THE OREGON STATESMAN, SALEM, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 25, 1927
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Stocfk Car Race Entry Gets
Average Speed of 67,35
J; Miles an Hour
A DodK sport roadster piloted
by Earl Vance walked away with
the honors in the stock car race
for four cylinder cars at the At
lantic City speedway on Labor
day, taking first plaee with an
average apefid of 67.3. miles pei
Jiour for the 25-nile grind.
Five different AomrifiB makes
oi four cylinder car were enter-
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It is of particular interest that
although every car entered in the
race was a stock 'car the Dodge
was not entered by the Dodge
Brothers factory or by a Dodge
Brothers dealer. It "was entered
by the Spedway association, hav
ing been purchased for that pur
pose only ten days before the race
and the only limbering up it had
was during that Interval. EarJ
Vance, the driver, was chosen by
the Speedway association.
The Dodge was powered with
the famous "1.24" motor which
was first introduced last May. This
motor was developed especially
for the present Dodge four chas
sis and bodies which were intro
duced in July. It is this most re
cent series of Dodge fours which
have been advertised as the fast
est fours in America.
In winning the race- the Dodge
four clearly established its claim
to the distinction of being the
the race was run undert hrdlumf
fastest four in America and
auspices of the contest board of
the American Autom.obile asso
ciation the sDeed of 67.35 miles
record.
The rules under which the race
was run required that the wind
shields, fenders, running boards
and shields be removed from all
cars
AfiOMR TRIUMPH OYER TIME AND DISTANCE BY MAN AND MACHINE
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esses, the various groups started
at different points, spending as
mm h time in each department as
they desired.
At noon the party adjourned to
the ballroom of the Hotel Durant,
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juuer, oeing weicomea uy taivmoDue
fans and by his wire, In Los Angeles
At right: Miller and Us mechanic
Tommy Wleber.
Having crrven nearly seven
thousand miles in seven days and
nights, Louis B. Miller. San Fran
cisco business man, who has made
a hobby of long distance automo
bile driving, arrived in Los An
geles Tuesday, June 7, at 9:59
A. M. Pacific standard time. Mil
ler, an amateur driver, piloted his
own Chrysler Imperial 80 phaeton
a total of exactly 6721 miles in
167 hours and 59 minutes to cre
ate two new trans-continental au
tomobile driving records. Coast
to coast and round trip. He was
checked out at the Ferry building
in San Francisco by officials of
the Western Union at 10 A. M.
Tuesday, May 31. lie arrived m
New York at 8:55 P. M.. Friday,
June 3, having covered 3385 miles
in 79 hours and 55 minutes, beat
ing the old coast to coast record
by a margin of 3 hours and 15
minutes. Remaining in New York
exactly one minute. Miller turned
westward and 88 hours and 3 min
utes later was checked in at Los
Angeles, a distance of 333 G miles.
His total elapsed time for the
round trip was one minute less
than a week, sotting an entirely
new mark for amateur and pro
fessional drivers, automobile ex
ecutives familiar with cross-country
records stating that no previ
ous records of fast time for the
rouna trip exist because it has
been thought heretofore than the
seven thousand mile round trip
drive was too great a strain on
man and machine to be attempted.
Miller, who made his fastest time
at night, stated that his drive had
been made to create interest in
trans-continental touring and to
illustrate the added safety of
night driving made possible
through the use of a new type of.
head-light recently developed by
W. D'Arcy Ryan, internationally
known illumination expert, whose
most conspicuous exploit was tlu;
designing of the long-remembered
lighting effects for the San Fran
cisco Panama-Pacific exposition.
have seen of Buick manufacture",
in these two days' intensive study
of that subject, can not but be re-
fleeted in an increased enthusi
asm. "They now Inow. more: Intim
ately than ever before, the unceas
ing vigilance witli which Buick dn
:;ures Its famous quality: and af
ter meeting tbe men responsible
for the Buick, and seeing the vast
Buick organization in action, fhey
realize, if they nevev did before,
the world of real significance bo
hind Bulck's famous slogan:
When Better Automobiles , tare
Built. Buick Will Build Them."
