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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 28, 1927)
mm SECTION TWO Pages 1 to 6 ALL THE NEWS THAT IS FIT TOPRINT Seventy-seventh year SALEM, OREGON, WEDNESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 28, 1927 PRICE FIVE CENTS AUTO SHOW STAT FAIR AUTOMOTIVE r .1 i j , .. ! t Al DRAWS CROUPS : "'v'V-'"'e8 NEW AUTOIIIDBILE BUILDING, FINISHED YEAR AGO, GIVES fp OPPORTUBITY FOR DISPLAY Concrete Structure Erected With Funds Saved From Profits of Past Fairs; Praise Given to Mrs. Ella S. Wilson, Secretary, for Efficient Management Which Made This Addition Possible. Dedicated One Year Ago Tomorrow, Complet ed Too Late for Thoroughly Artistic Display at That Time and Way Left Clear for Better Arrangement and Bigger List of Entries This Year. Automobile Building Filled to Capacity With Best of New Models Recently Out Automotive exhibits have had a place at the Oregon state fair for a number of years, but it ha,s not been until the last two years that opportunity was given for as adequate an automobile show as the state fair warranted. vjTLast year, through the efficient management of Mrs. Ella 55. Wilson, secretary of the state fair board, under whose if Supervision a fund had been saved from profits of former f fail's, the new automobile buildincr was constructed. It is . . i.i j i - i i l ii -r : , . ,1 . unuerstooa tnat inis is ine oniy ounuing on me laugiuunua paid for that way in a single year. The automobile building, 120 by 300 feet and of concrete ! construction, had just barely ben finished in time for last year's fair, so that the exhibitors were not able to plan ahead. As a result it was reserved for the present year to afford a truly artistic automobile show in the new structure. At the time of the dedication a year ago, Mrs. Wilson was accorded unstinted praise for her successful handling of the state fair's business and finances. Tho hnildincr was so erected that additions can be made t omi4Vi onrl nrir? Jnr?iat ivn this VAflr nr& that it Will liot be long until this is necessary. Vick Brothers' Balloon Tries Bennett Cup Stunt On the first day of the fair a large balloon floated high over the automobile building, and upon it was emblazoned a ri indicating that it was the property of Vick Brothers, Salem agents for Oakland and Pontiac cars. But Monday night someone climbed to the roof and cut the balloon loose. Tuesday afternoon it was found 12 miles north of Salem, near the Checkerboard service station; and it will be afloat again today if found to be in good condtion. It was found by Ray Aps, state traffic oficer. Vick brothers have eleven cars on display in the space al lotted to them, which is near the south end of the building, on the west side. Pontiacs shown include acoupe, two door sedan, sport road ster, cabriolet, landau sedan and de luxe landau sedan. The Oakland models are a sport roadster, cabriolet, two door sedan, four door sedan and landau sedan. Besides the four Vick brothers, George, Charley, Alfred and Ben, the following salesmen are assisting with the dis play: Bert Hill, R. H. Savage, G. C. Moir, Jack Hardin, Har old Ware, J. C. Simpson, C. A. Johnson and C. F. Patton. T 1 'I FALCON-KNIGHTS HERE r Falcon-Knight coupe and sedan and a Peereless coupe sedan are the models being shown at tne automoone H UOTfding by the Therdelsen Motor Car company of Portland. : MM . if 1 BITS CONSTITUTE BIGGEST 1 E IN ONE CUSSIFICAT AT FAIR: 1 33 SEPARATE MODELS Actual Worth of Automobiles and Motorcycles in Building $208,490; Almost All of Space Taken Where Last Year it Was Thought Building Would be Adequate for Manj Years. The new automobile building, dedicated last year at the Oregon' State Fair, is now filled to capacity with all makes of cars. The greatest array of motor vehicles ever brought together in Oregon. Cutaway Motor Shows Star Lubrication Plan The Salem Auto company has a display of six Star cars, evenly divided between six cylinder and four cylinder models. An interesting feature for the mechanically inclined is a Star four cylinder Red Seal cutaway motor in operation, showing the lubrication system and the working parts. In the sixth, the regular sedan, de luxe sedan and a stripped chassis are shown. The four cylinder models are the coach, the coupe and the cabi'iolet. Members of the firm, C. J. Taylor, H. J. Wooley and H. E. Shade, together with the following salesmen, are taking care of the display : H. W. Burrell, J. R. Wallis and Mack Woods. Harry Trueblood, factory representative, is also assisting. 