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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 16, 1928)
The New OSEGOM StatSman, SalenvOregon, Sunday Morning, September 17 MOW CLUBS ,! GET TOGETHER Executives to Convene In San Francisco to Con sider Problems Where the Clouds Roll By Organized motordom of the vest will be represented at a con. fere nee of ofifcers and executives of motoring clubs and associa tions in ten westren states and three Canadian provinces to be held in San Francisco September 20. 21 and 22. Further perfec tion of routing millions of motor tourists orer western routes and greater exploitation -of' western scenic attractions will be among the subjects taken up by the con ference. , "'. ' 16 Borden to Attend Sixteen western motoring or ganizations will be represented. Cooperating with its affiliated clubs in the west, the American Automobile Association will send a group , of its executives to the meeting, headed br, - Ernest N. Smith, general manager of the nation-wide motorists organisation. The A. A. A, club in the Hawaiian Islands will also be repmeated. The California State Automobile Association will be boat to the delegates and D. E. Watkins, sec retary and general manager of the State Association, is in charge of arrangements. Oregon Represented The Oregon State Motor Asso. elation will be represented at this meeting by eCorge O. Branden burg. Walter C. FIndlay and A. E. Shearer. At the Thursday after noon session, Mr. Brandeburg will apeak to the assembled represen tatives on the subject , of "The Gyp Motor Club." Motor Clubs and Associations, which will be represented at the' conference are: Oregon State Mo tor Association, Montana Automo bile Association, Automobile Club of Washington. Rocky Mountain Motorists, Inc., Inland Automobile Association, Idaho State Auto mobile Assn.. Utah State Automo bile Assn.. Automobile Club of Southern California, California State Automobile Assn., Automo bile Club of British Columbia. Saskatoon Motor. Club. Alberta Motor, Assn', Nevada State Auto mobile Assn., Caspar Motor Club. Arizona Automobile Assn.. and Arizona Good Roads Association. to'"' v. . sx 4 -.wr w,r. , fiA't ''M,,A" varieties of plants in .Deu- Hibt of the Dlants and eea nave been imported from foreign cUJ triea. while hundreds of pecl- mcM hare been rathered indiffer Ant Mrti of the United SUtea. Rarh T.HAtT has been classified d & raref nl analTflift la ; being made of each plant to determine the quantity and quality of rub ber it contains. Seeks Robber Ptat It is the Inventor's ambition to find a slant which can be grown in this country to produce rubber In commercial quality and quan tity for emergency purposes. He reports remarkable success in his ntoneer exneriments and it Is ex pected that he will obtain even more interesting results this win ter, Mr. Ford and Harvey inre- tone, tire . manufacturer, are deeply Interested in the wizard's work. The nature of the experiments which will be made by Mr. Fora at the Edison laboratories has not ben disclosed, bnt it is thought that they will perUin to aviation problems. Mr. Edison is scnea uled fo arive here January 13 for a four or five month stay and It is thought that Mr. Ford will leave Detroit before the end of January for a six weeks "work ing vacation." LATEST CADILLACS PUBLIC F REPORTS BI6 TOURIST YFJ notoriously unpropitious because of continued rains, indicates that motor tourists are talcing longer trips and also bespeaks the grow ling interest of the car owners of the two nations in crossing the border lines." says the A. A. A. Ottt on the rim of nowhere where tlie jackrabbit plays tag with the sjila monster is a land of charm for the motorist. It was a district of death and desolation for the.: pioneers m they toiled across Ue thirsty plainse. Nowadays, however, in your Chevrolet Sedan you may traverse the barren wastes of Death Valley without worrying about the dangers that threatened the pioneers. Good roads traverse the sandy floor of the desert and cases, even modern hotels rise at intervals to greet the motorist in his twentieth century chariot. Ford and Edison to Share i , Laboratories! In Florida During Coming Winter The Albany Democrat-Herald will have a new home this year. Work has been started on the structure, which will be fireproof and modern in every respect. Linn county will hold its an nual fair at Albany September 19 22. TheTe will be the usual ex tensive exhibits of products but admission will be free to the gen eral subtle. 