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Saturday, July 11, 1925.
THE LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER
Page. Thiru er
Highway
and
Auto
Dope .
UE NEW
Traffic
and
Tourist
News
fUTOMOBI
RUNABOUT IS
WIDELY USED
College Men Prefer the,
Roadster Type Cars in
Making Summer Vaca-
l tion Trips.
With KrhoolH nn'1 rolUpos lost'.
ao'l varaiion time hvre, young folk
ur gotting 'it onto the road 'n
lo all appoarancts they h.-i-iu to be
Kointf in for motoring inonv tlwin
' v'r hvl'Ort.
Any oliHirviiiff person can K'i' it
in th- imi'L'Ur uione the it'i'-iH mill
on Hie conn i ry highways at the
pleniea, In the pur It, nt the mim
iier reKorta. The nmnher of youna
men and women driving eur in
every where showing u surprising
InereaMe.
A m oug t hese youthful mot or
is!, the Kinall, light open car Heemn
to have the pre fere nee hy a wide
mai'M-in .ynl the l'urd runabout is
by Wr the mont popular of all,
i jinlginn; from the number seen on
l he streets. Then are, of course,
ja number of reasons lor this Kord
j popularity, l-'irst of all, the piieo
j is low. This gives those tn,uuiil
i erat 1 circumsiancfs an opportun
ely to enjoy a car, while those of
j more moans may easily provide the
younger members of the family
with a runabout ot'thetr own at a,
nniull outlay and thus retain th
higher priced ear tor ut of others
in thf family.
Kven before the vacation season:
urrived there were indlcatiotm that
Ford runabouts hud vonie into in
creased favor, for more of them
have appeared on the streets during-
the early aprlng months this
year than in previous years. U is
just about Impossible now to-turn
i onto any street or iad without
! meeting the familiar Vonl . run
i about with top down, more than
likely In u khaki colored boot, with
wimlwiiiKH on the windshield .and
other accessories according; t the
owner's Individual taste.
Now with the hosts of young men
unit women home for vacation the
number of l-'ord runabout drivers
promises to take a decided in
eivy.se, Judging at feast from the
early season popular iiy of .the car.
Your Tirps
i
yometitors may
vD adopt these high
grade features in the
future-the 1925 Star
has them now-that's
why we say:
"Tomorrow's Car
Today."
n I, -T
The
Million Dollar
Motor
Four-Wheel Brakes
Full Force Feed
Lubrication
Tubular Backbone
Fedders Radiator
Cord Tires
Nickel Silver Door
Handles
Alemite Lubrication
Disc Clutch
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HPhere Is only one real motor
value in the low-priced field
the new 1925 Star Car.
This is a statement of fact you
can prove to your own satisfac
tion at your nearest Star dealer.
Now you can demand power
Real Power at low cost.
All records have been broken
by the Million Dollar Motor on
the test hills of the Coast. Power,
real power for the first time
in a low-cost car.
The 1925 Star Sport
Touring. .The car for
the milions uith the
Million Dollar Motor
J. P. MORELOCK
"She greatest value buy in the world
"Motor Trouble"
Has A Different Meaning For
Different People
Rut to the man who appreciates how much he has invested in his
car and how much depends on its being given proper mechanical atten
tion, "motor trouble" means simply that Leighton's is the place to go.
That kind of a car owner knows that the world is full of men who
started out with good intentions but that there are too few men who
combine good intentions with expert knowledge and up-to-the-minute
equipment. t
We "harp" on high-grade machine work because that's the only
variety we do and that's the only variety (hat pays the people we" work
for. Next time, be sure the job goes to Leighton. It'll be guaranteed.
Leighton's Welding & Machine Works
Block Re-grinding
Engine Re-building - Bearings Piston Parts
Fine Machine Work
(By T. S, l,hulse) ,
Good. ruMed, non-skid tires, a,
dry road surface und effect I vu
brakes are not the only tlilngt
neeessyry to bring a cur to a stop
tiulekly. f 'o-ordlnation between
in hul and muscle Ik pKsential.
Ask any good driver if h can
come to a stop within fifty feet
when traveling ut twenty-five miles
an hour. "Sure," he will say, and
then will demonstrate by, applying
his brakes at a nlgntil. and measur
ing the distance from the pplnt of
brake application to the point of
full si op. The distance may be
twenty-five, thirty or even fifty
feet, but whatever It is, it will not
he accurate. The. real distance Is
from the point at which the hIk.
nal to stop was given to the point
of full stop. It may he twice the
illstaneo of the first measurement.
hfi'uuKc the mind must tell the foot
lo apply the brake, which takes
time .and I he car is moving during;
this time. . t
Yon may not Ofiree with . this
statement. Ton may say that the.
shift of foot from accelerator to
brake pedal Is nearly Instantan
eous, a half a. Bocond may seem
nearly Instantaneous," yet ut 3rt
miles, an hour your car will travel
twenty-two feet In this half second.
