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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (June 3, 1928)
THE OREGON STATESMAN, SALEM. OREGON,' SUNDAY, MORNING, JUNE $, 1928 13 WW PROVEN I BqaaBMB Continued Fine Performance, Long Life and Freedom From Service Tells euC -fro New Dodge Victory Six Touring Car 7" 33. Voluntary expression from V'hrytier owners everywhere, bora enthusiasm for the re train their cas. eveaJ that ults"from their cam. reTeal that Kanliation has consistently en- eineernd. deaiencd and Drodaeed i ars combining darablHty ' and long lite with exceptionally kw maintenance and operating coats. .Though the original Chrysler cars are today only roar yearn old, company ' record i show that any of tbem have already ex ceeded 10U0 miles. J. "W. Fraxer, Chrysler sales manager, points out Ibst a consistent 2 By 009 miles or more annually '.s to tnrn np this' iTTh1 1 1 ivi. . .ZZ ' mWS' IFIWIUS ability that this year's ni nnin in miv UII HUAU 111 HAI anc will sarpasa that of 1927. when more than a million cars! were maamfactared and sold, by a good margin. It Is deemed llke- ly by factory officials that more j than a million of the 1928 series ... ... M . ...uu will he on the highways of PubllC Well Pleased With, the United States alone some time before the new, year dawns." Reports of retail deliveries for the first foar months of this year. Pins the estimated figure for New Model of Chevrolets and Accepts Them ATTRACTIVE lines feature the new Dodge Brothers touring car in the Victory Sis J line Priced at S995. Upholstery is in grmy Polo grain leather. Wood wheels are standard equipment with wire wheels optional at slight additional cost. IMRFfflffilL been necessary mileage. Ernest C. McCallon. of Port-: land. Ore., is believed to bavai driven a Chrysler farther than! any other person, even la closing factory test pilots. Several months ago fits "7" sedan had already covered 157.000 miles. His total repair bill for tbat distance, inclnd lng tot'' valve grindings; was less than 139 for each 10.000 miles. Jack r Wheeler, of Oklahoma i iMtv i running Mr MrCallon a ly bWfb gear from a standing good second. His '"TO" sport Hall Street in Portland Bows Before Performance of "72" Sedan Another famous and severe test hill Hall street In Portland, Oregon has-fallen before the mo tor car's progress. A Chrysler "72" sedan conqaered It under newspaper supervision, using on of the number of Americans in the personnel of American ships fand. of .the increasing number of young men who show a desire f fellow the sea as a means of liveli hood. Last year the shipping hoard placed about 1200 American oys oa American ships, Mr. Conner said. The work of the shipping board! roadster, at 133.000 miles was de livering "from 17 to 23 miles per gallon of gasoline," he writes." "I ran still operate it with the same jjT-STrtli as the first year I ran it start at the bottom. Hall street is famed the Far West over, declares the Oregon Journal, -adding that "many cars able to make outstanding records on such hills as Pike's Peak have tn the STI figure that the car. allowing for j aHen down completely when pu' everything, has not cost more j to tne test on ibis siamioa-uivuig- han three cents a mile to oper- 'DK tnorougniaTe. uniy nrr ate blocks long. It presents two dirrv- "In my estimation there is no Unities that heretofore have re car that will surpass the Chrysler." sisted successfully all efforts of says L. P. Mirkelboro. of Rich i c!osed cars to conquer it in high mond. Va. "I own a "70" ptaae-ear- The first is a 14 per cent ton and have received better rer- , grade of two blocks, then one of vice from it than from any other! 12 for Beveral hundred feet fol rar I have owned. It has been i lowed immediately by a hairpin driven llf),533 miles up to now turn of 30 feet radius. 24 feet Hi.d has cost me in repairs only width and 7'i per cent grade. 190 verv little in return for the The hairpin is succeeded directb service received from it." ! b a 15 7 Per cent. Brade repre- From Terfe Haute, Ind.. K. A.jscn,inS a fot rise ?n elevation for Kolir reports that his "70" road.-j every ;..73 feet traveled. ex. ' purchased four rears ajroj 1 n - wo b'KS wre run '0.300 miles on it. The motor l'n n "K" continues the never been down. I have had i Journal, "the car gaininig rapid- four other makes or cars and con ' As tne grade sloped on to 1? aider the Chrysler by far the best Pr cent the ,72 gained such high automobile I have ever owned." "P hat the throttle had to be . . ,, rt n, n,, cut oif before entering the hairpin To whwh C. O Self of Do- buque. lov-s. ; driver. took-it around thl9 nicely! at which time I had dnv- -, - , car 31.024 miles, I had " the turn Itself CKk a heavy toll , v . , , . i last and steepest grade with prac- y., -lay? carbon had accumulated!., ,, 4. Jtically no momentum. Prom the . . .1 11 rw. T n . i in 1 r ned to drive this car up to 91,900 miles, .reaching this December 13, 1927. At that distance I had ao parts replaced with the exception of the rings already mentioned. I was so well pleased with Its easy operation that when I traded for a "72" four passenger coupe 1 did so without even starting the en- Qne seeing It started, which ows the confidence I have : in Chrysler automobiles." Letter R. Wilson, of Chicago tells a little different story. "I have owned 10 automobiles, all seeing for more than S3. 