THE LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER
PAGE SEVEN
Highway
and
Auto
Dope
Saturday, April 25, 1925.
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TEXAS OIL
COMPANY TO
BUILD
T
New Building Is to Be
Erected Here, for the
Wholesale Distribution
of Texaco Products.
Announcement of u new whole
plant to be hullt In l,u Grande
jy tin- Texas Oil company was
made vsterday ly Audmer t'luyit.
of Hit I'htyle Oil company, loral
mumiKcr ttiul hc:id oT Texaco dis
tribution In I'nion county.
J. Ji. Hart on. superintendent and
t. 1. Kerr, assistant superintend
ent of tin; Texas company wcro
Jji-e from Spokune Thursday, to
mnUo the pri'li minary arrange-UK-it
l ti for the erection o( tho planl.
The site sHected and purchased
by I Iuj Texns company Is located
on Hit; main highway just west of
tin' I'nton Oil company plant. Tin
building "'"l storage facilities of
the new wholesale plant arc to be
I large enough to take care of the
rapidly Increasing Texaco business
in this territory.
J 1. J. 'lark, construction fore-;
man for I he Texas company w ill
arrive here next week and will
place men at work on the construc
tion of the plant immediately.
I t tails of the construction are
not available at the present time.
Mr. Clark will draw his plans and
make all perliminary arrangements
lor I he building and the storage
tanks and other equipment utter
his arrival here.
The storage tanks of the Texas
company are are present located
near island city. The territory to
In- served by the new plant in
cludes nearly all of I'nion county.
lr. 1'layle superintends the distri
bution of the Texaco products from
Ab-aiham lu Telocaset and all
towns between and from La Grande
to Klgin.
DODGE BROTHERS
CLOSED CARS
ARE POPULAR
I,lke oilier makes of cars the
closed models of the Dodge
Brothers line are increasing in
popularity, Hays I C. Niiillh. lu
Grande dealer in Dodge product's.
Mr. Hmltli unloaded a carload of
new Dodges today. All were clos
ed models in the coach and sedan
types.
A feature of the new Dodges
which is proving popular is I he
balloon tire equipment. 1 odge
cars have balloons as standard
equipment. The tires are unusual
ly large and thus ufford the maxi
mum of cushioning surfaco con
trlbullng u great deal to tho ease
of riding.
SMART STYLES
SAMMY SPARK PLUG
says:
DISPLAYED IN
IT T G
Will Rogers proposes to have all
ensthound traffic go east on .lon-
idays, Wednesday! and Fridays and
all westbound traffic west on Tiich-
l days. Thursdays and Saturdays.
INDIANS OKGANlZi;
WIllTK KAOM-;, Okla. There
is a sure enough "All -American"
post of Hie American Legion here.
Itulfalo Post No. 3S hern is com
posed ent irely of full-blooded
American Indians. Kach member
of the post owns an allotment of
' land from the government and all
reside on the reservation near
I'll U K TAG OX SAFI '.TY
Depreciation, that worry of car
owners, is much less feared If con
sidered as lie prico of safely. Kv
ery new car that comes on the mar
ket, or new model of standard
make. Is safer than its predeces
sor, both in cf;r.::ln:ciir. and in
new features of de:;lj;n. When a
motorist decides to sacrifice his old
car In order to acquire the new
one, he is, in effect, investing in
additional security on the streets
and highways. Jt is somewhat the
same principle that eneour.iges a
business house to tear down its
frame building and erect a fire
proof structure.
White Kagle.
The Itufl'alo Braves, only recent
ly organized, are making plans for
a membership drive through which
they expect to Hign up all eligible
members of their tribe in tlu vic-
iiiltv of White Kagl
lw-
1
When You Have
Some Place
To Go
And you want to get there in a hurry
and you want to be comfortable
and restful while you're traveling
and you want to be able to enjoy the
scenery without thinking of engine or
mechanism and you want to save on
travel expense.
