La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, October 30, 1925, Image 7

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Newspaper Page TextAuto Section Jtwmttg Motoring New VOLUME XXIV. SECOND SECTION LA GRANDE, OREGON, SSTORDAY, OCTOBER 31 1925. TEN PAGES TODAY. NUMBER vsy I 4 0111 DP IADS GIN Main State Highways in Eastern Oregon Are in Good Shape ; Some Construction Yet Un finished, i Tint wockly n-porl on conditions f On-son statu liiKhwiiyH, iHsued oduy by the state hltfhwuy eoin nlHslon through its otl'lci'M , in Lu Irandi' follows a,a GraiiUu-WnllowH Tako Highway I,a Grando-Islund :tv: I'uvcd. Island City -KlKin-Allnum-AVul- owu-l-ostlne- EnlurprlKt: - Josi-ph- Wallowa l.uUc: Mucudumlzi'd und In good condition. t 1 In koi-Cornucopia Highway. Ilakor-Halfwuy: 19 inllrs nuie- adam: 49 utiles graded rQiidhed; 3 miles fair county road; 7 mile sur facing under 'construction. Onwoii-Wa-sliiutftmi IHuliuay Vendleton-WashiiiEton state line: raved: J'cndleton-I'llot -Hock - Vinson-Heppner-Heiipner Junction: Miur udiunUed except between Vinson Touring' 525 RoadW 525 v Coupe Sedan 675 775 425 550 Commercial ' Cliaitla -Exprrm TrutkChsisM AH Pricr f. n. h. Flint, Michigan The Coach $695 f. o. b. Flint, Michigan rolct ataalala trtmmtut Tram aria lit Blue Mountain Garage JM. A. llAKltlaUIVMKt. QUALITY AT Do You Always Get What YouWant? , There is an absolute certainly about Vcltcx Petroleum prod ucts. They arc always refined exactly to specifications. Strict uniformity is maintained by rigid observance of this rule. You ill know w hat you get if you use FLETCHER OIL COMPANY First Independent in the State . Detroit Struggles To Make Road Way For Its Car Output Automobile Manufacturing Center Has Many Problems to Contend with; Thoroughfares Choked with Machines; "Master Piatt" Calls for $100,000,000 Expenditure." DKTItOIT (Ai') Detroit wasn't so much until the automobile came enuring into the picture. Hut just loo much prosperity frequent ly proves an expensive thing, so do many officials here suggest that too many automobiles . may spoil the municipal broth. Almost everyone in letroit, It seems, -drives. Kveryono with as little as $5 for a first payment Is a potential purchaser. Detroit ami I-ena which is unimproved but passable. -Oh! Oregon Trail IUit of The Dalles. " Ontario-lIuntlngion-Hakcr - I'n-lon-I.a tlrande-I'endloton-Umalilla-Arllngton-The Dulles: Macadamis ed entire distance and in good condition. ... Old Oregon Trail West of The DhIIcs. The Dalles-Hood Hiver - lort-land-ltuinier-Astoria-Heaslde: l'uv-ed. ".' Fine quality built -into an automobile .' makes it run well, wear well, look wcjl for a long time. It keeps satisfaction high and operating costs low. . , When you can get fine quality at a low ,, purchase price you , have gained 'the highest degree of economy in the pur - chase of an automobile. . ,;( because Chevrolet is the blghcst type of quality car at low cost it has been Che choice of over two million people. Visit our dhowroom and see for your self how truly Chevrolet combines quality at low cost. 1 Special Exhibit This Week We mrt dUplaving highly htertln exhibit thii werV Special views taken at fhe Chcv ticlonrj. Lome in ana tern intnm. uppusup i usiunic. LOW COST mukos more automobiles than any other city: two hundred thousand of its population ar employed in automobile, factories. Tliry make motor cars, and they ride in them. So Detroit's thoroughfares are choked with machines flivver by tho ten thousands, trucks, passen ger cars of every description, jit nles and motor busses. The auto mobile industry has "made" De troit. It also has created serious problems. Detroit today is hard pressed to keep pace with its mo torized citizenry. Subways, elevated, wider streets, stringent parking regulations all .have been suggested us panaceas. In the meantime the situation be. comes more acute. Where to put a car is more of a problem to many than raising the revenue to buy it. Garage shortages In many sections, coupled with tho native thrift or penuriousncsfl of owners, have worked to increase all night park ing at curbs. Big and shiny ones stand with their lowlier brethren. Thereby is added another perplex ing traffic problem. There has been evolved what Is known as the "Master lJlan," en tailing an expenditure within the next 16 years of lOu.OOO.OUO for new thoroughfare. and the widen ing of many existing arteries. For two years past street widen ing has been In progroes, but It has not kept up with traffic in crease. A super-highway to bisect the city, providing a direct east side-west side thoroughfare, has been n no roved bv thp voters. Yt ! today, berorethe- approved plan has begun to lake shape. It has been found that the proposed su- foot street will be Inadequate, and the plans are being revmed for a 20-foot paved way. Tli truffle, ii rob I rni Is hv no means confined to downtown I)e-' trolt. It extends oven beyond the city limits. Several of the street widening projects now under con sideration are eight in lies or more from the business district. Some of these stroets are. to be widened to 204 feet.' One supor highway, con necting Detroit and Pontiac cities 25xmtlas apart provide room for four machines moving in each di rection at the same time. Yet even1 this roadway alrmidy lu . experi enced serious trufVfc. tteups. . Hearse Styles Follow Dictates of Limousines Ql'INCY. III. (AP) Man's last tiarthly ride has undergone hoiii" style changes In recent years. 