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Auto Section
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Motoring News
VOLUME XXIV.
SECOND SECTION
LA GRANDE, OREGON, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1925.
TWELVE PAGES? TOL V
NUMBER 60
FACTORIES TD
RAISE OUTPUT
Motor Companies Making
Plans for; Enlarged
Business During the
Coming Year.
PKTROIT. Midi. (Special)
The yriitf'st year In tho history
of tho automobllo industry t
& rawing to a elne and factory offi
cio In nrp now busy mnklnfr plans
for tho eomlmr year. If the nehe
duU'H now blng- made nr follow
ed. J926 will witncHR a stilt lare
vr new production record. .
At least 10 of MIchlffan'H lar
cvt autonioblle VtantH havo recent
ly announced their - attention of
running at capacity .throughout
tho winter montliH. In doing this,
however,. manufacturer, ..nrc anti
cipating three factors removal of
federal excise taxes, expansion of
American's highway program and
adequate relh-f for tho automobile
d-aler In handling used cars.
Although the used car-problem
liiis lrsn a merlons one for the
last several years, it At expeetod
to ho grentnr thun ever before
during the early spring months
for the coming year.1 Almost
every automobile sain. It Is said,
will Involv.e the taking- over of the
purchascr'H used ear .
Output In be JucreAMM
The program of tho automobile
Industry. 'iw a whole, calls for an
expenditure of approximately $100
000.000 foVgpcw machinery.. Muell
er this va.st Hum Is now being spent
or has already been npent. ; -
Additional oionuncturlng facili
ties will- .cost the Hudson-Essex
'concern about . $10,000,000. This
will Include equipment for lln own
body plant. The Dodge Urothers
corporation has nearly ' completed
an $,000,000. expansion program
that will Increase the capacity of
.the plant to IKoO ears a day dur
ing the coming year. '
The Ilulek plant 'in flint wilt
havn completed a $2,000,000 ex
pansion program by early spring,
-making- possible a production of
J 200 cars dally. , ; . '
Another Indication o( next year.-
activities in the passenger-' and
truck Industry Is the Increase 1
tee orders being placed. The
trend toward heavier outputs'- In
1926 has been felt first in - the
sleet centers. Hankers claim that
-while IMmll factories fnrm the
New Record Is Made In The
Building of National Roads
During Last Fiscal Year. 11,328 Miles of Federal Aid
Highways Were Built, Exceeding by 80 Per Cent
the Mileage Completed in he Fiscal
. " V Year of 1924.
the
WASHINGTON CUy
cUted Tress). A new record for
construction of federal hid high
ways throughout the nation was
announced here with . publication
of the annual report of T. II. M'
l)onuld, chief of the bureau uf
p'ubllc roads. ,
During thft last fiscal year, he
said, U.SHS miles of such roads
worn built by federal and slate
governments In co-operation, ex
ceeding by 30 per cent the mlk
ngo completed 'In tho fiscal yfr
The total - mileage- -completed
since the passage of the first fed
eral nid ' road act In 1916 wan
placed at 4G.4S5 miles, and at the
close of the fiscal year 1925 more
than 12,000 miles was under con
structlon. Forty-three per cent of,
the mileage, completed during Uiy'
last year was in the United States,
making, up the east and west,
south central and mountain groups
-Kentucky, Tennessee, A la bium,
Mississippi, Arkansas, hou.tlnn t.
Oklahoma, Texas. Montana, Idaho,
Wyoming. Colorado, New Mexico,
Arizona, Utah and Nevada.
The total cost of federal ail
construction completed last year
was $:M2,937,4SS.57. of which the
share of the federal government
was - S 1 1-1 .304,737,24. Tho total was
sprwid over about two years re
quired to b.ring the projects to
completion, however, actual dis
bursements lo the states during
tho period amounted to $9.1.749.
9tJ8.ll. This sum was sah.l to be
not mom than 10 per cent of the
whole annual ' expenditure for
highways by nil nulls of govern -J
tiw.ii in m-inii f.r t.-u tint in
Asso- eral co-operation dow not figure.
Sixty-one per cent of tho mile
age constructed during the hi::t
year was classified as of a "low"
type of construction, while 28 per
cent was "high type," Including
cement concrete, bituminous con
crete and biiek. Water-bound and
bituminous macadam construction,
classified as "intermediate," ac
counted for most of the remainder.
Motorists, Iu It Now.
1
ROAD SAFETY
can
dor has
thut
Have you applied .for cer
tificate of title to yoigr motor
vehicle?
The secretary of stale
not honor applications
192C licenses unti tltlo
been first secured from
official.
Do it now!
Have you applied for- your
192f, inohir vehicle license?
If not, doit now and relieve
yourself of worry laier.
Have you ascertained
whether the. headlights on
your cor conform to Uk pres
ent law re(iiiemenlH?
If not, do It now ;and save
yourself liability of arrest.
The' light law requires that
"when, ope. ruled at night thus
over and upon a wet hard
surface highway and meeting
an approaching motor vehicle,
the driver of a motor' ve
shall dim his headlights.
