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Automotive Real Estate Better Homes Churches SECTION FOUR Pages 1 to 8 GLEAN AND VIGOROUS SEVENTY-SEVENTH YEAR SALEM, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, JUNE 19, 1927 PRICE FIVE CENTS nniirn nxrfliriUPIV Romans As Road Builders Now Find Rival In Akron's Rubber Pioneer OLDSMOBILE WILL EOUIP CARS BETTER JUNE 30 LAST DAY TQASKTAX REFUND I r-m mm 1 ihi in i ini m AUTOMOBILE LOWERS SELLL'G EXPENSE CALL FORTH PRAISE Dodge Brothers Senior Has Excellent Equipment, Ex pert Reports High speed, congested traffic, sudden stops, sharp turns at a fast clip and other conditions and de mands in present-day driving make braking equipment one. of the first considerations in apprais ing a motor car. Requirements today are far beyond anything even contemplated a few years back. Consequently motorists driving and demonstrating Dodge Broth ers Six are showing special inter est in this feature of the new car's equipment and their reac tions are extremely gratifying to the designers and builders of the 6enior. as the new product is des ignated. This subject was given careful attention by Niran Bates Pope when the distinguished technical editor and automobile authority made his thorough study of Dodge Brothers first contribution to six cylinder motoring. Writing Auto mobile Topics Mr. Pope says: "Breaking equipment on the Senior line is distinctly good. It is of the Lockheed hydraulic in ternal expanding type especially adapted to the car and having several features heretofore unfa miliar. Among these is the pro vision of an automatic supply tank directly incorporated into the unit containing the master cylin der, so that the system is auto matically kept full of liquid at all times. This construction obviates the dash tank and supply pump which are found with some of the older systems and makes it un necessary for the user to pay any attention to his brakes, except when the tank may need repen Ishing. say along toward the end of the season's work. "Furthermore, operation of the hand brake lever mechanically perats the rear wheel' brake hoea. so that, a- positive mechan ical .wheel-locking brake is pro vided for use ' while the car is parked. The brake system Is rag ged, highly simplified as a whole and very scientifically mounted, the 14-inch -drums looking consid erably larger than they really are by reason of a strengthening and cooling flange that is provided at the inner edge. Universal ad- instmpnfK ft ro nrnvMiul ttitt in view of the especially liberal sur faces, it is thought that once prop erly net us, the system should al most never require further atten tion." $75,000,000 Allotted This Year for Construction of New Highways (By DuBois Young, president Hupp Motor Car Corporation.) Federal aid to the states in the building of good roads will be continued this year. The allot ment of money will probably be about $75,000,000, the same as in the last fiscal year. The money allot'ed in any one year is carried over into the next in the event it has not all been spent during; that year. luring the last fiscal year the federal road projects completed contributed a net addition of 4l7.r? miles to the mileage of im proved roads in the federal aid highway system. The United States Bureau of Public Roads has completed a map of the United States on which is shown the final location of the United States system of highways, consisting of approximately 80.000 miles of the most important roads in the country. This system embraces lo main trans-continental routes designat "d by numbers, liach of which is a multiple of 10,- The important north and south routes are" num bed 1. 11, 21, 31. etc. The plan contemplates that these important through routes shall ve many variants and cross- 0Vp-9 to other routes which will reai-h practically every large city ami serve every section Of country In its final form the system has Jhe approval of each of the state highway departments and work on the unimnrovpil toriinn. i. k Tlllaho i l . . ... .-.-Ut.u i li i.uo niaieg rapidly. A main system of highways for the nation Is the nnderlying idea ,n scheme. The! unimprovedi uons at present are to be given riorltr fa impr0TemenUt d "rkjng and' safety signs are to placed on these sections as Won as possible, GOBNIIOT WILL Mil BO! AID iri ' -x Akron, the ruDOer capital of the world, is today rivaling Rome for thoroughness. Running like a dart across the' barren Campagna and flanked with the ruined tombs of ancient Rome's illus trious dead is the Appian Way built more, than 22 centuries ago. Constructed to withstand the tramp of Caesar's countless le gions and the grind of chariot wheels, this great military high way has lived to feel the strain of tanks, caissons, and marching Fascisti of the modern Italy. Through Gaul and Britain the modern traveler rides upon roads many of whose bases were laid under the direction of Roman centurians.f The majesty of the MR COOLED MOTOR E Detailed Specifications for Franklin Sport Sedan Given by Flier Detaied specif Icatlonsof the Franklin Sport Sedan chosen by Captain Charles Lindbergh soon after landing in Paris, have just been announced by the Franklin Automobile company of Syracuse, N. Y. Following the captain's desires the Franklin company is prepar ing a Franklin Sport sedan, the outstanding color scheme being La Force gray which is Tery sub dtred and rich. The body, hood. fenders and shields will be of this ' color, striped with two heavy lines