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SECTION THREE Rages 1 toS ; Better Homes .' , -1 - ? CLEAN ANP VIGOROUS SEVENTY-SIXTH-YEAR salem, Oregon, sTOdAytmorning, November 21, 1926 ' PRICE FIVE CENTS ENJOYS PLEASANT AUTO TRIP TQ TEAS THOUSANDS SPETiIT ON SHOW CBS Delivery Car for Florist r i vvAbtu uruii TOURISTS' LWES MESS IIS f Proportion of Accidents In . United States'ls Greater ! Than Other Countries 1 i 1 ; i -t Skilled Workers Create Dozen Show Chassis for Paige Display 5, Giving of Signals Produce - - . v. .r . .. .. . - : . - - . .-r ? - - - ... ; Noise, Other Noises Might I Be Eliminated . : - : ii mm mm Citing the fact' that the United States has the highest Tate of grade crossing fatalities of any country for which reports are available, me Anencan abio mo bile association today nrged a na tional concerted effort to safe guard the lites of motorists at.our thousands of unprotected grade - crossings. : i'With f orty-three . legislatures scheduled to meet during the coming winter, Thos. P. Henry; president ofthe, A. A. A., asserted that the matter'of s& constructive program : relative ;io the grade crossing evil should be placed. In the foreground as tfar as -safety legislation Is concerned. He pointed out that hitherto the attitude has very much been one of "let George do it" and Jhat this fact Is largely responsible for 'the lack 'of a national .constructive program. ' "Of close to 2 f ,000 -people who lose their lives in street and high way accidents each year, approxi mately 10 pertfirt -e,re--cafrght.in the death traps of our grade cross ings. This is a far higher ratio than that of any country for which we have rqrorda ",As com pared with it. the figures Tor Qreat Hritain. for instance, are In significant. In the latter, country. the minister of transport last year Investigated 447'Sertous highway accidents, and of these only 9 oo t nrred at grade crossings-" , Tflis disproportion, the A. A. A. executive pointed-out,. cannot be charged to recklessness of Amer ican drivers. " . r 4. "I am convinced ;fn Unylown mind," he said, "that we are lag ging behind in protective measures necessary to cope with this situa tion Let us reflect for a moment! thfVJn the period 1917-to A 92 a tli i Itotal number reported grade Teasiclt accidents in ,the, ynit.ed States was 1Z.57I Rilled ana 39, 14ft seriously injured. Men, wop4 en and children cannot bejralued In dollars and cents; but ! believe that the cord figures of an Insur ance actuary would sustain the po sition uken" ;bylheA A.?.-A., namely, that it would pay every state in 'the union to have a pro jcram and'a budget looking to the ultimate elihination of dangerous grade crossings, .reven eSt a ; meas ure for saving the wealth of, bu- (Continued n ps 8.) HE Company Spends . $1,500, 000 for New Repair and Equipment Service OAKLAND, Calif., (Special) , F. N. Coats, Pacific Coast Re gional sales manager for the Chevrolet Motor company, has just returned from Detroit with news that his company is spend ing $1,500,000 for the installa tion1 of a new parts replacement system. - According to Coats, this move will assure uniformly prompt ser vice for every Chevrolet owner in the United States.,- ' ' r The plan involves the establish ment of six major supply depots throughout the-country.- In a ser-. vfceway it supplements the great er production capacity which will be araflable after completion of the $10,000,000 Chevrolet factory expansion program. The new supply depots, in which will be stored reserve parts stocks, are to be located at the various Chevrolet ' manufacturing and assembling plants. .There is already a parts - station at the company's Pacific CoaBt factory here but this is to be refitted and enlarged to cope with the heavy demand that will be made under the. new system. - -Entire facilities of the central yls warehouse at Flint, Mich., Vhich heretofore iias. 'been the central shipping point, are to be retained. The new parts depots rwili serve as safety valves, smooth ing out peaks and valleys of de mand made on production .plants and service - stati6n -by parts de partment. . - The 'whole Improved system will perform a two-fold function: First, expedite the idelivety of eoods; Second, create . reservoir .