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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 19, 1928)
1HE OREGON STATESMAN. SALEM. OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 19, 1928 mini in n fUBLIl Hi mm ABOUT CilERS Endorsement of Show Visit ors Points To One of Biggest Years ' n- g 1928 Chandler will en ju 'of the greatest years In Its fa tha Hallo. nf tha nf fi lala of the Chandler-Cleveland! qulre? .to walt unt" eTer car P- Motors Corporation. and show the futility of any hard and fast rule that would require party, before crossing a street, to wait until a car approaching from the right had passed irre spective of its distance from the Intersection or its apparent epeed. To apply the doctrine announced In Ramp vs. Osburn to a city street would practically block traf fic, because, as is well known, traffic on the streets in the city of Portland often proceeds in an almost continuous string and if a pereon, desiring to croea. Is re- t One of the reasons for this tatement is the public's reception. at the various automobile shows which have taken place through out the tountrv. of the new 195H Chandler line equipped with West VY inghouse vacuum brakes. Another reason U that at practically every Exhibition where Chandler has liren shown this year, the lo.al ( handler distributor has broken recdrds for retail car sales. At the New York automobile rhow the first bis exhibition of the year, the Chandler booth was -rowded all the time. In fact, the Interested spectators were so num erous that It was necessary, the first day to rearrange the car dis play to make room for the eager crowd that wanted to inspect the new Chandler models and the Westinghouse vacuum brake prin iple. New York, of course, was the first to view the Chandler line and factory officials who were present at this important event were gratified beyond expectations at the great Interest and talk of the new cars created. The entire Chandler line of Royal Eights and Sixes feature en tirely new custom design bodies, with refinements and color har monies which are in tune with the latest distates of fashion. Greater nnwctr unil narfnrmanra ranM have also been achieved with the 2 various series Chandler. T V Already the Chandler factory is ' feelinc the result of the enthusias tic reception accorded the new ars. More men have been added to the working forces. Production hedules have been increased to keep pace with the rapidly mount ing orders coming in from all parts of the country. According to Chandler officials the percent age of Increase in the number of orders for new cars already book ed for immediate delivery Is great- r than it has been for several years. "If the buying interest,-which has been shown for the New Chandler Royal Eights and Sixes at the other automobile shows such as Brooklyn, Philadelphia Newark, Milwaukee, Cleveland, Cincinnati, Detroit and Montreal t be held as any criterion, this v" j surely be a big year for Chandler," further state Chandler official!. SCOTT ATTENDS SAI PC MFFTINfi (Continued nom pat 1.) w Increasing by leaps and b P Motorcycles have become a f bounds real necessity to police departments. large and small. Traffic condi tions are daily becoming more acute and in order to provide ade quate safety to motorist nnd pe destrian alike It Is necessary to employ modern police equipment. Motorcycles have been proven the only equipment which can be used fn succefully handling modern traffic problems. 4 The pleasure field for motor cycles is constantly on the Increase due to the fact that there is noth ing on wheels which give? such healthful pleasures at such low cort. Vacations spent on .motor cycles are becoming the vogue in many parts of the country." j MEW "CROSS FLOW" IN LATE PONTIAC (Continued from pays 1.) foro It reaches the vent. This is an improvement over tho -vertical type, where much v.atcr is lost be cause of this vppor escaping through the overflow r-ipp. In ol.l weather, when alcohol or nti-f reezc mixtures r.rf uard, it is particularly effective, due to the act that theo mixtures vaporize et a much lower temperature than water. The rugged core on this radiator h cnoiher improvement, the core bcir.v; Fupported on three sides by tanks instead cf only on two. Copper Is used in the construc tion of this radiator, instead of bras?, marking another departure in construction. Circulation V handled through a completely re el ?signed water pump which Is