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Agrictdtere end IndcstricT
Slogan Campaign ; News of
The Farm end Fbdi
Automotive Information
Salem, Oregon, Sunday Morning, December 23, 1928
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BEAUTY IDE
SGI EttTlFIG ALLY
Chrysler Designers Apply
Greek Art to Get Lines
of Harmony in Car
"Few persons realize that the
universally admllred and author!
tative beauty of the new Chrysler
cars is the Inevitable result of a
deliberate and conscious plan to
apply to automobile design the
principles of the classic forms of
art.
"Chrysler has not relied alone
on the Inspiration of individual
designers. Instead It has searched
out authentic forms of classic
beauty and has translated them
Into terms of motor car beauty
and motor car utility."
The speaker is J. W. Frazer.
Chrysler sales manager. In trac
lng how this beautp has been au
thoritatlvelp achieved, he contin
ues:
The public's Instant acceptance-!
of this new Chrysler beauty has
caused a revolution in what ha?
heretofore been termed motor car
body design. The hrpslers set
still higher standard of beauty.
instantlp recognized and appre
elated by most people, which hat
been widely discussed in homes.
In clubs, on the street and in
newspaper and magazine style ar
tides alike. Amos Parrish, at the
Harper's Bazaar fashion enfer
ence .recently ended in New York
in dfucusslng 1928's six best con
tributions to merchandising, rated
'Chrysler's Job in realizing the vi
tal importance of automobile fash
ions' as one of them.
Authoritative Beanty
Taking the new Chrysler "75'
as an illustration. let's examine
first ths relation of front bump
er. lamp tie-rod and radiator.
Stand squarely in front of the car
and notice the symmetry of those
lined. Artists know It as a "ris
ing. . diminishing series." The
level floor or level road, the
slightly arched bumper, the short
er arched tie-rod above, and final
ly the still snorter and . more
deeply arched radiator contour
form a series of lines in per fee
harmony. In the. relation of radiator,
lamps and fenders we next Tlnd a
modification of the Egyptian
ltus lea pattern. In its modern
application it Is perfectly propor
tloned and 'applied with ronsum
ate artistry in blending beauty
and, utility.
Now step around to the side
and notice the relation of the
hood cntours. For the first tlm?
In the motor car's history the na
tural harmony of its radiator and
rear hood strip has been recog
olzed and developed. The intro
duction of the Chrysler slender
profile radiator not only disposed
of one f tha last unsightly relics
f the early automobile but also
Introduced a feature of harmony.
In conjunction with the cowl bar
moulding, whieh is reminiscent
of the best of Qreek art." If you
will stand opposite the rear door
of a "75"sedan, about 10 feet
away, and look forward at thr
hood, slanted slightly toward
you. than visualize the Frieze of
Parthenon, you will see its motif
clearly duplicated in this view.
The straight side "view revealf
a striking harmony of fender
contours. Notice how the long
swaep of the front fender is ech
oed in the corresponding sweer
of the back part of the rear fend
er. XI so how the steep dip of the
front of the rear tender, with Itf
beautiful fillet at the base, find;
Its counterpart In the apron of
the front fender. These lines ar
dynamic, symbolizing the fleet.
smooth forward motion of the car.
They, find their counterpart in
the "wave border" of the classic
pieces of architecture and design
Be-Mty of Arched Bridge
Visualize the beanty of an
arched bridge as It Is when seen
from slightly above and to one
sides ' Then, keeping that picture
Iny uor mind, get slightfy above
and on the left front side of the
"75 sedan. Your mind gets the
same .picture! Tate ''flat arch"
wiisdow- contours of the Chrysler
close ears present a new note In
window design in perfect harm
one. relieving " the unsightly
"BoaarMeu" of the concentlona
window. .
