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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 13, 1926)
Saturday, Novemlrcr 13, 1926. " I7A! GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER Pape Nine NEWS m AUTOMOBILE MANUFACTURE OF PARTS BOOMING Department of Commerce Figures Shows a Big Growth in Industry WASHINGTON, Nov. 13 Tho department of coimnerco an f iiounct'S that, accord lug1 to data uollcctod at tho biennial census of manufactures, 1925, tho establish mcnts engaged primarily In tho manuructure of motor-vehicle bodies and parts reported prod ucts valued at $1,611,976,000, an Increase of 49.2 per cent as com pared -with Jl, 013, 112,000 for 1923 the lust preceding census year. Tho principal Items entering In to the total for 1925 arc as follows: closed passenger-car bodies,' $364. 7G1.000; open passenger-car bodies 942.376,000: truck bodies. $35,573, moo; bus bodies, $13,712,000; all other bodies, $6,309,000; goars (transmission, differential, timer, etc.), $46,971,000; steering gears complete units) $11,950,000; frames, assembled ' and unassem bled, $36,535,000; wheels, $07,451,- .000; radiators (shells and cores), $41, 447,000; axles (front, and rear complete j, o,su,wuu; Dumpers, $18,634,000; shock ubsorbers, $11,- 1748,000; windshields, $11,454,000; (and rims, $17,762,000. No com parable data for these Hems arc. available for earlier census years. Tho stabllshments classified In this Industry are those engaged primarily in the manufacture, for salo as such or for transfer to motor-vehicle manufacturing plants In other localities but operated un der tho same ownership, of motor- vehicle bodies, parts, and assem blies, not including complete chas sis, engines, springs, tires, batteries, Ignition apparatus, and starting and lighting systems, which, for census purposes aro classified in separate industries. Where bodies and parts are made and assembled into complete motor vehicles in tho sam'o plant, the plant as a wholo Is classified in the motor-vehicle. Industry proper. Tho statistics in this report do not, therefore, cover the manufacture of all motor-vehicle bodies and parts, but only the classes specified which are made for replacement or-for as sembly into complete motog ve hicles In other plants. Some Duplication ' In making use of tho figures In this report It must be kept In mind that they include some duplication Running Our Business TO GIVE ; Value and Satisfaction That's our job-and we put our hearts and souls into doing it well. Personal service to every customer. We want you to know your business is appreciated and hope you will come again. ' NEW TEXACO GAS TEXACO GOLDEN MOTOR OIL HEASTY'S FILLING STATION ' Cor. "Second and Adams. v PAT McDERMOTT'S HIDING PLACE: In this Hliuck In the western IVMinnylvnnia mnuutalns. Pat Mc Permott, mispert in tho munler of Don It. Mcllett, I'unton (().) publisher, Is said to have bidden during the last ten days of his freedom. He was captured by Detective Ora Slater after his fam ily had revealed his hiding place because, certain simple parts ure sold by some manufacturers to other manufacturers who install them ln more complex parts and assemblies. Kor example, some manufacturers of rear-axle hous ings sell tho nil to manufacturers of complete rear-axle assemblies, and result the value of tho hous ings is duplicated In the total for the Industry. Of the 1.350 establishments re porting for J925. 170 wero located in New York, 145 in Ohio, 135 in Illinois, 131 -in California, 128 in Michigan, 103 in Pennsylvania, 78 In Indiana, 6G In Massachusetts, 52 In New Jersey, 39 in Missouri, 38 In Wisconsin, 28 in Connecticut. 23 In Minnesota, 23. in Texas, 20 Iowa.. 2 tin Washington, Tennessee, 12 in Maryland Colorado. 