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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (March 24, 1929)
A" X S5 ' 1 mmm . , , . : 1 1 ' f . . 1 H I . t . ii i mm ! , . . . . fl W II Battlulu EWE SERVICE . . aM - 1 - Program of Helping Owner Key to 1929 Program . of FirmVHead Better service to antomombilel owners will be mosi iuy nt national contribution made by the Nash Motors compasy-lB rf- i.- t9. C. W. Nash, pres- ident. predicted this week follow iJg more than a "'Ja participation In automobile ahowa thn country. Since the first national exhiM .. nPned In New York early In January, this Industrial leader re- sponsible ior so m-7 Llvances in American Z struction and quality, n ; almost constantly to the various aiL renters. With C. H. Bliss. manager, ano omer IT he has visited most the principal distribution centers He has inspected Nash sales and service facilities in each point, has thousands of dealers and salesmen on the Nash sales firing line and has made a special study cfN'ash service departments and improvements in seme- ganizaion. Dissatisfied Owner Poor Ad "One dissatisfied owner can do more damage to a great automo bile merchandising structure than of satisfied owners can mpnd." has been his chief-auto mobile show theme, "and in 1129 Vaeh par owner should be i no - - - satisfied In every respect." . In summing up his Impressions of the Automobile show season to day, he declared that service,, is. after all. at the root of auccess ;n nv nnhlie undertaking; j '. "In all my yearsTbf a'ttCccAlle work." he added. -I 'hate tried to base my every activity oft the -dm ole rule that everyone la entitled in the kind of treatment x wotua want in any given situation. That has been the policy of the Nash Motors company since its incep tion and, I am happy to say, most men in our organisation are big enough to be able to step over in to the other fellow's position. whenever such a Question arises and see his point of view as well as their own. -I ' mrw Service croauiy uaea In our case, service does not lie alone in making adjustments in an owner's ear cherrfnlly and efficiently. It lies in giving the public the last' ounce of value in our power for its money; in sup Divine our cars with all of the adranced features that are exclu sive with Nash; In placing the low est price on our cars compatible Wash l lyilg labiicatioa has been petferted which operates ewilr . . . immrdiafrlr ; and with flawless certainty : Nash now offers it on every Adranced and Special model , o the new OOjseries . ; Nash-Bijnr . ; the finest derice erer jSb , duced to supply chassis bearing points with necessary lubrication. ' . ; ,. V Yon simply - press the convenient pedal IHPORTAIVT Twia-Igaition motor 1 2 Aircraft-type spark plugs Hlgb compression New doable drop frame Oo-piecc Saloa tenders i 365 North ' '" E at lOnm thm mdr if wmiting to whim W hoatm f m wU mrtmdrmm. Ukm CoL with good business, and is guar anteeing: strict honesty and fair dealing to the public throughout our great merchandising organis ation in every part of the world. SIUDEBB PUTS orairai A number of improvements and refinements in chassis and body design which add materially to the performance, appearance and comfort pf the Studebaker Presi dent Eight Sport roadster have Jeen announced by Wallace Bone- Steele Sttltiaker-Erskjne, dealer y lUiH ; "The notably brilliant perform ance of the President roadster has been markedly Improved by motor reflnemenU whick ' give- this straight eight engine an output of 115 horsepower, This has been accomplished by the development of a new duplex carburetor and duplex down draft manifold, which have not only Increased the power Of the motor, hut have giv en it an added degree of operat ing smoothness as welL " t "The new earburetion and man ifolding f n ' efeett provides two carburetors and manifolds, each feeding four cylinders. To the natural increase In engine effi ciency ' resulting