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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 17, 1925)
Saturday, ' October 1?, 1025. THE LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER Page Three Highway and . Auto Dope , ... - - Li I I' 1 m ' v n - . SALES POINT IB PROSPERITY PO!lTI,An.. Ore. (Special) Pacific coast Htntcn are t'hjoylns an umiHiml era of prosperity, ua rv ' flfcliil liy uutomuhilo milea during ih uhi 00 days, imports received i by ('. 1. How, one of the pioneer automotive men of - the ltirt'o I "Northwe.Ht, nhow I It at there lias j heen u steady Increase In FhinIuchh tlirotiKh the west ami Indicate that It prolmbly reached Us pnk dur ltK lute summer nt early fall. ," do not Imso this statement on the volume of sales . of .the' Posh Automobile company alone,!' said ,thfl Star distributor. 'Star, wilos for one stimmer month "in' t.nlifor nia showed nn Increase of 17ii per cent .'over the same month in Iff 24. All throitKh Washington there -has been a 1 corresponding . jump in, busliK'SH, while our own-volume for the pust 1)0 days has been the most ' satisfactory we Ttave" enjoyed- nt this, season Hince we have been in business, , " . "II- Is significant that nn auto mobile of the .Star tye.,hu shown - such u tremendous IncreOMO.'- Tito enRlneering ' advances that : have been made In this field,' we believe, nre the outstanding contributions to th' field of transportation. Am- AUTO TOPS Ri'imineU . Itrrovpnt Curtala Work W. E. CORUM .fi-fr-iwn Arc. . orican doiilKns were rnthcr weak, In thin uihpro until I hp last few yar when, mudyliiRT tlio nroKrt. Kuw pion engineers have mads in mich UiwIhii, th&y Martnl rnctneeriiiir heretofore unknown degree of lierrormunra una durability. Into I lie tmmlt quality car. .- ' "A few years ago It woulil have been u.siouncllne to hava.a small ear that would hiim over tho road smoothly, ulld surely ut 41 or Ml miles an hour. Now tho car that will not do it in out of the run ning. Smooth, fast motors, proper Imlanee, disc clutch and velvety application or power are. umoiig; the IIiImkk which have brotiRht tho .small quality car into Hh- own. t?onHeuently there has heen a ten- ileney to decrease weight In all classes of automobiles, engineers learninfr -that excess! vo . poundage results, in Utile less than increased cost of .operAtlon." NEW SYSTEM ; cmumiiN hti:dy city,- 1 .PKNDLB.TnN',, Ore. Traffic regulations, as -they apply -to' motorists.- pedestrians and riders of bicycles nre being madfl a .afteclai subject of study In the fourth' and fifth'' prades of the Pendleton schools, tux bultctlft.td-teaehcVs'-in these grades was recently; sent-out by ir. K.'Tnlow. superintendent of schools, In which was pointed; out somifi or the chief necesRltlesf for regulating, traffic. . , . .'ir Locations of lots and houKesjln the. ;city.,by the use ,of -c'ity;:maps, and a study of the-street; syKtem so that pupils may be. able., to find their vny to any "'given .-address without the nld of g map are being done by pupils In the, fourth: grade as a part of their work In1 geog raphy. ; ' ' - , Tfoyou . hnvep't changed. spark plugs this year, you will r enjoy much better engine performance during the coming cold weather if you install a complete set.n6w Exide Batteries For ' ' AUTOS AND RADIO . .' .' . 8-Hour Recharging Fred T. Burgess Main 125 ; ' 1308 Jefferson CHECKS THEFT .. Automobiln makors r hnyo : long concentrated their attention upon utlempUi to solve the problem of nrevenllnn the millions in money losses to motor "cur owners on ac count of uutomobllc thcVtM und to save them also the umioyanee of the loss of tho time and use In be ing deprived of their cars, which Is highly important, even, if it cannot be computed In terms of money. Waltej J. Chrysler, whose mechan ical min4 is constantly at work searching' otitMiew plans and nmv methods to help motorists ami Im prove motoring condition,; has In augurated a system thai will go far to checkmate automobile thieves, if not stop inetr activities nltogeiher, according to l.eo French, local dis tributor, . mf . ' "It. has been generally accepted ty; automohlle insurers and mnnu facturers