I Saturday, April 2r,, 102.". . THE EX GRANDE --EVENING OBSERVER " ' P.Afli?, InTs?
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REAL GLMBhR
New Six Shows Unusual
Power on Sleep J I ills
During Demonstrations
Here.
people In the vlcinily of Ihe hos
pital y slerday morning stood
agape ' see lliilnhiOliu-, blue se
dan e;iob Kit! all over tie- siir
roMtniiiiT hills, hluh'.'i. :iillis and
nth' ( irr-'-;,'Ml;ti ii i n on the hillside.
Til-- e;tr showing oil 111'- : 1 1 1 1 1
nl' it hiiilDiy mountain no: it ' w..s
driven by lionine-i, whoh-
frih' ri'pn ;i.-n!:tliv.- ol the veit;in.i
company. The car d-;ii": tie
rcrohat h-s was on ol i in tew
( lv -i-l si nil S:v Sedans hit rod uee,
hliv lasi w.-. u hy r;.-i iins ;uni
HilllkS. local denlciH ill Overland
iiml Willys-Knight ears. ,
When il com' to pitlHmr I In
v j luntl Six sets up reord8 a' -ilom
equalled. Tho now motor in
lii six. dcsl-m d by tin1 Overland
engineers is exceptionally powerful
;iti-l this couplet with unusually
Sow gear ration In first und rn'ooml
speeds give i lu car un ability to
wrtuully climb straight up.
Mr. Konuncll arrived here from
Hoist! Friday in online on a trip
during which tit' has driven tin
Overland Six throughout the Won!
ern J'lalio and Kit hut n Oregon ter
ritory. Hi' states that tin Tur is
being enthusiastically received
uhenvcr.il litis been shown,
Car owners an constantly cau
tioned aaainsi u-dng poor nil or
old oil in i iit'ir engines and t lit
reason gener-ally 'given In that In
ferior oil spells bearing trouble as
W'll as scored cylinders. Uul there
is and her reason why I lie tpiality
of Hi- oil In the crankease should
I. as important a the uuuntity,
and iliiit is because the engine
cessory gt,nrs are dependent upon
tJie w 'tie-;i oil for their lllli-
ii:iiioii. Ther4. art the front gears
to I onsnh red In (-very engine.
The .only way I he owner fan keep
Ihem properly lubricated Is lO Keep
Hi" i ngine properly hihrif ated. Tho
designers ol" cars apparently ns
: nine that the owner will tie rare
t nl to' keep the en -.line properly
111). He;, led' iind 1 lt-lt he Will TllllH
MMYUND MR
HIGHWAY TRAPS
Closed Car Comfort
Costs No More
Kvciy motor car owner wlio wants to get the most
in car convenience anil comfort, lias or wants a
closed car.
Cost is no. limner an -obstacle to closed car owner
ship Kssex and Hudson have made that possible by
tremendous quantify production, producing the
World's (.'realcsl I!uy in the motor car market.
You c;in have a closed car at open
ear cost. See the Essex or Hudson
today.
Ledbetter's Garage
Comim- to La Grande IIUDSON'-EgSEX CARAVAN
Watch Tor It! . .
Jar Economical Transportation
Everyone says
"How can they produce
such fine cars to sell at
such Low Prices!"
