La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, May 18, 1919, Image 13

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Newspaper Page Textr ' A LOUL P&PER FOR LOYAL PEOPLE THE : SUNDAY 'MORNING INDEPENDENT ON ALL QUESTIONS Sectitffi Two-r -Six Pages MEMBER 03 THE ASS.OCIA.flB PRE8 i Automobiles, Agricultural Etc. VOLUME XVITT LA O RAN 1 )KORKCOXT, SUNDAY, MA"1? 18, 1919. TgTOIIT PAC1ER MIGHT PAflTttS Number 197 Good Roads Movements Speeding Over Oregon Mow man 5,200,000 of road bonds will bo voted on In 18 coun ties on June 3. CrtJiitios which are successful in passing thuir issues will send delegations to tho nicotine . of the sate highway commission, June 10, and ask llio state to co operate. Already this year two counties have voted Jl, 300,000 road bonds, $1,000,000 having been voted in Umatilla and J300.000 in Sherman. Marion county is out to pass an issue of J800.0U0, evoiy dollar of u tea to the fund. As most of the which Is to be devoted to local roads, money will come from the cltios and and not u cent for cooperation on (towns and will bo spent entirely iu Btate roads. Most of the counties 'the country, the fanners strongly having bond Issues want to poot ladvocato this measure, their Tunds with state money on j The Roosevelt highway bond is state roads, but Marion prefers to (sue is for $2,500,000, but this expend its money on connecting the ; money is to be spent only in cooper vurions towns within the county, jution with the government and un- with hardsurface mads. Tho l'a ciric highway extends north and south through Marion and the coun ty roadB will servo as feeders to tills trunk line. Mini Issue ()n,noo. Linn county comes next witli an Issue of $000,000, most of which will bo used for local roads. Baker county has an issue o $500,000 and Tillamook is out to pas3 $400,000 Intending to use tliia in cooperation with the state. Yamhill has a cam paign for $3(i0.000. Klamath wants to raise $340,000 to be used ill a large measure on the Central Ore gon highway fro.-.i the California line to the Columbia river. Much of! the mileage on this highway is in Klamath. The forest department and the Indian department will cooper ate with tho state and county of Klamath. Lake county will vote on $200,000 for Its share in the governnient-state-county road program, which Is to bring Lakoview closer to Oregon. Wallowa is talking of a $300,000 ond issue and Polk is advocating In issue of $260,000, -which is tho jame amount that Gilliam wants to Issue. f llenton and Lincoln each havo a $200,000 bond is'i-io pending aud Malheur Is talking of a similar sum. Morrow is discussing a $290,000 is sue; Deschutes is out for $125,000, and Jefferson for SI 00,000. Curry Is niter $00,000 and Wheeler, which formerly voted the limit, finds that owing to increased valuations, It can issuo $44,000 more and in tends doing so. Union Seeks 0 Tor Cent Unlit. Harney county intended to start a bond campaign for next year, but is now considering whether such an eloction cannot be held at an earlier dato. Harney county wants tho Burns-Mend road oinploted as soon as possible and tho road out or Burns to connect with tho road which will be built I (-.rough Malheur county. Union couniy has an elab orate road program, but tho present 2 per cent limitation for roads will not furnifh sufticl.-'iit funds for the purpose. For this reason Union county is advocating the adoption of tho measure on the ballot which will permit of counties issuing bonds up to 6 per cent of their assessed val uation for road purposes. If this amendment Is adopted bv the peo Vlo. Union county plans to have a :peclal election and raise all the jioney that the C jrr cent will yield: For months representatives of counties having b'tnd issues pend ing have been asking tho sintcy high way commission hov much money will be appropriated for those 'counties. The commissioners have flatly refused to specify any sum, because until the result of the bond elections is known, tlu.