Medford mail tribune., July 15, 1928, Page 11, Image 11

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5TEBF0RT) "MTITJ TRTT5UNE. MTDFORD. ORKi). Sl'XDAV. .HIV 1.1. Hrjs.
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BETTER AUIOS
A Winner In The 192S Redwood Highway Indian Marathon 1
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Til? incehuiiiiMl iiiWMHty uf Hit
pi'i'soni day iiutimiotiili' Is an im
jjortmil furlur hi I lie t-rmvin;; piil
ulnrity of nmtur touring ;t mi.ii
Mirr tlHH-tiiuii.
Not iuun y;v as. tin nmtm
In sf-tO"lii iUi 1 to fiitui f.u
from town. If tin diil, in- imiM !
Kruunrtlily uro oi s mlini: ih '
ni-jlit In n farm linijr.
llul tlun's huvi- l -ha il. Tin- -nut
tor far no luiiKt a ttunriutiii-
c;l qm-stiuti murk, it tuts k iln- it .
in i-pt'tMl. romturt antl aliovi- all in
roUuliility. A lhuus;.rnl mil- tour
offers no urciitr mtohaiiiial Imz- ,
ai'tl than a driw uruuml I lie l'lofk. ;
This. "f I'ouryo, is due io tin un- I
til-ins efforts of automotive enpt- ;
m-t-rs. I :trrnaily st kmj; ttt:tt ,
rtu.sivc 'Vomciliins tn-Un," thry
liavc I'niiH'fio'l tin- um-ri:iinty
out of (In- automobile
No .small pari i" ihis work ha,
brvii done by thr I'nsint-or.s vi the '
i mkUtiid .Motor far company, i
Working in i-nnjum-tion with thj
Cenrrai Motors eiisim-rrri. they j
have pioneered countless improve-
mentH which enable the tourist to
Mart out. confident in tin- know-
ledce that he will return intact "and j
under his own power. j
Kor instance, if the reader re-
calls the early days of mountain (
touring, he will remember at h-ast 1
two reasons for frequent roadside j
halts the boilinp radiator and the :
iiifficulty In feeding . his et.Kine !
sufficient Kusoline on rt Ions up- i
ratle pull.
Today, in his Oakland or l'on-
tiae six. he iHKotiale.s these same!
grades with ease. The cross-fluw
radiator, ex.'tti.sive feature of the !
Oakland and Potitiao, is so bslKn- j
ed that !ss uf water by evapoia- j
tion is practically nil. Water Unit j
docs -vaporize in the engine j
comlensed and put back to work ;
without being allowed to escape j
from the radiator cap. j
Another feature is the fact that j
both cars are equipped with a j
positive feed fuel pump. (Seared .
to the engine, this pump ignores!
the decreasing atmospheric pres
sure encountered at the higher
altitudes and provides exactly the
right amount of gasoline.
..The CMli. cylinder head, stan
dard on both Oakland and i'ontiae.
gives further assurance of uninter
rupted louring pleasure. On the
road, one frequently must buy any
biHnd of gasoli iu- t ha t ma y be
available. Hut gas is gas to the
;MU head. It has no preferred
brand. And it drinks in modera
tion. These are some of the mnjor
reasons why the Oakland and Pon
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pt'PP
us a Si-'A ;tiit! iiitoreM- j c
ne f'n' s. Pb-nty vf n
mi a new x Vpe of ee-
n ed. palm-, em alyptcs "
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Syrrore Smith, member of the Digger tribe of Indians and one of the winners In the recent annual
Redwood Highway Indian marathon, with Vera Savidge and Opal Gorton and their Chevrolet sedai
which they used to accompany the runner. Smith was the official entry of Plumas County and was
rheercd and encouraged during the entire 482 -rtile run, from San Francisco to Grant's Pass, Oregon, by
the two young women and their Chevrolet.
Ramblings of a Foots Creeker
U'ontiiimd fi
When I was a
rhyme: "There
she h;id a little
un 1-asi Week)
boy I h-arm-d tin:
was ;i little gill,
curl right on her
forehead. -And when she was ood
she was very good indeed, but
when idle was had she was hor
rid." Since 1 have been driving ;i
Kord car I have added to that,
"ami her name was L.izzie."
lly the way, the best J'ord yarn
I know was mid me by the hero
of (ho tale, tieo. ha nee, my neigh
bor on roots creek, it fits in well
here. tleorge was driving along
the road when he saw two young
ladles working witli a Kord car.
