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SKVENTY-vSRVENTH YEAR
SALEM, OREGON, SUNDAY; MORNING, MAY 29, 1927
PRICE' FIVE CENTS
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PROTECT FOREST RESOURCES
EARLY pnoDucn
OF EH FORD TOLD
FAMOUS RACE DRIVER VISITS SALEM
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IIUI IVIUUSLL L1DII1
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Oldsmobile President Be
lieves Such Body Neces
sary to Solve Crisis
Complete Description of Neyv
Car to Be Given Within
Few Weeks
More Straight1 Eights I ntrcK
duced Since Its Adv.ent
' Than Arty Others
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' Formation ofa national traffic
roiunision. composed of one rep
ine!! tat ive from each of the 48
strife, empowered to draft uni-
- y.-rzal lav. regan
f r'it!. sisns. signals
m.:ioK is urged b
..iil lav. regarding trnrrie.
Is and driving
by Irving J.
IU-uHr. preshieni ami ji-ik-ki
manager of Olds Motor Works, an
a minn of qnickly. efficiently and
economically improving road ami
street safe.y.
Suh a unification of all traffic
r.--miI.tions would simplify driv
ing in the opinion of Mr. Rout or.
ami. t n erf lore, tend to limit atri
iwTiis to those caused by reckless
ness. Tart of the work of the
jirio-ed commission would be
drafting uniform penalties against
r klCKs driving, which woftld ma
UrUlly discourage this reprehen
hilde practice.
"I doubt if there is a single
uutomobile driver in the United
States who in good faith and in
tent to obey the traffic mleg and
regulations can drive within a 50
mile circle of- his home without
becoming a law breaker," Bays
Mr. Keuter. "Restrictive legisla
tion has run wild, with the result
Jhat we have so many laws and
rules that driving has become too
complex for the aTerage driver.
It has reached ft point that most
drivers Just aim to 'get by" the
luw instead of obeying it. ThU
state of mind Is increasing a dis
respect for all laws a situation
that deservedly is increasing
alarm among- the responsible citi
zens of the country.
"If every driver knew just what
the other fellow was going to do
there would be far fewer acci
dents. But he does not. If, how
ever, there 'was a codification of
simple regulations that were the
same throughout the nation there
would be no -excuse for a driver
not doing the right thing at the
right time, nor would-he be in
doubt as to what the other fellow
was going to do.
jTto obtain , the unanimous
.yjjption ot a set of traffic, regu
lations by every municipality in
the United States should not be
difficult. There need only be ap
plied to this problem. the funda
mentals upon which the represent
ative form of our government is
predicated. - - .
"To accomplish this desired re
sult the most constructive step
would be to interest some nation
al organization in the -plan and
have ii use its influence td-get the
govt mors of all states to call traf
fic inferences. These would be
M'ontinnod an pa JTS 8.)
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T
Peerless Six-60 Sedan in
Unique Radio Apparatus
Exhibit
A driverles Peerless Six that
threads its way through congested
traffic astounded Hir-wlse Detroit
lKst week. Thi Peerless, abso
lutely without passengers, starts
its own motor, .gets under way,
turns corners, slows down, -speeds
np, blows horn at pedestrians,, ap
plies brakes and stops; It even
turns on its own lights, and then
dims them for approaching cars..
The "mystery" car was the
new Peerless SIx-0 sedan, the
model just announced last week,
and is the lowest priced closed
ar Peerless haa'ever produced.
No changes were made In its
mechanism for this animus driving
stunt beyond the installation of a
radio receiver with aerial, and the
addition of the phantom driver.
which is an incorvspreuons - fec-
trical device on the steering col
umn. -
Skeptical police authorities re
fused the liberty of the streets to
ihe car antil a test Was conducted
for their, benefit, - waieh was ar
ranged. ;, . .
In the midst of thia-tryout s
cianging -or bells airnounrrd an
.coming fleet of fire trucks and
.Xa 1 , t . . .
lor the enrb began. .
The onlookers: gasped with sur
prise wtien the- radio-controlled
Peerless? and the control-Peerless
which 'followed, it wetarx first to
Set out of the way; That con
vinced the officers of theabsolale
pafety of the ftest and it. was al
HE IBS TO
ASM S
DETRQI
lowed to continue. s .
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inere s a rigrnt ana wrong way
and practice the right way, not only for his own convenience but for the prevention of for- 1
est fires. (1) Ranger calls attention of campers to sign and warns against manner in which i
thpv are huildincr fire. (2l Ranker shows rnrrwt wav in hnilH
brush, banking it with rocks or
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cook on camping trips. Ranger
by Western. Auto Supply 'to.
