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THE DAILY CAPITAL JOUHNAL. SALEM. OREGON, SATl'RDAY, APRIL 14. 1917. lip Knginc Four cylinder unit ransniisMon bolted to engine; detachable boat). Crunk shaft of exceptional size an. I strength and fitted with large hearings, lam shaft and rams drop forged in tegrally fro.it solid bar of stoel. Ignition Atwater Kent Sys tem. Cooling Tnliulnr radiator and fan. Thermo syphon system pith largo inlet and outlet connection Lubrication .Splash system with posit 've oil pump, delivor ing oil direct to front anil real main bearings and nia in t a i n i n ; constant level in splosh pan. Carburetor Special atomizer tye; dash adjustment to suit starting anil running in nnjr climate. . Gasoline Tunk Located under dash cowl, making short and ab solute feed to carburetor. Posi tive feeding Qualities, even on. steepest grades. ' Clutch Faced with multi-lie-(os lining; clutch runs in oil and takes hold smoothly and without grabbing. Hrnkes li-inch, affording pos itive control. Touring Car Halvorsen & Burns FERKY AND HIGH Cars here for immediate delivery. Let us demonstrate to you. WHAT WILL BE TYPE : - OF.FWE DOE (Continued from page one.) the manner in which the discussiou re garding it were held indicated n general belief that it was a question of whether or not the Vtype would supplant the -vertical typo. This is no longer the case any more than there is a questiou as to whether the eventual engine, will be the four or six. It seems to be quite well understood that there will always be a field for all types. line of tin engineers who has re Vesponsible for the introduction of the 1 welve-cyliudcr engintin passenger cars in this country presented a paper before the Hociety of Automobile En gineers at the time of the introduction of the type in which he outlined the Tcnsons for his company taking up the twelve Briefly stated, these wero lar gely concerned with smoothness of op eration, reduction of weight ns compar ed with the power developed, and in general accessibility and efficiency. In regard to the smoothness of opera tion, the inei that the twelve-cylinder engine has six power impulses to every revolution of the crankshaft and the eight-cylinder has tour impulses to ev ery revolution, shows that the continu ous flow of power , tlmt is secured is bound to givo smooth operation in these types. The reason tlmt the angle be tween the cylinder blocks of a twelve cylinder engine is (10 degrees is that in order to get six impulses for a crank litift revolution it is necessary to di vide 3i0 degiees, or a complete circle, by six in order to give equal divisions of (he circle. This results iu tSO degrees h( which angle the cylinders must bo The reason that the Vshnpe engiuy is used instead of having the eight or twelve cylinders strung out in a line is that in the V type it is possible to get an engine with a great amount of pow tunl at the same time to have a short, Hturdy crankshaft. Tho twin six, or V eight engines are hardly longer than their corresponding sixes and fours, and for this reason it is a great deal better to mount the cylinders in a V than to place them iu a single line. If the later met hod w ere vsod it would bo necessary to take up entirely too much of the wheel base. One of tthc companies that adopted the twin-six engine states thul its product is approximately 300 imuiiuIs lightei than the six which pre ceded it and has approximately 10 per cent .more power up to 1,300 r. p. in. of the engine. One o'f tho greatest effects of tho V engine was to foTce better perfor mance from the ordinary type. That is, when the high performance was se emed from the V engines designers of fours and sixes immediately' started to improve their products, to that there are not. a few of tho Inter who claim us great an ability for their cars as can lie secured with the' V engine. : 4-At44 77ie WWc's Greatest Motor Car Value Note These Specifications Transmission Main traiismis inn shaft has Hyatt roller bear ing. Jaekshaft has phosphor liiuiiro bushing; gears are nickel toel, heat treated. Steering lG-inrb t e r i ng wheel; irreversible worm steer ing gear, adjustable; ball thrust on both ends of worm; steering wheel shaft and spark throttle control rods enclosed in steering rolumn which is rigidly held to instrument board; steering drag link is athwart car and absorbs shock from wheels. Control Gear shift lever in center of driving compartment aud operated at right, of driver; spark and throttle controls oper ated on quadrant underneath steering wheel- Throttle also operated by foot accelerator. Instrument Board Carburetor adjustment, speedometer, light jnd Ignition