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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (May 12, 1929)
B,ataPletrCEGdN STATESMAN, flatem, Oregon, Sunday Morning; May 12, 1929 OLD TIM METHODS ) Modern Speedometer Makes Car Accurate in Its Check on Use The prehistoric cave man told time by a rope of burning grass, the etranda twisted tiKhtly to gether, with knots here and there by which the hours were com puted. If the knots were not made in the right place the "watch" was inaccurate, but that was the least of a caveman's troubles. In those days, time and distance were not important. He probably had no theatre appointments to keep! dinner engagements were not the social functions they are today. With civilization, however, dis tance and time have taken more significant places in the social system. Appointments must be kept on time and the question of distance enters Into our everyday life, so people carry watches and equip their automobiles with speedometers. "The acurate speedometer re lieves the driver, and particularly the summer tourist on long trips fr6m untold trouble In finding his way on strange highways." said Mr. Pulford, service manager for the D Soto division of Chrysler motors. In a recent Interview on servicing the automobile for sum mer touting. "With mileage on road maps set down In tenths of a mile, the speedometer must function accur ately. Yet. many drivers forget this when leaving their cars at service stations for Inspection be fore starting on long trips. The speedometer test should be one of the principal items of Inspection. Tourists often are lead astray from Important turns in the high way, the driver depending on the synchronization of a faulty speed ometer and an accurate road map to find his way. If the speedom eter is not giving correct reading, the chances of taking a wrong road are apparent and it may be some time before the tourist dis covers he has made a mistake." 1 Beauty Chooses DeSoto Six A COUPLE OF WINNERS ! The best looking girl ia Rouniania, Magna Demetresih, 18 years old, win ner of the beauty contest recently held In that country, selected a DeSoto Six touring car for her tii uiuphant ride through the streets of Bucarest after the judges chose her from many thousands of con testants. High dignitaries of state, distinguished leaden In art and letters, and royalty were repre sented on the board of judges. BUM U BE COMM Net earnings of the Richfield Oil company of California for the first quarter of 1929 after depre ciation, depletion, abandonments, drilling expenses, interest char ges and allowance of $150,000 for federal income tax . totalled Sl, 927,262, equal, after preferred dividends to 91 cents per share on 1,917,386 common shares, out standing at the fnd of the period in question. These earnings were an increase of $726,769 or 60 per cent over the corresponding per iod of 1928 when $1.02 per shari was earned on 1,174.060 shares, according to seport of James A. Talbot, chapman of the board to the stockholders. On the basis of common stock outstanding March 31, 1928, earnings for the first quarter of 1929 would have amounted to $1. 3 per share. The 743,326 share increase In out standing common stock in the 12 months in question is the result of conversions of bonds into stock, the issuance of stock against common stock warrants, as well as the conversion of Pan American Western Petroleum Company's "B" stock into Rich field commoc Net operating income was $3, 390,968 or nore than 3 percent greater than the income for the three months ended March 31, 1928, with net sales amonutingto $14,545,281 against (110,147, 643, an extremely gratifying showing in view of a gasoline price War during February and March which seriously affected the earnings of all oil companies marketing on the Pacific Coast. JJr. Talbot pointed out. How Bauch thesedisturbed market con ditions affected Richfield's po tential earnings is shown in a comparison of gasoline gallonage which totalled 98. 592. 000 gal lons In the first quarter of this year compared with 60,102,072 gallons in the same period of 1928 and 31.609.128 gallons in 1927. Making Your Car Look Like New MUD ID FISH FALL in U N M , SYDNEY, Australia (AP) An apparently authentic report from an Inland township in New South Wales says thousands of small fish fell from the clouds during a heavy rainstorm. The place sending this report Is about 400 miles from the sea coast The story has it that a waterspout drew the fish up, and It is asserted that the fish still were alive. Another story of Australian winds, better authenticated and more remarkable, was a fall of red mud in various parts of south era New eZaland. The rival teams In & football match became In. distinguishable because the muddy rain coated their clstumes all the ame. color. The origin of this mad Is given as central Australia, about 2,000 miles distant, and . Dr. Kldson, New Zealand government meteo rologist, explains the phenomenon. He thinks the mad originally was picked np as dnsL Ho says that occasions who ndust has been car ried long distances overseas bar been recorded frequently In many ocean waters adjoining desert re gions - , By HOWARD KETCHAM Director, Duco Color Advisory Service "OLOR has always been an im portant part of the style for both men's and women's clothes but never so much so as at the present tome when beauti ful new shades and tints are being brought out every year. In dress fabrics in particular; every year sees the introduction of new color ideas and harmonies. Now, the newest colors for automobiles have begun to keep pace with these fashions and so the refin lshing of your car, if you are the sort of person who wants to be abreast of the style, is more Im portant this year than ever be fore. For. just as the Paris gown of this year is in the newest color, so the automobile may keep in touch with the