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Ha (Srattite fcwntttg ftemr Motoring News Auto Section VOLUME XXV. SECOND SECTION LA GKANDE, OREGON, SATURDAY, JANUARY 1, 1927. NUMBER 143 NOVEMBER AUTO OUTPUT DROPS SAN DIEGO GRAFT TRIAL NEAR CLOSE Keacnes uowest Levei i Since August, 1925, Officials Report WASHINGTON, Jun. 1 A1') A decreuse In manufacturing uc livlly durliifr November und J uu-' embcr, with mineral production mtiiiilulnliiK a high level wus re ported by the federal reserve board In a nummary of general .business 11 nd financial conditions made public hero.- Wholesale prices wt'i-o reported nt the lowest level In more than two yours while, firmer money re flected the uhuuI seasonul retjulro incntu In connection with holiday and end of the year uctlvitlet). J'rodudlon of bituminous coal, petroleum, copper and zinc has been untiHually large during the IuhI month, the board said. l'ig Iron production also increased slightly last month, but slocl mill activities during November und December were considerably re duced. Automobile production declined Bharply In November, reaching the low-cut level sliia August," i'Ju The textile Industry maintained the name level In November as In Oct ober, while the 'building industry showed kss seasonal tccllno than usual in November. ' ' l i i l Fr?CP rvA .... S I 1 1 v . District Attorney Chester ('. Kempley of tytu Diego county, and his usslstant, Cuy Selleek, are on trial for aliened acceptance of u $ in. ooo bribe for suppression f murder evidence. The trial is pjirl of a general probe of alleged vice protection. Ia-CI to right, Defense Attorney Dempster AleKee, Kempley and Selleek. Auto Company Official Discusses Merits of Installment Purchases . "l understand you "have Just Vice bought un automobile?" Haughty Customer No: I wunt something that Just sneers. cars on deferred payments by mak ing It easy ti do hi. $t ha done this because it has recognized the truism that it is b.ctlpr to make paymenls for a your and then make no payments' for several years than "My wife lot's ruti uw'ay with a man In my car!" "(lood heavens! Not your new ear!" I The objection to a hearse that looks like ii limousine Is i hat It makes every sedan loolt like a hearse. Ilv II. II. III1N , 'resident or Distribution IMck-I aril Motor t':ir company There Is a vast difference be- tween buying on time an article ! Hi.. I. im.i.I.IIi- il..-ii'niiiWiu mill milk.! Iitu uu invt-Kiim-nt .... Hit- m-fencd t imiUe W.vuicnla i-vc-i lnymt-nt ilaii l-y piii'clmslni; 11 1 eal ' : Inn lire jiii-t-f of mort luuitllsi'. In-j The iiiituii)ulllc buyi-i- who iim-i-Klallnient liuyinic. much tllst nsiioU l ni.t inh to my tlio 't-ntirt- port of of lute ua il rcft-i-H lu uulumoMlrH. his new cur Am of hit- mirilu niiisl in economically miunil If I he iinxl- limit for stoliilily in his Invc-sUmcnl lit-t ImiiKht will conslili rnlily out- 1 unci with thla In inlnil hi-n(just wnn llvo the imyntont i-i-loil nml Hc-l-ve ! closi-ly Ki-vtmtl IhtmtH. ; Hi- tan flnil a useful nurno.st-. 1 , . tmfo liuuint-lH In which to Imy fur Dodge Brothers Plan Convention On January 5, 6 ITubnhly the largest sales co ri ven tiim ever held in Detroit will open Jan. ft and 0 when the Dodge Brothers deater organization con venes for Us twelfth annual meet ing. Nearly 3H00 ore to attend. In addition to Dode Druthers and (jrahain Itruthors tteolers front the rutted States nearly 1 01 Canadian wles representatives will be present und several forelKn countries will he represented. Sixteen Fpeclal Dode Drothers '.tains from North. Kust. South and West will start unloading the con- wentittn visitors in Detroit Tuesday. Jan. 4. 