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Herd of Charging Buffaloes Almos t Wipes Out ' v Smithsonian - Chry sler African Zoological Expedition TCwa-Hundred Far j Drive n An imals H Stampede Into Party of Scientists When Ri jj fle is Fired. Expedi tion Saved by Miracle . .: :' lr' . , " . lr, " , " - ; . - . r'' " ' ' " - 1 - '.- ' If yon erer find yourself hunt ing dangerous wild animals In Africa or In any other country for Jthat matter, never fire Into a herd. (That is one of the first rules of tropical big game hunting and al jnoat all j of the members of the - Smithsonian-Chrysler Expedition, pant to Tanganyika. Territory in .East Africa by the Smithsonian In- IfeitUation. tO Collect IIvp xrUrl ant. ' mala for the National Zoological liiJaric, in Washington, know this, llut recently one overzealous mem jber of the expedition, under the fexcitement of the moment, fired lnto a herd of 2 Qfl buffalo and the destruction of the expedition was threatened. i Dr. William M. Mann, director ' the National Zoological Park in Washington and head of the expe dition, writes to Walter P. Chrys Jer, sponser of the expedition, how -members of the party were search ing for rhinos in the country about iLake Manyara, almost dae north 0pt Dodoma, base camp of the ex pedition, and almost due west jifrom Mombasa on the east coast, iatlre boys reported a herd, of btlffa.1n whlrh lbne of the' members of the expe- jdltion wishing to bring one down, tired. There was a splash of mud and some one yelled: , "Look out, they're coming." it The animals charged directly Howard the hunters. There was ."nothing for them to do but run, 'and run they did, 'There was no tjtrees behind which totake refuge, instead there was nhid,, shoe deep, jirhe hunters might have been kill Med had it not been for the fortu- 'nate fact that the herd parted In the middle just before reaching jlhe men. Part went in one direc Hion and partrIn. the, other and the "Iranfers were unharmed. r Dr. Mann writes: s "rf-tT8 KiadtO seS thorn rri and If ever a friend of mine with me "fires at a buffalo herd again he will not be a friend of mine any more. , FURTHER CHANGES New ;Xl4tctt 'and Steering Refinements Insure Easier - Control of Car Gear shifting at the slightest touch and smoother, more gentle application of "power are -credited to an improved clutch which is now used in all Dodge Brothers motor cars. "Of the many advan tages which" the new design offers, the one which appeals most to the ladyvdrtver,' says Mr. Bonesteele. of tbj Bonesteele Company, local Dodge .Brothers dealer, "is the unusualry-sort pedar a'ctfoh:" It seett.rerna'rJcabJe that a mechan ism which controls the application Eontuch power can be operated witlT so, little " muscular effort? as i3.no?4-&quirea to push the clutch pedal down. , , . . ' U?iiEte the . unusual; smooth ness and gentleness with) which the clutch, takes up Its load its hold is positive when engaged. But the feature which: appeals most to all drivers is the remark able ease with which the gears can be shifted. In some cars it Is necessary to hold the clutch de pressed for a few seconds before shifting the gears into speed to avoid a noisy shift. Everybody who drives the Dodge Brothers car of today is instantly impressed .with the ease and silence with which the gears can be shifted -while the car Is getting under way and with the ease with which they can be shifted down into a lower speed when traffic or road condi tions necessitate. -. "The friction which occurs in any clutch while it slips as it takes up Its load is manifest in heat. The exceptional ability of Dodge Brothers new clutch to dissipate the heat thus produced Insures ' long life of the , facings. When, after, knag service, . the- specially woven asbestos facings do become slightly worn -the method "ot ad Justing is . extremely simple. In ac either the ownes or the mech enie ea make the adjustment as quickly as. the tire is changed. , - "The .new , clutch- .Is- unusually' - quiet In operation. . There are - no parts'to rattle or chatter. while the, clutch Is released or during engagement. - The ball release bearing, is ; Idle except when the . pedal Is depressed. .. , -, .. . ' "Easy steering .has been made " easier , by the: fitting of an im proved' type- of anti-friction bear ing above each steering knuckle. To Insure against wear.each race ' is completely.rilled with balls. The entire thrust bearing Is enclosed in a metal container ..to, retain lubricant ;and exclude , grit and water. The same oversize knuckle pin Is used. This pin Is ; heat treated to develop glass like hard ness in the outer shell and tough uess and strength in the core I EJTO r ' " : " ! T " Only the splitting of the buffalo herd saved the lives of