500. and six Chrysler "70" and "80" mod els." he wrote recently. "Not nnlv has my expense with the Chrvslers been so economical a . to be almost beyond comparison ith other makes of cars, but heir remarkable performance al- ro has made me a most sincere f nthusiast. MMy home is in Lake Geneva. ' ' Wis., approximately 76 milep I. from Chicago. I make the trip here practically every day. My average running time is 100 min utes. I love fast driving and know of no other car that would stand the punishment I gave the Chrysler, i nave often exper ienced watching the speedometer roll around to 83, and you can be lievc me that it ts a thrill I love It is interesting, also, to know that the car handles with the same comfort and ease at high speed as it does at 30 miles per hour." Mrs. Martha J. Ichaepe. of Cleveland, Ohio, is an enthuias tic woman owner. "Have 42.720 miles on our car," she writes, "and never a thing done to It since we have had it not even a new spark plug. We are more than pleased with it and will have an ther Chrysler If we chance to ay another car, but want to keep i's one a long time yet." Comfort, ease of handling and ability through mountain oa; conn'ry are angles stressed by Mrs. W. l. Moseley, of Richmond. Va. "Our '70' sedan showed 28. onn miles when I started out at 6:45 one Sunday morning." she leports. "I drove to Natural T'".-fe 183 miles stayed there two hours and returned by way of chburg. reaching home at 8:15 m A a evening. stoppea a nair in Lynchburg to visit a rel ative and also made necessary stops for gasoline and for dinner. Altogether I drove 348 miles ot- ef wTgh mountains and some had road3. The 70 took all tlje mountains In high and gas con sumption was good considering the speed and mountain climbing;. "I was not even tired to an extent, though I have spoken t several people and they all seem 19 think it a most unusual ran Mand one that i seldom made In r one day." f ' - r rent rrail t At win llm wa the speed below 10 miles an hour. and then only for a short dis. tance." The car was from the stock o the Chase Garfield Motor Co.. o Portland. Chrysler distributors foi Oregon, and wat taken immediate Iy from a demonstration to a cus tomer and nut over the enti bill in high without so much a: touching the clutch. "The fact that the '72' sedar climbed Hall street in high with two pM engers would not be sig nificant if it were especially gear ed for climbing", said Mr.' Gar field. "But when yon consider that this identical stock model will actually travel 72 and more miles an hour it becomes evident that Chrysler performance means exactly what the word Itself means." Following the climb the car wa? given an economy test, the news paper adds: "Under disinterest ed observation the gasoline vacu um supply system was discon nected, carburetor drained and s quart can of gasoline connecter" jdirectly with the carburetor. The car then ran 5.1 miles before the can's contents were exhausted an average of 20.4 miles per gal lon. An average speed of 28 miles an hour was maintained The clutch was let out at no time during the test n 55 7 BIB E OF mm Mi Claim Advanced by Shipping Board Chairman in Mem orial Address HARROGATE. Tenn., May 31. (AP) Abraham Lincoln, in a message to congress, advocated a stronger nary in order that the United States might be enabled "to maintain our rightful position on the ocean." Chairman T. V. O'Connor, of the United States shipping board, said here today, speaking at the dedication of the Duke hall of citizenship, at Lin coln Memorial university. The shipping board chairman quoted the language of Lincoln, and said it embodied the thought "that' I ask yon to bear in mind when thinking of American ships and American foreign, commence . . and It is their solemn duty to maintain It." . r . ' Mr. O'Connor predicted " that the enactment by the recent session- of .'congress ot the Jones White act will greatly stimulate new ship construction by private interests. Re told of the Increase and the outlook for the America-t merchant marine were sketch-.v by the shipping board chairman to the students of the aniversit which was fo ended from a sug gestion by President Lincoln as a. testimonial to- patriotism- of th mouatain people and the work which they had done for the United States. More than a half aaUlloa of the ay. ar said to indicate that the "bigger and better" models of, : : Chevrolet were on the road by tne fourth week ia May. according toj la formation Jac received by Deag McKay of the local dealer organ isation from H. J. KUaglor, gea era! sales manager of the Chevro let Motor Company. This establishes a high record figure for public acceptance of a aew model, as sever before la the history of the industry has so large a number been delivered ia so short a space of time. It Is al so, according to Mr. Klingler, more than 19. 00 an its la excess of the output of the factory for the eorrespoadiag period of 1927. "In view of this new record aad the tact that the peak-seillag so son has Just got under way," saidl Mr. McKay, "the entire Chevrolet organisation throughout the coun try is enthusiastic over the prob- perform-1 domestic dealer organisation, with General Motors of Canada and General Motors Export, will have delivered approximately 525.000 Chevrolets by the end of this' month. Every month so far this year has shown a consistent gain over, the corresponding month last year, according to Mr. Klinger, who states that the average monthly gain has been more than 20.000 units. As a result deliv eries to buyers during the first foar months of 1928 were almost on a par with deliveries for the first five months last year. "This aaasual performance, according to Mr. Klingler." said Mr. McKay, has been made possi ble through the far-seeing policy of the factory in planning Its pro duction facilities so that cars might be immediately available to the public everywhere." I Read the Classified Ads REE BICYC LE Scott's Heavy Service Bicycle Motorbike Model, equipped with Morrow Coaster Brake. The heavy service model baa heavier rims, spokes, hubs, sprocket, chain and frame than the ordinary bicycle. BICYCLKON DISPLAY AT STORE OF HARRY W. SCOTT "The Cycle Man" 147 SOUTH COMMERCIAL STREET SALEM SUPER SERVICE STATION - BICYCLE CONTEST Starts Friday, June 1st, Closes Wednesday, August 15th. This wonderful $55.00 Bicycle wiD be give i ABSOLUTELY FREE to the boy ceivinf the greatest number of rotes in the SSSS Bicycle Contest. CONTEST RULES: Every boy Is eligible. 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