1 Intel rooms reserved for their three-duv sntv will he as- liKneil to the quests on arrival. I The meetings, which will com bine buslne.HS und pleasure, are to he held at the new Masonic Tem ple, said to be the laruest und mostj hoautlful Masonic edifice In the' world. The total flur area of the) building is utfo.oao snuare feel orj 1 2-0 acres. It Is here that the deal-; 2is will hold their annual laiinuiet; -Mid slave their annual show. The' haiiiiict will probably be the hwx-' ;st ever held In the temple. Kue-1 Lory and dealer talent shows are I to be staged In the temple audl-l tnrtum which seats fooo people. The Htitffe Is 110 feet wide, ."8 feet! leep. 7s feet hinh and has U.i sets; of lines. While the dealers ure in Detroit J Dode Druthers, Inc., will slave Its annual dculer automobile show disphiyinv the very lutest of Im proved DudKo Drothers types, io yelher with the niujor types of Cirahnm Drothers trucks. One in .erestlhj; display wilt be a toiirliiK ar of every year since the first! Dodve Druthers motor ear. which was built lu 1!M4. Art exhibits and! charts depleting the next year's ad-j vertisiiiK and sellliiK campaigns! will line the sldewalls. UNIQUE STUDENT Deferred payments ' have been .accepted for untold years as rl'htj not one company has a monopoly mi the stability for which ho must The traffic skeins to be a miss. problem- of today question of lilt or Autolsts run across many curious things In their travels, and over SOUP. FRAN K LI N Tlvc Franklin car you see now will be a distinct and oulsland car in 1927, 1928, 1929 and 1930. 1 14 L iTtv. CAR DEATH RATE IS ON INCREASE One Person Killed in 1925 for Every 923 Autos in Service WASHINGTON, Jan. I. (AD) The hazard of death in automobllo accidents Is t'lsliiff rapidly In the United States, the nutional confer ence on Btreet und hlphway safety suld In tMNufiiR statistics showing that one person was killed In 1KI'5 j for every It 23 uutomobllea In serv ice. ' Aittomobllo deaths for the yeur wero 21.G27 cxcluslvo of fatalities occurlitK when cars were in colli sions with trains or street earn. The number of uutoinoblles regis tered wan 3'J,V64,347. "KmphaciH should he constantly Klvcn lo the tact that .the death rale from automobile accidents Is Increasintr rapidly year after yeur", the - conference statument said, "and thiil the street hawird for everyone Is becoming greater and greater. lietter regulatlonH must be enacted und enforced and belter sufely campaigns must bo curried on." In New York stale, one person wua killed for evory 731 automo biles registered while In Klorida. though tho total number of dculhs was smaller the killing rate was one person for each Gil 7 curs. Iowa at the other end of tho scale wim charged vlth only ona death for evory 2,10 curs registered. I'COMIHti., Ore. (Hpeclul) M.h. A I lie. Smith und daughter The resit, arrived hero last Thurs day to spend a week u,t tho Stella t'oulson hojno. Mrs. Alice ChenoworlU Is spend ing the holidays with her parents, Mr. a ml 'Mrs. Vesper Henderson. , The Christinas tree und program at i'romise lust Thursday ' night wuu well utlqnded. There wus a party ut tho John Carper homo lax! Uuturday night. Hoy (.'urper und CMydo Taylor left Monday for the Kust Oregon Lumber, camps, -where they hopo to find work, , Minna Kohlcr, It;, Alameda, Cal., could not go to school be cause of Illness, but she studied at home and has just been gradu ated from the Alameda high school with u special, bcdsldo graduation exercise. Here she is, receiving her diploma from Supt. of Schools W. -!. 1'udoii, Bikes Must Have Licenses In liaise and proper when the plan is prop-j'otMi-erly applied. Obviously it is not I'p to Purchaser good economy to purchase a nov-1 First of all the cur purchaser elty or an article on which thcitiusi see that he Is pot going to price greatly changes. j have the value of his purchase de- I prerintc greatly,. He must pick out I lie racKuru .imor i ar company , cu wlajU. (lC years of nas encouragcu me poienusnig in .....,. ni!l(U, i.v u ,.oinimny o( stability und sold at u fair prit e He iiiiisL guard against saddling: himself with an "orphan." lie should look well Into the his tory of the manufacturer and the dealer or distributor from whom ho would buy 1 t,ho, eur. , J-lo should bmk ( ai'ol'ully bnole of tho show room Door .und spend some time investigating