La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, February 26, 1927, Image 21

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Newspaper Page TextLA GIlANDE EVENING OBSERVER Page Seven 1927 CARS BETTER BUILT, SUPERIOR TO ONES OF THE PAST NASH SHOWS LATEST VOGUE IN DESIGN World Is Ready For More Autos Umatilla Grades 47.36 Miles Roads n total of 142.0(1 mllOH or pr! rondfl and l!i..tt mile of muumUMn market .road tn thtt county fniflhi period 1020-2(1. v ' ! "The world In nt tho slurt of u very larRe inoronse In Hh motor l'lSNDLRTON. lh. 2. (AP) A toml of 47.3(1 mile of market . ' v -''at"' 1 rVnny1vanla IrRliilatbr wuld have to wear hlh hatM. frock toat and Hirlned iantH it i nienifie In that Htuie puMKd. WVil HKe to Hee the women lawmakorH if that liritpoHftl pot hv. , lrs r j i trnntriortH(lon fucintU'K," ponrludca Walton HchmltU, who Iiiih poiu. rondH In l-muiiUa - immiy' wero j Knuled durliiK the hlenolom 1 1 r -1 20 and 37.40 .miles Hiii fnced, uo obrdlim ti tho reiui't uf tlio i-tuni-ty rtwnlmiinler lnro. Thin rimkon Iiloted tin 11-month tour an field rt'prcwntnttvo of tho Nutfonal Au (omoltllf rltiinibtT of oomnioroo. Balloon Tires, Four-Wheel Brakes and Three-Speed .. Gear Systems Almost Universal Cleansing i : ' Appliances Add to Engine Efficiency Cars Have Attractive Appearance. Saturday, February" 26, lWfr. WAIT! WATCH! AND SEE! The New and Finer MOTORING INDUSTRY ADVANCES Italloon tires, four-wheel brakes and three-speed (rear system almost universal. Cleansing appliances add to engine efficiency. Newer model of cars are briRhter in hues, more at tractive tthades and combinations in all. I'hnNHta of llifl .rnntnr .vi'hlrlo. At any rata l!!2tt him retrlftlcreri a iIIh- tho fiuliyinnnt tho in. . Tlw tendency wlilrh , hiin lionn marked far Kovprnl yonm In u-o-duro cnmllilnhK of HcaiillnCM la pnnlnn nipr.ilion haa hecnino km pral pi-nr'tlrA. "Most earn af Ihn ; . liy Alexander Johnston , V" . In Tho .Now York Timr-H Many interesting tendencies are disclosod in tho mechan ical and constructional features of the 1927 cars. The six cylinder power plant dominates the i'iejd of generous mer gers. There is, however, a marked tendency toward the eight cylinder, type, as four makers hitherto identified with six blinder cars are introducing the greater cylinder variety, nomelv Marmon: Paiire. Chandler and Stearns-Kniirht. In the four-cylinder class the price range runs from $380 '.' ';" ;m tho wai.iny. .V , . i j iw irnr j- u r .. nildipr In KlInuclitK nml i-usli on the lowest-pneed Ford model to $1595 lor the four-cylinder t, , ,..,,,., r. i.i-i- t lYHIgllV. UVbUIUU Jl-Cill IIO-IYHiJin.. -ait ure ni.x-j 1.MW..1 there is.?m even wider range, beginning at $725 for the little Star and reaching up to the $7'I60 for the big Locomobile. Among the eight-cylinder models the price range rnns from about $1695 to $0650. f An interesting feature of price conditions in the various classes is found in the fact that with the four-cylinder cars six out of eight are priced below $800, among the sixes forty six out of sixty are priced below $2000, while nine out of nineteen eights sell for less than $2000. All this furnishes ti renewed proof of the fact that American automobile manu facturers consistently pass on to their customers the savings -uchieved by their progress in manufacturing and selling. In the mutter of wheelbase the fours, as even Sherlock llolmes might deduce, show the lowest average, ranging from 100 inches to 120. The wheelbase of the sixes runs from 107 to 142 and the eights have a range from 110 to M6. i: . Started Ball Rolling 'i The Overland company started the "European type" ball rolling in June when