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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 6, 1927)
AUTOMOTIVE BETTER HOMES RADIO 4 ' ., , f J .; WAY BETTER THAN LAST YEAR Bmmmm . AUTOMOTIVE BETTER HOMES RADIO SEVEjnT-SpVENTH YEAR ; SALEM, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 6, 1927 PRICE FIVE CENTS 3-! COSTOFOPEKf UuDtll FOUR CEHTS Oakland Company's : Field Cars Reveal Economy of; Motor Transport A remarkable cross section - of "automotive operating costs thra out America Is revealed in the mo tor travel expense of 200 field rep resentatives of the Oakland Motor Car Company who drove 3.4 6 6,2 S 2 miles during" the company's re cently completed fiscal year at the average cost of $.0398 pef mile.? Since the Oakland and Pontiac Sixes which the field representa tives nee in their travels are factory-owned ears covered by blan . ket insurance.; the factors; of. de preciation and insurance . do not appear In the costs compiled by the company's statistical depart . ment. The average figure of f.0398 per mile represents only C3DER OUT OF CHAOS E ST. LOUIS SPEEDED BY STURDY GRAHAM TRUCKS r fir 4 f 1 i. N V 4 i: i 4 llf '" l""ir'""". While c destruction, -wrought by the actual cost of maintaining and j the recent devastating tornado in used, 130 were Pontiac Sizes and; seers, their awe at the havoc which 70 were Oaklands. ' can be wrought by wind is paral- Here is the coet per mile ."brok- lelecf by' wonder at the quick re cn down Into its various comnon-j covery of the .stricken districts. - ents ' Gasoline - Maintenance labor j. : Storage and parking Washing . . Oil ...... .I..... Tires and tire repairs .... .0010 . .Total . .0398 The. field representatives, driv . lag a distance equal to more than 134 times around the world over; all types of American roads -and " through all extremes of American climate and weather, -are believed to have eliminated from their op erating statistics the variants which would affect mileage costs - compiled in any one state or re gion. For instance, the average cost In the New York - district where both traffic delays and - winter . storage expense are encountered .-was .0540 per mile., the highest ne of the chief factors in the .0150. work of bringing order from chaos' .0072 was "a fleet of. more! 'than 40 Gra .0069 ham Brothers trucks immediately .003G ""Pressed into service from their .0033'.- "I . .0028 regular duties. These Vere manned . by boy scouts as shown above or ; volunteer; workers under direction ; of the Red Cross. They iaided im- measurably in nuickly transporting the injured to - hospitals i and in some instances J furnished the i power- to move large ;masses oL debris w hich imprisoned victims . of the storm. , A large number, of -these trucks ; are still at; work in I speeding ; the present rebuilding t program. . : GIIIGPUP.IL LIFT E DECLAR nnnr into LI a; Consfstent Refusal Will End Evil, Says A, A. A, Na- ' - tional Officers In the Charlotte. J. "C.dIstriet. where neither t,of- theie; factory Is present, the avers,fce tstVaa oniy FOLUiWIfie LEADES : ; RELIEVES : FATIGUE1 It's Valuable Game for Tour ist If fHe Picks -the" . Right; Pace Maker : There are many ways to avoid fatigue on the touring trip .when long hours tare spent behind'the figure in any of the, 22 distriets.-f wheel of the motor ear, but one of the mostS effective is a form of the.oljf game, "Follow the leader.' according to Geo. C. Brandeaburjj f.027oVr,',J'ri1tret,uTr of! the Oregon SUte Mo- r xuale of .Chariutte iatricf tud total ; parking and storage-cost;; for"- a year mileage'of 175,000 was on- ily S 2 5 8 . 8 5 or an J average - of $.00147 permile against the grand average on this-item lor tne en tire country, of 2.0069; ' An interesting fact shown - by the figures is that gasoline repre sents about 37 per cent of the op- 1 crating cost; while tires and tire repairs constitute - only between two and three' per cent. CHHYSLEH SERVICE SCHOOL 10 PEIED Unique Method of Putting High Grage Facilities .At v, Owner's Demand A bulletin of unnanal interest just rent oat by the Chrysler Sales corporation to Its dealer organiza tion announces that "the Chrysler service school . is about to reopen Us sessions at the factory In De ' troit. ' ' ' This school, now beginning, Us second year; proved to ne "remark ably ruccessful last winter in point : of attendance and of enthusiastic approval by those who - went to Detroit