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1 .11 y "A I 1 'k i . - ' mm mmmm 61 ft. Autoihoiivc VliurcKei - SECTION FOUR Tages I to 8 p -ct 1 -f".y , r m 1 CUEl N D V I G ,Q )R P JJ;S 3 no to SEVENTY-SEVENTH YEAR CilOTIM Ranks Fourth in Field of Seven Tire Manufacturers; Business Large Word has 1een received by Walter Zosel of Zosel4? Tire Shop, local Seiberling' dealers that the nianaj?ment''of the famous K & S RubberGoods company factor ies in Toronto "will be taken over hy the SeiberlTng Company. ,?f Canada, I.dt., April 1, according to an announcement today. -by Frank A. Seiberiing. Clifford A. Jones, assistant ' general sales manager ot. the Akron company, has been anointed vice president and managing director of the new company. It. J. Thomas and Dr. W. Sanders of j Akjron will .be come secretary and treasurer and factory manager, respectively, of the Toronto plant. For ten years the K & S. Rub ber Goods company has been one of the leading concerns ,in the rubber industry of Canada. lt ranks fourth in a field of seven Canadian tire manufactures. It operates five branches and In ad dition to its large tire volume etj-' joya a ssti.u.ouu annual ousine! in drug sundries, supjlyingy 85 per cent of the Canadian drug sundry market. This department will be expanded by Seiberiing. The 9 26 -volume of bufiinss to talled $2, 500, Odd' or 12 per cent of the total Canadian tire busi ness. Under tha new manage ment. Seiberiing "All-Tread" tires will be manufactured, distributed through the five Canadian bran ches and exported to all parts of the British empire. The Toronto plant has a capacity of 1000 tires a day. Production will be doubled .immediately. The same policies j "if exclusive dealership and high j Li quality product will be fol--V "red by the new Canadian com pany. The K & S line of tires will be continued, providing the Canadian dealer market with a type of. tire suited .to every, need. The three .new - executive, have had wide experience Jn.,,ihe rul. ber industry lanagiaa direc tor Jones stated' today' that. he ex pects to nuke j very few changes in the efficient personnel, of the fanadian plant. ." . OilEK,GIB mum ps Ties, fools, tdggage, Shift and.Doors All Have Same Locku One can Imagine the chagrin of the golfer driving1 up to the first tee to take his place Jn the four some and discovering that his cliihc are securely locked in the golf compartment of his car and that the key is in his other suit at home. Also one can, visualize the man delayed out in the coun try with a burned out light bulb, the extras in the tool box of his car and the key hanging in the garage some 20 miles distant; In the . latest .CaUll3. and La Salle lines, however, these ld style bogies are "out," and out to stay, with one key operating the shift lock, extra tird .lock, tool box. luggage, carrier, and doors, the nuisance of forgetting the ari;e key has been eliminated and the motorist who has the pne key necessary to get tne 'caf out of the family garage, , has access to w hatever may be locked np In any of the car's compartments.- On the special models , where .there are compartments or additional factory-installed equipment, these are also locked ..or unlocked y the same key. ' The day then has passed when "the motorist Is apt to neglect to brine alone ill nt the half dozen Tv. or go keyg required for his old Jf' model car, and the inconvenience oi iiat tire on a rainy night wttn the spare tire key home on the bureau, has gone to the realm of discarded practices along with the old fashioned starting crank. Tbelre, is also the case In which. a party of motorists prepared marvelous lunch drove miles Into the country and late that ' even ing drove home,; tired nd hungry. the lunch still locked securely In the luggage carrier and the keys reposing In an extra suit of clothes at home.-,-; ';..- r-? , "How t did you cure, your wife oi tne antiaue craxe' c t. ' "OK I Just .gave het a ,1515 POdei Jonrtox car,--J.- - 0 y i i ii i " ' i..-,v.v.v,o-- . .. ' . 3 iT:-'. I C. - .n.- .. '"-,. 77-..-:..-. ar--- --:1Lt 1 4 i! I V Smoothness of ' Operation and Absence, of Vibration . - Depends on Weight "i By Frank Watts Chief Engineer, Hupp Motor Car Corporation ' "Perfectly : .Balanced Crank shaft" Is an 'ofit repeated, phrase in automobile advertising. "What does It mean?" asks the readep "Is it important J.'he. also asks,? and "How ft Jt done?" iTher;ranksbaft and flywheel are the heaviest rotating parta of a :.cajf- Ihey aFe not perfectly balanced it is easy to- see that .vi bration will result, &nd BjUice the .tendency to vibrate increases as the .square of the speed it is Im portant to secure 'perfect balance to hare a smooth running engine at high speed. . .It-te comparatively easy to. se- cure an Imost perfect balance in the riywneeij because its rorm is sljnple, and if the balance Is not rjgbt. when first, tested, after ma chining the correction is a simple matter.'