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THE LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER
Ssiturdav. May in, 1925.
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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