La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, August 28, 1926, Image 7

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Newspaper Page TextMotoring News VOLUME XXIV. SECOND SECTION LA GRANDE, OREGON, SATURDAY, AUGUST 28, 1926. -. NUMBER 44 Vant A(?3 mmnw WOULD CLEAR . UP HIGHWAYS A. A. A. Fosters 1 Move ' ment to Eradicate Road Signs and Debris That :. Mar Scenery. . . WASHINGTON, D. C Autf. 28. As at result of a. survey made In- hundreds of Its affiliated mo tor clubs throughout' the nation, the Amcrlcun Automobllo associa tion broadcast from lUt national Jumdquurturfl here recently an urg ent appcul culling on state officials evurvwhero to tukc Immediate step. to sweep away the debris that mars thu bcuutv of the landticapo and In many insl unci's adds to accident hazard along the nation's grout mo- j lor highways. . - ( . " I ' The headquarters of the national , motoring body mude two Kpcclflc j nolnts in its anneal., which is malnlv RtldrtwHUd to statu highway I officials in charge of road main-1 LEAVE Few people can tell at a ; glance whether a Used Car . is as good as it appears to be. Which makes it doubly important to patronize a dealer who has a reputa tion for giving honest facts and honest values. ; ;' L. C. Smith; . j, 5th and Depot Sts A USED CAR IS ONLY AS DEPENDABLe AS TH& DEALER WHO SELLS IT ON THE EAST END OF ADAMS AVENUE You Will Find Geo. Clay's Place Gas - Oil Formerly Highway Service Station C-T-C La 3 1m- . ' ' li ii .LI 1 g tt-nance, construction and upvrvi aion, as follows: Driver Confused. First, thcro is so much adver tising along tho highways that tlio motorist la constantly confused as between those variegated signs and tho signs set' up by the states for Its safety and, convenicncQ In trav el . ... , ; , Second, in many instances . . tho scenic beauty which is tjio great appeal In tho coll of tho roads Is marred because of the continuance along many of tho main highways of unsightly tumblo down shacks of all kinds that constitute-on cyo sore to the motoring public. In connection with tho appeal for a clean-up campaign, Thomas P. Henry, president of tho national motoring body, issued tho follow ing statement: " "Everyone recognizes tho splen did work thtat the state highway departments are doing not only In road maintenance and construc tion, but ulso in the vital work of sign-posting und marking theso roads. At the same time, there can be no doubt fhat tho prevalence of advertising material wide by. sldo with llglttmate road signs is u con stant sourco -of confusion to the motorists. In this respnet, the big commercial advertisers appear to IT TO U5 Tires $ On Your Tires Tires Will Save You Money because they give you many extra miles and they cost you less when you buy them. Come . in and let us service your tires. We know how. Grande Tire Shop UTI. I '.... fit n. nint" HIV I1UUOC Ul LIOI (joins 1517 Adams Phone GGS-W bo a great deal mora careful In thetr methods than nro tho other agendo that resort to outdoor ad vertising to attract tho motor tour ist. . .Misleading Signs Along Wny, "(In a recent motor trip 1 no tlued dozens of cones where filling stations und farm houses seeking tourist trado put up signs along tho road that appeared a dellb-, erato imitation - of warning ftlgns set up by the stato authorities. "Kor' example, I frequently saw a sign something llko this: 'Hlow down Tourist Accommodation Ahead,' or, 'Slow Down l'awhawk Gasoline Ahead.' When the mo torist sees tho 'Slow Down' he im mediately thinks of danger ahead and .the practice wo complain of eunnot full to annoy and contuse him. ,, "Sign-posting Is: getting, mora und moro vital with tho.lncreaso In traffic and tho resultant conges, lion. Of course, a man lias a right to place ail advertisement on ills own property or to rent ground on which to place it. but tho safety and convenience of. the traveling public is paramount. .. "It Is entirely feasible to work out a plan whereby advertising material would be placed further from the center of the highway than tin? warning and direcllon signs In order that