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f Automotive!: Better iHqxzed , Churches SECTION THREE ! 'WAX; CLEAN: ANTE) VIGOROUS &rfsim&xzm year:. SALEM, OREfcdN; SUNDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 7, 1926 ?RICE FIVE CENTS mm 0 V r "7 ! 'V IIICOH BODIES SPEND LARGE SUM Jo Meet Expenditures Over $700,000000 Raised, Some From Motor Tax The total expenditure by the State ' highway departments 1a 1925 for road and bridge construc tion 'on the several State highway system's amounted to $649,125, 101. according to reports from the highway departments just compiled by the Bureau of Public Roads.' United States Department of Agriculture. Of the total ex penditure 59.6 per cent was spent for roAd and bridge construction, 18.4 iter cent for maintenance, and 3.5 per cent for materials and equipment. Administrative' and engineering costs accounted 'for 4.7 per cent of the total. Interest and principle payments on bonds 7.8 percent, and miscellaneous ex penditures 'amounted to 6.0 per cent of the total. To meet these expenses the highway departments received from various sources during the year a' total Income of $780,081, 292 of which $115,656,721 was available as a balance from the previous year's operations, so that the amount of money raised dur ing' the year was only $664,424, 571. Of the latter amount 43.5 per cent was raised by means of motor ' vehicle license fees and gasoline taxes. 30 per cent , from the former and the balance from the latter. The sale of bonds re alized 21.3 per cent of the total for the year, and Federal aid re ceived from the National Govern ment amounted to 13.9 per cent. Funds transferred to the State by the counties and other local gov ernments amounted to 10.8 per ceat, and the balance was made up of funds derived from special highway taxes and appropriations and ' from miscellaneous sources as follows: ' Taxes,' 3.3 per cent; appropriations. 5,0 per cent and miscellaneous 2.2 per cent. Although the year's expendi ture were slightly, greater than the previous year's total of $605, 665,207. the balance pf $130,356, 181 -carried aver into the current year was even greater than the amount of unexpended funds car ried over from. 1924. The rate of construction remained, about the same as' In previous years. - One of the' most significant facts brought out by the report is the remarkable increase in the percentage of the total highway income derived from motor' ve hicle'' and gasoline taxes." and the falling 'off in the percentage rep- T renentlliV real an1 nnrarrnnl nrnn. resenting real and personal,. prop- There has been a (Continued n pace 2.) ECTIOMT E Many Branches. Established and Every Owner Within 24 Hours' of Aid Perfddlc Inspection of their cars is possible for mil ; Bnlcl k owners through the nation-wide . Buick authorized: service i organisation.' This furnishes competent meehan ics, trained.: in Buick inspection, according to J. HL Fitzgerald, with Otto J. Wilson; local Buick dealer. Branches' are estimated" so that no Buick owner ir more than 24 hours" away;- from - the1 r service, Many. of the'm are coming' to take advantage of this more and more Because of'Vfiis growing 'pYa'e tics ob the part of Buick owners and many other motorists it is certain ; that a. movement to re quire periodic inspection of auto mobiles -will be under way before long'And it should receive the support of every uuick owner and every motorists who has a tar sighted View of his own interests, ToVinest Bul'cTt oWiers It will not mean the slightest change In theirpresent' habits as they are already- making: a1, practice of keeping;; their cars li first class edition with the aid of Buick JWrlzed service, putlt will, be tdfelrjadvanta'ge' If other motor ists ' are' required to ' observe the same'eerislble standard. There will always be a certain number of ac cidents 'due toit unavoidable .caus es, but the gfow!ngr strictness of regulations governing the grant ing .of drivers licenses, and the "TOovement for periodic inspection that is how starting will do much 1 mako t motoring mora- pleasant or everjone. t 1 Aid', the movement for periodic t Inspection if you have the oppor- unlty. and la-the- meantlnSe In I crease yjouf own motoring enjoy- roent toy; keeping your car la. the IIISP ;-0 FUICKSE1G &er Palma -a CcnMe-back?-- By M.W. . Ralph. De Palma. bas fojioweG racing for 18 years. Literally, he has never been farther away from automobiles in that time than he is here, expUlninf the fine points ot a Studebaker motor. The newspapers called it a' come-back" when on September 4 Ralph De Palma. old time speed champion, climbed aboard a rac ing car at the New York state fair grounds in Syracuse and broke two world records and won every event during the day. He broke the world . non-competitive mile record for dirt tracks by spinning over a mile stretch in forty-one and thirty-eight hundredth sec onds. He also shattered the best previous world's record for 10 mile competitive run by leading this event in the time of seven minutes, 24.41 seconds. Those familiar with Ralph De Palma know that the