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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (June 13, 1925)
Saturday, June 13, 1925. THE LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER Page Elove-n Done it rsM'pr?-' mmm OFFICIAL S E 1 elms- of the. business by Dillon, liai & i.)., of NYw York. I'YeoVriek .1. Huyili'H, utt prevl- i miHly uiiiioiiiurt 'l by Die purehus-j tm, continues us preal.bnt anil A.. T. Waterfall uh vli'f-pi "shient. John A. Nicho)n, Jr., lonnerly freiural Hit hi jumiii'r, i ailvauc- il lo vice-preKhlent til charge of sales. A. '.. Mitchell, for many yearn laciory ninnujfer, ts now vice-pre-shlciu in f!iarfn ol iiiai.iifarliii'lnf,'. II. V. I'opi-iicy. lorni'Tly M'cro (tiry of Ixxltftt Urotherw, is now se cretary nnl treasurer ami it. J. J'ry, who wan assistant secretary Ih assistant KeereUiry urn) ussihlunt i i'i-;isiirt'r, Tin- I'xriitiw p.-rsonnei appoint ed by President JlayntH includes the following: Assistant lo the I'ri Hhh-til. .T 1? orr-antapon Indd.-nt u( ptl. pm--l.ee; Qireeun- of Kind) rhur, Kiih- Dodge Brothers Company Appoints Heads of De partments and Other Factory Executives. Kormnl announcement lias been niQiliof a nunili-r of pronuuhins in tin executive staff of Iodi;e llrotlifi'H, Inc., following lint re- RACINE in WUr Olds Scout Car Buying Tires 7 Some motorists depend upon the reputation of the tire dealer. Others depend entirely upon the reputation of the tire itself. We suggest that you look to both, for the one is exactly as important as the other. La Grande Fillind Station Wins by Fair Dealing. J. F. IK-asty, Prop. krJ -fifty 5 'it' - .A-.rx"-rr ; t: 4"" , . ;0 i1iVi C. G. Gale and HU Oldsmobile A. A. A. Scout Car Checking in at Washington, D. C, Headquarter sMI Huff; ( "lifer KntfiiK i-r, t'lnrcnro : Carson; Dlrrotor of TrnffUy l. O. Klndlay; Factory Alanaor. li. A Vail; I'roOucUun Man;iKt-r, Albert ; A. AiHiricli. General Silica MnnaRcr. V. .. Sanfonl; Assistant !finrnl Salos , Aliinngcr, l It. Walker; iHr.Tiorl of Kit ia Hurvey, J. H. (ionlon; 01- recior of Districts, l H. Akcrs; ii rortor of Service, Arthur K. Nate; ! Director of (.'oniinercial far unU Tnick Division, K. t Uttihaiu; Dl- rector of Civic delations, Jiownrd Haker; Kxport .Munuper, J. J. I'al nier; ltisirihutlon Manager, H. .T. New; Kxporl Counsel, JO. U. Wil- lenis; t'scd Car Manager, A. H. Scliiappacasse, Advrtlsing Cotinsel, Georff' Harrison I'helps,' Inc.; ManaRtT, Advertising Division, H. J. Koch 'Die principal promotions in this list are those of K. I. Smford and H. A. Vail. Mr. Hanr'ord, newly appointed Knerul suM inanaK'r, lias served previously us assistant general sales innmiK'r and direc tor of distribution. Mr. Vail, the new factory tmiua gor, has Iteen associateo with Doi gv Brothers for many years, hav ing distinguished himself particu larly during the world war when he was in charge of DodRo Broth ers Ordnance division. Since then he hus ucted as assistant prodnc lion manager. K. 1J. Walker was advanced from director or service to ussitiiaut ge neral sales manager and Arlhur K. Nafe was promoted from HI. Louis district, repreaenlatlve. lo di rector of service. J. J. New, now distribution manager, wan fur ma- FDRO PLANT REACHES IRK i F. O. B. Detroit, ux citra Alluring new beauty restful roominess vitality irresistible! . : si&m When Better Automobile! Are, Built. Buick Will Build Them Study the newer lines of the Jewett Coach. Notice its gracefully rounded back its smart double belt moulding the distinctive coloring in its permanent lacquer finish. A more beau tiful Coach doesn't exist! It's the greatest Jewett ever built. A car of beauty inside as well as out. You'll think of the finest overstuffed furniture when you see the new type upholstery Jewett has introduced in the Coach. Sink into its soft luxury and forget wear and tear, for it's as durable and strong as it is beautiful. Sedan Roominess You have never seen so roomy and comfortable aCoach.f's the finest Coach ever designed. A Coach for five with ample room for five to ride all day in loungy comfort. Just Drive Jewett Coach It't the easiest parking steering driv ing Coach you ever touched. Parks easily in a 16'i foot space at the curb. Enters or leaves your garage from a H-foot alley. Steers with bicycle ease. Turns in a 42-foot street. Power that Seems Limitless Jewett Coach will outperform any car within $500 of its price: We stand ready to prove this statement on hill, highway, in traffic, through rough going anywhere! 