.'' 7 With a crankshaft uticlr as in the Hnpmobile Straight Eight it te. nptsp pimple a matter becans the crankshaft extends the' whole lenglh.fl the engine, having eight separate crank pins, located on four", different sides of the shaft anrt'at eight different points along its length: The old way of balancing a ro tating part was to let it re.st on level "ways" to see if it would roll evenly or if there was one point that would always come ui-t If the latter 4 was ht condition metal ?was; removed from the low er side till even rolling was se cured. This results in. what is known as "static balance." ; But an object as Irregular i n form as a multiple cylinder en gine crankshaft may.be la perfect eta tic baianceano; stui cause vi bration when rotating at high speed. This is because there may be a heavy. point at one end of the crankshaft counterbalanced by" another i heavy ' point ; in the center or even at the opposite end. The shaft will then roll perfectly on the .ways but 'when .rotating at high speed will tend to bend .out ward at each of thesevheavy points and will set up Vibration In the whole engine that can be notice ably disagreeable to the occupants of the car. : - . .. . Every Hupmobile crankshaft. Is not only put in static balance but First Aid Stations Now Along Some: Auto Roads PARIS (XP)T--The arfs-reaur rille road, well marked with auto mobile wrecks every summer. Is to have regular hospital service. ' - First aid stations are to be es tablished along . the 140 miles of the speedway to the seashore by the Touring Club of France. . At each 100 points or every mile , and a ihalf, tber .will be equipment for emergency medical attention, v t certain points $here will be provision for summoning doctors and ambulances. , . .""' The road is the 4iriost , popular out of Paris, and as it leads to the country's 'most fashionable and most expensive Resort,, .there: al - ways are inany lst cars,' ' ' S flftLftNCIfffi 1. Tim llrge picfttro It the tifl Is a vie pt tlw new FalcopTkaiKht;Slx Kedan which is making its initial bow. to. the public today. This car is manufactured by the "new Falcon Motors Corporation at Elyria, Ohio, and is the first Knight powered car to be manufactured in Americi in the $ 1.000 elas. J The body is low swung giving it un usual road stability. The inset at the upper right is a front'vlew of the Falcon-Knight. A view of the Falcon factory at Elyria occupies the large portion of the center space while the inset at the left shows .a closeup of the car. The executive offices of the Falcon Motors Corporation are in Detroit. - An automobile powered with a, Kuight -type engine is , brought within the reach of an entirely new group of niotorists with the anouncement this week of a new make of six-cylinder Knight ;sleeve valve engined car of, the!1 latest type to sell- in - the $1000; price field. The newcomer known as the Falcon-Knight and manufac tured by the Falcon Motor corpor ation, Detroit, is being, shown simultaneousry this week In the leading cities and towns of the entire country by a newly formed, dealer organization which will handle this car. J The earliest days of the present time Knigh.tjengined automobllea haye been- confined Ato "the higher. Pflce(jfield ' T't'e marketin gTof ja sleeve-yalve engined car to-, sell In tbej $1000. price class has been made possible pnjy by an' Invest- nient of veral millions of dol--lara.' In special machinery t4Tta' duce mahufactuHng-'costs. , ' " Many of the best known .execu fives and engineers of the indus try, are associated, with the Falcon Motors corporation which was formed last .year' Jo' produce the new, car .while the factory erected to build "this 'model Is, equipped with every modern facility to In sure utmost accuracy In the qiiai tity inanufacture. of the new Fal- con-Knlght. ' During the past year numerous' test cars have been un dergoing Toad trials In practically every section of the country with the. result the new model is a ful ly developed car ready to take its place among, the best of the med ium sized American cars. Heretofore, all. cars In the low er price .class were of . the poppet- valve engine type and the intro dutcion of a