La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, May 23, 1925, Image 12

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Newspaper Page TextTHE LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER Saturday, May 23, 1925. Highway, and ' Auto Dope Traffic and Tourist News Page Twelve CHEVROLET IN BIG SCHEDULE El , DKTitOIT, Mirh. (Hneclnl) The production schedule of Chev rolet motor cars and I rucks lor tltlH month will exceed that of April lu rlnt,' which h2.''AH units were hullt, uii average of inon: thiiit 2000 for each of the 20 work ing days. Maintenance of the May schedule will displace April as the second highest production moiilh In hev roii't history; the largest was Oc tober of 125. The 52.230 April production in cludes curs and trucks made in the plaulN at Flint, Mich., the seven assembly plants and the factory at Oahuwa, Out, for both domestic and foreign sale. A con tin nation of the present schedule will result at the end of litis month In an aggregate Chevro let production of I'jlI.oftO earn and trucks since January 1. Uvst Jtcctnd Tin highest record for on'1 day) prod uc. I Ion since the organization or tlie company was established on April 8'i when 4004 curs und trucks were whipped from thu various Chevrolet factories. I'roductltm n ntill b'hlnd the na I en demand even though Die plants are running at full capacity. Closed models com prised more than one-half of the shipments made In the t'nited States during April. Advance orders indicate that the demand for the improved Chevrolet sedans, coupes und coaches will he even heavier dur ing the coining months. A summary of national ialcs re ports show that every car ship ped during April wuh delivered to a purchaser immediately upon arrival. DODGE THUCK coiciti-'CT this si;nti;ni; "Well, well," he chuckled, aH he reached for the tire tools, i need I his exercise." A 00-mlle-an-hour train a iiar ter of a mile away takes only lfi seconds to reach the crossing and It can't slop. You can. jHjnwMiiniii Y Like the Vikings mkofm$! Men of iron were the Vi kings treat explorers, far travelers, fifth ting their way to the four corners of the world. How like them is this rug (red tire, the VIKING touRh, re rMirnt made to "stand tho gaff" a far traveler. "Viking Tires Will Do You Many a Good Turn" SNYDER & McKENNOX I'.IIIU Ailllllis AM'. "Too Busy To Take Care Of It r , . i. Right" Maybe you arc in I lie class of car owners who find lillle time to give lo the job of taking care of their tars properly. ; And it does lake time it takes lime lo keep (he car greased as it should be, to change oil frequently, lo wash Hie car and keep up its appear ance, lo keep the (ires inflated the right amount so as to get best mile age out of (hem. l!u( when (lio.se things aren't done regularly what happens? Your car depreciates in value more quickly, it fails lo give the service it should and repair bills mount up. Our complete car sen ice takes care of (hat condition. You don't even have lo drive down jus! call us up, tell us to get your car. We'll see that you get Service. Playlc Oil Co. Complete Car Service Texaco Oil and (las C. T. C. Tires Ajax Tires PRICES cm Notice has been received by L, f rhnith, local Jodgo iJrothers Iieahr, of a substantial reduction! of Graham Brothers Trucks. I Tho 1 ton Graham Urol hers chassis, which Is reduced and the 1 1-2 wuh also cut. Other chassis pikes aru reduced proportionate 'In view of the recent announce ment that Graham Hrothtrs In the first quarter of J!i25, built more I 1 tun trucks than any other man u fact tit er in the world, and were, second In the 1 ton and 1 1--lon truck fields combined," said the dealer, "the reductions read ily explained. It lias always been Graham Hi others' policy to pass along lo the consumer Immediately liny uavlngH effected through in creased production and oilier fac tory economies. Only last (Septem ber they made a sharp price cut In tln-ir I ton chassis. In the face of (his previous reduction the present additional cut of $SU Is almost unbelievable. "Graham Urothers have ndvan d astonishingly In the last three years. After hearing the com ments of tin.' Graham Brothers Truck owners we have sold, I can understand why. There is no limit to their enthusiasm and admira tion. The truck Is exceedingly at tractive In (he first place, and In addition IH exceptionally rugged and powerful. There seems to he no road, no hauling condition, that It can not master. Moreover, the lull iul cost Is extremely low und it serves (he owner faithfully over a much longer period than one usu ally expects a truck to function. 