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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (July 4, 1925)
1 Saturday, July "I, 192T. THE LA' GRANDE EVENING 0BSERVEI1 Tags Sov Highway and Aulo Dope lUTOMO I IKlf "Dn a VWT - ai 1..1.-TJT m. i J'I". SPECIAL CABS i SHOWN HEBE Hudson and Essex Cara van on Tour of State Stops Several Days in h La Grande. ' The Bayly paint-'! ml, white and Mil" Hudson and Khsox cara van which was hero Tuesday and Wednesday of this week proved a novel and siieceasful method of advertising- and attracted an un usual amount of uttentton. The caravan wax put on the roud by thft 1'ortlaiid Motor Car com pany and In at present completing a tour of the slate ufl'T (several weeks exhibition at Portland. The object of the demonstration has been to brliif- to the attention of the public, flr-st of all the low price of Hudson and Kssex auto mobiles and second the unusually beautiful body lines and alyUw. The caravan is composed of three cars, one blue and one red Kssex coach awl a Hudson couch done In white. Kuril car la u stock model with special pulnt. lluch hus hud 32 coats of opaque lacquer applied to the already beautiful finish turned out ut the Tuctory und the result is very unumml and quite striking. The finish on the cars 1b practically Indestructible and may be scratched without injury to the surface. In fact at one time it was necessary to remove "some figures which hud tn-i-n palnt ed on the cars and this was done by a liberal and strenuous applica tion of ordinary sandpaper without doitiK- any permanent injury to the finish. ' A. I.. I.fferts, wholesale repre sentative of the Portland Motor Car company, under whose super vision the caravan is touring has noted un increase itt sales at prac tically every place the cars have been shown. According to Mr. I(efferts the entire stute has been a month be hind in the demand for Hudson und Kssex cars and the supply 1ms been uncquul to the demand, short ly after the first of the year. In order to take care of the In creased volume of business the Portland Motor Car company en tered into a contract with the fac tory on July Tlrst to take 3015 cara during the 12 months and expects to increase this amount by 500 cars on tho first of January. 1328. This deal Is said to be the largest car contract ever entered into by any motor concern in the state of Ore gon. The Hudson factory is also crowded with orders, from the re ports from the plant, and is at present enlarging the shops in order to increase production. The factory Is manufacturing 1100 cars daily and expects to increase this number to 1500 on thy first or August. The motor caravan arrived here from Jiend ami had at that time toured most of western ml south ern Oregon. Including Burns and the John Day country. Tho cars were driven to linker for the Fourth of July celebration. They wilt be returned hero next week and will be taken up the branch line before returning to Portland. The Portland Motor Car company A. C. Spark Plugs Wholesale and Retail A Size for Every Car, Tractor and Gas Engine. New Hugs Put in New Life. Fred Burgess 1308 Jefferson - ' ' A XX KNIGHT SIX IS POPULAR New Features Embodied in Sleeve Valve "Willys Meet with Favor. with Car Buying Public. Knthuslusiic reports from own ers of the new Willys-Knight sixes bring high compliment for the spe cially de.slgnetl refinements of these curs, company officials de clare. One of the most important fea tures in the new line of six cyl inder sleeve-valved cars is the spe cially designed curtain compart ment for the touring models, lo cated in I he back of the front seat. A finely finished Inlvrior, covered with fine cloth, encases the cur tains, keeping them free from dust und dirt, and providing a safe compartment with its fine lock. Strong straps hold the cur tains securely in place, eliminating the usual crushing and breaking of cm-lain windows, und providing un easily accessible compartment so that occupants need not leave their scuts to install the storm pro jectors. Specially fitted compartments in the front door, likewise provided with a strong and serviceable Jock, contain the loot equipment for the Willys-Knight open models. There is no fumbling around for the tools, no lifting of sent cushions nor loss of tools by theft with these unique arrangements, and women drivei are particularly enthusiastic over tlie convenience of this equipment. Jnll und complete action of the I ditch lump, or auxiliary road driv ! Ing light. Is obtained by a simple manipulation on the steering col I mini. This device, exclusive oa the I Willys-Knight