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Oregon Now Possesses 28 Hightvay Parks, Totaling Over 1400 Acres, and Is Rapidly Protecting Its Highway Scenic Resources Portland Automobile Show Surpasses Expectations of Visitors; Large Crowds Throng Exhibit Rooms All Week Viewing New Models SECTION TWO PAGES 1 TO 8 AUTOMOTIVE BETTER HOMES WAY BETTER THAN LAST YEAR . ) SEVENTY-SEVENTH YEAR SALEM, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 12. 1928 PRICE FIVE CENTS L Some of Oregon's Good Concrete Highway Namesake of Famed Warrior Honored by Chiefs E ED Mitt REGULATION MOTOR IN STATE Mil Sj WITH BUSES CONSIDER All SYSTEMS Problem Up To Congress As Matter of Vital Import ance Says Examiner Washington, d. c. Feb. n Legislation to provide for the regulation of motor busses en gaged in Interstate commerce has been placed squarely tip to con gress as a matter of cltal Impor tance if the public 4nterest Is to be safeguarded, according to the bus division of the American Au tomobile association. The A. A. A. bus division Issued tM statement today in comment ing upon the findings of Attorney Kxamlner Leo J. Flynn, who In a report to the Interstate Commerct i nmmtoslnn, recommends a policj tf control by state commission' with right of appeal to the I. C. C. "These conclusions." it is stated. " lerly Justify the stand of the 1100 bus operators affiliated with i lie A A A. and gives hope for ar!y consideration of this nation wide economic problem by con gress. "The findings represent over a vi ;r of ffort on the part of Ex ii miner K!nn and comprises one f the mosr comprehensive report? n the bus industry that ha3 ye', been prepared." Senator Watson R. Ind chair i;an of t Le senate committee or interstate commerce and Itepre i-ciiiatlve Denison R. Hi t, mem ber of the house committee on in terstate and foreign commerce, art tponsorlng bills to secure the naciment of a suitable regulator law. along the lines recommended to the I. C. C. "Motor-carrier service lias re-iched the utag of dependable nil-year operatloti.'" says the buf division, "and the findings report ed to the I. C. C. show instancof where bus service was continued m areas where rail lines were i ' ed to suspend traffic as a re t,' t of heavy snow and other weather conditions. "They strikingly show that the public wants bus transportation developed to the highest degree and these patrons must be pro tected against 'wildcat' operation? by financially irresponsible opera tors whoee reprehensible practice tend to discredit responsible bus lines. Operators of this kind, in n;anv instances, are snowing a growing tendency to cross an ima ,r.ne& on pje 4 ) SYSTEM FOB TOLL .utomobile Association Sees Objections To Proposed System For Roads WASHINGTON'. D. ('.. Feb. 11. :; behalf of its 958 motor clubs i'f' i in the name of the board of directors, national headquarters of the American Automobile asso :ation served notice today that it ' vill strenuously oppose any and H schemes for foisting a system of toll highways on the car own- ' - !! AU1CI H O. I'lie A. A. A. protest, which took the form of a statement issued umier the signature of Thos. P. Henry, president of the national motoring body, called attention to the resolution Introduced In the house of representatives by Con Kressman Allen J. Furlow, of Minnesota, to authorize a com Mission to study the need and feasibility of express highways to bo built and operated by private capital on a toll basis. "Vv'e are uncompromisingly op posed t; the principle underlying the Furlow bill, and, while giving Mr. Furlcw credit for alncerety. we seriously question the motives ;nd the wisdom of the forces be hind it." the A. A. A. spokesman declared.. Proposals to foist toll highways on a gigantic scale on tjie motor ists of the country, Mr. Henry yaid. were considered at length at ne raeeiins oi ins j. oui u of directors in New York last week, and unanimous sentiment of the spokesmen of the ear own-'-r was that do effort mast be spared to prevent the Installation or the "vicious toll principle" on the highways of the United States. He continued: "The propoaal for the study of this or that plan for toll high ways, express or otherwise, by a federal commission le simply a blind an entering wedae that cannot fall to play Into the hands of the sponsors of prlTately owned and prirately-oxplolted highway. "If there be need of such an HffllS fOlffl ' u m ?j jr'S?.' Vary i:3 'y iSL0' rTv Full ftpproTal of tfco new series Foatke Six fa glren by Chief Big Tree, standing, and Black Hawk, Kohawk warrior. The two Indians both of whom hare achieved fane la motion pictures, hare, received all visitors to the showrooms dtuins; the past week. y II Spokesmen of A. A. A, West ern Clubs Join In Urging Continuation WASHINGTON. D. C. Feb. 11. Special consideration by con gress of the conditions confront ing western states in carrying on their road building programs, was tressed by the American Automo bile association in presenting recommendations of the national notoring body for the acceleration md expansion of road building throughout the nation. Representatives of Western A. . A. motor clubs, headed by C. C '-'ottrell, manager of the Highway bureaus of the California State Automobile association, joined with Thos. P. Henry, president of the A. A. A., and Ernest N. Smith. general manager of the A. A. A. 