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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 5, 1925)
H Saturday, Septemlrer 5, 1955 THE LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER Pags Nina Tourist Traffic and News Jlighway and Auto Dope !T0 LIGHT . S LAW IS NOW IN EFFECT Motorists Required to Y Have Lights Adjusted I to Comply with New Regulations. r SAI.KM, Ore, (Special.) The 1 m w autoniolilli' lighting law. pass- - came effective Tuesday, ind mo " tori sis now must be able to p'-o-duce certificates showing that 'i llu-ir lights meet legal require. : im-nts. All will he pnsumcd to have been examined hy officially qualified examiners ami adjusted ' if found necessary. i'he of tidal examiners uro ga rages, uecessony shops und similar nlnrt s designated for Unit purpose 1-y the Tivlury of slate upon their equipping thcmsHvea properly utter application made . to the siat" department, limniii (.a Wot raving 1 i in in In? of automobile lights .will not be ret Hired by law oil Oregon htghwuys, though dimming is compulsory on uny wet pave ment when a glare is caused by Hie lights. The luw Is like the t 'jiUi'ottiia still ute, the, dimming ulause being I lie only exception. The lee which the official stn l ions ure allowed to charge for ad justing lights is 75 rents, though in la rge percentage of cases the cost to (he motor vehicle owner Is more than that for the reason that ten sis or' globes are found defec tive under ilu law.' It In ehtinied.- however, that mo;;i nut oiuol-iJ mupiifacl mvd within the lest year have lamps. that iifet all requirements. Th The Real Test Vou can't always tell how a used car is going to act by the way it hums around the block. You've got to demand something more than "sounds" and "looks" and that something is REPUTATION. L. CL Smith legislature in acting upon the light hill obtained data from the American Society of Automotive! engineers, which Is said to be the source of data used by tin. manu facturers. t'lare Problem Solved It is the claim of these engineers that they have brought the light ing problem down to a point where a maximum of light hi provided without enough glare to blind drivers coming in an opposite di rection. i'nder the new luw a length or light projection is required that will distinctly reveal a person or object within 2nn feet ahead of the car, while the width of pro jection is required that will dis tinctly show, an object in tint road over u road width of 12 feet at a distance of 1 14 feci ahead of the car. Glare in limited by a re quirement that the intensity shall not be over tU" cundlepower loo feet in front of the car. seven feet to the left and ill a luiirht of five feet. Spot lamps and fog lumps must be kept, on the left bund side of the rar nnd so fixed that liny can not be mpved except by mechunt cal device. The light froi svoi lamps nnist.be thrown to the, rifiht side, of tin highway. Sniidteiovcr iN'sigiuile.l "Kvery motor . vehicle, except motorcycles, operated or driven upon the highways of this state," says the law, "shall exhibit during the period j$t one. half hour alter sunset to ou-hnlf before sunrise, and at all tiujes when fog or ut mospherie conditions render the operation ' of said motor vehicle SIS dangerous to truffle or the use of highways, two head lamps of ap proximately equal cundlepower, not in excess of 21 cundlepower." All lighting devices used must have the approval of tho state de puitmeiit according to the test of the L ulled States bureau of stand ards. Any person or firm having devices they wish to murket muy submit them to the secretary of state, with a fee of $5l. and they will bu subjected to the lest. Motorcycles are required to have a front lamp or I am pi capable of furnish lug sufficient ilium inaLjon to render clearly discernible any substantial object 140 feet directly ahead uud any substantial object 7u feet ahead and five feet to the. right of the axis of The motorcycle. Trailers Aw IteKiilaled Helajivc to other vehicles the law says: "l-'.vi ry trailer or s.mi-trntlcr. except small two-wheel trailers of lumj pounds capacity or less tow ed closely behind a motor vehicle, and semi-trailers when towed alone, whose over-all length in either case, including towing ve