La Grande evening observer., July 08, 1916, Image 10

LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER
SATURDAY JULY 8, 1916. ,
la Cmide Mem First to Cross Sooqiialmie Pass
PAGE TEN
It was up to two Ijo. Grande men to
fcresk the snow trails across the no
, torious Snoqualmie pass in Northern
"Washington. For weeks overland
traffic through that historic pass
lias been blocked while open elsewhere
liut Chus. McCrary and Bird F. Lewis,
returning to La Grande from Seattle
with two 1917 Grants negotiated the
pass successfully. About 10 days ago
a La Grande party, consisting of Mr.
and Mrs. Bob Leighton and Mrs. Para
Thornton wanted to break through
but they were denied the attempt, pea
pie in that vicinity claiming the snow
was then 10 feet or more deep. They
therefore heeded the advice of their
counsels and shipped around, reach
ing Seattle by shipping 4'i miles. This
week, however, the snow had melted
down so that an attempt was allowed
suid the La Grande men went through.
Except for a serious delay at the
Wallula Ferry, the men sailed -right
along on the trip home.
"Talk about your roads," declared
Mr. Crary on his return Thursday
vening, "for about .00 miles out of
Seattle we came over bitulithic roads,
then over an equal stretch of brick
pavement, then macadam, then bitu
lithic again and in the vicinity of
iT-osser crossed the grade for more
bitulithic. Mile after mile, league af
ter league, wo skimmed along on high
gear without a halt. The people there
are building more pavement and con
necting. up links ami are catering to
the traveling public. When the fact
becomes generally known that North
ern Washington has such a tremend
out amount of paved highways, all
traffic into Seattle will be by that
route. ' The Blue Mountain roads
need repair at all points.
The machines the two men brought
tack are a roadster and a touring car.
They are equipped with about all the
appliances known to the automobile
science.
Last Saturday the Leighton party
which toured Northern Washington
returned to La Grande after nearly
three weeks amusement in the north
lands. They had to cross the Co
lumbia highway early in the day and
at high speed as triffic is shut off
most of the way while repairs and
building on the highway goes on. The
trip was made in a Maxwell which
went through with colors flying.
While they didn't get into the Sno
qualmie pass they enjoyed the wond
erful scenery in that region and had
a most enjoyable trip from all points
of view.
"
Frel H. LeFevre, son-in-law of E.
C. Tuckey of this city, is demonstrat
ing distilate in - La Grande, making
gon. Distilate is rapidly becoming only one for every 200 persons is reg-
popular as automobile fuel, and the istered fo Alabama,
distilate dealers guarantee 60 per It must be understood, however,
cent saving over the old-style fuel, that the figures of registration do not
Concerning his commodity, Mr. Le- necessarily represent u total number
revre says: ot cars, as some of the states do not
"This device simply takes the moist- require annual registration, others
ure from the radiator carrying it over
the manifold through tight-fitting
coppered stove lined with asbestos
when it is superheated and then goes
to the carburetor . where it makes a
complete combustion using approxi
mately 98 per cent of the distilate.
The distilate used costs about one-half
as much as gasoline and gives more
power a mile per gallon. It does not
interfere with the use of gasoline. An
official test showed a Ford car ran
35.2 miles on a gallon of distilate.
group pleasure and commercial cars
and motor cycles in their accounts,
while still other States do not require
registration of motor cycles.
There is great inequality in the
registration fees charged by the dif
ferent States. The average for the
United States was $7.46. The State
of Vermont, however, secured in 1915
a gross revenue of $18.19 for each
motor car, while Minnesota received
only about oO cents annually for each
car. in lexas and South Carolina no
annual registration iees are collected,
T ,ir , , the only requirement being a county
a. ii. ivimviieo im cn .. i s, ,, ,.;
Circuit Judge
purchased a big Buick and will al
ternate his hunting trips between his
trusted nag and his new machine.
