Auto Section
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Motoring New
VOLUME XXIV.
SECOND SECTION
LA GRANDE, OREGON, SSTORDAY, OCTOBER 31 1925.
TEN PAGES TODAY.
NUMBER
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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.