THE DAfLY CAPITAL JOURNAL. SALEM, OREGON. SATURDAY, SEPT. 1, 191T
SIX
REFINED MAXWELL
SHOWN BY DEALER
The latest word in automobiles in
Salem is the refined Maxwell car for
Buy Now and Save Money
on a Hudson Super-Six
Over 50 makes have already advanced in price.
Hudsons, too, must cost more.
Nearly every make of car, except the
Hudson, has lately increased in price.
Cars that sold at $1200 and $1400 now
cost about as much as a Super-Six. Since
January, 51 makes of automobiles have
announced price increases amounting to
$100 to $700.
The necessity of buying materials on
today's market has .forced these in
creases. I '
Steel costs five times as much as it did
at the beginning of the war. Cotton, rub
berall items that enter into the manu
facture of an automobile now cost more
than ever before.
Hudsons will cost more when the pres
ent stock of materials, bought last year
at lower prices, is exhausted. There is
no way of avoiding it. The price advan
tage that other cars once held no longer
exists.
Hudson has been the most wanted car,
regardless of price. It will be more pop
ular than ever now that cheaper cars
have advanced in price.
We know the number of cars from
present material supplies that we are to
get. At the rate of present sales present
prices can not be continued long. Some
models will be advanced in price within
one month.
Now is the time to get a Hudson Super
Six. Have its use the remainder of the
summer and throughout the fall. Save
the money that delay will necessitate
your paying for a Hudson.
Vick Bros. Local Agents
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AMERICA'S NATIONAL
ARMYJN MAKING
Four Thousand Five Hundred
Exemption Boards Are
at Work
By George Martin
(United Press staff correspondent)
Washington, Sept. 1 America's first
national army ia actually in the mak
ing today.
Four thousand, five hundred and
fifty BPven local exemption boards
.throughout the land plunged into the
jtask of mobilizing tho first shipment
of 20(1,100 drafted soldiers to camp,
fl'hls first increment will be 30 per
icent of the 687,000 men drafted.
Betweon now and Sept ember 5 each
local board will select, gather in groups
fit exemption board headquarters and
finally certify the 30 per cent.
On "September 5 they will put a draft
ed man in charge, of each group, en
train them and send them on their way
to learn,, to battlo the Boche.
Routing and entrninments, accord
ing to the present plan, will be secret.
'All the local boards havo is their order
o have their quota of men at speci
fied cantonment enmps at a certain
Itimo. They aro making their jdans for
(the hour and place of entrainment.
Notices to the men selected by each
Jocal board to go first are being mail
ed or have been mailed to tho men.
lasts of drafted men in this first group
are also being posted at exemption
board headquarters.
They are being ordered to report in
)erson to the local board "for military
duty" at a fixed hour named by the
lioard, which shnll be not more than 24
liours nor less than 12 horns before
the hour of entrainment.
From the moment the drafted man
Climbing Hill with
Twenty-Three Passengers
Nowadays, performance is the most
important feu tore which appeals to the
motor buying public. With this idea in
mind, Frank Allen, manager of tho
Chulmers Motor company of New Eng
land, determined to demonstrate tho
receives this notice he is actually in
the military scrvico of the United
States. Posting of lists and mailing of
notices to each man culled up consti
tnia Imrul notice, mid if the man doe?.
not get it nnd fails to report, he must
answer before a military court if the
local board so directs.
If the local board is convinced that
tliii i,inn iliit hU hCNt tO AllBWer the
call, it can exonerate him. If the board
feels the man is to blame tor not re
porting, it can place him under mili
tary arrest and place the details of his
case before the proper army officer.
The man will then bo subject to trial
and punishment before a military
court.
The second group of 200,000 druftcd
men, 12,801 for each of the sixteen
cantonment camps, will be entrained
September 10. The third group of 200,
000 will start to camp, according to
present plans, Oct. 3. The remaining
68-700 of the 087,000 men in the first
camps, will be started enntonmentwurl
as soon thereafter as possible.
FORD GIVES $500,000
Washington, Sept. 1 Henry
Ford today presented the Amer-
ienn Red Cross with hnlf a mil-
lion dollars' worth credit, at his
Detroit factory, for which it
can get automobiles, ambulanc-
es and parts, tho Red Cross war
council announced today,
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performing qualities of the Chalmers
in the most forcible manner possible-
A Chalmers sedan, which happened
to be the same identical car which re
cently made the twenty four hour high
gear "traffic run in Boston, was taken
to the foot of Corev Hill, iu Brookline,
the best known hill for demonstrating
cars in eastern .mussaehusetts. Eight
passengers were inside the car and fif
teen additional passengers climbed
aboard the fenders, running boards, ra
diators, and, in fact, wherever they
could get a footing.
