La Grande evening observer., July 18, 1925, Image 7

Saturday, July 18, 11)25.
THD LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVE!
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STAR MAKES
RECORD IP
Transcontinental Owners
Drive Thought to Es
tablish a Record for the
Distance.
Vnlieralded, and making the dip
entirely on his own i enoureeH, a
yoiiiiK New Yorker tdlpped into
J .oh Aimi'lcH on the ntKlit of June
'27, with u claim for an owner's
tiini; record for the motor trip be
tween New York City and I.os An-
fc'elefl.
Jle covered u ttilul of 322b llllles,
iieeompunied only by a setter pup
dotf, lielweeli the dates of .Mine III
und the day lie arrived. Kurly In
t lie niorniiiK, June 2H. he drove
liiH Klar touring car, which wan
pureliused from the Star liraneh in
New York city only a few" days lie
fore" he left, up to the l,oa Antfeles
branch of the Ntnr Motor Company
of I'alifurnia, and recounted lila
adventures.
lit; Is Kred Aldrieh, of I Ml West
Klfty-aeventh street, New York rlly.
The speedometer on Aid rleli 'k
car showed a total mileage of 4tiuu
miles on arriving in ,oa Ani;elen.
It wan one of the most senatioiial
owner performance r'cordH that
Iiuh ever bein broiiKht lo light.
Aldrieh declared that friends in
New York t'lty tun verify the fact
that he left there June ly. lie did
not make the drive Hlruiftht
1 hi ouch. On the contrary, the
longest hiiiRle driving Ml retch wuh
ihrouKh New Mexico and Arizona,
in Hie dark of night through the
deHi-rt, a distance oi' tillu mheH,
without mopping once, and each
day or night hi managed to pfiid
some time con. miming with Kather
Morpheus.
.Mechanics in the I.os Angeles
Star branch examined the car and
declared it to be an ordinary slock
Star louring cur, and declared at
the same time that it had inude the
trip without mechanical difficulty
und that the motor wuh running uh
smoothly an It would in the Star
factory final test yard.
Aldrieh said tluit on the trans
continental run the car averaged
butter than 21 miles per gallon ot
Hudson-Essex
A production of 1500 Cars per day makes
possible these prices:
HUDSON COACH .... $1475
ESSEX COACH $1010
Delivered
"The World's Greatest Buy"
Ledbetter's
Garage
OLD CAR IS
RUNNING
When an automobile has been
approximately a quarler of a mil
lion miles It )s just in prime con
dition to make u 12. ana mite loop
tour of the L'niled Slates, accord
ing to Dr. It. V. Clark, of Syra
cuse, N. Y.. who wilh his "Ituddy"
Kdwurd O'lHmnell of Cortland, N.
Y., is heading toward 1-os Angeles
in his 1 IH ft oldsiuohil roadster.
'Dr. Clark and O'Donnell. who
were first lieutenant and top ser
geant respectively, in the same
medical corps oversea:!, are taking
their first nsil vacation in five
years. It w 111 last nearly five
months, during which time they
plan driving' to I lie Pacific coast
over the Santa Kc route, visiting
the many points of interest on the
west coast, und ret uruing he
southern route to New Orleans und
thence up the east cikinL to New
York.
Kor a little more than six years
Dr. Clark has owned tin Oldsmo
bite roadster, and during (hat time
he has averaged about i&ou miles
per month, driving It In his pro
fessional duties und for pleasure.
The car had covered h total of 2-1,-
uiH) miles when Dr. Clark und his
pal arrived -at the Olds factory,
Lansing, Mich., on the first leg of
their vacation trip. I
During his trip through ':
Lida, en route from New York
h-tatc to Michigan, 1 i Clark said
hi- eneounleri'd a strip of dirt road
4:1 miles long and Unit he made
this at an average speed of 33 nines
an hour.
About l he only major recondi
tioning tiiat has been given the car
was when it was refhiiHhed about
a yir ago. Dr. Clark had it
painted with Dueo, the same ma
terial that is being used on the
present model six cylinder Olds
mo biles.