1'Yw drivers can shift from gas to
brake in half a . second. If the.
driver is watching- the scenery or
turning to look, at a. prctly Rii'l. ho
may drive fifty feet before he be
gins to upply the brakes and an
other twuxtty-Tlve feet .before stopping
i The llureaii of , Standards t
Washington has made soirxe .Inter
esting; tests, which will be describ
ed In future unifies.
.'radiator cap and be makes tbc .
'astounding discovery that ihe)3 is
no water In the radiator.
The cure, of course, is very slm
pie but the danger is that the
cure, applied too late, may not be I
a complete one. Kor, deprived of
the circulation of the water which
is an essential feature of the de
sign of most traHoline en (fines, a
considerable Injury may happen to
th motor, l.ow water means u
rapid rise in engine temperature,
and the only sure way to prevent 1
Ihls, short of remembering- to fill
the radiator. Is to keep an eye on
the heal indicator on the radiator
cap and stop mid examine when
this Indlcalor' registers above the
danger line.
Of oil the causes of motor heat
ing set forth in the first eight
a rt letes on t his subject, perhaps
t he most obscure and Insidious
cause is that of the clogged strain-1
The ordinary driver or motor
ist, or even the one with n long
record of satisfactory perform
ance, often does not know that
hidden deep under the vtinll-like
steel covering of the engine, Is a,
strainer with a very fine mesh,
the p ttpose of which Is to strain
all the Impurity from the oil that
Is circulating through the motor.
rhfs strainer covers the suction
pipe of the oy pump, and grad
ually becomes filled with the sed
iment that accumulates In the very
bist grades of lubricating oil.
When tills occurs, the oil cannot
flow through the suction pipe to
the parts nepding lubrication, and
irlclion starts In. lVlctlonal heat,
combined with the high cylinder
heat, Is .given off far too rapidly
lo be adequately cooled by the
water circulating around the water
cycle. As the heat generates, the
red line In the heat Indicating ln
atrument goes toward the top.
thus warning the driver that some
thing is wrong. If all' other ord
inary causes for heat generation
seem to bo working properly, have
your mechanic look ' for this il".
feet.
The beat Indicator Is placed on
the radiator cap of. the car so
thai the d rive r d oes n ot ha ve t o
take his eyes from' 'the road, a
fact which adds to the safely of
his and passing cars.
Tips For
Motorists
Kreqti .'iiMy, this most si; ton en
gine iiinii ly, leading to overhaul
ing, iiniy have such a simp1 origin
that it !'(.' ms scarcely :iticc!;wtry to
call it to the attention i;t either
evpurienced or inexperici-cvd 'mo
torists. Kueh is Hie riier-? pculcci,
to fill the radiator with wal l. -
Mow many times liu the care
free motorist started o) an auto
mobile trip, and, aftc proceeding
for a short dbd.iniv, oliM-i'vcd
steam emunatlug from the, radlf.
tor?. A great many, 'of course.
with consequent phi urestmo lan
guage and vlliflcall.-iTi of 'he m.inu
facturers of the etc Th' usual
Hi'uuence of events 1?i n follows
The motorist getH o it if his car,
raises the hood and looks f"iispfc
lously at the-englne. The engine
looks- nil right. He' then ' ntutllei
the rear axle, and, finding noth
ing wrong there,; feverishly exam
ines the running hoard.- After half
an hour or so of gueh .investigation
.it occurs to him to remove the
.HST til: RATI K NT
Though Greenland's Icy mountains
Kxertmely distant are. ' -
And Arctic's murmuring fountains
I jle so t o spea k a fa r.
Though one must widely t ravel
Through nruny .scattered lands
To view the Kolden gravel
.'Hound India's coral strands,
A patient person I am
And merely sit and smile-"--
For Henry Kurd will buy 'cm
If just I wait a while.
No land of milk and honey.
.No land of pearls and pold,
Hut may be. had for money
Ah often we are told,
And not a king or duke or
A rajah ever known.
Has half the store of lucre
Thai Henry soon will own.
He does things circumspectly,
He's shrewd, but never fear
He'll buy these things 'direct ly,
And bring 'em over here.
Just now -the ether sunders
Our planet from the stars
We've never seen the wonders
Of Jupiter or Mars.
We can't observe a comet
I'pon Its heavenly raid.
We're far too distant from It
To know how H Is made.
Hut maybe by next autumn
We'll view them close aboard
For lb iiry may have bought 'ern ,
And painted on fern "F(UI.' j
GARAGE
GOSSIP
At 1 nlou
W. I. Hanks of Cettlugs nnd
Hanks was ut Tnion yestorday on
a business trip.
On Vacation '
t'olenian George, servieo man al
! the l,u (irttnde Killing company
i station on Jefferson street, occom
I panic,! by Mrs. tieorge Is speml
. Ing his vucatlon on the coast. The
trip Is being made In an KHe
coach, purchased recently from K.
I., l.edbetter. , ;
Spent Fooi'lli
J, II. HoiHngworth, service man
ut the Slaudurd OH filling nbttlon,
Oth his family spent the Fourth of
July in linker.