-y aro not in position to know how much assistance can he provided. The commission, however, has assured all counties where a bond issue is Mr. Seller, Mr. Buyer Real Fastate GEO! HCURDREY to bo voted on that the state will re spond in a substantial manner. Farmers lluck 1-MIII Tax. Aside from these county bond is sues, the people on June 3 will adopt or reject the 1-nilll tax for lo cal roads, this being a measure which tho granges particularly aro interested in. This 1-nilll tax is to be devoted exclusively for the build ing of farmer roads and every coun ty, with the exception of Multnomah, will get more out of the 1-mlll tax fanner road fund than it contrib- less tho govornnieut appropriates $2,500,000 to match It, the Roose velt highway bond3 are not to be sold. "PULLMAN" SERVICE FOR THE A. E. F. Three different makes of automo biles were adopted as standard army cars for service in France. Besides the Cadillac there were Dodge and Ford. The man who served with a hos pital unit becomes enthusiastic over the Ford. It was uncomfortable. but it always ran. Sometimes the brakes wore out but there was al ways reverse gear to hold on the steep places. Many cecond lieutenants are warm n their praise of the Dodge car. It proved itself In many dlfforent ways. Short trips in quick order kept many Dodges busy in Franca Who, then, rode in Cadillacs? you ask. The answe.- is in a thou sand letters Horn cverseas, from General Headquarters and from tho headquartes of the vaious American army corps la France. Cadillacs made up the trunk line communica tions of the A B. F. The aviators were supplied with Cadillacs,, too But the service which will longest bo remembered are the long fasl runs between O. H. Q. and the vari ous corps lioaanuariers, oeiweeu Paris and the Front trips which woro made by Cadillac instead of by train because the automobile route was quicker, more direct and more certain than Freuci train service during the war. Other cars could have made tneso runs and occasionally did make them. But to the man who Btarted out at two o'clock in the morning for a mad three hundred niilo ride it. was not a question cf what the cm could stand but of c car In which he could endure tho journey with perhaps the possibility of a little sloop snatched here and there on tic smoother stretches. Cadillac cars stool up. And they gained an immense popularity among army chauffeurs for theii dependability. ;,it this is only hulf the story o! Cadillac in France. Their substantial weight and rju-l steadiness made long Journeys al top speed over war torn roads not only physically possible but prefer able in point of time and bodily comfort to tho same Journeys made by rail. The army demanded a car tnni statejwould stand tho hardest kind ot punishment without laitering- Hav ing found such a car it was a source of constant satisfaction to discover, among other bidder qualities, com fort undreamed of. Cadillac army service Is interest ing because it proves In an Intenso and vital way the good Cadillac qualities which Cadillac owners In MR. SELLER If you want results, listyour . farm with me. If it is priced right, I can ' fjnd the buyer.. .. . . , . .. . MR, BUYER---Jf you want to buy a farrn ' permit me'to, show me my. listings. ; I'have; them 'small and large. Priced right (or we do not take them.) Some on very easy terms. the States have knuV for yews. It Is worth while to record that that proof included a tribute to Cadillac superlailve riding i.;nulitios as well as Cadillac construction. FARMER NEEDS RAPID TRANSIT Much Time lost In Travel lletuver City and Home, Says Speaker. "The origin of rural motor ex press lines is obscure, but they have probably been in operation on a small scale and In widely separated neighborhoods for several years," said F. E. Fenh, secretary of the Rural Motors Express Committee of tho National Automobile Chamhei of Commerce, ir. a New York ud dross recently, in which he brought out clearly the rapid development and advantages of these systems. "For many years 1 uckstors have called ou farmers, bargained with them for products tied sold to the market at a profit. This was bad for tho fanner, because the prices he obtained hardly made it worth while to produce; bad for the mer chant, because It added little to tho prosperity of the farmer and so kept him incapable of becoming t)ie good customer he ought to .havo been; and bad for the consumer, because t lie product of tho furniors was in sufficient and a lot of material camo into town that was unfit for food, as for example, the decrepit rooster and the disreputable egg. "Up to this time It was supposed that railroads carried all the food necessary. We had overlooked the fact tha,t half our termors are miles away from a railroad and received so little oncourgement that thoy pro duced only what thoy needed for home consumption. It was only when the railroads failed, when em bargoes becaino genorai, and when the fanner was obliged to waste a great part of What he had ralsod, that our minds turned definitely to ward this newer method of trans portation. 