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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (June 10, 1928)
45,000,000 People WUl Tour VifUMed SMesis Year; Proper Light Adjustments and Repairs Will Mean Far Fewer Accidents Salem Is Making Steady Progress as an Automotive Center, With All Lin pearly as Well Represented as in the Largest Cities AUTOMOTIVE SECTION mm AUTOMOTIVE SECTION WAY BETTER THAN fc AST YEAR SEVENTY-EIGHTH YEAR SALEM, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, JUNE 10, 1928 PRICE FIVE CENTS SPOTWULOFFER Smith & Watkins Made Several Additions to Splendid Service Station PETERS JPPOIUTED MOTOR BUS. FIST E 1 " ' JO EaBDUTWQMAN MOTORIC IMS (PORT SALES Ml GROWING in Automobile Association De- dares President Selects Ideal Location WASHINGTON. D. C June 9. i S nec ial) -President Coolidge's selection ol the northwestern tip of Wisconsin for his summer va cation will take him into a water- ewpt. forest-ladn plateau section f rhi! is kn-;n thrOUKhOUt the; country as i. famous area for mo tor rounng, wun excellent "-: ways makinp it accessible from' ev-ry part of the United States. I K n-. , .n n. . SI m Kit .-..-.- . . T . - ll . LI.L t rtiiivMwii rtuvu.Uunr av ri.niofi. anticipating that millions ot motorist? are interested in tneima;e sex itself, reflections which . . . a . I vacation grouna seiectea oy we 4pl"'wiident. today issued- a sum mary of motoring and recreational facilities offered in the territory chosen. JVh rhiff Kxecutive will spend ' his vacation on the Henry Clay Pierce, estate, which is located six tniles south of Brule, and about 3r miles southeast of Superior on United States highway No. 2. which rona from the northeast tip of Michigan across the United Stales to Washington. Ideal weather conditions, with delightful days and cool nights; excellent bass and trout fishing, hundreds of lake and shore re sorts, smooth paved highwayi, with many direct and optional routes and thriving and attract ive cities are among the features )that stand out above others in the Presidential vacation land, accord ing to the national motoring body. The A A A. seys that Chicago an.l the twin cities. Minneapolis and St. Paul, wii! serve as the gateways for motorists en route to Wisconsin, the former from . the eastern part of the couutfy and the latter from the west. "Although the President will find the climate of Wisconsin j.l store moist than the Black Hills of South Dakota." the A. A. A. de , dares, "he wij nevertheless find an excellent climate that has long been known to those who follow the open road in the vacation sea- ( Continued on page 12) 'I Tampering With Vital Parts of Any Machine May Prove Disastrous By Krwln Grwr (rroM-lnt Crw Culler of Elft-trtel Automotive Trmdvs. Chicago, 111.) The motof oar is the product of the greatest industry in the world today and represents the most abilled engineering. Kvery facility for advancement is employed. Rig Id testa are conducted through months under most expert super vision. When a motor car is de livered to the purchaser, it is the embodiment of correctness in ev ery detail. Special care is given the stress points to whkh road shocks are transmitted. This applies particu larly to the steerinjr gear, the alignment and camber of the wheels. Each augle is worked out to maintain strength and balance. Because tire wear from other causes principally under-infla-Uoh there ha been an. increas ing practice urged upon motorists to endeavor to correct tire wear by bending axles. This, motor ear en gineers point out is not only WTong but dangerous. The bala othe front end of the car is thrown out by any alter ation of the axle or steering sear. This tends to make the car an manageable. With the tendency of higher speed in the modern motor car and the universal adoption ot four-wheel brakes, the front axle and steering gear nave received more attention in design and man. u fact u re than any other part of the car. As a matter of fact, prac tically every manufacturer has re designed the front axle and steer- Jne mechanism to insure greater DON n x n rBaiCLJ uuuri ail viiiiyK LUUU (UUUO. M. . l.L 1 I i n iimwr w id uu nniin ana balance is, obviously, to destroy a.the engineering advancement that has been built into the cars. Moreover, me practice oi oena ing axles is deemed so dangerous 'iat they Imndiately remove tho guarantee firm any ear so treated. Engineers declare that there have been instances of failure in these j vital parts that have been tamp ered with, owing to unintended stresses, being thrown upon them. When it is remembered that mo tor car engineers build to one thousandth of an inch and less. It la rediculous to believe that per formance could be bettered by methods far removed from fac tory equipment and experience: DfflElliT Fill! Exceptions Found to Every Rule; impatience of Men Responsible FLINT. Mich., June 10. 