shown in Production in Short Period Dodge Brothers . motor car No. 1,750,000 rolled from the assem bly lines Monday, August 25, at three o'clock p. m., just 11 years, nine months and nine days after the first Dodge Brothers car was completed. During this . period the plant at Detroit has expanded from a scant 30 acres of floor space to over 130 acres to which additions are constantly being made to care for increased de mand. Car No. 1,750,000, an alj steel special sedan, is the ; crowning achievement of nearly twelve years devoted to the constant im provement and refinement of a sound basic design. The dates when Dodge Brothers output pass ed important production figures show clearly the continuously ac celerated demand for the prod uct. The first car was completed November 14, 1914. Two years, lacking 19 days, were required to build the first 100,000. Car No. 500.000 was completed June 30, 1920; Car NoO. 750.000. July 21, 1912. and Car No. 1.000, 000 on December 12. 1923. One million cars had been produced at the end of nine years and one month. The last 250,000 cars were built in 7 months and 9 days, the first 2 50.000 in 41 months and 12 days. Car No. 1,500,000 left the line on January 14 this year and was shipped to the Albertson Motor company of Loa Angeles to take its place in the famous "Scout Fleet" consisting of Cars Nos. 300,000,J5004)00,t 900.00 and j. 200,000. These cars are Jn con stant service on the . highways of California laying out and recheck- ing tourist routes 'and Investigat ing road conditions for newspa pers and automobile cltlbs. The Albertson Motor company has a standing order for each 300,000th Dodge Brothers car. Many other dealers have filed advance orders for cars which mark the completion of large round numbers in production. Car No. 1,750000 was shipped to Frank Van Syckle Dodge Brothers dealers at J?erth Amboy, New Jersey. A record of having built 1,750, 000 motor cars in 11 years, 9 months and 9 days invites atten tion to Dodge Brothers production and sales policies. Undoubtedly the most important of the policies to which their success should be attributed is the one which, always comes to mind at the mention of their name, "Constantly improved, but no yearly models." SALEM, OREGQN,,SUNDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBERS, 192G mfVvS' ' YVf ' caWXIxa wrTu ni t ed states: ; The Pacific sheet of the sectional road map of Canada and th resented above. The purpose of the map is to clearly indicate road i tries by auto. Routes have been ports of entry. There has also Original copies may be obtained upon application to the Natur Ottawa, Canada. WILL GIVE MOTORCYCLE . Harry Scott announces that the motorcycle which recently, made a. record economy run the, length -of the Pacific coast, averaging 104 ANSWERING ALL THE FOOi. QUESTrONS TrtAT EACH AND GVERY TOUftiST ASKS ABOUT TrtE DETOUR. 'ent itt shown connecting the more large been indicated the accessibility of t miles to the gallon, will be given away free at the Harley-Davidson 4)ooth, California state fair, Sep tember 11. It is a "Three Flag Signal" model. By FRANK BECK - . MafrnM e United States portrays general road information in the area rep- n formation to tourists contemplating, ly populated urban centers in each he various Canadian districts by auto. . . , . - -. al Resources Intelligence Service, Latest Improvements of the Largest Gear-Shift Firm Draw Interest The dashing waves of the auto motive industry are gradually calming down,. A few years, ago motor building concerns heralded drastic changes , in their product each season, with the presenta tion of a new model. Then, as automobiles gained a greater de gree ot perfection, manufacturers spoke more of. innovations when introducing new creations. . . Little by little, radical departures in automobile, design and mechanism have disappeared ' until In recent years talk has been principally ot the improvements of tried and true ideas., , And now in the middle of its greatest year,., the, .largest gear shift motor' car. manufacturer in the world, announces that its lat est off ering 13 a vehicle smoothed to . the highest .degree known., to engineering science,. This manu facturer ;ls the Chevrolet ' Motor company.. !- ' i, The smoothest- Chevrolet; In Chevrolet history.' That line sums up the company's, newest, presentation- to light car. buyers. : Fea tnrea have been Introduced to pro tnote ease of operation and to en hance drivins comfort, 1 Striking finishes in, the new Duco colors, on Fisher bodies, are "Being shown to tempt ,: those with - an eye' to beautiful and artistic coach work. i The new color scheme calls for the . Chevrolet; sedan - in . Algerian blue,, the Coach la Thebea gray, Mid P&tk travel between the two coun- state with the important Canadian Department of the Interior, Popularity of All Models So Equipped Presents New . Problem With Willys-Overland, .Inc. reaching record sales in both the Willys-Knight Six-Seventy and the Willys-Knight Great Six. with the F. B. Stearns Co., of Cleveland, Ohio, doubling all past sales marks wlth the Stearns-Knigbt, public Interest in the sleeve valve prin ciple as used in the automobile power plant Is presenting an in teresting problem to motor manu facturers. ' - .