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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (May 29, 1927)
SUNDAY MORNING MAY liO, 1027 OVERCOME BYTBUBK Machines Dissembled ..and t e Man in the Rear Automobile Isn t a Mind Reader Signal Him: ... . y ...WW.,,,. Do you know many people who are mind readers? Lota of motorists assume that the driver of cars following them have unusual mental powers. "Signal the cur behind" is a slogan that should he carried into 1'fect by every automobile operator. Informing the other fellow of your intentiou to ntop or turn is the courtesy to wliirh he is entitled. And courtesy is the twin brother of raution. some kind of motor power but 20 j few men wil be out at a time Carrjed in on Btfrffc of ...- , The need for ttranam Brothers trucks In out-of-the-war places as well as ia renters of population Is FtrlklnRly lllnstrated by the story of BaearamanKa. Columbia. Ins the midst of a large and fer tile agricultural district, this city is ioompletely walled in from the outside world by the Eastern Cor dillera range of the Andes moun tains. The only practicable means j for getting person or nramifae tured Roods into the city or ship pift farm produce out is by pack nwle over narrow and perilous mouitain trails. Yet. in and around- TSBcaranianRu, Graham Brothers trucks and commercial cars tare being operated in large numbers on a net work of roads which abruptly nd at the moun tain confine's of the valley. These trucks and commercial car 40 of which were imported duwiiR the last year, were brought Into: the valley like everything -Ue on muleback. . The truck;) were disassembled and parts weighing about ltd pounds . assigned to each mule. Iargo units like, the motor were carried by. two to f ou r mules bitched together. Tbe trip by mitle-paik avT the mountains re quires 10 to 14 days. Though the cost of freightage is 'heavy, including ocean, river ami j-all transportation before the last viegs' of the journey, the truck have added creatly to the prosperity of the valley, the Dodge j riHrt which we created on the j Urotbers dealer in Hucaramanga same basis of quantity production j reports.- The number of Graham we have always worked, giving flrotliers trucks operated In Bu- j high quality. low prw-e and con ciirainanra far exceeds that of any ! stunt service. We began work on other make, rough V.. fe fr M SHOWS ,.J-Su lutii Hica, o it To " fc tan a iii-d i , and. - COMMISSION URGED! "Yhit there are as many lepal way 4WW0MATRAFFIC POPULaRTV New Product Holds Com manding Position in Light Six Cylinder Class Sales and production figures since the Whippet Six was first introduced on the automobile mar ket early in the year diselose that j attended by rep'resentatives of ev ? ery en nniclpalitj- I the1 state, the 1; reprefnstlvts to be selected lyr the mwnicipai governirig body. It would be i economical and advis able lor the Kindlier villaues and towns to give a proxy to a, repre sentative of the nearest largecity who. in all probability, wonld be a traineil traffic expert. "These state councils would le called upon to draft skeleton RED CROSS OSIflG DODGE MOTDRBDAT of laakins turns as there are ways of turning an .automo'le. That j -re.eulatorjrj aiul warning signs re j as varied as the sign painting art .con mako them. .VjThet. are but a few of the.l nnt Wi fSsiA. . o i -u 'many contradictions to be found I . '"(jany OCIIU&.UIC iii tvi'i j Maun. rr i iit. 4i ui ities recognize- this condition and raeely penalize an out-of-town autofst for an infraction of a lo- ) cal law providing no accident I j has resulted. i "With conditions such as these. Fastest Boat to Service Of Flood Refugees hour, it is believed this l,.,i be able ( tranNport mopt n,:,. 1. refugees daily fn.tu nt,.;. flood) d homes. Tlt ; spi-f , -i,...,. ilIKO Will IV! IISW Kir IdllL' . t i lance emergency errands in flood district. 1 Every power boat in (!.,. ,-(.(., areas of .the -Mississippi j,,,,.,, pressed into service hm , need of boats of the that prompted the it i , ill. tmtfin nn.lcKi urhioh u-nulrt renre- 4, . . , , . . j is it to womlertsl tliat driving is sent the ideas of the states at ! "j; " - . '"large. One representative would this new entry m the light six cyl-! years ago only the adventurous few could be induced to try an automobile. It had a harder time winning public confidence than the airplane has now. The .Model T was a great educator in this re spect. It had stamina and pow er. It was the car that ran before there were good roads to run on. i It broke down the harrier of dis i tame in rural sections, .brought people of these sections closer to gethr and placed cd neat ion with in the reach of everyone. We are still proud of the Model T Ford car. If we were not we could not have continued to manufacture it so long. while lheir departments aro being tooled up for the new product. At one time it lookel as if 70.000 men might