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The OREGON STATESMAN, Salca,' Oregon; Sunday Morning, April 27, 1930
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WILLYS - KNIGHT
DEATH VALLEY. AND BAClt IN TWO DAYS
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Martin Johnson, Famous Ex
plorer, Uses Knights in
Dark Continent
From the denseness of the al
most 'impenetrable . Jangles of
darkest Africa, comes word from
M artlo. Johnson, famous explorer.
that Mr expedition has jut com
pleted a 4,000-mile Journey over
Almost Impassable trails, with his
caravan of seren Willys-Knight
ears and trucks, and adds "I
now of no other cars that would
fetand up under such severe and
cruel service." j
Mr. Johnson, together with
Jlrs. Johnson, who has also won
fame as an African hunter and
explorer, are making their fourth
expedition into darkest Africa to
continue the work of their preri-
us adventures of photographing
wild beasts in their native haunts
Much of-the territory to be pene
trated by the Johnsons during
their two years' stay has never
before been visited by whites.
The primary purpose of the
present expedition is to repro
duce in colors and in sound all
of the lite of the jungle, this be
ing the first time that sound pic
tures have ever been made in the
African wilds. These' reproduc
tions are expected to be invalu
able to scientists.
As In previous expeditions the
Johnsons depend entirely on pro
ducts of the Willys - Overland
Company for transportation, the
present cars and trucks they are
using having been shipped early
last fall. Their motor equipment
Includes Willys-Knight passenger
cars ana trucks.
Prior to his leaving the Unit
ed States last November. Mr.
Johnson said: "In planning such
an expedition great care must be
given in selecting the right mo
tor cars. They must stand a ter
rific strain and have great pow
er and endurance. For this rea
son we have again selected Willys-
Knigt cars. We hare used
them on previous trips and know
from experience how well they
stand up."
, Mr. Johnson said that he has
trained native boys as drivers of
the Willys-Knight cars and trucks
and that they have become quite
proficient in their work.
That the Willys-Knight cars be
ing used by the Johnsons in the
dark continent have again proved
their power, stamina and durabil
ity In penetrating the trackless
wilds, is Indicated in the cable
which he . sent this week to the
Willys-Overland factory at To
ledo. The cable reads in. full:
"Covered 4,000 miles on 60
day safari Into heart of Africa
ver almost Impassable trails. All
seven Willys-Knight cars and
trucks In perfect condition. Their
performance was wonderful and
had no trouble. I know of no oth
er cars that would stand up under
such- severe and cruel punish
ment." Takes Training in
Auto Body Work
Elmer Lewis, of the body re
pair and paint department of
Wood-Wheaton Motor company.
Sag just returned from a two-
weeks course at the Fisher body
plant in Oakland. He took special
work in ear-body building, re
pairing and painting. In conse
quence of his taking this special
.work the Wood-Wheaton company
an now advertise as "Author
ized Fisher Body Station."
Spring and summer time is tra
vel time, make application for
The Statesman Travel and Traf
fic Accident policy. One dollar
per year to Statesman subscrib
ers and members of their family
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A. H. Patterson of Stockton drove an Oakland V-8 sedan from Stockton to Death Valley,
and return in less than two days, and was out of- high ear only 1.8 miles in the whole
trip of 1011 miles. These wiews show the Patterson party in the famous valley, parts of
which are over 300 feet below sea level. The Oakland is shown beside the remnants of
a twenty-mule wagon used to haul borax in the olden days. Views of the desolation in the
ralley shown in the other pictures. The map shows the route followed by Patterson's
"Golden Rocket" Oakland sedan in making the trip.
MEDALS MID
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WASHINGTON (AP) Naval
fliers who biased the first air
trail across the Atlantic in the
NC-4 will be honored with special
medals.
Designed by Catherine G. Bar
ton, Englewood, N. J., the awards
will be struck from gold in the
United States mint and presented
by President Hoover in the name
of congress.
- Commander John H. Towers,
who conceived and commanded the
historic voyage in May, 1919, but
failed to reach the goal in his flag
ship, the NC-3, and the six intre
pid meV'whd gained Europo'SW-
cessfully, will receive the medals.
The honored personnel of the
NC-4 is made up of Commander
Albert G. Read, the seaplane's
commander; Lieut. Comm. Elmer
F. Stone and Lieut. Walter Hin
ton, pilots; Lieut. H. C. Rodd, ra
dio operator; and L.ieut. J. u.
