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Page Twelve
THE EUGENE OUAED
Saturday Evening, January 17, r,.i-
EMPLOYES GIVEN
During tho first week of January,
tlio Western Auto Kupuly company
distributed to its employes a bonus
in the form of common stock. Kaeh
employee who had been in the serv
ice of the company for one calendar
year, ending January J, received this
bonus, amounting to one-twelfth of
his annual earnings.
This system of distribution has
been in effect at the Western Auto
Supply company during the past few
yars. i be, total amount oiMnomeu
this year amounted to nearly ?so,(HHi,
u.i-iirding to Mr. Pepperdine, jircsl
dr-nt of tho coitiniim'.
Since its inception tho officials of
the company have encouraged em
ployes to become stockholders, until
toduy a goodly portion of the out
standing stock is in the hands of
those who are actively employed in
the service of tho company and who
are responsible for the rapid growth
of tho concern.
This company advocates the theory
that the interest of tho employer and
employe nre mutual and that in or
der to expect the proper coopera
tion from its employes, any concern
must havo the interest of tho em
ploye at heart. For this reason the
company finds it profitable not only
to pay its co-workers salaries ns
high, and in may cases higher, than
the nverage wage, but also to give
liberal bonuses in stock. '1 ho coni'
pany urges its men to keep tho stock
as well ns dividends from year to
year and accumulate a worth while
interest in the business. Tho A est'
cru Auto Supply company employes
mid officials call themselves the
Western Auto family." Tho spirit
of friendliness and good fellowship
can bo s,een throughout the orgouizii'
tion and this factor is largely, re
sponsible for tho conscientious work
among all its people in putting forth
every possible effort toward the rapid
advancement of the business.
Lane Auto Company's Star Demonstrates Strength
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Automobile production for Decem
ber as estimated from shipping re
ports to the National Automobile
chamber of commerce today totalled
L'1 l,(ill, cars and trucks. This brings
tho total O. S. production for the
year to 3,,"0,81,'l. The Canadian
figures of certain companies, how
ever, nre not included so that the
grand total is estimated to be over
.f,(iri(),(HH. '
Reports from dealers throughout
die country indlcato that the busi
ness is in a very strong position.
Stocks on. band of both new and
used vehicles are light and the win
ter outlook la Improved over last
veer. . .
The totals for the twelve months
- exclusive of certain Canadian figures
nro as follows:
HVJIt 1024
January 24.'I..m4 .11(1.282
Kebruury 27(I.IM .'IIIT.rw:.'
March :ir.r,,()7:i S2.4lll
April ;iH2.7l(l :i7;i,2l4
May IHM.UXI :il2,H7(l
June 8TH.fl IB 24.-.S2I)
July .. :i2N.10.- 2112,1)20
.'.ugiiMt :ur,.:ni:i 27iu7."
cptctnbcr .T-'7.M2 2IKI.IIKI
Vtobcr -,;,', ;, iltl-.lXO SS.:i70
-rovember :ii:i.012 228,07."
leccmbcr ;i(i;i,2!l4 211,0(13
ynr 4.0i;i..r.()l) 3,5W),813
Total parly estimated.
Auto Market Held
By United States
TII'KNOS A1HKN, Jan. 111. P
- Tim I'nitcd Hlules pracitrally ab
sorbed the importation of automobiles
and motor trucks to Argentina In
1112.'!, according to a report Just Is
sued by the Molorcar Importers as
social ion. The report, which Is lum
en im official records, shows that out
of a total of iHMKM motorcars that
entered Argentina during the last
yc.nr, 211.214 were of North American
niniiufueturo.. The value of tho curs
aniouiiled to 111.201,114 gold pesos,
and to this sum must bo added a
further ,'l,7."t(l,771) gold pesos which is
the value of motorcar accessories im
ported during (ho same period.
The report dwells on tho consider
able development of (ho automobile
trade in Argentina during the last
year, saying that the increase of the
importation was KI.2 per cent over
11122, when the trado reached . lis
highest level. In (lie city of iluenos
Aires (here are at present 10.222
motorcars, compared with C,824 In
1015.