1 Found: a man who says joked about women drivers aren't fun ny! He's in a nosifion In know. Ino. for is r ,v rhim.hi;i. .priP,ai manner nf tho rtnirV Mo tor company. In Mr. Churchill's opinion, the numerous variations f the yarn baJcd on a woman's prob,ible intentions, when she puts . - ... ont npr nuna whue driving, are only so many reflections on the . tlpm,,iVoS simi.w .nri pnt. ually will resent. "If men would only stop to an alyze the thing." said Mr. Church ill, "they would see that every such joke is a boomerang. If woman's indecisiveness when driv ing is so pronounced as to inspire joking, men themselves are mostly to blame. "Men have destroyed womeu's (Continued on 14.) FLORIDA SENDS ROAD THROUGH EVERGLADES TO LINK ITS COASTS f - - v -v x The Tamiami Trail of popular song Is ready for dedication in Florida. It traverses the once impenetrable EvergladeB, linking Tampa and Miami, whence comes its name. Above are swamps of the sort drained to build the road, a finished stretch of which is seen below. Governor John W. Martin will share In celebration April 24 of its completion. mm TS SWEEP SPEEDWAY Years of Unbroken Domina tion at Indianapolis Prove Supremacy Another entry in the long list of speedway races which have been dominated by straight eight cylin der cars is recorded in the results of the 1928 famous Indianapolis Memorial Day classic, according to DaBois Tonng, president ot the Hnpp Motor Car corporation. -This is-the fifth successive year in which every car in the money at Indianapolis has been a straight) eight," said Mr. xoting. "inoi nam as far back as 1923 has there been a break In the consecutive dean sweeps ot eights. In that year a four cylinder car finished fourth and another four, of European make, was eighth, but in no year since then has anything but straight eight appeared among the winning cars. It Is a remarkable end, in my opinion, a conclusive demonstration of the basic sound ness of the straight eight princi ple." One ten-thousandth of a mile is six and one-third inches. This wfl give some idea of the infini tesimal size of one-thousandth of' an inch, which la the limit varia tion allowed In the size, round ness and straightness of an Olds mobile piston .pin. , , , 1 .W? Li Smith & Watkins hare added to their service station at the corner of Center and Liberty streets and now are able to offer a complete service to automobile owners. The new addition to the station ! includes a battery department which will be run by Grant Farris, a well known Salem battery and automobile electrical man. Cof fey & Davidron will operate a brake testing and wheel alignment station in connection with genaral automobile repairing in another portion of the new addition. Cof fey & Davidson will continue to operate their shop on North "DOWN THE ROAD" "BOYS LET GO THERE -V r' THIS INSTANT. " . i KJif J. X Church street. There is a room at the front for another shop of some kind, which probably will be in the nature of a confectionery store as the location is ideal. The new addition to the Smith & Watkins institution gives their quarters a half block frontage on Center street with 100 feet on Liberty. It also makes this sta tion one of the most up-to-date and complete in Oregon. The automobile laundry operat ed in conjunction with the other! service aepanmeni is so arranged as to permit the completing wash- Some Automobiles Cover 200,000 Miles and Still Going Strong , The limit of automobile endur ance is far greater than most car owneps realize. The average mo torist drives 8,000 to 10.000 miles; a year for two or three years, then trades' his car in, although it still may be capable of delivering tens of thousands of miles of satisfac tory service. In Northern California, howev er, a veteran stage driver who has replaced his mule teams with four Peerless cars has driven each of hie automobiles from 200,000 to 300.000 miles and declares they are still going strong. These cars are owned by John Weist. who, thirty-five years ago, was driving 16-raule teams with a "jerk line" over his present route. Today, each of his cars makes a daily run of 104 miles over the steepest and, poorest mountain roads in the state of California, carrying eight to ten passengers, the U. S. mail and two or three trunks thrown in for good measure. These Peerless cars operate as the Reddlng-Fall Itiver Stage line and are the only means of public transportation to the back moun tain country. To date, they have never missed a scheduled trip. Heavy chains are an important part of the stage line equipment as they must be put on when the cars hit the snow line to give suf ficient traction for the steep grades. .' Easier Said LIMIT OF MACHINE EflHCE GREAT min- utes. Sixteen brands of oil are han dled. A most thorough lubrica tion system has been added with power pressure, while four gas pumps help make greater and better service possible. Such a station would not be complete without the best of tire service possible and so that has been added hy Smith "Watkins, They have a line of new tires and tubes and are equipped to repair tires at any time day or night, They are the distributors for