PAIGE WITH HIGH
Pace of 90 Miles an Hour !
Reached in Official Testing
of Machine
PHILADELPHIA. Pa.. (Spe-
cial,The Paige eight, with two
ly showing the way
in
susiameo j
nign-speed driving. .
While no speeds higher than 70 i
miles per hour have been claimed
for the car In advertising, it has,
recently established two perform
ances, both official A. A. A., which
eclipse any claim ever made for it
and far surpass all previous speed
accomplishments by the model, al-
thongh it has previously made I
some remarkable economy tests. !
nn th rtw .nA.iwr.i
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in conipetitiorfon a crowded track
a stock Paige cabriolet, complete ;
mm cm? Mi !
except for fender, and the glass j ers ook whh approva, upon the possible to make them," de
in the windshield, made a 75-mile camper using a gasoline stove in olared George Vick of Vick Bros.
run in the remarkable time of
minutes and 11 seconds, for an
averas of, 86.22 miles per hour,
The car driven bv Zeko Meyer.
veteran race driver, reached a
speed of nf miles per hour on the I
straight-ways and at no time dur-
, A, , .
ing the race was it in distress. ,
In addition to the remarkable j
average speed for the 75 mib-s. ;
the same car complejed the last ; hand information on fishing, hlk
lap of the test drive, 1 miles, at !
the rate of 89.9 miles pefhour.
A second Paige Eight, driven by
Buddy Marr, finished the "ii miles
in 52 mintrtes. 4ft seconds for an
average of 86.19 miles per hour.
Marr had the misfortune to pick
up a piece of paper on his radia-
tor from the track, which caused I
the car to heat to such an extent j
that he could not bring out its '
full speed. However, it was un
necessary for either car to make !
a pit stop during the race. 1
The Paieo-Ietroit Motor Cat t
company has built automobiles
since 1909 and during this time
has produced some cars of un
usual speed, but they hare never
produced a car of better all-round
performance , than the Paige
Eights driven by Meyer and Marr
at Atlantie Cltjr.. The race was
conducted under the auspices of
(Continued on Page 2.) .
Vick Brothers Report
Large Sates in Month
Vick Brothers of Salem report
the sale at 22 automobile tip to
the present time ju May. ;Thia es
tablUhe a new record for the
local concern as all. previous
month's sales hare, been surpassed, j
Of this number approximately 100 j
cars have been- selci through the
1-M-al office. c - , . - ,: ' j
Vick Jtrothers have the agency j
for ffore counties and they expect j
to have- the : number - of car sales
raised to the 14 (Km ark before the
first of June. The record freak
ing sales have ca ;ise4 n ireaee4
demand upon: the factory for anto
mobiles for this territory. " In. oiv
der to meet thia demand Oeorge
Vick visited the factory a Ponttae.
Michigan,1 recently ' and. s pod. hla
return here j this -week brought
wrth him the assurance: that more
pars would be sent to the Salem
office." ' i ' ' . '
mor vr mure mito aupftr c
to Duiid a camp fire and every
-w- -w . w
dirt and confining it to a small
smiles approval on camper
A nationwide call to all citizens
to give thought to the protection
and development of their great
forest resources and to take part
in bringing about better forest
conditions has been made.
; every .citizen. especially auto !
campers, can contribute to forest)
iDiiswimmia development oy
helpng to prevent, forest fires
wlien in the woods as well as. bv
- - - n .'-.i'- v.
standing support to the further
ance of better forestry, condiions,
both nationally and locally.
Hunters, campers and tourists
.: d tarnTnV.ota ?-
Ninety ner cent of the forest
fjres tpday are man caused,- sta
rt 1st ic
tistics show, .but many of these
could have been prevented hail
only the person shown more care
in seeing that "Uto.xirewas "dead
and buried,"; before leaving the
site. By using care when build
ing a camp fire." by stamping out
or drenching with water any small
fire he might discover and by re
porting promptly any ; 4lie that
niay be sighted,- every motorist
can contribute to the suppression
or tne ciestrucuve "reu terror."
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1"lu,ulBh l" ! . nyufl: ,0
r-1 tvi QnaffOF ef n m XTktmn into
a . . -
nac of the canm fire, as it less- i
iens the fire hazard. The lighting
problem is safely answered by the i
', gasoline lamp as its rays of light '
are suriicientlv strong to light the
'n,,ie camp.
