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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 24, 1925)
r Saturday. October 24, 1925? THE LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER AM MODELS PRAISED Tlie new AJax six on display In I -a Grande tit the B. ('. Hamilton Motor co m puny. Is now uvullublo in luo body styles a flve-passen-ger four-door sedan und a five piiHseiiger touring model, uccording to U. C. Hamilton, "Though not tin lurgo as tho Nush product, It huii an over-ull length of 163 inches," ho states. "Jtotli tho touring cur und sedan bodies are of bouutifully modeled design. "Their uttruutlveness Is further enhanced by tho uso of a double bead at the belt lino. They it re mounted on a low-hung fin me, thus assuring ,roud - steadiness ut all speeds. "Tho muting urriingi-nif-ntR In both curs provides the occupunts with unusual room and comfort. The compactness of the motor con structloii, due to tho use of tho 7 bearlng cmiikuhun, made It pos sible to provide this moderuto size cur with more titan usual body room. "Tho body construction of both touring cur and sedan Is extremely strong and of splendid workman ship. Both bodies are finltihcd In a deep green Duco with black belt moldings, black enamel fenders, and deep green Duco wheels. The sedan top is also In black. "Tho touring cur seats In back aro upholstered In genuine leather toned to match the body color und the sedan cushions und backs are upholstered in mohair of an at tractive grcon shado patterned with black stripes. Tho upholstery In both curs is Quito deep and corn forlublo. "The equipment of tho AJax six fs In keeping with the high stand ard of quality which prevails throughout, it Includes automatic windshield wiper, reur view mirror. cowl ventilator, transmission lock, cowl parking lights and headlights with dimmers. Both. cars havo one piece windshields hinged at the top and (hero Is a sun visor on tho se dan." , HAWK 1-VHIttS MAN'S JiYC CAN BY, Ore. M. P. Lee. rural mall carrier working out of Can by. probably lost the sight of one eye when attuckod bv a lartre I hawk which he shot from his au tomobile whllo on his roufb mt of town. Presuming tho bird was dead, Mr. J,ee got out of his automo bile and attempted to pick it tip. As ho stooped to the ground the hawk suddenly jumped to his face and thrust Us bill Into Mr. Lee's eye. Mr. Leo was taken to tiiu Oregon City hospital. Iiiro Is mountains and valleys. When on tho mountain, enjoy the valley. When In the yullcy, uppre clato the mountain. 3SSHK! til:' mm iifi I P5iH X KtL ------ i CHRYSTBR SIX-rfcwrrtH, Iitpo Coach, Jf( Roadatr, itttM Sedan. $1691; Royal Coup, fiTVIf Hrouinam, r A6f; lm(wnl lHWi Cmvn-Jmptruil, Jjogj. CHRYSLER FOUR-Totirlnf Car.iHQy.UubOtuPt, $oquCmcIi. 1 1 04; St dan, $ 1 001. Hydraulic four' v hul brake on all C'hnultr Four itio.fili at ifif hi txxra con. All tnictt f. 0. f. Demit, fitWeet M . rurrni ttdtral cxcui ux. fWftt h FlrW on all ChrjiUr m. (lottd mtxitti. All modtU equippii with hII balloon tiui. VtTt p1fMeHtomenduWon vtnUnca of ttmiparmnii, Aik bout Chrviler'i attractive plin ' t:htyler arateri and m pet lor Clitvilet service tvetrwheti . All Chnrileftnode barf protected tt In it theft by the ftdeo pat etitrd tir numbering Vtem, ex , tlntlve wlthChtT1r:'Ktchcin Rot He counterfeited and cannot altered or temovrd without conclutl vc vldcscaof tampcttni. You Don't Have to Pay a Penalty for Motor Luxury Just ask yourself what it is you most desire in your car. Acceleration? Speed? Every, one knows the ease of Cliry iter's 70 miles plus. Roadabllity?Comfort?Noc.r, nomatterhowmany hundred extra pounds it -is burdened with in the effort to obtain greaterrldingeasc,eqiials the new Chrysler Six in these fea tures due to