that It it were made dif ficult to dispose of., the . stolen goods, car thieves, who in 19 2 4 'got away -with-CO per cent moro cars than in 1 J23, would bo put hard :iip against it. This Is- precisely what is Kcompllshed by- the system In. troduced by Ohrysler," he says.,- ' "The plan Involves the usuW the Fedco patented theft prevention numbering system, exclusive on: Chrysler cars. It consists of a se rial number plate attached to the Instrument.', board of each car, made and fitted In suoh a way that It can absolutely not bo changed or removed without detection. The ease- with whjch stolen cars could previously be turned into money was the most helpful factor to the car thief and only J 7. per cent, of all stolen cars, last year were re covered. -'-The Chrysler system stops .conversion at the sourco, so to say." , - 'Police departments and public authorities arc keenly interested In the Chrysler plan of theft preven tlon inasmuch as Its successful op oration will materially . simplify their tasks and will .considerably help their efforts to protect motor car -users against the-activities Of automobile thieves.". Hoys Xew Iluft lt Conpa ' , Audmer I'layk has purchased a new. ltuick three-passenger coupe, it is reported by Jennings and Shumate, ltuick distributors. The ear was scheduled to bo delivered Mr. I'laylo yesterday. Stnr Factory Man llcrxv Harry Trueblood, from tho Star car factory at Oakland, Cnl.. was Iji Grande Wednesday 'Visiting with .1. J Morelock, local mitomo- ille distrlhulor. Mr. Trueblood i raveling through Oregon, Wash- ngton and Idaho interviewing Htnr atcrs. - He left hero lor .)olse, Idaho, but will return" to 1a tlrundo in about a week.- Kcrj Delco STARTING -LIGHTING - IGNITION SYSTEMS ' KLAXON H0RN9 ftEMv STARTING -LIGKTINO- IGNITION SYSTEMS Antn Owners! Is jour rnr on I his list of lielco Niiipct machine? . . CADILLAC OI.DHMOnlLF. NASH U.WOI.N IF nt;nsof " PACKARD ESSEX ( LlrlEIlTY NATIONAT, I)rii In txljr for Vrw Tnspertion. BATTERY & ELECTRIC SERVICE CO. 1311 Wash. Ave. Dale Cox, Prop. I Garage Gossip IMPROVED ho Is spending In the "wide open J spaces looking for game. CAHS POPULAR Cm-load or nifvvli'M lit The Htjie .Mountain garage re ceived a carload of Chevrolets Fri day morning, which were unloaded yesterday artcrnoou. Another load of the machines bolh open and elomd models are expected In snlne time next week. The show room al the garage has been empty for several days InaHinuch as the ears It contained had been sold and delivered. Demonstrating Truck It. O. Crawford, Rtutst expert fro ml Portland, is In ln. (i ramie to demonstrate the new Klutz pumper truck -which the city has 'pur chased. Tho official demonstra tion Is to bo held Mondny nt tho Howmnn-I licks dumber, company's plnnL , ., liuys New Motorcycle - A, new llarley-Havldson motor cycle and side car, purchased re cently by. the city for the use of the . city trnfflc officer, lurolil Howard, arrived In Jji Grande Thursday. Tho machine will be a distinct asset to the traffic depart ment, according to Mr. Howard. Interested In Serle.i - No more ardent groun of base ball fans ex lata than along auto row, it was Indicated during the world series play. Kvery garage had its fan or two or three or more and Interest In the games was keen at all limes. Washington and Pitts burg had about an equal number of followers, incidentally. dei-B entered for ful lire delivery. Moro than J75,0(ift aro now en- tiniihtv thit heat liuicv in vn. f rolled under the plun and with lure deliveries of thcae cars Is Every day new evidence comes In Of the popularity of the improved Kurd cam, V. C. Perkins, locul dis tributor, My. t It Is not Wily expressed In tho. crowds which fill deuler show rooms all over the country and the groups which panne to Inspect tho cars wherever they appear oft . the slceelR nor alone in tho thousands of orders being booked for Im mediate delivery, but also In1 or- found In enrollments In tho Ford weekly purchase plan, which have shown a remarkable inc rouse since thu cars made, their appearance. . This Increase was first noticed the last ten days In August, during which tho announcement of the cars was made. In that period en rollments under the. plun reached a totul. of 13,167, and in tho ten days following, tho first la Septem ber, the number of. new purchasers under the plan totaled 1 &.Q54. Those enrolled under the plan nt the time; 'the improved, cars were announced .all benefited by the change, for they will receive the new types and will be given prefer ence when they desire deivery of ears.