Summer Travel to Oregon Resorts Will Soon Begin. With the Start of Good Weather; Many Interesting Places to Go From Here
Motor Touring Is the Summer Pastime of Increasing Millions and Is Made More Pleasant by the Proper Care of the Automobile
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SECTION TWO
Pages 1 to 8
AUTOMOTIVE
BETTER HOMES
WAY BETTER THAN LAST YEAR
SEVENTY-EIGHTH YEAR
SALEM. OREGON. SUNDAY MORNING. APRIL 29. 1928
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United States Route 40 East
and West Highway Passes
Scenic Places
Westward, in the path of em
pire, along routes traversed by
1hepioneers of America from the
Atlantic to the Golden Gate, and
including, In the Ohio Valley, the
longest stretch .of practically
straight road in the country. Unit
ed States route 40 crosses -14
States, and offers to the trans
continental motor tourist a panor
ama of the mid-section of the
country that epitomizes the west
ward expansion of the Nation
from colonial days to the present.
From its eastern terminus at
Atlantic City this highway follows
for 3,205 miles the same course
or one closely parallel to that of
the Earliest settlers of the Ohio.
Misstasippi. and Missouri- Valleys.
It touches on the two great gold
fields of California and Colorado
which accelerated so greatly the
settlement of the western half of
the continent. It traverses also
the Mormon settlement in Utah
the great pioneer agricultural ex
periment sponsored by Brigham
Young.
From Wilmington, Del., to St
Marys, Kans., the highway is
paved for the full distance 1,234
miles. -From Salt Lake City to
San Ftfaircisco 890 miles it is
Rurfacejd. Less than 14 per cent
of itt length is unimproved. This
road, designated United Stateg-t
route 4 0 by State and Federal
highway officials, runs a central
course through the country. East
of the Rockies the road is pass
able the year round. In the pas
ses of the Rockies and in the Sier
ras it has not proved feasible to
keep the road open in the winter
and the route is not to be denend
ed on from October 15 to April or
iuay.
Federal aid has played a large
part in the improvement of this
road. The United States Govern
ment has contributed nearly $18,
000,000 to the improvement. Fed
eral aid projects on this rout? in
clude 700 miles of pavement. 725
miles of surfaced road. 132 miles
or graded road, and more than 4
miles of bridges. Although -not
yet completely improved the high
way Is everywhere in passable
condition except when blocked by
snows In the mountains.
A summary of the various type?
of surfacing on the entire length
of the highway, according to In-
.
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Gravel Highways Found to
be Harder on Tires Than
Pavement
The following interesting" story
of tire testing waa received this
week from Akron. Ohio, the home
of Miller tires, by Russ Smith of
Salem, who handles this line of
tires here:
"Demonstrations In actual ser
vice 1n- which it was proved that
tires wear 700 per cent better on
paved roada than on gravel roads,
show the unequivocal economy of
paved highways. Miller tire test
cars in Texas during the winter
months tested tires on both paved
and gravel roads in order to learn
first hand the difference in tire
tread wear on highways in various
stages of improvement. With
cars equipped with the same size
of tire tests were made on both
gravel and paved highways, run
ning thousands of miles per
month in two daily 12-hour shifts.
Time was taken out only to fill
tip with oil and gas. Every pre
caution nwnas taken to insure
equal conditions for the tires ex
cept in read conditions,
"With pavement giving motor
ist seven times the mileage that
is possible on gravel roads tire
engineers point out that it is re
sonable to estimate that the thou
sands of miles of pavement in this
country are saving motorists mil
lions of dollars every year. Pave
ment often permits of greater
speedf more comfortable riding
and less wear and tear on the car.
All of these things contribute to
the acceleration of business at
more or less distant points, tire
taen claim. Such appreciable sav
ings are not poselbe on gravel
roads or roads of similar Improve
ment. It is claimed.
"Miller test fleets operate In
the warmer climates during the
in tor months because tire wear
Is reduced to the minimum on the
odd snow and ice covered streets.
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I'nder the direction of K. V. Xewrontb (inset), civil engineering
professor. South Dakota has constructed a model highway curve
which permits a speed of 40 to 45 miles an hour. A cross section
design shows how the roadway is built upward, while the diagram
below shows the scientifically widened and tilted curve.
