La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, September 26, 1925, Image 7

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Newspaper Page TextSaturday, September 2fl, 1925. THE LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER Page Seren V E NGINF WRUNG TS Manufacturer . Believes Aviation is Still in Its Infancy and He Wont Leave Ground. DETROIT. (NEA Special) The Ford Motor Company has just gone into both ends of commercial avi ation operation and munutacture. It hus ugreed to carry ihe airmail for the government irom Chicago to Detroit. But Henry , Ford smiles dryly at the suggestion that this signified compete success lor commercial aviation is near. '1 wish 1 could see it," he com ments. From the Ford airport at Dear born, atl-metal "sky truck" duiiy sail away to Cleveland and Chica go .carrying a thousand pounds of freight. Foia thinks these are the best airplanes thai engineering tulunt has. yul developed, liut lie thinks the muchines are still crude, cost ly, ineitlcient, measured by his . vision of wluat the sky carrier of the luture will be, "Aviation is in , Its infancy, ". Ford puts it. , "Vaunt's the trouble with the airplane?" he is asked . '"ihe engine he replies. The Foru Motor Company built thousands of .Liberty motors for the government during the war. Now it is buying back these same motors to insiuli in its own planes. But whatever happens in avia tion, Henry Ford has no desire to fly. ' . .. He has never ridden in an air plane, or airship, and , nuvor In tends to, uuspitu reports that ho planned a trip on the ' ill-fated tihenanduah when it soared over Detroit on its return from the mid dle west. "1 cun Imagine what flying Is like to my pertect satlsi action," sujs Ford. OAS OYI'SIES OJ.T OF LUCK -ASTOKIA, Ore. (AP) The gusa line gypsy, itinerary worker and auto tramp are finding the way hard and small-town "BUhrfew-! and far between in Oregon as a re sult of activities of social workers. Miss , Murian Uowcn of tho local Jted Cross recently reported this condition. ' The Worlds FORD ASSER Ctadk Price V Chevrolet offer you more coach quality for 1cm money than you can get anywhere else in the world. Note these points of superiority! QUALITY CONSTRUCTION -typical of the highest priced cars. POWERFUL MOTOR all the power and speed that you need. LONO SPRING SUSPENSION chrome vanadium, semi elliptic springs give great comfort and readability. FULLY ENCLOSED CLUTCH-tingle plate, dry disc type, the eajiest you have ever handled. FISHER BODY of high quality, with fine car construction and appointments. V V ONE-PIECE WINDSHIELD-eri!y raid or lowered.trith full cowl ventilation, absolutely water-tight. DUCO FINISH in beautiful tage-green and black, color and hutre last indefinitely. ALEM1TE LUBRICATION a modern very convenient lubri eating system. Thee are but a few points that Indicate the superior quality of this fine coach. To build such a coach at so low a price is the cnon outstanding coach achievement in the automobile industry too world's greatest coacil value. See it today. Killing Pace"' ' City Little More Than Crawl Walkers Average 3.7 Miles an Hour, and Automobile Riders Average 5.7 Miles an Hour, Statistics . Gathered in Washington Show. WASHINGTON (Special). The supposedly killing puce of thd modern American citv actually comes down nearly to a .crawl, if the travel habits of Wushmg ton citizens as shown by a trans portation survey . are any criter ion. According to data cards col lected by the survey eJiglnesrs from 90,000 individuals, the ef fective overall avei age speed of travel between residence and bus iness is as follows: For-those whoso dally trips be tween home and office are two miles or less, tho walkers aver age 8.7 miles per hour, street car 'riders go-4.1 miles per hour, motor bus riders 4.6 miles p'ir hour, and automobile pnsst:nsvrs 5.7' mihis per hour. For tlioae who travel from two to, six miles between home and business the average pace 's 7.2 miles per hour for tlie street car riders, 7.5 miles per hour for the motor bus passe n go rs, and 10.G miles pr hour lor tho private automobile user. ' Representative Averajrrs. '.'These averages represent the day in and duy out experience of approximately one-half of the working population of Washing ton." said MaJ. William K. it. Covell, assistant engineer commis sioner of the public utilities com mission, District of Columbia, un der whose supervision the traffic and transportation survey has been made by McClellan and Jim kersfeld, Inc., New York, at the expense 'of the North American company. . "By means of questionnaires, distributed to 125,000 persons and answered by !I0,(hkj, many inter esting and surprising facts luwe been learned about the travel ha bits and transportation require ments of Washington citizens. . "We lparn that 40 per cent of the workers in this city of half million population have no regu lar use. for public transportation facilities; 20 per cent walk to and from their work mid 20 per cent use private motor vehicles. Another. 