- others coming In at tho rate of , ltioo a day it will not be long fore the enrollment list will exceed ' uoo.ooo. Those who are ordering cars un der the plun at the present lime for tho most part! contemplate delivery either during the coming holiday season or tor early spring . next year. When engines were much nlower In speed and hat lower compres sion they were not nearly so bard on spark plugs as tho higher speed, greater compression engines of today, That is why It Is re garded as necessary by automotive e.Npertrt that new spark plugs be installed at lenst'once a year. 1 To Open Contracts - IJlds on four highway Improve ment projects and two buildings will he opened by the state high way commission at a session in Portland, Tuesday, October 27. Among tho projects is: linker county Hereford-Mill Gulch sec tion of tho Hakcr-lTnlty highway, 12.5 miles of grading. Vacation KmLs J. 1', Htalcup In again1 on tho job for tho 8tnndnrd Oil company after a vacation lasting two weeks which he spent visiting at lewlston,' Ida. E GARAGE NEXT MONDAY ' E. L. Ledbetter, automobile dis tributor, announced today that h would move into the jte,w 'Itoesch building, across Adams uvenue from tho Observer office next Monday. i In speaking of the type of nut omobile be handles, Mr. Ledbetti said, "more, than 200.000 Hudson nd' Ewcx cars have' been inunu faetuved to date this yonr, cording to flguns given me b; the Hudson Motor Car comp.my, "Thls staggering total of fix cylinder i cars t io largest n .1111 ber "of. sixes e.vor produced In Similar length of time In the. hi tory of the Industry Is growln at the rate of 100 cars a day, With ult the nutbmn season tilll ahead, It; ceems- an assured fnct that thl? ytnr will bo recorded cs ono tt tbo Most sensational i;.e cesaeB ever v red by any enn c?rn. -1 . . "Th ' striking ffrowth of Hud eOni Essex 4n recent years may be judged- from the fact that pro duction was C 00 00 ears In WIV, that it Increased almost f0 per cent, to 88,000 In 1923: and that it. added GO per cent to' this en larged total by 1 scoring 1 123,000 in 1924. , '- "Now."' with 200,000 cars already manufactured and with business booming at an ' unprecedented rate, it seems that 1926 will ac tually donhle the remarkable bus iness done, In the -1924- -season. -. "This . success Is interesting to every motorist,' said - Mr. I.ed better, -"because It has resulted from a policy of continuously giv ing the public better t values. There one view but altogeth er a. mistaken one that Hudson Essex has succeeded because of price leadership. "It Is true that Hudson-Essex has passed on to the public every economy ' which this striking growth has given It, and In-turn has been rewarded by ' an ever enlarging business...' Hut - the principal point of the success was the value of the cars, not the price merely. The utility, the en durance, the smart looks and the reliable' performance of both cars have scored this success; and It has been a success which price aiORe never could' have scored." Visits In Portland l'Vank Patt, head mechanic at the Itlue Mountain garage, is again at work,. ; following a trip to Port land. He was accompanied by Mrs. Patt. They Also Hunt Among tho. list of nlmrods La Grande may boast of, there enters the names of several who earn their bread and butter on auto row. Mr, filfiifnate' of fhe nWlck garage, was one of the first to take udvuntago of thd opening of the China pheas ant seuson and V. C. SnSolt, floor- man at the Itlue Mountain garage, Is taking a few days vacation which Foreign Sales Increase Dodge Hi-others foreign . sales have shown suhatattttal- Incroasos., year after yenr and aro now a major factor in the ' company's business as a whole, according to I., C. Smith, Their exports during tho