'n presenting the recotnmenda -ions to the Roads committee of ihe House of Representatives. The urgent need for more lib eral use of Federal Aid funds In public land states and more Fed eral appropriations for the con struction of forest roads and trallf were stressed by the A. A. A spokesmen "as matters of nationa' road policy in which the west and far west are vitally concerned and n which hinge the unification and the connection of Interstate iiul transcontinental highway nd even the protection of forest ands and government-owned do .natii." The A. A. A. program was grouped under the following three main heads: First, continuation of Federal aid for the fiscal years 18,20 and 1931 on an undiminished scale, that is, at the rate of $75,000,000 i year as the very minimum nec essary to meet national needs. Second, an Increase from $7, 500.000 to $12,500,000 in the an nual appropriation for the con struction of forest roads and trails. In order that this construction may keep pace with conetruction on the Federal Aid system and in the In terest of better unification and connection of Interests and trans continental highways. Third congressional approval Of the use If 100 per cent of Federal Aid funds on specially Important projects in the interstate systems of eleven public land states In the west and far west, as provided under the terms of the so-called Colton bill. Mr. Cottrell and other western representatives urged the road. committee to amend the section of the Colton bill dealing with adver tleing on the shield used as i marker on United States high ways. They pointed out that the bill as written would not accom plish Its purpose of preventing commercial organisations from Imi tating and simulating the U. S. I shield, but might Tery well inter fere with the sign-posting work of motor clubs. The committee was greatly im pressed with the extent of this civic work by motor clubs and the indications were that the bill will bo amended In order that this work may continue unhampered. In support of the demands for more funds for forest roads and trails to be administered preferab ly under the existing law and on the basis of forest area and valua tion, Mr. Cottrell said: , Th speeding up of such work la sorely needed, sine the fedeval gerernment has failed to see that road improvements on Its land keeps Peo with improvements by em n Crowds drawn to view the sen sational New Series Pontiac Six following the presentation of the new models recently in Southern California experienced the novelty of being welcomed by two Indian braves probably two of the most famed in the country pictur esquely arrayed in full regalia. One. Chief Bis Tree, is of the Iroquois tribe. The other. Black Hawk, is a New York Mohawk. Together, wandering in and out of their tepee at the announce ment display, they extended smil ing greeting to all vl.o called, looking the while with admiring eyes at the flashing models which bear the name of brother war riors whose tribal home was in Michigan. The figure of Chief Big Tree :s known all over the I'nited States for it was this stately Iro quois Chiefton who posed for Ilal lin's famous statue. "The End of the Trail." Now, in motion pic tures Chief Big Tree Is gaining "urther fame. He recently com pleted a leading characterization in a feature film depicting the life of Buffalo Bill. Black Hawk, too, has achieved fame In the cinema. "Painted Ponies," "Galloping Fury" and "Ramona" testify to his histronic capabilities. "Though the descendant of men whose riding was solely confined to the spirited mustang and bron cho I am not unfamiliar with the motor car of today." Chief Big Tree explained many times daily to rontlae visitors. "I am now driving my second Pontiac and It :h certain that here In this New Series six a splendid tribute has been paid the noble tribe wbr) e name it carries." Chief Big Tree exhibited great Interest In the score of vital im provements General Motors corpo ration has placed on the new Pon tiac, chief of which are the new cross-flow radiator which pre vents exaporation, new four-wheel brakes, new GMR cylinder bead which eliminates all spark knock anA roughness, new gasoline pump and long, low, graceful, neavier body lines. A I. - XT OtJ lit, t J "SP hWm www R'jS "..