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United Neva and UnlUd Press Telegraph Services
Vol. 3, No. 113 (Every Morning Except Monday)
KLAMATH FALLS, ORE., SUNDAY, MAY 2, 1926
Price Five Cento
PLANT EXPANDS
Oakland and Pontiac De
mand Bring More
Space
Balsiger Motor Co.
Has Best Month in
History of Firm
SALT LAKE IN
RECORD IS CUT
PONTIAC, Mich.. May 1 llopld
progress U being mad by the Oak
land Motor Cur company Id the con-
. structloB of ths new factory sddltlon
which to to houta the sheet metal
lamping aud nar alio bousing le
partmente. Thla naw factory addition, with
machinery, will con three-quartere
of a million dollara, according to A.
J.fMrandt, Tic president and worka
manager, and will ba In operetlim
. tha .nm week In June. Already
tha atael (raoia la up and walla,
roof and flooring are partially com
puted. Approximator 400 mora
man will ba employed In the new
departmenta.
Due to the tremendous produc
tion required on both the Oakland
and I'ontlae alei, It waa derided
to take over the making of all aheet ded to the force
metal dampings, auch an fenders,
running board aprons, running board
shields, hoods, gas tanks, oil pans,
radiator shells, etc., for greater
economy, greator flexibility In the
control of production. All rear asle
housings for the Oakland six will
also be turned out In the new build
ing. The new addition la of steel and
brick construction, part of It one
story and part of It two-story, and
will give an Increased floor ares of
approximately ES.000 square feet.
The building will be divided Into
three sections, a 8:6x70 feet one
atory crane bay section containing
the larger presses, a 136x20 feet
one-story aheet metal- atnrage sec
lion, and a two-story 230x10 foot
section for light presses and stamp
Ing assembly.
The llaUlgvr Motor company haa
Just passed the best month of car
sales In Its history. Belling alxty-
slx new Ford cars, exclusive oi
trucks and tractors, and a large
number of guaranteed used cars, the
April car sales exceed the records
of past months, both this year and
last, by a considerable margin.
Korty new cars were sold by the
company In March, twenty-live in
February, and thirty-eight In Jan
uary. Two M. A. C. hoists, which use
the Kordson as a power unit, have
been sold by the Ilalslger company
to logging firms within the past few
days. One went to I'reutioa and
Peters at 8prague river, the other
to the Hhaata View Lumber com
pany here. These hoists have boen
used extensively In logging opera
tions In the state, particularly
around Marahfleld and C'ooe Day.
The nnlta sold by the Ilalslger com
pany are giving excellent satisfaction.
Two new salesmen have been ad
of
WILLYS-KNIGHT SIX-SEVENTY
DEVELOPS GREATEST POWER
Teal recently completed by thej utilise a valve' design which may
lit HINKHM JOl
Duslneaa la good, according to
Kay Anderson, of tha It. It. It. gar
age. One Oakland coupe, two Pon
tlacs, and one Naah rolled out of
tho doors of tho firm In tho charge
of new purchasers thla week. A
carload, consisting of one Nash, one
Oakland, and one Pontiac Is expect
ed by the firm about May the loth
"Just in time for Al 0. Uarnea'
circus," Mr. Anderson remarked
with amllo.
Hiussliing the record time for an
automobile from Ixs Anielea lo
I Hull Ijk I'ilv hv I hours and to
minutes, a Htudebaker big six "sher
iff" made the run of 76S miles In
the elapsed time fit It hours and
17 minutes, according to word re
ceived by Ed Dunham. local-agent
for the Btudobaker line.
"Ducking "heavy wind, bathed in
rain for ISO miles, fighting muddy
corduroy roada and being compelled
to detour because of a washed out
bridge and roads ripped by cloud
bursts, the new gtudebsker took
slippery mountsln roada and trails
and ameary gumbo without trouble,"
saya Dunham..