4 ! Things The Cletrac Is Doing Every Day On Farm and Highway and In the Forest i t j:. 'WW 4 i rjtvit V" , si 1 -' v . Y f 1 t ' vi.i!r- if V 'Ah t-r- - - ""7 A X. ' v- " is. ,. t - - . . ' 1 j iri These pictures are all taken in Oregon. The tremendous amqunt of work accomplished by one of these tractors can easily be seen by a close study of the pictures. Br r. L Local Dealers Have Charge of Displays in Nearly Every Case, and Because of Oppor tunity to Plan Far Ahead, All Displays are Interesting; Some Cars Shown First Time. , Automobiles are every-day things, but 133 bright, shintf new models, many of them never before shown in Salem, somd ra?or )afnva o V An.n ;n .. (lint'. ...t.MJ 'T'UMii in uicguii inai s tuiinjiiianuii vviiici is difficult for anyone even midly interested in the automo tive; world to resist. Naturally, it is one which few people who attend the state fair are making any effort to resist, and the result is that the automobile show building is crowded at all times with visitors. , . And the exhibits this year are worth seeing. As has bcenf mentioned, there are 133 new cars, wnrth tnfnl which with.motorcycle exhibits worth $1635 brings the valua tion of articles within the building up to $208,490, possibly the greatest value of exhibits of a single type anywhere on the grounds. . In addition to all this, there is a Cletrac tractor exhibit, in the machinery building close at hand, that ought to bo Hsted among the automotive exhibits and its value alone i3 $21,000. , 1 : : . . The automobile building, completed a little over a year a;o and dedicated at last year's state fair-a year ago tomorrow was believed at that time to be adequate to house the auto mobfle exhibits for a long time to come. The space was ade quate at that time, and it is again this yearbut the various displays take up all the available floor room. By closer econ omy of space, the building will house the show for a couple of years to come, but there's a limit, and it is not many yean in the distance. t This year the Salem automotive dealers, who have charge of these exhibits in all cases where there is a Salem dealer; for the particular make of car entered, were able to plart farther ahead than before, and as a result, the exhibits are! carefully elected from the latest models issued, and are truly; . representative of the trend in motordom. .; i The state fair comes at a season when most nf thp Mnr4 manufacturers have just announced theirnew models, withj " sufficient interval that the new cars have had opportunity to reach Salem, and as a result, the Automobile show at thti state fair includes a number of 'cars that nobody but thd dealers have seen and that makes for even greater interest4 The displays are arranged, too, so as to bring out heir higK lights and contrasts. A great deal of thought ha3 been ex pended by the dealers to achieve this. , i Take it all the way through, this year's automotive show" is the most interesting that has ever been given in connectiort with the state fair, and whiles there will be auto shows later that will eclipse it, it will be through increase in number of cars, not in perfection of arrangements. ' .1 5 ' REOS MAKE SHOWING ' The Reo Sales and Service company, of 219- State street has four Reef cars at the state fair. They include two Wol verines and two Flying (Cioud models, , Loren Loose ana Lowell White are in charge of the exhibit. d - - 1 r SOME OF SALEM'S LEADING AUTOMOTIVE DEALERS WHO HAVE EXHIBITS AT STATE FAIE I r - -I - . t .... - . ... . , 1 .' 1 j : I ; r ::vf'..::'. W if . a;c. ItAAO L 1 I , I: 1 IlALPir THOMFSON m IURRY W. SCOtT r : , ....... .- . . ...... ' -H v...f .. 1 - i.. .-. . .. : :" . - ' ' ' , i . :: m,r - r ! CHARLES VICK OTTO J. WllAmt