be laid off temporarily hut we have now scaled that down to less than 2i,0rt0 at a time. The lay-off will h brief, because we need the men and wo have no time to waste. "At present I can only say this about the new model it has speed, style, flexibility and control in -.traffic. There is nothing ttle like it in quality and price. The car will cost more to manufacture, but it will be mwo economical to j operate." inder field is achieving a notable record in its price class. Wilrys Overland dealers throughout the country report to the factory that, despite the Whippet Six being a miwicomer . on the, market, the speedy -response it has met from the motor car buyers assures it a leading position during the year among the other cars in its price range. The original Whippet S'.- car building schedule has been stepped up several times by the faet-fy to meet the demands of dealer?, and indications uX thin time arg thatj 1M27 will see the production and; sfcle of this model exceed inz. th original unota set before prodnc-1 Uon.got underway. The general performance of the Whippet, "fTt!f sm well as the ad vanced ideas of engineering em braced in its construction are cited by the various Willys-Overland dealers a th chief, foundation for the success of this cnj : In type of design the Whippet SIX curries out the low center of grav ity construction, a desjgn charac teristic of all the 1027 Willys Overland products. esent driving laws stand in y oCjmprovejcl driving con s It is hard to conceive. With the new Ford we pro- j pRftTppT rnnpoj pose to continue in 'the light car i lU I twl rUrifcOl RESOURCES TOLD (Continued.. TfonKpnK 10 state eon ncils as a member of the national traffic commission. Thi national traffic commission would draft a simple but comprehensive tratfic plan based on the 4S skel eton, outlines presented by the resentatives for eaaetuvent into lawi i Pressure of public opinion undoubtedly wonld be sufficient to insure the adoption of this mas ter plan without chknge. f MPresent drivins laws stand in the way d it ions but an American tourist in Eu rope where a half-dozen countries are tracer sel with as many dif ferent languages and laws would be no- more confused in driving than w wild he in crossing his own country from coast to coast. Here there is but one coimtrv and one language, but every state, city and hamlet has its own individual con ception Of traffic regulation. "Tlie goal of aiitoniohllemanu factiirers to create s;ife driving tfcrouKh progress in engineering, as is evidenced in four-wheel and i-ongestion result? The auto mobile today vjes with the rail road as a means of inter-state transportation, yet imagine the chaos that would result if we at tempted toTun our rail transpor tation subject to different laws and rules in every municipality through which the trains operate. "This country has developed in the automobile the greatest and appeal f ,). DETROIT; Mi it -i Special) j ,I'I Cross to the lo.. r.,, iiny. An immediate, -response has he-en I- - made by Horace 1. Dodge, prom inent I'tetroit facturer u the appeal of Kdwin i AIR-COOLED MOTOR .Mil II ills o.f the LINDBERGH CHOSE motor boat di vision Ol tlie Ked triss' in . ilin VOr.lKln vwitliA nnnilidAn wv. stricken flood areas along the air-cooled motor, he said. oSl Missisippi. -DodKe has donated to f greater fuel economv than nfc, . ( CVin t i riiJiMt from fiatu I . j the Red Cross a new 2 o font The presentation of tlie mrfciaf -Vintern v r c m nf iiiflivw)-'1! ..... - ..... v. ,)0al ,s ine ,e?iUH Ot Tt leb L'l;ll,).i ma- i forms of power plants whim hogany water car for insav- thereby enables, the plane to flv ing refngeesind flood victim and j farther on a given amount ot pa to carry personel and mediial -"line and oil. supplies as well as lool u the A feature of these engines i sunerers. '-the low s-iijntit, ual transportation in the world's history. Therefore, surely it is big enoufih to shake the kinks out of th traffic problem and solve it, once and for all time. "In my mind there is a great opportunity for some national or ganization to perform a distin guished act of 'civic service by taking up this traffic problem in an Intelligent manner and foster ing its solution. Tlie organization which takes this initiatve will , make a mark for itself in the ! history of our country." e ; request from Mulliiis ar flarks- dale. Miss. He explained Hie ur ; gent need of such a lion! to aid in the rescue work and in carrying , supplies- throughout the-a reus that are under water. Lo.;il .boats, it i was pointed out by Mniiins' have been unable to .successfully conj ; bat the terrific currents, j The boat which' the Red Cross will use in its rescue Work in the ' stricken districts was built lo ac- ; commodate 12 'persons, 'but consumption wlien the plane is flying at It cruising speed. The cruising range is.