sixes, is giving fine J service sal isfaction to hundreds of owners in night driving, A simple turn of the wrist und the light is instantly focused . at the right height or angle on the side of the road. Other special features included in the equipment for tltegp Willys Knight sixes ure an air-filter on the carburetor which removes all impurities in the air hefor it is drawn into the carburetor for the mixture; un oil rectifier which reduces crank case dilution and in sures a good engine oil at all times; full sized one-pieco wind shield giving greater vision and safely advantages in driving, and patented Willys-Knight four-wheel brakes of positive action and case of control. Perkins Car Sale Proves Successful The auction sale of used cais.i staged last Wednesday by the Per-J ins Motor Company,1 more than I cume up to expectations. The large j garage was packed for both the af ternoon und evening sales, und ab ove all, the curs were 'sold .on terms und at prices satisfactory to all parties to the transactions, "tlreg" Cregaon, auctioneer ex traordinary, maintained his aver- of a cur sale every two minutes. Almost rapidly as one cur was wheeled off the platform another wus on its way and the third was in the process of being disposed of to the highest hWder, The string of cars ucross the platform was virtually continuous und from the time the sales started until the last car was disposed of there was auc tion all the time und no tedious de lays of any sort. The munner in which the entire sale was conducted wi s a wonder ful exampio of modem efficiency and system. Mr. Uregson had the Perk Ins' sa lean icq working system atically like a hunch of well train ed children in a fire drill and ev erything went off with almost machine-like precision. As the idea of the used cur auc tion sales originated with Mr. Greg son, he Is isa resiHHUdble for the system at izati on of the sates plnn.- Prior to the opening of the. sale the cars to be disposed of had all been numbered and tugged. In a loose leuf notebook Hie virtues of each particular machine had been recorded. When tho sale opened cur num ber one, which haopeocd to be a Kord roadster, was already on the raised platform built specially for the sale. On the other side of the building, leading diretiy on to th platform, all cars had been lined up. The stage was set und after Mr. i trr. M 11 Is 1 Force feed lubrication absolutely prevents burnt out bearings. The Star Car is the only car in its class with Force feed lubrication. That's one reason why we sell the Star Car the other, because it is the lowest price High Grade Car in the world. Seethe 1925 Models. "Tomorrow's Car Today" J. P. MORELOCK NEW POLICY ismon Sludebaker to Discontin ue the Annual Intio duction of New Styles; Gradual Improvement of Models favored. SOL'TIf HKND, Jnd. (Special) Announcement Is tnatla today by The. Studebuker Corporation of A meriea ut discontinuing the cus tom of presenting a new line of automobiles each year. Instead of bringing Ktudi-haker cats dramatically up-t-date once in 1- months, this company pro poses to keep them up-to-date all the time, adding improvements and refinements ull the lime as lin er's engineering department, whch the 'orporallon points out is main tained at a cost of a half million dollars annually. Studebaker believes that this po licy benefits present Studebakcr owuith. It is also the belief of this concern that the policy of no "yearly" models emibh-s purchas ers of new cars to obtain models that are always modern without the necessity of wuiting tor annual ehanges und without the danger of their new cars becoming ohsoh-te. The dramatic success of the pre sent line of Studebaker cars Is one reason for tills important change. I Miring the first five mouths or 1 9 "ft, St udebs ker dealers delivered 4i per cent more cars to buyers Hum during the same period in On May 31st. the end or the period referred to, 8!ndehaker dealers had only half as many cars In stock as one the same date last year. jcapite tin; foci that Studebuk er factories in South Mend, lMroit and Walkervilb', Ontario, un. oper ating at capacity, orders for Stude baker cars uro far in excess of production. J. J. liurnes. district engineer of the Ktaridsrd Oil company pass ed tli rough a Grande Monday en route to lioise and Twin fa My. Idaho lo supervise the installation of some new plant. It's a happy father uh has one daughter married to an ice man and another to u cout man. Cr eg so n made his llltlo introduc tory talk ho started on ear number one. Tex Knight, salesmun for the Perkins' Motor Company, hud' the