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ENJOY FIE TRIP
Distance of Over 7,000 Miles
Travelled and With Very
Little Trouble
Mr. and Mrs, Henry Lzicar re
turned to Salem recently after an
absence of 26 days during which
'time they travelled 7,000 miles,
averaging 270 miles per day.
Mr. Lzicar, who is manager of
the used car department of Vick
Brothers, local Pontiac and Oak
land dealers, with Mrs. Lzicar and
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Jacobson left
Salem on March 25 for Pontiac.
Michigan. The trip was made
over the southern route and the
distance of 3.S02 miles covered in
nine days.
After a short visit in the mid
dle west Mr. and Mrs. Lzicar start
ed for Salem while Mr. and Mrs.
Jacobson purchased a Pontiac
coupe and ramained for a longer
visit.
During the entire trip Mr. Lzi
car reports that he experienced no
trouble whatsoever with his Ail
American Oakland six sedan
which he drove. An average of
better than 18 miles to the gal
lon of gasoline was made although
much of the distance was ovet
difficult roads. Xo repairs wert
made and very little oil was used
on the trip. The car was in per
fect working order upon their re
turn to Salem, although it had
been put through constant hard
driving. "I am better sold on
the Oakland than ever before. Any
car that can stand the hard driv
ing over the route we took and
make the time we did without
any apparent effort or trouble
deserves much consideration for
the man who wants real transpor
tation service and comfort today,"
said Mr. Lzicar.
Mr. Lzicar gave the following
interesting account of the trip.
"Little need be said about Ore
gon and California highways as
they are the best.
"Crossing the desert in southern
California, Arizona and New Mex
ico many things of interest are to
be seen, namely the Grand Can
yon of the Colorado, which is
ftfe to feven miles wide, two hun
dred miles long and several thou
sand feet deep, a wonder spot of
the world. The unusual vegeta
tion, wild life and "ancient adobe
houses all tend to shorten the
miles along the "Old National
Trail. Hopi Indians meet tour
ists at most any turn of the high
way endeavoring to sell beads,
baskets, blankets and po.ttery.
"Through the prairie states it
is possible to see the road, for fif
teen or twenty miles ahead. Most
of these roads are hard surfaced
and generally in fine condition.
"There are?6 many paved high
ways leading into eastern cities
that one may choose many de
sirable routes. The route we
drove from Kansas City to Ponti
ac. Mich., was by, way of St.
Louis, Indianapolis and Toledo.
Pavement all the way.
"Two of the most enjoyable
days of our trip were spent at
Pontiac. Michigan at the Oakland
Pontlac factory and General Mo
tors proving ground. The pres
ent Oakland-Pontiac manufactur-
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A highway curve for which auto
mobiles do not slacken speed but
take the bend at 40 to 4 5 miles an
hour has been constructed here
It is scientifically banked like a
race track and the tilt is such that
a car is deflected from its straight
path in accordance with the sharp
ness or degree of curvature.
Heavy busses rock around the
curve at speeds of from 30 to 45
miles an hour.
The work was done under the di
rection of R. V. Newcomb, pro
fessor of civil engineering at the
University of South Dakota, and
was intended, he said, as an ex
ample of how the problem of high
speeds on highways can be success
fully met.
Principles of super-elevation, or
tilting, and widening were follow
ed in constructing the curve,
which is on a corner with a 90-de-gree.
turn.
The widening is zero at the be
ginning of the spiral, 2.7 feet at
the point of curvature and the
maximum, 5.4 feet, at the end of
the spiral.
A super-elevation of two inches
per foot, totalling four feet for a
24-foot road, was used. The grade
line was carried around the center
line of the roadway, the outer edge
being raised two feet and the in
ner edge lowered two feet. At the
beginning of the spiral, the cross
section of the roadway is flat; at
the point of super-elevation; or
one-half length of spiral, the
amount of super-elevation is half
the total, and a maximum, or full
tilt, is reached at the end of the
spiral.
(Continued on page 8.)
