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THE OBEJGON STATESMAN, SALEM, OREGON
SUNDAY MORNING, JUNE 12, 1927
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more than a rim of the polished
shell which Isj of uniform width,
save at the top where it widens
out. The butlerfly sweep of the
guards is effective; the lines of
the hood rugrged and strong.
J'Tbere is a bundant room inside
the car fotr comfortable riding and
frequent cfoarfee of posture daring
long driv in uncomfortable
weather. Afi the interior wotk is
carefully tuned on the chromatic
scale to a soft and durable ex
terior of blues and greens in lac
quer finish! set off appropriately
with ivory hair lines."
Mr. Porpe: goes ' over the car
minutely rrom a mechanical stand
point and makes this interesting
summary of the power plant:
The motor follows mqUern
practice- in numerous ways, utiliz
ing also- the many years experience
of Dodtgte Brothers engineering de
partment in producing a .power
plant that will run on and on with
a mini mum of attention for years.
It would be in the eyes oif some
design irs a little bigger in volume
than t he weight of the car de
mands, but; this means abundant
power under ail .circumstances.
Though. the major emphasis is not
placed on speed it will -probably
yield a' great deal longer life and
produce a great deal leas trouble
for the consumer than a.'ny of the
high sfeed j motors."
But' in the last analysis actual
performance Is a vastly important
factor The impressions of a
seasoned observer like Mr. Pope
are important:' "That the Senior
will seill very largely on sight and
on the strength of Dodge Brothers
Teputation is a foregone conclu
sion," he says, "for lit is a clean
cut thoroughly modern car.. But
moh-e than all that it will sell on
demonstration. It is a remarkably
smooth pferformer under normal
road conditions. It has been prov
ed on cross continental tests to
have remarkable endurance under
the sort of punishment only cross
continental drivers know how to
inflict. It handles as any car
should. The clutch pedal and the
engagement are smooth; the gears
change easily and the standard
shift will be a comfort to many
drivers. 1
"As for speed, the car on
smooth pavements picks up uni
formly to its 50; its 60 or more
and no one doubts the speedo
meter. In second it flashes to the
smartest kind of get-away 25,
30. 35 or even 40 without ner-
ceptible vibration, without any of
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COMPANY PATHS
Old Tires May Be Traded m
On New Ones and So Worth
More Than Ever
Si The remarkable 8ted perform
ances of Paige-built automobiles
ifer a number of. yeals are point
ed to by Mr. Trumm ot the Trumm
51 o tor company, local Paige deal
ersas proof 61 the consistently
ajert engineering of tine company
in producing cars frofen year to
jfear. which fully, meet the de-
manas 01 a prosr5saive 1126
imblic. .
: The Paige dealer also regards
fj as of unusual interest that in
the different speed events In.which
Paige has participated, the ' strip
ped stock cars, which have been
ajmest completely stock, have
nctahltehoft rprorrtq almOSt aS EOOd
a those turned In by the stripped
stock chassis' entries. '
"This is surely the best evidence
that the cars are built to give
their best performance with their
full weight and equipment," Mr,
Trumm said.
"Probably the finest-stripped
car stock performances by Paige-
were in the 50-mlle and75-mile
events, in which Ralph Mulford
hung up records of 91.10 miles
per hour and 89.93 milrtS per hour
respectively," the dealer added
"Both are official A. A. A. free-for-all
records. The same driver,
-nrlth ft PaJeA also holds the five
faile Tecord with an average speed
"of 91.89 miles per hour vind the
30-mile record with evem a better
-average, 91.95 miles per how
"The Paige Eight, with two
. hih speeds, newest addition to
jthe Paige line, while baiilt for
smooth, economical, touring-speed
driving, has distinguished Itself
recentlv bv completing a 76-mile
' isst in -the remarkable time Of 52
-minutes. 11 seconds for ah. aVret.
jpge of 86.23 miles per hour. The
.test was made underhe auspices
sof the American Automobile ass.
. station and the time is official.
Thp rnr was Rtrictlv 8tOCk. except
A. I nuitfuuu, wiinout any 01
,.Jor removal of the fenders, run-1 those eroans and mmhiino that
on1 vr
giimg u"iua u " o 1 maKe so many anvers airaia or
For a limited period of time
only, the Western Auto Supply
company is extending to its customers-the
privilege of turning
in their old, worn out tires, as
part payment on new Western
Giant or Wear-well tires.
During this special event old
tires will be worth more than
ever, according -to Manager Wal
ter Rydell, of the local West
em Auto store. "Until Saturday,
June 4th. old tires will be taken
in on new tires that have behind
them the reputation and unequal-
ed service of the world's 'largest
auto supply house" says Mr. Ry
dell. "We advise all motorists to be
prepared for vacation tours and
avoid all chance of tire trouble by
replacing their old worn out tires
with new fully guaranteed West
ern Giant or Wear-well tires and
at the same time let the old ones
help pay for the new.
