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MEDFCVRD MATL TRTBTTNE. TE"PFORD'. OTCECrOtf, SUNTAT. SEPTBfBETt 27. T936 "PAflE VIVE JULY PEAK MONTH GAS SALES SHOW owenn's hlsrhwavfi received mow use In July this year thn In any month In history, If 8solln gallon age figures compiled by the secretary ef state are taken as an Indication .of travel volume, according to Ralph . Coan, director or the Oregon dhiio otor association In charge of traf- Consumption of gasoline In the rtate Jumped to 21,831,303 gallons, n Increase of more than 3,600.000 over August, 1935, which previously stood In record as tha greatest single month for motor fuel. use. Figures for August this year are not yet com piled. The Increase In use of Oregon's roads was In line with the state's tre mendous rise In recreational travel, which, according to non-resident reg istration figures, amounted to about 40 per cent, the motor club official said. For the first time In history, too. taxes paid during a single month reached and passed the million dollar mark. Taxes In the month of July amounted to $1,001,568.14. "Increase In the use of gasoline, of ourse, indicates an Increased use of each automobile," Ooan said. "Mo torists, both resident and non-resident, have shown a decided tendency this year to mske more and better use of the motor vehicles and high ways provided for them by advanc Ing science." The motor vehicle reg istration has Increased, he said, but not as much as gasoline consump tion. The motor club official pointed out thst In June and July, two of the peak months of the 1036 touring sea son, there was an Increase of IS per cent In use of gasoline In Oregon. For the year, up to the end of July, the Increase over, the same period of 1935 amounted to 15 per cent. TO ATTEND MEET O. V. Mevera. with his wife, and Art, Skinner of Bklnners garage, Bulck dealers of Mcdford. are pre paring to oln one of the largest delegations of automobile merchan ,kat vv tmveled eastward 1 from this state to attend a factory ' convention. Climaxing the biggest selling season In fight years, sixty Bulck dealers and salesmen from the Portland zone, which comprises the slate of Oregon and the eight river counties In Washington, will depart from Portland October 4 In specially chartered Pullman cars for the Bulck plant at Flint, Mich. At Spokane the partv will be Joined by another, group of approximately thirty Bulck men from the eastern Washington area. The occasion, attracting such a large attendance from such a great ..... ,. ... .vni.itiMi hv Mr. aipmnrf. n. "r - Skinner, will be a preview of tne new 11137 models together with one of the most Important dealer con Tentions ever held at the Bulck fac tory. Distributors, dealers and sales men from every section of the Unit ed States will participate In relays In the program which will continue through s week. The Portland dele gation will be In Flint three dsys. attending meetings, touring the Im mense Bulck plants which cover 300 ma, and viewing the Bulck division of the vast Fisher body plant. Indicative of the Importance of the Bulck plans for 1937, President Harlow H Curtice of the big man ufacturing company has announced that an additional appropriation of HH.500.000 Is being spent to carry out the production and factory Im provements Inaugurated two years ago with a SI5.000.000 expenditure. This brings the total expended In Improvements by this General Motors envision to approximately 30.000.000 'over a two-year period. - The program covers every phase ' of manufacturing activity plant and equipment, new tooling and re arrangement of production facilities -and was designed not only to In crease plant capacity but also to In ject the most modern and efficient methods Into engineering and production. High School News by STUDENT REPORTERS World's Largest Factory Seen From Air, THIS AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH Rives an interesting- view of the Ford Motor Company's vast enter prise! in Dearborn, Michigan. In the right foregrour.i is the beautiful new Ford rotunda, built for the con venience of visitors. Since the Rotunda was opened May 16 last more than half a million people have passed through it. The Ford Administration Build ing is immediately across Schaofer Road from it. Irf the background is the Ford Rouge plant, largest in dustrial establishment in the world. The new steel mills are at the top right of the photograph. More than 70,000 men find employment in operating the Rouge plant at the usual production rate of b,00Q to 6,000 Ford V-8 units a day. , Scenic West is revealed in all its splendor from broad windows of new Greyhound Super Coach ' """"" Bir" The Fall Is an Ideal time to see the West. A new Greyhound Super-Coach Is shown in typical Western Scenery, while the Insert t the top rlnht portraits the comfortable interior of the bus. gin by the singing of "I'm An Old Cowhand From the Rla Grande." by the boys' glee club, The student body then sang It. A yell was led by Frankle Rinobarger. A school song, led by Viola eleven, was suni?. Conch Bowcrman gave a speech and closed by saying: "Everybody