When you want these things,
then you want the New Stude
baker Closed Car.
Of course it's a beautiful car, too, cor
rectly appointed and possessing coach
work such as only Studebaker can
build at such a price but it's the way
the car hits the road that gets you!
Easy to handle no matter what the
speed, holds the road like a .greyhound,
and as comfortable as your own easy
chair at home.
Ride in the new Studebaker then
you'll appreciate the necessjty for plac
ing your order at once. The demand
is tremendous, of Course.
S3
M. J. GOSS
Studebaker Sales and Service,
is Is A Studebaker Year"
flty M. M. M.)
The popularity of sports clothew,
in both women's and men's appar
el, is undoubtedly due to the motor
car, because of their practicality
and smartness at the same time.
The lady on u motor trip wears
something that is simple yet fash
ionable and something that will
look nice at tlx: end of her jour
ney. For this purpose a knitted one
or two piece sports dress in excel
lent, with a small close fitting hat
to match and sensible pumps or
oxfords, not loud In ent or color.
j Home prefer a knicker suit or a
box coal, of tweed, nnd a silk shirt
although this Is not as popular at
the present time as a one or two
: piece dress of material that does
not crush early. An accessory with
thin outfit is one of the new top
coats which are so popular at the
present time. This costume Is con
servative in both style and color
and a scarf of contrasting bright
color is extremely smart with it.
.Sweaters and skirts, which tiro al
ways good for sports wear, are ulso
excellent for the motor trip. If
plans are made to atop at a hotel
for dinner a dress of printed crepe,
or other material that does not
crush, may be carried easily In i
hat box', attached trunk or suitcase,
witli shoes, hose and hat to match.
Knitted silk underwear does not
take up much room and is practi
cal for sports wear. Hill's Depart
ment store curries an excellent line
of ladles sports wear.
With the gentleman sport clothes
are ulso best for tlio motor trip.
The nor folk suits, w hlch N. K.
West's have in slock, aro very good
worn, with a plaid cap and either
leather puttees or golf socks. Many
men. however, prefer pi us-four
knickers with a regular Knglish
coat, u collar attached shirt, shoe.t
on the new balloon last In a French
tan or sunset calf, with a natural
grain rubber sole. With this sut;
the new snap brim sport hat or a
cap of the .Seo(,ch fabric is good
The shirts are of Knglish broad
cloth. French madras und other
materials. There are darker colors
however and many of them tir'j
striped or figured. The knickers
are made of Cavclte cloth, light
weight madras ami other suitable
material in Grecian grays. London
; tans, London lavenders. Piping
, Kock flannels and dovetones. The
; hats art; of Verdure pastels und
grays ami the caps art; mostly ot
the Lockenbar patterns,
i French flannel shirts arc also
I popular with the men for sports
wear. These shirts arc of a sum
mer weight material and are in all
I I ho light colors. Tin; blazer shirt,
of Shuermau cloth, in high colors,
is also very good.
Other accessories, such s belts
and neck ties aro In bright colors,
lied Is a good color for the tic
which is made of closely Unit ma
terial. Other colors are also-good
but they are all bright. The belt
is of the new striped sports lype.
Coif sox to match or harmonize
with the rest of the costume are
best.
Another accessory lor the motor
trip is a slip-on V-neck sweat ei ;
and gloves of buckskin, kangaroo.!
Mexican goat or dog skin. The
proper sports costume includes i
pants of blue Knglish broadcloth j
and a while jersey silk shirt. Won-'
tenhuver and Gilbert carry an ex.
cellent line of tills weurlng apparel j
for men. j
Both lady und the gentleman car-!
ry a filled traveling bag, which Is j
made especially to tit under the
seat of I he motor car.
BIG PRODUCTION
FAILS TO MEET
DEMAND FOR CARS
The volume of the Hudson Motor
company factory has now been In
creased until at the present time
lutio cars a duy art being turned
out. according to figures received
hen by K. 1. Ledbetter, Hudson
and Kssex dealer.