1 heL ornate hearse Is out of dale and most citizens now go to their Tlnal rest In a vehicle not greatly dif ferent from tht) family automo bile. .. .... v One of the count ry'A largvstj hearse makers, located here, manu factures a plain coach resembling a limousine but with the door In the reur. Kxcrpt for tho vehicles sent to latin American countries und u few to large cities having numerous foreign residents, this is the approved type of funeral car riage for Americans of all clusses. ' This firm ships to Mexico. Tuba,. mu South America. The Mexlenn wants his funeral carriage burnish ed with gold, lined with purple, and pulnted with light gruys. The t'uhan likes (he full ornamenta tions, the angel figures, the drap ery, a platform for tho casket, with u canopy above supported by wingi'd seraphs. AUTO DRIVERS KEEP OLD CAD Statistics Show That Many Motorists Use Older Machine for An Auxiliary Vehicle. Ni:V YOitK (Sp-clal) It Is possible to read the Tlnal chapters In the cureers of many thousands of curs each year from the roc-: ords of Insurance companies und police reports. Many uro destroyed by fire. Homo arc demolished by reckless drivers who try to beat trulns to grade crossings. Police in several cities hnvc found that thousands of cars have been wan tonly, destroyed by running them Into water holes In old stone uuar-. rles, Into lakes, or even the ocean. In order to collect insurance on them. ' A majority of worn-out ma chines go into the hands of motor undertakers and by them are scrapped so expertly that almost everything is used In some way. A visit to a motor junk yard-discloses some novel sights. .In one corner there may be a pile of radiators as high as a house; in another per haps a heap of axles. Scattered around arc largo piles of springs, motor blocks, frames, wheels and other parts so cumbersome that they are not easily warehoused in any other way. Hut there arn many cars that have not reached tho Junk pile stage by u long wuy. They are the millions of used or seeond-hnnd earn. - Wlut shall be done with thorn ? Well, the owner of tho used car can sell It to some one else. It Is assumed, of course, that he would want to hU so as to buy a new car. Naturally, his first Im pulse Is to trade It in as part pay ment on a new machine, but there ure several advantages in selling It himself, There Is a popular notion that an automobile dealer will allow much more than you can get In the open market.- Sometimes this Is true, particularly of, tho less popular mnkes. Hut, generally spcaklng, Ihja more popular the make of new car the less the deal er will give you for your qjd one. Dealers Make. Small Profit. At the flame tltno It Is true that dealers frequently sll them trcidnd in cars for more than they allow for them, but this does not Indicate that tho denier makes money on the transaction. It simply means thut the deulcr Is charging for the tune he has spent In .fixing them up. There Is a slcndy Inereuse In the practice of un automobile own er keeping his old oar when he buys a new one. This seems to be a sensible thing to do since the eld cor enn be used as un auxll-j,nK nirv -venic c. i acre nrv muiiy times when It Is almost a crime to take a Tine 'new car out. In any event It can be used so as to last much longer If tho cur Is on hand for service In bad weather and for going over rough roads. KspeciaUy does this plun of keeping the old ear seem logical since the average selling price of second hand ma chines Is only about 3on. livery us-d car presents a lit 1 1' different problem lo'lts owner, lie run earemily study ino various possibilities and then act ho hs to get Tor himself the most satis factory moloring experience. His action will doubtless depnnd on his flnunelal assets and what he needs most to have lu an automo bile. DISTANCES TO EAST OREGON POINTS GIVEN Ai-i'onlinir Oik "li,lt- lilR'iway runiiiilmloii'B riBiirm. til's iHstun'-' B frmn l.u flniii'lf lo point In I'n- Ion. L'HlHlllla Hllll Iluk'T COIIIllll M. uloiic llii' l'l "'(ton Trill iiml 1 iiiK-nwetlnir lilt'liwuyn. urn u fol- lows: t . . Instance L'jty In miles Adams ,: Athena 7-7 Huker fj"-3 Purkeu '74.9 licho K";H f 'ornueoplu' 121.5 lilgtn .". 