'The present day rural motor ox- prcss does six Important things. I1 is: "A method of getting to market supplies .of. food- hitherto .unavail able because ot distance hetweun producer and tho market, and lack of other transportation. "A method of relieving railroads of short and unprofitable hauls. "A method of encouraging busi ness between farmers and nier clmnts by Increasing the earnings of the fanner and Improving hif purchasing power. "A method of decreasing dissat isfaction on tho part or fanners and farm hands by providing -increased facilities and comfort. "A lnetliod of transporting pro duco to, the consumer more (illicitly and in better condition titan over before. "A method of maintaining onen on tho farms and In producing work by oliiors who now spemd a great part of their timo driving to mark et." Mr. Fcnn's address was given during an eight-day session of the "First Semi-Annual Motor Trans portation Conference," conducted by the Colt-Stratton Co., Now York dealer for Dodge Brothers, Detroit. XWV CADILLACS CO.Ml.i B. C. Hamilton, local Cadillac dealer, is expec'.i.ig four special Cadillacs here about the first of June. Theso cars have been ordered since March, but owing to a short- ; age at the factory Mr. Hamilton has been unable to get th' in until now. ; Some of the most pi eminent 'iarni- i ers In tho valley are waiting for these new machines- The shipmoi t will be one of the .finest ever un- ( loaded in Union county. La Grande, Ore. GOOIJYEAli TIRE CO. FIRST TO ANNOUNCE TIRE REDUCTION W. H. Bohnenk imp Co., local dis tributors for Goodyear tires, woro greatly pleased last week when thoy first received word tKat tho Goodyear factories were making ma terial reductions iu tho prfces of their tires. The news came as a total"surnri8e to tlnm but was very welcome nevertheless. In speaking of tho change, Chaso nohneukamp, who has charge of the tiro department said that with the new prices thero Is no reason why uverybody shouldii t, uso good tires and get the 100 por cent service that goes with them. With the high prices which have been prevailing for tho last year many motorists havo fallen for tin bait of cheap, unreliable tiros In hopes of cutting their tire costs. Th.i results havo boon that 'they got t.bout what thoy pald for and not only saved noth ing In money but had to put up with inferior tires as well. Probably the biggest sensation sprung in the now Goodyear price list' is tiio price m 30x3 1-2 Cord tires. With a drop on this popular si.o of practically fifteen dollars to tho casing it Is predicted that the demand for this lire will ho far ahead of th o supply for a long tf mo to como. Tile udvanlages of Every motorist will lie glud to Know that tire now secure the world famous Goodyear Tires at GOODY ICAIl FABRIC TJIIl'.S (iOODVlOAIl COItl) TIKKS GOODYEAK TUHES " Smooth Tread All-Weather Tread Kill Tread All-Weather Tread Itcgular Tourist 30x3 , 12.90 - 15.75' . 2.75 - 3.40 30x3 lo : .'. 10.80 '20.00 21,55 , 20.-15 3!25 3.00 32x3 1 : , 19.-15 23.35 35.20 37.80 3.70, ' 4.25 31x1. .'. ; : 25.05 31.25 4.-10 4.80 32x1 .....20.20 31.S5 4-1.05 48.95 4.55 5.10 33x4 27,10 33.:i5 45.85. 49.30 4.75 5.25 31x4 : 28.10 31.10 47.20 " 50.05'. 4.95 5.50 32x410 35.55 42.50 50,10 5 1.05 ' 5.80 G. 10 33x411- 30.00 43.K") 51.05 55.50 . 5.95 G.OO 34x412 .- ..37,80 45.25 53.10 57.00 0.10 " 0.80 35x1 !''. : 39.55 ' -47.30 51.30 58,15 0.15 7.00 30x4 lZ :. 48.00. 55.00 59.75 (i,I5 7.35 :;:!x5 42.50 '52.10 .03.00 07.50 7.15 7.85 35x5..: ! 45.10 55.55 00.00. 