La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, October 23, 1926, Image 9

Historic Oregon Newspapers

La Grande evening observer., October 23, 1926, Image 9

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

About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 23, 1926)

Prev Page of 12 Next Prev Issue Next Text PDF JP2 (2.6 MB) Clip/Print Image

Return to Top

Prev Page of 12 Next Prev Issue Next

Newspaper Page TextMotoring News ffo (fettik jxWtffltg (SbBtttRt. Auto Section VOLUME XXIV. SECOND SECTION LA GRANDE, OREGON, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1926. NUMBER 91 ROAD CAMPAIGN WEL UNDERWAY Seek to Secure County Cooperation on Elgin Weston Highway Ily NOLAN SKIFF The , proposed Klgln - Weston highway, which is being actively ..campaigned for tn Union county by the Jolly Pipers or Lu Grande und Klgln .nnd other organiza tions, has. until the past month, recdved little uttentlon In a pub lic way on this side of the Blue Mountains and, tfor that reason, n major part of the population of j this county has given the matter slight attention at least on the1 surface. . ' With an intensive drive under way to secure construction work ulong the road on the Union coun ty side, more und more attention is being turned to the project. Would Hetieflt Ijargu Are. : in this connection, it might be mentioned, thut Southeastern 'Washington communities and IJnmtilta county districts are genii-ally In favor of the project and expect to derive mucn Deneiu should the highway be complet'd ulong with I'nlon and Wallowa counties. - Senator Hoy Kitnor,' of Pendle ton, speaking of the road, declares that Idaho, Oregon and Washing ton aro vitally Interested in this highway, which would provide a niore direct road between mauv points in the three states. "L'nmtlllu has already constructed seven miles of this road on the north bide of the mountains and the county board has promised to build four more." With 11 mlks taken care of and more thun thut mileage to be built by the forest service. Union county's share of ; road does not appear as very large. Umatilla county Is building Us section Qut of the market road fund, hoping to secure state aid at a later time, and this may be the means chosen . here In the event the project is successful. The forest service would cooper ate If requested to by the stale highway commission, It is said, but the stute commission would first have to recelvea request from the interested counties. Sen ator Hltner urges that union county make this request so that the work can go on on both sides of the divide without delay. J. Y. Wright, of Klgln. has said that, the road out of Klgln is in fair condition to a point within three miles of the forest bound ary. He declared that the mail carrier is using- this road daily, Indicating It is' In reasonably good shape. The first organization to en dorse the Elgin-Weston road on this Bide of the mountains, It is said, Is the Rock Wall grunge, of Klgln, which, ' at its organization meeting a week or two ago, passed a resolution to that effect. Wot ild Provide Scenic Ixwn Resides shortening the distance between various towns and cities In Oregon', Washington and Idaho, an Elgin-Weston road would give Eastern Oregon a scenic loop drive. The trip to Walla Walla, Weston, Athena, Pendleton and other nearby points could be made by going over the Old Oregon Trail highway and returning by 140-Foot Highways Are Seen As a Need of the Future by L. B. Miller CALIFORNIA MAY OUST CROSSINGS FRAN KLI N A Ride Will Convince . You Make an appointment today. Drive the car yourself. Then your next car will be - - --- a Franklin. '. McCLURE'S YAlvlMA - WALl.A WAI.I.A - PKNIM.KTON - LA GItANDE BAKER - ELl.KNSBUKO H. J. Slouteinyer, Supervisor - Htrd Lewis, Sales 8V4 Adams Avuiiiut SAM FUA.NCI8CO, Oct. 23 Highways not toss than 140-feol Willi! nr a vital necessity In tho United States, the. view of U, H. Miller, president U B. Miller Sales Co., who recently conquered the country In t race against time, ucross tho continent, wftep.. he ninrtu the trip from San Francisco to New York In 83 hours and 12 minutes elapsed time. .. Miller mulntalns that one tlllnp his trip has demonstrated is his mind and that Is that it Is foolish on the part of stato highway engi neers to build roads of less than 120-fret width. He declared that tho time Is not for off when tho congestion on most highways, es pecially in the thickly Inhabited sections of all states will be so great that the present narrow roadways will, bo totally Inade quate. 