switch, battery reg ulator switch, ammeter, dash light and gusoline gauge arc car ried on this board within sight and easy reach of the driver. Light and ignition switch, am meter, fuso box and battery reg ulator contained in metal hous ing called the electrical control unit, which can be nsily removed for inspection or adjustment. And the Price $725 f. o. b. Salem SALEM, ORE.; SALEM MASS. (Toronto, Canada, Newspaper) The West of the United tSates, some times called wild and woolly, is still young, in plnces, and disposed to van ity an'd adventure. Having had leas ex perience thnn the South or the East, it ia often more impulsive and rash, rush ing into places where its elders would, perhaps, not dure to tread. Fearless and free, untrninnieled by tradition or con vention, it romps o'er its boundless prairies nnd plains, its hills and moun tains, and is restrained by little consid eration for those parts of a common country which it thinks effete. There is Halem, Ore., for example, which hnd no place on the map until tho middle of the Nineteenth century, actually questioning tho right of Sa lem, Mass., which dates back to 1U215, to a plnee in the suu! Salem, Ore., that is, with utter disregard -to the facts of history, full to the brim, as it con stantly is, of tho present and the fu ture, lias the temerity and the audac ity to ask Snlem, Mass., which has a past to be proud of, if it will uot kind ly take steps to change its name so that there may bo no rival Salem iu the field! "Your town being of the same name," writes Manager Ivan O. MelHiniel of the Snlem (Ore.) Com mercial club, to Mjiyor Beusou of Sn lem, Mass., "it naturally draws from us, and we think it would be a good thing if you would kindly take it up with your citizens nnd change the name pt (sour town." "When your little community,'' replies the Mayor of Salem, .Mass., with n calmness no loss remarkable than admirable, con sidering his temptation, "reaches a population of 50,000 or more und a Valuation thut will place you in the same class as our small cities of the Fast: in short, when your city has reached the size that your manager's nerve and confidence have already reached, we will advise you then to change the nnine of your city, for there might be some confusion in hav ing the same name, and you would not ask the venerable mother of nil the Saleuis in the country to change her name at the behest of even nn enter prising and hustling namesake." . This is dignified as well as appeal ing, and Salem, Ore., should realize from its tone that if there is going to bo any changing of the name of Salem, It will have to sot the example. It is not known whether the letter received by Mayor llonson was personal or cir cular in character. It would seem, how ever, that Manager Me Daniel should have felt hit way by trying his pro posal upon the other Salems before approaching Salem, Mass. In the Unit ed States, there is a Salem in Illinois, in Indiana, in Missouri, in New Jersey, in New York, in North. Carolina, iu Ohio, and in Virginia, besides those in Oregon and Massachusetts, and it is not certain that they are all childruen of the town founded by Koger Conant. All the younger Salcms in the United States had an equal opiHirtuuity with tho original of naming themselves for tha Salem that was the neat of Mel-j chizedek as some think, or the Salem that was the original of Jerusalem, as some others will have it. I However this may be, the point of present concern -is to head -off what 4 Wheel H.ie 10.1 inches. Tires . in. i 3 12 in. all around; anti-skid tires in rear. Wheels Artillery type of best grade hickory; 12 sXkes in both front aud rear wheels; equipped with demountable rims. xx Rear Axle 3 t floating tvpe, five Hyatt bearings; axle shafts of nickel steel; gear ratio .1.58 to 1. Front Axle Drop forged I beam section, extra long wheel hub, running on ball bearings. Springs Front, semi-elliptic, ;t2 inches long. 1 3-4 inches wide, fixed in front, shackled at rear. Hear, 3-1 elliptic; lower half 40 inches long. - Frame Frame Pressed steel with three cross members. Frame is tapered from 33 7-16 inches at rear to 2S inches at front, insur ing that the body rests solidly its complete length. Fenders Crown fenders, fully enclosed at front and rear be tween wheels aud body. xx xx XX XX XX Roadster 710 seems to be n growing tendency among Westerners to demand cxclusiveness for the names of their towns, no mat ter how or where they got them in the first place. Not long ago, Oakland, Cal. sent letters to other towns called Oak land asking them if the would be kind enough to change their name so as to assist the "suukist" community near the Golden (iate in its