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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (May 23, 1925)
THE f,A GtlANDE EVENING OBSERVER Papre Eleven Highway. and ' Auto Dope TOMOBJLJE gaum .u.'i.'mi.'.l Si Saturday, May 23, 1925. Traffic and . Tourist News JLLJL ii 1: T CLIMB S FRISCO HILL RAN FRANClHO, (SpeckiD Recently Kun Krunclso saw strange sight --a ni'W star In thi SlileS, people tllOUghl. It was a Star, nm well 11 might thine; for the Insurmountable us rtnally ben surmounted, after de flying until now the ipiest of auto motive man for new fields, to con uuer. Hilt f.7, South San Kriincisen. famous motorcycle test hill which hns been pictured from one end of the country to the oilier, and which never before hns been climbed by nn nulnniohlle, was viet i m of J ullns I msevoir, rained Dura tit factory testing engineer. ' l-'rom the imim-iuorlat, or rather since automobile demons! rulers and cars became famous for dare devil accomplishment, many at tempts have been recorded to climb DiIh hill. . Ami up to the present time, there were simply marks searing the steep hillside, noi Ins thf dual resting place of other cars thul tiled. Dusevoir went over on the first at tempi. It was impossible to tuke a straight course up the side of the hill, because of the fact tliut for a distance of four teet, the slope praci Icully st rate hi up and down the whole distance of nmo feel of climb, averages tHi percent. I tut his masterful hand ling of tlie car kept it climbing up tiie slope, first a trifle to the left, then to the right, until finally, to ilie amazement of several hun dred spectators who had gathered on the side of the May Shore High way, from where a perfect view of- (he climb may he had, the Utile car went charging: to the sum mil, where it wos left ctund lng. by lUisevoir on fairly level ground. There were three passengers ii Ihti car as it climbed the grade. In addition to lusevoir, Hie Star carii-d J. K. Rankin, Krank Cirimui, Jlowanl Golay, all sales men with the San Franrlso factory THE HUDSON Super-Six WAS INTRODUCED IN LA GRANDE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 1916 9 YEARS AGO IT WAS A WONDERFUL BUY THEN (TIIE FIRST ONE BROUGHT HERE IS STILL IN DAILY USE). TO DAY IT IS The World's Greatest Buy Sales Prove It. " ' Ledbetter's Garage It's Coming The Hudson-Essex Caravan Motor Tries "Mushing" 1 Only TREMENDOUS VALUE Could Create The TREMENDOUS DEMAND The New Studebaker Enjoys From Discriminating Car Owners We are glad to have you (hive and ride in one of the New Closed Models to fully appreciate this Value. M. J. 60S; Studebaker Sales and Service. "This Is A Studebaker Year" utKi A.v ft A JL' j I a en "inuslitnff" It across Alaknn snows has been ilone in a HHMlein way, now that Don Stewart, student of Oregon Agrienl t ii in I ()llege, litis motor-cyeletl Ids way from Skngwny lo Keno City. His machine was epiippetl with rnniiei-s under the front wbe'l mid (he hide car. Ills (into 00 1mm u, inado llio ''ROtir doughs" nt lieno City sit up and take notice. They usually mush tilt; :t5 miles In two weeks. MOTORISTS HUD DIFFICULT TRIP Within a few months the fly tents mill the eonhhiK utensils will have hecn trapped on tlie car anil that Npeele.s of trnveh-r tlie nuto tourists will Ixi on his way to live in the open nnl see the hidden gldVlca of this country a ibpy are seen only in a gypsy kind of wan dering. If you chance to be one of them and think that there arc many irk some duties connected with prim itive living in tlie open, hark to the tnlc of a 2iuo. mjlc trip of Mr. and Mrs. l,. Bluke. Jolly in tlu? itroken II ill country of norl hern Rhodesia, Africa. Mr. .lolly is chief recruiting iiRcnt of the Rho desia Uroken 1 1 ill 1 )cvcopuicnt Coinpauy, Ltd., North ithody.sla, Africa. i Kven llTc worst ronds you may have encountered are veritable primrose paths of down compared to the bush country in the land of the tom-tom and the teetse-fly. The .lollli-s encountered every type of annoyance anil nd venture In their journey of more t han two months At tlie Hme of tills trip, the mid branch of jyie Htar Motor Com pany. It was standard st)ck touring car. equipped with ballon tires, and disc wheels, with only the top and windshield removed for safe ty. Heavy chains were necessary to obtain sufficient traction for the pull, and even with these, several times It appeared to spectators that tlie car would surely slide from safety to the bottom of tlie hill below. Dusevoir's achievement with the Star car is little short of unbe lievable to Ran l-'ranciso nuto nioblle men who, doubting, jour neyed to-the foot of the hill to witness the stunt themselves. They were dnly convinced, as were thou sands of motorists, by actually seeing the lit 1 le car perched on tnptof the grade. Ibisevolr added this climb to a list of famous western hills be has successfully tockhd with the Star car. Its grades and cross grades, he stated, were even more precipitous