-a, : r- 4,: v w s Meul Instrament Board on New Otdsmobile. Belowi StdmVltwot New OUsoaobtle , Engine, Cutaway Sections Showing Working Parts and Froo View of New Okbm bile. Showing New Radiator and tix Fender Lines. ' Living fully up to the reports of what it would be, the new larger and more powerful Oldsmo bile Six was officially announced today. This entirely new automo bile represent two years work by Oldsmobile engineers, more than1 1.000.000 miles of t sating and tt has been proclaimed "the car two rears ahead" at the National Auto-I mobile shows whers It was first displayed. , 4C W .MH'.iVA.UI . ,-. .T. wiwrn jL.: -Jam . JWJ" )i Sets New Oakland-Pontiac Mark In January; Plan For New Pace PONTIAC, Mich. (Special) The highest January production In the history of the Oakland Motor Car company 19.774 Oakland and Pontiac Sixes is being eclipsed by a record February pro duction schedule of 22,268 cars, it is announced by W. R. Tracy, vice-president in charge of sales. The extent to which recent plant expansions at the Oakland and Pontiac Six factories have in creased production capacity is re vealed by the following compari son with production figures dur ing the corresponding months of previous years: 1926 January . 6,785 February . .8,649 "The fact that 1927 1928 8,038 197T74 9.634 22,268 our totals for both January and February of this year exceed by a wide margin the combined 1926 and 1927 produc tion during those respective months Is the best evidence that the Oakland Motor Car company will be an even greater factor in the automobile Industry during 1928." said Mr. Tracy. "Our schedule for the present month is not a theoretical figure: it is based upon the signed orders sent in by our dealers. "The Oakland Motor Car com pany sold 191,000 Oakland and Pontiac Sixes during 1927, which represented an increase of more than 40 per cent over the total for the preceding year. If the de mand for motor cars continues at (Continued on page 4.) n mm RECORD P H CM Features of New ay'iii 1 O-J VT OIJ -Ul. VT t. Features- heretofore considered alien to the common run of ears in the $926 to $1085 priee range are found In the new Oldsmobile. Its high compression engine develop 5 5-horsepower and wtU accelerate from S to Si miles an hoar in SH seconds. It has registered - T4 miles an hour at the General Mot ors Pro ring ground. From short, sturdy spokes of the wheels to the graceful curres iwrociR New Names Describe Old Achievements Used For Many Years Declaring that many of the modern phrases applied to present day automobiles mislead the mo toring public into believing that the manufacturer is giving them something ultra modern, F. B. Walker, general sales manager of the Franklin automobile c o m pany, 6yracuse. N. Y., suggests that a more serious effort be made to interest the car owner in the mechanics of his car. "A gasoline engine is after all a beat engine and the only way to get power out of It Is to keep it hot. Unless you do all of the gasoline doesn't burn and you don't get the full expansive force of the gas. An air-cooled engine runs at a higher temperature than the ordinary car, hence burns its gas more thoroughly, getting a greater amount of expansive force out of a given amount of gas. But we don't believe and we don't ask any one to believe that we have a "super" or a "hyper" or any other kind of a new principle. We're simply doing the same thing that the man who built the first gasoline engine did, only we're doing It a little more efficiently by not wasting any power-producing heat through a radiator. "In pioneering many of the really great achievements in auto mobile manufacturing we have en deavored to give each achievement a simple, understandable phrase, that the car owner might know in what manner the improvement benefited him. When we intro duced the first four and six cylin der cars, we informed the public why these cars were better than the old one-and two-lungers. "When we were the first to of fer an over-head valve motor, the first closed car, throttle control, automatic spark control, drive- through springs, electric carburet or primer, air-cleaner, aluminum pistons, case-hardened crankshaft, and a dozen other things that 3eem commonplace to the motorist today, we were especially careful to explain Just why these Innova tions benefited the motorist. "This attitude of frankness to ward the motorist has paid, as is shown by the confidence displayed in the large percentage of Frank lin owners buying new Franklin cars year after year. "When car manufacturers, gen erally. Interpret Improvements in the language of the layman, the layman will respond with eager interest, we believe," Mr. Walker declared. Purchasers of new automobiles paid a total of $4,442,122.99 to the federal government in excise taxes during December, compared with $5, 117,021. 