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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 5, 1928)
Thd New Osecon STATESMAN, Salem, Oreion,:5!und!oy Morning; August 5,1228 11 "GYP" SERVICE CLUBS ABOUND Car Owners Being ; Mulcted - uy Nx-oy-nighl Motor 1st Organizations WASHINGTON. D;d. Ann. Taking advantage ot the txemead ou lncreaae la motor touring and the demand, on the part of the mo torist for service, a swarm of "C7P" operators has descended on practically, every, state. in the on loo, and the -car owners are pay. ins thousands of dollars a month as a sraft levy to fly-by-ntght con- . cerns that are- masquerading at motor clubs, or motor service or sanitations. - . " ' - this statement was issued to day from National Headquarters of the American Automobile as . sodatlon based, on exhaustive re ports from Its own; agents, and . scores of cases reported In Tart, ous states, while this evidence of "gyp" aetlTlty Is confirmed by the 'cords of federal Agencies and better business bureaus. - '; In addition to hundreds of car owners," says the A JLA. state ment, "who hare ; purchased worthless eerrice contracts from Questionable organizations, the de predations of the 'gyps' hare Im posed a heavy toll on garages tfervlce stations, fljling stations, ana nosteiries catering to -the mo torist." The statement continues. Some of the most notorious 'gyp operators In the country are at the moment reaping a golden harvest la practically every state. They are finding easy pickings among motorists, who, without investigation.- are buying so-called service contracts, from virtually unknown concerns which are ; or ganized and run purely for the profit of the promoter and hit - high pressure salesmen. They are here today and gone tomorrow, leaving a trail of fleeced car own. era, who In many instances hate to admit they have been stung. "In order to protect the - ear owners from this species of graft. : we have secured the cooperation of the postoffice department, the - department of Justice, and bettet business bureaus throughout -the country. The trouble, of course, Is that as soon as the trail get too hot for a 'gyp' In one state or locality, he moves on with hfr booty, starts operations elsewhere and leaves hundreds of motorist and garage owners with nothing but a -scrap of paper to show for their. departed cash. '"One of the difficult feature of the situation, is that many of these privately pperaiedrganlza tlons give themselves nigh sound ing names or trade marks of well known organizations, in which the public has confidence, such as the American Automobile association, .( all of whose clubs are managed f and " operated by citizens of the community in which they function as non-profit service and civic or ganisations. "There is one simple way in which a motorist or garage owner can determine for himself the na ture and character of. the organis ation that proposes to sell him au tomobile service. ' He should ask every salesman who the local of ficials of the corporation he repre sents are, that ie, who is its pres ident, its treasurer. Its board of directors, and Its secretary.5? If he Is not satisfied with ;tn answerr lie receives, he should catt up the secretary of the nearest" better business bureau, " or the A.A.A. motor club." VtctoYy Six 1 Again V- Victorious 'A, -s. i: .v. . T . '4- i f A- I over the hills alone the ' route maintaining an average speed of better than 4 mile per hour. . via the first II hours of the 'run, the Whippet covered 854 miles between Chicago and Omaha, Neb. From this point the Whippet speed ed Into Denver via Julesburg. Sterling.' Fort Morgan and Gree ley, Colo: The unusual economy of the Whippet ;; was shown, Sullivan said, since the ear averaged 28.93 miles to the gallon of fuel and on ly two quarts of oil were added to the original supply. He also said that the cooling efficiency of the Whippet engine enabled him to keep at top speed nearly all the way not a quart of water being added to the radiator supply. At the end of the severa grind the motor was-run nlng as smoothly as at the . start, . .: - Executives of the Willys-Over land company, Toledo, O., state that this new speed mark la mere ly another to be added to the long list of Whippet accomplishments which have made this car an out standing leader in the four cylin der classification. ;- j - lARS built for racing had apptal fpr Sam J well, Duncan, Okla. Ha toak a t , Dedte Brothers standard equipped Vict ary Six caupa and won tha Oklahoma-Texas d in 0 six-mile race at the Duncan Speedway, a half -mil dirt sweepstakes, f Jewell contest, and finished second course. ;. 