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Satarifay EvenW Q 1 1 ii 'ill' 1 ''r .r ! ' t ft! KOI . 1 !.) Hi'! M. I Jl . Hi' i mi ,iii' i. . . lily I I : -1,1 us s ' 'I k'i 5 f V "I . ... i 1 Ik A ' II IE UP OF ALL V I ft IllliP What, Mr. Baseball Fan, would you ho willing Jo rniger against tbe world's rharaploDHhip chances of a team baiting 301, fielding l70, employing at if nut three premier nltrhrrs and having, at its disposal p. directorate of four man agers Who have won major league pen nants? That is- tie sort of un entry -lint ths Buick Motor company off-r for an All-Uiilfk professional baseball team. : Kveryone of the players included in tbe Hit are owners of iicilck cars. The piteherK are Kppa Itixey of Cincinnati, bum JontH of tne New 1'ork Americana, : - Iiurleisht Grimca of Brooklyn, and Clar ence . Mitchell of the Philadelphia Nat ionals. ,. .Uhe flrat three,, it will be con tended iiy moat expert, are of .world'fl wrles csllure,- wnilo tile fourth 1h . a promising youngster of tlie stripe that : has in the pust come through handsome ly in emergencies. V As rto the outfield,' just consider' the horsebide wrecking that this crew of liuick owners are capable of: Bobby Veach of Jctrolt, batting H27j tl'ris . xitMiakor of Cleyelund, .'J7U; Johnny 'i'o blnul tlw .St. tmuui Americans, 831;' J'ut Iuncan of Cincinnati, i)27j IU My7 era of .tho St. fouls ordinals, 817 1 J5lr. :. luer. Hmitb of Uie iN'ew York Americans, 27f: Mike Menosky of the Boston Ainer- ' leans, 28.1. d ; , .T v. And for wise managerial counsel there is Connie ,' Mack, of the Philadelphia Americans: Hllbert 'Itobinson of the .. Brooklyn Nationals, and Miller' Huggins of the New York Americans, as well un Tria Speaker of the Cleveland Ameri cans, who appears in -lira lllie-up of nlavers. All these men are Buick own-1 era and two of -them have won world nhiiinplonships, while all four have car ried off the ,blg honors In their respecr tlve leagues. .'-.'-. The Traffic Cop 1 By'C'YKtJK Cl tffiHNHOfJ , -California Traffic Officer. i (WHO apologies to the shades of Lqng- - . leiiow.; ! . . Under the blading aunimer heat . . i The traffic copper stands-. , Ilia niHnber tens are ftill of feet, Ills fists are full of hands. And the buttons on his manly chest Hhine like tomato cans. , t (lis hair is crisp and black and long, His face is like (be fan; Ten thousand ' row hlni every , day, lint he does the best he can. . And soon his black hair-turns to gray, For he's just a mortal man. Week In, week out, from morn til night, ' "norus uwi hi. inn bhu ohiw.' They give bim tile old razzberry (-'. If he is fast or -slow: ' And people auk a million things 'Atiey tnink lie ougnt. to know, He helps the children home f rpm school Wnlle speeding autos pass; If some one calls hitn & darn fool . '' And steps upon the gas, lie keeps his temper calm and cool - -And jugs thd, blamed jackass. Tolling, rejoicing,, sorrowing, Onward through life he goes; . Tile hot sun fiules his uniform And blisters up his nose; - - . A truck may ram him in the back And .bring hint sweet repose. Thanks, thanks to thee, my worthy friend . 1-or -the lesson you afford. . '. You'll have to' look beyond the skies ; To got your just reward; . '" If .vou'rq hot killed, you may land in . The nsyc)opoltliic ward. ; STATES OF EAST TO E TREES ALONG ROADS AUTO IS NO MORE In tho early days of motordom, the automobile was the rich man's toy. Only those with a plentiful supply of these world's goods could afford an automo bile r ..i "NoW air that Is changed,' and the. man who used to . ride a horse now uses a motor ' car," aays John Wert of West & Bona, Overland and . ' WlUju-Knight dealers.. Jl! ''i' .'I,','..- .! "llie' meann have been provided to , make automobile buying an easy pro cess. . Finance companies, most of the larger automobile houses, and banks, havn arranged a partial puyment system that makes it easy for all to get ma chines! ' .. 