70.80. ' ' 7.45, 8.35 30x5 1.1.49.95 50.40 . ' 7.00 8.55 37x5 :. ,.. .58.85 ' 09.00 ' 74.05 7.75 8.75 We call special all .cation to the 30x3' j'C-'ord Tires Prices on this popular sizb have heen re duced forty per cent: Every Ford, Chevrolet, .Maxwell or Durt car should iie'e .these casings. Let us .vhow you one. Hurrv, Hurry, J lurry. ',.' Ml 'a Un .1 Bra B m ord tires are so marked and so generally known that drivers of Fords, Chovrolots, Maxwells and other cars using this size tiro will bo qtfick to take them at tho very low price at which they are now offer ed. , When Mr. Bohn.inkamp , noticed the new price ou this tire ho imme diately called up tho Goodyear branch in Portland on long distance and ordered them to ship him one hundred of them at once. Only a few are left on hand at this time, however, and they, will be held as samples until a stock arrives. With the big demand which will surely come for these tires it will ho good policy to got an order In ahead. Builders Strive For Speed, Comfort and Ease of Operation (By Daniels Auto Co., distributor Auburn Beauty-Six. ) A great philosopher has observed that the primitive desires of man continue to exist.- It 1B only the modification of thoso desires that apparently gives man new wants. For instance, in the matter of trans portation, when man built tho first rudo canoe, ho did so boouuso it would carry him more rapidly than walking and with less .effort. Hut no sooner hud ho constructed a con veyance which posossed utility than Retail Price List Keep peciai ho sought to gI'o It v beauty. Ho enrvod rude designs ulou his boat, and touchod It up with pigments. ' Man saw that by harnossiiiB hif gsivt or his ox to a rough plutform, ho could bo transported over the ground with apparontly little offort on his part. But his paltfonus wore out, also they wore out hid ox en and goats, so tutor ho mounted tho platform on wimuls, thus seek ing economy of operation and main tenance. Incidentally ho gained speed and comrort. Thereafter tlo quest for comrort was constantly evidenced In the changing shnpo of ins vehicles and in primitive at tempts at upholster; with wool and hides. j If you examlno any conveyance rrom tho days of too cave man to the creation or tho modern automo bile, you will rind a contlnuul Btrlv ing on tho part of its maker "o achieve one. or nioro ot theso cardi nal qualities speed, ease or opora lion and maintenance, beauty, and comfort, and today tho objectives of an autouMiilo designer aro a highly intelligent effort '.3 produce tilt same qualities iu motor car designs. 1 no suocoss or the modem au-'.o-mobile designer Is tho achievement of theso objertlvos. Tho now 'Au burn Benuty-Plx. for oxamplo, Is a highly successful car, and tho rea son of lis coiintry-wldo- acceptance is because Auburn engineers, with their nlnoleun yours ot experience havo loarnod to build a car that can deliver more speed than any normal driver wants because they have prices luive had a material the following low prices. this List Note evolved an engine wlljeh produce maximum poyer with a minimum consumption ot gasoline, and be cause thoy have- m-jdoled a chassis corrootly balunced to Insure luxuri ous riding and yot light enough to secure the greatest possibl tire mil eage. Finally they have created a design In which daring Is mellowed by experience In which craftsman ship and Ideals are blended to pro duce outstanding beauty. The 1919 Auburn Beauty-Six un doubtedly owes Its widespread pop ularity to tho fact that it meets in un's basic transpoitatlon need and gratifies his aesthetic taste. A suggestion that Is of lnterost to nil motorists is mado by A. E. Kelly, tho export tire repair man at tho Goodyear service station. orten when a tire develops a small hole or a bruise on the inB!do owner sticks In a hoot or shoe and lots It go.- When tills Is dono It Is Just a question of ft very Bhort time until the friction which results from this method of repair will cause tho whole surface of the tire under, the shoe to go to plecos. When thin happens It Is almost impossible to make a repair hole on the weakened Tho proper way to handle an In" Jury ot this kind Is to have It vul canized at once. The injured fa; brio Is roinoved and now strong fabric Is put In its place. The cos of making a repair ot this kind Is not largo and when It Is done tho tiro Is as good as over. ' reduction. You can Pay No More " 9 n ee : i . m I e ' mmk,ii i ihbi win mmmtmmimmmemanQmmuatmjmmimKi O o J o 00 o "s7 Ma i