the low center of gravity and the Chrysler type of rear spring mounting. Freedom from mechanical at tenttonlTheChryslerSix has a world wide reputation for no tably uninterrupted service. All this the new Chrysler Six at the new low prices gives its owners at half the purchase price of cars presumably hav ing comparable quality yes, and at far, far less than the operating and maintenance cost of themorecumbersome cars. We are eager to have you prove all the new Chrysler Six docs. Then you'll see why no other car, at any price, affords what has come to be trade-marked in the public mind as "Chrysler Six performance." '';( SHOW FAGTORY WORK The marvels of modern automo tive precision ami production meth ods are depleted 111 U series of 4 enlurgcd photographs now being shown to tiie public ut tho sales rooms of all American and Cun- adlan Chevrolet dealers, according to Avery Harrison, of tho Blue Mountain garage. "Tho photographic series covers tho sumo Interesting operations In the manufuel.uro of phevrolot ears which would be shown a y is it or at the factories," he says. "One of the most spectacular! pictures shows a huge drop forge ; hammer weighing 140,000 pounds. Hummers of this type arc used to make the Chevrolet crankshaft. The falling weight Is a three-ton block of steel which is lifted Iiy sleiiiii. It in uu responsive to Un touch of thit skilled operators that they are uhle to place a watch on tho bottom die block und strike it with the hammer so delicately that the 'crystal remains unbroken. Kach hummer will forge 880 crank shafts during a 10-hour day. "Other striking features of the exhibit aro pictures of" a monster machine which uses 300,000 am peres of electricity to weld the Chevrolet one-piece bunjo-type rear uxle housing; a machine whtcli drills 32 holes simultaneous ly In tho bottom of the Chevrolet cylinder block; a rotary milling machine which finishes at' one op eration the lower sides of six cyl inder blocks, and a 02 -ton press which forms u Chevrolet fender at one stroke. "Tiie Individual grinding ot valves, the delicate balancing of pistons ho that every piston In each motor weighs tho same and many interesting mlcrometrlc Inspections also ure Illustrated In tho remark able exhibit." tJIIXKS AUICIVi: AT HANK OK KOO.V CITY, Ore. Forged certified checks totaling about JliOOO were received by the Hank of Oregon City through tho Port land clearing house. The checks. ranging from $175 to $.500, were given by a swindler In Portland Saturday hi exchange for diamonds which he purchased at a number of homes after obtaining his leads th rough ijii advertisement. Tho swindler had had .a rubber stamp made, the exact duplicate of the one used by the bank 'in cer tifying checks, on the dotted line he had forged the signature of Percy 1'.. Cuulicld, assistant cash ier. Tho loss, according to bank offi cials, will be borne by tho women who accepted the checks, us the bank Is not liable. . The bank recently received warning that a iilui hud perpe trated a similar fraud in the cast. Getting a Taste iklla - ' I f l-H if I ' "J wt1 J m m Ahn Armour T Phillips was fined lieu with the option of a leoduy tail term on a Los Angeles Dpeed ing enurm. he elected(to pay $T5 and servv 3m days behind barn "Just foi a tame of thf sort of thing my wife it subjected to " Phillips is the hus band 1 Clara Phillips, noted) 'ham mer murderess" now In 8un Quen tin (Cuhf.i prison Tht'pietuit shows Phillips "doing time." Trio Will Hear Sentences KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. Ben teneo will be pronounced on Jim liurke und Charles and Kdwurd Kuller, who were convicted by a circuit court jury lust night of at tacking Kd Kendall, ex-deputy sheriff, with a deadlly wea'pon. Uurko wu convicted