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mm Automotive and Building News of Interest Locally Talk of the Road and News of the Day for Mo torists and Outdoors folk Automotive Information The OREGON STATESMAN, Salem, Oregon, Sunday Morning, September 29, 1929 PAGE THIRTEEN STICKERS WILL TAKE PLAGE OF LICENSE PLATES OUT OF DOORS SECTION Innovation Will Be In Order For 6 Months Period Papers to be Placed on Windshield During First Half of 1 930 by Order of Sec retary of State Hal Hoss Here's cheering news far Oregon's automobile owners. They will be able to use their 1929 license plates for an extra fcix months. But they won't get out of paying a license fee January 1 or thereabouts. It all comes about because Oregon has done something no other state has done to date changed the time of issuing licenses to July 1. Secretary of State Hal E. H033 lias found it necessary to work out a special system for hand-lino- the half vear hiatus before the new arrangement goes c into full effect. tn r I M I HI n r O II TO In order to avoid the neces- id NiMsbt am 1MIICJ.T.FI1 Hudson Motor Company Ar ranges With Company To Handle Raper Hud.-or. Motor Car com unnniinci the completion of rr.inf xv.f ::' with Commercial -tment Trust for the finan of snlt .; i-f Hudson and Es- I' ' A !l r : : . car.- at;:! I -over commercial rar; in th- c?-I export markets !. t'if world. "i".. volume expected ann'.allv by C. I. T. under the -o'uract 'is r'nr.ut $20,000,000. T arrangement is known as t : h H. M. C. Kxport Finance plan ami follow? in peneral the style the company's arrangements f ir financing sales to domestic (ii rributors and dealers. Rates h r- been established on very fa-vu-..lile hals. II;idon officials de- The TI. M. 0. Export Finance j.h.a is the result of several years' i:::iisive study of all existing forms of overseas financing." said J. s. Draper, Hudson's General :-ort manager. "It is adaptable t all markets and puts at the dis-po-a! of our overseas organization a ('.-finite merns of surmounting o'l-' of the basest - obstacles in thf path to er.sier saTes. It is a r-'jl contribution to the develop-iii-T.t of overseas trade -a. service 1 . ihe buying public and to the Hudson-Essex organization." T'nder the terms ot the agree ment. Commercial Investment Trtwt will handle Hudson-Essex an. I Dover business through Its offices in the following cities: Ihnssels. Belgium; Eerlin. Cer ium :iy; London. England: Copen Imii. Denmark; Calcutta. India; Sy.liiey. Adelaide. Perth, Brisbane ii Melbourne, Australia; Christ- clinrcli. New Zealand; Bueno3 Ai .. Argentina: Sao Paulo. Bra ri: Santiago. Chile: Christobal, ':inai Zone, Mexico City, Mexico; Si.-i Juan. Porto Rico; Havana, ('a aod Johannesburg, South Af-rii-a. Cubans Pleased At Reduction in Yankee Drinking HAVANA (AP) Cubans, ex-c.-p: bartenders and cafe owners, are hailing with satisfaction de basing drinking by American -visitors and a co-incidental In. creased interest in obsemtion of Cuba without the blurred, rose ate hues induced by "daiqutres" or other similarly potent mixtures. North American brothers and Bisters are doing less drinking, according to mixers at rarious leading hotels here. It is not without a sigh that such an asser tion is made but the sigh of the barkeep Is echoed by a resounding cheer from the many Cubans; who would hare the tourists seef more of the outdoor land and less of the e11 decorated lounge rooms nd bars. Street Gar Fashion Now Runs to Stream Lines ATLANTIC CITY. N. J., Sept. -v (AP) In sharp contrast ith the dinky and unprepossess ing horse drawn vehicles of grand m Mher's day are the stream line ar3 that are the vogue on the trolley lines of America's urban centers. I. may come as Bomewhat of a surprise to straphangers to learn that America's transportation sys tcTu is somewhat responsive to the decrees of modern fashion experts. Cut there is concrete evidence to this effect in reports from the American Electric Railway associ ation in the 1930 mode in itreet car.