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Automobiles, Agricultural, Sports, Classified, Etc.
VOLUME xvm
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LA OliANDK. OKEOOX, SUNDAY, APRIL 20, 1919.
NTJMBtfR 173
News of Interest to Motor Enthusiasts
TRACTOR SHOW
Of APRIL 23
WALLA WALLA TO HAVE MAXY
MAKES OX GHOl'XD
, Tho Hig Yeniicy Itancli Will lie the
Sci'iio of Trqciw anil Truck
' Tests
WALLA WALLA, Wash., April 19.
(Special) Walla Walla is ready to
entertain the thousands of visitors ex
pected lu the city for tiie tractor and
power farming demonstration April
23, 24 and 25. The home owners of
Walla Walla have thrown wide their
doors to the Commeicial-club's hous
ing committee with the result that
Walla Walla will he able to take earn
of 20,000 visitors daily.
The big (iOO-aci'3 Yenney ranch,
where the tractor and truck demonstrations-
will be held is close to thi
cily. Transportation will be by auto
mobile and more than 200 Walla Wal
la citizens have donated their cars
for the event. This will enable visi
tors to reach the ground rapidly and
return at their convenience.
Many exhibits . already have been
received in Walla Walla and there is
hardly a day but what some new type
of truck or tractor is seen on tho
streets of the city. Local decern
planning exhibits have their equip
ment on hand for tho event and great
tents have been rented in Seattle,
Spokane and Poniard to cover dis
plays of truck and ti actor accessor -ies.
One huge tont will be used to dis
play power equipment for the farm
home whore the farmer's wife will
find all that is new and modem '.u
farm labor saving devices. Within a
very few days all of the many depart
ment heads of the Oiogon Agricul
tural college, the strito college at
Pullman, Wash., ami the University
of Idaho will be In Walla Walla, t'l
participate In the ovent. So will b')
county engineers an.l county agricu1
tural agents from over the northwesi.
Acting Governor Hi.rt will be in
Walla Walla for the show on April
2 4, and other prominent stato Oi 1
cials plan to take part in the demon
stration. Tho program for the event calls fi-r
many features of interest to the far
mer. The three daya will be given
over to' demonstrations of rounf'i
wheel and the track, laying typo of
tractors. Farm trucks will be loaded
to their capacity and tried out under
various conditions. Including severe
tests on soft ground.
Private and public Instruction In
the operation, care and up keep of
tractors and trucks will bo a daily
feature at the show. Discing, plow
ing, seeding and harrowing by power
machinery ulso will be demonstrated
The big Yency ranch orfors every
conditions faced by farmers of the
northwest and was selected by the
general committee after a tour of the
country lasting nearly three weeks.
Secretary Fetlerman reports more
than 150 exhibitors with a belief that
additional exhibitors will come in tho
last few days previous to the opening
of the demonstrations.
RAGE
IN WITH
The New Auburn Car Is
Incomparably Beautiful
Beauty truly a word to conjure
with! Beauty the pot of gold at the
end of the rainbow, the constant
quest of civilized man.
The "frozen music" of architec
ture, the glory of fleeting clouds, the
riot of color In a garden all of
these touch a responsive chord In
ub because they are truly beautiful.
The same iB true of our personal
possessions. The flash of a jewel on
a white hand, the sort harmony of
tones In an Oriental rug, the grace
of lino in period furniture all of
these testify to the delight the dis
criminating find in pure beauty.
Today we know it is possible for
an object to be ornamental as well
aB useful, for exterior charm to de
note inward excellence, for beauty
and dependability to go hand in hand.
Today you rightly demand beauty in
a motor car and you will find It com
pletely expressed in the Auburn
Beauty-Six.
Beauty In a motor car finds many
forms of expression beauty of de
sign, beauty of power, beauty of
possession, beauty of permanence,
beauty of price. It Bums up In a word
all the desirable attributes of the
car you desire to own and drive, and
it is this inclusive beauty that has
given the Aoburn Beauty-Six its na
tional popularity.
The beauty of tho Auburn Is no
accident its Identifying individual
ity is neither ultra-modish nor freak
ish. The boldness, of Its linos Is a
fine expression of daring mellowed
by experience, of outstanding artis
try tonipered with discretion. And.
best ot all, the Auburn's beauty Ib
the cloak of Its power anil the maBk
of Its brute endurance.
The Imprint of creallvo designing
Is to be found everywhere In me
Beauty-Six; but if you cared noth
ing for design, tho Beauty-Six would
Buper-sati&ty you by its perform
ance in the whirlpools or city tramc
or on the grey roads of the open
country.
