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f , , . . ' . - Motoring News M (Sntttifc JEWMtig lllBW Auto Section VOLUME XXV, LA GRANDE, OREGON, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 19; 1927. NUMBER 185 MONTANA PLANS MORE HIGHWAYS State Expects to Call for Bids on 40 Projects During 1927 l Wiln will bo culled und coutructH Id during tlu 1927 construction jiouHuit on 40 Montana highway projects to cost approximately $2,. im.uOU, according to plans of tho Mont mi a stutr; highway conunis hhmi announced by H. W. Holmes, chief engineer, recently. Harrlng un Co raven complications, all 40 projects will bo developed Hlmultunoously and bids will bo opened for ull work ut regular in. tervuls during the season with June 1 designated us the final duto r tho letting of contracts. Let tinns will be announced at least two weeks in advance depending upon the rapidity with which sur veys arc mudo und reports com pleted. falling for the construction of more thun 800 miles of new roads, two short Hi ret cites of pavement and two bridges, the 40 projects comprise the lurgcut annual stuto highway program in tho history of Montana. Announcement in tho Pacific Itulldcr Jiiid Knglnecr that surveys will have been completed, plans prepared and bids called on this list of projects before Juno 1, 4. subject only to minor changes, is tin; final authority that Montana's $10,000,000 highway construction program will postively be launched this year. Tho program was au thorized at the gene'rul election Held Nov. 2 when the voters up proved an Initiative measure enabl ing the state of Montana to mulch fed er ut aid funds on u 5(1-44 basis ; to complete a state highway sys tem within tho next 11 years to cost not more than $40,000,000. I To Have Crushed Itoc-k Surface j The 300 miles of new roads uro divided into 3ti projects. Kaeh will have a 1'2-foot bed and a 15-foot crushed rock surfuco. Surveys yet to bo made will determine tho type of lied required by Individual pro jects. The average cowt of con st ruction will bo about 7,000 per . 50 MILES AN HOUR FOR 24 HOURS , - . . , 1 M I PIHT PhotogrHpli shows 3gUIS ' , . ; ' . . , . I-Xsex SiiKr-Six sttlnii m Its . ' " " 1 . ' AHfc - 2t"liour mil on the, Culver , ( ' ' v -' "Sfew ' V t'ity. California, truck, Ixmcr, , , ' .ttWjSw. Hrr'K K.l!"-li!.'g 'U.our run F I . -any ' mile, it is estimated. The two paving projects ore' known respectively as tho Jlutto Paving Project und the Anaconda Puving Project, located in Silver How and J eer Lodge counties, Kneli is between two und three miles long and Mio maximum ap propriation for each is $20,000, or a total of $40,000. Alternate bids will he received on blacktop und concrete. ( Creosutcd timber construction Is specified tor the two bridges. jjccks win have a miununous sur face. One bridge will be built near Poison, Flathead county, ut a cost of $100,000; the other, known us the Dearborn bridge, will bo built in J-iewis und Clark county at a maximum cost of $80,000. Of tho WE DO ALL KINDS OF HAULING Any Time - Anywhere - Any Place Just leave your moving problems to us. A phone call is sufficient. FRANK ' CLEAVINCiEK Office Phone . Res. Phone Main 85 300-W hitler sum tho county' und federul aid will furnish $28,000 und tho statu not more than $7,000. . Projects Scattered All Over Klatn The projects are svenly distri buted throughout the slate. Tho largest amount of work upproved by tho Mon tuna commission for any one county ts found in two projects scheduled for Jefferson county. This work . Includes 30 miles of. new highway construction with a maximum appropriation of $212,000. A largo number of $50, ooo projects are Included in tho 1027 program.- , , Of the $2,244,000 to be spent on Montana roads this year, the stuto and the federal government will provide $1,020,000; the federal government, will finance entirely certain of the projects wholly with in Indian reservations - costing $2oft.ooo and counties will-mutch federal aid on work costing $1 1 'J, -U00. Slate funds will bo derived from Montana new three-cent gas tax. ; ' . J - Montana must have plans for all projects completed, ready for fi gures, on or before -tho last day In May, to be entitled to federal aid on this year's progrnm. Antici pating the necessity of completing surveys well ahead of that date, both the bureau of public roads and the' Montana stain highway commission arc organizing engin eering rorees which, will lake the field ut otiee. The highway connnisHion ' .has divided the slate into three main divisions which in turn are divided Into districts. Tho new road pro jects for each division arc itemized. by districts, on this page. All new roads will have a 22-foot bed and will have u crushed gravel sur face lf-feet wide. McKenzie Pass Will be Closed Until Next June . Kl.tJKNK. Ore.. Krb. 10 (AP) Tint McKenzie puss will Hot In: open this year until some time In June, according to M. A. iteed, of i the. Oregon .stages, who has re turned from a trip deep Into the . jtUKf on the snow motor purchased I 1; his company several years ago. ' No attempt, will be made to u,so I the mow motor this spring in an ' effort to open the pu&s earlier than June, In,' said. Snow is more than five feet . deep at Dead Horse hill, which was I as far as he was able, to go on his trip. Heed said, i -J) ust was raised near Wullerviltn as .cars pussed he said. A little farther along, just beyond Hluu ; Jilyur the . snow1 lino was reached. You Like Coffey Drop in at Second and Adams Avenue and Try us out for' Service. Yes, vc handle VELTEX Gasoline and Motor Oils because they arc guaranteed. Veltex Filling Station W. II. COFFEY, Mjjr. Twelve Years in the Business Ford Agency at i Enterprise Now I Has New Owner m vAU,OWA, tin;., Kcb. Ill The Jt-S-T Auto company, of Kutcrpriso oldest established l-'onl agency in Wallowa county, and an incorpor ated business, ias been purchased by Jl. M. MmiikIiu m, of WiUowti, the deal being completed this wei'k. Tmler tho terms of tho purchase, MHiighan obtain two-thirds of the ontsUindlng stock, und 1 hereby gain control of the business, und becomes owner of liie slock, ciiiipmcnt and building, n fine brick structure on Muin street, b0 feet by an feet. Tli.: Name of the company will remain the same, ami the policies will be .continued as in the. pawl and organization, including the of fice,' sale and mechanical force, will remain Inlnel, 11 was annouiie. vl, by Maughau, who is nmv the pres'dent of tho co.