hicle and load, does not exceed 30 feet, when on the highway at night shall carry at the front of lis left side one lump capable of throwing a white light visible from both front and .rear of such vehicle. "All vehicles, other than motor vehicles , and motorcycles, when operated upon the highwuys be tween one-half hour utter sunset und one-half hour before sunrise, and at all times when fog und other atmospheric conditions ren der the operation of said vehicle dangerous to traffic or the use of the highways, shall display pn the left side of said vehicle a while light which must b visible from the front and rear for u distance of not less than :!uu feet in either direction," Complaints have already been received about adjusters making exorbitant charges for adjusting lights and attempting- to sell mo torists various kinds of devices. Steps are being taken by the de partment to prevent this. Garage Gossip .Muiinvci Here J. r. t'rudeti, district sales man ager of the Standard Oil company pussed through 1-a Grande t his week. Mr. t'ruden made u trip to Idaho stations of the company and when here was returning to the district office In Wullu. Walla. KA1MATOK WOltK j i;mi;u woiik itoiv worat V I. Coram 1304 Jefferson Ave. Slious Details iThe Hliie Mountain garage Is showing a rhassls of the new Chevrolet so that the sturdy con struction of vno car. which is or dinarily hid to view when the body Is in place, may be seen. The un usually long elliptic type springs, the heavy rear uxle with the ban jo housing, ihe short und rigid drive shaft and other details of .construction are readily accessible. The chassis in this manner has helped Avery Harrison, manager of the Hint Mountain garage nnd hi.s KilcMurn to hang up some new sales records for Chevrolet. To lte-Kiirfacc Koxkf M. J. Ooss is one dealer who is in the field to stay. He signed n f lye-year lease this week on the building he now occupies and so will be nt the same stand selling new Htudebiiker cars and servicing the ones In use for many month:; to come. I'nder the terms of the lease Air, Goss is responsible for the upkeep of the building. In line with this he expects to start men at work re-surfacing the roof about the first pf next week. creek, near Grnngeville, following the announcement here Thursday by cGorge Thompson, an old time miner that he had discovered cropping of quart, gold uit a side hill In that vicinity. More than 1 ill) persons staked claims Friday wit hln a radius of five miles of Thompson's claim. The Right Price Onn n i ires Di-op in and Look Them Over HIGHWAY SKRVICE STATION r.OIMOIlT OA 11 ICY READ THE OBSEUVEK CLASSIFIED AP3 Illnbl-uf-Wav Sain Onleml. KKI-SO. Wash. The enmity commissioners ordered the sale of ;!.22 acres of land along the front of the county tarni, which the Co lumbia Cowlitz Huilwuy ocm jany, Weyerheauser Timber com pany subsidiary, wants us right of way. No one offered any objection to the sale, which will be advertised. i Will IJi-oaOcnst K. L. Ledbetter, local Hudson and Ksney dealer, has received n iMter from the Portland Motor Car company, state distributors for the Hue, E'y,!r that the company will give the first uf a serl" nt j radio brouilcasts from the Oregon-j lan lower in t'oruauu on i uesuay evening of next week. A good pro gram Lis kitcn rrtnlK,d and all radio fans are urged to tune in on KG W on that night. The program will be broadcast between the hours of nine and ten. ) 1mm New Low Price Makes It Greatest Value In History This is the finest Essex ever built. And the price is the lowest for which Essex ever sold. It is made possible only through the largest output of 6-cylinder cars in the world's history. 166,369 Hudson-Essex sales in eight monthssurpassallformer 6-cylinder records by many thousands the largest in crease known in the industry. This enormous production gives advantages in economi cal purchase of materials, sav. ings in manufacture and low cost of distribution that are recognized throughout the in dustry as being exclusive to Hudson-Essex. New HUDSON PRICES Coach 1105 Hroupliam s1495 tt:.T) Sedan 1695 All fntn F'ttht aid Tax txi'tt 31? J Gsfeatestt Values Everyone Says It Sales Prove It LEDBETTER GARAGE Catching Vp - On September firBt the liKht ad justing slat tons iuukvd !!!? le scene of a bargain sale. Long lines of cars were standing In front of each and the Htatiou men wt" be sieged on nil sides by car owners de-string immediate attention. This lasted for the first three or four days of (he. week but witn the ears being t urned out from each t est -ing place nt the rafe of from 1 to 2" i. day the number was gradual ly c.