Ho it nowj
trade, the steel thills, are Its baro
meter. Sahs arv. Stimulated
A careful survey has . brought
out the fact that at the end of the
current year carry over will unm
ount' to perhaps half a million
curs,-which Is about IS. per Cent,
of the total production v for J the
year. Stimulation of automobile
sales by-price cuts and new mod
els during the months of August
and September by practically all
manufactures. to niet. tho'deutand.
Good. Roads Convention
Plans to Thoroughly In
vestigate Conditions of
Highways.
NEW YOIlK tHpeclal) Ways
ami means of making American
high ways imfer for motorists
through the wldeplng of pave
ments, elimination of grade cross
ings, reduction of the crown In
roads, elevation of curves, remov
al of highway signs, elimination of
hlow-ups, cracks and corrugations
in road pavements and PvMons, who ( 9MM to
Motorists to Endorse
Program for Road Aid
. Says A. A. A. President
PKTHOIT (Special) America's,
motorists will give their whole-1
hearted support to any proposal
for more highways stretching from
tho Atlantic to tho Pacific count i
and will gladly cooperate with any
agency, governmental or private,!
which seeks the construction of
new ribbons of pavement across
this continent.
This, In a word. Is an attitude
of Thomas I. Henry, of Petrolt,
president of tho American Auto
mobile osnochitlon. the organiza
tion of tho country'" automobile
owners and drivers, toward the
suggestion of ' William Randolph
Hearst, the newspaper publisher,
that tlireo new transcontinental
highways be constructed.
"Tho United Slates can never
have too many roads," said Mr.
AITO IIVSINUSS PAYS.
The automobile btmlness pays
five, times as much In war excise
taxes as the total of - war ' excise
taxes paid by all other Industries,
fays the National Aulupioblle
chamber of commerce.
: !
CHICAGO'S ALTO SHOW.
Chicago will hold Us next Na
Honal Automobile nhow February
l to fi. -I'lSii.
for clearer views In all directions
'.at road Intersections will be among1
the ninny subjects to be discusser!
at the great Good Hoads t'onven-
,tlon and Kx position to be held In
Chicago January 11 to 15 next In
clusive. The meeting will be un
der the auspices of tho American
Road nullders association.
The matter of constructing safer
highways Is now engrossing the
road building industry, lately be
come the third largest Industry of
the nation, and the discussion at
Chicago- Is expected to develop
more practical methods by which.
In so fnr as I he road itself on It
fault, accidents on the highways of
the country can be reduced
Among tho other subjects that
will reeelva serious consideration,
also, are. those of continuing fed
eral aid funds for road building,
salvaging old roads, the gasoline
tax, tests for road building ma
terials, detours, traffic regulation,
highway finance and accounting,
reseurcti. design, beautlflcntton,
put roll ng and policing, repair : und
maintenance, snow removal and the
latest methods entering Into the
construction of unsurfaced wort-
land cement concrete, brick, gran
ite block, WOOd 11PCU, Sheet MH-
phalt, sand asphalt, asphalt Ic con
crete, asphalt penetration, tar
macadam, waterhound macadam,
gravel, earth and sand clay roods.
The program will cover every
phase of activity In road construc
tion and maintenance, from' tho
floating of the bond 1hmu! to laying
the last slrlp of pavement, open
ing thu road to traffic, and main
taining the road . throughout Us
life.
OUT N EUROPE
European automobile, manufac
turers aro following the lead of
American engineers and body de
slgnera according to W. S. Knud
son, president of an American au
tomobile company, who recently
spent six weeks abroad. Mr
llsh, lreneh and Italian outomo- ever, still use a relatively small
bile manufacturers aro Intensely motor with a low gear ratio and
atlvo to American progress In mod-four speed transmission. This re
Ificatlon and simplification of chas- suits In gasoline economy which
sla lines," ho said. "It also is evl- la important In Europe because of
dent that during tho last few year a high cost of motor fuel. It also re
they have followed American In- suits in low taxes In n gland, be
ltlatlvc in tho 'Improvement of uu-' cause taxes thero are based on
tomobllc bodies both as to comfort horse power. But these ad van t
nnd appearance In fact one of ages aro obtained only at the ex-
of tho largest automobile maker penso of frequent gear changing
procures from thu United States all j Whlch is necessary even on very
of the tools and machinery used In
building tho bodies for his ears.
"Tho. very small 'bug typo or
car apparently is losing favor in
lCurope. A great majority of the
light automobiles mndo In Kurope
today aro modeled its closely
Knudson's tour of Europe included !poasiblo to match tho seating cu
virits to several automobile shows. PUy of American "KM " Man
"it Is very evident . jjjmtOiejjnKj
.. !of tho European car builders, liow-
sllght grades. Such a . gear ar
rangement invariably has Its dis
advantage, particularly In moun
tainous districts. I found our Amer
ican cars with their greater power
reservo very much in favor.'
