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The advancement in automobile equipment since 1909 can best be shown by comparison of
Western Auto Supply Company catalogs. Not2.the windshield, auto top, and headlamp which
' wereccessories eighteen years ago, and the modern equipment shown in the new 128 page
catalog that the accessory company is now mailing to all western automobile owners.
MODERN WAYS BEAT
- FLOPS IN BUSINESS
(Coa tinned from par 1)
trains and ships, telephones, tele
graph, radio, automobiles, motor
trucks, calculating machines, type
writers, automatic machinery elec
tric power and light, are but a few
of a multitude of tools now at the
command of modem business.
Vast) improvements have been
made daring recent decades in dls
' tribution - systems, in financial
methods, in transportation, in
vuuiui umtaiiuu.
Perhaps the most far-reaching
improvement of all is the im
provement noted everywhere in
human relations. Vendors and
customers, managements a n d
workers, are showing an interest
and sympathy with each other's
plans and problems that would
have been undreamed of a few
short decades ago.
While the millennium has not
yet arrived, men and groups of
men are realizing that their own
success and prosperity depend up
on the success and prosperity of
others. The interests of workers,
of stockholders, and of executives
are mutual. The interests of
groups in iron and coal are the
same as the interests of the groups
who work in rubber and concrete.
The interests of the bankers and
the manufacturers and the agri
culturalists and the transportation
groups nave muen in common.
Realization of a far-reaching de
pendente, each upon the other, is
bringing about a spirit of good
will and fair play that is extend
ing throughout the world.
Certainly no prophet can be
wrong who says that 1927 will
strengthen the bonds of ever
growing allegiance that each man
owes to "every other man in the
onward march towards perfection
of modern civilization.
As for the specific business of
Dodge Brothers, Inc., third largest
manufacturer of motor cars and
trneks in the world, we are look
ing to 1927 with confidence of
being more useful to more people
than during any year before.
TUNEING OF RADIO
FASCINATING JOB
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for one frequency and the others
for different waves and expect to
get the efficiency possible when
all three are set for the same sig
nals. It is only when this latter
condition prevails that the tube
will amplify the signals in the
manner they are supposed to.
Since there is a fundamental
difference in apparatus, it will be
less manifest in the mid-range of
the dials. As one goes up or down
the scale, however, it become
more and more obvious.
Thus, it will be seen, it js im
possible to use single control ex
cept in the instances noted above
The ideal way is to have an ar
rangement whereby the condens
ers are belted in a way that wher
one turns a master control, ihere
will be enough slack to readjust
any single condenser without mov
ing the others. Usually two or
three degrees will suffice. 3Iore
slack would prevent the pick-ur
of the carrier waves of local and
semi-distant stations because the
condensers of the extra lag would
not be in resonance.
This Is the system evolved by
Grebe engineers and is applied in
the Synchrophase type of broad
cast receiver through the-use of a
chain and pulley method. If two
or three dial tuning is desired, all
one has to- do is to loosen the
thumb screw on the top of the
tangent dials. This releases the
grip on the pulley and permits in
dividual dial tuning.
Everything in the book store
line, books, stationery, supplier
for the home, office or school
room, at the Commercial Book
Store. 163 N. Com'l.
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Sale? and Service Policies
Discussed and Plans for
ni 1927 Formed
' What is declared to have been
the most successful convention of
Western Auto Supply- Company
managers ever held in the-Seattle
district, was brought to a close
last week at the division head
liiarters in Seattle.
According to Walter Rydell,. lo
cal Western Auto manager who
has just returned from Seattle, all
the managers and executives
from Washington, Oregon and
Montana attended the four day
iles and service conference
.vhich was unprecedented in every
letail and was a glowing tribute
to the growth and activities of the
company.
' Sales and service policies were
discussed and p.lans for 1927 mer
chandising campaign were made
It was disclosed that the Western
Auto Supply company will launch
a more extensive campaign than
ever before this year with a com
plete line of automobile accessor
ies, tires, camping equipment and
radios..
A few years ago when the Wes
tern Auto stores could be counted
on the fingers of one hand, a cen
tral meeting of all the managers
was held yearly in Los Angeles
The company has advanced with
such: meteoric strides since its in
ception, and the stores have been
spread out over so wide An area
that a general yearly convention
is no longer practical and annual
meetfngs are held at the district
headquarters in Seattle, Los An
geles, Oakland and Denver.
O. J. Hull Auto Top1 & Paint
Co.. Radiator, fender and body
repairing. Artistic painting adds
100 per cent to the appearance of
vour auto. 26' 6. Cora 1. ()
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The P.' VW." Pettyjohn company
announced durinE the week that
they are . now handling the Nash
line exclusively having given up
the Cadillac agency. The Teeentj
added Improvements and the at
tractiveness of the Nash line is
given as the reason.
