The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980, October 21, 1928, Image 15

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Newspaper Page Text.15 1 -r The New Oregon Statesman; Salem, Oregon, Sunday Morning, October 21, 192$ GUSTOPUItTl eODY ATTRflGTS Fleetwood Styles Present Fifteen Cadillac and LaSalle Jobs ' Orders for mire than 700 cars with Fleetwood custom-built bo dies totaling la value more than three and one-half million dollars hare been received by the Cadft lac Motor Car company daring the first firs -weeks following, the an nouncement of the company's new cars late In August. Actual ship ments of Fleetwoods for the same period are three time as great as In the same period ono- rear o. Pent up demand for the new Fleetwood line accounted for the placing of order tor more than It 9 of theee snotorlxed palaces, in tfe first daji following the an noaacement," and tho ontpnt for the rear la asseofed to exceed the peak figures ot tb 117-11 aea- aoa by 60 per cent. Entirely Hew Model Announcement, of the new lines of Fleetwood custom eoachcraft was made simultaneously with an nouncement of the . now Cadillacs and LaSalles with Fisher bodies The Fleetwood presentation In cludes IS bodies for the Cadillac chassis and two for the LaSalle. There is n entirely new mo del, the ''all : wdatber" phaeton Which provides, for nva passengers the advantage of both an open and closed car which heretofore have been limited to the two-pas senger convertible coupe. This phaeton model is. presented both In the sedan type and the Imper ial. The latter has an adjustable glass pastitlon which can be used to: separate the front ana rear compartments when the car id enj .closed, oV as a tonneau windshield when open. The new "all-weather' phaeton re stated by the company to be attracting a largo 'following be cause of their combining an en tirely new body model with fea tures that are eminently, practical. They have the full seating capa city for five passengers. The top, including the back and rear quar ters, is of Burbank material. It can be quickly lowered and folds compactly Into, an', envelope of the same material. All' door win dows drop flush with the mold lags when the phaeton Is used ae an open car. Reflecting largely the increas lng prosperity of the eountry, ttu Cadillac company's sales of thest Fleetwood hand-tailored ears L today ten times what it was three years ago, and the demand, which originally was confined to the large metropolitan areas. How One Salem Firm Welcomed Returning Drum Corps . 7p III Ac .. -a J:, i . kwTJ' -5::'-r"-xT--' .'vp,,TTrr",w -j- 'imi w j - Vf- S -"- ill- u I .' . -,' : t If IS! I t : '.jsV'-'--- 1 When thm AgJoa Corps in Baleen cause home last Tuesday loaded wita laurels and-boaors worn at the natkmal of Hnrifk ana W aaaJas, 971Xotk liberty street. to the world how to set th pace nay creeea us mnnung MHO UCffSE CcstofTmfficrjishaps ncnPPvnCHlW In united States Totb (Continued from pago 13 :. ' The ease of stolen cars that areU WASHINGTON, D. C, Oct. 13. found and which hare been! (Special.) During erery 24 stripped of plates and registration hours of 1928 an estimated arer. certificate the motor number filelsgo of 2,260 persona are being Is brought into-use to determine killed or seriously injured on the the owner. i streets and highways of the Unit ed States. The estimated eco nomic loss for the first six months of 1928 was $350,000,000 exclu sive of small property damage and -Insurance premiums. At the present rate of increase the "Grim Reaper" will exact a toil of 40,000 human lives in highway listings Id Copgpp?? Records of all automobiles owned in Oregon since 1905 are stored with the bureau and will be moved to the new building. All listings prior to the transfer of the office from the state house to Ferry street have been kept in the basement of the former .building. Until two yars ago the license sec tion set up emergency offices in the representatives chamber fit the state house during the rush period at the first of the year. Between six and seven million dollars have been handled by the, license bureau during th : last year, representing the; fees col lected on passenger and commer cial machines, motor cycles and the registration of dealers.; ensuf fuers and private operators. ; Ap proximately 40,000 owners took ont licenses to drive during 1927 and. the number for 192S is esti mated to be near that figure. ? An nual chauffeur registrations total more than 15,060, while dealer licenses Issued this year com to more than 600. The sources of fees from which the department ferlres its incline number between 8 and 20. Bob West, Baker county sbeep nan, accidentally