5 to 25 miles an hour in seven seconds in high I From a mile an hourN without bucking, to a mile a minute in less than a city block. That's the kind of performance you buy in Jewett Coach. Performance that Endures Jewett motor is full, high-pressure oiled, even to the valve tappets. Timing gears are replaced with a silent chain drive and automatic take up for pump and timing shafts. Adjustment of chain wear is automatic, insuring quiet and freedom from care for the life of the car. And a big, new, counterbalanced crankshaft elimi nates vibration. These are improvements you look for in costly cars Jewett Coach has them at $1260. Just drive Jewett Coach yourself. No obli gationcall or phone for a Jewett Coach at your door. (56j.j, HTdriuUc four-wheel brake, (Lockheed type) at itiiht extra coit mm I Vtel T" The dri'i ml It bit nd racked with fprinf v comfort. Wide windows tt clur vition. tntid cenit ruction! Swing our full nr itht en the door of Jewett Coch to prove It, Lount r comfort In the r?r rt of Jewett Coach. R ooro to reli to any riding potuiun. Rofim (n .; Rrartrtt pj.ffiirf leave the )ttf Loach with out dttfurbtng Ihutt in front. HARRIS FRENCH MOTOR CO. 1115 Washington Ave. Phone 467-U Huge ' Tractor : Output Brings Fordson Fac tory to a Half Million Machines Produced. The Kord Motor Company reaoh i'f the. hnlt'-niilHon murk in the production of Kurdson trurtors luie Thursday afternoon Muy 21 when Kordfion No. 500, moo came off the assembly line a I the Hlver Uone plant. Tlio hulf-milliontji tractor was completed ut 4:23 o'clock, just a few minutes before tlit closo of the day'd work. It Ih planned to exhibit tt at a number of state fairs during tin coining Niiiiinirr and fall. Manufacture of Fonlson tract ors today presents u .striking con trust between the. methods em ployed clKlit years ago when pro duction began Jit the old plant at Pearborp, At the start only three or four Kord sons wen produced each day and it took works to ma chine .some parts. Today at 1 he Uiver Kottge plant, where nil tractors are now manufactured and nsnembiert, out put is on n schedule calling for 400 Kord.sons a day and 11m production eycl -shows that 31 hours and 8 minutes after iron on; has arrived at the River Kongo dorks it in converted into Kord son motor blocks and Ih ny years chief assistant lo the di rector of distribution and A. N. Hehiappacasso, now used car mana ger, was Memphis district repre sent ul ive. Other executives In the above list have been serving in iheir respec tive capacities for Home time. Hodge Brothers production and sales continue to surpass all pre vious records tn the company's hi story, according Ui Mr. San ford. blocks assembled into completed tractors. 81 net; its Introduction eight years ago the Kordson tractor ha,s como into world-whl t uso and has brought a new efficiency into ag riculture ami the business of farm ing in nearly every country on the globe. H is estimated that n large majority of all tractors tn use. to day are Kord.sons and the Kordson Is said to be the only tractor over placed on the market without a Mihbcqtient change In basis design. It Is also a singular fact that long before he dreamed of manu facturing motor cars, Henry Kord was experimenting with engines in an ettori to find so mo means oi relieving farm drudgery. Horn on a farm, his firsl glimpi" of life was in the daily rounds of arduous farm duties and in his early boy hood he developed a strong feeling against prevailing agricultural methods. fs first experiments were witl. steam engines through which he hoped to find the power necessary to relieve the farmer of some of his burdens. That was back in his boyhood when steam was vir tually the only power of the time. (iASOIJNK AM) 11STII,IiATR tax. loujienoNs hkavv Tin; state tax on gasoline and distillate collected on wiles made during the mouth of April r.tfi, anion u led lo $229.21! 