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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 23, 1930)
AUTOMOTIVE SECTION OUTDOOR NEWS I TRANSPORT M 1 100,000 Passengers Use , Airplanes During Last I Year is Estimate Approximately 100,000 passen gers used the nation's air trans port lines during 1929, according to the Oregon State Motor asso ciation. Passenger service over estab-li-hed air way a in this country la only about three years old, the J.Iotor association point g out. Pos- fcibhr the first route Inaugurated whs that connecting Los Angeles and Salt Lake City, which began operation in 1926. Passengers then rode in open cockpit planes designed primarily to carry air mi il. Altogether about 267 passen g ra were carried in 1926. In 1927 and tn 1928 went close to 7,000. the number jumped to around 400 The figure of 100,000 for 1929 serves to indicate the progress of aviation. Reports to the Department of Commerce from 27 out of 40 scheduled air transport operators. Indicate that "45,000 passengers were carried in the first six mouths, of 1929. An increase of fully 25 per cent was estimated for the second half of the year. It is estimated from reports re reived by the department that ap proximately 47,000,000 miles were flown by miscellaneous operators during the first six months of l'29. Accordin gto time schedules published by the airway operators there are now 90,909 miles of flying scheduled daily orer estab lished routes. Of this mileage 51, -J 801 are scheduled for the carry In? of mail in addition to passen gers and 39,108 miles are sched uled for the transport of passen ger, express and freight. i FOUND TOO SCtllCE f .FRIEDRilCHSHAFEM (AP) German scientists have made the depressing ; discovery that it would take 400 years to fill the eirship Graf- Zeppelin with hel ium from the four known de posits of that gas in Germany. The discovery was made by Dr. Friedrich A. Paneth, professor of inorganic chemistry at the uni versity of Berlin, and Prof. Franz '. A. Peters. a widely known chemist. They are internationally known for originating the method ly which even a millionth part of a cubic centimeter of helium can be determined in natural gas.. By means of their method It l as been discovered that Qer niany's richest natural gas de posit yields a daily helium con tent of only 0.5 cubic centimet ers. The field richest is helium is In Westphalia. While this yield almost ten times the quantity of helium as the other deposit, the daily average is only 41 cubic centimeters. Comparing this with the 4006 cubic centimeters from the chief American field, the scientists conclude that unless some wizard discovers a process to produce the non-inflammable - gas syn thetically, Germany will have to forego its use for her airships. MADRID. fAP) An extraor dinary percentage of deaths from pulmonary diseases in winter months has led to a campaign for b law to compel adequate heating of public buildings, especially theatres and other meeting places. MODEL A HI 1 SPORT ROADSTER..- MODEL A BUSI NESS COUPE MODEL A " TUDOR SEDAN MODEL A STAND ARD COUPE t MODEL A FORDOR SEDAN MODEL A. TRUCK WITH CAB W- :- Corner Center and The World Famous Richfield Office Building Described A View of the Super Service Station' Garage That Is to Be Built on the Tract Where Is Now Located the Richfield Light Tower in Salem's Southern Suburbs o By R. J. HENDRICKS The newly erected borne office building of the Richfield Oil com pany Is located two blocks from the Savoy hotel, where the writer made his headquarters In Los An geles on his recent hurried and busy visit there. Naturally his at tention was called to the remark able structure, which was then not quite finished in respect to its ground floor rooms; but the company had already )n )ved Into all the upper floor rooms, and all the finishing work was complet ed there. The Richfield buildine is one of the most remarkable, striking ana unique of its kind in the world. There is no other Just like it. The artistic person would call it modernistic. ' The writer was so much at tracted by what he saw and heard about the structure that he poked Into the 'lower floor and asked one of the attendants what it wag all about. He was directed to the rooms of Harry Bv-rdle, the publicity man of the Richfield Oil company. No extended explanations were necessary. Mr. Berdle knows Sa lem. He knows much about all the vast territory served by the Richfield people, and so do the other heads of the far flung Richfield organization. Mr. Berdie was glad to explain. He wanted to take the writer for an airplane ride over the city; asked him and his life partner to take dinner in the magnificent restaurant of the building, be longing to the company. Offered to show them the building. The dinner and building tour invitation was accepted and there was witnessed what ono of the big electric equipment concerns of the country says Is the finest dining room and kitchen service plant and arrangement in the United States west of Chicago. It is beyond description. The same may be said truth fully of the elevator service. There 13 a whole battery of ele vators, and they operate bo