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THE OREGON. STATESMAN SALEM, OREGON SUNDAY MORNING, JANUARY 16, 1927 .fW- . T ..... fa- ' . a4)ixSedmi Deputy extends in an unbroken line on this newer Hupmobile Six Sedan from the slimly graceful radiator to the rounded contour of the ball-back body. Drive this smart Sedan for half an hour, and then try to think of any other six in terms of what this six reveals. Come in and See These Equipment Features Many Recently Added Thermostatic Heat Control; Gaso line Filter; 4-Wheel Brakes; Color Option; VUion-VeutUatingWiiid-hicLd; Clear Vision Bodies; Dash Gasoline Gauge; Force Feed Lu brication; Oil Filter; Mohair Up holstery ; RearViewMirror; Special Vibration Damper; Snubbers; TUtmjf Beam Headlights; Auto matic Windshield Cleaner; Walnut Grained Instrument Board. The more you know about sixes, the more emphatically you will class Hupmobile value alone and unap proached in the entire six market. Sedan, five-passenger, four-door, $1385. Coupe, two -passenger with rumble seat, $1335. Road ster, with rumble seat, $1385. Touring, five-passenger, $1325. AB prices f. at b. Detroit, plu$ rewciax tax (ISO Kirkwood Motor Co. 311 North Commercial Telephone 311 MOTORING E , . SlIISFfiCTii HIM iliac Company Plans to School Men to Give Best Service Possible Because the Cadillac Motor Car company is of the opinion that there id an obligation imposed on every automobile manufacturer not merely to build the right kind of a car but also to assure the users of the product the maximum satisfaction in the use of it, serv ice in the company's organiza tion ranks of equal importance v. ith production. In pursuance of this policy, the company established at its plant a rthool fcr service men to which distributors and dealers are priv ileged to send their best service ri en for further training. This is the pioneer institution of its kind ir the country and "hundreds of these specially trained men are row scattered throughout the country in the organizations of the distributors and dealers. t The company has also devised I'tndreds of special tools particu larly adapted for specific opera tions. These are used in the serv ice stations. They not only as si re accurate work but also save time and reduce the cost of op erations to the lowest possible amount. These, and many other rut hods devised by the company, are a result of the recognition of a fact which though' obvious, is often forgotten that anything mechanical, especially a mechan ism such as an automobile, which is subject to abuse and neglect, ncods attention from time to time and that only by'proriding proper facilities to supply this attention sn tin- manufacturer assure the i.v.ner of the car the greatest sat ' isfartion in using it. AitiiouscU the Cadillac Motor ar company has always adhered r-Ridly to suck a policy, recent ex tensions of activities both in th factory and in the field have in jured even better service facili ties for Cadillac owners all throughout America. Among a great many other tilings there may be mentioned Hie appointment ot Nicholas Drey Madt as general service manager; increase of the service field .l,rie ana the uniting into one -crvire department what were for- Tly the technical and parts de- partments. This recently enlarg ed service department has been subdivided. Into three branches: .' rvhe engineering, in charge of Krnest c. Garland, formerly tech nical manager; the field division, in charge of T. W. Holioway and t!' parts division, under William M E arner, head of the parts de lartment. which formerly operat ed as a separate division. This consolidation of activities ini,-r ,,no head and this expan sion makes possible even closer "Jopi-ration with the Cadillac fac tory and this field, service organi zation and fherebvi-t-fnrfhor -fif viding Cadillac owners with the n.ost highly satisfactory transpor tation at all times. "Although this recent reorgani zation is primarily a factory mat ter," says Mr. jDreystadt, "it nev ertheless is a move that will mean nuch to all Cadillac owners." "Every .effort - of tho. Cadillac Motor Car company is devoted to wards the one objective of insur ing motoring satisfaction to all owners of Cadillac cars. It may seem that when we produce a car such as Ih9 Cadillac, and when we build it in such a way that its life is virtually unlimited, we have discharged our obligation in so far as the owner is concerned. Bui as we view it, that it not enough We must not only put in the hands of the owners the best automobile that engineering skill and unlimit ed resources can produce, we must also assure that owner that where ever he may go he will find effi cient and ample facilities for tak ing care of his car. LUCK