20' per cent of the wug'i- carnors use suburban lines,' which loaves 40 pet- cent to be provided -for by t he struct car -systems tmd.; motor busses, t Further study of the figures shows that the ry ru ber of revenue struct railway rides per capita In Washington is,2S4 a year." Sor for sTWBt. Valuer Finest Low Priced Coach of American The survey Included a compre hensive analysis of coats to the public for various kinds of trans portation. The nnulysis shows that regular street car riders, who use tokens at less, than the cash fare, pay the street car compan ies 2.44 cents for every mile th'jy travel; regular bus patrons pay 3. CO cents per passenger mile; while the Washington taxi rate averages 23.90 cents per passen ger mile. The cost of driving a private automobile, assuming an average load of 1.9 passengers per vehicle as shown by a vehicle check,- Is estimated by the engin eers as 5.85 cents per passenger mile. One of tlie things brought out by the survey which Is presum ably applicable in eveiy Ameri can city is the amount of rqom required on the streets for each passenger carried by private auto mobile and by street car,- Hasd on average load throughout the day, the automobile needs 46 (square feet of space on the City I streets for ' each passenger, at 'against 10 square feet per pass enger for tho street- car. During rush hours, t tie automobile tak.'t up 51 square . feet of space per 1 passenger against 7 square feet ' per passenger for the street car; I as automobiles average fewei passengers and street cars aver age more passengers per vehicle dutlng rush hours than througn .out the day- "All Mitlit" iaruffes. The extent to which Washing ton automobile owners use tru streets as all-night garages wa brought out during the survey b tue police department? Warnings that such a count was to be made were first published in the news papers so that most of tlie ca' which had homes were placed under cover. On the night of the checkup, no less than 18,000 ol Washington's 85,000 registered cars were found to have no othei roots than the stars. Police esti mate that on ordinary fair nlghtP during the- summer months be tween 25,000 and 30,000 moto, vehicles are parked on the pave I yp Interesting point developed by the survey. Is that tho rush hour truffle south in the morn ing and north in the evening on Kith street, Washington's main thorough fare is greater thnn at Economical Transportation nee Touring Roadster Coupe Sedan Commercial Chi . Truck CH AI L PRICE? P. O. B. tu.il, iVUCHlCAN It Value F. O. B. Film, MldUj - 525 525 - 675 - 775 . . 425 . . ,550 LESS TOURISTS Approaching '.Winter with Its bnow and Bad Highways Is Driving Transients Home. The ann iul tourist crop Is near ly harvested In 1a OtanUe. Union and Wallowa counties. A de cided decrease iii the number of out-oC-state automobiles passing Lino us" the city is noticeable and the number of viaitois is expected to become less each day. Of course, the paramount rea son for the slowing up of tho tourist traffic is because of tiie approaching winter and It be hooves the - transient to be settled before the enow begins to fly in tne western states. . Other reasons crt'ep in. The starting of .the school year af fects tourists who have children and who wish to keep up tho.r educational work. A certain percentage are su in iiny time during tlio tiny on Kirth uvnnut-. New York City. A!thuut;n tlie traffic on Fifth avenue 'B heavier during the remain. ng pe riod, tiie rush -hour flow is much arger here. The count allowed the peak is reached between 8 and 9 n. m. in Washington and between 0 and 10 a. in. in Now Vork. ' The figures for Nnv York were obtained from the count made on October 1, 1924, by the New York police department ut (2nd street: the Washington fig ures by McClellun & JunliertifeiJ, inc., on April 8 u, 1925, at lOtli and S streets. ON THE ROADS The Improved Enclosed Ford Models EXPECTED MIDDLE NEXT WEEK .12 .v ' - V....' ' ' Perkins Motor Co. Phone M-500. Cor. 4th and Adams MORE Cars ,werc sold in Oregon the first eight months of 1!J25 than any other make of six-cylinder automobile. Everyone Says It --Sales Prove It Sow, More Than Greatest E..LL ner tourists who take un ex- ended vacation and visit the Jnited States first, looking at the jcencry from inside the running oo&rd. Moiing to tlie South. Another element, including those badly poisoned by the tourist bug bite, stay on the road nearly the year round but are transferring their sight-seeing to southern climes from California and Mex ico to Florida. . Many claim that the "busted" tourist is not as much In evi dence this year as in the summer of 102 4. Some local people be lieve tills is because the "road loafers" have found it an unpro fitable business with filling sta tions and groceries along tho route becoming hardened to the beggar's pleas. , On the whole, according to tho majority reports, the tourists this year have been better fixed finan cially and have left sizeable sums of money in every community in which they