They were looking worried. He
gallantly offered help. "O .Mister,
j we have been working for two
i hours trying to make this v.u go,
land we are in an awful hurry.
1 If you can help us, please do."
jtieorgo looked the ear over, and
j noticed that the switch was oil'.
Turning the switch without letting
j I hem see what he had done tie
j stepped in front of t he ear. and,
I waving his hands over the hood lie
tiac sixes are popular among (our- j , .' , i..,!;,. .,,. ,'
trouble. Stan right off." He gave
ists. The excess power and ease
of handling permit sustained travel
of 300 to 400 miles per day with
out fatigue, and the ears' mechan
ical stamina, combined with their
long springs. Love joy shock absor
bers and luxuriously cushioned in
teriors, make touring a comfort
able delight instead of a hardy
adventure.
a lift on the crank, and the engine '
begun to hum. As he started to i
go, "O how did you do it?" Turn-i
ing back he replied: "i.ndies. when j
iazzie takes a cranky .spell there's1
nothing for it. You've just got lo .
talk nice to her."
Perhaps I should ret mirk here '
thai when the mechanic at the
Klamath junction put that oil in
oui" gas tank my wife insisted
I vainly), that some be put into the
crank case, liut when we look the
engine apart on the Sikiyous the
case w.'in empty. 1 have had st
hard job to keep h-r from having
u quart put in at every .service sta
tion we have passed since. Now
. . names, nave your laugh. Mvn are
The motor car industry is all but j so smart and do know so much.
unique in the speed witli which it jdon t tin y, liut they are all "born
motty taught
LACQUER FINISH
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tanee. I lirectly east ue hjid our
first view of All. I.ussen, hat no
smoke issued from her crater.
The next morning, Kriday. after
taking on gas and nil, also an extra
inner tube, we drove on keeping on
the west side of I lie river. The
eastern ?ado was supposed to In- Up
most beautiful but also to have the
heavier traffic. As the valley
spread wider and wider our 1 1
years in Jackson county made us
appreciate the remark made L'K
years ago by our then four year old
daughter .Anna, liont among the
mountains of Alaska, as our train
i-prd up the Willamette valley she
looked out of the window at the
wide stretches of country and ex
claimed excitedly. "Where docs ail
the land come from 7" JJut we
had both grown up on the prairies
of Kansas where, no mountains
however distant obstructed the
view, but the gently billowing
earth swept on and on till it kissed
the sky, and for myself, at least.
I felt "the voice of the prairie
culling,, calling me." The poem
from which I quote was rittim hi'
I'aiilornin from where 1 now write,
but I. too. hear that call. 1 have
traveled tour times across the con
tinent from New York to Alaska,
twice from Seattle to J.os Angeles,
lived in seven states and Alaska,
often sailed the far famed Hudson.
i yet for real beauty 1 know of
; nothing to surpass the view from
I a point about four miles southeast
I of Tcpcka in the month nf June as
jthe eye swept across the valley of
i the Kaw river mirth ward on and
'mi almost to the Nebraska Sine,
i Many u time in my child hood 1
I jolted along that road in father's
big wagon "going t.
fler years did
had grown i manhood survmsndt d
by ihe finest scenery Hod ever
made, and didn't know it. In 1 '.' 1 1
1 saw it the last time, and I Mood
and looked at it long: today "1
ht-ur the voice of the praiiiv cali
smr. xviiiins iic" WiiE I c er
back'. liut those i loved are uonc"
or marly so. so why go back to see
how empty is the place 1 knew.
Jackson county has the best cli
mate of all the places 1 have lived
in so why leave it. Yes. I giiess.
Jackson county is good enough for which
ed many
u1 did m! b- n t n Jo-ih-if
used tr il or mt.
aiiish birdlimes at Mis
e IU cd On I o M"p. i'llt
drove slow in passing
Ul Jose at 1 UMl. a city
I T.-.nea l.-ie u e went into a
rc-aaurant and ai '.u jum
which ue had ml jccpaccd or-i-
Uf.. We jMV.id it up in qoahty
;nd price a about ihe same .it
Medl'ord. Now thru Hie town of
l.os Catos and its canyon on the
1 to Sa llta ( 'i U He
MHiic Ihrdl n U'Si;: -le
iim-h- follow. d bj ;fit-dh'
boih just Wide f
P.sss. constant tninin; of very'
sb.up nnvi's, a rtisli o' traffic botli
ways, and eeryone seemingly in ;i
t ; .1 le-mii oi-. bin l v, cij: Ung in !j
pass us uheti nly a few reds f
ikh ueie visdde. a!! accmpatcd
bv trcquciit suggestion.- from my '
i.xloVe.t spotl-e how to escape dis
aster kept me from ha ing a seri
ous e.i.-c id ennui to say (he least.
