La Grande evening observer., May 14, 1927, CITY EDITION, Image 9

(Sranite lEwmttg iterw I Auto section
Motoring New;
VOLUME XXV.
LA GRANDE, OREGONTDKllATrM'AT'll, 19277
RACING OF STOCK
MOTORS REVIVED
Taken Up Again by A. A.
A. After a Lapse of
Fifteen Years
WASHINGTON. Mn It (,V1')
Hloi U car i-arlnii Is In'lnic ri-vlwd
y fhc AiMfrican Automobile nti
nMirhitloli ardT it hips.' of ii your,
uml'T n''' nlh'H ilcsium-il to clim-iiiau-
abuMcH which cuuscd the Uo
ciini.' oi' tin- .sport.
,M;tny sp4M:d fans recall tin? days
1
Lowest Priced Six
with 4-wheel Brakes
Superior Quality
Nw Low View
CMch
Touring
Roadator
Conpa
Sedan
Landau
$795
765
825
795
875
925
Pricma and pcifi
cation mubuct fa
change without no
tic. Prict f. a. A.
factory. Willy,.
Ovmrtnnd, Inc.,
Toittto, Ohio.
hippetix
S GETTINGS & HANKS I
3 (i Cor. Fir and Jefferson
2 FORI) SEDANS
Like new.
3 FORI) COUPES
$200.00 and up.
I STUDEBAKER SIX SEDAN
Excellent condition $585.00.
3 DODGE TOURING CARS
License, good rubber. Choice
$100.00.
1 ESSEX COACH
Looks, and runs as it did the
, day it was new. $585.00.
1 One-Ton CHEVROLET TRUCK
Good rubber and good condi
tion. $225.00.
2 FORI) TRUCKS
Smith s
airage
"hen fum War immua uVsli;miU"l
the majority uf racing i-ara and Iho
number of especially built track
marvels were relatively lew. Hut
after a while, it l,.cum0 apparent
that the "mock cars" in those con
carried dlllereiit ,.,Ul)inent
than th(. autouioliil.-s of tile same
name offered for .sale. So Interest
In them waned, and the faster ma
chines hum i,y specialists frunkly
lor niciliK ellKaged the fans' atlcn
lion. Sine,, the racini," ,.,. ,11VI. ,.,.,,.-.
ed heinhls of k)Hed iiellher de.
shed nor allalnahle hy the average
moloiist. however, tho feellllK has
Klonu lhat all he was Keltlnu out
of a contest was the thrill of
walchliiir daredevils risk their
lives and was mlsslns the more
The Mot Active Six in its price
class requires less gear shifting.
Modern powerful safe beauti
ful and active! That's the Whippet
Six. The lowest priced Six with
4-wheel brakes.
Accelerates 10 to 23 faster from
5 to 25 miles per hour than its near
est competitor.
Low gravity center gives you
greater road stability. ,
Plus these features t Easy steer
ing; Balloon tires; Snubbers; Full
pressure lubrication; Narrow body
posts; Adjustable steering wheel.
gratifying Beiisaflou of Idenilfylng
iihustir and his automobile with
the speeding muchines in ihu bowl.
Ills ChiiiK'ts
Now he's to havo a chance to
.see uhat lluj tar he owns ur tis
pln to own run do. I'ndor the
supervision of tint automobile as
sucintion'M cont"Kt board, of which
('amain KJrlic V I o lienhaekoi- i
j chairman, ami Val Hureshape, sec-
retary, a Kerbs of such evenla Is
contemplated the fiirtt being the.
'ia-mile Kastern Stock Car Chani-pion-ship,
May 7, on tin; Atlantic
City Speedway.
ninth were required to per- '
in it llif contest board to select u
standard mode! from l heir Htock at
random, designating only the model
or models they wi.sln d to race, and
to keep thai car under KUfW-rvlNiou
then-alter until the test had been
completed and its parts examined.
Keinoval of glass from the wind
shield frame and of the fenders
was permitted as a sul'ety measure, '
hut otherwise 1 1n- car had to b:
exactly as catalogued.
Rubber Outlook
Is Doubtful In
United States
"it is now certain that Iho Stev
oiiMtu restriction nd will withhold
another ten per cent of rubber im
ports from 'America for the three
i) Mint lis beginning t .May 1 ," hays
Will. OWeil. president of the (len
oral Tire and Kuiibei' company, In
a bulletin In the trade. "That will
mean, so far as America is eon
cerned, 3'MHj long tons of rubber
less per month Troiil Uiitfsh .Malaya
thiiu we have been having. .