This is the comment that people make on see
ing the new Chevrolet cars,
lleautil'ul streamline bodies mounted on a
chassis new from radiator to rear axle, these
dais present the most striking values ever of
fered in the low price field. lie sure to see
these beautiful cars and note these outstanding
features
w inillntni' nf iinn-ruitlng nliilnii niolnl. linvinj
nil the iM-mrl.f of iiirl.i'1:
i".v di-f i'ltil'-li. i-cqiili-inir no lulirirhliont
Ni ir."r nli' with im'Bi'r. linnar Rrnrs nn.l
nn'-m-i-i- ti:jnin-l,vji:' liruiiri! :
cv s 'ini-rlltptlr -ipi-liiu-i of I'ln-omr" Ynniwlinm
((1. wirii ii-ni' iii-inijs uiMlft".iilt;
Xi n f i nine, kui-r nnit M nillKrr, of iloop rlinnni'l
roif-!nir!in:
" Xi'iv 1: . . 1 J - . ivKimliT. moii. (Hiinroimtilr. of modern
,l,.vl-n cIikimI ninili'N Iiiivo licnuiirnl I'l-hrr IhkIIi-s;
i v. iini.lil' liN. wild I" iMilinm (jlnki pnni'l
mi iipeii iiinilcls ono-plwo VV type on i-IomiI
inoilfN;
i-vv fini'li. lii-tii)H. ilm-nlilo nneo In beautiful
i-itlnr--:
ew nuilnr H-riii'-iiieM. henvler 'rnnlilinfl. Im
tii'il i-iinli'.-li ll'Ul for etllliiiiflor nild innnifol.l.
Blue Mountain
Garage
Quality at Low Cost
Opposite Postofficc. M. A. HARRISON Jlgr.
Speed Traps for Motor
ists Declared Unfair as
Autoists Are Not Prop
erly Informed of Limits
(It.v riinrlos 1). Tlastlnvs)
Wc have heard ronsiderahlo dur
tn the hist i wo nr three years
coneernln,' Up- abolition of "speed
I ra ps." "I'hese nr hi retches o!
oad where, from the surroundiiu
the motorist lieiieves tii Htate
law permits him to. travel at a
hiiihcr rale of speed thiin nome
purely inral le;lslatlon ii;tnally
does.-
Snrh n Inral act Ir obviously tin
fair, even IIioiikIi "iK-lioranfe of
the law exmseH no tnan.' Where
it takes, on Hie character of a nui
sance, - automobile ciulm, particul
arly, have, done much to abolish
it.. But even Where It is not, it
is mill unfair to the -well Intenllon
'd, hut uninformed, mitninohilc
owners. IIundndH of ttioufiamls
of dollars have heen collectid thro
ugh such methods from those who
Lad no intention of violating the
law. The outcome of such a tftw
is that the. automobile owner who
is unfortunate enough to be caiiKhi
and fined not only in justifiably
provokf-d, tint that his and others'
attitude results in considerable loss
of legitimate business revenue to
the ad.kicent inuuk-ipalilicH from
the. touring public. .
CrantliiK that itieie Is a Bpeolul
reason why the maximum speed
law at some particular spot should
be unusually low, tho rnmody Is
obvious. I'OHtliiK of conspicuous
sitfns adjuoent to the roadway In
lorminjj every motorist of the ex
act speed limit is that remedy. It
should be done not only in isolated
instances but iilonjc every main
highway. In other words, signs
should be creeled wherever the
speed limit changes. Then If thai
speed limit is violated, and not un
til then, is the hapless uutomobilo
owner morally as well u legally
guilty.
At least one seclion of (lie coun
try lias already taken sieps to co
operate in tills respect with the
touring public. That Is in Mary
land, when: the automobile owner
is given complete' Information re
gmvilng the established speed laws
Today In parts ol Maryland eas
ily n-adable signs have been erec'
od along the highways lo the dri
ver's right informing him of tlv
maximum speed. These slm,
orange with large black letters, in-
SAMMY SPARK FLUG'
Says:
Wlieh N'enl O'Ham of the New
Yolk World v:ih wnppeil for KO
Init In ill.' wroiiR ilireetlon on o
one. wily Htreel lie lisli.l whether
II wasn't u poor rule that wouldn't
work lioth wiijm.
E FINISH
IS
DEVELOPED
The most myterlous and least
iindcratooil tilings often ore the
most commonplace. For inshineo.
who knows whence comes varnish,
of what it is made, or the romance
of this, oldest of finishing process
es, now- almost extinguished by
modern science?