of Blue. Bell blue. Wire wheels are provided, two spares being placed in the front fenders. The top, wheels, axles and superstruc ture will be black with a heavy line of Silver leaf striping the window reveals. A special aviator's trunk will be placed on the rear. Lettering on the body and special laprobe will be C. A. L. The upholstering from the belt down will be of the finest Colonial Grain Blue-Gray leather while from the belt up the best broadcloth obtainable win be used. Vanity cases and smoking trays will be in harmony with the side walls, a set' of each being above the arm rest in the Tear compartment. The chassis will be the regular Franklin 25th Anniversary model, powered with the Franklin air cooled motor. Captain Lindbergh chose for his car an automobie powered with an air-cooled motor, the same princi ple as employed on the Wright Whirlwind that he has praised so often since landing In Paris. The choice was. made at the American Embassy In Paris to E. G. Will- ems. European representative of the Franklin Automobile company of Syracuse, N. Y. ;When Informed by cablegram and by personal call that IT. H Franklin, pioneer of air-cooling had offered him the choice of any Franklin car In appreciation of his wonderful demonstration of air-cooling, he said "regarding air-cooling none better." He ex pressed a wish to possess a Frank lin sport sedan but specified that "it must be of ah. inconspicuous color." The captain said that be would like to call on Mr. Frankin and tal over the many advantages of air-cooling that his experience had taught. State Motorists Reopen Seaside Touring: Bureau The Oregon State Motor asso ciation has" reopened Iti Moarlng bureau at Seaside for the summer season. This touring bureau- will again be - under; the direction or Mn. Martha Payne who has con ducted this bureau for the past sever! years, - LINDBERGH C empire nas passed dx their high ways remain to prove the glory that was theirs. The Romans did not learn to build roads in a day. Neither have the rubber companies pef fected their improvements over night. For 20 years Frank A. Seiberling has been building tires. He developed the first tire build ing machine and the cord tire. To Motor Association Will Open Pendleton Office George O. Brandenburg .secretary-manager of the Oregon State Motor association and Ray Con way of the same organization will conduct a survey of motoring con ditions over the John Day high way, visiting Ontario and return ing by way of the Old Oregon trail. While on the trip a new location for the motor associa tion's office will be selected, at Ontario-and -sryey, wili fee made of Pendleton with the idea of es tablishing a branch, office in that city in the near future. The establishment of the office at Pendleton is considered neces sary because of development of tourist travel in and out of that city. Report Shows 23,000,000 Autos in United States According to reports received from state registration agencies by the -Bureau of Public Roads 22,001,393 automobiles were reg istered in tbe United States dur ing 192R. an increase of 10.2 per cent over 192.. Six states show more than 1,000,000 each, New York having 1.815,434, Califor nia l.fiOO.475, Illinois 1,370,803, Michigan 1.11S.785; Ohio 1,480, 246. and Pennsylvania 1,455.184. For id a, Oklahoma Alabama, Ida ho, Louisiana, 'Mississippi and Utah show the larger percentages of increase. Motor Chat. DOWN THE ROAD THri CONSCIENTIOUS COP WHO REFUSED TO PE OGLED INTO SUCH A STATE OF PARALYSIS THAT HE COULDN'T TAG THE CUTIE CORNER-CREEPER 'gjj ill : c I; day under his direction, a new process of vulcanization has been perfected, whereby the water-bag cure is substituted for the dry heat of steam. Tires are cured more uniformly, the natural oils of rubber and cotton are pre served and the new product is ready for service upon the mod ern Appian ways which stretch for thousands of miles across the United States. "WEL! Little Falls Delegation Drives Nash to Washington to Greet Flier "Boyhood" "friends of Captain Charles Linbergh, driving cross country from Little Falls, Minn., to Washington, D. C. as the of ficial "home town" delegation to greet "Lindy" paused in Keno sha, enroute, long enough to re ceive the hand clasp of C. W. Xash and other officials of the Xash Motors company. The group commissioned by the governor of Minnesota as the official welcom ing committee of the state and of Little Falls, made the trip in a Nash four-door coupe. The party consisted of Mayor Austin Grimes, Dr. C. H. Longley. Kenneth Mar tin" and Sherman Levis. Following the example of "Lindy' who crossed the ocean in the "Spirit of St. Louis" the group christened their Nash "The Spirit of Little Falls." All four are well acquainted with Lind bergh, one being the family den tist, another owning a bookstore where Lindbergh bought text books and the other two boyhood (Continued on 3.) Popular UN COMED ME TIBS Buyers Ask More Accessor ies to Meet Changed Traf fic Conditions , The trend of automobile buyers to desire a fully equipped car is becoming more and more pro nounced. What were only a few years ago regarded as luxurious accessories are today recognized by engineers as vital necessities and righty so due to changed traffic and road conditions. This recognition has been dem onstrated by QJdsmobile when, in a recent announcement of lower prices, it also announced that hereafter a' Oldsmobiles would be equipped with front and rear bumpers, rear vision mirrors and automatic