La Grande evening observer., March 13, 1926, Image 11

Saturday, March 13, 1026.
tX GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER
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Auto '.
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i simple test for wear in the
; amission or broken teeth of
,. gears Is to drive the car slowly
k k short distance In each speed,
dlnir - rovorse. - Badly worn
Have a NEW Car with J & I)
; Auto Color Varnish
Interesting; Isn't It? A brlKht. new color on
the old rar ulld presto! It's like new ukuIii.
The cost Is, very slight, uml It's no trick at all
to paint with J it 1) Auto Color Varnish.
When you buy It, you set a liish-clurs color
vurnlsli, brilliant (floss und permuncnuy of color.
Kiowa smoothly . and evenly anil ho easy lo
work.' ; Gives -cars .a .'durable flntuh und dries
(illicitly. . .. - J, :." . . ' -' " ' r
You cay buy It In 8 fine colors.
Noah's Paint Store
Tux Reduction
Effective Now'
Tlie New
WILLYS
FINANCE PLAN
Smaller down pay
ment and smaller
monthly payments;
the lowest credit
coit in the industry
1595
S F. O. B. FACTORY '
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gcura or broken teeth will cause i
the Bear shirt lever tu vibrute, uud '
can bo felt by tho driver by plac- I
Ins his hund on Die lever whllo the I
cur Is in motion.- . .
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Gettings & Hanks
Jefferson Avenue
Oregon State License Act
Called Unfair Legislation
(By Howard IV Alien) r
, KUCIKNH, Ore, (Kpcclal) In a
previous communication I upoko of
tho governor's proposal of a stute
J Incoino tux'pnd u Biivoranco tax on
umber. 1 wmn now to apeak of
(he secretary, of state's proposal
for a reduction of the ttcense- fees
on automobiles. A.Mr. Curtor, a
cundldato for governor. has also
suggested tho propriety of a
chunffo In tho license fees but bo
Is not very explicit on the changes
to bo made. If the secretary of
stuto meuns simply to reduce tho
umount of .the fees and leave the
method of computing them, as it
now is, bis lajfe'gestion of change is
entirely without merit. Tho effect,
of his proposal would be. not only
lo perpetuate' tho .preseflt' unfulr
ness of fees, but to make that un
fulriHWM more shocking.. - -
I UHHert without fear of success
ful contradiction that there never
wus a more unfair piece of lcgislu:
tlou than tho Oregon act for tho
licensing of motor cars. If it wu
simply a licensing act, it could bo
defended, though Its rutes are ex
cessive for such -purpose.'' It -Is-uIko
a tiixiiiff act. In terms, it ex
eiupts the automobile., from ordin
ary tuxutlon. if' tho' liceuso -fep:
ihero provided is paid. ? ', .! :
- CoHtly Cars Fftvorctl. ? .' . :
Jt mo Illustrate how tho pres.
cut automobile law works out on
cars UHed for ordinary family pur
poses. The prlco of tho llncoln
seduu Is $5350 in EiiKerio. " It is a
high priced cur. It is also a heavy
cur. If Ihero wero no license act
and It was taxed as other property
In ijmri county, it would bo assess
ed at $2!(iG, 65 per. cent of its. ac
tual value. The totnf. tax rate in
Kugenc is 57.4 mills. And this car
-m. : tr: .a :.
ine mmi eiiicienr motor ever ouiit
irto a light car of its size and price, this
Overland Standard Sedan is the power
leader in its class.
Its accomplishments are amazing over the road
it is fast and easy riding, on hills it is a wonder
for performance in traffic or on the highway it
is marvelous in its snappy getaway.
Try it out you will say that nothing like it has ;
ever before been offered.
Look at the lines &it in the deep, roomy body
examine the details of finish and equipment
until you have made a thorough study of this car
you cannot begin to realize just how remark
able it is in every way.
Sedan
i' owned by a Kugene resident, tuxed
only on Its miuc, would pay
9167.95.' . v i
This (167.95 would bo divided as
follows: to the stuto $21.08. to tho
county 944.76, to tho city 950.03, ,
to tho school district 952. OS. In
lieu of theso puymonts, which It
should certainly make when new,
It, pays a license fee- based on its)
weight of 970. Of this stuto takes
95S.60 und gives : Lane county
917.50. The county loses by tho
transaction $27.50.- .Tho county's
loss will bo less as the oar decreases
in .valuo, but the loss of tho city
and school-district will always- be
under this license system, total.
