THE 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.
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