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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 28, 1928)
The New Oregon Statesman, Salem, Oregon, Sunday Horning, October z8t 1918 12 OURS EUROPE IN MOTOR GAR California Man Tells of His Experiences Abroad in Pontiac Sedan Good news for America's thous- nds of motorists who are plan- ing to tour Europe by automo Ue. and a vivid acount of the e eriences likely to be encountred here, were related recently by V Hr nnrr Ttntt nf Reverlv H11U . 3t Mat returned from a tour of ten bonths on the Continent. Customi regulations that bane f the foreign traveler need not eter the American motorist, Mr utt reported. "The American Soaring Europe by motor has little trouble with customs regulations ' A 1 I .1 1 I mo viiiuui miciuauvuiii loundaries, and receives good reatment from the officials as tell as from the natives," he said "I bad to get a license at one t the rate of five dollars for each norse-power of the car s engine. 'his method of taxation explains Uhr small cars of only eight or f , Surooe. All foreign cars receive ihe "QQ" International liceiise late, and the number remains the kme for the life of the car." Into On Steamship I Mr. Butt left Los Angeles last ov ember in his 1926 Pontiac Six edan and drove to New York, ibere the car was put on board he liner Olympic, landing At Southampton. Among the exper iences he reported was having to lay 35 cents to have a tire pump Id up. and idling along In troffic jrhile myriads of horse-drawn ve hicles and bicyclists took their me. "In touring through France and ermany, I round mat motorists ere are not bothered with any ed limit," Mr. Butt said. "You pay drive as fast as road condi- lons will permit. I made the 187 kilometers from Paris to Uonte Carlo in two days, or at rate oi more man juu miies a In England and on the Con- A . i 1 yneni, gasoline, or peiroi, costs iKAHf A K Mnta sin tmnnrlal rallnn Irblcb contains five quarts. This is because or tne neavy govern mental tax imposed. In one place trance I nad to pay at tne rate f $1.25 a gallon. "I was quite surprised at one nglish garage where I had to ay one and four pence, or about 6 cents in American money, to ave a tire pumped up. Even at at the pumping was done with i jm i . 3j.ii uiu-Bijio iiana-puup. mere !i no free air in Europe and the Juallty of service we are accus- I gomed to In American gas stations nd tire shops Is unknown. "Roadside gas stations in Eu rope are conspicuous by their ab sence, and sometimes you get pe iroi by the can and pour it in the ink yourself. -When I took my Pontiac to urope it bad already gone about 0,000 miles. I traveled 34.000 tilles more abroad, and when I ook (be car off the boat at Wil mington after shipping it from jpelsea, Wales, the speedometer ead 104.000 miles. My drlvlnr ffas made pleasant by the splendid ierformance of the car, as It de- eiopea L no . mechanical tronble batever." - While In England, Butt, who Is i ardent tennis fan, was one of ie official referees at the Wim- Medon lawn tennis meet In July. fie officiated at a number of the tnatchefl participated In hr Helen nils. "Bill" TUden. and th f. European stars. MORE THAN A MILLION MILES OF JOY FOR THE MOTORIST ZOSEL TALKS -4 - - 1 j ii I, ' ii ' " f" ' ' 'lli11 y (I jyToLETR AY k ALL RECORDS for intrant popularity or a l motor fuel on the Pacific Coast have been Though the shipment pictured here will provide more than a million mile ot caretree motoring, it is just a portion of one day's output from the Vernon refinery, at Los Angeles. Other distrib utinjz centers also are working overtime to main- broken by Violet Ray gasoline, thenew anti- knock product ot tne oenerai rexruicum v- (acuity otineir oinrauuii Y. rkan 5X00 indeDendent Dump! scattered SeunitedcdemfromeveiTtenitotT. Aiiiona. Nevada md Btitah Columbia. Careful Driving Is Good Business, Federal Chief QOU8 Easily Parlced at delivery point stheluDayfclaosj pexklas t lo&t carries. A Package Track caa osvbleyour 6Shfrim day. Coat per tUimy h SMsea tptm4bUity, mad Ctta 0drrtUimg vmb mi KnLEY-DAVIDSON jbrmprmcdeml 7 Mi Trmk via nuvimt ta Harry W. Scott 4TAe Cycle 147 S, CommereiaL TeL 68 "It is estimated that three bil lion dollars have been wrested in tne highways or America," says Mr. Martin L. Pulcher, presiden: of the Federal Motor Truck com pany of Detroit, Michigan. "Hav ing been paid for by taxes from the people, these thoroughfares belong to the masses, and each 'n iividual should realize that he has ao special privilege on any m.it one s rellow-man is more man a Df it." Courtesy and consideration fo. mark of civilization. It is a ne cessity in this busy and crowded world. Rounding curves more slowly, waiting until the hill it climbed before passing a slower- moving vehicle, sngnalling "the other fellow" your intended man euvers, and being on the alert fo: highway eccentricities will reduce the hazards of highway travel and the shameful loss of life and prop erty. Truck Driver Reformed The truck driver who of old was recognized as the stubborn dicta tor of the road, ruling supreme in his safely housed steel cab wtin" his massive machine which could not beseriously injured by a pass enger car, respects the law