SATURDAY,. OCTOBER 7, 1916.
LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER
PAGE THEEJX
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PRESCRIPTION SPECIALISTS
MOTORCYCLE RIDER TRAVELS FAR
Cecil T. Kenyon of Huntingdon, Pa.,
holds a unique record fon long dist
ance motorcycle riding. . On an Indiai
of the 1911) type, and equipped with
Blue Streak tires, he has perambu
lated about the United States criss
crossing and winding about until he
has all but skirted its widest terri
tory and he has a long journey be
fore him still. He arrived in La
Grande yesterday morning nnd will
spend a few days with his cousin
Mrs. W. D. Stoop of North La Grande.
Speaking in broad terms, he is on his
way to New York via the Canal zone.
The young man left his home an J
for three days steered toward Akron.
Ohio. Afteu a rest there he started
for the Lincoln Highway and kept
running on an eight-day schedule un
til he got to Cheyenne, where he
branched off to Colorado Springs and
Denver, spending considerable time
there. Then he went north again,
striking across to the Yellowstono
park. From thene he went by easy
stages to Billings, Spokane, Walla
Walla and finally crossed the Blue
Mountains via the Toll Gate roai
reaching Elgin. The 20 mile run into
La Grande was of course a treat to
him.
He has covered 8000 miles and tires
thatwere new March 1st still adorn
the wheels.
Mr. Kenyon is developing a taste
for distance annihilation. He will
leave La Grande in a d:.y or two for
Portland and from there goes to San
Francisco. He has a groat desire to
dnive a motorcycle to the Canal zone
and says it can be done. After full
filling that ambition he will start for
old New York, and, as he Sf.ys, that
will have been some trip. Wyoming
holds the laurel wreath for road ne
glect declares Mr. Kenyon, and he
ought to be authority on the question.
They are extrer.ioly bad th".ne, and
though rough in many states, nowhere
else were tjiey as bad :.s in that state.
Ho is breaking no world speed marks,
but he is putting the motorcycle to a
splendid use in "Seeing America
First".
Every part that enters into a high
grade motor car must pass a series of
rigid tests. In the plant of Dodge
Brothers, acknowledged to be one of
the best of the industry, nothing is
left to chance. Every part is not on
ly thoroughly tested but so carefully
are tests conducted that it is definitely
known just what each part will stand.
In testing the teeth of gears the or
.i;nw.r ef hna hflon tn deliver a
powerful blow against the teeth. The
effect of the blow was easily appar
ent but it was impossible to measure
how much force had been expended.
The problem was put up to the engi
neers of Dodge Brothers and they de
veloped a machine that delivers the
blow and at the same time measures
the force used.
The principal is the same as though
a workman took a chisel, placed it
against a tooth and struck the chisel
with a hammer. In the case of the
machine a sharp blade is forced
against the tooth with a heavy impact
and on a dial the "left over energy"
i registered. It is a simple matter
of mathematics then to calculate the
amount of force needed to break the
tcoth.
Old Dobbin, through the progros
sivenesss of the California rancher,
has come into his own on a broader
scale in that State than elsewhere in
the countrv, according to the best
available data. In that great common
wealth much of the work done on the
ranches, both in the central valleys
and in the mountain counties, which
in ine past -..
chiefly with the horse, is now being
done in the more moucrn way iui
the motor car.
California's farmers, from the be
ginning of the auto industry in the
west, have been the most important
1 : wl main t a Jtli II'
Taciors in creiiiiMK i""' i
the prosneritv of the motor car busi- .
ness. The fact that California's an-,
nual crops are usually of the "bump
er" variety, accounts in a large meas
ure for the tremendous and continu
ous growth of the automobile business
in the state. The prosperity of the
farmer there has always been reflec
ted in the prosperity of the automo
bile business.
