jla itran lEwtttttg (ibgmr aq section
Motoring News
VOLUME XXV.
SECOND SECTION
LA GRANDE, OREGON, SATURDAY, JANUARY 29, 1927
NUMBER 167
ADD NEW TRUCKS
TO FREIGHT LINE
Plans Are to Run , Be
tween Here and Port
land Every Day
The Whlto Froltfht Un Is udtl
liiK two now truckn to thu lino and
rxet-.il to truck from here to Port
land evi-ry day as soon us the
'trurks arrive la-re und the equip
ment Is ready.
One of tho trucks was expected
to arrive here today, a driver being
sent to Tacontu after it the first
of the weok. After its arrival the.
body, a la rue uffulp similur to the
ones already In use by thu freight
line, will be built here.
; At present tho trucks go out of
here twice each week for Western
Oregon points, leaving hero on
Mondays and Thursduys.
In addition to the. two new
trucks, which will soon bo In ser
vice, workmen are busy now pro
paring a padded van for moving
purposes, which will be ready iu
the near future.
' The freight line lias grown con
siderably since moving to the pres
ent location on Kir street next to
the railroad tracks. I'luns now are
to move to ix larger place, where
there will be more room for load
ing and unloading, storugo und
.room for a repair whop.
Frank Mi-Allen, who has a trans
fer stand iu connection with the
truck line, wilt also move when tho
freight depot doe 8.
WINS PRIZE AT ROSE TOURNAMENT
tiltKATKST NI'IKAXCK ,
IX JAVA IS OXCAHT
Attack on automobiles by cows
is thu chief truific hazard in Java,
uncording to 1. M. Prinson Oeer
ligs, resident of tho Dutch Kust
Indies. "The greatet nuisance on
our roads," says Geerllgs, "uro the
oxcarts. Those huge vehicles on
two high wheels ruin our beuutlful
roads."
PAIGE-DETROIT
SHIPMENTS IN
YEAR FIGURED
DKTHOIT, Mich., Jan. 20 To
tal shipments of cars by tho Pulgo
J (droit Motor Car company in
1126 were 37,222. This ia tho
ro in puny 'a third best shipping rec
ord, having been exceeded In only
two previous years, 1923 and 1925.
The 1920 total was 5.8 per cent
below tho record of the preceding
year but exceeded tho l'J-4 rec
ord by 7.0 per cent.
In the first six month of 1920.
shipments exceeded tho records for
all corresponding periods. In tho
second half of the year, production
could not be maintained because
of delays incidental to u general
change of nutdels, for which bodies
could not bo procured in quantity
until after the height of tho fall
selling season had passed.
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SMITH RECEIVES
NEW DODGE CARS
Klvo thu customer tho oxlru porson
ul attention und service not ulwuya
possible during tho months of tlio
spring- and uummer rush." -
Lower Body Lines Princi-
pal Change in New
Model Autos
Thousands of Motorists Know and We
Want You to Know That
GOODRICH
TIRES
Are "Best in the Long Run"
VULCANIZING TIRE REPAIRING
We will go any place in La Grande to
make tire changes Just call
MAIN 761 .
, Kelly Tire Shop
Adams Aye., with licdbctlcr
An elaborate1 flout depicting tho song "An Old-Kashioued Cardeu," won first prize for the Western
Auto Supply company in the division for commercial entries at tho annual Pasadena Tournament of
Hoses. The entry was made up of two scenes: an old man In a modern flower garden containing il
pergala with a domo of golden flowers, and an old fashioned garden before a vhie-envered coltugu. Tho
nlil man was observed looking hack into the past at ttio idd fashioned garden of his youth and an the
Hindus of thu song came to his ears tho old-fashioned miss und ohl-fashloned beau appeared before
him. This Is. tho third float out of thu four entered by tho Western Auto Hupply company siuco JD-3
that has won the first prize in the division for commercial floats. t
Electric Automobile Is Forecast
Made By Noted Deisel Engineer
NKW YORK', Jan. 2'J An olic
tiir uulomolillo Jn which a orudo
oil liurnliiB iIImksI onBlno furnlsh(8
I tlH- power through an olnctrlc iiiut
I or ilrlvo. Ih what loomfl before ubc,
If the furvcuat of I.. H. Morrison,
noted dlesel enBlneer. .comes true.