to take advantage of its offerings. - 'r - The - course Is arranged for Chrysler : service managers, shop superintendents and service field men, and is designed to put at the command of all the company's - ditr"butors and dealers the oppor tunity of providing In their home co mm unities expert attention to "-every detail of practical and suc cessful automobile service. - 1 The course offered In the school v covers every branch of service sta tion operation It includes among snbjeds accounting, stock keen ing, shop equipment, trouble di e gnosis and correctlon.7 standard- ized maintenance and all technical " and mechanical phases of Chrysler . nrruliicfa - ClaM lectures by selected ex rerts In the famous Chrysler en gineering and eerrlce staff are suoDlemented by actual demon strations. Illustrations and screen .pictures. " Many who attended th school last winter have reported ; to the company that n"t only has the training receive- oved In valuable but that the direct con tact with others having the same ' problems and duties as themselves was found to be almost as profit able in their work after returning hone." . " ' '" - -: ; ; :- Tl.e course prescribed requires a week's attendauce. Sessions are heM daily from f;3 0 a. m. to 6 P. n., with an events class Fri- . ' (Cosilnved oa rx .) -tor-" association. - 'More and "more tourists are learning the advant ages of th is me thod of touring driving and; are finding It an ex cellent energy conserver; lr. .(Brandenburg declares. "Picking the right leader to fol low at first may seem to be some thing of a task, but trailing a car for a mile or so will enable one to determine - whether Its -driver ; Is the type that can be expected to travel at a fair pace and at the same time exercise the proper pre cautions," says Mr. Brandnburg. "The- advantages of. following another car; are obvious.. For in stance, one j does not have to pay the close attention Ho , warning signs that otherwise is required. "One can slow down or speed up as the other ear does. - The man ahead, if he Is a 'good driver will temper his rate of travel to road conditions, p At sharp curves or 3teen . descents, his - method : of driving generally will serve as a good guide.! In traveling through a strange state. It Is an excellent idea to fol-l low a car bearing . the license olates of that slate. In such a case, its driver 'can be expected to be familiar with bis roads. In addition; his knowledge of the traffic regulations, both state and local, should be better than the visitor's, j ; " "There are many advantages to be gained from following the. right kind of a leader." v , ' Oregon Scene To Be Shown At'Headquarters of A; A. A. The Oregon! State Motor asso ciation has just ? received- a wire from the American Automobile as sociation at Washington, ;D. C. asking that the Oregon f club for ward immediately the 'finest pic ture of the Columbia highway ob tainable. - The picture is' to be made Into a large transparency, and will be one of the ten lining the walls of the' reception room of the Ameri can Automobile' association at Washington, D. C. - - The picture selected r was Ca thedral Park on the -Columbia highway," one of Riser's most fa- lmoas:photpgTap!js. ; ... Oregon's selection as one of the ten Eta tea to.be represented In this group of transparencies confirms the placebo f this state as a tourist center as It Is at this central of fice that eastern; and foreign mo tor tourists make their head quart-j ers and from which their itlner aries are routed. , - Rough . Handling Given . ; Every New Oldsmobilc - -" - i : A rough road faces every bids mobile that comes' off the as semblyl ines at Olds Motor Works. Before it Is finally Inspected each Oldsroobtle ..is driven onto a set of eccentric rollers and Hocked in place, v:. These - rollers alternately pitch one corner of the car after the other upward" while another corner is being depressed.: - The action la far more stren uous than is driving 4 over the roughest road. Any point of weak ness Is revealed by this f ocean wave motion to which the car le subjected. -Every Oldsmoblle must success fully pass this test be fore it Is finally approved by the inspectors. WASHINGTON, D. & "Gimme a lift. Mister." . ; This plea, says a statement is sued by national headquarters of the' American Automobile associa tion today,, again is -echoing and re-echoing down the streets and highways of the nation as