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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (May 22, 1927)
Te f - i V1 i. . THE OREGON STATESM Afol SALEM, OREGON i 3 1C kv CRY OF GOLD PROVES fSTRQft , 1 T- .ai: . 4 ,? V j-vV -.- 'T : ;... ' -V ':.:'-'"-.- - . x iSiHTs - ... II , g?"-jk . i tV ? , v JPrv , Jr i - - v f Yi""r Ij I zzM- S' I GOES TO EUROPE enranooTE Pacific Gdast Shipping JVIan PlanslLong Tour in Chrys ler Roadster, 'The cry "gold has, been discov ered" seldom fails to prove a magnet strong enough to draw seekers after the precious metal from' all corners of the globe. Klondike, California in the day of '49. are names synonymous with stampedes by all classes of men and by all manner of means, each bent on making his stake. That the gold fever lies but lat ent awaiting the oportunity to ex ercise its influence on Its victim was forcibly brought tonight when the cry went forth recently that ::old had been discovered at Wee yjh, Nevada. News of the gold strike travel ed fast and from north, south, eaJ-H:w west the trek was on. But where tlie miner of the Klon dike and of 49 depended on his faithful burro to get his supplies to the scene of activities, his coun terpart of today use the automo bile: At the vanguard of this armv of seekers after gold went the Union Oil company. Establishing a distributing depot at Weepah, prospectors were assured of gas and oil supplies without the need pf giving thought to their require ments in advance. Weepah is truly a 20th century gold boom town. Dust-covered high powered cars mix with dil apidated smaller makes to entire ly replace the prospectors burros of other days. The country is a swarm of caxrs, more than 3000 people being i camped on the dry Pass along the base of the snow banked Mt. Whiitney range. The trip was. taken via Saugas, hillsides wherei the discovery was made. f A visit to Weepah can be made in comparative iase in a three day trip from- Lks (Angeles that in cludes, in addition to the . golfl strike town, al the varieties of scenic attractions that California has to offer. Last week. a .Packard fueled with Union Ethyl gas and lubri cated with Aristc motor oil made the trip, a. sunijmary of which shows that the party enjoyed the wonder of the Red Rock canyon, the Mojave desert, forbidding Death valley with its ghost town of Rhyolite, xjl grim Teminder of another grold stfike; the mining towns of Goldfield and Tonopah, Nevada; and oni the return trip, the wodded beauties of Westgard M GROUP SELECTS CHRYSLER Governor Al Smith of New York to Ride in Wonder ful New Phaeton one of the notable sales made py i he Chrysler dealer organiza tion, according to the factory Siiles Department, has just been reported by the Uerkshire Motor Company, of Albany, New Y'ork. Lewis F. Jarrett. vice-uresident of i his company, is credited with losing a sale to the state of New York for fifteen seven-passenger h'edans of the Imperial "80" model .mil one seven-pascenger Imperial Phaeton. The Sendans are for the use of he Division Engineers employed i the Department of Highways .mhI Canals, and are in constant ii throughout the district in which each Division Engineer op i i. lies. The duties of these mefu i Muire continual travel over their OUR h Ci territories, "and the trips of inspec tion and occasional emergency calls must be answered, regard less of weather or road conditions. Therefore, it is regarded as no smll compliment to Chrysler that the Imperial "80" should have been selected ih competition with the most highly regarded motor cars obtainable, many of them, cars of higher price: and further more that these Imperial "80" Sedans will replace cars of more expensive makes, even though price was a consideration second ary to quality, reliability, etc. The Imperial "80" Phaeton pur chased by this department will be employed for the personal use of Governor ;AI' Smith. The Gover nor is known to have an' iutense interest, in the transportation fa cilities of his state, and notably in highway development, concern ing which he is remarkably well informed. The explanation of his intimate, personal knowledge is, of course, found In his frequent rC OUR irnrw f M , .. . i . OF OBSOLETE Methods and p r a c t i c e s in auto and motor repair has speeded up work,' re-, duced costs and made it possible for you . to have, yor repair work done in &1km at reasonable cost. ; Better Repair j. Belter Satisfaction t ; ; c.w-Leng6od s GARAGE 98Q South v Commercial I ..j. v Phone 56i and first-hand investigations. The Governor is said vto show. a great preference for the motor car for his travels throughout the state, and also to tavor an open car, which may offer at Jeast a partial explanation of his ruddy health and the famous gubernational smile. Incidentally, rdie Governor was recently guest at the im mense Detroit factorfes bf jthe Chrysler Corporation and was- an interested observer of, Chrysler manufacturing methods. While in the state, trip to thte City of Holland, Michigan, was (made by him in a Chrysler Imperial Eighty. The engineering department of the Oregon State Motor associa tion has been authorized by the board of directors to make a com plete survey of highways through out the state and to confirm with county courts of the various cqun ties in an effort to obtain guide posts and highway signs on high "ways not now marked. Mojave and up the Owens valley route to the Death valley cut-off at Olanche. Here a halt was cal led and the next morning the Union Ethyl powered Packard ho3ed its way across Death "Valley, on through Beatty, another small town which is a bustle of excite ment from placer mining activi ties, Goldfied, and then some thir ty miles of winding