Morrison Isn't olono In this pro
phesy, rractlcally every dlesel en
gineer In tlio world 1ms Hint con
fidence. In the future use of tho
crude oil liurnlnir non-lKnltlon en
Klne ns niitoni'ollve power plnnt.
'I'hey're upheld ly recent progress
towarif this acconiiillshment, tho
actual construction of a dlesel that
is much lighter than tlio cubcr
sonio type still employed for com
mercial and ship use, and at tho
Raino time, is a high speed power
plnnt compnrnlilo with tlio gaso
line engine In automobiles.
The new dlesel ts still much
heavier thnu the .suaollna, motor
HOW'S YOUR OIL?
Oil in your car been changed lately?
It is a wine policy to have it changed
frequently in winter weather. Greater
carbon accumulations alone make it
necessary. .
TRY
TODAY
Fletcher
Oil Co.
First Independent in State.
now In use. 'Tint It mnhes up for
(his by its high, efficiency, its
economy and its simplicity.
With an electric motor drlvo to
the rear axle, connected by means
of a genenator to the power plant
in front, Morrison believes stall
ing and jerking will be alnv)st im
possible. And when the slngto-nct-
Ing dtesel gives way to tho double
acting dlesel gives way to tho
I double-acting type.. In whic'h every
stroke of tho- piston Is a power
stroke, the weight of tho englno
will bo considerably reduced.
The Worthlngton double acting,
proven practicable In Tampa, the
government's first converted inotor
ship. At the sumo time, it is said.
it will run a car 60 miles on a
I gallon of crude oil, us contrautud
with or even 30 .miles on a gal
l Ion of tho higher priced gasoline,
tin present auto motors.
London Is Home
Of New Colors
For Motor Car
I,ONIOM, Jan. 2il The motor
car show at Oyiripla was filled with
color, 1
After riding out through Ken
sington gardens in tlio gray of a
London afternoon, it was a pleas
ure to bo greeted by the burst of
harmony one saw ut the show.
CJ roe n u n d c rea m , ora n go a n d
black, blue ami silver; whole fam
ilies &T brmvns and grays, make tho
new cared seem a very flower gar
den.. The way to Hampton Court
and 'Windsor will He like a silken
scarf in the snow when these cars
take to the highroad o a winter's
day.
To sen the sunset through a all
vVry fog Is to find the true colors
which to me means London! M-oth-er-of-pearl,
crimson and white
gold. Hlg Hen booming Hirough
tlio mists, and the tall spires of
parllatm-nt and the tower bridge,
frowning their reflections in tho
! Thames, and watching them wav
j cr. break und slowly begin their
i journey to the sen.
! Then Is plenty of color In old
I Loudon! It peeps out at you
through the breaking fog of early
morning when the guard marches
, out behind Its band. Stepping
j smoothly along past tho palaces
i and round the noble Queen Vic
toria fountain; It flickers -on tho
1 dance floor at five o'clock of an
j afternoon at the Havoy. when
; pretty girls in old rose, apple green
' and beaver brown step to the state
i ly measures of the tango and gy
! rate to tho Increased t"iupo of the
I onestt-p and tho Charleston. It
j smiles at you from tho gay win
dows of Selfrldges ami Harrod's.
i Yes, London is full of color!
1 Tu I'aris, the master couturiers
! have now developed color schemes
for cars inside and outside -which
are available to Americans.
Tltesn color whenn-s aro vcrlfid
by th-ir own signatures. It , will
now bo possible to have your ear
finished In the latest I'aris shades,
picked out especially for your typo
of model.
$100,000 Racing
Auto Makes 200
Miles, Is Claim
LONION, Jan. 2lf (Al') A big
red mysb-ry auto, cosllng $100,1100
to construct and capable of devel
oping a speed of 2fo miles an hour,
will be sent to the United Slates
In February for a speed test on
some Klorlda beach, yet to be selec
ted. The rar. which Is shaped like
a sea sled und has enclosed tires
to cut down wind pressure. Is 32
feet long and six: feet wide. It
presents a serious attempt on the
part of lirilish manufacturers to
'capture spef d records now held m
the jolted States. The car weighs
7.oTC Hiunds. consumes 4 gal
lons of gasoline u minute and is
capable of developing 1.000 horse
power. The power Is divided over
two fpotors, one being slung over
each taxto. It. contains a secret
transmisiilon and ' control sysb-in,
recently invented. The- manufac
turers of the. car, which was con
structed secretly at Wolver Hump
ton, claim that it Is tho lurgest
ever built.
