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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 27, 1926)
Saturday, February 27, 1926. LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER Pas -AUTO DEALER BREAKS INTO LOGAL FIELD A. R. TYachscl Is Now in Charge of Nash and : A jax. Distribution HAS 'SPfcNTMANY , YEARS IN ALASKA Gained' Thproligh Knowl ; edge of Motors at Uni versity Qf Illinois A via- tion Grounds. . Ktrulght from, tho rugged lures of Alusku, came unit of j,a (irainlu'8 newest automobile . deal ers, A. It. Trachsel, wlio. (uhu -arly In January,- has been the N;inh unU Ajax distributor her. Mr. Trachsel is now to th auto mobile business, lint lus known motors- lu; received t'hut part of his -education In 12 strenuous weeks ul the University of HIIiioIm ground school where lie prepared fttr service in the aviation corps and. from his experiences on the ;iKt frontier, hu brings to his new occupation the pioneer's adapt ability.' J U was u small boy living at Kt. 'Joseph,. Mo., when he first contracted t lie- fever for Alaskan adventures, the Nana dealer re members. Koine men from his own neighborhood ' returning .with ro mantic accounts of the thrills they had' met fired him- with a de termination to follow them, ; ii)sk'(m for (jol(. The Ituby stampede In 1912 to Hie gold strikes in the Yukon guve li 1 1 1 1 the opportunity,. , Ond! In tho furthest north,- he participated in . all the uctlvltleu that make up tho story-book Idea of Alaska: driving dog ti urns; rafting; down treacherous .rivers; poling bouts along the ley streams: mining and prospecting for go) .1. The territory was -thinly settled, ami most of, the time he saw no one outside of tile two or ihive men In his own' parly. The camps were small,, too, and even the! towns and cities, friends In thu community, and I expect to! place u good many cars during my first year lu La Grande." ' , - The local ugency works out "of tho Wentwgrtli &, Irwin, Inc., dis tributors la Oregon for tho Nash and Ajax curs. That company was Incorporated In 103 us the Columbia Carriage und Wagon Works, builders of carriages and wagons, with horseshoeing as an important line. With the coming of the automobile, the name was changed In luio to thn 'Columbia Wagon and Auto Works. In 191. the Atterbiry truck was secure- fop the state, but tho lino, after being handled for about a year, went out of existence. Then, In 1!12, -the company got tho fran chise for t he G. M. C. truck, which hits been handled continu ously, making the Wtntworth fc 1 1 win firm the oldest truck dis tributors in the northwest. In order - tS Identify tho two partners in the business, tho name, was changed again in Jttlfl to Weutworth &' Irwin, inc. ICvolvo AJtix Cut. Th Nash can has been handled by the Portland state distributors since 11)23. 'At that time the Nasli slood twenty-third 1 in volume of sites In this state. According to last year's registration, tho make has risen to twelfth place. In answer to the Insistent de mand for a superfliied six-cylinder autompblle of Nash characteristics, the makers evolved the car known as tho Ajax a car, that the dis tributors 'declare' hus adequately met the need. lu introducing' Mr. Trnehsel as representative of the Nash car 111 La Grande, Mr. Charles W. Wcnt wortlc of the state distributing agency said, "Ills ideas toward service and the treatment of his; owners fit In exactly with our own system of doing business, and we j know that tho Nash and Ajax owne'H In , I'plon and Wallowa! counties urn going to thoroughly Impressed with fact as time goes on, A.R. Trachsel i ' ; ff'. V . i-M ;m - 1 ji MANY YEARS IN SERVICE IRK A. II. Truohscl, distributor of Nasli anil Ajax Cars In tlio l.tl Crumle U;rrJuirjr. HIGHWAY SHOP IS CARING FOR TEN COUNTIES (Continued from Pnge One.) ' MORE AUTOISTS ON HIGHWAY AS SEASONS PASS (Continued from Pnffo Onfl.) roll for Jitmiury amuunloil to $2 !77. TJio shop carrli'B a atock .valuml ut $4u,l)liO in . ri'iilaccmovt purls TltC DllrlH tloufirtllicnr h lintwHixl by a fyteiu of ncrpctuii! ini-cntury. 