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SALEM, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, AUGUSTiS
SEVENTY-SEVENTH YEAR
PRICE FIVE CENTS
GIAI1G HEADLIGHT .
HAUL PROBLEM
IUJMJN ATE3. CURVES.
DODGE BROTHERS "SIXES" ARE TESTED ON THIS MILE-LONG TRACK
ID OFFERED
STAR PfflFOBEt
Sixes Give 23 Miies to Gal
lon, Fours 28, Says
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Regular Attention To Con
dition of Lamps Said
Necessary for Safety
WASHINGTON, r. i C Motor
ists must pay the same attention
to the condition . of m their car's
headlights that is given, to. the
gasoline tank and tfio oil In the
crankcase, if the glaring head
light evil Is not to add consider
ably to the list of highway cas-
ualtles during the night-driving
season now at its zenith in all
parts of the country. v- '
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national headquarters of the Am
erican Automobile- association.
which points out that the full co
operation of every motor car own
er is imperatively, needed, to abate
this serious evil,
Agencies of all kinds, particu
larly motor clubs, are giving their
utmost attention to the solution of
the headlight problem, says the
statement but, in final analysis.
the issue is. up to the 22,000,000
car owmts of the nation.
- "Headlight equipment can be
improved,-motor clubs may pro
vide free headlight clinics and de
velop standards, cities and towns
may provide official stations
where headlights can be adjust
ed without cost to the car owner,
laws may be adopted requiring
headlights to meet certain . non-
glare specifications, police depart
ments may wage intensive cam
palgns against careless motorists,
bat all of these steps will fall
short of the desired end unless
the individual - la made conscious
of. his tremendous responsibility.
says Thomas P. Henry, president
of the national motoring organlza
tion.
"It is difficult to understand
the attitude of thousands of mot
orists on this question," he 'adds.
"Every user of the streets and
highways of the country is -con-scrious
of the evil but many go on
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BUSY MEN OFTEN
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j - Motorists : "Stuck" At
Least Once a Month
WASHINGTON, p. C., Out of
every thousand car owners, twelve
get "stuck" at least once a month
because they tail to replenish
their gasoline tanks in season.
Furthermore, it is not the 'f tap
pers" of both sexea'Wiho are the
most prone to this species t car
trouble. As a matter of fact the
moat frequent calls, for emergency
road aid on account of "out-of-gaa,"
rome . from, staid business
mem who get ,v f?atuck!f on their
way to the of f ice . in the early
morning rush, just at -the very
worst moment, ' psychologically
speaking. . v,i,:'-.U
How come? Well, it's this way.
The trouble man Of the- American
Automobile association recently
analyzed more than &00, 000. calls
for free emergency aid from as
lS l!nite( States and , Canada, ,during
wy. the year 19Z6, and the above Dit
-j of information about T the 1 1-car
troubles of the business man. was
vouchsafed us in "connection with
the- analysis. -, '' -
The trouble man, whether on
duty in New York Chicago, Cleve
land, St. Louis, San Francisco, or
at the "trouble" switchboard of
any of the 928 A. A: A. clubs
in so many cities i in the United
States or Canada, has a strongly
developed listening, complex. He
listens to the story of the man
or woman in distress, and this
is the story . of the staid business
man. with, of course, slight; varfr
ations: ' ..' - - -
"Hello! Emergency road , ser
vice.! am out "of gas, In the
midst of traffic at the; corner of
New Hampshire Avenue and 16th
street. My son had the car out
late last night and left the tank
empty. Can you have one of the
emergency service stations send
me gas immediately? I have an
i m nor t ant neamsnf at tlaa nf-
5 fice." And sometimes it runs! '.
.1 "My wife was at a bridge party
jlast last night." Or "My daughter
! was at a dance at the country
-club, . and ;: .". ;v -; ;..
That's as far as the diagnosis
has gone, the trouble man being
a very trustworthy chap. i Any
how, he knows his business is to
giv service and not to make post
loorteras.