-. that will permit uniform production ot art s regariless o(. variation -of CHEVROLET iHSTSLL IN PITS SYSTEM Remand. - - v ,.' Furr - X L MAKES SPEED TEST Most Efficient Rate for Run . ning Car1 Determined by Manufacturers Covered with the mud of eight states a . Peerless Six-80 roadster was .balled in Jacksonville, Florida November 2nd, after having set a Hew- speed -record from Cleveland on the Great Lakes to Florida. The trip was made in' 30 hours -and 34 tiahiutes which beats the best train ime by. abqut an hour. The aistence' is vi'178 miles. " The feat of breaking all exist ing records ie acknowledged note worthy but the drivers are deserving-' of extra-recognition be cause of the enormous handicaps they overcame. More than half of Abe route had never been travers ed" by either of "the two drivers. L This was fr.9m Tennessee to Jack- sontiuer by'far the most difficult to'drfvef. -In addition- to this a Aeavyrainsform' waa' encountered in. Georgia-and for taore than four houra ,iherPeerleas,was forced to plow doggedly through heavy sticky Georgia red 'iclay. 'f Herbert ;G. Cooper traffic of ficer at piue Field W. Va.. made the drive assisted by John W. Bear, Jr., road, man for the Blue field Garage. Peerless distributors at Blefiela. The city of Bluefield sponsored the run to bring the new short route from north to sooth, to the attention of the pub lic. This route goes through Mar ietta.'OhiO; Parkesburg and Blue field. W., Va.; Bristol, Tenn.; Asheville, N, , C; Greenville, S. C. ad Macon and'Waycross, Georgia. Mr. Cooper selected a Peerless Six-80 for the gruelling a(tertests to a half a dozen other, cars. His first act on reaching-Jacksonville despite his exhaustion was to wire -the factory 'that; "Peerless Six-&0 is most remarkable automobile I have ever driven' Despite the ' hard going over mountains and the high speed at which the car traveled, an average of 15.4 miles to the gallon of gas oline was obtained. The average speed was 3S. 53 miles an hour. JBut one stop was made on the en tire trip and that was to change oiL The Peerless left 'Cleveland on Monday November 1st at 4:56 a. m. and arrived in Jacksonville Tuesday at 11:30 a. m. With the exception of two powerful spot lights, an extra gas tank, and a siren it carried no equipment or. special devices that are not stan dard on the Six-80. "Although it is not the factory's policy to sponsor speed runs, we were naturally pleased when Mr. Cooper told us ne had selected a Peerless Six-80 on his Own initi ative to attempt to set a new re cord from Cleveland to Jackson ville. We know the car's capabili ties at the factory but it was grati fying to us to . know that its re markable performing qualities are so well known as to lead to its selection for a terrificr strain ot this kind,'' remarked Charles A. Tucker, general sales manager of the Peerless Motor Car corporation.'-:;. - ' j- , -. ' "We believe this speaks,well for the V reputation earned - by . the Six-SOa, ar1whichj has been on the market less than a year. It is the lowest priced car, we. build, yet It has proven that lt possessess the qualities of sUmina and per formance which ., won" the higher priced peerless models the leader ship of the fine car field and have enabled them to hold it tor 25 ESS MP NT jrears.r party enroute In Oldsmobilc coach t -: :' "BiddyV Bishop of the Capitol Motors company recently received a letter from S. J. Furr, who is in Graham, Texas, at the " present time. The Furr party left - Salem on Firday, September 17 in an Oldsmobile 1926 coach, series E. and made the trip to Amarilla, Texas, in eight days. This is a distance of 2185 miles. They found all kinds of roads and some were practically impass able, yet the car withstood the trip in excellent condition. He re ports one puncture and also that there was no repair work done on the car during the entire trip. "Nothing was changed," says Mr. Furr, "and we'had a very pleas ant trip. We stood the trip fine owing to the kind of a car we had." From Portland to Channing Tex as, a distance Of 1957 miles he re ported the use of gas totaling $33.94 and oil $6.03. The aver age, according to Mr. Furr, was 19 miles to the gallon of gas. The trip was made up the, Col umbia River highway, through American Falfs'.iSalt Ike .City, Fruita, Colo., Canyon dty,! PUeb- lo, Clayton to Channing; At one point they went over a pass about 10,000 feet 'high. The trip ( was taken slowly as Mr. Furr : would not drive the car over 25 miles an hour for the first 500 miles and after that he held It down until it was thoroughly broken in. TUBE 1RAIXS GAS TANK If a gasoline tank is not equip ped with a drain cock, the follow ing idea is of value when gasoline is wanted for priming or other purposes. Get a piece ot metal tubing, a few inches longer than the "diameter of the tank." Insert the tube in the tank with thumb held9 securely over the outer end of tube. Withdraw the tufie and, the gas which has entered it will bc withdrawn. DOWN THE ROAD ! JUST AS "YOU GET THE SfGNALTaVGO, YOUR, THANKSGIVING GOBBLER GETS THE URGE TO DO a7 V LIKEWISE. 