La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, April 04, 1925, CITY EDITION, Image 7

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Newspaper Page TextTHE ES GKANUE EVENING OBSERVER " FAUR SEVEN M 'Saturday. April 4, 1925.; HUGHM I FINISHED ON 1, STATE HQS Eastern Oregon Now Has 660 Miles of Paved and Macadam Highway. .MANY CONTRACTS LET BY COMMISSION Highway to Wallowa Lake To be Further Im proved This Season By State Highway Depart- . ment. An idea of what the state of Oregon ts dolus to ' make, motor- in s safer, more comfortable and more economical may bo gained by un examination -of the figures on the amount of work done on the Eastern Oregon division .of . the . state hluhway since 1918. - i Tho Kit stern Orecon. or Hid La Grand division as It Is most com monly called, contains CSO miles of state highway. Of the total mileage, 46 miles are paved and the remainder Is macadamized. The division includes Maker, Har ney, Malheur, Morrowy Uniatilta, Wallowa and Union counties and a portion of Gilliam county. ' -The entire division Is under the Prices Delivered STANOAIU) 0 COI I'E ....... STANDAHI) 0 SKDA.V STAMAKI TOIHINU STANDAHI) 0 COACH -.U.. UASTfclt 8 COACH MASTi;il KKHAN ............ BUICK GARAGE 'Mi;Sl.GM A SHTMATE. Prop. Successors o Southard & Sliinn Perkins Motor Co. MAKE A SPECIALTY OF Gar Washing AN EXPERT KOW IN CHARGE LA GRANDE IRON WORKS MACHINE SHOP AND FOUNDRY I All Kinds of Machinery.. Automobiles ami Tractors Repaired Overhauled and Rebuilt Anetyleiia Welding ol All Kinds Cylinder Boring and Oierslio 1'lstona Cranksliafts, l'lstoiu and Piston Pins Keground GIVE US A TRIAL D. FITZGERALD Prop. Let Us Show You! .Why lll'I)U.-KSSi;X In tlic largest builder of sl.-o) Under I HomiI ears hi the world today. 1'u tho muii Mlio liat ' rlKiM'ii former cars chiefly on first j low vost ! We can in a very few minute show with actual f leu re how j it will cost you hat a few cent mora a day to have ail tho pleasure ami comfort. of a sU-ejIlnuYr KSSKX than you would lay for AMY closed car. , ' . . . Special Terms tit tin; hcuid.s of oiirp. Vou arc under no obllgutkni In ak- I lug for A dcimmflrutroii. . I'lione or call. Ledbetter's Garage Triers dclhrred at 1-m tiramlfj HmiWiii Cradi s 1 ,v. 6- litn7rr Simian firiwi 7- WfnaiT "tlrl - Sil.VI Uwrs t'uat li .. l70 supervision of It. II. Baldock, whol lias been a resident of Ia Grun Jei for ho vera I years und has his main offices here. During the past seven years the state has expended a total of $10, 1)07,000 In round numbers, on highway work in thcUi GranJe division. Approximate totals for all eight counties in the district are as follows: Baker county, $1. 058.300; Gilliam. $108,900: Harney county. $51 6,70,'.; Malheur coun ty, $1,2:0,100; Morrow county. $1, 003.200; Umatilla county. $2. 704.000; Union county, $2,340,300. and Wallowa county, $l,05G,&0t. Tho Gilliam county total given hero includes but a portion of the amount spent In that section. only a part of ,'he county is In cluded in this division. The program for tho summer season mis year includes a nuin- 'ber of road lmproements proj ccts. contracts for many of-whleh have already been awarded by the utatu highway commission. . As this Is Wallowa Wonderland week, the announcement by M Baldock that the road to the lake Is to be further improved Is par ticularly interesting. The special maintenance work by the department this sumim-r will include the placing of clay binder on the macadam between Enterprise and Joseph , and In cor tuln places between Wallowa and Enterprise. The .contract for the construe tlon of the Middle Krldge-Love Bridge section of the Baker-Corn ucopia highway was awarded this spring to H. C Boyer of Ontario. Oregon, for a consideration of 516.150.70.- The contract culls for 3. ft miles of grading. The Black Bridge - Emigrant Creek section of tho Baker-Cornucopia froad in Baker county was awarded to James ('rick at a con tract price of $104,927. This pro- In La Grande $11110 .I.VI SI ii.