newest mode as dictated by fashion. At present browns, bieges, red browns, and blues are at the top of the style and represent the col ors fashion has sealed with Its approval for 1929. Motor car manufacturers have been quick to sense the importance of this color style trned and have been show ing cars lecquered In colors to I match the latest Paris color cre ations particularly where, ' as Is true in many cases, the color! name of the silk has been taken over by the lacquer manufacturer and the perfect lacquer color made to correspond. As an ex ample, the Sun-tan idea in wom en's gowns, sponsored by the lead ers In the silk and textile indus try, has popularized colors -that heighten the effect and harmonize with sunburned complexions j which have been so modish re cently. Modern color contrast was first introduced in women's gowns by Madeline Paquin and from that start has spread through, the mo tor world. These Paris couturiers have, in fact, extended the scope of their color creations more widely during the last two years and this year several of thm, from their perfect knowledge of the Paris color trneds, have sponsored extremely interesting color com binations for automobiles making use of the toneh that they are using in silk and rayon every day. Paquin. for instance, glVes this as a usable color contrast scheme for a sport roadster: Body and wheels in Chartreuse; mouldings and fenders, in Brocatelle Green, car to be upholstered to match the green of the fenders and mouldings. That color scheme Is not at all eccentric nor la It loud and riotous to the eye. But it has a note of something different to ti. It is, in other words, in per fect taste. Gabrielle Chanel, who Is re sponsible for the new-tri-color note in sports dress, sponsors an other delightful harmony for a convertible cabriolet. She would have the tire body done In Mais, the fenders In Cobalt Blue, mould ings and wire wheels in Dante Red, (dark brilliant red) top and upholstery in Cobalt Blue, the mouldings to be touched with a pale gold bronze stripe. Drecoll, who is a leader in col or creations has this Idea for a coupe: Entire body and fenders Pandora Blue, with the window reveals, mouldings and wire wheels in Whittler Green. This is simplicity itself. Paul Polret has been credited with much that is exotic in color harmony and has designed a dar ing color treatment for the popu lar convertible phaeton. Poiret's scheme calls for the entire body and wire wheels in Old Gold; fenders and mouldings in Leaf Brown; a stripe of white on mouldings and canvas top of brown represents a new accent note in decoration as well as something new for the automo bile. Luclen Lelong has conceived a new idea for color treatment of a sedan. In this rase the entire body of the coupe, including the fen ders, is to be lacquered Rust Gold with mouldings and wire wheedd in Borgia Wine, window reveals In Crater Smoke, and a silver stripe on the mouldings. The above color harmonies show that there . is little danger of having one's car too individual in its coloring. These couturiers are not afraid to be different al though it will be noticed that in every case the color harmony is retained and, whether we think we would like the particular color scheme or not, they are always in perfect taste. The use of Blue Green and Old Gold is another thing worth noticing and Poiret's use of a white stripe on a brown moulding may have In it an idea that Is worth experimenting with. New Quake Affair m To Record Storms NEW YORK (AP) Recording of storms at sea on extremely del icate seismographs is reported by S. K. Banerji of the Bombay ob servatory. Some of these storms were 500 or more miles distant in the Bay of Bengal. Mr. Banerji says the instru ments recorded three distinct types of ground tremors, identi fied as coming from the storms, presumably the pounding of waves. These were the south west monsoon, storms in the Bay of Bengal or the Arabian sea, and local disturbances. Banerji, in writing to the Brit ish scientific journal. Nature, predicts that this use of earth quake recording Instruments will open to meteorologists a new method of forecasting storms. He says the vibrations appear as soon as a storm forms, and do not cease until it has passed com pletely inland. Advanced Engineerin; fiAAAAM mm) Cat illustrated is Model 612, six cylin der, five passenger, two door Sedan $ 895 at factory, special equipment extra. in the New 612 You will find the same principles of modern design and advanced engineer ing in the new Model 612 that distin guish the larger Graham-Paige sixes and eights. We invite you to examine the 612 for surplus value, and to make your own comparisons. LODER BROS. Grab-n Paige Sale and gervice for Marion and Polk Counties 445 Center St., Salem Phone 450 AAAAM-AAIfiE ESSEX SPEEDSTEP, IS Three-Speed Transmission Substitutes 0 v e r Drive Idea An interesting deviation from common practice is found in i lie transmission of the fneedster model of the 1929 Essex line, just introduced. Since this model ha a somewhat lower weight and considerably less head resistance than standard closed models, for which the regular Essex transmis sion is tiesigned, the Hudson Mo tor Car Co.. according to the en gineers, has provided a hiptier top-speed with relatively lower engine revolutions per mile. The customary way to achieve this :nd is to provide a lower axl gear ratio. While in the Essex speedster the final reduction has been dropped from 5.6 to 5.09, it was felt that the top-gear reduc tion could be decreased even fur ther, and with this end in view a three-spetd transmission was de veloped in which an over-drive is substituted for the usual interme diate set of gears. Standard Parts Used In the production of this new transmission all the parts of the standard transmission are used, with the exception of the constant mesh gears (the countershaft