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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (May 20, 1928)
V f THE OREGON STATESMAN, SALEM. OREGON SUNDAY MORNING, MAY 20, 1928 FLORIDA BUILDS ITS 01 Ami m His First and Latest Oldsmobile Dream Comes True; High way Made Through Im penetrable Everglades TAMPA, Fla. (AP) Florida' dream of an "Appian Way" across the once ImDenetrable Ererelades Jungle has come true. Built through the heart of the state's last frontier from Tampa through Fort Myers to Miami. Ta maimi Trail of song and tourist fame ha been completed and will be opened formally with a celebra tion which started at Tampa on April 24 and ended at Miami two days later. Gov. John W. Martin. Dr. Fons A. Hathaway, chairman of the state highway department, and Barron Collier, who was instru mental in completing tbje highway, were invited to head the great motorcade which traversed the route, The trail, greatest road project bp), & ! USE iiiriiiTOS WIUFLOODS Modern Paul Reveres Race Through Santa Clara Valley, Word manication by the flood. During the day and night Lelner made trip after trip, carrying in all tons of wire to the isolated sec tion. When the flood had somewhat subsided the following day Leiner tnnnA & ford at Fillmore where the water was about two leet deep This would save driving many miles and hasten the work of re- hnildinr the telephone lines. Against. the advice of others. Leln er attempted the rord, lirsi ais connecting the crankcase ventl ati the carburetor Intake manifold from his Oldsmobile and replacing them with rubber hose "Nothing this time. Doc. My wife just wanted to see how quick ly you could get here in case the baby was taken sick immediately. You made it in four minutes this time." Pathfinder. The doctor had received a hr? . can rrom the home of the Rebe'y s who had their first baby. Arriria . the doctor found the young father on the doorstep, watch la hand.. 'What's the trouble?" asked t n doctor. : i Automobiles played a vital part as life savers during the recent disastrous collapse of the St. Fran cis dam and subsequent flooding' which extended upward above the ! . fcino rhain on front nf tha 3i nl. ..IIh In Pa line. CUude M. StauScr, Mus;cal director of in KAtf nana of neuuenetn, ix, ana oecrcaur.o Y"fY T. i. :.l t; rti 4 ...,4 . .k. t.fiu,,i-.u. i ona w r-vl imder Olidsmootle. mWUIVUIOWUUIUI MW VWPiln wwp m iywfcivi w n . " The great progress made in the automotive industry in less than i quarter of a century wa3 strik ngly brought to the attention of Claude M. Stauffer. musical di rector p The City Band of Beth lehem. Pa., and secretary of the Bethlehem Motor club, recently when h nurehased a new Olds- compared mobile coupe and compared it nndcrtaken by Florida, is a 40-fodt rith his first car. also sn Old.mo- . one wnicn ne ourcuiuru iu it-vi. standard highway, penetrating the wilderness known to native In dians as Pah-hag-o-kee, or grassy water. It connect two of Flor ida's largest cities, and gives ac cess to hundreds of acres of val-uat-t, farm land. Modern cities with electric-lighted boulevards and establishments of (nrlntrv and commerce now how their towers above neighbor ing forests along the Trail, where once little villages slumbered nn der the bright sunshine, virtually Isolated from civilization. - "The idea of connectinr the east and west coasts of Florida across the southern section was con ceived in 1915. but the world war and lack of labor stopped work Building was revived in 1922 and two years later the first motor cade to traverse the swamps set out in stripped-down automobile to prove the route from Fort v.nri in Miami could be con quered. After 23 days they reached their natinn havinar traveled 190 miles. Today, the distance of 273 miles from Tampa to Miami-is easily traveled in eight hours. ' Trees had to bo cleared away, swamps drained and great stretch es of solid rock blasted out. In many places." machinery and horses could not be used because of the swamps and oxen were pressed into service. Nine Coats of Paint . Used Upon Oldsmobile . .Nine coats of 'paint are applied to Fisher buifl Oldsmobile bod ies. The first is a coat of primer which is followed by two coats of mrar nutty. After the bodies are wet-rubbed and sanded a coat of rround color and four coats of larouer are applied. Another wet- rubblnr and sanding follows and . roit of thinner applied. The last nrnrMi consists of rubbing and polishing which results In the rich, glossy finih Mr..StaufJer was convinced that he had the wheels when he purchased his first Oldsmobile. The beauty. comfort and performance found in his considered a wild dream by Jules Verne at that period. "Such mar velous improvements would, have been deemed impossible 25 years ago." said Mr. Stauffer. "And it is only those who drove the early cars and now have the latest prod uct of the automotive engineers that can appreciate and realize the wonderful advancements that have been accomplished." Mr. Stauffer was so impressed Oldsmobile tlist h with the new greatest thing on ' purchased the first one delivered in