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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (May 20, 1928)
" 7 '- i' : i Si,- fc... THE OREGON STATESMAN,. SALEM, OREGON. SUNDAY MORNING, MAY 20, 1928 MIME SOB YEAR FOR TOURISTS This Machine Makes Weather ! National Parks Will Attrac: Many People; 45,000,000 Will Travel Several events of widespread interest, such as the Republican National Convention at Kansas City, the Democratic Nations Convention at Houston, the Sbrin- ers' Conclave at Miami and the Memorial Day 500mile race clas sic at Indianapolis, according . to an estimate made by the research bureau of the -Marmon Motor car company, will operate to make the coming season a banner year from the standpoint of the auto mobile tourist. But these inducements, as II H. Brooks, general sales director of the Marmon company, points out, are merely incidental. "The next few weeks," says Mr, Brook3, "should bring out more than 45,000,000 motor gypsies who will invest come three and a half billion in scenery, fresh air and historical traditions, not to speak of 'red hots' and gasoline Of these, at least 3,000.000 may be expected to tour to one or more of the many national parks, of which the Yosemite, with its giant rgdwood trees, appears to be the iSot popular. "Piatt National Park in Okla noma may e expected to attract at least 300,000 tourists, and approximately the same number will be drawn to the Yellowstone, to Rocky Mountain Park in Col orado and to Hot Springs, Ark., in "!ne heart of the Ozarks. Theii way will be smoothed not only by 600,000 miles of paved highway, but by the de luxe cottage camps which in 'many sections of the country, especially in the South and Southwest, have replaced the primitive free camping grounds "Here one will find such con veniences as electric irons, elec trie fans, washing machines, hot and cold running water and Ehowers, recreation houses, play groups, gas ranges and screened in sleeping porches. And with filling and service stations all along the way, the tourist will be under no necessity of carrying ex cessive baggage either in th shape of bedding or cooking out fits or gasoline. "One of the unique camps is I cated at Lawrence, Kans., when discarded street cars have beer converted into cottages. At an other camp near Zanesville, O. old wine casks have been made ovec into 'bungalettee.' At least 10,000,000 motorist will take ad- vantage' of those wayside camps ' "Kansas City, situated in tb very heart of the continent, is eas ily available to the motorist frorr the fact that it is the central point on three transcontinental high ways. U. S! No. 40. No. 50. an No. 71, two running east and west, from coast to coast, and one from the Canadian border to th Gulf. "This busv metropolis, with 8 population of 600.000, prides it self on its 3.470 acres of public r.fk.s and boulevards and on it1 scenic drives. Swope Park, the third largest In. the United States famous for its woodland and meadow. Its lagoons and soolog ical gardens. The Kersey Coate? drive along the western bluffs overhung by palisades, offers r panoramic view of the river val ley. while Cliff drive, three and r half miles long, is one of the most beautiful in America. "Many convention visitors will take advantage of the opportunity to motor through the Ozarks 'the land of a million smiles.' a most alluring vacation spot. The highroads skirt the borders of rushing streams and placid inland lakes, in the deep pools of vhich lurk trout and. bass. Some of the most interesting water trjps of the inland America start from the little town of Brandon (on U. S. Highway No. 65) In the 'Shep herd of the Hills' country Immor talized by Harold Bell Wright's novel. The motorist will be -amply rewarded by a visit td the battlefields of Wilson Creek and Pea Ridge, or to Fairy Cave with its exquisite grotto. "Many attractive drives await the visitor to Houston, San Ja cinto battlefield, a state park 25 miles out of the city, is available by a magnificent htgnway. A Fide trip to Galveston, where salt water bathing and deep sea fish ing may be enjoyed, can be made over a 50-mile stretch of perfectly paved road." - (Yv - F -i j ii i. Hi Pi p r - . iui j i - - -4 ; T Ill ... f - I . ; J' i. : i A UTEKNATE rain and sunshine, with temperatures ranging fron lorria summer heat to zero Fahrenheit are the conditions created within this machine for the testing of paint, varnish, enamel oi lacquer flnlshes. It Is operating continuously In the testing laboratories of the Ford Motor Company, as a means of proving pyroxylin finishes ol the new Ford cars, and other lacquers and paints used to the Ford plants. Only 500 hours in this machine Is qulvalent to one solid year of Detroit wealberl The "pyroxylin" finish of thejboth the pyroxylin which goos on new model "A" Ford cars is th result of many years of experi mental and testing operations in the Ford laboratories and paint shops. Pyroxylin is a lacquer finish with a cellulose base and, like most