per fectly that one can scarcely eith er feel or see them run. The pas senger is at the floor he wants almost without knowing he has been whisked to the one he has asked for. There are many features of thi3 wonderful building that are interesting; and it would take a whole newspaper to adequately describe them all. Here is one: Say there is an important bus iness deal on, and a committee goes from Salem to Los Angeles to see about It, and finds the pres ident or a vice president or one of the managers in his office. Say they are all hurried, and meal time comes. Presto, and a din ing room door opens and a table is set, with all the necessities, from the upper floor, and a wait er everything. And all well done. Time is saved, business ex pedited. Or say a tratn must be made: There are two floors be low the street level, for 200 au tomobiles. You drive in and out from the street level; with ramps You are whisked to your train or your next appointment while you would be looking for your park ed car otherwise. So it is with the wnoie service. Mr. Berate says his company will save interest on 1200,000 a year, by such time saving devices alone. Meals are served to employees at cost; about half the average prices paid at good restaurants in Los Angeles; say the 8ft cent meal for about 30 cents. And good. Reliably good. That's serv ice for the employees. It's the game throughout. Modern. Mod i ernistlc. $450 $450 $450 $450 $550 $550 Chemeketa Tel. 1995 f W1H Build fa Salens Mr. Berdie gave the writer a photograph et the Norman style service station bis company Is get ting ready to- build on the prop erty at its sign for the airplanes; on the Pacific highway. In the southern suburbs. Work will start soon. All such stations up this way will be. Norman style. In the south they are all Spanish, or mission. In Salem, the company has con siderable acreage; the writer thinks five acres. A super station will be developed there. Some thing travelers will look forward to. The aim will be to do as much as possible for the motorist with out Interfering more than neces sary with local business. The Richfield concern is built on en during lines with oil reserves ahead for the rar future, etc. It wants to do good to the commun ities where it operates. It wants to help build up prosperous com munities. There are 28 Richfield light towers up and down the coast, like the one at Salem, now, and will be more. There will be su per service stations at ' all of them. They will all be unique; distinctive. Had to Call Help The writer was not' capable of giving the reader an adequate description of the famous new Richfield home office building. So he called on the architects for help. In that way, in the extrem ety of his ignorance of architec ture, he secured an exclusive and original story; never before print ed in just this way. Any one with an artistic bent or a flare for ar chitecture will find It very inter esting. Following is the story: The new Richfield building, re cently completed at the - corner of Sixth and Flower streets in Los Angeles, is of particular interest as an expression of modern art and thought. Of limit height class "A"- construction, this building embodies many features which satisfy the present day de mands of the occupants of first class office buildings. In these days of ever-increas ing traffic congestion, the inclu sion of a large garage covering two entire floors of basement space is a necessity and a great convenience to tenants. The el evator service extends to these levels and enables one to go directly from his office to his car. Wonderful -Special Features Due to the fact that a large portion of this building is to be occupied by the executive and general offices of the Richfield Oil company, many special fea tures will be found. On the 12th floor is located a commodlus amusement room provided with a (Continued on page 16.) mm (oID3 vJ(o(d( m Montgomery 275 North liberty j - The OREGON STATESMAN. Salem Oregon, Sunday Morning, February F00LFB0QF I TIVEL ASKED New Prosperity Era Likely In United States Says Noted Economist By DEMING SEYMOUR (AP Feature Service Writer) NEW YORK (A P) The prosperity wave which has swept across the country in the last ten years leaving a few arid spots but drenehing many communities with comforts and luxuries never known before has been founded on the automobile, in the belief ot Stuart Chase, economist. Four previous prosperity eras la America." Chase asserts, "were, due chiefly to an influx of gold.' which sent prices rising and caused business to boom as mon ey changed hands rapidly. The prosperity era after the world war was of another iort. There was no marked rnfJur of gold nor increase of prices. The wave was created by the automo bile and by the popular desire to have one. The Installment pUa created six billion dollars :a new purchas ing power and most of this was automobile paper. Some, of course, but not a major part went for such purchases as radios, vac uum cleaners and electric refrig erators. The motor 2ir created four million jobs, and stimulated tre mendously the production of oil, glass and steel, the business of railroads and the