-"The .: recent- acquisition.-of the Yellow. Cab Manufacturing Co by General Motors and the announce ment that .the power plants for these cabs would be ot Knight sleeve valve construction: presents still another development in favor of this . typ'e.of engine which, was Uinvenled by Charles Y- Knight of Chicago , and first used . in. actual production by the Daimler, Co. of Coventry,, England, , . A ' ; " CTheKnlght'pleeve valve motor has . been, -used . by the Federal Motor .Truck , Co.. of Detroit.! for some years and has also been .used in many "ot the larger passenger i carrying motor busses throughout ! the country. - 't''-V . - '.ih Records lot service obtained! by, owners of Knight motor cars have reached a high as 00,000 miles, wh lie ', Willys-Overland has ; many .J records exceeding. 00,0 00 miles ot continuous service., t ; These facts Are important since. theytare exclusive to. this type of power; plant ; and", are general enough - to- be -indicative of cer- VALVE SLEEVE r PRICE FIVE CENTS: CIICE DECEIVES ;v HIGHEST PRAISE Charles W, ,Wentwbrth. Dis-. trict Distributor, Makes Announcement " j: With the appointment of the'f. W. Pettyjohn, company of Sajem as exclusive agents for Nash -motor cars, Charles W- Wentworth, of Wentworth & Irwin, Inc., Port land, district distributors, ex pressed highest gratification at securing able representation In this section, issuing the following Interview, while in" Ealem, recent ly: "It is with extreme pleasure that we appoint the P. "W. Petty- , john company as our dealer for Marions and Polk counties. It is an organization such as this that the Nash Motors company and Wentworth & Irwin, Inc., desire to affiliate with. "We have found upon investiga tion that, the same spirit of . fair ness and service to the purchasers ot the products that they sell moves the W. Pettyjohn com pany as moves Wentworth & Ir Win, and the Nash Motors com pany. We1 believe that In this day -of automobile merchandising, that it is only the dealer .who serves after the sale, that will succeed. . "We know: that the P. W. Pet tyjohn company la equipped in ah excellent manner to serve NaSh owners. Since the inception of that organization they have set as their ideal, service to their cus tomers which, in the end, makes for a large volume ot repeat busi ness. " . ' ----- "It is the repeat business that counts, since it indicates that- the ' owner has received fair, treatment at the dealer's hands and desire to douhusiAess -with that- dealer. We deTBtawthat-' tho-PW. 1 Pettyjohn company have a record 7 of almost 100 per. cent repeat sales to the customers to whom they have already sold cars. . - "We know; that the people of Marlon and polk counties may . buy Nash cars from the F. W. Petty- john company in f nil confidence and with full knowledge that their purchase is being -. . protected- by reason of the fact that there is a substantial dealer representing the car, a substantial distribute serving, the car in Portland in the name of Wentworth & Irwin, Inc.,. and a strong;, progressive factory In Wisconsin building the cars. "The Nash line as Is well known, is one ot the oldest manu facturers. Nash, has been one .of the most consistent manufacturers . in the business. They have been " consistent because, they hava steadily Improved the original product that was started, in the, latter part of 1916. "If one were to stop for a mo- -meat, he -would find it difficult to pick out any, ear of 1916 vintage, tand it along side a 1927 model (Contimaid from pr 1.) HOW THE ROADS ARE PacffWHiglnray. I,:-?' i Portland, Oswego, Oregon City, Albany, Harriiburg. Junction ICty, Eugane, Cottage Grove. Roseburg, Grants Pass,! Med ford, Ashland, California state line: Paved. West Side Pacific Highway. Portland, -iNewberg, . McMinn ville, Corvallis, Junction City, Eugena:Paved . ' Old Orejron TrailWest " - v- ot The . Dalles ; i Colombia River Highway ; ,The . Dalles, Hood River, Rain ier, Astotia, Seaside: Paved. Sven-Bon-Aatorla section . - under.: con-. strnctlon; one : way. t traffic and subject vto short' delays. .;0 i,V Rooewelt Coast Highway Clatsop, Tillamook;, and Lincoln -iU fi- Conntie i; .. j Astoria, Seaside: Pavd. . ;, , ..Seaside., Cannon Beach Junc tion:. Jacadam, a .i'fiu. ,rJr' : . Cannon, Beach Junction, Hamlet Junction; j ;?pnder construction. Rough: but passable in all weather. 4 ll4mlet Junction, Mohler: Ma-' cadam.;-. , .-..' v : -JJohler Miami; Highway , route . via, .Brighton j.now, open;. t under construction, and traffic,. f of ,Garw' baldi and points south Is orgenUy advised .to. taka. road. vla. Foley Creek .which Is graveled t hrough ont. . ) ,. , t J . Miami, jTillamook, Hebo, Nesko- wln,r,Deyila. Lake, . Slletxi river:" Part paved; j balance w jmaca'dain. Ferry across ,'Silets river.; t,: " - Silet River,' Otter Rock ; Con- ' strnctlon work in progress, dirt? Costtsatf s ytf i, - -I i! v Ceatls4 ea pt( 4.1 IVa Enough Tp Jrxitati Any- Jla CCoatiass4 1 ss ' pact J . (CostiBv4 os prt , V) I- - - "I , ' i i'