effort to stand out conspicuously and alone. Portland, Ore., no doubt, feels embarrassed, now and then, by tho confounding of its name with Portland, Me., and it is not unlikely that both would be better con tented if the island of the same name near tho Dorsetshire coast of England, would withdraw from any claim, near or remote, to relationship with a fa mous cement. If the ambition of towns and cities in the United States to ob tain the exclusive right to the names they bear should spread, Fast Liver pool, Pa.; New London, Conn.; Man chester, N. H.; liolfast, Mt.j Paris, Ky.; Home, N. Y.; Lynn, Cambridge, and Boston, Mass., and innumerable other towns and cities in the United States that arc called after towns and cities abroad, might fall into the way of pleading with the latter to change their names. The matter might go even farther than this. It might bo possible that New Koglaud, carried away by the passion for exelusiveiiess, such as has manifested itself in tho case of Oakland, Cal., and Salem, Ore., would be led to write Old Knglanil to change its name! Those western idiosyncrasies are somewhat like other things which people first abhor, then pity, then em brace. It is well that the mayor of Salem, Mass., has given the club manager of Salem, tire., a rebuilt'. The sooner this thing is stopped the better for all con cerned. Banished Russian Author May Now Return London. April 1 4. Amphiteatrov, well known Russian uovelist, who was banished from Russia and who now may go back for violating the censor ship by writing an article, for tho liusekaya. Yolya, to get the meaning of which the reader had to take the first letter of each word and set thein together, showed a copy of it lu?re to day. It read thus: "It is absolutely impossible to write about anything. The censorship is play ing a monstrously unfair game. The state of affairs is more deplorable than it was thirty years ago. They even block out the fables of Krylov. I apologise, my readers, for having with my gray head to have recourse to such a way of getting in touch with vou. Protopopoff has fettered our press. " WATER IN CARBURETOR. Inasmuch as water may accumulate in the bottom of the. carburetor and cause trouble it would be well to draw off some of the gasoline on hand occa sionally and inspect it. If water is pre sent it will be repelled by the gasoline and will form globules on the hands. If the carburetor has a drain valve the gasoline is easily drawn off, but if only a plug is provided it must be removed MAXWEL PRICES TO MOUNT; INCREASE LIGHTEST SO FAR1 . ! limbic lunuer to offset the ronMaut! ly-wriiir price levels for raw imperials! without cither taking something out ol j the ear or adding to its selling t rice in! order to mskj ends meet;, the Max ell Motor Hales company, it is made known has found it ucceiwmy to increase thr retail price of the Maxwell touring car anil roadster models. The advance take place Mav J. It amounts to ')(. Indicating the degree of efficiency j that has been attained iu the Maxwell , company's manufacturing plants, this j increase takes rank, ir is pointed ont, j as the narrow est margin of price ad I tance found necessary to any automo bile producing organization since prices first evidenced a marked treud as a result of the stringency in metals and other raw materials after the first year or so of the European war. Through announcement a month in ad vance of the price change, purchasers who take early steps for preparation for the coining season of the motor ear's greatest usefulness are to be given the advantage of the present Maxwell re tail price of $0.15 for one mouth. This makes possible a financial saving that assumes some importance in the light of hints from the Maxwell company that it is possible the price may have to be further advanced if conditions in the materials markets do not adjust themselves more satisfactorily in the next few months than they have in the period since January 1st. The closed models of the Maxwell company are not as yet affected by the price increase. It is asserted that a lift may be given closed car figures al so, should the company find it necessary again to add to the touring car and roadster prices that must apply after May 1. The Maxwell manufacturing policy has been to produce iu large quantity a light and efficient car of standardized parts, says President Walter B. Fland ers of the Maxwell company- We hae adhered to the original practice of the standardization of all Maxwell parts and will continue to do so. The policy has resulted in a degree of manufactur ing efficiency by wlifch we have been ablo to overcome the great increases in the costs of our raw