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Automotive and Building News of Interest Locally Talk of the Road and News of the Day for Mo torists and Outdoors folk end. Automotive Information The OREGON STATESMAN. Salem. Oregon, Sunday Morning, August 4, 1929 PAGE NINE SE N jl E -TO. Ell 1STESUCCESS Hrigh Savings Made for Oak land in Cooperative Campaign Evidence of the inventive gen Ins of the modern factory worker i-i contained in an announcement by Gordon Leebvre. vice-president in charge of operations of the Oakland Motor Car Com. pais jr. statins that as a result of a r?.rpaign against waste -waged amn2; Oakland woikers the com pny will effect projected savings of approximately 51.000.000 an nually. While known forms of waste were well .under control, the campaign, according to Mr. Le febvre. was to discover new meth od for cutting down time or ma- ' terfel eosts. More than $1,200 in j prizes was offered plant workers j br could devise the most prac- i tical means for effecilng this end. j XVM Plans Come In I The campaign. of two weeks I duration, wa? conducted under ; sl-ean "War on Waste", and was instrumental in bunging in 3aS ; waste elimination pians from the ( 11.000 plant workers. Of the suggestion turned In. j 3r, per cent already evaluated will effect a projected saving of $3 4 2,000, Mr. Lefebvre - said, j while those still to be investigat-! eJ-to determine their worth are expected to-effect a similar sav ing. ' The grand prize plan' recom mended a substitute fuel for gas oline for operating Oakland and i Pontiac Sit motors, while they rt being tested before assembly! on the finished car. This plan! al7ne-will result in a saving of approxtroaielv $33,000 in fuel co-?ts over a period of twelve' nionehs. Many unique plans were con tributed by workers in answer to th open invitation extended thm to tell thq management how to "cat down costs. One embryo inventor recommended the firing of all men workers and the hiring of cheaper female labor. Anoth er wrote Mr. Lefebvre requesting a personal .interview on a plan which he said would save several hundred thousand dollars annual-! ly and which was too precious to !' entrnsted t'th factory malls. When granted the interview. It developed that hi3 scheme was to eliminate spring Covers from the nw Pontiac Big Sixes and new OaKland Atl-AmericaM. Other trick plans were found among the 2"10 suggestions, of which 35 per cent are estimated to be of prac tical value. Development of Knight En gine, in Willys-Knight, Cited as Efficiency Commenting recently on the modern automohlle engine, a leading engineer declared that simplicity ln design is the goal today throughout the entire auto, mobile Industry. Scientific study, this engineer stated, has shown many places where the reduction in parts could easily be made provfded the encineer could adapt himself to new practices. If Is pointed out that fewer pirta mean less necessity for ad justments, provide a longer life, smoother operation and increased efficiency. Every unnecessary naft. or every part which could In eliminated through a change iu design. Is a material forward st n in the production of a silent, efficient ' engine which will give longer period of service with a minium of upkeep cos:. The old lubrication systems are recalled which required Indivld Bif sight feed for each part cov. eced by tho oHIng system. Now a single oil gauge tells the story. One of the major questions that confront automotive engin eers today is that of valves, which iwe the controls on the- arteries and vein of the motor. One ;s up th-way for Um passage of the 'fresh gases to give power ta'the engine, the other opens up tb way for a discharge of the dead gases to make way for a new' Intake. Tt is. a known fact that the simpler the--operation of th valves can he made-, the - greater the silence and efficiency j of the power plant. j The goal of engineers Is toi eliminate- valvs aoues. valve ad- j jastments ad to overcome any j natural tendencies tn valve eoa- j traction to hamper the operation j The original development of the Knight - sleeve-valve englae, such as Is used isr all the wiUya- Kaight sixes prodaeed by the WHlya-Orerland company, came asthe result of a careful study of Vslva 4peratlon.Tha parpae of the' motor was Jo eliminate valve clatter, reduce valve, mechanism and to fncrease the efficiency and life' of the motor and the original principle of the engine has never ' len changed atthongh it has Wn developed and Improved etrasfraetioajrll. ' SIPLICIIT-IS AIM III HI DESIGN I "400" Pathfinder Hits Long Trails I ! t J?. xr.i V.'