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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 29, 1928)
New Booklet Displays Many . Intorpctmcr PrnHiirtc. nf ' l z Its Members " Enloylnr a sale which exceeded all past records at the New York!eTr nmote trom the main center Automobile Show, the 1928 hand- 1 book of automobiles published by 'the National Automobile Chamber! of r Commerce, was first presented 'at that event and will be offered at the Chicago Automobile Show, - January 28 to February 5. The book Is an illustrated catalog of leading makes of automobiles, glr ng the prospective buyer - an op portunity to compare appearance and specifications. :; This year's handbook is the twenty-fifth consecutive one that has been published the first of the year, covering products of the -manufacturers who are members of the N, A. C. C, It illustrates 'and gives the "principal specifica tions of 14 vehicles, including SS passenger automobiles, 2 taxlcabs, . motor buses and 68 commercial 'ear and motor trucks all gaso Une driven except four electric commercial vehicles. The makes in the various class es are -as follows: -p.. Gasoline passenger . cars Au tmrn, Bulck, Cadillac, Chandler, Chevrolet, Chrysler,. Cunningham, Davis, Dodge Brothers, DuPont, Durant, Elcar Ersklne, Essex, Pal- con s Knight, Franklin, Gardner. Graham-Paige, Hudson, Hupmo- . bile, -Jordan. Kissel. LaSalle, Lin coln. Locomobile; McFarlan, Mar mon. Moon. Nash, Oakland J Olds mobile, Packard. Peerless. Pierce- ' Arrow, Pontiac, Reo, Roamer, S A S, Star. Stearns-Knlght, Stude bakecStutz, Velie, Overland :; Whippet and Willys-Knight. Taxlcabs Checker and Yellow cab. ' t x Motor . Buses Graham Broth- l-isMack, .Fierce-Arrow, Garford, - -nd yellow. Vuyehicles Denby, Tu Federal, Fisher,3 Grii.tJM. Graham - Brothers. InternatlonaLM Kleiber, Larrabee, Maccar, Mack, MereUnd. Pierce-Arrow, Relay, Reo, Republic, Sanford, Schacht, Selden,7 Service, Standard, Sterl- J$gfftt8wtt Studebaker, Walter ana. waits. 7. Electric Commercial Vehicles- C-T, Walker and Ward, f',-Individuals may obtain copies by sending 60c to the National Au tomobile Chamber of Comerce, Madison Avenue, New York Cltyr v TWuvHUfjDRED NEW CLUBS ORGANIZED T- . "(CoBtJayid from par 1) V-i . s5 . . tary-effects of. organization as a principle are clearly apparent. In business, in Industry, in flnance- vea. in the arts organization has brought and le continuing to pro duce results which hitherto were believed unattainable. Organiza tion U not a Tianarckn hut if la tjretjfuxe'Tand,.denItely. an im- la the achieve "T : and general cu iitMl, the mo tor car first was beginning to at tract', measure of public attention, the American Automobile associa tion from that day to this never runs left the lists it entered to de fend and extend the rights and to protect the privileges of the mo- .4w1st, .and at the same time to forward in, every possible con structive way motordpm's and the n of the I service an ev- LTrTSfTaenfngrrecognHIon f in the form of hundreds of thousands of entrants Into the ranks of or ganized motor ownership. Become Civil Institutions , Starting small, as a,ll . great movements must, the motor club has gained strength with the most amazing consistency. Today, it has become a great civic lnstitu tfpnj and with the growth of its f" and facilities it is de- v. j re and more of Its re- is Jpublic service activi ty wide-akake motor club E CURE SICK BATTEMES! it t v ri5"- iftntto ;Elcc Jo of the present Is taking the lead In part in promoting pnblle safe ty, and much of the progress of the safety movement la America can be traced to the actlTltles of organized motordom, as repre sented by the motor club In Its community. This Is, of course, altogether apart from serrice to members and is but, another proof that a motor club is In reality today a semlpublle utility fully conscious of the role It Is called upon to ex ercise. - - '. wo section 01 tne country, now of population, has failed to reveal Increasing Interest In the motor club as an outstanding factor, of importance to. motordom as a whole and to the motorist as an individual.. Everywhere, our clubs report remarkable membership gains, and, what we consider of deep significance, member activi ty of all past years now has been surpassed. By member activity, two things are meant. First, our clubs through the enterprise of their membership have participated to a greater degree than ever f be fore in matters of civic Import ance. not only In matters of safe ty but also in Improved traffic regulations, street improvements street, extension, street widening, and many other matters of sim ilar- character. Secondly, as result of member activity in an other direction, our clubs have been able to render more and wid er services. Handle 10,000,000 Tours The automobile has made us a nation of nomads and out of this has grown the tremendous indus try of" motor touring. Communi ties everywhere are competing for motor tourist, business and the most successful in this respect are those where the motor club has been working according to modern standards and acting as hosts to the visiting tourists from wherever they may chance to come. " Last year, 10,000.000 tours were handled across the counters of A. A. Av clubs by more than 3,500 touring counselors. These figures reflect the tremendous proportions