visited. ba Grands' benefited to a con siderable extent, due partly to the attractiveness of the city it self and also because of It being the "gateway city" to the Wal lowa Wonderland, which was viewed by tourists from nearly every state In the union this sum mer. UNION KUl'OKTS IUX'IIUAKK UNiuN, Oie. (Special, Ac cording to reports' from local Bervtco stations and the tout tsl cump grounds, the tourist travel I has begun to s:ow up tor till. season. Although tho trade at tlie sta 'tions hus been less tliuu last year, there has been quite an Iniprovj jment In the quality of the tour ist who stops at these places! ! Very few of what are commonly known us "gas tramps" have stuppud hure this seuson, while ' last year stranded tourists were I allowing up nearly every day many of them entirely penne. lumi begging their way und auiue evert helping themselves to gas and other things when the shades of nlgiit hud fallen. Kvcr, the World's Value Huy. it EDBETTER ECU IS THOROUGH JOB There are complaints in the automobile Industry which "1o nobody" good and again there are complaints which show thatsonu.. body Is doing some good. Chtof among the latter form are some made by automobile parts sup pliers, says Harris French, local j automobile distributor. : I Many of them complain that automobile manufacturers u be coming . too "strict" in theli in spection methods. Careful In spection both by man und dell- cately adjusted instruments hus become the rule rather than the I exception in the automobile in -I dustry. Every company has train ed men who can detect tho slight est flaw In most kinds of mater ials. Every step In tho construe- "Never a Car INSP Larger Jewett Lower Price Roomier y EasierRiding Sedan A new Idea in sedan roominess and comforti The improved Jewett De Luxe Sedan now has leg room and riding ease of the largest sedans. The moment you ride you'll notice the remarkable difference. For added length means greater comfort smoother riding. Its new, roomy interior is finished in rich mohair plush. Two tones of bright, perma nent lacquer add smartness to its longer, lower appearance. Never Such Performance! A surge of able, efficient power such as you have never experienced. Silent as it is able. Because it's a Jewett. With all the vigor and snap that has made a famous name for a tVw tower pricau on all improved Jewmt t model tan follower Coach $104$, HaLuwa Touring $1320, Da Luxe Coach $1400. DmLuwe Roadttar $1500, Da Lata Sedan $1680. Price f, o. b. Detroit, ta extra. Paige-hydraulic 4 -wheel brake at Ufht extra coat ' (6IW) HARRIS FRENCH 1115 Washington Ave. If It Were Ordinary It Wouldn't Be Golden tlon of the supplied part is check ed both by eye and by Instru ment, Just as though the part was manufactured' by the automobile builder himself. Official Headlight Adjusting Station No. 430 A Complete Stock of Approved Reflectors and Lenses Our work is neatly done and complies with all requirements of the new State Law. Fred T. Main 125 Like ThisNever Such Value!" famous car. Always respected in traffic master of the toughest hilts and a car to do its 300 miles a day on the open road without exertion. And you can depend on this kind of performance from a Jewett for years. No worry of upkeep cost. Facts prove that. With all these qualities com bined Jewett is worth much more than ordinary cars. Jewett sales increased 131 in August over last year. Em phatic public recognition of this great car's new value I ' All its vital improvements yet the price is now re duced $120. , You can prove its fine qual ities in an hour. Come in or phone and we'll bring an im proved Jewett DeLuxe Sedan to your door. The famous golden color of Texaco Oil is lainiiiar to every motorist who buys oil for what it will do rather than for the money it costs. If it were just cheap, ordinary oil, it wouldn't he golden, because only the Texas Company crude and their own strict pro cess of refining makes such an oil possible. 1 lie man who knows lie Rays lcxaco. Playle Oil Texaco Gas and Oils Ajax and C. T. C. Car Washing, Etc. Tho Paige-Detroit Motor Car 1 company believes that a search of tho Industry will show It to fCnnttniiAn on Dart ft Burgess 1308 Jefferson ..NqY,$1680 $ 2)8 Lukm SertAH Ih equippaa ai follow r turfy ta driv&t Fivo balloon fires and tipAra tir covmr, dun wheal, front and ramr bumnarn, mmr-viaw mirror, cqptbinotlon atop and tail iiant.autamaticwtriaaltteia wipor, heatmt0tr tray and m reirii nioaai ptatma 9 radiator. Many "Important Improvements! A new air-ofeaner addayemra of aovce insures clean 6ir clean oil clean cy Under a. Greater freedom from carbon, scored cytindera and worn bearings increased motor life are the re sults. , Light awttch ia now conveniently at hand on the steering gear. Indirect lighting on the dash eliminates glare. Gear shift and emergency broke levers are moved forward topro vide clear floor apace in front and many other improvements. always plays safe- Co. Protected Tires Blue Mountain Garage Holmes DIdg. M. A. HARRISON, Mgr. Opposite Pottlvffn.