materials. These increases have been enormous. In the aggregate they amount to over thirrty per cent. In some individual instances they have run from 1,000 to 1,500 per cent. Every item that enters into the making of the car has increas ed in cost by a margin several times greater than the percentage of increase we have given tho selling price. This gives a forcible illustration of what car standardization means for the automobile buyer. .Because of it we find it possible to keep on with our production. We could have accepted suggestions a number of times that looked to a change in the car. These involved taking out something that .ve now give tho Maxwell buyer. We did not deem such changes to be advisable in order toeffect so-called economy. The Maxwefl producing units now have been in operation a number of years, so that with the price advance we surely give the public the benefit of refinements and advances we have mado. In the making of almost 100,000 cars yearly we have brought about ec onomics as well that have a direct re lation to the buyer's purse. Recently we perfected plans for the biggest pro duction of trucks in the motor world. This makes possible a still further mar gin of efficiency so that our ideal of standardization does not need to be disturbed. All this has enabled us to withstand the rising costs for everything we use and go ahead with our output as sched uled tor the year with the smallest mar gin of price increase the industry so tar has made known. We will proceed with the hopo that materials costs will not necessitato an increase in the prices tor our closed cars or a further addi tion to tho slightly advanced figure that must apply with the other models from May 1. Tho Maxwell has of-fest its own ad vanced costs with success so far, our policy plainly shows, and we are in a position as advantageous as any in the industry to still further produce a use ful and complete automobilo for the American public at the lowest possible price margin. Quality of Willys-Overland Material Is Proven y Information just received from the Toledo factory of the Willys-Overland company by the local Willys-Overland dealer, contains-a novel endorsement of the Willys-Overland construction and the quality of the material used by .that company in its production. Last year, it is announced, the steamer Wissely, carrying a cargo of general merchandise bound for Vlacjivo stock, caught fire at sea, and was beached on the Chinese coast, about six hundred miles from Hong Kong. . Included in the vessel s cargo were eighteen six-cylinder Overland touring cars. Some time ago the vessel was raised and the greater part of the cargo was salvaged. 1 hese cighten touring cars when raised to the surface presented a sorry appearance- The vessel had been on fire for several days, before sinking to the bottom, where it lav - for three mouths. During all this time the cars were subjected to the effects of fire, smoke and water. In addition, chemicals which the boat also carried, affected the paint and upholstery. Lxamination revealed, however, that the motors aud ehasses were in excellent eonditon. At an everage cost of 200 these ehasses were refiuished and put into liverv service. According to a let ter from their owners to the home fac tory in Toledo they are giving excellent satisfaction. occasionally, as you are merely keeping the water there to give you trouble lat er. If it be possible have a draiu valve fitted aud so avoid the trouble. DAILY CAPITAL JOURNAL Classified Ads ptu. m Prompt Serrlc 21 sltt jslvfe 4bdli 4Ml Att MittWt fe tttfb il !1 !i II M tt II rt tl tl tl 11 11 II 11 li n ti u ti M u u n U ti 11 El 11 II tl tJ n 11 11 tl tl 11 n ti ti ti u H tl 11 tl 11 tl tl li ti ma n ti El li tl !! 21 11 t. tl 11 tl II 66 STRENGTH $9 TH Manager Saxon Motor Sales Co., of Salem 271 Chemeketa St. Telephone 296 2SZ2E2! MMliyi ill Company M at Pleased With and Regular Home Treatment The Capital Journal is pleased to publish herewith an account of how the members of Oompnay M are be ng treated by the citizens of La Grande, Oregon, where the company is stationed. The story is written by Corporal Richard O. Hansen, a news paper man of this city, who is well known to everybody, and it gives a vlivid glimps of the duties the boys are having to do. In fact, this story is the first to be received from "the front" and comes from the columns of "The La Grando Observer." While the headquarters of the com pany is at La Grande, tho active duties take the boys over into Idaho part of the time. Each group or platoon that goes on duty stays out three days, re turns and is in La Grande at least six days before going out on patrol duty again. I