1 whereby It Is known at nil tiuti s1 i .i, i. .....ir.,.. ir. ,i .n kin.u m n.on, ! Just how nuiny of tho viiriou-, kln.ls 1 of eoctrlcal t.'Bllnn work. Olio of t tun . in UIU Ul BLOCK. nen 11 nil TL ' 4 I 1.1 V ..1...rln Ih taken out it ,is eheeked. The j generators Is a part of tho oquip sanio syFlem Is used u the. small mont. This system gives thu public Kfoil T. Burffpss, proprietor of the Ilnttery and Klcotricul shop on Juffcraon nvenuo, has boen spe ciulislng In work of this nat 1110 for tho post plght years and during that time has built-, up a flourishing business tn Ia Grunde. Mr. liurgess cumo to Iji Grunde In 1U16 und for three years ho was employed by It. W. Jighton mechanic und oleotrlclan. 1'roviops to locating hero ho was employed at Spokane, Washington Ha starved work us a mcclKintc during tho year ,Jl 13 at Tho lal los. Oregon. Ilo was employed there for two years when lio moved to Portland ami accepted u position with tho Studebak'r people doing battery und mechanical work. lur. lug-tho year 1114 ho was transfer red bv that compuny to Hpokanu, Washington und was employed thcro until 1015 when he moved to ui u ran tie. , , , Starts ScrTleo Shop. During tho year 191S Mr. Itur- gess sturted a buttery service sta tion of bis own In Ietghton' gar age, where he was located until a -ycur ago this March when he jnoved 1 into thu room In the new Ilohnen- kani-p building at 1308t Jefrerson avenue, whleh ho now occupies. Mr. Durgess shop was the first to locate in tliis building. Mr.- Burgess lias one employe, Orion McNown, who hus been In his service for. tho pust three years. He fore that timet Karl Roberts was his assistant for two years. Tho Iinttery and Klectrlcal Horv- MOTORING, STYLES UNDERGO CHANGES (Continued from On. ever beckoning, its myriad of ex plorers. ' j , .' SiiiMtuei' Sports, ; , Tho take adapts, Itself to all wa ter sports. The wa-ters are not too cold, the fishing is excellent, and ordinary boating 1. lent tn added charm. Its romantic tiualitics are proven by Its lure to honeymoou ers, who ln.varh-.hly demand chnrms of the highest. order.. ' tools, which are checked our. and In. The fixtures placed In tho build ing by the. highway department arc valued at 8U0u. - All motors arj run lu under power Instead of tho ordinary method, of being grounJ in. Tho shop proper whom tho machinery is handled Is so arrang ed thut each section of thecar or piece of Vmlpment Is handled sep arately, thereby, enabling tho me chanics to work in a more compact, manner und to tho best advant age to snvo time and do their work more efficiently. :tilpmcnt Housed in Winter. AH" trucks, tractors, curs and other1 ..equipment are brought diita the shop once a year and are cum. plelely overhauled and repainted, work. At present rtght pieces of Numerous legends Hiirround- the which there lake with romanea. ' They say that were possibly 12 or'iri, were not oneo. u, groat monster came irom populous. Their inhabitants mini- the. deplhs"of the body of water hwed from 50D to 2.000 apiece, and took an Indian princess and The whole territory hud a popu- wince thennhe red men have shun- equipment are ut the shuns readv lutlon of less than So.nnn. ned its inviting expanses. That l to go Into the field us'soon as win -Mr. Trachsel 'eventually found only one of many-r-a book of bun-Iter is over und weather conditions his way into the transportation drcds of pugea would bo needed to ! permit highway work to start. Dur- department of the new Alaskan ,0 full juslicu; to the tnlea brought ; the-summer months business rilliruiltl, UIIU a Ul n ll.f, i urn- when ;;;t;lie Ctiited States'- entered a one-day butlyry service. The. stntlon aUmys carries a largo aup . ply of service Jjattorles read' for use. Uy this method it Is not nec essary to leave a ear stand Idle, Mr. Burgess stated. , Only Genuine l'nrb. 1 , Mt has always been our aim to carry only genuine parts in clec tricttl supplies,' Mr. Iturgcns sold. "In tho line of accessories, we han dle only thu standard' makes."