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Saturday, July 11, 15)25.
THE LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER
Pace I'iloven
UI"T" IBHIiHT" I T T Tr f T2 T T TTT ' T"OT A 7"C "i,pSSl
R HEAD
TAKES TRIP
erieral Manager of, Du
raht Motor Co. of Cali
fornia Reports Favor
able Conditions Exist
ing All over Pacific
Coast Territory.
;OAKI,ANI. Cul. July 10. Kor
ean J)e Vaux, vice president and
tneral manager of tlit Durant Mo
r company of California and nc
Ire hi'iid of tin entire Star und Iu
,nl organization in the west, hun
llurncd from an extensive visit tu
( east where lie conferred with
. C. luirunt and other executives
! tin Durum interests. Besides
siting the general headquarters of
if- Star ami Durant fores at tin:
New York offices, I)C Vaiix paid a,
visit to tunny of the large center'
throughout tlu country win-re the
.Siur und Inirant lines are making
great headway.
From hit headquarters m Oak
hind, Dc Vaux went to I'ortlu
wlp-re he spent several days with
C. 1,. (tons, i'ortland Kiar distribut
or. On the first part of his tour of
inspection. Du, Vaux was accom
panied hy Guorgo it. Scott, assistant
general manager, und K. T. Tullep,
Kales manager, of the Ktar Pacific
Coast factory. Heott eccompanled
his chief to New York, but Tulle
reinuined in (he northwest and cov
ered every point In the lerlrtory
lor l ho purpose or niuking a, care
ful survey of conditions.
From l'ortiumi, j)e Vaux and his
aides went to Seattle where they
remained for a few d-ays going over
conditions with the Stur distributor
of (hut place, heaving Seattle, the
party motored to Vancouver. H. ",
in one of the new Star couches. The
Seatlle dealer insisting that they
tnko In I he scenery from an auto
mobile instetid or" from the train,
De Vaux was only too glad to ac
cept the motor trnnspoi tutlon as It
gave his the opportunity to call on
all the Stur dealers between Seat lift
BALLOON TIRE
ADVICE GIVEN
It's Great to Own
and Drive
"That's the new Jcvett Coach I " You hear it wher
ever you go. Admiration greets this great car on
every hand. Because of its beauty of line and color.
Because of its advanced features of design. Because
its every detail bespeaks genuine quality.
Beyond the striking beauty of Jcwett Coach
beyond its championship performance greater even
than its advanced engineering is the following fact:
Consider It Well!
Paige has put the experience of fifteen years of build
ing into the Coach sacrificing nothing to achieve
low price improving the quality for which Jewett
cars are justly respected. This fact alone more than
justifies the enthusiasm that has greeted Jewett
Coach nationally I '
Drive this great car yourself. Prove its value for
yourself as no one can tell you. Just phone for a
.Muny molortata whoso cura oro
inulpiH'tl with ri'sulur IiIbU pros
sum liros iirr nnxioua to chauen
ovit to tiros i-iiibodyinp tlo balloon
principle, bul t hoy do not know
Just what course; to follow to sot
Iho. Ijost rosults.
Tho first quostlon to be consid
ered Is cost, ucoordlnx to tho ud-vk-o
of Avory Harrison, dealor in
I'nltod States tiros. lr tho cur sllll
bus several years of life In it und
tho ownor expert to keep II, it
would probably pay best to get full
balloon equipment. This, of course
requires that now wheels and now
rims of suitubte diameter be sub
stituted for those now on the car.
Hut if the car Is-nearing lis end.
and tin: cost of the wheel chango
Is prohibitive, very i:ood results
can be obtained by uslne "bulloon
type" tires Insteud of full balloons,
t'nited Stales Italloon Type tires
are desiKnod to fit the rims used
for hiifh pressure tires und there
fore require no wheel or rim
changes.