, :) fr?st fS4"Elth"ld be Cn"
?m m-ii u. infill uitiuutift a, tdiiiu Liitr;
. t. n-i,a
f, fellows and are alwavs ready
io snnnly the visitor with first
(Continued qq pay. 8.)
DOWN THE ROAD
THE TIME YOU COULDN'T KEEP 7r TTJ
YOUR MIND OFF THE TATTERED 4Jrf ) r t
TIRES OF THE JITNEY DURING ITS Ar H
FAST TRfP TO THE NEXT TOWN.
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fIRE
TH OUT LAM
DON'T
TURN MIM LOOSE
rt NATIONAL FORESTS
motor camper should know r
namn fira nloorin awov oil
X. If II 4A tJIK ACIW fll
space. (3) The best -way to
using gasoline stove. Photos
PRECISE SCIENCE
Reciprocating and Rotating
Parts Kept in Perfect
Fitting Balance
How would you measure one or..
two-millionths of an inch? !
The great majority of- the peo- j
pie wouldn't even consider such a i
small measure. In fact, t is prob- I
ably so small that It is invisible f
except under the most powerful
magnifying glass.
Nevertheless, engineers of the
Oakland Motor Car company check
their gauges whi'ch are accurate
up to 100,000th of an inch with
thia master gauge which is accu
rate to the two-millionth part of
an inch.
In this manner the reciprocat-
ing parts of the Oakland Six mo-
tor are as accurate as it is human-
'Tne bringing of all reciprocat
ing and rotating parts of the Oak- !
land Six engine into balance for
weight and center of gravity to-
gether with almost mechanically
..4- ...
perfect fitting of parts, is respon -
sible in a large measure for the
outstanding performance and long
life of this popular General Mov J
tnra product. :
"'For instance, a diamond is I
j
(Continued on Pae 3.)
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USED I OA
DETROIT. May 26. Early pro
duction of a new Ford car superior
in design and performance, to any
now available in the low priced
light car field. wasannounced to-
! day by the Ford Motor company.
Henry Ford, designer of the car.
; and Edsel Ford, president of the
; company, both seated that within
; the next few weeks they will give
a complete description of jlhe new
j model.
j The famous Model T Ford,
j which still leads the automobile
! industry after twenty years of
: manufacture, will continue to be
i a substantial factor in Ford
d pro- j
t that f
: duetion, in view of the fac
about ten million cars of this mod-
. el are still in use and will require j
replacement parts and service. j
"The Model T Ford car was a t
DlOneer Hpnrv KYiril enfr? tnrtav
"There was no conscious public 1
need of motor cars when we first
made ,f- T,1PTP vert ood
roaas. this car biazea tne way
for the motor industry and started
the' movement for good roads
everywhere. Tt is still the pioneer
! car in manv parts of the world
! which are just beginning to be mo
1 torized. Bnt conditions in this
; country have so greatly changed
1 that further refinement in motor
car construction is now desirahle
and our new model is a recogni- j
Unn of this.
"Besides the Model T itself, an
other revolutionary element which
f no p'nrl "VTntivr rnmnativ infro-
duced twentv vears ago was the j
idea of service .' Some of the early
ni.-i.iiifartiirer nro.eeded on the !
thoory that once they had induced
a man to buy a car they had him
at their mercy: they charged lilm
uit UatKi nrinD rr- m. ;
cossary replacements. Our com-
pany adopted the opposite theory,
We believed that when a man
lought one of our cars we.should
keep it running for him as long
as we conM and at.the; lowest up - J
keep cost. That was the- origin
of Ford service.
"The Model T was one of the
largest factors in creating condi
tions which now make the new
model Ford possible. The world-
( Confirmed on psse 8.)
Biddy BisMbp Purchases
Capitol Motors Company
A. r. (Biddy) Bishop has pur
chased the interests of his j for-
mer partner.' Al Rousseau, and U
j now sole owner of Capitol Motors
: distributors of Oldsmobile and
j Pkr1 , automobiles in Palem
land Marlon county,
1 Uishop announced last nlgbt
h- wj OOMHii,ie the business
a usual with repair and service j
departments. Rousseau has made j
no announcements concerning !
plans for the future but will re- j
main in Salem, temporarily at;
least. I
Never, Forget
Photo Ry C. V. Cornier, Statesman Staff rhotornpher
The above picture of the greatest automobile. race driver th country
nas ever proaucea was taken m tront of Kirk wood s Hudson-Essex
! Automobile agency, in Salem on Thursday of this week. Mr. Oldfield
was on ais way rroin ios Angeles to
the automobile races there. He was
Super-Six coach ire which he made ft'
Angeles recently.