MUc the Amciienn bison, or buf
falo, real varnish has almost dis
appeared. . '
The dripping (ears of a. thousand
trees gave the beautiful and endur
ing varnish and lacquer of the
ancient Hindu and. the moro an
cient f'hlnese. Hut modern sci
ence lias almost dried the tenrs
of the llurmese theetsce nnd the
Indian - marking nut tree, which
once supplied the world. 4
So this is the story of varnlshlnff
varnish.
originally tho gums exuded, like
tears from a dozen varieties of
tropical trees. In Hurinn. India,
Japan, in the Andes and Peru and
tho Kast Indies were the sole
sources of varnish, together with
p:i rings from amber which ufter.
all, is only ihe. petrified gnm or
trees of im earlier era.
The words used to describe the
gums - have almost dhmnptured
from common usage amine, eo
itil. mastic, garboge, tumeric and
Ihe demand for finely finished sur
faces lent: since exceeded the de-
(mand for these purest substances
I which made the ever-enduring,
stony-hard lacquer and virnlsh
surfaces which grace ancient oii
i ental treasures. '
Soon other resins began coming
form the' motorist that he shuuld hltn the market "ersatz." us th
"Begin 1,1 Mile Limit' or "Ilegin c ifrniitus called them substitutes.
-' Mil.' Mmli" or "jiegln Mile Ktwins and turpentines, nsphalt
Unilt" aa he enters the biislu ss um and n dozen other .substances
or residential section of a city. or', having something of the same
emerges into the open country.
Signs such as these give the aut
omobile, owner who desires to obey
the law the necessary information
at a glance. They convey 11 in
a spirit of friendliness that cannot
help hut add lo the revenue- tli.'it
chemical formation enme to sup
plant the naturally small supply of
Utile beads of gum exuded by the
ancient trees.
Met tor furnlluro put domnndfl
upon tlte varnish and- lacquer
makers which forced tho adultem-
the surrounding territory can n-n - Hon of the mtirket wlih tiiibsttlutes
Hoiiahiy expect to receive from thei'hidi, while practically us goon,
tourist, business.
This is legislation of the, proper
son. It is legislation that stales
should pass w it hout delay.
It is reasonable lo expert that
yet. were not the original, aga
wenring varnish and luoijuor.
With the wide expanse of Ihe
automobile industry and Us shin
ing finishes, the demand far over-
I reached the supply of tho original
firm offset bv Ihe 1 K'" m'Hiing V ' v"'"
would bo I nor
benefits of a grfiater number nf
tourists and their more frhndlvl
feelings.
Dedicate Memorial
r.AI.TIMOItl:, Md. Maryland"
world war memorial building hern,
bullt-nt a cost or $2,into.(iuu, was
recently dedicated under the aus
pices of the American 1 .eg ion and
other veteran organizations.
automatically guard against trouble
with the accessory drive. Ibtt all
owners do not net according to It he olden days.
nlsh.
Ho'ohomists turned lo olher In-
, gmlients. car owiiors f a dozen
years back know from me rapni
Ity with which the gly finish on
new ears gave w.iy before the
weather, to what extent the do.
mand outstripped the supply of
original varnish, and how tho In
filterallon of substances through
the market, fulled to keep pace
with the growing surfaces oT more
and more cars.
Quite by accident, chemists cam,
upon n new finish which 1b not a
substitute for varnish, but which
Is a now finish one Infinitely bol
ter than the best lacquer of even
t supplants It,
lloyle. and frequently the bearings
of un engine will stand more abuse
from poor oil than will tho gears
of the accessory drive or the tim
ing gears.
just as a siramshlp supplants the
sailer, though still a ship; and as
the airplane supplant h the horne
and buggy, though still a passen
ger vehicle.
This Label Protects You
7
EARLY OBDEfiS
BEING URGED
NRW VOnK Order early or
probably be disappointed In get
ting the automobile you want, if
the warning sounded by Alfred
Iteeves, general manager of the
National Automobile Chamber of
Commerce, to the l armors of Amer
ica. He has )ust returned from a
trip through the middle went la
which ho surveyed Ihe automobile
Industry and the farm automobile,
market.