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Each Dodge Brothers "Six" as it comes off the final assembly line is put through its paces
on the above mile-Jong concrete test track. A n expert driver checks each cars operation
to insure that it will run perfectly when it is finally delivered to the purchaser.
The track adjoins Dodge Brothers' immense new factory which was erected at a cost
of $4JS0Ofi0O to house the manufacture of ihe new line of six cylinder cars. It is 18 feet
wide on the straightaways and slightly wider at the turns which are banked. The banks
are parabolic; designed for a high speed at the outer edge. I
The inset shows Dodge Brothers six cylinder sedan, which has. met with an excep
tionally enthusiastic reception since it was introduced a few days ago.
CHURCHES
LAUNCH
safety ciiynia
Appeal To 30,000 Local Oh
ganizatons Made To
Eliminate Accidents
WASHINGTON. The Federal
Council of. Churches in .America
has passed an official resolution
condemning ; the appalling loss of
life on the public street and high
way and calling upon the minis
ters of the United! States to do
all in their power tp eliminate
the accident evil, the American
Road, Builderss association stated
here.
The -"latter organization will
make a direct appeal to 30,000
churches in the United States to
launch a campaign in behalf of
highway safety during the month
of October, and in addition will
carry the safety movement to all
schools, civic clubs and motorist
organizations in the. United States.
The campaign 1 to je launched
by the road association will be
the most intensive ever carried
out in the United State?.
Charles M. Upnam, business-
director of the ! association, who
is directing the movement, stated
that the - 700,000 casualties oc
curring each year on the street
and highway are far in excess
of the number that should result
from natural traffic hasards.
At National Highway Safety
club will be organized as a ve
hicle for the spread of construc
tive, highway safety communica
tion., ' , , "1 .
"Every, citizen. ofc the United-
States wili be asked to become
a member of this clubhand to co
operate, in sn effort to reduce the
loss. of IiIe on the, pupuc street
and highway.
?MeniLershp in the club will b
without .'charge and will be grant
nl to all persons signing, ja pledi;
to practice reasonable eoution.aqd
courtesy while on the street and
highway.
A unique feature of , the cam
paign, will be the, elimination of
the' usual lis of confuiing safety
rules land the. substitution of the
simple ethics -of courtesy and
caution. 5 . i , -
rrbe Individ nal r alonoi is t;e-
ponsib for highway accidents."
Mr. Upham asserted today. "The
American : Road. Enildera assosi
ation will make its appeal directly
to each individual citizen rather
than, to Jbe. masees.r . : :
The raaK of tne campaign. wH
be reported ; during the annual
convention, of the" Association at
Cleveland on January 9 th.
RuraV Education. Aided.
By Motor. Car Advance
WASHINGTON. -Tbe motor car
is given fcredit as the outstanding
factor In the development of the
child mind in a survey ot rural
junior high schools made by Cor
nell University In connection with
the United States Bureau of Edu
cation. It is pointed oat in "the re
port that with the coming of the
automobile'better roads were built.
and wRh improved highways and
adequate '; transportation, the ; dis
tance had been approximately
doubled over which children can
be carried to ch0Ql.
Most of Tourists Enter r
Oregon from California
In an analysis of tourist traffic,
the Oregon State Motor associa
tion points out that 75 per cent of
tourist travel conies In Oregon
from California. This 75 per cent
of travel does not necessarily
mean that the motorists are resi
dents of California. Many eastern
cars bear California license plates
due to, the fact that the, .residents
of eastern, states winter in Cali
fornia and purchase license plates
there the first of the year.
California is the concentration
point for tourists and the associa
tion Points out that -the proper
place to increase tourist volume
is to have salesmen of Oregon in
the places where tourists conere-
gate,
Through Its affiliation with Ihe
American Automobile association,
the State Motor association has
representatives in every city in
California and these tourlct in
formation bureaus are equipped
with detailed tourist and road in
formation regarding Oregon. Lit
erally, they are salesmen , of--Oregon
and a great proportion of the
flow of traffic into Oregon from
the south Is traceable to the ac
tivities of these directors of tourist
traffic.
