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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 21, 1928)
Talk of the Road and News of the Day for Motorists and Outdoors Folk Agriculture and Industrial Slogan Campaign ; News of -. The Farm and Field Automotive Information Salem, Oregon, Sunday Morning, October 21, 1928 13 OUT OF SECTIOM 1 AUTO LICENSE OFFICE READY Task of Moving 55 Tons of Equipment" Faced in Present Week T Bv J. P. PiRESCOTT TORTY-PrVETons of filing Ml cases will be moved from the Ferrv street! offices when -the state automobile license bureau moves to its new quar ters on Twelfth street oppo site the supreme "court build in? this week. ,Contained in these 226 filing cases will be more than a; million listings renresentinz -the four way check kept : on automobiles owned in Oregon. The num ber of piece sto be moved will be brought to at least 381 oy the desks, tables, chairs, type writers and other articles of ireneral office equipment, there being 40i typewriters to mm be moved irom tne oia oinces Four 16-hour day are expect ed to be occupied with the change in whicbvtfie records for 1927 an3 28 -and all the equipment will be moved a distance represented by. more than eight city blocks and two building stories'. -Jr?-.- Two and a bait tna of paper were used In prtntlai-.tb appli cations for license for J 928 and the weight of paper; used In tbe last three years has-., averaged more than two tons. AH this balk of paper la contained, in the files of the automobile; department to be mored Into the netr- building. In addition the three supplement air listings for 1928 will be transferred. License Plates Ready The first consignment of 1929 plates hare been received and are already stored in the new quar ters. With the exception of truck ing all the work of moving will be done by the staff of the depart ment, according to present plans. The 250,000 passenger autos and trucks registered in Oregon this year are listed four times each in the flies of the bureau. The certificate of title record is the bulkiest, occupying 175 cases covering 926 square feet of floor space. Alphabetical files of all owners, giving a condensed de scription of all cars, are kept in 82 cases. The listings by license number and by motor or serial number fill 15 and four cases re. tpectlvely. The total floor space covered by these cases alone Is more, than 1200 sqquare feet Car Record Complete Cars may be traced by any of three clews through the tiles now in use. Many owners, in the ex citement of finding their car miss ing, will forget to .report the li cense number or a' clear descrip tion of the machine and it Is only through the alphabetical file that the lacking information can be obtained without an almost end less search. The reporting of plate numbers alone, after an accident, causes tho greatest use of the files for ref erence, bat this use is taken from the central office to a great ex tent by numerical lists In the pos session of all municipal chiefs. In (Turn to page 15, please) PUBLIC IS INVITED ramus Drive the car yourself. This is the- invitation featured for the autumn season by L. 0. Lambeth. HudaoB-Xasex dealer and by dealers throughout the country. "Only by personally.. sitting be- aiad tbe wheel and driving an au tomobile can the motorist ac quaint himself with the special performance features that charac terize that particular automobile," aid Mr. Lambeth. "IiTany people bu automo biles." he continued, "because they have received special demon stration rides, with others at the wheel, in prepared demonatrators that deliver exceptional power and sped, only to find themselves dis appointed in the performance of the automobile that is delivered to them. "Many motorists who have en Joyed their first ride in the Hud son Super-Six have commented with enthusiasm on its perform ance. Motorists will find it smooth, fast and reliable, a won derful road car. Furthermore, tte present Hudson mode! is de livering from 15 to 18 miles to the gallon of gasoline, a fuel economy unequalled in cars of its weight and power , "Because of , our active busi ness we find It possible to offer exceptionally f o4A; alloarance deals in- fact we are offering mo torists the hest appraisals and terms in our . history,. -. TEE UMYEROTY OF OR EGON Attractive Campus- Views and Glimps es of Student Groups W ptm tit. , f t, if: - j? - r -r " ; x i c X v fr -- si .. - ' ... . k " ' " '' " ' Si 1 11 it ii 7. lT--- ' ''Mr ' a - nW -L-J (Zij ilk. i Yx&t . . . , - - -r 7- f li II I THE University of Oregon is par ticularly fortunate In possessing an attractive campus, one which provides pleasing contrast between the fine old buildings which bespeak tradition in their every late Victor lan feature, and the new. modern structures, which reflect the utility and simplicity of the educational building of the present period. While the university has not been able to keep pace In its building construction with the rapid In crease in the number of students, its various departments are housed for the most part In adequate and comfortable quarters, which will be enlarged as the institution con tinues to grow. Approximately 10 acres make up the campus in the. east part of Eugene. The buildings now in use are the Architecture and Allied arts' buildings. Commerce