Washington, D. C, July 7. Ninety
per cent of the registration and li
cense fees paid in 1915 by automobil
ists to tine States, or $16,213,387. was
spent for the building and mainten
ance of county and State roads, ac
cording to a compilation just pub
lished 'by the Office of Public Roads,
L). S. Department of Agriculture. In
all, 2,445,664 motor vehicles were reg
istered in that year and their own
em paid, a. total of $18,245,713 for
registrations and drivers' and deal
ers' licenses. This is an increase of
$5,863,760 over 1914, and an increase
of 734,325 in the number of vehicles
registered. Automobile fees now de
fray nearly 7 per cent of the total
amount spent on rural road and
bridge building, whereas in 1906 the
income from this source was less than
three-tenths of one per cent of the
total expenditure.
"The growth of the volume of fees
and registrations is noted by the fact
that in 1901 New York, the first State
to require fees, collected nly $954.
In 1906 only 48,000 oars were regis
tered throughout the entire United
States. By 1915. however, the num
ber had jumped to the figure given, so
that there is slightly moi-e than one
motor car registered lor each ot tne
2,375,000 miles of road outside of the
incorporated towns and cities.
The relation between cars ami road
mileage varies widely in different
sections. There is only one motor car
lor every six miles of rural roads in
Nevada, but nearly six motor cars for
every mile of such road in New Jer
sey. There is an average of one
motor car registration for every 44
persons in the United States. Iowa
apparently leads, however, with one
this his headquarters for eastern Ore- motor car for every 1C persons, while
for perennial registration. Most of
the States, however, also levy annual
taxes on motor vehicles and this adds
importantly to the public revenue con
tributed by the owners of motor-pro
pelled vehicles.
In the use of fees, however, there
seems to be a general policy of apply
ing the major part of the monev col
lec ted from automobilists directly to
soad betterment, iln "2 of the States
of the Union all or the .major portion
of the motor-vehicle revenue must be
expended for the construction, lm
provement, or maintenance of the
public roadr or for the maintenance
of the State Highway Department. In
K2G States, all or the major portion of
the net motor-vehicle revenues are ex
pended by or under the supervision or
direction of the State Highway De
partment. In seven States one-half
to one-fourth of the State motor-vehicle
revenues are expended through
the State Highway Department, and
the remainder by the local authori
ties. Many States, in addition to ap
plying license fees to road construc
tion expend for, this purpose a large
part of the fines and penalties collect
ed from owners. -California
Leads in Fees Collected.
In th number of registrations New
York State led in 1915 with 255,242;
Illinois was second with 180,832; Cal
ifornia third with 163,767; and Penn
sylvania fourth with 160,137. In
gross revenues received from this
source, however, California led with
$2,027,432; New York was second
with $1,991,181; Pennsylvania third
with $1,665,276; while .Iowa, with
145,000 cars registered, came fourth
in point of revenue with $1,533,054.
Cleveland, July 8. About a month
from today George A. tynon, a local
machinist, will begin to market a car-'burctoi-
that will, it is claimed, glad
den the motorists heart by running
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Electric Control Buttons at Your Finger Tips
Naturally, you want a car that can be operated easily
you realize that the extent of pleasure and safety in'
driving depends upon the ease of control.
In most cars the details of control seem to be planned'
with an eye for convenience in assembling the various partsJ
But the Overland control was arranged just as you
(would arrange it if you were designing a car for your own) ,
convenience. ;
You control the electric magneto, the electric lights, the
electric horn, with your ringer tips, without bending forward.'
To start the motor you merely touch a foot button in!
the floor. k (
A worian or girl can drive the Overland in safety. Its;:
control is easy and instinctive.
Let us tell you about the 'other Overland advantages.'
Car E. ILvens As'ent
Model 75 Touring Car' $615; Roadster $595'
Model 83 B Touring Car $695; Roadster $675
Model 86 Six Touring CarV"v. $1145
Price f. o. b. Toledo, Ohio
, All models are completely
equipped in every particular.1
There are no extras to buy.
his car with coal oil instead of price
less gasoline. -
Eynon accitlently discovered the
principle by which he devised his car
buretor. One day he spilled some oil
on a rag and carelessly brought a hot
iron near. Vapor was given off. The
problem was solved.
Eynon wrapped four inches of thin
wire around a few shreds of asbestos
and sent an electrical current through
the wire. The asbestos acted as a
wick' and the heated oil vaporized
enough oil to start the engine.. As
soon as the engine is started, the
electticity is turned off and vaporiza
tion is maintained by the burning of
a little oil in a combustion chamber.