tho latter may I be easily and quickly dlfforentlaled. This is something to which the .state wlghway departments may well give their consideration. , "While on this matter of a clean up along the highways. It Is high time that something was done to j eliminate eyesores In the, lorni or dumps, untenanted and lunflilo doyn shacks from tho' roadsides, or course, these, arc on private property and ho may he regarded as outside tho jurisdiction of hlgh wav officials. On tho other hand, -jlhrre-ls no doubt whatever that owners or the propony wotmi nr only loo glad to havq this debris removed. lr somebody would un dertake to do so. Kor this reason, I nni eonndent that cooperation 1 between highway departments and property owners would produce re sults. This work of cleaning up could proceed along . with road maintenance work and would be well worth while.. One of tho rea sons whv motor travel on the splendid highways of Pennsylvania Tls so pleasurable, is that the road side' has a garden appearance ' for hundreds or miles." . ' lteturning to roadsigns and con- ruslng ndverlisements, President Henry said In conclusion: ,' . - '"Surely the tlmc-hus come when we must flirrerentiate belween the prominence' to he given on the highways to warning and guiding information and that given to ad vertisements ror chicken dinners or liver pills.';. . - . mays. Summer Is leiimen In, Tho glad vacationists are out The countryside wak'JS to the din Or careless ' laughter and or shout: About each sylvan glade are east Old papers, bottles, rusty tin And so there is no doubt at last That summer Is icumen in. . Summer Is Icumen in. Tho woods are green, and bright the fields: ,. The klne no longer wander thin, Kill riatly crop tho pastures' . . yields: Along the roadsides ancient llrcs Keslooh tin hedges as you spin. And campers tail lo put out fires. Yes! Summer Is leiimen In. Jumes Kevin McGuinncss. Perhaps ItublH'i' Tiros.". "My girl has very sons feet. What would you suggest?" . "Knbber heels," "'What with 7" Sydney bulletin. NATURE CALLS I Great Lakes Region At tracts Many Tourists Many Places of Inter est Visited. : CHICAGO,' Aug. 11. (API-Nature's handiwork and primitive people's monumental remains strive with North Woods atmos phere for predomlnence in attrac tion In tho Great' l-ukes region. . Michigan's entire west coast along the lake of the same name Ut dotted wHU lakes and summer vlil (I MOTORISTS iges. with Mackinac Island ono ottrom th0 south, with 11.075 cars tho chief attractions. This Island a(ej from California) alone. Kcar is crowned by un old Trench fort, jy ttu states and several foreign standing as It was when captured I countries are represented in the by the. Hrtlish in 1763 but the re-1 jy registrations, among these he maluder of tho Island still retains, ing two frpIII fIlr 0ff N-Bw Zealand, its primitive slale, except for a ino- rccor( y registration stations dern roud circling h. . - , J-'orcst I'limeval Summer colonics are scattered along I he Luko Michigan Bhoro on the Wisconsin side, while the slate's central,, northcnslcro and northern sections are sprinkled with lakes and forest camping sites, l'lshlng abounds In all the lakes. Nature holds full sway In the heavy terrain of lis notthwoods territory,'. Indian, lore Is round In many places: one of the most pie- ures-iue reservations being that of the Menominecs. Devil's Uiko, near Huraboo. Is visited by thousands each year. Tho lake Is fed by subloranneuu springs and has no visible outlet. Indian mounds nearby udd to the mysteries of this section. Madison, the capltut, is surrounded by three lakes. . ' NoU-d Arrowhead Country Shaped like a long, jagged flint arrowhead, tho Minnesota Arrow head country, 'containing. I he. Sup erior : national , lorest, the Jay Cooke Slate Park the lllree richest iron ranges in the world ( and the Inrmisl Inland 'port, offers unusual attractions. . . '...', The region contains n land area of 20,1100 square mill's, more than halt of which Is wilderness, and another Ihousund square miles of lakes. . - : At. 