The Danlol Auto company of La
Grande is distributor of tho. Auburn
for Eastern Oregon and Western
Idaho.
CADILLAC FEARS ENDED
(FroJU Cadillac Charing Houso)
Stern necessity a fow month ago
cut Cadalluc production; first a
quarter, then three quartets, with Ibe
possibility staring us in the fact of no
Cadillacs at all after January 1st.-
Maybe we didn't admit it to anyone,
but those were anxious times; a bit
foggy anead, with much subject for
thought atter one1 had read the (l,-.y a
news and smoked his pipe and may
be stretched out for tho night. It
may have seemed a little ungracious,
the things tho factory folks had to
put In their letters, and maybe a
little of that same feeling got into
the organization at home; the ser
vice man was a litllo more brusque
than was necessary and the star
salesman a bit crabby about selling
renewed cars that is, if you wore
lucky enough to havi a service man
In tho army. This war business was
a worrisome task. While wo all
did what we had to do most willing
ly, occasionally some of us forgot
to smile.
War is over and there will soon bo
plenty of Cadillacs .for everyone.
Not only that, but there are plenty
or neoiilo who will bo glad to get
them, and with the old-time pep and
enthusiasm and with the ncw-tlme
recognition or Cadallac goodness to
help us boost, it's going to be easy to
sell more of them than we ever
dreamed ot Belling before.
NASH
C
HEAD
MEETS DEALERS
BERT HAMILTON AND HILL
MOORE MEET THE. HIG MAN
OF COMPANY
"Betterment" Is the Slogan of the
Concern that Makes Popular
Machine.
John Anderson Reports
Sale of Eleven Cars
During the Past Week
Standing in front of the Multnomah
hotel in Portland a few days ago Bert
Hamilton of. La Grande and Bill
Moore of Baker, took considerable
pleasure in introducing a mild man
nered man to their friends. This man
was Mr. Nash, head of the Nash auto
mobile concern, ami 'he is an individ
ual keen as a sword, mild mannered as
club woman, yet as decisive as
Henry McGinn when delivering an ar
gument in a Chinu lawsuit.
Mr. Nash had journeyed to the west
to meet Oregon dealers and he ad
mitted he found a good bunch of men,
ull content with the Nash car and
everyone booking more orders than
the factory could well see its way
clear to handle, although as Mr. Nash
remarked, 'the war is over now and
while we are like all concerns, more
or less handicapped, we arc going to
turn many Nash cars. The thing that
I wish to impress upon the public is i
that the Nash car is here to stay. It.
is a life work and from day to day ;
our engineers will work hard to in- j
stall betterments and improvements. ;
The standard of value, while excellent
at the present moment, is to bo made
better. Every man who owns n Nash
can rest assured ho has someone be--!
hind that car who has a personal in-1
tcrest in it and will see that it makes
good."
Both Mr. Hamilton and Mr. Moore
returned from Portland with even
greater enthusiasm for the Nash car
than they had possessed before for
they Baw and hoard more of the rer
.sources and ability of -thfriji?? "com
pany, and met the president who is far
from an idle talker and who means
every word he says about standing
firmly behind the cur that these men
as local agents for Union and Baker
counties are selling.
Mr. Hamilton is also booking many
orders for Oaklnnds and his portion
of the Cadillac allotment is pretty well
taken up now before the season has
fairly begun. Indications are good,
according to Mr. Hamilton, that there
will bo moro good cars sold in the
Grande Hondo valley this year than
ever before.
John E. Anderson, of the Maxwell
Service Station, reports a fair vol
ume of business for the week just
passed. The salea on which deliveries
have been made total eleven, and
thore are a few other deals which
have been made but will not be in
cluded as closed until tho cars are
actually In the hands of the purchas
ers. Tho list of tho eleven new car
owners includes the following:
Olo Erickson, La Grande, Max
well; John Murchison, La Grando,
Maxwell; G. M. Richer, La Grando,
Chnlmers; JDr. Klrby, Elgin, Essex;
Albert Eaton, La Grando, Overland;
Hen Holllduy, La Grande, Ford;
William Cantrell, La Grande, Ford;
M. A. Tumor, North Powder, Max
well; N. B. Chisham, Union, Muxwell;
E. E. Beatty, La Ginndo, Maxwell;
W. A. Bunton, La Grande, Ford.
Fire Chief's Oldsmobile
Travels 65,000 Miles
Still in Active Service
"Eleven years ago when Chief
Hugo R. Delfs of tho Lansing, Mich.,
rire department, purchased an Olds
mobile roadster to replace hlB horso
and buggy In answering fire alarms,
he-created somewhat of a sensation,"
snid Chase Bohncnkamp, local Olds
mobile dealor. "At Hint time his car
was the fourth automobile In America
to serve in this capacity. Of courso,
pooplo said it wns-.t'! practical, said
it was sure to break down at tho
most Inopportune moment and pre
dicted that It would not be long be
fore the chief would return to his
faithful horse."