Hall. Condon Hall. Deady Hall, the edu cation and adjoining university high school buildings, hails of reel, dence, including Friendly. Hend ricks. Ifary gplller. Susan Camp bell halls, Thaeher cottage, and the new men's dormitory, , house hold arts and extension building, Johnson hall. Journalism building, library hall. HcClure haO. MoArth- nr court, men's gymnasium,' Wo man's building. Sociology building. Oregon hall, university press build- lng. musfa building, power house. R O. T. C barracks, and Villa rd hall. ; . I 9- - 1-Group of newer buildine. on Univertity of Oregon campat. At left ! th Administration buildmg, and at the right two women s dormitories. Hendrick haU and Susan Campbell hall, and the Woman'a building! In which are Alumni hall a nd the girls gymnasium. - mtiM 2. The new science bmlding, at left, the commerce building and the university library. The i cicnct juijding also housei the ggrvc lection of the library, due to lack of. sptce in the old I ibrarr structure., 3. Entrance to Oregon hall, in which Is the Oregon School of Law. ' - 4. A campus scene, howine' the famous aenlor bench on which none but senlort may rest. . . ' ' 5. The Art building, one ot the most attractive structures on tne campus. ; .... -HPt".-:-- II? ?4 Vri.-- w. 6. The Pioneer, famous statue by A. Phimistef Proctor. This stands in the center of the campus, and depicts the pioneer spirit of the West. 7. Deady haU, the first building to be erected on the campus, and for many years the home of a 11 school nd departments of the university. o. uraauaiing ciass a. university, june, iyo. . , , . - TT . , 9. New menV dormitory at University, occupied for first time thlr year. This structure, one of the most modern dormitor.ee m the United States, provides comfortable living quarters for 275 men. ' i . , 10. Group of summer school students, 1928 term. Summer school has come to be an important part of the university and attracts students from all over the United States. - 11. VUlard hall, the second building of the-universltyrand Deady hall in the background. Heard Along Auto Row Packard Agency Here John Krog, wholesale manager of the Packard Service and Sales; is su pervising the -Packard agency on South Commercial street. Good .Sales Reported- Hugh Maden returning from a visit to the Nash branch in Portland, re ports records show good sales throughout the state. f Biddy In Portland A business trip to Portland was made by Bid dy Bishop of Capital Motors last week. - ' v - '' ' . -l (-'S- McKay in Rose" - City. The meeting of all Chevrolet? dealers In this district was attended 1 by Doug McKay. The factory calls the meeting' at regular Intervals 'to demonstrate the latest "wrinkle" in service- - -!utf.i'f,r- LebasMMi Dealer Here Yen Reeves, Hudson-Essex represent ative la Lebanon was a recent vis itor at the State Motors. Fruit Jar Helps Sales A two quart fruit Jar filled with nickels. dimes and pennies is the latest Idea at McKays to stmulate sales. At the sales meeting each morn ing salesmen who have made a new car sale tbe day before shake coins from the Jar into one hand till they drop one. The first one dropped goes back into the jar and no more are taken out. The salesmen like the idea better than a bonus or additional commission. Bartlett With. Pacftard The salesroom of the Packard egency here Is nnder the direction of King Bartlett. Three Jobs are. on display at the local branch which covers Marion, Polk,- Benton and Linn counties. , . verton was a visitor at the State Motors late in the week. Xashee. Received Ten new Nashes have been received at the Pettyjohn branch here during the last week. Good Month Reportrd M. F. Swift, manager, of the Alfred-Bfll-ingsley j branch in Salem reports the best month since the. rooms were opened. "Presidential years" don't effect the auto bussiness he finds. Salem Plant Praised The Ford News, official publication . of the Ford company in Detroit, devotes a full page to the Valley Motor company's plant' here. The shop and. salesrooms, are described as the most convenient an attractive In the United States.-Many letters from Ford dealers have been re ceived asking tor floor plans, and descriptions: - Four cuts are used. showing the exterior, salesroom SUvrrtpn Man Here Fred Cal ender, Hudson-Essex dealer in SII- service floor and shop. Corvallls Man Here Ed Brands Chevrolet . dealer - in Corvallls, made a visit to Salem late in the week, stopping at McKay's. Visiting in Portland Kirk Wright of McKay's staff is vis iting in Portland over the week end. Wilson Out of Town Ken Wil liams was in Portland Saturday in the interests of the Buick busi ness. A-B Manager Away A business trip to Portland was made by M. F. Swift, manager of the local Al- fred-Billingsley branch. Billboard Plague Denounced Again "Beyond , the billboards lies America", is an epigram that has as. much' meaning In the United States as Napoleon's terse 8tate-j-far awayj aly," according to the. American Motorist, official publication of: tlon. It says: -'Beyond the Alps lies Italy! Such, as every schoolboy knows, was the terse, epigrammatic sen tense thundered : by Napoleon to his army before he marched over tbe Great St. Bernard to win an overwhelming -victory at the Battle of Marengo. Now comes a wit with an equally terse epigram: 