of a-ssault with Intent to kill. The deputy wus budly wounded with a bullet wound In his arm when , he at tempted to arrest tho trio last Juno on a liquor charge, YOLTII ItLX'KlVES PAItOLK OKKGON CITY, Ore. Archie Livingston, Portland youth, sen- tuncfd to serve two years in the state penitentiary by Judge J. U. Campbell in circuit court hero In April, I'Jti, ufler he had been con victed of a statutory crime, was paroled by Judge Campbell pend ing good behavior. Allen Law paugh. sentenced to serve five years for a like offense, was taken to the penitentiary by Sheriff Mass, and Allen McLaren, another member of the trio, will follow In a few days to begin a four-year sentence. Following their conviction In circuit court tho three youths ap pealed to tho supreme court, but the decision of the lower court was upheld. Lust week Judge Camp bell signed a mandato of the su preme court ordering the sentence of the lower court carried out. The crime for which they wero tried was alleged to have been commit ted just over the Clackamas line from Multnomah county and in volved three Portland girls. iioi;si;s AM) Al'Tos IN CLOSI-; 15ACI (Continued from t'uo une.j users rate their horse-drawn deliv ery efficiency from 6 to 20 miles, but almost all the large users of horses In the city agree they can beat the truck for economy in short hauls. CILTJESE JFACTOKY IvOOTKD TILLAMOOK, Ore. V 1 n g c r prints on two pieces of cheese was tho only trace left by tho thieves who looted the cheese factory at Ueaver, Ore., taking. 14 BO pounds of cheese and 40 pounds of butter, the loss being estimated at $440. The robbery was believed to be an expansion of the activities of the hutter thieves who have been raiding Willamette valley creum cries for several weeks. The loot, it was believed, has been disposed of through Portland sources, and the finger-printed cheese has been sent to Portland to assist? the po lice there in running down the, cul prits. . ' V 7'". Rllilt irVvt KoumKoacts BUICK ClosedCars rExtra sturdiness is an outstanding feature of Bnick motor cars. Buick doted cars demonstrate this most strikingly in cro country travel. t i . Town or country, good roads or bad, it's all the same to a Buick. You can go anywhere any car can go and do it much . carter because of the famous, 75 horsepower, Buick Valve- in-Head engine. ' - . ' '- You can travel long distances in more comfort because of the - s deep, wide, luxurious seats, the extra head and leg room, and full cantilever rear springs. And Buick ' ball bearing, worm and nut steering mechanism removes all driving strain. This Is the most efficient and most expensive steering gear to far ' perfected. . Better Buick closed, models are now on dliplay. Your atten tion is particularly directed to the 4-door and 2door Fisher Body Sedans at "Coach" prices! . BUICK MOTOR COMPANY, FLINT, MICHIGAN v Divttion itf General Motor Corporation WHEN BETTER AUTOMOBILES ARE BUILT. BUICK WILL BUILD THEM , Jennings and Shumate CBtlBOVet LEO J. FRENCH, Cor Jefferson & Elm, Phone 499-W litpuUijitloii Itouril Meets. KAI.K.M. fUe. The st;it- boar.l of eo,allzatt(Ui, eomptised of the governor, stute treasurer, state tax commissioner und secretary of state, went Into sesshm here for eonsideratlou of eom plaints 111 connection with properly valua tions. Meetings will be held fre quently during I he m l month, t'mier u new policy .udopted by the board consideration of com plaints will be set a week In ad v.mte. This will give all persons Interested un opportunity to ut tt ud. pits $SB0OOM mto the public's bead. Prnidem. W Uj tOwW. Iw. Do You Always Get What You Want? There is an absolute minintv about Vtllex I'vtrolvum prod ucts. They arc always refined exactly to specifications. Strict