GENERAL MOTORS
SET HIGH RECORD
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make the statement that, the earn
ing of 1826,? exploding equities,
exceeded those of 1925 by 148.-
50G.216. or, 45.6 j per .cent and
further, that the earnings of 1926
f-xceedetl the former high record
previous to 1925 fby $92,923,447
or 1 4 9 . 7 per cen t. rFor , the pur
pose of making ihis comparison
absolutely ..'fair - ithe -'additional
earnings, in 19261 resulting from
the consolidation of Fisher Body
had been eliminated. Comparison
with previous reports will demon
strate that notwithstanding the
very larpe disbursement account
oi dividends, there was added to
surplus or reinvested in the busi
ress for further development, a
t.tal of $64,508,864. This com
pares with S36,9d9,544 for the
year 1925. -The
regular quarterly dividend
was increased as of March 12,
1926, to 1.75 per share or to the
rate of $7 per shaxe per annum
The same rate, of ; dividend was
paid on the additional stock re
sulting from the 50 per cent stock
dividend paid Sept.; 12. The ef
fect of this was that as of that
date the regular quarterly divi
dend was further increased to the
equivalent of $10.50 per share per
annum. There was paid as regu
lar dividends, on the common
stock during the year, a total of
$48,497,216. In addition, two ex
tra dividends were declared aggre
gating $55,433,777. There re
sulted a total declaration of com
mon stock dividends for the year
of $103,930,993. . This includes
the extra dividends amounting to
$34,788,558 paid Jan. 4, 1927 to
stockholders of record Nov. 20,
1926.
Cash In bank and marketable
securities at the close of the year
amounted to $135,398,386. This
c o m p a res with $145,142,038 at
the close of the previous year.
Sight drafts, for $12,073,434; in
ventories $156,203,663; total cur
rent assets $336,338,213; current
liabilities $144,332,596. This
leaves an excess of current assets
over current liabilities of $192,
005 617 and compares with $181,
826,881 as of Dec. 31, 1925, an
increase of $10,178,736. The to-,
tal of capital stock and surplus
($634,257,318 at Dec. 31, 1926)
includes $147,240,895 of which
$64. 508,864 is accounted for by
earnings reinvested .jin the,, business.-and
the bafance of $82,732,
031 represents, increases Lo capital
and surplus. Incidental to the ac
quisition of the minority interest
in Fisher Body at June 30, 1926.
Total assets of the Corporation at
Dec. 31;;i 9 2 6 amounted to $92 6.
8 94,105 Vom'rH..'yriih $7 03,78 6
664 at'thVend of, 192 5. I ' . -.-The
investment . in real estate,
land and equipment .at Dec. 31
1926, was $434, 373,903 compared
with $287,268,286 at 'Dec, 31.
1925; an increase. during the year
of $147,105,617 of whfch $86.
423.456 was due to the-acquisition
of the Fisher Body Corporation,
and $60.6S2.161 to expenditure
for plant extensions and Improve
ments. 'The investment in affiliat
ed and " miscellaneous companies
decreased $6;467.825 during the
year, reflecting the transfer of th.
r UCr investment to the plant ac
count, also expeaditures for addi
tional capital stock of subsidiary.
In the sum of $23,400,000.
Outstanding notes of the Fihr
Body Corporation amounting tn
812.M0.000 were retired, incident
to the acquisition of the assets
and liquidation of the Corporation
It-will be noted from the forel
going that the sum of $96,582 Hi
was required for the purpose nf
financing the necessary plant ex
tensions, additional capital stok
oi suDsmianes, and the ret
ment or the Fisher Body notes
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FIVE SECONDS MORE TO LIVE!
What" would you , do if you wye told that you had only
five seconds more to live? ,
.That's rather a difficult question bat. Just the question
we could well ask the driver who scorns his brakes,
That chap, driving -his car with his wife beside him and his
children in the rear seat, may suddenly see an inevitable a. ci
dent looming up before his eyes. .
Not very hard to guess what he will do as he sees calamity
striking. Now he jams down desperately brakes which won't
hold, which seem to squeak "I told you so" as they fail.
The pain of remorse is cold and bitter. : ;
There's a strong truth expressed In the picture of the un
fortunate who has loet control of his car because, bis brakes are
bad.- Such a picture could have as its title "Being Sorry Won't
Make the Brakes Hold.",
Do YOU know positively that YOTJR brakes are all right?
They may hold fairly well in ordinary driving, "but will they
stand the sudden strain of a quick stop?
Come In and let mb give your brakes a good inspection.
This service is free and places you under no obligation. .
MIKE PANEK
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SALEM'S BRAKE SPECIALIST
Yes, we have brake lining that holds in wet weather
THE cafv will work easier. The bills reas
. onable, "your temper serene when you
bring-yoar car to us.
, Monroe S. Cheek
. ' . Complete Antomotlve Labrlcatlon
Court at Capitol Phone 2205
Accurate
Mike
Call On Us
For Any
Auto Parts
C & L. PARTS STORE INC. Vv:
Corner Ferry and Uberty Telephone 666
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Because it carries the lowest prices ever placed on a";
truly fine automobile, the Most Beautiful Chevrolet r
brings into existence an entirely new conception of
"Quality at Low CostT .-"W..-"';'-:
Never before atjChevrolet's amazingly reduced prices .
has any manufacturer provided so many fyxc car "
features, so many marks of distinction and so many
, mechanical improvements. These are typified by
- new bodies by Fisher finished in Duco colors, full
crown one-piece fenders, bullet-type lamps, AC oil -filter,
AC air cleaner, improved transmission, larger
radiator and many others. ' ,
You need only to see these supremely beautiful cars
to realize why all America is proclaiming them 'as v
the greatest sensation of America's greatest industryl .
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: market afiords to see that they represent the biggest
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and get a demonstration! ; .- -.- ''
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The Sedan $695
Sport Cabriolet 15
The Landau
$745
M95
$395
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