(Ml t lie Upgrade we -.(iq)ped ul u
wai'T t.-(j-r-! to give I, trait a drifik,
and e imaged in cn vet : atn v ilh
a tiKStl sittSfig Ulldcr tile trees. He
assure. i us that Santa I'm. Willi its
ocean beach was the Coiey Island
of the Pacific coast ami on Sun
days and holiday s there w.is ;t con
slant stream of cars tin u the
camttt both ways all day and ait
nsitt like a tmivrai procession.
1 iiimk he merely referred to the
number of cars unless they bury
folks with a mighty rush in this
section. - tt
I'm despite my wifeV fears we
get thru safely and soon turned off
j the Santa t riz road and took a
jdiort cut for the Kedwood Park,
the goal we were seeking. We
'wee,, soon surprised and delighted
to find ourselves at the entrance
d the Mi. Herman Hibh' t'amp.
Aitcf inquiry o drove in to sp-nd
the Sabbath, heard an excellent
seimon on l.-aiairs vision of Hod
preached to an audience which 1
ic-timate at 1 .'.aft. Wb;.l a in-al to
be with such a t hroug and sing
'the praiscH jjf urn- tiinl '.
i won't attempt at this writing
, to describe Mt. llermon. AYo were
oidy it miles now from our goal
we found was neiierally
- 1 " W 9
.Vom.naiSy they wdi taiU equ.il- id li;ie many po.nts of onta t ministers seeing to thejP like a
with ministers. Tins sati--fie-- w nli th. -e 4-oiiuiric Jlahcr'w .nixn. Th itvsth.n hm 1i-n
t!y a part of the U43cti ei..ii:v. ..f ..mr-e. T.i7i1,e.t discussed for several years. H
nt"- i-..iiif i. lite Moii it minis- iiiw.-.tia. i 1..in!el the m: M 1 'i-.
iiai i.iiik. Many ouiiif;. s. m h As to the judges, they are d:s
s tli"M. i.f Soi lib Amelia, have iir.jii!,,! ,.-. ., u. ... j ji, i . -on-jij. y
li-U a . iai ue d'affaiie: as l.d- ih.i.-U- u, .-.urA. ad i - but Hit ; js Jjjadcd by
n.I iv - ii, ..; lomjuy siud d.L V i (J yi!-t;. 'l.t- in J h;d who 5,nuw Jndtie Moore.
H,.,fe Jiffet.
Motao resigned because of It.
me
; know n as llij; Hasin. That name
seems to fit the place uejj, and We i
AYe were passing thru the grea
wheat tields. on both sides as tar climbed up, up over the rim and
as we could see almost nothing but jthen ran down into the basin soon j
wheat. The big machines drawn, being greeted by a siyn saying we,
by. tractors cutting and threshing. were in the park. Then on till I
then dropping here and there the j we Were stopped by a man who i
piles or sacked grain. One man asked If we had dogs, cats or fire-4
driving three teams tandem draw- , arms. When we. had assured hsm i
ing three big wagons hitched liUl-j.f !tUV iisitoceiice he to hi Ms how j
ilem would haul the srn-ks to j h e ' tt ;xit (, f i j,is new couii -
immense warehouses where they Mry and find a habitation therein.
were piled perhaps L' sVet high. Mis instructions proved good, ami 1
Va cavil ie was our nest stop tol(,t ll:i: I.iz.ie, ilear obi g'irl, had'
camp. Saturday morning we went : finislieil her long run. delivered!
a short distance and another flat ; us safely, and ne were unpacking
lire. 1 put In Hie new one mil j m ur camp site w hich. iy the
unserved that the one 1 took out j way, happens to he close by n dain
looked prelty good. Another hour site. I mn closing this letter AYed
; and the Kun wheel was flat again,, udiiy evening July 4. which hap-
i paiched the lube and then c.ain-'j pens to be my birthday, but Ihe
ined the casing more carefully. 1 j sights which 1 have cejj by that
found a small break. 1 had a boot , t-im ,k1i in these two and a half
town, bin no'
I know that I
to insert ami have had no more
trouble .since 1 am hoping thus--telephone
wires are at last
straightened out.
