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THE OREGON STATESMAN, SALEM, OREGON. SUNDAY MORNING, JUNE 10,128 13 x JHEIOLET MAKES K M Touring Season Opens and Many Families. Approve New Model Of The Arab of the poet, who fold- .. , -A ' ' an jwiu 07 motor uus ODCr- d up his tent an4 sUenUy stol;ator ,B lf27 are estlmate at away, had nothing onowaers oft 316,000,000. the 1928 series Chevrolet . five-j Of the total of 85.63S bases op passenger coach, for this car can'?rated hv 22611 "mpanies In the be transformed into . aalwrnforto-iy"" sutM oa Jaaaary 1. 1928. hie a bedroom a: Anybody could! 4' n 'n relar commD reasonably ask for In a few mlnJ carrier operations. These were dl ute. according to Douglas McKay Adfd 'nto: Intrastate carriers 32.- of the local dealer organization. Making and unmaking beds Is a;one of the banes of a motor ramp er's life. However. If he gratifies the spirit of wanderlust In vaca Tr'tjon time by traveling in a Cherro let coach, most of his tronh'fs this respect are eliminated, the dealer points out. Changing the' interior of the car to provide a " By lowering the rear -cushion, moving the back-seat eashloa for ward and letting down the backs of the front seats everything Is made ready for spreading the blankets and sheets and placing the pillowa In position. The only j tool necessary for this work (a a I screw driver. Pillows may be coa- veuTitly carried In a rear trunk or In a sack on a rear trunk rack; many ppfer to keep them in the far t0 increase the ease of loung- The advantages of sleeping in a clored ' car are numerous, as the windows may be arranged to give . r ventilation without drafts r and complete protection is afford ed in any kind of weather. Less camping equipment has to be car ried and mobility is improved. A camping spot is available wherever a driver de "ires to stop. "With the tourinc: season under way more and more atten tion is being focused on the coach model of the 'biKger and better' Chevrolet," said Mr. McKay. "It is the ideal outin? car for small families and when only part of a large family is on vacation at a time. It is evident that the coach will be a material factor in sales Chevrolet this year." MOTOR BUS. FAST GROWING INDUSTRY Continued from page 11) to both layman and expert. The Bus Division of the A. A. A. is the national organisation of operators of motor buses. It5 membership, consiting of 23 State ,vd District Motor Bus Associa tions and 34 large individual op erator of bus fleets, represents operation in excess of 22.000 mo tor buses! The annual publication Just compiled contains practically all the statistics and facts obtain able from reliable sources which have any bearing on the industry and which are presented in a ser ies of charts, statement and grouping of figures, making it pos sible for experts and laymen to 'readily understand and keep in toii with the rapid progress made by Ue industry. me of the outstanding points enhasised: VICK BROS. 1927 Oakland Landau Coupe fully equipped, 85X new rubber, and has the ap- Dearance of a new OOf 1 car, for 1927 Pontiac Coach with 70 new rubber and in Al condition in every way for $675 1926 Gardner six sport touring, bumper, snubber, S & M fog light, motometer, new Duco finish and a real buy at $650 1926 Oakland Coach equip ped with bumpers, Fog light, 70 new rubber and a car that runs and looks E? new. $695 1925 Overland six four kdoor sedan has had the I . . 1 best oi care, iuny equipped, 7WVnew rubber, with the appearance of a new car $575 VICK BROS. 230 So. High Plume 1841 The House that Service Built There are 44.43 bases used in common carrier service. There are 35,876 buses used in carrying school children back and forth from home to school. Total passengers carried by "an bases Jn 1927 were 2,525.000,000. Of the total passengers. 2,210.- 000,000 were transported by com mon carriers. Total investment In rolling rtock terminals, garages. etc. amounts to approximately $500,000,000. Total grora revenue of common carrier bus lines in 1927 was (nearly 1313,000.000. 1 4r, .l.a a a . vu, luicisiaie carriers, o.uuv; electric railways and sabsidiaries. 