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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (March 27, 1927)
THE OREGON STATESaiAN; SALEMOREGON SUNDAY MORNING, MARCH 27, 1927 r NEw ROAD 0 With the pening of, the Bricttmrg High. y t- Yosemlte Park, t'wittter sports are or popular' at thispUygtound. Top photo shows view of the-Valley with Half 'Dome at rights -On the right is' the over hanging rock on the new road with a tic- ture of the-' Uniorf-f the- center is a real honest - to - goodness snowman made hy the party. Lower left, another view oL the Valley, and to the right, another view of the Briceburg H ighway. .The -map shows the- recently comoleted -all-vear )road into Yosemke Valley. A member of tne party is snown enjoying the well known sport ski ing. YOSEfilTTE PROMISES TO BE POPDLAR WINTER: RESORT C c . j ,abf or complain nor was there oPOrtS 13 MOW CCtffitry Elected a av ' necessity to change gears, to InrcHnndreds firoo G&hi. Easy flcek Trip from "Los Angeles orSarifranctsco. " - t Yosemlte Valley J probably the best known of California's sum mer playgrounds, promises to be come a popular all-year-ronnd resort with motorists, according to A. R. Hromatka. Los Angeles business man who recently made a trip to Yosemlte in a Union Ethyl scout car, a Hupmobile ei'Kht sedan. With the opening of the new "nvkt built Briceburg highway from Merced to EI Portal which nierg the valley below the snow '" the shackles which have niade Yosemito-a snow-bound fairyland d ring the winter months have been shaken off. The new road, according to Hromatka, is In excellent condi tion and the trip-can be made from Merced with comparative as In three hoars,; To quote Hromatka. "the mo torist climbs steadily from Merced io the floor of the valley, a dis tance of approximately 85 miles. The trip leads from sunshine to miow with the consequent changes in temperature. We . negotiated this stretch of road under condi tions that made motoring a real Pleasure. At no time during the long upward grind did the engine now NOT tomorrow, or some other time. That's our idea of when you'want your auto repair done. We don't -monkey around a bit we get right on your work and stay with it until it is properly finished. That is one of . the reasons that we are one of the 1 best liked repair garages. in saiem. v C. W: LEBENGOOD . 980 South Commercial Phone 5G4 J j "DAY JIXD IGIIT PENS YOSEMITE ';.-;V -'W, vir.r? i - A' 1 11 I s . 7 ? Tv It V ' . -.i V HSBSBSBBSHBRHMWSSaaMS nign oeing usea an tne way. Tne smooth, even pull and increased power provided by Union Ethyl gasoline made hill climbing a new experience, and a pleasant one." Calif ornians - and tourists who wish to meet King Winter in one of his milder moods will find the trip worth while. Yosemlte val ley blanketed with snow, becomes a veritable fairyland -a Kris Kringle Land of Dreams. Great Machines Give Fac tory Remarkable Record Every Nine Hours Row after row of whirring ma chines each finishing pistons capable o fproducing 6000 in nine hours. ,.And elsewhere through out Dodge Bros., immense plants, such manufacturing facilities as a battery of ; hammers which -'easily turn out in excess of ' 254,000 pieces per day.' At screw-machine department equipped with 300 automatic ma- r " I i TOWIXG SERVICK' PISTONS FOR DODGES TO WIMROT11 jrl ; 1 f i:' ;:'-S--;sS;-;- " ; . :M -- .r. : : : ' ' r;f .;."' - -1 . : . 1 Ci5" chines, some producing 7500 fin ished parts each day. A harden ing department where from 90, 000 to 100,000 parts are heat treated as part of each full day's work. Three hundred and 25 gear-cutting machines with an out put of 34,000 gears each day. Huge presses which take a flat piece of steel and emit a fender or body panel presses capable of exerting pressures ranging from 900 to 140 Otons and weighing as much as 356,000 pounds. "Here, undeniably, is volume production,' states Mr. Bonesteele of Bonesteele Motor Car Co., Dodge Bros, dealers in Salem. "Here, too, is the reason why Dodge Brothers motor cars can be so good and yet so reasonable in price. And with Dodge Brothers quality in design, materials and workmanship has ever been of (Clean Up Paint Up Jo" iteeplfeiif Car r-X-i- -V - n Auto 'Painting Tops - Glass -Fenders Repaired Washing and Greasing Complete Auto Body Rebuilding Wood's Auto Service Co; . . i t "., ' ! ' --. - s. 545 Chemekta Street :i Salem, Oregon j i ".'PKorie 809 : ? ; i TV 1 prime importance. They . have realized full well how short-lived would be their enviable reputation were they to stray for an instant from the path of quality. "With this ideal a fixed law, every safeguard to quality has been provided. For