1 . Responsibility Rests On the Local Dealer I'The increasing valuo and refinement of cars Is making more and more vivid the importance of local denier rospbnsl- hlllty'says Mishloii K. Sweet, of the Mweetiraln Auto company, local Httide , baiter dealers. ' .,-. ' t -."tlompared to earn and prices five YraJ-tt ago, i iiinn today in getting an , omaiing value for n nominal sum. Hut the vast number of new owncrtt has ' irought into exstencc n renl service Emblem.' Tho car-owner fhids that what e bought is n cur, but what he wants Is . ttsjutpo'tatlon. . . . , 1 "And the price of the enr is only part . Of the cost of the mileage In it, 'The ;ood dealer Is the . one who has 1 provided the things the owner needs, as j well aa the cars for the now buyers. The modern-dealer sells much more thun a oar ...- , . .. Ford Factory Makes , Record In Delivery Pet'roH, '. Mich., April '2V-JTk. Ford Motor company established a new month ly record in-March for retail deliveries, it has been announced here. . During this month 170,7(14 cant and rucks were sold. This record exceeds by 00.000 the highest previous month, which ; was June, 1022. when l'J0,3!18 cars and trucks were sold, ... . , It Is also fifty per cent better than ' the mark reached in February. ' Rlnce April 1, .1022, 1,420,070 ForO. automobiles and trucks hnve been sold, - Ford Motor company records show, v . y . .- 4 ., 1 AN Raoords Broken. - Washington. April 21. Production of . tnolnrrars and trucks during Murcn have .- broken all monthly records, the Nation al Automobile Chamber - of - Cornnierce reports. The total waa 8-M.SS8 cars or fiT.OOO more than the previous .record, : The preillotlon was made that motor cur , production in 1023 will reach the 3,000, V 000 mark. - , ; ... Don't Temnt Thief: Use Old Spare Tire It Is a mistake to carrr new tires As - spares, The epidemic of tiro steeling that prevails throughout, the country has demonstrated the avldltv of tire tlileyet for tires that have never been used and can be disposed of as now. ...... A new tire nnturully brings s much higher price than one that -allows wear. Motorists whose new spares ba-vo hern stolen with unfailing regularity should renicmlwr that they have been offering 1 tempting bait to the thieves. The sen sible thing to do is to use a new tire, for a few hundred miles before using It aa a spare. . ', ' BOASTFUL CAT Once upon a time there was on tiutolst who when pinched by a motorcycle cop ' bragged that he was going faster than the officer claimed. "Arson's Film , Fables." Small Cars Will Have Test On Board Track Kansas Citv.''Mo.-r-Automobiier'soeed kings from the United ritates and inoh- jibly. two from Europe will compete in the race Jiera July 4, According : to I J.: Sioitb, managfc of the Kansas City Hpeedway. : Kuosss City-was awarded the Inde pendence, day speed classic from a list of contestant. - 'rota several parts of . the .country,-,- .',;i."'..v Tho outstanding feature of .tho race will be the introduction of 'a new style racing car an a hoard track. The 122 cu bic inch creations wilt make their initial bow to the rac-luir world on Indiananolis brick track on Memorial day and be -sent directly to Kansas City for the July race. 1 , .,'. . . . The length of the race has been re duced from 800 miles to 200 railes, the standard of hoard speedways iu this country.- "' i . 1 Kcductton of .wheelbase. - while cutting down the tremendous speed on the track, win - not siow up ine race,- accuraiug mjo local speedway offiqinls. The time lost chauKing tires 011 heavy cars will he partially eliminated by using; the lighter cars and, action of tbe track kept at an nveruge. . . . t Tommy .Milton winner of last: year's race here drove bis smoll car at the rate of approximately 110 miles un hour in a recent test at lxs Angeles and declured that more speed could be developed. - The states of I'cnusylvntiia and Min nesota this year plan to encourage the planting of shade trees along their paved highways in 'unprecedented- fashion. . -Thirty thousand trees, it Ik declared, will be used for this purpose in -Min-iit'Sbta alone. One objection heretofore to shade trees at the roadside has been that the roads did not dry out readily after rains, hut that mudholes lingered. ince road building, according to more modern methods, has been so generally adonted,' this argument is no longer any -good. '-. -.