windshield cleaners. These are considered by Oldsmo bile engineers to be vital necessi ies under present driving condi-' tions. only extra equipment, according to When the first Oldsmobiles were built nearly 30 years ago the old timers, was a whip socket on the dash, and that was there be cause the maker of the dash boards had always included a whip socket on his buggy dashes and "danged If he would make them any different." During the intervening years Improvement after improvement has been made, and usually these came out first as accessories and later were adopted as standard equipment. With the introduc tion of this equipment as stand ard on Oldsmobile it is now pos sible to purchase at a price un der $900 a six cylinder closed car with needed accessories included in the purchase price. The Oldsmobile price reduc tions, announced at the same time as was the fully equipped car, av erage approximately $100. on all body types. 310 Million Barrels of Gasoline Consumed NEW 1 iORK Domestic con sumption and exports of gasoline In the twelve months ended April CO. 1927, totaled 310,105,000 bar rels, an average of 849,600 bar rels daily, according to govern nient figures. This compared with G8,221,000 barrels, an average of 734.850 daily, in the year ended April 30, 192, an increase of 15.6 per cent. This is a much larger growth in consumption than is indicated by the Bureau of Mines figures for the first four months of 1927. In the latter period gasoline con sumption totaled 95.S97.000 bar rels, 799,100 barrels daily, an In crease of 11,381,000 barrels, or l?.-4 per cost over the correspond ing period last year. The moving daily averago fpr twelve months period, however, takes account of seasonal Variation in consumption and provides a more accurate gajge. i .Pgllccraeij Like the United States, mail ser vice, the telephone, telegraph and fast continental trains, the auto mobile has proved its worth to business. Today it stands in the front rank of those agencies upon which business is absolutely de pendent, in the opinion of, L. R. Boulware, general sales manager of the Syracuse Washing Machine company. Mr. Boulware believes that the automobile has attained its present commanding position- because its adaptation to a thou-? sand and one business needs has been fundamentally sound. More that ever before the business man of today realizes that -the motor car makes money for its owner, he says. Glaring Headlight and Spotlight Very Dangerous "The most dangerous situation facing the motorist today is the glaring headlight and spotlight" said A. E. Shearer of the Oregon State Motor association. "Visit ors from all coast states comment upon the" dangerous condition at tending night driving in Oregon. "The last two sessions of the legislature have attempted to cor rect this evil and the second ef fort became a law only a few days ago. "There was a decided differ ence of opinion as to the advis ability and efficiency of the law passed by the 19 25 session and as a consequence it was not enforc ed and motorists disregarded it. The law as passed by the last leg islatnre is one , on which all au thorities, agreed and it is highly desirable that this law be enforc ed by all law enforcement agen cies. "Night driving in Oregon has been given a bad name in neigh boring states but if the present law is enforced, this condition should rapidly be remedied. Precedent Set in New York for Oil Dealers " ! I I' The Oregon State Motor As sociation calls attention to the precedent recently established in New York State regarding ' oil bootlegging or the substitution of lubricating oils. The New York courts recently sentenced a dealer in oils to ninety days in the city Jail for substitu tion of lubricating oil. Imprisonment instead of fines has a far greater moral effect, the Motor Association points out, and the sentence has had a very bene ficial effect on the New York sit uation. ' By FRANK BECK "The Syracuse Washing Ma chine company now operates a fleet of approximately 100 Dodge Brothers business coupes. Most of these cars are used by our fac tory representatives in calling upon our dealers and agents in various cities. Before we fur nished them with cars a large pro portion of their time was wasted because tliey had to depend upon trains and other restricted means of transportion to get from one city to another. By driving their own cars they are able satisfac torily to care for much more ex tensive territories and the expense to the company is less than before. PEDESTRIAN R OUTS EXPLAINED 1 LAW Second Installment of Motor Provisions for Oregon Pub lished Today What are the rights of the pe destrian and the motorist, respect ively, on the streets and highways of Oregon? This is a question on which much has been written and said. due to the fact that many traffic accidents involve an automobile ana" a pedestrian, and this class of accidents is more frequently ser ious than those in which two auto mobiles are concerned. The answer, of course, is to be found in the traffic laws of the state; but since comparatively few people have access to those laws, ajid since the lack of prop er Information is evidenced by the prevailing disregard of their pro visions, The Statesmah, in copop eration with? a number of local automobile dealers, is publishing from week to week in the auto mobile ! news section, passages from these laws. Today, on another page, ap- ( Continued en page 4.) King's Traffic Signal . Adopted by Civilians LONDON (AP) Phebeian automobile owners have discov ered that the two bright blue flambeaux with which King George's automobiles are fitted enable His Majesty to get thru the thickest traffic jams as eas ily as a fire truck. As a result the metropolitan po lice are kept jumping by the ap pearance of a multitude of cars similarly fitted; It is being whispered that one police consta ble, angry, at being fooled into standing at attention so often while the "king" passed, decided to stop the next car so-fitted and give the owner a good "bawling out." But he picked th wrong car. It was the King's. Association Secures Beakey in Engineering Department with the, Oregon state highway department has Tecently been add ed to the engineering department of the Oregon State Motor asso ciation. Mr. Beakey's last position with the state highway department was engineer at Grants Pass and hi position with the Oregon State Motor association "will be that Of posting signs In line with the es tablished program of j the assocla tidn. . ' ' ' i Within the next year the Ore gon State Motor association, ex pects to sign all unsigned high ways in the state, i 4 Autos Take 529 Lives : in F.Tonth Report Shows ' - !-. -- The Department of Commerce announces that during tbe four weeks ending May 21, 1927, auto mobile accidents were responsible for 529 deaths In 77 large cities or the United States, j This num ber (529) compares with 493 deaths during the .four weeks end ing May 22, 1926. Most of these deaths were the resnlt of acci dents which occurred withjn the corporate : limits of the city al though, some : accidents, ocurred ousjde o the city lmltv 1 . "p 1 Commercial Organizations Must File for Return of "Peddlers' Tax" The Oregon State Motor asso ciation desires tocallthe atten-, tion of all commercial organiza tions to the necessity of filing an application for refund and the re fund of the iniquitous "peddlers tax" before June 30, 1927. It will be remembered that when the smoke had cleared and the curtain rung up on the 34, regular session of the legislative assembly, one of the first bills in troduced was directed at the remedying of he condition created by the nefarious '"peddlers' tax." This tax compelled those who used their motor vehicles for com mercial purposes and who trav elled more than five miles beyond the corporate limits of the city in which their place of business was maintained to pay an additional 50 per cent fee. - - Throughout the session the bat tle to eliminate' this provision from the motor vehicle code was long and hard. Senator Joseph E Dunne, president of the Ore gon State Motor association, fought valiantly Tfor the repeal of this section and the. senate was all for it. In the house, however, were certain members who fought valiantly against it finally, as a compromise, a measure was passed which . was intended to eliminate from the scope of this additional burden all cars used for commercial purposes except ing those actually used. In the do livery of merchandise. The change, when finally adopt ed, bore an emergency clause, and became . effective Immediately. However, prior to the adoption of this new law, many owners of mo tor vehicles affected by this law, had already paid the additional tax. The legislature recognizing that it would not be fair to penal ize the man who paid for some thing he- would not have had to pay for had he waited, passed a law providing for a refund of the additional SO per cent. So far, the matter is simple- there is no question but that tho legislature intended to be fair in the matter and to restore to their rightful owners the vagrant 50 per cent which had found its way into the coffers of the-state. l,The un fortunate part of the matter is that the legislature expressed it self in a peculiar manner. It pro vided that the money is to be're- tContinued om Pg 8.) . 1 AS SALES MANAGER Well Known to Chevrolet Dealers Throughout North west Territory R. II. Grant, vice president of the Chevrolet Motor Company, in charge of sales, announced this week the appointment of II. J. Klinger as genera) sales manager, and it is well known to Chevrolet dealers of the Northwest, having already included this territory on two itineraries and taken a lead ing part in the series of dealer sales meetings held by the official party headed by Mr. Grant which visited the Northwest In last March. : In his new position Mr. Klinger assumes a much greater responsi bility in the direction of Chevro let sales. The new arrangement will" permit Mr. Grant to devote more time to -personal contacts with the Chevrolet retail organi zation throughout .the country and more thoroughly to compre hend field conditions and dealer problems. i The new general sales manager has been associated with Mr. Grant In sales work for many years. He joined the Chevrolet organization In June, 1924, as sales manager of the St. Louis sone. Om year later he was call ed to Detroit as an assistant gen eral sale3 uianager, the capacity in which -ho has served for. the last two years. ' - ; "We are informed that owing to the tremendous volume of busi ness transacted' by the company since its 110,000,000 expansion plan was carried Into effect,, said G. II. Newton, "field problems have made it imperative for Zlr. Grant to be relieved In part of his manifold duties,-and naturally ha selected one of,hls ablest lieuten ants. Each succeeding month Chevrolet establishes a new pro duction and sales record, that f ar a nrjl be ins HhB 1 55! K 1 NAMED