development of power." If automobile ownership has now reached the saturation point, which Chase regards as "very likely," the next era of Ameri can prosperity is Jot apt tn arrive he thinks, until the United States takes to some new device com parable to the motor car. If automobile owners are in clining and he sees such a trend to drive thoir-cars for two or three or four years instead of trading them in for new ones. now that motor cars are fairly standardized and changing less from year to year in power and equipment, that circumstance will act as a depressing influence. Chase believes, upon American business as a whole. "Business is making a desper ate effort to find something with the popular interest and appeal of the automobile," ha says. "It hoped the radio might serve, but radios don't cost enough. It is hoping now that the airplane will do it, and that the airplane will become a popular toy just as the motor car has. "Realization of such a hope, of course, is contingent upon the de velopment of a fool-proof plane which the common man will Ve- gard as safe to ride in and to pi lot; and, furthermore, upon get ting airplane manufacture, which is now handicraft work, onto a mass production basis." Mr. Chase summarized the na tion's prosperity eras, including EIYERSIDE TIRES are first-qnalilj, . first-line tires and actual road testa, conducted bj our own test fleet, have proved them, the equal of any first quality tire mannfactnred. The finest materials obtainable, from every producing center of the world, are assem bled and manufactured at Riverside factories into Riverside Tires and rigid laboratory tests safeguard every inch of a Riverside Hfleage Guarantee... and more. Buy tomorrow, Riverside Tires! Pay as you ride ... in the secure knowledge that no better tires are made. Phone Number 1435 BOUNDED OSI - - - Firm Organized taHandle Oakland-Pontiac Sales Here Wood-Wheaton Motor Co. Takes Over Distri bution of Cars at Former Location of Capital Motors I V ' . . - 0 A - - v: . " . - " - V;- 4 - v n v Tom Wood (above and A. J. Wheaton. the most recent one, in his last book, "Prosperity; Fact or Myth" but he ventured no prophecies as to the next decade. Pressed to do so, he forecasts more competition for American business, during the 1930's, from European nations adopting Amer ican methods ot mass production and cutting down our margin of profit. He sees industry tending to supplant the buying and selling type of mind, which has predom inated in executive positions in the last decade or longer, with the engineering type of mind. "President Hoover's idea ot an economic general staff is signif icant," Chase says. "We shall see an increasing accent put on con ning tower control, and a devel opment of trade associations and monopolies. We will see monopol- 1 ies sanctioned. urn Salem, Ore. v. s'l A "f';v7 ' ti r J WaxiD Sl o. 23, 1930 A new firm has been organized to engage in the automobile busi ness in Salem the Wood-Wheaton Motor Co., Inc. The members are men well known in the auto mobile business here, and kin dred lines. Tom Wood has oper ated an automobile paint and top repair shop here for eight and a half years, his present place of business being at 545 Chemeketa. A. J. Wheaton. the other member ot the firm, was one ot the or ganizers ot the Oregon Stages, and continued with that concern until it sold out to the Southern Pacific. He was a driver on the first stage line between here and Portland which began business back in 1916 and became the Ore gon Stages with operations all over Oregon. The new concern will handle Oakland and Pontiac cars in this territory taking a franchise which has beefl unrepresented here for some months. They have leased the building now occupied by the Capitol Motors, Inc., at 350 North High street and will maintain sales rooms, offices and shop at that address. The top repair and paint shop will be continued at the old Wood location on Che meketa, the two buildings nearly adjoining in the rear. Oakland comes out this year with an eight twin fours set at a V-angle. It shows amazing per formance. In a demonstration the car started from a dead stop at the foot of Superior street on Commercial, in high gear and ac celerated to over SO miles an hour when the crest was reached, and did it without a stutfer. The Wood-Wheaton Motor Co. will show a full line of Oaklands and Pontlacs. They will handle car service and repairing, and art equipping their shop in accord ance with factory recommenda tions. They expect to become an authorised service station for Fisher body work and will carry body hardware of Fisher bodies. This will give them complete fa cilities for automobile service and repair. V. F. Bakala of Seattle, factory representative, was here a few days ago completing arrange ments for securing the new repre sentation tor Oakland and Pon tiac cars in Salem and surround ing territory. NEDLITZ, Germany. (AP) Traces of a Germanic settlement dating from about 1,000 B. C. and ot a Slavis settlement dating from 1,000 A. D. have been found at. the "Roman bulwards" here Lack of funds has halted excava tion. VALENCIA, Spain. (AP) Because messenger