7V 1EBTT NITIDIS TO S II Chicago to Be Host to 1927 Congress During Good Roads Week, January WASHINGTON. D. C. (Spe cial) Twenty all Latin-American nations have been invited to par ticipate in the 1927 Road Con gress to be held in Chicago dur ing Good Roads Week, January 10th to 15th. The meeting is to be the 24th annual convention and road show of the American , Road Builders' association. Invitations were extended pres idents of all South American re publics to appoint official dele gates to the convention. The for eign delegates will', be honored with a Pan-American day accord ing to H. G. Shirley; president of .the association. VThe increasing interest of the Latin-American countries in the building of roads has, made it es sential that representatives of these nations assemble In such a meeting as the American- Road Builders' association has called for Good Roads Week", Mr. Shir ley said. "During that period the visitors may absorb the better points of highway development in this country and apply them to construction in their own land. "Brazil and Mexico, .the two nations now leading in the con struction of roads in Latin-America, have approximately 50,000 miles of highways. Of this mile age only about three thousand is improved. Plans now under way, however, call for. the expenditure of millions in paving the more im portant highways." - DISCUS Embarrasing Moments of a Motorist DETROIT. (Special) If you imagine a small boy's delight in visiting Santa Claus workshop, you can picture an automobile fan's pleasure in a visit to the spe cial department of the Paige fac tory where Its most skilled work ers are creating a dozen how chassis those mechanical master pieces, resplendent in nickel, lac quer, color "and . mirror-like sur faces, that become centers of in terest at auto shows. ' To a show crowd, a show chas sis is simply a chassis; the visitors probably never think of the labor and expense involved in preparing these elaborate exhibits. Yet each chassis represents an expenditure of more than: $3000, not counting the cost of the chassis itself, and it is the result of months of pains taking labor, " Work on the twelve Paige and Jewett show chassis began early In, September and f will continue right up to show timeThelr plan ning, finishing and assembling are the work of a highly specialized department employing 4 & workers, each one picked as the most skill ful in his .respective, bra'nch of manufacture. A standard chassis, all painted and polished, does not make a show chassis, for the show visitor "wants to see inside every unit of the car. To plan" the '.."cuts" that will open up the units and yet leave all in working order is one of the most difficult feats required of the. designers. Then the ac tual cutting- of the odd shaped bushings and bearing, brings up more difficult problems. After this special work is com pleted, all the parts of the chas sis are individually prepared for exhibition. : Every bolt and nut, even every cotter pin, is nickel-plated. The (Contiimed oa.pac 3.) i I i Sanrf Cloth Strip Used to Clean Commutators When the commutator becomes worn and dirty, it may be smooth ed by taking a strip of fine sand cloth, same width as commutator. Place this strip directly under the brush (not to one side), make' it encircle the commutator as far as possible, and then pull it backhand forth until the commutator .is clean, and smooth. It must be, held firmly. Don't try to hold the sand cloth with finger or with a block ef wood while the armature is ro tated; this will cause an uneven surface, and the brushes will not fit properly. After sanding, carefully clean off all grit and dust, being sure to clean very thoroughly between the copper segments, then dropr a small quantity of oil on a cheese cloth and polish. . , "? C. F. Breithaupt, O. D. Olsn, store manager, and O. L. Jissick, salesman. ' One of the latest and