The New OHEGON STATESMAN? Salcafr Oregon, Snnday Morning. April 23, 1929
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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
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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.
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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. -
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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
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BUT you're not so likely to
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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
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IHERE'S one sure way for you to prove OMs
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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
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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,
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There is greater speed than the average
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rakes bring you to a smooth, sure stop in a
remarkably short distance.
But come and make these
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Talk with Owners and
get the results of the
trials of months and
miles." Then'when you
know what Oldsmobile
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