The Nero Oregon StatesmaWj Salem, Oregon, Wednesday Morning, September 29, Jftf
Australia has an automobile
registration equivalent to that of
North:esrolina.
7 wae the anniversary of the
American Toll .Bridge company in
spanning CarqnlBH Straits and
the . mouth of the Baa Joaquin
BURK JOIlfS TKUMM
Supplies Sent Porto Rico
drilling ta of the Drake well in
r astern Psnaerlvanla in 1S5I.
Tfalg wall damoaatrated that pe-
A. C Bark who has been sales
man for the Chrysler automobiles
in Salem for the past three years
has accepted a position with the
Trumm Motor Car company?' local
Automotive products are the
third largest export from the
United States, the largest bein-
cotton goods and the second, pe
troleum products.
trolenm eould be raised from the
sear AatSoeh. cites Crowley,
example of the more direct
gronad-in largo. Quantity, provid
ed wells were drilled into the pro
action of private initiative In serv
ducing sands. It was the begin
ing public traffic needs.
TSraham-Palge dealers.
MS
BOJJLE-ICK
: DOOitfl SEALED
TO Fill Li
ning of the sal age.
Uniform Interstate Rules
Goal of Directors at
Conference x "
. WASHINGTON. D. C, Spt. 25.
SpccUl) Plus for securing
t avorable action m Insulation to
regulate the Interstate operation
of motor bus lines will be made at
the semi-annual meeting; of the
board of directors of the boa dlrfe
- ion of tht American Automobile
association, at the Hotel Winton,
Cleveland, Ohio, September 25. It
was announced today.
The A. A. A. bus division. 'It
was etated. has been advised by
members of congress engaged la
studying the need for but control
legislation, that tie outlook is
most promising for action In the
xinal session - of the seventieth
congress. It was recalled that the
Interstate Commerce Commission
has already recommended that
congress pass legislation to pro
tect the rights of regularly oper
ated bs lines from the operating
methods of Irresponsible owntrs,
who are - unable - to guarantee
proper service to patrons.
" f Control' Advocated
' I The baa division, directors, the
! v statement continues,, will continue
to advocate a nlan of control of
r bus lines by state utilities commls-
s.ftis, with right of appeal to the
Interstate Commerce Commission.
Announcement was also made
tfcat tbfc legislative committee will
meet with the directors and will
hold meetings with a similar com
mittee of the American Electric
Railway association, which will
hold sessions in Cleveland at the
same time. The stattment by the
bus division continues:
"Steady progress haa been made
In adapting the motor bus to the
transportation needs of the coun
try. Its importance in the field
can be seen by the fact it; at more
than two and one-half billion pas.
sengers were carried by buses in
1927. School buses alone carried
jaore than 300.000,000 passen
gers. Answer to Demand
"The motor coach is the natural
i f . 4
Only in lilt has the motorist
laid up his ear. : because of a re
striction, tn the supply or use of
gasoline since the Drake well was
brought in. This is the more alias
ing when it la considered that to
day there are over twenty-three
miiittMi motor ears on the road
while in 1911 there were only
slightly over six million ears in op
eration. A Sunday's motoring In
mid-season today means - some
thing like 42 million gallons of
gasoline while in 1918 it amount
ed to probably no more than 12
million gallons.
Pacific Highway's Widening
at Pinole, Cai., to be
i Welcomed
HEW TRAFFIC CODE
WILL BE UNIFORM
Food, clothing and medical supplies are being rushed to hurri
cane stricken Porto Rico aboard the U. S. S. Bridge. Upper picture
shows supplies being loaded at the army base ha Brooklyn. Lower
picture shows G. Wolfe, United State navy food imuxto, puttins
seals oa Barrels of porsz toat are being rushed to the storm area.
Automobilists of Nation
Proved Their Patriotism
During World War Times
Some of the motorists who tune lies.
up their cars for a Sunday spin or
for a week-end tour during Aug
;. rr- frlten years ago at this time dur
tllH MriTSBuX9 us9vruai vwa v
But it was
swift, comfortable and econom- JL""-31 V'-' . Wl luc
a ..ma time it " v ar tne family car was
terrltorles'at a time when, new M?'t in the garage on Sunday and
ttrritories at a time when new.
railroad construction Is practical
ly at a standstill. Many steam
and electric lines have realized
this and substitution of the motor
coach for non-paying train and
trolley -service has, during the
past few years, been the rule rath
er than tht exception. Economists
claim that the motor bus has im
proved the suburban standard of
living to a degree heretofore un
known. "Wit this condition prevail
ing, congress can hardly afford to
further postpone action on legis
lation affecting the welfare of
such a large number of people.
The motor bus operators oi ue
country are as a unit in the deter
mination to demand that needed
legislation be passed, as rtcom
mended by governmental agencies.
