PICE SIX
srcrcroiro irxn; tctettns, sreppenp, reco sfntuy. April si. lira
tMOWWILL
CLOSE ROMANTIC
CAREER QUIETLY
Five Years in a FiftyFoot Boat
TUNING UP MOUNlS ! , o
WASHIN'GTOX (Tfce May-j
flower, yacht for nrwiideota ct the !
1'aitei " Stale cd 20 bocorable :
vetaraa of van, H1 spend aa an-
e.vealful ol e lo the aa yard i
St Phlhulelia. !
Tha Matorie vessel will ride eas-!
OF at tl moo rices for at least four I
years- Ualens sone future prest-i
oetst order tbe craft pot back into
service It protnblr has made its j
last voyatre. The eailKn of its com-1
Btapder bas been taken down, tbe I
wJrroas will be dismantled, and
fbe deck ehalra and salon fnrsitnre 1
will t stored in tbe bold. The war
taai Dtneers ana eniito. roea nave
been transferred to otber posts.
Tne Mayflower was ordered de
romnisaioned bjr President Hoover
id tbe Interest of economy- Ie-
salu the fart that be Is fond of;
vaeatlsK. be does not care to bare f
Ike government spend $346,404 an-! Three men, a doit, and a fifty-; the four adventurer flae of the
naallr to satisfy the presidential0 ketch recently left the Pacific ; world. To carry this emblem Is a
taste for crnlslnic j coast for a five years queet of ad- ! great honor an bcoor only civen
- Then, too, tbe president saw nO'vnlUT wtn no particular plan. ;to ihoe imbued with the true
seeesaity ' for keeping at bis dis-onl)' 10 around the world. epirtt of adranture. Commander
poeai line officers and 14$ enlisted ' Captain Kdward w. metson. for- j Byrd carried one of thene ! to
men, tba Bomber required to man: nr naval officer. Is skipper of the , the Arctic, while Roosevelt had
1 yaebU' icraft. With him are Vun Blum one on his Lost River expedition.
-Ta Tease Will be Well Cared f nlc .urauu.. yununui, ' i nnrn 111 w "-t cwn V) (is, ijiuiin Bk
for-41 Philadelphia however and experienced yachtsmen. The fourth . Htetson proudly placed the cher-
t.
LJkssvJ
should a future president desire
that It b 'brought back Into serv
ice It can be done with little diffl
entry. : -
Tbe Mayflower boasts of a rec
ord of which her crews have been
prond. and is first of all a null of
the i Dlted States nary.
'Tbe craft has assisted In tbe pro
lection of American naval interests
Is foreign wafers; ha served as a
flagship and bag been called upon
to act as an envoy of good will.
Bhe baa conveyed many important
personages on various diplomatic
and social cruises.
Tbe Mayflower was built for a
pleasure yacht by J. N. O. Thomp
son of Clydebank, Scotland, in 1804.
Hha was purchased from the Og
den floelet estate in March, 18!8,
by the government. On March 19
of thai year the boat was ordered
equipped for war and sent to help
avenge the sinking of tbe Maine.
.Her first duty was In the capac
ity 'of a' dispatch boat during the
Havana blockade In tbe Hpanish
Americao war. She took part in
Um capture of the Spanish vessel,
Santiago Apostol. May 8, lfcSH. She
Wig t Cienfuegoa when Major Liu
tonberg took possession, and fired
a salute of 21 guns as the national
ensign was raised above the city
ball, i, , .
.The Mayflower afeo saw duty In
Porto ftlcan waters before she was
assigned to President ftoosevelt
June U, Vi2, Kach of the succeed
ing chief executives have made iln
era! nse of tbe yacht,
i . .
member of the crew is Marco Polo. 1 Ished adventurers fiaa; on
a seiious-mlnded pup of uncertain : radiator of a Pontlae his; six sed
ancestry. The car was chartered for une of
With the "Vomad" goes one of the crew on land
Auto Row Gossip
Wallace beery didn't spend all
his time angling In Rogue river
daring bis visit to Medford the
past week. Thursday he called on
the force at the Armstrong Motors
headquarters, and later drove
around the surrounding country In
one of the new Kssex cars. The
actor Is strong for iip-ln-the-air
speeding but be thinks the Kssex
is about tbe best vehicle there Is
for pavement poundlDU. '
i W. P. Ifalford, assistant parts
and nervlcd manager for the Chev
rolet company in the Portland
zone, was a Medford visitor the
past week.
. iack Ray has returned to Med
ford after an absence of two years.
during which he was employed by
tne Memies Chevrolet company al
Stockton, -al. Mr. Hay formerly
worked for the I'lerce-Allen com
pany and bas again been put In
charge of the service department
Iuring the past week the agency
for Marmon and Roosevelt cars In
southern Oregon was placed with
J. i.- Osenhrugge of Med'ord, by
Thomas A. Plgoit, of the Manley
Auto csmpany of Portland.