'Hlbbing is the largest 'open pit-iron mine in the world. Dulutli, the second largest, port, contains Immense docks, loading .system and aerial bridge. Huge' sawmills are ut Virginia und t'toquet. .Nation's W'alendictl The, Minnesota national forest) holds one of I he larges! water res ervoirs. Tho forest. Is loe.ilej at the headwaters of Ihe Mississippi river and the watershed ror Norlli America, Is a little north of l.alie Winnlblgoshlsli. It is traversed by the ,, Hoosevelt and Minnesota Seenlc highways. ' At Minneapolis , is Minnehaha Kails, source or l.ongfi'llow'u ro manlie.1 poem or the redskin. Sta tues or lllawulha .und his maiden stand aside. 1 , - ' Olilo .Mwmiils' ' t Ohio points to lis Indian mounds as among lis attractions. The chief or these Is Serpent MmmlJ.. 90 miles southeast or Jol bus, an earth and rock work, 1,3')0 reel long with three coiled tails und winding through Ihe shape or a serpent lo dlslunded .ie.ws which extend almost to a cliff. '', South und Snlithet'S! or Colum bus ulso are Mound (.'lly and Kort Ancicnl, Ihe roriner a areaf burial ground of large mounds restored lo their original condition, and Ihe latter an Immense earthwork which scientists believe once. served the twoTold purpose or -war and primitive religion. Indian Kami Dunes The southern tip of Lake Mlehl gan Is edged by Ihe Indian dunes where for thlry miles, hills of sand, orii'ti Sim feet high, lie In slowly shirting masses. KlowcrH repre si'lltalllvc both ol the tlnplett und northern countries grow wild here while the sand bristles with branches of dead trees covered In past time. Indiana also boasts or Wyan dotte Cave, n-ar t'orydnn, and Tur key 1 1 mi Park, seven hundred and nrty acres or forest uucliuug'.d by the hand or man. IJllfOln'M Hfl.YlHHHl Slaved Itoek on the hlglcsl of I he limestone eliri s near I 'Ilea, 111., is now a lourist haven but Its mime commemorates a band of Indians who ehoce starvation there rath than surrender. The Sangamon river, flowing by Petersburg, III,, is famous us th water on uhich Abraham Lincoln once piled a rial-boat, and New Salem, niarliy. Is being n built as a complete leg cabin village In memory of the same man. coin's lomli Is ut Springfield. f .in ' Wanted. The experienced motorist was cVowling carefully through a well known vlrap" In Kent, when he saw the village constable making ImpcratKc signs lo him lo slop. "lok here," said tlio iiniioyed motorist. "I wasn't exceeding the Hpeed Hiuil." . "I know that, sir," said Ihe po fieemnn with a diffl'lentl cough, "but. OU we, I've got. three chaps In Jail for reckless driving irlid the. sent me out to look for a fourth lor a guiue of bridge." The Tattler. Some Hptiil. Pbsseiig. r (In speeding car pass ing a toon:) "This is rather a uitq looking tuwn-wasn't It?" . MORE VISITORS ENTERING STATE THAN LAST YEAR , HAI.KM, Ore., Aug. !8. July of 11)26 saw more visitors' enter Ore gon by automobllo than any pre vious month except ono since rog Iseratlon of non-resident motor ve hicles was begun In June, of 1923. Tabulations prepared from tho rec ords of tho Secretary of Htato cov ering this cluss of motorists show that no less than 18.G80 permit were, issued to automobiles ilcons ed In other states and countries during July. Through tho first six months of 1926 there have been registered 34.190 visitors and since January 1 tho total Is 62.875. These figures are slightly behind those or July 1926 when 19,963 permits woro issued. ( ; ,. . v" ' , As in the pastlhe flow of tour- IsIh and hoineseekers chiefly was follows; Albany 211, Ashland 4, 6117, Astoria 87, linker 149, Helld 107, Brookings 3, Coqullle 20, Cor va'lls 60, Knterprlse 21, Kugene 39(1. Clold Beach 65, Grants I lias 2790, lilllsboro 20, Hood Klver 127, Huntington Sill, Klamath Kalyls 943, u Grande 177. Ijike vlew 67, Marshflcld 21, Medford 2491, Mlllon-Kreewaler 249, North Bend 13, NVssa, 187, Ontario 18S3, Oregon City 69, Pendleton ; 298, I Portland 1646, Ilnaeburg 604, Ha.- CIn 713i sjeRsldn 66, The Dalles 419, Vale 23. total 18,686. , The following is u record of the number of visiting automobiles showing points of license origin and tho number entering Oregon from each state or foreign coun try! Alnhnnuii 13. Arlxnnn. 