"The run waa officially checks
by the Western Union office in Los
Angeles and Halt Lake. Before the
big six left the Loa Angeles tele
graph office a certified record waa
handed Ab Jenkins. Bait Lake City
contractor and owner of the ear,
and Hay L. Peck, garage owner of
Halt Lake and associate pilot.
the Ilalslger I maxing mo run, guanine ana
company. One is w, I . viies .01 . j
Man Francisco, an experienced sales- ma.io nveriana in a motor car oe
mnn. whose most recent experience ; tween Loa Angelea and Bait Lake.
was with the Chrysler people alld the run by 3 noura
Crescent City. Calif. The other lana minuies less man waa necea-
lmn Thompson, who has' been as- "fX r wnicn recently sei a
signed to truck aalea exclusively. record ooiween nan i-a.e ana us
Owners of large cars seem to be j Angeles in zu hours ana z minutes.
getting Interested In the purchase "The run from Salt Lake to Loa
of light cars to round about town Angeles has always taken less time
because of dnwn-grado work toward
sea level. Records both waya pre
viously bad been held by Studebaker
cifre, until the record waa broken
from Loa Angelea to Salt Lake laat
fall, and the reverse trip broken re
cently.
"The Studebaker 'sheriff also
broke the fastest train time between
Los Angeles and Salt I.ake by I
hours and 9 minutes, although the
distance by road Is 19 milea further.
Tha elapsed time for the train la 14
hours and 26 minutes." . v
engineering department of, Willys
Overland, Inc., on 'the new Willys
Knight six seventy motor, show
that thla power plant developa
greater horsepower per cubic Inch
of piston displacement, throughout
Its entire range' than any other
stock American bnllt automobile en
gine. The motor In thla car la of the
high apeed type with a bore 11(11
inchea and a stroke of 4 S-S laches.
Thla gives piston displacement of
1(1 cubic Inche and the maximum
motor efficiency ' Is gained at a
speed of 1400 r.p.m.
.At thla point,' the actual develop
ed energy .la B af brake horsepower,
which Is the highest power ever at
tained In any Aanerlcan built motor
of stock design, per cubic Inch of
displacement.
readily be rendered Inefficient
through she action of the exhaust
gasea on the valve mechanism. I
The construction of the sleeves
which control the Intake and ex
haust operations In the Knight type
motor la auch that motor speed
may be increased without results
that are detrimental to the long
life and continued performance of
the power plant.
ONE-ARMED DRIVER
BRINGS DANGERS OF
SPRING ACCIDENTS
Spring Is bringing Its usual In
crease In automobile craahea. The
one-armed driver, again la stricken
with the vernal urge. One hand on
the wheel, hla eyea turned towards
bis fair companion, he ia dashing
over highway, boulevard and em
bankment, thua proving that the
reckless driver la seldom a wreck
less driver.
There la a record number of mo
tor cars this year; there are more
people In the United Btatea. Real
izing that consequently there nrob-
The easy riding qualities of thejevA- before, the National Safety
car dependa almost entirely upon council la appealing to the motoring
the proper care of aprlnga as re- public to exercise mora caution than
aarda lubrication. When the apring ever before.
ia depressed it will straighten to
some extent, and as each leaf of the
apring baa atralghtened aa has the
whole, there will be a
leaves on one another.
Dally motor fatalities are likely
to leap, according to C. E. Robb.
council statistician. Unless drtv
sliding of, ere are more careful In the future.
It
Finds Franklin's
Improvements Are
Most Remarkable
A new Franklin aedan was driven
down from Portland last Thursday
by C. II. Washburn of the Klamath
Valley Motor company. Mr. Wash
burn haa driven Franklins num
ber of years la the past, and ears
that the new Series Eleven Franklin
la far superior to any of (he previous '
models. It has twice the power,
and hence haa wonderful hill climb
ing ability, being practically bob
stallable in high gear. ..::
Remarkable features ' of tha
Franklin that have marked Its' con
struction for many years, according -to
Mr. Waabbnrs. are) the . wood
frame, the full ellrKIc springs and
the pressure air-cooled motor. Minor
details In construction, show the)
great care taken la plana Ins tha
car. For example, tha motor a (av
is well: the dally death list,, due to more!iU1ied at a' slight angle, tilting
The resujts. In performance, are1 to use the grease cups often, at craahea, will reach 80 a day by ! backwerde alightly, so as - to permit
In. Among such buyers are V. I.