I ' The speed test In Hie VnpVd
I States will be held under the mts
1 pices of the contest board of Ihe
! American Automobile association.
' In tho test it will be driven by
'Major IL O. Heagrave, noted Brit
ish speed driver.
of :i"8 full car loads of gasoline
und oil wero used.
As an Indication of tho growth
of 1'ackard's business in - tho last
fivo years tlio report shows that
car load shipments totuled 17,347
railroad freight cars as against 5,
230 cars in 1U20. Packard's
freight and express bill for tho
year was considerably, In excess
Of $1,000,000.
HOYS TOO ltlSKY
SAYS KAFl.TY CHIIIP
iJuiing 192(1 hundreds of boys
have been accidentally killed by
autos as a result, of riding blcyclos,
says Albert W. Whitney, vlco-presi-dent
of tho national safety council.
V(m "HIGHWAY"
FlKt'ltATlVti TKUM
; Tho word "highway" is said to
comn from iho namo of tlio old Hu
man road which was elevated as
m,ieh as four f'.it. aboyo tho sur
face to pbruiit" good 'drainltigo. ''
Three new model l)odgo sedans
were received this week by I. O.
Smith, local dealer. The ho new
cars have a lower body lino, which
gives the car a mora graceful up
pearanco when seen on thu road,
and the sun-visor Is mudo with the
top, giving just tho right slant
thure.
Although tho car is about threo
inches lower than bef-oro tho clour
auco underneutli is the sumo.
Thu curs are finished in a dark
blue-gray color, with a bluo und
orange strip, black fenders und
dark green wheels with un orango
strip. As most of thu new cars
the side windows uro narrower
from tho top to tlio bottom.
In accordance with tho iJodgo
llrothers motto. "No yearly models,
but constant Improvement'. There
Is no great change in tho inechun
ism of the car, ulthuugh eevurul
parts urn Improved.
"Tho heretofore prevailing cu-
loin on the part of cur buyers of
having delivery withhold iiutll
spring is growing less und less each
year,' says Smith. "This Is now
a thing of tlio past, duo to a proper
analysis of tho many conditions
surrounding winter deliveries
working to tho benefit of thu cus
tomer. "The new cur tight, staunch
will better withstand the strains
of winter roads, will break In bet
ter, und will cost less to run than
-un older cur. l'ractically tho solo
possibility of damage Is freezing
tlio radiator, which can bo pre
vented by tho iiso of a proper
amount of an antl-froosso solution
In tho cooling system. Breaking
in a new cur in winter is eusler,
quicker, und far mora satisfactory
and successful than breaking In a
new car In spring or summer when
there is a temptation to overspeed
and use the cur mora carelessly.
IcaiMs Discomfort
"The all-year motorist escapes
tho discomfort of wet foot and
damp clothing nlso.
"Alud and rain causa moro dam
ago to exterior finish than does
snow. There Is moro mud and rain
in tho spring than In tho fall and
winter. Mud scratches, snow does,
not. Furthermore, tires show very
llttlo wear from driving over snow
covered roads, unr oven on tlio
u W...I 1.... nC u-l..t. lir.u uiwtl
jus. those used on our cars stand
j up nnd receive mile dumago,
j' ' "At this season wo aro ablty (0
TOI'ItlSTS OF l K.
IJOAVII HIIJilONS
United Riutes auto tourists to
Oanuda last year left nearly $200,-
000,000 in that country, according
lo u careful estimate made by A.
W. l.'umphnll, dominion commis
sioner of highways.
Ford Four Will
Go Marching on,
Henry Tells All
DKTItOIT. Jim. 29 A' "i'Vrd
hIx?" Not Huro is how Ford him
self put It:
"A Blx-cyllnder car? Wo shull
not iiml(! jih;. Wo tnudn a thou
wintl Hixru 20 yours uko und Hold
I hem ull for two thotiHund dollnra
each.
"Our rur fer the next season will
be tlio Ford cur with tho usual 1m
provemunlH. We still bellevo U is
first-dims transportation value for
the money and (re backing l
for ail. we' aro worth."
For production will so on ut
boforo, Ford evidently bellaves. t,
"The reason wa har bn tblQ .
