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SECTION THREE
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SEVENTY-SEVENTH YEAR
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Great Industrial Achieve
ment Crowns Efforts of
Auto Manufacturer
PONT I AO. Midi. Pronounced
"The Last Word1' in high rpialit y
motor car maiitilact uring methods
the three great building" compris
ing tlf Oakland Motor far rnm
uny's new l'otiiiac Six division
arj now running at full capacity,
following their comjdetion in the
record time of less than seven
months, and 'stand as a wonder
industrial achievement in automo
tive plant construction and effi
cient layout.
The motor manufacturing plant,
assembly plant, and rar storage
building, all now in use, comprise
the major 'part of Oakland's $15.
IOO,000 expansion program. Their
roust ruction was the largest auto
motive project ever undertaken at
one time as well as the largest far
Tory construction contract award
ed in the United States during
1926.
Fully equal to the buildings'
mammoth proportions, in point of
Interest, is the care with which
they were designed for one dom
inating purpose, the systematic
unhampered production of motor
rar. Even to the lay visitor, it
Is obvious that the layout engi
neers took into consideration ev
ery detail in car manufacture,
plotting the numerous tributary
operations in such a manner that
they lead progressively to the as
sembly lines.
The routing of raw materials,
in their gradual transformation
into motor cars, is strikingly like
a great river system, in which tiny
rivulett? jnerge. flow on. and unite
with similarly augmented brooks,
gaining volume as they go, and
finally pouring their waters into
the great main stream. In remote
comers of the plant, far from the
assembly lines, the smallest indi
vidual parts are fabricated and
started on their journey. They
attach themselves to other parts.
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STRAIGHT EIGHTS
MAKE CLEAN SWEEP
Hupp President Calls Suc
cess at Indianapolis Great
est of Tributes
The clean .sweep of eight cylind
r ar at th world-famous r,00
milcs Indianapolis race. Memorial
Day. is a remarkable tribute to the
Hffieierwy and durability' of the
iglit cylinder principle of motor
cardesign, in the opinion of Du-
Hois Voting. President of the Hupp
.Motor rnr Corporation. Kvery
'ar in tln race wuh a straight
oiht.
Mr, Young point to the per
formance of the winning car, driv
en by Ceorge SoutterH, as indica
tive of the superiority of the pight
cylimier pfinciple. translated into
standard "passenger car design.
Ho'uders averaged 0"..:4 miles an
hotir for the 500 miles in com
parison with the world record for
that distance, made by Peter do
Paolo, at the 1925 race in a Dues
nberg Straight Kight. of 101.13
miles an hour. Souders drove the
-nt ire ".00 miles reporting perfect
performance from his car through
out the race.
Commenting on reports of Hup
mohile engineers and other execu
tives who witnessed Souder's vic
tory. Mr. Young stressed the fact
that "eight cylinder cars have won
very race of major importance
throughout America for four
v.-ips. The eijsht cylinder prin
cipio is now conclusively estab
lished as supreme." he said, "lead
ins drivers will use no other type
ar." ,
'Modern engineering thoitgbt Is
rnpidly crystallizing into A unity
of opinion that the eight cylinder
desisrn is the topmost among all
motor car principle. This opinion
would seem borne out in the fact
that engineers who bnild for the
supreme racing test of all the
race at Indianapolis - build
straight eights, just as engineers
who seek the finest in every day
use build the same type car.
"A race such as this is a splen
did crucible in which to test every
known motor car type which ap
pears to have potentialities. Many
of the features which have made
the eight the dominant fine car
It is were given' their 'baptism' of
fire at Indianapolis, or on the
board tracks of this country. It
is through such tests that the best
principles to follow can be deter
rained definitely. The fact that
straight eights hare won every
race In America for four years is
thorough proof of their suprem
acy,"
OIIID'S IUMC
ACTORY PRODUCE
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TOUR
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CONDITIONS BETTER
Improvements Come Follow
ing Progress Toward Uni
formity of Codes
WASHINGTON. D. C. (Spe
cial) If the motor tourist does
not find completely uniform traf
fic regulations this summer when
he goes forth on his annual vaca
tion journey, be at least will be
certain of finding more equitable
and just codes prevailing, as a re
sult of the progress of the move
ment toward uniformity in vital
features of motor vehicle codes,
according to a statement from the
American Automobile association
today.