-nighi up until at the pris-nt writing the stations are nearly back to normal still busy but at least ,int so rushed. The Perkins Motor Company. I.. C. Smlh. The Wlllara liuit- ry Hon. Kred Jturgess and the Auto Klcctrlc Service company are nil equipped) to take caro of adjust ments. Accon.'lng to the garage men the adjustments have averaged reason ably low in cost. The usual cost of a car Is In the neighbor hood of $t.7&. The prices run higher on the older machines because these require more equipment such its lenses, reflectors or perhaps even new batteries or jreiierators. The highest adjustment cost re corded this week was one of tr.fi nt the Perkins Motor company for a Pord ear with the magneto igni tion. This muchlne was filled with a storngH battery und generator which ran the cost up to tho un usually, high- fignre. ',(rjst Of thr slutlons have flubb ed from 200 to li r l cars a ml Issued certificates of Inspection for that number. Proving Popular The new sales plnn Introduced by the Duraut company and being handled here by J. 1'. Morelock, who sells Star cms. Is proving quite popular locally. The plan provides a way to earn most of the money fnr tlut tiurehnse of a new Star by co-op. -rating to a slight extent with tho dealer. The effort required is practically nothing In comparison to the results achieved nnd many l,a Grande people already have vi sions of a new Star cur. hong Life The remarkable durability and tnmtna built Into Dodge cars Is shown by a car owned by one of tho mechanics working for I. C Smith, local Dodge dealer. This car was turned out at the factory In 1918 and has since been treat ed very roughly until In the hands of Its present owner but one would think it n new car from the condi tion of the paint and the way the motor sounds. The paint Is appar ently In as good condition as when It left the factory and the ear runs like a clock. The owner hns fit ted the machine with natural wood wheels with bajloon tires, a lug gage trunk at the rear and other accessories which make the car un sually classy' In appearance. This proof of the serviceability of Dodge cuts und such a record is not at 'all unusual for many of them ;,ave been In service over LVen a longer period of years. Herd cm Car K. 1.. I-edbetUr received n car load of Hudson and Kr'x cars thin we.-k. In tin- lot wire two Kssex coaches, a Hudson brougham and u Hudson coach. (;orr m sii m;poiui:i on m;aii .ha..i;viuj; J.KWIHTOWV, Ida. (A P) A gold rush was on Friday On Slate fhminn 1 are now snf I and will est them practi cally FEEE! can earn your Star Car! Famous overnight a9 a big, generous, bonafida offer (never before put forth by any motor car organization) the Star Gold Certificate ave and Earn Plan is attract ingethousands of participants. Big, whole-hearted re sponse from 100 ambitious people. You Are Next! Join now paying as much actual cash as suits youl Now here's the first step and do it now. Go To YOUR DEALER FOR FULL Details. Your Star DEALER has every rule and helpful suggestion of this handsome offer waiting for you in a simple, under standable booklet. He will enroll you and explain ihe popular, generous plan. The Plan is devised by one . of America's master auto mobile executives to help those who have the pep and courage to help them selves. Positively you will be startled into action at on.ce wHen your dealer tells you all about this Star Gold Certificate Plan! Sec Your Dealer! Go now don't wait. See him for full details right away! STAfl GOLD CERTIFICATE SAVE AND EARN PLAN At New Reduced Prices Morelock Auto Co. : : J. P, Morelock, Mgr. Do You Motor For Pleasure? Use Veltex Gasoline & Oils o It Will Give You , - POWER SPEED ) MILEAGE EASY STARTING It Will Not Give You " r 4 SO MANY GEAR CHANGES SLOW PICK-UP LOW MILEAGE HARD STARTING 3 O C cr I We Invite Comparison FLETCHER OIL COMPANY The First Independent Oil Company in Oitkii.