speed king could make no "come-back," be cause he has never been away. De Palma has never been any farther from automobiles during the. last eighteen years than he is in the accompanying picture which shows him explaining the features of a Studebaker motor. Ralph De Palma has. participat S Consideration for Others Needed to. Prevent Crash es, Says Haynes Pointing to the human factor as the crux of the traffic problem. Frederick J. Haynes, chairman of Dodge Brothers, named education and, courtesy as the chief ways of preventing accidents, in address ing the National Safety Congress at the Book-Cadillac hotel, De troit, Tuesday' afternoon, Oct. 26. If every one can be taught what to do, and jtraln. himself in cour tesy, 9 5 per cent of. the accidents which happen today would not oc cur,' Mr. Haynes contended. The rules' are simple, and con sideration for others requires no great sacrifice, the speaker noted. As a director of the National Automobile Chamber of Com merce'.' speaking betore ' the con gress in behalf of the automobile industry. Mr. Haynes pledged the fullest efforts of that business on behalf of accident prevention work. He paid tribute to the work of 'safety councils, the schools, the press, and public of ficials; but he looked' for the best results to come from school and adult education and from a sense of responsibility on the part of the individual citizen. ; While emphasizing the fact that one fatality is too many, that the nation cannot rest until the yearly toll Is reduced to a minimum, he pointed out that those working for safety are entitled to encourage ment. Had the number of acci dents in 1917 Js ratio to the num ber of vehicles continued .at the same rate today the annual toll would have been 44 per, cent higher than it is. This 44 per cent cut in the ratio has taken placer in; the face 01 an eight per pent' increase in the population. .As . guide.' to safe motoring, he suggested these three points: 1. Never drive at a peed In which yo cannot stop in the clear space ahead of you. 2t When passing parked rebl cies watch the ground under the vehicle,, for feet. If there, are.no feet, then no one can "step out on you unawares. It kthere - are fet;; you must be ready for any emer gency. f , ;.'; 3. When passing trucks ' or commercial -vehicles watch for possible children, catching a ride. . Recornizinic . that c much re-. mains to be done in the way of improving traffic .conditions the snemker' made the following', re commendations: ' . X". A. Jiutf prm system. of traffic laws for the entire United States. 2. Widening ot streets. ,whjex- ever possible and to the. greatest extent, w ,.r s . .a v . f 3.' Remove all bottle necks in COURTESY WOULD REDUCE DEI No, He's Never Been Away! GIBNEY V: ed In 2000 races, of which he has won 1500. In the last 18 years he. has entered more races and won more victories than any two drivers . in the business. He has raced: every year for 18 years, driving speed cars more than 500, 000 miles in the struggle. He has been in serious accidents and has experienced heart breaking trage dies of engine' and car failure. Today, his record is the most glorious of racing history. During his career De Palma has owned 11 racing cars and 41 pas senger automobiles of different makes. For 12 years he has stu died, the engineering of automo biles and has made many notable contributions to automobile de sign. He is at present employed by the Studebaker corporation as a consulting engineer. The years he has spent with the accelerator to the floor of racing cars today supply him with a fund of expert ence.. which, is invaluable in design- E EXPORTS LARGER Motor Cars" and .Trucks Show Forty Per Cent Gain Over Last Year Domestic and foreign shipments of motor cars and trucks from the factories of Dodge Brothers, Inc., including Canadian output, during the first nine months of 1926 to talled 293,842 units, a gain of 86,- 241 or 41.5 per cent over the out put for the corresponding months last vear. Total shipments of Graham Brothers trucks and motor coach es from all factories totalled 29,- 336 during tho first three quar ters of this year a gain of 12,896 or 78.4 per cent over the total for the same months of 1925. k Dodge Brothers total factory sales of passenger cars alone dur ing the three, quarters of this' year the report reveals, show an in crease of 39.5 per. cent over the corresponding record last: year. DOWN THE ROAD AFTER BIDDING DODG BROTHERS AFTER BIDDING HER HUBBY I . wmxzs? ' A SAD FAREWELL, "SUGAR" (.iMmmm DISCOVERS HE HAS TAKEN mBk OF POT vWM ' THE IGNITION KEY WITH HIM. . f' i v 7 ' '.. - ' - . - Gone, Bat Not'Fiwgotten.-' l-i - - v-----u--.