"What turn tho Stevenson act
will take at the beginning of Au
gust, will depend entirely on wheth
er the present cut will Ining back
the price to over 42 cents ti pound,
or 1 pYnee. the Uritish limit on
w hich the law works. Ullbber buy
ers in A merien are wishing "'
magic lamps and wishing they
could see through Uio mist of the
future and toll what the present re
striction Is likely to do to prices,
and whiit the effect will be on the
quarter year to follow.
"It is Ionic that higher lire
pih-es will follow higher, rubber
j will not release more crude unles.
thf restriction iorces the in-u-o ihh-k
litwher than HI ponce. Tire manu
facturers do not usually Immedi
ately follow the small rinctiiattont!
in the rubber market by udilinK or
.-nhtractini.' from , I heir prlcos.
thou nil costs naturally .vary with
every move in the l-'ar lOast. A a
matter of fact Ihern wene no tires
sold on tho basis of the $l.Mt a
uoiind rubber when crude reached
that peak. The highest tire prices
wore basoil on about Till cent crutle
rubher.
''Which moans that American
til e ma niifaeturers did not use a ;
per fe i ly lei;lliioato weapon alio
'make froat profits vbf-n rubber
went up. On tho contrary many
of them, having bonu'ht lilfch priced
rubber, took dislloct curt a II I lie nt s
of itrnflt or real losses when rub-1
ber came down, because tire prices
had not boon fixed hih enough to
protect them from reaction.
S "This time it is believed that the
tire men will be more canny, and
j will make his own selling figures
follow the rubber market. If rub
ber Is higher, tires will o higher.
And rubber is certain ft' litudier.
for the T'.ritish will restrict export
more and more, if necessary, until
it does. The one ureal difficulty
the tire maker has to face is that
buy rut. her on the other side of the
world four or five months before
h- can have It to use, at the ill-
! ri ut (trfco at time "f pure)
iho time thai rubber reaches him
' rubber may have eha nued, I if
! t erent tun n ufacluret s buy at dif
ferent times, al different prices. s
! it is pracl ica !ly imposslbl
, manufacturers to have the
'actual costs at any time.
I "All are taking comfort
(the refleelioii thai now pi
i at l ock hoMom
changes that co
and that any
must be ill the
r prices and a
direction of hinhoi
urealor margin of
fluciunlions."
iifety against
Auloist May Use
! Life Saving Trap
I A law has been in! rod need
f In- California I. L'isia 1 o re rcoiih'-
S log motorists to equip their cars
! with a "live-saving device so tiiat
ij upon hitting a. person 'lie automo-
: bib- will pick up Hp; ped strain
j Instead of passing over his body."
j This life-saving dvici: would
' probably resemble a cowcatcher on
. a, loeomot ive.
i.oih; TitAsi,vn;s
j .MAN V AMKIllfAN WOltKS
I'AKIS Kronen critics are he
winning to praise widely th work
of Madame Marc Log', daughter
! if an American woman and trans
lator of many American ami Kng-
l lish literary work. Home believe
! her to be a man because she hilmis
her work simply Marc Logo. Ib r
i laii s( ttans aMon is 'Tales of the
jiTrophs." which has just uif ared
; Jiere. Mine. I.oge aln-foly ii..-s I-
jl volumes of ijjfeadio llcaril to ' ;
; red It, besiibH worl;n by May Sin
clair. National Hawthorne, t In.-
J irowntngs a nd or hers.
; 1'iirnieriy a i orrespondent for
! the ( "hristian S( h nee Monitor"
( her uork is now fe.riving Ahl'Im-
Anieri" an tMjfkw for Hm- I'at lM "lino
; Keview" and tip; "(J'-nnVn Ii vjt.'.v."
; An t:rder on u loeui barloT for
1 :i peniiatieiit. wave vim the firize
j won by Thomas Mooliey at a. New
J-rney church s.a:iai, Mr. Moomy
W bald.
Automobile Horn Is Held To Be A j
Promoter of Accidents; Plan Tests j
Hy K T. Slnmtc
I'rcshb nt and tiem rat Matiaucr,
lluick .Motor Company
1 )o horns on automobile) prevent
accidents? 1 believe that in aome
inst;ines they undoubtedly do. Mut
I am also convinced thai tho auto
mobile horn has inoculated the
average driver w ii h a lals- sense
of security w hit i often breeds
carolcHsncss and results in disas
ter, because oT his too Krcut de
pendence on it.