"It Is easy to Imagine then, how
much groulor a sensation was created
when Chief Delfs persuaded the coun
cil of tho city to also place In Borvlce
an automobile pumping engine, the
first ot its kind In tho entire country.
This, by tho way, was also an Olds
mobile." "During all tho ton years In which
ho used his car every day, Bummer
and winter, the chief nays he lias nov
or had the slightest occasion to re
grot his purchase. Ho has driven an
average or 500 miles per year, or a
total or 65.000 miles Naturally tho
nmjnr pirt or this dlrtnnco was cov
ered at high speed lu answering fire
alarms, tho most gruelling kind ot
work rnr an automobile. Ileglnnlng
(he day It was put Into sorvlco a enre
rul record has been kept of oporating
and maintenance coats. For IltJGO days
total expense amounted to $2240.60,
or approximately 3 1-2 cents por
mile. This exponse Includes all' re
pairs and replacements, tires, fuel
and oil. And the neat part ot it la
that the car is still as good a worker
as ever." ;.
"Last fnll tho Lansing department
required an ei't& picro ot equipment
to serve as a supply wagon. So, ln
Btead of buying a now machine for
this purpose, the commissioners pur
chased a new model 45 eight-cylinder
Oldsmobile for tho chlof's per
sonal use and transformed the old
Oldsmobile Into a enpply wagon.
With a box body built onto the reur
nnd a new coat of paint no ono
would ever suspect that it had seeu
any service at all. let alone ten
strenuous years of it. Tho chlot'a
new car, which he has had tor a little
over three months, has already run
moro than 3000 miles without requir
ing a single repair.'
Portland Salesman Has
Joined Hamilton Forces
to Sell Nash Automobiles
W. H. Evans and family have ar
rived from Portland and located per
manently in La Grande. Mr. Evans
is one of the outstanding salesmen
of Portland in the automobile world
and he has contracted with Iiert Ham
ilton to tell tho merits of the Nash,
Cadillac and Oakland cars to the peo
ple of this valley. He likes the town
very much nnd in his own language
"I am glad I came and I am going to j
(make all prospective purchasers of
machines glad 1 came, fur the values J
are the strong points in machines and
I know the values.'.'
Of 1 H 1 111
Idsmo oil e
HI Price
Price ' J. I Iff ""A -AS
SHOWN ' ' ' I ' I
$1600.00 . ' "
Oldsmobile Economy Truck
The Ideal Truck for Farm and Transfer Use. Buil1 for Enduring Service and Economical Upkeep. Just
the right size for average use. 2 . iL j . i i.l i U
t mill
oixes
and Eights
GROWN
iTHE EVER DEPENDABLE "FORD"
' During the bitter fighting in France
I ;in September 1018, when the United
States Marines took the heart out oi
. the Prussian Guards, and in fact, out
T R. Maxwell, local agent for,of the whole German army, and dur
Standard Oil, in speaking of the nicr L the wicked fighting at Bclleau
its of gasoline had the following to'Woods an(j vicinity, some twenty ma-
say regarding the recent De raima
record :
Oldsmobile six and eight cylinder touring cars are the leaders of their class. The little six is- unquestion
ably the nicest finished and one of the smoothest running little sixes made today. The eight must be tried
to be properly appreciated. Let us demonstrate. ST.'S" 1 1 ' & . i . i
"When Ralnh De Palma, in a trial
laD over the Santa Monica course,
broke the world's read race record re-
OIM'I'M.S AUK srrcHNSI-TL
E. S. Xorris unlowdcd an Advance
oil-pull Rumely tractor last week tor
Jnmes Twldwell, of La Gran le.
