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About Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980 | View Entire Issue (April 10, 1920)
rAUTO SECTION rAUTO SECTION FORTY-THIRD YEAR. 0. 87. Lexington Auto Is Selected By Motor Expert After y1"9 of study and identifica tion with the automobile industry and dose inspection of all cars at the New Tork and Chicago shows, a Lexington ' model was selected by Charles P. Root of ' fhicigo. for the : season's ' work ahead of him. '. ' If was Mr. Root who managed the 1919 Elgin road race, as he did the ; first one in 1910, ana he has also been leleeled as manager of the first nation al motor truck reliability contest, hich & to take place iif June. Like ' irtse he has been named as .the- mana ger of the 1920 Glidden tour, to be run from Xew Tork to San Francisco, 3400 miles in September. Twice over the 3000 ' mi)e truck ' contest circuit the trip from Chicago to the starting point at Omaha and re turn and then on to New Tork the journey means the greatest variety of roads that could be devised, and for the greatest part of these roads are little more than virgin trails. The work to be called from a car In such service means It must have sim plicity to make for stamina; speed which will be called for and this means that road tenacity is essential; ud dirt roads as they come and moun tain grades call for unwavering power. Kaowing what lays before him, what car will be called for he selected the Lexington Thorobred as the one that In his judgment best fitted for his needs. In the past ten years, since. May, 1909, to be exact, Mr. Root, who by the way is C'nioago representative ofA.A.A. contest board, has confined himself to just two cars and in that time . has driven those two more than 200,000 miles. Ho was for some years editor of the Motor Age and also automobile editor of the Chicago Hcrald-Kxamln-er and personally drove over the tour ist routes that paper featured. . In short he Is an automobile expert. The B. & C. Motor company of 178 Fouth Commercial Btreet,. asks motor ists In this section to watch the per formances of the Lexington. SALEM. OREGON. SATURDAY. APRIL 10. 1920. Tommy Milton Sets World Record by Driving 50-Mile Heat 26y2 Minutes PRICE 2 CENTS A new world's record for a mile and a quarter track was hung up by Tom my Milton in his Duesenberg1 last Sunday at the new Beverly Hills track near Los Angeles, Cal.. when the vet eran driver won the final BO-mile heat rrora a large field of racing stars in it minutes, ' fifty -two and two-tenths seconds an average speed oi xu.a an nour. . KMn la Second. , Art Klein drove his Peuguot to sec ond pluce, Pullers big Richauda took third honors while Roscoe Sarles' by fine driving finished fourth. Just with in the money. The winners of all three heats made non-stop runs on Good- years. The race consisted of three flftv- mile heats the rirst four drivers tjn tshing in each heat .qualifying for the nnnis. in the first heat Art Klein drove his Peugeot across th Hnn a The newly-crowned racing king, Jimmy Murphy in bis Iusenberg took the second heat with Pullen in his Richards In second place, De Pal ma with his B&ilot third and Roscoe Sarles in his Mrontenac fourth. Murphy's average speed for the dis tance was 110.7 miles, an hour. Drtrln Is Wonderful. Interest in the finals wa raised to fever heat by the terrific speed and wonderful driving In the first two races.. The wild-eyed thousands in the packed stands kept up a continuous din as the racers burned up the track in the furious struggle for supremacy. Ralph De Palma led the field untU the thirty-eighth mile when a tire change' delayed him long enough to keep hirli out of the money. Quick aa a flM& Milton forced his car out of the van and crossed the line a winner amid the deafening an winner, closely followed by Milton's Plause of the spectators but not un- Dusenberg. Boyer's Frontenao andltil he hail been fonvui m. -i,a Hearne's Chevrolet. - Klein's averace sneed demons in rrv cvMni, mnta speed was 110.8 miles an hour. .for mile and a ouarter tracks. Specialists In Auto Mechanics yAt Great Western L. 8. Hickman and E. W. Hobson, re puted as being the most export auto mechanics on the coast, will assume charge of the mechanical and repair department ot the Great Western Gar ; age. 121 North High street, about April 15, it was announced at the garage this week. Hickman and Hobson are com ing to this city from Portland, where they were connected with one ot tne largest auto distributing firms, Hick man as Shop superintendent and Hob son as service forpman. 