shot himself 'hrough the body near Durkeo while ejecting a cartridge from a .25-25 rifle. It la thought h will recover. era' . association. During the first six months of 1928 the American Road Build ers' association estimates ttat 13,750 persons were killed and 112,500 seriously injured in high way accidents. The toll for 26, 618 killed and 798.700 seriously injured, r total of 825,318 cas ualties.' At the present rate ap proximately 27,500 persons will accidents during 1925. These be killed by theend of 1928. Do Fsnres Show? What do these figures showli ll)o they lndieatetha tthe Asasrl. can poopt esre becoming alarm lady careless at the wheel of an automobile or while walking upon the street? Do they mean that modern cars are too fart or too Inefficient to bo safely operated on our system of highways? careful analysis of highway figures were part of an analytical highway safety report issued :- day by the-American Road BuiW-faccident i statistics will show the latter to be largely untrue. The principal causes of highway accl dents it : will be shown, are dis courtesy !an carelessness on the part of 'both drivers and rsfri trians. , The statistics prove the following points: First. That the most important causes of highway accidents where motorists are principally at fault are in order of their im portance inattention, speeding; traffic law violations an intox ication. Of the 26,618 killed in 1927, motorists were at fault in 11,765 fatalities and all but 1,882 were attributed to the above causes. Second. That the most Impor tant causes of highway accidents where motorists are principally at fault are: children playing In the street or crossing In violation of traffic law, adult jay-walking, in attention, and confusion. Of the 11,367 deaths caused principally by. pedestrians in 1927, all but 1,250 were attributed to these causes. Third. That adverse physical conditions such as wet streets, de. Tecivs roads, poor lights and nar row., streets, caused bu 2.586 deaths. Fourth. That the human factor I responsible for 95 percent of all accidents. Wife Sues Hubby After Accident The aid story of friend wife rifling huby's pockets during: the wee small hobarn has been cast to the discard along with many other age-old traditions naJT she now openly sues him In court says the American Automobile as sedation. The national motoring body pointed out that as outhern wo man, injured In a collision while riding with her. husband in his car, has sued him for enormous damages although the man .who ran Into them was fined for reck less driving and has paid dam ages, although the man who ran into them was fined for reckless driving and has paid damages to friend husband. "In answering the suit." says the "A. A A., "the lady's sopouse pleaded the marital relation as his defense." By test ems Falcon-Knight Performance Subject of Boast by Company The outstanding, performance record of eight Falcon-Knight test cars that have covered a collective total of approximately 600,000 miles in about 18 months is cited by officials of the Falcon Motors Corporation as evidence that these Knight englned sixes have betn designed and built to withstand ten years of service. The eight Falcon-Knight sixes that have been driven over every different type of highway and ter ritory of the country and are still in operation, each being subjected to Inspection from time to time. Five of these ears have trawfed well over 75,000-miles and in no case have they shown 'appreciable wear In either the engine or the chassis, according to service offi cials at the company's factory in Elyria, Ohio. A careful record of each car's performance and service is being kept, it being the aim of the com pany to definitely determine just how many miles these, cars can travel without a breakdown. Mileage Mounts Up Assuming that the average dri ver plies up a total of about 10, 000 miles on bis car each year, Falcon executives point out that already, using the 10,000 figure as a basis, these test cars hard covered as many miles as the av erage driver would pile up In sev en or eight years. In order to arrive at a fair con clusion, these eight Falcon-KnlgbJ test ears, which arejtrictly stoitk models employing the Knijgbt sleeve-valve engine, are being'jp-' erated in dlffeernt sections of the country. This has brought the cars in contact with all kinds of weather, smooth highways, flat country, mountainous regions. desert stretches and gravel. and dlt roads. Despite this, the cars have eac hshown the same deer6 of inbuilt stamina and a marled ability to contlnle In operation. without layups for repairs or bit jor adjustments. 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