Varied as the farm and dairy prod
ucts of California are the uses to
which the rancher of that state puts
the automobile. They extend from
the most common usage of providing
pleasure for the rancher's family and
hauling crops to. market, to towing
other farm vehicles, operating farm
machinery and actually furnishing
the motive power for the self-operating
milking machines. During each
succeeding season some new and in
genuous uses are made of the motor
car some calling for sheer strength
of the car's materials; others simply
for a clever application of the engine'3
power.
John R. Leland, a prosperous
iiancher of the Santa Cruz mountains,
furnishes a striking example of the
uses to which the rancher puts his
motor car. During the past haying
season Leland hauled, all of his hay
from the fields to the stacks, a dis
tance of nearly one mile, with the aid
of his Maxwell 25 touring car. Le
land would load the cut hay on an or
dinary hay wagon, then tow the lat
ter from the field with his Maxwell.
Leland has many other uses for his
car and states that he would be ab
solutely at a loss without his machine
while at work on the ranch.
Sudden taking hold of the clutch
of an autombile, that frequent and ex
asperating armoyanca in -the opera
tion of the ordinary machine which
all but precipitates the passengers
from the car and works considerable
damage to the motor car in general,
is said to have boon completely elimi
nated in the Maxwell through a
unique construction of the Maxwell
clutch.
Engineers and expert automobile
builders for many years have sougnt
a solution of this problem, the game
being the subject of painstaking in
vestigation and experimentation.
In order to obtain this desirable
feature in automobile construction the
Maxwell clutch assembly housing has
been so constructed that the clutch
is continually subjected to in oil bath.
When operating the clutch, in making
gear changes, the clutch falls back in
to position in such a manner that the
film of oil which gathers on the clutch
lining is gradually, but rapidly squee
geed from the lining, the clutch at the
same time taking a firmer and firm
er hold. The operation is automatic,
but absolutely sure, and without jar
to the cars.
The speed with which it is accomp
lished depends largely upon the speed
at which the car is traveling and the
dexterity of the driver in making gear
changes. '
It is stated by the best posted au
thorities that a rough operating
clutch does an immeasurable amount
of damage to a car in a short period
of time, producing quickly rear axle
trouble, motor trouble and finally
laying up the car. A smooth, evenly
operating clutch is therefore .regarded
as being highly essential to a long,
useful life of an automobile, hence,
the Maxwell builders make an espec
ial point of this feature of that ma
chine. Now comes a new and revised model
Indian motorcycle ambulance embody
ing lessons learned from strenuous
test of the first Hendee vehicle of
this type on European battlefields the
past year in the service of the hos
pital corns of some of the belliger
ents. Whereas, its predecessor had
accommodations fan but one pasenger
the latest Indian chariot of mercy
is built in double-decker form, to car
ry two persons.
Regulation stretchers are used, and
are fitted with special fittings to pro
vent them slipping from position on
the superstructure of the chassis. Tho
chassis itself is of special construc
tion and is provided with extra
springs and adjustable tread. Slung
under the chassis is a first aid cabi
net. The power unit is a standard In
dian, three-speed Powerplus model.
The Ingenious construction and at
tention to detail from a surgical and
utilitarian point of view has won
hearty approval from medical mon
before whom the vehicle has been
demonstrated. It is expected that this
model will pain considerable favor
1 with military hospital and Red Cross
authorities.
Construction details, mobility and
practical usage M'e emphasized in
the accompanying photographs.
In line with the big commercial
thought that is sinking deeper and
deeper into the minds of motorcycle
manufacturers comes the announce
ment of the Aurora Automatic Ma
chinery Co. of tho new Tho motor
cycle fire apparatus designed partic
ularly for small town installation.
