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THE OREGON STATESMAN. SALEM, OREGON. SUNDAY MORNING, APRIL 29, 1928
xnis is the desert route
mentioned by Bancroft, the pro-
jjc nisiorian or California. Along
trail party under Elisba
Stfjrfns,- sometimes called the
Murphy company, passed through
Nevada, In 1844 on their way
from Missouri to California.
Then, following the Mexican
War. Mormon and other trader
posted themselves on this line of
overload travel to the California
gold mines, and sold grain and
ward-bound pilgrims. Through
. this trade, mutually beneficial to
both traveler and trader, towns
' 'prang up in the valley of the
Humboldt River.
But it was the Comstock lode
of silver that was primarily re
sponsible for the development of
Nevada. The yield of this vast
deposit aided the Nation greatly
in the resumption of specie pay
ments at the close of the Civil
War.
The entire 424-mile length of
United States Rnut 4A arms Va.
rend auu la irciiiuie . l u
miles an hour. Practically the en
tire distance has been constructed
with Federal-aid funds. The
sparse settlement of this State
makes Federal aid essential for
the rapid development of the
transcontinental roads.
Arriving at the one-time fam
ous mining camp of Reno, the
traveler finds accessible from this
beautirul city. . Lake Taboe 23
miles to the southwest. Mt. Las
pen, the only active volcano in the
United States, is situated loO
miles to the northwest. The rlate
boundary is 12 miles west of
Reno.
Donner IMonrer Tragedy
C alifornia Leaving lleno. the
road follows the Truckee River,
iiud at the State boundary begins
the ascent of a long grade into the
he"t of the Sierra Nevada moun
tain?. Twentyrtwo miles west of
the state line, the town of Truc
kee is passed, and two and one
balf miles - farther along may be
ecn the Donner pass Pioneer
Monument,, commemorating one of
the most terrible tragedies in the
history of early transcontinental
travel. It. was here that the Don
ner party, ii 1846, was caught in
a heavy snow storm, while at
tempting to cross the Sierra Ne
vada range. Of a total of 87 men
women. and children, only 4 S I
survived the rigors of starvation
find cold. Seven miles beyond the
Donner monument the summit of
l he High Sierra is passed, through
the Donner Pass, at an elevation
of 7.236 feet above eea level. Thit
pass, and in fact all of the route
vcst of Truckee elevation 6.
f20 feet on the east side of the
!immit. through Emigrant Gap
20 miles west of the summit
elevation 5. 00 feet, to Blue Can
yor elevation 4.700 feet is
like'v to be blocked by enow at
anr -'me after October 15, and to
re'piii c!oed until the following
April or May.
After passing over the seven
ni'es of forest highway, built with
Federal funds over the Sierra Ne
vada range, the route gradually
leavei the timbered areas and
reaches Auburn. Sacramento, 36
miles farther, on the Fite of Sut
ter's mill on the American River
where Marshall first found rich
deposits of gold, in 1848, is now
a beautiful city, with shaded
streets and attractive gardens.
Frn: "iiere it is only 9 6 miles to
Oakland, on San Francisco Bay,
and then five and one-half miles
jo.s the bay by ferry to San
Frsii'.'isco.
Of the 233-mile !ength of route
0 California. 14 2 miles are
pavil. 16 are surfaced with bit
tim'nnus macadam, and "." miles
-e traded and drained. Seventy
t"rM miles in this state have been
I u'lt cr are beinjj improved with
Fed'-'-al-aid and forest road funds
totals; $1,401,274.
t'oMfn (.'ate la Terminus
Thirty Days to Make the Trip
rr'v'ngin San Francisco some
thirty days" after leaving Atlantic
Mty at the eastern terminus of
route 4 0. one of the first sights is
Portsmouth Square in the center
of t city. It was here, on July
ft. 1846. that Capt. Montgomery,
r.f the United States sloop-of-war
Portsmouth, raised the American
Utr on the plaza of the city then
called "Yerba Buena" and an-
"Old Dog" Returns Home To Greet Victory Six j
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TRIMQTQRED METAL
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Byrd and Bennett to Use
Monoplane on Trip to
South Pole Soon
AFTER runnint 270000 miles, er finally as a 1915 model touring car and mow m ie
" livery truck, this pioneer Dodge Brothers car has been returned to the factory as a
gift from the Simmons Company of Kenosha, Wis. The car has been in daily oper
ation for thirteen years, and is still in running condition. At the left is the new Dodgi
Victory Six,
"The "Old Dos" like the "Old
nounced that the United .States Guard" never surrenders. Neith
has taken possession o northern er will it die.
