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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (April 28, 1929)
The New OHEGON STATESMAN? Salcafr Oregon, Snnday Morning. April 23, 1929 A - said; so that aere Is no danger of crevasses nleu unprecedented rain or storms raise the flood levels to a state even greater than In 1227. Members of congress from the three lower valley states of "Arkansas, Louisiana' and Mis sissippi supported the army en gineers in the assertion that there Is no danger. On the upper half of the river, however, the menacing high wat ers greatly concerned the army engineers, but they believed ibe flood waters from the already in. undated sections would rtcua soon and there was not as sefkus situation as two years ago. DESOTO PRIDE Daily Mileage' Covered by Salesman High in Con trast to Old Times Lpalifornla Has No Charms tof Loyal pregonian, Back From Long Tour PAGE SIXTEEN Proving Durante Reliabilily in Crisis SALEM EBEflT GITY PlCiRiWgSiiiSSS SAYS u m Dm III " villi wiiii an No- i Many a wheel has passed oyer the road since the days when "batcher, baker and candlestick maker" made business calls with horse and tragry. Twenty miles a day was then considered a fair arerage at the Teins. btrt the traveler often end ed i long drive over bad roads with few calls made. Little bus lness transacted, and weary as ha stabled his horse for the night Time and distance, bowerer, have taken on new meanings with the coming of the antomoblle. The -telephone bow -brings the doctor I to the door almost as soon as the (receiver Is put back on the hook The traveling salesman counts his dally mileage in the nunareas his annointments and business have Increased; his overhead costs are materially reduced. Economy Essential Economy in operation, today Is one of the essential features of the business and professional man car. It must consume a minimum amount of fuel and oil; bills for general upkeep, and service char- res must be low. In the matter of time, too, economy Is an lm nortant factor, not only in the heavy traffic of the city but on the open road where long distances between towns demand a car that Is dependable, safe In operation nrf has an adeauate leserve of nower. Of only secondary Import ance Is the feature of easy park ing In urban communities, where curb space is so often at a premi um. ' Keenly aware .ot thp important art the car plays, la -the prosp- Jty of the nation, Chrysler engi neers produced the De Soto Six business coupe only after they had carried on exhaustive tests and studied the requirements of "business men who spend a ma iorlty of their time behind the wheels of their cars. "The automobile Is no longer a luxury but a necessity In modern business." said L. C. Peed, gen eral sales manager for the De So to division of Chrysler Motors, at Detroit. "The business car must be an all-season, all-weather car economical, dependable and fast. Then the question of carry ing capacity is Important, "partic ularly to the salesman with his heavy load of samples. In de signing the De Soto six business coupe, special attention was paid to this feature, which Is the main reason why It has found favor rapidly with business men fend professional men requiring a spa clous rear compartment for sam ple cases, personal effects and baggage. Prison Tabby Is Doing Nicely As Newest Mother WALLA WALLA, Wash., April 26. (AP) Mrs. Fells Domes tious, Washington state peniten tiary's newest mother, was report ed "doing as nicely as could be expected," by hospital attaches to Aight. Mrs. Domestious, for several years official mouser and pet tab by Inside the prison walls, and her litter of five kittens are under the care of prison surgeons, who re sorted to a caesarian operation to save their lives today. f " :. 4, t 4 : v.: i v. f IT, "r More tou 450 western Durant dealers an going to test the cars as shown above in this week progriun of public demonstrations Just started. Al a preliminary to the opening of the week a series of accdera. Uon tcsU were conducted last week by Durant engineers at a western factory at Oakland, Calif. Officially observed the tests proved beyond doubt the many claims made to the sensational performance of Durant motor cars, it is said. Firestone Keeps Testing . Squad Always Very Active The famous Gum-Dipped Test Fleet of 17 vehicles, known thru- out the automotive Industry as one of the greatest laboratories of fact-finding In the manufacturing world has, been operating for mobth fronVfU base at the Westf ern Firestone factory and travel ing constantly day and night over the highways and by-ways of sou thern California 24 hours a day to check the performance of Fire stone tires. The fleet comprises 14 passenger cars from the small est coupes to the most expensive limousines, as well as three trucks up to 5-ton capacity. The Firestone "Gum-Dipped Test