AGAINST ROADSIDE COURTS
The New York Automobile club
Id moving to destroy in that state
the speed-trap" devices of the
country districts, following like ac
tion in Ohio, based on the. decision
of the United States supreme conrt,
that no judicial officer having a
direct pecuniary interest in the
outcome o a case may lawfully
pass sentence upon persons charg
ed with an offense gaainst local
laws. rMotor Chat. . ...
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TJHE TIME VD,U WENTT MILES OUT OF
YOUR Sft? TO 7AKB GUESTS OVER f
A PARTICULAR Lfl SCENIC ROUTE ,! dr -
Awti -THEY SLEEP THROUGH IT ALL. J? k
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. MODELS SENT HERE
Four Carfoads Being Un
loaded in Salem in 12
Days; Sales Increase
, Wihin twelve days four carloads
of new 192S models Nash automo
biles will have been unloaded in
Salem, by the F. W. Pettyjohn
Co., distributors of Nash in Mari
on, Polk and Linn counties.
The Linn county branch of the
compatfy", located at 133 Second
Street, Albany, Oregon., will re
quire a number of the new models
for delivery and the company is
anticipating the delivery here of
about six more carloads before the
state fair, says J. H. Maden, man
ager for the F. W. Pettyjohn Co.
The present outlook for sales is
about-evetily- divided between the
New Standard Six models, and the
two larger models, the Special
Six and the Advanced Six series
Nash, and seems but a reflection
of the tremendous popularity of
the new Nash throughout the
length and breadth of the land.
The business of this agency is
growing steadily and the owners
of Nash automobiles are constant
ly expressing the favor with wnich
the excellent line of motor ears
is being received everywhere. The
end ot the company's contract year
on August 31st will show Nash
Sales by the company of more
than one hundred Nash automo
biles sold at retail if the present
ratio continues., says Mr. Maden.
HWm YUUXL
MANY 0
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Convincing records of . perform
ance by Star cars are . offered by
Chris Kurfuss and his son, Billy,
wo or toe most enthusiastic - users
of these cars to be . found any
Kurfuss and his son operate the
Chris Auto - Parking and Driving
station at 6330 Hollywood Boule
vard, Hollywood. They have five
Stars in service, having recently
added another one a new Star six
cabriolet.
The father and son came to
Hollywood in 1922 and since then
have built up a thriving business.
They began using Stars in 1925
and since then have had many of
these popular cars - in both the
four and six cylinder models.
Economy is. one of the features
which Billy Kurfuss stressed in
eulogizing conversation with E. S
Jones, assistant sales manager of
the Pacific Coast Star factory, on
the occasion of a recent visit to
Hollywood.
We have found that the new
sixes give 23 miles to the gallon
of gasoline' in ordinary use," he
said, "while the fours make . as
high as 28 miles to the gallon. It
has been our experience that' we
can drive one of these cars in the
hardest kind of service for a year
and the upkeep expense includes
no more than valve grinding and
new tires.
"On July 4, we took a Star six
to a pont 40 miles below Tia
Juana and back, a distance of 344
miles, on 16 gallons of gas and
without adding any oil or water.'
This makes an average of 21
miles to the gallon.
"Recently I drove one .of the
sixes to San Francisco, 486 miles,
in 12 H hours, on 22 gallons of
gas. Once I was caught, with 60 6
other cars, In.:.a cloudburst, near
Brawi1atrtnnrjf
machine. to get out.".: . ' ,
Large Volume of Orders
Greets New Dodge Four
Evidence of the public's recep
tion of Dodge Brothers new four
cylinder line which was introduc
ed July 17, is to be found in the
large volume of orders received.
On the two days immediately fol
lowing the formal announcement
orders were received for approxi
mately $3,250,000 worth of new
sedans alone.