At the Lake-
The Standard Oil company1 was
well represented at Wallow laku
over the Fourth of July vacation.
Among the members of the. com
pany there were, H. W. Mct'allurn,
assistant sales manager of the Wal
la Walla district: K. A. Ken pre n,
district credit manager; W. O,
Archibald, head auditor of the Wal
la Wullu office; H, (i. Alberls. ns
slHtnut. special agent , and (J. it.
Griffith, special - agent from 1.0,
Grande. Their families accom
panied them on the trip.
A I 0iil"eretMe
K. 1,. l.edbetter, local Hudson
and Ksscx dealer left for Port
land Thursday to attend u sales
conference of H udson and Kssex
dealers. f Harry Aloock. sales pro
mil ion manager from I et roll will
be there to show a motion picture
of the big Detroit factory, -
On TiIh
Kldon "Parsons, of the, mainten
ance department of the Perkins
Motor company, Is on a fishing trip
on the Minam river this "week in
company with Harry Mohr of La
Grande. The trip was made from
Cove by pack hows. '
llcn Vci4rdny .
N. W, Harm s of the auditing de
partment of the Kan Francisco of
fice of the Standard Oil company
was In l.u Grande ,, yesterday en
route lo Yellowstone, park for his
vacation. Mrs. Harneg accom
panied hltn.
Good Gears Deserve Good Grease
Gear Grease
makes gears
make good
regardless of wea
ther or working
conditions. We
recommend it for
both efficiency &
economy. Drive
your car over and
let us change the
Gear Grease to
Ulhii you will
notice a remark
able smoothness
of operation when
you drive away.
AUTOMOBILE GEARS are made
of the finest steel by skilled
mechanics - they must be accurate -their
perfect functioning depend, more on
proper lubrication than any other one factor.
Whit. Cear Create follows the grara, never
retarding their freedom of change, always
forming m filmy cushion between tha metat
parts, preventing wear and noise.
a whiz,
EprWW. ate u t cut J
For Sale Uy
La Grande Filling Station
W ins by Fair Denlinf;. , J. F. Heasty, Prop.
HOOD CORD
TIRES
.The Hood White Arrow Is a good looklnff
tire on your car. It costs' lrc than
iiny other good lre and when H has turned
. out . the miles you , will find It costs ttUl
!, per mite. i .
You (an Buy at the Old Price
While , Ihey lasl. - We have , n limited slock of these tires nn
hand and -we have not added the recent advance. It's ymtr
savin?:, but you must net quick, . ;
OREGON TIRE & BATTERY GO.
Om-llnir III.m Il Hack or Tln lllru k ( nt.
uality;
Automooiie
. for Sconomictl rranspottattit
" a. V f J aT I
Jrvi7 vmi ran own a' ciualitv auto-
mobile and we will make it sq easy
for you to buy it that you will never
miss the money. Here's how you
canYIo it:
Th ChovroUt ;
6)W 1'urch
by thouioili '
firthpurchtu
of ChcvraUt
carta )
1 Come in and select the model of;
car that ,ypu like best. . , " ( :
2 Bring us the coupon below and
$4.00 and we will credit you with
$5.00 on a Chevrolet 6 Purchase
Certificate you earn 6 on all
the payments you make on this
Certificate.
3 You make regular weekly pay
ments of as little as $5.00 if you wish.
4 In a short time these payments,
plus the interest that you have
earned, will equal the amount neces
sary for the actual delivery of the
car. After you get the car you pay
the balance in regular monthly
payments.
5 In addition, if you already own
a car, we will credit you with 6
on all service, repairs and accessories
which you purchase from us.
We deposit your money in a separate :'
trust account at a bank anuto
assure absolute protection for your i
funds, both the bank and we, our
selves, are insured by a strong, well
known insurance company. You
can make no (iner, safer investment.
You will be surprised to find how
easy it is to buy a Chevrolet this
way. Thousands of happy owners
are now driving Chevrolet cars pur
chased on the Certificate plan. To
day is a good time for you to call on
us. You will have time to look over
the can carefully and get fully in
formed on the remarkable value
that they offer.
Without question Chevrolet is the
finest low-cost quality car in the
world and represents an automobile
value that is unsurpassed.
See us today.
Coupe
'525 Coach . . 735 ZZST-M. . 425
715 Sedan - - - 825
Track UmmIs - J-W
ALL I'RICBS F. O. . FLINT, MIC1L
Opposite Postoffiee.
Blue Mountain Garage
M. A. HARRISON", Mgr.
This Coupon
One
Dollar
Take it to our
Showroom today I
PRESENT THIS COUPON TO L'S TODAY
Thli Coapm ti worvh one dolUr iM.ec-f rhrn vrd part
it llc fttn pivmrnl on Chevrolet 6 I'wrt. ( OnituiMtt
nti will be vrtaJrtsHl on th inter M yim tram n b l'imbl
un ilia deliver "I car. 1
(Dmler'i Name and Address)
Thlf ccnipon food onlv until August It, 92S. Only
COupun tep(bU un b tertibtalc.
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