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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (May 16, 1925)
PAGE TEN THE LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER Ssiturdav. May in, 1925. Aul0 p4u TOMOBI LJ5 jHKVMn .Jiffili fr'"" g 1 " nil TIITr MM lfc I I IHIll" lirir " 'T"inftlirt1irJltf"T,r .. MJB ill immhMIWm"" ' mi i i! i imiT mr inriT I iff HIGH M IN USE Fast time Made in Initial Trip over Great Lakes to Gulf Motor Route Recently Completed. Another new mwional hh:hwjty hnn been opened, spiiriniiiK I he Vnlti-d Stall's from the (in ut 1iheH to thn (lulf--1he .M;.Km.liii itoute. Direct, qikI In mi nlmoHt mi h t line, thl new urcul motor route will offer nn opportunity for inolor car tlin HflM'iluh-s only a litilc nlouvr ihuii tli t;iHt Hixlo tiiiinti out of Chicago, unit will mn ihro- UKh HOIIIC Of 1!H fillrt'Hl p.lft of ttl IKillOII. Forty bourn was cnnmiined In non-Hlop run by which Arthur W. I Aim, a (lulfport, MIhs., bunlin hi lunn liili-riNttuI in "Seeing America KlrHt," officially open.! Oh rout.', home town an.l ChleuKa. ol, debaker car In hlHh gear. i ii u.i in ii. i hi it, u onioier or On' rout", (tiul lioaahl. do .Meta, n ii f driver, in a Ktudebuker Kpe ctal Six far. The toin I hp-('i Miiih-ter illn1'inn 1 J.ur.o niH'-tt, and On new route lH HpOllHOI'ed by fliiltnhefH of fOIH- rni'ivi' In all f ltltH alontf lit way. Iintlanu anil llliiiom have already completed with cimnili' their MiTtjoni of (hi. n-w triniH-Ameri- (iiu route. MiHHissippI will upend .SMi.imo hullilituT lit M-'itlon t his ' Hi-, 4L'." inltt h of unbroken con- fl-etf. The N'aiional Hihwayn AnhooIu- tion and I In A;.soeial Inn : llienl to i;iV At every city of Importance ttlonir Ihe seenli! rout , delegations from; chamber of coinnierce, dcnleri In th Bame muko of automobile, and: c ity officials wern out to Kreef, the i offtelal cnr. except ut the hud , part 'of tho Journey. ; It had been expected (hat the I inp would rermire AH hours. fut 'injf eiKht hours orr this time brought the car Into Chicago it 'A: Vi In the momlntc, Intend ot noon, and It already had pawo-d through many towns before the offlelalH thero expected it. Thin was due io the h toller rale of N':ition;tl MotorlHts'l1"'''' ruv W,,H " maintain behiinl the move- uri11 1 "t'HMice or stops for uuy a hi a it. mad GARAGE GOSSIP tliuh Itii-incw. Trlji Vrrie .P niiiin:! of .1 -unities ami Shuniate, linnk. ili-ah-rs, w..is in I'llion Friday nHerrioon fill rvh v Inif proKjncii e purchuKt-r of liuirk cars. ' , tMH adjustments whate parrying with him, between It Im trip year on that H'-dion of I he route lyiiiK In T nnensi'e and Keiilucliy, the other Iwu stales traversed. The pioneer run. officially i licat i)n t he MaKihilia Houie, whh IIMKle Witllolll l-ACjiieill it an elaji-sed-time rule of miles an hour, Actual runnlnir lime, oiniuiiur terries, slops fur i u puiu-i ures a rid i-erui'lliii:, was JH the rale ot .'.S miles an hoar. Aside from trafffc strips ami those at f inline Millions, fcrih and railroad niMuu, the ciilir wn made bv Mr. Land's Hln- However, the silver ewer of Oulf water carefully carried by the path-findetH was poured Into Lake MlehiKiin with great solemnity ul noon, and thus was opened another pathway Into the inuKnoIki land of I Uxle. reeuliarly enoui;h. thn first llrne sucli a journey ever was made over land was atxty years uo. when another Ktudebaker product. a 'onestoKH wanon, .was driven over part of the same route through whit was tlp-n a wIM-tucns. AM, H NO'I WA'I'I.R With the comlriK' of cold nights obi wnler can at the garagi' riuite likely to he pressed into ser vice as u container lor alcohol, in your haMle to fill up (In radiator with water be careful to see thai the contemn of the can are what you warn ami nor wnai you may no) rt I. , smell tells :H I nloadcd The fiine Mountain Karatre un loaded a carload of ( 'hvrol Ut to. day. Anions them ;is one of the new model coupes fin h;h -d it) KTeen. This Utile car has been the objer-t of much admiration wherever it has been shown and dealers ever where have c peri euecri riilficiilty in e,lh(jnir them from thn faeiotv. f ADVANTA6 E Iluys t ar (ilen I.. Canrpliell, science in structor at the hitfh school is driv ing a new Star couch. Tin car is similar to On- one which attract ed so much attention when first in troduced two W Its a ico by J. J'. Morelock, Star dealer. ItaeU at Work I-;. L. Weal Imrsponn, floor man at the It hie .Mountain garage i.s tgain on duty after an absence of several days caused by the death ul his five inonl hs old child. Radio and Auto Battery Service Radio reception fading? Doesn't pay to let your ."A" Battery run too low. Iliinu it in and let us put a "lonff life" charge in it. If it needs repairing, we'll attend to that, too at