This was the-only body type in
troduced. Within a short time a
coupe will be in production. Later
a cabriolet roadster will be added
to the line. Dealers in such cit
ies as Boston, Brooklyn, Chicago,
Cleveland. Milwaukee, St. Louis
and Philadelphia, report that their
salesrooms have been visited by
mote people sincef the new line
was introduced than upon the oc
casion of any previous announce
ment Dodge Brothers have ever
made.
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A new achievement in illumination engineering, known as the
Oval-Lite, is nt w being distributed by , the Western Auto Supply
Company stores. This light is said to. provide a complete illumin
ation of curves without control manipulation of any kind. " Photos
show light in, use on car. Note how curves are described in night
photo.
Takes New Agency
i ' rioto by Xennell-Elli.
Douglas McKay; who has just
signed a five year lease on the new
home for the Chevrolet agency In
Salem, at 430 North Commercial
where in ;. addition . to the sales
rooms,, a strictly modern shop will
be conducted. Mr. McKay's home
is at 1775- South Liberty street
The: McKays have three children
two girls and a boy. . ,
AN
.ONEROUS. TAX?
Each individual engaged as
common ; carrier j in transporting
passengers or property for hire in
New Jersey must' pay a tax of 1H
cents a mile per truck if running
between fixed termini or between
points outside the state to a point
within the state, 'or between two
points outside the state and going
hrough hte state.fby.the-terms of
an act passed at the last session
of the Legislature. Motor, Chat.
By FRANK BECK
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IS GREAT
AID TO FARM FOLK
Need For Increased Motor
Equipment In : Agricul
ture Given Stress
"One of the most hopeful signs
in the agricultural situation is
the fact revealed by recent sta
tistics that rural registration' of
automobiles, is increasing in the
United States," says J, W Frazer,
sales manager of the Chrysler
sales ; Corporation. "The ' more
our farmers have "of all kinds of
gas power, electric power and me
chanical ; equipment - the sooner
they will leave behind them the
troubles that have been making
their lot so difficult." "
- The Chrysler official's com
ments were prompted. by a farm
paper's discussion of the views of
a statistician who called on its
editor - and blamed automobiles
for farm problems of the country
The statistician argued, like
this: ' ' , u
Automobiles and trucks, with
some help from tractors, Jiave de
creased our horse population by
8,000,000 since 1900. This has
shifted 24,000,000 acres which
were formerly . used to feed work
stock, over to. the production of
human food. If only 15,000,000
of these acres are tillable land.
Lthat means, in terms of corn.
450,000,000 bushels, which is
more' than our'1926 corn surplus
an excess that has been represent
ing a. goodly share of. the farm
problem. . ' .
"The statistician might have
added that probably we would
have no surplus 1 crops but for
tractor-plows and gas-driven com
bines, continues Mr. I, Frazer,
But : the editor raised the per
tinent question whether the farm
er today, would be willing to ex
change his car for a horse fend
bu ggyi Would any farmer : step
out from - under his financial
worries 'and other cares if he
could, by trading his speedy ac
cess to town,, his riding and power
machinery, his radio and the like,
for ' dad's working tools and iso
lation T" .
"The farmers must have mora
mechanical help. If they are to
hold .their end with the , cities,
where machinery steadily: Increas
es the worker's productive power,
thereby giving him a large meas
ure of good 'things forfewer work
ing hours. If farmers are to share
in this progress, they must adopt
the same methods they must
si m liar ly m ul tipry the ir own . pro
ductive power Into larger and' largr
er outputs. fc v
"Farmers know this. They know
that the old,- simple ways will no
longer serve.' In the days of these
(Con tinned on pge 6.)
Reliability Contest Won
By Hupmobile 6 in Spam
Again in a' field including both
American and, European cars of
various price ranges, a Hupmobile
Six1 wen a .recent .230 'kilometer
reliability contest, oven an ex
tremely hilly and- mountainous
course near Bilbao, Spain.