In connection with tlteir fight
for the adoption of the more vital
features of a national code, the
units ot'theA. A. A. have been
making a vigorous onslaught upon
reactionary and unduly restrictive
provisions of the local codes with
whti'ch the motor tourist comes in
contact, Thos. P. Henry, president
of the national motoring body, de
clared. He continued:
"An excellent measure of suc
cess has marked these efforts in
hundreds of communities and, in
this, officials of the national mo
toring body see a fine stimulus to
touring created.
"The circumscribed views on
motor vehicle movement held by
local authorities in many parts of
the country have been supplanted;
by a much better perspective. The
narrow, distorted vision of traffic
that every tourist has found at
one time or anotJier in both small
and large centers rapidly is giving
way to a broad, sane policy as the
automobile lnb presents motor
dom's ense to the local legislators.
"To the credit of the municipal
officials generally, they not only
have revealed a willingness to lis
ten but to learn and to be as fair
and just as the most sanguine
could hope. When they were told.
as in many cases they were, that
the local regulations were reac
tionary and successful chiefly in
driving away business, they usual
ly gave their close attention to the
club's spokesman or committee.
This same attitude was manifest
in many municipalities adjacent
to the cities in which the club
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State Grange Gets Report
on Roads and Auto License
In the annual report read be
fore the state Grange convention
at Corvallis, June 14. by Master
of the Oregon State Grange,
George A. Palmiter. was the fol
lowing sensible reference to the
automobile license question:.
"I believe there should be some
readjustment in the auto licenses
fo that the old car will not be
forced to pay a fee of from 50 to
100 per cent of its value. . Prob
ably the most equitable system
would be to have a small license
fee on a41 cars, then put the cars
on the tax rolls the same as all
other property, assessing them
according to their value and pro
vide that the tax receipt accom
pany the application for a license;
or, better yet, allow the license to
be issued by the County Tax Col
lector of each county, and thus
facilitate the securing of licenses
and eliminate the mailing expense
as well as congestion and delay."
" "A great many1 morercars -would
be licensed under this plan, as
nearly all old cars would carry li
cense plates which are today dis
carded or left unused because of
the high license fee."
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In the days, belore the haunts
of lite American Indian had been
invaded by white settlers, the cus
tomary American home was the
tepee, constructed of skins and
poles. The loj; cabins of the early
settlers offered many advantages
over the Indian's t. nt in the mat
ter of comfort, but they lacked
the ftviure o de-iind by the In
dian, easy portability.
It remained for K. A. "Wade, of
Olympia, Washington. to con
struct ;i really porta bl log cabin.
This unique home on wheels af
fords unusually complete and com
fortable living accommodations.
There arc folding twin beds in
the combination bed and living
room and two clothes closets. In
the kitchen aud dining room
are a built-in ;liina cabinet and
an excellent equipment of elec
trical cooking appliances.
The- Douglas fir tree from which
the sec tion was cut was felled lust
August near Olympia. Washing
ton. It measured '' 1 1 feet hiait
and the count of the growth rings
indicated that the life of this giant
patriarch of the forests started
the year Columbus discovered
America. Besides this section,
eight feet in diameter and sixteen
feet long, nine other pieces, each
twenty-two feet long, were cut.
from Hut ituflJc v-.
This novel display, drawn by n
Oraham Brothers truck, travels in
a few hours distances which would
have required weeks in a covered
wagon in the days of '4ft.
In the many cities in which Mr.
Wade has displayed his motorized!
iog cabin the unusual exhibit has I
attracted a large amount of in-j
terest.
Installation of Motor
Coaches May Give Aid
To relieve the srrowinc traffic
congestion of the upper Round dis
trict, of" Westchester county. New j
York, and throughout southern !
Connecti( ut. caused by increasing
motor travel, the 'ov Haven rail- 1
way and the Connecticut company'
are preparing petitions to be filed
with the Public I'tiliiv commission :
at Hartford seeking abandonment
of the new trolleys and installa :
tion of motorcoaches in their'
place. Motor chat. I
DOWN THE ROAD
THE TIME YOUR HOST HELD UP
THE PARTY FOR HOURS TO SEARCH " " ,
FOR A SPARE LUG HE HAD LOST ' T 9
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SALEM, OREGON, SUNDAY
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REVIEW OE LAWS
Rules of Road Undergo
Some Chances Which Are
Very "Important
j For the benefit of the Oregon
motorists it js the purpose of t he
; Statesman, to publish in this sec
jtion'of the paper each Sunday
some important parts of the Gen
eral Laws of Oregon which effect
, the auto drivers.
