LA 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.
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Company
Real Estate
REALTORS
Loans
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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