lacquers now used in the finish of automobile bodies, is a great im provement over the old paint and varnish finishes that used to crack, "check" and fade under exposure o weather. But more than five years of ex periment and testing under all sorts of weather conditions have leveloped methods of mixing and applying pyroxylin so as to utilize to the fullest possible degree all if its natural advantages. The result is a uniform, smooth. lurable finish in attractive and asting colors which has attracted particular attention wherever the lew model "A" Ford cars have been seen. Long before the model "A" Ford was designed, the Ford Motor company was experimenting with pyroxy'in. For several years ap proximately 300 company servlee :ars painted with various pyroxy- in finishes have been under ob servation by the testing laboratory n the Highland park paint fac tory. One of the earliest of these rars, after five years of exposure o all sorts of weather, still has m excellent, fast color finish that hows no trace of "checking" or peeling. Today before the new Ford car given its final dress of color, aneous applause over it and de mand an encore. "Perfectly balanced crankshaft" is a phrase motorists have read d heard for years. Yet, in !pite of its familiar appearaance ind sound many visitors to auto mobile salesrooms ask the sales men what it means. TTlltwt Unpin ppru wlist harft voteed especially close attention to this subject, explain that the operating smoothness of their Century Sixes an Eights results In large degree from the correct ness of the design, balance and manufacture of the crankshaft. Being connected with the piston by the connecting rod, they point out, the crankshaft receives the initial thrust or impulse resulting rrom the explosion in the combus tion chamber and carries it along to the transmission from which the car receives Its motive power. "In order that an even flow of power may be transmitted to the driving units the crankshaft must be perfectly balanced, said Frank E. W;tt, Hupmobile chieef engineer. Otherwise one thrust would be greater than another and the desired smoothness .would . be 'mpossible. ' ! "The machines we use la ob taining the dynamic balance of Hupmobile crankshafts represent an investment of $100,000. "Every Hupmobile cranksbaf is in static and dynamic balance to a zero indication. By drillinr metal out of the cheeks, the shaf ts soon brought to a condition where even as it revolves at a fast rate no variance is registered, thu? showing that it is In perfect bal ance. An extremely delicate dial Indicator tuned to the rotating de vice registers the slightest degree the body and the enamel with which the fenders are finished are given a chemical analysis and ar tificial and natural weather tests. These analyses insure uniform flexibility and adhesive quality. Utmost care is used to insure non-fading and uniform colors. Both raw pigments and finished lacquers are tested in a specially designed "fade-o-meter" for fading land durability. They are also ex amined both before and after the above tests in a color analyzer. This, splitting any color into its simplest hues, detects and accur ately measures the slightest fading or other variation from standard- The weather and durability tests are interesting. The system gives, in a period of 100 hours, a test equivalent to about 70 days of exposure to weather. Panels painted With pyroxylin pass from ordinary room temperature into a dust chajmber where they are sprayed with wind-driven dust similar to that likely to be encountered in ' dust storm):. Then they are subjected to ultra - violet rays much like those the sun. but of far greater intensity. Next they are sprayed with warm water, after which they pass into a chamber in which the temperature is 15 de grees below zero. This complete cycle Is repeated over again each two and a quarter hours for 100 consecutive hours. In addition to this severe arti ficial weather test, the test plates are exposed for long periods of time on the roof, of the factory. Here the effect of sun, wind, rain and snow are carefully observed, aad a very close relation between the real and artificial weather tests obtained. , NOTE: A two column illustra tion of the apparatus is enclosed herewith. DLDSF.'iDBILE PEOPLE SEEKING FOR BEST Anything Short of My Best Is Not Acceptable" Slogan Adopted Recently They have visualized the intan gible at the Oldsmobile factories. The factor of organization loyalty which makes a good product bet ter has been put into words by the workers themselves. They have selected as their keynote the fol lowing slogan: "Anything short of my best is not acceptable." Despite the general idea that quantity production methods have brought about a machine-like class of workmen, there is a spir it of loyalty and a pride in work-'Plait manager; manship comparable to the crafts wen's guilds of the past existing today in the leading automobile fartoriea. This fact, combined with marvelous advancements in manufacturing