La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, January 02, 1926, Image 7

Historic Oregon Newspapers

La Grande evening observer., January 02, 1926, Image 7

Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR

About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 2, 1926)

Prev Page of 10 Next Prev Issue Next Text PDF JP2 (2.6 MB) Clip/Print Image

Return to Top

Prev Page of 10 Next Prev Issue Next

Newspaper Page Text- Ha (Inutile lEwntng QDterwr Auto Section Motoring News jest? i VOLUME XXIV. SECOND SECTION .LA GRANDE. OREGON, SATURDAY, JANUARY 2, 1926. NUMBER 71 If' OBILE . BUSINESS OUTLOOK FOR 1926 IS ROSY AUTOM i .... i t y i 1 1 MOST DEALERS ARE OPTIMISTIC .Year Will Be a Big One '. with Greater Volume of ! Business and More At- tractive Models. ' TIU year will bo a big one for automobile dealers In La Orundo according to thn concensus of opin ion 'atone uuto row, . A creator volume of business, better cam, and Bomb . Important reductions am foreman for. 1920. '. . ' ' During Iho psst year the auto motive business lo Iji Grand" reached a high peak and probably Vyore -new curs woro' sold In litis territory than .ever before. More efficient and more attractive au tomobiles, better. highways. nd lower prices urn listed as the pnni mount .causes for the. betterment tot conditions, . . , ' Tlmo spent , in Interviewing the Various distributors here- revruls tli tit .optimism exists " at , almost every garage. . ' . ";"Lqoks HUtv quite a bit of busi ness in 1526 and especially for us with thfl now price reduction bik ing effect January. 7," Is the. way J.- p; Hntlth, ,Jodgo distributor, looks. upon1 tht situation. y "It-Is not time," to nay definitely what fclnd of a year it will be, but iSVllcVo 1L'B will. bO" the best In the automobile Hue in history, j More cun ne said alter the tiuio show 'in New York next week when several price reductions and other things will be announced," stules M. J. Gosh. Studebaker agent here. Good Year lit rrospect. "I believe this year will be n good one," dvclarcs Avery Harrison, Chevrolet dculer. "There Is no reuson to believe otherwise, iih all business Is prospering now and peo pl are beti.ur olf fi iiiinci.il ly." "It looks llke this year will bo better thun the past in the auto business and the part year has been very (food," says Jeo .French, deal er In Chryslers. "Kveryone wants a car nowadays and the future toi me looks very promising." "Looks good to me," Mi. Hunks, of. Get tings and Hunks, Overland and Willys-Knight distributors, cuid upon being iiuestioned as to his opinion of the automobile out look. "The automobile business Is going tp be all right." "Wo expect to do i more business this year than any two years be fore," sa ys Jim M oreloek, frita r dealer. "We, have never had any 1 hlng look ho good since I have been In the automobile panic and that has been a long lime.' People have iho money (his year and are going to spend It. We never hud so many Inquiries or orders before to start the new year out as wei have this year. We expect lo more than double the amount after our au l o show w h Ich starts Jan ua ry 1G." "ICverythlng points to a good year, not only in the automobile business but In nearly every call ing," Harris French, vo sells Jewells here. says. "It is surpris ing the number of people that are preparing to purchase new cars at this time usually Die off-season in the automobile trade. With such a demand at present, it presages much lor the seasons yel to come, 7 "The year of 1916 ought, to be a J w hirlwind'," states Vernon Jen-I nings, of Jennings and .Shumate, j Huiek dealers. "Ijist year was a good year but with indications us they are, wo expect a great Im provement In all lines of the auto mobile business." "Wo expect I he biggest year in the history of tho uutomobllu busi ness," says K. L. l.edbetter, Hud- Thousands of Auto Victims In U.S. During Last 2 Years Figures Show 15,528 Pci-suns Were Killed in 19iM; Par tial Figures for' Past Year Put Deatli Kate Iiigh 557 Die m New York Alone in 1925. U. S. Should Produce Own Rubber, Belief ; WASHINGTON'. (AT) Thn nntitinul dt-ath. rule In the Vnltiiit Ktuti'S Iiii.h bci'll pKictl by tlm won ati'l Kjuk-x UabT. "Durini; ... ' . ,i,.ti,. n... i approximately 2000 Hudsons f. H f iM Kssexes were sold In Oregon ,d w,h J23 -Jm l'J2i and and dealers hope to double this Cigurt Ibis year. Hero in l.i Grande we huve nothing to com plain- of:" i ' ' " 1 ' Latest Process May Restore Use of Old OH EXIDES Have . proved their superiority in every test of battery service. Your starting and lighting depend on . the battery. Let a dependable Exide do the work for you.- Fred T. Burgess :.r:-r exide batteries . 1 . ' ' Distributor Main 125 - 1308 Jefferson 4, as coin- pared with 3 2.3 in 1U2S. 11.8 in I'll':' and ll.ti in r.tiM. The figures covered the entire- death registration area of the ! uten, (Mileago. 