'The need for wider roads is not based on' thn desire for plea sure driving alono," snld Miller yesterday. "It Is entirely a mat ter of economic defense. The nar- row roadways are now obsolete In Cost Is Only Obstacle to Immediate Action, Commission Says HACKAMKNTO. Oct. 23 The early elimination of the 500 or more gradu crossings in California under a larger and moro compre hensive program than that now be ing prosecuted by the California stuto highway commission H lie- 'Are You Hunting For A Tire Barg aim Don't grope in the dark. . Don't look up and down streets. ' side Don't watch for red and yellow signs. The sensible, business-like, time saving way to solve the tire question is to buy a good tire at the right price from a reputable,' established dealer. W. H. BOHNENKAMP CO. the Elgin-Weston road or vice versa. It has been pointed out. : In addition. It would connect with the Daylon-t'kiah skyline drive now being 1 constructed, at the' top of the mountains. thus opening up the Dayton territory to Union county. ' Commit lee Working - Tho Jolly Pipers recently ap pointed a committee of five men, headed by Dr. W.. P. McAdory, which will Investigate more. thor oughly conditions In Union county und report at a later date on tho feasibility of the project. all sections that are thickly In habited. Xreiled for lH'fciiso "Krom tho viewpoint of national defense alone it is now necessary to begin construction of wider highways, especially, across the continent. The railways, in case of an attack on tho Pacific coast, wduld not be In a position to trans port tho .necessary troops to de fend tho West, to say nothing of the vast amount of maturlul also needed, , "Not so long ago a 120-foot m.ndent nrimarilv uuon financing roadway was constructed In Mlcht- of construction by tho people or gan as an object lesson to high- California upon a larger scale, ac way builders of what tho country COrdlng to stato highway engl would bo In need of in tho courso nof.ra of time. It was built under tho j Tne B(uto highway commission, belief that some day the 1 -'O-foot wnPn appreciates thn growing inw roadway would bo unjvorsal in tho n0rlanco of early elimination, duo entire country. j to tho rapid increuse in motor "Already that stretch of road-: traffic, and which is forwarding way in Michigan is too narrow for its own program, sees these as pos the traffic it carries. It was do- sible ways and nwans of a mora elded, therefore, to widen It to 140 rapid reduction In the menaco to feet, and this work is now in pro- tho safety of tho motorist 1. Financing of eliminating on J a largo scalo either by bond issue I or tax. tho funds to bo devoted to I that specific purpose. I 2. Financing of general stato highway construction on a larger iscalo thereby permitting tho com- mission to deyoto more money to 1 elimination of grade 'crossings by I relocation and now construction of ; highways. 3. Financing on a larger scale that will permit of tho stato join ing In more projects for construc tions have, been madu and many more aro projected. "Tho stato highway engineer ts well aware of tho grado crossing menaco," says a statement issued recently by Morton. Tho state ment continues: Tho policy of Hit) commission is to ell tn ina to bad crossings. In tho same program under which a section of highway la reconstruct ed. Qrudo separations aro under construction, projected or havo Just been completed ut a good many locations, but tho number which can bo eliminated In any one year is only a small portion of those which should bo eliminated. "Where elimination Is not pos slblo by relocation is must be ac complished by tho building of grado separation structures and large sums will bo roqulrcd to make such progress." . Ko&t Ahead As to what at least ono state la doing In grade crossing elimina tion, Morton's statement cites New York whoro $300,000,000 recently was voted for this purpose. The stato will uso sonio $too,O0u,0nu of this directly and loan tho rest to railroads and political subdivisions for the work, the same to be re paid with Interest. In this connection tho stato en gineer recently said In a statement thut "tho stale can well afford to pledge Its credit by means of a bond Issue for tho building of grado separation structures." Aa to co-operation by tho rail roads in reduction of the menaco, It is known from other sources that tho fluuta Ke leads other rail ways In California In assisting the commission,. It, in soma instances, proceeds on its own Initiative and then asks tho stato to Join. Some other railway interests aro Indu ed to await tho commission's ac tion or a