La Grande evening observer., October 24, 1925, Image 10

jWTwo THE LA GRANDE EVENTNG OBSERVER. - Saturday, Octoter 211
Highway Tourist I
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I
T:
IS
CREASED
Official figures disclose ,flio fat
I but product ion or 1 rucks y ha
entire Industry during tju rivt
C'IkIh months of 1 12& exceeded lie
.'K-ures forlhe correspond Iiik pe
riod of 1124 by 2'i per cent, ua
cordlnir to I- t Kiuilh. local Dodffe.
Druthers' dealer.
. "i 'ompUH'il . with this sound,
healthy train made by the Industry
tin u wliujc,". xphilned Mr. Hmlth,
"Orahum Urothers sales increase
or H6 p r cent ror the -'flrsrt right
month of Hi t year over nalen fop
inn came, months last year Is con
vincing evidence of public recog
nition of iho mint of their pro
duct. - t '
.. "An 'annual lnrrcao In sales of
over J00 per rent I not unusual
with Oruhom Urothers," Mr. KrnMh
continued. -"Their bM'h ii iui'2
cxcetdcd lh'lr 1US1 Kales hy 114
per oenl. and 1&24 exceeded I'lSS
byM percent. Tho 1026 growth
would logically .be expected by
Used Parts
For nil mukcs of cars,
buy uwmI cur fur rush.
La Grande
Wrecking Co.
Car. .leff. and Hcmltx
anyone, who Js familiar with thclr
policy, of givintf Iho greatest oa-i
si hie. trucjc value- at the lowert no- I
Klhlir oost. ' J
"To produce sufficient trucks to;
kupjily tho constantly L rowing de
mand tuui necessitated novated
and extensive, enlargements In
muni:furUiriiir facilities. When
Uruhuni .it-others moved into tholr
in w If Irolt funtory, July 1 thlH
iyear, their jiT.tj.ouii square feet rep
resented u ID-fold Increase in flour
(space In litttroit.ln a little over
iroyi' years. Jn addition to this
'modern sleel and rotiPrelP build,
Infc, hhilly hi Id out for "economical
manufacture, of hltth-trrade trucks,
and (o ihelr immense pluiit In
Kvur)svJlle I net., tlraltam brothers
have a plant, opened tiilH mimtnor,
In f.'tockton, f'allfornla, to manu
facture iruekM .eojilred ' by their
(baler In the Pacific roast and the
llocky rnounialn Ma ten.
1 "WltMh the few monllw nlnre
tho Htoeklon pluut was opened the
ri.pldly Jnrre;iJltiK- deniuad lit tho
(nr. vPMtern mutpn hoi far ev
pi (lrd expnriatlonH and. It in un-drr-ttoud
that ptuna are already lie.
In: mr.de to Incrt-upe lt hUi.
. "tlrahum - Jirother havt sIho a
larifo fuetory in Toronto, Ontario,
to mjpply the ronifiuntly Krowhifc
jCnnudian markpt for their truckti.
''Ah linpro-ed faollltlen and In
ereuitrd production - have rc-duced
'ftVimifdctiij-intr pokin, lho . jiavlnffH
have been, shan d -with the lur
In thii form of price reductions.
Hut ul th nam! tini" the truck ha
been (nNtuutly tutproved Ufcver
bait tiny j'hanif b ii rnudti except
to n'vu lh buyer u butler truck.
,"Tln rl;m of tiraharn Hrolherji In
tlifl Khoit .period of five yiwu to
t lie posit Ion I hey now occupy
rlmt hi Mm production of IHi-ton
Inu'ku )n rcrljilfi evld.-no that
the public r'Popnlzpfi the merit of
their product."
United States Leads World .
In Automobile Production
J-J IU
Exide Batteries
A. C. Spark Plugs
S&M Spotlights
VICTOR - BROWN REFLECTORS
8-HOUR BATTERY SERVICE .