1 j'-. j uys-niiiiiD mm RECORD I - In a recent record breaking car delivery day for Wlllya-Overland, when 2,951 ; Whippet ;and Willys- ICnight cars were shipped in the me day. period, there were 815 ot these ears turned over to dealers who came to the factory to drive them away. j I s Two records were broken, the rirst being total deliveries for one Jay, the second being (total drire- tways for oae day. The driveaways were made by lealers within a radius of 250 niles of the factory at .Toledo who ane to the factory rather than wait for the slower method of tsk- ng delivery by freight. While the freight' shipments were handled in j the usor writ-f ner, the driveaway problem Intro duced new 'elements which taxed the efficiency of the organizations yj giving them a limit of 51 sec- ands per dealer in which to make delivery within the ten hour work- g period. , ' . J r . Advance designation of orders 'or specific cam were in the hands ot the driveaway delivery division upon which devolved the necessity for properly entering the sales orders and assigning the car units jy serial and motor number. Papers arranging' for the takInglJUeW,than ever before in the nearest ID SPORT TOil TO VICTORY R LI ':H; i-r"- Addltion of a sport touring car to theVictory Six line h'aa heen announced by Dodge Brothers. Inc.; the body being leaf mould brown trimmed ln beetl green. Upholstery Is tatf shark grain leather. Standard equipment in cludes, six wire wheels, the two spares being mounted in welled front fenders with trunk rack In 'rear.' ',.. ': Nickel plating of the wlndJhield framK head and cowl lamps, stan chions, molding, steering column, rear shift and hand brake levers. bumpers; spare tire carriers, door handles. : hood hinge and i latches and hub caps add nnusual beauty to the car. The windshield Is de signed so U can be pushed over forward when the top is aowix Instrument board v-wia-lpmeat contains the starting button with in easy i reach v of the . driver. Grouped under a single glass panel Illuminated by a hooded dash light ar the I speedometer, ammeter. fuel gauge, oil gauge- and engine temperature Indicator. T?nnmtnfM in both front and rear seats is featured in the body construction. Seat cushions are built unusually wide and deep and adiusted at angles for maximum , riding comfort. Riding qualities are completed' by four hydraulic shock absorbers, , while Internal expanding hydraulic brakes match the acceleratlon,;nd speed de veloped by the .Victory Six engine. The car is priced at 11.245 f. o. b. the factory. it the car by the dealer were pre pared in anticipation! of his ar rival. Installation of equipment. -xth regular and special In accotd- ince with the dealer's orders, was taken care of in advance of the coming of the men who were to drive the ears away, t This introduced an' element In the factory . shipping division -which is ordinarily taken care of by the service department of. the dealer's own organisation. :r. ' Installation of dealer's local li--ense plates and arrangements tor payment of the cars as they were .urned over, as well as the lining up of the cars to avoid confusion In delivery, were ' problems in or ganisation which had to be attend id to In advance. ; .1 Ten hours after the: first ear in the driveaway had rolled away un der its own power, car number SIS of the record breaking num ber, was on Its wsy to its final de livery to the retail buyer. ARTISTIC lliWI MM FOR HI Developments in . exterior, body linen and m ri?h color combina tions and quallrr of .finish also created, wide comment. Every ex terior detail was carefully exam ined,' Including the swank effect obtained in the grille design, the folding trunk rack inv the rear. rear view mirrors smartly mount ed on the crown of each front fender, and the spare wheels car ried In the fender wells. These comments of motor car enthusiasts have come to the fac tory from widely divergent points of the country, including . New Tork City, Buffalo. Dallas, Los Angeles, Boston. Atlanta, Pitta- scores of other cities, indicating burgh; Cincinnati, Chicago and that the special appeal - of the Franklin Airman Limited struck the same hearty response in all points of the nation. II RESEARCH CUTS MILE COSTS Modern research, more than anything else, la responsible fpr "The finest tire that money day, according to Walter ZoseL distributor here ot Seiberling All- Tread tires. Local car owners who are packing, up their troubles in their old kit baga and tuning up the Told bus" for the August vaca tion motoring season, have the laboratory to thank for that they : will pay less the fact for tire history of the rubber Industry. While the recent average cut of 12 per cent in the cost of Sei berling All-Tread tires was spec- haeular Mr. Zosel declared, "it is .worth noting that since . 