11 .in Oregon, bodies and parts and wero the rcr fore transfered to tho appropriate Industries, and HQ report products valued at less than $5,000. (No data are tabulated at the biennial censuses for establishments with products under $5,000 in value.) Low Prices Add Impetus to Call For Overlands Following the price cut an nounced by Willys-Overland sever al weoks ago on the Overland Six, retail deliveries- on all models of 17 In this popular car have shown mark- 1 1 In t-'d increase. 10 In I The present figures represent the North Carolina, and the remaining lowest level ever reachd by Wlllys- t)0 were scattered throughout 22 : Overland In their six-cylinder pro- other states and the District of Ool- duction. umbia. In 1923 the Industry whs The deluxe sedan In tho Over represented by 2,120 establish- land six line Is the lowest priced meats, the decrease In 1925 belng'ar four-door sedan in the light the net result of a gain of 227 and (8x field with but three other mak- loss of 997. Of the 997 estab- ers offering 5-passcngcr models at llHhmenls lost to the industry, 520 lower figures and these being luh werc reported as having been en- duu sedans or coaches, it Is said. gaged solely or principally in ens- The Overland six standard sed tom or repair work In 1925 and an, which Is built with two doors wero threforo excluded, 175 had only, but which has a full size 'gone out of business before th Slhnlng of 1925, 31 were Idle dur ing -tho entire year. 155 were en gaged In the manufacture of pro ducts other than motor-vehicle BEYOND BELIEF" rneming five-passenger sedtm type of body Is the lowest priced model of tills carryliiff cupuelty with but two exceptions, one of these being1 a coach and tho other being but ?10 lower In price thun the Overland. In seating room, the Ovcrlund six offers greater space than Is found In any other light six within Its price range and thlB featuro coupled with the superb finish und quipinent which has been charac teristic of tho model since Its In troduction twenty months ago has mjthusized the dollar for- dollar valuu of tho car. - l.-.0 POK 1AI.I HEAD I'HIl.ADKU'HIA Tho girls may tako note now that Hurry Itlloff has luxurlunt hair In. place of a. bald heud. In a trolley acci dent ho got a shining pate. Tho liulr grew again aftor ho wont to IS doctors and a masseur. Suing the traction company he said In court that tho baldness wus an noying because ho might want to get married. A Jury awarded him f ISO. Taxi Drlvor (uccussing his car): My gosh, what a clutch! stop." ReunDarrfer f WthXTTV Treads,) f SOt The smoothness and quiet ness of the Greatest Buick -Ever Built defy description. This remarkable motor car is vibrationless beyond belief. We hope someone else tells you that some other motor V ft the new in Motor Gar car also is vibrationless. ' For then you may he in duccd to drive the two cars, and compare them. And you will better appre ciate the amazing smooth ness, at every speed, which now belongs to Buick. Greatest g UICKK PUILT JENNINGS & SHUMATE Adams Avenue Gas Prices Are Higher in Other Countries, Claim J-'rom Oregon Motorist Amet-icun motorists who think the cost of operating their cars Is excesHlvo should stop for a mo ment to consider tho costs of mot or car maintenance in foreign countries und they will appreciate that the motor car Is operated more economically in America than In any foreign country, ac cording to figures prepared by tho United H lulus department of com merce. , l-'oi-clgn Prices For instance, tho price of gaso line in Teheran, Persia, on July lt, was ?1,29 per gallon; in Dur ban, JJrltish South Africa it cost 'J H cents; and in Bogota, Colum bia, motorists wero compelled to pay 73 cents a gallon or hitch a horso to their cars. Other prices per gullon as reported on tho saino date wero: rucrto Cortest, Hon- luras, 70 cents; J,a Paz, Bolivia, 05 cents; nnd Jugoslavia, 60 cents. i no lowest price