Transcontinental service, the
sleeper bus. Improved equipment,
better highways and a demand on
the part of the public for efficient
service, makes it necessary."
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BY GREAT
RS1I
TRrCTQB
One of the most interesting as
well as one of the most costly ex
h'ts at the state fair is that of
A' C. Haag & Co.. distributors of
th' Cletrac tractor and heav
duty road machinery, an exhibit
housed In the machinery shed
near the main entrance to the
fairgrounds.
The value of the exhibit runs
In the neighborhood of $21,000.
according to A. G. Haag. head of
the firm. It includes a No. 12
tractor, two No. 20 tractors, a
fio. 30 tractor, No. 40 tractor, and
the "lOO" tractor which is .the
featude of the exhibit, represent
ing a combination of drawbar
power and speed never before at
tained with any road hauler.
Salesmen and factory repre
sentative; Jack Greene. Roy God
frey. H. A. Tucker. M. Cook and
A. P. Rutherford.
The "100" Cletrac is described
as a super-power tractor, devel
oping greater horsepower at the
drawbar with higher operating
speeds than any crawler tractor
manufactured. The power ratingi
Is 100 horsepower at the power
pulley, 120 horsepower, with a
maximum of 21.000 pounds pull
at 1 miles per hour.
A. A. Haag & company
hare three direct branches,
at Salem, one at Portland
one at Arlington, Ore.
me streets naa mo primitive ap
pearance of the days of the horse
drawn vehicle. Occasionally a
doctor's car with a Red Cross
placard on it would flash by and
now and then motor cars and
trucks directly engaged in some
war service would be seen but
otherwise throughout the country
no vehicle using gasoline was to
be seen, for these were "gasoline
less Sundays".
On August 11. 1918, the fuel
administrator, acting on the sug
gestion of the National Petroleum
War Service Committee, issued
the. now famous request that the
American people forego the use of
their motor cars on Sundays, po
that there could be made avail
able an increased quantity of gas
oline for the use of the Allied na
val, army and air forces.
Loyalty Shown
Mark L. Requa. General Direct
or of the Oil Division of the
United States Fuel Administra
tion during the war, recalling the
voluntary action of the people in
Sunday gasoline saving, says that
no single demonstration was
forthcoming during the war that
showed more clearly the solidarity
of the American people.
"Foreign representatives,
frankly skeptical, viewed the re
quest with distrust, amusement,
or downright protest," he says,
"because of the moral effect a
failure would have upon the Al-
not a failure.
On the contrary, it was one of
the outstanding voluntary accom
plishments of the war. Nor was
It a haphazard conclusion that
prompted the action. As early as
January, 1918, the question of
aviation naphtha was discussed,
and in March It was pointed out
what the situation would probab
ly be In the fall. All sorts of con
trols were suggested; all finally
abandoned in favor of the simple
request for "gasolineless Sun-j
days."
Demand Ileavy
The Armistice brought gaso.
lineless Sundays to a close but
some idea of the demand beine
made upon the American oil in
dustry for war purposes may be
gained by the fact that had the
war continued into 1919 Mr. Re
qua says that domestic consump
tion of gasoline was to be reduced
one-half. Gasoline was to be
brought from California to the
Atlantic seaboard for shipment
abroad in solid trains on passen
ger schedule, the limit to be only
the capacity of the railroads to
haul. -Tankers were to load gas
oline in California for Europe if
tankers could be found for the
service. Closings of refineries
were planned, with diversion of
crude oil to the more efficient
and better located plants.
"The Allies," said Lord Curxon
the.day that peace was declared,
"floated to victory on a sea of
oil." America supplied 80 per
cent of the Allied petroleum re
quirements. True Coincidence
It. is an interesting coincidence
that the day the gasolineless Sun
days request was Issued August
ficials, by heartily approving of
their activities in this direction
Success in the effort to estab
lish uniformity in motor laws
both in sUte and city throughout
the country depends on the inter
est exhibited by the motoring pub
lic, according to Richard S. Arm
strong, representing the National
Automobile Chamber of Com
merce, speaking before the Maine
Automobile asociation at Au
gusta, this week .'(September 20).
"The National Conference on
Street and Highway Safety per
fected a Uniform State Motor Ve
hicle law in 1928, and has just
issued a Model Municipal Traffic
Ordinance," said Mr. Armstrong.
"Accordingly, the motorist now
has a standard which he can call
to the attention of his local pub
lie officials.
- "In many communities the pub
lie officials are already taking
the leadership in seeking to modi
fy local ordinances, where this is
necessary, to conform with the
standard in process of adoption
throughout the country. The
motoring public especially as
represented in motor clubs, will
give encouragement to such- of-points with gigantic structores of
Official! confirmation of the
starting of work on the widening
of the Pacific highway where it
narrows to a "bottleneck" in the'
town of Pinole, Cal., is announctd
by E. A. Crowley, general manag
er of the Pacific Highway associa
tion in quoting a communication
from B. B. Meek, director of the
California department of public
works, as follows:
. "I have for many months appre
ciated the seriousness of traffic
congestion in the Pinole 'bottle
neck', and steps were taken somei
time ago to correct this condition. !