Control etatioTjs were . paced as
close at only 200 meters aprat in
the severe tosts imposed with con
testants compelled to run at a un
iform speed ef 40 -kilometers an
hour. Grades up 'to 15 percent
were encountered, " ' : '
Much Darnagd Done . by
Carelessl Driver, Says ,
Local 0SMA Director
One form of courtesy that mo
torists as. a group well might dU-.
play is that involved in protecting
the other man's car when pulling
into or out of narrow parking
space, says 5hH Eikerjwhere.w
this district qf the Oregon State
Motor Association. Thousands of
dollars of damage to automobiles
is done In this way montniy, saya
Mr. Eiker:
"It unfortunately is true, that
the .careless motorist can , 'get by'
with a great deal of tha damage
he does to the machines parked
alongside of jhls own." says Mr.
Eiker. . "Owners of the machines
so Injured cannot stand beside
them. : all day to check up on tho
Inconsiderate driver but with tha
acute dearth of parking space., w
istlng. it is becoming almost nec
essary to do just that if one wants
to make certain that his carr will
be' undamaged.
"As an exhibition of poor driv
ing . and worse sportsmanship,
striking a parked car and failing
to notify its owner, tops them all.
The .good driver does not have to
experiment. He can measure a
space with his eye and if it is too
narrow, for bis car; he Is not
foolish enough to attempt to en
ter it. , . . ' t ..
, Some drivers, however, will
try to get Into a space that Is loo
small. .They will damage the fen
ders of the cars parked .beside the
space and then, turn around and
flee when they nave made certain
no one has seen them.
"They are responsible only to
themselves, tor the harm thus done
to their own. automobiles but man
gling the fenders of another man's
car is quite another thing.
"Qf course, there, ara many ae -
cidents of this kind that are fon
gotten wherein the offending mot
torist takes the number of the oth
er car ana reports to its owner ;t.i.
he has wrought the damage. It U
the only courteous thing to dt
under the circumstances and it it
one form of Courtesy that well
might be practiced by every mo
torist in the country.'V .. - j
ill ADOPTS !
New Process Revolutionary
Greatest ' Development a
; In RScent Years ; jj
' A revolutionary change in tho
method of. vulcanizing tires has
been perfected by the Selberllns
Rubber company. .Thia process,
known as the water-bag cure, is
the latest scientific improvement
and the Seiberling company is th&
first In the Industry to adopt .it
100 per cent.
Heretofor, all automobile tires
have been, cured by dry, scorching;
steam applied from the outside.
This heat radiated slowly through,
the thick layer of tread rubber.
down through each succeeding. Dljr
This process of dry heat has been.
used ever since it was discovered
that crude rubber could be vulcan
ized, f Under ? this ' old-fashioned
system tires were frequently - under-cured
or over-cured, ; the t wq
chief causes of tiro destruction.
Instead of the - semi-rigid air-
bag, the 'Seiberling company in
serts into the raw tire, a thinner,
more,;- flexible ,wateT-bag. This
bag is filled with hot water under
pressure so that the tire is' fully
Inflated against the mold, Then,
heat Is turned on from the outside,
so that it radiates simultaneously,
through both the inside and out
side of the tire. In from 10 to 15'
per cent less time the tire is vul
canized completely, resulting, in ai
uniform tire. -
By the addition of 25 per cent
more cotton, 20 per cent moro rub
ber and by .this new method ot
vulcanizing the Seiberling Rubber
company had established another
first. record. : Extensive factory
and road. tests have already prov
ed that this is the greatest devel
opment fin the bailding of tires
since me adoption of the cord tire
by the, industry several years ago.
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- MOTORISTS rr.OITT
Commenting recently upon thai
efforts, ot big oil producers tr limit
oil production, the New York Sun.
said that the great-ontrnt of oil
has saved consumers of ga'.-ollna
I20.000.00Q tinto January 1.
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