A test proved that a car could be
driven 63 miles on four and a half
gallons of coaloil. Heavy cars fitted
with the carburetor have made 11 to
12 miles on a gallon of kerosene.
Soldier Has Shrapnel ,In Heart
London, June 26. (By Mail). The
proudest wounded "Tommy" in Lon
don today is Private Henry Pierce. ,
Some days ago Pierce had a shrap
nel bullet in his heart. Today the
bullet is neatly mounted on wood and
occupies a place of honor on a tabid
by Pierce's .bed in a London hospital.
British surgeons who have marvel
ed at two similar operations in French
hospitals are studying the London
case at close range. Pierce has more
learned visitors than any hundred
other wounded "Tommies."
An Australian surgeon, on tempo
rary duty in England, performed the
operation. He found the shrappel
lodged in the pericardium. Making
a tiny incision he picked the metal
out with his fingers. , '
The Datient i3 rapidly recovering.
RUBY'S CYCLE AND
SUPPLY SHOP
Experience with all makes of motorcycles and any
thing from the stand clip to the front license number.
If your machine has got a touch of the blues and
trying to take its spite out on you bring it rd and we
will test it out and tell you 'the trouble free of charge.
Get That Lawn Mower Sharpened
ALL WORK GUARANTEED
'
Three Million Auto Tires mad
by GOODRICH, in year 1915
s
I TUDY the Price-List publicly printed below.
compare witn tne L,ist-i'nces ot other Tires made in LESSEE
Volume..
Ohsprvf that-. nnirmotinne Pi-Ir. 7. i j. 1,. .
v4. it-t iTiiin s -...,wfe i'v, oic iuyiu.1 iu diinobi, tue exact proportion
that VOLUME of production is smaller.
t This, when Quality approaches the Goodrich Standard.
a M0li W5 Th'e llt?ut .(of 3-mM Ato and Truck Tires) to One-third,
and it would still far exceed the Average of all Competing Makes or Brands
But. that huge reduction in Volume MIGHT result in every Tire we made
costing yon One-third MORE than present prices.
They would not.- and could not -be BETTER Tires, at this necessarily
hlCTier-COSt to TTs. anrt Jnnhir.nriB in V vui,jr
Because, Goodrich Tires are not made "up to' a price," nor "down o
' a price. , '. v 'u
PF. fire nf oil woVfl yx PTTiT tvU. T; ,t,.i. i . .
mu v M,,f ijiwiw wJiw x x etui it j. ii li lit l uur i-Year JC-Ayi I
ence in Rubber-Working, our hue Purchasing-Power, and the
most". Advnnpprl Flrmi-nmnnf rnA&vo iot?;kl,a
mi i o 11 i ' "
i nen we let l-o.sc iaii wnere it will. -
To that Cost we add a moderate, and fair, Profit for Ourselves, and for our
Dealers.
. Then we let VOLUME rise, as it will..
The more. Tires we Make, the LESS each Tire COSTS ns to prorfMcc, and
the less it costs YOU to buy them. .
The more Tires we Sell, the less profit, per Tire, WE NEED, for dividends
The more Tires we make, the better we KNOW HOW to make them the
more we have at Stake on Quality, and Satisfaction to Consumers.
And, because of all this,
T, , The EST Fabr'C Tires that Skill, Experience Good-Faith, and Maximum
Volume, can build, are now available to YOU at the VERY MODERATE Fair-List
Prices here quoted.
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THE B. F. GOODRICH CO., Akron, 0.
Goodrich "Fair-List" Prices
NOTICE. These Tires are as perfect as Fabric Tires can b made -
m,1 RPOnKSTl'L081" whatuver arjse- ?lth 3ny flinch Tire, its Owner is invited,
and KWiUhblhl), to tike the matter up promptly with us, the Makers.
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proper adjustments. s
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30x3
30 x3V:
32 -3
33:: !
Ford Sizes j
(Safety-Treads) '
$10.40 34x4
$13.40 33x4'a
$15.45 36 x4f
$22.00 37x5
$22.40
U t V ' j $31.20
(Safety Treads) cn
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Black "Barefoot" T
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1 oterprmil! . .
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U Lighter than Lcathtrt
Is mere Flexible than leather!
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