Saturday, September 2fl, 1925.
THE LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER
Page Seren
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NGINF WRUNG
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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
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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
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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.