the scientists engaged inrapturing live wild animals for the Smithsonian-Chrysler Expedition when 200 animals charged. Circle right Black line shows route ot expedition in Tanganyika Territory from Dar-es-Sa-Iaam to Dodoma to Lake Manyara where incident occurred. An expedition like the Smithsonian-Chrysler Expedition which is collecting live, wild animals for the national zoo, must necessarily get as many young animals as possible. Of course, It is practi cally impossible to capture alive the old ones. Dr. Mann, in writing from Lake Manyara tells how the expedition captured Its first ani mal, a young gnu. - "The lake here extends almost to the foot of the hills," writes Dr. Mann. Several of us crouched in the bush and one crept through the bush back of the herd until we were near them when we jumped up with the loudest .yells possible. The herd scattered; some shot Into the bush, some passed us and- others turned about and went back along the lake; but hardness to' resist wear and tough ness to resist shock and insure safety. "The new muffler,, which was adopted only after several years of experimenting,- is much ijmoj-e effective than the oldJin silencing the sound of the engine exhaust. The changeinvolved the scrapping of a battery of special welding machines designed and built for the sole purpose of welding to gether the pressed steel sections of the former muffler and the further expense of making special tools for forming the new unit. This cost and the fact that the shell of the new muffler is of metal 40 per cent heavier than that -used in the former is convincing evi dence that the purpose "of the fhange is betterment of the pro duct. "The connections between the universal joint and the' propeller shaft and between -the two rear axle shafts and the two side geajs in the differential have .been re designed giving materially increas ed strength and greater freedom from - wear. ' The propeller shaft, all" the1 gears in. the differential and the axle shafts are, as has al ways been Dodge Brothers prac tice of the finest chrome vanadium steel, scientifically beat treated in the finest and most modern elec trical heat treatment furnaces. In fact over 465 pounds of chome vanadium steel are used for mak ing the vital parts of each Dodge Brothers chassis a-gainst less than 175 pounds or open hearth carbon steel required for the other chassis forgings. c "Safety, and dependability have always been recognized as out standing characteristics of Dodge Brothers product. Recent vital improvements in the engine have contributed added power and greatly. Increased smoothness of performance. Now the lighter clutch action, easier, quicker shift ing and more responsive steering aforfd brilliance of performance in traffic instantly appreciated by the driver." H I. Stiff Furniture Co.. lead ers in complete home furnishings, priced to make you the owner; the store that studies your every need and is ready to meet it, ab solutely. ' r " - () STUDEBAKER FIRM PLACES BIG ORDER " (Continued from par 1.) distributor for Studebaker. were fn Mr. Hoffman's office daring the conversation ; and greeted Mr. Oi lier, who was rice president of the corporation before taking, over the sale of, its, cars in Great Britain. ' -4 G. W. Dayy tires, tvbes and ac cessories; has the Goodyear tires, .the standard of fthe world.- Mr. bay can give you more ' mileage. Corner Co m'l and Chemeketa. () Hartmanl Bros "Jewelry ' Store, Watches, clocks, zings, pins, dia monds., charms, cut glass, silver ware. Standard goods. State at Liberty St. - J thirty or so took to the water. There was a young one with them and we went after it, running it into a reed bed, where we finally got a rope over its neck. It near ly got one of our boys, but we rigged a carrying case from a gunny sack and two poles and got it into camp. "It is about six months old, fine and husky and feeding well, and1 there is a splendid chance of get ting it home. It is in a little cor ral twenty feet from where I now sit, calmly eating grass. It was a beautiful irive, nobody hurt, ev erybody tired, even the her of gnu." On another occasion Dr. Mann writes: "We broke camp and started back along the lake when we saw ARTISTS OHO Fifth Concert of'1 927 Series to Be Broadcast on Friday Evening NEW YORK, (Special) Three youthful and distinguished American ortists of opera and con cert will be the unusual radio of fering of the Victor Talking Ma chine Company in the fifth con cert of its 19 27 series, on next Friday evening. They are Marion Talley, soprano, and Lawrence Tibbett, baritone, both of the Metropolitan Opera Company, and Richard Crooks, tenor. , Miss Talley's -triumphal entry into opera a year-ago is still fresh in the minds of the entire nation. It was