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jsaMlsMtJA-sMi mtamaartium ariiwaiwai-yMMm
"The nccompnnying plidto preaentH
a Htartling situation na com pa rod to
any other car not blcsHcd with the
tubulnr backbone Htar frame con
Htruction," Htatd Kenneth Abies,
bond of the Lane Auto company, diH
trihtttoi'ft for Star, Flint and Durant
rarH for. Lane county, toduy, "But
the fact mmuina that although loaded
down with five passengers in the.;
ar and the two poHsengern on the
fender, directly over tho axle where
the wheel wan removed, the sturdy
little car went over the hill on
Twentieth atceet, between "Willamette
ajid Olive, junl as canity a any car
ever has succeeded in negotiating tbe
rade on all. four wheels.
"The city engineer's office is-authority
fur the fact that the average
grade of this hill is 12 per cent, and
considering the load we are pleased to
state tho little car pulled over on
its three wheels in intermediate gear
from bottom to top.
. "The fact that the tubular back
hone is an integral part of the Htar,
Flint and Durant frame construction
insures near perfect frame align
ment, resulting in an almost complete
absence of badly racking and twist
ing, and the llayes-ilunt body pro
duct of the big factory of the same
name, has been an entire success in
point not only of appearance, but
also in the solidity of its joints and
general ruggedness.
"Wo havo put the three-wheeled
Star, which is merely a stock car,
with the wheel removed, over Lane
county district roads, with a load at
30 miles an hour with just as much
safety and case as its four-wheeled
friends enjoy, and examination of
frame and wheel bearings after this
gruelling tent, has shown no bad cf
fests whatever.
"It in our plan to stage still furth
er demonstrations of Star car individ
uality," continued Mr. Abies, "fol
lowing generally the first big test
series, which brought out gas mile
ages in owner's cars of from 50.4
miles to' the gallon of gas at Los
Angeles to 41.44 at the Portland test.
"Our next move will be the proof
of the forceful oil system' of the Star
Hed Seal Continental motor, which
has made it unnecessary to ever re
place a main crankshaft bearing in
our service department since the in
ception of our business in -Eugene
and Lane county."
Automobile Production Is Field
In Which United States Is First
By ARTHUR BRISBANE
One thing tho people of the United
.States have done thoroughly and well,
better than any other country, bet
ter than all the countries put to
gether, and that thing is AUTOMO
BILE I'KoniNvriox.
The civilization of a country Is
judged by the AVI-3HAOK COM-
KOKT. And on that basis THIS Is
the world's CIVILl.KI) COtJNTllY.
Years ago. wheu there were a few
hundred nutomobiles only in all the
United Slates, this writer predicted
that a nation buying two million bug
gies a year, to be dragged over tho
muddy roads by slowly moving horses,
would eventually buy millions upon
millions of automobiles, nnd!t provide
roads worthy of (lie aulomobilea.
That prediction has iiiiie true al
ready. The genius nnd Bond judg
ment of American mniuiflolurora
hnvo produced cars by the millions,
and most wisely and fortunately for
the country the constant effort has
been to lower tho price and increase
the quality.
Only such QUANTITY mOIlUOr
TION ns this nation has achieved
would make possible (he reasonable
prices of automobiles today.
I bis is a country of high wages anil
high prices. Yet, because the people
buy on n big scale, nnd the- manu
facturers competo earnestly in low
cost production, you can buy' fbr
your dollar in the United States twice
ail much real automobile VALU10 as
you can buy for tbut dollar in any.
other country in the world. The oili
er countries admit It, do not attempt
to competo with this country.
Thero havo been financiers and
others so shortsighted as to suggest
that the United Stntea spends TOO
.MUCH JIONKY nu automobiles. And
snmo that do not understand condi
tions or true values speak of (ho
automobile ns a "pleasure vehicle."
Kvery dollar spent for automobiles
has been WELL spent and ' has
brought back two dollars in value.