' Mr. Pigott spent several days in
Med (old and Klamath Palls this
week before deciding upon a lora
tioa. Claude Miles will be sales-
man for Mr. Osenhrugge.
'A carload of Marmonn and Rnosn-
vella Will arrive here within a few
days. The new Roosevelt is Mar
mon built and has been a big at
traction at all of the sum shows
this year. Mr. Plgntt drove one of
these cars to Medford.
' that of the national show them- before It the General Motors policy
selves. P.ecornizine the Dubllc'aiot offering increasing value,
L
CARS APRIL 20-27,-
tntrftct In the undertakings. It 1
decidxl that the rarioua communi
tie all over the country would ap
preciate similar Knowing in their
own location. Thus the Idea of
print showing week wu coa-
ceived and by means ot It Genera!
otori wilt In effect bring a minia
ture automobile how to every
community, thereby empharfzim
through evolution, as circa in
stance make poewible. By striving
always for something bettet some
thing better will surely result. As
a matter of fact, I think tbat this
spirit has a great deal to do with
the tremendous prosperity that
this country is enjoying."
?54 INDUSTRIES OF
A nation-wide .exhibition of all ' the fact that within U own or
General Motor pamenger cars, to j ganizatlon there is a car for every
take place during the week begin- '.purpose.
nlng April 20 and ending April 27, In commenting upon this pro-j
Is annouueed by Alfred P. Hloan, gram, Alfred P. Kloan. Jr., presi-i
Jr., president of Genera! Motors. ! dent of General Motors, said: !
The exhibition Is to 1 known as! "I am sure that General Motors;
the General Motors Hprlng Know- j has every reason to feel proud of' ,
ing, ana rrom me pians aireaoy , ine accompiisnment ot our organi-1 vfw tork tPt Fiftv-four
outlined promise to be the largest i zatton as evidenced by the prod- ; American industrial concerns re-
and most comprehensive showing , ucu which we are exhibiting in ' rted incnAM(M of mor than Jft0
In the history of the automotive every community of the country as'p.. cent ln tne;r net incomes the
Industry, ald Mr. Hloan. ja part of our 'spring showing : lfLKi year.
Twenty-three thousand General . week. 1 Five snowed more than 1000 per
Motors dealers are to participate i "Our organization has worked In-; fent incrajs. Thee were one
In the event, each acting as an In- ! dutrious!y and conscif-mtously and Kteambip line, a steel forging eon
dividual exhibitor of the line of , with every facility at Us command, ! cern a packing houe, a pipe line
cars he merchandiif In his par-j in the development of the producta ! company and an electrical manu
ticular location. During the week , presented. They have not bee'n the faciuring comp y. . -mora.
than 12,010 General Motors result of a month's or a year's ef- Twenty-five concerns reported
cars will be on View. The corpora-! fort. On the contrary, they rep- 'declines ranging from per
tion's motor car divisions, Cadijiac, resent accumulated experience of ft Cent to -10.2 per cent.
Buick, Oldsmobile, Oakland and j large staff who have ben inten- .. ,
Chevroleta. are co-operating to ; nivpl- studying each individual part j Attached to the outside of the
make this spring showing a mem-; of the problem for a great many golf bag. a "gun" that holds twelve
orable event. years, Kvery Ume I look at the new balls and releases them one
Kor two years past General Mo-i modern motor car and consider the at a time as they are needed, by
tors has sponsored special show- j vaJue that the public receives, I . pressing the thumb on a spring
ings at the time of the national; am always Impressed with what device, eaves the player tjme in
automobile shows In New York and this great Industry has accom-: looking for new balls." It protects
Chicago, in which Us entire line ofl plished during the relatively few the gpnere from damage and los.
products has been represented. years of Its existence. Irrespective " Is always In position for use and
These ' events have produced a f however, of how General Motors does not Interfere with handling
great Impression and have attract- ' products may be appraised today, the bag In. the bsual way. Popu
ed nn attendance comparable with our orRjinirjitfon has constant ly ' l'-r M'hnnlf Mnffiixin.
With tbe approach of Memorial
Day which, whatever else it may
be. is always associated in the rac
ing fans' minds with tbe great
annual motor speed clasnic at la
dianapoUs, many of the pilots on
the Pacific, coast are turning up
r-w mounts for tbe HooJ-r bricks
and p-i iii rig the pfttrer of track
sJd gossip-
"They say tbat well known In
troduction to Ijame Rumor's tai-5
That it won't be loeg before the
old two-seaters with mechanicians
are back on tbe track.""
They say that- Richfield gaso
line will again have tbe call among
the leading drivers this year, oniy
this year it will be Rich field -Ethyl
the new super fttel now being pro
duced at the Richfield refineries.