The following is the story by Cor poral Richard Hansen: . With squad and platoons of "boys in olive drab" drilling and marching in its streets, with heavily armed and fully equipped detachments of uni formed men leaving at intervals for unknown destinations, with the far carrying, clear notes of the bugles sounding frequently, La Grande, since the arrival of Company 3d, Third Ore gon Infantry, has taken on a military atmosphere which it has not experi enced since the days of the Spanish war. Captain ,T. E. Is'eer, a business man with 13 years military experi ence, is in command of the company. The soldiers arc quartered in the basement of the First Methodist church, which has been donated for their use while they are in this city. There they sleep on canvas cots which are piled in tiers around the titles of the room to increase the floor space during the day- The three cooks, as sisted by several men who are changed each day, make the. kitchen a very busy place because the appetites of the young men, living in the open air and drilling hard for six hours a dav as they are, are almost limitless. The quantities of food consumed would seem appalling to the ordinary house wife but there is not a case of indi gestion from over eating among the boys d it is probable there will not be! The food is plain hut well cooked, of a character which will make brawn and sturdiness and is sufficienty var ied and the ration is so balanced that there is no monotony. At present there is in La Grande only about half the entire membership of "the company, the remainder of the men being on "detail" at various points "somewhere in the Vnited States." This city is, however, the headquarters of the entire company. AXON Will increase in Price Several Dollars on May 1, 191 7-We We have a few cars on hand that we will sell at the ofd price, f. o. b. Salem 5M SAXOIM ECONOMY G. li. SELLERS La Grande Surroundings Company M Excels. It is a tradition that Company M caccis an oiner companies of the na- tional guard of Oregon iu type of men and efficiency ot drill. When the com pany was on the Mexican border last year, about 33 per cent of the men were college graduates, many were state officials, there were thirteen law yers, and there were various other professional and business men. Though the company has undergone a radical change in personnel since the return from the border as many of the old men w ere mustered out in "Septem ber, yet general type of manhood in the company at present is fully as fine. The are over thirty men in the com pany who in civil life nre students of Willamette university at Salem, an in stitution which traditionally has held the highest ideals of manhood. Some of the men are from Kimball ' College of Theology, an institution afficiated with Willamette university. There are two men from University of Oregon, both of whom were members of the company when it was on the border. Many High School Boys. A large number of the boys are high Job Department Is Busy all the Time. It goes to prove that our work and prices satisfy the users v good Printing. n tl 11 it ti tl tl ti ll 11 t1 11 tl tl tl tl 11 U 11 tl li tl ! t! t1 II ti M 11 tl tl tl tl tl tl tl CI X 99 CAR n t! SERVICE ti ti ti n El 14 n Li school students from Salem high school, being barely eighteen years old which is the youngest a man may enlist with his parents consent. The company is composed almost entirely of single men from eighteen to thirty years, men under the age of twenty-five predominating. Appreciate La Grande First Lieutenant Dana" H. Allen, said today that the most common topic of conversation among the men is tho treatment they have received at the hands of the citizens of La Grande. Ho said "it has become almost a cus tom among the men, although we have been here but a few days, to ask one another "what will they do for ua ncxtr' La Grande is surelv treating us fine." " "When we were met with that mon ster crowd Friday night," said Lieuten ant Allen, "and were so warmly wel comed we were so surprised and pleased that we were almost speechless. Then to go into warm quarters instead of tents, to be- given the use of the Y. M. C. A. with its amusements and bathing facilities, to be extended the finest kind of welcome at the churches, and be given that automobile ride Sunday afternoon and later the dinner of chicken and home-made cakes and to be allowed the privilege of attending the dances is all so much more than we even imagined, that the men are simply so pleased they can talk of lit tle else. They swear by La Grande and all its kindly people. ''We will try to conduct ourselves in such a manner that the citizens wilL (Continued on page three.)