9S paid on new cars purchased during December. 1926, according to figures an nounced at the national head quarters of the American Motor ists association. Oldsmobile Six Jili Jill. JJ Ji -M B St lltlS 11 tlllllllllll Jm 9 S A I of its Fisher body, the new Olds mobile is pronounced a symphony of automotive expression. rail wide doors of flush con struction, broad plate glass win dows and ' narrow posts provide what driver and passenger both now demand wide vision. Deep cushioned, fona-ftttlng seats add on mora point in the constant en deavor to greater comfort. The space prorided by the longer wheel ;1 t fir?, i- T'llf&Z ;v - ' iL-fi . Canby-Aurora Section, Clackamas County, near Can by. Oregon. Pacific Highway. SCHOOL BUS SALES GREATER TH S YEAR Graham Brothers Officials Expect 1928 To Be Rec ord for Their Group Figures compiled by the Gra ham Brothers Motor Coai li Iivh; ion of Dodge Brothers, Inc., show that 1927 school bus sales were .16 greater than in 126. Thert is an increasing demand for school busses, according to Graham Brothers officials, and 192S sales are expected to he much greater than those in any prior twelve months period. Arrangements are being made to display Graham Brothers school busses at the annual convention of the department of superintendence of the National Education asso ciation to be held February 25 to March 1 in Boston. Two types of school busses will be shown, namely, the minimum capacity bus for carrying twenty children, and a large capacity bus, having longitudinal seats on each side and cross seats down the center, with aisle on both sides. "School authorities wish to still further centralize their school buildings, psrtlcularly In rural communities, and bring the child ren to these schools dally." said a Graham brothers official. "Rural and suburban author ities have for years maintained that taking the children to con solidated schools is preferable to taking the school to the children by building many scattered small schools. "The school bus has permitted the centralizing of school attend ance so that a larger number ol ( Com ir.iif 1 on 4) base gives more "leg room" and Increases comfort. Considerable width has been added to both the rear and front seats. Fall crown fenders, larger para bole lights aad a high, gracefully curved radiator form an ensemble that catches the ays at once. The unusual height of the radiator per- mlta the high hood and cowl to be (O tiaaa mm pat S BRIGHT CAR COLORS TO REMAIN POPULAR Feminine Taste Demands Continuance of Vogue See.vOurinf!: 1927 The vopue of bright olon vlih-h has featured automobile fashions the past year, shows nr sign of pceslng. and has beer strongly emphasized at the 192: New York and Chicago national shows. Experienced judges seem to agree that the vivid and pic turesquely named shadings which replaced the former somber and monotonous finish of motor can are destined to occupy a perma nent place In public preference. However, eay Chrysler techni cians, the trend Is toward a more harmonious use of color, in chro matlc blends which employ vari ous related shades of the same ba sic color, rather than' toward shary contrasts. Feminine taste largely guide' the selection of new automobiles Just as it shapes the great major ity of expenditures by American families, and it has evidently de creed a permanent vogue for the light, luscious tones which have been so popular of late In home furnishings, in dress and in hos iery, though of course the more restrained finishes are still avail able for their adherents. Americans of today, educated in recent yearB to a heightened ap preciation of artistic expression people of moderate means as wel' as the wealthy have acquired ar assured consciousness of quality and have definitely left behind them the timid conservation of former times. They know the beauty of color and confidently trust their knowledge to guide their indulgence in its use. The pror.pect at preyent is there fore that color combinations will continue t- be chosen in 192S with scientific selection of color values as during recent months, and with especial consideration to their adaptability for each particular ype and model of car. Chrysler color technicians, who played the leading role In the trend away from the archaic, som ber blacks which had established a melancholy monopoly in the minds of motor car builders until about four years ago, point out that the duotone contrats which featured their original production in 1924 remained the prevailing vogue in motor car fashions until a year ago, when Chrysler was again in the forefront of the change to a new color fashion, characterised by chromatic har monies and blends