the WITHOUT If STOPS Stamina of Car Demonstrat ed in Gruelling Test With Hood Locked With hood locked and sealed by the Warden of Devonport, a strict ly stock Whippet Four recently established what is believed to be a new world's endurance record when it ran continuously without a motor stop for 1.005 hours, or just three hours less than 42 days and nights. This, eclipses the for mer Whippet non-stop engine run of 973 hours. This new non-stop mark was made in Tasmania, during which time the Whippet covered a total of 10,613 miles. During the many stops made at various points by the Whippet, the engine continued to sing along smoothly but was never permitted to stop. In addition to sealing the Whippet's hood, an official obser er was with the car from the start of the test nntil the end. Throughout the remarkable sta mina test the Whippet engine functioned perfectly despite the fact that it. was put to numerous severe tests as it piled up mile after mile over good roads and al most impassable highways. In the final week of the test the Whip pet Four made three trips between Smithton and Hobart, covering 1.800 miles and running most of the time at high speed. An examination of the Whippet engine after the test was com pleted showed it to be performing with the same smoothness and (Continued on pea 15.) Than Done ing of an automobile in 30 WHIPPET FOUR RUNS Kelly-Springfield tires in Marion and Polk counties. For several weeks the Smith & Watkins Service station have been carrying on na cushion campaign. They were used rapidly and at the present time are all gone, however a new lot will be on hand in a short time. Equipped to serve in all lines of automobile work, it was realized that the best of service could not be given unless the station wa-; open day and night. Hence a 24 hour service is maintained and the highest class of automobile work done at all times. Professor on Tour Of World in Dodge Around the world In eight months in a Dodge Brothers tour ing car. That's the schedule mapped out by Dr. K. D. Eybers. professor of philosophy in the University of South Africa, who Is taking his wife and two children, age five and three, oil the globe touring expedition. The family recently visited the Dodge Brothers factory in Detroit, and continued to the weet coast, they sailed for Tokyo. The Eybers :eft Cape Town South Africa. Nov. 30th. and ex pect to return there, August 1. Convenient Hood-Rests 7 ' V-K r "i mm 8 kp f-fiL: Graham-Paige not only provides brackets to hold up each side of the engine hood, but arranges them so that both sides of the hood may be held up at the same time. The brackets prevent the mar ring of the finish that result3 in time when one side of the hood is repeatedly laid over the top of the other side. To be able to hold up both sides at once is a great convenience when one is working on the engine. One does not have to raise and lower the hood first on one side and then the other. With both sides raised, better light is given for working, and when the engine is warm, greater com fort is secured by the free circulation oi air. By FRANK BECK During Past Few Years En tire Time Spent on Auto mobile Merchandising ' KENOSHA, Wis. Announce ment is made by. H. M. Salisbury, export sales manager of the Nash Motors company of the appoint ment of A. C. Peters as expnr; sales promotion manager, effect- Ive May 15. Previous to joining" the Nash organization. Mr. P :i9 was associated for thirteen years with Packard; three years as their traveling foreign representative and the .last three years as sales advertising manager of the Pack ard Motors Export Corporation of New York City. During the last six years Mr, Peters has devoted his entire ef forts to automobile merchandising in the export field; his record be ing one of unusually successful achievement. His experience Is richly diversi fied and embraces more than 300. 000 miles of extensive travel and dealer contact in more than forty seven countries and includese a tauruuK.. ..u- BU""'-''B rnnimriTP Commission ha report the Droblems of automobile deale ... ... organization, gained throuf'-, practical sales experience for va: rious motor caT companies both here and abroad. The addition of Mr. Peters t i the export staff of the Nash Mo tors company comes at a time when that company is inaugurat ing a policy of export expansion to eclipse existing selling records which, .month after month, have established the greatest export salesi in Nash history. Tost cars used In the develop me.nt of the new Oldsinobile were required to make a minmum of 700 miles each day at the Cenor al Motors Proving ('.round. on Graham-Paige Cars vflt '-V Anyone who has ever raised the hood-rest brackets that are a fea ture of Graham-Paige cars. In stead of the raised half of the hood being let down on the other half, it is held clear from contact. 