small ocst. Wc give the same service on Auto naileries. Auto Electric Service Station -Ed. G Reisland, Prop. 1515 Adams Ave- WE SPECIALIZE ON Generator Starting Ignition All Electrical Repairs To Your Car Guaranteed Service Full Line of Service Parts Battery Electric Service 1311 Wash. M-753 New Mechanic Frank ISridjrer accepted a posi tion as mechanic at the Jilue Moun tain garafte thin week, Mr, iridtr er is an experienced mechanic. jt has been at various limes In Hie. employ of Ceilings ami Hanks. W. . I'erkins and other garages In this city. Firms and Individuals with busl ih&'i requirements necessitating the use of delivery units in generul are now facing a situation In the mat ter of motor license fees certain to receive serious attention when pur chase of truck equipment conies up for consideration. Taxation rates or commercial ve 'hldes in the various states show growing tendency to Impose ex- -mm looked upon as cnitsiug the Kreflt est wear arid tear on paving- to op-ei-ute tinder disadvantage. .Mississippi mukes even u greater distinction. In this state the II cense fee required to operate a & ion trurk Is 4ii), tin amount sii r flcb nt to pay ull state tuxes on 45 light trucks. Stales In which taxes are com puted uccordlng to the gross weight of trucks instead of .carrying capa city the differences in favor of th" smaller trucks are just as striking. In .Michigan, when a, new law became effective, u truck 'weigh-! ing h'Kfi than ITiiH) jioutids is taxed! .(ir for every hundred pounds of gross weight, bringing 1 he license cost down to less than $ 1 fi a yeur. Any truck, however, thn gross weight of which is liuoo pounds or more: Is taxed at the rate of ?l.f per hundred, and since tin1 'gross weight ot a heavy truck oliVn equ als Us own rated carrying capacity BtaleH muintalh specioj schedules, ages. The personal lux on a running as over and above comparatively inexpensive the siandurd tax rates, for trucks Mru''1 sniall, and pneinuut Ic tires equipped with two or more solid ! fcm-mlly sM.ndanl on these tires. ""h. It is easily seen that here aguin " " the owner of a light weight truck If he ad vu ruses It, he knows tt' possesses definite operating iidvant-Itood. t hu lax runs a considerable amount. . The owner of a heavy irnck operates, ids machine under still slates motor vehicles are taxed -as personal . property and thirteen Cars ArrHc ( The long waited for carload of Nssex coaches rinally arrived tills week to Hie joy of K. ,. -db('tter, Hudson and Kseri dealer. The cars wen all delivered to piir cliasers on the Hcrotui ,ay after arrival. New Car (ieorge Noble Is driving a new Ilutck standard dx sedan, otir- clmsed this week or Jennings mid Sh u ma t e, 1 oca I d ea I e rs. JrVLfiiTriril a m C' 4. km 'I 'm 7 Made Trip J. P. .Morelock, Star and Olds mohlle dealer of this cily. made a trip to Walla Walla yesterday to confer with the War dist ricutors in that city. ' , iremcly high foes on henvy trucks with the result that the firm that can adapt Its hauling to the us- of lighter vehicles gains a big mar gin on a competitor using large equipment. Aside from th flexibil ity and proven economy of small limits which Increase the ratine of (delivery service,, the difference In (license fees is great enough to be come a consideration alone. For Instance, figures as of Jan. 1., this year, in the twenty-eight states In which the tax charge of commercial vehicles is based on ton capacity the arevago license fees are as follows: t -ton trucks ( 1 8.55 2-lon trucks 33.15 4- lon trucks 106. CO 5- ton trucks 171.55 Figures from indivlduul states are most interesting. In AlalMina the man who operates a five-ton truck is required to pay a lieense fee of S4fm annually, while, his competitor who uses, for instance, such trucks as the Ford, not only secures his equipment at low initial Investment but is taxed only 5'" a year on each unit. This forces the owner of tin I'll loaded tars Avery Harrison, of the Hluo Mountain garage unloaded n car load of new Chcvrolets at Kuler prlso Thursday. Itrtnnicd W. I'erkins returned io T.n. Orande yesterday after three davs spent In Forlland on business. Smart Buyers Come Here! We're not gelling all the tire business in town. We never expect to. , Hut we're gelling our share and our business is glowing constantly. The reason for this is that car owners have found our location is convenient, our service prompt, efficient and emu Icons, our merchandise of the highest quality, and our prices surprisingly low. As a matter of fact, and we realize it sounds pretty strong, ir every, car owner in town who is not buving from us, really knew "what we had to offer, we'd come pretty close to having a monopoly on the tire business here. We honestly believe Ibis, because e're already selling to scores of the brain iest tire buyers in town smart people who look twice and think I hive times before they buy anything. If we can satisfy them and keep on doing itwe can please, you, too. W. H. Bohnenkamp Co. Factory Man Urn K. I Kolh'iibont, factory rep resentative of the Chevrolet Mo tor company, spent the rrrealer part Of the week hi l.U Clallde on busi ness. Standard IteprcsentaiUe W. i. Ia' representing the fuel, oil and asphalt division of Hie Standard nil company win In .a ' Grande Thursday on a business trip. .Mr. I,ee has inaliv client In , iniM territory w'HO use crude oil and other petroleum nrndnets. 