! The last session of the legislu
1 lure witnessed several changes in
; the .Moior Vehicle Code with
which every driver should be fa
I miliar if they desire to keep out
j of jail and keep their cars from
getting battered and keep from
I paying some other fellow's
I ages.
dam-
! Jrjvh legislative session? a greaT
many changes are made in the
law and this year proved no ex
ception to the rule. In fact the
motoring public just about gets
accustomed to the Vehicle ('ode
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Broken Glass Patrol
Saves People Money
The Automobile club of South
ern California has a broken-glass
patrol operating a fleet of 1." mo
tor car-; which travel constantly
on the highways of that section of
the stale rendering emergency
service to distressed motorists who
meet accidents and delays. Inci
dentally, this patrol saves thou
sands of punctures yearly by re
moving broken , glass and other
sharp objec ts from the pavements.
More than .'..tino pounds. of brok
en vlass were removed from the
highways during I he first 'month
of operation. - -Motor Chat.
Rides YouH
FOR AUTO DRIVERS
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VIGOROUS
MORNING, JUNE 12, 1927
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SERIES OF COLORS
Precious Stones Provide In
spiration for Painting of
Automobiles
In these clays when so much
streps is being laid on color in
architecture, house decoration and
dress, the announcement by H. II.
Brooks, general sales director of
the Mnrrmon Motor car company,
of a now. basis for color harmon
ies for the large Marmon Series
75 automobiles is unusually inter
esting. The natural and perfect
ly blended colors of precious
stones and their rock formations
have been taken as the foundation
j for the new tones which will be
i shown for the first time at Mar
! mnn Jewel Color Bazaar? to bo
j held throughout the country this
month.
"It was inevitable that when
black was discarded as the only
appropriate color for a utomolsiles
more vivid coloration would be
produced, often in rather bizwrre
effects." Mr. Brooks said. "Oltt
of three primary colors, the pairr.t
manufacturers tell us. there arnj
some 1-"..00) possible shades to be
made. During re(-enf years mo
tor car manufacturers have ex
perimented with a good many of
these, sometimes with a decidedly
telling effect, sometimes with less
success. . ' 5
"More and more automobile
men have realized, in seeking out
some definite guide for color har-
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Tourist Service Station
Equipped to pive Service
The Tourist 'Servic-e Station, lo
cated at 404 South Winter stsreet,
is'-rapidly becoming the oasis for
tourists arid Salem motorists. Con
veniently located ; in the heart of
a resident section of the city it
caters to an ever' Inc reasing trade,
rations visit this station and re
ceive the best and most courteous
service that can pjossihly be rend-
l-ejt;eJI.rlC.-JThis fact, and alo the
knowledge that the service is rend
ered with a smile and a "glad to
do ft" greeting instills in the
motoring public, .the feeling "We
Like That Place."
"We are hei'e to serve" declared
Charlie Brant, the proprietor.
That he meant it may be attested
to by the fact tliat new equipment
is being secured and every' effort
made to give service.
The Tourist Service Station is
equipped to do any kind of general
repair worh. An efficient mech
anician is present all of the time
ready to give aid. Free prank case
service is another special feature
of service. fins and oils are
handled, and also a general line
of acc essories.
Kach day sees new equipment
being secured - changes being
made at the station and mauy
other improvements ;ijpearing all
or which are meant to aid in the
giving of better service, to the
motoring public by the Tourist
Service Station.
Never Forget
MARMON OFFER
"Non-Galloping"
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A balloon-tired car is supposed to be a great advance in riding
comfort over the cow pony, but unless properly equipped it- "gallops"
almost as much. Ted Wells. 1'niversal s newest western star and-his
horse' Cowboy listen to the Western Auto Supply ' Company. aleamaa
explain the laudable "non-galloping" features of the Hassler absorber
which is distributed by the Western Auto Stores. "
CHRYSLER DEALERS
Firm Says Only One Buyer
Ever Traded for Car of
Another Make
An exceptional, and fwliat mem
bers of the firm believe to be an
unparalleled record in automobile
merchandising has beqn reported
to the Chrysler Corporation hy
one of its d ist ribntors; the Simp-son-Reid
Motor company, of ciratttl
Junction, Colo.