1.4 a, accord ing to u statement compiled by Sec retary of State Sam A. Kozer. To date the motor vehicle fuels tax measures have brought to the slate treasury the total sum of $8, 4!M..:,HS.2ii. Of this amount col lected under Dm law of 1921 there has been returned up to May HI, 1925. the sum of $2li!i,r?2.74 to operators of farm tractors, motor boats, commercial cleaning; establishments. Thoughtlessness causes accidents -try thinking. The quickest way to get a boy to take u bath i shy asking htm to wafer (he lawn. No. 17 5 is. e$tion:77ry do all of the great rac ing cars use Valve-in-Head engines? itlSWeS: Because this type develops the greatest speed and power. AH first place winners of the Indianapolis 500 mile race since 1912 have had Valve-in-Head engines. Buick pioneered the Valve-in-Head engine in 1904 and has used it ever since because it is more powerful, more economical and more dependable. Jennings & Shumate SPORT MODEL CAR .NOW IiEINfj SHOWN AT LOCAL GARAGE Among the interesting new ears oi display this week the m w Stijdebaker sport model shown by M. J. (ions Is one of the most in teresting. The car Is built on the stnidv Sludchaker standard six chassis. In It ure Incorporated n number of special features not ordinarily n in automobiles. Although Die Hiudebitjker semi-enclosed top tn tntduci'd this spring has been con sidered a great step forward the sport model' has been further re fined by building the rain and nun vizor integral with the main top frame. Instead of thfl ordinary vizor which is bolted on to the wind shield fro ui i tho Sludchaker 1 top projects out past ,the ghiis for wev eral inches. This add 10 Die beauty of the lines and provides an ef fective windshield protector which cannot rattle or work loose. Wood wheels tn natural finish and a special lacquer body coat ing in Navaju gray serve to make i he entire-car unusually attractive In appearance. More than 3.000 bunks havo provided Die funds which make po hsibh the service of tieneral Motors Acceptance Corporation: and mor than 200,iioa ear owners nro hav ing the use of Deiieral Motors cars while they are paying for them through the U. M. A. l. plun. ItAIHATOU WOItK J-'RM)l-:it WOItK MOIfY. WORK W. K. t'onnii t:i0 1 .leffeisoii Ave, "Hard Luck" May Be Only "Slight Inconvenience" When you burn out a bearing, or need new pistons, or have a part breakage in your car, don't curse your ill luck too hard or too soon. The parts for your car may not be stocked by every little-roadside garage but that's no sign you have to let them send to Portland or Detroit for replacements. Nine cases out of ten or six out of five you can get just the parts needed riftht here at Leighton's. And you can get expert machinists to do a particular job, too. We've turned lots of "hard luck" into "slight inconvenience" with our stock, our ability, and our service. Take no chances next time, try Leigh ton's. , , Leighton's Welding & Machine Works Iilock Ite-gijndinff Engine Re-building Hearings - Pistons - Parts Fine, Machine Work li EH 11 1 The Most Popular Closed Car Ever Bililt In the Tudor Sedan, Ford dependability oi chassis and engine, ' are matched with an attractive, sturdy and unusually well designed body. It has many conveniences that only Ford economy methods of production could make possible at the price. The Tudor is a practical family car which anyone can drive; and which will give you pleasing and satisfactory service for . years. Ask a dealer to give you a demonstration, fie will gladly do bo at your convenience. SEE THE NEAREST AUTHORIZED FORD DEALER TUDOR SEDAN Runabout Touring Car Coupe - - ' f. o. b. o.ir.d r oraor Sedan 680 $260 $290 520 660 Full titt Balloon Tlrrt 13 extra. On opep can demount bit liuti and imitr r J5 All prist f. o. b. Ottroit (A tt I, make" SAFETY YOUR RESPONSIBILITY