uniformity is maintained by riid observance of this rule. You will know what 0" St if you use 1 FLETCHER OIL COMPANY . First Independent in tiie Slulu Wiz' at Figures Ml! Intelligent economy .... Sensing and adopting, in advance of anybody else, the newest and most efficient equip ment and methods have made this low price possible. For Extra Good Measure over and above . . . many major feature one patented, exclusive 91 all told that come to you with this superlative among light cars ! . A Full Size 5-fKuscnger jtm Jtmml Piirr!!. nhov. Is . and In n t'ntvrntty of PoiUhrrn rnliforntji trot of mnth.mMtlm rcnlux tt ttKk him trim than on. .-cond for rarh of hi yoars to tll th cub root of Jimmlt llvta In J.j A.-.e:ti. rf Rhythmical Riding fit this giral lifilil ntilnmnhilp vnti rilpbunv;utllv,in rrmllf-.snioulhnoss. 'I'lill'I.I.X Sl'iil.NCS- iMtenli-d, tx rhixin That is wlial ilocs il . . . HI) im'hc.s mnrc sprinft-stipiiorU'tl urea that is I lie sntirrp front vhicft lliis supiT-iiiliiiB-coiufoil comes! . . . the Triplex Sprintf of I'tr Ovrr lanil mill- liny do not wixi, as iln nil oilier typos of spi ini). Allachetl to Hie fnnne. I t inrhrs in Irtmt nf the ifiii-Wx, they lift their loail ftonlly, siiHiothly, over any ob.stflic tion. Easier R'.dino Faster Parking 30 inchrx iwtrr siriitr-ilii"rtrtt arm. irilti 3:1 inclirs Irss wlictiiuitt; to ixirk! ... It is nuteb rnsier to hanlle n t ! i ti 1 1 ear lliait a hi. ear. l-vlran.e yon weave in titirl mil, where your tiiK. long car lias to have plenty of space. . . . laVe pnrVin?. Vnnr Overlan! Stailflanl Seilan parks "yi helveel, It rlose-parked line of ot'-T ears il can he "sainlwiclicil in" almost , nnywheret . . . . . hot how hnr'f h nvrraco small ear riie eompareil with onr Overturn!. It's a case of lUU-iucli wheplhn' a nffainst 10-inrh spring base. All easy riding is a question of ;in';i(j. Overland engineering the most advanced in the industry . . . nnrt Overland engineering hm found the answer In that tliirereriee in wlieelhase. ttl'Stitttlrtti . . . THIP I.KX SIMUM.S! . . . This imlfnlcH and rrcluxivt Overland principle gives longer life t: every nieehan ical part easier operation to tho ear itself. Spring troubles are rut to n minimum, lull-inch aetmil wheelhase that's easy parking! l.HMiirh spring-base that s easy riding! Observe the Kmart, clean-cut . lines of this car it is rakish, low plenty of mom in it une(ualled in comfort for driver and passengrrs body Kn i'.hcd in polished lactpier. a ri li deep blue with glistening jet-black trimmings. - Wider scats big uindoin he widr.il nf nnu Haiti rnr hnill n'v, si-igle-pieee, undivided front seal, .T inehos wide, 19 inches derp; wider bark seat, 4't inches wide, 18 inches deep. more than 20 scpiare feet of wfav dow space. Extra tcide doors, to K easy entrance and exit to both front and rear seats. No discom fort to anybody getting in or out. Very latest one-piece windshield especially valuable in night-driving, dives clear,' unobstructed vision. More easily adjusted you don't have to fuss with it. Adds .greatly to the cir's appearance. Easier to clean and to keep clean. And new cowl ventilator a comfort nny late model big ear gives, new in the light car. fresh air circulate continuously through the lower part of the car. Then add to all these things o ?7-iiii-.icpoH'fr cityine. fast, sturdy, re liable. . . . Thrrr tprrrl, telirlire fliilini-firnr Irantmimion. . . . Bnrg anil Herk dine liipr cltitch, one of the finest clutches made . . . Anlo l.itr tarliij. lighlina and ignition. A ifondrrful rrnr a.rlr tiitlrm. ecpnl to that used in rrs of double' the svo'dil. Axir thnft nf Molybdenum slrel. the toughest steel known to enioeering ... I Chauit of tt markablc strength. y GETTINGS & HANKS Sedan 1,.