most up-to-date delivery cars in the "coun try and the only one of its kind in Salem is the new Pontiac six cylinder enclosed delivery car ob tained, by C. F. Breithaupt's" flor ist shop from Vick Brothers, lo cal Pontiac and Oakland dealers. The ear has. a .standard Pontiac chassis and motor, the same kind that is. used on Pontiac sedans and coaches, and has .a well fin ished and beautifully' appointed body. The body is entirely enclosed, glass doors making the front end have the appearance of a first class closed car, . The front seats are separate, similar to the front WHIPPET MUCH Small Piston Displacement Proves Aid for Attaining Greater Speeds With the general tendency among American motor car man ufacturers to .reduce piston dis placement, and with the Whippet 'motor, the power plant of the (European type "light" car, now be ing produced bjr Willys-Overland, having but 134 cubic inches dis placement which is the, smallest ver offered in any stock produc tion light car in' this country, there is considerable interest in Svhat the speed ability of these motors really is. In; a recent road test at Bo lougne, France, in which the con testing cars were handicapped in proportion to their piston dis placement, it was definitely prov ed that ' the small " displacement motor asks and requires no fa vors. The run was over 371 miles of difficult road and the sizes of the motors In the cars varied Trom 183 en. in. down to 45 cu. in. The race was won by Andre Lagache driving a" Chenard Wal cker car with a piston displace ment of 67 cu, in, of iust half the (Continued on pre 8.) By FRANK BECK SHG POWER seats of many touring cars, and are beautifully upholstered in leather. The top slopes in a graceful arc from the rear up to the middle and down again towards the front, extending out over the windshield in front to form a sun visor. The doors are strong and heavily pan elled, while the sides of the body are finished in beautiful lines. The car has only recently been introduced to the market, and is already finding wide popularity. It is one of the highest quality delivery cars that can be bought today, having, beanty, usefulness, and great strength of motor and construction. oen climbs 12 MILES REVERSE "The Masked Marvel" Per forms Daring Feat Going UpMt. Wiison The climb up Jit. Wilson, Just outside Los Angeles is considered a feat of no mean importance when it . is made in the conven tional manner, with the drivefr of the car using "second speed" 'and having a clear view ahead around the steep and winding curves a aeciaeiy aurerent sort or a climb was recently made on this same graae wnen "Tne Massea Marvel" reputed to be a well Known dirt track driver with a penchant for daring stunts, volun teered to take an Overland Si up the same grade, driving all . the route in reverse. The test was a hard one for the driver but a doubly" "hard one for me car itseii as driving in. re verse is supposed to have detri taehtal effects on the cooling ca pacity of the motor. . There have been cases where, to win bets, a car has been driven 25 miles in reverse on a level road but this was the first time that one had ever been called upon to go 12 miles' up a 10. -per cent grade from' sea level to an eleva tion of slightly over 6000 feet. Starting from the official base of Mt. WHsoa, it took the Masked Marvel Just one hour and 38 min utes to make the climb despite the fact that he was badly handicap ped by fog at certain stretches. ' His entire view of the road was over his shoulder, and it took a certain and immediate response from the steering gear' to enable to keep, from dropping "off the edge on some, of the acutely sharp turns. .. ? Neither mqtor nor the car were permitted to stop at any point on the run, this being a part, of the agreement under which the test wbs conducted. 