than those of I.os Angeles famous "Pickle Hill," which was climbed for tlie first time a- few weeks ago by the same driver. The ntraight-up grade of f(t percent Is crossed by another and like grade a figure tmit. ap proaches the impossible In case of safety from slipping down tlie hillside. The hill is a well known climb. A few motorcycles, ridden by the best riders in I he country, have successfully made the grade. It is tifti tally on the opposite, side of the slope upon which the T7" figures are mounted, but Is far steeper. It faces one of the great traffic arterlals out of Sm l-'ran-cisco, and Is near "South City." Hundreds of people saw the car on the summit, of the hill. It rental n'd Mu re from Friday night uniil Monday aft' rnoori when the same driver brought it down with six other pasH'-nKeiV tn it. proving his driving uhHlty when be stop ped the car at the fool of the urade after coming dovv n the j Steep Incline. On Friday. Vtturday. and Hun !day night, the lltrhis of the little t care were r-ft shining brightly ;don the slope, a t "inari-a hly clow j dintjinec. j I'pon brinKini; the ear down, it ,wnn placed on display In the xith n I rooms of th Han Franr :ro fijrtory branch and, as v ord d throm:h inoioung circles ibt the ' "ar was being nhovi n. seores of people trekked Into. the branch 'B tabllHhnient to Inspect It, When Be-irr Automobile, Ar Built, Buick Will Build Them No. irlpIV- die of last summer, the touring car they used was the only one in their country nml tlie only car that ever successfully left llroken dlill and got safely through to Lake Tanganyika. Food for two weeks had to be carried, beside complete cooking and sleeping equipment, while gas oline and extra food had to be sent' on ahead by 40 carriers. In addition to the tremendous weight of equipment, four persons were carried in the car through "tracks cut through the brush, full of pits and holes." The first day out the only road was a native footpath, ut times hardly visible and every few miles H dambo (plain) was encountered, which is very marshy ground with u bog in the middle and which be comes a veritable river in tlie rainy season. Often a native boy had to be sent ahead to recon noitre and 'then tlie car wns pilot ed through. Though the diary of the trip contains more than .innn words, only the most interesting exiracts will be taken. On July 22, grass from sis to seven feet high, intermingled with bushes, was encountered, to' say nothing of ant hills and holes which shook the car to its very limit. The sun vns so hot that the gasoline had to be completely covered by the equipment. On tiie following day the car be came stuck in a hog and it was necessary to send buec for n dozen natives to push it out. It never rains but it pours, it is said, ami next 12-foot elephant grass was encountered which filled I he rad iator with grass seed,, so that it was necessary to stop every few miles and dislodge the seeds to prevent the motor from boiling. Jailer this same day, the party i ran neross a great bush fire. . - flames from horhton and only avoided danger by hitting a I urge patch of ground where the. jfraiw hud already been burned. Tint next day the only thing e-x-oitlug w;u meeting a jackal, n wild cur and python ero.-vd their path and a group of baboons which the superstitious natives never kill tor fear or bringing bad luck. "The next drty," writes Mrs. .Tol ly, "my hustNind went over the car which bad extraordinary little the matter with it." Mrs. Jolly explained In her diary that they often encountered great patches of burnt down timber land. The natives burn down miles of trees to fertilize the ground a huey way to prepare tlie Koutid in sUvid, of hut ing it. A raft made of old gasoline cans ferried the car across u river the next day. Two days later another river was encountered and the wheels of the car went through a bridge up to the axle nml it took two hours to unpack the car and gel across. About sis miles fur ther the same day a second bridge was encountered, and the same si renuoUH exercise was needed to get the car out of the rotten tim bers. The party camped under Mount Huna, the highest mountain in northern Rhodesia, after strenu ous work on the bridges. In the small settlement where ihey un packed for the night there were 40 Airedales thnt were used lo hunt lions. About two days later they struck a bad belt of teetse-fly and it was all they could do to keep tht bites off the dog the bite of the teetse fly being fatal to a dor. The following day the party had to cut down a numbar of trees and build a 2U foot stretch of cordu roy road. They sh6t some do llclous pheasants for lunch. For 25 miles the next day the car wns hardly ever out of low gcar, us the Journey was continual ly up hill sand hills, which made ihe going most difficult. Killing a zehrn. walking five miles to hunt game only lo find a solitary pelican, crossing more bridges and helping a sick man to go lou miles to