396 Trucks and Autos Cross Busy Corner In 1 Hour Some idea of the marked growth of the automobile as a business and pleasure vehicle among the people of Salem and vicinity, as elsewhere over, the world, during the past 15 years is contained in the figures compiled by the Valley Motor com pany. Ford and Fordson distributors In this territory, showing the num ber of automobiles which cross the intersection at the corner of State and Commercial streets in this city. Three hundred and ninety six auto mobiles, actual count, crossed thih intersection between the hours of 3 and 4 o'clock last Saturday afternoon. an afternoon of only average traffic because of unfavorable weather con ditions which kept many people from the rural districts out ot the city, Strung out in parade formation at intervals ot only 10 feet, these 396 cars would make a line greater in length than State street and would provide a means of conveyance for approximately 2000 people. Included in the total number of machines crossing the ; intersection were 156 Ford touring cars, sedans, coupes, roadsters and trucks,- to -say nothing of the scattering of "bugs' for which Ford chassis formed the foundation: one Ford to every two cars of all other makes. "compared to the general propor tion of Fords included In the total number of automobiles in use in the United States today, the count made Saturday shows an unusually low average," says John Harbison, Ford sales manager of the Valley Motor company. "Where the figures of this count show only 49 per cent of the cars enumerated were Fords, statis tics show that 80 per cent of the mo tor vehicles in the country today came from the Ford factory." Vick Brothers Get Large Shipments Of Big Tractors During March, Vick Bros, local Samson dealers, received one hundred and twenty-five tractors and during April they expect to get over 100 Sam son tractors and tracks, largely trucuw. The fcarnson tractors, in two modej havcbeen shown here the past month but the new truck has yet to make its appearance. The model 15 truck Is rated at 3-4-ton capacity and the mod el 25 truck is of 1 1-4-ton size. Both are adapted to either city or farm use. By the use of an extension rim on the truck wheeLs, either truck is able to travel over ployed ground which is an iu.n, of special interest to farmers. This is a new device but one which will be come very popular. Vick Brothers have now severed all connections with the Ford line and will hanOle Samson products exclusively. Puring the last -week they opened a branch at Woodburn which makes them six ..places of business In the vat- ley. . 4 Republic Carries 35 Tons of Logs ... J A w ,v A 3 Hi ton Republic truck, owned by the Erown-Petzel Lumber company of Stayton, with trailer, hauling 35 tons of logs over rough roads near Silver ton. Standing by the truck Is the lnl George Warford, who' drove for the Brown-Petzel Lumber' company for four years, and always preferred the Republic truck. After using this truck for four years the Brown-Petwl Lumber company has bought another 34 ton Republic; and has assured W, II. HlldebratHlt f: company, Salem distributor!! of the Re- Republics will be pressed into tlK-h-servlce. Of the approximate 1000 Republic trucks being 'used in Oregon, 300 are being used in such heavy work as this one, hauling logs and lumber over public, that as business expands iuoi4pome of the roughest roads in the stat ? Motorcycle Club Here To Attend Big Hill Climb Fully 25 members of the Salem Mo torcycle club will ride to Oregon City Sunday, April 11, to attend the Hill climb which will be staged there by the motorcycle club of Oregon City. A large delegation, from the Rose City club of Portianrt' will also be there to tike part in the - events. Several of Portland's best riders will be there so a very interesting tirne is expected. The party from Salem will Through the great part motor ve hides played in the defeat of "the enemy of the world" on battlefields ot France, one of the leading manu facturers of motor trucks was decor ated with the Croix de Guerre by the French government, . fawn . Franklin Runabout ; thiiisa real personal car f or one or two people, ligM, ru&tf, convenient j in. every sense deserving the name runabout. Upholstry ii hand-buffed, etxt'-U'-kae .bright finish; applied in English straight plaits. The at cushion. -is built in two parts. ' The floor is-covered with horsehair carpet. ' Equipped with Wman top aand Always Ready curtains of -Neverleak fabric, with two oval plate glass windows in read etar . tain. Immovable attachments facilitate opening and closing tke door with curtains in position. ' The' body is designed so that tf light detachable winter top can befitted.., - . . ' . , - , - . ......... ... . -. . -. . . v The seat back contains a compu-tment large enough to hold or dinary packages. -The space back of the seat raU retains lighj -parcela conveniently. The rear hamper .'provides room for .suit cases and a"spare tire. .''.'