-. Tho association opened Its convention here today. Witness the effect of the accen tual ioa of slenderness and com fort in modern styles on the street car! Visualise a long slender car 'uilt close to the ground whose sity for issuing a special ser ies of plates for the six months Hoss has ruled that a windshield sticker, readily iden tified by its special design, shall be Issued the first of next year instead of the customary license plates. But the 1929 license plates must be kept on the car, for it will take these plates, the wind shield Flicker and the receipt of registration which is carried in the driver's compartment ot the car, to complete identification of the vehicle. Of course the owner will have ; and freight service the 90 to make application and pay a j mile link between Alturas half year fee, but under the new and Klamath rails, law. even a full year fee will be ; less than that which has been ! charged in recent years, for a new I schedule goes into effect, with a Cowboys and Indians, pioneers reduction of about 23 per cent, of covered wagon days and bus Another change is that truck li- ! incss nien from all parl3 of the render weight vehicles, are based o n chance in the easoline tax i nin f ?a Tff il tf. ? . f A 1 f effect.ve the first of the year, the added cent per gal-i ln hrin, ih tni L iv.,,.- I ' ' r ' 1 " ' la iwui ; cento a gallon. MEET OPPOSITION BOSTON, Mass With the ex ception of a few minor change, compulsory automobile insurance rates tentatively announced re cently were promulgated today by Insurance Commissioner Merton L. Brown amid a storm of protest from the cities of Boston, Chelsea and Revere. The city solicitor of Chelsea immediately filed in the supreme court a petition seeking a review of the rates announced for that city. The mayor of Boston and city counsel are preparing to take the matter to t h e supreme court also. The insurance commission er in announcing the rates stress ed the legality of the zoning sys tem but intimated that a driver's record might determine rates in the future. Representative Sawyer of Ware has filed in the state house of rep resentatives a bill for repeal of the law and all its amendments, declaring that by repeal only can the mess be straightened out. Be fore the next session of the Legis lature he will file a bill embody ing the best features of the New York. New Hampshire and Cali fornia laws, with certain provi sions necessary to meet the Mas sachusetts situation. Australia May Get More Funds From England SYDNEY. Australia ( AP) The Australian loan council, which supervises the finances of the commonwealth and the six states, is expected to start nego tiations soon for new financing. briht hud xterir glistens in the sunlight. Peep inside and you see linoleum covered floors and individual cushioned seats. That is the 1930 model street car a. far cry from the crude box-like cars that made thelr un certain way along tracks behind a pair of horses or mules in t the '99's, and the heavy battleship cars whose menacing bulk has re cently traveled along those came routes. The industry has .heeded the trend of the times and the "elec tric railway men" have now be came "local transportation men" operating street cars, buses, taxi cabs and even airplanes in a few cases. i The "industry!' now operates 75,000 rail can and 11,000 buses and employs 10,009 men and women. COMPULSORY RATES New Rail Shortcut Links West With East 3 J (Above) Piute and Klamath Indians ride the first Iron Horse on Southern Pacific's now All uras-Klamath Trans continental cut-off, linking the Pacific northwest with the east. (Upper right) Capt. (). C Applegate, Oregon pio neer and Modoc Indian war veteran, who participated in the ceremonies at dedication of new rnil line. (Right) First train crashes through p a p 1 e rmjw he barrier at Hackamorc, California, for mally opening for passenger west joined recently in a colorful celebration marking completion of ,hc sontnern I'acinc company's n $9,000,000 tT:-.nscontinental cutff 'from the 1aclfic N h- . . .t ' "t to the east. m- a, -1 i a vuiiirabiiiig mr oiu ww ami the new, the dedicator)- program at Hackamorc, Modoc county, Calif., Septeml)er 14, reached a thrilling climax when a giant lo comotive crashed through the sce nic reproduction of a mountain range. The breaking of the barrier Fear Many DeerKilled By Recent Forest Fires Pheasant Season Will Open October 15th; Game Commission News Notes o How heavy a toll of deer has been taken by the various forest fires which have swept Oregon during the past few weeks is a problem that is demanding atten tion of the officials gf the state game commission. In the country back of Estacada where thous ands of acres were burned over a great many deer were undoubt edly killed by the flames. Just how many will never be known, and no estimate can be made un til a survey of the country is made. Deer are said to "lose their heads" when in a forest fire and often times they run into the fire rather than away from it. The country back of Estacada is a deer haunt. Sportsmen who are acquainted with the territory be lieve that if any considerable por tion of the deer in- the fire swept locality made their escape they would have been observed by war dens and fire fighters, but few were seen