8,492; steam railroads and sub sidiaries, 994. There were 41.150 oon-common carrier buses, divid ed as follows: in hotel service, 1, 100; In sightseeing and tour ser vice, 2,700; in industrial use, 1, 150; in use bysehools i public and private), 35,800; for miscellan eous purposes, including railroad terminal use. 400 One of the most interesting fea tures brought out In "Bus Facts" Is the extent to which motor bas es contribute to education. Gone are the days when children In ru ral communities had to arise at he break of dawn and trudge miles to the schoolhouse. Now the pnpi'a get up at the same time a the rest of the family, have time to eat a good breakfast and stroll down the main highways where a "omfortable bus picks them up and conveys them to school. After school the bus deposits them at home. It is estimated that during 1927 these schqol buses carried 981.240 children each school day over 252,892 milee of road to 14, 595 schools at a total annual cost f S24.SS9.S98. Looking over the figures as re lated to school buses by geograph ical divisions, the Southeast is shown to lead in this means of ransportation with 362,652. How ?rer, the Northeast spent the most tioney on this transportation, th 'otal being $8,756,796 as against 6.2Q8.268 spent by the South east. For individual states, Indiana 'ook the palm for the largest num ber of school buses operated, the greatest total mileage and heaviest otal expense. In this state 5.05 buses were operated over 65,563 miles of route at a total expense of $3,323,599. North Carolina led in the number of children trans ported with a total of 120.000. The steam railroads, no: lonp go scoffers at the utility of the motor bus as a common carrier, no 'onger see things in the old !lght. There are now 64 steam railroads using 994 motor buses, either di rectly or through subsidiaries. Klectric railways are using S.49? buses, whereas in 1923 they only used 1,200. And there are many electric railway mea who had lit tle faith in the future of the bus. One of the outstanding features of the motor has industry, as brought out by "Bus Facts" la the annual bus mileage, which now is about 2,002,000.000 miles. -Tor -ommon carrier bmrnm the bs mileage has beaded ateadily iace 1923 -when lSOJtOJfifl miles were recorded. In 1024 the 'otal was l.SS4.0(ra,04; in 1925. 1.67S,ft.ae0.mne and in 1TTS nMrir U.0M aU. The -am mber of buses opetatad annually has more than doubled ,ince If St.. the booklet shows, there beta la It 11 only 44,000 registered. A year later the re istrmtion had dfcathed to 62.225. touched 9.4-2 5 la 1925 and reach ed M.040 in 1MI. Last year saw the number ascend to $5,635. In the -natter of comfort for paasengers. the motor bus indtut trynas made constant improve ment. The time when passengers making ims trip were forced to huddle in their .seats, suffering from cold, aggravated by a cramp Get a $55.00 BICYCLE io) r? r uu Is Costs you nothing to enter contest Come in and ask for details. Salem SUPER ServiceStation ssss Evsene Eckerien, Jr. High A Ferrv Sts. ed position, or heat mad more irksome by dust filtering in from the roadside, is rapidly disappear ing. Most lines now operate lux urious parlor car service, where the passenger can enjoy all the comforts which attend a Pallman car journey. Sleeper aervice has been inaugurated by many lines and all night bus travel under comfortable conditions is now an accepted fact. A strong tendency toward long er wheelbase is another indica tion of the striving for comfort on the part of the manufacturers. In 1922 practically 4$ percent of the wheel bases in use were nader 150 inches; at the present time about four percent fall in that category, while nearly 46 percent are 150 199 inches and 50 percent 200-22S inches. ' In like manner the popularity of the heavy duty chassis has con tantly increased uatil in 192$ more than 47 percent of models offered bus operators were in this class. According to figures quoted by "Bus Facts". 9.456 chassis went into bus service in 1927. More rapid has been the in crease in the use of six-cylinder models. In 1922 the percentage of six-cylinder models was 7.6 per cent as against 2.4 percent of four-cylinder styles. The ratio changed gradually nntfl 1927 when six-cylinder models showed 75.6 percent as against 14.4 per cent of fourlcylindera. In 1928 the axpected ration Is $1.6 percent in the six-cylinder type and 18.4 in the fours. Production of bodies for 1927 amount to 7.791 units. The school body type comes first in the pro lurtion total with 2.777 bodies. Second is the parlor and sedan bus with 2,469. Third comes the reet car type, with 2.338. Sub stitution of buses for electric street ar lines during the year was an important factor In the produc tion of the latter. There is no more interesting da ta given In "Bus Facts" than the omivition of state taxes and fees on motor buses. Taxes levied upon the bus in the form of license fees and the gas tax vary greatly throughout the different states. A specific type of bus under given nnditioEa would pay $394.26 in these taxes in Ohio, and in North Carolina, where 6 per cent gross receipts tax is in effect the fee would be $1005.68. In three states t ;vould be over $1,000; in eight others It would be greater than $750; in ten others it would be greater than $511.81, which was the averafe for the United States. From the