sim Mar to that on the Oakland AH American Tlx. End thrust Is greatly reduced through a bal anced impeller. The fan Is 15- incii two-blade type, turns on I roazc bearlrgs and 13 driven by a belt. The cooling system is ther mostatically controlled. proacbing from his right has passed he would never get across. So this case reduces iself Into two questions of fact. First,, was de fendant justified, as a reasonable man, in assuming that he could cross the street in safety hf fore plaintiff's car approached the In tersection? Second, was plaintiff's car being driven at a rate of speed exceeding 20 miles per hour as prescribed by the state law as well as by the city ordinance?" In other words, the court has re ceded from Its hard and fast rule that the man on the right was right and has substituted in its place a rule which shifts accord ing to the amount of testimony se cured by one party or the other. The test of when a machine may be driven from the left In front of one approaching the same In tersection from the right Is now whether a reasonable man would believe under the circumstances that he could get across before the other machine gets to the intersec tion or not. What a reasonable man would do is always a "ques tion for the Jury", and under our constitution the Jury's word Is final on questions ot fact. WHIP eivtrj UPPETITI FIELD High Standard Performance Attested By Nearly 200,000 Owners DAY OBTAINS TIRE MOLD FOR HIS WORK Continued from pc !) ust of 1.623,241 tires, a high mark for any 30-day period In the tire Industry. "During the peak production months of the summer, Goodyear made 62,000 tires and 71,000 tubes dally. With the addition of the Australian and English plants the company now has the biggest production capacity of any com pany in the world. - "These two plants have a defin ite need." he said. "The Austral Ian plant takes care of the Increas ing market for tires In-that coun try, while the English plant will enable Goodyear to make speedier distribution to European markets." Well informed automobile men continue to accord the Whippet the quality leadership In the light car field. They base this admis sion of superiority on the high standard of performance that has made this car conspicuous in the Whippet field eince its initial in troduction more than 19 months ago, and by a comparison with automobiles of other makers sel ling In the same price field. More than 150.000 of these mod ern ugni iour-cyiinder cars are now In the hands of drivers, It being estimated that they have travelled a total of nearly a half billion miles. Notable records for speed, power, stamina fuel econ omy and serviceability have been established by the Whippet over the 19 month period. It is further pointed out that the Whippet, when It was first introduced into motor car buyers. embraced certain features in light car engineering which it was de clared would set a new trend in the type of future car in this class. These features included four-wheel brakes, low center of gravity, full force lubrication, gravity fuel sys tem, oil and fuel economy, greater power with increased speed range, roomy Interiors, greater comfort, and a generally higher standard of performance throughout. A surrey of the recent models introduced in the light car ueia aisciose tnat they have fol lowed the trend first established by the Whippet, embracing certain features, distinctly Whippet. A complete analysis, however, dis closes that the Whippet continues to embrace qualities and features that are lacking In other cars sell ing in the same or nearby price class. The unusual attention that Is being riveted on the 1928 line of Whippet models indicates that these smart four-cylinder cars dur ing the coming year will oversha dow the great popularity have enjoyed up to this Use, criti cal obserVers declare. This con tinued favorable acceptance of the Whippet is said to be due to the quality material and workmanship that hare gone Into It together with its high standard of proved performance over a long period of lime. The same basic principles et the original Whippet are embraced in the 1828 line although there have been certain exterior and interior Improvements which hare been orougnt about through the per fection of the car. The Whippet Is now equipped with full crowned fenders with a deep flange, this giving the car an even more dash ing appearance. Window reveals and remote controls also have been added. The front of