- J SIM.". SU775 $2573 DODGE MOTORS NEW HANDS Exceptional Increase In bales Keeristered by Dodge Brothers During February and March of Ihis Year. The purchase of Dodge Broth ers Incorporated, motor car man ufacturers, was announced this week by the new owners of the firm. U C. Smith, local Dodge deal er, received the. following . tele gram announcing the closing of the deal: "Dillon Held and Com puny have arranged to purchase Dodge Brothers Incorporated. The new owners have assured the management that the business will be continued and conducted as an independent corporation . and .that utiy rumors of consolidation with other companies uro unfounded. That tho policies, standards, und ideals of the present organisation are approved and that there will be no changes In the personnel. The present management and or ganization will romaln as they are." Signed John A. Nichols, eneral sales manager. Nie remarkable increase In Dodge Brothers sates this year has been ope of the topics of discus Ion In the motor industry. Actual retail deliveries by deal ers during February weru wlUitn few earn of 15.000 which is un increase of 23.1 per cent over de liveries in February 1924. Every week in February show ed mute rlii I Increase over preced ing weeks and the first week of March likewise exceeded the last week of Februasf-. Jret Includes 10.4 mlleu of grad ing. Tho Sag-Halfwiiy suction of llui Haker-Cornucopia . highway, 2.9 miles long, will uIko b frrililecl l,y James Crick for the sum lit SI 9, 921.. All of the projects on the Ual er-Cornucopla hlghwuy are II nanced entirely Uy Baker county anu the work Is beliiB done un dor the supervision of the state highway commission. Contract for tho grading of 9. miles of the Haker-Stlcos Ouluh section of the Hakor-I'nity high way was awarded to Uracil wood and Uann for a consideration of 595.(100. ' 'I lie I'nlty-Ileum Creek section of the John Day highway In Bii Her county will be gruded by I' l. Coulter of I'ort iVngeles, Wash His bid for the work wus $172 891.25, which Involves thu gru.l ing or 12.4 miles. The Emigrant Hill section the Old Oregon Trail In. r ma cula county will be widened for distance of 12.6 miles. Tho con tract was awarded to Hivaril iM-uuu-rs oi ijorvallls. at a con tract price of 185,648. oradlng of the approaches to the Lmatillo. Hrldgc will bo don this spring by o. S. Brown rosser, Wash. Mr. Brown took the contract for a consideration or i.3rn. The Umatilla, bridge spans Hi. linutllla river at Its confluent- with the Columbia just west of mo town of Umatilla. It Is on or the most graceful lii-ldc.-a in tho state with throe 110-foot iHiurct-u concreto arcli'id snuin i eacn end. Contract for the erection of l.i-loot concreto span across tli I'owdcr river on the Buker-Unity nignway was let to Gcorgo Iluevca of I'ortland for J8.260. All of the projects listed nliov are to Uc completed this yea At the next meeting of th slato Highway commission. April ..ira, oius will be received for Hi re-surraclng with inacadum. of tne Old Oregon Trail In Union anu llakcr counties between Telo caset and thu west 'city limits of uuKtr. . Bids will also ba received nils time for the grading of Hi r.nierpnsc-io-Klora highway fro the north city llinlls of KnterprlB. iu me enu or the graded and euduin section completed lust you i.u nuns norm or Knterbrlse.i Kpeclal maintenance work now unaer way Includes 70 mil tne highway west, of I'endletou wnicn is to be oiled at an rstl- llialed eost of 94't.0lMi, fiven miles of the liighna west of I'endleton was oiled t years ago as un experiment an has proved very satisfactory, both ill service and cost.- . Thu oiled highway, affords smooth, dustless surrace and win properly maintained reinulns me uesi oi condition. The sue. face la sealed so tlml water can. rot penetrate, eliminating mud uii-j slush. ' The highway, beliiejij pnlurb; "A!-7""(l!,?jV,f'1s" ?o"l.." ' iiniiVcV.'-i Ihls summer by the addllion .if clay blnd'-r to Ihe niueudain. b.m llar work Is non- being complet' d between Ix-Jilngtou und JiepiMie.