Motorboats Will
Be Spld on Time
BALTIMORE, Dec". 21. Gen
eral application of the' installment
payment plan to yacht and mo
torhoats, along lines similar to ac
cepted methods in the automobile
Industry, is regarded as certain
by officials of the' Commercial
Credit companies, largest Inde
pendent financing organization to
America.. f"-'V
: Tfce recently . announced con
tract with the Chris SmlthiBoaf
wonfcs of Algonac, Mich., builder;
of Chrla-Cxaft has been, followed
by a deluge of Inquiries froni
; yatntemen and yachtbullden
whieh Indicate a wide aceeptane
of the deferred payment Idea a
applied to pleasure toets. -
The Ideal Setting for Tragedy
(I rnvr a aettinar.for Traced!
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speed! nr auto doomed to meet
any driver wouM fall to slow down, look and listen, npom a ranching a grade crossing. National safetj
Council statistics prove otherwise. Every month of the year there are many such tragedies. As a rule
the Innocent sutler with the guilty and often whole families' are buried Into eternity.
This writer saw one of these grade crossing tragedlsome-months ago when the train he was riding
came to a Jerky stop beside the wreck. He never wants totsee smother. Since that day he tmm made U
n inviolate rule to follow that sound advice: "Cross Crosalna CantJolv.
Fisk Tires Race ild Life
During African Movie Tour
NEW YORK CITY, Dec. 22.
Matched against the sure-footed-uess
of African Hons and ele
phants, Flsk transportation tlree
have won a marathon contest
taged by the Martin Johnson
African expedition lasting the bet
ter part of two and a half Tears.
The race was run over the roadN
'ss wilderness of British East
where Mr. and Mrs. 3ohnson suc
cessfully sought miles of motion
picture film and thousands of
photographs to add to . their al
ready vast collections in the Amer
ican Museum of Natural History,
New Tork City.
"The two . Knight-m o t o r e d
.rucks which we used to pursue
African wild. animals were
equipped with Fiak transportation
tires in May. 1925," said Mr.
Johnson. "We started out of Nai
robi, in British East Africa, and
for 11 months our expedition fol
lowed , the trails of animals;
through Tanganyikl, to Lake Par
adise, along the Abyssinian bor
der, back to Nairobi, over to Ug
anda, down to Tanganyika again
and once more into Nairobi. In
all this time we did not have a
puncture.
Only One Falls
"Mrs. Johnson and I returned
o America for five months and
last December we started out
agaJa from Nairobi onthe same
eight tires -that had carried us
.mough our preceding expedition.
For nine months more we hunted
new game pockets In Tanganyika
shooting lions; elephants, giraffes.
and many other animals- with oar
cameras. Still the Flak tires new
up. Finally, near the conclusion
of this second expedition, one of
the eight tires went flat and was
replaced by a spare."
Mr. Johnson smilingly confessed
to -every known, crime against the
longevity of a pneumatic tire. The
ene-ton American trucks usually
carried two-ton load, with half
dozen Africa porters piled on top.
The drivers of these trucks were
native blacks, who had never
joined any societies for the pre
vention of cruelty to Urea. It the
expedition had ever owned a tire
gauge. It was lost. The rubber
aide walls were torn off by chaias
and were not vulcanized. As for
checking up the wheel alignments.
even, the Henna or -camoer,-;
"caster nad ""gather" were out
side the expedlUotCa rocasbnlary.'
Traveled 20 Bloaths
"Any road In America is a
boulevard by comparison with the
routes we followed. In Africa,
said Mr. "Johnson. 1 "Across the
veldt, bumping over and Into rock
strewn gullies Jbr 'dongas." up the
14.000. foot Ndoto mountains
where no motor car had ever been
ntviv, tmsiM "
holes' nod oat agafh, we traveled.
exactly how many mfles we eov
red cannot even te estimated bat
for 19 months out of the two- and
Plenty of Ybrjis. plenty rof waning
with the inevitable result. You
a half years these eight Flsk tires
have been on our trucks we trav
eled between 35 and 150 miles
daily, practically all across the
country.
After a few months Jn the
States, Mr. and Mrs. Johnson will
return to Africa, where for nine
years they hare spent most of
their lives. A native of Inde
pendence, Kan., Mr. Johnson has
virtually dedicated his life to
studying and photographing the
rapidly vanishing wild animals of
Africa. Mr. and Mrs. Johnson
have achieved international recog
nition for Jhelr African explora
ttonsand are equally well known
as authors and lecturers.
