Saturday, November 7, 1025.
Page Two
THE LA GRANDE EVENING OI1SERVER
Traffic
and -Tourist
'
News
Highway
and
Auto
Dope
NEW LINCOLN
much mm
One of the niftiest things
Imaginable In uutomobllea rolb-d ,
into ha (3 ran tin Htiodny with V. ;
t'. Perkins, of the IVrklns Motor!
company, behind the wheel- and
lolled out of the city Thursday, j
headed for Holse, Maho. wild !.
H. Fletcher, president of the,
Kleteher Oil company of the Oe:ul
Htaits taptttil, In tin role, of new
owner.
Thai la thn story. of the arrival
ami d purtuni of a new four-puu-enger.
three-window type J.lnco.n
fcilnn the firnt of itu kind to e
viewed In Kust-rn Oregon unl
ihe lut-t- product of lli-my
l ord's Muff of engineers In Itc
lioil. The Lincoln, beautiful In lines
rt tid equl ppetl wit h every con 't-a
bmre, from overst'if fed cushions
to back-scut foot rests, was tin
subject of general mini initio)
while U was luing shown hen-.
The. model Ih a grey-green de.p
color liody, made on a standard
Mi -Inch . chassis. The lioily was
made hy !.nHarron; maker of the
highest class uutumohllc hod 1 en.
The upholstery Is of Imported.
lingllHh broadcloth, overstuffed,
Kxtm- cushions arc, filled with;
down, . - " , . 1
A one-piece straight windshield,!
Inset and giving the. driver n great j
range of vision through fluwlcus
glass, is one of the features. A
gasoline gauge on (he dash adiht
to the driver's convenience. j
A trunk Is placed at the rear)
and bum pee fittings arc built In
Ine frame. . . j
Only a short time after' Mr.
Perkins returned from Portland j
with the cur, 1uiulrif bKn(
coming in, which resiltt'il in I he
B ile to Mr. Kb tchcr. Mr. IV
Mns expects to receive a dupll-
cute of thlff model in about thr-e
Weeks . .
AITO TOI'IUHT THAVI.I,
K IT Q R K K, Ore. (Hpeclnl )
Whether due to the fine weather
or the Increased publicity Riven to
the attractions of Oregon has not
been explained, but the fact re
mains that there has been a lnrrn
Increase In the number of lourists
nt the Ktigene chamber of com
meree durlntf October us compared
with October of a year ago,
Tho,Kww,ire, JKI "foreign" enrs
reglwtered here last month, while
In October, i'Jii, there were HH
ears registered.
The total number of cars reg
istered here for the first la mouths
of the present year Is 2lni;, July
was the best monlh, with AAi.
"It's dangerous to drive with one
hand." -"That's
why I always park." '
comfort
fyyi . Cott.li. Sio,i : .Sfdan, li Hj Iftt-lw f.Mii-wh
.'ttkri ol ilujSi mt.
'CHRYSLER JlX-PWm. ,,; CWV .
f ,.J., I,.,., s,Ja. KV. R.C... I,
ijrt'-- ; t,wi ',MV 1-Htul,
fLxfl Id PiUt I all Or.ll- fiK M. mitllll. All
mo.'rif MxltKl wtifc htll nm
plnwd to fi.tvl th. ranvntlinr. el hit.
Irrm.ni. Atk .Kiit ChrWt iniKthi p',n
h-lrt d.l.i.i.J iupcihj, chrttli nm ti
litr
All Chmltrmnd.Uar. piwnnj tntn tilth b, ihi
TrdcO p.l,ntrd r.i mtmhtilri. t.M.nt. rackiitv. . till
I hrr.l.r, whkhiBnnoi bf (iunlHrlltd .itu i .iiiiki
of l.tnperin
LEO J. FRENCH,
I J E WETT-PAIGE
GARAGE TO BE
MOVED MONDAY
Ily Monday morning. Harris
Kieaclv expects to huve his gurugc,
now located next door to the I Murk
Cut. facing on l-V street,, moved
into the quarter on Adams now
occupied by the Jlulck Karate,
which will n:od into tie new
Koe.ich building.
Mr. l-'ieiich. iwwis.'cd by Al Bsrth,
will I'ldbably begin the moving of
his husiucis Hunduy.