EVERYTHING J9
WRONG! ' .r&kix
When Your Ignition
Goes Wrong
It's llic heart of a machine, whether that
nmchinc is a car, a threshing engine, or
what. With the ignition out of commission,
the work that you want done must slop -the
machine is valueless until proper re
pairs are made. . j ; j
Nothing, therefore, deserves jour atten
tion so much. If you need ignition repairs
or replacement, he sure that you get the
expert service that this work deserves.
Iong experience and special training in
electrical work has made this shop a Mecca
for the particular customer. We are fully
equipped to rare for IJosch, United Motor,
Dclco, Klaxon and Kciny units.
COME IN TODAY!
Battery & Electric
Service Co.
His Merry Oldsmobile
-;-V .-foiii ; ' - , , r ' i
J Itt R F CUrk of Stcu. N. Y.. in J hi Oldmilr KrtaJttrr ta Kich he I mtfcinf t( - I.
crotwonrinrni lour- htr haini dnvn ti qun erf a million mil in Mi profcwional dutirh
amongst builders of motor oars In
the adoption of the purolntor, us
the oil purifying system is known.
"The leadership of Chrysler en
gineering methods is- now once
more apparent us the. example of
including an oil filtering device
is now being generally followed."
Development of
Tires Took Years
GHEVRDLET
IKES RECORD
1311 Washington Ave.
DALE COX
Detroit, Mich,. July The Chev
rolet Motor Company having -s-lublished
successive production re
cords lor April, May-1 and June,
will exceed by August 'iu the to
tal production for the entire year
of I'J'H.'it Is announced by H. J I
t rani, general sales manager.
Chevrolet production during liiLM
was 3n.;iu;i. During the first
six months of llfi the total pro
duction reached iMH.njii or only
5Ii. T12 under the aggregate lor
the preceding year.
The . company produced M,!4 f
motor ears and trucks during
June, exceeding any previous June
in lis Jiistory. The total for the
month wh-s exceeded by only one
month of Chevrolet production,
October of l!t3. Suhi to deal
ers during June were a 4. 7 25. At
Hie end of June there slill remain
ed 24.H54 unfilled r'etuil orders in
the hands of dealers.
'I stated recently that the mo
tor car industry was becoming
stabilized, that the undesirable
peaks and depressions of product
ion were being flattened out."
.said Mr- Grant. "This statiuent is
.substantiated by the Chevrolet
production figures for the last
three months.
"In April we produced 52. 'I'M
cars and trucks; In May 52.H5:;
und in June &4.IM4. Thus we
have a variation of only 'l.tUi un
its beiween the lowest and hh;h-
st of the three months. And of
en greater significance is I he
fact that our production crept up
instead of down during a perlnd
in which pat experience has led
innfaelurers to expect a decided
decrease.
"Anol her significant figure Is
ontaiued In the statement of. (he
National Automobile Chamber of
Commerce thai the May l',ry
Chevrolet sales were 28S.i P'"i'
nt of t he May sales and that
the truck sabs for the same
month were i y 7 . per cent of
those for May m24."
gasoline, and that ery little, water
or oil were us'-d.
The trip was made over (he l,in
oln high way to Missouri, I hence
over the southern roiile. To .Mis
souri, the perfeel roads were en
otintered but in that yt-it", .Md
rich said, he met gumbo mud in
such .quantities that, after ngxin
re( urning to dry roid. tl wjis
necessary to ciean lii- eniire run
niug gear before it was possible to
muUe up time on the intid.
Aldrieh stfited thai he held (li
ra r w It h a pari I y open ( lirol 1 1
eae!i day, running for hours be
tw ren 45 und 5i utiles an hour,
and that It was tin consistent ae
that made possible th exceptional
time mark he set. Kuch dy's mile
age was close to i't'l nubs.