reported was from Bucharest, Rumania, where guHoltno retailed at 15 cents per gallon. All of tho abovo figures have been translated Into American dol lars and gallons. Many factors determine tho var iations In price. These factors in clude distances from sources of supply, quantities consumed, trans portation facilities and rates, Im port dutl'-s, exciso dutes, and dis tribution and marketing costs. Many foreign countries uso Am erican gasoline. Naturally they pay more for it than wo do. PKAI.Si; lOOTHAIJj Cllll'AOO-Whllo bouio. eastern papers favor abolishing football b't-anno of tho Harvard-Princeton dispute, hore aro tho views of Com mixioner Griffiths of tho Western conference about tho gamo: "It breeds sportsmanship. 7t teaches a quarter of a million young men every week how to take ix licking." aspeckof Reclaimed Rubberin im TIRES EXTRA MILEAGE is a known feature of CTC tires because only true, 100 rub-, ber goes into CTC tires 1 100 rubber. Actual users of CTC full-rubber tires have . made CTC's fine reputation by their hearty, unrcquested praise. NOW-CTC builders will never harm that reputation! Not a speck of reclaimed rubber will ever be used! "(joining New FriendsThrough hxa Mileage TP L7 BALLO WW X3 U 6v I1TT1K AUeMOBIL Ann UILT, BUICK WILL BUILD THT.M si;s of Tin-: timi-m IturKlam ar puiufinir bunks by uikI robltlnic Kllllnir Ktiitionii. Tlicrc an homo shown anil auto Hlion but 'tho pcdrstraln liuii no hIiom-. .Motor Tourlnt "Alia! W;'ru K' ttlnw nonr to a Mi? city now. No llm tin- to and tlin. story blll- b.';iri!i'' Contest! Ask your dealer about the $2000 Prize CTC Speedometer Mile? Contest! Columbia Tin Corporation (CTC LA GltANDK TIRE SHOP NEW LOWER PRICESplacet Chrysler "eofurther than ever b comparison with the ordinary type oi iigni six ANY attempt to compare . the Chryler"60" with the ordinary type of six is like comparing the modern dirig ible with the old-ttyle balloon Impossible, because the two are fundamentally different. The difference begins with a black-and-white difference in engineering, the Chrysler "60" being designed and built under the plan of . Standardized Quality, as if required to give 60 miles an hour for every mile and minute of Its life. Necessarily, the difference stands out even more sharply in performance the extraor dinary power reserve of the , "60" giving it a smoothness at average speeds that you recog nize at once as unattainable in the ordinary type of six built by ordinary manufacturing methods to ordinary perform ance standards. Just as pronounced is the dif-. ference in comfort, agility and handling ease in gasoline economy, dependability, and long life in every single ftiaturethatmakesforcompletc iHotoring satisfaction. Try out the Chrysler "60" discover for yourself why, at its. new lower prices, it is the inevitable choice of every pur chosi r who searches for. ut most value in the light six field. COACH X-rlH SA: t mmmm ' OM . . IMm, Club Coupe $1165 Coach . lias &edan ' '' 1295 ; Touring C.f J!P7?l Roiditer $ 1 14B (u currtfnt Federal txcUt MM, A:';Vf-'' L W. WEEKS ; Jefferson Ave. . : Telephone 180-J. V HEAD THK O (SERVER CLASSIFIED A OH 168 of America's foremost Police Au thorities say that 4 - wheel brakes arc absolutely necessary on a light car today. The Whippet i's the only light car having. 4-whccl brakes as the national standard equipment. Drive it yourself, and sec how safe you feel behind the wheel. 4-whccl brakes and a low center of gravity make the Whippet America's safest light car. WH I PPKT SEDAN J VJ J OthrrWhipptu price ire.iinupvfM Totirinii -'f priie f, n. b. Utfur. . . ViTfi anrl tpt iht Jtiont iib'ect tn t hnpt w,thrttt n-trir.! he rt'illn i mnue Plan titfer i.nuiiiMyitrr live trvUit utmt. Willyi-Ovrland, inv., I oledo, UliiO OVERLAND 9 Tv A ' 4U '4 a H et GETTINGS& HANKS : Cor. Fir and Jefferson