"There is going to l ft very
heavy rush of orders from now on,"
Mr. Iteeves said. "The demand hni
already started ami ihe family
which wants a particular mako of
car will be well advised to put in
Its order now.
"1SJ5 promises to be one of the
best seasons which tho itgrlcull unu
world has had In nmny years. Aa
far as one can judge from cerdlt
conditions and market reports, the
farmer Is in a good economic po
sition und will be actively in the
market for automobiles. The early
spring weather Is hastening the
tendency. A recent bulletin by the
I'nlted States Ibirean of Agricul
ture covering a survey of 4i farm
families la one county points out
that seventy-five, per cent own au
tomobiles. The number of farm
families buying ears is constantly
on tint increase and U Is Important
that each family gels the car nf I's
choice. What that choice Is do
pends upon the individual situation
(but usually the family knows, pret
ty uciiniiciy what vcim-io it wants
lit a given price class. As long a
lhat desire is known, the time to
order is now. when there Is ,n
chance ?or reasonably early delivery.1
nmn.i iiK os Am
MKNA, Ark. Winners of the
annual 1'ollt county old fiddlers'
contest to be jield hero this ye.tr
will have an opportunity in radio
cast their selections. Krank Tteld
post of the American legion, which
Is staging vho fiddlers' meet, has
arranged to have the. prize winners
go to Hot Springs and put" on a
radio program at Station KTHS.
Some towns nro luc ky. Hi WaU
Inj'.toii. Pa., a poolroom burned.
When B.ti.r Auiomobil.l Ar Built, Buick Will Build Th
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I jlJS l ABacryYouCanDependOn
I tl Battery that's Low in Price U III
II p Q A Battery with a Reputation Bill
Pullupat a..... i?T..i..; oA..:n ci.,i:.. all
Hf IhtSiinof '-' . ,
Fntndiy r.,1. (i. Relslnml. Prop. B
( i'.niic, IM.-i Adnina Ave. 1 ff
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LA GRANDE IRON WORKS
MAcmxE snop and foundry
All KindJ of Machinery, Automobiles anil Tractors Repaired
Overhauled and Itchutlt
Acetylene Wedding of All Kinds
Cylinder Horlng and Overslzo i 1st on
CraukiiUafts, l'istons and IMston IM119 ltetfrouud
GIVE US A TRIAL
D. FITZGERALD Prop.
ft V
'westloa: W h y
aremotor car dealers
glad to see you when
you have a Buick to
trade in? ..'
n, Thev know that if
W miMMK ' .
they get it, tiiey can sell it quickly -at
a good price. Buick reliability has
made Buck a , first choice in the
used car jtnarket. V ,
Jenninjs & Shumate
j "Ufl.' ' . v- .JW
nriXAKATiON
.To rendor the
most dependable
and courteous
service
To th creates!
possible number
of people
At the lowest coat
consistent with
fair waffos to tho
labor end capital
employed
Olvlnff nnd
d'-servine fair
treatment
Oins
To bo a factor
In upbuilding
this community
Is thfi objective
of this company.
Growth
It's the
logical
thing to do
to buy your
Used Ford Car
from Your Nearest
Thit Label
it your
Guarantee
of Value
Twenty-two hundred cnstouiers-wore served hy
this company in 1910.
3100 in 1911. , ' ' '
6500 in 1921. '
In the last 20 years the population of the United
States has increased 40 per cent.
During the same period the use of electric light,
heat, and power has increased 2,000 per cent.
These figures go to prove Electric Service as a
most important factor in our life and the remark
l able thingis jhat the privately -owned and operated -"
utilities;' have been able to' supply1 the r demand f 9 1,
. this.sci'vice on -such a gigantic scale. :V.,E(''V
Eastern Oregon Light & Power Co.
Amazine MB:
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Authorized Ford Dealer