foregoing facts it will be readily seen that the motor bus, while still in its infancy. Is pro gressing with enormous strides and rapidly gaining favor as a de pendable, efficient, and necessary utility in the transportation field, i Even experts hesitate to say when or at what stage the maximum de velopment of the industry will be reached. PLANE THOUGHT: DOWN TIENTSIN, China, June 8. -(AP). A rumor persists that an American airplane has been brought down while flying over the fighting area near Koku on Paiho but this cannot be con firmed. Steady Mainsprings If a auutdtnows that his work is good and those who understand his work jagree -he has two of the greatest mainsprings of happiness In rife. The American Magaxine. Dnainesa Cotrpi TtomAmter jmrmk r Hf tmt) TototijeJ -2xloor Sedsm AB Get die Chrysler "62" out on the road if you wish, open it up to 62 miles and more an hour. Expiring the way it leaps ahead. No sense of rush or strain. Uribelievable smoothness. Its features, too, are Chrysler features ob viously superior. ' Spring endj anchored in blocks of rubber CORNER CHEMEKETA AND UWHOST APPHLSTO NUli Snappy Speedster Model in Demand; Unusual Fea tures Attractive Introduction of the new Falcon Knight "Gray Ghost with the subsequent demand from pur chasers who seek' ultra-smartness in their ears as well as quality and performance, indicates that th3 new model, a product of the Falcon Motors corporation, of Detroit, may prove one of the front runners of the line, offi cials of the company declared during the past week. This new speedster model is an addition to the line of Falcon Knight Sixes which is now com prised of a 5-passenger fou- door sedan, a 5-passenger two door sedan and two-passenger coupe and the four-passenger Gray Ghost" Speedster. The latter has a rumble seat built In to the rear deck which is covered by a smart canopy, providing pro tection fom sun. and rain. r ee A Stitch in Time Saves Nine93 You might get many more miles out of your tires if they are inspected and kept in repair. Drive in and let us inspect your tires today. If they need repairing; we have the best equipped tire repair ing and vulcanizing shop in Salem. NO CHARGE FOR INSPECTION ncn, WALT 198 South Commercial Across from Marion Hotel Telephone 471 SEIBERLING TIRESA guarantee against CHRYSLER C M R YS L B R v J i C H R V S L B Rk ESS cw JUower trncem fio65 io75 1095 io95 Coope - (4w4as ftssTBSSSa? 0SsflC IanJass Seslsm . . k. Bum. instead of the usual metal shackles. Four-wheel hydraulic brakes always perfectly equalized for safety. Serves bearing crankshaft in perfect balance, et&, etc. Why not get the feel of the LIBERTY An unusual demand has mark ed the new Una of Falcon-Knight sixes which made their initial ap pearance earlier in the year. Al' though 1927 was the first year v Falcon-Knight production, the first models established a remark able reputation for all-around p fomance and the sales were not ably high. Entering its seconS year with a completely revised line of cars, the demand during, the current year has exceeded the expectation of company sales ex ecutives. ' Jhja has resulted in in creased car building schedules to meet the orders from the field. The Falcod-Knight organiza- tion, it is said, has profited ma terially from the decided trend of buyers toward cars employing the Knight sleeve-valve engine. This trend has been more notice- able in the Falcon-Knight line since it occupies a new low price range for cars using this type of power plant. It is said that im mediately following the recent drastic price reduction in the Falcon-Knight models, which brough them under the $1,000. sales took an immediate swing upward. Production is continuing at a steady growth, ofifeials said, with every indication that the presen', healthy business condition wiU continue well into the fall months. TIRE SHOP ZOSEL better tire with a year's damage by accident H4S vat 155 J1 Chrysler w62"? 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Have just completed our new three story concrete warehouse and are now well prepared to handle best of furniture and pianos. When ready call 930 and let us serve you. f ( Commercial been inspected worn parts replaced by new parts and that the car's condition is honestly rep resented. Come in today. You are sure to find the car you have been looking for properly reconditioned and properly priced. Mosuaowth Wm. Predeek, Angel SALEM, OREGON gsa iw- i iii -r""' s I mm w as m.m w m h m mm - mm m ssw i sr a a at iiAwnuiiaii ar o" II I u t .... V & Chemeketa Sts. i This Car hss been carefully checked as shown by V marks below v Motor v Radiator vRear Axle v Transmission v Starting V Lighting I v Ignition c2ei? IV Battery I Tires v Upholstery TP v Fenders I v Finish 5Hi