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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (April 29, 1928)
THE OREGON STATESMAN. SALEM. OREGON. SUNDAY MORNING, APRIL 29, 1928 f - " PLAN No. 574 Five major rooms are pio vided in this floor plan. The house exterior is of rather conventional design, but attractive and well suit ed for the medium class re sidential district. An attractive feature of the plan is the high arch way between the living! room and dining room, making them virtually one large room extending across the front of the house. The effect can be heightened further by interior decora tion and placement of furniture. i Err"' 'iilm i t. 4 eVmCnnmmKmvSeGmsasaVBlamV 4 J g 1 II I run Thfl lr.TrV.on 1c of tVlP rPf of the dining room and is of convenient size and layout for work by the housewife. A large number of builtins are . provided. The breakfast nook is at the rear of the kitchen and separated sufficiently to amount to an additional room. The two bedrooms are on the opposite side from the kitchen and reached through an "L" shaped central hall, which also opens into the bathroom and the stairways leading to the basement and upper story- Sufficient space is provided in the upper story for two small rooms. Spaulding Logging Co. Salem, Oregon Telephone 1830 IT HE E FOB MONTH MARKED Pacific Coast Factory Out put Nearing 150 Car Mark Per Day Scoring a distlnnt gaiu in sales and popularity, the Durunt climbed during the first half of April from nineteenth to sixth place in motor car registrations for Northern California, according to figures released recently by Motor Registration News. To supply the demands of the public the Pacific Coast factory production has been steadily in creased and Is now nearing 150 cars daily. With the continuance of this production the Durant Motors' officials on the coast be lieve the Durant will finish the h.onth in fourth and possibly in fec.ond place in registrations. Dur ing March the Durant dealers were greatly handicapped by lack of cars both for display and delivery purposes. Some of the models were not at that time in produc tion. Now the factory has at- fained full production and all models are being built. All deal- , rs have cars for display. The fac- : lory Is working overtime to fill . .the hags number of orders on "hand, and there is every ind!ca i tion that the Durant will go high i er in the registration standings. i Taking registrations by cities. t the Durant led all makce in 28 cities and was second in twelve others. Durant was third in Oak-j-land; only two cars, both of which I have maintained registration lead- fhe new model Durants. Durant I vas first in registrations from ' Stockton with a total of 15 cars for the first two weeka of April. Its nearest competitor, with a reg I Istration of nine cars, was a four ! cylinder automobile which has f held the leadership for several 1 months. ? Durant was first in such repre- BeijatlTe cities as Stockton, Corn- lnj .tflea Biurr, Monterey ana i PoKrtille. Durant was second in Alameda, Martinez, Lodi, Bur llnme.and Turlock. Figures for i southern California are not yet I available, but reports from deal- fers indicate that the Durant will , be close to the top In registrations there. This great Durant success In .such a short period of time Is 'ascribed to the introduction of a t complete line of beautiful. Dovrer- ?fnl Bixea and to the improvements -made in the already powerful four. f formerly known as the Star. The i sues, cauea tne suver Anniver- sary Sixes and built to commemo h rate W. C. . Du rant's twenty-fire h years of success In the Automotive f ! Industry, are produced in three s series, called the VtS?. "f6 and . . . "75 " Tkui nrt ma iair 10 ea- " tabliah , an - enviable record for and sales in their first year on the market. All of the Durant models arc powered by high-compression Red, Seal Continental motors. The "7 6," largest of the line and mounted on a 119-inch wheel base, is equipped with four speeds for ward. All models of the Durant line have thermostatic heat con trol. Bendix four-wheel brakes, positive and smooth In action, are standard equipment on the line. The wheelbase of the Durant Four is now 107 inches, four inches longer than formerly. The wheel bases of the "75." "65" and "55" are 119, 110 and 107 inches re spectively. CAR 'S PERFORM!! MEETS will PIS Cannonbali Baker Says Rec ord Breakingjranscon tinental Trip Tribute Commenting on the recent rec ord breaking performance of the Falcon-Knight Six which has es tablished a new trans-continental speed record of 73 hours and 47 minutes from Washington, D. C, to Los Angeles, a distance of 3, 198 miles, Cannonbali Baker noted cross country driver who pi loted the car said: "I had implicit confidence in the Falcon-Knight sleeve-valve engine at the start of the record breaking trip and all that was left for me to do was to "step on the gas' and prove the speed, stamina. endurance, acceleration and power of this type of engine." Baker clipped six hours and eight minutes off the former world's record for trans-continen tal travel, the run being officially