Fred T. Burgess
Main 125 1308 Jefferson,
From a volume standpoint tltn
production of automobile In the
I'nited Hiuiftt and i'unuda taken to
trelher. HtnndH alone when attcmptH
at roiniKirlwin with the plur pro
duclntf count rim tit tint world are
made, according to the automotive
dtvltdon or the department of com
merce. Collectively thlBC Other
pouutrii h do not produce a tenth hh
many cqrH and trticlm a ron' an-tiually-frnm
American faetorlen,
-Klgurea bear, out this statement
when It Is ahown that during iif-4
there were. 3,610, loS cars and
trucks produced In American fac
tories, In contratit with an estlmat-e-d
out put of aJtu.OdO for the lead-,
Ins; European producing n at toon of
Great Uritalh,- France, Jtaly and
Germany. Kvcri were rcltabln pro
duction latft available for. the' less
Important producing countries of
Helfflunt. Austria, t'zecho-Htovakia,
Hpaln, HwltT.erlund and Kwrden, it
Is within reason to believe that the
resultant .total for all -of Kurope
would not exrpej atO.iiot) units.
This Is the present situation us re
gards the comparative volume of
American and Ktiropean automo
bile production.
Kxport flgurefl for th dlffcr
cnt J-JuropcAO automobile produc
ing; countries arc to diKslmllarly
classified on to mak direct com
parison with tho mited Htates and
fan ad a difficult, However, on an
approilnialf basis or frrouplujr pas
senger cars and .trucks, American
ej ports (I'nlted Btate and Canada
but with trade between thern de
ducted) durln luti amounted to
units u rotnpare4 with a
combined total of M.htil for Great
Britain, France, italy and Ger
many. This difference of some
thing leas loan three to one in fa
vor or Ajnerlcau export contrasts
With , the much : freAt-r disparity
of eleven to one between ih rela
tive production totals of the two
comparative groups and suggests
greater mlatlv export activity on
the part of Kuroptn producer.
1 For a truer Index to our Ameri
can automohUo export trade, for
eltm asMemblltis should be consid
ered alons; with regular exports.
These, a mount lug to 142,346 units
In 1924, when added to exports,
trlve figure more than four tlmeH
that of the, above Kurnpean ex
ports. .Hut In spite of (his Inciu
slon of foreign assemblies In the
total of American- automobile ex
ports the significance of Kuropeun
export figures still stands out.
It Is not only the amount of for-i-ilfti
.trade that leading European
producing, countries, are : getting,,
but even more, tho volume of, their
production, which should be of
Kreater interest to American auto
motive, e.porters. Our .exports
ecitipete nut only with : Kuropeau
cars In niarkeis for.-lsn to both.
Intt as well in the domestln mar
kets of the Kuropeon producers. In
other words, our exports may Itc
considered us directly competitive
with Kuropean production.
At this point it is Interesting to
note the rapid Increase of Kuropenn
production which has taken place
within the past two years, as com
pared with placeinriils of American
cars u broad. I'roduction In the
United Kingdom, France, CVnnuny
and Italy, according to the bst
available data. Increased from 558,.
h'iO; pusNeng-r cars utid trucks In
ium to i3ii.niM in HUM, a Kain of
approximately 30 per cent, while
shlpmentH, Including . foreign as
seuiblhs. from the l-nlted States
and Canada, udvunceil only
per cent, or rrom 3ir,3SI to 307,-
197. units. ;
GIVES TRAFFIC
SCHOLARSHIP
D od be Br other 5. Inc.
ANsiauNC&
A new and attractive Credit-P.iirchase
Plan, now in operation throughout the
United States. i 1 ; . i v'
This plan, devised and approved by
Dodge Brothers, Inc., enables a pur
chaser of a Dodge Brothers Motor Car
to extend his payments over a period
of twelve months at a minimum credit
charge.
So favorable to the purchaser is this
arrangement, that practically anyone
can now own a Dodge Brothers car
without financial inconvenience.
Ask us, without obligation, for full
particulars.
L. C. SMITH
Corner Fifth and Depot
Thn first , pom prrhonslvo nioil
ernlznd trnfrlc ordinandi n nny
Amorlrnn city wu Blvtn to Lose An
K,fles, fill., hy lift traffic commis
sion, of. which fttul O. Iloffinnn
wan president anil Dr. Miller Mc
Cllntock was expert, according to
word received hero liy M. J. Ooss.
automobile distributor.
When Mr. Hoffman went to
South Rend. Ind., ns vlce'president
of - tho fltudobaker ' Corporation of
America, he IntcreMrd A. II. Krs-
I lilne. president of, that corporation.
in mtr pruuii-in oi renevint; trariic
congestion and lessening . ntitomo
blle fatalities. Mr. Krskln sent for
I)r. Mcfrilntock and went over the
expert's researches. , .