"Kven if the old tires on the
car do seem good for more mile
age, the motorist will no doubt
find that he will be more than re
paid by turning them in at this
time, not only from the saving in
money but from the satisfaction
he receives from knowing that the
tire equipment on his car" relieves
him from worry and freedom from
tire troubles.
clubs, are less Tlgld and restrictive
speed regulations reflected in -the
disappearance of hundreds of
signs specifying "Speed limit,. 15
miles an hour"; more reasonable
parking regulations; fewer con
fusing bans . on driving practices
that are generally approved; a
broader tendency to warn instead
of arrest the traveler and a gen
eral trend toward leniency where
violation of the regulation palp
ably was caused by ignorance.
"Probably, the most welcome
improvement wrought is that
which has brought to many com
munities a more liberal speed lim
it law," Mr. Henry says. "Nothing
has so aggravated and irritated
the motorist on tour as the con
spicuous '15 mile speed limit
signs that have greeted him in
small towns, villages and hamlets.
"Everyone has recognized the
dangers of erxcessive speed by the
automobile, but when a village
established? a maximum speed of
15 miles an hour while the met
ropolitan area will allow one to
drive 30, it is absurd to look upon
the regulation as designed merely
for safety. The motor club has
taught the municipal official the
futility and injustice of this regu
lation in hundreds of instances al
ready, and when the touring sea
son comes again, hundreds more
will have taken down these signs
of reaction.
"The fight for uniformity of
traffic regulations is continuing.
In tie meantime, more equitable
and. just regulations are being ob
tained everywhere," the statement
concludes.
"The model used was a cabriolet.
jone of the heaviest in the Paige
,line, weighing 3690 pounds com
Tplete and it carried a mechanician
llits well as the driver, Zeke Meyer.
" Meyer said that the car was per
fectly cool at tha finish and could
fhave continued almost any ais-
-tance at the Bame speed.
"Previously oc the beach at
Daytona, Florida, a Paige stock
- thassis covered a measured mile at
tlhe rate of 102.8 miles per hour.
The same car was then taken to
the tracks at Uniontown and Co
tati, where under official A. A. A.
observation, it broke all then
existing stock chassis records from
five to 100 miles. For the maxi
mum run of 100 miles the Paige
v chassis lob averaged 89.7 miles
per hour.
"But withal, Paige has not built
cars primarily to win speed events
"We have a line of 20 Sixes and
Eightsdeglgned for economy, dur
aeHity- comfort- and beauty as
well. -st-Onft ot the first, cars ever
built by the company in 1909 is
still in running order on the At
laIcoagCrr.Our Paige Eight
wiilr-two high speeds, recently
completed a 300-mile economy
test., showing a saving of 26 per
t en? in Vfcasoline 'over a three
speedy Eight, identical except for
the transmission. Within the past
month, the Paige Eight . has
climbed hills and mountains from
West Virginia to California in
thjrd speed, in many instances
establishing new records for the
climb.". '
Second speed."
Mr. Pope summarizes his im
pressions thus: "It is a car of
ar.'ri.chair comfort, velvety control
and ' a willingness to perform
aboiKt which there can be no argu
ment, whatever."
LaGyande -. Eastern Oregon
Light' . & Power company will
spend 1450.000 for transmission
lines to bring Idaho electric power
here.
TOURIST CARAVAN
CONDITIONS BETTER
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headquarters were located."
Among the advantages which
have come to the motorist as a re
sult of this campaign by the motor
Bridge Over St. Mary's
River Formally Opened
The Georgia-Florida bridge over
the St. Mary's river has been for
malley opened, removing the last
ferry on the Atlantic coastal high
way between Washington and
Miami. The bridge was built by
the highway departments of the
two states, and the opening cere
mony was attended by the govern
ors of Georgia and Florida. Mo
tor Chat. '
After the long weft winter mhny
squeaks develop. Have you tried
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Monroe S. Cheek
Complete Automotive Lubrication
Court and Capitol Phone 2205
SENIOR SIX SEDAN
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anywhere. Actually it stands a
fraction oveT 71 inches from the
ground, but it looks considerably
lower. '
'An entirely new interpretation
of ;thr moulding line is created by
the use of recessed panels on the
doors and swinging around the
back from one rear quarter to
that .on the-other side. The en
tire front of the car is distinctively
new,. The radiator is deep, rather
high and urrounded by barely
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pit's no Jokb defective brakes
have materially increased the
uxc of embalming: fluid besides
the sale of false limbs, crutch
es, etc'.-" '. .a; V ;
Don't be the cause or subject
for an undertaker's increase In
bosinooa have as Inspect, ad
just, rellne your tar's brakes
TODAY' utfi'JipcZZiisS ': -
MIKE PANEK .
Salem's Brake Specialist
275 S, Com'J St. Pbone 1102
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OAST WEEK Star Car builders re-
V cL moved the price barrier on the most
- attractive and most useful quality
model ever designed by introducing the
Star Car Convertible Cabriolet!