1S14 the cost of tire mileage has been steadily falling. Remember, I am speaking " of the - eost-per-mile, which Is what every motorist pays for in Ithe end. The world's rub ber prices influence tire prices. Butjven when rubber was, sky !iigh, as it waa at the end of the war, the car owner - was paying less per mile for his tires than in 1914. -Why? Because he was get ting three and tpur times the mileage. ' I : . ; "When the Seiberling Rubber company was organized seven fears ago, work was begun In the company laboratories on a new 'water bag method of tire cur 'ng. Perfected, it has revolution zed tire manufacturing and done more to cut the cost of mileage nan any other single - factor , in recent years. And it is only one of many scientific developments In the steady - march toward. lower costs-per-mlle. "The finest tire than money could buy before the war would not have merited the confidence which 5.0 Seiberling dealers ail over the country show today when they bet their time and labor that no Seiberling All-Tread will give a moment's trouble during its first year of use. Every one of those 5,000 dealers stands ready to re pair any accident to a. Seiberling tire free of charge. Under the Sei berling nationwide tire protection plan. It makes no difference whe ther the tire was. bought a hun dred or a thousand or five thous and miles away. If the tire Is In jured beyond repair from what ever cause a new one is sup plied, and the motorist pays only for the use he has had out of his first tire. Thus, If the accident occurs during the first month of use, any dealer will supply him with a brand new tire at one- twelfth the purchase price. If the accident occurs during the second month, at two-twelfths, etc. "The local Seiberling user who heads for distant horizons during August hasn't a tire worry .to his name- and science and research are responsible for his happy peace of mind." , ROCKIES' HIGHWAYS JULY RECORD WILL iCREASE BIB LEAD July records will show the Wll-lys-Overland company In less than seven months , to have exceeded its greatest previous year's pro dnction according to a statement made this week by executives of the company With its total six month production up to the end of June slightly in excess of 200,- 000 Willys-Knight fours and sixes. it Is only necessary during July to produce less than 15,000 units to exceed the greatest 'previous year in i ther -company's history 1925 when the company built -a total of 214,460 cars In the year. The ac tual July shipments will be well in excess of the 15,000 required. This announcement closely fol lows the production of the 2.000.- 000th car which came off the as sembly line ' at the Willys-Knight plant In Toledo on July 9. Throughout the present year Willys-Overland has been setting new monthly production sales rec ords, said to be the natural out growth of a demand for Wlllys- Knlght and Whippets never before experienced by the Toledo manu facturer In the" 20 years existence ot the company. It Is certain that at the close of 1921 Willys-Over land will hare entrenched Itself more strongly than ' ever among the three leading ear manufactur ers of the country. -. Early ta January John N. Wil lys, president, announced the price cut on the Whippet four cylinder cars which resulted in the greatest buying demand in the company's 20 years existence and which has necessitated the greatest ' production- era in the company's history In an effort to catch up with the thousands of unfilled orders from month to month. " - ! A few months, later the new! Willys-Knight Standard Six was introduced at the lowest price range In Willys-Knight history. This was' followed by a price re duction with attendant . increased sales. a- - In April Mr. Willys made his third master stroke ot the year with the introduction of the new Whippet Six, the lowest priced six cylinder car in the world, equip ped with a seven bearing crank shaft and other features . usually associated only , with cars selling in the higher price classes. EDWUDES RIB II E SUPERIOR, Wis., Aug. J. (AP) Mrs. W. H. Rivers, an 80 year old civil war widow, paia with her life today for the priv ilege of being photographed with . President Coolidge. Although suf fering from a weak heart, which causedher to taint before leaving her home, Mrs. Rivers insisted on participating in a visit which members ot Fortress 13 of the national daughters of the Grand Army of the Republicpaid to the White House executive offices this morning. At the office the callers were lined-on the front steps awaiting Mr. Coolidge to come and stand among them and be photographed. Although Mr. Coolidge was only delayed ' a very short time, the strong sun was apparently too much for Mrs. Rivers who fainted and fell on the granite steps. . She was taken to St. Mary's hos pital where she died a few hours later. Hospital physicians attrib