California. The trip across the t h 370.000 miles behind it
country has been made at an av- and refuses to stop goinjr. Today,
erage rate of 100 miles a day. u has B permanent heme in the
This includes week-end Heps and 'plant of Dodge Brother. Inc.. at
side trips for sight-seeinjr. ' I Detroit, where it Ift 13 years ajo
as a five passenger touring car.
Still in fair running condition, it
was driven back to the factory this
13 OWNERS ID
EflLERS COOPERATE
Maintaining of High Quality
of Products Objective of
Campaign
Insistence upon quality of ma
terials and workmanship is an out
standing feature in the manufac
ture of Nash car; this is appar
ent even to the casual , visitor to
any of the company's plants at
Kenosha, Racine. Milwaukee or
Pine Bluff, Ark. To doubly insure
the maintenance of quality a meet
ing, held every Monday night, is
attended by all foremen.-division
superintendents, the general super
intendent and other executives of
the company.
At these meetings every letter
from Nash owners or dealers, con
taining suggestions regarding the
product, is read and discussed. The
head of the particular department
which makes the part or performs
the operation upon which the sug
gestion has a bearing, is present
and the solution, if one is neces
sary, is discussed with him and
usually decided before the next
letter is taken up. In this manner
company officials are in a posi
tion to constantly maintain and to
improve-the quality of the Nash
product; they feel that the owner
actually driving the car and the
dealer who sells it are in an ex
cellent position to offer sugges
tions of a character that will be
helpful to an earnest production
department.
These weekly quality meetings
are as definite a part of the Nash
production program as is the test
ing of the cars themselves after
they have come off the assembly
line; In fact, Mr. Nash regards the
meetings as being a vital element
in the success of the company and
they constitute a practice which
he has followed throughout the
30 years of his manufacturing career.
Automotive manufacturing
methods are forming part of the
educational instruction in many
schools today. Where automobile
factories are available pupils are
taken to them to see how large
factories employ efficiency meth
ods. During the present season
several hundred pupils, both grade
and high school, have inspected
the Oldsmobile factories at Lan
sing, Mich.
Just 25 years ago Oldsmobile
announced a touring car with two
cylinder engine of 10 horse power
and "claimed to have a speed of
35 miles an hour." This announce
ment was reported at the time as
"creating a big stir in the auto
mobile world."
A drop of water in the gasoline
tank can create considerable trou
ble.. To prevent this a gasoline
pump with filter attached is stan
dard equipment on the new Olds-
mobile.
month as a delivery truck, the gift
of the Simmons Bed company, at
Kncsha, AYi.
So many drivers have kicked
this Dodge Brothers car around
that it has been nicknamed the
"Old Dok." Its serial number is
2,422. one of the pioneers still in
service as an example of quality
in workmanship and materials. It
was bought in May. 1915. by the
Simmons company, and has been
owned and operated by them since
In its years of service, the "Old
Dog" has been 'under the supervi
sion of the same garage foreman
who has made a sworn statement
that the car has uced 18.500 gal
lons cf gasoline, averaging 20
miles to the gallon, and 500 gal
lons of oil. During the 13 years,
repair bills have amounted to ap
proximately $1,000.
When first purchased, the car
was used for carrying passengers
and mall from railroad stations.
During the World war, it was en
listed in the service to transport
nurses cn visit to influenza vic
tims. After the war. it was used
to carry equipment of the factory
baseball team.