it produced its Whippet. This little four qylinder car has the low fuel consumption of European en gines, but it has not lost the snap and go that is the outstand ing characteristic of the American car. 5 After the Whippet inndo Hh haw ; ; -a, 'number of other coninnnleH put i tlori that han achlnvfil 11 position VUnropean - type" tnndHH on ltiaf ilcflnlte Importance la a greater inurket. Moon produced a "Mar- i UlW f ruhlier in sllcnalni; aari rush onean type" als. (Inrdner an- innlni; the rliutwlM anil unit. A pounced an elKht-ln-Hno and re-1 number of the 1927 models whlrh rently Xrarmnn beftan marxetlni.' It! )1V! nlrrnriy . inmlo their appear ance employ rubber cuahlonft In vaiiouK partu of the chnKsia. Ilub- '-" j , jI Hoit U iin t'ollrrly iirw yokho In hody ilrsln. tlili'li" was InirmliifHHl nl tlio Xo York nit(o show hv a-li. , Ik the advaorod Six .nthaxsniir iikmIoI. Nasli t ars uro IuiimIIoI how hy Tnn hMd and Tn'kell. . , ' ' vmioe oyer, anythlp-ihat liaK,frnu; ho"foro. ; Not otily. inlb11. hodywnrk i ijf the ar. hliiitd UUlo, cho;tt and j tnonlK of real Interest In tho field f Nleeve-vnlvo enKlnos. It was ror oemly aitnoitnoed that' Continental Motors had hotiKht thft. rmhta to o.xpeniiva "hot tor ctmHU'u,tlel1. mur tho ArK.vlo single nloeve-valve en- t ititraoilve .'nnd. - auirdlpr -than" over Kino, whloh had heeii In' use in I hefure hut tljo-varioty.of hody'lyvtf.s t KiiKland for fifteen or more years, i jhat Im niy- aya tin hlo . loaves hlmo'tjt It was announced that the Arnyl nothlnK that the averaKO Ituyors oaKino would he plnoed In pro- could ask ouiVldo nf tho'HiUw man-' dtu-thin, and It was Konerally mi- njrer's ahifhy to furnish. . t dersiond that several oompanles' In nt oitoV foatute of the onnlp- pi'esent vlnuiKe are equipped with wore interested In produelnK a oar ment if our iyi'7 'oai'H haH there air eleanorN. Kasollne flliern and J "powered with this single sloovo- heen a mpro dooldod troml than tn. many have oil reotiflers. ll I.h nh;nlve eiiKlno. Tho oh-lne will ho that of the tires that are furnlshod vlous (hat If the air. the oil ami' on oxhlhltlon, and there may ho as standard. Uist year there woroi the fuel are all effooitvely eleanori nil InterosiiiiK announoemenl of many makes which offered balloon I hefore they . enter the. onwlno a some kind hefnro Iohk. i Oiiulpinenli at a sllwhtly Inoreasotl' oondillon nf theoretical perfect; menntlino the Knluht ?MHl. This year ihoro are only a ! olennlinoss haK heen produced. Ulrl j Hi(,Pvo-valvo engine has not heon hurt half doxen ears whloh do not of varlouH kinds has always count!-. rp3t UfX fR lM ni,reirft t n(w onin- "l halloon tires as xtandnrd -equip-j luted tho principal hnsilln f'ictorpanv naM rf,,,pn,v it'ocn fnrrnod in ""l- ' J with which the autornohtle engine I)olroit n nP0(m.0 slx-oylhider I There" Is scarcely "n make" foday j has had to oonlend. Dirt, road lIKni(.nt (.(nct ,.,. Xa sell In the that is not nf'lorlnk' u low-prlvod and Htray forelKn matter oitlcrlimi m.lKhhorhood of $1000. The presi- cloned model of tho typo tinorally with the air have produced ""'j (i0,n nf I his now eonoern Is John referred tn as Meonli..'