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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (June 27, 1925)
THE LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER Page Twelve Highway and Auto Dope Saturday, June 27, 102;". SEDAN GAINS POPULAR TY . land factory for the popular Ovr f hind Htandard ie dan at Uh new flow price of $ fi fi 5 km many from I ph Mltian, uttornc.vN and ot her professional men which in d leu ten the popularity of UiIh new, ear iirnoiiK buyerH of this cIuhh, nay factory olffehtlH. i The distinct and roomy fea tured of thin new two-door m-dan are. proving a. happy eoinhlnatlon uf r-i.M.fi-l ..C1HW.1..V mid l,,nir llr.t ufactured ly Overland j for then drive winH-overiand , 1 W.ll I iL-nrl hw Pin i "Th-hilM believe. Knuim-. r.H Hp.-nt : iS YVUl 11K0(I ly 1 1 0" ,,,OI i (,H n developing thi nerfj ICSSlOnal JMCn. model to incorporate feature that would appeal to doctors, ultorncyit and other profc.-ilniial men who Included In (he la rpr' increase in needed a large, roomy enclosed orders reaching the WIIKh H'er- ea r for (heir himineHM. Standard Enclosed Man- MULTI-MILE BalloonHres Balloons or Standards? We sell RACINE Balloons the full Balloon Giants remarkable tires. We also sell RACINE Multi Mile Cords, built on the same highly -flexible, low-pressure principle, and affording almost identical travel com fort at less cost, La Grande Filling Station Wins by Fair Dealing. J. F. Heasty, Prop. Among the d Induct advantage of the new Overland Ktundard sedan to professional men are the ex ceptionally wide and heavy doorH that penult of very cany ucccbh to the front and rear HeuU. eliminat ing the dlfilcultiea encountered In the average two-iloor mdun. Tar eels, grips Of the traveling man and large casei can easily he hand ed from the front to the rear Beat ami the Inereaaed atze of the rear compartment makeH this rur cap able of carrying an additional toad of the profe.sHlonal nmn'H accoutre mentM. Heavy Kink halloon llren, the pat ented Triplex .xprlngH and powerful Overland four-cylinder engine de. velopjiig 'it hrake horsepower, nmke Hie roughest roadft and the MteepeKt graden easy for the car. driver and pawengern. Theae fea tures add to the comfort of the huHliKHM man who use hl.s ear for plejiHiire an well oh biiHlnens. The apeeial HprlngH used In the Htnnd ard sedan give a riding base of isn inches and yel the jshort wheelba.se of thiH ear makes for exceptionally easy parking and ee of handling. Another feature distinctly nd mired hy traveling men, according to dealeiM" ordera, Ih Ihe unusually long and narrow windows thai per mitH of greater viHion and ventila tion. With the low aeat height In Ihe rear compartment all kinds of luggage, sample cases and mi tuple trunks can lie carried without crowding the driving room of the new Overland Standard ftetlan. Its new low price of UU has brought out a class of buyers among drum mers and professional men that formerly clung lo the open cars be. cause they could not hccii re. the room and comfort of a cloned enr nl anywhere near the price of tour ing or roadster models. L CI PERFORMED Star Continues High Gear Pulling Kecord with Successful Ascent of Difficult Grade. r.v ka iii:.o ii:,i,i:its The first of .May saw Kavanagh & Johnson installed as Star far dealers In San Idego, According to a note from Colonel Kanenf, both Iju-ry Kavanaug and Howard John son are go-getiers. und third place will never do with them." His note, dated May Mb. Muted that I hey are doing belter than one a day even now. They have adopted a "personal M-rvice" policy and never leave the job. Their organ ization is housed at First and II hi reels and, having found that the volume of business will necessitate larger quartern, uro arranging for a spacious place of business. That's the way Woodworth Tiros.. Pomona, Calif., .Star dealers, head ed an advertisement in which they challenged competitive ear boost ers who doubled the ability of the .Star car to make Camp Haldy In high gear. They were- willing, they said, (o post a $KMi guarantee to back up the offer to prove the stunt. There were tip takers. DddeeBrother5 COACH Its popularity i3 thoroughly understood when you consider these facts: Five ndult passengers nre occommodntpd in genuine comfort. Dodge Brothers stnndnrd power plant, chassis and underslung spring equipment are Conch features. Observation of the finish, fittings and design will reveal no departure from Dodge Brothers most ex acting practice in these departments. 