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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 13, 1927)
AUTOMOTIVE BETTER HOMES RADIO ' m J 4 WAY BETTER THAN LAST YEAR AUTOMOTIVE BETTER HOMES RADIO SEVENTY-SEVENTH YEAR t s I SALEM, OREGON, .SUNDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 13, 1927 PRICE FIVE CENTS I HEIIT IIIFL1IE11CE8 fireater and Greater Reserve N i- , Being Left for Used t jr.. Cars Today I CAUFORNIANS MAP AUTOMOBILE 1 HIGHWAY IN ANCIENT MEXICO v BrA.IL Sarris . The startling refinements which 'our motor cars hare undergone In the last tew years hare exerted noon ; the used car an' Influence cnite as; profound as that which the new cars themselves reflect. W need only glance at the pro portions which the used car busi ness has assumed, to realise that the used car of today must be an entirely different quantity from the: commodity which went under that name a comparatively short time ago. There are several reasons for the public's growing tendency to buy - used; cars with confidence. The 'ultimate reason, of course, is that! such confidence is being Jus tified to a greater: and greater degree with each passing year, by the performance of used cars them selves. Every possible agency is cooperating to bring this about, to surround the purchase of a used car with the same assurance - of owner satisfaction as goes with r m new ear.)-. ' ; yj " i! , The fact that the r. motor car jr Ins the factory today is a J vastly better product than any of I Vt predecessors ' Is the greatest ingle ractor in the rising desir ability of the used ear. The In- m. mm - a m 1 1 ausiry-s constant euori vo ouua better is steadily increasing the amount of dependable transporta tion delivered with each new car Consequently, there' Is . a greater and greater reserve, of service left when the original owner yields to the lure of a new machine. 1m proved design, and better mater ials and , workmanship play their parts in bringing- this condition about, and so does the Interesting process which might he termed the evolution of the car user; :tye world Is not yet fully edu cated to The hse of the motor car. We know much more about main taining, operating and dodging ve hicles than we did 25 years ago, but So. years hence we shall know far more aboat these things than we do now. Usage will implant them in the blood. And even the development - which the car user has undergone to date is contribut or 'not nnlr to aiir uftr. hut Lf to the amount of service our mot- or cara yield. 'ferTTbe statement is easily proved. "Bo rapid has been the motor car's '1 .4:-.,, conquest of the country that most ,cf today's owners are driving their third, fifth, or even tenth car. They are deriving greater satis faction from it than - from their first, for two reasons: because it was a - better car 1 to begin with, and because they know more about its care than they did about the care of their first. They have i -x I i . ,v-: 4 --i.y-. 21 ... ' v - v. ri '. - '--r t - - v; v- - I A trail is being-marked Into lower California to guide motor ists to a section of old Mexico scarcely changed for a century. Among. old. missions along the highway is that of San Ignaclo, the campanile of -which Is seen below, Cactus in the region (right) often grow 60 to 70 feet high. At the left are a senorlta who teach es at San Ignaclo and her slater. ; KFULGH6 ill TB C I if Difference In. Stations Claims Service Man; Cars Need Attention - (Coatiaacd from 9C t.) BUILDS 210.G00TH UTO SETS 0 President Wilmer Says Com pany Has Produced Products Worth Much l r mr ETRCIT.'( Special) -At 10 A. eaiuraay, xsovemoer , me rZ.OCO.OOQth car which Dodge Hrthers have made came oft the .--;.al assembly line, just 12 years, - 11 months and 21 days after the first car built by John and Horace Dodge on November 14, 1914. No. 2.000.000 is a standard four cyl inder leather upholstered sedan and was shipped Immediately to W. L. Eaton, Seattle dealer, who purchased it nearly eight years ago upon falling by six months to get In his order In time to get o. 00.000. .4 .'v-r.;. Tb passing of; the 2,000.000 mark by Dodge Brothers sets a sew record for. the automobile in dustry as no other company manu- acturing ears that sell In or above tb'Dodge price class has yet ap chedjhe point o making 2.