As a result, the irnlvcrslty of
California has announcodthc crea
tion of the Albert .JtusHcH Krsklne
bureau .for street traffic research,
established throutrh a grant of the
Studebaker corporation, '
In oft'orlnir to the 'University this
bureau, Mr.Uofrman wrote:
, 'The Htuiiebaker, Corporutlpn of
America, realising thn pressing
character of the Btreet trnrric
piobltm and thu -jiurii for collec-
tlon of 'clentiric Information on
tho. subject, desires to offer funds
for thu creation of a reseurch bu
reau and graduate fellowships In
th University .of f.'ulirprnlu."
Mr. Krskiuo . commented on the
offer:
Traffic nig I'liihlem.
"Much or th" failure of Ameri
can cities to deal effectively with
street traffic limy be attributed to
luck of technical Information. Traf
fic Js au engineering problem. Jt
can be controlled satisfactorily only
hy sound engineering methods.
"With this principle In mind, wo
have offered to cooperate with u.
great university, to make a "ron
siructlve contribution to a prob.
lem vitally affecting the utility and
safety of automotive, trnnsporta.
tlon."
Thn bureau will ha In charge of
Pr. McCllntonk, who formerly was
connected with the government rn.
search bureau In Harvard unlvcr
slty, and who Is known widely as
a trnffic englueer. He Is 'author
of "Htreet, Traffic control" and
"The lyos Angeles Traffic Code."
Located In the southern branch
of the I'nlversity of Cullfornla. at
l.os Angeles, thn bureau will lim
it Its Ntudy to urban traffic dir
flcultles and their correction.
I'cdcatrtan control, eonrilcts be. '
tween street cars land motor cars,
parking methods, speed, street de '
sign, grade separation, signalling
devtoea, uniform regulations and
allied subjects will bu studied. Its
reports will lie available for all
Amerlcun cities.
The two fellowships created will
pay liooo a year each to graduate
engineering students of the univer
sity, to enrouragn traffic control as
an engineering profession and to i
develop Intensive research.
HUDSON, ESSEX
V LEIlfl IN SALES
t Accordhur to the records com
piled by the Oregon .Motor IleKis
ter coiuimny. which each month
supplies . interested dealers and
others with statistics with refer
ence to t he nut oiuoblle industry,
HuiIhoii mid Kmhck are nut only
mulnllniiifr the record of wales
btuiK up for I he past scvuraJ
nionlhs, but durliiK Hepit-niber
Htpod hlkher on the ladder tliun
ever before.
Tn dlscusfdnfr tlie sta.iding of
their lines, ). U ,edle',ter. Ioo.il
dittt llmtor, says:
. "I'or the month of September
117 Hudson and Kshx curs were
sold ami delivered Into the hands
of owners in Multnomah county,
'fiiis is belter than twice the num
ber of cars sold by our nearest six
cylinder competitor, and second In
number of sales to one other car,
of a four-cylinder make. In .he
state we xold 224 Hudson and Ks
rietc en it, which record placed m
also second In t he state and to
nearly twice the number of six
cylinder cartj nold by another com
pany. The total number of ix
cj Under cars jold tn Multnomah
county during Hepti-inber was 2H7
and of these 117 were Hudson and
Ksaex. tut of 721 six-cylinder
cam sold throughout the entire
state of Oregon 224 wire HmLson
and ftscx.
"This menns Hint out of every
three six-cylinder cars sold In the
county and in the state, one was a
Hudson or Kssex.
"This is not merely a local con
dition. Kor virtually this rallo of
sales to other makes fs being main.
gained hy our lines throughout the
country, and to this demand on
the part of the public Is attributed
the hnvy production which in turn
enables the company to turn out
its production with so tittle cost.
Volume means lowered costs and
more sales mean cars delivered to
the consumer for le-s money."
Muddy Creek -Powder
Road Work Contracted
IIAKKn. Ore. (.Special) The
contract for construction of the
Muddy 'reci-Nortu 1'owder mar
ket road, a stretch of four and a
half miles was awarded by the
county court to K. It. liisiiop of Ku
gvnu Thursday. The price Is to be
:t4,70. Concrete culverts are to
)e used.
She: Why do you tall your enr
"Flapper?"