When the last passenger had climbed
on, the car was started from tho bot
tom to the top of the hill. Although
carrying twenty three passengers, this
Chalmers sedan traveled to the top of
the hill with no more apparent effort
than if it had been going up withits
usual complement of passengers.
The combined weight of those car
ried up the hill in the scdau was al
most two tons of live weight. When it
is considered that the car was a Btock
model in every detail, including the
gear ratio, and it was equipped with
tho stock six-30 motor which all Chal
mers models are carrying, and further
more, the fact that no preparation was
given the car for the ordeal, makes this
remarkable performance all the more
noteworthy.
Tho ear was driven by E. B. Kobey,
of tho Chalmers organization, and,
when he was questioned as to. the be
havior of the motor in going up the
hill, he was most enthusiastic about the
excellent manner in which it perform
ed. "Not a knock developed," said Ko
bey. "And the motor performed with
such ease that it was hard to realize
tho extraordinary conditions it was
working under."
TIKE VALUED AT $500 EACH
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vorsen & Burn", the local Maxwell
dealers.
Besides several important improve
ments, which greatly enhance the value
of the Maxwell there are many-lesser
refinements which add. to the car's
uiechnnicjl perfection, although there
hu been no fundamental change in
the one model chassis.
In the Ainxwell today the depth of
the frame members has been increased
fiom three to six inches. Tho formor
method attaching the body to the
frame by the use of brackets has been
discarded and the body now rests
directly upon the frame itself, which
greatly strengthens the car. The elim
ination of the noisy splash guards,
made possible by the change, is ap
preciated by motorists.
The wheelbnse has been increased by
half a foot this season, its length now
being 109 inches. lhe body is also
roomier.
Another improvement is the com
pensating underslung rear spring now
used by the Maxwell. This type of
spring is the same that has recently
been adopted by many of the manu
facturers of the highest priced cars.
lhe longer wheelbase, with the un
derailing compensating rear springs,
not only improves the riding qualities
wonderfully but makes for even great
er "readability " a feature always
noted in Maxwell cars.
There has been installed an improved
strainer and sediment bulb in the gas
line.
An electric lock controls the starter,
making it impossible to meHh the pin
ion and fly wheel whilo the motor is
running A heavier pinion is used in
the tear axle. A larger gas tank has
an improved gauge and filler pipe.
A single point switch is made pos
sible by the use of a straight 12-volt
battery, which assures a better battery
service.
The minor mechanical improvements,
however, arc not the only new features
in the one model Maxwell. The body
hood and cowl lines are extremely
graceful this year.
The front and rear aprons, slanting
wind-shield, deeper and softer uphol
stery, the improved quality of trim
ming material, wider running boards
and fenders nil combine to make one
of the most attractive cars ever pro
duced in its price class. The slanting
wind shield eliminates the back glare
of lights from the rear.
Tho stnggard seat roadster with its
roomy rear compartment, the roomy
four door sedan, the six passenger
Berline, the luxurious coupe, nnd the
all weather tops on touring and road
ster models arc all in keeping. They
will not suffer by comparison with
anything within $300 of their prices.
Prospective car owners are showing
considerable interest nnd enthusiasm
over the car now being shown by Hal
vorsen & Burns at their sales rooms.
The Chalmers
5 Passenger, $1375.
7 Passenger $1475
Briscoe Car
5 Passenger $825.
Before buying a car let us demonstrate one of these
makes for you.
One Second-hand Chalmers for Sale, $300.
Rutherford & Riedesel
237 STATE STREET
Sooner or Later-Why Not Now.
Have Your Tires Repaired
At the Salem Vulcanizing Works.
Tires and Tubes for Sale.
474 FERRY STREET SALEM, OREGON
American tourists should take sweet
satisfaction, now that their country is
involved in tho war, in the fact that
the largest automobile tire factories in
the world are located within the con
fines of the United States, according to
Count Richard Hamilton, representing
A. V. Holm, of Stockholm, who looks
after the Peerless business in Sweden.