GETS $1000 T1HMS Letter Containing Money Goes to Wrong Address; Radio Finds Them CINCINNATI, O., Jan. 14. Mrs. L. V. Tangeman' of Coldwa ter, Ohio, needed $1000 and need it badly. That In itself isn't a startling piece of news because a great many people need $1000. But the curious feature ot Mrs. Tangeman's case is that she had $1000 for a whole year and didn't know it. It happened this way: Mrs. Tangeman and her hus band, a struggling young organist, were living in Chicago with their three children, and the weekly in come was just enough to keep the wolf away from the door, without a penny to spare for the organ lessons Mrs. Tangeman wanted her husband to take. Then the Crosley Radio corpor ation offered $1000 for the best letter from the owner of one of its sets. Mrs. Tangeman had one and she wrote a letter. When the time tame, to select the winner the judges picked Mrs. Tange man's and the check was made out. It was mailed and it came back, because the Tangeman's had moved and their new address couldn't be discovered. For a year the $1000 stayed in the bank. Then, last week. Ford and Glenn, the Lullaby Boys of WLW, broadcast an appeal for tbe location of the family. In one hour three friends of the Tangeman's had wired in their new address. Mrs. .Tangeman was notified and she appeared at the WLW studio a tew days later to reeelve her $1000. Her husband ws with her and he plared a, few jt umbers on the WLW organ. ; ' - I T s m COOPERATION Handling of Show Haul Ma terials Greatly Reduced on All Lines Further coordination of motor truck ( and freight train service, by the introduction of steel freight containers which are in terchangeable between truck and train, has been achieved by the Boston & Maine railroad between Boston, Worcester and Spring field. The railroad, acting through its motor subsidiary, the Boston and Maine Transportation company, has recently inaugurat ed a store-door delivery service between those cities and is con templating an extension of such service to other cities on its lines. " The containers, which have a capacity of 5 tons, may be loaded inside a shipper's factory in Bos ton, locked securely, transferred by truck at any time before 6:30 p. m. to specially equipped cars on the Boston & Maine railroad, and carried by train to Worces ter and Springfield in time for de livery In either of those cities be fore the beginning of the next business day. Overnight ship ments will also be handled in this manner from Worcester and Springfield to Boston. By the use of these containers the handling of short-haul less-than-carload shipments is greatly reduced, which results in a re duction of damage to certain classes of freight; losses due to pilfering are eliminated, as con tainers are locked from shipper to consignee; and a great saving in time is effected due to the sim plicity of loading containers as compared with the slow filling of box cars by means of hand trucks. Roseburg."-J--;.TL' Marston boys two local iPlayhpusearaajpart pt Fort Worth Outgrows Headgear of Cowpuncher FORT WORTH, Tex. (AP) Fort Worth now stares at the head gear of its nativity. When the cattle trade was rock ing Fort Worth's cradle, cowboy visitors were numerous and "four gallon" hats were commoner than wide trouser legs now. Broad brims and high crowns were ef fected even by the urban popula tion. Bat now the occasional big hat wearer is as. marked here as were the hardy spirits who pio neered balloon trousers. With its passng, however, the hat left a tradition. Civic boost ers assiduously strive to perpetu ate it. On gala-occasions they don the biggest of the big hats avail able and recall that this, unoffic ially, is 'where the west begins.' Eastern visitors never are suf fered disillusionment if big hats can help it. McMinnrille. Addition ? being ulll Irto St. ; Bar abas Episcopal mm m e II. E. LEE PRDG Great Southern Leader's Birthday Is Occasion for Radio Feature CINCINNATI A special hour in honor of General Robert E. Lee will be broadcast on the an niversary of his birth, January 19, by WLW, the Crosley station at Cincinnati. This will go on the air at 11 o'clock, Eastern stand ard time. Mr. Powel Crosley, Jr.. radio manufacturer and owner of WLW decided that Americans in paying honor to their national heroes are sometimes inclined to overlook General Lee, although sectional prejudice long ago subsided and ! placed him in the list of great Americans. The Lee hour will be made up of three selections on the WLW or gan, with Johanna Grosse at the console. The numbers will be Dixie, the Washington and Lee Swing and Carry Me Back to Ole Virginny. The Washington and Lee Swing ia the song of Washington and Lee University, of which General Lee was president