He: Streamline body, swell paint
job, itilck plclt-up, all kinds ol
spt-ed, kei'ps me broke, warms up
'liiick And is iilwiiys ready to k.
lluffalo ItlKon.
Dry Creek Highway
Work Is Progressing:
KI.GJK, . Ore. (.peciul) The
work on ilm liy Creek road Is
prepensing at a verv salisractory
rate, aecordliiK to Coniinisslnner
John Wells, of Alh el, who was an
Klirin visitor last, week.
The road work is licltiK done by
William Kcksline. of Kltfin, who
bus hud considerable, experience In
road construe ton work. The busi
ness nu n of KlKin, throiiHii I lit). Ad
club, hnve rnised uipoxlmati ly
5ir,i to be used on this road, the.
remainder to be paid by the coun
ty. The road will be In fair shape by
the 111110 wiiiut cuiiiua unci m ,.x
pictc4l that udditionnl improve.
mentM will be mado by Hie county
next year. ThrouKh tho inflm-net?
of Coininisaioner, Wells, the rnaij
has been plnocd on tho county put
as a county road, which-, means tlmt
continued improvements, will pv
made by the county. 7
ItAHIATOH WOltK
Fi:.MKlt WOHK
, IWIV WOHK
av. i:. coitr.M
i:ia J.-rrerxm Ave,
When You "Step On Itv
You Want Real Action
Hnston IiiiKtinfic. .
It was evening. A stranger ap
proached tile motorist.
"Sir." snld ho. "vour hrnenn linn
ceased to funetlon."
"Sir?" '
"'nni. 11lmlnnl n T a..,, U
ehrouded In 'uniiiillgii'tcd oblivion."
Jtc.illy, l don't understond you."
Just then n hnv Klinnl,.,).."! it
mlsti'i', your lamp's irorn out."
liostun Transcrit.
You have no time or patience for bother
ing with ordinary gasoline these cool
mornings and they'll be cold, instead of
cool, before very long.
The only safe way is to get regular gas
fillings at one of Playle's stations with
Texaco Gas. Then when you "step on it"
you are sure to get real action.
Playle Oil Co.
Tlayle's Superior Sen-ice As Near as Your Telephone. '
Texaco Gas and Oils Ajax and C. T. C. Protected Tires
Car Washing, Etc.
CHRYSLER COACH 1
POPULAR AMONG
ARMY AVIATORS
Chrysler popularity among mem.
bent of the army air service was
further emnhnnlxeil recentlv h. thn
sale of two Chrysler six coaches to
Lieutenants K. ti. I.ockwood and C.
H. Crumrlne. of McCnnlt l.M!,t !
Dayton. Ohio, says l.i o French. I
local distributor.
At the same time the possibilities
of a new slogan, "I'd fly lin miles
for a Chrysler" were tnude appar
ent. .Ueutenunts lckwood and
Crumrlne flew from Dayton to Ie.
troll and drove their cars bark
overlaofl.
Both are flyers of International
reputation. Lieutenant Lockwood
being the present world's record
holder of the issn ktlometrr speed
flight, and I.leutensnt Crumrlne
"advance man" n the late round-the-world
flight, also project engi
neer for to. rooting Tulltier races.
Ho: "Tough luck! Ten miles
from town with a blowout and no
jack."
She: "Didn't you - bring your
check boolct"
Oklabouii Whirlwind-
SPECIAL WINTER RATES
We Are Making These
- --'AMI- . '
Sensational Low Terms .
FOR
Why
Delay?
ESSEX
COACH
HUDSON
COACH M
YOU
$19
O iW
$39
29B
$60
l odayl
Monthly
Payments
No Added
Charges
Monthly
Payments
No Added
Charges
These exceptional terms include the following items: Handling charges, interest, fire theft
and collision insurance. These new low terms make you a prospective purchaser.
Everyone asks, "How can you do it?" The answer is, because of Hudson-Essex high resale
value. They last for many years and really improve with use.
Years of brilliant advancement in quality have given Hudson-Essex a leadership everyone
knows and acknowledges. And to buyers, amazing price advantages, passed on from unequaled
volume economies. Yet U is not price, but popularity of the finest quality ever produced by
Hudson-Essex, of the famous Super-Six performance, reliability and fine appearance, that motor
dom recognizes as the "WORLD'S GREATEST VALUES."
E. L. LEDBETTER
Adams Avenue.
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