There is no such thing as a "pleas
ure automobile." You might as well
talk of "pleasure fresh air," or of a
"pleasure beefsteak." i
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Tho automobile saves TIME, the
most valuable thing that men pos
soss, the most precious, the most im
portant Tho automobile, truck, tractor and
gas cnglno havo doubled the life of
the farmers by enabling them to ac
complish twice as much in a given
time.
When those that read this were
boys a trip to town meant that the
farmer must lose a whole day. He
must plow .along through the deep
ruts, taking the horses from work on
the farm. '
Now a "trip to town," with tlmo
enough to do tbe necessary buying,
means half an hour at a convenient
time of day, and with the use, perhaps
of ten cents worth of gasoline for
the round trip.
Nobody cnu estimate the value or
the time nnd money that automobiles
have saved for tho farmers.
And what is true of farmers is true
of other classes. Ask the doctors,
especially those that live in sparsely
Bcttled regions., Thanks to the auto
mobile, their valuo has boon multi-
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PARTS
SERVICE
.SALES
PHONE 592
Willys-Knight
and
Overland
RADIO -GRAM
TIRES
SUPPLIES
STORAGE
9th & PEARL
West and Sons Motor Co. Eugene, Ore.
If you are considering
a good used car
come in and look over
our stock
We do not sell junk
WOMEN BUS DRIVERS I
WEAR DESIGNED CLOTHES
TOKIO. .Ian. 1(1. P Women
bus conductors have proved so satis
factory that the Toklo street railway
has decided to employ them. Kivc
hundred' will be Installed Juno 1 and
will gradually replace men conductors.
Their uniforms will be of foreigu
style, designed by a I'aris tailor.
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Children's
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with
FOLEY'S
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H.jUl. lirlU srialW
mm taw wisppM
OilMmlltoM. LarMM
Musk iiailM 1st lb nU,
WE ARE OFFERING SOME SPLENDID "BUYS" IN
GOOD USED CARS
These cars are all in fine mechanical condition and are guar
anteed for thirty (30) days. ,
Come In and Look These Cars
0 vet and Compare Our Prices
3 OJ.'t OYKRLAXn COUPE
1920 OVERLAND T0URIX0
1020 OVERLAND ROADSTER
1023 FORD COUPE
1919 FORD T0UR1X0
1923 DURANT SUORT TOURING
1922 CHEVROLET TOURING
Cash or Terms as you prefer.
West and Sons Motor Co.
Phone 592
9th and Pearl
plied by four and five, their possibil
ity of doing good work, and also their
own earning power. '
Ask tint mechanics, of whom hun
dreds of rliousands go to their work
by automobile.
Ask those that undcrstsnd the lab
or problem. The shortage of labor,
of building mechanics especially, has
been largely overcome in rural reg
ions by the fact that the carpenter
or mason now thinks nothing of go
ing ten miles to a job.
The automobile bns saved every
year. IX ACTUAL WORKING
TIME, for this country, more than all
the automobiles of the nation COST
That -should be remembered, by those
that talk nonsense, about "national
automobile extravagance."
There was a time when men plow
ed, using human power to pull the
"plow," a pointed piece of wood,
hardened in the fire.
In very ancient days, as llecius
shows you in his history of ".Man
I ,1.. I.' 1 1. " n,iit-A mnn bitch
ed his OLD, wornout wives to the
front of the plow, 'rue young wiie.
.1... ..tit Ut.u.inil hint, u-nlked be
hind the plow, guiding It, while hcj
watched for tbe enemy irom a tree-,
top. I
There are places In Kurope even j
now where you may occasionally sec
n-nmnn hitched to a llloW. nulling :
beside a cow or a donkey.
Long ago in all regions or pros-j
and mules replaced human beings in
plowing. Nobody was foolish enough
to talk about "horse extravagance."
The horses EAUNKI) all that they
COST,'
The automobile, tractor, truck, gas
engine earn all that TIIKt cost to
day and ten times what they cost.'