booklet in which the good points of each machine had been typed. "Greg read from this aloud so that all persons present In the lar-' ge garage were able lo hear plain ly. Jle read it not only once but twice und then started the bidding. As soon us the car was sold tho purchaser was escorted" to the plat form, given a ticket identifying his purchase und then as the car was run off he went to the office and made the necessary payments and so on. In tho office temporary licenses had been provided so that each man could drive his cur away within a very few minutes after the purchase had been consum mated. J As one car wus run off the stand another was eomhig en. As each car was brought up un attendant took a ticket off the radiator upon which had been written the num ber of the cir and turiud this over to Mr. Knight who immediately got the description data ready for Mr. Urcgsou to read. In the largo crowd present were, all types und clansen of people, j One car was purchased by a nam in a soldier's uniform, next by a farmer, another by a man who wished a machine to make a long trip with, the next by u man with a family, buying his first car and then, again, another hy two boys who wunted u machine to drive to school in this fall. Many of the purchasers got re ally exceptional bargains, particu larly at the first of the j1r when people seemed shy about bidding. Some of the very best cars in the sab were di&pemHt of at the open ing und at ridiculously low prices. HARDING PHI S PROBABLE , WAl.LA 'AU,A. Washv Tho Harding Memorial park looks like, a sure thing, according to A.s IA Alexander, manager of the Tp-to-The Times nwMSlius who spent Sunday at Meacham on the Old iOregon Trail near ihe site of the proposed fmrk Mr. Alexander said (hat conditions ut Meacham ure ideal for -such a park us is pro posed n?i(h excellent places for golf links, picnic grounds, club houses, hotels und tho like. Commenting on the proposed park, Mr. Alexander said: 'The Harding Memorial park now looks like a. mire thing. The latest Is that It will bo ut least M0 ucres in extent, if not larger. The legal phnmm of the park are now practically completed. At a coming meeting In Milton, other necessary actlvlUea will be an nounced. "At this time of the year it li n lovely Bpot, Tourist travel over the Oregon Trail Is represented by peo ple, from states west of thn Mls swsilfc ? Jjnstrrn,. tourists are ex pected lit July and AiHEust, ' v . "Hetwetm' Pendleton und La Grandtt vweti work is under way on tho highway. H is being widen ed'and many sharp curves ctit out. When these Improvements are com pleted tho highway will be one, of the finest scenic roads in the west. Between tBWW and! luou cars mm over the road dully. At Meachum work Is progressing on a $rlU'ou vlmttuH which will eliminate the railroad gralc crossing there. tiotemment io tie I'ort rait Of Motcd American AivhHect HAVANA AI.A portrait of Thomas 1:. Waller Is lo bo pre sented by his grandson, Clark Waiter, of Havana to the Vnitel States government when congress convenes in I lecember. The subject of the porlra:? was a noted architect who designed the east und w est wings of the capital at Washington under a commission from President Fill more. He also designed several other pnhito buildings in Washing ton us well an Girard college !u Philadelphia. lb die. I In t K ti7. BUS LINE IS , EXTENDED I'KMJUETOX. Orevicfctl The territory served by ihe Motor Transit company of Pendleton has beey exei'd by the acyulitk'rr llaes operating between l.a Grande, und Wallowa lake, ac cording to a statement made $nr& by HI, Mwer, one o( the metutwrs of the company. Jn the deal the jocaj rompaay a'L ii ml li busses that had been running between Ja Grande and Wallowa lake. New equipment will he added and ininierrtip(ed service between Pendleton and tho lake will, be possible under tho whvdnlrs that have been arranged Mr. Moser said. if, Moser will ipove to l.a Gran de to bo is active charge t tliQ lines. A. I Mnnly, Standard Oil com pauy auditor wus in I A Grando most of the eiirlv part of the week. RADIO TREAT IS PR01ISED INUMNAI'ULia Ind., fftpeehil) The Prest-O-IJte. Company Inc;, of Indianapolis, mukers of radio and autonfobllo storage ImlLerics, is going to give radio fans through uut tho country a little "Inside" advance dope on the ton. mile race at Indianapolis. It vill broadcast tho race throughout the day on May 30 through WON, the Chicago Tribune station on tlin Drake Hot id. at Chicago, and through WKHM the Indianapolis Ndws-Mcrchanls Heat and Light Company sis lion, at Indianapolis. Hut in order that the