Breese and Chief Aviation Pilot
Eugene S. Rhodes, engineers.
Three flying boats, the NC-1.
NC-3, and NC-4, took off from
Newfoundland on May 16 for the
Azores, following a line of de
stroyers tossing in rough sea. The
NC-4 arrived at Horta the next
day but it companion ships, land
ing in the ocean near the islands,
were stalked by misfortune.
The NC-1, found by the steam
ship Ionia and taken in tow, sank
in the heavy sea while the NC-3,
buffeted by wares for 52 hours,
taxied into harbor hut was unable
to fly.
The NC-4 carried on to Lisbon,
Portugal, alone and landed in
Plymouth, England, on May SI,
with the Atlantic ocean conquered
for the first time by aircraft.
Today the hull of the seaplane
rests in Smithsonian Institution
and its personnel scattered. .
Towers is assistant chief of the
bureau of' aeronautics, Read is ex
ecutive officer of the aircraft car
rier Saratoga. Stone commands
the coast guard destroyer Cum
WARRIORS NOW RIDE BUSES
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mings, Hinton and Breese hare
left the service, Rodd is on duty
with the radio division of the navy
bureau of engineering, and
Rhodes is stationed at PensaCoIa,
Florida.
LOS ANGELES (AP) A new
leviathan of the highways, built
to carry S3 passengers, will be put
in service on the Pacific coast this
summer.
Tests of the bus, held to be the
largest motor passenger vehicle
ever produced, have been con
cluded successfully, engineers
said.
Despite the great bulk of the
stage, it has a top speed of 7
miles an hour, developed by a six
cylinder, 150-horsepower nvotor.
The motor design permits remo
val and substitution of the power
plant in 20 minutes.
The bus is of duplex construc
tion, carrying passengers In two
tiers. The body is built of dur
alumin with shatter-proof win
dows throughout. The driver's
seat Is placed on the upper tier.
A center aisle starting at the
front runs back more than half
the length of the coach. Single
steps lead up and down Into four-
place compartments. Seats are
adjustable, upholstered and cov
ered with velour. All windows are
curtained.
A large baggage compartment
is located at the rear and an em
ergency door is built at that end
of the coach. A lavatory with hot
and cold running water is pro
vided.
The motor weighs 1800 pounds
It is anchored by four bolts. The
engine is accessible by throwing
back protecting panels at the
front of the bus. Brakes are oper
ated by air pressure.
The stage exceeds the carrying
capacity of large buses now lo
use by 20 passengers.
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Cobalt blue, Haig green, opal
brown, imperial champagne tan!
These aren t coIOr schemes of
milady's Easter chiffon creations
that one expects to see at after
noon teas In fashionable society
circles. Instead,, they are only a
few of the colors In which Chrys
ler cars are "being finished this
season.
The American motorist is def
initely color conscious. He wants
dash and brightness in appearance
that is in keeping with the im
proved mechanical performance.
Manufacturers alert to the fact
that most buyers have developed
an acute color sense, have dash
ed a rainbow of tints over their
1980 models, accord to the local
Chrysler dealer.
Typical of the leadership In col
or that Chrysler has pioneered
from the first car in 1924, charts
Sent out to dealers by the Chrys
ler Sales Corporation show that
the various body types of the new
Chrysler Six include such colors
as Mobjaek brown. Boiling green,
Gettysburg blue and State blue
And there are harmonious color
combinations used for striping
and panels.
In other Chrysler cars, Arabian
Mocha Stone brown and Thorn
brown sound notes of the desert,
while Marine blue suggests the
brilliance of swift ocean currents.
There is no mistaking March
Bloodstone red, and Coolie blue
carries its own Oriental note.
The "" body models include
such additional colors as Man
xanese blue. Marquette bine and
Crown maroon. In the "77" line
are found Pine Manor gray, Zir
con brown. Sheffield green and
yellow violet, and black as addi
tional colors for the nine body
styles offered.
All lacquers are subjected U
rigid tests before they are allow
ed to enter into standard produc-
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KENOSHA, Wis., April XS.