3 !" f. i). b. Detroit $1,115 delivered L. C. Smitli 'wM if- "W Indisputably demonHtrallng the power of the "MILLION liHLLAIt MO Tiflt," u Hiriclly stoiit Ulur .touring eor, locked in high gear and travelling under offfeial ob 'servalion, has couuiii i-ed the fain ed Wiiwoiui ruad into the Yos-miiti Valley, 'riiir Hitiiculi climb was made carrying an official observer In addition to Ihe driver, a f at never before Accomplished by any motor car. In a relentless campaign, cover ing the entire I'aeifle roust terri tory, the Star car bus been shat tering hill climb records and ac complishing high gear victories In it series of power demonstrations which eelipse anything of a like nature ever before witnessed in the entire history of the (tiitomohile. The world-famous Wawoua road Is the latest victim to be a. Id- d to the long list by the St:r car. r. C. CommltiH. Los Angeh-s airdner newspaper man, served as official observer on Die gruelling run from Los Angeles lo Camp Curry, while Julius liosevolr, fnc-J iory testing engineer, ttrove tne sturdy Star the entire distance. The trip was a non-stop run ns well ns the greatest high gear feat yet accomplished by the Star. It n Iso proved an economy run for the Star. No stops were made for oil, gns, water or mechanical adjustments throughout the 3C5 iiitlcs or the run. The route followed was (he same os that taken by the pilots In the nnnual Los Angeles-Camp Curry economy run and Is the shortest distance from theouthern metropolis to Yosemtto Valley, The route Is over the Itblge lioute with Its countless turns, through Fresno and thence over the dirt ronds and steep grades that lead through Coarse Gold, Fish Camp and Wa wonn. Oommlns, the observer on the run, ci disinterested newspaper man, was amazed at the, perform ance of the car. Ho mild he knew the Star was a "performing" fool" and that It was famous from one end of the country to the other for Its many high gear and hill climbing records; but he was great ly surprised when the Star trium phantly levelled off the three greatest hills encountered on the route. The long climb out of Va wona, the steep grade fo the sum mit of Chlnqapln Mountain and the long grind from Oiouse Creek practically all the way to Inspira tion Point caused him to marvel and comment enthusiastically on the great power of the famous "MILLION HOLLA H MOTfllJ." On the long, non-stop, high genr economy run the Star car used but 3-4 gallons of gasoline and scor ed an nverage of HOt miles to the gallon. This gas mileage record Is far nhcd of the winner In the re cent Yosemlte economy run in which Husevnlr drove n Star coach with nn nverago of 27. miles to the gallon. The feat Is all the more reinnrlt nblo when It Is' considered that It was but the thin! time Husevnlr had been over the course. Often a driver will make ns many ns ten practice runs before attempting nn economy run Into the Valley and no man Is ever picked to drive on any Itlnd of demonstration over the Yosemlte roads unless In In a ve teran of mnny past runs over the difficult route. Another remarkable fen t lire of Dnsovoir's most recent achieve, ment Is the time In which he cov ered the S r miles of highway In the Star. The ear was officially checked out of Los Angeles at r: 1 3 n. m. last Wednesday morning and reached Camp Curry, where it was officially checked in tt 7:3a o'clock that, same evening. This makes Dusevnlr's time 14 hours, 22 minutes and bears evidence of the fact that he pushed the Star over the roadH and did not spare the enr or eonirve fuel. 9 YEARS I OF 9 YEARS ELECTRICAL SERVICE JIEANS C00D SERVICE Dat lories And Electiienl Apparatus A I TO ELECTRIC SERVICE STATION E. C. Rcisland. TAX ELIMINATION' WOULD REDUCE COST. OF AUTOS Thirty-one dollars