The REAL waste, tho REAL ex
travagance, is seen from the window
of the Tullman car on which this is
written. Along a road a dozen pairs
of heavy, slow horses are pulling
small loads of gravel. Each pair of
horses requires the time of a man
driving. They move at the rate of
about three miles on hour. The man
and team deliver perhaps over a
Bhort distance thirty or forty tons of
gravel in a day at most.
A big truck and trailer and one
man on the same job, the loading and
unloading done by mechanical opera
tion, would haul and deliver easily
FIVE HUNDRED TONS in the eight
hours. Thus, ONE man driving the
truck would do the" work of FIF
TEEN men driving teams and release
fourteen men for other work in a
country, which, thanks to immigra
tion laws, lacks workers, and will
lack them more and more acutely.
The REAL EXTRAVAGANCE is
in using horses instead of trucks, or
using workmen with picks and shovels
instead of steam shovels, mechanical
ditch diggers and other apparatus.
The automobile means economy.
But. the important thing is not econ
omy, it is HUMAN HAPPINESS.
Tho thing desirable is not merely
saving labor, or making time more
valuable. It is TO MAKE LIFE
LONGER and make human families
happy TOGETHER.
The automobile increasing length
of life, increases HAPPINESS, rep
resents above all other achievements
the progress and the civilization of
our age.
No man is better entitled to public
thanks than the manufacturer of a
good automobile sold at a fair price.
And the price may be fair, whether
it be three hundred dollars for a car,
or ten thousand dollars,
Every car turned out and kept
running means happiness increased,
time Bnved, usefulness multiplied, for
somebody or some family.
The automobile problem Is not yet
half solved. AIn production this coun
try has accomplished beyond what
anybody would have dared predict.
The next problem is tbe garage prob
lem. Millions of people living in great
cities 'would have automobiles if there
were any place to keep them. To
pay five hundred or one thousand
dollars for a car and then pay every
year more than three hundred dollars
for a roof over thut car is, of course,
preposterous. m
Automobile men of genius, nianti
factiprers and others should concen
trate' on the garage problem IN THE
CITIES and on tbe problem of mov
ing city population to the country
whero city rent will provide living
quarters, PLUS GARAGE SPACE.
Meanwhile, if you haven't got your
automobile GET IT. If you can't af
ford to keep a car ill the city then
move your family. out of the city and
keep a car there.
An automobile isn't like a horse!
it doesn't eat when it isn't t,ti
You can take your family to n1
mountains, the lakes, the sen
You can take them across i,0 J
tlnent to California, or south to ft
ilu, or southwest to Texas, t. "
tic Slate of great opportuniti,.
nortliwesi lu me glorious IS.,,-country.-
or up to the Maine fcj
down to New Orleans.
When you HAVE an aui,,,,.
you compter uistuuce ami tiuie
your Bluve.
.The difference between a
WITH an automobile and the n"
WITHOUT an automobile is th, ?
ferenco between a bird with '
and a hoptoad. t n
IiON'T HE A HOPTOAH. ,
Wing for a bird are Not j-t
TRA VACANT. An automobile f'
a mun that call get it is not eitr,,
guilt either. Go now and Meet y0
car. You can't afford NOT to Oo it
AT LANE COUNTY
USED
HEADQUARTERS
25 Star Sport Touring'
Slightly used, with new car guarantee. Greath
reduced.
'23 Durant Cars
Three wonderful buys. All guaranteed. A coupe,
sport, and regular touring. Snaps.
'23 Ford Touring
.... 1 TT t t
Reconditioned ana pamiea. wonaenui snape.
Priced Low.
Tires alone worth $40.00. Starter, new top, fine
shape.
... ONLY $25.00 0NL.Y--
Ford Ton TrucR
Good tires, cab, stock body. $70.00 will handle it.
LANE AUTO CO., Inc.
House of Square Deals
Phone 166 Pearl, Between 8th and 9th
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Demonstration is
better than explan
ation. Shell is the
Quick starting
gasoline
SHELL COMPANY
r cuiioiiu
QuickJStatting Quality
originated by SIHIIELL
maintained by SMELL
sold everywhere by SMELL
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