The new location will afford Jilin
much more room for handling the
Jewtt and Pulge cars and also the
line of unci) (um which he has to
offer.
t'ortiplete gurugc wrvlep, repair
service, gas, oil and Moriigc will be
given his pulions In his new loca
tion. B
phone
Location of Iheir hunlness In new
quart era, in the Julius Koesch
bulldlnK across AOums from their
prHnt local ion. Is t he tusk Just
now confronting the llulck dis
tributors here, J. K. Shumate niui
Vernon Jennings.
Jienioval of the smulbr artlch'S
Into the new building was started
today nut the. job will not be "m
ph ted for a day or two. It In ,
lleved..' The new garage hna been pre.
pared for Jennings and Hhumate
along t)i(. most modern llm s, with
the latent thing In lighting rixtureji
to Insure a, "daytlghl glow" in th
evening. Thn-. hundred ' watt
lights illuminate the interior ami
amber-glass ebwtrlc lanterns show
the way In from the front.
The show room Is 2H by 55 feet
In dimensions, thus tumirltiff ade
quate room for housing the Hulcka.
and the offices will be located at
one end of the room. ' '
Pouring of concrete for entrance
drlvewavs was started a d.iy or so
ago, and has sufficiently set so that
Ull but heavier trucks can be moved
over it today safely.
No formal re-opening will be
held In- the new garage, according
to Jennings ami Hhumate, who an
nounce that they will "go uheud
with business as uiiual,'
21,'itm T.nu ists visit A1K0 rump
PKVOI.KAIN. Ore. (Special)
The tourists registered at the IVn
dlelon nuto ramp during the period
from April 1 to Oct oh. -r 31 totah-d
2 4 .3 di. says a report made today.
The receipts were $4IU.ru, prac
tlculty the saute as hst year. July,
Aiigtmt and Septctubvr wre Ihn
hettvlest monllis for tnurl.Mt trnfftc.
IK HE
TBI
id
"plains Its
puianw
A tingle ride prove why trie
Chrysler Four luntly merits the
tremendous popularity it has
built up In a few short months.
In sustained hih speeds in pli
ability of power in economy
in durability and in freedom from
mechanical attention which re.
suit from high quality of design,
materials and workmanship in
case of handling and most em.
phatically in riding steadiness and
the Chrysler Four gives
Cor Jefferson & Elm, Phone 499-W
AM IS ED
TROUBLE FREE
The average owner of a good cu
tomobile whos? car, entirely free
from troubb', glides smoothly over
the highways, month In and mouth
. out, murveis at its unfailing 'Je-pi-ndnbility,
unaware, perhaps, of
the eluliorato and painstaking sys
tem employed by the munutuclitrer
to insure that character of per-
I formaucc. In no other Industry Is
I Inspection more rigid or are safe
guards more t Irmly adhered to.
i' "No other factor In our entire
programme of manufacture Is a
more vilal part, of the production
programme than our system of in
j kpertlnriB ami tcgis." s-iys l. .M.
f Avcrlll, vice president and general
' mnnuger of the Ajux Motors com
pany. "II Is only by constant, in
sistent and repeated testing that n
manufacturer is In a position to
know definitely, before n motor tar
Is shipped. Ihat Its performance In
the hands of thf ultlrnace owner
will bf! entirely satlsfiu lory. ' Ite
ports received by us from Aja
owners, many of whom hnve driven
. thi It cars lltouKunds of miles, snow
plainly that the character of per
formance fully JUMtlfb'H our policy
'of rigid Inspnrtlon and tests."
I Visitors' at tljo Ajux factory fre
quently express amaacinenl ut the
(lengths to which tlte company has
! gone to assure perfect workman
jslilp und materials. This work he
ights with the raw materials which
I are not unloaded from the freight
tears until definite tests havt
'shown that they measure up to
specifications und requirements In
every particular. Then as each ol
.(ho numerous operations is p"r
i formed in the various departments,
inspectors must pass on them. Thus
the possibility of trouble is elimin
ated at the very outset: finished
units not only are closely inspect
ed hut nre thoroughly tested before
going Into the chassis,
j Motors nre run on their own
i power for hours before, they finally
are placed on hoists and swun? In
to position In the frame: crank-
-shafts, when finished. Instead cf
passing on Immediately to the mo-
j tor assembly : depurtmeiit, are j
(checked on a balancing device, to (
.'assure ubsolute balance.' Connect-,
Ing rods und all reciprocating partf !
jare tinted for perfect balance. Def. I
iiiite reports ure made und kept
on each - Inspection of the multi
tude of operations entailed in the
manufacture of the ear but even
when t h n Ajax, rrtmpletcly unsem
bled. Is run on Its own power there
is still one of the most important
tests of ull to he made. This final
test, the actual performance of the
car under all driving speeds, is con
ducted on a brick track built and
maintained for that purpose alone.