will automa tically be sliced off the cost of the average automobile to the consum er. If the motorists of the country succeed In their efforts lo get a repeal of the present wartime sat en taxes on motor vehicles and parts. This fact was pointed out to And rew W, Mellon, Secretary of the Treasury, at a recent conference In Washington. The motor clubs and farm organizations hove been op posing these war taxes from the users' Htmnlpftini: and the automo bile manufacturers sought this conferemv to call attention to the burden which this tux impum-H on! low-cost, t ranspoi latlon. List prl-: ceH of automobiles are under pre- war less tlmn In 1!U4. , To present prices, however, are added the war tax which the consumer pays. The automobile makers, who have developed production eeoilO-l niles a ) pasHi'd the savings on to the public, ask to have Oils l-Yder-, al tax burden removed In tile belief; that wide spread low-cost motor j transportation is sound national e- eonomy. Administration leaders at Washington have indicated that their will be a $:nui,iMto,nnu reduc tion in taxes at the next session of Congress. Among I ho reasons ad vanced against this Federal excise lax levy on automot ive products ore: 1. It is a tax on transporta tion; 1, It Is a special tax. in addi tion to alt the other general levies which motor vehicle makers anil 'users pay; 3. It is discriminatory only a few products were bur dened with special Federal war time taxes; 4. Others have had re lief. Most of the other Items es pecially taxed as a wartime meu sure have since been freed from these burdens; 6. Speclul automo bile taxation Is a slate function. The motor vehicle now pays f3(tfi, li,00(t in Bpeetal state (axes, mosf of Ihese special fees being devoted to highway purposes. Impress up on your owners the Importance of voicing their opinion on this legis lation. NOW! Knlist their coop, eratlon In asking your 'ongrcss men and your Failed States, Sena tor to put approval of the elimin ation of the war tuv on motor ve hicles in his program for the ut-xt session of Congress. Concerted ac tion now will voice the opinion of the tax payers of your community and will give your legislators true knowledge of the altitudo of the voters they represent. Kemt in ber I3I.IH) average reduction per car will mean a lower price, and consequent greater sales. ALSO IS lASAHi:A. The Hull Motor company, headed by Kdward J. I'yh? i announced as the new Star organization In I'asa dena. Former dealers discontinued business and are taking the line in Huntington 1'ark, nearby. im new; firm is located ui 200 West o.io- j rado hi reel. I'yh- gives credit to the company's move to Star's great performance record, including the high gear climb to Mt. Wilson by Julius iMisevoir, When a man says his wife doesn't understand him, the chances nre thiit she understands him only too JtAIHATOU WOUK 1T.NHI K WOIiK i,oiy wonic W. 1". Coruin j 4l f .Jefferson Ave. You Deserve This You deserve the highest type of courteous 'service jiIoiik .with quality products that you buy here. It's your money that's lieinjf spent and we consider it our job to see that you jret maximum satisfaction. Prob ably that is why our sales of Veltex Gas and Oil are Kiowinjr every month. La Grande Filling Station Wins 15y Fair Dealing. " J- F- Heasty, Crop. Twi LLYSOVE This Newest Overland Closed Car Value is Without Precedent A Full Size, 5 -Passenger Sedan with 27 Horsepower Performance, at a Price Every Family Can Afford with Sliding Gear Transmission A year ago even six months ago this latest Overland achievement would have seemed impossible, incredible. A solidly-built, very roomy Sedan with ex ceptionally wide doors beautiful cloth upholstery nickel-finish interior fittings-one-piece ventilating windshield All Slml Ttarini. $495 1 All Sud Couf. $635 ; AUSudScim, t7!5;.o.i. Teltia. New Standard Sedan With a modern unit power-plant 27 horse powei" disc-type clutch foot accelerator sliding gear transmission big 10-inch brakes balanced crankshaft cellular radiator. SStWeelstoEiy to.b. Toledo am .un.u.m5t.i'W.HH.'Jt-' Tnip. 1 Gettings & Hanks 1 . . II