be at the football game tomorrow at 8 o'clock at the Van Scoyoc field." Motor Court Assn. State Convention Albany Oct 2-3 The Motor, Court Trade association of Oregon, formerly the Oregon Auto Camp association of Oregon, will hold Its annual convention in the Amer ican Legion hall , at Albany. Oregon. October 3 and 3. The California Camp Owners' association convention will be held at Santa Barbara, California, October 21-22. The dates are arranged to allow members of the two state organiza tions to attend both t conventions Members of the Oregon association, together with the visitors, are looking forward with much anticipation to the trip arranged by the committee in charge, over the McKtnzle high way Saturday, October 3. and to the enjoyable dinner at Bend. Oregon. Every camp owner In Oregon Is Inn vited to attend the convention, and take part tn the Important discus sions pertaining to the auto camp In dustry In the state. Various sections of the state report the heaviest tourist travel In the his tory of the Industry, which ha brought Into the state millions of dollars within the past few months There will be a number of prominent speakers on the program for the first day of the convention. Edward N. Fehler of Corvallls, Is president and Clinton A. Ambrose of Portland, secretary of the state association. Br Dorothea Raskins During a 45 -minute assembly Thurs day morning th first moving picture t b shown In the auditrium this semestfr wss prwnt-ed gy the Chev rolet Motor company and showed the necessity of knowing the machines you operate. An aviator must know bis plane well before trying to fly. An au tola t should know his automo bile before buying a car. It ahowed that safety is the outstanding qual ity, as well as modernized economical and comfort device By Mareta Reynolds At 1 o'clock Friday afternoon a pep asMmblv trs hld. Th program be- Telephone 458 for At TRORIZED FR1GIDAIRB Faitory Repair Service REFRIGERATION SERVICE CO 309 East Main (NlKtit Phone 1613-R) COATS you would want to wear 19.96 S29 75 ETHEL WYN B. HOFFMANN TIRES as low as 37' mill BATTERIES 5T.r.' BRAKE RELINE 81-'.:; Auto Radio s1.50.:." auto lurnr t jcuvict irons j Hlwla and nth Hwn S30 TRAVELLINGS OF W. A. FOLCER GET Walter A. Folger, world traveler and artvonturer from Medford, who for years made this his headquarters for periodic excursions Into out-of-the-way spots In the world, haa again coma to national notice. Ernlo Pyle, himself a man of wan dering Inclinations and now on a national tour writing a syndicated column, mentioned Mr. Folger Tues day, September 22, while pinch hit ting for Erew Pearson and Robeft S. Allen In the nationally known col umn "Washington Merry Go Round." Said Pyle: "They say newspaper men meet such Interesting people. That's right, I guess. The grsndest man I have met In my traveling Is Walter A. Folper of Medford, Ore. Mr. Folger is 78 now. Ho retired at 51. fixed up his fnmily with annuities, and has spent the last 27 yeara Just knocking around the world by him self. He haa been every place you can think of. He always goes on freighters. He hopes to 1 burled at sea." Mr. Folger, who has been in Med ford for the past several months, stated yesterday that he Is staling for Yokohama, alone, on October 17, for hia third - trip around the world. South Africa, he aald, Is the only part of the world he has not visited, and he Intends staying there for aev eral months. He will be gone about three years, "Just to kill time." Tourist Business Boon to Industry Statistics Prove The butcher, the baker and even the candlestick maker reaped a profit this year from Oregon a tourist busi ncss. Oregon will be Just about $28,000. 000 better off at the end of this year as a result of the tremendous increase In tourist business, accord ing to the Oregon State Motor as- sociation. The Jump In travel amounted to more than 40 per cent, non-resident motor vehicle registra tions show. "Few . persons realize thst money brought into the state by tourists goes into every line of business." said E. B. McDaniel, president of the mo tor club, an A. A. A. affiliate. "It Is not only the persons who contact the visitors, but those who deal with those who contact the visitors that profit." . Comparing the tourist business with other industries in the state McDaniel aald that few others sur passed It in gross receipts. "When we speak of the annual tourist business, wo often mean only that accruing from visitors from other parts of tho country, forgetting that the money spent by Oregonlans in recreations pursuits would swell the grosa figure tremendously." The mo tor club leader declared that tourist advertising done by the Oregon suite highway department, the Evergreen Playground association and the Ore gon State Motor association was largely responsible for tho increase In tourist travel this year. SAFETY POINTERS Economy and efficiency In the op eration of an automobile la assured by frequent tuning up of the motor, including especially tbe adjustment of the carburetor. This la stressed by O. F. Olsen. technician of Oenerat petro)eim Corpora Hon, in a commun