Tho owner gains through tho 11
cense aysteni 997.50. . -. .
Tuko: a less-valuable' cur, one
that-1 sells , for about 93000 and
whoso license fee, U 940. It should
go: on tho tax roll foe $1100. If
owned In Kugene:and taxed as or
dinary, properly .it should puy
963.14. This would bo divided, to
the -statu $7.1)2, - to- the county
916.83, . to ., tho , city $18.81,,. to
schools 919.58. Through tho license
feo the owner gainst, 933.14, tho
county loses 90.8.3 and the city and'
schools loso j , respectively $18.81
and ,119.88., , .
.;'-. ' 'OW Cars Hani lilt, r
'' Take now a cttr of somo olt dnla
but of the same weight as tho car
lust mentioned.' It would pay tho
AUfflo lice n feo ' of t $40. It Is
worth ; say 1200.'- It would go on
tho tax roll at. $110, and if tuxed
us othor property In Kugeno would
py 90.83; Uy paying thl 940 li
cense fee- the owner secures an ex
emption, of this 96.33, whllo the
owner of tho' $2000 car gets un
exemption .'.of $2343,? and tho
owner of tho IJncoln on exemption
a ......... t fti. '
of 997.50. Tho richer you oro tho
more exemption you .got. VGod
blest the rich, the poor cun beff,"
la an adage; not '.entirely out of
date. .
I-et us sco what the owners of
theso curs would pay In tho neigh
boring stuto of Ouljforntu, assum
ing1 they wero owner In a city.
wheretl)e tax rates were the samo
us here, uni the usHCtismcnta pro
portioned ds hero us to . actual
value: Tho Lincoln ear would pay
yearly $170.95. Tho 92000 cur pay
ing here u $40 feo would puy there
$!fl.l4, and the old boat, valued ut
$200 und paying h;ro $40, would
pay $9.33. Some difference, Isn't
It? And yet a differenca huvlng
justlco ami right uh its basis. Kvery
pleusuro cur In California, pujn a
license fee of $3 and Is taxed the
sumo as other properly. In the
very nature of things, if our licence
fee Is to be In lieu of general taxes.
It must in part ut least, be based
on vulue. Anything else Is rank
injustice. .
Change Held I,euul. .
Tn the . lust legislature -several
bllhj were introduced to equullxo
automobile license fees, (o make
the, good cur pay its sharu uud 16
relieve the old and poor cars of an
unjust churge. Of course tho usual
objections wero rutted tho pres
ent ii ft hod wus qulto simple. It
would be difficult to tuko Into con
sideration the value of the cur, etc.'.
etc., etc. Injustice Is ulwuys easy.
Thut Is one of tho reasons why
there is no much of It, And In the
midst of tho discussion Ihnro cn,mc
an opinion, a suggestion, some
thing of that kind, front the attor
ney generul of- the stuto that it
might be uneotiMtltullonal to change
tho present schedule, as there were
bonds iKNued on tho faith of ll.esc
rates. The ruteji wero ine reused u
few years ago,, and the Inequality
for old cars made more giurlng, but
thut was ulKrlght.
I don't take the' leo.il: 'toek In
tho suggestion of the. ultoviwy gen-,:
erul, but even ir there watt doubt,
the Injustice of tho present rates
Is so glaring thut ho and nyery
other official' ought to mike o'-efy
possible' effort to cornet It. -The
present schedulo dor-'s liot collect
a cent from the ownrr of any fne
car but makes him onmmlly a
present whllo It conllmmlly robs
tho owner of the used tar, espe
cially If It hus become of I II tie
vulue. .. i '
Th autnnioblliv Ik a species of
properly that requires tho protec
tion of the law to un unusual ex
tent because of tho temptation to
steul It, or to u o it for u I uric
The cost of; this protection 1b on
the county, the city and the school
dlslriet. County und city officials
enforce the kiwa against theft or.