LOW UPKEEP COST
AIDS DISTRIBUTION
Economy in - Gasoline Con
sumption Feature of
Chrysler
Analysis, of the' causes which
have made Chrysler automobiles
in the three years of their manu-.
fact u re among" the most popular'
cars on the market reveals one
J economy of operation which has
won favor with purchasers and"
has .commended this make to buy
ers of every range of income.
Economy of operation has long
1een a lading- requirement of
automobile purchasers, especially
of those of average means; and
statistics show that the most suc
cessful manufacturers are those
who produce a good looking.
roomy, dependable and durable j
car, which will give Teal perform j
ance, without sacrificing the prin-J
ciple of economy.
"To make the cost of mainten-
- ance and operation .as small an
item as possible has been the con
stant aim 6t Walter P. Chrysler."
said J. W. Frazer, Chrysler sales
manager, in a discussion of this
point," and those who have driv
en Chrysler cars under all sorts of
conditions tell us that he and his
associates have succeeded in their
purpose.
"If the economy slogan of ah
automobile is to mean more than
a mere collection of words two
things are essential. Low gaso
line and oil consumption on the
one hand, and few replacements
on the other hand. Considering
the first of these points, we have
always been advised of the re
markable records Chryslers have
achieved in low gasoline .and oil
use. Before the advent of Chrys
ler in the automobile manufactur
ing field, a six cylinder car run
ning as many as 20 miles on a
(Continued oa Pa?e 2.)
By FRANK BECK
Vancouver. Washington, to open
driving the latest model Hudson
new 1000 mile record run at' L.09
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AIR-COOLED MOTOfi
Issued Statement to Frank
lin Company Indorsing Air
Cooling System
Because the air-cooled motor
offers several distinct advantages
over other forms of power plants,"
a Wright 220 horsepower air
cooled radial engine was adopted
for the Ryan monoplane to carry
it from New York to Paris, Cap
tain Charles Lindbergh,- pilot 1 of
j the plane, told a representative of
the Franklin .Automobile. company
while-making his preparations-for
the epoch-making flight a"t Ourtiss
! Field, L. I. Lindbergh, the sole oO
cupant of tho plane which flew
from New York to Paris after a
Preliminary hop of 3,000 miles
from the Pacific coast, showed nil
faith. Jn the Yeliabillty of-modern
air-cooled -motors by using for tb
cross-Atlantie flight the same en-
New York.
Virtually no adjustments or re?
pairs were, necessary to prepajrel
the Wright engine for its g rueJ-:
ling flight across the Atlantic afn
ter Its record-making -trip from"1
San Diego to New York.
Of the utmost Importance In
long distance flights, Lindbergh'
stated, is an engine that wiir de
liver the greatest amount of
horse-power for the least possible
amount of engine weight. By the
elimination of the radiator, water
jackets, water and tubing neces
sary with a water-cooled; motor,
the air-cooled motor on this score
weighs considerably less than the
other type of motor of the same
power.
Lindbergh's most striking: re
mark regarding the practicability
of air-cooling for motors was that
"over 4 LV per cent of foreetf land
ings in airplane flights before the
popularizing of the air-cooled mo
tor was diie to trouble developing
in the water cooling systems of
heavier engines.' This fact he
said proved that air-cooling makes
for greater dependability in addi
tion to a saving of wefgnt. v
With the lighter construction
of the air-coQled1 motor, it' is pos
sible to carry a greater quantify
of fuel than would be possible fh
a plane having a water-cooled en
gines the 'same horsepower, in
addition to the fner factor, the
saving of (he weight allows carry
ing of special equipment for prop
er navigation, -the transportation
of mail or merchandise, rand also
I provision for storing of emergency
up pa mi us.