Any doubt as to the truth of this
statement w on Id ho removed if
aula mobile ou tiers would try to
drive (heir cars without tho aid of
1 he elect lie -siren which Is now
standard equipment on every car
built. It is my opinion that Hoy
would find themselves driving with
more care than they had exercised
since their first experience u auto
mobile drivers.
It has become instinctive for Hit;
driver lo brinu hi." hands down on
I lie horn billion ut the top of tho
.steering W heel post and bluster
ahead, with little heed lor the ef
fect which the soundliiK" of Iho
horn has had on the other fellow.
And the other fellow is calloused
to the blare of the horn in his
ears. The noi.se' has ceased lo have
any meaning for him.
1 AlM'i'imcnt is Ad 1mm I
Drive two blocks through traf
fic without the use of the horn and
you will find that you are, lining
more care than you have over used
before to avoid accidents. You will
drive as you should always drive,
with due regard for others who are
slmrhiK. I he public streets und
highways with you. And you will
discover l hat, oven without using
the horn, you will be driving with
greater regard, for tho safely of
yourself. pedestrians and ot her
cars, 'hiis is true because you will
not bo placing exaggerated confi
dence in a noisy hit of mechanism
which cannot and never could of
iiaelt' prevent accidents, oven
though many drivers show by their
actions un t ho road that t hey credit
it with such Huperliuman powers.
Then round out the test by no
ticing as you drive and as you cross
the st root n on foot, what effect the
horns of oilier cars have on you.
You will discover that Iho sound of
an electric horn no longer causes
you to jump out of tin- way or pulV
your car over to the. side of tin
road. You go ahead as though you
had never hoard the warning; in
fact, the chances are that you
haven't heard It.
, Horn I'sihI As Iaoiiso -a
11 is only after repented warn-,
ings force t hemselvoN on your con
sciousness that you notice the cause
of the noise at all. Sometimes this
happens too late, and we witness
another accident which might have
been prevented if tho driver had
depended more on his steering
wheel and brakes than on the pow
ers of his horn to move everyone
and everything out. of his way.
Hailed in court, tin;-driver will say
defensively, "I blew my horn," this
excuse serving to salvo his consci
ence while as a mailer of fact lit
i probably criminally liable.
l'ossibly if horns were removed
entirely -from automobiles we
would sec a vry satisfactory de
crease In automobile accidents.
Wit ho ut horns, it would not take
long lor everyone lo realize that
satety depended entirely on keep
at the.c
Low Prices!
I -Too Truck
mth Sake Body
-Ton Truck
with l'sncl flody
ITnn Truck
Chaii wub Cab
1-Ton Truck
Chi i til
'A-Ton Truck
680
755
610
495
395
l All prieM f. f. b.
Flint. Mi thin"
Bnoon rirr andrd
tijuipmcntoo ail roodeU
Check Chevrolet
Delivered Trice
handlinc and fir.ancing
ciiAiajca ivaiUbLe.
for ... m; I' m
mine r g5r J li. JJiS i l!-..1' I ' 19 I
r, w;kimjCl 1 1' il . I
I 1111 IIMII mi.i i ' V.' ' H , I i. jt i-i
Blue Mountain Garage
M. A. IIARKISON, Mr. Opposite I'ohtulfiw '
WORLD'S LOWEST PRICED GEAR-SHIFT TRUCK
ing the eyes and ears open, which
is aflor all the only sure and com
plete remedy for accident. A long
step in the direction of greater
safety will have been taken when
drivers realize that t hi y cannot
"drive with the horn."
' r chases I'acka rd ;
Learns to Drive It
The most 1 hoi uim lily mntori,-d
people in the most thoroughly mot
orized state are said lo be the
moving picl are actors in llolly-
wood. ( Hie actor, Kdward Mar
tindel, refused lo own a car, how
ever, llo ntused to learn to drive
and ids follows declared he had
ridden more than Mi, nut) miles in
luxieaKs.
After holding out for years he,
at last, has capitulated and movie
people say thai this has made
ownership of automobiles among
screen actors unanimous. He just
recently purchased a I'ackard Six
five passenger sedan and in about
t three les.'ons he learned to drive it
lihnsutf.
Diesel Engines
Will Enter Race
Oiessel, or crude oil burning, en
gines will finally participate in au
to racing. T. K. Myers, secretary
of tho Indianapolis Speedway, an
nounces rules aro being drawn for
such a contest in J'JL'S,
625 Types of Cars
On U. S. Markets
There aro more than H a in
dividual types of aulomobilcs, both
j open and closed, on the Culled
I States market. They are tho pro
id net of AS manufacturers and they
range in price front less I ban JalK)
j apiece to $!Umi. This docs not in
i elude custom-built cars.