This daily production places the
Hudson company at the head ol
the industry In, the number of six
cylinder cars turned out in it day
Tho leadership of the Hudson com
pany Is all tha more unusual be
cause of the fact that the bulk of
the production Is devoted to turn
ing out closed cars.
Hudson's policy of plat-lug lie
coach .prices on both Hudson ami
Ksst- curs ut actually below the
open car cost lias caused n great
increase In tho demand for Un
closed models.
The present production, enor
mous ns It is, Hllll falls to meet the
demand for the cars. Mr. l.edbct
ter reports that ut present time he
Is getting but Bo per cent of his
regular allotment and that tho fac
tory is several carloads behind in
his shipments.
WOlt'lH KF.MK.M 111)1(1 NO
In some engines there is a plug
at the front end of the engine
base which, when removed, offers
a means of cleaning the oil dis
tributor pipe should it become
clogged. Whether the pump is at
tached front or rear Its removal
also furnishes u means of cleaning
the pipe, ltemcmber. stoppage in
the distributor pine is usually in
dicated by the registering of ex
cessive oil pressure on the gauge
when conditions should be normal.
STANDAItl) MAN
Thomas Barnes of the Walla
Walla office of the Standard Oil
company was in la Gran tie this
week. M r. Barnes is the district
engineer for the Standard company.
He returned to Walla Walla yesterday.
NEW TRUCK
SPECIAL BUIL
I
Unusual Assembly Job
Successfully Completed
by Perkins Motor Com
v pany Automobile Mechanics.
The larger plants have nothing
on ' the Perkins Motor company
when it comes to assembling cars.
A special assembly job was turned
out this week for the . C. I'ratt
Lumber company which presented
some unusual wrinkles in assembly
work.
The chassis of the truck, a one
ton Ford, was lengthened 30 Inches
to handle the longer lengths of
lumber without requiring tleing
dow n. .
In order to extend the chassis to
Ihis length two pieces of channel
steel were riveted about the mid
dle of the frame. The drive shart
was thus too short and a special
transmission was put In to take
care of the excess space. The trans
mission is in itself very unusual for
the reason that It gives the car
four speeds ahead nnd two lo the
reu r.
The framework when completed
was really stronger than the orig
inal construction and customers of
the I'ratt Lumber company will
hereafter have their lumber deliv
ered on the new truck.
1 takers struck in New York, 10,
000 of them. They wanted more
dough of one kind or less oi
another.
The Mad Hatter seems lo write
the price tags on spring bonnets.
There's no economy
in buying Twice to
go the distance that
one General Cord
will tale you
The
General
Cord
goes ii long way to make friends.
Motor Ilihcu Vninubt to Toko
I'lucr or Kttiiiiililis, htij- llrltUli
I.ONHOV (AT) A. Mg ..
i-hunw" mt'Uinhl& lo motor
shlps in ircilk'tci In tlu aniuiul
report of llurlntul nnd Wllffa, tlif
big shipbuilding firm.
The company, which has 13 mo
torhlpa undi-r construct Ion, In
cludinic three liners of over 20,
000 ton. reports tlmt, judging from
present Indications, "the motorship
will supersede thn steamship In
much the iiHiue way as In the
course of tho last century the
steamship superseded thu sailliiK
ship."
Only thinir you can tell by sonic
watches is wlmt Utile it Isn't. '
CAR SALES
HOLDING UP
OAKLAND. Cal. Indications
that Star car business, not only on
tho coast, but throughout the coun
try and Cnnadx as well, was ex
periencing un unprecedented rush,
urn contained in a telegram receiv
ed hero by Norman DeVaux, vlco
president and general manaaer,
from H. H. Mulch, general man
ager of tho Duruut plants at hea
side, Ontario.