One motorist faced with the
problem of greasing his car regu
larly himself built two amall
shelves on which he kept all oils,
greases, oil cans and grease guns
needed. They were so handy
that he found it little trouble to
go over the lubricating ssytem.
A clean windshield will have
nothing on It to scratch when the
swipe Is used and is much easier
to see through when
against bright lights.
driving
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Cars That Pass
In the Night
By C. B. McLaughlin
Crash! Bang! A Portland bound
car meets a car headed the oppo
site direction. Both machines
keen to the road, neither leaving
the highway. The Portland bound
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auto proceeds lamely to a turnout
InMhe road and the driver hot
foots it back to the scene of the
clash. No sign of the southbound
car so the northbound traveler
continues on hie way. The bill
for straightening fenders and re
placing hubcaps Is approximately
? 10 for the Portlander. What
damage was done to the other car
Is not known to this date. Neith
er car was equipped with fog
lights. This all happened on Sun
day morning, December 2, at
about 5 In the morning, halfway
between Salem and Woodburn.
There Is a moral to the above
happening which is not hard to
Mind. Fog, like the poor, we al
ways have with us and fog lights
are cheaji at whatever the price.
The driver of the Portlapd
bound car would like to compare
notes with the driver or the car
which met him so forcibly. He is
an employee of the New Oregon
Statesman.
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Autoists Drive
Engineers
Dor yon know that you drive
your car or truck by Instinct? Ton
do. for engineers of the bureau of
public roads have been watching
yon. They have made observations
to see how far from the edge of
the pavement yon drive and what
yon do at curves and on down
grades.
Haying marked off pavements
into one-foot sections, the engla.
eers, by watching the Tight rear
wheels of passing vehicles, find
that on straight and level roads
of various widths from 14 to 24
feet, with shoulders In fair con
dition, passengercar drivers hab
itually maintain a dlstajice of
from 1 to 4 feet between the
outer wheel and the edge of the
pavement. Truck drivers operate
somewhat nearer the edge, but
prefer not to approach closer than
1 feet. Drivers will sacrifice
clearance between their own and
passing vehicles' rather than drive
closer to the edge than they in
stinctively feel Is safe.
The btroaaa's observations indi
cate that pavements less than 18
feet wide $re decidedly too nar
row since they provide no clear
ance for passenger cars or trucks
operating in the usual paths.
While the 18-foot width Is appar.
ently great enough for passenger
cars In two lane traffic, it is not
quite wide enough for trucks. The
20-foot width gives ample clear
ance for trucks and Is not -excessive
for automobiles.
In moving down 'hill on, light
erades. traffic moves slightly to
ward the center of the road. Light
down grades do not suggest re
duction of speed, hence traffic
takes the precaution of moving
WHIPPETS GIVEN
GREAT
-'First renorts received on the
welcome accorded the new Whip
pet fours and Whippet sixes,
which were introduced two weeks
ago by the Willys-Overland com
pany, indicate that the Toledo
manufacturer has achieved the
ereatest success In the twenty
yeats history of the company.
comments M. F. Swift, manager
of the Alfred-Billlngsley agency
In Salem.
"The remarkable publle recep
tion accorded the new cars in the
cities where they were first shown
Droved clearly that Willyf-Orer
land had struck the public fancy
. i than Airkv Tim-
to a greater ucnre " -
fore throueh its introduction of
hrii nrimd rar beauty and ad
vanced mechanical features In the
low nriced field." Mr. Swift be
itAvoa riose observers declare
that this marked advancement
would tend to establish a new
trd of design in the Whippet
nrlce class
Aifennrh it was known that
th nubile was In a highly recep
tlve mood for the new models be-
oaiim nf the outstanding repuia
Uon of the original Whippet, yet
fh interest that was manifested
exceeded even the most optimistic
expectations expressed by Wtllys-
rwerlnnd executives.