1 1 Is main office is n Portland. DUplny Tires The products of the Fnlted States Kubber company nre fea tured in an attractive window dis play -shown at the nine Mountain garage this we. k. In the exhibit is Included the famous l;o.il enrds and other tires and dibes manufac tured by the Knifed states Kub ber company. STA1I llltl bs THAI f j To n Star coupe, driven by a private owner, goes the honor of having hern the first car to prow ' he Yuba puss, from 1 .malton to SiiTia city and Uownlevllle In 19 2 5. The owner. J. M. f-Vhncdler, rep resentative of an eastern company, whose home Is in San Francisco, performed the unusual feat in the course of covering the western tcr i ritory, according to w ord received i by local S'ar i"ir dealer. ! Snow three f ei t .b e,, on the mm ,nilt. which Is ne;ut- vun feet in ; elf vat Ion. was bucked successfully although Scha. ller admitted that he had to shovel occasionally to : Ke over 'high centers" that had i hern form.-d bv sb ighs w hich car ; rv mail o-r the mountains during the winter time. j no. w sum: s.-u rs i im:s ' SlV and dis- The wearer of a No, fl shoe, driv lag a studehaker Standard Motor car, will save tines avoid accidents, it has been covered, because he will not 11 11 -t-ou scion ly exceed spec, limps. The spherical foot atveii-rntiir and the contour or the aluminum I loor board is respoiinddi . ' n these ears, the diiv- r m.iv r- st his toot flat upon the floor hoard, the accelerator ben-.ith the loot ab. nl Ol the heel. After The Accident Happens IPs Too Late To Wish You Had Complete Protection For Your Car , " r ; Col'ission Liability Property Damage And Fire and Theft In surance See Us Today ! DUTTON tin: lNsniANt'i: mox Stvurfly IaihI . Savings Co. riiont .Mailt Ml I.A I.ikihIi- Nai l lUnk lll(l. ItAlll.VI'OU WORK IKXDKK WOHK noiiv woitic W. V.. t'orlhil lilol .IiTIci'soii Ave. New Model "F" Chevrolets Touring Cars and Coupe Models a limited number only, absolutely new, offer you an Unusual Opportunity in motor value if you are considering a new car. Special inducements for short time only. See lTs Before You Iluy! Blue Mountain Garage Opposite Post Office. M. A. HARRISON, Mgr. Riekeabacker A CAR. - WORTHY OF IT3 NAME Performance You have marvelled at the recent record smashing feats of Rickenbacker Six, with "Cannon Ball Baker" at the wheel. But had you thought had you realized what a ter- rifle physical strain this must have been on the driver? And had it occurred to you that aside from its power, its speed and its wonderful 4-wheel brakes, there must be another quality in' the car to "make that physical feat possible? i There is the famous Rickenbacker "cradle springs." No racing driver will attempt great speed on a smooth i track with any other type of springs. And even "Cannon Ball Baker" man of iron as he is, with sinews of steel, says he never could have en dured the thumping his body would have received but for this Rickenbacker system of springs. Just think! . $ Coast to Coast in mid-winter 3106.5 miles 'in 71 hours, 33 minutes actual driving time. But on that trip the driver slept and even rested for brief spells. On those other phenomenal drives Canada to Mexico 1558 miles in one continuous day and night run; over three mountain ranges Cascade, Siskiyou, Tehachapi in 40 hours, 57 min utes there was no surcease. No relay of car or driver no rest no sleep no relief for nearly 41 hours. And at a speed great enough to clip nearly 12 hours off the best previous record. Again-El Paso to Los Angeles through desert sands and dense fog 908.5 miles in 21 hours, 23 minutes. Here was the roughest road of all. Cradle springs, balloon tires and the deep cushions of the Rickenbacker Six, conserved the strength and protected the person of the driver, while the perfect balance, road-ability and precision steering, gave stability at speed-and really made these records possible in a stock 6-cylinder car. coras Drive this Rickenbacker Six yourself it will be a revelation-to you ' " D8 a Walla Walla, Wash. AihlrpsN All CmuiiiiiiiUniloiis Io A. G. HENDERSON IHsirlliiitor, 2ia Airier St. rhone 230 '1595 tim on th. AniriM, Uarbt