road past Ton opah to Weepah. The return trip from Weepah is easily made in one day and does( ont double up on the route to the gold town. A good gravel road winds west past Silver peak and into California at Aasis. Here the highway which runs through Westgard Pass to Lone Pine and along the Owens valley to Mojave is met. , Taking advantage of the "long est gangplank in the world" Rob ert MacGill, of Seattle, prominent on the Pacific coast as a shipping man, is now touring Europe in a Chrysler "GO" roadster. The "gangplank" is the service opened to American tourists by which one may run his automobile down to the wharf in New York, , check it like the rest of his bag gage and find it on the pier ready for him to take the steering wheel and drive away to see Europe in comfort. Mr. MacGill will drive his Chrysler 6000 miles on the con tinent. His itinerary includes landing at La Havre, going south, to the' Riviera, Rome and Naples and returning by way of Austria, Germany, Holland and Belgium. Although his plans were work ed out to the last detail Mr. Mac Gill did not see his Chrysler be fore leaving America. His first opportunity to Inspect it was when it was taken ashore from the hold of his steamship. The roadster wa.s brought through Chrysler dealers in Portland, Oregon, and shipped directly to New York from Detroit. "I wanted . to see Europe thor oughly and yet without the dis comfort of railroad traveling at breakneck speed with endless changes of trains. The 'longest gangplank in the world' gave me the way to do it.'' said Mr. Mac- GUI In discussing his plans before leaving New York. "I , selected a Chrysler for very definite rea sons. . In the first place. I have always admired the beauty of line in Chrysler design and I wanted a car that an American could drive in Europe with real pride. Besides, I know the reputation of1 the Chrysler for leliabillty. com fort, speed, and economy and when you plan a 4oir ;of Europe, ; where you. inust" figure on paying 50 , cents a gallon for gasoline, economy of operation becomes a decidedly important point in your calculations. - . , -i - "Another matter that had much Influence inr my .chciceijwas the unusual Chrysler, Berriee equip ment on the continent. I consult ed friends in Europe ..before de ciding and they wrote me that facilities for servicing Chryslers are unusually good both in Eng land and on the continent. "To cover the important centers of the continent in the three short months I can give for the trip, especially when it is desirable to spend some time at points of spe cial interest, would have kept me going so hard on trains that would have three months hard la bor instead of a vacation, but with this Chrysler car of mine I count on coming back home feeling as if I had had a real holiday." constantly improred. . It would lake a' courageous prophet to pre dict a'jimK to the final Influence of the motor" car In taa life'of oat nation i - " - . i. "VVith the work! at large only; be ginning to realize the ecoiromie status of the automobile, even greater possibilities for American manufacturers of cars present themselves. , The increasing use of the automobile in foreign coun- f tries will have an. important effect on. the industry In this country. Our, exports . rank third la valuej giving way only to raw cotton and to refined mineral oils. The grad ual increase of our . shipments abroad during the last yew years will no doubt be eclipsed by a much more rapid Increase in the near future. The older nations,, bound by traditions and class distinctions less open to' new-method's and de velopments, have been slow to re cognize the growing importance of motor . car ; .transportation., v .Taa- 4 change Is. Its way. American " JncTf stry ad 'progress xatterHhaa American capital are becoming re cognired abroad as the fundamen ' t tal source of -American wealth. (Each year sees a large Increase in the numbers or industrial lead- -ers, niaeers "and" students com , lag to this countr? to stady-Amer- lean jmanufactruTingf iaethods and; ? much' of their study is concen t rated In 'motor , car plants. ; - - There t are aim In oar 6wn country many states where rich, natural resources .await 4 develop ment. In these we find that pro gressive citizens are Inviting de velopment by providing" In advance the highways for motor car tra vel. The method. is sound; and both at heme and abroad we find motor roads and moor qars as the forerunners and creators of new weatlth and increased well-being. BUILDING OF MOTOR . CARS BIG INDUSTRY (Coutinued from page 1.) an important.; reason for. he ex ceedingly prosperous condition of our country as compared to that of the rest of the world. The United States Is a land of producers. We want much in the way of improved living but we are willing to .give much to, pro duce much to get it. The part of our yearly - investment in motor car transportation which finds its way into- the pay envelopes of in dustrial workers and road build ers is stupendous. The construc tive value attaching to the. provi sion of a safe, dependable and even luxurious mode or transpor tation is past calculation. The de velopment, pf. '.'suburban property is made possible thrpugh the auto mob le as a business and family as set; and all In all, living has been made more enjoyable. Notwithstanding its present high state of development, the in dustry isv still young. New uses for individual transportation arise daily. Vehicles and highways are We Can Save You Money On UscdTrucI W. E. BURNS DAN BURNS t (Xot BrothersThe SaAie Man) . v High Street at Ferry ' - Salem, Oregon i 1 "i ' . t" Our Service Represent Mditfde S. 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