stato railroad commission order before acting: unless thn crossing involved is a particularly menacing one. Soma of tho small er roads aro deeply concerned bo- cause of financialilDftblllty to share1 In construction cost. - i It is recalled In a recent it a te nant by Morton that n state high wuy Investigating committee a year, or so ago recommended to the legJS islHture a bond issue pf 125,000,00(1 for railroad separations and majot bridges. Grade crossing ellminaf tton was estimated at that time td cost $14,000,000. The legislature did not placu tho Issue before the voters., . Relocation and construction oft highways rather than grade sep aratlons have eliminated by far thti greater number of grade oross-l lugs, tho state highway englneei points out and cites the reconstruc tton work from Red Bluff to .thuS Oregon lino and from Auburn to the Nevada line, , ',- . THE ULTIMATE INBLXT NOTICE Stolen, from Krusiref lone store, 1B24 model Ford tour- ing cnr. Hloux Falls, 8. D.,f Ar gus. Leader.1 t ' -'",. NEWS OF THE AUTO WORLD Clarkston Men Favor Grande Ronde Highway CIvARKSTON. Wash., Oct. 23 The Clarkston chamber of com merco udopted a resolution opprov- ! Ing tho Grande Ronde river high-.! way project, which would connect tho Asotin county road system with that of Wallowa county, Ore gon, ' tion of grade separations. 4. Financing in general, on an nr.l.. cfnuln flint mill niiPi.tr fnn. Report was made thut tho ullot-1 -n,,,nrM.niv nm- , nnber.hlPS for Asotin' crossing ellmlnn- county in the Eastern .Washington wUhout tho Um0 Highway association had been i so- comprehensive program eurod and reported to h , Hal- und h c0n8truc. NEW YOHK,' Oct. 88.- Kllbuin I). Clarke, of the Buick- -Motor company, has heen elected presi dent of the National Automotive Sales club. Other officers chosen were: vice president, J. H.. Keeley, Autocar Suics and Service com pany; treasurer, George B. John son, Martin Parry corporation; secretary. II. I. Sommerville, Elec tric Storuge Battury company. Tho club has Jusl closed its first year of activity. Its main object is to promote tho acquaintance of rep resentatlves . of the automobile truck and uccessory trades who solicit hutlofinl operators dfauto luoblles and trucks. . i Edward S. Jordan lias bet n elected to the board of directors of the national better buslnesu bureau. He Is president of the Jordan Motor Car compuny and was nominated to the businesi bureau board by the, national au tomobile chamber of commerce. He Is chairman of the advertising committee of the latter body. The Moon Motor compuny an nounces a new eubrlolet roadster in the light slx-cyllndor chass's. Moon car sales for the last two months have shown a marked In crease, , It Is announced, over the same period lust yeur. Charles W. Nash,, president of Nash Motors, announces thut the factory at llaolne, Wis., Is being enlarged to provide for the pro duction of 3110 to 350 Nash light six cars jut day. C. M. Baldwin has succeeded C. II, Amorous ill charge of the Wllls-Salnte Clulr company, of New York. Mr. Amorous receni- Iv resigned lo assume I he sales managership of the New York Murmon cur agency. September wus the largest Sep tember in the history of the Nash Motors compuny In point of sums and production, announces K. H., McCarthy, general sales munug'-r. Nash sales and production for th" nine months this year uggregnteJ 1 1 1 ,'JGE) cars, us contrasted to 70, 3 47 cars for the same period in 1U25. President Myron E. Forbes, of the Plerco-Arrow Motor Car com pany, and Churles Shoppy, chief engineer, have sailed for France, taking o.ne of the new Plerco-Arrow dual vulve models for exhibi tion In the Purls Solon. Callus M. A. Huas has been ap pointed manager of the Hroex I branch at 2.374 Grand Concourse of the Hudson Motor Cur com pany of New York. j With the recent Introduction of new models tne V. It. Mieurns compuny announces thut tho bus iness outlook for the coming yea-- Is the brightest in Its hlslory. Tin new models powered by Knight sleeve vulve motor nre distinctive in design and char acter. The Murmon Motor Car com pany Is erecting a third .ddlllon lo Its Indlunapolls plant. The neiv structure will bo one story In height nnd 140 feet in length. The building construction was award- j ed to tho H. K. Ferguson com I pany, of Cleveland. A group of Gorman architects, mnniliers of the Hun Deutm her ! Archltekton. touring this country I under the auspices of the l.'nll-'d ' States di partm-nt of eonimerre. spent two days in Ilotrolt recently 1 and Inspect' d the plant of th 'Cadillac Motor Car company and the