H Saturday, Septemlrer 5, 1955
THE LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER
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!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.
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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
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It Will Give You ,
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SPEED )
MILEAGE
EASY STARTING
It Will Not Give You " r
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SO MANY GEAR
CHANGES
SLOW PICK-UP
LOW MILEAGE
HARD STARTING
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We Invite Comparison
FLETCHER OIL COMPANY
The First Independent Oil Company in Oitkii.