The wire announced the Inabil
ity of Mulch, who Is woll known,
on tho I'aclflo coast and here,
where ho was formerly sale man
ager of tho Star ant! Chevrolet
Motor Companies of California, to
bre.ik uway for a previously plan
ned trip to Oaklund. Business la
booming here, and wo aro trying
everything wo can to atop up pro
duction," tho wire said In part.
Mulch, however, added that ho
expected to pay tho west a visit
some time later. DeVaux. on re
ceiving the wire, slated that this
was a truu reflection of tlio rise in,
the business tide, end added that
the Pacific coast was experiencing?
a like demand for automobiles,
with production at Its limits to
supply a rising demand, especially
for enclosed cars, und Including
the Star coach.
ib
Million Dollar
Motor
Quick Pick -up means POWER
When a car can nccck-ratc from 5 to 25 miles an
hour in 41 scrouds, it rr.c?.ns power. That's what
the Million Dollar Motor in the 1925 Star Car
Ktmnntccs. Power abundant power power for
rpccJ, power for hills, power for the tough going,
sap.d, nu'.d. i
S.YMMY SPARK PLUG
Buick Garage
Jennings & Shumate, Props.
The Car for
the Millions
with the
MILLION
DOLLAR
MOTOR
It cor.t a million to Kiild, hut you'll say its worth '
it, every cent of it. For tSe first time, real power
has been built into a low cost car.
Drive this new motor. Get the thrill of real power
"that's nil we ask. "
Today at your Star dealer's test out this new
motor.
J. P. MORELOCK
La Grande, Ore.
See It at Your Dealer's. Drive It, Compare It
Says:
Al .b!uiMn K;iid h" rot a Job i '
ehiiiiffi'iir and tht-n lost it Im-cihi-m- j
In- took the tin- boss's cjr without j
pt-rmtsstoii. Win-it atk-d how the t
hoM found out about it. Al n j.ijt d: 1
"1 ran umt him' !
Ki;i;r this i mim
When a clutch di iii,- -a bit th.-I
m iiin d r I I n k vetirs do not. i
stop Hplunlnur promptly enough fori
a quick :-hlt.t to "low" in BturMMff. !
(MM- Way to o ereoillf thin anuo-i
anc" i to hold the clutch out and ,
k- p Up cur In low K' r. btjl it l
a cry djn rutin process. Should ,
the drtw'r's font Klip off th clutch
tht- machine would dirt forwurd
and p(-rhup.s run Into a pidhl i lan.
The wafer way In to hold the clutch
out und k'-'-p the purs In n-vrHf.
AlmoKt as quick a start In hud
with none of the risks of tho other j
method.
George Richardson Says
"ScihciliiiKS are thu best tires I ever used." If you
think that George don't practice v.liat ho pleaches,
look his tiuck over some time.
Come down and sec us, and let us show you Amer
ica's finest tire
Highway Service Station
ItOUT. It. t'AKKV, Mki-.
Adams Ave.
Like Buying
Fire Insurance
You tilimild be as much interested in buying protection with
.vour gas nnd oil as you arc when you buy a lire insurance
policy.
Your motor is valuable property worth protecting. And
Vellex provides that protection. You can always get Veltex
Service and
You can buy VELTEX at these stations
La Grande
La Grande Filling Station
Square Deal Tilling Station
Auto Electric Service Co.
Oregon Tire and Battery Co.
L. C. Smith Dodge Garage
Jennings & Shumate, huick Gar.
Elgin
E. F. Hug & Co.
Summerville
J. J. Wagner
Union
Oregon Trail Garage
Ilex Gamble
Urown's Garage
Cove
W. F. lircshcars
Leonard Towlc
Imbler
Andrews Bros.
A. Page Son
Alieel
Bryant & Bryant
J. Ilossen
FLETCHER OIL COMPANY
T. R. MAXWELL, Mgr. A HOME COMPANY
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