the 1928 Whippets also present a new appearance through the adoption of the abrupt or town-car type of sun visor in place of previous longer style which was formed by a continua tion of the roof lines. The adop tion of this new visor, in addition to providing a wider range of vis Ion, Imparts a smart military ef fect to the cowl section of the closed models. Although the Whippet has proved the most popular line of cars ever built by Wlllys-J3verland and has enjoyed a high sales vol- .. . a i m ume since us introauciion, i flciale of the company declare that Indications are that all former sales records will be shattered by the 1928 line. BURDEN OF TAXES DiJ MISTS SFIFA I Car Owners Paying Nearly Two-Thirds of Nation's Annual Road Bill tlon ot this Increase has been thrown on the car-owning citizens. In the past 10 years the percent age of Increase in state automobile taxes has been 493 per cent, com pared to slightly less than 100 per cent increase in the per capi ta state taxes, during; the same period." FORTY CARS FOR MILE OF ROAD Automobile registration during 1927 totaled 23,125,000 cars and trucks according to figures com piled by the National Automobile Chamber of Commerce. Compar Ing the registration to the miles of surfaced highways, the figures show that there are 40.2 cars and trucks In the United States for everv mile of surfaced road. The total mileage of highways, includ ing secondary roads, according to figures compiled by the American Motorists Association aggregate 3,006,081 miles. Primary high ways total 675,000 miles. An up-to-date automobile manu facturer is one who can make two cylinders grow where one blos- they eomed before. 19,237,000 Cars In 1926 and 1,140,000 For Work Questions are often asked 'of the Oregon State Motor Associa tion relative to the number of cars that are used in business and the percentage of cars used. for per sonal and social purposes. It is an impossible question to answer accurately as 4 practically all cars are used for business In part and in part for social pur poses. Six percent of all passen ger cars however arc owned by business houses and used exclus ively for business purposes accord ing to the survey made by the Automobile Chamber Of Com merce. In 1926 the survey show ed; that there were 19.237,000 passenger automobiles registered of which 1.140,000 were used by business houses. GREASING 09 & Q o Salem S u p E R Our Service Satisfies, Saves Time, Trouble and Repair Bills. See Us Regularly and Avoid Re pair Bills. Yung & Eckerlen Auto Electric High and Ferry r. Service Sta. Xo. 2 Batteries, Magne Com'l. nd Chemeketa. tos' Generators Electric Service Service Sta. No. 3 for Auto or Radio Com'l. and Mission. Telephone 1107 Station S 3 TIRE SERVICE In 1927 the car owners of the United States paid $725,555,812 In federal, state and municipal taxes making a total of $4,476, 977,650 paid by the motorists in the 10 year period, according to an automobile tax survey recent ly completed by the American Au tomobile association. In citing these figures the na tional motoring body pointed out! that the tendency to pyramid the! tax burden of the motorists con-j tinued during 1927 on an Inten-f sive scale and demonstrated more than ever the need for a nation-j wide definition of what share of; the tax -burden shall be imposed! on the car-owning citizens. The A. A. A. statement follows "One of the crying demands of! motordom today is for a more equ itable distribution of the tax bur den to the end that the car owners of the country may be relieved of the disproportionate load they are now carrying. "From the history of taxation we might reasonably expect that the more numerous an article of tax incidence becomes, the lower would be the tax rate on the Indi vidual unit, but in the ease of the automobile we have a complete reversal of precedent. The average per vehicle tax in 1918 was $22. 