We were now in a country where
we bad to watch the ro.nl signs as
paved highways led in many direc
tions. We chose Die road to
P.em'cia with its ferry to Martinez.
We met a big herd of fat Hereford
steers, i fca in number, but they
Were raised in Wyoming and fat
tened on Hie hills we were passing
To drive a car onto a
ear'-i-d across an arm
days 1 won't attempt to tHi in this
hues. VM. M. iWld-;.
July 5. 1. S. When we gut up
this morning1 it was so cold I
could see my breath.
AI.AIIM MM K S IN JJ HJOItl A
dam; j nvriiKiis ,m win.s
THK JIAfJl'; Ul'i --The Jnterim
tional t'otirt. ot Justice has frown
ed on ruling jtist made by the
iutch fireimi office rank inn the
ferry and he I judges somewhere beiweeq minis
of San l-'ran- " is and ehurgu d'affaires.
adapts itself to changing eondi
Hntts and takes advantage of new
discoveries. In those respects, it
has probably no parallel except
that of the manufacture of dress
fabrics a n d styles, mi ys N ormu n
1 e 'au.. general manager of the
western Durant factory.
lUustratiVf of this quality of our
industry is the car finish, points
out Oe Yhux. "A few years ago.
old-fashioned paints and varnishes
with linseed base were used almost
exclusively fur producing the many
enlnn(l coat of the automotive
.losenh." he said yesterday. "To- j
day. the manufacturers of even the
highest priced curs use praetically
nolhing except nilro-ccllu lose
lacquer In finishing the bodies of
(heir cars.
"The saving of time made pos
sible by the use of this new-day
lacquer Is chiefly responsible for
the change from paints ami
n is lies
11 p war
quired
job, while lacquer spraying allows'
Ihe work now to be done in one or j
two days. This is equally true of,
original jobs and of ref inishtng. J
"Naturally, this means n twofold !
economy. The vehicle now uccu- j
pies paint-room space for one- j
fifteenth or one-twentict h the time !
formerly required, and the job of j
course Ik charged with a corre-
spondingly decreased "rent a 1" i
charge. Again, the ac tual labor on
the ear Is cut down in similar pro- j
portion, and the saving in wages is)
11 further benefit to the consumer. !
"While economy in one of the
big advantages of nitro-ceiIuh.e
lacquers, it is not the greatest. We 1
find that lacquer surfaces- on Jh
runt motor cars are easy to main- 5
tain in Rood-hmkinis condition and.'
furthermore, they have provided
the possibility of more.vivM colorsj
and color combinations than were
within the average car buyer ?
ran?e in the dayM of old-fashioned J
painting.'
( woman" and w
y women so perhaps
reason.
We had made pretty slow pro
gress so we spent ihe night et lied
itluff. We were well out of the
mountains, to my wife's reat re
lief, and the country spread wide
with the sky line broken both east
1 we-t bv ranees far in the dis-
uinge from paints ami var- j jgr --J-'".
. of yesteryear. Formerly. .
d of three weeks was re- I
! for a first-class finishing t-r1 a
1 he Aviator
Absolute dependability
is aviation's first law
and that is why i use
dependable Champion
Spark Plus.
Champion u the better spark plujj
becanse it has an exchuive
m.inite insulator upc
ctlly treated to n ith
tantj the much higher
temperturet of the
modern hiRb-comprev
tioti engine. Alojnew
patented "solid copper .
jcasket-sealthat remains
abwiutc-ly jza.ti;m un
der bigh compression,
special nalyi elec
trode which asfurc a
fixed parkj;ip under
all driving condition!.
1015
Enaine -LonaWheelbase
O c3 O
and above all else - Big Value
0 llnml HHb.Wnl .Miir
I'AUIS A hmvl-oiif nitnl
outboard motor for small boat lia
bfn placed onAhe market hor.?. H
U known as "Tut KWi Tail ' anil i
I.-. In reality a doublo-actlnK ru.ld. r :
which forces the water backward
at each stroke of the tiller.