first six months of 1926 were 64 per cent greater than the ex ports for the first hulf of 1924, which in turn, was the largest ex port yenr in tho firm's history, , lloyftlly Mkes Kurds . When King George and Quern Mary visited the British Empire Exhibition nt Wembley recently, W, t Perkins relates, the official time card prepared by the king's advisors permitted a five minutes stay at the Eord Motor company's exhibit. "Hut when the royal, cou-, pio reached the exhibit they be came so interested that they re-, malned for half an hour," Mr, Ter klns said. . $dn SJ5V f fyh ToutiM SMS nn.ix: has 4 Ronnr.RTF.s PENDLETON, Ore. Eonr busi ness places In Helix, 16 miles north of Pendleton, were entered and robbed, according to a statement by Sheriff Cookingham. In the Smith & Toaler goneral store the combination knob was knocked off the safe and It was then opened but the contents consisted only of hooks and records und were not taken. -! f& A meat martlet, tho pool hall and a garage wcro also enlered. He tween $15 and IH in cash was taken, but nothing else was missed. The sheriff and one of his deputies spent tho morning investigating tho case. Guaranteed Used Fords 1924 TOURING Good tires; A-l mechanical condition. Price 1285.00. Perkins Motor Co. Phone M-500. Cor. 4th and Adams wEirvf; di;fkats tkiai, BEND. 'Ore. Instead of fucing court on a charge of -polygamy. Edgar T. Prater this morn In faced mlolster who . pronounced him a la wf til h usba nd. At the hour when thf trial for polygamy was to have started Prater married Marie Ztlla Harm's. Prater was indicted by ,a Descbutt-s' county grand Jury on two charge., one of polygamy and thVoth'T failure to support, his first awlfu and chiliL, H- pleaded guilty to the non-support cbure. ; His attorn? explained that Pra ter married th second time under the impression that a final divorce decree had been granted his first wife. Only an Interlocutory !p. ere, finder th W"ahlngton law, Iiat hn (ranted. People appreciate a smart-driving, easily-handled, but full-siied, man-sized car. The Better Buick, for instance. Each Buick model teats its capacity of full-Brown people in relaxed ease without cramped legs or necks. Tall people, especially, enjoy Its extra head-room and leg-room. American men and women are above the average stature. And a smaller car than Buick is apt to be tight-fitting, low-ceilinged, crowdedi - Drop in and try the ample, arm-chair comfort of car that is right in size. Bring some of your six. footer friends. You will find another big reason ' why Buick is so widely considered a better motor ' car another reason why there are a million and more enthusiastic Buick owners. Or telephone, and we will send a Better Buick to . your home or office for you to try. - BUICK MOTOR COMPANY, FLINT, MICH. ( . ... . DtvfitoH of Genrl MoUtri Cmrporaiim WeSetterEUlCK WHEN Bl.riCR AUTOMOBILES ARE Bl'ILT, BUICK WILL BUILD THMl j Jennings & Shumate ' EIX IMASHrBUlUT To be able to get pronounced big-cstr style and comfort a Nash-Seaman-built body and Nash-built sturdi ness for a trifle over $1,000 delivered, is' a firie tribute to the progress of motor car manufacturing. You get all of these in the AJAXl Bearing Crankshaft Force-Feed Lubrication . To sll main bearings, connecting rod bearings aad camihaft bearing! Four. Wheel Brakes Full Balloon Tires Fiv Disc Wheels B. C. HAMILTON MOTOR CO. HOLMES BLDG. v t A Reputation For High-Class Service The thing you notice most about this .station is the desire to give high class service courteous, efficient service. And our reputation for that kind of service is one of the most valuable assets of this station. It's a reputation we con stantly strive to live up to. One of the ways in which you are assured particular satis faction is in buying Veltex Gas and Oils. It's a pleasure to buy it but it's a greater pleasure to use it. Notice the effect of Veltex one of these cold mornings the quick start, the abundance of power you get in every gallon. Drop in at your next opportunity fill up with Veltex. You'll Like It! La Grande Filling Station Kl'HN And ZWEIFKL, Traps. Corner Jefferson nnd Hemlock. Ln Grande, Oregon P m m m I I