-, Oregon. ti. A. I'liuiun. rormerl; with th j stute hih office here, hit tuken oer th wuatrrack nt 1'ie Terklnd , Molur Company ffurutfe. I Congress remind us of en alarm clock. It always rets cussed for doing the best It cut. COACH BUILT LIKEpiN Sometimes, automobile niann- fucturora build oven better than hey anticipated, und such has roven the case with tho oiusnio- bilif 6-passenser couch. Although entirely unintentional on the part of tho body designers, it naa ue- elopcd that the coach quickly nd easily can be transformed ln- perfect I'ullman . sleeping conipnrt ment. Tho discovery of the possibiliti es In this direction was made by Olds mob lie dealers on the Pacific coast where a 1,000 mile drive is considered Just a little jaunt. Tho looping compartment was tested out In a drive from Seattle. Wn., to San Francisco and return. Clumping: the seating arrange ments of the Oldsmoblle coach into a bed Is somewhat similar to the familiar procedure of muk Ingr up the lower berth In a Pull man sleeper. The rear seat cush ion ts first removed. This dls-! oses two wood screws that hold . the back upholstery in place. He- moving' these screws, this back lection can be raised off tho re taining hooks and lifted out of place. The rear seat cushion then Is replaced, with tho front of the ushion placed to the rear to Kve the proper slope fo a pillow." Tho back section then is placed be tween the front- und rear seatH, the front portion resting on the foot rail which has been raised to a perpendicular position. It Is necessary to remove the bolls from the hinges of tho front seatt backs and replace them with bolts und wing nuts so that they can be . easily removed. I hese bolts removed, the backs of tho front seats are laid on top of thu seat proper, bring up the front seat to the level of the remainder of the bed. This urrangement makes a comfortable full length bed upholstered with springs. Tho first test of the arrange ment was made several days ago by A. H. Tyson, President oT the Oldsmoblle Motor Company of Se attle, and Norman K. Storm, aUto - mobile editor of the Seattle Post nlelllgencer. Kach driving alter- , nalely whilev the other slept, they I made the 934 mile trip to Sun Kniinciseo in exactly 34 hours, el apsed time, and without at any time breaking the speed luws of the slates or municipalities through which they passed. Tho return, over another route 926 miles Ion a wus. made In au. Ir2 hour.s. The run beat the best train time between tho two cities and was made t a cost of seven- tenths of a cent per tulle person. During the trip tho driver s seal was not utilized as a bed, so that one man could drive while the other slept. This arrangement :ave ample loom for one to rest. Slorm wrote a descriptive story of the drive from which tho follow ing excerpts were tuktn: While the writer drove, Tyson anted ,s Pullman porter and in a tew minutes had transformed the rear seat cushions und the iif,iit froitt seat into a wonderful bed. A steeping bug and robes were brought out and Tyson wont to bed to be called out of his sleep at 10 p. m. He then took the wheel and Invited me to try the bed which I found to be excellent. In a few minutes I waa ' Hiet ping HoiiiH.'ly and did not awaken until two hours later for my lucn ul the wheel. "Our trip proved lo our uat In fliction that the Oldsmoblle ';oach can i r transformed Into a Min ing compartment without lnt;rlcr lM v lth the dri it'? seat, and "wlih two experienced drivers, a iaMy can (ravel almost ,cont'nu- outly for an indefinite period wlthiout discomfort to thu occu pants." That this can be done comfort ably wus demonstrated by this pulr of travelers who arrlvel back home at 6:30 In the morning, and at 8:30 were at their respcLlvu desks prepured for a day ofregu lur work. NEW IN THE TIRE Wn lire old at the job of Rkvlnt? hi r vie and f hue A iklit Tlrta uinj Tub"' cutifjiiii H'nctly uith ci."' tahMiln,iJ UouiUfUH li y they m vc wrWri'. And tin prUt-u aru IntcruHtltttf. Auk Un about ViUiio'H today. (if four-1 you I, now t repair and ri'roviT aulu lon. We lire Hpi't iulieU at. 111'- k-iih?, ini'l iq huo fit Bide curtuliu. ('an vua covr for uny uurpunr. Snyder is McKennon Harness Go. Ijatltcr tf!ml Halm- and Ka4ldlr BUYERS MAY HAVE TROUBLE GETTING CARS THIS YEAR MOW YOllK (Special). "Many thousands of motorists will be dis appointed In getting the particular cur they wunt unless they place their orders for spring and sum mer delivery at once,"- said Alfred