million of children troop dally to and from the'r schools. "The appeal of . a child, this one like all the others. Is hard to- resist but the Interests of safety demand that the motor- Is be firm in his refusal to accede to it" says the statements . Directed specifically toward the 939 clubs that comprise the mem bership of the A. A. A. and gen erally toward motorists, parents and teachers as a whole, the state ment asks that the cooperation of air agencies and individuals con cerned with street anil hlrhway safety be. "enlisted in a contlnna tlon of the campaign launched last year by the A.A-A. to stamp out the practice of h.Udren of asking for lifts, one of the greatest men aces to child safety that .exists today "v..-'.-This cooperation was sought and given in all parts of the conn try last year, the A. A. A. heads declare. When attention "was called to the grave - hazards Jn volved In this thotless .practice of school children, motoristsV par ents and teachers, generally r ral lied behind their motor clubs and the result of , this unity was-' a marked, success of the campaign, the statement says- ' The Summer, however, saw a let-down in this sphere of activity; and the reopen ing of schools has created a need for renewed effort. It is pointed out. " ' " "A.A.A. clubs, concerned with serving the Interests of both the motorist and the general public should "take the lead in the move ment to break up this practice says the statement.,; 3"he club will find, that onee it jpints out the enormous dangers incident to this child action and the ways In which motorists, parents and teachers can be helpful - In bring ng It to an end, these grenps will be quick to meet their respective responsibilities. ; s Thei part o the motorist isjto drive t carefully , when passing through school zones and to re fuse r'des to, those children' who ask. ; This is difficult to do, but the consistent refusal on the part of all motorists soon will dis courage the lift-seeker and this is the greatest kindness the motor car owner . : could do anj ehild. Drivers should remember that they are responsible in case of ac cidents involving their youthful passengers. - ' - 'They do not need to be - re minded of the dangers of perpet uating this practice by.' catering to it' Once given a Uft,ie child repeats his request daily. At first, he may have had the caution to stand on the curb and wave his s ppeal to the passing '- motorlet. Gradually, however, he becomes more and more daring.. He will crowd out into the stream of ve- HERE'S ; LATEST WORD IN MOTOR BUS DWELLINGS 15 ' - "X. -S - it I 1 ' . t .-r I ' l r.r ... . . 'f - i i . v. -v x ' t i .. : v. r ' : ft fcasm 'nr - n,i,-'-'-r7ni j: :-t ikmhi i inswriM n ti l sujiiil if c,w 1 t- - - . m s " -Sv 1.1 Nlefc Tn suss tmmmmmmma&t6& fir - gs - sV -xwrt ::'. W.w-m., " K v r v I : 1 h ; r ; fSsr- j t 9 s & - Iv.'. y C nil u : ' Hi- v It - O k ' V A m KEEP CAB UP If, to i on IPSE t Additional . Speed .Granted Only 'Because Cars Saf -: ' er, Pointed Out . ' to k'.vi) (CoatiaMS par 8.) This palatial hme on wheels is conceded to be the "very last word, in private motor buses. 'It Is owned by Dan Smith, Wealthy retired Detroit manufacturer who ran against Senator James Couzens in 1921 for mayor of Detroit, He plans to tour to the west coast in it in November. ' "Views of the bus, which has sleeping quarters for si,; show (i) a shower bath, (2) exterior of the vehicle, (3) the din ing room which becomes a bedroom at night, (4) the lounge, equipped with & radio, (5) the driver's ' seat ahd the ictless refrigerator, Ethe seat becoming a couch at night, (6) the. galley which also Is convertibltt into the cook's sleeping quarters and (7) the clothes press.; . ' ....... ':Tni".-,'': r'1" .' h ' - i pep STUDIES lAMil m M mm tk im a 1 Fill i i nni hi ! llifo I ALLlVItiy PLAN General M o t o r s Finance Head To Honor Econo- . mist At Dinner Soon John J. Raskob. chairman of the finance committee of General Motors corporation, has Issued in vitations to a number of prom inent bankers. Industrialists and' students of business economics to be his guests ; at a dinner he 1? tendering to ! Edwin R. A. Selig man, professor of political econ omy at Columbia university, on the evening of - November 1 ? at the Rltz-Carlton hotel. New Tork. Profefwor Seligman has recent ly completed an exhaustive hide pendent study of the econome ef fects and conditions surrounding the