When you turn a corner, slow
down. Blow your horn. Don't
make Gabriel blow his for you.
as chlof executive of the A. A,' A.,
jjs president of thu Detroit Automo
bile club. . -
This Is particularly truo of
transcontinental highways.' con
tinued Mr. Henry. "Iong-dlstance
motoring Is becoming tho ruk
now, rather than tho exception.
,ontc distance facilities as well us
mechanically perfect machines and
careful drivers. ,
"Manufacturers aro presenting
to tho. people better and better
cars every year. At the samn time
the public Is becoming better edu
cated in the use of the motor car.
As a parallel to the trends there
must bo added a third better,
broaded, safer .roads,'
VThe Fordor Sedn is an ideal Christmas gift for. k : , - i? 51 '''u ' '
the whole family an attractive and practical f jtfjl'r.
.all-year car.- It is finished in deep Windsor TLjJri! (f '-V '
'Maroon, with interior upholstery to harmonize. mrmj fVJJ ' , .jfSj,
Nickeled radiator, low, deep J )kJ! : jTrqL
seats", wide doors, hooded sun 1 tfijgS Jffi
visor and large fenders. Sec s. VvSS
this good-looking, car at the (V " rVir '
salesroom" of the nearest Au- Xf tSnN (f - '
thorized Fotd Dealer. Easy x ( r r) "' '
terms gladly arranged. W -
fX2 D.troll.Mlch. ', s
Touring Cor 290 ' Tudor Solan S8o ; UII U UUlf
Clo.fd cart in color. 0mouittril rim tnd I
nartrr txtn on eptn tr. II
, All pritU I. 0rt M , . .
.ALWAYS BU CAItlilTL.
Kvnry nrliool clillil In cliioicn
will l: Klvi n un A. n. sonit liook
cfintiiiiilixr "Alwiiyn lln Oiiri-rul"
Hoitci and colored 8a(Vty-rirnt II
lUHlrulioitH. '
The Prices to Go Up
Forty Per Cent Soon
DETIIOIT (Kpoclal)' Ttrn prlc-
arc ROlnir lilllnir. If Jour car will
roqutro n(-n- rubber this winter buy
it now. Thin Is tho tip that comes
from the Akron tire Industry,
whc.ro reliable Information has it
that wholesale prices of .tires to
the autotAnblln manufacturers will
be approximately 40 per crnt, ef-'
fcctlvn January 1. One large tire
manufacturer lins already went out
a confidential notice lo this effect.
Thin firnleelefl increaRo' would be
tho sixth price Jump In the laaV
clKht' months. ' .
' l'l.ANS. VM'HANOLn.
N10W VOItK (Special) Harvey
l-restonc Jr. will continue his plans
to creato rubber plantations In LI
berla. It' waH announood hero.
-Irestone on Ills return from I-oh-.
dun stated his company will pro
reod with ' Ita plans resurdless of
whether the, . Hteifenson taclcnu?
ceases lo oyernlo or not. . .r-
AITOS AII;AI) OI-' I'HO.VIS
There nrc more automolitles In
America toduy than thero aro tele
phones. i '' ,
Laugh In the Face of Old
Man Winter
The Better Buick
The Gift of Gifts
No gift could possibly be more accept
able, or provide more happiness for
Ixith giver and receiver, than a Better
lluick.
The cot in small when balanced
against the pleasure this better motor
car will bring to those you love.
If you arc thinking of giving a Iktter
liuick for Christmas, it Mould be a
good idea to make your selection soon.
We will have it waiting at your door
when the sun comes up, on Christmas
morning.
Jennings & Shumate
LET this oltl man with .his frosty
breath and icicle beard blow his
chilling drafts in your direction.
Howover low ho pushes the mercury
In tho thermometer, you can drive
your car without a care or worry if
you aro using Vcltex Winter. Gasoline.
This new gasolino is a new Voltex
Product. It is specially refined to give
you belter service in winter weather.
Voltex Winter Gasoline will make
your car start quicker on oold morn
ings. It will do awny with sputtering
and back-firing and givo you more
miles lo the gallon. And, it costs no
moro than ordinary gas. .,, .
Try a Tankful Today
Ijjff Look for ths Vltw
j SJmf. ' Winter Qasolln 8ign
VWt
VViy.
for this full-size
passenger
OVERLAND
4 'Standard Sedan
Bio car body dimensions make this car a
real I-'ive Passenger Sedan.
Iwcnty square feet of vi ndow space give
it the open vision of a touringcar... Three
forward specdsmake it asafecarto handle
under all driving conditions.. .Big, effi
cient brakes make it an easy car tocontrol.
Completely furnished with all necesiary Itindird
equipment its delivered price rcpresenta iti final cost
to rou. . .Investigate ; are how little it really coiU vou
lo buy this car even on the most extended terms.
4799
W -livcrcd Ih-re
COMPLETE: billnon'tires;
speedometer; one.piece wind
shield; cel ventilators 87
other big csr featurev.
Gettings & Hanks