20.7 Kreewuti-r ........ , Halnen 88.7 Halfway t ' c Helix -. 74.3 Heppner 1 1 H.O HermlMon f'-S Hot lke 9 0 lltlgard 7 J Huntington 9H.4 Imbl-r 12-5 KumelH '. 19.7 Muchum 2-4 Milton . 2 North powder 30.fi Pilot Pork :. 71.2 iviulbloii 5.0 8lnnfied M.3 Teloeas t 21. & I nlon 14.8 fmiitilla 57.0 Weston 78.4 I'AVOIl I'AST ItltlVIM; The pollr.. chiefs nf Hbod- Is land permit mid Inslft that motor ists must drive thirty-five miles an hour on tho main highways or get off on the slower byway- Their experience shows that accidents are caused not by speed but by ineptl tuUo or carefofMui-Mi. Two Garages to Move Into New Quarters The IJulck garage, according to Jennings and Shumate, pro prietors, will be moved from its present location Just east of The Observer offices, across Adams avenue into tho new Itoesch building. The move will le- made Sunday, according to present plans. Tlie Hulek garage will observe next Saturday us opening day in Its new locution. Harris Krench. distributor of Jewells and Paiges, will occupy the rooms which tho IJulck gar uge move will vacate. At pres ent, Mr. French's business Is lo cated on l'Mr, just off Adams. He feels t hut his future location will be more desirable for his business than tho present one. URGES A.A.A. WASHINGTON (tfpcciaij Wlih winter not so ,fur away and with winter touring und bua and truck trunsporiutlon on the main trav eled highways increasing, the American Automobile association broadcast u bulletin today urging all states and cities In the snow belt to adopt a definite program of snow removal. According to the A. A. A. state ment, a majority of the 8ft stutes bj tlie snow belt do not make It obligatory on tho state high wuy departments to remove snow, with the result that the effort to keep the highways clear is in many In stances disorganized and leads to millions of dollara' of business losses to the various communities becnuse of transportation He-ups. The experience of the states that have their surfaced road mileage on a snow removal baids has pro ven that hundreds of miles of roads could be constructed overt (year with tlie saving in malnte- nance cost a that would be effected by preventing deterioration of the road bed in the winter by heavy snow ami ice which causes exces sive heaving und rutting. Stressing tho commercial aspect of tho problem, the national tour ing bourd of the A. A. A. points out that winter touring is growing in- pouulurlty and that bus and truck transportation Is growing by leaps and bounds. There ure tiO,- 000 busses and 2,181,882 trucks operating over the country's nuiln highways on what are practically regular aehedules, and their oper ations entirely hinge on the con d it Ion of the roads. By fur the greater part, of this type of trans portation Is In the states that come within the snow blt. .Many Itoadways on Nrhotliile According to a recent survey. 1 here will probably bn GO, 000 miles of Improved roads on a regular l.now nmovul schedule this com- whlt(.r ThUi lHi nowovnr) llttto more thun fiO per cent of the mulu hlghwuys In these states. Sixty two per cent of the lotiil number or. motor vehlcloH in "the United Stales are registered In tlie snow areii. Tho bureau of public roads, which Is . urging snow removal mi a regular purt of tho road mainte nance work, cslimutcH that 68 per cent of the Improved roads of Hie country He within these sections where the snow becomes deep enough to interfere with motor traffic. "Our Investigation shows." Haiti Hie A. A. A. slutement, "that far loo many hIuMm 1IM(j cities ure Hllll lagging behind In preparedness for snow removal. The result is trans portation tio-ims. interference with winter touring, unnecessary dam Illt 111 (I II. r UP a .....I 1 highways und larger expenditures fur mulntenuiicu. 'lust year Wushlngtnn. l. . suffered a loss of $ l.ooo.ooo or more us Hie roHiilt of being un prepared for u snow full, all hough Washington is not lu Hie cxlremo snow bolt. Tourists from all over the country complained of Hie bad condition of the utreels of the cap 11 ill oily this scuson und Ihls was ull dun to the rutting and exces sive itoHVlng during the snow , Hi0nn. New York city alone suf fered a loss of $ii0.oao,0(io during lone-snow storm In Ito'jtr. What Ihuppencd In New York und Wuah 1 liiK'on huppens every winter in many citlo of the enow belt where there Is no preparedness progrum. SIkmiIiI Ito Iter In lie. Program "With the Increasing Importuuco. of highway transportation, snow removal during the winter months should bo inmle an much a definite part or slatt; .county and oily road depurt men Is as road maintenance and repair Is In the spring, sum mer and fall periods. "lixporlenci- tiiis proven that for effective snow n