instance, a Metallurgical department, com pletely equipped with chemical and physical laboratories, is a vi tal part of their organization. Here, experts determine through exhaustive tests whether or not raw material and finished parts are of a standard high enough to become parts of Dodge Brothers motor cars. How uncompromising such tests really are, is best prov ed by the world-wide name for dependability which the car has attained." Try a Classified Want Ad See Wood's For AUTO PAINTING 5 1 $ ..... If - t 'J- Rumble Seat and Complete Equipment in This Out Door Type of Car With the Introduction of a sport roadster to the new Ponliac six line announced last week, there has entered the low priced field a type of automobile' which hither to has been associated only with the more expensive makes of cars. This new body type added to the line is in every sense a sport roadster will 1 all the equipment, smartness, color harmony and dash deemed essential to this out door type of motor car. , It has seating capacity for four adults, a rumble seat in the rear, easily opened and easily reached, giving the extra carrying capacity for two persons. The car coloring of Lucern blue Duco, striped witl. Faerie red is as distinctive as th rakish body lines. The upholstery is of shark grain leather and deep side pock ets are provided in both doors Nickle plating is used extensively in the hardware of the car. The windshield arms are nickel plated as are the rear deck bars and the rumble seat side arms, door han dles and interior hardware. The rumble seat is entered by means of two aluminum steps on the right side -of the car, one on the frame and the other mounted on the fender. Some of the unique features in clude the inside door handles which are placed toward the ex treme front of the doors to be easily accessible; the outside door handles which are inlaid With imi tation mother of pearl; and the head and the cowl lights which are finished in the same Duco color as the. body of the car. The spare tire is neatly carried on the left front fender. Automatic windshield cleaner and rear view mirror are standard equipment. When the rumble seat is used, the. entire top may be removed or thevback curtain may be raised 'of taken off altogether when the toffls tip A glass window inset hi the. back curtain "is gramed in aluminum. - This. car reflects all the many improvements ,of the new Pontiac six line,, longer and lower bodies, deeper radiator, larger, heavier and more sweeping crown fenders and more massive headlamps. The beading slopes down at the back of. the sport roadster to conform to the graceful slope of the rear deck. One of the unique features of the car is the new tilting-beam headlights which are ; control led by a switch en the floor boards. This switch which is most simply operated by the foot either throws the beam down on the road for city driving or straight ahead for country driving at night without dimming the intensity of the light. A J. 7-inch steering wheel with aluminum spider is another re finement to the Pofftfac six line. Other new mechanical features in clude new transmission and brake levers, a clutch even more smooth and positive in action and an oil sealed universal joint. The car lists at $775 f. o. b. factory. At ' the present time, the fac tories at Pontiac are being extend ed to produce the number of Pon tiac sixes demanded throughout the country. , . v-. v-: -. g 6)mtfl!k; World's Lowest i j cost power travel ATOU can ride a Hriev-Dvid- X son Single at a coat Of only erne cent per mile! Let than stmt car or bus fare. Safe convea ient comfortable. 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There's more -of the world that you want to know Give 'em the gas and let 'em go Over the bills and down the hollow. A car to drive and a road to . follow, A girl to love and a car to drive, Lord, but it's great to be alive! - Berton Brafey. NEW RADIO BODY F1CES BIG TASK Commission Recently Crea ted Must Unscramble Un savory Looking Mess CINCINNATI. Ohio. (Special.) When the new radio commission created iby the recently passed broadcasting legislation, starts out to unscramble the unsavory look ing omelet that now exists in the ether, it has a job on its hands. The task, lxowever, can be ac complished In spite of the diffi culties, if the commission keeps the pablic interest uppermost fn mind. This was the comment of Powel Cottage nt Ferry Streets mm life WwkB-s 1 A TTn Crosley, Jr.president of the Cros leyHadib corporation, after Presi dent Cooltdge affixed his signa ture to the bill, that has been so long awaited by radio listeners. 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