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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. ."
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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. '
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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,' ' '
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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
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?' 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
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Snian to arrive in Salomon Aio'nflay'afternoon
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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
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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
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