.' Many hoti, an element Inimical to effl-;A -jfj,,,! a fnrmer l)ode llroth- makers call these : "two-door so-1 olont operation and even to the ftPH orfJrinl( t H understood dims" and have other special deNlu- aetua! pliysloal life of tho enlno. ' Ull Jnlin N . WillyH Is Interested fl- nations., hut the fai t remains that nirt and foreign mutter In thO ,ul ncitillv In the company, which the low-cost' closed modal Ik now luhrlcatlntf oil have caused scorinK ,lilH noen nnnw tho l-'alcon Motors tho huckhono of almost every lino l or too cyunuor wans ami mis o on (:(irnill.atin. production will ho In the industry. .'; . ' - more serious. i started in the HprinK. . .' Many cars also have heen equip- . ne hrnkes is nno of! . :-,,, ped h a cranKcaae ven tin,; I p J ulXl ?Wk yeaT a, . W? Z'Z system. This helps to keep the nil n,,,h01. (,r i,ie,.M no dls- ""r" m'hnol ,r' pure by prevea,.n the prec.pl.a, : ' '', f ' h,:",tl . "'' r.Pn, . tbo pttbl.c, ttcco,,..,,, tlan of water, which used to Work , An,(,K , fom-cyllader car two "T ""' f'"" '"1 I n.d. commission, such havoc on the lubrlcatlaK final- ! h.iv(1 (imr wn,.,. innp,, ,1M slaadard Itlcs of the oil. i 0,,i,,iiic,,i. i.'nrtv-ulv of tho sixes " ..;.-" . ' Ihlllnon Tires. cirry four wheel brakes and 1H Tt would 'scarcely be accurate to nut of 1! nlKbl-cyllnder moilcls are speak of tho balloon tiro as a ten- equipped with brakes on 'all four dency. The hlK section. lav-ires- . wheels, Pontiac Six ':1 '; :'V;i,;v-:fsit'H'-. New Lotv Prices COMING SOON Read Our Definite Announcement Next Week. Chas. McCraru Washington Avenue Garage overhead valve elKht-ln-llne, which Han the Bmall bore, hlnh speed haraeterlsllM of tho l-.uropean n.r .shackles are belnK used in the ; B1,re ,r(. has been more or less; m the faur-ryllnder elasii six nf pe. ay tae nine inrso "riHprinR suspension. Knnner pnas firmly established for two or three the models place the foot brake on th print there will ie on Ovfrlnad re helnn placed under the radiator Vears. Ilowever.'tho trend toward tho rear wheels. Iwo lmve the four ' and. at other paints where wenr.the use of nalloons has been even wheel type ami unit employs a and the uradunl loosenlnts lnevlt- ..renter than In the past: A recent transmission larike. On the olheri hand, fix of the fours hirtge the: hand brake on the rear wheels and Whippet Hlx and there will prob tFbly he other announcements uf rtew models carrylnK this happy combination of Kuropenn ami uhle in service have ln the past ere- ..pnort of the Tire nml Kim Assocla. ated sciueaks aad rattles. The iion shows that In l'J2ci of all the American design. Tho movement i chances are that as our chemists ,.ms iiroduced 79 per cent were three place the emeiKeacy equlp- nas reacaeii tae siuk m a iii-uiiiut pn runner in in men- experunentn- rnP imloon casings. This means tendency. ' l.tlnn with rubber and discover new 1!mt bullopn li'es (ire now stand- Hnliler I'secl As Silencer w"1 flroperties of the sabstnnce. more'ri nn u' majority of'cars. Another tendency In construe-1 use will be found for it about tho' -phc year has seen dovelop- misting, To Luck! There are scores of motorists who are taking chances, not so much with their own lives as with their own pocketbooks. If they damage another car. or.. in jurejsome one, there's often no limit to the amount , of money the accident can cost them. Proper automobile insurance .takes the thing out of the hands of chance.' :,You may have an accident sometimes they are unavoidable but you can make sure that the insurance, company will pay all tho bills. . ' ; ' AH Types of Automobile Insurance Security at Lowest Rates Protect your investment with one of our comprehensive poli cies not only your car investment but everything of value you have. That's the only way you can protect yourself against a possible disastrous loss. If you are buying a new car, a used one, or if you are insuring for the first time or re-insuring, we invite a chance to explain the details of our auto policies and quote you rates on various classer. You'll be pleased with the prompt, and excellent service. La Grande Investment Company Real Estate REALTORS Loans Security Savings Bank Bid