-- A SAD FAREWELL,. SUGAft DISCOVERS HE THE IGNITION Bot Even the Motorist on the Right Must Use His: Head or Lose It ' Appreciating the confusion that wouldexlst tf there was no regu lation to place the responsibility upon motorists approaching an in tersection,' the law has provided that the car approaching an In tersection from the right of another-car has the right of way. If this regulation had a. closer ob-: servance . among, motorists, there would be less accidents at' Inter sections. Altogether too many mo torists have an absolute disregard forJthe rights ot other motorists under this ruling when approach ing an Intersection. According: to George O. Bran denburg, general manager of the Oregon State Motor asociation, re garding recent accidents at inter sections in .which there was one fatality as a result of a disregard for, the right of another., the ac cidents in a city would be lessen ed, materially if all drivers would approach an Intersection with" suf ficient regard for the right of way ordinance. to center their gaze to the right. The right Is the point from which danger , may loom in which' the man t6 the left takes responsibility should an ac cident occur. "Of course." said Mr. Branden burg, "it is somewhat up to every motorist to act to the' best of his ability in emergencies when they do. arise. It is better to give the right away to the hair brained in dividual, Jf it is possible., to so maneuver in the imited time and space for such action in such emergencies, or, one might be faced with the conditions that are recalled by the epitaph: . , Shed a tear for Willie Way Who died defending his right ' Of f. ty. Though. Willie' was right as he sped along. He's just as dead as 5 though he'd been "wrong; r-rt "'rr "It doesn't pay to trust entlre lyj upon the regard thet pther. fel low has for the right away ordin ance, but it is well for every mo torist to always bear in mind the fact that should trouble arise at an intersection, the fellow ap- proaching from the right has the beat of the argument from the outset. Everything else being equal, he has the argument won beyond the question of a doubt, as he is within the law as well as within ,his rights. The'' other fel low has' been caught playlngf off side and is entitled to the penal ties exacted . for such a disregard for the rules of the game.' SALES MANAGER HERE William S. Ullery. district sales manger for Wentworth & Irwin Inc., state distributors for the Nash automobiles, was a Salem visitor recently attending to busi ness Interests and visiting with friends. His company is represent ed in Polk and Marion counties by F. W. Pettyjohn company. Mr. Ullery is enthusiastic in praise of the local territory. HER "HUBBY HAS ( TAKEN DRIVERS OF Alt T Jewett Seats and Pedals Ad justable to Give Easiest Possition Possible Making automobiles that are adjustable to the Individual driv er, instead of compelling the driv er to adjust himself to an uncom fortable position in. the car. is one of the newer trends in motor car construction, both in America and abroad. More than comfort is involved in a correct position. Sitting. In proper relation to steering wheel, clutch petal, brake petal, and con trols, means freedom from fatigue and, evn more important, safety in driving for only when the driver is in proper position can he quickly and efficiently operate the controls. Means of effecting a comfort able driving position formerly was available only, in the costlier cars, now' the new Jewett brougham of fers an example of what has been done in th lower price class. A total variation of five inches in the postion of the driver Is pro Tided by adjustments in' the clutch and brake pedals and also In the front seats. The rubber pedal pads are mounted on substantial bars Lthat are clamped Into the clutch and brake levers proper, and these clamps allow a variation of the pedal position totaling two inches. The Adjustability ot the front seat, in a fore and aft direction, totals three inches. The two ad justments in combination, thus al low a total change amounting' to five inches. The driver having un usually long legs can drop the pedals two inches and move the seat all the way back, and have five inches more room than a man of. opposite build, who will raise the pedals all the way and adjust the seat in its extreme forward position. A combination ot adjustments can be made to' suit the stout driv er.. He can move the seat back to r give- him ample apace between steering! wheel and cushion, and raise the pedals to keep them In easy reach. Relative position of front seat and pedals is of prime importance. If there is to little room, the driver will be sitting in a. cramped position and will be unable to op erate the brake pedal with maxi mum. effect. When the brake pedal is fully depressed, the driver's leg should not he '.extended to the utmost there should be additional thrust ing power" In reserve, ' to' exert greater pedal pressure If required. These . requirements are met in the Jewett brougham, for its five inches total adjustment takes care of the widest variations in stature and figure. GOOD ADVICE IS GIVEN , Starr & Whittemore, garage and light., testing;, station,, have ar ranged a novel ad for their light testing business in the way ot a sign which hangs in front of their store at 343 Ferry street. The sign reads: "Why go to jail? Get your lights adjusted here." KB IfTO How to Prevent Freezing . ,. Of Motor in Winter Told Few Simple Precautions, gnch as Putting Alcohol fri Radiator, Needed for Keeping: Car Running Well in Coldest Weather By George W. Satton Jr. , . Almost every self pointed soothsayer, in the country has taken note of Nature's signs and has come out with the pre diction that we are in for one of the longest and coldest win ters we have ever shivered through. All of which means: much to those of us who expect to operate our cars during the next five months. It means greatly increased expense if we neglect to take precautions now to protect our hardwork ing automobiles fro mthe rigors of a winter which, according to the, seers, is scheduled to be colder and more unpleasant ASSEMBLED CMS El Chevrolet Cars Made in Sev eral Plants and Put To gether in One The so-called . accuracy and worth of hand work in the build ing of motor cars and j Europe's reputed supremecy In that direc tion during the early days ot the automotive industry has been en tirely overcome during recent years through the perfection , of automatic machinery, and through this type of machinery an ability to manufacture millions ot parts. that will fit equally well in a ma chine built last week, last month, or last year. Formerly the motor wise were enclined to look askance at a car that was "assembled." But "as sembly" as it relates to Chevrolet means increased accuracy in fit ting and increased quality in ma terial and workmanship through specialization. Chevrolet motor cars are built at the big -motor plant in Flint. The cam and crankshafts are forged in Detroit. The steering gears are manufactured at Muncie Ind. These are all assembled into the complete Chevrolet at one or another of the thirteen assembly slants or branch factories of Chevrolet throughout the world. In the United States there are plants at. Tarrytown and Buffalo, New York, Norwood, near Cincin nati, Flint, Michigan; Janesvtlle, Wis.; St. Louis; and Oakland. Gal, Foreign plants are located at San Paolo, Brasil; Copenhagen, Denmark; Antwerp, Belgium; London. England; Melbourne, Australia, and Toronto. Canada Adjoining each of these plants in the United States, and at most of those in foreign countries, are Fisher hodyplants where the en closed bodies are made for the Chevrolets turned out at those as sembly plants.. Every part used In the assem bly of these cars and trucks has had to pass the most rigid of in spections before being sent out to the branch. It must fit with the greatest accuracy, not only be cause of. defective or odd sized parts would bring trouble to the ultimate owner, but because in- . ( Contlauad on. para By FRANK BECK Tthan ever. However, if we make a few' preparations now and." dur- ing the period of coal, consump tion, grippe and chilled eara, fol low religiously a few simple rules there is no reason why motoring should cost us a nickel more than in summer. : No. one knows better than the modern automobile manufacturer that the average motorist la a happy-go-lucky Individual whom it Is very difficult to persuade to take decent care of his car. And yet, every time a car breaks down and a repair bill ensues, it' gives the owner and a number of his friends an unfriendly feeling to ward that, machine, even although It may be all his fault. Therefore the automobile mak ers have made great progress In the. past few years in scientifical ly protecting their re hides against owner abuse and many of them arenow recommending' that own ers allow expert garage and ser vice station people perform, all of the simple and inexpensive ser vice that the modern car requires. . The Incursion, ot thousands ot women into the motoring world has increased the feeling that car service can.be performed. by qual ified experts better, more cheaply, more quickly and with less effort and untidiness than it can at home. . This, however, does not relieve the owner of the entire responsi bility of fitting his car for use. t (Contisud en 9g S.) iswseo Careful Coordination . ,Not Sacrificed' to' Quantity Production in Olds Contrary to popular :. belief, quantity production methods as used by some of the automobile companies closely j. approximate custom work: and. in fact, involve the same care and limits employed in. the making of the finest watches. This care in assembly Is ; responsible for the smooth, powerful automobile engines of to day. . It is in the engine, where all parts must be carefully coordina ted end where there are the great est number of moving,. parts, that these precision methods are best exemplified. '. In the .engine assembly,, it Is not a case of taking pistons, piston pins and connecting rods and plac ing them in the first crankcase that comes along the production line. Although all of these parts are made from the same patterns and on precision machines. pf ac curate setting and appear identical to- the layman, there are slight variations that are eliminated tr close inspection. v , . f Strictest standards'-are rigidly maintained, standards . so rigid that graduations as small as' five ten thousands of an inch are used in. the assembly of OldsmOblles. At, that factory inspection,, work has reached such a high plane that several entirely new Instruments have