Members of the I.os Aug- b s Shir
car organi.ation n-velh d I" 1'
tng of A Id rich's nn precede fit' '1
feat. II was a n-titu tktt bb- s'ory to
tlielii, although the. e;)fenier told
his story simply to newspapermen,
s4uting that while he would not
cure tu make the trip In s-aii ;
hurry again, tt was p- rteetly eenr-fortubb-
for him. d.pit-- the att
that he Is a strapping sK-luot I
giant. Ken Peggy, the HUh- bl.iek
and white seller, slept most of lite
wy across the country, cuddled
up to htm vn the iroiit a-.-ut.
Kor the past in years the W. 1I.
liohuenkaiiip company has been i
selling (ioodyeur (ires, lubes and
olhep rubber products and with this
high quality line has built up a 1
very kirge volume of business.
Mriefly, (he story of tloodyear
development might be told this
way: tioodyear has been striving
for twenty-six years to make the
best .possible tire from the stand
point of wear, service, comfort ami
appearance.
Now it would have been possible
for (.ioodyeur to turn out a bal
anced tire and stop :it that. A bal
anced tire might be described as
one in which tread ami carcass)
wear down equally fast, like (he
"One I loss Shay," si that the whole
thing gives out together.
Hut (loodyear engincrs were
never salislied. I hey would Ineklc
first the tread, perhaps, and come
along presently with a new tread
thai gave so much better wear I hut
it outlasted the oin'uiH that car
ried II. Then they'd have lo tackle
the carcass and improve thai till
presently it was outwearing the
tread.
So tin1 thing lias see-sawed along
but willi the net result a lire"
Dial was giving more und more
miles each year.
Anyone who drove a car, lei's
say In pre-war tkiys, , and recalls
Die mileage he got then and com
pares It with what he gels todny
from (loodyear tires, does not have
lo lie I old t hat today's tins give
three and iuiir and live times the
mileage now lhat they gave then.
It is this insistent search for im
provement that h;is hd th' way lo
cord tires, to straihl side tires,
to balloon tires, to Supetlw 1st.
I level opmcnt of lire. had kept
pace with Hie development ami im
provement of automobiles ami
trucks. Almost every change of
consequence In eonsl riiet loll of cars
I rueliw directly affects tire
equipment. And so the the eugi
neers must be kept constantly on
Hie alert.
One feature of (ioodyear lire
lhat has seen less change than any
has been the tread design. The fa
itious diamond blocks of the All-
Weatiier tread, mathematically de.
signed lo give maximum t ruction
digging into mud and snow and
holding (in, histanl ly cheeking a
tendency to skid In any direcllon,
have remained through all the
years changed only in details, not
observable to any bill the designers
themselve:..
While other manufacturers tread
designs Iruve been chamied ngain
and again in the effort to get olic
lhat would give heller traction and
non-skid qualities, tin (ioodyeur
All-Weal her tread h'-is remained
standard, has wrltlen lis signature
across the highways of the world
is the most easily recogni.cd and
hesi Known tread design offered to
the car owning public.
!01L PURIFIER
FITTED ON ALL
CHRYSLER CARS
"One of the things thai shor
ten the life of a fine automobile
engine is wear due to grit thai
gets Into the liibiicuting oil." ays
I,eo J. I'Ynrrh, Chrysler an J
l-Tankliu dealer.
"This was one ot the very firat
things guarded against by Chrys
ler engineers and more than 1 S
months ago. when the Chrysler
Six was introduced, It was fitted
with n filler that purifies the oil
while the engine runs. It hi due
to foresight in providing such rea
t ires as this lhal Chrysler Six
engines can go on delivering the
remarkable service that they do
with n minimum of trouble.
"t 'hrysler w as t he pioneer
Kverything's relative. A chlgger
probably thinks u flea, is uu elephant.
Buick Automobiles
Arc Developed on .