'It was a non-stop for everyone. At the completion of the ran, it took but I H pints of water to fill the radiator and an examina tion of the oil showed that there was the -same amount In the mo-, tor that had been there when the trip started. The water in ; the radiator did not, boll at. any time during the climb revealing a remarkable cooling efficiency since' all of the advantages' of, a forward motion against '; the . ,w!nd were; " lost through the tact that the car: was being backed up the mountain. The -cooling efficiency, of the Overland; Six motor .is similar . to that of the whippet which recent ly made the climb' Op Pike's peak, in Colorado without stopping to replenish the water and without the slightest evidence of boiling. BACK OUT OF, RUTS Attempting to drive' out ef "a deep rut places a severe strata on the parts of the roht aile assem hlr.'Bnt ft fthe ,Ur?1s "hroirglit'to a complete stop, the wheels are tamed to lone side as far as pos sible, and' ihe' car backed, r the wheels will easily monrit the 'side's ot the : ruts without the least1 strain. . - ? -r WASHINGTON. i (Special) diminution of needless noiaea is sought in an appeal to rootoMsta Issued here today by the 'American Aotor-Mle association whltfh points out that the motor CAr has brought "an . approximation of bedlam" in hundreds of commun ities throughout the country.""" "It Is Inevitable that the use of signal devices on automobile will produce some 1 noise, says the' Btatement.of the1 A. AIA-f'btit there Is much that is'Yanccons in? motordom-that can be eliminated to the advantage of everyone.' Sig nals must be given on the streeta and highways, but .there is an in telligent standard In. - signalling . that every motorist should try to attain "' , ; -- . "'-: : , While the giving ot signals pro duces the greatest volume ; and variety of sound from America's 20,000,000 automobiles, - officials of the A. A. A. point' out that other noises are Issuing from cars that well might 4 be eliminated. Among these are listed those pro du; d by defective and poorly ad- Justed muffler and exhaust equip ment, and tire dozens, of. . rattles and jangling souds issuing from parts of the machine ; that could be eliminated toy . the mere.tight ening ot a few screws and holts. . VJ?rimarily,eliminatiottoti un necessary automobile 'noises is si matter of putting genuine etf i ciency into one'a use, of the horn," the statement from national head quarters says. -,'" ; ; . lb is illegal ugi 10. luunU' iae horn under some circumstances. Thousands of motorists, however, overdo the thing. Informed that they must 'give a warning when passing another vehicle, rounding a curve or going over the crest of t a hill, they regard the regulation.' as giving them carte blanche to descend upon the horn ..button with the vigor and, sticktoitiveness of ta .n'eonhvta , driver anslvinr his brakes in a tlcHlIsh traffic sit uation.. '. . J' ' ... '.f..'. "Some cities require the nseo the horn 'at every street Intersect tion. In these places, aa approxU mation of bedlam is achieved dur ing the rush hours of traffic,;-- Excessive' use : of the " horn T im tne reason zor many irariic acci dents, A. A. A. officials 'believe. uses 'his horn too much when at- .(Coatiaaad aa p&r 3.) E HI II i- Slow Traffic Caused by 0 er's OvvrvNegligence; Way " "to Help Told -i- . By Erwin Greer v . -(President Greer College .of Au tomotive and Electrical Trades, Chicago, 111.) .' Ton cues when traffic isn't speeded 'up along the particular streets you have chosen , to get' home.; That ls yours and the tanit or tne otner reiiow. it you, and, the othef rfellow would only figure out -the following as logic why traffic vroaldn't be a job for ever. ' - - ' - f r - . Here Is a-way to cut delay at the- psychological point where' all traffic trouble starts corners. Pick your lane. Let every driver on the street 'decide well : back In the middle of tha block what he is going to do at the next corner.! If he is 'going 'to go straight,' let him place himself in the middle of ' the street. It he is roing ' to turn - right, ' let him get over to the right. It he Is going to turn, left let ' him move 'over to. -th left. ? Thousands of hours? every day are lost by the corner tleups and tangleg ".which -result from looiisn thougBtfuiness. Mr. Driv er wuu leaieKura wilier w ixuis o . torn to " 'the tef t ' and snddenl v wakes up to the fact that he has placed lilmseif way ;over' at " the right, must' see-saw right across the face of all the traffic moving In the same direction he has coma from, slow It all up, slow up ti'm self, cause sudden Jamming ofthe brakes, ' much loss . ot time., and temper. When traffic is stopped the right , lane "nearest the . etirb should always be kept 03eii Jfor cars wishing to come through and turn to the right turning . fnto traTfl that Is-mdvfng In the other direction. The driver who, desfr tng to go straight, places himstlf - 1. XContiaued oa j ..' j, CMS v now HUIU IIIMI 1 IULH '-f f : X $ i f