Miller. Ir. K. I). Umb and Dr. J.
II. Carter.
CAR BEDS ARE
PROVING POPULAR
An Interesting example of the
new devices for enabling the motor
ist to slcop In his own motor car
instead of In a hotel or In a tent, la
being shown by John Martin, man
ager of the Acme Motor company.
Ilutlson-Kssex dealers. The devlre
la In the nature of a folding bed.
which, when mounted aa the device
la in the Acme show windows. In
an Kaaex car, gives much the Im
pression of a Pullman berth. Such
beds are proving highly popular,
for the car bed Is caster Installed
than a lent, la more easily parked,
Is moro comfortable, and doea not
expose one to the woather and the
creeping things of the earth, aa doea
a tent bed, according to Mr. Martin
ahown In very rapid acceleration, a
pronounced ability on hills and a
speed range well In excess of 0
miles an hour (or the sedan model.
In general, the principles -employed
In the construction of the
Willys-Knight ' six seventy are In
line with the European type of con
struction, concerning which there
Is universal Interest at the present
time. i '
The European builders have con
centrated their energies In building
motors of high power development.
It is Interesting to note that the
only stock motor in the world, which
equala the Wlllys-Knlght six-seventy
la a Knight sleeve-valve motor built
by the Daimler Motor company, of
Coventry, England.
An advantage of Knight motor
construction la developing high
speed motor operation Is found In
the tact that it Is not necessary to
SPARKPLUGS
CAUSE TROUBLE
least once a week, even though the
car la little used, as the grease my
mix with dirt or ruat and solidify. 1
In this way it will prevent the
grease getting on the outer surface
of the pin. A conatant turning over
on the grease cup will prevent this.
The leaves of the apring are best
lubricated by graphite grease. Jack
up the frame of the car so that the
wheel ia Just oft the ground and
hangs on the spring. With a fine
screwdriver or a special tool made
for this purpose pry open the bot
tom leaf and with a thin kitchen
knife amear the graphite grease or
paste between the-, two bottom
leaves.' Then take the nut leaf
and so on.
Motion picture films on "shop
practice" and "profitable .mainten
ance"' are being ahown at merchan
dise meetings in Missouri.
next November, be declares. In Is
suing hla hints for the avoidance of
accidents.
OIL FUEL TEST
HELD SUCCESS
a more direct connection with the
rear axle. ' ' . ' "" " " ' '(
A carload of Oldsmeblle enclosed!
cars waa unloaded yesterday by tha
Klamath Valley Motor company. ' '
TAKE FLINT AGENCY
The Flint agency has been con
tracted for by the firm of Stephen
son Stephenson, Klamath avenue
Successful tests nave been made
In France of an oil-burning auto
mobile. The cost of operating aver
aged two cents a mile, the car mak-' motor firm, and Flint modela will
ing seven miles
fuel. .
to tbe gallon ot
Htri'H 8I.XES COMING
A carload of Hupmoblle six sedans
la expected by the Pospisil Motor
company within a few days, accord
ing to E. E. Valente, salesman for
the company. The new cars will be
assorted so far as. upholstery is con- xinga. are some of the auto spee-
cerned. .some being equipped with laities and accessories featured by
leather and some with cloth. the firm.
be shown on the . company ' floor
within two weeks, according to J.;
M. Stephenson, senior member of
the firm. The Stephenson firm'
opened Its present quarters a year
ago, having previously run the shop
In the Bulck garage. ' Hoover
springs, Ferodo bonded asbestos
brake lining, . and Ram cos piston
An old apark plug may be the
cause of a lot of serious engine
trouble. It the porcelain cracka It
may fall into the cylindor and
eventually get under a' valve aeat.
It a hit ot wire falls oft the plug
the cylinder wall may be badly
scratched.
You want jail of these
features in your next Car
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$1435
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The Oakland Six not only embodies every one of
these advanced engineering features; it not only
reveals beauty, speed, power, smoothness and
stamina unsurpassed by expensive cars but it
combines these essentials at the very minimum cost
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