Today Star Car's Convertible Cabrio
let is the automobile "news" of the
country Everywhere motorists are prais
. ing its exceptional looks and commenting
on its unequalled low orice.
You should see this Star Car Convertible
Cabriolet I Visit your nearest Star- Car
'dealer'si'-!.;:,-:. -I-- x
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or in one minute, a breezy, 4 f
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nicicUrUvtred lan&au bows n a
raith Dmaxat top.
lustrous color in polished lacquer
-fcnuim grained fray Spanish
leather upholstery
rumble seat 38 inches wide Jar .
, three passengers)
sprint loc automatically loct
rear compartment
rear ieseooer is counter-balanced
to open easily by nickeled grab
handles or ornamental decl bars
New Silent STAR Four
Convertible Cabriolet,..
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Greater STAR SIX
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FOURS (fT) SIXES
Salem Automobile Go,
255 North Church i , Telephone 91
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Marmon Engineers Use Seis
mograph to Find Best
Spring Length
A seismograph is knoVn gen-
eraJly.as an instrument for re
cofding eartii disturbances, but to
Marmon engineers this same de
vice, with its delicate mechanism.
enters an entirely new field of
usefulness that of registering in
a scientific manner the same road
shocks and bumps that ordinarily
are only a source of discomfort to
the motorist.
In designing the Marmon Eight.
engineers of the company institut
ed a comfort test with its basis
the seismograph and another de
vice, a spring deflection recorder,
which registers the actual deflec
tion of the springs of the car.
This scientific test was one of the
final factors in the design of the
chassis of the new Eight, accord
ing to H. H. Brooks, general sales
director of the Marmon Motor
Car company.
"In the Marmon Eight," Mr.
Brooks said, "the problem of rid
ing comfort received much more
than the ordinary amount of at
tention since this was to be a car
without great size and bulk but
with all the riding ease previously
associated with the largest and
most expensive cars. Moreover,
Marmon had its own reputation to
maintain, having bnilt cars for
years that were generally credited
with unusual comfort and road
ability. "The sensitive seismograph and
spring deflection recorder were
brought into play, in a way to ob
tain a scientific register of all
types ot road conditions so that
spring length", distribution of
weight and center of gravity could
be determined with scientific ac
curacy and then supplemented
with the correct types of shock in
sulators and absorbers.
"In the comfort test, a seismo
graph was placed in the tonneau
of .the car and attached to the
springs, clearly recording on a
strip of paper the movement of
the body with respect to the level
of the road. Movement of the
springs themselves was recorded
in much the same manner but on
La slightly different type of instru
ment. Thus it was possible to re
cord at any speed not only in deep
ruts and holes such as are found
in country roads, but the hardly
noticeable roughness of brick
pavements and other types of city
streets.
"As a result of the experiments
springs of the Marmon Eight were
designed with a total length equal
to 81 per cent of the wheelbase of
(he car. They are set in sturdy
rubber knuckles which serve to
insulate the chassis body from
many short and sharp road shocks
and at the same time eliminate
the necessity of lubrication. . The
spring system is further augment
ed by Lovejoy hydraulic shock ab
sorbers which are engineered into
tne frame of the car at the time
of manufactured
Snow Removal Assuming
Very Important Position
"Snow removal is assuming a
more important position in the
opinion of the motorist and high
way officials each year," said
George O. Brandenburg in a re
cent luncheon meeting. "The Cas
cade Range, extending from Brit
ish Columbia south to the Califor
nia line, is broken only in one
place and that place is the Colum
bia Gorge. Through this break is
located the Columbia River high
way, and along this highway
streams all of the motor traffic ot
the winter months, because all of
the other roads over the Cascades
are blocked with winter snows and
this one road must carry the traf
fic that would ordinarily be di
vided between other highways.
"The Oregon State Motor asso
ciation has taken an increasing in
terest in the blockade of roads for
a portion of the. year, and data
has been collected relative to the
depth of snow and cost of remov
ing same. The 12 months rbad
is an ideal towards which the mo
tor association is working and
the economy' allowing roads,
costing in the aggregate millions
of dollars, to be useless for a por
tion of the year, is a very doubtful
one.
"In some states," concludes Mr.
Brandenburg, "the experience has
been that the additional gasoline
i-uauuicu, T ucu ruaus are rreen
from snow, more than repays 1;,
gasoline tax the cost of the open-
Ing, thus making the economical
cost of the road a net gain ini
stead of an economical loss. -
Mdford-Owen Oregon ! saw
mills, being doublpd in capacity,
W,H Pay $1,000,000 a year in
wages.
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A Six for today, and tomorrow! Heir to
everything good that yesterday knew with
refinements that are tried, vital and better.
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A rugged, dependable Six that performs
with genuine brilliance. Fashioned to express
great power, deep-seated comfort and low
swung steadiness at high speed.
A brawny car, decoratively appointed..
Distinguished.
Quiet and impressively smooth at all speeds.
Thrillingly alert in traffic. Honestly built
and honestly priced. ' -
A Six by Dodge Brothers! ' 'v
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