The dealers from the Atlanta
and Jacksonville territories. will be
here Monday and Tuesday "of nxt
week, and those from the Pitts
burgh territory arrlv Thursday
tor the.'r two-day stay.
Another Month's Record
Broken, General Motors
where luncheon was served. Talks,
not only on manufacture, but on
sales problems and other sui)jc ts
of vital interest, were given by K.
T. Strong, president and general
manager of the Buick Motor com
pany, C. W. Churchill, general
sales manager, E. N. Stager, and
E. J. Poag, of the pales promo
tion and statistical department.
Following these talks, which
lasted until about 2 p. m., the vis
itors returned to the factory,
where eacli group resumed its in
spection trip where ut left off he
fore lunch.
On Tuesday morning, the deal
ers were driven to lh proving
ground near Milfonl, where Buick
travels 20,000 miles a day to
safeguard the quality for which
Buick is famous.
As a preface to their Inspection
of the facilities of the proving
ground. O. T. Kreusser. the resi
dent superintendent, made a de
tailed explanation of the institution's-
functions, methods, and
equipment. William TI. Alexand
er, of the Buick enRmerins staff,
then explained that, extensive and
thorough as is the proving
ground's activities. Buick is con
stantly conducting tests in vari
ous parts of the country, for the
sa'ce of the added light they shed
on Buck's adaptibility to all cli
matic conditions, its performance
on various topographies, and many
other phases of operation.
The provins ground motion pic
ture film, which goes fully into
'he many-sided work carried on
there, wal exhibited before lunch,
which was served in the dining
room on the premises.
Then the visitors inspected all
the special apparatus, much of it
unique, which the proving ground
has developed to provide "yard
sticks" for all phases of Buick
performance.
Special interest was shown in
the "fifth wheel." which provides
an accurate speed gauge. the
"bath tub" test, and the "twenty-
four hill.'f or towins dynamomet
er, whereby- a constant load of
any desired weight can be impos
d on the car under test, and
maintained as long as desired. It
consists of a chassis cm which is
mounted resistance apparatus, ad
justable to produce any degree of
drag on the car towing it.
After inspecting the equipment.
which they did in small groups
so that all might see at a close
range, the visitors were taken to
the speed oval, for a demonstra
tion of the Buick roadsters which
are creating such a sensation at
the proving ground. This feature
ended the program. It was follow
ed by the return drive to Flint,
and embarkation for Memphis.
The visiting dealers were en
thusiastic about their two days
here. "Buick's hospitality will
be well repaid," said H. C. Gilles
pie, manager of the Memphis
branch, "in the renewed enthusi
asm with which these dealers re
turn to their work. What; they
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Commenting on the August
sales of General Motors cars,
which set new high records for
that month, Alfred P. Sloan. Jr..
President of General Motors, said:
"General Motors sales of cars
for the month of August., both re
tail sales by General Motors deal
ers to consumers as well as sales
by General Motors to Its dealers,
constitute a new high record for
that month.
"The retail sales by our dealers
to consumers. In August were 15R.
619 cars, an increase of 36.314
cars, or 29.7 percent as compared
with August 1926. at which time
such sales were 122,305. This al
so compares with 78.638 cars in
August 1925.
"In August the sales by our
car divisions to their dealers to
talled 155.604 cars compared with
134. J31 in August 1926. an in
crease of 21,373 cars or 15.9 per
cent. This compares further iwth
76,462 cars in August, 1923.
Cost of Long Life, Power
Equipment Justified, Lo-
cal Expert Shows
"To the new rad'o listener, the
matter of power supply is usual
ly the last thing he thinks of and
naturally receives little consider
ation." says Joe Williams. local
Willard Battery Man.
"As a matter of fact, the batter
ies or the power units on a radio
set are very important adjuncts
and should be chosen carefully.
"Roughly speaking, all current
supply for radio falls into three
classes. These are storage .batter
ies, dry batteries and power units.