fleeing to safety. The game commission gets some con eolation In the thought that per haps a considerable number of cougar the worst enemy of the deer lost their lives in the fire. The postponement of the open ing of deer hunting season will cut a big hole In the annual re ceipts ot the state game commis sion. Many hunters who had long made plans to hunt on the origin al opening date of September 15 will be unable to go into the mountains when the season is opened. Consequently they will not purchase licenses. Many sportsmen from other states who annually hunt deer in Oregon will not do so this season, as the for est fires have changed their plans. They will not buy licenses, and the game commission, which depends upon the sale of licenses for the continuation of its work of propaganda and protectKm, suffers. Those sportsmen who prefer the hunting of pheasants are get ting their scatter guns in readi ness for the opening of the sea eon on October 15. On that date the hunting of Chinese and native pheasants, sooty or blue grouse and ruffled grouse will be per missable. A bag limit of not more than four of any of these birds may be taken in one day, and there is a limit of eight birds for any seven consecutive daya. Not more than one female Chinese pheasant-may be killed la seven consecutive days. There is no open season for these birds in Lin coin, Tillamook. Clatsop and Curry counties. Fred Larson, of Marshtield was ""ml 2 o - 6L i t i l A lrr. ,rf yi' cleared the way for regular pas- J senger and freight service over the 96-mile Alturas-Klaniath Falls line and opened California's last frontier to rail transportation. Indians, squaws and papooses of the Klamath and Piute reserva tions cr.me to the celebration and witnessed arrival of the ' Iron Horse of today, just as wild tribes men of GO years ago gathered in awe along the Central Pat if ic"rall road as transcontinental trvel changed from "trail to rail." Cow boys, loggers, ranchmen and vet eran Indian lighter! also gave real western atmosphere to the festiv ities. arrested on September 12, on a charge of hunting deer with a flashlight, plead guilty and was fined $200 and costs before the justice of peace in Coquil'e. Ac cording to the report of Deputy Game Warden Hearing-, Larsorf killed a doe on the night of Sep tember 11. The meat taken from Larson was turned over to the Coos county farm. L. J. Hadley and Harold Hadley, father and son of Vale, were arrested for killing and possessing deer meat during closed season, on September 14 and fined $100 and costs each in Burns. Deputy Warden McClees had received reports that the Hadleys made a practice of hunt ing several days before the sea son was due to open, followed them into the Steens mountain country and made the arrests. The meat was given to the poor farm at Burns. DE SOTO EXPORTS "With the production and tales. of De Sof j six automobiles break ing all records for a first-year car. It is Interesting to note that over 14 per cent of the entire produc tion was sold overseas," according to H. P. Stewart, In charge of sales for the DeSeto division of the Chrysler Export Corporation, div ision of Chryslers Motors. "A year ago last month, the De Soto Six was little nrore than a name," he said. "Starting from scratch, with no dealers, a new name and with an entirely new product, the end of the first year ot manufacture found the De Soto six firmly established anvong the leaders in the automobile indu stry. Latest national registration figures for the six months period ending June 30, 1929. definitely establish De Soto well sp in tke first division In a list -of 41 lead ing companies. "During the first year of manu facture from August 1928 to August 1919, overseas sales total ed 11,469 units a remarkable record wen one considers the fact that during that same period it was necessary to organize the en tire overseas distributing organl zatlon. 'Reports from overseas dealers indicate that in the Spanish speak ing countries, the De Soto six is enjoying its greatest popularity. South America Is particularly a fertile field for De Soto sales.