from this im provement must be added the ad ditional value of twin coal igni tion, which insures the same hot, fast spark for ignition at high speed-as at low speed. f lmd. "400" FEATUDES - - Hoodallle and Loveoy shock absorbers .W imrn) Alominna alloy pistons (tewrAra) HewMgJHI 7-beariog crankshaft (UIWm4W fiijur centralized chassis lubrication. F. W. PETTYJOHN CQ. Commercial Street . . r AFTER WE SELL The New OREGON GIIll CUAUPlOTi JOINS "400 Fimki. Cmlit iwoantbr After -UninJ thm mbhu'i world mtfuwioi toon. maJnutmm mod ST Meoo-k. tmJ Ow. MOm Trout is nthmimtlm M -w nraa oi nESQIiW Graham Page Line Popular is Report Made Locally 3 I t by Loder Bros. - Immediate acceptance has been the reward earned by the line of five new chassis models intro duced by Graham-Paige at the be ginning of the year, according to reports from the- company re ceived by LoderBros., who recent ly took over the representation of the tir3$am-Pa!ge here. - , t ' Bfh 1 production and-registration figures indicate that the new cars are surpassing the preceding models, which gained for Graham Paige a new' high record for sales volume for the first year of any make of car. Detroit . and Wayne county, Michigan, a district that counts Itself as the wisest and best in formed on automobile subjects in all the world, has greeted the new Graham-Paige models with enthu slum, and sales in the first two months of 192s more than doubled the figure for the corres ponding period of last year. Analysis of complete reports for 1928 reveals an extraordinary record 'achieved by the Graham Paige in Indianapolis.1 Total reg istrations for the IS months showed Graham-Paige standing in fourth place, all makes included. By Its phenomenal sales. Graham- ftCCEPTED BfflUC (a child can do it), and twenty-nine chassis points . . spring shackles, steering knack- lev dntch bearing and the like , k iartr C bathed invireslii dean; wear-resisting""oUi Nish-Bijur centralized lubrication ends all the bother and expense, of old-fashioned chassis greasing. Just press the pedal once a dayr Chassis squeaks are avoided, chas sis wear is prevented . when you drive the new and finer Nash "400"w lie the If VrM inJUotor Cr Ftalsse TO OTHER CJlIt i HS ITHpIiIt . Salod Bodies , tooge wllbases ; ' Torsioaal vibratioa damper wunspeou s " World's eaaicsc steenng 4 rriMmetalwarechrosae Electric clocks" ." Short turning radio? ; .,1 f WB SERVE STATESMAN, Salem, Grrjoa, RANKS hrottdhthmr trim Httlm "OoJbWn ktrndhT hmw omt JVjmA "40CT Stmndmr Six Arthur C. GomJml. DoJb Flight trntw NamhTm mdrmnomd motor and anAi- Paige obtained C per cent of all sew car business in Marlon coun tr. which includes Indianapolis, or 10 per cent of all business oth er than Ford and Chevrolet. 170-Mile Run With 37 En trants Proves Worth of President Car That power and brilliant motor performance can be attained with ou UhW sacrifice of fuel economy was demonstrated by a recent economy run held in California un derline sanction and soperrlslon of the American Automobile asso ciation. Thirty-seven cars piloted by as many women completed a 170 mlle run from Los Angeles to Wrightwood Mountain, climbing from almost sea level to an alti tude of C000 feet Each ear ob served the same rules, covered the same course, and ran under the same weather conditions. At the conclusion of the run, the of ficial A. vA. A. representatives awarded first place In its class to a Studebaker. "STAATS HOME DESTROYED Bend's oldest landmark, the 42-year-old Btaats' house, has been destroyed by fire. It wa the first lumber house built where Bend now stands. , plated over aicket SlEMfllE inni Oearviaioafrotit pillar poses 1 Sunday Morning. March 24. ESSEX Iffi Id HARD TEST With Hood Sealed. Car Runs - Any Oiange ' SAN PRANCISdO. March 11 Sealed In high gear,- and with hood and radiator so locked 'that It was imposslblo tVouch the en gineer to add oil or water a stock p-f the Chfttecger; coach Just completed cn