Storage batteries, when run down,
can be charged and placed in serv
ice again. Dry batteries, when dis
charged, are useless and have to
be discarded. Power units can on
ly be used where electric light cur
rent is available., v
"The first thing for. the new
comer in radio to decide is wheth
er he prefers tb pay the higher or
iginal cost of storage batteries or
power units and have the benefit
of a long life power plant at low
upkeep cost or whether he desires
to keep replacing dry batteries
as fast as they wear out. When
this Vhoice is made, the next step
is to get the correct voltage in
batteries.
"Certain radio tubes are rated
at lower voltages than others.
Storage batteries are not always
used with these tubes, but they
wjll work better on storage bat
teries, providing the correct , volt
ages are employed.
"The filaments in peanut tubes
FOR 33 YEARS
THE OREGON FIRE RELIEF ASS'N.
Of McMinnville. Ore., has been furnishing Dependable Insurance
at COST. Get our rates for Auto Insurance.
STANLEY & FOLEY AGTS.
Bush Bank BIdg.
less.- High voltages may burn out
the filaments and ruin the tabes.
At any rate, higher1 voltages will
shorten tbe-life of tbe -tubes -without
contributing to their efficient
operation of these low ' voltage
tubes.
"In choosing batteries, be guid
ed by the voltages recommended,
by the maker or designer of the
set and . purchase batteries accord
ingly.'? "
'Bast Africa is- computing V
main highway which is 90S mlls
long from Nairobi tof Lake Nyasai
Tlve ifonte has been passable for
several years, and modern surfac
ing is -now 3 being ocinpleted over
many sections.
, More than 85 of the persons
crossing 'the border between the
United States and panada, other
than those on foot, are transport
ed by automobile. , t ,
JNVITE US TO YOUR NEXT BLOWOUT
Keep Smiling
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"JIM"
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You're To Ue Satisfied i
" . First ,' .
The only way we can ever
expect to gt a customer to
come back to our store. the
second time ia to give him
service and aatiafy him
with merchandise the first
time he comes in.
That is our policy in a
nut shell. .
.We sell only Kelly-Springfield
made tires because
they come nearest to the
standard we have set for
ourselves . They will give
you long uninterrupted ser
vice, and they will satisfy
you, we know. r '
V "BILL"
SMITH & WATKINS
Liberty at Center Telephone 44
McQUAYHORRIS
ALUMINUM
PISTONS
C. & L. PARTS STORE INC.
Comer Ferry and Liberty Telephone 666
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This new Nash Special Six Four-Door Sedan
calls your attention very forcibly to Nash
value. At its new low price you will find
that other manufacturers are asking from
$100 to $150 more for cars not as fine in
finish, and not nearly as fine in performance.
Here is one of the smartest looking, srrfaxt
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only Nash builds motor cars, performing
as asjfty a Nash performs;
Vrtu'U never believe it costs onlv 41334
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lSBU Window and
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instrument board
and its crown ledge,
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shirred door pockets. Vanity case and
smoking set. New type, form-fitting cush
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button-tufted in the custom manner.
Luxury wherever you look!
And luxury in every mile and
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on the go, always out in front
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t hills.There is increased power
in its big 7bearing Valve-
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This Nash Sedan at $1335 is equipped with
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Finally, here is an easier riding motor car..
New secret -process alloy-steel
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priced sixes the idea of truly
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ance and appearance. And it won
world record public acceptance
almost overnight.
Yet now your dollar buys more
than ever for . today's Pontiac
Six embodies many improve
ments in the original Pontiac Six
design. It is now offered with
beautstul new Fisher bodies in
new Duco colors and every body .
type has been reduced in price!
You "may have heard 'that the
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You may have read that a new
( measure of value was created by
this finer Pontiac Six selling
lower prices but until you come
in and actually see today V Pon
tiac Six, and actually sit at. the
wheel, you cannot know how fine
a six can now be bought for $745 1
VICK BROS.
New lower prices drift
passenger car body ypC3,
(Effective July 15)
Coupe. - - - . - ''m 745
Sport Roadster - f745
Sport Cabriolet - 795 .
Landau Sedan 845
De Luxe Landau Sedan - . ?925
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