methods, makes possible the fine cars now avail able at low prices. This pride of workmanship Is particularly strong in the Olds mobile factories, due partly to the large number of employes who have been connected five, ten. fif teen or twenty-five years with this veteran company engines. His slogan was one of more than 800 submitted. The two slogan which gave the one selected a close race were submitted by the oldest Oldsmo bile employe in point of service and one of the youngest. Sec ond place was given to "On hon est labor depends success," which was submitted by a young work er who had absorbed the Olds mobile spirit in a month's asso ciation. Third honors waa award ed to "Striving always to excell our best," which was the concep tion of the Oldsmobile spirit gained over more than 30 years' connection with the company. It was submitted by Charlie Blades who has assisted in the manufac ture of the rst Oldsmobiles in 1897 and ha been with the com pany from the first. The hf clnfans from imonf the hundreds submitted were se lected by a committee consisting of I. J. Renter, president and gen-' eral manager of Oldsmobile; D. S. Eddins, vice president and gen eral sales manager; J. J. Carter, R. M. W. Shaw, advertising manager), and Arthur Miltner, personnel director. Commercial Trucks To Be Less Problem! also reflected outside the factory gates as is proven by sales in all other six cylinder cars and is sec ond in sales to only one other make, a lower priced four cylinder automobile. Recently the Oldsmobile em ployes were asked to put into words their conception of the spir it which actuates Oldsmobile workmen. The slogan selected as the best was submitted by Theo. N. Fortney, who for more than four years has been employed in Heavy commercial trucks opera ting on solid rubber tires will be less of a problem in the future for highway engineers and others engaged in building and maintain- This pride is'aDce of nrd surfaced roads, says J. E. James, chief of the Cushion Tire section of The General Tire and Rubber Co., Akron, Ohio Recent important advancements in cushion tire design will enable this kind of tire to match in many respects, such as speed and riding comfort, the performance of the pneumatic truck tire, James says. He declared the new solid tire with its 4 to 5 inch pure rubber cushion, should make trucks much easier on the roads and on the other hand make the roads much the manufacture of Oldsmobile easier on the truck. A NEGLECTED CAR Will run for a long time, but some one always Pays for the neglect Monroe S. Cheek Complete Automotive Lubrication Court at Capitol Phone 2295 TELSMlDWDi CRHSiFT WORKS Chief Engineer Explains Im portance to Smoothness I of Engine Balancing acts are popular lon ; :i ne stage. The skill of the balan Ter always attract the fancy of the theatregoer. Bat have you ever seen a strong man on the stage trying to hold ,V crankshaft of an automobile so that it would be In perfect balance ? -v Probably not.' Crankshafts aren't the kind of ""props' used la vaudeville. Balancing crankshaft is aa art practiced and perfected only wlth la the - confines of an Industrial ' plant and the audience, if thereis one, doesn't break oat Into spon- Iof off balance. The operator then . itrllla tho shaft rnt It Karlr In lha rotator and continues the test un til the reading rests at zero or absolute balance. "The crankshaft is further sub jected to laboratory tests for hard ness and toughness. It is given many1 different inspections, with checks of distances between throws, bearing dimensions, etc.. by means ct micrometers, dial in dicators and other gauges of great accuracy. All crankshafts are heat treated to show a mini mum elastic limit of 70.000 pounds per square- inch. The static and dynamic balance- of the crankshaft are checked to the closest commercial limits by beat known instruments and methods. Fltzgerald-Sherwin Motor Co. Corner Liberty Chemeketa Telephone 1132 'fhittK Here are bargains ; In cars, that will go fast. Don't hes itate. . High . Grade cars at low prices. Guaranteed! West of Fire Hall Fitzgerald-Sherwin Motor Co. Corner Liberty & Chemeketa Telephone 1133 "The House of Courteous Service" We're Telling the World r About This - - Get this straight from headquarters WE'RE SELLING SEIBEKLING TIRES We're proud of the privilege this gives us to offer our friends extra tire service. Genuine Seiberlings with 20 per cent more rubber 25 per cent stronger cotton vulcanized by the Water Bag Cure. That's something to tell the world about. Come in and see these tires, folks. You'll like their looks better still, you'll like the way Seiberlings wear. Seiberling All-Treads TIRE SHOP TELEPHONE 471 193 S. Commercial St. Employee I have been here 10 years doing three men's work for one man's pay. Now I want a raise. . Employer (slightly Scotch) I can't give you a raise but If yoaH tell me who the other two men are I'll discharge them. The Pathfinder. 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