Bethlehem. lie also was a pi oneer with his first Oldsmobile. creating a sensation with the little latest car would have been one-cylinder, curved dash car among the citizens of Carlisle, Pa.. where he was director of the Indi an school. During summer vaca tions he drove to Long Branch. N. J., and frequently thrilled the na tives by driving on the famous Dumcnn T?na1 with 99 mahV aS eight Indian boys clinging to the little runabout. Eight years ago he desired to use his first car for a special pur pose and traced it from the man to whom he had sold u to n then owner, a farmer. He found that the chassis had been demol ished but that the lfi-year-old en gine was running the farm ma chinery and equipment. fornia. Thev were used by mod ern Paul Reveres, who raced in ad vance of the flood to give the alarm to inhabitants of the valley, carried hundreds out of the dan ger zone, and played a most im portant part in the work of relief and rehabilitation. One of the outstanding achieve ments by both man and motor car Using chains on front and rear wheels he successiuuy made the crossing through the water and deep sand. He repeat ed the trip many times until con nection had been established. Th veomen task aecompnsnea ,. riumi.ifipri' bv Leiner as only the duty expected of men in public j service. He gave all credit 10 ni Oldsmobile which, he declared, en BYRD ME WE READY FOB FLIGHT Ford Airport at Dearborn 9 Scene of Careful and Active Preparation crack British mail train went 401 miles the other day withont topping. That's nothing. We were " . .mmnHitlon train once e " that stopped 401 times In one mile Out at the Ford airport at Dearborn, Mich., a big metal mon oplane of the trlmotor type Is be- i A f- nn of thf most i 111 K griRJlur vri v w - I difficult feats In the history of aviation or for that matter, in he history of man. It is the plane in which Com mander Richard E. Byrd will at tempt a flight over the South Pole some tir3 next fall or winter. To accomplish that feat, the plane will have to malce a non stop flight of perhaps two thous and miles over a wholly unknown area, through weather conditions that cannot be forecast because no one knows what the weather Is or why in that frozen land of mystery. " nut nvrd is not depending en- l r aw noon guess work ana bis North Pole experience 01 two years ago in setting the perform-! ance standards for his Sontn POie; plane. At hia direction the plane, early In April, made a test flight of more than 4.000 mties irom Dearborn to J,he extreme northern nortion of Manitoba and return, to determine Its performance over snow and ice covered country, where temperatures and landing conditions closely approximated those which will be encountered In the coming Antartic flight. This flight was one of Floyd Bennett's last contributions to scientific pioneering. For Ben nett, who was Byrd's companion on the Nortn roie Tiigni oi iwo years ago, was in command of this Reindeer Lake test flight. With him was Bernt Balchen, one of Byrd's companions on his trans Atlantic flight last summer. With Harry Russell. Ford mechanic, two motion picture cameramen and its eauinment and fuel, the plane weighed approximately six tons when It hopped off. Yet It made the flight to Reindeer take. a distance of 2.063 ranes, in zi hours, 15 minutes of flying time with stops at St. Paul, Winnipeg and Le Pas. The plane spent a week in that frozen country, flying In temperatures of more thaan 40 degrees below zero and landing and taking off on rough Ice and snow with ski equipment in place of landing wheels. During the entire round trip and the test flights in that far north country, the Diana performed perfectly. This Antartic Plane Is of the same design and construction as the standard Ford trlmotor. being turned out at the rate of one each week at the Ford airplane factory It has tanks capable of carrying about four times as much gaso line as Is necessary for the stand ard freight and passenger plane est in uregon song a au n u twire spirit In singing them. Both Miss . Thielsen and Socolofsky are Pron,-Lltiment. Letner drove his Olds- uslcal activities on tne circuitous route of r car --"-" - m was performed by William J. Lein-n.m to pr, ' er. Jr.. instructor for the Pacific ment by its njpailu1suaab.ni0tJsi Telephone and Telegraph com- meet and conquer unusual ob.ta pany, of Pasadena and his newt11"- Oldsmobile. For 68 continuous hours Leiner did not sleep or rest and his Oldsmobile engine was not still while both battled to re store communication to the strick-4 en valley. Leiner was driving in the val ley when the dam gave way. The thunder of the rushing wall of water warned him of the catastro phe and he raced to Ventura where he picked up a crew of linemen and a ton of telephone His sedan filled with more than a double load of men and inpnt in m campus and both are members of the glee clubs 72 miles to cross the raging Santa Clara river and reach Bardadale. center of the district that had WOUNDED MARINE DIES MANAGUA. Nicaragua. May 18 (AP) Captain S. 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