sleeve-valve engined car. into thfs highly competitive field heralds oneof the greatest enginering developments in the automobile industry for- a num- Contiaod oa S.I DOWN THE ftOAD J' I ?' t THE MORJfcJING . YOU . RODE TO WORK . " 1 N THE BOSS'S BIG CAR AND - ; XHDNT PASS A SOUL YOU KNEW. SALEM, 'OREGON. SUNDAYMORNING, - MAY 1, 1927 Chrysler Specially Equipped forHunting and Camp Trips What its owner proudly calls "a real sport model" is the special hunting car " built on a Chrysler 70" chassis for "Diek" Kleberg, forriian of the famous King mil lion acre ranch In southwestern Texas". " .. " ; "4 The chassis was presented to Mr., Kleberg by a New "York friend and, he'hald the body built to his orders -at Corpus Chrlstl, Texas. It is said to be the most cOmnlete- flfeulpiiehlmuxttrc signed., Sjace prorided for ev erything necessary for hunter or camper. ' The seats fold to make a-comfortable bed. A cabinet at the rear carries provisions and just back of it Is another cabinet for'stdring surplus bedding. Cases strapped on the rear fenders ac commodate the party's guns and ammunition. The. King ranch specializes in Chryslers, which have practically replaced horses for the diversified duties of ranch life. The round up includes a herd of no less than 20 Chrysler "70" cars, and an other model was added when Foreman Kleberg on a recent Vis it to Detroit bought for his own use on of the Chrysler Imperial "80" cars. ' ' A patrician mark of the new )Kdies on the Cadillac chassis, is the new medallion type radiator emblem. . It is strikingly hand some and 'adds materially to the car's appearance. ; HffidlSEFfJ.SE SEFJSE OF SAFETY Repeated " Warnings Often Necessary to Make Driv ers Aware of Car By E. T. Strong President and General Manager, Buiek Motor Company Do horns pi automojbiles pre vent accidents? I "believe that in some instances they undoubtedly do.. But I am also convinced that the .automobile horn has inoculat ed the average driver with a false sens'e of security ' which often breeds carelessness and results in- disaster, because of his ton great dependence on it. , Any doubt as to the truth of this statement would bo removed if the owners would try to drive their cars without the aid of the electric siren which is now stand ard equipment on every car built. It is my opinion that they would find themselves driving wijlh more care th.m they had exercfeed since their first experience as automobile drivers. It has become instinctive for the driver to bring his hand down on the horn but ton at the top of the steering ing wheel post and bluster ahead, with little heed for the effect which the sounding of the horn has had. on the other fellow. And the other fellow, is calloused to the blare f the horn in his ears. The noise has ceased to have any meaning to him. Drive two blocks through traffic without the use of the horn and you will find that you are using more care than you have ever used "before t6 avoid accidents. You will drive as you should drive, with due regard for others wh are sharing the public streets and highways with you. And you will discover, that, even without using the horn, you .will be driving with greater regard, for the, safety of yourself, pedes trians and other cars. This is true iCotiUnuetl on Pace 4.) Chandler Head Believes Prosperity to Continue By F. C. Chandler President, Chandler-Cleveland Motors Corporation I am strongly optimistic about business conditions for the ." re mainder of the year. We are en joying large early spring buying, money is easy, with no indications of tightening up, and the pur chasing power of our people re mains undiminished. ! ' ( Our company is well on its way to a banner year. Each month we are establishing,, new sales peaks Our unfilled orders' for immediate delivery are larger at this time than they have been for severar years. ; see an increasing tendency to ward the. moderately priced, fin er type car. such ,as our Royal Eight, with its superior perform ance qualities, fine custom-body Jwork ni$ .'luxurious- interior trim. Oakland Car Making Long Trip r?7iV' A v . i, Snian to arrive in Salomon Aio'nflay'afternoon E FIRST CABRIOLET Nash Presents New Car At tractive in Appearance, Sure to Please Al Krause of Salem purchased the first Special Six Nash Cabrio let in this community, lie is de lighted .with the- new car and proudly exhibits it to his friends. A new convertible cabriolet on the Special Six chassis is now in troduced by the Nash Motors com pany. . . i This new car is particularly a smart exponent of the converti ble type of