111, Ar kansas 28. California 1 1.076. Colo- all previous nrnrlurtinn by any other type of motor. idence of labor or strain WILLYS - rado 267, Connecticut IS, Florida 72, Georgia 7, Idaho , Illinois 262, Indiana 10, Iowa 199. Kansas 177, Kentucky 13, loulslana 16. Maine 3, Maryland 9, Massachus etts 43, Michigan 180., Minnesota 166. Mississippi 3. Missouri 107, Montana 202, Nebraska 189, Ne vada 88, New Hampshire 2, Now Jersey 36, New Mexico 26,. New ' The Highway tllghwamian! . Ho has all the rest of us guessing. And wondering WHAT bol'll do . ' NKXT: .'., Ho acta In a manner distressing, ' . And keeps all his fellows pcr ' plexedt ' '.' : .' . , He's turning and twisting and curv ing. And weaving his way in and out; Ills "stunts" are breath-taking un- : nerving, . 1 And no one knows WHAT bo's ; aboutl- , . ;" ' One minute, he's trailing: BEHIND ':.', you!' ' ' ' Tho next he'i darting AHEAD, And kicking up dust-clouds that blind you, . . And knocking the speed limit dead! Ho toots and ho K;ULwks and lie screeches, . ; To muke others let him get hy; Ue cares not a hoot, so ho reaches' Tho place ho Is going, "pN HIOH!'! , ' , '. .,. Home doy, he'll' be beading , for .. HKAVKN. : And1 then he'll "step pn the . - gns," , '-'', Intent on HJB sliaro of tho'. "lea- ..veil" ' " And all ot his : brothers he'll PASS! And-whenshe arrive thore, i Peter ' '. :.' ' ;. Bl. Vlll point to 'the rcglonn BI5U)W And he will reverse bla "speed eater-" And head for Ohcnna, "ON . LOW!" : . James R llungcrford. ... '. !L I -surpassing The superiority of the power plant in this new Willys-Knight SixSev cnty" is proved and acknowledged. Throughout its entire range, it is the most powerful engine, per cubic inch of niston disDlaccment, ever built as stock in America. , The Knight ; sleeve valve construction adapts itself , to the principle of high speed engine : construction in a manner not equalled The result is a performance which is en-, tircly without equal in any other car in ; the price and size class of this new Six Sivcm.rv". - : ' ' -V--' Trv ir mi r. v At well over 60 miles an hour, this car runs as smoothly and as quietly as at speeds of from 25-30 miles an hour-and without the slightest ev- Tfte new Gettings & Hanks Corner Fir and Jefferson Avenue York 11T, North Carolina, , North Dakota 68, Ohio 208, Oklahoma 143, Pennsylvania 100, Rhode Is land 8, South Carolina 6, South Dakota 73, Tenncseo 18, Texan 138, Utah 213. Vermont 2, Vorglnla 7, Washington 2788, West Virginia 16, Wisconsin 90, Wwomlng 107, Alas ka 4, District ol Columbia 11, Ha waii 8!, Canada 173. Mexico 1, Now Zealand 2. Cuba 1, Canal Zono 1. Total 18,686. . Ready Serve Our new station is now completed. We have every facility to give motorists prompt, com plete service. , Drive up for ' VELTEX GAS And OIL ' v La Grande Filling Station . Kahn & Zwelfel achievements pment In traffic it accelerates so smoothly and so rapidly that it is the easiest of all cars to handle. "' And it, makes play pf hills that ordinar ily send you reaching for "second." : ,Thp arc the features of performance that you can quickly prove foryourself. jj,ey are made all the more acceptable . . . ... to you by the action ot tne tour-wneei , brakes which are the type used by 93 , of the finest European cars by the easy v riding of the chassis, which engineers say is practically unbreakable and by ' the superb luxury of the body. , The new Willys Vinance Plan means less money down, - smaller down payments; and the lowest credit-cost in the industry K . '.', IXFtXTTKIt. ' ' rassengcr "Driver! Driver! Have you lost your scnes7'V' Taxi driver "Not yet but I reck on I will at the next turn my brnkoa havo gono floole," Passing . Show. . . .. , ... , " Tho world' worst pest ; Is Bill McStew. Ho parks where we . -. Intended to. i i Hotel Del Cmn dt, tootle J on Ihe famoia Silver Strna, San Diego, (Winw- , $1495 TOtlRINGtlWI . . f.OUPf . . 4IJ9J STANDARD SEDAN ttt Price f.o.b. fictenr to You ...