- - -..'' ' , " -.: Thousands of miles of pavement .have been laid in states between lluridn and Ntbrasku and, nt-first, objection was made to tree planting -along such roads en the ground that the tree roots would .uplift or crack the-surface. As tills rar ely happens in city streets., no good rea son Is evident why it should be different along country roads, and, in fact, those Who have experimented say if the trees are set for enou"i back- no. ill result what ever follows. Much . Would depend, of course, on .the character of the - tree, whether or hot .it had -a iap Toot or a spreading Surface root, i An intelligent person- would- hardly - -recommend the planting, of a bceeh.treo hear any pave ment.; ' '- '--.- - -!'',' .''. .''..' It has been realized that paved rpadR radiate a-hcat on summer davs thut'dift and .gravel roads do not and. tlrat way side trees,' always welcome to summer travelers' not onlv for their cooling shade j)ut ' for. their sofetnfhg of highway glare are- esneciallv desirable with the new pavement",- Trees grow slowly and the progress of planting will keep pace only witli the public sentiment in its favor, so that at best it- will be many years be fore our transcontinental and state reads will be the shaded thoroughfares that they may become. Tho time will doubt less flrnive,- however, '-when American country -roaas will' rival' in ; beauty city streets that are lined with treen $1.00 DOWN. SAME SUM WEEKLY, IS WAY TO PAY FINE Lott. Angeles,' April 21i Police judges here buve found themselves in the posi tion of the old lady who lived In the shoe tliey liave so many speeaers unr v; liuow what to do. - - -: :'' " Corigiwted jail conditions , In IjOS An geles are responsible for tnm .Mother t;oose situation. -A few weeks ago some of the judges announced a policy of send ing nit sneeders to .tan. ine jnn i""-u to . overflowing, conditions within them hecome unbearable, und authorities were forced to release 200 petty offenders. Then the judges decided on heavy fines. But not all speeders could or would pay. - The jail sentence was (the alternative, but there was no room.; Ine judges faced a problem.- ": ' " This week court transcripts read more like bargain counter haggles than legal documents, Hitys His Honor: ,:, ''.. "I'orty dollars or ten days.'! j; "I can't pay it," replied the speeder. , ' "What can you pay,'! said His Honor. ."Ten down; balance in six weeks." .'. 'Agreed,", responded the judge glad ly. -.'..'' .' ; - ";' ' ' ' And that's the way It. goes. Vines have been paid on a dullur. down uud a dollar a week.;) , ... inOI UHn ilHu dULU FIRST OF APRIL, '88 LEXINGTON FIRM FAILS Indiananolis. Ind Iteceivcrshin for the Lexington Motr company was ask ed in a suit, filed in federal court here by the Jacques Manufacturing company of Wilmington, Del., makers of auto mobile bodies. --: v i r -j , ... , ,-- : - Rovine Taxis Barred; From Capital Streets (Roving tnkieahs are to-be. barred from the ,nntff.Kt-0i ititMmesH streets of Wash ington. !. ('., by orders of the Board of. i ommlBsioners ot tne: jjiwnci m .ijohuh bia; and .they also are to be prevented .from . establishing stands along such' streets within certain limitations. ' CUT THIS OUT IT IS WORTH .':; 1 MONEY ' l J - ' Cut out this slip, enclose Be trad mad It to Foley 4; Co., 2835 Sheffield Ave.. Chicago, III., writing oyur name and ad dress clearly'. Yon will receive in return a trial package containing Foley's Honey and' Tar