p. Insurance , menli-on tho transmission, one model has n hralte equalizer. I AmonK the six-cylinder models j forty-six use font brakes operating, oh all four wheels. Twelve sixes ! ha ve tho font hra k o on the rear ; ; wheels and one uses a transmission; j Im-atlon. KIkIU of the sixes em-j ply ofiuali.ors fnr their hnikoH. When we come to the location nf i the hand hrakrs on the six-cylinder oars we find that 3)! models have thorn placed on tho transmission and 24 on tho roar wheels. I In the field of clutch design mul tiple diso ami plate now divide hon- ors with the once dominant c.nno ! dtt Ich a memory. ArnoiiK the i four-fylinder oars there are four : makers who stand hy tho disk clutch anil five that hold vfith the i plate typo. In tho six elasH we find i 40 plate clutches and 10 disk. There ! is also one special typo, which real- y falls into tho plate category. Tho j elKht-cyllmler class had 13 plate, I four tli.se and one special design. With regard to the typo of en gine construction wo find that the L-hond variety prrdomi nates. Amnnj? the foiir-elylnilor oars seven are Ij-hoad, one Is n valve in the head and one a Knight sleeve valve jiih. In the field of sixes 44 are L-hendx, 11 are vnlvo In the head, four are sloovo vnlvo and one is a side ami head com hi nation. Tho eiKhlH run ltt I. -heads, throe vnlvo In tho head anil there will he a sloovo valve Joh In this classifica tion hefore tho show opens. In tho matter nf oooIIok the tendency is toward tho positive op eration of tho pump type. Among tho four-cylinder oars four models have the thermo-syphon und have fit pumps. In the six-cylinder field f7 have pump noollntf, two thermo syphon and one employ nlr (not hard to identify our old friend Franklin). The eljrhtH nr entire ly devoted to pump eoolInK, there heiriK no thermo-Kyphon ndvwntCH in this class. (iettinK Into typen of roar nxloH used we find the four-ry Under i laws unanimous In employing the semi-fln.-itlm; type. In the field of sixes not finite such unanimity ex ist s. there helnK 4' em I -float Inc. eiuht threo-fuatter floating and three of tho full floating variety. Amontr tho eights 13 are seiui floatin and three employ the full floating type. rrom axles we naturally drift to springs. In this field tho seml olllptic type Is tho leading one. Seven of the four-eyllnder models eniphy seinl-rtliptloK, one has n transverse and one n cantilever de sign. Amonc the slxe. T3 have snil-elliptlc sprlniffi, four rami lever, one full elliptic, one trans verse anil one threo-iUariors ellip Uo. In tho ei'ht-eyllndor rlasnlft- catfon IS hold to tha seinl-elllptlr and one uxcm tho threequurters el liptlo. It In Interestlnff lo note that the t hree-speed cea rhox Is practlca 1 1 y universal. The Ford of courn has nnly two speeds forward and a re verKe, hut that Is not a Koarhox In the ordinai-y nense. The bltf Ivteo mobile has n four-speed Keaihox In Kurope tho Reneral practice runs Jufft tha otlier way and four Hp1 rr et would prolmhly bf In n majority of tue car. In the field of automobile bodies 0ur Guarantee- Our guarantee of "Satisfaction or Your Money Back" boiled down to a few words, means that every article MUST BE RIGHT or we will make it right, either by refund, replacement or repair, r. . -' ' Wfestero Auto Supply Company . ' , ' ' $jLOtfyLtAdvnt PRESIDENT. As Good ooia W Kvl I This Week' Special "SimonV Simoniz knd Cleaner " A bl'lter cU'uuvr und R iHHtinK linllKh. , ICvr;. IjoUv kiinwn of Ih.rt. twi. l'or itnv flii.Hli- Thli wel.'s hijccIuI pilto only, ACn ; , i -trial H t. eaf.'ll Nickeled Wlndthield Cleaner An llranl and efflrlrnt loirhlr tilad Imnd clFar.r. Wln bolh ildea of (tlaM. Vvrv .tird llv itiurj and li.ndaotn.lv rtl.