Fleet" Is continually on the go. with the exception of Sundays, ac cording toR. C. Tucker, general sales manager of the western Fire stone organization, over a given course which includes almost every character of road condition. The route selected includes almost every sharacter of road condition. The route selected includes almost every kind pf road condition and was" charted "for the different kinds of pavement covered number of traffic stops, hill and mountain climbs, detours . to dirt roads. varying heat conditions and other factors that affect tire wear. Drivers Changed Often When one driver leaves his seat another driver takes Lis place and retraces the route. This procedure is followed day after day, for the sole purpose of proving the per formance of Firestone tires, and constantly seeking to better their quality. The Firestone Tire and Rubber company Is Raid to make a heavier lnvestmeTTn its road testing laboratory than is made by any other firm in the manufactur ing world to test its products. - F. D. Fitzharrls, superintendent of the fleet, says the vehicles In the fleet travel as much in a month as the average car or truck will travel in more than a year. Each of the passenger cars run on an average of 13,900 miles a month, or 166,800 miles a year. The trucks travel on an average of 12,800 miles a month, or 153,- 600 miles a year. This makes a total for the neat of 1.S96.0D0 miles a year. k ALES OF GENERAL MOTORS GOES IIP Read Daphne by Hazel Living ston now in The Oregon Statesman. During the month of March General Motors dealers delivered to consumers 205,118 cars, ac cording to an announcement by Alfred P. Sloan, Jr., president. This compares with 183,706 for the corresponding month last year, 'an increase of 21,412 cars. or 11.7 for March this year. The number of cars delivered in March to users establishes a new high record for that month. Sales by General Motors manufacturing divisions to dealers totalled 220, 391 cars, as compared with 197, 821 for Morch of the year previ ous, an increase this year of 22, 570 cars, or 11.4. This figure constitutes a new high record for all time covering sales to deal ers, the previous record having been made in M3,-192t, when 207,325 cars were sold' to dealers. r The following tabulation shows monthly sales of General Motors cars by dealers to ultimate con sumers and sales, by the -manufacturing divisions of General Motors to their dealers: - Dealers Sales to Users Jan. 104,488 107,278 81,010 Feb. 138.570 132.029 102,025 Mar. 205,118 183,706 146,275 Divisions Sales to. Dealers Jan 127,580 125,181 89.3(7 Feb. 175.148 169,232 124,426 Mar. 220,391 197.821 161,910 These figures Include passenger cars and trucks sold in the Unit ed States, Dominion of Canada and overseas by the Chevrolet, Pontiac, Oldsmobile, Oakland, Bulck. Lasalle and Cadillac man ufacturing divisions of General Motors. KEEP OH USING OLD POLICY HELD "Don't neglect your Model T Ford car," Is the advice of Byron Wright, sales manager locally. "Millions of these good old Words' are still In use," he went on to say, "and they are still giv ing efficient, reliable service at a very low eost per mile. And they will , continue to do so for some time to come. The average use ful life of the Model T is seven years. "My advice to every owner of a Model T is this. Run your car as long as possible. Don't sacri fice it to buy a new car but find out how much it will cost to put it In good running order. You may find that $25, or. 850 or $75 win be the means of giving you many thousands of miles of additional service. Ford Backs Policy "The Ford Motor company Is solidly behind this policy. When the new Ford car was Introduced, it announced It would not forget the owners of the Model T. That promise has been lived up to In the way you would expect the Ford Motor company to live up to It "Today, it is still making parts for the old car and it will continue to do so as long as there are Mo del T Fords that seed parts. "That may be ten years, but that doesn't make any difference to the Ford Motor company. It will never permit any Ford car to become obsolete for want of re placement parts. "If Model T owners will bring their ears to me I will be glad to look them over and tell you hon estly Just what the car needs. The cost of new parts is low and all labor Is charged at a flat hour rate.