and the courtisy of the road today. Hi-? employer has impressed upon hir.i that careful and considerate driv ing Is good business. He has be;n made to realise his moral obllgs tion to his fellow-man, and that highway the reputation of his firm depends smoothly. upon his driving behavior as much as upon the goods the firm has to sell. Contrary to general belief, says Mr. Pulcher. accidents on th9 highway are not caused so much by trucks and truck drivers as by careless motorists, who, possess ing a car with quick acceleration and more speed than they can jfely use, dangerously "cut" in on the more slowly moving trucks. The highway smash-up of today s involving more than one car as most accidents tend to result front he poor judging of approaching mrs which catch the unwary mo torist as he attempts to pass the ?ar immediately ahead of him. Courtesy Goes Long Way In the year of 1926 about 23,- 900 people were killed by motor vehicles in this country, approxi mately 1,500,000 persons were in jured and a property loss of seven billion dollars was incurred. Ame;- ca is unquestionably on wheels, says Mr. Pulcher. .Twenty-five million automobiles, including mo tor buses and trucks as well as passenger cars, jam the highways rom the east to the west. - The increased responsibility to the in dividual driver, is increased ac cordingly. "It must be realized," empha- the road today for the stubborn driver or the reckless driver who always is willing to take a chance at the expense of other motorists Swallowing one's pride now and then is much better than spending several months in the hospital. "Whether you are a motorist. a bus or a truck driver," Mr. Pul cher concludes, "be careful, if for no other reason but for the fact that it Is good business." Actions Oi Horse I Implicate Dtitipr Just as a motorist must be I! able for the driving ot his car, the owner of a horse is held respons ible for the actions of his animal. according to the American Motor ist, official publication of the American Automobile Association. The A. A. A. publications says: "Merely berause a horse is a fool and not in possession of his due allowance of horse sense in no wise relieves his owner of respon sibility for damages caused by the four-legged foot "All the foregoing was decided not long since in a sohthern court. where the owner of an automobile sued the owner of a horse which, while being. driven by its owner, backed into the plaintiff's car. The horse owner asserted he was not liable because the animal's antics were the 'result of an inherent na ture!' The court, however, held otherwise, thus showing once more that the horse, more or less sadly as you will is no longer king of the road." sizes Mr. Pulcher. "that courtenv yoes a long way toward prevenUng L?. body of John Chamberlain. ...i... ' , I "0, Sherman county rancher, was . ... , .uuuu uu a tarui unr nucu. lie iramc iiowmg aiong-fiad een There is no room ou trouble. ABOUT TIRES Visit to Seiberling Factory Made by Salem Man Who Tells Impressions American business stands today on the threshold of an era of pro tected buying. It is only a mat ter of time now until every man ufacturer who has entire faith in his product must prove his faith by protecting the buyer. This is the belief of Walter Zo- sel, of the Zosel's Tire Shop, dis tributors here of Seiberling All- Tread tires, who has just returned from a visit to the Seiberling factory. "The number and diversity of products offered for sale today is so vast that you and I can't know enough about most of them to pick and choose wisely," he de clares. "Not one- person In a mil lion knows how to judge a sound tire, for example. Yet 200"00, 000 of us hare to buy them. "That protection for the buyer Is thoroughly practical has been amply proven in our own experi ence. J2very buyer of a Seiberling All-Tread is protected for a full year against all road accidents to his tires. Under the Seiberling tire protection plan, a nation wide service network of 5,000 Sei berling dealers from Maine to the Golden Gate is at the disposal of every Seiberling user. Any In- Jury to his tires, no matter where he is, is repaired free of charge and at once by the nearest Seiber ling dealer. If the accident Is be yond repair, he gets a new tire at one-twelfth the purchase price, if the accident occurs during the first month of use, at two-twelfths if it happens during tha second month, etc. In other (words, he Pays only for the service he gets out of a shoe. "The car owner of Salem who rides on Seiberling All-Treads doesnt pay a cent for tire up-keep -no matter how many thousands of summer miles or how many gruelling winter miles he motors. The claims for Seiberling All Treads are backed by absolute protection on a nation-wide scale." Detour Markers Show Progress Detour signs, generally looked upon by the motorists as one of the greatest annoyances of motor ing, should be listed - today as "signs of progress," according to the National Touring bureau of the American Automobile association. "While it is true that several years ago the nation was infested with detour signs because tne main roads were in ,bad condition. this does not hold true in 1928." said the National Touring board. "Today