DOWN THE ROAD
I . . 7Z 37T r I
Oestreich Brothers Open Es
tablishment; First Build
ing Visitors See
The new Capitol Super Service
station, located -on the corner of
Front and Center Btreets, which
has been under construction for
the past two months, is now open
and ready to serve the public, an
nounced its owners, Delbert and
Melvin Oestreich, yesterday. ThiB
is one of the most complete ser
vice stations in the state, with all
modern equipment, and it is their
pleasure to make each customer, turing plant and that is the'open
more than satisfied with their; lng gun of an undertaking which
products and service.
The new station is located on
the lot formerly occupied by the
second hand store conducted by
H. Steinbock. which was burned
down last fall.
The new affair will greatly add
to the beautification of the city, as
it will be the first building noticed
by tourists entering Salem from
the west side highway.
The station is equipped with
two gasoline pumps, one on each
side of the dome like structure.
It will handle General gasoline
and the different grades of oil.
The south and north sides of the
lot have been divided into small
lots, upon which fine compart
ments have been constructed, a
brake testing station, battery and
ignition station, tire repair shop,
accessory room, and a greasing
and washing room. Each of these
is fully equipped to give custom
ers immediate service.
The battery shop is being oper
ated by Maruna and Harnsberger,
dealers in the U. S. L. battery.
They were formerly with Vick
Brothers battery department, and
are well known as battery experts
in this city.
It is equipped with two air and
water pumpa. Each air pump is
equipped with a modern tire
guage, the tire pressure feeing reg
istered on a large clock like
mechanism, visible at a distance
These were installed for the con
venience of the public.
Balanced Weight Very
Important in All Cars
Balancing the weight of a car
equally on all four wheels and
particularly front and rear means
much In riding and driving
smoothness according to (local
dealer). Accurate control by the
driver and road-holding ability of
the car at all Rr,eed and over all
surfaces demand that all four . The, (m8t modern machinery is
wheels maintain constant and 1Dstalled in the Pla"t. and the
.nn.i tHinn nv n,,n,n thimo8t up-to-date methods of con-
weight both front and rear the
designer can do much to to elim
inate tire slippage and galloping
Mr. claims. Frank
lin engineers have done a good
job in this particular, he says,
balancing 47 on the front
wheels and 530$, on the rear of
the five-passenger sedan and 46
on the front wheels and 54 on
.he rear of the seven-passenger
sedan.
TU E HAG E D Y O F T H F NEW CSt
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Radio-Program to be Special
Feature for Grand
Opening Soon
Another great milestone of west
ern industrial development will
have been reached next Wednes
day, May the second, when the
Pacific Goodrich Rubber com
pany's new factory at Los Angeles
is officially opened.
An appropriate program has
been arranged; a program that is
the finishing touch after the con-
;8truction of this great manufac-t
will employ thousands of persons
and add materially to the wealth
of the already prosperous ,hinter-
land of Los Angeles.
Details for the program are
now being arranged. The proceed
ings will be broadcast over the radio-by
the Pacific Coast Network's
six stations between 9 and 10:
30 p. m. Pacific Standard time.
Music by great artists of both
voice and instrument, addresses
of welcome from prominent per
sonages who are vitally interested
in the project, and. special fea
tures to be announced later, will
be sent on the air over the net
work inducing stations: KPO,
San Francisco; KGO, Oakland,
KOMO, Seattle; KFI, Los Angeles,
KGW; Portland; and KHG, Spo
kane. The speakers will be: James
D. Ttew, President of the Pacific
Goodrich Rubber company; the
Honorable Burton R. Fitts, Lt.
Governor of California, and J. Dab
ney Day, President of the Citizens
National Bank of Los Angeles. In
cidentally, this program will be
the first of a series to be given ev
ery Wednesday night at the same
time over the Pacific Network.
The new factory is a thing of
beauty. It Is built on the Spanish
Minion type of architecture, and
is in keeping with the other build
ings in Los Angeles and vicinity.
Ground was broken for the foun
dation of the three and a half mil
lion dollar structure on August
16, 1927. And seven months from
that date-March 16. 1928. the
first Goodrich SUvertown
Cord l
Tire to be made on the Pacific
coast was turned out.