racing fans who will attend thfl race ttnd also those that will tuna in on the event at home may know Just how speedy their favor ite pilots are. nightly reports will bo sent out as to the progress the racing drivers are making in con ditioning their ears. These, reports will go on tho air nightly beginning Tuesday, May 20. linch and every driver in the big race has to ial ify his car by driving it for four laps of the track at not less than ninety miles an hour. The quali fication trials will begin May "f, and continue until a day before tho race. Thjese lRs give the rac ing enthusiasts the real dope on I ho chances of their favorites. The racing corps of The Presl-O-Ute Company. Inc., 'will compile lhe.se trials at thu end of each day and relay them to WtiN and WKHM.. where they will be broadcasted nl most before the echo of the rucing1 motors has died away. Great himmmI is expected In the coming race, as the little 1 22-inch motors ' have been breaking all speedway records ( for a year. j There is great, rivalry among the raco drivers for the honor of breaking Tommy Milton's record of one lap In I minute. 22 and 20-inn, seconds, mad during the qualifica-i i tion trials Inmt year. This record. I made with a Miller Special, is Ihe fastest qualification lap ever made on th Indianapolis track. Milton may have lo defend this time with a faster lap if some one breaks his last year's record. The entry list this year Is even better than last. Kalph DePalina i is back after missing a year, and (Metro Hordlno, sensational Kuro tpcau speed merchant, has brought ; over a fast Flal with the avowed ! purpose of taking Amerlcun gold back to sunny Italy. The radio fans wMI he. kept fully Informed during the week Immedi ately proceeding the race and they will have the n.uHfieauon ttme a full twelve hours beforo they np peur In tho newspuperH, In addi tion to this Hpcclal service, the winning driver will be. Invited to say a few words into the micro- i phono immediately after he wins tho ruce. Henry Kord, Harney (UdfieUi and all the rest of the no- ; tables at th raee will be invited I to speuk Into the microphones thai will be Installed ut the truck ! side. And In addition lo all this, a I constant stream of race Informa tion will go on the air direct from i a broadcasting booth located a few feet from tho track. This will hp the second year thai The Prest-O-IiUe Company, Inc., has broadcasted tho 600 mile In ternational Hwcepatako race. A woman Is as old as she thinks, but a man is as old us lily rheuma tism feels Notice! DOOIl AMI WINDOW hiu:i:ns All niiulu In oiir shop Triers Ixiw. (. L. Fisk, Prop. IIIIH Jefferson SI. Sr4im tftf f. O. II. Detroit, tax extra. Y'trvr-U-hrtl hydraulic bulwi fillet. TourinsfCar P.O 5. Detroit Tv trt As anticipated the c ew Chrysler Four is being received with unre strained enthusiasm. Those who have been fortunate enough toride in the new car declare that never before has there been a four that delivers so much in fine performance, so much in readabil ity and riding and driving case. For tke Chrysler Four is a true companion to the Chrysler Six. It represents in a very definite and practical sense the applica tion of the same quality and Chrysler Four Pint ear e lu price wllh ihe option of hydraulic four' wheel brake, m itigfti extra colt. Closeti bodies by Flsher. Tourini Car. Club Coup,. Coach and .Sraan aroril.rl bWced film $895 to $ 1 095, . a. b. Detroit , Tliefo ,r, Clir,,!,, d,lcr, ,nd .uperlot Chrr.lef Mrrlfo everrwhfre. All defer, v la position to uttnd th, convenience of tfme-pmvmcnt,. A.k about Corralcr, ottractlv, plan. INSANCB PREPAID , Chtyiln maeor ear, ar, not, rMfvered' fmurcd or on, year al wll factory Utt price of alnal fir, atuf tWt fine manufacture that raised the Chrysler Six to its peak of pop ularity." Consequently it Is not surprising that the new Chrysler Four is already hailed as the most modern and soundest contribution to finer four-cylinder motoring. See it ride in it drive itl Call on us we are only too glad to extend you the opportunity to learn at first hand the many advantages or owning a new , . Leo J. French The only thing an amateur gar-d-iitr ralie-H is blisters. rmr;ji -.-. r-. i ,t. i. , .-r T1,! na.-rnitara-if erwu'i1 intHwiwaiWemrtiftOT .xlcla to exhil'H 111 rartt !lil.s yt-ar ut Btif'h putlifritiff ilii.-ff us the S.il'111 Ulate I'ulr. I lie I'.n.lle lon Ituund-L'p and other places where Urge numbers o( peoplt) TvllI lie .-'.Lurt.-a. Be Prepared! . We aie making Io(s of 1'anva.s Covets for (ourinls and campers. 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