rather than widely contrasting hues. One of the salient points of Chrysler color policies, these ex perts point out, is the practice of making frequent changes of color combinations for all body types. The practice, It Is claimed, unites the advantages of standard and custom car buying. by permitting the practice of economy while en abling the purchaser to gratify in dividual preference regarding all details, including color. A recent illustration of this practice is found in the Illustrious new "71" convertible coupe with rumble seat. When this car first appeared last fall It was in a taste ful Combination of black and Itall an - cream, with Burmese bine moulding. The original coloring was replaced ' after a few weeks with a combination of Chrysler gray brown and puttee gray, 'striped in mandarin yellow and partridge cream; a color scheme (Cratiaaa yeg t) Commission Gives Special Consideration To Plan- ' ning Out Park Sites During the past three years considerable progress has been . made in developing the state high way system In Oregon. . This state now posesses some: 28 highway . parka totaling over 1.4-0-0 acres ex : elusive of areas within th Blue .: Mountains and the Wallowa Mono' tain Timber reserve; and Is rapid ly redeeming its public responst- billties In protecting Its highway scenic resources and in providing -parks, picnic grounds, and recrea- -tlonal spots for the motorist. These parka have been acquired by purchase, by gifts and by filing on vacant unreserved public lands of the I'nited States. Certain tracts have been secured which ' ives the highway department con- trol of the lands on either side of 'he highways for considerable distances allowing bem to con serve the timber anfc eep wooded ectiontt In their original state. The State Highway (VmmissioB has given special consideration Planning these park sites for th public use and convenience, liav ;nii in mind the proper planning Voth in acquiring tracts and in -pecial treatment in developing in lividual tracts. For the past three vears they have been assisted by nil advisory committee serving for these purposes, and composed of -epresentatlves of the Oregon Ag ricultnreal College, the diversity f Oregon, the federal Forest ser--ie and' the Oregon State Motor ssot iation. The late Jesse A. Curry was a valuable member of this commit ''. which at present consists of T,rof. G. R. Hyslop. Prof. A. L. Peck, Prof. A. H. Sweetser and Messrs. Hay Conway. C. A. Mac rthur and C. J. Buck. This committee has made num erous suggestions to the highway iepartment many of which have ilready been carried out by the department. The committee is now interesting Itself in reccom mending and advising the various owns and cities in the state as fo Individual and characteristic types of markers to be erected at 'nterances to cities. AUTO EXPORTS JUST Opportunity For Selling Abroad Far Beyond Our Dreams Says Leader "c-D I think there Is a big maf met abropd for American cars? A market greater than any bf ua really can conceive at present? I certainly do." says I,eon German, vice president of the Peerless MoV 'or Car corporation." "I was amazed at the oppor tunities revealed during my re cent trip throughout Europe. I never Imagined that Europeam "ould manifest such keen Interest in cars made in America. Be cause, when we first started build ing automobiles here we all looked" 'o Enropn for our style trend, and for direction. "That day Is clearly past, and now America sets the pace, not only in volume, but In sales ag gresaiceness. Vast organizations re being built np by American' manufacturers of automobiles to sell and serve American built cars abroad. All statistics prove how great the opportunity is. "At the Peerless plant our re cords show that our export busi ness has Increased 300 per cent In the last year. And my feeling Is that we are Just getting under way. We have gono Into many countries new to us, extending our distribution throughout Europe, the Orient. South Africa and most of the Central and South Ameri can countries. "I prophesy that American manufcturers will export at least 25 per cent more cars in 1928 than they did in 1927. Economic conditions in Great Britain are good and getting better. This will compensate for the handicap in France where America mast go up against a very high tariff. Ger many holds the beet economic sit uation of any continental country and offers, a , growing market. Moreover. German -buyers show a decided preference for American goods . over those of British or French manufacture. :. "The Australian- market" Is tre mendous. We hardly realise, over here, how crcY It Is. And. of, eoorie, oar Canadian friends across the border win continue fo take Increasing numbers of American-made cars. , v . "v CA B MOMENTUM (Catios4 pof t)