The factory is over a quarter
of a mile in length, and Is 400
feet wide. It is laid out in the
form of a right angle with a Nor
mandy tower at the vertex, and
spreads over six acres of the forty-
8,x acre factory site.
struction are to be employed.- S.
B. Robertson, vice-president and
general manager, has announced
that, In keeping with the Good
rich custom in its factories, visit
ors will be welcome in the new
Pacific Plant from May second on.
They will be permitted to view
the complete building if a tire,
starting with the entrance of the
crude rubber at one end, following
(Continued on page 8.)
m- . . av a.
Nancy Carroll, who plays Rosemary in Paramount' "Abie's Irish
Rose," uses her new Ituick sport coupe as a dressing room, putting
on the last touches of makeup with the aid of the rear vision mir
ror on the spare wheel.
Eugene Eckerlin, Jr., is now
the sole owner of the Salem Su
per Service station, having pur-
Eugene Eckerlin, Jr.
chased the interest of Guy Yung
who has been a partner in the
business since the station was
built about two years ago.
Mr. Eckerlin states that the
business will continue along the
same lines and he will continue
to give the same efficient sorv
ice that the station has feat a red
since their opening.
The Salem Super Service Na
tion is located on the corner of
High and Ferry streets and was
j the first station of its kind to
, be opened in Salem. The idea of
giving a complete service for the
automobiles was originated here
by this station. The serv'ce in
cludes high pressure alemitoi'reas
ing, oiling, washing tire service
and gasoline and oil sales. There
is a battery service and repair de
partment in conection. Mason
tires and1 tubes are handled.
Mr. Eckerlin is well known in
Salem, in fact he is a Salem boy.
His father Eugene Eckerlin owns
the building occupied by Shipley's;
and the chamber or commerce,
the building on the corner of Fer
ry and Liberty also other valuable
property here.
By FRANK BECK
K U B
SERVICE
ST1T1
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FLINT. Mich.. Apr. 2S. More
than a million Ituick owners in
America will feel a glow of satis
faction at the announcemet that
England's mst expensive motor
car, Rolls-Royce, has recently
adopted the valve-ia-head engine.
Besides confirming the judg
ment of the Buick Motor Com
pany, which pioneered that type
of power plant and now offers
it at is finest in the Buick models,
the announcement is a tribute to
the discrimination of every Buick
owner.
This British car's similarity to
Buick does not end with the en
gine, but includes also cellular
radiator, worm and split-nut
steering gear, torque tube drive,
floating rear axle, and cantilever
springs. Comparison of specifica
tions tend to support the already
overwhelming evidence collected
by 2,000,000 Buick owners in
favor of these advanced details
of engineering.
A point of more than passing
interest, in the opinion of Buick!
officials. Is the fact that this
British prototype of Buick sells
at a r nrh hlohor w e v. r w
Till if If Tllfl CTnlanotinn i a u-si
fold ThA nr.ii-v ia f ,.ro -
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much larger and heavier car, and
naturally costs more to manu
facture. That accounts for a large
part of the difference. In the sec
ond place, each of the features
listed is more costly than the
corresponding part in cars of con
ventional design. In the aggregate
represented by the completed car,
the difference becomes very great.
Rolls Royce builds for limited
lousuiiipuon. nence, even were
the specifications of the two cars
identical, Buick's volume produc
tion would make Buick's price re
latively low. Volume manufacture
aione makes it possible to sell
such a combination of expensive
features at a figure within pop
ular reach.
The British manufacturer's an
nouncement, it is pointed out
hero, also shows the European
trend toward American ideas in
automotive engineering. That
rjuicK s signal success abroad
played its part in bringing about
this latest adoption of th3 valve-
in-head engine is regarded as" cer
tain
'S TOTAL
PONTIAC, Mich., April 28.
With an April schedule calling for
7,500 more Oakland and Pontiac
Sixes than during April of 1927,
the Oakland Motor Car company
is establishing a production record
of nearly 100,000 cars for the first
four months of the year.
This Oakland-Pontiac produc
tion represents an Increase of 85
per cent over the 53,657 automo
biles which the company built dur
ing the corresponding period of
last year.
Each of the four months of this
year saw the company establish a
new Oakland-Pontiac production
record. Twice during February it
was found necessary to increase
the production schedule and the
continuing influx of orders from
the company's big dealer organiza
tion has resulted In equal pros
perity during March and April.