Before the presentation of the
irrv.tn.wt tha Interest oi me
n,,Mi was aroused because of ad
.-.a information that seeped out
.. in tha new cars the Willye-
norland company. was taking the
initiative by bringing ;
tlr.i new and totally dif-
'.nvthlng heretofore
,hown In the lo t' n,ld
tDIHi!UD
RECEPTION
by Instinct
Show by Tests
slightly away from the edge of the
pavement. No snch tendency was
observed en heavy grades where
the speed Is reduced, and the In
stinctive fear of the pavement's
edge Is lessened.
In rounding borhtontal curves,
traffic, in general, shifts toward
the Inside edge, but the trucks
shift their courses toward the In
side of the curve less than pass
senger vehicles. Under all cir
cumstances, truck drivers are
found to adhere more closely to
the edges- of the pavement than
operators of passenger vehicles.
Traffic moving on the outside
of the curve shifts its course farth
er in the direction of the in side
than traffic moving in the oppo
site direction, which is limited in
its choice of a course by the prox
imity of the edge of the pavement.
Unless, therefore, the pavement Is
widened on the curves the nor
mal straight road clearance be
tween the two lines of vehicles is
reduced.
TUBE" KITES
DEALERS TO MEET
Graham-Paige dealers from all
over the United States and Can
ada have been Invited to Detroit
by the Graham-Paige Motors cor
poration for its first national deal
ers convention January s-. wnen
they will see an elaborate exposi
tion of the growth and progress
of the company in Its first year
as builders of cars, bearing . the
name of the three Graham broth
ers.
Mr. Trumm, Graham-Paige rep
resentstive in Salem, who has re
ceived an invitation and some ad
vance information on the Detroit
meeting, expects to attend.
"I am certainly planning to at
tend the Graham-Paige conven
tlon at Detroit," is Mr. Trumm'
comment on his Invitation from
the three Graham brothers. "The
Graham-Paige company has a rep
utation in the industry fdr doing
tlyjse things in original ways thatJ
make them more man worm
while. -N,"Only recently, Graham-Paige
has scored by being the first con
cern in the world to utilize the
speaking film in Industry, each
of the three Graham brothers ap
pearing and giving a brief address
to urge -all dealers to attend the
January convention."
Moving the arm of an etoeric
wiper by hand throws It out of
alignment so that It will not work
properly when wanted for normal
use. Whenever washing the wind
shield move the wiper arm only
by letting it run as when ln use
to swlp! the shield.
Brake linings' take time to it
evenly to the bands or drums and
should be worked In evenly. Un
til they have had the opportun
ity -to properly set themselves,
brake specialists recommend - that
they be used sparingly.
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fUIEST DESIGN
Automobile wheels have under
gone considerable change within
the past ten yeass. and some of
the most notable Improvements
are to be seen In the wheels with
which the new Model A Ford ear
Is equipped.
These new wheels are known as
steel spoke" wheels and are of
of special Ford design and manu
facture. Like other features of
the new Model A Ford, thev com
bine lightness and graceful an-
pearance with strength and dur
ability to a degree never before
attained in wheels designed espe
cially for light, low-priced cars
that must give long and hard ser
vice in many parts of the worlorNnglneer on the big air comnres-
and under many and varying roau
conditions.
The steel spokes, of which
there are 3d. in each wheel, are
made of a tine grade of Ford steel,
electrically welded to the steel
rim and the hub shell so that the
entire wheel, hub, spokes and rim,
becomes in reality one piece of
steel, with no part that can work
or wear loose and weaken the
wheel structure or become noisy.
Each spoke before being welded
to hub and rim is set at Just that
angle in relation to the other
spokes which .makes It perform
the best possible bracing and pull
lng function. This feature of the
design prevents road shocks belner
transmitted .directly to anr slnele
spoke in the wheel and distributes
the shock equally to all of the
spokes and to all sections of rtm
and hub, thus lessening the dan
ger of wheel failure.