-determined by the hlgh esj speed ot the plane at which tile en g hit i'v on the line. runs most satisfactor-h'-ast umo-unt of gaso- in making the early plans for the Atlauii.'" flight, Lindbergh said he studied all types nf airplane motors..- iu existence with the thought of finding that type of engine which is Im'sL nulled in General Motors Declares Extra Dividend on Stock meet the varied and grucUine con- it js I diiions encountered in a flluhi estimated that more t han n score ; across the ocean. tl. was in tlu- au li' safely carried. It is pow-; air-cooled engine--hR said that he er-d by ai S-c liuder, i oo hoise-( found the most desirable- form of power Dodge-Ciu t iss engine and 1 power plant, for his flight. ing or camping. Let him show yon how to build and extinguish ,..i thU new model several vears aco. Kur camp nre, now to.aank t ttan utitt y - - , i"- heavy grades requiring, tran-spor-j In fact, the idea of a car to sHc t at ton units of rugged construe- j d the Model T has been in m' linger than mat. Hut tne tUn and higb power- EARLY PRODUCTION i OF NEW: FJORD iTOLD Cmtiniit-.t from pBg-.t.) wldeJinueiico of the Ford car in biilldirTi of good roads and in teaefclngjne people the use. and value of nfechanical power is con ceded. Nowadays everybody runs mind sale of the Model T continued at such a pace that there, never seemed to be an opportunity to get. the new car started. Even now t the bunes.H js so hrisk that " we are up against tne proposition or keeping.2he factory going on one model while we tool up for an other. I am glad of this because keep the fire fronx spreadingt why a.mall fie is better fha a big ono, and all of those things that only one with years of experience in forest work really knows. . !t. takes but little .longer to extinguish the camp fire.in the proper manner and it help! to pre serve the mountain timber in its natural, wid TStsrte; ... Grants Pass Ore up to I2.08S brakes, eaer eteerlng and better 'new YORK. (Special.) Di-' engine control, is defeated by this rector or General Motors CorporV i Trials have hown the Whippet l, ........... .... Ul a iers ''u.., ' "u(;n v.pcmuu.r, 1 ciureu on tne common siock a reg- , for wider and better paved streets j lar quarterly dividend of $2 a I and highways being nullified by j share, payable, June 13. 1927. and j the lack of unified and common-j an extra cash dividend of $2 a j sense regulations. : share, payable July 5. 1027, both! "As evidence of the variation ! to stockholders of record May 21, of our laws there are few of us j 1927. In addition the regular I who have not discovered some 1 quarterly dividends on the senior ' times to our sorrow that it is legal to pass a standing street car in one city and illegal in another. That some authorities, permit passing at the right while others prohibit it. That some traffic signals are over the side walk, others in the center of the road Six. not only as a speedy and pow erful car but one that can bo op erated economically. Its unusual getaway, fast pickup and ability to maintain a high rate of speed-mile after mile without any ill effects If equal to the performance of many higher priced sixes. Drivers also. declare that for a six cylin dered car the new Whippet uses a surprisingly small amount of fuel and an oil consumption which is almost negligible. The Whippet Six bodies aro low swung, the lines being long and graceful. This type of conet mo tion gives the car remarkable road stability, with a high degree of securities, payable August 1 to stockholders of record July 5. Ifi27, were declared. The presi dent, Alfred P. Sloan, Jr., an nounced that the corporation's cash position continues strong, the current cash and marketable se curities aggregating $1 50,000,000. Don't waste another golden hour worrying over the squeaks Bring" the car to us. Monroe S. Cheek . Complete Atomtlv Lubrication Court at 'Capitol Telephone 2295 it, will not necessitate a total ; gold per ton was foind in the old! fety added by the four-wheel i suuiuunii. v 1 1 1 v u. tuniuaiainco vinruuai'ii mine;. . .j. 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The nickeled radiator is fashionably l high white a marked air of individuaKzedJbeauty and rich ness is achieved by garnish rails and steering wheel in3 American walnut, special mohair upholstery over daven port type springs, and body hardware of period design. AndV of course, the De Luxe Sedan provides all F the power, speed and stamina-all the handling ease and operating economy which made the Pontiac Six the- most successful low priced quality six ever introduced. Yet it sells for only $975, VICK BROS. Salem, Oregon S E I A N ' AtUUln(jl riA.1a.ii - 1 ...... . mm' M..m a i" , ' " 515 S. COMMERCIAL .o TELEPHONE 635 ft.' - -4-. MILLER MOTOR CO., Albany,' Oregon;. FRED T. BILYE.TJ, Sclo. Oregon; B. E TAYLOR, Lebanon j Oregon; B1LVEUTON MOTOR CAR CO SHrer tonr, Oregon; GEO. DORR. Woodbarn, Oregon; C- J. 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