557. Philadelphia county, which accounts for about ' SS. iietroit 275. los Angeles 213. HH per cent of thn population Thn ( Cleveland gll. whllo for tho last number of deaths registend in four-week period tho figures are Iter K, l'JL'4. the daily being 14.5 in 1'JlM and 1025.- Of lhe.se 5 cities. 33 re ported a larger number of fatali ties uii to December 6, 1925, thnn in the corresponding period for flo far this year New York City has reported M9 automlobilo fatal- WASHINOTON. AP Tho best method for the United States lo follow In combatting high rubber prices Is to use, as llttlo of tho prod net as possible and to build up In dependent sources of supply, Sec retary Hoover declared In com menting on developments growing average out of charges against nn alleged 34.7 in Itrilisti rubber monopoly. llo added that If this country worn to soli wheat and cotton in ex cbango for rubber, based on the ratio of cost of production of rub bor, and tho prlco American eon- liigbway in Kxccllont Condition. Although tho Pact flu highway is In excellent condition for this sea son of tho year, motorists travel- . lug ovor this route should drlvo carefully through the Btaklvou Humers aro pnyinv ior n, urn w noiu utountalns In Northern Callfronia would sen or J8 a bushel ana-cotton at 76 cents n pound. Two things nt least thieves will not steal your character and tho' hflPO cur you cannot get insurunco on. i and Southern Oregon. Du to nltgnment of tho road in this sec tion and freezing weather which prevails at this time of the year aro many treacherous curves. ' A4H-JtN .XUy-.. the . AfHooialed Press) Deuionstrations here in dicate that old cruukcase oil of automobiles which lias been re garded fit for uothtng'inuy be? re claimed and used again. J)r. ('. I. Miller, who is en gaged in research work in 1 1n de partment, of agricultural engineer ing of the agricultural college of the Alabama polytechnic institute. has succeeded in working out u method for reclaiming, or launder ing old oil at a' cost estimated by him at less than five cents a gal lon. r . , 111 studying tho problem, lr. .M tiler, found that oil dues not "wear out" by use in a crankcane. and neither dues it change Its composition. Smite losses occur mechanically ami by oxldiz-nibm, but I he oil Its IT remains substan tially 1 he same us it was before used, it Is rendered unfit for serv ice by contamination with other suTiMliinccs, such us carbon' and other solids, and certain constitu ents of gasoline. The removal of these substances is all thut Is required for its suc cessful i-cclainat inn. This can be I done by pouring the oil Into a j tairk, adding a washing powder, I blowing steam through it for about three hours, allowing It to selt lo, and I hen draw off I he oil from the top. leaving Hie foreign substances, both solid and liquid, in the bottom. When treated . this sfcam is partly condensed, dixsoiv ing the washing powder, which has ihe property of loading down the. carbon mid other solid par ticles in the nil with u film of the. solution, causing them 1o coagu late somewhat as casein coagulates this territory during 1024 was 1.- 17:1.0:10, "t of ay.u:iu,4:t4 popu lation. Automobile accident returns are how being received from 7K cities of more than one hundred thou sand population each, for 5!l of which a complete record or 1!124 nutom'nhtly fatalities is available. So far this year the daily average of automobile fatalities Iuih been 11.7, whit" last year for thn same period it was 14.5, but for the four weeks ending December 5 this year It jumped to I U.K. Heart JMscuse Jrf'ads Heart disease was found to have been Ihe chief cause of death in tin general reglst ral ion area in 1!IL'4, accounting for 178.H7L fat alities, a 'slight increase over the comparallve figure for the preced- I ing year. (lancer, likewise, took a tuavier toll In 1U24 than In 1'.'2:t, '.1.041 deaths being atlribnted to 4his cause. Tuberculosis death.", on the other hand, showed a do. eline, numbering 8 0.7 24 in 1 024, us com pared with !'(i,7;2 In 102:t. Cerebral hemorrhage, pneumonia and nephritis we.ro other large factors In the' mortality figures, while of Ihe 75.745 acehbuliil deal Its automobile alone caused 15.52 X, compared with 14,411 in 102. Kotti suicides and murders In creased, suicides totaling 1 2. on l In 1024. against 1 1,2X7 in 1023, and murders K420. against 7S0S.. New York City 88, Chicago 68, Detroit 4. Philadelphia and Cleveland each 27, and J.os An geles 23. A X T l (Hill ,K FATA I JTIKS . WASHINGTON. (Special) The lepartmetit. br commerce annnnn- i... i.. ,.r way v'hel. , H, , . ,..,r , . eefved from' 7 cities of 100, (KM) populal ion or over. The total number of such fatalities jn these j cftle fro nil December 2K. 1024, to December 5. 