coupe. The folding top, of Burbank material, is easily ad justable and may be quickly low ered or. raised with the utmost ease. The body proper of the car is colored a particularly attractive shade of rich maroon with con trasting fenders and running gear ot glistening black. . The car is supplied with a roomy rumble seat which accom modates two additional passengers comfortably and is available for use with the top either lowered or raised. Both the rumble seat and the driving seat are upholstered In genuine leather. Xo Only Is TEe f elding top eas ily adjustable but the door win dows may also be raised or low ered when the top is up or down. a desirable convenience that shields passengers from side drafts when driving with the top lowered. The charmingly luxurious ap pearance of the droving compart jnent Is heightened by the genuine walnut finished instrument board The crown panel directly above the instrument, .board as well as the door and window panels are also qf genuine walnut. Another feature of the car is the large luggage compartment forward of the rumble seat and opening .at the right side. This compartment has , a heavy carpet patterned to harmonize with the leather on the door and provides convenient and ample space for carrying luggage and parcels. NThe linea.of the car are both striking and graceful and provide new testimony to the fact that ( Cont inni'd on I'n-p 3.) By FRANK BECK KRAUS PURCHASES r r tic- That 'the "Ten Vesr" automo bile is an established success, re sulting in great ly . increased life and service Xor cars, is . being demonstrated by a stock Oakland sedan, which, after piling up 100, 000 miles ia six niou(lis is now on an additional 20,000 mile tour of the country. . , s . . , r This car which is beaded north ward front California, is schedul ed to arrive here. Monday after noon and will.be met by the local OaklandrPontiac dealer, as well as a number of prominent, civic officials and owners who will wel come the car and its crew on be half of the city. . The car started on a tour from Detroit on February 1 and has been on the road constantly since that time. It .headed east as far jjs Boston, and." there turned, and began its long grind to the Pacific coast. While at Washington, D. C, on February . "13 the crew;;of the car were received by Presi dent Coolidge at the White House. Before Tindertaking its present tour of the country, this car a stock Oakland Six landau sedan piled" up .100,000 miles In six months in a treadmill run at, De troit, This distance Is equivalent to four times around -the .world and represents more mileage than the average ;family, car endures in ten years' of normal driving. . At the conclusion of this ex? haustive test, the far was .inspect ed by Oakland and General Mo tors engineers. When this , in spection1 showed;" that -no "parts other than tires, lamps, spark plugs and piston rings were suf f iciently 1 worn to require replace ment, Oakland of ficiair determin ed to send the car across country to show the public that the auto mobile made today will, with proper care, withstand ten years of normal usage. ; The car has been nowise recon dltioned for the . run, the only preparation having been body changes so that the remarkable engine could - be more easily in spected at the various places which, the car. visits, t. .. . A transparent hood with special lights beneath it has been ..In stalled '. and a huge dial on j the roof, with spotlights playing upon it, records the mileage to date. -f, "The car left Detroit in charge ot Charles E..-Planck, and was driven by arl R; Schnorr. former race driver. Both' men were iwar time aviators, and both will ac company the tiakland throughout its tour. Tne run will .take the car through nearly one thousand of the largest cities in the country and will add ..more than ,20,000 miles to the car's original im pressive mileage record. The itinerary will not be completed until the middle of June,. ' " The first two months on lout wero spent looping through the $ast, the car visiting Indianapolis, Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, Washing ton,' Philadelphia, New Tpjk" and Boston and many small interlylng towns. At Boston .the car turned and headed west, passing through SchnectadyB .Buffalo , Cleveland, Chicago, Milwaukie, Kansas City, Oklahoma City and Dallas. From there, the car headed for, Califor nia via the , Southwestern trail across Ariioha. and New Mexico. At San Diego the route extends up the coast to Seattle and from there home ; again . to the, Oakland factory at Pontiae..Mtch:, by