THE 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
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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
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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
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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
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