during the last years of his life. There also will be a brief sketch of the career of the Great general. POPU LAB APPROVAL OF LIGHT CAB SEEN Further Development of Mo tors Now Biggest Problem Says Engineer That the smaller cars, which have been the basis of a great amount of conjecture and about which a great deal has been writ ten, have met with public accept ance is the opinion of Russeil Huff, consulting engineer of Fal con Motors corporation, Detroit. With acceptance on the part of the public of the smaller sized chassis, the problem which now confronts the automotive engineer is the development of the power plants to a higher degree of effi ciency and longer life is also the belief of Mr. Huff. "Much has been said and writ ten predicting the future trend of automotive design toward the smaller car," said Mr. Huff. "It is no longer a prophesy. Cars of this type are even now receiving wide public endorsement and are meet ing every requirement in a highly satisfactory way, and development ir design will further increase their popularity. "In designing the Falcon Knight car elements of modern construction have been considered, with great emphasis directed to the importance of the power plant. Smaller size chassis and body are essential, of course, but the aim is for a new high stand ard motor performance and motor endurance. "The sleeve-valve principle of dtsign embodied in the Knight engine offers to an exceptionally high degree the qualities most de sired in motor cars," Mr. Huff said. "These qualities are ample flow of power, flexibility, smooth ?hd quiet operation and freedom from mechanical trouble. "The Falcon-Knight engine is new only in minor refinements and adaptation to give unusual flexi bility in performance which is so essentially a factor in the modern car. y "From the standpoint of motor endurance and mechanical opera tion the Knight sleeve-valve en gine ts a model of simplicity and efficiency- Over a period of eigh teen years it has distinguished it self in . Europe, England and America. Remarkable records of long life with minimum engine trouble are common to this power plant. "Heretofore two factors have retarded the adoption of the t'night engine for popular usage - the high cost of manufacture ai d the restrictions due to patent rights. Within the last two years great developments have been made in constructing the preci sion parts of the engine at lower cost. This year the Knight pat erts expired in England and on the continent and a number of European manufacturers immedi ately started to use the Knight sleeve-valve principle. Although the rights in this country do not expire until 1932, a wide-spread interest in the tleeve-valve principle is now ap parent here." DOUBLE MOTOR US E DUE IN SHORT T M E Vast Growth Expected by .1930; Conservatism in Finance Methods Doubling the registration of automobiles in most countries abroad within the next three years was predicted at Jthe close of the Third World Motor Transport Congress, Hotel Roosevelt, New York, under the auspices of the National Automobile Chamber of Commerce. ' John N. Willys, chairman of the '1 Congress, expressed this view with respect to Increasing motor trans port throughout the world and the opinion was seconded by many of the delegates. It has been noted throughout the meetings that many countries are just beginning to use low pric ed cars and the popularization of motor travel in most countries outside of the United States is just getting under way. The popularity of bus travel in Central Europe, for instance, was emphasized at the closing session by Tybor Haltenberger, represent ing the Budapest Motor Bus com pany. He also predicted a rapid increase in the taxicab business. "J. G. Shirley, representing the Automotive Association of Mexi co, brought out the point that mo tor, travel is being helped abroad by the introduction of modern traffic methods. More conservative financing policies were predicted by E. ,M. Morris, president of the National Association of Finance Companies. Mr. Morris pointed out that the evils of installment buying like the evils of foolish cash buying lie not in the method itself but In the way it is handled. He said that most companies now are re quiring payment of a third down and 12 monthly installments in the purchase of automobiles. A. R. Erskine, a director of the National Automobile Chamber of Commerce, presided at the closing luncheon of the Congress. , Oregon national forests cut 388,582,000 feet lumber in 1926 FIKBOOIB I CAR REtlT PROFITS Willys-Overland Bring Great Success iii "Drive Your self" System Success of the Willys-Overland products in the rental car field, according to, information reaching officials of. the National Auto