The Count was at the Peerless fac
tory in Cleveland the other day and he
said that about the most distressing
feature of the motorcar business in
Sweden is the rubber tire shortage.
"Ai fried of mine," said the Count,
'learned of a couple of rear tires for
salo just outside of Stockholm. He
hurriedly bought them, at an exorbi
tant price, and started home, carrying
the tires on his arm. He guarded them
as a bank messenger guards the money
placed in his care. -He had not pro
ceeded on his wav far, however, be
fore several persons were at his heels
with offers to buy the tires. me uign
est bid was made when a man offered
him the equivalent of ."O0 in cash in
American money for each of the tires.
Even at that price, the offer was not
accented.
"You Americans can thank your
stars that you are in no danger of fac
ing a rubber shortage. You have the
factories here, therefore you will get
the tires."
RECKLESS MOTORISTS
strict enforcement of tho law. The peo
ple of any neighborhood know who
the sueeders are- Let them notify some
official who will complain to the mo
tor licensing authorities. Those author
ities have detectives on the trail of all
alleged speeders.
This done, it is easy to secure evi
dence. Once a man gets the scorching
habit he keep it up- He is not con
tent, with nnv beggarly 25 miles an
hour, but with a whoop he opens his
throttle, regardless of obstructions to
view and other traffic. Fines do not
influence him. Juries are too good na
to iail him. Let him lose his op
erator 's license a year or two, and he
will take notice aud others line nun
also Pendleton Tribune.
Mr.Motorist:
When oue complains of reckless driv
ing of automobiles, many people take
the easv going view that as 93 per
cent of motorists are cautions drivers
it is not worth while to take severe
measures- It is probably true that not
more than five per ceut could be call
ed reckless. Yet five peoplo can make
things mighty uncomfortable and per
ilous for the' other 95.
The number of accidents happening
all the time is a warning. After one
has been through a smash and has been
laid up and had to pay hospital bills
the thin? begins to look serious.
One trouble is that in most places
the local police dislike to enforce the
law strictly, being fearful of making
enemies. It is all right arresting thiev
es and drunks who have no friends. To ,
file a complaint against some socially ;
influential person, who never feels com
petent to drive until he has tucked
away several highballs, is another
proposition.
Yet public sentiment will support
MUFMVfliieoLL IN WITH
A COMPLAINT YOU WANT
fAIR TREATMENT
We stand behind every re
pair turned out of our shop.
Tire Service with a smile
makes business worth while.
Let us sell you your new
TIRES
BRACKETT & GRAY'S
TIRE HOSPITAL
279 N. Commercial St.
Phone 1400
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How much is two dollar?
Two dollars aren't worth anything unless
you buy something with them.
You couldn't eat two dollars if you were
shipwrecked on a desert isle.
But two dollars are full of splendid possi
bilities, if you know how to spend them wisely.
For only two dollars a week you can operate
a Maxwell automobile.
That means 1000 per cent, profit in health
and joy for you and yours.
We don't know of any investment half as
good.
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Distributors for Marion and Polk Counties p5 I
NEW AUTOS IN MARION,
CAB PRICES SAID TO BE LOW.
Following are new machines sold in
Marion county the past week according
to M. O. Wilkins' automobile Record:
45107 Baker, B. Calvert, Chevrolet.
44938 Bulgin, E. J. Salem, R 4, Stu
debaker. 44900 Cleveland, Fred, Monitor,
Marion.
45068 Crawford, Robert, 575 Court,
Salem, Studebaker.
44720 De Vries, Wm., R 6, Salem,
Saxon,
44939 Eyre, Geo. E. 1342 Capital, Sa
lem, Buick.
44991 Gardner, C. S. Maple, Salem,
Studebaker.
45126 Beutenanii, M. H., Salem, R 4,
Studebaker.
44854 Gorsline, D. D., R 8,. Salein,
Buick.
44775 Grouke, Paul, R 9, Salem,
Maxwell.
44754 Kocher, R. C. Woodburn, Ford
44722 McAfee, G. E., R 8, Salem.
Ford.
44717 McAllister, R. R. Pratum,
Ford.
44776 McElnea, Susie, 1207 State,
Salem, Ford.
44666 Moore, Geo. W. Turner, Max
well. 45127 Niemeyer, Chas., W. 484
Court, Salem, Denby.
44992 Paetrok, John, Stavton, Max
well. 44994 Roth Grocery Co., Salem,
Ford.
44836 State Highway Commission,
Salem, Ford.