been designed to - facilitate inspection practices. There is one Oldsmobile inspector for every seven factory workers. . v Through the use of accurate gauges, workers check all pistons for size, straightness and smooth ness of ring groove, pize of piston' pin hole, which is held tq a varia tion of. less than oneha3f a-thousandth of an inch, squareness of piston pin hole wlth'ootside diam eter of skirt. The pistons then are divided Into size groups, each varying from Uje. p thereby, .QQi$ of an inch. Then they are weighed and further divided into groups varying by a qaarler' ot an ounce. In ;f act each piston Is subjected to 25 tests of the quality ot material used and its accuracy according to :strlctt"sahards - iQ : piston- pine are likewise -inspected for straightness and true curve and are separated into groups JiehJ to differences ot .0001 of an inch. 3 , All bearing -points of connect ing rods are closely checked and the rods are on a' new scale device developed by Earl H. Smith, in charge of Oldsmobile inspection. n in s mm mm IE1 OF EXPE.E Motorist Often Unaware' That Only One Light . Remains Burning "Light bulbs are one. of - the smallest items of expense con- -fronting;-the motorist in the up keep of his automobile. The cost of one or more bulhs of legal size is trlvat'ln comparison v to-even the filling of the tankr with gas, the replenishing of oil in the crankcase or; the providing of a . tire. Spare tires, however, are now considered as standard equipment on. practically all autoa when in operation, on the Toad. With tha Increasing' tendency of motorists to neglect their head lights to the point of having only, one in, op eration part of the time,' It is high time extra light bulbs were considered in the same class as spare tires... One of the greatest confusions and hazards to be met with on the highways in night driving: is the -one headlight driver." - - . ' - . Ceorge O. Brandenburg', gener--al manager of the Oregon State Motor association, in commenting f upon the ever increasing number of complaints received regarding the one headlight autos operated on-the streets and highways, has Issued a strong appeal to motor ists, to discontinue such a hazard ous practice. - Mr. Brandenburg ; has advocated also the carrying of extra light bulbs- as a safeguard against such confusing' conditions. ; "Appreciating the delicacy of light bulbs and their faculty for burning out withont giving notice.' I realize it is hardly fair to arrest a motorist who has been accosted for having only one light hurning. The light may .have. Just . burned out, and, the .motorist being un mindful of his infraction upon the law be an Innocent victim. Under such circumstances an arrest seems a hit unjust, but an arerst la not unjust provided- the man has nof extra" bulb with which U rectify the condition .when his at tentiott la called to it hy an ot "Jl motorist has a right to ex pect,a bulb to bum out at anj time, and in consideration of such circumstances is 'entitled- to some leniency and consideration, but leniency and consideration should be extended only where the motor ist has had sufficient considera tion, .for , fellow.- motorists, to . jbe provided with .extra bulbs with, whichito eliminate, the cpnditioa as soon as discovered. He should not expect to be permitted to drive on with lights that are beyond a question of a doubt creating a r confusion, a hazard and unques tionably; n- an. illegal condition. - i m ' ' i ! ESI S ilCKE- Factory NDWin'Full Produc- tioa After Delays Caused i Yi i by-changes DETROIT, Mich., Nov. 6. A 60 per cent increase in shipments for October as compared with the same, month in' 1925, is reported by Ihe Paigibetroit Motor Car company., The total shipments last months-were '3150 cars, both Paiges and, Jewetts. This total is not' only in excess of last year's figures,, but. la; 9 per nt higher than the4 company's best previous October, in, 1322, when 2887 cars were shipped.' v r f Octoher's. gain over September was 14 per cent. , The Paige factory is now in full production,, after delays inciden tal to the changing of its lines and the procpring of new bodies In quantity. It is now manufacturing three new series of cars, the Jew ett 6-45,, the Paige -65 and the Paigejlr75i with a price range for five different models of flve-pas-senger closed cars from $1195 to $1695. ,: . , . The company recently discon tinued the practice ot turning out both . "standard" and "de luxe" types of the same model, and all Its cars are of finish, appointments and equipment that would have rated- them in the de luxe clas3 under the former plan-The change was made because the company's f sale records- ? showed that the American buyer now demands. In addition to mechanical excellence, theutmosjt in style and comfort. -BIOTOB DEPAItT3rE3fT BIOTE3 They State Automobile depart ment has moved from the state house to the corner of High and Ferry streets over the Dan Bums store, where the Capital Business college formerly had its quarters. The department will open for busi jg. tomorrow, rnoniing, - ... . PE VMulTS HOW BIG I i '. 4 . :