'To save the surface' is the chief object of this device; it prevents the marring of paint and the scratching of nickel work that re sults when one side of the hood is repeatedly laid over on the other side. The Graham-Paige arrange ment has another big advantage. in that it permits both sides of the hood ot be held up at the same time. This is a great help to anyone working about the en gine. It gives plenty of light and a free aceas to all parts for in spection, 'lubrication, or adjust ment, end in addition, it permits free circulation of eir, with a con siderable gain in comfort and sav- ing of time when one is working on theengine white it is warm. Graham Brother Buses Travel 700,000 Miles Detroit, the natioiA motor cap ital, has developed bus lines to a position where the 200 Graham Brothers motor coaches included in the equipment travel more than 700.000 miles a month, ac cording to figures recently tabu lated by officials of the Depart ment oi -Street Railways. The oldest Graham Brothers una in this service ha traveled approximately 144.000 miles. Bus es are operated for speedy ead ef ficient transportation. Under, the Detroilt system, the motor coaches supplement regular street car service on sime thor oughfares, and carry the entire transportation burden on other streets. , Supplemental Service Sup plied to Railroads that is Nation Wide Washington D. C. June 9. (Spe cial) Motor bus lines in the U. S. now cover more than twice a many miles of route as team and electric lines combined, and in ad dition to supplementing the ser- vice or ran lines in metropolitan areas, have developed trade and improved the standards of living in sections not served by railroads. In fact, it was hardly ten years ago that transportation experts sagely nodded their heads when the future of the motor bus wa discussed and firmly asserted that the bus would never be a com petitor, much let's supplant, the rail lines. However, In this brief period of time although not supplanting the railroads it has provided a supplemental service that is nation-wide, and demanded by ev ery industry; and on short hauls, has proven a quick, economical and effective substitute. Only with in the past year the Interstate ed to Congress that regulation of interstate bus operation Is imper ative. The fact that there are now f.35.009 miles of route covered hy bus lines as against 297.094 miles of steam and electric lines a fact not very generally known showa the extent to which the motor bua is playing its part in the trans portation problems of the nation. The tremendous sum paid in taxes by the motor bus companies and the vast army of passengers carried are testimonials to the fact that the motor bus has assumed a definite place in the transporta tion world and though it has not revolutionized the industry, it at least has given rise to new prob lems to be solved hy traffic and regulatory experts, and to which Congress is already turning its at tention. It would he no idle dream to predict that within the next ten years the nation will see airplanca furnishing swift service from larg er centers and fleets of buses working in conjunction with them ;il landing fields for the quickest distribution of pas.-engers yet known. These hitherto little known factfi and a host of others which shed surprising light on the extent to which the motor bus has grown in importance are gleahed from the 1928 edition of the annual publication of the Rus Division of the American Automobile Associa tion. "Rus Fads". In this little volume, bristling with astonishing fnnd graphic figures, salient facts about the motor bufl industry are presented in statistical and gra phic form readily understandable (Continued on ptfi 13. Twenty-Five Years Ago He Wrote Thesis on "Auto Useless Invention" PONTIAC, Mich. Back in 19w two bright young students at Le high university collaborated in writing e pessimistic thesis which scornfully criticized the automo bile as "a rich man's toy, e useless invention with no future." Their treatise was based ' uvoa personal experience witl several popular cars of the day, including the long-forgotten Knox which reared a lone and sizzling cylinder head right up through the floor boards. The students experimented als with some of the first four-cylis-der cars which then were breast ing a stream of adverse advertis ing sponsored by the single cylin der manufacturers who drew dis couraging comparisons betweer the complexity of "handling four small homes instead of one big powerful horse." But one cylinder or four, the young essayists condemned the en tire horseless carriage idea as un sound, impractical and doomed to certain failure. Today, a quarter of a century later, both of the former Lehigh students are actively refuting their collegiate conclusions. One of them has just placed In operation a- S3. 000,000 addition to a $25.- nnn.AOO roup of automobile fac tories. He Is A. R. Glancy, pres44 dent and general "manager of the Oakland Motor Car company. The other is Paul Gerhard, president ef Peul Gerhard v Motors, Omaha. Neb., w no sells me uasiana ana r ..t r. eii whfofi tila farmer college hem manufacturers. ? GLIOTOIIES HIS OWN HE