(Special) The job of putting
wheels under America Is not alone
the world's biggest Industrial un
dertaking: it is also the most fas
cinating and satisfying- occupation
available In a land where the plor
neer spirit still makes a man's
ork his chief Interest. - In the
opinion, of E. H. McCarty, whose
return, April 15, to the Nash Mo
tors company as vice" president.
general manager and director ox
the company, proved one of the
most Interesting events of the au
tomobile year.
Long associated with the auto
mobile industry and a central fig
ure of the Nash merchandising or
ganization, which he largely de
veloped and over which he presid
ed for seven years. Mr. McCarty
resigned as vice president, direct
or of sales and director about a
year ago in order to fulfill a long
treasured ambition to live in the
Pacific west and to pursue purely
personal business and home inter
ests. He purchased a fine home
in Portland.
There was genuine "regret
throughout the great Nash family
when he left There was, too,
no little envious comment among
old timers of the Industry that so
active and prominent a figure
could bring himself to "get out of
the game and enjoy his hard won
success at the height of his ca
reer." "One year out of harness was
entirely sufficient to convince me
that a man's regular work Is the
most satisfying thing he has in
life, and that the automobile busi-
Jness has a fascination unequaled,
ior me at leaai, oy anyimng eise, -Mr.
McCarty declared today while
receiving the welcome and con
gratulations of scores of indus
trial friends.
"I feel now that I am qualified
to give any man who is thinking
of quitting his regular work the
best sales talk on keeping his job
he has ever heard. I suppose that
everyone has dreams of gaining
personal Independence and lock
ing up the old desk. The dream
may be all right as such, but
when the desk is finally locked it
becomes an irresistible magnet to
any active man. I am more
pleased and more contented in re
turning to the Nash Motors com
pany and setting sail again under
the inspiring Nash banner than
at any time I can remember; and
the assurances of cooperation and
welcome that have come to me
from old associates and the Nash
workers on the firing line are
possessions of inestimable value.
"We are entering a period in
the industry's history when such
close cooperation and earnest ef
fort is certain to bear the biggest
fruit in manufacturing and sales
success."
David Smith Now
With Oldsmobile
David Smith, "Oldsmobile en
thusiast", followed his favorite
line from the Capitol Motors to
Oregon Automobile company when
the latter succeeded to the dis
tribution of the Olds line in Sa
lem and vicinity. Smith has been
In the auto selling game for
arood manv years and Is well
pleased with his new connection
The Oregon Automobile company
distributes Oldsmoblles and Hup-
mobiles here.
FIRK STATION BURX9
BAKER, Ore., (AP) It hap
nened!
Fire starting from a pipe lead
lng from a stove and used in the
basement to dry hose, set one of
the local fire stations aflame here
recently. Doors and floors were
damaged.
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The Spealding Loggias; Compajiy at Balem sums jwst put into
service the first of the- six-wheel Gertinger lumber carriers equipped
with pneumatic tires. These machines are to be manufactured at
the 8lem Iron Works and ia DaBa and Klamath Falls.
Murder of Famous Indian
Chief Recalled as Notice
Posted on Bulletin Board
GRANTS PASS, Ore.. (AP)
It was only a legal notice such as
the United States government
posts when it is necessary to sell
government property.
It occupied only an ordinary po
sition on the bulletin board in the
Grants Pass post office.
But Its presence revived the
memories of a tragedy and mur
der that snuffed out the life of
one of the most famous Indian
chiefs ever to Imitate the call of
the Rogue river wild turkey.
The bulletin said the govern
ment would sell on a certain date
a certain piece of property, but to
old timers those grizzled veterans
of tfour dough days it revealed
that the old stamping grounds of
Chief Jump Off Joe was about to
revert to the whites, after tech
nically being held in the name of
the Indian since 1855.
Chief Jump Off Joe, according
to the stories which have been
handed down from the days when
the call of gold was rampant, was
character among the Indians
and whites. On many occasions
the unusual physical powers and
the native cunning of the chiefs
made him victor in deadly com
bat. It was In the small plot of land
lying J. 7 miles from Grants Pass,
that the chief met a man, who if
not his master, was his equal. It
was In the gathering gloom of a
murky November night that Chief
Jump Off Joe and an Indian buck
named Pico met in verbal clash.
For an hour,. it is said, the men
tramped through the woods until
they arrived at a piece of land
again about to be bought by white
gold. Here the battle of death
started. Stripped of their scant
garments the two Indians, in the
presence of group of friends,
battled. Nothing but brute force
was used. Nothing but the crafti
ness of the clan was applied. Mid
night came and the men battled
on, glory, heaving men, but still
fighting with a fierce determina
tion. Friends from the eampfire
sought to lntervent but to no
avail. It was a battle to death
with no quarter.