- Tho battery and electrical serv ivo station turns out an average cf twenty batteries a day. IHtrlng t ho y I titer months, when many peo ple do not use their cars Mr. .Bur gees provides i storage service. Last year ho handled 126 batteries during tho winter, but this year the number was considerably less. Tho shops also do their own topjThli was becauso the weather was' much milder and not so many peo pie discontinued the uso of their cars. "More care were In use thu winter than ever before. I btdtte," Mr. Burgess is quoted as s-jying. Two-County Territory. Inoddltloirto tho service sla- Mho war Hoping to gel into lire aviation service..' ho came biick to the stab s and after some delay sueceed-d In ' his attempt to enlist. That was when' he took his concentrate 1 down from, generation, to genera-:tnt, tho. shops Is sluck. because prac- "In- -tion,. '""lUeally all of the-oiiiilpment. Itfcivtr tiuillr.. Bui KVf s Is, distributor for I At tho rirfsoit ono.-caii find . woik in the field. Most of the re- fl-JxIdo batteries In two counties1 l II1UI1 HIIU VYillllMVIl. I IH'mi IJ11- bies are made lu I'hlhubdphla. Pennsylvania. The Kxlde peojtle neighbors rroiu every part of Hif ( pnlr work .is carriml on during. the . I' Vailed .Slates. The ever-coming , winter. ;te tourists hall from every. sta e lp Th(J pWlway shops have oul the Union, from Molne to Callfor- grown their present location. ,ho are among the btrgest manufae- wum when he took his concentrate j . a uni fro , u. (Jmit ljakt.s dis. , j ' "( 1 ' ; ' ' ' " " ' " 1 1 turers of automobile training in motors at the grounds (Q t, (,lIf .. Around the largest munuf. SC'IOOI. , . Iteliirns 10 'Alaka. "We worked day 'after day from early morning uiiui iaie ai ihkiu. t ortbLiul. until when Hie examiniuions were Wjl11oWj. bikn is-the end if the batteries Illllfli Inn Hllliill tr l.nn.ll.'. Ill,, I ""U III': ULrjjertl II II I il C I II I Ul Ul Uic cvcnlnu inini rln s tho M,t.v rorc(.,i , i,,,,,,,,,.. N jt ! b.itl.'i l for all purpose!.. Mr. from J-oii,- l.slm.,1 fiii.lB much ,, ,,.,, rln1 u bunilK ,. lIlirKuss Hub been uBi nt for lluw coinnion lo Buy ti the nmn from . L.r..i-lc..l (hut would be mill-ibultiTlcs for the piiHl lx ye.irs. able o u.lraet of Inn.l will proll-I "", nbly be nurehusea bv tho IiIkIiwiiv I lrk,Ll wol k "' " "l "" 'mi commllon and a new i)U(K "lere Ls a llBht le.slliih-de,.artm. nl, coiiHtrui'led thlB year. Where tin. wh,rh wu" 1,111 """ "l" r""" ,,lst new loealion will be Is far un. i Sepli-mbiT to meet the require. mems or un; auiomooue MKixiog law which went into effect at that time. Mr. BurgesS' ulso 'has in stock a full lino of lens and reflec tors, which are also required "by shlcrtihle amount, nf miilei-liil. HUB taw. A building to house the division office may be built on the same trail. Tor the motor vehicle but It need not bo for the driver, if he has tlmo and ambition to see the country. Near Wallowa lake are a mulliludo of spots just a rich in -scenery. Ice, Steamboat lakes'. Wallowa- falls. Aneroid falls, and scores of other lakes may be seen on trips ranging from one to 10 days lu length. . ' ; decided. The building will In ull probability be a steel structure about (IS by KG feet. A site next to a railroad spur Is preferable us It is necessary.' to ship In a con- over I thought I in-JKt. have for gotten everything. outside the course, tiiat 1 ever knew," Mr. Trtiehsel says. lie went buck I Alaska in June, 111 l!i, after he had been discharged from the service and resumed his place with the trans- porlutlon service. Automobiles are more numer ous in the territory than most outsiders would imagine-, Mr. Traelisel observes. - Including trucks, -there probably are around a thousand ears. l-'alrbauks. with a poptilalion or iiMih. hasaboul 4'M( uiitoniouiies. -packing is through in preparation Tj. f()r( lin,..teiier told me I was The roads from town lo the en;eks for the ht.n.eward ride, the motor- (m a journ(,v aft( wo1,(, n)(l(.t herethemlnl..Kcampsare local-M SVV3 the drive from an entirely. 