- In MM vfr f n N The new Alturas-Klamath Falls rail line, costing more than $3, OOO.OOO, serves to link Southern Pacific's Cascade and Overland routes. Connection is made at AI turas with the former vada-CaJifornia-Orcgon railroad, ac quired recently by the Southern Pacific and standard-gauged at a cost of approximately; $4,000,000. This completes the railroad com pany's $88,000,000 construction program which brings Oregon and northern California more than 200 miles nearer the markets of the east and provides a shorter route between California and Oregon over the Cascade line. the Argentine alone over a thou sand De Soto sixes were delivered to new owners during the first year. Our distributor at Tao Paulo, Brazil, is continually Ordering new cars to meet tho demand for De Soto sixes in that territory and virtually the same conditions ex ist in Chile, Uruguay, and Ecua dor. As a typical exmaple of De to's acceptance in the export market is the experience ot our distributor in Cali, Columbia, Tho sold out his entire stock within one hour from the time of opening his showroom after the announce ment of hs appointment as De Soto distributor. "In New Zealand, too, the sales of De Soto sixes have far sur passed our expectations. Over 700 units were sold there during the first year and indications are that the remarkable sales figures in that comparatively small country will continue to mount. Odds is UME PLACE Bo buy tHhiose ADD-Coirai IT Dm CIS ...that give such excess nnnflTlcBgDgcB FISK WINDSOR ALL-CORD A dependable tire at a low price. Made by the Fislc All-Cord Process. Now WOLF TIRE SHOP 198 S. Commercial St. PhMie 7S6 i iji ifi E All Models to be Exhibited By Valley Motor Com pany Here For the first time since intro duction of the Model A Ford au tomobile the Ford Motor company will present in this city begin ning tomorrow, a salon ot the complete line of Modei A passen ger and commercial cars and of Model AA trucks. Announcement of the salon was made today by the Valley Motor company in whose show room the salon will be held. It will be open daily from 8 a. m. until 9 p. m. for the period of six days. The presentation of the com plete Ford line will be continued in other cities 4t the country and will mark an effort by the Ford Motor company to give the pub lie a picture ot the lare number of ilifferent body typeiuowi avail able on the Model . cha&sfe. and to provide opportunity for per sons who have not ridden in the Ford car to witness its perform ance under every-day conditions of traffic. Those interested in viewing the salon are invited, by the Val ley Motor company to call by tel ephone and arrange a demonstra tion enroute to the showing. Dem onstrations also may be arranged with dealer at the salon by per sons desirous of returning to their homes. Provisions for the most extens ive showing of Ford automobiles ever to be held in the city were made in recognition of the in creasing importance of the fall season in the selection of motor cars by the public. Not only has the autumu come to be regarded an ideal motor show period, hut it has proved also more and more attractive from the standpoint of automobile sales. This lias been demonstrated, according to offi cials of the company, by recent sales figures which show that the public has moved farther and far ther away from the old impres sion that the time to purchase an automobile is in the spring. Seasonal buying of automobiles officials ot the company state, was a relic of the early days of the industry, when roads were so bad in winter that the owner of a motor kept it inside until the spring months, and of the period in automobile design when the op en car was the standard vehicle. Now, with a large percent of au tomobile owners using closed cars and with the roads open through out the entire twelve months, au tomobiles are bought when they are desired or needed. The tre mendous mileage of paved roads has contributed more than any other factor to eliminate the large seasonal curve from the produc tion and sales of a popular auto, mobile, it was pointed out. The automobile buying public I T UN i Pxry IPflowBirag amieU usT&sn2Sinig "CATERPILLAR" TOACITOIL NOW IS THE TIME TO SUBSOIL. PUTTING THE SOIL IN PHYSICAL CONDITION FOR STORAGE OF A PLENTIFUL SUPPLY OF MOISTURE AT A SAFE DEPTH. SUBSOILING AIRS THE SOIL, AD MITTING OXYGEN, THUS INCREASING CHEMI CAL PROCESS, AND THEREBY BENEFITING AC ID SOIL WHICH IS VITAL FOR SUCCESSFUL CROPS. THE MOOT POWER AND SURE FOOTED TRACTION WITH OUT SLIPPAGE over ROUGH GROUND SANn QinF Mil I ; Wet or Dry Means Nothing to a "Caterpillar9' "CATERPILLAR" earlier plowing means more time for making of a thorough mulched seed bed. In such perfect seed beds, long strong plant roots shoot down deep to draw ample moisture stored in the ground by early thorough tillage the reward of course, better crops. Loggers & Contractors Machinery Company PORTLAND Modern farm also has learned that the car i purchased in the fall and given the proper care throughout the winter is in better running condi tion for a long tour the following spring or summer than is the brad new car. Ferd officials referred to recent sales figures of the Ford Motor company as evidence ot the late tSS? -liTS l"c.rf 1 the United States for July and August aggregated 336,523 units, the greatest volume ever record ed for the two months in the history of the Ford Motor com pany. This was coincident with the breaking by the Ford Motor com pany ot the July and August pro duction records established BeY . eral years ago by the old Model T car- ; S i OF RUBBER Iff United States Uses Near Half Million Tons Year; Stocks About Even WASHINGTON'. Sept. SS Dur ing the year ended June 30. last, the United States consumption of rubber amounted to about 49 4. 