timed by the Western Union. "This feat of the Falcon-Knight had never before been accomplish ed by any motor car. The car trav eled most of the time at top speed ascertaining steep mountain tope with apparents ease and without any strain on the engine. We en countered snow, rainstorms, strong headwinds, freezing weather and hot un. In all it was a truly re markable performance and the new record is one which is an out standing tribute to the Falcon Knight sleeve-valve engine and wui aiana ror a long time t o come." The record breaking run was a continuous one the time of 73 hours and 47 minutes including all siops tnat were made enroute. The Falcon-Knight was checked out of the national capital at 1:30 a. m, March 27 and at 12:17 a. m. March 30, it quietly glided up to tne nnish line at Los Angeles and the time, both start and finish were attested to by Western Un ion officials who were present both ai me start in Washington and the finish In Los Angeles. Spring is at hand and automo bile owners are beginning to think or trips and vacations. Sound ad vice to these motorists is to have their automobiles thoroughly in spected. Brakes especially should oe looked after. "The average full-grown gi raffe's tongue is two feet lone." Just the right length to lick the ice cream out of a freezer can. Detroit News. Oi JE MOTOR VEHICLE TO 5.13 PERSONS More Than Twenty-Three Million Cars Registered ! During 1927 More than twenty-three million motor vehicles were registered in 1927, according to information collected from state registration authorities by the bureau of pub lic roads of the United States de partment of agriculture. The total registration of 23.127,315 vehicles was composed of 2 0,23o,4 29 pas senger vehicles and 2,896,886 mo tor trucks and road tractors. This registration represents an Increase of 1,126,922 vehicles or five per cent more than in 1926. Using the population estimate for the middle of last year, there was one more vehicle for every 6.13 per sons. States with a registration in crease of 10 per cent or more are North Carolina, South Carolina, Utah and Arizona. States with a numerical increase of over 50,000 are New York, California, Ohio, Illinois, Texas and New Jersey. As in other recent years, motor vehicle registration receipts con stituted a substantial contribution to funds for road construction The total receipts from registra tion fees and licenses amounted to 1301,061,132. These funds were allocated as follows: collection and administration 114,876, 410; state highways 1189,985,289; local roads 153,577,893; payments on state and county road bonds $3 8,- 087,598; and for miscellaneous purposes $4,533,942. The total motor vehicle registra tion by states was as follows: Alabama Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina (1) North Dakota phlo Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah (2) Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming Dist. of Columbia 243,539 81.047 206.568 1,693.195 268.492 2S1.521 47,124 394.734 300,635 101,336 1,438,95 813,637 704.203 501.901 285,621 255,000 163.623 270,935 694,107 1,154,773 646.682 218,043 682.419 112.735 373.912 25.776 96.009 712,396 69,291 1,937,998 430.499 160,701 1,570,734 503,126 244,572 1,554,915 118.014 199,635 169,552 294.567 1.111.407 93.976 79.527 337,607 384,683 245,819 698,289 61.955 111,680 Total 23,127,315 T A. . n; j-.asi six montns or year s registration only as year com menced July 1. (2) Preliminary data, subject to revision. H TIRES S Oil ID POSSESS NEW TUB ES Life of Average Inner Tube Considered No Longer Than Tires An investment in a new automo bile tire should be protected by equipping the tire with a new in ner tube when It is Installed. "Car owners often hesitate to buy a new inner tube when pur chasing a new tire, especially If the old tube appears to be in good condition.- says Willis Clark, lo cal manager of the Wester Auto Supply Company. "Owners of passenger cars can profit by the experience of truck and bus fleet operators who have found that it is economical in the long run to install new tubes in new tires. The small cost of a new inner tube does not warrant the incurred risk of ruining or weakening a new casing through failure of a weak inner tube. ' "The life of the average inner tube is no longer than the life of the tire and although mileage Is often quickly accumulated and casing wear out rapidly, it is ad-, visable 'to install new tubes when new tires are purchased as trie intense heat from friction 'burns out' the life of the tube and caus es rapid deterioration. Constant flexing of the sidewals at the point of tire flap contact tends to weak en the tube. "Uninterrupted tire service rests largely upon the quality of the in ner tubes used. With satisfactory service depending upon their per formance it is plainly more econ omical to install, good, heavy tubes in new tires than those of inferior quality or old tubes. "For the past twelve years the Western Auto Supply Company has been satisfactorily filling the inner tube needs of western car owners. The Jumbo tube, so named for its extreme strength and additional weight, is made by the laminated process with the many layers of vulcanized rubber forming one, round, air tight unit. "Due to its extra thickness the T .. 