The schedule Increases during
OAKLAND
REACHES
100.000
February were? rendered possible
principally through the opening of
a third production line In the Pon
tiac Six factory. High production
was maintained In March despite
the fact that the Oakland Six fac
tory was closed during the last
week of the month to permit
equipment to be moved from the
old Oakland assembly building to
the, new $3,000,000 assembly
structure which started producing
cars on April 2.
"With both cars now being built
in ultra-modern factories whose
equipment la the last word In pre
cision machinery, we face the
growing Spring demand with en
tire confidence," said W. R. Tracy,
rice president In charge of sales.
X
Points for Consideration
Outlined; Attention Need
ed Always
WASHINGTON. D. C, April 28
Motor touring, the summer pas
time of millions, is pleasant
directly in proportion to the man
ner in which the car performs,
says a statement issued today by
National Headquarters of the
American Automobile association,
which .will serve a vast majortt
of the 44.000.000 who will take
their annual vacations this year
on the open road.
"The close relationship between
the pleasure of the tour and the
.nnilhlnn " t 1. a In , nh1l1,Q D1I
gest to every prospecive tour't
the wisdom of seeing that the car
is performing at its bst befora
the trip begins," says tSe" state
ment. "The need is one that 1
ignored by many motorists until it
is brought forcibly to their atten
tion by mechanical trouble with,
its attendant expense and delay."
In preparing the car for the
much different conditions it will
encounter on a touring trip, the
owner need envision no great out
lay of money for an exhaustive
overhaul, says the statement.
Rather, it pointe out. the process
is one of paying a little more heed
to the principal details that mark
ordinarily good car care.
Battery, generator, distributor;
spark plugs, valves, carburetor,
fuel feed system, clutch, transmis
sion, differential, crankcase lubri
cant, oil filter, eteering mechan
ism, brakes, tires, cooling system,
and wheel-bearings" are the units
chiefly recommended by the AAA
emergency, road service experts
for attention oa the eve of Ihh
tour. Summarizing the proDaoie
! services that each will need, th
statement 6ays:
"Battery Remove corrosion
from terminals and Inspect con
nections to see that they have not
been eaten by the acid. Replace
suspected connections. Coat ter
minals with vaseline or grease.
(Continued on pce )
ILL BE
One and One-Half Billion
Dollars to be Used on
Highways ' -
There will be approximately ono
and one-half billion dollars spent
for roads throughout the country
this year and highway construc
tion will at least equal and prob
ably exceed the highest mark re
corded in any preceding year, ac
cording to Dr. E. B. McDaniel,
president of the Oregon State Mo-
m nurulitlnn This nrodltion. It
was said, is based on information
Just received from the American
Automobile association, with
which the club is affiliated.
Dr. McDaniel said that Improve
ment of the state and federal-aid
highway systems under the super
vision of the highway depart
ments of the various states will go
frkvnrart itllrlncr t Vin QAaann TlnV
opening with a construction of
more than 20.000 miles of surfac--ed
roads and about 8,000 miles:
graded and drained.
Dr. McDaniel was advised, by
the A. A. A. of road-building pros-i
pects after reports of the various!
States to the bureau of public
roads, under which the federal
aid program is carried on, had
been parefully considered.
"Oregon's activities will contin-j
ue unhampered for the year IP 28,
but the threat of the $3 license,
fee has stopped all plans for 1929, .
3aid the doctor.
"State reports" he continued. .
"indicate that at least 240,000 ,
miles of the total of 288,000 in
the various state highwayXyafemB
will be maintained this year under
the supervision of the state high
way departments, a fact which
should insure the traveling public ;
a high degree of road service.
"Funds estimated as available
for expenditure during the year,'
by .the staVe highway departments
are about 25 per cent greater In ?
total amount than similar esti-1
mates Indicated at the beginning
of last season, v It Is practleally
certain that the funds available to
all state highway departments for .
construction and . maintenance of
roads and -fridges will eiceed
$750,000 000, and local revenues,
expendable by county and local
authorities, will swell the highway;
total to well oyer $1,300,000.-000."
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STRESSED