57, as compared with $32.98 in 1927. "While the number of automo biles has increased enormously, an analysis of the tax returns dis closes that the annual per vehicle tax increase for the nation as a whole was always greater on a percentage basis than the increase In the number ot automobiles. In the past 10 years, 1918 to 1927, the Increase in automobile regis tration was 362 per cent, as com-! pared with an Increase of 535 per cent in the total amount collected from motor vehicle taxes. "It is estimated that approxi mately $8,600,000,000 has been expenoea on highways in the I United States since 1918, and onl mis Dasis tne total taxes paid by motorists amounted to more than half the amount spent for roads. In 1927 the motorist' tax amount ed to 75 per cent of the total road building expenditure of tho na- ion, including new construction and maintenance. State taxes have been tremen dously Increased in recent years. Although this is well known, it is not generally known what propor-'K Delegate Sails; Sees Economic Gain Shortly George F. Bauer, representing the National Automobile Chamber of Commerce, sailed on the S S. Toloa. Saturday. February 11, to attend the Second Cuban High way Congress, which Is to be held in Havana, February 22-28. President Gerardo Machado of Cnba la honorary president of the Congress which is to be held under the Joint auspices of the Automo bile Club of Cuba and the Cuban Automobile Dealers Association. The chairman of the Congress is Sr. Carlos Miguel de Cespedes, Minister of Public Works. "Cuba's rapid progress in high way growth gives promise of a strong economic future tor that country," said Mr. Bauer before he sailed. "The 721 mile Central Highway Is now being pushed to ward completion at maximum speed. Originally the project was scheduled to be done within ten Congress held tn Mareh 1926, the time was advanced to tow years. A bill, fostered by the American Motorists Association, and allied automobile organisations, tor the construction of nation-wide sys tem of hard surfaced roads has been introduced In Congress by Rep. William P. Roladay. The roads range in width from 20 to 60 feet. The measure provides that all highways, radiating oqt of cities over 200,000 population. must be 60 feet wide tor 25 miles out from the city. Maybe the reason Sir Tom Lip- ton never manages to win one of these vacht races, he hates attend- years. but as a result of the first ing these champions' dinners. Vidk Brothers Used Cars 1924 WILLYS-KNIGHT SEDAN This car is equipped with bumpers, snubbers, S. ft U. spot, 75 new frCCA Aft rubber and new Duco finish. Triced at ipDOUsUU 1923 BUICK COUPE In perfect condition with new finish, bumpers, spot and stop lights, fJTA Aft snubbers, six 80 new tires and our price is only $4uUUU 1926 FORD TUDOR SEDAN In fine condition, 80 new rubber. Duco finish tQOC fid and priced at JdCdeUy 1924 STUDEBAKER LIGHT SIX COUPE Overhauled and in perfect condition. This Is a fine car tQfiC flfl and a snap at $0U3UU 1926 FORD ROADSTER Pickup body, motor and rear end overhauled. Just the thing for berry An g ft ft ft hauling. For dUUU FORD TON TRUCK This truck has been used very little. Runs like a new Job. Equipped l7C ft ft with a good cab, stake body with stock loading platform. For ...... )1 I DellU 280 So. High St. THE HOUSE THAT SERVICE BUILT Phone 1841 Smarter, More-Baj Mam Ever., ivih Fll' Special Sport- Equipment m jar A.I 'i i. j ev the X 'p- sr. r f I t RIGHT-OF-WAY IN CHANGING LIGHT (Continued from p;a 1.) but that caso is expressly over ruled In this particular in Casto v i. Harden, in an opinion by Mr. J.utice Belt whkb held that where a party entering an Jctersection "vkli an intent to cross sees an au tomobile approaching ' f rem the right at a distance, which would e?.d a reasonable person, attempt ing to cross the street, to believe that he could do so beforo tho au tomobile coming from the right would reaeh tho Intersection con tributory negligence does not fol low as a matter of law by reason of his making such an attempt. Tho authorities therein, cited seem to bo conclusive en - this eubjeet The Lndmu Sedan tuith Sport u4pmt, $137S. Body by FUW Six ms-rsive, everslse ttree on lx trim wire wheels. A couple of "pare' cradled smartly forw ard alocgude the sweepmc hood. A trunk rack behind to bold luggage eaouah for a week- rip or m summer tour . . ana III -American Sts la sweeping end trl the All -American Sts la Jauntier,, snore iff1,1"! than ever before. Style ... beaaty . . . swank. An air of fleeineos, snap and drive. An appear ance tfcat fwCecte Its aaoootb and silent flow of power. A eertJttn poie and aeeursAeo that reeult from All Ameriran principles of deein and yiaher body creUmanabip. w w Add to this diatlnetivo exterior tho extra measure of raklshneaa. . ulira-emartn that port equ nent pro rides at aiignt extra Tho result Is a decree of custom labness nevor boloro offered In ear approoeliing the All -American 91i Inprise. 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