'Graham llrolhcrs also have an other Important advantage which had u tremendous influence on their quick ascendency to leader ship. This Is the fact that they market their product through Dodge Brothers Dealers all over the world. They are thus provid ed with an organization much lar ger and more capable than (he uv- rage truck manufacturer can hope lo esNibllsh, All iodge Brothers Dealers also have highly com po tent and well stocked service de partments and service is of .vital importance to truck owners. "These fuels have found recog nition it m on i; buyers of commercial transportation everywhere. They are responsible for Graham Broth ers present htrgt production and fur the substantial cut in prices." Your Tires Improved Roads no Luxuries; Are Cheaper Than Unimproved Although the exact state of road Improvement In the United Klates at the present time is not known, it Is estimated by the Department of Agriculture that the total mileage of surfaced roads at tint, end of I Mi was between 450,0(10 and 47f- 000 miles. Indication are that ap proximately 411,000 miles of surfac ed roads of various types have been built during each year since 1921. Kxaet figures us to how this mile age has been divided by types or States are not available. A consid erable part of (he work, moreover. has consisted ot resurfacing. It therefore can not be assumed thai (he net mileage of surfaced roads has been increased during tho last three years by the total amount of I he new consl ruction. The last complete survey of the road im provement all uatlon was made in 1!J1 when the total surfaced mile age was reckoned at wK7,7(iO miles. New construction and resurfacing since 1921 have proceeded at a rate which is belie ved to justify the estimate that (he net gain since then is well above 60,000 mil es. In announcing t h ese fact 8. t h e department draws attention to cer tain wrong ldeis that are current about roail Improvement. Improv ed roads, It says, are not luxuries. Kor the movement of every ve hicle over a road there Is a certain cos(, which is less If the road be improved Mian If it -be left in a stale of nature. Logically, there fore, (he only limit that should be placed on expenditure for road improvement is (he amount that can be saved In vehicular operating costs. This amount, or course, de pends upon the number of vehic les using the road. Jt Is pointed out that the country loses more, in increased cost of operating vehicl es, by not Improving roads than it costs lo Improve them. In oilier words, It pays for Improved roads whether it has them or not, and It pays less by having them than by not having (hem. Another common error, says the department, is that all roads should be hard-surlaced. Hard sur facing with concrete, brick, asphalt stone or wood blocks Is an expen sive ' process. When its cost is greater than the saving accruing from the Improvement, hard-surfacing is not advisable. It Is pos sible to make great improvements in roads without hard -surfacing them and these Improvements are quite effective in reducing the cost of travel. When vehicles using a road are comparatively few. an unsurfaced but graded and drained road can be made and maintained In satis factory condition by dragging at very low cost. If the traffic Is so great that an unsurfaced road can not be maintained In continuous good condition, surfacing ' with stone, sand-clay or gravel, al though more costly than simple (trading, will generally be com pensated by the greater saving in the cost of operating vehicles over It. Similarly, when the traffic Is greater than a gravel road will car ry, a bituminous, macadam surface can be economically applied. It Is not necessary to use one of -the hard-surfaced types until the traf fic becomes very dense. When that point is reached, hard-surfacing is necessary and economical. All roads should bo Improved, KAIHATOK WOltK MMH t WOltK IIODY WOltK V. I t'orum HOI Jefferson Ave. (By T. K. I.lndse.v) II Is a generally accepted fact that well-made tires or "shoes" and Inner tubes are literally the foundation of automobile tra as portation. The first tiling that most ama teur motorists try (o hear about is I Ires. Their care, conservation, or economical buying with thought of mtleuge, is a mailer of consider able importance, l-'or the veteran motorist as well as the amateur, (Ires represent the biggest item in the cost of maintaining an automo bile. It occurs to me that the familiar 1 TV'1 LLi ' WE 5 quotation, "A fool and his money are soon parted," well describes the fate of a large majority of t he , inexperienced tire purchasers. An , lomobtle extravagance l based of- li ner on the buv hi); of tires and ! t iiles without character than .any other department of nuloinolilllni;. The v ell-made tire represents actual ca.'