Hoeves, general manager of the National Automobile Chanfbcr of Commerce, who returned toduy from u trip to the various auto mobile factories. "The leading car makers," said Mr. Reeves, "uro now having all they can do to keep pace with orders which aro coming in and many aro already behind tho retail sales demands. "Production schedules this win ter have been much liirhter than last, w ith tho result that there I were .very few, vehicles In dealers' hands in anticipation of the spring trude. Furthermore, the enrly spring weather In most parts of tho country has brought biyors Into the field moro quickly than last year." OAKLAND (Speclul). Another well known western hill, the "Al Mp" hill, In the outskirts of Sal em, Ore., has been climbed in high gear by a new Star touring car, by Julius D use voir, factory testing engineer. i To motor enthusiasts heretofore tho AIhIjj hill has been considered un "Impossible" high gcur test, and prior to Dusevolr's huccomh tul vent. ire up Its steep slopes, and over a roud that, according to him, Is In terrible condition, no n,Rn ffuar tcatf hu(J CVcr bucn 8UC, cessful An Interesting sidelight on the stunt is that a newspaper muu, who. ucted in the capacity of offi cial observer of tho test, cume Into Salem and immediately sign ed an order for a new Star car. Dusevolr has gained quite a rep utation for his work with the J)u rant Motor company und In test ing the Star cur's new "m II lion dollar motor' on famous hills - In Ihe west since it has been brought out, und, us a result of his siren uous. efforts, many famous grades have been conquered, Tho holes burned in shirts by cigarets would feed qui to a few moths for quite a whlln. WE SPECIALIZE 'ON Generator Starting Ignition All Electrical Repairs To Your Car Guaranteed Service Fall Line of ; Service Parts Battery Electric Service 1311 Wash. M-753 STAR IKES STIFF CLIMB I HIGH GEAR EFFICIENT GAS DISTRIBUTION ISDEVELOPQ Charles McCrary, local Velle dealer, hus on hand suverul of the Voile cars with tho new manifold recently developed by tho engi neers of the Velio compuny. This new device guaranteeing tho even distribution of gastts to all sl cylinders and the quick neatinfr of an one n in ntwrutim temnerulure has been mlni.tmi Lv the Velio Motors corporation, Mu line, in. J I. C, Snow, chief engineer of tho compuny, reports that this new type or iimntrold. carrying the gases from the carburetor to tho six cylinders, iz one of tho out standing Inventions of the year. Alt'. hnow says that engineers have known for yeurs that one cause of vibration In automobile engines was tho uneven distri bution of gas churges. Jlu ex plains this by saying that very often one cylinder gets a heavier charge of gas than another. -Thin naturally results in a heavier ex plosion In one cylinder, causing u jar or vibration, Tho new tnani-l fold does away with the possU j blllly or this and thus ellmlnatos! vibration. i He ulso says that duo to the novel way In which the haul of the engine is used to warm the gus churges that the engine heats to operating temperature much quicker than Is usual. This does away with gasoline passing pN- tons und diluting the oil, us It ts bound to do when un engine Is driven for uny distunee when cold. Another feature of this new do- 4ee, Mr. Snow says, is to bo found In tho fact that even In thu cohl- 'Ht weather tho engine will start much quicker than- Is usual with he conventional tyuo of mani fold. VAM Alll.KS SAVKI). When tin. whole KiinsuH Cilv iiMtoniolilli. hIioiv exhibit, hurnuil to tho Ki-ouml, only two curs wuio rescued. They were tile new Htudcbukora. Whereupon the on terpriBlng publicity inun udvisej - J-JS. J .... I 3 Uf j To Prove To The World!; A CHALLENGE To prove for all time, that the 1923 Star Car with the new Million Dollar Motor is the greatest dollar for dollar value in its class, we make this challenge: $500 In Cash Will be deposited by The Durant Motor Company of California' with any local bank or banker to guarantee the entry of a 1925 stock model Star Car in a public test to decide the superiority among competitors on the following points: IAt'tunl ilcllvciftl Irorsr Mvor lo 1h' li'sli-tj fin MiprrlurKy In (a) Mill rllmtiliiK. (h) .Mnxlniiiiii hKHil, i) Mlnfiiiuin hmi'i, (d) AitH'k-riilluii. 