this service has at tained and are vitally significant of the vast need that is being fill ed by this one phase of the motor cTUh . program. . ' , . . ..... ' - In increase of 20 per cent' jn" 7 in the number of new. motor -ji'aff Mated under the A. A. A. -bem ' clearly shows the trend of the motor-minded public to ward organization. During the year there were a total of 199 new clubs admitted - to membership, compared to 165 In 1926, which decidedly strengthened the ranks of motordom In Its never-ending fight to protect the Interests of the car owned. The trend of the motorists throughout the coun try is to Join hands and co-ordinate their efforts to aid in the pro- Fitzgerald-Sherwin Motor Co. Corner Liberty &. Chemeketa Telephone 1132 A car means Liberty for you! You'd spend more some other way. Cars so good ybu have to buy ' Prices right. Service right. Fitzgerald-Sherwin Motor Co. Corner Liberty & Chemeketa Telephone 1133 "The House of Courteous Service" Batteries don't tell us about' every little pain. They wait until they are too sick to work and then we wish we had paid more atten tion to them. 1 An occasional inspec tion at our service station will keep your battery . healthy. . tolcaans THE OREGON STATESMAN, SALEM, OREGON. gram of progress of the motoring world.' Total of 058 Clnba " The A. A. A: today hat 968 member clubs. It Is represented In every state of tne union. Its service chain extends from coast to coast and from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico. In twenty-five foreign cities It has representa tives ho are prepared to take care of the needs of the A. A. A. elnb member when he dsires to take his car abroad.. This service has now definitely crossed the sea. It is a cause of the utmost sat isfaction to officials of the Ameri can Automobile association anjl Inspires confidence among, the growing membership of the organ ization that 96 per cent of the functioning motor clubs of the United States are acting under the banner of the A. A A. So we come now down to the present moment. We have seen the growth and the spread of this movement from the early days of the- automobile to this very seas on of stock-taking. We have seen the steady advance made by IU and have noted that during 1927 It' set new high marks for sound and. well-conceived advances. What, then, does the future hold in store for organized motor dom? Can it go on to still great er heights' or ha it already reach ed the peak? Will 1928 lead us upward, or .must we now travel a downward -path? " : - To as who, dally, are In the most intimate contact with the motor club movement it seems clear that the new year holds forth a glowing promise of even more Impressive achievements 'that we already . have been privileged to witness.. We feel that we can say this, not merely because we want to think that way, but on the basis ofH tacts and figures, cold and unrelenting. So certain are we of our prem ise that 1928 will surpass 1927; we - firmly insist that we know such will be the case. In this we are uncompromising; failure Is not in the cards. The motor club has proved, not only to Itself, but also to the mil lions who have used its benefici- WHaon 67 C i tt large Jbct ey tfcmalTrMOk. TX aU owned by Armour, Svdft, Otdaky ttmd o&er bif packer. of Speed Tf odk 4 BS For Better BTUsimess Yc "HIV MODEL S U hmiH t carry 1 M-o hud. It nnu Bt mUk m 4-T S qImuIit ! mmd mrnj typ body. MODEL 8 tmm uzn-lX mmd ! tfc mtlktr m 4r 140, 160, mtd 14 imcke. MODEL SDUl mmmdf, p riafly hmitt i-am tUmmtt with lt?-taca wlmlhNt, ditmm If ii mm m trmctor mmwk. Idmmi knUips OBm ifflw hanllBji Btmitt Am Sfmd Tract Ar ia lkSpdMl MiwrT." fmtt Umd. Aj OP W fc fa Charles R. 210 State Street ent, rapidly expanding " and for ward-looking services. The motor elnb is .the voice of the millions who have found the automobile Indispensable. It is a voice that, can not, will not, be stilled. The year, now new, will corroborate this prophecy before it ends. - DRIVING CONDITIONS EFFECT TIRE WEAR Contina4 from pag 1) and then quickly accelerated again to 26 miles an hour, will wear away one half of the tread design in about 100 miles. In sharp contrast the same car driven at 35 miles an hour but stopped only once every mile before being accelerated to that speed, will wear only half the tread away in 3,000 miles. A few years ago what a motor ist driving at about 30 miles an hour anticipated a stop, he would allow about 200 feet in which to do it. Powerful brakes stop a car go ing twice the - speed of former years in half the distance formerly required. The cars will do it all right, but those squick stops grind off dollars worth of rubber. Congress Will Be Urged To Enact Legislation Fol lowing Meeting WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 2S. Legislation by Congress to safe guard the United States against the dangers of a foreign rubber monopoly and exhorbitant prices for tires was strongly advocated by the board of directors of the American Automobile Association at its mid-winter meeting in New York on January 10. The action of the board of di bun I IV MtemattoiM OUR lighter loads haul them with the International Speed Truck and you will be the gainer from every angle. i Kj There is plenty of evidence on our streets to prove their absolute reliability, lots otiestimony as to their low-cost operation. Their fine" appearance is evident at first glance. 