- - -j r.00 cars la tne snort penou r-l less than 12 years.;1" :r-iv: A measure of the vastness of the V r tttomobile Industry and what It leans to the prosperity of the na- y )and to Detroit In particular St$ck furnished by President E. Q. j Vilmer - in commenting . upon 1 ;;odge Brothers' record.;; He Tolnt- . d out that Dodge alone, in less ' 'han IS years of , existence t has i produced products whose " retail i..e Is estimated at $2, 200,000,- tf, a sum greater-than the en-f fire amount of capital Invested in t utomobile manufacturing plants n the United States. lie also stated that-Dodge Ero tiers hasj paid. Its employees in -svages daring this IS year period proximately 1345,000.000. a " pver one half of the total; A wide difference exists- be tween the rarlous: greafcing sta tions in the state claims Guy Young of the -Salem Super Ser vice station, which is located at High and Ferry streets. This dif ference is of the utmost import-; ance to the automobile owner and so should be considered by him. The difference is twofold : first, a difference In the oils and greas es used: second, a difference In the care with which the work is done. ' . There are many cheap lubrl cants that are practically worth less compared with the standard and nationally recognized brands of known quality : that cost only a little more. This station has made ;it a policy to use only the best oils and greases that money, can buy. ; , f': ,...:.;.:. i ; Care Is second in Importance. If the service man neglects a few fittings for three or four succes sive times, worn parts, will surely result. . ;: '- y Regular lubrication at Intervals' of 500 miles Is the best automo bile Insurance an owner can buy. says Mr. Tung.' To assist the car owner in keeping track ; of his mileage, a card index file Is kept and each customer is sent a card in about three weeks after hia car is greased reminding him of his mileage when his car was last greased.': ;:;;, i i:.:' v.s ; A rapidly increasing number of regular customers is evidence that the Salem Super Service sUtion is rendering a greasing service that car owners appreciate. LOS ANGELES, (AP)-Mo-1 tordom's ever-eager quest for the quaint and primitive Is turning backward over the old Catholic Mission trail to little known reg ions of Lower; California, where bits of old Spain have survived undisturbed by the rush of mod ern life. j Through the agency of the Au tomobile Club of Southern Cali fornia, the first step has been tak en to chart and signpost a high way through the desolate wilds that ; have isolated the southern third of the long peninsnal from the new world. The route retraces the course that civilization follow ed in its northward advance 160 years ago. -. j : The northern district of. Lower California has been modernized through close . proximity to ' the United States, but the southern part, because of barriers erected by nature, still thinks In the terms of a century ago. U repose now number approximately 26,000. They have retained the ancient simplicity of customs, and scarcely know the meaning -of time except as darkness ends a day and dawn begins a new one, It was found by a party of clnb officials which penetrated to the town of Mulege. on the gulf. M l In the central section, which the 'fiOFPIM" SEEN BY BIN Alford Bases Opinion On General Improved Condi tions in Many Sections c Indications of a "year of plenty for 192S are seen by TV. H. Al ford, vice-president and comp troller of The Nash Motors Com pany, known' throughout the fin ancial world lor Keen business in sight and sound conservatism. Mr. Alf ord's optimistic view of gen eral business conditions during the coming year: was given) by him Monday night at a talk in Kenosha tov a group of dealers representing The Nash Motors Company In New York atatq and lower New England. -V., r ' - "The year 1927 is rapidly draw ing to a close and manufacturers and business .men generally are giving thought to the business out look for 1 9 2 8 said Mr. Alf or. "In my judgment there ' is every indication that general business should' be as good or better in 192S than in , 1927. 1 base this conclusion on the general Improv ed condition of our great agricul tural population.. - "Except for small areas, aver age crops of corn, and wheat have been raised and are bringing good prices; Cattle and hogs are , In good condition and are bringing higher prices than they have for several years past, i v "This should mean added stim ulus next year to the metropol itan markets and Industry In gen eral for, after all, the farmer Is the very backbone of our national business fabric. When the farm er has his money his local mer chants benefit, they In turn bene fit the Jobber or wholesaler, the cycle then reaching the manufac turer in the Industrial centers. Thus a good wheat crop in the northwest Is soon beneficially felt in : Pittsburgh, Chicago, St. Louis, and other Industrial centers, and the effects of a good cotton crop, in like manner, serve as a stim ulus to business throughout the north.;. 