The full balloon equipment is
preferable, of course, but balloon
type tires afford sufficient balloon
ing quality to maek a change over
to thnt type udvlsable where it is
not practical to make the full bal
loon Installiillun. Balloon type Hi
t's give, to a considerable degree,
all of the advantages to be found
In bulloon tiros.
demonstration
Jewett
V. O, B. Detroit, t citra
Palgf -Lockheed 4-wheel brtkca
at flight extra coit
HARRIS FRENCH-
and Vancouver.
At Vancouver Tullcr left th?
party and returned to Seattle, From
there he went to Spokane and otflcr
eastern poinls'of Washington and
Oregon while le Vaux und Scott
crossed Canada to Toronto, where
they visited Mob Mulch, manager of
the Durant plant - which supplies
star and Durunl cars for the entire
Dnminlon-of Canada.
Mulch will be reim inhered on
the Pacific Coast us the former
sales manager of Hie Star Motor
company ami It was his record us
G-I to lie Vux Unit, won for him
the appointment to the place he
now occupies.
l'Von Toror.ro. Ie vaux and Scott
went to New York where they spent
some time tn conferences with pro
duction and sales executives as well
as with V. C. Durant. lie Vaux
was proud of the record lie carried
back' to general lteudUnr1er but
when he was praised for the show
ing of the" Star' 'oh the Pacific
Coast, he pave (he credit to his as
sociate who have assisted lifiu in
the development of tho Star to the
point 11 has attained during he few
months since l)c Vaux becumu the
active head of the production and
sales brunches of the line in the
west. I '
Dc Vaux reports thii'. the Slur is
showing gains in the Kasl and Mid
dle West us wass al on the ('oust;
but he points with pride to the luct
that the registrations show the Star
is making th greatest gain in Cali
fornia that has been scored during
the sweeping campaign that has
brought the Star car to the front a '.
one of tin- most popular uutomo
biks In the entire world today.
J. i Morelock, Star imd Oldsmo
blle dealer for Vnion und Wallowa
counties has done his bit In run
ning up the Star's great sales rec
ord. Since the first of the year
the number of Star cars on the
streets of La Orande and on the
highwuys in the two counties has
been constantly growing.
Oil Production
Is Increased
The olt Industry of the country.
appears to be undergoing another!
of those transitions which make it.
unique umung Industrns. At the
moment of writing, the production
of crude oil is on the upward tr-'iid
due to discovery and development
of new fields of oil principally !
Siiiiickuver, In Arkansas, which Is
yielding some 400,000 barrels of
crude oil dally. Inglewood and
itosccrans, new fields in southern,
California, are adding some 70.000
barrels daily to tho nation's grow
ing total.
Ordinarily a growth In produc
tion of this magnitude could not be
looked upon without considerable
concern as to its eftrr.t upon the
oil markets of the country, includ
ing the market for that primary
product gasoline.
Hut it happens t hat this new
production consists mostly of u
heavy oil, with snmll gasoline con
tent. So marked Is the prcpon
d. ranee of heavy oil In the current
supply that it Is no longer possible
intelligently to consider the oil
situation in terms of total produc
tion of crude oil alone. The gross
volume of oil must be divided in
to two parts light,, with its large
gasoline content, and heavy, with
its small gasoline yield.
The figures on what has happen
ed are Interesting. For the week
ending May floth the crude-oil pro
duction of the t'nited States reach
ed a record ot 2.34(1,900 barrels
dally. This represent a tfuin of
381,600 barrels dally average over
the first of the year. The gain has
been in heavy oil. In fad, the
stntistlcs show an actual decrease
of 12.0U barrels dally In the pro
duction or light oil from the wek
ending January 3rd to the week
ending May 30lh. In other words,
light-oil production throughout I he
country shows a small loss - and
heavy oil u great gain. A similar
com) it lou Is shown in California,
Light-crude production has been
falling since March, heuvy-crude
production has been lucnvislng.