When the gray dawn crept in
to the narrow walla of the canyon
now known ' as Jump Off
Joe
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creek all was quiet. The fight was
over. Death had won. Jump off
Joe and Pico were both dead.
Thefr torn bodies were deserted
by the warriors under a strange
superstition that It was unwise to
touch that which death had ap
parently held sacred as its own.
From that day. to this so far as
has been known, no Indian ever
spent a night on the p)ot of land.
It had previously been set aside
by the government for Chief
Jump Off Joe because of his re
peated acts of friendship tor the
whites.
The Indians claim that on every
murky night when the moon is in
the last quarter the death struggle
of Jump Off Joe and Pico can be
heard from the fir wrapped hills
adjoining the creek. It is because
of thing strange superstition that
none of the relatives of the dead
chief ever claimed the land.
WASHINGTON (AP) A new
ly built hangar will be deliberate
ly burned here by fire control
experts to test the protection of
automatic sprinklers.
Obsolete planes of the army
and navy, stripped of power plants
and instruments, will be sacrificed
before a federal "fact-finding
committee tor data on a propos
ed code to regulate construction
and protection of airports.
The hangar, donated by the
national committee on wood utili
sation, has been built at the bu
reau of standards and will be tir
ed before, officials of the aero
nautics branch of the department
of commerce, the national board
of fire underwriters, the army
and navy, and others.
Blazes will be started In the
walls, In airplanes, and In gaso
line poured on the concrete floor
in an effort to simulate actual
airoort tires.
The hangar is 80 feet long,
feet wide, and 28 feet high to the
top of its arched root.
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TEST OF SPRINKLER
BROTHERS
A marked Increase la the use .
of light trucks in combination
with trailers and semi-trailers ia
being reflected in the sales ' of
Model AA truck chesses, accord
ing to officials of the Ford Motor
company. This is particularly
true, they say, among large fleet
owners.
Xebnomy of operation, ability;
to maneuver in tight places and
time saved by disconnecting the
trailer unit while it Is being load
ed or unloaded are factors Influ
encing the new trend in comment
cial transportation.
By using a semi-trailer on a ,
light truck chassis, the major per-
lion or the load can be balanced
over the trailer axle with only en
ough weight over the rear axle of
the truck to give good traction.
consequently, by taking advan
tage of the draw-bar pull of ibe
truck, three or four tons can be
hauled easily by a one-and-one-
half ton chassis..
Trailers and semi-trailers can
be arranged to meet a wide ran re
of transportation requirements.
For heavy loads dual wheels can
be used on a semi-trailer unit and
the rear of the truck. When time
consumed in loading and unload
ing Is an important factor two or
more trailers or semi-trailers caa
be used in the operation of each
truck, and, while one unit is be
ing loaded, the truck can proceed
with another. Thus one chassis,
with the extra equipment, can per
form the work of two or three
trucks.
In some fleets different kinds
of trailer units are used with the
same truck chassis. For instance,
one company uses a detachable
tank semi-trailer and a stake-body
trailer alternately with a finpta
power unit.
Ford trucks with trailers ox
semi-trailers are being used exten
sively by gasoline and -oil com
panies for the delivery of their
products to service stations: by
dairies, which use either tank
trailers or trailer bodies to carry
cans; moving and storage con
cerns, which utilize detachable'
trailer cars requiring a minima
of parking space; lumber compan
ies and meat packers. With the
introduction of dry ice and the
consequent reduction in load car
ried, ice cream manufacturers are
making use of the truck and trail
er for deliveries to retailers. Many
city governments are utilizing the
light truck and trailer in street
flushing, dumping operations and
garbage and trash collection.
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ISTANBUL ( AP) The fam
ous harbor of the Golden Horn
and the once lively maritime dis
tricts of Galata and Trophane are
shrouded In a graveyard quiet
ness. Turkey's greatest port is dy
ing. Before the war 21,000 ships a
year visited Istanbul. Now that
number has fallen to less tfcaa
half. An average of 8,000 vessela
a year touched Istanbul en route
for Russia but now only one-fifth
of that number go Russia-ward.
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