a doctor consti tuted the outstanding nd ventures during the remainder of the trip. GARAGE GOSSIP Sells Hudson Couch A new Hudson coach' has been h'livered to Kdna H. Moyle. New Coupe (iolng Fast Phe new Chevrolet coupe Is sell ing rapidly in Ixi Grande. A car toad, containing one new coupe, one sedan and one touring car, was unloaded here Thursday. Nells 0 Cars Harris French renorts the sale of nine cars in the last ten days. Second Quarterly Six Per cent Dividend Has Been Voted by Durant OAKLAND (Kpcclal) The sec ond quarterly sly per cent dividend has been voted and declared for nearly 5000 stockholders of the int rant Motor company of California, according to a statement Issued to day by Norman OeVaux, vicri pres ident and general nmnagcr of the. company. In his statement, DeVnux sum marized business conditions by stating sales we re good and I n -creasing alt over tho Pacific coast, and that products of tho company are being handled by one of the greatest sales and service organ izations in the country. A big in crease in number of dealers has been registered this year. Star ears built by the company are creating tremendous interest In many performance records, and the motor-wlao aro following its up ward course in trend of Hales with Increasing Interest, production con tinues close to maximum of lltf cars a day. Thousands were pres ent at tho fnetory Hunday May lit witnessing actual car production. I'se lower gear la crossing a rail road track. Buick Four-wheel brakes be applied while turning corners? IlSWer: Certainly. The brake on the outside front wheel is automatically released, making steering easy and car control sure. Only one such device has sq far been perfected and Buick has it. Jennirigs & Shumate tlecclvea Cberulets - The HI in Mountain Oarage re ceived two carloads of Chevrolets Wednesday, Huyw Xew Coup Claud Nash has purchased a new Ford coupe from the I'erKins Mo. lor company. Delivers Coaches Kssex Coaches were delivered to the following purchasers a short Mum ago: Frank laigoia, TVIocas- set, and Coleman Cieorgc, Douglas & Onllekson and C. Wilson, of l,a Orumle. Remarkable Air-Cooled Airplane Motor Drinks Inquiries to Franklin Uecent news dispatches telling about the new ' air-cooled airplane engine with a rating of 4iiu horse power, have elicited much com ment according to reports mude to the Franklin factory by dealer or ganisations throughout the count ry. What has nppealed to the public apparently as the mast Impressive phase of tho new airplane motor Is in its high power coupled with light weight. Despite lis power output, this new airplane motor weighs 40 per cent less than the Liberty engine. It Is the largest air-cooled alrplaimj enjrtno ever made. The close relationship that exists bet ween power performance and light weight in Franklin's ir-cool ed engine, made Franklin organi zations logical Information bureaus follow fng this -wide-spread news paper publicity. In tho case of the Franklin car. It is expiuiiud by Franklin engineers thut weight to taling !HH) pounds is avoided thru prciumrc air cooling. The weight of cooling parts miotic eliminated In Franklin's case Is 15u pounds. Tho saving is further responsible according to accepted engineering principles for 7f pounds 'less weight In the frame ond running gear. Wll-I hi-: DO IT? Ford Is a grandpa and we sup pose the old gentleman will bi en thusiastic enough about the young ster to turn over the first of tho new models for the child to teeth on. Common sense takes the out of drlvlne. guess Exide Batteries KTitoMiu.itt; cahim itinous fi. & M. fcpotllghis KIukchi Horns , Taekanl Wire -all sixes stop rights (euerator & Starter Druslies ltolcrt- lloscli and Champion ' Light IiIoIhvs nil sIu'H Spark Plug ltiitiip Sockets Copper Tubing (Genuine ICcmy Ami Deleo (;rbrlel Smibbcra t)lls, Points, He. FRED T. BURGESS MI iZ i:ttm .leffersnn Ave. Ill I I - - If1 D dd be Broth ere TOURING CAR When summer invites you into tho country, you will appreciate more than ever the advantages of Dodge Brothers Touring Car. Open to fresh air and sunlight the Touring Car is healthful and delightful to drive. Moreover, it is common knowledge everywhere that Dodge Brothers product is dependable, and will carry you on your way without annoyance and at small cost The iirh-n Is NHIS f. o. ll, llrlioll SKIII.1 il.II viTcd L. C. Smith v l La Grande, Ore. Vl'V;--- ::.,.......!.' ' .....inw.-uiivj.-S!'JS;;. . i. ,i OX.X A.. r t f ? ? r ? Y ? f Y Y Y Y t OUR BUSINESS A'e have one thought in mind to give our customers the best possible service when they drive up for VELTKX GAS AND OIL R AC IN IS TIKES - MILLER TIRES AND AUTO ACCESSORIES OF ALL KINDS. Whether you want ime free air or a bottle of Near Iker, you will find that it is "Our Ilusiness" to give prompt and courteous attention to your needs. La Grande Filling Station Wins by Fair Dealing. J. F. Ilcasty, Prop. 5 5 f Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y K.