Were the situation reversed with
the supply ow light liigh-gasoline
content oil predominating, there
would 1)4- u great increase In the
supply of gasoline. Hut this Is not
the case, as Is shown by a very
interesting report just issued by
the United States Hureau of Mines,
This shows that during the month
ot April, In the face of lucreatiug
crude-oil production, slocks of
gasoline decreased 1.1S7.U00 bar
rels. A decline tl tiring April is
most unusual. The customary per
formance is for stocks to Increase
until May or June, when tncreused
consumption causes drafts on
stocks. This is the first April uin-
ce 1 1' 1 8 showing a decline. It is
also the first month of April which
has ever failed to show an Increase
In storage over the same mouth m(
the previous yir.
The answer is not far to seek.
April's consumption of gasiline set
a new high record.
The mouths of August Is usually
the mouth of greatest use of gaso
line. 1 Hiring April consumpt ion
was 7000 barrels dully in excess
of August last year. It was also
thirly-four per cent yrealer than
April.
So, the curious condition exists
thut while crude-oil production as
a whole Is breaking records, the
supply of gasoline is actually not
up to the growing demand. Con
sumption for thn year seems like
ly to be the greatest in the his
tory of the country, with conse
quent further drafts on Inven
tories. The Standard Oil Jiulle-tin.
test and that the lights must be
focused In such a way (hut at a
distance of -5 feet the light beams
are not over 3- inches from tho
ground.
At the present tlum the local
stations are awaiting the action of
the secretary of state who In turn
is wulling for a report from tho
t'nited Htutes hureau of standards
where lights, tenses, reflectors and
other equipment is being tented.
NEW OFFICES
ARE OPENED
Gas and Oils
"Just Naturally Better"
Watch for This Sijjn
You Can Buy Veltex At These Stations
LA GKANDK:
. La Grande Filling Station
Square Deal Filliitf; Station
Auto Electric Service Co.
Oregon Tire and Battery Co.
Jennings & Shumate
Orchard Filling Station
Gihbons Filling Station
KAMKLA:
Guy Noideii
LLGIN:
E. F. Hug & Co. !
SUMMKRYILLE: '
J. J. Wagner ' , ' !
PALMER JUNCTION:
Frank Baker ' -T J
UNION: HjA
Oregon Trail Garage
Brown's Garage
LMBLEIt: , V
A. I'ngc & Son
ALICEL: "jr J,'
Bryant & Bryant
COVE: t
W. F. Breshears
I-conaid Towle " "
MINAM: "
('oft and Fleccr
ISLAND CITY : T" "
Clyde Kiddle W
John Lindsay
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FLETCHER OIL COMPANY
T. R. MAXWELL, Mgr. A' HOME COMPANY
The Chevrolet sales organization,
endeavoring to keep pace with de
mand for the new car, has opened
two more zone offices, one at
Indianapolis, Ind., and another at
Jacksonville, Kla., an uddition.il
connecting links between factory
and dealer.
The company now has :'; zone
offices In the Tailed Slates. Inn
ing the summer the Jacksonville
branch w 111 erect u large brick
storage building.
The Indianapolis office, known
as Zone office has been es
tablished at M Monument Circle,
Indianapolis. 11 Is in charge oi
Charles K. I.ee, who w ill ass inu
the responsibilities heretofore
spread between three 7.0m? offices
in adjoining states, his Jurisdic
tion covering alt except one or
two counties of Indiana. It'-cause
of the geographical convenience o(
nearby Chevrolet parts and car
slocks, the Indhinapolis offices
carries no slock.
According to C. K, lawson, as
sistant general stiles manngi'r of
the Chevrolet Motor company, In
creasing volume of sales through
out Indiana necessitated establish
ment of the Indianapolis office to
assure prompt attention to t !)
needs of the 87 direct dealers und
the 34 association dealers now In
eluded 111 the zone,
The new factory branch at Jack
sonville, now Intemporury quar
ters at IHC Main street, was open
ed recently as Zone Office ( when
it became apparent that " Hit: fa
cilities of the Atlanta, tin., zone
office were inadequate for the
rapidly Increasing Florida trade,
t'ndcr the direction of Zone Sabs
Manager Chesli,- A. Smith It will
serve as the distribution center for
Florida and southern (Georgia.