1 . ...1 -1 . . juuiuu mue uoes not pinch or puncture readily and stands wear so well that a two year guarantee against defects in materials or workmanship has been placed up on it. drive. Th entire trip of 7063 ficient engine performance. For miles was made In an Oakland the tour, it is not wise to adjust Landau sedan at a total gas and oil! them too closely. This means expense of $102.80 and 90c for light bulbs and no other car ex pense. This distance was covered in seventeen and one-half days of actual driving, MILLER TIRE TEST CARS SHOW ECONOMY t Continued from pif 1.) season. Hot pavements and hot in the north durinng nthe winter weather contribute greatly to tire wear, and tire testing in a warm climate furnishes data with which Miller engineers study the wear in the interest of still better tires." Guest Your dinners are always a succees, Mrs. De Smythe. How do you select your menus? Hostess The doctor has given me a list of things I mustn't eat, and I choose the diabea from that. The Pathfinder. There are 1,320.000 Smiths in the United States, and about 500. 000 of them are voters. Al's their chance. St. Louis Globe Demo- crat. A U. S -British radio war is said to be practically certain. Doubtless we will soon be getting broadsides of static from the other side of the Atlantic. HIGHWAY CURVE BUILT ON ANGLE (Continued from page 1.) v The test curve, which is expect ed to be duplicated elsewhere in the state, has a 200-foot radius, and a spiral length of 150 feet was used, of which half was placed on the tangent (back of point of curvature), and half on the simple curve (ahead of point f of curva ture). A widening of 5.4 feet was used, plus an additional width of 1 a feet for convenience in plac ing the guard rail. bucn-a nignway must be sur faced with gravel or other cohesive material, Newcomb said, to pre vent slipping when wet. LZICARS RETURN ENJOY FINE TRIP (Continued from page 1.) ing facilities consist of nine large factories occupying over three mil lion square feet. In normal time over seventy-five hundred people are employed. In the United States the Oakland and Pontiac Sixes are distributed by ttnore than forty-three hundred dealers lo cated in every section of the coun try. "General Motors proving grounds were most interesting, as they have one of every late model car manufactured in the United States and most of the foreign cars. All cars are given the same test in order to learn tne good and bad points of each. "Our return trip was mostly over the Lincoln Highway to Salt Lake City, making stop-over's in Iowa and Nebraska. "Road conditions were excep tionally good with very little snow in the mountain passes. "The most beautiful scenery of all was the Columbia Highway PACIFIC GOODRICH FACTORY TO OPEN (Continued from page 1.) the process through manufactur ing, vulcanizing and finishing, and ending with the product ready for distribution at the other end. A special program will also be broadcast from New York earlier the same day through the Red Network and the National Broad casting system. Combining the broadcasts of the two chains the eastern and the western the programs dedicated to the New Pacific Goodrich Factory many millions of listeners through a total of thirty-six powerful radio stations. quick valve deterioration and poor performance. Look sharply for burned exhaust valves during the grinding process. "Carburetor Clean strainer at bottom thoroughly. If mixture is euspected of excessive richness, have it adjusted by an expert. "Fuel Feed System Drain traps at bottom of main gasoline tank and vacuum tank. Blow out the feed lines. "Clutch If the release bearing is not the self-lubricating type, take up one turn on the grease cup the commonly used substi tute. Be careful not to turn down the cup o far as to get "Crankcase Drain out old i fluch with light oil. and refill. wi the normal not heavy luhr cam uuiess me car is a,-ciutn,. to that grade. "Oil Filler Inspect the cal tridge or straining unit. If it hi, seen 10.000 miles of service ar is the non-cleanable type, huy new one. "Steering Check for meat loosenccs, or binding, and luhr cate thoroughly. Hours at a vkh'f that works hard are exceptional: fatiguing and dangerous. "Brakes Check for wear ,: linings and positiveness of eij.j., ization. Strange roads and speeds call for perfect brakt. "Tires Don't tempt fate w ; grease on the plates. Slipping of i tires that are badly wore the clutch is sure to follow. "Transmission and Differential Drain and flush case and hous ing and fill up with fresh lubri cant. out the old ones in day-n d.iy m ; vice not on the tour, lli-ii. speeds call for hipiur !: surea. From three to fivi over the normal 1 essen nil). TOURISTS SHOULD TAKE CARE OF CAR (Continued irom pace 1.) Fill cells to recommended level with distilled water. "Generator If device fs not automatically controlled as to out put, have charging rate reduced for the tour. 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