Compound, for coughs, colds and croup; Foley Kidney. Fills for. pains in sides and back; rheumatism, backache, kidney and bladder ailments; and Foley Cathartic Tabletj a wheleaouvo and thoroughly cleunsing cathurtie for con stipation.' biliousness, i headaches, and sluggish bowels, i Sold everywhere. : ;. - I'hone S. E. Stevens for PianoJ-'uniug. Insure with Henry Trotnp, 33 West Oth. Try Eugene Special for a Good Cigar. Did 3000 Year Old Curse Kill the , Discoverer; of King Tutankhamen? Present Day Auto Safer Than Old One 1,0s ' Angeles, April 21.' If you nfa an automobile driver, the chances are MOO to 1 against your being in a fatal accident this year. These odds are'.uir- comjortahlyi narrow hut in 1014 the.v were much 'lower, being only 315(1 to 1, according to automobile mortality statis tics made public -here . today. . Motor authorities explain these fig ures by pointing out that tile increase in 116 number of- cars has cut. down .the ru-. tlo of fatal accidents per' car. Besides that, they add. the lWSi auto Is much safer than the 1014 modeh It is easier to , handle and its braking facilities are bet ter, ( ' Auto Registrations Show Big Increase Ralem. Or. Automobile registration in Oregon - .totalled 112.700 on kMarchV: 1(1 hs compnred to 08,1100 for the same peri od lust year, acclruing to. a sumury com piled by Secretary of State Koier. , Of the 112,700 registrations so far .this year, llHt.OTi are passenger cars and 1741I are trucka. Tho Increase of more than 10.- 000 in the total registrations for the first. three months of this year over tho same period in 1022 is unusually large ns com pared to ine gains in registrations xor previous years. ; : Fees collected during the three-month . period aggregate- $3, OOn.ri:t8.2S. as compared to 2,ror,411 in A good grade of' gasoline will. Hinrn Iirnttlcslly clean, while poor gasoline will deposit carbon'on the -walls. of- the cylinders and a black tarry- substance will be left' on tho' botto.r . ,.' . . . .. t. ...'. .. . ; ', nwm Mill III i III ll I i III II II ill Ml ii Ii III I MIsMii ill III Ii l ii ii I ;.vj gr-; 'tf irrt-M The curse of 3300 yoar old Pharoah is sal trio have caused tho death of the noted - British discoverer of the tomb of Tutankhamen. Tito above layout shows the prin cipal flq'ires and scenes of this interesting story..- I, Lord Carnarvon; 2, Lady Car narvon; 3, Lady Portchester; da-ughter-in.law of the Lord and Lady Carnarvon: 4. Howard Carter, oo-'dlscoverer with Carnarvon of tho tomb; 5, the gateway .to the laboratory in. the Tomo ot beto-; h. exterlior view of .the tomb;- with Lady Port, cheater. Is her husband, Lord Poirtohester, who succeeils'tp the title and estates of " the late Lord Carnarvon. . ; . . fEDERAU AND tXil Eugene Vulcanizing Works 8. 1! records in d mniiway season- i ; . ' Judged by March and April sales,' ords'.KaVi been" d'oub.l.ed -or. inijre.'" . .tne seven new Stephens hiodels than doubled. And demand sail have struck the popular fancy and . gr'ys steadily day bynlay. ; ' satisfythe demand for finerrtSotor prain' cs valrfe, -dtstinctivi cars at lower prices: o jboayaesignandbrijlkntperfbriri W.eek for week.month formonth, ance. explain this emanchs Some all previous Stephens sales rec- in aodcheck the factsTor.yourelf. JONSON BROS. tJAkAGE 265 West Eighth ."Phonef.1 STElff'E'MSii ........ ' . - o . o l : irl . ! - - BucHtHS a 'PKone or ttki jor catalogue jhmcing all con in actual -olor - The - automobile industry, celebrated its twenty-fifth anniversary early this month. A "quarter of a century ago, April 1. 