Pluns art1 being draw 11 for it
two-story building to provide re
serve storage lor curs und a $uu,
000 stock of parts.
LIGHT TESTING
STATIONS ARE
BEING PUT IN
Several garages and service sta
tions about the elly are installing
equipment for testing and Certify,
lug lights in compliance with the
new slate law.
A'ery briefly the law requires that
all cars be equipped wit h lenses,
jrlobcs and reflectors that pass the
Notice!
KOOll AMI 'WINDOW
S'Itl''.l:.NS
All bliA'H, lllfUlR III our tsliop
I'rUin IjOW.
C. L. Fi.sk, Prop.
1 HIS Ji-rri-rsmi St.
Farmers! Attention!
U-FT. STRAIGHT BLADE WEEDER!
$110.00 Caslu
La Grande Iron Works
BRING US YOUR
STARTING (UXGHTING BATTERY
DO nut neglect your utartlntt and lighting battery.
It requires cure and attention. We are battery
. expert una win innpett anu huvisg you Mnoui
5 your battery free of charge, regardless of its make.
nepairs muoe at moucraie rates.
The "Extoc" Startinz and Lighting Battery
SiajitK for tiifilitj- ami f made la nil for
any cur, llrlng ik jour hallrry trouble,
FRED T. ISLRGESS
laos JeffciHon Ave.
The stations in I.u Grande thtt
have applied for appointments
from the slate us official testing
stations are 1. C. Smith, I'erkius
Motor company. Auto Klectric
Service company ( Kd Kiesland).
and lib- Willard Mattery sla::?u
(Dale Cox).
HAS N V.W CAIt
Cecil llolton of the (Irnnde
ttonde Meal Company Is the own
er of a new Chrysler Four. Coach,
purchased this week of Leo Frcncli
Chrysb-r nnd Franklin denier.
ItAOIATOIt YVOItK
ri:.M)i:u wo it it
UODV WOltK
W. V.. Com m
111)1 Jefferson Ave.
Keeping Up
With Racine
We sell a great many tires, more
and more as the months go by.
This is partly due, of course, to the
kind of service we believe you have
learned to expect from us.
It is due, even more, to" the kind of
service we know you have learned
to expect from RACINE Multi
Mile Cords.
Our sole ambition is to prove as
satisfactory- as the product we sell.
La Grande Filling Station
Wins liy Fair Dealing"
J. F. HEASTY, Prop.
WILLYS.
TTvT"r?"L anu '"" t'"li'"liJ"lii""!1 'W"o"t'o r.1!
CARS
You Can Count on Keeping Your
WillysKnight Two or Three
Times as Long as Other Cars
yjNY one of the more than
X 200,000 owners will tell you
that buying a Willys-Knight isn't
merely making a car purchase . . .
He will tell you it is the best
investment you could make in
present and perpetual car-satis-faction.
From the first mile smooth,
running, quiet, powerful. Better
on every count at 10,000. Still
smoother, more silent, more and
more powerful at 25,000. And
at 50,000 your Willys-Knight is
a quieter and more efficient car
than the day you bought it.
To this exceptional engtn eflFI
ciency is added another exclusive
advantage absolute lack of vi
bration, due to the Lanchester
Balancer. The Willys-Knight is
the only automobile in the
United States equipped with this
device ...
No valves to grind. No carbon
troubles. The patented sleeve
valve idea gets rid of both, com
pletely . . . The only motor that
actually improves with use ... In
14 years, a Willys -Knight engine
that has ever warn out has yet to
be recorded.
WI
KN
LLY
IGH
rur-ryllnJrr miJtlimm $129! fa $1695. Slt-cylinJtr irWfj fnm flHS to $249!.
Ail prtcu . a. i. Toltde. H'l mint (A, rff At It change pricu and iptcificatiani u ::!k-jI nnlic.
Gettings & Hanks
J3L
J 312-1 1 JEFFERSON ST.
LA GRANDE, ORE.