-k- $1.05, as Spring Steel Bumpers Our guarantee had earned thousands of friends for. us, folks like to buy where they know their ab solute satisfaction is assured by a guar antee that is as good; as gold J These protect from collisions and reduce insur ance premiums. Snappy looking made of best oil tempered high carbon spring steel. Ford, Chevrolet, Star and Overland. .,. ... .$8.85 Same, for larger cars. .$11.90 Others, including stylish Bumper Tips, $11.75 to $15.80. ."Aurora" Ornament . Thl" nrwunent lend therown Jnir tourh nf dUtlncttotr tu mny ' rur. lnMi4t-lMhahl bronxft fin . lKlied In viMitilne stiver..- hiit A" r'llv Into ri.ill.'it.ii' rap. Tw Nli.K. 16.00 und iHfrO. . (ttli.T ruilhitur uninnicntt. $1.10 to $4.30. f Electric Windshield Cleaner The Intent Improved elcctrlo winer for ontn or iloned car. Huiit tn cmnuift wettthvrptouf mm. Kfllv Instilled. Mlri nit wh'Vr ,.,.$7.50 Two wlpen, oleuna tntirt wlu'l- Hiiield 10.00.. Vacuum ootrstcd elianin (1 B& io Hand cleaners 38c to $1.30 "Pyrtna Fira Extinguihe Kay tu uptrr and arm UjU to JWoUn flit An uuruil Tttm ui-IUnc. rcKtnnif fflnl Itv 'h S llDKl Mnfl ot y.'t i;ndcr rttf" Hrtli fll.iatl. With bri kt I VO A l'ji.a r-rill Qumri 11.19 "Wixard'- Storage Baterie Tor cmrn or radio. Wiz ard 8lor Ralt.H.a in nn.rltd. TheV K)V4 n. any troulile-(rea houra of aarrlca t aurorl.lnnly low coat. Frlctd. aocord Inc to (Mat from 9M op. "Neva-Loet" Locking Radiator Cap A neat wlna ran. henvltv nlrh led with Inrh f'ir im.m.iiK-iiT. Qniii'tei' turn uiumi. hi- Im.-U. a riiriilv. l-'or anv i-Hi. $1.95. Oilmr rrtdlutur r.tna jc to 16.75 Road Lights Thev nlrk out ftta rnincll aota und cl iififi.r lllf Ilfuvti! fx. I.nifnllal to .if nlKtit itilv'nir. il.ert $4.35 lo $4.00 Dual Interior Mirror Two n"ifirt nilrrn- nn nr liiiiUCl Dial holli ilrlver nml frmt vul imtnjiiirr fun iIih mini hehl.ul. Ii-n.vy plut Kktfn 'I.Vj. Otlier inlfrora 68c h. $2.35. top SijjnaU , Pppenihtl-l tttott lniil hlp yini avuiil aci'ltientii. ''cntrn Alllu" nffwi-H fllMv KililHI!tet ntnu slirniiU nt fv n-lrea r ; n (; -IIK $ 1 .75 ro 3.75 Weitern Air Patrol Radios MiuIa In 5 Tube. S Control and fl 'I'u le. 2 Control atylea. The bat ruilloit obialimble at n.v where near our Inw prlcoe. Wuprb ttnir anil volume, very elective and P...1V to onernte. and tin uttuuliv hunilHome. Aak abnat imr KltKK home trial, and hear one at (Iifhi auuerb aeta ut home without rout, 'Hassler' Stabilizers Thev ruarunlfe p:ijv rhllrijc undfr all rotidllhtiiM. Kvhv tnotoriai knotva ther.i. For all cara. at "WMiern Aulo" v Prlrd $18.50 to $42.00. 'Wedford' Air -Spring Cushion A wfdifi-hritd xiirtn cu!h hn. rovifil In durable vor iluinv rlnth. fared with A cord (f'iin over nuiitliiK to tn-fVfnt f I'k hue hi warm weather. $3.50. Trouble Lmp 1 , M . j -More than 150 Stores in the Wf Supply Co. '' UlVi Adams Ave. La Grande - Oregon You'll find doz ana uf llaea fur It. Servea as auotllaht. tn.uhla llKht or canlfl I Ik IX. Duralilv niado. with rllU- . tir i"i''H.wl cltimua to Vvyxli ' auratchlng ....$Z.3S "McKay" Tire Chaint Thv hold faat nn any turfnro. KilllV aliarHlUtfi-it. Knr lilal) pa- aur or ballttoti. tli"!. Prlr.d.. airordlnc to alee. J3.9S to $11.1$ vir aal. - ; ; Auto Top Recover Kecover vour rar at low rout. Thaae cov.ra ar acrurattly almid and dur-. Hll. . ord repnvwa. lji.tln mbhar flotn, rut. atltilird with, iiuholat.iv int rhtla. All inod.la. from $3.6 to $.$. i Da Luxa Racovara. Kxtra h.ary'. weiitliTuroof iiiateriai. complata ttita ( linhol.terv. . . .. Ford modrla, $9J?9 to 111 JO. ,. Chevrolet Touilnl. irraln flnlan. 111.71.' Ui.dK i'ourln. train laaUiar Dalee. $155. jtho hhow markd n very real od