44838 Tarks, Edward, Salem, R 7,
Maxwell.
44940 Taylor, Earl E., R 4, Salein,
Buick.
44825 Unruh, G. E., 202 Salem Bank
of Commerce, Salem, Studebaker.
Polk County.
44812 Brown, L. D. Dallas, Dort.
44759 Burns, W. J., Monmouth,
Dodge.
45020 Hedges, P. L. Independence,
Ford.
44721 Johnson, W, Dallas, Maxwell.
44719 Smith, M, Dallas, Chevrolet.
44853 Walker, W. H. Independence,
Studebaker.
44665 Webb, H. M., Salem, R 2, Max
well. 45123 Williamson, B. J. Sickreall, R
2, Maxwell.
One of the pretty sights on the court
house square at Hillsboro, the Argus
savs, is the mountain ash, laden with
its rod berries the heaviest yield for
many years. The boughs are so heavy
with the fruit that they are nearly-breaking.
Paige-Detroit President Explains What
Seems a Contradiction.
"A dollar has considerably greatet
purchasing power today, so far as the
automobile industry is concerned, than
jit had six or seven years ago," says
Hsrry M. Jewett, president of the Paige
i Detroit Motor Car company. "This
seems like a contradiction of a well
: known fact. It is commonly supposed
I that, as the cost of labor and of most
j commodities :a high, purchasing power is
i lr.w.
I "A glance bad ward will serve to
' show how much more the buyer of cars
i today gets for his money than he could
: purchase a short time ago. When he
: bought a new car, say seven years ago,
what did he get? He got little more than
; a chasis with an unequipped body. He
got a car that would run fairly well,
but before ho could secure real motor
j ing comfort, utility and service, he had
to make many additional purchases.
The cars of that day did not have a
self-starter. They did not have wind
shields or tire carriers, They are not
even equipped with tops and headlights".
De PALMA STARTED A3 ,'BIKE,.,
RIDER.
Many persons who know Ralph De
Palma as one of the most daring racing;
drivers of the American speedways aro
not aware that he made his first bid
for newspaper publicity as a bicycle
rider as an amateur in 1898. After four
successful seasons he turned profession
al and won a notable victory in a 12
hour race at Rochester, N. Y. A year
later-he cast aside the leg-powered ve
hicle for its new motor-propelled bro
ther, and as a motorcycle racer he gain
ed considerable success on eastern
tracks. i
MAXWELL WINS SPANISH RUN.
Not content with holding many worth
while inter-city road records in North.
America, a five-passenger Maxwell tour
ing car has captured the "Circuit of
Cataluna" run in. Spain in competition
with 30 cars of American and European
makes.
The smoke screen that is now goiiiff
to waste in Oregon would put across)
all the shipping that ever sailed the At
lantic since the davs of Columbus.
SPEED IS COSTLY.
I "Speed is expensive" is the way au-
tomobile people translate "haste makes
'Waste" of the copybook. There never,
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naa a uuci lumg sum. l eta buj luiug
jmaue tor extravagance ana aiscomiort'
it is driving an automobile too fast.
Driving a car around a sharp corner j
at 25 miles an hour docs more damage '
i to the tires than 200 miles of straight :
road work. Excessive side pressure on ;
tires may pinch the tubes and it always :
j strains the side walls of the casings.
The niaiority of modern motor cars
develop their mavimum efficiency with
i lowest expense at speeds ranging from
15 to 25 miles an hour, depending on the
i make of the car and condition of the
road.
PAIGE BREAKS SALES RECORD, i
In cars actually sold, shipped from '
the factory and delivered, July devel-'
oped not only the largest July business, '
j 1 ut also the largest single month 's :
business in the history of the Paige X
Letroit Motor Car company. This is the
. third time that Paige sales and produe- i
tion recards have been broken since thei
first of the year.
j Also, avoid wasteful use of the tele
j phone. But of course you won't.
OREGON MOTOR CAR
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Used Car Bulletin ;
A good used car Is a better buy t
and bargain than a cheap new X
car.
One Michigan S500 t
One 1915 Studebaker. 1800 f
1912 Overland, Good Shape $350 t
1913 Overland, Good Shape $475 a.
Ford Power Truck $475 f
17 Series Studebaker . $800 i
1914 Six Studebaker $700 I
WE GIVE T.TRTrwaT. TEEMS.
24 hours free service on all nied
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