'Beyond the billboards lies America. There is much truth and food for thouyht in this epigram. Pnblic sentiment is steadily mobilizing behind the movement to keep the 'open road actually open. Only recently, the Supreme Court of the State of Kansas upheld the law prohibiting all signs except road markers on the right-of-way of highway?. Georgia Immediately clamped a ban on advertising signs along Us roads. Does it mean that the Mar engo of the billboards Is not so v The world owes much to chem istry. Including these chemical the American Automobile Associa. blondes. - -' - , WILirS-OVEUD is Ba n SALES RECORD BROKEN Bi 400 September Total 6175 Cars Over Number for Same Month of 1927 KENOSHA, Wis., Oct. It. (Special) The month of Septem ber marked up another signlf leant production and sales record for The Nash Motors company, with total of 20.606 of theincreas- ingly popular "400" series cars placed in the hands of new Nath owners. ' The record, according to official ; figures revealed today by the Nash : sales department, is 6.176 cars: over and above the number man ufactured and shipped during the ; best previous September in Nash : history, and an increase of 8,007 cars over September a year ago. , Despite tbe fact that the month was a short one in available work ing days, the great Nash plants attained their highest daily pro duction during that period to stem the unequaled tide of orders that have swept over them from every part of the country since the niw series cars were introduced on June 21. : ' j f ! ' Tottd'FigurM Large The September achievement , brings the total of new "400" se ries manufactured and shipped to 74,913. , "Ever since the first showing ot the new Nash series in June, In ternational demand has brought a continuous procession of new in dustrial and sales records for the Nash Motors company," C. If. Bliss, sales manager said in com- ; mentlng on this period of his com- f pany's biggest success. "In July . the motoring public absorbed 17.- ; 884 of the '400V nearly 3,000 car's more than the number pro- :-, duced and marketed in .the best previous July i nour annals. Aug ust saw more than 22,500 of the new cars marketed an increase : of more than 4,000 over last year's peak and exactly 4,498 more cars ' than the best previous August in Na Bh history. Now business in September with but 21 working days to create the1 record jas brought us an increase of 63 per ; cent over the month last yea rand ' of 42 per cent over the peak of September on our books. Many Orders Received "Orders already received-for the i current month of October show f that it will also be a record break- ; ing month. j "To meet this greatest demand ever experienced by the Nash in terests, manufacturing schedules have been steadily Increased, com j mnsurate with the high quality of J workmanship which is the foun- j dation of Nash success, until pro- 1 duction has reached a new hia i level of more than 1,000 cars dai ly. The carefully planned aud i skillfully executed expansion pro gram, which makes this achieve- t ment possible, may be expected T now to adequately meet our rec- j ord demand." . 1 THE NEW 0 n MODELS John N. Willys, president . of Willys-Overland, was among the arrivals on the Leviathan recent ly, returning from an extended trip in Europe where he had been in close touch with motor car de velopments. He reports Willys Overlany Crossiey Co. at Stockport England busy on the largest schedr ule of deliveries of Whippet and Wlllys-Knlgh cars in its history, and says that the assembly plant which was opened at Berlin about a year ago is now running at max imum capacity. The presidential election, the peace plan proposed by Secretary Kellogg, and the American-built motor car, are the three principal subjects of discus sion in Europe at this time,: Advanced ideas in motor coach J design are represented la the an- , nouncement of new models by Oraham Brothers, the motor! coach division of Dodge Brothers i corporation, featuring many Mm-! provemente In appearance, com- -fort, seating arrangement, motive, t power and operating safety. Ex haustive road tests and engineer ing experiments hare proven the i coaches fitted for the most eco : nomlcal and dependable service. ' The new models are : designed i as the street car coach seating 21 1 passengers a parlor coach seat ing 16 passengers, and a club ear coach seating 12 passengers. All units are powered with a heavy duty type of six cylinder engine . with 'four speed transmission. i Controlling this speed rre tout wheel hydraulic internal expand ing brakes. Insuring safety in op eration. A hand brake operates on the propeller shaft. Roomiaeeer and maximum vision ere afforded i in body construction. Beauty in color, and general ap pearance has been emphasized on all models, the street car coach being finished in cream, maroon and gray, and the two other types in cream, brown and yellow.- In terior appointments and seating arrangement of all 'models repre sent tbe latest improvements in motor- coach design. - Safety and comfort : of the passengers have been considered in every detail. The heating system is of the fan blower type, with three rentllators in the root and. a nether in .the cowl.' -Adequate 'illumination is furnished by six 21-candle powei light of flush typo-,; .j I i