Depreciation Largely, In-
creased by Bumps in
Poor Roadways
Automobile statistics just re
ceived by Charles B..Nims, dis
trict engineer for jOregon of the
Portland Cement association, are
most interesting. It lias been es
timated that cars that have grasped
out their last bit of usefulness,
two million strong and of a one
time value of two fiHHon- dollars,
will during 1929 pass Into oblir
in through smasfc-ups, cremation
and junking-. . - v.
Bonfires, -whose rfslef fodder
are automobiles used to the point
of exhaustion, are now the' latest
thing In making certain the com-
-f)r-9 remoral of 'oldirrecks from
highways. Los Afljerand Chi
cago have both recently borned
several hundred -cara In- public
demonstrations. t
Rig Sale on ItepLu omenta
With, the automobile registra
tion figure for the nation fifariag
25.000,000 vehicles, fairly large
replacement salY.o'umf Is to be
expected Tae fpreatt.rOf good
roads, however, Is lengthening car
Bervice. . . .-'.'
One cf the greatest costs' the
motor owner face3 Is that of de
preciation. Aside from bad driv
ing, which includes undue rip
pi tig of gears ajid bumping Into
telephone poles and ether peo
ples cars, the road surface over
which the car is driven has most
t do with its premature death.
Replacement and repairing of
broken springs and other disrupt
ed parts of the car's anatomy cost
sizeable sums, and strangely, rare
Indeed Is the motor owner who
reckons these charges a? tolls col
lected by bad roads. Modern au
tomobiles are well built and cer
tainly most breakage cannot be
rightfully charged to ordinary
w-ar and tear.
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GEARS TREATED
Transmission gears In the new
f 'mJe.baker President and Com
mander models are all cyanide
treated for increased hardness
and wear.
Two great dailies The Oregon
Statesman and The Portland Tele
gram by carrier. 6(K cents per
month. Phone 500. '
, babsrribfatg.to the activity at the huge westers Darant factory
at Oakland, newspaper men from, metropolitan papers in the San
Francisco bay regitfn last, week inspected the new factory to get in
formation for their readers. The delegation is shown above in the
delivery yard with Norman DeVaux, vice president and general man
ager of the Durant organization in the west. He is shown above,
fourth from the left. The picture to the left shows the Durant body
plant. " - .
Chinese famine awes
Marion Griebenow Tells Horrors of Country in Letter
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DOG MEAT IS 15c POUND
Famine conditions startling in
their awfulness and the advance
of revolting Moslems upon Mln
chow, Kansu, W. China, where he
is stationed, are told in a letter
to Rev. J. G Minton from Marlon
Griebenow, Salem missionary who
is serving with the Christian and
Missionary Alliance mission in the
foreign field. Mr. Griebenow left
here last winter.
Excerpts from the letter follow:
Many, many are either starring
right now or will be facing starva
tion in the next few weeks, long
before next year's crop can even
be thought of. We just heard ot
the conditions in one city that suf
fered much because of the terrible
Moslem rebellion. Dog meat was
selling at about 30 cents (15 cents
American money) per pound and
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then eould not be found. People
everywhere were grinding up the
chaff of wheat and trying to make
bread of that. Meat of dead amjt
mala having died ot some disease
is looked upon as a delicacy. We
heard of one incident where a
whole family of over 40 members
(the family in China means all
the relatives) faced starvation.
Starvation Faced.
Everywhere one goes the people
are quiet, Joyless and full of fear,
as men with no hope but a terrible
looking forward to the inevitable,
unavoidable end in starvation. We
do as much as we possibly can,
but that is only a drop in tha
bucket. But not only are the
heathen in such straits as I have
tried to describe, but oar dear
brothers and sisters In the mission
field face the same fate if they are
not helped.
Mr. Griebenow write of the
trip from Kong Chang into Mln
chow, which was made in four
and a half days. The distance Is
80 miles. Cow-carts carried the
baggage, the travelers managing to
hire mule-carts for the journey.
The only scare on the trip came
when the party Just ahead of that
in which GriebenQjr tfas, was
was robbed of three guns, the
equivalent ot $50 in American
money and a pair of field glasses.
Moslems Bring Terror
Of his first encounter with the
Moslems, the Salem man writes:
I had just started to pack and as
it was light enough we could see
hundreds of horsemen appear on
the top bl' V high hill rlgtot, near
the city. Immediately etefy China
man in the city was scared, and
we could see that it was the re
volting Moslems coming to take
the city. As there was no Na
tionalist officials here to hold the
place, the Magistrate fled with all
the government officials and the
.Moslems had only to walk In and
take the city.
We wondered what their atti
tude would be toward us and as
soon as the higher officials ax
rived we saw them and boldly In
formed them that we expected our
lives and property to be protect
ed as w were absolutely .neutral
In the affair. y?e werw Tty gUd
to find them friendly and I found
a number of old acquaintances I
had known In Lebrang.
- Bounty For Leader
Even the leader, or General, as
they call him. recognised me. A
bounty of 20.000 dollars (10,000
American money) la offered to
anyone ' who captures him alive,
yet wt -found him to be only "a
yonng man of 19 years and coolly
talking about his wild plana, to
control all of Kansu la a short
time. Half the befanty is offered
to anyone who kills him and can
present his head as proof of the
fact., I surely would not lfte.to
be in bis place.". He came Into bar
honse once to see us and listen to
the phonograph (which Is a great
novelty out here)ut a bodyguard
of 10 men accompanied hiia into
the room. ,
The day of January . 16,". Mr.