." "... ..T . Standard color i3 Brewster green. . . -" Weight, fully equipped, without gasoline, 2315 pounds. , Marion Automobile Co. 25 South Commertial Street . Salem, Oregon Pfctne 38 about i a. m., rrom the motorcycle store of Harry W. Scott's, 147 South Commercial street. Several of the riders from have expressed their intentions tering the climb: - - Salem of en- Speeders Better Bewart! Cop Gets Fast Motorcycle It's going to go hard with speeders In Marlon county this summer. As a start matter of fact they won't te able to speed fast enough to make it an euKy matter for themselves. The county county court has bought a new 1320 model electrically-equip ped I-Iarlcy-Davldson motorcvcle from Harry W. Scott. Salem's Hurley-Dav idson dealer, that will be used by the county traffic officer. The motor in this motorcycle is of the same .type used by Fred Ludlow In the recent fpeed trials on Dotonla Beach, In Flor ida, at which time he attained a spied of 103 miles per hour. The twenty-dollar Federal Reserve Bank Note, series of 1919, has an en graving of an automobile on the re verse side. Auto Accidents Crow Less Every , Year, is Claim Automobile accidents continue to) ?et en the front pages' of the new s parmrs, but the fact remains that tr ratio of these mishaps to the number ot cars and pedestrians grow 1 less year. . "And t!e reason for it is the at trition people are paying to the Saf-j-i First movement, which is one of tha lug things of the age,", says Jno. JJ. Mansfield, general sales manager cf '.he Port Motor Car company. ' Curt'lvsMioss Ousted. "'Education has rooted out var-?-l?-.sness to an extent. When you aie Ojt on a popular and crowded high way you see comparatively few in fractions ot the rules. Drivinig whicfi "ejninds one of the Wild West boys in the films is . becoming scarcer, the owners of cars having learned that Jt iles not pay. Some ot them have learned this at an expense and others have caught the spirit of equal riyhts; w?iich means safety. "Of particular importance Is watch ing out for children at all times, They o not know the rule's, the direction into which they will jump from a bunch of kiddies is a closed book, when in the vicinity of them it is won to be all eyes. There la no tra Kedy so appalling as that in which a "Mid is the victim, and it is tip to the motorist to help the little ones wJjo cannot help themselves. Pedestrians Slow To Lvuru 'Tedestrians are slower in learn ing the laws of traffic than are mo torists, for the only penalty that at taches to their heedlessness Is their own liability to accident. But, they are learning. They mind the police mueft better and fewer of them cut across lots' on the busy avenues. "It is noticeable in the larger cities where there is the greatest congestion the per centage of accidents Is small est, and the reason for this is that both motorists and people on foot a;'e ptoying tho rules of th6 gantu Safety First." Iowa has more than vehlces. S2,00 motor V. The Most Closely Priced Hue Car We Let You Know What The Chandler Price Is ' THE Chandler Motor Car Company, ever since the first Chandler Car was built seven years ago, has, in every advertisement issued J to newspapers and magazines and all other forms of publications, stated the list price of the Chandler Car. It states it now and Hill continue to do so. There is good reason for this and many thousands of motor car owners know it. This is the reason The Chandler Six is the most closely priced fine car in the whole medium priced field. Look through the pages of this paper or a magazine that may be lying on your table. There are probably from ten to twenty automobile advertisements. How many name the price of, the car? : 1 ' . .. , .... t. True, the cost of automobile production has increased in the past year, and it is still increas ing. But the Chandler Company, throughout 1919, with all its production greatly oversold, held to its price. The Chandler Six 4 today is a highly per fected development of the Chandler Six seven years ago, whichstarted thestrend toward light weight sixes. All the engineering skill and production efficiency at the command of the Chandler Company has devoted to this one chassis and that fact n ne of the reasons for the Chandler's leadership in its field today. Ml Chandler bodies are mounted on the one standard Chandler chctm. Simple, 'sturdy and dependable throughout,its features embrace, as foryears past, -the really marvelous Cliandler Mottff, solid cast aluminum motor base, annular ball bear in gs, silent chain drive for the auxiliary motor shafts, and Bosch mugrwto ignition. Cars that Mar Compare with Chandler are Listed at Hundreds of Dollars More STX BEAUTIFUL STYLES OF BODY Seven-Passenger Touring Car, S189Z Four-Passenger Dispatch Car, $1975 . ' -. Seven-Passenger Sedan, S2895 Four-Passenger Coupe, $2795 All Prices., o. t, CkH.lmul, Ohio Tcw-Fassetiger Roadster, $189$ "f. IxnKXisine, $.U9S Olson Mofor ar Goftipany : 349 North Commercial Street, Salem CHANDLER MOTOR CAR COMPANY, CLEVELAND, OHIO W tukh , 1 '-Li .. fMtl 'IT P"rr Famous For Its Marvelous Motor