One of the greatest problems
confronting engineers in designiri
plane to be .used for exception
ally long flights, Lindbergh as
serted, is that of building a mai
chine which can ' carry enoug
f uei to reads its goal and still
have a safe fuel margin for unfa-
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New'Burrell Building
Ready for Occupancy
... .im, . . , ; , ,
With his new $8,000 electric,
service station t 464 "N. Liberty
street; rapidly Hearing completion
E. H. Burrell announced that he
would open business in the new
location May 3 U ;
The new building is1 of refn
forced concrete and is fireproof lit
eTery detail. It-covers- area of
xlOd- feet, facing west on Ub
erty street, t The, enrlc floor, 3ft
xl0 feet,, i arranged, for drive
Ihroogh serviced with- concrete
parking, space, I42r$5 feet. at. the
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n.The batteryrtelectricaI and parte
departments each occupy" a sepa
ratee room. Completely new ma
chinery free been Installed which
will facilitate speedier service en
abhor a; decrea, rro previone
prices; . . '
LINDBERGH
The influence . the Ilitpmobi.le
fiight have exerted on the entire
antoniotivo indnstry is illustrated
in the fact ; thatv- since It was
brought out two and a half years
ago 12 new straight eights have
been placed on tho mark;. , ,
In that Interval more eight, in
line care haTO ' bfeu introduced
than any other type car. 4
'f This far-reaching influence Is
ascribed by Official of the Hupp
Motor Car : Corporation to two
factsthat the Hupmoblle Kight
has consistently" been the largest
selling car of its type in the world
and that it taught an entire in
dustry that an-eight cylinder" car,
with its admittedly greatest
smoothness- and natural freedom
from vibration; an actually be de-"
signed fours ceeixe9.
It' is pointed! ont that the sn-per-:moothitesi
everywhere ' asso-'
elated with, tJe car is the ont-:
laid down-bytW Hupp organiza-
tion: nekrly '20 years ago. These'
principles, as proved in hundreds1
of laboratory-and thousands ' of '
road tests, have brought the pow
er development and performance
of the Ilupmobile Risht, orer sfn
extremely wide range of Kpeeds",
exceptionally - close j to the engl-
eering IdeaL .
Since racing cars have heen
limited to 1 22 and 91 cubic
inches of piston displacement,
TnAlrtflP'' on critic aFFfnvnr i
stamina of paromount importance
regardless of cost, straight eight
engines have absolutely dominated
the race tracks, the' Hupp engi
neers point out. , :- i' "
i Theso engineers .for years have'
been-convinced that, the smooth
est and most efficient engine per
formance can be'ohtained only by
t&e combination of a; heavy, care
fully balanced crankshaft ari
light reciprocatlngparts. ; " rh eir
eontrihationsto automobile engl
neering along those lined have
been' closelr watched and widely
(Gnntinatd oa"Pc 2.) ' '
IDElTMFFiC S;
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Car Designers Must Take
Into Consideration Space
on Highways - '
Car-space ' on the hlghwa ys al
ready has . become a great influ
ence in the design of motor cars.
Driving is becoming more' Intri
cate and crowded, and flashing
acceleration that "enables the car
owner to get out of traffic jams
la appreciated as never before. '
. 1 Charles A. Tucker, general sales
manager of Peerless, states that
smaller, safer and tietter cars are
being produced to meet - the
changing conditions that hare be
come so apparent In the last few
years. ''No automobile manufac
turer, dares 6, ignore the condi
tions that modern traffic has
brought about,' . says Mr. Tuck
er." "Shorter cars are needed to' -make
parking easier and to make
driving in sDeedine traffic safer.
34or.e efficient and highly econom.
ical motors are necessary to- keep
driving .costs down.- And above
all there muat be cars that women
find easy to haudle." , ;
. "We have jut announced a new
"fundamentally - better" Peerless
that has been," ia the experimental
etate for tw years Thin model,
which i anown as the Six-60 i
'built t oor a- short but extremely
rrutged ehassia. and is powered
with one ff -the most, powerful
t "six-cyilnderT motors for its lis
ever developed. ,. ' :
"This model is selling at the
lowest .prices- eTef placed on a
Peerless.'- i
The wheelbase of the PeerleAa
Six-60 Is 11 inches. Ross Cam
l and lever steering and Timken.
bearings in the 'front and rear
I atles are standard;- Like all Peer
less sixes since ,1923 the Six-60
.motor has a' seven-bearing cract
haft. -Motor refineoents inc lai a
li; ga and air cleanirs, Nelsca
Etohnalite- pistons aad ring-Cru'"
bearings. -J. ;-- : " -
t ' Extra long spring: suspension
Ahd snubhers add tt the cc:;.r.;,;t
f 'rldiag m thU Peerless ta&dtl.
- A. roadster. phae4oti. -sedan' a r. :
foadster-eoupe are :nraiiabie ia r.
variety of coler combnntJcus tL .t
foUew'tUe season' trend towg i
llgbter colors.? " '