0(, rorll; r TO .HhQ Ml are ueuur man ine aveniKe mi .1 m.w -angif coming ouch. 10 JA:m(,1M a number of tars are operated i (;n,mjt.. The, neennry presents u.1OPPl as siages. Trip lia-k .lust itf Inviting. - Voe 01 me oiiiuiuuiii(? 1 1 1 ract of land thereby consolidating iu cqnnecllon with the !,u Grande- t)0 (UvKion offlr(! U()(, h(J h Wallowa lake drive Is the fact that. umJ alHo (1,iiniMut(. mUa, vxvvtMVt liter me nip in iuiiirn-un tutu u. . to- I. idle Sunshine Their. , lint own me best hlKliway.s In Alaska are only dirt roads. 1le added, except In the winter when tury ai-e paved .with iee and snow. However, the temperature eaus.'M nniio difllelllly for the moliulsls Ihlm the Bliow does. The Iher liuiuiiTtrr always drops lo f de 1,'ress below r.ero lu the winter, and suiuelilries Rets as low as 7f. The sun shines only about three and a half hours u day, nevi-r risinit hiKlier than a low arc in thcr south. Mr. Tiaehsel kept Ills position Willi the Alaskan railroad until last November, when he and Mia. Traehsil coneluded that If they were Ktring to S'VO thT-lr foil youngsters the kind of edueullun they wamted them to have, tin J luid bettjjr return lo the stules. I,a iiniiiili- Sliils Tbilll. (IriBon. they decided. ptes..nte.l I lie adviintaces they desired. Kant- rn Oretfon was their pieferelu I pur ellinale. And since Ul l.ran.ic had some of the finest schools in Ihe state, as well as other appeal tiiK advunta?es. they were Klu.l when an opportunity offered wi'.i the Nash people here. l''or the present, the Nash sales 'oiun oii-uples a part of- U" Holmes biiildinir. ut the corner of Klin street and Jefferson avenii . Ilollister'-and Kccney take ca i f Ihe nierliulilcal work. Hut tile- ''oinpnny plans lo provide a com-1 Plele Nash-and Ajax- service, wimi en up-to.date mechanical ilepar' luent lis soon as plans can l perfectod. ' Nash cars wir handled litre b a represenlativc of the II. I'. Ham ilton company of Maker Tor a xhoit lime before Mr. Tnichs I c.ilabllshe.1 nn Independent atteno l'liiils Nash ITIcmls. "It If a little early to prcdiit ihi. future of our biflliusii liere.'' ' ild the' new dealer a few days 'io, 'bjut 1 find a host of I'aiU new aspect, it cannot .help but dol that, because not one In a hundred1 driving- to the ako has. time or in clination to look around to nee the siKhts behind when such a g-lorlous vista Is openini? lip ahead. Ijist ear thousands of cars en tered Wallowa lake during all sea sons of tin' are that the number may be dou bled this year, t'nlon and Wallowa county people, declare. ow 1 will find a place to park iny car. . AI the present rate or production, It will soon be almost impossible for a pedestrian to ford the Kords. Home day some Renins will put ir and the prospecta ' bajloon ttre on rocking chairs. Taxia or tuxes, they cost a lot without going very fur. Many people are ufteuipllng to lirt a morlgage while riding around in It. . 'J!as the evolution theory caused any of your flock to drop out?" Inquired a fiend of ltev. .Moses Uotls. ' - "No, sah. No, Hah. None Jo speak of. He main eonl raptlou oh the dehfl whut causes deiu to back slide Is slruRKlIn' wld second-hand caraj" When you Bee a tree torn down these (layH. you' never know if II was lightning or un uulo. ' My lilll-cllinblng jllney. Js Itself a paradox lffl ulways boosting hardest. Just when It hardest knocks. Ice Lake, In Wallowa Wonderland I , - Ice Lake, a veritable gem in .the natural collection in the Wallowa Wonderland, is only a short distance from Wallowa Lake and each summer many parties vis.it its banks.. . i ' , according to the 'clerks In. the Teady-to-weur departments. 