installment selling 'device, a phase of consumer j credit which is employed to so large an extent Coatiaaa . Graham Registration Now Leads All In California For the first time in the com pany's history registrations of Graham Brothers trucks in Cali fornia in the nine months -ended September SO led all competitors, a total of '2828. vehicles having registered, according to a state ment by John R. Lee,- general sales' manager of Dodge Brothers, inc. ' ' This record is particularly no table when it Is considered that Graham Brothers Jare gone into the lead In California over the two largest manufacturers of low priced trucks. Mr. Lee says. He added that Graham Brothers have enjoyed an ' excellent business throughout the year and especial ly since the 'company's! recent an nouncement of Its new : line :?of true ko. headed by a six cylinder two-ton modeL v ; Mr. Lee stated that California registrations' of Graham Brothers tracks In the first nine months of 1927 ; constituted 40 per cent of the total truck registrations ' In that state, exclusive of those " of the two manufacturers of low priced trucks. ' FRHLIN :Wm ARRIVES IN SALEM Car owners who dsire . . . - up wun me inuic procession to day are learning that It cannot ,. done safely with an automch.: that fs not kept In the best of con dition In every respect, pays O. Brandenburg, secretary of i! o Oregon State Motor associate. :i Motor ear makers have d.'gier,Hi and buflt automobiles that ar i:n preasively saferthan ever, anri i)-. owner who allows his car to in come unsafe and poorly kept 1c comes conspicuous of his fe!!o, motorists as weir as to the o';i- cials charged with supervli- traffic.; ' . " "The accuracy of this view ( f the situation can be determined ly the individual motorist very ily,'" says Mr. Brandenburg. "'. ;o of us that drives cannot lmn diately spot the ; car which 1 noisy, ineffective brakes. wfcK steers with difficulty and with i notorious absence of the fine f-i-fclsion that everyone knows is bid ing built Into the automobile .f today. The person who cannot ill this Is one who has not paid ran; attention to the progress the lomuiiTe engineer lias mane. -. Traffic today Is moving af' nigner legal rates or speed both in the city and on the open highwi v. This boon to motordom has lxn conferred by traffic authorities be cause . they recognize the inti r ently greater safety of motor 1 1 rn of the last three .years. It 'is a privilege that motorists cannot af ford to abuse. . . "The American Automobile tii eociation, with which this clul in affiliated, sees still greater priv ileges to be -conferred, in this re spect, but not until the individn.il learns to care for his car In ih a way that it will constantly pro vide the larger margin of safety with which it has been endowed, by Its maker." ; ! DOWN TH17 POA.X Bv FRANK UPCK Individual Transportation Adds To Personal Liberty "In this day of two car families, the Individually owned and oper ated transport unit has - incalcul ably enlarged the capacity of man kind for- working : and ; playing, pays a representative of the Tromm Motor Co., - local Paige dealers. ,,4Nbt until he owned a car did man fully realise all the liberty which was his to enjoy.". ; ;It;:ls : significant," continued j the Paige dealer, "that in .Amer-j lea, where' the greatest measure; of personal liberty prevails, 4 the1 great bulk of automobile owner ship Is Te&rteTe&'"::,' k;, . "Real liberty is more than mere ly the right ! come and go as one pleases." It also involves the abil ity to come and go as need or-desire indicate. - . - V "Not so long ago the family with one car was believed to enjoy a freedom that would supply all desire to travel. There was much talk - about a mythical saturation Dolnt in the automobile market when' every family owned a "car. "Now it has' been found that even ' the family two car ;-: policy would not; saturate the market. j There are adult members of such: group, other than the heads of the family, whose .wants for Indi- vidual liberty can only be satisfied with an individual unit of . trans-portation.'t WHEN THE SHOP FOREMAN . CALLS FOR A .VOLUNTEER TH I DDK OVPD Vm ID TAD AT QUITTING TIME. i I Mm . i 4 k - . VS ' 1 ( Six 1 v O iPn ' -i- ' First of Handsome New Models Displayed Here; Three Color Schemes U:hL 8U- ULDSMDBILE ERECTS BESEJBCII BUILDIflS r - I r ur ' i. ueveiopmeni, uesign wofK To Be Housed In Last; . Planned Structure ! The " new Franklin Airman which has become het center of intense .interest, and greatly 'in creased -the popularity of the Frankl'n line, since the announce ment of the new series by ; the Franklin Automobile company on October ' 2, Li now on display in three handsome models of 5 and 7' passenger sedans at the F.