La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, March 06, 1926, Image 9

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Newspaper Page TextGRANEVENINOBSERVER 1l Hlghwar and Auto Dope Saturday, March 6,-1926. CHEVROLET MEN i , ' ,miwm-.: uiqit Tiir rniot ' rr ; Hull MiLUUnui r'ir-ira ph DODGE SALES MARKBROKEN - Itotall dtHvrirs of 4416 pasi cnrr. cars and trucks by Iodge Brothers dealers in tho United Htatc durln-f t)o. week ending J'Ybruary 13. .1926," as shown by officii I flffuros just released at iJotrolt, establish .another record vurpasstng' all prnvlou- February weeks In the history of tho com pany. The fftiln over tho corresponding week last year ts 1143 curs. J)r 11 ye rig during the first seven Pads -- Storage LA GRANDE WRECKING CO. Adams Ave. weeks of this yeur have shown' un Increase of 17,026 -or 64 per cent over tho corresponding seven weeks of lust year. Hiffned, unfilled orders for fu ture delivery held by iodgo Broth ers dealers havo Increased from 0320 at tho first of thu year, o 14,244 on February 13, a train .of 125 per cent. 1 - "These retail delivery fifjun;a show clearly," said 1j. C. Hmltn, local Dodge Brothers dealer,' "tho quickness with which the automo bile buying public recognized thc exceptions- values now offered by Uodeo Jl roth ore, Inc. and Graham Brothers, Greutlyrcduced prices havo been mado by tho comple tion of a 110.000,000 plant .ex pansion program. Production now Is in excess of 1500 ours a .day and it seems absolutely certain that before warm weather lodgo Brothers, Inc., wilt bo under the necessity of muklng still' further Incrcuses." ; ' Always park alongside - a new and shiny cur. It will back -out without tfcruplne you. ...-,.- RACERS CHOSE CHRYSLER CAR KoruV'tlic- cor that muda-'tho nlckul ruinous. "Evor. tho pronounced tavorlK of .racing drivers and . thojie re sponsible, (or tho holding of the country's luadlng speedway events, Chrysler cars were chosen as tho official mounts of four of tho of ficials at tho opcnlnir of tho Kul ford speedway, Fultoril. Florida, February 22," aays L. W. Weeks, local distributor. ' ,. j- .'. . "According ' to a communication received at tho - Chrysler factory In lietrott, Eddlo Edenburn, 'Dick Ncnncrdell, Top Myers and Bar ney Oldflold 'all used. Chrysler roadsters. Messrs. Kdenburs sjyj KenncrdcIT arc representatives of tho American. .Automobile assofU. - tlon. and Mr. Myers Is one of tlr principal -financial backers of. tho Kulford track.- ' lie 'Is also nroini- neatly connected with, the Jndlan apolls speedway. . , Oldfield, in whoso'' behalf no. Introduction' Is needed, niade.'hls; Inspection tour 6f-'.tho"traek In-a: Chrysler. '. ,ti ".' "It is1 felt by Chrysler officials that the .selection of Chrysler curs was a': distinct compliment to their speed .and performance ability." y" - - , ., . The tapping of the (asolinb tank should not be polished. A motorist who Includes It In his polishing program may find that some duy bis car will sot start until a me chanic bas cleaned out tho polish which has collected la the pinhole sir vent of the cup, showing uut there are some things about a car that aro better off .- unpolished, particularly where It may Inter fere with the vacumn system. One of. tho frequent dangers of tiro developing In u car la static electricity while1. engaged in filling 4 gasoline, tank, pee that the metal ooiile of ,tb hone, Is kept in con tinuous . contact with the , mouth . Of the. tank, thus preventing a spark tiinjjjiur ,frow tlio ,uole,to the tank , s i i r , i. v.-! '. : t i : i ."'', : - ,Hhuclni!'' cried- the- motorist as lid JklOdod lata the corn field. ' ) I VSjV'' Jvl Av-- - t4. j -tf J Tl .Wll.l r.'M I -.i .J v -...- t : : : s : i. i. f l .1 .! i ".iil. i ? I You Are- Entitle-h To Know The- Facts i - 1 1 ''a 1 t 1 20,000,000 motor vehicles now travel the American highways. 