the service depart- 1 inent of the dealer and of the far ' tory as well. After he obtains his .ear tils eonhM-t with the dealer or i distributor who sold il Is going to be. Clowe. .should leanV If this .retail Institution is n sound, suc 1 cessi'ul business eon eru. 1 Don't rilii uith Cliuiee j Xo person won hi think for a moment of buying a pleee of real estate that did not have a I no per cent pt-rleet tlilr. J'eoplc do not gamble witli real rshi.r lil las. There Is ml' neceilty for- tlietn to .Dirt with chance In buying motor j' , cars. No terson shouhl pureliasf an ntitfmolih from a compiiny whose j slock he would un care to buy. The ' prospeel ive purchaser ot a piece of real c-statc iisnally consults lib j banl.er. The nlaii -ofiteiiijtlatlng 1 the buying of an automobile would I do well lo disf'M Du: soundness of j the company hat-It itf his proposed ' invest nient with his banker also. ' Time pori-ha.se of an automobile j when these ennshlernliui.s, have t been observed and when l lie pur-j clniser obtains for himself the foil : value lhat has been built Into tbe ear by keeping It for the length of! .its desirable life, rather than trad tint: It In after a year for a "new j .model" is good personal financing.. McCLURE'S YAKIMA - WAM.A WAM.A - PKNIU.iri'ON - ,A CJDANDK KA K Kit - KIJ.KNSIiliUC. H. J. Sloulcniycr, Supervisor - Ulrd Lewis, Kales MtMl Adams Avcnit I'ltUMISK, (Special) R O. Potter preached at the Promise school houao Sunday. , W. n, J-Ioscock and family, of Muxvftle. spent Christmas at the Obe Sweurintreu home here. Mrs. Dertha Curpor und Mrs. Dona Carper ure both ill. Miss Marie J.urm went lo Wal lowa last Friday to spend the holi days with her parents. Kunlee Courtney left Saturday for Troy, where she is visiting her' parents during tho holidays. Mclvln Curper, who is uttendlng high school In l.u. Grunde, cume in I Krlday to visit during the holl-j days with his parents.- ,.v j, Charles 1 Carper ami family spent Chrlslmus day at the I. S. McDonald home. DOISK, Ida.. Jan. 1 On and after today all bicycles In Dolse must carry a license plate. In accordance with u re cent ordinance passed by tho city council. Tho ordinance Is for the purpose of prolecllng the owners of bicycles us many thefts are reported to the po lice, records show. The procedure to obtnln a plate Is lo take the wheel In the police station, whet It will be recorded by serial number and other feu t tires of tho wheel. There tin application will be issued und approved. This nppllcutton will he taken ' to the cliy clerk who will Issue the plate hp r-celvp tV fee of fiO cents, charged for each plate. ...J'Cit o, tho -Augula'UH goud,..fur a town with perfeel truffle free dom. A man Is u pedestrian onu minute anil uu ungel the next. Instead of working up a "raw meat" disposi tion when you have a flat tire, just take the nearest phone and call Main 761 Itos part of our work to go any place in the city to make tire repairs. Kelly Tire Shop Adams Ave., with Ledbctter ! "Yes. I saw Hi-veil of them elms ling one pedestrian Hie other day, and I decided Ilia!. I was at the wrung end or the sport." Medical authorities atset t I but too many Americans are dying of hurry. In many cases the hurry, is that of drivers of uutoinoblles. MILES OF SERVICE IN THESE MOTORIST Drive Through 1927 With Carefree Enthusiasm By Using VELTEX GAS & MOTOR OIL FLETCHER OIL COMPANY First Independent in State. NIvA m .ng"l'' llurraii Till-; I'UKTTIKST lilliy III HiillyivoiHl l llif ImiMir i-IiiIiiimI lor '..irilill Spei-. Jr iKilhrr l.i the luriiirr Wlimna Winter, "' HroadMiiy $1 alaue nr. USED r ' CARS WirtRCQ 1 1 "IVIVvi TAitri V I -To You II : j in y ( : ' 1 9 2 7. If ! f BUNTING TRACTOR I j ! k COMPANY ! '- ,,., : j Wi.iiVV '-Itnlr' ( 4MiihliHvl ttm-fvslot-H dr'' fir 1026 Chrysler "58" Coach 1927 Chrysler "60" Coach ('Mils Is it new car und can be bought ui it sucrll'lce vrlrr.) 1924 Huick 4 Touring 1923 Buick 4 Sedan 1921 Olds Six 4-Pass. Coupe. Jennings & Shumate Buick Sales and Service