000 tons and the total deliveries to foreign manufacturers amount ed to about 289.000 tons, a grand total of 783,000 tons, the rubber division of the department of commerce disclosed today. At the same time, E. C. Holt, chief of the division, announced that the import price for August j averaged 20.02 cento a pound at ! New York and 19.31 cents a pound j at Boston. A total of 62.G4S.013 pounds,! valued at $12,539,065. was im-! ported during the month at New, York and 3.532.222, valued at j i $682,193, at Boston, accounting for about 96 per cent of the total i for the United States. j In the year ended June 30, the! total net exports of rubber from producing countries amounted to about 817.000 tons, according to official statistics. Stocks of rubber In the United States aDDear to have declined CON 11 slightly in the last two months, fio;)rs 0f (.ne 0f the largest bui'.d and stocks of rubber afloat be- ing3 in the proup are being fitted tween producing and manufactur- i out to accommodate the depart ing countries have now returned ; lneuts transferred from New York to about normal levels. Cltv headquarters of the United Stocks in Malaya have Increased states Rubber company, at 1"90 generally, me estates, mainland dealers and Singapore dealers re porting increased total stocks for May, Juno and July. London stocks are now beginning to in crease; during the past quarter London stocks have not fluctuat ed much. Total world stocks of rubber at the end of June, 1929, appear to ' ganization iu the world. be pluiost exactly the same as r.t - the end of December. 1928,' Hunting season is here; as around 296,000 tons, indicating a j Mire your property of legal pro close balance between production tection with hunting and trespas and consumption during the first sing siscus for sale at the States half of 1929. man office. - ri fp IT, 1, Bi i, I -tv-fcW tilv V - OTUDDOIIN GE1QUND X1UOT TO THE "CATERPILLAR" tools and effective use pay RUBBER HI IS EXPIDi Executive Personnel of Com- pany Increased Says Announcement Further expansion of the tire f-xecutive personnel of the United ; States Rubber company is an i nounced by L. D. Tompkins, vice ; president of the United States HiiMipr mmn.inv and reneral manager of the Tire department, with the appointment of two as sistants to the general manager. The appointees are Earle L. Bry ant, manager of the huge United States tire factory at Detroit, and Joseph F. O'Shaughnessy, who for the last five years has been di rector of sales of the articles di vision ot the DuPont Viscoloid company. Both men are expected to take up tl.eir new duties at Detroit on Oi toboc 1, when the concentration of ! sales, executive, engiaeering and office siaffs of the Tire do pariii.eat in the Motor City is to be completed. Mr. Brvant has been with the United States Kubber company since 1516, when he joined tho staff of the Hartford plant. He subsequently served as manager of the Hartford plant, which is now heinc; closed to allow for the full concentration of tire manu-f-if-turins activities at Detroit be cause of the obvious advantages of proximity to the motor car in- dustry. ceturalized distribution. and elimination of inter-plant communication ar.;l transportation costs. Mr. Bryant's entire busi ness l:fe has been identified with the- rubber industry. Mr. t)'Shaii--;hr.essy"s iuMness c.'.tver has ceuteied along ir.er-chandi.-ing i n -. Trior to join ing th-? Diil'o:;t organization he v. a ; merehamlloii:-.' manager of the Sir paid Si.:-. ; of 1!j. ton. and aft er his graduation from Ohio State university spent nineteen years in various sal .'s capacities. His De troit home v.-ill be in Crosce I'ointe. I'r. Tompkins also expects to na!ce his tire headquarters at the 1 : ,,.... . ;,0:,lvav. Mr. Tompkins has been with the United States Rub ber company for the last twelve years, principally associated with the management of crude rubber activities aud their rubber planta tion.; ia the Far East, which to day are the largest producers ot ; rubber controlled by any one or- big dividends SALEM