1S08, this- Industry, whiott has produced over : 10,000,000 .registered owners, changed the transportation bf u nation1, remodeled 0t!ie plciiiiliig,, ot cities and introduced the traffie 'cop, -rtrugvlNl into being-with deliveiy of the first American-built cor to a pflrchnwr, . It was a singlc-f'lin'- l,11'0" J'u;. et'on and yax purchased bf llobrit Ai-, lison, a mechonical eugiuccl-, uta l.oit Carbon, Pa. ' ' v : , '., He visited the- fcmiill factory1 thftn .be ing 0-eratert tiv AieJtauuVr Vvinton,; qt Cleveland. O.. .04 Jll.irH) 24, lSS.;.iwid after being ''convinced thnt . the horse-, less carriage actually Would runv placed the first order- ever, made ..by. .tl . bonn fide purchase, tukiijg 'delivery., one week '"The first 'year output of the, Lin ton factory .was'., twenty-one cars, ' and f tha oni'fv'ntn'f'iiiiacl'S' was .1: V Packard bf .Warren, '().,. mi Heetpciil mnmifactnrer: -Two- years--latei' J'acK ard organized the Ohio Automobile Com piiny, which later on wu.-i.movcii. to m, troit and becaine th Packard Motor Company.'; "... - ' " ' . View- Bridge to Cost! . More Than 3 Million 'Xdpn,. Calif.;. April 21.-i-Actuol con- sri'iiytinn wors on roc i.uri iiunv, u"""" bridge of the Rodeo- Vlt"j- l orry. Co., has. started, rermapent -borings .to, up termiire fhe; rature 'of the foundations on. which pierheads .will rest have.-begun. The bridge wil cost -more than f'1,000,000, according to- present Plans and connect Solano, and Contra Costa counties. ':-,;' . V : ! - . MOST DANGEROUS POINT - ' An -insurance man usked, "What part, of the car is the most dangerous to rcglect?"- answered: "Uy .love, jt s the steering gear! If the brakes full we can use the gears. If the. wheel comes off, the cr stops of itself. Jlut if the steer ing gear goes wrong the car keeps on nt lull speed and it doesn't have to go far 1 eforc it hits something.'' ' iTnhnTsterv Care Is Really Worth While , i A very good leather dressing may be made of equal parts of glycerine, nd sweet "oil.".,' After, applying with a cloth the dressing should remain on the leather for about twenty .'minutes,, niter 'whinh' the upholstery should, be wiped.dry.- As an owllnary cleaner tor IToath-er -a good soap and some water shouln be used. applying the 8oapywater witlr;a6pongu and -finishing 'with a chamois s.kiu. -iii ,i.iinluterv .muv ebe 0 elvane"d by fheating ciu-tnins .and. "baeks" ligljtly Villi n suck, orjvaiii- .."-.. ; , the occumuruted .dust, can be whiKked.off 'with a brush." .firease or pIl-Biay up.-. moved by "an npnncnuon oi water omf iory -nonp; apphed wh .fl, ' -.. ..i...i..l.". iln&nllrie hii.l benzUlH hltve BWiiru I'".'". i , io I ji tendency -to .spreau mnn-uu ut y, , .-- - ipojc din. . . s .-. STAGE Trom Notl, ;Etoiri Ve- ixetav ' -Lv. Noti 8:30 a JO. Lv. Elmira . ;-. . .9KX) a.m. Lv. Vcneta . . .:.9;00 a.m. Lv. Veneta and .Elmira . . tJ.ni. To V6neta-i. Lv. EnRene'-i. . ;ll:30a.m. To Elmira, Veneta - and Noti. Lv. Eugene '. . l.iiOO p-m." Offices Draper's Store, Stage Terminal, ' Eugene, Main St. . Veneta. Seventh and Olive. K W. Iimah, Er, t- Veneta, Oregon, ; Brown wi."lt'il whi-n you'n, ImS,! , Black-"s,,y , I. -? . W,P.finSHl!Il pa i:g.e $1270 Eugene . B U tf '.'.- I c ' -1 'l , .,: .t i .. . . 1 The Fifty-HorsepoW Motor Fills the Hood! . ) "V"OU need not be an engineer toappci 1 lewett's great power.' fust look undtrrL hood at the Palge-buik inotor. Nocarwirii - $200 of the Jewett 'price haa a motor cieqaj piston displacement 249 cubic incheiA Jewetts power is not obtained at theexp of high engine speed, with its pretrututewet Fromtheix cylinders, 3x5 inches, ami erate r. p. m, gives peak power. However - usual- the emergency, Jewett never jfrrn t ; meet it, but handles every situatioo smooth and easily. In a word, there's Paige qoaHti i every particle of Jewett power. Let us prawi you there's no motor like it m thethoaoi dollar fiaidl Bringlo & Calkins HOWARD AUTO COMTAMY Gbraer Ninth and Olive : ?f r. ' Telephone I 'Jt ': ' ' ' (ml r ffiOBr ; . ' . . ' ' ' i ' , II . . -rfA. tHosexl.-caF gives Hiare-iiV value because it gis greater' service wtb-'- !l m v . tar: tji3t:-adefl.v-aitee'ts jreay'; head's, for Il-tim? ' , . .fi n cl t6--'e4ual iniiotW Xexss sailing ;it .iy: 087 Oak I'hone 1030 . o ffl aa . mr;m 8 Si'-11J.IBWB" - ,