. '-jr-iA 71- c -t? ,irl -fev. . Flt)nl flying start In the beautiful new Grant Park plaza drive on 1MM.rectiy equipped "400" Advanced Coupe Is eating up thousands of the (Iticairo Motor Club. JaHc "Million" r.rtham field hiof fnr tR of the car whose twin-ignition motor and other exclusive Xash features, twin speedometers and do.8O0iat dealer contracts mrtrrs, altimeters and specialized road survey Instruments, make it possible to accurately log andflhe Fitigerald-Sherwin J record ail highway conditions while cars nearly a half million miles in 100.0OO miles each before bein releeated to other club us. Inset special survey equipment. It contains many of the special survey W. E. Hanson Home After 11,000 Mile Journey in Auto Over United States O , : Said W. E. Hanson when asked ! ment district of Indiana and the If he hadn't Just returned from city of Shrevesport. an 11.000 -mile trip around the "Here is the country," said Mr. United States: "Yes, every mile of it and by automobile; that is by automobile when we did not have a ferry. There. are a lot of ferries in the south." r Mr. Hanson, accompanied by Mrs. Hanson and son. Reid. point ed their automobile south May 30 and were introduced to California by a reception party of Inspection agents who were guarding the perfection f "California prunes. California potatoes, California honey, and California, whatnot" from becoming infected with some Uregon bug that careless travelers might be carrying in on some bU,fhev are mosa nun? aml beneath of Oregon product. The Hansons j htem grow gofl. carpets of green lost a rew good Oregon potatoes in this manner and not even a "par don roe" for the confiscation of such. San Francisco was the next stop and fhen the Redwoods. Yos emite park, and across to Ba kersfleld where they began fol lowing the Santa Fe trail through Arizona and New Mexico. They de- toured from the trail 65 mtles in I order to visit the Grand Canyon whose "width, depth and color is on such a grand scale that words cannot describe it" said Mr. Han son. They left th Santa Fe trail In order to take in Dallas, Fort Worth, and then into the embaak- Combine Your Grain At PLUS VENT H5)8 SET by using both the Holt Combine mid 'Caterpillar Tractor9 THE TEN on FIFTEEN TACT on WITH ITS GRIPPING TRACK ACTION AND. PROPER GEAR RATIO, ENABLES PULLING OF IKE COMBINE AT THE PROPER. SPEED C THROUGH HEAVY STANDS OF FALL SOWN GRAIN, ALSO GRAIN WHICH IS LODGED. - You are invited to inspect this equir - ment, to consult as on your harvest, . problems. .. ;.. :,.:rrJyA l.J .f: :, Loggers I CM Portbntt 345 East Madison "'iZgy J. .... traveling 50 miles an hour. road logging service. The three Hanson, "where the French; lived whom the English deported from Nova Scotia. Many of the films made from the story of Longfel low's "Evangeline" were shot In this sectoin. It Is beautiful, repre senting as It does the best and most picturesque of the southern plantation life. "One sees many fine white man-; sions with their pillar porches and inevitable double line of live oak trees bopderlrfg the long drive way from the road to the house. Those oaks are almost as large as the walnut tree ln tn, Boise yard: grass "At one side of tnef plantation . K l l uildings will be a line of fifteen!1" irP,anes- building ,or twenty old slave cabins to re mind one of part of the South s tragedy. Hundreds of negroes may still be sen. both men and wom en, in the cotton fields, and in the corn fields hoeing and seem, inlv very happy." -Mr. Hanson characterized corn as being a uni- versal crop for the United States. Speaking of the negroes which they saw Mr. Hanson said: "They lire in little cabins for the most part. They cultivate with one old ranle nd will do much of the cultivating with the hoe. Their shacks are poverty stricken look- ancl 't Distributor Interesting literature wiU be tent on Michigan avenue In Chicago, this miles of new vacation trails for tnnrlno hmw.n .t fh whml Graham has driven hU four Nash previous machines covered well overj U h instrument board with it instruments. ing affairs. Some few seemed to have "flivvers' but most of them went in wagons when they called on their neighbors." "The southern Bmall towns," said Mr. Hanson, "do not com pare with those of the west. Even the eastern small towns are not as advanced as the west." Mr. Han. son said it was hard to get a hot. tie of milk, and that vegetables and fruit were almost out of the question in .the little towns through which they traveled. "Everybody has his own cow from the looks of the number which we had , to dodge on the roads where they had been turned to graze," said Mr. Hanson. New Orleans, Mobile and then Pensacola were visited. At Pensa cola there is located the army's largest flying school. "The air was full of planes, and they were landing and taking off both from land and water at all times it seemed." said Mr. Hanson. Here also the government has located cKn. mrA mannfatttirinff nlAftfa The lake region of Florida was next visited. This section lies about 200 miles south of Pensa cola with a little town, Wales City, as its center. Here are hund dreds of acres . which have been bought by wealthy folk of New York City and Boston and turn ed into winter estate retreats. The hills are covered with citrus fruits and. the lowlands with lakes. Because of the large fruit out put ef Florida both federal and state officers were inspecting and (Continued on page 11. Col. 3) Proper Speed requett. 345 Center Salem Heard Along Auto Row "Jimmy" Daris won the cash, prize for being "top salesman' of the Douglas McKay Chevrolet company during July. Mr. Davis felt that he could take a day off and so is spending Sunday at the . -.ituCVi. a x l j m'i a UMl rV , ,iS y , 1,M"QUS from Colorado digging clams. 