1 You can pick any type that suits your business, for International offers you the most complete line of Speed Trucks in the country eight distinct chassis designs; capacities of 1, 4,or 2 -ton; 4 and 6 cylinder power plants; and a type of body to meet any job, ' . " Every one of them is truck from the ground up all truck from radiator to differential. They are built to live tip to the reputation for service that Interna tional Trucks have had for twenty-three years. Come in today and look them over. dudes ike Special Delivery for loads up to -ion; Heavy Duty Trucks ranging from 2t to Ston sU.es; Motor Coackesi and McCormiekDeering Industrial Tractor. Archerd Implement Salem, Oregon SUNDAY MORNING, JANUARY 29, 1928 rectors of the national motoring body took the form of a unani mous resolution urging Congress to pat through as quickly as pos sible an amendment to the Webb Pomerene Act to give Importers of rubber and; other conuxFodities subject to foreign control, the power of combined purchasing now granted to American export ers 'under the Webb-Pomerene Act. j Bills to effect thU are now pending in Congress and Thos. P. Henry, president of the American Automobile Association, who pre sided over the meetings of the board,: gave assurance that repre sentatives of the A. A. A. and ltsH affiliated clubs would appear . ..ore committees of Congress to urge the immediate passage of this protective legislation. The National Automobile Chamber of Commerce and the rubber inter ests of the country are strongly In favor of the legislation. Prior to the board's action. John H. Raskob, vice-president of General Motors and of the Du Pont company, made a brief ad dress in which he pointed out the beneficial effects of the pool of 60,000 tons of rubber purchased in the open market by American Interests last year. ."This pool,', he said, "while It only constituted. 10 per cent of the total consumed in the United States, unquestionably helped to maintain able prices, with the result that the highest price dif ferential throughout the year was only 9 cents. The 1927 market was by far the steadiest in many years and there is every reason to believe that the way to offset the danger .of ; monopolistic con trol Js to apply; the combined pur chasing power of the United States to buy rubber wherever it is to be had in the open market. "The legislation before. Con gress conforms in every respect with the terms of the Sherman Act and other anti-trust laws, and provides ample protection against any attempt to use an American rubber pool to the detriment of the American consumer." The discussion brought out the fact that the difference between a fair price of 36 cents a pound 4 Telephone'173 for raw rubber and the price of 81.20 to which rubber soared in 1750.000,000 on the consumers of the United States. la addition to the resolution calling for a national rubber pol icy, the Board of Directors of the A -A. A. took action on several oth er matters of vital Interest to the ear owners. Among them are the following: - u "First, a resolution nrging all State Highway Departments to complete at the earliest possible moment the work of piecing the federal numbering, direction and cautionary signs on the Interstate highways and the constant exer cise of vigilance to prevent the Im itation of these signs by "snipe" advertisers along the highways. "Second, a resolution urging A. A."A. clufis everywhere to ad vocate the cons Juctlon and the found on no otherlAPWXlsZQzl SK The New Series Pontiac Six is setting sen sational new standards of performance, endurance and economy because Pontiac alone, among low-priced sixes has the famous GKf R cylinder head. None other so completely relieves its owner from radiator cares winter and' summer for the New Series Pontiac Six was the first to offer the cross-flow radiator with thermo static control. And no other car selling at or near $745 combines such exceptional fea tures as fual pump with gasoline filter, carburetor with accelerating pump, down draft crankcase ventilation, coincidental ignition and transmission lock and gaso VICE BROS , Salem, AccnrtiTr ni? 4 t -coo BywHy Motor Co., Albany, Orrjron; Sllverton, Oregon; Fred T. Biljeu, uaiiM uregoa; iienry t'. Hoiiemon, tiarnatmnr, uregon; T. D. Pomeroy, Independence, Oregon; V. 1.. HlUer, Aurora, Oregon; N. J. Arnold, Monmouth, Oregon ; Toledo Super Service Station, Toledo, Oregon. PS (Qgg) mnmmm .iBBSl - "a.. M UK on Any 1 924 Star Tounng 1 924 Star Touring 1924 Star Touring 1 925 Star Touring 1 923 .Overland Touring 1 925 Overland Touring 1 927 Star Six Landau Sedan .. THE ABOVE PRICES ARE RIGHT. BRING THIS AD WITH YOU. 1928 License on All Above Listed e.rs ONE OF THESE ADS TO EACH CUSTOMER Salem ! Autbiiaobile Co. marking of cut-off routes and belt lines as optional routes around large cities and other thickly pop ulated areas. "Third, a resolution recom mending the establishment of an official appointment service -for Kourist homes througnout tne United States, with definite sani tary standards and rates, as a convenience and a safeguard for the motor tourist caravan." Alleged plans for the construc tion of toll highways on a. gigan tic scale throughout the country were called to the attention of the board. 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