- W. Pettyjohn Co. The colors of the three models are beaver ! brown, Deleware blue and dark green. The accomplishments of recent months In aircraft - development and the growing predominance of air cooled engines in airplane- use, is doubtless responsible' for turn ing the thoughts of the American motor public to the Franklin prin ciple of engine construction and type. -.ALJ, : - -:. j Having always adhered to' the air cooled 'principle, with constant! mprovementvin Franklin en gineering and design, the new Airman series , Franklin ; has reached a new high degree in-mo-1 tor performance., which la reflee-! ted by the reception accorded the new Franklin In every corner of the nation. ; , .. Increased sales are. reported rom practically every territory notwithstanding 4he approach of the winter season, at: which time, however, the Franklin has hn es pecial appeal as it has no radiator or water pump to freeze in cold weather. -?-!.v , , The peven passeneer Airman Is availableln four -body atyle. each a handsome creation wh'ch has lasting appeal in beautiful lines and color y combinations. These room v. exqu isite closed m od el s ex emplify . a measure of comfort hitherto unattained. The wheel base is now 12 8 -Inches and the weight of the car is BOO pounds less than the average car of the same capacity and 200 pounds l'ghter than many representative five passenger automobiles. ' r :. The new fire, passenger Airman series cars have wheel base of 119 inches and a (corresponding KgM weight which sets the Franklin out In rront of other makes of ears. In many features which pro vide comfort sad pleasure for the owner. , The new Airman rinks the world of the flier to the world of the motor car buyer, providing for he first time actual sensation of flying freedom with'the safety cf ground , transportation.- In . the Airman there 13 greatly increased peed short, swift, power ri;e from tea miles to fortv t.i. jn 14 seconds. Then, up nn ! ' ip " i (Contlncfd n page 8. , LANSING, Mich. Con t ra. ls were this week -awarded for con struction of another new building, to be -devoted wholly to Oldnmo bile development, design and : re search work. This latest construc tion work is in addition to the 13,000,000 . expansion - program that Is now under way and which will greatly Increase the prods lion facilities of the Oldsmobile factories herer - . . This new engineering building will be completed "shortly after the first of the .year,, closely fd lowlng the completion of the other units of the expansion program. It will be equipped with the latent of modern and scientific appara tus designed. for research and de velopment work. The engineering building will be 400 feet long by 90 feet wide. containing 3 S. 000 square feet of floor space. 'It will be construe t- ea oi.iteei and brick and has been designed to cive a maximum of daylight in every portion of the building.: The building will contain "the research laboratoies, dynamometer room, experimental drafting room, experimental machine shops, ex perimental garage and a model cr studio. V , The laboratories and dynamo meter rooms will contain a bat tery of four standard dynamor.it ters for the recording of sclenii fic" measurements of torque and power,-a chassis dynamometed and a battery of six "life test" dyna mometers which will be used t test. the final breaking point in an automobile engine by keeping it running ; continuously at fctfh speeds ad under heavy loads. There also will be special ma chines for the accurate and scien tific testing of cooling, lubrication and other features of automobile design. Many of the new devices to be installed In this model engineer ing building have been deeigntd to bring closer co-ordination be tween the information developed by actual road testa at the Gen eral Motors Proving Ground and, by laboratory test work. This co ordination is required to rite t the exaction requirements of the t automotive engineering practice. This new builJir. -will be tlie headquarters for 1th rod and Iaboratery tents. Ol : . ' d tt fl- c-ts coming from a-. - oir.g- to the Proving Ground fur a (Co S.)