Plan Hat Cartel
T1EIINE lPi Hwl hat main
facturera have beenOilt'd to join
k prDpo'-d Kurop.-yn hat cartel, or
. trUft. .Negotiation al-" ase under
"-y with hat makers of ' ho-f-lovukla.
nerrniin', Italy. Hungary
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ilslong uprings. . .its oversize tirrt.
Ami il" iinndnomei Finlirr bodlrn,
l)crp-ratrl ... ltliuriitl . , . com
forinlilc. 1'ni.jtit! in Ihe Irg-room
nml lirail-ranni lliry combine with
sank anl xtjlc.
Largrr tlirotigltoti t than nny
othpri srllinR for a little n
$11)1."). And villi jls size roinrs tho
quality wlii.-lt fitakca it ihe biggest
value offered in ill field.
Champion
SparlCPlugs
Tobdo. OUo ta ,
Dtpendoril for EtfrT Kntint
Auto Supply & Parts Co.
Wholesale and Bfctail
Distributors
It run to big proportion . , . ihi
Ali-Anirricnii. in fize ... in qtialilr
. . . above all else ... in value.
Beneath the; hood ... a biff, elenn
brute of an engine. M ilh 212 eubin
inrhe piston displaretnent, I'oiter
fulas thedriving wind, lititantooth
and silent at every Hpeed.
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Then there' it wheeibne ... 117
inches. The source of the All
American's riding rase, t hat and
l-rnar Won, f0J tymrt f?rmrf.fer, Phaelml. JW?.5; i-1toar .Wan, 7MJ
Cnnn'ofef, ft HZ; Lanrlim Setinn, Ifl'fti. Aeir .Series '(inline i. In ftT.i. AH prim
mt fartnrv. Cherfe ifnUlntitl't'nnltnc lexrm prirr thrv inrlutlm louvtt handling
chortfg. General Motor Time Toymenl I'ao mailable 01 minimum ratt
o SANDERSON MOTOR CO.
SOUTH BARTLETT & EIGHTH STREET Phone 1385
Robinson Motor Co., Ashland, Ore.
Jbr Economical 7ransportis
f the Red VCi0Q ' - X
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Amazing Values
And Easy Terms
Visit our ttstvl car display and inspect our
wide selection of O. K. reconditioned cars.
Wc have tHe car you want at a price that
will please you and our terms are un
usually reasonable.
The Red CX K, Tj; is attached to the radi
ator of every one of our reconditioned cars.
This tag shows how completely the car has
been gone over and reconditioned hy ex
pert mechanics. We use only genuine
parts for replacements and the prices
quoted represent honest value, as deter
mined hy expert appraisers. Look for the -Ued
O. K. Tag and buy with confidence!
Pierce-Allen Motor Co., Inc.
112 So. Riverside Telephone 150
Automotive Shop
LITY ATLOVVCOST
lAKLAND
AEE5AMERICAN six
COME DRIVE
in the fine car luxury of
SILENCED
PERFORMANCE
1 P. lUtfh-CoropreMlQn njla
2. filncd Inlcrlor
3, tubioned unlvcrul Jolnlylem
SILENCED CHASSIS
When you start the great
new 55-horsepower engine
of this New Oidsmobiie . . .
when you accelerate smooth
ly from 5 to 25 tn. p. h . in 8V4
seconds . . . when you drive
at touring speeds, even on
untravcicd roads ... you
will experience the fine-car
luxury of Mlcnccd perform-
SILENCED INTERIOR
And a silenced interior! The
result of a sound -deadening
materia which insulates the
body from the chassis.
In tune with this restful
ncss, four Lovejoy hydraahe
shock absorbers provide su
preme riding comfort over
even the roughest road.
A rubber-core clutch ... a
new type of rubber engine
mountings . . . a new double
cushioned universal-joint
system. These in rwo.nooRSF.ri an
addition to non
squeak spring
sbacklcsand rubber
cushioned bumpers.
A silenced chassis!
'925
Spar Ttr Ext'
Come in today. Drive this
New Oidsmobiie, Know
why thousands of motorcar
buyers in all sections of
America arc nailing
it a an outstanding
engineering achieve
ment and choosing
it as the Fine Car of
Low Price.
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noBUCT or OBNSJIA1. MOTORS
Armstrnncr Mntnrs. Inc. 3
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101 South Riverside , raone is z
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