't. I -:, ' .;:.;.; -; The southern farmer, whejre! cotton Is the principal money crop, will 'have at least 9500,000,000 more for his 1927 crop than he received for his 19 2 S crop al though soma 3,000,000 bales will be gathered. He is receiving from 8 cents to lb cents a pound more for the crop this year .than he re ceived for it last year or, on the basis of a 600 pound bale, from 140 to 50 more. On a price basis of 10 cents a pound, the 16,000, 000 bale crop last year brought him $800,000,000 and the 13, 000,000 bale crop this year at 20 cents a pound will bring $1,3 00, 000,000 or an Increase of $500, 000,000 for this year's crop over last year's crop. - "This however, does not tell the whole story of the Improvement in the condition of the cotton farm ginning is a big item in the cost of raising cotton. ' r, "It takes 1,500-pounds of seed er. for the cost of gathering and cotton to produce a 500 pound bale of lint cotton. On an aver ager It costs about $1.50 a hun dred pounds of seed cotton to gath- CHI OF CARS TOLD by mm mi Experts Give Pointers On Things To Be Done To Insure Satisfaction y CHICAGO'S TRAFFIC DELAYED At this season the prudent mot orist,- taking time by the forelock, is beginning to consider approach ing changes in driving conditions and Is planning how best to put his car in order for winter months. - ; Chrysler service experts, ' fol lowing', the Chrysler policy of as suring to owners the fullest pos sible enjoyment of their cars throughout the . year, have out lined, a program of preparation. They advise motorists to make use of service station facilities, wher ever possible. But as there are always a certain number of owners who prefer to condition their own cars for the winter, these sugees tlbns will be. read with profit by many; . The first step advised is to re move from the oil pan any. accum nlated sludge and to refill the pan with fresh oil, taking care that It Is of good quality. Frequent changes of oil afterward. In con junction with proper adjustment of crankcase ventilator, will con tinue to safeguard oil circulation. Next, .the chassis should be com pletely lubricated and the oil changed in the transmission and differential. The generator should be thoroughly Inspected and cleaned and any worn parts re placed. With this done and the battery checked and recharged the electrical system will have plenty of "punch." The starting motor shonld be removed and cleaned, and worn parts, if any' replaced. Cleaning the starter driving mechanism is stressed as being of particular Im portance, both on the starter and the gear' of the flywheel, as ac cumulated oil gets gummy and In time - prevents gears from engag ing, "or, once engaged from dis engaging' '"''" Connecting cable terminals of the entire electrical system should be cleaned and those at the bat tery, generator, starting motor, starting switch and ground greased to prevent corroding. In the Ignition system, it Is im portant 'that the : distributor and spark plug points should be 4 r t II ii IBS SHOW PROSPERITY One Important Factor Found In Active Snow Removal Programs Inaugurated (Continued on pag 8.) Auto License Issued More Than 24 Years Ago More than 24 years ago, on May 23, 1903, the State of Connecticut started Issuing -automobile licenses. The first two issued were for Olds- mobiles. James . P. Woodruff, of Litchfield, Conn, was given license No. 1 and he has retained this number on every car he has driven to date. He still has his original Oldsmobile with its first license "C L" Keeps Oat the Rain Closed car wind wings are a great help to winter drivers, ac cording to information from the Western Auto Supply; Company. The windows may be kept open when the wings are adjusted to keep out the rain and wind. A few minute alter the bridge acres the Chicago river i raised te allow boats to go down the rtvsr, trade along Uiobigan boulsvaxd Is congested for tnany blocks. U Is said that this bridge handle mort trifle than any other bridge ta the wortl &trt ii a view of th bo.ultt4rd wfcfla tto brid j rciw WHS RIG PASS FOUR TESTS Rings Must Be ; Flat and Parallel; Special Device v r ! Fortesting SAUTOMOBILEGROUP LARBE ASSOCIATIOiJ It Is not unusual to-hear an au tomobile owner remark that he In- First Organized In 