Renters association. Inc., is re flected, not only in the growth and expansion of the association but in the unsolicited letters re ceived lauding the performance -of these cars. This association, sponsored by the Willys-Overland, Inc., is estab lishing rental car stations in every important city of the country, its aim being to have a chain of such rental depots from coast to coast. This, association officials declare, will afford the patron a standard line of autos, a uniform price of rental and a high grade, dependa ble service of personal transporta tion. H. A. Earnest, president of the United Drive-it-Yourself System, of Lancaster, Pa., writes: "We have been using your Knight automobiles for the last two years with such success that when the Whippet was announced we decided to give them a trial, replacing 10 of our Fords with a like lumber of Whippets. After 60 days of constant service I am more than pleased with them. The oil and gas consumption has open ed our eyes by cutting this part of our operating expense considera bly. Our customers also are well pleased. "We want to thank you for making it possible for us to in crease our profits by using this splendid, car in our business. We have just added our 11th Whippet to our equipment." Mr. Earnest, who is head of one of the largest and most successful auto rental stations in Pennsyl vania, also has this to say regard ing the performance of the Willys Knight cars use din their busi ness : "We have today purchased out 18th Willys-Knight car. After using Willys-Knight autos for the last two years we have yet to take the head off a single motor, which in this business means a great deal as it costs money to have a car laid up for repairs. Our Willys-Knights are always ready to go and our customers are a satis fied lot. We do not believe this car has an equal in the drive-it-yourself field." Astoria. Knappton and. West port companies buy 3.Q9Q.00O.OOO feet Nehaiern timber, and will build1 1 1-mile railroad line for logging use. ' ; StT Helens. Building here dur- ' In 1926. reached S 2 I 6 .9 5 0, , Eugene postal receipts to 125 passed 1315,099. . 1 -i v, To CALIFORNIA i PICKWICK STAGES 30 HOURS TO SAN FRANCISCO Throogn Reclining Chair Oar Service -Foot Schedule EAcb Pay With Stop Orer Privilege , , Leaving the Terminal HotcI: 9:20 A.M.. 12 :20 P. BU 7 P. M- 1:25 A- M. V ' SAN FRANCISCO Oof Way , . 115.50 Round Trip 1U1S30.C0 On Way LOS ANGELES Round Trip For Laf ormatioa , OaH At 427.33 . $50.00'- TERMINAL HOTEL or Phone 695 CADILLAC ESTABLISHES RECORD The record-breaking, 71-hour, cross-country run irom San Diego, Calif., to Savannah, Ga., by Col. Ed Fletcher, a San Diego business man, marks the second time with in the last 18 months that a Cad illac car has established a coast-to-coast speed record. Your Car Deserves , "SEIBERUMGS" America's Finest Tire Thoroughly guaranteed to give its user long, low-costing service Lots of miles Little Cost Pa TIRE SHOP Walter H. Zosel, Prop. ' -198 S. Commercial . , , . Telephone 471 , NOWr , u GO OVER IT- POINT BY POINT STUDY EVERY FEATURE LHead Six-Cylinder Engine . . Cranio case Ventilation ... Dual Air Cleaning . Oil Filter . . only 3 to 4 oil changes a year . Four-Wheel Brakes ... Har monic Balancer ... Two-Way Cooling - Three-Way Pressure Lubrication ... Honed Cylinders . . . High Velocity, Hot Section Manifold . . . Double-Valve Springs ... Silent Timing Chain ... Full Automatic Spark Control . . . Thermo static Charging Control . . . 30x5.25 Balloon Tires ... Balloon-Geared Steer ing. . .Double-Offset, Ixw Gravity Frame, . . Easy Shift Transmission . . .Twin Beam. Headlights, Controlled from Steer ing Wheel Chromium Permanent Lustre Hating . . . Duco Finish . . . Then consider its low price. Capitol Motors Inc. 350 North High Telephone 2125.; 1 1 KM hi " .'V-Vt . J -i iLS.O'J v ' JUU tr IIFKRIW 1 - - V' ; PAIG5 r sharply reduced prices oa , many of its models, including the closed cars on the 6-45 and 6-65 chassis. Instantly recognized as the afe leaders of the industry these Paiga sedans are nbvf unquestionably the biggest dollar-for-dollar values on. the market. 4 You simply cannot find on chassis like these af prices so ow euch charming bodies with two and three tone color combinations choice mohair upholstery over deep nested sprfags walnut steering wheels that match cleverly inlaid walnut-finish panels clus tered instruments glowing in reflected light twin smoking sets, silken toggle grips, luxurious arm rests. ' r . r r.- - Come' in any time -or phone a demonctrav tion entails ro obltzatioq whatever. ' f U 14 ii J ' .Truihm Motor Cd; 319 North CommerciaL Telephone 933 ' d.etributors and ; dealers la prn Oregon-California chain enures. , :.? . N - ' -