-h invested. It has a fixed alue, und do not let anybody per suade you to the contrary. ISewjre of anxone who tells you thai he can sell mi "this tire cheaper and just as good." B hn.-i no name on H that joii eer heard before. "Bui It is Hindi' by a big factory, ' sa s he. "and they ta ll It to me cheaper." Such talk la luisrepreseiilal Ion and cheating. A first -clasn watch has a iiist-class maker's name In It. Ileal gold Is marked real gold. And t he automobile the and lube are stamped wUh a name that means Muuet htng. If ou are Interesb-d In reducing t he operating cost of our auto mobile buy equipment (,nd acees soil a Unit are veil made and of all established I eputalton. lb-re is a libit on the care ot your tires that Is well w oil h remember ing. I Ml frequently collects 111 ttttle puddh M In the d' pn vMon In the ( ement floor of the garnK'- This -hould be removed i cause lln-M ure aImot cure to g t Into It. and if you let a section of a shoe be come soaked with oil, t he rubber will totlen and undue wiur will follow. Woman KOlf champ wi w ilie ever cuvfsvs. fcdu's u iHTfvvt lady FULL AUTOMOBILE PROTECTION Is Inexpensive To Own Hut Ex tremely Expensive To lie Without When The Inevitable Happens. ACCIDENTS WL L Hut it's too late Afterwards. See Us Today! DUTTON TIIL 1NM IIAM'L MAN Scvmily tJtml A. Snvbig to. IMioiie Main N I A ( i dude Nat 1 Hank Uhlg. I says tho department, to the max!-, jiiium degree that thu traffic on I them justifies, but no road should t be Improved beyond lis earning cu I paclty. When this principle is ob ' served the required annual expeii- dlturo for any type of road. Is with in the yearly savings in the cost of operating tho vehicles it has to carry. In other words, the return to the public. In tho form of econ omic transportation is the sole measure of the worih of road im provement. To say that all roads should be hard-surfaced, the de partment points out, is merely an other way of urging expenditures in excess of income. HUM another common mistake is the idea that there Is such a thing as a permanent road. This delu sion, says tho department, has been responsible for much disregard of I road maintenance. None of the ' Statu highway departments, how ever, ony longer harbors this error. Jt is now thoroughly understood j by these public agencies that all roads, regardless of type, gradual- ly depreciate and w ear out nnder the wheels of vehicles and the ac tion of the weal her. To keep a 'road in continuously good order, it ( Is necessary to start maintaining it I the day its construction Is completed. School Disli-b-t Wins Contort HALKWA V, Ore. Judgw AleCol loch of the Uaker circuit court de cided in favor of the local union high school district In a contest up lor argument involving the Is sue of J411.000 bonds for a new school building. Itestdenls of the district alleged that voters In such bond election should have property in the district, which the election board had said was not necessary. The case has been pending since March. Plaintiffs may take tho case to the supreme court. Look out for the other fellow. Maybe he can't. Obey tho rules of the road; you be right first. He sure the road is clear before starting from the curb. DODGE BROS. MOTOR CARS Prices f. o. b. La Grande TOURING .-. - $1065 ROADSTER $1025 COUPE - $1190 SEDAN '. - -...$1315 COACH -....$1315 Smith's Garage WILLYS-. bVERLAND FINE MOTOR CARS ' All-Steel Sedan Standard Sedan All-Steel Coupe All-Steel Touring .Jill 7I j ft HWTl W e Lowest Rices m the In try sffofi oAll Prices f. o. b. Toledo Overland SIX v Standard Sedan Overland SIX DeLuxe Sedan On our liberal payment plan you now can buy your Overland con veniently out of your income. A small down payment and you can drive your Overland home. Overland four-cylinder cars have greater power, greater comfort, greater endurance, lower upkeep cost, higher resale value. Compare them with any other car near the price! You will then understand why they are outselling all previ-! ous models." They are now the lowest -priced cars with sliding gear transmission. 4 " '4 " The New Overland Six is creating a profound impression. No car near its price equals it9 speed, pick-up, power endurance, comfort or looks. In fifteen years Overland has never equaled the9e values. ettinds & Hanks ol'2 Jefferson Ave. if'hv. . ...........