Saturday, ' October 1?, 1025.
THE LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER
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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
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' 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
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" PACKARD
ESSEX (
LlrlEIlTY
NATIONAT,
I)rii In txljr for Vrw Tnspertion.
BATTERY & ELECTRIC
SERVICE CO.
1311 Wash. Ave.
Dale Cox, Prop.
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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
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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
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