boys lag in the delivery of telegrams, newspapers here are sponsoring a series of bi- orcle races in the hope of making the youngsters speed conscious, m do o . v "Ot greatly Hedaeed Prices! TU Roadster. . ....'495 495' . , tcee Xbo Phaeton The. Sport Roadster. The, Coach . . '565 Xhs Coope 565: tb Sport Conpo . . . - 655 The dob Sedan...... '625 The Sedan . ...MS The Sedan Delivery. '595 Light Delivery QC Chassis ; VJ '520 '625 IK Ton Chassis 1 H Ton Chassis with Cab .... All prices f . o. h. factory Flint, Michigan -. . DOUGLAS :McKAY 430 N. Commercial Ball Bros Turner HoQls B. Saalth, Dallas ,- 4, A SIX IN TDB B! TADS T TO By GEORGE HALADJIAN Associated Press Correspondent) LISBON (AP) Portugal, one of the greatest cork producing countries of the world, Is working up a brisk export trade in that product with soviet Russia. But she is keeping her own frontiers tightly stoppered against impor tation of communistic propagan da. Recently the first Russian ves sel to visit this country in many years came to -Lisbon to get the first cargo of a big shipment of cork destined for use in c o 1 d proof cottages of Siberia. - But while the ship itself was welcome. the crew was not permitted any shore liberty by the port author ities and had to remain cooped up on their ship while she took on the buoyant cargo. The ship, in fact, was not al lowed even to tie up to a dock but was kept well out in the Tagoc while Portuguese police boats watched day and night to be sure that no propagandist of the third Internationale -flipped ashore to spread the political doctrines of his school of political thought. One Rusglan sailor who somehow managed to get ashore, was found after the vessel sailed and was clapped into jail. The government has received representations on this subject from the foreign commissariat at Moscow but has refused to let down the bars. Syndicalists caus ed considerable trouble to General Carmona in the early days of his dictatorship and while he differ entiates between those" entry, who were little better than common angsters, and communists, he takes no chances of having the rough element reform its ranks O They Never Come Too Big for Plymouth I o !irw .i ' V ( The gentleman in the fire-gallon chapcans Wniwg bis elbow lightly on the roof of bis Plvmofilh sedan Is 6 feet 8 indies fall and weighs 425j poanda. Ue is Fred Wiese, of Clendale, CL Il'a a fnlLuse coantxj menj trees, mountains and so is partial to the foB-aixe car. Is the insert) the giant has entered bis castle, to to speak, and Is finding it roosnji and comfortable. ir nn . . ip n w The minute you step on the accelerator of the new Chevrolet Six, you realize that Chevrolet has again introduced a new standard of performance Into the low-price field. You will notice, first of all, its smooth, silent flow of power. It has a new 48-pound crankshaft, new bronze-bushed pistons, and positive lubrication of all the bearings! You will find smooth, stable readability at ererj peed. The four long semi-elliptic springs are under the cushioned control of Lovejoy hydraulic shock absorbers! You will discorer .even greater reserves of power. The motor -has been increased in' capacity to 59 horsepower - And, above all you are sure to be surprised at the price. For, with all its extra qualitythe new Chev rolet Six Is offered at greatly reduced prices! If you bate not yet seen and driven this new ber relet Six com in today. jEHnM3flDimnr rv f -"v - v Associate Dealers ... V.. ' ' w. Hardy 43bvrolet tooihnrn Ji ColnmbU Oarage. MCAngeL . PIIICE IlANGE PAGE THIRTEEN under the guise of a philosophical political theory. The communist party In Portu gal he treats as a joke. There was only one member of it in the par liament which was snuffed out by Carmona and attempts to revive the organization have been futile. Carlos Rates, one of the leaders, is permitted to reside in the cap ital but he does so only because he heeds the rule of political si lence Imposed on him by the tov ernment. Recent communisitic activities in the English and French districts of Africa have spurred the gov ernment to take precautions against incursions of agitators in to Portuguese colonies in the dark continent. Capt. Theophlle Duarte, governor general of Angola, re ported that several communists had entered the colony disguised as merchants but that they had. been rounded up and expelled. He said they had come across the border from the French Congo at. ter being barred from that pos session as undesirables. HORSES QUTWIT ALL : PURSUIT ATTEMPTS PINE GROVE. Ore.. (AP) A tale of how a band of outlaw horses, which preferred to tak their chances In a raging eastern Oregon blizzard rather than in ci-' vilized pastures and outwitted three seasoned range riders, was told here by John I)avis, George Davis and George Beebe. Led by a branded stallion that escaped from Indian herds of the Warm Springs reservation, a band of saddle horses left other herds and struck off for the open coun try. They were discovered on the south slope of the northern re servation hills by the three riders. Oi m m if m il Telephone 1802 '- . F. 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