-poratloii and .active head und director. Trnr. Kttt cliff will be secretary aid treasurer, a position he iio-v holds. The aula business is not new to MuiiKhiin. bis experience. lathig buck to two years as supermt'-n-(leiit of the Hoick repair depart ment, of Spokane. In salc.nan ship 'h. was trained through in surant e ac'ivity, and in executive hud ndmintstratlve ability he :c cived Home excellent training in the operation of- the MaiiKh in J, umber mill on Powwutlut rid'. Cordial rHalluiiM will exist be tween the It, M. T. t'oiiipiiny at Ku lerpiise und the HtrHe-Wude com pany if Wajlowa, 'he olln-r laix-l-'oid agency In the county, und the two will work together for tie Ir mutual Interests und tho Interests of Hie l'ord company's product :t w libit they represent in Wullow a county. VAIfl'e the two agencies will be on, rrb ndty terms. It is disllmily undetslood. however, that I hey will be entirely independent of each other. . t "Have o" te-aid tin news? I'm roing 'o luairy l-'i ddii- Nan Ityke!" 'Hut I thought you aiteudy had u Itusbuiul." i "uh 1 turned luiu In." Life. 4,480,000 Autos Produced in U.S. During Last Year "Picture if you can a purude of automobiles, five ubreast, down a i 00-foot street and 16 feet apart. driven at u speed of 1& miles an hour," says .lint Mureloek, local Star ear dealer. "And now, with that picture, Im agine a parade of these cars for 10 hours a day und lusting 33 days. "If you can grasp tho size of this procession you can get a very good idea of what tho uutomobllo production In tho United Stales was last yeur. "There Were 4JN0.0O0 utltoiuo biles produced in the United States last year. That figure does not Indicate much to most of us. When translated into a parade past a given point it gives us an idea of Just what tho uutomobllo industry means in a physical way. Tho average length of a car is 15 feet. Leaving us much of un interval be tween curs but putting them five uhrcust und ut u speed of 15 miles un hour it would tnko moro thun a month for the parade to push, if it were halted at tho end of every ten hours.. If It were continuous it would take 332.7 hours. Tito parade would be 60 HI miles long. "General CJullient hulted tho German advance on Purls by the use of tax lea bs. commandeering every possible sort of vehlclo und rushing men to tho danger points by motor. H was thu firntitmo in history whero un army hud been removed swiftly by t motor und Purls wits saved. . "Kvery officer nnd enlisted muti in the United Stales unnji! could have his choice of 40 vehicles if Uncle Sa"m'a fighting men wero moved in the automobiles mado l' the United States lust yeur. "Tho yeur. 1926' was regarded as the banner year In tho history of automobile manufacturing but 1 i 2 G saw 105,000 moro care made than in the previous 12 months.v What 1027 holds lor me muusiry is to bo seen." Mi PUBLIC preference chooses the inimitable Chrysler "60" ONE of the most convincing proofs of Chrysler "60" superi ority is trying to match its features in any other six of its type and price. 7'Bearing crankihtxftt Impulse ncutraliterf Oilfiller; Air-c(ranri 4 4-Whtel hydraulic brahttt Full preuure lubrication! . t Manifold heat confrolf Levelizers front and rear These, with many other features that cannot be imitated, havebeenembod ied in the Chrysler "60" ever since its introduction. These typical features of thcChryslcr "60" were harmonized into the car's original engineering design and are ihus uniquely Chrysler insuring that flashing speed of 60 miles and more per hour, enviable acceleration of 5 to 25 miles in 7 Beconds, with the almost magical handling and operating ease that are typical of every Chrysler and endure through out its long life. It is for this fundamental reason that , the Chrysler "60" has been accorded a public preference that has f w tun I Coach $1145 . o. b. Pttrolt contributed substantially to Chrysler's dramatic rise from 27th to 4th place, v . . Chryiler "60" prices Touring Car, $1075j Club Coupe, $1125 Coach, $1145 Roaditer (with Rumble Seat), $1 175i Coupe (with RumWe Seal), $1245) Sedan, $1245. F. O. D. Detroit, mbltct to current Federal ex die tax. : All Chrvtler can arc protected ngainil tbefl under the Fedco Syitem. ., (. . ' Chryiler deoteM are In (KMUIrm Mtend the convenience cf lime (Kiywwni. Ak alwui ChryiUr! attractive plan. Several Ways to KHminate (rutin ('m-slng Aecitlriits 1 : Hell your, ca 2 Sell your cu' 8 Hell your C'-tr. ,..Sell your cat. S If you can't sell It. junk It. - ' ' Lift). . MMi:it('l Alt CAMMMl (I'roin the Houston ('hronlcle) l!l2n HUDSON COACH New pulnt, trunk, bumpers, seat covers. This ear won't Inst long Terms No Itrokerage. A. P iirton Co. Hno Main 1'reslon 1'2 L. W. WEEKS Jefferson Ave. . Telephone 180-J CHRTSttS 'MQAtl N.U M B B R3 MBAN M 1 1. 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