3SlnhMlly nnd milin-mii-n of Mm rliu-Hlf In rough nsMf, lo Ih ilrti'riiriti ail liy IchIh itmlci (-oinlltloiiH of (n) KiinUiIimiI liluli fpii'il, (li) llllllllt$ llirvillK't Mind, Star's Great Challenge Any denier rcprrriitliitt a fiir In Hie Slur Cur low Hti vIukh I Invited puhlh ly o nriii( HiIm StHr ny rlinlh'iiKi. ImiIIi itti'-IIi-j to fMit 9.VM iii hIi with it lot-ul Im nk or bunker. 'Mm Iohti-h will tlofiulo till I not in I iiioiiry lo koiih IrH-nl ihnrlty, Mich h ('oiiiiiiimlty Client, nnd Ili6 Inner Im neil alined pnhfU'ly 'YUv World'H iTnlcait liny. Tin I0J5 Star C'i Imlll rlicfil inerlioiil(Hll. nnd MiHt with your Karny, nnd com fort oa llic ilmiilnant coii hldcrutlon 4jffcrM in on- did lur for dollar Tallin itinn uny vtuH. o arc -ennlii of tliui 1925 STAR "With Million Dollar Motor" J. P. MORELOCK, Dealer ' Elm and Jefferson St., La Giande .: ! editors: "After tho flremon got out all tho valublea they could, they felt there wus nothing elsu to do but let the show bum,'' Which, on second reading, is truo al that. Mculs nt All llourK. Find, a round of wheels, then a side order of running boards. Side' curtains In season, ltukcd body slurred with uphol stery. J'Vnders a 1m. Mud. Top dressing and windshield wings. Axle tips dipped in grease. Bat tery with slartur sauce or current jelly. Hudlutors In the shelly One plate of licunso numbers. Serve f. o- b. Pay Cashier as he drives out. Four Doors Or Two A Four door Coach easy access to rear seat ample room for five persons full width front seat Or Tdo doors and a cramped interior ' Which will you choose, price' and quality being equal? THE FOUR DOOR COACH IS A VELIE CREATION It is new It is luxurious It offers the greatest n the market today. Lockheed hydraulic four wheel brakes Full size balloon tires The Wonderful Ve3e-built airplane typo engine 50 horsepower. THE VELIE FOUR DOOR COACH The Smartest Car on the Highway $1745 delivered at La Grande , Four other n ew and distinctive mjudols. G. A 1505 "Jefferson St. 2t;rrirlt'firy anil it4Hiomy of motor tH' rat Ion fnuii thr HtnndHliilH or (n) iu Mil line. (10 Imbrication, ((') (tllSOlhll! tOIlHlltlOII, 4lrnklii fiu-IIHlfM, win-t), and i-oiululilllty In n n iiMial Atiinls Ukv. (a) . i JiU'iiiriicy Htonn In liitfrir, (li) Tnriilnir Miarp i-onirrM ul liluli sitid, (v) ijuhk blOM III! Ul't HlrCI'lM. tin' slur t'nr'H chnllriiKi will piine it hi nn of Nrlal mtuiner. Yon, tin a, inMf Ivit mr rlifiMT, li 1 1 if t fniHlili'r thin open rlitillfiiffM wrlinifly. Tin iti2X Mar i'nr Invltm piihlli; iiniMii'Mori- Mm In Initlt vjihii- frnhinft will hlund llio iiiont rlld li'flM. Come mm! Ililn new .Million iMillnr lolor hi Hit' I"-' .Vtu.' . ('Jir nt out1 a!t'-.room " " 1 ' ' .. J j cf Oldsmobile Prepares Chart ot Growth A graphic growth . chart haa Just boon prepared by the Olds Motor Works,. Ianalng, Mich., showing tho increase in sales ana sales force during the past thruo years. Automobiles in graded siz.-a picture tho increase In business, tho one representing 1J24 being two and a half times larger than that of 1924!. In 1323 sales in creased 64 per cent over those of 1922, while total Bales for l'JZi amounted to 126 per cent moro than the total for 1922. A fool seeks tho pot of gold ut the end ot tho ruinbow whlln thu wise brothers seek the. rainbow. 9: liargnins in Used Care HIGH GEAR Star Records lOt'f'lit lilltli KUir Mrii'l ly Hlm'k iikhIi'I, otflclull)- iiIim.i'vinI lU'jn Star lur lurliletcliiclilN.) Waterman Canyon (Sun lU'inanllnii, llf.) (iindcH for 1H inlhf koi ne pltcti to Irfiko. Arrowhead over' Iho Wa-h'l-muu Ouiym Swlhii-luu-kM. Seiiled In hiffli with shift tfwr ifiiKiitl! Camp Italdy (I'OIIMHIU, ttuir.) A nal test rde rrom TcHdhilt lloiilinnl t o ( amp llaldy. Aitlu Stur did M Milled In liluh with hlilft lever removed! Hai! Street Hill Jl'miluiid, ()ifKon) Around Ihe 'haln'"" torn nt .10 over Ihe lop ut IM N other "f(irM ever ellmlHil It In liluli ipur. Old Ferry . Hill (Seat Mr. Uadi.) Veteran uulonioklln men ncorred nt tho llhouffht hm a I0:!.i stur ( ni Mp mnJ M hi hluj1! gear, rimer! v M MeCrary TF