uted her death to a weak heart. Read the Classified Ads i nun mm nuniiin I umii'iHir mm pnpi "11- ' i etto Press The speed, power, stamina and economy of the Whippet Four cyl inder ear was again demonstrated a few days ago when E. J. Sulli van of Grinnell, Iowa, drove -his stock Whippet sedan from Chica go to Denver, Colo., a distance of 1167 miles In 24 hours, 18 min utes. The' time of the fastest train between those, two dties is 2? honrsl aOjainutes.' over a 124 miles shorter than that traveled by the Whippet. ' I , This , remarkable run was offi cially timed by representatives of Western Union, both at the start ing point and a the finish line. Every type ot highway was en countered by the Whippet during the grueling test, Sullivan said, only one quarter of the route be ing over paved highways while the balance was either dirt or gra vel roads. Despite this heavy go ing, the Whippet, speeded west ward through misty weather and IN GOOD CDITIOil Motorists planning trips into the Rocky Mountains will find the route to Spokane and thence north, into Canada in good condi tion. Beyond Spokane, conditions are-reported as follows by A E. Shearer, manager of the Tour ing bureau of the Oregon State Motor association. Hard-surfaced -road to Sand Ponit and fair dirt and gravel road to the border. Some rough road beyond KJngsgate with good gravel road, somewhat narrow, to Cranbrook; thence god gravel sur faced road to Banff and Lake Louise. -The Triangle trip, known as the Kicking Horse Trail, from Lake Louise to Golden, thence to Ra dium Hot Springs and return, is open and in first-class condition. Motorists wishing to use the All-Canadian route from Lake Louise to Vancouver may ship their cars between Golden and Revelstoke, and continue thence on fair dirt and gravel road west across British Columbia to Kam loops, Pavillion and down the fa mous Frazer River Highway to Harrison Rot Springs and Vancouver. A BETTER TIRE FOR MILES OF SERVICE For Kerchiefs A novelty for fall promises to appear in the form of fur kerchiefs fo rneckpiecea. Flat furs are used4 for these. A caramel colored satin frock has little soft puffs ot its fabric making an attractive little corsage at the left side of its girdle. The Heavy Tread More Rubber Heavier Cotton Three Im portant Items That Make Us Glad to Sell and Recommend S E I B E R L I N G S for Miles and Miles of Service. Our Repair and Vulcanizing Department is at Your Service, , If You Have Tire Trouble Call 47 1 and Our Service Car Will Call and Give You Roadside Service. 198 South Commercial Corner Ferry Street V Peacock Train I A new little peacock train ap- . nears on a nary blue clre chiffon , gown for evening. Tne macn nar - . . ... - v.- ... t. lng'line, with the train coming .ana w wnw W4 from under, being the bottom sec-and the louge robes In keeping Introducing of the new Frank Introduction of the new Frank- af the Airman " Limited, declare Its initial appearance a few days aero. Is said -by persons etoaeiy Identified with the automobile ln-H dustry t represent an artistic tri umph for the Syracuse manufac turer of air-cooled motor cars. Thousands who visited show rooms of Flanklin . dealers imme diately following the first showing of the Airman Ltmtied, declare that this new series of quality mo tor cars definitely establishes as era of luxuriousnees In; automobile never before reached by American or European ear manufacturers. Unusual sirniflcance Is attaenec to the comments heard in Franc Un dealer showrooms from womet motor enthusiasts. The- outstand- Ing style development ot the inter, iors of the Airman Limited brot about an unusual response from women, ' according - to scores ot wires that came to the executives of the FranklU company Imme diately after the initial showing The rich interior color schemes, upholstery design - ana appoint ments which give an fair of un usual luxury and comfort, won in stantaneous approval from woman buyers, dealers reported. They .howed ; marked Interest in the ranklin Innovations such as the loss pillow on -: the seat which natehes the uphoUtery. the two oot- cushions ' which replace the Id ' type foot rest.' and the com- crtable arm rests at either side QITARcDrTO-THE-ROAD . i ...--..-'1 .T - im. . A . -TVnd here's why. There are mora nulea bu2t into tcia, ao you rjet more tnQes oat of them. MUUr.uie only the finest robber money can buy-Hind controls its own cotton mills to in ore uniformity of f abrjc construction, combmiaj aQ the manufsctttrina ltnt2et tabwa; to science. The rt . . ult ia greater trvlce will Jp maze you. Note This!? and Other Sizes at equally low prices Miller Tire Service So. CosnmerHal at Perry "Ruse" Smith Phone SIS ' ASSOCIATE DKAIXItS. - . L . 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