This- Is the third o these tractors
Mr. Norris has sold lure, the other;
going to Will Glenn, ol I'mbler, and
W. J. Case, or Al-irel. It Is claim-;
tor this tractor tha- It Is the only
one that will burn oil success-
rines captured the little 1-rencn vn-;fuy; and njgi,y satisfactory result:'
lage of Bouresches. Scarce 200 yards from )E s(, nav0 brvB 0l)Luiuol by
beyond lay the German trenches. As
the Germans were drives from the
pillaee of Bouresches, their i.rtillery
the-in'i who own I'.i
jj W.H. Bohnenkamp Company
ccntly, he was running on the Stand- dmpnc(j a fjPrce barrage behind the
ard Oil Company's Red' Crown P90' 'village to make impossible reinforce-j
line. De Palma covered the course at ment9 being sent to our soldier boys.,
an average rate of 93.38 miles per uf beyS fOUBht until their ammurii- f
hour, the fastest officially 'recorded tion wnJ exhau5ted. their food was
speed ever made on any road course j gnTiei anri they had no water, and still
in the world. ' jthey held the village, and still the
' It is a remarkable tribute to the;barage f0ji anund them, ;hen sud
full 'and dependable power of "Red dcniy out 0f the hell of fire of the
Crowit" that it should have been the barrage a-truck broke through bring
' choice of the prcatest automobilt- inR VRier f0o(j and munitions. I'pon
dtiver of the day. and that through its rcccivjne this, our American "war
use he was able, to set up such a re- idp(rs" proceeded to drive the German!
markatile record. The gasoline sup- out f tne trenches.
plied aim was not in any way special-1 It wa, a .-0Ij truck that did this
ly ma-fe for the t urpose, but De i Klorjousi work.
ma filled his tank from tire regular j Everybody was glad 'and reje!ted
gasoline wa m on the garage floor that American industry came in just
of the Packard rcprf scntative in Los at p,e t!ght time to endorse Amwican
Angeles.w,. courage and tvitoism.
,? "This rcor again demonstrate; A manufacturerof another motor
the truth of the Standard, ')il Cofn' truck wrote the War Department ask-
pany's claim that Red Crowns straight in)t if it w4tnrt one tf their truck?
distiller!, all-refinery gailine, with it that ,nouid f,ave recevrcd the glory,
full and continuous ch;gn ofboning an(i (a informed by the i'ar IWpart
s lints is absolutely dependable f or i mf nj f,at the truck mentioned in the
leration. jUower and lor. mile e9jJ9hol mp just at that particular
m here. i" ' "
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Farms That Are Priced Right
AN ALFALFA FARM
Cloe to t'nion. 100 acre. (,otx
improvements, (tood land, (iood
water ritfht. Some, alfalfa now
growing about 15 acres. "h i w
farm ftiUHt be Keen to he appre
ciated. JjOOO cawh will be con
sidered. Annum? tat loan and
tond mortgage fur the balance.
NEAE, ELGIN
3(0 acres. I'D in cultivation
(iood plastered house. Fine large
barn. Near acUoul and church.
It. V. I), ami phone. $.1000 c;h
will handle thin; aHHume federal
loan of $5"j00. Owner will take
wronrf mortgage or balance.
Well fenced, 100 acres more eas
ily ptn in cultivation.
neIruniom e
100 arm, all tn crop, H arres
r,in spring wbotil. 3-ln oatH, 10 ln
t&'falfa. hair house Had a new
e o
splindid ham will field 80 tons
of hay. There in a federal loan
of $."iC00 that can be assumed. 2
mills, from llnion high xrhool.
Land is in the midst nf good
farma and nicely located.
NEAR LA ORADNE .
:, 18.) acn, 100 in cultivation 2b
9 itt fall grain, all fall plow.fi
Kady for nifyX, seeding GooA
fexye, larfte barn. Fenced and
crrtsti ft need. W ater piped to
house. Tht land will produce
grain or h.iy. An examination
of thit farni will convince any
one of Ihr low'price hirh 1 an
permitted to quote. $11,000.
STOCK RANCH
n
14 acn, a portion of htt h
oin for I t ft Jcnerve; located
,tsabouf7 miles from liion. With
the place arc oil the farm imple
ment, 12 head of h or mob, a stal
lion and 20 tnilch cows. $t0U0 in
canh will handle this proposition.
Five years' lime on balance.
SMALL FARMS
One -Brie trjict, 8 milen of a
Grande in center of Valley and 1
sne 34-acr farm, all in crop, 11
at-rea in altalfa. The1 prire ol
earh is too'ill. Good small I .a
, Grande home might be.conAl
crcd Avy Tine of Ihe owners.
0 rHEAll stts? I GEO. H. URREY LAGJlANpEpRE.
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