50,000,000 Americans ride in these cars every day in the year: , For even a child knows that . steel is stronger than . wood that steel will not splinter, or ; burn and that all steel. bodies will stand up under." impacts that would crush ordinary bodies to bits. ' Safety for this vast army of -That is why Dodge Brothers travelers is a national issue?. , pioneered ih-introdudfnghC' and where safety is involved - - the all steel body pioneered V T plain speaking is a public duty. It is high time the public real izedas experts have long realized that automobile bodies should be made of steel not of wood or any other fragile material. . Indeed it is one of the myster ies of this usually progressive industry that the all steel body is not already in uni versal use. It wxibe before long. Public opinion will demand it as it now demands that railway 'sleeping cars be all steel. ' ' , again recently, in improving and perfecting it pioneer, ; now, in urging its adoption by every automobile . Guilder in the world. ' ' ! The issue is plain Manufacturers must build safely if the automobile industry is to hold its pres ent high place in public use fulness and esteem, v . And the all steel body as ex emplified in Dodge Brothers Motor Car is the greatest single advance in motoring safety made in the last fifteen years. The car wilt, continue to be a "four. " No reasoning bufer wil he ejfaw traded from the iiau of QUAHTY by Mere CYLINDER propaganda. Touring Car $970 Roadster - - $965 Coupe $1023 Sedan $1085 Delivered 2D Sec the Dodge Steel Body on Display in Our Showroom Excise lax reduction effective now. io need to delay your purcha. L. G. SMITH LA GRANDE . : . be Broth SvlDTDR CAR-5 Cpinpleting Us tour of tho luo Iflo Count ltcgton ut Los Angolcs, tho group of C'huvrolets execut ives now muklng tho annuul visit to various Bectlons of tho United Mlutes, left behind them with deal ers and loeul officluls many now Ideas and a much wider conception of Chevrolet plans and methods. Meetings and banquets wore hold at l'ortland, houdiiuarfors for tho Northwest; ut Uuklund, cover ing northern and contrul Cultfornta und Nevndn, ud fLt- I.oh Angeles. heudquurters for Southern Califor nia. uud ArlionUj .. Th" (aelory parly opijued ' Its tour with u luuetlng und. banquet In connection with tho Now lorlt uutomobilo show-curly In January ut wlilch Inoro thuil lsUO were 'In allcuduiice. other .guthurlngs oc curred . ut Chicago. : .Minneapolis und l'urtlund. A meeting ' will be held next week' In Ios Angeles, alter which tho - party wilt Jiead toward the oust, completing its eia borutu schedule about April -16th. This program covers tho Chevrolet organizutloti of thirty ' sonul dis tricts uud six regions. . with, some six thousand dealers. , .. llecuuse of his prouiinenco In the autopioltivu World and his kenu Ibilgment on mutters ut reeling the Jhd'isti'"- H- .Orunt.i. sules .lieud of the great Chi'.vrolet iirgiuilziillon IS always sure of un liitonuded.Uli tlleueo when ho chouses td speak un matters reluting to his own. firm or to the industry as a whole,.. Asked his opinion on foreign trade conditions us they afreet the auto mobile market. Mr. Uraut sal(l:.-': "Tho united. males, win. toniniue to domluutn tha foreign market us long us other countries ura unnblu to caiiieti with us In . selentllle volumo production of a quullty product, at a price within reason able, range, of our own. . , . "Citroen, u small t rench . ear, collies nearest to us In price, but It probably will be. u long tlimv, U ever, before Citroen sales will efteul our own even in 1' rauee. i here, ol course. the home product ldeu.nnd the resistance to an American car because of Its foreign origin are factors to bu considered., but this situation Is not nt.all Herlous and probably never will be, ; . . 'VAs a result or the lmprovument In four cylinder cats. tho. Held for tho smaller curs Is so strong Ihut the tendency toward light slN-ey-Under cars will nut result . In dls Placing the belter quality light fours, i This Is even inure definitely I liu ease 111 tllu Lulled '.Mutes thun overseas. . . "Wo feel that. Willi the Sllluotb operating cur we ure now building a cur that has given satisfaction of tens of thousands of owners ut Prlcu within the ruich of large numburs of buyers, the light four cylinder will always leud In vol. ume of sules.... ...... ; t. . "The light six market bus a. r.jiily hit lis peak and is now. de ellning. and we reel that the ecuii-omy- powt.r aand Increased durabi lity togi'lher with the smoulh-rld. ing (iiialltles of thu new chcivrolol will continue our present, strong market, necessllatlng the operatjon or all our factories at full cupa- clly from now on until fall, lu fact our production sehedulu . fur tho ni'Xt three inont lis has, within