1 Wizard of Electricity and His Warm Friend Will Work Together FORT I MYERS. Fla. AP Not satisfied with the fence which separates Sept. 7 chattinng over theih esUte in this city. Thomas A. Edison, world famed inventor, and his crony. Henry For'd, mil lionaire auto' magnate, will work side by side in the wizard's new chemical laboratory this winter. One corner of the new work shop has ben set aside for Mr. Ford, at his request, and it is ex pected that the manufacturer will spend eight weeks in Fort Myers this season, delving into experi mental work, while the wizard of electricity continues his exten plants The new laboratory. fully equipped with necessary machinn ery and other fixtures, was com pleted recently. The main build ing, 30 by 90 feet, allows 2.700 square feet of floor space and is considerably larger than the old workshop which was reeetctly re moved to Ford's museum at Dear born, Mich. It is the largest of a group of buildings on the inven tor's 10-acre rubber experimental tract and was erected under the personal supervision of W. A. Benny, superintendent of the Ed ison laboratories. The experimental plantation, under the care of a corps of plant experts, now has more than 4.800 varieties of trees, shrubs, plants, flowers and weeds which are closely studied by the wizard Enthusiasm expressed for the new Cadillacs. LaSalles and Fleet woods, number of actual sales, number of visitors to the show rooms of distributors and dealers, and the number who have ridden in and driven the new cars have all surpassed all previous records, according to a statement by Law rence p. Fisher, president of the Cadillac Motor Car company. In expectation of record de mand for the new products and prior to the announcement, the company had embarked upon the biggest production schedule in its history, with all plants running at full capacity. As a result of the reception, the original high pro duction schedules for September and October havo been revised upward, with all indications both from record sales and from the generally prosperous condition of the country pointing to an indef inite continuance of the record pace. Shipments for the month of August have established a new record in the company's history. The new cars were announced August 23, and Fisher's statement is based upon compiled reports of Cadilla-LaSalle distributors and field representatives covering ev ery state in the Union. Motor tourist travel from the United States to Canada during the 1928 season shows an Increase of 3V per cent, according to a preliminary survey by the Amer ican Automobile. Association. While not discounting the part played in this increase by a well. known trend of hospitality dis pensed by the Dominion, the A. A. A. believes that the simplification of Canadian customs regulations and the tremendous promotional efforts conducted by the Canadian Government and by Canadian in terests has contributed to the tour ist boom. The A. A. A. points out that the number of United States cars en tering; New Brunswick alone was 72.254 up to June 30, which was the beginning of the motor vaca tion season. The most outstanding gain that has been reported from' any place of entry is the increase of almost 100 per cent shown at Richmond Road, which is the Can adian, entrance point between Houlton, Maine, and Woodstock, New Brunswick. Prior to the beginning of the motor touring season, says the na tional motoring body, the Tress-' ury removed all customs restric tions affecting an American mo torist leaving the UnltM States for Canada. This made it unnec essary for the motorist to register his car upon leaving this country and state license cards are accept ed as identification upon the re turn trip. The A. A. A. says that tourists going into Canada must register oa,a card form, which is filled out In' duplicate. The original is re tained by the Canadian customs officers at the place of entry and the duplicate is surrendered when the motorist leaves Canada. This card is good for sixty days and may be extended thirty days upon application to any customs offi cial. The visitor desiring to re main longer than ninety days in Canada must deposit $25 and sign an approved bond for double the amount of the estimated duty on the car. "The increase in the number of motorists leaving the United States for Cinad n of June, when the weather was Closing of Road Effective Today To enable contractors to com plete construction work