1025,' was 5.7CK, and the daily average was I (i.X. The numbers In eight periods of four , Ajax Cars Enlisted in Public Utility Service Names n' public utility organ t.n lions particularly- police and fire departmcnis are unusually prom inent on ihe roster of Ajax six owners. i Sales department records at. Ihe facory reveal many cases where Ajnx cars are serving as police fly "rs, emergency and service cars, and lit other municipal uses. , The reason Is explained by Chief of Police II. C. Itacine, Wisconsin, who recently purchased two sedans for use by his police force, accord ing to (he local dfotrihutor. "A motor car In public service," says chief I taker, "must answer re quirements that are much more numerous and exacting than those of a personal car. As a general rule, it must bear the brunt of all soils of v driving and handling abuses. It is subject lo continuous day after day driving without a let-up. It Is handled by a variety of drivcrH, many of whom are not considerate of the cur's welfare. It Is frequently called upon to de liver extremes in speed and power. Ami in the face of all these hard ships, It must be 'on Us toes,' ready Jo do the job immediately without faltering, for on many an occasion a human life, hangs tu tho bal ance." " ' '. , --"- Unit Built One Profit Stuflebakers These Studebaker Motor Cars are the finest we have ever sold.. There is no sacrifice in materials nor in workmanship. The velvety motor to carry yofi over the highway without notice of hills. The interior finish is better instead of being made cheaper. y ; ' ; : LET US SHOW YOU. ' ;. ' : : M.: J. Goss U 1 Studebaker Sales and Service. "This Is A Studebaker Year" T H I- S T U i " E B A K E U V BAR The Better Buick Surpasses every previous Buick, in performance-in quality--in beauty in val ue and in sales. iNO OTHER MOTOR PROVIDES ALL THESE ADVANTAGES 75 Horsepower - Air Cleaner Controllable . Beam Headlights Mechanical 4 -Wheel Brakes Automatic" Heat Control Sedans at Coach Prices Duotone Duco Colors Scaled Chassis in iiiiik wh. n li iMinn.s. -i ins .,.. m follows: t i-iiutM-H tl.o Koliil piirtU'lt'H lo pi-tllul l'our Wfrks lOiKlinK: , lo tins bolloni of tin! ioiitiillicr, 1 i ,t.. ft. Dif, - j foi-inttiK a luyiT ul' Hlinlifir or intn-k ' .((V. 7. n-:, ilH-lwui-ll 111.' oil ninl Hit' solullmi. ! ( .,. jn. iir, Tli. )int'unili.is.'il iiortion of Ill's j S'-pl. -'. ItilT. Hli'iiin carrli'S lliu KKullH': tiiiy wil h I his vnpor. 1 Un III.' ri it l. 11. y of this m. llicj.l llr. AlilliT Kiiys that fuur tii;irln ot oil lis It Is (Jriiwn ordiiiurily frmn li. iTriinUi-iisi. should return three: Auk. IS, I!ISR .luly IK, 1 1; ri .Inn., in, IlilT. .Mil V 2:1. IS5 TIhti. itri' .!! c-ilh.s for ... lilt ... 1112 ... r,2-i ... Ml ... -I'ill ... t!i4 ... 'till ... 421 wliirli Gas Filter Ail Filter Today, as for 21 years, Buick is the acknowledged Stantlard of Comparison among motor cars. WHK.V JtETTKIt AL'TOMOIIII.KH M:K llt ll.T--Ul tflC Wll.l, Ulll.Tj TIII'.M Jennings & Shumate (juarls of oil us good as new. ill's .mi-;n ask or m:i i m SAI.KM, Ore. t'orporat ions af fected by the new law enacted al 1 he hiKt. session of t he legislature providing that commercial vehicles which ope in le five miles beyond the boundaries of any Incorporated loun or city shall pay a license fee on (heir machines 60 per cent In excels oT that' demanded under I lie old law, have sent letters to Sa lem iin ii 1 11 ng how 1 hey will ob tain refunds in event. Hie new li cense in w pertaining to commer cial VehleleH Is held lo be UIICOII- stilullimal. A suil to lent the consliiullounlify nf Ihe law increasing the license fee on these eoininercinl vehicles was t'ib-d In Ihe stab- supreme ronrt here, a few days ago bill as yet the court has given no intimation as lo when a decision will be forthcoming. comparable figures are available for HUM. The total number of automobile fatalities in these f!t cities was r.0.ri5 in the period front I leeemher 2X, 1 !l24. to I leeember lltLTi. and 4.S7T. in the period from .January 1 . 1 H24. to No vein- Parts -- Storage LA GKANDK WRECKING ( O. Adams Ave. Auto Tops ltc-l'iiirri'il - Hi'imlli'd i 'iirtniii Work W. I ('(HUM llllll .IrfriTMiii Air. You'll Want Good Gas For Thi'se Cold Frosly Mmniinfs VKI.TFX SI'KCIAI. INTICR GASOMNtt Is Niiviitfr many turns (if the slai lor for hundreds (if iiuto drivers. Let us fill u your gnu tank today with thin (uU'k-stnrling gasoline. La Grande Filling Station Kului &, Zcifcl Your Auto License Is Due WHO WILL PAY. IT? WILL YOU, OR WILL WE? i Start The New Year VISIT-- OUR USED CAR DEPARTMENT AM) SELECT YOUR 192H TRANSPORTATION 40 Cars to Choose From Right FREE 1926 Lioens with all used cars sold this week JUIY NOW AT WINTER PRICES EASY TERMS. Perkins Motor Go Corner 1'nurth and Adams. Phone M-500 l: Ave . 2C