they mean, in the majority of instances, that construction is underway and better roads will be found for those traveling in tie future." As an example of this, the tional motoring body pointed out that in June of this year thera were 561 highway detours in thfc area east of the Mississippi and north of the Ohio rivers, the ma jority at points where new con struction was under way. "The marked increas ent"41ie number of highway detours indi cates that there is a marked de gree of increased activity in the work of improving our main roads, but at the same time, this increased activity makes it imper ative for the car owner to tecure up-to-the-minute route informa tion in advance of touring," says the touring bureau of the national motoring body. MJINIT TYPES OF CM ID ET Motor car purchasers today lehould have no difficultyUi-Tina- ing the automobile precisely suit ed both to taste and pocketbook, with 765 types offered by the manufacturers at prices ranging from 53S5 to $12,500, according to George O. Brandenburg, secretary-manager of the Oregon State Motor association, in making pub lic figures issued by the Research Department of the American Au tomobile association. Discussing these figures, Mr. Brandenburg points out that nev er before has the American public had placed before it such an Times. HI IB .5 GASSES DIFFER There is a distinct difference between "summer" and "winter" gasoline, the former being Its volatile than that sold during the colder periods of the year, accord ing to the research department of the American Automobile associ ation. However, the gasoline market ed during the past summer was more volatile than that sold dur ing the summer of 1927, says the statement of the A. A. A. research department, which is based on a survey of the bureau of mines, de partment of commerce. During the past nine years the bureau of mines has made semi annual surveys of the gasoline marketed in the United States. These studies have been made In cities chosen as representative of the more important marketing territories. The A. A. A. statement says: "In the past there has usually been a distinct difference between 'summer and 'winter' gasoline, that marketed during the sum mer being less volatile than that sold during the winter. During several years this difference was very small and was confined to the lower end of the distillation range. This summer the average figures indicate a decided return to the sale of a less volatile sun-mer-grade gasoline, the change being especially evident in the samples from New York, Wash ington, Chicago, New Oreleans ana St. Louis. A study of the Indi vidual analyses, however, shows u general tendency toward the mar keting of a standardized product. as individual variations from the; average are small." amazingly complete array of auto motive products and such com prehensive list of price classes. "One hears much Ulk,? says Brandenburg, "of standardization which, we are told, will wipe out all opportunity for individuality. With 765 car types available, the monaco seems pretty remote. Ob viously, a person's taste would have to be extremely, even radi cally, individual if it would be impossible to satisfy it among all those models. 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Sweeping into the market at a time when . motor car lines were practically standard ized when imitation was destroying individuality-1-tbes epic Buick creations intro duced an entirely new mode A mode of body-symmetry of size and magnificence of soft contours instead of straight lines of embossed side and hood panels involving the most costly steel paneling work employed on any car in the world! And as the weeks have passed and the rail significance of Buick's achievement has become apparent to the public enthusiasm for this car has swelled and grown to no , precede nted proportions! Buick sales records have been broken! Production schedules hare been increased gain sod again! The great Buick plants are working to the limit of their capacity to supply the demand. BUI WITH MASTMPIICS BODIIS BY flSHCB HAS A NEW rjAND FINER MOTOR CAR i W : mi THE WORLD OTTO J. WILSON 8S9 Cooimerdal Street. 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That's U u asAI t In the first three months following the "400" introduction "400" sales wett nearly 75,000 cars, 14,000 mere than the to tal of the best previous July, the best previous August and the best pre vious September in all Nash history. Cabriolets, Victorias from $1080 to $2040 Delivered 9 Sedans frhm $1085 to $2265 Delivered 8 Coupes, MEM WW Mead9 the Wbrld in Jlotor Car Ttofttt rarORTAIT"400 FILTCRlS J0 O TITER CJUt UM THEXXJUUL Twin-Ignition motor 12 Aircraft-rrpe spark plugs High compression New doable drop frm Ooe-piece Salon Reader Houdaille and Loveior shock 'absorbers (odwiiM Aluminum alloy piston (wf fart) 7-bearing crankshaft (MUw ermmh pirn) Biur centralized chassis lubrication Short taming radii Salon Bodies Longer wheelbascs Torsional vibradon dam pee Nash Special Design front World's easiest steering bumpers - Electric clocks KxIf05 saetalwni chrome msvcu wwwr mcKci Clear vision front pillar poets F;:-.W. 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