way of Montana and the Dakbtas. , Hundreds of thousands of peo ple, eager to.4ea.for themselves the condition of the engine which, already has done ten. years of nor mal -i service," inspected the ca during the early -part of IU to j TriSOTASE MAKMOX CARS Senator Charles McNary. and E. B. Gabriel , of Salem, W. H. Waldmer of . Sllverton, and C Mills of Albany, were purchasers of Marmon Eight automobiles from the MacDonald Auto . com pany during the past month. The 1927 Paige line Includes 20 models. In. three series of sixes and the new eight cyllndei car, with four speed transmission. All models are In De Luxe finish aad appointment ,the company - hat ing altered its policy - of building cars -both "standard' and -de lore finish. PRXCiS TVTI "CENTS in' II peek Society of Automotive En gineers' to Meet, at French Lick Springs DETROIT, MTclu Spec!n - The four speed transmission it bu b . is embodied in the . sew Pa I go Eight, seems certain to bean out standing subject of discussion . tft the annual summer meetlni ot the . 5?ocJety .of Automotive. Engineers at French Lick Sprlncs. May 23 t j 28 judging from an annonn ce ment of . the .program committee, f The topics for. the . meeting were selected, from replies rectiy; Gd to a questionnaire mailed, to members ot the society. The mem bers voted overwhelmingly in t& : yor of discussion of the four speed transmission that tho com mittee decided to allot, an entire session-to it.- Brakes .will bo the s,nbject of another session, while two sessions will be devoted to engine design. . The 3 performance of the new Paige SEight. which is now in -f ulU prodjuotion at Detroit, has attract-?" ed national attention because ot its smooth and efficient's 'four speed transmission. In Its latest test, the car traveled a mile iu 47.2 seconds, as easily as the or dinary car at from 35 to mile per hour. It Is especially marked, for its efficiency and economy ut sustained high ; speed, the Paige engineers claiming a saving ia gasoline of 30 per cent over the ordinary high speed. The high speed drive is direct, and in third speed the drive Is through two pairs of internal gears, instead of through two pajirs -of " external gears as in standard practice. Both third and fourth speed drives in the new transmission are obtained with out using the "countershaft. A high-gear rear axle is used, th ' ratip being 3.69 to 1, rather than the usual 4.45 or 5 to 1. Third gear is actually a high- , speed drive, the new arrangement of gearing making It available for long distance at high speed in third, where the grades require it. The gear-within-a-gear con- straction accounts for the silence and-efficiency in operation. Th outer, fear has only five more teeth than the Inner gear, with Ihe result that the teeth are in mesh over a large part of tbelt, circumference. The efficiency of the gears Is 9$ per cent, only slightly less than in direct drive. In fourth gear, direct drive, the high rear-axle ratio gives high car speeds at' comparatively low engine speeds, thus accounting for the saving - In gasoline con sumption and in wear and tear on, the engine. For one accus tomed to driving "wMh the ordi nary conventional type of trans mission It is difficult to know when the GO or 70 mile speed has been : reached In" the new Paige Eight eo smobMy and si lently does the engine function. SAIESDEJISE New Type Carrier Bein - Produced at Rate of 7,00 Each Month The one-ton truck with panel body manufactured by the Chev rolet" Motor company has attained & production of between 600 and 700 monthly,-according to Infor fnatipn Just received by Newton Chevrolet company from W, J. Richmond, Pacific northwest zone sales manager. : This output has been established as an average, he asserts, and will be stepped up as demand requires. The chassis is the one announced by the fac tory, last falL . . - Of particular significance is tie reformation fhat proportionately es of, these trucks are, Increas- g faster . Jn the smaller citlra and towns and In rural connysl- ties than In the larger centers cf population.' , Farmers, .1 orc-ir-i-iats, stock breeders and ponl t ry men are -reported to have awaken ed in every quarter to the advan tages offered by this type of 1':' t truck In the conduct ot their $; r eral businesses because of the . pendability and econoffiy ct c;:r -Uon. ; Throughont the entire r.:':' -coast sales of 'the one r. 1 c half ton,truct3 lava lacr: : I largely In recent ncstLs tl t assembly, line solaly for tr has been Installei st V:i C let factory la Cl:-zl c FOlMOOFffll urai
