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George Graves Owns Salem's Second Automobile Green
Rambler acquired from F. A. Wiggins, Salem dealer In 1903,
cranked from the side and had an engine under the driver's
seat. He drove it to Lebanon where it wheezed to a slop and
a jewelry man with delicate tools repaired the carburetor
at the back of the car.
Graves Paid $900 for Car
Doubled Money in Sale
By BEN MAXWELL
When George Graves paid F. A. Wiggins, early Salem automo
bile dealer, $900 for a red Rambler roadster in the spring of
1903, he acquired the second horseless carriage in town, and
one of the niftiest things on wheels wedded by man's ingenuity to
a gasoline engine.
On SeDtembcr 16. 1903, the
Capital Journal carried Wig
ffins' advertisement about the
' new, Model E Rambler and be
came thereby the first news
paper in Salem to carry an ad
vertisement for an automobile.
In those days of 46 years ago
Mr. Wiggins conducted a farm
implement business at 255-57
Liberty street. In addition he
sold sewing machines, bicycles.
and now, automobiles.
"You'll njver know what
genuine sport is until you own
an automobile," declared that
initial advertisement. Model E
Rambler was always under per
fect control and the rated six
horsepower was proclaimed suf
ficient to climb a 50 percent
erade. And speed, why that
Rambler would do 30 miles an
hour!
He's Still Dubious
; Though mellowed by nearly
50 years of retrospection, George
Graves is still dubious about
automobile advertising in 1903
That red Rambler, Salem's
second automobile (Otto Wil
son's Oldsmobile was the first)
had one cyclinder and cranked
from the side. What appears to
.be an engine hood is deceptive
Theengino was under the seat
and the space up front was a
storage compartment mainly de
voted to carrying surplus repair
parts for the car. Right hand
driving was accomplished by a
tiller and the carburetor was at
'the back of the machine about
where modern folks assume the
exhaust should emerge.
Horsepower, too, may have
been slightly over-rated. In
those chug, chug days Salem's
crosswalks were crowned above
the general level of the street td
keep pedestrians out of the mud.
Getting over the incline of a
crosswalk necessitated shifting
gears. Getting to Portland
through the deep dust of mid
summer at 10 miles an hour re
quired five strenuous hours of
driving time.
Troubles on the road? Plenty
and endless. In those days 2500
miles from a tire was excep
tional and tires cost $56 apiece.
There were no filling stations
and gasoline was purchased
from the drug store in five gal
lon containers.
' Of course an instruction book
came with the car to explain
all the mechanical idiosyncra
sies. But that instruction book
was as bewildering to the stalled
motorist as a cook book to the
newly wedded wife.
George, who used his car. for
commercial business, once
wheezed to a dismal stop in
Lebanon. Of course there were
blacksmiths, plenty of them, and
they could do a swell job set
ting a tire. But none knew
what was wrong with George's
gasoline buggy. If it was a
delicate adjustment someone
suggested the town jeweler. He
brought some of his small tools
and fixed the carburetor.
Came autumn when automo
biles went into storage about
November with roads impassa
ble because of mud. Waiting for
March and good weather gave
George time to consider a new
and more rugged automobile.
Come spring and there was
much excitement in Salem about
a big raffle for an automobile.
George Graves was selling his
red Rambler for $1 a chance.
Out of the raffle George
realized $1800 and again he
visited F. A. Wiggins who now
had the agency for White Steam
ers. Into the cash box went the
$1800 and out of the shop went
a new steamer for George
Graves.
Graves Attached Whistle
"They called it the red devil,"
Mr. Wiggins (now a distributor
of nursery stock in Seattle) re
lates, "because it was painted a
brilliant red." He goes on to
mention that it carried 500
pounds of steam. George had a
high pitched whistle installed
and when he cut loose with that
whistle "a mild mannered cow
a mile away would literally drop
dead."
Even now Mr. Graves vaguely
recalls that his whistling White
may have been responsible for
some runaways and threats by
farmers to commit mayhem if
they ever caught the driver.
Anyway George considers his
White as being a mighty fine
car and one that he was proud
to display in performance on
Lone Oak track during the State
Fair. There were inconveni
ences, of course. The boiler had
to be hand pumped with water
when climbing a steep hill be
cause the steam was consumed
faster than water became avail
able for generation.
Both the red Rambler and
the red White went the way all
old automobiles past decades go.
But there is today a growing
"group of enthusiasts who seek
and restore old cars who would
cheerfully pay George Graves
far more than $1 a chance, in a
raffle to acquire a 1903 Rambler
propelled by a side cranked
engine beneath the driver's seat.
Polk Draft Records
Moved to Salem
Records of the Polk county
selective service office have
been moved from Dallas to 359
Court street, Salem, according
to a consolidation order made
several weeks ago.
Mrs. Fern Beakey, clerk at
the Salem office, said, however,
that Polk county youths reach
ing their 18th birthdays may
register either at the Salem ad
dress or at an office to be set
up at Dallas.
The selective service act re
quires boys to register within
five days after reaching their
18th birthday.
Offices Moved
To Silverfon
Marion County Dairy Breed
ers' association will move its of
fice to Silverton on September
1, according to Bill William,
technician. The association has
been in Mt. Angel since its or
igin in March of 1946.
The move is aimed at better
service for all members, says
Ben A. Newell, county exten
sion agent. Plans are now tak
ing shape for an expansion of
the association to two techni
cians. When enough dairy cat
tle are obtained to justify the
enlargement it is expected that
practically all of Marion county
will be within the service area.
Two technicians will also make
it possible to serve more of
Clackamas county around Mo
lalla and Canby.
The latest figures available
for the Oregon Dairy Breeders'
show 16 bulls In active U'
seven Jerseys, five Guernseys
and four Holsteins. May's con
ception rate for all the bulls
showed Williams to have 73.3
percent of the cows with calf
on the first service.
Dairymen and folk with the
family cow may get further in
formation on. breeding to top
registered dairy bulls by con
tacting the Marion County Dairy
Dairy Breeders at Mt. Angel or
the county agent's office in Salem,
Silverton to Greet
Many Old Timers
Silverton The Old Timers
picnic and home-coming asso
ciation third annual meeting is
announced for August 7, at the
Silverton city park. A basket
dinner will be served at 1 o'clock
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in the afternoon and will be fol
lowed by a business meeting and
program.
The association was originat
ed by the late "Lew" Davenport
who was sincerely interested in
the history of his native town
and community.
Oficers are Theodore Hobart,
president; Karl Haberly, vice
president; Mrs. Karl Haberly,
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Dan Geiser. Serving as commit
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welcoming, Theodore Hobart
and his officers; dinner, Mrs.
Roy Skaife; program, Harry
Riches.
Members are looking forward
to having Ben S. Fleishman
Portland attorney, and other
former Silverton residents, at
tend the affair, and have a part
in the program and social hour.
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Buys Manor House
Louth, England W "I used
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said 64-year-old John Holmes.
So he plunked down close to
$400,000 for 30-bedroom Grisby
Manor and part of the near-by
village of Burgh on Bain (popu
lation 161).
Now a wealthy timber mer
chant, Holmes used to work at
the manor for nothing but his
keep when he was a carpenter's
apprentice in his teens 50 years
ago.
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