Griebenow wrote the Nationalist
army of tnonsanaa arnvea in pur
suit, ot the rebels, and -he writes
"there surely will, be fighting for
the Moslems"-will selL their . lives
as dearly as iossible and likely
this afternoon or tomorrow, wiu
see some bloody work- around Old
City."
In addition to war and famine,
a pestilence, typhus fever, is mak
ing ravages in the country. Con.
eluding, the missionary says:
"How little the people at home
realise the awful Battering tkii is
going on in the Urea ot "their
fellow human beings orer here on
the other side of th. globe I"
Smith fakes Back
Former Sales Job
David Smith, well known auto
mobile salesman of Salem has re
turned to selling Oldsmobiles for
the Capitol Motors company, Inc.
Mr. Smith sold Oldsmobiles here
aVear ago but for the past several
months has been selling other
cars. He is a good booster for
the Oldsmobile and believes that
he has a good product to sell.
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Lubrication by the quick, handy, grease gun sys
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the crew required is small ONE MAN OPERATES
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v Rumors current in national au
tomotive circles during the past
few-weeks to the effect - that
Buick, for the past; quarter ot a
century a dominant factor in the
automobile producing field, would
soon enter the low-priced . field
with a companion ear have been
confirmed in an 'announcement
Jnst issued by E. T. Strong, presi
dent of the Buick Motor company ,
and reeciyed this week;byOtto J.
Wilson, local Buick dealer.
"In response to an increasing
world demand for motor cars, the
Buick Motor company will short
ly augment its line of Automobiles
by the addition pf a new car in
the lower priced field." commenc
ed the IJuick executive's announce
men$.
"New from the ground up
new even in name this car will
bring to the public a degree of
performance, stamina, smartness
and comfort which Buick's quar
ter century of fine car engineer
ing and fine car production alone
makes possible at such & price,"
President Strong's statement con
tinues. "The new product will
have no effect on the future de
sign and quality of the Buick
car. In type, It will be a six. It
will e sold through the Buick
retail sales organization.
Has Large Appeal
"In the preparation of this new
automobile, It has been tha aim
of the Buick Motor company to
design a car ot unlimited appeal
a car that will be within the reach
of millions and yet deliver qual
ity ear performance. Realising
that having twe or-eren three ear
in a single family la fast becom
ing common practice In America,
the Buick Motor company believes
that the high quality and moder
ate price ot Its new product will
be a determining influence in sup
plying the demand ot the new motor-conscious
American family."
Buick's new companion ear
ths name of which is as yet un
announced is expected to sell j
or under the "one-thousand-dollar
class."
Read the Classified Ads.
Pythian Sisters
Will Meet May 21
SILVERTON, April 26The
district convention ot the Pythias
sisters Is to be held in SHverton
on May 21 with Mrs. E. O. Lo
as chairman ot the convention.
Mrs. H. Wrightman. Myrtle Glf
ford and Mrs. Florence Williams
will have charge of the program.
Several grand officers are ex
pected to be present.
Carrier service guaranteed. If
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and a copy will be sent to you.
aim -AQcgaaEeimtt
by having the front end of your car
rebushed and tightened up.
Special Reduction
(This week A 29 M 4 only)
On Front End Over-Haul Jobs
25 Reduction from List Price
IHIAELaUIS
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Hear the radio program of the
"Hudson-Essex Challengers"
every Friday evening
ESSEX challenges the per
formance, the style, the lux
prious roomy cemfort of any car
at any fricet on the basis that no
other gives you back so much for
every dollar you put in.
That is why the bit buying swing
is to Essex. That is why motor
ists by thousands are switching
from past favorites, and trading
in their old cars for the big values
Essex the Challenger gives. Essex
challenges:
IN SPEED challenging any
thing the road offers up to 70 miles
an hour. IN FASTGETAWAY
anycar regardless of size or price.
IN RELIABILITY 60 miles an
hour lor hour after hour. IN
FINE APPEARANCE, uphol
stery and detail-compare with
cars in which high price is paid
for just those things. IN ECON
OMY compare with cars best
known for low operation cost.
;And with its superb chassis
quality and fine, large bodies
i Essex establishes also an out
standing leadership in proved
I VALUE. It offers a completenesa
'of fine car equipment formerly
I Identified only withjKstIy cars,
'and available, when at all, only
'as "extras," at extra cost on cars
of Essex price. Check these
litems when you buy they
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(C MAULER! (EE
FOR INSTANCE, in Salem your first pay
ment, with your present car included, may;
be as low as $302, and your monthly pay
ments 39.12.
Your present car will probably cvet fcfckknHfe, : J I ,.
first payment. Thm H. M. C. Purchasm HM cftlt ;:-
th lowst term available on the Mf4cev
represent easily above $100 ad.
ditional value. But they do not
cost one cent extra.
The performance ability of Essex
the Challenger is due in no small
part to its Super-Six motor.
Thus, while it is a "Six," no one
who knows can regard any other
"Six" as being comparable in
the power it delivers.
Essex is built by Hudson under'
famous Super-Sixpatents. No one
can copy or match it. The fun
damental and exclusive Super
Six principle developed in one
million motors and over 12 years
of continuous service, stamps
Essex as the unapproached "Six" .
in every particular of perform
ance, smoothness and reliability.
CASE OFOWWIWC
On oar own streets Essex the. Challenger, under
competent observation, averaged 28 H miles per
gallon. The average owner in this chy can expect
18 to 20 miles and upward. Commercial user
operating large fleete of Essex cars say that
service and maintenance cost, covering millions .
of miles of operation, are lowest of any car
ever tested.
Wide Choice of Colors t No Extra Cost
The variety is so great you have almost individual distinction
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