ication to C. A. Mil ex, southern dis trict manager of this company. The startling Information that a motor uses 7,300 gallons of air while burning one gallon of gasoline, be says, shows the necessity for most accurate car buretor adjustment to prevent waste and insure the utmost mileage, plus the efficient operation Intended by the manufacturer. Safe drlvinp inaur aconomv. Kh. cause It is a well known fact that apeedlng uses more gasoline and oil. Tbla ia pointed out by A. l. Knlpplng, Jr., operating manager of General Petroleum Corporation's marketing department. He. cites figures of tha United States Bureau of Standards to show that an average car capable of 18 miles to the gallon of gasoline, at 30 miles per hour, out this mileage to 16.4 miles at 40 miles per hour; 14.6 miles at a 60-mile speed; 12.6 miles at a 60-mile speed; and 10.6 at & 70-mlle speed. Tests conducted at Indianapolis speedway, the General offices declares, showed that a motor uses nearly seven times as much oil up to 36 miles an hour as at 30, 'Safe driving builds reputation. But reputation, like character, takes years to establish; yet It can be destroyed In a few momenta." This bit of wis dom Is contained In a bulletin on safety recently issued by General Pe troleum Corporation to Its large per sonnel, Including C. A. Mller, south ern district manager for this organi zation. The bulletin points out that Insurance pays claims, but does not compensate tor bad Impressions and accident. One accident, giving a pedestrian a "close shave,' of forcing another car to the curb, often undoes the thoughtful efforts of years. This la the kind of reading material sent to employees of a company that has built an enviable reputation for acci dent prevention. It's worth the con sideration of every motorist. FLETCHER FISH IS at the Baldwin Piano Shoppe. Jamas Stevens Is director. All members were requested to meet at the piano shop promptly at 7:30 next Wednesday aa the Oleemen are to sing at a Grange meeting tn the Red Top schoolhoi.se. Phone 642. We'll haul away your remse. City Sanitary Set-vice. Fletcher Flab was elected president of Medford Gleemen at the annual meeting held Friday night In the Baldwin Piano Shoppe. He succeeds H. N. Butler. Victor Tengwald was re-elected seo rotary and Ray Ertckaon chosen librarian to succeed Harry Marx. Directors elected were R. W. Frame, M. E. Olson and Reese Braloy. Tt was decided to meet and re hearse at 7:30 every Wednpsdav nlcht FILMS DEVELOPED Lower Prices Finest quality Velox prints. Twicc-a-day delivery. SWEM'S Wool Moderate BOSTON. Sept. 26. (AP-USDA) The volume of business in wool on the Boston market during the past week was very moderate and rather scattered. Some houses received a fair call, while others transacted very little business. ' Wheat Futures Vp LIVERPOOL, Sept. 26. (F Wheat futures closed about one penny high er on active covering, uncertain fin ancial situation ana importers buying. Paul Wayland Bartlett. American r-culptor, waa born at New Haven. Conn., In 1865. He died tn 1023. California occupies more than half of the Pacific coast line of the Unit ed States. The WPA reports 32 .384 persona were employed on Its North Carolina projects as of August 15. m m 3 R a rai p mm tea ERGENCIES (MM Gu6 in a-fijumtf When i ren shriek everyone gives kt owner the right of -ty. Emergencies call for quick action. Often they demand money immediately. Wiih a money credit established here, you n get cub at any lime without delay. The time to pre pare for such emergencies is fafort ibey hip pen. In other wds rlht tu. Call, phone er write for further eartiojtart OREGOy-WARBTNOTON MORTGAOE CO. tt. E. Thomas, Mgr. Phone 139 Ground Hoof Craterlan Bid. OPE.M, : A: CREDIT HERE NOW- E T CASH mlMtuAbhm twite&tfm 11 i mi 'ii am hi iima m i M 80,000 Miles at Low Cost 2S3S s. Jrttwoa ivt. st. loul.. "i"url slr!,, i.s.a with 'ort C0UPV PUT I 8 th, UB. t0 U You of M of th. r.5Ult. r0B 70UP CoP.n?. , tr.4.a th. 34 Vor Coup. ro . .u.r . th th. i";owenta18- iJ2a4i1000J!! ana 1936 rora Coup., that Z f " 1 -a. U rar aup.ri.r in , ,..io.a t. Z L that I PUa fro Vu. aet.il to .it" ' .,08 -no EUaU1 iProv.- , ,ouu n.t ;h;r;uppos. .o. . e.t. i th. various ,eU.r for - t-mrov.. ana th.r. " ..v. .'.n4 have eontmu. -vm of BUiomoo." 19J7. I hav. Uon reuaMUt, out of th.- th.O h.v. Youri v. truly. 52S8 lnn.sot St. loul THREE FORD V-8 CARS WRITE . THEIR OWN STORY OF FORD ECONOMY WE try to advertise the Ford V-8 fairly and honestly, without dis paraging any other manufacturer's product. People seem to appreciate that. But all our advertising would be wasted if the car itself didn't deliver the perform ance, comfort, safety and economy we claim for it. A lot of letters like the one above indicate that it docs. FORDV8 "THE UNIVERSAL CAR' $25 A MONTH after usual down-payment, buys an? 1936 Ford V-8 car from any Ford dealer anywhere in the U, S. Ask your Ford dealer about new Universal Credit Company yt per month Finance Plans. See the New 1936 FORD Now On Display C. E. GATES AUTO FORD - LINCOLN - ZEPHYR Sales and Service Sixth and Riverside YOUR FORD DEALER Phone 141 CO