1 - Soino women prefer khaki suits, with, bats of thu same material. Others like, tweed knickers, with broadcloth shirts, made n'lan-style, and iBtnart hats, , Kor footwear, they usually choose oxforils ( or KngtlBh walking shoes, with funcy toppeil wool speks. Wool sweaters und blast rs 1umo replaced coats (o a great extent. Kor n really trip outfit suttahlo to be worn on u honeymoon trip, Tor tnstunee there la. tho now t'hrce-plece motoring suit, consist Ing of suit, shirt and knickers, with a pongee or flate'repe blouse ami u tailored He, The skirt, ex pains tho clerk, Is to bo slipped on for town stops. fiuch n provision Is recommend ed by the writer to evehy woman who oontemplutes un automobllo trlp to IUxleland. The Kentucky View ; -.About eighteen months. ago, she and three women friends drove lo Kentucky. Anticipating the tlie ehnngea and the filling of grease mips that would punctuate . the long Journey, they decidVd on knleker suits, un a matter of course; There . appeared to bu nothing wrong wilh their choice until they! arrived at lntulsvlllc, where they i stored their ear and cheeked their luggage, all but one small travel-1 Ing bag, lo Join an excursion of 00 business und .professional women to Mamouth eaves, viu the littbi branch train that runs to Kltwibeth town. , And then they learned of their nilstuke. Children followed them down the street .screaming, "There go the pants ladles!" Colored girls called their companions' attention to Mho Vomen weurln men'H' clot li es," And .even nn old-fushloned medicine show In tho court house sq uarq u t Kllxa bet lit own, lost It s fascination while the natives turn- d to stare at what one fellow drawllngly remarked must he wild wojncn. Kraxxled with tho unpleasant at tention by the time they had got back lo l.uulKvltle, the fourHunio appealed tp the Viatel cleric Tor a reason wh clothes that hadn't at tracted u second glance ut Kronel) hick-or In Chicago should have proved such a curiosity tn Keni tucky. Hilt They'iv Sensible 'Well, you see, our women don't wear Unlekers much," he begun uncomfortably. "The only time 1 ver (miw them here beforo was lust, month when u crowd of west- ern girls came down for some kind of a cumpmeetlng. . , "Hut I think tney're mighty ; -tenslbh," he added reussurlngly. Thcro in u town in liouishina that urresis kuicKeivrt women, even though they never get out of their cars, lint tho state motor lub has erected highway signs r directing tourists around II J Service DOES i '' . ' ' V' ' ' - - ; - . . ' - ' "; ".- i ' ' - Make A Difference There's no half-way about it good SERVICE does make a big difference when , you are buying gas and oil. To have your needs filled quickly, courteously, and with a knowledge of what your car requires that's the efficient service you can expect here. , Wc have always prided ourselves on being a little' better in service than you would ordinarily expect. Combined with ' this is the excellence of Veltex Gas which . we provide because of the extra miles and ' . extra engine service you are sure to en- ' joy. Experience this service next time v stop here at the sign.of , , MILLER TIRES VELTEX RACINE TIRES La Grande Filling Co. RACINE TIRES , READ THE OBSEUVEB CLASSIFIED ADS His Job 99 That's the conclusion drawn by motorists when a job is turned out 'of this shop. Whether it is adjusting lighting equipment or putting w ater in a battery, you can be assured that the work will be done by an expert. There will be no cheap replacement -parts everything we use is standard and genuine. You will find a complete battery and electrical service for , every make of car, in this shop. Wc have an 8-hour battery re charging outfit which is attended by an experienced man. Our . other equipment is complete and up-to-date.. Accessories such as spark plugs, fuses, headlight Ijulbs, lenses, spotlights arc al ways carried in stock. - If you have not already acquainted yourself with our service 1 wc ask lor a trial wc want to prove to you that "he knows his job." Fred T Biir gess 1308 JEFFERSON EXIDE DISTRIBUTOR MAIN 125 A