1 : The past three months have , been record-breakers for the Val- ley Motor company. N'ot only were more new Fords delivered by the i Salem dealers than ever before ! but also during May, June and! July the sales records were exact- ly equal, 70 new cars being sold - j each month, according to O. Lapham, new sales manager. S. W. P. "Pat" Blake, northwest manager for Willys-Knight was a I Thursday visitor at W. L. Ander ! son, Inc. F. M. Mills, salesman for Loder Bros., spent Thursday in McMinn ville on business. Mr. Whiteside or Whiteside & Locke, Hudson-Essex dealers in Corvallis, was a business visitor at State Motors Thursday. F. D. Pullin. factory represen tative for the PJymouth car; spent three days of the past week in Salem and vicinity establishing as- through M'otor Co. Clarence. JS. Dempster, sales ! "motion manager lor Chevrolet on the Pacific coast, Charles W. (Contlaued en page 14, Col. 2) That Reprsents the Number of IWL1LY S$ILID) EN SALEM During the Month Yes a Invite us to your next BLOW OUT! Few Companies Announce Changes in Auto Models August 1st Sees Few Models. Companies Ready for Brisk Business Rest of Season , p August used to be the date for the Mg change iQ tbe auiotnHve WOrld f'nmnjinioa rhan (hair models in chorus and the showing of new cars on the first 'would' amount to a regular parade. It is not that way now. Some compan ies make chanpe3 the first of August, others do riot.. There is no universal rule. Changes now - come any time during , the year with many makers.. It a model goes well, it is continued in pro duction; if it doesn't, it may be pulled off and a new design sub stituted. Making new models is an ex pensive proposition. It always costs from a million dollars up. There is the engineering design, the scrapping of old materials, the rebuilding of dies and expen sive machinery in orde to get quantity production. So com panies do not like to make re- visions oi nieir car aioaeis ex- cept for real cause. " Buick is one of the big com panies which announces its new models August 1. The Introduc tion this year was heralded by the biggest advertising campaign in the history of the company. I The results, if the local situation. is any test, have been very grat ifying. Otto Wilson, local Buick dealer, says that popular approv- 1 al has been '10fr', this year. 9' lot of miles KE LILY 5PRI W CFI EHB TO IRtES Why not have all the mileage and dependability your money will buy? So long as you pay for Kellys, why not have Kellys? If you need tires, come in and see us. Wc can actually aave you tire money. "JlmV Revisions in Motor Car Many people have visited the show rooms several times and all have expressed their admiration of the new cars exhibited. Since ! the cars were first shown last ( Saturday hundreds of people have called to see the line and ! very satisfactory sales have been ' recorded. Studebaker ts one company ; which has no yearly modes. In recent months it has revised its ! Dictator line offering one series 'of 8 cylinder cars and another of the six in 115 in. wheelbase. The ; local dealers, Marion Uarage. are : now fhowing the new Dictator j models, along with the Coni ; mander and President lines. The' big volume lines of light : cars.vFord and Chevrolet are go. ' lng so well that no chans;' is be , lng made. The Ford model A is j now being turned out at the high ; est rate in the history of the 5 company. The Chevrolet Six was hist introduce! t lonnrv unH . jt3 gales have been well up to production schedules The' 1930 lines of Hudson and Essex cars are now being shown at the State Motors display j rooms. Manager Lambeth reports that no drastic changes In car but new the designs have been made, there are improvements and color schemes which make j new cars een better. He reports (Continued on page 11, Col. 1) oaiem At the f price of ordinary tires W E sell the tire of recog nized quality at the same price you would have to pay for tires that haven't the Kelly reputation. In other words, when you buy tires of any one of a dozen makes, you pay the price of "Bill" The Station With a Clock 31 ' - STB I SLASH IN PRICES - Studebaker corporation is an nouncing new "price reductions ranging from J200 to $250 below former levels. Th reductions ap ply to the President. Commander and Dictator lines." The reductions are said to have been made pos sible through the working out of the recently announced policy of intensive economy and concentra tion of production in the Stude-' baker plants at South pend. Two ne models are also an nounced, a new T-passenger Com mander Eight sedan and a Presi dent imousine. ' rn ItiiDL mtu mm BY EXPERT LENOX. Mass. (API Melons famed locally as the finest any where in the world are being raised here. They weigh from eight and one half to 10 tj pounds apiece. The htise melons are raised in greenhouses on an estate here. The vines are traiued up under the glass. So lwge are the fruit, that they must be individually supported by nets. The melons are from imported English stock and the seeds aro' sown so that the fruit is in season from June 10 to January 1. The greenhouses contain 22 different varieties of melon. of July isflnirmnr I IIVI1V It means thatf there were 700 Kelly tires sold during the month of July in the city of Oil alone. PHONE.