As to the latter gossip, Ed Win
Orgux, famous veteran follower
of fpeed events, had this to say:
"You can Just bet that the smart
la 4a. who want to take no chances
on dropping a race, or losing a lot
of championship points and hVrd
eaAh. will want to have the best
gas they can get in the tanks.
Winners have oed Richfield coo
sifTenily. If Richfieid-Ethyrs any
fa-ster. it will probably be out
ahead when the checkered flag
drops 1 don't know - . . you'll
have to ak the Richfield chem
ist."
Richfield headquarters says tbe
Richfield gasoline, which forms
forms the bais of Richfield-Ethyl
Is really a race-created special
gasoline made high-powered for
Ethyl users."
GRAHAM
Surpassing
Previous Records
With the industry building better
' ' motor cars and selling them at lower
prices it is gratifying to find that
Graham-Paige has just enjoyed the
: greatest three months' business in the
company's history. This follows a
1928 "sales volume that established a
new first year record
FIVE CHASSIS SIXES A.VD
EIGHTS $1115 to rft
Car Ulitstrainl is Model CIS. sIt
vjUnder Cabriolf-t iia Rumble
Seat and I our Srveds r ors arL
tliii completely eiuippl, deliv-
erd in Medford.
A
good
investment
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LIKE OTHER FOLKS:
PARIS- (Pi Officially there are!
dogs In Paris, le,09 less
than a year ago. But the license ;
system tests the honesty of owners
too severely. Watch dogs cost J
less than pets, so many "pekes"
are listed as watchers. Yet watch- j
ers must be kept on premises, and
if they appear on streets the
owners are fined. Consequently 1
most of the canines are unlicensed.)
CRATER LAKE AUTOMOTIVE CO.
J. O. GREY
103 South Riverside rhone 202
GRAHAM-PAIGE DEALERS
H. D. GREY
Dynamiting of fish is annoying
the Brazilian government, which
Shas no laws prohibiting this
!a'jghter. '
AAMAM-PAIk
m
8
U K. Hlwrennon , a rcnt ad
dition lo th units force of thr
rteroe-Allen Motor companx-
i Morfilt and Dirk Crake.
rprwnlailv. of the Howanl Au.
lomoblle company of Portland, are!
pending several dara ln Medford.
durlnr which time Mr. Crake l
belni . Introduced aa territorial
repreoeiitatlve for Unlck In thia
vlolnly. Thle poeltlon waa for
merly held by Mr. Morfltt, who
ha bee tranxferred to the PorW
land office.
i A ahlpment of new Plymouth
cara waa received hy the Bnkln
Motor company ,1 week and
aevaral attractive models are on
d lap lay in their ahow rooms.
Clyde Eukln. liodxe Ilrothers
dealer, accompanied by Sirs. Kakln
pent Thurnday and Kriday trone
actlnt" boxtnesa In Klamath Kalis.
A complete Duco plant, en
dloned In a fire-proof concrete
room, ha been Installed by Ihe
Plerca-Allen Motor company. The
luoo machinery la used In touch
up Jobs for customers and In Im
proving utile appearance of used
cars." !' -
t
The maaaaine Motor Moating es
timates . thAt , there arc l.tia.vcc
boats on the Inland and federal
va,ir ay of (he country,.
845
and up al lbs factory
Farton . $845
Roadster Etpanot 845
Sedan Cochm . 4
Cup Ausiness 845
.Wan , . . 88S
t up dm lujo - 883
SUtn dm Lujo . $55
AO mtttm M frnttmrf
Be
Iteeausc De Soto
Six is the only Chrysler
built six listing Tor as little
a $845.
Eteratiftv De Soto
Six waa designed by the
same group of engineers,
whose geniua confers on all
(.'hryaler-built cars the un
mistakable attributes of
leadership. ,
ilPCaUHP Chrysler
craftsmanship guided by
the unique Chrysler prin
ciple of Standardized Qual
ity has attained a muter
piece in the creation of De
Soto Six. .
itPCaUKC. All the
vast resource of Chryaler
Motor all the advantages
resulting from the common
policy of engineering, pur
chasing, manufacturing and
financing are crystallized
in De Soto Six in a manner
that cannot be equalled by
any other manufacturing
source.
Mtfvause De Soto
Six tr,uly expresses the ap
pliedsigni&canceof Chrysler
goniua, and the inimitable
means whereby Chrysler
Motors constantly seeks to
achieve the greatest values
in the motor world.
Those who fail to discrim
inate in the purchase of a
motor car often spend more
and get less. Guard your
expenditure by telephoning
us or calling at our show
room, and we will be glad
to demonstrate the sound
ness of your investment In
a De Soto Six.
Sot Six
CHRYSLER MOTORS PRODUCT
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Bit SiXeS
Ami 20
So. Bwtla'i and 8th
MEAD-FURCH MOTOR CO.
114 South Riverside Phone 1109
0 Sanderson Motor Co.
OPEN EVENIN08
Robimfin Motor Co.
A Aland, Oregon
Phons 1385
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