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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.. ..
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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. ',.'
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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
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