This track lies Just outside or the
final iiHeHinhly and the curs cs th'-y
results not found combined la
cars of any type even beyond It
In price.
As distinctive as its performance
Is a beauty so advanced that popu
lar desire sweeps towards it
Inevitably.
Your nearest Chrysler dealer Is
' eager to give you this ride that
proves why the Chrvsler is the
Favored Four among tens of
thousands of owners.
roin off the line, arc filled with
km so' Inn and turned over to drivers
long trained In motor car consirue
tlcn and performance i ;
vVhen he car, In actual perform- t
a nee, measures up to standard In
every particular. It Is finally run
to t he loading; dock and tagged Tor,
shipment. I
MOTOH ,UI-:i'I-:ilTK K'C,632
RAI.KM. Ore, Receipts of the
state motor vehicle department for
the month of October aggregated
'a.ti,iZ.2'J, according to a report
prepared by the secretary of stutc.
Thus fur this year the reccipm have
totaled i.216.r.;'5.1S.
Vmm January I to October 31 of
this year a total of 1 1 -4 , 6 7 & pauuen
ger automobiles were regis tenu.
Aviator's inechanlc "T-',rep n
fellow going down In a parucnme."
Avlalor "I'll H' if I can hit
him. It isn't often we have a
chance at a p"d-Htrliin."-
the same
Improved Road Mileage In
U.S. Not Far From' 740,000
The menge of surfaced roads In
the 1'nltvd Ktutes is nearing the
5oo.tHM) mark according to the hu
rt an of public roads ot thr railed
Htates dqurtment of agriculture.
Komi weeks ago the state reports
indicated that there were 1U.V317
milt's of surfaced road on the slate
systems at the end of 10-4 und m
llur substxiuont rfporls from the
Htute Indicate that mileage of sur
faced country roads was
maMng a total of 4f?,!o5 inlhs.
W.'tile tt in proliuble (hat thn esti
mate of county roads is not so ac
curate us that of the. state roads,
the above figure Is probably not
too large.
Since :it,Ml niiles of mod wo-
6 w
011 Chris
the 4th
Texaco Quality
a quality that is maintained winter and summer-all
seasons--to stand the highest test of engine efficiency
and maximum motor power and that's the only
quality worth buying
Playle Oil Company
PLAYLE SERVICE STATION HIGHWAY SERVICE STATION
surfaced In 1!'?4 by the states und
counties and it is known that
j progress has been equally us good
!in It Is probuble that the
! construction season now drawing
to n close will Increase the sur
faced mil age to "more than 45,
000, Iii this estimate allowance
was made for a portion ol the
yeur's work being resurfacing oi
higher Improvement of roads pre
viously reported us surruted.
In addition to surfaced roads a
considerable mtlcugu has been
graded und drain-d according to
engineering standards. Ther were
2llC,'i'j4 mihOi of such road at the
end of 1024, and of this 13.USS
miles had been constructed during
n
or
of
tmas Day
.that year. These figures indicate
hut the improved road milcuxe of
ull rlusseb Is not far frum T4n.Uiie,
The following tuble giws tae
status of road improvement in the
far weetciu slates at the eiul of
tttule Total rural mileage.
Oregon 4H.770
i Washington
Idaho
f'ulifornta ..
( Montana .. .
' Nevada ... ...
W.tM
t 84.KIG
75.6 is
C7.I76
32.778
23.881
I'tah ...
Total for flitted States 3t.IHi2.9t4 I
State.
Surfaced state roads.
a.ST
; 2.X 1 8
; 1.4!'S
3.2:11
720
iilt't
040
Oregon ..
I Washington
Idaho ;
California
Montana ;
Nevuda .. .,'.
I'tah
Total for raited Krntcn
-118,347
State
Surfaced stal rnnds.
July!
9
Oregon
Washington - 14 2ui
Idaho f.4iu
iVtlifondu .. 1 2, an i
Montana - 1 "
Nevada- 315
I'tah .. - 2.H
Total for L'nlted States ...;i3:,5oK
John: "I she a good driver?"
Aleck: "Yep; she just drive-
me era
Used Parts
For all makes of ears.
We. buy used ears for cash.
La Grande
Wrecking Co;
Cot; Jeff, nnU Jtcmlmk
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