o. the aost" sensa tional reliability-and' high-gear power tests ever attempted. " ' It was; driven from San rran- elseo, to r, the " Canadian border, south to the Mexican line and back to San Francisco, a distance of S49S miles over 11 mountain ranges, by Paul J.. Feelr nd B. M. Sharpe, of Stanley; W.l Smith, Inc., Hudson-Essex' distributors here. : - .r. Coaqners Aft Grades : . Not only did .the Essex eon iner all of the notorious, grades of the Pacific highway in .high gear, but it crossed the Siskiyou and Cas cade mountain ranges twfee and traversed the Coast road north from Los Angeles to include the Santa Susana, Casitas, Cavtota, Majoqul and Cuesta passes and the San Juan grade. .Qf course, the famous Tejon pass on the Ridge Route between Bakersfleld and Los Angeles was part of the high-gear hazard.' After all this phenomenal high- gear pulling without, an adjust ment of any sort after the car was launched on its epoch-making i : . Pre it at a glance, lilt TJ7 graceful bodies express thb fieetnessar;d indomi table spirit ofStudebaker'8 great President Straight Eight, Keen lines, alert,' vigorous, modern, are eloquent of the qualities which made The Pres ident undisputed stock car champion of the world . . "No motor car ever had more styled Certainljc, v none ever deserved it morel - The President's un approached . record of 30,000 miles in 26,326 minutes was made to prove its right to your trust. ; C Picked by sheer chance, any one of the four stock V President Eights which traveled 30,000 miles, might well have been your car. Ij I XIU1C AH. 2fii 235 S. 1929 ' - ' 1 m,.MMmmM - journey, hjttiag Iict mod m the north where the highway is being revamped. slippery: snow and treacherous Icy pavement alop the rSlsklyous and the Cascades, the car was unsealed and refilled with oil and water in the presence of San Francisco automobile editors. Amaxlng as lit may sound, it took only, five Quarts of water to fill the radiator to the top and three quarts ot oil to place the gange at the "fair level. "fe Free Road Service 1 E.SBIL9 198 S. Commercial or Id ChampioTL . it looks and ads the part! STUDE BAKER'S SID E NT E 2 GET X J" TBi'ajtEtrr Eicwr Statz Victoria to roua six wvre vjlttU and trwd nicl standard tfmpnunt--frSpj, PalHlrTEICITFoua-DooaSEnAJ7,. Prttaitiktfacurt. BmrnwUsfarttirtttxtra. "ORLD CHAMPION One senses so well do these lowswung, every iJtWKIMau . vuoMipiviia Stations .? KOMO KHQ KG MARION IGAR T : JVe J Bonesteele Opposite Marion Hotel Hard Test Made In Alps id Prove Quality of Ford ' "An official test of the Model A Ford motor in Swltxerand, wth the Alps as the proving 'ground, hag demonstrated that " -the new Ford could be operated tor a long. SEIBERLING TIRES Protected for one year against aB Road Hazards Telephone 471 Expect of The President Eight you choose as c much of the same swiftness and stamina" as you will ever dare demand; i Expect something, yet more valuable a day-m-and-day-out perform- V ance you have never-known in any cariyou ever owned. Expect comfort unique in motordom -pioneered by Studebaker. f Expect, in short, world champion behavior from this champion that looks STUDEBAKER MODELS The President Eight - ' . The Commander Six or Eight The Dictator ; Sunday evenine 7:15 to 7:45 and ()ast-to-coasl network AGE GO 11 contlnnoas period over abrupt. steep hlHv without lifting the hood. Reports f-the test have Just sbeen received by, the Ford Motor company. . I " V . The Ford motor was. kept run. i nlng for. a period of elx days and . during virtually all of that time the car was enroute over the Al pine passes, a relief taking over' the operation while the driver being to determine the! reliability and power ot the automobile. " TIRE oraop f s i- 4, - and acts- the . 1 ' AND PRICES i $i7S$S7S 35o t$ 1675 I2tsr, 1395 Pacific Time - ! w TclepKcno 362 ni -I .'if ; si t 1 t .. . ' .. (T ' fl ; -oi .-, it ' ' ..( . 1 s i r 1 1 .V a Hi?' mm- "5 , riuUtMt-.ia.Ul.t.U.