nwnul, there must In-: l-'irst, un appropriation for a definite program; second, un ffl cient orgunluition with assignment of every man connected with tho work lo a nieetric tusk: third, suf- ' rif-lcnf Nliltiiltlo hhoiv - M.nn.tsMl equipment kept In warm storage and ready for Instant action, and fourth, fighting the slorm by com mencing tho work us Soon us tin: storm begins and continuing the removal throughout Hh: storm. "romddorublc saving lu prepar edness fxM'nsi run bo made )y preventative measure such as irecilon of snow fences and Ihe removal of hedges und tall wt'oln which uro luc-uteo too close to tho road wuy." Home girls ride in laxis, J (ecu one they love the ride; While others do the riding Tor tuu loving on tho sldb. OPEN HIGHWAY TOURING BESTSELLER liTllOIT, Mich. (Special) De spite tho growing general tendency toward the closed typo of car, the touring car is the biggest selling automobile In America, Severe weather gives closed curs greut sales Impetus und in the north sec tions of tho country where tho cll- still further tu i i The used-car col. umns of your daily newspaper tell tlie story. Y o u will lir.d llicre but few, Willys-Knights for sale. And such on ' arc, command, al ways, nn almost in- Ohehigh rrcuiDie premium. When a car goes to the graveyard for automobiles, it goes there "for one major reason, one. only gears, trans mission differential, wheels, frame, usually are in reasonably good condi tion. It is ihe engine that sends a car "across the river. 1 ihe engine that - makes or breaks a car .... The Willys-Knight engine . .. never wears out unlike any other motor-mechanism in existence, it does not deteriorate. It actually improves with use . . . After 50.000 iniles. on up to 100,000 and over, it is n 'smoother and quieter, more powerful and more com'pTeleTy effl-' cient engine than it was on the day you bought it! . . ; '. I'scd-car- experts (than whom there are no keener judges .of car-values) consider n Willvs-Kniglit at 50,000 or (iO.OOO miles a first-class .selling prop osition. Can the same be said of any oilier car in, or under, or considerably four-cylinder '" TOVMNG lomlllOo COUPE - ' jioU1395 SKDAX" n0'"1395 SEDAN.- now IM50 nnoi;ctiAM nowftsos A U prices f. o. b. ToU do See the improved models. Place ycur order to insure early Perkins Motor Co. Phone M-500 Cor. 4th & Adams mutn Is rigorous, the closed types aro favorites. In "fair weather" districts, however, the preference for open cars of family slxo is suf ficiently pronounced to turn the balance fur tho entire nation. In this connection reports of tho Kord Motor company show a de mand for touring cars which is un usual for this season of the year und which called for a production of lno.UOU of these cars during Oc tober. The touring car has always been tho most popular In the Kord line. The exceptional demand at the present time, however, may be ac counted Tor by the new features of comfort und convenleuco which est resale 'value enhanced by tremendously Wmm Gettings & Hanks , 1 . Portland Branch 1 Ford Motor Company now producing 100 Cars Per Day Our Allotment About 14 Cars Per Week have been Incorporated In the Im proved type. i . Addition of a door at tho driver's . left, storm curtains which afford complete protection and open with the door, greater leg room and a mora attractive uppearanco in the gunoral lines of tho car have all, contributed to bringing Increased popularity to tho flvo-passenger open type car. ' ? ' ' ' :" .'. i : i The British House of Common bus euueted a luw to protect; trained jumping flu us. Why doesn't A me r leu loo it out for the rights of pedestrians, too? ' ' ! nbovc its price class, with that dis tance chalked up against it? . . An experienced used-car ownerwill buy a Willys Knight, registering 75,000 mites . and aees inurv, wiiu nusoiuic confidence: The used-car trader will tell you he can scarcely give away . oilier cars after thev have been run but 25,000 or 30,000 miles! . . . v. ..- v The patented Knight sleeve-valve motot . I that is the leading reason for ih phenomenally long life, and, c""w quenlly. the gratil'yingly orcater. rc-sulc-rating or the Willys-Knight So when you buy your. , Willys Knight, particularly at these SIJTR STANTIALLY REDUCED PRICES, you ure not merely buying an automo bile. You or6 making an investment in sustained motor-car , satisfaction. And the dividends that investment brings to you in service, in freedom from expense and annoyance, in pride , of ownership are matched only by its strength us a gilt-edged security, its high risi redemption value if, in any emergency, you ure obliged to dispose of your car. - , ' lix-tylinilir " ' TOURIsr. . nout750 ROADSTEH noin$1730 nou$2005 now (2293 COVPE -COUPE-1 SEDAN f. SEDAN - imOtT.HAM now $2093 Allprictlf.o.b.Toitdo . delivery.