1902 with Six Clubs As the Orig . irial Members ' tends putting' new compression' rings on bis pistons. The, opera tion Is not considered one calling for a. high degree of skill,- but if the owner were to put the rings he Intends using to the same tests as are required of . all rings put into Oldsmobiles at the factory he would ; require considerable equip ment and training Just to select rings that would function most efficiently. Every compression ring used at the Oldsmobile factories must pass four tests -for roundness, flatness; thickness and gap size. Two "ra: diant'r light machines and . two sets of gauges' are used for these tests. : - To give perfect results .and eliminate any chance of side wall wear,, a compression ring should be as perfectly round as is the cyl inder, j To insure this every .ring is placed into a cylindrical fix ture the inside diameter of which is exactly that of an Oldsmobile engine cylinder. This fixture is placed upon the glass top of an il luminated housing. That portion of the glass inside the inner diam eter of the ring is blackened so that light only shows in a circle Several months ago the Ameri can Automobile .Association cele- flew Customer Tire Sale Offers Unusual Savings Greater savings are offered au tomobile owners by the Western Auto Supply Company - this week during - their semi-annual "new customer" tire sale. i ' "This sale will feature reduced prices on Western Giant and Wear well tires" says Willis Clark lo cal rr manager. vfThesef i reduced prices are offered as an added in ducement to motorists of the west so they-may learn the economy of using guaranteed, long wearing. Western Auto tires. - "Since 100S oar tire sales have constantly Increased to last year's huge total of over $0,000,000. In dications are that this year's sales will be eren greater. 1 , , "Thla big tiro sale will bring to our company, more than .ISO stores, many thousands of thrifty auto owners who realizing the ad ded severity of winter service, will economically avert tire trouble by Installing new ; Western Auto I - (Contlnoad pf 8.) . : i 'i- (Ooatianed pmf .) ii i . ii , . i - i i i ! i i .i, lWN THElROA BY FRANK BECK mP TUP FINK. TOM PAR PD TO THP jl. PROLONGED PIN3jjQR THE PEOPLE : " VlSs i I- ; rTOA. v7Wa -itM, W ;f -. . i ' I S swJT S,- Tm. ' - -i mmm v,- m i -itx. . , 1 f - ' t -' m , "a -,. J I . . . . M - A - V W hf A 1 ff t t 1 i it I1 . t braied Its Silver Jubilee. In 1903 when the six existing automobile clubs in the United States' formed this Federation with the avowed purpose' of fighting for good roads there were fewer automobiles In the United States than are found today on FIfith Avenue, New York and less than' two hundred miles of ' hard surfaced roads outside of municipalities. There were no U cense : plates, drivers licenses, windshields, self-starters, electric lights or horns, automobile laws, gas . stations or traffic; cops. The comedian of his day came upon the stage dressed as a 1902 automo- tilist, with long white duster drop ping from the throat to the feet. Dusty shoes protruded beneath the gown, huge goggles covered most of his , face, a monkey wrench in one hand and an oil can in' the other appeared to be mysterious feelers. A peaked cap accentuated his sharp features. "No, sir," h paid to his grinning audience. "I am not a potato bug." Sao Tzu, China's mystic phil osopher, remarked several centur ies ago: -; ? "A Journey of a thousand miles began ; , . ; With a single step." . The American : motorist now travels dally the equivalent of 25,- 000 trips around the earth. There are 23,000,000 automobiles In this country. ' Individual transporta tion has become, next to th mak ing of a living, the most acute problem before, the greatest num ber of people. - The American Automobile As sociation today Is the"- world's greatest motor - federation, twice the size of the next largest group, the latter located ln-England. Nine hundred motor clubs fly the A. A. A. banner of "One National Program, One National Policy. One National Service." The or ganized . motorists of tbday are solving their problems, of tran portation and . safety. They are breaking down local . prejudices, widening 'local horizons, eradicat ing sectional jealousies through travel and acquaintanceship. State lines are something for the motor ist to cross, not hide behind. , The American Automobile As sociation Is one of America's old est institutions, but it has main tained the pace. With an envia ble record of achievement behind it, the Association still stands up on the threshold of its career of usefulness to the citizens of the Uftlted Stales. In Oregon . this Association ' Is represented by - the Oregon State Motor Association with headquar-4 ters in Portland, and with - fif teen branch offices throughout ths state. -i". , ; . - rt - ml xeha.klT tlilcaiti kT mim prMnhaent In rnuBt, btaM 4 laSvktrv rltl far blietkn la 4y moral ppr. -THE ASSOCIATED DETROIT; Mich.; Nor. 1J. AP) The present world demand for automobiles indicates the open ing of a new field m the Industry, with unusual prosperity In view for automobllo builders through out the world.