According to the members of
this firm, their sales in the three
years since they started have
grown from Tf cars in the first
year to a total of 41 S for ' the
whole period of fheir history. This
part of the company's career is
not particularly remarkable, but
Simpson and Reid gn on to de
clare that of the entire 4 1 .". buy
erj of Jixjjjlexs oiiiy.-nehas ever
traded in his car for'another make
of automobile, and op. this they
claim a record. j
' The one exception, hey explain
with regret. wanted a second
Chrysler but his mind, was set on
having a certain body type and
when he found he could nor get
it in a Chrysler asjsoonas he
needed it he reluctantly decided
to buy another make of car.
Although the books of the
Chrysler Corporation jlo not show
a rival for this particular distinc
tion, officials of the j corporation
say that It is not a matter for sur
prise to learn of such jan incident.
Kvidence of, preference by Chrys
ler owners for the car of their
choice has come repeajtedly ia sta
tistics of automobile fegistrations
the officials explain! and has
prmved to their satisfaction that
Chrysler i.s in a class of its owji
among American motor car man
ufacturers in replacement ratios.
'"We believe this i.-ija logical re
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By FRANK BECK
CLA M NEW RECORD
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Features Explained
There js only one great source
of discom-t'ort left iu today's rid
ing conditions and that i gallop
ing Small rises and depressions
in concrete macadam, even on so
called smooth highways will often
cause the car to bob up and down
with an uncomfortable., mushy,
see-saw action.
"Hassler shock absorbers, ac
cording to Walter Jiydell, local
manager for . the Western Auto
Supply company, have grown di
rectly out of two important:' ad
vances in motoring, namely bal
loon tires and softer springs. ThQ
new type absolber is as. effective
in cushioning the large bump art
the small one ami- eliminates "all
"galloping."
"These ahsevrbers are made to
withstand the severest punish
ment and will give faultless per
formance for the life of the car
without any upkeep expense. The
new Hassler .employs a new prin
ciple of smooth friction to the
checking of the rebound and pro
vides better roadabillty. "llereto
fore a checking device ; was ad
justed for good results on unpaT
ed roacls gave a hard', "jolty effo'ct
when subjected to the. minor -inequalities
of the city boulevards.
The smooth friction, feature over
comes this and guarantees ruaxl
mum riding comfort under all
conditions.
One feature that Western Auto
Supply Company salesmen find
that appeals to the car owner Is
the sealed ccjnstruetion of the
Hassler. The6nly attention that
it ever requires is an occasional
greasing with the Alemite Zerk
Run.
Nash Motors Enters June
With 20 Per Cent Gain
In line with the demand which
is sweeping the -country. XaKh
.Motors enters June with 20 per
cent more shipping orders on the
hooks than were received "for Juno
a year ago. This is true in both
.the domestic and export fields and
jn overseas shipments all previous
records were shattered last month
"Orders for June $hipments are
in excess of those received for any
June in the ''history 'of The Nash
Motors company," says K. H. 5c-
( arty, general sales manager
r.very indication points to a con
tinuance of this heavy demand
throughout the summer and fall
months. The public apparently is
appreciative of the, fact that never
before in the entire history of the
motor car--Industry has the auto
mobile dollar bought so much as
today and as far as the Xash line
of cars is concerned this Is parti
cularly true."
Outstanding among the models
in the Nash' line are the new Ad
vanced She Coupe and the Special
Six Cabriolet, introduced this
spring. Like all models in the
?Cash line they are 'equipped with
the 7-bearing crankshaft inofor.1
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Single Policeman to Work
Central Control System
A single polictman will work
the central control' of the new
traffic lights system In New York
city, or rather In the borough of
Manhattan, being! located a,t;
point, near Forty-seeond street.