- . "There is no city under 30,000 population that compares with Sa lem in business or service," de clares "Jim" Smith, of the firm of Smith & Watktns, who returned Wednesday from a three weeks' trip to southern California. Mr. Smith accompanied by Mrs. Smith left Salem about three weeks ago and went as far south as Tijuana, going down by the in land highway and visiting all places enroute. On the return trip they came up the coast route as far as Marshfield, stopping several days at San Francisco. - "To Oregon people the Inland highway Is the most interesting," stated Mr. Smith. He backed his claim by stating that the Oregon people see considerable coast country here but are mostly at tracted by the palm trees, the orange groves and the long stret ches of straight highways which may be found on the inland high way. Mr. Smith is particularly inter ested in the automotive business and he states that In no city up to 30,000 did he find service and fa cilities that would any way near compare with Salem. "The service in the larger cities was found to be first class and we found excellent hotel accommoda tions in all places both large and small cities," said Mr. Smith, ARRANGING PROGRAM LINCOLN, April 26. The Lin coln Community dub Is arrang ing a good program of reading, nusic and skits for the last meet ing of the season Friday, April 26. A pot luck lunch will be served after the program. - Moot Fa and for Less st- By Our 30 Minute Car Washing System Momiey Ford, Chevrolet, Durant Advance Nash, Blaster 0 Lincoln, Cadillac, Packard 4 cyl Whippet ADXight Sixes .Bnick and cars of saoM size 8 and cars of same size ROADSTER $ ROADSTERS J- ROADSTER tJlA ROADSTER $1 7C and Conpes t9k.uO and Conpes pl t J and Coupes OU and Coupes pI.D TOURING tj L1A TOURING $1 fiA TOURING 1 7C TOURING 1 aE and Sedans V 1V and Sedans 9 JUUU and Sedans J) 1 . 1 and Sedans . tpl e7e Hare Your Car Washed the New Way at the New Prices Night or Day STfco CtoC3cn vici d Clcclx HI ED win coh WASHINGTON, April 27 (AP) With the Mississippi wat ers again rising in the upper stretches of. the river, high army engineer officers expressed the opinion today that the 2325,000, 000 flood control plan had pro gressed sufficiently to prevent a repetition of the disastrous inun dation of two years ago. The levees on the main stream In the lower valley have been re built or strengthened during the past year, the army engineers ' te s cuts won't heal themselves in a C5E SPRINGFIELD is .6 BUT you're not so likely to get cots, because the tread rubber of a Kelly-Springfield is about the toughest thing in the world. Don't get the idea from this that Kelly quality is plastered on. the outside after the tire is completed. It's bailtin, from the inside out. That's how Kelly-Springfield got its repu tation. It's this extra Kelly quality that keeps a Kelly go ing after other tires have quit. It's the difference be tween a champion and a near champion. When it costs no more to buy the best, whqt rpn I&llys? Wdican hial'ydufan attractive trade-in proposition on your old tires.. - The Station With a Clock Center and liberty Sts. Check Oldsmobile Performance bij the Surest Test of lL t DRIVE IT- KNOW WHAT IT CAN DO - IHERE'S one sure way for you to prove OMs JL bile performance ... come and drive the car yourself! Learn by actual experience, not only what this Oldsmobile can do, but how it does it. Get behind the wheel. Make yourself comfort able regulate the adjustable driver's seat to suit your height. Note the convenient arrange ment of controls and instruments -the facility with which you can operate the starter, lights, gear-shift, accelerator, clutch, and brakes. Then drivel Try this finer Oldsmobile in traffic and out on the open road. Test every phase of its performance- -- Even in thickest traffic, you'll find Oldsmobile easy to drive. Swift, stageless pick-up gives you the advantage at the signal light. Easy handling and flexible performance' enable you to slip nimbly through crowded streets. Fingertip steer ing and a short turning radius simplify parking. Out on the road, Oldsmobilc's big 62-horse-power, high-Compression engine delivers a smooth, rhythmic flow of eager power. There is greater speed than the average motorist ever needs quick, sure acceleration to flash past other cars tremendous reserve if: : (H) "St-'- !"! t ! : i ! 4 4 j ?! . i t J 1 - : v i power for the hills stamina to maintain a tour ing pace hour after hour. ' ' Wide, deep-cushioned seats and four Lovejoy hydraulic shock absorbers assure supreme riding comfort, even on rough roads. Splendid road ability results from a low center of gravity and Sroperly balanced weight. Powerful four-wheel rakes bring you to a smooth, sure stop in a remarkably short distance. But come and make these tests yourself. Drive this car. Compare itV point for point, withjther cars. Talk with Owners and get the results of the trials of months and miles." Then'when you know what Oldsmobile can do, judge it by your own standards of per formance andjralue . U in) pw sm SE NEW 10WER PRICE two sooa SI SAN . o. b. factory, tensing. Michigan. Spar Tirt and Extra. ConaUcr cfca Sdvcrc4 jBrfc ma wall M tK. lirt pric when comparing .vtomofcOs valora. Old' anobik delivered prices in clude only reseonable iiargM for delivery and nnewinc. Capitol Motors Inc. " "Biddy" Ai C. Bishop Telephone 2125 350 N. High ,