- believes Roy D. Chaptn; president of the National Automobile ' Chamber of Com merce. , . 11 till . UN tUbttl U Vi 4A WW" panies to n . normal production basis and th continued demand from overseas markets," Chapin told .The' Associated Press, ''the Industry looks forward to a pros perous condition during .the en suing months." . He believes the industry has ac complished its major task dem onstrating the need of automobile transportation-and ' that with highways improved and available for use during the entire year, the to grow, He regards the return of Henry Ford to the market as auguring, better - business tor ail manufacturers. , ' . - "With the vreturn of all com panies to a normal producer bas is and the continued de&ncSj tKQl overseas markets." Cbapla df clared," "the Industry looks for ward in nrflnnornni nntlt(nn during the ensuing months." Chapin, who grew np with the industry, at 47 is' chairman of the Hudson Motor company and widely recognised as an analyst of con- auions in tne auiomooue ousiness. He started his career as a photo grapher with the Olds company in the early days of motor car manufacture; later becoming asso ciated with .the Chalmers company. Some years ago he was a leader in organizing the Hudson company. Early this year he was elected president of the National Auto mobile Chamber of Commerce. ' 'Many motor vehicle makers is other countries are enjoying an unsuual prosperity, which Is a fav orable sign for' the business as s whole, Chapin said. "The Indus try has realized for many years that Its - major task has been to demonstrate the need of motor transportation, and with that ac- . -St " . t vuuijyatsiicu iuciq m iuuib u uoiurOai for an. ' a . " .. There has been a tendency to ward over-emphasis In this coun try in recent months with respect to the effect of the sales of differ ent companies upon each other. One large manufacturer has been out of production for most of the year, Tne return or tnis mater to the market will be regarded as a healthy sign by all in the business, because the industry has learned CHAN G IX Q TIRES EAST Changing tires has no terrors for group of Oldsmobile work men.. Day after day their sole work is putting tires on rims. Other men do nothing but Inflate the tires. ' They use an air hose (Contlnntd ea pc A.) NOB SPACE HO ennrn to nt ma I UU1LU I U UL UIILIl I Insufficient Attention Paid To This Growing Prob- "The parking problem In ciies has not been given the attention it deserves," says Sid Black, vice president of the Chandler-Cleveland Motors corporation, In com menting upon present day automo bile owner's parking problems.' .. "The aeronautical Industry ' Is fortunate that so much attention Is being given to the provision or airports, municipsl or otherwise. Cities are vieinc with one another to make themselves air centers of the future. "Sea-going vessels have ade quate terminal facilities. So do railroads. " It's only in the auto mobile world that we find so little attention paid to the provision of sausractory raciuties tor tne stopped Tehicle. "The public spends huge sums of money annually on our high ways to take transportation more rapid and comfortable, but little i i r - . v. . UI BVUUU( U IRIB BilCDl UJ J U O lie interests to take care of the parking -of automobiles. "Municipal parking spaces in business sections would help save the problem. It would tot only be a great help to the automobile owner, but it would relieve traffic congestion and would brlug more business to the sections1 so pro vided. -This frequently means a walk of many blocks for the mo torist who has business to attend to and -wishes -to leave tl3 car, PrlTate . garages -' and : parklzs stands have helped to allsviate t3 with four outlets, each equipped with a nipple that holds to the'situation in some places,-but t!: 5 valve' stem, thus inflating four municipality has a re s-or -: :7 tires at a Use. - which siould rrt ft-'-'-