At this central poit there will be
interconnected keyboards for eah
grOup.of lights,-and traffic move
ments, will b.e synchronized north
and south and east and west,
five-second 'interval being allowed
between each change, from "Stop
to "Go. An Innovation by the
police department, which con
forms to the new ; standardlxed
traffie signal system throughout
the state, is to substitute a -fixed
amber light for the flashing red
light formerly used as a caution
ary beacon. ; The change wia
made to avoid confusion by hav
ing a red light mean "Stop" in
some cases and'Oo carefully" In
others.-v-Motor Chat.
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1 PRICE FIVE CENTS
REFLECTING SPIRIT
Dodge Brothers New Auto
' j Drawing Warm Praise
From Authorities
, The arrival of Dodge Urothera
keenly anticipated Six has swung
the npot light of interest in the di
rection of th salesrooms where,
tradition tells ua, t'hu word "de
pendable" was given popular coin-'
ape. ' There it remains fu ussed,
for the new Sir, tlio Senior, re
veal much that absorb- the at
tention and much also thift creates?
surprise.
New cars and new mortal. are
constantly rolling over the hori-
ron, but a Six arriving from tba
Dodge laboratories carries its own
peculiar 'new? value. ThelL aro,
of course, certain pre-eoneei red
Ideas as to. high quality In struc
ture and mechanic, due to th
past-history of the makers cover
ing a period of twelve successful
years tlur In? j which nearly two
million car .were built ami mar
keted. Hut ow does this new
member of the -family perform?
And here Is where cnrlocjty in
perhaps uppermost -how does it
look? Is tur"-e a note of con
servatism in its appearance? or
does it look as though its de
signers were appealing to flaming1
you (h?
; It may he sale! .at. once that
without being- extreme jn any
sense Dodge Brothers Six haa
plenty of snap In its appearance
as well as In Its performance.
Kan Rates Pope, one of the fore
most technical editor In the coun
try; hits it off well tv hen he say
in Automobile Topics: "rcdse
brothers Senior tij a distinctive
embodiment of the .spirit of the
times." M:r. Pope, who made an
Intensive study of the new pro
duct and wrote exhaust irely on the
subject, continues:
"It? size Is rendered Indefinite
by the gently rounded contours of
the roof Hurt which i3 crowned and
moulded over th ides to produce
the effect of length and lowness
without.' unpleasant accentuation
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Would Make Huge Bali Near
ly Quarter of Mile in
Circumference
AKRON. Ohio. (Special) -Sihbad
the Sailor and, Gulliver
were possessed withvivfJ and
prodigious imaginations. lint even
these spinners of incredible yarns
would have to stretch their imag
ination to the litaft to visualize
a rubber bairpiade of fi20,000
tons of rubber and 2Z2 feet in
diameter. j
Yet if all thp crude rubber pro
duced last year, were rolled Into
a huge .rubber! ball, it would be
more than 352 feet in diameter,
or nearly a qtkarter of a mile in
circumference.
according to fig
by Miller tire en-
ures compiled
gineers.
If this huge mountain of rub
ber were plact?d on exhibition, It
a display larger
tl;an the ordinary city square and
would tower ibovo many of the
tallest buildings In many Araeri-i
can cities.
According to government statis
tics. 620,000 ions tons of crude
rubber were produced last year.
On a basis of 59 pounds of rub
ber to the cubic foot, mathema
ticians figured that a solid rubber
ball of more than 352 feet Id dia
meter would be made il it was all
rolled together In 1925, rubber
production was. 515,00c) tons, of
which a ball could have been
made 32; feet la diamcter, or
about 1,000 feet In circumference.
Again the combined Imagina
tions of Sinbad and Gulliver would
he required to Imagine what
would happen if these two huge
balls were to be rolled down oppo
site hills, to rebound when they
came together la the valley. .Or
Jf;means were supplied by which
this gigantic mass-of elastic could
be inflated. ;
- In uch a gigantic mass of rub
ber, would be locked such elastic
eneTgy that it is doubtful if en
gineers could compute it. If I
means were' provided by wh!ch!
such a great ball could be drop
ped from a height ot eeveral
thousand feet, one might rtretchj
the imagination to the breaking
point 'trying: to figure -when !t
would top reboundlDg and the
havoc It would create.
As it is, millions of tires are
running- milHonc?'' hi' miles cn.i
thcrn?andT Of ptactical usei are be
ing made of tft mnterlal of tlita
imaginary rubltr ball.
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