New Upholstery
For the La Salle
The artist in worth ' of velvets
produced by skilful Kalian weav
ers living during the heyday of the
Medici, and tin lustre ami wearing
qualities of mohair - - famed
through thousands of years in the
Near Kust have been combined
into a new upholstery material for
the LnSalle, Cadtlloc's recently an
nounced com pan ion -car.
1 leant ', st ubborn resistance to
wear and a. lusiro which retains
Us freshness through years of
hardship and abuse are characler-
liHtics which have been developed
in the low material by the com
! bined efforls of Cadillac ami l-'ish-'
er technicians and repnwntatives
I of a well-known upholstery manu
j fad tire!-. In their investigations
I I his sjieela I commit loo sought, a
material of authentic decorative
qualities, beauty of lone, a soft lux-
urlous scaling body and a lunlroiis
ilinlsh which would harmoni.c with
t he unusual and dist inctivo body
d .Migns of I he new car.
To the query 'Do you prefer
blonds." only ;tT out of iin stu
dents at Kmory I'nivcrsily, tb-orgia
replied 'Yes.'
Dependability. Fine Appearance
and Economy now the world s
most Popular Gear-Shift Truck. 1
The nation-widn rrefcrcncc fur C'licv-
rolct trucks is haseJ on a matchless
combination of fine appearance,
dependability, appearance and econ
omy plus the public's confidence in
a product of General Motors.
The Chevrolet Truck ii one of the
handsomest haulage-units seen on the
streets and highways, while Chevrolet
dependability under every condition
of usage has long been traditional.
If you use trucks in your business come
in! Learn for yourself why Chevrolet
performance has proved so satisfactory
for every type of user.
NO LET -VP IN
AUTO GROWTH
IN THIS STATE
I ' " w..., ... .... -
i There Is no letup in the growth of
; automobile traffic In Oregon, ae -
jconlln:.; to Secretary of Slate Ko-
OW
fm IB .
trade in your car
Demand for motor cars, new or used, is greater now than at r
any other season of the year, so now is die time to trade in
your present car and get a Buick.
Talk to your Btiick dealer. Let him advise you how to get a
fair price quickly for your car and at the same time to have
the pleasure of owning a beautiful new Buick.
In Black's Fisher Bodies, luxury, comfort, and riding ease
are combined with grace of line, rich colors in Duco, and
the masterful power and speed of the famous Valve-in-Head
Engine vibratiotilcss beyond belief.
Buy a Buick now so that you may have a full season of ' '
motoring enjoyment. 'v
JENNINGS & SHUMATE
Adams Avenue
WHEN BETTER AUTOMOBILES ARE BUILT. BUICK. WILL BSILD THFM
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Extra Value at No Extra Cost
You will find extra value in every one of the three
style treads offered in our large fresh stock of
Federal Tires. These tires are made hy one of the
oldest and largest makers in the country. We
have every size and every type.
We Make Our Own Adjustments
No delay here about making good on
guarantees. Adjustments are made hy
us on the spot. Another good reason
why you slwmld buy tires where you
get extra service at no extra cost.
Jack Allen
Supply Co.
La (irandc 1 5 ranch
1 12.'! Adams
Authorized Distributors for
Tim ken Roller hearings
New Dt'itarlurc Ball Bearinus
Thompson Silcrome and Alloy Valves
McQuay Norris Motor Bearings
Stewart-Warner Products
jN
tzer, who estimates that about
Juat) license plates will bo necessary
for Oregon motor vehicles next
Syear. lie has mailed specifications
for tho plates to several inanufnc
i Hirers, itids will bo opened .May.
7.
, . - r.,,,,,,..,., ...
to Iho regular vehicle, plates, call
i for liii.UOO seta of truck plate f, 2(tii0
nets of motorcycle plates, tiTtti pets
IS
4
me time to
-A A.-. Ml
of dealers plates and l'J.OOU chauf
feurs badges.
Kronen children arc compelled
to grow up 'good and when Kiven
tile right nanus, according to an
old theory. Among tho 'good'
names aro Albert, Alphoiise, l'lorro,
Ciu-Htuve, Charles, I'aul, Henri,
Louis, Jeanue, Agathe. Marie,
Ueithe, Claire, Anno or Therose.
"M If,'
' f I'
30x3 k .....$ 6.95
29x1,10 $ 7.95
31x5.23 $11.85
31x5.77 $16.72
33x6.00 $17.71