These fire fighting motorcycle aux
iliaries are especially desirable for
communities where volunteer depart
ment is depended on for protection,
inasmuch as thein installation means
in some cases a reduction of as high
as iiO cents Der hundred on the insur
ance premium rate in force in certain
towns. ,
Inasmuch as every town or village
regardless of size must have the best
fire protection which it can afford, the
sales opportunities for motorcycle
fire department of this character
would conservatively seem to be very
large indeed. Wherein the motorcycle
manufactureri can show that the cost
of fire protection can be immediately
and appreciably lowered by the in
stallation of motorcycle apparatus,
at a comparatively moderate expendi
ture, the natural decision of municipal
executives would seem to be favor
able to the adoption of motorcycle
equipment.
Not many years ago stock car rac
ing was in vogue and proved extreme
ly interesting to racing fans. Then
came the desine for high speed and
specially built mcig onrs were con
structed to supply the demand of the
fans but the lack of competition be
tween the latest type racing cars hn3
caused their Nemesis, aver the ex
perts. These same men declare that
if stock car racing returns that in
terest again will return to automobile
contests but if it does not that the
game muy be expected to die. '
Santa Monica, Cal., Oct. 6. Is
stock car racing coming hack? Will
modern automobile speedways be for
saken for the old contests on road
and track between cars which are dup
licates of those seen on sales room
floors ?
These and other questions are being
asked by racing authorities following
the information that several manu
facturers are contemplating entering
stock cars in the Vanderbiit Cup and
International Grand Prizo races to b4
held at Santa Monica on November
10th and 18th.
Already a stock Morcor race-about
has been entered in the cup classics
and dame rumor has it that a stock
Cadillac will bo entered in the cup
everts within the next few days.
From other sources, considered as au
thoritative, comes the news that sev
crrl other manufacturers are flirt
ing with the speed frame, but only in
a stock car sense. Prominent among
the manufacturers mentioned are the
Mnrmon, Chalmers and Hudson fac
tories. It is claimed that many manufact
ures have seen the handwriting on
the wall and have come to realize that
or.lv by a return to slock car events
can the nutomobile business ever hope
to benefit by automobile racing.
KANSAS BARS NEAR BEER
Anests Far Sale Of Such Beverages
To Be Made, Officer Says.
TEAM MEETS
MMJEfEIT
EIGHTY-SIX TO NAUGHT SCORE
RESULTS AT WALLA WALLA
FRIDAY.
advance the date one day, in that the
teachers will bo in La Grande that
day for the teachers' institute.
WASCO PLANS CAMPAIGN
Rally Thursday Night Expected to
increase Hughes Alliance.
Topeka, Kan., Sept. 22. The sale
of any beverage which contains any
amount of alcohol is illegal in Kansas.
This was the ruling of S. M. Brewster, .
Attorney General, and he served not-
ice upon several big brewing compan- ;
ies which are putting out a temper-.
ancc drink which xjontiiins only a small i
amount of alcohol.
"The amount of alcohol or the fact j
that the drink is not intoxicating does
not bother us one bit," said the Attor- j
ney-General. "We will nrrost any epr- j
son we find selling any of these drinks, j
"The greater danger lies in the sale j
of these so-culled temperance drinks,
advertised as a substitute for beer, is
that they are used as a blind for the j
sale of real beer in bottles labeled
exactly the same as tho temperance
beer." .
Walla iWalla, Oct. 7. (Special)
Walla Walla high schocl, propped by
a new coach, and blessed with good
material yesterday gave La Grande
high the severest whipping that school
has received in fully a decade when
it won by a score of 80 to 0. The
visiting team was "helpless from tho
start, and as the game progressed and
the home team was able to gain at
will, the contest became more or less
of a joke. One or two successful for
ward passes constituted the only sub
stantial gains the visitors made. No
first downs were made on straight
football.
Millering and Chenault were the
only men who were aggressive to any
degree whatever, and all were woe
fully lacking of a desire to tackle in
fact the runaway was to a groat ex
tent due to the failure of tho team to
tackle.
The La Grande team left today noon
for home, expecting to arrive there on
No. 18 tonight.