Speedway Tracks
It is iiilcreMitig to note that
iuick. curly In the industry, de
monstrated Uo superior power and
speed of the valvc-Jn-head engine
oil the speedway . A IJuick car
won races at Indianapolis, at the
time when the annual event cover
ed L'50 miles. In fact, until IV
years a bo. when iluick withdrew
hotn filtering cars in racing ev
ents, Dulck made numerous rec
ords on various trucks throughout
the country.
liuick still holds two records In
I In Class "H" Speedway records
(stock chassis division) for the In
dianapolis race truck. These two
records wet! made July 2, 1!) Lo.
by Douls Chevrolet, who went G
miles on Ihls track In 4 minutes,
minutes. 55:4(1 seconds.
TDK NEW
Chrysler Four
Wh $t049 F. O. B. IMwrfl,
taw extra. Frtur-U-hfel hydraulic
braktt optional. Body by tUher
I ar ahead, hi power,
:-pecd, fuel, mileage,
lH-au(; In mi Tel y. cum'
and l omph le ami per
feei i-oadfihlllly.
I'ir.st car of Its price
with the oplhm of
lit!llltdir four - uher l
brakes ill .-light exlUl
ct-t.
Delier :iS.T Ihhh'
Hiuer H:i per -cit
m:ire power ccrtiiinfy
and perfoi niauee I ban
II official rilling!
I'o-itiw' full Pure-reed
lubrication, gltlng more
e f M c ie ti I bibi H-a-lioti
with mi increase
in oil (oii-tiiMi)linu.
I nuualD -iiid, i tin
ged fi nine.
Tflurlnt Car $9S P. O. B,
Detroit, fax eirtro. FfHir-u'heI
hydraulic brakct optional.
Sedan $t091 P.O. B. ftttratt,
tor exlra. Fof.hl hydraulic
bralt optional, tiody by ruKcf,
Club Cwp $W( P. O. n. Detroit,
dry trt'a. Pour-uhtt hydraulic
brakes opt'onaL Body by Fuhn
Leo French
('oilier Ji-ffi'iwui iind llm
VV.l L L.X.S.' 0V t K.L AND , f.l N.t . M . 0. KvAiTSr
If You Knew What Every Willys
Knight Owner Knows, You'd
be driving a Willys-Knight Car
Up to June 30, this year, there
were 200,000 Willys-Knight
cars in active service.
And on that day and date, those
owners were experiencing a
degree of car-satisfaction the
average owner wouldn't believe
could exist in any motor car.
30,000, 40,000, 50,000 miles
not a day out of active commis
sion, not a dollar spent for Engine
repairs . . . Not an uncommon
experience among Willys
Knight owners . . . No carbon
troubles. No valves to grind.
. The patented Willys-Knight
engine does away with both . .
To the exceptional engine
efficiency of the Willys-Knight
is added another exclusive ad
vantage absolute lack of vibra'
(ion, due to the Lanchester
Balancer. The Willys-Knignt
is the only automobile in the
United States equipped with
this device . . .
These things the Willys-Knight
owner knows, and, knowing,
counts on keeping his Willys
Knight two and three times a
long as any other car. x. : . ;
WILLYS
KNIGHT
Four-esllnJu modtli from $1295 la SI 695. Six-cVUnda moJelt from f!B45 lo $2495. AH
price. . o. 4. Toledo. Wt rcicrn (A. right lo change price, and tpcctficaltoru without nolca.
Gettings & Hanks
1 312-14 JEFFERSON ST.
LA GRANDE, ORE.
1 w Leightons! I
Thai's llic i-cmark you lu-ai- f Ktjucntly from a gitniKc owner lo one of his
must be replaced, or some linu.s and pistons arc needed, or various parts for P
I r I I .1 Kil
The average tar owner is innoiant or t lie lieuicadous stock or bearings,
lings, pistons, Keais and other parts carried here in this complete machine works
for the service of I heir cars.
For those who know our service, nothing is impossible in welding and fine
machine repairing until wc arc interviewed. II is a reputation of which we are
proud but it is only an incidental thing in our job of giving unusual service,
or producing complete satisfaction. I'lay sarc be sure it's a Leighton job.
Leighton's Welding & Machine Works
Mock Kc grindiiig - Engine Re-building - Bearings Pistons
Fine Machine Work
Parts)
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