In 1S22, tlic tonneau was re
moved and a truck body substi
tuted. The car then was used for
hauling castings. In this role
loads of three and a half tons were
successfully carried by the "Old
Dog."
"No car was ever more abused,"
said Z. G. Simmons, president of
the company, "and it simply re
fused to be killed. We muct have
broken a good many spring leaves,
but otherwise it is practically the
same car that was delivered to us
13 years ago."
DETROIT. April 21 The Ford
tri-motored metal monoplane,
built for Commander Richard E.
Byrd's 'proposed expedition to the
South Pole, to begin next Septem
ber, is one of the exhibits at the
first All-American Aircraft show.
being held here ahis week.
The hug craft in which Byrd.
with Bennett, who accompanied
him on his North Pole flight two
yeart ago. and Bwnt Bait hen. w ho
was a member of the Byrd-trans-Allantic
flight last summer, hope
to circle the South Pole, ia an ex
hibit of the airplane division of the
Ford Motor company. Companion
exhibits of the same company are
the famous "Josephine Ford."
Fokker place in which the North
Pole flrght wa made, and an an
tiquated Hleriot monoplane of the
type in which Bleriot made his
historic flight across the English
channel, back iu 1!hi9.
The new Atlantic plane was
completed only about a month ago
but already in trial flights it has
made several enviable records.
Early this week the plane returned
to the Ford Airport here after a
flight of more than 4.ti00 miles to
the northern tip of Reindeer Lake
in Northern Manitoba.
The plane made this trip with
Bennett and Bait-hen as a ten to
determine its performance ever
snow and ice-clad country where
temperatures and landing condi
tions closely approximate those
which will be encountered in -the
coming Antarctic flight.
On this trial flight the plane,
with Bennett. Halt hen, Harry Rus
sell, Ford mechanic and two mo
tion picture camera met, flew
from Dearborn to the northern tip
of Reindeer Lake, a distance of
approximately 2.069 miles, in 21
hours and 15 minutes of flying
time with a flying load or 12,000
pounds. The flight was made via
St. Paul. Winnipeg. Le Pas. Mani
toba and Le Brauchet, which is one
of the northernmost trading posts
of the Hudson's Bay company. The
return trip was made in even bet
ter time, because on the flight
from Le Pas to Winnipeg, the dis
tance of 400 miles was covered in
two hours and 60 minutes. A tail
wind on this leg of the flight as
sisted the big plane to establish a
new tpeed - record for airplane
flights between those two points.
The plane and its crew spent
several days in the country north
of Le Pas, testing the plane's
skiies in landing and taking off
on rough ice and snow and also
testing the cruising and maneuver
ing ability of the plane in tempera
ture far below xero. In several of
the tests the temperature was 40
degrees below xero. yet the plane
and her motors performed as sat
isfactorily as In more temperate
climates. At no time during the
severe test flights did the crew
experience any engine troubles or
unforaeen difficulties with landing
or operating gear.
While this plane was built espe
cially for the Byrd South Pole
flight, its construction is the same
as that of the standard Ford trl
motored monoplanes. Balchen.
Bennett and Russell reported upon
their return that they had not
found it necessary to make any ad
justments! of carburetors or other
items of the engine equipment to
compensate for the lew tempera
ture in which the test flights were
made. .
The plane, with the present fuel
tanks, has a cruising radius of
more than 2.000 miles. It is this
plane in whith Byrd expects to
make the dash from his southern
most base to the South Pole and
return. Two other planes, a Bell
anca and a single-tuotored Fokker,
will also accompany the expedition.
The Northwest is preparing for
one of the biggest touring years
in the history of motoring and
all records are expected to be bet
tered during 1928. Advance in
formation from Automobile Clubs
and Chambers of Commerce Indi
cate that this prediction will eas
ily be fulfilled.
Restfinl
iinDoiry
resulting' fwmAlhAmericanl)eGign s
Fitzgerald-Shcrwin
- - Motor Co.
Corber Liberty k. Chemeketa
, Telephone 1112
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Golf er exerclae! A car for
distance! Distance and depend
ability for your dollar in our
fine cars.