the last few days, been boosted rar beyond our most sungulno ullllcl natiuns ot sixty days ago." Grant also outlined on tluboruto program tenfdlng toward u solution of tho so-culled used-cur problem. In which Chevrolet Ueulers ure. to be universally equipped to refln Ish used cars In genulnfi Uul'oitt "Duco." und to renew t lib 'cure nnd give I hem a deflnlted guarantee that will relieve the purchaser of tho necessity for buying "a pig in u poke" and will bring lilin buck to buy another Chevrolet when he gi ts reody for his now cur. . Manv Do Not Know How To Crank An Automobile Thoiisnnds of motorist whoso miiiimnlilles do not havo self start ers aro Injured every year becauso they do not know how to crank the machine. Drivers of commercial eai-s, delivery trucks, tail cnbs, etc., who aro professional chauffeurs, constitute u largo number of tho peoplo hurt In this manner, strange as It mny seem for ono would as sume that men who arc engaged In this occupation would know how to avoid Biich' hurls. , Following uro sumo precautions to bo observed when cranking: : Always pull tho crank up, not down, and don't spin it unless abso lutely necessary. When grasping the ernnk, place thumb on tho samo side ot the handle with the fingers; then If thoro ls a kick-back, han dle will slip from hand. Keep tho spark retarded until tho engine hus started, M'lw.n nvlln,!,, Itxtiil fftmketM fire replaced without thoroughly clean Inir li fhe iriiMkelM anil the, sur faces on which they aro fitted or tr they uro not drawn down tight utter tho enginu Is warmed up (second tightening), a compression leak Is likely to occur. To all men who own cars other than Chrysler in the $1000 class- C L. L..L. .... ' I but Cfarrtler "58 within I the pmM half year, we be J lieve vou did o for one . M two reuoai y ,; '; Either you could not get Chrysler -delivery it otwei or you were not fully informed on Chrysler performance, quality and value. InekhercuctheresultlitheMmc. You hire been deprived of Chry- . lert tuperior value and perform. . ance, andof the others uperioritiefl . which are distinctively Chrysler. Let these Chrysler "58" facta con firm what we tt:',''z:.;U-,-,:Kr SB mile per' hour - 25 miles to ' the gallon 5 to'25'milea in 8 ecoadi Finest of alloy ateela . Chrysler advanced engineering Finrtt of precUion uanufao ture Closed bodies by Fisher . Insulated power plant Finest equipment Exclusive Chrysler beauty ofdelgn--Hydraulic foor- wheel brake at slight extra coat Balloon tire 1 Beautiful new color combinadona. .AnyChrytler dealer iieagerfortha " opportunity to demonstrate all tha Chryiler"58''uperioritlef-toyou. Select the body style you like beat. Ride in it and drive it yourself in a demonstration of your' own making., 1 1 , : a IRYSKR "ts" TarUuer.tlH'; Kmli'Sfifl.$t;auiCilHM! . '.',.. CMrA (Wit; .Mm, tS. T)ue wtmlt tplwncd, Hydnmitic susMl irafcl s sluysfuiFM(..- ., ,. OIRYSIini"W Pii'.;isr, c.(f:lWjt;(?f;.Wii.li; . Arail Ov. BrwtlmH. Royal JMsn. HS;,Omm Uf, ; :'..' J.i)tklflsMina.'. . ..... ' , . ' ' I" '. UtVR IMPKRtAt "SO" PKxtm. K!m. tMrf ynii Kmnim! ' .'.'..-.. .' ; sfUismml; msm( sAmj tfwfensf.) $2Mf: Caifr.Jnv-fwnifr. $lt99: tdm.Ji ' l.llW:SlmnMK-ta4Mni,)9l;San-linUiir.)ltrl. . . . Alt tikatj. o. i. Drtl, tukjKt M currml Fttrml itctM 1J ',' - . FMUl Flttm M U Ont Ui.' AU mUHl nuifif fill h ' ..-- '. slUMIlro. . , . '...; WcsfrJsrtos?itthtcisitilf'rftlwrHynt. Adt shout Chrysler i stirKUva plan. UiriU-r dwkn and uperkir Chryilar'' ' :-';,', p.. : strvice everywhere ., . , . :.' .... -.. All Chfydf mode h ure pmtected aftlrMC tht by the prdoe, petentrd . . . ' csr number; lyuem, exclusive wiirt Ovyder, tvhlch cennnc he - ' ,. V . onunterfelied snd cennot be altered or removed without condusivs " 44q ' 'svmenee m Mopennfc . .. . . T. W- Wefiks Telephone 180-J. Holmes IMg. on Jefferson Ave. lii Co-operate With Nature DO YOUR WORK IN SEASON. The dependable, tireless power of the "CATERPILLAR" Tractor means more and better work each day. It is the task Well done at the proper time that counts. There is a "CATERPILLAR" of the right size for your job. Ask us about it. Bunting Tractor Company Dealer "Caterpillar"' Tractors Jcffci-Hon & Kim Sis. La Grande, Ore. Hwecl You n if Thing Wliy you mii'f nrrent: me. ThiM lnn't mv auto uud I uiu ilrlvlus witkout a l!T...a.. ... I . , .