Fisher Body plant. ( Snowing tho" .cope of llulek ru..u;:li. In New- VurkCltv. I a large map has been placed in j roads association. It was stated a t largo delegation will attend the Eustern Washington association meeting in Spokane Dec. 1. Imnaha Strip Is Near Completion- mission. tion. i This is tho situation as viewed j by State Highway Knglneer Hob- J ert M. Morton who stresses tho ; necessity of greater financing if ! elimination is to bo effected moro quickly than Is being done under the present program of tho coin Policy Outlined In- outlining tho policy of the state highway commission, Morton mission's brldgo department Is working constantly on grado sep aration plans; that many scpara- TCNTKItriUSK. Ore.. Oct. 2:i market road, extending from J. A. j Pin's out Papt, of 'h .0m Kgglcson's corner on tho higlfway. t north and east for about three i miles, is nearly finished. It has been built by the county with mon ey derived fnom the salo of bonds voted by tho people to , various postroads in lit 19. 80 far at its finances go, it Is in no sense a mar ket road, but Its location coincides with that of the Imnaha market road of which It In reality is part. Tho new piece of road has two connections with the highway, one from the south and the other from tho west, and follows tho direction and approximate location of tho old county road from Mr. Kggle son's corner across the draw whirl, carries I'ralrle creek and cn north ward to the Johnson & Franklin farm at. the fool of the east ap proach of Pratt hill. Hrre the new road turns east with the old coun ty road across Lower I'ralrle creek. 7k L t 1 hli 1 ON THE CORNER OF 2nd AND ADAMS This new up-to-date filling station is conveniently located, and we want you to drive up and get acquainted. Even' though you may only need air and water (both free) we will be glad to see you. " ' " ' " '-. l TEXACO GOLDEN MOTOR OIL 1 NEW TEXACO GASOLINE FISK TIRES f HEASTY'S FILLING STATION More Cars on Road Than Last Summer KNTKIll'HISR. Ore., Oct. L'3 Traffic on the. two highways o' Ihe county Inst Sunday. Ocl 17. was heavier thun on any previous day of the year when a counl was made. Figures for several eonnts on the valley highway und the north hlghwuy follow. June 17, HUM June 17. 125 October IS. 11125 June IB, 1920 .... July IS. 1!I20 August 13. 1!I20 Sept. IS, 11120 .... October 17, 1II2G Valley ' North 4f,5 51 r. . 413 117 320 III! 4f. 117 4r,n IP7 541 133 rr,s kid Mileage Is Cost Measure of Tires The speedometer on one's car will quickly rrveal whether a tire is honestly made or merely built to sell at a low? price and the speedometer Inventor can be cred ited for touching motorists just what their tires arc doing. Tho cost per speedometer mllo is what actually counts and the Initial cost of the tire Ia ly no means the best test, according to the local manager for the Wrst- the'frn Auto Hupply company, dlstrl. mnors ior western uiani nnd wear Well tlresL . The mileage built Into It at thn factory anil the speedo meter will reveal the quality of these materials. The Gar You Take For Granted! The difference, between a pro fession and a trado Is the first iium bus a diploma and the latter a I'lerco Arrow Hison. easy for a Hulck owner lo which station Is most convenient to ills locality. A I'adlMae cut-open cha.H'.s Is being used for laboratory tull"S by students of mechanical an I automotive engineering at III' t'ntverslly of Michigan. The in glne. Is opcr.ttcd by a battery con cealed In Die gas lank. It wit :l gift to Ihe university from Hie I'adlllac Motor Cur company. A recent addition tn I he l edenil the lobby of the llulek salerooms, jiotor Truc k compuny of Is trol' at Hioadwayand Flfty-fltth stree , ln,. ,(y m,n ,,D Wherever automobiles are used, the Ford is the one car that is expected to go anywhere anytime! Whether the road leads through mud or sand or snow, the Ford owner never worries about his car. He expects it to deliver! Such performance is expected because millions of Ford cars have performed that way in all parts of the world and under all sorts of conditions. . . -. If you are considering the purchase of an automo bile, we would welcome an opportunity to discuss Ford ownership with you. We can prove-to you that no other car offers such value. iu-:i,ivi:iti:i Pint i:s Tom-lug t'ur $479.90 $460.50 $595.00 $599.85" $657.00 The tihmr price liicluilt' KTAItTLKIl uml four lt.l.loo 11 It I . S uit Hiundard iiilpmriit on all jiiihU'N. Perkins Motor Company in na. piciiir.-. u. n,c . ......... , now- mining out tu uouie. u 'and the main ollicc, making It I da-.