Chrysler Roadster 102T
Iluick 1024
Ctaryle Coupe 1020
West of Fire Station
Fitzgerald-Sherwin
Motor Co.
Corner Liberty & Chemeketa
Telephone 1182
The Hons of Courteous
Servtce
One hour in the All-American Six
and you're conscious of the
superb 'riding qualities . the re
freodna: hssMlfna ease the deep-
cushioned comfort you expect to en-
joy only in much higher priced cars. .
And when you encounter this rest t
ful luxury yon discover one of the
great advantages resulting from All- 4
American design. From a wheclhase t
117 inches long. From long, easy
, ffST fill Im Cmmm; SST
flexing Springs and hig, oversize'
tires. From a clutch responsive to
the lightest pressure mad from Cn-)
ger-tip steering at every speed.
YouVe heard of its power, snap and
stamina. You can see its beauty of
color and line. But to reaDy ap
predate its restful luxury you must
eomo and ride in the Au-Axnerlcask
Six. Learn what delightful motoring
comfort you can have tor 91043.
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VICK BROS , Salem, Oregon
Graham Brothers trucks are of
fered now in IS 42 different types,
shewing clearly how modern com
mercial and industrial transpor
tation has become Intensified. Na
turally this total includes all of
the varied equipment adopted for
many different uses of trucks.
Color combinations on the var
ious Dodge Brothers Inc. Sixes,
the Standard. Victory and Senior,
have met with considerable favor
able from customers. Dodge
Brothers dealers report.
Never have thehlghways on the
Pacific Ctast been In better con
dition for touring than they are
at the present time.
Trucks Pass . Tests
To Enter Argentine
Motor truck sh ringers aren't al
lowed in the Argentine.
The government requires they
prove their worth In rigid tests be
fore being admitted duty free,
With three trailers and the bed of
the truck heavily laden with iron
and tires, a 14 ton Graham Bro
thers truck recently pulled a load
of several tons to pass all require
ments. Hereafter. Graham Bro
thers trucks will be exempt from
the 10 per cent duty charges, and
enter the country as a desirable
immigrant.
" Read the Classified Ads
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Monroe S. Cheek
Complete Automotive Lubrication
Coutt at Capitol Phone 2295
(Sq1 WeattBaei? nc
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Don't wait until you are ready to start on a trip but drive in today and
let us inspect your tires. If repairs are needed we are in a position to make
them and if you nted new tires why not have them put on now and have
your troubles over for the season.
Seiberlinjxs a quality tire with more rubber and stronger cotton.
PROTECTED FOR ONE YEAR AGAINST BLOWOUTS, BRUISES OR
ACCIDENTS.
199 S. Commercial, Telephone 471
We have the best equipped vulcanizing and repair department in the cilr.
Call our service carywhen you have a flat.
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1926 NasK Advanced
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$850
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Enclosure $750
Two Important facts to know Jout a
QMd oar aro "who built it" amd "who
aeXbit."
Rash Is a great
motorcar, it
ferfXt right, that tt
yotxr
and that its
Beta to stay.
good! hny
Xhxf a Rash nagd our
yoheahhmhctt
OonodhycapsrtJiash
name to hare on
msa hove tha arerace.
pride in the car and la tha work they da
That's why oar Reconditioned Nash
cars are easflr tlw cream of the used
ear market. They are ears 70a can be
prood of and sore of, ears certain to
snthnsisatki flash
BSasufaeturer Is in bod
Is always a
These RecoiKUtioned Nash models are
priced low for quick turnover. The
terms on wtuen you o
yovaIl find ecejrtorafftr
le a better buy
thoroughly reeondi-
meebenlcs, with
AMjoaH also find that, as between a
small, low-priced new ear and big
Deconditioned Nash at the same price,
you would rather hoes the Nmahi
Car Le6 tbm World ta. Use Car Valtte
F. W. PETTYJOHN CO.
. r 365NortECormiieTcUStreef
Telephone 1260
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