The rim of this new Ford wheel-
is of the "drop center" type
which gives greater strength to
the rim. Imparting the same qual
ities of rigidity that are found in
channel and corrugated, steel, and
which also greatly facilitates
changing tires, as the tire, once
the air la out, may be removed
easily even wUhout the aid o f
tools.
. "The Daddy of the Plant!"
That's what they call him out in
the shops of the mammoth Dodge
Brothers factory in Detroit the
gray-haired, slightly stooped en
gineer on duty at one of the big
compressed air machines for op
erating the huge steel presses.
He is William Wohlfell and he
Is 60 years old, the last active
member of the little group of
Dodge Brothers workmen who
have seen the organization grow
from a' small machine shop with
20 employes to Its outstanding
position in the automotive Indus
try, ranging with the greatest in
dustrial concerns of the country
and the world.
But, in spite of his three score
years, "Bin", .as he is known fam
iliarly to thousands of his fellow
employes, has kept pace with the
Give
Yourself
a Christmas
present
THAT your Christ
inas next year will
without the worry of
VETERAN FINISHES
38 YEARS SERVICE
bills curiae annoyance of
a last minute scramble
for f turds; make yourself
a present now, of a
C h r i s tm a a Club bank
book for 1929. Accounts
range in weekly deposits
from twenty-five cents
upward.
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jAlBank.
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times. His ideas of how the mod
ern -automobile should be made
are the Ideas of today. They came
to htm In the evolution of the In
dustry and the part he has play
ed in It first the bicycle, then
the four and now the popular six;
cylinder car.
Wohfell was a young van,
barely It when he erossed over
the Detroit river to the Canadian
border town of Windsor SS years
ago to work for the Dodge Broth
ers in the manufacture of bicycles.
Employed there until 1901. he re
turned to Detroit with the foun
der of the company to open their
first machine shop, one of a bare
handfal of employes. Later, when
Dodge Brothers were turning out
parts for the pioneer automobile
companies, he was the blackftm"
and In 1114, with the advent of
the first Dodge motor car, u
engineer's papers came. Today he
takes a keen Interest in his Job as .
or.
SHE TO REVIVE
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WASHINGTON. D. C, Dec. 22.
The contest board of the Ameri
can Automobile tfSSociatlon 'today
launched plans to secure renewed
interest in automobile racing and
to restore it to Its rightful place
as a major sport.
As its first move, the official
guardian of automobile racing
announced the A. A. A. technical
committee for 1929 and plans for
a conference between members of ,
this committee and automotive
manufacturers and their repre
sentatives, as well as prominent
racing drivers, to be held In De-
trolt, December 18.
Capt. Eddie RJckenbacker,
chairman of the A. A. A. contest
board, said that racing is Just pas-
sing through one of Its recurrent ,
doldrums. "If the best minds of .
the industry tackle the problem
right now, it Is almost a certainty
that renewed public" interest can
be created," he declared.
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t TWAttt the poorer the tire, the ;
J longer the mileage guarantee.
What you really wgnt it a certain
ty that yosr tiret will keep rolling. .
That it what yon get with this v
newSurety Bond. It't hacked both i .
by Dunlop AND the American
Surety CuQpany. " "-: ? s '
Ic u as dear as crystal. In 2ect it
ays that for the first 12 months -
we will take all responsibility for
yoorDuxdopgivbgrrfccttnrice.
It doesn't cutter whether a tiro
fiUt through accidcnt.or collision. )
or blow-oat, or mitalignxnent, or -
wocic-bnae, or road-evtt, or rim-.'
amash. or tide-wall UJarics, or
tube-plflchiog. or Yalve-t taring, ,
orlWlrytocnorunder-inflation.
Wtrcpa(ruIrec,0&voagctancvv .
tire at a rcSiictd price depending
on the time yon havcrun it. '. -
Ton hut know the Surety Bond
will be fulfilled. Yom )ust know
char Dunlop Titct must he -finer
and ttronjrsr.aad better . . .ther- .
wise how could they be backed by
Surety Bond like this,
Come in and read a copy. You
will find it refireihlng in itt dirccr
nest and itt liberality.
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