Iu sell IS million Fort) er In tb
pust still operate for th future,
un far as we Bra oonoarOAd," b
said. . j,
"The Ford rank are eooBtantly
replenished with sew buyers, and,
tlio ond of the line la not In slht,
'J'heru Is a saturation point for
debt,-and for speculation, but not
for utility." . f,t.
So the Ford four will (o maroli
Ins oul - t i v if
General
Gasoline
Keeps cold motort
humming
WATCH YOUR OIL
Winter driving causing a much( Quicker
dilution of crankcase oil than ordinary
summer driving. Easily overlooked,
yet it is very important- your ' motor
needs f reshvoil to insure against, costly
repairs. ' ' " "y:, f,'"
Drive in Today We'll drain the crank
case and refill with
LA GRANDE FILLING STATION
KUHK&ZWBIFEL'..".
Give Statistics
of Annual Work
in Auto Plant
December Shipping
Records Show Gain
SVItAfL'SU. N. Y Jan. 29
Sliinients of Frunklln ears for the
month of iJi'cember exceed
ed the record of If-eemler of the
i prcvluus year by moro than 41 per
I'-, -ill, John W. I.cc, Jr., nierrhan
! ,Ji.lii niami'iT for that company.
' n v, ale.l lier" tndny In a revh-w of
j gondii lun.4 in the. automotive In
i 'Justry. 1'lte Franklin Automobile
; fompauy is already caceiltliij; plana
j or one of the greatest years In Its
Itlstury, Lee said, based on the evi
dence of future shipment orders
I received for the curly months of
the year.
Some idea of the maKnllude of
operations In the plant of an auto
mobile company where all of the.
car is inanilfact ured except such
thiiiKS as tires, electrical eouip
ment and such specialized parts,
is obtained from the annual report
of the Fackard .Motor t:ur com
pany traffic di parlnient.
There was a total of ri;ii,4:i2.
r30 pounds of frelKht. moved in
and out of the l'nekard plunt dur
Ini,' the company's last fiscal year.
Tills represents a tonnage six and
one half times the total wclitht of
the I. H. R. Leviathan, larKest
steamship In the World. To trans
port It all at one time, would re
quire a freluht train 243 miles
long-. If each one of these pounds
were a pound of coal there would
bo enoiJBh fuel to run tho Michi
gan Central's crack filer, tlto lie
Irolter, from IMrolt to liuffalo
:',":H times and the whol" I'uek
urd tonnatre woiild euual the
weight of 1.177 locoiiioliveu of lb"
type of those us- d to haul the Lie
1 loiter.
Tile r"lorl of the Fackard traf
fic deportment shows that there
were J.&S!i car toads of coal and
coke received. Ni'W machinery en
tennx the plant, "durllltf tile year
reiiulred 2:';' freight curs. A total
BEAUTY
even in utilitarian details
AT-the. wheel of a Studebakcr Custom
Sedan you face an instrument board
combining convenience with beauty.
Finished in duotone lacquer, it blends into
the color harmony which characterizes the
custom interior.
Instruments arc attractively grouped in an
oval, under glass, and ingeniously lighted by
indirccT; illumination so that there can be no
glare or rclledtion.
Boili an engine heat indicatorand gasoline
gauge arc conveniently located here, as well
as the speedometer, oil pressure gauge and
ammeter.'
Let us show you the many custom features
of iitudebaker Custom Sedans.
'
The No-draft
Ventilating Windshield
ylu exclusive feature ojij ;t'
Studebaker Qtslom Sedans , "
Studhbaker cneinecrs have developed a new-type
windshield whicli insures a constant flow of freih ',
air without drafts or moisture. ' " ; '' -'
Iiy turning a handle oil the dash, the windshield
may be set to deflect the air up over the heads of oc
cupants, or down through specially designed chartrtf Is
into the driving compartment. Midway between these
positions it forms an air-tight barrier. , ,; . . ,
An added advantage is that when set for cowl ven- '
til.ition.air is allowed to enter, but no water can come
into the car, even in the severest storm. - -
' High engineering authorities have pronounced this C
the most scientific and satisfactory type of windshield '.
ever produced. It is an exclusive feature of Studebaker '
Cuftom Sedans. See it on Studebaker Cuftora Sedsns
at our showroom. " s. , . -
THE STANDARD SIX SEDAN
F. o. 1). factory, fully equipijed, .including 4-whcel brakes, disc
vvhccls and no-draft ventilating windshield (exclusively Stude
baker). .
M. J.GOSS
STUDEBAKER
$1385