just a few. days after her sensational debut at the :Metro poHtan Opera House as Gilda that she was heard for the first time over the air, on a 'Victor program. Mr. Tibbett, who is one of the outstanding operatic figures in America, makes his radio debut in the coming concert. Mr. Crooks is one of the best known concert artists of today, and his 1925 con cert tour f Germany won for him an acclaim seldom accorded a young singer. - Beginning at 9 p. m., Eastern Standard time, the concert will be heard through station of the "blue" network and the Southern division of the National Broad casting Company, as follows: WJZ, New York; WBZ, Spring field and Boston: KDKA, Pitts burgh; KYW, Chicago; WHAS, Louisville, Ky.; WSB, Atlanta; WMC, Memphis, and WSM, Nash ville. Since Miss Talley's first operatic appearance, she has been heard in concert in many of the principal American cities, and her Metro politan opera career has- been a succession of triumphs- s In her first concert tour in the spring and early summer of last year, she gave twenty concerts to over flow audiences. . ; Lawrence , Tibbett was born in Bakersfield, California, and since he became a member ot the Met ropolitan Opera company about three years ago he has risen to a place among the foremost operatic baritones. lie. has a. voice of un usual t richness and beauty, to which , the Prologue, from "Pag liacci," -which Is included in his radio program," gives full play. . Richard Crooks has' been sing ing in public since he first attract ed attention as boy soloist, at the age of nine. In Trinity: Episcopal church choir, at Trenton .Jf." J. At fourteen he went to New York, to sing In the choir of All Saint's church, and a few years later he was. being heard . in concert by great audiences throughout Amer ica and on the continent. Tho i.ti.t. iit v --t--a - i THREE AMER vvo uoMUHU "7 game herds ahead of us. In the middle of the afternoon the herd of wild beast had been enlarged to more than 200 and they were rath er tired. We walked steadily along, but they had been in front of us all day running backwards and forwards and doing a lot of prancing about. In the middle of the afternoon they tried to cut past us. We chased them and they became demoralized and got into the water, this time in a deeper place than before. A short gallop there tired out the youngsters. We dashed in close, the herd passed us, there was all sorts of confus ion and splashing of water and when it had quieted a bit I saw six groups of our natives, each with a calf, unhurt. One got the Victor Salon orchestra, under the direction of Nathaniel Shil kret. The program follows: Montmartre Rose (Lyman) Eleanor (Deppen) Victor Salon Orchestra -. Forgotten- (Cowles) ' In the Wee Little Home I Love (Johnstone-O'Hara) Richard Crooks. Prologue to "Pagliacci" (Leon cavello) Lawrence Tibbett. When I Was Seventeen (Lillje bjorn) In the Garden (Miles) Marion Talley. Wee Bit O'Heart (N. Shiikret) In the Days Gone By, from "Countess Maritza" (Kalman) Victor Salon Orchestra. A Dream i Cory-Eartiett ) Richard Crooks. Oh! That We Two Were Maying (Neyin) Lawrence Tibbett. I.o! Hear the Gentle Lark (Bishop) Marion Talley. Barcarolle, from Tal?s of Hoffman" ( Offenbach .Marion Talley Jfnd Lawrence Tibbett. ERA OF PROSPERITY SEEN FOR INDUSTRY (Continued from page 1.) trken this week at the Toledo auto show establishes a new retail sales record here, Toledoans signing up for the immediate delivery of 194 Whippets and Willys-Knights the first three days of the show, an increase of 140 per. cent over the 126 auto show sales. "An Minneapolis this week dur ing the first three days of the Twin City show, retail orders for Willys-Knights and Whippets showed a 40 per cent increase over last year's sales. This is taken as a strong indication that business m the northwest is rapidly return ing to normal and that Willys Overland dealers in that territory have a good year ahead of them. "At the regional sales confer ence held in Detroit, Toledo, New York, Atlanta, Philadelphia, Buf falo, Pittsburgh, Milwaukee, In dianapolis, approximately" 4,000 dealers expressed the opinion that with the new line of 1927 cars they would , be able to do the greatest volume of business in the history of the organization. They have supported ' this belief with a record volume of orders placed with ' the factory for Immediate shipment." Factory officials declare that it aiready has become necessary to increase the car building sched ules. he.re to 'meet the flood of or ders that has poured Into the sales department in the last five weeks. They say , this unprecedented de mand for ; Willys-Knights and Whippets is due to the engineer ing features embraced in the new models which has. established for the company the