before the winter snows, the highway in Rainier National Park leading to Paradise Inn will be closed be. tween Longmires and the Inn af ter September K, according to ad vices received by the Touring Bureau of the Oregon State Mo tor Association. It Is probable that the road will be kept open cer tain week-ends after the 16th but defenite information should be se cured by motorists from the Asso ciation Headquarters before leav ing on the trip. Dodge Shipments For August Show 43 Per Cent Gain August shipments by Dodge Bro thers from the plants in the Unit ed States and' Canada, in both the passenger ear and the truck, and motor coach divisions, showed an increase of approximately 43 per cent over July. The August ship ments 'were exceeded isjnonly one month in 1928 in March. They were greater than any 30 day per iod during the first eight months of 1927. ShiDments of both passenger DodgeBrothers entered September cars and trucks are running heavy. with large banks of carry-over or ders in all divisions and the flow of orders from dealers shows no let up. August shipments by Dodge Bro. month. Shipments for the 30-day -period were the heaviest this year. Track export shipments were tbH-v 1 greatest in the entire history of . the corporation. August export showed better than 67 per cent iBj-v crease over the same month last 1 ' I year while export business for taf I " first eight months of 4923 showsU . k a gain of approximately 33 per cent over the same period last'. Tear. . ft "Business is showing up except tionally well and indications are that the last half of this year will be one of the beat last halt per-'HU iods in our history." said H. F Bonesteele, of the Bonesteele Mo tor Company, Dodge representa tives here. Columbia .county granges ask what the letters "O. S. C." stand for and if there is such a place,. Any student of the Oregon Agri cultural College in Corvallis would be glad to explain. ZOSEL'S TIRE SHOP 198 S. Commercial Telephone 471 When You Are Behind The Wheel You can have that confi dence and feeling of safe ty if your car is equipped with Seiberlings. They're protected against all road hazards. A tire worthy of your confidence VULCANIZING. REPAIRING ROADSIDE SERVICE 'i it .. .!-.! t '"H .: v . j s -. f.' - The forest service was put to 145,000 expense fighting 110 fires in the Umatilla national forest for rubber possibilities. There j this season, according to Lester sive study of rubber producing are li600 beds with at least three I Moncrief , assistant supervisor. X II rr 1st- -t4 irinW J7FH . 1 ; ;&iiJiEiESS ulr ex a Successful Six mm wtnniaa E Gcm iCIHI Mr In the tremendous success which Pohttac Six is enjoy ing in the spectacular sales which have placed more than 350,000 Pontiacs on the road within thirty-two months of its introduction in these impressive facts is ample reason for designating this great General Motors car "Chief of the Sizes". -Sv v -Never has any new car risen so rapidly in the estimation of motor car buyers for during the first six months of 1928, over 136,000 Pontiacs were sold the largest volume ever achieved by any car in the first half of its third year in production! This overwhelming public endorse ment and public approval tells more of what Pontiac provides for $745 than even the most complete listing of such features as Fisher bodies, 186 cu. in. engine, the G-M-R cylinder head, cross-flow radiator, foot-con trolled headlights. coincidental lock etc., etc! Come in for a ride today and learn tor yourself why Pontiac Six sales con tinue their sensation al upward sweep! VrMmg tmfmty ight l anwW ft? tortaC ZHfJLTSLr aim' I Z-Door Sedan, $745t Coupe, $745; Sport Roadster, $745t Phaeton, 775; Cabriolet, $79S; 4 Doer Sedan $825f Sport Landau Sedans $675. Oakland All-American SixJ $1045 to $1265, All price at factory. Check Oakland-Pontiac delivered price they include lowest handling . charges. General Motors Tints Payment Plan available at minimum rate. j VICK BROS HIGH STREET AT TRADE Associate Dealers: Benton Motor Company, Inc., Corvallis, Oregon; Byerley Motor Co Albany, Oregon; Sflverton Motor Car Company, Silverton, Oregon; C. J. Shreeve & Son, Dallas, Oregon; T. D. Pomeroy, Independence, Ore gon; Fred T. Bilyen, Sdo, Oregon; Henry C. HoDemon, Harrisbnrg, Oregon; Fred Gooch, Jr., Mill fity,ORC; Emter Fitzgerald, Lebanon, Oregon; Austin's Service Station, -Brownsville, Oregon; H. W. Morris, WaMport, Oregon; A. J. 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