unit of which includes the second speed drive gear) and the gear unit on the main shaft composed of the direct drive and second-speed driv en gear. For these gears have been substituted for others of-an inverse ratio. With this design the countershaft gears have a higher relative speed than the mainshaft. The gear normally used for second-speed drive on the coun tershaft is afsn larger than its mating gear on the main shaft, so that a still higher main shaft speed is obtained, the ratio in this' speed being 0.7796 to 1. ' 'Graham-Paige is now reaping the benefits of its improved posi tion in the industry," says a state ment issued to dealers by F. R. Valpey, general sales manager, announcing the record-breaking production. "The high total at tained last month, and the fact that there are already on file at the factory orders for 13,500 cars for shipment in May. reflect the combined effects of constantly in creasing demand, larger manufac turing capacity, and a ' greater dealer organization. 'In the last thirty days, we have added 220 dealers in the United States and Canada. For the first time in its history, the company has over 2500 distribu tors and dealers, domestic and foreign, or more than three times as many as there were when the Graham-Paige was introduced. "Of significance equal to that of this increase In dealers are the gains in sales and the improved (position in registration standings t reported hy long esiaousneu dealers in important buying centers. Texas Area Is Put Into Farms Read the Classified Ads. LUBBOCK. Tex. (AP) Vast , ranches of th Texas panhandle " once the subject of Dauaa am story, are disappearing as ra14j roads invad- the treeless plains. , Last year 3.10 miles of newli constructed railroad lines brought! hundreds of midwestern farmersT to the panhandle. Nearly 2ftV.j miles of railroads may be buil, this year. Increased colonixatloa has split up many ranches. SOUTHERN PACIFIC CIRCLE TRIPS Greatest summer travel bargains . . . back east excursion fares make these trips surprisingly low in cost SUNSET CIRCLE GRAHAM-PAIGE IS I BREAK Graham-Paigh production in April broke all records for one month's output with a total of 11,550 cars. Production for the first four months of the year puts Graham-Paige 72 per cent ahead of the same period last year, with a total of 36,834 cars, a gain of 15,434. As compared with March, the April production showed an in crease of 1940 cars, or 20 per cent. Orders already on hand for May shipment otal 13.500. California, the Southwest, Sam Antonio, New Orleans, by boat to Sew York, if you wish. This crip has a greater appeal and value than any trip you can plan. You skirt the border of the entire United States ; you may visit Old Mexico on the south and Canada on the north. The Sunset Circle takes you down the entire Pacific Coast to San Francisco, Los Angeles, Holly wood, San Diego. Then cast on the Sunset Route via El Paso. San Antonio, with her historic Alamo, and thru the Old South to romantic New Orleans. From New Orleans you can continue by rail, or, at no added cost, enjoy a delightful Atlantic cruise to New York. Meals and accommodations on the steamer are included in your fare. Return trip may be made on northern United States or Canadian lines. No matter what your destina rjonJican be included on one of Southern Pacific's CirdeTrips. Your trip is extended into a tour of as much of the United States as you like. And you get vastly more for yoor travel funds. You can visit more dries, more places of interest than in any other way. You can stopover wherever you please. Three itineraries are suggested here. Your trip can be arranged in a similar way. Reverse these itineraries if you wish. Summer excursion fares to die east are on sale May 22 and daily thereafter until September 30. You have, until October 31 to complete your journey. OVERLAND CIRCLE GOLDEN STATE CIRCLE Sam Francisco, Lake Taboe, Salt hake City, Denver, Yellowstone Down the picturesque Shasta Route to cosmopolitan San Francisco. Then east on the historic Overland Route (Lake Tahoe Line) which takes you over die Sierra Nevada Mountains, across Great Salt Lake by rail. Circle home from Salt Lake City via Yellowstone, or add joyous days to your vacation by going on to the great Rocky Mountain playground. If you wish you may continue east via Chicago. Pboitf, write or tall any Southern Pacific agent. Let him help you plan a Circle Trip. San Francisco, Southern Cali fornia, Chicago and other mid-west points. See the entire Pacific Coast, visiting San Francisco en route if you wish. Souchcrn California, with its Hollywood, Los Angeles beaches and reports,. and San Diego. Continuing eait you travel thru the picturesque Southwest and the Imperial and Salt River Val leys where the desert has sprung into verdant gardens and or chards. Tucson, Phoenix and El Paso. Then your route follows the "Long Horn Trail" to Topeka, Kansas City, St. Louis, Chicago. Coming home you have a choice of routes northern United States lines, or you can return thru the Canadian Rockies. On these Circle Trips yen het e choice of 12 fmt Southern Pacife tram continental trains, including tbn famous standard bearers: "Cascade, "San Francisco Overland Limited", "Golden State Limited", "Sunset Limited". Soutttlfceinm PacMc City ticket offio 14 X. T.iWrty utreet. Phone i't. Pitgr Statioa 13th and Oak -r-t. Phone 41. M ore -jjnartneis: an M ORE QNH) and AT a record low price for so large and Xx. so beautiful a Knight-engined car the new, style Willys-Knight "70B" is bringing the superiorities o? the patented double sleeve-valve motor to thousands of added owners. In each cylinder of this simplest and most efficient of power plants, two metal sleeves combine with the dome-shaped cylinder head to form a perfectly sealed combustion chamber. 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