position of engi neering leadership in the automo-j oue ma us try. Bonesteele Motor Co., 454 S, Com'L, has the Dodge automobile for von. AH steal hodv. T jnt t-Bmm. wu6o vwwn, - lurj Will tell VOU. f away but with the pne we had be fore we now have an even half dozen fine young gnu calves. "We made hammocks of bur lap bags and poles with holes cut in the burlap to put the calves feet through and got them here, where we have just made camp. Now they are tethered to trees and all but the youngest are con tentedly munching on grass. To collect a fine little herd of good antelope In an hour without hurt ing an adult. or getting any boys wounded is an event in Africa. " The expedition was just getting to work at the time of Dr. Mann's writing. It is believed that two or three months will be spent in the field before the long journey back to America will be started. NEW F Power Development Indicate Engineers Work for Quick Get-Away Advance specifications of the new Falcon-Knight, the six-cylin-dfer Knight sleeve-valve motored car, which will be presented to the motor buying public the latter part of March, have just been re leased by the manufacturers. In general, they incorporate the features of this type of engine, which have been conspicuous in other Knight motored productions in this country and in Europe. The construction of the sliding sleevxes which take the place of the valves and valve mechanism of the poppet-valve type of motor, is conventional Knight design, and mechanical fits and material speci fications are identical with those of Knight motors found in other cars of higher price ranges. The power development indicat es that the engineers have paid especial attention to the present day demand for great flexibility with quick get-a-way ability in traffic and with sustained pulling power on heavy grades. Following the general tendency among quality built, motors, the crankshaft In the motor is sus pended in seven bearings, all of generous dimensions. Cooling Is thermostatically controlled and other items of equipment and de sign follow equally advanced de sign. Complete specifications will not be released until the cars are ready for general distribution, which will be later In March and it is stated by engineers of the Falcon Motors Corporation that they will ofter many surprises when they are finally disclosed. It is known that markedly rapid acceleration and effective braking are features of performance and these have been widely demon strated to motor car dealers, who have ridden in the sample models which are being shown in Detroit. Advancements In the construc tion of the fcnight sleeve-valve motor during the past" two years have been rapid both in America and in Europe and many records have bee established by these power plants for speed, ' power, economy and long life. . The position of this type of en gine In this'country has been in creased in importance by the addition-of an eight-cylindered motor by Stearns-Knight, by important sales records of Willys-Knight models and now by the' entry ef a Knight motored car In the Falcon-Knight In the lower price ranges..-. t . ; - In Europe, Daimler has present ed a twelve-cylindered Knight , -waren djs own accepiea A ON KNIGHT DESIGNS 1I1CD fhct ,,tfn- - v development in European motor car engineering. Panhard-Levassor has added a six-cylindered Knight motor to their line of four and eight-cylin-dered products and other Euro pean builders have shown pro nounced activity in the building of the Knight sleeve-valve motor. It is characteristic of this power plant that it has always been as sociated with cars of the highest quality and this position in this country is protected by the. re strictions placed upon builders by the American Knight Patents Co., who control license rights. In addition to the mechanical excellence which Is claimed for the motor in the new Falcon-Knight, engineers for. the company state that springing has come in for marked attention and that the total spring surface together with the methods used in the construc tion of the spring shackles and the cradling of the body between the springs has resulted in excep tional riding comfort. Cobbs & Mitchell Co., lumber and building materials for every purpose. Get estimates, look at quality ot material, then you will order. 349 S. 12th St. () The Matter of Your lights, battery and ignition condition has a greater bearing on your safety4 than any other one thing. Our patrons are protected by expert knowledge, ability and every needed mechanical equipment. If you are not now one of our patrons we invite you to become one and know the satisfac tion of perfect auto electrical service at a surprisingly low cast. 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