I am sure you will be glad toi
know that surveys are now being!
made and rights of way secured
in cooperation with the town of
Pinole.
"From the progress being made.
it seems certain that the engineer
ing work Will be completed in time
to get action on the project with
in 90 4dsy8. An allotment of
funds has already been made."
Directors Pleased
Together with a recent an
nouncement from Director Meek
Ur&t the Pacific highway would be
widened to 40 feet, this improve
ment, strongly urged by the Pacif
ic Highway association during the
past year, is most gratifying to
its directors, declares Crowley. He
reports that the narrow lane that
now runs through this, town of
Contra Costa county is to be
transformed into an 80 foot thor
oughfare by the removal of build
ings at a cost of 150,000. The ex
pense will be met equally by the
county supervisors and the town
of Pinole, states Crowley.
Private -enterprise has made
possible the bridging af Califor
nia's Inland Sea at two strategic
steel. Approximately $12,000,-
000 have been exptnded by the;
HIT is in just as good working order
3FD3XTr as it was Q years ago
Of Course It's a
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OREGON ST. a 77T FAIR
SALEM, OREGON
One of the 'Caterpillar Tractors, Model
3(T Purchased in 1 920 by the City of Cor- .
valHs, Oregon, and in constant service since
that time, on the roughest kind of 4 work.
: TRAVELED 75,000 MILES
And still carries the Original Track, including
'Links, Pins, Spools and Bottom Truck Rol- r
' lers. Still working every day.
VISIT BOOTHS 9, 10, 1 1, MACHINE SHED
See this Old Veteran and the New Models Available
for Every Use
Loggers & Contractors Machinery Co.
SALEM
PORTLAND1
EUGENE
1 rrrsi&ii
en Youre Looking Over
Prize "Winners ert the Fair
now
one
and
'Latin Countries
Show Big Gains
In Truck Using
Increase In prosperity in the
LLatin republics through the aid
o ftrneks and busses was outlined
; ty John V. Lawrence, special rep
resentative of the National Auto
mobile Chameber of Commerce,
before the Overseas Club in New
York last week. A growing com
mercial belt is developing along
the road from the Maraeaibo die-!
trie of Venesuela to Bogota via
Cticuta.
Busses are helping to meet the
urgent 'public demand for riding
on rubber. Mr. Lawrence Indl
ford Individual passenger cars are
heavy aptdons of the pubjlc motor
transportation lines.
From the way amateurs brag
about their fishing exploits you'd
think the fellows who Osh . for a
': living and really know how to do
It would be the most honored of
me Baker Democrat.
PTT3
rafic
Traffic congestions
cause bumps and
damages. Bring the
No repairs
or trifling
car to us.
too small
for us.
i
.Be Sniff to See llieseTwo Great
General Motors Sixes
1 -ammmmm
Oakland 2-Door Sedan, $1(K&
(tfmctory)
Blue ribbon stock prize-winning crains
scores of exhibits . demonstrations displays
And high on the list of features you'll want to see
at the fair the record-breaking Pontine Six
its stable mate, the All-American Six.
Two great General Motors cars expressing the
spirit of progress in engineering design. Incorporat
ing the discoveries and developments of General
Motors Research Laboratoriesr Providing the
stamina and long life acquired in months of testing
on General Motors Proving Ground. Built with
Pontine 2-Door Sedan, ftyS
larjatory)
unmatched accuracy in the world's most modern
automobile plant.
.. . .,, ;
With beautiful bodies by Fisher . . .finished in
lustrous, long-wearing Duco. With such advance
ments as the cross-flow radiator . . . the AC fuel
pump . . . the G-M-R cylinder head.
Be sure to see them when you go to the fair. Inspect
them carefully. Arrange to go for a ride. Learn for
yourself why -all America is so enthusiastic' about
the AO-American. and the Pontiac Six.' -V1
VICE BROS., HIGH STREET AT TRADE
Associate ue&iera: uenton Motor Company, Inc., Corrallis, Oregon; Eyerie ey Motor Co- Albany. Oregon: Snrerion !Wflp YW. en.
Oregon; a J. Shreere& Son, Dallas, Oregon; T?D. PoinWy, Independence, Oregon; Fred TrWwlSaC SSHenrfnr Hr?10"'
Oregon; Fred Gooeh, Jrr Mill City, Oregon; Ehner FitzSld, LeLn, Oregon; insttVs S-SudS. iZMVi
port, Oregon; A. J. Gilliam, Toledo, Oregon; Frank Miller, Aurora, Oregon; N. J. Arnold, MoiuaoauvSe
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