tinluwful use, and . tho wchifms
teach honoslv nnd law .observance,
Gas Tux AllItiglit. '
When tho secretary of, slate or
punrililuteH for officii talk of a re
duction in uulomobllo fees, a per
tinent question to usk them Is, are
motor vehicles us a whole puylng
more, to the statu thun the same
umount of value in other prop
erty? In answering this' question
I do not think wo should .consider
the tux on gasoline, ' It seems to
bo that Is eminently fair. Tho ail
tomoliltcs arc hard on ronds, and
speaking generally tho uulomobllo
that travels the .most miles does
the most damage. Weight of ma
chines may properly be regnrded
In fixing HeeiWiO fees, though os to
pleasure cars weight is so. small a
factor thut in many stales as in
California, It Is disregarded. Hut
to the question, "Po motor cars us
a whole 1 pay in oro than they
should?" There wero in 1925 In
Oregon 2 1 0,553 licensed pleasure"
ears, trucks und trailers. , They
paid as license fees $5,207,1(80. If
tho passenger cam paid $3 each as
a llccnso fee and the for h I ro ve
hicles 4i ml trucks paid an appro
priate license fee, would the bal
ance paid our stale be more than
this: amount of tuxublo property
A IIIIMAM'K ulllrll EICK Hill
4,1 n nirrtlnz III huriH. will
1 iilnililnlr In Ihr weddlni ol
'.Ml llrille C S'.'.lrj i,( !lr
iniiiiElinin. Al.. Routliwn so
i lely girt nnd ) II. t'rulrhrr
former Near Ksl llellel
rial. ho. ssved Ihe ll' ol
;thouoncI l vlrllm of the
ntl-Clirlntlan outhrrnk whlcb
toiivwr J the Smjrin dlsaatcr
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ouitht to pay to the Rovernnient?
I think not. Wo aro not colloctlng
too much. AVo are (liitrlbuttng tho
bunlen wrongly.. . .
Thove aro : a', conslderablo num-
bor of people who want a new, cur
every yeur or two. Tlii'j havu the
money to make tho shirt. It would
bo butler Ir they did not nnd so
much money away, but It Is their
rlRlil. However, tho state should
not give them a bonus (or so dolni?.
There aro others who went tho old
cars. These people aro not proud,
or over particular. . -Tho used car
unsworn tholr purpose very well.
The stute should not penallte thorn
tor being content with tho old car.
Property In old cars should lie ro-
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irts 'Planmeil! !
" "Caterpillar" Tractors reduce the risks of; agiP '
culture. 'v:';V;-;"i yhY-'.J'
In dry years their ample power conquers hard
' soils.' They have the traction for the tasks of 9. wet
season. Ihey
"'.'7 in hot.
yi Simplified
low upKeep cost. ,.!.. ; . ;
Y ''Caterpillar" Tractors make it possible for a farm
" t er to more closely figure costs and time AND BY
REDUCING
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Factory approved methods
dive us the advantage in
the repair of electrical ap
paratus. '- ' " ' ' .. ' ' ,: '-,"" : 'y.
Wc Have i' Replacement Parts For All Cars ... .
Equipped With These Systems:
J DELCO REM Y - KLAXON BOSCH :
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spooled and taxed only in just
proportion. ; : ", ; -t
Ir tho' dial ot "Iho speedometer
vlbratex, tho Instrument will not
indicate correct speed. A noisy
speedometer mny bo' duo to any
ono oC tho followinjr causes:' A
loose union between tho spocdo
nieter and tho flexible short con
nection or - between tho driving
shiifl und the flexible shaft. Some
times the flexible shurt Is bent at
too sluirp n unu-lo, causing it to
bind. -Or It may not bo well
lubricated, cuuulntf un erratic
movement. , . .
The hood should be the first
do not balk in cold weather nor, sulk . .
designs and quality materials insure a
THEM TO INCREASE HIS PROFITS.
Bunting Tractor
JJculer "Caterpillar" Tradlora YY':'':Y:': J
Jefferson' & Elm ' Sts'.'V Y;.vY-:.vY Yi r
'YM Grande, OrfeVj;"-;',; g:
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TRAOt MARK HKOItTERKO
& Electric
Ave. V : Vj.
Company
'parti of tho cup. to drji lth. llko
uuuinoiH wnen DnnKintf uia car in
out or tho wt. It helps to rank
Rood job of the windows ic tliu
domo Unlit in the cur l turned on. '
Rub the body of the cur with the
olmnols gently . odi , n llttlo aa
pOBilblp. Itoek tile our a tew tdnea
before staHlnir te w6rk'in order lo
obviate having .water drip err tho
top when the body la dry, Usu two
chamois. . .one for windows and
upper body and one Tor tho fend- '
ers, bumpers, wheels and aprons. :
She: "Can you drivo with om
hand?" - .
Ho:. Ah yes." ",'.' '.v; ;
She: "Then pickup my Blovo." '
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