The game lacked interest from the
start.
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Buker Opens Her Season.
At Baker this afternoon the foot
ball season is being opened with the
strong Weiser high school eleven. The
Idaho team has already taken Ontario
to camp by a 12-0 score and is rated
strong this season. Coach Williams
of the iBaker squad is well satisfied
with his team at this early writing.
Features f daily scrimmage at
Baker is the all around work of Cap
tain Fosbury at halfback, Brown at
tackle, Stewart at uurd, and the
kicking of Gillliam, while Enberg,
Johns, Love, Payton and Weeks are
putting up a hard fight for line posi
tions. Baisley seems to have cinched
the job at center and Kaufman is out
again for a lino position. The Pen
dleton game with Baker is slated for
November 4th, but it is purposed to
.THE DALLES, Oregon, Oct. 3.
(Special) The Wasco County Hughes
Alliance held an enthusiastic . rally
last night at the Courthouse. A line
j of campaign was presented and -ad
opted. . -
Five hundred and twenty nine mem
bers are enrolled and it is exnected
I that it will reach 600 by Thursday .
lunut, wncii u uig paraae ana rauy
will be held. Ex-Senator Piles, of
Washington, will b0 here and wilt
lead the speaking in the evening.
Many local speakers will also take
part in the programme.
bid Indians Sign Writers V
Spokane, Wash., October 5. That
the Spokane country was once peopled
by a race of Indians whose sign writ
ing can not be interpreted by the trib
es of the present day is shown in the
disclosure of Indian hieroglyphics on
rocks neau the mouth of tho Little
Spokan river. The marks are found on
the rocky cliffs north of the Little
Spokane near its mouth on the old
Bmkley place. .
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DO YOU KNOW THAT .J.
It is dangerous to put anyth
ing into your mouth except food
and drink?
Sanitary instruction is even
more important that sanitarv
'I- legislation?
The U. S. Public Health Ser
i' vice issues free bulletins on tub
J. ereulosis?
The continuous liberal use of
J alcoholic beverages lowers ef
J ficiency and menaces longev-
ity?
i Moderate exercise in the open
! air prolongs life?
I Mouth breathing makes chil-
drcn stupid?
Fish cannot live in foul water
nor man in foul air?
I Smallpox is wholly prevent-
able?
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Arrow point to new and improved windshield.
Upper half overlap lower half.
Absolutely tain-tight.
Instrument board, showing gasoline gaage, electric
dashlight, speedometer, electric starting
and lighting plugs and ammeter.
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Wider and longer seats and deeper cushions, a
Indicated by arrow.
Arrow shows old and new spring construction.
New springs much longer and more flexible.
MAXWELL Motor Cars are now equipped with a new and
improved windshield, still longer, and more flexible
springs, wider seats, deeper and softer cushions, dashlight,
gasoline gauge, and other equally important refinements.
To the generous value heretofore present
in the Maxwell product, these extra im
provements have now been added.
This is in line with the Maxwell policy so
widely advertised not to change the
Maxwell in any essential detail, but to
continue improving it so that it will
always be a standard, recognized product,
constantly abreast of the best practices
of the industry.
Notwithstanding the 'superlative and
sometimes confusing claims that are
made in behalf of various automobiles,
we restate our sincere conviction that
MaxwelJ, Motor Car offer more real value
per dollar than any other car in the
world.
This too, is the belief of the thousands
and thousands of Maxwell owners. And
these beliefs are supported by actual and
tangible facts. We actually know that
within the entire history of the automo
bile business, no motor car in any class
or at any price has equalled the Maxwell
in honest dollar-for-dollar value.
And if you will examine a Maxwell, ride
in it, compare it with other cars, consider
its splendid record, reputation and past
performances, you too, will know it.
Call or phone for a demonstration.
LEIGHTON GARAGE
J. L. Riffle, Agent La Grande, Ore.
F.O.B. DETROIT
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