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
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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
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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-
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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
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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.
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WRITE
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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.
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